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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 SAFAR 24, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Amir meets S Carolina gov, Israeli firm India to be Egypt’s Sisi Trump critic can steal site of NBA’s in Equatorial Haley picked phone data elite training Guinea2 for13 UN job in27 seconds academy18 Amir urges more investments, Max 21º ‘real’ partnership with Africa Min 12º High Tide 07:33 & 20:57 Morocco quits Africa-Arab summit over presence of Polisario Low Tide 01:59 & 14:22 40 PAGES NO: 17060 150 FILS MALABO, Equatorial Guinea: HH the Amir Sheikh conspiracy theories Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday delivered a speech at the fourth Africa-Arab Summit held in Equatorial Guinea, calling on all nations to push for a “real” partnership with Africa. “I would like to thank Come Saturday President Teodoro Obiang and the nation of Equatorial Guinea for this generous invitation. This blessed meeting comes three years after the third edition of the summit held in Kuwait under the slogan ‘Partners in Development’,” Sheikh Sabah said. Kuwait made a solemn effort to boost ties amongst By Badrya Darwish African and Arab nations in the previous event, said HH the Amir, adding that leaders, during the meeting, focused on achieving sustainable development through utilizing their countries’ natural resources to achieve the aspirations of African and Arab individuals. Sheikh Sabah [email protected] stressed that those who took part in Kuwait’s summit translated words into actions via the establishment of a $1 billion fund initiative aimed at providing financing to wo days more for the nation to decide. It’s a investment projects in Africa. tough choice for many. Talking to many of The Amir affirmed that Kuwait’s current contribution my friends and neighbors, I feel that they to the summit came in the form of the Al-Sumait 2015- T 16 prize for Africa’s development, which is a clear testa- aren’t too interested in these elections - as if the ment to the Gulf nation’s keenness on the welfare of the nation has lost its faith in the parliament. Which region. Kuwait, in cooperation with regional and interna- is, by the way, a shame, because a few candidates tional bodies and organizations, took strong strides to could be sincere and honest and defend the further develop Africa, stressed HH the Amir, who added nation. But people always point to previous par- that Africa was an important part of the world economy. liaments with anger and dismay. “At the same time, we are very aware that achieving Even I feel the elections don’t have any enthu- development goals in Africa will not happen without siasm. Everyone is sort of going through the attracting foreign investments,” he reiterated, urging all motions. None of us truly believes that this parlia- nations to push for a “real” partnership with the conti- ment will be better than the previous or the pre- nent. The Amir touched on the political, security, and economic challenges that surrounds the African and vious or the previous one, etc, etc, etc. MALABO: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah addresses the 4th Africa-Arab Summit Arab regions, saying that the delicate situation in the Continued on Page 13 yesterday. — KUNA Continued on Page 13 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 LOCAL

MALABO: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other officials pose with winners of Al-Sumait Prize for Africa His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah awards Dr Kevin Development.— Amiri Diwan photos March of the Kenya-based African Academy for Sciences and Oxford University. Amir decorates winners of Al-Sumait Prize Award honors efforts for Africa development MALABO: His Highness the Amir Sheikh ground-breaking applied research and field Africa, the continent to which Dr Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yester- work to tackle and overcome the scourges Abdulrahman Al Sumait dedicated his work- day decorated winners of Al-Sumait Prize of two major impediments to development ing life; it is also the continent which I have for Africa Development in recognition of in Africa, malaria and under-nourishment,” called home for most of my adult life,” he their roles in improving health and food he added. elaborated. “Secondly because it is a bold security of African nations. Shihab-Eldin, also Director General initiative which turns our eyes away from In the presence of Equatorial Guinea Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of what we might call the traditional sources President Teodoro Mbasogo, Arab League Sciences (KFAS), extended heartfelt congrat- of support for research and development in Secretary General Ahmad Abul Gheit, ulations to the laureates who tried through Africa.” He concluded that these prizes will African Union Commission Chairperson Dr their initiatives and work to create brighter act as a stimulus and inspiration to Nkosazana Zuma and a plethora of African future for Africa. researchers across the continent. and Arab dignitaries, His Highness the Amir “Their award winning seminal works pro- Laureate Dr Barbara Wells of the Sweet honored the winners of the annual Kuwaiti vide a brighter future for the lives and well- Potato Team expressed gratitude for prize for Africa development. being of tens of millions in Africa, especially Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Dr Kevin March of the Kenya-based children,” he said. He also thanked His Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- African Academy for Sciences and Oxford Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Sabah, KFAS, and Al-Sumait Prize Board for University received Sumait Prize of 2015, $1 Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for launching the prize in this great honor. “This award is a recognition million dedicated for health, for his relent- the 3rd Arab-African Sumait that was held of the ground breaking orange flesh sweet less work to improve children’s lives in the in Kuwait in November 2013. potato work that CIP’s scientists have done,” African continent. “I must above all thank His Highness the she said. She noted that the team together The 2016 prize, also $1 million and dedi- Amir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al-Jaber Al with its partners have impacted 2.8 million cated for food security, was shared by the Sabah for his initiative to launch the Prize, households in 10 countries across Sub- Peru-based CIP’s Sweet Potato for Nutrition which is part of his continued leadership of Saharan Africa. “With the generosity of this Team and the International Institute for worldwide Humanitarian initiatives for most prestigious award, we will accelerate Tropical Agriculture (IITA), based in Nigeria. which he has been recognized by the UN.” our delivery of impact to scale, reaching His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah awards Dr Barbara Wells Dr Barbara Wells, of the Sweet Potato for millions more households than would oth- of the Sweet Potato for Nutrition Team. Nutrition Team, and Dr Namanga Ngongi of Enormous honor erwise have been possible. Our goal is to the IITA received the awards on behalf of Meanwhile, Dr Marsh expressed his impact 15MM households by 2023,” she Food Crops,” he said. “These crops, especially Al-Sumait Prize honors individuals or their organizations. pleasure to be among the first winners of said. Cassava, bananas, plantains, yams, maize, institutions that help advance economic and Al-Sumait Prize. “It is an enormous honor soybean and cowpeas, that are at the core social development, human resources devel- Monumental achievements and privilege to be here today to receive the Food security of the food basket of millions of Africans opment and infrastructure in Africa through “We are delighted to recognize tonight Al Sumait prize,” he said. Meanwhile, Dr Namanga Ngongi stated had previously been neglected for many their sustained research and or innovative the monumental achievements of the recip- Dr March, who would receive the $1 mil- that his institution the IITA, for almost 50 decades in the research agendas of many projects that result in major impact on the ients of the awards,” Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin, lion prize, won the award for his sustained years, has partnered with African institutions.” lives and welfare of the people of Africa Governor of Al-Sumait Prize Board of efforts for around three decades in scientific Governments, the international develop- He added that “IITA pledges to make especially the poor and underprivileged. The Trustees, said at the ceremony held the research, training and building of institu- ment partners to strengthen the food secu- good use of the prize money to further prize was announced by His Highness the Equatorial Guinea’s capital on the sidelines tions with the objective of controlling and rity in Africa. “IITA is therefore happy to have strengthen its partnership with African Amir during the 3rd Arab-African Sumait of the 4th Afro-Arab Sumait. eradicating Malaria. been recognized for its efforts to support research and extension institutions in the that was held in Kuwait in 2013 in apprecia- “Together, the three winners have under- “This prize is especially exciting for a food security on the continent through its common effort towards achieving food and tion of Al-Sumait’s humanitarian legacy in taken, with unwavering commitment, number of reasons; first because it is about many years of research on Africa’s Staple nutrition security on the continent”. the African continent. —KUNA

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah awards Dr Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Mbasogo welcomes His Highness the Amir Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Governor of Al-Sumait Prize Namanga Ngongi of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to the venue. Board of Trustees delivers his speech.

MALABO: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with heads of the GCC delegations participating at the fourth Africa- with Egyptian President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi. Arab Summit.— Amiri Diwan photos Amir meets Egyptian president On sidelines of fourth Africa-Arab Summit

MALABO: His Highness the Amir Sheikh accompanying delegation of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, Anas Al-Saleh and Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received the Amir. His Highness the Amir also members of His Highness the Amir’s accom- yesterday Egyptian President Abdelfatah Al- received at his residence in Malabo President panying delegation attended the meeting. Sisi at the conferences’ palace in the of Chad and current Chairman of the African On Tuesday, His highness the Amir met with Equatorial Guiana’s capital. The meeting was Union (AU) Idriss Deby, as well as President Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang attended by Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Mauritania’s President Mohammad Ould Nguema Mbasogo, in the Conferences Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Abdulaziz. Palace. He also attended a dinner banquet Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and Deputy Earlier yesterday, His Highness the Amir held by President Mbasogo, in honor of Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Acting received heads of the GCC delegations par- heads of state and government attending His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with President Oil Minister Anas Al-Saleh as well as the ticipating at the fourth Africa-Arab Summit. the 4th Arab-African Summit. — KUNA of Chad Idriss Deby (left) and Mauritania’s President Mohammad Ould Abdulaziz. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 LOCAL

Candidates Speak Waste of public spending, corruption key challenges Interview with candidate Alia Al-Khalid

By Nawara Fattahova On the Economy and give their opinion,” she noted. pointed out. “We need open minds that under- “For instance everybody wants to “Wasting of public funds is clear in KUWAIT: Kuwait Times is interviewing stand these problems and discuss them apply the electronic procedure of paper- many fields including the wrong man- candidates for the upcoming parliamen- with the people,” Khalid said when work, as this will eliminate corruption in agement, the grants, road projects, air- tary polls as part of a series examining asked about her views of the challenges many public institutions. Government is port project or the embezzlements of the challenges and problems facing facing the economy of Kuwait and obliged to apply this part of the eco- social security,” she said. So we should Kuwait. Yesterday we spoke with second recent changes in subsidies. “We suffer nomic reforms program. The govern- bring connection between the two par- constituency candidate, Alia Al-Khalid. from lack of transparency, which we ment has great waste and we aim to ties to have a unified opinion. People Khalid believes that Kuwait can be need to solve the issues. We should be rationalize spending. Public tenders are should know the articles of the econom- better, and this only can be done united to understand the economic one of the spending wastes of govern- ic reforms paper as we are a partner in through the Kuwaitis and particularly reforms to decide whether we accept it ment,” explained Khalid. the future public projects with 40 per- the youth. This is a driving point of her as it is, we modify it, or we refuse it. and cent. The paper also includes improving campaign. if we refuse it, we should look for alter- Waste and corruption the work environment and providing “The youth want reforms and change. natives,” she added. According to her the government work opportunities to increase produc- KUWAIT: Second constituency candi- So I want to apply the reforms and According to her, Kuwait has numer- didn’t start working on the economic tion. If people were aware of all of this date Alia Al-Khalid speaks during a changes in practical life. My vision is ous laws, and these laws are not active. “I reform yet, and the canceling of subsi- then they will be ready to bear the can- rally at her campaign’s headquarters based on people. I will focus on individu- don’t want to add more laws, as the dies is not an economic reform. “There is celation of subsidies,” highlighted Khalid. in Abdullah Al-Salem. als to make them have clear vision and achievement is not in issuing laws but in conflict in this issue, for instance. The She sees the main reason behind the — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat understand the benefits from these activating laws already in existence and government considers subsidies as problems facing Kuwait is the wrong issues. People’s strength comes from their applying them. Economic reforms may waste in spending, while the citizen administration. “The wrong administra- their work in the correct way. We need to understanding and awareness. We don’t be acceptable or need few amendments doesn’t think this is waste. We need to tion is responsible for most corruption. activate controlling role of the parlia- have political awareness in the communi- thus I can’t decide on behalf of the peo- connect the two parties so we then can The bad management by government ment and not just the legislation,” she ty,” Khalid told the Kuwait Times. ple. They should be aware of this issue issue a law for the whole entity,” she didn’t allow productive persons to do concluded.

Diwaniya remains integral Senior citizens to have a say in elections component of campaigns KUWAIT: With every parliamentary elections “Sure there were interests and fierce com- opposed to nowadays, where social media in Kuwait, the majority of citizens discuss poli- petition among candidates to win a seat in outlets are the key means to reach out to vot- KUWAIT: Despite major technological sages across to voters. cies, candidates characters and preferences parliament, yet, and again probably due to ers to the point that “You dont even know the advancements, particularly, the meteoric Abdulrahman Al-Kandari, one of many most often, and seniors are no exception. The limited media means such as TV ads and social names of MPs.” growth of social media, the ‘Diwaniya’ voters who will cast their votes on role of seniors in every election is vital; their media, these conflicts and charged rhetoric He added that the current elections are has remained an integral component of November 26, described the Diwaniya as collective participation holds power, and were not felt as compared to current days.” being held amid “difficult” security and eco- candidates’ election campaigns, provid- a distinctive feature of Kuwait and the retired people are especially vulnerable to any On whether he would be physically able to nomic circumstances in the region, hoping ing these parliamentary hopefuls a Gulf region. On the Diwaniyas, he said changes in policy made by elected officials, as vote next Saturday, November 26, Doukhi that the next parliament would rise up to the chance to mingle with the electorate. that people from all walks of life gather social security is probably the most important gazed ineffably in the ceiling for a moment occasion and be responsible enough to deal With three days remaining till there to share their viewpoints on issues concern that matters to this segment of and replied, “hopefully I would; it is a national with these challenges. Kuwaitis head to the polls, ‘Diwaniyas’ of mutual concern, adding that candi- Kuwaitis. duty” and my right after all as a Kuwaiti. Fatmah Hassan, 85, said that despite the have hosted a series of heated discus- dates actually make it a point to visit In an overall historical comparison between “Most, if not all candidates in my con- fact that she never went to vote, she urges sions between voters and candidates, these Diwaniyas in an effort to woo vot- elections some half a century ago and nowa- stituency already offered and promised to ‘younger’ senior citizens to head to the polling where they exchange their vantage ers who may be on the fence about who days, Hussein Al-Doukhi, 78, said that despite secure transportation (private car with a driver stations next Saturday, especially women. “I do points on a myriad of regional and inter- to vote for. He also noted that Diwaniyas the lengthy timeline, some aspects of the elec- and a wheelchair) for me to the school polling not know, nor I am interested in politics, but I national issues. are also frequented by foreign diplomats toral process remained the same, and if it has center and back. He smiled while reminiscing do realize that I have a right as a Kuwaiti to In separate interviews yesterday, a looking to get acquainted with local cul- changed, it did slightly. and said “see, they did not have these kind of vote, and even run for parliament. I have an number of voters pointed out that the ture. Meanwhile, another voter, Doukhi, a retired employee of the ministry services in the past for example. Not that I elementary degree and I can read and write in growth of social media has induced a Mohammad Al-Daihani said that of information, said at his Diwaniyah in recall anyway. Arabic, and some English too,” she exclaimed major transformation of the electoral Diwaniyas are instrumental in boosting Shamiya that due to the small population in “I voted in 2013, 2012, 2009, 2008 and 2006, with joy. process in the country, where the seam- electoral knowledge, describing them as Kuwaits 1963 and 1967, the peoples and inshallah this year.” According to 2011 offi- Women were granted the right to vote and less flow of information has been facili- major social institutions. On the rise of “demands” of candidates were few and simple, cial statistics, 65-year-old and over of Kuwaitis run for parliament in May 2005. The bill, which tated through these websites. Moreover, social media, he said it is a “double- “as simple as the time back then.” He noted represent two percent of the total population passed in parliament with 40 votes for and 10 they added that despite an increasingly edged sword,” noting that unfounded that even hospitality services provided to (25,443 males and 25,979 females). against, allowed women to vote and run in technologically advanced world, the rumors can spread on these websites, potential voters were coffee and tea, and Mifleh Al-Shimmari, another senior citizen, parliamentary and local elections. Four years ‘Diwaniya’ has always been a reliable subsequently diminishing a candidate’s maybe an occasional dinner held at the candi- said candidates in the past totally relied on later, in May 2009, four female candidates won method for candidates to get their mes- chances of success. —KUNA dates headquarters or Diwaniyah. “direct” interaction with constituents, as parliamentary seats.—KUNA LOCAL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Kuwaiti businesswoman to Opposition candidates vow buy shares in Saudi club to grill interior minister By A Saleh KUWAIT: Kuwaiti businesswoman and honorary member of the Saudi Al-Nasser club Khawla Al- Hasawi that she wants to buy shares in the club fol- Campaigns end today l Candidate wants no Govt healthcare for expats lowing the decision to privatize Saudi clubs. She said she needs some time to finalize an investment By B Izzak Trading accusations The opposition has started a cam- stop providing healthcare for expatriates method that conforms to the rules issued by the In the meantime, the election campaign paign against the election of Ghanem as at public hospitals and replace it with a Public Authority for Sports. The Saudi cabinet KUWAIT: Candidates running for the nation- became very intense in the past few days a speaker for the next assembly and sev- health insurance scheme. The candidate recently approved the privatization of sports clubs al assembly election on Saturday will make with opposition hopefuls and pro-govern- eral candidates have already pledged to said that every expatriate in Kuwait costs in the kingdom. The head of the Saudi Public Sports their final election rallies today ahead of the ment candidates trading accusations of vote against him. The opposition has also the health system KD 562 per year and Authority Prince Abdullah bin Musaed has said only polls silence the following day. So far, 287 corruption and conspiracies. Opposition strongly criticized Interior Minister they pay only KD 52 to the government. Saudis can buy into the clubs. hopefuls including 13 women are left in the candidates focused their attention on Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah Dabbous did not say how he reached race while the cassation court is still review- members of the previous assembly and its and two leading opposition candidates these calculations because they appear Prosperity Index ing the cases of 21 candidates who have speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanem and urged and former MPs Mubarak Al-Waalan and to be highly exaggerated. Based on his Kuwait ranked 71st and 5th among Arab coun- been disqualified by the election committee the voters not to allow any of the previous Salem Al-Namlan already vowed that calculations, the cost of the healthcare and the cassation court prevented their re- assembly members to come back. they will grill him if they get elected. for expats will be close to KD 1.8 billion tries on the Legatum Prosperity Index Ranking instatement until it issues its verdicts. They accused them of being a rubber Waalan accused the interior minister of per year which is far above the health 2016, which covered 149 countries. The indices The court, whose rulings are final, met for stamp for the government which passed a revoking the citizenships of several ministry budget even without including covered included quality of economy, business several hours yesterday and decided that it large number of legislation without any opposition figures and their families and the expenses of Kuwaiti citizens. environment, governance, education, health, sta- will issue its verdicts on all the cases today. resistance. Ghanem hit back at an election for deporting Saad Al-Ajmi after stripping A number of candidates have called bility, personal freedom, social capital, and nature Those barred include former MPs Safa Al- rally on Tuesday saying he was the target of him of his nationality. for depriving expatriates of several serv- environment. Qatar is ranked second among Arab Hashem and Bader Al-Dahoum. Originally, a gang that has been plotting to take over ices and stop giving them government countries and 46 internationally, ahead of Bahrain the election committee disqualified 47 can- the government accusing two senior mem- Expats’ treatment jobs or reduce their numbers in the coun- (67), Oman (70), Saudi Arabia (85) and Yemen didates and only cases reached the court of bers of the ruling family of masterminding In the meantime, candidate Sami Al- try as a means of winning more votes in (149). cassation. the gang. Dabbous called on the government to the election. Interior Ministry eager to ensure election security Ministry denies ‘special forces’ claim

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) will Baseless allegations spare no effort to ensure that all proce- The Ministry of Interior on Tuesday dures will be in place to hold smooth and denied online reports claiming special orderly 2016 parliamentary elections, the forces were stationed near the campaign MoI’s Undersecretary Sulaiman Al-Fahad headquarters a 2016 parliament hopeful in said yesterday. the fourth constituency. “Utterly not true,” The MoI’s Undersecretary presided over said a ministry statement on the matter, a security meeting with the aim of forging calling on social media followers not to be a foolproof plan to maintain security and influenced by such “baseless” allegations. order at polling stations nationwide during The statement also urged the public to election day, a statement issued by the refrain from incitement that would reflect a ministry noted. distorted image of security personnel. It On the plan, he said it comprises securi- added that the ministry is reserving its right ty measures to ensure a seamless election of taking legal action against whoever is process, as he underscored that any unlaw- behind spreading these rumors. ful actions will be dealt with using the full force of law. Fahad also added that the Illegal posters electorate should exercise their democratic In other news, the Public Relations rights through casting their votes, with Department in Kuwait Municipality special care given to the elderly and those announced yesterday that it would remove with disabilities. all illegal posters and signs of candidates in Fahad also reminded voters to have all implementation of the law in this regard. necessary documents ready at the polling Director of Farwaniya Municipality KUWAIT: Minister of Electricity and Water and Acting Public Works Minister Ahmad Al-Jassar (center) and other officials are seen station, including their citizenship certifi- Mohammed Sarkhou stressed the need to cate. He also said that he is hopeful that the work on removing any illegal posters or bill- during the road’s inauguration ceremony. —Photos by Joseph Shagra elections will epitomize genuine democrat- boards that distort the general appearance ic activity, subsequently depicting a favor- of the governorate, pointing out that legal able image of the country. posters and billboards are only allowed at Jahra road mainline opens Meanwhile, Director of nationality and the candidate’s headquarters. travel documents department Brigadier Meanwhile, head of the emergency team in Yousuf Al-Saneen said citizens who have Farwaniya Municipality Khaled Al-Radaan said By Faten Omar During her speech, Awatef Al- the Amir to transform Kuwait into also develop a thoughtful and lost their nationality certificates should that the concerned field teams had carried out Ghunaim, Undersecretary of the a global economic attraction and integrated plans for implementa- apply for a duplicate, so they can vote. He several cleaning campaigns against illegal KUWAIT: Ahmad Khaled Al-Jassar, Ministry of Public Works, said that commercial center. Stressing that tion of the road network fast, asked all citizens eligible to vote to check posters, adding that some 548 illegal signs Minister of Electricity and Water, the ministry is working hard to the Ministry of Public Works will including bridges and tunnels their original nationality certificates and have been removed. He urged candidates to Acting Minister of Public Works and achieve the vision of His Highness not stop at this point, but it will across the country. Eng Ahmed Al- take action if they are missing. adhere to the law in this respect. —KUNA Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, inaugu- Hasan, Assistant Undersecretary rated the Jahra road mainline yes- for Road Engineering in the terday. This section stretched for Ministry of Public Works, five kilometers, starting from the announced that Jamal Abdel Sabah hospitals area to Kaifan and Nasser road will be open partly Shuwaikh residential area. during the next two weeks. “This opening represents huge The opening ceremony was successes in the ministry’s strategic held at JW Marriott Hotel, which plan for the development of the was attended by a number of rep- road networks in Kuwait,” Al-Jassar resentatives of the Ministry of said during the press conference at Public Works, in addition to the the inauguration. He added that Ambassador of Egypt Yasser the opening of Jahra Bridge, which Abdel Qader, and a group of rep- has a total length of eight kilome- resentatives of government and ters, will improve the traffic from private agencies that have con- Jahra to Kuwait City, starting from tributed in this project. At the end Andalus and Granada areas to the of the ceremony, the Egyptian United Nations roundabout. He ambassador honored guests, and pointed out that the other direc- thanked all those who con- tion is to Jahra, and it will be A section of the new Jahra road mainline which was opened tributed to the completion of the opened tomorrow. yesterday. development of Jahra. KUWAIT: Undersecretary Sulaiman Al-Fahad chairs a meeting for senior Four Homes joins Horeca Multipurpose hall Interior Ministry officials yesterday. closed in Andalus Live webcasting to herald elections KUWAIT: Preparations for the agreements between companies. Horeca Kuwait 2017 exhibition are He said Four Homes is a UAE com- By Meshaal Al-Enezi KUWAIT: The Ministry of Information has On these live webcasts, he said it allows steadily progressing, and the event pany based in Dubai, and it mar- revamped live webcasting to allow view- viewers of Kuwait television to watch the kets and distributes several trade- is attracting more companies to KUWAIT: Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry ers access to all local state channels as channel on the internet so that they would take part, since it is an event which marks of European companies that of Social Affairs and Labor (MSAL) Saad Al- well as the 2016 parliamentary elections not miss out on major events, including the provides a golden opportunity to manufacture kitchen and food through the ministry’s official website, impending 2016 parliamentary elections. Kharaz said a multipurpose hall was closed in exchange expertise to meet the equipment. www.media.gov.kw. He also pointed out that Kuwait TV will local market’s needs and future Horeca Kuwait 2017 has so far Andalus, bringing the number of halls closed to The ministry’s spokesman and provide up to the minute coverage of the expansion plans. attracted over 70 companies due 75 since administrative law 1291/2015 went Undersecretary of the planning and cogni- elections as it transpires, noting that the On that regard, Director of Four to display their products in the into effect. The closure was due to several viola- tive development department Mohammad ministry has launched its own channel on Homes Company Alan Eid said presence of a group of internation- tions from 2011 until 2015, and officials of the Al-Awash said the ministry seeks to embrace YouTube as well as other social media out- Horeca gained good reputation that al experts and chefs and a large Alan Eid hall were summoned. He said the hall was the latest forms of digital media. Moreover, lets. Awash noted that the ministry has goes beyond the Kuwaiti market group of company and hotel own- inspected on Oct 23 and was found in violation he said the ministry has developed live web- overhauled the aforementioned website in due to its rich environment to develop the hos- ers. The exhibition is organized by Leaders of the law, which stipulates a hall can be closed casts on smart phones and encourages order to ensure extensive coverage of the pitality sector and enhance services presented Group in collaboration with Hospitality Services if it is used as a commercial entity or to get users to update their phones with the prop- elections, where viewers will get exclusive, to customers, in addition to providing suitable Company at Kuwait International Fairgrounds in financial returns directly or indirectly. er applications in order to get access. round-the clock coverage. —KUNA atmosphere to form partnerships and make Mishref on January 16-18, 2017.

Drug dealers caught

Global Informatics Forum continues By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: Activities of the Global Informatics Forum 2016 continued being held under the patronage of His Highness the Amir Sheikh KUWAIT: Farwaniya detectives arrested two Indians with 170 envelopes of heroin (320 for the second day with the participation of varies groups and people Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, that large number of new innova- gm) and 60 envelopes of shabu (150 gm). The two were arrested red-handed as they sold with interest from ministries and other state authorities, as well as uni- tions were presented by participants from various countries in addi- the drugs to an undercover agent. They were sent to the Drug Control General versity and school students. It was notable during the forum, which is tion to Kuwait. Department (DCGD). LOCAL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Sheikh Saad Al-Abduallah Al-Salem Al-Sabah hoists Kuwait’s flag for the first time. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah poses for a picture after hoisting Kuwait’s flag Al-Sabah is pictured during a flag-raising ceremony. outside the United Nation’s building in 1963. Kuwait flag marks 55 years

KUWAIT: Fifty-five years ago today, the Kuwaiti flag ing Kuwait’s independence for Britain, which took ‘father of independence.’ against external ambitions. When Kuwait joined the adopted its current Pan-Arab colors of black, white, place on June 19th 1961. Late Sheikh Saad Al- In 1961, Kuwait signed an independence treaty United Nations, the Kuwaiti flag was hoisted in front green and red, replacing the all red flag with the cen- Abduallah Al-Salem Al-Sabah was the first to hoist the with Sir George Middleton, the British commissioner of the UN headquarters by His Highness the Amir tered word of ‘Kuwait’ in white. The current flag was flag under the ruling of the late Amir Sheikh for the Arabian Gulf, canceling an agreement signed Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who was raised over Seif Palace on November 24, 1961, mark- Abduallah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, who was named as with Britain in 1899 to protect the Gulf country Kuwait Foreign Minister back then. —KUNA Kuwait Airways announce 15% increase in frequencies ‘Winter Schedule’ KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways, the national carrier of the State of Kuwait, has revealed that the much anticipated launch of its “Winter Schedule” has seen some immediate and positive changes to the airline’s arrival timings, across the airline’s 36- destination worldwide network. According to the airline, the Winter Schedule represents another significant step in Kuwait Airways’ five-year transfor- mation strategy that has already seen the recent launch of the dynamic new livery and the impending delivery of the first of 10 Boeing 777-300ERs into its fleet. Within the first seven days of the new schedule, which started on 30 October, on-time performance (OTP) levels have increased by 9.7 per cent, compared to the previous week and the old schedule. This brings Kuwait Airways in line with international averages, although Kuwait Airways man- agement were keen to stress that exceeding these figures remains the ultimate goal. Commenting on the immediately improving results, Chairperson and CEO, Rasha Al-Roumi, said: “Through a combined effort of our operations and commercial team, one of the key advantages passengers will note about the introduction of the new schedule is that Kuwait Airways has renegotiated its arrival time-slots at all of our 36 worldwide destinations.” “The improving efficiencies reveal that the Kuwait Airways’ team has been able to successfully scale-up opera- tions, in line with the increase in demand and capacity that has also been introduced,” Roumi added. “These are just some of the first positive steps we are noticing from the implementation of the transformation strategy; but, of course, Kuwait Airways remains committed to achieving even greater operational excellence and consis- tent OTPs across our network, going forward,” Roumi con- cluded. A clear advantage - for business travellers, in particular - is that the new and improving OTPs offer more convenient travel timings for departure and arrivals. These new timings have been negotiated across Kuwait Airways’ entire network of 36 destinations. Kuwait Airways has also seen increases in frequencies to some of its most popular destinations, including London, UK, now with 10 flights per week, and a daily service to New York - JFK. An additional three flights per week to Istanbul, has also brought the weekly total of flights to the popular Turkish destination up to 10. An additional 32 flights, per week, have been added to Kuwait Airways’ overall network - along existing routes. As a result of the new schedule, an overall average increase in fre- quency of 15 per cent is expected, over the previous schedul- ing. Since Kuwait Airways announced its five-year transfor- mation plan, in September 2016, the airline’s introduction of new destinations, new flight timings, new aircraft, and a new livery have all come together to cap a busy few months for Kuwait’s national carrier. Clearly, this is statement of intent and of bigger and bolder things to come.

KIMS honors 136 doctors KUWAIT: Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS) of the Ministry of Health, honored on Tuesday 136 gradu- ates who earned their Boards and Fellowships in specialty training. The honoring ceremony was under patronage of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. On a speech on the occasion, Health Minister Dr Ali Al- Obaidi said that graduate doctors will dedicate their knowledge and experiences to providing a distinguished healthcare service in accordance with the most modern international standards. Meanwhile, Dr Ibrahim Hadi, KIMS’s secretary general, said three-year cooperation protocols are underway with the Canadian Royal College since November 1 in the fields of academic accreditation and medical training. This cooperation is part of KIMS’s vision to develop its training programs in order to maintain the graduates high- level of proficiency. KIMS is the authority responsible for organizing all aspects of postgraduate training of medical practitioners and other health professionals in Kuwait. It was established in 1984 under an Amiri decree. The institute is engaged in a variety of activities, including the organization of internship training of pre-registration med- ical graduates, specialty training at various levels in differ- ent medical fields, and continuing medical education pro- grams for health professionals practicing in Kuwait. —KUNA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 From the Arabic press

Al-Jarida Crime Report Where are your Car stolen from slogans? airport parking

By Ali Mahmoud Khajah KUWAIT: A citizen lodged a complaint at Jleeb Al- Shuyiukh police station after his car was stolen from the f we can, as Abdul Rahman Al-Anjeri says, forget long-term parking lot at Kuwait Airport. He did not accuse about the reason why boycotters changed their anyone. Detectives are working on the case. Separately, a Iminds and started racing to run for parliamen- citizen accused a man he does not know of stealing his car. tary elections despite their previous vows and calls He said the car was for sale, and two men said they wanted and slogans of steadiness, these ‘shifters’, as to buy it. One of the men took it for a trial drive but never Corruption described by Saleh Al-Mulla, thought that taking Files returned, leaving the other man behind. part is better than boycotting. They shifted sides without even apologizing for all the insults and sar- State security casm against those who had taken part before A citizen told police that an Egyptian committed a them, though I think that our elections are more state security offense by uttering insulting words. State associated with social relations than with political security men went to Maidan Hawally police station to attitudes. find out the truth. The Egyptian denied any wrongdo- Generally speaking, let us go back to the opposi- ing and said the citizen wanted to put him in trouble. tion’s arguments in the past few years. The demands made by the so-called majority mainly relied on having an elected Cabinet without even Robbery determining how such a Cabinet would look. Some Forensics officers went to the house of an Egyptian woman of them even went as far as declaring in public that in Jahra to investigate a robbery at her house. The woman Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak would be the last non- Al-Jarida told police she found her door broken, and KD 260, three elected prime minister. The majority also took bracelets, a necklace, five rings and two earrings were group photos making signs indicating the call for missing from the flat. having an elected Cabinet. Maid charged with theft A citizen accused his Sri Lankan maid of stealing KD Why did the slogans they 500 and escaping. The complaint was filed at Jabriya police station. called for over the past four Al-Jarida A bedoon candidate! Bank account theft years as a base for the Hawally detectives are investigating the theft of KD 2,000 from the account of an Egyptian man from an ATM By Mohammed Al-Owaissi sought reforms vanish? machine in Shaab. The victim was surprised by receiving messages about four withdrawals from his account, then ife: “What does a candidate’s electoral program one-vote electoral system has to be changed first. We discovered his debit card was missing. Now that they have changed their minds about mean?” Husband: “Do you remember when we will then have to form parties and blocs and finally boycotting the elections and most of the ‘majority’ Wwere engaged and I promised to buy you a improve voters’ awareness of the need to vote for patri- members are back, and after following up what Bentley, a villa in Abdullah Al-Salem, a chalet and a dia- otic candidates and for the country’s greater good. Body found most of them said in seminars held during their mond watch?” Wife: “Yes I do. However, nothing material- Otherwise, all candidates’ promises and vows will An Indian man’s body was sent to the coroner after he electoral campaigns, I found nothing about ized”. Husband: “Well, dear, this is exactly a candidate’s remain mere slogans and nominal because voters now was found dead in his friend’s car with a bottle of demands to have an elected Cabinet. What on earth electoral program and agenda!” vote either on tribal and sec- homebrewed liquor next to him. It was determined the has changed? Why did the slogans they called for It really amazes me how tarian bases or for wealthy death had occurred 10 days earlier. Investigations are over the past four years as a base for the sought some candidates claim to have They will not be able to put any candidates, who accordingly in progress. reforms vanish? Were they wrong in such demands? clearly-defined electoral pro- of these programs into effect in to hearsay, are paying as much Why did they not back them up? Were they ordered grams and agendas they would as KD 3,000 per vote in the Drug possession to stop such demands and focus on other goals, immediately realize once they the real world, because a third constituency and the Hawally police arrested a citizen who was walking at night such as changing the speaker, for instance? Will win a parliamentary seat, price is expected to rise to KD in an abnormal condition. Pills and hashish joints were Kuwaiti voters accept such deceit and let bygones because such programs require majority will effectively 5,000 as election day found on him, so he was sent to the Drugs Control General be bygones and adapt to the new participants’ the existence of parties and support the government approaches. We all love and Department. wishes? blocs, which does not exist in rob you, our dear country! the one-vote parliament. Even Finally, on addressing his These are all questions for which I cannot find Brotherly hate if five MPs from any individual bloc or party make it to supporter, a candidate said that he would work on answers, and I cannot imagine anybody who A dispute between two brothers led one of them to the parliament, they will not be able to put any of these granting newlywed couples free apartments. Dear can- decides to vote for them would ignore them with- accuse the other of attacking him with a firearm, but programs into effect in the real world, because a majority didate, would it not be far better if you urged the gov- out clear reason and justification of giving up their the accused denied the charge and claimed what took will effectively support the government. ernment to increase the rent allowance from KD 150 to sole demand in previous periods! place was merely a simple argument. Detectives are If we want a candidate to have an electoral program KD 250 instead?! — Translated by Kuwait Times investigating. — Al-Rai and Al-Anbaa that he can immediately apply once he wins a seat, this — Translated by Kuwait Times Ooredoo sponsors art of public speaking lecture Presented by Toastmasters World Champion

KUWAIT: Continuing its contribution to some exercises for members of the audi- enriching the experience of youth in ence, in addition to questions and answers Kuwait, Ooredoo, Kuwait’s fastest network and an opportunity for audience members for 2016, proudly sponsored a lecture enti- to give presentations. tled ‘The Art of Public Speaking’ last As part of its support for this initiative, Sunday. The lecture was presented by 2015 Ooredoo presented 20 free tickets to its Toastmasters International World social media followers, reiterating its com- Champion for Public Speaking, mitment to supporting youth and enrich- Mohammed Al-Qahtani. ing their experiences. Ooredoo stated that The event was organized by the Media this support comes from its deep-rooted Club of the Gulf University for Science and belief in the values of caring, connecting, Technology, in association with the and challenging and that it is committed to Toastmasters Law Kuwait, a local branch for its year-round strategy of social responsi- law professionals headed by Thunayyan Al- bility, with a focus on women, youth and Reshoud. Representing Ooredoo at the entrepreneurs. event were members of its corporate com- Engineer Mohammed Al-Qahtani from munications team. Saudi Arabia won the title of 2015 Qahtani discussed a number of impor- Toastmasters International World Ahmed Abul, Executive Manager at Gulf Bank, receives the award. tant methods used to overcome stage Champion for Public Speaking last August. fright, in addition to ways that make the He survived seven rounds of a competition audience relate to the speakers’ subject that lasted six months and included 33,000 Gulf Bank Wins ‘The Internet and Mobile Security Technology matter. This included examples of personal- competitors from around the world. He izing presentations with stories and anec- and nine other finalists competed at the Implementation of the Year - Middle East’ from Asian Banker dotes, in addition to the importance of Toastmasters annual convention in Las body language, tone of voice, and interact- Vegas, and he took home first place for his New technology increased customer satisfaction ing with the audience. The lecture included speech, ‘The Power of Words.’

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank is pleased to announce Best practices completed specific implementation projects that it has been recognized for the ‘Internet Issar continued by saying: “When we were with such institutions. The entrants for the and Mobile Security Technology designing our mobile banking application and Internet and Mobile Security Technology award Implementation of the Year in the Middle East’ updating our online banking platform, we used were assessed based on the ability to protect the by The Asian Banker, one of Asia’s leading global best practices and the latest technology financial information of its users, while keeping consulting companies in financial services to ensure that they would be more flexible, easi- the platform user-friendly. The application must research, benchmarking and intelligence. Gulf er to use, and include a wider range of banking demonstrate they have robust encryption tech- Bank received the award at a ceremony fol- services. With our ‘Blinking to Bank’ biometric nology in place to prevent unauthorized access lowing the ‘Future of Finance Middle East and mobile app and online banking, customers can while also applying measures to detect suspi- Africa Dialogue’ at the Ritz Carlton DIFC Hotel bank anytime, from anywhere in the world, and cious behavior that is suggestive of fraud. in Dubai. perform any number of transaction safely and Commenting on the award Vikram Issar, securely, never being more than three clicks Overall performance General Manager for Consumer Banking at away from what they want to do. These new dig- Prior to its selection, Gulf Bank was carefully Gulf Bank, said: “Gulf Bank is proud to be the ital offerings are demonstrative of our commit- assessed by a panel of industry experts and recipient of this prestigious award recogniz- ment to delivering transformative products and judges across a stringent set of criteria to deter- ing the Bank’s commitment to providing the services for our customers.” mine the Bank’s overall performance and servic- highest standard of financial services and All banks and non-bank financial institutions es compared to other local banking competitors. innovation to better serve our valued cus- (including insurance companies, brokerages, The selection process began in August and fin- tomers. We are particularly proud that Gulf credit companies and finance companies) with ished in October, and involved a team of Bank was selected for this award from all the operations in the Middle East and Africa region researchers working in tandem. The initial selec- applicants across the Middle East and North were eligible to make a submission, as were tion is through a survey and desk research done Africa region.” technology firms and consulting firms that have by the research team at the Asian Banker. The Mohammed Al-Qahtani delivers his speech. identified candidates are then subject to further scrutiny though interviews and their names are put into a poll that is distributed to The Asian Banker’s 38,000 readers. After the results of the poll and the research results have been com- piled, a short-list of candidates is then submitted for review by the international board of advisors for a final evaluation and recommendation of the candidate who should receive the award. The exemplary implementations are subse- quently documented and published as research noted in the Risk and Regulation Working Group, the Asian Banker’s repository of best practices in the industry. To learn more about any of Gulf Bank’s awards, products and services, visit one of Gulf Bank’s 56 branches, call the Customer Contact KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) recently celebrated the graduation of a Center on 1805805, log on to www.e- new batch of retail banking services employees from the CBK Academy in Faiha. gulfbank.com, Gulf Bank’s bilingual website, or visit its social media channels. Ooredoo’s representative is honored by Toastmasters. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Beirut skyline Alarm in Germany, Israel as white supremacists ride Trump wave captures religious rivalry, harmony Page 9 Page 8 Planes launched off US carrier hit IS militants

ABOARD THE USS EISENHOWER: One after another, fight- er jets catapult from the flight deck of the USS Eisenhower, a thousand-foot American aircraft carrier, afterburners glowing amber above the blue Persian Gulf, on their way northwest to join the fight in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State group. The fighter jets refuel on the way before receiving from coalition partners targets like con- voys, hideouts and mortar positions in IS-controlled territo- ries such as Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria, said Rear Adm. James Malloy, commander of the Eisenhower carrier strike group. From his office aboard the USS Eisenhower, Malloy described coalition success around Mosul while cautioning that victory is close at hand. “Mosul is the last large city in Iraq that is held by Daesh, but Daesh is by no means finished in Iraq, so our mission in Iraq won’t end as Mosul falls,” he said, using the Arabic acronym for IS. While inter-coalition coordination was “seamless,” communication with Russia was limited to “deconfliction,” Malloy said. “There’s no coordination there because the goals are not the same,” the admiral said. The carrier’s captain Paul Spedero said sorties from the Eisenhower have dropped nearly 1,100 bombs on IS tar- gets since June when the ship entered the Persian Gulf after launching strikes from the eastern Mediterranean. The ship’s 5,200 sailors arm, repair, launch and recover 7-20 Super Hornet F18 fighter jets every day that drop on average 10 bombs each or reconnoiter in support of anti-IS coalition forces. The crew catapults the jets from the ship at 145mph, and they use a hook and cable to rapidly catch the fighter jets on the 500-foot long carrier deck. “For a cat- apult shot, if you think about a Porsche 911, zero to 60 in about 2.5 seconds, these aircraft will go from 0 to 145 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds,” said commander Jeremy Rifas, the carrier’s air boss, from inside the ship’s control tower over- looking launches. The fighters on these sorties head north by northwest for an hour before refueling midair and then approaching coalition ground forces that provide the pilots with targets for airstrikes or reconnaissance. “They go into harm’s way every single time, every single mission. I don’t really close my eyes until 2300 when the last one comes back,” admiral Malloy said. The US-led coalition has flown more than 125,000 sorties in Iraq and Syria since Operation Inherent US Navy fighter jet takes off from the deck of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier. The carrier is currently deployed in the Gulf, supporting Resolve began in Aug 8, 2014, according to the US Operation Inherent Resolve, the military operation against Islamic State extremists in Syria and Iraq. —AP Department of Defense. —AP ‘Moral outrage over Aleppo child deaths’

BEIRUT: Save the Children has hit out at the “moral outrage” by missiles whilst they are sitting at their desks in schools of the mounting deaths and suffering of children in the bat- and seeking treatment in hospitals which are also under tleground Syrian city of Aleppo, in a statement released yes- attack,” said Sonia Khush, Syria director for Save the terday. The charity said medics across northwest Syria were Children. “The very places they should feel safest have looking to fortify hospitals after a wave of attacks in rebel- become deadly,” she said. “It is a moral outrage that the held east Aleppo left facilities struggling to care for injured death toll of Aleppo’s children continues to grow and seems children. Regime forces have been waging a ferocious only set to get worse, whilst so little action is being taken to assault on east Aleppo since November 15, with the Syrian end the bombing and hold warring parties accountable for Observatory for Human Rights saying more than 140 civil- these attacks on civilians.” ians have been killed, 19 of them children. Save the Children called for an internationally monitored The renewed fighting comes amid international concern ceasefire to bring humanitarian relief into east Aleppo and for the fate of more than 250,000 civilians trapped in evacuate the sick and wounded. It said the United Nations besieged rebel-held areas of the northern city. Save the and opposition groups had already agreed on access for an Children also condemned a rebel attack on west Aleppo aid convoy which could go ahead once all sides agree to a that killed at least eight children on Sunday. It said among ceasefire. “Parties to the conflict must come together to those killed at the weekend was an education worker at a agree an immediate ceasefire, and to evacuate civilian casu- school it supports in east Aleppo who was found buried in alties and get life-saving aid into the area.” UN Syria envoy rubble along with her baby son. Classes at 13 such schools Staffan de Mistura was rebuffed in Damascus on Sunday on in east Aleppo had been suspended as shelling intensified a truce proposal that would allow the opposition to admin- in recent days, said Save the Children. ister the city’s east. Aleppo was once the country’s econom- It said the deadly rebel attack on the school in the west ic powerhouse, but it has been ravaged by the brutal war of the city showed “there is no safe place for children in this across Syria that has killed 300,000 people since it began conflict”. “Children and aid workers are being bombarded with anti-government protests in March 2011. —AFP

DOUMA: A Syrian child walks on a heavily damaged street in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus. —AFP INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 Beirut skyline captures religious rivalry and harmony News Cathedral gets bell tower same height as nearby minarets in Brief Iran ‘will retaliate’ if BEIRUT: In Beirut’s rapidly evolving sky- church near each other. This is the slogan line, a newly built cathedral bell tower of Lebanon,” he said in an interview at his US renews sanctions has risen next to the soaring minarets of a offices in Beirut. “So therefore I wanted TEHRAN: Iran will retaliate if the United States renews landmark mosque, symbolizing both reli- the tower’s height to be at the same sanctions next month, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali gious coexistence and competition in a height as the mosque, so there is solidari- Khamenei warned yesterday. “In the issue of the nuclear city split by sectarian war from 1975 to ty and harmony,” he said. deal, the current administration has committed several vio- 1990. The new bell tower of the 19th cen- The cathedral belongs to Lebanon’s lations, the latest of which is the renewal of the 10-year tury Saint George Cathedral is Beirut’s Maronite Christian church, the biggest sanctions,” Khamenei said in a televised speech to thou- tallest at 72 meters - the same height as Christian community in the country. After sands of members of the Basij Islamist volunteer militia. “If the four minarets of the Mohammad Al- the guns fell silent, years were spent these sanctions happen, it is absolutely a breach of the Amin mosque that has dominated the rebuilding the cathedral and dozens of JCPOA,” he added, referring to last year’s deal with world city skyline since it was built over a other damaged or destroyed churches in powers under which sanctions were eased in exchange for decade ago. Beirut, holding up the start of work on curbs to Iran’s nuclear program. “They must know that the Topped with an enormous cross that the tower, Matar said. In terms of their Islamic republic will react against it.” The US Congress last lights up at night, the bell tower was size, Al-Amin mosque and tower have week voted to renew long-standing sanctions linked to inaugurated at the weekend after a broken new ground for religious build- Iran’s ballistic missile tests and human rights record that decade of construction. Both the church ings in Beirut. Critics say both are out of pre-date the controversy around Iran’s nuclear ambitions. and mosque are prominent features of scale with the city’s other places of wor- The 10-year sanctions must still be approved by the Senate the Beirut city centre that is still being ship. Some Christians saw the Amin and President Barack Obama by the end of the year. rebuilt from the civil war, and are located mosque as an affront to their community. near the frontline that divided Christian Its size, compared to nearby Christian east Beirut from Muslim west Beirut dur- places of worship, was jarring for some Indian police kill six Maoists in shootout ing the conflict. Maronites, who emerged as the political BEIRUT: Lebanese Army soldiers ride horses as they carry Lebanese flags during a NEW DELHI: Six heavily armed Maoist rebels were Archbishop Paul Matar said the idea of losers of the civil war. military parade to mark the 73rd anniversary of Lebanon’s independence from killed yesterday in a jungle gunbattle with police in France in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Nov 22, 2016. Lebanon gained inde- building a bell tower at Saint George The mosque’s imperial Ottoman style, eastern India, an officer said. Police said they opened pendence from France in 1943. — AP Cathedral was a dream since its construc- not found anywhere else in Lebanon, was fire after being attacked during a search on yesterday tion in 1894. It was originally supposed to in line with the wishes of its financier, the morning in the Maoist stronghold of Latehar district in be 75 meters high, the same size as the late statesman Rafiq Al-Hariri, who was corner of Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square featured gering sectarian rivalry in the city. “It is Jharkhand state. “The area is covered by dense forests tower at Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria assassinated in 2005. It was built on the regularly in the news during a wave of clear that it is a type of competition - be it and it has been a den for the insurgents for the last 15 Maggiore that inspired the cathedral’s site of a small prayer corner with the protests triggered by Hariri’s killing. But positive or negative - with the minarets of years or so,” said police superintendent Anoop design. But instead, Matar said he shaved same name. Hariri, who is buried next to the bell tower’s intended message of the Amin mosque that is next to it,” he Birtharay. “The encounter lasted 45-50 minutes. We three meters off the design in what he the mosque, had personally overseen ele- interfaith solidarity and unity has not said. “It is a continuation of a type of com- have recovered six bodies of Maoists who were wear- described as a message of coexistence. ments of the construction, including pick- reached everyone. George Arbid, director petition that emerged before this time, a ing their typical black army uniforms,” he said by “When the mosque was built we were ing the shade of blue for the dome. A of the Beirut-based Arab Center for competition between the sects for their phone. “We have also seized six weapons and some happy there would be a mosque and a decade ago, the mosque situated on a Architecture, said that it pointed to lin- presence in the city.”—Reuters 500 rounds of ammunition,” he added. The Maoist rebels have been fighting for decades to overthrow the government, but the conflict has taken on a new intensity since the election of right-wing Prime Civilians flee as Shiite Minister Narendra Modi in 2014. In October Indian police killed 24 rebels, known locally as Naxals, after an groups close in on ambush near the border between Andhra Pradesh and Odisha states. The guerrillas are most active in the so- flashpoint town called “Red Corridor” which passes through swathes of central and eastern India. ERBIL: Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians have fled Tal Afar as Shiite paramilitary groups close in the Islamic State-held town on the road between Mosul and Raqqa, the main cities of the militant group’s self-styled caliphate in Iraq Gunmen kill guards and Syria. The exodus from Tal Afar, 60 km west of Mosul, is in Nigeria’s oil hub causing concern among humanitarian organizations as WARRI: Gunmen have killed four guards at a facility oper- some of the fleeing civilians are heading deeper into insur- ated by the Nigerian subsidiary of Italian group Eni, local gents’ territory, where aid cannot be sent to them, provin- and security officials said yesterday. Four members of the cial officials said. Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), a para- Popular Mobilization units, a coalition of mostly Iranian- military agency of the government, were killed on Monday trained and backed militias, are trying to encircle Tal Afar, a at the installation at Omoku, near the oil hub of Port mostly ethnic Turkmen town, as part of the offensive to Harcourt, they said. They were shot dead by gunmen in capture Mosul, the last major city stronghold of Islamic military camouflage, they said. “The (security) operatives State in Iraq. About 3,000 families have left the town, with had engaged the gunmen in a fierce gun battle on realiz- about half heading southwest, toward Syria, and half ALEPPO: A general view taken from the government side in Syria’s Aleppo province shows a deserted road leading ing that the intruders were not military men,” state NSCDC northward, into Kurdish-held territory, said Nuraldin to eastern Aleppo’s rebel-held Baeedin district with the Haidariya and Ain Tal neighborhoods, also under rebel spokesman Michael Oguntuase said. A community leader Qablan, a Tal Afar representative in the Nineveh provincial control, seen in the background. — AFP in Omoku who did not want to be named, confirmed the council, now based in the Kurdish capital Erbil. incident. “Dressed in camouflage, they came in a speed “We ask Kurdish authorities to open a safe passage for boat at about 6:40 pm on Monday, exchanged gunfire with them,” he told Reuters. He said Islamic State started on Russian tankers defy EU ban the operatives, leading to the death of four,” he said. He Sunday night to allow people to leave after it fired mortars said an unspecified number of NSCDC personnel were at Popular Mobilisation positions at the airport, south of wounded. Officials at Agip, the local subsidiary of Eni, were the city, and Popular Mobilization forces responded. The to smuggle jet fuel to Syria not immediately available for comment. There was no offensive started on Oct 17 with air and ground support immediate claim of responsibility. from a US-led coalition. It is turning into the most complex campaign in Iraq since the 2003 invasion that toppled Tanker-tracking data confirms ship movements Saddam Hussein and empowered the nation’s Shiite major- ity. The people fleeing Tal Afar are from the Sunni commu- LONDON: Russian tankers have smug- ment. The Cypriot government said its tion and ambitions in Syria.” Some of the nity, which makes up a majority in the Nineveh province in gled jet fuel to Syria through EU waters, authorities had not approved the dock- shipped fuel also went to the Syrian mili- and around Mosul. The town also had a Shiite community, bolstering military supplies to a war-torn ing of any Russian tankers carrying jet tary, helping to “keep Assad’s air assets which fled in 2014 when the hardline Sunni group swept country where Moscow is carrying out air fuel bound for Syria. “We would welcome operational”, the source added. The ship- through the region. Turkey is alarmed that regional rival strikes in support of the government, any information that may be provided to ping source and a third person, an intelli- Iran could extend its power through proxy groups to an according to sources with knowledge of us on any activity that contravenes UN or gence consultant specializing in the area close to the Turkish and Syrian borders, where Ankara the matter. At least two Russian-flagged EU restrictive measures,” the Cypriot for- Mediterranean area, also said the fuel is backing rebels opposed to the Russian and Iranian- ships made deliveries - which contravene eign ministry added. Syria’s civil war, was likely intended for Russian and backed Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. Citing its close EU sanctions - via Cyprus, an intelligence which began in 2011, has become a the- Syrian military use. ties to Tal Afar’s Turkmen’s population, Turkey has threat- source with a European Union govern- atre for competing global powers, with ened to intervene to prevent revenge killings should ment told Reuters. There was a sharp Russia and Iran supporting President Transponders off Popular Mobilization forces, known in Arabic as Hashid increase in shipments in October, said Bashar Al-Assad, and the United States, Publicly available ship-tracking data Shaabi, storm the town. the source who spoke on condition of Gulf Arab and European powers backing confirms that at least two Russian “People are fleeing due to the Hashid’s advance, there anonymity due to the sensitivity of the rebels who want to depose him. tankers, the Yaz and Mukhalatka, made Former mayor of Valencia Rita Barbera are great fears among the civilians,” said Qablan, who is matter. A separate shipping source famil- Russia changed the course of the con- one trip each between September and also the deputy head of Nineveh’s provincial council. Iraqi iar with the movements of the Russian- flict in favor of Assad’s government last October, stopping in Greece and Scandal-tainted ‘mayoress of Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi tried to allay fears of ethnic flagged vessels said the ships visited year when it intervened with air strikes. Limassol in Cyprus. In Greece, the Yaz Spain’ dies under graft cloud and sectarian killings in Tal Afar, saying any force sent to Cypriot and Greek ports before deliver- Moscow says it targets only Islamic State stopped at Agioi Theodoroi port but it is MADRID: Rita Barbera, a scandal-tainted stalwart of recapture it would reflect the city’s diversity. Cutting the ing fuel to Syria. militants and other jihadist fighters. EU unclear where the Mukhalatka stopped. Spain’s ruling People’s Party (PP) and mayor of the road to Tal Afar would seal off Mosul as the city is already The Russian defense and transport Council Regulation 1323/2014, intro- From Cyprus, they sailed towards Syria Mediterranean city of Valencia for 24 years, died of a surrounded to the north, south and east by Iraqi govern- ministries did not initially respond to duced two years ago, bans any supply of and Lebanon. Their tracking transpon- heart attack in Madrid on Wednesday in a hotel near ment and Kurdish peshmerga forces. Iraq’s US-trained requests for comment. The defense min- jet fuel to Syria from the EU territories, ders were switched off near the coasts of parliament. An unmistakable figure in Spanish politics Counter Terrorism Service unit breached Islamic State’s istry later said EU sanctions on fuel sup- whether or not the fuel originated in the those countries, according to the data. since the 1980s with her trademark string of pearls, red defenses in east Mosul at the end of October and is fight- plies to Syria could not be applied to the European Union. Over one two-week The EU intelligence source said the suits and heavy makeup, Barbera, 68, was for many a ing to expand a foothold it gained there. Russian air group in that country. A period in October, Russian tankers deliv- Mukhalatka went on to deliver jet fuel to symbol of the corruption ingrained into the highest spokeswoman for EU foreign affairs and ered 20,000 metric tons of jet fuel to Syria, while the other two sources said levels of the country’s establishment. On Monday, she Air strikes on Mosul security policy said the implementation Syria - worth around $9 million at today’s the Yaz almost certainly carried fuel to appeared before the Supreme Court under investiga- Iraqi military estimates put the number of insurgents in of EU restrictions lay with member states. world prices - via the European Union, the country. All the people declined to tion for money laundering during her time as mayor of Mosul at 5,000 to 6,000, facing a 100,000-strong coalition “We trust that competent authorities are according to the EU government intelli- be named due to the sensitivity of the Valencia. She said in court her centre-right PP in of Iraqi government units, peshmerga fighters and Shiite complying with their obligation to gence source. matter. It was unclear where the fuel Valencia had never taken any illegal financing and militias. Mosul’s capture is seen as crucial towards disman- ensure respect of the restrictive meas- “The jet fuel shipments from these might have originated. Alexander denied any wrongdoing. Known as “the Boss” and “the tling the caliphate, and Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al- ures in place and to pursue any circum- vessels have played a vital role in main- Yaroshenko, general director of the own- mayoress of Spain” by supporters, Barbera was an inte- Baghdadi, believed to have withdrawn to a remote area vention attempts,” she added. taining Russian air strikes in the region,” er of the Yaz and Mukhalatka ships, St gral part of Valencian life, appearing on the balcony of near the Syrian border, has told his fighters there can be no Greece’s foreign ministry referred said the source. “This points to a sus- Petersburg-based Transpetrochart, the town hall every March flanked by young girls in retreat. A Mosul resident said air strikes have intensified on questions to the shipping ministry, which tained Russian build-up of resources declined to comment when asked by local dress for the regional festival of Las Fallas marked the western part of the city, which is divided by the Tigris was not immediately available to com- needed to support their military opera- Reuters about the shipments. —Reuters by parades and fireworks. river running through its centre. The strikes targeted an industrial area where Islamic State is thought to be making booby traps and transform- ing vehicles into car bombs, he said. —Reuters A refugee ‘transitions’ from child bride to sole provider

BEIRUT: For the first few weeks of her job etables. I’m the one who takes them out, motherhood, but soon regretted having fighting escalated, the family fled to recycling garbage, Haela Kalawi often and brings them what they need.” married so young. Her husband, feeling Lebanon in May 2015. There, Kalawi joined went home crying. It wasn’t just the she neglected him for the children, her widowed mother, her divorced aunt grungy setting - a dimly lit, airless base- Brunt of wars became distant, spending evenings watch- and her 20-year-old cousin, whose hus- ment where the 31-year-old refugee with a Across the world, women often bear the ing sports and the news on TV. band has been missing since he was cherubic face slips on plastic gloves and brunt of wars, such as the conflict in Syria. He had absolute say in the family. She seized by Syrian intelligence four years digs into trash-filled containers. It was that In Lebanon, about one-third of 240,000 spent her days cooking, cleaning and ago. The women, with 10 children among as a traditional housewife in Syria, Kalawi Syrian refugee households are headed by going over homework with her older chil- them, live in small rooms arranged around grew up believing it was shameful for women whose husbands - traditionally the dren. Kalawi’s sheltered existence ended the dead end of an alley in a run-down women to work outside the house. In providers and protectors - are dead, miss- with the civil war. In August 2013, her neighborhood of Beirut. those days, she wasn’t even allowed to ing or chose to stay behind. In exile, some uncle, his wife and their adult son were Kalawi was the most reluctant to work. shop for her own clothes or choose what of these women feel vulnerable to harass- killed in a rocket attack. Two cousins later Back home in Syria, she would criticize her to watch on TV. ment and violence. However, others, like died in rocket and mortar strikes. The cou- mother for accepting even occasional jobs Now, in a slum in Beirut, Lebanon, Kalawi, have become accidental agents of ple decided to flee. Kalawi and the children sewing bridal gowns. “I was surprised that Kalawi is the breadwinner for the family’s change in a region where it is still relatively moved to her grandparents’ home in my daughter accepted to work,” says her four children. She has to be - her husband rare for women to be leaders in the family. Damascus, and her husband was to follow mother, Wujdan Ghazal, 50, who makes went missing in the civil war back home Kalawi grew up in a conservative com- once he’d sold the car and other belong- $400 a month sewing mattress covers in a three years ago. While she still misses her munity where girls tended to marry young. ings. Instead, he disappeared, a fate shared nearby shop. Kalawi says the reason for her old comfortable life, she has discovered a By the time she was 15, she had already by thousands snatched from homes and change of heart was simple. “I needed KHIDR ILYAS: A member of the Iraqi Christian forces fortitude she didn’t know she had and dis- turned down several proposals. But when streets by combatants on both sides. money,” she says. “I hated to ask my mother Kataeb Babylon (Babylon Brigades) holds a carded traditional notions of what a another stranger, 28-year-old Mohammed for money.” Now Kalawi works six days a Kalashnikov assault rifle as he poses at the Mar woman should be. “I tell my children I’m Dahla, asked to marry her, she agreed. I would cry every day week at Recycle Beirut, a company that Benham Syriac Catholic monastery in the town of Khidr the man of the family,” Kalawi says, sitting They wed two months later. “When I saw The first months without him were collects glass, plastic and other materials Ilyas, southeast of Mosul. Iraqi fighters battling to oust on one of the gray mattresses spread on him, I liked him,” she said of her future hus- rough. “I would cry every day for him,” she from about 800 customers and stores it the Islamic State group from Mosul captured the the floor of the family’s small rented room. band. She dropped out of the 10th grade, recalls. “He was my anchor. When he was underground. She took her children to a Catholic Mar Benham monastery on November 20, “I am the father and the mother. I’m the even though her husband wanted her to missing, I felt I have no one, I can go seaside restaurant and an amusement park allowing its priests to return.—AFP one who works. I’m the one who buys veg- continue, and got pregnant. She loved nowhere, I can do nothing.” When the to celebrate her first paycheck.—AP THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 INTERNATIONAL

Wooing press, US’ Trump softens climate stance

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump signaled dent can’t have a conflict of interest,” he Tuesday his campaign trail dismissal of told the paper. Trump also said that he the threat of climate change may have was reconsidering his position favoring been hot air after all, saying he was the authorization of torturing detainees “open minded” on supporting global after sitting down with retired general accords. The US president-elect James Mattis over the weekend to dis- emerged from cabinet-building talks in cuss naming him as secretary of defense. his Trump Tower headquarters and trav- He reported that he would “love” to eled ten minutes across town to The clinch a deal to end the intractable con- New York Times to give a wide-ranging flict between Israel and the Palestinians, interview on his plans. He disavowed but on the bloodshed in Syria, Trump was “alt-right” activists who hailed his elec- more vague, saying “we have to end the tion as a victory for white supremacy, craziness that’s going on.” Trump gushed distanced himself from calls to prose- in his admiration for President Barack cute Hillary Clinton and defended his Obama, whom he will replace in the global business empire. White House, telling the paper, despite And he appeared to soften his pledge the aggressive tone of his campaign, he to pull the United States out of accords had been honored to meet Obama. And such as last year’s COP21 Paris he stepped back from threats to prose- Agreement, that binds countries to cute his defeated rival Clinton. During the national pledges to reduce greenhouse campaign, Trump had accused Clinton of gas emissions. “I’m looking at it very illegally destroying email records to cover closely. I have an open mind to it,” he up wrongdoing and alleged fraud at her told New York Times executives and charitable foundation-as his fans chanted journalists over lunch at their headquar- “Lock her up.” NEW YORK: A group of women pose for a selfie outside Trump Tower in New York. — AP ters, according to the paper’s own account. Campaigning ahead of Special prosecutor November 8, Trump repeatedly told Trump was asked by The New York Alarm in Germany, Israel as US crowds of rustbelt and southern voters- Times whether he stood by a threat, factory workers, coal miners and oilmen made to Clinton’s face in their second among them-that he would tear up debate, to appoint a special prosecutor supremacists ride Trump wave international climate agreements. to investigate her. “I think it would be As far back as 2012 he had tweeted: very, very divisive for the country,” the “The concept of global warming was president-elect admitted. In common Video shows Nazi salutes in response to ‘Hail Trump’ cry created by and for the Chinese in order with his predecessors, the Republican to make US manufacturing non-compet- billionaire has been in no hurry to name BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s linked to the alt-right, as his chief White House ernment official said Trump’s decision to bring itive.” Now elected and due to become a cabinet, leaving the reporters gathered government is concerned that white suprema- strategist. Bannon into the White House showed he was president on January 20, when he was under Trump Tower chasing after rumors cists in the United States are being emboldened In the video, taken inside the conference and “not willing to forgo the movement and mobi- confronted by Times columnist Thomas as he holds court above. And if the by the election of Donald Trump and is watching published by The Atlantic, Richard Spencer, a lization of anger and resentment” that swept him Friedman he admitted there may be a Washington political class was expecting developments closely, senior officials said. The leader of the “alt-right” movement, says America to the presidency. Guy Verhofstadt, former link between human industry and global the populist provocateur of the cam- Berlin government declined to give an official belongs to white people, who he describes as Belgian prime minister and a member of the warming. “I think there is some connec- paign trail to hire a top team from the reaction to a video circulating on the internet “children of the sun”. He denounces the move- European Parliament, accused Bannon on tivity. Some, something. It depends on institutional mainstream, it could well be which showed members of the “alt-right” move- ment’s critics as “the most despicable creatures Tuesday of seeking to influence elections in how much,” he said, adding he would disappointed. His picks include a chief ment, a grouping that includes neo-Nazis, white who ever walked the planet”. “Hail Trump, hail France and Germany next year with the launch of nevertheless remain concerned about strategist who is a self-described “eco- nationalists and anti-Semites, meeting on our people, hail victory!” Spencer shouts at one new Breitbart News websites in Europe. how much green measures would “cost nomic nationalist” and a national securi- Saturday in Washington a few blocks from the point as some members of the audience raise American allies face a delicate balancing act our companies.” ty adviser who-eased into retirement by White House. their arms in the Nazi salute. The gathering on when reacting to incidents and events like the Obama-went to dine with Vladimir Putin. But one senior official close to Merkel Saturday drew protesters who blocked traffic one on Saturday, which have no direct link to Nazi salutes And why would Trump, a 70-year-old described the video which shows a speaker around the Ronald Reagan Building, a federally Trump but seem fuelled by his campaign, in The New York Times sit-down, which tycoon and reality television star whose shouting “Hail Trump” and some audience mem- owned conference centre in downtown which he called Mexicans rapists and floated the followed a reportedly hostile off-the- defiance of political norms led him to bers making the Nazi salute - as “repulsive and Washington for both public and private use. idea of registering Muslims like the Nazis did record clash with TV network chiefs on win the world’s highest office in his first worrying”. “I don’t think this is Trump’s ideology with Jews. David Keyes, foreign media Monday, appeared to represent a per- foray into an election, change now? because he seems to be largely free of ideology. Crystal clear spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister haps temporary truce with the hated But these people are riding on his coattails. We David Harris, CEO of the American Jewish Benjamin Netanyahu, said in response to a media. Trump regularly-as recently as Time to give thanks are watching this very closely,” the official said, Committee (AJC) in New York, said fringe groups Reuters query about the Washington meeting: earlier Tuesday-insults the “failing New According to two opinion polls pub- requesting anonymity. Yair Lapid, a member of espousing anti-Semitism and targeting minori- “Prime Minister Netanyahu condemns anti- York Times” in tweets, but distanced lished Tuesday, a majority of voters are the foreign affairs and defense committee in the ties had emerged from the US presidential cam- Semitism everywhere and appreciates himself from threats to toughen libel optimistic that his efforts to “make Israeli Knesset, called the video “sickening” and paign with a “vigor” that has not been seen in President-elect Trump’s denunciation of all forms laws and engaged cheerfully with the America great again” will lead the nation “intolerable”. decades. “President-elect Trump issued a state- of racism.” paper. “I do read it. Unfortunately,” he to a brighter future. According to data “One of the greatest mistakes humanity ever ment (about the Saturday meeting) but, assum- Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the admitted. “I’d live about 20 years longer from Quinnipiac University, most voters made was a failure to recognize the danger of ing this group endures, will need to continue to Conference of European Rabbis, told Reuters if I didn’t.” He also, under repeated ques- think he should stop tweeting but, by a fascism early enough and tackle it head on,” said find other opportunities to make crystal clear that the United States appeared to be “veering tioning, denounced the so-called alt- margin of 59 to 37, most “are optimistic Lapid. “We cannot let history repeat itself.” A that he is the president of all Americans and away” from its own moral standards and might right, after leaders of the movement met about the next four years with Donald spokesman for the Trump-Pence transition team condemns the alt-right and what it stands for,” need to reexamine its stance on free speech. “If in Washington at the weekend and cele- Trump as president.” A similar CNN/ORC said on Monday that Trump “continued to Harris told Reuters in response to written ques- words like this were used in Germany or Austria brated his victory with Nazi salutes. poll found a narrow majority, 53 percent of denounce racism of any kind” and was elected to tions about the meeting. or France the people would have gotten in trou- He insisted, somewhat controversial- voters, thought Trump would do a good be “a leader for every American.” Trump, who has In Germany, which has spent the past 70 years ble with the law,” he said, referring to the ly, that his sprawling global business job. Late Tuesday, Trump arrived for a fami- been active on Twitter in recent days, has not atoning for its Nazi past, using the “Heil Hitler” Washington meeting. “Social media has created empire does not represent a conflict of ly Thanksgiving break at his golf resort in commented directly on the meeting himself. It salute and other Nazi symbols is illegal and can huge change. It has empowered and amplified interest for a president-at least not Mar-a-Lago, Florida, where onlookers lined came days after he outraged many Democrats, result in a prison sentence of up to six months. the voices on the fringes. There may be a need in according to lawyers he has consulted. the street, taking pictures and cheering as rights activists and minority groups by appoint- Other European countries including Austria and the United States to consider changes or limits “The law’s totally on my side, the presi- his motorcade pulled in. — AFP ing Steve Bannon, former head of a website France have similar laws. A second German gov- to free speech to address this.” — Reuters

PANAMA CITY: Workers cut a tree that killed a boy when it fell during a storm in Panama City yesterday. — AFP Hurricane swirls toward Central America, killing 3

PANAMA CITY: Hurricane Otto was Civil Protection Service, Jose feel the glancing force of the hurri- forecast to strengthen in the Donderis said. Nine people were cane. Nicaragua, the poorest country Caribbean as it churned toward caught in the mudslide that occurred in Central America, has issued a Central America Tuesday, causing west of the capital. national alert and also ordered coastal three deaths in Panama and prompt- “Seven were rescued and unfortu- evacuations. The co-director of the ing coastal evacuations in Costa Rica nately two deceased people were SINAPRED national disaster agency, and Nicaragua. Otto became the sev- recovered,” he said. The other death Guillermo Gonzalez, said navy ships enth hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic was that of a boy hit by a tree that fell would evacuate people on Little Corn season. The hurricane, which is pack- on the car he was in while waiting Island, a popular Nicaraguan tourist ing maximum sustained winds of 75 with his mother outside his school in spot in the Caribbean, to shelters on miles per hour, is expected to pick the capital, Donderis said. The mother bigger Corn Island. up strength and speed as it moves survived. Officials in the country Civilian Nicaraguan vessels at sea westward, approaching Costa Rica ordered all schools closed. were ordered back to port. The storm and Nicaragua today before making Government workers were told to was expected to pass near Managua, landfall, the National Hurricane leave offices hours early yesterday. Nicaragua’s inland capital today. Center said in a 0300 GMT According to forecasts, Otto was to cut Wednesday bulletin. Evacuations across the narrow Central American Currently, hurricane-force winds Neighboring Costa Rica on Tuesday isthmus, losing strength before exiting were extending up to 10 miles from ordered the evacuation of more than out into the Pacific Ocean on Friday. the center. Otto’s rains “will likely 4,000 people along the sparsely The storm was a late arrival in the result in life-threatening flash floods inhabited northern part of its Atlantic hurricane season, which typi- and mud slides,” while “life-threaten- Caribbean coast to avoid fatalities. cally runs from June to the end of ing surf and rip-current conditions” “We will not allow people to remain in November, and was hitting land will be experienced along the coasts at-risk areas and loss of human life,” unusually south. Costa Rica has not of Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, President Luis Guillermo Solis told a experienced a direct hit from a hurri- the Miami-based center warned. In news conference. The order did not cane since records began in 1951. A Panama, two people died from a extend to Costa Rica’s principal port previous hurricane, Matthew, devas- mudslide and one was killed by a city of Limon on the southern tated parts of southern Haiti in early falling tree at the onset of Otto’s Caribbean coast. The city, home to October, killing 546 people and leav- heavy rain, the head of the National around 60,000 people, is projected to ing nearly 175,000 homeless. — AFP THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Congo’s business dreams flatlined by violence

BUTEMBO: The question is so absurd that Living ‘by the grace of God’ Butembo’s deputy mayor misses a beat before The period that followed, in the wake of answering. What is the town’s unemployment rate? President Joseph Kabila’s election, has not treat- “Unemployment is the norm around these parts,” ed the region any better. Around 700 people says Godefroid Kambere Matimbya. “There aren’t have been killed, mostly hacked to death, in any businesses.” Butembo is no ghost town, but a attacks since October 2014 around Beni, its city of 1.1 million in Democratic Republic of Congo’s neighboring city to the north. Beni, now a shell of restive North Kivu province. Fabled for its natural a city, no longer buys Butembo’s goods. “The riches, the lush east of the country abounds in people have been run out of the fields, and now forests, lakes, farmland and mineral-packed peaks. must live by the grace of God,” Kambere says. For many, its wealth is its curse. “Nothing has gone “Insecurity is the big problem,” says Butembo’s right for the past 10 years or so” in Butembo, Polycarpe Ndivito Kikwaya, president of the local Kambere says. In fact, for the past two decades rival branch of the Congolese Business Federation. armies and insurgents have ripped through North Foreign goods do still make it to Butembo Kivu, fighting each other, stealing resources, although only in “very, very small” numbers, uprooting and killing civilians in their wake. shipped to the Kenyan port of Mombasa and Butembo-”the city of ficus trees” in Kinande, the then transported via Uganda. language of the local Nande ethnic group-was once But with the insecurity, “buyers no longer come known for its coffee farming and a cornucopia of since they are afraid of being robbed” along the worldly goods. Electrical appliances, clothing, way, he explains. Strangely, it is the period of civil shoes: the coveted foreign items used to draw war from the late 1990s that fires up economic shopkeepers from neighboring provinces in one of nostalgia. Butembo then was the stomping the world’s least developed countries. Today it ground of the RCD/K-ML, a militia group backed would be too dangerous for traders to travel the by neighboring Uganda. “Business was good,” BUTEMBO: A man and two goats rest at a gas station in Butembo. The high unemployment rate is roads to Butembo. Butembo also once boasted an recalls Elie Kwiravusa, a member of Butembo’s Civil considered ‘normal’ by Godefroid Kambere Matimbya, deputy mayor of the North Kivu province city industrial-scale factory, the Cobeki soft drinks mak- Society Coordination grouping of local citizens. of Butembo, which counts over a million inhabitants. Rich in minerals, forest and arable land, er. But it went out of business in the transitional “During the rebellion, we could trade goods,” he Butembo has been torn for over two decades by armed conflicts, with violence and insecurity period between DR Congo’s second civil war (1998- says. “The rebellion was profitable for people”- impacting economic activities for more than 10 years. — AFP 2003) and its 2006 elections. unlike today, he adds. — AFP Under fire, ICC vows to hunt Merkel warns against fake news driving populist gains

perpetrators of atrocities BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned yesterday against the power of fake news on social media to spur the rise of S Africa, Burundi, Gambia to leave International Court populists, after launching her campaign for a fourth term. Speaking in parliament for THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court’s of the court’s 10 investigations have been in “Even if one country decides to withdraw from the first time since her announcement prosecutor said her investigations into alleged Africa and its five convicted suspects are from the ICC, this I believe, for the continent, speak- Sunday that she would seek re-election war crimes would not be impacted by the plans Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African ing as an African, is a setback for the continent next year, Merkel cautioned that public of three African countries to withdraw from the Republic and Mali. The ICC rejects allegations of and this is also a regression for the continent,” opinion was being “manipulated” on the court and she would keep going after the perpe- bias against African nations, arguing many of the she said. Russia, which is not a member of the internet. “Something has changed-as glob- trators of atrocities. Fatou Bensouda said her cases were brought by African governments court but signed its founding Rome Statute, alization has marched on, (political) debate office would press ahead with the preliminary themselves and that it has 10 preliminary said this month it would remove its signature is taking place in a completely new media investigation in Burundi and her work had the inquiries or investigations into alleged atrocities and the Philippines is considering withdrawing environment. Opinions aren’t formed the support of more than 120 other member states. in Afghanistan, Colombia, Georgia, Iraq, the its membership. way they were 25 years ago,” she said. Gambia, South Africa and Burundi notified the Palestinian Territories and Ukraine. “Today we have fake sites, bots, trolls-things United Nations in October and November of Bensouda, a Gambian former justice minister, ‘Don’t look away’ that regenerate themselves, reinforcing their plans to withdraw from the ICC. said the court began its work in 2002 with over- Bensouda countered concerns of a mass opinions with certain algorithms and we The withdrawals become effective one year whelming African support and that African departure of member states and said all other have to learn to deal with them.” after the notification is filed. To date, all but one countries had requested the ICC’s intervention. states had renewed their commitment to the Merkel, 62, said the challenge for court, which has a mandate to prosecute war democrats was to “reach and inspire peo- crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. ple-we must confront this phenomenon The ICC is a court of last resort, only intervening and if necessary, regulate it.” She said she in member countries when national jurisdictions supported initiatives by her right-left coali- are unable or unwilling to prosecute mass atroci- tion government to crack down on “hate ties. Bensouda launched a preliminary investiga- speech” on social media in the face of what tion in Burundi in April after political violence she said were “concerns about the stability killed hundreds of people and forced hundreds of our familiar order”. “Populism and politi- of thousands to flee abroad. “We will continue to cal extremes are growing in Western do our work with respect to what we have start- democracies,” she warned. Last week, ed in Burundi,” she said, saying its obligations Google and Facebook moved to cut off ad under the Rome Statute remained until the one- revenue to bogus news sites after a US elec- BERLIN: Combo of pictures shows year notification period ended. tion campaign in which the global misinfor- German Chancellor Angela Merkel ges- If, during that time, prosecutors determine mation industry may have influenced the turing as she gives a speech during a that crimes must be formally investigated, outcome of the vote. session at the Bundestag (lower house Burundi would be obligated to cooperate with But media watchers say more is needed to of parliament) yesterday in Berlin. the court, she said. In the Philippines, which stamp out a powerful phenomenon seen by Merkel addressed the parliament on key joined the court in 2011, the prosecutor warned some experts as a threat to democracy itself. domestic and foreign issues during a in October that the extrajudicial killing of thou- Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats week of budget debate. —AFP sands of alleged drug users and dealers could are the odds-on favorites to win the German constitute crimes that fall under her jurisdiction. national election, expected in September or The allegations are not the subject of a prelimi- October 2017. But she is facing a strong chal- around 12-13 percent which could compli- nary investigation, the first legal step toward a lenge from a resurgent rightwing populist cate the complex maths of coalition building prosecution. “It is important as prosecutor of the party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), which after the poll. All of Germany’s mainstream ICC to raise concerns,” she said. “It is also impor- has her liberal refugee and migration policy parties have for now ruled out forming an THE HAGUE: Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda waits at the court room of the International Criminal tant that I don’t look away because this is exactly in its crosshairs. It is currently polling at alliance with the AfD. — AFP Court (ICC) ahead of a trial, at The Hague in the Netherlands. — AFP why this court was established.” — Reuters Back to the 1930s nationalism? In German schools, steep learning Historians battle comparison

PARIS: In the 1935 novel “It Can’t Happen became attached to an idealized past, and curve for refugees and teachers Here”, an ignorant American demagogue worried about the spread of their enemies, called Buzz Windrip becomes president, abroad and at home. In the 1930s, the HOCHHEIM AM MAIN: For 15-year-old Mustafa, same approach that has been taken nationwide. helps me understand them better and deal with promising to make a depressed and fear- threat was Communism, now it is radical the trickiest part about learning German is In Mustafa’s small classroom, where most of things like inappropriate behavior.” ful country proud, rich and safe again. Islam. The expansion of transatlantic ship- knowing when to use the articles der, die or das. the students are from Syria, Iraq and Eight decades later, the satirical piece of ping, air mail, radio, industrial mass pro- “And the umlaut,” his classmate Majd reminds Afghanistan, the atmosphere is jovial, but their Breaking the ice fiction by Sinclair Lewis has gained a new duction and Hollywood cinema gave a him, sending both Syrian teens groaning in teacher Michael Smiraglia says there’s no deny- For the students the real test of their progress lease of life, becoming a bestseller online sense of time accelerating and the world mock frustration at the vowel alteration, one of ing the daily difficulties. With pupils ranging from will come when they move on from the cocoon following Donald Trump’s stunning victo- closing in. French historian Pascal the quirks of German grammar. But they’re not the gifted to those who are still learning the of the intensive class to regular classes, where ry in the US election. Blanchard, who has written a book on the really complaining. Having escaped the fighting Latin alphabet, Smiraglia has to tailor his lessons teachers have a curriculum to follow and may Observing Windrip at a presidential period, calls the 30s “the start of globaliza- at home and survived the harrowing journey to to a range of levels and come up with several not have the time or tools to focus on their indi- campaign event, a journalist describes tion” that generated many of the same cul- Europe, they are glad to be back in school. For approaches to the same exercises. Then there’s vidual needs. To ease the transition, the Brentano him as “almost illiterate, a public liar easily tural and economic anxieties visible today. them, as for young refugees everywhere, it’s the the added challenge of working with teens who school’s refugee pupils already spend several detected, and in his ‘ideas’ almost idiotic”. Governments reacted by trying to protect first step back to a normal life. have lived through traumatic events, which can hours a week with their German peers for lessons Written as virulent nationalism spread their economies with tariffs and barriers, But they are fast learning that the hard work trigger disruptive or antisocial behavior. such as English, maths or sports. disastrously in Europe, and to a lesser sparking an international trade war. is only just beginning-for pupils and teachers “I quickly found that the name ‘intensive The results are mixed, with Mustafa pointing out extent in America, the book’s revival On the other side of the world, a alike. Mustafa, Majd and their families were class’ also meant it would be intense for me as a that language remains a barrier. “The teachers reflects a surge of interest in one of the nationalistic Asian power with territorial among the nearly 900,000 migrants who teacher,” Smiraglia said, while his pupils, in halt- speak so fast, I don’t understand much.” But the 20th century’s darkest decades. The paral- ambitions added to concerns. It was streamed into Germany last year. Around a third ing German, read out a dialogue about ordering mingling has helped break the ice between the lels between the current time and what Japan, which invaded the present-day of them were minors, and the country now faces lemonade and ice cream. He says his back- newcomers and their German schoolmates, as has one writer describes as the “Morbid Age” Asian hegemon China in 1931. In Austria, the Herculean task of absorbing the newcomers ground as a family counselor, which saw him playing football during break times. “We play of the 1930s has led to a fierce debate where the far-right came within 31,000 into its school system. The obstacles are formi- work with traumatized youths, has proved together and then we also learn a bit more between historians about how far the votes of winning a presidential election in dable. Most of the youngsters don’t speak a “immensely helpful” in bonding with the class. “I German,” says Mustafa. Generally though, the teens comparison can be taken. May this year and could still win in next word of German on arrival and have usually have pupils aged 12 to 15 who have feared for in the intensive classes admit they tend to stick “We are facing a cataclysmic moment,” month’s re-run, a far-right chancellor missed months, if not years, of school. Many are their lives,” the bespectacled, soft-spoken together in their free time, speaking in their native renowned British writer and broadcaster came to power in 1932 and destroyed the also scarred by the experiences that led them to teacher says, stressing the importance of giving tongues. “I don’t have a lot of contact yet with the Simon Schama warned following Trump’s country’s democracy. As fascism spread, flee their homes in the first place. “It’s a huge the teens a safe place to share their stories. “It’s a German kids,” says 14-year-old Marjan from election, recalling that Hitler came to the decade was defined by Germany challenge,” said Ilka Hoffmann, a board member gift for me when they open up to me because it Afghanistan. “But everyone is very friendly.” — AFP power via the ballot box in the 1930s. looking to avenge its humiliation after of the GEW, Germany’s largest teachers’ union. Antony Beevor, another best-selling World War I. Could Vladimir Putin’s Russia, She estimates Germany will have to hire heavyweight on European history, pained by the decline of the Soviet Union, some 24,000 new teachers to cope with the rebuked him. “It is too easy for alarmists be the modern equivalent? influx, and that’s without including the urgent to fall for the temptation of lazy historical need for more psychologists and counselors in parallels,” he wrote. So, as the return of Not so fast... schools. “Trauma manifests itself in different ultra-nationalism, xenophobia and anti- Ian Kershaw, a world authority on the ways,” Hoffmann said. “We’re ill-prepared in that elitism spur Trump, anti-EU voters in rise of Hitler, admitted to AFP that during regard.” The Kultusministerkonferenz, a group- Britain and a host of far-right parties in his research for a new book on Europe ing of the nation’s state education ministries, Europe, does history offer comfort or from 1914-1949 some similarities “make has calculated that educating the child cause for concern? the hair stand up on the back on your refugees will cost an extra 2.3 billion euros neck”. “But I don’t think we are returning ($2.5 billion) a year. First, the bad news to the dark ages of the 1930s because Some historians point to several strik- there are big differences as well as super- ‘Intense’ ing parallels. The Great Depression of the ficial similarities,” Kershaw insisted. Chief In German classrooms today, Chancellor 1930s, sparked by the Wall Street crash of among the differences is the role of Angela Merkel’s “Wir schaffen das” (We can do it) 1929, has echoes of the global financial Germany, now a beacon for liberal motto about integrating the migrants is more crisis caused by the sub-prime crash of democracy, committed to peace and a than just a catchphrase. It’s a daily assignment. 2008. Seething with anger at the financial lynchpin of the stabilizing force that is the Mustafa and Majd are enrolled in the Heinrich- and political elite, struggling or unem- European Union, Kershaw says. The von-Brentano school in Hochheim, a pictur- ployed workers in the 1930s grew bitter Europe of today, “admittedly flaky in parts esque town west of Frankfurt. To cope with the and despondent and openly questioned when you look at Hungary and Poland”, refugee arrivals, the school has set up two so- the future for their children. bears no comparison with the authoritari- called “intensive classes” for 22 pupils where the HOCHHEIM AM MAIN: Refugee students attend a lesson in their classroom at the Heinrich- Many blamed foreigners or Jews, an states of 80 years ago. — AFP immediate focus is on learning German, the von-Brentano-School in Hochheim am Main. — AFP THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Myanmar’s Rohingya: stateless, persecuted and fleeing

YANGON: Scores of Rohingya Muslims Myanmar for generations. Most live in the attacks amount to an insurgency. have been killed in a Myanmar army impoverished western Rakhine state, but They accuse a previously unknown crackdown since early October, when are denied citizenship and smothered by Pakistani Taliban-trained militant of sword-wielding assailants raided police restrictions on movement and work. leading the attacks and rallying hun- posts in the remote marshlands border- The UN refugee agency says well dreds of disgruntled Rohingya to his ing Bangladesh. The military struck back over 120,000 have fled Rakhine since cause. It is hard to verify those claims, with ground clearances, most recently religious violence in 2012 - an exodus although videos of armed men have backed by helicopter gunships. Access to that continues, despite the perils of the emerged appearing to back them up. the conflict areas is heavily restricted, sea journey. Security operations are ongoing. The but witness testimony has seeped out Last year, thousands were stranded at violence has revived calls from rights alleging mass rapes, indiscriminate sea after a well-worn trafficking route groups for Myanmar to recognize the killings and the razing of entire Rohingya through Thailand collapsed after the dis- Rohingya’s rights to citizenship and end villages by Myanmar’s security forces- covery of scores of shallow graves on the their persecution. claims they deny. It is the latest chapter Malaysia border. There are around in the grim recent history of the 300,000 Rohingya living in Bangladesh’s What’s Suu Kyi doing about it? Rohingya, a one million population southern coastal district bordering Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San reviled across Myanmar as illegal immi- Myanmar, the vast majority of whom Suu Kyi has been conspicuous for her grants and denied citizenship. The fol- have fled Myanmar in recent decades. near silence during the latest unrest. lowing is a fact box on the Rohingya. Bangladesh recognizes only a small por- Speaking on a trip to Japan last month tion as refugees and regularly turns back the Nobel Peace Prize laureate vowed a Who are they? those trying to cross the border. thorough investigation into the violence The Rohingya are a stateless Muslim but shied away from criticising the mili- ethnic group described by the United What’s happening? tary, who control all security matters. She Nations as one of the world’s most per- On October 9 armed men ambushed is also hampered by the politically incen- secuted minorities. Using a dialect simi- border posts killing nine policeman and diary nature of the issue in Myanmar. The lar to that spoken in Chittagong in escaping with guns. Security forces were Rohingya are not officially recognized as southeast Bangladesh, the Sunni sent in, vowing to repel the attacks. an ethnic group, partly owing to a 1982 Muslims are loathed by many in majority Nearly 30 civilians died in the ensuing law stipulating that minorities must TEKNAF, Bangladesh: Six year-old Noor Sahara, a young Rohingya girl Buddhist Myanmar who see them as ille- clashes. That number has surged over prove they lived in Myanmar prior to whose mother is missing and who crossed over the border with her neigh- gal immigrants and call them “Bengali” - the following weeks as troops clear 1823 - before the first Anglo-Burmese bor Roshida and her nephew, poses for a photograph near a refugee camp even though many have lived in remote villages. The government says war-to obtain nationality. —AFP in the southern Cox’s Bazar district yesterday. —AFP 22 killed as Pakistan, India exchange fire 7 Indian soldiers ‘killed in retaliatory fire’

MUZAFFARABAD: Artillery fire and shelling exchange of fire was underway between the Pakistan- and India-controlled parts of Kashmir. from India targeted several Pakistani villages two sides. Yesterday’s escalation came a day Deadly exchanges of fire in the disputed and struck a passenger bus near the dividing after Indian army spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia Kashmir have intensified in recent weeks. line in the disputed region of Kashmir yesterday, said the attackers mutilated the body of one Tensions have escalated since militants attacked killing 12 civilians wounding more than a dozen soldier in the Machil sector in Indian-controlled an Indian army base there in September. India others, the Pakistani military and officials said. Kashmir. He did not specify if the attack was said the militants were supported by Pakistan, Hours later, Pakistan’s military said three soldiers, carried out by Pakistani soldiers or rebels fight- charges denied by Islamabad. Both sides accuse including an army captain, were killed while ing since 1989 against Indian rule in the region. the other of initiating the firing along the responding to the Indian attack. It said seven Reports of the soldier’s mutilation have volatile boundary. So far this week, at least 18 Indian soldiers were also “killed in retaliatory fire” inflamed sentiments, which likely contributed to people, civilians and soldiers, have been killed but there was no confirmation on the casualties the retaliatory exchanges between Pakistan and on both sides. Last week, Pakistani army claimed from India. India. “Retribution will be heavy for this cowardly to have shot down a small Indian drone in The deadly violence marks the latest escala- act,” Col Rajesh Kalia, another Indian army Kashmir, a day after the Pakistani navy claimed it SEOUL: In this file photo, South Korean National Assembly Speaker Park tion in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, which spokesman, said following Tuesday’s attack. In had intercepted Indian submarines entering the Kwan-yong (center) is surrounded by National Assembly officials after is divided between the two nuclear-armed the past, the Indian military has blamed a com- country’s territorial waters in the Arabian Sea. announcing the impeachment of South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun at neighbors and claimed by both in its entirety. bination of the Pakistani army’s border action Two of the three wars between India and the National Assembly in Seoul. In 2004, former liberal President Roh was According to Deputy Commissioner Waheed team and militants for carrying out operations Pakistan since 1947 have been fought over their impeached by the Assembly on allegations of incompetence and illegal elec- Khan, an artillery shell hit a passenger bus in along the Line of Control, which separates the competing claims to Kashmir. —AP tioneering. But the impeachment triggered a strong public backlash that the scenic Neelum Valley in the Pakistani part of Kashmir, killing 10 people - three died on the helped his party win big in parliamentary elections; the Constitutional Court scene and seven later, at a hospital. Another then ruled that his infractions did not warrant removal from office. —AP two civilians died when a mortar shell hit their house in the Nakyal sector in Kotli district, said Power vacuum weighs police official Waseem Khan. The shelling sent residents fleeing in panic, he said. At least 15 people were also wounded in the bus strike on South Korea as Park and elsewhere in yesterday’s attacks. Sardar Masood Khan, the president of the fights for survival Pakistani-governed part of Kashmir, denounced “India’s aggression” in a statement and appealed SEOUL: As the chorus grows louder for Kuczynski but held no bilateral meetings to the international community to take notice of South Korean President Park Geun-hye to with world leaders, who use the occasion India’s cease-fire violations in Kashmir. He also urged the United Nations Military Observer resign over a corruption scandal, a power to deepen bilateral ties. Group for India and Pakistan, or UNMOGIP, to vacuum is weighing on her administra- It was the first time a leader of South “investigate these incidents and assign respon- tion, leaving her political survival in Korea, which is a founding member, has sibility for these violations of ceasefire.” Earlier, doubt and its vulnerable economy not attended the APEC summit. The an army statement said Pakistani troops were exposed to political shocks. South Korean prime minister is largely a figurehead firing back on Indian military positions. The opposition political parties said this week appointee tasked with overseeing the statement also said that an ambulance, which they will review strategies to impeach cabinet on domestic issues. had rushed the scene of the attack, was fired Park after prosecutors said she was an Park also missed the cabinet meeting upon by India. accomplice in the corruption scandal. on Tuesday, extending her absence since Pakistani security officials said yesterday’s Park’s close friend and a former presiden- Oct 11 when she last led the meeting she fire forced Pakistani villagers with their families tial aide were indicted on Sunday for normally chairs every two weeks. It was to take to field bunkers, built years ago for such abuse of power for pressuring big busi- instead chaired by the finance minister, attacks. They spoke on condition of anonymity SRINAGAR: Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard on the shores of Dal Lake on a cold nesses to contribute funds to foundations who is on the way out. Little has been because they were not authorized to discuss at the centre of the scandal. done on replacements nominated for the attacks with reporters. In India, army winter’s day in Srinagar yesterday. The cold wave further tightened its grip in Jammu “Based on the consensus that three cabinet positions, including the to spokesman Col Nitin Joshi said an intense and Kashmir with most places in the state recording sub-zero temperatures. —AFP President Park is the centre of the abuse finance job. “She is likely to be doing her of power scandal, the best course of job that she can do on her own, as long as action to minimize the vacuum in gov- it’s something that requires the least con- ernment and to restore constitutional tact with the public,” said Kim Jun-seok, Bureaucrat with ‘black money’ rule is for her to step down,” the leaders of professor of political science at Dongguk three opposition parties said in a joint University in Seoul. “But she won’t be able statement on Sunday. Park has all but to bring any new legal initiative or raise a stash says a bribe is not taboo ceased public activities as president and new policy agenda,” Kim said. has withdrawn to the secluded Blue Park’s five-year term runs to February LUCKNOW: The engineer was in the mid- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told TV the engineer said, “I sensed desperation in you expect me to give a gift from my House compound at the foothill of the 2018. Her sparse official schedule in dle of his evening meditation session channel Doordarshan a day after Modi their voices. I knew they also had bribe salary? No, never.” rocky Mount Bugak in Seoul. On 12 of the November is in contrast to the busy when a colleague called and told him to announced the demonetization. “We money” in amounts high enough to raise The engineer said the bribes he accepts 16 working days this month, she took month she had a year ago, including a turn on the television. The prime minister have freed up the country from these red flags. are most often already written into price part in no scheduled events. three-way summit with the leaders of was saying most of India’s cash would hold sources of corruption.” Did he feel shame, or guilt? No. “Taking estimates for projects like road construc- She held a previously arranged sum- China and Japan, a separate summit with no value by morning. The objective was to this extra money as commission is a neces- tion as a so-called commission. “You do not mit with Kazakh President Nursultan Icelandic president, four major policy rid the country of illegal “black money” for Shame, or guilt? sity” just to meet expected payments and have to ask for it,” he said. Illicit money Nazarbayev on Nov 10 but has not had a conferences and two cabinet meetings. which taxes had not been paid. Money Demonetized currency can be deposit- to advance in one’s field, he said while changes hands at nearly every project public event outside the Blue House since Park’s office has said she intends to fulfill often associated with illegal activity such ed in banks, but immediate access to calmly sipping whisky and adjusting the stage, from the public tender to comple- those funds is severely limited and the light from an overhead chandelier by tion. Almost everyone benefits from the Nov 8, when she visited parliament offer- her duties as president and has not for- as bribery. Money like the 4.8 million rupees ($70,000) stashed in a steel trunk, government said it will severely penalize remote in his home in Lucknow, the state “commissions,” from the highest ministers ing to relinquish some of her powers in mally acknowledged the calls from the under a makeshift settee, in the engineer’s those who deposit amounts that don’t capital. Each festive season, he said he’s to the rank and file, he said. “What I get as office to placate lawmakers. The risk of a public and parliament for her to step bedroom. match their income. Anyone depositing expected to offer costly gifts like wrist- bribe is nothing compared to what others presidential impeachment in the demo- down or race impeachment. She still “For first few minutes I could not more than 250,000 rupees ($3,700) over watches, fine suits and gold pendants to take,” he said, noting the palatial homes cratic South, along with North Korea’s intends to attend the three-way North understand,” the engineer said, speaking the next two months will be flagged for his superiors, and even their sons. “One near his more modest house in an up-mar- nuclear threat, have turned the Korean Asia summit if this year’s host, Japan, to the Associated Press on condition of tax inspection. On the phone with friends, needs to keep them happy. ... but would ket Lucknow neighborhood. “I have a small peninsula into Asia’s biggest unknown confirms the date, the foreign ministry anonymity for fear of prosecution. The hatchback car while others roam around in for global investors, Belinda Boa, Head of has said. engineer, employed by the public works sedans and SUVs. Don’t our superiors Active Investments for Asia Pacific at But it was unclear if Park can continue department of northern Uttar Pradesh notice this?” BlackRock, told Reuters in an interview to represent the country diplomatically state, and many of his colleagues had Graft in India is so accepted that it is on Monday. when other countries might be ambiva- amassed piles of cash by taking bribes for out in the open. On Sept. 4, another Uttar lent about scheduling summit meetings public contracts - a practice so common it Pradesh bureaucrat named Ashok Kumar Missing at APEC with her. “Diplomatically this crisis is has become accepted by many as part of told reporters in the town of Basti, south- Park was notably absent at the meet- known around the world so the country’s the price of doing business in India. They east of Lucknow, that he was giving up on ing of 21 Asia Pacific leaders in Lima at reputation has been hurt and that is a felt confused - even betrayed - by the gov- becoming a district magistrate because he the weekend, where free trade and a problem diplomatically,” Ha Kyung-chull, ernment cracking down. did not have 7 million rupees ($103,000) to fight against protectionism were the key a former judge on the Constitutional “A bribe is not a taboo in a govern- pay the bribe. Kumar was suspended from topics under the looming US presidency Court, told Reuters. “Both domestically ment job,” the engineer said. Modi, in his his job in the National Integration of Donald Trump, who has already said he and diplomatically, you have to say rule Nov 8 televised address, announced the Department after making the statement, would scrap the Trans-Pacific Partnership by the president of government affairs is demonetization of India’s 500- and 1,000- though he never revealed who would have been taking that bribe. The fight trade pact. Half of South Korea’s GDP quite difficult.” Some of her closest advis- rupee notes, which made up 86 percent of the country’s currency. He said it would against corruption has been frustrating for comes from exports so it is vulnerable to ers said privately that they hope if she wipe out rampant corruption, though in retired bureaucrat SP Singh, who spent more protectionist US trade policy can ride out the next few weeks, she will a country of 1.3 billion where most peo- more than 30 years in India’s civil service pledged by Trump. Prime Minister Hwang be able to survive the crisis as public sen- ple don’t have bank accounts, it also trying to rid government departments of Kyo-ahn, who attended the Pacific Rim timent cooled and more people chose to wiped out legally collected savings. “With BANGALORE: Discontinued Indian currency notes of 1,000 graft. “The tendency to take bribe stems summit on Park’s behalf briefly met the avoid the turmoil of a premature end to this decision we have, in one stroke, hit at denomination are seen after they were deposited by people at from a desire to have best in life,” he said. host, Peruvian President Pedro Pablo her presidency. —Reuters the root of the sources of corruption,” a bank in Bangalore, India. —AP “The lure of lucre is so intense.” —AP INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 Pakistan economy growing... but is it enough?

KARACHI: Shah Nawaz walks Karachi’s percent and interest rates down at 5.75 per- dusty streets, one of thousands in the finan- cent. Encouraged-and undeterred by cial hub who are being fed by charities as domestic debt of $182 billion-Islamabad set Pakistan’s economy picks up pace-but, some an ambitious yearly growth target of 5.7 per- say, not fast enough for its poverty-stricken cent for 2016/2017. The World Bank predict- millions. Confidence in Pakistan is growing, ed 5.4 percent growth by 2018. with the International Monetary Fund claim- ing in October that the country has Grinding poverty emerged from crisis and stabilized its econo- But independent economists doubt the my after completing a bailout program. growth is sustainable. “You were on artificial Its credit rating has improved, while there support, and it will be a real litmus test for are encouraging signs of foreign investment, the government once the IMF facility is over,” such as a massive Chinese infrastructure said Abid Suleri, who heads the Sustainable project officials routinely call a “gamechang- Development Policy Institute in Islamabad. er”. But all this glittering promise has yet to It would take sustained growth of around six feed millions like Nawaz. The 14-year-old percent for five successive years to make a stands waiting with more than 100 others real dent in poverty, said Mohammad Sabir, outside the Saylani Welfare building to a senior economist at the Social Policy and receive free meals twice a day for his family. Development Centre (SPDC) in Karachi. He dropped out of school four years ago, Hopes are pinned on the China-Pakistan when Pakistan’s GDP still hovered around a Economic Corridor (CPEC), a $46 billion ini- weak three percent, as his family struggled tiative by Beijing that aims to link the Asian to survive on his father’s meagre part-time superpower’s Xinjiang region with the wage of 250 rupees ($2.30) a day. “I have Arabian Sea through Pakistan. The plan immense passion for my studies and want to encompasses a series of infrastructure, pow- become a prosperous man, but I can’t,” he er and transport upgrades that Islamabad said. His despair resonates throughout hopes will kickstart the economy. Pakistan, where a new central bank report But experts say the deal is opaque, and says 60.6 percent of the population do not much more transparency is needed before have access to cooking fuel, half of all chil- they can assess any impact for Pakistan- dren are deprived of a basic education, and including, for example, whether the $46 bil- a third of Pakistanis have no access to a pri- lion is an investment or a loan. “If it is a loan, MANILA: Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa (right) points to the nose of Kerwin Espinosa, son of the late mary medical facility. “The number of peo- it would severely hamper the future foreign mayor Rolando Espinosa, as he is presented to members of the media at the police headquarters in Manila, shortly after arriving from United ple coming to our centers is growing, and payment capability of the country,” warned Arab Emirates. Kerwin was arrested in the United Arab Emirates last month and will face drug trafficking charges. — AFP they are not beggars but poor people who Sabir. Foreign debt remains around $73 bil- are not able to make ends meet,” Aamir lion, just over a quarter of GDP, the central Saylani, one of the charity’s officials said. bank says. Werner Liepach, Pakistan country Philippine police chief fights back Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed to boost director for the Asian Development Bank the long-depressed economy after winning said it was “much too early to tell” what a third term in 2013. effect CPEC would have. tears, pledges loyalty to Duterte The key challenge Sharif faced was a However given the challenging global chronic energy crisis, as power outages shut context, “contrary to what many believe, down factories and bring businesses to a vir- Pakistan is actually doing quite well”, he High drama in televised hearing tual standstill daily. He approved more than said. “The benefits of growth in Pakistan a dozen coal, hydro, gas and combined cycle are actually more widespread... as com- MANILA: The Philippines’ police chief broke and world boxing icon Manny Pacquiao. involved in drugs deals while justice minister. power generation plants, most due to begin pared to many other developing countries down before a Senate inquiry yesterday and In September, a self-proclaimed hit man testi- It did not stop there. Duterte has humiliated generating electricity by mid-2017. that may show higher levels of growth, vowed to stand by President Rodrigo Duterte fied to having heard Duterte order assassina- de Lima during speeches, accusing her of adul- Meanwhile his advisers negotiated a three- but with greater inequality.” Nevertheless and his deadly war on drugs, after a narcotics tions and to having watched him kill a man with tery, making a sex tape of her affair with her year extended fund facility with the IMF to there is room to improve, he added. kingpin testified to entrenched police involve- a machine gun while a mayor in 1993. Duterte driver and bagman, and even recommending raise $6.4 billion. That, coupled with remit- Meanwhile, Pakistanis like Shah Nawaz still ment in the illicit trade. Amid high drama in has rejected that as lies. Close to 2,500 people she hangs herself. De Lima has petitioned the tances from Pakistanis overseas, have taken struggle. Days after speaking to AFP, the the televised hearing, an emotional Ronald were killed in the first four months of Duterte’s Supreme Court to muzzle Duterte. Though she foreign exchange reserves to an estimated building housing the charity providing dela Rosa grimaced and held back tears in ani- presidency, mostly in police operations and oth- has admitted to the affair, she has rejected testi- $22 billion, from $3 billion in 2008. In the food for his family was flattened in an mated remarks in which he promised to rid ers by suspected vigilantes. Duterte has res- mony by a string of criminals linking her to 2015/2016 fiscal year the economy grew 4.7 operation targeting illegal settlements on police ranks of crooked elements. Dela Rosa, a olutely defended the police and is outraged by drugs deals. Espinosa also implicated de Lima percent, while inflation was at a low of 3.8 government land.—AFP stocky, celebrity-like general nicknamed “Bato” Western and activist concerns that extrajudicial on Wednesday, saying he paid protection mon- (Rock), was responding to hours of testimony killings could be taking place. Espinosa, who ey to her driver on four occasions when she was from Kerwin Espinosa, a confessed drugs deal- arrived at the hearing wearing a flak jacket, con- in the cabinet. er and son of a mayor who was shot dead last fessed to dealing in drugs and to paying police De Lima denied knowing him and said his month by police while in prison on remand for protection money. He accused two generals and testimony was at gunpoint, under duress. “May narcotics links. numerous officers on his turf of complicity. God forgive you for all your sins, and may God “I will not surrender, I will clean up the forgive you for all your lies about me,” she said. national police,” Dela Rosa told senators. “I will No superhero In an interview last week, de Lima told Reuters be with you,” Dela Rosa said of Duterte. “I will Dela Rosa vowed to do everything to stop it. she feared for her life, having stood up to a not abandon this fight even if the public is los- “I’m not superman, I’m an ordinary policeman,” president who had a following of “diehard ing trust in the police.” Parallel probes by both he said. “But I’ll do my best to clean the police fanatics”. “The president has a personal vendet- chambers of the Philippine legislature have force even if it will cost my life. We will survive ta against me, and then it got worse because of been largely drab, though sometimes highly this.” Central to the probes has been Senator my initiative ... the Senate enquiry, into the dramatic. The panels have heard gripping wit- Leila de Lima, who initiated and led the investi- extra-judicial killings,” she said. “He has staged ness accounts of all things from death squads gation into Duterte’s crackdown, but found her- all of these personal attacks, revealing even my and sordid affairs to corruption, murder and self ousted by his Senate allies. Days later, she personal private life and portraying me as an sex tapes. Participants have included convict- was subject to a congressional investigation immoral woman so that people would no ed kidnappers, prison gangsters, an assassin into Duterte’s accusations that she herself was longer believe me.”— Reuters

Court upholds Tracksuited Thai junta sentences for Khmer chief leads workout Rouge leaders KARACHI: Pakistani residents visit a donation centre to receive food in Karachi. — AFP PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s UN-backed court upheld for bureaucrats life sentences for two top former Khmer Rouge lead- ers yesterday for crimes against humanity, in a verdict BANGKOK: He’s a mercurial army gen- classes and military elite, who say the welcomed by survivors of the brutal regime. “Brother eral known for penning saccharine bal- family were corrupt. Prayut has vowed Number Two” Nuon Chea, 90, and ex-head of state lads and angry tirades against his crit- to bridge the country’s divides but rec- Khieu Samphan, 85, were the first top leaders to be ics. Now Thailand’s junta chief has onciliation seems far off. His critics see jailed in 2014 from a regime responsible for the launched a new eye-catching project: him as the most authoritarian ruler deaths of up to two million Cambodians from 1975- trimming the waistlines of the king- Thailand has had in a generation. Some 1979. They appealed their convictions, accusing the dom’s civil servants. Former army chief have likened him to Field Marshal court of a string of errors and the judges of failing to turned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O- Phibunsongkhram, a Second World remain impartial due to their personal experiences Cha ditched his fatigues for a tracksuit War-era dictator who famously issued under the regime. and trainers yesterday as he led hun- decrees on how Thais should behave, In a lengthy ruling yesterday after months of hear- ings, the bench upheld the bulk of the convictions and dreds of bureaucrats in an mass exer- including how long they should sleep the jail terms, but accepted some legal errors had been cise session. for, how they should spend their days made in the initial trial. Kong Srim, the Supreme Court As music blasted out of loudspeak- off and how they should dress.— AFP Chamber’s top judge, said the pair “had a complete ers he boxed, played volleyball and led lack of consideration for the ultimate fate of the an aerobics class, complete with star- Cambodian population”, adding that the scale of their jumps and squats, alongside hundreds crimes was “massive”. “The Supreme Court Chamber of employees of Government House. considers that the imposition of a life sentence for The trim 62-year-old, who seized pow- each of the accused is appropriate,” he said. er in 2014, has ordered all civil servants Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan sat impassively as to exercise every Wednesday afternoon the decision was read out. The Khmer Rouge regime following concerns that Thailand’s dismantled modern society in Cambodia in their quest famously laid back attitude to life has for an agrarian Marxist utopia, killing vast numbers thickened their waistlines. Prayut revels and leaving a generational scar. “I am so happy with in being macho, plain-speaking and the convictions,” Chhun Leap, 74, who lost around 50 unpredictable-a demeanor that creates relatives during the Khmer Rouge years, told AFP after many amusing press appearances and leaving the courtroom. “They are monsters and this is is a gift to social media meme-makers. their fate.” Highlights have included him kick- Few brought to justice ing a muay thai boxer, throwing a The tribunal, known as the Extraordinary Chambers banana at a cameraman, tickling a in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), is a complex hybrid reporter’s ear and riding a bike around court on the outskirts of Phnom Penh combining ele- Government House as his security ments of international and domestic law. It was set up detail jogged behind in the tropical following an agreement between Cambodia and the heat. Each Friday night he delivers a United Nations to prosecute senior Khmer Rouge lead- nationally broadcast “bringing happi- ers. The number of allegations against Nuon Chea and ness back” speech in which he doles Khieu Samphan-and the complexity of their cases-was out advice to Thais-anything from how so vast that the court split their trials into a series of to get foreigners to appreciate pun- smaller hearings in 2011, fearful the pair might die gent durian fruit to the best Korean before justice could be served. soap opera. Their convictions in August 2014 followed a two- He has also written two ballads since year trial focused on the forced evacuation of around his coup emphasizing love for the two million Cambodians from Phnom Penh into rural nation and what it means to be Thai. labor camps and the murders of hundreds of enemy soldiers at one of several execution sites. Nuon Chea Thailand has been politically divided and Khieu Samphan are also currently undergoing a since the military launched a coup in second trial for genocide of ethnic Vietnamese and 2006 that toppled Prime Minister Muslim minorities, forced marriage and rape. But the Thaksin Shinawatra and his elected tribunal has had mixed successes. Despite the sheer government. Years of debilitating brutality unleashed by the Khmer Rouge, survivors street protests and another coup in have seen just a handful of perpetrators brought to 2014 that toppled Yingluck Shinawatra- BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Prayut justice. Many key leaders have died without facing jus- Thaksin’s sister-followed. Chan-O-cha plays with a ball during an tice, including “Brother Number One” Pol Pot who The Shinawatra clan is loved by exercise with government officials at passed away in 1998.—AFP Thailand’s rural and urban poor. But the Government House in Bangkok yes- they are loathed by Bangkok’s middle terday. —AFP NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016

People and seagulls bathe in the sea as the sun goes up with red colors in Stralsund close to the Baltic Sea island of Rugen early yesterday. — AFP Amir urges more investments, ‘real’... South Carolina gov and Trump Continued from Page 1 quoted by the Moroccan news agency MAP. Morocco maintains that Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony Middle East and Africa requires intensive coopera- under its control, is an integral part of the kingdom, critic Haley picked for UN job tion amongst all countries to find suitable solutions while the Polisario Front, which campaigns for the terri- that would bring back peace and security. HH the Amir tory’s independence, demands a referendum on self- took the chance to support Saudi Arabia’s initiative to determination. Mogul picks first woman for his cabinet hold the fifth summit on its lands, affirming that the fel- The Moroccan delegation quit the one-day summit in low GCC nation has the capabilities to host such a Malabo as Rabat is attempting to rejoin the African PALM BEACH, Florida: Donald Trump chose a ies Marco Rubio, Haley called Trump out for his failure to grand event. Union which it left in 1984 - when it was then called the Republican critic to join his cabinet yesterday, the first repudiate the Ku Klux Klan. “I will not stop until we fight a Meanwhile, Morocco and several Arab countries Organisation of African Unity - to protest the admission woman on his top team after his early picks rewarded man that chooses not to disavow the KKK. That is not a part walked out of the summit yesterday to protest the pres- of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic declared by campaign loyalists. Trump’s nomination of South of our party. That is not who we are,” she declared. ence of a delegation from the Polisario Front, media the Polisario. In 1991, the United Nations brokered a Carolina’s 44-year-old governor, Nikki Haley, as US ambas- Trump, true to form, responded with one of his trade- reports said. Morocco, which is a big investor in Africa, ceasefire between the two sides. But a promised referen- sador to the United Nations will be seen as a sign he is mark Twitter insults, declaring: “The people of South quit the fourth Africa-Arab World Summit, which focuses dum to settle the status of the vast desert territory home ready to broaden his political base. It came amid reports Carolina are embarrassed by Nikki Haley!” Trump’s choice on economic cooperation, along with seven other Arab to half a million people has yet to materialize. that he is also considering former Massachusetts gover- last week of the self-described “economic nationalist” Steve nations - Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco’s latest move was criticized on Equatorial nor Mitt Romney, another harsh campaign critic, this time Bannon, head of the right-wing news platform Breitbart, as Qatar, Oman, Jordan and Yemen - and Somalia. Guinea’s Africa 24 network, which is close to the govern- for the key post of secretary of state. his chief strategist delighted white suprema- The Moroccan delegation took the decision to protest ment. “Morocco has partnerships with Central Africa, And it followed a cordial chat between cists. But on Tuesday, after video emerged of “the presence of the emblem of a puppet entity in the West Africa and Southern Africa. We cannot allow such a Trump and the New York Times, a newspa- fans of the so-called alt-right making meeting rooms”, the Moroccan foreign ministry said, blow”, said one commentator. — Agencies per he considers hostile, in which he soft- straight-armed salutes and chanting “Heil ened his stance on climate change, torture Trump”, the president-elect disavowed the and prosecuting his defeated rival Hillary movement. Clinton. The 70-year-old property tycoon Come Saturday told the Times that he is “seriously, seriously Campaign Rhetoric considering” appointing widely-respected As he works with his advisers in his luxury Continued from Page 1 The truth is that these jokes and criticisms carry retired Marine general James Mattis as his Mar-a-Lago golf resort outside Palm Beach, more than a grain of truth. The previous parliaments defense secretary. Trump’s transition team all eyes will be on the appointments he The fact is that the parliament has lost its credibility. have done little to truly improve the situation in spokesmen told reporters that another “cab- makes for a sign of the direction his adminis- Unfortunately, it has become one of the government’s Kuwait. Our roads are proof enough along with our inet level” appointment may be made later tration will take. When Trump’s Nov 8 election tools, not the voice of the people. failing education system and our troubled national Wednesday, but offered no details as to Nikki Haley victory still seemed an unlikely prospect, In the past, I used to attend all lectures and talks and health sector. Laws and rules are passed without full who it might be. many Republican and conservative policy experts con- listen and chat with the candidates to hear what they studies and without clear understanding of the The UN ambassador post is of cabinet rank and if Haley - demned his anti-Muslim rhetoric, his affinity for Russia or had to say. But in my experience, once someone reach- impact they will have on our economy and our coun- a staunch conservative with no foreign policy experience - his isolationist and protectionist positions. es Abdullah Al-Salem Hall, he forgets all what he prom- try. We all feel that there is a state of chaos. is confirmed by the Senate she will become a powerful fig- Many of these figures are now moderating their tone and looking for work, whether they are lured by the ised us. I don’t want to say they all enter the parliament We have no voice anymore. Our parliament does ure in world diplomacy, despite previously clashing with Trump. The daughter of Indian immigrants, and the first prospect of a powerful job or are keen to serve US inter- poor and leave rich. I’m not accusing them as many not stand up for our dreams. Or even half of our woman tapped for Trump’s cabinet, Haley will also inject a ests as a moderating influence inside a Trump administra- people think. But definitely, people are cracking jokes dreams. People are still voting, but mostly for their measure of diversity in a group that until now has consisted tion. The former Iraq and Afghan war commander, retired on social media about this. cousin or friend or their individual interests - not for solely of white men. general David Petraeus - who resigned as head of the CIA The general atmosphere online and in the the nation. But no matter what, guys, it’s still called a Last year, after a white supremacist murdered nine black after he was caught sharing classified data with his mis- diwaniyas and shisha cafes is that these elections will parliament and we should cast our votes. Maybe we churchgoers in South Carolina, Haley supported a decision tress - made his pitch yesterday. “If you’re asked, you’ve not result in a unified voice of the people. It will be will be lucky to get at least a few lawmakers who care by legislators to remove the Confederate flag from the state got to serve, put aside any reservations based on cam- fractured along tribal, sectarian and religious lines, with and can make a positive difference. Let’s see on house. The decision drew protests from racist groups and paign rhetoric, and figure out what’s best for the country,” only a few working for the good of Kuwait as a whole. Saturday what happens. this year, while campaigning for Trump’s rival in the primar- he told BBC Radio. — AFP THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 ANALYSIS

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S rubber giant Firestone, no stranger to contro- versy during its 90 years in Liberia, is again Ustoking anger, this time for firing hundreds of workers who now fear for their livelihoods. Firestone has carried out two waves of sackings over the last few months, aiming at a seven percent cut in the workforce because of what it describes as “ongoing significant and unsustainable losses” due to depressed rubber prices. Workers at its plantation around an hour from the Liberian capital, aware of strong competition from Asia and the little respite in sight for the rubber market, fear they have few means of fighting back. “The day we were told, the same day, 189 people had already been Trump won with low minority vote, fueling rifts laid off,” said Harris Kerkula, president of the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL), who onald Trump won the US presidency with less sup- “We willed Donald Trump into office; we made this dream the partisan divide have reached historic lows. Surveys by told AFP the firm had broken a collective bargaining port from black and Hispanic voters than any presi- our reality,” NPI President Richard Spencer said. After out- the Pew Research Center showed this year that majorities agreement. After intervention by the labor ministry, a Ddent in at least 40 years, a Reuters review of polling lining a vision of America as “a white country designed for of both parties held “very unfavorable” views of the other few dozen jobs were saved, but officials asked the data shows, highlighting deep national divisions that have ourselves and our posterity,” he closed with, “Hail Trump! party - a first since the center first measured such senti- union to accept the redundancies “because the compa- fueled incidents of racial and political confrontation. Trump Hail our people! Hail victory!” ment in 1992. And the lion’s share of those people believe ny is going through some difficulties”, Kerkula added. was elected with 8 percent of the black vote, 28 percent of the opposing party’s policies “are so misguided that they As Liberia’s biggest private sector employer, with the Hispanic vote and 27 percent of the Asian-American Division Breeds Confrontation threaten the nation’s well-being,” the center found. around 8,000 staff, Firestone’s plantations in Harbel vote, according to the Reuters/Ipsos Election Day poll. Though Trump’s election victory was driven by white That level of division has spurred activists on both sides have grown into an entire community over the Among black voters, his showing was comparable to voters, his performance even among that group was not as of the political divide to take their activism in a more con- decades, providing a generous package of services the the 9 percent captured by George W. Bush in 2000 and strong as some of his predecessors. Reagan and George H frontational direction. In the wake of Trump’s victory, pro- state cannot match. As a result, redundancy means Ronald Reagan in 1984. But Bush and Reagan both did far W Bush both won the presidency with higher shares of the testers on the left took to the streets by the thousands in workers lose their free housing, money for school fees, better with Hispanic voters, capturing 35 percent and 34 white vote than the 55 percent that Trump achieved. The cities across the country, in some cases causing property medical care and subsidized meals in one fell swoop, percent, respectively, according to exit polling data com- historical voting patterns reflect decades of polarization in damage. Much of the agitation was motivated by a belief with just six weeks’ severance pay for many. “I will be piled by the non-partisan Roper Center for Public Opinion American politics, but the division surrounding Trump that Trump’s administration will foster racism and push the going to Lofa County where I was born because if I stay Research. And Trump’s performance among Asian- appears more profound, says Cas Mudde, an associate pro- courts and other political institutions to disenfranchise here my family will die from hunger,” former employee Americans was the worst of any winning presidential can- fessor specializing in political extremism at the University of minority voters, says James Anderson, editor of Nyumah Tamba told AFP. “I have been working for nine didate since tracking of that demographic began in 1992. Georgia. These days, he adds, “people say they don’t want ItsGoingDown.Org, an anarchist website that has promot- years and I am leaving with nothing,” he said, watching The racial polarization behind Trump’s victory has their children even to date someone from the other party.” ed mass demonstrations against Trump’s presidency, his three children play nearby. helped set the stage for tensions that have surfaced Indeed, voters’ opinions of those on the opposite side of including a call to disrupt his inauguration. — Reuters repeatedly since the election, in white supremacist victory Troubled History celebrations, in anti-Trump protests and civil rights rallies, Critics say Firestone has always exploited Liberians. and in hundreds of racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic Allegations of child labor and “slave-like” working con- hate crimes documented by the Southern Poverty Law ditions have dogged the company for years, despite Center (SPLC), which tracks extremist movements. The In crisis-struck Rio, police more recent improvements. In 2014, US media outlets SPLC reports there were 701 incidents of “hateful harass- ProPublica and PBS Frontline accused Firestone of pay- ment and intimidation” between the day following the need donated toilet paper ing off the regime of former dictator Charles Taylor dur- Nov. 8 election and Nov. 16, with a spike in such incidents ing the early years of the 1989-2003 civil war to allow in the immediate wake of the vote. its operations to continue. Children were forced to Signs point to an ongoing atmosphere of confronta- aria Thereza Sombra may rely on Rio de office paper. But requests can get more complicated: work alongside their parents to meet impossibly high tion. The Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a white Janeiro’s police to keep her safe - but in the grip after the police station itself was robbed, officers production targets, others alleged. separatist group that vilifies African-Americans, Jews and Mof financial crisis they rely on the 82-year-old to requested 12 security cameras. “For me, the most impor- The firm denied funding Taylor’s atrocities and other minorities, plans an unusual Dec 3 rally in North supply them with toilet paper. Severe budget shortfalls tant thing is that we are doing something, even if it’s asserted that it simply paid taxes as required by any Carolina to celebrate Trump’s victory. Left-wing and anar- in Brazil’s recent Olympic host city have left police small: to show love, respect and solidarity,” she said. government. Child labour was not permitted, Firestone chist groups have called for organized protests to disrupt scrounging for equipment, fuel and even the most basic added. But despite many twists and turns through the president-elect’s Jan 20 inauguration. And a “Women’s hygiene items. Hospitals are equally hard hit, com- Post-Olympic Blues some of Liberia’s darkest years, these redundancies are March on Washington,” scheduled for the following day, is pounding a deepening sense of insecurity in a city Police, firefighters, hospital staff and other state the first since the 1980s, the company claims. In an expected to draw hundreds of thousands to protest plagued by violent crime. employees have been in crisis since early this year. In email to AFP, the firm defended its decision on the Trump’s presidency. Sombra said that ordinary citizens need to step in June, Rio de Janeiro state, home to Brazil’s second- grounds of low natural rubber prices and high over- American politics became increasingly racialized where the state is failing. “If the police have their hands biggest city, had to be bailed out by the federal govern- head costs associated with the company’s concession through President Barack Obama’s two terms, “but there tied what will happen to us?” she asked. “We have to ment after declaring a “state of calamity.” And in the run- agreement, along with Liberia’s “uncertain business cli- was an attempt across the board, across the parties, to help those who are defending us. Otherwise no one will up to the Olympics first responders mounted high-pro- mate”. Furthermore, as a direct result of the 14-year civil keep those tensions under the surface,” says Jamila be able to go out of their homes.” A retired teacher and file protests to demand payment of late salaries and war, when new rubber trees were not planted, produc- Michener, an assistant professor of government at Cornell president of Rio’s Flamengo neighborhood association, overtime. The Olympics provided a brief respite with tion was low, Firestone said. University. Trump’s anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim rhetoric Sombra began helping police back in April when the emergency funding filling the gaps, but since then the “brought those divisions to the fore; it activated people on city was already descending into a pre-Olympic financial situation has regressed. Government Cash Cow the right, who felt empowered, and it activated people on abyss. However, what started off as a spontaneous initia- In a state heavily reliant on oil-industry revenues, the The monotonous work of rubber tapping may not the left, who saw it as a threat,” she added. tive among Rio residents was enshrined this month in slump in oil prices and a huge corruption scandal at seem immediately attractive to workers, but the That dynamic was evident last week. When Vice an official program called “Together with the Police.” state oil company Petrobras have hit hard. A $5.4 billion Firestone package is rare in a society with catastrophic President-elect Mike Pence attended the Broadway musical Security “is the responsibility of the state but it is the budget shortfall is predicted for 2016. “The Olympics education standards and an absence of training pro- “Hamilton” in New York on Friday, the multi-ethnic cast duty of all,” the police department says. Sombra gets a had an effect, but not enough. The crisis was here before grams. More than 16,000 students are enrolled in 17 closed with a statement expressing fears of a Trump presi- list from Rio’s 9th precinct. Then residents of the 35 con- in Rio due to a breakdown in tax revenues, the high bur- Firestone-funded schools, while the Firestone Medical dency. A far different view was on display the next day as a dominiums belonging to the Flamengo association chip den of paying salaries, and above all the oil prices,” said Centre, a 300-bed hospital cares for 5,700 patients a crowd of about 275 people cheered Trump’s election at a in. On a table in a meeting room, Sombra showed off a Vilma Pinto, an economics professor at the Getulio month. Since 2004, Firestone says it has paid $1 billion Washington conference of the National Policy Institute, a pile of toilet paper, cleaning products and stacks of Vargas Foundation. — AFP in tax revenue to the government - indispensable in a white nationalist group with a strong anti-Semitic beliefs. nation that counts the presence of just a handful of multi-nationals. Labor Minister Neto Zarzar Lighe was careful not to criticize the firm in an interview with AFP. “A total of 500 employees were to be redundant and we were able to Lax laws, flawed recall blamed for airbag deaths reduce that to 428 employees. That is significant,” he said. He defended the firm against accusations they ida Fatin Mat Asis was slumped lifeless in her car they were unaware of the recall and never got a notice no spare part and no Plan B. What’s the point?” had reneged on a pension agreement with employees, seat, bleeding profusely from her nose and mouth, from Honda for their used car. Initially, he thought Nida, 29, Honda’s first letters to car owners were labeled an “invi- saying that as the scheme was private and non-contrib- Nafter her Honda hit a lamppost and skidded into a had suffered a concussion. He was horrified to find no tation for product update”. Later letters, stamped “urgent”, utory, different rules applied. It was not always like this: ditch. Her husband was slightly injured, and their baby pulse. “The inflator must have shot through her mouth like notified car owners of an “airbag inflator replacement activ- Firestone and its employees enjoyed the boom years wasn’t hurt at all. Her husband, like Nida a doctor, had no a bullet,” he said. The post-mortem report, shown to the AP, ity,” but did not explain the recall and risks involved. There when Detroit’s automobile firms were the powerhouse idea what had happened until the post-mortem came in: A said a broken, 2.6-cm diameter, 2-cm long airbag inflator is also no explanation nor mention of deaths in the recall of the American economy. broken metal canister, later identified as part of an airbag lodged in the base of Nida’s skull. Her teeth were smashed section of Honda Malaysia’s website. Honda America has a But today life is much changed for the workers who inflator, had shot through her mouth and lodged in the and her nose fractured. Injuries to her brain stem likely website on the recalls explaining the problem, including a have been let go. Some have turned to plantations base of her skull. caused her immediate death, it said. video clip showing how the airbags can explode. It lists abandoned by Firestone, tapping the same trees as The deaths of Nida and four other Malaysians have been “As a Muslim, I accepted her death as fate but I also dates and locations of airbag-related deaths in the US. contractors and climbing perilously high up the linked to faulty Takata airbags that are at the center of one believe she is a victim of multinational corporate There are no international standards for auto safety or exhausted trunks with the hope of finding some of the world’s largest auto recalls. The US, with 11 deaths, is manslaughter,” Shamshir said. “I hold Honda and Takata recalls. The Malaysian Association of Standards Users, a remaining latex. “(Firestone) give us $180 for a ton of the only other country to have reported such fatalities. responsible. This isn’t an isolated case. We have five deaths consumer group, blames the deaths on lax auto safety rubber. To get the one ton you have to work for at Why this Southeast Asian country of 30 million would be in Malaysia, five very preventable deaths.” More than 100 laws. It has called for a new vehicle safety authority similar least two months because we climb the tree before hit disproportionately hard by the defective airbags is a million vehicles involving 17 automakers have been to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in getting to the liquid,” said Zayzay Flomo, 30. “It’s pure mystery. The families of two Malaysian victims and a sur- recalled worldwide, including 69 million in the US alone, the US, and for a strict, clear warranty law to protect car slavery”. — AFP vivor blame weaknesses in their country’s recall system. underscoring the scale of the crisis. owners. Malaysia is Southeast Asia’s third-biggest car mar- They also say Honda, the top foreign brand in Malaysia, ket after Thailand and Indonesia, with more than 666,000 hasn’t done enough to warn car owners and hasn’t provid- ‘Bullet’ new cars sold last year. The transport ministry and the ed enough replacement parts or alternative options for car The first accident in Malaysia in July 2014 killed a preg- Road Transport Department didn’t respond to AP queries All articles appearing on these pages are the owners if repairs cannot be done immediately. nant women and her unborn child. Three other people about the airbag recalls and accidents. personal opinion of the writers. Kuwait Times The defective airbags have faulty inflators and propel- died after Nida’s death, the last on Sept 24. Norazlin Haron Honda Malaysia told the AP in an email that 60 percent takes no responsibility for views expressed lant devices that may deploy improperly in an accident, died in a minor collision June 26 in a suburb of Kuala of the airbags have been replaced. The families of Nida and therein. Kuwait Times invites readers to voice shooting out metal fragments that can injure or kill. All Lumpur. A few weeks earlier, she had tried to get her car’s Norazlin are in negotiations with Honda over a settlement, the deaths in Malaysia involved the Honda City, a sub- airbag replaced after receiving a recall notice, but was told as is housewife Rabiah Ibrahim, whose near-miss led her to their opinions. Please send submissions via compact made for Asia and Europe. Experts say heat and to return in July because parts were not available, said her speak out. A ruptured inflator slashed Rabiah’s neck on email to: [email protected] or via snail humidity can make airbag explosions more likely, but eldest sister, Nor’ain Haron. A fractured inflator, found in May 3 after a minor accident in a small town in northwest- mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. The editor neighboring Thailand, with a similar tropical climate, has the car, may have punctured Norazlin’s chest and lungs, ern Perak state. Rabiah, who bought the car used in 2010, reserves the right to edit any submission as reported no deaths. said Nor’ain. “It’s like having a live bullet in the car,” said says she didn’t know about the recall. “I am so thankful that necessary. In his first media interview since his wife died on April Roslinya Latip, Norazlin’s sister-in-law. “Honda is not doing I have been given a second chance in life, but Honda 16, her husband Abdullah Shamshir Abdul Mokti told AP enough. You sent a letter with an urgent stamp but there is should be responsible,” she said. — AP THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 SPORTS

Bale forced off Spainish court calls for Swansea’s Ki out for two with ankle injury two-year jail for Neymar weeks with broken toe BARCELONA: Spain’s public prosecutor has called for Barcelona LONDON: Swansea City midfielder Ki Sung-Yueng is LISBON: Real Madrid suffered a huge injury scare soccer player Neymar to be sent to prison for two years for his set to miss their next two Premier League match- just 11 days before facing Barcelona as Gareth part in a corruption case over his transfer from Brazilian club es with a toe injury which will keep him out for Bale hobbled off with a right ankle injury just Santos to the Liga champions in 2013, said a court filing yester- about two weeks, the Welsh club said yesterday. under an hour into their Champions League day. Judge Jose Perals also called for a five-year sentence for for- Ki has featured in all five of the club’s league clash at Sporting Lisbon. Bale has been in mer Barca president Sandro Rosell and a fine of 8.4 million euros games since American Bob Bradley replaced supreme form in recent weeks having tied his ($8.9 million) for the club, but called for charges against current Francesco Guidolin as manager. The 27-year-old future to the European champions with a president Josep Maria Bartomeu to be dropped. The case stems was left out of the team for Swansea’s 1-1 draw bumper contract extension to 2022. As well as from a complaint by Brazilian investment group DIS, which at Everton on Saturday, having been on interna- travelling to Barca for El Clasico, Real face a hectic owned 40 percent of Brazil forward Neymar’s transfer rights and tional duty with South Korea, but came on for the schedule in the coming weeks with a which alleges it received less money than it was entitled to as last few minutes. “Ki Sung-Yueng faces a spell on Champions League clash against Borussia Barca concealed the real transfer fee. Barcelona have been the sidelines after breaking his toe. The midfielder is Dortmund and the Club World Cup in engulfed in legal troubles over Neymar’s transfer since 2013. expected to be out of action for around two weeks Japan to come in December. Real were Rosell resigned as the club’s president in 2014 for his role in the after suffering a fracture in the third toe of his right leading 1-0 when Bale was replaced by affair and testified in court in February alongside Bartomeu, foot,” the club said on their website (www.swanseaci- Marco Asensio with just a point Neymar and Neymar’s father. The club struck a deal with prose- ty.net). Swansea, who are bottom of the table with six enough to guarantee their place in the cutors in June to settle a separate case and paid a 5.5 million points from 12 games, host 16th-placed Crystal Palace knockout stages for a record 20th con- euro ($6.2 million) fine and avoided trial on charges of tax eva- at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday before a trip to secutive season. —AFP sion over the transfer.—Reuters Tottenham Hotspur. —Reuters

—Photos by Joseph Shagra Mutawa Alkazi presents 4WD Bj40 for Al-Dihani, Al-Rashidi

KUWAIT: In appreciation for their historical Dihani and Al-Rashidi participated under the Bj40 boasts a strong separate frame con- achievements of Fuhaid Al-Dihani on receiving Olympic flag, they proved worthiness and struction, which increases its torsional stiff- the golden medal and Abdullah Al-Tarqi Al- make dreams come true. In addition, they ness by 40%, so that Bj40 is in a position to Rashidi on receiving the bronze medal in Rio restored trust in the Kuwaiti sports and ath- withstand any extreme torque compared to 2016 Olympiad, Mutawa Alkazi Group gave a letes, despite the problem of world suspen- any similar vehicle. It can work under all reception and appreciation parts for the two sion and its consequences on the national ath- kinds of weather and topography by 2.5 Champs at its Principal Office, which was letes and sports. By such achievement, they times magnified torque up to 542 N/M, in attended by executives and personnel, in proved that our champs are capable of facing addition to 2-wheel rear drive and high- addition to a crowd of customers and atten- challenges, overcoming difficulties, showing speed 4-wheel drive and low-speed 4-wheel dees. distinction and worthiness and giving Kuwait drive, for giving an exceptional pleasure They were received by Omar Sulaiman a facelift, he asserted. while driving and a spirit of adventure. It Alkazi, CEO of Mutawa Alkazi Group and its Alkazi stated that Mutawa Alkazi Group was built as per the military vehicle stan- affiliates and the sole agent of BAIC Motors, firmly stands at the side of all Kuwaiti distinct dards and provided with V4 CC2400 motor. GAC Motor and DFM Motor, who welcomed people and youth, who are the source of pride, It was tested like a military vehicle to verify them and presented for each a 4WD Bj40 as a and supports all positive initiatives concerning road performance, and it has successfully present, in appreciation for such honorable all Kuwaiti people. experienced a road test over one million kilo- achievement. Regarding the BAIC Bj40 presented to meters, in addition to top military security Alkazi asserted that presenting a 4WD Bj40 Champs Al-Dihani and Al-Rashidi, the 4WD standards, including employment of metal- for Fuhaid Al-Dihani and Abdullah Al-Rashidi Bj40 is featured with flexible body arrange- embraced brakes and all-floating drive axle. was a symbolic present from Mutawa Alkazi ment and detachability of the roof and wind- The 4WD Bj40 is featured with various col- Group for Champ Fuhaid Al-Dihani, who screen, which gives an exceptional driving ors to fulfill the needs of possessors of such accomplished a world achievement on win- experience, in addition to the human design vehicles, e.g. black, white, dark red, red and ning the golden medal in Double Trap compe- and considerate details, e.g. panoramic revers- green. He asserted that Mutawa Alkazi Group titions, after defeating the Italian rival 28 ver- ing radar, powered foldable side mirrors, Hi-Fi is interested in providing the best offers, sus 27. Moreover, the group presented a simi- stereo system and cup holder at air outlet. For including prices, guaranty and registration, in lar vehicle to the Olympic Champ Abdullah Al- the adventurous people, the Bj40 is provided addition to the approved maintenance at the Tarqi Al-Rashidi, for receiving the bronze with off-road survival information system to service centers located in Ahmadi and offers and examine various BAIC, JAC and DFM position of prestige as always, thanks to the medal in Skeet Plate contests for men during give the feeling if adventure and challenge Shuwaikh, performed by the most skilled engi- vehicles, which fulfill different needs of cus- efforts of its citizens. 2016 Rio Olympiad, which was prominently and provide a distinct performance and con- neers and technicians capable of achieving tomers of diverse ages and requirements. In turn, Fuhaid Al-Dihani and Abdullah Al- distinct. trol all road conditions. With Bj40, the more the process as soon as practicable to enable Eventually, Alkazi asked Al-Dihani and Al- Rashidi thanked Mutawa Alkazi Group for Alkazi paid tribute to such honorable the roads difficult, the more the drive safer secure and safe road drive, and constantly pro- Rashidi to keep on distinction and lead all such generous initiative and referred to its achievement, as they gave the Kuwaitis and and more confident, thanks to the standard viding the original spare parts against the best competitions and hold Kuwait name and flag distinguished role in supporting all Kuwaitis Arabs the best present and pleaded millions of configuration of ultra-high anti-roll frame, prices. He called upon all to visit Mutawa high in the skies of all international, Arabic in all aspects, for its social responsibility at all people longing for athletes’ win of medals dur- which constitutes a natural barrier to protect Alkazi Group showrooms in Rai, Shuwaikh and and GCC circles besides other Kuwaiti champi- times, and hoped constant success for all ing such world championship. Despite Al- passengers. Ahmadi to have an idea regarding the latest ons in all arenas, so that Kuwait would restore staff at the Group.

Jorgensen says China still the team to beat

HONG KONG: Denmark’s Jan O Jorgensen believes China still rules the badminton world even though they were routed at the China Open last weekend, but warned yesterday that the West is catching up. Jorgensen led Sunday’s drubbing of the Chinese in Fuzhou when he shocked the world and Olympic champion Chen Long in straight games to win the men’s singles title. China have ruled badminton for a decade but the golden age may be ending. They left the China Open without a trophy for the first time in the tournament’s 30-year history. Jorgensen however remained cautious following one of the biggest wins of his career, saying China was far from a spent force. “The Western world is catching Abdo Feghali watches Omani competitor Oman hosts Red Bull Car Park Drift Final. up a bit, but still (China) have so many good players,” he told AFP at the Hong Kong Open, after winning his first-round match in straight games. “They’re still so Oman Hosts Red Bull Car Park Drift Final Soon strong and the favourites going into every tourna- ment.” With the great Lin Dan in the twilight of his PORT SULTAN QABOOSON: With the Red Bull “The work of the Oman Automobile ping delivery service Shop & Ship, ultra high Ministry of Tourism, Hi FM, Hala FM, Times of career and other top performers facing growing com- Car Park Drift Final 2016 only weeks away, the Association to create a special drifting track it performance tires Falken Tires GoPro, MBC, Oman, Shabiba, Bank Muscat, Omran. petition from foreign players, China are now looking spotlight is now shining on the sport of drifting has really helped to educate people about for a new generation of world-beaters to emerge. and the athletes who dedicate their lives to it. drifting and has given the public the opportu- Following the rout China’s top badminton prospects The Red Bull Car Park Drift Final 2016, the nity to watch events in one place. This has done called for patience and vowed to reassert the country’s region’s biggest drifting competition held in a lot for the development of motorsports, espe- dominance. “Some players are getting older and then association with the Oman Automobile cially drifting in Oman,” added Feghali. The Red there are the up-and-coming players. We need time Association (OAA), will bring the best drifters Bull Car Park Drift Final puts the competitors’ and experience,” said women’s doubles player Li from the Middle East and Africa to the skills to test as they are expected to deploy a Yinhui. “But that doesn’t mean things are shifting away Sultanate for the first time to battle it out for high level of expertise and courage to push or that we cannot maintain the dominant position.” the coveted ‘King of Drift’ title. The event will their engines and car bodies to the limits, while The 19-year-old was among China’s runners-up in take place at Port Sultan Qabooson Friday maintaining exceptional car handling skills, all Fuzhou on Sunday when she lost in both the women’s December 9. at high speeds. and the mixed doubles finals. Champion rally driver and Red Bull Athlete Competitors are all hungry to compete for Her women’s doubles partner, Huang Dongping, 21, Abdo Feghali designs the challenging tracks for the title and need to keep their car in control as was confident China would reassert its grip and all the local qualifiers around the region and they drift around the designated track, which brushed off suggestions the pressure was increasing. plans to make the most demanding track yet at consists of a winding course featuring obsta- “No, I don’t feel any pressure. We just focus on every this year’s final. According to Feghali, the stan- cles and sharp turns that all add to the chal- match,” said Huang, after the pair beat Taiwan’s Chiang dard of drifting in Oman has reached new lenge. The rigorous scoring system penalises Kai-Hsin and Hung Shih-Han in the first round in Hong heights in recent years. drifters if they drift the wrong way or spin Kong. “We don’t focus on too many other things.” “The level of drifting in Oman is now really uncontrollably. The China Open debacle was the latest disappoint- good and every year I must make the lives of Official partners for the event include one of ment in what has been a difficult year for Chinese bad- the drifters harder and harder with increasingly the world’s leading motor companies Nissan, minton. —AFP challenging track layouts,” commented Feghali. global oil and gas company Total, online ship- Red Bull Car Park Drift. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 SPORTS

Singapore in the driving seat as it negotiates new F1 deal

SINGAPORE: After negotiating Southeast Asia, one of the world’s fastest- Singapore GP, the event’s organiser, on the emerging middle classes from every order book is important and I Singapore’s current Formula One deal, growing regions. said it would not comment on “ongoing China, India and Indonesia. Tourism is believe this is not a small order book,” said Bernie Ecclestone said in 2012 the hard- F1’s 86-year-old commercial supremo commercial negotiations”. A decision is actually a bright spot in a slowing econo- Kurt Wee, President of the Association of est thing was explaining to the authori- first told German magazine Auto Motor expected before year-end, Ecclestone has my. In the first eight months of this year, Small & Medium Enterprises. He added ties that “we don’t race for free”. und Sport that Singapore does not want said. The Singapore race is one of the before this September’s F1 race, the num- though that “everybody would under- Four years on, the F1 boss appears to to host F1 anymore, then clarified he did most popular, taking place at night on a ber of visitors was up 10.3 percent from stand that the event has to be sustain- be frustrated again as he tries to keep not want to lose Singapore. His com- street circuit with spectators entertained the same 2015 period, at 11.3 million. able”. And that is where Singapore has one of the most glamorous races on the ments suggest talks getting tougher. by music acts such as Beyonce and Justin Tourism receipts grew 12 percent to another argument. Attendance, which calendar after the contract expires in “I think Singapore has come in and Bieber, while TV watchers get a bird’s-eye S$11.6 billion ($8.1 billion) in the first half topped 100,000 on all three days in the 2017, at a time when the city-state is negotiated hard and has realised they are view of the glitzy skyline. of 2016. first year, has declined, with this year’s weighing whether the event makes eco- in a position of strength to do so,” said As a top wealth management hub, the race averaging 73,000 spectators for each nomic sense anymore. James Walton, head of the Sports city-state is a natural draw for the region’s REWARDS day, down from 87,000 in 2015. With its tourism industry increasingly Business service line at Deloitte affluent people, a key target of Formula To be sure, Singapore has benefited With the global economy slowing, the diversified, a stronger country brand than Singapore and Southeast Asia. One sponsors such as Hugo Boss and Tag from hosting F1. Since the 2008 debut numbers might fall further and a five-year when it first hosted the event in 2008 and “This is one of the top ranked grand Heuer, a luxury LVMH brand. But the sig- race, the event has generated S$150 mil- commitment may not be so appealing, other major sporting events in the bag, prix ... and one of the markets that the nificance of that is bigger for Ecclestone lion in tourism receipts every year on although this may be offset in the future Singapore seems to have the upper hand key sponsors of F1 are most interested in.” than for Singapore, which also hosts average, except for 2009 at the height of by Malaysia pulling out as F1 fans in the in the talks with F1. Singapore’s government funds 60 per- events such as the WTA women’s tennis the global financial crisis. region would have only one nearby Moreover, Ecclestone and F1’s new cent of the S$150 million ($105.13 mil- Finals and the Rugby 7s series that bring But about 80 percent of the spending option. “If you think of the government as owners, US cable TV mogul John Malone’s lion) it costs to host the race each year. over 100,000 visitors each. While the F1 gets recycled into the economy, with a business, I think they have to manage Liberty Media, face a new risk: with Analysts say the city-state is weighing the initially played an important role in local firms hired for circuit set-up, ticket- their funds prudently to get the most Malaysia pulling out of a new deal, they costs, and benefits, of staging the event boosting the tourism industry, Singapore ing and security, the Singapore Tourism bang for their buck,” said ANZ economist could altogether lose their presence in in the future. has diversified its offering, now focusing Board says. “In these economic times, Weiwen Ng.— Reuters ‘Toughest yet’ 39th Dakar Rally unveiled

PARIS: The 39th Dakar Rally will be raced extreme geographical scenarios and cli- over nearly 9,000 kilometres from January mates. “There will be great differences 2-14 in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay and between the tropical temperatures in will demand “extreme endurance”, organis- Paraguay, the high-altitude climatic condi- ers announced yesterday. The race will set tions (in Bolivia) and then the descent into off from the Paraguayan capital of the northwestern part of Argentina which Asuncion, with race sporting director Marc is very dry and desert-like. Coma promising “the toughest edition in “The nature of the terrain, both tricky, the history of South American rally-raiding”. rocky, off-road, numerous sandy parts on There will be one week spent on the the route, along with rain, wind, sometimes Bolivian Altiplano, with five stages raced at snow, mud, sand, salt... It makes for a very crushing altitudes of more than 3,500m complicated cocktail for the competitors.” (11,480ft), going up to 4,500m. “High up in Some 316 vehicles, including 83 cars and the mountains, you’re really tested on a res- 146 motorbikes, are registered for the rally, piratory level,” race director Etienne which will feature old hands such as Lavigne told AFP. Peugeot’s French duo of defending cham- “Producing an effort is more complicat- pion Stephane Peterhansel and Cyril ed. Competitors will experience this dis- Despres, and Toyota’s two-time winner comfort very often and for long periods.” Nasser al-Attiyah of Qatar and South There will also be six special stages of African Giniel De Villiers. Also in the run- more than 400km, dune crossing and driv- ning will be nine-time world rally champi- ing in sand, especially on the sections of on Sebastien Loeb and Carlos Sainz, both in the route still unknown to rally-raid regu- Peugeots, 2004 Dakar champion Nani lars or during the all-important “Super Roma in a Toyota and Finland’s Mini driver Belen” stage, three days from the finish line Mikko Hirvonen, fourth on his debut in in Buenos Aires. 2016. It will be the ninth time the Dakar “It’s a very physical course for the com- Rally has been held in South America. petitors, the stages are long and on the The race was cancelled in 2008 over bike or quad they’ll be very physically chal- security threats in Mauritania, organisers BOSTON: Tuukka Rask #40 of the Boston Bruins makes a save against the St. Louis Blues as teammate John-Michael Liles #26 clears the rebound lenged,” Lavigne said, adding that the rally taking the decision to move the rally to during the second period at TD Garden on Tuesday in Boston, Massachusetts. The Blues won 4-2. —AFP threw up an unprecedented series of another continent in 2009.— AFP Allen stops 39 for Blues in 4-2 win at Boston

BOSTON: Robert Bortuzzo and Paul Stastny York over Anaheim. Thomas Greiss made 39 Leddy waited out Jonathan Bernier before scored 2:12 apart in the second period and saves and Adam Pelech and Josh Bailey snapping in the winner. Anaheim nearly Jake Allen had 39 saves, helping the St. Louis scored in regulation for the Islanders, who won in the 12th when officials reviewed a Blues beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 on Tuesday had been 0-4-1 on the road this season. tying goal by New York’s Thomas Hickey, night to extend their winning streak to four. Each team had four goals in the shootout but officials determined that Hickey did not Jori Lehtera scored twice for St. Louis, includ- through 13 rounds. After Kevin Bieksa interfere with Bernier on his attempt and ing into an empty net with 1:16 left. Colton missed on a slap shot to start Round 14, awarded him the tally. — AP Parayko and Patrik Berglund each had two assists. Longtime Blues captain David Backes scored for Boston in his first game against his NHL Results/Standings PARIS: Peugeot driver Stephane Peterhansel, of France, poses during the presenta- former club, putting the Bruins up 1-0 early in tion of the Dakar Rally 2017 in Paris, yesterday. The race will start in Paraguay and the first with the 20,000th goal in franchise St. Louis 4, Boston 2; Carolina 2, Toronto 1; Ottawa 4, Montreal 3; Philadelphia 3, Florida 1; NY finish in Buenos Aires in Argentina from Jan. 2 to Jan. 14, 2017. — AP history. Montreal is the only other NHL team Islanders 3, Anaheim 2 (SO). with 20,000 goals. Dominic Moore also scored Western Conference Tampa Bay 12 7 1 62 49 25 for the Bruins, who lost for just the third time Central Division Ottawa 11 7 1 44 49 23 this season with Tuukka Rask starting in goal. WLOTLGFGAPTS Decisive day looms for Boston 11 8 0 47 44 22 Rask had 24 saves for the Bruins, who had Chicago 13 5 2 61 53 28 Florida 10 9 1 53 54 21 won four of five. St. Louis 11 6 3 51 53 25 Hamilton and Rosberg Dallas 8 7 5 53 66 21 Toronto 8 8 3 58 62 19 HURRICANES 2, MAPLE LEAFS 1 Minnesota 9 7 2 46 35 20 Buffalo 7 8 4 37 48 18 ABU DHABI: Lewis Hamilton feels he faces Germany) came with Rosberg off the podium- Viktor Stalberg scored a tiebreaking, short- Winnipeg 9 10 2 58 62 20 Detroit 8 10 1 46 51 17 “pretty impossible odds” going into Formula a result that if repeated for a fifth time in 21 handed goal in the second period, lifting Nashville 8 7 3 50 48 19 Metropolitan Division One’s Abu Dhabi title-decider while Mercedes races on Sunday would hand him the title. Colorado 9 9 0 39 49 18 Carolina over Toronto for its fifth straight vic- NY Rangers 14 5 1 81 47 29 team mate and rival Nico Rosberg says he will Not quite the impossible odds he suggest- tory. Jeff Skinner also scored for Carolina, and Pacific Division Pittsburgh 11 5 3 54 55 25 treat Sunday’s race like any other. Both are ed. Hamilton, who has won the last three Cam Ward stopped 25 shots. Frederik Edmonton 11 8 1 59 51 23 being disingenuous, of course. Hamilton races and could end the year with more wins Andersen made 27 saves for Toronto, which Anaheim 9 7 4 52 49 22 Washington 11 5 2 48 40 24 knows he still has a real chance and Rosberg than Rosberg (nine each at present), knows lost for only the third time in 10 games at San Jose 10 8 1 45 42 21 Columbus 10 4 3 56 40 23 is well aware just how much is at stake. only too well that a mechanical failure or first home. Jake Gardiner had the Leafs’ goal. Los Angeles 10 9 1 51 51 21 New Jersey 9 6 3 41 42 21 Calgary 8 12 1 49 69 17 While Rosberg is the favourite to win the corner collision can change everything in an Stalberg got the deciding tally against his for- Philadelphia 9 8 3 65 68 21 ‘Duel in the Desert’, needing only to finish on instant. At Abu Dhabi in 2014, Hamilton won mer team after Tyler Bozak’s pass was picked Vancouver 7 10 2 41 61 16 Arizona 6 9 2 44 56 14 Carolina 8 6 4 47 50 20 the Yas Marina podium to become Germany’s both race and title while Rosberg started on off in the neutral zone. Stalberg entered the third world champion after Michael pole but had a power unit problem and fin- Eastern Conference NY Islanders 6 8 4 45 56 16 zone alone, beating Andersen for his third Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, he will still ished out of the points. Atlantic Division Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the goal of the season. be on tenterhooks. “I will give it everything to There is also the prospect of rivals-and Montreal 14 4 2 63 46 30 standings and are not included in the loss column (L) end the season with a win,” said Rosberg, the particularly the Red Bull pairing of Daniel son of Finland’s 1982 champion Keke, even if Ricciardo and Max Verstappen-getting in SENATORS 4, CANADIENS 3 cynics suspect he would be happy enough to among the title contenders. Mark Stone and Erik Karlsson scored 2:24 settle for a fourth successive second place. Verstappen in particular showed in Brazil, apart in the third period, helping Ottawa rally “I’ve had a great week, relaxing and catch- with a superlative drive through the field to to beat Montreal. Stone tied it at 3 early in the ing up with my family and friends, so I feel third in the closing laps and wet conditions, third from the slot after three Canadiens play- like I’m in a good place. “In Brazil ... I was jok- that he is no respecter of reputations, nor is ers got caught behind their own net. Karlsson ing that I would still be taking things one race he afraid to get stuck in. then scored at 5:37, the visitors’ first lead of at a time. But, the more I think about it, the Further back, Williams’s Brazilian Felipe the evening, on a fluke no-look shot from the more that’s actually not as crazy as it sounds. I Massa will be bowing out after his 250th race blue line after a bad giveaway by Jeff Petry. have to treat this like any other race.” start in what also looks likely to be a farewell Mike Hoffman and Derick Brassard also scored That has become Rosberg’s mantra, his for 2009 world champ Jenson Button at and Craig Anderson made 36 saves for increasingly-implausible mechanism for deal- McLaren. “It’s going to be another emotional Ottawa. Shea Weber, Alexander Radulov and ing with the pressure as the title talk grows one,” said former Ferrari driver Massa. Alex Galchenyuk scored for Montreal. Andrei louder. That stress will be greater than ever “I really hope the final, and 250th race of Markov had three assists, and Carey Price on Sunday, a lifetime’s ambition within reach my Formula One career, can be a fantastic stopped 19 of 23 shots. after years of being beaten by Hamilton. one. We will of course have a big party. How he handles it in the day-to-night race Hopefully we can celebrate with a great FLYERS 3, PANTHERS 1 could be crucial. result.” — Reuters Steven Mason made 38 saves and Wayne ‘IMPOSSIBLE ODDS’ Simmonds had a goal and an assist, helping Hamilton, who started the year tipped to Philadelphia beat Florida. Nick Cousins and become Britain’s first four times world cham- Dale Weise also scored for the Flyers, and pion but goes into the season-ender 12 rookie Travis Konecny and Brayden Schenn points adrift, has less pressure. had assists. Reilly Smith scored for the He must finish in the top three to have any Panthers, who got 25 stops from Roberto hope but, in his mind, has nothing to lose and Luongo. The loss spoiled the return of Florida everything to gain. “I’m faced with pretty forward Nick Bjugstad, who had missed all of impossible odds no matter what I do this this season after an injury in the preseason. weekend. But I can’t and won’t give up. You never know what might happen, however ISLANDERS 3, DUCKS 2, SO LAS VEGAS: Majority owner Bill Foley (L) speaks with emcee Chris Maathuis before the Vegas unlikely it may seem,” said the reigning cham- Nick Leddy scored the winner in a Golden Knights was announced as the name for Foey’s Las Vegas NHL franchise at T-Mobile pion. In fact four of Hamilton’s nine wins this Lewis Hamilton marathon 14-round shootout, lifting New Arena on Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team will begin play in the 2017-18 season. —AFP season (Monaco, Canada, Austria and THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 SPORTS

India women to forfeit Pakistan matches, says ICC

NEW DELHI: India have been docked six awarded Pakistan, who were supposed from both the Board of Control for had not been able to establish accept- Bilateral ties between the men’s crick- women’s championship match points to host the games, two points for each of Cricket in India (BCCI) and its Pakistani able reasons for not participating in this et teams have been suspended since after failing to play against Pakistan amid the three matches that were scheduled counterpart before making the call. series,” the ICC said in a statement. 2012 when Pakistan last toured India, simmering tension between the South to be held between August 1 and “The technical committee was sensi- The decision means the Indian eves, but they have met each other in interna- Asian rivals, the world cricket body said October 31. tive to the current state of relations who stay fifth in the points table, will tional tournaments including the World yesterday. The ICC technical committee said it between the nations of India and miss out on automatic qualification for Cup, World T20, Champions Trophy and The International Cricket Council (ICC) had considered written submissions Pakistan, but concluded that the BCCI the 2017 World Cup in England. Asia Cup. — AFP NZ eye first Pakistan series win in decades

HAMILTON: New Zealand have a chance YASIR DECISION to seal a first series win against Pakistan in Apart from the likely inclusion of Wahab, more than 30 years in the second Test in Pakistan were revealing little about the Hamilton with the tourists without talis- make-up of their side for a pitch that gen- man Misbah-ul-Haq. The seventh-ranked erally offers pace and reverse swing, with Black Caps go into the match which begins some turn as the match progresses. Azhar tomorrow 1-0 up in the two-Test series fol- even suggested there was the possibility lowing a comprehensive eight-wicket vic- that acclaimed leg-spinner Yasir Shah could tory over second-ranked Pakistan in the be excluded. opening Test in Christchurch. A win or “We’ll see the pitch and make the deci- draw in Hamilton will be enough for New sion then. Whatever the conditions tell us, Zealand to notch their first series win over we’ll try to pick the best XI for those condi- Pakistan since 1985 and only their third tions,” he said. New Zealand have spinner ever in 22 series between the two coun- Mitchell Santner back in their squad after tries. recovering from a wrist fracture while Dean The last time they met six years ago in Brownlie, whose last Test was in 2013, was Hamilton, New Zealand collapsed spectac- recalled as cover for Ross Taylor after a ularly in their second innings, losing their growth was detected in his left eye. last eight wickets for 50 runs to be beaten However, late Wednesday the 77-Test by 10 wickets. veteran was cleared to play in Hamilton, Wahab Riaz took three wickets in that although he will undergo surgery after- onslaught and comes into contention for wards. “Both the specialists he’s seen in this Test after being by-passed in recent days have advised Ross still has Christchurch. Pakistan need their own 20/20 vision and Ross himself feels confi- injection of good fortune as they battle to dent he is ready to play,” team physiothera- turn around a sub-par batting performance pist Tommy Simsek said. in Christchurch where they totalled only “Ross will still need to undergo a med- 304 in two innings. ical procedure on his eye to remove the “As a batting unit we need to put up a pterygium before it gets any larger. “He’ll better show ... We have to improve in the have surgery following the Test which rule next game,” said Azhar Ali, who takes over him out of cricket for approximately four to the captaincy in the absence of Misbah. six weeks.” The inspirational Misbah, who has kept New Zealand, like Pakistan, were short Pakistan unbeaten in the last seven series of runs in the first Test but declared them- they have played around the world, has selves delighted with the “world-class” returned home following a family bereave- seam attack of Trent Boult, Tim Southee, ment. Neil Wagner and Colin de Grandhomme, He would not have been available even suggesting no change there. if he had stayed in New Zealand after “The way the four seamers in particular receiving a one-Test ban for Pakistan’s slow got into spells, held their areas for long BULAWAYO: Sri Lanka batsman Niroshan Dickwella is in action during the fifth match of triangular one-day international series between Sri over rate in the first Test. “We’ll miss him, periods ... was world class and it certainly Lanka and West Indies at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo, yesterday. — AFP definitely,” Azhar said. “Obviously we have was a huge effort,” said captain Kane to cope with that now and whoever comes Williamson. Both sides head to Australia into the side will take that opportunity and after the Test, where New Zealand will play give us runs, as well as the stability he gives three ODIs and Pakistan three Tests as well S Lanka snatch thrilling us in the middle.” as a series of limited-over matches. — AFP victory over Windies

BULAWAYO: Sri Lanka took three wickets in the last three overs to snatch a thrilling one-run vic- NHL results/standings tory over West Indies in the triangular one-day series yesterday. Scoreboard at close of play in the fifth Triangular Series match between Sri Lanka and West Indies yesterday in Niroshan Dickwella and Kusal Mendis both Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. scored 94 runs as Sri Lanka posted 330 for seven from their 50 overs but for the second game run- Sri Lanka Innings E. Lewis run out (K. Mendis, Dickwella) 148 ning, West Indies worked themselves into a win- D. de Silva c&b K. Brathwaite 58 K. Brathwaite b Gunaratne 16 ning position before falling agonisingly short of K. Perera b Gabriel 7 S. Hope run out (Pradeep) 25 their target as they finished on 329 for nine. N. Dickwella lbw b Holder 94 J. Carter run out (Tharanga) 6 K. Mendis c Hope b Nurse 94 Needing 10 runs off the final over bowled by R. Powell lbw b N. Kulasekara 10 S. Jayasuriya b C. Brathwaite 9 J. Holder not out 45 Nuwan Pradeep, Sulieman Benn belted the third U. Tharanga c Nurse b Holder 26 delivery for six to leave the West Indies requiring A. Gunaratne c R. Powell b Holder 6 C. Brathwaite b N. Kulasekara 19 three runs from the final three balls. S. Pathirana not out 24 A. Nurse c Dickwella b Lakmal 2 But amid a frantic finish they could only man- Extras (lb-7 w-5) 12 S. Benn c D. de Silva b Pradeep 11 ADELAIDE: Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat (L) speaks at a press age one more run and must now battle hosts Total (for 7 wickets, 50 overs) 330 S. Gabriel not out 0 conference with South Africa’s cricket captain Faf du Plessis (R) ahead of the third Zimbabwe on Friday to determine who will play Fall of wickets: 1-18 K. Perera, 2-123 D. de Silva, 3-230 N. Extras (lb-6 w-15) 21 Test cricket match between Australia and South Africa in Adelaide yesterday.—AFP Sri Lanka in Sunday’s Tri-Series final. Dickwella, 4-258 S. Jayasuriya, 5-277 K. Mendis, 6-291 A. Total (for 9 wickets, 50 overs) 329 A sparkling maiden ODI century from West Gunaratne, 7-330 U. Tharanga. Fall of wickets: 1-63 J. Charles, 2-133 K. Brathwaite, 3-175 Indies opener Evin Lewis (148 from 122 balls) Did not bat: N. Kulasekara, N. Pradeep, S. Lakmal S. Hope, 4-198 J. Carter, 5-224 R. Powell, 6-262 E. Lewis, Du Plessis denies was in vain as captain Jason Holder (45 not out) Bowling: S. Gabriel 5-0-29-1(w-1); J. Holder 10-0-57-3; C. 7-307 C. Brathwaite, 8-312 A. Nurse, 9-328 S. Benn. was the only other batsman to get past 30 in the Brathwaite 7-0-64-1(w-2); A. Nurse 8-0-58-1; K. Bowling: N. Kulasekara 10-0-73-2(w-7); S. Lakmal 10-0- innings. As they had done in their last match Brathwaite 10-0-56-1(w-1); S. Benn 10-0-59-0(w-1). 67-2(w-3); S. Jayasuriya 4-0-20-0(w-1); N. Pradeep 10-0- against Zimbabwe, when they could only man- cheating, says 65-1(w-3); S. Pathirana 7-0-51-0; A. Gunaratne 9-0-47- age three from the final over to tie, West Indies West Indies Innings failed to close out the match. J. Charles c Tharanga b Lakmal 26 1(w-1). Lewis was one of three run outs in the made ‘scapegoat’ innings that came at crucial times and kept Sri nership for the third wicket as Sri Lanka posted a was trapped leg before wicket by Holder and Lanka in the game. formidable 330 in their innings. Mendis then also missed out as he edged a ADELAIDE: South Africa captain Faf du goat now, but all you can ask for is that Dickwella and Mendis shared a 107-run part- Dickwella fell six runs short of a century as he delivery from Ashley Nurse. — Reuters Plessis said yesterday he had been made a everyone gets treated the same.” ‘scapegoat’ by the International Cricket Council and denied any wrongdoing after BIG DEBATE being found guilty of ball-tampering dur- Sitting beside Du Plessis, Cricket South Patel replaces injured Saha as India keeper ing the second test against Australia. Africa Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said Du Plessis, who was sanctioned for the he had asked the skipper to hold off from MUMBAI: India have called up wicketkeeper 2014. He has played 20 tests for India but will be the next test match of the series.” Patel became same offence in 2013, was charged last appealing the charge pending further Parthiv Patel for the third test against England unavailable for the match starting on Saturday. test cricket’s youngest wicketkeeper when he week after footage emerged from the information from the ICC. after Wriddhiman Saha was ruled out of the “BCCI medical team confirms that India wicket- made his debut as a 17-year-old against England Hobart test of him applying saliva to the “We will pick up this topic with the ICC,” match in Mohali with a thigh strain, the coun- keeper Wriddhiman Saha developed a strain in in 2002 and has gone on to play 19 more tests ball with a mint in his mouth. Lorgat, a former chief executive of the try’s cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday. his left thigh during the second match... played for the country, the last in Sri Lanka in 2008. Cricketers in the field are permitted to, sport’s global governing body, said. Saha replaced Mahendra Singh Dhoni as against England at Visakhapatnam,” the board The hosts lead the five-match series against and routinely do, ‘shine’ one side of the ball “It’s a big academic debate about this. India’s test wicketkeeper after the former captain said in a statement. “As a precautionary measure, England 1-0 after winning the second test in by applying saliva with their fingers and “I am personally aware of the pervasive- retired from the five-day format at the end of Saha has been advised rest and will not play in Visakhapatnam by 246 runs. — Reuters rubbing it on their uniforms to encourage ness of this issue. I get stories told all the the ball to swing in the air when it is time.” South Africa wrapped up the series 2- bowled. However, it is forbidden to use 0 by thrashing Australia by an innings and ‘artificial’ substances to work on the ball. 80 runs in Hobart last week, with the tour- After a marathon ICC hearing in Adelaide ing side’s bowlers dominating. on Tuesday, the 32-year-old was fined his “I suppose the thing that’s most disap- entire match fee but cleared to play in the pointed us is that we’ve dominated and series finale in Adelaide. played exceptionally well,” said Du Plessis. The ICC verdict was defended by its “That’s taken all the shine away from South African Chief Executive David that, excuse the pun,” he added, breaking Richardson as a “line in the sand” but cur- into a wry smile as reporters chuckled. rent and former players slammed the deci- Du Plessis was backed by Australia cap- sion, saying every team shined the ball in tain Steve Smith, who denied his team had the same way. Du Plessis, standing in for ever complained about the tactic. injured regular skipper AB de Villiers, “I’ve seen Faf’s comments in his press expressed regret that the case had taken conference ... We along with every other away from his team’s series-winning tri- team around the world shine the ball in the umph in Australia and said he had never same way,” Smith told reporters. intended to cheat. “I still completely dis- The charge laid by Richardson last week agree with (the verdict),” Du Plessis told a angered the South African camp, as did the media conference in Adelaide in calm and close attention from local journalists, one measured tones. “I felt like I’ve done noth- of whom clashed with a team security ing wrong. “It’s not like I was trying to cheat guard at Adelaide Airport after the Proteas or anything, I was shining the ball. “It’s touched down on Monday. “Thanks for all something that all cricketers do. “Our the love last week,” Du Plessis said with mouths are always full of sugar, I think it’s irony to reporters. “What happened at the such a grey area in the laws of cricket. airport was pretty disappointing ... “I just ask for that everyone gets treated Because I was never really going to be ble the same way. I think that’s fair. to give any answers (before the hearing). VISHAKHAPATNAM: In this photograph taken on November 19, 2016 India’s wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha (L) watches as England’s Jonny “Obviously the ICC has taken a stance “I did feel there was a sense of (the Bairstow (C) plays a shot during the second Test cricket match between India and England in Vishakhapatnam. Saha was yesterday ruled out of against me, to use me probably as a scape- media) looking for a reaction.” — Reuters the third Test against England, prompting the selectors to recall Parthiv Patel. — AFP THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 SPORTS India to be site of league elite training center

NEW YORK: An elite NBA Academy train- will train at the academy, with selections male and female prospects in India with well as development of education, lead- Academy India will give them a platform ing center for India’s top male and female to be made by next February. world-class coaching and training, as well ership and character skills off the court. to prepare for the opportunity to develop players will open next April near Delhi, “The NBA remains committed to grow- as academic support and an emphasis on “NBA Academy India will help us iden- into a professional-level prospect.” the league announced Tuesday. ing the game in India, and the launch of life skills.” tify and develop elite homegrown Existing NBA grassroots programs The academy will be the fifth of its NBA Academy India marks our most sig- Each center will feature under-18 and prospects and shape the next generation engaged more than 12 million youth kind in the world, following three in China nificant investment in basketball devel- under-16 teams, with travel sides selected of national players,”said NBA India worldwide this past season. ACG-NBA and another in Australia. The NBA will opment in the market,” said Brooks Meek, for international events. Prospects will Managing Director Yannick Colaco. Jump, India’s first national basketball tal- conduct a national scouting program NBA Vice President of International have NBA-level coaching, facilities and “Youth basketball players in India have ent search program, debuted last year starting later this month to identify the Basketball Operations. competition and a global network to had relatable figures to look up to in Sim and offered a chance to attend tryouts for inaugural pool of 24 elite prospects who “This academy will provide the top maximize achievement possibilities as Bhullar and Satnam Singh, and now NBA the NBA Development League. — AFP

Ex-English players allege sex abuse

LONDON: Former Tottenham Hotspur has been ruined until the age of 43, but striker Paul Stewart and two other ex- how many others are there? players have come forward to allege sex- “I’m talking about hundreds of chil- ual abuse at the hands of youth coaches dren who Barry Bennell cherry-picked for when they were children. Stewart, various football teams and who now, as capped three times by England, said he adults, might still be living with that was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a awful fear.” man who threatened to kill his family if Walters, who became Crewe’s he told anyone. The 52-year-old, who youngest debutant in 1988, said he had also played for Liverpool and Manchester also been abused by Bennell. City, joins former Crewe Alexandra play- “All these years, I’ve had this secret ers Andy Woodward and Steve Walters in inside me,” he told The Guardian. “But I speaking out about abuse they suffered. have to let it all out now. It’s the only “The mental scars led me into other way. I want closure and I know, for a fact, problems with drink and drugs,” Stewart this is going to help me move on.” Based told yesterday’s Daily Mirror. “I know now in northwest England and currently in it was a grooming process. The level of England’s fourth tier, Crewe have a well- abuse got worse and worse. established reputation for developing “I wanted people to know how diffi- young players. Crewe chairman John NEW YORK: New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose (25) goes to the basket past Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum (3), guard Damian cult it was to come forward. It stirred up Bowler, who was in position at the time a lot of my past which I thought I had Lillard (0) and forward Maurice Harkless (4) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, at Madison Square Garden in New York. of Bennell’s offences, told the BBC the The Knicks won 107-103. — AP buried.” Stewart, a married father of club were “distressed” by the accusations three, said other players were also and would review the situation. abused by the man, who was not named. He added he was “very sorry for the Stewart was encouraged to speak out distress caused” to Woodward and after Woodward told The Guardian he Porzingis, Rose help Walters. Woodward has been praised for had suffered years of abuse at the hands of convicted paedophile Barry Bennell, a speaking out by Britain’s National Society former youth coach at Crewe. for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Bennell was jailed for nine years in (NSPCC). “It is time for the government Knicks edge Blazers 1998 after pleading guilty to sexual and sports organisations to work togeth- offences against young boys. He was er to close gaps in child protection and imprisoned for two years in May 2015 for make sure that the thousands of sports NEW YORK: Kristaps Porzingis had 31 points a historic sexual offence against a boy clubs across the country have robust and nine rebounds, Derrick Rose scored six of NBA results/standings and has also spent time in jail in the safeguarding policies in place,” said an his 18 points down the stretch, and the New York Knicks beat the Portland Trail Blazers 107- United States. Cheshire Police, responsi- NSPCC spokesman. NY Knicks 107, Portland 103; New Orleans 112, Atlanta 94; Denver 110, Chicago 107. 103 on Tuesday night. Rose made the go-ahead ble for policing the Crewe area, said six England’s Football Association has set up a helpline for former players to report basket with a little more than 3 minutes remain- Eastern Conference Western Conference people had come forward saying they ing and hit the jumper that clinched it with 6.8 Atlantic Division abuse. In a joint statement, the FA, the Northwest Division wanted to speak to police in the light of seconds left. Carmelo Anthony finished with 17 W L PCT GB Oklahoma City 8 7 .533 - Woodward’s interview. Premier League and the Football League points despite a scoreless fourth quarter for the Toronto 8 6 .571 - Portland 8 8 .500 0.5 described Woodward’s story as “heart- Knicks, who won their fifth straight at home. Boston 8 6 .571 - Utah 7 8 .467 1 ‘IMMENSE COURAGE’ breaking” and praised his “immense Brandon Jennings had 11 assists off the bench. NY Knicks 7 7 .500 1 Denver 6 8 .429 1.5 Brooklyn 4 9 .308 3.5 Woodward told The Guardian: “My life courage”. — AFP Damian Lillard scored 22 points for the Trail Minnesota 4 9 .308 3 Philadelphia 4 10 .286 4 Pacific Division Blazers but fell to 4-1 at Madison Square Central Division LA Clippers 13 2 .867 - Garden. CJ McCollum added 16 points. Cleveland 10 2 .833 - Golden State 12 2 .857 0.5 Chicago 9 6 .600 2.5 LA Lakers 8 7 .533 5 NUGGETS 110, BULLS 107 Indiana 7 8 .467 4.5 Rookie Jamal Murray scored a season-high Milwaukee 6 7 .462 4.5 Sacramento 5 9 .357 7.5 Phoenix 4 11 .267 9 24 points, Will Barton hit two free throws with Detroit 6 9 .400 5.5 Southeast Division Southwest Division 9.5 seconds left and the Nuggets beat the Bulls. San Antonio 11 3 .786 - It was Denver’s 10th straight home win over the Atlanta 9 5 .643 - Charlotte 8 5 .615 0.5 Houston 9 5 .643 2 Bulls and its 16th in the last 17 meetings at Orlando 6 8 .429 3 Memphis 9 5 .643 2 Pepsi Center. Butler had 35 points and eight Miami 4 9 .308 4.5 New Orleans 5 10 .333 6.5 rebounds for Chicago, which last won in Denver Washington 4 9 .308 4.5 Dallas 2 11 .154 8.5 on Feb. 8, 2006. Dwyane Wade had 22 points after sitting out Sunday’s game against the Lakers. The Nuggets used a 22-0 run at the start quarter after bruising his right knee and missing seconds to play, and the Los Angeles Lakers of the second quarter to take a 41-31 lead. the second and third periods. Davis, a three- blew a 14-point lead in the final minutes before Murray had 15 of his 17 first half points in the time All-Star and the NBA’s leading scorer, fin- rallying for a 111-109 victory over the period and Wilson Chandler scored 12 of his 16 ished with 13 points. New Orleans led by 20 at Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night. in the second quarter. The game was tied when the end of the first quarter and never let up. Young finished with 17 points and Jordan Barton was fouled on a drive to the basket, and Dennis Schroder and Kyle Korver each scored 14 Clarkson had 18 for the Lakers, who survived a he hit two free throws left to give Denver a 109- for the Hawks, who have lost three in a row. monster performance by Russell Westbrook in 107 lead. Isaiah Cannon shot an airball on a 3- Atlanta was tied for the Eastern Conference lead the final minutes. After Westbrook scored 17 point attempt and the Nuggets got the ball. last week but now begins a five-game road trip points in a five-minute span to trim the Lakers’ playing its worst basketball of the young sea- big lead to one point, Steven Adams scored on PELICANS 112, HAWKS 94 son. The Pelicans have won five of seven and are a go-ahead putback of Westbrook’s miss with Tim Frazier had 21 points and 14 assists, 3-0 since Jrue Holiday returned after missing 13.9 seconds to play. The Lakers then passed Terrence Jones added 17 points and the the first 12 games to be with his sick wife. the ball around the perimeter before Young Pelicans won their third straight game with a coolly drained his fourth 3-pointer of the night. victory over the Hawks. Pelicans forward LAKERS 111, THUNDER 109 Westbrook missed a long shot shortly before Paul Stewart Anthony Davis returned to begin the fourth Nick Young hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 5 the buzzer. —AP

Cowboys try to match best start by beating Redskins

WASHINGTON: Dak Prescott will try to match said Washington’s Kirk Cousins, who has seven the best NFL season start in Dallas Cowboys his- touchdowns passes in his last three games. tory today when the star-helmeted squad hosts Redskins’ defenders will be tested by the league’s arch-rival Washington in a US Thanksgiving holi- top rookies in Prescott, who has thrown for 17 day showdown. touchdowns and run for four more, and Ezekiel The Cowboys, with an NFL-best 9-1 record, Elliott, who leads NFL rushers with 1,102 yards. are not the only division pace-setters in action as NFC North co-leaders Detroit and Minnesota LIONS WIN WITH LATE HEROICS meet while AFC North co-leaders Pittsburgh visit At Detroit, the host Lions and Vikings are both Indianapolis. 6-4. A fourth-quarter fightback has been needed Rookie quarterback Prescott, who has relegat- in every Detroit triumph. ed veteran Tony Romo to a reserve role, guided “Every one of their games they’ve played Dallas to nine consecutive triumphs since losing have been seven points or less,” Vikings coach on September 11, but this is the first time he will Mike Zimmer said. “I think they’ve done a great play such a major game on only three days of job at the end of ballgames, including the one rest. “I’m excited about it,” Prescott said. “I’ve nev- we played. The biggest thing is once you start er done this before, to respond real quick and winning, you develop confidence and that’s what play another game. But I love ball and I love they’ve done at the end of ballgames.” these games. I’m excited for it and looking for- Detroit won 22-16 at Minnesota earlier this ward to it.” The only 10-1 start in Cowboys history month, Matt Prater forcing over-time with a 58- came in 2007 but it will take completing a season yard field goal and Matthew Stafford throwing a sweep of the Redskins to equal it. 28-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate for the “We’re taking it one game at a time and focus- victory. The Lions have won three Thanksgiving ing on what’s happening at that moment,” said Day games in a row after dropping nine consecu- Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant, who has five tive games on the holiday. touchdown catches. “We’re not looking too far “I expect it to be an awesome atmosphere ahead.” The Cowboys have a 29-18 with one and both teams playing at a high level,” Stafford PITTSBURG: File photo shows Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle David Irving (95) leaps over Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Xavier Grimble drawn record in their traditional Thanksgiving said. “From a game-planning standpoint, at least (85) during the first half of an NFL football game in Pittsburgh, Nov 13, 2016. Today Dallas Cowboys squad hosts arch-rival Washington in home game, including a 6-1 record on the holi- you’re familiar. They are fresh in your mind from a US Thanksgiving holiday showdown. —AP day against Washington. The Redskins, 6-3 with just a couple of weeks ago. It doesn’t diminish one draw, are off to their best start since 1986 the challenge. They’re a really good defense.” trail AFC South leader Houston by one game. pass the tests to return to the field in order to “We’ve got a guy that comes to work every and since losing to Dallas 27-23 at home on With both clubs two games off the pace for a face the Steelers. Only one player this season has single day and prepares like a starter ever since September 18, they have six wins and a draw COLTS OUT OF LUCK? wildcard berth, they know the easiest playoff done that in less than five days. he’s been in this building,” Colts coach Chuck from eight games. “We’re feeling good, but at the At Indianapolis, the host Colts and Pittsburgh path is by winning a division crown. Scott Tolzien, a backup in Green Bay the past Pagano said. “He understands and knows this same time it’s a short week and we’re playing enter 5-5. That has the Steelers level with Colts quarterback Andrew Luck is in the NFL three seasons, would start in Luck’s place. He has offense and if that’s the case, he’ll go out and one of the best teams in the NFL on Thursday,” Baltimore atop the AFC North while the Colts concussion protocol and has only four days to thrown only one NFL pass since 2013. play winning football.” —AFP THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 SPORTS

Mourinho ties his fate to Ibrahimovic at United

MANCHESTER: Jose Mourinho’s While it is not hard to see why League’s bottom side. Although some of said. “I’ve been in the game for 20 years Ibrahimovic had suggested earlier this announcement that Zlatan Ibrahimovic Ibrahimovic would re-sign a one-year those strikes were spectacular, and, while I’m getting older, I feel I’m get- week that he might “outnapoleon will stay at Manchester United for a sec- deal reported to be worth 260,000 Ibrahimovic has appeared a throwback ting better as I get older. Napoleon” by decamping to the MLS. ond season was a bold statement of faith pounds ($323,362.00) a week, some in a season where Chelsea and Liverpool “I am shining in one way or another, “Perhaps I should do what Napoleon in a striker still trying to prove himself in United fans question whether he have literally set the pace with high- but if you want me to shine even more didn’t and cross the Atlantic and con- England. United’s manager swatted away remains the right man to spearhead their octane performances that have seen then I will try and do it for you,” he joked. quer the States as well,” he told Swedish questions about the 35-year-old’s pace attack into his 37th year. them surge ahead of sixth-placed United. The problem is Mourinho has already newspaper Aftonbladet. But first he and suitability, effectively tying their The goals have dried up after five in The Swede defended himself with identified a lack of pace as a problem for must conquer Manchester. With a tro- fates together as they seek a way to turn his first five games. Since then the characteristic charm on Wednesday his attack, explaining he overlooked phy bagged every season since 2001, around United’s season. Swede has netted three times in 12 when it was suggested at a news confer- Wayne Rooney at home to Arsenal on including 13 league titles, and a statue “We are going to execute the option attempts, once against Ukrainian side FC ence that he had not shone this season. Saturday because he was too slow. to be erected in his honour in of a second season,” said Mourinho. “After Zorya in the Europa League and twice “I shine for 24 hours (a day), so it Wednesday’s contract announcement Stockholm, Mourinho clearly believes that he can do what he wants.” versus Swansea City, the Premier depends how you want me to shine,” he was all the more surprising because Ibra will deliver. — Reuters

Hat-trick delights Reus, Tuchel in record win

DORTMUND: Marco Reus was delighted to up after first-choice Roman Burki broke his have netted a hat-trick on his comeback in hand in Saturday’s 1-0 league win over Borussia Dortmund’s record 8-4 hammer- Bayern Munich, was unhappy with his ing of Legia Warsaw in the Champions defence. “There are points we should talk League after six months out. about, we must behave differently in “That was an important step for me, it’s defence,” he fumed. “We’re playing here in how you imagine your first day back will the Champions League, you have to give a go,” said Reus with a grin. “I’ve worked hard different account of yourself. “It was a great for this moment and I am pleased that I game for the spectators, but we should not could help the team.” have leaked four.” The Germany winger led the way in a record-goal haul for a Champions League NINE CHANGES game. The 12-goals in Dortmund on Tuchel had made nine changes to the Tuesday bettered the competition’s previ- side which beat Bayern on Saturday and ous record of 11 set when Monaco beat Prijovic took advantage of sloppy defence Deportivo de La Coruna 8-3 in November to chip his shot home and stun the 2003. With Dortmund already through to Dortmund crowd on 10 minutes. the last 16, the huge win keeps them top of Even though UEFA had banned Group F, two points clear of Real Madrid Warsaw’s fans from this particular match for with one match to go. previous bad behaviour, a small band man- Dortmund’s Shinji Kagawa and Legia’s aged to get into the stadium and cheered Aleksandar Prijovic also finished with two their side’s opener. But Borussia roared goals each thanks to some poor defending back with five goals in 16 minutes. Their by both teams. Reus, who captained first three goals came in 198 seconds when Dortmund, made his return after 185 days Kagawa headed home on 17 minutes, then out with an adductor injury which side- slotted a second just a minute later. To lined him for June’s European champi- compound Warsaw’s problems, a clearance onships. It was his first match since punch from goalkeeper Radoslaw Cierzniak Dortmund lost the German Cup final to clattered off Nuri Sahin’s chest and into the Bayern Munich on penalties in Berlin on Legia goal to make it 3-1 on 20 minutes. May 21. Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel Prijovic pulled another goal back for was delighted with Reus’ return as he wel- Warsaw on 26 minutes, and could have comed back one of his key stars on a night claimed a hat-trick when his chip hit the LEICESTER: Leicester’s Christian Fuchs, left, and Brugge’s Jelle Vossen challenge for the ball during the Champions League Group G soccer when the goals flowed. crossbar moments later. match between Leicester City and Club Brugge in Leicester, England, Tuesday. — AP Dortmund’s French winger Ousmane ‘FANTASTIC’ Dembele made it 4-2 when he beat several “You couldn’t have expected him to defenders to fire home on 29 minutes. score three times in his first game back,” He then helped Kagawa set up Reus for enthused Tuchel. “This is extraordinary and his first on 32 minutes. Dembele weighed Okazaki, Mahrez fire a fantastic performance,” he added in prais- in with his third assist of the night with a ing his team. “This is the quality which has superb cross to allow Reus to claim his sec- been missing for months and Marco has ond and Dortmund’s sixth on 52 minutes. been sorely missed.” But Tuchel admitted Warsaw midfielder Michal Kucharczyk Dortmund have clear defensive frailties to pulled a third goal back for Legia on 57 Leicester into last 16 fix. He said he was feeling sorry for goal- minutes before Pierre-Emerick keeper Roman Weidenfeller, who was often Aubameyang came off the bench to hit the left brutally exposed by his defence. “It was post for Dortmund. Dortmund defender LEICESTER: Shinji Okazaki and Riyad Mahrez Brugge-before the hosts were given a scare impact, seizing on a loose pass and dispatching surreal, I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Felix Passlack then scored his first scored as England’s miracle club Leicester City when substitute Anthony Limbombe sliced a low shot that Butelle dropped to his left to Tuchel. “There is clearly room for improve- Champions League goal before Hungary beat Club Brugge 2-1 on Tuesday to book their wide. Seeking to keep Brugge on the back foot, save. Ricardo van Rhijn’s corners gave the hosts ment in terms of defence, especially on a striker Nemanja Nikolic netted Warsaw’s place in the Champions League knockout phase. Ranieri sent on the fleet-footed Jeff Schlupp and some nervy moments late on and Butelle twice counter-attack. “I felt really sorry for Roman fourth in the final ten minutes. Reus Leicester are toiling in defence of their 5,000-1 Demarai Gray for goal-scorers Mahrez and prevented Gray from making it 3-1, but Leicester and we have to address these blatant wrapped up his hat-trick in the 93rd- Premier League title, but the fairytale continues Okazaki, with Ahmed Musa following shortly would not be denied their place among the con- errors.” Ex-Germany goalkeeper minute when he converted Aubameyang’s in Europe as they became the first Champions after. Schlupp almost made an immediate tinental elite.— AFP Weidenfeller, 36, back in the starting line- final pass at point-blank range. — AFP League debutants to win their group since Malaga in 2012. Porto’s failure to beat FC Copenhagen left Leicester five points clear at the Monaco send Spurs crashing Ten-man Sevilla furious as Group G summit, guaranteeing them a kinder draw for the last 16 even before their final match out of Champions League away to Porto on December 7. Juventus fightback to qualify “We’re on another journey. I don’t know MONACO: Harry Kane scored his first matches in all competitions and have lost SEVILLE: Sevilla were left fuming at playing well, in control and taking the where, but we’re excited!” said Leicester manag- Champions League goal but could not pre- three of their five games in Europe. English referee Mark Clattenburg as game to them; we didn’t have many prob- er Claudio Ranieri. “We started well, we pressed, vent Tottenham Hotspur from crashing out of “After we lost the first goal we came back Juventus came from behind to win 3-1 in lems. “All of a sudden we are left with a scored twice and kept possession. But after they the competition with a 2-1 defeat in Monaco with the penalty but it is difficult to under- Spain and seal their place in the last 16 of man less and he has given a penalty that scored we lost our way a little. on Tuesday. Spurs needed at least a point to stand how we conceded the (second) goal,” the Champions League on Tuesday. for me you can’t give.” “Now the group is won, it’s important to keep their hopes of reaching the last 16 alive Pochettino said. The hosts made the perfect start Juventus travelled to Spain shorn of a come back in the Premier League.” The only dis- and Kane brought them level with a penalty “If you want to go to the next level in the through Nico Pareja’s ninth minute opener, number of key players, including first appointment for Ranieri’s side, who sit two shortly after Djibril Sidibe had put Monaco in Champions League you can’t concede goals but were reduced to 10 men after just 36 choice strike pairing Gonzalo Higuain and points above the relegation zone in the Premier front at the Stade Louis II. like that.” The Premier League side had minutes when Franco Vazquez was shown Paulo Dybala, and got off to the worst pos- League, was a second-half goal by Brugge’s However, Thomas Lemar ended a whirl- showed their intent as Kane, Dele Alli and a second yellow card by Clattenburg. sible start. A corner from the right was only Colombian winger Jose Izquierdo. wind spell by restoring Monaco’s lead in the Mousa Dembele all started for despite having A controversial Juventus penalty con- partially cleared and the loose ball was It prevented Leicester from becoming the 53rd minute and the hosts-for whom been cited as doubts before the game by verted by Claudio Marchisio followed and expertly dispatched into the bottom corner first team since Manchester United in 2010 to Radamel Falcao had an early penalty saved- Pochettino. Meanwhile, Monaco coach Sevilla coach Jorge Sampaoli was also sent from the edge of the area by Pareja. keep clean sheets in their first five group games, held on to claim the win that secures their Leonardo Jardim named the attacking line-up to the stands before two goals in the final Sergio Escudero nearly added a spectac- but that was of secondary importance on a his- place in the knockout stages. that has made his team the most prolific in six minutes from Leonardo Bonucci and ular second as his volleyed effort flew just toric night. Brugge’s defeat at the King Power Monaco are also guaranteed to progress Europe’s leading leagues this season. Mario Mandzukic ensured the Italian cham- over the bar. However, ugly clashes Stadium was their fifth in succession in the as Group E winners, while Bayer Leverkusen However, Tottenham missed a glorious pions’ progress. between the two sets of fans on Monday group and extinguished the Belgian champions’ are through too after drawing 1-1 away to chance to go ahead inside six minutes when By contrast, Sevilla’s first defeat in Group night that left one Belgian Juventus fan in faint hopes of pipping Copenhagen to a Europa CSKA Moscow in Russia earlier in the day. Alli’s defence-splitting pass sent Song heung- H means they have to avoid defeat by a hospital, spiled onto the pitch in a bad- League place. Leicester had needed less than “It is a beautiful victory. We are happy and Min racing clear. The Korean found himself two-goal margin away to Lyon in two tempered encounter in which Clattenburg five minutes to get off the mark in their 3-0 win let’s hope this continues,” Sidibe told beIN through one-on-one with Danijel Subasic but weeks to guarantee their place in the last became the protagonist. in September’s reverse fixture and they were just Sports of a Monaco side who are through to was pushed wide by the Croatian goalkeeper 16. “When they went down to ten men, Vazquez’s poorly timed trip on Sami as quick to get going in the teams’ reunion. the last 16 for the second time in three sea- and the opportunity was gone. they closed down all the space and we Khedira just inside the Sevilla half was A sharp break down the left wing involving sons. “Our objective was qualification and we Four minutes after that Monaco won a made several mistakes. Fortunately my left shown no mercy by the official who took Marc Albrighton and Jamie Vardy culminated in are first, which is important. We will savour penalty. Fabinho went down in spectacular foot came to the rescue,” Bonucci told charge of last season’s Champions League Christian Fuchs curling a delightful cross behind this before we start looking forward.” fashion under an Eric Dier challenge and UEFA.com. “We can celebrate because we final. Sevilla were far more infuriated in the visitors’ defence that Okazaki hooked home Meanwhile, Tottenham will go into their Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers pointed to the reached our first objective, but now we first-half stoppage time, though, as at the near post. Leicester’s Jekyll and Hyde final match against CSKA at Wembley with spot, only for Hugo Lloris to dive low to his have many others.” However, Sevilla winger Clattenburg pointed to the spot when a transformation had taken place once again and only a berth in the Europa League after right and save Falcao’s kick. The home side Vitolo claimed it was Clattenburg who series of bodies went to ground from a they swarmed all over their punch-drunk oppo- Christmas up for grabs. did not let that miss get to them, instead con- changed the game. Juventus corner. nents in a manner reminiscent of last season’s It is a deeply disappointing outcome for tinuing to look the more dangerous side but “Today two decisions from the referee Sergio Rico got a hand to Marchisio’s extraordinary title surge. Mauricio Pochettino’s men, who have now it took them until three minutes into the sec- have harmed us,” the Spanish international spot-kick, but couldn’t keep the midfield- Mahrez turned Laurens De Bock inside-out managed just one win in their last nine ond half to get the breakthrough.— AFP told BeIN Sports Spain. “At 1-0 we were er’s effort out. — AFP before drawing a near-post block from Brugge goalkeeper Ludovic Butelle, who also gathered a shot from Okazaki after Vardy nixed Brandon Mechele’s attempted clearance.

IZQUIERDO THUMPER In the 29th minute it was 2-0, Mahrez sending Butelle the wrong way from the penalty spot after Albrighton had lured Dion Cools into an untidy challenge on the edge of the box. It was the Algeria winger’s fourth goal of the campaign, strengthening his position as the top scorer in the group. Leicester goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler, deputising for Kasper Schmeichel, could not have wished for a gentler start to his competi- tion debut, although he did have to box away a curler from Izquierdo. Leicester went into half-time as the last team in the competition still to concede a goal, but that statistic would change within seven min- utes of kick-off in the second half. After winning the ball back in his own half, Izquierdo set off on a charging run down SEVILLA: Sevilla’s Argentinian defender Gabriel Mercado (L) vies with Juventus’ Brugge’s right flank before thumping a shot high MONACO: Tottenham Hotspur’s Dutch striker Vincent Janssen (C) vies with Monaco’s play- Brazilian defender Alex Sandro Lobo Silva during the UEFA Champions League foot- past Zieler at his near post. ers during the UEFA Champions League group E football match AS Monaco and ball match Sevilla FC vs Juventus at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Sevilla on Players on both sides had goals chalked off Tottenham Hotspur FC at the Louis II stadium in Monaco on Tuesday. — AFP Tuesday. — AFP for offside-Vardy for Leicester, Claudemir for ‘Toughest yet’ 39th Ex-English players Dakar 16Rally unveiled allege18 sex abuse THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Okazaki, Mahrez fire Leicester into last 16 Page 19 Real strike late on Ronaldo’s homecoming

LISBON: Cristiano Ronaldo was lauded like a goal through Karim. I am happy for him and the appearance in six weeks after spraining knee lig- king on his return to where his career began at team as a whole.” aments and came to his side’s rescue moments Sporting Lisbon, but Real Madrid showed no Ronaldo’s name was loudly cheered amidst later to deflect Bruno Cesar’s goalbound shot mercy in booking their place in the knockout the otherwise din of whistles that greeted the behind. stages for a 20th consecutive season with a 2-1 announcement of the Real team, whilst a banner Real were put under pressure at the start of win on Tuesday. with the message “Made in Sporting” was raised the second period as Ramos cleared a danger- However, victory came at a cost for the by the home fans with a picture of a teenage ous cross from Gelson Martins and further dis- European champions as Gareth Bale limped off Ronaldo in their famous green and white rupted as Bale hobbled off. just before the hour mark with an ankle injury hooped shirt. Zidane confirmed that further tests will be just 11 days before Real travel to face Barcelona Despite leaving Sporting for Manchester carried out on the Welshman back in Madrid to in El Clasico. United at just 18 having not even won a trophy determine the extent of the injury. Real had substitute Karim Benzema to thank with the Portuguese giants, Ronaldo is revered However, Sporting’s chances looked to have for all three points as he came off the bench to in Lisbon having captained his country to a first gone when Pereira was harshly shown red for an down Sporting’s 10 men with a fine finish from ever international tournament win at Euro 2016. off-the-ball clash with Mateo Kovacic. Despite Sergio Ramos’s cross. The affection shown may even have had an their numerical disadvantage, Sporting were lev- Raphael Varane had fired Real into a first-half effect on the normally ruthless Ronaldo as for el 10 minutes from time when Silva blasted lead, but Sporting captain Adrien Silva levelled the first time in four meetings against Sporting home from the penalty spot after substitute from the penalty spot after Joao Pereira had he failed to find the net. Fabio Coentrao had been penalised for handball. seen a straight red card. After an intense Sporting start buoyed by a Joel Campbell even had an effort saved by Real still need to beat Borussia Dortmund at boisterous atmosphere, the holders slowly Costa Rican international teammate Keylor home in two weeks’ time to top Group F after grabbed a stranglehold of the game and went in Navas as Sporting searched for the winner they the Germans thrashed Legia Warsaw 8-4. front on 29 minutes when Luka Modric’s low needed to keep their Champions League hopes “The good thing is we didn’t give up,” said a free-kick was deflected into Varane’s path and alive. Instead, they were hit with a Real sucker relieved Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane. “When the French international swept home his third punch as Benzema fired low into the far corner you concede you can think it is going to be diffi- goal of the season. to set up a shootout with Dortmund for top spot cult, but we kept going and in the end got the Madrid captain Ramos was making his first in a fortnight. — AFP Qatar coach threatens to resign if naturalized players excluded

DOHA: The coach of Qatar’s national soccer team has threatened to resign Fossati, who was hired by Qatar in September, said that if the federation if a plan being considered by the country’s football authority (QFA) to went ahead with the plan he would quit. exclude naturalized players from the squad is implemented. “If the federation wants to go another way, I’ll respect its decision 100 Qatar has used its immense oil and gas wealth to recruit sportspeople per cent. And it’ll be better for the Qatar national team to have another from around the world to bolster its national team, part of an ambitious coach who supports that view.” A spokesman for the QFA declined to com- vault onto the world sporting stage by the wealthy Arab state which will ment. About half of Qatar’s national team are naturalised citizens, includ- host the soccer World Cup in 2022. ing Rodrigo Tabata of Brazil and Uruguay’s Sebastian Soria. In a match Jorge Fossati told local media on Wednesday that a plan by the QFA to against China on Nov. 15 six players in the starting 11 were naturalised. reduce the number of foreign-born players could damage Qatar’s chances But Doha has also said it wants to foster local interest in sport among its of qualifying for its first World Cup finals in Russia in 2018. roughly 300,000 citizens and to field a homegrown squad when it hosts “I heard about a plan to exclude naturalised players and bring in more the 2022 tournament. LISBON: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo jumps for a ball young Qatari players into the national team. It (discouraging naturalisa- World soccer’s governing body FIFA rules state that a player must have during the UEFA Champions League football match Sporting CP vs Real Madrid tion) is one point I don’t agree with at this stage,” Fossati told Doha lived in a country continuously for five years after the age of 18 before rep- CF at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon on Tuesday. — AFP Stadium Plus, an English-language sports weekly. resenting the national side. — Reuters Saudi long bond shines in volatility after Trump win Page 22 Long bank queues in India? There’s Business an app for that! THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 Page 25 World economy needs Trump to Zain honors services partners build bridges Page 26 Page 23

LONDON: A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament’s Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond as he delivers his Autumn Statement to the House of Commons in London yesterday. —AFP Brexit slams brakes on British growth UK cuts 2017 growth forecast to 1.4% from 2.2%

LONDON: Britain’s economic growth will Hammond also raised the country’s mini- experts have warned that a heavy blow could support the economy through the transition.” slow sharply next year, Finance Minister mum wage level and hiked tax thresholds to fall on the UK economy once divorce pro- Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed to Philip Hammond told parliament yesterday in give workers more take-home pay. ceedings with the rest of Europe begin. trigger Britain’s exit from the European Union the government’s first budget statement In an attempt to prepare Britain for leav- by the end of March by activating Article 50 since the nation voted to exit the European ‘Uncertainty’ ing the EU, Hammond said the government of the EU’s Lisbon treaty, which begins a two- Union. The nation’s shock June 23 vote to While viewed as a government attempt to planned to invest 1.0-1.2 percent of GDP on year countdown to leaving the bloc. As leave the European Union will “change the trim of years of austerity triggered by the economic infrastructure from 2020, up from Hammond addressed the nation, a small course of Britain’s history”, Chancellor of the 2008 global financial crisis, Hammond con- 0.8 percent now. group of pro-Brexit demonstrators were Exchequer Hammond said in his Autumn firmed he had abandoned predecessor gathered outside parliament demanding Statement exactly five months after the refer- George Osborne’s aim of a budget surplus by Pound flat Article 50 be triggered immediately. endum. 2019/20. “In view of the uncertainty facing Sterling was little changed at $1.2406. The Among his key tax-and-spend pledges, Brexit “makes more urgent than ever the the economy, and in the face of slower Office for Budget Responsibility, Britain’s Hammond announced a £1.4-billion ($1.7-bil- need to tackle our economy’s long-term growth forecasts, we no longer seek to deliv- independent budget forecasters, said gross lion, 1.6-billion euros) investment to help weaknesses”, he added. Gross domestic prod- er a surplus in 2019-20,” Hammond said. domestic product would grow by 1.4 percent build 40,000 “affordable” homes. Plans to ban uct was expected to grow by only 1.4 percent But the government remains “firmly com- in 2017, down from an estimate of 2.2 per- certain costs incurred by renters of residential next year sharply down from the prior esti- mitted to seeing the public finances return to cent made in March, before voters decided to properties has already had an impact, with mate of 2.2 percent given in March. “That is balance as soon as practicable, while leaving leave the EU. Hammond, announcing the first share prices of estate agents slumping in slower of course than we would wish, but still enough flexibility to support the economy in detailed economic plans of May’s govern- trading yesterday. The chancellor also equivalent to the IMF’s forecast for Germany, the near term”, he added. ment, said the OBR believes uncertainty announced a rise in the minimum wage to and higher than the forecast for growth in The British economy has remained about Britain’s trading relationships with its £7.50 an hour in April from £7.20. And he many of our European neighbors including resilient since the referendum, even as a cut EU neighbors - who buy nearly half the coun- confirmed a plan to cut corporation tax to 17 France and Italy,” Hammond told lawmakers. in the Bank of England’s main interest rate to try’s exports - will cut growth by 2.4 percent- percent by 2020 from the current 20 percent. He noted however that the UK economy a record-low 0.25 percent has contributed to age points over coming years. Over the weekend, May announced fresh was predicted to have expanded by 2.1 per- a slump in the pound. Hammond said the OBR now saw econom- investment in research and development, cent this year, up from the government’s pre- Hammond said the projected growth ic growth in 2018 at 1.7 percent compared hiking the government’s spending by £2 bil- vious estimate of 2.0 percent. In a keenly- slowdown was due to “lower investment and with March’s forecast of 2.1 percent. “We will lion annually until 2020. Investments will be awaited budget, he unveiled a package of weaker consumer demand, driven ... by maintain our commitment to fiscal discipline rolled out through a new fund that will priori- LONDON: Philip Hammond leaves 11 Downing UK-wide investment projects, including the greater uncertainty and by higher inflation while recognizing the need for investment to tize technologies including robotics, industri- Street to deliver his Autumn Statement before building of homes and road improvements. resulting from sterling depreciation”. Some drive productivity and fiscal headroom to al biotechnology and medical technology. Parliament yesterday. —AFP Market tips, bold calls and Saudi lifts mood in regional markets eye-catchers for 2017 MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s index firmed yes- 88.68 riyals. Banking shares, which suc- investors, were chief gainers with builder LONDON: Politics, economics and finance first quarter. After that, HSBC’s bond strategist uncertainty (30 percent risk factor), the steep terday as blue-chips resumed their climb cumbed to profit taking in recent days, Arabtec surging by its 15 percent daily have all been turned on their head in 2016, Steven Major reckons they will fall back sharply increases in bond yields (25 percent), a hard and the positive mood flowed into other firmed. All of the 12 listed lenders gained limit in heavy trade. Dubai Financial and investors are already looking ahead to again to 1.35 percent - effectively retesting the landing in China (25 percent risk factor), and Gulf bourses, carrying them higher. with National Commercial Bank closing Market, the only listed exchange in the 2017 with anticipation and trepidation. The multi-decade low struck this year - because an trade wars (15 percent). Egypt’s market edged up, holding near 4.7 percent higher. Gulf, jumped 6.2 percent. consensus, broadly, is that the 35-year bull mar- initial rise to 2.5 percent would be unsustain- an 8-year peak as foreign funds remained Many analysts believe that since there Abu Dhabi’s index rose 1.0 percent as ket in bonds is over, inflation is back, central able by tightening financial conditions, drag- 4. The euro also rises aggressive buyers. Riyadh’s index has been a shift in both the domestic Dana Gas added 1.8 percent. Lenders banks are maxed out, and for the first time in a ging on the economy and constraining the “The dollar is overvalued versus other G10 bounced 3.0 percent to 6,796 points, and global macro environment, investors that are set to be merged at the start of decade any stimulus to the global economy will Fed. A bold call. currencies.” Not something you hear too often, closing 93 points over technical resist- are betting that banks will be able to 2017 gained with First Gulf Bank adding now come from governments. The implications but it’s the view of Swiss wealth management ance at the July peak of 6,703 points. recover some of their profitability, with 2.2 percent and National Bank of Abu for markets appear to be further increases in 2. “Peak” 2016 giant UBS. They predict the euro will end next Turnover was almost double that of some banks now in a position to poten- Dhabi closing 1.6 percent higher. bond yields, developed world stocks and the For Bank of America Merrill Lynch, 2016 year at $1.20, going against the growing calls Tuesday. tially increase their earnings next year. dollar, while emerging market currencies, stocks saw “peak liquidity, peak inequality, peak glob- for parity (it hit a one-year low below $1.06 last Some blue chips continued to attract Domestically, the interbank lending EGYPT CLINGS NEAR 8-YEAR PEAK and bonds are expected to struggle under the alization, peak deflation” and the end of the week) or even lower. The euro will also draw funds, with the top telecommunication rates have come down significantly since Cairo’s index of the most actively trad- weight of higher US bond yields. In equities, biggest ever bull market in bonds. That all support from the ECB tapering its QE, while operator Saudi Telecom Co (STC) jump- the sovereign international bond sale ed shares edged up 0.3 percent, climbing developed markets are favored over emerging, starts to reverse next year. “For the first time undervalued sterling will pick itself up from its ing 4.6 percent. Riyad Capital said in note last month; 3 month SAIBOR is at 2.1 per- back near an 8-year peak, but the num- cyclical sectors over defensive, banks are since 2006, there will be no big easing of mon- Brexit mauling to rally against the greenback. that STC has maintained its dividend pol- cent, after hitting a seven-year high of ber of trades fell by a third from the pre- expected to benefit from steepening bond etary policy in the G7, and interest rates and icy of 1 riyal per quarter and they believe 2.386 percent in October. vious session. The index has now yield curves, while infrastructure spending inflation will surprise to the upside.” They even 5. The “good carry” in EM it has the ability to increase dividend Goldman Sachs said in a note: “Saudi climbed 35.5 percent since the central could boost housing and construction stocks. pin a date on when the bond bull run likely Few dispute that a higher dollar and US payout because of its sound financials banks remain positively geared to higher bank ditched the currency peg to the US That’s the consensus. But what goes against ended: July 11, 2016, when the 30-year US yields next year will hurt emerging markets. and strong cash position. “The company global rates given high current account dollar on Nov 3 and faces strong techni- that grain? Where might the wrinkles appear? bond yield bottomed out at 2.088 percent. It’s Goldman Sachs has long championed a has 20 billion riyals in liquid assets con- balances, predominantly a corporate cal resistance at its record 2008 peak of And even within the broad consensus, are there 3 percent today. stronger dollar and higher yields. Two of their sisting of cash and short term invest- loan book mix and monetary policy 12,039 points. Foreign funds remained any eye-catching forecasts or trade recommen- top 2017 trade tips, however, involve buying EM ment, three times its total debt.” Some of which closely tracks the US. As a result, net buyers of shares on Wednesday while dations? 3. Black Swans assets. One is going long on an equally weight- the large-cap petrochemical producers interest rate tightening by the Fed local and regional traders cashed out, Economists at Societe Generale illustrate a ed FX basket of Brazilian real, Russian rouble, also ended on a strong footing, despite should translate into a positive net inter- according to exchange data. 1. Bond yields to FALL? graphic with four “black swans” that could Indonesian rupiah and South African rand ver- now trading at a slight premium to the est margin uplift for the banks.” For a second day in a row, the broader HSBC, who correctly called the recent slide blight the global economic and market land- sus short on an equally weighted basket of their estimated fair values. Bellwether Dubai’s main index added 1.8 per- index has outperformed, closing up 1.7 in US bond yields to historic lows, says bond scape next year for good or bad. Mostly bad Korean won and Singapore dollar to earn “the Saudi Basic Industries climbed 4.1 per- cent, with the momentum building in percent, suggesting that investors are yields may well rise next year and expects 10- news. The tail risks they see as most likely to good carry”. The other is going long Brazilian, cent to 90 riyals; the average fair value the final hour of trade. Small and mid- preferring the less liquid names as an year Treasury yields to hit 2.5 percent. But in the alter next year’s outlook stem from political Indian and Polish equities. —Reuters according to Thomson Reuters data is sized shares, usually traded by local attractive bargain. —Reuters THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 BUSINESS News Saudi long bond shines in in brief

Kuwait oil price rises volatility after Trump win $1.05 to $43.56 pb

KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti oil went up by $1.05 to Saudi 2046 bonds outperform Qatar by big margin $43.56 per barrel on Tuesday after being at $42.51 pb last Monday, said a statement by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) yesterday. At the global level, the price DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s 30-year bonds are But Saudi 30-year bonds have since Shorter-term Saudi bonds have also lion of Saudi 30-year notes and US buyers, of oil fluctuated due statements from an OPEC meeting in outperforming other Gulf debt during bounced back, to 95.6 cents, outperform- outperformed, to a lesser extent. Saudi 44 percent. Vienna regarding the organization’s intension to lower volatility triggered by Donald Trump’s ing Qatari debt which was previously Arabia’s 10-year paper is at 95.3 cents European investors also took a share, production. The price of the Brent crude was up by 22 election as US president, a sign of unsatis- seen as the benchmark for 30-year bonds against 98.4 cents on Nov. 8; Qatar’s 2026 leaving an unusually small allocation for cents to settle at $49.12 per barrel. fied demand for Saudi debt and a good in the Gulf. “The bond is still trading very notes are at 97.7 cents against 101.3 cents. Gulf banks, which are now buying in the omen for issuance expected from Riyadh tight, and very tight to Qatar too, even secondary market, a United Arab next year. The week to Nov 16 saw the tighter than before the Trump win,” a Gravitational pull Emirates-based fixed income trader said. largest outflows from emerging market London-based trader said of Saudi 30- One factor bankers say is behind the A third factor is an easing of concern US dollar stable debt on record, according to Bank of year bonds, which have also outper- outperformance is the “gravitational pow- about Saudi Arabia’s ability to cope with against KD at 0.304 America Merrill Lynch, partly because formed US Treasuries. Their yield is up 16 er” of the Saudi issue’s huge size, the low oil prices. Although the long-term out- Trump’s election fuelled expectations of basis points since the US election, com- biggest emerging market sovereign debt look remains uncertain, many investors KUWAIT: The exchange rate of the US dollar stabilized inflationary economic policy and higher pared to a rise of 37 bps for the 30-year sale in history. Because the issue is so big, think draconian state spending cuts and at KD 0.304 the same case with the euro was at KD US interest rates. US Treasury. investors are attracted by its ample liq- the success of last month’s sovereign bond 0.323 rate compared with numbers Tuesday, said the The $17.5 billion of paper which Riyadh “We are seeing capital outflows from uidity in the secondary market and have issue have averted the threat of a financial Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) yesterday. According to issued last month, in its first international emerging market debt, but Saudi is not been selling less liquid Gulf paper to buy crisis for now. The cost of insuring Saudi the CBK, the rate of the pound sterling was down to sovereign bond sale, was initially hit hard. hit by it,” said a Dubai banker, adding that Saudi bonds. Another factor is the struc- sovereign debt against default over the KD 0.378 while the rate of the Swiss france was stable The 2046 tranche sank to 90.5 cents on Nov. there was strong demand from Asian ture of primary market allocations. Asian next five years dropped this week to its at KD 0.301. The Japanese yen stood firm at KD 0.002. 14 from 98.1 cents on election day, Nov. 8. banks for the longer bonds. investors took 22 percent of the $6.5 bil- lowest since October 2015. — Reuters

Etihad Airways sets final size Govt incentives boost Pakistan Islamic banks of 5-year sukuk at $1.5bn

DUBAI: Etihad Airways has set its planned five-year sukuk ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Islamic banks are introducing at $1.5 billion, the upper end of an expected range of new products and adjusting policies to take advantage of $1.25 billion to $1.5 billion, banks leading the transaction government incentives designed to boost growth in the said yesterday. The UAE airline set the final spread for its industry. debut Islamic debt issuance at 210 basis points over Sharia-compliant banks in the country, the world’s sec- midswaps, after one bank involved said on Tuesday that ond most populous Muslim nation, held 11.4 percent of final pricing was seen at around 215 basis points over total banking assets in June, barely changed from a year midswaps. Allocation of the privately placed bond is ago. That is well below levels of around 25 percent seen in expected to start on Wednesday and the bond will price Gulf Arab states. To help change this, the government immediately afterwards. The sukuk is being arranged by introduced a 2 percent tax rebate for sharia-compliant HSBC, JP Morgan and National Bank of Abu Dhabi. The manufacturing firms in July to encourage them to elimi- bookrunners are Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Dubai Islamic nate interest-bearing debt from their balance sheets. The Bank and First Gulf Bank. central bank has exempted Islamic banks from using inter- est-based benchmarks for some financing products. Abdullah Ghaffar, head of investment banking at Al Baraka Bank Pakistan, a unit of Bahrain’s Al Baraka Investcorp makes $250m Banking Group , said he detected signs of an increase in demand for both short- and long-term Islamic financing. investment in Boston, Denver The bank has launched sharia-compliant products to finance purchases of tractors by customers and struc- DUBAI: Investcorp said yesterday its US-based real tured short-term sukuk for a white-label electronic equip- estate division had bought a portfolio of properties ment manufacturer in Lahore. in the Boston and Denver metropolitan areas for “The customer opted for sukuk - slightly more expen- about $250 million. The five investments included 20 sive to float - over quick-to-market commercial paper,” buildings and 1.8 million square feet of office, indus- Ghaffar said. Last month, Islamic lender Meezan Bank trial, flexible and laboratory space, the Bahrain- approved a new financing structure for use in the airline based alternative investment firm said in a state- industry; it uses plane tickets as an asset to back Islamic ment. On Tuesday, investment management firm deals in cases where fixed assets are not available. Arcapita, also based in Bahrain, said it had bought Islamic banks are also adjusting internal policies which three housing schemes for senior citizens in the limit financing to manufacturing companies and the use of metropolitan areas surrounding Washington DC and Atlanta for about $110 million. long-term maturities, said Syed Abubakr, sharia board KARACHI: In this photograph taken on November 16, 2016, Pakistani stockbrokers monitor index board during a member of Emaan Islamic Banking, a unit of Silk Bank. trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSE) in Karachi. — AFP There is some demand for new products from conven- tional banks planning to convert their operations into fully- fledged Islamic banks, including Faysal Bank and Summit Bank , Abubakr added. Greek businesses moving abroad to avoid austerity These banks have large portfolios of conventional credit card and personal loan facilities, but sharia-compliant PETRITSI, Bulgaria: Greek businessman Prokopis Makris Bulgarian shell companies. “They may soon be in the the industrial parks where a sign reads, “Land of equivalents are needed to retain customers, he said. believes moving to Bulgaria three years ago was the best unpleasant position of paying tax in both countries, plus Opportunities”. Such moves could help Islamic banks continue to decision he ever made. The accountant shut his failing fur- fines.” Businesses relocated from Greece generate about 5 Three years ago, his business was stuttering in Greece. grow at double-digit rates; the sector’s assets grew 16.8 niture company in Greece and opened a business helping billion euros ($5.3 billion) annually and employ an esti- He moved to Bulgaria, leaving his wife and family in percent year-on-year in June, a slowdown from 37.3 per- other entrepreneurs move to Bulgaria to escape a 29 per- mated 53,000 people, according to 2014 data from Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city an hour’s drive cent growth recorded in the year to June 2015. Pakistan’s cent tax rate, which has jumped since Athens adopted Greece’s embassy in Sofia. Numbers are rising fast: 3,642 away. “The taxman in Greece takes 70 to 90 percent of government believes it can pull more people into the austerity as part of an international bailout. Greek businesses have been registered in Bulgaria so far earnings, Greece simply doesn’t let you live,” the 50-year- formal banking sector-especially in rural areas — by “We are bombarded with taxes in Greece, businesses this year, up from 3,262 for all of 2015, according to the old said as he walked through a warehouse stacked with expanding the Islamic finance sector, and this could are being annihilated,” he says in his plush office overlook- Bulgarian Registry Agency. ladders and paint tubs. It took him a few days to register boost economic growth. ing the town square of Petritsi, a Bulgarian town about 12 Bulgaria says it will share tax details with Greece to his company in Bulgaria. Eighty percent of the goods he km (seven miles) north of the border with Greece. The help the audits. A bilateral tax treaty says a company can- handles is imported from other European states and then Hurdles debt crises faced by Greece and several other European not be taxed in both countries and the tax domicile is exported to his customers in Greece. A sole trader, However, capitalisation levels could emerge as a con- countries led to drastic spending cuts and tax increases to determined by wherever its principal activity is located. “If Kalaitzoglou now nets about 50,000 euros a year after straint on growth, said Ghaffar. In June, Islamic banks had a improve government finances. But the higher taxes pun- needed, we will cooperate with the Greek tax authorities paying the 10 percent corporate tax, a 5 percent tax on combined, average risk-weighted capital ratio of 13.4 per- ished businesses forcing many to shut or move to lower under the mechanisms for exchange of tax information dividends and about 100 euros a month in pension con- cent of assets, down 1.2 percentage point from a year ago, tax jurisdictions such as Bulgaria or Cyprus, helping those between EU member states,” Rosen Bachvarov, tributions. central bank data shows, compared to a banking industry economies but undermining the recovery needed to bal- spokesman for Bulgaria’s national revenue agency, said average of 16.1 percent. This has prompted some Islamic ance the books at home. when asked about the audits. Hard times banks to issue capital-boosting sukuk; in September The number of Greek owned businesses based in Serres, a town of just under 100,000 people on the fron- Meezan raised 7 billion rupees ($66.9 million) via a private Bulgaria, where the corporate tax rate is only 10 percent, “Land of opportunities” tier, has been hit by business flight. Membership of the placement of subordinated sukuk. has risen to 17,000 from 2,000 in 2010, when Greece had Six hundred kilometres (372 miles) north of Athens, Serres Chamber of Commerce and Industry has fallen to Others have opted for consolidation: Al Baraka Bank its first bailout, according to Bulgarian authorities. The the Greek-Bulgarian border is teeming with traffic. A 10,000 from 17,000 pre-crisis as businesses have closed. Of Pakistan completed a merger with Islamic lender Burj Bank Greek government is concerned. It plans a series of tax ravine through mountains on the Greek side gives way to the 7,000 that shut, 1000 went to Bulgaria, the chamber’s last month. The central bank helped earlier this month by audits in cooperation with Bulgaria to determine if these a sweeping valley where agriculture and vineyards are the president Christos Meglas said. The departures have con- lowering Islamic banks’ statutory liquidity requirement to business defections are merely changes of address mainstay of the local economy. tributed to a rise in unemployment to 29.1 percent in 2015 14 percent of total demand liabilities from 19 percent, designed to avoid tax rather than a physical relocation of At two small industrial parks 5 km inside Bulgaria, from 13.8 percent five years earlier. Per capita GDP has fall- reducing the amount of liquid assets which banks must operations. Greek signs are everywhere, advertising storage and en 15 percent to 9,676 euros for the region, the second- maintain as reserves. “Many Greek businesses in neighboring countries may office space. “There are dozens of Greek businesses just in lowest in Greece. It was 11,421 euros in 2008. “Serres is a The ratio compares to 15 percent for conventional actually be most economically active in Greece,” said this area alone, from transport companies to textile busi- living example of how the rich became poor ... we were banks. Islamic banks face an acute shortage of sharia-com- George Pitsillis, head of Greece’s Public Revenues Agency, nesses and construction materials,” said Yiorgos one of the richest prefectures, now we are among the pliant liquid assets, aggravated by limited supply of local adding that he suspected many firms were using Kalaitzoglou who runs a logistics business out of one of poorest,” said Meglas. — Reuters currency sovereign sukuk. — Reuters

EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Swiss Franc 304.790 Japanese Yen 0.002667 0.002847 Australian Dollar 226.520 BAHRAIN EXCHANGE COMPANY WLL US Dollar Buying 304.500 Kenyan Shilling 0.002993 0.002993 ASIAN COUNTRIES Korean Won 0.000249 0.000264 CURRENCY BUY SELL Japanese Yen 2.757 GOLD Malaysian Ringgit 0.065612 0.071612 Europe Indian Rupees 4.492 20 Gram 248.17 Nepalese Rupee 0.002837 0.003007 Pakistani Rupees 2.919 British Pound 0.372381 0.382381 10 Gram 127.01 Pakistan Rupee 0.002712 0.003002 Srilankan Rupees 2.067 5 Gram 64.35 Czech Korune 0.003988 0.015988 Philippine Peso 0.006035 0.006335 Nepali Rupees 2.814 Danish Krone 0.039553 0.044563 Singapore Dollar 215.130 Sierra Leone 0.000051 0.000057 Euro 0. 319078 0.328078 Hongkong Dollar 39.415 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Singapore Dollar 0.208830 0.218830 Norwegian Krone 0.031812 0.037012 Bangladesh Taka 3.871 South African Rand 0.015686 0.024186 Philippine Peso 6.564 Romanian Leu 0.071807 0.071807 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001640 0.002220 Thai Baht 8.612 Slovakia 0.009155 0.019155 US Dollar 304.200 Taiwan 0.009453 0.009633 Canadian Dolla 225.044 Swedish Krona 0.029082 0.034082 GCC COUNTRIES Thai Baht 0.008274 0.008824 Sterling Pound 383.455 Swiss Franc 0.295493 0.306493 Saudi Riyal 81.574 Euro 329.642 Qatari Riyal 84.018 Turkish Lira 0.087442 0.097742 Swiss Frank 301.458 Arab ani Riyal 794.439 Bahrain Dinar 805.769 Bahraini Dinar 0.804039 0.812539 Bahraini Dinar 812.280 Australasia UAE Dirhams 83.216 Egyptian Pound 0.015609 0.024862 UAE Dirham 83.274 Australian Dollar 0.218724 0.230724 Qatari Riyals 84.433 Iranian Riyal 0.000085 0.000086 Saudi Riyals 82.003 New Zealand Dollar 0.209503 0.219003 ARAB COUNTRIES Iraqi Dinar 0.000188 0.000248 Jordanian Dinar 429.495 Egyptian Pound - Cash 24.100 Jordanian Dinar 0.425976 0.434976 Egyptian Pound 19.620 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 18.990 America Sri Lankan Rupees 2.065 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.228 Canadian Dollar 0.221877 0.230877 Indian Rupees 4.498 Lebanese Pound 0.000152 0.000252 Tunisian Dinar 134.820 Georgina Lari 0.138026 0.138025 Pakistani Rupees 2.902 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020095 0.044095 Jordanian Dinar 430.720 Bangladesh Taka 3.875 US Dollars 0.301500 0.306200 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.038 Nigerian Naira 0.000401 0.001036 Philippines Pesso 6.189 US Dollars Mint 0.302000 0.306200 Syrian Lira 2.180 Omani Riyal 0.787345 0.793025 Cyprus pound 160.643 Morocco Dirham 31.036 Qatar Riyal 0.083129 0.084579 Japanese Yen 3.826 Asia Syrian Pound 2.427 Saudi Riyal 0.080407 0.081707 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Bangladesh Taka 0.003387 0.003971 Nepalese Rupees 3.860 Syrian Pound 0.001296 0.001516 US Dollar Transfer 305.700 Chinese Yuan 0.042946 0.046446 Malaysian Ringgit 72.482 Tunisian Dinar 0.129912 0.137912 Euro 325.880 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.243 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037314 0.040064 Sterling Pound 379.070 Turkish Lira 0.087442 0.097742 Thai Bhat 9.664 Indian Rupee 0.000391 0.004602 Canadian dollar 227.880 UAE Dirhams 0.081779 0.083479 Turkish Lira 94.850 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 Turkish lira 91.000 Yemeni Riyal 0.001381 0.001461 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 BUSINESS World economy needs Trump to build bridges

PARIS: President-elect Donald Trump’s big-spend- said “we’ve become a Third World country”. ing plan to revitalize US infrastructure could be just Economies further afield would benefit at a time the ticket to drag the world economy out of its when Europe and Japan are struggling with the post-crisis torpor, experts say. But there is a huge debilitating effects of deflation or anaemic growth. caveat, they warn: the plan’s benefits would be “Inflation would spread everywhere in the world,” eroded if Trump executes his avowed aim of putting in a welcome filip to the central banks of Europe “America first” and tearing up commercial pacts, and Japan, according to Laurent Geronimi, a senior potentially igniting a trade war. asset manager at the private bank Swiss Life. The Republican property tycoon’s team says he Indeed, the bond markets have already signalled will devote $550 billion to rebuilding decrepit as much with trillions of dollars wiped off valuations highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools and since Trump’s election-a sign that investors expect a hospitals something that President Barack Obama debt-fuelled spending splurge to drive up interest failed to persuade Republicans in Congress to rates. That would benefit millions of savers and back. The idea has support from the International investors in pension funds who have struggled Monetary Fund, the Federal Reserve and since the 2008 financial crisis ushered in a period of Democrats, all keen to see the United States raise rock-bottom rates across the West. its productive capacity, despite the likelihood it Emerging markets could also win out if the dollar will also ramp up its debt. continues its recent bull run sparked by expecta- “All public money invested in US infrastructure- tions of higher inflation and borrowing costs. which badly needs it-can only be welcome,” said “If the American currency appreciates, that’s a Ludovic Subran, chief economist at the trade insur- good thing for us because we are exporters of oil ance company Euler Hermes. The United States suf- and of raw materials that are priced in dollars. And fers from congested highways, collapsing bridges when the dollar appreciates, we earn a bit more,” BEIJING: A magazine featuring a cover story about US President-elect Donald Trump is seen at a and a ramshackle rail network. Bemoaning the state said Lucas Abaga Nchama, governor of the Bank of news stand in Beijing yesterday. — AFP of US airports during the election campaign, Trump Central African States. — AFP Sonangol delays payments as it battles to reform

LONDON: Angola’s state oil company to its people. Isabel runs a multinational Sonangol has amassed hundreds of mil- business empire that has made her Africa’s lions of dollars in debts and deferred pay- richest woman. A group of lawyers has ments to oil majors and contractors while filed a lawsuit accusing the president of its new chief, Isabel dos Santos, attempts to nepotism and violating Angolan probity reform its operations. Contractors say they by appointing her as head of the state oil have waited months even for small pay- firm. The supreme court last month ments from Sonangol, which handles the ordered him to respond to the inquiry. oil and gas reserves of Africa’s second- Isabel dos Santos has defended the deci- largest oil exporter. sion, saying she had been picked for her The delays began following the expertise and competence. appointment of dos Santos, the daughter President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, in June Government coffers to root out waste and corruption at a com- At the start of the shake-up, she clipped pany that was struggling even before oil the wings of the entire Sonangol legal prices plunged. department, barring them from conduct- As she worked to unravel the company’s ing any external negotiations. This may myriad debts and repayments, outgoing have hindered sorting out payment com- cheques ground to a halt. Contractors and plications. sources close to Sonangol said it is months She even booted out the hair-dressing behind in payments to nearly every entity and nail-bar salons that had set up shop it works with, from cash calls worth hun- inside Sonangol’s Luanda headquarters to dreds of millions and smaller payments of pamper the oil executives in their lunch hundreds of thousands. and coffee breaks, according to one “They haven’t paid us, but we are talk- Luanda-based diplomat. ing to them,” a source at one contractor Former chief executive Francisco de told Reuters. “They’re trying to make Lemos Jose Maria, along with the rest of reforms but there is a cash flow problem.” the board, was replaced in June when dos Sources told Reuters that those owed Santos took over. Sources close to PITTSBURG: Job recruiters work their booths at a job fair in Pittsburgh. The Labor Department reported on the number of first-time applica- included Chevron , Total, BP, ENI and Sonangol said she had taken away tions who applied for unemployment benefits in the previous week yesterday. — AP ExxonMobil . Sonangol has asked for a Sonangol’s ability to pay its own bills moratorium on other debts until the end of directly. Revenues from oil sales now flow the year, they said. directly to government coffers, where This is the most significant effort yet to payments must be approved before they US durable goods report reform the central pillar of sub-Saharan go out. Africa’s third-largest economy and one of The delays bubbled to the surface last the continent’s biggest companies. month, when reports circulated that Sonangol employs some of the Angola’s Chevron was demanding immediate pay- hints at spending pickup most powerful people and its tentacles ment of $300 million in unpaid cash calls - spread beyond energy to real estate and the money that Sonangol is required to pay railways, and trucking to telecoms. for operations on oil and gas fields. Applications for unemployment aid rise The appointment of dos Santos was Chevron declined to comment, but the itself controversial. Her father has ruled talks prompted Sonangol to issue a rare WASHINGTON: New orders for US manufactured Claims have now been below 300,000, a in the fourth quarter. Capital investment is also Angola since 1979 and government critics statement about the troubles. “This per- capital goods rebounded in October, driven by threshold associated with a healthy labor mar- expected to pick up as some of the uncertainty accuse his family and associates of enrich- fectly normal situation in the Angolan oil rising demand for machinery and a range of oth- ket, for 90 straight weeks. That is the longest run surrounding the Nov. 8 presidential election ing themselves while doing too little to industry is not unique or isolated,” the com- er equipment, pointing to a tentative pickup in since 1970, when the labor market was much clears. President-elect Donald Trump has spread the benefits of Angola’s oil wealth pany said. — Reuters business investment. While other data yesterday smaller. pledged a massive infrastructure spending pro- showed a jump last week in the number of peo- The four-week moving average of claims, gram, which could spur business investment on ple filing for unemployment benefits, the trend considered a better measure of labor market capital equipment. That would boost companies in claims remained consistent with a tightening trends as it irons out week-to-week volatility, fell like heavy machinery maker Caterpillar, which labor market. The reports were supportive of 2,000 to 251,000 last week. The dollar extended last month lowered its full-year revenue outlook views that the Federal Reserve will raise interest gains versus the yen, rising to its highest level for the second time this year. Shipments of core rates next month. The Commerce Department since April on the data. Prices for US govern- capital goods rose 0.2 percent last month after said non-defense capital goods orders excluding ment debt fell. an unrevised 0.4 percent gain in September. Core aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business capital goods shipments are used to calculate spending plans, rose 0.4 percent after declining Business spending equipment spending in the government’s gross 1.4 percent in September. These so-called core Business spending on equipment has bucked domestic product measurement. capital goods orders have now increased in four the acceleration in economic growth as the resid- A 12 percent surge in demand for transporta- of the last five months. ual effects of a strong dollar and lower oil prices tion equipment buoyed overall orders for “The report reinforces an emerging recovery continue to curb profits of some companies. durable goods, items ranging from toasters to in business investment, helped by a bottoming Business spending on equipment has declined aircraft that are meant to last three years or more, out in the oil and gas sector,” said Brittany for four straight quarters, weighing heavily on which jumped 4.8 percent last month. That was Baumann, an economist at TD Securities in manufacturing, which accounts for 12 percent of the biggest rise since October 2015 and followed Toronto. the US economy. a 0.4 percent increase in September. The reports joined bullish data on housing With the dollar’s rally appearing to have There were also increases in orders for fabri- starts, home and retail sales, as well as firming peaked early this year and oil and gas drilling cated metal products, electrical equipment, inflation in painting an upbeat picture of the activity rising in recent months, there is cautious appliances and components, and computers and FRANKFURT AM: Some passengers walk under a display showing cancelled economy at the start of the fourth quarter. optimism that equipment spending will rebound electronic products. — Reuters flights due to a strike of pilots of German airline Lufthansa at the airport in Meanwhile, more Americans sought unem- Frankfurt am Main, yesterday. — AFP ployment benefits last week. But jobless claims remain at low levels, showing that most Lufthansa pilots’ strike American workers enjoy job security. Brazil’s north faces wider The Labor Department says applications for disrupts flight schedule jobless aid rose by 18,000 to a seasonally adjust- ed 251,000. They had fallen the previous week to gap with spending freeze BERLIN: Lufthansa pilots in Germany affects flights departing from German the lowest level since 1973. The less-volatile four- began a two-day strike yesterday, airports, including 133 long-haul week average slid by 2,000 to 251,000. The over- SALGUEIRO, Brazil: In Salgueiro, a cross- approved next month. grounding some 1,800 flights at one of flights. all number of people collecting unemployment roads town in one of the poorest corners of In regions like the parched Sert„o of the Europe’s largest airlines in a long-run- checks was 2.04 million, down more than 6 per- arid northeastern Brazil, Maria Adelaide dos northeast with scant prospects for private ning pay dispute. The Vereinigung Hotels for stranded cent from a year earlier. Applications for unem- Santos’s small shop selling shoes and clothes investment, there are growing fears that the Cockpit (VC) pilots’ union initially called Flights by Lufthansa’s other airlines, ployment benefits are a proxy for layoffs. They springs to life for just a few days at the end of cuts could stoke unemployment and worsen a 24-hour walkout for yesterday, but including Germanwings, Eurowings, have stayed below 300,000 for 90 straight weeks, each month. Amid Brazil’s worst recession in the gap between rich and poor in what is extended the strike for an extra day Austrian Airlines, SWISS and Brussels longest streak since 1970. a century and a long drought that has already one of the world’s most unequal after two courts rejected attempts by Airlines, will not be affected, Lufthansa Economists had expected the claims numbers crushed hopes of making this an agricultural countries. As in most of Brazil’s least-devel- Lufthansa to halt the industrial action. said. Austrian and SWISS are using larger to bounce back after falling the previous week to center, dos Santos survives thanks to a trickle oped regions, the government here is the Lufthansa, led by CEO Carsten planes to carry passengers, while the lowest level since 1973. That drop might have of customers when government employees main provider not just of education and Spohr, insists that despite a record prof- Lufthansa has reserved almost 4,000 been exaggerated by problems adjusting the get paid. healthcare but also credit and jobs. it in 2015, it has no choice but to cut hotel rooms in Frankfurt and Munich for numbers to account for the Veteran’s Day holiday. “Unemployment here is very bad and In more than half of Brazil’s 27 states, costs to compete with leaner rivals stranded passengers. Lufthansa has Claims at such low levels show that employers these public servants are all we’ve got now. public sector salaries account for more than such as Ryanair on short-haul and called on the pilots to enter mediation, are confident enough in the economy to hold There are no factories here,” said the 48-year- one-fifth of economic output. In Brazil’s Emirates on long-haul flights. Shares in which has been rejected by their union onto their workers. The US unemployment rate is old mother of three. During a decade-long northernmost states of Roraima and Amap·, the company have lost 12 percent of because it is first seeking a better offer 4.9 percent, close to what economists consider commodities boom that pushed Brazil’s aver- in the Amazon, the state accounts for nearly their value this year, but were up 1.2 from management as a basis for talks. full employment. age yearly growth rate to 4 percent, the coun- half of the economy while in the southern percent at 1309 GMT, outperforming The union wants an average annual The Atlanta Federal Reserve is forecasting try became a poster child in the global fight state of S„o Paulo, Brazil’s richest and most German blue chips, which were down pay increase of 3.7 percent for 5,400 GDP rising at a 3.6 percent annual rate in the against poverty. populous, public salaries account for just 10 0.5 percent. pilots in Germany over a five-year period fourth quarter. The economy grew at a 2.9 per- Heavy spending by the leftist Workers percent of GDP. Lufthansa cancelled 876 of roughly from 2012. Lufthansa has offered 2.5 per- cent pace in the July-September period. Against Party government helped lift more than 26 “This spending cap is terrible,” said the 3,000 flights scheduled by its group air- cent spread over the six years to 2019. the backdrop of a brightening economic outlook, million Brazilians out of poverty - more than a mayor of Salgueiro, Marcones LibÛrio de S·. lines for Wednesday, and scrapped 912 In its effort to reduce costs, Lufthansa a labor market that is near full employment and tenth of the population and mostly in the “All of the Northeast is very poor. Many cities flights for today, affecting over 215,000 has agreed deals on pay and retirement rising inflation, the Fed is expected to hike inter- underdeveloped north. are outright bankrupt.” passengers in what is the 14th strike in schemes with the main unions repre- est rates at its Dec 13-14 policy meeting. The US But the collapse of the boom two years While pushing ahead with spending cuts, the dispute since early 2014. senting ground staff and cabin crew in central bank raised its benchmark overnight ago has hit public coffers and asphyxiated Temer has ruled out reductions in the gov- Lufthansa’s CEO has said he expects the Germany. “It is incomprehensible that interest rate last December for the first time in poor towns like Salgueiro. In an effort to tack- ernment’s flagship welfare programs Bolsa strike to cost between 7 million euros the union is calling for the biggest pay nearly a decade. le Brazil’s bloated deficit, center-right FamÌlia, a monthly allowance of up to 336 and 9 million euros ($7.4 million to $9.6 increase for the most well-paid group of In a separate report, the Labor Department President Michel Temer is now pushing reais ($100) to impoverished families that million) a day. staff,” Lufthansa board member Bettina said initial claims for state unemployment bene- through Congress an unprecedented 20-year won international acclaim for its success in The strike started at midnight and Volkens said in a statement. — Reuters fits increased 18,000 to a seasonally adjusted limit on federal spending, expected to be fighting poverty. — Reuters 251,000 for the week ended Nov 19. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 BUSINESS Euro stocks fail to match Wall Street records

LONDON: European shares dipped and bloc’s stock markets, the single currency held around to the understanding that there is not getting the cold shoulder. Two-year note source of downside risk, delivering a neg- German bond yields briefly touched record near one-year lows. The dollar, meanwhile, is going to be fiscal stimulus that is going to be yields rose as far as 1.107 percent on ative surprise to markets which so far lows yesterday, a contrast with the buoyant perched near a 14-year high. good for everyone.” Tuesday, the highest since April 2010. appear to be enamored of his emphasis mood on Wall Street as investors focused on The transatlantic split has been most stark in Weighed down by Italian banking stocks, Eurozone yields have been heading in the on fiscal stimulus and deregulation since diverging growth and interest rate prospects in bond markets, with the falling yields on two- euro zone shares shed 0.3 percent, failing to opposite direction and some solid growth the election.” Europe and the United States. US stocks were year German paper keeping the gap to US match the exuberance in Asia, where stocks data did little to shake expectations for Elsewhere, oil prices edged higher but set to hold on to gains after the Dow closed equivalents near an 11-year high. In Britain, gained 0.7 percent to strike a one-week high, more monetary easing from the European gains were capped by investors’ doubts above 19,000 for the first time on Tuesday, with sterling was a tad weaker at $1.2396 before a and Tuesday’s rally in the US. With Japan on hol- Central Bank next month. that oil cartel OPEC would agree to a large investors anticipating a growth boost under budget update from finance minister Philip iday, Australia’s main index led the action in That saw yields on German two-year enough production cut to significantly President-elect Donald Trump and a rate hike Hammond. Hopes for fiscal stimulus have been Asia with a rise of 1.35 percent to a one-month paper hit a record low of minus 0.74 per- reduce a global surplus when it meets from the Federal Reserve - expectations that lowered as the government has stressed its bor- top, helped by strength in bulk commodity cent early on Wednesday. That move next week. should be reinforced by minutes released later rowing limits. prices. kicked into reverse after a report that the Asian markets rose again yesterday, yesterday. “We do like policy divergence trades,” China’s blue-chip CSI300 index advanced 0.5 ECB is looking to lend out more bonds to tracking a record close on Wall Street, With European policymakers leaning the Rabobank strategist Lyn Graham-Taylor said. “I percent to a near 11-month peak as the yuan avert a market freeze, although the gap to while the dollar held onto its gains against other way, reaffirming their commitment to an think markets had been a bit euphoric in the touched its lowest in six years. U.S. Treasuries remains near its widest the yen on expectations of a US interest easy approach, and banking worries rattling the wake of Trump and now they are coming With equities in demand, US bonds were since 2005. rate rise. The Dow ended above 19,000 for That gap kept the euro pinned at the first time Tuesday as US traders, while $1.0624, not far from last week’s one-year still uncertain about the outlook, bet on a trough at $1.0569. Against a basket of cur- near-term bump for the world’s top econ- rencies, the dollar was flat at 101.03, very omy from Donald Trump’s growth plans. close to a 14-year peak. Investors expect his administration will The dollar also kept most of its recent cut taxes, ramp up infrastructure spend- hefty gains on the yen at 111.04, though it ing and slash regulations, all of which has met resistance around 111.35 in the would likely fan inflation — in turn put- last couple of sessions. Emerging markets ting pressure on the Federal Reserve to have struggled in recent days as surging raise interest rates. “Bulls have got control U. bond yields sucked much-needed capi- here and US equity and many other devel- tal out of Asia. Trump’s past talk of trade oped markets are going higher, at least in tariffs has also weighed on sentiment in the short term,” said Chris Weston, chief the export-intensive region. markets analyst in Melbourne at IG Ltd. Analysts at JPMorgan said Trump’s Sydney closed 1.3 percent higher, Seoul pledge to dump the Trans-Pacific gained 0.2 percent and Singapore added Partnership was already priced into mar- 0.4 percent. Taipei and Wellington were kets. “What may not be factored in is the also well up. However, Shanghai gave up possibility of follow-through on other, early gains to end 0.2 percent lower, while more protectionist campaign proposals,” Hong Kong was marginally off, breaking a they wrote in a note to clients. three-day winning streak. Tokyo was “We remain concerned about this as a closed for a public holiday. —Agencies THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 BUSINESS Long bank queues in India? There’s an app for that! ‘Chotus’ will stand in line for customers

NEW DELHI: Huge bank queues have Delhi and neighboring cities. Indians have “It started when my mother was ill and I become an ubiquitous sight across India until the end of the year to exchange their immediately needed cash,” Bedi told the after the government suddenly withdrew old 500 and 1,000 notes — 85 percent of Hindustan Times newspaper. “I requested the two highest denomination notes from the cash in circulation-for the new 500 and my teammates to stand in the queue in circulation two weeks ago-but now you can 2,000 rupee bills, or deposit them into place of me and quickly replaced them hire-a-queuer online. accounts. when my turn came.” New Delhi-based startup BookMyChotu- The surprise decision is part of the gov- But some on social media have criticised a play on the Hindi word “chotu” meaning ernment’s assault on “Black money” unde- the site’s name, saying “chotu” implies child “little one”-is cashing in on the cash crunch, clared, unaccounted cash-and aims to bring labour. offering a solution for those willing to pay more money into the formal banking sys- “Really @bookmychotu!? Can’t find any someone to stand in line for them. “Are you tem and ultimately boost the economy. But better name? This appears to promote child short of cash? Need a Helper to stand in it has caused a rush on the banks, while labour,” tweeted Mahendra. “A service called queue of the bank/ATM till the time your shortages of new notes and problems recal- bookmychotu to hire helpers...sounds so turn comes??”, reads an ad on the compa- ibrating ATMs to fit the new bills have seen wrong on so many levels!” wrote Muskaan. ny’s Facebook page. hours-long queues form outside banks The company appeared ready for the “Our boys will not go inside bank, they nationwide. criticism, and in a disclaimer on the site will just stand in the queue for our cus- BookMyChotu was originally launched wrote: “*Please Note: “Chotu” is just a name tomers as we understand that there can be as an online platform to help people hire and the same is being used for branding some emergency and our helpers can help temporary helpers, but founder and CEO purposes. We have no intentions to hurt you by saving your valuable time.” Satjeet Singh Bedi said he had received pos- anyone’s sentiments.” A “chotu” costs 90 rupees ($1.30) per itive and curious responses since they start- All helpers are well trained and over the NEW DELHI: Indians stand in a queue to deposit and exchange discon- hour or 550 rupees for waiting for a maxi- ed offering “chotus” to stand in bank age of 18, the company added on its tinued currency notes outside a bank in New Delhi. —AP mum of eight hours, and is only available in queues. Facebook page. —AFP Business growth in eurozone rises to highest rate this year ECB likely to ease monetary policy

FRANKFURT: Eurozone business FREE CASH ago,” said Holger Sandte at Nordea. protectionism and migration curbs. activity expanded the most in near- Despite years of ultra-loose mon- “(But) the underlying cost and price So far there has been very little dis- ly a year in November on strong etary policy, including printing mon- pressure is still very low and a rea- cernible reaction in both in the manufacturing and buoyant servic- ey, cutting interest rates below zero son for the ECB the maintain the eurozone and UK economies from es growth in Germany, stirring some and giving banks virtually free cash, current degree on monetary accom- Britain’s shock vote to leave the optimism that economic momen- inflation has only risen in baby steps modation for a long time.” European Union in June. Most econ- tum is picking up again. in the eurozone. The bloc’s dominant services omists agree, however, that the A strong run of data is offers At 0.5 percent in October, it is still industry also performed much bet- impact will be felt more clearly next some hope a mid-year lull after a far below the ECB’s 2 percent target ter than expected, smashing even year. The business expectations flurry of activity at the start of the ceiling. But if the trend of tightening the highest forecast in a Reuters poll. index in the euro zone services PMI year may be over, It is unlikely, how- price pressures, as indicated by the Similar to the composite number, its dipped slightly this month com- KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian girl walks past a colorful balloon installation ever, to dent expectations the PMIs, continues it could dampen PMI came in at a 11-month high of pared with the six-month high it hit at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. —AFP European Central Bank will expectations of further policy easing 54.1, up sharply from October’s 52.8. in October. announce an extension to its stimu- from the ECB. Output prices for serv- The factory PMI climbed to 53.7, There are also three key national lus program next month. The IHS ices firms in the eurozone remained its highest since January 2014, elections in the eurozone next year, Markit Euro Zone Flash Composite unchanged in November, only the above the poll median and which may interfere with the even- New obstacles await US Purchasing Managers’ Index second time in the past 14 months October’s 53.5. The PMI surveys tual negotiations between Britain jumped to 54.1, its highest so far when companies did not resort to were conducted after the US elec- and the EU on a divorce, provided stocks as Dow hits 19,000 this year, from 53.3 in October, just discounting to drum up new busi- tion but IHS Markit said panelists UK Prime Minister Theresa May fol- shy of 54.3 last December. ness. “This most likely reflects the had yet to factor into responses lows through on her intention to NEW YORK: A post-election stock-buying Uncertainties a-plenty It is now well above the 50 that year-over-year increase in energy Donald Trump’s shock victory, trigger the proceedings by March spree lifted the Dow above 19,000 for the Prices of US bonds have retreated since divides growth from contraction, prices that fell significantly one year whose campaign hinged on trade next year. —Reuters first time Tuesday, but the index faces key the election. But a significant increase in suggesting 0.4 percent growth in hurdles, including the prospect of interest rates after a lengthy period near the fourth quarter according to IHS Federal Reserve interest-rate increases. zero would likely spur some investors to Markit, slightly higher than the Composed of 30 blue-chip stocks, the shift funds out of stocks and into treasur- median forecast in a Reuters poll of Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at ies. “The real question is where do we go 0.3 percent. Services firms in 19,023.87, crossing above the big round- from here?” said Hugh Johnson of Hugh Germany and France, the bloc’s top number threshold. It had topped 18,000 Johnson Advisors. “When we ask that ques- two economies, fared better than in December 2014. tion the answer is more uncertainties manufacturers. In the broader euro- The market has been on a tear since about 2017 or what lies beyond 19,000 zone survey, however, manufactur- the November 8 US election in expecta- than I’ve seen in a long time.” ers had a stronger run. tions that President-elect Donald Trump The rally is betting that Trump will suc- Taken together, the data suggest and congressional Republicans will enact ceed in getting a mix of fiscal stimulus and the pickup in activity is not con- pro-growth regulatory, tax and invest- tax cuts through Congress and that the fined to Germany and France. “It ment policies. But several analysts pre- measures will lead to further growth. But looks like smaller economies are dicted equities would be hard-pressed to those are assumptions. A key wildcard will picking up pace after a very long score significant additional gains in the be the reception of the plan in Congress time and downward price pressures weeks and months ahead. where Republicans hold narrow majorities are somewhat abating with compa- “It is a beautiful narrative,” said Cantor in both Houses. Congressional Republicans nies managing to push through Fitzgerald’s Peter Cecchini of today’s mar- generally support tax cuts, but are leery of price increases,” said Peter Vanden ket sentiment. spending programs that could increase the Houte, chief eurozone economist at “We are finally going to move back to deficit. “We do not know how much of ING Financial Markets. a point of time when good politics can (Trump’s) fiscal stimulus plan will be “But I’m not sure the ECB will lead the US economy out of its malaise approved and secondly when it will start shift gear very rapidly for the simple and the Fed will no longer have to act to impact the economy and earnings,” reason that it has made mistakes in accommodative,” he said, adding that this Johnson said. “If I were to use one word to the past by tightening policy too viewpoint is “more hope than reality.” The summarize what lies ahead, I think it is soon. We still expect the ECB to equities surge has taken into account uncertainty.” lengthen its quantitative easing expectations that the Fed will lift interest Another question is just how much of program in December.” The ECB rates in December. But the prospect of Trump’s virulent anti-trade rhetoric during next meets on Dec. 8 and econo- additional rate increases in 2017 and the campaign will translate into actual mists polled by Reuters last week beyond could be more nettlesome, ana- policy in office. Wall Street is wary of expect it to announce an extension This file photo taken on November 17, 2014 shows a copy of La Marseillaise newspaper at a lysts said. heavy tariffs and other steps that could to its 80 billion euros a month bond purchase program that is currently printing house. La Marseillaise, a left-wing newspaper founded during the Resistance, “The market has priced in a rate hike restrict commerce. Also unclear is the announced yesterday it was filing for bankruptcy and hoped for receivership. —AFP almost fully in December,” said David prospects for US corporate earnings, scheduled to end in March 2017. Levy, portfolio manager at Republic which have slumped for much of the last Wealth Advisors. “The question is what two years. US companies turned a corner the Fed does beyond that and what guid- in the third quarter with better year-on- S Africa faces threat ance they provide.” “The market benefits year results, but the situation is tenuous, Protectionism from lower interest rates as we’ve seen especially if interest rates rise significantly. for several years now,” said Levy. “So if the “Fundamentals have not really improved,” threatens Mexican of junk credit rating Fed starts giving guidance of multiple said Cecchini. “Much of the optimism we rate hikes in 2017, that could be viewed are experiencing right now is going to economy: IMF JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s political rules that allow them to only hold bonds as a negative.” evaporate.” —AFP MEXICO CITY: Protectionism from abroad threatens turmoil and weakening economy will come that have investment-grade ratings. Mexico’s economy, but it is too early to say whether Donald under the harsh spotlight of international A downgrade would also likely fuel fierce Trump’s presidency will affect growth, the International credit ratings from this week amid predic- criticism of Zuma’s leadership. DR Congo’s business dreams Monetary Fund said Tuesday. After posting 2.5 percent eco- tions the country could lose its investment- nomic growth in 2015, Latin America’s second-biggest level status. Moody’s will release its updated Political battle economy after Brazil is projected to slow to 2.1 percent this grading on Friday, before Standard & Poor South Africa’s struggle to retain its flatlined by violence issues its key announcement a week later investment-grade status has been at the year, the IMF said in a report, leaving its previous forecast on December 2. centre of a political battle in recent months. unchanged. The IMF slightly lowered Mexico’s outlook for BUTEMBO, DR Congo: The question is so period between DR Congo’s second civil war S&P currently has South Africa-the conti- Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, who is 2017, predicting the economy will grow by 2.2 percent in absurd that Butembo’s deputy mayor misses a (1998-2003) and its 2006 elections. nent’s most developed economy-rated at widely feted by investors, has appeared to 2017, a 0.1 percentage point lower than previously thought. beat before answering. What is the town’s the lowest investment grade, and a down- have only a fragile hold on his job in a clash “Mexico continues to grow at a moderate pace despite a unemployment rate? Living ‘by the grace of God’ grade would put the country’s bonds into with Zuma. “Unemployment is the norm around these The period that followed, in the wake of challenging external environment,” the IMF said in an annu- so-called “junk” status. Gordhan was due to appear in court ear- parts,” says Godefroid Kambere Matimbya. President Joseph Kabila’s election, has not treated al report. “However, the country remains exposed to exter- Moody’s currently rates it one level high- lier this month on graft charges that many “There aren’t any businesses.” Butembo is no the region any better. Around 700 people have nal shocks, including risks of growing protectionism, given er than S&P. Any downgrade would trigger analysts saw as an attempt by Zuma loyal- ghost town, but a city of 1.1 million in been killed, mostly hacked to death, in attacks its strong financial and trade linkages with the rest of the a further crisis of confidence among ists to oust him. The charges were dropped Democratic Republic of Congo’s restive North since October 2014 around Beni, its neighboring world,” the report said. The staff report, which was complet- investors who have become increasingly at the last minute, exposing deep tensions Kivu province. city to the north. ed four days before the November 8 US election, did not wary of South Africa’s economic prospects in the ruling ANC party as several ministers Fabled for its natural riches, the lush east of Beni, now a shell of a city, no longer buys directly mention Trump. The Republican US president-elect under President Jacob Zuma. The country came out in his support. the country abounds in forests, lakes, farmland Butembo’s goods. “The people have been run out wants to renegotiate the North American Free Trade has endured a year of political scandals and Gordhan was appointed only last year to and mineral-packed peaks. For many, its wealth of the fields, and now must live by the grace of Agreement (NAFTA) and threatens to impose tariffs to pre- falling economic growth, set against record calm panicked investors when Zuma sacked is its curse. God,” Kambere says. vent US firms from outsourcing to Mexico. unemployment and huge social inequality two finance ministers within four days. “Nothing has gone right for the past 10 years “Insecurity is the big problem,” says Butembo’s IMF officials said they must wait and see which policies more than two decades after the end of South Africa on Monday unveiled the pro- or so” in Butembo, Kambere says. In fact, for the Polycarpe Ndivito Kikwaya, president of the local Trump’s administration will adopt before the Washington- apartheid. posed figure for its first minimum wage — past two decades rival armies and insurgents branch of the Congolese Business Federation. based institution can revise its forecast for the Mexican The outcome of the ratings reviews is 3,500 zar ($242) a month-in a move that have ripped through North Kivu, fighting each Foreign goods do still make it to Butembo economy. “We need to base our projection of actual policies uncertain, but more than half of 12 econo- could improve labour relations. other, stealing resources, uprooting and killing although only in “very, very small” numbers, that will be adopted,” Robert Rennhack, deputy director of mists surveyed by Bloomberg said the S&P Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said civilians in their wake. shipped to the Kenyan port of Mombasa and then the IMF’s Western Hemisphere department, told reporters. would downgrade South Africa to junk. the issue was raised in meetings with the Butembo-”the city of ficus trees” in Kinande, transported via Uganda. But with the insecurity, “We need to wait and see what the new administration Peter Montalto, Nomura bank analyst, Fitch rating agency, which is also expected the language of the local Nande ethnic group- “buyers no longer come since they are afraid of will actually do. Lots of thing are said in the campaign, and I however said S&P could freeze its rating to issue its latest credit grading within two was once known for its coffee farming and a cor- being robbed” along the way, he explains. think it is important to avoid overreacting to those,” he said. until next year, while Moody’s might cut it to three weeks. nucopia of worldly goods. Electrical appliances, Strangely, it is the period of civil war from the late The Mexican peso was rocked by Trump’s victory in the US by one notch. “The agencies may want to “They wanted to know what progress we clothing, shoes: the coveted foreign items used 1990s that fires up economic nostalgia. Butembo presidential election, depreciating by about 14 between see the outcome of the budget in February are making and they wanted to hear about to draw shopkeepers from neighboring then was the stomping ground of the RCD/K-ML, a November 8 and November 11 on fears that Trump will ful- for specifics on revenue changes and also the minimum wage,” Ramaphosa said. “By provinces in one of the world’s least developed militia group backed by neighbouring Uganda. fill his protectionist policies. In addition to renegotiating the where growth is at the time,” he said. and large we had a good a meeting.” countries. Today it would be too dangerous for “Business was good,” recalls Elie Kwiravusa, a mem- 22-year-old NAFTA pact with Mexico and Canada, Trump, “Many policy makers have been talking But South Africa’s dire economic situa- traders to travel the roads to Butembo. ber of Butembo’s Civil Society Coordination group- who takes office on January 20, announced Monday that up the chances of ratings staying on hold in tion was underlined on Tuesday with the Butembo also once boasted an industrial- ing of local citizens. “During the rebellion, we could his administration will withdraw from the 12-nation Trans- recent days.” A rating downgrade could trig- release of figures showing the unemploy- scale factory, the Cobeki soft drinks maker. trade goods,” he says. “The rebellion was profitable Pacific Partnership trade deal. —AFP ger a bout of bond selling by foreign ment rate had risen to its highest in 13 But it went out of business in the transitional for people”-unlike today, he adds. —AFP investors. Some investment funds have years, at 27.1 percent. —AFP THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 business Nissan chief Ghosn to deliver keynote address at CES 2017

DUBAI: Nissan announced yesterday it will driving more exciting for our customers by make its debut at CES 2017, held in Las making it cleaner and more efficient. Vegas. Nissan Chairman and CEO Carlos * Nissan Intelligent Integration, which Ghosn will deliver a keynote on January 5, keeps customers more connected by con- 2017 at Westgate Theatre in the Westgate veniently linking our cars to the wider Las Vegas. society. During his keynote, Ghosn will provide Nissan is a global full-line vehicle manu- insights on how Nissan Intelligent Mobility facturer that sells more than 60 models is enabling Nissan to realize its vision of the under the Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun future. He will also announce several tech- brands. In fiscal year 2015, the company nology advancements and partnerships that will benefit consumers today. “I’m pleased that Nissan will be taking the CES stage at this moment of significant change and opportunity for the automotive sector,” said Carlos Ghosn. “Nissan has a history of developing breakthrough technologies that have transformed how cars are powered, driven, and integrated with wider society. We look forward to presenting our vision for how the technologies of today are the building blocks for a future with zero emis- sold more than 5.4 million vehicles global- sion vehicles and zero fatalities on the road.” ly, generating revenue of 12.19 trillion yen. Nissan engineers, manufactures and mar- About Nissan Intelligent Mobility kets the world’s best-selling all-electric Nissan Intelligent Mobility encompasses vehicle in history, the Nissan LEAF. Nissan’s three core areas of innovation that inspire global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, how Nissan cars are powered, driven, and manages operations in six regions: ASEAN integrated into society. & Oceania; Africa, Middle East & India; * Nissan Intelligent Driving, which gives China; Europe; Latin America and North our customers more confidence through America. Nissan has a global workforce of increased safety, control, and comfort for 247,500, and has been partnered with everyone on board. French manufacturer Renault under the Zain honors high-performing * Nissan Intelligent Power, which makes Renault-Nissan Alliance since March 1999. value-added services partners Company recognizes their distinguished efforts during Q3 2016

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunica- the company’s leading position in the tele- came first in Zain’s VAS net revenue, while tions company in Kuwait, held an honoring com sector. ‘SLA’ and ‘Tranglo’ came first in the target ceremony to recognize the efforts of its high- Zain prides the strategic partnership it achievement. performing Value Added Services partners has with its Value Added Services partners, Zain’s relationship with its partners and during the third quarter of 2016. and is keen on recognizing their perform- authorized distributers is based on a strate- Zain officials from the Value Added ance on a quarterly basis to shed light on gy that aims at providing the highest levels Services Department recognized the compa- their efforts to offer the best products and of customer service and the most competi- ny’s distinguished partners for their excellent services to its customers. tive offerings in the telecom sector. Zain efforts in providing the highest quality VAS During the event, Zain recognized the per- encourages its VAS partners to maintain services to the largest family of subscribers in formance of ‘One Global’ who ranked first in their performance and continue offering Kuwait. Zain is keen on offering the most both the overall performance and the target the best services and products to its cus- advanced and competitive services to reflect achievement. Additionally, ‘Numbase Limited’ tomers. Moody’s affirms Gulf Bank’s stable outlook and solid revenue-generating capacity

KUWAIT: Moody’s investor Service has together with a reduction in problem loans. affirmed Gulf Bank’s stable outlook and sol- Moody’s said that Gulf Bank’s BCA is id revenue-generating capacity in a credit supported by its strong macro profile. In opinion issued this week. Moody’s said addition, the problem loans levels have that Gulf Bank’s standalone Base Line come down to 2.7 percent of gross loans Credit Assessment (“BCA”) rating reflects its and provision coverage is up to 276 per- solid revenue-generation capacity, com- cent at yearend 2015. fortable liquidity metrics, and adequate Moody’s affirmed the following ratings capitalization. of Gulf Bank; Outlook is Stable, Bank In its latest semiannual credit opinion Deposits at A3/P-2, Baseline Credit update, Moody’s recognizes the competi- Assessment at ba1, Adjusted Baseline tiveness of Gulf Bank’s risk management sys- Credit Assessment at ba1 and Counterparty tems and practices deployed by its manage- Risk Assessment at A2(cr)/P-1(cr). ment that have enhanced the Bank’s control Gulf Bank has consistently been award- of the loan portfolio credit risk. Moody’s ed outstanding credit ratings in Kuwait by also affirmed Gulf Bank’s stable deposits the major international rating agencies, outlook. This reflects the balance between Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch adequate capital and provisioning buffers Ratings.

Air Arabia confirms options for five Airbus A320s Diamonds celebrations at Malabar Gold & Diamonds SHARJAH: Air Arabia, the Middle Air Arabia’s expanding fleet of the future. Our customers can ing 30,000 flight hours in just six East and North Africa’s first and Airbus A320 aircraft currently serv- expect the same cabin comfort years with one of its CFM56-5B- largest low-cost carrier, ing over 120 routes from five oper- and spacious seat configuration powered A320 aircraft. KUWAIT: Malabar Gold & Diamonds, the obtain the highest value on exchange as a announced today that it has con- ational hubs. with the new five aircraft joining Air Arabia currently operates a leading jewellery retailer announced the part of the offer. Any previously purchased firmed options for five additional “We are pleased to confirm the the fleet”. fleet of 46 Airbus A320 aircraft details of their latest campaign ‘Diamond diamond jewellery can be exchanged with Airbus A320 aircraft. The delivery options for five additional Airbus Air Arabia has been constantly offering flights to over 120 desti- Celebrations’ providing customers with classic, trendy and unique designs show- of original contract covering 44 A320s. Air Arabia’s fleet innovation rewarded over the past years with nations in 33 countries from five attractive offers on purchase and exchange cased at Malabar Gold & Diamonds. firm orders and 5 options will be sits at the heart of the airline oper- the A320 Family Operational hubs across the Middle East, of diamond jewellery. Customers can avail Malabar group offers exquisite and completed in 2017. ational efficiency” said Adel Al Ali, Excellence Award by Airbus for Africa, Asia, and Europe. these offers during the entire campaign beautiful jewelry as a part of various brands The five new Airbus A320 air- Group Chief Executive Officer of achieving the highest level of The A320 Family, which period commencing from 24th Nov until presented at Malabar Gold & Diamonds’ craft will be put into service start- Air Arabia. “Today, we operate one A320 family aircraft utilisation in includes the A318, A319, A320 and 10th Dec. namely Ethnix - Handcrafted Designer ing second quarter 2017 backlog of the youngest fleets in the world the world with 99.8 per cent oper- A321, is recognized as the bench- To mark the celebration of diamonds, Jewellery, Era - Uncut Diamond Jewellery, and have a book value of USD485 and this approach will continue to ational reliability. In 2010, the car- mark single-aisle aircraft family in Malabar Gold & Diamonds is showcasing a Mine - Diamonds Unlimited, Divine- million. These new aircraft will join drive our fleet growth strategy for rier set a new world record achiev- the world. vast variety of diamond jewellery in their Heritage Indian Jewellery, Precia - Precious collection offering GIA/IGI certified dia- Gem Jewellery and Starlet - Kids Jewellery. monds at the best prices. Also, customers This season, Malabar Gold & Diamonds’ get a 2 gram gold coin on diamond jew- provides customers with the most attrac- The best offer to service your ellery purchase of KWD 400 and a 1 gram tive offers making sure that every cus- gold coin on diamond jewellery purchase tomer’s shopping experience is turned into of KWD 250. a memory that will be cherished. Furthermore, the jewellery chain also Malabar Gold & Diamonds has always car from Nissan Al-Babtain gives their customers a chance to exchange been at the forefront in gold jewellery and buy new diamond jewellery by giving manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing the highest value on old diamond jew- and plans on being the ‘most- preferred’ KUWAIT: Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Co, the ellery. Through this special exchange offer, jewellery retailer in the market in the com- authorized agent of Nissan vehicles in the state of Kuwait, customers can upgrade their old diamond ing years. The group strives to continue offers their loyal customers a free comprehensive 13 ornaments to new ones which are certified embarking on its journey by further points check-up on Nissan vehicles sold before October by GIA/IGI. They can also be assured to expanding in the near future. 2013 in addition to an exceptional promotion with 30 per- cent discount on parts and 15 percent discount on labor valid until December 12, 2016. ABK announces winners of 30th This campaign is a great opportunity for Nissan owners ‘Double Your Salary’ weekly draws of 2013 and older models to do the complete check-up on their cars at Nissan’s service centers to ensure a safer drive. KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) held This promotion does not include body shop repairs. its 30th ‘Double Your Salary’ weekly draw Nissan Al-Babtain is always keen to offer special dis- on 21st November, 2016 at the Bank’s counts as part of its continuous promotions on the gen- Head Office in the presence of a represen- uine spare parts in order to encourage its clients not to tative from the Ministry of Commerce, risk their safety by buying fake spare parts. Buying gen- announcing the names of the winners for uine spare parts means saving, as they last for longer this week. The promotion includes weekly period and it is part of offering customers a safe driving draws, with two winners per draw. The experience. campaign will run until 27th June, 2017. Nissan Al-Babtain is keen to always providing its cus- tomers with the best promotions, especially the after sales The winners this week are: services to meet the increasing demand on Nissan vehi- 1) Farhan Nayef Mefarreh Al-Enezi, The next ‘Double Your Salary’ draw will cles and to achieve the company’s goal to always be the Jahra 2 Branch be held on 28th November, 2016 where 2) Abdulaziz Mohammed Ali Bashar, two new lucky winners will be announced. leading automotive brands. Salmiya Branch All winners will be contacted personally Nissan Al-Babtain works on strengthening the trust of New customers who transfer their and a weekly announcement will be made its clients through providing high quality services and salary to ABK receive KD 100 and will auto- through the media with the winners’ offering best promotions in the market to achieve their matically be entered into the weekly draws names. For more information about Al-Ahli satisfaction. Furthermore, Nissan Al-Babtain is always in to double their salaries. Existing customers Bank of Kuwait please visit eahli.com or contact with its clients which is best reflected in the after who are already transferring their salary to contact a customer service agent via ‘Ahlan sale services. ABK are entered into a separate draw. Ahli’ at 1899899. technology THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Never miss a beat with HTC BoomSoundTM Adaptive Audio, the world’s first USB Type-C dual adaptive earphones where sound is tailored to you

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PETAH TIKVA, Israel: It only takes a tion and time they were taken. said, their 250-person research team security mechanisms that give us a few seconds for an employee of one of The phone in the demonstration, races against competitors to find a challenge, but if anyone can address the world’s leading hacking companies an LG G4 run on Google’s Android chink in its armor, a process that can this challenge and provide a solution to take a locked smartphone and pull operating system, is a model Cellebrite range from a few days to months. to law enforcement, it is Cellebrite,” he Microsoft participates in the data from it. Israeli firm Cellebrite’s had already cracked, so the extraction iPhones present a particular chal- said, referring to Apple’s operating technology provides a glimpse of a did not take long. The real challenge, lenge because, unlike many firms, system. Global Informatics Forum, 2016 world of possibilities accessible to secu- Ben-Peretz agrees, is staying in the Apple designs everything from the rity agencies globally that worry priva- lead in a race where phone manufac- device’s hardware to software, making Legitimate means? KUWAIT: In line with its commitment to accel- Forum is in line with Microsoft’s support to the cy advocates. turers constantly launch new models its technology particularly difficult to According to Ben-Peretz, there is no erate government modernization in the era of Kuwait Government modernization and inno- The company has contracts in more and update software with ever more hack, explained Yong Wang, a profes- phone on the market that is impossi- “Digital Transformation” towards a knowledge vation objectives and to succeed in this journey than 115 countries, many with govern- complicated security. sor at Dakota State University in the ble to crack. “Yes it is getting harder, it based economy, Microsoft unveiled an array of of digital transformation, providing leading ments, and it shot to global promi- In the firm’s lab they have 15,000 United States. is getting more complex,” he said. “But solutions at the Global Informatics Forum from services to its citizens” said Charles Nahas, nence in March when it was reported phones-with around 150-200 new Ben-Peretz remains confident his we still deliver results and they are the 21st to 23rd November in Kuwait. The Country General Manager, Microsoft Kuwait. the FBI used its technology to crack the models added each month. When a company can crack even the newest results on the latest devices and latest event was held under the patronage of His “The region is in pursuit of digitization to iPhone of one of the jihadist-inspired new phone is launched, Ben-Peretz iPhones. “iOS devices have strong operating systems.” —AFP Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al achieve a knowledge based economy, and killers in San Bernardino, California. Sabah, Amir of Kuwait, and organized by His Kuwait is rapidly accelerating towards adoption There have since been reports that Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah of innovative technologies and solutions” Cellebrite was in fact not involved, and Informatics Corporation. Visitors to the Microsoft stand in the Future the company itself refuses to com- Zone at the Global Informatics Forum were also ment. Regardless, it is recognized as able to experience its cloud solutions including one of the world’s leaders in such tech- Internet of Things (IoT) and Business nology. It can reportedly take a wide Intelligence tools. Shijaz Abdulla, Business range of information off devices: from Transformation Specialist for Microsoft Kuwait, the content of text messages to poten- also delivered a session on Azure, its world- tially details of where a person was at class hyper scale cloud computing platform any given moment. used to build, host and scale business applica- Even messages deleted years tions. Audiences received an overview on before can be potentially retrieved. Azure cloud, along with a brief account of serv- “There are many devices that we are ices that can aid in improving IT efficiency for the only player in the world that can the Government of Kuwait. unlock,” Leeor Ben-Peretz, one of the A research conducted by Accenture states company’s top executives, told AFP in that digital transformation can have a signifi- English. But privacy and rights activists cant impact on the country’s economy, boost- worry such powerful technology can ing innovation and reducing back office costs wind up in the wrong hands, leading to to 45%. It also highlights that a 1 % increase in abuses. digitization can result in 0.5 % GDP gain, and a 1.9% gain in international trade. Microsoft has ‘Cat and mouse’ always endorsed government modernization, Cellebrite’s technology is not online focusing on building products and solutions hacking. It only works when the phone The event acted as a platform aiming at that can be leveraged to generate accurate is physically connected to one of the encouraging individuals and establishments to insights for digital transparency, value creation firm’s devices. The company recently participate in the knowledge economy by and for delivering more personal and intelli- demonstrated its capabilities for an adopting new technologies, promote entrepre- gent computing services for citizens. AFP journalist. The password on a neurship and provide an interactive platform “The world is progressing at an alarming phone was disabled and newly taken PETAH TIKVA, Israel : Leeor Ben-Peretz, the Executive Vice President of the Israeli firm for the exchange of knowledge, experience rate with digital technology transforming the photos appeared on a computer Cellebrite’s technology, shows devices and explains the technology developed by his company and expertise. way we live, work and interact with each other. screen, complete with the exact loca- on November 9, 2016. —AFP Microsoft demonstrated its latest Mass With the exponential growth in data and infor- Happiness Index solution based on Microsoft mation, it has become vital for governments to Cognitive Services that captures facial expres- ascend towards and adopt digital transforma- Organized by NoufEXPO & CAIT, EGOV4 takes off Sunday sions in massive crowds, processes the emo- tion”. Said Nahas. “At Microsoft, we are focused tions and reports analysis in real-time. The tech- in empowering governments and organisa- oufEXPO has announced that the 4th House (KFH), Kuwait Telecommunications imminent trends that top worldwide technolo- nology using a set of Emotion APIs can be tions to gain access to, and deploy intelligent Government Forum: Electronic Services Company (Viva), Cisco Systems, Blue Coat gy topics. First, it focuses on electronic services leveraged at various events and locations to technology for addressing the most pressing NPerspectives takes off Sunday at Arraya Systems, Starlink, Fortinet, and EY.” and how implementing new government corre- study audience response and use the data col- societal challenges. We strive to significantly Center of Courtyard Marriott Kuwait City at Electronic Services, Digital Transformation, spondence and workplace services may raise lected to make intelligent actions. expand our efforts towards modernizing gov- 6pm. In a special press release, Magdy Sabry, the productivity par. Digital transformation is, The Mass Happiness Index enables the cap- ernment institutions across Kuwait and enable the Executive Manager of NoufEXPO definitely, gaining a lot of momentum as the ture of a range of sentiments such as anger, them to embrace current practices through our announced that EGOV4 is held under the clear safe path towards endorsing information contempt, disgust, fear, sadness and surprise; software and services, and our cloud comput- patronage of His Highness the Prime Minister technology in every aspect of government serv- gauging the happiness level of the individual. ing capabilities; empowering them to achieve Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad AL-Sabah. His ices and growth plans. This transformation “Our participation at the Global Informatics more.” Excellency Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al- drives many technical, administrative, legisla- Mubarak Al-Sabah, Minister of State for Cabinet tive, and human changes. Finally, cyber security Affairs and the Chairman of the Board of the became an international, national, and personal Central Agency for Information Technology, will nightmare that has to be dealt with profession- inaugurate the opening ceremony. ally and on a continuous basis. To evolve, gov- Government and legislative officials, IT special- ernments have only one clear path; that is to ists from all government IT departments, and make best use of these technology trends and industry specialists from Kuwait and abroad endorse them to drive current and future will gather under one roof to discuss the best growth plans. means and alternatives to boost government’s Mr. Sabry concluded his statement by future services landscape. extending sincere thanks to CAIT’s manage- Mr. Sabry added, “EGOV became an annual ment and teams as well as NoufEXPO’s teams event awaited by many global and local tech- Magdy Sabry, the Executive who joined forces professionally and relentless- nology vendors, as well as, the administrative Manager of NoufEXPO ly to make EGOV4 a success. He also thanked all and technical staff of government agencies. As government agencies and their IT groups for previous years, we are pleased to welcome their continuous support and participation. world-class technology companies from Kuwait and Cyber Security are headlining IT Technology Finally, Sabry extended a warm welcome to all and abroad. It is our pleasure to be joined by a Trends guests wishing them a nice stay in Kuwait and a highly distinguished list of sponsors: Alghanim NoufEXPO’s Executive Manager continued to successful endeavor that fulfills their network- Industries, Microsoft, Symantec, Kuwait Finance say, “EGOV4’s agenda includes three of the most ing and business development plans. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Florida lifts Zika transmission zone in parts of Miami Beach

TAMPA: Florida officials removed part of Miami addition to the remaining section of Miami Beach. 1,201 cases of Zika, and 236 of them were locally exposure to Zika, showing some babies in Brazil Beach from an active Zika transmission zone on Mosquitoes began spreading the virus this summer acquired infections, according to the state health gradually developed microcephaly in the months Tuesday, saying more than 45 days had passed in Florida, bringing local Zika transmission to the department. The CDC also updated its travel guid- following birth. since the last local case of the mosquito-borne virus continental United States. “Until we have a vaccine, ance for the Miami area, urging continued caution. The developments come after the World Health that has been linked to microcephaly, a rare birth this is going to be something we’re going to deal It has suggested that pregnant women consider Organization declared the global Zika emergency defect. with,” Scott said at a news conference in Miami postponing travel anywhere in Miami-Dade County, over on Friday, because the link between Zika and Popular areas in the southern part of the seaside Beach. “We’re going to be active, and we’ve learned but it expressly directs pregnant women to avoid microcephaly has been confirmed. WHO intends to tourist destination, however, remain in a designat- a lot,” he added. travel to areas within the county that are still desig- continue studying Zika as a serious infectious dis- ed zone of active Zika transmission. The area of On Tuesday, the US Centers for Disease Control nated as Zika transmission zones. ease that will require years of research. active transmission in Miami Beach is now about and Prevention said as of Nov. 16 there were 4,255 Zika infections in pregnant women have been The connection between Zika and microcephaly 1.5 square miles (2.4 km). The newly cleared area cases of Zika reported in the continental United shown to cause microcephaly - a severe birth first came to light last year in Brazil, which has since covers about three square miles, Florida Governor States and Hawaii. Of the total reported Zika cases, defect in which the head and brain of babies are confirmed more than 2,100 cases of microcephaly. Rick Scott said in a statement. 35 are believed to be through sexual transmission undersized and underdeveloped - as well as other In adults, Zika infections have also been linked to a State officials believe Zika is still being transmit- and one case from lab exposure. brain abnormalities. A report on Tuesday raised rare neurological syndrome known as Guillain-Barre, ted in another small area of Miami-Dade County, in Florida on Tuesday separately said it has seen new concerns about the hidden effects of pre-natal as well as other neurological disorders. — Reuters Average lifespan in EU tops 80: Study

BRUSSELS: The average lifespan of people resents a loss of about 3.4 million potential in the EU has topped 80 for the first time, productive life years,” the report said. but preventable illnesses caused by smok- Meanwhile 16 percent of adults are obese, ing, alcohol and obesity are taking a huge up from 11 percent in 2000, while one in toll, a study said yesterday. five people still smoked and heavy alcohol Gains were uneven as people in western drinkers were more likely not to have a job European Union countries lived more than than light to moderate drinkers. eight years longer on average than people In total, around 50 million EU citizens in central and eastern countries, said the suffer from two or more chronic illnesses, report by the European Commission and most over 65. “It shows that in the EU many the OECD. “More needs to be done to people die every year from potentially reduce inequalities,” said Angel Gurria, avoidable diseases linked to risk factors head of the Organization for Economic Co- such as smoking or obesity,” said European operation and Development as he health commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis. launched the report in Brussels. These diseases are a drain on the strug- The study said life expectancy across gling European economy too, the report the 28-nation bloc has risen from 74.2 says, with sick leave and disability benefits years in 1990 to 80.9 years in 2014 — the accounting for 1.7 percent of GDP in EU last year for which data were available-top- countries-more than the amount spent on ping 80 for the first time. But it warned that unemployment benefits. chronic diseases and related risk factors- People aged 50-59 who are suffering including obesity, smoking, and heavy from severe depression were more than drinking-were taking a heavy toll on twice as likely to leave the labor market ear- European societies. ly, it added. Europe is also ageing fast, the WASHINGTON: In this March 23, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White ouse.H — AP More than 550,000 people of working report says. The over-65s have risen from age died prematurely across the bloc each less than 10 percent of the population in year from heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, 1980 to nearly 20 percent in 2015 and could For Trump and GOP, ‘Obamacare’ cancer and respiratory diseases. “This rep- reach nearly 30 percent in 2060. — AFP repeal is complex and risky Lilly Alzheimer’s drug fails to Speed vs deliberation slow memory loss in big study NEW YORK: Eli Lilly and Co experimental III study, Lilly yesterday said it would not WASHINGTON: Here’s the idea: Swiftly pass a process, Vice President-elect Mike Pence said higher-earning people and the health care sec- drug solanezumab failed to slow loss of seek US approval of the infused drug for repeal of President Barack Obama’s health care Sunday on “Fox News Sunday” that Trump “wants tor. And they’d like to retain parts of the law cognitive ability in patients with mild mild dementia. Some analysts had pre- law, perhaps soon enough for Donald Trump to to focus out of the gate on repealing Obamacare guaranteeing coverage for people with pre-exist- Alzheimer’s disease in a large trial, a major dicted solanezumab, if approved, could sign it the day he takes the presidential oath. and beginning the process of replacing ing medical problems and keeping children setback for the US drugmaker and mil- eventually claim more than $5 billion in Then approve legislation restructuring the Obamacare.” under age 26 on family plans. lions of people with the memory-robbing annual sales and boost Lilly’s earnings for nation’s huge and convoluted health care system Because Republicans will control the Senate Unifying Republicans much beyond that is a disease. Based on the failure of the Phase years to come. — Reuters - despite Republican divisions, Democratic oppo- by just 52-48, Congress will first have to approve work in progress. Trump’s health care views have sition and millions of jittery constituents. special budget procedures to prevent Democrats varied and lack detail. His campaign website from stopping repeal legislation by filibuster. Bill- touts tax deductions for health insurance premi- What could go wrong? killing filibusters require 60 votes to end. ums and permitting policies to be sold across With Republicans controlling the White But those special rules would apply only to state lines. He’d also revamp Medicaid, which House and Congress in January, they’re faced items that affect the federal budget. subsidizes health coverage for low-income peo- with delivering on their long-time promise to Republicans, for example, would need a simple ple, directing fixed amounts of money to states repeal and replace “Obamacare.” Here are hur- Senate majority to end IRS penalties against and letting them structure benefits. dles they’ll face: people who don’t buy insurance but would still House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., last summer need 60 votes - requiring Democratic support - unveiled an outline of the House GOP’s solution, Speed vs deliberation for other changes such as raising limits on older though it lacked cost estimates and details. It Trump and congressional Republicans will be people’s premiums. House Budget Committee would provide tax credits, impose taxes on the under intense pressure from their core conserva- Chairman Tom Price, R-Ga., says that will restrain most generous employer-provided health care tive supporters to repeal Obama’s 2010 health Republicans’ ability to ram a “lock, stock and bar- plans, revamp Medicaid and let Medicare benefi- care law - and fast. After all, Congress already rel” repeal through Congress. ciaries pick private plans instead of today’s fee- sent Obama a repeal bill last January, which he for-service coverage. Senate Finance Committee vetoed, and many GOP voters will see no reason GOP risks Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has also advanced for delays this time. One GOP danger: Congress and Trump might a framework relying heavily on tax credits. But there probably won’t be anything fast repeal Obama’s law, but while they’re laboring on about Congress’ effort to replace Obama’s law, a replacement, nervous insurance companies Remaining questions which is likely to take many months. begin pulling out of markets and raising premi- Thirty-one states - including Pence’s Indiana, While the replacement effort is underway, ums. Insurers have been doing that under where he is governor - plus the District of Republicans will risk aggravating up to 30 million Obama, but now it would occur under a Columbia have expanded Medicaid coverage to people who are covered by the law or buy poli- Republican government. 9 million additional people under Obama’s law. cies with prices affected by its insurance market- Another hazard: Congress’ work could spill Curtailing that program will divide Republicans. place. Democrats will be sure to accuse the GOP into the 2018 campaign season, when the entire Taxing the value of some employer-provided of threatening the health care of millions. House and a third of the Senate face re-election. health plans, aimed at curbing the growth of Republicans will grow increasingly timid about costs, is “a political land mine,” says GOP econo- A solution anything that might anger voters. mist Douglas Holtz-Eakin. Republicans have long Nothing’s been decided, but here’s one likely “We want to be the rescue party instead of resisted tax increases. scenario: the party that pushes millions of Americans who Obama’s law mandates coverage for individ- The new Congress, which convenes Jan. 3, are hanging by the edge of their fingernails over uals because without that requirement many tries to quickly approve legislation repealing the cliff,” says Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., who healthy people would forgo policies, driving up Obama’s health care law, maybe completing it by chairs the Senate Health committee. costs for everyone else and destabilizing insur- Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration or soon after. But ance markets. Ryan has proposed shielding people from higher premiums if they’ve had the repeal would not take effect until the future, GOP pathways KUANTAN, Malaysia: A wild macaque monkey holds a toy sword left by a pedestrian “continuous coverage,” allowing higher rates for perhaps a year later, to give lawmakers time to Virtually all Republicans want to get rid of the at Teluk Cempedak beach on the outskirts of Kuantan, peninsular Malaysia’s north- people who have not had policies, but fashion a replacement. The version Obama health law’s mandates that individuals buy cover- eastern Pahang state. Female vervet monkeys manipulate males into fighting battles Republicans have yet to decide how to keep vetoed had a two-year delay. age or risk IRS fines, and that large employers by lavishing attention on brave soldiers while giving noncombatants the cold shoul- insurance markets viable. — AP Seemingly acknowledging that two-step insure workers. They also want to erase taxes on der, researchers said on yesterday. — AFP Female monkeys use wile to rally troops

PARIS: Female vervet monkeys manipulate teeth, making their presence valuable in males into fighting battles by lavishing the front lines. attention on brave soldiers while giving Success in battle ensures control over noncombatants the cold shoulder, territory and food sources-a key concern researchers said on yesterday. for females, who take care of the young. After a skirmish with a rival gang, usual- But why would males risk involvement in a ly over food, females would groom males potentially high-stakes battle just for a bit that had fought hardest, while snapping at of female attention? It’s all about sex, the those that abstained. When the next battle researchers believe. “Receiving punish- came along, both those singled out for ment” from females for not taking part in attention and those aggressively shunned battles “could damage the... male’s social would participate more vigorously in com- relationship(s)” either with the female in bat, according to a study published in the question or “other female group members”, journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. the researchers wrote. Female grooming and aggression “both On the other hand, being rewarded appear to function as social incentives that could “potentially signal to other female effectively promote male participation in group members that the... male is a valu- intergroup fights”, a research team from able social partner”, likely boosting “male Switzerland and South Africa reported. mating success”. They had observed four vervet monkey In group animals, such as humans, a del- groups at a game reserve in South Africa icate balance must be maintained between for two years. participating in hunting or defense, which Vervet monkeys live in mixed-gender can be risky, and free-riding, which is less groups and both sexes take part in fre- hazardous but can lead to social rejection. quent battles with rival troupes. Only a The riskiest group activity of all is warfare, BENI, DR Congo: Health personnel measures a child as part of a program for malnourished children sponsored by the World Food Program at a handful fight each time. Males are larger and few animals other than humans and Health Center in Mavivi, Beni territory, Eastern D.R.Congo, on November 15, 2016. — AFP than females and have longer canine monkeys engage in it. — AFP THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

House seeks delay in health law appeal

WASHINGTON: The Republican-led ignoring congressional power over House of Representatives is asking government spending. the federal appeals court in The administration appealed Washington to delay consideration both the substance of the ruling of a case involving the Obama health and whether a chamber of Congress care law because Donald Trump has can even mount a legal challenge. pledged to repeal and replace it Lawyers for the House said in their when he becomes president. filing Monday that the appeals The House won a ruling in US dis- court should put the case on hold trict court that held the administra- because there is a “significant likeli- tion is illegally subsidizing medical hood of a change in administration bills for millions of people while position” under Trump. — AP S Korea raises bird flu alert

SEOUL: South Korea raised the country’s suspected infections in a short period of bird flu alert status yesterday to its sec- time. Over 510,000 birds have been ond-highest level following three more slaughtered to contain the spread of the SALVADOR, Brazil: This file photo taken on January 28, 2016 shows physical therapist Isana Santana treating Ruan Hentique dos Santos, suffer- outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N6 virus, accounting for less than 1 percent ing from microcephalia caught through an Aedes Aegypti mosquito bite, at Obras Socias irma dulce hospital. — AFP strain after the first cases were confirmed of the country’s poultry population of last week. 84.7 million, an agriculture ministry offi- The new bird flu outbreaks were dis- cial who declined to be identified said on Is all Zika dangerous? Asia covered at two duck farms in the central Wednesday. and southwestern regions of the country, Cases of human infection from the the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and H5N6 virus have previously been report- Rural Affairs said in a statement yester- ed in places including China and Hong outbreaks prompt question day. All 30,500 ducks at the farms have Kong, with the virus killing 10 people in been culled. China since April 2014, according to data One more case was confirmed on from the ministry. CHICAGO/BANGKOK: Zika’s rampage last year in Africa, where it was discovered in 1947 and has six cases of Zika infection have been reported, Tuesday and the second earlier yester- The agriculture ministry has already Brazil caused an explosion of infections and not been identified outside that continent. The authorities have identified both an older day, the ministry statement said. The put in place a poultry movement ban for inflicted a crippling neurological defect on thou- Asian lineage includes strains that have been Southeast Asian strain and one similar to the third case was confirmed later yesterday farms within a 10-kilometer radius of sands of babies - an effect never seen in a mos- reported in Asia, the Western Pacific, Cabo Verde strain in the Americas, suggesting the possibility and, notably, the Americas, including Brazil. that strains from both regions could be circulat- at a chicken farm in the city of Yangju, where the virus had been found earlier. quito-borne virus. It also presented a mystery: why had a virus The Asian lineage was first isolated in the ing in some countries. about 38 kilometers north of Seoul, the The ministry said it is also considering a that had been little more than a footnote in the 1960s in mosquitoes in Malaysia. But some stud- The hunt is on in Africa as well. In Guinea- ministry said. temporary nationwide standstill order to annals of infectious diseases taken such a devas- ies suggest the virus has been infecting people Bissau, five microcephaly cases are under investi- Since the first cases of the H5N6 avian prevent the virus from spreading. tating turn in the Americas? How had Africa and there since the 1950s. In the late 1970s, seven gation to determine whether the African lineage influenza virus were reported in the same There have been previous bird flu cas- Asia, where Zika had quietly circulated for cases of human infection in Indonesia were of Zika can cause microcephaly. It is a top region on Friday, a total of five cases have es in South Korea, Asia’s fourth-largest decades, escaped with no reports of major out- reported. The first record of a widespread out- research priority at WHO, said Dr Peter Salama, been found and two other poultry farms economy, since 2014. The outbreaks last- breaks or serious complications? break was in 2007 on Micronesia’s Island of Yap. executive director of the agency’s health emer- in other parts of the country are being ed for more than 660 days, killing at least Scientists initially theorized that Zika’s long Experts began to suspect a link to birth gencies program, in a press briefing Tuesday. tested, the ministry said. 13 million birds, ministry data showed. tenure in Africa and Asia may have conferred defects during a 2013 outbreak in French “That is a critical question because it has real The agriculture ministry raised its bird The most recent bird flu outbreak was widespread immunity. Or, perhaps older strains Polynesia when doctors reported eight cases public health implication for African or Asian flu alert level to ‘alert,’ from ‘caution,’ as an reported in March, when the H5N8 strain were less virulent than the one linked in Brazil to of microcephaly and 11 other cases of fetal countries that already have Zika virus transmis- increasing number of farms are reporting was found at a duck farm. — Reuters more than 2,100 cases of microcephaly, a birth malformation. sion,” Salama said. “We are all following this defect characterized by arrested brain develop- In 2015, it hit Brazil, causing spikes in an extremely closely.” ment. Now, amid outbreaks in Singapore, array of neurological birth defects now called Thailand, Vietnam and other parts of Southeast congenital Zika virus syndrome, as well as Herd immunity Asia, a much graver explanation is taking shape: Guillain-Barre syndrome, a neurological disorder Scientists also are trying to learn whether Burkina Faso hospitals perhaps the menace has been there all along that can lead to temporary paralysis. Viruses people in places where Zika is endemic are pro- but neurological complications simply escaped mutate rapidly, which can lead to strains that tected by “herd immunity.” The phenomenon lim- crippled by strike official notice. are more contagious and more virulent. Many its the spread of virus when enough of a popula- The question is driving several research researchers theorized early on that the devasta- tion is inoculated against infection through vac- teams, according to leading infectious disease tion in Brazil was caused by an Asian strain that cination, prior exposure or both. Experts believe OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso: a significant reduction in their function- experts and public health officials. The answer had mutated dramatically. Zika moved explosively in the Americas because Hospitals were paralyzed Tuesday in the ing,” he said. is immediately important for Asia, the region That theory relies, among other things, on the there was no prior exposure. It’s not clear how poor west African country of Burkina Faso Patients were left to fend for them- most affected by Zika after the Americas. absence of Zika-related microcephaly in Asia. So widely Zika has circulated in Africa and Asia, as doctors and health workers launched a selves at the Yalgado Ouedraogo uni- Thailand has been hardest hit with more than when Zika broke out in parts of Asia earlier this whether there could be pockets of natural immu- three-day strike for salary hikes and versity hospital, the largest in the coun- 680 reported Zika infections this year, followed year, researchers were on the lookout. If nity - and, importantly, whether immunity to one increased allowances, officials said. try, an AFP correspondent said. by Singapore with more than 450 and Vietnam researchers were to connect a case of micro- strain would confer immunity to another. The powerful Syntsha union of med- There was only one doctor in the with as many as 60. Much of the population cephaly to an older Asian strain - and not one One recent review of studies suggests 15 to ical workers which called the protest emergency ward. A doctor at another lives in the so-called “dengue belt,” where mos- that boomeranged back from Brazil-it would 40 percent of the population in some African and said hospitals had ground to a halt. medical facility in the capital quito-borne diseases are prevalent. And vulner- debunk the early theory. It would mean Zika “did Asian countries may have been previously infect- Syntsha secretary general Pissyamba Ouagadougou said he had turned up as able countries - including Vietnam, the not mutate into a microcephaly-causing variant ed with Zika, said Alessandro Vespignani, a pro- Ouedraogo told AFP that the protest it was “a matter of conscience.” Philippines, Pakistan and Bangladesh - are ill- as it crossed the Pacific,” Gatherer said. fessor of health sciences at Northeastern was aimed at “making the government “This strike is not normal and it is not prepared to handle an outbreak with any seri- At least three microcephaly cases have been University in Boston. see reason.” “There is no doubt that fair,” he said. “When the sick are strug- ous consequences, experts said. identified in Asia, but the verdict is still out. For That’s far below the 80 percent population Lacking evidence of varying degrees of viru- two microcephaly cases in Thailand, public immunity one mosquito borne virus expert esti- health services throughout the country gling to buy medicines because they lence, public health officials have warned Asia health officials could not determine whether the mated in the journal Science would be necessary are blocked as the personnel have not have no money, they are demanding leaders to prepare for the worst. The scientific mothers had an older Asian strain of Zika or a to block Zika. Researchers also believe it’s possi- showed up,” Ouedraogo said. higher salaries,” said Bernard Kabore, community is following similar assumptions. newer one that returned from the Americas, said ble that microcephaly went undetected in parts Health Minister Smaila Ouedraogo whose brother needs a second opera- “Zika is Zika until proven otherwise. We assume Dr Boris Pavlin, WHO’s acting Zika incident man- of Asia and Africa where birth defects weren’t claimed that there were just four stick- tion after an accident. that all Zikas are equally dangerous,” said Dr. ager at a recent briefing. well tracked. ing points out of the original 63 Burkina Faso has some 28,000 work- Derek Gatherer, a biomedical expert at Lancaster In Vietnam, where there have been no reports That too, is under investigation, said Dr David demands made by the unions and ers, of whom less than 1,000 are doc- University in Britain. of imported Zika infection, officials are investi- Heymann, Chair of the WHO Emergency added he was hopeful they would be tors. They are largely based in and gating a third case of microcephaly. If it is linked Committee, at a press briefing last week. “Now,” resolved soon. “We have visited some around the capital of the country of Which Zika dangerous? to Zika, Pavlin said it would suggest the older he said, “countries are beginning to look back hospitals in the capital and have noticed some 18 million people. — AFP The World Health Organization recognizes strains there could cause microcephaly and, per- into their records to see on their registries what two major lineages of Zika. The first originated in haps, Guillain-Barre. In Malaysia, where at least the levels of microcephaly have been.” — Reuters WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016

ABB and Solar Impulse, celebrates round-the-world flight by solar-powered aeroplane

is Excellency, Mr. Aldo De Luca, ABB CEO Mr. Paul electric vehicles. ABB is driving the 4th Industrial Dennis and Solar Impulse the Engineer Mr. Eoin Revolution by being a global leader for solutions to enable HCaldwell who has been responsible for the control energy efficiency, sustainable transportation and renew- system of the mobile hangar during the 2nd part of the able energy; solar is a key driver and contributor to the around-the-world mission in 2016. future energy system. They welcomed professionals in the field from local uni- ABB and Solar Impulse share a common vision of a bet- versities and businesses. ter world through decoupling environmental impact from ABB is a global leader in power and automation tech- economic growth. They are passionate pioneers of leading- nologies that support its vision of "power and productivity edge technology for a better world. Both being Swiss- for a better world". Its track record of technological innova- based pioneers of cutting-edge clean energy technologies, tion stretches back 125 years in Switzerland and it has pio- they entered an innovation and technology alliance in neered some of the key technologies of the modern world, 2014 in which ABB committed resources including the from high-voltage direct current power transmission, to expertise of its engineers to help accomplish the first-ever the world's first industrial electric robot, to fast chargers for circumnavigation of the planet without fossil fuel.

KFH Hosts Baiti Account Holders in Al-Faiha Branch

uwait Finance House (KFH) has importance of saving, the economic cycle, opened the new season of Baiti Club the banks' role in the economy, in addition Kdedicated for Baiti account holders in to some training on how to browse KFH Al-Faiha branch. The club serves in educat- website. KFH strive to build a brighter ing kids on conducting some basic banking future full of opportunities and success for transactions, such as depositing, withdraw- children. ing, account statements etc. It is noteworthy that KFH successfully The club includes several activities had concluded the activities of Baiti under the supervision of a number of KFH Reading" Club held at "That Al-Salasel" female staff. Baiti club targets schools and Library - Avenues mall where the event Baiti Account customers up to 14 years old. encompassed 250 children aged 4-7 The club educates the children on the years old.

LAPA opens Niqat at Shaheed Park

OYAC Academy of Performing Arts (LAPA) of theatre, dance and music. LAPA was founded out launched its annual Niqat conference at Al- of deep belief in the therapeutic qualities of art in all LShaheed Park’s amphitheater with a perform- its forms. LAPA’s program also includes three con- ance by the Mokhadioun Band. Headed by Fare’a Al- certs to be held jointly between Al-Shaheed Park Saqqaf, LAPA is an academy that empowers the tal- and NCCAL, starting with Nisreen Nassr on Nov 23, ented youth of Kuwait to develop their skills and Abdul Aziz Al-Misbah on Nov 24 and the Sounds of nurture their passion through programs in the fields Peace on Nov 25.

Ahmed Hassanein, Program Coordinator of RISE; Dr. Amir Zeid, Director of Yassmin Abdel-Magied, RISE guest RISE; and Yassmin Abdel-Magied, RISE guest speaker. speaker

Welcome remarks by Dr. Amir Zeid, Event attendees Director of RISE AUK's RISE Center Hosts TED Speaker Yassmin Abdel-Magied

he Center for Research in Informatics, Sciences and she said there were 300 male students and only 7 female stu- Engineering (RISE) at the American University of Kuwait dents who were studying mechanical engineering. This, along T(AUK), in collaboration with the Australian Embassy in with her work experience later, made her aware of an uncon- Kuwait, held a lecture entitled "Women In Male-Dominated scious bias that exists; one that was influenced by one's cul- Industries: Gender and Engineering." The lecture was conduct- ture and environment. She explained that regardless of where ed by Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Gender Ambassador at the a person was brought up, they must try to shatter the glass Inter-American Development Bank and Founder and Chair of ceilings set by society and pursue their goals in life, no matter Youth Without Borders. The lecture focused on gender issues how against the norm they may seem. in the field of engineering and the importance of diversity and The lecturer also covered key points regarding gender mutual respect. issues that women face as engineers. Yassmin explained that Dr. Amir Zeid, Director of RISE, in his introduction to the one of the obstacles faced by women in the field of engineer- lecture, said that the subject of the lecture comes at a time ing is that male engineers are generally deemed competent when the world is struggling with interminable issues. He until proven otherwise, while female engineers are deemed explained that diversity and gender concerns in the field of incompetent until proven otherwise. engineering are prominent issues that are faced in many The speaker concluded by stating that diversity in the countries around the world, but in Kuwait, however, almost workplace is important, and introducing new patterns of 60% of engineering students are female, while the percentage thinking enhances the work environment and yields better in western countries is much lower. results. "We may not be able to change the entire world, but In her personal introduction, Yassmin described to the we can change the world around us," she added. attendees how she became interested in the field of engineer- The AUK Center for Research in Informatics, Sciences, and ing because of her passion for "Formula 1" cars. She explained Engineering (RISE) serves as AUK's primary source for research that while growing up, she imagined herself as a race-car driv- and development activities, a bridge to industry, and an er. When she saw she did not meet the necessary require- important venue for community outreach. RISE adapts an ments to become a driver, she shifted her attention towards integrative model by forging connections between academic the designs of the cars instead; this prompted her to pursue a disciplines, local & international innovators, academia & indus- career in mechanical engineer. try, as well as technology & society. At the University of Queensland, where Yassmin studied, WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah presents Dr. Samir Mahmoud's academic lecture

ast Monday, Dr. Samir Mahmoud presented an aca- medieval Islamic textual sources in addition to contempo- bition on creating images of living things from this angle. Postdoctoral Fellow at the Khalili Center for Research in Art demic lecture in the Yarmouk Cultural Center as part rary neurosciences, phenomenology, art history, and psy- Dr. Samir Mahmoud is an Assistant Professor at the & Material Culture, University of Oxford and Agha Khan Lof Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah's cultural season. The chology to form a dialogue across the centuries that cen- Department of Architecture at the American University of Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT in the Fall of 2011-2012. He is presentation was entitled "New Perspectives on Islamic Art: ters on the perceptual qualities of non-figurative art Beirut. In 2013-2014 he was Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral the author of several publications on Islamic aesthetics, How and Why Does Non-figurative Art Move Us and Evoke (geometry, vegetal motifs, and to a certain extent calligra- Fellow at the Arts & Humanities Initiative at the American Islamic philosophy, and is currently working on two new an Emotion?" During the lecture, he drew on some phy). He will then explore the question of an Islamic prohi- University of Beirut; in 2012-2013 he was Barakat books. KALA Kuwait 'Mazhavillu-2016': Results declared

erala Art Lovers Association (KALA Kuwait) has announced Apoorva ramachandran (Bhavans School). In the Junior category the winners of the drawing and painting competition Harigovind Sajith (Carmel school) got the second place and Jisha KRainbow 2016 conducted for the Indian students in Kuwait Maria Joseph (United Indian school) got the third place. in connection with the Children's Day celebrations on November Harisankar Sajith (Carmel school) and Merin Anna Jaise (Bhavans 11 at Carmel School, Khaitan. Bagging the highest points, Carmel School) got the second and third places respectively in the Sub School, Khaitan won the ‘Rainbow 2016’ trophy. junior category. In the Kindergarten category Sreesivani Sreejith Catherine Vismaya Biju (Bhavans School) in the senior catego- (Jabriya Indian school) got the second place and Ruhi Sasha ry, Swachanda Roy Mathew (Gulf Indian School) in the Junior cat- Ozario (Carmel school) got the third. egory , Noel Alex Cyril (Learners Academy) in the Sub Junior cate- A number of conciliation prizes have also been announced gory and Mohit Sai (Don Bosco School) in the Kindergarten cate- under each category. More details are available in the website of gory won the individual gold medals. Kala ‘(www.kalakuwait.com).’ The prizes will be distributed to the In the senior category, the second place goes to winners on Saturday, November 26, at 5.30 pm in a function to be Madhukrishnan Mukundan (Bhavans School) and third place to held at the Poppins Auditorium , Abbassiya.

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Happy Birthday Mennah Mostafa Sleem…May Allah Happy Birthday Berry Ahmed Afaf…may Allah bless shower his blessings on you and wish you all the suc- her with good health, wealth, love and happiness cess in future. Wishes from Ahmed Afaf and family. with her lovely parents. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 TV PROGRAMS

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KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY SITUATION VACANT (24/11/2016 TO 30/11/2016) Required cook chef for house, good knowledge in all kinds of food, specially SHARQIA-1 ALLIED 2:00 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 4:15 PM ARRIVAL 11:30 AM ALLIED 4:30 PM GHOST COINS 6:30 PM Arabic, good salary. ARRIVAL 1:45 PM FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM 7:00 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 8:45 PM Contact: 60064934/ TROLLS 4:15 PM ALLIED 9:45 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 11:00 PM 66519719/ 23901053. DEAR ZINDAGI -Hindi 6:15 PM ALLIED 12:15 AM GHOST COINS 1:15 AM (C 5239) ARRIVAL 9:15 PM 24-11-2016 TAHT AL TARABEZA 11:45 PM FANAR-3 AVENUES-2 DEAR ZINDAGI -Hindi 11:45 AM FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM -3D 12:15 PM SHARQIA-2 DEAR ZINDAGI -Hindi 2:45 PM FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM -3D 3:00 PM CHANGE OF NAME TAHT AL TARABEZA 11:30 AM AE DIL HAI MUSHKIL -Hindi 5:45 PM FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM -3D - 5:45 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 1:30 PM DEAR ZINDAGI -Hindi 8:45 PM FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM -3D 8:30 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 3:45 PM DEAR ZINDAGI -Hindi 11:45 PM FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM -3D - 11:15 PM I, Mohamed Sadiq Riyasat, TAHT AL TARABEZA 6:00 PM holder of Indian Passport TAHT AL TARABEZA 8:15 PM FANAR-4 AVENUES-3 No. M6103097 has changed TAHT AL TARABEZA 10:30 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 1:00 PM DEAR ZINDAGI -Hindi 11:30 AM my name to Sadique TAHT AL TARABEZA 12:45 AM TAHT AL TARABEZA 3:30 PM DEAR ZINDAGI -Hindi 2:30 PM Riyasat Pathan. Herein after TAHT AL TARABEZA 5:45 PM DEAR ZINDAGI -Hindi 5:30 PM in all my dealings and doc- SHARQIA-3 TAHT AL TARABEZA 8:00 PM DEAR ZINDAGI -Hindi 8:30 PM uments I will be known by FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM 11:30 AM TAHT AL TARABEZA 10:15 PM DEAR ZINDAGI -Hindi 11:30 PM ALLIED 2:15 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 12:30 AM name of Sadique Riyasat ALLIED 4:45 PM 360º- 1 Pathan. (C 5240) FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM 7:15 PM FANAR-5 ALLIED 11:30 AM 24-11-2016 ALLIED 10:00 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 11:30 AM ALLIED 2:00 PM ALLIED 12:30 AM TAHT AL TARABEZA 2:00 PM ALLIED 4:30 PM I, Hassan S/o Zoyabali TROLLS 2:00 PM ALLIED 7:00 PM Mithawala holder of Indian MUHALAB-1 FRI+SAT ALLIED 9:30 PM Passport No. Z3199917 and TAHT AL TARABEZA 11:30 AM TROLLS 4:30 PM ALLIED 12:05 AM Civil ID NO. 292070202684 has TAHT AL TARABEZA 1:45 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 6:30 PM ence 20 years from Jordan, ARRIVAL 4:00 PM changed my name to Hassan SITUATION WANTED seeking job in one of the TAHT AL TARABEZA 9:00 PM 360 º- 2 Zoyabali Mithawala herein DEAR ZINDAGI -Hindi 6:30 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 11:30 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 12:45 PM leading construction co. after in all my dealings and FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM 9:30 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 3:00 PM M.Com 15 years experience Contact: 99061637 ARRIVAL 12:15 AM documents. I will be known by MARINA-1 TAHT AL TARABEZA 5:15 PM in independently handling (C 5235) ALLIED 12:15 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 7:30 PM name of Hassan Zoyabali MUHALAB-2 Mithawala. (C 5237) accounts of medium sized ALLIED 2:45 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 9:45 PM companies up to finaliza- ALLIED 12:30 PM TROLLS 5:30 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 12:05 AM A Mechanical Engineer TROLLS 3:00 PM ALLIED 7:30 PM I, Hozefa S/o Shabbir holder of tion familiar with comput- with over 6 years Kuwait ALLIED 5:00 PM ALLIED 10:00 PM 360 º- 3 Indian Passport No. Z3201289 erized accounting systems work experience in Sales ARRIVAL 7:45 PM ALLIED 12:30 AM THE WHOLE WORLD AT OUR FEET 11:30 AM and Civil ID No. 277021101304 at present working in having Kuwait driving ALLIED 10:15 PM ECHOES OF WAR 1:30 PM Hospital seeking suitable ALLIED 12:45 AM has change my name to Hozefa license, looking for senior MARINA-2 THE WHOLE WORLD AT OUR FEET 3:45 PM Shabbir herein after in all my position. Mobile: 66019422 sales engineer job. Contact: TAHT AL TARABEZA 12:45 PM ECHOES OF WAR 6:00 PM MUHALAB-3 dealings and documents. I will (C 5230) Subhas 94039171 (C 5236) TAHT AL TARABEZA 3:00 PM THE WHOLE WORLD AT OUR FEET 8:15 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 12:45 PM be known by name of Hozefa 21-11-2016 20-11-2016 TAHT AL TARABEZA 5:15 PM ECHOES OF WAR 10:30 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 3:00 PM Shabbir. (C 5238) TAHT AL TARABEZA 7:30 PM THE WHOLE WORLD AT OUR FEET 12:45 AM TAHT AL TARABEZA 5:15 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 9:45 PM Purchase Manager experi- TAHT AL TARABEZA 7:30 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 12:05 AM AL-KOUT.1 I, Ayesha D/o Sequeira Elias TAHT AL TARABEZA 9:45 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 12:45 PM Pascal holder of Indian TAHT AL TARABEZA 12:05 AM PRAYER TIMINGS MARINA-3 TAHT AL TARABEZA 3:00 PM Passport No. P6318774 and Civil ID No. 279012301733 has FANAR-1 ARRIVAL 11:30 AM TAHT AL TARABEZA 5:15 PM Fajr: 04:56 ARRIVAL 11:45 AM FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM 1:45 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 7:30 PM changed by name Ayesha Bano FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM 2:15 PM ARRIVAL 4:30 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 9:45 PM herein after in all my dealings Shorook 06:19 ARRIVAL 7:00 PM TAHT AL TARABEZA 12:05 AM ARRIVAL 5:00 PM and documents. I will be Duhr: 11:34 ARRIVAL 7:30 PM FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM 9:30 PM known by name of Ayesha ARRIVAL 12:15 AM AL-KOUT.2 GHOST COINS 10:00 PM Bano. ALLIED 12:30 PM Asr: 14:31 ARRIVAL 12:05 AM 22-11-2016 AVENUES-1 ALLIED 3:15 PM Maghrib: 16:50 FANAR-2 TAHT AL TARABEZA 11:45 AM ALLIED 5:45 PM ALLIED 11:30 AM TAHT AL TARABEZA 2:00 PM ALLIED 8:00 PM Isha: 18:11

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CROSSWORD 1440 STAR TRACK

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

Because of the time element, life in the work world could be a bit stressful. You are at your mental best with sharp ideas and clear thoughts. Today is Products to be delivered before the holiday may have caused some real an excellent time to make decisions and take care of your employer's business. It might backlog of problems, even if you are not actively concerned with that part of the business. even be possible to take care of some of your own personal business as well. Work, health, You may feel restricted in some of your activities today. It may be hard to organize or per- diet and the other things that take care of us if we take care of them will be big topics of severe at this time. Be patient and let the chaos dissipate. Perhaps this is not the time to try discussion among co-workers today. Self-achievement and competition concerning these to solve any serious problems. This afternoon is a good time for personal communications. subjects will help encourage successful results. The accomplishment of a professional or A love relationship appears almost magical in the way you communicate now. You could self-improvement project can also lead to success. You can demonstrate a great deal of be most persuasive and the situation is a natural for self-expression. Home is the happiest understanding and sensitivity to family or friends this evening and you are in a good posi- place to be this evening. tion to listen or guide, if need be the case.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) This is a great time to be with others and to work in a group. You may be sought after as just the person to put in the lead. You are in a serious frame of mind and If you are working today you will find it easy to pour a lot of energy into find yourself dealing with matters of much concern and responsibility. You and your team- those around you. You may be called upon to smooth over the frustrations of a disgrun- mates will complete assigned projects in speedy time. Later today you will find what you tled customer this morning. It does not take much to restore your positive attitude. You are searching for-this may even include that loan you have been wanting. You may be work throughout the day to make life a little easier for everyone around you. A financial sought after regarding very personal and emotional issues, especially from an elderly per- problem that had escaped your notice this last weekend may have you a bit worried. You son. You will be able to be understanding and handle this sensitive material. You look for- could find that after you get the whole story from a family member, someone has already ward to some special celebrations this evening, a time to enjoy friends and catch up on paid the bill in person. This evening you decide to cook some low-fat treats to take to work the lives of those you love. tomorrow-they are fun to make and will be accepted greedily. Copy the recipe and add it for others to take and your will make friends forever.

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

Extra money comes your way at work this morning. You could receive mon- Make room for new growth-yes, you can expect some positive changes in ey from a football pool or some other similar type of activity. Your professional ambition is your life. The results will be their own paths of development. Be tuned into intensified-you aim to make a difference in this world-to accomplish. This would be a the positive in your life and give yourself credit for the progress you have made. You may good time to thin out your responsibilities and balance some of your activities: some methodically go about planning and creating your future. This whole birthday year will be ACROSS generally northward to the Atlantic unfinished projects or some desired ability that you would like to try. You may find your- full of accomplishments in the business world and growth in your emotional life. You will 1. An informal term for a father. Ocean. self looking through a few continuing education classes in hopes of learning more about multiply your career options. The effort toward making dreams come true can be scary at 4. A polypeptide antibiotic (similar to baci- 84. An agency of the United Nations affiliated something new you may want to accomplish. This could be piano, voice, computer first, but you will look back years from now and be glad you dared. After the celebrations tracin) obtained from a soil bacterium. with the World Bank. expertise or perhaps art. You may be very pleased to discover how peaceful you become of the day are put aside, you will continue to find all sorts of reasons to appreciate and 12. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less while in the process of creating. enjoy life; smile your contagious smile-happy birthday! circular object. DOWN 15. A period marked by distinctive character or 1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing reckoned from a fixed point or event. wholly or in part. 16. Make lighter or brighter. 2. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) some seeds that develops from the ovule 17. Used of a single unit or thing. You may find yourself working on budgeting for your place of business as 18. An officer who acts as military assistant to a stalk and partially or entirely envelopes well as a personal budget for the coming holidays. Budgeting is where your attention is You might like to ignore responsibilities and do some socializing later today more senior officer. the seed. most of this day. Perhaps you own a company or you help someone that owns a company. but the demands of the workplace seem to be a bit more intense than usual. Considering that a day or so of vacation could be something you could enjoy soon, you need to be 20. Small and light boat. 3. An informal term for a father. You are on the right path with the format you are taking, no matter where you are work- quick to solve and end as many projects as possible. This day is scheduled for work respon- 21. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh 4. A complete metric system of units of meas- ing. A practical awareness of the nature of time is the keynote of your deepest feelings sibilities but by the afternoon, you may look to your friends for a change of environment. and India and Nepal and Pakistan. urement for scientists. now. There is a tendency to be too strict with yourself and to insist that whatever does not 5. A circumscribed inflammatory and often Your opinions in a group situation are relevant and taken under consideration. A type of 23. The seed of flax used as a source of oil. contribute to security and other long-term goals is trivial. Your desire to achieve is intensi- time-share situation may develop and you have enough responsible friends to successful- 26. 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On the red carpet everyone started color, I go for a red, burgundy, or nude. In a bold, matte fin- to look the same, like a Barbie doll, and it made me really ish, it's always classic." uncomfortable. feel comfortable, looking like I put effort into the way I look, and still feel like I'm being myself. "My braids are really low-maintenance so I use very little hair Why Selena Gomez goes to bed make-up free elena Gomez can't sleep with make- up on her face. The 24-year-old singer Shas admitted she doesn't "under- stand" why people re-apply cosmetic prod- ucts before going to bed because she has a "breakout" when she sleeps in her make-up and is "worried" if she wears any "tinted" products. Speaking about her beauty rou- tine to Elle.com, the 'Kill Em With Kindness' had 'no star said: "I just can't understand when - Tom Ford and no offense - people have to wear makeup all the time, and they'll say, 'Oh, idea' he wanted to be you can sleep with a tinted moisturizer or a self-tanner on your face and you can wake a fashion designer up.' For me, I just think that's not my vibe, plus I do breakout. "I don't know if it's bad he 55-year-old creative mastermind - advice, I just think it's kind of to each their who launched his eponymous clothing own. For me, I can't really sleep with things Tlabel in 2005 - has admitted he has on my body or tinted things just because I "always" loved clothes, but despite his passion get worried. It's not my vibe." But the star for garments he never thought he would boast has revealed she embraces when she has she's not my friend. Blake Lively. I've never a successful career at the helm of the industry. an outbreak of spots because it's an met her, but I just love her hair. I think she's Speaking about his career, the dark-haired inevitable thing people endure, and got beautiful, effortless hair. I think she's hunk said: "I have always loved clothes, but I although the star has admitted she could super beachy. I also really love, love, love had no idea fashion was what I wanted to do. I undergo "procedures" to prevent an erup- Rachel McAdams, and the reason why I Hailey Baldwin's was an actor, I studied architecture. "It only tion of pimples She explained: "Nope love her hair is because she think about it happened when I worked as an assistant at a because life is life. If it's a photoshoot, I'm from 'Wedding Crashers' to 'Mean Girls' to fashion company in And the style icon believes probably more lucky because Photoshop, 'The Notebook', she's always changing her $3k birthday home "destiny" is what led him to design highly cov- and if it's a close up, I have to have makeup, hair. It's like short and long and beautiful. eted masterpieces. He added: "You could say it and I just kind of do it. You can't really fight She's kind of classy that way. Those are two ailey Baldwin rented a $3,000-a-night apartment to was destiny: I would say it's destiny. I believe it. I think there are things that I could do or people that are not my friends, but I love celebrate her 20th birthday. The model saw in the in destiny, and one thing I'm going to do as a procedures for sure, but I just don't. I think them, and I think they have really good Hmilestone on Tuesday in Toronto, Canada, in a plush father is help my son to realize his destiny, to that's going to happen." Meanwhile, the hair." four-bedroom Airbnb property, which the company help him become the person he's supposed to brunette beauty has revealed she "wished" appeared to give her as a present. The blonde beauty post- be." However, Tom always knew he wanted to she had hair like Blake Lively or Rachel ed a picture of herself sitting down in the luxury space and make "a lot" of money. He said: "I was always McAdams because the former 'Gossip girl' added the caption: "Birthday Vibezzz @airbnb thank you very ambitious, and I wanted to make a lot of actress has "effortless" locks, whilst the Ora saved hungry for my birthday home, best gift! (sic)" She also shared money and have nice things." The fashion 'Southpaw' star's tresses are versatile. She another snap of her laughing with one of her pals in thep- muse has admitted he was worked "very hard" explained: "I wish she was my friend, but roperty and wrote: " best time bringing in 20"But the but also believes he is "very very lucky" to have Martin from going house didn't appear to be the ideal place to do the had a successful career. Tom - who has recent- Mannequin Challenge - the craze sweeping the globe ly directed 'Nocturnal Animals' - said: "I have where people are filmed trying to stay as still as possible - worked very hard, but I have also been very, hungry on tour as she shared a video of herself and pals attempting to do very lucky." And the filmmaker believes style is priceless and is an innate talent, which can't be ita Ora came to the rescue of Coldplay frontman it, but failing. In a caption attached to the clip, which sees Chris Martin when was denied an on-tour perk the trio move almost as soon as the camera starts running, bought. He said: "Money can't buy you style. It really can't." Meanwhile, Tom - who married Rbecause he didn't have his ID. The 39-year-old she wrote: "Fail" Earlier this month, Hailey was a guest at singer and his chart-topping band were on tour with Rita her best friend Kendall Jenner's 21st birthday celebrations Richard Buckley in 2014 and have four-year- old son Jack, whose full name is Alexander Ora in 2012 when they tried to get some food backstage along with Cindy Crawford, Kate Mara, Melanie Griffith, prior to a gig, but Chris was initially denied access Gabrielle Union, Paris Hilton and Jonathan Cheban. John Jack Buckley Ford - is "very happy" with his life. He told Esquire magazine: "I'm very because the security did not recognize him. Rita Kendall recently admitted the highlight of her star-studded explained: "On one of my first tours I supported Coldplay birthday bash was that she managed to avoid vomiting happy at this point in my life. It's where i pic- tured myself - successful and happy." and they were doing amazing, massive tours as usual. afterwards. She said: "I think maybe the fact that I didn't We were just hanging out and then we went to catering throw up that night, and I had like a minor hangover." to eat some food before the show. Chris didn't have his pass. "I remember, they didn't let him in to catering because he didn't have his pass. And instead of him say- ing, 'Do you know that this is me? This is who I am,' he said, 'Rita has got her pass - can I get in with her?' " Rita, Freddie Mercury didn't tell 25, said that Chris' reaction to being denied access to the food was typical of the music superstar, saying that he and his bandmates are remarkably "humble" given their success and popularity. She told UK station BBC Radio 1: best friend he had AIDS "It's funny because it's Chris and there's this whole thing Kylie Jenner will ... but that's why we love him and the boys. I thought it reddie Mercury cut his best star's employees, who later lived to was a joke. But no, they're the best those boys, they're friend out of his life because regret their actions. According to the most humble human beings." Meanwhile, Coldplay Fhe didn't want to tell him he the Daily Mirror newspaper, Peter is restock the Holiday revealed recently they are to release new music in 2017. had AIDS. The Queen frontman - quoted in a new book about The 'Everglow' hitmakers - made up of Chris, Jonny who died in 1991 aged 45 due to Freddie, 'Somebody to Love' - which Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion - said they complications caused by the illness is by Matt Richards and Mark Edition this week are working on new album called 'Kaleidoscope'. A - flatly denied that he was suffering Langthorne, to mark the 25th tweet on the group's official Twitter account said: "Hello from the disease a year to Peter anniversary of his death tomorrow - ylie Jenner is set to restock the Holiday Edition for everyone, we're working on some new songs for next Straker, his good pal of 15 years, as saying: "When I used to tele- Kylie Cosmetics this week. The 19-year-old 'Keeping year. It's called the Kaleidoscope. We hope you're well, before he passed away and the West phone they would never put me KUp With the Kardashians' star launched her fully- love cm #KaleidoscopeEP (sic)" The band's last album 'A End star never saw the 'Bohemian through. "They'd just say he was loaded make-up bundles on Monday, which have already Headful Of Dreams', which was released in December Rhapsody' hitmaker again. Peter busy, he was out, but they got sold out, and is already planning to re-launch the variety of 2015, was rumored to have been their last. Chris previ- said: "All I got from Freddie was that instructions from him, and Joe fol- products, including the new white Kyliner, eyeshadow ously said: "It's our seventh thing, and the way we look at he had this blood thing, and I lowed him to the letter. "Again, after palettes and exclusive lip kits, on her e-store on Friday and it, it's like the last 'Harry Potter' book or something like thought it could have been he died, they all came to see me in a Monday. The star took to the brands social media to that. "Not to say that there might not be another thing leukaemia or something like that. show in the West End and were all announce the news alongside a picture of all the cosmetic one day, but this is the completion of something. "I have "He started to get these blotches apologizing, saying, 'I wish we'd put products. The Instagram post was captioned: "yes the to think of it as the final thing we're doing. Otherwise we and I asked about these and he said you through.' I said, 'It's too late #holidayeditioncollection has officially sold out but we will wouldn't put everything into it." he had some blood condition. I now.' " While Freddie didn't tell Peter be BACK... On Black Friday with a free stocking with every knew about AIDS but it just never about suffering from AIDS, he did purchase & on Cyber Monday we are launching the KYLIE entered my head. "We had lunch inform his bandmates, Brian May, brush set for $35! See you guys again soon! (sic)." The beau- and he was quite blotchy and he Roger Taylor and John Deacon, at a ty mogul - who built up her beauty empire over two years had make-up on, and we went meal in Montreux, Switzerland, in before launching it earlier this year - has revealed the col- upstairs and we were sitting down May 1989, two-and-a-half years lection, which is made of "real diamond powder", was watching telly on his bed and I said before he passed. He also told a inspired by "jewel tones". Speaking previously, she said: to him, 'Have you got AIDS?' and he number of his staff and his lover Jim "Also, one more thing, my birthday collection had all real said, 'No, I haven't got AIDS.' "And I Hutton, who was HIV positive. The gold in it, and this has all real diamond powder. "My inspi- said, 'If there's anything wrong with rock star issued a statement con- ration was jewel tones, so I used all jewel tones and I want- you, I'm always here for you,' and we firming he had AIDS just 24 hours ed to create a smoky eye palette you can use during the parted that evening. That was the before he died at his home in holidays." Alongside the mini lip kits, and the ornaments, last time I saw him." Peter was so Kensington, west London, on Kylie has designed her "first" ever set of make-up brushes. devastated about the situation he November 24, 1991. Alongside a still shot of the products, she wrote: "My first didn't attend Freddie's funeral. set of brushes (sic)." And the television personality believes However, he did try to contact the the festive capsule is "the perfect gift" for everyone this singer in the last year of his life but winter. She said: "To say 'Happy holidays' from me to you. was constantly turned down by the "Waking up to this on Christmas morning the perfect gift." THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 lifestyle

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Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan speaks during an interview with AFP. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan speaks as actress Alia Bhatt looks on during an interview with AFP in Mumbai. — AFP photos India's Shah Rukh Khan dreams of global Bollywood hit

ndian screen icon Shah Rukh Khan has starred in dozens of his legions of fans is arguably Hindi cinema's biggest and n't think I'd like the film. Not because it's not a good film... But clear intention of becoming a superstar. "I always wanted to Bollywood blockbusters and is adored by millions, but most-recognizable star of the modern age. He shot to stardom it's not my genre of film. I like bad boys. I like James Bond," he be famous, I wanted to be recognized, I want thousands of Ithere's a movie he still dreams of making-one that's a truly in the mid-90s as the hero of romantic dramas such as said. Khan says his character plays the role of a "mentor, friend, people outside my house, I don't want to go on the beach and global hit. "I would like to be a part of that one Indian film, as "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" ("The Bravehearted Will Take philosopher, guide" to the much younger Kaira, played by relax. If I want a McDonald's I'll open it in my house," he said. an actor, as a producer, as a gaffer, as a sound recordist, as a Away the Bride") and "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" ("Something upcoming Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt, 23, in the film which "When I was 25 I wanted to be like Madonna said: rich, production manager, whatever, which becomes famous all Happens"). Khan is also known for lead roles in high-octane he says is "sweet" and "funny". famous, well-known, hard-working, recognized and get all the over the world," Khan told AFP in an interview. thrillers like "Don" and this year's "Fan" while other major hits He described "Dear Zindagi" as a feel-good movie about awards possible. I really enjoy being a star, I would not "That's my 'Make in India' dream. I've had this since 25 include the 2013 comedy "Chennai Express" and 2010's "My life and how to cope with it "not only as a youngster but as a exchange it for anything." In "Fan", released in April, he played years," he added, borrowing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Name is Khan", in which he played a man with Asperger's syn- parent, as a middle-aged person. "It deals with all of them the double role of a movie megastar and a crazed young Modi's much-trumpeted slogan for boosting manufacturing drome. without being preachy," he explained. Khan, whose career as admirer whose obsession with his idol turns increasingly vio- in the country. The Asian giant's Hindi film industry churns out 'I like James Bond' one of Bollywood's most bankable actors spans three lent after he fails to meet him. "SRK" describes his own fame as hundreds of movies every year, raking in billions of US dollars The 51-year-old boasts 22.2 million Twitter followers and decades, says he doesn't see himself as a real-life mentor to being like an "out of body experience". "I'm extremely grateful in ticket receipts, but is yet to release a blockbuster that really regularly sees hordes of admirers gather outside his mansion young actors, but will give advice if asked. and I don't even understand how I've become what I've takes Western box offices by storm. "I hope to achieve that but by the sea in India's commercial capital of Mumbai, the home become. "Does it even belong to me? I say this again and I don't sit down with people (and focus on) 'What is the of Bollywood. His next film, called "Dear Zindagi" ("Dear Life"), 'Out of body experience' again, I'm just an employee of the superstar called Shah Rukh crossover film that we can make?' No, I think it will happen hits cinema screens on Friday. But Khan admits he initially had Khan has appeared in around 80 Bollywood movies and Khan. I have no idea how he does it."— AFP because I believe in it," said Khan. misgivings about playing the role of Jehangir Khan in the collected numerous accolades since travelling to Mumbai on a The actor known in India as "King Khan" or simply "SRK" to comedy-drama directed by Gauri Shinde. "I'd be honest, I did- train from his hometown of Delhi in the early 90s with the Can you go home again? lovely 'Lion' says yes

here are two ways to view "Lion." One is as a heart- the common language. He scrounges for food, turns a Someone helpfully suggests he look at Google Earth - yes, warming tale of love beyond boundaries and the incan- piece of cardboard into a bed and narrowly escapes child it's actually written into the script. (The company's logo Tdescent pull of home. The more cynical view is that it's a abductors before being taken to an orphanage that resem- also appears on the screen multiple times, on the movie two-hour advertisement for the wonders of Google Earth. bles a prison. It's a grim journey in which few adults are poster and Google is thanked in the end credits. This is Let's not be cynical, shall we? Let's just enjoy this poignant good. The camera doesn't shy away from staring at gritty product placement on par with Reese's Pieces in "E.T. the and true story of a man who became separated from his fami- places and forgotten people. Salvation comes in the form Extra-Terrestrial.") Soon, Saroo is pushing away his girlfriend ly in India at age 5, was adopted by an Australia couple and of Nicole Kidman in a truly appalling '80s wig. She and (a very bad idea since it's the marvelous Rooney Mara) and then tracked down his family 25 years after going missing. David Wenham play an Aussie couple who adopt young studying satellite images from India by a certain internet "Lion " is really two beautifully-shot films - the tenacious story Saroo and Kidman turns in a very unglamorous, quiet and company, tracing train tracks from a laptop. of 5-year-old Saroo Brierley lost hundreds of miles in eastern meditative performance. He has no idea where he came from and the film nicely Brad Pitt poses for photographers during the photocall India and the less dramatic, and slightly forced, story of that Director Garth Davis has got us in the palm of his hand uses flashbacks to show partial memories flooding back. A for the new film ‘Allied’ of director Robert Zemeckis, in same boy all grown up looking for answers about his past. at this point, with Saroo wide-eyed at encountering a plane breakthrough gets him on the right track and soon he's Paris. — AP Dev Patel, of "Slumdog Millionaire" fame, proves he's a tal- and a refrigerator for the first time. But the second half of back on a plane, heading to his former home and a bitter- ented, striking leading man, but even he would admit he's the film slackens somewhat as Patel takes over 25 years lat- sweet finale with the people he left behind. It's all thanks to delightfully overshadowed by newcomer Sunny Pawar, who er. He's great as a brooding, haunted man but he has less to love, tenaciousness and, of course, the good folks at plays his 5-year-old self with irrepressible sweetness. "I can lift work with. If the first half was a compelling, physical jour- Google. "Lion," a Weinstein Company release, is rated PG-13 FBI clears Brad Pitt anything," he says at one point, and proves it by lifting this ney, the second is one taken solely inside the mind and the by the Motion Picture Association of America for "thematic film. Luke Davies' screenplay, adapted from Brierley's memoir film degenerates into long moments showing Saroo's soli- material and some sensuality." MPAA definition of PG-13: "A Long Way Home," starts in 1986 with the younger Saroo tary wanderings and sleeplessness. The dense crowds of Parental guidance suggested, with some material may not tagging along with his older brother to scrounge for work. He harsh, urban India give way to the empty, lush expanses of be suitable for children. Running time: 119 minutes. Three over abuse claim then falls asleep on a decommissioned train that travels some Tasmania. and a half stars out of four. — AP rad Pitt has been cleared after a probe into allegations 1,600 kilometers to Calcutta. he mistreated one of his children in a mid-air alterca- Partial memories tion, the FBI said on Tuesday. The claims centered on an Physical journey The adult Saroo seems unmoored from his Indian roots B alleged incident with his 15-year-old son Maddox in Lost, hungry and scared, the boy isn't even able to seek until - like Marcel Proust's madeleine he encounters a fried September on a flight from France to Los Angeles. Pitt's wife help since he speaks only Hindi in an area where Bengali is cake called a jalebi that triggers childhood memories. Angelina Jolie claimed he had struck the boy. "In response to allegations made following a flight... carrying Mr Brad Pitt and his children, the FBI has conducted a review of the circum- stances and will not pursue further investigation," the agency said in a statement. "No charges have been filed in this matter." The announce- ment marks Pitt's second vindication over the incident, two weeks after Los Angeles social workers cleared the 52-year-old of wrongdoing following interviews with the couple, their children and witnesses. Jolie, 41, filed for divorce in September, citing irreconcilable differences. She is seeking sole custody of their six children. Pitt, who won a best film Oscar for producing "12 Years a Slave" (2013), has been in con- tact with all six of the couple's children and is seeking joint legal and physical custody. The reunions were supervised by a therapist as part of the couple's temporary custody agreement-mediated by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services- which was recently extended. Under the agreement Jolie had physical custody of the children-three of whom, including Maddox, are adopted-at a rented LA house. The A-listers-given the celebrity moniker "Brangelina"-wed in France in August two years ago, but had been a couple since 2004. AFP reached In this image released by The Weinstein Company, Dev Patel appears Sue Brierley, from left, Nicole Kidman, Priyanka Bose, Sunny Pawar, front, Saroo Brierley and Dev out to Pitt's representative, who declined to comment. — AFP in a scene from ‘Lion.’ — AP Patel attend the premiere of ‘Lion’ at the Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday in New York. — AP 'Moonlight,' 'American Honey' Kim Jee-Woon's 'The Age of Shadows' to Open Marrakech top Spirit Awards nominations he 16th Marrakech Film Festival - one of Veysset's French generational drama, "The Story the largest cultural events in the Arab of a Mother"; Venice-selected mockumentary Tworld and African continent - has unveiled "King of the Belgiansm" by Peter Brosens and oming-of-age tale "Moonlight" and road movie nominations. The movie, which opened on Friday to its full-line up. Opening film is the 1920s-set Jessica Woodworth; Reiner Frimmel and Tizza "American Honey" led the pack of independent some of the best reviews of the year, is up for best feature transcendent spy thriller "The Age Of Shadows," Covi's Locarno-seen circus docu-fiction "Mister Cfilms tipped for Oscars glory as the Spirit Awards and best actor and supporting actor. by South Korea's Kim Jee-woon. Marrakech will Universo"; and immigration drama "The Road to nominations were announced on Tuesday. Starring "Jackie," Pablo Larrain's political drama focusing on close with Fatih Akin's coming-of-age drama, Mandalay," by Burmese director Midi Z, that Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris, Barry Jenkins's former US president John F Kennedy's assassination "Goodbye Berlin." Other out-of-competition pics bowed at Venice; "Moonlight" tells the life story of a young African- through the eyes of First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier include Louis-Julien Petit's "Carole Matthieu" American man struggling to find his place as he grows Kennedy, picked up nominations for directing, editing starring Isabelle Adjani; "Elle" by Paul Verhoeven; Family customs up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. It was nominated and feature, as well as nod for Natalie Portman's Disney's animated adventure, "Moana;" and "My Also in the mix: Berlinale-bowing South in six categories, including best feature, best director and acclaimed performance in the title role. The Film Uncle" the second feature by Moroccan director African drama "Shepherds and Butchers," direct- best screenplay. It was passed over in the acting cate- Independent Spirit Awards are seen as an strong indica- Nassim Abassi, starring comedian Abderrahim ed by Oliver Schmitz; and coming-of-age drama gories, despite Ali and Harris being considered strong tor of independent movies that could win Oscar glory. Tounsi. Adjani, Verhoeven and Tounsi will all "Zoology" by Russian writer-director Ivan contenders for Oscar nods. The entire cast, Jenkins and "Now more than ever, the voices of independent artists receive career tributes at the festival. Tverdovsky, that world preemed at Toronto. casting director Yesi Ramirez will get the special Robert play a critically important role in our culture," said Film Marrakech's official selection aims to offer Marrakech's six-film sidebar, From the Heart, fea- Altman Award. Independent's president Josh Welsh. "The films we cele- new, distinctive and dissonant voices in world turing what Barde terms "some ferocious film- "American Honey," written and directed by British brate at this year's Spirit Awards embody the diversity, cinema: "The radicalism of the selection reflects making," includes three debut features: Otto filmmaker Andrea Arnold and starring Sasha Lane and innovation and uniqueness of vision that we champion a wish to counter the widespread artistic bland- Bell's "The Eagle Huntress" lensed in Mongolia; Shia LaBoeuf, also secured six nominations, including all year long." The winners will be announced on February ness which unfolds on screens, and instead "Heaven Sent," by Lebanese director Wissam female lead, supporting female and male. Kenneth 25, a day before the Academy Awards. — AFP seeks a return to principles, to the roots of what Charaf; and Daouda Coulibaly's drug trafficking Lonergan's New England-based family drama enayer, Afghan-Iranian drama, "Parting" by drama "Wulu." —Reuters "Manchester by the Sea," which has given Casey Affleck Navid Mahmoudi will also play in competition. an early lead in the race for the best-actor Oscar, got five Other official selection titles take in Sandrine lifestyle THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016

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A high heel shoe titled ‘The Gold Digger’ by designer Sebastian Errazuriz, fea- Guests snap photographs of a pair of high heels, decorated with red frilled details. turing a figure holding up the upper portion, is displayed at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. — AP photos From flats to stilettos: Exhibit explores what shoes reveal

oots aren't just made for walking. On the contrary, footwear has captivated hearts and minds worldwide Bfor centuries. Whether a pair of crystalline embellished slippers, or thigh-high boots with platform heels, shoes show our personalities, moods and social status. That's the premise behind "Shoes: Pleasure and Pain," an exhibition opening Saturday at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, examining the history and cultural relevance of what we strap to our soles. "We're all born with bare feet and shoes facilitate our movement, but shoes also reveal our identity," said Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, coordinating curator for the exhibition. The show, organized by the London-based Victoria and Albert Museum, is comprised of boots, slippers, pumps, loafers and sandals from around the world dating to the 17th century. Through our shoes, Roscoe Hartigan said, we all project "certain aspects of power and authority" - even if those mes- sages are subliminal. One classic example of affluence and power wrapped into a shoe is the high heel. Yet, functionality and comfort are often overlooked in their design. In 1993, supermodel Naomi Campbell made headlines when she Until the 1600s, shoes were made to fit an individual - a stumbled on a Paris runway during Fashion Week. The process that could involve up to 200 stages of construction. By Guests snap images Elton John’s rainbow glass embossed platform boots, designed by Bill Whitten in the Vivienne Westwood platforms Campbell was wearing - a pair mid-century, Europe's middle class population exploded and of a shoe closet dis- 1970’s, are displayed at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. of cobalt blue, mock crocodile skin shoes with 9-inch heels - ready-to-wear shoes became available. On display are shoe play at the Peabody became icons overnight. They're now part of the Salem show. lasts - wood or plastic forms used by shoemakers - from the Essex Museum in Also on display are several pairs from high-end retailers late Princess Diana, Charlie Chaplin and other celebrities. "The Salem, Mass. such as Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin and Manolo Blahnik, whole thing is pretty amazing," said Faith Kreider, of Newton, made famous by the HBO series "Sex and the City." One pair of Massachusetts, who viewed the exhibition. "There's a wide men's golf shoes by Prada is covered in brightly colored rhine- variety of footwear down through the ages." "Shoes: Pleasure stones. "You would never assume they're something men and Pain" runs through March 12, 2017. — AP would play golf in," Roscoe Hartigan said. But this exhibition is more than just a display of exclusive footwear. There are shoes used for foot binding, an ancient Chinese custom in which a girl's four toes were tucked beneath the foot in an effort to prevent growth. One pair of silk, cotton and metal-wrapped lotus shoes is just 4 inches long.

A red stiletto shaped custom car is displayed at the entrance of the Peabody Essex The shoe forms, molded from Princess Diana’s feet, are displayed at the A skulled zipper pull details of Alexander McQueen shoe is displayed at Museum. Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. the Peabody Essex Museum.

section of stairs from the Eiffel Tower in Paris sold for more than half a million euros, auc- Ationeers said yesterday-more than 10 times the pre-sale estimate. The 14 wrought-iron steps from a winding staircase between the second and third floors of the Paris landmark went for 523,800 euros ($556,000) after furious bidding at the sale in Stairs from Eiffel Tower sell the French capital. Auction house Artcurial said the dramatic sale on Tuesday had "unleashed the pas- sions" of several international buyers, with bids ris- ing rapidly from 20,000 euros, leaving the 40,000 euro estimate far behind. The prize eventually fell to a telephone bid for over half a million euros from an Asian buyer. Auctioneer Francois Tajan said "the battle over the phone and in the auction room for the stairs showed the profound attach- ment there is for a monument that is so emblem- atic of French culture." The stairs date from 1889 when the legendary French engineer Gustave Eiffel built the 324-metre (1,063-foot) edifice as the centerpiece of the Paris Universal Exhibition. It soon became the most iconic feature on the Paris skyline, and is France's most visited monument despite suffering calls for its demolition in the years after the exhibition. It is still the country's third tallest structure, and was the highest building in the world for 41 years until the construction of the Chrysler Building in New York in 1930. The stairs were removed from the tower in 1983 to make way for a lift and cut into 24 sections, ranging from two to nine meters high. Several were bought by museums while oth- ers ended up in the gardens of the Yoshii Foundation at Yamanashi in Japan, beside the Statue of Liberty in New York and at Walt Disney sale... having watched the first sale of the staircases sculptures by Georges Saupique which went for This file photo This file photo shows people walking at sunrise on the World in Florida, next to its copy of the Eiffel Tower. in 1983 which was presided over by my father 1.24 million euros. Saupique is best known for his shows the Eiffel Trocadero Esplanade, also known as the Parvis des droits Artcurial sold a larger 3.5-metre section of 19 steps Jacques Tajan." Although the Eiffel Tower stairs bust of Marianne, the woman who symbolizes the Tower, in Paris. de líhomme (Parvis of Human Rights), in front of the Eiffel for 220,000 euros in 2013. fetched "an exceptional price", the highest from the French republic. — AFP —AFP photos Tower in Paris. Tajan said he was particularly "moved by the sale of Art Deco artefacts was four monumental lifestyle THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016

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Obama Honors 21 Americans With Presidential Medal of Freedom, US President Barack Obama speaks before presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.— AFP photos Obama presents final Medal of Freedom honors

Obama Honors 21 Americans With Presidential Medal of S President Barack Obama awarded the 2016 Other recipients this year were rock star Bruce Springsteen, US President Barack Obama presents actress Cicely Tyson Freedom US President Barack Obama presents actress and Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest civilian hon- soul singer Diana Ross, Native American community leader with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. comedian Ellen DeGeneres with the Presidential Medal of Uor in the United States - to 21 key figures at a star-stud- Elouise Cobell and NASA moon landing computer scientist Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. ded ceremony at the White House yesterday. Obama presented Margaret H Hamilton. TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, who the prestigious medal to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his was also awarded the medal, conducted a "mannequin chal- wife Melinda for philanthropic work, former basketball players lenge", a video that features people frozen in place, with the recipi- Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and actors Tom ents. Obama leaves office in January after eight years, with Hanks, Robert De Niro and Robert Redford. Republican businessman Donald Trump taking charge. — Reuters "It's useful when you think about this incredible collection of people to realize that this is what makes us the greatest nation on earth," Obama said. The medal is given annually to those who have made outstanding contributions to the national interests of the United States, to security, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.

US President Barack Obama presents Singer Bruce Springsteen with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

US actor Robert De Niro (right) hugs actress and comedian Ellen DeGeneres after she was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. US President Barack Obama presents actor and director Robert Redford with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

US President Barack Obama presents attorney and former Chair of the Federal Communications Commission Newt Minow with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former NBA basketball player Michael Jordan.

US President Barack Obama presents actor Tom Hanks with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. US President Barack Obama prepares to present singer Diana Ross with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

US President Barack Obama (obscured) presents NBA star and athlete Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Barack Obama, accompanied by Melinda Gates, left, presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bill Gates.

US President Barack Obama presents sports broadcaster US President Barack Obama presents artist and designer US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama US President Barack Obama presents actor Robert De Niro Vin Scully with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Maya Lin with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. arrive to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Obama presents final Medal of Freedom honors

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The Palm House is illuminated during a photocall at Kew Gardens in south west London during an event to promote the launch of the ‘Christmas at Kew Gardens’ event. — AFP Egypt sees resurgence in Putting on the glitz: Tokyo gets $2m independent music scene Christmas tree t a club in downtown Cairo, Ahmed Saleh pumps elec- Working-class beats Egypt's first free presidential election in 2012 brought to ant to impress the kids this Christmas? A tronic beats from his laptop as Abdullah Miniawy chants The birth of Mahraganat music around the same period also power Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted by Tokyo retailer has just the thing-if you've Ato a cheering crowd, the duo part of a wave of new tal- reflected this shift in the industry. Emerging from working-class the army a year later. Human rights groups have accused then- got about $2.0 million to spare. Jeweler ent on Egypt's underground music scene. Emerging artists are neighborhoods, it became Egypt's most listened-to genre-with army chief General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, who went on to W Ginza Tanaka is going all out this season with a two- creating an eclectic selection of hip-hop, dubstep, electronic little involvement from record companies. Using cheap or free become President, of limiting freedom of expression. Venues and rock music, with some influenced by traditional Egyptian software, young men began mixing traditional Egyptian music like Vent, which opened in 2013, promoted new, experimental meter (6.6-foot) Christmas tree made with pure gold sounds. The movement began in the mid-2000s as musicians with electronic sounds, creating loud, eclectic beats. music. Many have since closed, but several still hold regular live wire that's as fine as angel hair pasta. The shop in sessions. Tokyo's glitzy Ginza district says the 19 kilogram (42 While many musicians have second jobs to make a living, pound) tree is made up of more than 1,200 meters Egyptian musician some have been able to go full-time and performed at home (3,950 feet) of gold wire. Abdullah Miniawy and abroad. Saleh has performed up to five times a month this "The wire is made of the finest gold which has a performs at a year, including gigs with Alexandria-based psychedelic and 99.999 percent purity level," Ginza Tanaka store man- nightclub in Cairo. electronic rock band Telepoetic. Louca has given 50 concerts ager Takahiro Ito told AFP yesterday. Ito said the tree overseas this year alone. was made by the jeweler's in-house artisans. The price tag? A cool 200 million yen ($1.8 million). While Broader tastes As the artists diversified, so did listeners' tastes. Now, the it may be a stretch finding a buyer, Ito said he hoped audience "is receptive to this and waiting for new things... the opulent display would show off Japan's world- especially in Egypt," says Abu Ghazaleh. Some tracks by famous craftmanship. "We want them to see our Egyptian hip-hop artists Abyusif and Ahmed Kamel have been great technique and craftsmanship, and the glitter- played more than a quarter of a million times on SoundCloud. ing beauty of gold," he said. — AFP "Hip-hop in Egypt is like that. Its first and last place is the inter- net," says Refat, whose label caters to independent and Mahraganat musicians. That contrasts with the 1990s, when authorities cracked down on concerts and accused attendees of practicing Satanism, according to Louca. "We felt like we were in an absolute desert," he says. While bypassed record labels to reach their listeners directly via the Meanwhile, artists began networking online, says musician the scene centers around Cairo, other musicians in the region web. It was boosted by Egypt's 2011 uprising which toppled Rami Abadir, who released his first official album with Canadian have flourished online. "We kind of found it staggering the longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak. record label D.M.T. Records in May. "This didn't exist until 2009 amount of talent around, and a lot of people doing what we "This movement began finding an audience because it has or 2010, or it existed but on a very small scale," he says. consider to be very high-quality music," says Abdel-Rahman become accessible on the internet, instead of the market being The genre found a small but growing audience in a country Hussein, co-founder of Dandin, a Middle East music platform. dominated by those who release CDs," says Tamer Abu where according to the United Nations, 40 percent of the popu- Hip-hop artists from Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan have collabo- Ghazaleh, a Cairo-born Palestinian musician who co-founded lation is between 10 and 20 years old. The 2011 revolution rated, while cross-genre projects have mushroomed in Beirut, Ma3azef, an online Arab music magazine. From the second half boosted the movement. "A lot of things took a push with what says Ziad Nawfal, co-founder of the independent Lebanese of the 2000s, musicians have used websites such as happened in 2011 and 2012 and the revolution," says Maurice label Ruptured. The wave of new music "expresses real things SoundCloud, YouTube, and Facebook to publish and promote Louca, composer of the acclaimed 2014 electronic album for the people," says Abu Ghazaleh. "This is what this music is their music. That has challenged record labels' traditional gate- Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (Salute the Parrot). While most of the doing, so it has no place to go but grow further." — AFP keeper role between artists and audiences. "This is the first time music was non-political, a security void made it easier to open in Egypt, at least since the 1920s, where music really represents spaces and organize festivals. "There was a very nice atmos- the people in a direct way, without any intermediary," says phere where anyone who wanted to do anything, could just do Mahmoud Refat, founder of record label 100Copies Music. it," says Abadir.

A Ginza Tanaka employee shows off a Christmas tree made with 19-kilogram of pure gold wires at the Ginza Tanaka store in Tokyo. — AFP Egyptian musician Abdullah Miniawy (right) performs at a nightclub in Cairo. Egyptian musicians perform at a studio in Cairo. — AFP photos