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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. SDF bed at a makeshift hospital following shelling on a commanders announced the start of the operation kindergarten in this rebel-held area on the outskirts against Raqqa in Ain Issa, some 50 km north of the city. of the capital Damascus yesterday. —AFP Continued on Page 13 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with UN Undersecretary General for with UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien. Coordinator Stephen O’Brien. —Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos UN official meets Amir, extolls Kuwait’s humanitarian efforts

KUWAIT: Visiting UN Undersecretary General He said: “Well, I am delighted to be back so many years is one we all wish to emulate so during O’Brien’s meeting with First Deputy placed persons. The meeting was attended for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief here in Kuwait and again to have the honor I’m delighted we had such an interesting dis- Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh by Acting Deputy Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Coordinator Stephen O’Brien said yesterday and the privilege to meet His Highness the cussion and such commitment and as I have Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah at the Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, Kuwait’s world humanitarian positions Amir and we had an extremely productive dis- said I think that His Highness the Amir and FM’s office. Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Foreign instructed by His Highness the Amir are an cussion about the enormity of the commit- Kuwait they have humanitarianism in their The meeting also tackled international Minister Bureau Affairs, Saleh Salem Al- example for others to follow. He made the ment of both His Highness the Amir and the DNA,” he added. humanitarian efforts for lifting the sufferings Loughani, Assistant Foreign Minister for remark to reporters following a meeting with Kuwaiti people to the humanitarian needs of Meanwhile, O’Brien praised Kuwait’s efforts of disaster-hit countries, as well as the current Follow Up and Coordination Affairs, Nasser His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- people around the world caught up in crisis.” to support humanitarian works to alleviate the situation in Syria, Iraq and Yemen and efforts Al-Sabeeh and UN Resident Coordinator Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. “The example that Kuwait has shown over surfing of people around the world. This came to offer basic needs for refugees and dis- Zineb Benjellon. —KUNA

Tunisian FM highlights political, economic stability in Kuwait

VIENNA: Tunisian Foreign Minister Khamis Al- Jehinawi has praised the political and economic stability in Kuwait, mainly attributed to the wise directives and leadership of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Interviewed on Sunday at the end of a European tour, Jehinawi said that Kuwait has had a leading role toward world issues, pointing to the country’s political, economic and human- itarian initiatives to end conflicts and realize sta- bility in the region. He proudly pointed to the UN honoring of His Highness the Amir as a ‘Humanitarian Leader’ and Kuwait as a ‘Humanitarian Center.’ This honoring offers a clear evidence how the KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah international community holds His Highness the with OPEC’s Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo, in presence of Deputy Prime meets with OPEC’s Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo. Amir in high esteem. It also came in recognition Minister, Finance Minister and Acting Oil Minister Anas Al-Saleh. —Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos of Kuwait’s hard efforts for security and stability worldwide. Referring to Kuwait’s participation in an inter- Amir meets OPEC’s Secretary General national conference to support the economy and investment in Tunisia, the minister said that his country is keen on boosting bilateral ties in KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Anas Al-Saleh, along with OPEC’s meeting, which took place at Bayan Minister Saleh and OPEC’s Secretary all fields, especially economy and politics. Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Secretary General Mohammed Palace yesterday. His Highness the General Mohammed Barkindo, in pres- Bilateral relations are “distinct and deep-rooted,” received Deputy Prime Minister, Barkindo. Deputy Amiri Diwan Minister Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak ence of Kuwait’s OPEC Governor Nawal he said. Finance Minister and Acting Oil Minister Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah attended the Al-Hamad Al-Sabah later received Al-Fuzaia. —KUNA Jehinawi stressed the positive outcome of the visit Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi paid to Kuwait last year, on ties between the Kuwait opens school, two countries. The minister himself visited Kuwait last month delivering a written message from Essebsi to His Highness the Amir inviting water plant in Anbar him to attend the international conference on BAGHDAD: The State of Kuwait has medical and mobile clinics as well as dis- economy and investment in Tunisia slated for opened a makeshift school and a drinking tributing more food baskets to the dis- November 20-30. water treatment plant at al-Hejra camp for placed. Kuwait has always been a pioneer in support- the displaced persons in the city of Meanwhile, Iraq’s medical united society ing Tunisia in all fields, he said, adding that the Amiriyah Fallujah in Anbar Province, west for relief and development said the inaugu- country’s participation in the event would guar- of Iraq. The school, consisting of caravans ration of this school is part of an integrated antee it success to promote the Tunisian econo- as classes, and water plant were inaugurat- program that includes five makeshift my. Kuwait’s investments in Tunisia cover vari- ed to serve internally displaced persons in schools at the camp. Sattar Rajab, a mem- ous sectors, mainly tourism and hotels, he said, the city, as part of Kuwait’s humanitarian ber of society, added the school has 16 noting that these investments found their way relief campaign in Iraq, Kuwait’s classrooms with a capacity of 400 students. into the North African since the 1970s through Ambassador to Baghdad Salem Al- The water plant’s capacity is 1,000 cubic Zamanan said yesterday. liters per hour. the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA). Establishing such facilities at the camp Some senior Iraqi officials, in addition to Jehinawi emphasized the role of the Kuwait aims to alleviate suffering of displaced peo- the Kuwaiti ambassador, were present in Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) ple in the city and curb negative effects the inauguration ceremony. Kuwait had and its contributions to several grand projects caused by the large destruction of main previously handed out humanitarian aid, in Tunisia, focusing on infrastructure. Most facilities there, he said. He revealed that food baskets and school bags to the dis- recently, KFAED signed a loan agreement to Kuwait’s relief campaign will continue placed at several camps in Baghdad and offer Tunisia $22 million for the developing the opening further makeshift schools, and other governorates. —KUNA drinking water network in the country. In the meantime, the chief diplomat urged the Arab KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and foreign countries to enhance the flow of meets with Director General of Kuwait Municipality Ahmad Al-Manfouhi. —KUNA capital into the Tunisian economy. He under- Kuwait takes part lined keenness by the Tunisian leadership to PM meets Municipality Chief revive the economy, to curb unemployment and in climate talks fulfill the expectations of the people. — KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister attend the signing ceremony of the state’s KUWAIT: Kuwait’s participation in the 22nd ment on Climate Change. The country has Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- fourth structural plan, to be held on session of the Parties to the United Nations also made palpable progress in fighting cli- Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace November 22. He explained to His Framework Convention on Climate Change mate change by initiating a slew of projects Director General of Kuwait Municipality Highness the plan, including the proposed (UNFCCC), due to start today in the designed to curb carbon emissions. — KUNA Ahmad Al-Manfouhi. Manfouhi thanked His future plans for all used lands in the state Moroccan city of Marrakech, is reflective of Highness for accepting to patronize and until 2040. — KUNA the significance of this issue. The confer- ence, which goes on until November 19th, is set to tackle international action on an Kuwaiti poet issue that has always been prioritized by feted in global Kuwait. Moreover, the international com- munity now faces the perennial challenge ceremony of implementing the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. On April 22, His Highness AL AYOUN: Famed Kuwaiti poet Abdulaziz the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Al-Babtain, along with his compatriot busi- Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah was amongst nessman Jawad Boukhamseen, were hon- the signatories of the Paris Agreement on ored yesterday in a global poetic ceremo- Climate Change, adding Kuwait to an ny held in the Moroccan city of Al Ayoun. extensive list of 170 nations to have joined The two Kuwaiti nationals were feted for the accord. their contributions to Arab culture and Meanwhile, during the 21st session of poetry, head of the ceremony Dr. Louiza this conference held in Paris, Kuwait strove Balbros said. Moreover, she noted that the to reach a global agreement that would Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation protect nations’ rights and ensure sus- is home to many prolific poets, adding that tained development, pressing the interna- Al-Babtain was honored for devoting his tional community to seal the deal in hopes career to further Arabic language and of expediting much needed action on this poetry. The ceremony, which coincided urgent issue. with Green March Day, a memory deeply Director General of the Environment entrenched in the minds of Moroccans, Public Authority (EPA) Sheikh Abdullah where a mass demonstration in November Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Sabah urged devel- 1975 forced Spain to hand over the disput- oped nations to remain committed by pro- ed province of Spanish Sahara to Morocco. viding logistical and technological support The ceremony, patronized by Moroccan for needy countries, in efforts to help them King Mohammed VI, brought together KUWAIT: Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Fawaz Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received the better cope with the effects of climate many standouts in the worlds of poetry United States’ Ambassador to Kuwait Laurence Robert Silverman at his office yester- change. In December 1994, Kuwait was and literature. —KUNA day. Both sides exchanged cordial talks about bilateral relations between the two amongst the first nations to sign a UN agree- countries. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 LOCAL

75 foreign, high-level media figures Education, housing, unemployment: invited to cover elections: Official Major issues await 2016 Parliament KUWAIT: Head of the Media Center for 2016 Parliamentary Elections in the KUWAIT: Just as November 26 was set for the Ministry of Information Mohammad Al- snap parliamentary elections, the electoral Baddah said yesterday the Ministry’s scene has been bustling; candidates hurried to Foreign Media department, has made all register and join the race, working hard on their preparations to host some 75 media fig- manifestos and campaigns to win people to vote ures and journalists out of 150 from for them. around the world to cover upcoming Voters, on the other hand, have been busing parliamentary elections slated for considering the urgent issues of prime impor- November 26. tance for the majority of the people, that will Baddah, also Head of the Elections need to be addressed by the mew parliament. Committee said in an interview that the They are examining the electoral programs, or foreign media department has invited manifestos to choose who can really represent 75 senior-level experts in the field of them and defend their rights and gains in the Abdullah Al-Salem’s Hall. media and journalism including CNN, Al- Mohammad Al-Baddah Arabia, Sky News as well as a number of It is always been the case with every parlia- other prestigious newspapers to cover that he feels proud that the center mentary poll, that voters in the five constituen- the upcoming elections in Kuwait. would be run by an elite number of cies have disparate views regarding the priorities He added that the foreign news Kuwaiti staffers of the foreign media that will have to be on top of the agenda of the reporters would be taken on tours to the department, adding this would reflect future legislature. However, they share the view on essential topics, namely housing, education, elections to see for themselves the positively on the State of Kuwait. An improved educational sector remains one of the most pressing public demands in Kuwait. polling centers on the elections day, in He said that a full itinerary has been health and unemployment. These top the list of addition to other tours to the recently- made by the foreign media department people’s concerns, closely related to the present, the issue of health care. For Herz, improving deviation from the right path, and who could fall inaugurated Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural staffers for Kuwait’s guests, adding that and the future. health services is a ‘necessity’ of high concern to prey to drug-taking or even to commit crimes Center and Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyyah as there is also cooperation with the state’s Still these same traditional issues and prob- citizens and expats. punishable by the law, he said. Kuwait has always been keen in culture television and radio, where two studios lems come on top of peoples interest, as they The issue includes providing the state of the Creating new jobs and investing youth free as being the capital of Islamic Culture have been setup in the media center to look forward to having MPs who enjoy a high art medical equipment, and foreign efficiencies, time in the best possible way for their own good and a ‘Humanitarian Center,’ in addition broadcast live the elections events. He sense of responsibility and capabilities to devel- which will be for the benefit of all, and in the and for the society, has to top off all priorities of to His Highness the Amir being the said that the lectures to be held would op the efficacious solutions, Nasser Abdulaziz, meantime save the huge sums of money spent new parliament. There is dire need for hard work ‘Humanitarian Leader.’ He said that the be translated for the guests, adding that an engineer at the Ministry of Electricity and on treating patients abroad. to avoid the negative and social impact of job- tours of the foreign press men will start it is a good opportunity to promote Water said. For Bader Al-Mashaan, a citizen, housing is an lessness, he noted. between November 21st till November Kuwait to the world. Promoting education takes over all other issue of high concern to many Kuwaitis; it is According to a poll by the Secretariat of the 27th to see for themselves the diversity Baddah said that some 75 high-level issues; it the real criteria of a society’s develop- essential for the stability of a family. Mashaan former parliament, dissolved by an Amiri decree which eventually will be of interest of experts in the research institutes, ment in all fields, Abdulaziz said. A nations hopes that voters will choose representatives last month, housing topped the concern of the Kuwait. renowned media men, and other media progress and aspiration rely mainly on good who can fulfill their mission and play due role in Kuwaiti people by 21 percent; promoting health Baddah noted that the reporters organizations, such as CNN, Sky news, education, especially in early stages, to guaran- handling the issues of the society. services followed with 17 percent. Developing would also pay a visit to the National Al-Arabia wishing to come and cover the tee a bright future for the country, Abdulaziz education was third on the list with 13 percent, Assembly to get them acquainted with elections which stand at almost 70 per- added. Unemployment and citizens loans ranked fourth. Other topics the nature of the parliament and the sonalities. All facilities for the foreign Citizen Omar Al-Saidi said meanwhile that included women, development, increasing role of the MPs in the real parliamentary news reports have been made in order Health care unemployment has to be paid utmost attention wages, administrative reform, countering cor- life. The Kuwaiti official pointed out that to facilitate their stay and make trans- Ahmad Al-Herz, also an engineer at the by the new legislatures, to rid the society of the ruption, and traffic. The poll covered 10,551 peo- the media center in Sheraton would parent coverage of this democratic Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), urged the hardest obstacle to youth aspiration. ple, out of 439,715 eligible voters, about 2.4 per- serve all foreign news reporters, adding process, he stressed. — KUNA potential MPs to concern themselves more with Unemployment is a chief cause of some youth cent.—KUNA Social media means dominate media arena ahead of elections

KUWAIT: Social media means have domi- ranging between KD 10,000 to 60,000. nated the media arena ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections slated Key player for November 26 after imposing itself as Meanwhile, owner of Omedia company one of the most prominent media outlets Abdulwahab Al-Issa said in a statement used by candidates to attract Kuwaiti vot- that means of social media are the key ers. Smartphones left a clear imprint on the player in the arena during elections and lives of people and their social relations in have now became more superior than tra- light of modern technology and communi- ditional media means. cations revolution, thus, dominating their He attributed such excellence due to the minds and times, prompting candidates to speed of those means in achieving the take advantage of these most influential sought objectives through their speed, tools to manage their campaigns, particu- wide spread and their influence as well as larly those pertinent to media. their cost, saying that the cost of those The diversity of services and privileges social media means are almost equal with the traditional media outlets. He added that the social media means have dominated the advertising market in Kuwait, especially through media cam- paigns of candidates running for the National Assembly elections 2016 so that they can display their electoral programs and visions to the voters. He said that social media has shown “its strength and effectiveness,” where the tra- ditional media cannot compete with it, thanks to its ability in enriching the media message thanks to its unique and distinc- tive services and value.

Domination In the meantime, Deputy Director of Business Development at ‘Ghalia’ company Sulaiman Al-Ghareeb said that companies operating in the field of social media were enjoyed by means of social media such as keen to sign agreements with international Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook and specialized companies, in addition to has attracted candidates’ attention to the establishment of partnerships with a resort to those means at the expense of tra- number of news services, newspapers and ditional media of television, radio and specialized websites to dominate the newspapers. media arena and advertising markets in the The easy spread and efficiency of those State of Kuwait. He said that the attention social media were behind their success, given for the development of work in the however, the financial cost of the use of social media means came to compete in those means in the announcement of the the provision of the best media and adver- electoral campaigns of the candidates are tising services in the social media means to relatively equal with traditional media. serve the electoral campaigns of candi- The cost of a 140-character tweet in dates for the upcoming elections. Twitter or an advertisement or a video in He added that the bids submitted by Instagram or Twitter is equal to any post in those companies for the candidates differ local newspapers or television channels, in their value, means and diversity which which range between 300 and 1,000 range between KD 13,000 and 60,000. He Kuwaiti dinars. Companies working in this pointed out that social media means are KUWAIT: Election rallies of candidates standing for the upcoming parliamentary polls, have attracted many potential voters through seven-star servic- field become very busy during the elec- now more influential during the campaigns es. Voters enjoy the hospitality, while candidates offer them their manifestos seeking to win their support for the elections slated for November 26. A tions race, offering special media packages thanks to their flexibility and easy access to host of election hopefuls have made a quantum shift in the appearance and nature of their electoral headquarters this time, through luxurious halls in for candidates in the social media means the voters. — KUNA hotels, and all possible means to appear distinguished, assert their social status, and consequently, impress voters. —KUNA 49 MPs represented 1st constituency till 2013

KUWAIT: Forty nine MPs had succeeded in repre- 2012, which were invalidated by the 2013 parliament) represented the constituency Al-Mudhaf, Abdulmohsen Jamal, Ahmad AL- Issa Mohammed Al-Mazeedi held a portfolio of senting the first constituency in the last 12 par- Constitutional Court, and parliament of 2013) for six legislative terms, followed by Hussein Ali Shuhomi and Dr Masouma Al-Mubarak (winner the Ministry of Communications, Khaled Al- liamentary rounds from 1981 till 2013. The 1st came first in the representation of the con- Al-Qallaf, (winner in the February and December in the invalidated December 2012 parliament, Jumaian held the portfolio of the Ministry of constituency was considered one of the biggest stituency for eight legislative terms. 2012) that was invalidated by the constitutional Mohammad Hasan Al-Kanderi (member in the Social Affairs and Labor in the government line- constituencies in the representation of the gov- He was followed by MP Abdullah Yousef Al- Court) and Salem Abdullah Al-Hammad and invalidated February 2012 parliament), Essa up for 1985. With the return of parliamentary life ernments during the said period. On the parlia- Roumi, who represented the constituency for Mikhled Rashid Al-Azmi, represented the con- Ahmad Al-Kanderi, Mubarak Salem Al-Harees, in 1992, Dr Ahmed Al-Rubei held portfolio of the mentary representation of the 1st constituency seven legislative terms, whereas MPs Hassan stituency in five legislative terms.Then came Abdullah Al-Turaiji, Kamil Al-Awadhi, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher during that period which grouped the 1st, 4th, Abdullah Johar and Saleh Ahmad Ashour, (win- Nasser Abdulaziz Sarkhou, Abdulmohsen Al- Mohammad Murwee and Abdelhameed Dashti Education in the government line-up for 1992 8th, 12th and 13th in the 25 constituencies for- ner of the February and December parliaments Madaj, Ahmed Abdul Mohsen Al-Mulaifi, Salah (member in the 2013 parliament following invali- while Ali Al-Baghli was appointed Minister of Oil mation, MP Adnan Syed Abdul Samad, (winner 2012, both were invalidated by the Khorshid, Abdul Wahid Al-Awadhi, Hussein Al- dation of membership of Al-Mubarak by the followed by Abdulmohsen Al-Madaj. of the February and December parliaments Constitutional Court and his membership in the Huraiti and Dr Yousef Al-Zalzaleh, (winner of Constitutional Court, all represented the con- Jassem Abdullah Al-Mudhaf was appointed December 2012 parliament that was invalidated stituency for one legislative term. Minister of Commerce and Industry in the gov- by the Constitutional Court) represented the The parliamentary life in Kuwait had wit- ernment formation in 1996, while Hamoud constituency for three legislative terms. nessed an unprecedented move in 2012 when Abdullah Al-Roqba held the portfolio of Ministry the parliament of February was invalidated by of Electricity and Water and the Ministry of Public Two terms the Constitutional Court, thus, invalidating mem- Works in the government line-up for 1998. After that, Khaled Al-Jumaian, yaqoub bership of Usama Al-Shaheen, Adel Al-Damkhi, In the cabinet line-up of 2001, Salah Mohammed Hayati, Dr Ahmad Al-Rubie, Abbas Abdullah Al-Turaiji and Abdulhameed Dashti. In Abdulredha Khorshed took over the Ministry of Al-Khudhari, Jamal Al-Kanderi, Ahmad Lari, December 2012 parliament, memberships of Commerce and Industry, followed by Dr Yousef (member in the invalidated February parlia- MPs Kamil Al-Awadhi, Nawaf Al-Fuzai, Khaled Al- Al-Zalzaleh in February 2006. Abdulwahid Al- ment), Faisal, Al-Duwaisan (winner of the invali- Shatti and Abdulhameed Dashti were invalidated Awadhi was minister of State for Housing Affairs dated February and December 2012 parliament) by the Constitutional Court. in 2007 and then Minister of State for National and 2013 parliament, represented the con- Assembly Affairs. Hussein Al-Hurairi was Minister stituency for two legislative terms. Ministerial appointments of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic MPs Faisal Al-Qathibi, Bader Al-Mudhaf, The first constituency, according to the cur- Affairs in 2008 and 2009. In August 2013, Esa Al- Ahmed Al-Tukhaim, Esa Al-Mazidi, Murdhi Al- rent division of constituencies, was the highest in Kanderi was appointed Minister of Uthainah, Khaled Al-Wasmi, Naser Al-Rowdhan, terms of ministerial appointments since 1981 till Communications and in 2014 he was appointed Abdullah Al-Nafifi, Rashed Al-Juwaisri, Ali Al- the last government formation standing at 12 along with this ministry the State Ministry for Baghli, Ismael Al-Shatti, Hmoud Al-Ruqba, Jasem out of 31 elected ministers. The cabinet of 1981, Municipality Affairs. — KUNA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 LOCAL Kuwait achieves considerable part of Sustainable Development Goals: SCPD

KUWAIT: Kuwait has achieved a consider- able part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Post-2015, said Secretary- General of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development (SCPD) Dr Khaled Mahdi. Mahdi made the statement at a press conference at the SCPD for the launch of the “Kuwaiti day for occupational health and safety”, held in cooperation with the UN Development Program (UNDP), with participation of the International Labor Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM), and Kuwaiti Society for Human Rights. The event seeks to support the Kuwaiti Secretary-General of the Supreme Public Authority for Manpower via provid- Council for Planning and Development ing expertise in labor market research, in Dr Khaled Mahdi addition to emphasizing the necessity of implementing the criteria of occupational health and safety, as well as commitment to relevant international agreements, Mahdi said. He stressed eagerness by the SCPD and the manpower authority as well as the UN organizations to shed light on the occupational health and safety man- agement systems.

Kuwait issues new copyright law Culture of prevention According to Mahdi, the culture of pre- KUWAIT: In 2014 Kuwait ratified the Berne rights over the work. Also, performance artists, the right to monitor the implementation of the vention requires strong commitment and Convention for the Protection of Literary and their heirs and successors shall enjoy perpetual, Law by inspecting presses, libraries, publishing cooperation on the side of the government Artistic Works. In the same year the Council of inalienable and imprescriptibly moral rights. houses and public places. If any potential authorities, other involved bodies and Ministers issued Resolution No. 1070 transfer- The author, and their heirs and successors infringement is detected, they are to forward employers to hit the set targets. Kuwait has ring the dependency copyright administration are to enjoy the exclusive right to permit or pre- details of this to the relevant authority for fur- committed itself on 25 December at the UN Acting Director General of the Public from the Ministry of Trade and Industry to the vent any form of use or exploitation of the work, ther investigation. They have the right to Summit for Sustainable Development 2015, Authority for Manpower Abdullah Al- National Library of Kuwait. The National Library and for those authors who don’t have heirs or request police assistance in the performance of to ratify the SDGs for Post-2015, he said. Mutawtah. The SDGs agenda which comprises 17 provides services in the area of depository, successors, the Kuwaiti National Council for their duties if needed. is a priority of the state. He underscored preservation, and protection of intellectual Culture, Arts and Letters will be responsible to Furthermore, by a reasoned administrative goals, covering the three pillars of develop- ment, social, economic and environmental. state’s keenness on implementing the rele- property rights of authors through the applica- protect the authors’ interests against any decision from the competent Minister, any vant international agreements for provid- tion of the depository System, where the author infringement. Also, performance artists enjoy establishment in violation of the law may be The goals of Kuwait’s mid-term develop- ment plan, 2014-2015 and 2019-2020, are ing a healthy labor environment, and pro- or publisher registers and deposits the author’s some financial rights as per the new law. closed temporarily for a maximum period of tecting workers against occupational and artistic works in the National Library to ensure three months and, in case of repetition, may closely related to the implementation of the UN SDGs, he said. industrial risks and diseases. He said that the conservation of the author’s intellectual Advertisement have its license withdrawn and be closed per- there are 350 inspectors operating nation- property. For the first time in Kuwait, the new law pro- manently. The Public Prosecution have the National realities, level of development and respect of national policies and priori- wide to monitor the implementation of And now Kuwait has issued a new copyright tects the author’s works, in particular from exclusive authority to investigate, act and make Law 6/2010 on labor in the private sector. law, Law no. 22 of 2016 (On Copyrights and unauthorized publication, reproduction, public prosecutions in relation to all crimes resulting ties are considered. Mahdi noted that the total workforce on the Kuwaiti labor market UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Related Rights). The new law covers the copy- broadcast or rebroadcast, public communica- from the application of the provisions of the in Kuwait Dima Al-Khatib also addressed right and related rights of natural and legal enti- tion, translation, adaptation, rental, or the mak- new law. Any infringement of the moral or in 2014 hit 2,24 million people, about 60 percent of the total population. the conference, and stressed eagerness to ties; Kuwaitis and foreigners permanently resi- ing available of the work to the public including financial copyright of the author may incur a enhance cooperation and partnership with dent in the State of Kuwait; and foreign nation- via computer, the internet, information net- prison sentence of between six months and two the SCPD and the manpower authority and als belonging to one of the member States of works, communications networks or other years, and/or a fine of KD 500 to KD 50,000. This Human element Meanwhile, Acting Director General of the civil society organizations. She pointed the Convention or the Organization and those means. The duration of protection endures for also applies to anyone found guilty of distribut- to the significance of such events to boost under their auspices. The old law (No. 64 of 1999 the period of the author’s lifetime and fifty years ing equipment designed to circumvent the the Public Authority for Manpower Abdullah Al-Mutawtah told the new confer- awareness on occupational health and on Intellectual Property Rights) has been following the author’s death. Also, the duration technical protection employed by copyright safety. — KUNA revoked. of protection with regards to audio, visual, owners, for which the fine may be as much as ence that investing in the human element The protection established by the new law is audio-visual works and films, collective works of KD 100,000. conferred upon the copyright of original works a legal entity, and computer programs shall be of literature, arts, sciences, or knowledge, what- fifty years as of the date of the first showing or Conclusion ever the type of work or the means of its expres- legitimate publication of the work, regardless of The new law is a significant step forward sion, its importance, or the purpose of its republication. for the protection of copyright in Kuwait, and authoring or composition. a reflection of how important the subject is to Enforcement the government. It is hoped that Kuwait will Protection of author’s moral The new law gives an important role to the be strong in enforcing compliance with the and financial rights National Library of Kuwait, as for the library’s new law, and that it will continue to revise it The author and the author’s heir shall enjoy staff (who are designated by the competent to keep pace with technological advance- perpetual, inalienable and imprescriptibly moral minister (i.e. the Minister of Information)) have ments. — Al-Tamimi and Company French German educational fair underway

By Ben Garcia

KUWAIT: A two-day French German educational fair kicked off yesterday at the Arraya Center in Sharq, with the attendance of French Ambassador Christian Q8 vital arm of Kuwait’s Nakhle and a senior diplomat from the German Embassy in foreign investments: Envoy Kuwait. Parents and students from various schools attended BRUSSELS: Kuwait’s ambassador to Budaiwi was also briefed about Q8’s the opening ceremony along Belgium Jassem Al-Budaiwi yesterday fuel stations in the Benelux. In with their mentors to learn more praised Q8’s output and social outreach to Luxembourg, Q8 has the third largest fuel the public during a visit to the company’s station in the world. “This is something about the best schools for higher offices and its blending plant in the port Kuwait is very proud of,” he noted. Q8’s studies. One German and two city of Antwerp. “Kuwait Petroleum Antwerp blending plant is sited on the French universities are participat- International, Q8, is a very important and banks of the River Scheldt and enjoys ing in the fair. vital arm of Kuwait’s foreign investment. We excellent access to the UK and mainland French Education Attache are very proud of it,” he said. Europe by river, sea, road and rail. The Q8 Francois Pradal said the French- Budaiwi noted that Q8 is present in the brand refines and markets fuel, lubricants German education and cultural three Benelux countries; Belgium, and other petroleum derivatives outside fair was organized to encourage Luxembourg and the Netherlands, and Kuwait. Its main activities are focused on more Kuwaitis and other nation- employs over 500 people in these three Europe and the Far East. — KUNA als to study in these two states. He added that the turnout of Q8 European countries. “We have operations in the Benelux “has always been high-quality education in Europe profitable and they have been making - the system is similar if not better great investments and expanding their than international standards. We plants and business in the Benelux.” have excellent educational facili- Budaiwi made a tour of Q8 blending ties and the environment is really plant in Antwerp, which opened last May. KUWAIT: French Education Attache Francois Pradal. great. We also have the most “It is the biggest in Belgium and one of the — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat affordable tuition fees and the biggest in Europe. This is something of value of education is exceptional, which we are extremely proud of. It is very so we want to encourage advanced and uses the most up-to-date Kuwaitis to consider France,” technology,” said the Kuwaiti ambassador. Pradal noted. He also met Azzam Al-Muttawa, manag- Currently, France hosts about ing director at Kuwait Petroleum North 300 Kuwaiti students. There are a West Europe and other staff members of few French students taking Arabic Q8 and talked about their strategies, courses at Kuwaiti universities as including social outreach to the communi- well. “An agreement will be signed ties in the three countries. “It is an excellent between Kuwait University and program. Q8 really reaches out to the peo- French University in the coming ple in the three Benelux countries and is weeks for an exchange of stu- doing very good community services,” he dents. This is necessary to stressed. improve our educational coopera- tion,” he added. The two-day edu- cational fair also highlights French and German music and food, along with an exhibition of pho- tographs from various schools in France and Germany. Ministry signs KD 97.7m road infrastructure deal

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Public Works signed Construction Department Ahmad Al-Hassan said 14.25 percent of construction work and 67.52 yesterday a contract at a cost of KD 97.7 million in a statement to the press. Moreover, he noted percent of infrastructure work, with 7 percent for work on a sewerage system in Saad Al- that the project entails building a road that being electrical. Meanwhile, he also added that Abdullah road, with a timeframe of 36 months. stretches on 27.5 kilometers, in addition to four the ministry prioritizes infrastructure work, giv- The project aims to facilitate the flow of traffic in overpasses and a railway bridge. en how crucial it is to development goals and the area, Undersecretary of the ministry’s Road On the project, Hassan said that it consists of plans. — KUNA LOCAL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Legalese Political bloc members mulled for new Cabinet

Criminal laws By A Saleh political bloc and an independent minster Shaye might be included in the new in the process of coordinating with the from the boycotters of the previous parlia- Cabinet, especially since he has decided finance ministry to get the sums allocated KUWAIT: Well-informed sources said that ment. The sources stressed that ICM is not not to run in the elections. “Being an econ- for road maintenance, Undersecretary in Kuwait some high-ranking members in the current very enthusiastic about the offer and wish- omist, Shaye might be appointed as minis- Awatif Al-Ghunaim said. She added that government had made contacts with some es to remain in parliament monitoring the ter of finance, social affairs and labor, or KD 150 million had been allocated for political blocs, including the Islamic government’s performance, because it commerce and industry,” stressed the MPW for urgent road maintenance over By Attorney Fajer Ahmed Constitutional Movement (ICM), to discuss believes that Cabinet membership is dam- sources. Moreover, the sources said His three years and stressed that further coor- taking part in the new Cabinet due to be aging to any political bloc and that certain Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber dination is still in progress to get the hat constitutes a crime varies from one formed once the Nov 26 parliamentary conditions have to be set with the govern- Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah intends to include at finance ministry approvals. Meanwhile, country to another, and what might be a elections are over. The sources noted that ment prior to accepting any portfolio. least three MPs in his new Cabinet and that Ghunaim said that the committee formed Wsocial norm in one country can be a seri- there are strong tendencies towards politi- Furthermore, the sources said the former MPs might be also included, such to take over the Jaber Hospital project ous crime in another. Therefore, it is important to cal powers’ participation in the new gov- Democratic Forum has been boycotting Adel Al-Khorafi, who withdrew from the from the contractor had made no techni- explain crimes punishable under Kuwaiti law to ernment, which is expected to include min- the elections, although its ex-member race last week. cal remarks, and thus MPW is ready to the large expat community living here. isters from ICM, the Islamic Salafi Alliance Faisal Al-Shaye, who had some disagree- hand the hospital to the health ministry (ISA), the National Democratic Alliance ments with it, was a member of the dis- Road maintenance along with 18,000 blueprints and opera- I usually refrain from writing about criminal (NDA), the Democratic Forum, a Shiite solved parliament. The sources added that Ministry of Public Works (MPW) is still tion manuals. laws in Kuwait, because controversial topics such as sexual crimes, drug trafficking, stealing and so on are usually avoided by my readers and those who write to me. Even when I do discuss such topics with them, they tend to use fake names or Candidates should undergo refer to the situation as if it happened to a third party. I am writing today though because I really do believe that such topics should be discussed. We physical, mental tests: Analyst all make mistakes and we are all capable of get- ting into trouble with the law - it is not for anyone to judge another person’s actions. I also believe ‘Chaos’ at medical examination department that the law should be accessible to everyone. We should learn to discuss things more openly in By Meshaal Al-Enezi dency visas, which resulted in delaying many transactions. S-Energy Company of Korea. The project includes installing Kuwait and we should acknowledge that mistakes solar panels, including 492 photoelectric cells, over an area do happen, by all parties. So today I have chosen KUWAIT: Political analyst Rima Al-Odheeb stressed the Municipal Council elections of 2,000 sq m to produce 120 kilowatts of electricity and questions about criminal laws that may be more need for all parliamentary elections candidates to under- Municipal Council Chairman Muhalhel Al-Khaled said link them to the main grid. The statement added that the beneficial to an expat readership, and this is go medical tests, adding that such a decision has been the council’s supplementary elections would be held cells used were especially designed to work in extreme because I know the majority of my readers are delayed for too long and should have been put into prac- according to the earlier constituencies’ system and that heat of up to 95 degrees. The ministry added that a special expats. tice years ago. She noted many Arab countries have made new areas would be added as per the new municipality law polyethylene cleaning technology would be used instead such tests mandatory to run. Odheeb said medical exami- 33/2016. Khaled said MoI will announce the new lists of of water to ensure the cells’ durability. The ministry added nation of candidates is a major step towards having parlia- voters residing in new areas who had been deprived of that the project is supervised by a group of Kuwaiti engi- Deportation mentarians with good health that would be positively voting in previous municipal council elections according to neers and technicians working for the ministry. Question: Can I get deported for a crime? echoed in their opinions and role in legislation and moni- the old law 5/2005. Khaled explained that supplementary Fajer: Yes, you can get deported for a crime. toring. “MPs must be physically and mentally fit to perform elections would be held in five constituencies - the fourth, This is the most important question - please well,” she said. Odheeb said a survey on her Twitter sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth - after members Abdullah Contract signed for understand that deportation has been an option account to probe public opinion found that 88 percent of Al-Kandari, Ahmed Al-Bughaili, Nayef Al-Sour, Meshari Al- for government officials for expats who violate participants agreed, while only 12 percent rejected the Mutoutah and Mane Al-Ajmi resigned. labor city project the law. It doesn’t even have to be a serious crime proposal. for you to be deported - it could be immigration Illegal camps KUWAIT: Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects issues as well, such as your residency expiring. Health cooperation Jahra municipality launched a wide-scale campaign to (KAPP) has signed a contract between public and pri- Health minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi yesterday signed a con- fine illegal camps pitched without having valid licenses, vate sectors and a group of companies headed by Question: If so, what happens before I get tract of cooperation between Kuwait Institute for Medical violating the limits specified for each camp, or camping in ‘Projacs’ for projects management, to provide special deported? Specializations (KIMS) and the Royal College of Physicians off-limit areas. Some camps were warned during the cam- advisory for the South Al-Jahra Labor City project. Fajer: There are two types of deportation - and Surgeons (RCPS) of Canada. KIMS Secretary General paign while over 50 violating ones are being removed. South Al-Jahra Labor City will be offered for invest- administrative and judicial. I don’t want to compli- Dr Ibrahim Hadi announced implementing the coopera- Separately, the Ministry of Health announced its intention ment with the establishment of a Kuwaiti shareholding tion agreement for three years with the aim of developing to use ATVs as ambulances during the camping season so cate things, so I won’t get into details, but I will company, KAPP said in a statement. the institute’s training courses and ensure training doctors that paramedics can reach various camps easily. explain what happens, for let’s say, having an The company will be established in accordance according to highest international medical training stan- with the country’s build, operate and transfer (BOT) expired residency or if an absconding case was dards. Hadi added that the agreement was approved by Renewable energy system and Law No 116 of 2014. The project aims to filed against you. You will be taken to the police KIMS head of the board of trustees and health minister Minister of Electricity and Water and Acting Minister of provide housing for expats with low incomes in peace station and then transferred to a jail. You will be Obaidi to train the institute’s training staff on latest clinical Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Ahmed Al-Jassar yesterday with good environmental and service standards that kept there for a few days until a ticket is booked training and means of assessing trainees. He added that launched a project to install photoelectric cells at the include all security, health, entertaining and social for you to go back to your country. If you are the agreement includes having RCPS supervise the Bayan water reservoirs. A statement issued by the ministry facilities for employment, it said. deported, you will be banned from entering Kuwaiti board examinations. said the project is part of its keenness on adopting the lat- The project’s area exceeds one million square Kuwait and possibly the GCC for some time, est in the field of renewable energy as well as reach the meters, with a capacity of 20, 000 workers. The dura- depending on the reason of deportation. State of chaos ultimate goal of covering 15 percent of the energy Kuwait tion of the project is estimated to be 40 years accord- A state of chaos prevailed yesterday at the domestic needs by 2030 by renewable energy. The statement added ing to build-operate-transfer (BOT) system, including Question: Is anyone exempt from being deport- helpers’ medical examination department, where hundreds that the project was launched in collaboration with the three years of design and construction. —KUNA ed? crowded to undergo medical tests pending renewing resi- Environment Friends Company; the sole representative of Fajer: Answering this question is complicated, but simply put, other than diplomats, children and husbands of Kuwaiti women are exempt. Ministry takes Blood tests Question: I know a lot of European countries action against have decriminalized cannabis, yet everyone knows that Kuwait is very strict when it comes to ATV drivers on cannabis use. I want to know whether it would show up in my blood? How strict is Kuwait? I ask these questions because I am about to get tested public roads for my new job and I am very nervous. I have not By Hanan Al-Saadoun smoked in Kuwait, but I did smoke in Europe this summer. Can I still get legally punished? KUWAIT: Interior Fajer: First of all, I cannot say if traces of any Ministry Undersecretary drugs will show up in your blood test, because it Lt Gen Suleiman Al-Fahd depends what kind of test has been done, what said the Interior Ministry drugs have you consumed/inhaled and when you is working hard on did so. This is a very non-legal technical question resolving the traffic that I cannot answer. problem according to Drugs in Kuwait by regulations are listed into the most modern scien- three categories regarding how serious or harm- tific and practical meth- ful the drug is, and therefore the punishments dif- ods. He pointed to the fer according to the category the drug is in under. danger of driving all-ter- rain-vehicles (ATVs) and Cannabis is illegal in Kuwait in accordance to arti- similar vehicles on cle 208, where a person that uses marijuana for streets and the accidents Lt Gen Suleiman Al-Fahd personal use and in private can receive up to two they cause, despite years jail and/or a fine not exceeding KD 2,000. efforts and campaigns to From my experience, privately tested limit such accidents. He said riding of ATVs by children and blood/urine tests for employers are not shared youths in residential areas causes many accidents and with the public prosecution. Also, if you have some of them lead to death. Fahd said strict application of smoked cannabis in a country where it is legal, the traffic law is in the public interest and maintains the then you have nothing to worry about it, as you safety of the country’s youth, adding that the responsibility can easily prove you were in that country at that is of all without exception. He said parents are not free time. from this responsibility, adding that any adult who rides an There are other criminal issues that expats deal ATV will be detained, while a juvenile will be sent to the with regularly that I want to discuss in next week’s care home and his parents will be legally responsible. legal column, and this includes fraudulent com- Pagan rituals panies that use employees’ credit cards to with- The Interior Ministry’s Relations and Security draw money as well as absconding. If you have Information Department said measures have been taken any issues, please feel free to email me. against an employee of the emergency hotline 112, as she did not deal seriously with a call from a woman about a person allegedly carrying out Pagan rituals in public, which is illegal in Kuwait. The department said the min- istry does not tolerate any laxity in dealing with such calls or any call that is made to the 112 center.

Sirens test The Civil Defense Department will test sirens tomorrow (Nov 8) at 10 am to make sure they are in working order, a Ministry of Interior statement said. The department said that there will be three tunes of vary- ing pitches. The first is inter- mittent, which means an emergency is near happen- ing; the second is a wavy tune, which means the dan- ger is underway; while the third tune is continuous, which means the danger is over. The civil defense department will receive calls and questions from all those who hear the sirens on 1804000. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Jarida Report Maids beat up Candidate Dangers in Cold War absence elderly sponsor By Salah Al-Sayer KUWAIT: Two maids beat up their elderly sponsor and escaped. The sponsor included a medical report in her complaint, which listed several injuries. She said the maids n my previous column, I wrote about the strange entered her room, with one holding a stick, adding that changes going on in our Arab societies with the she does not know why the two attacked her. Iresult that all forms of enlightenment and civil life have given way to pedantic behavior, extremism and religious fundamentalism in all Arab cities to the Sexual assault extent that they have started looking more like A juvenile sought the help of two friends to lure a Afghanistan’s capital under the rule of the Taleban. man who had an affair with one of his relatives, then Eventually, the Arab ‘Hell’ uprisings came to reveal how raped him. A police source said the youth discovered deep our societies had deteriorated into a state that that one of his female relatives had a relationship with made us the ‘enemy’ the West is looking for to replace a man, so he took her phone and beat her before lock- its traditional enemy, Communism. ing her up. The source said the suspect, with two of his friends, tricked the man into having a meeting, then abducted him and beat him. He was then raped. The Many indicators source said the victim told his mother about the attack, so she took him to the police station and filed a complaint. Detectives are working on the case. Al-Jarida show that Western minds tend to search Drug traffickers caught Four Egyptian nationals who were using and selling for an enemy to avoid drugs, while at the same time were in violation of the resi- dency law, were arrested by Farwaniya police, to be later having internal ones sent to the Drugs Control General Department. Police patrols suspected the four, so they were stopped and found to be in an abnormal condition. When they were After World War II, the Soviet Union and US con- searched, hashish ready for sale was found on them. They Al-Jarida trolled the world and their antagonism was hidden in were taken to the police station. the name of the ‘Cold War’, which only subsided by the fall of the Soviet ‘enemy’ after that war had already served the West and US through enhancing their unity KD 1,500 debt Staged disqualifications and solidarity. Therefore, the absence of the A Yemeni man was arrested after a foot chase in Communist enemy brought back fears of divisions and Adan, as she was wanted over a KD 1,500 debt. By Dr Hassan Abdullah Jouhar infighting. “We have won the Cold War and that is fine. Policemen took the woman to the civil implementation But the enemy now is not them...it is us,” said American department for further legal action. he government and its prestigious parliament did year’. However, to avoid obviousness, the government thinker Erving Kristol. not settle for the comical way by which the parlia- tends to create some ‘plays’ to delay some candidates Many indicators show that Western minds tend to Tment was dissolved without any due justifications, and support others, portraying them as heroes with the search for an enemy to avoid having internal ones. Search for reckless driver and only to save the executive-legislative relations. More ultimate result of confusing voters. How can MoI dis- Other indicators show that the enemy readily available A citizen crashed his car into a laundry shop, then comedic scenes followed and more will probably still qualify over 40 candidates for non-disqualifying felonies is Islamism, that turned faith into semi-Marxism or oth- backed into a parked car before escaping. Interior ministry follow even after the elections are over and all the way that are still being heard in courts without any final ver- er ideologies that sought controlling the structure of operations received a call about the incident in Maidan till the new parliament gets disqualified on inception. dicts issued or even without being sued at all? human communities. However, antagonizing Arab Hawally, so policemen went to the site and began investi- The latest of such comical actions is the Ministry of Disqualifying some parliamentary election candi- ‘Muslim’ allies, incriminating them and promoting gations. The man did not go to the police station when he Interior’s (MoI) decision to disqualify a number of candi- dates seems to be like placing some extra landmines on Islamophobia is not convincing enough in a free, was summoned by police, so detectives were asked to dates in a most stupid and obvious move, because the the coming elections’ path, which would only add fur- diverse and democratic Western world. Thus, it arrest him. committee entrusted with checking candidates’ creden- ther constitutional suspicions like those leading to dis- became a must to ‘demonize’ Islam and promote its tials knows for sure that such a move is unconstitutional. solving the 2013 parliament that was due to a faulty hatred amongst people making such hatred rightful. Wife charged The committee even knows that its decisions are worth- decree made without any lack of cooperation memos, So, if the West is shooting at us because of the ideo- A citizen accused his Tunisian wife of stealing the less because courts will annul the decisions and order the judicial committee suddenly formed to supervise logical vacancy it is suffering from, do we insist on contents of a beauty salon he owns in Salmiya. the reinstatement of those candidacies. So, why does the elections and lack of a clear supreme judicial council playing goalkeepers?! Why not take advantage of such Detectives are looking for the suspect for questioning. MoI make such hilarious actions? agenda, which might all lead to contesting the election fears and use them to put our societies back on the The answer is that the government is trying to imply results. normal social and cultural paths? If opportunities are that the fate of the general elections and public will is in One of the funniest possible scenarios is that the created during crises, as Winston Churchill said, why Muggers at large the hands of the interior ministry. Security reasons are coming election results would be annulled after probing not start modernizing our societies? Why not open Hawally detectives are looking for two persons who becoming a weapon against both candidates and vot- the new political power balances to put the spoiled the windows of Arab cities that have been suffocating robbed two expats. A security source said an Indian told ers. It is very ironic and a democratic violation that secu- 2013 parliament back in office, after people forget its with darkness and oppression and bring back light Salmiya police that two persons robbed him of his smart- rity forces supervise and control elections, and in some “achievements” in limiting liberties, increasing fuel and enlightenment? We are we controlled by gloomi- phone, KD 150 and his civil ID. Meanwhile, a Pakistani taxi way or another, control their results. In the 1967 elec- prices, cancelling subsidies, increasing electricity and ness, while we know that the Cold War ended the driver said a man claiming to be a detective robbed him of tions, the MoI stole polling boxes in broad daylight and water prices and finally, possible regional problems. major power of Communism. KD 500. changed voting cards in a year known as the ‘forgery —Translated by Kuwait Times — Translated by Kuwait Times

Abduction An Egyptian man’s name was placed on the travel ban list to prevent him from leaving with his daughter, who is in her mother’s custody. The Egyptian woman told police that her ex-husband kidnapped their daughter, saying that after he picked up the girl from school, he fled to an unknown area. — Al-Anbaa and Al-Rai

VIVA concludes the 52nd NUKS Ooredoo meets with Kuwait UK & Ireland Annual Conference Blind Association KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing and most devel- fourth year in a row for this annual conference that includ- mented: “We will keep our promise to support the stu- oped telecom operator, announced the conclusion of the ed an economic, entrepreneurial, poetry, motivational, dents’ activities, either inside or outside our beloved coun- KUWAIT: Ooredoo, Kuwait’s fastest network for 2016, 52nd annual national conference of the National Union of stand-up comedy, and a variety of other segments, and try Kuwait, in the frame of our corporate social responsibili- emphasized its support for the Kuwait Blind Association in Kuwaiti Students (NUKS) - United Kingdom and Ireland first of its kind social media interactive segment and vari- ty program.” a meeting attended by representatives from association, branch, held at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel London ous entertainment options. VIVA’s delegation was headed VIVA’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities which included the President of the Kuwait Blind (UK), from 28 until 30 October 2016, in the presence of the by Chairman Dr Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulrahman and CEO can be reviewed on the company’s website at Associaiton, Fayez Al-Azmi, Treasurer of the Kuwait Blind Ambassador of the State of Kuwait in UK and Dean of Eng. Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Badran. https://www.viva.com.kw/csr. This offers a description of Association, Mansour Al-Anezi, and Public Relations Diplomatic Corps Khaled Al-Duwaisan. On this occasion, Ayman Salem Al-Mutairi, Senior each CSR initiative that VIVA has supported, or taken on Manager of the Kuwait Blind Association, Adel Al-Rashidi. VIVA has announced recently its sponsorship for the Manager Corporate Communications Division at VIVA com- since its inception. A number of issues were discussed during the meeting which includes supporting the segments of society that lack services as well as Ooredoo’s continuous sup- port in making sure that the needs of all society’s seg- ments are met. A number of solutions were discussed to ensure that all obstacles fac- ing handicapped customers are removed. This support stems from the belief of Ooredoo as a community- based company in fulfilling the wants of its clients and its belief in enriching the com- Mijbil Alayoub munity and helping it thrive. Commenting on the meet- ing, Mijbil Alayoub, Senior Director of Corporate Communications at Ooredoo Kuwait said: “We are continu- ously striving to find solutions to serve our handicapped customers and to remove all obstacles in order to ease their experience. We thank the Kuwait Blind Association for their quick response, and this initiative reflects the commit- ment of both sides towards this important segment of society.” It is worth mentioning that Ooredoo recently opened Marina Mall’s branch which is Ooredoo’s first handicapped- friendly branch, taking into consideration the entire cus- tomer experience of handicapped customers, with an accessible entrance and facilities placed specially to meet KUWAIT: Vice Commander of Kuwait National Guard Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah honored a number of officers who recently graduated from specialized their needs. courses, and others who earned Master’s degrees. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016

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MOSUL: Iraqi children, one flashing the sign of victory, greet Iraqi army’s soldiers from the 9th armored division in the area of Ali Rash, adjacent to the eastern Al-Intissar neighborhood of Mosul during a military operation to retake the main hub city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. — AFP Mosul battle rages as resistance falters IS bombings around country leave 20 dead

MOSUL: Iraq’s special forces worked Sunday to clear neigh- acronym for the IS group. The extremists meanwhile struck borhoods on the eastern edge of Islamic State-held Mosul far from the front lines with a series of bombings. The dead- as bombings launched by the extremist group elsewhere in liest attack took place in the city of Samarra, 60 miles north the country killed at least 20 people. The Mosul offensive of Baghdad, which is home to a major Shiite shrine. has slowed in recent days as Iraqi forces have pushed into Provincial spokesman Ali Al-Hamdani said the attacker set more densely populated areas, where they cannot rely as off a bomb-packed ambulance in a parking lot near Shiite much on airstrikes and shelling because of the risk posed to pilgrims before detonating his explosives vest. The attack civilians, who have been told to stay in their homes. “There killed 11 people, including at least four Iranians, and wound- are a lot of civilians and we are trying to protect them,” said ed up to 100 other people. Lt Col Muhanad Al-Timimi. “This is one of the hardest battles that we’ve faced till now.” Suicide attacks Some civilians are fleeing the combat zone, while IS Another suicide attacker rammed an explosives-laden militants are holding others back for use as human car into a busy checkpoint outside the city of Tikrit, killing at shields, making it harder for Iraqi commanders on the least nine people. Al-Hamdani said five female students, a ground to get approval for requested U.S.-led coalition air woman and three policemen were killed in the attack, while strikes. Iraq’s Special Forces are some of the country’s 25 others were wounded. IS had also captured Tikrit during best troops, but they still largely rely on air support to its lightning blitz across Iraq in the summer of 2014. Iraqi clear terrain. Iraqi forces first entered the eastern edge of forces drove the militants from the city, around 80 miles the city on Tuesday. On Friday, forces began pushing into north of Baghdad, in April 2015. Mosul proper, but so far have advanced just over a kilo- Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Bahram Ghasemi, meter (mile) into the city. condemned the two attacks, which he said had killed 21 On the southern front, Iraqi forces are still some 12 miles people, including 10 Iranian pilgrims, the semi-official Mehr from the city center. The fighting is centered on the town of news agency reported. It was not immediately possible to Hamam Al-Alil, where Associated Press journalists could reconcile the conflicting tolls, which are common in the hear gunfire and saw attack helicopters firing on IS posi- chaotic aftermath of attacks. In an online statement, IS tions. Kurdish peshmerga fighters launched mortar rounds claimed all three bombings and said the ambulance bomb and fired heavy artillery at the IS-held town of Bashiqa, was set off by a second suicide attacker. The AP could not about 8 miles northeast of Mosul. The town, which is verify the authenticity of the statement, which was posted believed to be largely empty except for IS militants, has on a militant website commonly used by the extremists. been encircled by Kurdish forces. In the capital, Baghdad, a series of smaller bombings The extremists captured Mosul and surrounding areas in killed at least 10 people and wounded 21 others, according 2014, and have had plenty of time to dig trenches, block off to police and medical officials, who spoke on condition of roads and mine approaches to the city. “Daesh dug trenches anonymity because they were not authorized to brief that they filled with water and they have a lot of suicide reporters. No one immediately claimed the attacks, but they attackers and car bombs,” said Al-Timimi, using the Arabic bore the hallmarks of IS. — AP

Iraqi forces battle bombs with drones

SALAHIYAH: On the Mosul front lines, Iraqi forces have engage on the ground, the jihadists’ weapon of choice is found a new tool to counter the Islamic State group’s sui- the suicide car bomb. cide car bombs: Small commercial drones. “It’s a car bomb!” Mohammed Salih alerted his forces after checking the live ‘Not real men’ feed from a drone his men were flying over the area, on They have unleashed dozens of them every week since the Mosul battle’s southern front. the start of the offensive against Mosul on October 17, A few seconds later, a large plume of smoke rose up inflicting casualties on Iraqi forces although the authorities where an attack helicopter had fired two rockets and taken have not provided any figures. “Some of them fight and die out the explosives-laden vehicle that was heading straight but others run away-these are not real men,” Ali, a 25-year- for his men. The dust had not yet settled when another old fighter from the division’s commando unit, said. He threat materialized on the drone’s monitor. “There are four thumbed bullets into six magazines for his M-16 assault rifle. Daesh (IS) members on your right-hand side. They are not “I’m determined to use all of them and I have more in stock,” friendlies, repeat, not friendlies,” Salih said. he said with a grin. Ali’s mood changed when he pulled up a Men of the Iraqi army’s 15th division were advancing picture of a smiling young man on his mobile phone. “He through Salahiyah village, on the edge of Hamam Al-Alil, was my friend. The day before yesterday, they blew up his one of the main targets on the vast southern front. The Humvee with a guided missile. He burned to death inside drone flew over enemy lines and landed back on the roof the vehicle,” he said. of the village school, which sits atop a hill overlooking The 15th division moved towards Hamam Al-Ali, despite the plain and has been turned into a temporary com- intensifying fire from IS and the seemingly endless detona- mand centre. “This drone allows us to reconnoitre the tions of roadside bombs. Helicopters flying overhead fired area, spot the enemy’s movements and direct our soldiers missiles at IS positions dozens of times to open the way for more efficiently towards their targets so we can destroy army convoys. The first wounded soldier was brought in them,” Salih said. with a hole in each thigh from the same bullet, his own The toy-like device is barely wider than a foot and is blood running down his rifle barrel. The drone’s latest infor- available in shops or online for around $600, or less than mation was inconclusive: were the men spotted about 600 the latest iPhone. It has a camera, four rotors and is guid- meters from the village mosque IS militants or his own fight- ed with a joystick connected to a tablet that feeds images ers? “We need to check this out,” Salih said, walking over to that can be shot from an altitude of more than 150 the site with his red beret but no protective gear. His left meters. IS fighters use snipers and mortars when Iraqi elbow still had pins sticking out of it, following a wound sus- forces approach their positions, but when both sides tained during a previous battle. — AFP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016

British cardinal pays rare visit to Gaza’s Christians

GAZA CITY: The leader of the Roman seized power, but it’s not clear if they were Catholic Church in England and Wales visited targeted by the Islamic militant group or the Gaza Strip yesterday, hoping to give a members of more extreme factions. Hamas spiritual lift to the territory’s tiny Christian denies it mistreats Christians. Cardinal minority. Cardinal Vincent Nichols praised Nichols led Mass at the Holy Family Church Gaza’s Christians, whose numbers have yesterday, calling on Mary to “pray for the dwindled during a decade of Hamas rule protection” of the Christian community in and an Israeli-Egyptian blockade. “There’ve Gaza. always been Christians here. Their numbers He first visited Gaza in 2014 the end of a are small, but I believe their faith is strong,” 50-days of fighting between Israel and he said. Hamas. More than 2,200 Palestinians, includ- Before Hamas took over Gaza in 2007, ing hundreds of civilians, were killed, accord- the Christian population in the coastal ing to Palestinian and UN figures. In Israel, 66 enclave was over 3,000. Today, just 1,200 soldiers and seven civilians were killed. Christians remain, most of them Orthodox. Thousands of buildings and homes in Gaza Christian leaders blame the shattered econ- were damaged from the fighting. The cardi- omy, conflict with Israel and the blockade nal said yesterday that while he saw “some for encouraging Christians to move out. But signs of rebuilding, there is an awful lot of community members have also com- damage that is still untouched”. “The whole plained that they do not feel comfortable world is worried about the stability of the under Hamas rule. Middle East,” where both Christians and Christians and their property have occa- Muslims “are persecuted and murdered by sionally come under attack since Hamas the extremists,” he said. — AP

HOMS: A Syrian boy rides a bicycle through a devastated part of the old city. Displaced Syrians fear return, marking a demographic shift Discouraging ‘disloyal’ population from returning

BEIRUT: Syria’s government says people who fled now in Tripoli, spoke on condition they not be fully opposition, for urban renewal projects involving rebel zones that have since been retaken by the identified. demolishing shantytowns. “It serves another pur- military are now welcome to return. But that’s not Maha visited and found another family living pose: to punish the unruly areas, so you pacify how it worked out for one refugee family that there, she said. A loud argument ensued, and Maha them, and you change the demographic,” said came to check out the state of their home: They backed off, fearing that the government would Rashad Al-Kattan, a political analyst affiliated with found another family had moved in. That’s just one side with the squatter family. Um Alaa said her the Center for Syrian Studies at the University of St of many hurdles keeping away those displaced in neighbors told her the family was from the nearby Andrews, in Scotland. Syria’s war. Many who fled say they fear arrest if town of Hosn. Neighbors also said other displaced In March, Assad lay the cornerstone for one they return to homes now under government con- people had asked authorities in Tel Kalakh for such renovation project, in Damascus’ working- trol or that their sons will be conscripted into the places to live and were directed to houses of those class Kafr Sousa and Basateen Al-Razeh neighbor- same military that once bombarded their towns. In who had fled, Um Alaa said. The family in the home hoods. The project is to build orderly new residen- other former opposition strongholds, the state is could not be reached because the landline has tial towers. But opposition outlets say residents are carrying out redevelopment projects that have been switched off. being pushed out. The Human Rights Watch report razed thousands of homes. Also, Um Alaa fears she and her husband won’t said up to 3,000 residential buildings had been The opposition accuses the government of be able to reclaim their home because they didn’t demolished. Decree 66 also authorizes similar proj- GAZA: Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, greets worshipers after a President Bashar Assad of using under-the-radar bring their property deed when they fled in 2014. ects for Daraya, according to the pro-government Sunday mass at the Holy Family Catholic Church yesterday. — AP methods to discourage populations it sees as dis- “We thought we would only be gone a month,” she business journal Iqtisad. Daraya and the other loyal from returning, changing the demographics said. “We have nothing to prove it is ours.” Sunni suburbs are highly strategic, said Kodmani, to help consolidate control over a corridor running Conscription fears are also driving residents out of with the opposition’s High Negotiations from Damascus to the Mediterranean coast. The former opposition strongholds. The government Committee. “If Damascus is to be really safe over Pro-Kurd party quits Turk government says it is doing all it can to bring peo- denies that conscription is a tactic to push dissi- the longer term, any pockets around Damascus ple back. “The main goal of the Syrian government dents out, saying it a national duty. “It’s a law that need to be made loyal.” — AP parliament over arrests is to return all displaced Syrians to their homes,” National Reconciliation Minister Ali Haidar told The Associated Press last month. ISTANBUL: Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party media that any decision on whether to More than 11 million people, nearly half Syria’s yesterday said it was pulling out of parlia- replace the imprisoned Demirtas and population, have been driven from their homes by ment after nine of its MPs including the two Yuksekdag at the helm of the party while they the war since 2011, including 5 million who fled co-leaders were arrested in an unprecedent- were jailed would be taken in the next days. abroad as refugees. The war still rages in many ed crackdown. The Peoples’ Democratic Party They have been charged with membership parts of the country, and there is heavy destruc- (HDP), the third-largest party in this legisla- and promotion of the outlawed Kurdistan tion. In those conditions, a mass return is unlikely. ture, said it would no longer be taking part in Workers Party (PKK). So it is difficult to measure how much government general sessions of parliament or commission The HDP has always vehemently denied measures are keeping opposition-minded Syrians work. being a front for the PKK, which has waged from returning. But the fall of a number of opposi- The arrest on Friday of the MPs, including an over three-decade insurgency against the tion strongholds in recent months has brought to charismatic party leaders Selahattin Demirtas Turkish state in search of greater rights and immediate relevance the issue of who can come and Figen Yuksekdag, added to tensions as autonomy for the Kurdish minority. back. For example, a string of rebel, mainly Sunni Turkey wages a relentless battle against Integrating the Kurdish movement into main- Muslim suburbs around Damascus have come Kurdish militants and deals with the after- stream politics was a key plank of the peace under military control. They were drained of much math of the July 15 failed coup. The move process once spearheaded by Erdogan which of their population as hundreds of thousands fled also compounded concerns among Turkey’s collapsed when a truce ruptured in 2015. siege and bombardment in recent years. Now Western allies that the state of emergency thousands more are leaving because of govern- imposed after the coup bid is being used for a Turkey calls in EU envoys ment control. It is an open question whether they general crackdown against critics of President Washington and the European Union will ever return. In Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, gov- Recep Tayyip Erdogan and not just the sus- reacted angrily to the arrests, with EU foreign ernment forces are besieging the rebel eastern dis- pected plotters. affairs chief Federica Mogherini and EU tricts, and the estimated 275,000 residents have On Saturday, an Istanbul court ordered the Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn refused calls to evacuate, in part because many are jailing pending trial of nine executives and saying Yuksekdag and Demirtas were “our convinced they’ll never be allowed back. editorial staff from the opposition trusted and valued interlocutors.” “These Cumhuriyet newspaper. Some 35,000 people developments... compromise parliamentary Toxic sectarian aspect have been arrested after the coup bid, which democracy in Turkey,” they said. The fact that most of the people from rebel Ankara blames on the US-based preacher Following the criticism, EU Affairs Minister areas are Sunni Muslims adds a toxic sectarian Fethullah Gulen, while tens of thousands Omer Celik invited EU envoys to a meeting BEIRUT: In this picture taken on Friday, Oct 7, 2016, Syrian citizens attend a sit-in against the forced aspect to the charges of demographic manipula- displacement in Syria, in front of the United Nations headquarters. — AP more have been fired from their jobs. The lat- Monday where he will give an address “on the tion. Sunni Muslims are the majority in Syria and est arrests of the HDP MPs prompted the latest developments in our country”, the min- make up the backbone of the rebellion, while dates back to the establishment of the Syrian state,” Turkish authorities to restrict access to social istry said in a statement. minorities have largely supported Assad, particu- said Haidar, the national reconciliation minister. media and VPN applications and also led to Turkey’s bid to join the EU dates back to larly members of his own Alawite community, an He said the military is exploring ways around Retrial of Bahrain more heavy losses for the embattled Turkish the 1960s with formal talks starting in 2005. offshoot of Shiite Islam. Homs, Syria’s third largest the predicament. For example, in some recaptured lira. But the process has been mired in problems city, offers an indication of the hurdles for would- areas, the government has offered to postpone senior opposition and set back further by recent threats by be returnees. In 2014, Homs’ last major rebel neigh- conscripts’ deployments for six months to a year. ‘Turning point’ Erdogan to bring back the death penalty. borhoods, centered in its Old City, surrendered. But many deserters and draft-dodgers view this as leader opens The HDP said instead of sitting in parlia- Turkish police used tear gas and plastic That came after a long brutal siege that drove an simply a government tactic to give them a dead- ment, its remaining MPs who are not under bullets Saturday to disperse a demonstration estimated 300,000 from the city. Two years later, line to leave. “The implication is that ... in these six MANAMA: An appeals court in Bahrain yes- arrest will go from “house to house, village to in Istanbul against the arrests, and a similar the government says the Old City is open for resi- months you get everything in order and flee, (and terday began a retrial of Shiite opposition village and district to district” to meet people. march was expected yesterday in the south- dents, but even official statistics say only 40 per- the military) will look the other way,” said Dani chief Sheikh Ali Salman, jailed for nine years It said that at the end of these consultations, eastern city of Diyarbakir. A bomb attack in cent have returned. That figure is impossible to Qappani, an opposition activist. for inciting hatred and calling for forceful proposals will be made over how to go for- Diyarbakir on Friday left 11 people dead, with independently confirm, and the opposition regime change. The head of the Al-Wefaq ward. The HDP has 59 seats in parliament and Turkey saying it was the work of the PKK. But believes it is inflated. On a visit to the Old City of Government siege group attended the hearing in Manama but their absence could enable Erdogan to push the Amaq news agency, affiliated to Islamic Homs earlier this year, an AP team found a ghost In the Damascus suburb of Moadamiyeh, for refused to answer the judge’s questions, a through his vision of a presidential system State (IS) extremists, claimed it for the town. More recently, AP interviewed six families example, a third of the population of 50,000 fled judicial source said. which the HDP has always vehemently jihadists. “The fight against terror will contin- expelled from Homs’ old quarters, and only one during the government siege. After the suburb His lawyers spoke in his defense, insist- opposed. ue until there is not a single terrorist remain- could point to a relative, among hundreds, who surrendered in September, some 10,000 more are ing that Salman was innocent, the source HDP party spokesman Ayhan Bilgen, call- ing,” Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said in a has returned. All those interviewed spoke on con- likely to leave over the coming months for fear of added. A verdict would be announced on ing Turkey at a “turning point”, told local speech in the eastern city of Erzincan. — AFP dition they only be identified by their first names conscription, said Bassma Kodmani, an opposi- December 4, advocate general Haroun Al- for fear of reprisals by the government. tion official. Similarly, some 13,000 will probably Zayani said in a statement carried by the “The families of the old city are still in exile. leave the Damascus suburb of Qudsaya along official BNA news agency. Salman, behind Today, you’ll find them all over the world, except in with their families to avoid conscription, said a bars since December 2014, was sentenced their neighborhoods,” said Abou Zeid, from the former fighter in Qudsaya. The fighter, who is in July last year to four years in prison after George Chiyah neighborhood. Hoda, now living in wanted for military service, said he approached being convicted of inciting hatred in the the Lebanese city of Tripoli, said she was told she authorities for the 6-month grace period and Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom. But in May the had to pay overdue bills before she could see her received it. He said that gives him time to sell his appeals court more than doubled his jail Homs home. But she, like others, is deeply hesitant home and belongings before moving with his term to nine years after reversing an earlier to approach state institutions to do so or validate wife and two children to the northwest province acquittal on charges of calling for regime her property records because it means crossing of Idlib, the main rebel-held territory. He spoke change by force. through multiple checkpoints run by the feared on condition of anonymity because he has not However, on October 17, Bahrain’s cassa- security services. yet left the government-held area. tion court overturned the nine-year jail sen- The displaced fear security forces will detain When the suburb of Daraya fell in August, all its tence and ordered a retrial. The same court their husbands and sons for trumped-up crimes or last remaining residents - around 2,700 from an rejected a request to release the cleric. In conscript them into Assad’s military. “We are not original 250,00 - were removed and put in camps, July, a court ordered Al-Wefaq’s dissolution able to go back,” said Rabaa, who fled to Lebanon raising an outcry from U.N. officials over the possi- for “harbouring terrorism”, inciting violence with her family in 2012. She has a 20-year-old son. bility of a forced displacement. The government and encouraging demonstrations which “The first thing they’ll do is take him to the mili- says they will eventually be allowed back. But threatened to spark sectarian strife. The tary,” she said. “Go see our home? No way.” Daraya could see the sort of urban renewal proj- decision drew strong criticism from UN Families have also found others living in their ects that observers say are also a tool for demo- chief Ban Ki-moon, Bahrain’s allies in homes. The extent of such incidents is murky. The graphic engineering. Washington and London, and Shiite-domi- displaced say the expropriation is widespread, but A 2014 report by Human Rights Watch identi- nated Iran. Al-Wefaq had the largest bloc in their reports cannot be independently confirmed. fied seven opposition neighborhoods around the parliament before lawmakers walked out in A pair of sisters, Maha and Um Alaa, described to country razed by government authorities for “rede- February 2011 in protest over a deadly DIYARBAKIR: Parliament member of Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the AP how they tried to check on Um Alaa’s apart- velopment.” It accused authorities of carrying out crackdown on Arab Spring-inspired HDP spokesman Ayhan Bilgen (C) speaks on November 6, 2016 during a press confer- ment in the town of Tel Khalakh, a former opposi- collective punishment. Presidential Decree 66, protests. — AFP ence. — AFP tion stronghold 25 miles east of Homs. The sisters, issued in 2012, lists a number of areas, mostly INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 Trump inspires conspiracists in his camp, ramps up distrust Media a prime target for Trump’s rhetoric

ALLENTOWN: Rigged election, biased media- gaining ground is only a new polling tactic, Donald Trump regularly condemns alleged according to Carroll. After months of cooking tactics aimed at derailing his bid for the White the data, the pollsters “start telling the truth,” House, rhetoric that resonates with some he said, “because they have to say: ‘we were supporters who are growing more mistrust- right.’” Underlying the accusations against the ful. The Republican presidential nominee has media and pollsters is the belief they are in offered no concrete proof to back up his alle- cahoots with the Democrats, seen as multi- gations but, to differing degrees, many in his plying their attacks behind the scenes to camp believe them. cement their victory. A prime target is the media, which Trump Some of Trump’s followers trace accuses of not covering his campaign objec- Democrats’ fingerprints behind the wave of tively, while favoring his Democratic rival women who have come forward in recent Hillary Clinton in the November 8 election. He weeks accusing the candidate of having says the media even launches unfounded made unwanted sexual advances in the past. attacks against him. “Most of the news is neg- “A lot of them are getting paid to do this stuff, ative or they don’t print it at all,” said Susan, a is what I’m hearing,” said Susan. The fact that retiree in Philadelphia on the sidelines of a these alleged victims came out with public “flash mob” supporting Trump. She did not accusations so close to the election “just want to give her family name. doesn’t make sense,” said Carol Krus, who Emails released by anti-secrecy website traveled Thursday to see the first public WikiLeaks in late October revealed that a CNN appearance of Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, analyst, who is the interim chair of the alone on the campaign trail. Democratic National Committee, shared “They waited and they planned it,” said questions with the Clinton campaign ahead Renee Johnson, who also came to hear of a CNN-hosted primary debate. The DNC DENVER: Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, speaks during a campaign Melania Trump speak at the event in Berwyn, chief, Donna Brazile, had already resigned rally. — AP Pennsylvania. For this fringe in the Trump from the TV network when the WikiLeaks tive to the media.” The conspiracy-minded in emails posted by WikiLeaks shows John camp, after a year and a half of what they bombshell landed, but the furor fed into the Trump camp have scant confidence in Podesta, the chairman of Clinton’s election view as a vicious campaign, their candidate PHILADELPHIA: This file photo taken on July 28, 2016 Trump’s long-running argument that Clinton public opinion polls, which overall give campaign, had asked for a poll to be taken has everything to fear in the reliability of the shows Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was given advance knowledge of debate Clinton an edge in a race tightening in the using an inflated number of Democrats in the election Tuesday. “The turnout, I think it’s and husband former US president Bill Clinton celebrate on questions. final stretch. sample. A check of those emails turned up no going to be very high and I think it’s going to the fourth and final night of the Democratic National “We have the WikiLeaks emails that con- “They oversample Democrats” in the polls, evidence of this claim. be very fraudulent also,” Susan warned. Convention. — AFP firm what I’ve been saying for years. They said Carroll. “They use these polls on purpose Carroll spoke about dead people registered manipulate the polls,” said Tom Carroll, an to deflate the right and the conservative Fraudulent election Tuesday? to vote on the electoral lists in Philadelphia activist who has organized dozens of flash- movement, to get them to believe that no Anything that runs counter to Trump’s and voters paid to vote for Democrats. For Trump, Clinton take mobs in the Allentown area in Pennsylvania. one’s voting for Trump” and to send the mes- declarations is fodder for the conspiracists, Susan, voter fraud is already under way. “You “The Hillary campaign has been paying peo- sage ‘we can’t win, don’t even go to vote,’” he who see it as a manipulation of public opin- know who’s doing that?” she said in a conspir- different strategies ple to read them the dialogue and the narra- said. Trump recently said that a batch of ion. The fact that recent polls show Trump atorial tone. “She’s scared.” — AFP to shore up votes PEMBROKE PINES: Donald Trump is promising to take his Working-class Republicans White house race: The campaign into traditional Democratic territory as a sign that he’s not giving up on appealing to people outside the anxious over Trump party Republican Party. Hillary Clinton is focusing her efforts in the 2 year rollercoaster campaign’s final days on energizing voters who usually sup- HERSHEY: Pennsylvania’s working-class con- Speaker Paul Ryan for turning their backs on port the Democratic nominee, but may need an extra boost. servatives see Donald Trump as a savior who the controversial nominee-flee as the party WASHINGTON: Does anyone remem- poor showing. His bid for the nomina- To do that, Clinton is pressing her case with music and sports can bring back jobs and revolutionize seeks to reassert control over a restive flock. ber when the seemingly ever-present tion cost $152 million. celebrities, a strategy Trump dismissed. “I just have me,” he Washington. But should he lose, there is gen- Pennsylvanians may feel particularly 2016 US presidential campaign actually told supporters in North Carolina on Saturday, “but I have my uine concern about the Republican Party, and aggrieved. The state has shed manufacturing began? Well, nearly two years ago. The May 3-4 family.” With him was his wife, Melania, who rarely campaigns whether it can even survive. The men and jobs, and its unemployment rate is higher following is a sample of the major Trump’s last surviving rivals, Cruz with her husband. women who populate the industrial towns of than the national average. The state has not stages, developments and surprises of a and John Kasich, throw in the towel A brief scare Saturday night disrupted Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania and other Rust Belt states were voted Republican in a presidential race since race like no other as Hillary Clinton and and Trump emerges victorious. His Reno, Nevada, when Secret Service agents suddenly hustled derided by Barack Obama in 2008 as “bitter” 1988. Its rural territory is overwhelmingly con- Donald Trump battle for the White next target is Clinton. He points to the the Republican nominee off the stage. The agency later said Americans who “cling to guns or religion.” servative, but the heavily Democratic metrop- House. controversy over her email practices that someone near the stage had shouted “Gun!” but that a Eight years later, with the White House on olis of Philadelphia has strength in numbers. and says she should not even have the subsequent apprehension of a man and search revealed no the line, the slight remains fresh for many in Of the dozen voters interviewed in Hershey, 2014 right to run for president. “Never weapon. Trump returned a few minutes later to resume his rural parts of the state, who feel increasingly all expressed varying degrees of outrage at December 16 Trump” Republicans try to mount a remarks and declared “We will never be stopped.” isolated from the decisions made in the Republican Party for refusing to fully Another Bush-Clinton matchup: resistance movement, as the billionaire As if to prove that point, Trump scheduled rallies Sunday in Washington. Trump is the provocative real endorse Trump, or for failing to follow through political commentators and junkies real estate mogul pledges to unify the Minnesota, which hasn’t supported a Republican nominee estate mogul who turned politics on its head on promises like repealing Obamacare once drool with glee as Jeb Bush, son and party. since 1972, and Michigan, which hasn’t since 1988. Polls show with an antagonistic, 18-month presidential the they gained control of Congress. brother of former presidents, jumps into that unlikely to change this year, but Trump was including campaign that bested 16 fellow Republican the race for the White House. June 7 them in a single day of campaigning covering five states. challengers. ‘Revolution!’ Clinton manages to clinch enough Clinton faced dark skies, intense rain and strong wind in In doing so he left a yawning chasm “They’ve moved to the middle, they’ve 2015 primary delegates for the Democratic Florida on Saturday before appearing in Pennsylvania with between the Republican leaders and the mil- compromised, and that’s really got a lot of March 2 nomination, defeating Bernie Sanders. pop singer Katy Perry. The Democratic nominee was prepar- lions who embraced a grass-roots movement. conservative people into a tizzy,” Roger The New York Times scores a big At a New York rally buzzing with enthu- ing to campaign Sunday with basketball superstar Lebron Should Trump win on November 8 the party Springer said at the aptly named American scoop with news that Clinton used a pri- siasm, she trumpets that it is “the first James, having shared the stage Friday night with music diva will be his-a stunning seizure of political pow- Dream Diner in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s vate email server while working as sec- time in our nation’s history that a BeyoncÈ and hip hop mogul husband Jay Z. “Tonight, I want er that could change the course of American capital. “I feel we need to go back to our prin- retary of state from 2009 to 2013. Her woman will be a major party’s nomi- to hear you roar,” a smiling Clinton said before introducing conservatism for decades. If he loses, ciples and stick up for what we believe is team is caught off guard. “We brought nee for president of the United States.” Perry for a Saturday night performance in Philadelphia. Republicans have major rebuilding and heal- right,” said Springer, who runs a potato grow- up the existence of emails in research ing ahead. ers’ cooperative. He believes Trump is the man this summer but were told that every- July 5 ‘Madam President’ Some Trump supporters openly ponder to do that. The 67-year-old Springer believes thing was taken care of,” Clinton’s future Democrats heave a sigh of relief as Perry, who hugged Clinton while wearing a purple cap the Grand Old Party’s demise, and believe that that calls for revolution and pitchfork demon- campaign manager Robby Mook wrote the FBI recommends that no charges bearing the words, “I’m with Madam President,” shouted, “In many who were swept up in support for the strations by infuriated conservatives are in a recently hacked email. “I did not be filed against Clinton over her pri- three days, let’s make history!” The final-days scramble high- former reality TV star could abandon the par- blown out of proportion. “But there definitely email any classified material to anyone vate email server. But FBI Director lighted sharp differences between the campaigns in a turbu- ty. “I doubt that they’ll go back into the fold,” will be ramifications for the party,” he said. on my email. There is no classified mate- James Comey dismisses Clinton’s han- lent 2016 campaign season. Backed by President Barack Ken Bleistein, 66, told AFP at a crowded Trump “There’s gonna be a revolution!” insisted dry- rial,” Clinton said at a tense news confer- dling of her email as “extremely care- Obama and her party’s political elite, Clinton spent much of rally Friday in Hershey, Pennsylvania, four days wall finisher Wayne Hess, 56, as he talked with ence. less.” the last year fighting to unify Obama’s coalition of minorities before Election Day. The retiree said he other Trump supporters in Hershey. But he Later that month, Trump accepts and younger voters, aided at times by Trump’s deep unpopu- “wouldn’t be surprised” if conservative Trump walked back his rallying cry, stressing that the April 12 the Republican nomination at a con- larity among women in both parties. supporters-who resent leaders like House party would maintain cohesion.—AFP Clinton formally announces her can- vention in Cleveland that is marred by Trump has courted working-class white voters on the didacy. At the time, Trump was not even missteps, while the Democratic con- strength of his own celebrity, having scared off many would- included in polls of hopefuls who might vention in Philadelphia chooses be Republican allies during a campaign marred by extraordi- take on the Democrat seeing to become Clinton as the first women presidential nary gaffes and self-created crises. Just four weeks ago, a America’s first female president. A bevy nominee of a major party. video emerged in which a married Trump admitted to kissing of Republicans start coming forward to women and grabbing their genitalia without their permission. join the race, including Ted Cruz, Marco August Clinton also faced extraordinary challenges of her own in Rubio and Ben Carson. The number Trump has a very bad month: he recent days after the FBI confirmed plans to renew its focus on would eventually swell to 17. again reshuffles his campaign staff, the former secretary of state’s email practices. The develop- and is excoriated for criticizing the par- ment is seen as particularly threatening for Clinton in states June 16 ents of a Muslim American soldier like Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire that don’t In a grandiose appearance at Trump killed in Iraq. offer early voting. Tower, Trump shows he is not bluffing At least 41 million Americans across 48 states have already and announces his candidacy. And he September 11 cast ballots, according to an Associated Press analysis. That’s makes a comment that is now etched in Under a hot sun, Clinton falls ill at a significantly more votes four days before Election Day than the political annals. “When Mexico ceremony honoring the victims of the voted early in the 2012. House Speaker Paul Ryan campaigned sends its people, they’re not sending 9/11 attacks. She stumbles while trying Saturday alongside Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence - a rare their best,” Trump said. “They’re sending to get into a limousine and is forced to show of unity, but not with Trump himself. The speaker people that have lots of problems, and announce that she is suffering from encouraged Republicans to “come home” to support Trump in they’re bringing those problems with pneumonia. Ryan’s home-state Wisconsin, ignoring for a day his icy rela- DENVER: Supporters of Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, cheer as he us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re tionship with the Republican nominee. — AP arrives to speak during a campaign rally. — AP bringing crime. They’re rapists. And September 26 some, I assume, are good people.” On The first presidential debate draws July 14, a poll puts Trump in first place 84 million TV viewers. Trump loses his Nicaragua’s leader, wife likely to clinch elections looking ahead to the primaries. His temper with Clinton, who comes populist wave is now a force to be reck- across as well prepared and collected. oned with. “He’ll be a Ronald Reagan She boosts her lead in the polls. MANAGUA: Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega Powerful first lady Quintana Roo University, told AFP by email. She plus plus,” Alice Butler-Short, a 72-year- and his extravagant wife, Rosario Murillo, looked If he triumphs, it would be Ortega’s fourth presi- called to mind Cristina Kirchner, who succeeded her old Trump supporter, told a raucous ral- October 7 likely to win elections yesterday that would dential mandate. He has served two consecutive husband Nestor Kirchner as president of Argentina, ly in October. “And when you’re a star, they let you hand him a third straight term and cement her terms since 2007, and previously between 1985 and Hillary Clinton in the United States, who is vying do it. You can do anything. Grab ‘em by role as co-ruler. Voters filed through polling sta- and 1990, when his Sandinista National Liberation to become president with Bill Clinton by her side. December 7 the p****y. You can do anything.” tions across the Central American nation of six Front emerged victorious from a revolution that Rueda said the overshadowing US elections had Trump calls for a total ban on That’s Trump talking in a just-rediscov- million to select their president and lawmakers toppled a dictatorial dynasty. spared Nicaragua intense international scrutiny. But Muslims entering the United States ered audio from 2005 about what he in their National Assembly. Multiple state televi- Murillo, 65, already fills a prominent role as his once the US vote is out of the way on Tuesday, atten- “until our country’s representatives can sees as the perks of fame. Americans sion channels emphasized the “calm” and “order” government’s spokeswoman. With Ortega increas- tion would turn to how Nicaragua would face chal- are outraged. Dozens of Republicans exhibited, and broadcast get-out-the-vote mes- ingly reluctant to make public appearances, she lenges, notably the evaporation of credit from its figure out what is going on.” sages from Catholic Church officials. has stepped up-wearing trademark colorful dress- troubled ally Venezuela. The opposition, already Condemnation of his idea pours in from declare themselves fed up with Trump Foreign observers were barred from monitor- es and ostentatious jewelry-to represent the weak and fractured, has been progressively side- around the world, but most and withdraw their support. ing the election, though some Organization of administration. She has also left her mark on the lined by Ortega and institutions such as the courts Republicans welcome it. American States representatives were present to capital, ordering the erection of tall, metal “trees of and electoral authority. October 28 “learn” details of the vote. Polling was scheduled life” that decorate the main boulevard in bright col- Parts of it have called the elections a “farce” and 2016 In a gift to Trump, the FBI director to close at 6:00 pm (0000 GMT Monday), with ors. Many observers believe “La Companera” (the urged Nicaraguans to not cast votes, making February 1 announces a probe into previously results expected hours later. Voter intention sur- companion), as she is known, already shares deci- turnout figures an important element in the result. Trump shows he is no pushover. He undisclosed emails that he says might veys credit Ortega with an insurmountable lead sions with Ortega and could become president A poll by Nicaraguan survey firm M&R said Ortega finishes second in the Iowa caucuses, be pertinent to the probe into Clinton’s over rivals. The 70-year-old former Marxist rebel herself if he bows out, or in the next elections. had 70 percent support, and turnout was predicted and first in New Hampshire, South server. “This is the biggest political is widely popular-especially with Nicaragua’s at 75 percent. A survey by the CID-Gallup consul- Carolina and other states. scandal since Watergate,” Trump said as poor who account for more than a third of the ‘Couples in power’ tancy in neighboring Costa Rica offered a more he latched on to what would be the population-for social programs and economic “The practice of ‘couples in power’ is not exclu- muted picture — 52 percent for Ortega, with February 20 main theme for the closing stage of his stability and security that has promoted vibrant sive to Nicaragua,” Veronica Rueda Estrada, a turnout at 58 percent-but still a comfortable mar- Bush drops out of the race after a campaign. — AFP growth. Nicaragua expert and professor at Mexico’s gin over rivals. — AFP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Italy’s 5-star tours EU in bid to sink Renzi’s referendum ROME: A month away from a referendum prime minister at the next election due in to recent polls. Earlier this year Renzi probably vote ‘Yes’. In a very tight race this that around 300,000 Italians abroad on constitutional reform that could sink 2018, aims to avoid a repeat performance repeatedly said he would resign if he lost could be crucial. would vote, or roughly 10 percent. That the government, Italy’s largest opposition with the referendum. the Dec. 4 referendum. In the last two The meticulous Di Maio is likely to compares with 30 percent at the 2013 party wants to make sure Prime Minister “We want to explain the risks of this months he has declined to confirm that, have a tough task convincing expats such national election and just 3 percent at the Matteo Renzi is not saved by the votes of reform to Italians abroad because if ‘Yes’ saying discussion of his own future as Stefano Greco, a 27-year-old from Sicily 2014 European election. Of those that Italians abroad. Luigi Di Maio, one of the wins we will never get rid of the political deflected attention from the merits of the who has been in London for 15 months cast a ballot, he said he expected up to 80 most prominent faces of the anti-estab- class that forced them to emigrate,” he reform. “If he loses we will ask Renzi to doing a post-graduate degree at the percent to back ‘Yes’ because they follow lishment 5-Star Movement, heads to told Reuters in an interview. Italians faced keep his promise and the Italians will ask London Business School. “I will vote ‘Yes’, Italian politics less closely, tend to be less London on Tuesday to kick off a 10-day with a chronically stagnant economy and him to keep his promise,” said Di Maio, because living abroad you see even more anti-Renzi and see it as broadly positive campaign against the referendum that a lack of work have been emigrating in who is viewed as the moderate face of clearly how slow and bureaucratic Italy is, that the country is trying to reform. will also take him to Madrid, Brussels, growing numbers in recent years. Some the movement created by firebrand and my impression is that the reform will Benini estimated that if ‘Yes’ is less Paris and Berlin. 107,000 moved abroad in 2015, accord- comedian Beppe Grillo in 2009. help to make things simpler,” he said. than one percentage point behind 5-Star, whose appeal is based on a ing to official data, but the actual figure is The 2013 election was just the latest to among domestic voters, the result could drive against the corruption that has believed to be much higher. Renzi’s struggle turn on Italians abroad. In 2006, it was the be overturned by those resident abroad. tainted Italy’s politics for decades, has Renzi says his plan to reduce drastical- With all the opposition parties lined foreign vote that gave centre-left leader Di Maio said 5-Star had its own proposals good reason to be wary of the army of 3 ly the role of the Senate and curb the up against the reform, Renzi faces an Romano Prodi his majority in the upper for amending the constitution, such as million expatriates who the right to vote. powers of regional governments will sim- uphill struggle. Of 33 opinion polls pub- house Senate. 5-Star is not the only party taking away parliamentarians’ immunity The maverick group was the most voted plify decision-making and ensure stable lished in the last month, all but one has wooing Italy’s emigrants. Reforms from arrest and removing the provision party in Italy at the last national election government. Opponents say it will actual- put ‘No’ ahead. However, with around a Minister Maria Elena Boschi recently that Italy must balance its budget each in 2013, but after the ballots were count- ly make the legislative process more com- quarter of voters still undecided, pollsters toured Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay to year, which in any case it has never ed from Italians living abroad it was over- plicated and reduce checks and balances. say the result remains highly uncertain. win support for ‘Yes’, while the right-wing respected. “We are certainly not against taken by the Democratic Party (PD), “This reform will give more power to the Moreover, the polls do not include Northern League is also sending a senior change,” he said. “But change is not allowing it to lead a new government. Di people who have brought our country to Italians living abroad. Pollsters expect politician to South America this month to always good, and by saying no to this Maio, a 30-year-old parliamentarian wide- the state it is in,” said Di Maio, whose par- less than a third of these to cast a ballot, whip up the ‘No’ vote. Federico Benini, reform we are trying to save Italy from a ly expected to be 5-Star’s candidate for ty is roughly level with the PD according but they say of those that do, most will head of polling agency Winpoll, forecast change for the worse.” — Reuters Cyprus town’s future hangs in talks balance Orange-growing centre will be a core dispute MORPHOU: When Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot ues to this day. She fled with her family to the sive talks in Switzerland this week. leaders meet for land-for-peace talks today island’s second city Limassol, and later moved to Anastasiades’s government has said repeatedly aimed at ending the island’s decades-old divi- the capital Nicosia, where today she works as an that Morphou must be returned to Greek sion, the future of a famed orange-growing cen- administrative manager at a law firm. Cypriot rule under any peace deal. But that tre will be a core dispute. A country town in a would spell new displacement for the Turkish sea of orchards near the island’s north coast, ‘My home’ Cypriots who currently live in the town, many of Morphou once had an almost entirely Greek She is also an elected member of Morphou’s whom are themselves refugees from other parts Cypriot population who still hold title deeds to town council in exile. She hopes that this week’s of the island. Ramadan Kandulu says he never its rich farmland. talks will result in a deal that brings the chose to move to Morphou. In 1974, he and his Now named Guzelyurt in Turkish, it is home to Morphou area under Greek Cypriot control. future wife, Gonul, were living in Kantou, a vil- around 18,000 Turkish Cypriots, some of whom Sitting in the council’s offices on the Greek lage near Limassol. have lived here for more than four decades. It Cypriot side of the divided capital, Peletie When Greek Cypriot fighters occupied their was in the early hours of August 14, 1974, that showed AFP large monochrome pictures from Turkish-majority village, Ramadan’s family fled to VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis (C) leads a mass at St Peter’s basilica in Vatican. One thou- everything changed. Turkish troops were on the the town’s orange festivals before 1974. She said a nearby British military base. Gonul’s soon fol- sand prisoners — including some lifers — take part in a special event at the Vatican move. “It was summer. We used to sleep with the most Greek Cypriots from Morphou wanted to lowed. “We were going to get engaged in this weekend, along with 3,000 family members, prison staff and volunteers. — AFP windows open,” said Ourania Peletie, who was 18 return to their homes. “If Morphou is returned I August. We had built a new house in Kantou,” he said. “We left everything there.” Ramadan head- Pope holds special Vatican ed to the Turkish-occupied north, where authori- ties gave him an abandoned Greek Cypriot- owned house in Zodeia, a village just outside Mass for 1,000 prisoners Morphou known as Bostanci in Turkish. He said it VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis yesterday cel- “Hope is a gift of God,” he said. was empty and dirty. Today, it is a neat three- ebrated Mass before a thousand prisoners “Certainly, breaking the law involves paying bedroom house with walls covered in family specially invited to the Vatican, giving them the price, and losing one’s freedom is the photos. a message of hope while denouncing the worst part of serving time, because it “hypocrisy” of society. The event was also affects us so deeply. All the same, hope ‘We also had land’ attended by 3,000 others including prison must not falter.” He said that incarceration Gonul’s family was given a house in Morphou staff and volunteers and without any visible was not the only means to set people back and a nearby orchard-both the property of dis- police presence. on the right path. “Sometimes, a certain placed Greek Cypriots. A UN soldier delivered The Argentine pontiff regularly meets hypocrisy leads to people considering you Gonul’s wedding dress, which she had aban- prisoners-both in Italy and on his trips only as wrongdoers, for whom prison is the doned when she left the south. In 1975, the cou- abroad-but this is the first time so many sole answer,” he said. ple were married. Ramadan, 70, a retired inmates were received at the Vatican. The “We don’t think about the possibility accountant, tends thousands of orange and pontiff, recalling his visits to jail, said: “Every that people can change their lives; we put pomegranate trees in the nearby orchard Gonul time I enter a prison, I ask the question ‘why little trust in rehabilitation. But in this way inherited from her parents. He said most towns- them and not me?’ we all can make mis- we forget that we are all sinners and often, people would reject any agreement that would takes.” The prisoners came from jails in Italy without being aware of it, we too are pris- return Morphou to Greek Cypriot control. and Spain but 12 countries were represent- oners... locked up within our own preju- “Over such a long time people have settled ed including Britain, Mexico, South Africa. dices or enslaved to the idols of a false and organised their lives here,” he said. “I know He exhorted them never to lose hope. sense of well-being.” — AFP it’s hard for [refugees from 1974], it was their property, but this issue should be solved with MORPHOU: A man walks past the Greek Orthodox church of Saint Mamas in the town of compensation. We also had land we left in the Morphou in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. — AFP south.” Under a peace blueprint drawn up by UN mediators in 2003, Morphou would have been PM May vows to at the time. “I heard a noise. I woke up and will definitely go back. I have a house in Nicosia. handed over to Greek Cypriot administration. looked outside and the sky was full of aero- But my home is in Morphou,” she said. It has The plan was approved by Turkish Cypriot planes. I woke my father. We picked up a few always been agreed that some of the territory voters but Greek Cypriot voters overwhelmingly deliver EU exit things. In 10 minutes, we got into the car and currently controlled by the Turkish Cypriots will rejected it. Attitudes have since hardened. Sinasi left.” be ceded to Greek Cypriot control in any peace Ozdes, spokesman for a residents’ campaign LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa called a “half-Brexit” that went against the The Turkish invasion was the culmination of deal. Turkish Cypriots made up just 18 percent of group, the Guzelyurt Civil Society Platform, said May said yesterday she would deliver a full referendum result. “If the people in this years of violence between the island’s Greek and the island’s population in 1974 but they current- he accepted there would have to be territorial exit from the European Union, hitting back country think that they’re going to be Turkish communities in which hundreds of peo- ly control more than a third of its territory. It is an concessions in any peace deal but would vote at critics of her Brexit strategy who have cheated, they’re going to be betrayed, ple were killed. It left Turkey in control of 36 per- issue for Greek Cypriot leader Nicos against any agreement that surrendered control threatened to try to block the process in then we will see political anger the likes of cent of the island-including Morphou. For Peletie, Anastasiades and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart of the town. “We’re going to give something-but parliament. The government’s plans to which none of us in our lifetimes have it spelt an exile from her hometown that contin- Mustafa Akinci to thrash out in five days of inten- not Morphou,” he said. — AFP launch a two-year divorce process by the ever witnessed in this country,” he told the end of March next year were thrown into BBC. Parliament could in theory block disarray last week when a court ruled that Brexit because most members supported parliament must be consulted on the deci- staying in the EU in June’s referendum. But Test for PM as Bulgarians elect president sion. May has said she is confident of over- many lawmakers have signalled they turning the ruling. would be willing to reverse their position SOFIA: Bulgarians voted yesterday in a first who chooses some top officials and can appoint and to make us dependent,” Pleneviev told the Nevertheless, the prospect of a parlia- to reflect the referendum result. round of presidential elections, a key test of technocrat governments in a crisis. And for a BBC in an interview published Friday. But at the mentary vote has enraged eurosceptic “I think it is highly unlikely that parlia- Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s popularity in the country forever walking the East-West tightrope, same time Bulgaria’s economy is hugely reliant lawmakers who fear the ‘hard Brexit’ they ment would not, in the end, back a deci- EU’s poorest country. If his candidate and pro- both Moscow and Brussels will be watching on Russia, particularly in gas, and the two have want will be watered down, and embold- sion to trigger Article 50,” health minister tegee Tsetska Tsacheva fails to win the presiden- closely to see whether the new president might deep historical and cultural ties. In 2010 Borisov ened political opponents who want a less Jeremy Hunt told the BBC, referring to the cy, Borisov might call early elections, plunging tilt the ex-communist country more into the gave Putin a puppy. radical split from the bloc. EU treaty mechanism for launching Bulgaria into renewed political uncertainty, Russian or the Western orbit. Radev, meanwhile, told Darik radio in a recent Writing in the Sunday Telegraph news- divorce proceedings. Last week’s court rul- experts say. NATO member Bulgaria last September interview: “We have lost a lot by declaring Russia paper, May signaled she would resist any ing could allow lawmakers to temper the Opinion polls suggest that Tsacheva, current- angered Moscow by banning Russian supply more or less an enemy.” In addition he has called attempt to force her to change her government’s approach, however, making ly speaker of parliament, will top the crowded flights to Syria from using its airspace. Rosen for EU sanctions on Russia, imposed because of approach to leaving the EU, a historic a “hard Brexit” - where tight controls on field of 21 candidates with around 30 percent of Pleneviev, the outgoing president, has been out- Ukraine, to be lifted-a position shared by break that was approved by 52 percent of immigration are prioritized over remaining the vote. But close on the 58-year-old’s tail will spoken in his criticism of Russia and its President Tsacheva until Borisov called her back into line. Britons in a referendum in June. “The peo- in the single market - less likely. Corbyn be MiG ace and former airforce head Rumen Vladimir Putin. “What today Russia is trying to Voting stations close at 8 pm (1800 GMT), with ple made their choice, and did so decisive- told the Sunday Mirror that Labour’s Radev, the candidate of the opposition Socialists achieve is to weaken Europe, to divide Europe exit polls expected soon afterwards. — AFP ly. It is the responsibility of the govern- “Brexit bottom line” would require guaran- who is seen as more sympathetic to Russia. This ment to get on with the job and to carry tees for access to the single market for will set up what surveys suggest will be a tight out their instruction in full,” May wrote. exporters, continued protection of work- runoff contest between Tsacheva and Radev on She said members of parliament who ers’ rights, safeguards for consumers and November 13 to become the south-eastern regretted the referendum result “need to the environment, and pledges that Britain European country’s head of state. accept what the people decided”. The would make up any loss of EU capital While Borisov presents Tsacheva as the head of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, investment. Corbyn said he would wel- “mother of the nation”, political scientist Dimitar Jeremy Corbyn, said in a newspaper inter- come an early national election if May Bechev warned that he had failed to grasp her view that he would try to block the com- refused to meet his demands. But the next “dangerous lack of charisma”. “Radev could end mencement of divorce talks with the EU if one is not due until 2020, and the govern- up carrying the day by a small margin,” Bechev the government does not agree to his ment has so far resisted pressure to dis- said. Burly former bodyguard and police chief Brexit demands. solve parliament and seek a stronger man- Borisov, 57, has injected some much-needed sta- May’s government, which has given lit- date. “I think a general election is frankly bility into Bulgaria since becoming premier for tle away about its plans for Britain’s future the last thing that the government wants .. the second time in late 2014. His first term end- relationship with the EU, has said that hav- It’s the last thing that the British people ed abruptly in February 2013 when Bulgarians ing to set out a detailed negotiating strat- want,” Hunt said. A government appeal livid about poverty, corruption and cronyism egy to parliament would put it at a disad- against the High Court ruling is expected took to the streets across the country. Eight peo- vantage in the talks. “While others seek to to be considered by Britain’s Supreme ple set themselves on fire. tie our negotiating hands, the Court early next month. May has said she More protests brought down the subsequent Government will get on with the job of still plans to invoke Article 50 by the end technocrat government after barely a year, pre- delivering the decision of the British peo- of March. “We need to turn our minds to cipitating fresh elections that returned Borisov ple,” May said in a separate statement how we get the best outcome for our to power at the head of a minority government. ahead of a trade visit to India yesterday. country,” she said in the statement issued Graft and poverty remain rife, however, and by her office. “That means sticking to our progress on reforms has been sluggish. A new Half-Brexit plan and timetable, getting on with the voter concern in recent months has seen thou- Arch-eurosceptic Nigel Farage, who led work of developing our negotiating strate- sands of migrants stranded in Bulgaria. the influential UK Independence Party’s gy and not putting all our cards on the Brexit campaign, said there was a growing table - that is not in our national interest East or West? movement to keep Britain within the EU’s and it won’t help us get the best deal for The job of Bulgarian president is largely cer- tariff-free single market - a scenario he Britain.” — Reuters emonial but he or she is still a respected figure PLEVEN: Bulgarian casts his vote during Presidential elections. — AP

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Japan, India to ink controversial nuclear deal this week TOKYO: Japan and India are set to sign a controver- Weapons (NPT) to agree such a nuclear deal with region, parts of which Japan also claims. India has a The business daily Nikkei confirmed the expect- sial civil nuclear deal this week, reports said yester- Japan-which was the victim of US atomic bombings longstanding territorial dispute with China, and ed nuclear deal, adding that a batch of business- day, as the two Asian allies look to boost economic in the final days of World War II. The two countries troops from the two countries engaged in a major linked deals are also set to be signed. Modi visited and security ties to counter an assertive China. are also set to agree that if India conducts a nuclear stand-off at the border in 2014. Japan in August 2014 on his first bilateral trip out- India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his test, Japan will stop cooperation, the Yomiuri Tokyo has its own spat with Beijing over islands side South Asia, months after coming to power. Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe are set to sign a reported. The expected deal comes against a back- in the East China Sea, and is increasingly vocal Subsequently Abe paid a two-day visit to India last deal Friday that would allow Japan to export drop of growing security concerns in the region about its rival’s ambitions to control almost the December. nuclear technology to the subcontinent, the Yomiuri over China’s military presence. whole of the South China Sea. Japan has in the past Modi will arrive in Japan Thursday for a three- Shimbun paper reported. Beijing is expanding its deep-water naval pres- shunned civil nuclear cooperation with India, citing day visit, after the two men in September held India would become the first non-signatory to ence and asserts sovereignty over disputed areas of concerns over the international Non-Proliferation talks on the sidelines of a Southeast Asia meeting the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear the East and South China Sea and Indian Ocean Treaty, but appears to have softened its stance. in Laos. — AFP

Death toll rises in Pakistan shipbreaking blast, hits 26 QUETTA The death toll from an explosion sioner of Kalat region of which Gadani is and fire at a Pakistan shipbreaking yard a part, confirmed the new toll. last week has risen to 26, officials said Later, around 50 people blocked a yesterday. More than 50 others were highway connecting Gadani to Karachi to wounded in the incident when a gas protest what they said was insufficient cylinder exploded and started a fire care for those injured in the blast. They inside an oil tanker at the Gadani yard in lay the body of one dead worker on the the southwestern province of road and chanted slogans against the Balochistan. government, demanding better medical “Six more wounded from the Gadani care for the wounded and compensation shipyard have died, so the new toll is now for the families of the dead. 26,” Zulfiqar Hashmi, a local government Hashim said the government was try- official, told AFP. “One person died at ing to negotiate with the protesters and home after being discharged from hospi- was working towards finalizing com- tal while five others expired in hospital,” pensation offers for the grieving rela- he said. Muhammad Hashim, commis- tives. — AFP Indian soldiers killed in cross border firing

SRINAGAR: The Indian army said two of its exchanges come against the backdrop of soldiers were killed yesterday in the latest months of protests against Indian rule of exchange of cross border firing with Kashmir, sparked by the killing of a popular Pakistan along the de facto border in rebel leader in a firefight with Indian forces Kashmir, amid heightened tensions in July. The unrest and clashes have left between the countries. One soldier was more than 90 civilians dead in government killed in a firefight as Indian troops pushed forces’ action to quell the protests. back against Pakistani “infiltrators” while More than 12000 were injured, accord- another died in a separate incident, accord- ing to hospital authorities and around 7000 ing to Army spokesman Colonel NN Joshi suspected protesters have been arrested HONG KONG: Protesters scuffle with police officers after clashing as thousands of people march in the streets. — AP and a further statement from the military. during a continuing security crackdown to Tensions between the nuclear-armed quell the anti-India protests. Last week rivals have soared since September when authorities on both sides closed hundreds Thousands protest rising militants attacked an Indian army base in of schools along frontier areas in the south Kashmir leaving 19 soldiers dead. Since of the territory when cross-border firing then the two sides have exchanged heavy killed 14 residents. Kashmir is divided fire almost daily leading to deaths of sol- between India and Pakistan since the end Beijing intervention in HK diers and civilians on both sides of the bor- of British colonial rule in 1947. Both claim der. India blamed the September attack on the disputed Himalayan territory in full. Pakistan-based militants and responded India regularly accuses Pakistan of arming Police use pepper spray on demonstrators with “surgical strikes” on what New Delhi and training the rebels to launch attacks on described as terrorist launching pads its forces in the portion of Kashmir it con- HONG KONG: Thousands of protesters marched demonstrations in 2014 that blocked key Hong idly and do nothing,” it said. The statement fol- across the dividing line. trols. Islamabad denies the allegations say- in Hong Kong yesterday, demanding that China’s Kong streets and attracted global attention. lowed discussions by the committee on issuing Pakistan denied the strikes took place ing it only provides diplomatic support to central government stay out of a political dis- Helmeted police officers with shields stood in an interpretation of an article in Hong Kong’s and the two sides have since expelled the Kashmiri struggle for right of self-deter- pute in the southern Chinese city after Beijing several rows, creating a blockade against the constitution, known as the Basic Law, that covers diplomats from their countries. The mination. — AFP indicated that it would intervene to deter pro- protesters. “Open the road! Open the road!” the oaths taken by lawmakers. independence advocates. The dispute centers demonstrators chanted, as police warned them Leung, 30, and Yau, 25, who are from the radi- on a provocative display of anti-China sentiment not to charge. cal Youngspiration party, altered their oaths to by two newly elected pro-independence Hong insert a disparaging Japanese term for China. Kong lawmakers at their swearing-in ceremony Ongoing review Displaying a flag reading “Hong Kong is not last month. Demonstrators held signs reading “Defend China,” they vowed to defend the “Hong Kong China’s top legislative panel said that Beijing the rule of law” and calling for the city’s Beijing- nation.” Leung crossed his fingers, while Yau must intervene to deter advocates of independ- backed chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, to used the F-word in her pledge. Their oaths were ence for Hong Kong, calling their actions a threat step down. Some said that if China’s top legisla- ruled invalid, but attempts at a do-over have to national security. The Standing Committee of tive panel issued its own interpretation on oath- resulted in mayhem in the legislature’s weekly China’s rubber-stamp legislature said in a state- taking, it would effectively undermine a Hong sessions. Saturday’s comments indicated that the ment that Beijing could not afford to do nothing Kong court’s ongoing review of the case. Standing Committee intended to use its interpre- in the face of challenges in Hong Kong to China’s “In (the) long run, that will damage our confi- tation of the article to send a strong message authority, the official Xinhua News Agency dence in the court,” said Alvin Yeung, a legislator. against separatism - and could ultimately lead to reported late Saturday. “That will, in the long run, damage the interna- the democratically elected lawmakers’ disqualifi- Yesterday, thousands of people marched in tional investors’ (confidence) in Hong Kong’s sta- cation from office. Such an outcome would be downtown Hong Kong to voice their opposition bility and the rule of law, and of course how our favorable to China’s Communist leaders, who are to China’s plan to step in, saying the move would court functions.” The legislative panel in Beijing alarmed by the former British colony’s burgeoning undermine the city’s considerable autonomy said the words and actions of the two Hong independence movement, but is also likely to and independent judiciary. Several thousand Kong lawmakers - Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai- plunge their troubled relationship into fresh tur- people gathered in the evening to protest out- ching - “posed a grave threat to national sover- moil. Maria Tam, a Hong Kong deputy to the side Beijing’s liaison office. Police used pepper eignty and security,” Xinhua reported. National People’s Congress, told reporters in spray on demonstrators amid some scuffling. If such a situation were to persist, the Beijing on Saturday that the Standing Committee Some protesters wore face masks and hoisted Standing Committee said, it would hurt the has the “final say” on the dispute, and that Hong open umbrellas in the air - symbols that were interests of Hong Kong’s residents and China’s Kong’s highest court would accept the panel’s ISLAMABAD: A boy chants slogans next to his father during a demonstration called reminiscent of student-led pro-democracy progress. “The central government cannot sit interpretation as binding. — AP by a civil society group ‘Peace and Culture Organization’ to mark Jammu Martyrs Day. — AP Scandal unites rival Koreas in fury at South Korea’s leader

SEOUL: In only a few days, South Korea’s violence and sexism that characterizes much where Park and her confidante, Choi Soon-sil, ners of South Korea’s social media or the web, painstaking summary of the saga, replete with biggest scandal in years has done what six of North Korea’s propaganda. The North, for have been called “crazy bitch,” “chicken head,” a never the cream of public discourse. sexist, violent insults. decades of diplomacy and bloodshed could- instance, has called Park a “dirty prostitute slur meant to attack their intelligence, and “Park Geun-hye threw away her authority The newspaper described Park and Choi as n’t. It has united the rival Koreas, at least in one who licks her master’s groin,” an “aging “stupid Gangnam ajumma,” a term often used as (the person) ultimately responsible (for gov- “two women who have lost their minds.” It also area: Indignation against South Korea’s leader. witch,” a “female dog” and an “American par- to insult middle-aged women living in affluent erning the state) to a common street woman broke down reports that Choi influenced North Korea’s propaganda mavens have never rot.” Pyongyang has also repeatedly called southern Seoul. People have also declared of unknown roots,” Jae-myung Lee, the oppo- important government decisions, including been shy in calling South Korean President for her death. that South Korea will never again vote for a sition mayor of Seongnam, told more than Park’s move to shut down the last major sym- Park Geun-hye an incompetent, power-hungry But there has been an uptick in both rage female president or trust a woman’s leader- 10,000 people taking part in a recent anti-Park bol of inter-Korean cooperation, a jointly run clone of her late dictator father, Park Chung- and sexism in the South, especially online, ship. It is not just happening in obscure cor- rally, referring to Choi. “Park has lost her factory park in the North Korean city of hee - and that’s when they’re pulling their authority as president and has shown that she Kaesong. punches. doesn’t have the basic qualities to govern a “This shows to the world that Park Geun- Inconceivable a week ago, many South country.” hye is not merely a first-class dog controlled Koreans now seem to be reaching Pyongyang That Park, who has 15 months to go in her by a large monster that is the United States, levels of fury over an investigation into single five-year term, should go has long been but also doubly and triply a puppet manipu- whether Park allowed a longtime confidante a mainstay of North Korean rhetoric. But simi- lated by strings pulled by one ‘Gangnam’ with no official government role to manipu- lar sentiments are also emerging in South woman,” the North Korean newspaper said, late her administration from the shadows. Korean media. “If we had to pick one person referring to the Seoul neighborhood where The North’s fondness for vicious threats is who made the country into the shattered Choi reportedly built a fortune on real estate generally missing in the South, but the anger mess that it is now, it’s none other than investments. over the scandal - sometimes partisan, mostly President Park,” the South’s Kyunghyang Observers of North Korean propaganda spontaneous on the part of many South Shinmun newspaper said in an editorial on have wondered about the length of time it Koreans, but more violent and somewhat Saturday, calling for Park’s resignation. “The took the newspaper, the mouthpiece of the canned in the North, where carefully cultivat- citizens no longer want Park to govern state ruling Workers’ Party, to weigh in on the ed outrage is a state commodity - often seems affairs ... She lost the political leadership to scandal - nearly a week. It’s almost as if the to be in lockstep. persuade and guide the ruling and opposition paper’s propaganda experts, after firing at For instance, in wording that North Korea parties, the parliament and the people. Her much smaller targets for so long, couldn’t would be right at home with, Ahn Cheol-soo, a moral authority as the head of state has fallen quite believe the huge gift they’d been giv- lawmaker from a small South Korean opposi- to the ground ... Continuing this state for en. Pyongyang has more recently stepped tion party and a potential presidential candi- another year and three months will make things up. date, recently said of Park: “You no longer have everyone miserable.” For instance, the North’s official Korean the authority to destroy the constitution. You Central News Agency published a statement no longer have the authority to stomp on the Negative stories by a Foreign Ministry unit that called the scan- pride of our people.” North Korea’s state media have at times dal a “hideous power-backed scandal unprece- seemed overwhelmed with the amount of dented in history.” It predicted that a “mass The take in the North negative stories, both international and South struggle” of enraged South Koreans will leave Here’s how a similar sentiment looked Korean, about Park, and have often just round- Park at a crossroads where she is forced to when North Korea’s main newspaper recently ed up the coverage, with some insulting com- choose between quitting her presidency on attacked Park: “It’s deplorable that the South’s ment added. Six days after Park first acknowl- her own or facing impeachment. With tens of politics have become the joke of the world edged that she had sent Choi, the daughter of thousands of South Korean protesters calling and its economy and people’s livelihoods are a shadowy religious figure who emerged as for Park’s ouster over the weekend and bigger left in shreds.” To be clear, the expressions in Park’s mentor in the 1970s, drafts of her crowds expected in coming days, Pyongyang’s South Korea, even at their sharpest, are still a speeches for editing, North Korea’s main news- breathless, over-the-top propaganda might long way from the odious linguistic swamp of SEOUL: A girl takes a photo of the presidential Blue House. — AFP paper, Rodong Sinmun, released a lengthy, not be so far off the mark. — AP NEWS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 Hopefuls call to plug deficit... Assault launched on IS ‘capital’

Continued from Page 1 endgame since the US-led coalition launched air strikes Continued from Page 1 tion authorities either because they had been previously against IS in the summer of 2014. The coalition has also handed verdicts by courts or for not completing their “The major battle to liberate Raqqa and its surroundings provided training and deployed hundreds of advisers to Meanwhile, the administrative court yesterday looked nomination papers. has begun,” SDF spokeswoman Jihan Sheikh Ahmed said. work with Iraqi forces and select Syrian fighters, including into several cases of candidates who were barred by the Those reinstated include former MPs Safa Al-Hashem Operation “Wrath of the Euphrates” involves some 30,000 the SDF. election authorities to contest the parliamentary polls. and Abdulhameed Dashti, in addition to Sheikh Malek fighters and began on Saturday night, Ahmed said. Sello said the alliance had received new weapons from The court postponed two cases for today and referred Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, the only ruling family member in SDF forces are advancing on three fronts, from Ain Issa the coalition for the Raqqa battle, including anti-tank mis- two others to another court. the race. The government has already challenged these and Tal Abyad to the north of Raqqa, and from the village of siles. Another SDF source said 50 US military advisers would The court has already ruled to allow 15 candidates to rulings at the court of appeals. Such cases must be Makman to the east. SDF spokesman Talal Sello told AFP the be involved in the operation, particularly to guide air run in the polls, out of 47 hopefuls barred by the elec- resolved before the election. operation would proceed in two phases, first seizing areas strikes. Dominated by the powerful Kurdish People’s around Raqqa and isolating it, then taking the city itself. “The Protection Units (YPG), the SDF has in recent months Clinton and Trump scramble to finish fight will not be easy, and will require accurate and careful flushed IS out of swathes of territory in northern Syria, operations because IS will defend its bastion knowing that including the flashpoint town of Manbij in August. the loss of Raqqa will mean it is finished in Syria,” Sello said. Washington has promoted the SDF as a key ally in the fight Continued from Page 1 for the chaos of the Arab Spring uprisings. Others have latched on to more bizarre accusations against the former US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in Washington against IS, but the partnership is complicated by Turkey’s In a sign that Clinton was leaving nothing to chance, the diplomat, mirroring fringe rightwing American attacks on her. echoed that sentiment. “As in Mosul, the fight will not be fierce opposition to the YPG. 69-year-old former secretary of state added a stopover today At a Cairo grocery, shopkeeper Karem Mohamed had easy and there is hard work ahead, but it is necessary to Meanwhile, at least six children were killed yesterday in in Michigan, a state Obama won handily in 2008 and 2012. launched into a pensive defense of Clinton when his col- end the fiction of ISIL’s caliphate and disrupt the group’s Syrian government shelling that hit a kindergarten in the She visited Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Hampshire yesterday, league, who had been preoccupied with filling a vat of pickled ability to carry out terror attacks against the United States, rebel-held town of Harasta outside the capital Damascus, while Trump has a busier itinerary: Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, onions, interrupted. “No she’s with the Muslim Brotherhood! our allies and our partners,” Carter said, using an alternative the Syrian Observatory said. It said 17 people, most of them Pennsylvania and then Virginia. Polls give Clinton a national She’s a collaborator,” said Mahmoud Abdel Al. Many Egyptians name for IS. An AFP correspondent in Ain Issa yesterday children, were also injured in the shelling. An AFP photog- lead, albeit a narrow one. saw Clinton as a supporter of Islamist president Mohamed saw dozens of SDF fighters heading on vehicles towards rapher saw the body of one child, a girl, lying on a bed at a Meanwhile, in Cairo, capital of the most populous Arab Morsi, who ruled for a year before the army, spurred by mass the frontline. makeshift hospital, her face bloodied and her clothes torn. country, the US election is met with self-absorbed indifference protests, toppled him in 2013. His ouster, condemned by Ahmed told AFP in Beirut later that 10 villages and At the kindergarten, smears of blood were left on the tiled or loathing for one, and sometimes both, candidates. The staff Washington as undemocratic, was followed by regular reports several hamlets had been retaken. IS said it carried out a floor, underneath a small red slide propped against a wall at a barbershop in Cairo’s middle class Dokki neighborhood in the Egyptian press of an American “plot” to divide the suicide car bombing in the Suluk area that killed 14 SDF painted with children’s drawings. Harasta is in the rebel looked at one another in bemusement when asked whom Middle East. fighters. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights report- stronghold of Eastern Ghouta, outside Damascus, a region they favored for US president. Two admitted they did not Clinton addressed some of the most bizarre accusations in ed wounded in the attack but no word of fatalities. that is regularly targeted by government air strikes and know who was running. “We’re following what’s happening her book Hard Choices. But its publication in 2014 itself set off Driving the militants from Mosul and Raqqa has been the shelling. —Agencies here, that’s more than enough for us,” laughed a hairdresser another round of accusations in Egypt, this time that Clinton who gave her name as Mona, referring to Egypt’s economic had confessed in the book that she conspired against the crisis. Another said he knew “little” about the election: “What I country. “It included a clear confession of the plot to divide US man held for chaining woman admits... know is that Trump is hostile to Muslims.” our region, relying on its agents like the Muslim Brotherhood, Eight years after the region closely followed the election and Washington’s founding of extremist groups like” the Continued from Page 1 like a dog” inside a shipping container was rescued from his won by Obama, uprisings, economic ruin and civil war have Islamic State organization, wrote one columnist in Egypt’s property. Kala Brown, 30, was discovered with chains around directed people’s gaze inwards. “I think the Arab world is con- state newspaper Al-Ahram. Clinton mentioned no such thing “There’s no wondering anymore” about the Nov 2003 her neck and ankles trapped inside the padlocked container. sumed by its own existential crisis and few people have really in the book. killings at the Superbike Motorsports in the nearby town of Police rescued her after hearing a banging sound when they thought through the implications of the next US president on The Egyptian leadership has not weighed in on the elec- Chesnee, Wright told local media, including local ABC affili- arrived at Kohlhepp’s property with a search warrant. their well-being,” said Hend Amry, a Libyan-American writer tions, although President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi - the former ate WLOS-13 and The Greenville Times. “He told us some Kohlhepp, who owns a 95-acre tract of rural land in the town who lives in Qatar. Near Cairo’s zoo, three university students army chief who toppled Morsi - complimented Trump after stuff that nobody else ought to know,” Wright told of Woodruff, northeast of the state capital Columbia, is a real- shyly said they had not been following the election. An elderly meeting him and Clinton in New York separately in reporters. Four people - a woman who worked at the store estate agent and registered sex offender. Brown told officers man walking by peremptorily denounced both candidates, September. Sisi appeared to dismiss Trump’s plan - now scaled and her adult son, and two other store workers - were she had been in the container for two months. She and her before striding away with a toddler in tow. “Their elections are back - to ban Muslims from entering the United States as elec- found “brutally murdered” for unknown reasons at the busi- boyfriend, Charles Carver, 32, had been missing since August. like crap,” he said. “You remove crap and replace it with crap.” tioneering. “No doubt” he would make a strong leader, Sisi ness, Wright said. The case was even featured on the TV Brown told police that Kohlhepp shot her boyfriend multiple At a cafe in Baghdad, a city much changed since the 2003 said in an interview with CNN. “It is important for us to know show “America’s Most Wanted”, which has helped crack cold times in the chest in front of her. Sheriff Wright said Saturday US-led invasion to remove Saddam Hussein, patrons have that during election campaigns, many statements are made cases in the past. Wright did not mention any motive in the that authorities identified the body dug up the day before as been following the election more closely. Haidar Hassan, 27, and many things are said,” Sisi said of Trump’s Muslim plans. blamed the Republicans for the disastrous invasion that took Across the Red Sea from Egypt, Gulf rulers favor Clinton, case. Kohlhepp appeared before Magistrate Judge Jimmy that of Carver. Kohlhepp however has not yet been charged place under President George W Bush, but said he still sup- said Emirati analyst Abdel Khaleq Abdullah. Clinton has Henson yesterday for a brief bond hearing on the four mur- with Carver’s death, the sheriff said. ported Trump. “Despite Iraqis’ suffering from Republican rule “knowledge of the region’s issues”, he said. Countries such as der counts. The issue of bond could be taken up by a circuit Reporters, who were kept at a distance, saw Kohlhepp and their invasion, I still think Trump is tougher in fighting ter- Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had opposed what court later. Wearing an orange jumpsuit, Kohlhepp declined walk agents around the property on Saturday. Kohlhepp rorism and countries exporting it,” he said. they saw as Obama’s rapprochement with their archrival Iran to make a statement when offered the chance. After has been registered as a sex offender in South Carolina for “The Democrats are more reasonable,” countered Mostafa over the nuclear deal, and expected his successor to be Kohlhepp left the courtroom, Henson addressed the vic- a 1987 conviction in Arizona, according to local WSPA Al-Rubaei, saying US forces withdrew from Iraq under a tougher. However, Saudi writer Jamal Khasshoggi said “we tims’ families, saying, “What you’ve gone through ... is News. He was 15 when he was accused of kidnapping and Democrat president - Obama. Clinton’s past as secretary of have a huge experience with Clinton and she has a much bet- beyond what a lot of people would understand.” sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Kohlhepp moved to state during Obama’s first term has been controversial in the ter, clearer idea about foreign policy and Saudi Arabia”. “But Kohlhepp, 45, was arrested Thursday and charged with South Carolina after he completed his prison sentence in region, with some blaming American foreign policy under her with Trump it’s total unpredictability.” — AFP kidnapping after the woman who police said was “chained Aug 2001. — Agencies MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 ANALYSIS

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By Nelson Renteria

ivisive, chaotic and with implications for almost every aspect of national life, Brexit has Dbeen a godsend for political satirists - giving them a wealth of material - and audiences desperate for a laugh. “There’s a voracious appetite in the UK for anything to do with Brexit, and there’s a huge appetite for satire,” said Neil Rafferty, editor in chief of the popular satirical website The Daily Mash. He told AFP: “It’s a massive subject. There’s also a mas- sive number of colourful characters involved. There are some very extreme views, which are great for satirists.” Britons have a long tradition of turning to humor in troubled times, and the June referendum vote to leave the European Union has inspired comedians across the country - even if most of them opposed US Senate battle tightens in last days the decision. “When it comes to writing jokes, this referendum outcome is a better one,” comedian Al Murray, who adopts the persona of a xenophobic s the US presidential race enters its frantic final 72 “I think having a Democratic Senate is absolutely crit- viable battles in Florida and Indiana. Even red-leaning pub owner, told The Guardian newspaper. Satirical hours, a battle for Congress is also coming down ical,” Clinton said Saturday on American Urban Radio Missouri is in play. Republican Senator Roy Blunt risks magazine Private Eye is enjoying record sales of Ato the wire, with the fate of the Senate teetering Networks, explaining why she is pushing hard for candi- losing to Jason Kander, a charismatic Democratic mili- 230,000 copies every fortnight, while Twitter and on a knife’s edge. Who runs the two chambers - and the dates in states like Florida, North Carolina and tary veteran whose campaign video of himself assem- the Internet are alive with Brexit-related gags. legislation introduced there - is crucial, as bills can easily Pennsylvania. The million-dollar question is: how much bling an AR-15 rifle while blindfolded has gone viral. “Well, I f***ed that up, didn’t I?” read the headline get stuck, particularly if the leadership does not belong could an allegiance to Donald Trump impact the With Republicans scrambling to preserve the Senate, of one Daily Mash story about David Cameron, who to the same party as the president. Both the Senate and Republican Party’s chances at the ballot box? a conservative group is pouring $25 million into a half- resigned as prime minister after his campaign to the House of Representatives are currently under dozen races. “We know that it will be a tough challenge keep Britain in the EU. Another poked fun at the Republican control. Last week, it was looking likely that Trump a ‘Double-Edged Sword’ to keep the Senate in this environment, but if insistence that Britain will be better off outside the Democrats would ride Hillary Clinton’s coattails on Nov “In isolated cases, it may allow some Republicans in Democrats want the majority, they are going to have a European single market, with the headline: “Australia 8 and reclaim the Senate. close races to win re-election by distancing from hell of a fight on their hands,” Ian Prior of the Senate ideal trading partner, say Britons happy to wait three But then FBI Director James Comey entered the fray, Trump,” George Washington University professor of Leadership Fund said last week. Clinton welcomes that months for stuff.” and all bets are off. Comey told congressional leaders applied politics Gary Nordlinger told AFP. “But it’s a real fight, and has sought to drape Trump around Comedy can also help Britons deal with some of on Oct 28 that the bureau, having discovered a fresh double-edged sword. Trump is wildly popular among Republicans’ necks like an albatross. the darker issues thrown up by Brexit, including batch of emails that might be pertinent to an earlier his base, so you risk alienating that base when you try reports of an increase in hate crime after a referen- probe of Clinton’s private email server, was taking to distance yourself.” Republicans were struggling last Firewall dum campaign dominated by immigration. “Brexit another look into the case. Suddenly, national polls week, but the FBI bombshell has lifted spirits. The House is the Republican firewall. Speaker Paul raised a lot of tensions, some of them racial, a lot of tightened, and congressional Republicans in tough re- On Saturday, the FiveThirtyEight website, featuring Ryan has had a tempestuous relationship with Trump, them political,” said Steve Bennett, editor of comedy election battles gleefully pounced on the news to respected election forecaster Nate Silver, dropped its and after the nominee’s lewd comments about women industry website Chortle. “I think comedy is an remind voters of the importance of securing a check chances of Democrats winning the Senate from 72.8 emerged last month, Ryan said he could no longer important tool in smoothing over that.” against a possible Clinton presidency. percent to 53 percent. Cook Political Report had pro- defend or campaign with the candidate. Instead he is Republicans enjoy a strong 59-seat majority in the jected Democrats would pick up five to seven seats. But focusing on maintaining his House majority. Still, most ‘Better Than Crying’ 435-member House of Representatives, and most ana- it shifted its rating for the Wisconsin race from leaning of the vulnerable House seats are held by Republicans, One Friday night in the Comedy Cafe in east lysts say it would take a so-called ‘wave election’ - when Democrat to a toss-up. Of the Senate’s 34 seats contest- and Democrats are confident they can cut deeply into London, a stand-up comedian asked the crowd if one party makes major gains in Congress - for ed in 2016, 24 are held by Republicans, making it a the GOP’s majority, perhaps regaining as many as 10 or anyone likes gaffe-prone foreign secretary Boris 15 seats. Johnson, a leading Brexit campaigner. When one Democrats to flip the 30 seats needed to retake control. tough year for the GOP. Of the nine closest Senate races, hapless audience member tentatively raised his “House generic polling averages don’t indicate a wave only one, in Nevada, is held by a Democrat. A confident Clinton camp is making forays into hand, he was treated to a barrage of jokes at his - is coming in the lower chamber,” wrote a team of ana- Illinois is likely to flip to the Democrats. Another vul- House races, seeking to pick off seats where Republican and Johnson’s - expense. Most comedians were lysts from the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. nerable Republican is in New Hampshire - although incumbents are in jeopardy. One pro-Clinton group among the 48 percent of voters who opposed Brexit Attention falls therefore on the 100-member Senate, Senator Kelly Ayotte surged into the lead against the released an ad in Iowa tying freshman congressman in the referendum, but the jokes are also flowing where Democrats would need to gain four seats for a state’s Democratic Governor Maggie Hassan just before Rod Blum to Trump. It shows footage of Blum at a cam- from the other side of the political divide. majority in the event Clinton wins the White House, as the FBI news landed. North Carolina and Pennsylvania paign rally saying, “Send me back to Congress, and you “Straight after the vote happened, a lot of my ties in the Senate are broken by the vice president. could tip to Democratic blue, with tougher but still send Donald Trump to the White House.” — AFP friends were saying ‘well, thank you very much, leavers, now we are going to have a future with no money or human rights’,” said stand-up Geoff Clinton could end very long wait for women Norcott, who backed Brexit. “And I was thinking - no, we are leaving the EU, not joining North Korea. Let’s just turn down the rhetoric a little bit. But it’s that stelle Liebow Schultz, who is 98, was born before her Clinton has sometimes presented herself as a mother or a hysteria that makes it funny.” He told AFP: “We’ll fellow countrywomen had the right to vote. Now she grandmother, but the 69-year-old has used the “woman laugh until we are really poor. And then we’ll laugh has proudly cast a ballot for the candidate she hopes card” sparingly, intent on being judged first for her com- for different reasons. Because laughing is better E will make history as the first American woman elected petence and experience. than crying.” president. Hillary Clinton hopes to become that woman tomorrow, breaking the ultimate glass ceiling after ‘Lock Her Up’ ‘Argulfoop means Argulfoop’ having become, at the Democratic nominating con- At the same time, her Republican opponent Donald Prime Minister Theresa May has repeatedly refused to outline her negotiating strategy ahead of vention in July, the first female candidate for a Trump has not hesitated to draw on stereotypes of talks with the EU early next year, saying only that major party. women, describing the former first lady, New York “Brexit means Brexit”. The phrase has been widely Schultz was born in June 1918, two years senator and secretary of state as weak and lacking mocked for being meaningless, while clips of several before American women gained the vote with stamina. Whether out of misogyny, partisan hatred politicians inadvertently saying “breakfast” instead of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. “To see or some combination of the two, supporters of the “Brexit” have brought a surreal aspect to posturings such an accomplishment in my lifetime is Republican regularly break into chants of “lock her on Britain’s future. For some comics such as singer- momentous,” said the retired teacher, who lives in up” whenever Trump describes her as corrupt. songwriter Mitch Benn, however, the jokes cannot the Washington suburb of Rockville, Maryland. “Hillary Clinton is consistently treated differently disguise their anger at the situation. Having cast an early vote - as several states permit - than just about any other candidate I see out there,” He has lived in France and Spain, and has a song she hopes to see the inauguration in January of the President Barack Obama said recently during a rally offering an affectionate look at the stereotypes of first woman president, following the succession of 44 in Columbus, Ohio. Europeans, from the napping Spaniards to the “bor- men that began with George Washington in 1789. Addressing himself to men in the audience, he ing” Germans. “Saying ‘Brexit means Brexit’ is a It has been a long road, starting with the presi- asked them to “kind of look inside yourself and ask meaningless statement because it’s like saying, dential campaign in 1872 of Victoria Woodhull - who yourself if you’re having problems” with Clinton’s can- ‘Argulfoop means Argulfoop’,” Benn told AFP. “It’ a at 34 was technically a year too young to become didacy because she is a woman. “How much of it is word you’ve just made up and you’ve said that it president - as candidate of the Equal Rights Party. that we’re just not used to it?” he asked. “I’m proud to means what it says it does. We’ve no idea where History books list the vote totals won by her male be a woman running for president,” Clinton recently we’re at or what we’re doing.” — AFP rivals, but not hers. Britain, Germany, Croatia, told a New York radio host. “I’d be just incredibly Norway, Chile and South Korea have women lead- humbled and honored to be the first woman presi- ers; Israel, Brazil, Argentina and Pakistan have been dent...But I have a lot of work I want to do. And I hope led by women. “We are very late compared to many that people will say, ‘Hey, she’s getting it done.’” other countries around the world,” said Jeanne Zaino, a The idea of electing the nation’s first woman presi- All articles appearing on these political scientist at Iona College in New York. dent has generated less excitement than the election pages are the personal opinion of Only two women have made it onto major party presi- eight years ago of Obama as the first African American dential tickets: Republican Sarah Palin, who was John president. Roughly half of Americans in a recent survey the writers. Kuwait Times takes no McCain’s running mate in 2008, and Geraldine Ferraro, said they would have preferred that history be made by responsibility for views expressed who joined Walter Mondale on the Democratic ticket in someone other than Clinton, whose popularity ratings are therein. Kuwait Times invites 1984. Both lost. Some women failed to survive the bru- low. But if she is elected, “there will be many tearful faces,” tal primary election process, chewed up by the big par- Shapiro predicted. readers to voice their opinions. ties’ political machines. Others became historical foot- “Before I die, by God, I want to have a woman presi- Please send submissions via email notes in the quixotic campaigns of splinter parties. “When dent. Yes, it’s very important,” 64-year-old lawyer Moira you don’t support women in a structural way, you have Hahn told AFP. It would be “wonderful,” said Nancy to: [email protected] or fewer women who can rise to the top, in politics and other Murphy, 58, a retired teacher, while worrying aloud: “I via snail mail to PO Box 1301 arenas,” Zaino said. don’t know how a lot of the nation will feel about that.” Safat, Kuwait. The editor reserves Parliamentary or multiparty systems are more favor- If elected, Clinton hopes to celebrate in New York’s able to women, pushing parties to establish diverse lists of Jacob K Javits Convention Center - a glass-enclosed build- the right to edit any submission candidates, which helps women climb within a party to ing on the banks of the Hudson River. It would be a sly as necessary. top leadership positions, said Robert Shapiro, a political wink to the “glass ceiling” she would be breaking on that scientist with Columbia University in New York. Candidate momentous day. — AFP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 SPORTS

Alli sidelined British swimmer delays Sakho determined to by knee injury Atlantic crossing departure prove Liverpool worth DAKAR: A British amateur who intends to swim across the PARIS: LONDON: France international defender Mamadou Sakho vowed yesterday to Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli will be out for “a few weeks” Atlantic has delayed his departure due to technical prob- carve out a future despite Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp not using him this after twisting his knee in training, manager Mauricio Pochettino revealed yes- lems with the boat that will accompany him, he said yester- season. “I’m still determined, I’m working hard,” the former Paris Saint terday. The injury ruled the 20-year-old out of Tottenham’s 1-1 draw at Arsenal day. Ben Hooper, 38, was supposed to leave Africa’s western German star told French broadcaster TF1’s Telefoot. The 26-year-old has yet in the Premier League yesterday. He will also be absent when interim England coast from Dakar, Senegal last Tuesday but is stuck due to a to feature for the Premier League title contenders this season and was manager Gareth Southgate names his squad yesterday for the forthcoming problem with the support vessel. “The electrician is still speaking after playing in a reserve match. Sakho was sus- World Cup qualifier against Scotland and friendly with Spain. “Bad luck yester- working on big blue so we will now be leaving Monday,” pended last April after a positive doping test before being day in the training session, he twisted his knee. We need to assess him today cleared of wrongdoing in July, too late to have a chance and tomorrow,” Pochettino said, in comments published on Hooper wrote in a Facebook post, referring to the vessel. Hooper is wrapping up three years of preparation for the of appearing at Euro-2016. An Achilles tendon strain Tottenham’s Twitter account before the game. “He’ll be out for a then prevented him from regaining match fitness in few weeks. We hope it’s not a big issue. It’s bad luck. He was in immense journey that will see him swim up to 10 hours a day for nearly five months with the aim of reaching Brazil. He the summer and he swiftly fell down the pecking the team, he’s an important player, but that’s football.” Speaking order. Media reports suggested a fallout with the after the game, Pochettino said Alli’s injury was “minor”. Signed will rack up 1,635 nautical miles, equal to nearly 1,900 land miles (3,000 kilometres) over the course of the journey, club hierarchy and also that Sakho had turned down from Milton Keynes Dons in 2015, Alli was voted the Professional loans to Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion and while taking in up to 12,000 calories a day. Hooper’s journey Footballers’ Association Young Player of the Year last season after Turkey’s Besiktas. France coach Didier Deschamps told will be observed by a Guinness World Records representa- Spurs finished third in the league. Southgate was also left Telefoot that the player’s “situation appears very com- sweating on the fitness of first-choice right-back Kyle tive who will join a crew of 10 supporting the swimmer. His plicated. “I don’t think he is very happy-a solu- Walker, who hobbled off after taking a knock in the crossing will be filmed and can be tracked on his “Swim the tion could be to find another club in the winter second half. —AFP Big Blue” website. — AFP break.” — AFP

Mohammad Burbayea winner of the first edition of Red Bull Bar Bahr. Red Bull Bar Bahr Quad bike race. A jet ski for the winning team in Red Bull Bar Bahr

KUWAIT: The countdown for Red Bull Bar Bahr relay race has started and the most thrilling race is inching closer. The logistical arrangements are set to kick off early next week to lay out the land and water tracks in preparation for the adrenaline-charged Quad Bike and Jet Ski relay race on Friday November 11th on Marina beach. On the event day, 24 teams of Jet Ski and Quad bike racers will compete in a race full of thrill and challenge and the top 3 teams will be award- ed medals, the winning team, however, will receive a Kawasaki 300 LX Jet Ski in addition to the trophies. The qualifying rounds will be held on November 10th, out of which the participat- ing teams will be shortlisted and only 24 teams will compete for the title. The event is organized by Basel Salem Al-Sabah Motorsport Club and under the sponsorship of Nissan Al-Babtain, Public Authority For Youth and Sports, Kawasaki, Pirelli, GoPro, Acqua Eva, Marina Mall, Al Anbaa Newspaper, Red Bull Bar Bahr Relay Race. Red Bull Bar Bahr Water Race. Kuwait Times Newspaper, and Studentalk Magazine. ticipate in the final round that will begin with race: a maximum length of 2 meters, a maxi- mum height of 1.5 meters. Like Quad bikes, competitions like Red Bull Bar Bahr. The Jet Ski Quad bikes lined up on the beach and the mum width of 1.5 meters, and a maximum Jet Ski racers can choose their engine at their is fitted with a strong engine and comes with TIMING INSTEAD OF POINTS drivers will have to run towards their Quad height of 1.5 meters. The choice is up to the convenience, keeping in mind that the engine important features such as balance, efficiency, In the wake of the first round in which 24 Bikes and begin their race to reach their team- participants in terms of the engine as long as runs on ordinary fuels. light weight and speed. teams will compete, the top fastest 12 teams mates on Jet Skis and hand them the key, and it runs on ordinary fuels (electric motors are To participate Red Bull Bar Bahr, each Quad will be chosen to compete during the semi- thus finish the race on the water track. forbidden), add to that that safety belts must A JET SKI FOR THE WINNER bike competitor should be owner of his bike, finals. Hence, the race will not be based on a be in a good condition. The above-mentioned Jet Ski specifica- whereas participants of the Jet Ski race point scoring system, rather a method that QUAD BIKES AND JET SKIS REQUIREMENTS Similarly, racing Jet Skis must be especially tions are available in the model that will be should have a license from the Marine Sports calculates the time spent by teams to finish Aside of the qualifications and talent of the designed for races with one or two seats awarded to the winning team. Those who Club of Kuwait. the race, which means that the total minutes racers, vehicles must be subject to certain (freestyle Jet Skis are forbidden). They should have a passion for water sports consider this If you wish to be part of the action during of race spent by each team will be compared specifications. Quad bikes should have specif- have a maximum length of four meters, a model as the best option as it allows them to Red Bull Bar Bahr, visit www.redbull.com/bar- with other teams’ timings. Six teams will par- ic characteristics in order to be eligible for the maximum width of 1.5 meters, and a maxi- enjoy marine adventures and participate in bahr

Arrogate bests ‘Chrome’ in Classic to emerge as new star

ARCADIA: Arrogate surged past California again. He’s incredible.” Chrome in the closing yards Saturday to California Chrome took second, a whop- win the $6 million Classic and stamp him- ping 10 3/4 lengths ahead of third-placed self US flat racing’s new superstar. Keen Ice. “It was great,” Espinoza said of The late-blooming gray three-year-old Chrome’s gallant effort. “He’s an awesome was running against older horses for the horse. I was all by myself in the front and first time in the marquee event of the 13- thought I could save something for the race, $28 million Breeders’ Cup program. very end. Thinking back, I should have just He gave trainer Bob Baffert a third let him run early, but he ran great.” straight victory in the Classic and a 14th Earlier Saturday, Baffert won the Breeders’ Cup win. Breeders’ Cup Sprint with Drefong-ridden Mike Smith nabbed his 25th Breeders’ by Martin Garcia after Smith opted off the Cup win-stretching his lead among all jock- horse in favor of the more experienced eys. But it took everything Arrogate had to Masochistic, who finished second. get past the experienced California Smith also came up on the losing end of Chrome, who won hearts with Kentucky a Distaff thriller on Friday-when six-year-old KDSC concludes disabled athletics classification Derby and Preakness victories in 2014 Beholder silenced brilliant three-year-old before he fell short of a Triple Crown with a filly Songbird with a win at the wire. By Abdellatif Sharaa Sheikha Sheikha and Al-Hajiri distributed classifications at the world level. fourth place in the Belmont Stakes. The “It’s always going to hurt,” Smith said. mementos to international lecturers Dr Haleem Meanwhile technical departments learned flashy chestnut has been resurgent in his You hate to get beat, especially the matter KUWAIT: The disabled athletics games classifica- Al-Jabal from Tunis, and Dr Mohammed Khaladi how to classify in theory and practically, which five-year-old season, winning all six of his of maybe an inch (but) this was incredible tion was held at Kuwait Disabled Sports Club in from Algeria, meanwhile all participants were will create a new generation of trainers who are starts prior to the Classic. today. This horse ran a race today that you cooperation with Abdallah Al Salem center to handed certificates of participation. highly qualified, which something we seek as With Victor Espinoza in the irons, he was just don’t see things like this from a three- prepare leaders from 29/10 until 4/11 was con- KDSC Chairman Shafi Al-Hajiri lauded the the board of directors. Al-Hajiri thanked the in prime position at the top of the stretch year-old that has only run five times.” cluded in the presence of honorary President Al- results of the classification course which resulted International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for and appeared to have repulsed Arrogate’s There was plenty of glory for Smith over Sheikha Sheikha Al-Abdallah Al-Sabah, and the in having all participants learn and benefit from their cooperation and such courses which has charge until the final strides. the two days of Breeders’ Cup action-start- club’s Chairman of the Board Shafi Al-Hajiri. the lecturers and getting to know the latest in good returns to the Kuwait disabled sports. “Deep down, I wasn’t really sure if we ing with his win in the Dirt Mile on could beat California Chrome because I still Tamarkuz on Friday and including a win have total respect for the horse,” Baffert aboard Finest City in the Filly & Mare Sprint. said. “Down the backside it looked like California Chrome was getting everything HIGHLAND REEL DOMINATES going. I thought maybe (Arrogate’s) not It was a tough two days for European running. “Turning for home, I thought well, raiders but their two victories included an I’m going to run second-but the eighth impressive triumph for Highland Reel in the pole, all of a sudden he started getting into $4 million Turf.Leaping out of the gate with that gear ....”With California Chrome’s racing Seamus Heffernan aboard, the Aidan career now winding down, Arrogate O’Brien-trained horse swept to a wire-to- showed his stunning 13 1/4-length victory wire victory in the 1 1/2-mile race. in the Travers in August was no fluke. “That Flintshire was second while O’Brien’s was incredible,” Smith said. “I’m at a loss for Found-who led stablemate Highland Reel words. He’s such a young horse. He’s so tal- across the line in the Prix de l’Arc de ented. He has got amazing stamina. He Triomphe-was third in her Turf title doesn’t quit. He could have gone around defense.—AFP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 SPORTS

Shanshan Feng wins Japan Classic for second straight victory

IBARAKI: Shanshan Feng needed every thought easy two-putt, but the first putt, the Japanese courses that I’ve played very well and then I didn’t give myself “Today was just not a good day,” bit of the three-stroke lead she took to I just hit it way too hard,” Feng said. “The and I’ve played well in Japan.” many birdie chances,” Feng said. “Putting Jutanugarn said. “I missed some tee final hole yesterday at chilly Taiheiyo second putt, I missed and left myself a 3- She broke through at Taiheiyo after was OK and then after the eighth hole I shots and my putting was so bad.” Club to finish off her second straight footer and said, ‘It’s time to make this losing a playoff to Momoko Ueda in the said to the others in my group, ‘We are The top-ranked Lydia Ko, 14 points LPGA Tour victory. putt.’ I didn’t want to lose by making a 2011 event at Kintetsu Kashikojima, the the last group, so we need to start mak- behind Jutanugarn in the player of the The 27-year-old Chinese star closed triple bogey on the last.” tournament venue from 2006 to last ing birdies.’ Then, the ninth hole I had a year race, had a 69 to tie for 43rd at 2 with a double-bogey 6 to beat Ha Na The putt - really only about half the year. Playing two groups ahead of Feng, very good chance and made it and then under. Ko and Jutanugarn are skipping Jang by a stroke in the TOTO Japan length that Feng recounted - fell for her Jang birdied 16 and 17 in her third 68. 10th and 11th were great birdies.” the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico Classic, the last of six straight events in sixth LPGA Tour victory. Projected to The South Korean player has three victo- She earned $225,000, giving her and will close the season in two weeks in Asia. Feng closed with a 2-under 70 for a jump from eighth to sixth in the world ries this year, beating Feng by a stroke in $1,062,204 in her last six tour starts. Florida at the CME Group Tour 13-under 203 total, the double bogey ranking, Feng has finished no worse Taiwan. She’s sixth on the money list with Championship. her only dropped shots since the fourth than a tie for fourth in her last seven “Every day, I had strong front nine, $1,416,301 after making $354,097 in her Japan’s Kotone Hori (68) tied for third hole Friday. events. She started the run with the but was a little tired on the back nine,” first 15 events. Feng shot a tournament- at 10 under with defending champion She knew she had a three-stroke lead Olympic bronze medal in Rio, tied for Jang said. “Just tried to be patient every best 64 on Saturday to take one-stroke Sun-Ju Ahn (70), So Yeon Ryu (68) and after birdieing the par-5 17th, not that fourth at Evian in France, opened the hole. My target was 12-under par this lead over second-ranked Ariya Soo-Yun Kang (71). Suzann Pettersen she wanted to know. “I have a habit Asia trip at home in China with a fourth- week and I hit my target perfect.” Jutanugarn into the final round. had a 72 in the final group to finish at 9 where I don’t look at leaderboards when place tie, was second behind Jang in A stroke ahead after parring the first Jutanugarn missed a chance to wrap under. I play, but I accidentally saw the board Taiwan and tied for third in South Korea. eight holes, Feng birdied the next three up the LPGA Tour player of the year Lexi Thompson shot a 68 to tie for when I was on the 17th green,” said “Coming into this week I had a lot of to open a four-shot lead. She made putts award with a victory, shooting a 74 to 14th at 7 under. U.S. Solheim Cup team- Feng, the winner last week in steamy confidence and I’m feeling really com- from 8 feet on the par-5 ninth, 25 feet on drop into a tie for 10th at 8 under. The mate Stacy Lewis tied for 31st at 4 under Malaysia. She drove to the left and need- fortable,” Feng said. “I knew that I would the par-4 10th and 6 feet on the par-4 Thai star leads the tour with five victories after a 72. The 2012 champion is winless ed two more shots to reach the green. “I have a chance because I’ve always liked 11th. “I wasn’t actually striking the ball and also tops the money list. in 62 starts since June 2014. —AP

Pampling in hunt at Las Vegas, Glover grabs lead LOS ANGELES: Lucas Glover, the 2009 US fifth and eighth but between them sand- Open champion who hasn’t won a title in wiched birdies at six and seven, the first five years, fired Saturday a second consecu- from 25 feet. He began the back nine with a tive six-under par 65 to seize a one-stroke bogey but birdied the par-5 13th and lead entering the final round of the US PGA parred in from there. Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Koepka made bogeys on three of the The 36-year-old American, who has not first six holes, birdied the seventh from 11 won since taking the 2011 Quail Hollow feet and then birdied four of seven to open crown, led on 15-under 198 after 54 holes the back nine. But he found water off the with Australia’s Rod Pampling and tee on the way to a double bogey at the American Brooks Koepka sharing second par-3 17th and not even a closing birdie on 199. could put him on top. Glover sank a 17-foot birdie putt on the Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy, the 2006 US opening hole, took his lone bogey at the Open champion, and American Russell third after finding a fairway bunker, then Henley shared fourth on 200. sank a 43-foot birdie putt at the par-3 Ogilvy fired a 66, running off four birdies eighth that sparked the rest of his round. in a row starting at the 14th hole, the most “I made a nice one. It was great to see spectacular of them from 25 feet at the par- that go in,” Glover said. “I made that long 5 16th. one and everything started to flow. I got “You’ve got quite a few birdies at the the speed right on that long one. I got a lit- end and I was able to make a few,” Ogilvy tle more aggressive and kept that going.” said. “I haven’t made everything but I have Glover followed by making an eight-foot had a lot of putts. I’m feeling pretty good eagle putt at the par-5 ninth, adding birdie about it. Driving it well and if you’re driving putts from seven feet at 11 and six feet at it well you have got a good chance around 15 and finally making a tap-in birdie at the here.” Henley fired a bogey-free 63, includ- par-5 16th. ing a 21-foot birdie putt at the par-4 fourth. Pampling, whose only US PGA triumphs “It was fun,” Henley said. “I hung in there came at the 2004 International and in 2006 and made some pars when I got myself a at Bay Hill, fired a par 71. The 47-year-old little out of position and I made some LAS VEGAS: Jessie Vargas (L) and Manny Pacquiao battle in the third round of their WBO welterweight championship fight at the Thomas & from Brisbane made bogeys at the par-3 birdie putts.” —AFP Mack Center on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao won by unanimous decision. — AFP Vendee Globe sailors Pacquiao reclaims WBO embark on adventure title for third time LES SABLES-D’OLONNE: Thousands of Class II winner of the 1982-83 BOC bystanders yesterday gave 29 skippers a Challenge, the Vendee Globe precursor. raucous send off as the Vendee Globe solo A signal gave the skippers notice it was LAS VEGAS: Filipino southpaw Manny Pacquiao The two fighters traded heavy blows in the some of the damage from Pacquiao’s potent race around the world began off the French time to bid a fond adieu to their crew reclaimed the World Boxing Organization welter- eighth round as Vargas’ face started to show right hand. — AFP Atlantic coast. The three-month race will before embarking on their three-month weight title for the third time with a unanimous see the skippers joust with the elements in adventure before Prince Albert sounded decision victory over former champion Jesse their 18.5 metre (60 foot) vessels after leav- the official start horn. Vargas in his comeback fight on Saturday. Zou beats Kwanpichit ing the western French port of Les Sables Francois Gabart holds the course record The 37-year-old Pacquiao systematically dis- d’Olonne. Competitors from 10 countries after finishing in 78 days, two hours and 16 mantled the former welterweight champion are competing in the eighth ‘Everest of the minutes three years ago. Ten of this year’s despite Vargas’ size and reach advantage. for first world pro title Seas’ covering 21,638 nautical miles (40,073 skippers are non-French and they will be He used a short right-handed counterpunch km) through the toughest seas and around hoping to prise the crown from the grasp to floor Vargas in the second round en route to a LAS VEGAS: Two-time Olympic gold medalist by knockout but he was unable to close in on the three great Capes-Good Hope, Leeuwin of ‘home’ sailors for the first time. one-sided win in front of a crowd of 16,132 at Zou Shiming claimed the vacant World Boxing Zou, who used his superior defensive skills to and the Horn. Any participant who puts the Thomas & Mack Center. “I feel happy,” Organization flyweight title with a unanimous stay out of trouble. into port or receives assistance along the REDUCE TOIL WITH FOIL ? Pacquiao said. “I’m trying every round to knock decision victory over Kwanpichit Zou gave the Thai plenty of punishment, way will be disqualified. On the technical side, the sailing frater- him down but also not be careless.” Onesongchaigym in a rematch on Saturday. especially in the first half of the fight, when he Around 14,000 people were on hand on nity will be keen to see the effect this year Pacquiao, 59-6 with two drawn and 38 knock- The 35-year-old from China easily outpointed used a steady jab and combination punches to the water and some 300,000 more of “Dali moustache” lifting foils which seven outs, showed he still has a lot left in the tank but Kwanpichit, winning on all three judges score- keep the more aggressive Kwanpichit at bay. Zou thronged the shore to see Prince Albert of of the partiipants are debuting this year. he failed to get the knockout victory that has cards to capture his first world title. Two judges landed a total of 347 punches to just 107 for Monaco sound the starting signal. The appendage device helps lift the eluded him for the past seven years. had it 120-107 while the other scored it 119-108. Kwanpichit. Emotions got the better of some com- boats above the water in a dragster effect, All three judges scored the bout for Pacquiao, “Now my dream is complete,” said Zou. “I am a petitors as relatives and friends waved the idea being to increase dynamic power two of them by 118-109 and the other by 114- pro champ, Olympic champ and world champi- DONAIRE, OSAWA DEFEATED them off. “It’s a tough moment. Your stom- and also lighten the vessel. However, some 113. Pacquiao won the WBO title for the first on.” The Zou-Kwanpichit fight opened an impres- Magdaleno beat the multi-division world ach is in knots and the tears flow,” acknowl- observers have questioned the device’s time in 2010 when he beat Miguel Cotto. He lost sive three-title undercard for Manny Pacquiao’s champion Donaire in an entertaining fight that edged Yann Elies, sailing Queguiner- effectiveness over such a long distance. it two years later to Timothy Bradley, then got it comeback fight against Jessie Vargas at the saw one judge score it 118-110 for Magdaleno Leucemie Espoir. The foils could come into their own not back by winning the rematch with Bradley in Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. In one of while the other two had the American winning “It’s a moment I’ll not forget,” added a least during the opening days of the race as 2014. He then lost it last year to the now-retired those title bouts, Jessie Magdaleno seized the 116-112. “I can’t believe I won the title and I won tearful Morgan Lagraviere, sailing Safran. “I skippers handle north-northwesterly winds Floyd Mayweather, who had a front row seat for WBO junior featherweight title with a unani- it against a fighter like Donaire,” said Magdaleno. look at all the people around me and ... gusting at 15-20 knots (28 to 38 kph/17 to Saturday’s bout. “Yes I invited him to come mous decision over former champion Nonito “I don’t have the words to describe it.” well, it’s hard to leave.” The race, which has 23 mph). Race director Jacques Caraes says tonight,” Pacquiao said of Mayweather. Donaire of the Philippines. Zou, who won gold in Undefeated Magdaleno grew up in Las Vegas been held every four years since 1989, has the conditions are pretty much ideal for the Asked if he wanted a rematch with 2008 at Beijing and 2012 in London, started but was fighting with Mexico printed on his red to date claimed three lives while barely half start as the vessels set a course towards Mayweather, Pacquiao said, “We will see.” quickly by winning the opening round and then and black trunks and was serenaded by chants of competing vessels — 71 out of 138 — Finisterre point off northwest Spain. Pacquiao said he was retiring following his April knocking down the Thai in the second. of “Mexico, Mexico” several times during the have completed the gruelling course. Welshman Alex Thomson, taking part in 9 two-knockdown victory over Bradley in their With a big size and reach advantage, Zou sent fight. Coming into the fight, Magdaleno was the his fourth Vendee Globe, indicated that “if third fight. Pacquiao looked impressive in stop- Kwanpichit to the canvas with a perfectly timed number one contender, having won eight of his CAPTAIN HADDOCK the forecasts are correct it will be tough for ping Bradley, showing that he has recovered right hook to the side of the head with about a last 10 fights by knockout. Donaire suffered just La Fabrique’s Alan Roura, at 23 the the boats without foils to be in the front from a shoulder injury which hampered him in minute to go in the round. the fourth loss of his career despite doing well at youngest competitor, bade farewell group.” He and his rivals then headed out his mega fight against Mayweather in May 2015. Zou improved to 9-1 with two knockouts, the end of rounds late in the fight. In the 10th, dressed for the occasion as Captain into the ocean and the Equator, which they Pacquiao took seven months off to concen- with his only loss coming in his first title attempt the Filipino wobbled Magdaleno with hard right Haddock of Tintin fame in a blue sailor’s are slated to reach in eight-and-a-half days. trate on his job as a newly elected politician in when he lost to Amnat Ruenroeng in Macau last punches at the beginning and end of the round. jacket, white slacks, stripy scarf and cap. Also yesterday, French navigator the Philippine Senate. After serving his first stint year. Zou posted his second straight win over The two traded heavy blows in the 12th with the Asia has its first ever contestant this year Thomas Coville set off from the port of as a rookie senator, he says the fire was rekin- Kwanpichit, pummeling the Thai to defeat with a crowd on its feet for the final round. “We defi- in the shape of Japan’s Kojiro Shiraishi, who Brest in a bid to break the solo non-stop dled and the stage set for a return to boxing. On similar unanimous decision victory in Macau two nitely won the fight. Losing never crossed my set off wearing the garb of a Samurai war- round the world record in his 31-metre Saturday, both fighters felt each other out as years ago. Kwanpichit was riding a two-year, 12- mind,” said Donaire. “I never thought I could lose rior replete with sabre. maxi-trimaran Sodebo Ultim’. The 47-year- very few punches were thrown in the first round. bout winning streak since his sole loss to Zou. this. I had a great second half and I thought I The Tokyoite only bought a boat in April old has already failed on four occasions to Pacquiao was quicker to size up his opponent as All of his victories during the streak had come controled the fight.”— AFP and sailed out aboard ‘Spirit of Yukoh’ in beat Francis Joyon’s 2008 record of 57 days the Filipino learned early on that he could count- honour of his mentor, Yukoh Tadda, the 13 hours and 34 minutes. — AFP er Vargas’ left jab with a right to the jaw.

STUMBLING BACKWARDS That’s what happened in the second round when Pacquiao connected on a right counter- punch that sent Vargas stumbling backwards and onto the canvas. Pacquiao said he had to respect Vargas’ punching power. “I’m very careful to go inside because I knew he would counter me. I felt I could do more but every round I tried to knock him out,” Pacquiao said. Vargas started coming on in the middle rounds. His confidence grew after a strong sixth round which turned out to be one of the few times he was able to trade punches with Pacquiao. He had a big smile on his face while walking back to his corner after the bell to end the eighth. “Fighting Manny Pacquiao is like playing a very fast game of chess,” Vargas said. “You have to be alert at all times. He was very fast but I was able to get in a few counters.” Las Vegas boxing fans showed their love for LAS VEGAS: Zou Shiming (R) throws a right at Prasitsak Phaprom in the eighth round of LES SABLES D’OLONNE: French skipper Paul Meilhat sails on his Class Imoca mono- Pacquiao. Even with a hometown boxer in the ring, the crowd was chanting his name and their WBO flyweight championship fight at the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday in Las hull “SMA” at the start of the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race, yes- Vegas, Nevada. Shiming won by unanimous decision. — AFP terday off les Sables d’Olonne, western France. — AFP cheering for Pacquiao to get the knockout. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 SPORTS Bangladesh player acquitted in maid torture case

DHAKA: A Bangladesh court yesterday roadside with her eyes bruised and the girl lodged complainst against the investigation into the alleged crim- picked by any BPL side for the current acquitted cricketer Shahadat Hossain swollen. “The couple have been them. inal offence, which drew huge media season. Before his ban Hossain played and his wife on charges of torturing an released as the prosecution failed to The cricketer spent two months in interest. In May the authorities allowed 38 Tests for Bangladesh, bagging 72 11-year-old girl whom he employed as prove them guilty,” prosecutor Ali custody after surrendering to police in Hossain to play domestic cricket due to wickets, and 51 one-day internationals a maid, a prosecutor said. Asgar from the women and children October last year, and his wife was “humanitarian considerations” until his in which he took 47. “The truth has won,” Police last year charged the 30-year- repression prevention tribunal told arrested. Hossain was later released on case was settled, clearing the way for he said after the verdict. Asked whether old fast bowler and his wife Nritto AFP. bail, as was his wife. But he remained his appearance in the lucrative he hopes to return to the national team, Shahadat with assault and torture after The couple pleaded not guilty to banned from all forms of the game by Bangladesh Premier League. he told AFP: “I still have something to the young girl was found crying by the the charges which were brought after the Bangladesh Cricket Board during But the fast bowler has not been give to my country.” —AFP

Rangers beat Bruins 5-2

BOSTON: Derek Stepan and Kevin Alex Galchenyuk and Phillip Danault Hayes each scored short-handed also scored for Montreal (10-1-1) goals and Antti Raanta made 35 while Carey Price stopped 34-of-38 saves as the surging New York shots. Chris VandeVelde, Shayne Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 Gostisbehere, Claude Giroux and on Saturday night. Pavel Buchnevich Travis Konecny scored for added a power-play goal, Stepan had Philadelphia (6-6-1), which saw its two assists, and Michael Grabner and three-game winning streak snapped. Nick Holden also scored for New Michal Neuvirth made 12 saves in York, which won its fourth straight defeat. Plekanec scored the eventual game and seventh in the last eight. winner at 10:57 while the Habs were David Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron playing down a man. Streaking scored for the Bruins, who had won down the wing, Plekanec beat their last three games. Tuukka Rask Neuvirth for his first goal of the sea- made 19 saves, but lost for the first son. time after winning his first six starts. New York took a 2-1 lead on Stepan’s OILERS 4, ISLANDERS 3, SO goal late in the first period as he Mark Letestu scored the only goal broke in alone after taking a pass in the shootout to lift the Oilers to a PERTH: Australia’s Steve Smith plays a shot on day four of the first Test cricket match between Australia and South Africa in Perth yesterday. —AFP from Grabner. Rask poked the puck victory over the Islanders. Letestu off his stick, but it caromed off both beat Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak of the winger’s skates and slid into to the glove side to snap the Oilers’ the net. Hayes scored on the end of a three-game skid (0-2-1) after start- Australia lose four wickets 3-on-1 break at 2:18 of the second to ing the season with seven wins in make it 3-1. eight games. Patrick Maroon, Leon Draisaitl, and Milan Lucic scored in chasing record 539 target PENGUINS 5, SHARKS 0 regulation for the Oilers, and Cam Sidney Crosby scored twice and Talbot made 30 saves as Edmonton Matthew Murray stopped 32 shots beat the Islanders on the road for PERTH: Emerging South African paceman Kagiso Rabada claimed three crucial wickets as SCOREBOARD for his second career shutout as the first time since December 1999. South Africa closed in on victory against Pittsburgh continued its dominance Nick Leddy, Shane Prince and Casey Australia on the fourth day of the opening Test PERTH: Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the first test between Australia and South Africa at the WACA of San Jose. Chris Kunitz, Eric Fehr Cizikas scored for New York, and in Perth yesterday. ground yesterday. and Nick Bonino also scored for the Halak finished with 20 saves. The Set an intimidating victory target of 539, the South Africa 1st Innings: 242 37-11-107-2 (1nb), Peter Siddle 26-9-62-2, Mitchell Penguins, who are 5-0-1 in their last Islanders have lost three straight, home side were wobbling on 169 for four at six and have points in 10 of 12 including the last two in shootouts. Australia, 1st Innings: 244 Marsh 26-4-77-2 (4w), Nathan Lyon 34-3-146-0, Adam stumps and facing a potential record defeat South Africa 2nd Innings(Overnight: 390-6) Voges 5-1-8-0, Steve Smith 1.1-0-3-1. games. Murray got his second win of Halak denied Jordan Eberle point- against South Africa. Stephen Cook c Shaun Marsh b Siddle 12 the season. The Penguins, who beat blank early in overtime before Talbot Usman Khawaja was on 58 and Mitchell Dean Elgar c Starc b Hazlewood 127 Australia 2nd Innings San Jose in six games in the Stanley made a similar sprawling save at the Marsh on 15, with South Africa’s unbeaten Hashim Amla b Hazlewood 1 Shaun Marsh c du Plessis b Rabada 15 Cup Final last June and won against other end. record at the ground set to be extended. An Jean-Paul Duminy c Nevill b Siddle 141 David Warner run out 35 them at home on Oct. 20, didn’t give extraordinary piece of fielding by the diminu- Faf du Plessis c Nevill b Starc 32 Usman Khawaja not out 58 the Sharks much of a chance, scoring SABRES 2, SENATORS 1 tive Temba Bavuma removed the dangerous Temba Bavuma c Khawaja b Marsh 8 Steve Smith c de Kock b Rabada 34 David Warner for 35 to end an opening stand of Quinton de Kock c Voges b Marsh 64 Adam Voges c de Kock b Rabada 1 less than 4 1/2 minutes in. San Jose Kyle Okposo and Sam Reinhart Vernon Philander b Smith 73 Mitchell Marsh not out 15 goalie Martin Jones allowed three scored in the third period in the 52. Warner dropped the ball in front of him and Keshav Mahraj not out 41 Extras (8b, 2lb, 1w) 11 goals on seven shots before being Sabres’ comeback victory over the set off for a quick single, but Bavuma pounced Extras (10b, 13lb, 17w, 1nb) 41 TOTAL: (4 wickets) 169 replaced by Aaron Dell 13 seconds Senators. Robin Lehner made 32 from cover and unleashed a powerful throw TOTAL: (8 wickets declared) 540 Overs: 55. into the second period. Dell finished saves for his first win against his for- while horizontal and still in mid-air. Overs: 160.1 Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-52, 3-144, 4-146. It rattled the stumps at the non-striker’s end Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-45, 295, 4-324, 5-346, 6-352, 7- Bowling: Kagiso Rabada 16-2-49-3 (1w), Vernon with 16 saves as the Sharks lost their mer team. Okposo tied it early in the with Warner centimetres out of his ground. 468, 8-540. Philander 12-3-36-0, Jean-Paul Duminy 8-1-18-0, Keshav third straight. period, tipping a point shot from The dismissal set the stage for Rabada (3-49) Bowling: Mitchell Starc 31-8-114-1 (1w), Josh Hazlewood Maharaj 17-6-40-0, Stephen Cook 2-0-16-0. Jake McCabe past Craig Anderson. to display his quality in the absence of champi- LIGHTNING 4, DEVILS 1 The Sabres took their first lead when on pacemen Dale Steyn due to a shoulder injury bowlers, but when the ball started to reverse behind off a thin outside edge. Victor Hedman and Nikita Reinhart took advantage of a suffered on the first day. Four balls later fellow swing Rabada returned to the attack and ended South Africa bowling coach Charl Kucherov both had a goal and an turnover at the side of the Ottawa opener Shaun Marsh (15) was caught at second a 92-run third-wicket stand with an impressive Langeveldt was thrilled with Rabada and said assist, Brayden Point scored his first goal. Anderson stopped the first slip by Faf du Plessis off the bowling of Rabada spell. Bowling with high pace in his ninth Test, the over to Voges gave him goosebumps. NHL goal and the Lightning beat the shot, but Reinhart was able to jam a as Australia suddenly slumped to 52-2. the 21-year-old showed he can become the per- “He’s done it before, today he stepped up Devils. Brian Boyle also scored for loose puck in between the skate of Things appeared to get even darker for the fect long-term replacement for Steyn when he again,” he said. “When you are bowling spells at Tampa Bay, and Ben Bishop made 37 Anderson and the post at 8:22. The hosts when new batsman Khawaja was given removed Smith (34) and Adam Voges (1) in suc- 145 kilometres an hour that is always exciting. saves. New Jersey got a goal from Senators had an opportunity to tie it out caught behind first ball against the part- cessive overs. “That (over to Voges) is why we are promot- Damon Severson. Cory Schneider with a four-minute power play after time spin of JP Duminy. A decision review saved Smith had looked solid but drove at a ball ing Test cricket, it gave me goosebumps in the stopped 31 shots. Hedman put Dmitry Kulikov got a high stick into Khawaja when it showed the ball had glanced and got an outside edge to wicketkeeper dugout.” With Steyn absent and little assistance Tampa Bay up 2-1 with 11:33 left in the face of Bobby Ryan, but were off his pad rather than the bat. Quinton de Kock. for the spinners, Langeveldt said carefully the second from the blue line. unable to produce. Mike Hoffman Steven Smith and Khawaja, who was rotating Rabada and Vernon Philander would Shortly before Hedman’s goal, scored for Ottawa, and Anderson dropped on 41 when Hashim Amla could not ‘WE CAN ALWAYS DREAM’ be the key to success on the final day. A disap- cling on to a tough chance at first slip, set about Severson hit the post and Kucherov made 30 saves. Rabada’s next over to Voges was outstand- pointed Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle rebuilding the Australian innings in search of a had his backhander go off the cross ing, with a couple of almost unplayable deliv- maintained there was still hope for the home draw. The pair settled in against the part-time eries before he had the new batsman caught side. — AFP bar then get swept off the goal line CAPITALS 4, PANTHERS 2 by Schneider’s stick. Point, in his 12th T.J. Oshie scored twice, including NHL game, made it 3-1 at 5:01 of the the game-winner during a third-peri- third when he redirected Kucherov’s od flurry, as the Capitals beat the Undefeated De Silva puts S Lanka in charge shot during a power play. Panthers for their fifth consecutive victory. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin and HARARE: An unbeaten century from BLUES 2, BLUE JACKETS 1, OT Lars Eller scored three goals on five Dhananjaya de Silva put Sri Lanka in control of SCOREBOARD Jay Bouwmeester tied it in early shots in less than five minutes as the the second and final Test against Zimbabwe after a fluctuating first day at Harare Sports Club the third period and Vladimir Capitals finally cracked Roberto HARARE: Scoreboard at close on the first day of the second Test between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka in Harare on Tarasenko scored the winner late in Luongo. Florida’s goaltender had yesterday. De Silva came to the wicket with Sri yesterday. overtime to lift the Blues over the flummoxed Washington for much of Lanka struggling on 112 for four after they had Sri Lanka first innings (Mendis), 5-255 (Tharanga). Blue Jackets. Carter Hutton stopped the game and finished with 32 saves. lost the toss and been asked to bat, but showed greater application than Sri Lanka’s top order as D. Karunaratne c Williams b Masakadza 26 Still to bat: D. Perera, R. Herath, S. Lakmal, L. Kumara. 20 shots for his second win of the Jared McCann and Reilly Smith he hit his second Test century in just his fifth K. Silva lbw b Mpofu 37 Bowling: Mumba 14-2-54-0, Tiripano 22-4-63-1, Mpofu season, helping the Blues improve to scored for Florida, which was oppor- match. The right-hander added a crucial 143 for K. Perera c Mumba b Masakadza 4 18-4-65-1, Masakadza 8-2-18-2, Cremer 18-0-57-1, 4-1-1 at home this season and giving tunistic despite being outshot 36-24. K. Mendis c Moor b Tiripano 26 Williams 5-1-8-0, Waller 5-0-23-0. the fifth wicket with Upul Tharanga before fin- U. Tharanga c Masakadza b Cremer 79 them five wins in the last six meet- McCann’s goal was his first with the Zimbabwe: Tino Mawoyo, Brian Chari, Hamilton ishing unbeaten on 100, as the tourists closed D. de Silva not out 100 ings with the Blue Jackets at Panthers after an offseason trade Masakadza, Craig Ervine, Sean Williams, Malcolm Waller, the day on 290 for five. A. Gunaratne not out 13 Scottrade Center. Josh Anderson from Vancouver. Capitals starter “I knew I needed to bat through the innings,” Extras (2lb, 2w, 1nb) 5 Peter Moor (wk), Graeme Cremer (capt), Donald scored for Columbus, who was com- Braden Holtby made 22 saves for his De Silva said afterwards. “Playing under pres- Total (5 wkts, 90 overs) 290 Tiripano, Carl Mumba, Chris Mpofu. ing off a 10-0 win against Montreal sixth win of the season. sure is my role, so it made me comfortable.” Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Karunaratne), 2-66 (Perera), 3-84 Series: Sri Lanka leads two-match series 1-0. the previous night and snapped a Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl first (Silva), 4-112 three-game winning streak. Curtis MAPLE LEAFS 6, CANUCKS 3 on a pitch boasting a tinge of green, but had a McElhinney finished with 28 saves. Tyler Bozak scored twice and had chaotic first hour with the ball. Fast bowler Carl think after the start that we had, we’ll take it.” review in Zimbabwe, with the third umpire Bouwmeester ripped a shot past an assist to lead the Maple Leafs to a Mumba limped off the field after the first over, Tharanga fell for 79 in the final session, as he determining that he had edged a delivery from McElhinney from the left dot at 2:16 victory over Vancouver, handing the and seamers Chris Mpofu and Donald Tiripano became the first player to be given out on legspinner Graeme Cremer. —AFP of the third with his first goal since Canucks their eighth straight loss. were wayward in their opening spells as Sri Feb. 22, 2016, against San Jose. Nazem Kadri, Mitch Marner, Nikita Lanka progressed to 62 without loss. Tarasenko’s wrister with 43 seconds Soshnikov and Jake Gardiner also The breakthrough came from an unlikely source, as part-timer Hamilton Masakadza made on the clock in overtime broke his scored as the Leafs won their third an early entry to the attack and Dimuth seven-game goal-scoring drought. straight. Frederik Andersen stopped Karunaratne guided an innocuous delivery 23 of 26 shots before being replaced straight to gully to depart for 26. Masakadza AVALANCHE 1, WILD 0 by Jhonas Enroth, who had three then struck in his next over when Kusal Perera’s Gabriel Landeskog scored with saves in his 5:08. Derek Dorsett, decision to attack the seamer from the start of 9:37 remaining, Calvin Pickard Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin scored his innings backfired horribly, as he holed out to stopped 32 shots for his second NHL for the Canucks, and Ryan Miller fin- long-on. Mumba was able to return to the field shutout and the Avalanche beat the ished with 36 saves. Vancouver is 0-7- soon after, but it was fellow fast bowler Mpofu Wild. Landeskog’s goal ended a 1 while getting shut out four times who struck before lunch when he trapped Colorado scoring drought that lasted since beating Buffalo on Oct. 20. Kaushal Silva lbw for 37. Although Silva asked more than 164 minutes. He found the for a review, he took too long to do so and so his net on a pass from Matt Duchene and HURRICANES 3, PREDATORS 2, SO request was denied. Hawk-Eye showed that the then hopped into the arms of Nathan Jaccob Slavin scored the only goal delivery from Mpofu would have missed leg MacKinnon in excitement. Earlier in of the shootout to lead the stump. Sri Lanka went to lunch on 105 for three, the third period, Landeskog got into Hurricanes to a victory over the and were in trouble soon after the interval when a brief scuffle with Devan Dubnyk Predators. Jeff Skinner and Ron Kusal Mendis edged Donald Tiripano behind to after agitating the Minnesota goalie Hainsey scored in regulation for depart for 26. At 112 for four, Sri Lanka were under pressure for the first time in the series but in front of the net. Pickard stepped in Carolina, which ended a two-game Tharanga and De Silva were unperturbed. The for a struggling Semyon Varlamov losing streak. Cam Ward finished with pair were content to take a patient approach as and kept the Wild offense in check. 25 saves through overtime and the pitch flattened out and Zimbabwe tightened denied all three Nashville attempts in up their bowling, seeing Sri Lanka through to tea CANADIENS 5, FLYERS 4 the shootout. James Neal and Matt on 187 for four. Tomas Plekanec scored a short- Irwin had the goals for the Predators, “We started off badly in the first session, but I handed goal in the third period to lift losers of two consecutive games think we pulled it back quite nicely as the day HARARE: Sri Lanka batsman Dhananjaya de Silva celebrates after scoring 100 runs during the the Canadiens to a win over the both in shootouts. Pekka Rinne wore on,” said Masakadza. “We would have been test cricket match against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club in Harare, yesterday. Zimbabwe is Flyers. Andrei Markov, Greg Pateryn, stopped 23 shots. —AP happier with one or two more wickets, but I playing its 100th test cricket match as it hosts Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe. — AP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 SPORTS

KUWAIT TIMES NBA POWER RANKINGS

By Ahmad Jabr

KUWAIT: In addition to its usual coverage of NBA news, Kuwait Times is introducing a new feature this year: The NBA Power Rankings. It is a weekly list ranking each team based on its performance during the week. The actual record for each team (put between brackets) does play a role in the assessment process but is not the main fac- tor for deciding each team’s ranking, thus making it different from league standings. This past week saw some top teams suffer unexpected losses, others make statement wins, some records broken and new ones set.

1- Cleveland Cavaliers (6 - 0) 16- Houston Rockets (3 - 3) Last week: 1 - The Cavs remain the only Last week: 15 - Houston’s heavy loss to unbeaten team in the League. the Hawks on Saturday sent a grim Meanwhile LeBron James passed Hall of reminder to their fans of the lack of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon for 10th on the urgency that plagued their team all-time scoring list with his 25 points in throughout last year. his team’s win over the 76ers on Saturday ...... night. All is good in the Land. 17- Indiana Pacers: (3 - 3) ...... Last week: 14 - The Pacers cannot afford 2- Los Angeles Clippers (5 - 1) losing Paul George to suspension - after Last week: 4 - The Clippers rebounded he kicked the ball to the crowd during from their two-point loss against the his team’s win against the Bulls on Thunder - their only loss this season so Saturday - as they prepare to take on the far - by beating the mighty Spurs in dom- Hornets and their strong defense inant fashion behind Blake Griffin’s 28 tonight. points...... 18- Miami Heat: (2 - 3) 3- Oklahoma City Thunder (5 - 1) Last week: 17 - The Heat’s only win last Last week: 9 - Russell Westbrook may week came in overtime against the have lost his first battle against his for- struggling Kings. With a tough schedule mer teammate Kevin Durant, but he ahead, things do not look good in South made history when he became the first Beach. player since Magic Johnson in 1982 to ...... average a triple-double through a sea- 19- Denver Nuggets (2 - 3) son’s first three games, leading his team Last week: 16 - Jamal Murray hit his first to a dominant week. field goals as a pro in the Nuggets’ ...... Saturday loss to the Pistons, after he 4- Toronto Raptors (4 - 1) made only two points on free throws Last week: 6 - DeMar DeRozan, the through his first three games. Denver league’s current top scorer, is the first hopes to see more from their 7th overall PHILADELPHIA: Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving, left, drives to the basket with Philadelphia 76ers’ Nik Stauskas player to score 30+ points in his team’s draft selection. defending during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, in Philadelphia. — AP first five games since Michael Jordan did ...... so 30 years ago. He also channeled his 20- Memphis Grizzlies (3 - 3) inner Kobe when he became the first Last week: 21 - The Grizzlies’ only wins player to score 30 points in three consec- came against the struggling Pelicans, LeBron becomes NBA’s No 10 utive games without a three-pointer Wizards and Timberwolves; who also since Bryant did it in 2005. beat them at the season’s start. Good career scorer, Cavs edge 76ers ...... news - in addition to Marc Gasol’s four 5- San Antonio Spurs (5 - 2) made three-pointers in Memphis’ OT win Last week: 2 - The Spurs have opened the last Monday - is that new acquisition PHILADELPHIA: LeBron James scored 25 points, mov- season with 7 games in 12 nights, but Chandler Parsons was scheduled to make ing into 10th place on the NBA’s career list, and added NBA results/standings fatigue can hardly be used as an excuse his debut last night. 14 assists and eight rebounds as the unbeaten Oklahoma City 112, Minnesota 92; Cleveland 102, to allow the Clippers to drop 73 points in ...... Cleveland Cavaliers held off the winless Philadelphia the first half, or slip up against the Jazz - 21- Sacramento Kings (2 - 5) Philadelphia 101; Orlando 88, Washington 86; Detroit 76ers 102-101 on Saturday night. Kevin Love added 20 103, Denver 86; Indiana 111, Chicago 94; Atlanta 112, both games played at home court. Last week: 12 - It’s deja vu in Sac-Town. points and 11 rebounds for the reigning champion ...... After a promising start of the season, the Houston 97; Milwaukee 117, Sacramento 91; LA Clippers Cavaliers, who improved to 6-0. Joel Embiid scored 22 116, San Antonio 92. 6- Golden State Warriors (4 - 2) Kings drop four straight games in a mer- points, making all four of his 3-point attempts, but the Last week: 3 - Steve Kerr losing the ciless road trip that ends tonight in 76ers dropped to 0-5. James passed Hall of Famer Eastern Conference teacher-vs-student battle with Luke Toronto. Hakeem Olajuwon by converting a fast-break layup Atlantic Division Walton and his Lakers, during a game in ...... midway through the first quarter. Olajuwon finished his W L PCT GB which Stephen Curry’s record 157 con- 22- Orlando Magic (3 - 3) career with 26,946 points. James finished the game on secutive games with a made 3-pointer Last week: 28 - Orlando fans breathed a Toronto 4 1 .800 - was snapped, seem to overshadow Kevin collective sigh of relief after their team 26,970. James’ first attempt at passing the record was an Boston 3 2 .600 1 Durant’s dominant performance in the rebounded from a slow start of the sea- emphatic, highlight-reel block by Embiid about 3 1/2 NY Knicks 2 3 .400 2 Warriors’ win against the Thunder. son to win three straight - albeit against minutes into the contest. After two more misses, James Brooklyn 2 4 .333 2.5 ...... quickly raced up the court for an easy layup. He is No. three struggling teams. The real test Philadelphia 0 5 0 4 7- Charlotte Hornets (4 - 1) comes this week with three games 12 in scoring on the combined ABA/NBA list. Last week: 11 - The real test to the against playoff contenders. Central Division Hornets’ defense, which has been stellar ...... CLIPPERS 116, SPURS 92 Cleveland 6 0 1.000 - to start the season, comes this week with 23- Brooklyn Nets (2 - 4) Blake Griffin scored a season-high 28 points as the games against the Jazz, Raptors and Last week: 19 - The most remarkable Clippers handed San Antonio a second straight home Detroit 4 2 .667 2 Cavs. note from Brooklyn’s upset win over loss. The Spurs have dropped two straight at the AT&T Milwaukee 4 2 .667 2 Detroit last Thursday wasn’t Brook Center after losing just two regular-season home games Chicago 3 3 .500 3 ...... Lopez’s 34 points, but the fact that the in the previous 600 days, including a 40-1 mark last sea- Indiana 3 3 .500 3 8- Atlanta Hawks (4 - 2) center hit 4-of-8 from behind the arc son. The Clippers shot 50 percent from the field while Last week: 5 - Dwight Howard had a tri- while also attacking the Pistons’ center dominating this battle between one-loss teams. Jamal Southeast Division umphant return to Houston on Saturday, Andre Drummond in the paint. Crawford finished with 16 points, J.J. Redick had 14 and but his new team needs to maintain a ...... Charlotte 4 1 .800 - Chris Paul had nine points and 10 assists. LaMarcus Atlanta 4 2 .667 0.5 rhythm and avoid such losses as those 24- New York Knicks (2 - 3) Aldridge had 19 points and Kawhi Leonard added 14 for Orlando 3 3 .500 1.5 surrendered to the Lakers and Wizards Last week: 25 - Saturday’s win against the the Spurs, but the duo shot a combined 10 for 26 on the this past week. Miami 2 3 .400 2 ...... Bulls must have felt good for Derrick second night of a back-to-back. Rose and Joakim Noah, but the Knicks Washington 1 4 .200 3 9- Detroit Pistons (4 - 2) hope that the duo who were acquired Last week:13 - The Pistons have picked HAWKS 112, ROCKETS 97 over the summer can maintain the same Western Conference up victories against the Bucks, Knicks Dwight Howard had 20 points and 14 rebounds in level of focus shown during that game and Nuggets last week behind their his first game against his former teammates while Paul Northwest Division on a consistent basis. strong defense, but the offensive incon- ...... Millsap scored 23 as Atlanta beat Houston. The Hawks’ Oklahoma City 5 1 .833 - sistency remains an issue for Stan Van scoring was unusually top-heavy. Kent Bazemore shook Portland 3 3 .500 2 25- Phoenix Suns (2 - 4) Gundy’s squad. out of his early season scoring slump with 20 points. Utah 3 3 .500 2 ...... Last week: 27 - The Suns allowed oppo- James Harden scored 30 points and continued his hot nents to score an average 112.3 so far Denver 2 3 .400 2.5 10- Boston Celtics (3 - 2) start to the season by making 10 of 19 shots. He had 12 Minnesota 1 4 .200 3.5 Last week: 10 - Al Horford was not avail- this season, ranking dead last in the assists and nine rebounds. Most of Harden’s scoring able against the Cavs on Friday due to a league in this category, adding even came in the first half, when he had 24 points and all of more pressure on their guard-dominant Pacific Division concussion, depriving us from witness- his four 3-pointers in the game. Harden has recorded at offense. LA Clippers 5 1 .833 - ing an early Eastern Conference show- ...... least 30 points and 10 assists in four of Houston’s first six down between two playoff favorites. games. Atlanta led most of the game as it snapped a Golden State 4 2 .667 1 ...... 26- Minnesota Timberwolves (1 - 4) LA Lakers 3 3 .500 2 Last week: 22 - Coach Tom Thibodeau streak of two straight losses. 11- Milwaukee Bucks (4 - 2) Phoenix 2 4 .333 3 made it clear after the T’Wolves had only Last week: 23 - A relatively easy schedule PACERS 111, BULLS 94 Sacramento 2 5 .286 3.5 allowed the bucks to rebound last week 12 assists in a loss to OKC that the team needs to move the ball more often. Karl- C.J. Miles scored 20 points and Myles Turner added from a slow season start, but the main 16 as Indiana shut down weary Chicago. All-Star Paul story has been their strong offense as Anthony Towns, who scored 33 points in Southwest Division George was ejected late in the third quarter after he they averaged nearly 120 points per 31 minutes during the same game, San Antonio 5 2 .714 - game in their last three matches - all vic- believes though that “it’s all going to inadvertently kicked the ball into the stands. He Houston 3 3 .500 1.5 tories. come together soon,” and promised appeared to be upset following a no-call on a shot, then Memphis 3 3 .500 1.5 was called for a foul on the Bulls’ ensuing possession. He ...... ‘scary things’ when that happens - if ever. Dallas 0 5 0 4 ...... made his first five shots and finished with 13 points - 12- Portland Trail Blazers: (3 - 3 New Orleans 0 6 0 4.5 Last week: 8 - Damian Lillard was domi- 27- Washington Wizards (1 - 4) the first time this season he’s been held to less than 20. nant throughout the week (again), but Last week: 26 - Poor defense was blamed Jimmy Butler scored 16 points but at halftime had near- fell short to leading his team to victory for Washington’s loss to Toronto last ly as many turnovers (four) as the Pacers had committed against Phoenix and Golden State when Thursday, in which DeMar DeRozan as a team (five). Rajon Rondo wasn’t much better, and interior blocking shots and changing others when the evenly matched with elite guards - some- scored a season-high 40 points. even Dwyane Wade struggled - finishing with four Wizards came into the lane. He finished with nine thing Head Coach Terry Stotts needs to Meanwhile, rookie Tomas Satoransky points as the Bulls lost their third in a row. points, three blocks and 12 rebounds. The Wizards, who consider. filled in nicely for star point guard John were playing without point guard John Wall, couldn’t ...... Wall who sat out the team’s last two THUNDER 112, TIMBERWOLVES 92 convert down the stretch. After hitting several clutch 13- Chicago Bulls: (3 - 3) games as a precaution. Russell Westbrook scored 28 points to help shots down the stretch during Friday night’s win over ...... Last week: 7 - The Bulls came down to Oklahoma City beat Minnesota. Westbrook also had Atlanta, Bradley Beal missed his final three shots and earth following their solid start of the 28- Dallas Mavericks (0 - 5) eight assists and six rebounds. The Thunder improved Markieff Morris missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer. season, dropping three straight games Last week: 24 - Just when you thought to 5-1 on the season, matching their best six-game start after beginning the year with a 3 - 0 things cannot get worse for basketball since moving to Oklahoma City for the 2008-09 season. PISTONS 103, NUGGETS 86 record. The most alarming statistic fans in northeastern Texas, news came Enes Kanter had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Steven Andre Drummond had 19 points and 20 rebounds as though could be the notable drop in that Dirk Nowitzki will be out at least a Adams scored 14 points and Victor Oladipo added 12 Detroit breezed to another easy win at home. The made three-pointers in the course of week with sore right Achilles. for the Thunder in their first game since being blown Pistons have won all four of their home games this sea- those games...... out by Golden State and former teammate Kevin Durant son by double digits, and they haven’t trailed by more 29- Philadelphia 76ers (0 - 5) on Thursday. The Thunder shot 52 percent from the field than three points in any of them. They were never 14- Utah Jazz (3 - 3) Last week: 29 - Joel Embiid scored 22 and held the Timberwolves to 39 percent shooting. Karl- behind Saturday after scoring the game’s first 10 points. Last week: 18 - Probably the only thing points, making all four of his three-point Anthony Towns scored 33 points for the Timberwolves Marcus Morris and Jon Leuer scored 15 points each for that can top defeating the Spurs on their attempts as his team pushed the defend- Detroit, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 13. Wilson home court is news that injured star after scoring 32 Thursday night against Denver. No one ing champions to the limit in the 76ers’ Chandler led Denver with 21 points. Gordon Hayward was expected to make one-point loss to the Cavs Saturday else on the team reached double figures until the fourth his season debut against the Knicks last night. His breakout performance so far quarter. BUCKS 117, KINGS 91 night. puts him as a frontrunner for Rookie of Mirza Teletovic scored 22 points and matched his ...... the Year. MAGIC 88, WIZARDS 86 15- Los Angeles Lakers (3 - 3) ...... Jeff Green came off the bench to score 18 points and career high with seven 3-pointers, Giannis Last week: 20 - The Lakers’ defeat of the 30- New Orleans Pelicans (0 - 6) Evan Fournier added 13 to help Orlando beat Antetokounmpo added 17 points, eight assists and Hawks and Warriors in their last two Last week: 30 - Anthony Davis is the only Washington. On a night when the Magic starters strug- eight rebounds, and Milwaukee beat short-handed games should not come as much of a player to score 148 points in a team that gled offensively, Frank Vogel elected to go with his Sacramento. Jabari Parker had 19 points for the Bucks, surprise given the fact that they are starts the season with a 0 - 4 record. He bench for extended minutes in the fourth quarter and it who pulled their starters after three quarters. Garrett loaded with talent, led by coach Luke came public with his frustration follow- paid off big. Green scored 10 points in the fourth and Temple scored 19 and DeMarcus Cousins had 15 in the Walton. It’s just that no one probably ing the team’s next loss, which is truly Mario Hezonja added eight of his nine points in the final first half for the Kings, who slipped to 0-4 on their five- expected to see that potential start bear- what management and fans should wor- period, while Bismack Biyombo came up with a couple game road trip and gave up 100 points or more for the ing fruit this soon. ry about. of blocked shots to lift the Magic out of a 12-point, sixth consecutive game. Leading 61-48 at the half, the third-quarter deficit. Biyombo was big all night in the Bucks opened the third quarter with a 21-3 run. —AP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 SPORTS

Ireland stun N Zealand to claim first win over All Blacks

CHICAGO: Ireland ended a century- in a 62,300 crowd at Soldier Field, the how much it means to our boys to have tory. It was New Zealand’s first defeat starting a makeshift pairing of Jerome long losing streak to claim a historic Irish outscored the All Blacks by five tries won that.” Ireland were forced to cling since their loss to Australia in August Kaino and Patrick Tuipulotu. But New first-ever win over New Zealand here to four to seal their first win over the on in the closing stages after a ferocious 2015. Only last month, the All Blacks had Zealand coach Steve Hansen refused to Saturday, sending the All Blacks spin- Kiwis in the 29th instalment of a rivalry New Zealand fightback, which saw the set a world record for consecutive victo- blame the injury crisis for the loss. “The ning to a 40-29 defeat with a scintillating dating to 1905. All Blacks recover from a 30-8 deficit to ries with their 18th win in a row. New right side won,” Hansen said. “The Irish display. Just days after the Windy City “It has been a long time coming and go within four points at 33-29 with Zealand’s preparations for the Test had side played very well and congratula- erupted in celebration after the Chicago history (has been) made. We’re absolute- around 15 minutes to go. been thrown into disarray by the tions to them. “We don’t want to use Cubs landed their first World Series ly ecstatic,” Ireland skipper Rory Best said But with the crowd roaring them absence through injury of first choice (the injuries) as an excuse. We trained baseball crown in 108 years, Ireland after leading his team on a raucous lap home, Ireland scored a fifth and final try locks Brodie Retallick and Sam well enough, we prepared well enough, booted their own 111-year rugby of honor at the famed NFL venue. through outstanding center Robbie Whitelock. The further absence of sec- we thought. We’re not going to make hoodoo firmly into touch. “We knew they are a great side. You Henshaw, converted by replacement fly- ond row Luke Romano following a fami- any excuses about not having the right Roared on by army of green-clad fans can see how good a side they are and half Joey Carbery, to clinch a famous vic- ly bereavement had forced them into people.”—AFP Snodgrass leads Hull to 2-1 win over Southampton

penalty spot six minutes in after Maya Yoshida was dragged down in the penalty Hull City 2 box by Curtis Davies. The Tigers lost both starting strikers Abel Hernandez and William Keane to injuries in the first half- hour but substitute forward Snodgrass Southampton 1 looked lively after replacing the latter in the 26th minute and eventually turned the tide. Despite Hull being under the cosh for LONDON: Robert Snodgrass and Michael much of the game, Snodgrass conjured up Dawson struck twice in three minutes as a brace of second-half strikes, first firing struggling Hull came back from a goal home himself to level the score in the 61st down to beat Southampton 2-1 at the minute and then launching a free kick for KCOM Stadium yesterday and secure their Dawson to head Hull into the lead. first Premier League win since defeating Hull remain in the bottom three on 10 Swansea 2-0 on Aug 20. points, level with West Bromwich Albion Hull looked set to continue their dismal but behind them on goal difference, with run of six straight defeats when Charlie Southampton three points ahead of them Austin put the visitors in front from the in 10th position. — Reuters Leicester defeated at home by West Brom

Albion leapfrogged Leicester in the table by virtue of the win-only their third this term-moving to 11th on 13 points. West Brom 2 Jamie Vardy was again left on the bench for a league game as his long barren run in front of goal went on despite him entering the fray at half-time. Leicester City 1 Ron-Robert Zieler, who replaced the LONDON: Arsenal’s German defender Shkodran Mustafi (L) dives through the air as he vies with Tottenham Hotspur’s Dutch striker incentV Janssen injured Kasper Schmeichel in goal for during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium in London yesterday. — AFP Leicester, made an excellent start as he LEICESTER: Leicester City’s 20-game looked to settle any nerves, making a smart unbeaten home record in the Premier save to deny the visitors in the third League came to an end as Matt Phillips minute. He went low to his right to get his Returning Kane thwarts scored West Brom’s winner in a 2-1 victory fingertips to a goal-bound cross-shot by yesterday. Phillips, who had pounced on a poor touch The Scotland international winger pro- by Andy King. That set the tone for the vided the cross for James Morrison’s opener Arsenal’s summit bid opening exchanges with Leicester poor in on 52 minutes and then seized on a Danny possession and West Brom enjoying a terri- Drinkwater howler to grab the decisive torial advantage. North London derbies. Although Spurs have Walcott then rattled the right-hand post with goal 20 minutes later. Salomon Rondon headed just off target gone seven games without a win in all competi- a fierce drive from the edge of the box and three Leicester had equalised on 55 minutes for the visitors from a Phillips cross. Arsenal 1 tions, they have avoided defeat in their opening minutes before half-time, Arsenal struck. Ozil through record signing Algerian interna- Morrison then failed narrowly to release 11 league games for only the third time in the arced a free-kick into the box from a deep posi- tional Islam Slimani. Chris Brunt with a well-judged through-ball club’s history. “A draw is maybe the fair result,” tion on the right and in trying to prevent the ball But Claudio Ranieri’s men could have no which Zieler did well to slide out a clear. said Pochettino, echoing Wenger. “It’s been a reaching the red shirts rushing in, Wimmer suc- complaints about surrendering their proud But the home side did build up some Tottenham 1 very difficult game for us, but 11 games unbeat- ceeded only in heading it past Lloris. record at the King Power Stadium as they momentum as the game developed and en in the Premier League, we need to be very The goal reflected Arsenal’s growing threat, paid the price for a lacklustre display. Slimani was the focal point of their attacks. pleased.” Spurs welcomed back talisman Kane but within six minutes of kick-off in the second It meant a fifth defeat of the season for He misdirected a header from a cross by LONDON: Harry Kane marked his return from after seven weeks out with ankle ligament dam- half their lead had vanished. After gliding into last season’s champions, whose sparkling Christian Fuchs after a slick Leicester injury with the equaliser as Tottenham Hotspur age, but Dele Alli was absent due to a knee the box from deep, Dembele was felled by form in their maiden Champions League counter-attack. The Algerian then failed drew 1-1 at Arsenal yesterday to keep their arch injury that will keep him out of action for Koscielny and Kane chipped the ensuing penalty campaign is in stark contrast to a stuttering by a whisker to meet a cross by compatri- rivals from the Premier League summit. Arsenal England over the international break. down the middle for his fifth goal in four league defence of their domestic title. ot Riyad Mahrez with Gareth McAuley took the lead late in the first half courtesy of Visiting manager Pochettino set his side out games against Arsenal. Suddenly it was Spurs Defeat leaves them in a lowly 14th posi- reading the danger well and clearing Kevin Wimmer’s own goal, but Kane levelled in a bold 3-4-2-1 formation and it seemed to who were in the ascendancy, Eriksen working tion on 12 points, just two points above the before Shinji Okazaki could seize on the from the penalty spot early in the second period take Arsenal by surprise. Petr Cech with a drilled left-footer and Nacho relegation places. loose ball. — AFP after a foul on Mousa Dembele by Laurent Monreal doing well to prevent Kane converting Koscielny. The result prevented Arsenal from WIMMER UNCONVINCING Rose’s cross at the back-post. supplanting Chelsea as leaders and opening up The system freed Spurs’ full-backs to get for- Wenger reacted by sending on Aaron a six-point gap over Spurs, who remain fifth, ward even more than usual, Danny Rose cross- Ramsey, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Olivier three points below Arsene Wenger’s men. ing for Kyle Walker to head over early on, while Giroud and Arsenal began to re-assert them- Ronaldo extends “It was a game of high intensity,” said Wenger, Kane headed inches wide from Christian selves, Iwobi’s cross just eluding Granit Xhaka who felt the penalty awarded by referee Mark Eriksen’s cross. and Ramsey firing over. Clattenburg was “harsh”. “In the first half we But as Arsenal began to commit more people But it was Spurs who came closest to snatch- Real contract always looked like we could score every time we forward, so they began to expose frailties in a ing the points, Eriksen’s free-kick from wide on three-man back line marshalled unconvincingly the left evading everyone to bounce against the MADRID: Three-time World Player of at 1:30pm in the presidential box at crossed the halfway line. In the second half we by Wimmer, who was making his first league same post Walcott had wobbled in the first half. the Year Cristiano Ronaldo will sign a the Santiago Bernabeu stadium,” looked a bit more flat physically and less sharp. appearance of the season. After Francis Son Heung-Min then irked Spurs’ fans by bumper new five-year contract with Madrid said in a statement. “The “The desire was there. Maybe the result was Coquelin had seen a thumping volley inadver- pulling out of a challenge with Cech, who had Spanish giants Real Madrid today, the Portuguese forward will extend his fair.” Wenger has now gone five league games tently blocked by team-mate Theo Walcott, raced from his area, before Giroud directed a club confirmed yesterday. contract until 30 June 2021 at the without beating Spurs for the first time, while Mesut Ozil dragged a shot wide and Alex Iwobi header straight at Lloris with Arsenal’s last “The official event for the renewal event attended by club president Mauricio Pochettino is the first Tottenham man- curled tamely at Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. chance. — AFP of Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract will Florentino Perez and the player him- ager to avoid defeat in his first five top-flight take place today, Monday 7 November self.” — AFP Bale double puts Real five points clear Leaders Nice edged by MADRID: Gareth Bale scored twice as Real “An easy game doesn’t exist and you saw that visit to the Santiago Bernabeu after Bale had Madrid extended their La Liga lead to five points the first-half was difficult for us,” said Madrid awoken Madrid from their slumber in the first 30 with a 3-0 win over Leganes yesterday. boss Zinedine Zidane. “Once you score a goal it minutes. Bale outsprinted the Leganes defence disputed Caen penalty Bale signed one of the most lucrative deals in is a different game and we controlled the match as he latched onto Isco’s through ball and round- football history on Monday to keep him at the much more in the second-half.” ed Jon Ander Serantes before slotting home PARIS: Table-toppers Nice suffered their with five defenders and were very com- European champions until 2021. The Welshman Bale also scored Real’s fastest ever from a narrow angle. first Ligue 1 defeat of the season yesterday pact, difficult to get past,” Favre explained. earned his bumper new wage as he struck twice Champions League goal in midweek against His second was a scrappier finish as Bale when they went down 1-0 after a hotly dis- A stinging Balotelli drive on the hour in seven first-half minutes before Alvaro Morata Legia Warsaw, but his fine strike in the Polish pounced on a loose ball inside the area from puted penalty at Caen. after a quick-fire pass from Younes added a third 14 minutes from time. capital was forgotten as Real blew a two-goal Toni Kroos’s free-kick to bundle home from close The southern side still top Ligue 1 with Belhanda hit the bottom of the Caen post Barcelona can close to within two points at lead to draw 3-3. range. Serantes prevented Bale completing his 29 points ahead of Monaco on 26 while and was their best opportunity. the top, but face a huge challenge when they There was to no such comeback from La Liga hat-trick twice within a minute at the start of the champions Paris Saint Germain are third on On Saturday Radamel Falcao continued travel to fourth-placed Sevilla later. newcomers Leganes on their first ever league second period. 23 ahead of their late night game at home his return to prominence with a brace as Bale’s decision to go alone with his first effort to Rennes. Nice have surprisingly set the Monaco kept up their superb form by infuriated the off-colour Cristiano Ronaldo, who pace in France this season under new thumping Nancy 6-0 at the Stade Louis II. was waiting for the ball to be squared. coach Lucien Favre and with added zest in Falcao’s goals, the second of which Spanish media reports yesterday suggest front of goal inspired by Italian centre for- came from the penalty spot, were followed Ronaldo is on the verge of sealing his own mega ward Mario Balotelli. But after a tough by a Kylian Mbappe strike moments after contract extension at Madrid. However, he defeat in the Europa League in midweek his second-half introduction. endured another frustrating afternoon as he was and an away match at the very opposite Guido Carrillo added two late goals kept scoreless for the fifth time in eight La Liga end of France at Caen they suffered their either side of a Fabinho penalty as the prin- appearances this season. first league reverse of the campaign. cipality club moved clear in second place. The Portuguese has now gone five games The goal came from the penalty spot The win also underlined Monaco’s status without scoring at the Bernabeu-his longest and was converted by the Croat Ivan Santini as the most prolific side in Europe’s big five drought since joining Real seven years ago. He after the referee decided Ronny Rodelin leagues-they are averaging three goals a was also booked early on for taking his protests had been fouled in the area on 42 minutes. game after 12 matches and have scored at towards referee Miguel Mateu Lahoz too far. “We conceded just before the break and least six goals on three separate occasions “There is nothing wrong, he is not worried,” that’s never good. We should have gone in since the start of October. said Zidane about Ronaldo’s slump in form. 0-0 at the break,” lamented Favre. “And then “We are doing better this year, providing “He looks good, he is motivated, he likes to we tried to do it all too quickly. We had a a spectacle,” said coach Leonardo Jardim. scores goals and even more so in this stadium, couple of chances and that’s all you should “We are also pleased to have the best but he is calm.” Real received a huge boost normally need,” he said. attack in Europe ahead of Barcelona with ahead of a hugely demanding two-month The win lifts Caen, themselves early Messi, Suarez and Neymar.” stretch after the upcoming international break pacesetters in Ligue 1 last season, on to 13 Fourth-placed Guingamp came from as Luka Modric made his return as a second-half points and three points above the relega- behind to draw 3-3 at Dijon with Belgian substitute after a month out due to knee sur- tion zone. Despite Nice fielding a strong substitute Nill De Pauw equalising in stop- gery. Morata rounded off a comfortable after- line up with their top scorer Alassane Plea page time. Toulouse were held to a 1-1 noon for Zidane’s men when he collected Kroos’s with seven league goals, and Balotelli with draw at Nantes while Lyon needed an pass before firing home at the near post. six leading the attack, they came up Alexandre Lacazette penalty-his 10th goal MADRID: Real Madrid’s Welsh forward Gareth Bale (L) scores past Leganes’s goalkeeper And Madrid even kept their first clean sheet against a deep sitting defence and mid- of the season-and a Pierre Bengtsson own Serantes during the Spanish league football match Real Madrid CF vs Club Deportivo Leganes in 11 matches as victory stretches their unbeat- field. “They were well organised at the back goal to beat nine-man Bastia 2-1. — AFP SAD at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid yesterday. — AFP en run in all competitions to 28 games. — AFP Pacquiao reclaims Bale double puts WBO title for Real Madrid five third16 time points19 clear MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016

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SWANSEA: Manchester United’s Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic (R) jumps and kicks the air as he celebrates scoring his team’s second goal with Manchester United’s English midfielder Ashley Young (L) and Manchester United’s English defender Phil Jones during the English Premier League football match between Swansea City and Manchester United at The Liberty Stadium in Swansea, south Wales yesterday. — AFP Ibrahimovic double inspires United stroll

However, for one day at least, it was all smiles With only one league win this season, Bob Ibrahimovic lost his marker on the edge of the while Swansea retreated towards their own goal for United as they poured even greater misery on Bradley’s side are languishing in the relegation box and beat Fabianski with a fine strike from 20 in an attempt to limit the damage. Having been Man Utd 3 a Swansea side that look destined for a long zone. So, once United settled, they enjoyed a yards in the 21st minute. booed from the field at half time, Swansea made struggle to avoid relegation. glut of possession. And as Pogba became two changes in personnel. Jefferson Montero and Swedish star Ibrahimovic struck twice before increasingly influential, so the visitors began to GREED Modou Barrow entered the fray as Bradley sought half-time after France midfielder Paul Pogba had ask serious questions of Bradley’s team. United sensed their opportunity to kill the a way back into the game. By now, United were Swansea 1 produced a stylish opener as United ran riot. The first of those came on 15 minutes when contest and duly set off in pursuit of a third. It happy to go through the motions. They continued Mike van der Hoorn got a consolation for Pogba and Wayne Rooney created the danger came 12 minutes from the interval when to pass the ball with ease and comfort and denied Swansea in the second half, but there was never and Swansea couldn’t clear their lines, leaving Ibrahimovic popped up in acres and beat Swansea a foothold until the 69th minute. Gylfi SWANSEA: Zlatan Ibrahimovic eased the pres- any chance of a fightback from the hapless hosts. Pogba to hit an unstoppable shot from 20 yards Fabianski from eight yards. The Swansea fans Sigurdsson whipped in a free kick from the right sure on Jose Mourinho as the Manchester United United started as they have in so many games into the top corner of Lukasz Fabianski’s goal. responded with calls of ‘we want our club back’ and van der Hoorn beat David De Gea with a firm striker’s double sealed a 3-1 win at struggling this season, with a degree of hesitancy. They Marouane Fellaini came within a yard of mak- and suggesting the decision to sell to the current header from eight yards. Rejuvenated and sensing Swansea yesterday. With only one victory in their were clumsy in the midfield and lacking direc- ing it 2-0 two minutes later after a sublime piece American owners was all about greed. a chance, Swansea gave it their all in the final 20 previous seven Premier League games, United tion or accuracy in the final third. Still, what of footwork from Ibrahimovic. It was little more than a training ground run minutes. Sigurdsson came into his own and manager Mourinho had come under mounting stood in front of them was a Swansea team Swansea simply had no answer to United’s out thereafter for United, who popped the ball Barrow and Montero caused problems out wide. pressure at Old Trafford. equally short on confidence. incisive raids and it came as no surprise when around with increasingly ease and confidence, However, United remained firm and duly helped Ruthless Liverpool crush Watford to take top spot

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LIVERPOOL: Liverpool charged to the top of the PARIS: Britain’s Andy Murray holds the trophy after winning the final of the Paris Masters tennis Premier League table for the first time since May tournament against John Isner of the United States in three sets 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 at the Bercy Arena in 2014 by beating Watford 6-1 yesterday. Paris, yesterday. —AP Sadio Mane, Philippe Coutinho and Emre Can all scored in the space of 16 first-half minutes at Anfield. Roberto Firmino, Mane and Georginio Murray rise to number Wijnaldum added further goals in the second half. Although Daryl Janmaat’s consolation denied Liverpool a clean sheet, the club is on the right path one with Paris title to challenge for its first title since 1990, having been pipped at the post in 2014. PARIS: Andy Murray celebrated his new world Murray entered his Tour-leading 12th final of Liverpool, which has now scored four or more number one ranking with a first Paris Masters the year having won all seven previous meetings goals in five league matches this season, is a point title yesterday after defeating American John with Isner, including straight-sets wins at Roland in front of Chelsea and two ahead of Manchester Isner 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4 in the final. Garros in May and last week in Vienna. City and Arsenal. “We are still early in our develop- Murray, 29, replaces Novak Djokovic at the The towering American had dropped serve ment and there are a lot of things we can improve,” top of the rankings today and claimed his eighth just three times en route to the final but netted a Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said. title of a remarkable season after extending his routine volley to hand Murray break point in the News of Arsenal’s lunchtime draw with winning run to 19 matches. “This has been an fifth game. His backhand then sailed long the Tottenham brought cheers from the Anfield crowd LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho attempts a shot at goal during the incredible journey for me to get to the top of the following rally as Murray forged ahead, saving before kickoff as they knew a home victory would English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Watford at Anfield in Liverpool, rankings,” said Murray, who will move 405 points two break points on his ensuing service game guarantee top spot. north west England yesterday. — AFP above long-time rival Djokovic. before claiming the opening set. Some early misplaced passes may have been and past Gomes. out on the left and he played in Lallana to cross for It is the Briton’s fourth title in succession after Murray fought off four break points after due to nerves given what was at stake but the The Watford ‘keeper injured himself trying to Firmino, who was left with the simple task of apply- wins in Beijing, Shanghai and Vienna and his rebounding from 0-40 at 3-4 in the second set, hosts took the lead in the 27th minute and never make the save so Costel Pantilimon came on to try ing the finish in front of goal. 14th career Masters 1000 triumph. For Isner, who but Isner prevailed in the tie-break after a costly looked back. Coutinho whipped in a cross that and stop the rout that was unfolding. Pantilimon Some brilliant work from Firmino led to the fifth. was chasing a first title of the season, it was his double fault from the second seed. Mane reached ahead of Daryl Janmaat to steer a could only watch as Adam Lallana’s 43rd-minute He chased down Henderson’s pass into the box and third appearance in a Masters final after finishing The Scot was then frustrated as he twice flicked header beyond Heurelho Gomes. cross was nodded in by Can, one of four Liverpool beat Jose Holebas to the ball, then held it up long runner-up at Indian Wells in 2012 and Cincinnati failed to convert break points during Isner’s first Coutinho was on target himself on the half- players in the box awaiting the delivery. enough to spot Mane’s run. The Senegalese was the in 2013. “I have to congratulate Andy, first for the two service games in the deciding set. But hour. Liverpool went from right to left and Firmino The second half followed a similar pattern as grateful recipient of Firmino’s assist. title, and then for getting to number one in the Murray held firm and was rewarded when Isner fed Coutinho, who side-stepped Janmaat and Liverpool increased its lead and the fourth goal Wijnaldum completed the rout in stoppage world,” said Isner. “That’s an incredible achieve- faltered as he tried to stay in the match serving drilled an attempt between Younes Kaboul’s legs again stemmed from a set piece. time after fellow substitute Daniel Sturridge, who ment, you absolutely deserve it.” at 4-5 down. — AFP Coutinho’s free kick came to Jordan Henderson was twice denied by the crossbar, had an effort No quick portfolio inflows due to Egypt devaluation Page 22

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CAIRO: Egyptian traders work on the floor of the stock market in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian pound is trading in banks at around 16 to the dollar, down from the 13-pound peg the Central Bank set as a guiding exchange rate when it floated the currency last week. —AP (See Page 22) AUB reports net operating profit of KD 54.7m Promising results emphasize bank’s strength as it expands: Al-Mudhaf

KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank, Kuwait, announced its results and the Bank’s diversified business model, its robust financial per- by the robustness of our balance sheet, our client base and financial statements for the third quarter ending 30 formance, and overall credit worthiness. branch network, the unique services we offer and the expert- September 2016, following the endorsement of the state- Net Operating Profit for the period ending 30 September ise of our staff, we will continue our success in attaining an ments by the Bank’s Board of Directors and the approval of 2016 reached KD 54.7 million in comparison with KD 54.3 increasing share of the domestic market through the promo- the Central Bank of Kuwait. million during the same period in 2015. The net profit for the tion of Islamic Banking,” confirmed Dr Al-Mudhaf. Dr Anwar Al-Mudhaf, Chairman, stated “These promising period 2016 reached KD 39.1 million after considering addi- The Bank re-affirmed its pre-eminent position in Islamic results during the period, in spite of the prevailing regional tional pre-cautionary provision of KD 11.8 million. Ahli United banking by winning the award for The Islamic Bank of the market conditions due predominantly to low oil prices, Bank’s profits are driven by its core businesses of Corporate Year - Kuwait in 2016 for the fourth consecutive year from the emphasizes Ahli United Bank’s strength as it continues to Banking, Retail Banking, Private Banking and Treasury. specialized international magazine The Banker, confirming expand its businesses.” Operating income reached KD 79.3 million during the period. the Bank’s ability to render distinctive banking services and Furthermore the Total assets as of 30 September 2016 reached KD 4.04 bil- products. The Bank was also awarded the Second Safest Chairman stated that sub- lion up 4.8 percent compared with the end of September Islamic Bank in Kuwait and Fourth in the GCC for 2016 by the sequent to the balance 2015, while total shareholders’ equity increased by 10.1 per- Global Finance magazine which is based on an evaluation of sheet date the Bank cent to KD 0.39 billion. The financing portfolio witnessed long-term foreign currency ratings from rating agencies and achieved another mile- growth in all its components, reaching KD2.8 billion, an total assets of 500 largest banks worldwide. stone by successfully com- increase of 5.7 percent over the year, while customer The Bank achieved the following ratings issued by inter- pleting an $200 million deposits increased by 5.4% for the same period to reach KD national credit rating agencies. Fitch affirmed the Bank’s issue of Basel III compliant 2.8 billion with a quarterly distribution of profits to deposi- credit strength on the Long-Term and Short-Term as ‘A+’ and Additional Tier 1 Perpetual tors commensurate with the results of the Bank’s operations ‘F1’ respectively with a stable Outlook. Moody’s affirmed ‘A2’ Capital Securities on 25 during the reporting period. global local currency (GLC) deposit rating with a stable October 2016 which was Ahli United Bank reaffirmed its market leadership in pro- Outlook. Capital Intelligence has affirmed the Bank’s Long- oversubscribed by more viding consistent value to its shareholders as evident by its Term Foreign Currency (FC) and Short-Term FC Rating as ‘A+’ than three times. Key Performance Indicators. These include Earnings Per Share and ‘A2’ respectively with a stable Outlook. These ratings This was achieved in less (EPS) of 25.1fils, Return on Average Assets of 1.3 percent underscore Ahli United Bank’s sound financial position. than one week from the whilst Return on Average Equity achieved 14.2 percent for Dr Al-Mudhaf concluded by saying, “We extend our Dr Anwar Al-Mudhaf date of announcement of the period. The financial statements show strong levels of liq- thanks and appreciation to the Central Bank of Kuwait, the the transaction both locally and internationally with a road- uidity and capitalization resulting in a Capital Adequacy Ratio Capital Markets Authority and to our loyal and valued cus- show covering meetings in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. of15.3 percent which is above the Central Bank of Kuwait tomers. I would also like to thank the management and staff The strong demand generated for AUB’s Sukuk is a clear indi- mandatory level of 12.5 percent. for their untiring efforts to ensure the continued success of cation of the confidence of both local and global investors in “Based on the momentum built in previous years, driven the Bank in a challenging and competitive market.” Is Wall Street pro-Clinton, Main Street pro-Trump?

WASHINGTON: On taxes, public But even Wall Street is somewhat deregulation. He promises to achieve free local universities for the less growing protectionism, from Trump they are willing to make the bet.” spending and protectionism the two ambivalent. A survey conducted by the 3.5-4 percent growth-compared to affluent, and reforming Obamacare. to Britain’s vote to pull out of the Analysts at Capital Economics said candidates for the White House are CNBC network last week with 50 econ- 1.8 percent projected for 2016 — by Her plan also would widen the deficit European Union, which it says is a that Trump’s pitch might be exag- diametrically opposed: Hillary Clinton omists and Wall Street participants cutting the corporate tax rate to 15 but to a lesser extent. threat to global growth. gerated. “A Trump victory might not represents continuity while Donald showed 82 percent think Clinton will percent from 35 percent, and lower- Trump is worrying the academic result in the radical changes that Trump seduces or frightens with his win, but 46 percent feel Trump would ing the income tax rate for wealthy world: no less than 370 economists, Real estate mogul’s patter many fear. He would probably soft- radical proposals. But while many be better for the economy, compared taxpayers-the highest bracket would including several Nobel Prize win- Odland said Trump’s style attracts en his rhetoric on trade policy once economists are alarmed by the threat to 39 percent favoring Clinton. drop to 33 percent from 39.6 percent. ners, signed an open letter in the some in the business world because in the Oval Office and would strug- Trump poses to American prosperity, Another survey conducted in The impact would be a sharp Wall Street Journal appealing to he speaks to voters in the familiar gle to push his plans for fiscal policy there is no shortage of small business October by the Pepperdine/Graziadio increase in the budget deficit. Trump voters to “choose another candi- blunt patter of a real estate develop- through Congress.” owners and investors who believe the Business School in Los Angeles with also has promised to renegotiate US date”, saying Trump spreads disin- er negotiating a deal. “We in the But in the immediate aftermath Republican candidate’s plans would 1,353 small businesses across the trade agreements, repeal the formation and “promotes magical retail industry have to negotiate all of the election, a Trump victory, or benefit the economy. country, shows a majority of employ- “Obamacare” health insurance pro- thinking.” the time with commercial real estate worse a disputed vote, will send Wall With polls showing the candidates ers prefer Trump due to his positions gram, and erect a wall on the US- “Donald Trump is a dangerous, developers. They are bombastic, Street lower. Analysts estimate a are neck-and-neck just days before on health insurance (55 percent to 45 Mexico border to prevent illegal destructive choice for the country. they are emotional, they come at Trump win would send the broad Tuesday’s election, the race could be percent for Clinton), as well as on tax- immigration. He misinforms the electorate, things in a way that frankly sounds S&P 500 index below the 2,000 level, summed up as “Wall Street is pro- es (66 percent to 34 percent) and In contrast, Clinton would mostly degrades trust in public institutions crazy,” Odland said. about 5 percent lower than the Clinton, Main Street is pro-Trump,” trade (55 percent to 45 percent). stick to President Barack Obama’s with conspiracy theories, and pro- “He’s approaching geopolitics in week before the vote. That is what said Steve Odland, of the Committee economic path. The Democratic can- motes willful delusion over engage- the same way. Is it right? Well it’s the index did on June 27, the day for Economic Development, a non- Deficit and deregulation didate’s plan includes raising taxes of ment with reality,” the letter said. unconventional. His supporters say, markets were shocked by the Brexit partisan, business-led economic poli- Trump’s economic plan aims to the richest taxpayers, increasing the Even the International Monetary ‘Well, maybe it will end up to be a vote. But it was not long before the cy group. revive economic activity through federal minimum wage, providing Fund is alarmed by the specter of better deal for us,’ and that’s why index rebounded. —AFP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 BUSINESS No quick portfolio inflows Has the trend in falling bond due to Egypt devaluation yields changed? Fund managers see uncertainty over economy By Hayder Tawfik he borrowing costs for LONDON: Egypt’s currency devaluation may eventually tances - which totalled $17.1 billion - have changed lit- have to show it can replicate the success of other coun- most governments have bring foreign money into the country, but fund man- tle over the years. tries in International Monetary Fund lending programs, Tbeen climbing up over the agers say uncertainty about the economy means there That leaves foreign portfolio investment as one of such as Pakistan - a process that could take money past few months. Governments will be no quick inflows of portfolio investment from the best potential sources of new money. Before politi- months. The devaluation “definitely makes it more that have weak credit quality abroad. cal upheaval in 2011 led to years of economic instabili- attractive as the pound is now no longer such a risk,” have seen their borrowing costs To ensure its currency stabilizes after last week’s ty, Egypt attracted billions of dollars of such investment said Allianz Global Investors portfolio manager Shahzad raising sharply since the middle devaluation, Egypt needs a surge of hard currency annually; last fiscal year, there was a net outflow of $1.3 Hasan. of the year, after several years of receipts to cover a current account deficit that totalled billion. But many foreign fund managers said that while “But at this level the good news is priced in on the continuous decline. What signal $18.7 billion in the year to last June. the currency shift was positive because it largely (dollar) bonds. Now the focus switches to the imple- the decline of government bond Foreign direct investment, at $6.8 billion, is expected removed a massive overvaluation of the pound, other mentation of the IMF program, which is more difficult.” prices are sending to investors to change only slowly because companies’ decisions are types of risk would continue deterring investment. and what is the impact on the complex. Egypt’s economy is so import-dependent that Although foreign funds purchased Egypt’s dollar bonds FLOOR financial markets? an export boom looks unlikely any time soon. A cheap- at the end of last week, there was little sign of foreign The devaluation took the pound from 8.8 against the Yields on benchmark governments bonds have been er Egyptian pound may encourage more Egyptians buying of local currency assets. dollar to around 15.35-15.75. Many foreign investors falling over the past years, with German, Japanese, Swiss working overseas to send money home, but remit- For that to happen, several managers said, Cairo will will be unwilling to put money in local currency assets borrowing costs dipping below zero for the first time just until they think the pound has found a floor, and that before the middle of this year. However, since the second point may be distant. Non-deliverable forward con- half of this year, most yields have risen sharply in some tracts price the pound at 17 per dollar in 12 months. places by more than 50 basis points. This is not a massive That is partly because of a backlog of demand for dol- sell off but coming from negative yields can be very painful lars. Analysts at Citi estimate this at $9-11 billion, and for bond investors. The upward movements in government say it must be cleared before the pound steadies. bond yields might be small but it is telling us that a trend in Another risk is inflation. Although imports of most rising bond yields is on the way. This could be a trend rever- goods were already being paid for at the black market sal. Looking at the global political and economic back exchange rate, the devaluation will raise prices for ground one would have thought that government bond imported fuel and possibly essential foods. Citi esti- yields should be going down not up. It is now getting much mates this will add 3 percentage points to its projected harder to forecast the trend in interest rates. So, why the year-end inflation rate of 14 percent inflation, and a fur- sudden sell off in benchmark government bonds? Could it ther 1 or 2 points early next year. Citi said that while be the close call on the upcoming US election. But this Egyptian Treasury bills with yields around 22 percent should not affect bond yields that much as the Federal looked “optically interesting”, interest rate increases of Reserve supposed to be in charge of the direction of inter- another 2 or 3 percentage points could be needed to est rates. stabilize inflation. Could US voters learned something from the British Another problem is the stock market, with a capital- about how to vote for something which can be very vital i.e. ization of under $30 billion, has become too small to Brexit or US presidential election. There might be a case of absorb much new money. The market in local currency US voters not showing their true intention when it comes to government bonds and T-bills, which totals about 1.40 voting for the next US president. This argument might sug- trillion pounds, is much bigger. gest that Donald Trump could become the next US presi- Foreign participation in local bonds is virtually nil dent. This naturally could upset the financial markets. I but a few years ago it was as much as $10 billion, said believe prudent investors are cashing their chips and wait- Renaissance Capital, which expects foreigners to return ing on the sidelines for the time being. over the next six to 12 months. Trump’s unconventional approach to sound policy mak- But there are logistical difficulties. “From a practical ing is unlikely to be good news for investors and the finan- perspective, it’s still difficult to deploy capital into cial markets. Most economists are questioning his policies Egypt,” said Kieran Curtis, portfolio manager at Standard and wondering how and what he will do if he wins the elec- Life Investments. Custodian banks are cautious in offer- tion. He seems very suspicious of the way the Federal ing services, because the Cairo bourse closed during Reserve has been managing its interest rates policies. He CAIRO: A woman shops at a supermarket in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian pound is trading in banks at around political unrest, he noted. “We have been involved in thinks there is a conspiracy against him. This is not good 16 to the dollar, down from the 13-pound peg the Central Bank set as a guiding exchange rate when it float- the hard currency bonds, and at some point we will coming from a potential new US president. He needs to ed the currency last week. — AP look at the T-bills.” — Reuters change his words and try to assure the global financial mar- kets of sound economic policies. As a result, the rise in the 10-year Treasury yield to about 1.8 percent from as low as 1.36 percent at the start of July News VW scandal deepens as could be evidence that fund managers are demanding higher compensation as a bulwark against a Trump victory. in brief The recent decline in global stock markets reinforces the prosecutors probe chief possibility that the smart money is moving to the sidelines US dollar stable against until the election is decided. The prospect of higher infla- Kuwaiti dinar at 0.302 FRANKFURT: German prosecutors have widened a tion, which erodes future bond income, typically drives KUWAIT: The rate of the US dollar yesterday was stable probe into suspected market manipulation by man- yields higher. And consumer prices are finally showing against the Kuwaiti dinar at 0.302, the same case with the agers at Volkswagen to include the carmaker’s super- signs of life after coming from very low base or in some cas- euro was at KD 0.336 compared Thursday, said a statement visory board Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch, VW said es negative inflation. by the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK). The CBK added that yesterday. The investigation, which relates to Poetsch’s After falling for such a long time, inflation has started to the pound sterling rate went up to KD 0.378, whereas the time as finance chief of VW, is the latest fallout from rise again and this is causing some panic among bond Swiss franc stabilized at KD 0.311 and the Japanese Yen the carmaker’s admission last year that it cheated on investors. But the consensus among economists is for U.S. remained unchanged at KD 0.002. diesel emissions tests. VW has admitted that it inflation to surpass the Fed’s target in every quarter of next installed software that deactivated pollution controls year. The U.K. is likely to show average consumer price on more than 11 million diesel vehicles sold world- increases of 2.3 percent next year, and even euro zone infla- Egypt to delay third LNG wide, rattling its global business, damaging its reputa- tion is expected to average 1.3 percent in 2017, compared terminal for a month tion and prompting the departure of Chief Executive with just 0.2 percent for this year. CAIRO: Egypt will delay plans to rent a third liquefied Martin Winterkorn. Adding to its woes, a German It is possible that bonds are simply responding to a natural gas import (LNG) terminal for one month, until newspaper reported yesterday that a US regulator BERLIN: In this March 13, 2014 file photo then change in economic fundamentals by discounting an accel- the ministry of electricity determines its LNG needs, an found another cheat software device in vehicles made Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn (left), and eration in inflation in the quarters ahead. May be the record official at state gas buyer EGAS told Reuters yesterday. by its luxury division Audi. The paper said the device then CFO Hans Dieter Poetsch (right), talk prior to low and negative government bonds yields were just anom- “We decided to delay holding the tender for one was not the same as the one which triggered last the company’s annual press conference in Berlin, aly can now yields are rising back to where they should be month (until end-November) until an agreement is year’s diesel emissions scandal at Audi parent VW. Germany. — AP in times of rising inflation. May be the European Central made with the ministry of electricity over its needs Audi has declined to comment on the report. CHEATING SOFTWARE bank is not convinced of future inflation threat and that is for LNG over the coming period,” said the official, The prosecutor’s office in Braunschweig first Sunday’s Bild am Sonntag report said that the why it is still doing its monthly purchases of roughly 80 bil- who declined to be identified. A third floating and announced the market manipulation probe in June, California Air Resources Board (CARB) had made a new lion euro of bonds. The European Central Bank is still in the storage regasification unit (FSRU), an import termi- targeting former CEO Winterkorn and VW brand chief discovery of cheating software in an automatic trans- market, with purchases of 80 billion euros ($90 billion) of nal that converts LNG to natural gas to feed the pow- Herbert Diess for suspected market manipulation mission Audi in summer 2016. CARB has declined to bonds each month. er grid, is expected to arrive at the end of June 2017 related to the emissions scandal. The prosecutor’s comment on the report. Audi, the main contributor to The Federal Reserve, meantime, appears poised for its to handle a surge in LNG demand from new power office said at the time that its probe centred on evi- earnings at parent VW, had already admitted last year second interest-rate increase in more than a decade. Prices plants coming online. dence that VW’s duty to disclose possible financial to using illicit emissions-control devices in about in the futures market point to a chance of about 70 percent damage from the emissions test cheating may have 85,000 3.0 litre diesel engines and has so far this year chance of a hike on the December anniversary of last year’s arisen before Sept. 22, 2015, when the carmaker pub- set aside 752 million euros ($838 million) to cover increase. No wonder the universe of bonds that yield less Dubai’s Emaar Malls licly admitted its wrongdoing. related costs. than zero is starting to shrink. Q3 net profit rises 16% “Based on a thorough examination by internal and Bild am Sonntag, which cited no sources, said the Bond investors are facing the potential of further sell off DUBAI: Dubai’s Emaar Malls, a unit of Emaar Properties, internal legal experts, the company reaffirms its belief software in CARB’s new discovery lowered carbon in government bonds. The potential reversal of Quantitative reported a 16 percent rise in third-quarter net profit yester- that VW’s management fulfilled its duties to inform the dioxide emissions by detecting whether a car’s steer- Easing policies could have a dire impact on the bond mar- day. Net profit of 435 million dirhams ($118.4 million) in capital market,” VW said on Sunday. VW said the compa- ing wheel was turned as it would be if it was driving kets. Bond markets are indicating that there is a change in the three months to Sept. 30, it said in a bourse statement, ny and Poetsch, who was finance chief of Volkswagen on a road. If the steering wheel was not turned, as if it investors’ perception and reality towards government compared with a profit of 376 million dirhams in the same from 2003 until he became chairman in October 2015, was being tested in a laboratory, the software turned bonds. Bond and equity investors should be aware of the period a year earlier. EFG Hermes forecast: 421.8 million would fully support the prosecutor’s office in its investi- on a gear-shifting program which produced less car- implications of rising bond yields and their impact on all dirhams. Quarterly revenue was 774 million dirhams, up 8 gation. The prosecutor’s office in Braunschweig was not bon dioxide, allowing the car to meet the emissions sorts of investments. @Rasameel percent on a year earlier. immediately available for comment. criteria. — Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

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KFH: 60 new car models via operational lease product Al-Essa: We provide most types at competitive prices KUWAIT: Aahed Al-Essa, Executive welcomed to visit KFH Branches at Manager Cars and Leasing products at Shuwaikh, Rai, Farwania at Dhajeej and Kuwaiti Finance House stated, “KFH opera- Ahmadi for direct contracting. tional lease product is now available as it Al-Essa indicated that operational lease offer a variety of most famous and well or Lease with Maintenance give the cus- known trademarks i.e. 60 models of vari- tomer very attractive advantages includ- ous car types. KFH is characterized for pro- ing comprehensive insurance and com- viding the best of services to its customers prehensive Takaful Insurance, alternative (Retail and corporate) at the highest serv- car, road assistance round the clock and ice quality. KFH gives them the opportuni- travelling with the lease vehicle outside ty to select the car of their choice out of a Kuwait according to certain rules and reg- variety of the most modern cars at com- ulations. petitive rental prices starting from KD 60 KFH was established in Kuwait in 1977 per month deeding on the type of car and and is enlisted in the Kuwait Stock lease contract 1-2 years. This product aims Exchange. KFH Group is a global pioneer to strengthen KFH role and contributions in the field of Islamic banking services, in serving its customers and supporting where it offers a wide array of Islamic the vehicles market”. products and services, not to mention a Al-Essa indicated that KFH market Aahed Al-Essa high standard of innovation and client share in retail and corporate operational categories have been entered 8in the service. KFH manages its operations in the lease market is in continuing increase. leasing process to suite all tiers of cus- GCC, Asia, and Europe through over 380 KFH has provided several unique offers, tomers including luxurious cars i.e. branches, including KFH-Turkey, in order attractive discounts and special offers to Borsch, Lexus, Infinity, Jaguar, Maserati in to offer services for the bank’s clients in government sector and major compa- addition to other types of cards. Turkey, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the field of client service, while develop- ment in Islamic financial services, and to nies. KFH has also executed marketing Accordingly. More leasing options and Australia, Jordan, Dubai, and Manheim in ing common interest for all those con- upgrade the bank into the level of becom- campaigns with local automotive agents flexibility of leasing period are offered to Germany. KFH’s mission is to achieve high- cerned with the financial institution. KFH’s ing the most sustainable profitable Islamic in light of combined cooperation. New suite customers’ needs. Customers are est levels of excellence and innovation in vision is to spearhead the global develop- bank in the world.

May seeks to boost trade ties KIB Savings Account offers with India before Brexit LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa UK. One potential area of difficulty is her highest returns in Kuwait May will use her first bilateral trade trip plan to curb the annual level of net since taking office to try to boost ties migration to under 100,000 from its rate with India before leaving the European of more than three times that. India is Union. May’s office said the visit starting keen for Britain to welcome more of its Returns rise to 1.41% in Q3 of 2016 on Sunday night would focus on break- students and skilled workers. KUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) ing highly competitive and rewarding returns on ing down barriers to trade and invest- “We want to attract the brightest and announced the 3rd quarter results of its Savings investment. ment and paving the way for a free trade the best while also doing more to control Accounts, which saw a rise in returns to a record Kuwait International Bank (KIB) is a bank that deal as soon as possible after Brexit, migration,” the official said. “When we get 1.41 percent, the highest available rate in operates according to the Islamic Shari’ah, based which is not expected to happen before to ... looking at these bilateral deals we Kuwait. Eugene Galligan, Acting General in the State of Kuwait. Incorporated in 1973, and 2019. are confident that we will be able to do Manager of the Retail Banking Department at originally known as Kuwait Real Estate Bank, KIB Explaining the choice of India, a gov- strong and ambitious deals.” ernment official said: “It matters now May and Modi will also launch a part- the Bank said: “At KIB we always strive to offer a made the transition to its current Islamic operat- more than ever. India is the fastest-grow- nership on smart cities and urban devel- comprehensive suite of innovative banking ing model in 2007. ing major economy.” May said the trip opment which could generate business products and services in accordance with Islamic Today, KIB is a full service Bank operating was about seizing the opportunities of worth up to 2 billion pounds for British Sharia principles, in order to cater to the needs through a network of 28 branches spread across Brexit and “expanding our horizons and firms over the next five years, her office of our customers across all segments. The the State of Kuwait, and offering a broad range forging stronger partnerships with coun- said. Britain will press India to allow its Savings Account is unique in offering the bene- of banking products, services and solutions in tries around the world”. law firms to operate there, and will also fits of savings and investment combined into accordance with the principles of the Islamic “This is a partnership about our offer its government expertise in areas one single account. It also offers the highest Sharia. The Bank’s mission and vision also shared security and shared prosperity. It such as deregulation and tax to help returns on investment in the market, continuing encompasses a leading social responsibility pro- is a partnership of potential. And on this make India a more attractive business to show solid and consistent growth.” gram that aims at supporting every member of visit I intend to harness that potential, environment. Galligan further added: “The Savings Kuwait’s society by spearheading a multitude of rebooting an age-old relationship,” she The official declined to say whether Account offers a number of additional benefits, initiatives and activities. said in a statement ahead of the visit. May would specifically raise with Modi including the ability to open the account in In 2015, KIB embarked on a comprehensive While Britain cannot sign trade deals the issue of Tata Steel Ltd, which put its Kuwaiti Dinar or any other major foreign curren- strategic transformation plan, aimed at improv- with third countries until it is outside the British steel operations up for sale earlier cy, no minimum account opening, debit card ing the Bank’s performance indicators, as well as EU, the government is keen to hold this year but suspended it in July due to issuance, and flexibility with deposits and with- enhancing the quality of its products and servic- preparatory discussions. uncertainty over the Brexit vote. The gov- drawals, in addition to increased benefits for es. The three-pronged transformation strategy is May, accompanied by trade ministers ernment has not given away much detail personal financing.” set to conclude in 2017, and focuses on pro- Liam Fox and Greg Hands and around 40 about its Brexit plans, with May only say- KIB offers a variety of investment products Eugene Galligan pelling the Bank to the forefront of the Kuwaiti business representatives mainly from ing it wants the best deal to “trade with available in both Kuwaiti dinar and other major banking sector and setting it on a solid path to small- and medium-sized technology and operate within” the EU’s single mar- foreign currencies, including Al-Boushra Deposit, Account. All KIB products guarantee complete becoming the “Islamic bank of choice” in the and healthcare firms, will address a tech- ket. Some have suggested that if the UK Al-Joud Deposit, Arzaq Deposit and the Savings transparency and flexibility, in addition to offer- market. nology summit, have a working lunch stays in the EU’s customs union it will not with Indian Prime Minister Narendra be able to strike trade deals with third Modi and meet businesses. Among rep- countries such as India, but the British resentatives of larger firms joining her on official disputed this. German companies hone tools to the trip are David McMillan, CEO of insur- “Turkey is in the customs union but er Aviva, Ivan Menezes, the CEO of drinks has trade agreements with third coun- firm Diageo and the chairman of Asia- tries,” the official said. defuse demographic time bomb focused bank Standard Chartered, John Turkey has free trade agreements Peace. with 18 countries including in Asia, WUPPERTAL, Germany: For more than 130 Last year, wages rose in real terms by 2.5 per- state, North Rhine-Westphalia, it has limited May will visit New Delhi and outsourc- north Africa and South America, while years, Knipex, a family-owned company in west- cent, the most in over two decades. As a non- price rises, but for Wiedemann, the investment is ing hub Bengaluru before leaving on another 12 including Japan and Mexico ern Germany, has made pliers for craftsmen listed company, Knipex does not face instant paying off. “We’re getting many more job appli- Tuesday. Her office said commercial deals are actively under discussion, according around the world. Recently it has developed a pressure from shareholders if profits come in cations now,” he said. to be signed during the trip were expect- to the Turkish economy ministry web- different set of tools to help it cope with an age- lower for a year or two. The building of the Katarina Dudesin, who came to Germany in ed to create a total of 1,370 jobs in the site. — Reuters ing workforce and skilled labor shortage. kindergarten, unusual for a company of 1,200 2003 from Bosnia-Herzegovina, works 20 hours The management toolkit includes above workers, was financed with savings built up over per week in pliers production while her two inflation wage rises, subsidized meals and an on- years. smallest kids are in the company kindergarten, site nursery, as well as training for older workers Many of Germany’s DAX-listed companies are which she said had more staff and cost 10 per- UK businesses report to operate machines doing work they used to do taking their own measures, however, and even cent less than equivalents. and flexible working conditions beyond the household names like Siemens or BMW, who still “It makes life so much easier,” Dudesin said, statutory minimum. attract plenty of applicants, have trouble in adding that it had enabled her to return to work stronger activity It shows how companies in Europe’s biggest some areas. more quickly than otherwise. Despite a recent economy are increasing their efforts to adapt to rise in the birth rate and the arrival of nearly LONDON: British businesses reported uncertainty ... to dampen business invest- a long-heralded shortage of people of working PAY-OFF 900,000 migrants last year, experts estimate the stronger activity in the three months to ment in 2017, along with a rise in inflation age now that an economic upturn has driven Siemens reintroduced a scheme this year to working age population, whose pension contri- October after an initial slowdown following which will knock household spending,” employment and vacancies to record highs. Low pay up to 3,000 euros to employees who refer butions support the growing number of retirees, June’s vote to leave the European Union, Newton-Smith said. The forward-looking birth rates and increased life expectancy are candidates that it successfully places in jobs. will shrink by up to 6 million by 2030. the Confederation of British Industry said component of the CBI growth survey fell to affecting many advanced economies, but a sur- “The problem is not leaving us unscathed,” said a At Knipex, roughly a third of employees are yesterday. The CBI said its monthly growth +13 in October from a one-year high of +22 vey by staffing firm ManpowerGroup found company spokesman, adding that the talent aged 50 or older. Most will retire within the next indicator - which is based on surveys of in September, though this was still above German companies were far more worried about pool was getting smaller, especially in software 10 to 17 years. “This will be a crunch for the com- how companies’ output has changed over its long-run average. attracting and retaining talent than their peers development and engineering. Carmaker BMW pany,” Wiedemann said, while adding that train- the previous three months - rose to +8 in Last week the CBI said it expected in the United States, France, Italy or Britain. has turned to the United States, creating a 200- ing older workers to program machinery that October from a six-month low of +3 in growth to slow to 1.3 percent next year “Our strategy to avert a shortage of skilled strong digital innovation hub in Chicago and hir- now does some of the more labor-intensive jobs September. from 2.0 percent in 2016, and to 1.1 percent labor can be summarized like this: We simply ing software engineers who worked for mobile has helped. “Manufacturing exports are riding high in 2019. want to be seen as the best employer in the phone pioneer Nokia. Others are looking to edu- A study by Boston Consulting Group predict- on the back of weaker sterling and con- This is a slightly darker outlook than region, by our own employees and by outside cation. Software company SAP said it was offer- ed Germany’s GDP per capita would grow by sumers are continuing to spend on the the Bank of England, which revised up its candidates,” Knipex’s head of personnel Kai ing studies in IT and Economic Computer only 0.5 percent in 2030, far below the average high street, but activity is more modest in 2017 growth forecast last week on the Wiedemann said. Science to fill knowledge gaps among appli- of 1.3 percent. Maintaining the current labour the services sector,” CBI chief economist back of a fall in sterling and unexpectedly While globalization and digitalization have cants. force would need immigration of at least Rain Newton-Smith said. However the CBI strong growth of 0.5 percent in the three eroded wages and benefits in many developed Knipex, founded 1882 by the great-grandfa- 400,000 people every year until 2050, the said there were likely to be tougher times months to September. The CBI growth countries, Holger Schaefer, labor market expert ther of CEO Ralf Putsch, has given above infla- Institute for Employment Research estimates. ahead, as uncertainty about the terms on indicator is based on a combination of its at the Cologne Institute for Economic Research tion pay rises for three years. Its other measures But Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door which Britain would leave the EU had led to surveys of manufacturers, retail and distri- noted the demographic time bomb was ticking have cost roughly 1 million euros per year, while policy for migrants has met a popular backlash a “sharp deterioration” in planned invest- bution companies and business and pro- elsewhere too. annual sales are more than 100 million euros. and while most of the recent arrivals are of work- ment. fessional services firms, which it says cov- “It’s somewhat like a look into the future if With an eye on competitors such as Facom and ing age, many struggle to get jobs, partly due to “Although growth will be robust for ers about three quarters of the private-sec- you look at what German companies are doing,” Gedore, the company, located in the western language barriers and a lack of certified qualifi- the remainder of this year, we expect tor economy. —Reuters he said. Pay rises are the most noticeable shift. city of Wuppertal in Germany’s most populous cations. — Reuters MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 BUSINESS Finally, pay for workers across US is climbing

WASHINGTON: US workers at construction sites, staffers in the aftermath of the Great Recession. es. Hotel and restaurant workers, for example, are October. But analysts said that was due most- employment law in the retail industry at the hotels and restaurants have enjoyed solid pay rais- The job market appears much healthier now, a earning 4.6 percent more than a year ago. ly to hurricanes and other storms that caused Minneapolis-based law firm Nilan Johnson es in the past 12 months. So have employees of sign that the plodding seven-year recovery is now Employees in the information sector - which stores to close and lay off workers. And retail- Lewis. “If this continues, then I would say that utilities and telecom firms. Finally, after years of providing some critical relief for workers. includes telecommunications and data processing ers tend to be cautious about holiday hiring we are seeing an impact (from the new over- stagnant pay, more American workers are receiv- “The main reason it took a long time for this to - are taking home 5.2 percent more. Utility jobs are for what is traditionally the busiest period of time rule),” Girouard said. Still, the momen- ing meaningful raises - a trend driven home by the show up is that the recession was so deep,” said paying 4.2 percent more. Construction wages are shopping. This year, stores may be waiting to tum points to wage growth across the broad- government’s October jobs report. Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Amherst up 3.2 percent. see if spending picks up after the tumultuous er economic spectrum because fewer people Average hourly pay surged 10 cents an hour Pierpont Securities. “It’s clear that wage growth is accelerating,” said presidential race, which may have distracted are searching for work. The vast generation last month to an average of $25.92, the govern- Unemployment is a low 4.9 percent. For a sixth Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial or unnerved some shoppers. of baby boomers has begun retiring, and the ment reported Friday. That’s 2.8 percent higher straight year, the country is on track to add more Services, who estimates continued gains as “They’re adjusting and waiting to see what growth of the workforce has slowed. During than it was a year ago, the sharpest 12-month than 2 million jobs. After years of such steady job employers set their budgets for the start of 2017. happens after the election,” said Jack the first month of 2010, there were roughly increase since 2009. gains, fewer people are seeking work. As a result, Still, not all categories of employers are handing Kleinhenz, chief economist at the National 5.5 unemployed people for each job open- But the average wage increase back in 2009 many employers have felt compelled to raise pay out big raises. Pay at retailers is up just 1.4 percent Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail ing, according to government figures. That was misleading, propped up in part because to attract or keep staff. Some sectors of the econo- this year - just half the increase for the economy as trade group. “The fundamentals are there for figure has since declined to 1.3 people for employers were shedding millions of lower-paid my are exceeding the national average for pay rais- a whole. The retail industry cut 1,100 jobs during the ability to spend. This is such an unusual each job opening, thereby strengthening the situation, given it’s been polarizing.” A survey bargaining power of workers. At the same by the retail federation revealed caution time, rising minimum wages have boosted among consumers because of uncertainty incomes for the lowest-paid workers. about the election. From September to The result is that pay is rising for the bot- October, average hourly wages fell slightly for tom 40 percent of earners for the first time rank-and-file workers. This suggests that wage since the Great Recession, said Joe Brusuelas, gains may be favoring managers instead of, chief economist at the tax and consulting say, cashiers. Some retailers like Wal-Mart, the firm RSM. But Brusuelas notes that geogra- nation’s largest private employer, may be rais- phy has also influenced those rising incomes. ing pay for some lower-paid salaried workers The gains have largely bypassed workers in in anticipation of an overtime rule set to take rural communities, intensifying a discontent effect Dec. 1. That rule will require employers with the economy that has surfaced during a to pay overtime to workers who earn under brutal presidential campaign. “Job and wage $47,476 a year, a category that includes many gains have been disproportionately clustered store supervisors. in the major metro areas of the United States which is reflective of the political divide Retail industry around the economy that is likely to be vivid- But it’s too early to tell for sure, says Mark ly on display during next week’s election,” Girouard, who specializes in labor and Brusuelas said in a research note. —AP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 BUSINESS Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupé arrives in Kuwait Sensual Coupé design meets sporty SUV presence

KUWAIT: With standard-fit sport sus- standard with sports suspension pension, direct sports steering, including DYNAMIC SELECT with dynamic select and 4MATIC perma- the five transmission modes ECO, nent all-wheel drive with 9G-TRONIC COMFORT, SPORT, SPORT+ and nine-speed automatic transmission; INDIVIDUAL. DYNAMIC BODY CON- Mercedes-Benz’s sporty new GLC TROL sports suspension with steel Coupé has arrived in Kuwait and is springing and adjustable damping ready to impress. Combining effort- is optionally available. less comfort with sporty agility, the For the first time in this seg- distinct sportiness and dynamism of ment, the new GLC Coupé suspen- the new GLC Coupé is enriched with sion can be equipped with fully high safety and state-of-the-art assis- supporting multi-chamber spring- tance systems. ing and electronically controlled, “This is the seventh member of the continuously adjustable damping. SUV family, and with each new addi- tion Mercedes-Benz continues to redefine high-grade ambience and contemporary luxury,” said Michael Ruehle, Chief Executive Officer at Abdul Rahman Al-Bisher and Zaid Alkazemi Company, the Authorised General Distributors of Mercedes- Benz in Kuwait. “Bringing the hall- marks of an SUV while adopting the sleek lines of a Coupé, the new GLC Coupe embodies the next generation of Mercedes-Benz vehicles. It is the new sports car among SUVs and we are certain it will be well received by our performance driven motoring enthusiasts.” The same successful blend of mul- tifunctional SUV and dynamic Coupé world, so positively received with the GLE Coupé, is now repeated with the GLC Coupé. With an exterior length The AIR BODY CONTROL air suspen- of 4.73 metres, a height of 1.60 sion combines excellent driving metres and a wheelbase of 2.87 stability and optimal comfort with metres, the GLC Coupé is dynamic sporty agility. Specific characteris- and compact in appearance. It is also tics are preselected depending on both longer and lower than the multi- the DYNAMIC SELECT settings. In talented GLC, with which it shares its SPORT and SPORT+ mode, the basic architecture. occupants feel as if they are sitting in a sports car with a high level of Dynamic elegance meets lateral dynamics due to the even off-road passion tauter connection to the chassis, The GLC Coupé owes its distinct which is lowered by 15 millimetres. character to a characteristically COMFORT mode makes for an Coupé-esque, single-louvred dia- especially comfortable ride with mond radiator grille and a restyled, soft suspension. To ensure maxi- dropping roofline. The A pillar is less mum possible driving safety also in steeply raked, while the continuation acteristic, stretched roofline of a The AMG Exterior Line comes as Distinctive stylistic elements of the this mode, the spring/damper of the roof outline is lower, terminat- sports Coupé. The squat greenhouse standard in the GCC. It includes AMG GLC Coupé are the dashboard and the forces are instantaneously adjust- ing in the elegantly flowing, muscular blends in seamlessly with the side of front and rear apron, 5-twin spoke centre console with its flowing lines: a ed, for example in case of a sudden tail end characteristic of a Coupé. the vehicle to underline its Coupé 48.3 cm (19-inch) AMG light-alloy large, one-piece console panel below evasive manoeuvre. Additional In addition to the radiator grille, character. The interplay between high wheels or 50.8 centimetres (20-inch) the semi-integrated media display, benefits of the system include striking features of the front end beltline and wide shoulders results in positioned brand star and a sharp in multispoke design (optional), paint- offering unmatched comfort. reduced roll when cornering, auto- include integral star, short overhang proportions that lend the GLC Coupé spoiler lip reflect a design that made ed titanium grey or black with a high- The optionally available AMG matic load sensing and lowering of and SUV inspired chromed under- its dynamic looks. The interaction is its debut with the S-Class Coupé and sheen finish, with mixed-size tyres, Interior line provides a clear commit- the load compartment sill by 4 cen- guard. The innovative headlamp con- emphasized by the drawn-in waist which all Mercedes-Benz Coupé mod- diamond radiator grille with pins in ment to even greater dynamism and timetres for more convenient load- cept, standard in LED High between the dropping line and the els have since followed. chrome, integral Mercedes star and sportiness. This package includes, for ing and unloading. Performance technology (GCC only), lower, rearwards ascending light- Relocated to the lower section of single louvre in matt iridium silver example, sports seats with upholstery Another key parameter for the sports the now characteristic catching contour. the bumper, the number plate as with chrome insert. in ARTICO man-made leather/DINAMI- sporty characteristics of the GLC Mercedes-Benz light signature. A strik- Thanks to its pronounced shoul- well as the characteristic form of the CA microfiber with the option of Coupé compared to the GLC SUV is ing injection of sports car genes is ders, muscular bumper design with rear window with its rounded upper Interior: Modern with sports seats with bi-colour look the retuned Direct-Steer system, provided by the large lateral air inlets. integral exhaust tailpipe trims and area, are among the further stylistic characteristic Coupé flair leather upholstery. which offers a more direct steering The harmony between the distinc- underguard in the form of a diffuser, features. Like the headlamps, the A gallery of Coupé flair and high- ratio together with even sportier tive design worlds of Coupé and SUV the wide tail end of the GLC Coupé night design of the LED taillights grade ambience underscore the Sport programme: DYNAMIC BODY characteristics of the power assis- is revealed by the side view of the 1.60 underlines the vehicle’s athletic looks. sports the hallmark light signature of design idiom that combines sensual CONTROL or AIR BODY CONTROL tance in the SPORT and SPORT+ metre-high GLC Coupé, with its char- Narrow, split taillights, a centrally Mercedes-Benz. purity with dynamic sportiness. The all-new GLC Coupé comes as modes. US election; Big changes ahead or status quo

NBK MONEY MARKETS REPORT KUWAIT: The US dollar remained under pres- The pound sterling managed to hang on to The unemployment rate was little changed an immediate downturn in UK growth could “the most comprehensive picture so far of the sure against the low yielders this week as US some gains achieved this week following news at 4.9 percent and in line with expectations. pave the way for additional easing as soon as post-referendum UK economy. The economy election stories continue to be at the center that the UK government lost the High Court Employment continues to trend up in health November. has continued to expand at a rate broadly stage with markets ignoring the neutral case on Article 50 and a less dovish BoE, intro- care, business services, and financial activities. This week however, the Bank kept interest similar to that seen since 2015 and there is lit- November FOMC decision. ducing 2-way risk on the rate outlook. The The average hourly earnings in October was rates at a low of 0.25 percent and dropped tle evidence of a pronounced effect in the As expected the Fed decided to keep inter- Pound opened the week at 1.2195 and closed 0.4 percent versus a forecast of 0.3 percent, plans to cut them further in the near future, immediate aftermath of the “Brexit” vote. est rates on hold. Boston Fed President on Friday at 1.2516. and up by 0.1 percent from the previous although the inflation warning was tempered Most of the upside surprise was on the back Rosengren left members George and Mester month. The year to year increase was 2.8 per- with a projection that economic growth will of a still strong services sector expanding at as the only two hawks calling for an immedi- Disappointing figures cent, compared with 2.7 percent in be much stronger than previously forecast in 0.8 percent while the three other sectors, ate 25bp rate hike. While Rosengren’s U-turn According to the ADP report released this September. In conclusion, the figures are likely the near-term. mainly industrial production, construction may have come as a surprise, it does not call week, private sector employment rose by to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise Moreover, the Bank warned households to and agriculture remained in a contracting into question an eventual December tighten- 147,000 jobs in October, below expectations borrowing costs next month for the first time expect a sharp rise in inflation next year as the mode. Compared with the same period last ing for now. of 165,000, the smallest increase since May. in 2016. weak currency increase costs of imports and year, growth from July to September 2016 The FOMC statement rather highlighted ADP also revised job creation numbers for oth- squeezes family finances. Predicting rises in was 2.3 percent higher. that the case for an imminent rate hike has fur- er months as part of a new measuring model. Europe & UK import prices, the Bank said inflation would ther strengthened over the past six weeks, For September, the number of total jobs A surge in Europe’s Manufacturing PMI rise from 1.3 percent this year to 2.7 percent BoJ keeps policy unchanged with the Fed in particular delivering a more added was revised up to 202,000, from a previ- lead by Netherlands and Germany in 2017 and 2018, higher than in its last set of The Bank of Japan’s monetary policy upbeat outlook on inflation. The Fed acknowl- ous estimate of 154,000. Eurozone final manufacturing PMI figure forecasts three months ago. In its new out- announcement came in line with expectation edged that the inflation has been moving On the negative side, construction compa- look, the monetary policy committee said it by keeping the policy rates unchanged at - higher since the beginning of the year, while nies reduced the effective by 15,000 in would take until 2020 for inflation to get back 0.10 percent. The BoJ also stated its Japanese also removing the sentence that “inflation is October, the private education sector also lost to the target of 2 percent. government bonds purchases will be main- expected to remain low in the near term”. jobs. Natural resources and mining companies On Thursday, the High Court ruled against tained at more or less the current pace, at an Overall the statement language change also cut 2,000 net jobs. The sector has been the government triggering of Article 50 with- annual purchase of JPY80tn. Moreover, they was little changed as it revealed that the case reducing payrolls for nearly two years due to out a parliamentary vote. After the ruling, the cut FY16 core inflation forecasts to -0.1 per- for an increase in the fed funds rate has ‘con- oil prices. On the positive side, professional government chose to appeal the High Court’s cent, the first time below zero since April tinued to strengthen’ and that they now need and business services firms added 69,000. decision however the appeal is likely to be 2014. The central bank has pushed back the just ‘some’ further evidence on progress heard at the Supreme Court on 7th and 8th time frame for reaching its inflation target of 2 towards objectives to move rates. By the end ISM Non- manufacturing December and the government has the right percent at some time during or after the 2018 of the week the market has priced a 78 per- Non-manufacturing ISM remained strong to withdraw it before the hearing. fiscal year which ends March 2019, the fourth cent probability of a December hike. in October coming at 54.8, down 2.3 percent The decision was welcomed by global mar- extension since Kuroda took office in 2013. On the data side, the US economic releases from September. Each of the report’s four key kets and was significant as it reduced the have struggled to give the USD much support metrics, declined from September to October. chances of a hard Brexit as markets were pric- Promising China figures as investors remain in a wait and see mode Business activity and production fell 2.6 per- ing. If the government’s appeal is rejected, the In China, official manufacturing PMI figure until more clarity is given on November 8. cent at 57.7, new orders were off 2.3 percent government will have to seek parliamentary reached a surprising 51.2 in October, the Regardless, further evidence that the US to 57.7. Employment was however off 4.1 per- approval for starting the Brexit process. In highest level since 2014 and exceeded all recovery is regaining traction and spare capac- cent to 53.1 and grew for the fifth straight sum, it has weakened PM May’s Brexit posi- market expectations. Furthermore, non-man- ity continues to shrink within the US labor month. According to the report, thirteen non- came strong at 53.5 in October versus tion further and makes a new general election ufacturing PMI also edged up to 54 from 53.7. market, could raise the prospect of a manufacturing industries saw growth in September’s figure of 52.6. Manufacturing next year a likely scenario, either before or The economy in China seems to be gaining December tightening if no major surprises October including Construction and real sector has been gaining traction and momen- after the triggering of Article 50. traction in Q3 and the momentum is expect- come from the election. For now, worries con- Estate. The industries contracting in October tum at the start of the final quarter of this As the Sterling Pound was under pressure ed to carry on till the end of Q4 relieving pres- tinue to be that Trump wins, the market condi- included again mining. year. Growth of production, new orders, new since the “Brexit’ vote, the immediate pressure sure from policymakers due to the growing tions could continue to worsen for the US In summary, the report was largely positive export order and employment all accelerated, was relieved and a move higher in GBP may concerns on the real estate sector and debt Dollar as he spoke many times about using mainly, “a slow growth in October, coming off while price pressures showed further signs of have further to run in the near term, particu- levels in the country. excessive debt to boost the economy and run of huge uptick in September. Over all, both increasing. The Netherlands surged to the top larly with the market caught short. The RBA left interest rates unchanged as a large budget deficit. business activity and new orders are still very of the Manufacturing PMI rankings in expected in November though the Bank has On the currency side, the USD continues to strong, and employment is a cycle thing, as October, with growth accelerating to a 15- UK GDP defying estimates acknowledged that house prices are rising be under pressure as of late with the increased last month’s strong hiring pace cannot really month peak. Germany was also a top per- The UK GDP figures were also out this quickly in some markets. uncertainty cause by a possibility of Donald be sustained for a long period. It’s still a former, expanding at the quickest pace in week defying estimates that the country Inflation is likely to run a little lower than Trump taking US politics into new territory. decent report.” almost three years. would go into recession if the UK voted to the Bank expects over 2017, with a mid-year This is why the Yen and Swiss franc were well Inflation expectations for October came at leave the EU. In detail, GDP came at 0.5 per- rate cut in 2017 still more likely than not in supported this week while any close related The employment situation the highest level since June 2014, a sign that cent increase from July to September com- our view. vThe trade deficit narrowed more partner to the US has been bearing the brunt US jobs continued to gain at an acceptable monetary policy is gradually eliminating pared to the previous three months. than expected in September reflecting a rise of the nervousness about the impact of a pace in October, signs indicate that the labor deflation. The Consumer price index rose to According to the UK chancellor “the funda- in coal export values and volumes, while con- President Trump on international trade and market and the economy made a steady 0.5 percent in October, up from 0.4 percent in mentals of the UK economy are strong, and struction approvals fell in September, though relations. progress at the start of the fourth quarter. In September. the data show that the economy is resilient. they remain at elevated levels. In summary, the euro opened the week at detail, total nonfarm payrolls rose by 161,000 The economy will need to adjust to a new 1.0981 and reached a high of 1.1143 after a in October, down by 30,000 from September. End of year respite for the BoE relationship with the EU, but we are well- Kuwait non-event FOMC meeting. The Yen also con- So far in 2016, employment growth has aver- Three months ago, the Bank of England placed to deal with the challenges and take Kuwaiti dinar at 0.30220 tinues to be well supported mainly after the aged 181,000 per month, compared with an decided to cut interest rates to 0.25 percent advantage of opportunities.” The USDKWD opened at 0.30220 yesterday BoJ pushed their inflation target till 2019. average monthly increase of 229,000 in 2015. and resume bond buying, while warning that According to the report, the figures gave morning. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 business

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KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has understand their individual needs and deliver secutive year reflects the constant confidence been awarded the “Best Private Banking on the highest level of client service,” said the customers vest in NBK and their apprecia- Services for 2017” in Kuwait, in Global Finance’s Joseph D Giarraputo, publisher and editorial tion of the superb quality of its services and Annual Survey on top global banks in wealth director of Global Finance. products,” said Khalife. “This award is another management and private banking services, for Malek Khalife, NBK’s General Manager, testimony of NBK’s leading position as the the second consecutive year. Private Banking Group, Said “Global Finance’s highest-rated bank in the Middle East and Al-Tijari announces “Our awards help high-net-worth investors Annual Survey data was compiled from the among the 50 safest banks in the world.” choose wisely among the myriad private banks industry’s experts and analysts worldwide. Khalife added “the excellent, strong and with different strengths in wealth advisory “Awarding NBK the title of “Best Private durable relationships NBK has always main- Najma account winners services, to identify the firms most likely to Banking Services” in Kuwait for the Second con- tained with its high net-worth customers, enabled the bank to assume a unique and lead- KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait held Daily draw to win KD 7000 ing position in the field of wealth management the Al Najma Account daily draw on 6th Quarterly draws to win great prizes that and private banking on both local and regional markets. NBK also succeeded in maintaining November, 2016. would start from KD 100,000 to KD 250,000 the highest service quality standards while con- The draw was held under the supervi- 1ST quarter — KD 100 0002ND quarter sistently endeavoring to provide the most inno- sion of the Ministry of Commerce & — KD 150 000 3RD quarter— KD 200 000 vative spectrum of investment and wealth Industry represented by Mr. Saquer Al- 4TH quarter— KD 250 000 management products and solutions to satisfy Manaie. . With Al-Najma you have more chances the increasingly changing needs of customers.” The winners of the Al-Najma daily draw to win greater prizes “Thanks to its largest local and international are: * Each KD 25 kept in your account gives network strategically located in the major Nur Alam Musleddin — KD 7000, you one chance to win world financial centers, NBK has always main- Sameer Mustafa Tohfa— KD 7000, Singh * Each KD 25 kept in your account for tained a dominant and advanced position to Bagga Mohinder— KD 7000, Naser Jadallah one week will give you a chance to enter provide the best banking and investment solu- Marqas — KD 7000, Mohammed Faisel the daily draw. tions that covers a wide range of international Habib Asiri —KD 7000. * Each KD 25 kept in your account for 3 markets, taking into consideration the specific Al-Najma awards are now brighter and months will give you chance to enter the profile of each and every customer,” noted bigger than ever quarterly draw. Khalife. With the revamped Al-Najma account, Additional features “I take this opportunity to express my sin- all your dreams will be turned to reality. On * ATM card cere thanks and gratitude to both the trust of top of offering the highest daily prize in * Issue a credit card against your account NBK clients as well as the invaluable efforts of Kuwait for KD 7,000, now our Mega prize * Obtain all CBK banking services the Private Banking team at NBK that enabled draws got bigger to reach KD 250,000. You deserve to win! Open an account the bank to win such a prestigious title,” said The new prizes scheme for Al-Najma now with just KD 500 and you will enter all Malek Khalife Khalife. account draws. Burgan Bank announces winners of Yawmi account

KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yesterday 4. Iqbal Atshan Khalaf Fares Additionally, every KD 10 in the account, will For more information on opening a Yawmi the names of the lucky winners of its Yawmi 5. Rathy Abdullah Jarrah Al Shammari entitle customers to one chance of winning. If account or about the new quarterly draw, cus- account draw, each taking home a prize of KD In addition to the daily draw, Burgan Bank the account balance is KD 500 and above, the tomers are urged to visit their nearest Burgan 5,000. also offers a quarterly draw with more chances account holder will be qualified for both the Bank branch and receive all the details, or simply The lucky winners for the daily draws took to win higher rewards, entitling one lucky cus- quarterly and daily draws. call the bank’s call center at 1804080 where cus- home a cash-prize of KD 5,000 each, and they tomer to win KD 125,000 every three months. Burgan Bank encourages everyone to open a tomer service representatives will be delighted are: The Yawmi Account offers daily and quarterly Yawmi account and/or increase their deposit to to assist with any questions on the Yawmi 1. Burhanuddin Kutbuddin Sultan draws, the quarterly draw requires customers to maximize their chances to becoming a winner. account or any of the bank’s products and serv- 2. Katabjiwala Salma Saifuddin maintain a minimum amount of KD 500 in their The more customers deposit, the higher the ices. Customers can also log on to Burgan Bank’s 3. Meshaal Essa Khodor Odah Al Shemmari account for 2 months prior to draw date. chances they receive of winning. www.burgan.com for further information. technology MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 Symantec to actively participate in EGOV4 IT security leader stresses philosophy of ‘Innovate, but Securely’

KUWAIT: Symantec, the IT Security leader, region. The government has done an excel- and the integration of various industries, is partially driven by the increasing penetra- announced yesterday that they will be lent job in responding to the society’s level such as education, health, finance, insur- tion of smartphones and tablets and the actively participating in the upcoming forth of tech savviness and demand for stream- ance, and real-estate. While that may be shift towards cloud computing.” e-Government Forum (EGOV4) due to take lined services, by implementing projects conducive to our highly connected world, it Love added, “moving forward, IT will place from 27 -29 November at Arraya that have improved government processes also puts these industries at greater risk of transition from having technical purpose to Ballroom of Courtyard Mariotte Hotel. “We vastly through its E-government services.” being hacked. By connecting everything, having societal purpose. By that token, are delighted to be part of this annual tech- Gordon added, “innovation has become we have given cybercriminals leverage to innovation must veer away from fast-paced nology event in Kuwait, especially that it is an unstoppable force from which we are attack not only one, but all aspects of our modernization and towards addressing the held under the patronage of His Highness feeding, and in the coming decade or so, the society. The role that society will play in this needs of our society and how to protect our the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al- internet will likely dictate the way in which digital revolution is unquestionably under- businesses. As innovation pushes technolo- Hamad Al-Sabah. Symantec helps govern- we live our lives. Every innovation carries stated. Moreover, the Middle East’s geopo- gy further, legacy devices are no longer able ments, businesses, and individuals safe- intended and unintended consequences. litical position and importance to the world to hold enhanced security measures. The guard their IT investments against the According to Symantec’s ISTR 2016 report, economy through trade, tourism and oil security industry must commit to integrate increasingly malicious cyber threats. “ the world bought more than 1.4 billion and gas resources have made the region the advancements generated by innovation Through the ambitious organizational smartphones in 2015. What we now call the highly vulnerable to a high volume of IT by building security into devices and net- efforts of CAIT and NoufEXPO, EGOV has Internet of Things (IoT), will soon become security attacks and in turn, triggered rapid works. If these measures are not taken, become a must-attend technology event for the Internet of Everything. In addition, in the growth in its IT security market. cybercriminals are given easy access into every global technology vendor, “ said next few years there will be more connected Commenting on Kuwait’s IT security chal- businesses and consumers lives.”‘ Gordon Love, Vice President Emerging devices than people in the world, and what lenges, Grodon said, “Kuwait’s 2016 Internet Gordon concluded his statement by say- Markets at Symantec. a momentous time in history that will be! Security Threat Profile has jumped from a ing, “as the world’s leading cyber security Gordon continued to say, “the techno- Uses of IoT that were previously impractical global rank of 70th in 2014 to 61st in 2015, company, Symantec’s role within these logical advancements we are witnessing will increasingly become more practical, indicating a higher global percentage of technological advancements is to remain a today, both on a global and regional level, although the problem with that type of vig- security threats, including malicious code, pillar of vigor, aiming to continuously pur- are nothing short of impressive, and they orous innovation is that most of these IoT spam, phishing hosts, web and network Gordon Love sue and patch up whatever dysfunctions are continue to surpass what we thought we devices will lack stringent security measures attacks, and bots from the country. Bucking found in these advancements. Our innova- would be able to achieve by this millennia. and will become a deliberate risk.” the global downward trend, Kuwait also threats. As the country continues to work tion branches out of accurately utilizing our In fact, IT spending in the Middle East is set experienced more bots with its global rank towards becoming a leading global hub for extensive assets to find solutions, where to reach $212.9 billion in 2016, a 37 per cent Integration changing 15 spots from rank 50th in 2014 to technology advancements, this puts numer- other companies cannot. Helping our cus- increase from the previous year. Closer to The Vice President Emerging Markets at 35th in 2015. A bot is a type of malware that ous organizations at risk should they choose tomers tackle their biggest security chal- home, we’ve seen Kuwait making consider- Symantec commented, “the materialization allows an attacker to take control over an not to upgrade security measures. One of lenges remains a priority in our mission to able progress in becoming an emerging of the IoT is accompanied with the emer- affected computer. This means that Kuwait is the key challenges for these organizations is secure and support upcoming technology technology and innovation hub in the gence of added internet-connected devices becoming a more attractive target for the rising complexity of cyber-attacks, which hubs like Kuwait.” Qualitynet sponsors IDC IT Forum with Alcatel Lucent Forum put spotlight on digital transformation

KUWAIT: Qualitynet, Kuwait’s #1 ICT, collaboration with our strategic part- in Kuwait for projects - Alcatel Lucent tions from Alcatel Lucent IT solu- Data Communications & Internet ner Alcatel Lucent”. said he takes pride in the strategic tions” said Ahmad. Services Provider participated as a “We are keen on growing our pres- alliance with Qualitynet, which has The event saw more than 100 IT Sponsor and Exhibitor in the IDC IT ence in the IT sector” said Kooheji. “Our continued for over a decade. “We professionals in attendance, bringing Forum, held at the Radisson Blu Hotel successful completion of large scale ICT have successfully implemented and together some of the leaders ven- in October ‘16. The participation was and IT projects in the country and delivered many large scale projects dors in the IT spectrum. Held regu- in cooperation with Alcatel Lucent, across the region stands testimonial for together. Qualitynet has for a long larly in the Middle East and neigh- and the event was held by IDC, a our capability in offering the best-of- time now been the most vital part- boring countries, the attending com- leader in organizing forums for class solutions and the power to har- ner and distributor of Alcatel Lucent panies showcase solutions and serv- Information Technology both region- ness the strength of Qualitynet’s tech- solutions in Kuwait. It felt fitting to ices that address the many chal- ally and internationally. nological prowess in the segment” he participate in this event with lenges faced by today’s organiza- Held for the first time in Kuwait, concluded. Qualitynet, and showcase the latest tions when transitioning to a digital the Forum took place in conjunction Ahmad Johar, Regional Director networking and digital communica- model of business. with a number of Arab cities, aimed at professionals and decision makers SEOUL: A man passes by Samsung Electronics Galaxy Note 7 smartphones at that are keen on IT and the develop- the company’s shop in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics says it will ments in the technology field. This offer an artificial intelligence assistant service in the upcoming flagship year’s topic for discussion was “Digital smartphone. The South Korean company said yesterday that the Galaxy S8 Transformation: Leveraging IT to smartphone will let users order food or perform other tasks without going Future Proof Your Business” highlight- through a third-party application but by simply asking the phone’s virtual ing the need to embark on the digital assistant. —AP transformation journey. The chal- lenge poses the need to enable a smooth transition between existing Samsung to offer digital systems and new technologies, with- out disruptions in operations or cus- assistance in Galaxy S8 tomer experiences. The speakers also shared best practices in embracing digital transformation, empowering SEOUL: Samsung Electronics said yester- The South Korean company joined the professionals to explore strategies for day it will offer an artificial intelligence race to create the digital assistant service improving efficiency, fostering inno- assistant service in the upcoming flagship when it acquired in October Viv Labs Inc., a vation, reducing costs, and increasing smartphone, as the South Korean firm Silicon Valley startup launched by the business competitiveness. seeks recovery from its global smartphone same entrepreneurs who sold Siri to Apple. Essa H Al-Kooheji, GM, Sales and recalls. The Galaxy S8 will let users order Past and current Samsung phones offer a Business Development - Qualitynet food or perform other tasks without going voice assistant service called “S Voice” stated “We are pleased to be through a third-party application but by developed internally, but the feature did involved in the IDC IT Forum, to simply asking the phone’s virtual assistant, not gain much traction. exchange experiences and gain Samsung said in a statement. The artificial Samsung’s acquisition of the Silicon insight into the transformation of intelligence service will also be made avail- Valley firm was seen as its taking another Information Technology in the able in Samsung’s other consumer elec- step to seek independence from Google, region. As a pioneering provider of tronics products, such as refrigerators. which offers its brand of virtual assistant Information and Communication The company declined to disclose what service in Android-powered devices. Technology Solutions in the country, specific tasks the S8 phone will perform Executives at Samsung and Viv Labs said Qualitynet offers future proof solu- through its artificial intelligence feature. that the biggest difference between the tions in Digital Communications and Samsung is expected to unveil the next existing digital assistant and the one they Advanced Networking, through top- iteration for its flagship Galaxy device in are jointly developing is that the latter of-the-line products and services in Qualitynet booth at the Forum spring as it has typically done in the past. will be an “open AI platform,” meaning Sales of the Galaxy S8 will be crucial for the that third-party developers will be able to recovery of Samsung’s mobile business, offer their services through Samsung’s AI which saw its latest quarterly profit nearly platform. wiped out by two global recalls of the “Our Galaxy smartphones don’t provide Automated cars could threaten Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. Samsung esti- services that enable consumers to order mates it has lost at least $5.3 billion as it pizza or coffee, but does provide third par- discontinued the model, which overheated ty applications. But the new AI platform jobs of professional drivers and caught fire. will enable consumers to do things that The company said last month that it has they would usually do through a separate NEW YORK: Ronald De Feo has watched robots take Computer scientists and economists say the threat Meyerotto, a 61-year-old truck driver in Denver. not figured out what went wrong with the third party application,” Samsung’s state- factory jobs for years. Now he sees them threatening isn’t merely theoretical: Automated cars pose an exis- “There’s an awful lot of development that needs to be Note 7 phones. ment said. —AP a new class of worker: People who drive for a living. tential threat to the many Americans who drive for a done on it.” Meyerotto, who’s been driving since 2007, “I am in Pittsburgh; it’s a test market for Uber’s living: 2.9 million truckers and delivery drivers, points to the self-driving Tesla Model S car that autonomous vehicle,” says De Feo, CEO of the indus- 674,000 bus drivers, 181,000 cab drivers and chauf- crashed in May, killing the driver, after the car’s cam- Facebook gold streak continues trial materials firm Kennametal. “We see all these feurs. The big question is how long it will take auto eras failed to detect a tractor-trailer crossing its path. (automated) Ubers running around the streets of and tech companies to clear the technical hurdles to He doesn’t expect to see robotic trucks doing much in Q3, boosted by video Pittsburgh, a confusing and difficult place to navigate. turning the streets over to driverless cars. driving for 10 or 15 more years. If they can make that work, what do you think hap- “I don’t see herds of robotic trucks running down But the quick development of driverless cars has NEW YORK: Whether it’s a video clip of your from mobile has increased every quarter pens to the job of being a taxi driver?” the highway in the next few years,” says Vern caught economists by surprise. Assessing which jobs friend’s dog or a live stream of the presiden- since the company began reporting this fig- were vulnerable to robots in a 2004 book, economists tial debates, you are likely watching more ure in 2012. Frank Levy of the Massachusetts Institute of videos on Facebook than ever. And that In the July-September quarter, Facebook Technology and Richard Murnane of Harvard means you’re also more likely to see video had $6.8 billion in advertising revenue, a 59 University reckoned that truck drivers were safe. ads. Facebook’s latest strategy is to grow both percent increase from a year earlier. Mobile Surely, a machine couldn’t negotiate rush-hour traffic user-generated and advertiser-created videos advertising accounted for 84 percent of this. without a helping human hand. as it tries to get a firm foothold in this nascent Facebook had 1.79 billion monthly users as of Six years later, Google’s automated cars were on but growing market. The strategy appears to Sept. 30, up 16 percent from a year earlier. the road, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, circling be working. While Madison Avenue is not Facebook earned $2.38 billion during the Lake Tahoe and cruising down Hollywood Boulevard. known for risky experimenting, advertisers third quarter, or 82 cents per share, up Now, companies from Ford to Tesla to Uber are invest- are already testing the waters with live video. sharply from $896 million, or 31 cents per ing in automated car technology. “The next big wave General Motors, for example, launched its share, a year earlier. Adjusted earnings were of automation will apply to driving,” says Moshe Vardi, electric Chevy Bolt EV through Facebook Live $1.09 per share, above the 97 cents that ana- a computer scientist at Rice University. this year. lysts polled by FactSet had expected. Total “People are spending more and more revenue rose 56 percent to $7.01 billion, sur- First victims time on mobile, especially video,” David passing analysts’ expectations of $6.92 billion. Vardi suspects that truck drivers will be the first Wehner, Facebook’s chief financial officer, Video ads will become more important as victims. Automated trucks can be programmed to go said in an interview. Facebook sees a slowdown in how many ads from one warehouse to another, plying express lanes He said this has been a big factor in help- it shows between all the updates from reserved for trucks that let them avoid interacting ing drive up overall mobile advertising. It friends, a measure known as ad load. with human drivers. helps on the video front that Facebook had Facebook’s stock fell $8.77, or nearly 7 per- Vardi notes that vulnerable truckers have much in successfully transitioned from desktop to cent, to $118.20 in extended trading after common with the factory workers who’ve been oust- mobile, despite early doubts. Now, when Wehner told analysts that “ad load will play a SAN FRANCISCO: In this Aug 18, 2016, file photo, Matt Grigsby, senior program engi- ed by machines over the past several decades: They Facebook tries to sell video to its advertisers, less significant (role in) driving revenue neer at Otto, takes his hands off the steering wheel of a self-driving, big-rig truck tend to be white men, middle-aged or older, with it can simply point to past financial results. growth” after mid-2017, leading to slower during a demonstration on the highway, in San Francisco. Uber’s self-driving startup high school-only educations - the people who’ve The percentage of ad revenue that came growth overall. —AP Otto developed technology allowing big rigs to drive themselves. —AP formed the core support for Donald Trump. —AP MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

NEW DELHI: A family on a motorcycle wait at a crossing amidst smoke and smog.

NEW DELHI: A Delhi policeman stands guard at the war memorial India Gate engulfed in a thick smog in New Delhi, India, yesterday. —AP photos Delhi shuts schools, halts NEW DELHI: An Indian girl holds a banner during a protest against air construction to tackle pollution pollution.

NEW DELHI: India’s capital announced a slew for 10 days. The other measures announced The Centre for Science and Environment, a of measures yesterday to combat the crip- include a 10-day ban on the use of all diesel- New Delhi-based research and lobbying pling air pollution that has engulfed the city, powered electricity generators, except at organization, said government data shows including closing down schools, halting con- places such as hospitals and cellphone tow- that the smog that has covered the city for struction and ordering that all roads be ers. Starting Thursday, all major roads in the the last week is the worst in 17 years. Over doused with water to settle dust. New Delhi, city will be vacuum cleaned once a week, the last few years, New Delhi’s government one of the world’s dirtiest cities, saw levels of Kejriwal said. has tried a handful of methods to control air PM2.5 - tiny particulate matter that can clog The chief minister also said people should pollution, including stricter emission norms lungs - soar to over 900 micrograms per cubic avoid going outdoors until the pollution lev- for cars and a tax on diesel-fueled trucks that meter on Saturday. That’s more than 90 times els drop and should try to work from home enter the city. It has also barred the burning the level considered safe by the World Health as much as possible. New Delhi’s air pollu- of leaves and garbage in the city. Organization and 15 times the Indian govern- tion soars during the cooler winter months, Earlier this year, the city reduced the num- ment’s norms. The severe weekend pollution bringing health troubles to millions, espe- ber of cars on the roads during the winter followed a week of constant gray smog. cially children and older people. months, when air quality is at its worst. Twice New Delhi’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, Kejriwal said that a major contributor to the city imposed a two-week period in which told reporters after an emergency meeting New Delhi’s pollution is the crop fires in cars were allowed on the roads only on even of his Cabinet yesterday that schools would neighboring states. At the start of every win- or odd days, depending on the vehicle’s be shut for three days, and all construction ter, farmers in the states of Punjab, Haryana license plate number. Yesterday, Kejriwal said and demolition activity halted for at least and Uttar Pradesh begin burning straw from that the government was assessing whether five days. He also said a coal-fueled power their rice paddy crop to clear the fields for it needed to reduce the number of cars NEW DELHI: Indians wear pollution masks and hold posters and banners plant on the edges of the city would be shut planting wheat. again.—AP protesting against air pollution. Adding music to pain Dinner with TV may be a recipe for less healthy meals NEW YORK: Families that eat dinner with the other third only had it on in the back- meds may reduce pain the TV on tend to eat less healthy food ground. Families who ate with no TV play- and to enjoy the meals less than families ing or with the TV on during only one who leave the TV off, according to a meal enjoyed their meals more than SEOUL, South Korea: As a complement to tradi- reported pain intensity, emotional distress from “In addition, music therapists provide various recent US study. This was true even for those that watched during both meals. tional pain relief tools like medication, listening pain, vital signs and amount of pain relief med- music experiences with specific clinical intent to families that were not paying attention to This was true regardless of whether fami- to music may lessen acute or chronic pain relat- ication taken. Many studies let participants promote a sense of hope and control, to actively the TV and only had it on as background lies paid attention to the TV. Families that ed to cancer and other conditions, according to choose the type of music they wanted to listen re-direct patients’ attention, and to support noise, the researchers write in the journal didn’t watch TV during meals ate signifi- a new review. “We have seen and observed this to, often including classical, easy listening, new patients to actively cope with their illness,” he Appetite. “Family meals are protective for cantly healthier food than the others. effect in multiple clinical settings such as med- age, slow jazz and soft rock. A quarter of the tri- said. “Music medicine and music therapy are not many aspects of child health,” lead author Families that had the TV on but did not ical hospitals and hospice-care facilities,” said als used music selected by researchers. On aver- meant to be alternative forms of therapy, rather Amanda Trofholz said by email, adding pay attention also ate more healthy food author Jin Hyung Lee of Ewha Womans age, participants listened to about 38 minutes of they are provided as a complementary treat- that parents can take this time to check in than families that actively watched TV University in Seoul, South Korea. “In addition to music during the experiments. ment to existing care,” he said. with children and teach them about set- while eating. Families eating with the TV all the clinical trials investigating the effects of Overall, people getting the music interven- Music may distract and relax patients, said Dr. ting limits on their diets. “Having the TV on also ate fast food for dinner signifi- music interventions on pain, we are seeing an tion in their trial rated their pain intensity about John Marshall of the University of Missouri on during the family meal may reduce cantly more often than those with TV-free increase in the number of music therapists who one point lower on a zero to 10 scale after music School of Medicine in Columbia, Missouri, who the opportunity for this connection meals. Children of TV-watching families work in the medical and hospice care settings,” sessions compared to groups that got no music. was not part of Lee’s review. “When we did our between family members and blunt the were not more likely to be overweight or Lee told Reuters Health by email. “Of course, But the results were not consistent among all music study in colonoscopy patients many years protective effects of the meal,” said obese than children whose families did these professionals work on a variety of clinical studies, Lee notes. Seven of the studies found a ago, we were giving patients light sedation,” Trofholz, a researcher at the University of not watch TV during meals, however. goals in addition to pain management, but it significant decrease in anesthetic use in music Marshall said. “The patients were awake during Minnesota, Minneapolis. “A non-distracted meal environment, definitely is one of the major goals.” groups compared to non-music groups. There their procedures. The music seemed to be a To explore the link between TV watch- without the TV on, is an opportunity for Lee reviewed 97 randomized controlled trials were similar small but significant differences in helpful adjunct to improving the patient experi- ing during meals and risk factors for children to enjoy eating, try novel foods conducted between 1995 and 2014 that includ- studies examining use of opioid and non-opioid ence.” Today, most colonoscopy patients are childhood obesity, the study team ana- and self-regulate eating when healthy ed a total of 9,147 participants. Most trials painkillers, but there was no difference in seda- moderately to heavily sedated, so music during lyzed video recordings of 120 families options are provided,” said Eileen involved music therapy, which typically involves tive use. Heart rate, blood pressure and respira- the procedure may not matter as much, though that included a child aged 6 to 12. The FitzPatrick, an assistant professor at The interactions with a music therapist, while a tion rate were all found to be lower among par- pleasant background music prior to the proce- families were recruited from primary care Sage Colleges in Troy, New York. “Having handful of trials looked at music medicine, ticipants in music groups in some studies. Music dure makes sense. “There are many things to clinics in Minneapolis between 2012 and the TV on during dinner is a distraction which mainly involves exposure to “prerecorded stimulates additional senses other than pain consider when devising a music program for 2013 and were mostly from low-income which may lead to ‘mindless eating’ music experiences” selected for their effects, Lee receptors, which attracts patients’ attention, and patients, so I would recommend consulting a and minority groups. The families record- including overeating without realizing it,” writes in the Journal of Music Therapy. The trials relieves stress and anxiety with its soothing music therapist when establishing a music medi- ed two of their family meals using an iPad FitzPatrick, who was not involved in the examined those effects on participants’ self- quality, Lee said. cine program,” Lee said. —Reuters and reported to the research team what study, said by email. FitzPatrick added they had eaten and how much they had that advertisements on TV market enjoyed it. The study team assessed the unhealthy foods to children and can health of the meals themselves, whether shape what foods they prefer to eat for Poll shows tight contest for a TV was being used and the emotional dinner. Families should try to view the atmosphere of the meal. Only one third family meal as a family event rather than of the families left the TV off during both just a necessity, Trofholz said. “Families California drug price initiative recorded meals. About a quarter had the who see the family meal as a time to con- TV on for only one meal and 43 percent nect with and enjoy their families may be left the TV on during both meals. more likely to turn off the TV, have a CALIFORNIA: The battle to con- poll conducted in September recent days. Many of the ads fea- tests. They have also expressed Of the families eating with the TV on, higher quality meal, and enjoy the meal vince California voters to approve showed 50 percent of voters in ture veterans expressing worry concern over Proposition 61’s two thirds paid attention to the TV while more.” —Reuters a ballot initiative aimed at curb- favor, 16 percent opposed and 34 that passage of the ballot measure potential to curb drugmaker prof- ing prescription drug prices percent undecided. will increase their drug costs if its, particularly if it becomes a appears to be tightening as the Another early September poll drugmakers respond by limiting template for action in other Hidden digital ads pushing children pharmaceutical industry steps up conducted by the University of discounts to the VA. states. its attacks, according to poll Southern California and the Los Supporters of the proposition, At the same time, RBC expects to eat fatty food, health experts warn results released on Friday. The Angeles Times found that 66 per- including the Aids Healthcare something of a “relief rally” for LONDON: Children in Europe are bombarded individually tailored marketing techniques California Drug Price Relief Act, cent of voters approved the Foundation and AARP, which industry share prices next with hidden digital advertising and marketing that parents may underestimate, or be also known as Proposition 61, measure and 23 percent were advocates for seniors, have said Wednesday, given the recent sell- promoting fatty, sugary and salty foods that is unaware of. “Often, parents do not see the would require drugmakers to opposed. “Investors have been the plan could save California tax- off in healthcare stocks. The damaging their health and adding to the same advertisements, nor do they observe the give state-run health programs bracing for a controversial and payers up to $5.7 billion over 10 Nasdaq Biotechnology index has region’s obesity problem, World Health online activities of their children; many there- discounts on medications similar potentially dangerous headline years, although a state legislative fallen about 14 percent since mid- Organization experts said on Friday. The fore underestimate the scale of the problem,” to those provided to the US risk,” RBC Capital Markets analyst analysis said the financial impact September. The NYSE ARCA researchers called for policymakers to do more said the WHO. Department of Veterans Affairs, Michael Yee told Reuters. “This is is not clear. Former Democratic Pharmaceutical index has dropped to protect children from junk food advertising About two-thirds of children who are over- which pays the lowest prices in not necessarily a simple price presidential candidate Bernie about 11 percent over the same messages on networking sites, games - known weight before puberty will be overweight in ear- the country. measure. It may not actually work Sanders, who has called on period. Presidential candidates as “advergames” - and other social media. ly adulthood, and an estimated 25 percent of A survey of nearly 1,500 regis- and could lead to overall higher Californians to approve Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump “Our governments have given the preven- school-aged children in Europe are already over- tered voters conducted by the costs in the system.” Proposition 61, plans to be in the have both advocated measures to tion of childhood obesity the highest political weight or obese, said the report. Overweight Field Poll and the University of Opponents of Proposition 61, state to stump for the measure reduce healthcare costs. Clinton priority, (yet) we consistently find that children and obese children are likely to stay obese into California, Berkeley at the end of led by pharmaceutical companies starting on Sunday. has been particularly critical of - our most vulnerable group - are exposed to adulthood and more likely to develop chronic ill- October found an even split, with like Pfizer Inc and Amgen Inc, have Yee said investors are likely to sharp increases in U.S. drug prices, countless numbers of hidden digital marketing nesses such as diabetes and heart disease and 47 percent of voters saying they raised nearly $110 million to stop remain nervous heading into promising tougher oversight, and techniques promoting foods high in fat, sugar cancer at a younger age. Gauden Galea, a WHO would vote yes and 47 percent its passage ahead of Tuesday’s next week given the inherent any big gains for fellow and salt,” said Zsuzsanna Jakab, the WHO’s Europe expert on chronic disease and health saying they would vote no on the vote. The “No on Prop 61” coalition risks in the wider election, which Democratic candidates in regional director for Europe. promotion, said allowing advertisers and the She said in the absence of effective regula- food industry to target children like this could measure. The remaining 6 per- has stepped up its television and includes the US presidential race, Congress could strengthen her tion of digital media in many countries, chil- have “huge health and economic conse- cent were undecided. A similar print advertising campaigns in as well as Senate and House con- hand in that cause. —Reuters dren are increasingly exposed to persuasive, quences”. —Reuters MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE Do the benefits of real friendships translate online?

NEW YORK: A person’s Facebook activ- Social connections may promote California voter records and found that active social life offline. They found that Knowing the signs of healthy behavior ity might be a window into their health healthy behaviors, improve immunity Facebook users were 12 percent less people who posted the most photos or risk might lead to ways of using and even predict their odds of dying in and reduce inflammation, the research likely to die during that time. For their and the fewest “status updates” were Facebook to identify people at risk and the short term, a new study suggests. team writes. But past studies focused other analyses, researchers focused about 30 percent less likely to die over promote healthy interventions, accord- Researchers stop short of saying that on real-life interactions, and it’s been solely on Facebook users and analyzed the study period than the average ing to Fowler. For instance, knowing that using the social networking website less clear if the same was true for online online activities like sending and Facebook user, for example. certain activities on Facebook are tied to will either hasten or delay illness or social connections. accepting “friend requests,” posting an increased risk of death from causes death, but they conclude that how a For the new study, the researchers photos and “liking” other people’s Knowing the signs like suicide or heart disease can help person interacts on the site might say a used anonymized data on about 12 mil- updates. But there was no decreased risk of researchers design programs that will lot about their level of risk. “We can’t lion Facebook users living in California. People who were popular and death for those with the most online- flag the risk and allow a user’s friends to say using Facebook is good for you, All joined the site before October 2010 accepted the most friend requests were only activities, such as writing wall intervene, he said. “These are really inex- but I think the study provides evidence and were in their 20s through 60s dur- about 34 percent less likely to die than posts or messages. “We didn’t see any pensive interventions that can reach that it’s probably not bad for you,” said ing the first six months of 2011, the those who accepted the fewest relationship between Facebook ‘likes’ hundreds, thousands and possibly even James Fowler, the study’s senior period of Facebook activity the requests. There was no benefit in send- and health,” said lead author William millions of people,” said Dr Michael Thase, author, from the University of researchers analyzed. ing the most friend requests, though. Hobbs, of Northeastern University in a professor of psychiatry at the University California, San Diego. The study team tracked deaths and That result is a bit disappointing since it Boston. The findings suggest real-life of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Past studies have found that people causes of death in the next couple of suggests seeking out new friendships interactions drive any possible decrease Medicine in Philadelphia. Similar pro- with more friends and social ties in years by matching subjects to may not lead to health benefits, Fowler in a person’s risk of death, according to grams could possibly be run through their community tend to live longer, California Department of Public Health told Reuters Health. The types of activi- the researchers. Their analysis suggests other social media, too, said Thase, who Fowler and his coauthors, which records of deaths in 2012 and 2013. In ties that did or did not seem to come the lowest risk of death was among wasn’t involved with the new study. “The include a representative from one analysis, the researchers looked at with a lower risk of dying were telling, people tagged in the most Facebook monitoring function that’s possible with Facebook, write in the Proceedings of mortality rates among Facebook users the researchers write, because the ones photos and those who engage on the social media-to know risks-is a good the National Academy of Sciences. and 89,597 non-users matched from tied to a benefit seemed to point to an website a moderate amount. thing,” he told Reuters Health. —Reuters Mangrove protection key to survival for Senegalese community All these species are victims of the disappearance of the mangrove

JOAL, Senegal: Pelicans, flamin- gos, monkeys and even hyenas are under threat in Senegal along with the livelihoods of the local people as thick clusters of mangroves are disappearing. And it seems that not even an ancestral spirit can save them. The protected marine area (AMP) of Joal in western Senegal, A general view of the mangrove field of Joal. just to the north of the Gambia, is home to an incredibly rich biodiver- sity. The hardy mangrove shrubs thrive in salty water, thick mud and hot, humid conditions that would kill most other plants. Part of Senegal’s peaceful Petite Cote, Joal’s mangroves are being eroded by a combination of factors, includ- ing global warming, deforestation, public works, oyster and clam fish- ing, salination of the fresh water riv- er and drought. All along the riverbed, great swathes of sandy dunes have appeared in place of the once suf- focating canopy of mangroves. “The empty spaces are areas where the mangrove has disappeared,” said Abdoulaye Sagna, a manager JOAL-FADIOUT, Senegal: Abdoulaye Sagna, a manager of the Protected Marine Area (AMP) of at the Joal AMP. Mangroves are not just tough survivors. Scientists now Joal gestures while standing on the limit of the mangrove. —AFP photos Farmers work in an oyster cultivation field in the mangrove of Joal. believe the swamps are hugely (67-square-mile) protected area has and clams. But now, you have to go groves,” said Sall. “Everyone respect- important to the well-being of the had a positive effect on safeguard- much further,” complained Marie- ed that ban and belief in that spirit planet as a whole. Senegal’s man- ing the local environment. “There Madeleine Diouf, head of a group was a factor in the conservation of grove system supports a vast range was nothing here, no mangroves, of seafood traders in Joal. “We can’t the mangrove. “But now there are a of species and organisms. Baobab but from 2009 we started reforest- find the quantity we want and lot of migrants in Joal who couldn’t trees and acacia shrubs grow in ing,” said Sall. “In villages not cov- demand is increasing.” care less about this spirit, or the between the tangled roots, which ered by the AMP, the mangrove is Other than the abundant mol- conservation of the mangrove.” One are a habitat for molluscs, crabs and more degraded. We fear it will dis- lusc fishing, Joal-famous for being solution has been to build an oyster insects. appear in certain areas where the birthplace of Senegal’s first farm in Joal to boost production. Animals such as monkeys and entire hectares have been cut president, Leopold Sedar Senghor- Yet another is to try to protect hyenas also live in the mangroves, down.” Despite the reforestation is also known for tourism and local young molluscs. and flamingos, pelicans, terns, policy, Senegal is losing much of its handicrafts, based on clam shells Oyster farmer Leopold Ndong herons and other types of birds mangroves, not least to those look- and sea snails found at the island of wields a knife to cut oysters from nest in the trees. “All these species ing for firewood and construction Fadiouth, which is linked to Joal by the intertwined mangrove roots to are victims of the disappearance of materials. a bridge. “plant” them in mud. “These are the mangrove,” added Sagna. The “Senegal has lost 40 percent of spat, baby oysters... After a year protected area may be vast but its mangroves since the 1970s,” said Ancestral spirit they will be mature,” he said. outside of the AMP, the mangrove ecologist Haidar El Ali, a former But that has attracted many According to Diouf, the fight to pre- is receding, according to Abdou minister of the environment. As the unscrupulous outsiders, and not serve the mangroves is not a for- Karim Sall, a member of the Joal mangroves recede, it is becoming even a local spirit in the deeply lorn one and is worth the effort. AMP’s organizing committee. harder to find oysters and clams, superstitious society can keep “We have to replant every day which are among the mainstays of them from exploiting the man- because people keep cutting ‘Degraded’ mangroves the local economy. “Before, all you groves. “Joal’s ancestral spirit, Mama (down mangroves),” she said. But he insists that the establish- needed to do was go 10 metres (32 Ngueth, the town’s protector, “People will keep cutting, and we’ll This general view shows a portion of the mangrove field of Joal. ment of the 174-square-kilometre feet) into the river to find oysters banned the cutting down of man- keep replanting.” —AFP WHAT’S ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 McDonald’s launches its new ‘Signature Collection’ of premium burgers

cDonald’s Kuwait um cut of thick juicy Angus beef pat- topped with crispy beef Bacon ing the very best, and will not com- announced the launch of ty which is offered with this big size Strips, lettuce leaf, Tomato slice, promise on food quality. All products Mthe newest addition to its for the first time at McDonald’s. It is a Emmental Cheese, finished up with served at all McDonald’s restaurants menu with the new “Signature mouth-watering mushrooms topped another twist of Big Mac Sauce. in the Middle East are Halal, inspect- Collection”, crafted using the highest with good old-fashioned American While chicken lover will drool ed and approved by local authorities quality pure and Halal 100% Angus cheddar cheese, gooey caramelized over the new “The Chicken and Halal officers at the countries of beef and white chicken breasts,. onion rings and a tasty black pepper Mexicano”, which comes in a golden- export and customs officials at the Customers can look forward to mayo all brought together in a deli- brown butter artisan roll, smothered port of entry. Chicken used in enjoying three new premium burg- cious buttered artisan Bun. in creamy mayonnaise, with melt-in- McDonald’s restaurants can be ers made with the finest ingredients The “Clubhouse” beautifully your-mouth delicious Emmental traced back to a trusted supplier that sourced from around the world; “The brings together the golden-brown Cheese, a succulent white chicken shares its dedication to the highest Mushroom, “The Clubhouse” and butter artisan roll, the tangy Big Mac breast breaded to perfection, and quality standards. McDonald’s “The Chicken Mexicano”. sauce, caramelized onion rings, fiery Jalapenos, all topped off with a ensures 100% supplier eligibility McDonald’s “The Mushroom” fea- prime cuts of Angus beef, ground thick layer of zesty guacamole. before adding any source to its data- tures a 100% Halal and pure premi- into a generously thick juicy patty McDonald’s is committed to serv- base of approved suppliers. KAMCO organizes dental AUK receives ABET Accreditation awareness session for employees on Computer Engineering Program

AMCO Investment Company, a included a brief lecture about dental causes and dangers of plaque he American University of members of the AUK ABET steering the quality of knowledge and skills leading investment company care, followed by a question and buildup, and maintain proper dental Kuwait (AUK) announced that its committee whose hard work led to they gained at AUK,” expressed Kwith one of the largest AUMs in answer session with a dental surgeon hygiene. Dr Ahmed Abdelhaq led the TBachelor of Engineering (BE) in this milestone. “Collecting such acco- Sheikha Dana. the region, organized a dental aware- from Aknan Dental Center. internal dental awareness lecture and Computer Engineering has received Sought worldwide, ABET’s volun- ness session for its employees as part The purpose of the session was to then gave employees a chance to accreditation from the Engineering tary peer-review process is highly of the firm’s ongoing corporate social educate employees on the impor- address their dental concerns and Accreditation Commission of ABET, respected because it adds critical value responsibility initiative. The session tance of regular dental checkups, queries while getting professional the Accreditation Board for to academic programs in the technical consultation. KAMCO employees also Engineering and Technology, making disciplines, where quality, precision, received exclusive offers from the it the first private university in Kuwait and safety are of the utmost impor- dental center, as part of the campaign. to receive this accreditation for its tance. Developed by technical profes- Ms Danah Al Jasem, Vice President Bachelor of Engineering in Computer sionals from ABET’s member societies, and Head of the Marketing Engineering. ABET criteria focus on what students Department at KAMCO said, “We Sheikha Dana Nasser Sabah Al- experience and learn. ABET accredita- would like to thank Dr Ahmed and Ahmed Al-Sabah, Chair of the Board tion reviews look at program curricula, Aknan Dental Center for their collabo- of Trustees of AUK, announced the faculty, facilities, and institutional sup- rative efforts with the Marketing team to deliver another successful internal news during the AUK Board of port and are conducted by teams of event for KAMCO employees. Dental Trustees meeting. At the meeting, highly skilled professionals from indus- hygiene is an important issue that can she thanked President Nizar try, academia, and government, with lead to risky health conditions if not Hamzeh, along with the Dean of the expertise in the ABET disciplines. addressed appropriately with special College of Arts & Sciences, Dr Rawda ABET is a nonprofit, non-govern- care. This is yet another step in our Awwad, and the Chair and Faculty of Sheikha Dana Nasser Sabah mental organization recognized by corporate social responsibility initia- the Department of Electrical & Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah the Council for Higher Education tive to organize informative sessions Computer Engineering for their com- Accreditation (CHEA). It currently focusing on health, education and the mitment to this achievement. lades goes in line with our commit- accredits almost 3,500 programs at environment, positively influencing Sheikha Dana also recognized the ment to graduate global citizens nearly 700 colleges and universities in our society.” diligent efforts of the Chair and whose accomplishments speak of 28 countries.

IEI Kuwait Chapter Engineers’ Day he Institution of Engineers (India), Kuwait Chapter is pleased to announce the upcoming 49th Engineers’ TDay celebration today in Kuwait. This day is celebrated in memory of Bharat Ratna, Sir M Visvesvaraya, greatest Engineer and Statesman of India on his birth anniversary. In addition to Indian Ambassador Sunil Jain, many dignitaries and distinguished guests from min- istries, universities, KSE, KISR, engineers, technocrats, consult- ants, decision makers and business leaders will be attending the function. The theme for this year Engineers’ Day is “Skill Development for Young Engineers to Reform the Core Sector: Vision 2025.” Details are as below: Date: 7th November 2016, Monday Venue: Multi-Purpose Hall, Arab Fund Building, Shuwaikh. Time: 6:30pm onwards. The Registration will start at 6.30pm followed by function starting at 7.00pm. Please register your name through www.ieikuwait.org by clicking Event Attendance or kindly send an email to ieikwt@hot- mail.com. Prior registration is must and all members are GTRC and Majd Food Company advised to be seated 10 minutes prior to the arrival of VIPs. For any question, please call at the chapter’s office between 5.30pm and 8.30pm at 22445588 Extn. 314 or Contact Engr. sign new partnership agreement Mohandas Kamath (Mob: 67030055) / Engr Sudhir Menghani (Mob: 97987455). Security badges will be issued. We look for- ward your participation in large numbers. ajd Food Company has organization has detailed knowledge of appointed Gulf Trading and the Kuwaiti market, and is committed to MRefrigerating Company (GTRC), providing quality services to both our cus- one of Alghanim Industries’ businesses, tomers and suppliers, selling to all hyper- as the sole and exclusive distributor of markets, supermarkets and grocery stores the Majdi brand in the local market. that are covering every corner of Kuwait. Ihab Al-Khatib, Vice President of GTRC, Our coverage shall also extend to non-tra- inaugurated this significant occasion ditional channels such as hotels and alongside Majid Abdoh, Chief Executive restaurants. Utilizing our extensive distri- Officer of Majd Food Company. The bution network and Alghanim Industries’ event took place at the JW Marriott in customer-centric approach, our priority Kuwait City on November 2nd and was will always be to satisfy our consumers’ attended by many distinguished guests needs in Kuwait, at all points of sale”. from the industry, key retailers and the In parallel, Majid Abdoh, Chief local media. Executive Officer of Majd Food Company, GTRC is one of the prominent and stated: “On behalf of Majd Food largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company, we are pleased and looking (FMCG) distributors in the local market. forward to working closely with a market In 2008, it was ranked as the “number leader in the FMCG distribution industry 1” distributor in Kuwait by ACNielsen, like GTRC. Together we plan to innovate an independent global marketing and introduce a new range of product research firm. ucts manufactured to the highest quality This partnership with Majd Food lines that will fulfill current and future Majd Food Company, (MFC) owner of standards while offering competitive Company is a testimony of our efforts in needs of the market. This partnership the well renowned “Majdi” brand, oper- prices that suit different groups and seg- always seeking and offering a diverse marks a new era in the food industry, ates successfully and regionally in the ments of society. range of trusted brands to our cherished where two of the most noteworthy mar- FMCG field of grinding and packaging of Speaking on the occasion, Ihab Al- Kuwaiti customers. We promise to make ket players will collaboratively work spices, grains, seasonings and herbs. Khatib, Vice President of GTRC, comment- the popular brand Majdi even more hand-in-hand to deliver the highest qual- Since the brand’s inception in 1961, MFC ed: “We are adding to our portfolio one of accessible by distributing it to a wider ity products for our consumers in has been offering a wide range of prod- Kuwait’s most demanded brands-Majdi. range of customers. We believe our sales Kuwait”. WHAT’S ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016

IWG hosts famous Russian fashion designer

By Faten Omar ion, where Elena, wife of the Russian women’s day in Kuwait soon. worked in Turkey where I was stage designer Shatti noted that the painting and cook- Ambassador to Kuwait, invited Alexandre Vassiliev said “I’m a stage designer. This is at the Turkish Opera. I worked in many coun- ing workshops will be continued in collabora- he International Women’s Group (IWG) Vassiliev, a popular Russian fashion designer. my first visit to Kuwait but I have been teach- tries as well such as China, Singapore, and tion with the National Council for Culture, held its monthly meeting on Sunday at He will give a lecture about his experience in ing and performing in the Gulf area mainly in Japan.” Vassiliev revealed that he is going to Arts and Letters in Abdulaziz Hussein Cultural Tthe Crowne Plaza Hotel. Narjes Al- fashion and tell our members about the his- Dubai. I’m looking forward to know more organize an exhibition about historical fash- Center in Mishref, and the cooking classes at Shatti, Board Member of IWG, told Kuwait tory of the industry, fabrics, and traditional about Kuwaiti designs.” Adding “I have been ion. “I’m a collector and have 55000 historical Ruby Tuesday. The IWG will also organize this Times “We are in the second month of our weaving.” She stated that Vassiliev is going invited by the Embassy of Russia to talk about cloths in my collection and would love to month’s sports activities for its members at cultural season. Today’s event is about fash- to host a fashion show for the international fashion subjects related to the east since I bring it to Kuwait,” he said. Al-Shaheed Park. AAW sponsors Mentor Arabia’s Gala Dinner for Youth Empowerment

nder the auspices of His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah UAl-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Ali Abdulwahab Al Mutawa Commercial Co. (AAW) announced it had sponsored Mentor Arabia’s gala dinner under the theme, “Hand in Hand” in Kuwait on October 22. Hosted at the private ballroom of AAW Chairman and Vice Chairman of Board of Trustees of Mentor Arabia Mr. Faisal Ali Abdulwahab Al Mutawa, the event was attended by President of Mentor International, Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden, and Chairman of Mentor Arabia, Prince Turki Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz. Mentor Arabia is a regional non-profit organization that aims to provide access to a safe and healthy life for children and youth through empowering them, arm- ing them with knowledge, and enhanc- ing their self-confidence to fight all forms Japanese Society’s of dangerous behaviors and challenges they might face. Beach Cleaning More than 350 guests from public and private institutions worldwide attended Campaign to take a close look at the work of Mentor apanese Association, will conduct the 16th beach Arabia. The dinner included the distribu- cleaning up campaign, called “Operation Turtles” on tion of Mentor Arabia Awards for young Kuwaiti heritage through an orchestra and individuals have a duty to support children and young people. Together, we JSaturday, November 12th at Shuwaikh Beach Park, activists and influencers who have had a playing melodies conveying Kuwait’s his- non-profit institutions, and at AAW our aim to provide them with the appropri- AM10:30-12:00, jointly with Kuwait Environment Protection positive impact on social development, tory and culture. objectives converge with those of ate means to use their energy in a posi- Society (KEPS). We hope that this volunteer “beach clean- in addition to a live sand show about the AAW Chairman, Mr Faisal Ali Mentor Arabia in terms of the develop- tive way, as well as helping them with ing” event will enhance people’s awareness of environment foundation’s work over the last 10 years. Abdulwahab Al Mutawa said in his open- ment of effective awareness programs, any problems they might face in the protection. The event concluded with a display of ing address: “Companies, governments serving social issues, and empowering future.” MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 TV PROGRAMS

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CROSSWORD 1423 STAR TRACK

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

You could find yourself on top of the roof, decorating for the winter sea- Plans for travel, social get-togethers and other ways to enjoy the people son. This is a great time to be with others and to work in a group toward some fun hap- and things that you have acquired in your life may be considered now. Philosophical and pening. Just being yourself, living your life for the moment, being here-this is your atti- cultural matters are likely to have a special appeal. Research brings you ideas of a mystical tude today. Others sense that your life is important. You are very sensitive, even vul- approach to health. Perhaps this is like a placebo effect to help a weak person overcome nerable when it comes to expressing yourself. This creative intensity is good for music, an ailment that might be nebulous at this time. Limit health risks arising from exposure to poetry and art-particularly today. You go shopping with young people this afternoon chemicals, drugs or seafood. Making your home situation more pleasant and attractive is a to show them the importance of organic shopping. Most pesticides collect in apples, project you enjoy, particularly around the holidays. Today you may find an article that bell peppers, peaches, peanuts, raisins, spinach, strawberries and tomatoes-you could guide you in constructing a centerpiece for the table at family dinners. You could encourage organic purchases that do not have these pesticides. make a beautiful centerpiece, which would be a great gift.

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

Faith, optimism and a yearning to explore all kinds of new subjects are It is through your adventures that you can temporarily escape the pressures some of the thoughts coming up in your mind now. It is possible that, like many of us- you have set upon yourself. Today you could relax to the sounds of music, the ocean, you are just ready to put on the feedbag and watch a movie, see the sports or just enjoy birds, quiet breezes through the pine trees, etc. You or a friend will be able to be refreshed the break from the usual routine. Travel, education and other ways to stretch your hori- in no time at all. You might enjoy a class in scuba diving, a new religious group or a walk in zons open new doors of opportunity. Religious, philosophical and cultural matters are the park with a friend, etc. When you come back to the daily chores and weekly responsi- having a special appeal now; transmitting ideas on a broad scale brings gain. Marriage bilities, there begins a sort of remembering that all things work together and all is right and other close relationships give rise to great expectations-a new cycle begins in your with the world. You may even turn over a new promise to keep your life a bit more com- life. This is a time to enjoy and appreciate your ties to others. Your support system-fami- fortable. A celebration is in order this evening and tonight there are family members and ly, home and those who give you nourishment-seems more secure. friends that want to help you celebrate you! Happy birthday!

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

You may find your attention drawn to subjects like law, politics, educa- A searing vision that cuts through what passes for conventional religion tion, travel or religion. Perhaps there is some special crime story you have comes to your attention today-perhaps a vision of the endless process of life is on your mind. There is great acceptance and faith in the natural process of life and ACROSS 2. Small arboreal tropical American insectiv- been following lately. You have a real appreciation for ideas and thoughts and common sense seems to rule with you. You may enjoy reading true crime stories for the ability to the next generation. Your love of children and animals may put you in charge of some- 1. The airforce of Great Britain. orous lizards with the ability to change skin learn more of the psychology side of humanity. Whatever the case, this is the area of the one’s safety today. Invitations are beginning to come in with regard to social activities-you 4. Not one of the first three in a race or com- color. library or bookstore where you may find yourself during your day. When discussing the may do some careful planning. There is always the push to reciprocate. Picking and choos- petition. 3. A boy or man. latest crime you may find yourself listening carefully to other insights. Most of your day ing your activities becomes an important issue. You have a renewed appreciation for the 12. Edible tuber of any of several yams. 4. Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible is most positive and this little sidetrack is just a helpful pathway to solving and under- commitment of a relationship and will do everything in your power to make things posi- 15. The compass point midway between that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC standing the many personalities that live in this world. tive. Your own growth and success may be linked to questions of security. northeast and east. (1581-1656). 16. A city in southeastern Sicily that was 5. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per founded by Corinthians in the 8th century square meter measured perpendicular to ) BC. the rays from the source. Cancer (June 21-July 22 Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods. 6. The patterns of stress and intonation in a A time of expanding your mental horizon is at hand. Religion, philosophy, 18. A pass between mountain peaks. language. You may feel like exercising or getting outside this morning. Walking around law and education are some of the things that may have special importance the house is a good way to check for problems or repairs that may be need- 19. A store or supply (especially of food or 7. The levorotatory form of dopa (trade for you now. You may have become involved with some new realm of learning. Being in ed before winter weather comes. If you do not have a house, you might have a vehicle clothing or arms). names Bendopa and Brocadopa and touch with faraway people and places satisfies an intellectual yearning-curiosity will take that will need care soon. You are on your own and this time marks the start of increased 20. A landlocked desert republic in north- Larodopa). you anywhere and maybe everywhere. You love new or different theories and insights responsibility. Deep thoughts about goals may come into play-review of self. You can central Africa. 8. Type genus of the Aceraceae. from people but you may discover that there is nothing new under the sun. Perhaps that expect some sort of major reevaluation of your likes and dislikes, how and what you enjoy 22. Muslim name for God. 9. Money collected under a tariff. is your life lesson; it could be only part of the lesson. It is about time you show off your cre- or appreciate about yourself and life: your value system. You may find that your apprecia- 24. A category of things distinguished by 10. A radioactive transuranic element pro- ative work and an art gallery may have an interest in representing you. A friend might tion for the quality of everything is stronger. A reappraisal could be in order with concern some common characteristic or quality. duced by bombarding plutonium with neu- even help you sell your work. You will soon profit from your creative abilities. to some upcoming celebrations. Focus on priorities. 25. The amount a salary is increased. trons. 26. Husk of a pea. 11. An analgesic for mild pain. 28. United States inventor who manufac- 12. A member of an extinct North American Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) tured the first elevator with a safety device Indian people who lived in the Pit river val- (1811-1861). ley in northern California. A meeting with someone older or in authority is in order today. You may A visitor in your home this day may compliment you on your belongings. It is a fine day for tinkering with the high-tech stuff that is still in boxes. You 30. Any system of principles or beliefs. 13. Type genus of the Anatidae. spend a great deal of time planning or worrying about the results for this person. The end are unusually motivated or driven in new and unexpected directions. You could receive may not go the way you think. You must realize that you are not in control-even if you 31. Rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms 14. Produced by a manufacturing process. unexpected backing and, in general, your efforts are successful and reach new heights of have a piece of paper that says you are in control. As long as you do everything to create a or legs. 21. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish originality-creative. New and unexpected emotions may arise. There is an urge to change positive outcome with this senior, everything will be positive. You will be pleased with 35. Not only so, but. flesh. and try new things that may prove challenging but fun. A kind of romantic nostalgic your success in the sharing and receiving of new family information this afternoon. Your 38. A road that takes traffic around the edge 23. United States writer (born in Poland) approach characterizes life this evening. This could mean a longing for a soul mate or a timing is perfect and others will find you most capable. Travel plans can be discussed or of a town. who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957). yearning to save the world; it could mean carrying a torch, as well. Secret loves, lost loves- an event can be planned. This evening you can relax and just sit back and enjoy what you 40. Old World wild swine having a narrow 27. An important seaport on the Island of all you need is love. have, to live life. Romance is possible tonight. body and prominent tusks from which most Cebu in the Philippines. domestic swine come. 29. Testacean rhizopods. 41. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts 32. A Dravidian language spoken by the Virgo (August 23-September 22) of the lateral columns and anterior horns of Gond people in south central India. Pisces (February 19-March 20) the spinal cord. 33. French tragedian who based his works 43. A state in northwestern North America. on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699). You appreciate a winner and are drawn to the successful and powerful- It could be a difficult time to solve problems or to look for insights and solu- tions, especially if you are feeling in great shape and ready for fun and fun activities. You 44. A psychological state induced by (or as if politics and such. You may make your living by virtue of your good taste, sense of quality 34. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian may feel that your originality and independence are stifled or just not available to you. induced by) a magical incantation. palm trees. and discrimination. New ways to organize and discipline yourself are possible. Here is an opportunity to get some insight into some of your problems and responsibilities that may Sometimes you have to exert more energy to be patient and this could be one of those 46. A group of biological taxa or species that 36. A republic in southeastern Europe on prove very valuable in the years to come. A new cycle begins, signaling a greater than days. Know that all of this is short term so that you can get down to the job at hand as share features inherited from a common the southern part of the Balkan peninsula. usual interest in relationships, social connections and the arts, on a more intellectual level quickly as possible. You will benefit from analytical insights, getting to the heart of things- ancestor. 37. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar. than in the past, most likely. Seeing both sides of issues and finding resolutions to oppos- penetrating. Later this afternoon while visiting with a friend, you may find that you will 49. A woman hired to suckle a child of 39. Jordan's port. ing views take on more importance in your life. You are determined to break up old want to reflect on your own youth or some event in the past. Continue to get feedback someone else. 42. Relating to or resembling or made of or habits-get out of ruts, etc. Bravo! from your family; they will support your future plans. 51. A loud harsh or strident noise. adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl. 52. Type genus of the Cariamidae compris- 45. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet. ing only the crested cariama. 47. Any of a class of alcohols having 2 Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution 54. According with custom or propriety. hydroxyl groups in each molecule. 56. Towards the shore from the water. 48. A white metallic element that burns with 58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. a brilliant light. 59. An advanced law degree. 50. An iron-clad vessel built by the 60. A switch made from the stems of the rat- Confederate forces in the hope of breaking tan palms. the blockade imposed by the North. 63. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike 53. A written proposal or reminder. part of an organism. 55. English economist noted for his studies 66. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with of international trade and finance (born in much shorter neck and stripe on the legs. 1907). 69. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan 57. A port city in southwestern Turkey on River. the Gulf of Antalya. 72. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on 61. A hard gray lustrous metallic element a skewer usually with vegetables. that is highly corrosion-resistant. 74. The mission in San Antonio where in 62. An extreme state of adversity. 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna 64. An accidental hole that allows some- besieged and massacred American rebels thing (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape. who were fighting to make Texas independ- 65. (usually followed by `to') Having the nec- ent of Mexico. essary means or skill or know-how or 76. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls. authority to do something. 77. An interior passage or corridor onto 67. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. which rooms open. 68. Queen of England as the 6th wife of 80. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to Henry VIII (1512-1548). the public. 70. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the 81. Widely cultivated in tropical and sub- kanchil. tropical regions for its fragrant flowers and 71. A primeval personification of air and colorful fruits. breath. 82. French neurologist who tried to use hyp- 73. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to notism to cure hysteria (1825-1893). but heavier than beer. 83. A score in baseball made by a runner 75. United States musician (born in Japan) touching all four bases safely. who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933). DOWN 78. A white trivalent metallic element. 1. A summary that repeats the substance of 79. (astronomy) A measure of time defined a longer discussion. by Earth's orbital motion.

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rince Harry reportedly enjoyed a number of living and barely drinks and in that respect they dates with a Burberry model while wooing were on a different wavelength. Harry also PMeghan Markle. The 32-year-old royal is seemed a bit non-committal and it never really said to be smitten with the 35-year-old ‘Suits’ got off the ground. Things fizzled out before he actress, who he started dating during the sum- went to Africa for a month in August.” And Harry mer but it has been claimed that before things is now said to be smitten with US actress got serious, Harry also pursued Burberry model Meghan, with former royal butler Grant Harrold Sarah Ann Macklin, 27, who previously dated saying the pair are “in love”. He told The Sunday David Gandy. A source told the Mail on Sunday: Mirror: “Harry loves her and she loves him. “And “Their fling is an open secret among her friends. that will be what matters in the eyes of the “David Gandy knew that Harry was pursuing her Queen and Prince Charles. I don’t see any reason and tried to get her back. At for her affection, and why Meghan couldn’t be The One.” Meghan fin- the novelty was not lost on her. “She ended up ishes filming ‘Suits’ in November and is expected turning David down and dating Prince Harry. It to travel to the UK to spend time with Harry over eventually fizzled out but they are on friendly the festive season. A source told the Sunday terms.” Another source added: “They were intro- People: “Obviously, Meghan’s not expecting to be duced at a social gathering and Harry made a some time with Harry somewhere. “They’re both beeline for her. She was very flattered by the happy to travel for each other whenever neces- attention and they went on a few dates. sary. It’s a sign of how committed they are.” Everything was kept very below the radar. “They got on, but are quite different. She is very clean Susan Boyletalks love life

usan Boyle has opened up about her to but I held on to this for years and when relationship with a doctor from he was dying [he passed away in 1997 SFlorida. The 55-year-old singer - who aged 81], I had to let it go. You have to has never been in love - met the man accept it, that’s maturity. “It’s not easy, but while touring America before embarking you have to let it go and replace it with a on her first romantic relationship with him new self, that’s what I’ve been focusing on and although they have not seen each in the past six months. It’s difficult, I’ve a other in some time, she is hopeful that lot of good and bad memories. I’ve been they will have a future together. Speaking coming to terms with it. All of these things to Event magazine, she said: “Well, I just that happened in my life, you have to let haven’t seen him for a while. He’s a nice go of the bad. I’ve seen the Queen and man, he took me out for a meal and we sung at her birthday, all of that is wonder- got friendly, you know. Everyone was ful.” Meanwhile, Susan left fans worried going daft looking for me and there I was when she suffered a meltdown at with this lovely guy. Potentially it’s not fin- Heathrow Airport earlier this year but the Adele planning ished. I’d like to see him more. But I’m very star - who suffers from Asperger’s syn- busy, and it’s been a long time but I would drome, a form of Autism - insists she is like someone. I’m very sensitive. I can be fine and has been trying to fly less loving and loyal, and then sometimes I because it is so stressful. She explained: “I Christmas wedding can be pretty hard to get.” Susan also was feeling rushed. It was a misunder- spoke about her late father’s temper, standing that’s been resolved. I wrote an dele is reportedly planning a each piece. During ‘Rolling in the Deep’, admitting that he hit her when she was apology to the airport and now every- Christmas wedding. The 28-year-old Adele exclaimed: “We’ve got pink confetti younger. She said: “My father, though a thing is OK, but I’m trying not to fly much Asinger and her 42-year-old boyfriend tonight!” The pieces of paper included mes- very good man, had a temper. He showed now because I don’t want to get agitated. Simon Konecki - who have son Angelo, four, sages such as “I love you”, “You are an angel” it to me and he hurt me. He didn’t mean I’m dealing with it.” together - are said to be hoping to wed in and “Happy anniversary”. And the loved-up Los Angeles over the festive season so that couple will certainly have time for a honey- Simon’s nine-year-old daughter from a pre- moon, as it was previously revealed the vious relationship can attend. A source told singer would be taking a break from tour- the Mirror: “The plan is to marry in LA. The ing in order to spend more time with her wedding will be like it will be Christmas, but family. A source said: “Angelo is the number they want to keep details under wraps. only one priority for Adele. He is the most impor- want their nearest and dearest there.” Adele tant thing in her life. She has brought him Drop4Drop charity chief Simon were intro- everywhere with her on tour but as he is duced by Ed Sheeran and recently celebrat- starting school next year, he won’t be able ed their fifth anniversary. And Simon to join her any more. “Adele doesn’t want to marked the special occasion by surprising miss a moment of Angelo growing up and her with handwritten confetti during her it’s an easy decision for her to give up tour- concert in Nashville, Tennessee. The busi- ing for him. Right now she is saying she nessman penned heartfelt messages on won’t do another massive world tour like pieces of pink confetti that rained down on the current one for another 10 years.” her and the audience during her final per- formance. The confetti is a regular feature at the ‘Hello’ hitmaker’s shows, however it is usually white and features a song lyric on Katona to renew Rosie wishes wedding vows to Kay she lived closer erry Katona is planning to renew her wedding vows with George Kay. The Atomic Kitten singer allowed Kthe 36-year-old former rugby star to move back into to her family her home recently, which she shares with her five kids, and Chyna ‘to give birth the pair are now happier than ever and looking ahead to he 29-year-old model lives in Beverly Hills with her the future. A source told The People: “They’ve had their ups fiance Jason Statham and though she knows being and downs so they’re not going to rush into it, but next Tin the US is good for her career, she struggles with in same suite’ used year they want to cement their feelings for each other with the fact she can’t see her loved ones as often as she’d like. a blessing and renewal of their vows. “Because of their dif- She said: “The one big downside is not having my family ficult past together, they are really focusing on being good within reach. I would love to be able to invite them over by Kardashian for each other right now. “Kerry is already getting excited for a roast dinner, or be able to say to my brother or sister, about another wedding though. She is in such amazing ‘Why don’t you pop over for a glass of wine tonight?’ but I lac Chyna will give birth in the same hospital as shape and has had liposuction, and is now training and can’t and it weighs heavily on me.” Despite being Britain’s Kim Kardashian West and Kourtney Kardashian. looking after her figure - partially in preparation for the big highest-earning model, Rosie insists she’ll never be com- BThe 28-year-old model - whose real name is day.” While the couple were separated, Kerry, 36, filmed the Gest’s family launch legal placement as there’ll always be new things she wants to Angela White - is pregnant with Rob Kardashian’s baby Channel 5 show ‘In Therapy’, where she claimed she didn’t achieve. She said: “I don’t think you can ever sit back and and has booked in for a caesarean section at Cedars- want George back but she has since changed her mind. think, ‘I’ve made it now I can relax.’ As soon as you start to Sinai in Los Angeles, where her fiance’s sisters also The insider explained: “Kerry was in a dark place during proceedings over will have that attitude, that’s when you lose it. “My mum gave birth, TMZ reports. The luxurious maternity suite filming and really opened up to the therapist. She’s tried to taught me never to be complacent, I’m always thinking, features three beds, two bathrooms and a lounge explain to George that the sessions helped her realise that avid Gest’s family have launched legal proceedings ‘What else is there left to do and where I can go now?’ I area. Meanwhile, it was previously claimed that Rob she wanted to give her marriage another chance.” George after he left them nothing in his will. The 62-year-old have always been drawn to women who have built some- and Chyna could make “hundreds of thousands of dol- was arrested last year for alleged assault but no further Dtelevision personality died from a stroke in April and thing for themselves and who are unashamedly them- lars” by allowing cameras into the delivery room for action was taken after Kerry dropped the charges. And left family furious. “I am upset and his family are upset. He selves. To me, that’s the true power of a woman.” Rosie’s the birth of their little girl. Rob and Chyna are said to Kerry - who has children Molly, 14, Lilly Sue, 13, Heidi, nine, told me I would be looked after. And now David’s sister ambition and desire to succeed stem from her “humble be in talks for a baby special of their reality show ‘Rob Maxwell, eight, and Dylan Jorge, two - said: “We’re together Barbara Gerber, 60, has launched legal proceedings against beginnings”. She told Harper’s Bazaar magazine: “I come & Chyna’, which will include footage of the birth, and we’re very happy. All I’m going to say is anyone who is the executors of the estate, who work at the same law firm from very humble beginnings. I grew up on a farm in Chyna’s baby shower and the run up to the birth. It in a marriage, you all have your ups and downs.” as Bearman. Bearman received Gest’s five-bedroom home Devon and I left school at 16. So when I decided to go full- will also document the first few days of their daugh- in the US, clothes belonging to the late Michael Jackson and time as a model there was no option to give up. That sur- ter’s life. It also claims Chyna - who already has a son, “a secret memorabilia collection worth David was found vival instinct is what keeps me focused.”— BangShowbiz King Cairo, by ex Tyga, who is now dating Rob’s dead in his hotel room on April 12, with police saying his younger sister Kylie Jenner - is deciding whether to let death was being treated as “non-suspicious”. A subsequent cameras get really intimate footage of the birth. The post-mortem said David died of “natural causes” and Kardashians are no strangers to giving birth in front of Bearman later revealed his cause of death was a stroke. In the cameras as Rob’s older sister Kourtney, gave birth May, Handi claimed to have heard the star suffer a fatal to two of her children, Mason, six, and Penelope, four, heart attack during their last phone conversation - four days for ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’. Meanwhile, before his body was found. Imad - who was friends with Chyna recently revealed how she plans to follow a David for 16 years - said he received a silent phone call, “strict” eating and fitness regime as soon as she gives which he believes was the entertainer trying to ask for birth to her second child, which is due on November urgent help, in the days before his body was found. He 16. She said: “My goal is to gain, like, 100 pounds this explained: “I answered the phone and was like, ‘Hello, hello, pregnancy. I’m gonna tear it up, then I’m gonna snap hello?’, and I heard something smash on the floor. “Part of back. Strict diet, waist training, detox tea and working me froze and then the phone went dead. Knowing David out.” She has regularly shared updates about her and his OCD I thought, ‘He’s dropped something on the weight gain on social media app Snapchat, and she floor, he’s going to hang up and clean it up. He’ll call me still has a long way to go to reach her target, as she back’. Unfortunately, he didn’t call me back. “I did try and call shared less than two weeks ago that she’s put on that evening and on Saturday and there was no answer. I 50lbs during her pregnancy so far. believe he passed away on the Friday.” MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 l i f e s t y l e

MUSIC & MOVIES

Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (right) raises her arms with recording artist Katy Perry (left) Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks at a cape worn by during a get-out-the-vote concert at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. — AFP photos recording artist Katy Perry during a get-out-the-vote concert. Katy Perry the latest in string of stars to sing Clinton’s praises

illary Clinton doesn’t go out for the weekend with- thing if people don’t vote,” Clinton said, shortly before pre- 80,000 people to a 2008 Bruce Springsteen concert in campaign’s concerts are aimed at attracting voters who out a star or two in tow. Three days before the elec- senting her fervent supporter Perry, who already stumped Cleveland just days before Americans headed to the polls. would rather spend their weekend nights anywhere but an Htion, pop singer Katy Perry gave a Philadelphia per- last year for the Democratic presidential candidate. “When Despite strict controls at the door, the smell of marijuana election rally. “I heard on the radio ‘Katy Perry live,’” said formance Saturday hoping to boost the Democrat’s you get knocked down, which everybody does, what mat- wafted throughout the stands at the first sounds of Jay Z. Josh Burns, a 24-year-old architect. “I didn’t know it was a momentum. Superstar Jennifer Lopez headlined a recent ters is get back up,” Clinton said. Several other top rappers appeared at the event in an Hillary thing.” “It’s a good tactic, I like it.” But was the young Miami concert hoping to rally voters for Clinton, and Friday “Stand up for what you believe. Know the power of your attempt to woo young voters. voter convinced? “It’s good that artists are supporting night the US secret service said 10,000 hip hop fans turned own voice.” The 32-year-old Perry then performed her hit The artists worked to instill a sense of urgency in their Hillary,” he said. “It makes you realize how worried they out in Cleveland, Ohio for a free star-studded rally concert “Roar,” a standard on the White House hopeful’s official fans just days before the vote. Beyonce voiced pride at hav- might be.”— AFP headlined by power couple Beyonce and Jay Z. playlist. Celebrity performances on the campaign trail are ing had a black president for the past eight years, and “All the campaigning in the world doesn’t mean any- not unique to Clinton: Barack Obama attracted some called for the US to elect a woman this time. The Clinton Electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey dies aged 87 renchman Jean-Jacques Perrey, who pio- 1968 Christmas record and has been used by neered electronic music and whose hip-hop artists and rappers such as Gang Starr, Fscores were used by Disney and in the hit Ice Cube and Dr Dre. It has also been used at children’s TV series “Sesame Street”, died on Disney theme parks. Perrey said his music was Friday aged 87. Perrey died in the Swiss lake- fun and had no ponderous messages. “Unlike side city of Lausanne after a battle with lung some composers who aim at communicating a cancer, his daughter Patricia Leroy said. The ‘message’ to humanity through their works, I self-taught Perrey quit medical school in 1952 have no such intention,” he wrote in 1968. Washington, Davis when he met George Jenny, inventor of the “My only purpose is to try to bring the lis- Ondioline-a new type of electronic keyboard tener some joy and pleasure. There is nothing instrument that was a forerunner to the com- more than a message of humour in my music,” become instant Oscar mercial synthesiser and launched a career in he said. Perrey retired in 2010 after 27 albums. music. His music is still used for advertisements as He was an early user of the Moog synthesis- well as cartoon and TV shows including “South frontrunners in ‘Fences’ er which revolutionised electronic music in the Park” and “The Simpsons”. — AFP 1960s. Perrey experimented with several musi- enzel Washington’s big-screen adaptation of cal genres, producing two albums aimed at August Wilson’s “Fences” has arrived, and it’s an helping sleep. His music featured on a Beatles Jean-Jacques Perrey DOscar player to reckon with this year. But that’s hardly a surprise for a project based on Pulitzer Prize-win- ning source material that has landed major Tony Awards in two separate Broadway productions. The film unspooled for industry audiences Saturday, screening in ‘Train of Salt and Sugar’ named best Westwood before a crowd that included Screen Actors Guild nominating committee members, Academy voters and press. Washington was on hand for a post-screening film at Inaugural Joburg Film Festival Q& A moderated by Variety’s Jenelle Riley, along with co-stars Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, razilian-born helmer Licinio Azevedo’s rough edges” of a festival that seemed at times Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson and powerful Mozambican war drama, “Train to be learning on the fly. “There were cinemas Saniyya Sidney. Bof Salt and Sugar,” was named best film at packed with people and some packed with When asked what drew him to the role of Troy Maxson, the first Joburg Film Festival, which wrapped crickets,” Moche acknowledged. “We’ve had Washington let loose a chuckle and quipped, “The role of Nov 5 in Johannesburg. Set in Mozambique in exhilarating highs and devastating lows.” Troy Maxson.” Indeed, when producer Scott Rudin first the 1980s, during the country’s brutal civil war, With empty seats scattered throughout the sent him the script for the film, which Wilson had penned pic offered a humane portrait of the risks ordi- theater, it was a night marked by absence. Many himself, Washington wasn’t interested in diving into it as a nary people faced as they struggled for survival, in the country’s tight-knit film industry were still movie immediately. He wanted to work through the with the jury noting how it “triumphs in show- reeling from the passing of veteran producer material on the stage first, which led to Rudin raising the ing the resilience of the human spirit.” Accepting Junaid Ahmed, who died Thursday in Durban at money for the 2010 Broadway revival. “August Wilson on behalf of Azevedo, producer Elias Ribeiro the age of 57. Condolences poured in on social wrote a masterpiece,” Washington said. “It’s one of the expressed his gratitude to the Johannesburg media throughout the weekend, with actress great plays of all time. It’s the gift that keeps on giving and audiences, saying, “We were showered with love Thishiwe Ziqubu writing on Twitter, “We are as we found out, it works as a film as well.”Washington had This file photo shows Brazilian actress Sonia Braga (left) with French producer Emilie this whole week.” richer having had him in our lives.” Moche also directed Davis previously, in the 2002 film “Antwone Lesclaux (right) holding a protest sign for the screening of the film ‘Aquarius’ at the 69th The award for best African film went to Zola took time to acknowledge what she called “the Fisher.” The actress said she considers herself “a friend and Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. — AFP Maseko’s “The Whale Caller,” an adaptation of elephant in the film industry room,” tackling the a fan,” and spoke about how easy Washington made South African scribe Zakes Mda’s novel about an issue of women’s representation that was a fre- things for her and the other actors. unlikely love triangle between a man, a whale, quent topic in private conversations in and the woman who comes between them. Johannesburg throughout the week. Frightening statement Brazil a changed country, Praising its “fable-like quality” while drawing a “The two things he said to us before we started was, contrast to the more conventional output of a Strong female leads ‘Remember the love,’ and the second thing he said, which South African film biz which typically hews to Pointing to a lack of diversity in the festival is a frightening statement for actors, was, ‘Trust me”-and says movie star Braga Hollywood-style storytelling, the jury singled program, she called out her industry colleagues we did,” Davis said. “A lot of people don’t know what to out its “uniqueness, poetry, and strength of to open the door for more female directors, as t was a screening to promote her latest fair, what’s justice, for my country, for my peo- say to actors to unlock it. A lot of times they know what to imagination.” well as films with strong female leads. “The film, but actress Sonia Braga could not help ple and for ourselves. And what I can do best do to keep it in there, and make you afraid, but not Joburg Film Festival is not exempt from the obli- weighing in on the political situation in her is talking out loud what I feel.” Braga is known Denzel. He’s a great leader. And he’s an extraordinary I Hard-hitting portrait gation of coming to the party,” she said. “We native Brazil, just weeks after the ouster of its for her starring turn in a number of popular man. He’s a man of God and a man of great integrity, and I Veteran documentarian Rehad Desai took should and we can do better.” Moche then sin- first woman president. “There is a coup in movies, including “Kiss of the Spider Woman” think it shows in his work.” home honors for best South African film for gled out the female helmers in attendance, Brazil, (but) it is not a military coup,” Braga in 1985 and “Dona Flor and Her Two Reviews of the film are currently embargoed until “The Giant is Falling,” a hard-hitting portrait of praising “their insistence on telling stories in an lamented late Friday after the screening of Husbands,” in 1976, as well as numerous tele- December, but it’s fair to at least note that both the country’s ongoing political turmoil, which industry that tells you should not.” Despite the “Aquarius,” a movie some see as a symbol of vision outings. She became a soap opera sen- Washington and Davis have now charged ahead in their followed on the heels of his Emmy-winning bumps along the way, the festival wrapped with political resistance. Latin America’s biggest sation in her native Brazil before achieving respective Oscar races. The crowd certainly seemed to “Miners Shot Down.” Accepting the award, a sense of conviction that this cosmopolitan city country has endured months of political even greater fame and fortune in Hollywood. agree with that sentiment, greeting the whole team with which came with a cash prize, Desai dead- offers a unique potential to become a cross- upheaval, culminating with the removal from Still a vibrant, raven-haired beauty at 66, an enthusiastic standing ovation and threatening to blow panned, “I could pay my children’s school fees roads of the African and international film office in August of Dilma Rousseff on charges Braga now lives in New York, but feels a close the roof off when Davis was introduced. Washington’s now. Drinks are on me tonight.” A jury special worlds. that she violated government budget laws. emotional tie to the country of her birth. With performance, to start, is infused with the same bravado mention was also given to “The Wedding Ring,” The decision to pair the fest’s first edition The leftist Rousseff was replaced by her its recent sharp swerve to the right, however, and energy that brought him a Tony six years ago. It’s by Rahmatou Keita, of Niger, for its moving tale with Discop Africa, the continent’s largest TV Temer, her vice president and a political rival “it doesn’t seem like to be the country that I incredibly layered, maybe even career-best work. He feels of a young woman suffering from the pain of content market, also signaled the intent of the from the center-right-a change that makes knew and I lived in and I loved so much,” Braga like the odds-on frontrunner in the lead actor category, lost love. organizers and the local government to use the Braga chafe. “It is very hard for people outside said. The actress said she was also dumb- and as laid out in a recent column, it seems to be him and For a festival meant to showcase the JFF as a driver to grow the South African film of Brazil knowing exactly what’s happened founded over the election in Rio de Janeiro “Manchester by the Sea” star Casey Affleck leading the dynamism of South Africa’s cultural and eco- biz. As the festival turned its eyes toward next and (the) dimension of the danger that we are last week of a rightwing government, and is pack: two strikingly different performances that never- nomic engine, it was a sluggish closing night, as year’s second edition, there was no small sense going through right now,” the film star contin- left to wonder where the political change will theless feature interesting parallels. auds trickled in for a brief awards ceremony that of triumph at a time when the host country has ued. “Brazil is not the country I used to know,” end. But three Oscars? Only six actors have ever done it. was followed by the African premiere of Nate been reeling from a string of political and eco- she continued, speaking at a cinema in “Right now we are in a position-all Washington’s previous wins came for “Glory” (best sup- Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation.” Perhaps it was a nomic crises. “One of the many successes of the Miami’s Little Havana district, home to one of Brazilians, I think-where they know that some- porting actor in 1989) and “Training Day” (best actor in fitting way to wrap the first edition, with fest Joburg Film Festival is that it happened,” said America’s largest concentrations of Latinos. thing must be done to not lose something 2001), but this performance towers over them both. And consultant Lesedi Oluko Moche, the closing Moche, to rousing applause. — Reuters When “Aquarius” had its debut at the that was very hard to get: A democracy,” Braga in a year already set to hold the #OscarsSoWhite senti- night’s emcee, alluding to “the bumpy and ment at bay with contenders like “Fences,” “Hidden Cannes Film Festival, the cast and crew creat- said. “Democracy in Brazil is very young,” she Figures,” “Moonlight” and-if it manages some support- ed a sensation by staging a red carpet protest continued, adding that after its recent political ”The Birth of a Nation,” what a moment it would be for against Rousseff being suspended from pow- travails, Brazil is a country “divided in two.” Washington to become just the seventh actor on a list er, holding signs that read “Brazil is experienc- Free-flowing political discourse has been sti- that includes Ingrid Bergman, Walter Brennan, Daniel ing a coup d’etat” and other slogans. That fled, said Braga, decrying “positions so radical Day-Lewis, Katharine Hepburn, Jack Nicholson and Meryl protest has led some to see the film as subver- that there’s no debate.” She sees “Aquarius,” Streep. As for Davis, the Academy can probably go ahead sive, while those on the left have hailed it as about a woman who defies a real estate devel- and engrave the statue. Due respect and appreciation to an act of political courage. oper’s bid to push her from her home, as part Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Nicole Kidman and the Braga’s childhood of poverty and want has of a broader bid to change that. “This movie rest of this year’s supporting actress contenders, who give led her to press for social progress for Brazil’s opens the debate about what’s our country exceptional performances and will rightly be in the thick least fortunate. “I want for Brazil what I always now. and what we want for the future,” Braga of the conversation-but this race just ended. wanted for Brazil since I was nine,” she said. said. — AFP — Reuters “From that age I learned social problems, I learned about society. All my life I had this intuitive feeling about what is good, what’s MONDAY, NOvEMBER 7, 2016 l i f e s t y l e

FEATURES

Syrian weaver Abu Mohammad displays an unfinished carpet at a workshop in the village Syrian weaver Abu Mohammad (left) works on a loom at a Abu Ahmed works on a weaving loom at a workshop in the village of Ariha. of Ariha. — AFP photos workshop in the village of Ariha. Syria’s last weavers abandon looms without thread

‘Ariha is the most well-known in making this product’

ith the deftness of decades of experience, Abu He tried to find stable work in a different field but never Mohammad wove thick green thread with a wooden felt comfortable doing anything except weaving, he said, as Wloom in northwest Syria, creating a vibrant geomet- he pumped the wooden panels below his loom. “I went to ric pattern renowned among Arabic textiles. It was the last Lebanon and worked in construction and then to Turkey for a day before the weaver in his 50s would be forced to close the few months, but I couldn’t hold any job that kept me away workshop, leaving the last five remaining looms in his home- from a loom for too long.” town of Ariha in Idlib province to gather dust. “This trade is dead now... Today is our last day of work on the loom, as we don’t have any more thread,” the balding man told AFP. Weaving has been devastated by Syria’s five-year civil war, with thread becoming too difficult to procure from Aleppo- once the country’s artisanal hub but now ravaged by fighting and bombardment. The battered city, 70 kilometers (45 miles) northeast of Ariha, was the main provider of the rough thread needed to weave Arabic textiles, versatile fabrics turned into rugs, furniture covers, and other household items. But now Syrian weavers work on looms at a workshop. Aleppo’s rebel-held eastern districts are besieged by govern- ment forces, making it impossible to obtain thread from there, and materials from the regime-controlled west are too expen- sive, Abu Mohammad said. On his last day, he worked as enthusiastically as he had since his teenage years, pulling down wooden levers to lay down colorful acrylic fibre across a white base. The sound of the panels smacking against each other was interrupted only by Abu Mohammad’s nasal singing, or a brief tea break with fellow weavers reclining on a shabby couch.

‘I challenge any computer to make something like this!’

A Syrian weaver ‘It’s a shame’ Syrian weavers work on looms at a workshop. works on a loom at ‘All we have left’ Abu Mostafa beamed with pride as he reminisced about a workshop. “Ariha, in Idlib province, is the most well-known in making the robes and pillow covers he would produce. “No one else this product,” said Abu Mohammad, gesturing to the green- could make the pieces we made. They looked as if they were and-red blankets and pillow cases hanging on the wall behind printed,” he said. “I challenge any computer to make some- him. “We make all household items, from rugs for bedrooms to thing like this!” The products from rebel-held Ariha were covers for the Quran. We would furnish entire houses.” “Before once sold across Syria. Even as the war raged on, they were the war, there were more than 100 looms in Ariha, but the exported to areas controlled by regime forces like Damascus only ones left are the ones in this shop,” he said. As the siege and Hama, as well as regional markets like Lebanon and on Aleppo’s east tightened and access to thread became more Saudi Arabia. difficult, only three looms in the Ariha workshop remained But today transporting the woven goods-whether in or active. “Before the war, our trade was booming. We could buy outside Syria-takes between two and three months and is thread for pennies from Aleppo,” Abu Mohammad said. exorbitantly expensive. “We used to send our products to He pulled out a small box containing dozens of spools of Damascus at 10:00 am and they would get there by 2:00 pm,” colorful thread: “This is all we have left.” Today, a kilogram Abu Mohammad said. Despite the pressures, Arabic textile (around two pounds) of the blend of cotton and polyester production will resume eventually, the veteran weaver insist- used for the textiles costs 3,500 Syrian pounds ($7), up from ed. If there was enough thread, “we could work 100 looms at 175 pounds before the war. Abu Mohammad points to a rug once. The looms are all ready, we just need the thread.” “It’s a hanging on the wall: “Before, I could make this whole rug shame it’s going to end like this.” — AFP with just 200 Syrian pounds.” Another lifelong weaver, 40- year-old Abu Mostafa, said he began working a loom when A Syrian weaver spins thread at a workshop. he was about 12.

Syrian weavers Abu Mostafa (front) and Abu Mohammad Abu Mohammed (second left) sits with his colleagues Abu A general view shows a weaving loom at a workshop in A general view shows threads at a weaving workshop in work on looms at a workshop. Mostafa (second right) and Abu Ahmed during a break at the village of Ariha. the village of Ariha. a weaving workshop. These jeans are beyond vintage: ‘1800s Levi’s up for auction

here are vintage jeans. And then there are jeans from the American Wild West that are up for auction. A Maine auc- Ttion house is putting up for bid a bona fide pair of Levi’s blue jeans bought in 1893. Daniel Buck Auctions & Appraisals says the jeans were ordered for Solomon Warner, who partici- pated in the creation of the Arizona Territory. Warner wore them only a few times. The jeans ended up in a trunk. This undated photo provided by Daniel Buck Auctions & The 123-year-old pants go up for auction Saturday in Appraisals shows the right front pocket on a pair of 1893 Lisbon Falls, Maine, and are expected to bring in tens of thou- Levi-Strauss denim blue jeans in pristine condition that sands of dollars due to their pristine condition. Warner was a will go up for auction. — AP photos big fella. The cotton jeans with button fly feature a size 44 waist The front of a pair of 1893 Levi-Strauss denim blue jeans. The leather label on a pair of 1893 Levi-Strauss denim and 36-inch inseam. — AP blue jeans. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 l i f e s t y l e

TRAVEL

This picture shows two Red Dao ethnic women walking past Topas Ecolodge on the outskirts of northern Sapa tourist A young couple relaxing at Topas Ecolodge on the outskirts of northern Sapa tourist town. town. — AFP photos Tourism boom threatens Vietnam’s ‘Tonkinese Alps’

t the top of Vietnam’s Fansipan Mountain, throngs of giddy tourists wielding selfie sticks Ajostle for a photo op on the once-remote peak in the Sapa region, famed for its breathtaking views across undulating rice terraces. Getting to the top traditionally Hubert de Murard, manager of Topas Ecolodge, speaking during an interview with AFP at takes a two-day trek but these days most visitors opt for his resort. a 20-minute ride by cable car instead-the latest flashy tourist attraction to heighten concerns over rapid devel- opment destroying Sapa’s natural beauty. Known by some as the Tonkinese Alps, the former French outpost has seen a tourism boom in recent years with a new highway from the capital and hotels popping up at breakneck pace. “If more and more building (happens), then one day we will lose Sapa, we won’t have any more mountain,” said guide Giang Thi Lang, from the Black Hmong eth- nic group. Vietnam’s tourism industry has taken off in recent years, especially among domestic visitors with growing appetites and budgets for travel. The country has also become a draw for foreign visitors turning their backs on better-known Southeast Asian destinations tion workers.” The government ignored opposition to Local ethnic minority such as Thailand’s Chiang Mai, seeking instead a road the cable car, he said, lamenting that business has dwin- women walking along a less travelled. dled since its construction with fewer people climbing street as they sell tourist souvenirs. But some lament the commercialization of the mountain. “We talked to them, but they didn’t listen. Vietnamese treasures, with reports of locals complain- The central government came and said they had to do ing about multi-course meals served in Ha Long Bay’s it, so they did it,” he added. famous caves, or trash-strewn beaches in the resort town of Phu Quoc. ‘Disappointed’ Hmong hilltribe women walking along a street as they sell tourist souvenirs in the north- Some tourists also say Sapa is losing its appeal, with ern Sapa tourist town. Fansipan’s picturesque summit replaced by concrete steps, souvenir shops and still-under-construction tem- ples. “I imagined I would come to the top and it would be really natural, but it’s developed here, so for me it’s a bit disappointing,” said trekker Duong Hoang Minh, who hiked to the top of the 3,143-metre (10,311-foot) peak. But still, he decided to take the cable car down and agreed that more people can enjoy the mountain because of it. “For other people I think it’s better because it’s safer for them,” said the 23-year-old teacher, his white sweat- pants slicked with fresh mud. Most tourism operators agree the boom has brought much-needed develop- ment roads, schools and clinics, for example-to a region A Dao ethnic woman selling tourist souvenirs in front of a where the majority of the population belong to one of new hotel under construction in the northern Sapa tourist Vietnam’s 53 ethnic minorities, who have traditionally town. lagged behind the rest of the country. But without sus- tainable growth Sapa risks “shooting itself in the foot”, said Hubert de Murard, manager of the Topas Ecolodge ‘They didn’t listen’ about 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Sapa town. The In Sapa town, where heaps of rubble mark hotel sites lodge, with its 25 white granite bungalows overlooking under construction, the number of rooms has surged a rice terraced valley, employs mostly locals, was built Tourists disembarking from a cable car at the station near the top of Fansipan Mountain from 2,500 in 2010 to 4,000 last year, according to offi- using materials found nearby and was designed to in the northern Sapa tourist town. cial figures. Visitor numbers have snowballed too, reach- blend in with the surrounding environment-a business ing around 700,000 last year, and revenues have more model de Murard said he’d like to see newcomers than tripled since 2010 to $50 million. Part of that adopt. He worries that some investments have been growth is thanks to the cable car-the longest of its kind short-sighted, aimed at maximizing the number of visi- in the world according to operators-which opened in tors. “For a natural destination like here, with a pre- February with the capacity to ferry 2,000 people to the served environment, this would not really be good,” he top of the mountain daily. “It’s good for Sapa when they told AFP as the sun set over the yawning valley behind can attract more tourists... and we have a big number of him. “We need to be a bit more careful to avoid the mis- the local people that can find jobs,” said Nguyen Van take of mass tourism in Sapa.” — AFP Manh, deputy director of Sapa’s Tourist Information Center, adding that the sector provided employment to thousands. But some locals tell a different story. “Before the cable car, there were more porters from the village with regular work,” said Hmong trekking guide Ma A Tro from A cable car passing over rice terraces Fansipan’s summit, where he had just led a two-day trip. and mountains between the top of “Now with the cable car there, village residents no Fansipan Mountain and the northern New hotels under construction on the hillside in northern Sapa tourist town. longer have jobs, mostly becoming freelance construc- Sapa tourist town.

People walking in front of a church in the very heart of northern Sapa tourist Tourists walking up from a cable car station to the top of Fansipan Mountain in A tourist looking at mountains from a coffee shop in downtown of northern town. northern Sapa tourist town. Sapa tourist town. Syria’s last weavers abandon looms without thread

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Cinephile women arrive at the closing ceremony of the 27th Carthage Film Festival on Sunday in the Tunisian capital Tunis. — AFP photos

Egyptian actor Gamil Ratib arrives for the closing ceremony. Tunisian director Khaouther Ben Hnia (center) poses after receiving the Golden Tanit award for his film ‘Zaineb n’aime pas la neige’.

Egyptian actor Adel Imam delivers a speech. Carthage Film Festival Carthage Film

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Egyptian actor Adel Imam delivers a speech during the closing ceremony of the 27th Carthage Film Festival. French actor Foued Nabba receives the award for best actor for his role in the film ‘Chouf’. The 27 The

Egyptian director Mohamed Diab (right) poses after receiving the Palestinian director Mai Masri (right) poses after receiving the Tunisian actress Mariem ben Chaabane (left) and Tunisian actor silver Tanit award for his film “clash”. Bronze Tanit award for his film ‘3000 Nuits’. Lotfi Abdelli react on stage.