SUBSCRIPTION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 SAFAR 7, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net UN official Syria’s last Pacquiao Kuwait Times extols Kuwait’s weavers reclaims infographic: humanitarian abandon looms WBO title for NBA Power efforts2 without38 thread third16 time Rankings18 Hopefuls call to plug deficit, Min 26º but not at citizens’ expense Max 16º High Tide 03:06 & 17:43 Court looks into cases of barred candidates Low Tide 10:22 & 22:16 40 PAGES NO: 17043 150 FILS MoI confirms By B Izzak KUWAIT: Candidates standing in the Nov 26 general election called on the government to take necessary mines found on measures to tackle the growing budget deficit, but with- out undermining the standard of living of Kuwaiti citi- Bidaa beach zens. The economic issue, especially government deci- By Nawara Fattahova sions and future plans to raise the prices of services and fuel, topped the agendas of the candidates, who warned KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior yesterday confirmed the government that touching the income of citizens is a that landmines had been found on the beach and in the “red line” that must not be crossed. water near a seaside club in Bidaa last week. According Former MP Askar Al-Enezi, bidding for re-election, to the ministry’s General Director of Public Relations warned the government against “taking measures that and Director of the Security Media Department undermine the income of Kuwaiti citizens because this is Brigadier Adel Al-Hashash, the landmines were washed a red line”, adding that in the wake of the sharp drop in up by the tide on the beach, and dated from the time of oil prices, “the govern- the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. ment should have alterna- “The interior ministry’s forces dealt with the land- tive solutions and treat- mines that were found on Bidaa beach and removed ments that rationalize them. The security guards of the club called the opera- spending and stop squan- tions department and our forces went there. We regu- dering of public funds”. larly receive reports about landmines being found, (Left) A member of the US Secret Service pulls Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from Enezi said that any though more often these are in the desert. This time it the stage at a campaign rally on Saturday in Reno, Nevada after a false gun scare. (Right) Katy Perry government decision to was in the sea,” he told Kuwait Times. holds the hand of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a concert at the Mann raise prices or impose According to reports, during the 1991 Gulf War, Iraqi Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday in Philadelphia. — AP (See Pages 9, 14 and 37) charges on citizens will be troops planted millions of mines in Kuwait, with strongly confronted by approximately 97.8 percent of Kuwait’s land mined or the next National affected by unexploded ordnance. Heavily mined areas Clinton and Trump Assembly. Enezi was refer- included the northern coast of Kuwait Bay and the Kuwait-Saudi Arabia border. Millions of mines have ring to the government’s since been recovered, but many are still hidden in decision to raise petrol coastal and desert areas of Kuwait. scramble to finish prices and reported plans to further reduce public subsi- dies and impose various types of taxation in a bid to boost non-oil revenues to finance the budget deficit. Former MP Roudhan Al-Roudhan said the decision to Arabs view race with indifference hike petrol prices was wrong and the government should have cut spending, starting from the top bureau- WASHINGTON/CAIRO: Donald Trump barnstormed certs with Beyonce and Katy Perry and booking a crats. Former Islamist MP Hamad Al-Matar said Kuwait is five states yesterday while Hillary Clinton implored date with Obama. passing through a highly delicate period because of her most fervent supporters to get to the polls, in a For his part, Trump has embarked on a cross-country total dependence on oil as the only source of income, frenetic final 48-hour dash to the US presidential elec- odyssey through key battlegrounds Florida, North adding that the country needs comprehensive reforms. tion. Last-minute campaign events - including a mid- Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania, as tightening polls sug- Matar said the sharp decline in oil prices and the rising night rally tonight by Clinton - pepper the landscape gest a fluidity in several states at the 11th hour. He is cost of its production as time goes by means that the coun- in the nation’s most contested states that will ulti- also planning stops in states like Colorado, Michigan, try has reached a critical stage, which requires swift eco- mately decide whether the United States maintains Pennsylvania and even Minnesota, seeking to poach nomic reforms to safeguard the interests of the future gen- President Barack Obama’s legacy or steers a more once-reliably Democratic states. “We’ve got the momen- erations. He said that resolving the economic crisis cannot conservative course. tum,” Republican National Committee chairman Reince be made at the cost of citizens, especially low-income peo- The bruising and unpredictable race that con- Priebus told ABC Sunday talk show “This Week”. “We win ple, but through halting the severe squandering of public cludes on Nov 8 has gripped the world and roiled a state like Michigan and as you know, it’s all over.” funds, valued at several billion dinars. international markets, as Americans decide whether Clinton’s campaign expressed its own confidence, Matar called for working out a timetable for diversify- to elect their first female commander in chief or a bil- welcoming Trump’s Michigan venture as grasping at ing sources of income and for reducing dependence on lionaire real estate tycoon whose political inexperi- straws. “We’re feeling good, we’re closing strong, but oil. He charged that rampant corruption in various parts ence is seen by some as an asset and others a liability. we’ve got a tremendous amount of work to do,” of the government only worsens the economic crisis, Clinton is banking on star power to lock in her narrow Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta told ABC. adding that the next Assembly should be prepared to poll lead, hosting back-to-back weekend pop con- Continued on Page 13 confront corruption. Continued on Page 13 Prince Charles, Camilla SPARTANBURG, South Carolina: Todd Kohlhepp enters the courtroom for a bond hearing at the Spartanburg Detention Facility yesterday. — AP visit Abu Dhabi mosque US man held for ABU DHABI: Britain’s Prince Charles and became a unified, independent nation in his wife Camilla arrived yesterday in the 1971. The two had just arrived from United Arab Emirates as part of their neighboring Oman, where they began chaining woman three-nation tour of the Gulf, visiting a their weeklong trip. landmark mosque in the country’s capi- On Saturday night, the state-run admits 7 killings tal. The royal couple toured the Sheikh Oman News Agency reported that Sultan Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, with Qaboos bin Said, who has ruled the MIAMI: A man who was arrested in the US state of South Camilla wearing a blue scarf over her hair country on the eastern edge of the Carolina for holding a woman hostage and “chained like in a sign of respect. They walked over the Arabian Peninsula since 1970, met with a dog” has confessed to up to seven killings, a local sher- mosque’s gleaming white marble floor as the royals. iff said. Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright told a Emirati officials accompanied them. They The royals discussed “cooperation press conference late Saturday that warrants were issued gazed upon the 99 names of God in between their countries in various sec- charging Todd Christopher Kohlhepp with a quadruple Arabic adorning the mosque’s inner wall, tors to achieve the joint interests of the murder that baffled police and investigators for 13 years. and later met with religious leaders of Omani and British people” as well as Wright said that the suspect had also shown authorities various faiths. ways to strengthen relations between two gravesites on his vast property, in addition to one The oil-rich UAE, a country of seven them. Journalists traveling with the royal body dug up from a shallow grave on Friday. Kohlhepp sheikhdoms that is home to Dubai, was couple did not attend the meeting with was denied bond yesterday. ABU DHABI: Prince Charles (second right), Prince of Wales, and Camilla (center), overseen by the British when it was the monarch. Prince Charles and Camilla Continued on Page 13 Duchess of Cornwall, tour the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on Saturday. — AP known as the Trucial States. The UAE will later travel to Bahrain. — Agencies Assault launched on IS ‘capital’ Regime shelling kills 6 kindergarten kids AIN ISSA, Syria: US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces launched an offensive yesterday on the Islamic State group’s de facto Syrian capital Raqqa, upping pressure on the militants who are already battling Iraqi troops in Mosul. The start of the assault by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) came as Iraqi forces fought inside Mosul for the third day running amid fierce jihadist resistance. The two cities are the last major urban centers under IS con- trol after the suffered a string of territorial losses in Iraq and Syria over the past year. The US-led coalition battling IS is backing both assaults, hoping to deal a knockout blow to the self- HARASTA, Syria: The body of a Syrian girl lies on a styled “caliphate” the group declared in mid-2014.