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GAZA CITY: The Israeli army yesterday gave a first indi- cation it was ending operations in parts of Gaza, while continuing to bombard other areas ahead of fresh truce talks in Cairo. As a Palestinian delegation flew to Egypt in search of a ceasefire, the Israeli army messaged resi- dents of part of northern Gaza that it was “safe” to return home. “They have been informed it is safe for civilians to return to Beit Lahiya and Al-Atatra,” a spokes- woman told AFP, in what was understood to be a confir- mation that troops had stopped operating there. Witnesses in the north confirmed seeing troops leav- ing the area as others were seen leaving another flash- point area in southern Gaza. It was the first time troops had been seen pulling back since the start of Israel’s devastating 26-day operation, which has so far claimed more than 1,660 Palestinian lives and displaced up to a quarter of the territory’s population. The move came after an army spokesman told AFP Israel was “quite close to completing” the destruction of tunnels used for infiltrating southern Israel - the main objective of the ground operation. Despite the partial withdrawal, Israel’s security cabinet decided against sending a delegation to ceasefire talks with the Palestinians in Cairo, media reports said. “Hamas has proven that it breaches any agreement reached right away, as happened five times in previous truces,” deputy foreign minister Tzahi HaNegbi told AFP, without con- firming the report. “It is therefore unclear at this stage what benefit Israel might see for participating in an attempt to reach agreements, based on the Egyptian initiative,” he said, as media reports suggested the pullback could signal the start of a unilateral withdrawal. Chances of achieving a more permanent ceasefire nosedived on Friday after Israel said it believed Hamas militants had captured a 23-year-old soldier in a Friday morning ambush near the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Immediately afterwards, Israel bombarded the Rafah A relative shows the body of Razaq Abu Taha, a one-year-old Palestinian baby who was killed in an area in shelling that is still ongoing, with medics saying Israeli military strike yesterday at a hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. At least 296 it killed 114 people in 24 hours. Since midnight (2100 Palestinian children and adolescents have been killed since Israel launched its offensive in the Gaza GMT), more than 86 people have been killed, the vast Strip against Hamas on July 8, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said. (Inset) Palestinian mourners take majority in Rafah, raising the overall toll to 1,676, emer- a last look at the body of slain Udai Nafez, 19, at the family house ahead of his funeral procession in gency services spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said, put- the village of Kharbatha north of the West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday. Nafez was killed during ting the number of wounded at more than 9,000. clashes with the Israeli military Friday, following a protest in solidarity with people in Gaza. — AFP/AP Continued on Page 15

ICM accuses government US has fewer allies, less influence of ‘using’ citizenship file WASHINGTON: The US failure to secure and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Investment Dar a firm ceasefire in the Gaza Strip Netanyahu warned Hamas and other By A Saleh levels of national responsibility”. despite two weeks of intense diploma- militant groups they would “bear the This comes amid reports indicating loses protection cy reflects new regional dynamics in consequences of their actions.” Beyond KUWAIT: The Islamic Constitutional that a group of MPs plan to meet this which the world’s most powerful actor the animosity of the two sides - neither Movement (ICM) accused the Kuwaiti week in order to discuss the possibility against claims has diminished influence and fewer of which seem close to achieving its government of using citizenships as of forming a delegation to meet Prime allies. When Secretary of State John aims - Washington’s diplomatic chal- ‘instruments’ that it can withdraw from Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak DOHA: Investment Dar, the Kuwaiti firm whose Kerry left Washington on July 21 on a lenge has been made more complex by those who oppose its policies, and grant Al-Sabah, and ask the government to assets include a stake in luxury carmaker Aston mission to try to halt the latest Israeli- the erosion of its standing in the Middle to individuals it is satisfied with. The stop decisions to revoke citizenships. Martin, said yesterday a local court had ruled to lift Palestinian war, more than 400 East. Other contributing factors include opposition group that is widely consid- The team will ask the premier to limit protection the company had against legal action by Palestinians had been killed, mostly tensions among big Arab players, who ered the Muslim Brotherhood’s political such decisions on people convicted in creditors. Investment Dar was one of several local civilians, along with 20 Israelis, 18 of see the conflict as a proxy war against arm in Kuwait called this situation a actions that undermine national securi- financial firms which struggled to refinance debt in them soldiers. Hamas and its Islamist allies, some the aftermath of the global economic crisis but was “regretful example of utilizing the state’s ty and pose a serious threat to Kuwait, Nearly two weeks later, after Kerry’s clumsy US diplomacy, including bad the first to reorganise under Kuwait’s Financial capabilities in fighting reformists according to sources quoted by Al- extensive face-to-face diplomacy in timing, and strains between the United Stability Law - introduced in 2009 to assist debt rene- instead of supporting the process of Watan daily yesterday. Cairo, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Tel Aviv and States and Israel. gotiations in a country with opaque bankruptcy Paris and scores of telephone calls, the “There is no question that US influ- reform”. Two weeks ago, the Cabinet issued rules. The ICM made these remarks in a decisions to revoke the citizenships of death tolls have tripled, two ceasefires ence has diminished” in the Arab world, As part of that legislation, Investment Dar secured have collapsed and the violence rages. said Daniel Kurtzer, a former US ambas- statement it released yesterday on the Ahmad Jabr Al-Shemmari, the owner of a halt to all legal cases being brought against the 24th anniversary of the 1990 Iraqi inva- the pro-opposition Al-Youm satellite tel- Israel declared a 72-hour Gaza ceasefire sador to Israel and Egypt now at firm in relation to non-payment of debts to allow it to over on Friday within hours of its taking Princeton University. US credibility has sion, an experience that it said taught evision and Alam Al-Youm newspaper, implement its restructuring. However, a company effect, saying that Hamas militants also been undercut by its reluctance to Kuwaitis the values of unity and sacri- as well as former Islamist opposition MP statement said a July 24 court ruling had stated that breached the truce soon after it began intervene in Syria’s civil war; Kerry’s fice. “The invasion’s memory requires us Abdullah Al-Barghash, two of his broth- legal protection from creditors would be lifted in and apparently captured one Israeli failed push for wider Israeli-Palestinian to benefit from the lessons learned and ers and his sister. The step came after accordance with the financial stability law. to move forward in full enforcement of the government ordered a revision of “This decision is disappointing for us and for many officer while killing two others. peace, which collapsed in April; and the constitution while fighting adminis- citizenship of people who took part in investors, but we respect it and respect the opinion Renewed Israeli shelling killed more Iraq’s instability despite a decade of trative and financial corruption,” the protests that it said undermined the of the Kuwaiti judiciary,” the firm’s statement said. It than 114 Palestinians and wounded massive US intervention. statement read. The group also warned country’s security and stability. But a added Investment Dar remains committed to repay- hundreds more, hospital officials said, Continued on Page 15 that the current internal situations are number of MPs fear that revoking more ing all three groups of creditors under its restructur- similar to “if not more serious” compared citizenships could backfire, at least in ing plan the total amount of KD 440 million ($1.56 to the conditions during the summer of the form of fueling antigovernment billion). It didn’t specify if this was the outstanding 1990, “which requires taking the highest protests. amount left to repay to creditors.— Reuters Obama admits ‘we tortured some folks’ WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama rogation techniques, techniques that I believe May last year, Obama said in a major address to acknowledged Friday that US intelligence and I think any fair-minded person would the National Defense University: “I believe we operatives had “tortured some folks” in the believe were torture, we crossed a line.” compromised our basic values by using torture wake of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks, but urged Apparently preparing the ground for the to interrogate our enemies.” they not be judged too harshly. The US admin- report, which lawmakers say they expect to be But the president has resisted calls to launch istration is expected to release a declassified made public within days, Obama said intelli- criminal investigations into individual US offi- Senate report in the coming days that will gence personnel had been under extreme cials, and on Friday again said it was important detail abuses by intelligence agents targeting pressure in 2001 and after. His remarks on for the United States to take responsibility “as a the Islamist extremist group Al-Qaeda. “Even Friday were not the first time Obama has said country”. “People did not know whether more before I came into office, I was very clear that in that the actions of some US agents under his attacks were imminent and there was enor- the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we did some predecessor George W. Bush during the so- mous pressure on our law enforcement and things that were wrong,” Obama told reporters. called “war on terror” amounted to torture. our national security teams to try to deal with “We did a whole lot of things that were right, Upon taking office in 2009, he banned this,” he said. “It’s important for us not to feel but we tortured some folks. We did some “enhanced interrogation techniques” such as too sanctimonious in retrospect about the WASHINGTON: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather in front of the White things that were contrary to our values. “When water-boarding, a form of simulated drowning tough job those folks had. House yesterday to demand an end to the war in Gaza and for the end of US aid we engaged in some of these enhanced inter- that US intelligence has admitted using. And, in Continued on Page 15 to Israel. — AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 LOCAL Gulf security pact to be given priority

By A Saleh that the pact is likely to pass with a par- warned that a number of nongovern- project that calls for canceling the pose opening an investigation into liamentary majority. Meanwhile, MP mental organizations in Kuwait have Municipal Council and establishing sep- drug trafficking inside the Central KUWAIT: Sources within the parliament Saadoun Al-Otaibi hailed Hind Al- turned into ‘unlicensed political parties’ arate councils in every governorate in Prison if he returned to the parliament’s revealed that voting on the Gulf securi- Subaih, the Minister of Social Affairs and that act to serve political and personal its place. The project is seen as a way to interior and defense committee. The ty pact will be given priority when ses- Labor, Minister of Planning and goals, while ignoring their main role. create competition between gover- proposal includes setting up separate sions resume late October. The govern- Development, on her recent decisions norates, according to sources familiar jail cells for convicted drug traffickers, ment will push for the voting to take to take action against unlicensed Municipal Council with the project. and speeding up the process of imple- place before the end of the year, fundraisers and violations committed Separately, sources revealed that the In another topic, MP Abdullah Al- menting capital punishment for sen- according to the sources who indicated by charity organizations. The lawmaker Cabinet plans to resume discussing a Turaiji announced that he plans to pro- tenced inmates. Iraqi invasion ‘beginning of Arab nationalism collapse’ Invasion dismantles bonds of Islamic solidarity SARAJEVO: Bosnian political veteran Haris He added that this invasion, associated with ing oil and later with arms on the grounds that Silajdzic said that Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in collapses in the unitary structure and solidarity the Bosnians were at that time sympathetic 1990 was “the beginning of the collapse of the among Muslims, has had a negative impact on with the Kuwaiti cause, violating the regime in project of Arab nationalism and the dismantling the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina when Serbia and the other republics of Yugoslavia, of the bonds of Islamic solidarity”. Silajdzic, who the Serbian regime and after a year and a half where the majority of them were neutral on the at the time of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait was of that invasion, began an attack against Bosnia issue of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Silajdzic, foreign minister of the Republic of Bosnia and and Herzegovina, taking advantage of the who later assumed the position of Chairman of Herzegovina, noted in a statement to Kuwait weakness and disintegration of Muslims caused the Presidency of the Bosnian state, said the News Agency that the brutal invasion had by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. He stressed that world’s support of Kuwait’s just cause had con- formed a coup against the concepts of good Bosnia and Herzegovina had paid the “price” of tributed to the early identification of aggressive neighborliness and addressing issues between this Iraqi disgraceful act that made Muslims intentions of the Serbian regime, which used countries through dialogue and political negoti- and Arabs an easy target for greedy enemies. some of the Iraqi regime’s justification in the ations, which is the basis of international rela- He added that the Iraqi regime had support- invasion of a neighboring and peaceful coun- tions in the contemporary world. ed Serbia in the war against Bosnia by provid- try. —KUNA Kuwait’s aid reaches KU students head 150,000 Iraqis: IOM to China for course KUWAIT: Kuwait helped alleviate the suffering of internally dis- placed persons (IDP) in Iraq by donating $10 million to fund KUWAIT: The first batch of students of the ceeding to Shenzhen,” Dr Al-Basman pointed humanitarian activities for those who fled attacks by the Islamic Electrical Engineering Department, the Faculty of out. She thanked Huawei for shouldering its State in Iraq and Syrian militias, the International Organization for Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University, left corporate social responsibility and providing Migration (IOM) said. Kuwait’s aid was handed to IOM and United for China on Friday evening to attend a training this chance to Kuwaiti students, and Dr Al- Nations’ institutions in Iraq during Ramadan, and significantly course at the premises Khayyat for his constant rehabilitation of the helped provide aid for at least 150,000 Iraqi civilians, said Iman of Huawei Technologies students ahead of their joining of the labor Ereiqat, chief of mission at IOM Kuwait. The IOM used $1 million of Co Ltd in Shenzhen market. Kuwait’s donations to provide humanitarian services and activities province. The course is to Iraqi IDPs, which highlights the Gulf state’s “leading humanitari- being organized under Orientation for Jordan an role in supporting humanitarian causes around the world,” an agreement inked by Kuwait University will hold an orientation Ereiqat told Al-Jarida daily. On the possibility of Kuwait allowing dean of the faculty Dr for students seeking education in Jordan, KRCS hands medical Iraqi refugees into its lands, Ereiqat denied knowledge of any Hussein Al-Khayyat and Cultural attache at the Kuwaiti Embassy in information in this regard, but hinted that such a scenario is Huawei representatives Amman Dr Mohammad Al-Dhafiri said. In a supplies to Palestinians unlikely based on international reports which indicate that the on June 26, said Dr statement to KUNA, Al-Dhafiri noted that the troubles are taking place in the northern areas of Iraq. Meanwhile, Mona Al-Basman, orientation will be held at KU’s Admissions KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society KRCS is coordinating with the Palestinian she indicated that Kuwait’s donations will help humanitarian Dr Mona Al-Basman supervisor of the team, and Registration building in Shuwaik area, (KRCS) said that it had handed a batch of Health Ministry to make sure that the sup- organizations to “expand relief efforts in order to support internal- in statements to KUNA. Kuwait. The orientation will inform students necessary medical supplies to the Palestinian plies were given to hospitals and medical ly displaced families and hosting societies”. The violence in Iraq has “The team is made up of 10 excellent stu- on the procedures to register in Jordanian uni- Health Ministry as a gesture of solidarity with centers in the Gaza Strip. He affirmed that affected the lives of 1.5 million people, including 1.2 million who dents, males and females,” she said, voicing versities for the next semester, said Al-Dhaifri. the Gaza Strip. Member of the KRCS board the KRCS will continue to provide support to became internally displaced since the beginning of the year. UN hope that they will make the best use of the There will be around 157 Kuwaiti students Sa’ad Al-Na’heth told the press that the KRCS the people of Gaza. Over 1,400 Palestinians agencies say that IDPs are in dire need for water, food, shelter, field training course, which takes place in one seeking education in Jordan for the next was doing what it can to help the people of were killed while thousands of others were healthcare and protection from violence. —Al-Jarida of the most industrialized countries of the semester. Around Kuwaiti 5,300 are currently Gaza during the ongoing crisis caused by the injured in the Israeli three-week military world. “The team will visit Beijing before pro- studying in Jordan. —KUNA Israeli military onslaught. He indicated that operation against Gaza. —KUNA Auto theft gang busted

KUWAIT: Sulaibiya police arrested sev- border checkpoint was arrested for gators were summoned to examine en people who admitted responsibility attempting to smuggle a fugitive and the scene and take the body to the for eleven car thefts reported around her brother out of the country. The forensic department. An investigation Kuwait. Detectives were able to identi- staff member reportedly tried to help to determine the cause of death is fy members of a criminal gang com- the Kuwaiti woman to leave without pending the autopsy report. prising of a Kuwaiti man, two Saudi stamping her passport, before his col- men, two Syrian men and two bedoon leagues discovered the case. The Teen stabbed in fight (stateless) men during investigations. woman and her brother were taken to A teenager was injured during a The suspects were in possession of an the authorities to face legal proce- fight that escalated from a traffic dis- assortment of drugs and an AK-47 dures. Investigations revealed that the pute on the Fifth Ring Road Friday weapon upon arrest. They remain in employee has a history of similar inci- morning. Two drivers stopped at the Sulaibiya police’s custody pending fur- dents which prompted several transfer side of the road after an incident on ther questioning to reveal their possi- decisions in the past. He was remand- the road, then engaged in a heated ble involvement in other crimes. ed in custody pending further action. exchange of verbal and physical assault. One of them, an 18-year-old Man killed in crash Drug overdose Kuwaiti, suffered a stab wound on his A man was killed while another suf- A Kuwaiti man was hospitalized in shoulder that required treatment at fered serious injuries in an accident a coma induced by a drug overdose. Farwaniya Hospital. Police who Friday morning on Fahaheel Doctors at Jahra Hospital informed accompanied an ambulance to the Expressway. Police and paramedics police about the case of a man who scene in response to an emergency rushed to a location near Salwa where arrived in a critical condition, suffering call arrested the attacker, and took an accident was reported around 4:00 complications of a drug overdose. him to the authorities to face charges. am. A Kuwaiti man in his twenties who Preliminary investigations indicate was in the passenger’s seat was pro- that the man overdosed while abus- Boy injured nounced dead at the scene from fatal ing drugs in his house in Saad Al- A boy was injured when he fell into head trauma. The driver, a 21-year-old Abdullah. The man was put under a basement while chasing a cat late at Kuwaiti man, was rushed to Mubarak tight security for his condition to sta- night, according to investigations. An Hospital with serious back and head bilize in order to be questioned. ambulance was sent to an apartment injuries. Preliminary investigations building in Salwa in response to an indicate that the car lost balance and Body found emergency call around 1:30 am flipped over following an impact with A man was found dead in his apart- Friday. The 15-year-old Syrian boy was a speeding vehicle. Further investiga- ment in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh Friday taken to Mubarak Hospital for treat- tions are ongoing. afternoon. The 58-year-old Syrian was ment. Preliminary investigations indi- already dead when paramedics and cate that the boy was chasing a cat on Fugitive smuggling foiled police arrived to the scene in response the ground floor when he accidently An employee at the Nuwaiseeb to an emergency call. Criminal investi- fell into the basement. —Agencies

KUWAIT: Kuwait diving team continued its follow up of the wrongful dumping at Kuwait bay. Marine operations official of the team said the team recently inspected the bottom of the dumping site and called for a quick intervention to save the marine life there. SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 LOCAL

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KUWAIT: A man looks at a shark and stingray at the Scientific Center’s aquarium. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat 12 flats robbed in Salmiya KD 1,700, gold jewelry stolen

By Nawara Fattahova floor of the building including his flat were which he hadn’t. I found the TV, receiver and robbed. “It seems that the thief was carefully other electronic appliances in place, so I think KUWAIT: Instead of happiness, Eid brought observing the building and our floor particular- the thief didn’t steal anything,” said Elie. sadness for some people. On the third day of ly to be sure that none of us were home at the The third neighbor on this floor is a Syrian Eid, 12 flats were robbed in a neighborhood in time of the robbery, which was around 6:00 who was outside the house with his family. Salmiya. Lebanese expat Elie was a bit luckier pm. When I went to the police station, the “This neighbor had worst luck, as the thief stole than the other victims. “On the third day of Eid, investigator told me that 12 flats in our neigh- KD 1,700 and some gold jewelry from his flat. I I was working. As I’m single and live alone, the borhood were robbed on the same day,” he feel pity for him, especially that this incident house was empty at the time. When I returned added. happened during Eid,” he stated. “We have a in the evening, I found the door of my flat open His Lebanese neighbor was out of town, and haris, but he is not checking anyone entering and the lock broken. The house was a mess but his vehicle was parked under the building. “The the building, especially that there are two nothing was stolen as far as I know. I have many thief also broke into the flat of my neighbor, beauty salons. I think there should be surveil- electronic appliances but the thief didn’t take and I assume that he didn’t take anything, as I lance cameras installed in the building, at least Hashish hidden in shoes any. I was lucky,” he told Kuwait Times. called my neighbor in Lebanon and asked if he at the entrance, to avoid similar cases,” conclud- According to Elie, three flats on the same had money or precious jewelry in the flat, ed Elie. Hashish hidden in shoes, bedoon arrested

By Hanaan Al-Saadoun charged with damaging others’ property. He was arrested when a stolen car he was KUWAIT: Central prison security men dis- driving was spotted and ordered to stop, covered hashish hidden by a bedoon in his but he refused and a chase ensued, during shoes. The stash was found when the sus- which he hit a patrol car along with anoth- pect returned from Farwaniya Hospital er car. KD 200 was found on him, and all after undergoing dialysis. When ques- the KD 20 notes were counterfeit. tioned, he said he switched his shoes at the hospital with another man, who is being Car flips on Sixth Ring Road sought. An 18-year-old citizen was severely injured when his car flipped over on Sixth Bedoon arrested over forgery Ring Road near Farwaniya. The citizen was A bedoon was arrested by Jahra detec- trapped in the car and firemen had to cut tives for questioning over several theft cas- the metal to get him out. Paramedics es and currency forgery. He was also rushed him to hospital. Renewable energy project in Shagaya

KUWAIT: Kuwait is on track to establish a project, said the sources who spoke on the project that will help generate 5,848 condition of anonymity. megawatts of clean energy a year. The proj- ect, called the ‘Shagaya Renewable Energy Safe summer Park’, is a joint venture between the Meanwhile, a MEW official said that the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) and ministry has been able to overcome 65 per- the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research cent of the summer’s ‘critical stage’ success- (KISR) that will save around 12,532,991 bar- fully, indicating that power outages rels of fuel every year by using solar and dropped by 68 percent compared to the wind power. The project will also helps pre- same period last year. The MEW connected vent 5,088,900 tons of carbon dioxide emis- diesel-powered generators to electricity sions, and create around 10,558 job oppor- transformers as a precautionary measure in tunities during the construction phase, Al- case of power outages as a result of Jarida reported yesterday quoting sources extreme heat or capacity overload, said the familiar with the plan. The project is located source who spoke to Al-Watan on the con- 100 km northwest of Kuwait City in the dition of anonymity. The maximum total Shagaya area, which is historically known capacity of electricity reached 10,920 MW where rainwater gathers for extended peri- on Friday, a significant drop from the KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for General security Maj General Abdelfattah Al-Ali made a field visit to ods of time. The area is characterized by 11,612 MW record registered last month. exposure to strong sunlight throughout Power plants generate an estimated total Fahaheel police station, Mina Abdallah, Al-Kout Mall and the security locations in Luluat Al-Khairan and Al-Kharan Park. He also the year, vast desert land and plain terrain, of 14,500 MW daily at full capacity. visited Hawally security, Salmiya police station, Marina Mall, and 360 mall. making it ideal for the renewable energy —Al-Jarida & Al-Watan 115,000 applications still ‘Administrative defect’ at Education Ministry on housing waiting list KUWAIT: Educational sources said that there is wards in most educational areas. an administrative defect at the Education Meanwhile, the education ministry placed KUWAIT: The housing crisis is one of the tough- 1985 have rejected units allocated to them authority (24/2012) among leaders and man- Ministry level as a whole, because there are itself in a predicament when it appointed 350 est challenges that the government and parlia- because they prefer to live in areas near Kuwait agers at the ministry. The authority asked the departments without permanent managers, teachers who had a visit visa for the new ment have been working hard to address in City or in specific residential projects. In this Health Ministry to hand over all the names of its including the engineering departments in the school year, without referring to the concerned recent months, with around 115,000 applica- case, those individuals retain priority when new leaders and managers as per the said item. educational zones that are considered the authorities at the Interior Ministry. Informed tions still on the waiting list. But there is a third units are cleared for distribution, and the PAHW The sources said it will form special commit- main nerve in providing necessary mainte- sources said the Education Ministry, shunning part involved in prolonging the problem for has to wait until they make up their mind to tees after receiving the financial reports, to nance and deal with breakdowns in schools foreign contracts and relying on local contracts decades, which is the Kuwaiti citizen himself. take or reject the unit before it is given to the study them based on posts and employment and educational buildings. The sources said in addition to graduates of the education and According to recent statistics obtained by Al- next applicant in line. level. The sources said that the reports will the ministry amended the organizational basic education college, interviewed many Jarida daily, there are many Kuwaitis who have include all government areas, and this action structure of educational facilities two years ear- expats including visit visa holders who num- applied for housing welfare since 1985, yet Fighting Corruption aims at instilling the transparency and cleanli- lier, where the administrative and employment bered 350 and were accepted after the inter- remain on the waiting list. Many citizens who In another development, high ranking ness principle in the economic and administra- nomenclature of its departments, including view, but the Interior Ministry refused to trans- spoke to Al-Jarida held the Public Authority for sources at the Public Authority for Fighting tive transactions to guarantee wise manage- maintenance departments in the zone, fer the visit visas into iqamas. The sources said Housing Welfare (PAHW) responsible for the Corruption said the authority is coordinating ment of state finances and property, while became part of engineering affairs. He added that with the Interior Ministry’s refusal, the mechanism it follows in distributing housing with the Health Ministry to receive financial fighting corruption and going after those who the ministry did not appoint managers for Education Ministry may return to foreign con- units. statements from those who fall under the rules commit it and recover the money generated those departments, which made a bad situa- tracts, as time is short and there is a severe For example, those on the waiting list since of article two of the decree of establishing the from it. —Agencies tion worse as maintenance is going down- shortage of teachers. —Agencies LOCAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 80% of MENA graduates eying entrepreneurship Finding job - the biggest challenge

KUWAIT: The Bayt.com ‘Fresh Graduates in the company (10%). When seeking their first mistic that their generation has better career and Middle East and North Africa’ survey, recently job,79% of fresh graduates used or plan to use educational opportunities in comparison to their conducted by Bayt.com, the region’s number leading online job sites. Direct applications to parents’ generation. 48% of MENA graduates one job site, and leading market research target companies and finding a job through consider computer skills to be among the most agency, YouGov, has revealed that despite the their network of family and friends are also high- important skills required to excel in the work- majority of respondents in MENA stating that ly used. Most graduates (67%) feel that the place, followed by academic and technical skills finding a job is a challenge faced by their gener- biggest challenge they face in finding a job is (41%) and linguistics (37%). The majority of ation of fresh graduates, 80% are considering that employers are looking for candidates with MENA fresh graduates (80%) may consider, or are entrepreneurship as a viable career option. previous experience, though knowing where to actively considering, setting up their own busi- The majority of fresh graduates in MENA find relevant jobs is also considered to be a chal- ness in the future. completed their education in their country of lenge by 38%. It took less than 3 months for 21% Suhail Masri, VP of Sales,, Bayt.com said: “It’s residence, with engineering being the most of working respondents to find their first job. interesting that most graduates feel that the ABK ‘Best Student popular subject to study as part of the respon- 22%stayed or anticipate staying in their first job biggest challenge is that employers are looking dents’ highest degree, followed by business, for 1-2 years. for candidates with previous experience, when in Award’ initiative commerce and marketing. 71% were satisfied Salary expectations for fresh graduates vary; fact, our research constantly proves that many with the quality of higher education they 10% in the GCC expect to receive between $1501- employers in the MENA are heavily hiring fresh KUWAIT: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait awarded Educational faculty of Abdulaziz Hussain received, considering the preparation it gave 2000 for their first job; 17% in the Levant antici- graduates. To feel more comfortable, we advise outstanding students at Abdulaziz School for their dedication and persever- them for the workplace to be mostly ‘good’ pate earning $1,001-1,500, while in North Africa fresh graduates to work on their transferable skills Hussain School for boys. This was as part ance at honing the students to this level.” (32%). Teaching methods, quality of infrastruc- the majority (49%) expect a starter salary of $500 as well as to take as many relevant courses as pos- of ABK’s “Best Student Award” initiative. Al Baghli added, “Al Ahli Bank of ture, technology usage for effective teaching, or less. According to 75% of respondents, their sibly, mainly on leadership. Adding transferable The best student awards went to Abdulla Kuwait’s initiative comes as part of the value for money paid, curriculum and qualifica- college or university did not help them to identify skills and coursework to their CVs will certainly Mohammed Hasan, Ahmed Abdulla Al social responsibility programs that are tion of teachers are also considered to be ‘good’ job opportunities. For those whose colleges make an impact with hiring managers. At Mulla, Hussain Abdul Reda Ashkanani offered to develop and support varying by MENA graduates. assisted them, job announcements and career Bayt.com, our mission is to empower people to and Abdulaziz Ghanim Al Enzi for achiev- segments of society in Kuwait. This also The majority (53%) do not feel that they fairs were considered most helpful. 59% of lead better lives, and we have thousands of job ing the highest percentage in their conveys ABK’s commitment to participat- would have fared better in the job market if they respondents acquired work experience either opportunities online on Bayt.com for fresh gradu- grades. Ali Al Baghli, ABK’s Assistant PR ing in educational support, which is the had chosen a different major or different school, before or during their time at university, with 39% ates in particular.” Manager stated, “We would like to con- core of any successful and developed with 61% stating that they considered the job having spent 1-6 months in a work placement. “The perceived lack of employment opportu- gratulate the outstanding students for society.” The School Manager thanked availability in the field they chose to major in pri- 68% of MENA graduates are planning to pursue nities may actually prove a positive turn of events their efforts at securing such high per- ABK’s generous initiative in supporting or to enrolment. The majority of working higher education, with the US (31%), Canada for fresh graduates, who are mostly considering centages. Congratulations also go out to and encouraging students to progress in respondents (54%) are currently employed in (21%) and the UK (24%)being the most popular entrepreneurship, or setting up their own busi- their parents and the Administrative and their educational achievements. their field of study. According to MENA gradu- destinations to do so outside of their country of ness, as a viable option for their future.” said Joao ates, the most appealing industries from a career residence. Graduates are also keen to travel Neves, Head of Research of YouGov MENA. “This point of view are banking and finance (23%), abroad for employment purposes, with 65% stat- will prove beneficial for the overall economy, cre- business consultancy, business management ing they will consider relocating for a job. 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In my view In my view Shameless targeting The casualty war of civilians By Felice Friedson

he latest round of fighting between Israel and Hamas extends far beyond the urban warfare playing out in Tthe cities and towns of the Gaza Strip; the Israeli cities targeted by waves of Palestinian rockets; and the By Labeed Abdal seek-and-destroy mission of locating and eradicating the elaborate and intricate network of tunnels revealed to extend deep into Israeli territory and beneath southern Israeli communities. Beyond the shooting war, there is a war of images seek- ing to justify the actions of the players in the eyes of the [email protected] world. To accomplish this, Hamas seeks to create the belief that most - more than 80% - of the 1,137 Palestinians who died during the first two weeks of fighting are noncombat- he United Nations secretary general’s attempts ant women and children-read innocent victims of outra- through extensive negotiations with global geous Israeli aggression. Israel, on the other hand, asserts powers in order to achieve a possible ceasefire in that the process of identifying the dead is manipulated in T order to predetermine the conclusion that Israel has Israel and Gaza is very urgent, especially when it per- tains with one of the world’s oldest struggles. Not only relentlessly slaughtered innocents rather than admit the must negotiations with influential countries such as obvious use of civilian human shields and the commensu- the United States of America, Egypt and Turkey be rate benefits to the Hamas narrative of a high body count. directed towards governments, but the people as well. First and foremost for Israel is that the international There needs to be an urgent collective decision from community understand who it has targeted and accept its peace-loving countries that do not show a two-faced assertion that the casualty list contains a significantly high- approach - one that appears to be serving peace, and er percentage of adult male combatants than women and children. Reuven Ehrilch of the Meir Amit Intelligence and another filled with hate and malignancy. kuwait digest Seeing total silence of superpowers and other Information Center, an Israeli think tank, told The Media countries infuriates many people and raises their skep- Line that its comparison study of the names of the ticism regarding the United Nation’s role, and how Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge and the active can it be to find solutions with countries that Love, feelings and fatherhood relationship between terror groups and uninvolved citi- crave for military conflicts and taking over other zens revealed that out of 152 names checked, 71 were nations’ wealth. identified as terror agents and 81 were uninvolved citizens. According to Ehrlich, the Hamas-controlled interior The fighting between Israel and Hamas militants By Nermin Al-Hoti which affects innocent civilians must be stopped ministry has ordered social networking done in the Gaza immediately, coupled with efforts to revive negotia- Strip to describe every Palestinian who died as an “inno- tions to achieve peace between the two parties, while cent civilian.” The group worked from a list compiled and he word mashaer (feelings) in Arabic lan- instilled in our behavior. Today when we discuss working on eradicating the root causes of violence so supplied by the Gaza government’s Ministry of Health, a that fighting does not return in the future. guage means winding trees, and our story, that issue, we find that they did not come out of list fraught with problems and inaccuracies according to Leading world countries are required to provide Twhich must be planted in the heart and mind, nothing. We see some of those who became a Ehrlich. “The list was done hastily and later changes were more wide-scale principles that achieve international grows for years to produce many feelings that inter- majority in our society lack keenness towards their made. There were a number of false names listed; the equality. Efforts are needed to create a new interna- twine each other. One may have many feelings, children and reject discussions with them. Fathers details of the dead are only partial, making identification suspicious. tional system that guarantees justice to small nations which may differ from one human being to another, are careless towards observing and following up and curbs the use of excessive force by members of There are names used more than once and some might and among such feelings that we focus today is their children’s behavior or study, so where is the have been killed by their own fire rather than by the Israeli the international community that still seek to colonize fatherhood, which is instilled in the human being feeling of fatherhood? smaller nations. Expansion efforts at the expense of army. The list doesn’t differentiate between civilians and from day one after birth when his father begins to Our issue is complicated - some people may say sovereign countries with people who have the right of terror operatives. All the dead are listed as “shahids” [mar- land and self-determination remind us of wars in the carry him, and that becomes the first implant of the that times have changed, others may say that we tyrs]. The list propagated by the Hamas-controlled Gaza middle ages that left millions dead and destruction of child’s love of fatherhood. This feeling begins to live in the times of freedom, and there are those ministries is not necessarily in synch with the one being nations and civilizations. grow, and may give us negative results in some rare who give ambiguous justifications. The basic thing compiled by a United Nations agency. A spokesperson Innovations in the arms industry are given the cases, and we consider them rare cases. We consid- which rejects the justifications of some fathers of from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OSHA) who spoke on condition of green light to be experimented in this region in order er that relations are love, so how can branches full their relations with their children is that feelings of to guarantee success at the expense of civilians, who anonymity because she was not authorized to speak to of hatred grow on their offspring? fatherhood do not change no matter how times the media, told The Media Line that as of the morning of are mostly women and children. This situation requires When we analyze our issue on the basis of reli- change, because fatherhood is the shield that pro- a stand from the world to stop the continuous reck- July 29, 1,109 Palestinians, including at least 821 civilians lessness and duality in applying peace standards, as gious and earthly sciences, we will find an tects children against mistakes. Fatherhood gathers (of whom were 239 children, and 124 women), 179 fight- well as put an end to shameless targeting of unarmed inevitable result which is love - feelings that warmth, love and forgiveness that move from one ers and 109 with status undetermined, have been killed civilians in genocides that exhibit hatred towards the emanate from religion and sciences. Fatherhood is a generation to another, as these feelings do not die - since the start of hostilities on July 7. fellow human beings and violate the basic interna- feeling of warmth based on a mix of all results and rather they are inherited and remain throughout life. The spokesperson explained that “the Protection Cluster collects and verifies information regarding fatalities tional values of morals and respect. analysis we studied and their principles were — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa in Gaza, and these preliminary figures are used by the humanitarian community in situation reports. In terms of methodology, the UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (as Protection Cluster lead) compiles initial reports of fatalities from the media and other sources, and kuwait digest works with Palestinian and Israeli human rights organiza- tions to cross-check and verify these reports, and whether the individuals are civilians or combatants. Fatality figures When senior are only included once they have been corroborated by more than one organization.” Israeli officials believe the problems with the list are not officials make accidental or coincidental. Ehrlich charges that the list is intended to serve as evidence that “Israel is slaughtering civilians to create a structure of facts for Hamas’s foreign mistakes policy and to lay the foundation for legal actions Hamas intends to use against Israel ‘the day after’ Operation Protective Shield” is concluded. Ehrlich alleges that a pat- By Abdullatif Al-Duaij tern of double identification that surfaced among a num- ber of the names checked means the individuals were simultaneously operatives of terrorist organizations and n countries with a high level of self respect on active duty with the Palestinian security forces in the and which handles its issues with serious- Gaza Strip. Iness, mistakes and lapses are dealt with real- In six cases, names identified were part of the Al- istically and with a level of responsibility ade- Azzadin Al-Qassam military wing of Hamas; while three quate with this mistake. In some cases, the were serving in the national security force of the reaction could be exaggerated or harsh, and Palestinian Ministry of Interior and three served in the police. Upon their deaths, each organization issued a sepa- not commensurate with the action committed, rate eulogy poster for its fallen member. Two main organi- leading sometimes to suicide as a way to atone zations are fighting against the Israelis: Hamas, which was for the mistake or escape from responsibility. elected to control the Gaza Strip in 2006, through its so- But here we have too much self doubt and called military wing known as the Al-Qassam Brigades; contempt of our reality to the point in which and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), through its the Al- any offense or mistake is considered normal Quds Birgades. Both are guerilla-like armies that participat- and expected, because ‘any horse may stumble’, ed in the previous rounds of fighting against Israel in 2009 and no one is faultless. But the problem is that and 2012. The Israeli military is just beginning to release informa- the error has become the basis, and failure or tion about those it’s killed. Through 21 days of war, Israel’s mistakes have become an ‘inevitability’ that we strongest blow to PIJ was the assassination of Salah Abu must accept and live with. The higher the status Hassanein, commander of its Military Media Division. of the person who committed the error, the Hassanein oversaw Islamic Jihad’s psychological warfare greater, faster and more acceptable forgiving targeting the Israeli people and Gazans alike. A frequent him becomes. Mostly, the responsibility is put interviewee since the Second Intifada that began in 2000, on helpless people with lower statuses. And in Hassanein’s face and voice were familiar to Gaza’s residents as was his message encouraging armed conflict with the some other cases, a bigger error or crime is Jewish state. committed to cover up for the initial crime. The Israeli army also killed PIJ’s regional commanders The issue of naturalization errors is the talk who controlled the northern and central sectors of the of the town these days. There are confessions Gaza Strip, as well as Shaaban Dakhdoukh, commander of and allegations - mostly from the government - the forces in Zeitoun, who worked on burying long-range that mistakes and incorrect facts led to ‘granti- rockets and helped to smuggle weapons for his forces. ng’ citizenship to some people. But instead of Mahmoud Sinwar directed military activities, including rocket fire and was involved in the creation of attack tun- examining the issue and investigating the nels into Israeli territory and the raid in which soldier Gilad source of the errors, so that at least they do not Shalit was captured. The Israeli command believes it has happen again in the future, the government inflicted heavy losses on Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades, the ignores that and instead goes to punish inno- full extent though not yet known because many of fight- cent persons who took advantage of loopholes ers’ bodies are believed to be buried beneath tons of rub- in the law. ble of destroyed tunnels they had been hiding in. Naturalization is not the only thing in which Mohammad Shaaban, commander of Al-Qassam’s naval force, was targeted and killed along with 3 other those who committed the mistakes seek to jus- people while driving his car in Gaza City. Shaaban was tify and escape responsibility for their actions. behind Hamas’ increasing attempts to infiltrate into Israel Another issue connected to it is residency, or from the sea in order to conduct mass killings in Israeli the residency of bedoons (stateless people) in coastal communities. In fact, such an attempt was thwart- specific. There is no doubt that the government ed on the day of his killing, when 5 terrorists were inter- created the bedoon crisis either by mistake, cepted by the army when they emerged onto the beach at negligence or most likely deliberately, and Kibbutz Zikim where they were spotted by soldiers and killed. imposed it on the society. But instead of deal- Also dead in a targeted assassination is Osama Al- ing with the issue responsibly and starting with Hayyah, who commanded Al-Qassam’s forces in Shaja’iah, state officials who created it and allowed it to the site of one of the earliest and fiercest battles of the snowball, the bedoons, or rather their children Israeli operation. Al-Hayyah is the eldest son of Dr Khalil Al- and grandchildren, are now being tortured, in a Hayya, a Hamas member of the Palestinian Legislative way to atone and cover up for the higher-ups’ Council and a founding member of Hamas. Not all mistakes. attempts at targeted killings have succeeded. One exam- — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas ple is Ayman Siam, head of Hamas’ rocket unit, who was injured but escaped death. — The Media Line SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

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GAZA: A Palestinian youth carries a bicycle from the wreckage of a building, which was hit in an Israeli strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday. — AFP Long wait for US asylum After 12 years, Honduran man still fighting to stay in America

BOSTON: When he arrived at the Texas border, months, though, has been relatively small. Last kept his bid alive, despite numerous setbacks, Celvyn Mejia Romero was a scared 10 year old, week, the director of the US Citizenship and starting with a denial by the immigration judge in with a machete scar and memories of a mur- Immigration Services told a congressional 2007. The Honduran native, then a teen, had tes- dered uncle as reminders of why he’d embarked hearing his agency had received more than tified that a former neighbor had struck him with on a long, perilous journey from Honduras. He 1,500 asylum applications from unaccompa- a machete and used the weapon to destroy his feared staying in his homeland and desperately nied minors from last October to this June - grandmother’s home, where he was living. He wanted to join his mother in the US. In July 2002, just about 4 percent of the total. Most kids, also said he’d been harassed by a gang from a he and two cousins - 6 and 14 - ended up near though, don’t file for asylum for many months nearby village and they’d thrown him off the roof Brownsville after traveling by train, bus and foot. after their arrival. of a small house. His mother testified, too. He remembers his grandmother, who lived in Some critics say it has become too easy to The judge concluded those experiences were Arimis, Honduras, preparing to send him away, win asylum and the standards for demonstrat- “troubling” but “no more than a series of isolated handing him a bag of food, some water and ing persecution are too lenient. A person has altercations” with a disgruntled neighbor and telling him: “‘Get on the bus. Don’t look back. ... to demonstrate a well-founded fear of perse- some bullies. He said they did not qualify as past Don’t come and hug me. Don’t say goodbye.’” cution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, persecution and, as a result, assumed there “That,” he now says, “made me cry.’” political opinion or membership of a social would none if he returned. An immigration Twelve years later, Mejla Romero is still fight- group. Kids seeking asylum based on fear of appeals board agreed. So did a federal appeals ing to stay in America. His tenacious - and unusu- gangs often have trouble convincing immigra- court panel in a 2-1 decision, with the majority ally long - bid for asylum offers a singular glimpse tion judges that’s the kind of persecution that saying the record was “devoid of anything” that into the complex world of immigration law and warrants protection under US law. would conclude that Mejia Romero would more rules that many legal experts say are fiendishly likely than not to be tortured if returned to difficult for anyone, especially kids, to negotiate. Importance of Lawyers Honduras. But in a strongly worded dissent, the And yet at 22, Mejia Romero, who has lived “The challenge that we face is the kinds of third judge said the young man’s family had suf- longer in the US than in his native Honduras, is claims these kids are presenting,” says Wendy fered “decades of persecution” for political activi- hoping he’ll prevail. “I think if I win this case ... all Young, president of Kids in Need of Defense, a ties advocating land reform. my nightmares would end because I’d know I’m group that provides pro bono lawyers for unac- The dissenting judge said it was wrong to rely not going back there,” he said in an interview companied refugee and immigrant children in exclusively on the “simplistic” oral testimony of BOSTON: In this July 26, 2014 photo, Celvyn Mejia Romero poses for a photo before an from his lawyers’ office in Boston. “I’d feel like I’m the US “The law is very murky. ... To these kids, Mejia Romero, who’d been diagnosed with PTSD interview at the Greater Boston Legal Services. — AP free. ... I would feel happy, happy, happy. It would they don’t care if it’s the military who’s holding a and couldn’t fully articulate his family’s predica- United States for protection.” Romero’s early years in America were difficult. be the best day of my life.” gun to their head or a gang member. They’re ment because of his young age. At the trial, for His lawyers pressed for a review by the full He says he had nightmares about people chas- Mejia Romero, who’d tried once before to get fleeing for their lives.” instance, the boy said his family was called court based on the divergent views of the ing him and was wary of making friends, wor- to the US but was turned back in El Salvador, says What is clear is these kids won’t prevail alone, Communists but didn’t know what the word judges. The same three-judge panel reversed ried about gangs. “I was depressed,” he recalls. he empathizes with the thousands of Central says Judy London, an immigration lawyer in Los meant. “He explained the harm he had suffered itself, sending the case back to the immigra- “I didn’t go out of my room. ... I used to think American kids who’ve recently appeared at the Angeles who has represented many children. “It’s but he couldn’t really explain the underlying rea- tion appeals board, saying that it was the best about my (earlier) life all the time. I was really southern border without their parents. Many say an impossible system to navigate without a sons,” John Willshire-Carrera, co-managing direc- place to resolve the matter. Through a series of scared.” His mother, Susana, said through a they’re escaping gangs back home and hoping lawyer,” she says. The cases, she adds, are extraor- tor of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee legal steps, Mejia Romero ended up making translator that her son “would cry a lot. It to reunite with family. Mejia Romero’s mother dinarily time-consuming, with lawyers spending Clinic at Greater Boston Legal Services, says of his his bid last year to an asylum officer in the wasn’t clear what he was crying about. He did- came to the U.S when he was just 2, fleeing an dozens of hours just getting kids to open up client. Department of Homeland Security. Because of n’t eat well. He didn’t sleep well.” abusive boyfriend; he remembers the joy of about their traumatic experiences. changes in the law, a similar case nowadays Even now, he says, talking about the past embracing her eight years later after his arrival. The importance of lawyers was borne out in a Claims of Persecution would first be heard by an asylum officer and a makes him nervous. Mejia Romero works for a “I feel sad for them,” he says of the kids now recent report by the Transactional Records Access The dissenting judge said there was “pow- decision would not take so long. The asylum company that provides meals for airlines. He trying to enter the US “They remind me a lot of Clearinghouse at Syracuse University that sur- erful” evidence to support claims of persecu- office is considered more kid-friendly than the dropped out of high school his senior year to when I was younger. ... I feel like it’s my life.” veyed more than 100,000 cases of unaccompa- tion, citing the young man’s harassment and adversarial atmosphere of immigration court. help support his family, but says if allowed to The flood of kids at the borders has ignited a nied children in immigration court from 2005 to attempted recruitment by gang members and “The process has become more responsive remain in the US, he’d like to finish and attend political firestorm, with the House late Friday the end of June. It found that in almost half the his injuries, including an 8-inch machete scar to children’s needs ...,” says Nancy Kelly, the college someday. Both mother and son say they passing strict measures that the president cases where kids were represented by a lawyer, on his leg and others on his back and arm Boston clinic’s co-managing director. “On the live with constant dread he’ll be sent back. “Those quickly condemned. With the Senate already the judge allowed them to stay. In contrast, nine from landing in wire after being thrown from other hand, a series of decisions have been people who came after us are there ... and I feel on a five-week summer break, a divided of 10 kids who appeared without a lawyer were the house. He also noted the killing of Mejia made which seem to be making it harder for he may very well be killed,” his mother says. “For Congress headed home unable to agree on ordered deported. Romero’s step-grandfather by soldiers and the children who, in our opinion, are true refugees sure, he’ll be persecuted.” She tries to remain con- solutions for what has been called a “humani- Some asylum cases are resolved in a few years; murder of his uncle. The failure by the admin- from getting relief because of the way gang- fident that after a dozen years, this ruling will be tarian crisis”. others can take much longer. As Mejia Romero istrative courts, he wrote, “inflicts a terrible related harm is viewed.” in their favor. “You have to have patience,” she The number of child asylum cases in recent has grown from boy to man, his lawyers have human price on a child who has turned to the Despite his reunion with his mother, Mejia says. “We’re always hoping for the best.” — AP SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Ethiopia’s Armenians: Long history, small numbers ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The numbers at don’t come to church vertically. Only hori- 100 people today, the Armenian school, We contributed.” crosses are the only objects that catch the the St. George Armenian Apostolic Church zontally,” Vartkes Nalbandian said with a church and social club still open their But the community’s fortunes have light from high small windows in the in Addis Ababa are not adding up. Church laugh. Vartkes is among a small handful of doors. changed through the years. Ethio- church’s pointed dome. The African sun- records show an average of two funerals a people keeping Ethiopia’s Armenian com- “There is more to a community than just Armenians had their property and busi- shine struggles to brighten the church’s year, but a wedding only every three years munity alive. Despite a fall in numbers from statistics. We are proud of the Armenian nesses confiscated when the communist dark green walls. The remaining Armenian and a baptism every five. “Some people a peak of 1,200 in the 1960s to less than contribution to Ethiopia. It’s worth fighting Derg seized power in 1974. Many families families are scattered around Addis’ out- for,” said 64-year old Vartkes, the church’s left then, fearing for their lives. The skirts, including the Nalbandians, who were fulltime acting archdeacon since the last Nalbandians stayed, determined not to forced to vacate their family home. priest left in 2002. But given the shrinking give up on a country they had called home The only reason the house, which in a numbers, the fight can feel daunting. for four generations. Salpi and Vartkes’ traditional Armenian style has a wrap- Armenian goldsmiths, traders and archi- musical family has made a lasting contribu- round balcony - is still standing is because tects were invited to settle in Ethiopia more tion to Ethiopia’s heritage. Great uncle Salpi is fighting against the local govern- than 150 years ago by Emperor Johannes Kervork wrote Ethiopia’s first national ment to preserve it as a museum dedicated IV. Buoyed by the ties between Ethiopian anthem, and their father Nerses became to her father’s life and work. She has had and Armenian Orthodoxy, the community well known for his pioneering work in some help upholding her father’s legacy thrived. Ethio-Jazz, which blends traditional from Aramatz Kalayjian, an Armenian film- After the Armenian Genocide in 1915, Ethiopian five-tone scales with the dimin- maker. He has being working on “Tezeta,” a Haile Selassie, Ethiopia’s regent who later ished scales of Western jazz. The pair have documentary about Ethio-Armenian music, became Emperor, opened his arms to the become the gatekeepers to a part of since 2012. “The only remnants of a great Armenian people even wider, adopting 40 Ethiopian culture and history that is in dan- cross-pollination of cultures are the few orphans as wards of court. In return, the ger of being forgotten. Armenian community members left, the Ethio-Armenians proved fiercely loyal. One Ethio-Armenians are gradually resem- music, history books, and memories that trader used his European connections to bling a diaspora within a diaspora. Children tell of the relationship between Armenians buy arms for Ethiopia’s resistance move- and grandchildren who live in the US and and Ethiopians,” Kalayjian said. ment against the Italian occupation during Canada now make pilgrimages to Addis to Vartkes Nalbandian disagrees with World War II. Others ran an underground see the place where their ancestors grew Kalayjian’s view that the community is fad- newspaper. Several gave their lives in serv- up. Most of the Armenian buildings in the ing. He notes that a Syrian-Armenian man ice of their adopted homeland. Armenian “safar” - or neighborhood - in recently visited the Addis community with “Those were the best days,” said 61-year Addis Ababa’s city center are now empty or a view to moving there with his family. old Salpi Nalbandian, who runs a leather gone, victim to the city’s appetite for high- “The school is open, the church is open, business with her brother Vartkes and oth- rise buildings that are beginning to domi- the club is open,” he said. “It doesn’t matter er family members. “We were valued mem- nate the skyline. if I open the church on a Sunday and ADDIS ABABA: In this June 1, 2014 photo, Armenian families attend bers of the court. We made the crowns the St George’s Church holds maybe 200 preach to many people or just a handful. Sunday prayers at St George Armenian Apostolic Holy Orthodox emperors wore on their heads. We were people but seems larger because it often As long as our spirit is strong, our identity Church. —AP not like the Italians, we weren’t invaders. stands dark and empty. Golden orthodox is, too.” —AP Libya parliament meets far from battlegrounds Renewed Tripoli clashes hit fuel depot again

TOBRUK, Libya: Libya’s newly elected House of gled to control heavily armed factions that have conflict could create a failed state just across the Representatives held its first session yesterday, entrenched themselves as de facto power bro- Mediterranean from mainland Europe. Fearing holed up in a heavily guarded provincial hotel as kers in the messy transition since Gaddafi’s one- the violence could spill beyond Libya’s borders, armed factions turned the two biggest cities, man rule. Elected in June, lawmakers met yester- neighbours Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria all warn of Tripoli and Benghazi, into battlefields. Western day for an emergency session in Tobruk, a the danger a failed Libya would pose. Hundreds governments, who have mostly evacuated their coastal city east of Benghazi, where they are of Egyptians clashed on Friday with Tunisian bor- diplomats after two weeks of fighting, hope the supposed to form a new government that many der guards when they tried to force their way new parliament can create space for negotia- Libyans hope will be a step to ending the crisis. out of Libya, fleeing the fighting in Tripoli. tions after the worst clashes since the 2011 war “Our homeland is burning,” Abu Bakar Baira, Tunisia temporarily closed its frontier with Libya. that ousted Muammar Gaddafi. interim head of parliament said. “We have to But there was no sign of a let up in the capital work fast, to meet the demands of the people Two Cities in Clashes Tripoli where a huge cloud of black smoke and save them from this disaster.” Brigades of former anti-Gaddafi fighters from spread over the south of the city once again yes- The 200-member parliament will hold its first the western town of Zintan, and others from the MANILA: An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) flashes the victory sign upon town of Misrata and their allies have been fight- arrival with other workers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in sub- ing for nearly three weeks over the control of urban Pasay City following their repatriation from Libya yesterday. —AP Tripoli’s international airport. The battle is part of a wider struggle involving Islamists, tribal lead- ers, federalists, nationalists and armed groups Philippine workers vying for the spoils of post-Gaddafi Libya and to shape the future of the OPEC producing country. Yesterday, sporadic shelling resumed in the return from Libya capital after two days of relative calm. Plumes of black smoke rose over the south of Tripoli from a burning fuel tank at the airport’s fuel depot. “A MANILA: A small group of Philippine workers flew 10 million Filipinos work around the world, earn- rocket fell and hit a new tank full of gasoline at home from strife-torn Libya yesterday, grateful to ing more money than they could in their strug- the start of Saturday afternoon,” National Oil have escaped the conflict but anxious about bleak gling homeland. “The (Department of Foreign Corporation (NOC) spokesman Mohamed al- job prospects in their own country. The 21 Affairs) is appealing with urgency to those who Harari said. “Firefighters have pulled out again Filipinos, red-eyed and weary from lack of sleep have not made the decision to be repatriated to because of the fighting.” and a long journey, arrived at Manila airport using please consider doing so as the avenues of repatri- Firefighters battled for days, sometimes tickets paid for by the Philippine government, ation are quickly diminishing,” the statement said. under fire, to control a huge blaze ignited a which has ordered a mandatory evacuation of its Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, in neigh- week ago when the same fuel depot was hit by a 13,000 nationals from the North African nation. “It bouring Tunisia to coordinate the evacuation, fears rocket. Britain said late Friday it would close its was difficult. There were explosions night and day,” the sea route “may be the only means of repatria- embassy from Aug. 4, evacuating staff to Tunisia. oil pipeline welder Michael Antalan, 37, told AFP. tion”, it said. He said the Tunisia-Libya border cross- Britain was one of the last western countries Their Libyan company stopped work on July 20 ing was closed on Friday following a shooting inci- with an embassy open in Tripoli after the United and allowed them to seek refuge in the embassy dent, while a crossing to Egypt has been closed for States, the United Nations and most European in Tripoli, about two hours’ drive away. Rose Biros, months. Philippine officials have said ships would states pulled their diplomatic staff. “Reluctantly 33, a domestic worker in Tripoli, and husband be able to carry about 1,500 people at a time. The we’ve decided we have to leave and temporarily Abraham, the family cook and also 33, sought per- Filipinos who flew home yesterday all said they suspend embassy operations in Libya,” British mission to return home after a bullet slammed had yet to recoup expenses they incurred in secur- TRIPOLI: Smoke billows from a petrol depot that was set ablaze following clashes Ambassador Michael Aron said on Twitter. “The into a terrace wall of their employer’s home on July ing their Libyan jobs. between rival militias near the airport in the Libyan capital yesterday. —AFP risk of getting caught in the crossfire is too 20. “At first he refused, insisting it was safe to stay. “I won’t be going back there, it’s too danger- great.” How can it be safe when there were stray bullets ous,” said Antalan, whose wife works as a maid in terday after a fuel depot near the international official session to elect its new president on Benghazi was calmer yesterday, four days flying around? After three days he finally let us go,” Dubai while their five-year-old daughter stays with airport was hit for the second time in a week as Monday, Baira said. Some deputies aim to form a after an alliance of Islamist militants from the she told AFP. his parents in Mayantoc, a town north of Manila. rival Zintan and Misrata brigades battled for con- new cabinet to handle the crisis, three of them Ansar al-Sharia group and ex-rebels drove the The Philippine government imposed a travel “However I need to find a job in another country. trol. Fighting with rockets, anti-aircraft cannon told Reuters. Three years after Gaddafi’s demise, armed forces out of a special forces base and ban on Libya on May 30, when it also warned We can’t really afford to have only one spouse and other heavy artillery in Tripoli and the east- few Libyan state institutions have popular legiti- overran a major police station. Ansar al-Sharia is Filipinos there to leave. Manila then issued a working,” he said, adding he would never find a ern city of Benghazi has killed more than 200 macy and the country still has no new constitu- designated a terrorist group by Washington mandatory evacuation order last month following local employer willing to pay the $1,000 a month people, and edged Libya closer to full-scale civil tion. Militias stormed the last parliament repeat- which blames it for an attack on the US mission the beheading of a Filipino construction worker in he was earning in Libya. war just three years after the NATO-backed revo- edly to threaten lawmakers. there that killed the US ambassador in 2012. The the eastern port of Benghazi. A Filipina nurse was Abraham Biros said he would settle for 20,000 lution. Heavily armed interior ministry troops and Islamist alliance, called the Benghazi also abducted and gang-raped in Tripoli on pesos ($460) a month - what he earned in Libya - if Britain became the latest Western govern- the Libyan army protected the Tobruk hotel that Revolutionaries Shura Council, has kept off the Wednesday. A ship chartered by Manila is set to he could find a job near their home in Naic, a ment to announce it would close its embassy, was chosen to host the parliament meeting after streets over the last three days although it sail from Malta in the coming days to pick up coastal town just south of Manila. The Philippines fearing being caught in the crossfire. With its Tripoli and Benghazi were deemed too risky. remains the main military force inside the city, Filipinos from Benghazi, Misrata and possibly previously evacuated its nationals from Libya in national army still in formation, Libya has strug- Western countries are worried Libya’s escalating Reuters reporters there said. —Reuters Tripoli, a foreign department statement said 2011 during the violent chaos leading to the top- Saturday. pling of the late dictator Muammar Gaddafi. However, about 1,600 Filipinos, mostly doctors Urgent Appeal and nurses, elected to stay throughout that Lucky few flee Libya ‘nightmare’ Despite the dangers, the department said only upheaval. The Philippines lifted a travel ban to about 800 have returned to the Philippines. About Libya in 2012, but re-imposed it in May. —AFP RAS JEDIR, Tunisia: Baby on her shoulder, suit- take a taxi the rest of the way to Tunis. case in hand, Khadija, a 34-year-old Tunisian, is Fed up with the instability in his country, rushing to escape from the “Libyan nightmare” which already went through a civil war in 2011 Tribesmen force jihadis through the Ras Jedir border crossing to reach that overthrew dictator Muammar Gaddafi, her homeland. With the crossing point open Omar now sees Tunisia as just a staging post. only intermittently because of clashes on the “I’m only staying a week in Tunisia and then I’ll out of Syrian villages Libyan side, Khadija has to wait all night before go to London. It’s sad to say, but it is impossi- BEIRUT: Tribesmen have risen up against the Rights and Turkey-based activist Mustafa Osso said being allowed through. “Finally I’m leaving the ble for me now to live in Libya,” says the extremist Islamic State group in eastern Syria, forc- the group was forced to bring in reinforcements Libyan nightmare. I’m clearing out of a country tourism company employee. Omar points out ing it to withdraw from three villages after heavy from neighboring Iraq after members of the damaged by fighting. There is no future for my that at least Libyans and Tunisians are manag- clashes that killed more than a dozen people, Shueitat tribe drove jihadi fighters out of the vil- family,” she tells AFP as she waits for her hus- ing to flee. Still stuck on the other side of the activists said yesterday. The violence in eastern lages of Kishkiyeh, Abu Hamam and Granij. band at the exit of passport control, open for a border are 6,000 foreign workers, mostly Syria came amid tension on the border with The Observatory, a Britain-based group relying few hours yesterday morning. Egyptians, who have been waiting for days. A Lebanon after an ambush killed dozens of opposi- on activists inside Syria, said tribesmen torched When Khadija arrived at Ras Jedir from protest by hundreds of them on Friday spurred tion fighters, activists say. The Lebanese army said the local headquarters of the Islamic State group Tripoli on Friday she found the crossing closed Libyan border guards to fire warning shots and in a statement that troops also detained Syrian citi- in the nearby town of Ashara and that residents after hundreds of foreign workers tried to shut the crossing for nearly 24 hours. zen Imad Ahmad Jomaa, who identified himself as demonstrated against the group. Osso and the storm it and force their way through. The next a member of Syria’s Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front. Observatory said fighting first broke out morning a trickle of people went through. Stranded in 40-Degree Heat A Lebanese army general told AP that after Wednesday after jihadis detained three tribesmen, About 50 Libyan-registered vehicles were “The Egyptians have nothing, no one is Jomaa’s capture, gunmen deployed in Lebanon’s allegedly breaking an agreement between the granted passage, along with a smaller number looking after them. They are on the ground, border village of Arsal near army positions. He said two sides reached after Islamic State fighters cap- of people on foot carrying their bags, before without water or food” and sweltering in tem- the government sent reinforcements to the area. tured the villages. Tunisia again closed the border after just a few peratures of up to 40 degrees Celsius, Omar He spoke on condition of anonymity as he wasn’t The Al-Qaeda breakaway Islamic State group hours. tells AFP. Khadija says: “I’m sad for the authorized to speak publicly. Arsal is home to tens took over large swaths of western and northern In a 4X4 car, with his wife and two children, Egyptians stuck on the Libyan side. They are in of thousands of Syrian refugees and rebels enjoy Iraq in June. The group has declared a self-styled 54-year-old Libyan Mohammed Badri tells how a lamentable situation and very badly treated wide support among its population. Syria’s civil caliphate in territory it controls along the Iraqi- he had to wait 17 hours. “Our priority was to by the Libyan authorities. “With my own eyes war has spilled over to Lebanon on several occa- Syrian border, imposing a harsh interpretation of leave Libya, to save our skins and find some- I’ve seen Libyan police beating Egyptians with sions, leaving scores dead. Islamic law. “There has been wide resentment where to live in Tunisia, then decide what we sticks,” she says before her husband interrupts The tribesmen’s rise against the Islamic State recently because of Islamic State’s acts,” said Osso, will do,” he says, before trading dollars with her. “There’s no humanity and no human group was the first sign of local resistance to the who is in contact with activists in different parts of RAS JEDIR, Tunisia: Libyans, fleeing violence in their young Tunisian money brokers in plain sight of rights. The Egyptians are being treated like extremists since its fighters captured large parts of Syria. He said one of the group’s top commanders, country, carry their luggage as they enter Tunisia unbothered police officers. Omar Zedhi, a 27- dogs,” adds Kamel, another Tunisian fleeing the oil-rich eastern province of Deir el-Zour in an ethnic Chechen known as Omar Al-Shishani, is through this southern border crossing yesterday. —AFP year-old Libyan, crosses on foot and opts to Libya. —AFP recent weeks. The Syrian Observatory for Human believed to be leading the jihadis in the area. —AP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 House passes border bill to speed deportations

WASHINGTON: Republicans in the US House of Representatives voted on security and the care and feeding of thousands of detained migrant chil- Friday to crack down on Central American migrants, including unaccompa- dren. “I’m going to have to act alone because we don’t have enough nied children, who are flooding to the US border with Mexico, as lawmakers resources,” Obama told reporters. “We’ve already been very clear. We’ve run passed a $694 million border security bill. The 223-189 vote came one day out of money.” after conservative Republicans balked at an earlier version of the measure, Friday’s action capped a day of bitter debate over US immigration policy. exposing a deep rift between Tea Party activists and more mainstream With the two votes, the House went on record in favor of accelerating the Republicans. In passing the retooled bill, the Republican-led House ignored return of children to their home countries while also reversing much of a veto threat from the White House. But with the Senate already on a five- Obama’s two-year-old policy that suspended deportation efforts against week summer recess, this measure will advance no further at least until children brought to the United States illegally by their parents before mid- September. “We couldn’t go home (for recess) and not have a decision,” said 2007. The measure would prohibit those who have already been given a Representative Kay Granger of Texas, who helped draft the original bill. reprieve from deportation from renewing their status when it expires after Granger said the measure would serve as a marker for negotiations in two years. September to resolve the humanitarian crisis that has seen nearly 60,000 The child migrant crisis has become an increasingly hot topic ahead of children from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala arrive illegally since the mid-term elections in November that will determine control of Congress October to escape criminal drug gangs and poverty. House Democrats next year. The Republicans have been trying to present a united front complained that the legislation would too speedily return children to dan- against Obama to energize the party’s voting base, including a move this gerous conditions in their home countries. President Barack Obama called week to sue him in federal court for allegedly overstepping his legal authori- the Republican bill “extreme” and “unworkable.” ty. Republicans may have papered over their differences for now, but they Later on Friday, the House also passed a separate bill reversing Obama’s could resurface after the summer break when negotiations intensify. 2012 policy suspending deportations of some undocumented residents Boehner in September will have two hot-button issues to navigate who were brought to the United States as children years ago by their par- through the House: a return to the border funding issue and a stop-gap ents. The measure also would bar Obama from expanding this policy, possi- spending bill to keep government agencies open in the new fiscal year bly to parents of children who already qualify. The tougher language in the WASHINGTON: Committee chairman Rep Pete Sessions speaks during starting on Oct 1. This week’s dust-up in the House also may give Democrats twin bills would make it easier to deport migrant children and add money a House Rules Committee meeting on Friday on Capitol Hill. — AFP a new opening to remind voters - and Democratic donors - of the Tea Party’s to deploy National Guard troops at the border with Mexico. influence over Republicans. They attacked the revised Republican plan as The changes were intended to satisfy conservative House Republican funding bill, as Republicans lined up to stop it on a procedural vote. putting at risk the children of undocumented immigrants, often known as lawmakers who withdrew their support on Thursday amid a revolt instigat- With Obama’s $3.7 billion border funding request rejected by Congress, “dreamers,” who have grown up in the United States. The Republican push ed by Senator Ted Cruz, the Tea Party firebrand from Texas. On Thursday, the but no alternative legislation presented to him for signing into law, Obama could aggravate immigrant communities that have been hoping for com- Democratic-controlled Senate failed to advance its own $2.7 billion border said he would shift funds from other accounts to pay for enhanced border prehensive reforms. — Reuters Obama hosts Africa summit, eyes legacy US president lacks signature Africa initiative

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama is gathering nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington for an unprecedented summit aimed in part at building his legacy on a conti- nent where his commitment has been ques- tioned. But the backdrop for the conference that begins today underscores what has been a con- DECATUR, Georgia: This May 13, 2014, file photo shows Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful stant challenge to that effort. Even as Obama Michelle Nunn as she greets campaign volunteers at South DeKalb Community immerses himself in talks on regional security, Achievement Center. — AP democracy building and business investment in Africa, the world’s attention - and much of his own - will be on an extraordinary array of urgent Leaked Nunn campaign overseas crises. Among them: Gaza clashes, Russia’s provoca- memo ensures attacks tions in Ukraine and mounting extremism in Iraq, to name just a few. An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa also threatens to cast a ATLANTA: Georgia Democrat Michelle Nunn ing GOP offensive. “But this is all stuff they would shadow over the summit, with leaders from at has weathered the initial fallout from an unin- say anyway,” he said. “This will ultimately just be least two affected countries canceling plans to tended leak of a campaign plan that detailed her a blip on the screen.” For her part, Nunn said the travel to Washington and the US setting up med- ACCRA: This July 11, 2009 file photo shows US President Barack Obama as he addresses the Ghanaian strategy and discussed her potential weaknesses disclosure doesn’t change her fundamental ical screenings for other officials arriving from parliament. — AP as an Atlanta nonprofit executive seeking a seat message. “What’s remained constant is we’re those nations. “It’s the nature of the world we live in the US Senate. But Republicans and some focused on talking about a collaborative in today where there are multiple crises at any Democrats think the more powerful blows will approach ... and changing the culture in time,” said Witney Schneidman, the former come later, as GOP nominee David Perdue and Washington,” she told The Atlanta-Journal deputy assistant secretary of state for African Outcasts, vexing guests at summit the independent super PACs that support him Constitution this week. Her campaign declined affairs. “But that should not paralyze us from try to use the Nunn campaign’s words against to make her available to AP. moving forward on key areas to advance our WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama hosts Dilemma her in a deluge of television ads. The document is a compilation of consult- interests.” an unprecedented gathering of African leaders next Rights groups have also raised warnings about Outside groups have already spent more ant-written memos that detail Nunn’s hopes to White House officials say the American inter- week with only four nations left off the guest list other nations like Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, than $8 million on the race, and Perdue, a former increase minority voter turnout while building a ests in Africa are immense. The continent is despite concerns over rights abuses in many coun- Angola and Rwanda where there are concerns corporate CEO, is wealthy enough to finance fundraising behemoth to compete with home to some of the world’s fastest growing tries. “Military coups are never a good way to get a about ongoing conflicts and human rights abuses. whatever level of advertising he desires. The Republicans. Also outlined are anticipated economies and a rapidly expanding middle class. standing invitation” to such prestigious events, said Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will also be question is whether those attacks persuade vot- Republican attacks, from Nunn’s childhood out- The US is also competing for those consumers Tara Sonenshine wryly, a former undersecretary for welcomed to US shores, despite global condemna- ers in a contest that will help determine which side Georgia and her ties with national with China, which surpassed the United States in public diplomacy. “If there is a warrant out for your tion of his country’s tough anti-gay laws which a party controls the Senate for the last year of Democrats to loose associations between her 2009 as Africa’s largest trading partner. “The leader in the ICC you are probably not going to make constitutional court voted Thursday to overturn. “It President Barack Obama’s administration. Points of Light Foundation and a Palestinian importance of this for America needs to be the A-list,” the expert now with the George is a dilemma and there is no easy way around “The outside groups are going to take this charity with its own alleged link to Hamas, the understood,” Obama said Friday. “Africa is grow- Washington University told AFP, referring to the when you get to decide who comes and who does and go nuclear on her,” said Georgia GOP strate- ruling party in Gaza, at war with Israel. ing, and you’ve got thriving markets and you’ve International Criminal Court. Such is the case of not come,” acknowledged Downie, saying the gist Joel McElhannon of the memos first pub- Gathering such details isn’t uncommon in a got entrepreneurs and extraordinary talent Sudanese President Omar Bashir, still in power after Obama administration had taken a pragmatic lished by the conservative magazine National major campaign, but GOP consultant Chip Lake among the people there.” He added: “Africa also his coup 25 years ago, who will be absent as other approach which would mean “there are some terri- Review, which said they were unintentionally said having the most frank assessments on happens to be one of the continents where heads of state and government mingle on the red ble poorly governed countries whose leaders will uploaded briefly to Nunn’s campaign website in paper is unusual. Every campaign depends on America is most popular, and people feel a real carpet in Washington. Zimbabwe’s strongman be shown the red carpet”. “It is better to have December. Republicans, McElhannon said, will money, but the Nunn memo states plainly that affinity for our way of life.” Robert Mugabe, Eritrea and the Central Africa everyone in the room as much as possible because From the start of his presidency, Obama has continue using the 144-page document to but- “hitting our targets will require us to prioritize Republic (CAR) have also had the doors to the US it gives a chance to engage with some of the worst faced sky-high expectations from African leaders tress their claims that Nunn is a “closet liberal” fundraising above all else and to focus the candi- corridors of power slammed in their face. In fact the offenders and to try to use that opportunity to and US policymakers who hoped the son of a who’s “being dishonest with voters” by cam- date’s time on it with relentless intensity.” The Kenyan would bump Africa up the White House guest list has been carefully drawn up with two con- encourage them to improve themselves,” he paigning as a moderate “who is above all the document identifies the Jewish community as a list of foreign policy priorities. Obama’s first trip siderations in mind - any country in bad standing argued. usual politics.” “tremendous financial opportunity” but cautions to sub-Saharan Africa as president - an overnight with the African Union was excluded as were coun- Human rights will be on the agenda for three A top Nunn backer, former Democratic Rep that “the level of support will be contingent on stop in Ghana in 2009 - also suggested that he tries slapped with US or international sanctions. days of discussions which “will center on how to George “Buddy” Darden, downplayed the com- her position” on Israel.—AP could be an American president able to tell hard Both Khartoum and Harare are still facing US encourage progress in key areas that Africans truths to the continent’s leaders. During a speech sanctions. Bashir is also wanted by the ICC for war define as critical for the future of the continent,” to parliament in Accra, he declared that Africa crimes and genocide in the western Darfur region. according to the White House. These include Kentucky politics gets “doesn’t need strongmen, it needs strong institu- And Mugabe remains an international pariah, expanding trade ties, promoting sustainable devel- tions”. accused of decades-long human rights abuses. opment and cooperation on peace and security. But it would be four years before Obama Eritrea is also under UN sanctions, while CAR is cur- But Human Rights Watch called on Obama and side order of barbecue returned to Africa again, a yawning gap that rently led by an interim president in the middle of a others who meet with President Teodoro Obiang raised questions about the extent of his commit- civil war. “The US does not want this summit to be Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea to raise MAYFIELD, Kentucky: The annual picnic at paigns could go anywhere during their ment to continent. Unlike his predecessor sidetracked by arguments over who is coming and rights issues. “Instead of giving him propaganda Fancy Farm always serves up a main dish of appearances Saturday along with other politi- George W Bush, who launched a $15 billion pro- who is not coming,” said Richard Downie, deputy opportunities, President Obama should press for politics along with a side of delicious barbe- cal speakers at the 134th annual picnic, a gram to address HIV and AIDS, Obama seemed director of the Africa program with the Center for an end to torture, corruption, and other abuses cue. And this year voters will get a rare major draw for political types. McConnell is in to be lacking a signature Africa initiative. And his Strategic and International Studies. “If you look at EU that are rife in Equatorial Guinea,” said the group’s glimpse of Kentucky’s US Senate candidates the toughest re-election race of his career, administration’s focus turned instead to the Arab summits in Africa, the recent one was completely Lisa Misol. standing side by side as they face armies of making this year’s event even bigger than Spring movement sweeping through the Middle overshadowed by arguments over Mugabe’s wife. So Previewing the summit, National Security hecklers trying to move them off their talking usual. Nominally a fundraiser for a small East, a heavily promoted rebalance toward Asia the US is pretty keen to avoid that.” Advisor Susan Rice said “some nations hold them- points. Senate Minority Leader Mitch Roman Catholic church in western Kentucky, and a slew of pressing security concerns. Despite the US criteria however, there’s still plenty selves up as global leaders on certain issues while McConnell and his Democratic challenger, the two-day picnic in the tiny town of Fancy Analysts say Obama’s second term has of controversy. Egypt’s former military leader Abdel insisting on lower expectations for Africa on other Alison Lundergan Grimes, will share the same Farm is a throwback to the days before televi- brought about a more robust focus on Africa. Fattah Al-Sisi was a last-minute addition after his issues”. “But, leaders can’t pick and choose among stage for only the second time. One of the sion, when stump speeches were the candi- The president made a three-country trip to the country was readmitted to the AU, but a US official the responsibilities that come with being full play- most-watched races in the country, it could dates’ main vehicle to reach voters. continent last summer and aides say he’s likely to confirmed late Thursday that he would not be com- ers in the community of nations,” she warned. weigh heavily on which party controls the “There used to be actual voters in the travel there again before the end of his second ing. Egypt-US ties remain strained after the military “Leaders must lead - especially on difficult issues - Senate for the final two years of President audience you could persuade to be for you. term. He’s also launched a new “Power Africa” ini- ousted elected Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and protecting the human rights of all their people Barack Obama’s term. But in the last 20 years or so, it’s just turned tiative that aims to leverage billions in private last year and imposed a crackdown on his Muslim - regardless of religion, gender, ethnicity, or sexual Their scripted, crowd-controlled cam- into who can bring the most people and sector commitments to bring electricity to 20 Brotherhood. orientation - is a government’s first duty.” — AFP scream the loudest and come up with the cra- million households in sub-Saharan Africa. And ziest antics,” said veteran Kentucky he’s launched a fellowship program for young Democratic political consultant Danny African leaders that received more than 50,000 Briscoe said. “It’s turned into, I think, a circus.” applications for 500 slots this year. McConnell is expected to continue to try Carl LeVan, a professor at American to connect Grimes with Obama, who remains University’s School of International Service, said those efforts, along with the Washington sum- unpopular in Kentucky despite Democrats mit, suggest an administration undertaking “a having a wide advantage over the GOP in concerted and calculated effort to construct its registered voters. His campaign has focused legacy, and its legacy toward Africa in particular, mostly on highlighting how a vote for Grimes since expectations were so high.” Also factoring would be a vote for Senate Majority Leader into the US focus on Africa: China, which has Harry Reid, D-Nev., while McConnell would ramped up its investment in the natural continue to fight against the president’s poli- resource-rich continent and whose leaders make cies. Obama lost the state in the 2012 presi- frequent trips to the continent. dential race, garnering only 37.8 percent of US officials try to draw a distinction between the vote to 60.5 percent for Republican nomi- Chinese and American investment in Africa. nee Mitt Romney. While Beijing may spend more money, they Grimes, meanwhile, is expected to ham- argue that the Chinese focus more on extracting mer McConnell on pocketbook issues, includ- resources from Africa for their own purposes ing his opposition to raising the federal mini- rather than boosting African capacity and build- mum wage and his vote to block a bill earlier ing long-term economic relationships. “We do this year that would have allowed some col- believe we bring something unique to the table,” FANCY FARM, Kentucky: This Aug 3, 2013, lege students to refinance their student loans. said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national secu- file photo shows Senate Minority Leader She has portrayed herself as an independent rity adviser. “We are less focused on resources MARYLAND: Republic of Guinea Prime Minister Mohamed Said Fofana arrives at Andrews Air Force Mitch McConnell as he speaks during the “Kentucky woman” who won’t be beholden to from Africa and more focused on deepening Base yesterday to attend the US-Africa Leaders Summit. — AP 133rd Annual Fancy Farm Picnic. — AP a Democratic president.—AP trade and investment relationships.” — AP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

Court in Georgia orders arrest of ex-president Saakashvili

TBILISI: A court in Georgia issued an arrest warrant for of former officials have been arrested on charges such charges “with concern”. “While none is above the law, become a tool of political retribution and a source of former president Mikheil Saakashvili yesterday in rela- as abuse of power and corruption since Saakashvili’s prosecutions in Georgia should be transparent, propor- national division, especially when Georgia has so many tion to abuse of power charges that his supporters say party lost an election to the Georgian Dream coalition tionate, free of political motivation and adhering strictly pressing challenges at present.” Saakashvili, 46, came to are politically motivated and which have prompted two years ago. to due process,” Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign poli- power in the bloodless “Rose Revolution” of 2004. expressions of concern from Western leaders. The Tblisi His allies say the arrests are politically motivated and cy chief, said in a statement. “We urge all sides in On Friday he issued a video statement, seen by City Court issued the order for Saakashvili, former threaten stability in the country of 4.5 million at a time Georgian politics to move beyond past conflicts and to Reuters, in which he accused former prime minister defence minister David Kezerashvili and former prose- when it needs foreign investment to support economic focus on the country’s future,” she said. and head of Georgian Dream Bidzina Ivanishvili of cutor general Zurab Adeishvili on similar charges. growth. Georgian Dream leaders deny the accusations. Four US senators, including Republican John manipulating the judiciary. “I am not going to turn up Saakashvili, who has been living abroad since his presi- “The government... moved a political prosecution McCain, a senior member of the Senate foreign relations upon summoning of a prosecutor’s office controlled by dency ended in November, is facing charges of abuse of against former officials to a new stage,” said David committee, echoed the EU’s concerns. “President a Gazprom shareholder,” he said, referring to Ivanishvili. power, and using excessive force against protesters in Bakradze, an opposition lawmaker. “This move will bring Saakashvili and his government were not faultless and it “I will be very far whenever they summon me, but I will Tbilisi in November 2007 and a raid on a television sta- more confrontation and polarisation to our society.” is important for any democracy to uphold its laws,” they be very close when the Georgian people call me,” he tion. Kezerashvili and Adeishvili also live abroad. Dozens The European Union earlier this week noted the said in a statement. “But the pursuit of justice should not said. — Reuters

Russia’s ‘last independent television show’ goes off air MOSCOW: A program seen as Russia’s last Kremlin critics including former tycoon independent political show on mainstream Mikhail Khodorkovsky, whom she inter- television has been taken off the air amid viewed in Berlin upon his sudden release an upsurge in anti-Western rhetoric, in a from a Russian prison late last year. move condemned by Kremlin critics. Ren Along with Internet TV channel Dozhd, TV’s weekly analytical program hosted by the Echo of Moscow radio and a handful of one of Russia’s best known anchors, newspapers, Ren TV has been seen as a Marianna Maximovskaya, has been abruptly safety valve giving liberal Russians an cancelled, said journalists on the show opportunity to vent their frustration with launched in 2003. authorities. For many urban Russians the “The program has been cancelled by the cancellation of the show is a major loss, management of the channel,” one of the even if it has boasted only a small audience journalists, Roman Super, told AFP yester- share compared with programs on state- day. “Staff had not expected this and learnt controlled networks. “My mom is crying,” about this together with everyone one else Elena Kostyuchenko, a reporter for opposi- yesterday. What will happen next we- tion newspaper Novaya Gazeta, said on employees on the show-do not know,” he Facebook. said in written comments. “The reasons for shutting down the pro- ‘Kremlin hawks got upper hand’ gram are so obvious that they do not need Critics say that since the outbreak of the to be commented upon.” Another staffer, Ukraine crisis, Russian national television Elena Vorotilova, simply wrote on Facebook: has adopted feverishly pro-Kremlin, anti- “Looking for a job.” The channel, which Western rhetoric at the expense of alterna- describes the show as the “bravest pro- tive views. Analysts said that in the current gram” on the airwaves, was not available for atmosphere there was simply no room for comment yesterday. Maximovskaya, who is Maximovskaya’s nuanced, sophisticated also deputy editor-in-chief at Ren TV, is approach to news reporting. believed to be staying on at the channel. “It was the last program that people The privately held Ren TV is controlled watched to learn what has happened over Joncherey: Actors playing German Lieutenant Mayer (right) and French Caporal Peugeot (center) lay on the ground during the re-enactment of the first by a holding linked to Yury Kovalchuk, one the past week to avoid being poisoned by World War yesterday. — AFP of President Vladimir Putin’s top allies tar- Rossia TV or Channel One,” media expert geted by Western sanctions over the Galina Timchenko told AFP, referring to top Ukraine crisis. All major television channels state-controlled channels. “Very bad news,” France, Germany remember in Russia are state-controlled and closely said Yevgeny Kiselyov, a prominent Russian toe the Kremlin line. TV journalist residing in Ukraine. “But could Ren TV is the country’s last nationwide it be otherwise in today’s Russia?!” he wrote TV network with largely independent news in a blog. “It means that die-hard ‘hawks’ first soldiers killed in WWI programming, and the analytical show have completely won out in Putin’s inner “Nedelya with Marianna Maximovskaya” circle.” One Russian online user added: “This (Week with Marianna Maximovskaya) was is Kovalchuk’s answer to the sanctions. Ceremonial services to be held in Belgium, Britain seen as one of the channel’s gems. Among Only sanctions of Putin’s sidekicks are colleagues Maximovskaya, 44, has long directed not at the EU or the US but JONCHEREY: Descendants of two soldiers from stone reads: ‘More than 30 hours before declaring tion about it,’ said Gilles Maire, a retired lieutenant- been seen as the odd one out, interviewing Russian citizens.” — AFP France and Germany who were the first fatalities of war on France, Imperial and Royal Germany spilled colonel who helped organize yesterday’s com- World War I gathered in eastern France yesterday the first French blood.’ Sibylle Frey, whose grand- memoration. Before the observance, actors in peri- for a ceremony marking the centenary of their mother was Mayer’s sister, said she had been ‘very od costume re-enacted the events of the day deaths. French Lance Corporal Jules-Andre touched’ by the ceremony. before a crowd of around 200. Peugeot and German Sub-Lieutenant Albert Mayer ‘It is very important that after 100 years, the As Europe prepares to remember the start of were both killed on the eve of the outbreak of the French and German families can be reunited,’ she the war, ceremonial services will be held in 1914-18 war. said. As Europe prepared for war, Mayer was the Belgium, France and Britain over the coming days. The commemoration took place in the north- officer in charge of a small group of mounted sol- In Mons and Liege on Monday, a service to mark eastern French border town of Joncherey, near diers who crossed the border into France only to 100 years since the invasion of Belgium will be Belfort, where the German officer led a reconnais- come face-to-face with a local surveillance unit. attended by members of the Belgian and British sance mission into French territory on August 2, Peugeot and Mayer exchanged fire’the royal families as well as other heads of state and 1914. While Peugeot is remembered in France Frenchman being killed instantly while the German government. London will also hold events to mark every year, yesterday’s events were the first time died after coming under further French fire. The 100 years since Britain declared war on Germany. that representatives from the two countries joined reason for the incursion remains unclear since The four-year conflict that became known as a ceremony in memory of both men. Germany did not declare war on France until the the Great War left some 10 million dead and 20 mil- Urns containing earth from the graves of both following day, August 3, 1914. lion injured on the battlefields. Millions more per- men were placed side by side at the town’s monu- ‘This is an incident that should not have hap- ished under occupation through disease, hunger or ment to the French soldier. The inscription on the pened. It is important to tell the younger genera- deportation. — AFP Paris drugs cop caught over PARIS: A protester in a wheelchair holds a Palestinian flag during a pro-Palestinian demonstration yesterday. — AFP 50 kilos of Thousands join pro-Palestinian missing cocaine rallies in France PARIS: A French narcotics police officer was arrested yesterday on suspicion of stealing over 50 kilos of PARIS: Thousands of people took to the the Palestinian Youth Movement told the seized cocaine from the Paris police headquarters in a streets in several cities across France yester- crowds in Paris. There have been weeks of case that has become a major embarrassment for the day to protest Israel’s deadly offensive in pro-Palestinian protests in Paris, some force. The 34-year-old officer was believed to have the Gaza Strip. “Israel murderer, Hollande marred by clashes, arrests and allegations made off with the illegal drugs-which have a street partner in crime,” shouted demonstrators at of anti-Semitism in which synagogues were value of up to two million euros ($2.7 million) — after a rally in Paris, while others gathered in sev- targeted and Israeli flags burnt. security cameras spotted a person resembling him eral cities throughout the country, includ- Yesterday’s demonstrations come as the entering the headquarters with two bags, according ing Marseille, Lyon and Lille, to voice their death toll in Gaza rose to more than 1,660 to a statement from police and prosecutors. The offi- support for the Palestinians. after a failed humanitarian truce. The con- cer, who works with the Paris drugs squad, was arrest- HODENHAGEN: (From left) Lonka and Leonora sit in a basket at Serengeti Park zoo in “We are here to declare our total sup- flict has stirred up huge passions in France- Hodenhagen yesterday. — AP port for the Palestinian resistance and home to the largest Muslim and Jewish ed near Perpignan close to the Spanish border where denounce this shameful government (of communities in western Europe with he was on holiday. He is being questioned by officers French President Francois Hollande) for around five million Muslims and half a mil- in the region before being transferred to Paris. backing the Israeli line,” Omar Alsoumi of lion Jews. — AFP Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has called the Records show inmate got allegations “extremely serious”, and said that the man had been suspended pending an investigation. “If the 15 times usual drug dose investigation confirms his involvement, and as soon as I have any news on the conclusions of the inquiry, I TUCSON: During the nearly two hours it took for accurate, that is absolutely a lethal dose.” will not hesitate in taking all the necessary measures,” an Arizona death row inmate to die last week, he said, without elaborating. The missing cocaine has executioners injected him with 15 times the Experimental drug protocol become a major embarrassment, with French media amount of a sedative and a painkiller that they Wood’s attorney, Dale Baich, said the dosage describing its disappearance as a real-life heist worthy originally intended to use, according to docu- details show why an independent investigation of a crime movie. Police sources said several searches ments released Friday. Records released to of Wood’s execution by a nongovernmental were currently taking place, both in Perpignan and at Joseph Rudolph Wood’s attorneys show he was authority is necessary. “The Arizona execution the officer’s Paris home. administered midazolam and hydromorphone protocol explicitly states that a prisoner will be Colleagues expressed surprise at the arrest, in 50-milligram increments 15 times between executed using 50 milligrams of hydromor- describing the suspect as “unassuming” and “trustwor- 1:53 p.m. and 3:45 pm, for a total of 750 mil- phone and 50 milligrams of midazolam,” he said thy”. The drug cache was seized in a Paris raid in early ligrams of each drug. He was pronounced dead in a written statement. “The execution logs July which led to several arrests. On Thursday, police at 3:49 pm after gasping more than 600 times released today by the Arizona Department of learnt the drugs had gone missing from a secure while he lay on the table. Arizona’s execution Corrections shows that the experimental drug room in the police headquarters, which overlooks the protocol calls for 50 milligrams of each drug, protocol did not work as promised. Instead of Seine river close to the famed Notre Dame cathedral. although some states use as much as 500 mil- the one dose as required under the protocol, The haul had been kept in a high-security area, ligrams of midazolam in their execution proce- ADC injected 15 separate doses of the drug with security procedures requiring anyone entering dures. “Those are pretty staggering amounts of combination, resulting in the most prolonged medication. They did not shortchange in the execution in recent memory.” the room to sign-in and be accompanied by another dose,” said Karen Sibert, a longtime anesthesiol- Wood’s July 23 execution renewed debate officer authorized to have a key. A number of elite ogist and spokeswoman for the California over the death penalty and the efficacy of lethal police officers were grilled on Friday by a team from Society of Anesthesiologists. Sibert, an associate injection. It was the third execution to go awry in the national police’s internal affairs division over the professor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said the US this year. An Ohio inmate gasped in simi- incident. The headquarters attracted unwelcome patients who are sedated before a surgery typi- lar fashion for nearly 30 minutes in January. An attention in April when two elite French officers were cally receive no more than 2 milligrams each of Oklahoma inmate died of a heart attack in April, charged with raping a Canadian tourist there in a case midazolam and hydromorphone. “It would be minutes after prison officials halted his execu- BREST: Belarus soldiers of airborne forces celebrate Paratroopers Day in Brest (354 km, that sent shockwaves across France.— AFP rare that I would use more than 2 milligrams tion because the drugs weren’t being adminis- 220 miles from Minsk) yesterday. — AFP even for a lengthy surgery,” Sibert said. “If that is tered properly. —AP

INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 Rape charges ‘a fashion’: India political party

NEW DELHI: Indian right-wing Hindu party Shiv Sena without knowing all the facts,” the woman told national said yesterday filing sexual assault charges has “become a news agency Press Trust of India. fashion” in an article backing a police officer accused of Last month, the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl in a rape. The hardline Hindu nationalist outfit, based in west- school triggered a series of street protests by angry par- ern Maharashtra state and a key ally of Prime Minister ents and political activists over the lack of safety for Narendra Modi’s government, threw its support behind a women and children in the country. A 16-year-old girl in senior state police officer accused of rape by a model and Dehi was also gang-raped at gunpoint in June while a questioned the complainant’s intentions. seven-year-old girl was found hanging from a tree in a vil- “Cases of charging men with molestation and rape in lage in West Bengal state. Locals suspect she was raped. (high society) to create hype is on a rise now. It has In May, two girls in Uttar Pradesh state found hanging almost become a fashion,” the Shiv Sena wrote in its party from a tree had been gang-raped in a case that sparked mouthpiece, “Saamana” (To Confront). “After he has waves of public revulsion. Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata served for so many years in the police force, one model Party promised a “zero tolerance” approach to violence now charges DIG (deputy inspector general) Sunil against women after it swept to power in May elections. Paraskar with rape and in one night he becomes a villain. However two state BJP ministers appeared to trivialize “Such accusations have become good weapons to rape in June when one said the attacks happened “acci- seek personal revenge.” It added the Indian judicial sys- dentally” and another said they were “sometimes right, tem needed to “open its eyes” and protect the innocent sometimes wrong”. Uttar Pradesh’s Samajwadi Party because “all the laws in the country favour women so leader Mulayam Singh was also the target of public anger anyone can slap any charge against anyone”. India tough- in April when he told an election rally he opposed a ened sex assault laws following the fatal gang-rape of a recently introduced death penalty for gang-rapists, say- student on a bus in New Delhi in December 2012 which ing, “Boys make mistakes”. sparked nationwide protests, but the move has done lit- The Shiv Sena, which has a history of inciting violence, tle to stem sex attacks against women. came under fire earlier this month after some of its MPs The model who filed the rape complaint, and who tried to force-feed a chapati-an Indian flatbread-to a cannot be named for legal reasons, hit out at the Shiv Muslim restaurant manager fasting for Ramadan because Sena article later yesterday. “This matter is in court, no- they were unhappy about food at a government can- BANGALORE: An Indian couple holds placards as they take part in a procession to protest against one should be commenting in sensitive matters like this teen. — AFP the rape of a six-year-old student. — AP Americans detained in N Korea seek US help Bible left in sailor’s club triggers US tourist’s arrest

PYONGYANG: Two American tourists charged with have said the 24-year-old entered the country April Korean news organization earlier this week that he “anti-state” crimes in North Korea said Friday they 10 with a tourist visa, but tore it up at the airport felt “abandoned” by the US government. He is serv- expect to be tried soon and pleaded for help from and shouted that he wanted to seek asylum. A large ing a sentence of 15 years of hard labor for what the US government to secure their release from number of Western tourists visited Pyongyang in North Korea has claimed were hostile acts against what they say could be long prison terms. In their April to run in the annual Pyongyang Marathon or the state. However, US State Department spokes- first appearance since being detained more than attend related events. Miller came at that time, but woman Marie Harf said Thursday the agency is in three months ago, Matthew Todd Miller and Jeffrey tour organizers say he was not planning to join the regular contact with Bae’s family. Edward Fowle told a local AP Television News crew marathon. “I expect soon I will be going to trial for Last summer, authorities moved Bae from a that they were in good health and were being treat- my crime and be sent to prison,” Miller said. “I have work camp to a hospital because of failing health ed well. They also said they were allowed to take been requesting help from the American govern- and weight loss. He was sent back to the work camp daily walks. The brief meeting was conducted under ment, but have received no reply.” A handwritten earlier this year, only to be taken again to a hospital the condition that the specific location not be dis- note on the front door of his family’s home in less than two months later. His family says he suffers KATHMANDU: A Nepalese woman cries as a relative injured in a landslide is treated closed. Fowle said he fears his situation will get California asked for privacy. Neighbor Carol Stewart from diabetes, an enlarged heart, liver problems at a hospital yesterday. — AP much worse once he goes on trial. said Miller first traveled to South Korea about four and back pain. Bae’s sister, Terri Chung, said in a “The horizon for me is pretty dark,” he said. “I years ago to visit a brother stationed there with the statement Thursday it was the first word the family 8 dead as landslide blocks don’t know what the worst-case scenario would be, US Air Force. He found work teaching English and has had of Bae since April. but I need help to extricate myself from this situa- learned Korean, Stewart said in a July 1 interview. “After months of silence, it is devastating to hear tion. I ask the government for help in that regards.”It She has since declined to comment out of respect Kenneth talk about ‘feeling abandoned by the river in northern Nepal was not clear whether they were speaking on their for his parents’ wishes. United States government,’” she said. “Although we KATMANDU: A massive landslide killed at the hospital identified as Yan Brvyssu Antony, own initiative, or if their comments were coerced. acknowledge and appreciate all the efforts the U.S. least eight people and blocked a mountain riv- 46. By midmorning, the rain had stopped and The TV crew was permitted to ask them questions. ‘Feeling abandoned’ State Department has been making behind the er in northern Nepal yesterday, causing the the weather conditions had improved. After an North Korea says the two committed hostile acts “He liked it a lot, and he’s been there ever since,” scenes to secure Kenneth’s release, the fact remains water to form a lake that was threatening to emergency meeting, the Home Ministry which violated their status as tourists. It has said Stewart, describing Miller as the shy one of the that after almost two years, Kenneth still remains burst and sweep several villages, officials said. ordered the army to remove the wall of mud announced that authorities are preparing to bring four brothers. North Korea has also been holding imprisoned in North Korea.” North Korea has in the The death toll could climb because many and rocks that had created a temporary dam to them before a court, but has not yet specified what another American, Kenneth Bae, since November past waited for senior US officials to come to the houses were buried under piles of rock and soil be removed, and prepare for a disaster if the they did that was considered hostile or illegal, or 2012. Bae, a Korean-American missionary who country to secure the release of some American or submerged by the rising water, said police walls of the newly formed lake burst. The water what kind of punishment they might face. The date turned 46 on Friday, told a Japan-based pro-North detainees. Both Fowle and Miller suggested that official Arun Chetri, adding that the number of has already formed a lake 3 kilometers (2 miles) of the trial has not been announced. intervention from the highest levels in Washington - missing people could not be immediately in length. Explosives flown in by the army were possibly a visit by a former president - might be determined. to be used to release the water, said Gopal Seeking asylum needed to gain their release. A man who was among the dozens of peo- Parajuli, the chief government administrator in Ri Tong II, a North Korean diplomat, declined to ple injured by the landslide, which occurred at the area. answer questions about the Americans at a news Diplomatic ties around 3 a.m. in the Sindhupalchowk area, The Arniko highway, which connects Nepal conference Friday at the United Nations. But when The US has repeatedly offered to send its envoy about 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of to Tibet, was closed after the landslide and vil- pressed in a follow-up question he said their cases for North Korean human rights issues, Robert King, Katmandu, said the death toll could be higher lagers were ordered to move to higher ground. were “legal issues” and they had “violated our law.” to Pyongyang to seek a pardon for Bae and other than 100, with dozens of houses in his and the Telephone and electricity lines were disrupted, Fowle arrived in North Korea on April 29. He is sus- US detainees but without success. Washington has neighboring village buried. “There are nearly but radio stations were airing the warnings and pected of leaving a Bible in a nightclub in the no diplomatic ties with North Korea and no 100 people in the 60 houses in my village and police were using loudspeakers, officials said. northern port city of Chongjin, but a spokesman for embassy in Pyongyang. Instead, the Swedish 20 more people in the neighboring village who Meanwhile, in India’s Bihar state, south of Fowle’s family said the 56-year-old from Embassy takes responsibility for US consular affairs were buried by the landslide. All of them are Nepal, officials were evacuating villagers from Miamisburg, Ohio, was not on a mission for his there. Though a small number of US citizens visit likely dead,” Durga Lal Shrestha told The three districts and moving them to safer places. church. Fowle works in a city streets department. North Korea each year as tourists, the State Associated Press from his hospital bed in People living near the Kosi River were being He has a wife and three children, ages 9, 10, and 12. Department strongly advises against it. After Katmandu, the capital, where he was flown by relocated to higher ground away from the river “The window is closing on that process. It will be Miller’s detention, Washington updated its travel helicopter. bank because of the risk of floods in rivers origi- coming relatively soon, maybe within a month,” warning to note that over the past 18 months, Shrestha, who suffered bruises on his face nating in Nepal, said Anirudh Prasad, a govern- Fowle said of his trial. “I’m anxious to get home, I’m “North Korea detained several US citizens who were and arms, said that when the landslide ment official in Patna, Bihar’s capital. The Bihar sure all of us are.” Fowle also produced a letter he part of organized tours.” occurred, he and his family heard a rumbling government was setting up relief camps to pro- said he had written summarizing his experience in North Korea has been strongly pushing tourism sound and then the ground shook like an vide food and medicine to thousands of the North Korea. The attorney for Fowle’s family said lately in an effort to bring in foreign cash. But earthquake. “The walls in my house caved in, evacuees, he said. Landslides are common in Friday his wife hadn’t seen the video, but had read despite its efforts to bring in more visitors - mostly but the roof was fine and that is how we were mostly mountainous Nepal during the rainy news reports about his comments. from neighboring China - it remains highly sensitive able to survive,” he said. “When we came out, it season, which runs from June through “I can tell you that she is very upset, as you can to any actions it considers political and is particular- was dark and muddy. Everyone was screaming September. A landslide in May 2012 killed at imagine,” said attorney Timothy Tepe. He said he ly wary of anything it deems to be Christian prosely- and the family were still gathering information and tizing. In March, North Korea deported an and it was a chaotic situation.” least 26 people when an avalanche blocked the In this image taken from video, US citizen likely would have a statement on Monday. Less is Australian missionary detained for spreading About 40 people were injured. Besides Seti river in northwestern Nepal. The walls Matthew Todd Miller speaks at an undisclosed known about Miller, or about what specific crime he Christianity in the country after he apologized and Shrestha, 10 others were flown to Katmandu burst, causing a flash flood that swept several location in North Korea. — AP for hospital treatment, including a Belgian man downstream villages. — AP allegedly committed. North Korea’s state-run media requested forgiveness. — AP Australia sends 157 Tamil Hopes fading 37 bodies recovered in Sri Lankans to Nauru for people Karachi bathing deaths KARACHI: Rescuers recovered two more bod- told AFP. “We will continue the search opera- CANBERRA: More than 150 Sri Lanka asy- citizens who might have been on board, buried in Indian ies from rough seas off Pakistan’s biggest city tion until all the bodies have been recovered lum seekers have been flown from an and consider taking back Indian residents Karachi as the search for a group of bathers but it is difficult to say how many people are Australian immigration detention camp to who may be Sri Lankan citizens. The Tamils landslide who drowned earlier this week continued yes- still missing,” he added. the Pacific island nation of Nauru after were flown over Friday night in three terday, officials said, raising the death toll to Navy helicopters and speed boats led the they refused to consider returning to India, flights to Nauru. Australia runs immigra- NEW DELHI: Hopes are fading of finding scores of 37. Dozens of people drowned off the Arabian search operation, both along the coast and in an Australian official said yesterday. The tion detention camps on Nauru and Papua people still missing three days after a landslide in Sea shore on Wednesday after defying a ban the open ocean. The relatives of some of the 157 ethnic Tamil men, women and chil- New Guinea as part of its policy of refusing western India buried a village, killing at least 76 peo- on swimming during the monsoon season. missing were still at the beach anxiously wait- The bathers were among thousands who had ing for word of their loved ones. Thousands of dren had left the southeast Indian port of to allow asylum seekers who attempt to ple, an official said yesterday. Intermittent rain over Pondicherry in an Indian-flagged ship in reach Australia by boat to ever settle on taken to the beaches to celebrate the Eid-Al- residents regularly throng Karachi’s beaches the past few days had turned the site of the land- Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan, on public holidays, which has few public parks late June and were intercepted by an the Australian mainland. Morrison said slide into a swamp, making it extremely difficult for Australian customs vessel. any of the Tamils who proved to be gen- which began on Tuesday and continued until available for picnics. But safety standards are rescue workers to locate bodies in the mud, said Friday. very low with the few lifeguards on duty often uine refugees would be resettled on They spent weeks aboard the customs Alok Awasthy, the official in charge of the rescue “The number of people who died after unable to exert any authority. Karachi, a teem- vessel before they were transferred to the Nauru, a tiny atoll with a population of less operation. drowning in the sea reached 37 after navy res- ing city of 20 million people, is Pakistan’s eco- remote Curtin Detention Center in than 10,000. Those who failed the refugee Wednesday’s landslide engulfed Malin village, cuers pulled out two more bodies,” Shoaib nomic hub and is regularly wracked by politi- Western Australia state on July 27 after test would be returned to Sri Lank. located in Pune district of Maharashtra state. Rescue Ahmed Siddiqui, Karachi’s top administrator, cal and ethnic violence. — AFP India agreed to consider taking them “Going Back to India, where they are workers have pulled 76 bodies from the more than 4.5 back. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison likely to have family and friends, is no meters (15 feet) of heavy mud and debris that sub- said that none of the asylum seekers longer an option,” Morrison said. London- merged the village. Awasthy said at least 88 people would agree to meet with Indian consular based human rights watchdog Amnesty were missing and that hopes of finding them alive officials. International condemned the transfer to were fading. The search, however, will continue for “It is disappointing that this opportuni- Nauru. “Australia has once again violated another two days, he said. Volunteers helped prepare ty has been squandered,” Morrison said in its obligations under the UN Refugee funeral pyres and a mass cremation for some of those a statement. Sri Lanka emerged in 2009 Convention by refusing to provide the 157 who died in the disaster was held Friday evening after from a brutal civil war between govern- people the opportunity to claim asylum the rain stopped for a while. Landslides are common in the area during the monsoon season, which runs ment troops and the now-defeated sepa- and seek protection in Australia,” from June through September. The area around the ratist Tamil Tiger rebels. Minority Tamils say Amnesty’s Australian refugee campaign village has been deforested extensively, increasing its they are still suffering violence at the coordinator Graeme McGregor said in a vulnerability to landslides. Similar deforestation and hands of the military. But Morrison said statement. Prime Minister Tony Abbott environmental damage have caused floods and land- many of the asylum seekers were long- stood by his government’s policy of deny- slides in other parts of India. Pune district is about 150 term residents of India and were safe from ing asylum to those who come by boat. kilometers (95 miles) southeast of Mumbai, India’s persecution. “Even if you get here, you’ll never stay commercial capital. — AP KARACHI: Pakistani relatives sit next to the body of a resident, who drowned while swim- India had agreed to take back any of its here,” Abbott told reporters. — AP ming in rough seas, during a recovery operation at Clifton Beach yesterday. — AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Justice delayed is pondered in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH: A UN-assisted genocide tribunal operator: “The legacy I received from the Khmer Penh, and has already received a measure of jus- one his age: collecting cow dung for fertilizer, and relatives died during that time. “The Khmer Rouge will deliver a verdict this coming Thursday in the Rouge is nothing but great sorrow, suffering and tice with Duch’s conviction. “I want the two crimi- tending a buffalo herd. But his family came from regarded the people as their tools. ... it meant our trial of the two top leaders of the communist a broken family. I cannot describe how much suf- nal masterminds to reveal the true story of their the city, which marked them as class enemies in lives, our bodies, belonged to them, so whether Khmer Rouge, whose extremist policies in the fering it causes me when I recall how my parents regime’s policies,” he said. “I want to see them say- Khmer Rouge eyes. When the Khmer Rouge took anybody was to live or die depended upon their late 1970s are blamed for the deaths of an esti- were beaten in front of me.” He and his younger ing they are wrongdoers and have committed power on April 17, 1975, they immediately forced judgment.” Phan Phon said he and friends discuss mated 1.7 million Cambodians though starva- brother were taken with their parents to the crimes.” Neither defendant has acknowledged virtually all Phnom Penh’s inhabitants on a forced the trial, which he follows on radio and TV. tion, medical neglect, overwork and execution. notorious Tuol Sleng torture center, and kept as legal responsibility for the Khmer Rouge’s atroci- march to resettle in the countryside. Ven Khieu Samphan, 83, the regime’s head of state, virtual adoptees after the Khmer Rouge killed ties, asserting that Pol Pot exercised virtually sole Kimsorn’s family was sent north to Kampong Eager for justice and Nuon Chea, 88, right-hand man of the their parents. Vietnamese troops who stumbled control, and that the crimes with which they were Thom province. DYMA LYNETH, 25, a fourth-year student of group’s late leader, Pol Pot, were tried for crimes upon the facility in 1979 found five children alive charged were exaggerated or even committed by Ven Kimsorn’s siblings had another black mark mass media and communications: “I think that the against humanity. They will face a second trial this against them: they had served with the govern- Khmer Rouge regime was one of such terror that year on additional charges of genocide. The tri- ment forces that fought against the Khmer Rouge. people cannot help but remember them for a life- bunal’s first trial sent to prison the commander of Three older brothers and one older sister were time.” She said she learned about the Khmer the group’s notorious Tuol Sleng torture center, arrested and never seen again. An uncle also dis- Rouge from her parents and her teachers. but the upcoming verdict will mark the first time appeared, presumed dead. He said he had no “According to what I learned, many Cambodians the Khmer Rouge policymakers will be judged. idea that two Khmer Rouge leaders would be fac- were killed, especially highly educated people, What interest do Cambodians have in the ing judgment in court this week. The trial has without even knowing what they might have prospect of justice finally being rendered, more been so long, he said, and he must concentrate done wrong in the eyes of their killers.” She than three decades after the Khmer Rouge were on earning enough to feed his family. “I think that believes the trials should not only provide justice, kicked out of power by an invasion from neigh- to prosecute just a handful of current surviving but also have a restorative value, since the Khmer boring Vietnam? Those who lived through the leaders is not enough. We need more responsible Rouge destroyed all basic institutions, such as holocaust have good reason to remember, but leaders from that regime to be brought before the education and religion. most Cambodians alive today were not even court.” While she understands why most people born when terror reigned. believe it is appropriate to pursue justice through SOK SAMBOUR, 25, a hotel receptionist: “One ‘Dead people won’t rest’ the court, she wonders about its practical value of my uncles was killed because of a very small CHHIN HUN, 23, a design and architecture stu- and importance. “I think that the tribunal should offense. A pair of his trousers was torn, and he dent: “My idea is that the tribunal should proceed not spend such a long time and a lot of money, as asked my mom to sew it, but the Khmer Rouge with its work with fairness, and not delay its pro- they have,” she said, adding that some of the found out and accused him of violating their ceedings quite often, as it does. ... The more the funds could be used for developing the country rules, and he was taken away to be killed.” trial is delayed, the more worry it causes and meeting people’s needs. Another two of her relatives also died, she said. Cambodians that the two defendants could die PHON PATH, 54, a farmer in the southern Her parents told her about that era, including before it is completed.” He learned about the province of Kampong Speu: “Now people are exactly how long the Khmer Rouge ruled: three Khmer Rouge at school and from his parents. He eager to see justice, and I think that after they years, eight months and 20 days. remembers that he heard about the tribunal know that the two leaders are convicted, they will An elderly neighbor told her that just catching many years ago, and wonders when the trials will be happy and their anger will be eased.” As a teen, a fish to eat was enough to be accused of betrayal end. Foreign tourists will learn about Cambodia’s he was forced by the Khmer Rouge to plant rice, and face almost certain execution. Seeking to PHNOM PENH: Cambodians line up at a court entrance before a hearing to pre- tragic history from the court proceedings, he said, dig canals and build dams. “They used people like learn more, Sok Sambour has visited the museum pare for the genocide trial of two surviving leaders Khieu Samphan and Noun but the tribunal’s work is mainly for Cambodians tools and forced them to work likes slaves or ani- at the site of the infamous Khmer Rouge S-21 Chea, at the UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. —AP so they will never forget. mals,” he recalled. detention center, where an estimated 16,000 PHAN PHON, 67, a caretaker at a Buddhist He said he didn’t know much about the Khmer men, women and children were tortured before amid a gruesome tableau of death. Norng Chan Cambodia’s traditional enemy, the Vietnamese. pagoda in Phnom Penh: “If there is no trial, no jus- Rouge leaders, but is certain that their policies being executed. “I think the trial and upcoming Phal has already had the satisfaction of seeing VEN KIMSORN, 47, a tuk-tuk driver in tice, then the souls of dead people from the spelled doom for his country. “If the Khmer Rouge verdict are small compensation for all those killed the tribunal send the camp’s commander, Kaing Cambodia’s capital of Phnom Penh: “The Pol Pot Khmer Rouge regime will not rest in peace. But, if regime had continued leading the country for and their survivors,” she said, wondering if life sen- Guek Eav, better known as Duch, to life imprison- regime was very cruel, a regime that broke up the the court judges the former Khmer Rouge leaders another decade, then all the Cambodian people tences would satisfy people’s hunger for justice. ment in 2012 in the first trial it held. families of millions of Cambodians, making the guilty, I hope their souls will be happy and they would have been dead from lack of food, medi- He did not realize that Khmer Rouge leaders survivors suffer forever.” “I cannot forget,” said the can be reborn with a new life.” He worked in the cine or execution.” He said he has neither the time Two criminal masterminds would face a reckoning in court on Thursday. He father of two. As a young boy, the Khmer Rouge rice fields in the western province of Koh Kong nor money to go see a session of the trial, but fol- NORNG CHAN PHAL, 45, construction vehicle has been busy with his work in bustling Phnom assigned him countryside tasks typical for some- during the Khmer Rouge years. He said five of his lows news on radio and television. —AP SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 ANALYSIS

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By Dr James J Zogby

his past week the Arab American Institute (AAI) released its third biannual poll of American attitudes toward TArabs and Muslims. Conducted by Zogby Analytics, 1100 likely voters were surveyed nationwide. The results were deeply troubling. What we found was that there has been a continued erosion in the favorable ratings Americans have of both Arabs and Muslims, posing a threat to the civil rights and political inclusion of both Arab Americans and American Muslims. For example, in 2010 favorable ratings for Arabs were 43 percent. They have now declined to 32 percent. For Muslims, the ratings dropped from 36 percent in 2010, to 27 percent in the 2014 survey. A direct consequence of this disturbing downward slide can be seen in the substantial number of Americans (42 percent) Veterans and Israel do well in Congress who say that they support the use of profiling by law enforce- ment against Arab Americans and American Muslims and a By David Espo But without a way to change it, he said, “I had to fight our battles.” Customs Service will remain in effect through growing percentage of Americans who say that they lack confi- weigh the benefits for the veterans.” Negotiations followed a predictable path. 2024 rather than 2023 as is now the case, to dence in the ability of individuals from either community to n more than five years in Congress, Fleming wasn’t the only deficit hawk to Democrats wanted more money than provide another $3.5 billion. Aid to Israel perform their duties as Americans should they be appointed to Republican Rep John Fleming of Louisiana make that decision. Rep Steve King, an Iowa Republicans, who sought cuts to other pro- trumped the deficit in both parties and both important government positions. Thirty-six percent of respon- Irecalls voting only once for emergency Republican, did, as well. “Forty dead grams to protect the deficit. Voices were raised, houses, although at a far smaller cost than the dents felt that the decisions made by Arab Americans would be spending that raised the federal deficit. That veterans...that was enough for me,” he said, then lowered and the deal was cut. The cost veterans’ measure. influenced by their ethnicity, while 42 percent of respondents was this week, on a bill to improve health care referring to reports of numerous deaths of for- came down, but deficits are projected to rise by House Republicans originally wanted to felt that American Muslims would be negatively influenced by for veterans, and it helps explain the lineup of mer service members while waiting for appoint- $10 billion. The Club for Growth, influential wait until September to send more missile their religion. winners and losers in the hours before Congress ments at overwhelmed facilities operated by with conservatives, opposed the legislation. It defense money to Israel, now in the fourth In the responses to every question covered by the poll, we began a five-week break from the Capitol. the Department of Veterans Affairs. warned the bill artificially capped costs and week of a war against Hamas in Gaza. found a deep partisan split. For example, when respondents Veterans, Israelis and governors and local offi- A third Republican, Rep Tom Rooney of said lawmakers were in fact creating a new Democrats and Senate Republican leader were asked whether they believed individuals from either com- cials who want their highway money - all Florida, said he couldn’t recall any other deficit- benefit program “that sets taxpayers on a Mitch McConnell had other ideas. In this case, munity could perform their duties in an important government groups with demonstrated political clout - were raising bill that has received his vote since he course to spend half a trillion dollars over the the trade-off with the deficit was explicit. post without their loyalties to their ethnicity or religion getting in able to break through Congress’ customary came to Congress in 2009. “It’s all part and par- next decade.” Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma the way - by a two-to-one margin Democrats express confidence gridlock. On the other side of the ledger, a pro- cel of going to war,” he said, adding that if The warnings were apparently less persua- blocked passage of the bill on Thursday in the loyalty of their fellow citizens who are of Arab descent or posal to spend more money fighting forest fires Congress is willing to raise deficits to finance sive than a crisp command from William A. evening because it didn’t include offsetting the Muslim faith. By the same two-to-one margin, Republicans in the West and raise the deficit in the process combat, it should be willing to do the same to Thien of the Veterans of Foreign Wars: “Pass a cuts elsewhere in the budget. said that they feared that the loyalties of members of these com- did not make the cut in the Senate or even care for the troops it sends to carry out the mis- bill or don’t come back from recess.” The vote “I want to fund Israel. I want to supply them. munities would be compromised by their ethnicity or religion. reach the House floor. sion. was 420-5 in the House and 91-3 in the Senate. I also want to make sure our children have a On closer examination, it appears that the differences in the The prospect is non-existent for legislation In that, Rooney sounded surprisingly like The highway measure will avert slowing or future. It is not hard to find $225 million out of attitudes of Democrats and Republicans mask a deeper demo- to cope with the border crisis involving an influx Sen Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent, shutting down construction projects in all 50 $4 trillion,” he said, referring to the size of the graphic divide. Younger and non-white Americans have more of young Central American immigrants crossing one of the most liberal lawmakers in Congress states. Unlike the veterans’ bill, all of the road United States’ budget. Republicans privately favorable views and are more protective of rights and respect- into the US illegally from Mexico. Instead, that and one not known as a deficit hawk. “Planes bill’s costs are covered, mostly from fees and outlined accounts that could be trimmed to ful of the loyalties of Arab Americans and American Muslims. issue seems destined to turn up in hard-edged and tanks and guns are a cost of war,” Sanders temporarily higher tax revenues. keep deficits steady, but Democrats rejected Across the board, the gaps between younger and older voters political ads in several political races this fall. “It said as he shepherded the bill through the More than $6 billion comes from more taxes the overtures. By Friday morning, the and white and non-white voters are striking. For example, by a wasn’t a perfect bill, no question about it,” Senate in his capacity as Veterans Affairs that will be paid by companies that will be Oklahoman was no longer on the Senate floor two-to-one margin Democrats, younger Americans, and non- Fleming said of the veterans’ health care meas- Committee chairman. “So is taking care of the allowed to temporarily reduce contributions to stopping legislation his party leader had made whites oppose the use of profiling by law enforcement against ure in a brief interview just off the House floor. men and women who use those weapons and their pension funds. Higher fees paid to the a personal priority. —AP the two communities; while the attitudes of Republicans, older Americans, and whites are two-to-one in favor of this discrimi- natory practice. Given the persistence of negative Arab and Muslim stereotypes in popular culture and the pervasive bias in media reporting, an explanation for these divides may be found Unclear if sanctions can influence Russia in the different life experiences of these groups of Americans and the sources they utilize to get their news about the world. By Bryan McManus which it became a Soviet republic, with Crimea serving Konstanty Gebert, Associate Fellow with the Other polling by Zogby Analytics demonstrates that younger as the home base for Russia’s Black Sea fleet. For Russia, European Council on Foreign Relations, said he was Americans have developed a more inclusive and tolerant o one doubts the latest EU and US economic “if its leaders and the public think (Ukraine) is absolutely sceptical the new sanctions would produce results any worldview as a result of their broader exposure to the internet sanctions on Russia will inflict significant costs, vital, then it is going to be very hard to move them,” time soon. Europe variously wants Moscow to stop and social media. Older Americans, on the other hand, rely on Nbut whether they can force Moscow to reverse Lesser said. meddling in Ukraine, support a peaceful resolution of more limited traditional sources of information. course in Ukraine is a completely different question. The Lesser noted that sanctions can also be counter-pro- the crisis and give up occupied territory such as Our polling establishes that an additional factor that is United States has been making life difficult for Cuba for ductive, citing the case of Serbia in the 1990s where Crimea, Gebert noted. From Russia’s perspective, the important in shaping attitudes toward Arabs and Muslims more than 50 years but its communist government has dwindling supplies of food and other daily necessities most that could be expected was that “it might be will- comes from direct exposure to Arab Americans and American carried on through thick and thin, even surviving the col- strengthened the government’s position because the ing to consider the first, depending on how serious the Muslims. Americans who say they know either Arabs or lapse of its most important ally, the Soviet Union. population had no one else to turn to for help. EU is on the sanctions, but certainly not the second or Muslims have significantly higher favorable attitudes toward Similarly with Zimbabwe where veteran President Robert both (33 percent higher in both cases) and also have greater Mugabe continues to thumb his nose at the West, press- confidence in their ability to serve in important government ing ahead with the very policies his critics most con- positions. This is especially true among younger and non-white demn. Americans, greater percentages of whom indicate that they But in Iran, hard hit by US sanctions since the 1980s, know Arabs and Muslims and have more favorable attitudes the picture is more nuanced. With an oil-dependent toward both communities. economy teetering on the brink and a young population Another of the poll’s findings establishes that a majority of hungry for modernity, Tehran has softened its line in Americans say that they feel that do not know enough about recent years, agreeing finally in 2013 to talks with the Arab history and people (57 percent) or about Islam and major powers on its hotly disputed nuclear program. Muslims (52 percent). Evidence of this lack of knowledge comes through clearly in other poll responses where respondents How effective economic sanctions are “is one of the key wrongly conflate the two communities. For example, by a two- debates over many, many years,” said Ian Lesser, a senior to-one margin Americans say that they believe that most Arab director at the German Marshall Fund. “It is simply an Americans are Muslim, while in reality about one-third are. unsolved, open question.” Similarly, opinions are evenly divided on whether the majority Alongside sanctions success-story Iran, Lesser cited of American Muslims are Arab. In fact, only a one-quarter of all the case of South Africa where “it is arguable that they American Muslims are of Arab descent. The way forward is clear. worked to end apartheid over time, but elsewhere it is Education about and exposure to Arab Americans and very, very unclear. All are unique.” American Muslims are central to the efforts to create greater understanding of these growing communities of American citi- Putin’s Stake in Ukraine zens and to insuring that their rights are secured. Media has a As the Ukraine crisis deepened, and especially after role and politicians have a responsibility. Hollywood’s negative Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March, President stereotypes and media’s obsession with negative stories not Vladimir Putin has presented himself as the guardian of only feed misunderstanding, they threaten the rights and secu- Russian nationalism and claimed the right to intervene in rity of American citizens who are of Arab descent or of the defence of Russian minorities elsewhere if necessary. For Muslim faith. Irresponsible political leaders who fuel Putin, the Ukraine crisis is a high-stakes confrontation Islamophobia must also be called to account. with the West which must not be lost given the reverses NOTE: Dr James J Zogby is the president of the Arab and slights he believes Russia has suffered since the end American Institute of the Cold War. “Investors should be wary of assuming that the eco- nomic risks to Russia occasioned by its actions in Ukraine All articles appearing on these will inevitably lead to Russia pulling back from confronta- tion,” Adam Slater, a senior economist at Oxford pages are the personal opinion of Economics, said in a commentary. It may seem obvious A man wears a Soviet-made military helmet with the slogan ‘Don’t fear, we’ll break through’ during a the writers. Kuwait Times takes no that “the economically rational thing for the Russian rally in Moscow yesterday. —AP responsibility for views expressed authorities to do in the face of further sanctions is to pull back from Ukraine, (but) this is by no means guaranteed Unintended Consequences third,” he said. therein. Kuwait Times invites read- to happen. “The political calculations being made by The list of countries hit with sanctions is a long and The latest measures “were a major improvement” on ers to voice their opinions. Please Putin may be very different from the approach that checkered one, from Syria to North Korea by way of the asset freezes and visa bans imposed previously as send submissions via email to: opin- might be followed by another leader in another country,” Myanmar and Belarus, to Iraq and Poland of the 1980s “they can actually bite but (they) won’t be a disaster for [email protected] or via snail Slater cautioned. who found economic, political, and even cultural and Russia”. Recalling Western sanctions imposed on Ukraine has a special place in Russian history, with sporting ties severed or curtailed. In Russia’s case, the Poland’s last communist-era leader, General Wojciech mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. Kiev the seat of a precursor state to what became the European Union, similarly to Washington, is targeting its Jaruzelski, Gebert noted how one government official The editor reserves the right to edit Grand Duchy of Moscow. Strategically sited to the south- banking, defence and energy sectors, aiming to make it at the time had dismissed the measures with the infa- any submission as necessary. east, Ukraine was the scene of some of the largest Nazi pay a price over the Ukraine crisis in the hope Moscow mous quip: “The government will always find some- German offensives into Russia during World War II after will then reverse course. thing to eat!” —AFP NEWS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

Malaysian activists hold placards during a protest in Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur yesterday calling for an end to Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip. — AFP China factory explosion kills 69

KUNSHAN, China: China suffered its worst industrial ed about 500 m away from the site of the blast. 264 workers were at the site when the explosion we lack a workers’ union, we do not have enough accident in a year yesterday when an explosion killed at Images online and on state television showed large struck and 44 died immediately. Xinhua cited officials supervision of companies.” A fire at a poultry slaugh- least 69 people and injured more than 120 at a factory plumes of black smoke billowing from a white low-rise as saying that the number of injured totalled 187. “Of terhouse in the northeast province of Jilin in June that makes wheels for US carmakers, including General building. Many of the injured, who appeared badly burnt course, the foreign owner of the company will shoul- 2013 killed 120 people. The blaze was blamed on Motors. The blast in the wealthy eastern province of in scorched clothing, were shown lying on wooden pal- der the responsibility,” said Duan Shenyi, a user of poor management, a lack of government oversight Jiangsu occurred around 7:30 am in Kunshan city, about lets, waiting to be stretchered on to trucks, public buses China’s microblog Weibo said yesterday. “But because and locked or blocked exits. — Reuters an hour’s drive from Shanghai, after an explosion ripped and ambulances. Four emergency blood-donation cen- through a workshop that polishes wheel hubs. tres were set up in the city to assist casualties, some of A preliminary investigation suggested the blast at whom will be taken to Shanghai and other nearby cities Kunshan Zhongrong Metal Products Co Ltd was trig- for treatment later on Saturday, state television said. gered when a flame was lit in a dust-filled room, the Urged by President Xi to spare no efforts in the res- local government said at a news conference, describing cue works, Kunshan’s government said it was bringing the incident as a serious safety breach. State news in doctors from Shanghai and other regions. “In my 20 agency Xinhua said two company representatives had years of work, I’ve never seen so many patients with been taken into police custody and that the death toll burns on over 80 percent of their bodies,” a senior had risen to 69 by late yesterday. unnamed doctor was quoted as saying on the Weibo Xinhua quoted Chinese President Xi Jinping as microblog account of China’s CCTV. The doctor said the demanding a full inquiry into the blast and saying those final death toll could be “very high”. found responsible must be punished. Survivors with China, the world’s second-largest economy, has a charred skin were seen being wheeled into ambulances poor record on workplace safety. Workers are often as residents recalled hearing the explosion from two poorly trained or ill-equipped to protect themselves kilometres away. At the site of the blast, television from industrial accidents. By early afternoon, the police images showed wrecked walls and heavy machinery had cordoned off the ageing factory and blocked media that had been hurled through windows. access to the local hospital. Authorities had also cleaned “We heard a really loud blast at about 7 am this morn- up the factory’s exterior. A crowd of bystanders and a ing so we rushed out of our dormitories,” said Zhou Xu, a row of fire-trucks parked in the compound were the 26-year-old working at a plant across the site. “First the only outward signs of the calamity that had occurred ambulance came, then as the news surfaced in the hours earlier. media, many families - especially the wives - rushed to Kunshan Zhongrong could not be reached for a the site to see if their husbands were okay.” A security comment. Its website said the firm is wholly owned guard from an adjacent factory, who declined to be by an unidentified foreign investor, employs 450 named, said the impact from the explosion was so great workers and counts General Motors and other US KUNSHAN, China: Victims gather outside the gate of a factory after an explosion in east China’s Jiangsu that it shattered the windows of his guard house, locat- companies as clients. The Kunshan government said province yesterday. — AFP

Obama admits ‘we tortured some folks’ US has fewer allies, less influence Continued from Page 1 investigators. Brennan has faced calls for his resignation, Continued from Page 1 virtually a protagonist, with its own interests at stake but Obama said that he retained “full confidence” in him. and inimical (to or at least) at odds with Hamas,” said And a lot of those folks were working hard and under Media reports on Friday differed as to whether the US nuclear negotiations with Iran have also fanned Rob Danin, a former US State Department official now enormous pressure, and are real patriots. But having said Senate report about to be released would explicitly call Arab fears of a rapprochement between Tehran and at the Council on Foreign Relations think tank. As a all that, we did some things that were wrong, and that’s the CIA interrogators’ actions “torture” - a word with legal Washington. “It doesn’t convey a sense that the US has a result, Kerry turned to Qatar and Turkey, both of which what that report reflects,” he added. “And my hope is that implications. But Senator Dianne Feinstein, the chair- full grasp of the complexities of the region,” Kurtzer said, have rulers with much deeper sympathy for Hamas, to this report reminds us once again that ... the character of woman of the Senate intelligence committee leading suggesting that a perception has begun to take hold influence the Palestinian group to embrace a ceasefire. our country has to be measured in part not by what we the inquiry, said the report shows abuse was “far more among some countries in the region that they can defy In Paris last Saturday, Kerry joined the foreign minis- do when things are easy, but what we do when things systematic and widespread than we thought”. The harsh Washington without paying a price. In one telling inci- ters of both countries, as well as those of Britain, are hard.” techniques adopted during the “war on terror” have dent, and a remarkable breach of protocol, Kerry and his France, Germany and Italy, to make a joint call for what The Central Intelligence Agency has long faced allega- been attacked by human rights groups as absolute top aides were briefly searched with metal-detecting was then a 12-hour Israeli ceasefire to be extended. tions that its “enhanced interrogation techniques,” used abuses and by security experts who argue that they pro- equipment as they arrived for a meeting with Egyptian That ceasefire also, ultimately, collapsed. The tableau of between 2002 and 2006 as it hunted Al-Qaeda opera- vide inaccurate intelligence. But some neoconservative President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in Cairo on July 22. the seven foreign ministers, but no one from the tives, amounted to illegal rights abuses. The Senate former policy-makers from the Bush era continue to In Israel, hostile media reports, apparently fanned by Palestinian Authority or from the traditional Arab pow- probe generated a separate scandal of its own this week, defend them, insisting they were vital in providing clues Israeli officials, harshly attacked the US secretary of ers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia or the Gulf, irked US Gulf when CIA chief John Brennan admitted that his officers in the global manhunt for militant leaders like Osama state as he left the region. “John Kerry is an ongoing allies. “The optics of it is read by an already skeptical had improperly accessed the computers of congressional bin Laden. — AFP embarrassment, with the characteristics of a snowball. audience in the Gulf and in the Arab World as the rein- The further he rolls, the greater the embarrassment,” forcement of their worst fears,” said Ghaith Al-Omari, centrist columnist Ben Caspit wrote in the Israeli news- executive director of the Washington-based American Israel pulls some troops from Gaza, snubs... paper Ma’ariv. Several analysts said neither side Task Force on Palestine. Continued from Page 1 dier, or his whereabouts or the circum- with 56 rockets hitting Israel and seemed ready to stop fighting when Kerry began his stances of his disappearance.” another six downed, including two shuttle diplomacy, suggesting his timing was off. It is Both sides dug in UN figures indicate at least two Israel considers the capture of its over greater Tel Aviv. With a 12-mem- now unclear when, or whether, Kerry might return to The stakes for both sides have increased since Israel thirds of the dead are civilians, with soldiers a casus belli, launching a 34- ber Palestinian delegation due to the region. began an aerial and sea bombardment of Gaza July 8 around one third women and children. day war on the Lebanon’s Hezbollah arrive for truce talks in Cairo on to try to stop Hamas rocket fire from the coastal The alleged capture of Second in 2006 after it seized two soldiers. Saturday evening, Egypt’s President US ‘doesn’t control everything’ Mediterranean strip and then followed up 10 days later Lieutenant Hadar Goldin drew sharp Around the same time, Gaza militants Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said his country’s President Barack Obama defended Kerry on Friday with a limited ground invasion. The scale of the casual- condemnation from the United captured conscript Gilad Shalit and truce proposal offered a “real chance even as he derided the notion that the United States ties - more than 1,600 Palestinians have been killed, Nations and the White House, which held him for five years before freeing to find a solution to the crisis” but that had lost influence or that it can solve every problem. most of them civilians, as well as 63 Israeli soldiers and jointly brokered the abortive 72-hour him in exchange for more than 1,000 it must be implemented quickly to “Apparently, people have forgotten that America, as three Israeli civilians - makes it harder for each side to truce and demanded his immediate Palestinian prisoners. Goldin’s family stop the bloodshed. the most powerful country on earth, still does not con- disengage without something to show for the blood- release. Hamas’ armed wing, the also made their own emotional Among the delegation was senior trol everything around the world,” he told reporters. shed. Neither appears near achieving their aims: Hamas Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, appeal yesterday evening in an Ramallah official Azzam Al-Ahmad, “Our diplomatic efforts often take time. They often will seeks an end to the Gaza blockade and Israel is trying acknowledged its militants had staged address to the Israeli leadership. “I Palestinian intelligence chief Majid see progress and then a step backwards,” he added. to degrade the Palestinian group’s military capabilities, an ambush early Friday in which sol- demand that the state of Israel not Faraj, senior Hamas official Mussa Abu “That’s the nature of world affairs. It’s not neat and it’s including its rockets and tunnels, and deter it from diers were killed, but denied holding leave Gaza without bringing my child Marzuq, and Ziad Al-Nakhale, a leader not smooth.” The US task has been made more chal- future attacks. the soldier, saying the attackers were back home to me,” said his mother of Islamic Jihad. Speaking to AFP, a lenging by the cleavage within the Arab world While on Thursday the White House pressed Israel missing and presumed dead. “We have Hedva, her voice breaking. “I cannot senior Palestinian official told AFP that between Islamist forces such as Hamas and Egypt’s hard to do more to prevent Palestinian civilian casual- lost contact with the mujahedeen unit imagine that the army would aban- Israel was not expected to attend the Muslim Brotherhood and traditional powers who see ties, it appeared to temper its stance on Friday follow- that was in that ambush, and we think don one of its fighters,” said her hus- Cairo talks and that US Deputy that all the fighters in this unit were band Simcha outside their home in Secretary of State William Burns them as a direct threat. ing the apparent abduction of an Israeli soldier. killed by Zionist shelling along with Kfar Saba near Tel Aviv. would also not be flying to Cairo, as Egypt is a case in point. Sisi, who was the country’s Speaking to reporters, Obama described the US “dilem- the soldier, who the enemy says is Meanwhile, air strikes and tank fire announced. In his place, Washington top military officer, came to power after the Egyptian ma.” “On the one hand, Israel has a right to defend itself, missing, assuming our combatants continued pounding huge areas of was to send Frank Lowenstein, the military toppled Mohamed Morsi, an elected president and it’s got to be able to get at those rockets and those captured this soldier during the fight- southern Gaza into rubble, killing acting US envoy for the Middle East who emerged from the Muslim Brotherhood, which has tunnel networks,” he said, adding that on the other, ing,” it said. “Until now, we in Qassam scores more people yesterday, as mili- peace process, a State department deep ties to Hamas. “The role of Egypt has changed because Hamas launches rockets from civilian neigh- have no knowledge of the missing sol- tants kept up their cross-border fire, official said. — AFP from being a credible intermediary to being seen as borhoods, innocents get hurt. — Reuters SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 SPORTS

Anderson, Jadeja not guilty Gyaurov denies match-fixing George suffers leg injury SOFIA: Former Bulgarian top-flight goalkeeper Daniel Gyaurov has denied LONDON: England fast bowler James Anderson and India all-rounder Ravindra LAS VEGAS: Indiana Pacers All Star forward Paul George suffered an ugly being involved in attempts to manipulate matches at last month’s Under-19 Jadeja have been found not guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council horror leg injury while playing in a Team USA practice game at the European Championship. University of Nevada in Las Vegas on Friday. (ICC) code of conduct and are free to play in next week’s fourth test. “I’m completely innocent,” former Lokomotiv Sofia and Vidima-Rakovski The ICC made the announcement after a six-hour video-conference hearing The 24-year-old landed awkwardly on his right leg after contesting a keeper Gyaurov said in local media on Saturday after being released from cus- layup attempt by James Harden of the Houston Rockets early in the on Friday into an alleged incident during the first test at Trent Bridge, tody. “I don’t know who did this to me but it’s disgusting.” Gyaurov, 20, suspect- Nottingham. “Witnesses, including some Indian and English players, provided evi- fourth quarter. Several players, including Chicago Bulls point guard ed of being a key figure in the match-fixing scandal that rocked the Balkan Derrick Rose, were visibly upset as George received medical treatment dence and were cross-examined by the respective legal counsels,” world cricket’s country, was held for 24 hours after he was arrested following a joint operation before being taken off the court on a stretcher. USA Basketball head governing body said in a statement. involving the interior ministry and the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) on The ICC added the hearings were also attended by the two Friday.“His aim was to manipulate Bulgaria matches at the European coach Mike Krzyzewski, who has steered the U.S. team to the past two team managers, representatives of the England and Wales Championship,” BFU spokesman Pavel Kolev told Reuters after Gyaurov’s arrest. Olympic gold medals, then told the crowd at the Cricket Board and the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Bulgaria Under-19 coach Alexander Dimitrov said he decided to drop one Thomas & Mack Center that the intra-squad game the governing body’s ethics and regulatory lawyer. unnamed player after receiving information about “some controversial con- would not continue. “It’s a tough situation for our Anderson and Jadeja were involved in a verbal altercation tacts”. “Some of the players told me one of their team mates had contacted and entire organization, our coaches and players are at Trent Bridge and media reports suggested the dispute con- asked them to throw games,” Dimitrov said. very, very emotional,” USA Basketball Chairman Jerry tinued when they left the field. Jadeja was initially fined 50 “I talked to him and he confessed everything. He seemed very worried, I Colangelo told reporters. “There’s no way the game percent of his match fee but that punishment was dropped. think he may have been threatened but it’s something the investigation should could have gone on under the circumstances.” NBA Lancashire paceman Anderson, the leading wicket-taker in the reveal. I released him of course, there’s no way he could be in my squad.” Police Commissioner Adam Silver later said in a statement: series with 16 victims, is now free to play in his home test at Old have already questioned several individuals including players from the Under- “It was difficult to watch the injury that Paul George sustained tonight while representing his country. Trafford, Manchester that starts on Thursday. The five-match 19 squad. “I and three of my friends met with some of the (Under-19) national team players at a petrol station (near the town of Pravets where the team was The thoughts and prayers of all of us at the NBA are series is level at 1-1. — Reuters preparing for the tournament),” Gyaurov, who has since retired, said. —Reuters with Paul and his family.” —Reuters Orioles defeat Mariners, Indians roll

BALTIMORE: Wei-Yin Chen won his fifth con- three-game losing streak with a victory over secutive start and had a season-high eight the Yankees. strikeouts to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a Ranaudo (1-0) allowed two runs and four 2-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on hits, including a solo homer Carlos Beltran hit Friday night. into the New York bullpen in the fourth. Baltimore has won nine of its past 11 Ranaudo walked four and struck out two, and games and remained atop the AL League East. he scattered the few mistakes he made well An RBI single by Manny Machado in the third, enough for Boston to hang on after taking a 2- snapped the Orioles’ scoreless streak at 19 0 lead in the third. innings, Derek Jeter led off the eighth with a shot Chen (12-3) allowed one run and five hits over the Green Monster to pull the Yankees with one walk over 7 1-3 innings. Andrew within 4-3, but they failed to drive Mark Miller, acquired from Boston on Thursday, Teixeira for the tying run after his ground-rule pitched a scoreless eighth in his debut for the double with one out. Koji Uehara pitched the Orioles (61-47). Left-hander Zach Britton ninth for his 22nd save. picked up his 22nd save. Mariners left-hander Roenis Elias (8-9) allowed two runs and seven ROYALS 1, ATHLETICS 0 hits with seven strikeouts and one walk over 5 Raul Ibanez homered to break his own 2-3 innings. It was his longest outing since franchise record for oldest Royals player to June 28 against Cleveland. clear the fences, and Kansas City beat the Athletics. INDIANS 12, RANGERS 2 The 42-year-old Ibanez connected in the David Murphy was 4 for 4 with two RBIs fifth inning for his fifth homer, giving Jeremy against his former team, Danny Salazar Guthrie the lone run he needed for Kansas allowed an unearned run in six innings, and City’s first victory at the Oakland Coliseum the Indians routed the Rangers. since April 10, 2012. The Royals went 1-5 Murphy, who played for Texas from 2007- against the A’s last season, including 0-3 on 13 before signing a two-year contract with the the road. Indians in November, had a two-run double in Guthrie (7-9) struck out six in six innings to the fifth when Cleveland scored six times. He win his second straight outing following a doubled in the second and added singles in three-start skid as the Royals beat the team the fourth and sixth. Murphy also threw out a with baseball’s best record for their third runner at home from right field in the second straight win and eighth in 10. It could get to end the Rangers’ scoring threat. Salazar (4- tougher Saturday, when Jon Lester makes his 4) won his third straight start since being A’s debut two days after being traded by the recalled from the minors last month. The right- Boston Red Sox. hander was moved into Friday’s start to replace Justin Masterson, who was traded to ASTROS 3, BLUE JAYS 1 St. Louis on Wednesday. Gregorio Petit’s first career home run put Houston on top in the eighth inning and the TIGERS 4, ROCKIES 2 Astros held on for a win over the Blue Jays, Justin Verlander equaled his longest outing snapping Toronto’s six-game winning streak. BALTIMORE: Andrew Miller No. 48 of the Baltimore Orioles pitches in the eighth inning against the Seattle Mariners at Oriole Park at of the season, pitching eight solid innings to The game was tied at 1-1 when Petit Camden Yards. — AFP lift the Tigers to a victory over the Rockies. launched Aaron Loup’s first pitch into the first A day after the AL Central-leading Tigers row of the Crawford Boxes in left field to give Central leaders are three games ahead of the gle, Matt Duffy an RBI single for his first big eighth to get the win. Bo Schultz (0-1), added star left-hander David Price to their the Astros the lead. Jose Altuve connected on Cardinals. league hit and Pence added a two-run triple recalled from Triple-A Reno on Tuesday, gave rotation, Verlander (10-9) showed signs that the next pitch by Loup (3-3) for a ground-rule Matt Carpenter had two hits and three RBIs and RBI groundout off Jonathon Niese (5-7) up all five in the ninth. Ender Inciarte’s three- he might be rounding into form. He allowed double before stealing third base. Houston and Matt Holliday homered for St. Louis, for San Francisco. run homer had helped Arizona take a 4-0 lead two runs and eight hits, striking out five with- got an insurance run on a sacrifice fly by which has lost three of four. Peralta, through five innings and Vidal Nuno out a walk. The right-hander lowered his ERA Robbie Grossman. Jose Veras (1-1) got the last Wainwright and the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw PADRES 10, BRAVES 1 appeared headed for his first victory in five to 4.66. two outs of the eighth inning for the win and all have 13 wins. Last year, the 25-year-old Rookie Tommy Medica had a career-high starts since coming in the trade that sent Joe Nathan pitched the ninth for his 22nd Chad Qualls threw a scoreless ninth for his Peralta (13-6) was 11-15 with a 4.37 ERA in his five hits, including two two-run home runs, Brandon McCarthy to the New York Yankees. save in 27 chances, retiring Charlie Blackmon 12th save. first full season in the majors. and left-hander Eric Stults and three relievers However, the Pirates battered the Arizona on a flyout with two on to end it. Franklin combined on a four-hitter as the Padres beat bullpen with 10 hits in the last two innings. Morales (5-6) allowed three runs and six hits in WHITE SOX 10, TWINS 8 PHILLIES 2, NATIONALS 1 the Braves. Medica’s previous career-high was six innings. He walked four and struck out two. Jose Abreu reached base five times while Marlon Byrd hit a tiebreaking home run in four hits a week earlier at Atlanta. This was his CUBS 8, DODGERS 2 extending his hitting streak to 21 games, and the sixth inning, Roberto Hernandez pitched first four-RBI game and he scored a career- Kyle Hendricks scattered four hits over sev- ANGELS 5, RAYS 3 the White Sox scored four runs in the eighth eight strong innings and the Phillies beat the high four runs. He made his big league debut en innings, Starlin Castro had three hits and Mike Trout and Josh Hamilton homered to inning to beat the Twins. Abreu had three sin- Nationals. help the Angels beat the Rays. Trout hit his gles, scored twice and drove in a run. He also Grady Sizemore and Cody Asche had two 25th homer of the season, a two-run shot off walked and was hit by a pitch. Paul Konerko hits apiece for Philadelphia. Hernandez (6-8) MLB results/standings Jeremy Hellickson (0-1) during a three-run first and Alexei Ramirez delivered consecutive RBI allowed an unearned run on five singles. He that put the Angels up 3-0. Los Angeles went singles in the eighth to give Chicago an 8-7 retired the last 10 batters he faced and 17 of ahead 4-1 on Hamilton’s solo homer in the lead. Tyler Flowers added a run-scoring single the last 18. Over his last four starts, Hernandez Baltimore 2, Seattle 1; Cleveland 12, Texas 2; Philadelphia 2, Washington 1; Detroit 4, third. The slugger was hit by Jeff Beliveau’s in the inning after hitting a solo homer earlier is 3-0 with a 1.88 earned run average, includ- Colorado 2; Boston 4, Ny Yankees 3; San Francisco 5, Ny Mets 1; Cincinnati 5, Miami 2; LA pitch in the seventh inning and later left with in the game. Alejandro De Aza capped the ing two wins against Washington while allow- Angels 5, Tampa Bay 3; Chicago White Sox 10, Minnesota 8; Houston 3, Toronto 1; a bruised left middle finger. After Tampa Bay decisive rally with another RBI single, and the ing no earned runs over 15 1-3 innings. Milwaukee 7, St. Louis 4; Kansas City 1, Oakland 0; Pittsburgh 9, Arizona 4; Chicago Cubs 8, loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth White Sox overcame a shaky start by Chris Sale Jonathan Papelbon pitched the ninth for LA Dodgers 2; San Diego 10, Atlanta 1. against Huston Street, the closer got his fifth to win for the sixth time in eight games. his 26th save. He allowed a pair of one-out sin- American League National League save since being acquired from San Diego on gles before striking out Bryce Harper and Eastern Division Eastern Division July 18 by striking out Desmond Jennings and BREWERS 7, CARDINALS 4 Nationals newcomer Asdrubal Cabrera. NL- W L PCT GB Washington 58 49 .542 - Ben Zobrist, and getting Matt Joyce on a pop Wily Peralta won his 13th game to tie for East leading Washington has lost four of five. Baltimore 61 47 .565 - Atlanta 58 52 .527 1.5 fly. Zobrist had a potential extra-base hit go the National League lead and Aramis Ramirez Doug Fister (10-3) took his first loss since June Toronto 60 51 .541 2.5 Miami 53 56 .486 6 foul down the right field line. powered the Milwaukee Brewers with a home 15, allowing two runs and six hits in seven NY Yankees 55 53 .509 6 NY Mets 52 57 .477 7 run and RBI double off Cardinals ace Adam innings. Tampa Bay 53 56 .486 8.5 Philadelphia 49 61 .445 10.5 RED SOX 4, YANKEES 3 Wainwright. Boston 49 60 .450 12.5 Central Division REDS 5, MARLINS 2 Anthony Ranaudo pitched six solid innings Jonathan Lucroy’s bases-clearing double Central Division Milwaukee 61 49 .555 - in his major league debut and Dustin Pedroia chased Wainwright (13-6) in a four-run sixth Mat Latos pitched seven strong innings, Detroit 59 47 .557 - Pittsburgh 58 51 .532 2.5 drove in two runs as the Red Sox snapped a inning that put Milwaukee up by six. The NL Ryan Ludwick drove in two runs, and the Reds Kansas City 56 52 .519 4 St. Louis 57 51 .528 3 beat the Marlins. Latos (3-3), who hails from Cleveland 54 55 .495 6.5 nearby Coconut Creek, beat the Marlins for Chicago White Sox54 56 .491 7 Cincinnati 55 54 .505 5.5 the first time in eight career starts. He allowed Minnesota 48 60 .444 12 Chicago Cubs 46 62 .426 14 one run on five hits and four walks while strik- Western Division Western Division ing out five. Oakland 66 42 .611 - LA Dodgers 62 48 .564 - Aroldis Chapman got the last three gouts LA Angels 65 43 .602 1 San Francisco 59 50 .541 2.5 for his 25th save in 27 chances. Marlins All-Star Seattle 56 53 .514 10.5 San Diego 49 60 .450 12.5 slugger Giancarlo Stanton homered in his Houston 45 65 .409 22 Arizona 48 62 .436 14 third consecutive game to give him a National Texas 43 66 .394 23.5 Colorado 44 65 .404 17.5 League-best 26. Jarred Cosart (0-1) gave up four runs and four hits in 5 1-3 innings in his Marlins debut one day after being acquired in September and is in his third stint with the scored three runs, and the Cubs beat Los from Houston. Miami has lost three straight Padres this season. Everth Cabrera had four Angeles, snapping the Dodgers’ six-game after winning six in a row. hits for the Padres, who had a season-high 20. winning streak. The Braves, who lost their fourth straight Making his fourth major league start after GIANTS 5, METS 1 game, have been held to 10 runs total in their being called up from Triple-A, Hendricks (2-1) Ryan Vogelsong pitched a two-hitter for last five games. Stults (4-13) won for just the allowed one earned run, struck out three and his second career complete game, Hunter second time in his last 11 starts. walked one in his return to Dodger Stadium, Pence emerged from a deep funk with a triple where he pitched in high school. The rookie and three RBIs and the Giants beat the Mets PIRATES 9, DIAMONDBACKS 4 had two of Chicago’s 13 hits. for their second straight win after a six-game Josh Harrison tripled, doubled and scored Ryan Sweeney had two hits and scored skid. twice and the Pirates erupted in the final two twice, and Luis Valbuena homered and drove Vogelsong (6-8) faced 28 batters, one over innings to beat the Diamondbacks. in two runs for the last-place Cubs, who have the limit, allowing Juan Lagares’ soft single The Pirates scored the last nine runs, won four of their last five. Dan Haren’s woes leading off the sixth and Lucas’ Duda’s 20th including eight in the eighth and ninth. Jordy followed him into a new month. He is in the homer to start the eighth. In ending a five- Mercer had an RBI double, Michael Martinez midst of a career-worst five-game skid, having decision losing skid, he walked one and got and Russell Martin RBI singles and Travis lost all four of his starts in July. The right-han- two double plays. Vogelsong threw 102 pitch- Snider a two-run single in the Pirates’ der (8-9) gave up seven runs - six earned - and CLEVELAND: Second baseman Rougned Odor No. 12 of the Texas Rangers fields a ground es in the game that took 2 hours, 6 minutes. tiebreaking five-run ninth. eight hits in 4 1-3 innings, struck out three ball hit by Jason Kipnis No. 22 of the Cleveland Indians to end the sixth inning. — AFP Brandon Crawford had a run-scoring sin- Tony Watson (8-1) pitched a scoreless and walked two. — AP SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 SPORTS

Valverde bounces back Photo of the day with San Sebastian win

SAN SEBASTIAN: Spain’s Alejandro “Now we’ll enjoy the victory.” Valverde bounced back from his Tour de Valverde is next expected to ride in the France disappointment by winning yester- Vuelta a Espana, which begins in three day’s Clasica de San Sebastian. weeks. The Spaniard’s task was helped by The 34-year-old Movistar rider, who fin- two of his main rivals abandoning during ished fourth at last month’s Tour after being the race amid suffocating heat. pushed off the podium in the final moun- Belgian Ardennes Classics specialist tain stage, finished 14sec ahead of Philippe Gilbert quit after 76km, with Dutchman Bauke Mollema and Spaniards three-time Tour green jersey winner Peter Joaquim Rodriguez and Mikel Nieve. Sagan climbing off his bike shortly after- Last year’s winner of the 219.2km race wards. over undulating terrain along the Basque Basque rider Amtes Txurruka had made coastline, Frenchman Tony Gallopin, was the lone breakaway of the race, holding a fifth at 26sec. It was Valverde’s second vic- lead of almost seven minutes at one stage tory in the one-day race after he triumphed but with 60km left he had been reeled in. in 2008. He made his move on the descent On the final Bordako Tontorra climb, of the Bordako Tontorra climb in the final Ukrainian Andriy Grivko opened up a 30sec 7km. He had crested the short but brutal lead but he was swept up before the sum- second category ascent — 2.5km at a 20 mit. Once Valverde got clear on the percent average gradient-alongside descent, he arrived into San Sebastian’s Rodriguez. But the Katusha rider, known as winding, narrow streets on his own, and Purito, could not keep up with Valverde’s there was no catching the 2009 Vuelta win- descending skills. ner. The hilly Classic includes former Tour “Purito told me we were going too fast winner Miguel Indurain, former world and I regulated the speed on the descent champion Paolo Bettini and Gilbert so as not to lose my rhythm,” said Valverde. amongst its past winners. — AFP

Chris O’Shea performs during the Red Bull Rising High in Hamm, Germany www.redbull.com Watney increases lead

NEVADA: Nick Watney was unable to replicate Former U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy of the 2012 Barclays tournament but put himself in his sizzling form of the first round but did Australia was alone in second place, after card- prime position to push on for victory over the enough on Friday to stretch his overnight lead to ing a 70, with American Wes Roach (69) in third, weekend in Reno after racking up a record three points after the second round of the on 22 points. equaling 18 points with his 63 in the opening Barracuda Championship in Reno, Nevada. New Zealand’s Tim Wilkinson (71) and round. “Well, I feel like 18 (points is) good,” said The 33-year-old American followed his open- American Tommy Gainey (68) were tied for Watney, who held a two-point lead overnight. ing nine-under-par 63 with a three-under 69, fourth on 21 points. Under the scoring system, “I’m definitely proud of that round yesterday. I mixing five birdies with two bogeys for a total of points are awarded on each hole for being under played great. FRANCE: Spain’s Alejandro Valverde concentrates in this file photo. — AFP eight points at Montreux Golf & Country Club. par, with birdies earning a player two points and “On this golf course ... there are some score- That left Watney with an overall tally of 26 eagles five. A bogey costs a player one point, able holes but there are also a few really tough points after 36 holes in the only event on the double bogeys and worse three points. No ones, so anything over five or six points is a good Del Mar to reduce turf PGA Tour which uses the Modified Stableford points are won or lost with par. day.” Watney’s 18-point tally on Thursday tied the scoring system. Watney would normally be competing this tournament record set by American Jonathan “I gotta keep going,” Watney, a five-times win- week in the elite WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Byrd in the final round last year. Seventy-five racing for rest of meet ner on the US circuit, told reporters after record- in Akron, Ohio but, with his world ranking hav- players made the cut, which fell on eight points, ing three birdies in his last eight holes. “We’ve ing slipped to 80th, he failed to qualify for that with former major winners Lucas Glover, Todd DEL MAR: Deaths and injuries to horses on racing will resume the following day. Track got a long way to go. I’ll just try to keep my head 76-man event for the first time since 2008. Hamilton, Davis Love III and John Daly among Del Mar’s new turf course has led the track officials say they hope a weeklong break down and stay focused on where I’m at.” He has not triumphed on the PGA Tour since those failing to advance. — Reuters north of San Diego to reduce racing on the from turf racing will allow for more aggres- surface by about one-third for the rest of sive maintenance. Del Mar has retained a the summer meet that ends Sept. 3. Nine noted expert on turf as a consultant. horse have died since the summer meet Track crews will further aerate the turf Garcia leaves pack behind began July 16. Four deaths occurred as part and add extra water in an attempt to soften of racing on the turf course, one happened the course. The inner rail will be moved out on the synthetic surface while racing, two to 24 feet, giving horses a fresher surface to OHIO: Spaniard Sergio Garcia birdied the final came on synthetic during training hours run on. Earlier in the meet, the rail had been seven holes to match the course record and and two were the result of heart attacks, set at zero, six and 18 feet. The turf course storm to a three-stroke lead after the second according to a track spokesman. was expanded and installed last winter to round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Other immediate changes announced replace the previous one that was over 50 Akron, Ohio on Friday. The British Open runner- Friday include no more sprint races on the years old. Joe Harper, Del Mar Turf Club’s up put on a clinic on the greens, one-putting the turf, no races for lower-level claiming horses president and CEO, said jockeys and trainers final 11 holes for an astonishing nine-under-par on the surface and enhanced pre-race have supported the turf course as a safe one. 61 on the demanding Firestone Country Club inspections of all horses. The latest horse injury occurred Thursday, course. All races at Del Mar will be run on the when a 4-year-old filly named Serious sus- He tied the course record set by compatriot synthetic main track through Aug. 8. Turf tained left front leg injuries. — AP Jose Maria Olazabal in 1990, and his back nine of 27 beat the old record by two strokes. “I think that was my lowest round in tourna- ment play and also my lowest nine holes,” Garcia told Golf Channel after posting an 11-under-par 129 halfway total. Englishman Justin Rose (67) was in second place on eight-under, followed by Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy (64) and Australian Marc Leishman (69) on seven-under, with defending champion Tiger Woods 10 shots adrift. Garcia birdied eight holes on the back nine, a par at the 11th the only blemish on his card. Two of his birdies were tap-ins, another came from eight feet, while the other five were from 13 feet or longer. “I was hitting the ball really well on the back nine,” Garcia said. “I kept giving myself chances and I rolled it very nicely, so I’m thrilled with it.” Garcia was the ninth player ever to shoot 27 on either the front or back nine on the PGA Tour. Corey Pavin holds the record on 26, set at the 2006 Greater Milwaukee Open. He was not so precise on the front nine, pick- ing up only a tap-in birdie at the par-five second, and escaping trouble a few times after wayward drives. “I got a little bit lucky on the front nine,” he admitted. “I hit three bad tee shots and got good breaks and was able to save par and that kept my round going.”

STARK CONTRAST Until Garcia’s late flourish, Rose seemed likely to end the day in the lead after hitting 16 greens in regulation in a near flawless tee-to-green dis- play. Rose described his round as a “stark con- trast” to his opening 65. “Yesterday I scrambled it around and made everything,” the world num- ber four said. “Today I hit it much closer to the hole, gave myself plenty of looks and didn’t AKRON: Sergio Garcia of Spain putts on the tenth green during the third round of the World make as many. “Early on I just wasn’t seeing the Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club. — AFP breaks very well. I began to putt much better on after three late birdies for the second best round course where he has won eight times. the back nine. “I had the opportunity to shoot a of the day. “I didn’t hit the ball well, didn’t putt well, low one today but all in all it was a nice step for- “I thought I’ve just got to keep making a few didn’t do anything well,” he said. “The only thing I ward the way I felt with my long game.” birdies to stay on his coattails and not be too far did well was I fought hard.” Woods did manage British Open champion McIlroy, playing back going into the weekend,” McIlroy joked. to crack a joke about his putting. “I had bad CALIFORNIA: In this image provided by Benoit Photo, Martin Garcia guides Fed Biz to immediately behind Garcia, was not quite able Woods was not as pleased after battling to a speed, bad line. Other than that it was alright,” the Winner’s Circle in this file photo. — AP to draft in his slipstream, but had no complaints one-over 71 on the Firestone Country Club he said, smiling broadly. — Reuters English FA tightens betting rules for new season

LONDON: Tough new rules introduced by the Football which an individual was involved, or could influence, attempt while playing for Serie B club Gubbio - his evi- after betting on televised matches while on loan the Association will outlaw all football-related betting for was prohibited. That restriction will be retained for dence leading to the arrest of 17 people. previous season. players, club employees and match officials in the top minor league clubs. “I was bored and there were TV ads promoting bets eight tiers of the English game. Earlier this year the FA’s general secretary Alex Horne GREY AREAS you could have on the matches I was watching,” he was The draconian new rules mean betting on any said match-fixing and spot-fixing were “not big issues” in “Footballers need to be strong and say no to match- quoted at the time. “So I downloaded the phone app match, be it domestic or anywhere in the world, will be the English game despite several arrests as part of a fixing,” Farina, who went to the Italian police after being and started having small wagers to make watching prohibited from the start of the 2014-15 season. National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. However, offered 200,000 euros ($267,800) to throw a match, said games as a neutral fun. Betting on off-field developments such as manage- with massive rise in online betting sites, allowing pun- in a video on the FA’s website. “The FA are working hard “I was incredibly naive and didn’t realise I was doing rial sackings and player transfers will also be banned. ters to bet on a huge range of match-related markets, to educate children, footballers, coaches and referees. anything wrong,” he added. “I assumed as long as you The crackdown applies to bets made in person, online, and a steady stream of match-fixing cases from around It’s everybody’s responsibility to play fair.” Several weren’t betting on your club, then it was OK.” Horne on the telephone or through a friend or any third party, the world, the FA is tightening its net. It has even turned arrests and prosecutions for match-fixing occurred in said the new rules would avoid any grey areas. “We the FA states on its website which contains a video to former Italian player and now Aston Villa academy English semi-professional football last season. England want to keep our message as simple as possible - and it explaining the tightening of its gambling rules. coach Simone Farina to help get the message over. and Tottenham Hotspur winger Andros Townsend was cannot be more simple that as a player you cannot bet Previously, only betting on a match or competition in Farina played a key role in 2011 stopping a match-fixing also banned for four months, three of them suspended, at all on football,” he said. — Reuters SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 SPORTS

Banned Malik and Aamir back prison terms for match-fixers

KARACHI: Pakistan’s banned cricketers, Salim hard going without cricket for all these years. Malik and Muhammad Aamir have backed “But I think more anti-corruption steps are moves by New Zealand’s government to required to clean up the sport,” he said. Aamir enforce prison sentences for players found also adviced the PCB to set up a committee guilty of spot or match fixing. of senior players who could guide young Malik, who is serving a life ban for match players at domestic and international level fixing and Aamir who is in the fourth year of and educate them about the pitfalls of mod- a five year ban for spot fixing, said prison ern day cricket. terms would help curb the menace of cor- The chief operating officer of the PCB, ruption. “I think it is a good move by New Subhan Ahmad said Pakistan supported New Zealand’s government and other cricket play- Zealand’s move to curb fixing in sports. “This ing nations should also follow it,” Malik, who has been discussed at the ICC level by the has pleaded innocence since being banned anti-corruption unit,” he said. “There are simi- in 2000, told Reuters. “I know how much I lar laws already prevalent in England and in have suffered because of this match fixing Pakistan also we will be engaging with par- stigma. I think it is time similar law was also liamentarians to enact a similar law,” Ahmad enacted in Pakistan so that cricket players told Reuters. The New Zealand government can be clean of such allegations once and for decided to move the Crimes (Match-fixing) all,” Malik said. Aamir, 22, was banned for spot Amendment Bill 2014, which entails a sev- fixing in 2010 and believes the threat of en-year punishment if found guilty of going to prison would deter players from match-fixing after the recent scandal where being tempted to get involved with match former New Zealand batsman, Lou Vincent fixing. “It is a reality that some people try to confessed to indulging in spot fixing. lure players down the wrong path,” he said Pakistan has been hit the hardest by fixing on the Geo Super channel. “I have experi- scandals with four of their current players enced it. including Aamir, Muhammad Asif, former “I think such laws will definitely make captain Salman Butt and leg spinner Danish players think twice about what they are Kaneria all banned for fixing in the last four doing. What I did was wrong and it has been years. — Reuters Misbah wants to spoil Jayawardene’s farewell

KARACHI: Pakistan will do whatever it “If we are to win the series in Sri Lanka, takes to win the two-test series in Sri Lanka we have to ensure that their top batsmen, SYDNEY: New South Wales Waratahs celebrate after defeating the Canterbury Crusaders in the Super 15 rugby union final yesterday. — AFP even if it means spoiling senior batsman particularly Jayawardene, is not allowed Mahela Jayawardene’s farewell party, cap- to get many runs,” Misbah told a news tain Misbah-ul-Haq said yesterday. conference on the eve of the team’s Waratahs win Sydney thriller departure for Sri Lanka. “I have a lot of respect for what he has achieved but we are going to Sri Lanka to New South Wales grab first title win the two-test series and we know how important it is for us to not allow their SYDNEY: Bernard Foley kicked a long-range their wait for an eighth title will now go into a referee Craig Joubert only after review of the TV senior players to score.” penalty a minute from time to give the New seventh season. pictures, which suggested the Fijian’s foot might Jayawardene, 37, has also scored South Wales Waratahs their maiden Super Rugby The Waratahs, as they have often this season, have gone into touch. 11681 runs in 420 one-dayers and with title with a 33-32 victory over the seven-times started at a canter and were 8-0 up inside five Slade converted and added a penalty after stalwart Kumar Sangakkara is the main- champion Canterbury Crusaders in a thrilling minutes after Foley kicked his first penalty and the Waratahs scrum collapsed under pressure in stay of the Sri Lankan batting. final yesterday. Ashley-Cooper finished off a breathless move by the 48th minute to put the Crusaders ahead for Misbah predicted a tough series The Waratahs dreams of a first title in their barging through three tacklers to touch down. the first time at 23-20. against the Sri Lankans who have a strong third final were hanging by a thread when the The Crusaders appeared shellshocked by the Foley missed a chance to level the scores a home record. “It is going to be a tough Wallabies flyhalf calmly slotted his seventh Waratahs’ opening salvo - making uncharacteris- couple of minutes later but made no mistake series because Sri Lanka have been play- penalty of the night from 44 metres to send the tic handling errors and looking fragile at the set with his next attempt only for Slade to slot ing lot of test and other cricket. But we record crowd of 61,823 at the Olympic Stadium piece - and two more Foley penalties extended another penalty to maintain the three-point have prepared hard and I have confidence into raptures. the lead to 14-0 after 15 minutes. cushion. The Crusaders were now dominating in our bowlers,” said Misbah. The Waratahs also had tries either side of half The New Zealanders had too much quality to the breakdown but the Waratahs stuck to their “Our spinners have traditionally done time from centre Adam Ashley-Cooper but they simply lie down, though, and from a counter- task and managed to get enough quick ball to well in Sri Lanka but we are banking on had to dig deep in the second half when the attack from inside their own 22 on 18 minutes, launch another assault with Ashley-Cooper our pace bowlers as well.” Misbah, who Crusaders erased an early deficit and took a slen- number eight Kieran Read offloaded to flanker again crashing through tacklers to give the turned 40 in May and has a modest strike der lead. It was a first win in 12 matches over a Todd, who brushed off Ashley-Cooper’s tackle to home side the lead at 30-26. rate in one-dayers, was coy about his decade against the New Zealanders, who had score in the corner. Slade kicked two more penalties, though, to KARACHI: Pakistan cricket captain chances of leading Pakistan in next year’s won the first two finals between the teams in Dan Carter added the extras in one of his last give the Crusaders a two-point lead but ulti- 2005 and 2008. contributions before he departed the contest on mately it only set the stage for Foley, who got his Misbah-ul Haq speaks during a press 50-over World Cup in Australia and New “The Crusaders really lifted their game in the the half-hour mark with a corked thigh, leaving chance when Richie McCaw infringed at the conference before leaving for Sri Lanka Zealand. in Karachi yesterday. — AFP second half and showed why they’re the kings of Slade to trade a couple of penalties apiece with breakdown. “I just focus on the match at the the finals,” said Waratahs coach Michael Cheika, Foley before the break. “We’re absolutely gutted,” said Crusaders moment because that is important. No who has transformed the underachieving state skipper Read. “We definitely started slowly and I Former Sri Lanka captain Jayawardene, one knows what will happen after one side in his two years at the helm. “But we’ve CONTROVERSIAL DECISION was proud of the way we fought back. In the end who has scored 11,671 runs in 147 tests day so why think about the World Cup. been working really hard on our persistence all Three minutes after halftime and the scores it came down to one kick. That’s footie I guess.” averaging over 50, announced last month “I take it one match at a time and carry year and it paid off for us.” The Crusaders had were all square at 20-20 after another sweeping The crowd was a record for a Super Rugby he would retire from test cricket after the on from there. And I am under no pres- tries from flanker Matt Todd and winger Nemani Crusaders counter-attack resulted in Nadolo match, beating the 55,000 that watched the home series against Pakistan starting at sure because of the captaincy debate,” he Nadolo - his 12th of the season - along with 20 touching down in the corner. Bulls beat the Waikato Chiefs in the 2009 final in Galle on Wednesday. added. — Reuters points from the boot of flyhalf Colin Slade but It was a controversial decision confirmed by Pretoria. — Reuters Serena in Stanford semis

STANFORD: Top seed Serena Williams have to do just a little step faster. came from a set down to book her place in “But I am feeling really good. I had some the Stanford Classic semi-finals with a hard- long rallies and I wasn’t out of breath at all earned 2-6 6-3 7-5 win against fifth-seeded so I was like. ‘Yeah’,” added Serena, who suf- Serb Ana Ivanovic on Friday. fered a surprise third round loss at Serena, whose sister Venus was beaten Wimbledon in her previous tournament. in three sets by Germany’s Andrea Petkovic Earlier, the eighth-seeded Petkovic battled earlier in the day, initially struggled on a past Venus Williams 6-1 3-6 7-5 in a pulsat- fast playing surface but gradually found ing match lasting nearly two hours. her range to seal victory in just under two Former world number one Venus, who hours. had upset fourth seed Victoria Azarenka in “It wasn’t very easy,” Serena, who will straight sets in the previous round, fought face Petkovic in the last four on Saturday, back from 6-1 and 2-0 down to level the told ESPN. “Ana plays very well. This surface match but the German regained control in was a little fast so she was hitting a lot of the decisive third set. shots. “But I just fought it and stayed in “She played really well, and I wasn’t as there. I just tried to do everything that I on today as in previous days,” said Venus. “I worked on.” Serena was broken in the first came close, but she was just too good. game of the match, then double-faulted to She’s been having a great year and she lose serve again in the fifth and trail 1-4 managed to play those last few games just before losing the opening set in just under a little bit better.” 30 minutes. In the other two quarter-finals, third- However, the American used her seeded German Angelique Kerber swept crunching ground strokes to great effect in aside Spaniard Garbine Muguruza Blanco the next two sets and, helped by 10 aces, 6-2 6-1 while Varvara Lepchenko crushed she wrapped up the win when her oppo- fellow American Sachia Vickery 6-1 6-0. “It nent sent a forehand service return wide. was a very good match for me,” said Kerber. Asked how she had adjusted to the slick “I played good, aggressive tennis. I knew conditions on the hardcourt surface, before the match it would be a tough one WASHINGTON: Kei Nishikori of Japan returns a shot to Richard Gasquet of France during the Citi Open at the William HG FitzGerald Tennis Serena replied: “You just start running. You because she hits the ball very fast, so I was Center. — AFP have to see faster, you have to move faster, just trying to play point by point. I’m happy you have to turn faster, everything you about my game today.” — Reuters Young, Raonic and Gasquet advance

WASHINGTON: Donald Young reached his first whose quarterfinal was suspended because of Erakovic of New Zealand against Kurumi Nara of ATP semifinal in three years by beating seventh- rain after only two points were played in the Japan. Erakovic beat Bojana Jovanovski 6-4, 6-4, seeded Kevin Anderson 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Friday third set Friday. They will play that final set on and Nara defeated Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 6-1. at the Citi Open. Saturday, with the winner returning to the court Young, ranked 73rd, hadn’t made it this far at a His semifinal opponent late yesterday will be hours later to face Gasquet. In women’s action, tournament since October 2011, when he was No. 2 Milos Raonic, who ended the surprising run two-time major champion Svetlana Kuznetsova the Thailand Open runner-up. of unheralded American Steve Johnson, winning moved into the semifinals when Vania King with- “Losing’s not good, and I was doing a lot of 7-6 (2), 6-2. drew from the tournament with a right hip injury. that,” Young said. “I didn’t want to do that any- Johnson beat the tour’s top two servers, John King also pulled out of next week’s tourna- more. I wanted to try something else.” Isner and Ivo Karlovic, in his previous two match- ment in Montreal but doesn’t think the injury will He hasn’t done that a whole lot, despite hav- es, but he couldn’t be the man who ranks third, prevent her from entering the U.S. Open, which ing been pegged for greatness as a teenager. Raonic, failing to even earn one break point. begins Aug. 25. “I don’t think it’s serious. I don’t Now 25, Young joked that maybe he’s finally at No. 6-seeded Richard Gasquet of France need a couple months off. I don’t need surgery,” the right age. reached the semifinals by beating No. 4 Kei King said. “I’m going to take off a couple days and “It’s still a work in progress. I still slip back Nishikori of Japan 6-1, 6-4. Gasquet faced only see how it feels and then go from there.” every now and then. But more so than not, I’m one break point, in the final game, and saved it In Saturday’s semifinals, the No. 6-seeded being a lot more positive,” said Young, who is STANFORD: Serena Williams of the United States plays against Ana Ivanovic of Serbia when Nishikori sailed a return long. Next for Kuznetsova will face No. 2 Ekaterina Makarova, based in Atlanta. “I’ve tried being negative. It during Day 5 of the Bank of the West Classic at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium. — Gasquet will be No. 10 Santiago Giraldo of who beat No. 5 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6 (3), doesn’t work. I’ve had a lot of low times, but posi- AFP Colombia or No. 13 Vasek Pospisil of Canada, 6-3. The other women’s semifinal is Marina tive is working well.” — AP SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 SPORTS Russia’s big guns ready for new season

MOSCOW: Red Army side CSKA Moscow start their internationals Alan Dzagoev and Georgy dominated the play but squandered all of our further step ahead.” The country’s most successful defence of the Russian Premier League title this Shchennikov, Latvian midfielder Aleksandrs Cauna chances while the hosts capitalised on their rare club Spartak Moscow open the Premier league on weekend bracing for an offensive by Andre Villas- and Sweden’s stopper Rasmus Elm, who has stom- opportunity,” he said. Friday when they take on two-time champions Boas’ Zenit St Petersburg. ach problems . The Torpedo match will be “a serious Another Moscow side, Lokomotiv, two-time for- Rubin Kazan Nine-time league winners Spartak are CSKA start against city rivals Torpedo Moscow, test of our readiness for the new season,” the coach mer champions and bronze medal winners’ last sea- now under Swiss manager Murat Yakin, who took who are back in the top league for the first time said. Villas-Boas, starting his first full season with son, are also among the title contenders. over the Moscow side in the summer break. since 2006. Zenit, who have brought in Argentina’s Zenit who finished second in 2013-14, said his play- The manager of the railway-backed side, Leonid “I can assure all our supporters that Spartak are World Cup defender Ezequiel Garay, will take on ers are hungry for success. “Our goal is to win the Kuchuk, has said Lokomotiv are good enough to ready for the start of the new season,” said Yakin, who other league newcomers Arsenal Tula. Russian league and to gain a place in Europe’s top win the national title for the first time in a decade. led Swiss high-flyers Basel, to back-to-back national Even though they have four top players injured, 10,” the former Porto, Chelsea and Tottenham man- “Last season we had fair chances to win the titles. “Of course it will be hard to start the season with CSKA won Russia’s Super Cup on Saturday, battling ager said. The Portuguese coach vowed to pursue a Russian title but missed it at the season’s very end,” a series of six away matches but the team’s perform- back from a goal down to beat national cup win- “much more offensive football.” However their he said. “But last season wasn’t a complete disaster ance in recent warm-up encounters showed that my ners Rostov 3-1. “It was very important for us to win defeat on Wednesday to Cyprus minnows AEL in the as Lokomotiv won their first league medal since players have gained their form,” he told Russian this trophy as we’ve experienced personnel prob- Champions League third qualifying round has 2006. “Now I know what we are missing and why we media. “Spartak have not won Russia’s title since 2001 lems,” said CSKA head coach Leonid Slutsky. raised doubts about Zenit’s readiness. have failed to grab the title. I hope this time we will and I think now it is the right time to change the situ- CSKA start the campaign without injured Russian Villas-Boas was unable to explain the loss. “We be able to learn from our past mistakes to a make a ation for the better,” said Yakin. — AFP PSG cruise to Champions Trophy triumph in China

BEIJING: French Ligue 1 title-holders Paris Saint- Germain added the Champions Trophy to their growing list of accolades with a 2-0 win over Cup winners Guingamp in Beijing yesterday. Star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored both goals inside the opening 20 minutes as the champions effectively ended the match as a contest inside the first period. “We came here (to Beijing) because of the Champions Trophy and therefore to win it,” said PSG coach Laurent Blanc. “It’s something very positive. The other positive is that we continued our preparation, our hard work and we didn’t reduce our training programme due to today’s match.” PSG were without several regular starters who are still recovering after their World Cup exertions, including captain Thiago Silva and new signing David Luiz, but Blanc used the opportunity to give some younger players a BRAZIL: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) and former Brazilian football team chance. coach Dunga shake hands during a meeting with Brazilian footballers who have “This month of August will be quite strange played in Japan. Abe is on a three-day official visit to Brazil. — AFP as we have players arriving at different times and not everyone is in the same physical condition. “But we have young players and it’s the No Brazil ‘blacklist’ coach’s job to have faith in them, like tonight.” It was the capital-based outfit’s second successive for new coach Dunga victory in the competition, between the French BEIJING: Paris Saint-Germain celebrate with the trophy after winning their French season- champions and Cup winners, having defeated opening Champions Trophy football match against Guingamp. — AFP BRASILIA: New Brazil coach Dunga ing changes straight away. Bordeaux in Gabon in 2013. form the penalty spot after Jean-Christophe for us. “Consequently, it’s not unsurprising that declared on Friday that competence is all “There is no blacklist after the World They also won the first ever edition in 1995, Bahebeck was brought down by Lars Jacobsen. he made the difference and was man-of-the- that matters to him and added that there is Cup. Football is like life, like work-compe- beating Nantes on penalties. Guingamp coach The big Swede was enjoying a purple patch match.” Guingamp’s best opportunity came in no “blacklist” for players who underper- tence is what counts,” he said. “The players Jocelyn Gourvennec said his side’s defeat was no and in the last minute tried his luck from inside the 31st minute when Brazilian centre-back formed at the World Cup. are chosen not based on what we might surprise. “PSG won in a logical manner. We had a his own half, although without success. Marquinhos was harshly adjudged to have “Competence is all that matters when it think they are capable of doing, but on few chances to get back into it with dead-ball Frighteningly, Blanc said there is a lot more to brought down Claudio Beauvue, but Italian goal- comes to choosing a national team, not what they are achieving at the time.” situations but it was tough chasing the ball in come from Ibrahimovic. “Ibra is not in top form, keeper Salvatore Sirigu, who was a virtual spec- friendship or marketing,” said the former A number of Scolari’s choices-including this heat and they hold it better than us,” he said. like the rest of the team,” said the former France tator throughout, saved Mustapha Yatabare’s midfielder, who captained Brazil to World picking misfiring strikers Fred and Jo-were “No team in France and very few in Europe coach. “We expect to have a lot of competition spot-kick. Cup glory in 1994 and then coached the heavily criticised by the Brazilian media manage to have more possession than PSG.” from teams who are further advanced in their PSG begin their quest for a third straight Selecao at the 2010 finals. during the World Cup. Ibrahimovic opened the scoring after just nine preparation than us but despite all that, we Ligue 1 title on Friday at Reims while Guingamp Dunga was brought back for a second The Selecao will play a friendly on minutes when taking goalkeeper Mamadou always want to play good football and to finish host Saint-Etienne next Saturday in their open- spell at the helm as Brazil look to pick up September 5 against Colombia before fac- Samassa by surprise with a shot from 20 yards. off chances, and Ibra finishes off a lot of chances ing Ligue 1 fixture of the season.— AFP the pieces following their traumatic World ing Ecuador three days later as they start On 20 minutes he doubled the advantage Cup campaign, which ended in a record- preparations for next year’s Copa America breaking 7-1 defeat to Germany in the in Chile. semi-finals last month. Dunga’s squad for the matches, which That was followed by a comprehensive will be played in Miami and at New Jersey, 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands in the third- will be announced on August 19. “We will place play-off, and coach Luiz Felipe Scolari have the chance to turn things around and was not kept on after his contract expired. show that what happened (at the World The manner in which Brazil bowed out Cup) was a one-off,” the new coach added. of the tournament will have traumatised “Brazil has good players. They were criti- many of their players, but Dunga hinted cised because they did not get the results that he will not now look to make sweep- that people hoped they would.” — AFP Falcao returns for Monaco LONDON: Monaco striker Radamel team-mate James Rodriguez from Falcao made his first appearance for over Monaco in a deal worth around 80 mil- six months as a second-half substitute in lion euros ($108 million, £63.9million). his side’s 2-2 friendly draw against But Jardim said: “At this moment, Valencia in London yesterday. regardless of what people say, Falcao is The 28-year-old Colombia internation- with us. He’s in the final stages of his al had not played since rupturing the recovery. I count on him for this season.” anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee The match was the opening game of during a French Cup game against ama- the Emirates Cup pre-season tournament, teur side Chasselay on January 22. which also features hosts Arsenal and The injury cut short his debut season Benfica. at the big-spending Ligue 1 club and pre- Monaco took the lead in the 30th vented him from appearing at the World minute when Joao Moutinho’s left-wing Cup, where Colombia reached the quar- corner was met by Aymen Abdennour ter-finals. and flicked into the net off Ruben Vezo Falcao replaced Dimitar Berbatov with for an own goal. 18 minutes to play at the Emirates A Ricardo Carvalho own goal six min- Stadium, taking up a central role along- utes later levelled the scores and Valencia side Valere Germain in a 4-4-2 system, but went in front 20 minutes from full-time did not manage any attempts on goal. when substitute Paco Alcacer tapped in a “Falcao played for 20 minutes to help him low cross from Aly Cissokho. But after overcome his anxiety, which is natural Falcao had made his entrance from the when you come back after six months bench, Lucas Ocampos struck an 80th- without playing,” said Monaco coach minute equaliser for Monaco, running Leonardo Jardim. from deep and planting a shot in the bot- “He played well. It was important for tom-left corner from outside the box. him to play a bit, so tomorrow (Sunday, Monaco, runners-up to Paris Saint- against Arsenal) he can play from the Germain last season, open their Ligue 1 beginning. “Let’s see tomorrow if he can campaign at home to Lorient a week LONDON: Arsenal’s Mathieu Flamini (right) vies with Benfica’s Nicolas Gaitan (left) during the pre-season football friendly match between play for 60 minutes or just 45.” Falcao has today. Valencia’s season does not begin Arsenal and Benfica at The Emirates Stadium. — AFP been linked with a move to Real Madrid, until August 23, when they visit Sevilla in who have already signed his international La Liga. — AFP Arsenal crush Benfica

LONDON: French striker Yaya Sanogo scored of Southampton-starting in an unfamiliar posi- attempt in stoppage time. four times as Arsenal crushed Portuguese cham- tion at centre-back alongside fellow full-back The towering former Auxerre striker claimed pions Benfica 5-1 at the Emirates Cup friendly Nacho Monreal. his fourth four minutes into the second period, tournament in London yesterday. After Campbell had seen an early penalty rolling the ball into an empty net after Benfica The 21-year-old, who has never scored a com- claim waved away, Gaitan gave Arsenal a scare goalkeeper Moraes Artur had parried from petitive goal for the club, claimed a first-half hat- with an adroit half-volley that skimmed the Ramsey. trick and added another goal in the second half crossbar. But after Campbell had scuffed wide Gaitan headed in from a long throw-in with to upstage star signing Alexis Sanchez, who from Aaron Ramsey’s dinked pass and Sanogo just under half an hour remaining, but Arsenal’s made his first appearance as a late substitute. had steered a low Hector Bellerin cross the fans were given further reason to cheer when Costa Rica forward Joel Campbell, back at wrong side of the near post, the hosts clicked Chile forward Sanchez replaced Campbell to Arsenal after three seasons out on loan, scored into gear in devastating fashion. Sanogo broke make his debut following his switch from the hosts’ other goal, with Nicolas Gaitan reply- the deadlock in the 26th minute with a clever Barcelona for a fee of around £30 million ($50.4 ing for Europa League runners-up Benfica. back-heeled finish from Ramsey’s right-wing million, 37.6 million euros). Arsenal’s new num- The game at the Emirates Stadium followed cross. The adventurous Bellerin then teed up ber 17 almost created a goal for fellow substitute the 2-2 draw between Valencia and Monaco in Campbell to bludgeon home a left-foot volley in Francis Coquelin in injury time, but the young the first game of the four-team friendly competi- the 40th minute. Improbably, there was time for midfielder’s shot came back off the post. tion, which concludes today. Sanogo to complete his hat-trick before the Arsenal play Monaco on Sunday before fac- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger used the interval. He tucked away a volleyed cross from ing Manchester City in the Community Shield occasion to cast his eye over some fringe play- Campbell in the 44th minute and then flicked in next weekend, while Benfica will close the tour- Monaco striker Radamel Falcao ers, with new signing Calum Chambers-formerly a centre from Kieran Gibbs at the second nament against Valencia. — AFP Garcia leaves PSG cruise to pack behind Champions Trophy triumph in China

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GLASGOW: (Left to right) Kenya’s Mercy Cherono, Kenya’s Janet Kisa and Kenya’s Margaret Muriuki pose after the final of the women’s 5000m athletics event at Hampden Park during the 2014 Commonwealth Games. — AFP Kenyans grab double gold Games hit by new doping shock

GLASGOW: Kenya grabbed back-to-back gold yes- foursome also including multiple world and the light-flyweight final, and later Conlan outpoint- dleweights while England’s Scott Fitzgerald got the seconds.” Australia comfortably saw off England 4-1 terday as the last night of track and field at the Olympic medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown and ed Qais Ashfaq of England in the bantamweight better of Mandeep Jangra in the welterweight divi- in the hockey semis and will face India, who came Commonwealth Games got under way while the Kerron Stewart. showdown. sion. back from 0-2 down to defeat New Zealand 3-2, for showpiece reeled from a second doping shock. The Games, which conclude on Sunday, were Joe Fitzgerald though failed to make it three out England were earlier dealt a double blow in their fifth consecutive gold. Mercy Cherono won the women’s 5000m final rocked when it was announced that former of three as he lost the lightweight final to Scotland’s team events with defeats in the semi-finals of the In the women’s hockey final later Saturday, at a soaking wet Hampden Park as Kenya clinched women’s world 400m champion Amantle Montsho Charlie Flynn. For Barnes, the win was doubly sweet women’s netball and the men’s hockey. Australia, having won three of the last four golds, a fourth successive triumph in the event with com- had failed a drugs test. The Botswanan, who won as he became the first boxer in Commonwealth The netballers went down 35-34 to New tackle England who have never won the title. patriot James Kiplagat Magut taking the men’s the world title in 2011 and finished second behind Games history to retain a title. Zealand with Marai Tutaia sinking the winner in the Australia have scored 32 goals and conceded 1500m.But the biggest cheer came for 40-year-old Christine Ohuruogu in Moscow last year, tested Andrew Moloney of Australia took the flyweight final two seconds after a misplaced pass from just one at the Glasgow tournament and boast the Jo Pavey after the English mother of two took positive for the banned stimulant methylhexa- gold outclassing tough Pakistani Muhammad Kadeen Corbin as the English pushed forward in top scorer in Jodie Kenny who has nine goals. bronze in the 5,000m. Jamaica won the women’s neamine after the final of the 400 metres in Waseem. England’s Olympic champion Nicola search of glory. Joshana Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal ensured 4x400m relay while England won a thrilling men’s Glasgow. Adams edged a close contest with Michaela Walsh The defending champion Silver Fearns will play India’s maiden Commonwealth Games squash relay. Later Saturday, star attractions Usain Bolt and On Friday, Nigerian teenage weightlifter Chika on a split flyweight decision to become the first top-ranked Australia, who defeated Jamaica, in medal was a gold as they shocked top seeds Laura Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce headline two Jamaican Amalaha was stripped of her Commonwealth women’s boxing champion at the Commonwealth today’s final. “They are really good in turning every Massaro and Jenny Duncalf of England with an 11- quartets bidding for victories in the men’s and women’s 53kg gold medal after also failing a drugs Games. Shelley Watts took the women’s mid- trick out, and trying to turn the ball over. And that’s 6, 11-8 win in the women’s doubles final. women’s 4x100m relays. test. Northern Ireland finally ended their gold dleweight honors by beating India’s Laishram Devi. exactly what they did,” England goal shooter Jo “We are really excited, not only for us but for Bolt made a highly-anticipated return to the medal drought with wins for Paddy Barnes and That was one of four boxing silvers for India with Harten said. Indian squash in general,” said Pallikal, who missed track in anchoring his team through the heat, Michael Conlan in the boxing finals. Devendro Laishram having lost to Barnes, Vijender “They’ve got some top notch players, world her home Games in Delhi four years ago due to ill- Fraser-Pryce doing the same for a strong women’s Barnes defeated Devendro Laishram of India in Vijender went down to Anthony Fowler in the mid- class players. And they dealt it to us in those final ness. — AFP India fightback sets up Chinappa and Pallikal give final against Australia India maiden squash gold GLASGOW: India will face Australia in a repeat “It’s going to be a lot more intense. We will GLASGOW: Joshana Chinappa and Dipika government will be that much more excited of the Commonwealth Games men’s hockey pressure all around the field and go forward Pallikal ensured India’s maiden about the sport as well.” final from four years ago in Delhi after produc- with Indian-style skills.” In the pouring morning Commonwealth Games squash medal was For Massaro this was a second silver ing a stunning comeback from 2-0 down to rain it was England who were caught cold after a gold as they shocked top seeds Laura medal of the Games after losing out to Nicol beat New Zealand 3-2 yesterday. just two minutes as Tristan White gave Australia Massaro and Jenny Duncalf of England with David in the singles final but she insisted an 11-6, 11-8 win in the women’s doubles she was happy with her fortnight. Earlier, Australia had secured their place in a the perfect start from a penalty corner before final. The Indian pair won the tactical battle “I’m not disappointed that we didn’t win, fifth successive Games final with a 4-1 rout over Simon Orchard doubled their lead just eight as they pulled the top seeded duo out wide we gave it our all and I’m proud of our silver,” England. New Zealand had won all four of their minutes later. to create gaps in the middle as they she said. “I’m more proud of our perform- matches in the pool stages and looked well on “We expected a very tough game against a achieved a surprise gold despite being 7-2 ance in the doubles, we don’t play for four course for the final thanks to early goals from very strong opponent, but our boys did really down in the second game. years and for us to come together as a pair Simon Chile and Nick Haig. well today,” said Australia coach Graham Reid. “We are really excited, not only for us but with very little competition practice and However, India rallied just before half-time “Scoring a goal with two minutes gone in for Indian squash in general,” said Pallikal, perform like that on the big stage is some- with a penalty stroke being awarded when the the match is something we dream about. We who missed her home Games in Delhi four thing to be proud of. “Coming away with ball had been illegally blocked on the New always try to create opportunities for to make years ago due to illness. “We have been in two silvers isn’t quite a gold, but it’s every Zealand line from a penalty corner and captain that happen.” Harry Martin briefly gave England the shadows for a very long time and hope- four years and you do your best in the for the day Rupindeer Singh slotted home. hope when he bundled home from close range fully this can open up to a lot of girls. moment.” England’s Alison Waters and And the game was turned on its head dur- on 52 minutes to half the deficit. “Even when we were down in the sec- Emma Beddoes earned a straightforward ing a five minute spell early in the second-half However, England never looked like levelling ond game we still had the belief that we bronze medal after comfortably beating as Ramandeep Singh skillfully flicked home a and Australia rounded off their victory with two could do it and we never wanted to let go of Kasey Brown and Rachael Grinham. low cross before Akashdeep Singh blasted high more goals in the final 10 minutes as Chris any point. And I guess that is what made Meanwhile David Palmer became the into the roof of the net to give India a deserved Ciriello fired a penalty corner low into the net the difference. We could have come out 1-1 most decorated squash player in the victory. before Eddie Ockenden had the simple task of and a third game would have been very Commonwealth Games after guaranteeing “I think we did really well in the second half. finishing into an open goal. tough. himself two more medals to take his lifetime We changed the game and created more “We’re very disappointed. We thought we “I think just that desire kept us going. We tally to eight. opportunities to score even without having too could win but we weren’t quite there today,” have come so far that we didn’t want to set- Australian Palmer has a chance of many penalty corners. We were more dominant said England coach Bobby Crutchley. tle for silver. We don’t like silver, we like only making them gold as he takes on defend- as a team,” said India’s Australian coach Terry “We didn’t create a lot and they made it gold. I don’t think it has sunk in yet.” ing champions Nick Matthew and Adrian Walsh. quite difficult for us.” England do, though, at “Hopefully this will bring more recogni- Grant in the final of the men’s doubles And Walsh is confident his men can beat his least have the chance to secure a medal in the tion to squash in India,” added Chinappa. with partner Cameron Pilley after beating compatriots on Sunday despite having already bronze medal match today. “We don’t want to GLASGOW: New Zealand’s Simon Child (left) takes a shot past “It’s definitely growing leaps and bounds English pair Daryl Selby and James lost to the world and Commonwealth champi- leave here with nothing,” added Crutchley. “We India’s Sunil Vitalacharya (right) during their men’s semi-final but hopefully now, winning a medal, the Willstrop 11-4, 11-4. — AFP ons 4-2 during the group stages in Glasgow. want that bronze medal tomorrow.” — AFP field hockeymatch between New Zealand and India. — AFP India’s Flipkart raises $1bn in funds to tackle Amazon Page 22

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YANGON: Ooredoo Myanmar CEO Ross Cormack talks to the media at the launch ceremony of the introduction for Ooredoo mobile phone SIM cards, at a hotel in Yangon yesterday. — AFP Ooredoo opens up Myanmar mobile market Economical SIM cards a big hit

YANGON: Qatari telecoms firm Ooredoo began nologies to the long-isolated nation. The SIM card towns and cities, around and including the three ket,” firm spokeswoman Hanne Knudsen told AFP. al company also started selling low-cost SIMs last selling low-cost SIM cards in Myanmar yesterday, was officially launched for sale yesterday in the hubs launched yesterday, by mid-August. Myanmar has generated huge international year, but through a lottery system which is rela- opening up access to mobile services in one of major cities of Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw But some shops were reported to have started investor interest since wide-ranging reforms intro- tively small in scale, leaving many people to still the world’s last virtually untapped phone markets. at a price of 1,500 kyat ($1.5), a fraction of the cost selling advance stock as early as last week with duced under the current quasi-civilian govern- rely on manned roadside stalls where they can use Less than 10 percent of the population is thought of ordinary cards in Myanmar which retail at cases of vendors demanding above the retail price ment saw most Western sanctions lifted. Actual conventional telephones to keep in touch. to have access to a telephone in Myanmar where about $200. Under junta rule a SIM could go for and even selling out. investment has been tempered by nervousness Alongside the opportunities of entering one of the exorbitant cost of a SIM under former junta more than $1,500. “I bought two SIM cards yesterday for 5,000 over the regulatory framework. But the telecoms the world’s few remaining frontier mobile markets rule made mobile phones a luxury. kyat each. The price is still very cheap if you com- tender process eventually won by Telenor and are the many challenges of reaching scattered But last year the reformist government led by Mobile buzz pare it with what was previously available,” Khaing Ooredoo last June saw some 90 firms compete for rural communities in Myanmar. Patchy power, President Thein Sein awarded telecom licenses to Ooredoo billboards advertising traditionally- Moe, a university student, told AFP. the 15-year licenses, the first to be awarded by poor road connections and regulatory issues such Ooredoo as well as Norway’s Telenor, part of a garbed women holding a parasol in one hand and Rival Telenor, which also plans to sell its SIM Myanmar. as land rights are among the problems companies wider move to open up markets previously a mobile in the other have plastered downtown cards for 1,500 kyat, said it would launch in The two foreign firms will soon compete face in building a mobile network. The growing monopolized by state firms. “This is history that Yangon streets for weeks, helping to build a buzz Myanmar in September. “Healthy mobile competi- against each other and existing state-owned giant Buddhist nationalist movement in Myanmar has we made here today,” said Ooredoo Myanmar CEO around the launch. Several million SIM cards will tion in the mobile industry will benefit consumers Myanmar Post and Telecommunication for a also posed a threat. In June radical monks urged a Ross Cormack at a press conference in Yangon, be on sale from 6,500 dealers, according to in Myanmar and we are confident that Telenor will potentially lucrative pool of customers among the boycott of Ooredoo because it hails from Muslim- adding the firm was bringing the very latest tech- Cormack, ahead of a wider rollout to cover 68 become the most affordable offering in the mar- country’s estimated 60 million people. The nation- majority Qatar. — AFP Sanctions on Russian economy set to bite MOSCOW: Moscow dismisses Western sanctions euros ($437 billion) last year. The Brussels-based as mostly bark, but analysts warned the latest EU Observer cited an EU source as saying the measures announced by the EU and US will also sanctions will hurt the Russian economy by 23 bil- bite the Russian economy, which is teetering on lion euros this year, or 1.5 percent of its gross the edge of recession. Washington and Brussels domestic product, and by 75 billion euros or 4.8 announced on Tuesday the strongest sanctions on percent of GDP next year-enough to push the Russia since the Cold War over Moscow’s annexa- country into recession. tion of Crimea and support for separatists in “This is more than serious, unlike the two pre- Ukraine. vious sanctions packages, this is a direct hit on the The US prohibited three leading Russian banks country’s economy as a whole,” said Nikolai Petrov, from raising anything but short-term funding on a professor at Moscow’s Higher School of US markets. The EU also began imposing so-called Economics. “The effects of this will be quickly felt sector sanctions, crimping access of Russian state- by ordinary Russians,” he told AFP. So far sanctions controlled banks to European capital markets. It have not been felt directly, although the ruble has also banned future arms sales to Russia, restricted slid by about 7.5 percent against the dollar since the export of goods with both defence and civil- the start of the year, making imported goods ian applications, and clamped down on technolo- more expensive. gy transfers, especially in the energy sector. A recent survey by the independent Levada Russian officials have remained defiant, saying polling centre found that 58 percent of Russians the sanctions would not sway policy. “Talking to are not worried about the sanctions. Igor Russia in the language of sanctions is useless,” Nikolayev, head of the FBK Strategic Analysis Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said in Institute, told AFP that effects of the sanctions comments published in Kommersant broadsheet would not be felt immediately, but only gradually. VILNIUS: Lithuanian people take selfies as they eat Polish apples in front of the Russian Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania. — AFP on Wednesday. “Sanctions may help unite us, resulting in Russia having a stronger economy Sanctions squeeze cheap credit ‘#Eatapples’ Twitter campaign and a healthier society that no longer has any illu- “Very important for the Russian economy is sions.” The government has recently said it plans the halting or sharp reduction in the access to to raise its annual growth forecast from 0.5 to cheap credit,” he said. Not only state-controlled around 1.0 percent, but last week the banks face higher borrowing costs, Russian com- hits back at Russian sanctions International Monetary Fund slashed its estimate panies could also have to pay higher rates if by 1.1 points to just 0.2 percent growth. Western investors become wary of lending, crimp- WARSAW: Poles launched a Twitter campaign security advisory to Polish President Bronislaw impact of the embargo on Polish growers post- ing investment and economic activity. Russian urging countrymen to “#eatapples to spite Komorowski, tweeted. Moscow’s ban on Polish ed recipes for apple pie and strudel and sug- ‘Direct hit on economy’ corporate debt stands at $700 billion, he said, and Putin” a day after Russia slapped an embargo apples is seen as a response to Poland’s enthu- gested sending all the apple cores to Russian Analysts and businesses believe that the sanc- must be refinanced. on Polish produce in retaliation against Western siastic support for EU sanctions against Russia President Vladimir Putin. Russia accounts for tions could begin to bite. The Moscow-based Analysts at London-based Capital Economics sanctions. Poland is the world’s largest exporter over its role in the Ukraine crisis. Politicians, nearly seven percent of Polish agri-food exports Association of European Businesses said it warned recently that the indirect impact of sanc- of apples, making Russia’s decision to ban their celebrities, journalists and other Polish annually and buys up one million tonnes of “expects that these new sanctions will not only tions could be severe. “Even if the direct impact of import highly symbolic. “#jedzjablka (#eatap- Twitterati eagerly joined the campaign, tweet- Polish apples each year, according to the latest hurt the Russian economy,” but will also hurt the sanctions is limited, the indirect impact can be ples) to spite Putin. Join the campaign to ing photos of themselves biting into apples or Polish agriculture ministry figures. Russian European Union, which is struggling to maintain significant,” chief emerging markets economist demonstrate what we’re doing with the the drinking cider. authorities slapped a ban on Polish fruit and growth. EU-Russia trade amounted to 326 billion Neil Shearing said in a research note. —AFP Russian embargo,” Stanislaw Koziej, national Other “fruit patriots” intent on easing the vegetable imports beginning August 1. — AFP BUSINESS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

BAYT.COM SURVEY India’s Flipkart raises $1bn Six reasons you should be hiring in funds to tackle Amazon fresh graduates Venture capitalists pour money into sector lthough most companies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are looking to fill in junior and MUMBAI: India’s top e-commerce company Flipkart said Tuesday it had raised $1 billion (60 billion rupees) middle level positions in their companies (according A in funds as it battles US giant Amazon for supremacy to the Bayt.com MENA Job Index Survey, March 2014, 36 per- in the hyper-competitive local market. Flipkart, set up cent of them are looking for junior candidates), fresh gradu- in 2007 by two former Amazon employees, said ates may still be seen by some employers as a burden. Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC was among Experienced candidates do require less training and know those to participate in the fundraising, the latest cash how to handle long work hours, but there are also many ben- injection into the e-commerce market. efits to hiring a fresh grad. Below, the HR experts at Bayt.com, “The fresh round of funding is a great milestone in the Middle East’s #1 job site, discuss some of these benefits: the e-commerce industry of India,” Flipkart’s co- founder Sachin Bansal told reporters in Bangalore. 1. Fresh graduates require lower salaries “Very few Internet companies in the world could have One of the main advantages of hiring fresh graduates is raised such funds publicly.” Flipkart is the country’s that hiring them is less expensive than hiring more experi- biggest online shopping portal in an e-commerce enced professionals. The market rate for hiring a fresh gradu- market that is still puny next to China’s. But the mar- ate is not very high. According to the Bayt.com ‘Fresh ket, whose sales reached $2.3 billion in 2013 accord- Graduates in the MENA’ survey, July 2014, 31 percent of ing to Indian consultancy Technopak, is expanding respondents do not expect a salary higher than USD 500 a rapidly, with venture capitalists pouring money into month in their first job. This doesn’t mean that you can hire a the sector, scenting potential. fresh graduate and pay them extremely low salaries, i.e. Bansal, whose firm began with music and books salaries that are way lower than the market rate, but it pro- and expanded rapidly into mobiles, appliances and vides an opportunity for a company to hire a talented indi- other goods, said the funding was “validation of the view that India’s Internet could produce multi-billion vidual at an entry-level rate and invest in them so they dollar companies”. Pragya Singh, associate vice presi- become star employees for your company. NEW DELHI: In this photograph, a visitor browses through books of Indian online book retailer Flipkart on dent of Technopak, said “investors are realizing that a screen at the New Delhi World Book Fair in New Delhi. — AFP the firms they are investing in need their best backing” 2. Fresh graduates give innovative ideas $330 million-the largest of a string of transactions in such as same-day delivery, as well as large-scale if they want to survive the stiff competition. the sector in the past two years. advertising. and new perspectives Flipkart had earlier drawn backers such as New- Fresh graduates might have done a few internships, but Flipkart has been helped greatly by its service that The US giant earlier this week said it would set up York based venture capitalists Tiger Global allows customers to pay by cash-on-delivery. Many large warehouses in India to ensure speedy delivery. they haven’t yet been instilled into the corporate world. Their Management LLC and announced earlier this year that Indians do not own bank cards while others feel Technopak’s Singh said the future of Indian e-com- mind isn’t tainted with previous company practices. As such, it had passed the one billion sales mark. In May, uncomfortable using them online. Amazon, which merce was closely linked to the rapid spread of mobile they can bring a new perspective to your organization. Most Flipkart said it was taking over rival Myntra, India’s top entered the market mid last year, has been aggressive- internet. “Mobile commerce is taking off in India and is universities emphasize on the importance of innovation, online fashion venture, in a deal analysts estimated at ly ramping up its presence in India through services being led by the smartphones wave.” — AFP which these graduates bring to the table. 61.8 percent pro- fessionals in the MENA say that innovation has led to improved financial performance according to the Bayt.com ‘Innovation in the MENA’ poll, January 2013. Fresh grads Axeon says it bought Kurdish might be able to point out flaws which are unseen by the cur- rent staff. crude weeks before Iraq suit 3. Fresh graduates are masters of continuous learning Fresh graduates are often eager to learn and extremely determined to prove themselves. When given a task they HOUSTON: An asphalt maker in New Jersey became the sec- That cargo, now idle for several days, is at the center of a Shaikan, Taq Taq and Tawke are also being sold to the tackle it wholeheartedly. They’re not afraid of asking ques- ond US company to publicly confirm buying Kurdish crude legal dispute between Iraq and Kurdistan over who owns it. European market, including to Russian firm Rosneft’s Ruhr Oel tions, as they’re trained to do so in college. Being similar to a oil, saying on Friday it had imported a cargo just weeks Despite objections from Baghdad and occasional disquiet in refineries in Germany. Two tankers, the Nord Farer and the “blank canvas”, they can adapt to any corporate culture easily. before an Iraqi lawsuit over a separate $100 million shipment Washington, a number of major US companies, including Angelica AN, are scheduled to deliver Kurdish crudes in offshore Texas. In response to questions from Reuters, Axeon ExxonMobil Corp, Chevron Corp, Marathon Oil Corp and Hess August to buyers in France and Russia, according to Reuters They’re also open to new ideas and working styles. Specialty Products said it received the Kurdish Shaikan crude Corp, are operating in Iraqi Kurdistan. Kurdish crudes such as tracking data. — Reuters cargo in June at its Paulsboro refinery. The company did not 4. Fresh graduates have ample technical say whether it is the buyer of another cargo carrying Kurdish and business skills crude from Turkey on the 300,000-barrel Minerva Joy tanker Numerous technical skills are taught to graduates in col- now headed for New Jersey, according to Reuters sources lege such as computer skills. This is very important as 48 per- and ship data. Although Baghdad objects to any independ- cent respondents in the ‘Fresh Graduates in the MENA’ feel ent financial deals with Kurdistan’s Regional Government, that computer skills are required to excel in the workplace. small shipments of oil such as the one imported by Axeon Other skills they acquire are administration skills, communi- have spread all over the global market. But even those cargoes are coming under greater scrutiny cation and problem solving skills, and so forth. Their analyz- after Iraq won a US court order this week to seize a one-mil- ing and critical thinking capabilities are at a peak at this time. lion-barrel shipment that arrived in the Gulf of Mexico only a The subject matter is fresh in their mind and they might be week ago in a dispute that has spooked buyers. On Thursday, able to apply these terms and concepts for the betterment of after a Reuters report identified it as having imported Kurdish your organization. crude, LyondellBasell confirmed it recently bought “modest quantities” of “Iraqi crudes” but that it would halt further pur- 5. Fresh graduates have greater chases because of the dispute. commitment towards work For its part, Axeon did not say if it would buy any more Fresh graduates usually do not have familial commit- cargoes of Kurdish crude, but acknowledged it was “the ments. They usually fend for themselves. Due to this, they dis- importer of record for the June shipment,” according to a company official. “We purchased this cargo on a delivered play more commitment towards work. Older individuals with Paulsboro, New Jersey, basis from a reputable supplier.” The CARNEGIE: This photo shows an Exxon sign at a Exxon gas station in Carnegie, Pa. Exxon Mobil Corp family ties will have a harder time trying to balance their Minerva Joy tanker is slated to deliver on August 11 after reported quarterly financial results. — AP work and family time. Fresh graduates might be willing to leaving a Turkish port used to export crude trucked in by the work longer hours and take up additional projects. Kurds, according to shipping data available via ThomsonReuters Eikon. 6. Fresh graduates are up-to-date with Air France strike delays the latest technology Risky business The generation gap becomes evident when it comes to So far, Iraq has focused its crackdown mainly on large flights at Paris airports technology. According to the Bayt.com ‘Millennials in the tankers departing Ceyan, Turkey, where a pipeline from Kurdistan ends. Vessels loaded at Dortyol with trucked in oil MENA’ survey, February 2014, both millennials and the older PARIS: A 24-hour strike by Air France ground staff from or leaving on summer vacation, and thousands of can be tougher to follow and have generally been easily sold. generation agree that technology makes them effective at Though purchases aren’t banned, Washington has told US caused flight delays and frustration for huge numbers foreign tourists arriving for a French holiday were using work. Three quarters of those below 35 believe that older col- companies that buying Kurdish crude can be risky. of passengers at Paris airports yesterday on one of Orly and the bigger Charles de Gaulle airport yesterday. leagues do not take full advantage of technology available. Iraq’s central government has stepped up efforts to block France’s busiest travel weekends of the year. To cope The two airports were expected to handle a combined On the other hand, youngsters are able to type on a key- independent oil sales by Kurdistan’s Regional Government, with the disruption, Air France had already taken the total of about a million passengers over the weekend. board or on their mobile at an unmatchable rate. They know which sees the revenues as central to securing greater auton- precaution of scrapping around one in seven of its Around 15 flights at Charles de Gaulle and more at Orly how to keep up with the latest technological trends and they omy from Baghdad. After confirming it bought two cargoes short- and medium-haul flights from the capital’s Orly took off late, airport officials said. The ground staff were can bring this, as an asset, to any job. in May, Lyondell did not say if it had agreed to buy the one- airport. It said its long-haul services would be unaffect- striking to protest what they say are deteriorating work- million-barrel cargo currently on the tanker United Kalavrvta ed. Hundreds of thousands of French citizens returning ing conditions.— AFP off the coast of Texas. EXCHANGE RATES

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Lebanon Motorsport and Tuning Show 2014

JOUNIEH: A model poses next to a Mercedes Benz during the Lebanon Motorsport and A model poses next to a Ford Mustang. Tuning Show 2014 in Jounieh, north of Beirut. The show exhibited more than 90 of some of the best vehicles in Lebanon including tuned cars, super cars, American Muscle cars and extreme 4x4s, in addition to more than 40 motorcycles. —AFP photos

Classic American muscle cars are exhibited. A Ferrari is on display. A model poses on a chopper motorcycle.

A model poses inside a classic Corvette. A model poses on a Chevrolet Camaro. US judge orders new talks Crucial players in the Argentine debt drama on Argentina debt dispute BUENOS AIRES: A cutthroat speculator, to bear witness to fatigue, and he is an unyielding judge and a feisty presi- expected to retire to his ranch in dent are among the colorful cast of Montana when the case is finally fin- NEW YORK: The US judge presiding over judge an “agent” of the two hedge funds, NML rently sitting in a Bank of New York Mellon characters behind the complex legal ished. Argentina’s bitter dispute with two hedge funds Capital and Aurelius Capital Management. account, frozen by Griesa’s ruling. “Preventing left the country stranded in default Friday, order- Argentina’s lawyer Jonathan Blackman told the someone from paying is not a default,” President and financial wrangling of Argentina’s The stakes in the case are high for a ing it to hold new negotiations and calling for an court Friday that the country “no longer has confi- Cristina Kirchner said on national television down-to-the-wire debt drama. district court, and critics accuse Griesa end to “mistrust.” Despite fighting tooth-and-nail, dence in the process” of negotiations being led by Thursday. But the judge called such statements of upending the international financial Buenos Aires has been unable to find a way Pollack. “Let’s cool down any idea of mistrust,” “highly misleading,” saying Argentina was offering Paul Singer, The Speculator system with a decision that undermines around District Judge Thomas Griesa’s ruling in Griesa said. “What can be trusted is proposals, rec- to pay only the 92 percent of creditors who Self-made billionaire Paul Singer pio- the ability of struggling countries to favor of the hedge funds, which has blocked it ommendations. That is what is important.” agreed to a write-down. neered the strategy of buying up bank- restructure their debt. The New York from making payments to other creditors who Argentina says paying the hedge funds-which it Declarations of Argentina’s default, mean- agreed to take a 70 percent write-down after the calls “vulture funds”-could expose it to claims for while, continued piling up in the financial world. rupt governments’ bonds, then launch- Times’ chief financial correspondent country’s 2001 economic crisis. It missed a $539 up to $100 billion from creditors who accepted a The International Swaps and Derivatives ing aggressive legal action to make wrote in a recent column that Griesa’s Association, the group governing the derivatives them pay in full. The founder of hedge rulings in the case “were meant to trade, ruled the country in default Friday, trigger- fund Elliott Management-the parent accomplish one thing-force Argentina ing payments on an estimated $1 billion worth of company of NML Capital, one of two to live up to what he repeatedly called credit insurance policies. All 15 of the members of plaintiffs fighting Argentina’s bid to its ‘obligations’-but failed to take into the ISDA committee ruling on credit events agreed that it had defaulted-including Elliott write down its defaulted debt-Singer account just how complex the situation Management, the parent company of NML built his estimated $1.5-billion fortune is.” But Griesa’s 2012 verdict was upheld Capital. with the profitable but controversial in an appeals process that went all the That came after Standard & Poor’s declared strategy. way to the Supreme Court, which Argentina in “selective default” Wednesday and Argentina and others condemn the declined to re-hear the case. Fitch declared it in “restrictive default” Thursday. 69-year-old American as a “vulture,” but Both terms indicate the country has defaulted on one or more of its financial commitments but to many on Wall Street he is simply a Cristina Kirchner, The President continues to meet others. Moody’s simply called smart investor who stands to turn the Unlike in 2001, when the Argentine it a “default” and lowered its outlook on Argentine $48 million his firm spent on cut-rate crisis forced four presidents to resign in bonds to “negative,” though it left its rating Argentine bonds into $832 million. 10 days, the current standoff has seen unchanged at “Caa1.” Singer, who studied psychology before President Cristina Kirchner turn her eco- Fitch warned the situation was hurting the getting a law degree at Harvard nomic headaches into a political nation’s economy, and issued downgrades Friday on all 10 Argentine corporate borrowers it University, has a record of supporting weapon. She has scored points both at rates.”The default by the Argentine government is conservative Republican causes and home and with fellow leftist leaders likely to lead to higher inflation and will further candidates. But he surprised many around the region by going on the pressure an economy that is already contracting,” when he took up the fight for gay mar- attack against the “vulture funds” she it said. Analysts say the damage can still be con- riage-”a wonderful thing,” declared the accuses of using domineering US courts trolled if the default is fleeting, but warn a lengthy speculator, whose son is gay. He has to hold Latin America’s third-largest standoff would deepen Argentina’s recession, fuel blamed Argentina for its own economic economy hostage. BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner speaks during a inflation and unemployment, and further the woes, calling them “self-imposed,” but Known for her school-mistress ceremony at the government house in Buenos Aires. —AFP country’s isolation from global financial markets. Argentina’s 2001 default on $100 billion in for- said in January: “We’ve been willing for demeanor and long auburn hair, million payment due Wednesday after 11th-hour write-down, since they are entitled to equal treat- eign debt, the largest in history at the time, quite a while to sit down with Kirchner is looking to protect the legacy talks failed to break the impasse with the two ment under what is called a Rights Upon Future plunged the country into crisis. Rioting left 33 Argentina. We could settle this thing in of the more than decade-long presiden- American hedge funds, which refuse to accept a Offers, or RUFO, clause. people dead after the government froze savings an afternoon.” tial dynasty begun by her late husband write-down. Sources close to the case say JP Morgan and accounts to halt a run on the banks. But analysts Griesa, who has blocked Argentina from serv- other banks are in negotiations with the hedge say the global impact of the new default will be Nestor. Nestor Kirchner-who had been icing its restructured debt without also repaying funds to settle the dispute by buying some or all far smaller, as Argentina has since been locked Thomas Griesa, The Judge expected to continue the couple’s pow- the hedge funds the full $1.3 billion it owes them, of their bonds. JP Morgan has declined to com- out of international capital markets. In a separate Appointed a federal judge by former er-shuffling dance until his sudden ordered the litigants to hold new talks. “Let’s go ment. Meanwhile, Argentina’s economy ministry procedural step, Griesa issued a court order that president Richard Nixon in 1972, death of a heart attack in 2010 — inher- back to work,” Griesa said at a hearing in New called for an investigation into whether the New lets Euroclear and Clearstream make one-time Thomas Griesa has spent the past 10 ited a mountain of debt that stood at York, the first since Argentina went into default. York litigation by the holdouts was a “maneuver” payments to bond holders for debt issued in the years presiding over Argentina’s messy 160 percent of GDP when he took office He rejected Argentina’s request to change the to benefit from a default by the South American 2005 and 2010 restructurings. Euroclear and court-appointed mediator charged with marshal- country. Clearstream are financial services companies that dispute with NML and fellow hedge in 2003. Kirchner, 61, has now cut that ing the negotiations, attorney Daniel Pollack, and specialize in the settlements of securities transac- fund Aurelius Management. Known for figure to 40 percent, and is determined called for more trust. ‘Highly misleading’ tions. The decision does not affect the block on his inflexible, unsmiling courtroom not to let “extortion” by American hedge The Argentine government has accused Griesa Argentine officials have denied the country is the $539 million payment via Bank of New York demeanor, the 83-year-old has drooping funds and courts plunge the country and Pollack of “incompetence” and called the in default since the payment in question is cur- Mellon. —AFP eyelids and stooped posture that seem back into economic collapse. —AFP BUSINESS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

Nigerian president replaces state oil firm’s leadership

ABUJA: Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has inquiry on oil corruption that was conducted in country’s vast energy wealth. will take up management of the firm’s development replaced the top four executives at Nigeria National February. Yakubu was not immediately available for There was similar pressure at the time of the pre- arm, the NPDC. Aisha Mata Abdurrahman is the new Petroleum Corporation, his office said yesterday, comment. Numerous reports and audits have vious NNPC management change in June 2012. group executive director of commercial and invest- intervening in one of the country’s most powerful accused NNPC of corruption and in February then Appointments to powerful positions in a Nigerian ment and Attahir Yusuf is the new group executive institutions and the source of 80 percent of govern- central bank governor Lamido Sanusi submitted evi- election cycle - presidential polls are six months director of business development. ment revenues. Joseph Thlama Dawha replaces dence to parliament that the company had failed to away - are also often linked to shoring up patronage Oil industry sources say regardless of who Andrew Yakubu as NNPC group managing director. remit some $20 billion it owed. networks. Dawha is a Christian from Biu, an area in runs NNPC, major decisions are made by Oil Reuben Abati, a spokesman for Goodluck Jonathan’s The NNPC denied the charges, but the evidence it the largely Muslim northeastern Borno state which is Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke. In addition to office, declined to give further details. gave to explain away the missing money was derid- currently being ravaged by an Islamist Boko Haram suspected corruption, Nigeria’s oil sector suffers A senior presidency source, who declined to be ed by critics. Jonathan has come under intense pres- insurgency that has heavily targeted Christians. from oil theft in the creeks of the Niger Delta named, said it was because Jonathan was unim- sure to clean up Africa’s biggest energy sector after a He previously held another executive role within where tens of thousands of barrels are siphoned pressed with Yakubu’s handling of a parliamentary public outcry over corruption and waste of the the company. Anthony Muoneke, a career lawyer, off each day. — Reuters Yellen ‘dashboard’ signals caution WASHINGTON: With employers ramping up hir- December 2007, when the recession officially ing and the unemployment rate sinking in the began. Because these workers have jobs, they past year, pressure is rising on Janet Yellen’s aren’t counted as unemployed. But they’re still Federal Reserve: Is the time near to raise interest people who want to work more. And when this rates to prevent a strengthening economy from figure is elevated, it suggests that businesses are igniting inflation? The easy answer might be yes. still cautious about hiring. Consider Ronee Employers, after all, have added an average Hinton, 23, of Laurel, Maryland, who has worked 244,000 jobs a month since February - the best part time at Wal-Mart for two years even though six-month hiring spree in eight years. And at 6.2 she’s desperate for full-time work. She makes percent, the unemployment rate is just above the $8.40 an hour. Her paycheck barely covers rent. 6.1 percent average for the past seven decades. “You have nothing extra for anything,” she said. But Yellen has made clear she monitors many gauges of the job market beyond hiring and Long-term unemployment unemployment. And those other indicators point The number of Americans out of work for mostly in one direction: The job market still isn’t at more than six months rose 74,000 to nearly 3.2 full health. The timing of the Fed’s first rate million in July, far above the pre-recession figure increase is a high-risk decision - one that’s put of 1.3 million. Like many economists, Yellen has global stock and bond investors on nervous alert. said she worries about this group because If the Fed raises the short-term rate it controls too research has shown that they can get caught in a soon, it could derail the US economy’s gains. If it self-reinforcing predicament: The longer people raises it too late, growth could overheat and infla- are unemployed, the more reluctant employers tion could surge. are to hire them. Lawrence Katz, a labor econo- Even if the Fed gets the timing right, higher mist at Harvard University, says an extended peri- rates will mean higher borrowing costs for od of growth and hiring would be needed to homes, cars and other loans. The stock market sharply reduce the number of long-term unem- could sink, too. The Fed’s benchmark rate has ployed. He thinks the Fed should delay raising been near zero since December 2008. A close rates as long as possible. “You need a very tight look at Yellen’s self-described “dashboard” and labor market for firms to take a chance on the what it’s signifying about the job market: long-term unemployed,” Katz said. The proportion of working-age adults who KAOHSIUNG: Locals survey the damage from a massive gas explosion in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. — AP Wages either have a job or are looking for one has tum- Despite a step-up in job gains this year, most bled since the recession began, from 66 percent Americans have received little or no meaningful to 62.9 percent. Many of the unemployed have pay raise. Average hourly earnings ticked up a given up looking for jobs. Instead, they’ve Taiwan explosions probe penny in July, the government said Friday, and are returned to school, retired early, stayed home to just 2 percent higher than a year ago - less than care for relatives or gone on disability benefit pro- the rate of inflation. Hourly pay typically rises 3 grams. When people who are out of work quit percent to 4 percent in a healthy economy, Yellen their job searches, they’re no longer counted as focuses on petrochem firm noted in March. That’s because when the unem- unemployed. That’s been a big reason the unem- ployment rate is low, businesses usually must pay ployment rate has sunk from a peak of 10 percent TAIPEI: Authorities in Taiwan’s second-biggest late in density and spread a greater distance, supplier said it had initially shut off the propene more to attract workers. Many economists say the in 2009. The drop-outs include people who city zeroed in on a petrochemical firm yesterday Chen said. pump when it noticed irregularities several unemployment rate will need to fall below 5.5 would take a job if it were available. As the econo- in their investigation into a series of gas pipeline “The leak was at a different location from the hours before the blasts, but had resumed deliv- percent before wages will rise broadly and signifi- my improves further, many of those who explosions that killed 28 people and injured 286, explosions, because propene was leaking and ery on LCY’s request. “Our preliminary judgment cantly. dropped out will likely resume their job searches. as anger rose over the handling of the disaster. spreading through the sewer system every- is that it is that stretch of line that had the prob- There were signs of that in July: Nearly three- The government is seeking to pinpoint the where,” Chen said in a telephone interview. lem,” the supplier’s assistant manager, Lin Part-time unemployment fourths of the increase in unemployment came cause of five blasts that tore through streets in “When the density of propene is very high, any- Kuochung, told local television channel FTV Roughly 7.5 million Americans are working from people who started to look for work again the city of Kaohsiung starting at around mid- thing can trigger an explosion, anything as small News. part time but would prefer full-time jobs. That fig- and were newly counted as unemployed. Still, the night Thursday, flinging cars into the air and as a cigarette, or starting the engine of a motor LCY Chemical Corp said it would cooperate ure is down from a peak of 9.2 million in 2010. But proportion of adults either working or seeking blasting cement rubble at passers-by, many of scooter.” The city’s fire department and environ- with the investigation. “Our priority is to figure it’s still up substantially from about 4.5 million in work is just barely above a 36-year low. — AP whom were out late at a nearby night market. mental authorities first received reports of a gas out the truth and responsibility,” company The city’s environmental officials said LCY leak from residents in the area several hours spokeswoman Pan Lee-lin told a news confer- Chemical Corp., a Taiwanese petrochemical firm, before the explosions. They summoned repre- ence. Some local residents questioned the way had failed to notify authorities of problems with sentatives of a few companies to the site of the the authorities handled the leak and subsequent a pipeline in the area despite being aware of leak to check their pipelines, but all of them, blasts that left a 2-square-kilometer (1-square- irregularities in deliveries going through that including LCY Chemical, said their operations mile) trail of destruction. One resident told tele- pipeline that night. This caused delays in the were normal, according to Chen and other envi- vision channel TVBS that five minutes before the government’s response to the disaster, said the ronmental officials. explosions, the authorities told them: officials, who are facing growing public anger. “If Thinking at first that the leak was that of nat- “Everything is under control. You can go home we were informed earlier by LCY, we could have ural gas, firefighters poured water at the site in and sleep.” evacuated everyone,” Chen Chin-der, director of the hope of dissolving the gas. When it became The blasts also damaged rows of shops and the Environmental Protection Bureau in clear it was not natural gas, environmental low-rise apartments. Tens of thousands of peo- Kaohsiung, an industrial port city of 2.8 million experts were called in to take samples, a city ple lost utilities in the disaster zone, but a people, said at a televised news conference yes- news release said. The experts were only able to deputy economic affairs minister said yesterday terday. identify the gas as propene at around 11:55 pm, that water and power would be restored within The pipeline was leaking nearly four tons of Chen said. But by then it was too late. A few min- five days. Industrial-use pipelines run through propene every hour as pressure dropped at utes later, the blasts started ripping the streets Kaohsiung’s residential neighborhoods because around 8:45 pm Thursday, Chen said. Propene, apart. Chang Jui-hui, chief secretary of the industry preceded the construction of houses, also known as propylene, is mainly used for Environmental Protection Bureau, said records said city spokesman Ting Yun-kung. Kaohsiung making the plastic polypropylene, which is used and data collected later by investigators from contains much of Taiwan’s heavy industry, espe- in a wide variety of packaging, caps and films. It LCY’s plant and that of its supplier, China General cially petrochemicals, and the explosions were is a highly flammable, colorless gas with a mildly Terminal & Distribution Corp, showed abnormal- the city’s worst in 16 years. The disaster was unpleasant smell. Because the leak went on for ities in the delivery of propene that night, with Taiwan’s second in just over a week, following so many hours as firefighters and environmental significant changes the July 23 crash of a TransAsia Airways prop jet WASHINGTON: In this photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen removes her glasses officials struggled to identify the nature of the in pressure in the pipeline. Yet the companies on the island of Penghu that killed 48 people as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. — AP gas and its source, it was able to rapidly accumu- did not notify the authorities, Chang said. The and injured 10. — AP Candidate goes homeless to showcase economic gap SACRAMENTO: The Republican candidate comeback.” Kashkari, a former US Treasury just 3.3 percent. for California governor said Thursday he official who helped lead the federal bank spent a week living as a homeless person in bailout at the height of the recession, also Welfare and food stamps Fresno to highlight the disparity between criticized the media for failing to challenge Brown has touted what he calls a California the governor’s claim that the state is making the Democratic governor about endemic comeback, saying in his January State of the an economic comeback and the reality poverty in some parts of the state amid an State address, “And what a comeback it is: A faced by the working poor in the nation’s economic boom in others, such as Silicon million new jobs since 2010, a budgetary sur- most populous state. Neel Kashkari, a mil- Valley. plus in the billions and a minimum wage rising lionaire and former Goldman Sachs banker to $10 an hour.” He did not directly mention who is far behind Gov Jerry Brown in pre- Unemployment rate falls poverty. election polls, released a short documentary Dan Newman, a spokesman for Brown’s Asked for specifics on his plan to solve about the six nights he spent sleeping in campaign, said he was having difficulty rec- poverty in California, Kashkari said he would parking lots and on park benches, and onciling Kashkari’s “bizarre campaign stunt” try to create jobs through “pro-growth eco- wrote about his experience in an opinion with his assistance for big banks. “If one tru- nomic policies” such as fewer regulations, piece published in the Wall Street Journal. ly cared about the homeless and had $700 investing in an overdue water storage solu- Kashkari, 41, said he had hoped to find billion to spend, would he give it all to big tion, allowing greater development of oil and work and stay in low-priced motels, but he banks and ignore families struggling to stay natural gas resources, and bringing back man- SACRAMENTO: Republican candidate for governor Neel Kashkari discusses issues related to was turned away from dozens of businesses in their homes?” Newman wrote in an email. ufacturing jobs. poverty in California during a news conference outside of the River City Food Bank in where he offered to wash dishes, sweep California’s unemployment rate fell to 7.3 Gabriela McNiel, a spokeswoman for the Sacramento, Calif. — AP floors, pack boxes and cook meals after tak- percent in June, higher than the national Poverello House homeless shelter in Fresno, sustenance, ensuring his job search was con- points and the race so far has generated little ing a bus from Los Angeles to Fresno with average of 6.1 percent, but it remained at believes a clean-cut man who recently asked ducted on at least a half-full stomach,” Evans public interest. $40 in his pocket. He eventually turned to a 9.8 percent in the Central Valley city of about a job was Kashkari. Other people shown wrote. Kashkari said he walked for miles with a homeless shelter for food. Kashkari acknowl- Fresno. Still struggling with fallout from the a photo of the candidate on Thursday didn’t backpack, change of clothes and toothpaste in edged that his experiment gave him “just a recession, the Central Valley has also been recognize him. Kashkari wrote that five days ‘Find a job’ 100-degree heat searching for work in Fresno. taste” of the struggles faced by poor people hit hard by the state’s epic drought, which into his job search, “I asked myself: What Kashkari previously pegged his net worth He said he showered once and was awakened and said he could not truly understand their has fallowed fields and left many day labor- would solve my problems? Food stamps? below $5 million before he spent about $2 mil- five of the six nights by security guards or police plight because he knew his situation was ers without work in the region. Welfare? An increased minimum wage? No. I lion of his own money on his campaign. In asking him to move on. He said he was commit- only temporary. In the agriculture-dependent city of needed a job.” financial reports filed Thursday, his campaign ted to finding a job and had to change his focus Still, he said he wanted to force a discus- Mendota 35 miles west of Fresno, unem- “That’s an easy thing for a millionaire to say,” reported spending $4.5 million to defeat a tea about halfway into the experiment as his mon- sion about poverty. “Gov Brown is not talk- ployment is 29.8 percent. Yet a tech boom Fresno County Democratic Party Chairman party assemblyman in the primary. Kashkari is ey was running out. “It was find a job, find a job, ing about poverty,” Kashkari said at a news in the San Francisco Bay Area 150 miles Michael D Evans said in a written response to considered a longshot against the 76-year-old find a job. And then it switched: I’ve got to find conference outside a Sacramento food west has fueled massive growth, pushing Kashkari. He said welfare would have given Brown, who has raised more than $22 million in food,” he said. Aaron McLear, a spokesman for bank. “He’s not talking about unemploy- the median home price above $1 million for Kashkari safe, temporary housing with at least his bid for an unprecedented fourth term after the campaign, said Kashkari later donated $500 ment in our state. He’s not talking about our the first time last month. In San Mateo, a shower and a bed. “As for his being ‘hungry,’ first serving from 1975 to 1983. A poll earlier to the homeless shelter that gave him food, failing schools. He’s declared a California south of San Francisco, unemployment is well, food stamps would have provided some this month found Kashkari trailing Brown by 19 which the shelter confirmed. — AP BUSINESS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

Profits shrink at Japan’s ‘megabanks’

TOKYO: Japan’s top three banks posted lower quar- terly profits as the impact of last year’s stock market surge faded. Mitsubishi UFJ, the country’s biggest lender, saw its net profit slip about six percent to 240.5 billion yen ($2.4 billion) as revenue weakened in the three months through June. Rivals Mizuho Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group saw bigger drops with their earnings in the period dropping 38 percent and 20 percent respec- tively. The trio had warned that they would not repeat last year’s bumper profits which were largely driven by a 57 percent return in the Nikkei stock index-its best annual run in more than four decades. Japanese banks hold vast stock holdings which benefited when overseas investors poured billions of dollars into the long-overlooked market, as a government economy blitz helped pushed down the value of the yen. The currency’s weakness lifted profits among Japanese firms that do business overseas. The lenders may get a boost as government infrastruc- ture plans in the aftermath of the 2011 quake-tsuna- SHANGHAI: This photo shows clouds above the skyline of the Lujiazui Financial District in Pudong in Shanghai along the Huangpu River. The top one percent of households in mi disaster as well as new building projects for Communist-ruled China control more than one third of the country’s wealth, while the bottom 25 percent control just one hundredth, according to official media. — AFP Tokyo’s hosting of the 2020 Olympics stimulate demand for loans. The firms have also pointed to stronger fee income from financial product sales and a reduction in bad China set to remove loans as bright spots. But the Nikkei is sitting about four percent below its 2013 closing high and some of the shine is coming off Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s growth drive, dubbed Abenomics, as concerns mount over the strength of Japan’s recovery. urban-rural divide Uncertainty about the economy may hold back borrowing by firms and individuals, after Japan raised its sales tax on April 1 for the first time in 17 years. There were fears the levy hike-seen as crucial Hukou system causes resentment among vast migrant population to chopping a massive national debt-would weigh on consumer spending and hold back the wider BEIJING: China is to scrap the distinction between its urban a story saying that President Xi Jinping had proposed reforms emotive issue that has caused widespread grievances and economy. and rural household registration systems, it said, promising to it in his PhD thesis in 2001. protests. Japanese lenders have been cutting back on their migrant workers greater social benefits as it pushes an urban- “Most farmers working in cities have not really integrated Rural residents should not have to give up their existing reliance on domestic government bonds-a key profit ization drive that has seen hundreds of millions of people into the cities,” it quoted him as saying. “The root cause of this land use rights in exchange for an urban hukou “at the cur- driver in recent years-as the Bank of Japan’s huge move to cities. The country will implement a single house- problem is the limits of the household registration system.” rent stage”, the statement said. Analysts lauded the reforms bond-buying measures announced in April start to hold registration-or “hukou”-system, said the State Council, or The extent of the changes will depend on the size of the as part of a broader effort to make consumption a key driver reshape the country’s debt markets. The BOJ’s pro- cabinet. cities involved, the State Council said, with migrants entitled of Chinese growth and reduce decades of over-reliance on gram, which is a cornerstone of Tokyo’s bid to over- The move would address the decades-long divide that to a full hukou in cities and towns of less than 500,000 people often inefficient infrastructure investment. come years of deflation, unsettled the domestic debt denies rural dwellers equal access to services such as health- as long as they own or lease a “legal and stable” home. “We have long argued that the real barrier to China’s market, prompting Japanese banks to further trim care and education if they moved to the cities. But a system More conditions apply in larger conurbations, it added, urbanization is the backward and unfair rural land owner- their exposure. of “residence permits” will be introduced and the population but by 2020, 100 million people will have new registrations in ship system, and now we finally see some real break- On Thursday, Mitsubishi said it expected a slightly of China’s major cities will still be “strictly controlled”, the State cities. Migrants who have not obtained a full hukou will be through,” said Bank of America Merrill Lynch economists in weaker full-year net profit of 950 billion yen. Mizuho Council said in Wednesday’s statement, ruling out automatic able to receive some public services as long as they hold a a research note. But Chinese Internet users remained skepti- booked a 154.7 billion yen net profit for the latest benefits for all. residence permit, the statement said. Children of migrant cal on the impact of the new policy. “This is just a change in quarter as revenue shrank 10 percent to 704.7 billion The hukou system has long caused resentment among workers with permits will be gradually and conditionally name,” wrote one poster on China’s Twitter-like Sina Weibo. yen. Sumitomo said its net profit fell 20 percent to China’s vast migrant population, currently estimated at 245 allowed to take education entrance examinations for schools “Gaps will remain in the social welfare enjoyed by urban 230.8 billion yen. — AFP million, and the Beijing News newspaper on Thursday carried and universities, from which they are often barred, it said-an residents and farmers.” — AFP Puerto Rico should seek reforms

SAN JUAN: New York’s Federal Reserve Bank warned on porations, which account for nearly 40 percent of the Thursday that Puerto Rico needs to improve its financial island’s debt. They said the government also should health soon or face a “painful adjustment.” The report approve legislation requiring the creation of a long- came as the island’s power company once again term budget as well as provide more transparency in its reached an agreement with lenders to extend a dead- financial reporting. line to make payments on $671 million it owes to banks. “Puerto Rico’s unique status means that it is one of The 30-page report makes several recommendations the few places in the world where finances are not regu- that the New York Fed believes are needed to help push larly surveyed by a public agency,” the report said. The the US territory out of a nearly decade-long economic administration of Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla has tak- slump. en numerous steps to help boost the economy, includ- “The island appears to face two alternatives: either ing implementing changes in public pension plans, manage its own economic adjustment and put the streamlining its business registration and permitting Commonwealth on a secure fiscal basis, or wait for out- process and cutting expenditures. Garcia also appoint- migration and the discipline of the market to force an ed an advisory group for tax reform that is expected to even more painful adjustment, particularly for those release a report by year’s end with plans to implement it unable or unwilling to leave the island,” it said. by fiscal year 2016. William Dudley, president of the New York Fed, ques- “We’ve achieved substantial results,” he said in a tioned whether Puerto Rico’s level of debt can be sus- statement. “There is more work to be done, and we con- tained and said the government’s challenge will be to tinue to execute on a comprehensive plan to drive eco- revive the economy without accumulating more debt. nomic growth and fiscal stability.” The island is struggling with nearly $73 billion in public US investors remain wary of a new law that allows debt after having sold a record $3.5 billion in general certain public corporations to work with creditors obligation bonds in March despite having its credit rat- and restructure their debt. Many speculate the ing downgraded to junk status. island’s Electric Power Authority may be the first to LOS ANGELES: In this file photo, the Fisker Sunset is displayed during the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, After a brief uptick in 2012, Puerto Rico’s economy take advantage of the law given its $9.3 billion debt California. A bankruptcy court has approved the sale of one-time star electric carmaker Fisker Automotive to the has stagnated since 2013, the report said. It said the load. The agency was supposed to make payments Chinese auto parts group Wanxiang, the US firm said. — AFP island of 3.65 million people has a 45 percent labor Thursday on credit lines held with Citibank and force participation rate and has seen a significant drop Scotiabank, but lenders agreed to extend the dead- in population. Puerto Rico also struggles with a largely line to Aug 14 as officials continue to meet with US US auto sales rise as uneducated working-age population, although the investors. Also on Thursday, Puerto Rico’s represen- number of people with a college degree increased from tative in the US Congress, Pedro Pierluisi, filed a about 25 percent to nearly 28 percent between 2010 measure that would allow the island’s public corpo- trucks, SUVs lead and 2012. rations to seek federal bankruptcy protection under Analysts recommended Puerto Rico shrink its under- Chapter 9. Currently, US municipalities are able to NEW YORK: Major automakers Friday reported another month since February - the best six-month string in eight years. At the ground economy, broaden its tax base and reduce rates, file under Chapter 9, but Puerto Rico is barred from of strong US sales in July, with many of the biggest gains coming same time, most economists don’t think the pace of job growth and strengthen and possibly privatize some public cor- doing so. — AP in trucks and sport utility vehicles. Total light vehicle sales were is enough to cause the Federal Reserve to spee2 with force after 1.44 million, up 9.1 percent from a year ago, according to indus- a grim start to the year and is expected to sustain its strength try specialist AutoData. Although the sales were strong, the total into 2015. Economists generally expect it to grow at a 3 percent came in below the 1.46 million projected by auto industry spe- annual rate in the second half of this year after expanding 4 per- cialists Edmunds.com. General Motors sold 256,160 vehicles in cent in the second quarter. Consumer spending is rising, manu- July, an increase of nine percent from the year-ago level. Large facturing is expanding rapidly and auto sales are up. non-luxury SUVs and crossover vehicles both scored huge “There is no doubt that the economy and the labor market increases. “GM and the US economy left July carrying good have been strengthening,” said Sung Won Sohn, an economist at momentum,” said Kurt McNeil, US vice president of sales opera- California State University’s Smith School of Business. “People are tions. “The economy has bounced back strongly from the harsh rejoining the labor force. All these factors point to moderate, but winter, consumer confidence has reached a post-recession high, sustained economic growth in 2014.” Speaking with reporters energy prices remain moderate and job growth continues.” Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama declared that the The July tally underscored that shoppers continue to favor economy “is clearly getting stronger. Our engines are revving a GM’s products, even as the biggest US automaker faces contin- little bit louder.” ued criticism over its handling of an ignition-switch defect linked to 13 deaths. Ford Motor scored a 10 percent rise in July Paychecks are the same auto sales to 212,236. The strongest gains came in the SUV cate- In an encouraging sign, more people without jobs have start- gory, where sales rose 17.1 percent from last year’s level. ed to look for one - a shift that nudged up the unemployment Sales of Ford trucks meanwhile increased 6.6 percent. “July rate in July to 6.2 percent from 6.1 percent in June. Most of those proved to be a very good month for Ford and Lincoln with posi- who began searching last month didn’t find jobs. But the tive gains across the board in all the major segments,” said John increase suggests they’re more optimistic about their prospects. Felice, a Ford vice president in US sales. Chrysler, a unit of Italian The jobless aren’t counted as unemployed unless they’re active- company Fiat Chrysler, said July sales rose 20 percent to 167,667, ly seeking work. Americans’ paychecks, though, are barely grow- with Jeep and Ram truck brands garnering the largest percent- ing. That helps give the Fed leeway to keep its benchmark short- age sales gains. term rate near zero without worrying so much about higher inflation. Investors were unimpressed by Friday’s data. The Dow Employers add 209,000 jobs Jones industrial average fell 69 points, and broader indexes also Toyota sales totaled 215,802, up 7.3 percent from a year ago. dropped. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note dipped, sug- Sales of the company’s Lexus luxury SUVs rose 23 percent, but gesting less concern about a Fed rate increase. Encouragingly, a smaller cars like the Camry and Corolla also scored double-digit higher proportion of July’s job gains were in higher-paying gains. Jessica Caldwell, an analyst at Edmunds.com, said sales of industries. That’s a shift from much of the recovery, which has trucks and SUVs are expected to outnumber cars for the 11th been marked by outsized gains in lower-paying fields such as straight month, the “longest such streak since the heyday of restaurants, retail and home health care aides. SUVs” in the mid-2000s. Manufacturing added 28,000 jobs in July, the most in eight The trend underscores in part the rise of the compact months. Construction added 22,000 and financial services 7,000, crossover SUV, which has “better fuel economy than many peo- its fourth straight gain. Accounting, bookkeeping and computer ple might expect out of an SUV,” she said. A sixth straight month networking jobs also showed gains. And architectural and engi- of solid 200,000-plus job growth in July reinforced growing evi- neering jobs jumped 8,800, the most since January 2007. “This is dence that the US economy is accelerating after five years of particularly important for new college graduates as it suggests sluggish expansion. Employers added 209,000 jobs last month. that the market for individuals with higher education is finally Though that was fewer than in the previous three months, the firming,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow SAN JUAN: This photo, shows an aerial view of people enjoying the pool and beach area of the Caribe Hilton Hotel in San economy has now produced an average 244,000 jobs a month Financial. Juan, Puerto Rico. — AP BUSINESS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

Nissan reports net income of 112.1 billion yen in 2014 Q1

KUWAIT: Nissan Motor Co, Ltd announced financial en our continued product offensive along with meas- sions leadership. Total sales since launch of the all-elec- 5.8 percent operating profit margin, an increase of 1.1 results for the three months to June 30, 2014. Operating ures to enhance competitiveness, build market share tric Nissan LEAF have passed 124,000 units and it contin- percentage points. profit rose to 122.6 billion yen for the first quarter of the and the ongoing benefits of our alliance strategy.” ues to be the best-selling EV in history. Nissan took zero- 2014 fiscal year, representing a 5 percent margin on net The improvement reflected particularly strong unit emissions into the light commercial vehicle segment FY2014 outlook revenues that climbed 10.4 percent to 2.47 trillion yen sales growth in the key markets of the US and China, up with the June launch of e-NV200, which offers versatility Nissan reaffirmed its global sales forecast for fiscal for the period. 14.1 percent and 21.1 percent respectively. The company and class-leading running costs. 2014. The company expects to sell 5.65 million units this “Nissan continued to make progress in the first three also benefited from rising demand for award-winning Nissan also provided a financial update on a manage- fiscal year, up 8.9 percent. New plant capacity will come months of the fiscal year as encouraging demand for products including the Qashqai, Rogue and X-Trail, all ment pro forma basis which includes the proportionate on-stream in markets such as Mexico and Brazil. Full-year new products, benefits from recent plant investments, derived from the Common Module Family developed consolidation of the results of the joint venture in China. sales of new models including Nissan Qashqai and and improving market conditions in North America, within the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Pro forma results for the first quarter show that net rev- Rogue, Datsun GO and Infiniti Q50, will contribute to the China and Europe combined to lift both revenues and During the first quarter of FY14 Nissan sold 1,240,000 enue increased to 2.69 trillion yen, up 7.2 percent year- momentum. Based on this sales outlook, Nissan main- profits,” said Carlos Ghosn, president and chief executive vehicles globally, a 6.0 percent rise year-on-year. on-year. Operating profit was up 32.3 percent versus the tained forecasts first issued to the Tokyo Stock Exchange officer. “Nissan is well placed to deliver on its outlook giv- The company continued to expand its zero-emis- same period last year, to 155.8 billion yen, resulting in a in May 2014. Etisalat sees 27% increase in quarterly consolidated revenues to AED 12.6bn

ABU DHABI: Etisalat Group announced its consoli- dated financial statements results for the first six months of 2014, with an increase in consolidated revenues and subscribers both in domestic and international markets. Etisalat Group reported strong consolidated revenues during the second quarter of FY2014 reached AED 12.6 billion repre- senting positive results after the acquisition of Maroc Telecom earlier in May.

Key financial highlights and developments The Board of Directors has approved an interim dividend distribution for the six months period ended June 20, 2014 at the rate of 35 fils per share. NEW YORK: Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones This is subject to final approval at the Annual Industrial Average plunged 317 points on news of the Argentina default and weak corpo- General Assembly. Interim dividend distribution of rate earnings. — AFP 35 fils per share will commence from 13 August 2014 to those shareholders registered in the Despite sharp selloff, Shareholders’ Register at the close of the business day on 30 July 2014. The net profit after federal royalty for the first analysts lean bullish half was AED 4.5 billion, an increase of 19 percent year on year. Completed buying the 53 percent of CEO Ahmed Abdulkarim Julfar Chairman Eissa Al-Suwaidi Vivendi’s share in Maroc Telecom for Ä4.138 billion, Telecom. and this acquisition is the largest deal in the history WALL ST WEEK AHEAD which was marked as the largest ever M&A deal in Acquired 3G licence in Pakistan and Ufone was of our great company and a truly exciting moment Morocco, and largest MENA cross border deal and the first operator to launch 3G services Credit for us all. This remarkable milestone could not have NEW YORK: Wall Street’s worst week in relatively muted. While the spread between largest ever telecom transaction in North Africa. Ratings Agencies affirmed Etisalat’s high credit been reached without the wise leadership for the two years was enough to get investors long- and short-dated Treasuries has nar- Successfully issued the inaugural bond under its Ratings as follows: S&P(AA-/ stable outlook); continuous support of the UAE government. They worried about whether a long-overdue rowed of late, which tends to happen as recently established Global Medium Term Note Moody’s (Aa3/ stable outlook) and Fitch (A+/ stable play a vital role in enabling innovation in the correction is coming, but analysts are still the economy slows, the difference between (GMTN) Program that was listed on the Irish Stock outlook). Eissa Al-Suwaidi, Chairman of Etisalat, telecommunications sector, and we would like to leaning bullish. The S&P 500 ended the the two-year and 10-year Treasury notes is Exchange on 22 May 2014 (Net proceeds from the said: “The overall constantly remarkable perform- thank them for their support as we pursued this week down 2.7 percent, its biggest weekly more than 2 percentage points - still a issuance of the bond was used for repayment of ance of Etisalat shows our dedication to become important acquisition. “ Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar, loss since June 2012, a decline that had fol- favorable sign for economic growth. the outstanding facilities of Ä3.15 billion that were the leading and most admired emerging market the Chief Executive Officer at Etisalat Group, “This lowed several weeks of selling. The market On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve used to fund the acquisition of the Vivendi’s 53- telecom group.” acquisition marked the largest and most complex is undoubtedly ripe for a correction - the gave a rosier assessment of the US econo- percent stake in Maroc Telecom.) “The key development for this quarter was com- deal in the history of Etisalat, and will completely current rally has continued for nearly three my while reaffirming that it is in no hurry Consolidated revenues during the second quar- pleting the acquisition of Vivendi’s 53 percent change the telecoms landscape in Africa; it is one years without a decline of more than 10 to raise interest rates. The US central bank ter of 2014, amounted to AED 12.6 billion, repre- shareholding in Maroc Telecom, which we are con- of the largest cross-border M&A transactions in the percent. The Fed looks closer to raising also, as expected, reduced its monthly senting a 27 percent increase from the same period fident it adds a great value to Etisalat and its share- MENA region of all time, and it expands Etisalat’s rates, and housing and auto sales figures asset purchases to $25 billion from $35 bil- last year. Aggregate subscriber base grew by 27 holders, besides the other key developments we reach to 19 markets.” “Our experience in markets suggest those markets may be softening, if lion. Although government data on Friday percent Year on Year (June 2013- June 2014) to witnessed in different markets, and it will have a across Middle East, Africa and Asia will truly com- only temporarily. showed US job growth slowed in July and reach 182 million subscribers by end of June 2014, transformational impact on Etisalat and its key plement Maroc Telecom’s deep expertise in their “The summer has been just tough the unemployment rate unexpectedly benefiting from the consolidation of Maroc financials. Maroc Telecom is a well-run company, home market and in other markets in Africa”. because there has been very little to buy,” rose, recent economic data has been large- said Kathleen Gaffney, portfolio manager ly positive with growth in second-quarter of the Eaton Vance Bond Fund. “But I think gross domestic product at 4 percent and what is happening is we are seeing the favorable revisions to first-quarter GDP. Britain European business already markets adjusting from an environment of The CBOE Volatility index, Wall Street’s to trial lower interest rates to higher interest rates so-called fear gauge, jumped to 17.03 from feeling chill of Ukraine crisis - and that’s producing volatility.” 12.69 after Portugal’s Banco Espirito Santo driverless The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy reported an unexpectedly large loss for the BERLIN: Even before sanctions against Moscow more than 15 percent Thursday on the news. has been favorable for the markets, and first six months of the year that raised con- cars from 2015 start to bite, European companies doing business German retail giant Metro, one of the main foreign though the Fed is expected to begin raising cerns about the bank’s solvency and after in Russia have been feeling the pinch and many employers in Russia, also expressed its “concern” rates next year, the absence of wage pres- US employment cost pressures came in LONDON: Driverless cars will be allowed fear worse to come, CEOs and analysts said. Falling over East-West tensions Thursday. sures has kept moves in Treasuries yields higher than anticipated.—Reuters on British roads from January 2015 as consumer confidence in Russia and a drop in the Oxford Economics said that while US and part of a pilot initiative in three cities, the ruble have also dampened business for many European sanctions “remain relatively narrow in government announced Wednesday. European companies amid the months-old crisis. scope” and their “their direct impact appears limit- GCC countries achieve Cities nationwide are being invited to bid “Of the major European countries, Germany is most ed, their indirect impact may be substantial”. to host one of a series of trials that will last exposed to the Russian risk,” said Holger “Sanctions are likely to have a broad ‘chilling’ manifest ranks in UN between 18 and 36 months, and to Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank. impact on Russia’s access to external finance which receive a share of the 10 million ($17 mil- Amid a mounting standoff with Russia over the will put pressure on the country’s fragile balance of e-Government Survey 2014 lion, 12.5 million euros) of government Ukraine crisis, the EU opted this week for economic payments position. This in turn risks a weakening funding for the scheme. sanctions against Moscow. The punitive measures currency, higher interest rates and a negative UAE: ICDL GCC Foundation, an organization investment to build their government portals, Driverless vehicles, guided by a sys- coming into force Friday limit access for several impact on economic growth. “GDP is now likely to under the authority of ICDL Arabia that pro- which offer swift and transparent services. In tem of sensors and cameras, have already Russian banks to Europe’s financial markets and shrink this year, with a further impact in 2015.” motes digital skills and cyber safety across the addition, the report has recognized the deploy- been tested in several countries, includ- ban some exports, mainly in the defense and ener- region, has shared the recent findings of the ment of the Emirates ID Authority’s Biometric ing the United States and Japan, with gy sectors. ‘Cost of uncertainty’ United Nations (UN) e-Government Survey Enrolment in the UAE as part of the National ID Sweden set to follow. Business Secretary But for many companies, business in the Russian Carmakers would be among the first to suffer 2014, pointing out the excellent performance of Registration Program as one of the world’s best Vince Cable, outlining the plans, said market had already been suffering for months, said under a Russian recession, especially makers of the GCC countries. Bahrain jumped 18 places to biometric programs.” British scientists and engineers were pio- the VDMA German federation of machine-tool economy models such as Ford and Opel, predicted earn the 18th rank, while the UAE enjoyed a Bahrain ranked first among the GCC coun- neers in the development of driverless makers. Russia is a major client for German electric- German auto sector expert Ferdinand vehicles. Todays announcement will see global ranking of 32. Other GCC countries also tries, while it is 5th in Asia. Bahrain’s progress is ity plants, gas turbines and agricultural machines. Dudenhoeffer of the University of Duisburg-Essen. driverless cars take to our streets in less figured prominently in the survey with Saudi attributed to the Supreme Committee for Machine-tool exports to Russia dropped by over 17 Renault of France said this week it was unable to than six months, putting us at the fore- Arabia at 36, Qatar at 44 and Oman and Kuwait Information and Communication Technology percent in the first quarter, well ahead of sanctions, assess the possible impact of sanctions on its busi- front of this transformational technology at 48 and 49, respectively. The UN e- (SCICT) and the e-Government Authority, estab- and overall German exports fell by 14 percent in ness. and opening up new opportunities for the January-to-April period. German machine-tool Those likely to be directly hit by sanctions were Government Survey is conducted every two lished to develop and implement a comprehen- our economy and society, he said at the makers are set to miss their production growth tar- even more reluctant to make any prediction. years to analyze the progress made by the coun- sive e-Government strategy. Driven by a highly headquarters of motor industry research get for this year, said the VDMA. French oil giant Total, which is currently building a tries in all regions of the world in digital interac- advanced e-Government portal, the UAE ranks organization MIRA in Nuneaton, central The sanctions now imposed on banks will new gas liquefaction site in Russia, deemed it “pre- tions between governments and people to number two in the GCC and seven in Asia. The England. However motoring organiza- mature” to say anything about a possible effect, implement an integrated e-Government plat- results of the 2014 survey also show that Bahrain tions warned that road users were skepti- potentially make it more difficult for Russian com- form. This year’s report focuses on the significant ranks 7th on the Online Service Index, followed cal of the technology. The Automobile panies to access funds and invest in new machin- while energy company EON and Wintershall, a investment made by countries in the informa- by the UAE and Saudi Arabia at the 12th and Association said a recent survey of more ery. “The conflict with Russia doesn’t affect only BASF subsidiary very involved in Russia, declined to tion and communication technologies (ICT) for a 18th position, respectively. Moreover, Bahrain, than 23,000 of its members showed that bilateral trade,” warned VDMA chief economist comment. smooth transition to online public services by Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait 43 percent did not agree that the law Ralph Wiechers. “It hampers demand in many At Siemens, which sells two billion euros worth enhancing efficiency, effectiveness, transparen- are the Arab countries with a score higher than should be changed to allow trials of the important markets for our industry.” of trains and gas turbines a year to Russian clients, cy, accountability, and sustainability. 66.6 per cent in the whole of government. technology. AA president Edmund King company boss Joe Kaeser didn’t see any major Driven by a highly advanced e-Government said drivers were still resistant to change ‘Heavily exposed’ impact on this year’s results, but would not be portal, the UAE ranks number two in the GCC and that many people enjoy driving too As many German companies released quarterly drawn on his outlook for 2015. And energy giant and seven in Asia. In fact on emirate level, Abu much to ever want the vehicle to take earnings this week, Jennifer McKeown of Capital BP, which teams up with Rosneft in Russia, this Dhabi’s Systems and Information Center (ADSIC) over from them. Another motoring asso- Economics said that “while the (German) economy week expressed concerns about its business there the body responsible for e-Government imple- ciation, the RAC, said it would be difficult on aggregate is not at risk, particular companies and its financial results. mentation recently won first place award in the for drivers to give up control of their vehi- are heavily exposed”. Sports goods maker Adidas, Marcel Fratzscher, head of Germany’s DIW eco- ‘Best Application of Information Technology and cles. RAC technical director David Bizley for one, warned Thursday that it will miss its finan- nomic research institute, said that “the biggest cost e-Learning’ category at the recently concluded said: Many vehicles already have features cial targets for this year and next. factor (for European economies) is the uncertainty”, World Summit on the Information Society such as automatic braking and it is Among other factors, it blamed the weakness of rather than foregone business now. At a time when (WSIS) Conference in Geneva, Switzerland for its claimed that driverless technology is able the ruble and worsening consumer sentiment in the euro-zone is still recovering from recession, he successful implementation of an initiative that to identify hazards more effectively than Russia, one of its main markets with annual sales of said, the uncertainty “could rapidly spread from aims at empowering the public with basic ICT a person can. —AFP one billion euros ($1.34 billion). Its stock plunged specific sectors to the economy as a whole.” — AFP skills to be able to use Internet and online servic- es. Dubai, on the other hand, has initiated its transformation from e-Government to Smart Government, a concept of delivering govern- ment services through innovative and techno- Air Malta, Etihad Airways provide travelers logically advanced channels. Likewise, the report also stated that the GCC with new enhanced code-share partnership countries have established a GCC e-Government Jamil Ezzo committee and organized the GCC e- KUWAIT: Air Malta and Etihad Airways have the UAE carrier’s existing flights to Sydney, satisfaction, and this agreement will benefit the Jamil Ezzo, Director General of ICDL Arabia Government Conference with an aim to provide expanded their code-share agreement to pro- Melbourne and Brisbane, as well as Perth, which sizable Maltese community living in Australia as and ICDL GCC Foundation, said: “The tremen- a platform to the regional leaders to discuss in vide travelers with improved connections also launched this week. The expanded agree- it will facilitate travel and connectivity between dous rise in the ranking of the GCC countries in depth all aspects of the e-Governance programs between Europe, the GCC region and Australia. ment follows the success of Air Malta’s existing the Maltese islands and the Australian continent.” their position from the 2012 survey depicts their implemented in their respective countries. The The two airlines extended their partnership to code-share on Etihad Airways’ flights between James Hogan, President and Chief Executive e-Readiness, which indicates their preparedness conference also enables them to share their best coincide with the launch of Etihad Airways’ serv- Abu Dhabi and London Heathrow, Brussels and Officer of Etihad Airways, said: “The launch of to offer its citizens, residents and visitors with practices with other GCC countries in order to ice between Abu Dhabi and Rome this week. Air Manchester. Etihad Airways’ flights to Rome and Perth this seamless, efficient and effective e-Services. The enhance their respective e-Transformation Malta is placing its ‘KM’ code and flight number Commenting on this development, Air Malta’s week has created an exciting opportunity to GCC countries ranking among top ten in processes. on the new route, while Etihad Airways is placing Chief Executive Louis Giordimaina said: “We are build upon the success of our code-share agree- Western Asia driven largely by the proactive ini- The GCC countries have adopted a common its ‘EY’ code and flight number of Air Malta’s non- very pleased to enhance our cooperation with ment with Air Malta. The two airlines have been tiatives taken by their respective governments goal to enhance their e-Services that will allow stop service between Rome and Malta. Etihad Airways, the flag carrier of the United Arab code-share partners since 2010 and through our to implement online services as an economic them to increase the productivity and efficiency In addition, Air Malta’s code and flight number Emirates and one of the most important airlines expanded cooperation, business and leisure trav- tool to support the knowledge economy. of government and improve their global e- will be placed on Etihad Airways’ services from in the Middle East. Both airlines share a firm com- elers with benefit from improved connections to The GCC governments have made significant Government ranking. Abu Dhabi to Australia for the first time, covering mitment towards superior service and customer key destinations around the world.” technology SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

Despite warnings, computers still vulnerable to hackers

SAN FRANCISCO: A multi-year effort to prevent continue to succeed against targets that depend on a called “secure boot,” which checks for digital signa- Kovah broke into Dell’s boot-up process. hackers from altering computers while they boot up complex supply chain. tures before running code. Microsoft’s Windows 8 In a joint interview, Kallenberg and Kovah said that has largely failed because of lax application of preven- Long before Snowden’s documents began appear- operating system has embraced UEFI and secure in the year since that talk, they had deployed sensors tive steps, researchers say, despite disclosures that ing the media, professional technicians and U.S. offi- boot, bringing the hardened approach to more than to about 10,000 computers to determine whether flaws are being exploited. cials were concerned about the vulnerabilities that 60 million new computers. boot-ups were still vulnerable to that flaw or related In the latest sign that the problem persists, left computers severely exposed as they are turned Even as that rollout was accelerating, though, evi- issues. As of last month, 55 percent of them still were. researchers at the federally funded MITRE lab said this on. Years ago, then-US National Security Agency dence accumulated that attacks similar to those theo- But the actual percentage of vulnerable machines week that many customers of Intel Corp still had not Director Keith Alexander privately urged the chief rized by researchers were actually under way. In 2011, in the world is even higher, because the MITRE group adopted revised security designs Intel distributed in executives of major American technology companies several research firms identified one such piece of has not been checking for flaws stemming from the March after the MITRE team found new vulnerabilities to do something about the boot-up procedure known malicious software, called Mebromi, that primarily issues it found more recently with Intel’s old UEFI in the start-up process. as the Basic Input/Output System, or BIOS. BIOS relies attacked Chinese computers with a type of BIOS from guidelines, which permitted an attack through mem- That could mean many newer Windows computers on firmware, or permanent software that ships with leading supplier Phoenix Technologies Ltd. ory corruption. remain exposed, the MITRE team told Reuters ahead computers. Early last year, Reuters saw a catalogue from a US “That number is going to go up a lot,” Kovah said of a presentation at the Black Hat security conference Because the start-up code is given more authority defense contractor that included a product, offered at of the percent of affected computers. Intel’s Monroe in Las Vegas next week. than the operating system, hackers who break into more than $100,000, for incapacitating target com- said that although his company, the BIOS makers and Intel’s point person on the issue, Bruce Monroe, that code can make major changes to programs and puters by attacking BIOS and other critical elements. most of their customers were not used to distributing said he did not know how many suppliers and com- hide evidence of their presence. Lodging there also And in December, Der Spiegel reported that a leaked and installing fixes, improvements were coming, start- puter makers had followed Intel’s recommendations. all but guarantees what the security industry calls internal NSA catalogue described a tool called ing with a fledgling industry-wide incident response “We’re not privy to whether they’ve fixed it or not,” persistence - the ability to remain inside even after a DeityBounce that attacked the BIOS of Dell Inc team led by Phoenix. Monroe said. “We asked them to let us know.” The computer is turned off and rebooted. servers. Kallenberg and Kovah said it would help if the stubborn glitches illustrates how such well-funded Intel, Microsoft Corp and other companies pro- That came months after a presentation at last National Institute of Standards and Technology spying programs as those exposed by former National moted a successor system known as the Unified year’s Black Hat security conference in which MITRE moved beyond general warnings and provided links Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden can Extensible Firmware Interface that includes a feature researchers including Corey Kallenberg and Xeno to verified fixes. — Reuters

Nevada in spotlight for Tesla plant despite groundwork

SPARKS: A sprawling industrial park near Reno market electric car that Tesla hopes to sell by where wild mustangs roam among the sage- 2017 for around $30,000. Tesla’s only current brush has become the focus of the secretive vehicle, the Model S sedan, starts at $70,000. site selection process for Tesla’s $5 billion bat- Guards at the sprawling Nevada industrial tery factory, but the groundwork taking place is park wouldn’t allow a reporter access to the no guarantee the plant and its 6,500 jobs are potential site Friday. Across from the park’s coming. entrance, Golden Gate truck stop manager Lance Gilman knows the bidding war with David Collier said he’s seen truck traffic but did- Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona has n’t know whether to believe rumors about just begun now that the electric-car maker has Tesla. confirmed the first stage of preparation for a “I just know we’re busier,” Collier said Friday. “gigafactory.” “I didn’t know until last night when they said Gilman, principal and director of the Reno on the news that they have broken ground. Tahoe Industrial Center, still likes the chances “Anything like that would be good for us. We’re that his site east of the high desert suburb of the only truck stop out here.” Sparks will land the giant lithium battery plant, Gov. Brian Sandoval and local mayors won’t in a state still recovering from multiple years of discuss any incentives that might be offered to having the nation’s highest unemployment seal the deal. The site about 200 miles from rate. Tesla’s Palo Alto, California, headquarters is near “If you talk about a horse race, no one else I the Union Pacific railroad and significant lithi- know of has even left the starting gate,” he told um deposits, in a right-to-work state with no The Associated Press. “You are looking at a income tax and abundant solar and geother- piece of property that is ready to go tomorrow.” mal power resources. Tesla Chairman and CEO Elon Musk told “The reason we are still being considered is TORONTO: This photo obtained July 31, 2014 shows creators Dr. Frauke Zeller of Ryerson University and Dr. David Harris Smith of McMaster University investors in a webcast Thursday that the com- because this area is a wonderful place for man- with hitchBOT. A charming robot assembled using household parts is hitchhiking more than 6,000 kilometers across Canada this summer as part of a pany plans similar site work in one or two other ufacturing,” said Mike Kazmierski, president and social experiment, asking can robots trust humans. — AFP states “before we actually go to the next stage CEO of the Economic Development Authority of pouring a lot of concrete.” Officials for the of Western Nevada. The cost of doing business other states said Friday that they’re still con- in the state is 30 to 40 percent lower than in tenders. California, he said. Hitchhiking robot thumbs “Given Reno’s geographic proximity to Gilman said much of the 167-square-mile Tesla’s California headquarters, it should be no industrial park is already equipped with fiber- surprise that it would be identified as one of optic lines, utilities, and roads that pass ware- its way across Canada the possible sites,” New Mexico Economic houses for Wal-Mart and PetSmart, among oth- Development Secretary Jon Barela said. “Tesla ers. That’s been key to Tesla, which is deter- remains a prized economic development tar- mined to minimize “scheduling risk” as it races OTTAWA: A talking robot assembled from house- young men from Quebec province. lowing it on social media.” get, and we are still very much in the game.” to get the plant up and running to meet grow- hold odds and ends is hitchhiking thousands of HitchBot then zipped through eastern Canada Once its travels are over, researchers will ana- California Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration has ing demand for its cars. kilometers across Canada this summer as part of a to Toronto for a brief check-in with its creators lyze comments posted on Twitter and Facebook to refused to detail what it’s offering, but legisla- John Boyd, a principal of Princeton, New social experiment to see if those of its kind can before hitting the road again. It is ultimately head- see what they can surmise about the public’s atti- tion recently enacted to create a $420 million Jersey-based site selection firm The Boyd Co., trust humans. Society is “usually concerned with ed for the country’s westernmost city of Victoria- tudes concerning robot-human interactions. tax credit for Lockheed Martin also included has reviewed the industrial park several times whether we can trust robots,” Frauke Zeller, co-cre- more than 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles) from its With growing use of mechanical humanoids in language to help battery manufacturers, at his in recent years for distribution and data cen- ator of the “hitchBot,” told AFP. starting point. space, manufacturing and everyday life, “it’s request. ters. Hollywood movies like “The Terminator” and becoming more important to explore our relation- Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office confirmed “That site is the nation’s largest industrial “The Matrix” often depict machines as enemies of ROOTING FOR HITCHBOT ship with robots-especially if they come into our Friday that it’s still in the hunt but declined fur- park. It is very appealing with all the infrastruc- mankind, according to the assistant professor at The trip is being documented on social media households,” Zeller said. ther comment, citing “ongoing negotiations.” ture and an abundance of green power,” he Toronto’s Ryerson University. (www.hitchBot.me), allowing people around the Particularly interesting, she added, is the ques- Perry has made several trips to California and said. But, she noted, quite the opposite is true of world to connect with the robot. tion of whether robots will be seen as disposable lobbied Texas lawmakers to address state laws But Boyd believes Texas and California both hitchBot. “This project turns our fear of technology Less than 24 hours after it began its journey, it as they age and break down. that prohibit Tesla’s direct sales model, which still can make strong bids. “Tesla will be able to on its head and asks, ‘Can robots trust humans?’” had already snapped up 12,000 followers on “What do we do when they will need to be bypasses car dealerships. leverage this for additional incentives of course Zeller said. “Our aim is to further discussion in soci- Twitter, including one fan who posted a photo of a repaired?” Zeller said, suggesting that some peo- In Arizona, Tucson Mayor Jonathan from other states,” he said. “I think it would be ety about our relationship with technology and cardboard box look-alike. ple may become attached to the little humanoids Rothschild said he doesn’t believe Thursday’s foolish to write Texas off.” Longtime Sparks robots, and notions of safety and trust.” Zeller and By Friday, the number of Twitter followers was and will “keep and cherish” them. announcement makes Nevada the front-run- Mayor Geno Martini said it’s hard to imagine fellow professor David Smith of McMaster nearly 20,000. “Everyone is rooting for it,” Zeller “Do we repair them, or will they become just ner. He said Tesla officials “were very clear that how much the plant would benefit the econo- University, along with a team of specialists, said. “It’s an interesting phenomenon-people are another convenient item that we can throw they’ve chosen no site yet.” “We have a package my of the Reno-Sparks metro area with about designed hitchBot to be fully dependent on peo- developing attachments to the robot, including away?” she asked. “We have to study all of that to that Tesla has, and that package is confidential, 425,000 people. ple. “It cannot achieve its task of hitchhiking across many who (will) never meet hitchBot, but are fol- ensure it works out right.” — AFP but what you try to do is roll out the red carpet “I really don’t know that I’ve got anything to Canada without the help of people, because it and make it as economically viable as you can compare it to, really,” he said. “It’s probably one cannot move by itself,” she said. And hitchBot cer- for any company that wants to come in and of the biggest projects I’ve seen in my lifetime. “ tainly has what it takes to charm its way into peo- bring 6,000 employees,” he said. Nevertheless, Martini remains cautious: ple’s hearts. Law changed to allow Musk said the gigafactory will help Tesla “Nothing is cast in stone until they sign on the It can strike up a conversation and can answer make cheaper batteries for its Model 3, a mass- dotted line.”— AP trivia questions by consulting information using its built-in computers. And it will even tell you ‘unlocking’ cellphones when it’s tired and in need of recharging from your car’s cigarette lighter. HitchBot has what has WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama signed a unlocking. Consumer advocates said the process been described by Canadian media as a “yard-sale bill into law on Friday making it legal once again remained slow and cumbersome. They wanted aesthetic,” built for about $1,000 from parts found to unlock a cellphone without permission from a tech-savvy consumers to be able to unlock in a typical Canadian home or hardware store. wireless provider, so long as the service contract phones by themselves or use a third-party, which It has an LED-lit smiley face wrapped in a trans- has expired. Copyright law prohibits circumvent- the new legislation allows. The bill doesn’t apply parent cake saver set atop a plastic beer pail ing digital locks on technological devices. But for to other wireless devices such as tablets, but wrapped in a solar panel, with swimming pool several years, cellphones were granted an exemp- directs the Library of Congress to consider noodles for limbs. tion by government copyright lawyers as a way of whether consumers should be allowed to unlock Its feet are rubber boots and it wears yellow making it easier for consumers to change carriers those as well. latex gloves-including one with its thumb extend- and recycle old phones. The legislation is only effective until the ed to show it wants to catch a ride. The automa- Then under industry pressure, the Library of Library of Congress issues its next ruling, most ton’s design couldn’t be too heavy because it had Congress - which oversees copyright law - agreed likely in late 2015. But consumer advocates hope to be manually lifted into a car. to let the exemption lapse as of January 2013, that the popular legislation will be enough to The robot also had to be small enough to fit infuriating consumer advocates who say phone convince the federal office that it should continue into the backseat of a car but still have enough owners should be able to do whatever they want to allow unlocking. heft so it would not be blown over by a gust of with a device once a contract expires. CTIA-The Wireless Association, which repre- wind while hitchhiking on the side of the road. Wireless providers have said digital locks on sents major wireless providers including AT&T, And it had to be resistant to chilly tempera- cellphones protect their business model: phones Sprint Corporation, T-Mobile USA, U.S. Cellular tures common during Canadian late summer are often sold at a steep discount in exchange for and Verizon Wireless, said in a statement: “Even nights. “It had to be sturdy but also appealing to long-term service contracts. If a consumer doesn’t though the vast majority of Americans enjoy people,” Zeller said. “We wanted people to feel want to be tied to a particular carrier, they can upgrading to new devices once their contract like, ‘Yeah, I should stop to help that robot.’” And always pay the higher price of a device that’s terms are fulfilled, we recognize that some con- that’s exactly what’s been happening. already unlocked, industry officials say. sumers may want to unlock their devices to move It began its trip on July 27 in Canada’s Atlantic The Library of Congress agreed with that logic to another carrier.” It noted, however, that even in its latest ruling. But public backlash was fierce though the phone is unlocked it might not work This photo shows the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center in Sparks, Nev. Tesla Motors has port city of Halifax, after being picked up by an and several wireless providers responded by out- on other carriers because platforms and spectrum broken ground in Sparks as a possible place to build a $5 billion ‘gigafactory’ to elderly couple in a camper van. They handed it off lining a set of voluntary industry standards for holdings vary. — AP make lithium batteries for its electric cars. — AP after a night in the Canadian outback to three Drones thrill Martha and prison convicts

WASHINGTON: Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is singing the magnificent Chateau de Versailles (with) no drone to show public this week as law enforcement released surveillance praises of personal drones and marveling at their untapped him the complexities of the terrain,” she added, citing the images of a potential second suspect. “This is definitely a potential-although smuggling contraband into a prison celebrated 17th century French landscape architect. new and interesting way” to smuggle contraband into a might not be what she has in mind. In an essay for Time In South Carolina, meanwhile, the state Department of prison, Department of Corrections spokeswoman Stephanie magazine, the 72-year-old entrepreneur and domestic god- Corrections asked the public for help Thursday in identifying Givens told AFP by telephone. dess confessed to being “hooked” on small drones since get- a second suspect in a failed attempt to airlift contraband In November last year, four people were arrested in ting a camera-equipped model for her birthday and flying it into a prison filled with hardened criminals. Georgia after a sharp-eyed prison guard spotted a small over a beach in Maine. Mobiles phones, marijuana and tobacco made up the drone being used to ferry two pounds (nearly one kilogram) “My mind started racing and I imagined all the different illicit payload of the small drone that crashed before it could of tobacco to waiting inmates. Despite a growing number of applications for my drone,” said Stewart, who has since used get inside of the Lee Correctional Institution, which houses small drones in American skies, the Federal Aviation her Parrot device to capture a bird’s eye view of a party, a about 1,000 convicts. Administration (FAA) says their use for anything other than mountain hike and her landscaped gardens. It was discovered in bushes in April, and one person has personal purposes is illegal, pending the adoption of fresh “It is hard to imagine Andre Le Notre laying out... the already been take in into custody. But the case only went regulations. — AFP Martha Stewart SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE Why isn’t there a treatment or vaccine for Ebola? LONDON: In the four decades since the ously tested in humans. One experi- Without a specific treatment, doctors What’s in the pipeline? Peter Piot, the co-discoverer of Ebola in Ebola virus was first identified in Africa, mental treatment, though, was tried and nurses focus on easing the disease’s There are about a half dozen Ebola 1976 and director of the London School treatment hasn’t changed much. There this week in an American aid worker symptoms - fever, headache, vomiting drugs and vaccines in development, sev- of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. are no licensed drugs or vaccines for sick with Ebola, according to the US- and diarrhea - and on keeping patients eral of which have received funding from The World Health Organization has no the deadly disease. Some are being based group that she works for in hydrated and comfortable. The out- the US. One drug developed by the US. plans to facilitate any clinical trials during developed, but none have been rigor- Liberia. break in three West African countries - Army has shown promising results when this outbreak, spokesman Gregory Hartl Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone - has tested in monkeys. “We think this may said. Other experts say it’s unethical to use sickened more than 1,300 people and work because of the animal models but treatments or vaccines that haven’t been more than 700 have died since March. until you do the studies in humans, you properly tested, and warn the results just don’t know,” said Fred Hayden, an could be disastrous. Why isn’t there a treatment by now? infectious diseases specialist at the “None of these drugs or vaccines are For one thing, the Ebola virus is hard University of Virginia, who was not ready to be used in humans from a legal to work with. The virus doesn’t grow involved in the research. point of view,” said Dr Heinz Feldmann, well in petri dishes and experiments While animal studies for vaccine candi- chief of virology at the US National can only be done in the relatively few dates have been encouraging, it’s unclear Institute of Allergy and Infectious labs with the highest security meas- what dose humans would need. A Diseases. It would be impossible to vacci- ures. And while Ebola is lethal, it’s rare. Canadian company, Tekmira, has a $140 nate or treat everyone in the region but if Outbreaks are unpredictable, giving million contract with the US government any tests do proceed, they would proba- doctors few chances to test new treat- to develop a Ebola vaccine. An early test bly be focused on those at highest risk: ments. While the current epidemic is of the shot in healthy humans was health care workers. the largest recorded, the number of stopped recently after the Food and Drug The American woman who got the people sickened by Ebola is small com- Administration asked for more safety experimental drug in Liberia worked at a pared to the number killed by other information. hospital where Ebola patients were treat- diseases like malaria or dengue. Much ed. It’s not known what kind of treatment of the funding for Ebola research is Should experimental she received. If health care workers are from governments that worry about drugs be used now? treated, “We will have to explain why some the virus being used in a bioterror Scientists are split on whether or not it people are getting the vaccine and others CONGO: In this Saturday, Sept 29, 2007, file photo, a 43 year old attack. is a good idea to try experimental drugs are not,” Feldmann said, adding there are Congolese patient, center, who has been confirmed to have Ebola hemor- “It’s not economically viable for any and vaccines before they are approved still vast areas of West African communities rhagic fever, following laboratory tests, is comforted by Medecins Sans company to do this kind of research but the prospect is being informally dis- suspicious of Western aid workers and Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) nurse Isabel Grovas, left, and Doctor because they have stockholders to think cussed. “Given the prolonged and their treatments. “At the moment, it Hilde Declerck, right, in Kampungu, Kasai Occidental province. —AP about,” said Ben Neuman, a virologist at unprecedented nature of the epidemic, doesn’t even look like the local population the University of Reading in Britain. we need to carefully consider this,” said Dr wants it.” —AP West Africa seeks to seal off Ebola-hit regions

CONAKRY: West Africa’s Ebola-hit nations have $100 million action plan that 122 new cases had been detected between agreed to impose a cross-border isolation zone The leaders of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea Thursday and Sunday last week, bringing the total at the epicenter of the world’s worst-ever out- used the summit to launch a $100 million (75 mil- to more than 1,300. “Current numbers of national break, amid warnings that the deadly epidemic lion euro) action plan that will see several hun- and international response staff are woefully inad- is spiraling out of control. The announcement dred more medical staff deployed to battle the equate,” Chan said, revealing that 60 health work- came at an emergency summit in the Guinean epidemic. The three countries will also bolster ers had died treating patients in the outbreak. capital on Friday to discuss the outbreak, which efforts to prevent and detect suspected cases, has killed more than 700 people, with the World urge better border surveillance, and reinforce the State of emergency Health Organization warning Ebola could cause WHO’s sub-regional outbreak coordination centre Sierra Leone’s leader Ernest Bai Koroma has “catastrophic” loss of life and severe economic in Guinea. announced a state of emergency, quarantining disruption if it continued to spread. Darab did not outline the exact area to be part Ebola-hit areas and cancelling foreign trips by “We have agreed to take important and of the isolation zone, but the epicenter of the out- ministers, while Liberia has closed all of its schools extraordinary actions at the inter-country level break has a diameter of almost 300 kilometers and put government workers on leave. Liberian to focus on cross-border regions that have more (185 miles), spreading from Kenema in eastern President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf warned ahead of NIGERIA: A man reads a local newspaper on a street with the headline Ebola than 70 percent of the epidemic,” said Hadja Sierra Leone to Macenta in southern Guinea, and the summit that the crisis was “nearing a catastro- Virus kills Liberian in Lagos yesterday. —AP Saran Darab, the secretary-general of the taking in most of Liberia’s extreme northern phe” and appealed for more doctors and supplies. Mano River Union bloc grouping the nations. forests. “The healthcare services in these zones Ebola, which has no vaccine, causes severe mus- Dubai’s Emirates suspends “These areas will be isolated by police and mili- will be strengthened for treatment, testing and cular pain, fever, headaches and, in the worst cas- tary. The people in these areas being isolated contact tracing to be carried out effectively,” she es, unstoppable bleeding. flights to Guinea over Ebola will be provided with material support,” she said said. The meeting came after Dubai’s Emirates It has killed around two-thirds of those it has at the meeting in Conakry. Opening the summit, became the first global airline to announce it was infected since its emergence in 1976, with two DUBAI: Dubai’s Emirates said it had sus- But IATA said on Thursday the WHO was WHO chief Margaret Chan told leaders that the suspending flights to the stricken area, while the outbreaks registering fatality rates approaching pended flights to Guinea over Ebola, not recommending travel restrictions or response of the three countries to the epidemic United States, Germany, France and Italy have 90 percent. The death rate in the current outbreak becoming the first major international air- border closures, and there would be a low had been “woefully inadequate”, revealing that issued warnings against travel to the three African is a lower-than-average 55 percent. Fears that it line to impose a ban in response to the out- risk to other passengers if an infected per- the outbreak was “moving faster than our efforts countries. US President Barack Obama could spread to other continents through air trav- break of the deadly virus in West Africa. son flew. Nigeria’s largest airline Arik Air, to control it”. announced on Friday that the United States el have been growing, with European and Asian Flights was suspended from yesterday until which flies to a limited number of interna- “If the situation continues to deteriorate, the would screen delegates travelling from Ebola-hit countries on alert alongside African countries further notice, the airline said in a state- tional destinations including London, has consequences can be catastrophic in terms of countries to Washington for a three-day Africa outside the Ebola crisis zone. ment on its website. “The safety of our pas- stopped flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone. lost lives but also severe socio-economic disrup- summit next week. In Britain, Sierra Leone cyclist Moses Sesay was sengers and crew is of the highest priority Pan-African airline Asky was suspended tion and a high risk of spread to other countries,” Two Americans infected with Ebola in West quarantined and tested for Ebola at the and will not be compromised,” it said. by Nigeria’s civil aviation authorities for Chan said. She described the outbreak as “by far Africa will be evacuated back to the United States Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, before being The Ebola outbreak, which began in bringing the first Ebola case to the country’s the largest ever in the nearly four-decade history in the coming days to be cared for in strict isola- given the all-clear, the athlete told a British news- Guinea and has spread to Liberia and Sierra largest city Lagos. West African leaders of this disease”. “It is taking place in areas with tion, US officials said. Kent Brantly, a doctor who paper. Kenya, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Leone, has killed more than 700, making it agreed on Friday to take stronger measures fluid population movements over porous bor- was treating Ebola patients in Liberia, and Congo and Benin said they had enhanced screen- the deadliest since the virus was discovered to try to bring Ebola under control and pre- ders, and it has demonstrated its ability to Christian missionary worker Nancy Writebol, were ing at border points and airports. Pan-African air- almost 40 years ago. Sierra Leone declared a vent it spreading outside the region. spread via air travel, contrary to what has been being flown home, but it was not immediately lines Arik and ASKY have halted flights to and state of emergency on Wednesday. In line Emirates, which does not fly to either seen in past outbreaks,” she told the summit. clear when they would arrive back in the US. from Liberia and Sierra Leone, while Asia-Pacific with guidelines from International airlines Liberia or Sierra Leone, said any further “Cases are occurring in rural areas which are dif- Meanwhile Nigeria quarantined two people nations from Hong Kong to Australia have association IATA and the World Health actions in connection with the outbreak ficult to access, but also in densely populated who had “primary contact” with a man who died announced tighter security measures at airports, Organization, several major airlines and inter- would be “guided by the advice and capital cities. This meeting must mark a turning of Ebola in Lagos last week. The WHO raised the some warning against travel to the Ebola-hit national airports have started health screen- updates from the government and interna- point in the outbreak response.” death toll by 57 to 729 on Thursday, announcing countries. —AFP ing of passengers on flights from West Africa. tional health authorities.” —Reuters Ebola: Liberians dying of ignorance, say aid workers

MONROVIA: It is a sweltering morning in the over- stretched Ebola clinic in the Liberian capital Monrovia, and Kendell Kauffeldt scowls in frustra- tion as a jeep pulls up with a new patient. “It’s dan- gerous to bring cases in private vehicles like this,” he chides as he watches the Toyota disgorge its five passengers at the main gate. “The ministry of health has established protocols. There are hotline numbers that people have to call. And when you call there are ambulances, with trained people on board who are protected, to take the patient to hospital.” Kauffeldt, the director in Liberia of Christian aid group Samaritan’s Purse, is at the forefront of the NEW YORK: This handout photo provided Friday, August, 1, 2014, by Emory country’s battle with the worst outbreak of Ebola University, shows the isolation room at Emory University Hospital set up to that the world has ever seen. More than 300 Liberians have been infected by the tropical virus, treat patients exposed to certain infectious diseases and where an American aid which has been raging in west Africa’s forests since worker infected with the Ebola virus in Africa will be treated in Atlanta. —AP the start of the year. More than half of those who have caught the disease have died. But Kauffeldt Americans with Ebola and other aid workers warn that it is ignorance over Ebola, rather than the virus itself, that is pushing up returning to US for treatment the death toll. Ebola is a terrifying spectre for the people of NEW YORK: Two American aid workers seriously ill Control and Prevention are assisting the groups in Liberia’s remote forests, who have seen relatives die LIBERIA: An employee disinfects an office in Monrovia where offices were closed for disin- with Ebola are being brought from West Africa for their transfer. The government is working to in agonizing pain. The virus can fell its victims within fection against the epidemic of the haemorrhagic fever Ebola on August 1, 2014. —AFP treatment in one of the most tightly sealed isola- ensure that any Ebola-related evacuations “are car- days, delivering severe muscle pain, headaches, tion units in the US, officials said. It will be the first ried out safely, thereby protecting the patient and vomiting, diarrhoea and, in most cases, unstoppable built up around Ebola. catching the virus from his dying mother. “I was near time anyone infected with the disease has been the American public,” State Department spokes- bleeding as the patient’s organs break down and Among the most worrisome is the widespread mama when she was sick. When she died, I got sick,” brought into the country. One was to arrive woman Marie Harf said in a statement released seep out of their bodies. belief that Ebola is a western conspiracy or doesn’t William says as he prepares to leave the centre and Saturday in a small private jet outfitted with a spe- Friday. A Department of Defense spokesman said exist at all. Another is that entering an Ebola treat- return to his village. James Kollie, the clinic’s ambu- cial, portable tent designed for transporting Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, Damaging myths ment centre is accepting a death sentence. In the lance driver, explains that the boy’s mother sum- patients with highly infectious diseases. The sec- would be used for the transfer. The aircraft is a Yet the pathogen itself is not particularly robust, new clinic set up by the charity Samaritan’s Purse in moned her son to lie beside her as she was dying in ond is to arrive a few days later, said doctors at Gulfstream jet fitted with what essentially is a spe- and can be seen off with soap and hot water. Monrovia’s ELWA hospital, up to 10 new cases are bed, coughing, vomiting and generally presenting a Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital, where they cialized, collapsible clear tent designed to house a Epidemiologists point out that Ebola is relatively dif- registered every day. “With communication and edu- grave risk to anyone nearby. will be treated. single patient and stop any infectious germs from ficult to catch and isn’t even airborne. The virus cation not robust as they should be, we see this hap- “I drove the vehicle that carried the team to pick US officials are confident the patients can be escaping. It was built to transfer CDC employees requires contact with the bodily fluids of a victim- pening where Ebola cases are brought in taxis or pri- him up. That day everybody was running from him. I treated without putting the public in any danger. exposed to contagious diseases for treatment. The their blood, urine, faeces, vomit, saliva or sweat-to vate cars,” Kauffeldt tells AFP. “This is very worrisome shed tears for him,” Kollie tells AFP. On Friday the Ebola, which has no cure, is spread through direct CDC said the private jet can only accommodate leap into a new host. For those unlucky enough to because everybody in that car has had contact with leaders of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea agreed a contact with blood or other bodily fluids from an one patient at a time. catch Ebola, the disease it brings about is also treat- the patient. We need to watch them for 21 days to $100 million emergency action plan to beef the infected person, not through the air. The current Brantly and Writebol were in serious condition able, say experts. know whether they have been infected.” response to Ebola. Much of the cash will go on outbreak in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the and were still in Liberia on Friday, according to the Patients who are kept hydrated, given paraceta- deploying medical workers. But the plan also largest ever recorded, has sickened more than US -based charity Samaritan’s Purse, which is pay- mol to keep their temperature in check and treated Admitting Ebola is real includes provision to improve education throughout 1,300 people and killed more than 700 this year. ing for their transfer and medical care. An Emory with antibiotics for secondary infections have a It’s not just taxi drivers who have to worry. Ebola the Ebola zone straddling the three countries. The two Americans - Dr Kent Brantly and emergency medical team in Liberia has evaluated fighting chance of recovery. But in a country where patients, ignorant of the risks, are putting their own Lawmaker Peter Coleman, the head of Liberia’s Nancy Writebol - worked for US missionary groups the two aid workers, and deemed both stable remote communities are deeply superstitious of family members in grave danger. Ten-year-old Senate Committee on Health, says the poverty in Liberia at a hospital that treated Ebola patients. enough for the trip to Atlanta, said Emory’s Dr western medicine and often rely on the wisdom of William Benadict, one of the clinic’s success stories, endemic across the country has been a major obsta- The State Department and the Centers for Disease Bruce Ribner. —AP witch doctors, a variety of damaging myths have has made a full recovery against the odds after cle to spreading reliable information. —AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE Coaches may help deter 2-pound Michigan baby abuse among athletes undergoes heart procedure NEW YORK: Participating in a teen rela- boys in violence prevention and suggests tionship abuse prevention program may that coach-led programs may be an alter- GRAND RAPIDS: A 2-pound Michigan equip and encourage high school coach- native to traditional violence prevention newborn dubbed “Mighty Girl” by her es to intervene when they witness abu- programs that require classroom instruc- parents is one of the smallest babies in sive behavior among athletes, according tion. She and her colleagues recruited the world to undergo a heart proce- to a new study. Researchers previously 176 coaches who led a variety of male dure to open up a blocked artery showed that the program had a positive and co-ed teams, including football, bas- caused by a congenital defect. A week influence on male high school athletes, ketball and lacrosse teams, at 16 later, Alexandra Mae Van Kirk is show- who showed reductions in perpetration Northern California high schools. ing signs that her heart is working as it of dating violence and increased inten- should, and she’s growing. tion to intervene and stop violence Abusive behavior “She’s doing fantastic,” her father, among peers. They split the coaches into two Matt Van Kirk, told The Grand Rapids The program, called Coaching Boys groups. Coaches in the intervention Press for a story published Friday. Dr Into Men (CBIM), trains coaches to deliver group received the one-hour CBIM train- Joseph Vettukattil, who performed 15-minute scripted discussions once a ing and kits to lead program discussions the pulmonary balloon valvuloplasty week during the athletic season. The les- and those in the comparison group con- at DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand sons highlight respect, nonviolence, sex- tinued with their usual coaching activi- Rapids, has done 300 such proce- ual consent and interrupting abusive ties. Coaches completed surveys at the dures over 20 years, but the smallest behaviors among peers. beginning and end of the season that patient on which he performed it was “The coaches gained as much from addressed their own attitudes as well as 4 pounds. “It was very tricky,” said delivering the program as the athletes their responses to abusive behavior and Vettukattil, who added he has heard who received it,” said Maria Catrina D. inappropriate comments by athletes. of only one or two other babies small- Jaime, the study’s lead author from the Although the coaches were not paid, er than Alexandra who have under- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in schools did receive a small stipend for gone the procedure. When Heidi Van Pennsylvania. “After the CBIM program, allowing them to participate. Kirk was 22 weeks pregnant, an ultra- they were more confident addressing When comparing the initial surveys to sound showed Alexandra was small abusive behaviors among their athletes end-of-season surveys, the researchers GRAND RAPIDS: In this July 30, 2014 photo, Alexandra Mae Van Kirk recovers from surgery at for her stage of gestation. In follow- and having violence-related discussions found that coaches in the intervention Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. —AP photos up checks with health specialists, with both athletes and fellow coaches. group were 18 percent better at identify- Alexandra slipped further down the Since coaches are important role models ing abusive behaviors and 30 percent growth track. for youth, it is rewarding that they found more likely to address an instance of abu- “They gave her (a) 35 percent the CBIM program easy to do during the sive behavior toward women when they chance of making it to a live birth,” sport season and felt that it added value recognized one than coaches in the com- Heidi Van Kirk said. Alexandra was born for their athletes and coaching staff,” she parison group. July 7, entering the world with a full told Reuters Health. Intervention coaches were also signifi- head of hair and with a powerful cry. “I Jaime said the program has been suc- cantly more likely to start discussions think everyone in the operating room cessfully adapted internationally by crick- about abusive behavior with colleagues was pretty much overjoyed,” Matt Van et coaches and athletes in Mumbai, India. and athletes than comparison coaches, Kirk said. “We were not expecting a In the US, nearly one quarter of women according to findings published in the vocal birth.” Alexandra weighed 2 experience violence by a current or for- Journal of Interpersonal Violence. “We pounds, 3 ounces. The neonatal team mer partner at some point in their lives, suspected from watching how enthusias- diagnosed her with critical pulmonary according to the Centers for Disease tic coaches can become about the pro- stenosis. If Alexandra is like most Control and Prevention. gram, that the program may have some babies who undergo the procedure, The issue of dating violence in sports impact on the coaches themselves,” said she will not need any further treat- reemerged earlier this year when Jaime. ment, Vettukattil said. “She’s cured. As Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice “Coaches are valuable role models and far as her heart goes, she should be fine was shown on surveillance recordings can help prevent violence toward women for the rest of her life,” he said. In the fighting with his then-fiancee, now wife, and girls. The CBIM program is a research- neonatal intensive care unit, Alexandra and allegedly knocking her unconscious tested program that coaches find easily remains active, kicking her legs and at a casino. integrates into their coaching routine and pulling on tubes. “We have always The new study, Jaime explained, con- is valuable to help their athletes think referred to her as our Mighty Girl,” Heidi GRAND RAPIDS: Heidi and Matthew Van Kirk hold their daughter Alexandra Mae Van Kirk at Van Kirk said. “We call her our Mighty, tributes to research regarding the impor- and behave more respectfully toward Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. tance of adult role models for engaging women and girls,” she said. —Reuters Feisty Girl now.” —AP WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

Touristic Enterprises Company celebrates Eid he Touristic Enterprises Company celebrated Eid Al-Fitr at the Entertainment City with a special program featuring a variety of activities and competitions, in addition to introducing new games on the occasion. The amusement park’s management meanwhile announced that special activities are still in store during the summer break. The Entertainment City welcomes visitors everyday from 5:00 pm to T1:00 am, with Mondays allocated for female visitors only.

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hmadi Governor Sheikh Fawaz Al-Khalid Al-Sabah visited patients at the Adan Hospital during the Eid Al-Fitr holidays. He also visited the Subahiya police station to check the process Aof work during the holidays. TV PROGRAMS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

16:00 Hotel Transylvania-PG 09:30 Caribbean Premier Leaue 18:20 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 18:00 Big Trouble-PG15 Highlights 19:10 Simply Italian 20:00 Loser-PG15 10:30 Caribbean Premier Leaue 19:35 Nordic Cookery With Tareq 22:00 Romy And Michelle’s High Highlights 00:45 Human Prey Taylor School Reunion-PG15 11:30 IPL Highlights 01:35 Untamed & Uncut 20:00 Cash In The Attic 00:00 Violetta 12:30 ICC Cricket 360 02:25 Wildest Africa 20:45 Cash In The Attic 00:45 The Hive 13:00 ICC World T20 Highlights 03:15 World’s Wildest Cities: 21:30 Cash In The Attic 00:50 Art Attack 14:00 ICC World T20 Highlights Manaus 22:15 Bargain Hunt 01:15 Art Attack 15:00 ICC World T20 Highlights 03:40 World’s Wildest Cities: 23:00 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 01:40 Wolfblood 16:00 IPL Highlights Manaus 23:50 Simply Italian 02:05 Wolfblood 17:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 04:05 Natural World 01:00 Scents And Sensibility-PG15 02:30 Violetta Highlights 04:55 Animal Cops Miami 03:00 The Tall Man-PG15 03:10 The Hive 18:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 05:45 Outback Rangers 05:00 The Chateau Meroux-PG15 03:20 Art Attack Highlights 06:05 Outback Rangers 07:00 Red Lights-PG15 03:45 Art Attack 19:00 ICC Cricket 360 06:35 Breed All About It 09:00 Beasts Of The Southern Wild- 04:10 Jungle Junction 19:30 Bangladesh v India ODI 07:00 Animal Airport PG15 04:20 Jungle Junction Highlights 07:25 Weird Creatures With Nick 11:00 The Chateau Meroux-PG15 00:30 Treehouse Masters 04:35 Jungle Junction 20:30 Bangladesh v India ODI Baker 13:00 Red Lights-PG15 01:20 Futurescape With James 04:50 Jungle Junction Highlights 08:15 My Pet’s Gone Viral 15:00 Metal Tornado-PG15 Woods 05:00 Art Attack 21:30 Bangladesh v India ODI 08:45 My Pet’s Gone Viral 17:00 Beasts Of The Southern Wild- 02:10 Mythbusters 05:25 Art Attack Highlights 09:10 Pandamonium PG15 03:00 Fast N’ Loud 05:50 Mouk 22:30 ICC Cricket 360 10:05 Penguin Safari 18:45 The Next Three Days-PG15 03:50 Storage Hunters 06:00 Austin & Ally 23:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 11:00 Animal Precinct 21:00 The Company You Keep- 04:15 Dallas Car Sharks 06:25 Dog With A Blog Highlights 11:55 Animal Airport PG15 04:40 Storage Wars Canada 06:45 Mako Mermaids 12:20 Breed All About It 23:00 Faces In The Crowd-PG15 05:05 How Does It Work 07:10 Liv And Maddie 12:50 Bizarre Animal ER 05:30 How Do They Do It? 07:35 Austin & Ally 13:15 Bizarre Animal ER 06:00 Gold Rush 07:55 Austin & Ally 13:45 Gator Boys 07:00 Dual Survival 08:20 Jessie 14:40 Wildest Africa 07:50 Yukon Men 08:45 Dog With A Blog 01:30 A Kiss Before Dying-PG15 00:00 Storage Wars 15:30 Weird Creatures With Nick 08:40 Fast N’ Loud 09:05 Dog With A Blog 03:15 Down The Shore-PG15 00:30 Pawn Stars Baker 09:30 Storage Hunters 09:30 Good Luck Charlie 05:00 Hide Away-PG15 01:00 Appalachian Outlaws 16:30 My Pet’s Gone Viral 09:55 Dallas Car Sharks 09:55 Good Luck Charlie 07:00 My Kid Could Paint That- 02:00 Ax Men 17:00 My Pet’s Gone Viral 10:20 Storage Wars Canada 10:15 Suite Life On Deck PG15 03:00 Storage Wars 17:25 Animal Planet’s Most 10:45 How Does It Work 10:40 Suite Life On Deck 09:00 Falling In Love-PG15 03:30 Storage Wars Outrageous 11:10 How Do They Do It? 11:05 That’s So Raven 11:00 Crazy / Beautiful-PG15 04:00 Pawn Stars 18:20 The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner 11:35 Treehouse Masters 11:25 That’s So Raven 13:00 Down The Shore-PG15 04:30 Pawn Stars 18:45 The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner 13:15 Mythbusters 11:50 A.N.T. Farm 15:00 Bobby Fischer Against The 05:00 The Legend Of Shelby The 19:15 Gator Boys 14:05 Storage Hunters 12:15 A.N.T. Farm World-PG15 Swamp Man 20:10 Deadly Islands 14:30 Dallas Car Sharks 12:35 Good Luck Charlie 17:00 Crazy / Beautiful-PG15 05:30 The Legend Of Shelby The 21:05 Wildest Africa 14:55 Storage Wars Canada 13:00 Good Luck Charlie 19:00 Seven Pounds-PG15 Swamp Man 22:00 Gator Boys 15:20 Dual Survival 13:25 Dog With A Blog 21:00 The Beach-PG15 06:00 Storage Wars Texas 22:55 Deadly Islands 16:10 Yukon Men 13:45 Dog With A Blog 23:00 The Lady-PG15 06:30 Counting Cars 23:50 Animal Cops Miami 17:00 Fast N’ Loud 14:10 The Adventures Of Disney 07:00 American Pickers 17:50 Sons Of Guns Fairies 08:00 American Restoration 18:40 Sons Of Guns 14:35 Austin & Ally 08:30 Cajun Pawn Stars 19:30 Gold Rush 15:00 Austin & Ally 01:00 Run For Your Wife-PG15 09:00 Storage Wars Texas 20:20 How Does It Work 15:25 Liv And Maddie 03:00 Lovestruck: The Musical- 09:30 Counting Cars 20:45 How Do They Do It? PG15 10:00 Pawn Stars 00:10 How To Cook Like Heston 15:45 Mako Mermaids 21:10 Dallas Car Sharks 16:10 Mako Mermaids 05:00 Despicable Me 2-PG 10:30 Pawn Stars 00:35 Extreme Makeover: Home 21:35 Storage Wars Canada 06:45 Mud-PG15 11:00 Storage Wars Edition 16:35 Win, Lose Or Draw 22:00 Street Outlaws 17:00 Get Frozen 09:00 Battle Of The Year-PG15 11:30 Storage Wars 01:20 Extreme Makeover: Home 22:50 Secret Bodyguards 11:00 Hyde Park On Hudson-PG15 12:00 American Pickers Edition 17:10 Prank Stars WHAT ABOUT BOB? ON OSN MOVIES COMEDY HD 23:15 Secret Bodyguards 17:20 Jessie 12:45 Oz The Great And Powerful- 13:00 The Legend Of Shelby The 02:05 Extreme Makeover: Home 23:40 Shadow Ops PG Swamp Man Edition 17:45 Dog With A Blog 12:05 E! News 14:00 Megastructures Stewart 15:00 Gnomeo & Juliet-PG 13:30 The Legend Of Shelby The 02:50 Bargain Hunt 18:10 Liv And Maddie 13:05 Extreme Close-Up 15:00 World’s Toughest Fixes 21:30 The Colbert Report 16:45 Battle Of The Year-PG15 Swamp Man 03:35 Marbella Mansions 18:30 Mako Mermaids 13:35 THS 16:00 Britain’s Greatest Machines 22:00 Family Guy 18:45 Jobs-PG15 14:00 Ax Men 04:20 Nordic Cookery With Tareq 18:55 Mako Mermaids 14:30 Style Star 17:00 Helicopter Wars 22:30 2 Broke Girls 21:00 Ice Soldiers-18 15:00 American Pickers Taylor 19:20 Violetta 20:05 Liv And Maddie 15:00 Keeping Up With The 18:00 Hunter Hunted 23:00 Two And A Half Men 23:00 G.I. Joe: Retaliation-PG15 16:00 American Pickers 04:45 How To Cook Like Heston Kardashians 00:20 How Tech Works 20:30 Jessie 19:00 Predator CSI 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 17:00 Pawn Stars 05:10 A Taste Of My Life 16:00 Keeping Up With The 00:45 Test Case 20:50 Dog With A Blog 20:00 A Traveler’s Guide To The 17:30 Pawn Stars 05:35 Extreme Makeover: Home Kardashians 01:10 Hunt For A Super Comet 21:15 Mako Mermaids Planets 18:00 Storage Wars Edition 17:00 Giuliana & Bill 02:00 Body Spectacular 21:40 Austin & Ally 21:00 Air Crash Investigation 18:30 Storage Wars 06:15 Extreme Makeover: Home 18:00 E! News 01:00 Wheelers 02:45 Mythbusters 22:00 Good Luck Charlie 22:00 Battleground Brothers 00:00 Perception 19:00 American Pickers Edition 19:00 Beyond Candid With Giuliana 02:45 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up 03:35 Prophets Of Science Fiction 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 23:00 Brain Games 01:00 Chicago Fire 20:00 Ax Men 07:00 Extreme Makeover: Home 20:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 04:30 The Happy Cricket 2 04:30 Space Voyages 22:50 Shake It Up 23:30 Brain Games 02:00 The Assets 21:00 Pawn Stars Edition 20:30 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 06:00 The Legend Of Secret Pass 05:20 Scrapheap Challenge 23:10 Wolfblood 03:00 Helix 21:30 Storage Wars 07:40 Bargain Hunt 21:00 Fashion Police 08:00 Hammer Boy 06:10 Through The Wormhole 23:35 Wolfblood 04:00 The Night Shift 22:00 American Restoration 08:25 Marbella Mansions 21:30 Escape Club 10:00 Flushed Away 07:00 Prototype This 05:00 Once Upon A Time 22:30 American Restoration 09:10 Nordic Cookery With Tareq 22:30 E! News 11:30 Renart The Fox 07:55 Sport Science 06:00 Perception 23:00 American Daredevils Taylor 23:30 Chelsea Lately 13:15 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up 08:45 Prophets Of Science Fiction 07:00 Franklin & Bash 23:30 American Daredevils 09:35 How To Cook Like Heston 08:00 Betrayal 14:45 D’Fenders 09:40 Through The Wormhole 00:20 Brutal Killers 10:00 The Restaurant UK 09:00 Chicago Fire 16:15 A Cat In Paris 10:30 Building The Biggest 01:10 Fish Warrior 10:55 Extreme Makeover: Home 10:00 Once Upon A Time 18:00 Flushed Away 11:20 Space Voyages 00:00 A-List Listings 02:00 World’s Deadliest Killers Edition 11:00 The Night Shift 20:00 Tom And Jerry’s Giant 12:10 Scrapheap Challenge 00:25 E!ES 02:50 World’s Deadliest Animals 11:40 Extreme Makeover: Home 12:00 Emmerdale Adventure 13:00 Test Case 00:55 Chelsea Lately 03:45 Ultimate Animal Countdown Edition 12:30 Coronation Street 22:00 D’Fenders 00:10 Obsessive Compulsive 13:30 Prophets Of Science Fiction 01:25 Style Star 04:40 Speed Kills 12:25 Extreme Makeover: Home 00:05 Fast Food Gone Global 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 23:30 A Cat In Paris Cleaners 01:50 Style Star 05:35 World’s Deadliest Killers Edition 14:20 Mythbusters 00:55 Grill It! With Bobby Flay 14:00 Betrayal 01:00 Mob Wives 02:20 Keeping Up With The 06:30 World’s Deadliest Animals 13:10 Bargain Hunt 15:10 Scrapheap Challenge 01:20 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 15:00 Perception 01:50 Hoarding: Buried Alive Kardashians 07:25 Ultimate Animal Countdown 13:55 Marbella Mansions 16:00 Building The Biggest 01:45 Guy’s Big Bite 16:00 Emmerdale 02:40 I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant 03:15 Extreme Close-Up 08:20 Monster Fish 14:40 Nordic Cookery With Tareq 16:50 James May’s Man Lab 02:10 Guy’s Big Bite 16:30 Coronation Street 03:05 Mob Wives 03:40 Extreme Close-Up 09:15 Mudcats Taylor 17:40 Hunt For A Super Comet 02:35 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 03:55 Long Island Medium 04:10 THS 10:10 Python Hunters 00:00 Gambit-PG15 15:05 How To Cook Like Heston 18:30 Body Spectacular 03:00 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 18:00 Betrayal 04:20 Say Yes To The Dress 05:05 THS 11:05 Africa’s Deadliest 02:00 The Cold Light Of Day-PG15 15:30 Extreme Makeover: Home 19:20 How Tech Works 03:25 Guy’s Big Bite 19:00 Switched At Birth 04:45 Say Yes To The Dress 06:00 THS 12:00 Ragged Tooth 04:00 Asterix And Obelix-PG15 Edition 19:45 Test Case 03:50 Iron Chef America 20:00 C.S.I. 05:10 Toddlers & Tiaras 07:50 Style Star 12:55 World’s Deadliest Killers 06:00 Sky Force-FAM 16:15 Extreme Makeover: Home 20:10 Mythbusters 04:40 Chopped 21:00 Chicago Fire 06:00 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 08:20 E! News 13:50 Phantom Wolverine 08:00 Steel Magnolias-PG15 Edition 21:00 Sci-Fi Saved My Life 05:30 Unwrapped 22:00 Intelligence 07:00 What Not To Wear 09:15 Giuliana & Bill 14:45 Ultimate Animal Countdown 10:00 4 Wedding Planners-PG15 16:55 Extreme Makeover: Home 21:50 Superhuman Showdown 05:50 Tastiest Places To Chowdown 23:00 Helix 07:50 Brides Of Beverly Hills 10:15 Giuliana & Bill 15:40 Monster Fish 12:00 The Cold Light Of Day-PG15 Edition 22:40 Prophets Of Science Fiction 06:10 Chopped 08:15 Brides Of Beverly Hills 11:10 Eric And Jessie: Game On 16:35 Secret Life Of Predators 14:00 The Trial-PG15 17:35 Bargain Hunt 23:30 Space Voyages 07:00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 08:40 Something Borrowed, 11:35 Eric And Jessie: Game On 17:30 Secrets Of The King Cobra 16:00 Steel Magnolias-PG15 07:25 Roadtrip With G. Garvin Something New 18:25 Africa’s Deadliest 18:00 Stolen-PG15 07:50 Guy’s Big Bite 09:05 Something Borrowed, 19:20 World’s Deadliest Killers 20:00 Clear History-PG15 08:15 Iron Chef America Something New 20:10 Phantom Wolverine 22:00 Insidious-PG15 09:05 Barefoot Contessa 00:00 Revenge 21:00 Ultimate Animal Countdown 09:30 Toddlers & Tiaras 09:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes 01:00 Good Morning America 21:50 Monster Fish 10:20 Say Yes To The Dress 10:20 Easy Chinese: San Francisco 03:00 Rescue Me 22:40 Secret Life Of Predators 10:45 Say Yes To The Dress 10:45 Chopped 04:00 Supernatural 23:30 Secrets Of The King Cobra 11:10 Cake Boss 11:35 Grill It! With Bobby Flay 05:00 Good Morning America 02:00 Super Rugby 11:35 Kate Plus 8 07:00 Emmerdale 12:00 Reza, Spice Prince Of India 04:00 NRL PremierShip 12:00 Little People, Big World 07:30 Coronation Street 12:25 Charly’s Cake Angels 06:00 NRL Full Time 12:25 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 09:00 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. 12:50 Siba’s Table 06:30 Futball mundial 13:15 World’s Worst Mum 10:00 Emmerdale 13:15 Jenny Morris Cooks The 07:00 Golfing World 14:05 Six Little Mcghees 10:30 Coronation Street Riviera 08:00 Darts World Match Play 14:30 Six Little Mcghees 11:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 13:40 Guy’s Big Bite 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon 13:00 Golfing World 14:55 Extreme Couponing 12:00 Glee 14:05 The Next Food Network Star Stewart 14:00 Super Rugby 13:00 Supernatural 15:20 Cake Boss 14:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 01:00 The Colbert Report 16:00 European Tour Weekly 14:00 Live Good Morning America 15:45 What Not To Wear 01:30 Seinfeld 16:30 Inside The PGA Tour 15:20 Guy’s Big Bite 16:00 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. 16:35 Toddlers & Tiaras 02:00 Seinfeld 17:00 Live Senior Open 15:45 Chopped 17:00 Glee 17:25 Say Yes To The Dress 02:30 Two And A Half Men Championship 16:35 Fast Food Gone Global 18:00 Revenge 17:50 Say Yes To The Dress 03:00 The Simpsons 21:00 Trans World 17:25 Jenny Morris Cooks The 19:00 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. 18:15 Kate Plus 8 03:30 Parks And Recreation 22:00 European Tour Weekly Riviera 20:00 Glee 18:40 Little People, Big World 22:30 Inside The PGA Tour 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 04:00 My Boys 21:00 Revenge 19:10 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 23:00 Live PGA Tour 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 22:00 Supernatural 20:05 Extreme Couponing 18:40 Siba’s Table Jimmy Fallon 23:00 Rescue Me 20:30 Cake Boss 19:05 Reza’s African Kitchen 05:30 Back In The Game 21:00 Happily Ever Laughter 19:30 Guy’s Big Bite 06:00 The War At Home 21:25 Happily Ever Laughter 19:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 06:30 Melissa & Joey 00:00 Golfing World 21:55 My Big Fat American Gypsy 20:20 Chopped 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 01:00 V8 Supercars Highlights Wedding 21:10 Chopped 08:00 My Boys 02:00 V8 Supercars Highlights 22:50 Long Island Medium 22:00 Mexican Made Easy 08:30 Back In The Game 00:00 Death Race: Inferno-18 03:00 Darts World Match play 23:15 Oprah’s Next Chapter 22:25 Mexican Made Easy 09:00 The Simpsons 02:00 Mercy Streets-PG15 07:00 NRL Full Time 22:50 Siba’s Table 09:30 Trophy Wife 04:00 21-PG15 07:30 Total Rugby 23:15 Siba’s Table 10:00 Modern Family 06:00 Hudson Hawk-PG15 08:00 NRL Premiership 10:30 Melissa & Joey 23:40 Guy’s Big Bite 08:00 The Rock-PG15 10:00 Golfing World 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 10:15 Dangerous Attraction-PG15 11:00 IndyCar Highlights Jimmy Fallon 13:00 V8 Supercars Highlights 00:00 BBC World 12:00 21-PG15 12:00 The War At Home 14:00 V8 Supercars Highlights 01:00 BBC World 14:00 Flight Of The Intruder-PG15 12:30 My Boys 15:00 Live PGA European Tour 02:00 BBC World 03:00 BBC World 13:00 Back In The Game 16:00 The Rock-PG15 18:00 Trans World Sport 04:00 BBC World 00:00 Britain’s Greatest Machines 13:30 Melissa & Joey 18:15 Dangerous Attraction-PG15 19:00 WWE NXT 05:00 BBC World 01:00 Helicopter Wars 14:00 Parks And Recreation 20:00 Haywire-PG15 20:00 Golfing World 07:00 BBC World 14:30 Trophy Wife 02:00 Hunter Hunted 22:00 The Last Stand-PG15 21:00 Live Darts World Match play 08:00 BBC World 15:00 Modern Family 03:00 Situation Critical 09:00 BBC World 04:00 Mad Scientists 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 10:00 BBC World 04:30 Mad Scientists Stewart 11:00 BBC World 05:00 Naked Science 2.5 16:00 The Colbert Report 12:00 BBC World 00:00 Barbershop-PG15 06:00 Dubai Mega Mall 16:30 The War At Home 13:00 BBC World 02:00 What About Bob?-PG 07:00 World’s Toughest Fixes 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 02:30 ICC Cricket 360 16:00 BBC World 04:00 All American Christmas 08:00 Britain’s Greatest Machines 18:00 The Simpsons 03:00 Live Caribbean Premier 17:00 BBC World Carol-PG15 09:00 Helicopter Wars 18:30 Parks And Recreation Leaue 18:00 BBC World 06:00 Teen Wolf Too-PG15 10:00 Hunter Hunted 19:00 Trophy Wife 06:30 ICC Cricket 360 19:00 BBC World 08:00 Barbershop-PG15 11:00 Situation Critical 19:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 07:00 IPL Highlights 20:00 BBC World 10:00 Just Like Heaven-PG15 21:00 BBC World 12:00 Mad Scientists 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 08:00 IPL Highlights 12:00 What About Bob?-PG 22:00 BBC World 12:30 Mad Scientists Jimmy Fallon 09:00 ICC Cricket 360 HAYWIRE ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 13:00 Crime Lab 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 14:00 Overboard-PG15 23:00 BBC World Classifieds

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM LAST DAY OF RAMADAN TO WEDNESDAY (06/08/2014)

SHARQIA-1 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 12:15 AM PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 11:30 AM PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 1:30 PM FANAR-3 PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 3:30 PM PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 11:00 AM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 5:15 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 1:00 PM KAN RAFEEJI (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 8:00 PM PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 3:30 PM A LONG WAY DOWN (DIG) 10:15 PM PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 5:30 PM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 12:15 AM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 7:30 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 9:45 PM SHARQIA-2 SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 12:05 AM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 11:15 AM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 1:30 PM FANAR-4 SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 3:45 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 11:30 AM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 6:00 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 1:45 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 8:15 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 4:00 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 10:30 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 6:15 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 12:45 AM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 8:30 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 10:45 PM SHARQIA-3 SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 1:00 AM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 11:00 AM A LONG WAY DOWN (DIG) 2:15 PM FANAR-5 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 4:15 PM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (DIG) 11:00 AM THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 7:30 PM THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 2:15 PM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 9:45 PM THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 4:15 PM THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 1:00 AM KICK (DIG) (HINDI) 6:30 PM CHANGE OF NAME For rent KICK (DIG) (HINDI) 9:30 PM MUHALAB-1 THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 12:30 AM in Al-faiha DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 12:45 PM I, CONCEICAO FREDERICO THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 3:30 PM MARINA-1 VAZ - Indian national holder New deluxe villa DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 5:45 PM PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 12:15 PM of Passport No. F 0950385 -Ground floor & A LONG WAY DOWN (DIG) 8:30 PM PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 2:15 PM issued from Panaji, India on basement KAN RAFEEJI (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 10:30 PM PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 4:15 PM 1.10.2004. That I hereby - First floor DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 12:45 AM THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 6:15 PM declare that my correct 2 flats in second floor A LONG WAY DOWN (DIG) 8:30 PM name is as per my Birth starting from 800 KD MUHALAB-2 KAN RAFEEJI (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 10:30 PM Certificate read as “CONCE- stubble for diplomats TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 11:15 AM THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 12:45 AM ICAO FREDI VAS “. This is to THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 2:30 PM correct spelling my name. Tel: 94949159 PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 4:30 PM MARINA-2 Hence I would like to cor- TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 6:30 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 11:00 AM rect the same correction on KICK (DIG) (HINDI) 6:30 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 1:15 PM my Indian Passport. My LOST SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 9:45 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 3:30 PM father’s name is also read as: Original document Policy TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 12:05 AM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 5:45 PM PAULO FRANCISCAO VAS & No. 633003360 of Kashif SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 8:00 PM my Mother’s name is read as MUHALAB-3 SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 10:15 PM Shahzad and Policy # : MARGARIDA ANUNCIAEC- 630001223 of Mushtaq PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (DIG-3D) 11:00 AM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 12:30 AM CO SILVEIRA. And my wife’s SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 1:00 PM Ahmed by the state Life correct name spelling is: SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 3:15 PM MARINA-3 Insurance Corporation of MARIA JOSFINA BARRETTO. SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 5:30 PM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 12:00 PM Pakistan, Gulf Zone is SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 7:45 PM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 3:00 PM (C 4817) reported to have been lost. SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 10:00 PM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 6:15 PM Anyone finding the same or SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 12:15 AM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 9:00 PM I, Janet Babu holder of claiming any interest in it DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 12:15 AM Indian Passport No should communicate with FANAR-1 F1225621 hereby change the Manager Kuwait State DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 12:15 PM AVENUES-1 my name to Mamta Rajesh Life Office - PH 22452208. Special announcement for DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 3:00 PM KAN RAFEEJI DIG) Kuwaiti Film) 1:00 PM Singh. Room No. 1583/43, (C 4820) 3-8-2014 A LONG WAY DOWN (DIG) 5:45 PM KAN RAFEEJI DIG) Kuwaiti Film) 3:15 PM CGS colony, Sector 7, investors and job seekers. I need to KAN RAFEEJI (Kuwaiti Film) 7:45 PM KAN RAFEEJI DIG) Kuwaiti Film) 5:30 PM Antophill, Mumbai, 400037. 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Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22) Thank goodness for a day off-emotions seem to be clear and in balance. Writing, music and cooking can be part of what you do that pulls in some Your home environment, friends and surroundings are accented today and monetary rewards-or a great sense of satisfaction today-a little part-time receive attention. Perhaps it is rest that your body has needed lately-whatever the case, work. You have a real security drive and a need to care and protect others-the mother hen. your communication skills are good and visiting with others makes for a satisfying day. You love family, children and animals and you will have the opportunity to be involved You gain from young people today; just being with all that youthful energy is electrifying. with their care. Everything points to your taking the initiative when it comes to some hot Guiding, advising and just having a plain old good time is in order now. Perhaps a team issue today; you will find a great deal of support for your ideas or decisions. Many people sport is in the making-whatever the case, there is a feeling of being needed and being a value you for your ability to make practical decisions concerning group or family issues. part of the lives of others. Love, ideals and a strong sense of your own worth are vital to You have a natural sense of what people want versus their needs. Entertainment this your well-being and ability to function. Music is tricky this evening. evening can be your choice, if you wish.

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

Some sort of temporary obstacle may appear today, but if you can look You will find a way around almost any obstacle and are able to guide your- beyond the glitch, you will get through the obstruction quickly. You will find the day full self with ease. Your sense of inner direction is good and should lead to new of opportunities to be creative. You may look for new ways to express yourself-adding adventures. Break up old habits-get out of ruts, etc. You do not have to leave home to your name to an invention, project or productive idea is quite a mark of accomplishment escape from the old routine. One subject you have been interested in lately is water con- just now. A get-together with friends can prove rewarding later today. You work with real servation. You may find that this is an area that you could learn about and help others to imagination and understanding in areas of the mind that are the most personal or private- lower water costs and enhance the landscape. You might even invite someone to come depth psychology. You are like a midwife of the spirit, assisting at the birth of each individ- and talk with the neighbors about recycled water and quality of water and ways to use ual going through a spiritual or rebirth process. You accept the natural process of spiritual water that would provide a cooling effect in your area. Family, home and security seem growth and you seem dedicated to helping it along. just about ideal to you. A community play has your attention this evening.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) It’s a sleep late, catch up on a few chores and a goof-off sort of day. Your imagination may mislead you to the point of motivating you in a Someone may need your help, but unless it’s actually requested, you may wrong direction. There is some sort of correction or reminder that comes to find yourself motivated in other directions. It is important to take time to refurbish your you intuitively and you wisely change direction before your day is halfway finished. You ACROSS 2. A correctional institution used to detain energies. Perhaps placing a time limit on some of the less important chores will help you have a lot of energy for improving your surroundings or life situations. The sun is shining 1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially persons who are in the lawful custody of the finish up a little earlier today. There will be time to make a little tea and share with a friend in all directions of your life-you can see clearly. You may consider a study of certain things in Turkey). government (either accused persons awaiting or two. You have new insight into home, possessions and the whole domestic scene. to improve your health. You look at your diet and supplements and decide on a few 4. Relating to or included in the zodiac. trial or convicted persons serving a sentence). Finding financial independence and novel ways to earn money and make a living have adjustments. Variety is good. You are very motivated to improve your way of living. You 12. A dark-skinned member of a race of peo- 3. American novelist (1909-1955). your attention. There is an opportunity to have a special time with someone you love this are a sensitive person who can depend on feelings and intuition to help you make good decisions. You possess good common sense. ple living in Australia when Europeans arrived. 4. Visual hallucination of animals. evening. There is harmony-very down-to-earth-nurturing and protective to all. 15. A small piece of cloth. 5. Used of a single unit or thing. 16. A member of the Iroquoian people for- 6. An uproarious party. merly living between Lake Chaplain and the 7. Relating to or being within or near the inner Saint Lawrence River. side or limit. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. The upper side of the thighs of a seated 8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. person. 9. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant Questions of freedom and independence are absolutely essential to your You have a knack for always finding assistance in whatever career moves 18. Tall grass of New Zealand grown for white flowers and yielding a durable timber lifestyle; you are quick to rebel if anything cramps your liberties. Activities you decide to make. In fact, your ability to rally support makes a public plumelike flower heads. and resinous juice. with young people, neighbors or friends add to those feelings of wellbeing today. Getting career of one kind or another quite probable. Success is indicated in education, politics or 20. Capital of the state of Oregon in the north- 10. How long something has existed. to better know a distant cousin or half-sister or even a brother may bring a great deal of law. You know how to attack and solve problems. You may find yourself in a volunteer 11. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism. joy your way. This is a great time to be with others in an atmosphere of work or play. You service or teaching others through some community classes. Perhaps you would be inter- western part of the state on the Willamette love attention and somehow manage to gravitate to the center of almost any happening. River. 12. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of ested in reading for the blind. At home, you are interested in building permanent relation- Others accept you-they sense you are a leader and admire your almost regal manner. All ships or providing a more secure home for a family. This involves your time and talents 21. The compass point that is one point east the lateral columns and anterior horns of the parts of your life are touched by your sense of originality and spontaneity. Everything spinal cord. with the ones you love as well as your professional abilities. You have a high probability of of due south. hangs on the innovative and original approach to things and people. success-building a firm foundation. Focus and balance are the keys for today. 22. A natural and periodic state of rest during 13. A small cake leavened with yeast. which consciousness of the world is suspend- 14. An organization of countries formed in ed. 1961 to agree on a common policy for the 24. A highly unstable radioactive element (the sale of petroleum. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) heaviest of the halogen series). 19. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal Your community spirit may come into play today. There is a drive to work 26. A radioactive element of the actinide of Madagascar. This is a wonderful weekend for pampering your loved ones. As they are with others on projects that concern humanitarian interest. You study ways busy with party or travel or cake plans, you can be busy with watching their children or series. 23. Above average in size or number or quan- to make your dreams a reality-this keeps you moving in the right direction. There is a feel- doing more than your share of the chores, running errands and asking about little things 27. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not tity or magnitude or extent. ing of being a part of the bigger picture which encourages you to move forward with that you could provide for others. They may not even see that you are helping out but you contain steroids. 25. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or political issues. You are very communicative, not just a little curious-conversations come will know and that will be fun. You might enjoy cooking and could find yourself creating a 29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB moss capsule. easily. Study, research and investigations of all kinds come into play today as you are few munchies for whoever would be dropping by with a hungry tummy. A neighbor gun. 28. A river in north central Switzerland that always searching out some answer or another. Family is important to you and you may would like a little of your time and who knows, there may be some new style of cabinetry runs northeast into the Rhine. find yourself planning a get-together for the evening or setting time aside for being with 31. A railcar where passengers ride. that you could learn how to install or order. Go ahead, invite him or her to check with your the family in a group get-together soon. 34. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 30. (informal) Exceptionally good. family and join in the day. Happy birthday! 35. (prefix) Within. 32. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a 39. Hear or try a court case anew. hawk or eagle). 41. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin 33. United States parapsychologist (1895- poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric 1980). Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) lines. 36. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae. 43. In or relating to or obtained from urine. 37. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Learning and knowing a little about a lot of things, staying in touch and on This is a good time for clear deliberation and problem solving. You are in a 46. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum Prince Charles. top of the latest developments-these things satisfy a need for mental stimulation. serious frame of mind and may find yourself dealing with matters of much vitae tree and other trees of the genus 38. English scholastic philosopher and Catching up on your reading and enjoying the neighbors and perhaps your relatives may concern and responsibility. This may not be a pressure on you as much as it is a desire from Guaiacum. assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285- play a role in this-young people figure more prominently in your life. This is a time to take within to become better organized and to know your goals. You may be given an opportu- 47. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1349). risks and dare to be a little unconventional. You will prosper through new insights, inven- nity to have your say today. Do not be afraid to allocate the overflow to others; of course 1/60th of an hour. 40. (of something seen or heard) Clearly tions and an independent point of view. This is a good time to take in a good movie. Your the old saying that honey catches more flies than vinegar may be taken to heart here. Saying and writing things with style counts for a lot now and this tends to bring out the 50. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods. defined. creative mind will began a new journey and have greater form. That creative project you have been working on will get a big boost. Sharpening your artistic skills may also help social butterfly in all of us. This evening, neighbors or brothers and sisters will likely bring 51. Cattle that are reared for their meat. 42. Of or relating to or associated with the all kinds of good experiences your way. 53. (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom moon. you to develop your psychic insights. and pleasing curves. 44. A soft loosely twisted thread used in 54. State in northeastern India. embroidery. 56. The blood group whose red cells carry 45. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution both the A and B antigens. forelegs and an unpleasant taste. 58. A commercial city in northern Japan on 48. A note appended to a letter after the sig- western Hokkaido. nature. 60. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single 49. A specific size and style of type within a ovary having one or many seeds within a type family. fleshy wall or pericarp. 52. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tis- 63. A complete metric system of units of sue separating or binding together muscles measurement for scientists. and organs etc. 64. A radioactive transuranic element pro- 55. A system of solmization using the solfa syl- duced by bombarding plutonium with neu- lables. trons. 57. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali 65. (Norse mythology) Trickster. earth group. 69. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutraliz- 59. Type genus of the family Ostreidae. ing. 61. A mountain range in South America run- 71. Informal or slang terms for mentally irreg- ning 5000 miles along the Pacific coast. ular. 62. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consist- 73. A substance that can be burned to provide ing of a row of strong cilia whose bases are heat or power. fused. 74. The content of cognition. 66. A board with the alphabet on it. 75. A heavy precious metallic element. 67. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a 77. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows skewer usually with vegetables. generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean. 68. Tropical American tree grown in southern 79. School of Mahayana Buddhism asserting United States having a whitish pink-tinged that enlightenment can come through medi- fruit. tation and intuition rather than faith. 70. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a 82. Preserve of crushed fruit. heavier blade. 83. The compass point midway between east 72. South American armadillo with three and southeast. bands of bony plates. 84. Relating to abdominal delivery. 76. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute 85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made (sometimes fatal) infection associated with from aba cloth. the presence of staphylococcus. 78. (British) Your grandmother. DOWN 80. A crystalline metallic element not found in 1. Studies intended to provide general knowl- nature. edge and intellectual skills (rather than occu- 81. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that pational or professional skills). is highly corrosion-resistant.

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Gossip Robert Pattinson prepared for The Rover disapproval

obert Pattinson is unsure whether ‘Twilight’ fans will like ring roles in big studio projects, like ‘Star Wars’, but says he’s his new movie, ‘The Rover’. The actor’s latest flick is dra- reluctant to get involved with another franchise. He Rmatically different to the vampire franchise, and the 28- explained: “They don’t come into my orbit and I don’t really year-old star concedes that he doesn’t know whether his fans see myself in a lot of mainstream parts. I’ve never been part of will enjoy it. He said: “I’m curious to know whether people the group that gets these roles.” ‘The Rover’ is set in a post- who liked the ‘Twilight’ movies will come and see things like apocalyptic Australian wasteland and sees Pattinson play the ‘The Rover’. “Hopefully they’ll enjoy it. I try to do ambitious role of Ray, a slow-witted character who is a lost soul. The low- projects but I don’t know if people are going to like them. You budget flick opens in the UK on August 15. just try to do things which are challenging and hopefully peo- ple will appreciate that.” Pattinson is persistently linked to star-

Ray Winstone: I questioned My beliefs after Noah Pratt shocked by ay Winstone says filming ‘Noah’ made him question his beliefs. The 57-year-old actor - who starred opposite Hollywood success RRussell Crowe in the biblical epic - admits playing Tubal- cain in the movie made him think more about his own religion hris Pratt is shocked by the attention he has received in as well as contemplating his own mortality. Speaking to Hollywood over the past 10 years. The 35-year-old actor Loaded magazine, he said: “Of course ‘Noah’ made me think of admits he didn’t expect to be as successful as he has that [religion]. If you’re doing your job properly and you get in C become but he feels grateful for everything that has come his there and you really buy into the film, of course you question way. Speaking to ‘CNN’, he said: “You know, I feel like, jeez, it’s it because it’s an education, you know?” However, Winstone been cool, it’s been really cool. I came to Hollywood expecting doesn’t like to define himself with a religious group but insists to do everything but not really knowing what that looked like, he does have some sort of belief otherwise he wouldn’t have so I was just as excited when I got my first commercial as I am strength to get up every day and determination to reach for now, you know what I mean? “I have enjoyed this entire jour- his goals. He explained: “I wouldn’t call myself a Christian - I ney, the whole time I have been at this for 15 years. My enthu- wouldn’t put a name to what I am. “I’m not calling myself a siasm has been turned up to 10 since about 2001 when I Christian or a Muslim or a Jew - that’s what causes wars. [But] didn’t have to be a waiter anymore.” Meanwhile, Pratt’s wife of course I believe in something. There wouldn’t be much Anna Faris - who has a successful movie career of her own - point in getting out of bed in the morning if I didn’t believe in admits she is “so lucky” to have him and is proud of his anything, d’you know what I mean? “You have to have a achievements. She said previously: “I’m so proud of him! He’s belief, and whatever that is - you’ve got to have some sort of been away, so that part’s been hard - he’s shooting ‘Jurassic soul. World’ right now in New Orleans and our baby’s not quite two yet. But it’s exciting! I’m like, ‘My husband’s a movie star! What happened? How did I get so lucky? Does he still like me?’ “

James Buckley: Inbetweeners cast like ‘football team’

ames Buckley thinks the ‘Inbetweeners 2’ cast is like an unfancied “football team”. The 26-year-old actor - who Jplays sex fantasist Jay Cartwright in the movie - believes fans want them succeed because they’re not the typical movie stars. Speaking to The Sun newspaper, he said: “People root for us, like a football team. They want us to do well because we’re very much the underdog. “We don’t look like film stars, and we don’t act like them. In a way, we are very similar to ‘The Inbetweeners’ in that we are out of our depth.” Despite this, Buckley admits he and his co-stars Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Blake Harrison are not adverse to mixing with other stars as they’ve struck up a close friendship with the One Direction boys over the years. He explained: “They love ‘The Inbetweeners’, which is great. When I read that Harry Styles introduced [his ex- girlfriend] Taylor Swift to ‘The Inbetweeners’ dance when they got together, I texted him and said, ‘Good lad.’ “ The ‘Best Song Ever’ hitmakers - also consisting of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson - have even GarrnToni incorporated the ‘Macarena’ sequence - which appeared in the first ‘Inbetweeners’ film in 2011 - into their stage per-

formance. Buckley added: “They do the dance but they lands film role make it quite good.” Meanwhile, ‘The Inbetweeners 2’ is set to hit screens on August 6.

oni Garrn has landed her first film role. The stunning 22-year-old model will make her acting debut in ‘Under the Bed’, which will be produced by her A-list boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio’s production Tcompany, Appian Way. The independent thriller follows a young woman who, while trying to get over a bad break-up, is befriended by a stalker using a fake identity on social media. Production on the film, directed by Daniel Myrick, will begin next month. Hannah New will co-star in the movie, according to Variety. ‘Under the Bed’ is being produced by Radar Pictures, Sobe Brook Entertainment and Schizo Pictures as well as DiCaprio’s Appian Way. The blonde beauty shot to fame in 2008 after signing an exclusive modelling contract with Calvin Klein. She has since appeared in campaigns for top brands such as Prada, Versace, Givenchy, L’Oreal, Burberry and Ralph Lauren. Garrn has also been a catwalk sta- ple, walking in shows for Hermes, Dolce & Gabbana and Louis Vuitton. The German star - who was born in Hamburg but now resides in New York - was first linked to Oscar-nominated DiCaprio in May 2013. Iggy Azalea has cameo in Fast and Furious 7

ggy Azalea is to make a cameo appear- ance in ‘Fast & Furious 7’. The curvaceous James Bond Irapper filmed scenes for the upcoming action thriller about “two weeks ago” accord- ing to Vin Diesel, who stars as Dominic Toretto in the film franchise. The ‘Riddick’ script approved actor revealed the news when he was asked by French radio station Skyrock FM to choose a song from their playlist that he’d most like to dance to. Choosing Iggy’s hit single ‘Fancy’, he said: “Iggy Azalea. I just worked with her two weeks ago. I guess you’ll be the first per- son that knows this. “She has a cameo in ‘Fast & Furious 7’, so I’m going to be loyal to Iggy.” Filming on the upcoming seventh instalment was delayed last year after the movie’s star, Paul Walker, died in a car accident in California before his brothers stepped in to help with his final scenes. Iggy will appear ond 24’s revamped script has been approved by movie and the long-standing writing team - who have worked alongside the deceased star as well as Vin movie bosses. Writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade on numerous movies in the franchise - were let go for the lat- Diesel, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Tyrese were rehired last month to “rescue” John Logan’s orig- est script. However, following some “polite turmoil” behind the Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jason Statham ‘B inal screenplay and insiders have now admitted they had a scenes, they were asked to return and it is said they “behaved and Jordana Brewster. ‘Fast & Furious 7’ is bigger task ahead than was originally reported, and their “sub- graciously” and got on with Logan and the director during the scheduled for release on April 3, 2015. stantially different” script has got producers Barbara Broccoli rewriting process. Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris and Ben and Michael G. Wilson, director Sam Mendes and lead actor Whishaw will all return alongside Craig for the new movie, Daniel Craig “excited” about the upcoming saga. A source told with other cast members yet to be announced. Filming is the Daily Mail newspaper: “Everyone’s excited, and all systems scheduled to begin in December. are pumping away at full speed. “There was an awful lot of work to do. It was a big job. The impression given was that Purvis and Wade were hired to add jokes-but it was a bigger deal than that.” Logan was initially hired by Mendes to work on Purvis and Wade’s script for ‘Skyfall’, the most recent Bond lifestyle SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014

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Lawrence and Hoult split up again ennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult have The Oscar-winning beauty recently admitted she our own lives and know that we have each oth- reportedly split up again. The on-again, off- wasn’t ready to settle down with the British er.” She added: “When we’re busy, we agree to Jagain couple agreed to part ways recently actor, who was spotted having lunch with mutually ignore each other. Not completely, but because of their busy schedules. A source told E! Kristen Stewart at Daiwa in Tsukiji Fish Market in neither of us gets mad when the other doesn’t News that their break-up “was very amicable.” Los Angeles on Thursday but she insisted she text back or call. Life’s super busy. Obviously you The insider added: “They spent a lot of time trusted him completely. Asked about rumors know what they’re doing, and you trust them.” apart because of work and it was difficult on they were engaged, she told Marie Claire maga- their relationship.” The ‘Hunger Games’ actress, zine: “We’re so young that it would almost be like 23, and Nicholas, 24, split in January 2013 after if we lived in the same city, what would happen? two years together, but reunited last summer We’d be living together. “At least this way he’s in after filming the new ‘X-Men’ movie together. the same boat as I am: We can go out and have

Rob Kardashian feels Diaz is Madden’s muse abandoned by Odom ob Kardashian reportedly feels series that Rob’s troubles were trig- enji Madden admits Cameron Diaz is have talked about marriage. “Benji spends so abandoned by Lamar Odom. gered by the “dark things” that hap- his muse. The 35-year-old rocker, who much time at Cameron’s that it seems he now RThe ‘Keeping Up with the pened in her former marital home. Bstarted dating ‘The Other Woman’ kind of lives there. They look very happy Kardashians’ star, who is rumored to be Discussing the matter in a a clip for the actress earlier this year, says she inspires him together ... Cameron hasn’t looked this happy battling a number of issues, including next episode, she said: “Rob has said, to be the best person he can be and makes for years.” Meanwhile, Benji’s twin brother, depression, after gaining 50 pounds, ‘[Living with Khloe and Lamar] was so him “really happy.” The Good Charlotte gui- Joel Madden, also says that his love for wife allegedly started spiraling out of con- dark and it made me do dark things.’ tarist told PEOPLE.com: “I’m really happy right Nicole Richie and their children, Harlow, six, trol when his sister Khloe Kardashian’s “She added: “Only Rob and Lamar and now.” Asked how his relationship with the and Sparrow, four, has influenced his music. estranged husband moved out of the I know what went on in that house. actress has affected his music, Benji added: He said: “I think it affects your life, and that home the trio shared in Tarzana, I’m a nurturer and I want to protect “It’s the same for any man, no matter what affects your music. Ultimately, my life revolves California last year, amid rumors he everyone. I wasn’t there to protect they do. It drives you. All people, I think, react around my family. Everything I do is for them. had a drug problem and was cheating Rob. I wasn’t even there to protect the same way to the same situations ... like we I want my family to be happy. And so that has on Khloe. A source told gossip website myself. No one can make me not feel were saying with Joel being a father ... we all been a life change over the last few years.” TMZ.com that the 27-year-old star guilty.” want to be the best we can be.” A source went into a tailspin because he idol- recently claimed the musician has “already ized the 34-year-old basketball player discussed marriage” with his 41-year-old girl- and thought Lamar was the only per- friend. The insider said: “It’s early, but they son who measured up to his late father, Robert Kardashian, who died of cancer in 2003. The insider said that Rob has never really got over his dad’s death, but thrived when he moved in with Khloe and Lamar after they got married in 2009, as the athlete Lady Gaga and Madonna inspired him to stay fit and start his own sock company. Khloe, who filed for divorce from Lamar in December, clash over Berlin Wall show admitted on her family’s reality TV

ady Gaga and Madonna are said to have clashed over a performance to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall. The two Lpop superstars are both keen to sing at a special event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the historic collapse which united Germany on November 9. A source told the Daily Star newspaper: “Madonna and Gaga are equally desper- ate for the honor of performing. “They both like to think of Julia Roberts is ‘really themselves as very political, and will also have new albums to promote by then.” The pair have clashed in the past over claims the ‘Applause’ hitmaker has copied Madonna’s image, and it is said the ‘Papa Don’t Preach’ singer is the favorite to proud’ of herself perform at the event. The insider added: “It could reignite their long-running feud as the date draws nearer because neither ulia Roberts is “really proud” of herself for firm understanding that they are children of are used to being told no. “However, it’s highly likely organiz- being a working mother. The ‘Normal parents in show business. “When ‘Mirror ers would choose the Queen of Pop over Gaga, if push came JHeart’ star, who has nine-year-old twins, Mirror’ came out, all of the kids in their class to shove.” In the past, Madonna branded her rival “reductive” Hazel and Phinneaus, and seven-year-old son saw it and I wouldn’t let them see it. So they following accusations Gaga’s hit ‘Born This Way’ was a rip-off of Henry with husband Danny Moder, tries to felt that they were being penalized for being her own track ‘Express Yourself’. spend as much time as possible with her fami- my children.” But her children do get to enjoy ly and admits she still found it “very difficult” some perks of her fame, as she plans to let to leave them to work on ‘August: Osage them use her Best Actress Oscar statue, which County’ last year. She said: “It was a decision she won for her performance in ‘Erin that was very difficult to make.” The actress Brockovich’ in 2001, to play with their Barbie usually only works on one film per year so she dolls when she eventually brings it home. She can be a hands-on mother. But she said: “I’m said: “The Oscar is still in my sister’s apart- really proud of what I’ve accomplished in my ment... I’m gonna go get it and take it home. It career. By [the time I had children] I felt I had can be Ken’s competition for Barbie’s affec- really earned staying home with my kids and tion.” Justin Theroux being with my family.” Asked if her children realize that she is famous, the 46-year-old star wants a smaller home also told the ‘TODAY’ show: “I think they have a

he 42-year-old actor and his fiancee Jennifer Aniston have met with estate agents to discuss selling their Bel Air mansion - which they have spent around $3 million reno- Tvating since buying it less than two years ago - because the ‘Your Highness’ star is uncomfortable in so much space as he is used to more intimate properties after living in New York for so long. A source said: “Justin is a New York native and is far more comfortable in a smaller space. “The Bel Air mansion can feel more like a show home than somewhere they can relax together. “It’s not officially listed as Jen’s got a property mediator sourcing potential buyers first. She wants to see if she can get a good return on it before placing it on the market. “If that happens, she’s looking into buying a new penthouse in New York and keeping her Hollywood Hills property as an LA base.” The couple are said to already have their eyes on a potential new home the $3 million Beverly Hills property they rented while their Bel Air mansion was being renovated. The source added to Britain’s Grazia mag- azine: “The house is luxurious, but feels like more of a home than the Bel Air property. “And it has happy memories as it’s where they got engaged. Justin’s spent so much time in New York that the Bel Air house doesn’t have much sentimental value for them.”

Cavallari is a ‘freak’ about food

ristin Cavallari has admitted she’s a “freak” about what calories, and I can probably just thank my mama too, you know.” food she puts in her mouth. The 27-year-old beauty cred- Meanwhile, Kristin admits her and her husband Jay Cutler’s eld- Kits her strict eating plan for helping her bounce back into est son Camden, 22 months, had initially settled into life with a shape just 12 weeks after giving birth to her second child Jaxon. new baby brother around, but things have taken a turn for the Speaking to E! News, she said: “I’m a freak about what I put in my worse recently. She explained: “He’s been great, up until the last mouth. I’m constantly reading labels and I don’t eat any toxic two days. Yesterday I was feeding Jaxon and he threw a sippy chemicals, so I think that plays a huge role [in the weight loss].” cup at his head and started to kick him, so we’re sort of in that The former ‘The Hills’ star also thinks breast feeding has encour- phase right now.” aged her weight loss, as well as receiving good genes from her mother. She added: “I’m breast-feeding, which burns a ton of lifestyle SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 MUSIC & MOVIES Fox signs ‘Apes’ director Matt Reeves to overall deal wentieth Century Fox is going into the Matt Reeves business for the long haul, signing Tthe “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” director to an overall deal at the studio. “We are thrilled Matt has decided to make Fox his home,” Twentieth Century Fox production president Emma Watts said. “We have long admired his bold, intelligent approach to filmmaking. I know our collaboration on ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ is just the beginning of many great things to come.” “Dawn” has been a solid hit for Fox in a soft summer at the box office, with the sequel taking in $180 million domestic and $370 million world- wide. The sequel was Reeves’ third effort as a direc- tor; he previously directed 2008’s surprise hit “Cloverfield” and 2010’s Swedish horror remake “Let Me In.” “I couldn’t be more excited about this new part- nership with Fox,” Reeves said in a statement. “Making ‘Dawn’ was an incredible experience for me because, despite its scale, I was allowed to make the film with true passion. I look forward to continuing my relationship with Jim, Emma and everyone at the studio on Michael Jackson’s Neverland future, equally inspiring projects, and to have the opportunity to engage with other writers and directors to help realize their passions as well.” estate being considered for sale Reeves was already signed to direct the next “Apes” film for Fox and Chernin. — Reuters ate pop singer Michael Jackson’s Jackson’s estate, managed by John Neverland estate is being considered McClain and John Branca, said it is “sad- Lfor sale, a spokesman for the compa- dened at the prospect of the sale of ny controlling the property said on Friday. Neverland,” and will continue to manage Owen Blicksilver, spokesman for invest- the singer’s family home in Encino, a ment firm Colony Capital LLC, said the neighborhood of Los Angeles. “We hope No Turkish actor would company will make a decision soon as to and trust that any new owners of whether it will place Jackson’s estate near Neverland will respect the historical the central Californian coast on the mar- importance and special nature of this play slain Armenian journalist ket. He declined to reveal any further wonderful property. Michael’s memory details. lives on in the hearts of his fans world- Jackson, who died in June 2009 at age wide,” the statement said. rominent Turkish-German director Fatih Akin per. Akin’s difficulties in making a film about his life 50 from an overdose of the powerful anes- Neverland, named by Jackson after the revealed he dropped plans to make a film underline the continued sensitivity of the case. He thetic propofol, had handed over the title land from the fairytale of Peter Pan, whose Pabout murdered Armenian journalist Hrant had campaigned for reconciliation between Turks on his Neverland ranch in 2008 to Colony main character refused to grow up, fea- Dink, killed in 2007 in a crime yet to be fully and Armenians, but incurred the wrath of Turkish Capital, which held his $23 million loan on tured a private amusement park and zoo resolved, because no Turkish actors wanted to play nationalists for saying the 1915 massacre amounted the property. At the time of the deal, on its grounds. Since his death, Jackson the lead role. In an interview with Turkish-Armenian to a genocide. Colony Capital said the firm had been has been featured each year on Forbes’ weekly Agos, Akin said instead he chose to make a Armenians say up to 1.5 million people were planning to spruce up the ranch and sell it highest-earning dead celebrities list, with still potentially controversial film, “The Cut”, which killed during World War I as the Ottoman Empire was for an estimated $70 million to $80 million his estate making an estimated $160 mil- deals with the mass killings of Armenians under the falling apart, a claim supported by several other or more if Jackson was able to revitalize lion from October 2012 to 2013, the mag- Ottoman Empire during World War I which are wide- countries but long disputed by Turkey. Akin however his career. azine said. — Reuters ly seen as a genocide. said Turkey was now ready for a film like “The Cut”, He said he had finished a script based on Dink’s which tells the story of an Armenian man who sur- work for Agos, but he had to drop the project after vives the 1915 killings and embarks on a journey the Turkish actors he approached for the role found across the world to find his daughter. “The Cut”, star- it “too harsh”. “I couldn’t persuade any Turkish actors ring French actor Tahar Rahim, will premiere at the Gomez breaks her own to play Hrant’s role. All of them found the script too 71st Venice International Film Festival in late August. harsh. That’s why I had to cancel the project,” he said, Dink’s assassination sent shockwaves through without naming the actors. Turkey and grew into a wider scandal with accusa- “I did not want any actor to get hurt. But it was tions of a state conspiracy. A 17-year-old dropout Rotten Tomatoes record important to make a ‘Turkish film’ about Hrant. An was found guilty of the murder but the Dink family American or French actor could not play Hrant. We have always insisted that higher forces were elena Gomez might want to stay have to deal with this issue ourselves. involved. Turkey’s top court however ruled earlier away from the internet for a few “But obviously time is not yet ripe for it.” Dink, 52, this month that the investigation into the killing of Sweeks because the reviews for her was shot dead in broad daylight by a teenage ultra- Dink had been flawed, paving the way for potential new comedy are in and they’re awful. The nationalist outside the offices of the Agos newspa- further trials against new suspects. — AFP 22-year-old stars as Nina Pennington in “Behaving Badly,” which hit select the- aters Friday and was promptly panned by every single critic who reviewed it. To be Paramount apologizes after fair, Rotten Tomatoes only has 10 reviews up so the opinion could certainly evolve in a more favorable direction. Ninja Turtles poster recalls 9/11 Improbably enough, this isn’t the first time Gomez has found herself dredging aramount Pictures apologized yesterday after the gutter of the popular review aggre- publishing a poster of the new Teenage Mutant gate. As TheWrap previously reported, Ninja Turtles film that showed the characters her 2013 flop “The Getaway,” which co- P jumping from a burning building, with its Australian starred Ethan Hawke, flirted with a 0 per- release date-September 11 — printed at the bottom. cent approval rating before eventually ris- The American movie studio deleted images of the ing up to 2 percent. poster, which it had placed on Australian Twitter and But back to her most recent disaster: Facebook accounts this week, after it was slammed by Directed by Tim Garrick and written by users of the social media sites. Garrick and Scott Russell, “Behaving “We are deeply sorry to have used that artwork for Badly” tracks the misadventures of a 16- Selena Gomez takes a picture with a fan at a special screening of ‘Behaving Badly’ the marketing materials promoting the September 11 year-old boy, Rick Stevens (played by Nat on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 in Los Angeles. — AP opening in Australia,” Paramount Australia said in a Wolff.) Believe it or not, his character has statement. “Combining that image and date was a mis- problems far bigger than being saddled followed by the admission he has some- McDermott, Heather Graham and take. We intended no offence and have taken immedi- with two first names. The young man is how contracted crabs. Yep, that’s the level Elisabeth Shue - who plays a horny ate action to discontinue its use.” The World Trade desperate to win the affections of of moronic humor that is quickly estab- cougar that takes Wolff’s character’s vir- Center Twin Towers collapsed during the September 11, Gomez’s character. Maybe he should’ve lished and becomes the standard ginity. Gomez , who has won over audi- 2001 terrorist attacks in New York. focused more energy on winning over throughout a painful 96 minutes.” Rich ences in the past (see: “Barney & Friends,” Almost 3,000 people were killed in the Al-Qaeda critics. Cline of Contact Music didn’t recommend 2002), will likely shoulder much of the atrocity, with dozens jumping to their deaths from the The Examiner’s Travis Hopson loved “Behaving Badly,” but her mercifully blame if the bad reviews hold steady, but skyscrapers to escape the flames. The film version of Wolff as a blind cancer victim in “The found a few redeeming qualities. “It it doesn’t mean she’s entirely to blame. the 1980s comic book heroes-who are based in New Fault of Our Stars,” but he had nothing seems to have been written by snigger- “Selena Gomez is adorable and man- York City-will be released in the United States on good to say about his performance in this ing teenage boys who can only imagine ages to float away unscathed,” writes August 8. Twitter users expressed shock at the design failed comedy. “ must’ve been blind to what it’s like to experience sex, drugs and RogerEbert.com’s Sheila O’Malley. of the poster. “I wonder why no one at the design agree to this humorless farce that wants romance, but they haven’t a clue, really,” “But other than that, it’s an unfunny phase thought this poster art direction was a bad idea,” to be outrageous and risque but comes he wrote. “Thankfully, the starry cast comedy, populated by irredeemable said one Twitter user, while another asked: “Is this really up limp,” he wrote in his review. makes it just about watchable.” sociopaths.” Sadly, the “adorable” young for real? What were they thinking?” The apology was “Wolff plays Rick, and in the opening The “starry cast” he refers to also actress has starred in yet another colossal not posted on Paramount Australia’s Twitter and moments we get close-up of his crotch includes Mary-Louise Parker, Dylan failure. — Reuters Facebook pages. — AFP ‘CSI: Cyber’ casts ‘Ally McBeal’ Washington joined high Hyland joins Posey as ‘Teen alum Peter MacNicol school singing group Choice’ awards co-host because Paltrow was President

teenage Kerry Washington was a Gwyneth Paltrow groupie. The “Scandal” star appeared on Thursday’s A“Jimmy Kimmel Live” on ABC and revealed that she fol- lowed in the actress and Goop founder’s footsteps into a nine-girl a capella group called Triple Trio. “When I was in jun- ior high school, there was this really amazing senior named Gwyneth Paltrow and she was president of Triple Trio,” she told Kimmel. “So, I wanted to be the president of Triple Trio.” Although the two would never sing together, Washington - the go-getter that she is - would later become the co-president of Triple Trio as well. The two-time Emmy nominee also expounded upon the benefits of being a member of an a capel- la group, including embarrassing one’s boyfriend. — Reuters

eter MacNicol and CBS are going to FBI insider and Ryan’s supervisor at the odern Family” star Sarah Hyland Iam Somerhalder and Ariana Grande. Stars cyber with each other. MacNicol, who Cyber Crime Division in Washington, DC. has been tapped to join Tyler who had previously been scheduled to Pplayed John Cage on the legal series Described as the clearing house between ‘MPosey as the host of this year’s attend include Hilary Duff, Megan Fox, Josh “Ally McBeal,” has signed on as a regular on FBI Cyber and all other branches of govern- “Teen Choice 2014” Awards. This year’s cere- Hutcherson, Kevin Hart and Bella Thorne. CBS’ upcoming drama “CSI: Cyber.” The series ment, Sifter is a shrewd and savvy network- mony will air live on Fox Aug 10 at 8 pm ET, Performers at this year’s ceremony will focus on a time when technology, as we er, and a charmer with a hint of malice. Sifter with a tape delay for the west coast. The include Demi Lovato, Rita Ora, Jason Derulo, know it, has amplified human behavior to has the impossible task of controlling the show will include a number of new cate- MAGIC! and Rixton. As previously reported the point where faceless criminals are com- amplification of cyber crime in an era where gories aimed at recognizing stars on social by TheWrap, a Bob Bain Productions mitting crimes at global proportions with the collective world communicates electron- media and the internet. In addition to employee and UCLA employee confirmed the touch of a button. Patricia Arquette will ically. MacNicol, who won an Emmy for his Hyland coming aboard as co-host, the show that the awards will not be held at UCLA’s star as Avery Ryan, a special agent in the work on “Ally McBeal,” also had roles on CBS’s has added a number of additional celebrities Pauley Pavilion due to damage from FBI’s Cyber Crime Division. MacNicol will “Numb3rs” and Fox’s “24.” He’s repped by who are scheduled to be in attendance, Tuesday’s water main break. A new venue play Assistant Director Stavros Sifter, a career Thruline Entertainment. — Reuters including singer Taylor Swift, Victoria Justice, has yet to be announced. — Reuters lifestyle SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 FEATURES

These undated photos show the Town Center of Virginia Beach. Virginia Beach 5 free things for visitors to do

irginia Beach is no generic beach town. It’s the During the summer, there are frequent outdoor musi- largest city in Virginia, which means there are cal performances at no cost. Parking in one of Town Vplenty of things to do throughout the year for Center’s garages is free. free. The city caters to tourists at the oceanfront resort area, but the cost-conscious traveler can find a variety Mount Trashmore of activities to do without opening a wallet at the Virginia Beach took a former landfill and turned it oceanfront and elsewhere in the city. into one of its most popular parks. Mount Trashmore is just off Interstate 264 and has two man-made The beach mountains, two lakes, two playgrounds, a skate park Virginia Beach is home to two distinct sets of and multi-use paths. The main mountain, Mount beaches. The city has beaches at the oceanfront and Trashmore, is 60 feet (18 meters) high and is a popular beaches at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. The spot to fly kites. Badminton equipment, boards and oceanfront beaches are wide, but become packed bags for corn hole (played by tossing bags in a hole), with tourists in summer. The bay beaches are narrow and attract locals who live nearby and prefer calmer waters. Parking can be a challenge at both sets of beaches, but free spaces are available on side streets and in residential areas on the north end of the city away from the oceanfront resort area. A 34-foot (10- meter) statue of King Neptune, the mythical sea god, stands watch over the oceanfront and is a popular selfie spot.

Town Center Town Center is Virginia Beach’s version of a down- town. The city is mostly suburban in nature, but in This undated photo shows the Kids Cove playground at Mount Trashmore, which is a park built on a for- recent years it has created a downtown vibe in the mer landfill. heart of the city with a concentrated set of new offices, apartments, shops, bars and restaurants.

This undated photo shows a statue of This undated photo shows a statue at Naval King Neptune, the mythical sea god, This undated photo provided by Virginia Beach Parks & Aviation Monument Park in Virginia Beach, Va. standing watch over the oceanfront in Recreation in Virginia shows a picnic area near a playground at Virginia Beach, Va. Mount Trashmore, which is a park built on a former landfill. footballs, Frisbees, horseshoes, rubber playground balls, soccer balls, volleyballs and volleyball nets can all be checked out for free?

Naval Aviation Monument Park Virginia Beach is a proud Navy town that is home to Naval Air Station Oceana, where the Navy’s East Coast-based fighter pilots do their training. F-18s reg- ularly fly overhead at the oceanfront, and just off the city’s boardwalk is a monument commemorating the history of naval aviation.

Cape Henry Memorial Park You can visit the place where English settlers first landed in Virginia in 1607 at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Upon landing, settlers erected a wooden cross and gave thanks for their safe voyage. A replica of the cross sits on a park commemorating the landing. Also on the site is the oldest government- built lighthouse in America, although climbing to the top of it requires an admission fee. Today, Cape Henry This April 17, 2006 photo shows lighthouses at Cape Henry Memorial is behind the gates of a fortified military installation, Park in Virginia Beach, Va. The Old Cape Henry Lighthouse, left, was but visitors can still gain access to Fort Story with built by the government in 1792. — AP photos identification and a vehicle search. — AP This undated photo shows oceanfront beaches in Virginia Beach, Va. Night at the museum: US adults embrace art, science sleepovers ids have been sleeping overnight in looking for a new way to engage different the Cincinnati Museum Center, watch sharks Robbins attended a recent “Dream-Over” at The giant Pacific octopus is nocturnal and museums across the country for years, demographics,” said Paul Johnson, a fund- at the Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco the Rubin, which houses collections from gets busy, as do the whale sharks, she said. Kdozing off among live sharks and raising consultant. “It’s a way to engage peo- and snooze inside a submarine at the Himalayan Asia, and said it left her wanting The four beluga whales are more prone to dinosaur bones. Now adults are getting to ple, get people in the door who may not oth- Wisconsin Maritime Museum. At the Museum more. “I would actually be interested in doing come to the windows they share with visitors join the fun. The American Museum of erwise come,” he said. “It’s about cultivating of Natural History, some 62,000 children have it at other museums because it’s an incredible and blow ring bubbles, she said. The Natural History is hosting its first adults-only future audiences and future donors.” participated in overnight events since they opportunity,” she said. “There’s a lot that hap- overnights are not money makers, museums sleepover this week, with a champagne Scores of museums offer overnights for began in 2006, said Brad Harris, senior direc- pens when you’re asleep. You gain knowl- say. The $108 price at the Rubin covers plan- reception, live jazz and a three-course dinner. children, popularized by the children’s tales tor of visitor services. About 175 people are edge in a different way than when you are ning, security and overtime, the museum Guests will spend the night in sleeping bags “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. scheduled to attend the adult event. awake.” said. The $375 event at the Museum of beneath the iconic 94-foot-long blue whale Frankweiler” about runaways hiding in the “Obviously we hit on something people want And a museum with a crowd is incompara- Natural History is not out of line with a meal, suspended in the cavernous Milstein Hall of Metropolitan Museum of Art and the book to do,” Harris said. ble, she said. “Being there when it’s quiet and music and a hotel stay in New York City. Ocean Life. and movie “Night at the Museum,” about a dimly lit is a completely different experience,” The Georgia Aquarium charges $99.95 For The event sold out in three hours, organiz- watchman who discovers exhibits come to Dreaming of art she said. That’s what happens at the Georgia an overnight. “The reason behind it is expo- ers said. Adults-only overnights are rather life after visitors leave. At New York’s Rubin Museum of Art, adults Aquarium, where adult sleepovers provide sure,” Edwards said. rare, yet experts say they can be an excellent Children taking part in overnight pro- can attend a “Dream-Over,” sleeping under the chance to commune with residents that “Our mission is to be the most engaging and innovative way for US museums to grams can solve crimes at the Carnegie works of art and having their dreams inter- are more active at night, said Kelli Edwards, experience, not focused on money but on the attract new supporters. “Every museum is Science Center in Pittsburgh, explore caves at preted when they awake. New Yorker Carolyn assistant manager of interpretive programs. guests’ experience.”— Reuters Michael Jackson’s Neverland estate being considered for sale

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Hair stylists from 26 Great Clips Ohio salons shave the heads of over 200 people, Friday, Aug 1, 2014, at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio. — AP photos Hybrid kalette veggies set to tempt US taste buds

he prospect of eating kale or Brussels sprouts might food, really,” Rogers said of its reputation in Great Britain. marketing for Golden Sun Marketing, the Minnesota com- relationship with Tozer but will continue marketing his make some people gag, but a British company is “For a lot of people, the only time they’ll eat Brussels pany hired to promote kalettes. Lollipop kale sprouts. Small organic grower Rock Garden Thoping a hybrid mix of the two vegetables called sprouts is at Christmas.” The vegetable was introduced in South in Miami also plans to continue distributing its “kalettes” will appeal to taste buds when they start to hit the UK in 2010 exclusively to the up-market Marks and What’s in a name? BrusselKale to food stores in Miami and California. the broad US market this fall. The tiny, curly-leafed purple Spencer food chain under the name flower sprouts, and is Despite the big promotional effort, some Americans Tozer is hoping to clear up the confusion by working and green sprouts are being promoted as the first major now moving into other stores. Rogers said it was “catching have already sampled kalettes, albeit under a different directly with large growers - mostly in California - settling new vegetable product since broccolini, a cross between on” with British buyers although prices are more than 10 name. The Tozer seeds have been available for several years on the name kalettes, and getting them into U.S. super- broccoli and the Chinese leaf vegetable kai-lan, was intro- times the cost of Brussels sprouts. in the United States but have been slow to catch on, in part market chains across the country. “We will have distribu- duced in the United States in 1998. “New varieties of fruits and vegetables are introduced because growers say the vegetable hybrid is labor inten- tion pretty much nationwide in Whole Foods and Trader Though vitamin and mineral-packed kale has become all the time, but they’re usually minor breeding tweaks that sive, heat sensitive and takes almost six months to culti- Joe’s by September,” said Friedrich. trendy among health-conscious Americans, its marriage result in better flavor profiles or color,” said Ray Gilmer, a vate. Nevertheless, some smaller US growers have been “Obviously, our preference is to have it all under one with Brussels sprouts in the United Kingdom was a product spokesman for the United Fresh Produce Association. selling it as a niche vegetable to the restaurant industry name for consumers to avoid confusion. But we under- risk, said David Rogers, sales manager for Britain’s Tozer Those who have tried kalettes say they have a slightly nut- under the names Lollipop kale sprouts and BrusselKale. stand (that the other US growers) had already started and Seeds, which created the hybrid after 15 years of research ty taste that is milder than kale and less earthy than “They’re saying kalettes is a brand new vegetable. It is a made headway with their own effort. That’s fine with us.” “It and development. Brussels sprouts. “They look like a tiny little head of lettuce brand new brand name,” said John Moore, president of is a new vegetable,” she said. “It will be brand new (this fall) “Kale for a long time has just been known as a sheep on a Brussels sprouts stalk,” said Lisa Friedrich, director of Salad Savoy Corporation in Salinas, who says he has a good to the majority of customers.” — Reuters Musicians and vendors celebrate culture at Indian Market and Festival

everal festival attendees stopped by call. He then put the whistle aside, exchanging it arts and crafts,” Jones said. After she finished Akabana Morales’ booth on Friday to for a sampona flute. The flute is similar to a pan playing the flute, Miss Northern Navajo Nation Sadmire his handcrafted jewelry and flutes. flute and has two series of pipes. Morales then Megan Bedonie spoke to the crowd. “It’s events Morales was among the vendors at Friday’s began to play the flute, which he said is a popu- like this that bring different arts from the local Indian Market and Festival at Berg Park. The lar instrument in his native country of Ecuador. area together,” Bedonie said. Farmington Indian Center organizes the annual Morales now lives in Albuquerque and was On Friday afternoon, Elizabeth Whitehat and event, which is now in its 13th year. Each year, invited to participate in the festival. His brother her adult daughters, Danialle and Keithley the market and festival features a number of makes the flutes being sold at the market, and Whitehat, sat in the park’s grass and watched performers from various Native American cul- Morales creates the jewelry. He was not the only Bedonie sing traditional Navajo dance songs. tures. Vendors also sell their wares, including art, flautist who played at the festival on Friday. Miss “It’s been a while since I’ve been out here,” jewelry and textiles. Farmington Indian Shenoa Jones also played the Elizabeth Whitehat said. Danialle Whitehat said In addition to selling his goods, Morales is flute after giving the opening address. the three women came to the event because also performing at the festival. As people Jones said she enjoys seeing a variety of per- they wanted to do something as a family. “It’s admired the items on his table, he picked up a formances at the festival. “It brings people always nice to know a lot of other cultures,” she bird-shaped whistle and demonstrated a bird together, and it has beautiful performances and said. — www.daily-times.net

This March 21, 2014 file photo shows actress Cheryl Hines, right, posing with her fiance Robert F Kennedy Jr, at the UCLA Institute of the Environment. — AP Robert Kennedy Jr to marry actress Cheryl Hines Akabana Morales, of obert Kennedy Jr and “Curb Your The 60-year-old Robert Kennedy is an Albuquerque, NM Enthusiasm” actress Cheryl Hines environmental lawyer and activist who plays music during are planning to tie the knot in a lives in New York. He is son of the late R the Indian and wedding at the Kennedy compound in Sen Robert F Kennedy and nephew of Market Festival at Massachusetts. Kennedy’s cousin Patrick President John F Kennedy and the late Berg Park in Kennedy, a former congressman, says the Sen Edward Kennedy. It will be his third Farmington, NM on wedding is planned at Ethel Kennedy’s marriage. Hines, who’s 48, has been nom- Friday. The festival home in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod. He inated twice for Emmys for her role play- features traditional says many members of the family are ing Larry David’s wife on HBO’s “Curb arts and cultural planning to attend. Your Enthusiasm.” — AP events. —AP