Tons of Dead Fish Litter Kuwait's Beaches

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SUDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 SHABAN 04, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Pope, at Cairo Indians throng Defiant North Marcelo rescues Mass, denounce temple to crack Korea test-fires Madrid; Ronaldo Islamist7 violence Trump visa9 curbs ballistic12 missile misses19 penalty Tons of dead fish litter Min 28º Max 36º Kuwait’s beaches, bay High Tide 03:01 & 13:50 Low Tide ‘Don’t buy fish from unlicensed, unofficial outlets’ 08:33 & 21:16 40 PAGES NO: 17213 150 FILS By Meshaal Al-Enezi, Agencies Kuwait Bay - urging Environment Public Conspiracy theories Authority (EPA) to act and stop the dump- KUWAIT: The Public Authority for ing of sewage water into the bay. PAAAFR Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources said over five tons of dead fish were Conscripts (PAAAFR) has detected considerable num- removed from Kuwait beaches. ber of dead fish on the beaches and within Continued on Page 13

By Badriya Darwish

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salute the decision by the Ministry of Interior to start military conscription for Kuwaitis who Iturn 18. The decision was taken in 2015, but will be implemented from May 10. It’s a big move for young people in Kuwait. Instead of speeding in their cars on Gulf Road Photo shows thousands of dead fish washed ashore along Kuwait beach near or sitting around cafes smoking shisha, develop- Doha area. ing bad habits and killing time, they will get real- world military training, and hopefully some personal discipline. When I see the way many of the UAE battle-hardened military youth here behave in the malls or on the streets, I say it’s good - let them be recruited and trained. expands into Africa, Mideast But there are some things on the other hand to be considered. Firstly, it’s premature to judge DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates is bet- muscle amid its suspicions about Iran. the system or the training and especially the ter known for its skyscrapers and pam- Already, the UAE has landed expedi- quality of what these young men are expected to pered luxuries, but its small size belies a tionary forces in Afghanistan and Yemen. learn. Will it be the quality of Sandhurst or West quiet expansion of its battle-hardened Its new overseas bases on the African Point? Will these young men emerge one year military into Africa and elsewhere in the continent show this country, which US from now with a clear sense of responsibility Middle East. The seven-state federation Defense Secretary Jim Mattis calls “Little towards their country and to themselves? Are we ranks as one of Washington’s most promi- Sparta,” has even larger ambitions. going to see all strata of society participating? Or nent Arab allies in the fight against the will some use wasta and connections to avoid Islamic State group, hosting some 5,000 Protectorate to protector conscription? American military personnel, fighter jets The UAE, a federation of seven Secondly, will these conscripts be allowed to and drones. sheikhdoms, only became a country in serve past the mandatory one year if they But the practice gunfire echoing 1971. It had been a British protectorate choose and make it a career for themselves? Or is through the deserts near bases outside of for decades and several of the emirates it only a yearlong program and bye-bye? Dubai and recent military demonstrations had their own security forces. The forces Because once you bring back men who have in the capital of Abu Dhabi show a coun- merged together into a national military served in the military, it’s not always easy to fit try increasingly willing to flex its own Continued on Page 13 them into civil service or the private sector. Men who learn military ways often find it difficult to adapt and integrate into civilian life. Thirdly, we don’t know if many of these young men would be planning to continue their education at university. Won’t this one year of service disrupt their enthusiasm for higher education? Already, we are suffering from having too few college-educated young men in Kuwait. We don’t want to dis- courage young men from becoming bankers, engineers, doctors, lawyers, mechanics, etc. Also, some men who serve in the military adopt a mentality of total obedience to authority. So will the entire Kuwaiti nation stop questioning and criticizing its leadership in generations to come? Will we even have a parliament 20 years from now? Anyway, most developed, industrialized nations such as Japan, UK, Germany, France and Canada either don’t have conscription or have abolished it, like Sweden. Nevertheless, it’s not a bad idea to instill some discipline and contain these young men, but I hope that the standards and quality of training will be up to what Kuwait needs for now and the future. Only time will tell. SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 LOCAL

Local Spotlight Is Kuwait Bay safe?

By Muna Al-Fuzai

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he Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) confirmed the discovery Tof significant quantities of dead fish, demanding that the Environment Public Authority pays attention to Kuwait Bay, which is the second largest incubator of fish wealth in the world, and follow up the harmful materials that are dumped in the sewers. Kuwait Bay, also known as ‘Jon Al-Kuwayt’ and where Kuwait city is located on its shores, is suffering from an environmental problem that needs attention and quick serious action. Kuwait Bay has several major activities existing around it, including commercial and industrial ones, and all these factors have led to the existence of pollution, thus creating major change in the features of this area and the water, which led to the death of fish in several occasions. I believe that the phenomenon of fish death is not KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality carried out a campaign recently to clean the Kuwait Bay beach from tons of dead fish washed ashore ftera being killed due to rising pollution new in the world, but the recurrence of it at the same rates in the area. place means there is a flaw and need for treatment. This condition also raises concerns about the presence of toxic substances in the marine environment that threatens fish and human health. In Kuwait we, rely on seawa- Search for new garbage Hospitals prepared ter to eat, drink and shower . We all recall the most famous incident of fish death for asthma cases that hit the waters of Kuwait Bay in 2001, which led to container incinerator the death of over three thousand tons of fish, as esti- during dusty weather mated at that time. We should not allow that to happen By Meshaal Al-Enezi again. The reasons for the collective death of fish vary KUWAIT: Following the arrest of a GCC national and a Crackdowns between natural and human causes; which happen pri- bedoon for setting fire to 30 garbage containers in Several inspection campaigns were launched over KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday marily due to the impact of human activities and erro- Jahra a while ago, another unknown incinerator set fire neous environmental practices through the discharge the weekend in various governorates and resulted in declared a state of alert in all casualty centers at public of human, agricultural, industrial and other pollutants to 16 more dumpsters within two days, said security arresting 57 people (including citizens and expats) who hospitals, and prepared them to receive and treat directly into coastal waters without treatment, which sources. They noted that investigations are in progress are wanted for financial claims worth over KD 500,000, patients suffering from asthmas who might be affected may lead to accumulation of toxins and death of fish . to identify the new incinerator after discovering that he said security sources. by the current dusty weather. MOH stressed in a state- For example, Sulaibikhat Bay (the southwest sector was connected to the previous one and used the same ment that minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi had issued clear mixture of drugs found with the prime suspect instructions to all ministry facilities to be fully prepared to of the bay) is the most vulnerable area due to its expo- Theft sure to anthropocentric activities such as reclamation, (methamphetamine). Detectives added that search was deal with any possible cases. The ministry also advised A Jordanian couple were recently arrested for beg- sewage inflow and other activities. The area near in progress for the main supplier of the mixture, who both citizens and expats, namely those with asthmas or respiratory diseases to stay indoors and avoid the dust. Shuwaikh Port is suffering also due to reclamation apparently had the arsons committed for distraction to ging in a shopping mall, said security sources, noting processes. Right now, there is a decision to prevent fish- allow other pushers to sell the drugs they had. that the suspects claimed they were Emiratis who had ing in the vicinity of Kuwait Bay so fishermen cannot be arrived for tourism but lost all their money, which made Food tested Commenting on social media reports about pesticide- accused of getting rid of fish by throwing it back in the so many citizens sympathize with them because they gulf. The International Journal of Environmental Drug possession infected fruits and vegetable allegedly imported from were ‘GCC nationals’. Detectives explained that a lot of Science and Development, Vol 5, No 6, December 2014 Detectives recently arrested a citizen and two some Arab states to Kuwait, Kuwait Municipality Issued an Environmental Assessment of Water Quality women (a citizen and an Iranian) with the possession complaints were made about a man, woman and kid announced taking some samples from Sulaibiya market in Kuwait Bay prepared by N Al-Mutairi, A Abahussain, of 47 illicit pills in Salmiya, said security sources, not- using a vehicle with a UAE license plate number, and in order to have them tested in its food labs and make and A Al-Battay - chapter IV ‘conclusions and recom- ing that the three suspects were already drugged on asking passersby for KD 50 to fuel up. The suspect sure they were safe for human consumption. The results mendations.’ It clearly mentioned that Kuwait Bay is suf- arrest. Meanwhile, a GCC national was recently arrest- reportedly asked the donors for their bank account are to be announced at a later date. fering from different kinds of pollutions either from ed in Saad Al-Anbdullah area with the possession of numbers so that he could wire the money back when local or regional sources. Most significant influencing Inaccurate reports 35 packets of methamphetamine and heroin, said he returned to UAE. However, following a two-day sur- The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor’s (MSAL) factors are desalination and power plants, and sewage security sources. outlets along the southern coast of Kuwait Bay. This veillance, the suspects were arrested and detectives Assistant Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Abdul Aziz study is really worth looking at and evaluate the status found out that they were Jordanians residing in UAE Shuaib stressed that the ministry is committed to execut- of Kuwait Bay before it is too late. DUI and spoke the dialect well. A case was filed. ing and respecting court orders. He also criticized media MP Khalil Al-Saleh said recently that the issue of fish Two female citizens were recently arrested for dink- reports claiming that the appeals court had annulled ing, driving under the influence and possessing of alco- Siddiq Coop Society’s board elections for manipulation, death on the coast requires a serious action by the gov- Officer insulted ernment, announcing the adoption of the hol, said security sources, noting that a highway patrol adding that the reports are inaccurate. Parliamentary Environment Committee of a proposal to officer had noticed a vehicle being driven in an An Iraqi man was recently apprehended for resisting investigate the case. He pointed out that the relation- unsteady course and dangerously changing lanes. arrest and insulting an environment police offcer who Great loss ship between increasing rates of cancer in Kuwait and When he ordered the driver to pull the vehicle over, he had stopped his companion for smoking inside a shop- Chairman of Kuwait Farmers Union Barrak Al- water poisoning and environmental pollution should ping mall, said security sources. They noted that the Sabeeh stressed that referring the Public Authority for noticed that both she and her companion were inebri- Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources’ (PAAFRA) be studied. I believe that this matter is urgent and suspect snatched away his friend’s ID from the officer’s ated while the smell of alcohol was emitting from Deputy Director for Fauna Affairs Faisal Al-Siddiqi must not pass without study and investigation. I hope inside. They also possessed two bottles of imported hands and threatened him, claiming to have been work- the parliament committee will reveal the reasons of the retirement is a ‘great loss’ for the entire sector because recent deaths of fish. liquor and KD 3,460 in cash. The suspects said that they ing for the police force for 15 years. he is a rare expert in agricultural affairs with a long were returning from a party in a chalet. — Translated from the Arabic press career and experience.

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality workers closed two stores and issued 30 citations during recent crackdowns on restaurants and shops in Sharq. LOCAL SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 Kuwait Times weekly commodity prices survey

By Nawara Fattahova When comparing the prices registered last Thursday with the This year we added two other items: prices registered in the survey conducted on May 2014, we noticed • One liter local milk (KDCow) 430 Fils KUWAIT: In 2014, Kuwait Times started a campaign to investigate that the price of most commodities has increased, except for lemons • One carton of eggs containing 30 eggs KD 1.100 the price change of some basic commodities starting a month prior and cucumbers. Kuwait Times will be following the prices of these foodstuff, in to the holy month of Ramadan. The weekly survey covers the prices order to check if any increase occurred during this period and until of seven different kinds of commodities (per kilogram) bought The prices of the items are as follows: the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. Follow Kuwait Times from a co-op society, for the purpose of comparing the prices on a • One kg of fresh minced meat (beef) costs KD 2.750 next week to read the next investigation report. weekly basis. These are popular items whose prices usually increase • One kg of fresh Saudi chicken costs KD 1.760 The prices are the same in all coops for the same kind and brand, during Ramadan. This year, we also added eggs and milk to the • One kg of local tomatoes costs 550 Fils but may differ in other supermarkets. Also, coops hold weekly food previous list which contains: Minced meat, chicken, tomatoes, • One kg of African lemons costs 660 Fils festivals, including special discounts on fruits and vegetables for one lemons, and cucumbers. • One kg of local cucumbers costs 50 Fils day a week. Housing minister prepares to face grilling motion New electricity rates, dates remain unchanged

By A Saleh Education Dr Mohammed Al-Fares received a letter Olympic Council. “Kuwait has to investigate how from Minister of Justice and Minister of State for far those scandals are related to suspending KUWAIT: Minister of State for Housing Affairs National Assembly Affairs Dr Faleh Al-Azab Kuwait’s international sports activities,” he under- Yasser Abul continued preparations to discuss the informing him of the parliament’s approval of a lined, pointing to confessions made by FIFA’s for- grilling motion filed against him by MP Shuaib Al- proposal made by MP Dr Mohammed Hadi Al- mer auditing committee member and the chair- Muwaizri, as he met with Public Authority for Huwilah to build special training centers where man of Guam Federation about receiving briberies Housing Welfare officials to prepare answers to all teachers could receive special training courses on from Kuwaiti officials to affect the decisions made inquiries. Well-informed sources said that Abul using modern technology in teaching, giving due by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). “Those would brief the cabinet on his opinion about those care to teaching English and computer sciences confessions include highly important information,” inquiries and that he would be ready for the starting with primary schools. he added, urging the public anti-corruption motion after discussing the grillings filed against authority to investigate the matter. His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Disability allowance Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The sources added Minister of Social Affairs and Labor And Retirement that Muwaizri inquired about allegations of finan- Minister of State For Economic Affairs Hind Al- Ministry of Public Works’ (MPW) Undersecretary cial violations in certain contracts. Meanwhile, the Sabeeh stressed that the total number of non- Awatif Al-Ghuinaim said both citizens and expats housing authority will declare the name of the Kuwaiti disabled children of Kuwaiti mothers regis- who had been in service for 34 years would be company that won a contract to provide consul- tered with the disability authority were 1,352, and referred to retirement by September. In another tancy services for road grids and infrastructure at that they all receive all privileges as per law num- concern, Ghunaim said that MPW’s technical com- South Sabah al-Ahmed City project in June. ber 8/2008 including healthcare, education and mittee had finished technical studies of biddings vocational rights. Sabeeh added that the total made to build a ministries complex in Jahra, and Educational directors number of those who deserve housing grants that the Central Tenders Committee (CTC) has The Ministry of Education’s (MOE) administra- were 31,672, while there are 4,468 unemployed been contacted with the name of the contractor tive sector recently addressed the Civil Service mothers taking care of disabled people and who made the lowest bid of KD 329 million. Commission’s (CSC) request to appoint directors receive monthly aids as per decree number 23/ Ghunaim added that statistics showed that the for the six educational areas after reducing their 2013. Sabeeh added that 12,273 disabled people total number of expats working for MPW was 744, deputation period from three years to one. MOE received monthly allowances. out of a total of 12,919 employees, that is only 5.7 also requested reviewing the ‘limited monthly pay- percent, and that they received total monthly ment’ contracts signed with bedoons and others, Sports corruption salaries of KD 406,396. requesting entitling them to fully paid annual MP Rakan Al-Nisf stressed the need to conduct leaves and maternity leaves similar to those given an investigation concerning US allegations that Electricity tariffs to other MOE employees. Kuwaiti officials were involved in bribery and cor- The Ministry of Electricity and Water’s (MEW) Meanwhile, Minister of Education and Higher ruption cases in both the FIFA and the Asian Undersecretary Mohammad Bousherhi explained that the new electricity fare would be 5 fils per megawatt and that it be in effect on May 22 in commercial buildings (shops and markets), August 22 in investment buildings (apartment buildings), November 22 in government sector (state departments) and February 22, 2018 in all other sectors. “Private houses will be fully exempted from the fare increase,” he underlined, noting that citizens living in apartments rented in investment buildings would pay the new fare if they owned a private residence. Boushehri stressed that the parliament had refused a proposal to impose additional fares in private residences (government houses). Kuwait witnesses race to

PARIS: Kuwaiti Ambassador to France Sami Mohammad Al-Suleiman hosts Kuwaiti graduates Livestock company peak of highest skyscraper from Science Po. —KUNA Minister of Finance Anas Al-Saleh, as well as Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting KUWAIT: Some 550 young racers of vari- country’s highest tower. Valuable awards Kuwaiti students graduate as ‘NGO Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammed Al- ous ages took part yesterday in the vertical were given to the winners till the fifth rank. Abdullah Al-Sabah will take part in the parlia- marathon ending at peak of Kuwait’s iconic Ali Al-Mislem came first in the men’s Leaders’ from France’s Sciences Po ment’s financial affairs committee’s meeting today skyscraper Al-Hamra Tower in the capital. race. In the women, top winner was Aris to discuss licensing the establishment of a Kuwaiti Following the four-hour race, the organ- Martinez. Ahmad Shalabi and Rami PARIS: In a solemn yet joyful ceremony Friday under the aegis of the Kuwait Foundation for the shareholding company to trade in livestock. In this izer Yousuf Al-Fares said that the number of Shalabi won the competition for singles. evening, some 18 Kuwaiti students received their Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) and Scherrer regard, parliamentary sources said that the gov- the contestants in the race, held for the Hamra Tower is tallest (440 m) building in diplomas and graduated - several with honors - expressed her thanks and appreciation for the ernment still questions the economic value of a third year, doubled due to support from Kuwait and the 23rd highest one in the attesting to the ongoing commitment of the collaboration established between her Institute new livestock company, noting that the market companies and national institutions that world. The tower was included in the list State of Kuwait to emphasize education as a cor- and the Kuwaiti entity. “I would like to thank first does not need a new company as the current one contributed with various prizes and servic- of the best inventions of 2011 by TIME nerstone to youth development and the future of all our partner, the KFAS. — KUNA was enough. es. The racers contested to the top of the magazine. — KUNA of the nation. The ceremony was held at France’s world-renowned Institute for Political Studies (IEP), commonly known as ‘Sciences Po.’ The students took part in an intensive course here to prepare them to be future “leaders” in the non-governmental sector and continue Kuwait’s long tradition of charitable and humanitarian work at home and abroad. The graduation ceremony was co-presided by Kuwaiti Ambassador to France, Sami Mohammad Al-Suleiman and Vanessa Scherrer, Vice-Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po. The graduating students “showed strong commitment to their courses”, Scherrer said, and “are now equipped to move forward towards rewarding careers.” In commencement remarks, she told graduates that “you succeed in life from hard work” but also “when you put passion into what you do. You are now NGO professionals and I am sure you will go very far in life.” “I want to congratulate you on your graduation...You made it! This is your first link with Science Po. But I hope it won’t be your last,” Scherrer said. She emphasized that the current “batch of students” were not the only Kuwaitis at Science Po. and there were several others in graduate and undergradu- ate programs at the school, which is known in France as a springboard to high office and has been attended by most of France’s political elite and many others in senior positions in government administration and elsewhere. The program followed by the students was SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 LOCAL

Kuwait’s humanitarian efforts lauded in London

LONDON: Kuwait had reinforced its Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- position in the international humanitar- Sabah-has proved itself a global leader in ian field as a leader in this domain, earn- humanitarian aid. The publication also ing the respect of the global communi- revealed that Kuwait was now the third ty in return, said a report by a British largest donor to the international effort entity Saturday. In its report ‘An to tackle the Syrian refugee crisis. Only Emerging Philanthropic Superpower? the United States and United Kingdom, Kuwaiti humanitarian efforts in Syria whose population and economies are far and beyond,’ the Conservative Middle bigger, has given more generously. East Council (CMEC) said that Kuwait’s The findings come just two weeks efforts to establish itself as a world after the most recent Syrian pledging leader in humanitarian assistance conference. Co-hosted by Kuwait, the should be admired. country pledged an additional $200 According to the CMEC, the publica- million in aid to help Syrian refugees tion by Timothy Stafford, a former UK over the next three years. The CMEC Parliamentary staffer who worked in the was established in 1980 as entity that office of Theresa May prior to her ministe- helps conservative MPs to better under- rial career, showed how Kuwait-under the stand matters connected with the leadership of His Highness of the Amir Middle East region. —KUNA

Islamic forum calls for establishing waqf associations

OXFORD: Participants in the eighth forum Farhan Nizami said that His Highness the on waqf issues yesterday urged Muslim Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- nations to establish waqf associations. The Jaber Al-Sabah played a critical role in sup- conferees in a statement at end of their porting the Oxford Centre for Islamic PANTENE: Officials attend a ceremony marking the inauguration of two schools and laying corner stone of an orphanage house at the Kuwait gathering, held at Oxford Center for Islamic Studies (OCIS). He lauded Kuwait’s role in Charitable Village. — KUNA Studies, said states could supervise such supporting humanitarian and social proj- associations, financial resources of which ects around the globe, affirming that this could be employed for funding education, effort displayed the GCC country’s keen- Indonesia, Kuwait cooperate research centers and vital activities — not ness on the welfare of the international financed by the state budget. They called community. OCIS has several prominent for establishing a panel of scholars, audi- Kuwaiti figures within its board of trustees mainly in humanitarian action tors and economists to draft legislations for including former Foreign Minister of these associations. Kuwait Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al- They expressed gratitude to His Salem Al-Sabah amongst others, said Dr PANTENE: Indonesia and Kuwait cooperate in Organization with contributions by Kuwaiti port the Indonesian people. Saeed Mislem, Highness the Amir of the State of Kuwait Nizami, adding that the center, established diverse sectors chiefly humanitarian and charita- donors. The United Nations has called Kuwait a director of the Kuwaiti Charitable Village in Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in 1985, was recognized by the English ble fields, said a Kuwaiti diplomat yesterday. global humanitarian center and designated His Pantene, indicated at another successful proj- His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Monarchy led by Queen Elizabeth II. Nasser Al-Khaldi, First Secretary at the Kuwaiti Highness the Amir as leader of humanitarian ect, executed with Kuwaiti contributions; an Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, The scholarships and programs offered Embassy, said Kuwait since His Highness the action. Indonesia hosts a village for the 2004 academy that opened in 2005, accommodating President of Oxford University Lord Chris by the center play a huge role in spreading Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah tsunami victims, named after the late Amir 835 students. Patten and Chairman of the Islamic the good word about the religion of Islam assumed the top post, in 2006, has expanded its Sheikh Jaber in Banda Aceh, another after the The ceremony was attended by Sheikha Development Bank Bandar Hajjar. Identical and Kuwait, in this regard, is helping the external humanitarian activities. current Amir-in Western Java. Mariam Al-Sabah, spouse of the late Sheikh Ali sentiments were addressed to the sponsor OCIS to achieve this vital goal, said the He was speaking at a ceremony marking The First Secretary Al-Khaldi lauded the Sabah Al-Nasser Al-Sabah and Sheikha Aisha of the forum, the Kuwaiti Minister of Awqaf Director. His Highness the Amir Sheikh inauguration of two schools and laying corner prime humanitarian role undertaken by the Mubarak Sabah Al-Nasser Al-Sabah, leading and Islamic Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri and Sabah donated 10 million pounds in 2010 stone of an orphanage house at the Kuwait Kuwaiti-Indonesia relief association. Its chair- Kuwaiti waqf officials as well as philanthropists. the State of Kuwait ambassador the UK, to help establish a building for the OCIS, a Charitable Village-run by the Kuwaiti-Indonesian man Ahmad Al-Holi, in a statement addressed The Kuwaiti Charitable Village is located 60 kilo- Khaled Al-Duwaisan. recognized independent center for the Charitable Society, which operates under on his behalf by the representative, Khalil Al- meters from the capital Jakarta. It is run by the On Friday, Director of the center Dr University of Oxford. — KUNA umbrella of the International Islamic Charity Ghaith, affirmed that the society seeks to sup- Kuwaiti-Indonesian society. — KUNA Kuwaiti team ends humanitarian mission in Somaliland

HARGEISA, Somalia: A Kuwaiti medical team yesterday concluded a humanitarian mission in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland, with a package of generous aid for hospitals and charities. The Shifaa (healing) medical team declared ‘sponsoring’ and equipping a new building for children at the government hospital. The team has also given donations to a relief association, for programs aimed at protecting natives from epidemics and food parcels to more than 10,000 people in famine-stricken regions. Moreover, the team made a deal to equip an operations room at a hospital affiliated to the international charity, Al-Rahma. They have also checked 600 patients in the region of Somaliland, Somalia, and provided medical supplies for them. They also provided a local hospital with medicines and medical equipment for more than 300 children. Somaliland is a self-declared state internationally recognized as an autonomous region OXFORD: The Oxford Center for Islamic Studies. — KUNA of Somalia. On Friday, the Kuwaiti medical team checked 600 patients in the region of Somaliland, Somalia, and HARGEISA, Somalia: Members of the Kuwaiti team returning from a humanitarian mis- provided medical supplies for them. The team was sion in Somaliland. — KUNA keen to treat a large number of patients in the region as it visited patients’ houses, and paid for costs of their treatment. The team has provided a local hospital with medicines and medical equipment for more than 300 children. Meanwhile, health minister of Somaliland Soleeban Ahmad extolled Kuwait’s humanitarian support for the region. Somaliland is a self-declared state internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia For his part, Abdulmonem Tolba, head of an international hospital in Hargeisa, thanked the State of Kuwait for its key role in helping countries which are in distress. On Thursday, the team, in collaboration with Kuwait’s International Mercy Society, distributed humanitarian and food aid to a northern town in Somalia. It doled out about two tons of rice, floor and oil to needy families. Team’s doctors examined many cases and paid for the costs of treating them. Different humanitarian cases in Somalia need intensifying governmental and non-governmental efforts to protect children from diseases, said Falah Al-Ajmi, a team member. — KUNA Kuwaiti publications at the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies. Kuwait opens new school in Hassan Sham camp

IRBIL: The State of Kuwait funded the opening of a enabling children of displaced Iraqis to continue in Irbil, said Kanderi who affirmed that the GCC coun- also helped provide necessities to some 20,000 Iraqi new school in Hassan Sham camp for displaced Iraqis their education despite the current circumstance in try will continue its mission to help Iraq as instructed students in the governorate. The displaced Iraqis are in western Irbil governorate, a Kuwaiti diplomat said the country. by the Kuwaiti leadership and in cooperation with feeling from operations carried by the Iraqi army and yesterday. Kuwait’s General Consul in Irbil Dr Omar The school, which will cater to the needs of some the Iraqis and the authorities in Iraq’s Kurdistan. allies since late 2016 against the so-called Islamic Al-Kanderi said that his country was keen on 500 students, is the fourth facility funded by Kuwait Kuwait recently opened several schools in Irbil and State (IS) in the city of Mosul. — KUNA

IRBIL: A new Kuwaiti school in Hassan Sham camp for displaced Iraqis. — KUNA LOCAL SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017

In Brief Limited fire at university ‘Junior volunteer club’ Kuwait oil price KUWAIT: A limited fire erupted in the complex of KUWAIT: The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) up by 93 cents Sabah Al-Salem University City in Al-Shadadiyah on yesterday said that registration for the “junior volun- Friday. Kuwait University said in a statement that the teer club” opens tomorrow for a month. The project KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti oil was up by 93 cents to $48.22 per barrel Friday after being at $47.83 pb the day fire broke out at a residential unit occupied by a con- is to instill the culture of voluntary work in the minds before, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said yester- tractor, however the blaze was put out in 15 minutes of the young and to promote their sense of collective action, cooperation and leadership, head of the day. At the global level yesterday, the prices were up due with the dousing canisters installed on site. The fire to investors’ confidence on OPEC approving to extend did not affect construction works at the site. The uni- young and the volunteers at the KRCS Dr Musaed Enezi said. Children at five to 12 years old are wel- the agreement regarding decreasing production to versity complex is being built on a six million square come to register, he added. Volunteers will be eliminate supplies excesses in global markets for the sec- meters plot of land. It will be the largest in the taught the seven Fundamental Principles that ond half of this year. The price of the Brent crude went up Middle East with an accommodation capacity of express the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement’s val- by 27 cents to $51. 71 pb as well as the American light 40,000 students. —KUNA ues and practices, Enezi said. —KUNA crude also up by 18 cents to $49.15 pb. —KUNA Photo of the day

KUWAIT: Kuwait City covered by a dust storm which hit the country yesterday. Dust storms and other unstable weather features are common during the current Sarayat season which ends in two weeks. —KUNA photo Arab States EU Committee to visit Kuwait, Saudi Arabia

broadcasting BRUSSELS: The chairman of the European Union’s regional issues including developments in Syria, Iraq, the 6-member GCC which groups Bahrain, Kuwait, Political and Security Committee (PSE), Walter Stevens, Yemen, Palestine, Libya and the Horn of Africa. The PSE Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab union opens will lead a large 30-member delegation for a visit to delegation will travel to Riyadh on May 3 for meetings Emirates (UAE). Kuwait and Saudi Arabia this week, EU sources said on with officials of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and The PSE is responsible for the EU’s Common Foreign Friday. The visit will begin in Kuwait on May 2, where the Saudi Government, the sources told the Kuwaiti and Security Policy (CSFP) and the Common Security academy the PSE delegation will hold a series of meetings with news agency. Observers in Brussels note that this will and Defense Policy (CSDP). It helps EU foreign ministers Kuwaiti government officials and parliamentarians, said be the first visit of the PSE to the Gulf region. to reach decisions. PSE is composed of EU member HAMMAMET: Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) the sources requesting anonymity. The mission points to the growing political and states’ ambassadors based in Brussels. It meets twice a opened yesterday the academy for media training, The discussions in Kuwait will cover bilateral ties and security cooperation between the 28-member EU and week, and more often if necessary. —KUNA aimed at developing the information sector in the ASBU member states. ASBU Chairman and Kuwaiti Information Ministry’s Undersecretary for Media Planning and Knowledge Development Mohammad Al- Awwash, during the inauguration session, said establishing the academy was first proposed during the Arab media forum, hosted by Kuwait in 2015. “Since then, the idea has developed into an integrat- ed project designed to support Arab radio and television networks,” said Awwash. Arab League Secretary General Ahmad Abulgheit noted the necessity of the academy for overhauling the Arab media, adding that it would contribute to cementing cooperation among various Arab media outlets and establishments. Abdulrahim Suleiman, the ASBU General Director, indicated that the academy would serve the purpose of intensifying training of personnel in the sector. The academy will include television and radio studios, training halls and production divisions.

Kuwait wins awards In other news, Kuwait won several awards at the finale of the 18th Arab Festival for Radio and Television, organized by the ASBU. Kuwait won the first places in the best social drama and late night feature categories as well as the second places in the awareness and children programs categories. Kuwait Television (KTV) produced the programs. On the occasion, ASBU Chairman and Kuwaiti Information Ministry’s Undersecretary for Media Planning and Knowledge Development Mohammad Al- Awwashi lauded the Kuwaiti achievements, saying that the win by KTV was well deserved. He also told KUNA the Kuwaiti win contributed to the success of the current festival which saw the participation of 1,200 media personnel and was held under the slogan “Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as Capital of Arab Media for 2017.” Meanwhile, KTV executives Yousef Al-Srraie and Saad Al-Findi both said in separate statements that the Kuwaiti win at the festival was a result of hard work and determination on part of all those involved in the participating media programs. The two officials affirmed that Kuwait would continue to partake in upcoming editions of the Arab Festival for Radio and Television, stressing that this was part of the GCC country’s efforts to push for more excellence in the Arab media field. —KUNA SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 LOCAL Pope Tawadros II hails Kuwait’s religious tolerance

KUWAIT: Pope Tawadros II, the Pope of bonded with a single destiny. “This a rare Alexandria, has praised Kuwait’s religious coin these days,” he said when alluding to tolerance and expressed admiration for the presence of diverse religious and ethnical warm hospitality accorded to him during communities living and working in Kuwait his recent visit to the country. In an inter- peacefully. The first Coptic Church built view aired yesterday on Kuwait Television, outside Egypt was in Kuwait in 1961. the top Coptic cleric expressed admiration Pope Tawadros II urged all relevant for His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- authorities in the Arab world to educate Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the other the new generations about values of toler- top Kuwaiti leaders. ance. He made a personal invitation to His Relations at the official and public levels Highness the Amir and all other Kuwaiti between Egypt and Kuwait are deep and leaders to visit him at his cathedral in Al- historic, he said, noting the two peoples are Abbasiyah, Cairo. — KUNA

KUWAIT: Pope Tawadros II, the Pope of Alexandria is interviewed by Kuwait KUWAIT: Ambassador of the Netherlands to Kuwait Frans Potuyt hosted a reception recently to celebrate the birthday of Dutch King Television. — KUNA Willem-Alexander. Government officials, diplomats and other dignitaries attended the event. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat KIB presents workshop on ‘Public Relations and Business’ at GUST KUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) in preserving and enhancing the reputa- recently presented a lecture entitled ‘Public tion of any company or organization. Relations and Business’ at Gulf University of Meanwhile, Manager of the Corporate Science and Technology (GUST), as part of Communications Unit at KIB, Nawaf Najia, the Bank’s ongoing support of the said: “This initiative seeks to introduce University’s Public Relations (PR) Club for the students to the basics of public rela- the academic year 2016-2017. tions, whilst also highlighting the key During the two-day workshop, Fahad Al- role PR plays in the business world - Sarhan, Team Leader at the Corporate across all sectors and industries. It goes Communications Unit at KIB spoke to the without saying that today public rela- students about KIB’s approach to public tions and corporate communications relations, shedding light on the role of cor- have become key components of any porate communications within the Bank’s successful corporate strategy.” business model and the important role this Najia also pointed out that KIB has department plays in any financial institu- always sought to support various student tion. Furthermore, the workshop featured programs and initiatives, within the Bank’s the participation of team from Weber encompassing social responsibility pro- Shandwick Public Relations, who presented gram. KIB focuses on supporting the youth the students with an overview of the public segment by promoting education and relations industry, addressing international learning across all areas. Through its youth best practices within the field. program, KIB sponsors various youth-led The Kuwait-based team also showcased initiatives and youth clubs which aim to a number of local and global case studies promote the personal and professional highlighting the key role of public relations development of students.

Kuwaiti creates foundation to promote ties with France

PARIS: At a time of growing world tensions instability and when “the cultural dimension is into the political or diplomatic area and he He highlighted two specific but not exclu- Work is ongoing to increase the number of and widespread global misunderstandings, a present in three-quarters of major world con- intended to work “intelligently” with State insti- sive areas of this cooperation: “Regular students and also on recognition of French Kuwaiti national has taken on the mission of flicts” and, this, despite better communications tutions in both countries. Education” whereby Kuwait has sought to sup- diploma equivalencies in Kuwait, the seeking to promote closer ties between peo- and a huge technological improvement and Indeed, as Ambassador commented on port experimental teaching of French in public Ambassador noted. Al-Suleiman also underlined ples by creating ‘The Bridge of Cultures’ foun- ease of contact between peoples and nations. some of the “State-to-State” cooperation schools and this has now been expanded Kuwait’s lasting commitment to supporting cul- dation between France and Kuwait, a move There is a glaring need for more contacts agreements that have been in place for some since 2015, when French was made a require- ture in France and also French initiatives on an which will enhance the already solid ties through “conferences, round tables, cultural, time and which are governed by specific ment in some 7th Grade classes over the past international scale. France’s ‘moral and financial between these two nations. artistic and sporting events,” as well as through accords. He indicated that there were already two years. “This experience has been a support’ to the Arab World Institute (IMA) is well- In an inaugural event for the new personal contacts via “institutional visits, press long-standing and strong ties between the remarkable success,” the Kuwaiti envoy said, known and appreciated, as is Kuwait’s generosity Foundation, senior Kuwaiti and French officials trips and meetings between nationals,” Naman two nations and that culture was one area adding that the Ministry of Education was in support the Islamic Department in the world- gave their blessing and support this week to affirmed. The foundation would also promote where cooperation between France and considering generalizing the policy for all pri- famous Louvre Museum. former KUNA journalist and diplomat, Nawaf “economic contacts and student exchanges,” as Kuwait started very early. mary schools. Kuwait also has come out strongly in sup- Naman, to pursue what they said was “a noble well as a mechanism for “decentralized cooper- “It is fortunate that the first bilateral coop- A second area Al-Suleiman highlighted was port of protecting cultural heritage in con- goal” and “a productive initiative.” Kuwaiti ation” and pairing of twin-cities and towns. eration agreement between the two countries Higher Education, where he noted France was flict zones and last March contributed some Ambassador to Paris Sami Mohammad Al- Additionally, the cultural body would work was the cultural, scientific and technical coop- ranked 10th for receiving Kuwaiti foreign stu- $5.0 million to an international fund spon- Suleiman was the guest of honor at the event with public entities to promote development eration agreement signed between Kuwait dents, who number 140 in graduate and post- sored by France and the UAE to help safe- and he was accompanied by an important projects between States in the economic and and France on September 18, 1969,” he graduate programs here in various fields guard, rescue, renovate and protect cultural Kuwaiti delegation of top diplomats to sup- cultural spheres. Naman stressed that his remarked, noting that things have progressed including French language, Law, Economics, artifacts in dangerous areas, particularly in port their compatriot’s project. Foundation had no intention of overlapping on several levels since then. Medicine, Accounting etc. the Middle East. — KUNA “I would like to praise this productive initiative by Nawaf Naman to extend another bridge between the two friendly peoples of Kuwait and France,” Al-Suleiman said at the launch of The Bridge of Cultures Foundation. The Ambassador remarked that the hosting of the launch in the “prestigious” French National Assembly building was “a distinguished indication that reflects the excellent relations between Kuwait and France in various areas.” The French host of the event, senior Parliamentarian Jean-Francois Mancel, also warmly welcomed the cultural initiative, which he said would bring the two countries closer together. “I laud the idea of Nawaf Naman, the President of ‘Bridge of Cultures’, which is an association that has a vocation to permit Kuwait and France to meet each other, to better understand each other and to like each other in all areas,” Mancel stated. Explaining his initiative, Naman said that more bridges PARIS: A group photo taken from the French - Kuwaiti foundation’s launching cere- were needed between nations at a time of mony. —KUNA Photos Kuwaiti Ambassador Sami Al-Suleiman (left) and the foundation’s president Nawaf Naman. 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CAIRO: Pope Francis is surrounded by security as he rides an uncovered Popemobile before the start of a mass yesterday at a stadium in Cairo. — AFP Pope, at Cairo Mass, urges unity against fanaticism Pontiff denounces Islamist violence, populism, human rights abuses

CAIRO: Pope Francis warned against religious said in a speech on Friday, sharing the stage fanaticism yesterday, wrapping up a brief trip with Sisi, who warmly applauded his words. to Cairo where he urged Muslim leaders to unite against violence by Islamic militants Strict security threatening to rid the Middle East of its The unusual choice of venue for yesterday’s ancient Christian communities. Francis’ trip religious service highlights the security con- comes three weeks after Islamic State killed at cerns surrounding the trip. Helicopter gunships least 45 people in attacks on two Egyptian circled the perimeter of the stadium and churches. He has used the visit to launch a armored military vehicles patrolled the streets strong appeal for religious freedom and to of the Egyptian capital on Saturday. Police in accuse extremists of distorting the nature of white uniforms were positioned every few God. After a dense first day of meetings with meters (yards) on a Nile bridge that the pope political and religious leaders, the highlight crossed. The 80-year-old pope himself declined yesterday was a Mass in the Air Defense the use of an armored limousine, preferring Stadium, where Vatican officials said 15,000 instead to travel in an ordinary Fiat car with its people gathered, among them Coptic bish- window wound down so he could be closer to ops and senior Anglican figures. onlookers. Francis had lunch with Egyptian Crowds arrived early, waving Egyptian and bishops and was later leading prayers at a Vatican flags and braving intense security Catholic seminary in the south of Cairo before measures to welcome Francis, who toured the heading back to Italy in the late afternoon. The sun-drenched stadium in a golf buggy to the visit was the first by Francis to Cairo but the sound of hymns performed by a choir and second by a Catholic pope. Pope John Paul II orchestra. He blessed Egypt as one of the ear- came to Egypt in 2000, a year before the liest nations to embrace Christianity and September 11 attacks on the United States that repeated his plea for tolerance. “True faith convulsed Western relations with the Muslim leads us to protect the rights of others with world. Egypt’s Christians comprise 10 percent the same zeal and enthusiasm with which we of the 92 million population, making them the defend our own,” he told the crowd in the largest Christian community in the Middle East. heavily guarded arena. “The only fanaticism Most Egyptian Christians are Coptic Orthodox, believers can have is that of charity. Any oth- while barely 200,000 are members of Churches er fanaticism does not come from God and is within the Roman Catholic fold. not pleasing to him,” he said in his homily. While Egypt has escaped the sort of sectarian In a series of speeches during his two-day violence that has decimated ancient Christian stay, the pope has delivered his bluntest communities in Syria and Iraq, it is under threat denunciations yet against religious violence, from Islamic State militants who launched a cam- and has appeared to endorse Egyptian paign in December to wipe out Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s campaign Christians, carrying out three church attacks that against Islamist militants. However, he have killed more than 70 people. The campaign nuanced his message by lamenting the rise of presents a challenge for Sisi, who has vowed to “demagogic forms of populism”-a possible crush Islamist extremist and is fighting a long- reference to right-wing nationalist parties in running insurgency in North Sinai, where Islamic Europe pushing anti-immigrant and anti- State murders have forced hundreds of Copts to Muslim agendas. He also defended human flee. Sisi, who declared a three-month state of rights-which non-governmental organiza- emergency after the Palm Sunday church tions have accused Sisi’s administration of attacks, appealed for more international cooper- abusing. “History does not forgive those who ation to combat terrorism when he met Francis preach justice, but then practice injustice,” he on Friday. — Reuters Russians urge Putin to quit MOSCOW: Several hundred Russians are getting worse, and that the main lined up in central Moscow yesterday problem is the fact that those in power under the gaze of riot police to hand are the same,” she told Reuters. over handwritten appeals for President Her preference for president was Vladimir Putin to quit, as similar opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who protests took place in other cities. Putin, spent 15 days in jail last month after who has dominated Russian politics for helping organize the biggest anti-gov- 17 years, has not said whether he will ernment protests since 2012, which end- run in presidential elections in March ed with over 1,000 arrests. Yesterday’s 2018. But the 64-year-old politician, event, held in bright sunshine, was more who enjoys high popularity ratings, is modest, though authorities were taking widely expected to do so. no chances. A Reuters reporter counted Yesterday’s protest in the capital- at least 30 police buses and coaches in called “We’re sick of him”-was organized the area, packed with hundreds of riot by the Open Russia movement founded police. Videos posted by Russian media by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. showed police in riot gear detaining pro- Once Russia’s richest man, he was freed testers in St Petersburg, where activists by Putin in 2013 after spending a decade reported over 100 arrests. There was no in jail for fraud, a charge Khodorkovsky official confirmation of the arrests. said was politically-motivated. One of Police said 250 people had showed up hundreds shepherded into a queue in Moscow, the Interfax news agency behind metal barriers by police before reported, while Maria Baronova, an Open handing over their petitions one-by-one, Russia activist, said at least 500 people Anna, a 16-year-old Moscow schoolgirl, had handed over a petition. Irina said she hoped Putin would get the mes- Glushkova, 64, standing in the same line sage and not run again. “Nothing positive as the schoolgirl, said she and many oth- has happened in our country on his ers simply didn’t agree with how Putin watch and I have the sense that things governed. — Reuters INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 UN Security Council backs new News in brief

Western Sahara talks attempt Kyrgyz landslide kills 24 BISHKEK: A landslide swept over part of a village in Kyrgyzstan yesterday, killing 24 people, including nine children, the emergencies ministry said. The landslide hit the UN sees new dynamic for political deal village of Ayu in the Osh region of the mountainous ALGIERS: The United Nations Security ronment that will facilitate early implemen- keeping mission, known as MINURSO, until as a way to lobby diplomatic support for its Central Asian country at around 06:40 am and covered six Council has unanimously backed attempts tation of Mr Guterres’s determination to April 30, 2018 and called on the parties to autonomy plan for the disputed territory. houses with inhabitants inside, the emergencies ministry to restart talks between Morocco and the relaunch the negotiating process,” the UN show political will and to resume negotia- Friday’s UN Security Council resolution said in a statement. “All 24 citizens of Kyrgzystan, nine of Polisario independence movement over the spokesman said in a statement noting tions for a fifth round of talks. noted the need for more support for them children, died under the landslide in the south of the Western Sahara conflict and has extended Morocco’s early pullback and confirming It supported a “new dynamic and new Sahrawi refugees who fled the conflict and country,” emergencies ministry spokeswoman Elmira its peacekeeping mission for another year. Polisario withdrawal. spirit” to reach a mutually acceptable politi- have since lived in camps in the south of Sheripova said. A total of 266 rescue workers including The resolution late on Friday came after the A vast desert area bordering the Atlantic cal solution. Past attempts to broker a deal Algeria. Since the 1991 ceasefire, the medics and soldiers were at the scene, Sheripova said. The UN mission confirmed the Polisario had Ocean, Western Sahara has been contested have been fallen apart over the referendum region has effectively been split by an emergencies minister, Kubatbek Boronov, flew to the site withdrawn troops from disputed territory’s since 1975 when colonial Spain left. terms, including who should be allowed to earthen wall separating an area controlled on the orders of President Almazbek Atambayev to take “all Guerguerat area, where they faced off since Morocco claimed the region, but Polisario vote and whether questions of independ- by Morocco that it claims as its southern possible measures to alleviate the consequences of the last year with Moroccan forces. Rabat pulled fought a guerrilla war for independence ence or autonomy should be on the ballot. provinces, and territory controlled by the landslide and give all necessary help to families of the back its forces earlier this year. until the UN-backed ceasefire. UN talks The Security Council has also been split. Polisario with a UN-mandated buffer zone dead”, according to a statement on the president’s website. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have long failed to broker an agreement on France backs former colony Morocco, the between them. Atambayev himself in an emotional address published on earlier this month called for Morocco and how to decide on self-determination. United States was more cautious and Tensions rose last year when UN peace- the presidential YouTube channel called on villagers to the Polisario Front, who fought a war over Morocco wants an autonomy plan under Polisario’s self-declared Sahrawi Arab keepers intervened in a standoff after heed government warnings to leave their homes during the region until a 1991 ceasefire, to enter Moroccan sovereignty. But Polisario wants Democratic Republic was supported by for- Moroccan forces crossed beyond the earth- extreme weather. new negotiations that would include pro- a UN-backed referendum including on the mer non-permanent members Venezuela en wall in Guerguerat near the Mauritania posals from both sides. “This action should question of independence. The UN resolu- and Angola. Earlier this year, Morocco also border and Polisario responded by dis- Drone strike kills 3 improve the prospects of creating an envi- tion on Friday extended the UN peace- returned to the African Union regional bloc patching troops to the area. — Reuters ADEN: A presumed US drone strike in south Yemen yesterday killed three suspected members of Al-Qaeda, a Yemeni security official said. The strike targeted a car Online videos of in which the suspects were travelling in the Rawda region of Shabwa province, according to the official killings pose tricky who did not want to be identified. Since President Donald Trump took office in January, the United States problem for Facebook has intensified its air war against Al-Qaeda in the SAN FRANCISCO: Posting a smartphone video online has Arabian Peninsula, regarded by Washington as the never been so easy-even if the video shows a murder. After most dangerous branch of the extremist group. The two recent cases that shocked the world, this has become Pentagon said on April 3 that it had carried out more a tricky but urgent problem for Facebook to tackle. On than 70 strikes against jihadist targets in Yemen since Monday, a 20-year-old Thai man broadcast live video on February 28. Al-Qaeda has taken advantage of the the world’s most popular social media platform, showing chaos caused by more than two years of civil war to him killing his baby daughter before his own suicide. The expand its presence in Yemen. previous week, a US man dubbed the “Facebook Killer” fatally shot himself after three days of a frantic nationwide manhunt. Steve Stephens, 37, had posted a video on Easter China deports US citizen Sunday, saying he intended to kill. He followed up two SHANGHAI: China has deported a US citizen who was con- minutes later with video showing the fatal shooting of an victed of espionage this week after being held without trial elderly grandfather whom he had seemingly chosen at for two years, removing a source of friction between random in Cleveland, Ohio. In a third video 11 minutes lat- Washington and Beijing. Sandy Phan-Gillis was arrested in er, streamed live from Stephens’ car, he said he intended to March 2015 while about to leave mainland China for the kill others. Chinese-ruled, former Portuguese colony of Macau. A Facebook denounced the “horrific crime,” saying it had court on Tuesday ordered her deportation after sentenc- “no place” on its platform. But the video of the shooting ing her to three-and-a-half years in prison for espionage. wasn’t taken down by Facebook for more than two hours She left China on Friday from the southern city of after it was posted. The Thai murder video remained on Guangzhou and arrived in Los Angeles on the same day, Facebook for close to 24 hours. Critics say the social media her husband said in a statement. The Chinese government giant has been too slow to react, and questioned whether has not released details of the charges against Phan-Gillis. Facebook Live-a strategic area of development for the Her lawyer told Reuters on Tuesday he could not reveal company-should be disabled. After the Cleveland killing, details of the case because it involved ìstate secrets.î Her Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg pledged to “keep doing husband, Jeff Gillis, said China had accused Phan-Gillis of all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening.” visiting the country twice on spy missions in 1996 and But he conceded: “There is a lot of work to do here.” working with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation to capture two Chinese spies in the United States and turn Vulnerable them into double agents. Facebook’s video functions have also been used to SKOPJE: Protesters demonstrate in front of the local EU building in Skopje, days after nationalist protesters broadcast rapes. This week, three men in Sweden were sen- stormed the building in anger over a vote for a new speaker.— AFP Turkey kills 14 militants tenced to prison for gang-raping a woman and live- ANKARA: Turkey’s military said it killed 14 mem- streaming the attack. Other shocking content includes the bers of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) suicides of young people who broadcast their deaths on Macedonia nationalists are in air strikes in northern Iraq yesterday, as Ankara Facebook Live or competing applications like Twitter’s steps up a push against the group and their affili- Periscope and Live.me. Any online platform that lets users ates in Iraq and Syria. Turkey has intensified attacks freely publish content will face these problems, but ‘playing with fire’: Ex-envoy on the PKK in northern Iraq and its Syrian-Kurdish Facebook is particularly vulnerable given its huge user affiliate, the YPG, in northern Syria. President base, said Lou Kerner, a partner at Flight VC and a social Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that as many as 220 media specialist. Facebook had 1.86 billion users as of the Macedonian political crisis takes violent turn militants had been killed in recent strikes elsewhere end of December. There are no “easy answers,” he said. in northern Iraq. Six militants were killed around the “They’re going to struggle to stop it from occurring. The BELGRADE: Nationalists in Macedonia months of clashes between Macedonian which we hope don’t have to be area of Sinat-Haftan and eight in the countryside question is how fast they can take it down.” are “playing with fire” in refusing to security forces and ethnic Albanian launched.” The EU’s leverage in around Adiyaman in two separate air strikes in Most social networks ban violent and shocking content, relinquish power and the European guerrillas in 2001, warned of further Macedonia and across the Balkans has northern Iraq yesterday morning, the military said but given the volume of postings, they mostly rely on users Union should consider halting its escalation. The nationalists, he said, “are been diminished by the bloc’s waning in a statement. The PKK, which has carried out a to identify and report them. Facebook said it has “thou- accession process in order to break a playing with fire. The next step I could enthusiasm for enlargement, the three-decade insurgency against the Turkish state, sands” of people combing through the “millions” of items dangerous deadlock, said the former imagine, but God forbid, if arms are promise of which had helped stabilize has camps in the mountains of northern Iraq. Both posted weekly in more than 40 languages, adding that it envoy who helped avert civil war in going to be handed out and circulated and reform the region after the bloody the United States and Turkey consider it a terrorist was trying to speed up the process. However, it’s unlikely the Balkan country. A long-running as they were in 2001, you are quickly on breakup of socialist Yugoslavia. Feith organization. However, the NATO allies disagree on the network will impose a delay of a few seconds to verify political crisis in the former Yugoslav the abyss of civil war,” Feith said in a tele- said Gruevski’s nationalists were “sim- the Syrian-Kurdish YPG, which the United States content before broadcast, the way some television chan- republic turned violent on Thursday phone interview late on Friday. ply not listening.” “Are we going to sees as a useful partner in the fight against Islamic nels do for live events, said Roger Kay, an analyst with when supporters of the ruling VMRO- Feith also served as an EU envoy in continue this charade or are we going State in Syria. Erdogan considers the Syrian-Kurdish Endpoint Technologies Associates. DPMNE party, some in balaclavas, the region and is currently a senior to draw a line and say that the acces- fighters to be a terrorist group and is concerned “When you have more than a billion people connected stormed parliament after a new major- diplomatic adviser at the European sion process has ended or is about to their advances in northern Syrian could fuel the to each other,” you are “well beyond the scope of what a ity in the assembly elected an ethnic Institute of Peace, which supports EU end? That’s the question that I think Kurdish insurgency at home. human can do,” he said. Artificial intelligence technology is Albanian as speaker, a first step mediation and conflict-resolution needs to be faced,” he said. improving but still not good enough and would create too towards replacing the nationalist-led efforts. The Dutch diplomat suggested Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev, many “false positives.” “I don’t know if there’s a real human government. the EU, which has lost diplomatic lever- who heads the new parliamentary Orban accepts EU demands or technical solution. You can punish the breach, but some The events, in which one ethnic age across the Balkans due to an majority and was hurt during BRUSSELS: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told people don’t care,” Kay said, giving as examples the Islamic Albanian MP was brutally beaten and increasingly apparent reluctance to Thursday’s violence, said on Friday he leaders of his centre-right EU political group yesterday that State jihadist group which has been posting violent and several other deputies left bloodied, expand further into the region, was expected the new speaker, former he would comply with demands from Brussels to change inflammatory content online for years, or those who just raised fears that the political crisis was considering sanctions. “There is also guerrilla Talat Xhaferi, to assume his measures branded an attack on academic freedom, the want their 15 minutes of fame. spiraling out of control and may perhaps room for sanctions, some form duties and notify the president of the party said. There was no immediate confirmation from plunge the country back into ethnic of travel ban or financial measures new majority. President Gjorge Ivanov, Orban. But the apparent easing of tensions with Budapest ‘Social responsibility’ conflict 16 years after Western diplo- directed specifically against the leader- an ally of Gruevski, has so far refused came as EU national leaders met in Brussels to demon- Kerner said even if Facebook is not legally responsible macy averted full-blown civil war. The ship of VMRO,” Feith said. Asked if he to give Zaev the mandate to form a strate unity ahead of Brexit negotiations. They agreed for- for the actions of users, it has a “social responsibility to nationalists of former Prime Minister was advocating sanctions or if they government. The VMRO narrowly won mal guidelines for those talks with Britain without further address it in an appropriate manner.” But Kay pointed out Nikola Gruevski are blocking the for- were being considered by the EU, Feith a snap election in December, held discussion. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is also that any restrictions on content require “moral judgment” mation of a new government led by replied: “I think the latter.” under a deal to end two years of politi- part of the conservative bloc, said actions would speak on what should be permitted. “I’m pretty sure Facebook the opposition Social Democrats, cal crisis triggered by a wiretap scan- louder than words. ‘For me, and I believe this is also the doesn’t want that role,” he said. The social media network accusing them of doing a deal with ‘Draw a line’ dal that appeared to expose wide- case for the Commission, what matters are the actual has a difficult balancing act, risking criticism if seen as too the country’s ethnic Albanian minority A spokeswoman for the EU could spread abuse of office. But Gruevski, results,’ she told a news conference after the Brussels sum- lax toward content, but also facing heat for being too that risked tearing the country apart not immediately be reached for com- who was accused by critics of becom- mit. Orban, in power since 2010, has regularly bashed the restrictive. It has been accused of censorship in the past, by allowing wider official use of the ment, but German Foreign Minister ing increasingly autocratic during a EU and is accused in Brussels along with leaders of some such as last year when it blocked the iconic 1972 image of Albanian language. Sigmar Gabriel also hinted at possible decade in power, failed to revive a other ex-communist countries such as Poland, of willingly a Vietnamese girl fleeing a napalm attack, because she was Pieter Feith, who as NATO’s Balkans punishment, telling reporters in Malta: coalition deal with the largest ethnic accepting EU funds, while rejecting EU values or a share of naked. troubleshooter at the turn of the century “We are sending clear signals ... but of Albanian party, which threw its sup- refugees. The Hungarian leader appeared to be in appeas- Facebook later reinstated the photo, citing its historical helped negotiate a peace deal to end course there a lot of other measures port behind Zaev instead. —Reuters ing mode yesterday. importance. Facebook also found itself embroiled in controversy last summer when it blocked a video showing the death of an American black man who had been shot by police, which was broadcast live by his girlfriend. Brazil’s indigenous tribes protest against land theft Zuckerberg later reversed the decision, saying the video, while shocking, shines “a light on the fear that millions of BRASILIA: Fed up with endless encroach- population, divided into 305 ethnic groups. members of our community live with every day.” — AFP ment on their ancestral lands, leaders of The statistic that matters most, however, is Brazil’s many indigenous tribes went to the the 12 percent of Brazil their recognized capital Brasilia to speak out this week. But lands cover, much of it in the Amazon. they had trouble finding anyone to listen. Although most of the world sees the region More than 3,000 tribal members massed on as one of the planet’s greatest natural won- the esplanade outside the government ders, the powerful Brazilian agricultural complex in Brasilia for the 14th annual industry values the sparsely populated “Free lands” event. lands mainly for logging and converting to But their freedom had limits: when farmland for soy and cattle. they tried to approach Congress on The government is committed to pro- Tuesday, they were pushed back in clouds tecting those lands-in theory. But the fact of tear gas.”They’re prejudiced,” said Alvaro that many of the borders are not officially Tucano, one of the tribal members taking demarcated effectively deprives the tribal part in a week-long camp outside the gov- members of legal rights. The result is con- ernment complex. “I have never seen such stant pressure on the indigenous peoples a conservative Congress as the one there and frequent clashes. At least 137 tribal is today.” The clash provided surreal scenes people were murdered in 2015, according of men in traditional headdresses with to the Indigenous Missionary Council, run bows and arrows facing off against black- by the Catholic Church. The number of clad riot police. those killed since 2003 reaches above 890. PHUKET: Chiranut Trairat, (second from left) mother of Those who were there say the contrast To their chagrin, the official ultimately an 11-month-old baby girl, stands next to her daugh- reflected the permanent disconnect responsible for protecting vulnerable ter’s portrait before her funeral in Phuket, Thailand yes- between Brazil’s state and the descendants indigenous groups in the country’s conser- terday. Her distraught husband hanged their daughter of the country’s original inhabitants. Nearly vative government, Justice Minister Osmar on social media website Facebook Live and then killed 900,000 indigenous tribe members current- Serraglio, belongs to Brasilia’s influential BRASILIA: Indigenous people march at the Esplanade of the Ministries in Brasilia himself, police said. — AP ly live in Brazil, or 0.4 percent of the entire pro-agriculture political wing. — AFP during a nationwide strike called by unions opposing austerity reforms. — AFP SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Trump’s first 100 days: A chaotic discovery of power

WASHINGTON: From his resounding set- Defense departments? All of his predecessors backs in Congress to his stunning policy flip- have said it: moving into the mansion at 1600 flops, Donald Trump has faced a steep learn- Pennsylvania Avenue is a shock to the sys- ing curve in his opening months at the White tem. “There’s just something about this job as House. Although the new US president has president every president faces you know, shown a capacity to change both his tone that you think one thing going in and then and positions, he has struggled to convey a the pressures of the job or the realities of the clearly articulated worldview. With the arrival world, you know, are different than you of the symbolic milestone of 100 days in thought,” George W Bush said recently. Aside power on Saturday, a cold, hard reality is set- from his unwavering penchant for morning ting in for the billionaire businessman who tweetstorms, often influenced by the ebb promised supporters he would “win, win, and flow of headlines on Fox News, Trump win” for them. has already changed. At this stage of his presidency, Donald In the choice of his teams as well as in Trump is the least popular leader in modern some negotiations, a sort of “presidentializa- US history-even if his core supporters still ful- tion” seems to be unfolding-albeit haltingly. ly back him. The 70-year-old president, Elevated to the highest office in the United whose election victory unleashed a political States with no prior political, diplomatic or shockwave around the world, is still clinging military experience, Trump says his ever- to the take-no-prisoners, unpredictable, evolving approach works. impulsive style that made him a property “I do change and I am flexible, and I’m mogul and reality TV star. But the onetime proud of that flexibility,” he said shortly anti-establishment candidate who promised before authorizing air strikes against the to “drain the swamp” in Washington appears regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to have recognized-with a mix of naivete and over what Washington says was a sarin gas craftiness-that he has one of the most diffi- attack on civilians. On China, Russia and cult jobs in the world. In just his first few NATO, his about-faces have reassured some weeks in office, Trump suffered some crip- Americans to some extent, as well as some of pling blows. Washington’s allies. Federal courts halted his proposed travel “When a president moves from being so ban and Congress failed to adopt health care wrong to being so right on such important reform. “Nobody knew that health care could questions, the sensible response is not to carp be so complicated,” he said during his efforts but to celebrate, however cautiously,” The to have Obamacare-his Democratic predeces- Washington Post said in an editorial, reminding WASHINGTON: First lady Melania Trump sits with a group of children to color and draw following a ribbon cutting ceremony and sor’s signature domestic policy achievement- readers of the harsh, dark tone of Trump’s inau- grand opening of the Bunny Mellon Healing garden at Children’s National Hospital in Washington on Friday, April 28, 2017. The gar- repealed and replaced. And following talks gural address. But his approach also includes den is dedicated to the first ladies of the United States. — AP with Chinese President Xi Jinping about risks. From Syria to North Korea, what is the risk which Trump defended his controversial, far- pivots and resets also raise questions about The successful nomination of conservative North Korea, he said that “after listening for 10 of dragging the United States into a military fetched or just plain false statements one by the very definition of his fluid brand of federal judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme minutes, I realized it’s not so easy.” conflict with an unpredictable outcome, a situ- one, he said: “What am I going to tell you? I “Trumpism”-which revolves around his ubiq- Court stands as the major success of the first ation Trump warned against on the campaign tend to be right.” More than three months uitous “America First” slogan, a seemingly sim- 100 days of the 45th president of the United Tweets-a-plenty trail? How would the Republican president after he took office, many of his detractors ple idea that is nevertheless tough to explain. States. All too aware that he doesn’t have The demands and constraints of the Oval react if a major terror attack were to happen on still deem comments by the novelist Philip The internal squabbles within the Trump much to show for those days, Trump lashed Office-where every word uttered counts-are US soil, as it did on 9/11? Roth in an interview with The New Yorker in White House have meanwhile not helped the out with a tweet decrying the “ridiculous quite different from the daily stump speech- late January to be on the money. president move forward with articulating his standard of the first 100 days”-one his own es Trump made on the campaign trail. Where ‘Trumpism?’ He described a president “ignorant of gov- long-term vision. Within a group that includes team has repeatedly said is vital. to turn for advice? What kind of relationship Both style and substance reveal that ernment, of history, of science, of philosophy, the ultra-conservative Steve Bannon, one Now Trump-who regularly talks about to build with Congress, even when it’s con- Donald J. Trump is an American president like of art, incapable of expressing or recognizing thing stands out: the prime positioning of his possibly running for re-election-has more trolled by his own party? How much latitude no other before him.In a disconcerting inter- subtlety or nuance... and wielding a vocabu- family, especially daughter Ivanka and son-in- than 1,300 days ahead of him until his first to afford the usually powerful State and view given to Time magazine in March, in lary of 77 words.”Trump’s numerous policy law Jared Kushner. term ends. — AFP Progress and distrust live side by side, 25 years after LA riots South Los Angeles still plagued with economic problems

LOS ANGELES: Twenty-five years after Saturday at a prominent South Los had about the system wasn’t necessarily Knowledge. In 1990, the closest year to deadly riots erupted in Los Angeles Angeles church will bring together the the outcome but that they weren’t nec- the riots for which data is available, when four white police officers were African-American and Korean-American essarily able to make a complaint,” Parks unemployment in South Los Angeles acquitted in the videotaped beating of communities. Korean-American-owned said in a phone interview. was at 15 percent. In some residential black motorist Rodney King, an under- businesses were particularly targeted by blocks of South Los Angeles, storefronts current of distrust pulses in a city that rioters in 1992, ransacked at a dispropor- Much more segregated that were destroyed are still vacant, says it has worked hard at police reforms. tionately high rate. The rioting killed More broadly, Mayor Eric Garcetti and highlighting the morass in the neighbor- South Los Angeles, the mostly African- more than 50 people and caused an esti- other current officials credit a federal hood. Many residents are worried about American area where the violence start- mated $1 billion in damage over six consent decree imposed on the Los a recurrence of rioting, especially after HYDERABAD: Indian Hindu priest Ranga Rajan instructs ed in 1992 - including the brutal beating days. Current and former city officials Angeles Police Department in 2001 with the destructive unrest that broke out in devotees during a ceremony to Lord Balaji, known as of a white truck driver that was broad- point to changes that they say have helping to reform it. “Los Angeles in 1992 Baltimore, Ferguson, Missouri, and other the ‘Visa God’, at the Chilkur Balaji Temple in cast live on television - is still plagued reduced strains between police and the was a different place,” Garcetti told CBS US cities after police killings over the Rangareddy district yesterday. President Donald Trump with many of the economic problems community. But blight still mars South News on Friday. “It was much more segre- past three years. will certainly despise this scene: Hundreds of Indians that contributed to the unrest. Los Angeles, where many residents gated.” But in an indication of strained Nearly 60 percent of Los Angeles resi- gather daily at a Hindu temple in southern India as Long before the advent of the Black struggle to find work and earn enough relations, the last two years have seen a dents think another riot is likely in the they pray to get their wish granted for a US visa. —AFP Lives Matter movement, the name to live on, and many in Los Angeles think number of Los Angeles police shootings next five years, according to a survey Rodney King became synonymous with that riots are not just a thing of the past. culminate in protests at police commis- released this week by Loyola Marymount Indians throng the use of excessive force in policing The last quarter-century has brought sion meetings. “The police department University. It was the first time in 20 minority groups. King, who was then 25, sweeping changes to the way the Los has definitely changed. There’s still a lot years researchers found an increase in temple to crack was battered by a squad of officers after Angeles Police Department operates, of work to be done, but I credit a lot of the share of residents who gave that a traffic stop in March 1991, an incident according to current and former city offi- the changes to the community and those answer. Henry Keith Watson, 53, who Trump’s visa curbs that was caught in graphic detail on a cials, reducing some of the mistrust activists who have picked up the mantle took part in the beating of Denny, the bystander’s video. Residents of South many residents feel toward law enforce- from the activists in 1992,” said writer and truck driver, as the Los Angeles riots HYDERABAD: Hundreds of Indians gather daily at a Los Angeles will gather on Saturday to ment. Bernard Parks, the city’s police commentator Jasmyne Cannick, who has began and who was later convicted of 500-year-old Hindu temple in southern India where they mark the anniversary with a march start- chief from 1997 to 2002 and later a city been a high-profile critic of the LAPD. misdemeanor assault, is among those pray for a single wish-an increasingly elusive US visa. ing from the intersection of Florence and councilman, said one of the most impor- Unemployment in South Los Angeles, who see the city as still dealing with the The Chilkur Balaji temple dedicated to Lord Balaji-a re- Normandie, where the violence broke tant changes he made was taking away the epicenter of the 1992 riots, stands at same problems as in 1992. “What do you incarnation of Hindu god Vishnu-on the outskirts of out when a crowd attacked truck driver the power of supervisors to quash mis- 13 percent, compared with 10 percent think has changed?” Watson said in an Hyderabad city, has long been a one-stop solution for Reginald Denny. conduct complaints against officers. “I for all of Los Angeles County, according interview at his house in South Los prospective Indian immigrants seeking US visas, earning A separate commemoration on found the greatest complaint people to the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Angeles. “Please tell me.” — Reuters it the sobriquet of ‘visa temple’. But temple officials say the place has seen an increase in visitors since the election of US President Donald Trump, who this month signed an order seeking to reform the “H-1B” work visa system. The “H-1B” visas are highly sought after by aspir- ing Indian immigrants but Trump’s push to make the permits available only to the most-skilled or highest- paid applicants has many worried. Software engineer Shreekanth Angirekula was among the fortunate ones, having recently secured a US visa after repeated rejections.”It’s a miracle. I couldn’t get a visa for the last two years but after visiting the temple everything went off smoothly,” Angirekula, 33, told AFP. “I am not superstitious but there was definitely divine intervention,” he said. More than 100,000 devotees visit the temple every week, for visas and other reasons. They proffer their passports and a flower before the deity as they circumambulate the inner sanctum of the temple 11 times while chanting Hindu hymns. Once the wish is granted, worshippers must return to make 108 rounds of the sanctum. Chief priest Ranga Rajan said devotees come from across the country in pursuit of visas. “Same passport, same documents, same embassy and same applicant, but their visas were rejected before coming to the Lord,” Rajan said. “It’s all Balaji’s blessings,” he said, adding “it’s not superstition but spiritualism”. The temple’s supposedly magical powers gained repute in the 1980s after a group of engineers visited the temple to pray for visas. They were all granted their wish, and soon, hordes of aspirants followed in their wake. “I have applied for the visa for (my) studies and I hope Balaji will make it happen,” student Raja Shekhar Reddy said. “This visit has boosted my confidence,” he said. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 French hopeful Le Pen names nationalist as PM

PARIS: French far-right presidential hope- France, a founder of the bloc, a key mem- Hollande’s economy minister from 2014 to ful Marine Le Pen yesterday chose defeat- ber of the NATO defence alliance, and the 2016 before turning his back on the ed first-round candidate Nicolas Dupont- world’s fifth largest economy. Socialist government to prepare his own Aignan as her prime minister, a bid to Le Pen had for months seemed sure of a presidential bid. Dupont-Aignan, who attract his voters and help her to victory second round place, even though the race stood in the election for his party ‘Stand up over centrist favourite Emmanuel Macron. was closely fought, and polls ahead of round France’ said he had signed an agreement Dupont-Aignan is a nationalist whose pro- one showed Macron with a far greater on the future government with Le Pen that tectionist economic policies are close to chance than Fillon of beating her next took into account some “modifications” of those of the National Front’s Le Pen and Sunday. Melenchon, for his part, offered the her program. A copy of an alliance docu- who, like her, wants to reduce the powers prospect of a second-round choice between ment put on social media by a TV journalist of European Union institutions. two candidates who would tear up interna- included no significant policy changes. He scored 4.7 percent of votes in the tional trade treaties and whose presidencies Dupont-Aignan is less hardline than Le first round on April 23, and announced on could be fatal to a European Union already Pen in some areas such as reintroduction Friday, as widely expected, that he was weakened by Britain’s departure. of the death penalty, and in 2013 he said backing her for the decisive May 7 second Macron and Le Pen between them on twitter that his party “cannot align our- round. The alliance could help draw in accounted for only 45 percent of the first selves with the extreme right”. other voters from the edges of the main- round vote, and the battle is now on for the However he is seen as having hardened stream right, but it risks alienating some remainder. Polls show Macron winning next his position on immigration since. The 56 of the far-left support she needs if she is Sunday with about 59-60 percent, but the year-old whose power base is in the sub- to upset the odds and win France’s most momentum has been with Le Pen, who has urban and semi-rural Essonne region important election in decades. clawed back about five percentage points south of Paris has long been sought by Le “We will form a government of national over the past week. Pen as a potential ally. His party is an off- unity that brings together people chosen shoot of the conservative mainstream for their competence and their love of End of traditional loyalties PARIS: Former French presidential election candidate for the right-wing Debout la right, claiming to represent the pure France,” Le Pen told a Paris news confer- The presidential contest has blown apart France (DLF) party Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (left) and French presidential election ‘Gaullist’ tradition of post-war president ence, sitting side-by-side with her choice traditional party loyalties. Voters now have a candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen, shake hands at Charles de Gaulle. Macron, on a campaign for premier. The first round elimination of stark choice between a resurgent far right, the end of a joint statement at FN headquarters in Paris yesterday. —AFP trip in central France where he called two other main presidential candidates, once a pariah in French politics, and a man EU and call for pro-business reforms to to protect jobs. “The May 7 election is about politicians who do not back him “morally the far-left’s Jean-Luc Melenchon and con- whose political movement is less than a boost growth against Le Pen’s desire for a European choice,” said outgoing President weak”, said yesterday the alliance between servative Francois Fillon, was greeted with year old and who has never held elected France to close its borders to immigrants, Francois Hollande, speaking at a meeting of Dupont-Aignan and Le Pen clarified the relief by investors and EU partners of office. It sets Macron’s enthusiasm for the unwind EU institutions and restrict imports EU leaders in Brussels. Macron served as choice on offer to voters. — Reuters Macrons age gap - ‘unusual’ to French, titillates abroad

PARIS: Brigitte Macron, as the 64-year-old Macron has acknowledged that “given the wife of the man tipped to become France’s age difference” the couple had to decide early youngest-ever president, is getting used to on that they would not have children. being in the media spotlight. But the elegant But, he told French television, “I did not blonde is also having to endure unwelcome need biological children and grandchildren” scrutiny from a foreign press fascinated by the to be able to enjoy loving relationships with age gap between her and Emmanuel Macron, his wife’s three children and seven grandchil- the talented student she first met when he dren. The young Macron’s family, displeased was 15 and she a married mother of three. “A by the budding romance, banished him to cougar at the Elysee?” asked Britain’s Times Paris, but the pair kept the fire burning, newspaper as Macron, 39, ramped up his cam- spending hours on the phone together, paign against far-right rival Marine Le Pen. Brigitte said in the documentary. The couple In Germany, the Bild mass circulation daily have appeared on the covers of society mag- marveled: “She’s 24 years older! How can such azines, with Paris Match showing them a marriage work?”Breathlessly dubbing the cavorting on the beach in the seaside resort couple’s romance “the love story of the centu- of Biarritz. Sophie des Deserts, writing for the ry”, Britain’s Daily Mail this week published a French edition of Vanity Fair, said: “This couple picture of the teenager kissing his drama in reverse shows an evolution in society-it’s coach on the cheek after starring in a play not a powerful man with a younger wife. That that she directed. “Sealed with a kiss!” it said says things about Emmanuel Macron’s per- of a gesture that could not be more ordinary sonality.” Scholars point out that history is full in such a setting in France. of high-profile women with younger men, cit- In their home country-where the private ing Cleopatra, Catherine the Great and lives of public figures are off limits to the Elizabeth I. media by tacit agreement, though that is changing-the Macrons have been described Renaissance couple as an “unusual couple”. The closest France France has its renaissance couple: Diane came to titillation was a rumor that Macron de Poitiers and King Henri II, who was 20 was using his wife as a cover for being gay, years her junior. The king married Catherine and even that he had a gay extramarital de Medici, but openly preferred Diane, set- BRUSSELS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to address a press conference at the end of a special EU leaders’ meeting of the European affair. The rumor was quickly dispelled with a ting her up in the magnificent Chenonceaux Council to adopt the guidelines for the Brexit talks, in Brussels yesterday. — AFP joke by the candidate himself. Neither has chateau on the River Cher. Fixation on the shied away from discussing the bond they age gap is viewed at home as a mixture of formed as teacher and student in the north- ageism, sexism and voyeurism. After all, com- ern city of Amiens. mentators note, the age gap is similar to that EU leaders show ‘firm united between US President Donald Trump, 70, and Obsession his 47-year-old wife Melania. “He was not like the others,” Brigitte says in Italy-whose flamboyant former prime front’ ahead of Brexit talks a recent documentary about her husband. “I minister Silvio Berlusconi is nearly 50 years was totally captivated by this boy’s intelli- older than his current girlfriend-is not too gence-that’s the teacher in me speaking.” fussed over the Macrons. A headline in the Then: “Little by little he overcame all my daily La Stampa reads: “Brigitte and ‘Before discussing future, we have to sort out our past’ resistance.” The candidate, for his part, Emmanuel are a couple-that’s all”. And after detailed their romance in his autobiography, the sensationalism subsided in Britain, Zoe BRUSSELS: European Union leaders vowed yes- considering how to deal with possible British throughout the talks. “Our unity is also in the titled “Revolution”: “I was hooked, it was an Williams, a columnist for The Guardian news- terday to stand shoulder-to-shoulder behind negotiating tactics. “Maybe the British govern- UK’s interest,” he said. “I feel strong support from obsession: to live the life I’ve chosen with the paper, urged cooler heads to prevail. “Ditch their negotiating team during the divorce pro- ment will do its utmost to split the 27 nations all the EU institutions, including the European woman I loved, to do everything to win that.” the outrage over Macron’s marriage age gap- ceedings with Britain and warned that demands and it is trap we need to avoid,” said Belgian Parliament, as well as all the 27 member states. I He admitted that the start to the relationship we all have fascists to fight,” she wrote, refer- from British Prime Minister Theresa May will be Prime Minister Charles Michel. Ever since the know this is something unique and I am confi- was “clandestine”-after all, she divorced in ring to Le Pen and her anti-immigration dealt with “firmly.” The 27 EU leaders in Brussels June 23 referendum last year in which Britons dent it will not change.” Over the past years, the order to marry him two years later, in 2007. National Front (FN) party. — AFP finalized the cornerstones of their negotiating narrowly voted to leave the bloc, the remaining bloc has often been bitterly divided over issues stance within minutes of starting a short sum- 27 EU nations have shown a rare exceptional uni- like the financial crisis, the euro debt crisis, mit, a month after the British leader triggered ty. In contrast, citizens in Britain have been divid- bailouts to financially-strapped members like two years of exit talks on March 29. The negotia- ed because of the momentous event looming. Greece, and how to deal with the hundreds of tions themselves are to open shortly after Britain Now, the EU is also intent on making Britain pay thousands of migrants entering the bloc. holds an early election on June 8. “Guidelines the divorce bill, which some EU officials have put At their summit, the leaders are set to adopted unanimously. EU27 firm and fair politi- as high as 60 billion euros ($65 billion). “If you are acknowledge that Northern Ireland could join cal mandate for the #Brexit talks is ready,” EU no longer part of a club, it has consequences. A the bloc in the future if its people vote to unite Council President Donald Tusk tweeted. Brexit for free is not possible,” Michel said. with EU member state Ireland. The leaders say there can’t be any discussions To kick off the negotiations, Tusk wants to The two share the same island, and the diffi- on the future relationship between the EU and center on the millions of people living in each culties of re-establishing a land border are Britain before some key issues are settled. Those other’s nations who would be immediately immense and politically fraught. Two European include how much Britain owes the bloc, what to affected. All sides “need solid guarantees for all officials said a statement on the Northern do about the Irish land border with Britain and, citizens and their families who will be affected Ireland issue is likely to be added to the minutes Tusk said, making sure the welfare of citizens and by Brexit on both sides. This must be the No 1 of the summit, which is being held without May. families living in each other’s nations will be a priority,” Tusk said. Some 3 million citizens from The officials asked not to be identified because priority. The guidelines halted British hopes of the 27 nations live in Britain while up to 2 million the issue was not yet settled. Future relations having future trade relations being discussed Britons live on the continent, all facing massive between Ireland and Britain, including how the concurrently all through the talks. Tusk said uncertainly on such issues as health benefits, border between Ireland and Northern Ireland “before discussing the future, we have to sort out pensions, taxes, employment and education. would work with the UK outside the bloc, have our past. We will handle it with genuine care - Tusk said the sustained unity of the 27 will emerged as a key problem to be addressed dur- but firmly.” Some at the summit were already help May since she will have political certainty ing the Brexit talks. — AP

LYON: Supporters of French presidential candidate for the En Marche! movement Emmanuel Macron gather in Lyon yesterday ahead of the second and final round of Ghana to roll out free high school program the presidential election on May 7. — AFP ACCRA: Ghana is planning to make senior high impact on improving problem areas such as euros) a year in fees and books for a private junior school free for all teenagers, whatever their back- child mortality and wages. high school. “For those lower income earners, it Common language spells ground, in a move experts say could transform was a big blow when it (senior high school) the lives of millions of youngsters, particularly Boost standards wasn’t free. Some of them end up dropping out girls. President Nana Akufo-Addo has promised The West Africa head of the Campaign for because they cannot get enough money,” he said. divisions in the Balkans to introduce the measure in September to fulfill a Female Education (CAMFED), Dolores Dickson, campaign pledge made during last December’s said girls in Ghana faced similar barriers to stay in ‘Fantastic opportunity’ SARAJEVO: Nicotine addicts in Bosnia are Zagreb to Podgorica through Sarajevo and election that brought him to power. Currently, school as in other developing countries. Poorer Education consultant Prince Armah said the free warned three times on their cigarette packets Belgrade, around 15 million people speak the access to senior high school in Ghana depends on families were more likely to focus on a boy’s edu- senior high initiative was a positive move but issues that “Pusenje ubija” (“Smoking kills”) but this isn’t language that was standardized in the 19th passing an entrance exam, available places and, cation, believing that a girl will be more helpful of equality still needed to be addressed across an attempt to hammer home the health mes- and 20th centuries and was widely known as crucially, being able to afford the fees. around the home, she added. Public primary and Ghana. Wealth gaps between rural and urban areas, sage. The warning is printed in each of Bosnia’s Serbo-Croatian during the communist Akufo-Addo said last month that free school- junior high school in Ghana is free, although the more affluent south and the poorer north, has three official languages, Bosnian, Serbian and Yugoslav era, written in either the Latin or ing meant “more and more of our girls get access there are still costs for items such as uniforms and an impact on schooling. Government statistics from Croatian, even though the words are the same in Cyrillic alphabet. But after the bloody break- to affordable and quality education which is turn exercise books. But when girls were given the 2015 exams showed non-deprived districts outper- each case, albeit one written using a different up of the Yugoslav federation in the 1990s, speeds up the development of our country. chance to finish school, it benefitted everyone, formed deprived districts, with approximately 25 but widely known alphabet. But the linguistic nationalist elites tried to widen the linguistic “Achieving excellence in girls’ education is a must she said. Camfed has given secondary school percent of candidates receiving above average distinction is seen by many as artificial and driv- gap between the newly-born countries. if we are to shed off the evils of poverty, igno- scholarships to more than 67,000 girls in Ghana. grades. In deprived districts, it was less than 12 per- en by a wish to stir up nationalism. Croatia introduced words such as “zracna rance, and disease and put our country on the They “invest back in their families, paying for cent. Some 400 million cedi has been set aside for the A group of intellectuals from Bosnia, luka” instead of “aerodrom” for airport, while a path of progress and prosperity,” he added. Girls healthcare and other siblings to go to school”, scheme in this year’s budget. Exact details of how the Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia drew up a spokesman is a now a “glasnogovornik” (liter- in Ghana currently lag behind boys in school said Dickson.Access to education should become initiative will work are yet to be revealed. But declaration in late March claiming they speak ally “loudspeaker”) instead of “portparol”. attendance by just over two years. “just as natural as breathing or.. having a meal a Camfed’s Dickson said if Akufo-Addo’s plan is success- a “common language” in the four ex-Yugoslav Montenegro, after declaring independence UN statistics from 2015 indicated girls spent day” so “you don’t have to think about it”, she ful, it will be “a fantastic opportunity for this genera- republics. “It’s as clear as day,” said Fedja Isovic, from Serbia in 2006, created two new letters an average of 5.8 years in school compared added. Raymond Osei, who lives in Cape Coast, tion”. “It means that access to education is no longer a a Bosnian playwright behind a popular in its alphabet. In impoverished Bosnia, still with 7.9 for boys. Across sub-Saharan Africa, 150 kilometers from the capital, Accra, said his 13- challenge, no longer a barrier. We know the power of regional sitcom, in which he says more than deeply ethnically divided more than 20 years the figures were 4.5 and 6.3; globally the aver- year old daughter, Charlotte, would be going to what education can do,” she added. “If this works peo- 300 Balkan actors “all speak their mother after the war that left 100,000 people dead, age was 7.7 and 8.8. The need for girls to finish senior high regardless. But eradicating fees would ple will go into the school system and have access to tongue” without any difficulty of comprehen- authorities circulate documents in three, often school has been the subject of many global ease the burden on family finances, said the the school system irrespective of where you are born sion between dialects. “Only linguistic-nation- identical versions-a significant cost for the campaigns, which have highlighted their banker, who pays about 1,600 cedi ($380, 350 and who you are born to.”— AFP alist hordes think differently,” he said. From country of 3.5 million people. — AFP SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Notorious Afghan warlord urges end to ‘unholy war’ Hekmatyar addresses followers in public speech

MEHTAR LAM, Afghanistan: In his first public speech since signing a peace deal with the Afghan government, one of Afghanistan’s most notorious warlords yesterday called for the Taleban to stop fighting and begin negotiations. “I invite you to join the peace cara- van and stop the pointless, meaning- less and unholy war,” Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said to a gathering of his followers and Afghan politicians in This file photograph taken on October 31, 2011, shows US Marines carrying a Laghman province, east of the capital, wounded colleague, who was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), to a Kabul. “I want a free, proud, independ- medevac helicopter of US Army’s Task Force Lift “Dust Off”, Charlie Company 1-171 ent and Islamic Afghanistan,” he said. Aviation Regiment, to be airlifted in Helmand province. — AFP In February the United Nations Security Council agreed to drop sanctions against Hekmatyar, paving the US Marines return to way for him to return openly to Afghanistan. The Afghan government Afghanistan’s Helmand requested the move as part of a peace deal with Hekmatyar and his militant LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan: US Marines thousand more to help break the stalemate group, Hezb-i-Islami, in September. returned to Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand against the insurgents. Pentagon chief Jim Afghan President Ashraf Ghani wel- yesterday, where American troops faced Mattis warned of “another tough year” in comed Hekmatyar’s public return, say- heated fighting until NATO’s combat mis- Afghanistan when he visited Kabul this ing the former strongman would coop- sion ended in 2014, in the latest sign for- week as part of consultations on the Trump erate with the government. “Hezb-i- KABUL: Afghan warlord and ex-prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar gestures as he speaks at a rally in eign forces are being increasingly drawn administration’s review of Afghan policy. Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Laghman province yesterday. —AFP back into the conflict. The deployment of Mirza Mohammad Yarmand, a retired return will have remarkable effects on some 300 Marines to the poppy-growing Afghan general based in Kabul, was opti- peace, stability, prosperity and devel- southern province, first announced in mistic. “If the Afghan forces and the US opment in all aspects,” Ghani’s office January, came one day after the resurgent Marines jointly fight the phenomenon of said in a statement. The deal has been In Kashmir, social media Taliban announced the launch of their the terrorism in southern Helmand, we will criticized by some Afghans and human “spring offensive”, and as the Trump admin- have tangible results,” he told AFP. rights groups for the pardon it granted istration seeks to craft a new strategy in to Hekmatyar and many of his fighters. becomes a battleground Afghanistan. Afghan quagmire Hekmatyar’s return “will compound the Commander of US and NATO forces in Most US forces in Afghanistan are taking culture of impunity”, Human Rights SRINAGAR: An unprecedented ban on Whatsapp, for decades. But the violent civilian protests, which Afghanistan General John Nicholson part in NATO’s training mission, seeking to Watch researcher Patricia Gossman Facebook and Twitter in Indian Kashmir has high- often mobilize around the anti-militant operations attended a handover ceremony marking boost embattled Afghan forces who have said of the deal, calling it an “affront” to lighted social media’s role in energizing an insur- conducted by government forces, are a relatively the return of the prestigious force, the been straining to beat back the militants victims of abuses. gency that has roiled the disputed Himalayan new phenomenon. Marines first to be deployed in Afghanistan since international forces ended their com- A controversial figure from the region for decades. Authorities in the Kashmir val- The local government already frequently since 2014, an AFP photographer said. Part bat mission in 2014. insurgency against the Soviets in the ley this week ordered internet service providers to blocks mobile internet services in the volatile block 15 social media services for at least one Kashmir valley, but it is the first time they have of a troop rotation, they will arrive in Afghanistan has seen intensified Taliban 1980s and the civil wars of the 1990s, month, saying they were being misused by “anti- banned specific social media services in the inter- stages, eventually numbering some 300 attacks across the country, leaving Afghan Hekmatyar is accused of ordering his national and anti-social elements”. ests of public order. The Kashmir valley has been who will take part in NATO’s train, assist forces-already beset by killings, desertions, fighters to bombard Kabul, leading to and advise mission. and vacuums in leadership and morale- The move followed an upsurge in violence in tense since April 9, when eight people were killed many casualties, besides other abuses. the region, where authorities say social media are by police and paramilitaries during election day Helmand for years was the centrepiece stretched on multiple fronts. They have His faction of Hezb-i-Islami has played faced soaring casualties, up 35 percent in being used to mobilise stone-throwing protesters violence. Since then, students angered by a police of the US and British military intervention a relatively small role in the current in Afghanistan-only for it to slip deeper 2016 with 6,800 soldiers and police killed, behind increasingly frequent civilian attacks on attempt to detain suspected protest ringleaders conflict, in which the Taleban have a into a quagmire of instability. The militants according to a US watchdog. government forces. Anti-India sentiment runs on college grounds have held regular demonstra- leading role in battling the Western- effectively control or contest 10 of Last week the Taleban delivered a sting- deep in the predominantly Muslim Kashmir valley, tions, frequently clashing with police. Kashmir’s Helmand’s 14 districts, blighted by a huge ing blow, with militants dressed in Afghan backed government in Kabul. one of the world’s most heavily militarized spots, tech-savvy young — 70 percent of the population opium harvest that helps fund the insur- army uniforms slaughtering at least 135 In hiding for nearly a decade and a where most people favour independence or a is under 35 — have increasingly turned to social gency. Around 30,000 people fled fighting young recruits at a base near northern half, Hekmatyar had been designated merger with Pakistan. One senior police officer said media to express their anger as well as to mobilise in the province in 2016, mostly fleeing to Mazar-i-Sharif city, according to official fig- a “global terrorist” by the United the power of social media to mobilize large groups demonstrations. provincial capital Lashkar Gah, with the city ures-though multiple sources have said the States, which has been leading an of civilians was “worrying the security forces much “If they (the government) take away our means at times practically besieged. The roads death toll is much higher. The attack is international military mission in more than the armed militants”. of communication and protest we will keep find- from neighboring districts are heavily believed to be the deadliest by the Taliban Afghanistan for the past 15 years. “Social media is misused to mobilize youth during new ones,” said Asim, a university student who mined by the insurgents. on a military target since they were driven American and other Western leaders ing anti-militant operations,” said the officer, who gave only his first name. Political scientist Noor The US has around 8,400 troops in from power in 2001. The group vowed praised the deal with him, however, spoke on condition of anonymity. Rebel groups Ahmed Baba told AFP the conflict was now “play- Afghanistan with about another 5,000 from more in the statement announcing their hoping it could help lead to wider have been fighting Indian forces in Indian Kashmir ing out in the social media space”. — Reuters NATO allies. Nicholson has called for a few so-called “spring offensive” Friday. — AFP peace in Afghanistan. — Reuters SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 INTERNATIONAL

N Korea fires missile, defying US threat

SEOUL: North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile yesterday in drill and has threatened to “bury at sea” the US aircraft carrier, apparent defiance of a concerted US push for tougher inter- amid signs it could be preparing for a sixth nuclear test. national sanctions to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons South Korea’s defence ministry said it suspected ambitions. The latest launch, which South Korea said was a Saturday’s missile test had failed after a brief flight, while the failure, came just hours after US Secretary of State Rex US military’s Pacific Command confirmed the rocket did not Tillerson warned the UN Security Council of “catastrophic leave North Korean territory. consequences” if the international community-most notably South Korea condemned the launch, with foreign ministry China-failed to pressure the North into abandoning its spokesman Cho June-Hyuck saying that if the North contin- weapons program. ued to “play with fire”, it would “face strong punitive steps in Military options for dealing with the North were still “on the various levels”, including from the UN Security Council. Japan table”, Tillerson warned in his first address to the UN body. The has lodged a “serious protest and criticism” to the North, launch ratchets up tensions on the Korean peninsula, with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters after a Washington and Pyongyang locked in an ever-tighter spiral of national security council meeting. threat, counter-threat and escalating military preparedness. US President Donald Trump, who has warned of a “major conflict” Risk of nuclear attack ‘real’ with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s regime, said the latest China pushed back at Tillerson’s call at the UN Security test was a pointed snub to China-the North’s main ally and Council for it to do more to rein in Pyongyang, arguing that it economic lifeline. “North Korea disrespected the wishes of was unrealistic to expect one country to solve the conflict. China & its highly respected President when it launched, “The use of force does not solve differences and will only lead though unsuccessfully, a missile today. Bad!” Trump tweeted. to bigger disasters,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. The US is deploying a naval strike group led by an aircraft carri- His country, he said, should not be “a focal point of the er to the Korean peninsula, and a missile-defence system problem on the peninsula” and stressed that “the key to solv- called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) that offi- ing the nuclear issue on the peninsula does not lie in the cials say will be operational “within days”. hands of the Chinese side”. Russia joined China in appealing PAJU: South Korean Army K-9 self-propelled howitzers move during the annual exer- North Korea recently conducted its biggest-ever firing for a return to talks and de-escalation. — AFP cise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, yesterday. — AP

Slain Maldivian blogger’s father seeks foreign probe

COLOMBO: The father of the murdered Panic, was found in the stairwell of his Male Maldivian blogger Yameen Rasheed plead- apartment with multiple stab wounds to ed for an international investigation on his chest and neck. He died in hospital. Friday, saying he had no confidence in the He had lodged complaints with the government to deliver justice. police about death threats he had received Hussain Rasheed, 54, was speaking in in December, but they were not taken seri- neighboring Sri Lanka where he is meet- ously. On Friday his father said Maldives ing foreign diplomats to put pressure on police had acted suspiciously, washing the Maldives government to carry out an down the scene of the crime and having independent investigation. A tearful the blood-splattered wall repainted. They Rasheed described seeing the body of also prevented anyone from taking pic- his 29-year-old son, who had been mur- tures. The United Nations has already called dered hours earlier at his home by on the Male government to order an inde- unidentified attackers. pendent investigation into the killing of “His throat was slit, there were 14 stab Rasheed, the third media figure to be tar- injuries that I counted, but later we saw he geted in the troubled archipelago nation in had been stabbed in 35 places and part of the last five years. his skull was missing,” Rasheed told Blogger Ismail Rasheed narrowly reporters in Colombo. escaped death when he was stabbed by an The government has promised an inves- unidentified attacker in 2012. A journalist tigation, but Rasheed said he could not with the independent Minivan News, trust them to deliver justice. “I heard about Ahmed Rilwan, was likely abducted in 18 people have been killed in the Maldives August 2014 and has been missing ever like this in the past three years, but no one since. The Maldives regime has already has been prosecuted.” faced censure from the UN over the arrest MANILA: Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) stand together as they pose after the signing ceremony of the 2017 Yameen Rasheed, who poked fun at the and jailing of a former president and a for- ASEAN summit in Manila yesterday. — AP nation’s politicians on his blog The Daily mer defence minister. — AFP ASEAN leaders wrestle Pakistan PM fires advisor over newspaper leak over China at summit ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Newspaper Society for “necessary disci- Nawaz Sharif yesterday sacked one of plinary action”. But the army swiftly his special advisers and sanctioned rejected Sharif’s directive. “Notification Duterte faces pushback in China’s diplomatic win another bureaucrat after an inquiry into on Dawn Leak is incomplete and not in a newspaper leak, but the country’s line with recommendations by the MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte insists it has sovereign rights over nearly all of it. ment. Filipino diplomats said the phrase was powerful army rejected Sharif’s directive Inquiry Board. Notification is rejected.,” faced pushback yesterday at a regional summit The Philippines, under previous president important because “legal and diplomatic as “incomplete”. The report’s findings the military’s spokesman, Major General over his efforts to weaken Southeast Asian resist- Benigno Aquino, had lobbied hard at ASEAN processes” encompassed the entire process of and recommendations threaten to Asif Ghafoor, said on Twitter. ance to Chinese expansionism in the contested summits for the bloc to voice its strong opposi- the filing of the case in the tribunal until its reso- reopen a rift between the army and the He did not elaborate on what other South China Sea, diplomats said. tion to the Chinese expansionism, and official lution. Nevertheless, the new draft statement civilian government at a time when rela- actions the government should take. In Duterte was due to release a chairman’s state- statements at those events often reflected that. reintroduced a call for no further “land reclama- tions between the two have been rela- October, the prime minister’s office said ment at the end of the one-day Association of Aquino also filed a case at a UN-backed tribu- tion and militarization” of the sea. tively stable. the story was “planted” and termed it a Southeast Asian (ASEAN) leaders meeting that nal asking it to reject China’s claims and artificial Diplomats said the reinclusion of the refer- An article published in the English- “breach of national security.” ignored an international tribunal ruling rejecting island building. The tribunal last year ruled large- ence to land reclamation and militarisation language Dawn newspaper in October, The Dawn newspaper has stood by China’s sweeping claims to the strategically vital ly in the Philippines’ favour. But the ruling came meant that some ASEAN countries were not detailing high-level security talks, had the author. Dawn journalists could not waterway. Ahead of the summit Duterte said the after Duterte took power. comfortable with “total acquiescence” to China. angered the army and led to the firing of be reached for comment. Quoting Philippines and other nations were helpless to “This has to be reflected in the statement,” then-Information Minister Pervaiz anonymous sources, the Dawn article stop Chinese artificial island building in areas China win one diplomat, who did not want to be named, Rashid, who was a Sharif ally. The mili- said civilian government officials called they claimed, so there was no point discussing it Duterte steadfastly refused to use the verdict told AFP. Another diplomat said Vietnam had tary’s tough response, which included for the military not to interfere if civilian at diplomatic events such as yesterday’s summit. to pressure China, instead pursuing warmer rela- insisted the references to the land reclamation asking intelligence agencies to identify authorities tried to arrest members of But diplomats said other ASEAN nations, tions and billions of dollars’ worth of trade and and militarisation be reintroduced. The chair- the journalist’s sources, drew widespread anti-India militant groups such as Jaish- unhappy with intense Chinese lobbying of the aid. In a speech to open the summit, Duterte man’s statement was due to be released yester- criticism from rights groups who accused e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba. Philippines, had sought to toughen up the chair- made no reference to the South China Sea. day afternoon, after the ASEAN leaders finished it of curtailing Pakistan’s press freedoms. Westerns powers and India have man’s statement and there were hot debates on Duterte’s chairman’s statement, which is meant their meetings and ahead of an informal dinner. The prime minister’s office said Sharif criticised Pakistan over its links with the issue leading up to yesterday’s summit. “It to reflect the views of all ASEAN leaders, will The summit was also being closely watched for had “approved the recommendations” home-grown Islamist militant groups can’t be seen that ASEAN has totally given in to voice concern but not mention the ruling nor how Duterte, who has shocked with curse-laden from the report into the leak, which which carry out attacks in neighboring Chinese pressure,” a Southeast Asian diplomat in China directly, according to excerpts of the latest tirades against the United States and other critics included the removal of Syed Tariq India, though Islamabad denies sup- Manila for the event told AFP. draft yesterday obtained by AFP. of his deadly drug war, handles hosting his first Fatemi, Sharif’s special assistant on for- porting them. China has been turning reefs and shoals in China, through its ambassador to Manila, had major diplomatic event. eign affairs, from his post. Sharif’s office, Relations between the civilian gov- areas of the sea claimed by the Philippines and this week been campaigning to weaken it fur- Duterte’s drug war, which has claimed thou- in a statement, added Rao Tehsin Ali, ernment and military have often been other nations into artificial islands, and installing ther, delegates and diplomats told AFP. “The lob- sands of lives and led to warnings by rights principal information officer at the infor- strained in a country where several prime military facilities there. bying is quite intense. They (China) want it fur- groups about a possible crime against humanity, mation ministry, will also be sanctioned ministers, including Sharif himself, have The United States has criticised the construc- ther watered down,” one diplomat told AFP. has been widely condemned in the West. But he on the basis of the report, which has not been ousted in coups. The appointment tion work, warning against militarisation in the China had wanted ASEAN to remove a reference has enjoyed support from some of his Southeast yet been published. of Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa as the coun- waterway where $5 trillion in annual trade pass- to “respect for legal and diplomatic processes”, Asian guests this week, including Brunei Sultan The Dawn newspaper, its editor Zafar try’s new military chief in November led es. ASEAN members Vietnam, Malaysia and and it was taken out of the South China Sea sec- Hassanal Bolkiah and Indonesian President Joko Abbas and article author, Cyril Almeida, to easing of tensions between Sharif’s Brunei also claim parts of the sea, but China tion of the latest draft of the chairman’s state- Widodo. — AFP have been referred to the All Pakistan government and the military. — Reuters French amphibious carrier visits Japan

SASEBO: As tension spikes on the Korean New Caledonia and French Polynesia. ships through waters south of Japan in peninsula, a French amphibious assault Even as they seek stronger economic ties December. China’s military ambitions, carrier sailed into Japan’s naval base of with China, both France and Britain, however, have been overshadowed in Sasebo yesterday ahead of drills that risk which has two navy helicopters aboard recent weeks by tension on the Korean upsetting China, which faces US pressure the Mistral, are deepening security coop- peninsula as Pyongyang conducts long- to rein in North Korea’s arms programs. eration with Japan, a close US ally that range missile tests, and prepares for a The Mistral will lead exercises next has Asia’s second-strongest navy after possible sixth nuclear test. month near Guam, along with forces China. The Mistral forms part of an “We did not expect the start of our vis- from Japan, the United States and amphibious task force mission, the it to coincide with a North Korean missile Britain, practicing amphibious landings Jeanne d’Arc, that is “a potent support to launch, France’s ambassador to Japan around Tinian, an island about 2,500 km French diplomacy,” the country’s defence Thierry Dana said on the Mistral’s bridge. (1,553 miles) south of the Japanese capi- ministry said in a statement. “Cooperation between our four nations in tal of Tokyo. Officials and children’s welcome upholding laws, peace and stability in the The drills, involving 700 troops, were dances greeted the Mistral in Sasebo, on region will display our readiness to deal planned before yesterday’s test-firing of a the western island of Kyushu, a major with North Korea,” he added. ballistic missile by North Korea, in defi- naval base for Japan’s Maritime Self In a show of force, the United States ance of world pressure, in what would be Defense Force (MSDF) and the US Navy. has sent the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carri- its fourth successive unsuccessful missile The Mistral, which left France in February, er group to nearby waters, where it will test since March. Japan and the United can carry up to 35 helicopters and four join the USS Michigan, a guided missile States are worried by China’s efforts to landing barges, besides several hundred submarine that docked in South Korea on extend its influence beyond its coastal soldiers. It will stay in Sasebo until May 5. Tuesday. The Carl Vinson entered the Sea waters and the South China Sea by This month China launched its first of Japan on Saturday, where it completed acquiring power-projecting aircraft carri- domestically-built aircraft carrier. It joined naval drills with two Japanese warships ers, a concern shared by France, which the Liaoning, bought from Ukraine in dispatched from Sasebo, an MSDF SASEBO: A French navy ship arrives at the Sasebo naval base in Sasebo, southwestern Japan controls several Pacific islands, including 1998, which led a group of Chinese war- spokesman said. — Reuters yesterday. — AFP NEWS SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 UAE battle-hardened military expands... Turkey blocks Wikipedia Continued form Page 1 Aden and ultimately the Indian Ocean. Dozens of commercial ships transit the route every day. Already, the waters Articles link Ankara and terror groups force that took part in the 1991 US-led Gulf War that have seen Emirati and Saudi ships targeted by suspected expelled Iraqi forces occupying Kuwait. The UAE sent troops fire from Yemen’s Shiite rebels known as Houthis. In October, ISTANBUL: Turkey yesterday blocked all access inside the Quoting Turkey’s transport and communications ministry, to Kosovo as part of the NATO-led peacekeeping mission US Navy vessels came under fire as well, sparking American country to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia reportedly for the state-run Anadolu news agency said the ban was there starting in 1999, giving its forces valuable experience forces to fire missiles in Yemen in its first attack targeting the articles claiming links between Ankara and terror groups, the imposed because Wikipedia had failed to take down content working alongside Western allies in the field. Houthis in the years-long war there. “More incidents at sea, latest restriction on a popular website to hit Turkish users. purporting to show Turkey “on the same level as and cooper- Following the Sept 11, 2001, attacks, it deployed Special especially involving civilian shipping, could further interna- Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies ating with” terror groups. It said Turkey had kept in contact Forces troops in Afghanistan to support the US-led war tionalize the conflict and spur other actors to intervene,” the Authority (BTK) said it had implemented the ban against with Wikipedia but the site had failed to remove the content against the Taleban. Emirati personnel there combined aid Washington Institute for Near-East Policy warned in March. Wikipedia.org, without making clear the reason for the move. in question. Should the content be removed, the order with Arab hospitality, working on infrastructure projects in vil- UAE forces and aid organizations have also set foot on Turkish state media said the ban was imposed because would be lifted and access restored, it said. No further details lages and meeting with local elders. Today, the UAE hosts Yemen’s Socotra Island, which sits near the mouth of the Gulf Wikipedia had failed to remove content promoting terror were given but Turkey has long taken a hard line against Western forces at its military bases, including American and of Aden, after a deadly cyclone struck it. It too represents a and accusing Turkey of cooperation with various terror what it calls “terror propaganda” in favor of the outlawed French troops. Jebel Ali port in Dubai serves as the biggest crucial chokepoint and has seen recent attacks from Somali groups. There was no indication as to when the ban might Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Critics of Turkey, including port of call for the American Navy outside of the United States. pirates. The UAE has suffered the most wartime casualties in be removed, with a formal court order expected to follow in Kurdish militants, have accused Ankara of occasionally col- its history in Yemen. The deadliest day came in a September the coming days. Reacting to the ban, Wikipedia’s founder laborating with jihadists in Syria, a claim fiercely rejected by Bulging ranks 2015 missile strike on a base that killed over 50 Emirati Jimmy Wales wrote on Twitter: “Access to information is a the government. The UAE decided in recent years to grow its military, in troops, as well as at least 10 soldiers from Saudi Arabia and fundamental human right. Turkish people, I will always stand part over concerns about Iran’s resurgence in the region fol- five from Bahrain. Meanwhile, Emirati forces were involved in with you to fight for this right.” ‘Security measures’ lowing the nuclear deal with world powers and the Islamic a Jan. 29 Yemen raid ordered by US President Donald Trump A block affecting all language editions of the website in Turkey has become notorious over the last years for Republic’s involvement in the wars in Syria and Yemen. In that killed a US Navy SEAL and 30 others, including women, Turkey was detected from 0500 GMT after an administrative temporarily blocking access to popular sites, including 2011, the UAE acknowledged working with private military children and an estimated 14 militants. order by the Turkish authorities, according to the Turkey Facebook and Twitter, in the wake of major events such as contractors, including a firm reportedly tied to Blackwater Blocks monitoring group, which follows internet restrictions mass protests or terror attacks. In March 2014, YouTube founder Erik Prince, to build up its military. The Associated Expanding to Africa in the country. Residents in Istanbul were unable to access was banned for several months in Turkey after the site was Press also reported that Prince was involved in a multimil- Outside of Yemen, the UAE has been building up a mili- any pages of Wikipedia yesterday morning without using a used to broadcast purported footage of a security meet- lion-dollar program to train troops to fight pirates in Somalia, tary presence in Eritrea at its port in Assab, according to Virtual Private Network (VPN), AFP correspondents said. “The ing on Syria. In the summer of 2013, severe restrictions Stratfor, a US-based private intelligence firm. Satellite a program by several Arab countries, including the UAE. loss of availability is consistent with internet filters used to were imposed on social media during huge protests “As you would expect of a proactive member of the inter- images show new construction at a once-abandoned air- censor content in the country,” Turkey Blocks said. against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was prime national community, all engagements of commercial enti- field the firm links to the Emiratis, as well as development at minister at the time. ties by the UAE Armed Forces are compliant with interna- the port and the deployment of tanks and aircraft, including ‘Law No. 5651’ Savvy internet users frequently resort to the use of VPNs tional law and relevant conventions,” Gen Juma Ali Khalaf Al- fighter jets, helicopters and drones. “The scale of the under- The BTK confirmed the ban in a statement but gave no to get around these bans, though there have been reports Hamiri, a senior Emirati military official, said in a statement taking suggests that the UAE military is in Eritrea for more details. “After technical analysis and legal consideration that the use of VPNs has also started to be blocked. The gov- on the state-run WAM news agency. Media in Colombia than just a short-term logistical mission supporting opera- based on the Law No 5651, an administrative measure has ernment says such measures are always temporary and have also reported that Colombian nationals working as tions across the Red Sea,” Stratfor said in December. been taken for this website Wikipedia.org,” it said. Law 5651, needed for national security but critics see them as another mercenaries serve in the UAE’s military. In 2014, the UAE UAE officials did not respond to repeated requests for passed in 2014 by parliament, bolstered the BTK’s control restriction on civil liberties under Erdogan.In November introduced mandatory military service for all Emirati males comment on its military operations or overseas expansion. over the internet and was seen at the time by freedom of 2016, Turkey imposed restrictions lasting several hours on between the ages of 18 to 30. The training is optional for South of Eritrea, in Somalia’s breakaway northern territory of expression activists as an erosion of online liberties. The inci- the messaging service WhatsApp as well as on Twitter, Emirati women. “Our message to the world is a message of Somaliland, authorities agreed in February to allow the UAE dent quickly spawned its own separate Wikipedia entry - Facebook, YouTube and other sites following the controver- peace; the stronger we are, the stronger our message,” open a naval base in the port town of Berbera. Previously, sial arrests of pro-Kurdish MPs. — AFP Dubai ruler and UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin the UAE international ports operator DP World struck a deal “Wikipedia blocked in Turkey”. Rashid Al Maktoum wrote at the time on Twitter. to manage Somaliland’s largest port nearby. Further afield, the UAE also has been suspected of conducting airstrikes in Tons of dead fish litter Kuwait’s beaches... War in Yemen Libya and operating at a small air base in the North African In Yemen, UAE troops are fighting alongside Saudi-led country’s east, near the Egyptian border. Continued form Page 1 become an annual one. The Ministry of Health yesterday forces against Shiite rebels who hold the impoverished Arab Meanwhile, Somalia remains a particular focus for the quashed social media reports claiming that it issued ‘warn- country’s capital, Sanaa. Areas where the UAE forces are UAE. The Emiratis sent forces to the Horn of Africa country to Informed sources alleged that some fishermen might ing against eating seafood’, especially contaminated fish deployed include Mukalla, the provincial capital of take part in a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the have been using explosives to kill the fish so as to collect that can cause cancer. Neither the Ministry, nor its Food Hadramawt, and the port city of Aden, where the interna- 1990s, while their elite counterterrorism unit in 2011 res- them later. Meanwhile, Kuwait Fishermen Union has Lab has issued such statements, spokesman Dr Ahmad Al- tionally recognized government of President Abed Rabbo cued a UAE-flagged ship from Somali pirates. The unit has issued a statement expressing both sadness and alarm Shatti, said in a press release. Mansour Hadi is stationed. Additionally, the UAE appears to also has been targeted in recent attacks carried out by Al- over the phenomenal death of fish and strongly refuted “The Lab receives local and imported fish referred to it be building an airstrip on Perim or Mayun Island, a volcanic Qaeda-linked militants from Al-Shabab. A UAE military the accusations made by EPA - blaming fishermen for it. In by the Kuwait Municipality. So far, it has not examined the island in Yemeni territory that sits in a waterway between expansion into Somalia is also possible, as Trump recently its statement, the Union urged EPA to investigate the cause dead fish,” he added. The Ministry is coordinating and Eritrea and Djibouti in the strategic Bab Al-Mandeb Strait, approved an expanded military, including more aggressive of deaths transparently, instead of making groundless cooperating with the bodies concerned with food safety according to IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly. airstrikes against Al-Shabab in the African nation. The UAE accusations. Several lawmakers have criticized the relevant and the Environment Public Authority (EPA), Shatti said. He That strait, some 16-kilometers wide at its narrowest recently began a major campaign seek donations for officials who had been exchanging accusations without urged citizens and expats not to buy fish from the unli- point, links the Red Sea and the Suez Canal with the Gulf of humanitarian aid there. — AP actually solving the problem - which they said has almost censed and unofficial outlets. SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 ANALYSIS

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By Florence Biedermann

arine Le Pen’s performance in France’s presidential race cheered Brexit sup- Mporters, but many fear the likely winner Emmanuel Macron will play hardball in Britain’s negotiations on leaving the European Union. EU leaders are relieved at the prospect of a victory for Macron, a pro-European centrist, in a run-off on May 7 against eurosceptic far-right leader Le Pen. But for commentators on all sides of the political divide in Britain, Macron spells bad ‘Phased approach’: How to read EU Brexit guidelines news for Prime Minister Theresa May as she embarks on Brexit talks after her own expected By Alastair Macdonald and Jan Strupczewski submit to supervision by the European Court of a tax haven. “Any free trade agreement should ‘BREXIT bill’ Justice and other EU authorities. “Any such be balanced, ambitious and wide-ranging. It Britain must pay its share of potential losses re-election in June. uropean Union leaders approved on transitional arrangements must be clearly cannot, however, amount to participation in from guarantees given by the EU, among other “Emmanuel Macron would be bad for Brexit Saturday guidelines for their chief Brexit defined, limited in time, and subject to effec- the Single Market or parts thereof, as this things. Until it leaves, the actual bill probably and Theresa May,” said the eurosceptic Daily Enegotiator, Michel Barnier, setting priori- tive enforcement mechanisms. Should a time- would undermine its integrity and proper func- can’t be calculated with accuracy. The main thing Telegraph newspaper, which is close to May’s ties that the Union of 27 governments staying limited prolongation of Union acquis be con- tioning. It must ensure a level playing field, for the EU is to agree this year on a methodology Conservatives. “French presidential favourite in the bloc wants to achieve in talks on sidered, this would require existing Union regu- notably in terms of competition and state aid, of how to calculate it and then put the latest Britain’s withdrawal. Below are key points of latory, budgetary, supervisory, judiciary and and in this regard encompass safeguards numbers into the formula when Britain leaves in Macron may drive hard bargain in Brexit talks,” the 8-page guidelines: enforcement instruments and structures to against unfair competitive advantages March 2019. “A single financial settlement - said the left-leaning Guardian.May formally noti- apply,” the guidelines say. through, inter alia, tax, social, environmental including issues resulting from the MFF fied the EU on March 29 of Britain’s intention to ‘Phased approach’ and regulatory measures and practices. “Any (Multiannual financial framework - the EU’s 7- end its 44-year-old membership, following the If “sufficient progress” towards agreeing Sticking together future framework should safeguard financial year budget which ends in 2020) as well as those shock referendum vote for Brexit last June. In the terms of an “orderly withdrawal” on March The EU 27 will stick together against British stability in the Union and respect its regulatory related to the European Investment Bank (EIB), 29, 2019, is made in a first phase of talks start- efforts to divide and conquer and is prepared and supervisory regime and standards and the European Development Fund (EDF) and the order to curb mass migration into Britain, she ing probably in June, the EU27 could launch to play hardball against Prime Minister Theresa their application.” European Central Bank (ECB) - should ensure that intends to pull Britain out of Europe’s single mar- talks on how a long-term future free trade May’s threat to walk out without a deal. the Union and the United Kingdom both respect ket, while still pressing for access for British firms. relationship could work. That represents a Brussels thinks Britain needs a deal more than Rights and benefits the obligations resulting from the whole period But several EU leaders have warned Britain compromise between the position of EU hard- the EU. “In accordance with the principle that Britain cannot have a better deal outside of the UK membership in the Union. The settle- cannot “have its cake and eat it”. Macron dedicat- liners, who want no trade talks until the full nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, than inside the EU that would be a slippery ment should cover all commitments as well as Brexit deal is agreed, and British calls for an individual items cannot be settled separately. slope to others leaving the Union. The guide- liabilities, including contingent liabilities.” ed a chapter to Europe and its benefits in his immediate start. The chairman of EU leaders, The Union will approach the negotiations with lines stress there can be no “cherry picking” election manifesto, and on Brexit, said he would Donald Tusk, told reporters the EU could unified positions, and will engage with the from the benefits of single market membership ‘Border trouble’ defend the integrity of the single market. “All assess if progress was “sufficient” as early as United Kingdom exclusively through the chan- without accepting freedom of movement for The EU doesn’t want to disturb peace in companies who have access to it must be sub- autumn, but officials noted the decision nels set out in these guidelines and in the EU workers. “Preserving the integrity of the Northern Ireland, where there will be a new EU ject to the same rules,” he said. In a rare honor for would ultimately be a political one and hinge negotiating directives. So as not to undercut Single Market excludes participation based on land border. It is also paying attention to British on a recommendation from Barnier. Barnier’s the position of the Union, there will be no sep- a sector-by-sector approach. A non-member of military bases in Cyprus and is giving Spain a a presidential candidate, Macron met May in recommendation will depend on progress in arate negotiations between individual Member the Union, that does not live up to the same special say on the fate of the British territory of London in February, where he promised “a fair talks on Britain’s contributions to the EU States and the United Kingdom on matters per- obligations as a member, cannot have the Gibraltar, which is not part of the UK but is in the execution of Brexit protecting French and budget and on the way London would treat taining to the withdrawal of the United same rights and enjoy the same benefits as a EU. “In view of the unique circumstances on the European interests”. But he told a rally of expatri- some 3 million EU expats now living in Britain. Kingdom from the Union.” member. In this context, the European Council island of Ireland, flexible and imaginative solu- ate voters afterwards: “The best trade deal for welcomes the recognition by the British tions will be required, including with the aim of ‘Transitional arrangements’ ‘No dumping’ Government that the four freedoms of the avoiding a hard border, while respecting the Britain... is membership of the EU.” Britain could have a few years after March Free trade will be a good outcome but Single Market are indivisible and that there can integrity of the Union legal order. In this context, 2019 when it does not have to give up all bene- Britain should not expect to get that if it seeks be no ‘cherry picking’. The Union will preserve the Union should also recognize existing bilater- ‘Macron as the enemy’ fits of membership, to ease the shift for people competitive advantages for its companies by its autonomy as regards its decision-making as al agreements and arrangements between the The Financial Times daily laid out several rea- and businesses. But in that case it would have state subsidies or by tearing up EU environ- well as the role of the Court of Justice of the United Kingdom and Ireland which are compati- sons why Macron as president “could make mat- to accept EU rules, eg on free migration, and mental or labor standards or setting itself up as European Union.” ble with EU law.” —Reuters ters a good deal tougher for the British in Brexit talks”. “He is a convinced European” who will likely offer few concessions-particularly on access to France’s Le Pen struggles with fear of far-right the single market for Britain’s dominant financial services sector. “Some analysts believe that as a By Adam Plowright former Rothschild banker, he will want to do rance’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces the everything possible to maximize Paris’s position biggest test yet of her six-year drive to improve the as a financial centre after Britain’s departure,” the Fimage of her party as she seeks to entice new vot- FT said. Others take a more emotive view. “I see ers needed to make her president. Her task was under- Macron as the enemy,” said Nigel Farage, the for- lined on Friday when her National Front (FN) party mer leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) removed its interim leader Jean-Francois Jalkh after reported comments about a Holocaust denier. To stand who was a key player in the Brexit vote, and now a chance of winning, Le Pen will need to convince peo- backs Le Pen. “He wants Brussels to be even ple like pensioner Jacques Villain and student Marina stronger, and I can’t see that it’s in our interests Campana ahead of the final round of the presidential when the Junckers and others are all lining up to election on May 7. try and punish Britain,” Farage told LBC radio, Both of them backed defeated candidates in the first round last weekend and now face a choice between Le referring to European Commission president Pen and pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron in the Jean-Claude Juncker. run-off. Villain, a retired pensioner in Nice, supported Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for defeated conservative Francois Fillon while Campana, a European Reform, acknowledges that “on the face 19-year-old who attends university in the southern city, of it, it looks bad”.”Macron has taken quite a tough voted for far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon. But both ruled out a vote for Le Pen, saying the main reason line on the whole issue of Brexit, arguing that the was her association with racism which she attempted to EU needs to take a tough line with Britain in order erase when she took over FN in 2011. to set an example to other countries that might be tempted to follow a similar route,” he said. ‘Bad memories’ “Whereas Marine Le Pen has expressed under- Villain, out for a walk on the famed waterfront prom- enade in Nice that was the scene of a deadly Islamist- standing for the British position.” However, he said inspired truck rampage last July, said he would vote for “a tough line is not necessarily bad for Britain if it Macron out of duty, not conviction. “The National Front forces Britain to compromise and to be more hon- is not a normal party,” he said. “It brings back bad mem- NICE: French far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen addresses supporters during an est about the trade-offs it faces”. He added: “From ories” of France’s past. Campana said ahead of a cam- election campaign rally in Nice, southern France. —AP a European perspective, Britain has absolutely no paign rally by Le Pen in Nice on Thursday: “There are things she says on immigration and security and I just “oligarchs” with messages to moderate voters. The tone was al to withdraw France from the euro-zone and return to the incentive, or no interest, in the kind of political don’t agree.” Their views are far from universal-some vot- markedly different from her speeches of the last fortnight franc-one of her signature policies backed by only a minori- instability, or even chaos, that could follow the ers encountered in the traditionally right-wing city said which dwelt extensively on immigration, the threat from ty of voters, polls show. Herve Le Bras, a veteran sociologist election of Marine Le Pen.” —AFP they would switch to Le Pen-but there remains wariness radical Islam and the perceived loss of French identity. and expert on the far-right in France, says conservative vot- among a large part of the electorate. This explains in She quoted Jean Jaures-a famed former Socialist leader ers, particularly the elderly, are still wary of the FN which part why polls show Le Pen would lose the second beloved on the left-and namechecked Charles de Gaulle, they view as too radical. “They are in favor of changing round by a large margin, 40 percent to 60 percent for the founder of the French republic and hero on the right. “I things, but not for turning the table upside down,” he said. All articles appearing on these pages are Macron, if it were held today. One in four Fillon support- don’t look at your origins, your religion, your sexual orienta- He said he thinks Le Pen was disappointed by her first- the personal opinion of the writers. Kuwait ers and fewer than one in five Melenchon voters cur- tion, or the color of your skin. That doesn’t interest me. round score of 21.3 percent and says the FN has progressed Times takes no responsibility for views rently plan to vote for her, according to an Ifop poll What interests me is you,” she said at one point. Le Pen also slightly nationwide, “but it’s not a tidal wave”. “I think she expressed therein. Kuwait Times invites released Thursday. addressed anxiety among voters about her plans to pull was very disappointed and is hoping to make up for it with France out of the European Union and replace the bloc with a bigger score in the second round,” he said. Le Pen had readers to voice their opinions. Please send Tricky balancing act a club of independent nations. “I’ve heard the fears announced Monday she was stepping aside as FN leader in submissions via email to: opinion@kuwait- This dynamic gives the 48-year-old Le Pen a tricky bal- expressed,” she said, explaining how she would invite order to focus on the presidential campaign. On Friday, her times.net or via snail mail to PO Box 1301 ancing act ahead of the runoff: keeping her core far-right European leaders immediately after her election to talks to stand-in Jalkh was hastily replaced by Steeve Briois, mayor Safat, Kuwait. The editor reserves the right supporters happy, while appealing to a wider electorate repatriate powers to national capitals. of an FN-controlled town in northern France, after Jalkh was who need to be reassured. She gave a hint of this on The former lawyer would then call a referendum on the accused of praising the work of a convicted Holocaust to edit any submission as necessary. Thursday evening as she addressed the rally in Nice that deal. “Nothing will be done without you, nothing will be denier. The party says Jalkh denies calling academic Robert mixed attacks on Macron-the candidate of the banks and done against you,” she said. Notably absent was her propos- Faurisson’s research “rigorous”. —AFP p15_Layout 1 4/29/17 7:10 PM Page 1

SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 SPORTS

Toulouse misses play-offs Frittelli passes Larrazabal Nibali given platform after Castres mauling to take lead in China Open to defend Giro title BEIJING: Dylan Frittelli continued his impressive recent form yesterday PARIS: Castres’ Argentinan fly-half Benjamin Urdapilleta orchestrated a PARIS: Bahrain-Merida have given their captain Vincenzo Nibali every six-try, 52-7 thrashing of Toulouse yesterday that deprived the 19-time after carding a bogey-free eight-under-par 64 to take a three-shot lead into the final day of the China Open. Challenge Tour graduate Frittelli, chance of defending his Giro d’Italia title by naming a squad for the French championship winners a place in the play-offs for the first time centenary edition starting next Friday entirely crafted around the since 1976. Urdapilleta scored his team’s fourth try and also contributed who finished a season best tied for fifth at Shenzhen last week, followed up his clubhouse record-equaling 63 at Topwin Golf and Sicilian climber. The team was announced yesterday and features two 22 points with his unerring boot in helping consign Toulouse to a ninth strong climbing mates for Nibali in compatriot Franco Pellizotti and defeat in 10 matches that leaves them rooted in 12th position in the Country Club on Friday with a eight birdies to finish 19-under. Overnight leader Pablo Larrazabal stretched the lead to four shots early Spain’s Javier Moreno. Race organizers for the climber-friendly three- table, above only relegated clubs Grenoble and Bayonne. The week tour-with six mountaintop finishes-have even result saw Castres move provisionally up to fourth on 63 in the day but two bogeys on the front nine saw him slip behind the South African Frittelli, who is in search of his first European Tour title. “I programmed stage five to finish at Nibali’s home- points, with their final regulation season match at Brive like to think I would keep the same game plan tomorrow and maybe town of Messina. The 32-year-old is one of six Italians next weekend decisive for their progress to the season- adjust on the back nine depending on the situation,” Frittelli said. in the Bahrain team and is the nation’s top cyclist, ending play-offs. Alex Tulou, for Castres, and ex-All Black “Pablo played great out there today as well. He’s not going to lie down, having clinched the Giro in 2013 and 2016, the Tour of Luke McAlister, for Toulouse, each crossed for first-half tries. he is one of the toughest guys to get into a dog fight with on the Spain in 2010 and the Tour de France in 2014. Bahrain- But with Urdapilleta chipping away at the scoreboard, the European Tour. So I’m definitely going to be wary of him tomorrow.” Merida Giro line-up: Bahrain: Vincenzo Nibali (ITA), floodgates soon opened in the second-half, Julien The 33-year-old Spaniard recovered with three consecutive birdies Valerio Agnoli (ITA), Manuele Boaro (ITA), Enrico Caminati (2), Brice Mach and Julien Dumora all cross- from the 10th to post 70 on day three, the nearest challenger on the Gasparotto (ITA), Javier Moreno (ESP), Franco ing the whitewash in a totally dominant, bonus- leaderboard. He was followed by 2014 winner Alexander Levy of Pellizotti (ITA), Luca Pibernik (SLO), Kanstantsin point performance by the home side. —AFP France at 12-under-par for the tournament. —Reuters Siutsou (BLR), Giovanni Visconti (ITA) — AFP

NEW YORK: Matt Holliday #17 of the New York Yankees is congratulated by teammates after hitting the game winning 3-run home run against the Baltimore Orioles during the tenth inning at Yankee Stadium.—AFP Holliday homer caps huge Yankees comeback

NEW YORK: Matt Holliday hit a three-run pushed a run across in the eighth against two for his fourth save in six chances. Atlanta CARDINALS 7, REDS 5 RBIs, Josh Harrison had three hits and knocked homer in the 10th inning and the New York relievers, but Kenley Jansen struck out the side trailed 8-4 after six innings but scored six runs Dexter Fowler and Jedd Gyorko homered in two, and Andrew McCutchen also drove in a Yankees completed a stunning rally from an in the ninth for his sixth save. Jerad Eickhoff (0- in the final three innings against Milwaukee’s and Yadier Molina short-circuited a rally with a pair of runs for the Pirates, who snapped a six- eight-run deficit, outslugging the Baltimore 2) gave up nine hits and five runs. It was the bullpen. The Brewers’ Matt Barnes, who had bases-loaded pickoff to lead St Louis to its game losing streak to the Marlins. Pittsburgh Orioles 14-11 on Friday night. In a game of first time Eickhoff had given up more than not allowed a run in 12 1/3 innings this sea- ninth win in 11 games. The Cardinals moved set season-highs in runs and hits by the fourth home run derby, Starlin Castro tied it with a three runs in his last 13 starts. son, gave up three runs in the seventh to spark above the .500 mark for the first time since inning finishing with 18 hits and all eight start- two-run drive that capped a three-run burst in the Atlanta comeback. The Braves scored winning its season opener against the Chicago ing position players recording at least one the ninth off Brad Brach. Then in the 10th, RED SOX 5, CUBS 4 another run in the eighth to tie the score. Cubs. The Reds have lost eight of nine. Lance while Jose Osuna had four and Gift Ngoepe Holliday hit the eighth home run of the Andrew Benintendi hit a solo homer off Lynn (3-1) allowed six hits and one run over six also had three. Pirates starter Jameson Taillon evening - five by the Yankees - with one out off Jake Arrieta during a five-run first inning as RAYS 7, BLUE JAYS 4 innings to record his third straight win for St (2-0) allowed one run and five hits in five Jayson Aquino (1-1). Down 9-1 in the sixth, the Boston held on to beat Chicago. Every Red Sox Logan Morrison hit a two-run homer, Evan Louis. He struck out five and walked two. innings lowering his ERA to 2.08. Adam Conley Yankees pulled off their biggest comeback starter had at least one hit, and Hanley Longoria and Corey Dickerson added solo Fowler hit a two-run homer off Tim Adleman (1-2) allowed nine runs in 1 2/3 innings for since overcoming a 9-0 gap to beat Boston 15- Ramirez, Mitch Moreland, Jackie Bradley Jr and shots and Tampa Bay connected three times in (0-1) in the third inning to break a 1-1 tie. Miami, which has lost three straight. 9 in 2012. On the first true spring-like day in Christian Vazquez also drove in a run each. the eighth inning to beat struggling Toronto. Gyorko pushed the lead to a 4-1 with a solo New York, the ball was flying. Featured were all Left-hander Drew Pomeranz (2-1) got the win Derek Norris added a solo homer in the ninth. blast in the sixth. TWINS 6, ROYALS 4 kinds of monster shots - cleanup men Jacoby with six innings of two-run ball, surrendering He had two hits and two RBIs. Kevin Pillar Miguel Sano and Joe Mauer hit consecutive Ellsbury and Mark Trumbo connected for solo homers to Kris Bryant and Albert Almora homered and reached base five times for the ANGELS 6, RANGERS 3 two-run doubles in the eighth inning as grand slams, and Yankees fan favorite Aaron Jr. in the early innings before settling in. He Blue Jays, who lost their third straight. Albert Pujols hit a tiebreaking three-run Minnesota handed Kansas City its eighth Judge homered twice. Manny Machado allowed six hits and two walks while striking Toronto’s 6-17 start is the worst in franchise home run in the eighth inning as Los Angeles straight loss. Sano also had a two-run homer in launched a 470-foot homer, the longest in the out seven. Boston has won its last nine inter- history. Pillar’s leadoff drive off Austin Pruitt (3- beat Texas. Mike Trout also homered for the the fourth. He has eight hits in his last 11 at-bats. majors this year, and Welington Castillo also league games at Fenway Park. Arrieta (3-1) 0) in the seventh gave the Blue Jays a 3-1 lead. Angels, who led 1-0 after Yunel Escobar went Sano’s double high off the top of the left-center homered for Baltimore. Aroldis Chapman (1-0) logged his shortest start since Aug. 28, 2014, Dickerson homered off Marcus Stromani in the deep on the first pitch of the game. Pujols’ third fence with the bases loaded scored Eddie pitched the 10th as the Yankees won their lasting only 4 1/3 innings and giving up 10 hits eighth and Longoria’s shot against Jason Grilli homer of the season came on his first pitch Rosario and Byron Buxton. Two pitches later, third straight and tied Baltimore at 14-7 for the and three walks with five strikeouts. (1-3) tied the score, giving Toronto its big- from Jeremy Jeffress (0-2), who had already Mauer doubled off Joakim Soria (1-1) down the AL East lead. league high eighth blown save. allowed a single to Kole Calhoun and walked right-field line to score Max Kepler and Sano. BRAVES 10, BREWERS 8 Trout. Deolis Guerra (1-1) picked up the win Kepler had reached on a fielding error on Royals DODGERS 5, PHILLIES 3 Freddie Freeman’s two-run home run MARINERS 3, INDIANS 1 after a striking out two in a scoreless seventh rookie right fielder Jorge Bonifacio. Craig Japan’s Kenta Maeda found his form during snapped a tie in the ninth and Atlanta rallied Ariel Miranda allowed two hits and pitched inning. Jose Alvarez worked a perfect ninth, Breslow (1-0) retired the only batter he faced to seven solid innings to lead Los Angeles past from a four-run deficit in the final three into the sixth inning while Robinson Cano and getting his first save in his 157th career game. pick up the win. Brandon Kintzler earned his Philadelphia. Maeda (2-2) entered with an 8.05 innings. Freeman hit his eighth homer off Ben Gamel homered as Seattle defeated sixth save in as many chances. ERA and had failed to reach the sixth inning in Brewers closer Neftali Feliz (0-3), who was Cleveland. Miranda (2-2) didn’t give up a hit METS 7, NATIONALS 5 any of his four previous starts. The second year summoned to pitch the ninth in a tie game. until Jose Ramirez’s one-out homer in the Josh Edgin relieved Mets closer Jeurys ROCKIES 3, DIAMONDBACKS 1 right-hander struck out a season-high eight Adonis Garcia led off the inning with a double fourth. The left-hander, making his first career Familia with the bases loaded in the ninth Trevor Story homered and rookie Kyle and limited Philadelphia to five hits, a walk and Freeman hit a 1-1 pitch over the wall in appearance against the Indians, struck out inning and got Bryce Harper to hit into a Freeland pitched six effective innings, helping and two runs as Los Angeles snapped the center field. Jose Ramirez (1-1) pitched a per- seven in 5 1/3 innings Cano hit a two-run game-ending double play, stopping New Colorado move past Arizona into first place in Phillies’ six-game winning streak. The Phillies fect eighth and Jim Johnson worked the ninth homer in the fourth and Gamel added a solo York’s six-game losing streak. The Mets had the NL West. The Rockies (15-9) moved a half- shot in the sixth, a towering drive to right. lost 10 of 11 and put star slugger Yoenis game ahead of the Diamondbacks (15-10) Three pitchers combined to strike out 14 Cespedes on the disabled list before the game atop the division in the opener of the three- MLB results/standings against the defending AL champions. Edwin with a strained hamstring. Travis d’Arnaud game series. Colorado also ended a three- Diaz recorded the final four outs, three on then homered twice and had five RBIs for the game losing streak. Freeland (3-1) gave up a strikeouts, for his fourth save. He struck out Mets. D’Arnaud hit a two-run homer in the sec- run and six hits with two walks. He struck out San Francisco 4, San Diego 3; La Dodgers 5, Philadelphia 3; Colorado 3, Arizona 1; St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 5; Minnesota 6, Kansas City 4; Atlanta 10, Milwaukee 8; Houston 9, Oakland 4; LA Angels 6, Texas 3; Boston 5, Edwin Encarnacion with a runner on to end ond and a three-run drive in the fourth off two and lowered his earned run average to Chicago Cubs 4; Chicago White Sox 7, Detroit 3; Pittsburgh 12, Miami 2; Seattle 3, Cleveland 1; Tampa Bay 7, the eighth and pitched a perfect ninth. Carlos Max Scherzer (3-2), who lasted six innings. 2.93. Chris Rusin, Adam Ottavino and Greg Toronto 4; NY Yankees 14, Baltimore 11 (10 innings); NY Mets 7, Washington 5. Carrasco (2-2) gave up both home runs and Jacob deGrom (1-1) struck out 12 in his third Holland combined for three scoreless innings, struck out seven in eight innings. consecutive double-digit strikeout game and with Holland earning his 10th save. Arizona American League National League the 13th of his career. left-hander Robbie Ray (2-1) struck out nine in Eastern Division Eastern Division W L PCT GB Washington 16 7 .696 - ASTROS 9, ATHLETICS 4 6 2/3 innings, but allowed three runs and five Baltimore 14 7 .667 - Philadelphia 11 10 .524 4 Charlie Morton struck out a career-high 12 WHITE SOX 7, TIGERS 3 hits with three walks. NY Yankees 14 7 .667 - Miami 10 11 .476 5 and George Springer singled home the tying Geovany Soto broke open a tie game with a Boston 12 10 .545 2.5 Atlanta 9 12 .429 6 run in his return from a leg injury as Houston two-run single in the eighth inning, helping GIANTS 4, PADRES 3 Tampa Bay 12 12 .500 3.5 NY Mets 9 13 .409 6.5 handed Oakland its fifth straight loss. Khris Chicago beat Detroit. Anthony Swarzak (2-0) Rookie Christian Arroyo homered and Toronto 6 17 .261 9 Central Division Davis hit a three-run homer in the first and a pitched two scoreless innings for the White Brandon Belt had three hits including a dou- Central Division Chicago Cubs 12 10 .545 - solo shot in the third, putting Oakland ahead Sox, who won their fifth straight. Tigers reliev- ble as San Francisco beat San Diego. Arroyo, Chicago White Sox 12 9 .571 - St. Louis 12 11 .522 0.5 4-3 with his ninth home run this season. er Alex Wilson (0-1) allowed two hits and two playing in his fifth game since being called Cleveland 12 10 .545 0.5 Milwaukee 12 12 .500 1 Springer, back from a strained left hamstring unearned runs in the eighth. Detroit third up on Monday, homered for the second time Detroit 11 11 .500 1.5 Pittsburgh 10 12 .455 2 that forced him to miss four games, singled to baseman Nick Castellanos committed two in three games leading off the bottom of the Minnesota 11 11 .500 1.5 Cincinnati 10 13 .435 2.5 tie the score in the fourth. Houston took a 6-4 errors in the inning, and three in the game, eighth inning off Ryan Butcher (1-1). Joe Kansas City 7 15 .318 5.5 Western Division lead in the fifth on Evan Gattis’ RBI single and leading to Soto’s go-ahead hit. Panik made a diving over-the-shoulder catch Western Division Colorado 15 9 .625 - Houston 15 8 .652 - Alex Bregman’s sacrifice fly. Carlos Beltran had on Yangervis Solarte’s popup in short center Arizona 15 10 .600 0.5 LA Angels 13 12 .520 3 reached on a throwing error by second base- field for the first out in the top of the ninth as LA Dodgers 12 12 .500 3 PIRATES 12, MARLINS 2 Seattle 11 13 .458 4.5 man Jed Lowrie, one of a season-high three Francisco Cervelli drove in three runs and Mark Melancon pitched a scoreless inning for San Francisco 9 15 .375 6 Oakland 10 13 .435 5 errors by the A’s that led to three unearned Pittsburgh scored eight times in the second his fifth save. Derek Law (3-0) worked a score- San Diego 9 16 .360 6.5 Texas 10 13 .435 5 runs against Jharel Cotton (2-3). inning. Jordy Mercer homered and had two less eighth. — AP SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 SPORTS Led by Beal and Wall, Wizards are moving on

ATLANTA: John Wall refused to give in. ing shot to fall as he slammed into burly Even as Dennis Schroder took off the other Paul Millsap. The Hawks missed a 3-pointer, way, ahead of everyone for what looked Wall countered with a pull-up jumper, and like an uncontested layup, Wall managed to just like that the Wizards were up 97-90. chase him down. On a night when Wall set They pulled away from there, getting 19 a career playoff-high with 42 points, his points from Wall in the final period. Brooks remarkable defensive play was a big reason is just as impressed with what Wall, as well the Washington Wizards moved on to the as Beal, provide beyond the stat sheet. second round of the playoffs with a 115-99 “We have a lot of good players who help victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday us win games, but his leadership and Brad’s night. “That’s a sign of a champion,” leadership have been great for our young Washington coach Scott Brooks said. “He players,” the first-year Wizards coach said. “I gave us everything he had.” couldn’t ask for two better guys to lead our The Wizards will face the top-seeded team.” Wall and Beal will certainly lead the Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifi- way against the Celtics, who bounced back nals. Game 1 is Sunday in Boston. After the from losing the first games at home to beat home team won the first five games of the No. 8 seed Chicago 4-2. opening-round series, the Wizards finally The Wizards split their four regular-sea- broke through on the road to end Atlanta’s son meetings against Boston, each team season. It was a much-needed confidence winning twice at home. While the Celtics boost heading into a series lacking the surprisingly edged out defending NBA home-court advantage. “We can win on the champion Cleveland for the top seed, they road,” said Bradley Beal, who also came up finished only four games ahead of No. 4 big in the series-clinching victory with 31 Washington in the East. points. “Just being able to withstand their Boston looked downright vulnerable run and coming together and getting the against the Bulls until Rajon Rondo went win on the road, that’s the biggest thing.” down with a broken thumb, missing the last four games of the season. The Celtics NEVER TRAILED won them all, including a 105-83 clincher Washington never trailed in Game 6, Friday night. Atlanta coach Mike building a 22-point cushion early in the Budenholzer said Wall and Beal are a chal- third quarter. Atlanta made a game of it, lenging 1-2 punch for any team to defend. launching a furious comeback that closed “When you have multiple pick-and-roll the gap to 93-90 with more than eight min- players, multiple ball-handlers, that can utes remaining. Schroder, one of the NBA’s move you side to side,” he said. “And they’re fastest players, had a chance to cut it to a different, too, so how you want to guard SALT LAKE CITY: Los Angeles Clippers forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, rear, and Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles (2) vie for a rebound during the single point when he picked off Beal’s one isn’t how you want to guard the other. first half in Game 6. —AP errant pass. But Wall came up from behind, ... No doubt they’ve both improved and timed his leap perfectly and swatted the both are playing well. Those guys are a ball away . handful.” Wall averaged 29.5 points in the Paul scores willful 29, as Then, at the offensive end, he split two six games against the Hawks. Despite defenders with a behind-the-back dribble struggling early on with his shot, Beal fin- and a crossover, somehow getting the driv- ished the series at 25.8. —AP Clippers force Game 7

Philly gives everyone SALT LAKE CITY: Clippers coach Doc Rivers missed a 3-pointer in the waning seconds. Paul just 41.0 percent from the field and were 7 for put it simply when he said Chris Paul willed pushed Los Angeles throughout the night and 26 from behind the arc. Hayward led the Jazz the boos they wanted his team to victory with the season on the just wouldn’t let the Clippers lose. The nine- with 31 points, George Hill added 22 and Rudy line. Paul scored 29 points and the Los time All-Star dominated and finished with Gobert finished with 15 points and nine Angeles Clippers forced a Game 7 in their NBA eight assists, three rebounds and two steals. rebounds. PHILADELPHIA: The City of Brotherly E-S!” and singing “Fly, Eagles, Fly!” Eagles first-round playoff series with a 98-93 victory DeAndre Jordan added 13 points and 18 “I thought we were competing,” Jazz coach Love turned a boring event into an enter- long snapper Jon Dorenbos drew a over the Utah Jazz on Friday night. The rebounds. Quin Snyder said. “I’m not sure if we got tired taining show. About 100,000 vocal fans rousing ovation when he announced Clippers will host the only do-or-die game of or got tired of missing. They were the more gave everyone what they wanted and the team’s third-round pick and the first round Sunday, with the winner ‘STAY IN THE MOMENT’ energetic team. Their physicality on the defen- expected from Philadelphia: Boos! Tired declared Eagles fans were the best in advancing to face the Golden State Warriors. “We do it together,” Paul said. “I came to sive end, we didn’t respond offensively the way of hearing about tossing snowballs at the country. They also cheered when “It’s just Chris,” Rivers said. “He is as competi- (Jordan) during one of those timeouts in the that we needed to, or as forceful as we needed Santa Claus 49 years ago or how they the team selected injured Washington tive as a human being as I’ve ever been fourth and said let’s find a way. We’ve been in to be. “When you’re not aggressive enough cheered Michael Irvin’s career-ending cornerback Sidney Jones in the second around. When you put that with the talent and these situations time and time again. Some of with your frame of mind, I don’t think you injury in 1999, Philly fans let everyone round. The Huskies secondary saw three the will, that’s why he has performances like us since we were kids playing AAU. You’ve just shoot the ball as well.” have it during the second and third members - cornerbacks Kevin King and this in big games. “Chris was amazing. He just been in that situation. High school basketball. The Clippers took a 47-45 lead into halftime rounds of the NFL draft Friday night. Jones and safety Budda Baker - taken in willed the game for us.” Los Angeles began to College basketball. It’s the same game, it’s just after closing on an 8-2 run, including a pair of They booed NFL Commissioner Roger the first 11 picks. edge away in the third quarter and appeared a lot more people at the games. You just go jumpers by Luc Mbah a Moute. The Jazz Goodell, of course, whenever he popped King, one of five players who were on to be in control when Austin Rivers capped a 9- out there and try to stay in the moment.” jumped out to a 22-13 lead and looked to be on stage. They jeered Cincinnati’s selec- hand and were not taken in the opening 2 run with a step-back 3-pointer that pushed The Clippers overcame a slow start to finish on the brink blowing the game wide open tion of Oklahoma running back Joe round, went to Green Bay with the first the lead to 91-77 with 3:58 remaining. He hit at 49 percent shooting from the field. The Jazz before the offense went cold and the Clippers Mixon and even Cleveland’s pick of Notre pick of the night and talked about learn- another with 1:29 left to make it 96-86, but went in the opposite direction, getting sloppy ripped off an 11-0 run. Utah shot just 3 for 13 Gordon Hayward scored seven straight to with the ball in the third quarter and making from 3-point range in the first half and missed Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer. But ing from Packers quarterback Aaron bring the Jazz within three before Joe Johnson numerous defensive mistakes. They also shot several wide-open attempts. — AP former Cowboys receiver Drew Pearson Rodgers and wanting to earn a gold, Hall stole the show and earned the loudest of Fame jacket. The most notable selec- boos of all. Pearson began with: “How tion occurred when the Bengals took ‘bout them Cowboys!” He then trolled Mixon at No. 48 overall. Mixon was unin- Celtics eliminate Bulls 105-83 to reach semis fans by thanking them “for allowing me vited to the scouting combine because to have a career in the NFL” and bragging he was videotaped punching a woman CHICAGO: The Boston Celtics kept remind- about the “five-time world champions.” in the face, breaking bones. He hit ing each other not to let up as they closed Pearson pumped his fist and Amelia Molitor during an altercation at a in on a lopsided victory and a trip to the screamed over the boisterous crowd to restaurant, and was suspended from the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals. No announce Dallas’ second-round pick: team for a year. need to worry about that. Avery Bradley Colorado cornerback Chidobe Awuzie. Mixon came back and had two strong scored 23 points, and the hot-shooting He said Goodell encouraged him to talk seasons. In 2016, he was an All-Big 12 Celtics pounded the Chicago Bulls 105-83 to win their first-round series 4-2 on Friday about the Cowboys-Eagles rivalry. “It was performer who set the school record for night. The top-seeded Celtics simply fun,” Pearson said. After that, it seemed all-purpose yardage in a season. Fans in torched Chicago to finish off a tougher- every team representative tried to incite the draft theater booed lustily when than-anticipated series and advance in the louder boos. Former Redskins linebacker Bengals Hall of Famer Anthony Munoz playoffs for the first time since 2012. Boston London Fletcher told fans he expected announced the choice. Cincinnati has a regrouped after dropping the first two more “for as many hits as I put on your history of bringing players with off-field games at home and will meet Washington running backs and receivers.” problems to the roster. in the Eastern semifinals. Fletcher ended by proclaiming: “Hail “For some of our fans, probably “Once we started to get the game at to the Redskins!” NFL executive vice pres- (they’ll) pause for a second,” Bengals hand and in control, we all just kept repeat- ident Troy Vincent, a former Eagles All- coach Marvin Lewis said. “But this thing’s ing to stay focused, to keep it going, to Pro cornerback, jokingly waved him off got to move forward, and he’s got to keep pushing,” Al Horford said. “We didn’t the stage. Former Giants linebacker move on. He’s lived with this since the want to give them any life. We were as Jessie Armstead raised both fists in the day it’s occurred.” Another running back focused and we were enjoying the air to show off two Super Bowl rings. So who dropped to Round 2 was Florida moment.” Bradley finished one point shy of he heard it, too. Almost every pick that State All-American Dalvin Cook. He a playoff career high he set in Game 5. He wasn’t related to the Eagles got booed. slipped from the first round because of nailed three 3-pointers and the Celtics hit An estimated crowd of 100,000 people off-field issues and some injury concerns. 16 of 39 from long range. gathered on Thursday and many were Cook fills the void created by Adrian Gerald Green scored 16 in his fourth back for the second night. Peterson’s departure. Cleveland finally straight start and Isaiah Thomas had 12 got its quarterback at No 52 with Kizer. before heading home to Washington state for his sister Chyna’s funeral on Saturday. ‘FLY, EAGLES, FLY!’ The Browns have started 26 quarterbacks CHICAGO: Boston Celtics’ Gerald Green (30) dunks as Chicago Bulls’ Nikola Mirotic, left, and Jimmy Her death in a car accident the day before Butller react during the first half in Game. — AP They turned the Art Museum area into since 1999, when they returned as an the playoff opener dealt a blow to the a giant tailgate party, chanting “E-A-G-L- expansion team. —AP Celtics. But Boston rallied around its star player and regrouped when it looked like the series might slip from reach. Players from Big 12 slow “Bigger things than basketball happen and that takes precedent,” coach Brad in NFL draft once again Stevens said. “I was really proud of our guys, how they treated each other and how DALLAS: Let’s just say the phone isn’t ringing off the (five). Last year the Big 12 had 26 players taken in the they stuck together. Nobody pointed fin- hook for Big 12 players so far in the NFL draft. Only seven rounds, tied with the ACC for fewest among gers and we’re a great support network for five players from the conference were selected power-five leagues and about half the 51 taken from one another, especially Isaiah. I think they through the third round Friday night, and it appeared the Southeastern Conference. appreciated being counted out.” the Big 12 was headed toward having the fewest picks The Big 12 had 25 draftees in 2015, also the fewest Jimmy Butler led Chicago with 23 among the power five leagues again. The Big 12 start- among the power fives. Mahomes on Thursday was points. But the Bulls never really found ed off with Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes the second quarterback taken, with the Chiefs trading their rhythm over the final four games with going 10th to the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday. The up from No 27 to get him at No 10. “It makes you feel point guard Rajon Rondo sidelined by a next player to go was troubled Oklahoma running great,” Mahomes said. “It makes you feel like they real- broken right thumb. Dwyane Wade shot back Joe Mixon, 48th overall to the Cincinnati Bengals ly believe in you. They really believe in your abilities. just 1 of 10 in a two-point effort that could on Friday. This was the first year since 2008 that the They believe in you more as a person. They know that be his final appearance for the Bulls. He has Big 12 had only one first-round choice. The league’s you’re just going to come in and work as hard as you a $23.8 million option on the two-year deal two picks through two rounds were the fewest since can just to contribute to the team anyway possible.” he signed last summer to leave Miami and the old Southwest Conference and Big Eight merged Mahomes led the FBS with 421 passing yards per come home to Chicago. to form the Big 12 in 1996. In the third round, Kansas game, and he threw for 41 touchdowns against 10 The Celtics set the tone by hitting 3s on State outside linebacker Jordan Willis went to the interceptions. The Bengals traded down in the second their first three possessions on the way to a Cincinnati Bengals at No. 73 overall, Texas running round on Friday and took Mixon , putting them back 13-point halftime lead. They buried back D’Onta Foreman went to the Houston Texans at in the spotlight as a place known for giving second Chicago in the third, outscoring the Bulls No 89 and West Virginia cornerback Rasul Douglas to and third chances. The 5-foot-10 running back was 34-18. Things got so lopsided that Thomas the Philadelphia Eagles at No. 99. one of the top players available at his position, but gathered his teammates near the baseline Among the top Big 12 players still on the board for teams were wary because of his history. Mixon was late in the quarter and screamed: “That’s a the final four rounds Saturday were Oklahoma wide suspended for his freshman season after punching a wrap for these (expletives)!” “We came out receiver Dede Westbrook, Oklahoma State defensive female student and breaking bones in her face. The and moved the ball around, we got open lineman Vincent Taylor and running back Samaje crowd in Philadelphia booed when Mixon’s selection looks and they were going down for us,” Perine of Oklahoma. The Southeastern Conference led was announced. Coach Marvin Lewis said the team Bradley said. “It felt good to be playing the power five conferences with 30 players taken was aware of how the public would react to the pick. Celtic basketball again. We were all smiling through three rounds, followed by the Big Ten (19), Cincinnati needed a running back after Rex Burkhead PHILADELPHIA: Philadelphia Eagles’ fans cheer during the second round of the 2017 and having fun and that’s how it’s sup- Pac-12 (16), Atlantic Coast Conference (11) and Big 12 left for New England. —AP NFL football draft. —AP posed to be.” —AP SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 SPORTS

SOCHI: Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton steers his car during the third practice session of the Formula One Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom circuit. — AFP Vettel on pole for Russia GP in a Ferrari one-two

SOCHI: Championship leader Sebastian Vettel am glad I got it back. It is great to have both going to make it better, said Raikkonen. ing Q1 session saw Mercedes top the times. Carlos Sainz of Toro Rosso and Canadian admitted it felt “fantastic” to lead Ferrari to cars on the front row, but it is only part of the Vettel’s success also brought to an end Vettel and Raikkonen were second and rookie Lance Stroll of Williams. their first front row lock out in nine years after job done. “I knew it would be tight, I knew I Mercedes’ run of 18 straight pole positions third for Ferrari behind Bottas and Hamilton Also out went local hero Russian Daniil he took pole position in yesterday’s thrilling would be the first one crossing the line. I got dating back to last year’s Monaco Grand Prix. while a late accident saw two cars-Briton Kvyat of Toro Rosso, Dane Kevin Magnussen qualifying session for the Russian Grand Prix. Valtteri’s time-and he did not manage to “To be honest, Ferrari have had the upper Jolyon Palmer’s Renault and German Pascal of Haas and two-time champion Spaniard The four-time world champion’s blistering improve-and when I got the message I had hand all weekend, but as always Sunday is the Wehrlein’s Sauber-go off and into the tyre Fernando Alonso in his McLaren Honda. The fastest lap and Ferrari team-mate Kimi got it... I was over the moon. “In qualifying, day that counts,” said Bottas. Hamilton, rarely barriers. That signaled an early exit for the top ten shootout began with the two Raikkonen’s second place on the grid brought Mercedes have been very, very strong. I am away from the front row, said he had plenty of pair along with Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne of Mercedes waiting in the pit lane and then, on to an end rivals champions Mercedes long sure it will be very close tomorrow, especially homework overnight. “I need to find out what McLaren Honda, Swede Marcus Ericsson of a warm-up lap, a bizarre scrap between and dominant supremacy in qualifying. over the long run we are missing,” said the former three-time Sauber and grumbling Frenchman Romain Hamilton and Hulkenberg, the German The 29-year-old German outpaced world champion. Grosjean of Haas. The luckless Palmer had appearing to hold up the Englishman. “He’s Raikkonen by 0.059 seconds with another ‘UPPER HAND’ Australian Daniel Ricciardo was fifth for earlier had the engine in his Renault car driving quite dangerously,” said Hamilton, Finn, Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes, third fastest “We will see, but for now we are full, of joy. Red Bull ahead of Brazilian Felipe Massa of changed between final practice and the start while Raikkonen went fastest and Vettel sec- with less than a tenth of a second separating We are back-at least if you talk about the front Williams, Dutch teenager Max Verstappen in of qualifying. When Q2 began, Raikkonen was ond for Ferrari before Bottas grabbed second. the top three. Britain’s Lewis Hamilton was row!” It was Vettel’s first pole this year, his sec- the second Red Bull and German Nico the early fastest man as the teams prepared Hamilton, fighting his car for rear grip, was fourth fastest, the first time Mercedes failed to ond for Ferrari and the 47th of his career. Hulkenberg of Renault. Mexican Sergio Perez their tires-to be used again on Sunday to only fourth after the first runs, the Mercedes have a car on the front row for 31 races. “If you Ferrari also achieved a front row lockout for was ninth for Force India ahead of his team- start the race-before Bottas took over top men clearly affected by Hulkenberg’s antics. have a rhythm here it feels fantastic,” said the first time in 127 races going back to the mate Frenchman Esteban Ocon. On a warm spot in 1:33.264. The session ended with All four pole-contenders were soon out on Vettel, who has won the last nine races at 2008 French Grand Prix, where Raikkonen sunlit day at the Black Sea resort, with a track Bottas ahead of Raikkonen and Hamilton fresh rubber for their final showdown-and which he started from pole position. “And I took pole. “It’s hard to understand how we’re temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, the open- third ahead of Vettel while out went Spaniard Ferrari’s takeover at the top.— AFP Vonn sets sights on Olympics, records, racing against men

DENVER: Always the consummate planner, Lindsey Vonn has every detail scribbled in a calendar from now until her season starts in November. Workouts, upcoming trips, ski camps, appointments - all of the ordinary stuff. The bigger-ticket items? Now those are simply memorized. In the twilight of her career, the four-time overall World Cup champion has a priority list of aspirations before even thinking of stepping away: Break Ingemar Stenmark’s wins record (once thought untouchable). “Defend” her downhill crown at the Winter Olympics in South Korea (she didn’t get that chance in Sochi because of a knee injury). Compete against the men in a World Cup race (should skiing’s governing body ever give the idea a thumbs up). “I’m not going to stop BELO HORIZONTE: In this Nov 10, 2016 file photo, Brazil’s Neymar celebrates after until I reach my goals,” Vonn said. “There’s too scoring his side’s second goal against Argentina during a 2018 World Cup qualifying much I have left to accomplish.” At the moment, soccer match. — AP her plan is to race at least through the 2018-19 season - health willing, of course. But right now, the 32-year-old Vonn feels, knock on wood, quite Court documents detail healthy. She hasn’t been able to say that very often. A quick glance at her medical chart: graft in Brazilian sports Bruised hip in training crash before Olympics (2006), sliced right thumb on champagne bottle RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil and superstar ate, computer-savvy, media-connected while celebrating a victory (2009), severely Neymar were the first to qualify for next young Brazilians who are struggling away bruised shin (2010), serious knee injuries (2013- year’s World Cup, save for Russia which and don’t buy the football, the sports myth 14), broken left ankle (2015) and fractures near gets an automatic berth as the host. any longer,” added Goldblatt, the author of her left knee joint in a crash (2016). ST MORITZ: In this March 16, 2016, file photo, Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, and Peter Fill, Winning a record sixth World Cup might “The Ball is Round: A Global History of of Italy, hold the downhill cups at the Alpine Ski World Cup Finals. — AP help some forget the humiliating 7-1 loss Football,” and “Futebol Nation.” In Rio de ‘IS IT WORTH IS?’ to Germany three years ago in the World Janeiro, former mayor Eduardo Paes was Most recently, she broke her right arm in a slalom. According to her crammed calendar, this nical disciplines, especially the slalom, that’s on Cup semifinals. But as the soccer team the moving force behind last year’s November training run. It required surgery and recent block of time was reserved for rest. She Mikaela’s level,” said Vonn, who lives in Vail, soars, more details are emerging in Olympics. Now he’s being investigated for led to nerve damage so severe she could hardly and her boyfriend, Kenan Smith , a former assis- Colorado. “She’s had an incredible career so far.” Supreme Court documents describing a taking at least 15 million reals ($5 million) wiggle her fingers at first and had to tape the ski tant wide receivers coach for the Los Angeles One day Shiffrin could be chasing Vonn’s marks. corrupt infrastructure in Brazilian sports in payments to push construction projects pole to her glove in order to race. She’s still try- Rams, recently escaped to the beach in the Turks At 22, Shiffrin already has 31 World Cup wins. For and its governing bodies. linked to the games. ing to recover full sensation. “All the obstacles and Caicos Islands . a comparison, Vonn had four at the same age. “It Plea-bargain testimony shows stagger- In December, Paes unexpectedly called I’ve faced, it makes me appreciate things that would be great if Mikaela’s able to break it,” said ing kickbacks tied to the World Cup and the off plans to teach in New York at Columbia much more,” Vonn said in a recent interview as ‘TECHNICAL DISCIPLINES’ Vonn, whose foundation partnered with “ZGirls” last year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics, detailed University after a court froze his assets as a she hosted a camp in Denver designed to Soon on her to-do list, test out new Head skis to host confidence-building programs. in testimony by executives and former prosecutor investigated if he waived envi- empower girls to reach their goals. “But I can’t and boots in Europe. Vonn’s been hurt so much Another item high on Vonn’s priority list - executives of Odebrecht, the Brazilian con- ronmental rules for the billionaire develop- worry about injuries. If you worry about it, you’re that she really hasn’t had a chance to try out the competing against the men. She’s lobbying hard struction company at the center of a bil- er of Rio’s Olympic golf course. He has always going to ski scared.” That’s never been an latest equipment. “I need to get up to date,” Vonn for such a chance, but so far the International Ski lion-dollar graft scandal. denied all charges. issue with Vonn. said. “I know that if I can fine-tune some of the Federation (FIS) has yet to sign off. Riml said he “People can stand so much, and obvi- Sergio Cabral, a former governor of the “There are a lot of athletes who achieve details, I can find some more time in my racing.” will push for rules alterations at the FIS meetings ously the hardcore fans continue unboth- state of Rio de Janeiro and an early amazing results and when they get hurt, espe- That will certainly come in handy against a crop in May to possibly give Vonn and other female ered,” soccer historian David Goldblatt told Olympic booster, has been jailed on cor- cially multiple times, they ask themselves, ‘Is it of talented skiers that includes freshly minted skiers that opportunity down the road. “All the The Associated Press. “I think now there are ruption charges and awaits trial. “Brazil’s worth it?’” US Alpine director Patrick Riml said. World Cup overall champion Mikaela Shiffrin, men say, ‘We don’t think she’s going to beat us,’ many Brazilians who feel less affectionate double-whammy has given us a shove “Her hunger to become a better athlete and win who grew up holding Vonn in high esteem, the which is what they’re going to say, and also that, toward the game. They know that rather toward a place where people still want to more races is as big as it was when she was 20 same way Vonn did with 1998 super-G Olympic ‘It will be great for our sport,’” Vonn said. “So, than showing off the best of Brazil, often watch sports mega-events like the years old. “Her determination, her drive to gold medalist Picabo Street. what’s the harm? “Hopefully, we’re able to it’s showing off the worst.” Olympics and World Cup, but no one wants become better, to win more races, it’s unbeliev- “There’s clearly no one out there in the tech- accomplish it before I retire.” — AP to actually host them,” Jules Boykoff, who able.” Vonn has a number in mind - 86. That’s FINANCED THROUGH CORRUPTION teaches sports politics at Pacific University, how many World Cup wins Stenmark accumulat- Testimony shows that at least six of told The Associated Press. ed during the Swedish great’s extraordinary Brazil’s 12 World Cup stadiums were built or The IOC has two remaining bidders for career. Vonn is currently at 77. Thiem beats Murray to financed through graft. Former Odebrecht the 2024 Olympics - Paris and Los Angeles. “If I ended my career today, I’d still be really vice president Benedicto Barbosa da Silva The vision of rising costs is prompting few- satisfied with what I’ve done,” said Vonn , who make Barcelona final testified that the company didn’t want to er to bid, and some that do are not the broke Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Proell’s be involved with World Cup stadiums high-profile cities the IOC would prefer. women’s record of 62 World Cup wins in January BARCELONA: Dominic Thiem claimed his first point in a marathon opening game to the sec- because there were sure they would Boykoff, a former professional soccer play- 2015. “But I think to beat a record like his win over world number one Andy Murray to ond set. But he held on and then jumped at become “white elephants.” er, said the Olympics and World Cup remain (Stenmark), it would be very significant.” These book his place in the final of the Barcelona his chance to break for 5-3 before serving out Many did, including stadiums in Brasilia, riveting because of the “inspiring athletes.” days, everything is geared toward the Winter Open yesterday 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. The Austrian will to take the match to a decider. Murray, Manaus, Cuiaba, Natal, and Recife. Brasilia’s But even some of those are being stained Olympics in South Korea. After capturing down- face Rafael Nadal, who is looking for his 10th though, still looks a pale shadow of the player has been used as a bus terminal. FIFA by doping and financial shenanigans. hill gold at the 2010 Vancouver Games, she title in Barcelona, or Argentina’s Horacio that rose to number one on a spectacular run required only eight stadiums, but politi- missed the Sochi Games because of a knee Zeballos today. Murray squeezed past Albert at the end of last year as he struggles for form cians, construction companies, and sports NEYMAR TRIAL injury. “My main goal is to defend or repeat - I Ramos-Vinolas in a three-hour encounter on and fitness after an elbow injury. Thiem had to officials pushed for more. FIFA and the Neymar is to stand trial in Spain on cor- don’t know what you call it,” she joked. Friday and looked flat-footed as Thiem roared battle back from a break down in the third, but International Olympic Committee say con- ruption charges related to his transfer to Vonn raced on the Olympic course in early through the opening set with three breaks of constantly put pressure on the Murray serve struction projects are left to local organiz- Barcelona four years ago. He could face a March, finishing second in both the downhill serve in just over half an hour. and broke another three times in the deciding ers, though sports venues must meet strin- two-year prison sentence, but would likely and super-G. In Pyeongchang next February, she The Scot had to stave off another break set to seal his place in the final. —AFP gent Olympic or World Cup specifications. serve a suspended sentence and a fine of said she will compete in the downhill, super-G, “There is an increasing number of liter- about $10 million.—AP giant slalom and the combined, but skip the SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 SPORTS Chelsea and Spurs face new title tests

LONDON: Antonio Conte will hope Diego row. City have had two closely-fought Costa justifies his faith in having him rather matches already with Middlesbrough and than Everton’s Romelu Lukaku as his main with the latter having beaten Sunderland striker and deliver another three points in in midweek Pep Guardiola’s side may find it Chelsea’s chase for the title today. Chelsea a tough task to take all three points. United face their biggest challenge in their host a Swansea side that at least comes remaining five matches at Everton, who are into the game having beaten Stoke last on a run of eight successive home victories. weekend to stay in touch with fourth from However, Conte will hope they extend their bottom Hull.— AFP lead over rivals Spurs to seven points before Tottenham kick-off in the north London derby with Arsenal later today. Arsenal, who are still in the race to try and secure a Champions League spot, five Matches on TV points adrift of fourth-placed Manchester (Local Timings) City and with a game in hand, at least have restored some battered morale with two ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE wins this week including a gutsy victory Man United v Swansea City 14:00 over Manchester City in the FA Cup semi- beIN SPORTS HD 2 final. Both City and fifth-placed Manchester Everton v Chelsea 16:05 United are also in action on Sunday and beIN SPORTS HD 2 would hope to both pick up three points as Middlesbrough v Man City 16:05 they play two relegation candidates in beIN SPORTS HD 8 Middlesbrough and Swansea respectively. Tottenham v Arsenal 18:30 Conte is adamant he wouldn’t swap the beIN SPORTS HD 2 temperamental Costa, who has 19 goals to his name this season, including a welcome SPANISH LEAGUE return to form with a double against Osasuna v Deportivo La Coruna 13:00 Southampton on Tuesday, with Lukaku, beIN SPORTS who tops the scoring charts with 24. “As I’ve Real Betis v Deportivo Alaves 17:15 said before, for me my players are the best beIN SPORTS SD Eibar v CD Leganes 19:30 BERGAMO: Juventus’ Argentinian forward Gonzalo Gerardo Higuain (2ndL) vies with Atalanta players during the Italian Serie A football match in the world. I wouldn’t change my players beIN SPORTS Atalanta vs Juventus at the “Atleti Azzurri d’Italia” stadium. —AFP with any other players.” His Everton coun- Celta v Athletic de Bilbao 21:45 terpart Ronald Koeman was not happy at beIN SPORTS all with his players’ attitude in the goalless draw with West Ham last weekend and is ITALIAN CALCIO LEAGUE Last-gasp Atalanta snatch looking for a vast improvement. AS Roma v SS Lazio 13:30 beIN SPORTS 2 FR BRAGGING RIGHTS Bologna v Udinese Calcio 16:00 “It is always difficult if you have already beIN SPORTS point from wasteful Juve the seventh position in the pocket and Genoa CFC v Chievo Verona 16:00 maybe they get a little bit more holiday or beIN SPORTS end-of-season feeling,” said Koeman. “That Empoli v Sassuolo Calcio 16:00 MILAN: Swiss midfielder Remo Freuler bundled Juve were finally celebrating when Alves, tim- undone when Freuler kept his cool to fire off is what I don’t like.” Spurs will be seeking to beIN SPORTS a timely leveler past Gianluigi Buffon at the ing his run to perfection to meet Pjanic’s deliv- Buffon, collect the ball after it came off Andrea win the 50th Premier League meeting with Citta di Palermo v Fiorentina 16:00 death to grab a deserved share of the spoils for ery towards the back post, dived to head past a Barzagli and bundle home an 89th minute Atalanta in a 2-2 draw with Juventus on Friday. A flailing Berisha. But all the good work was equalizer. — AFP Arsenal to keep the pressure on Chelsea. beIN SPORTS MAX 4 FR great diving header from Dani Alves looked to For Argentine manager Mauricio Cagliari Calcio v Pescara 16:00 beIN SPORTS have secured the three points for Juventus after Pochettino beating Arsenal is necessary Massimiliano Allegri’s treble-chasers fought their not for bragging rights but to keep their Crotone v AC Milan 16:00 Mourinho thanks Van Gaal beIN SPORTS 2 FR way back when Atalanta midfielder Leonardo dreams alive of winning the title. Spinazzola’s own goal levelled Andrea Conti’s “My feeling is now, when you are so Internazionale v SSC Napoli 21:45 beIN SPORTS HD 1 FR first-half opener for the hosts. But Atalanta for tireless United spirit close-only four points the gap-I will be very would not give up the fight, and when Buffon disappointed if we don’t win the title,” said GERMAN BUNDESLIGA first pushed away Freuler’s last-gasp drive, he MANCHESTER: Jose Mourinho’s depleted Cup and win the League Cup, has taken its toll Pochettino. “My challenge or my aim is not FC Augsburg v Hamburger 16:30 could do little when the midfielder pounced on Manchester United side face Swansea at Old on the team physically. to be above Arsenal. My aim is to be above beIN SPORTS the rebound to fire in a last-gasp equalizer. Trafford yesterday with the manager praising Central defenders Phil Jones and Chris 19 teams and to be first, to be on the top.” TSG 1899 Hoffenheim v Eintracht 18:30 Juve’s third draw of the campaign left the the spirit shown by his exhausted squad. Louis Smalling remain out injured for the Swansea Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger has a beIN SPORTS Turin giants, on course for a record sixth consec- van Gaal, Mourinho’s predecessor as United game, with Marcos Rojo having suffered a sea- greater spring in his step since his players utive scudetto, nine points ahead of Roma, who manager, is not remembered with any fond- son-ending knee ligament injury. That led rediscovered their fighting spirit and he still FRENCH LEAGUE face Lazio in the derby today. Juve travelled to ness by the majority of the club’s supporters. Mourinho to joke he might name himself in hasn’t even give up hope of a top three fin- Caen v Olympique de Marseille 16:00 Bergamo well aware of the danger from But Mourinho believes the Dutchman suc- the starting side, along with youngster Axel ish. “We have an opportunity to be in there beIN SPORTS Atalanta, who took full points from Napoli, Roma ceeded in pulling together a squad of strong Tuanzebe whose entire first-team experience only if we win our games, we don’t have to Dijon v Girondins de Bordeaux 18:00 and Inter Milan at their Atleti Azzurri d’Italia sta- characters, although their resilience is now amounts to 22 minutes as a substitute against speculate at all,” said the 67-year-old beIN SPORTS dium earlier this season. And by the end of a being tested as United maintain their bid for a Wigan in the FA Cup. Frenchman. For the Manchester clubs, vic- OGC Nice v Paris Saint-Germain 22:00 confident first-half, Juve-who face Monaco away top-four finish in the Premier League and suc- United may have Juan Mata, sidelined since tories would see them leapfrog third- beIN SPORTS in the first leg of their Champions League semi- cess in the Europa League. the middle of March, available for Swansea but final next week-had reason for concern. placed Liverpool, who play Watford tomor- “The group was a nice group, honestly,” said France international Paul Pogba remains out The hosts started with a flurry, Hans Hateboer Mourinho, who served as a novice coach with a leg muscle injury and is being saved for narrowly failing to reach captain Alejandro under then Barcelona manager Van Gaal at the Thursday’s Europa League semi-final with Gomez’s inviting low cross in from the left in the Spanish giants in the late 1990s. “Good people, Celta Vigo. Mourinho will also be without opening minutes. Juve struggled to find their good boys, committed people. “I think Mr Van Belgium international Marouane Fellaini, who Celtic hammer Rangers 5-1 rhythm, and after Rafael Toloi forced Buffon into Gaal left a good group of boys with very good starts a three-match suspension, after his red action with a long-range effort the visitors had relations between them and I got that in my card for head-butting Sergio Aguero in the GLASGOW: Celtic scored five goals at Ibrox the injured Moussa Dembele, make it 2-0 in to wait until after the 25th minute to catch a hands.” The Portuguese added: “I think they midweek goalless derby draw away to for the first time as they cruised to a 5-1 the 18th minute. The Scottish striker was sight of goal. A cross fell kindly for Gonzalo missed happiness, they missed trust, they Manchester City. thrashing of Rangers in the final Old Firm sent scurrying away down the left by Stuart Higuain, but the Argentina striker’s volley was missed belief. They missed this extra bit that fixture of the season yesterday. Scott Armstrong and as the Rangers defence no trouble for Etrit Berisha in the Atalanta net. brings resilience, brings you fight. They have it. ‘PLAY EVERY FEW DAYS’ Sinclair slotted home from the penalty spot backed off he let fly with an unstoppable “So next July 9, when we meet again for Amazingly, given their schedule, the Etihad in the sixth minute before Leigh Griffiths’ shot from the edge of the box that rocket- CHIELLINI’S 300TH next season, it’s a stronger group. So the new stalemate extended United’s unbeaten league rocket shot doubled the Scottish champi- ed into the top corner. Making his 300th Serie A appearance, Giorgio players when they arrive will find a group run to 24 games-equaling their best such ons’ first-half lead. With Miller sprawled on the deck follow- Chiellini was caught out by Freuler, who forced more ready to go for big things,” the former sequence in a single top-flight season. For all Callum McGregor added a third shortly ing a heavy challenge from Jozo Buffon to save with his legs. Juve finally awoke Chelsea manager explained. “But the reality is the fatigue within the squad, United defender after the break with Dedryck Boyata head- Simunovic, Celtic raced up the pitch and from their slumber, but after Chiellini swept a that we are fighting to win the Europa League Matteo Darmian has insisted he and his team- ing home a fourth. Kenny Miller pulled one came close to adding another as Griffiths great cross towards the back post Juan and we are fighting to try to finish fourth, so mates will not use tiredness as an excuse for back late on for Rangers before Mikel smashed his shot off the crossbar with Cuadrado missed the target with his side-footed let’s go.” The arduous season, which has also any poor results between now and the end of Lustig made it 5-1 to equal Celtic’s biggest Sinclair firing the follow-up wide from close volley. Chiellini was involved again with a great seen United reach the quarter-finals of the FA the campaign.—AFP victory at Ibrox, a 4-0 win back in 1897. It is range. The only thing missing from Celtic’s block on Leaonardo Spinazzola, but the veteran Celtic’s fifth win in six Old Firm meetings performance was better finishing with defender was powerless when the ball fell to this season and leaves third-placed Rangers Sinclair somehow contriving to fire wide Gomez to fire over for Conti, who jumped to trailing the champions by 36 points. An from close range moments later before meet the ball and fire inside the near post. explosive start at Ibrox saw Celtic gifted a Roberts fired over with a long-range effort. When Juve levelled five minutes after the penalty as Myles Beerman cut down Patrick Things weren’t to improve for Rangers restart they had Spinazzola to thank after he Roberts on the edge of the box with the after the interval as wave after wave of headed past Berisha from Miralem Pjanic’s free winger running away from goal. Referee Celtic attacks led to McGregor making it 3- kick, following a scything tackle on Dybala from John Beaton seemed to take an age to 0 in the 52nd minute. Roberts reacted behind. Juventus took command, two efforts in point to the spot after looking to fourth quickest to a loose ball in the box and quick succession from Dybala and Higuain keep- official Bobby Madden for some assistance. prodded it to McGregor who sent his low ing Berisha on his toes. But Allegri’s men were shot under the legs of Tavernier and ultimately wasteful. Juve’s penalty claims just RANGERS OVERRUN beyond Foderingham. The Celtic support before the hour, when Toloi jumped to challenge Sinclair then calmly sent Wes didn’t have long to wait to celebrate again Bonucci at a free kick and caught the ball with his Foderingham the wrong way for his 25th as Boyata made it 4-0 in the 66th minute. raised hand, were waved away despite protests goal of the season. Ugly scenes followed as Foderingham hesitated in coming for a because Mario Mandzukic was in an offside posi- a Rangers supporter ran on to the pitch for Griffiths free-kick that was floated into the tion. Gasperini added some firepower when he an angry confrontation with Scott Brown box and the Belgian defender leapt highest replaced Jasmin Kurtic with Franck Kessie on 66 and referee Beaton and Rangers defender to send a downward header bouncing minutes, but Juve remained a threat. Sami James Tavernier needed to intervene to through the legs of the ‘keeper. Khedira almost produced a stunner, his well- keep the man away from the Celtic captain. Rangers pulled one back through Miller MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho (C) arrives with struck volley spinning towards the top corner the substitutes including Manchester United’s English striker Wayne Rooney (L) during the The Rangers midfield was being com- in the 81st minute. The veteran played a before Berisha came to the rescue. The German pletely overrun and it came as no surprise neat one-two with substitute Joe Garner English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Manchester United came close again with a header from Miralem at the Etihad Stadium. —AFP when Griffiths, starting in the absence of before firing low past Craig Gordon. —AFP Pjanic’s corner that forced Berisha to parry. KFH congratulates Jet Ski Champ Al-Abdulrazzaq

KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) participated in receiving the Jet Ski world champion Yousef Al-Abdulrazzaq at Kuwait International Airport in recognition of his victory in achieving the first place in the Dubai 2017 Jet Ski Marathon. Al-Abdulrazzaq hailed KFH’s support and sponsorship which res- onated significantly in Kuwait obtaining further achievements in international forums, indicating such achievements would put more responsibility in future competitions. He added that KFH spares no efforts in putting Kuwaiti National teams and individual athletes at the forefront of its priorities and pledges to continue motivating them to achieve more titles for the country. KFH is committed towards supporting the youth and the society of Kuwait as part of the bank’s social responsibility. SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 SPORTS Mbappe rallies Monaco

PARIS: Kylian Mbappe delivered another before Toulouse captain Issa Diop pro- crucial goal for Monaco as the Ligue 1 lead- duced a vital lunging block to deny ers fought back to defeat Toulouse 3-1 yes- Mbappe as Monaco gradually took control. terday and move three points clear at the Sweden international Toivonen had scored top. Ola Toivonen struck immediately after just once this year, but the striker capi- half-time as Toulouse threatened to derail talised on woeful defending as Jemerson Monaco’s title hopes at the Stade Louis II, fluffed an attempted clearance to steer the but Kamil Glik equalised for the home side visitors into a surprise 46th-minute lead. on 49 minutes. Monaco’s response was immediate Mbappe then struck his 14th league though, and they were level just three min- goal of a remarkable breakthrough season utes later as Polish centre-back Glik rose to to fire Monaco ahead just past the hour power in a cross from Joao Moutinho-the before Thomas Lemar sealed an eighth vic- defender notching his sixth goal this term. tory in a row. An unmarked Toivonen spurned a chance Monaco could take a huge stride to nod Toulouse ahead for a second time towards landing a first French league when he headed tamely at Subasic, while crown since 2000 on Sunday, when third- Lafont then pulled off a stunning reflex placed Nice-unbeaten at home this season- stop to thwart Falcao from close range. But host Paris Saint-Germain. The principality the 18-year-old was beaten far too easily at outfit will now turn their attention to his near post on 64 minutes as Mbappe Europe as Monaco prepare to welcome pulled the trigger from a tight angle, his Juventus in the first leg of their Champions 24th goal in all competitions handing League semi-final next Wednesday. Monaco the lead. Leonardo Jardim restored a host of reg- Lemar provided breathing space with ulars-including Mbappe, Radamel Falcao Monaco’s third on 75 minutes, the midfield- and Bernardo Silva-to the Monaco side er calmly side-footing home on the half-vol- three days after fielding a youthful line-up ley from Nabil Dirar’s floated cross to end in their midweek 5-0 French Cup semi-final Toulouse’s resistance. Falcao almost added a defeat at PSG. But Toulouse, who beat fourth as the Colombian barged his way into Monaco 3-1 in the reverse fixture, nearly the box, only to hammer the ball against the went in front when Christopher Jullien base of the post. Reigning champions PSG flashed a header narrowly wide of Danijel could return alongside Monaco at the sum- Subasic’s left-hand post. mit today, but Lucien Favre’s Nice should Toulouse goalkeeper Alban Lafont saved prove a tough proposition having lost just MADRID: Real Madrid’s Brazilian defender Marcelo (L) celebrates a goal with Real Madrid’s defender Sergio Ramos during the Spanish league from both Benjamin Mendy and Silva, twice this campaign.— AFP football match Real Madrid CF vs Valencia CF at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. — AFP Vardy strikes to haul Marcelo scores late winner Leicester to safety to rescue Real and Ronaldo tried his luck for Leicester from long range but his effort was deflected wide by Jake MADRID: Real Madrid needed another late win- West Brom 0 Livermore. Twelve minutes later Leicester ner to edge closer to the La Liga title as Marcelo needed Schmeichel at his acrobatic best to was the hero in a 2-1 home victory over Valencia Sunderland relegated tip over a header from Chris Brunt. West yesterday. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring Brom’s ex-Leicester defender McAuley was midway through the first half but also saw a Leicester 1 then left wearing a bandage after a nasty penalty saved by spot-kick specialist Diego Alves as 10-year PL stay ends clash of heads with Yohan Benalouane. early in the second period. Former Madrid man Dani Parejo looked to have handed Valencia an SUNDERLAND: Sunderland’s 10-year stay in frustrations. the Premier League is over after Josh King’s Criticised by fans for his negative tactics Jamie Vardy scored the unlikely point with a stunning free-kick eight WEST BROMWICH: late strike gave Bournemouth a 1-0 victory and charged by the Football Association fol- goal that effectively ensured Leicester City minutes from time. SUICIDAL PASS that condemned the Black Cats to relegation lowing his crude comments to a television would remain in the Premier League as the Leicester claimed the lead two minutes Real stormed forward and needed just four yesterday. David Moyes’ side slumped out of reporter, it would be no surprise if Moyes parts outgoing champions won 1-0 away to West from half time thanks to the opportunism minutes to find the winner when Marcelo cut the English top-flight with a whimper as the company with Sunderland during the close- Bromwich Albion yesterday. England striker of their front two. Rondon played a suicidal inside and fired into the far corner. Real now latest dismal display in a wretched campaign season. With injuries ravaging his squad, Vardy’s first-half goal, his third in as many square pass which was intercepted by lead Barcelona by three points at the top of the ended with King’s winner in the 88th minute. Moyes had to make four changes to the team seasons at The Hawthorns, gave the Foxes Shinji Okazaki, who found strike partner table with four games to go for both sides. Barca, that lost at Middlesbrough on Wednesday as their first win in four league games and Vardy with a superb, first-time ball. The though, can move back to the summit of La Liga Sunderland chased a first home league win took them to 40 points, a total widely England man kept his composure to beat with victory in the Catalan derby later at since December 17. regarded as enough to avoid relegation in goalkeeper Ben Foster with a firm shot. Espanyol. Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane accept- most seasons. West Brom forced two corners in stoppage ed his side nearly paid the price for taking their OUT OF SORTS Leicester, however, had looked in dan- time but both came to nothing with the foot off the gas at 1-0. Moyes’ men desperately needed an early ger of the drop when former assistant man- second one glanced wide by Rondon. “It is true that we were in a comfort zone for goal to steady their nerves and they went ager Craig Shakespeare took over from Leicester might have doubled their lead 30 minutes, the fans were the same,” said the close when Fabio Borini’s swerving effort drew sacked title-winning boss Claudio Ranieri in two minutes into the second half when Frenchman. “After Valencia scored they started a good save from Artur Boruc. Sunderland February. As well as helping secure Albion were again undone by the pace of to push the players on once more and it was a rode their luck when King was denied the Leicester’s top-flight status, Vardy’s 10th Vardy. He tore down the left and crossed completely different match.” The Brazilian opening goal in freak circumstances as his goal in 15 games for club and country also for Okazaki, who was arriving late at the far Marcelo added: “We put our heart and soul into curling shot hit the crossbar, rebounded onto strengthened Shakespeare’s bid to land the post. But the Japanese striker could not it and showed who we are “With the fans behind a post and then bounced into the grateful manager’s job beyond the end of the sea- stretch far enough to force the ball home. us we are hard to beat here.” Zidane recalled arms of goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. son. Vardy’s recent form has been in sharp Brunt had a shot charged down and eight of the side that started last weekend’s 3-2 Jermain Defoe’s failure to score since contrast to that of Midlands rivals West Claudio Yacob sent the follow-up just wide El Clasico defeat to Barcelona and had been rest- February has been instrumental in Brom, who have now failed to score in five as West Brom pressed for an equalizer. ed for a 6-2 thrashing of Deportivo la Coruna in Sunderland’s downfall and the England for- successive league games for the first time West Brom went even closer when midweek. However, the habitual first team near- ward was still out of sorts. He blazed high over in their history. Craig Dawson met a Nacer Chadli corner ly got off to the worst possible start. Captain the bar midway through the half and then, Yesterday’s match started at a frantic with a firm header but his effort took a Sergio Ramos was returning from suspension played in by Didier Ndong’s header, he pace with Leicester goalkeeper Kasper deflection and looped over. Leicester had after his 22nd career red card in the Clasico and volleyed straight at Boruc from a good posi- Schmeichel forced to make an important another opportunity to increase their his weak header allowed Santi Mina through on tion. Sunderland were just as error-prone at catch in the opening minute when advantage just before the hour mark when goal inside the first minute. the back and more poor defending let in King Salomon Rondon headed an Allan Nyom Riyad Mahrez cut in from the right but for a shot that was cleared off the line by cross back across goal. Leicester broke to fired into the side netting. James Morrison CHARACTERISTIC FASHION Donald Love just before half-time. the other end with Vardy catching Gareth then headed straight at Schmeichel from a Keylor Navas came out to block the Valencia Bournemouth wasted two chances to seal McAuley in possession to force a corner cross by substitute James McClean as the striker’s first effort before his follow-up hit the Sunderland’s fate early in the second half, with which the visitors could not turn into a hosts threw everything at Leicester in the outside of the post. Fabian Orellana also screwed Marc Pugh firing wide with an opportunistic chance. In the sixth minute, Wilfred Ndidi closing stages.— AFP a great chance wide as Valencia enjoyed the better of the early stages. However, Ronaldo pun- effort before Steve Cook headed over from Ryan ished their profligacy in characteristic fashion as he bulleted Dani Carvajal’s cross into the far corner on 27 minutes. That goal took Ronaldo’s tally in league football to 367 goals to surpass legendary English striker Jimmy Greaves in Europe’s top leagues. However, even the four-time World Player of the Year struggles to beat Alves from the spot. Madrid were awarded a penalty when Luka Modric went down under slight contact from Parejo 11 minutes into the second half. And for the third time in four penalties against Alves, Ronaldo was denied by the Brazilian. Ronaldo then missed an even easier chance as he bundled over and then crashed into the goal- post from Marco Asensio’s enticing cross. At the other end Navas’s search for a clean sheet continues as for the 15th straight game the Costa Rica international was beaten, this time by Parejo’s dip- ping free-kick to set up a grandstand finish. Yet, for the seventh time in La Liga this season, Madrid struck late to maintain the upper hand in the title race as Marcelo used his weaker right foot to fire across and past the helpless Alves to joyous scenes of relief at the Bernabeu. Earlier, Adrian Ramos scored Granada’s first goal under interim boss Tony Adams but a 2-1 defeat at Real Sociedad WEST BROMWICH: Leicester City’s English striker Jamie Vardy (R) vies with West relegated them after a six-year stay in the top SUNDERLAND: Sunderland’s Wahbi Khazri, left, and Sunderland’s Jermain Defoe show Bromwich Albion’s Northern Irish defender Jonny Evans during the English Premier flight. Granada have now lost all four games since their dejection as their side concede during their English Premier League soccer match League football match between West Bromwich Albion and Leicester City at The Adams replaced the sacked Lucas Alvarez and face against AFC Bournemouth at the Stadium of Light. — AP Hawthorns stadium. — AFP Real Madrid next weekend. —AFP Sharapova falls on doping comeback

STUTTGART: Maria Sharapova lost in the semi- Stuttgart, Madrid and Rome tournaments. three break points, as her superbly weighted finals in Stuttgart yesterday, her controversial Having started her comeback with a world drop shot wrong-footed Sharapova. The French comeback from a 15-month doping ban ending ranking of zero on Wednesday, due to her ban, player then took the second set, which lasted 64 in defeat to one of her biggest critics. Sharapova, reaching the semi-final means Sharapova has minutes, breaking Sharapova by converting her a five-time Grand Slam winner and former world already moved up to 260th in the world. She will first set point. The deciding set followed serve number one, lost 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to Kristina learn on May 16 whether she will be given a wild until 3-3, but Sharapova had to hold her nerve, Mladenovic as the Russian exited her first tour- card for the main draw at Roland Garros. defending a break point at 40-30 down in the nament back from a ban after testing positive Sharapova made light work of Mladenovic in the fourth game with a ferociously hit ace and a fist for meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open. first set, which lasted just 35 minutes. But pump. Mladenovic seized the advantage by con- “She’s a tough player and was very aggressive Mladenovic, ranked 19th in the world, rallied verting her fourth break point and then came from the first ball,” said France’s Mladenovic after superbly at 2-0 down in the second, holding her from 40-0 down in the seventh game to take a their titanic duel over two hours, 38 minutes. “I serve and breaking Sharapova in what turned commanding 5-2 lead. Sharapova rallied to pull was struggling early on, but just stuck in there into a battle of nerves. it back to 5-4, but Mladenovic was not to be and fought, so I am very happy that it paid off.” Mladenovic showed the first signs of cracking denied her first win over the Russian and con- Mladenovic has been a vocal critic of when what should have been a simple return verted her first match point. Mladenovic will Sharapova’s return to tennis and on the eve of spiraled harmlessly off her racquet as she served now face either fourth seed Simona Halep of STUTTGART: Russia’s Maria Sharapova fails to return the ball to France’s Kristina their semi accused her of getting “extra help”, with the advantage at 5-5. But she held her com- Romania or Germany’s Laura Siegemund, a wild Mladenovic during their semi-final tennis match at the WTA Porsche Tennis having been handed wild cards to play at the posure and went 6-5 ahead, having defended card, in today’s final. — AFP Grand Prix.—AFP Mourinho thanks Sharapova falls Van Gaal for on doping United spirit comeback

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WOLFSBURG: Bayern’s team celebrates with a mock-trophy becoming the new German champion after the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfL Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich. —AFP Bayern wins fifth straight German title

BERLIN: Bayern Munich were crowned coach Carlo Ancelotti the chance of emulating Gustavo, a former Bayern player, was sent off for Cologne. Both Dortmund Pierre-Emerick ued as he netted Bremen’s second after Fin Bundesliga champions for the fifth straight sea- predecessor Pep Guardiola with the domestic a second booking on 78 minutes. Aubameyang, the league’s top-scorer with 27 Bartels’s opener for his eighth goal in six games son yesterday after Robert Lewandowski scored double in his first season. Bayern were barely goals, and Cologne’s Anthony Modeste, who has this month. Bremen are now unbeaten in their twice in their 6-0 thrashing of 10-man Wolfsburg. made to work for their win as David Alaba drilled NUMERICAL ADVANTAGE 23 league goals, drew blanks at Signal Iduna last 11 games. Mainz remain just a point from After second-placed RB Leipzig had earlier been home a trademark free-kick on 19 minutes to put Bayern exploited their numerical advantage Park. Hoffenheim, coached by Julian the bottom three after Japan striker Yoshinori held to a goalless draw by Ingolstadt, Bayern the visitors 1-0 up after a foul on Thomas Mueller. as Mueller banged home Lewandowski’s final Nagelsmann, 29, the youngest coach in Muto scored their consolation goal in a 2-1 wrapped up the title as victory at Wolfsburg left Lewandowski doubled the lead on 36 min- pass before Joshua Kimmich hit their third. Bundesliga history, can leapfrog Dortmund if home defeat as Lars Stindl and Nico Schulz them ten points clear with three games left. “Five utes when Kingsley Coman’s cross was flicked on Bayern’s title win was made possible by Leipzig’s they beat Eintracht in Frankfurt today. Werder scored for Borussia Moenchengladbach. Bottom times in a row, that’s unbelievable. We complete- by Mueller and the Poland hot-shot fired home draw at the Red Bull Arena, where Ingolstadt Bremen’s remarkable finish to the season contin- side Darmstadt again delayed their relegation ly deserve to be champions,” Bayern’s chairman from 16 meters out. He bagged his second and defender Alfredo Morales was sent off with four ues as they earned a 2-0 win to home to Hertha with a 3-0 win at home to Freiburg. Torsten Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told Sky after the club Bayern’s third goal just before the half-time whis- minutes left to play. Dortmund, who face Berlin to stay sixth. Frings-coached Darmstadt picked up their third secured their 27th league title. tle after Coman delivered another cross unop- Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Cup final on Bremen remain on course for a Europa straight victory thanks to goals by Felix Platte, The league triumph is consolation for posed from the left wing to make it 3-0. The May 27, hold onto third place, which would League place having risen from bottom in Jerome Gondorf and Sven Schipplock. Wednesday’s 3-2 German Cup semi-final defeat floodgates opened late on as Arjen Robben net- mean a direct Champions League place next sea- September after losing their first four games. Darmstadt are still eight points from safety with at home to Borussia Dortmund, which robbed ted on 66 minutes before Wolfsburg’s Luiz son, despite their goalless draw at home to Werder striker Max Kruse’s dream April contin- three games left. —AFP Oilers take lead, Sheikh Ahmad denies bribery claim Blues draw level GENEVA: Asian Olympic leader Sheikh has been an International Olympic gators and “put himself at their disposal,” need funds so he could show the email to ANAHEIM: Cam Talbot made 39 saves and Patrick Maroon Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah of Kuwait has Committee member for a quarter of a cen- the IOC said in a statement Saturday. Co-Conspirator #2,” Lai said in court. The scored a power-play goal as the Edmonton Oilers moved denied claims made in a US federal court tury. Long seen as a key power broker in “And even though it is not related to any leader of Guam’s soccer federation for 16 halfway to the NHL Western Conference finals with a 2-1 that he paid six-figure bribes to FIFA voters. Olympic and soccer votes, Sheikh Ahmad is IOC matter he has also informed the IOC years, Lai said he was approached by the victory over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 2 of their second- “Sheikh Ahmad is very surprised by such under pressure just nine days before he Chief Ethics and Compliance officer,” said Kuwaiti officials after a bitter Asian FIFA round series Friday night. Andrej Sekera scored an early allegations and strongly denies any wrong- faces re-election for his own FIFA seat in a Mark Adams, spokesman for IOC President election in 2009. He agreed to help recruit goal for the Oilers, who took the first two games on Pacific doing,” the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) poll of Asian soccer federations. Thomas Bach. Sheikh Ahmad was widely other Asian officials that voted in FIFA elec- Division champion Anaheim’s home ice. Talbot was the dif- said in a statement issued yesterday on Two separate FIFA bodies can remove hailed as a “kingmaker” for his winning tions who would help Kuwait’s interests. ference in Game 2, making all manner of impressive saves behalf of its president. the Kuwaiti royal from the vote in Manama, streak in Olympic elections. This week he Lai “understood that at these meetings while Anaheim dominated the last 30 minutes. Jakob The sheikh’s influential roles in sports Bahrain. The FIFA ethics committee can became one of the highest profile sports Co-Conspirator #3 or his assistants would Silfverberg scored and John Gibson stopped 21 shots for politics include the OCA presidency since provisionally suspend him and the inde- officials drawn into the sprawling US feder- offer or make bribe payments to these soc- the Ducks, who had gone 18 games without a regulation 1991, a FIFA Council seat since 2015, and pendent Review Committee can rule him al investigation of bribery and corruption cer officials,” the DoJ alleged. The Guam defeat before this series. Anaheim has never recovered president of ANOC, the global group of ineligible on ethical reasons. Sheikh soccer revealed two years ago. businessman also pleaded guilty to failing from an 0-2 series deficit, losing all seven series after dig- national Olympic bodies, since 2012. He Ahmad has informed FIFA’s ethics investi- FIFA audit committee member Richard to disclose foreign bank accounts and ging that early hole. Lai, an American citizen from Guam, plead- agreed to pay more than $1.1 million in for- ed guilty on Thursday to wire fraud con- feiture and penalties. He was released on BLUES 3, PREDATORS 2 Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice, including the spiracy charges related to bribes that bail with a $1 million bond to return to tiebreaking goal with 3:51 left to help St Louis tie the helped officials gain influence in interna- Guam and will be sentenced at a later date. Western Conference semifinal series at one game apiece. tional soccer. Lai admitted receiving Lai was suspended for 90 days by the Jori Lehtera also scored for the Blues, and Jake Allen around $1 million in bribes from various FIFA ethics committee, which is now stopped 22 shots - including 14 in the third period. Ryan Asian soccer leaders, including what the reviewing Sheikh Ahmad’s case ahead of Ellis had a goal and an assist and James Neal also scored Department of Justice described as a “fac- his candidacy for the May 8 election in for Nashville, which had its franchise-high five-game post- tion” from Kuwait seeking to gain influence Bahrain. The OCA said Sheikh Ahmad “will season winning streak snapped. Pekka Rinne finished with in FIFA elections. vigorously defend his integrity and repu- 17 saves. Game 3 is Sunday at Nashville, Tennessee. tation and that of any organization that he Tarasenko’s game-winner came on lucky bounce. Jaden PUBLIC TRANSCRIPTS represents in any relevant legal review.” Schwartz led the rush and initially tried to pass it to Carl Though Sheikh Ahmad was not named in Sheikh Ahmad, who often works from the Gunnarsson, but the pass was off the mark and bounced Department of Justice and Brooklyn court Olympic home city of Lausanne where off of Gunnarsson’s foot right to Tarasenko’s stick. It was the documents, a transcript of Lai’s hearing quot- ANOC has offices, seems to risk being first lead for St Louis in 116:09 of the series. —AP ed him saying “co-conspirator #2 was also the arrested in Switzerland. Swiss authorities president of Olympic Council of Asia.” Co-con- arrested nine FIFA officials in Zurich in two spirator #3 was described as having a “high- rounds of hotel raids in 2015 at the ranking” role at OCA, and also linked to the request of US authorities. The American Kuwait soccer federation. According to the federal investigation of corruption linked published transcript, Lai said he “received at to FIFA has indicted or taken guilty pleas least $770,000 in wire transfers from accounts from more than 40 people and marketing associated with Co-Conspirator #3 and the agencies linked to soccer in the Americas OCA between November of 2009 and about since 2015. Lai’s case marked the first the fall of 2014.” major step into Asia, and his admission in “I understood that the source of this court Thursday suggests other soccer offi- WASHINGTON: In this Monday, Oct 26, 2015 file photo, Asian Olympic leader Kuwaiti Sheik money was ultimately Co-Conspirator #2 cials potentially recruited by the Kuwait Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the and on some occasion Co-Conspirator #3 faction could be targeted by US federal Washington Hilton.— AP told me to send him an email saying that I investigators. —AP Inflation surge to turn heat on ECB to slash stimulus

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JAKARTA: Models pose with Chevrolet cars on display at the Indonesia International Motor Show in Jakarta yesterday. Indonesia has forecast vehicle sales in 2017 to reach 1.1 million units, growing at a rate of five percent, as Indonesia’s economy is expected to recover from a prolonged market slump plaguing the market in the last few years. — AFP US growth hits 3-year low in Trump’s Q1 Consumer spending drops, hiring costs rise

WASHINGTON: US growth slid to its lowest because people feel happy doesn’t mean they 1.7 percent, the lowest quarterly result in almost some distortion, with a rebound likely in the research note. “The rise in equipment invest- level in three years in the first quarter, a disap- will act on those feelings, and they clearly did- four years. Spending on non-durable goods also next quarter. Unseasonably warm weather in ment indicates that firms are expanding pointing start to Donald Trump’s presidency as n’t during the first quarter,” economist Joel contracted 2.5 percent, the lowest reading since the first two months of the year drove down capacity in anticipation of rising demand.” it reaches the 100 day mark. GDP increased 0.7 Naroff said in a commentary on the report. 2011. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the spending on utilities, and delayed tax refunds percent in the first three months of the year as low growth meant the United States should also put less cash in consumers’ pockets, all of Employment costs mount consumer spending and government expendi- Record lows adopt the Trump administration’s proposals to which weighed on consumption. Ian With the Federal Reserve holding a two-day tures tumbled to their lowest levels in years, The White House has been promising a slash taxes and regulation. “We need the presi- Shepherdson of Pantheon Macroeconomics monetary policy meeting next week, the weak the Commerce Department reported Friday, return to three percent economic growth, dent’s tax plan, regulatory relief, trade renegoti- said if these distortions were excluded, growth growth figures were sure to figure into expec- presenting preliminary data. which it says will generate the revenue need- ations and the unleashing of American energy would probably have been closer to two per- tations for the pace of interest rate moves this Though only slightly below the 0.8 percent ed to pay for multi-trillion-dollar tax cuts sector to overcome the dismal economy inherit- cent. He said he expects three percent growth in year. But a Labor Department report also increase in the same quarter of last year, the unveiled this week. But economists question ed by the Trump administration,” Ross said in a the second quarter “as the statistical and weath- released Friday pointed in a different direction result was down sharply from the 2.1 percent the likelihood that the economy can-or statement. But it remained unclear how many er issues unwind.” from GDP. The employment cost index rose 0.8 expansion seen in the fourth quarter of 2016. should-grow that fast, especially without fuel- recent economic events could be credited to-or Business investments were a bright spot, percent for the quarter-which Shepherdson It was well below analysts’ expectations of 1.1 ing high inflation. But the GDP report was blamed on-the president. Economists note that increasing 4.3 percent for the quarter. But that noted was the biggest gain in nearly a decade- percent GDP growth. The last time first quarter replete with record lows. first quarters in recent years have trended below was a significant slowdown from the brisk 9.4 two-tenths above an analyst consensus fore- expansion was more disappointing was a 1.2 Consumer spending fell to its lowest level in average. Growth has averaged one percent in percent in the prior quarter. A recovery in oil cast. “Fed hawks will seize on this report,” percent drop in 2014. nearly eight years, adding only 0.3 percent, with first quarters over the last seven years, well prices helped sustain growth in this category, Shepherdson said. “All the action in the head- Trump, who marks 100 days in office spending on services at their lowest in four below average growth in other quarters, accord- with mining, exploration, shafts and wells skyline ECI is due to a 0.9 percent jump in wages Saturday, rose to power on a message of years, and durable goods orders their lowest ing to Jim O’Sullivan of High Frequency rocketing by 449 percent, an all-time record, and salaries in the private sector.” This confirms nationalist economic revival. He has also taken since 2011, as auto sales fell 0.45 percent. Economics. In addition, preliminary estimates of up from 23.7 percent in the prior quarter. anecdotal reports in the Fed’s economic survey credit for increased consumer and business Defense spending contracted by four percent, GDP are subject to revisions of an average of 0.6 “The health of business investment bolsters from companies that have been obliged to raise confidence, growing employment and record its lowest pace in nearly three years, helping percentage points. Analysts also cautioned that our confidence that the first quarter is a tem- wages and benefits in an effort to attract quali- gains for stocks in recent months. But “just drive down overall government expenditures by the most recent numbers may have suffered porary slowing,” Barclays economists said in a fied candidates to job openings. — AFP First direct UK-China train Long road ahead for Trump’s offshore drilling order completes 12,000 km run WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s drilling late last year, a move Trump’s order executive order seeking to find new ocean seeks to undo. At the time, Obama administra- expanses in the Atlantic and the Arctic for off- tion lawyers said they were confident that BEIJING: Laden with whisky and baby milk, the “The train arrived at around 9:30am (0130 10 and passed through France, Belgium, shore drilling isn’t likely to reach its goals any- move would be upheld in court. first freight train linking China directly to the UK GMT) to Yiwu on Saturday,” the Yiwu Tianmeng Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan time soon, but instead will kick off a yearslong Legal experts say the law has never been arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu yester- Industry Company told AFP. The world’s top trad- during its 20-day trip before arriving in Yiwu in review and legal battle. used by a president to remove protections, day after a 12,000-kilometre (7,500-mile) trip, ing nation launched the “One Belt, One Road” eastern Zhejiang province, a major wholesale Trump signed the order Friday aimed at just to create them. Trump’s order also direct- becoming the world’s second-longest rail route. strategy in 2013, and has since poured millions centre for small consumer goods. dismantling a key part of former President ed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to con- The journey is the latest effort in China’s drive to into constructing vast infrastructure links. The new route is longer than Russia’s famous Barack Obama’s environmental legacy. “This duct a review of marine monuments and strengthen trade links with western Europe along The train-which was also carrying pharmaceu- Trans-Siberian railway, but about 1,000 kilome- executive order starts the process of open- sanctuaries designated this past decade. a modern-day “Silk Road” route. ticals and machinery-departed London on April tres shorter than the record-holding China- ing offshore areas to job-creating energy Obama issued monument proclamations Madrid link, which opened in 2014. London is the exploration,” he said. “It reverses the previ- under the Antiquities Act, including the 15th city to be linked to a new freight network ous administration’s Arctic leasing ban and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine offered by the state-run China Railway directs Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to allow National Monument in the Atlantic, which Corporation, which says its services are cheaper responsible development of off-shore areas protected that swath of sea from drilling.Legal than air transport and quicker than shipping. The that will bring revenue to our treasury and scholars said Trump would enter uncharted journey should be 30 days faster than moving the jobs to our workers.” waters if he seeks to undo a national monu- goods by ship, the provincial government had Despite Trump’s assertion that the nation ment proclamation in an effort to remove said, but the pilot run took two days more than needs to wean itself of foreign oil, US oil environmental protections. the 18 days expected. And the train, named the imports have declined in recent years as Under Trump’s order, Interior Secretary East Wind, has much less carrying capacity-just 88 domestic production boomed amid improved Zinke will start to review the government’s shipping containers, according to the Yiwu gov- drilling techniques opening up once unreach- plan that dictates which federal locations are ernment, compared to the 10,000 to 20,000 con- able areas. And environmental law and policy open to offshore drilling, known as the 5-year tainers cargo ships can carry. experts questioned Trump’s authority to plan. The administration can redo the 5-year- It is unclear how much the venture cost, and reverse Obama’s withdrawal of certain areas in plan, but it’s a long process. Zinke said the some experts have questioned whether the the Arctic or Atlantic to drilling, a question leases scheduled under the existing plan ambitious project makes economic sense. “It is likely to be decided in the courts. “It’s not quite would remain in effect during the review, hard to say at this stage what the economic as simple as the president signs something which he estimated would take years before return will be, as the economic benefits will come and it undoes the past,” said Sean Hecht, a any new leases are possible. Still, Pam Giblin, over a long time,” He Tianjie of Oxford Economics University of California, Los Angeles environ- an Austin, Texas-based environmental attorney Hong Kong told AFP. “However, the train is in mental law professor. For instance, Obama who represents energy companies said some aspects more convenient and flexible. It used his authority under the Outer Continental Trump’s order is welcome to her clients despite YIWU: A freight train transporting containers laden with goods from London, arrives at can make multiple stops, allowing for the pickup Shelf Lands Act to protect Arctic areas from oil the limitations they see. — AP Yiwu railway port station in Yiwu, east China’s Zhejiang province yesterday. — AFP and offloading of cargo along the way. — AFP SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 BUSINESS Want a chance to win KD 250,000 from Al-Danah? 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United promises to Inflation surge to turn heat refocus on passengers on ECB to slash stimulus CHICAGO: United Airlines set out to the carrier and Munoz apologized repeat- repair its image, with its chief executive edly and launched the internal review to promising to refocus on customers as the find out what went wrong. “We breached Household lending at its highest since the crisis company announced changes following public trust, and it’s a serious breach,” the infamous dragging incident that Munoz told NBC News. The carrier’s BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT: Inflation surged and Conservative policymakers, long opposed to in September, at the earliest, whether to extend caused worldwide outrage. The airline report highlighted 10 changes, including growth continued to accelerate in the eurozone, the ECB’s stimulus, have warned that generous its asset buying scheme beyond this year. “The will now offer passengers up to $10,000 increasing its cash enticement to $10,000, a plethora of indicators showed on Friday, keep- asset buys risk overheating the economy, could ECB will not read too much into these (inflation) in compensation to be bumped off over- effective Friday, to get customers to vol- ing pressure on the European Central Bank to inflate asset bubbles and may push up inflation data. While we still see it tapering its asset pur- booked flights, and reduce overbooking untarily give up their seats on over- start dialling back its lavish stimulus measures as too quickly. chases next year, the process will be fairly slow in the first place. booked flights. The crew on Flight 3411 early as June. Confounding expectations, core inflation, or and interest rate hikes are a long way off,” Capital Those and other changes, which the had only offered $1,000, the report said. Underlying inflation-the price indicator most prices excluding food and energy, increased by Economics Chief European Economist Jennifer airline called “substantial,” are the result of watched by the ECB-blew past expectations to 1.2 percent this month, higher than any analysts McKeown said. a two-week internal probe of the April 9 Modest changes hit a three-year high. Household lending rose to in a Reuters poll had predicted. While some of Fighting ultra-low inflation into the fifth incident, video of which went viral. United also pledged to reduce over- its best rate since the global financial crisis while the rise may be due to pricing around Easter, the straight year, the ECB has cut rates deep into Passenger David Dao was pulled from his booking-the practice of selling more tick- a measure of money in circulation, an indicator rate is the highest since the summer of 2013. negative territory and plans to buy 2.3 trillion seat and dragged off the full plane by air- ets than seats on a plane to account for of coming economic activity, also jumped, sug- Overall inflation meanwhile rose to 1.9 per- euros worth of bonds by the end of the year, all port security in Chicago to make room for no-shows-on certain flights “that histori- gesting that overall growth may be stronger cent in April from 1.5 percent, essentially hitting in the hope of boosting growth, which would airline crew. The 69-year-old doctor suf- cally have experienced lower volunteer than expected. Still, the inflation figures were the ECB’s own target of price growth just below then generate inflation. Although price have fered a concussion, and a broken nose rates,” United spokeswoman Maggie influenced by one-off factors-including Easter 2 percent. “In May the inflation rate will no come up quickly this year, the ECB has warned and teeth, according to his lawyers. In an Schmerin said. Such flights include those spending-so the ECB will probably maintain its longer be affected by the Easter holiday (so) core that much of this is due one-off energy price ris- interview Thursday with NBC News, that are the last of the day and on smaller plan to move only in increments and taking only inflation should then drop again to 0.9 percent,” es and inflation will then dip back. United chief executive Oscar Munoz said planes, both of which were factors on the smallest of steps in June. Commerzbank said. Indeed, the ECB’s own survey of professional the airline will refocus its business by Flight 3411. Without enough volunteers The ECB kept its ultra-easy policy stance “The inflation rate as a whole will also fall forecasters put core inflation at just 1.1 percent “putting the customer at the center” and to take later flights, airlines are forced to steady on Thursday, even leaving the door open back to 1.5,” Commerzbank predicted. this year, predicting only incremental rises for avoiding issues in which employees, pas- involuntarily “bump” passengers off over- to more easing, arguing that underlying inflation The euro jumped over a half a percent on the years to come. Still, household lending, another sengers and law enforcement are placed booked flights. “It is our goal to reduce is not showing any signs of a convincing upward data with investors pricing in a more hawkish indicator of economic activity, hit its highest rate in “impossible situations.” involuntarily denied boarding to as close trend, raising the risk that a premature exit stance from the ECB at its next meeting. since 2009 last month while bushiness lending Video of Dao’s ordeal captured by fel- to zero as possible,” Schmerin said. Seth would unravel its work. While markets expect also jumped, suggesting that the ECB’s cash is low Flight 3411 passengers-which includ- Kaplan, managing partner of the trade the ECB to tone down its language in June, Next move making its way into the real economy. ed images of the doctor bloodied-trig- publication Airline Weekly, said the removing its bias for further easing, ECB Though no actual tightening is seen for Indeed, economic sentiment hit a near ten gered widespread indignation. After ini- changes announced Thursday will help President Mario Draghi gave no hint of such months to come, the ECB could remove all or year high this month and Spanish GDP growth tial missteps in which the company improve United’s image, but he charac- moves on Thursday, only venturing to say that some of its references to more easing, arguing accelerated to an annual 3 percent this year, all appeared to at least partially blame Dao, terized many of them as modest. —AFP economic risks have receded. that risks were balanced. It is then seen deciding pointing to relatively healthy growth. — Reuters Etihad Aviation Group, Emirates Red Crescent support Umrah

ABU DHABI: Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) Secretary-General for Local Affairs at has taken part in an exciting philanthrop- Emirates Red Crescent, added: “We have ic collaboration with Emirates Red enjoyed a long-term partnership in phil- Crescent, to support a group of 15 trav- anthropic and humanitarian work with ellers in experiencing the holy pilgrimage Etihad Aviation Group. This latest initia- of Umrah. tive support the efforts of the UAE and Last week, nationals from Sudan, Yemen, Emirates Red Crescent in the Year of Morocco, Bangladesh, Palestine, India and Giving.” Pakistan were provided with flights and Al-Manar Hajj & Umrah Travel Agency accommodation for the four-day trip to developed the Umrah package consisting Saudi Arabia between April 15 - 19. of flights, visas, five-star hotel accommo- This initiative was part of the airline’s dation within Makkah and Madina as well contribution to philanthropic activities, as transportation between the two cities. providing those from less privileged 2017 was officially declared as the backgrounds with an opportunity to Year of Giving by the UAE’s President, experience Umrah. The group also visit- His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed ed significant historic sites during their Al-Nahyan. Etihad Aviation Group has a trip. Umrah is a holy pilgrimage to detailed strategy for supporting the Mecca, Saudi Arabia, performed by Year of Giving’s three pillars of social Muslims and can be undertaken at any responsibility, volunteering and serv- time of the year. ing the nation, and last week commit- Khaled Al-Mehairbi, Senior Vice ted to donating one dirham per ticket President of Abu Dhabi Airport sold in the UAE in support of the Operations and Chairman of the Sports national initiative. and Social Committee at Etihad Airways, EAG has a strong track record of said: “Supporting this group for Umrah is being a socially responsible organiza- just one of Etihad Airways’ opportunities tion. In 2016, EAG conducted dozens of to make a greater contribution to com- community engagement initiatives in munities in the region, and is part of our many countries including India, Kenya commitment to support the Year of and Serbia, as well as the local communi- Giving. Over the years, we have support- ty in the UAE. Last year, EAG employees ed many worthy causes, which will con- also volunteered over 4,300 hours of tinue during 2017.” time in support of charities and commu- Rashed Mubarak Al-Mansouri, Deputy nity causes.

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Chinese Yuan Renminbi 44.745 Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Swiss Franc 308.230 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Australian Dollar 232.220 Thai Bhat 9.860 Japanese Yen 0.002682 0.002862 US Dollar Buying 303.950 Turkish Lira 84.130 ASIAN COUNTRIES Kenyan Shilling 0.002945 0.002945 Japanese Yen 2.772 GOLD Korean Won 0.000259 0.000274 Indian Rupees 4.730 20 Gram 260.990 BAHRAIN EXCHANGE COMPANY WLL Malaysian Ringgit 0.065645 0.071645 Pkistani Rupees 2.908 10 Gram 133.410 Nepalese Rupee 0.003014 0.003184 Srilankan Rupees 2.004 5 Gram 67.550 CURRENCY BUY SELL Pakistan Rupee 0.002692 0.002982 Nepali Rupees 2.964 Singapore Dollar 219.690 Europe Philippine Peso 0.006009 0.006309 Hongkong Dollar 39.243 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd British Pound 0.383340 0.393340 Sierra Leone 0.000038 0.000044 Bangladesh Taka 3.716 Czech Korune 0.004321 0.016321 Singapore Dollar 0.213235 0.223235 Philippine Peso 6.128 Danish Krone 0.040485 0.045485 Rate for Transfr Selling Rate South African Rand 0.017413 0.025913 Thai Baht 8.891 Euro 0. 325889 0.334889 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001636 0.002216 US Dollar 304.800 Norwegian Krone 0.031665 0.036865 Taiwan 0.009958 0.010138 GCC COUNTRIES Canadian Dolla 226.525 Romanian Leu 0.073011 0.073011 Thai Baht 0.008510 0.009060 Saudi Riyal 81.428 Sterling Pound 392.135 Slovakia 0.009130 0.019130 Qatari Riyal 83.867 Euro 328.485 Swedish Krona 0.030477 0.035477 Arab Omani Riyal 793.009 Swiss Frank 305.110 Bahraini Dinar 810.810 Swiss Franc 0.299342 0.310342 Bahraini Dinar 0.802580 0.811080 Bahrain Dinar 808.430 UAE Dirham 83.136 Turkish Lira 0.078977 0.089277 Egyptian Pound 0.014043 0.019951 UAE Dirhams 83.380 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000086 ARAB COUNTRIES Qatari Riyals 84.605 Australasia Iraqi Dinar 0.000195 0.000255 Egyptian Pound - Cash 19.150 Saudi Riyals 82.175 Australian Dollar 0.222210 0.234210 Jordanian Dinar 0.4248948 0.433894 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 16.777 Jordanian Dinar 429.815 New Zealand Dollar 0.208110 0.217610 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.226 Egyptian Pound 16.978 Lebanese Pound 0.000152 0.00252 Tunisian Dinar 133.540 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.005 America Jordanian Dinar 430.030 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020378 0.044378 Indian Rupees 4.728 Canadian Dollar 0.220906 0.229905 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.034 Nigerian Naira 0.000396 0.001031 Pakistani Rupees 2.907 Georgina Lari 0.137777 0.137777 Syrian Lira 2.176 Omani Riyal 0.785917 0.791597 Morocco Dirham 30.823 Bangladesh Taka 3.742 US Dollars 0.300950 0.305350 Qatar Riyal 0.082978 0.084428 Philippines Pesso 6.121 US Dollars Mint 0.301450 0.305350 Saudi Riyal 0.080260 0.081580 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Cyprus pound 168.208 Syrian Pound 0.001293 0.001513 US Dollar Transfer 305.150 Japanese Yen 3.795 Asia Euro 332.310 Tunisian Dinar 0.124511 0.132511 Syrian Pound 2.420 Bangladesh Taka 0.003419 0.004003 Sterling Pound 391.510 Turkish Lira 0.078977 0.089277 Nepalese Rupees 3.950 Chinese Yuan 0.042801 0.046301 Canadian dollar 227.130 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037132 0.039882 UAE Dirhams 0.081629 0.083329 Turkish lira 85.240 Malaysian Ringgit 70.185 Indian Rupee 0.004272 0.004960 Yemeni Riyal 0.000992 0.001072 SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 BUSINESS

KFH a strategic partner of 15th AAOIFI conference

KUWAIT: To further solidify its commitment reflects the Group’s support as a leading Islamic towards the support in the development of the financial institution in the region.” Islamic banking sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain Al-Khayyat praised the pioneering role played by and internationally. Kuwait Finance House Group the Accounting and Auditing Organization for (KFHG) participated as a strategic partner in Islamic Financial Institutions in organizing this AAOIFI’s 15th Annual Sharia Conference that was annual conference and expressed his aspiration for held on the 12th and 13th of April at the Diplomat further cooperation with this body in future initia- Radisson Blu Hotel in Manama. tives and conferences. The Conference, considered one of the most AAOIFI’s 15th annual sharia conference was prominent in the region, focused on the legal and attended by a host of Islamic leaders including governance aspects of Islamic finance. It was organ- prominent scholars, bankers, experts, lawyers, ized by the Accounting and Auditing Organization accounting professionals, senior managements of for Financial and Islamic Institutions (AAOIFI) and central banks and regulatory and supervisory sponsored by the Central Bank of Bahrain, with the authorities, academics, and members of the media. participation of 40 Islamic finance experts from 16 It also witnessed attendance by a number of minis- countries including the GCC, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, ters, ambassadors, CEOs of Islamic financial institu- Algeria, Pakistan, Canada, America and others. tions and research and training centers and consul- A number of important issues were discussed tancies as well as representatives of international related to the Islamic finance industry, such as the and regional organizations. A number of legal, and drafting of legal documents in line with internation- governance-related topics were discussed at this al standards and Islamic practices. year’s conference including topics relating to both Abdulhakeem Al-Khayyat, Managing Director theoretical and practical perspectives, such as regu- and Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Finance latory and supervisory frameworks for the Islamic innovation and client service. excellence and innovation in the field of client serv- House-Bahrain, on behalf of the Group, said: “KFH finance industry. KFH manages its operations in the GCC, Asia, and ice, while developing common interest for all those Group are always keen to support the various KFH was established in Kuwait in 1977 and is Europe through over 480 branches, including KFH- concerned with the financial institution. KFH’s vision financial events taking place regionally, with a spe- enlisted in the Kuwait Stock Exchange. KFH Group is Turkey, in order to offer services for the bank’s is to spearhead the global development in Islamic cial focus on Islamic banking conferences that a global pioneer in the field of Islamic banking serv- clients in Turkey, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, financial services, and to upgrade the bank into the have a positive impact on the banking sector in ices, where it offers a wide array of Islamic products Germany, Jordan, and Dubai. level of becoming the most sustainable profitable general. Our sponsorship of this conference and services, not to mention a high standard of KFH’s mission is to achieve highest levels of Islamic bank in the world. British economy slows as Brexit weighs on spending Housing prices fall as consumers rein in spending

LONDON: Britain’s economy slowed in the first investors. “The marked dent in GDP stems from ter, according to the ONS. And when it comes to three months of the year as concerns about the consumers tightening their belts in the face of the biggest investment of all - buying a home - UK’s exit from the European Union spurred infla- rising living costs and businesses becoming people are becoming more cautious. tion and forced consumers to rein in spending. more cautious over investments.” Average house prices across the country fell The economy expanded 0.3 percent from Until recently, Britain’s economy has defied 0.4 percent in April, after a 0.3 percent drop the the previous quarter, below the 0.4 percent expectations of a post-Brexit slump, leading the previous month, according to a monthly index that was expected and less half the 0.7 percent government to attack opponents for being over- compiled by Nationwide Building Society. it grew at the end of 2016, the Office for ly pessimistic. The economy expanded 2 percent Nationwide’s chief economist, Robert National Statistics said Friday. The pound has last year, the fastest rate among the Group of Gardner, said that monthly figures can be fallen about 20 percent against the dollar and Seven industrialized nations. volatile, but the softening reflects pressure on euro since Britain voted to leave the EU, push- Prime Minister Theresa May has called early household budgets. “Given the ongoing uncer- ing up the cost of many imported goods. That elections for June 8 in an effort to increase her tainties around the UK’s future trading arrange- seems to be hurting consumers - potentially majority in Parliament and strengthen her ments and the upcoming election, the economic bad news for the government only a few weeks hand in negotiations with the EU and bolster outlook is unusually uncertain, and housing before a general election. the economy. market trends will depend crucially on develop- JAKARTA: A boy admires a special custom-made car on display at the Indonesia In another signal that what was once the But the UK economy is heavily dependent of ments in the wider economy,” he said. International Motor Show in Jakarta yesterday. Indonesia has forecasted vehicle fastest-growing major economy is hitting the consumer spending and inflation is eating away The British Banker’s Association piled onto sales in 2017 to reach 1.1 million units, growing at a rate of five percent, as skids, Britain’s second-biggest mortgage at disposable income. Consumer price inflation the string of poor news with a report showing Indonesia’s economy is expected to recover from a prolonged market slump plagu- provider said Friday that house prices fell for a rose to 2.3 percent in the 12 months through that the annual growth in consumer borrowing ing the market in the last few years. — AFP second consecutive month. March, from very low levels in 2015. had slowed. Eric Leenders, BBA managing direc- “Rising inflation is eating into household The recent slowdown in economic growth tor for retail banking, said the figures mirrored spending power and that now looks to be hold- was driven by consumer-focused industries such “the dip seen in retail sales volumes as price rises ing back GDP considerably,” Paul Sirani, chief as retail, accommodation and the sale and repair appear to have started biting into consumers’ German economy booms as market analyst at Xtrade, said in a note to of vehicles, all of which declined in the first quar- spending.” — AP protectionist threat goes pop

HAMBURG: When port manager Axel Thursday. Chancellor Angela Merkel has Mattern looks out onto the Elbe River from even fuelled expectations of a future EU-US his office in Hamburg’s historic warehouse trade deal, saying she was “very encouraged” district, he can literally count the rising num- talks were being looked at after her recent ber of container ships leaving Germany’s trip to Washington. biggest harbor. There is an export boom German business leaders such as Anton underway, the ships tell him. China, in partic- Boerner from the BGA trade association ular, is “buzzing”, Mattern says. The sharp point out that Trump’s protectionist threats, increase in demand for “Made in Germany” including broad-based introduction of puni- goods from around the world is pushing tive tariffs on imports through a border Europe’s largest economy into overdrive- adjustment tax, have failed to translate into and, not coincidently, helping dispel worries policy so far. about rising protectionism under US “There are no concrete measures and this President Donald Trump. means ‘business as usual’ for companies-at Some German companies are even con- least for now,” Boerner told Reuters. While sidering expanding into the United States, uncertainty remains high and is limiting while others reckon the world is big enough overall private sector investment, at least for them to thrive even if American trade some companies seem to be viewing politi- borders do get tricky. cal risks as the new normal-and they are In the first two months of 2017, overall pushing ahead with investment. German exports rose 7 percent on the year A survey by the Ifo institute shows to 201.2 billion euros ($219.57 billion), driven German industrial companies plan to by a broad-based uptick in demand for top increase investment by 5 percent this year, quality German products such as cars and up from 3 percent in 2016. machines. The trade boost comes on top of Germany’s vibrant domestic economy which NEW SITES is already supported by a robust labour mar- Among them are Mittelstand compa- ket, a growing population and record-low nies, the largely family-owned firms that borrowing costs, enabled by the European form the backbone of German industry and Central Bank’s loose monetary policy. make up roughly 98 percent of German Soaring private consumption, increased export companies. state spending on refugees and higher con- “We plan to open at least one, probably struction drove an expansion of 1.9 percent two new production sites in the U.S.,” said JAKARTA: A family tests a Mercedes Benz car on display at the Indonesia International Motor Show in Jakarta yesterday. —AFP last year, the strongest rate in half a decade Josef Minster, CEO of Schlemmer Group, an and the fastest among the Group of Seven automotive supplier specialising in cable industrialized countries. The economy is still protection systems. doing well. But it is the jump in trade that The Bavarian-based firm wants to Bail or bust? Alitalia splits most bodes well for 2017. A breakdown of increase its market share in North America trade data from the Federal Statistics Office and benefit from an expected upturn in the compiled for Reuters shows exports to the automobile sector there. Schlemmer is also United States. preparing a takeover of a small US firm a nation, paralyses Rome Germany’s most important single export which is not yet selling its high-quality destination after the bloc of European Union niche products abroad. countries-jumped 9 percent in the first two “Together with our expertise and global ROME/MILAN: Italians are watching their flag systematically running up deficits to deal with READING THE MOOD months of the year to 17.9 billion. Those to sales network, we expect to benefit quickly carrier Alitalia go into yet another financial tail- companies in crisis,” Natascia Turato, director of Former prime minister Matteo Renzi, who is China leapt 14 percent to 12.6 billion euros. from scaling effects,” Minster said, adding spin, and a growing number of them believe it Index Research, said in a comment the firm post- charting his way back to power, has said he will that the takeover would be one of the would be better for the country if it crashed. ed online, along with its poll results. Without state come up with a plan to rescue the airline by mid- SELF-CONFIDENCE biggest in the history of the company, Outraged at repeated state bailouts that have support, Alitalia appears headed for collapse. May, assuming he emerges from this weekend’s The US increase comes despite some of founded in 1954. Schlemmer traditionally cost taxpayers more than 7 billion euros ($7.62 Rival airlines show little interest in buying it, and Democratic Party primaries as its newly re-elect- the new president’s “America First” cam- aims to produce near its customers’ factories billion) over a decade, many Italians are taking to creditors refuse to lend more money after worked leader. The hardening of public opinion paigning. Trump’s protectionist rhetoric and to keep the production chain short. Roller- social media to urge the government to resist the ers last Monday voted down a rescue plan that against Alitalia, though, makes the political calcu- the dispute about the benefits of free trade coaster manufacturer Mack Rides, in con- political temptation to rush to its rescue again. “In would have cut 1,700 jobs and trimmed salaries. lations difficult-and neither Renzi nor his party’s are likely to rank high on the agenda of the trast, builds every ride in the tiny southern electoral terms, Alitalia is worth nothing. It’s a Rome has thrown Alitalia a short-term lifeline, a main political rival, the 5 Star Movement, has Group of 20 summit to be held in Hamburg town of Waldkirch in the Black Forest region dead weight,” Angelino Ghinelli tweeted into a bridging loan of up to 400 million euros to see it advanced any concrete proposals for Alitalia. Five in July. Concerns among managers in before shipping them to amusement parks social media storm that has not gone unnoticed through a bankruptcy process, under which an Star’s leaders have refused to be drawn on Europe’s economic powerhouse, however, around the world. in Rome, where ministers have so far shown a administrator will decide if it can be sold as a whether they would be willing to see public mon- have already eased. “We’re very relaxed Mack Rides plans to invest in its German strong reluctance to make any guarantees. going concern or should be liquidated. ey put into the company. — Reuters about this whole debate about Trump and production site, located near its own theme “Enough with saving Alitalia,” wrote Cinzia However, the government has protectionism,” Mattern said. “If Mr Trump park called Europa-Park close to the French Briguglio, one of around 1,000 signatories to an ruled out renationalising the former doesn’t want to buy German goods anymore border, to meet rising global demand. “We’re online petition that sprang up this week, calling state-owned business, once a symbol because he thinks he can produce every- currently experiencing a sharp upturn in for the government not to get involved. of Italy’s post-war economic boom but thing at home, we’ll just find other buyers.” demand from Asia and the Emirates, but also Consumer groups have also chimed in, includ- now struggling to compete at home Corporate Germany’s self-confidence is from Europe and the United States,” said CEO ing one, Codacons, which has threatened to ask against low-cost carriers Ryanair and backed by data. A survey of some 43,000 Christian von Elverfeldt. Italy’s Corte dei Conti, a judicial auditor, to exam- EasyJet. Italian Finance Minister Pier consumers in 52 countries conducted by The 237-year-old family-run firm has an ine any state bailout. The court can fine officials, Carlo Padoan has gone a step further, Dalia Research and Statista showed “Made in export rate of 95 percent, meaning rising including ministers, for wasting public funds. An saying the government is unwilling, Germany” is viewed as the most appealing protectionism and import tariffs surely opinion poll published on Friday, four days after directly or indirectly, to invest any capi- seal of quality in the world. Senior German would be bad for business, the manager Alitalia workers voted to reject a union-backed tal in it. But with a general election due government officials also sound less alarmed admits. But Elverfeldt said customers value rescue plan proposed by management, shows by May 2018, few Italians believe the about U.S. policy after meetings with US his company’s quality and innovation-such that 77 percent of Italians believed the airline ruling Democratic Party will really counterparts in recent weeks-a notion as the recent development of a roller coaster should be left to fail. stand by and watch Alitalia crash and echoed by ECB President Mario Draghi on ride with virtual reality glasses. — Reuters “It’s clear Italians are opposed to governments its 12,500 workers lose their jobs. SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 BUSINESS Reform when oil price is sustainable

AL-SHALL WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT e have not limited the number of number of the second highest listed com- anticipated to grow at 3.5 percent in 2017, as gin from its growth rates, which will drop percent to 0.4 percent, and only Kuwait draft bills at the National panies in the region after the Saudi market compared to 3.1 percent in 2017. This grow is from 6.7 percent in 2016 to 6.6 percent in received the highest reduction in the WAssembly, which want to maintain which contains 176 companies. anticipated to reach 3.6 percent in 2018. The 2017 and 6.2 percent in 2018, though policy growth rate along with all the other indica- prices of commodities and services at their It seems that the Boursa Company had a projected rise in growth rates will include the makers in China believe in achieving higher tors, that lagged behind, from 2.6 percent to level prior to the recession of the oil market good start being supported by its high liq- developed countries, emerging economies growth rates. negative growth at 0.2 percent in the cur- in 2014 fall, but by two numbers, i.e. more uidity during the current year, until now. and the low-income states. The underlying That optimistic view for the economic rent report. than 10. This means a general case of deny- Withdrawal of small and dangerous compa- drive of that growth is the improvement in growth excludes the GCC states for 2017. All other factors, which contributed to ing that the oil market lost about 60 percent nies should reduce risks of trading in the the industry and trade sectors. Bahrain alone, for instance, and despite the weakened growth of GCC states, apply to of its price level and that the reduction in oil Boursa and increase trust in its trading. We The developed economies will raise their big deficit in its current account 3.6 percent Kuwait. Weak oil prices and instability in the prices is a long-term fact this time. There are do not encourage its resistance though it growth rates from 1.7 percent in 2016 to 2 of its GDP- adjusted its growth rates region are among the common factors. But several justifications for this orientation. entails some income losses in the near term. percent in both 2017 and 2018, with the upwards from 1.8 percent in a former report the negative growth in our opinion is due to First, the financial deficit is not real but a The positive effort should be confined to highest growth rate in the American econo- to 2.3 percent in the current report. The its inability to adopt and financial or eco- book one. Second, there is skepticism over replacing withdrawing companies by con- my, which is the biggest economy in the report maintained the same growth rates in nomic reform policies. Even that shy and the constitutionality of amending prices. vincing large and solvent companies to be world by 2.3 percent and 2.5 percent in both the former and the current reports for modest step it adopted in the reform road The last one is the endless debate about the listed at the Boursa. The last experience 2017 and 2018 respectively. The emerging KSA and Qatar; weak for KSA at 0.4 percent is/or will be abandoned. It also lagged in government’s overspending. The last one, shows the weight of 8 new listed companies and developing economies will raise their for this year. Qatar on the other hand the indices of corruption perceptions, busi- the strongest in our opinion, is unfortunate- which equaled the weight of 51 withdraw- rates from 4.1 percent in 2016 to 4.5 percent achieved the highest growth rates among ness practices climate, competition and ly correct. The ability to pass such proposals ing or will withdraw companies. and 4.8 percent in 2017 and 2018 respec- the GCC states at 3.4 percent in both transparency. There should be a minimum by laws has confirmed momentum because tively. The main support will come from the reports. The report reduces the growth rates limit of awareness and concern to avoid they submitted by all political spectra at the IMF Economic Development Report exceptional growth of the Indian economy projected for other three GCC states in some future risks. National Assembly, despite the wide differ- IMF issued a report on economic develop- by 7.2 percent and 7.7 percent in 2017 and 2017. UAE which is the lower growth rate, or ences among them. While the danger lies in ment on April 18, 2017. Its figures contain 2018. The irony is the projections of contin- from 2.5 percent in a former report to 1.5 Kuwait International Bank (KIB) the fact that sustaining this condition for some discrepancies. The global economy is ued loss of the Chinese economy of a mar- percent in current report; Oman from 2.6 Kuwait International Bank (KIB) the public finance is impossible with its cost announced results of its operations for the to be paid by the overwhelming majority of first quarter of the current year, which indi- ordinary people. cate that the bank’s net profits, after Goals of such laws are limited to revok- deducting taxes, scored KD 7.61 million, ing increased prices or intentions to increased by KD 879 thousand, or by 13 per- increase prices of goods or commodities cent, compared with KD 6.73 million for the such as gas or the electricity unit. Not only same period in 2016. The rise in net profits is that, the matter extended to the interest of due to the decrease in total provisions by the loans of the retirees and the pressure to about 41.1 percent and the rise in total reduce retirement age. As our concern is operational profit prior to deducting provi- with the financial and economic aspects, we sions by about KD 1.2 percent. would like to stress that the government’s Bank’s total operational incomes weak position is not debatable. The defense increased by higher value than the rise in of reducing negative taxes -subsidies- with- operational expenses by KD 389 thousand, out prudence in using funds makes them in or by 2.5 percent, to KD 15.9 million com- constant retreat. We however assume that pared with KD 15.51 million for the same the government is not the State and pre- period in 2016. Due to the rise in the item of serving the State’s sustainability is the task investment income by KD 1.5 million to KD of all. Therefore, the reform process should 2 million (which form 12.4 percent of total be fought in two fronts: fundamental operational incomes) versus KD 420 thou- reform for the expenditures side by severe sand (about 2.7 percent of the total). While, punishment to the government’s over- the remaining operational items of incomes spending and gradual reinforcement of the decreased by about KD 1.1 million to KD revenues side. More importantly still is 13.9 million compared with KD 15.1 million. some rationalization to consumption as Total operational expenses rose by KD long as our goal is the State’s sustainability. 284 thousand, or by 4.4 percent, and At the threshold of the third millenni- scored KD 6.73 million compared with KD um a decisive advice has been offered to 6.45 million in the same period of 2016, the two executive and legislative authori- due to the rise in the item of staff costs by ties that the reform timing is now, i.e dur- KD 360 thousand to KD 4 million (KD 3.63 ing oil market prosperity. If they listened million). While the total provisions to this opinion presented from numerous dropped by KD 841 thousand, or by 41.1 parties, public spending would have not percent, as mentioned, to KD 1.2 million exceeded KD 8 billion by 2015. If that was (KD 2.04 million). This explains the rise in achieved Kuwait would be remote from the net profit margin to 45.4 percent com- the current crisis of the general budget pared with 40.4 percent in the same peri- deficit and the sustainability of public od of 2016. finance would be possible at the current The bank’s financial statements indicate oil prices, or even lower. If it happened, that the bank’s total assets increased by KD Kuwait would have been closer to the 64.5 million, or by 3.5 percent, to KD 1.911 financial condition of Norway. billion (KD 1.846 billion in the end of 2016), Unfortunately, that has passed and and increased by KD 128.5 million, or by 7.2 became history and regret is futile. More percent, when compared with the same dangerous still are the government’s reluc- period of 2016, which scored KD 1.782 bil- tance to stop expenses waste and the popu- lion. Item of financing receivables rose by lar proposed laws adopted by the national KD 29.6 million, or by 2.3 percent, to KD assembly. These actions push us in the 1.298 billion (67.9 percent of total assets) direction of the bad Venezuelan conditions versus KD 1.268 billion (68.7 percent of total reaching of which is only a matter of time, assets) in the end of 2016. And rose by KD one, two or three decades. 113.2 million, or by 9.6 percent, compared To avoid repeating the sin of the begin- with the same period of 2016, when it ning of the current millennium we should scored KD 1.185 billion (66.5 percent of total have a break or a pause during which a neu- assets), in the same period of 2016. tral party is entrusted with making projec- Percentage of total financing receivables to tions on figures. After that making any deci- total deposits scored 80.8 percent com- sion in any direction is fine if the conviction pared with 79.6 percent. But item of dues is to guarantee the State’s financial sustain- from banks dropped by KD 3.9 million, or by ability and its stability regardless of its 1 percent, to KD 389.4 million (20.4 percent financial policies. of total assets) versus KD 393.3 million (21.3 percent of total assets) in the end of 2016. It The Boursa and withdrawals dropped by 12.4 percent, or by KD 55.2 mil- There is a debate over the withdrawal of lion, compared with KD 444.6 million (24.9 listed companies from the official market in percent of total assets) in the same period Boursa. Due to the large number of with- of 2016. drawing companies or the ones wanting to Figures indicate that the bank’s liabilities withdraw, controversy over this phenome- (without including total equity) increased non is stigmatized as negative trend. We by KD 66.5 million, or by 4.2 percent, to KD have monitored that phenomenon from 1.657 billion versus KD 1.591 billion in the 1/04/2011, when the number of listed com- end of 2016. It rose by KD 121.6 million, or panies reached the maximum and scored by 7.9 percent, compared with the total in 217 companies. Though any conclusive judg- the end of the first quarter of the previous ment of this phenomenon may not be pre- year. Percentage of total liabilities to total cise, yet we still believe it is a positive devel- assets scored 86.8 percent compared with opment and in favor of the Boursa for the 86.2 percent. medium term. As of the date of preparation Result of analyzing financial statements of the report, 42 companies withdrew and calculated on annual basis indicates that all another 9 companies had fixed withdrawal bank financial indexes scored increase com- date making the total at 51 companies. pared with the same period of 2016. The Meanwhile, 8 new companies have been average return on equities relevant to the listed. The market capitalization value of bank’s shareholders (ROE) increased to 12.1 withdrawing companies at their withdrawal percent versus 11 percent. Likewise, the date and those that will withdraw as of average return on capital (ROC) increased to 31/03/2017, scored KD 1.308 billion, i.e. 4.6 29.4 percent compared with 26 percent. percent of market capitalization value of all Also, the average return on assets (ROA) market in the end of the first quarter of increased to 1.6 percent compared with 1.5 2017. But in terms of percentage, they form percent. EPS scored 8.1 fils versus 7.2 fils. 23.6 percent in the peak date, which means (P/E) scored 7.3 times versus 6.8 times as a they are mostly small companies, non-liquid result of increased the share market price by and losers. Including, 6 companies are out 21.4 percent compared with its price on of these negative descriptions because they March 31, 2016, against less rise in prof- may be relatively large, a gainer or both. But itability of (EPS) by 12.8 percent from its lev- for a certain reason they are not liquid and el in the end of March 2016. their market price is falling without justifica- tion which keeps their listing without a pur- The weekly performance pose, therefore they decided to withdraw. of Boursa Kuwait On the other hand, only 8 companies The performance of Boursa Kuwait for have been listed with a market capitaliza- the last week (4 working days due to the Al- tion value of KD 1.292 billion in the end of Israa and Al-Miraj holiday) was less active the first quarter of the current year. This compared to the previous one, where all amount is almost equal to the value of all indexes showed a decrease, the traded val- withdrawing companies or those wanting ue index, the traded volume index, number to withdraw. The liquidity of their shares is of transactions index, and the general higher than those withdrawing ones. index. AlShall Index (value weighted) closed Despite the withdrawals, the current num- at 382.3 points at the closing of last ber of listed companies is 178 companies, Wednesday, showing a decrease of about and will be reduced to 169 companies dur- 5.7 points or about 1.5 percent compared ing the current year unless new companies with its level last week, while it increased by are listed, after the withdrawals of listed 19.3 points or about 5.3 percent compared companies that wanted to withdraw the with the end of 2016. SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 BUSINESS

Lexus GS F emerges as people’s choice 2017 Middle East Car of the Year awards

exus continued its winning streak at the region’s biggest annual automotive Lawards program as its high-performance luxury sedan Lexus GS F took home the ‘Public Car of the Year’ award at the fourth edition of the Middle East Car of the Year (MECOTY) Awards. This award marks the third successive year that Lexus has been recognized at MECOTY. The GS F is the most powerful sedan that Lexus has offered yet. The car combines the versatility of a sedan with the agility and dynamic character of the ‘F’ brand, which stands for the fast and dynamic response, high efficiency and seamless performance on everyday roads and on racetracks that can be enjoyed by everyone. “The ‘Public Car of the Year’ award further underscores why the Lexus GS F is so beloved by car enthusiasts in the Middle East,” said tastefully melds craftsmanship and affluence Takayuki Yoshitsugu, Chief Representative of with outstanding ergonomics and functionali- Middle East and North Africa Representative ty. With the GS F being a performance premi- Office, Toyota Motor Corporation. “The GS F is a um sedan, special emphasis has been placed on car that pushes the boundaries of performance creating a driver-centric cockpit. This pilot- to the limit - it’s a car that is fun to drive every focused design theme is characterized by the day, whether on a busy street or a winding road, information display/gauges positioned directly in regardless of one’s driving skills. We thank all our front of the driver. In terms of safety, the car uti- customers for making Lexus GS F the clear peo- lizes the Lexus Safety System+ to provide a multiple’s choice, and we look forward to their con- faceted approach to active and passive safety, stant support that serves as our inspiration to enhancing peace of mind for its occupants. continue delivering amazing experiences.” The MECOTY Awards integrates a unique The GS F is the first new ‘F’ series sedan nomination and scoring methodology and is model since the launch of the IS F in 2007. the biggest and most prestigious awards Equipped with a 5.0-liter V8 engine that deliv- program for the regional automotive sector, ers 471 hp at 7,100 rpm and 54.0 kg/m of which is developed, tested and implement- torque at 4,800-5,600 rpm, the GS F’s excep- ed by the most experienced ‘motoring tional high-speed performance and handling, minds’ of the industry. This year’s awards which have been nurtured on racetracks, were chosen by a jury of 15 independent reflect Lexus’ attempt to create a sense of motoring journalists from leading automo- excitement for its customers whenever and tive publications throughout the Middle wherever they drive it. The interior of the GS F East and North Africa. SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 BUSINESS OPEN, rewards by flydubai makes its debut at ATM

KUWAIT: Dubai-based carrier, flydubai, tion of the diversity of the flydubai redemption of the reward points members for every dollar they spend showcased for the first time at the network and its customer profile. came from its “OPEN” members with us. We are expanding our part- Arabian Travel Market its new rewards Commenting on the newly launched residing in the UAE followed by nerships with more hospitality, program “OPEN”. rewards program, Ghaith Al-Ghaith, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Lebanon. lifestyle and retail brands enabling The program, launched six months Chief Executive Officer of flydubai Around 60% of the “OPEN” rewards our OPEN members to earn reward ago, has been well received across the said: “We have redefined the way members are between the ages of points for their transactions and con- region and is gaining more popularity people travel around the region giv- 31 and 50, while 25 percent are tinue to redeem these points to pay as it adds more partners and offers for ing them the freedom to choose between the ages of 21 and 30. for flydubai flights, upgrades and its members. what to spend when they fly for Nahed Al-Kheily, Vice President of optional extras for any trip, on any The program, which is designed business or leisure. We hope that Ancillary Revenue at flydubai said: day, to any destination.” to make earning and spending our passengers have seen the bene- “flydubai is committed to introducing OPEN, rewards by flydubai has reward points simple and straightfor- fits of this simple and straightfor- product innovations that enhance launched a first of its kind co-brand- ward, with no minimum balances or ward rewards program and contin- the overall customer experience. ed credit card with Dubai Islamic blackout dates, has attracted mem- ue to enjoy the latest offers and We’ve designed this rewards program Bank in the UAE which allows card bers from more than 200 nationali- partnerships.” to be less restrictive, instantly reward- members to earn up to three times ties to date. The highest number of of the overall membership. The sec- came from Pakistan followed by Saudi Since the launch of the program ing, transparent and straight-to-the- more points on purchases locally or members came from India with 12% ond largest number of members Arabia, Russia and the UAE; a reflec- 50 percent of the accrual and point. OPEN was designed to reward internationally.

John Prakash Vas wins KD 4000 in Burgan Bank’s Value Account draw Michelin launches new KUWAIT: Burgan Bank yesterday announced Burgan Bank has majority owned subsidiaries JOHN PRAKASH VAS as the winner of the in the MENAT region supported by one of the Value Account KD 4000 draw. The winner largest regional branch networks. expressed his excitement of winning the cash The Bank has continuously improved its Michelin pilot sport 4 s prize of KD 4,000. performance over the years through an Dedicated to offer the best in-class servic- expanded revenue structure, diversified es, Burgan Bank’s Value Account presents cus- funding sources, and a strong capital base. KUWAIT: The new MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 S is an Pilot Sport 4 S surpassed its five major competi- disciplines worldwide and uses this competitive tomers with exceptional features which were The adoption of state-of-the-art services and ultra-high performance tire which replaces the tors in key performance areas. environment as a laboratory for development of specifically designed to suit the needs of technology has positioned it as a trendsetter MICHELIN Pilot Super Sport, which is widely rec- future tire technologies, which are then used in expatriates living in Kuwait. Account holders in the domestic market and within the ognized as the industry-leading ultra-high-per- Dry braking the development of its production tires. Data will be able to enjoy matchless benefits that MENA region. Burgan Bank’s brand has been formance tire for original equipment and The MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 S takes only collected during racing, mostly from ‘confiden- include receiving a free credit card for one created on a foundation of real values - of replacement applications. It offers the best of 33.66m to brake from 100 km/h to a complete tial’ tire technologies or rubber compound year, application for a loan, in addition to a trust, commitment, excellence and progres- the MICHELIN Pilot Super Sport further stop, when the best of its direct competitors recipes, enable Michelin’s engineers to validate chance to enter the quarterly draw to win KD sion, to remind us of the high standards to enhanced by MICHELIN Pilot Sport Cup 2 tire takes nearly a metre more (+0,83m). their findings. 4000 as well as other discounts from selected which we aspire. learning. The MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 S, which is set to merchant stores. Burgan Bank will continue ‘People come first’ is the foundation on Designed for sports cars and high perform- Wet braking be one of the most successful sports tires ever presenting exclusive services and draws with which its products and services are devel- ance saloons, the MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 S offers On a wet track 27.73m is enough for the designed by Michelin for the general public, an aim of exceeding customers’ expectations oped. The bank was re-certified with the unparalleled driving pleasure thanks to its MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 S to brake from 80 km / h uses construction methods and materials direct- while offering them chances to win valuable prestigious ISO 9001:2008, making it the first exceptional steering precision and directional to 0. This shows it once again as the best at almost ly developed in competitions such as the FIA cash prizes all year round. bank in the GCC, and the only bank in stability. It provides maximum performance and 2.5m (+2,41m) shorter than the worst performer. World Endurance Championship (WEC) and its Opening a Value account is simple, inter- Kuwait to receive such accreditation for the safety on all surfaces due to its optimized tread flagship event the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Formula ested Individuals with salaries starting from third consecutive year. The Bank also has to footprint which grips the road in all situations, Lap time E and the World Rally Championship. KD 150 and above are eligible to open a Value its credit the distinction of being the only even the most extreme. On a 2.6 km circuit, the MICHELIN Pilot Sport The distinctive design of the tread has been Account. Established in 1977, Burgan Bank is Bank in Kuwait to have won the JP Morgan MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 S also displays excel- 4 S proved to be between 0.4s and 1.39s faster developed following the success of the tires the youngest commercial Bank and second Chase Quality Recognition Award for twelve lent braking performance on both dry and wet per lap. It’s almost a second quicker on average used in Formula E, which are the first 18-inch largest by assets in Kuwait, with a significant consecutive years. Burgan Bank, a subsidiary surfaces, thanks to the use of Bi-Compound over this relatively short distance. One second tires to be used on open-wheeled race cars. focus on the corporate and financial institu- of KIPCO (Kuwait Projects Company), is a Technology. The outer part of the tread uses a may seem insignificant; however the driving tions sectors, as well as having a growing strongly positioned regional Bank in the new hybrid compound that promotes grip on experience will be completely different. Designed to equip the most retail, and private bank customer base. MENA region. dry ground while the inner side uses a new com- distinguished sports cars pound with silica and so-called functional elas- Longevity The MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 S has been devel- tomers which allow the tire to offer consistent Wear tests conducted by the Dekra Test oped to satisfy the owners of cars from manufac- grip on wet surfaces. This high performance on Center demonstrated that the new MICHELIN turers including BMW M, Ferrari, Ford, Mercedes- dry and wet surfaces, often conflicting charac- Pilot Sport 4 S has the best longevity in its class. AMG and Porsche. Michelin is working hand in teristics in the world of super sports tires, here The MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 S is also among hand with the world’s leading car manufacturers have advanced together. They fully express the the first tires in this category to score an A rating to provide the most suitable tires to comple- Michelin Total Performance philosophy, which is on the European labelling scale (19 inch tire) in ment the performance of their most exclusive to advance simultaneously several criteria on the braking distance on wet surfaces. This label is models and as a result, more than 60 original same tire, whatever the technology challenge. intended to inform tire buyers of the perform- equipment homologation projects are currently Leading independent testing ance of the tires they are planning to buy and under development. The MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 S is the result of a also gives them information on the energy effi- unique know-how developed by engineers pas- ciency of the tire and its road noise level. The Velvet-like sidewalls sionate about their work and redefines the stan- MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 S also passes a new mile- Like all of Michelin’s latest high-end tires the dards of the category. Adapted for driving at the stone in terms of rolling resistance as two-thirds MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4 S uses ‘Michelin Premium highest levels on road and on track, it has of the range are graded C. Touch Design’ to enhance the appearance of the already positioned itself as the number one in its sidewall design. This is a sign of the recognition class. In tests conducted by the independent The passion, on road and track and esteem in which these tires are held in the organization T.V S.D in Germany, the MICHELIN Michelin is involved in several motor sport exclusive automotive world. Gulfsat, IQ Teleports sign cooperation agreement Deal on space broadcasting through comprehensive package

KUWAIT: Gulfsat Communications Company working on its own (Gulfsat), the region’s leading company spe- in the market of cialized in providing communications and TV Kurdistan in Iraq to broadcasting and re-broadcasting through a phase in which it satellites, has announced the signing of a provides its servic- cooperation agreement with IQ Teleports in es through a strong the Kurdistan province of Iraq being special- and active partner ized in the supply and distribution of TV chan- who enjoys a deep- nels in the region. Under the agreement, rooted presence in Gulfsat will provide its new partner with a that market. “In IQ comprehensive package for broadcasting Teleports” he through a wide range of TV channels, while IQ added, “we found a Teleports will benefit from Gulfsat’s services in Chairman and CEO dynamic harmony space broadcasting and media content Mohammed Al-Haj in service delivery through satellites. This agreement will reflect that fits perfectly positively on Gulfsat’s expansion in the Iraqi within our own operating strategy. IQ Teleport market and the entire Middle East and North has a deep footprint, a long-standing presence Africa region through its partners. and intimate knowledge of its market. Its man- The agreement was sides by both parties agement is keen to keep pace with the latest during Gulfsat’s active participation at the technical developments within the sector. This 23rd CABSAT - the foremost exhibition for the can only add valuable services in terms of tech- broadcast content delivery, digital media and nical and technological support for the TV satellite industries exhibition that was held at channels operating within the package and the Dubai World Trade Center in Dubai, United reflects positively on the level of market, sales, KUWAIT: Chairman and CEO Mohammed Al-Haj and IQ Telephort CEO Hiwa Fariq Mustafa with both Gulfsat and IQ Teleport teams. Arab Emirates. The agreement was signed on technical support and other aspects. All these Mustafa lauded the sophisticated technical solid foundation for a long-term cooperation the vision behind the Gulfsat’s strategy of cater- behalf of Gulfsat by its chairman and chief factors stand to strengthen Gulfsat’s presence services of the company in media content with Gulfsat and help strengthen its foothold ing for customer requirements and providing executive officer, Mohammed Al-Haj, and on in a vibrant geographical region. I can say that, broadcasting and TV broadcasting through and presence in the Iraqi market in general. He them with the most advanced services in the behalf of IQ Teleports by its chief executive in this new relationship, I already hear the echo satellites at the highest technological stan- added that he looked forward to IQ Teleport’s field of communications, TV and media content officer, Hiwa Fariq Mustafa. of our vision for a dynamic growth in the vari- dards, not to mention the freedom from piracy benefiting from any future services that Gulfsat broadcasting and re-broadcasting through ous markets.” and space interference, all of which ensure the provides and that will help IQ Teleports to keep satellites. This equation, he went on, is consis- A New Phase of the Company’s finest TV broadcasting content delivery. abreast with the developments taking place in tent with the role Gulfsat plays and will contin- Presence in Iraq Gulfsat and an added value He went on to say: “I seize this opportunity this dynamic sector. ue to play as a major specialized company in Following the signing of the agreement, In turn, Hiwa Fariq Mustafa, IQ Teleport to thank Gulfsat for selecting us as their part- the region. Al-Haj concluded by saying that “ Gulfsat’s Chairman and CEO, Mohammed Al- CEO, said; “We are happy to announce the ner in the Province of Kurdistan, Iraq”. He Partnerships with customers while this sector witnesses rapid developments Haj, stated that the agreement with IQ signing of the cooperation agreement with expressed appreciation for the Company’s spe- In turn, Gulfsat’s chairman and CEO, in those services, Gulfsat is keen to provide Teleports paves the way for the company to Gulfsat, which is a major milestone in the cialized human resources and their earnest Mohammed Al-Haj, said that the agreement secure broadcasting and combat media con- join a network of partners operating in the progress of our companies, for Gulfsat is lead- desire to adopt the highest professional stan- signed with IQ Teleports serves as a model of tent piracy through a package of technological entire MENA region and with whom Gulfsat ing company specialized in providing commu- dards in dealing with its customers, enabling it the kind of relationship Gulfsat is keen to estab- tools that help protect the rights of all parties considers itself privileged to work with. nication services, TV space broadcasting and to expand throughout the MENA region. He lish and develop into full-fledged partnerships and safeguard and support intellectual, pub- The agreement, Al-Haj added, moves from re-broadcasting services.” said he hoped the agreement would lay down a with customers. This business model reflects lishing and distribution rights”. technology SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 Facebook gearing up to fight political propaganda

NEW YORK: Facebook is acknowledging influence political sentiment in ways that tion back in November that it was “pretty researchers Jen Weedon and William January report by the US Director of that governments or other malicious non- could affect national elections. It’s a long crazy” to think that false news on Nuland and Facebook exec Alex Stamos National Intelligence that Russia tried to state actors are using its social network to way from CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s asser- Facebook influenced the US presidential and titled “Information Operations and meddle with the US election. election. It’s also a major sign that the Facebook.” world’s biggest social network is continu- More to do ing to grapple with its outsized role in Election meddling Jonathan Albright, a professor who how the world communicates, for better The team defined “information opera- studies data journalism at Elon or for worse. tions” as any actions taken by govern- University in North Carolina, urged jour- In a paper posted online on Thursday, ments or other actors to “distort domes- nalists and others back in February to Facebook security researchers and its tic or foreign political sentiment” to look not just at the role of Facebook in chief security officer said the company achieve a strategic purpose. Such opera- spreading false or misleading informa- will monitor the efforts of those who try tions can include the dissemination of tion, but also at the sources of such to hurt “civic discourse” on its service, false news and disinformation and the information. That is, to attempt to identi- whether that’s governments or other use of fake-account networks aimed at fy both the producers of this material groups. It is also looking to identify fake manipulating public opinion through a and those who spread it using social net- accounts, and says it will notify people if variety of means. works and other means. their accounts have been targeted by Using the 2016 US presidential elec- Facebook’s paper addresses the such cyberattackers. tion as an example, Facebook said it amplifiers of such content - the fake “(We) have had to expand our securi- uncovered “several situations” where accounts that “like” and share false news ty focus from traditional abusive behav- malicious actors used social media to stories, for example. The company has ior, such as account hacking, malware, “share information stolen from other also announced steps to support legiti- spam and financial scams, to include sources, such as email accounts, with the mate journalism and news literacy. But more subtle and insidious forms of mis- intent of harming the reputation of spe- the paper does not delve into ideas use, including attempts to manipulate cific political targets.” The company did about attacking false news and propa- CALIFORNIA: In this file photo, conference workers speak in front of a demo civic discourse and deceive people,” the not name the actors or the victims, but it ganda at the source, including by ban- booth at Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, California. — AP report states. It was written by said its data “does not contradict” a ning such content from the site. — AP

YouTube ad boycott could spell trouble for Alphabet’s Google

SAN FRANCISCO: YouTube’s inability to overall to a better place,” Pichai said. At keep big-brand ads off unsavory videos is another point, he assured analysts that threatening to transform a rising star in YouTube is still experiencing “extraordi- Google’s digital family into a problem child. nary” growth without providing specifics. It’s not yet clear whether a recent ad boy- Even if YouTube continues to lose adver- cott of YouTube will be short-lived or the tisers, it won’t leave a huge dent in start of a long-term shift away from the Alphabet’s earnings. video service - one that could undercut That’s because marketers are expected Google’s growth and that of its corporate to keep feeding the company’s golden parent, Alphabet Inc. goose -Google’s dominant search engine. Alphabet’s first-quarter results, released Ads appearing alongside the billions of Thursday, provided few clues. Major adver- search results Google churns out each day tisers didn’t start pulling their money from still generate most of Alphabet’s revenue YouTube until the three-month period was even as it expands into other fields. But ad nearly over. The company’s earnings rose spending has been accelerating at a rapid 29 percent to $5.4 billion while revenue pace on YouTube over the past two years climbed 22 percent to $24.8 billion. Shares as brands sought to connect with its audi- surged nearly 5 percent, to $933, in ence of more than 1 billion people. Now it Thursday’s extended trading. looks like things might taper off.

Cloud over YouTube Taking the gloss off But the fallout from the YouTube boy- Before the boycott began, YouTube’s ad cott is likely to be felt through the rest of revenue after subtracting commissions was this year. Skittish advertisers have curtailed expected to rise 26 percent this year to $7 their spending until they are convinced billion, based on estimates from the Google can prevent their brands from research firm eMarketer. Alphabet doesn’t appearing next to extremist clips promot- disclose YouTube’s finances. Advertisers ing hate and violence. “There is no entity in began to flee YouTube last month, after The the world that is more risk averse than a Times in London and other media outlets senior marketing person,” says Larry turned up evidence that their brands were SAN FRANCISCO: In this file photo, Anthony Levandowski, head of Uber’s self-driving program, speaks about their driverless car in San Chiagouris, a marketing professor at Pace appearing alongside clips promoting ter- Francisco. — AP University in New York. “They don’t want to rorism and racism. The findings alerted go with a media choice that presents prob- advertisers that YouTube didn’t have ade- lems for a brand, and they don’t have to quate technology or staffing to shield Uber self-driving car exec steps because they have many other choices.” brands from some of the appalling material Google CEO Sundar Pichai told ana- that gets posted on a site that receives 400 lysts during a Thursday review of the first hours of video per minute. “This is an quarter that the company has had “thou- ostrich situation where the ostrich just aside during Google lawsuit sands and thousands” of conversations pulled its head out of the sand,” says Harry with advertisers as YouTube takes steps to Kargman, CEO of Kargo, which helps man- protect their brands. “We are evolving age ad campaigns on mobile devices. —AP Waymo’s lawsuit might trigger criminal investigation SAN FRANCISCO: The executive running Uber’s during the Waymo battle. Waymo filed a lawsuit efforts to catch up in the still-developing field of self-driving car division is stepping aside while in February accusing Levandowski of illegally robot-driven cars. Such vehicles could revolu- the company defends itself against charges that downloading its blueprints for a navigation tionize transportation, including the rapidly he provided the project with technology stolen technology known as lidar before founding a growing ride-hailing industry. from a Google spinoff. Anthony Levandowski, an startup that he later sold to Uber for $680 mil- In his email, Levandowski told employees to autonomous vehicle expert who defected from lion. That deal brought to Uber most of the keep him out of any discussions about Uber’s Google last year, notified Uber’s staff of his deci- employees now working in the company’s work on its lidar system while reminding them sion in a Thursday email. The change was made Advanced Technologies Group that’s building that all of the company’s self-driving car tech- in tandem with Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, self-driving cars. nology “has been built independently, from the according to the email. Waymo is seeking a court order that would ground up.” By recusing himself, he wrote, “I Although Levandowski will remain at Uber, force Uber to stop its work on autonomous vehi- hope to keep the team focused on achieving he won’t be overseeing a crucial autonomous- cles on the grounds that the project has been the vision that brought us all here.” car project while the ride-hailing service is drawing on trade secrets taken by Levandowski Levandowsk has added to the intrigue swirling locked in a legal showdown with Waymo, a rival before he left Google. Uber has denied its self- around the high-profile case by invoking his started by Google eight years ago. Instead of driving cars are using Waymo’s technology. A Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimina- reporting directly to Kalanick, Levandowski now hearing on Waymo’s request for an injunction tion, raising the possibility that Waymo’s civil LOS ANGELES: This file photo shows signage inside the YouTube Space LA offices in will be under the supervision of a former subor- against Uber is scheduled for May 3. If a federal lawsuit might trigger a criminal investigation Los Angeles. — AP dinate, Eric Meyhofer, appointed to replace him judge sides with Waymo, it could hobble Uber’s into what happened. — AP British inventor takes flight in ‘Iron Man’ suit

VANCOUVER: British inventor Richard Browning Browning flew in a circle and hovered a short “The hypothesis was that the human mind lifted off from the shore of Vancouver Harbor on distance from the ground, captivating attendees and body, if properly augmented, could achieve Thursday in a personal flight suit that inspired at a prestigious TED Conference. The personal some pretty cool stuff,” the extreme athlete and references to comic superhero ‘Iron Man.’ Using flight suit is capable of propelling wearers much engineer said at the gathering a short time earli- thrusters attached to his arms and back, higher and faster, according to its creators. er. Browning told of experimenting with various numbers and arrays of essentially miniature jet engines on his limbs. Along the way, he said, there were more than a few crashes to the ground. “The whole journey was about trying and failing, and learning from that,” Browning said. The first reasonably stable, six-second flight with the gear inspired his team to press on. His NEW YORK: In this file photo, actress Laverne Cox attends the ‘Orange Is the New startup, Gravity, formally debuted about a Black’ FYC Screening at DGA Theater in New York. — AP month ago with an early-version suit called Daedalus. A 55-second video clip of the suit in Hacker threatens to release action has logged more than a million views since being posted on YouTube about three stolen copies of Netflix series weeks ago. Browning said he is already getting interest SAN FRANCISCO: A hacker claims to “active situation” that’s being investigat- from investors and some in the British military have stolen the upcoming season of ed by the FBI and other authorities. who told him they had given up on the flight Netflix’s hit series “Orange Is The New Pirated copies of “Orange” could dent feature of an ‘Iron Man’ suit until seeing his Black,” and is demanding that the video Netflix’s subscriber growth and the com- human-propulsion gear. “I don’t think anyone is streaming service pay an unspecified pany’s stock price. going to be going down to Wal-Mart with it or ransom to prevent all the new episodes In the ransom note, The Dark taking anybody to school for quite a while, but from being prematurely released online. Overlord claimed to have stolen series the team at Gravity is moving it along,” Browning The hacker, operating under the name from other studios, too, by breaking said. He dreams of a flight suit that one day will The Dark Overlord, has already purport- into a single company. The purported allow its wearer to launch from a beach, soar edly uploaded the first episode to an ille- hacker promised to also release those along the coast and then perhaps hop into a gal file-sharing service. The Associated titles unless “modest” ransoms are helicopter in the air to continue their journey. Press could not legally confirm the paid. Rumors of a massive leak of Browning has already seen the early-version authenticity of that uploaded file. Hollywood films and TV episodes have flight suit compared to ‘Iron Man’ armor worn by New episodes of “Orange” are sched- been circulating online for months, fed Marvel Comics character Tony Stark, but stressed uled for official release on June 9. Netflix by purported screenshots of the that his goal is firmly rooted in the real world. He said that a small production vendor that footage and a copy of a proposed deal also described the project as part of a personal works with several major TV studios had to delete the stolen material in return journey, inspired by an engineer father with a suffered a breach. The Los Gatos, for tens of thousands of dollars in elec- VANCOUVER: Gravity founder Richard Browning fields questions about his personal flight suit love for flying machines, but who died when he California, company described it as an tronic currency. —AP at a TED Conference in Vancouver, Canada. —AFP was just a teenager. —AFP SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE Focus turns to senator with Doc guilty of Medicare fraud

WEST PALM BEACH: A prominent Kirk Ogrosky said he’s considering an Melgen and Menendez face trial on Prosecutors also pointed to tests run Federal prosecutors say Melgen’s Florida eye doctor accused of political appeal. “He cares very deeply about his Sep. 6 in New Jersey on charges the doc- in seconds that were supposed to take gifts to Menendez were actually bribes. corruption was convicted of Medicare patients and tried very hard to help tor bribed the senator for favors, includ- five minutes or more. That made the In return, they say, the senator fraud Friday, increasing the odds that them,” Ogrosky said. “He had hopes the ing intervention in a billing dispute with tests unusable for diagnosis, but obtained visas for the married Melgen’s federal prosecutors could pressure him jury would see it differently.” Medicare. Prosecutors convinced jurors enabled him to bill Medicare up to sev- foreign mistresses, interceded with to testify against New Jersey Democratic the doctor stole up to $105 million from eral hundred dollars each for as many as Medicare officials investigating his Sen Bob Menendez. Dr Salomon Melgen Unneeded tests and treatments the federal medical insurance program 100 patients a day. He pocketed millions practice, and pressured the State faces 15 to 20 years in prison on 67 Acting US Attorney for the Southern between 2008 and 2013 by performing more by splitting single-use vials of an Department to intervene in a business counts, including health care fraud, sub- District of Florida Benjamin G Greenberg unneeded tests and treatments on expensive eye drug into four doses and dispute he had with the Dominican mitting false claims and falsifying said in a statement that Melgen will “be mostly elderly and disabled patients. billing the government for each one, government. “Dr. Melgen’s case focused records in patients’ files, unless he offers held accountable for perpetuating a Melgen’s attorneys argued that the they said. solely on the day-to-day operations of or accepts a deal before his sentencing, massive fraud scheme that caused mil- Dominican-born, Harvard-trained doctor Melgen became politically active in his medical practice and the private scheduled for July 14. The senator lions of dollars in losses.” The senator’s was a kind and caring physician. They 1997, when he treated Florida care of his patients - specifics of which denies any wrongdoing. defense attorney, Abbe Lowell, said he acknowledged that he made billing and Democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles, who the Senator could not be aware, nor The doctor, 62, collected more mon- spoke with Menendez after the verdict, treatment mistakes, exposing him to appointed him to a state board. He was has it ever been suggested otherwise,” ey from Medicare than any other physi- “and he is saddened for his long-time potential lawsuits and possibly losing his soon hosting Democratic fundraisers at Lowell’s statement said. cian in the nation - $21 million - at the friend and is thinking of his family on medical license. But they said they were his 6,500-square-foot (605-square- “From the beginning, Senator height of the fraud in 2012. He showed this difficult day.” “As we have known for unintentional, and therefore not a crime. meter) North Palm Beach home. That led Menendez has been clear that he has no reaction when the verdict was read the past two years, the issues involved in Prosecutors countered that anybody can to his friendship with Menendez, during always acted in accordance with the law and was immediately taken into cus- Dr. Melgen’s case in South Florida had make an occasional mistake, but which Melgen paid for trips he and the and in his appropriate legislative over- tody. Several of his family members no bearing on the allegations made Melgen’s actions were too numerous to senator took to France and to the doc- sight role as a member of Congress. burst into tears outside the courtroom. against the Senator, and this verdict will be honest. For example, the doctor fre- tor’s home at a Dominican resort. When all of the facts are heard, he is ful- “It’s not fair,” said his wife, Flor Melgen. have no impact on him,” Lowell’s state- quently billed Medicare for tests and Menendez reimbursed Melgen $58,500 ly confident that a jury will agree and he “He’s a good doctor.” Defense attorney ment said. treatment of prosthetic eyes. after the trips became public knowledge. will be vindicated.” —AP Soul-searching scientists struggle to get their messages to public

VIENNA: “We mortals do not fields. “They have tended to give Science jargon tions of what you do and try to understand you.” That’s the heart- long speeches and not listen.... I The “politicization” of science is translate it into decisions, into poli- felt cry from former UN climate think they have underestimated a major part of the problem, con- cies,” she said. “And if we don’t chief Christiana Figueres, pleading intelligence and overestimated ference delegates said. Not only do understand there’s nothing we can with scientists to use everyday knowledge.” politicians cherrypick convenient do about it.” Unlike the awe-inspir- language to help counter grow- This has contributed to an ero- findings, so creating the impres- ing Moon quest, many of today’s ing public mistrust. Figueres was sion of support for science since a sion that research is partisan, but science problems tackle complex, giving one explanation of why sci- high point in the 1960s when also some scientists have tres- controversial and unpleasant entists are struggling to get their humans planted a flag on the passed into what Langenberg themes that touch on humanity’s message across to a skeptical Moon. Led by the United States, a described as the “public bazaar of very survival. public at a major conference in trend has grown since then to opinions”. Advancing any view or Vienna this week. challenge certain basic tenets that judgment is a no-no in the evi- Challenging power Delegates made time for soul- enjoy overwhelming expert con- dence-based research sphere, Some research fields threaten searching at the meeting in the sensus-the benefits of childhood founded on the cardinal accept- major economic interests-for Austrian capital, conceding that vaccination, evidence for species ance that nothing is ever certain. example the coal and oil industries’ they bear part of the blame for evolution, and the perils of global The EGU meeting, which gathers vulnerability to climate science alienating some people. Just days warming. One prominent doubter, annually to scrutinize the latest showing a need to curb fossil fuel use, or that of soft drink manufac- RIDGEFIELD: In this Oct 9, 2013, file photo, supporters on both sides of the turers to health warnings about coal export issue attend a Millennium Bulk Terminals Longview sugar. “There’s huge economic Environmental Impact Statement Scoping meeting at the Clark County interest at risk,” said Christine Fairgrounds Event Center. —AP McEntee, executive director of the American Geophysical Union. This Coal terminal would boost can cause vested interests to “speak out and skew the science. global climate-warming gas That has eroded trust.” Another contributor is a mod- SEATTLE: A coal-export terminal proposed dance with regulatory requirements.” ern media focus on entertaining in Washington state would increase cancer Agencies will use the review to decide narrative. “You can’t beat narra- risks for some residents, make rail acci- more than 20 permits needed before the tives with facts,” lamented dents more likely and add millions of met- coal terminal can be built. The review Langenberg. “Humans like stories, ric tons of climate-changing greenhouse found coal dust pollution from trains they tell stories, they listen to sto- gas globally every year, according to an would not be major because emissions lev- ries and they are influenced by environmental study released Friday. els would be below state and federal stan- stories, and unfortunately whether Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview dards. But pollution from locomotives these stories are factual doesn’t wants to build the facility along the would raise the cancer risk for one low- really matter all that much,” she Columbia River near the city of Longview income neighborhood. Residents also said. “Many of us think that facts to handle up to 44 million tons of coal a would see more noise and traffic delays at speak for themselves, but I think year. Coal would arrive by train from rail crossings without a quiet zone or other that is a misconception. Facts actu- Montana, Wyoming and other states to be measures, the study said. ally need trust and that is some- stored and loaded on ships heading to At full capacity, the project would add thing we need to gain.” So what is energy-hungry markets in Asia. 16 more trains through the area and the answer? The yearslong fight over the deep- increase the number of ships by 1,680 a Scientists have to go back to water port comes as President Donald year. The increased rail traffic “would basics — thorough vetting and Trump has vowed to revive the struggling increase the potential for train accidents,” peer review to limit research mis- coal industry and lifted restrictions on min- the review said. The project also would takes and fraud, and resisting the ing coal and drilling for oil and natural gas. result in a net annual increase of nearly 2 WASHINGTON: This file photo taken on April 22, 2017 shows activists holding signs during the temptation to exaggerate findings Environmentalists, tribes and others have million metric tons of greenhouse gases March for Science April 22, 2017. —AFP in a quest for prestige or funding. fiercely opposed the project, which could when the exported coal is burned in Asia. “It’s important for the science com- increase US exports of coal by 40 percent, Regulators called on developers to offset munity to be responsible in the because of concerns about global warm- that pollution by buying carbon credits or after a historic March for Science in Donald Trump, is now in the White research in Earth and space science, way they communicate the sci- ing, coal dust pollution and potential dam- investing in renewable energy projects. Washington, the experts owned House. He has described climate this year atypically held an intro- ence, so as not to sensationalize age to fisheries on the river. Critics said the request oversteps state up to failures including remote- change as a hoax and linked child- spective debate entitled “Make their own findings and not to try Businesses, some labor groups and oth- law and would set a bad precedent. Kris ness and condescension-and oper- hood vaccines to autism. facts great again: how can scientists and just go for a headline rather er supporters say the project would create Johnson, president of the Association of ating in an “echo chamber of like- Since taking office, Trump has stand up for science?” The motiva- than a much more... sober and fac- jobs, add tax revenue and boost the local Washington Business, said state law was minded people”. moved to curb science spending tion was a clear trend of “growing tual presentation of findings, the economy. The governor of Wyoming, the designed to offset harmful effects near a “I think it’s the conceitedness, in and gag government researchers. distrust of experts (and) rejection of EGU’s Bamber told AFP. nation’s leading coal-producing state, pre- project and within the state - not world- a way,” said Heike Langenberg, A 2012 study in the American inconvenient facts,” said EGU presi- “What we can do, and should viously traveled to the Pacific Northwest to wide. The ecology department defended chief editor of the journal Nature Sociological Review reported a dra- dent Jonathan Bamber, a glaciolo- do, is keep emphasizing what sci- pitch the importance of coal exports to the the analysis, saying Washington law Geoscience. “The problem is that matic loss of scientific faith among gist. Communicating science effec- ence can’t do and can do,” added governors of Washington and Oregon. The requires it to look at global effects. “For us scientists have not spoken at an US conservatives, from nearly 50 tively has never been more impor- Langenberg. “We very rarely can environmental review by the state to do a thorough review that we’ve done even level with people who are percent who reported a “great tant, said delegates. Diplomat provide complete and final truth, Department of Ecology and Cowlitz County here is exactly what the law expects of us,” out there,” she told AFP on the deal” of trust in 1974 to only 35 Figueres made a plea on behalf of that’s important to stress”-so that analyzed potential harm to fish habitat, Bellon said. Jan Hasselman, an attorney sidelines of a European percent four decades later. Liberal policy-makers. people are not left frustrated by wetlands, water quality, local communities with Earthjustice who represents groups Geosciences Union (EGU) meeting views have consistently hovered “We are the ones who need to the process. “Science is search, and and more. Of 23 environmental issues, 19 opposed to the terminal, said local leaders of more than 14,000 experts in 22 around the 50-percent mark. understand and take the implica- the search will go on.” —AFP would face harmful effects, and some could should deny permits for the project. not be offset or reduced, officials said. “Any other outcome would be scientifi- cally and legally unsupported,” he said. The Bangladeshi girl with 3 legs Impact on people’s health Army Corps of Engineers is expected to “All of those issues are concerning, but release its review this year. A local Native ‘walks, runs’ after surgery especially the impact to people’s health is American tribe called on the corps to problematic,” ecology department director reject the project. “The proposed coal ter- SYDNEY: A toddler born with three hours examining her under anaesthetic Maia Bellon said in an interview. In a state- minal is another threat to our way of life, legs-because body parts of a twin had and found she had two rectums, anus- ment, Millennium CEO Bill Chapman said, culture, and subsequently our future gen- grown inside her-was returning home es, vaginas and uteruses. She was also “We have carefully designed the project to erations’ right to the use and enjoyment of to Bangladesh on Friday after complex incontinent. protect air and water quality, fish and natural resources within our homelands,” a and rare surgery in Australia enabled wildlife, groundwater and people in accor- Cowlitz Indian Tribe statement said. —AP her to walk and run, her doctor said. ‘She’s pretty good’ Three-year-old Choity Khatun was giv- The surgery, which Kimber said was en little prospect of survival until she “extremely rare”, was finally carried out was brought to Melbourne last year by in November and involved eight doc- GOP pre-existing health plan Australian charity Children First tors who specialize in genital and pelvic Foundation. A team of surgeons spent reconstructions working on the girl for conditions spawns worries several months mapping out a proce- eight hours. “We spent three or four MONROVIA: In this file photo dated Tuesday, WASHINGTON: From cancer to addiction, And veteran Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., dure to reconstruct her anatomy. months thinking about it, presenting it Sept 30, 2014, a medical worker sprays people doctors and patient groups are warning said Friday he’s “not comfortable” with the “A twin had grown out of her pelvis to other doctors, getting ideas from being discharged from the Island Clinic Ebola treatment center. —AP that the latest Republican health care bill bill and would like to see it changed. A for- but the twin was only part of a twin... around the world, and then based on would gut hard-won protections for peo- mer chairman of the Energy and Commerce The problem is there’s no rulebook for lots of world opinion, we were able to ple with pre-existing medical conditions. Committee, Upton said he was concerned this because she’s a very unique indi- come up with something that clearly 11 dead of mystery Some GOP moderates who may seal the people with pre-existing medical problems vidual so you have to try and work out works,” he added. legislation’s fate are echoing those con- could face unaffordable premiums. The what was where,” Chris Kimber, the pae- A key triumph for the surgeons, illness in Liberia cerns. In a strongly worded statement this Affordable Care Act passed under President diatric surgery head at Monash including Kimber, was that they were week, the American Medical Association Barack Obama requires insurers to take all Children’s Hospital, told AFP. able to help her become continent, MONROVIA: United Nations officials say at least 11 said the Republican protections “may be applicants, regardless of medical history. “When Choity arrived in Australia, which Kimber said was “extraordinary”. people have died from a mysterious illness in Liberia, illusory.” The American Cancer Society Patients with health problems pay the same she was very malnourished, she “She’s pretty good,” he added. The lit- and tests have been negative for the Ebola virus. The Cancer Action Network said the plan could standard premiums as healthy ones. couldn’t walk properly at all,” said tle girl is also partially blind, but an oph- World Health Organization said Friday that authorities take the nation back to a “patchwork sys- The latest version of House Republicans’ tem” that pushes costs on people with life- American Health Care Act would allow Kimber. Working in consultation with thalmologist’s examination at the hospi- are looking into whether the people were sickened by threatening conditions. states to opt out of the requirement for experts from Europe and the United tal found her sight could not be something they ate or were exposed to a chemical or States, the surgeons planned a proce- improved. But she has sufficient sight to Such stark messages may be connecting standard premiums, under certain circum- bacteria. Five others remain hospitalized in Sinoe dure that involved removing the now walk and run like other children, to with lawmakers anxious about making the stances. If a state maintains safeguards such County, about 250 miles outside the capital, after com- remains of the third leg-part of which the delight of her 22-year-old mother. right decision on issues that touch every as a high-risk pool, it can allow insurers to was earlier cut off in Bangladesh-as well “Everything is good now... she can plaining of abdominal pains. Two are critically ill. The family. Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., said the use health status as a factor in setting pre- as taking out, disconnecting and recon- play like every baby,” Shima Khatun told cases over the past week have evoked painful memories rewritten bill “doesn’t change the funda- miums for people who have had a break in necting other organs. broadcaster Channel Nine on Thursday, in Liberia, where more than 4,800 people died during mental concerns I had at the outset ... mak- coverage and are trying to get a new indi- ing sure people with serious medical condi- vidual policy. Critics of the Republican Choity’s condition meant that body adding that she was looking forward to the Ebola epidemic. Those who fell sick this week all had attended a relative’s funeral. That was how many Ebola tions could get affordable and adequate approach say there is no requirement that a parts from a twin developed in her per- returning to her village outside Dhaka coverage.” Count him among the GOP mod- state must provide an affordable coverage ineum-the area between the anus and with her daughter and being reunited victims contracted the disease when they came in con- erates who remain opposed. option for those consumers. —AP the vulva. Surgeons spent countless with her husband. —AFP tact with victims’ corpses. —AP SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE Diners may have to wait longer for restaurant calorie counts

WASHINGTON: Consumers hoping to point. The majority of prepared foods in find out how many calories are in that grocery stores will have to be labeled - burger and fries may have to wait - again. from the salad bar to the hot food bar to New government rules to help people cookies in the bakery. The industry find out how many calories are in their groups are backing legislation by Rep. restaurant meals are set to go into effect Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., that next week after years of delays. But they would narrow labeling requirements for could be pushed back again if grocery supermarkets by allowing stores to use a stores, convenience stores and pizza menu or menu board in a prepared foods delivery chains get their way. area instead of putting labels on individ- Originally passed as part of the health ual items. It would also allow restaurants care overhaul in 2010, the law requires like pizza chains that receive most of their restaurants and other establishments that orders remotely to post calories online sell prepared foods and have 20 or more instead of at the retail location, as the locations to post the calorie content of rules now require. food “clearly and conspicuously” on their McMorris Rodgers, a member of House menus, menu boards and displays. The leadership, has been pushing for her legis- restaurant industry has backed the law, lation to be included in the spending bill. but the delays have come as the other But if it’s not included, a delay by the FDA businesses that never wanted to be could give Congress the needed time to included say it is burdensome and have pass it. With the nutrition-minded Obama fiercely lobbied against it. administration out of office and President Facing a May 5 compliance deadline Donald Trump promising to repeal bur- set by the Food and Drug Administration densome regulations, the businesses that last year, those groups are eyeing a mas- have spent years asking for relief think sive spending bill that Congress will have they may finally have a chance to win to pass in the next week to keep the gov- some concessions. Jon Taets of the ernment open. They’re hoping to either National Association of Convenience delay the menu labeling rules again or Stores says his group is doing “a full court include legislation in the larger bill that press” to get some changes. would revise the law and make it easier The American Pizza Community, an The undated photo provided by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology shows the entrance to the archaeologi- for some businesses to comply. advocacy group for pizza companies, is cal site of Vindija Cave in Croatia. —AP At the same time, the FDA is signaling also pushing for a revision. They say the it may act on the issue even sooner. In a FDA rules, which require menu boards typical first step before a rule or decision in restaurants, don’t make any sense is announced, the agency has sent lan- because most of their customers don’t DNA from dirt: Tracing ancient guage to the White House for review that come into the store. The law “works for would delay the compliance date. FDA fast food and sit-down restaurants, but spokeswoman Deborah Kotz said in a it does not work for pizza companies,” humans found in ‘empty’ caves statement Friday that the agency is says Tim McIntyre, an executive at deliv- “aware of the concerns” about the upcom- ery giant Domino’s and head of the piz- ing deadline and “is taking these concerns za group. BERLIN: No bones? No problem! Scientists say Scientists focused on mitochondrial DNA, which is Eske Willerslev, who helped pioneer the search seriously as it considers how to best fulfill Nutrition advocates who worked close- they’ve figured out a way to extract tiny traces of passed down the maternal line, because it is particu- for DNA in sediment but wasn’t involved in the latest its public health mission while minimizing ly with the Obama administration say the ancient human DNA from dirt in caves that lack skele- larly suited to telling apart closely related species. research, said the new study was an interesting step, regulatory burden.” A delay would be the rules should go forward. Margo Wootan, a tal remains. The technique could be valuable for And by analyzing damaged molecules they were able but cautioned that it’s difficult to determine how old latest of many. The FDA took more than lobbyist at the Center for Science and the reconstructing human evolutionary history, accord- to separate ancient genetic material from any con- sediment samples found in caves are. “In general (it) four years to write the rules, and estab- Public Interest who helped negotiate the ing to the study published Thursday in the journal tamination left behind by modern visitors The is very disturbed and unless you can show that’s not lishments originally had until the end of original legislation with the restaurant Science. That’s because fossilized bones, currently the researchers found evidence of 12 mammal families the case you have no idea of the date of the find- 2015 to comply. That was pushed to 2016 industry, says the rules are important main source of ancient DNA, are scarce even at sites including extinct species such as woolly mammoth, ings,” said Willerslev, an evolutionary geneticist at and then to May 2017. because people get a third of their calo- where circumstantial evidence points to a prehistoric woolly rhinoceros, cave bear and cave hyena. the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. ries from eating out and restaurant por- human presence. Meyer said the new method greatly increases the Burden for some tions tend to be larger. “Congress and the “There are many caves where stone tools are Genetic traces number of sites where archaeologists will be able to The idea behind the menu labeling law Trump administration should listen to the found but no bones,” said Matthias Meyer, a geneti- By further enriching the samples for human-like find genetic evidence to help fill gaps in the history is that people may pass on that bacon millions of Americans who want to make cist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary DNA, however, the scientists were able to detect of human evolution and migration, such as how double cheeseburger at a chain restau- informed choices when eating out rather Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, who co- genetic traces of Denisovans - a mysterious lineage widespread Neanderthal populations were and rant, hot dog at a gas station or large than the whining of a few special inter- authored the study. The researchers collected 85 of ancient humans first discovered in a cave in which stone tools they were able to make. Scientists popcorn at the movie theater if they ests,” she says. The National Restaurant sediment samples from seven caves in Europe and Siberia - and Neanderthals from samples taken at may also be able to greatly expand their limited know that it has hundreds of calories. But Association also came out against a delay Russia that humans are known to have entered or four sites. Crucially, one of the sites where they dis- knowledge of the Denisovans, whose DNA can still grocery stores and convenience stores Thursday, saying an existing patchwork of even lived in between 14,000 and 550,000 years ago. covered Neanderthal DNA was a cave in Belgium, be found in Melanesians and Aboriginal Australians have said the rules would be more bur- state and local laws “will be even more By refining a method previously used to find plant known as Trou Al’Wesse, where no human bones today, by using the new procedure. “In principle, densome for them than they would be for burdensome.” Many restaurants have and animal DNA, they were able to search specifical- had ever been found, though stone artifacts and every cave where there’s evidence of human activity restaurants, which typically have more already posted the calorie labels, but they ly for genetic material belonging to ancient humans animal bones with cut marks strongly suggested now offers this possibility,” Meyer told The limited offerings and a central ordering aren’t required to until next week. —AP and other mammals. people had visited it. Associated Press. Spacecraft survives unlikely trip between Saturn, rings

CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA’s Cassini space- Cassini skimmed 1,900 miles (3,100 kilo- Twenty-one more crossings are planned - craft has survived an unprecedented trip meters) above Saturn’s cloud tops, closer about one a week - before Cassini’s fatal between Saturn and its rings, and has than ever before, and came within 200 miles plunge in mid-September. The next one is amazing pictures to show for it. Flight con- (320 kilometers) of the innermost visible Tuesday. Some of those passages will bring trollers regained contact with Cassini on ring. Scientists say the pictures show details Cassini even closer to the planet as well as Thursday, a day after it became the first never seen before - there’s an incredible the innermost D ring. The gap between the craft to cross this hazardous region. The close-up, for instance, of the gigantic rings and the top of Saturn’s atmosphere is rings are made up of countless icy particles, swirling hurricane at Saturn’s North Pole. between 1,200 and 1,500 miles across any of which could have smacked Cassini. After 13 years of Cassini orbiting the planet, (1,900 to 2,400 kilometers). While risky, this The spacecraft’s big dish antenna served as “Saturn continues to surprise us,” Pitesky 4 1/2-month grand finale is expected to a shield as it hurtled through the narrow said. Given their importance, data from the yield a treasure trove of science. There’s lit- gap, temporarily cutting off communica- crossing are being sent to Earth twice, to tle to lose, even if the spacecraft is lost, giv- tions. “We are just ecstatic,” project science make certain nothing is lost. It takes more en that its fuel tank is practically empty, This image made by the Cassini spacecraft and provided by NASA on March 12, engineer Jo Pitesky said by phone from than an hour for the signals to travel the according to NASA. Cassini was launched in 2006, shows two of Saturn’s moons, the small Epimetheus and smog-enshroud- NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in approximately 1 billion miles (1.6 billion 1997 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and ed Titan, with Saturn’s A and F rings stretching across the frame. —AP Pasadena, California. kilometers) between Saturn and Earth. reached Saturn in 2004. —AP WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017

Indonesian Embassy hosts tourism promotion gala dinner

he Indonesian Embassy in Kuwait hosted products have been bought by many coun- an ‘Indonesian Tourism Promotion Gala tries. Before enjoying the dinner, the partici- TDinner’ in Al-Jahra Ballroom, JW Marriott pants were presented by a video presenta- Hotel, Kuwait City recently, which was attend- tion as shown in the banners and also testi- ed by 43 VIP’s from various travel agencies, air- monies from all the journalist who recently line companies and representatives from just came back from a 10 days familiarization tourism institution along with 3 other journal- trip in Indonesia and visited 3 big cities men- ists from Kuwait Times newspaper, Al-Qabas tioned above. newspaper and Al-Anba newspaper who Furthermore, Ambassador Tatang Razak recently just came back from Indonesia and will facilitate business matching and One on visited 3 big cities which are Jakarta, One meeting between Kuwait travel agencies Yogyakarta and Bali. who attended the gala dinner and 72 The Ambassador of Indonesia, Tatang Indonesian travel agencies in Dubai from Razak warmly welcomed the guests who 24th-27th April 2017 on the sidelines of the seemed to be very enthusiast from the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2017. There, will minute they walked into the ballroom where also be discussed the plans of a familiarization they were received with cocktails and trip to Indonesia for Kuwait travel agencies. Indonesian decorations with many banners More than 12 millions of tourists from many not only about Indonesian natural beauty but countries visit Indonesia every year, almost also about Indonesian development such as 300 thousands from the Middle East but only 7 in education where Indonesia now has thousands from Kuwait because not many almost 4000 universities and the progress of Kuwaitis know about Indonesia and the Indonesia’s technology in the field of aero- tourism sector contributed approximately $12 space, train and military weapons which billion/year (5 percent of the National income).

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All photos submitted for What’s On should be minimum 200dpi. Articles must be in plain text and should include name and phone numbers. Articles and photos that fail to meet these requirements will not be published. Please send them to [email protected] Loyac concluded its ‘Big World in Small Hands’ program featuring participation of 11 embassies in Kuwait and sponsored by Dow company. Each participating embassy presented several cultural activities in order to introduce children to their respective cultures. WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017

A general view of the audience. Participating student GUST concludes third English language, literature conference

ulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) concluded the Third edition of its Annual GUST GEnglish Language and Literature (GELL) conference, which was organized by its English Department, and sponsored by GUST, the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS), and That Al-Salasil. Carrying the theme ‘Translingualism,’ which defines words and other aspects that are relevant in more than one language, the conference took place on GUST’s campus. Leading the event were internationally renowned academics Professor Lawrence Venuti, Professor Stephen Kellman, Dr Mai Al Nakib, Joumana Haddad, Professor Roumyana Slabakova and Professor Jason Rothman, in addition to 40 other academics from Kuwait and the region. The conference aimed to promote academic exchange and circulation of research among GUST students, staff, faculty, and the general public by exploring translingualism across literature, linguistics, translation and creative writing, with special emphasis on the Arab region. GUST President, Professor Donald Bates, said, “Every year, this conference gets bigger and bigger - evidenced by the growing number of participants and lecturers. We as edu- GUST President Professor Donald Bates English Department Head and GELL Organizer Dr Keynote Speaker Professor Stephen Kellman cators always look for ways continue to learn and improve Cathy Daniel how we deliver lessons - which is to the benefit of the stu- American University of Kuwait, The Reversing Arrow of dents. I would like to thank everyone who worked so hard Time: Chrono-psychology of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Ghost by GUST student Sara Chama, and Hold the Reins, by GELL workshops and seminars aim to contribute to the on making this a success and hope that everyone who par- Macbeth, by Professor Gayane Hovhannisyan, of the GUST student Fajer Al-Sabah. enhancement of the university’s academic environment, ticipated and joined in found the workshops useful.” Higher College of Technology in Muscat, and Translating English Department Head and GELL Organizer, Dr Cathy along with the development of its faculty, staff, students, The first three days of the conference featured lectures, the Muslim Woman in a Cross-Cultural World, by Dr Banan Daniel, said “This year’s theme of Translingualism provided and the community as a whole. Scholars from across the presentations, videos, and poetry readings focusing on Daraiseh, of the Arab Open University in Kuwait. an opportunity for us to bring prominent keynote speakers globe shared their expertise in the field, and presented col- four categories: Literature, Creative Writing, Language and The conference also dedicated time for student panels from both literature and linguistics, and provided a venue laborations of academics from world-wide institutions, fur- Linguistics, and Translation. Some of the lectures and pre- on the last day to support their research. Presentations for academics in literature, linguistics, and creative writing ther facilitating research into literature language. The event sentations included: Border Crossing in Language and from GUST and international students included topics such to share their work, dialogue with their peers, and was free of charge and attended by the GUST community Literature, by Dr Inas Mahfouz and Dr Kathy Nixon, of the as: Transculturalism in Michael Ondaatje’s Work: Anil’s exchange ideas and theories.” and the general public.

AUK faculty-librarian team attend workshop by the AMICAL consortium

he American International Consortium of Experience Unit. The AUK team was selected the information literacy framework by the Learning” in the form of multiple instruction The AUK Library is a member of the AMI- Academic Libraries (AMICAL) sponsored along with 15 other (library-faculty) pairs from Association of College and Research Libraries sessions. The goal is to co-teach the course in CAL Consortium. AMICAL’s mission is to Ta workshop entitled, ‘Co-design: American-modeled colleges and universities (ACRL) into an existing curriculum. upcoming semesters”. advance learning, teaching and research Integrating Information Literacy into your located across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asma Al Kanan, the AUK Library Director She further stated that once implemented, through the collaborative development of Disciplinary Course’ for teams of faculty and and Central and Southern Asia. said, “The AUK team acquired an understand- the Librarian-Faculty team will be the first library and information services and curricular librarians from March 31 to April 1 at the The two-day workshop was led by ing of the Framework and co-developed drafts team to co-design a course at AUK. The team resources at member institutions. Throughout American University of Paris. AUK participated Samantha Godbay, Education Librarian and for course outcomes based on ACRL’s look forward to setting a positive example the years, AMICAL has been providing/spon- with a faculty-librarian pair Zainab Al-Attabi, Xan Goodman, Health Sciences Librarian, both Framework, in addition to an implementation and encourage other departments to collab- soring several professional development Reference and Instruction Librarian and from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. plan to integrate library instruction into AUK’s orate with the library on interdisciplinary cur- opportunities for librarians and faculty from Professor Stavros Hadjisolomou, First Year The speakers discussed the idea of integrating First Year Experience course: “Essentials of riculum co-design. member institutions. Bee’ah’s campaign for ‘Recycling Just Got Easier’ sparks community action

ee’ah, the Middle East’s lead- Khaled Al-Huraimel, Group CEO of the next generation about shared ing and award-winning envi- Bee’ah, explained, “A central compo- responsibility towards the environ- Bronmental management com- nent of Bee’ah’s mission is to inspire ment, it inspires each individual to pany, announced the conclusion of communities towards a better lead environmental change.” its successful Sharjah-wide campaign future. In this regards, the innovative The initiative focused on three titled, ‘Recycling Just Got Easier’. approach to the Co-op campaign basic principles-reduce, reuse and Designed to supply green and blue, reached new heights. As an evi- recycle, providing a concise and bio-degradable, recycling bags to comprehensive approach to environ- the public across four Sharjah mental education and recycling Cooperative Society outlets, the adoption. The bio-degradable recy- campaign achieved outstanding cling bags for this particular cam- results since its launch. paign were available at Sharjah In an endeavor to educate the res- Cooperative Society outlets located idents of Sharjah on effective waste- in Halwan, Gharayen, Al-Khan and management solutions, Bee’ah sup- Sweihat. Since the launch of the mar- plies blue and green recycling bags keting campaign, the Halwan branch Ahmad Mohammad Al-Saqqaf School’s to reduce the adverse effects of the has witnessed a 70 per cent increase improper disposal of waste. The bags in orders while Gharayen and Al- students spend a ‘Day as a Banker’ at KIB are available across all Sharjah Co-op Khan observed a 60 per cent branches and come in four different increase. In addition, the Sweihat nder the umbrella of its pioneering as tellers and greeters. Throughout the day, ence which not only develops their finan- sizes: small, medium, large and location has seen the orders increase financial literacy program, Kuwait KIB staff closely mentored the students, cial knowledge, but also encourages them extra-large. Bee’ah has designed by 50 percent. UInternational Bank (KIB) recently providing them with a basic overview of to consider pursuing a career in the bank- these biodegradable bags to be More than 84,000 pieces of green hosted a group of students from the the fundamentals of Islamic banking and ing sector in the future.” cost-efficient for the consumer as and blue recycling bags were used Ahmed Mohammad Al-Saqqaf School for giving them the chance to practically apply KIB’s financial literacy program is consid- every resident can now afford to play to spread awareness about the cam- Boys, who took part in the Bank’s unique their newly-learned saving skills. ered to be the first of its kind in Kuwait, their part in a sustainable future for paign. Bee’ah created videos and ‘Day as a Banker’ initiative. Taking place at Speaking on the margins of the visit, comprising a series of activities and initia- the next generation. informative posts on social media KIB’s head office branch, the initiative was Fahad Al-Sarhan, Team Leader of Corporate tives that seek to promote financial literacy The colored bags make segre- platforms to spark community designed to introduce students to the Communications at KIB, said: “KIB always across all segments of the community. In gating waste from recyclables easy, engagement. Having achieved the world of banking, giving them a close-up strives to develop initiatives and activities particular, the Bank focuses on instilling serving as a visual reminder to sort highest diversion rate in the Middle look at the inner workings of a branch. that directly engage with children and basic values of saving and good money general waste in the green bags dence-based company that trans- East, diverting 70 per cent of waste The ‘Day as a Banker’ initiative provided youth throughout the community, in order management in children and youth. KIB and recyclables in the blue bags. forms and enhances the lives of peo- from landfill, the ‘Recycling Just Got students with a unique opportunity to to promote greater financial literacy and organizes field visits to schools across Furthermore, Bee’ah has intro- ple within the community in tangi- Easier’ campaign represents the lat- spend an entire day at a branch and experi- enhanced economic awareness amongst Kuwait throughout the year, in order to duced a yellow, biodegradable, zip- ble ways, the pre- and post-cam- est step in the company’s efforts to ence firsthand the life of a banker, by allow- the younger generations. Through this par- spread economic awareness amongst stu- per bag for the disposal of all paign numbers speak for them- increase residential recycling across ing them to carry out several basic roles and ticular initiative, we were keen on providing dents and foster a more financially-con- hygiene products. selves. By inspiring and educating the emirate and the nation. tasks within the branch, including serving students with a unique educational experi- scious generation. SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 TV PROGRAMS

Experience 01:25 Hank Zipzer 23:00 Rob & Chyna 02:45 Broad City 01:45 The Hive 03:10 Chappelle's Show 01:50 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 03:35 The Half Hour Witch 04:00 The Daily Show - Global Edition 02:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 00:30 Gold Rush: Parker's Trail 00:45 REC 4: Apocalypse 04:25 Disorderly Conduct: Video On Witch 01:20 Wheels That Fail 02:45 Survivor Patrol 02:40 Hank Zipzer 00:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 01:45 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 04:45 San Andreas 05:15 Lip Sync Battle 03:05 Binny And The Ghost 00:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 02:35 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 07:00 Echo Effect 05:40 Ridiculousness 03:30 Binny And The Ghost 01:00 Man Fire Food 03:25 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 09:00 Seventh Son 06:05 Disaster Date 03:55 Hank Zipzer 01:30 Man Fire Food 04:15 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 11:00 Survivor 06:30 Framework 04:15 The Hive 02:00 Restaurant: Impossible 05:05 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 13:00 San Andreas 07:20 Hungry Investors 04:20 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 03:00 Mystery Diners 06:00 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 15:00 Batman: Bad Blood 08:15 Disorderly Conduct: Video On Witch 03:30 Mystery Diners 07:00 Gold Divers 17:00 Pompeii Patrol 04:45 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 04:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 07:50 Street Outlaws 19:00 Lucy 09:05 Disaster Date Witch 04:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 08:40 Fast N' Loud 21:00 Mad Max: Fury Road 09:30 Disaster Date 05:10 Hank Zipzer 05:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 09:30 Marooned With Ed Stafford 23:00 Into The Grizzly Maze 09:55 Ridiculousness 05:35 Binny And The Ghost 05:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 10:20 Storage Hunters 10:20 Key And Peele 06:00 Binny And The Ghost 06:00 Guy's Grocery Games 10:45 How Do They Do It? 10:45 Disaster Date 06:25 Hank Zipzer 07:00 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 11:10 How Do They Do It? 11:10 Ridiculousness 06:45 The Hive 07:30 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 11:35 What On Earth? 11:35 Impractical Jokers UK 06:50 The 7D 08:00 Chopped 12:25 Sydney Harbour 12:00 Framework 07:00 Jessie 09:00 Barefoot Contessa: Back To Basics 13:15 The Wheel: Survival Games 00:50 Gator Boys 12:50 Impractical Jokers 07:25 Jessie 09:30 Barefoot Contessa: Back To Basics 14:05 How Do They Do It? 01:45 Devoured: Man-Eating Super 13:15 Lip Sync Battle 07:50 Tsum Tsum Shorts 10:00 The Pioneer Woman 14:30 Storage Hunters Snake Returns 13:40 Impractical Jokers UK 07:55 Austin & Ally 10:30 The Pioneer Woman 14:55 Storage Hunters UK 02:40 Snake Sheila 14:05 Disorderly Conduct: Video On 08:20 Rolling With The Ronks 11:00 Siba's Table: Fast Feasts 15:20 Gold Rush 05:15 In Search Of The King Cobra Patrol 08:45 The Zhuzhus 11:30 Siba's Table: Fast Feasts 16:10 Ed Stafford: Into The Unknown 06:02 Snake Sheila 14:55 Ridiculousness 09:10 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And 12:00 Anna Olson: Bake 17:00 Gold Divers 06:27 Snake Sheila 15:20 Framework Cat Noir 12:30 Anna Olson: Bake 17:50 Fast N' Loud 06:49 Gator Boys 16:10 The Jim Gaffigan Show 09:35 Elena Of Avalor 13:00 Man Fire Food 18:40 Street Outlaws 07:36 Swamp Brothers 16:35 Disaster Date 10:00 Stuck In The Middle 13:30 Man Fire Food 19:30 How Do They Do It? 08:00 Swamp Brothers 17:00 Disaster Date 10:25 Disney The Lodge 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 19:55 How Do They Do It? 08:25 Lone Star Law 17:28 Impractical Jokers UK 10:50 Bunk'd 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 20:20 Ed Stafford: Into The Unknown 09:15 Treetop Cat Rescue 17:53 Lip Sync Battle 11:15 Bizaardvark 15:00 Chopped 21:10 Storage Hunters UK 09:40 Treetop Cat Rescue 18:18 Key And Peele 11:40 Monsters, Inc 16:00 Barefoot Contessa: Back To Basics 21:35 Storage Hunters UK 10:10 Voodoo Shark 18:43 Catch A Contractor 13:10 Welcome To The Ronks 16:30 Barefoot Contessa: Back To Basics 22:00 Supertruckers 11:05 Meet The Penguins 19:32 Ridiculousness 13:20 Liv And Maddie 17:00 The Pioneer Woman 22:50 Biketacular 12:00 Cute To Killer 19:56 Disaster Date 13:45 Liv And Maddie 17:30 The Pioneer Woman 23:40 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 12:55 Bondi Vet 20:20 Lip Sync Battle 14:10 Liv And Maddie 18:00 Siba's Table 13:50 North America 20:43 Lip Sync Battle 14:35 Liv And Maddie 18:30 Siba's Table 14:45 Wildest Islands 21:06 Key And Peele 15:00 Liv And Maddie 19:00 Anna Olson: Bake 15:40 North America 21:30 Comedy Central Presents Comedy 15:25 Jessie 19:30 Anna Olson: Bake 16:35 Tigers Attack 3alwagef 15:50 Jessie 20:00 Man Fire Food 17:30 Tigers Attack 22:00 The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 16:15 Austin & Ally 20:30 Man Fire Food 18:25 North America 22:30 Ridiculousness Arabia 16:40 Austin & Ally 21:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 00:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am KSA 19:20 Predators Up Close With Joel 23:00 Chappelle's Show 17:05 Eco Club 21:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 07:00 Supa Strikas Lambert 23:25 The Alternative Comedy 17:10 Elena Of Avalor 22:00 Tia Mowry At Home 07:25 Supa Strikas 20:15 Rugged Justice Experience 17:35 Liv And Maddie 22:30 Tia Mowry At Home 07:50 Marvel's Avengers: Ultron THE GUARDIAN ON OSN MOVIES HD 21:10 Pit Bulls & Parolees 23:50 John Oliver's New York Stand Up 18:00 Girl Meets World 23:00 Dinner At Tiffani's Revolution 12:00 Mars Needs Moms 22:05 Lone Star Law Show 18:25 Aladdin & The King Of Thieves 23:30 Dinner At Tiffani's 08:40 Counting Cars 08:15 Gravity Falls 23:00 Predators Up Close With Joel 19:55 Welcome To The Ronks 09:05 Counting Cars 14:00 Finding Nemo 08:40 Walk The Prank Lambert 20:05 Stuck In The Middle 09:30 Pawn Stars 16:00 Gnomeo & Juliet 09:05 Two More Eggs 23:55 Gator Boys 20:30 Bizaardvark 09:55 Pawn Stars 18:00 The Rescuers 09:10 K.C. Undercover 20:55 Bunk'd 10:20 Storage Wars 20:00 Because Of Winn Dixie 09:35 Milo Murphy's Law 21:20 Elena Of Avalor 10:45 Storage Wars 22:00 Tom And Huck 10:00 Gamer's Guide To Pretty Much 00:15 Destroyed In Seconds 21:45 Disney The Lodge 00:20 Coronation Street 11:10 The Curse Of Oak Island Everything 00:40 React To That 22:10 Girl Meets World 00:45 Coronation Street 12:00 The Curse Of Oak Island 10:25 Lab Rats Elite Force 01:05 React To That 22:35 That's So Raven 01:10 Coronation Street 12:50 Billion Dollar Wreck 10:50 Annedroids 01:30 Redesign My Brain 23:00 Good Luck Charlie 01:35 Coronation Street 13:40 Swamp People 11:15 Two More Eggs 00:10 SS-GB 02:20 Redesign My Brain 23:25 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 02:00 The Moorside 14:30 Ax Men 11:20 Supa Strikas 01:15 The Bronx Bull 01:15 Eastenders 03:10 Dirty Jobs Witch 03:00 Coronation Street 15:20 Mountain Men 11:45 K.C. Undercover 03:00 The Disappearance Of Eleanor 01:45 Doctors 04:00 Dirty Jobs 23:50 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 03:25 Coronation Street 16:10 Alaska Off-Road Warriors 12:10 Star vs The Forces Of Evil Rigby: Her 02:15 Last Tango In Halifax: Christmas 04:50 Beyond Survival With Les Stroud Witch 03:45 Coronation Street 17:00 Ultimate Wheels 12:35 Mech-X4 04:10 Coronation Street 17:50 Pawn Stars 05:00 The End Of The Tour 13:00 The Incredibles 04:30 Coronation Street 18:15 Pawn Stars 07:00 Love & Mercy 14:55 Star vs The Forces Of Evil 04:55 Guess This House 18:40 Billion Dollar Wreck 09:00 Memories 15:10 Disney Mickey Mouse 05:45 The Chase 19:30 Gold Hunters: Legend Of The 11:00 Land Of Mine 15:15 Milo Murphy's Law 06:35 The Chase Superstition... 13:00 The End Of The Tour 15:40 K.C. Undercover 07:25 Gino's Italian Escape 20:20 Mountain Men 15:00 Healing 16:05 Walk The Prank 07:50 Surprise Surprise 21:10 American Pickers 17:00 Half Of A Yellow Sun 16:30 Atomic Puppet 08:45 Come Date With Me Australia 22:00 Pawn Stars 19:00 The Disappearance Of Eleanor 16:55 Lab Rats 09:35 Come Date With Me Australia 22:25 Pawn Stars South Africa Rigby: Him 17:25 Mech-X4 10:05 Come Date With Me Australia 22:50 Storage Wars: Barry's Best Buys 21:00 Blue Sky 17:50 K.C. Undercover 10:30 The Moorside 23:40 Big Easy Motors 23:00 Mystic River 18:15 Gamer's Guide To Pretty Much 11:30 Vera Everything 13:10 Broadchurch 18:40 Mighty Med 14:10 Broadchurch 19:05 Disney Mickey Mouse 15:05 Guess This House 19:10 Star Wars Rebels 16:00 It's Not Rocket Science 19:35 Teen Beach 2 16:55 The Moorside 00:00 Andy And Ben Eat Australia 00:15 Harriet The Spy 21:30 Star vs The Forces Of Evil 17:55 Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans 00:25 Andy And Ben Eat Australia 02:00 Albert 21:45 Mighty Med 18:50 Doctor Thorne 00:50 Carnival Eats 03:45 Yugo & Lala 2 22:10 Star Wars Rebels 19:45 Guess This House 01:15 My Restaurant In India 05:15 Alpha Dogz: Pups United 22:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 20:45 Vera 01:40 Chasing The Sun 07:00 Jock The Hero Dog 22:45 Marvel's Avengers: Ultron 22:30 The Moorside 02:05 Miguel's Tropical Kitchen 08:30 Bamse And The City Of Thieves Revolution 23:30 Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans 02:30 Miguel's Tropical Kitchen 10:00 Egon And Donci 23:10 Ultimate Spider-Man 02:55 Lyndey Milan - Taste Of Australia 11:30 Albert 23:35 Boyster 03:20 Hotel India 13:15 Yugo & Lala 2 04:10 Chocolate Perfection With 15:00 The Adventures Of Don Quixote Michel‚Ä¶ 17:00 Egon And Donci 05:00 Restoration Man 19:00 Cher Ami 00:00 Monster Quest 05:50 Route Awakening 21:00 Ghatothkach - Master Of Magic 01:00 Monster Quest 06:20 Fish Of The Day 22:45 The Adventures Of Don Quixote 00:00 E! News 02:00 Monster Quest 06:45 My Dubai 00:30 Celebrity Style Story 07:10 The Universe 07:15 Billionaire's Paradise: Inside SURVIVOR ON OSN MOVIES ACTION 01:00 WAGs Miami 08:00 Monster Quest Necker Island 01:55 WAGs Miami 09:00 Monster Quest 08:10 A Is For Apple 02:50 E! News 08:35 The Food Files 01:45 D-Tox Special 05:40 Beyond Survival With Les Stroud 10:00 Monster Quest 03:50 Celebrity Style Story 09:05 Carnival Eats 03:30 Enemy Of The State 03:15 The Musketeers 06:30 Beyond Survival With Les Stroud 11:00 Monster Quest 04:20 Celebrity Style Story 09:30 Carnival Eats 05:45 The Guardian 04:10 Doctor Who 07:20 How It's Made 19:00 Bible Secrets Revealed 04:50 Just Jillian 10:00 Places We Go 08:15 The Legend Of Zorro 05:00 SS-GB 07:40 How It's Made 20:00 Ancient Top 10 05:40 Just Jillian 10:25 Lyndey Milan - Taste Of Australia 10:30 Eight Men Out 06:00 The Musketeers 08:00 Doki 21:00 Million Dollar Genius 06:30 Celebrity Style Story 10:55 Lucky Chow 12:30 Enemy Of The State 07:00 Doctors 08:25 Doki 22:00 Hangar 1: The UFO Files 00:20 Henry Hugglemonster 07:00 La Clippers Dance Squad 11:20 Chasing The Sun 14:45 The Fugitive 07:30 Eastenders 08:50 Kids vs Film 23:00 Engineering Disasters 00:35 The Hive 07:50 E! News 11:50 Chasing The Sun 17:00 S.W.A.T. 08:00 Holby City 09:15 Kids vs Film 00:45 Loopdidoo 08:20 La Clippers Dance Squad 12:15 Andy And Ben Eat Australia 19:00 X-Men: The Last Stand 08:55 Father Brown 09:40 How It's Made 01:00 Henry Hugglemonster 09:10 E! News 12:40 Andy And Ben Eat Australia 21:00 X-Men: First Class 09:45 Stella 10:05 How It's Made 01:15 Calimero 10:05 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 13:10 Croatia's Finest 23:15 Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes 10:35 Death In Paradise 10:30 How It's Made 01:30 Art Attack 10:55 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 13:40 Miguel's Tropical Kitchen 11:30 Doctors 10:55 How It's Made 01:55 Zou 11:45 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 14:05 Miguel's Tropical Kitchen 12:00 Eastenders 11:20 How It's Made 12:35 So Cosmo 14:35 The Shelbourne 12:30 Father Brown 11:45 How It's Made 02:05 Loopdidoo 00:30 American Restoration 13:25 So Cosmo 15:00 Billionaire's Paradise: Inside 13:20 Stella 12:10 How It's Made 02:20 Henry Hugglemonster 01:20 Ice Road Truckers 14:15 So Cosmo Necker Island 14:15 Death In Paradise 12:35 How It's Made 02:35 Calimero 02:10 Mummies Alive 15:15 Botched 15:55 Gok's Chinese Takeaway 00:40 Prototype This 15:10 Doctors 13:00 How It's Made 02:50 Zou 03:00 Big Easy Motors 16:10 Botched 16:50 Restoration Man 01:30 Nextworld 15:45 Eastenders 13:25 How It's Made 03:05 Art Attack 03:25 Big Easy Motors 17:05 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 17:45 Lucky Chow 02:20 Nextworld 16:15 Father Brown 13:50 Beyond Survival With Les Stroud 03:30 The Hive 03:50 Ultimate Wheels 18:00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 18:15 Fish Of The Day 04:48 How Do They Do It? 17:10 Stella 14:40 Beyond Survival With Les Stroud 03:40 Loopdidoo 04:40 Fifth Gear 19:00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 18:40 Fish Of The Day 06:00 Food Factory 18:00 Death In Paradise 15:30 Beyond Survival With Les Stroud 03:55 Henry Hugglemonster 05:30 Storage Wars Texas 20:00 E! News 19:10 Access 360 World Heritage 08:00 How Do They Do It? 19:00 Doctors 16:20 Beyond Survival With Les Stroud 04:10 Art Attack 06:00 Hoard Hunters 21:00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 20:05 Gok's Chinese Takeaway 08:26 Prototype This 19:30 Eastenders 17:10 Beyond Survival With Les Stroud 04:35 Loopdidoo 07:00 Ultimate Wheels 22:00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 21:00 Restoration Man 09:14 Nextworld 20:05 Father Brown 18:00 Redesign My Brain 04:50 Calimero 07:50 Ice Road Truckers 21:55 Lucky Chow 12:26 Mythbusters 21:00 New Blood 18:50 Redesign My Brain 05:05 Art Attack 22:20 Fish Of The Day 16:26 Food Factory 22:00 In Plain Sight 19:40 Deception With Keith Barry 05:30 Henry Hugglemonster 22:45 Fish Of The Day 18:26 How Do They Do It? 22:55 In Plain Sight 20:30 Zoltan The Wolfman 05:45 Zou 23:45 Class 23:10 Places We Go 20:30 Space Pioneer 21:20 North America 06:00 Art Attack 23:35 Lyndey Milan - Taste Of Australia 21:20 Space Pioneer 22:10 Wild Mexico 06:30 Henry Hugglemonster 22:10 Space Pioneer 23:00 Destroyed In Seconds 06:45 Loopdidoo 23:00 Invisible Worlds 23:25 Destroyed In Seconds 07:00 Zou 23:50 Invisible Worlds 23:50 Destroyed In Seconds 07:15 Calimero 00:00 Leah Remini: Scientology And The 07:30 Loopdidoo Aftermath 07:45 Henry Hugglemonster 01:00 Campus Nightmares 08:00 My Friends Tigger & Pooh 00:30 Secrets Of The Mediterranean 02:00 Britain's Darkest Taboos 08:25 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 01:20 Bandits Of Selous 03:00 They Took Our Child, We Got Her 08:50 Goldie & Bear 02:10 A Penguin's Life 00:30 Diagnose Me 09:15 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 03:00 Jobs That Bite! 01:20 My 600lb Life Back 00:40 A Haunting 09:40 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 03:50 Wild Case Files 03:00 Leah Remini: It's All Relative 04:00 Leah Remini: Scientology And The 01:30 Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall 10:10 Doc McStuffins 04:45 Planet Carnivore (2017) 03:25 Say Yes To The Dress: Aftermath 02:20 The Darkest Of Nights: People 10:35 Sofia The First 05:40 India's Wild Edens Bridesmaids 05:00 Campus Nightmares Magazine... 06:35 Night Stalkers 03:50 Promzillas 06:00 Britain's Darkest Taboos 03:10 The Perfect Murder 11:00 The Lion Guard 07:30 Monster Fish 04:35 Little People, Big World 07:00 The First 48 04:00 Pandora's Box: Unleashing Evil 11:30 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 08:25 Monster Fish 05:20 Toddlers & Tiaras 08:00 The First 48 04:48 I Almost Got Away With It 11:55 PJ Masks 09:20 America's National Parks 06:10 Toddlers & Tiaras 09:00 Gangs Of Britain With Gary And 08:00 I'd Kill For You 12:20 Goldie & Bear 10:15 Man And The Wild 07:00 Super Soul Sunday Martin Kemp 08:50 I'd Kill For You 12:50 Miles From Tomorrow 11:10 Animals Gone Wild Compilations 07:50 The Undateables 10:00 Monster In My Family 09:40 I'd Kill For You 13:15 Doc McStuffins 12:05 David Attenborough's Rise Of 08:40 Little People, Big World 11:00 Monster In My Family 10:30 I'd Kill For You 13:25 Jake And The Never Land Pirates Animals 09:30 Little People, Big World 12:00 Evil Up Close 11:20 I'd Kill For You 13:50 The Lion Guard 13:00 A Penguin's Life 09:55 Little People, Big World 13:00 Evil Up Close 12:10 Suspicion 14:20 My Friends Tigger & Pooh 13:55 Jobs That Bite! 10:20 Sister Wives 14:00 Evil Up Close 13:00 A Crime To Remember 14:45 Doc McStuffins 14:50 Wild Case Files 11:10 Love, Lust Or Run 15:00 It Takes A Killer 13:50 A Crime To Remember 15:10 Goldie & Bear 15:45 Animal Fight Club 11:35 Cake Boss 15:30 It Takes A Killer 14:40 A Crime To Remember 15:40 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 16:40 Wild Congo (2017) 12:00 My Big Fat Fabulous Life 16:00 It Takes A Killer 15:30 Swamp Murders 16:05 PJ Masks 17:35 India's Wild Edens 12:25 Say Yes To The Dress: 16:30 It Takes A Killer 16:20 Swamp Murders 16:35 The Lion Guard 17:00 Homicide Hunter 18:30 Dr Oakley: Yukon Vet Bridesmaids 17:10 Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen 17:00 Miles From Tomorrow 18:00 Homicide Hunter 19:25 Hunter Hunted 12:50 Super Soul Sunday 18:00 Evil Online 17:25 Sofia The First 20:20 Animal Fight Club 13:40 Oprah's Master Class 19:00 Crime Stories 18:50 Evil Online 17:55 Goldie & Bear 21:10 Wild Congo (2017) 14:30 Randy To The Rescue 20:00 Crime Stories 19:40 Evil Online 18:20 Doc McStuffins 22:00 India's Wild Edens 15:20 Outdaughtered: Busby Quints 21:00 The First 48 20:30 Evil Online 18:45 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 22:50 Dr Oakley: Yukon Vet 16:10 Toddlers & Tiaras 22:00 Homicide Hunter 21:20 Evil Online 19:15 Sheriff Callie's Wild West 23:40 Hunter Hunted 17:00 Little People, Big World 23:00 Crimes That Shook Australia 22:10 Your Worst Nightmare 19:45 PJ Masks 17:25 Little People, Big World 23:00 Blood Relatives 20:00 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 17:50 Sister Wives 23:50 Evil Kin 20:25 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 18:15 Say Yes To The Dress: 20:50 PJ Masks Bridesmaids 21:05 Goldie & Bear 18:40 Love, Lust Or Run 00:15 The Half Hour 21:35 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 00:00 Toy Story 3 19:05 Cake Boss 00:40 The Daily Show - Global Edition 22:00 Sheriff Callie's Wild West 02:00 Peter Pan 19:30 Are You Fitter Than A Pensioner? 01:05 Kroll Show 22:30 Miles From Tomorrow 04:00 Storm Rider 20:20 My Big Fat Fabulous Life 06:00 Mars Needs Moms 20:45 Say Yes To The Dress: 01:30 John Oliver's New York Stand Up 00:10 Hank Zipzer 23:00 Miles From Tomorrow 08:00 Home On The Range Bridesmaids Show 00:35 Binny And The Ghost 23:25 Miles From Tomorrow 10:00 Toy Story 3 21:10 Super Soul Sunday 02:20 The Alternative Comedy 01:00 Binny And The Ghost 23:55 PJ Masks LOVE & MERCY ON OSN MOVIES FESTIVAL Classifieds

SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017

KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (27/04/2017 TO 03/05/2017)

SHARQIA-1 FRI FAST & FURIOUS 8 8:45 PM Special Show “THE BOSS BABY” 6:00 PM THE BOSS BABY 12:00 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 6:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 11:30 PM THU THE BOSS BABY 2:00 PM NO THU MARINA-3 FAST & FURIOUS 8 8:15 PM THE BOSS BABY 4:00 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 9:45 PM FREE FIRE 12:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 11:00 PM THE BOSS BABY 6:00 PM NO THU THE BOSS BABY 2:00 PM MONOLITH 8:00 PM FREE FIRE 1:00 AM THE BOSS BABY 4:00 PM AVENUES-6 MONOLITH 10:00 PM NO THU THE BOSS BABY 6:00 PM COLOSSAL 1:00 PM MONOLITH 12:05 AM FREE FIRE 8:00 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 3:30 PM FANAR-1 FREE FIRE 10:00 PM NO THU SHARQIA-2 FAST & FURIOUS 8 12:15 PM FREE FIRE 12:05 AM COLOSSAL 4:00 PM THE BOSS BABY 11:30 AM FAST & FURIOUS 8 3:00 PM THU THE BOSS BABY 1:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 5:45 PM AVENUES-1 BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 6:45 PM THU MOUSEM AL NISYAN (OBLIVION SEASON) 8:30 PM MONOLITH 1:00 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 10:00 PM LOST CHANGE OF NAME BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 1:30 PM MOUSEM AL NISYAN (OBLIVION SEASON) 10:30 PM MONOLITH 3:00 PM COLOSSAL 1:15 AM FRI FAST & FURIOUS 8 12:30 AM NO THU+FRI BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 1:30 PM SAFRA 5 NJOOM 3:00 PM AVENUES-7 Original document policy I, Sajida Samir Kazi D/o NO THU+FRI FANAR-2 THU+FRI MINE 12:00 PM No. 6330019031, Abdul Gulam Hussain holder of BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 4:45 PM THE BOSS BABY 1:00 PM MONOLITH 5:00 PM MOUSEM AL NISYAN (OBLIVION SEASON) 2:30 PM Mohsen Khan, the State Life Indian Passport No. THU+FRI THE BOSS BABY 3:00 PM MONOLITH 7:00 PM WELAANE - Lebanese 4:45 PM Insurance Corporation of P7110390 & Civil ID No. BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 4:45 PM THE BOSS BABY 5:00 PM MONOLITH 9:00 PM MOUSEM AL NISYAN (OBLIVION SEASON) 7:00 PM Pakistan, Gulf Zone is 279093004633 has NO THU+FRI THE BOSS BABY 7:00 PM MONOLITH 11:00 PM WELAANE -Lebanese 9:15 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 8:00 PM FREE FIRE 9:00 PM MONOLITH 1:00 AM WELAANE -Lebanese 11:30 PM reported to have been lost. changed my name to Sajida BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 11:15 PM FREE FIRE 11:00 PM Anyone finding the same or Gulam Hussain hereinafter THU FREE FIRE 1:00 AM AVENUES-2 AVENUES-8 claiming any interest in it in all my dealings and doc- BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 11:15 PM THE BOSS BABY -3D-4DX 11:45 AM SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE 11:30 AM should communicate with uments. NO THU FANAR-3 (2D+3D+4DX) THE LOST CITY OF Z 1:30 PM FREE FIRE 12:45 PM THE BOSS BABY -3D-4DX 2:00 PM HEADSHOT 4:30 PM the Manager Kuwait State (C 5303) SHARQIA-3 FREE FIRE 2:45 PM THE BOSS BABY -3D-4DX 4:15 PM THE LOST CITY OF Z 6:45 PM Life Office - Ph: 22452208. 27-4-2017 FREE FIRE 12:00 PM MONOLITH 5:00 PM THE BOSS BABY -3D-4DX 6:30 PM HEADSHOT 9:45 PM (C 5304) 27-4-2017 FREE FIRE 2:00 PM MONOLITH 6:45 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8-2D-4DX 9:15 PM THE LOST CITY OF Z 12:05 AM FREE FIRE 4:15 PM MONOLITH 8:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8-2D-4DX 12:05 AM THE LOST CITY OF Z 6:15 PM MONOLITH 10:15 PM AVENUES-9 PRAYER TIMINGS MOUSEM AL NISYAN (OBLIVION SEASON) 9:00 PM MONOLITH 12:05 AM AVENUES-3 FAST & FURIOUS 8 12:30 PM FREE FIRE 11:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 11:30 AM FAST & FURIOUS 8 3:15 PM Fajr: 03:42 FREE FIRE 1:00 AM FANAR-4 FAST & FURIOUS 8 2:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 6:00 PM THE BOSS BABY 11:30 AM THU GHOST IN THE SHELL 8:45 PM Shorook: 05:08 MUHALAB-1 THE BOSS BABY 1:30 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 2:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 11:15 PM Duhr: 11:45 FREE FIRE 11:45 AM THU FRI Asr: 15:21 FREE FIRE 1:45 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 1:30 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 2:30 PM AVENUES-10 Maghrib: 18:23 THU FRI NO THU+FRI FREE FIRE 12:00 PM Isha: 19:47 BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 1:45 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 1:30 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 5:45 PM BISTERI RAJEL - Arabic 2:15 PM FRI NO THU+FRI NO THU+FRI SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE 4:30 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 1:45 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 4:45 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 5:45 PM FREE FIRE 6:30 PM NO THU+FRI BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 8:00 PM THU+FRI FREE FIRE 8:30 PM FREE FIRE 5:00 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 11:15 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 9:00 PM FREE FIRE 10:30 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 7:00 PM NO THU FREE FIRE 12:30 AM FREE FIRE 10:15 PM FANAR-5 Special Show “BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu” FREE FIRE 12:15 AM MINE 1:00 PM 9:00 PM AVENUES-11 SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE- Arabic 1:30 PM THU THE BOSS BABY -CINESCAPE 11-2D 12:30 PM MUHALAB-2 FRI BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 12:15 AM THE BOSS BABY -CINESCAPE 11-2D 2:45 PM THE LOST CITY OF Z 1:15 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 3:30 PM AVENUES-4 THE BOSS BABY -CINESCAPE 11-2D 5:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 1:30 PM NO THU FAST & FURIOUS 8 11:30 AM THE BOSS BABY -CINESCAPE 11-2D 7:15 PM FRI SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE- Arabic 4:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 2:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 -CINESCAPE 11-2D 9:30 PM THE LOST CITY OF Z 4:00 PM THU THU FAST & FURIOUS 8 -CINESCAPE 11-2D 12:15 AM FAST & FURIOUS 8 6:45 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 6:45 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 2:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 9:30 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 10:00 PM NO THU 360 ∞- 1 THE LOST CITY OF Z 12:15 AM MINE 1:15 AM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 5:15 PM THE BOSS BABY 11:30 AM NO THU+FRI THE BOSS BABY 1:45 PM MUHALAB-3 MARINA-1 Special Show “THE BOSS BABY” 5:15 PM THE BOSS BABY 4:00 PM THE BOSS BABY 12:00 PM THE LOST CITY OF Z 12:15 PM THU+FRI THE BOSS BABY 6:15 PM NO FRI THE LOST CITY OF Z 3:00 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 8:30 PM THE BOSS BABY 8:30 PM THE BOSS BABY 2:00 PM WELAANE -Lebanese 5:45 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 11:45 PM THE BOSS BABY 10:45 PM NO FRI WELAANE -Lebanese 8:00 PM FREE FIRE 1:00 AM THE BOSS BABY 4:00 PM WELAANE -Lebanese 10:15 PM AVENUES-5 NO THU+FRI THE LOST CITY OF Z 12:30 AM FREE FIRE 11:45 AM 360 ∞- 2 BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 4:00 PM THE BOSS BABY 1:45 PM MONOLITH 12:15 PM THU MARINA-2 NO SUN MONOLITH 2:15 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 7:15 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 12:30 PM Special Show “THE BOSS BABY” 1:45 PM MONOLITH 4:15 PM THU FREE FIRE 1:30 PM SUN MONOLITH 6:00 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 10:30 PM FRI THE BOSS BABY 3:45 PM MONOLITH 8:00 PM THU FAST & FURIOUS 8 3:15 PM THE BOSS BABY 6:00 PM MONOLITH 10:00 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 3:00 PM THE LOST CITY OF Z 6:00 PM NO THU MONOLITH 12:05 AM

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Arrival Flights on Sunday 30/4/2017 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 Departure Flights on Sunday 30/4/2017 JZR 124 Bahrain 13:30 Airlines Flt Route Time AXB 393 Kozhikode 13:10 Airlines Flt Route Time SAW 702 Damascus 13:30 JZR 125 Bahrain 00:10 KAC 662 Abu Dhabi 13:35 AIC 988 Hyderabad/Chennai 00:05 THY 767 Istanbul 13:45 THY 772 Istanbul 00:10 KAC 672 Dubai 13:55 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:30 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 KAC 786 Jeddah 00:30 QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 MSC 406 Sohag 00:30 AXB 394 Kozhikode 14:10 JZR 267 Beirut 00:35 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:15 FDB 072 Dubai 00:30 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 KAC 504 Beirut 00:45 FDB 059 Dubai 14:20 THY 773 Istanbul 01:40 KAC 673 Dubai 15:00 KAC 102 London 00:55 KAC 618 Doha 14:20 DLH 635 Frankfurt 02:00 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:00 DLH 635 Doha 01:00 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:45 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:35 FDB 060 Dubai 15:05 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:15 KNE 529 Jeddah 14:55 THY 765 Istanbul 02:50 QTR 1079 Doha 15:15 JZR 539 Cairo 01:25 KAC 692 Muscat 14:55 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 02:50 KAC 775 Riyadh 15:40 UAE 853 Dubai 01:40 KAC 788 Jeddah 14:55 KKK 6505 Istanbul 02:55 KAC 563 Amman 15:40 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 15:05 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 01:50 OMA 645 Muscat 15:10 UAE 854 Dubai 03:30 SVA 501 Jeddah 15:45 KKK 6506 Istanbul 01:55 KAC 502 Beirut 15:25 KLM 446 Amsterdam 03:30 KNE 530 Jeddah 15:55 KLM 446 Bahrain 02:05 KAC 412 Bangkok 15:30 OMA 644 Muscat 04:05 KAC 619 Doha 16:00 QTR 1086 Doha 02:05 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 QTR 1087 Doha 04:10 OMA 646 Muscat 16:10 JZR 553 Alexandria 02:10 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:10 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:15 RJA 640 Amman 16:00 MSR 613 Cairo 04:15 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 16:20 KAC 418 Manila 02:50 FDK 801 Damascus 16:00 KAC 417 Manila 04:20 KAC 615 Bahrain 16:30 OMA 643 Muscat 03:05 FDB 051 Dubai 16:15 PGT 861 Istanbul 04:25 FDK 802 Damascus 16:55 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 03:10 QTR 1072 Doha 16:15 JZR 560 Sohag 04:45 RJA 641 Amman 16:55 MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 VIZ 204 TEQ 16:20 KAC 103 London 05:00 KAC 675 Dubai 17:00 FDB 069 Dubai 03:15 JZR 125 Bahrain 16:25 LMU 511 Cairo 05:00 FDB 052 Dubai 17:10 KAC 382 Delhi 03:15 JZR 787 Riyadh 16:35 CEB 019 Manila 05:30 JZR 266 Beirut 17:15 PGT 860 Istanbul 03:25 KAC 118 New York 16:55 QTR 1077 Doha 05:35 QTR 1073 Doha 17:25 QTR 1076 Doha 03:40 KAC 542 Cairo 17:05 UAE 874 Dubai 06:15 JZR 240 Amman 17:30 KAC 1544 Cairo 03:50 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 RJA 643 Amman 06:25 KAC 361 Colombo 17:35 CEB 018 Manila 04:00 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 THY 771 Istanbul 06:25 KAC 357 Kochi 17:40 LMU 510 Cairo 04:00 JZR 777 Jeddah 17:35 GFA 212 Bahrain 06:50 UAE 858 Dubai 17:40 UAE 873 Dubai 04:15 QTR 8512 Doha 06:50 KAC 381 Delhi 17:50 KAC 346 Ahmedabad 04:15 JZR 177 Dubai 17:45 CLX 612 Luxembourg 17:45 FDB 070 Dubai 07:05 KAC 283 Dhaka 18:00 KAC 358 Kochi 04:50 JZR 164 Dubai 07:15 KAC 343 Chennai 18:00 KAC 784 Jeddah 05:00 QTR 1080 Doha 18:05 KAC 521 Al Najaf 07:35 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 THY 770 Istanbul 05:05 MSR 620 Cairo 18:30 KAC 171 Frankfurt 07:50 JZR 184 Dubai 18:20 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:10 UAE 875 Dubai 19:05 QTR 8511 Doha 05:20 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 KAC 501 Beirut 07:50 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 KAC 344 Chennai 05:30 FDB 063 Dubai 19:10 BAW 156 London 08:20 JZR 538 Cairo 18:35 KAC 332 Trivandrum 05:40 KAC 776 Riyadh 19:10 KAC 741 Dammam 08:30 KAC 785 Jeddah 18:45 KAC 362 Colombo 05:50 ABY 123 Sharjah 19:20 FDB 054 Dubai 08:30 QTR 1081 Doha 19:15 BAW 157 London 06:05 KAC 154 Istanbul 19:30 KAC 773 Riyadh 08:35 KAC 345 Ahmedabad 19:20 KAC 284 Dhaka 06:35 KAC 674 Dubai 19:40 KAC 117 New York 09:00 MSR 621 Cairo 19:30 KAC 206 Islamabad 06:40 KAC 616 Bahrain 19:40 KAC 661 Abu Dhabi 09:00 CLX 612 Luxembourg 19:45 KAC 302 Mumbai 06:55 KAC 620 Doha 19:50 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:15 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 KAC 156 Istanbul 07:05 FDB 057 Dubai 19:50 KAC 671 Dubai 09:15 FDB 064 Dubai 19:50 FDB 053 Dubai 07:50 KAC 104 London 20:00 KAC 163 Rome 09:20 ABY 124 Sharjah 20:00 KAC 354 Bangalore 07:50 OMA 647 Muscat 20:05 KAC 691 Muscat 09:30 FDB 058 Dubai 20:30 KAC 384 Delhi 08:00 DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:15 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:40 KAC 331 Trivandrum 20:35 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 KAC 101 London 09:45 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 08:55 QTR 1088 Doha 20:35 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 KAC 353 Bangalore 20:55 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:00 KAC 164 Rome 20:55 KAC 541 Cairo 10:00 DLH 634 Doha 21:00 IRC 528 Ahwaz 09:10 KAC 564 Amman 21:00 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:00 OMA 648 Muscat 21:05 QTR 1070 Doha 09:20 KAC 172 Frankfurt 21:05 IRC 529 Ahwaz 10:10 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 IRA 665 Shiraz 09:25 KAC 617 Doha 10:15 KAC 301 Mumbai 21:40 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:10 ALK 229 Colombo 21:15 IRA 664 Shiraz 10:25 KAC 203 Lahore 21:45 SVA 512 Riyadh 10:00 KAC 153 Istanbul 10:30 QTR 1089 Doha 21:45 MSC 415 Sohag 10:15 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 QTR 1071 Doha 10:35 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 KAC 676 Dubai 21:35 FDB 056 Dubai 10:35 KAC 205 Islamabad 21:55 MEA 404 Beirut 10:55 GFA 219 Bahrain 21:50 PAL 668 Manila 11:00 QTR 1082 Doha 22:00 SVA 513 Riyadh 11:00 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:00 SYR 341 Damascus 11:00 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 MSC 416 Sohag 11:15 KAC 155 Istanbul 22:15 JZR 561 Sohag 11:10 AIC 981 Chennai/Ahmedabad 22:25 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 KAC 522 Al Najaf 11:20 BBC 043 Dhaka 22:30 MEA 405 Beirut 11:55 KAC 383 Delhi 22:35 KAC 742 Dammam 11:45 JZR 241 Amman 22:55 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:00 UAE 860 Dubai 22:35 JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 JZR 185 Dubai 22:55 VIZ 203 Baghdad 12:00 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:50 SAW 701 Damascus 12:30 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:00 SYR 342 Damascus 12:00 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:00 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 JZR 528 Asyut 23:05 KAC 774 Riyadh 12:45 PIA 205 Lahore 23:40 JZR 786 Riyadh 13:10 KAC 783 Jeddah 23:10 THY 766 Istanbul 12:50 THY 764 Istanbul 23:45 PAL 669 Manila 13:10 QTR 1083 Doha 23:20 stars34 SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017

CROSSWORD 1593 STAR TRACK

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

If you are working in the health industry, you may decide to add more Matters involving legacies, inheritance, legal matters and insurance are education regarding nutrition. You may have an explosion of interest in on your mind today. You may be planning to organize your finances and are preoccu- alternative healing methods, parapsychology, astrology, tarot, reincarnation, afterlife pied with the details, or you could have inherited an amount of money that you feel experiences, etc., etc. You can become involved in your own healing or in someone should be invested. Whatever the case, this is certainly a good time to pay attention to else's healing. This may cause you to investigate these healing techniques so as to these matters and safeguard your future needs. A round table discussion in the work- have a wider scope of understanding in the healing sciences. You may have some place may require you to listen closely-take notes. Buy yourself some time before giv- ideas that would aid the health care programs. You may decide to write a member of ing an answer as you need time to consider all the angles. You will be most persuasive congress or your legislator about your findings and ideas. Today seems to be discov- with others when you do make up your mind. It's easy to see what you value and care ery day and you could discover insights into day-to-day problems as well. about these days. Your sense of appreciation is sharp and in high focus.

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

Planetary changes have made it possible for decision-making moments This is an important day because it can open opportunities for you to to be quite successful. Now is the time to add your signature to a document, confer make changes or corrections in the direction of your path. Be observant to the oppor- with others about some important change or proposal and make definite plans for tunities when they arise. Practical, effective ideas are the ones that make the most travel. Beginning anything new at this time will have a most positive outcome. You sense now-putting them to good use is a focus for you. There is optimism, faith and a have a good musical talent and may decide to express yourself with music in nearby tendency to take chances at the deepest emotional levels. Be patient with friends or entertainment areas but not as a profession. This is a great way to relax. You usually family this evening. Your opinions are probably correct, but others may not be ready wait to perform until asked but this is not necessary; you are talented and humble. for the complete truth. You may find yourself at odds if you become too sharp with You are also intuitive and can use your talents to your best abilities. You may enjoy your words. Make it a point to lighten up and laugh at yourself as well as the quan- leading a small choir in some charity event. Enjoy your party tonight. daries of life. Perhaps you could take a turn at being cook this evening-or order in.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Your job identity may be in the category of a technician, detective, med- You may find yourself going head-to-head with someone older over ical practitioner, etc. People are curious about what you do. Often, you matters of honesty and integrity. To assuage the fear of being deceived or misled, you will find yourself asking questions and becoming involved in other people's hopes and might busy yourself in some detective work. You work very hard to complete a partic- dreams. Be careful that your time is not totally absorbed by another-you could forget ular project this afternoon. If you are interested, this may be a good time to make or your job. Material things are foremost on your mind this afternoon. A shopping trip is in ACROSS DOWN request some changes in your professional plans. A friend may bring you to a new order. This may mean a social event is coming up soon or it is just time to revamp your 1. Not reflecting light. 1. An independent group of closely related place after work and you enjoy the discussions that surround subjects other than wardrobe. This evening you carry through with some promise to a friend or group. 4. The condition of having no arms. Chadic languages spoken in the area work. You come to a new realization that all of us should be concentrating on Perhaps you are visiting someone or helping to return a favor. Whatever the case, this 12. A master's degree in business. smelling-the-roses rather than passing them by in such a hurry. This is a good time for evening you work to complete whatever responsibilities you have set for yourself. between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic learning a new hobby or expressing your talent in a revived hobby. 15. American prizefighter who won the world languages. heavyweight championship three times 2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil. (born in 1942). 3. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the 16. Talking idly or incoherently. human leg between the knee and ankle. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. Electrical conduction through a gas in an 4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from applied electric field. This morning you take care of career needs or business matters. Find tools that will help you practice expressing the real person on the 18. A midnight meeting of witches to practice aba cloth. Considering and appreciating your past gains, rather than focusing on your recent inside of you. Material things are foremost on your mind in many respects. For now witchcraft and sorcery. 5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad. losses, is likely to occupy much of your mental thinking. This is a high-cycle day for there is an emphasis on the real rather than the ideal. Stagnation is not the name of your 20. English monk and scholar (672-735). 6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali met- you and much can be accomplished. Matters of participation away from the job in game and you look for ways to enhance and improve your career. A new and challeng- 21. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist al group. clubs or organizations may have you analyzing just where you want to spend your ing job within your company may be your next move. Be wise in managing your energies. Travel may be in your thoughts and the last week of this month would be a people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos 7. The superior of an abbey of monks. finances this afternoon. There is a feeling that anything is possible if you set your sights perfect time for planning a short trip or vacation. At home this evening, you will be high enough. There are also optimism, faith and a tendency to take chances at the and Thailand. 8. Having a claw or claws. thinking about weekend projects that you enjoy. You look for ways to attract the but- deepest emotional levels. A social affair can be enjoyed this evening with your co-work- 22. An elaborate song for solo voice. 9. Step on it. terflies to your garden and may decide on creating a butterfly garden. ers. You will be able to network as well as create good feelings between associates. 23. To declare or affirm as true. 10. The first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) 25. A tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name used in treating hypertension and angina Elavil) with serious side effects. pectoris and essential tremor. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of 11. Semi-parasitic herb with purple or white or Leo (July 23-August 22) an organism. pink flowers. 29. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punish- This is a great time to be with others and to work together. You may be You show a very determined and practical frame of mind today. You 12. Herbs and subshrubs. rarely reach conclusions without a great deal of cautious deliberation. This day calls ment. asked to help familiarize a new person with some of the work in your office. In-depth conversations find you at your mental best. You are capable when solving the difficult for just that, a cautious deliberation. You have a fixed opinion now based on some 30. Humorously vulgar. 13. Take in a sail with a brail. 14. (archaic) Of persons. situations. You have insight into your emotions and drive and you can talk about feel- strong likes and dislikes that may cause you to become a bit obstinate. Give yourself 31. An intensely radioactive metallic element that ings with great insight. You could find that you are valued for your feelings and your time to think things through before responding too quickly. You are wise to view a sit- occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores. 19. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel. ability to find what is needed in difficult situations. It may be difficult however, to make uation from a different perspective. There is a need to get away from routine so that 33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually 24. A state in the eastern United States. definite plans regarding extracurricular expenses. Easy does it-this too shall gain your you will have some time to think through a few choices or decisions. A pioneering plural). 26. A tablet placed horizontally on top of the cap- wise attention! Do not become preoccupied with a moneymaking idea and accept it as instinct takes hold later as you are promised some work with a new technology. This 35. English aristocrat who was the first wife of ital of a column as an aid in supporting the a winner! You are going in the right direction when you consider all the angles. project may call for a team effort, which will relieve you of some stress. Prince Charles. architrave. 37. Studies intended to provide general knowl- 28. The blood group whose red cells carry both edge and intellectual skills (rather than occu- the A and B antigens. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) pational or professional skills). 32. A large fleet. 39. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac 34. Wearing or provided with clothing. Relationships are capable of transforming you. This is a time of real You have the opportunity to set up situations in the workplace so that inner growth through other people. You will have an opportunity to work on your you can compete with yourself in different ways. You find ways to work insects. 36. (Old Testament) The second patriarch. 42. (of hair) Made smooth by applying a sticky or unconscious needs and motivations today as someone around you may talk of his or faster or work in ways that will bring customers or clients to your fine direction. Some 38. Of or relating to o occurring in a tube such as her discoveries. This will prompt you to start thinking-you may have recently heard product can be demonstrated and sold with a better understanding in convenience glossy substance. e.g. the fallopian tube or eustachian tube. some motivational speech, recorded interview or lecture. There could be some research and usefulness. There may be a great deal of financial panic with your monetary situa- 46. Any of various systems of units for measuring 40. A radioactive element of the actinide series. breakthrough today. You make progress in the technical field at this time. You could be tion now. You should show caution as to what types of financial activities or sort of electricity and magnetism. most persuasive with others regarding this breakthrough. Anything in your life that has investments you discover. There is optimism and faith along with a feeling that any- 49. Perennial of southern Europe cultivated for 41. An informal conversation. outlived its usefulness is likely to be changed, lost, given away or abandoned. Now is thing is possible. Family members are congenial and helpful this evening with lots of forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers 43. German mathematician who created the the time to clear away any difficulties and protect the things you hold dear. excellent suggestions. There are plans in the works for a backyard barbeque soon. that make it an important honey crop. Klein bottle (1849-1925). 50. A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned 44. Selected as the best. with a coat of arms. 45. An artistic form of nonverbal communication. Word Search Yesterday’s Solution 52. A less than average tide occurring at the first 47. An open receptacle for holding or displaying and third quarters of the moon. or serving articles or food. 54. Witnessed at first hand. 48. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978). 55. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man. 51. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that 56. A tax on employees and employers that is migrated to the southwestern desert (from used to fund the Social Security system. Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico). 57. A federal agency that supervises carriers that 53. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows gener- transport goods and people between states. ally northward to the Atlantic Ocean. 58. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula. 59. (Babylonian) The sky god. 60. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 61. South American cavy. 62. Tag the base runner to get him out. 63. The address where a person lives. 66. A tub in which clothes or linens can be 64. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai washed. Peninsula (7,500 feet high). 70. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father 65. The sciences concerned with gathering and of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in manipulating and storing and retrieving and ancient mythology. classifying recorded information. 74. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East hav- 67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely ing showy flowers. the razorbill. 75. Of or relating to Oman or its people. 68. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue. 78. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might 69. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and be heard with a stethoscope in some types Pipturus albidus. of respiratory disorders). 71. Waterproofed canvas. 79. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using 72. The inner and longer of the two bones of the precision approach radar. human forearm. 80. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). 73. A person with unusual powers of foresight. 82. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short 76. 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MUSIC & MOVIES Badshah takes Kuwait music lovers by storm

By Sajeev K Peter within 30 hours. "I want to foray into other Indian movies. I polished my songs for Hindi movies. languages also including south Indian languages However, I have an identity as a rapper even though opular Indian rapper Badshah took music though language remains as a major stumbling most of my popular songs are being taken in lovers in Kuwait by storm on Friday evening at block for me," he said. "I was overwhelmed by the movies. Obviously, Bollywood is a big platform for Pthe Shaheed Park open air ground with his huge response from the crowd yesterday in Kuwait. any artist," he said. Before becoming a full-time pulsating vocal range of rap delivery. Performing That included many Kuwaiti music lovers. I am quite musician, Badshah received formal education to during the musical show presented by Indian Youth happy," he said. become a civil engineer from PEC University of Society Kuwait, Badshah kept all spellbound. "Rap in Technology, Chandigarh. Talking about his transition India is a small genre compared to other music gen- Poetry and rhythm from a civil engineer to a rapper, Badshah quipped, res. My humble attempt is to broaden its scope and Rap is a shortened form of poetry and it is a "During my training as an engineer, I was exposed to reach by making it more popular," Badshah told a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates new Punjabi music inspiring me to take on rap writ- post-event press conference yesterday at Holiday rhyme, rhythmic speech and street vernacular. "I ing and singing." Inn Crowne Plaza. could make a mark as a rapper and I wanted to con- "There is no training institute today on how to Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, better known by his tinue to do what I am doing right now without com- rap. You learn through listening and singing. At the stage name Badshah, has come a long way ever promising the quality of my music," he explained. end of the day, if you are talented, you become a since he debuted into the world of rap in 2006 on a Badshah's music has been featured in Bollywood rapper," he pointed out. My first song 'Mercy' from growing fan - especially the youth. Today, he is pop- soundtracks for movies such as the 2014 film my debut album O.N.E. became the third most ular as an Indian rapper for his Hindi, Haryanvi and 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania,' and Sonam Kapoor viewed video in the whole world. It was a great Punjabi songs though he sings in Marathi, Benagli starrer 'Khoobsurat'. He has also collaborated with moment for me. I am proud of speaking on behalf of and Gujarati. He is known for hits such as Chul, 2 artists such as Gippy Grewal, Diljeet Dosanjh, Manj the genre I represent," he said. Badshah said his new Many Girls and the recent hit 'DJ Waley Babu,' featur- Musik, Raftaar, Navv Inder and Aastha Gill among album will be released in September. "Whatever I ing Aastha Gill which was ranked number one on others. make, I make it with passion and a conviction." Popular Indian rapper speaks during the press conference yesterday in Kuwait. Indian i-tunes charts within 24 hours of the release. Talking about his foray into Bollywood, Badshah — Photo by Sajeev K Peter The song also crossed a million views on Youtube said, "In fact I was rapping my way into Bollywood

'Yep, I'm Gay': Happy 20th out Paltrow brings anniversary, Ellen DeGeneres ith a headline of "Yep, I'm Gay" on and the show was canceled. Goop to print the cover of Time magazine and DeGeneres went into a "hole," a deep Wthe same declaration on her sit- depression, where she stayed without com, Ellen DeGeneres made history 20 work for more than three years. Laura with Conde Nast years ago as the first prime-time lead on Dern, among the guest stars on "Puppy" network TV to come out, capturing the and happy to be included, didn't work for a ctress and lifestyle maven Gwyneth Paltrow hearts of supporters gay and straight amid year after she played the out love interest announced Friday she is launching a print magazine a swirl of hate mail, death threats and, ulti- to whom Ellen Morgan finally came out. Abased on her style website Goop with publishing mately, dark times on and off the screen. (Both Dern and Winfrey join DeGeneres on group Conde Nast. A statement from the US publishing The code-named "The Puppy Episode" Friday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" to group said Goop would launch as a quarterly magazine in of "Ellen" that aired April 30, 1997, was mark the anniversary). Ellen Garcia in San September as part of a "multi-platform content experience more than just a hit. It was one of those Pedro, California, is a gay, 47-year-old office that will include print, digital and social initiatives." huge cultural "where were you" moments administrator for a mental health nonprof- The partnership will include "a steady stream of co-pro- for anybody remotely interested in TV, or it. She was 27 and out to just close friends duced, co-branded digital content that will be distributed the advancement of LGBTQ people work- and co-workers when she watched. In new Gorillaz album, dark across select Conde Nast titles' websites, goop.com and ing in TV, or who were itching to come out "How you feel about yourself, and how the brands' social channels," the statement said. Paltrow, an of their closets at home at a still-perilous you feel about how society views you, Oscar-winner in 1999 for her role in "Shakespeare in Love," time. plays a huge factor and that's why this political vision comes true launched goop.com in 2008 focusing on fashion, wellness, Variety summed it up this way: show was so significant, because it reating the latest album of his virtual into an exploration of the reaction to Trump's travel, recipes, parenting, and cultural issues. "Climaxing a season of swelling anticipa- brought all those things out," she said. "It band Gorillaz, Damon Albarn had what shock victory. "Hallelujah Money," a trip-hop- Anna Wintour, Conde Nast artistic director and editor- tion, Ellen Morgan (the bookstore-manag- made me feel normal." So what made it the Che considered a dark, sci-fi vision- infused single with the powerful voice of in-chief of Vogue, said in the statement that "Goop and ing alter ego of Ellen DeGeneres) finally right time for DeGeneres? Well, nothing, Donald Trump as president of the United Mercury Prize-winning singer Benjamin Conde Nast are natural partners and I'm excited (Paltrow) is acknowledges her lesbianism tonight in an she said. "There was every indication that I States. Then it came true. "I wanted to make a Clementine, attacks the power of money bringing her point of view to the company. We all look for- 'Ellen' hour that represents television's should not do it. My publicist at the time kind of science fiction record. But more a without naming the president directly, ward to working with her and her team." Paltrow said in the most-hyped coming out since Little Ricky said, 'Don't do it.' The studio, the network, social fiction, sort of anticipation," said the although the video showed an elevator in a statement the tie-up is "an opportunity for us to push our came out of Lucy 44 years ago." The hype everyone said (it)," she recalled. "I said, 'You Britpop icon best known as the frontman of representation of his Trump Tower home. boundaries visually and deliver Goop's point of view to was real, fed by DeGeneres' personal desire know, look, you may lose a show but you Blur. "There were several options and I chose The song gives way to an antidote in the consumers in new, dynamic ways."— AFP to end her secret-keeping at age 38 and to have thousands of other shows revolving the worst case scenario," he told AFP over a album's final track, "We Got the Power," a call bring her TV character along for the ride. through this door that come to you and meal on a visit to Paris. "I wanted to make a to love and unity. "It's a simple answer, I The off-screen act came first in Time by you'll have another show. This is my career. social fiction record, but reality hit." know, but it is probably the truth, especially slightly more than two weeks, but "Puppy" If I'm willing to lose my career for this, you Gorillaz has been an outlet for Albarn's now," Albarn said of the closing song. "You was months in the making under lock and have to let me do this.'" more experimental side, breaking free from know I can't resent the people who made this key, something that failed to matter when The doing wasn't easy. The first draft of guitar pop to explore trippy, futuristic choice," he said, referring both to supporters the script leaked and the world then wait- "Puppy" was rejected by the show's Disney sounds. Created in 2001, Gorillaz is a virtual of Trump and, in his own country, the narrow ed. Why risk it all? Because DeGeneres, one point person. It took forever for script band with four fictional members -- 2D, majority that voted to pull Britain from the of America's sweethearts then and now, approval, with "Puppy" finally hitting air as Murdoc, Russel and Noodle. The real-life, but European Union. was done with the lying and the hiding. "It the fourth season's third-to-last show, a full behind-the-scenes, members are Albarn and became more important to me than my hour as opposed to the usual half-hour. the comic book artist Jamie Hewlett, who has 'You're gonna be dead' career," she said in a recent interview with DeGeneres had thrown a bash at her matched the music with an elaborate visual Albarn is passionate when discussing The Associated Press. "I suddenly said, California house for cast members and representation that includes cartoon videos. Brexit, saying, "You can't imagine how 'Why am I being, you know, ashamed of writers months earlier, at the top of the Preparing "Humanz," the group's fifth depressing it is for us." "It's hard to express who I am just to be successful and famous fourth, declaring then that she wanted to album which came out on Friday, Albarn how angry I am," he said. "People who voted in society's eyes?'" come out, but nobody was sure how it started in 2015 by imagining the United Brexit, as with American people who voted The hate was also real. There was pul- would all play out. States ruled by Trump, then considered a for Trump, are people who don't travel," he pit-pounding from conservatives, includ- "I remember these walks from our reality television celebrity with little chance said. "They're blind! Genuinely blind! They ing full-page newspaper ads (the late Rev. offices to the Disney offices to see the big of landing the world's most powerful job. "I genuinely think that closing borders and Jerry Falwell called her "Ellen guys," recalled Dava Savel, one of the exec- did not believe Trump would be president, becoming nationalistic is a really good idea." DeGenerate"). There was nasty mail all utive producers and writers. "We walked but I wanted to imagine what would hap- "I don't want the next generations to grow up around, including some for guest star with her and it was kind of like the Bataan pen," Albarn said. having less access to the world," he said. Oprah Winfrey suggesting that she "go Death March. We were like, 'Ohhh, here we "We're a little island. A little island must be back to Africa." After "Puppy" wrapped, go.' I remember Ellen crying on the way Joyful and painful open." cast, crew and live audience were hustled back when Disney finally gave her the OK." Albarn reached out for American voices to "The people who voted for this are the out of the Burbank, California, studio History was made. Friends gathered create the album, including Mavis Staples, old. What are you doing? Voting for your because of a bomb threat. around TVs. The gay rights advocacy group the classic R&B singer and civil rights activist, grandchildren's future? You're gonna be dead Winfrey, who played Ellen's therapist, GLAAD organized watch parties after an as well as hip-hop pioneers De La Soul, the in 10 years! Dead!" His anger subsided as he told the AP she had no clue that "I would ABC affiliate in Alabama declined to air rapper Pusha T and the innovative R&B artist gazed down at a plate that had just been put get the worst hate mail of my career." She "Puppy." Kelela. With an underlying chaos that evokes in front of him. On it were two soft-boiled praised DeGeneres for having the courage DeGeneres herself made a spectacular the film scores of Ennio Morricone, of whom eggs surrounded by slices of smoked salmon to produce a "seminal moment for any- comeback, eventually, now the host of Albarn is an admirer, "Humanz" also has on a bed of arugula. "I have never seen eggs body who was hiding behind anything." her own daytime talk show and still songs co-written by artists ranging from elec- presented like that in my life. Have you?" he The episode was watched by an estimated America's sweetheart at age 59. (President tronic legend Jean-Michel Jarre to fellow said with a laugh. "It's quite artistic-science 44 million viewers. It won an Emmy for Barack Obama awarded her the nation's Britpop star Noel Gallagher. fiction," he said. "I should have stated a story writing, a Peabody as a landmark in broad- highest civilian honor, the Medal of "I kinda wanted it to be something urgent, with that." — AFP casting and numerous other accolades. Freedom, last year.) Numerous gay leads and joyful and painful at the same time," The attention coincided with a new and followed on TV, yet advocates hope for Albarn said of the album, which transformed very public relationship for DeGeneres still more diversity and accuracy in story with her girlfriend at the time, Anne Heche, and character development. None of that herself new to the out life. The following mattered the night of April 30, 1997. Eric season, DeGeneres' fifth, was the last. It Marcus, creator and host of the podcast was a failure in terms of ratings. The net- "Making Gay History" and author of a work took to slapping "adult content" 2002 collection of oral history of the same Get to know the new Wonder warnings on the show, something name, put it this way: "For everyday peo- DeGeneres knew nothing about ahead of ple, Ellen made gay OK."—AP time. The season was bashed by some as unfunny and "too gay," as was the out-and- Woman and Spider-Man proud DeGeneres herself as she lived life big with Heche offscreen. Sponsors fled ou know the names and you've met them tiful naivet√©." "She sees the world in such a ence? Girls and no uniforms - quite a departure briefly before, but this summer Gal Gadot's healthy way," Gadot says. "Diana Prince basically from the all-boys school he attended in the UK. "I YWonder Woman and Tom Holland's Spider- stands for everything I stand for: love, peace, jus- really think people will enjoy the Peter Parker side Man take center stage in blockbusters all their tice, truth. I keep on saying that if each and every of the story," Holland says. "With superhero movies own. Both face the gargantuan task of revitalizing one of us had a little bit of Wonder Woman in us I feel like you're always looking for more superhero. brands and properties that could use some help: the world would be a better place." But in this movie I hope it will be the reverse ... the For "Wonder Woman," the thus critically-derided Spider-Man part is just an added bonus." — AP DC Comics films, and for "Spider-Man: Tom Holland as Spider-Man Homecoming," Sony hopes its lone comic book Like Wonder Woman's brief appearance in property can launch its own extended universe. "Batman v Superman," Holland made his debut in a Good thing they're both superheroes. Get to know small, but memorable, part in "Captain America: a bit more about the actors who are playing some Civil War," when Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark of summer's biggest superhero roles: enlists the Queens teenager for some help. Unlike Wonder Woman who has never had a big screen Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman movie to herself, audiences have now had three The 31-year-old Israeli model and actress teased Spider-Mans in the past 15 years: Tobey Maguire, audiences with a bit of her Diana Prince/Wonder Andrew Garfield and Holland. Woman in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," The 20-year-old British actor says that his Peter but on June 2 fans will get to explore the origins of Parker/Spider-Man is fairly similar to both the Amazonian warrior in "Wonder Woman." The Maguire's and Garfield's takes, but with one impor- film takes Diana from her home island of tant difference: Holland was actually in the right Themyscira and into the throes of World War I, age range to play a high school student. (Maguire along with American soldier named Steve Trevor was 27 when his first Spider-Man came out, and (Chris Pine). Garfield was 29). In this combination photo, Gal Gadot arrives at In this photo released by Warner Bros., Oprah Winfrey, left, and Laura Dern appear Gadot's Diana, she says, is a powerful warrior To prepare for "Spider-Man: Homecoming," out the premiere of the ‘Fast & Furious 6’ in with host Ellen DeGeneres at a taping of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in Burbank, with high emotional intelligence, although she July 15, Holland even went undercover to a Universal City, California, left, and Tom Holland California. doesn't quite understand the gender and social Queens, N.Y. high school to try to understand what attends the premiere of ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ norms of WWI-era London. Gadgot calls it a "beau- American high school life is like. The biggest differ- in New York. — AP SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 lifestyle

MUSIC & MOVIES 13 Reasons sparks criticism of teen suicide depiction

t's a scene as painful to watch as it is graphic: A 17- made the show - feel very strongly that we did the would consistently flash the National Suicide to handle tough questions. A warning letter and links year-old girl climbs into a bathtub with a razor. We exact opposite," said writer Brian Yorkey, who won a Prevention hotline. to resources eventually went out to all 35,000 middle Isee her slice into her skin, we see the blood pour Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize for the musical "Next "Graphic details about suicide we know historically schoolers. "There's a lot to take in and digest. If you're out, hear her cry and struggle to breathe. Then she is to Normal," which grappled with mental illness. "What are not recommended," said Phyllis Alongi, the clinical a young, growing mind being informed by what you still. The suicide of the heroine in Netflix's new popu- we did was portray suicide and we portrayed it as director of The Society for the Prevention of Teen see, this could have an impact," said Derek Turner, lar series "13 Reasons Why" shouldn't come as a very ugly and very damaging." Suicide . "I understand what the producers are saying spokesman for the district. "So we're giving them tips shock, since it's depicted in the final episode of a The 13-episode drama, co-produced by actress but it could really be unsafe and I think we need to be and tools." According to the Centers for Disease a little more responsible." Netflix and the show cre- Control and Prevention, suicide was the second lead- ators point out that several mental health profession- ing cause of death for children and young adults ages als were consulted and they offer a 30-minute show 10 to 24 in 2014. called "Beyond the Reasons" that delves deeper into Dr. Helen Hsu, a clinical psychologist in Fremont, the tougher topics portrayed, as well as a site with California, whose work involves suicide prevention in links to resources. schools, helped shape some of the "13 Reasons Why" The show is rated TV-MA, which means is may be scripts. She said not showing Hannah's suicide would unsuitable for children under 17, and three episodes be almost "coy and avoidant" and that medical stud- that contain explicit material have "viewer discretion ies aren't definitive about the risks of suicide conta- advised" warnings. But some mental health profes- gion. Plus, there are already graphic how-to guides sionals are going further, with the National online. "If you think your child can't find this in one Association of School Psychologists declaring, "We do second on the internet already in the past 10 years, not recommend that vulnerable youth, especially you are sadly mistaken," she said. those who have any degree of suicidal ideation, "To say this is going to trigger that is sort of naive. watch this series." Critics of the show argue that What I really emphasized in the script writing was I depression and mental illness - keys to understanding said. 'It has to focus on that it's not glamorous, that it's suicide - are rarely mentioned and the fact that its ugly, it's painful and I really want you to focus on the heroine, Hannah, gets to tell her story after her death pain of her parents and the people left.'" While suicide sends a potentially dangerous message. has been depicted on TV shows, the youth of the roles They're also upset that the school guidance coun- in "13 Reasons Why" is pioneering. It has clearly struck selor depicted on the show seems to blame the vic- a nerve: The show has 340,000 Twitter followers and tim. The Jed Foundation and Suicide Awareness 2.4 million likes on Facebook. Voices of Education joined forces to create 13 talking Gomez, who has talked openly about her own points for young adults and guardians to discuss mental-health struggles, said she was braced for a while watching the series, including warnings that the backlash: "It's going to come no matter what. It's not way the counselor is portrayed is "not typical" and an easy subject to talk about. But I'm very fortunate that "leaving messages from beyond the grave is a with how it's doing." Yorkey said creators wanted to dramatization produced in Hollywood." tell a young adult story in "a more honest way that it has ever been told on television." "I understand it's Braced for backlash hard to watch," he said. "It was supposed to be hard to School systems across the country are alerting par- watch because these things are incredibly hard to ents, making them aware that their teens may be endure and we wanted to say, 'These things are hap- This image released by streaming the series, urging them to watch it with pening in kids' lives. You can keep quiet about them. Netflix shows Katherine series built around the character's death. But knowing and singer Selena Gomez, is based on Jay Asher's them, and providing information to help them talk You can keep kids from watching shows about them. Langford in a scene from that it is coming doesn't make it any easier. That stom- young-adult 2007 bestseller about a high school stu- about it. In the upstate New York community of Grand It's not going to stop them from happening in kids' the series, ‘13 Reasons ach-turning scene has triggered criticism that it dent who kills herself and leaves behind 13 audio- Island, school administrators warned that the series lives and you should be talking about that.'" — AP Why,’ about a teenager who romanticizes suicide and prompted many schools tapes detailing the events that led to her death, "sensationalizes suicide." Indiana's largest school dis- commits suicide. — AP across the country to send warning letters to parents including sexual assault, substance abuse and bully- trict warned in an email that the series "does not and guardians. ing. Per usual, Netflix released all 13 hours of the accurately model what we would want or hope indi- The show's creators are unapologetic, saying their series at once - on March 31 - leaving suicide preven- viduals do if they are struggling or in crisis." frank depiction needs to be "unflinching and raw." tion specialists' worried teens might binge the entire In Maryland, principals in the Montgomery County "Many people are accusing the show of glamorizing series without a chance to fully absorb the issues and public school system noticed teens talking about the suicide and I feel strongly - and I think everyone who ask questions. They also say they wish the show series and wanted to make sure parents had resources Jazz Fest kicks off with Connick, Neville

housands of music fans descended music is the thing for close friends Sandi on the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Gumpert, 46, and Susan Parker, 61, who TFestival on Friday to see some have been attending Jazz Fest together hometown favorites who've made their for more than a decade. Gumpert said mark nationally. Pianist, vocalist and New she was wanted to see Johnny Sansone, Orleans native Harry Connick Jr. closed one of the first acts scheduled Friday out the festival's largest venue while morning. But she probably didn't man- Aaron Neville's distinctive voice shut age to hear every song because of her down the Blues Tent. Attendee Nancy personal goal of "1.75 bph" - seeing 1.75 Davis and her husband, Richard Ashmore bands per hour. - whom she met at Jazz Fest in 1985 - "I always try to go see new people," arrived before dawn to celebrate the she said, while sipping a Bloody Mary. anniversary of their meeting and her "The diversity is fabulous," Parker said. This file photo shows Blink 182 arriving for the 59th Grammy Awards pre-telecast in Los 40th year of "festing," she told The Packed crowds for some of the bigger Angeles, California. — AFP Advocate. acts often draw the most complaints Her first festival in 1977 was memo- from attendees. But there was room for rable, she said, because she managed to spectators as Connick started his closing Hundreds displaced as luxury see performances by both Ella Fitzgerald act and as Nas began to perform with his and Stevie Wonder. "You just can't beat guests, the Soul Rebels. The seven-day it," Davis said. She said she attends all festival wraps over two weekends, end- festival in Bahamas implodes seven days of the festival every single ing May 7. Besides 11 stages of music, new music festival in The Bahamas industry. The event on the private island of year. "I'm hooked." Laura Valliant, 64, and the fest this year features a cultural that was advertised as the ultimate in Exuma was organized by rapper Ja Rule and about 30 other people meet for breakfast exchange area dedicated to Cuba that Aluxury imploded Friday just as it was tech entrepreneur Billy McFarland who at the same restaurant each year before will have music, foods and crafts from to begin, leaving hundreds of party-goers together launched Fyre Media in 2015. The the festival opens. "Once a year, you just the country. — AP displaced and angry. With tickets costing up tourism ministry, which had assisted with see people that you don't see the rest of to $12,000 and VIP packages that rose to advertising, said it did not organize the Fyre the year, and it's like a family reunion," $250,000, the Fyre Festival offered a week- Festival and that it was "extremely disap- said Valliant, who also goes to the festival end on a private island being entertained by pointed." "We offer a heartfelt apology to all every day it's open. Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns perform during top names in music while staying in luxuri- who traveled to our country for this event," it "There's the music and the food, but the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival at the Fair ous villas where guests would be wined and said in a statement. it's really about the people." But the Grounds in New Orleans. dined. But visitors said they were forced to "Hundreds of visitors to Exuma were met deal with subpar accommodation that with total disorganization and chaos," it included sleeping in "disaster relief tents" added, saying that ministry representative and being fed cheese sandwiches rather were helping visitors return home. Ja Rule than gourmet cuisine. told the local newspaper The Tribune that he The festival had promoted itself on and McFarland had pumped $20 million into Instagram with sensual images of famous the event, assuring that it was not a scam. models lying on the sand. But after finding "Heartbroken is an understatement," he wrote out that the promised "cultural moment cre- to the paper via WhatsApp. "God knows my ated from a blend of music, art and food" was heart and intentions were in the right place. not to be, some visitors also turned to social Now I just want everyone to get home safe media to vent fury. "This has been one of the and get refunded." most ridiculous things I have ever experienced and if you know me, that is saying a Seizing on festival boom whole lot," Twitter user DylanACOP wrote. "It A press release in December promised a is complete and total chaos. Everyone is run- "once-in-a-lifetime experience." "Think the ning around frantically looking for answers hottest artists, the most beautiful water in the and none of the staff can help. Even they are world, yachts, jet skis, and more than $1 mil- in the dark," he tweeted. lion of real treasure and jewels hidden on the Another Twitter user, William N. Finley IV, island," it said. The chaos had started to said he saw a man pass out in the airport become apparent Thursday, when one of the "because it's so hot since they locked us in." headlining acts, rockers Blink-182, said it was Harry Connick, Jr. performs during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Nas and The Soul Rebels perform during the New Orleans Jazz and The festival, which had been due to take not coming. "We're not confident that we Festival at the Fairgrounds. Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans. place over two weekends, abruptly would have what we need to give you the announced in an online statement Friday that quality of performances we always give our it was being "postponed" with no new date. fans," the band wrote. "Due to circumstances out of our control, the Other acts in the lineup were electronic physical infrastructure was not in place on favorites Major Lazer and rising hip-hop acts time and we are unable to fulfill on that vision Migos and Desiigner. New music festivals safely and enjoyably for our guests," it said. have been sprouting up at a fast pace in the The festival said it was offering charter United States, increasingly becoming a rite of flights back to Miami to festival-goers, whose passage for young people of sufficient means. packages included transportation. "We ask for McFarland also faced criticism over the social everyone's patience and cooperation during networking startup Magnises, which charges this difficult time as we work as quickly and users a $250 annual fee for discounted access safely as we can to remedy this unforeseeable to exclusive events. The news site Tech Insider situation," the statement said. Guests said reported in February that the startup was not they were asked to sign slips of paper to ask delivering the promised perks, with several for refunds. members reporting unwanted charges on their credit cards. — AFP Apology from government Some visitors blamed the government of the Bahamas, a country of more than 700 Jennie McColl and Bern Pagan, both from the DC area, dance during the Kristin Diable and the City perform during the New Orleans Jazz and islands and cays where tourism is the largest New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival at the Fairgrounds. Heritage Festival. lifestyle SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017

FEATURES Rap, a universal language, in service of endangered ones

ap has been called a universal lan- native hip-hop. Local rapper Tall Paul mixes guage-but it can also be a tool to pre- English with Anishinaabemowin. His track Rserve languages at risk. In small com- "Prayers in a Song" reflects on his struggles to munities around the world, indigenous peo- learn his ancestral tongue, one of the oldest ple have been embracing rap as a means of Native American languages, which he communication, giving new lifeblood to their employs in the chorus to ask for spiritual languages while reaching unexpected new strength. audiences. The artists' backgrounds and moti- "I feel regarding language and the obliga- vations are diverse-but one common thread tion of revitalizing something sacred / Failure is a realization of the power of hip-hop. to carry through is disgracing a nation," he raps in an English verse. Separately in the far north of Norway, Nils Rune Utsi, who goes by the stage-name SlinCraze, has found in rap a new form of storytelling in his Sami language. "A rap song has so many more lyrics than a regular song. Of course you can write a great song, but you have to compress it into the song and chorus. With rap, if you have the lyrics, you get to write much more and if you have a story, you can get very detailed," SlinCraze told AFP by Skype. Director Philippe Lioret, center, attends a panel discussion during Colcoa French Film Festival day 4 in Los Angeles, California. — AFP Growing up chubby, the 26-year-old said he was bullied and found an escape in hip- hop, especially the angry rhymes of Eminem. Born in the street culture of The Bronx in SlinCraze has since found a more political use the 1970s, hip-hop has since spread across of rap. His song "Suhtadit," or "Arguing," LA's French film fest debuts the world and become, stylistically at least, a shows the influence of Eminem with rapid- lingua franca embraced by many young peo- fire lyrics over ominous backing riffs. The ple. In Colombia's mountainous northern video is full of symbolism as a pastor preach- department of Antioquia, indigenous es to the crowd and a masked group takes teenage brothers Brayan and Dairon Tascon aim at reindeer, whose herding has historical- stunning Nazi escape tale first encountered rap several years ago when ly been a way of life for the Sami. "Yes, I am they spotted a street performance in the cen- Sami," SlinCraze raps. "They destroy our signs, tral square of the town of Valparaiso. step on our language, they do whatever they oseph Joffo's childhood came to an end at the were so strong together, they made it. Because relatively easy, as his own two boys are the same They found an energy and immediacy in want / Because they can." age of 10, when his father gave him and his they loved each other, they made it." age as the movie's young stars. rap, which they adapted to their own lan- Jbrother 5,000 francs each and instructions to guage of Embera, estimated to be spoken by Broadening an audience flee Paris and escape the Nazis. The boys were told Very scary Pressure fewer than 100,000 people in Colombia and SlinCraze said he wrote the song in out- they must never let anyone know they were Jews Although Jacques Doillon's 1975 version of The atmosphere was tense during parts of the Panama. In videos posted on YouTube, the rage after reading a newspaper account of a as they went on the run-by foot, train and ferry- Joffo's story is regarded as a masterpiece, Duguay filming, which took place just days after Islamists duo take the moves of early rappers, punch- girl whose jacket was set alight because she from Hitler's feared SS secret police in occupied and his partners felt the story had enough massacred 137 people in cafes, restaurants, a con- ing their hands forward as if to say "yo." But was Sami. With no more than 20,000 people France. Joffo's 1973 autobiographical novel "A Bag untapped potential to warrant a remake that cert hall, kosher supermarket and the Stade de instead of gold chains they are sporting the who speak his dialect of northern Sami, of Marbles" recounted their incredible journey, would follow the book more faithfully. Initially France in Paris. Bruel's children had been in the sta- colorful threaded necklaces and headbands SlinCraze acknowledged that he risked their capture and subsequent escape, and became unenthusiastic about the prospect of starring in dium just a few days before it was targeted by of the Embera people. limits in his audience. But he expressed a global phenomenon, made into a film and a another war movie after 2007's "A Secret," Bruel three suicide bombers from the Islamic State The songs, with hip-hop beats and occa- delight in drawing listeners to his music even graphic novel. was persuaded when he learned it would show the group. "Emotionally, everybody was very under sional traditional flute, show pride in the cul- if they cannot understand the lyrics. Initially Now a lavish remake by Canadian filmmaker Holocaust from children's point of view. pressure, so we didn't have to go very far into our ture-"We are speaking well, representing well, SlinCraze gave little thought to language Christian Duguay ("Boot Camp," "Joan of Arc") star- "We must never let people forget what hap- deep emotions to be in the situation," Bruel said. and showing the beauty," goes one lyric in preservation, but as he builds a fan base he ring French singing and screen legend Patrick Bruel pened, and we have to try to do our best to tell, Joffo, now 86, didn't initially intend to publish Embera. "Some people previously thought said he has made a more concerted effort to gets its North American premiere at the Colcoa fes- inform, show, talk, explain," he said. "Kids are a "A Bag of Marbles," wanting simply to "leave a testi- that rap was simply music about drugs and revitalize Sami words rather than borrowing tival of French Film in Los Angeles on Saturday. fantastic way to talk to kids. The identification of mony" to his children and to exorcize his own violence. But for us music is about how we from Norwegian and English. Opening in 1941 in occupied Paris, "A Bag of the two little boys can resonate in the minds of demons. A friend persuaded him to send it to pub- speak and how we live," Dairon Tascon said by At the same time, he is working on his first Marbles" introduces cinemagoers to Joseph kids of the same generation." The film's release lishers and, after more than a dozen rejections, a telephone. Dairon voiced pride that, through EP in Norwegian. He said that he and other (Dorian Le Clech) and Maurice (Batyste Fleurial) at comes with the rise of the far right in Europe and small publishing house agreed on an initial print YouTube, their videos have gained tens of artists have "basically lifted up the Sami cul- age 10 and 12 as they scramble home to the bar- the United States, and particularly the success of run of 30,000 copies. They sold in less than a month thousands of views and generated interest far ture" in Norway after decades in which the bershop run by their father, Roman (Bruel). Front National leader Marine Le Pen in the French and the book went on to sell 20 million copies. beyond Colombia. government tried aggressively to integrate Roman realizes that the boys' best chance to presidential election's first round last week, serv- Bruel remembers Joffo breaking down in tears indigenous people. "It's kind of stupid to say, escape the coming Nazi roundup is to leave the ing as a reminder of the perils of untrammeled after seeing the movie for the first time, turning to The politics of language but it's now more of a hipster thing. A lot of close-knit family and flee to their older brothers in populism. the star saying: "You went further than what an Native hip-hop has increasingly emerged kids are now not afraid to show they are the demilitarized "zone libre" on the French Riviera. "Ten days before the election, in France we are actor can do-you gave me back my father." "We had as a sub-genre in the United States and Sami-they are proud of it," he said. "So it's Always just one false move from tragedy, they sur- all very scared of seeing Marine Le Pen being presi- a lot of good times. He's a funny guy. He's a very Canada, with rappers-much like some of the very cool to see this development among the vive on every scrap of ingenuity and courage they dent because it's possible," Bruel said in a Q&A at light person," Bruel said of his meetings with Joffo." African American trailblazers of the musical younger people, and of course the elder peo- can muster as they try to make their money-the Colcoa just ahead of his interview with AFP. "The "He came on the set and we had lunch and we form-often taking up inequalities through ple who lost their language and are more equivalent of about $815 each-last and overcome extreme right goes all over Europe, everywhere. talked. He was happy that they cast me to be the their lyricism. Minneapolis and St. Paul, with interested in regaining their identity."—AFP extraordinary odds to elude the Nazis. "The most What is happening everywhere is very scary."Bruel, father."— AFP its vibrant music scene and indigenous her- important thing is how strong the brothers' rela- who has made ten studio albums and more than itage, has become one of the hotbeds of tionship was," Bruel, 57, told AFP. "Because they 50 films, found stepping into Roman Joffo's shoes Hijab Cosplay

Muslim cosplay enthusiasts Azlyna Zaina, left, and Raja Mohd Rusydi, dressed as ‘Power Rangers‘ cosplay characters, take part in the ‘Hijab Cosplay’ event in Subang Jaya, outside of Kuala Lumpur. — AFP photos

Azlyna Zaina, left, a young Muslim cosplayer dressed as a character from the "Power Rangers", looks on as participants pose for photographs.

Cosplay enthusiasts pose for the photographs during the ‘Hijab Cosplay’ event. lifestyle SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017

FEATURES DRCongo, home to a tenth of the world's languages

haven't once spoken my mother tongue Kilokele in the 62 years I've lived in Kinshasa. "INone of my nine children speak it," says Charles Tongohala. Tongohala's native tongue is one of 450 spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a sprawling nation of 71 million people whose lin- gos-almost all of them spoken, not written-account for nine percent of the world's 5,000 languages. He was a boy when he moved to DR Congo's capital from a northeastern village home to the Lokele fish- er people, who live along the banks of the giant This picture shows the All-Thidsa molam band performing on stage at the Wonderfruit This picture shows a festivalgoer looking inside the Molam Bus at the Wonderfruit music Congo river and speak Kilokele. music festival in Chonburi. festival in Chonburi. Now retired, Tongohala worked for Congo's river transport company. Daniel Mukebayi, another Kinshasa resident, speaks Tshiluba, the language of the Luba people of central DR Congo, mainly the Kasai region. Mukebayi and his wife taught their 10 children Tshiluba, and he recalls that in 1974 his son Michel spoke it perfectly though he was only four. "But now that he's married and has his own family he never speaks his own language and his children only know how to speak French and Lingala," the language commonly spoken in Kinshasa, a teeming city of 10 million. When the former Belgian colony became independent in 1960, authorities chose French as the This picture shows a singer from the All-Thidsa molam official language, though even today not all of the band performing on stage at the Wonderfruit music festi- population understands it. Later on, during an offi- val in Chonburi. — AFP photos cial "return to authenticity", the authorities promoted the use of four "national" languages for primary schooling-Lingala (a language used by the army and in Kinshasa and the northwest), Kikongo (west), Tshiluba (centre) and Swahili (east). Those languages are also used in regional courts and cohabit with French in some media. But Lingala and Swahili, which are also spoken in neighboring countries, are far more widely used today than the other two. In 2000 French linguist Claude Hagege warned in a book that pushing regional languages, such as Swahili, over lesser- known tongues could wind up killing minor indige- neous languages. Take the wife of Mukebayi's son This picture shows Nattapon Siangsukon, a Thai DJ better This picture shows festival goers dancing to the All-Thidsa molam band performing on stage at the Wonderfuit music Michel, Cocotte Kolo. She was also born a Luba but known by his stage name Maft Sai, speaking during an festival in Chonburi. can't speak Tshiluba; she is fluent in Swahili, interview before a practice session in Bangkok. Kinyarwanda (spoken in Rwanda and eastern DR Congo), Lingala and French. "Sometimes I'm ashamed, sometimes I'm afraid because I feel as if I've lost my markers," she says.

The rich stick to French Farm-to-festival: Thai folk music strikes a global chord While some people like her speak several local languages, the upwardly mobile will often teach ipsters in flowing skirts and crop tops sway to the Thai delic rock and funk played by American soldiers deployed in Maft Sai told AFP as the band members trickled into their their children only French-or French and English. band's hypnotic groove at an exclusive music festival in the region. Bangkok studio space for a rehearsal. "It is quite honest music, and The death of a language "is due to the rural exodus HThailand, while a clutch of cleaning staff quietly look people can feel that." The group's new record, 'Planet Lam', has and the demographic, economic and cultural on from the fringes. "I had no idea foreigners like molam," says 60s revival woven more modern layers into the traditional sounds, playing weight" of its speakers, said linguist Kadima Nzuji of 55-year-old Saengyan Promduang, referring to the folk tunes Molam's rising global profile today has much to do with two with dub and electronica elements. Experimentation has also held Brazzaville's Marien Ngouabi university. unique to her rural home region that are captivating the well- vinyl-obsessed DJs who started digging up 60s-era Thai folk the key to success for Rasmee Wayrana, an Isaan native who has So while there are relatively few speakers of heeled crowd outside Bangkok. Alternately sunny and haunt- records a decade ago and spinning the vintage beats in Bangkok. melded sultry molam vocals with a jazzy back-up band and is Kinande and Kitetela, both have a good chance of ing, the molam sound was once sneered at by wealthy Thais "Most of the people I met in Bangkok during that time would ask building a growing fanbase at home and abroad. survival because they are spoken by a dynamic trad- as 'poor people music' from the rice-farming northeast, a me, 'why do you play and collect molam records? It's poor people For Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band, another molam group on ing community, he said. region with closer cultural links to Laos. music, it's music for taxi drivers'," recalled Nattapon Siangsukon, a the European festival circuit, fame came through a very 21st cen- Kambayi Bwatshia, who lectures in history at But fresh takes on the centuries-old musical tradition have Thai DJ better known by his stage name Maft Sai. But the Isaan tury stroke of fortune. The motley crew of musicians were used to Kinshasa's UPN university, said "old people speak in started winning over Bangkok's hipster elite and are making club nights started pulling crowds, inspiring Maft Sai and fellow playing rural wedding gigs in northern Thailand. But they were the language of the village to survive" while young waves in the world music scene. It is a stark turnaround from DJ Chris Menist to invite a colourful collection of molam veterans- propelled to international fame after an American producer stum- people, "especially in big urban centers, adapt to decades of cultural condescension towards the region known some on the brink of retirement-to the capital for live shows. bled across clips of their raucous village parties on YouTube. their environment." Hailing the work of the Christian as Isaan-home to rice farmers and the millions of migrants In 2012 they minted the Paradise Bangkok Molam Entranced by the electric phin riffs booming out of their home- missionaries who chronicled local languages from who fill Bangkok's working class. Like many from their region, International Band, a six-piece ensemble that has five European made PA system, he flew out to Thailand to track the group down the 19th century on, both academics said the docu- the cleaners left their fields for better pay working for affluent tours under its belt, including stops at the UK's hallowed and record their first album in 2014. ments they penned would soon be all that Thais and ex-pats in the capital. In February their work took Glastonbury festival. The group has dropped molam's trademark The band has been busy since releasing a second record with remained of dying minority tongues. them to 'Wonderfruit', an upscale art and music festival held in vocals but captures its mesmeric feel with two Isaan legends driv- the US label, touring Europe twice and keeping day jobs as rice Years of war and poverty too have contributed to a field several hours south of Bangkok. ing foot-tapping grooves on the kaen and phin, a pear-shaped farmers, students, janitors and factory workers when back home. the disappearance of some of Congo's least spoken "I'm not surprised they like molam, but I am proud," said lute native to the northeast. The band still draws bigger crowds While some traditionalists lament modern molam's departure languages-the backdrop to John le Carre's 2006 spy Komkang Thaptham, 43, letting her garbage bag rest on the abroad than on home soil. But Thais are increasingly catching on, from its acoustic roots, others see its evolution as the next chapter novel "The Mission Song", which centers on an inter- ground as she watched homegrown rockers from All-Thidsa with Bangkok hipsters giving the two molam masters Kammao in an art form that has always been about change. "It refreshes preter of the country's dying tongues. "When you band put on a show for a mix of urban Thais, tourists and Perdtanon and Sawai Kaewsombat -- who are twice the age of itself all the time," said Arthit Mulsarn, the curator of a roving could travel home to the village on the boats I'd be expats. In its simplest form molam features witty-and often the youngest band member-a rock star welcome when they exhibit, known as the 'Molam Bus Project', that chronicles the his- able to speal Kilokele with people from my genera- bawdy-lyrics about rural life warbled over the rhythmic strode onto the stage at a recent show. tory of the genre. "I don't think molam is better or worse now, I tion," said Tongohala. But that was more than a swells of the kaen, a bamboo reed organ played by mouth. think it just changes as time changes." — AFP quarter-century ago. — AFP But the genre has changed its tune with the times, going 21st century twist electric in the 1960s and filtering in the sounds of psyche- "At the end of the day when music is good it speaks for itself,"

This picture shows people walking along a wall filled with graffiti near a railway station This picture shows Danny Daos, a graffiti writer, drawing This picture shows An, a graffiti artist and vendor of spray cans, posing in front of a in downtown Hanoi. — AFP photos at his shop in Ho Chi Minh City. portrait of US rapper Ice Cube at his home workshop in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Congolese plantation sprouts art centre to help the poor

here is no tap water, electricity or shops in Lusanga, a Congolese town once known as Leverville where the TDutch-British conglomerate Unilever long ran a profitable palm oil plantation. But the 15,000 onetime workers living on the land recently found new hope in a stark contempo- rary art centre called the "White Cube" which stands some- what strangely on the African skyline. Funded in part by chocolate sculptures and aimed at redressing the wrongs of the colonial past, the project seeks to promote local art and crafts while helping breathe new life into sustainable farming. The town in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo was built after British soap-makers William and James Lever bought a huge plantation in 1911 in what was then known as the Belgian Congo. It had been acquired by the Belgian state from King Leopold, who had been the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State. He made a massive personal fortune from ivory and rubber and is blamed for causing millions of deaths in the process. After acquiring a string of soap firms, the Levers eventually turned their company into a global conglomerate which two Rezon Martens, the artistic director of the Dutch Institute for Human People attend the inauguration of the 'White Cube' gallery in the town of Lusanga. decades later became Unilever. By 1930 it employed a quarter Activities (IHA), attends the inauguration of the 'White Cube' gallery in the of a million people and was the largest company in Britain. town of Lusanga on a former plantation of the English-Dutch company But in the early 1990s, the corporation closed down its Unilever in the Democratic Republic of Congo. — AFP photos Congolese plantation and soap-making facilities. used as a gallery for local artists. Its backers say it is a symbol local Congolese Plantation Workers Art League. To fund the ture to open a small store, believes the art work will be more Art's turn to help of the museums built in the West in the 20th century thanks gallery, local artworks made of clay were scanned and repro- profitable than the trees. But there are those who remain Now in Lusanga the art centre "will help us turn our backs to the huge profits made from exploiting natural resources in duced in Europe and North America in chocolate. Their sales skeptical. Congolese artist Witshois Mwilambwe Bondo, for on misery," said Maman Aimee, wife of a former plantation the African colonies. raised around $60,000 (55,000 euros). instance, said the presence of Martens at the inauguration worker. Yet this month there were no hotels or inns available "Plantation workers have helped the art world. Now it's up The funds have been set aside to start a new plantation of highlighted the persistance of "a slightly colonial relation- for the guests who travelled 570 kilometers from the to the art world to help the plantation," said Dutch artist thousands of palm oil trees, cocoa trees, avocados and more. ship." "To get things done we have to have a white man Congolese capital, Kinshasa, for the April 22 opening of the Renzo Martens. He is one of those behind the Lusanga Some will also be used to fund art projects and to fight here," he said. — AFP centre. They had to sleep with the locals or put up tents. The International Research Centre for Art and Economic Inequality deforestation. Local resident and upcoming artist Lisette six-meter high centre itself, which still lacks a roof, is to be (LIRCAEI) which launched the scheme in partnership with the Mbuku, who plans to use the cash from the sale of a sculp-

Dancers perform during the inauguration of the 'White Cube' gallery in the town of Lusanga. Artists perform during the inauguration of the 'White Cube' gallery in the town of Lusanga.