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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 THULHIJJA 9, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net

Amir congratulates citizens, Netanyahu faces Nigeria’s First blood residents on Eid Al-Adha backlash over economic to Guardiola KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah yesterday congratulated citizens and residents on ‘ethnic cleansing’ woes hit Eid as Man City the advent of Eid Al-Adha, expressing best wishes, health remark ram sales win derby and prosperity to all. A statement by the Amiri Diwan noted that HH the Amir extended his sentiments to the Arab and Islamic worlds wishing security and stability, and asked Allah Almighty to protect Kuwait and its people. — KUNA 8 21 20 US, seal Syria truce, Min 30º will carry out joint strikes Max 43º High Tide 05:10 & 20:20 Deal raises rebel doubts as fighting rages Low Tide 13:10 40 PAGES NO: 16990 150 FILS AMMAN/GENEVA: The and Russia MoI warns false, reached a breakthrough deal early yesterday to try to restore peace in Syria, but air strikes hours later added malicious reports to rebels’ doubts that any ceasefire could hold. The agreement, by the powers that back opposing sides in affect operations the five-year-old war, promises a nationwide truce from sundown tomorrow - the first day of Eid al-Adha, KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry pays due attention to improved access for humanitarian aid and joint military reports received by its various bodies and depart- targeting of hardline groups. ments for the ultimate goal of fulfilling their mis- But hours later, jets bombed a marketplace in rebel- sion, namely guaranteeing state security and peo- held Idlib in northwestern Syria, killing at least 25 peo- ple’s safety. The ministry receives an average of 850 ple and wounding dozens, according to locals and res- reports daily, among them many false and mali- cue workers who said they believed the planes to be cious ones that mar the ministry’s noble message. Russian. Idlib province has endured escalating strikes by Many reports come from teenagers and children Russian jets in recent months, according to internation- who do it for fun. Yet, the ministry takes all reports al aid workers and residents, destroying scores of hospi- seriously and they are fully investigated. Strict legal tals, bakeries and other infrastructure across rebel-held measures are taken against those behind false territory. reports, who are charged with disturbing public Aleppo was also hit from the air and fighting contin- security and the authorities. ued on the ground. The army attacked rebel-held areas, In the meantime, the ministry has repeatedly both sides said, pushing to maximize gains before the called for abiding by the law and refraining from ceasefire deadline. Ten people were killed by barrel any such act that could disturb the society. The bombs dropped by army helicopters on the besieged Ministry of Interior’s Undersecretary Lt Gen rebel-held east of the city, and jets, either Syrian or Sulaiman Al-Fahd stressed that they take all reports Russian, bombed rebel-held towns in the northern seriously for maintaining public security, according countryside along important insurgent supply routes, to the ministry’s security media department. Any the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights tipoff that might imply even the least threat to the said. Insurgents said they were planning a counter- state is a priority of the supreme leadership of the ALEPPO: Syrian men remove a victim from the rubble of a building following an air strike on the rebel-held offensive. Continued on Page 13 Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of this northern city yesterday. — AFP Continued on Page 13 Hajj nears climax for pilgrims Top Saudi cleric to skip annual sermon

MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia: Close to After preliminary rituals this week in 1.5 million Muslims from around the Makkah at the Grand Mosque, the pil- world converged on a rocky hill known grims in Saudi Arabia moved east yester- Young pilgrims as Mount Arafat yesterday night to pre- day to the tent city of Mina and then sev- pare for the climax of the annual hajj pil- eral kilometers further to Mount Arafat. transform hajj grimage. The pilgrims will mark today They are following in the footsteps of the with day-long prayers and recitals of the Prophet (PBUH) who performed the MAKKAH: The hajj is no longer an old person’s ritual Holy Quran at the spot in western Saudi same rituals about 1,400 years ago. “It’s as a new generation of youthful Muslim pilgrims has Arabia where Prophet Muhammad marvelous. I’m here closer to God. It’s an transformed both the annual rites and Makkah itself. (PBUH) gave his last hajj sermon. The indescribable feeling,” said an Egyptian “The younger you are, the easier it is,” says Saniah, a numbers are down because of the pilgrim who gave her name only as British pilgrim who, at 25, was on her second trip to absence of 64,000 Iranians over tensions Louza, 45. Islam’s holiest site in Saudi Arabia. “Twelve years ago between their nation and the kingdom. Continued on Page 13 my family and I came for umrah,” the lesser pilgrim- age which can be performed throughout the year, she says, elegantly veiled in green and black. This year, Saniah returned for the hajj because it is a religious obligation and “a radical change of life”, MONTEVIDEO: Syrian native Abu Wa’el Dhiab, a former Guantanamo detainee, rests said the Briton, preferring not to give her last name. in bed as he speaks to his family via a laptop in his apartment on Friday. — AP Saniah is among roughly 1.5 million people from across the world attending the hajj which formally Hunger-striking ex-Gitmo began yesterday. The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam, which capable Muslims must perform at least inmate’s health worsens once, marking the spiritual peak of their lives. A can of soft drink in one hand and a cone of MONTEVIDEO: The health of a former added that his daughter is set to be married French fries in the other, Saniah eats with her hus- Guantanamo detainee who resettled in in a week and blamed the United States for band at one of the many modern commercial cen- Uruguay is deteriorating as he continues a the fact that he will not be there. ters dotted around the Grand Mosque in Makkah hunger strike to demand he be allowed to Christian Mirza, Dhiab’s government liai- after performing Friday prayers. “In early genera- leave the South American nation, activists son, characterized his health as “delicate” and officials said Friday. Syrian native Abu and said he could be hospitalized in the tions young people waited to be old before doing Wa’el Dhiab, who was taken in by Uruguay in coming hours. A doctor visited Dhiab on the pilgrimage,” Saniah says. “But the new genera- 2014 along with five other former Friday but did not comment on his situation. tions, we’re more aware of our religious obligations.” Guantanamo prisoners, lay on a bed in his Uruguay’s government said this week that it Smiling, she adds that the long hajj marches and small apartment as he used a laptop to was searching for another country to take prayers under a burning sun “are easier to bear speak softly in Arabic with his wife, Yusra Dhiab. He has threatened to die on his when you’re young”. Dhiab, who is in Ankara, . hunger strike unless he is allowed to reunite Omar Saghi, author of “-Makkah, Sociology “My health situation is dire and ... if I die it with his family abroad. of the Pilgrimage”, says the hajj is no longer “the will be the responsibility of the United States “I have two options: to reunite with my mystical horizon of an entire life but a rational and Uruguay,” Dhiab said in a message that family in a place we choose, or die here in event” which has become almost routine. Pilgrims walk towards Mount Arafat yesterday to prepare for the climax of the was read afterward outside the apartment Uruguay,” he said in the message read by Continued on Page 13 annual hajj pilgrimage, near the Saudi holy city of Makkah. — AFP by human rights activist Andres Conteris. He Conteris. — AP Obama urges unity on 9/11 ’versary

WASHINGTON: US President Barack we’ve lost, and keep our nation strong and slammed into the Pentagon, and a fourth Obama yesterday urged Americans to free.” jet crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after remain united in the face of terrorist On several occasions Obama has those on board tried to overpower the attacks, in a barely-veiled jab at denounced Trump’s bombastic rhetoric hijackers. Republican White House nominee Donald towards Muslims. Following the December Evoking “one of the darkest (days) in our Trump 15 years after 9/11. “In the face of shooting rampage in San Bernardino, nation’s history,” Obama noted that much terrorism, how we respond matters,” for example, Trump called for a had changed over the past 15 years since Obama said in his weekly radio and online temporary ban on the entry to the United the attacks. “We delivered justice to (Al- address, delivered on the eve of the 15th States of all Muslims. Obama was speaking Qaeda leader) Osama bin Laden. We’ve anniversary of the Sept 11 terror attacks in two months before the presidential elec- strengthened our homeland security. the United States. “We cannot give in to tion in which real estate magnate Trump We’ve prevented attacks. We’ve saved those who would divide us. We cannot will face Democrat . lives,” Obama said. But at the same time, he react in ways that erode the fabric of our The Al-Qaeda hijackings of Sept 11, said, referring to attacks in Boston, San society,” he added. 2001 - the first foreign attack on the US Bernardino, and Orlando, Florida, “the ter- “Because it’s our diversity, our welcom- mainland in nearly two centuries - rup- rorist threat has evolved”. “So in ing of all talent, our treating of everybody tured a sense of safety and plunged the Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and beyond, we’ll fairly-no matter their race, gender, ethnici- West into wars still being fought today. stay relentless against terrorists like Al- ty, or faith-that’s part of what makes our More than 2,750 people were killed when Qaeda and [the Islamic State group] ISIL. NEW YORK: Police pause during a procession in Lower Manhattan on Friday to mark the country great. It’s what makes us resilient,” two passenger jets destroyed the Twin “We will destroy them. And we’ll keep 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the police officers who were killed during and Obama said. “And if we stay true to those Towers, the symbol of New York’s financial doing everything in our power to protect after the event. — AFP values, we’ll uphold the legacy of those wealth and confidence. Another jet our homeland,” Obama said. — AFP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 LOCAL Kuwait appeals to UN chief to exert pressure on Israel

NEW YORK: Kuwait urgently Physical abuse must be underscored that admin- trative detention are afforded all appealed to the UN Secretary- In the letter, the OIC highlight- istrative detention as practiced by basic legal safeguards.” General Ban Ki-moon on behalf of ed that Mahmoud has been sub- Israel, the occupying Power, is ille- the Organization of Islamic jected to physical abuse by Israeli gal and constitutes the gravest Urgent intervention Cooperation (OIC) to use his good prison guards during his hunger form of arbitrary detention. “Over Due to the persistence of the offices to press Israel, the occupy- strike and has been transferred to 700 Palestinian prisoners, includ- critical situation, Otaibi called for ing Power, to immediately release medical center following decline ing minors, are currently being an urgent attention and interven- the three Palestinian administrative of his health, as he is currently held by Israel under administrative tion of the international communi- detainees. being held in an intensive care detention,” the letter added. ty. “Further harm, or possible death In a letter sent on Friday to the UN unit. His brother, Muhammad has Further, the letter noted that, in of any of the hunger striking Chief, the Permanent Representative lost his sight due to his prolonged concluding observations in a 2016 detainees, would have serious ram- to Kuwait Ambassador Mansour ifications on the already-fragile and Ayyad Al-Otaibi, the Chair of the OIC tense situation in the Occupied group, drew urgent attention to the Palestinian Territory, including East plight of Palestinian political prison- Jerusalem,” he added. : Kuwait’s Minister of Information Sheikh Salman Al- ers and administrative detainees in The OIC called urged the inter- Israeli jails and detention centers, national community to act to Humoud Al-Sabah meets ’s Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani. —KUNA particularly the critical situation of ensure a complete and definitive three hunger striking prisoners end of such a practice and to all protesting their detention without violations of international humani- trial or charge. tarian law and human rights, not- The three detainees are the two ing that this can only be done by brothers, Muhammad Balboul, a holding Israel accountable for its 25-year-old dentist, and Mahmoud violations. “Israel must be obliged Balboul, a 22-year-old first lieu- to comply in this regard with its tenant, and Malik Al-Qadi, a 20- obligations under international, year-old student at the Journalism including humanitarian and human School of Al-Quds University. rights law,” the letter added. These three young Palestinian The Chair of the OIC group men have been on continuous urged for “serious efforts” to be hunger strike for two months in undertaken in order for Israel to protest of their unjust adminis- Ambassador Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi compel to act forthwith to cease its trative detention and serious arrest and detention of Palestinian abuses by the Israeli occupying hunger strike. Similarly, Malik Al- periodic report on implementation civilians, which is happening on a force. “As they undertake this Qadi, who has been on hunger of the Convention against Torture, daily basis, and to release the form of peaceful, non-violent strike since mid-July, 2016, has the Committee against Torture Palestinian prisoners and detainees protest, their lives are at immi- been beaten by prison guards and called on Israel to “urgently take as an integral part of securing the nent risk due to deteriorating has been transferred to an inten- the measures necessary to end the freedom of the Palestinian people health conditions and ongoing sive care unit following deteriora- practice of administrative deten- and enabling the exercise of their abuse by the occupying Power,” tion of his health. tion and ensure that all persons inalienable right to self-determina- said Otaibi. In this regard, the OIC said it who are currently held in adminis- tion. —KUNA

Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah and Sheikha Sheikha Al-Abdullah Al- Sabah present a souvenir to Brazil’s Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani. Kuwait, Brazil discuss boosting sports cooperation RIO DE JANEIRO: Kuwait’s Minister of expressed similar views of enhancing joint Information and Minister of state for Youth cooperation in the realm of sports. Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al- During the meeting, the Kuwaiti Humoud Al-Sabah and Brazil’s Sports Minister seized the opportunity to relay the Minister Leonardo Picciani discussed, on greeting of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Friday, means of boosting bilateral ties, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to especially those related to sports. appointing as the new The meeting gave a special focus on a President of Brazil. Sheikh Salman, and his joint sports treaty that was signed by the accompanying delegation, is in Brazil to two countries back in 2010 during a visit attend the Rio 2016. The made by the then Prime Minister His Rio 2016 Paralympic Games is being held Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al- from 7-18 September 7-18. Around 4,350 Ahmad Al-Sabah. Sheikh Salman expressed athletes from more than 160 countries is hope to activate this treaty, which has been competing in 528 medal events in 22 differ- in effect since 2011. Picciani, meanwhile, ent sports. —KUNA

IRBIL: These pictures show Kuwait Red Crescent Society workers during a recent humanitarian mission in Iraq. —KUNA Kuwait continues to be a pioneer in humanitarian field: Ambassador KUWAIT: CEO-KFH Group Mazin Saad Al-Nahedh honors Fehaid Al-Deihani NEW YORK: Kuwait’s representative to the UN so by hosting another Syrian pledging conference and Abdullah Al-Rashidi. affirmed that the State of Kuwait has continued to in 2015 and co-chairing the “Supporting Syria and be a pioneer in the humanitarian field, and has the Region” conference held in in early become one of the strongest supporters of United 2016. “In total, Kuwait has provided humanitarian Nations’ humanitarian relief aid efforts in the assistance amounting to $1.6 billion to alleviate region and the world. the suffering of the Syrian people,” he confirmed. Commemorating the second anniversary of UN As Kuwait continued to be a pioneer in the recognizing the humanitarian leadership of His humanitarian field, Al-Otaibi noted that his coun- Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al- try has become one of the strongest supporters of Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwait’s permanent United Nations humanitarian relief aid efforts in representative to the UN Ambassador Mansour the region and the world. “Various reports have Ayyad Al-Otaibi said that Kuwait has continued to shown that the State of Kuwait is the most gener- show its humanitarian leadership by hosting ous humanitarian aid donor in terms of gross pledging conferences as well as providing many national income in the world continues over the humanitarian assistance in allegation of the suf- past several years,” he added. frage of many countries and people in need. Kuwait, in continuing its humanitarian leader- On September 9th, 2014, United Nations ship in the region, has plans to host international Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon convened a cere- conferences on the suffering of Palestinian chil- mony at the United Nations headquarters to hon- dren and education in Somalia, two critical or His Highness the Amir with a certificate of humanitarian crises. appreciation to recognize the humanitarian lead- Further, Otaibi stressed that Kuwait will contin- ership of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- ue to be a partner in humanity, and a strong sup- CEO-KFH Group Mazin Saad Al-Nahedh honors Fehaid Al-Deihani. Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait. porter of the work of the United Nations and its Since 2014, Otaibi said Kuwait has continued to agencies in the field of humanitarian and develop- show its humanitarian leadership, and has done ment assistance. —KUNA KFH honors Olympic medalists with gold

KUWAIT: CEO-KFH Group Mazin Saad Al- cumstances of the Kuwaiti sport. He said Nahedh stressed the importance of sport that KFH has been always committed to its and its positive impact on the economy. He society as it attaches great interest in high- applauded the significant role of the lighting the achievements of national tal- Kuwaiti champions in raising the name of ent and sponsoring their participations, Kuwait at the international forums and which contributes in further motivating global events. them, yet comprises an impetus for win- The statement came during the honor- ning more trophies while achieving out- ing ceremony at KFH Headquarters wherein standing global titles that raise the Kuwaiti CEO honored the Olympic Medalists Fehaid flag high in regional and international com- Al-Deihani and Abdullah Al-Rashidi with 2 petitions. kg Gold and 1 kg Gold respectively in recog- Meanwhile, Deihani and Rashidi praised nition of their achievement in the Rio 2016 KFH for this nice gesture that reflects the Olympics. bank’s endeavors to award the distin- Nahedh added that KFH is keen on rec- guished in the society, while assures its ognizing the national talents, expressing prestigious status as a global leading the bank’s pride in the achievement of the Islamic financial institution. Also, they called two champions that has come in critical cir- on further support to the shooting sport. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 LOCAL

Local spotlight MPs push govt to suspend Sacrifice and kids gasoline prices’ increase

By A Saleh

KUWAIT: MP Mohammed Al-Hadiya By Muna Al-Fuzai stressed that the government is acting against all odds and that the parliament would not do the same in terms of over- burdening citizens with decisions such as increasing petrol prices. “The government must yield to public demands expressed [email protected] by lawmakers and undo this hasty deci- sion,” he underlined, expressing his sup- acrifice is one of the rituals of Islam. It is the slaugh- port to hold an urgent session to have the tering of cattle, namely camels, cows and sheep. It government suspend the new prices and Sstarts from the first day of Eid Al-Adha. Regardless of mandate the finance ministry return to minor differences between the Sunni and Shiite doctrines the old prices. “The conclusion of this gov- on this subject, it is widely practiced and approved during ernment’s tenure depends on how it han- the hajj period. dles public demands,” he stressed, adding This act has certain conditions, such as sacrificial ani- that the government has also overbur- MP Mohammed Al-Hadiya MP Jamal Al-Omar MP Saleh Ashour dened citizens with its decision to stop mals are required to be free of defects. Some are related to sending citizens for treatment abroad. how the slaughtering should be performed. But, the Meanwhile, MP Jamal Al-Omar criti- Yaqoub Al-Sane to prepare a full report in Health insurance Obaidi does not apply to patients currently process is not the aim of this article today, but the impact cized the government over leaked reports response to accusations made by MP Well-informed ministerial sources said receiving medical treatment abroad or of this act on children. While we are living in a world that is about its intention to increase the prices Abdullah Maayouf concerning allegations KD 35 million has been allocated in the those whose requests have already been already filled with human blood and not cattle blood, this of goods and services. He also warned the that he has been utilizing his position for 2016-2017 budget to cover health insur- approved. Khrainej also asked for a wide topic is sensitive and important. government against not attending the electoral interests in the form of appoint- ance fees for all Kuwaiti students studying scale investigation in the recent incidents at Here is why: It is hard for some Muslim parents to make urgent session due to be held on Sept 22. ing his relatives and acquaintances in both abroad regardless whether they are on Kuwait’s medical office in . In other a decision whether to permit their kids to watch the In the meantime, MP Saleh Ashour ministries. The sources added that Sane’s scholarship or studying at their own news, the Ministry of Health’s director of the slaughter live or on TV. Some people slaughter animals in expressed his support to holding an responses would be reviewed by the Civil expense. The sources added that the health healthcare central department Dr Rehab Al- the house in front of everyone including their kids, who urgent session to discuss petrol prices and Services Commission to make sure those ministry officially asked the Cabinet for the Wetayyan said 42 clinics would be open become exposed to the blood splattered everywhere. urged the government to attend it in appointments were legal, and this would sum and that the request was approved by during the Eid holiday in all areas and that Despite the sensitivity of the subject, I had to say some- order to hear a message from the Kuwaiti block any calls to question Sane or file a the finance ministry. 23 of them will operate 24/7. thing about it, as there are three categories of Muslims on people. no-confidence motion against him, espe- this matter: People who sacrifice away from their houses or cially since the government senses that Treatment abroad Hospital fire MPs are planning to accelerate criticisms to Acting speaker Mubarak Al-Khrainej A fire broke out yesterday in a yard near through a charity committee. The second are those who Electoral interests settle old scores and for electoral interests. stressed the importance of treatment Adan Hospital that had been under renova- are keen to slaughter the animals themselves at home in Well-informed sources said that His Sane denies all accusations and argues abroad for cases that need specialized med- tion, said security sources, noting that the front of their kids. The last group of people is those who do Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak asked Minister of Justice and that all the appointments he made had ical care. He also stressed that the decision fire was limited to 5x8 sq m area and was not care for this ritual at all and thus their kids don’t see it. Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs been approved by the CSC. recently made by Health Minister Dr Ali Al- easily controlled without any casualties. As for the kids, there are two types: Some who see blood with no reaction at all, and others who find blood repre- hensible and are shocked. I’d interested in these differences, because each of these categories produce different reactions from children. Some may say: I participated in the slaughter process when I was young and I am fine. But, another would say: I’ve not tasted meat for many years due to witnessing a sacrifice and blood when I was little. I remember when I was a child, I never enjoyed the scene. I used to run away and hide until the process was over, and my parents, may their souls rest in peace, never forced me to witness the act. It was scary and I although I have never seen an animal being slaughtered, I ended up as a vegetarian. I don’t eat meat. I know that the ultimate goal of the child’s participation in a sacrifice is to teach him about a ritual of Islam, but we must determine what is the right age for kids to witness it. Some recent studies suggest the age of 12 and older, the maturity of the child and his understanding of the process. This is key, but some families don’t take age into considera- tion or possible impact on the child. Are we obliged to make our children witness the sacri- fice? The answer came from Dr Amal Al-Arfag, a professor at a faculty of arts in Saudi Arabia. “There is no explicit ban or religious recommendation for children to witness the slaughter, as Islam cares about children and their sensitive psychological state.” Man shot in his diwaniya

By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: A citizen was accidently shot in his left shoulder at his diwaniya in Qussour, said security sources, noting that the shooter is the man’s friend. A case was filed and further investigations are in progress. KUWAIT: Sheep are being unloaded at a livestock market in Kuwait, in this recent photo. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Multiple arrests A 23-year-old citizen wanted for a four-year prison sen- tence over drug-related charges, was arrested in Ahmadi. Municipality prepares sufficient Meanwhile, a 41-year-old Filipina wanted for a KD 2,700 financial claim was arrested in Ahmadi and referred to rele- vant authorities. Separately, a 47-year-old Syrian wanted over a KD 4,170 financial claim was also arrested in Ahmadi slaughterhouses for Eid holiday and referred to relevant authorities. In other cases, Farwniya detectives arrested a 47-year-old citizen wanted for a KD 30,450 financial claim. They also arrested another By Hanan Al-Saadoun terhouse waste. Farwaniya municipality’s acting cleaning manager Saud 55-year-old citizen wanted for a KD 44,096 financial claim. Daher slaughterhouse manager Shehab Ahmed Abdul Al-Harbi said five compressors, three water tankers, three Detectives also arrested a 35-year-old Indian wanted for a KUWAIT: In preparation for Eid Al-Adha and in response to Ghani said butchers were increased to 12 and porters were sewerage suction tankers, a truck, a bulldozer and two KD 2,488 financial claim. In addition, Farwaniya detectives Director Ahmed Al-Manfouhi’s instructions, all Kuwait increased to 15, in addition to four supervisors and five garbage containers and 15 cleaners have been provided to arrested two non-Kuwaitis with imported alcoholic sub- Municipality branches are on full alert. In this regard, trucks to remove solid waste. He added that MoI has been each of the slaughterhouses. stances they intended to sell. Ahmadi municipality manager Fahd Al-Shetaili said two also contacted to provide traffic policemen to organize Jahra municipality manager Mohammed Al-Aradi said temporary slaughterhouses have been set up in Jaber Al- traffic in and out of the slaughterhouse if needed. that the main Jahra slaughterhouse will be staffed with 120 Ali and Ali Sabah Al-Salem to serve citizens and reduce Meanwhile, the head of Ahmadi municipality emer- butchers. Had added that the numbers of inspectors and pressure on the main slaughterhouse in Daher that is ready gency team Meshaal Abalsafi said that escorted with a vets would also be doubled during Eid. Aradi also said that to receive over 5,000 sacrificial animals, while the tempo- police force, his team held an inspection tour that resulted Jahra municipality launched a special cleaning campaign rary ones will receive 1,000. in filing 11 citations in Fahaheel and destroying some ined- at the beginning of September that included inspection The cleaning department manager at Ahmadi munici- ible meat. Farwaniya municipality manager Mohammed tours, cleaning streets and replacing 140 old garbage con- pality Faihan Al-Mutairi said special freshwater tankers will Sarkhouh said various coops in the governorates have con- tainers. “Inspection teams also removed 45 abandoned provide water to wash and clean abattoirs and that special tributed by building five temporary slaughterhouses to vehicles from Jahra industrial area and 10 from Amghara,” sewerage suction tankers will be provided to clean slaugh- support the main one during Eid. he added. Kuwait Dive Team removes Restaurant fined for wreck from Shamlan harbor adding extra charges By Meshaal Al-Enezi Blood left on the scene. KUWAIT: Kuwait Dive Team of the KUWAIT: Ministry of Commerce and Industry’s emergency Environmental Voluntary Foundation suc- team in Siddeeq fined a fast food restaurant in Shuhada for ceeded yesterday in removing three tons adding extra charges to a bill. In a related development, of sunken boats, fishing nets and wastes the ministry announced that its emergency teams have from Shamlan harbor. The team was able filed 13 citations against fast food restaurants for violating to lift the sunken boats by using lifting delivery fees. The ministry had announced intensifying belts and crane from the Kuwait inspections against ‘unjustified’ price increases following Municipality as well as water suction gasoline prices’ hike on September 1. pumps in order to remove them without damage, the team’s leader Waleed Al- Safe celebration Fadhel said. These wrecks and waste from Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) warned all citi- boats and fishing vessels affect the fish zens and expats against accidents and incidents that may stocks in Kuwait and harm the marine happen during the Eid Al-Adha holidays, such as children’s environment, he added. Fadhel called on exposure to fireworks or using lifts alone. KFSD Director Col boat owners and fishermen to preserve Khalil Al-Amir said fires can result from using charcoal for the environment of the area, noting the incense and placing the burning charcoal later near flam- ongoing efforts of Kuwait Municipality, mable materials such as fabrics or furniture. “It is advisable Fishermen Union, Kuwait’s Port Authority, to get rid of the charcoal in a sink,” he highlighted, adding KUWAIT: A bullet’s mark seen on the wall at the Coastguard, EQUATE Petrochemical that cooking gas must be turned off after use and periodi- diwaniya where the shooting happened. Company and volunteer divers. —KUNA cally checked to make sure there are no leaks. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 LOCAL

In Brief Solid waste project Unlicensed butchers Syrian situation KUWAIT: Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP) has received proposals from prequalified KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality’s Mubarak Al- CAIRO: Arab League Secretary General companies for Kabd Municipal Solid Waste Project. Kabeer branch announced finishing its Ahmad Abul-Gheit discussed with the All proposals from prequalified companies for Kabd preparations for Eid Al-Adha, Branch Director United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Municipal Solid Waste (Kabd MSW) were received Samia Al-Enezi said, noting that municipality Staffan de Mistura the latest develop- from three consortia: (1) Constructions Industrielles teams finished cleaning streets and the ment on the Syrian front which concerns de La Mediterranee (CNIM), Gulf Investment yards of 52 mosques. Enezi also noted that the Russian-US deal to reinstate the Corporation (GIC), Al Mulla Group; (2) EVN Umwelt the teams removed 386 ads, confiscated 50 Cessation of Hostilities in Syria. During a holding und Betriebs GmbH, International Financial kilograms of inedible food items, and filed 36 phone call with the UN envoy, Abul- Advisors (IFA), KCC Engineering Contracting Co citations. She also advised consumers to Gheit welcomed this deal and hoped (KCCEC), Steinmuller Babcock Environment GmbH avoid dealing with unlicensed butchers who that violence would stop and humanitar- (SBE); (3) Suez Environment SAS, Itochu Corporation, advertise their services through ads placed ian aid would be allowed to enter the Kharafi National KSC. — KUNA near various streets. Syrian territories. — KUNA Photo of the day

KUWAIT: Traditional-style water containers made from clay, which help keep the liquid inside them cool during the hot days of summer. A common item found in vintage Kuwaiti homes. — Photo by Joseph Shagra No inspectors to review Farsi publications: Official Only books previously cleared allowed this year

By Nawara Fattahova ty. We may remove some pages that contain immoral pictures, pictures of the companions of Prophet KUWAIT: A retired official at the private education Muhammad (PBUH), pictures of crosses or Jesus department of the Ministry of Education has said that (PBUH), and sentences or words such as pork or alco- both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of hol, that are replaced. Some small pictures or parts of Information will be facing problems due to a shortage pictures are blurred with a marker. Books that include of inspectors reviewing Farsi publications, after the political or religious issues that are against our society Ministry of Information terminated the lone inspector are banned and added to the blacklist of books,” he working there. pointed out. “We don’t have professional and authorized censors According to him, there are no Farsi inspectors at for reviewing Iranian publications in Kuwait, and this is the ministry presently. “The inspector who left was spe- a problem. This inspector was reviewing publications cialized in Farsi and was in charge of the books partici- for the Iranian school. In the past, the Ministry of pating in the book fair as well. He was the only one in Information was in charge of reviewing the books of the ministry, and till today no one has been appointed the Iranian school, but recently a new regulation was to replace him. So, for this coming academic year, only issued to shift this duty to the Ministry of Education,” he the books that were already reviewed in the past will told Kuwait Times on the condition of anonymity. be allowed, according to the ‘master’ copy we have pre- The official explained the method of checking for- viously reviewed. No new books can enter the school,” eign books of non-Arabic language schools. “A commit- he stated. tee at the ministry reviews all foreign books used in Inspectors of the Ministry of Education regularly schools, including textbooks and library books. The check the books in schools. “If the inspectors find vio- members review the books and discuss their notes dur- lating books, the committee that approved these ing the meeting of the committee,” he noted. books will be investigated and penalized. The audiovi- Some books are withdrawn completely and banned, sual learning materials of the schools are also reviewed. while others are corrected. “We follow certain criteria to But in general, the schools are always cooperative,” he what’s acceptable and what doesn’t suit our communi- concluded. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 LOCAL

kuwait digest Kuwait increases health Security, traffic Green Palestine control on all ports: MoH precautions in place KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health (MoH) short messages during this phase, announced yesterday that it will increase along with health brochures and book- epidemiological surveillance of all lets. Furthermore, the health precau- over Eid Holiday Kuwaiti border ports after Hajj season is tions are overseen by the Ministry of By Labeed Abdal over. MoH Undersecretary Khaled Al- Awqaf, in conjunction with all Hajj KUWAIT: Security and traffic precau- Sahlawi said in a press release, that the campaigns. — KUNA tions are set in place to receive a ministry has provided all of the border week-long holiday of Eid Al-Adha, ports with all needed equipment to con- Ministry of Interior announced yester- duct all tests to detect any viruses and day. The Ministry’s Director General of infections causing diseases. Public Relations Brigadier General Moreover, Sahlawi said that the min- Adel Al-Hashash said in a press state- istry has started the third phase of a cam- ment these precautionary measures unded by a US project, the Palestinian Authority paign to generate awareness amongst will be enforced on public places such recently opened its first ‘Green School’ in the city pilgrims at Kuwait International Airport, as: commercial buildings and malls Fof Tobas in West Bank under the name Oqaba and recreational parks to secure safe- after the departure of the last contingent High School for Girls. It is the first green Palestinian ty for the public and an easy flow of of pilgrims. school built according to the Palestinian green build- traffic over the holiday. He pointed Brigadier General Adel Al-Hashash ing guidelines. This is very heartening what is taking Sahlawi added that phase three out that during the performance of place in a spot that for over half a century has been before entering the facilities. Hashash deals with promoting health aware- Eid Prayer, Security personnel will be called on the public to cooperate with referred to by world media as one of conflict between ness through various social media net- Palestinians and Israelis for various reasons. dispatched to protect mosques; and security men to provide safe holiday works, adding that the MoH media Executed by the Global Communities Foundation mosque-goers will be searched for all. — KUNA (GCF), the US Agency for International Development office will send more than two million MoH Undersecretary Khaled Al-Sahlawi (USAID) has invested $1.3 million in a governance and infrastructure program that is expected to provide improved and safe educational environments for 130 students as well as raise public awareness about green structures and environment-friendly practices. This project will surely give those girls more hope for the future, peace, the ability to create future commu- nities capable of self-governance and creating and developing friendships and partnerships instead of repeated killings of innocent people, destroying homes and the cancer-like spread of settlements. This project will surely give those girls more hope for the future

The new school includes eight classrooms, a library, a computer lab and a science lab, in addition to environment-friendly elements that have been integrated in building and operating the school, such as water refining systems, solar panels that provide renewable energy, and the water recycling systems, which serve all parties and the world community that agreed at the UN General Assembly to resolve the problem and achieve peace by neighborliness. The fact that the Palestinian Authority adopts an environmentally healthy culture and boosts public awareness on the importance of green buildings and environment-friendly practices surely highlights that peace is the only best option for future generations. Through USAID and by donating over $4.9 billion since 1994, the US is the biggest donor to Palestinians, providing funds for programs and proj- ects that support democracy, improve health and educational services, provide humanitarian aid, devel- op the private sector and develop infrastructure and water resources, which is an effective role followed in other countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and even Kuwait after the Iraqi invasion.

kuwait digest Visa traders

By Abdullah Bowair

espite being fully involved and busy writing some books including my most recent one Dabout the speeches of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, what I have been hearing recently made me write the following few lines. I wonder where or how to start to reflect on the cur- rent situation in our beloved country. As citizens, we are currently living as strangers in our own country and we have said this many times. However, thanks to visa traders who only care about making more money with Kuwait at the bottom of their list of concerns, situations are getting worse. We all know that strangers must behave, which is fully applied in all countries except here in Kuwait, and the stories we occasionally hear prove this. We all know that strangers must behave, which is fully applied in all countries except here in Kuwait, and the stories we occasionally hear prove this.

An expat impersonates as a police officer and shows off on Whatsapp. In another incident, an Asian turns into a street fighter and assaults an official and one of the guards assigned to him by the Ministry of Interior. A third sells military insignia and uniforms. Others get caught trying to smuggle huge amounts of hashish into our country. According to a doctor I know, very danger- ous chemical drugs are being currently used by youth, making them unable to control their actions or reac- tions. An Asian also specialized in abortion, and all of a sudden, turned into a gynecologist. Most areas are overcrowded with expats and it is hard for citizens to enter some of them. Our country is overpopulated with over millions of people, vehicles, trucks, bikes and thousands of pedestrians. Many peo- ple got angry when the Ministry of Health imposed a KD 50 annual health insurance fee on expats. I myself have seen plastic bags filled with medicines expat sell afterwards, though they only pay KD 1 on visiting a clin- ic and KD 2 in hospitals. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 FROM THE ARABIC PRESS

Al-Qabas Subsidies Crime My friend’s Report

convincing Child rapist arrested KUWAIT: An Asian man reported that on returning home argument in Farwaniya, he saw his five-year-old daughter leaving his Asian neighbor’s room. He added that the girl told him the neighbor lured her into the room where he undressed and By Qais Al-Usta raped her. After arresting the suspect and confronting him with the girl’s testimony, and on seeing his hands’ marks he continuation of the current National on her body, the suspect confessed. Assembly was the subject I discussed with Abu- Talez, who is a dear friend with whom I used to spend hours and days in Kuwait and abroad. Abu-alez asked me about the Assembly’s reaction to the gaso- Home robbery line price hike. And does the Assembly know that the A citizen reported that an unidentified robber stole KD rise in fuel prices will be followed by a rise in the prices 4,000 in cash from his house, said security sources. The of all products available in the country? The price of citizen, who had been preparing to spend the Eid delivering the product has gone up. Abu-alez also vacation abroad with his wife, went shopping before asked about the reaction of the Assembly to the the trip and on returning home, found that the money Olympic scandal, although some Assembly members was missing. Rumaithiya police examined the house are part of the dispute that resulted in the problems and further investigations are in progress. which led to the suspension. He also asked about the reaction of the Assembly about a high ranking officer who described MPs as “mandoubs”, and claimed Kuwaitis are looking for food Smuggling foiled “free of charge”, and why the interior minister did not A citizen was arrested at Kuwait International Airport on take any disciplinary action towards this officer, and Al-Jarida returning from Amsterdam with a packet of hashish joints, why the Assembly in turn did not grill the interior min- said security sources. Case papers indicate that customs ister for not taking the necessary action towards this officers suspected the citizen while he was waiting for his officer? luggage, and on asking him where he was coming from, the man appeared nervous. He was thus subjected to a thorough search and the drugs were found. The man said that he brought them for his own use. A case was filed and These questions are not the suspect was referred to relevant authorities. presented by Abu-alez Expats leaving airport Threats alone, but thousands of A female citizen reported receiving threats on her mobile phone, said security sources. The woman citizens are wondering must pay fees: Jeeran accused her ex-husband’s family, who are currently abroad on vacation, noting that the messages were about the same topics sent through international numbers. A case was filed KUWAIT: MP Abdurrahman Al-Jeeran Moreover, Jeeran stressed that fees and further investigations are in progress. called for collecting fees from expatri- on services should be taken from all Abu-alez continued his questions about deals and ates leaving through Kuwait expats without discrimination “that planes, and what about the Assembly’s role in them, International Airport. He also can leave a negative political effect on and continued asking about the Assembly’s stand demanded establishing balance Kuwait.” On that regard, he suggested Suicide claims An Asian man was rushed to Adan Hospital in critical con- towards preserving the country’s lands, especially that between the number of the different increasing fees collected for issuing or dition, said security sources, noting that those who some of it is distributed left and right and mostly with- expatriate populations in Kuwait, as renewing visas, health insurance, and brought him claimed that the man tried to commit suicide out any rules and control, other than appeasing this well as between their numbers and driver’s licenses, as well as public hos- by drinking bleach. The sources added that detectives are and that, and why it did not issue rules for the distri- the requirements of Kuwait’s develop- pital and clinics’ fees, saying that the waiting for forensic reports to determine the substance bution of the state lands? These questions are not pre- ment plans “and their role in vital proj- fact that Kuwait’s expatriate popula- used and find whether the man willingly drank it to com- sented by Abu-alez alone, but thousands of citizens ects.” On that regard, he also suggest- tion has exceeded three million peo- mit suicide or was forced to do so. are wondering about the same topics, and despite this ed reducing the number of communi- ple should be taken into considera- the Assembly is continuing its summer break, ties “especially those with high crime tion. although rules allow the Assembly to hold a session at and law-breaking rates.” Jeeran had last week proposed a the request of 33 MPs. Furthermore, Jeeran argued that ‘roadmap’ to help address Kuwait’s So, do members of our esteemed Assembly see all the government has the right to demographic imbalance problem by Man mugged what is mentioned, and most of them took place in inspect expats’ bank accounts and ‘sorting’ the expatriate population A Bangladeshi man reported that two unidentified the current period. Do they not deserve a special ses- examine incomes and account move- based on expats’ financial and legal people assaulted and robbed him in Taima in Jahra, sion to discuss repercussions of these decisions, or ments “if that serves the state’s high- positions. According to the proposal, said security sources. The man added that the suspects that Nice, Cannes and Salzburg are more important? est interests.” He said that this can be expats’ bank accounts should be stole his mobile phone and KD 1,500 he had with him. All these matters are unprecedented, and make us possible through the ‘free access law’ examined to identify their income lev- MP Abdurrahman Al-Jeeran wonder about the role of the Assembly, especially in which he says allows the government els, and expats should undergo train- political life. to check bank accounts even if the ing courses in their field of specialty. earlier last week suggesting that Beggar caught The most notable question: Will any MP be coura- Central Bank of Kuwait’s law protects “Whoever passes stays and is Kuwait’s demographic imbalance A Syrian woman was arrested while begging, said security geous to ask us to vote for him during next year’s elec- accounts’ confidentiality. He claimed required to pay fees, and whoever should be discussed as a priority sources, noting that the woman was immediately referred tion? Just a question! that this practice is being followed in fails for two times is deported,” he when the National Assembly resumes for deportation. — Al-Rai and Al-Anbaa Was the message delivered? I hope so. the Eurozone countries. said. The same lawmaker was quoted sessions late October. — Al-Rai — Translated by Kuwait Times Zain supports the operation of KFH launches hajj awareness Smart Bracelets for Hajj pilgrims program on social media KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has launched comprehensive Hajj KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecom- better world and be a productive awareness program on its accounts on munications company in Kuwait, member within the societies in which social media. The program encom- announced its collaboration with the it operates. In collaboration with Zain passed several videos, tips and mes- Ministry of Awqaf & Islamic Affairs to KSA, the company will also offer pil- sages of the do’s and don’ts related to support the operation of Smart grims coming from Kuwait with voice Hajj season; its rituals and duties. Bracelets to pilgrims traveling to the and data lines at competitive prices Participated in the program was a Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform through a dedicated booth that will number of well-versed people, among Hajj. This step comes to strengthen be available at the Kuwaiti Hajj of whom is Dr Sayyed Mohammad Al- Zain’s strategic partnership with the Mission’s center in Saudi Arabia. Sayyed Abdul Razzaq Al-Tabtaba’e and country’s various governmental enti- Zain also recently launched its spe- Fahad AlMosa from Sharia Supervisory ties, as well as support the ministry’s cial promotion for postpaid customers at KFH, in addition to Meshari Albaghli, leadership in adopting innovative traveling to the Kingdom of Saudi Talal Fakher, Fahad Beshara and Anas solutions to serve pilgrims. Arabia to perform Hajj, which enables Shehab. As part of this initiative, Zain sup- them to enjoy their existing local post- The program included several sub- ports the Ministry of Awqaf & Islamic paid plan’s Internet cap in the jects on Hajj, verses from The Holy Affairs by supplying SIM cards and Kingdom without any additional Quran, rules of Hajj etc. these topics integration services at no charge to be charges over Zain KSA’s network. The were posted on KFH accounts on social ongoing commitment towards assum- used along with smart bracelets for offer came as part of the company’s media in efforts to benefit the pilgrims ing the social responsibility while partic- 8000 pilgrims traveling from Kuwait to keenness to keep its customers con- and help them perform Hajj perfectly. ipating in all religious and national the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during nected to each other and to their Moreover, the program reassures KFH’s activities and events. Hajj season. The smart bracelets aim at loved ones during Hajj season and enabling the Kuwaiti Hajj Missions to without any additional charges from track and locate every single pilgrim their part. Zain’s solid Corporate to assure their safety in case of any Sustainability and Social emergencies. Responsibility strategies primarily Zain will always be keen on utiliz- focus on the wellbeing of the entire ing innovative technological solutions nation. For this reason, the company to shoulder initiatives that work has maintained its support of numer- towards enhancing people’s lives. The ous initiatives that spread awareness company continues to find ways to and help make a difference to people’s serve the community as to foster a everyday circumstances.

Gulf Bank’s Red customers enjoy Ahli United Bank supports latest movies during Eid Al Adha Kuwait National

KUWAIT: As part of the Eid Al Adha Avenues Mall to showcase its products Paralympic team in Brazil celebrations, Gulf Bank has announced and services to potential and existing an exclusive offer for its red customers customers. Gulf Bank continuously KUWAIT: As part of its social supporting the people of Kuwait, to watch the latest films at Kuwait looks for new and interesting initia- responsibility program that aims especially those with special National Cinema Company (KNCC) cin- tives to reward its loyal customer base at supporting all members of soci- needs. We already consider these emas between 12-16 September 2016. over the year. Gulf Bank is committed ety, Ahli United Bank announced Paralympic athletes as heroes and New red customers, who open an to providing its red customers with the recently that it is backing the champions. The team’s participa- account at The Avenues Mall, will right promotions that are tailored to Kuwait National Paralympic team, tion in any local or international receive a free ticket to watch the latest meet their specific needs and to better which will participate in the forth- sporting event is a major source movies. enjoy their holidays. Gulf Bank is coming 2016 Paralympic Games of pride and their commitment to During the period of the promo- pleased to celebrate this occasion with taking place in Brazil between 7- strive for greater achievement tion, Gulf Bank will have a red booth the people of Kuwait. 19 September. and success is to be applauded. present at the KNCC cinema in The Gulf Bank’s red program is for high The Kuwaiti team includes 3 Rafie added : “Ahli United Bank school, college and university students players participating in the athlet- continues to support citizens with CBK to serve clients aged 15 to 25 years old. There is no ics games category which com- special needs and wishes to help minimum deposit required to open prises of wheelchair racing, 2 play- integrate them more in society the account or minimum balance ers participating in the Javelin whilst encouraging them to during Eid holidays charge. There is no minimum deposit Throw competition, and 1 player unleash their potential to have required to open the account or mini- participating in the shooting more active roles in their commu- KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait the Eid holidays - in addition to the services mum balance charge. To join Gulf games. nities. Ahli United Bank’s support (CBK) said it will continue serving its cus- provided by the bank’s call center on 1- Bank’s red program or to find out more Ahli United Bank continues its reflects the Bank’s vision and tomers during the Eid Al-Adh holidays at 888225. Clients can also do various transac- of its benefits, visit one of the Bank’s 56 commitment Moataz El-Rafie, Ahli approach to social sustainability. Kuwait International Airport’s two branches. tions (deposit and withdrawal) through branches, contact the Customer United Bank’s Senior Deputy Chief The Bank provides dedicated serv- The two branches will be working 24/7. CBK ATMs located throughout Kuwait in addi- Contact Centre on 1805805 for assis- Executive Officer - Banking Group ices to facilitate special needs also noted that the main center, Eastern tion to using online transaction at tance and guidance or log on to said, “,to participate in a wide banking requirements in specific Ahmadi, Sabbah Al-Salem, Beirut Street and www.cbk-online.com and CBK Mobile appli- www.e-gulfbank.com , Gulf Bank’s range of initiatives that aim at branches across Kuwait.” Jahra branches would resume work on cation. The bank will officially resume work website. Thursday, September 15 immediately after at all branches on Sunday, September 18. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 Iranians flock to Iraq’s N Korea says nukes are defense against ‘blackmail’ Karbala for holy plan B Page 12 Page 8

ROSEMEAD, California: In this Friday, Aug 26, 2016 photo, pedestrians walk by artist Heath Satow’s sculpture “Reflect,” made with a damaged, rusted I-beam from the collapsed World Trade Center buildings.—AP Last artifacts of 9/11 given away Pledge to move beyond tragedy without losing sight of it NEW YORK: Behind the barbed wire, the white mini- certainty about exactly which artifacts, if any, should many of the people and groups that adopted arti- see death masks cast from his face. They communities - of firefighters, or soldiers or oth- van’s busted windows and crumpled roof hint at its be saved. The Port Authority of New York & New facts from the Trade Center, the loss was more wanted to see and touch Lincoln. ers - that connected them, however tangen- story. But forklifted to this windblown spot on the Jersey, which owned the Trade Center, dispatched abstract. At least it started off that way. tially, to 9/11. John F Kennedy International Airport tarmac, an architect to comb through the site and cull pieces Heath Satow, a sculptor in southern California Pained memories In the first years, there were so many arti- between a decommissioned 727 and an aircraft that seemed distinctive. Investigators carted away hired to design a 9/11 memorial for the plaza Artifacts let people grapple with pained facts that she could easily match them with hangar, it’s doubtful passing drivers notice it at all. In others. Most of the wreckage from the site was fronting Rosemead’s city offices, recalls awkwardly memories. But 15 years after September 11, requesters. So when a girl at Cracker Trail the long struggle with the searing memories of scrapped or recycled. But the agency saved about scanning a digital catalog showing beams available the dispersal of artifacts from the Trade Center Elementary School in Sebring, Florida, wrote 9/11, though, the van’s solitary presence here marks half of 1 percent of the total. from the Trade Center. But hundreds of hours creat- has not resolved the public’s conflicted feel- that she wanted to help her fellow students a small but significant transition point. It all had to go somewhere. That ended up being ing the memorial - a 10-foot beam cradled by hands ings about those events, now set against con- learn about 9/11, Passiak set aside a children’s Tons of wreckage - twisted steel beams weigh- JFK’s Hangar 17, an 80,000-square-foot cavern of of chrome, the palms and fingers formed from 2,976 tinued fears of terrorism. “We just don’t know alarm clock recovered from a store in the Trade ing up to 40,000 pounds, chunks of concrete sheet metal left empty when tenant Tower Air went interlocking birds representing individual victims - where the events of 9/11 have led us,” said Rick Center’s concourse, a burned notebook, and smelling of smoke, a crushed fire engine, a dust- out of business in 2000. Officials were uncertain left a deep impression. Sluder, fire chief in Wauseon, Ohio, which small piece of steel, 6 inches square. “I felt like covered airline slipper - were salvaged from the what to do with so much material, given the emo- “Every individual was attended to,” said Satow, his obtained a Trade Center beam and, together that allowed a full story to be told,” she said. As World Trade Center site for preservation in the tions intertwined with it. A judge determined the voice breaking five years later, as he described mak- with neighboring departments built a memo- the piles of material winnowed, though, it weeks after the 2001 terrorist attacks. Now, 15 artifacts were not evidentiary or personal, and ing the sculpture. “I just was totally unprepared for it. rial at the nearby Fulton County Fairgrounds. became more difficult. Most of the groups years later, this van, part of a government agency approved donations to those who promised to care But when you spend all that time seeing it as indi- “A lot of people are looking at this as, is this seeking artifacts wanted pieces they could motor pool likely sheltered from the impact in the for them. But where to begin? viduals it will just wreck you.” Satow said he purpose- the point of downfall or the point at which we build a narrative around. The biggest artifacts parking garage beneath the complex, is the very ly positioned the beam at about eye level, so people rose above the rest, the point of resiliency?” were unwieldy. By early this year, there was lit- last artifact without a resting place. Still unprepared could see, touch and feel it. Others who adopted Sluder said. “I don’t think that’s been deter- tle left except rails from the commuter train When the van is claimed, as soon as a few weeks “It was piles and piles, probably my height or Trade Center artifacts used them to similar effect. mined yet.” There’s little questioning, though, line that ran under the complex. Items like from now, it will fulfill a pledge that, to move higher, of steel beams,” says Amy Passiak, the Firefighters in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, created a the emotions people invest in the artifacts. police cruisers, whose purpose that day were beyond 9/11 without losing sight of it, New York archivist hired to catalog the artifacts and manage memorial in front of their station around a small During the six years Passiak spent archiving clear, found takers. But unmarked vehicles, would share relics of that terror, along with the tales their distribution, recalling the first time she walked piece of donated I-beam. Many people in the town, the relics, the people seeking them would anonymous but for their place in the wreck- of sacrifice and fear that come with them. The deci- into the hangar in 2010. Passiak, a high school senior surrounded by the San Juan mountains and the often tell her stories of the losses in their own age, were initially passed over. — AP sion by officials to give away pieces of Trade Center in Michigan at the time of the attacks, had been Southern Ute Reservation, will never get to New wreckage has been praised and criticized over the working as an intern at New York’s 9/11 museum, York or Washington DC, said David Hartman, who years. But its impact is undeniable. but says she was still unprepared for the scene. “I worked to obtain the artifact. But September 11 was Pakistan denies bail in UK remember going home that day and just being his generation’s Pearl Harbor, and being able to see Honoring those killed exhausted, just from being there a few hours, just and touch the wreckage enables residents to reflect More than 2,600 artifacts have gone to 1,585 fire being emotionally exhausted and not being able to on its lessons, he said. woman’s ‘honor killing’ and police departments, schools and museums, and comprehend the amount of work that was going to At Flour Bluff Junior High School in Corpus ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court yesterday Shahid’s ex-husband has also been other nonprofit organizations in every state and at go into the process. It was like, maybe a year, maybe Christi, , a piece of Trade Center steel - one of denied bail to the father of a British charged with raping her. Police have also least eight other countries. Each recipient has two years. And here I am, six years later.” three received by the school district - is housed in a woman believed to have been the victim accused Samia’s mother and sister of abet- pledged to use them in memorials or exhibits hon- Passiak built a database of every item, cataloging case near the entrance to the cafeteria. In of an “honor killing.” Samia Shahid, a dual ting the crime; however, the two have fled oring those killed on 9/11. While some have not fol- its size and approximate weight, with descriptive September, it is taken out and students from the national, was murdered in July during a to the UK, according to police. The chief of lowed through, the many that have mean it is now notes. As word spread that the Port Authority was school’s officer training program stand guard. Bruce visit to her family village in Punjab the local police station was later arrested possible to touch a piece of September 11 during a giving the material away, requests poured in. Chaney, the naval science instructor who applied for province. “There was a hearing into the for helping them escape. Kazam and Roman Catholic Mass in Port St. Lucie, Florida, while Through August, the Port Authority had distributed the artifacts, brings another, smaller piece to his bail application by Samia Shahid’s father, Shahid, both dual British-Pakistani citizens, standing in the shadows of Colorado’s San Juan 2,629 artifacts. Many went to fire departments, local classes. The artifact is “twisted and somewhat but the court rejected it,” defense lawyer had been married for two years and were mountains, or in a park honoring animals in governments and organizations in the New York burned. It’s not pretty. I’m hoping it will make them Mian Arif told AFP. living in . Meaford, Ontario. area with direct ties to the first responders and think as they’re growing up, that they have to pay Arif said that the next hearing would At a news conference in August, Kazam “They are the relics of the destruction and they workers who perished when the towers fell. attention to their past,” Chaney said. take place next week in the city of presented a copy of the post-mortem have the same power in the same way as medieval “When those buildings came down, everybody Most Flour Bluff students hadn’t yet been born Jhelum, while the accused would file report into his wife’s death that said the relics that have the power of the saints,” said Harriet and everything in its path was either pulverized or in 2001, so the relics are the closest most will ever another bail petition to the Punjab’s high 28-year-old had marks on her neck, sug- Senie, a professor of art history at the City University vaporized off the face of the earth,” said John Hodge get to experiencing that day. But the desire to court. The victims’s second husband, gesting she had been strangled. Shahid’s of New York and author of “Memorials to Shattered of the Stephen Siller Tunnels to Towers Foundation, touch and own history, however distant, has been Mukhtar Kazam, claims she was mur- father has denied the charges, claiming his Myths: Vietnam to 9/11.” “History is a vague concept, named for his cousin, a New York firefighter killed on around since long before this generation, said Erika dered for bringing “dishonor” to her fami- daughter died of natural causes. Hundreds but if you have this tangible object that was a part of 9/11. In late July, the foundation marked the loom- Doss, a professor of American studies at the ly. Kazam has said his wife had angered of women are murdered by relatives in the this historical event, it makes it very difficult to deny ing closure of Hangar 17 with a ceremony outside University of Notre Dame and author of “Memorial her parents by converting to Shia Islam, conservative Muslim nation each year on and it also makes it possible to experience it in a before hauling away an elevator motor from the Mania: Public Feeling in America.” She notes that his sect, before their wedding. Police the pretext of defending what is seen as very visceral way.” Trade Center, a piece of the parking structure, and a after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, millions of have accused her ex-husband family honor. Rights groups and politicians In the days immediately after the attacks, it portion of a broadcast antenna that crowned the Americans gathered alongside the tracks as a train Muhammad Shakeel and father have for years called for tougher laws to wasn’t at all clear what would happen to the wreck- complex. “That’s where the DNA is. Neither my carrying his body made its way to Illinois. People Muhammad Shahid of being involved in tackle perpetrators of violence against age of the Trade Center. It’s not as if anyone had con- cousin or anybody else from Squad 1 was ever wore mourning bands on their arms. They hung her killing. women in Pakistan.— AFP fronted questions of that scale before. There was no found, but it’s in that steel,” had Hodge said. But for Lincoln’s portrait in their homes. They flocked to INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 Syrian refugee crisis changing women’s roles

LONDON: The Syrian refugee crisis is Syrian households in Jordan has risen to to join husbands already living in Europe. generally having less money and fewer dren in the official camps as well as those changing women’s traditional roles with nearly 40 percent from a quarter a couple Batoul, a Syrian mother who rarely left resources than men. CARE said some moth- living homeless in the street,” he added. increasing numbers becoming heads of of years ago, CARE said. With men strug- her home before the war broke out, told ers travelling on their own formed sexual The report, entitled On Her Own, also high- households and the main breadwinners, an gling to find work or absent, more women CARE how she had spent months travelling relationship in the hope the man would lights increasing poverty among refugees international aid agency said yesterday are taking up jobs or even setting up small thousands of kilometers alone with her protect them and their children while they with four fifths in Jordan now living below ahead of a global refugee summit. Most businesses. “We are seeing something very baby to try to join her husband in were on the road. Women have also the poverty line. Mollett said rates of child women view the changes negatively with similar to what happened during World War Germany. The first thing she wants to do described being forced to have sex to marriage among refugees had almost dou- many feeling far more vulnerable to vio- One and Two across Europe whereby on reaching Germany is learn the language secure services and travel documents. bled since the start of the war partly lence, abuse and harassment, CARE said in women are forced to take on new roles - and look for a job. “My husband is tradi- Mollett said some of the camps in because of increasing destitution. The UN a report as it called for world leaders to put and there are both positive and negative tional but he will support this. Women are Europe were shocking and lacked lighting, refugee summit aims to forge a more women refugees at the heart of the Sept. aspects to this,” CARE policy adviser Howard strong and we have a new role to play,” she locks on showers and toilets and separate humane international response to refugee 19 and 20 talks in New York. Mollett told the Thomson told CARE at a camp in . sleeping sections to keep women and chil- and migrant crises. It will be followed by a Some 4.8 million Syrians have fled to Foundation. In Greece, Syrian refugees esti- dren safe. “While I was in Greece over the summit of world leaders hosted by US surrounding countries during five years of mate half of refugee households to be Exploited workers past month, multiple stories emerged of President Barack Obama aimed at generat- war. Others have risked their lives to reach female-headed. Some have lost male family Aid workers say women refugees arriv- human traffickers and other predatory ing new funding and boosting refugee Europe. The number of female-headed members in the war, while others are trying ing in the Balkans are highly vulnerable, individuals preying on women and chil- resettlement. — Reuters Turkey grants locked up PKK leader family visit

ISTANBUL: Turkey has granted permission secret service in Kenya, put on trial and to the family of jailed Kurdistan Workers sentenced to death. His sentence was com- Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan to visit muted to life imprisonment in 2002 when him for the first time in two years, state Turkey abolished the death penalty. Ocalan media reported yesterday. His family will be held secret talks with top officials that allowed to see Ocalan at his high security resulted in the PKK declaring a ceasefire in jail on the prison island of Imrali off 2013. But this collapsed in 2015 and con- Istanbul over the Islamic holiday of Eid al- flict is again raging in Turkey’s Kurdish- Adha beginning next week, the state-run dominated southeast. Ocalan had until Anadolu news agency said. then met regularly with a delegation from Turkish media reports said this will be the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party the first family visit Ocalan has been (HDP). But these trips halted with the allowed since October 6, 2014. Anadolu renewed violence and the last such visit said Ocalan would meet with his brother dates back to April 2015. Mehmet. The permission comes as a group The last official visit to Ocalan was by a of 50 Kurdish activists, including MPs, are delegation of the Council of Europe’s on the sixth day of a hunger strike to Committee for the Prevention of Torture protest the lack of news about Ocalan’s (CPT) in April 2016. It said there were just welfare. Ocalan founded the armed move- four prisoners held on Imrali, in the Sea of ment to fight for greater rights for Turkey’s Marmara. The hunger strikers in the mainly Kurds in the 1970s and led a bloody insur- Kurdish city of Diyarbakir had said they rection against the Turkish state that for- would continue their strike until Ocalan’s mally began in 1984. family or lawyers were allowed to visit the He was captured in 1999 by Turkey’s prisoner. — AFP IS bombings near Baghdad mall kill at least 13 people BAGHDAD: Two bomb blasts outside a being taken, seizing the cameras of two shopping mall in central Baghdad claimed photographers and a video journalist. KARBALA: Iranian Shiite Muslim worshippers visit the shrine of Imam Abbas ahead of the start of the Eid Al-Adha in the holy city of Karbala by the Islamic State group killed at least 13 The cameras were eventually returned, some 120 kms south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. — AFP people, security and medical officials said but video footage shot by an AFP photog- yesterday. The bombings were the latest in rapher was deleted by the firm. Nakheel a series of deadly attacks at Baghdad shop- Mall opened last year and shops were likely ping centers this year that have been to have remained open late ahead of the Iranians flock to Iraq’s claimed by IS, including one that killed Muslim feast of Eid Al-Adha which begins more than 300 people in early July. on Monday. The mall also houses one of The jihadist group issued an online the city’s most popular cinemas. IS claims statement on the attack, saying it targeted most major attacks in Baghdad, including Karbala for holy plan B Shiites and was carried out by two Iraqi sui- some carried out at shopping centers earli- cide bombers, one of whom wore an explo- er in the year. sive belt and another who drove an explo- On Tuesday, a car bomb near a hospital sives-rigged vehicle. IS and other Sunni killed at least seven people in Baghdad’s Thousands diverted to the shrine of Imam Hussein extremists consider Shiite Muslims to be Karrada district-an area still reeling from a heretics, and frequently target them in July 3 suicide bombing that set nearby KARBALA: Barred from Makkah amid an escalat- Makkah) and no one can go,” said Shukrullah, a AFP. In the Friday sermon read by his represen- bombings. The statement said the bomber shopping centers ablaze and left more than ing spat between Tehran and Saudi Arabia, white-haired Iranian pilgrim sitting on a rug near tative Abdul Mahdi Al-Karbalai, Iraq’s top Shiite who drove the explosives-rigged vehicle 300 people dead. IS claimed the Karrada masses of Iranian Shiite faithful have converged one of the gates to the mausoleum. “It’s our duty cleric Ali Al-Sistani appealed for respect and was from Fallujah, a city west of Baghdad blasts, as well as an attack involving gun- on the holy Iraqi city of Karbala for an alternative to come here. This is an Islamic country. It’s tolerance among all Muslims. Yet resentment that was retaken from IS in late June. men and a car bomb that killed at least 12 pilgrimage. The row that has prevented Iranians good,” he said. Iran has accused Riyadh of incom- ran deep in the ranks of the Iranian faithful who The blasts, which hit just before mid- people near another Baghdad mall in taking part in this year’s hajj pilgrimage is divert- petence and of failing to investigate the 2015 were barred from Makkah, where the hajj got night (2100 GMT) Friday, shattered win- January. IS has suffered a string of military ing hundreds of thousands to the shrine of disaster or take satisfactory precautions for this under way on Saturday. dows at the multi-storey Nakheel Mall on defeats over the past year and the caliphate Imam Hussein, one of the holiest sites in Shiite year’s pilgrimage. “Last year, how many people were killed from Palestine Street in the city centre, and dam- it proclaimed in June 2014 is rapidly shrink- Islam. “I expect the number of pilgrims to reach a Talks broke down between the two regional all over the world? They (Saudi Arabia) killed all aged a fence surrounding it. As people ing. As the jihadist organization loses terri- million, about 75 percent of them Iranians,” Adel powerhouses and Iranians were denied entry. A of them, but no one did anything to them,” said worked to clean up the rubble outside yes- tory across Iraq, officials have warned that Al-Mussawi, a shrine official, told AFP. war of words has since escalated, with both Shukrullah, sheltering from the midday sun with terday\, a private security company guard- it may step up revenge attacks against civil- Not all of those had planned to travel to countries’ top clerics exchanging sharp words- his family near lockers where the faithful leave ing the mall sought to prevent images ians in Baghdad and other cities. — AFP Makkah but many of the 64,000 Iranians who Iran’s Ali Khamenei calling Saudi monarchs a their shoes before entering the mausoleum. were allocated places for this year’s hajj ended up “cursed, evil family” and Saudi’s Abdulaziz al- Unlike Shukrullah, Nasirah, a woman from the in the holy Iraqi city this weekend. Visiting the Sheikh saying Iranians were not real Muslims. Iranian city of Ahvaz, has not yet performed the Imam Hussein shrine does not have the same “The Saudi-Iranian conflict has forced Iranians to hajj and predicted that the substitution trip to religious significance as the hajj, which is a pillar come to Karbala to visit the shrine of Imam Karbala could become a habit. of Islam and therefore an obligation for Muslims Hussein,” Mussawi said, adding: “For the Shiites, “In Iran, the pilgrims... pay to get a visa and who are able at least once in their lifetime. But this is worth 70 hajj.” For the city, which lies about go to hajj. We in Iran wait a long time to get a followers of the Shiite sect of Islam feel more at 80 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, the extra chance to go. It can take 10 or 15 years,” she said. home in Karbala than in Makkah, where around influx of pilgrims is nothing out of the ordinary. “So I said let’s go for Arafah day in Karbala,” 2,300 people died in a stampede last year, Nasirah said, referring to a prayer performed by according to an AFP tally, including 464 Iranians. 10-year wait Shiites in Saudi Arabia’s Arafat plain on the sec- “We have prepared transport, accommoda- ond day of hajj. “If we are in Karbala, it’s the ‘It is our duty’ tion and security. We are used to handling big- house of God, it can be considered hajj for us. So “Karbala is normal for us. We always come ger occasion such as Arbaeen so we can handle for the next few years, we will be coming to here. This year they have blocked the path (to this,” Karbala Governor Aqeel Al-Turaihi told Karbala-what can we do?” — AFP Netanyahu criticized over ‘ethnic cleansing’ remark

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin List that groups the main Arab parties in parlia- Abbas saying on Tuesday they were ready to BAGHDAD: In this Tuesday, Sept 11, 2012 file photo, members of the Mujahedeen-e- Netanyahu faced growing criticism yesterday ment, accused Netanyahu of creating “an imagi- meet to re-launch peace efforts. Khalq organization chant slogans and hold banners during a tour organized by the after he called the Palestinian refusal to let Jews nary reality” and rejected the comparison Russian President has been Iraqi government for foreign diplomats. — AP live in their future state “ethnic cleansing”. In a between Israeli Arabs and Jewish West Bank set- seeking to arrange a meeting between the two video released Friday, Netanyahu rejected the tlers, who he said implement a policy of “ethnic in . International criticism of Israeli set- notion that West Bank settlements were “an cleansing”. tlement building, including from the United Final group of Iranian oppn obstacle to peace”, drawing a rebuke from “Netanyahu doesn’t care that it is the settle- States, has intensified in recent months. Washington. Netanyahu noted “Israel’s diversity” ments that were established precisely in order to Netanyahu’s government, considered to be the dissidents leaves Iraq camp which manifests in “the nearly two million Arabs cruelly expel Palestinian populaces from the most right-wing in the country’s history, has living” in the Jewish state and reflects its “open- West Bank to limited territories around the nonetheless continued with the policy. The set- BAGHDAD: A camp housing members of accused of taking part in the brutal sup- ness and readiness for peace”. major cities,” he wrote on Facebook. Peace tlements are considered illegal under interna- an Iranian opposition group in Iraq was pression of a 1991 Shiite uprising against “Yet the Palestinian leadership actually efforts have been at a standstill since a US-led tional law and major obstacles to peace as they officially closed after the last 280 residents Saddam, allegations denied by the group. demands a Palestinian state with one pre-condi- initiative collapsed in April 2014, with both are built on land the Palestinians see as part of were flown to Albania on Friday, the group The MEK says it renounced violence in tion: No Jews,” he said. “There’s a phrase for that: Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud their future state. — AFP said. The Mujahedeen-e-Khalq has been 2001. The US military in Iraq signed an It’s called ethnic cleansing.” The US State based in Iraq since the 1980s, when they agreement with the group in 2004, promis- Department called the video “unhelpful” and received arms and support from Saddam ing that members would be treated as “pro- “inappropriate”. “We obviously strongly disagree Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war. US-led tected persons” under the Fourth Geneva with the characterization that those who oppose forces disarmed the group after the 2003 Convention. The State Department settlement activity or view it as an obstacle to invasion and settled them at a base north removed the group from its list of terrorist peace are somehow calling for ethnic cleansing of Baghdad. organizations in 2012. of Jews from the West Bank,” spokeswoman Late Friday night a car bomb targeting a Elizabeth Trudeau said Friday. shopping mall in eastern Baghdad killed 11 Grateful to government “We believe that using that type of terminol- people and wounded 28, according to On Friday, US State Department spokes- ogy is inappropriate and unhelpful,” she said. police and hospital officials. Three Iraqi woman Elizabeth Trudeau thanked the “Settlements are a final status issue that must be policemen were among the dead, the offi- governments of Albania and Iraq. “We are resolved in negotiations between the parties.” cials added. All officials spoke on condition grateful to the Government of Iraq for facil- Israeli opposition member Tzipi Livni of the of anonymity as they were not authorized itating the departure of the MEK. And we Zionist Union party accused Netanyahu of “try- to brief the press. The attack comes as Iraqi are specially appreciative of the extraordi- ing to make political gains while creating diplo- ground forces are moving into position nary efforts of the Albanian Government, matic damage”. She said the video had caused around Mosul ahead of a planned opera- the Albanian Prime Mister Rama, to wel- the US position to change from accepting settle- tion to retake the militant-held city from come these people who are in need of ment blocs to rejecting the entire West Bank the Islamic State group. international protection,” Trudeau said. UN enterprise. The Iranian opposition group, whose Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon thanked “After Netanyahu’s video, the US is saying that members who were flown out of Iraq member states and international organiza- all the settlements, including the blocs, are an Friday, was listed as a terrorist organization tions for “the successful resolution of this obstacle, whereas in the past they were recog- by the US State Department for years over humanitarian issue,” in statement issued by nised,” she said in remarks relayed by a its killing of Americans. The MEK was also his spokesman. — AP spokesman. Ayman Odeh, who heads the Joint JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a weekly cabinet meeting. — AP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Pence releases tax returns, In dash to November, campaigns Trump’s remain a secret pin hopes on turnout efforts INDIANAPOLIS: Donald Trump hasn’t enrichment and cronyism.” Pence, speak- publicity released his tax returns. The ing at the Ronald Reagan Presidential same can no longer be said of his run- Library in Simi Valley, California, later ‘These stories are going to start making a difference’ ning mate, Mike Pence. The Republican lamented that politicians can come to vice presidential nominee and Indiana Washington with modest means but governor on Friday released a decade “emerge as millionaires” by auctioning IOWA CITY: Over pizza and cupcakes, Jose worth of returns, roughly a month after access and profiting off policies. Nunez implored a crowd of University of Iowa promising to do so. The campaign said “Americans are fed up with Washington’s students to pull out their smartphones and start Pence paid a state and federal tax rate self-enrichment racket,” Pence added. sharing with online friends their personal rea- that ranged between 10 percent and 16 sons for backing Hillary Clinton for president. percent over the past decade. Trump is the exception Early voting in Iowa begins in late September, An analysis of just his federal taxes Major-party presidential nominees and the digital aide for the Clinton campaign shows he paid an effective rate since have publicly released their taxes since said earnestly: “These stories are going to start 2006 that ranges between 6.4 and 12 1976, but Trump is the exception. He has making a difference.” It’s a scene Clinton’s cam- percent, based on his family’s adjusted said he is waiting for the conclusion of an paign is replicating in about a dozen of the most gross income. Pence’s income topped out audit. Last month, Democratic nominee contested states as their aggressive voter at $187,000 while he was still a member Hillary Clinton released her 2015 tax turnout effort kicks into high gear for the sprint of Congress, but dropped to $113,000 return, adding to the records dating to to Election Day, Nov 8. last year. The family has donated 10 per- 1977 she previously made public. Her In Iowa alone, 25,000 volunteers are helping cent of their take-home pay to charity, running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, send real-time data on voters back to the cam- the campaign said, which reflects an also released 10 years of tax returns last paign’s New York City headquarters, where average 7.4 percent of their adjusted month. dozens of analysts model the electorate. The gross income. Clinton has also raised questions campaign says it has about a half-million volun- “The Pence family has been honored about what Trump may be hiding by teers in swing states, including 40,000 in North to serve their state and their nation for refusing to release his taxes and she has Carolina. In Florida, the largest of those pivotal the past 16 years, while raising three wondered whether Trump is worth the states, it claims 90,000. To be sure, Clinton’s great children and putting them through $10 billion he says he is. “We’re pleased to debates with Republican Donald Trump or a college,” said Marc Lotter, Pence’s see that one member of the Trump ticket late-in-the-campaign surprise could reshape the spokesman. “These tax returns clearly has decided to meet the long-held White House race in the final stretch. But show that Mike and Karen Pence have threshold for disclosure in a modern-day Clinton’s team believes winning the 270 elec- paid their taxes, supported worthy caus- presidential campaign,” said Christina toral votes needed to secure the presidency es, and, unlike the Clintons, the Pences Reynolds, the Clinton campaign’s deputy relies on its yearlong, multimillion-dollar invest- have not profited from their years in pub- communications director. “But it’s Donald ment in sophisticated analytics and an army of lic service.” Trump - who just this week attacked volunteers now making contact with individual MIAMI BEACH: in this Aug 11 2016 file photo, a supporter of Republican presidential candidate Thursday Pence said “for too many in America’s generals and showered praise voters. Donald Trump wears socks with his face on them during a speech by Trump to the National Washington ... politics seems to have on Russia’s authoritarian leader - running Association of Home Builders. — AP ‘Overrated’ morphed into a rigged game of self- to be our next president.” — AP question the strength of the turnout operation. sively registering residents moving from Puerto Trump, with heavy assistance from the “We know we have to be better than we have Rico, who tend to vote Democratic. Republican Republican National Committee, is trying to been before to win a tight election,” said Rick pollster Whit Ayers said that even if the GOP replicate some of those efforts, bringing new Was gay chief fired for poor Gorka, a communications adviser to the RNC turnout effort is on track, Trump has a tougher staff on and hoping they can make up for lost and a former campaign aide to Mitt Romney, the task in Florida. “Republicans say they are signing time. Yesterday, the RNC expected to have about 2012 nominee. up more white voters,” Ayers said. “But I’ll be very performance or retaliation? 1,000 employees and 4,000 volunteers knocking While the contest between Clinton and Trump surprised if they can sign up more white people on doors in Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin and else- is close, Clinton has more ways to 270 than does than Clinton can sign up Hispanics.” COLUMBIA: Two years after a small South come talk to the woman in part because where. But the billionaire businessman - who Trump, who almost certainly has to win Florida In Iowa, a less diverse state, Clinton’s staff has Carolina police chief was fired because she she was related by marriage to the male told The earlier this year that he and Ohio to pull out a victory. Even then, Clinton set up a text messaging competition between was gay, the same chief said her hometown employee, Moore’s lawyer Malissa Burnette believes the use of data analysis in campaigning could win without them. The biggest unknown is University of Iowa and Iowa State University this fired her again in retaliation for having an told The Associated Press in an email. Taylor is “overrated” - is also banking on a wave of how voter turnout will be affected by the unusu- weekend to see which school can attract more outside agency investigate a sexual harass- then demanded Moore sign a statement momentum to carry voters to the polls in al combination of high interest in the election new registered voters. Marlon Marshall, Clinton’s ment complaint. Latta Town Administrator saying the town employee meant no harm November. and low approval for both candidates. Do voters director of states, said that nearly all Democratic- Jarrett Taylor saved Crystal Moore’s job the against the woman making the accusa- “This is an incredible movement. The world is dismayed by their options choose to stay home leaning voters in swing states have had some first time. But he said he fired her Friday not tions. Moore refused because the woman talking about it,” Trump said during one of his on Election Day or does interest in the race push level of contact from the campaign by this stage to get revenge, but because she couldn’t told her she had reported the harassment recent rallies, which have served as a main way more people to vote? in the race. “And if not, you will soon,” Marshall solve growing problems with bad morale, to Taylor first and he did nothing. The town of collecting information about voters. Clinton aides expect turnout to exceed the said. poor decisions and administrative tasks then issued four reprimands against her as Republicans scoffed at then-Sen Barack Obama 129 million total from the 2012 contest between As in past elections, Democrats are urging that weren’t done on time. retaliation, Burnette said. for speaking in similarly sweeping terms during Obama and Romney. That’s due in part because people, particularly less reliable voters, to vote When Moore was first fired in 2014, Latta his 2008 presidential campaign. But it wasn’t turnout was suppressed in 2012 in heavily popu- during early voting periods. RNC officials know rallied around her, stripped power from the Sexual harassment claims Obama’s rhetoric that propelled him to victory. It lated areas of New York and New Jersey as a Democrats have a better chance of banking mayor and cheered when Taylor and other Latta suspended Moore for five days was an expensive and painstaking effort to con- result of Superstorm Sandy. While few more votes during early voting, but they too are Town Council members hired her back. This last month, reprimanding her for failing to vert the crowds he generated into a data-driven Republicans will openly cheer for low turnout, instructing field staff to push low-propensity time, the dispute seems destined for a inform supervisors of a sexual harassment voter turnout operation run by many of the that scenario could help Trump. Clinton has an voters to vote before Nov. 8, to try to offset courtroom, even as Moore runs for a differ- claim as soon as it was reported; revealing same people now working for Clinton. edge over Trump with blacks, Hispanics and Clinton’s advantage. Jeremy Bird, Obama’s chief ent job - Dillon County sheriff. Moore’s an officer’s salary at a public meeting; not RNC officials talk publicly about having made young people. But she needs those groups to data analyst in 2012 and a Clinton consultant, lawyer said the problems only started Aug filling out the required weekly reports on gains since Obama won re-election in 2012, and show up in big numbers to offset Trump’s said that if the campaigns are doing their jobs 12, when a woman reported she was being the condition of her department’s vehi- there’s no doubt the party has focused more on strength with white, working-class voters. right, early voting data will tell the story of the sexually harassed by a male Latta employee. cles; and checking another employee’s dis- voter targeting in recent years. But GOP officials election. “Sophisticated campaigns will know by Moore tried to call Taylor first as per ciplinary records without permission, are well aware they have something to prove, Aggressively registering residents mid-October how the election is likely to end town policy, but his voicemail was full so according to the documents the town even to those within the party who privately she decided to ask a sheriff’s deputy to released to the AP. — AP In Florida, for example, her team is aggres- up,” Bird said. — AFP Federal government halts work on pipeline project

NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX east and west of the lake while the gov- great amount of grief. My heart is hurting, RESERVATION: The federal government ernment reconsiders “any of its previous but we will continue to stand, and we will stepped into the fight over the Dakota decisions.” look for other legal recourses.” Access oil pipeline Friday, ordering work The statement also said the case to stop on one segment of the project in “highlighted the need for a serious dis- For the tribes North Dakota and asking the Texas-based cussion” about nationwide reforms “with Earlier in the day, thousands of pro- company building it to “voluntarily pause” respect to considering tribes’ views on testers, many from tribes around the action on a wider span that an American these types of infrastructure projects.” country, gathered near the reservation Indian tribe says holds sacred artifacts. Vicki Granado, a spokeswoman for the that straddles the North and South The government’s order came minutes company, said it had no comment. The Dakota border. “There’s never been a after a judge rejected a request by the president of the North Dakota coming together of tribes like this,” Standing Rock Sioux to halt construction Petroleum Council said he was disap- according to Judith LeBlanc, a member of the $3.8 billion, four-state pipeline. pointed with the government’s decision of the Caddo Nation in Oklahoma and The tribe, whose cause has drawn to intervene and called it “flagrant over- director of the New York-based Native thousands to join their protest, has chal- reach” that will result in more oil being Organizers Alliance. People came from lenged the Army Corps of Engineers’ moved by trucks and trains. as far as New York and Alaska, some decision to grant permits for the The 1,172-mile project will carry near- bringing their families and children, and pipeline at more than 200 water cross- ly a half-million barrels of crude oil daily hundreds of tribal flags dotted the ings. Tribal leaders allege that the proj- from North Dakota’s oil fields through camp, along with American flags flown ect violates several federal laws and will South Dakota and Iowa to an existing upside-down in protest. The judge’s order was announced over a loudspeaker there. John Nelson of Portland, Oregon, came to the camp to support his grandson, Archambault. The 82-year-old says he was not surprised by the ruling, “but it still hurts.” State authori- ties announced this week that law enforcement officers from across the state were being mobilized at the protest site. They said some National Guard members will work security at traffic checkpoints and another 100 would be on standby. The Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association asked the Justice Department to send monitors to the site because it said racial profiling is occurring. Nearly 40 people have been arrested since the protest began in April, includ- ing Archambault. A week ago, protesters and construction workers were injured NORTH DAKOTA: Horseback riders make their way through an encamp- when, according to tribal officials, work- ment near North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux reservation. — AP ers bulldozed sites on private land that harm water supplies. The tribe also says pipeline in Patoka, Illinois. In denying the the tribe says in court documents are “of ancient sites have been disturbed during tribe’s request for a temporary injunc- great historic and cultural significance.” construction. The tribe’s chairman, Dave tion, US District Judge James Boasberg in Energy Transfer Partners denied the alle- Archambault II, spoke at the state Washington said that the court “does not gations. The state’s Private Investigation Capitol in front of several hundred peo- lightly countenance any depredation of and Security Board received complaints ple, some carrying signs that read lands that hold significance” to the tribe about the use of dogs and will look into “Respect Our Water” and “Water Is and that, given the federal government’s whether the private security teams at Sacred.” He called the federal announce- history with the tribe, the court scruti- the site are properly registered and ment “a beautiful start” and told nized the permitting process “with par- licensed, board attorney Monte Rogneby reporters that the dispute is a long way ticular care.” Nonetheless, the judge said Friday, adding that he would not from over. wrote, the tribe “has not demonstrated name the firms. that an injunction is warranted here.” On Thursday, North Dakota’s archae- Pass the peace pipe Attorney Jan Hasselman with the envi- ologist said a piece of private land that “A public policy win is a lot stronger ronmental group Earthjustice, who filed was not previously surveyed by the state than a judicial win,” he said. “Our mes- the lawsuit on the tribe’s behalf, said earli- would be surveyed for artifacts next sage is heard.” A joint statement from the er this week any such decision would be week. The company plans to complete Army and the Departments of Justice challenged. “We will have to pursue our the pipeline this year, and said in court and the Interior said construction bor- options with an appeal and hope that papers that stopping the project would dering or under Lake Oahe would not go construction isn’t completed while that cost $1.4 billion the first year, mostly due forward and asked the Texas-based (appeal) process is going forward,” he to lost revenue in hauling crude. A status pipeline builder, Energy Transfer said. Tribal historian LaDonna Brave Bull conference in the tribe’s lawsuit is sched- Partners, to stop work 20 miles to the Allard said Boasberg’s ruling gave her “a uled for Sept 16. — AP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 Mexican tycoon convicted for giving to US campaigns

SAN DIEGO: A wealthy Mexican business- The scheme gave more than $500,000 to park losers” and “a small town mentality” District Attorney, lost the race. Former con- Singh also arranged for Azano to secretly man was convicted Friday of illegally funnel- the 2012 campaigns of San Diego mayoral were impeding its waterfront development. gressman Filner, a Democrat, won but pay for hundreds of thousands of dollars of ing more than half a million dollars to sup- candidates Bonnie Dumanis and Bob Filner, Lawyers for the defendants could not be resigned after serving less than nine months services from Singh’s campaign consulting port two former San Diego mayoral candi- according to court documents. Azano want- reached for comment. Azano’s attorney, as mayor amid sexual harassment allega- company, and to use those services to ben- dates - marking one of the federal govern- ed to develop San Diego’s waterfront with a Michael J Wynne, said during the six-week- tions. Dumanis testified that she thought efit the campaigns. ment’s largest cases against a foreigner marina for yachts, a five-star high-rise hotel long trial that his client never had plans for Azano - who lives in the nearby city of In addition, Azano secretly funneled secretly donating to US political campaigns. and mixed-use residential development such a development. He told the San Diego Coronado - was a legal resident but she said $30,000 to the Democratic Congressional The jury in federal court in San Diego and wanted to ensure he had a mayor who Union-Tribune that he plans to appeal. she had little memory of their interaction. Campaign Committee through a conduit returned guilty verdicts against Jose would support those plans, according to Singh’s lawyer had told jurors his client had Azano arranged with his son and others straw donor, prosecutors said. No charges Susumo Azano, his son, Edward Susumo prosecutors. worked in Mexico with Azano and was to hide the contributions by having straw were filed against Dumanis or Filner in the Azano Hester, and Washington political con- Assistant US Attorney Andrew Schopler unaware of Azano’s plans in San Diego. donors send the money to the campaigns, case. The three are scheduled to be sen- sultant, Ravneet Singh. quoted Azano as saying the city’s “trailer Dumanis, a Republican San Diego County according to court documents. Azano and tenced in December. — AP Israel’s position in South Sudan under scrutiny amid violence Netanyahu attempts at improving ties under scrutiny

JERUSALEM: Escalating violence in South Sudan is casting a light on Israel’s murky involvement in that conflict and raising questions about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new strategy of strengthening ties with African countries. Netanyahu has been forging alliances across Africa in an effort he says will help blunt Palestinian diplomatic initiatives against Israel at the United Nations. But critics says these new ties - illustrated by Netanyahu’s high-profile visit to several African countries in July - have come without regard for the human rights records of those allies. Such concerns have been magnified by Israel’s close ties to South Sudan, whose govern- MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the Cabinet meeting in Moscow’s ment has used Israeli arms and surveillance Kremlin. — AP equipment to crack down on its opponents. Critics say Israel’s global arms export policies US Election hacks raising lack transparency and proper oversight, and ignore the receiving country’s intended use. “It is Russian influence fears the role of the prime minister, the defense minis- ter and the foreign minister to look out for WASHINGTON: Recent hacks of election state’s system. The FBI didn’t name the states, Israel’s interests. But this has a limit: not at any data systems in at least two states have but state election websites in Illinois and cost and not with everyone,” said Tamar Zandberg, an Israeli opposition lawmaker who raised fear among lawmakers and intelli- Arizona experienced hack-related shutdowns JUBA: In this file photo taken Thursday, April 14, 2016, government soldiers follow orders to has filed a court appeal to halt Israeli sales of gence officials that a foreign government is in the parts of the websites that handle raise their guns during a military parade. —AP trying to seed doubt about - or even manipu- online voter registration. Manipulating an sensitive technology to South Sudan. late - the presidential race, renewing debate election in the United States would be diffi- Israel has long viewed South Sudan as an Republic of Congo and criticized by rights embargo on South Sudan, and following the over when cyberattacks cross red lines and cult, officials say, because there are thousands important ally and a counterweight to neigh- groups for being an authoritarian ruler. outbreak of violence, the US imposed sanctions warrant a US response. of electoral jurisdictions across the 50 states. boring Sudan’s support for Islamic Palestinian A UN report in January said Israeli surveil- on top military officials from both sides of the Federal officials already are investigating Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson militants. Israel was one of the first countries to lance equipment was being used by South conflict. cyberattacks at the Democratic National said Thursday that the election system is “so recognize South Sudan’s independence in Sudanese intelligence, allowing it to intercept Committee and the Democratic decentralized, so vast ... it would very difficult to 2011, and South Sudanese leader Salva Kiir vis- communications in a “significantly enhanced” Regional protection force Congressional Campaign Committee, alter the count.” FBI Director James Comey ited Israel months later. Since South Sudan crackdown on government opponents. The In August, the UN Security Council approved believed to be the work of hackers tied to the agrees. “The vote counting in this country tends descended into civil war in 2013, some 50,000 report also found that an Israeli automatic an additional regional protection force to enter Russian government. Trolling a private orga- to be kind of clunky,” which is a blessing people have been killed and 2 million have rifle known as the Micro Galil is “present in South Sudan, but decided against an arms nization’s emails is one thing, cyberexperts because it makes harder for hackers to infiltrate, been displaced. larger numbers than before the outbreak of embargo on the country. “Even without an inter- say, but breaching state election systems to Comey said. “It makes it more resilient and far- In July, hundreds died when fighting erupted the conflict.” national arms embargo, states should unilateral- undermine the integrity of the November ther away from an actor who might be looking in the capital, Juba. South Sudanese troops went According to the report, Israel sold the rifles ly suspend arms transfers given the likelihood ballot would be quite another. “The mere to crawl down a fiber-optic cable, and find there on a nearly four-hour rampage at a hotel, killing to Uganda in 2007, which transferred the that arms would be used to commit human access to those systems is incredibly con- actually is no fiber optic cable - that it’s actually a local journalist while forcing others to watch, weapons to South Sudan’s National Security rights violations,” said Elizabeth Deng, Amnesty cerning to me,” said Sean Kanuck, former some woman named Sally and a guy named raping several foreign women, and looting the Service in 2014. According to the report, Israel International’s South Sudan researcher. national intelligence officer for cyber issues Joe and they roll the thing (voting machine) compound, several witnesses told The said it didn’t receive a request from Uganda for Zandberg and Mack asked Israel’s Supreme at the Office of the Director of National over and pull out the punch cards,” Comey said. Associated Press. Just days earlier, Netanyahu the transfer. Eitay Mack, an Israeli lawyer work- Court in May to force Israel to explain why it has Intelligence. “I think that the manipulation of had traveled to four African countries - Uganda, ing with Zandberg, the opposition lawmaker, continued export licenses for the surveillance election data or voting systems would war- ‘Deeply shaken’ Kenya, Rwanda and Ethiopia - in a visit meant to said weapons export licenses require knowledge system to South Sudan. Reflecting Israel’s typi- rant a national security response.” Such reassurances have not eased concern cultivate new allies in his diplomatic battle with of end users and mid users - meaning the trans- cally opaque approach to such transfers, the on Capitol Hill, yet reaction has been mixed. the Palestinians. It was the first visit to sub- fer would either have been done with Israel’s Defense Ministry asked for a gag order to be Diminish US clout Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Saharan Africa by a sitting Israeli prime minister knowledge or would have prompted an investi- imposed on the proceedings. A hearing is sched- No one has yet confirmed that data was Nevada was “deeply shaken” after a half-hour in nearly three decades. gation into the offending company. He said no uled later this month. Zandberg is also seeking actually manipulated. Law enforcement and briefing about Russian activities that he investigation was known to have been opened. to change Israel’s weapons export oversight law, intelligence officials are investigating the received at the FBI office in Las Vegas, accord- Alleged abuses The UN report said Israeli ACE rifles were used which she says does not adequately ensure that election-related breaches, but also are look- ing to an individual familiar with the briefing. During the visit, he convened a summit with in a massacre that targeted Nuer citizens in Juba Israeli arms don’t end up in troubled countries. ing at the extent to which Russia could be The individual was not authorized to publicly seven regional leaders, including Kiir - nearly all in 2013. Zandberg said Israel stopped sending The law states that Israel shall not supply involved in a disinformation campaign to discuss the briefing and spoke only on condi- of whom have been criticized by rights watch- firearms to South Sudan in 2013 but that export weapons to any country under a Security diminish US clout worldwide. Russian tion of anonymity. dogs for alleged abuses. Kenyan President licenses for the surveillance equipment contin- Council arms embargo. But the council can often President Vladimir Putin says Moscow wasn’t An aide to another senator, who also was Uhuru Kenyatta has been charged by the ue. The Israeli Defense Ministry did not respond be slow to act, and Zandberg wants Israel’s involved in the hacking of emails of the briefed, said what gave the lawmaker “pause” International Criminal Court with crimes against to requests for comment. Israeli Foreign Ministry Foreign Ministry to have clout in determining Democratic Party. Republican presidential was that Russia might be meddling in the humanity for his role in stoking ethnic violence, spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said Israel is whether it should allow arms transfers. A 2013 nominee Donald Trump said last week he United States in the same way it has in Eastern charges that were later withdrawn, with the “extremely satisfied with our renewed relations report by Israel’s state comptroller pointed to thinks it’s unlikely that Russia is trying to Europe where it has a history of using cyberat- prosecutor accusing Kenya of blocking her with many African countries and Israel does not “shortcomings, some of them significant,” in influence the election. “I think maybe the tacks to facilitate their political objectives. Sen investigation. Ugandan President Yoweri interfere in those countries’ internal affairs.” He export oversight, including a lack of personnel Democrats are putting that out,” he said on RT Ron Wyden, D-Ore, member of the Senate Museveni, 71, has served for 30 years and is try- rejected criticism of the Israeli outreach, sug- to investigate possible breaches and lax enforce- America, the US partner of Kremlin-backed Intelligence Committee, said there is biparti- ing to change the constitution so he can effec- gesting Israel was being unfairly singled out. The ment of requirements for exporters. “A country network Russia Today. san concern about the “Russian government tively extend his rule for life. Rwandan President United States and other Western countries also that hands out these export licenses has to be But Defense Secretary Ash Carter issued a engaging in covert influence activities.” He Paul Kagame has been dogged by allegations of consider many African countries important accountable and to take responsibility for the public warning to Moscow last week while in said a section of this year’s intelligence human rights abuses in neighboring Democratic allies. The European Union has placed an arms (weapons’) final use,” Zandberg said. — AP Europe. “We will not ignore attempts to inter- authorization bill directs the president to set fere with our democratic processes,” Carter up an interagency committee to ‘counter said. Asked later to elaborate, Carter said he active measures by Russia to exert covert Belarus says was referring to Russia’s use of hybrid warfare influence over peoples and governments.’” - “interference in the internal affairs of Rep Devin Nunes, R-Calif, chairman of the nations, short of war” - which he said is a con- House Intelligence Committee, said, however, election will cern across Europe. Late last month, the FBI that he’s not surprised by the hacks. “I just sent a “flash alert” to warn state officials to think people have been asleep,” he said. “This be democratic’ strengthen their election systems in light of is the challenge of going to digital records, evidence that hackers targeted data systems digital voting. This is why it’s imperative to : Banners along the fastidiously clean in two states. The FBI described a “compro- keep paper voting.” How the US should streets of Belarus’ cities tell the country’s people mise” of one elections board website and respond to cyberattacks is the subject of to be sure to vote in today’s national parliament “attempted intrusion activities” in another much debate. — AP election. What’s missing are any posters showing candidates’ faces, or their names, or even stating which parties are in the running. Lidiya Opposition eyes victory as Yermoshina, head of the Central Elections Commission, told The Associated Press that this election will be especially “active and democratic.” Seychelles vote winds up But the absence of campaign material suggests VICTORIA: Voters in the tourism-depen- was forced into a second round. otherwise, as does the experience of Ales dent nation of Seychelles cast their bal- Lepep has maintained a majority in Logvinets, a leader of the opposition movement lots yesterday, the third and final day of a parliament since the return of multiparty “For Freedom.” Alexander Van der Bellen, left, and Norbert Hofer. poll that may see the opposition win con- politics in 1993, but now the ascendant Logvinets tried to boost his chances by organ- trol of parliament for the first time in two SNP hopes to take control. In a bid to izing a concert with a noted rock star to attract decades. Polls in the Indian Ocean nation strengthen its showing, the SNP has part- Austrian election young people. He planned to hand out some kicked off Thursday to allow the roughly nered with four smaller opposition par- political pamphlets and get signatures for a peti- 70,000 registered voters of the archipela- ties-together known as The Seychellois tion to put him on the ballot for a district in go nation of 115 islands to choose their Alliance and made up of former Lepep delay a certainty Minsk, the capital. However, the rock star was representatives. leaders-to form the Seychellois Liavon Volski, whose trenchant lyrics and defiance of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko Voting began on the islands furthest Democratic Alliance (known by its creole VIENNA: An embarrassing postponement of ing that the government was looking at several away from the main island of Mahe, and acronym, LDS, standing for Linyon have brought repeated bans on his performances Austria’s high-stakes October 2 presidential elec- possible dates in November, but that mid- - though this one went ahead. its capital Victoria. Mahe voted on Demokratik Seselwa). tion looked all but inevitable yesterday, because of December or even January were being considered. Saturday, along with the two other main Together, opposition candidates won The elections commission then determined technical problems involving glue failing to stick Pushing the election back poses legal problems, that by passing out pamphlets while collecting islands Praslin and La Digue. The three 52 percent of votes cast in the first round on postal votes. The last election result from May however, and the government is considering draw- account for 98 percent of the archipel- of December’s presidential vote, but were signatures, Logvinets had violated regulations; he was annulled after Austria’s highest court upheld ing up special legislation allowing it to happen. was rejected as a candidate. “Lukashenko is pre- ago’s 90,000 people. Voters lined up then beaten in the run-off after failing to claims of procedural irregularities made by the nar- “This is an unbelievable disgrace for... the whole patiently to cast their ballots even before coalesce around a single candidate. They pared to simulate the facade (of democracy), but rowly-defeated far-right. This necessitated fresh country,” Die Presse said in an editorial entitled not change the system,” Logvinets said. A pre- booths opened at 7am (0300 GMT). Polls now hope to emulate that first round elections but this time there appear to be prob- “Banana Republic”. close at 7pm and first results are expect- majority in this week’s parliamentary election report by the observer mission of the lems with glue on postal votes not sticking, mak- Hofer, 45, officially launched his election cam- Organization for Security and Cooperation in ed in the following hours. vote. “If the voters vote as they did in the ing them invalid. paign in Wels in northern Austria despite the likely The main opposition Seychelles first round of the presidential elections, Europe notes that “the process of campaigning is Yesterday independent ecologist Alexander Van postponement, hitting out at the “stupidity” of strictly regulated. The campaign remains largely National Party (SNP) shunned the 2011 the opposition would have won. But if it is der Bellen joined his rival in the vote, Norbert Hofer allowing mass immigration by “economic invisible.” election claiming it would not be fair but like the second round, there will be dis- from the far-right, in saying he now expects a post- migrants”. The May 22 vote, a run-off after a first Lukashenko has a strong incentive for con- is contesting this time. SNP leader Wavel tricts that will be in the balance,” said Paul ponement. “I don’t believe that October 2 is possi- round in April, saw Van der Bellen narrowly beat ducting an election that might come closer to Ramkalawan came a close second in pres- Chow, an economist and former MP. ble any more,” Van der Bellen, 72, told a news con- Hofer by just 31,000 votes. The FPOe has stoked Western democratic norms than previous votes idential elections in December 2015, los- Voters this week will choose just 25 ference. “I hope that (the new election) can still concerns about recent record immigration, and during his 22 years of rule. ing to President James Michel by just 193 directly-elected members of the National take place this year.” Interior Minister Wolfgang should Hofer eventually win it would make Austria Belarus’ Soviet-style command economy is fal- votes. It marked the first time a candidate Assembly. The remaining 10 members are Sobotka meanwhile made his clearest indication the first country in Europe since 1945 to elect a far- tering badly - gross domestic product fell 4 per- from the dominant Parti Lepep (meaning allocated to each party according to its yet of a postponement, saying that “it does not right president. The role of the Austrian president is cent last year and is down another 3 percent this People’s Party in the local Seychellois proportional representation in the parlia- look like” the problems can be resolved in time. He largely-but not entirely-ceremonial, and a victory year - and the country is eager for investment and is due to make an announcement tomorrow. by Hofer would be a major boost to Europe’s other Creole language), in power since 1977, mentary elections. — AFP assistance. — AP Die Presse daily cited unnamed sources as say- surging populist movements. — AFP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Myanmar to strengthen military ties with

BEIJING: China’s military wants to where President Xi Jinping told her he ing in Naypyitaw, the capital of der, Xu said. Suu Kyi last month mer military-run government, and has strengthen ties with neighboring wanted to ensure the “correct direc- Myanmar. “Xu mentioned Aung San launched a major push to end decades looked on with some nervousness at its Myanmar by having more exchanges tion” of relations. Xu Qiliang, a vice Suu Kyi’s recent trip to China, during of fighting between the military and democratization process. China has and greater cooperation, a top officer chairman of China’s Central Military which she reached consensus with the myriad rebel groups, which has at been pushing Myanmar to resume work told Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi Commission, which controls the armed Chinese leadership on further enhanc- times spilled into China and seen on the Chinese-invested $3.6-billion during a visit to the Southeast Asian forces and is headed by Xi, told Suu Kyi ing the comprehensive strategic coop- refugees pushed across the border, to Myitsone dam project, 90 percent of country, state media said yesterday. that China “highly values the friendly erative partnership between China and ’s anger. whose power was originally planned to China has been on a diplomatic offen- cooperation between the two coun- Myanmar,” it added. Enhancing friendship, mutual under- have gone to China. In 2011, then sive ever since the Nobel Peace Prize tries”, state news agency Xinhua said. China will keep playing a construc- standing and trust is very important for President Thein Sein angered China laureate’s government came to power “China firmly upholds a friendly pol- tive role in pushing forward Myanmar’s both nations, Suu Kyi said, according to when he suspended work on the dam, in April, aiming to forge good ties with icy towards Myanmar and supports peace process and hopes the two Xinhua, and thanked China for its role in at the confluence of two northern rivers its resource-rich neighbor. Myanmar’s national reconciliation countries can work together to main- Myanmar’s peace process. China had a in the Ayeyarwady river basin, over Last month Suu Kyi visited China, process,” Xu said during Friday’s meet- tain peace and stability on their bor- close relationship with Myanmar’s for- environmental protests. —Reuters At least 25 dead in huge Bangladesh factory fire Massive fire triggered by boiler explosion DHAKA: At least 25 people have Khaleda Begum, the sister of a facto- fire. “They’ll probe why the fire European and US clothing brands to been killed and 70 injured, many ry worker killed in the accident. “Eid occurred and whether the factory improve pay and conditions at the critically, in a huge fire triggered by is ruined for our family.” lacked proper fire safety measures. factories that supply them. Western a boiler explosion at a Bangladeshi Chemicals may have been stored They will also suggest how we can brands subsequently improved safety packaging factory, officials said yes- on the ground floor of the factory, improve fire safety of local factories,” standards and inspections for suppli- terday as firefighters struggled to helping to explain how the blaze Ahmed said. ers, dramatically reducing incidents of contain the blaze. Around 100 peo- that began at 6:00 am (0000 GMT) fire and other accidents at export-ori- ple were working when flames tore spread so fast, said Tahmidul Islam Fires, accidents common entated factories. through the four-storey building in of Bangladesh’s industrial police Fires and other accidents are Fires in garment factories have the industrial town of Tongi, just unit. “What we have heard is that common in the factories that make dropped from 250 in 2012 to just 30 north of the capital Dhaka. Parvez there were chemicals stored on the up the $27-billion garment industry in 2015, with no fatalities that year, Mia, a doctor at the Tongi govern- ground floor. As a result, the fire in Bangladesh, the world’s second- according to Bangladesh fire depart- PARIS: This file photo taken on August 30, 2016 shows a worker on the con- ment hospital, told AFP the death took no time to spread,” Islam told biggest apparel exporter after China. ment figures. But thousands of local struction site of a future migrant camp. —AFP toll was at 25, up from 22 previously reported, and said at least 70 people were injured. The fire started in the Divisive wall aims to boiler room at the Tampaco Foils Limited factory, which supplies for- eign and domestic brands. secure Calais port “We still have not controlled the blaze and we fear some workers are LILLE: With the fences not enough to from trying to smuggle people still trapped in the factory,” police stop them, a wall is coming up in through Calais. inspector Aminul Islam told AFP. northern blocking access to the Mia, the doctor, said seriously port of Calais for migrants trying to Who is opposed to it? injured victims had been sent to clandestinely cross the Channel to Some elected officials, including hospitals in the capital Dhaka. Britain. The initiative however has met Calais Mayor Natacha Bouchart, are scep- “Several of them are very critical,” he with controversy on both shores. tical. She says there is no need for a wall added. Factory electrician because the French government has Mohammad Rokon, 35, escaped What will the wall look like? promised to close down the Jungle camp with minor injuries. The so-called “anti-intrusion” wall as soon as possible-a move Paris says will “I was working inside the office room when I heard an explosion will stretch one kilometer and will be be done in stages. Volunteers from the and felt a tremor. Then suddenly the about four meters high and be an various charities helping the migrants in ceiling started to fall on me,” he told extension of high wire fences on each the camp of tents and makeshift shelters AFP from his hospital observation side of the highway leading to the port are mostly opposed to the project as bed. “I almost became unconscious. of Calais. Made of concrete panels that useless and costly. But I forced myself to go out with can be removed when no longer need- French police union Gilles Debove the help of my mobile phone’s flash- ed, it will be equipped with cameras says while the wall may mean fewer light.” Machine operator Rubel and a lighting system in order to moni- police will need to be deployed, on the Hossain was two minutes away from tor any attempts to scale over it. other hand the migrants will likely move entering the factory when the blast Construction is set to begin this to the nearby A16, another highway in occurred. “I heard a huge explosion month and should be completed by the region. In the UK, which will pay the and saw smoke and fire coming out TONGI: Bangladeshi firefighters work to put out a fire at the site of an explosion in a factory in the end of the year as it is expected to bill, the wall has numerous critics. The of the factory,” he said. “I am simul- the key Bangladeshi garment manufacturing town. —AFP take about 12 weeks to put up the wall Greens have called it “monstrous” and a taneously feeling lucky and heart- and another eight weeks to install the Citizens collective has said the money broken,” he said, tears streaming video surveillance and lighting. Britain would be better spent to help minors down his face as he helped rush the AFP, adding scores of firefighters In November 2012, at least 111 factories supplying the domestic has agreed to pay for the construction stuck in Calais to be reunited with family many injured to hospital, blood were still battling to bring the blaze workers were killed when a devastat- market have done little to address which is estimated to cost 2.7 million in Britain. Richard Burnett, chief execu- staining his T-shirt. under control. ing fire engulfed a nine-storey gar- safety concerns. Workers are often ($3.0 million, 2.3 million tive of Britain’s Road Haulage According to the company’s ment factory in the Ashulia industrial crammed in elbow to elbow, while pounds). Association, has called the scheme “poor ‘Eid is ruined for our families’ website, the packaging factory sup- area, outside the capital Dhaka. fire escape stairwells are routinely use of taxpayers’ money”. The tragedy struck as families plies multinational and domestic The accident was followed by an blocked or padlocked closed, osten- were preparing to celebrate the brands including British-American even bigger tragedy six months later sibly to prevent theft. Building regu- What is its purpose? major Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha. Tobacco Bangladesh Limited and when 1,138 people died after another lations are rarely enforced and In Calais between 6,900 and 9,000 Where are there such walls? “My brother Delwar Hossain told us Nestle Bangladesh Limited. The clothing factory complex collapsed, volatile chemicals are often improp- migrants live in the squalid camp After the fall of the infamous Berlin last night he would take us to our head of Bangladesh’s factory inspec- trapping over 3,000 workers. The erly stored, while official safety known as the “Jungle”, the biggest Wall, there were about 16 walls block- home district of Sherpur. Now he is tion department said a committee Rana Plaza tragedy triggered interna- inspections are few and far slum in France, Situated near the high- ing borders around the world. Today going to be buried there,” said had been set up to investigate the tional outrage and put pressure on between. —AFP way leading to the port, the migrants- there are some 65 walls, built or under mainly men from the Middle East and construction, according to researcher African nations such as Somalia and Elisabeth Vallet, of Quebec University. Sudan-try to block the lorries on their Examples can be found on all conti- 2 protesters killed in Kashmir clashes way to the Channel tunnel or ferries so nents: there is Israel’s wall in the occu- they can jump on board and hide pied West Bank, the 4,000 kilometer- SRINAGAR: Two protesters were killed and at inside to get across to Britain. long barbed wire barrier that India built least 100 injured yesterday when anti-India “This wall is going to prevent along its border with Bangladesh, and demonstrators clashed with government migrants from invading the highway the enormous sand dike in the Sahara forces in Indian-administered Kashmir as the every night. They put tree trunks, desert that separates Morocco from the region remained locked down for the 64th branches, gas cylinders” in the road to regions held by the Polisario rebels of straight day, officials said. One young man stop the trucks, said Jean-Marc Western Sahara. The latest talk of bor- was killed in southern Shopian district when Puissesseau, CEO of the Calais port. der walls has come from the Republican his head was hit with a tear gas canister fired by police, a medical officer in the local hospi- “We can no longer continue to put up US presidential nominee Donald Trump tal said. with these repeated assaults,” he said. who says if elected he will have a wall Another protester died of pellet injuries as Regional authorities say the wall will built on the 1,600 kilometer long bor- government forces fired pump action shot- improve security and is part of a long der between the United States and guns to break up a public rally against Indian term strategy to discourage traffickers Mexico. —AFP rule attended by thousands in Botengoo vil- lage in southern Kashmir valley, a police officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to media. The Afghan security forces protests and clashes broke out in at least half a dozen places across the southern and central plan push to relieve parts of the Himalayan valley. “We have reports of more than 100 injured in today’s protests. besieged provincial capital Around 25 of them have bullet wounds,” the police officer said. Thousands of people in Indian Kashmir have KANDAHAR: Afghan forces backed by ernment in Kabul. been protesting against Indian rule almost dai- air strikes are preparing a new offen- Since the US-led military coalition ly since the killing of a popular rebel leader in a sive to clear Taleban militants encir- declared the end of its combat mission gun battle with soldiers on July 8, staging cling the capital of Afghanistan’s in 2014, the Taleban have sought to “freedom rallies” across large parts of the dis- province of Uruzgan, where the two move from their strongholds in rural SRINAGAR: Kashmiri protestors clash with Indian government forces during a protest puted territory. With yesterday’s killings the against civilian killings in Kashmir’s ongoing summer unrest. —AFP sides have fought bitter clashes, offi- areas and attack major cities such as death toll in the unrest, which has entered its cials said yesterday. Street-to-street south-central Tarin Kot, as well as the third month, climbed to 78. The government fighting in Tarin Kot, the provincial cap- capitals of the southern province of has been coming under growing pressure over ital, where Taleban fighters rampaged Helmand and the northern region of the use of pellet guns and the level of casual- Four militants killed in to within a few meters of the govern- Kunduz. On Friday US warplanes con- ties in Kashmir during the anti-India protests. ment center on Thursday, has quieted ducted at least three air strikes in The metal pellets or birdshot fired from the as the frontline has moved 15 to 20 km Uruzgan, alongside strikes by the pump-action shotguns rarely result in deaths, gunfight: Pakistan army away, said Dost Mohammed Nayab, Afghan air force. Taleban forces briefly but can often blind victims if the fragments hit ISLAMABAD: Troops yesterday killed at least that there were still outlaws with arms and the provincial governor’s spokesman. seized Kunduz city a year ago and the them in the eye. Authorities lifted a curfew in four militants in a gunfight in central Pakistan ammunition hiding out in Gayandari, an area “We have enough forces, ammuni- American commander of the roughly most parts of the territory late last month, but schools, shops and many banks remain closed during a search operation, the military said. between the border of southwestern tion and reinforcements at the 16,000 international troops remaining in The operation was part of the ongoing crack- Balochistan and central Punjab province moment,” he said. “We are working on a Afghanistan has vowed to help Afghan while residents struggle with a communica- tions blackout. Kashmir has been divided down against militants being carried out by where many militant hideouts are located. bigger plan to eliminate the Taleban forces hold onto the cities. In an online troops across Pakistan. “Four terrorists have The army launched an operation in June between India and Pakistan since the two from Uruzgan. We will have a massive statement on Friday, the Taleban said been killed and a security forces member 2014 in a bid to wipe out militant bases in the gained independence from British rule in 1947. operation in three or four days.” The clashes continued and at least one local embraced martyrdom,” the military said in a northwestern tribal areas and so bring an Both claim the territory in full. Several rebel Taleban attack, in one of Afghanistan’s government commander had defected, statement, adding that a number of militants end to the bloody insurgency that has cost groups have for decades fought Indian sol- top opium-producing areas, reveals along with some of his men and were also detained. thousands of civilian lives since 2004. diers-currently numbering around 500,000 — how thinly stretched Afghan security weapons. The group also claimed to The conflict zone is remote and off-limits Security in the country has since improved. deployed in the territory, demanding inde- forces have become as they try to con- have hit a commando helicopter, killing to journalists, making it difficult to verify the Scattered attacks still take place, but they are pendence for the region or its merger with army’s claims, including the number and fewer and of a lesser intensity than in previ- tain Islamist insurgents fighting to or wounding all aboard. The Afghan mil- Pakistan. Tens of thousands of people, mostly identity of those killed. The statement added ous years. —AFP overthrow the Western-backed gov- itary denied that report. —Reuters civilians, have died in the fighting. —AFP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Key China border city brushes off nuke test

DANDONG: Tourists and the odd train had been closed on and off for repairs in received top billing in Chinese state US-lead UN coalition. China’s own slowing economy, but over- made their way across China’s main bor- the past few days, but not totally shut. media. “Trade has been increasing each The “Broken Bridge”, bombed in half all he saw no major impact. “It’s just busi- der point with North Korea on Saturday, One Dandong businessman, who asked year between North Korea and China. by US aircraft in that war, is a major ness as usual each time North Korea con- with residents largely brushing off to be identified by his family name of Lu, North Koreans rely on us for generators, tourist draw, sitting in the centre of town ducts a nuclear test. Nothing really Pyongyang’s fifth and largest nuclear test said for him North Korea held no fascina- natural resources, food, all sorts of next to the “Friendship Bridge” over changes for a small business like ours.” and little sign of stepped up security or tion - it was simply a place to trade with, things,” said Lu Shilei, 34, who runs tours which much of today’s bilateral trade is On Friday, China’s Foreign Ministry scrutiny. China, Pyongyang’s main diplo- though he did admit to being nervous to North Korea. “I don’t think the sanc- conducted. There is also a large war would not be drawn on whether China matic ally, is key in any effort to rein in about possible radiation. tions have had a huge impact, they’re museum. Trade between Beijing and would support further sanctions, saying North Korea’s nuclear program. It has been “There’s still huge demand for ordi- only limited to a few products connect- Pyongyang has always been opaque, only that it has fulfilled previous UN res- infuriated by repeated nuclear and missile nary goods, like food and clothes,” he ed to the nuclear program. There’s still with experts believing much of the trade olutions and would continue to take a tests and has signed up to increasingly said. “There was a train this morning, one lots of trade either way for common and aid China sends North Korea is off responsible and constructive attitude tough United Nations sanctions. While yesterday, one the day before. Things goods that ordinary people use.” China’s books and so difficult to track, making a towards talks at the Security Council. China says it is fully committed to enforc- haven’t stopped.” At the main border Foreign Ministry did not immediately true assessment of commercial ties close China is also angry at Washington and ing the sanctions, it has also made clear it post, trucks lined up to take goods into respond to a request for comment on to impossible. Seoul for a decision to place an does not think ordinary North Koreans North Korea on Monday, the port not whether border checks had been Officially, bilateral trade in the first advanced anti-missile system in South should be made to suffer, and has long being opened for routine trade on week- stepped up. seven months of the year fell 5.6 percent Korea, saying it threatens China’s security worried that totally cutting off Pyongyang ends. “It’s business as usual, it’s no differ- year-on-year, with China’s imports falling and won’t help bring North Korea back would lead to the country’s collapse, send- ent from any other day,” said a 24-year- Bright lights, no lights a larger 8.7 percent. Business between to the negotiating table. ing waves of refugees its way. old woman who exports clothes to At night, Dandong’s bright lights the two is dwarfed by trade between Cai Jian, an expert on North Korea at China’s border city of Dandong, North Korea, declining to give her name. stand in marked contrast to the darkness China and capitalist South Korea, which Shanghai’s Fudan University, said China through which as much as 80 percent of Tourists had to walk across though, that looms from the North Korean side of was worth 908 billion yuan ($135.97 bil- had always been very careful in having the bilateral trade is conducted, would because of the repairs. Shops around the the Yalu River which separates them, lion) in the January to July period, com- targeted sanctions, aimed directly at be the most obvious place for Beijing to border post and train station are packed drawing a clear line between a booming pared to just 17.7 billion yuan between the nuclear and missile programs. “We make its displeasure with North Korea with goods obviously aimed at the North China and impoverished North Korea. China and North Korea. Wang Quan, don’t put sanctions on the ordinary felt by slowing the flow of goods, even Korean market like machinery, with Dandong has deep emotional ties to general manager of a trading firm that people, as that would affect the stabili- temporarily. Residents said there had Korean script featured prominently. North Korea due to the 1950-53 Korean sells trucks, cars and buses to North ty of the whole country,” Cai said. “I been no such reaction, even though the Some residents said they hadn’t even War, in which Mao Zedong’s forces Korea, said overall trade had suffered don’t think there will be any extra main bridge connecting the two sides heard of the latest test, which has not fought alongside North Korea against a slightly because of sanctions, and also measures.” —Reuters North Korea says nukes are defense against ‘blackmail’ UN planning to enforce tougher sanctions SEOUL: North Korea yesterday sought to start work on just that-even though attacks on the North’s nuclear complex. with tactical nuclear weapons, as they to justify its weapons program as a five sets of UN sanctions since the first “Eliminate Kim Jong-Un!” and “Destroy were until the early 1990s. The Security defense against US nuclear “blackmail” nuclear test a decade ago have failed North Korea’s nuclear weapons!” the Council met at the request of Japan, as world powers debated ways to pun- to halt the North’s drive for what it elderly activists shouted. Some news- South Korea and the United States to ish Pyongyang for its fifth and most insists are defensive weapons. papers were equally scathing. “South agree on a response, despite resistance powerful atomic test. South Korea said During a closed-door meeting Korea left unguarded before nuclear from Pyongyang’s sole ally China to the nuclear threat from its wayward Friday, the council strongly con- maniac,” read the banner headline of calls for tougher measures. After neighbor was growing fast and called demned the test and agreed to begin the top-selling Chosun Ilbo. But the Pyongyang carried out its fourth for tough new sanctions from the UN drafting a new resolution under Article North’s ruling party newspaper vowed nuclear test, the council in March Security Council to force it to change 41 of the UN charter, which provides yesterday not to submit to US nuclear adopted the toughest sanctions resolu- tack. The yield from Friday’s test, which for sanctions. “The members of the “blackmail”, and described the South’s tion to date, targeting North Korea’s sparked international shockwaves, was Security Council will begin to work President Park Geun-Hye as a “dirty trade in minerals and tightening bank- estimated at 10 kilotons-almost twice immediately on appropriate measures prostitute” for working with US forces. ing restrictions. But since that measure as much as the one Pyongyang con- under Article 41 in a Security Council “Gone are the days never to return was adopted, North Korea has carried XINJIANG: In this Aug 7, 2008, file photo, Uighur men chat in Urumqi in ducted only eight months ago. The resolution,” ’s ambassador when the US could make a unilateral out 21 ballistic missile launches, US China’s western province of Xinjiang. —AP ambassador Samantha Power said. “North Korea is seeking to perfect its nuclear weapons and their delivery Rising Uighur militancy changes vehicles so they can hold the region security landscape for China and the world hostage under threat of nuclear strike,” Power said. Pyongyang’s state media said Friday the nuclear test BEIJING: They have been praised by the leader of suicide attackers to decisive effect. Although exact had realized the goal of being able to al-Qaida and wooed by the head of the Islamic numbers are impossible to confirm, analysts fit a miniaturized warhead on a rocket. State group. They have distinguished themselves believe there are hundreds, possibly more than a “Our nuclear scientists staged a nuclear on battlefields in Syria and are accused of carrying thousand, Uighurs fighting alongside the Nusra explosion test on a newly developed out a devastating bombing in Thailand. In the past Front, said Beirut-based analyst Haytham nuclear warhead at the country’s two years, militants belonging to the Uighur eth- Mouzahem. northern nuclear test site,” a TV presen- nic group native to the vast Xinjiang region in Separately, the Islamic State group, which ter said. North Koreans gathered western China have shown signs of becoming a competes with the Nusra Front for recruits, has at around public screens to watch the force in Islamic extremism globally, a develop- least a hundred Uighur fighters, most of whom official announcement of the test. The ment that is reshaping both the ground war in came directly from Xinjiang to escape religious nuclear program has accompanied a Syria and Chinese foreign policy. persecution in China, according to leaked IS docu- series of ballistic missile launches, the The predominantly Muslim, Turkic-speaking ments analyzed by the New America Foundation latest of which took place on Monday people - ethnically distinct from China’s Han think tank. Uighur groups in exile and internation- as world powers gathered for a G20 majority - have chafed for decades under Beijing’s al human rights monitors say China plays up the meeting in China. heavy-handed rule. Uighur separatists belonging threat of Uighur militancy to justify abusive law- to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), a enforcement policies and religious restrictions in Challenge for China militant group based in the rugged tribal areas of Xinjiang, which have fueled resentment among China has long been under pressure nearby Afghanistan and Pakistan and allied with ordinary citizens. ETIM’s organization may also be to rein in its increasingly aggressive al-Qaeda, have been blamed for attacks in overestimated, experts warn, because it is unclear neighbor. Beijing strongly condemned Chinese cities, often using crude but effective to what extent they offered training or support to the test. But its priority is to avoid the weapons such as knives, Molotov cocktails and perpetrators of attacks. regime’s collapse, which would create a speeding vehicles. Their activities have taken on a crisis on its border and potentially shift transnational dimension in recent years as hun- Uighur discontent the balance of power on the Korean dreds of Uighur fighters have flowed into Syria to “China should evaluate its own policies to find PYONGYANG: North Koreans watch a news report regarding a nuclear test on a large screen out- peninsula toward the United States. US participate in jihad. And instead of targeting the source of Uighur discontent,” overseas Uighur side the Pyongyang Station. —AP Defense Secretary Ashton Carter called China’s cities, militants have struck less guarded spokesman Dilxat Raxit said in a statement this for further pressure on North Korea, overseas targets. week following the Kyrgyzstan investigation. “The North also boasted that the test was of Gerard van Bohemen, who holds the nuclear blackmail against the DPRK,” but said China bore responsibility for The reach of ETIM, which seeks to establish an Kyrgyzstan incident could supply China with more a nuclear warhead that could be council’s rotating presidency, told said Rodong Sinmun, using the coun- tackling the problem. “China shares independent Islamic state called East Turkestan, excuses to oppress and expand its influence in mounted on a missile. reporters. South Korea, the United try’s official name. “The US is exasperat- important responsibility for this devel- was highlighted most recently when a man Central Asia for its political purposes.” China has “It is believed that the North’s States, Japan, Russia and China all con- ed by the strong military steps being opment and has an important respon- crashed a van packed with 100 kilograms (220 been sensitive to international criticism of its poli- nuclear capability is becoming more demned the blast at the Punggye-ri taken by the DPRK in a phased way.” sibility to reverse it,” he said. “It’s impor- pounds) of TNT into the Chinese diplomatic com- cies in Xinjiang while casting itself as a target of advanced to a considerable level, and nuclear site. tant that it use its location, its history pound in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, killing himself and terrorism similar to Western countries. It has suc- at a faster pace,” Foreign Minister Yun In Seoul, dozens of protesters ‘Holding the world hostage’ and its influence to further the denu- wounding five people. Kyrgyz officials on Tuesday cessfully lobbied the United States, the European Byung-Se told senior ministry officials, burned an effigy of the North’s leader The US stations 28,500 troops in the clearization of the Korean peninsula identified the bomber as Zoir Khalimov, an ethnic Union, Russia, Britain and other governments to calling for “more and stronger sanc- Kim Jong-Un and called for “strong South. The Joongang Ilbo newspaper and not the direction things have been Uighur member of ETIM who carried out the recognize the Turkistan Islamic Party as a terrorist tions”. The UN Security Council agreed retaliation”, including pre-emptive recommended they should be armed going.” —AFP attack with support from the Nusra Front, the al- organization. Qaida affiliate in Syria. “I would to stress that East Turkestan terrorist forces headed by the ETIM have plotted and ‘Calculus is shifting’ undertaken terrorist attacks many times inside Tycoon’s China scholars project opens in Beijing In Thailand, a trial began last month for two and outside China,” Foreign Ministry spokes- Uighur men charged with an August 2015 woman Hua Chunying said Wednesday, while BEIJING: A new scholarship program intended to rival rights and participatory democracy. tecture school and based on residential buildings at bombing that killed 20 people at a busy Bangkok vowing to “strike back” at the group. Chinese anti- the prestigious Rhodes Scholarships and build under- Schwarzman said the program fit perfectly with Yale, Harvard, Oxford and other elite schools. shrine. The attack came weeks after Thailand terrorism expert Li Wei said the extremist threats standing between China and the world opened its Xi’s call to elevate at least two Chinese universities Members of the program’s advisory board forcibly repatriated scores of Uighurs to China, that China faces domestically and from abroad are doors at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University yester- into the top global rankings in coming years. “We’re include former British prime minister Tony Blair, for- where they faced persecution. Chinese officials now “inextricably linked, just like with other coun- day. The program founded by Wall Street tycoon in the sweet spot of what China is trying to do,” he mer French President Nicolas Sarkozy and ex- said the Uighurs were on their way to fight in tries,” leading China to expand its dealings in Syria Stephen Schwarzman covers all expenses for students said. The Schwarzman Scholars aims for an endow- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Rudd attend- Syria when they were arrested. Analysts see the and Afghanistan. in a one-year master’s degree program that will also ment of $300 million, of which $200 million has ed Saturday’s event, which also featured video broad outlines of metastasizing Uighur militancy “I think the international community would emphasize cultural immersion, travel around the vast already been raised from private sources, including a greetings from US Secretary of State John Kerry that has prompted a response from China, which agree that Syria is a nexus of global jihad that does country, and efforts to grasp and understanding the $100 million gift from Schwarzman, a co-founder of and first lady Michelle Obama. Former US officials has traditionally abided by a foreign policy of threaten the entire world,” said Li, director of the world’s second-largest economy and rising superpow- the private equity Blackstone Group. Students will Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and Henry Kissinger non-interference. anti-terrorism research center at the China “China’s calculus is shifting because the threat Institute of Contemporary International Relations, er. Chosen from more than 3,000 applicants, the 110 live in the Schwarzman College, a building designed also sit on the board, along with acclaimed cellist picture is shifting from one in which only the a think tank under the Ministry of State Security, Schwarzman Scholars represent 32 countries with 44 by Robert AM Stern, dean of Yale University’s archi- Yo-Yo Ma. —AP Americans and Europeans were targets,” said China’s main intelligence agency. Despite its shift- percent from the United States and 21 percent from Raffaello Pantucci, director of international securi- ing posture, Chinese observers say the likelihood China. The program hopes eventually to provide sup- ty studies at the Royal United Services Institute, a of the People’s Liberation Army fighting directly in port for as many as 200 scholars yearly. British think tank. “That’s why you’re seeing Beijing Syria and Afghanistan remains extremely low. In an interview with The Associated Press, push out. It’s a combination of the new Chinese Over the last decade, China has leaned on Schwarzman said the program had sought out stu- foreign policy assertiveness but also a real con- Pakistan to carry out drone strikes against TIP dents who were not just talented, but creative and cern about what’s happening on the ground.” In commanders in tribal Waziristan, pressured insightful, with strong leadership and communications mid-August, China dispatched a senior People’s Central Asian allies for intelligence-gathering and skills. Drawn from the sciences, business and even the Liberation Army admiral, Guan Youfei, to meet sought help from Thailand - but never deployed military, they will go on to be “people of influence” who with Syrian Defense Minister Fahad Jassim Al-Freij troops. can explain China to the world and the world to China, and a senior Russian military official in Damascus “China can participate in Syria in direct or indi- he said. “In a world of populism and strong views on to discuss expanding Chinese support for their rect ways,” said Yue Gang, a retired PLA colonel the Internet, there need to be people who can explain war effort. and commentator on military affairs in Beijing. such complex issues,” Schwarzman said. China has made similar moves closer to home. “Currently, the indirect path is better. In the future This year, it pledged equipment and counterter- it can provide a variety of equipment or arms sup- Academic freedom rorism training for Afghan police with the aim of port for Russia and Syria but dressed up as some- Launched in 2013, the program has drawn support containing ETIM. It has also expanded its role as a thing more pleasant-sounding, like humanitarian from the top ranks of the ruling Communist Party, one mediator, welcoming both President Ashraf Ghani aid.” China’s increasing willingness to confront reason Schwarzman said he wasn’t concerned about and Taliban representatives to China on visits and Uighur militants abroad mirrors global jihadi net- brokering low-level talks between the sides. In works’ growing interest in their cause. In the possible infringements on academic freedom. Chinese 2015, Uighur fighters from ETIM, also referred to 1990s, the Taleban - no strangers to fighting com- universities remain strictly limited in what they can as the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), began flowing munists - sheltered Uighur separatists but forbade teach and discuss in areas such as politics and history, from Central Asia into Syria, according to propa- them from launching attacks on China from and President Xi Jinping’s government has redoubled BEIJING: Members of the Schwarzman Scholars take a selfie as they line up for a ganda videos from the group’s Islam Awazi media Afghanistan and Pakistan, fearing that would calls to rid classrooms and textbooks of the influence group photo before a ceremony to officially open the scholar program at Tsinghua arm. They have won battles against loyalist forces anger Beijing, according to writings by the jihadi of universal values and Western concepts of human University. —AP in Idlib and Aleppo provinces, at times deploying Abu Musab al-Suri. —AP NEWS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

LAHORE: A Pakistani man leads a camel from the back of his car after buying it at a livestock market for Eid Al-Adha yesterday. — AFP

Young pilgrims transform hajj Hajj nears climax for pilgrims Continued from Page 1 beneath bare mountains. Last Sept 24, Mina was the Continued from Page 1 big (advertising) signs, the big companies, capture this new clien- scene of the deadliest disaster in hajj history, when the tele that the classical market of hotels and family restaurants The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam, which capa- stampede broke out as pilgrims made their way to the Mohammed, 33, who travelled to the hajj with his wife from can’t satisfy,” he says. Saniah recalls that, during her first visit to ble Muslims must perform at least once, marking the Jamarat Bridge for a stoning ritual. This year’s “Stoning Paris, says a number of their friends have already performed the Makkah 12 years ago, they ate in the street. “It’s a lot better (now). hajj. Their travel agency told them it is also sending many other We have the option of five-star service.” spiritual peak of their lives. “People come from every of the Devil” will start tomorrow. Although Riyadh stuck young couples. “The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam,” says Khazma, however, wants nothing to do with the shopping country of the world, talk every language of the world, with a stampede death toll of 769, figures compiled Mohammed, a physical education teacher. centers, their air conditioning, restaurants and shops. “I forget all and meet here in one place under one banner, the pro- from foreign officials in more than 30 countries gave a “It’s an obligation and so, as soon as we had the means and of that,” says the young man with a short trimmed beard and fession of the Muslim faith,” Ashraf Zalat, 43, from Egypt, tally almost three times higher - at least 2,297. while we’re healthy, we decided to do it,” he says, waiting in line at long grey jalabiya robe. “I take my Quran, some dates and some said in Makkah. Saudi Arabia announced an investigation but no a luminous fast food counter with his wife Madiha, 28, a student water and I stay in the Grand Mosque from afternoon until the Okaz newspaper reported that, for the first time in results have ever been released, although a number of of education science. “Rather than buy material things like a car, middle of the night,” says Khazma. 35 years, Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh, Saudi safety measures have been taken. Among the changes, better to spend our money on something that is going to benefit Mohammed also says he is sometimes uncomfortable with all Arabia’s top cleric, will not deliver a sermon to the government facilities have been moved out of Mina to us on a spiritual level,” she says. Mohamed Khazma, who works the modern conveniences which are “very far from the time of Arafat crowd today. The paper cited health reasons for free up space, and roads in the Jamarat area expanded, on the security team at a hospital in Tripoli, Libya, is searching for Abraham and the harshness of the desert” thousands of years the absence of the grand mufti, who has waded into Saudi newspapers reported. Officials have also been a table to eat his fried chicken. At 27, he says he is delighted he ago. He says he and his wife were obliged to accept their travel the Saudi-Iranian row over the hajj. Sheikh has annual- issuing pilgrims with bracelets that digitally store their was able to gather enough money to come to Makkah, because agent’s plan and hotel to perform the pilgrimage in the footsteps ly addressed the faithful from the Namira mosque in personal data. Authorities aim to give bracelets to each “it’s an opportunity that not everybody has”. of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Abraham (PBUH) before him. Mount Arafat for the peak of hajj. He was appointed of the 1.3 million faithful from abroad, who are joined The rising number of such young people, “more educated and “But we often wonder if all of that is in line with our spiritual Grand Mufti in 1999 after the death of his predecessor by more than 100,000 Muslims residing in Saudi Arabia. already used to tourism and mass consumption”, has slowly quest,” Mohammed says. “The shops, the luxury, the commercial Sheikh Abdel Aziz bin Baz. Interior ministry spokesman General Mansour Al- helped to change the face of Makkah, the author Saghi says. “The centers, it clouds the spiritual aspect.” — AFP But Okaz said Sheikh had for about two decades pri- Turki spoke of “great efforts being exerted by the king- or to that given the annual address to the hajj throng at dom, not only in maintaining the security and safety of the site. Okaz said the mufti spent about two months the pilgrims, but in facilitating performance” of the US, Russia seal Syria truce, will carry out... preparing for each address. The grey-bearded Sheikh is rites in comfort. Pilgrims appeared satisfied. Continued from Page 1 at the expense of the parties to the cessation. It requires unim- a descendant of Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Wahhab, “Everything is well organized,” Nasser Benfitah, 54, peded and sustained humanitarian access to all of the besieged the 18th-century preacher who co-founded the Saudi from Morocco, said in Makkah. “We feel safe,” added “The fighting is flaring on all the fronts of southern Aleppo,” and hard-to-reach areas including Aleppo,” he said. state. In previous Arafat sermons, Sheikh has attacked Nigerian pilgrim Hafsa Amina, 26. Saudi Arabia has rebel spokesman Captain Abdul Salam Abdul Razak said. Razak, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that despite con- extremists and Yemeni rebels who Saudi Arabia accuses invested billions of dollars in hajj infrastructure and of the Nour al-Din al Zinki Brigades, part of the Free Syrian Army tinuing mistrust, the two sides had developed five documents of receiving weapons from Iran. safety projects over the years. The hajj draws rich and (FSA) which is backed by the West, said they were studying the that would enable coordination of the fight against terrorism and After Makkah, Mina becomes the pilgrims’ base, poor, whose common humanity is emphasized by the peace deal but feared it merely gave the Syrian army a chance to a revival of Syria’s failed truce. Both sides agreed not to release where an expanse of solidly built white fireproof tents white garment that each man wears. Women wear gather forces and pour more Iranian-backed militias into Aleppo. the documents publicly. “This all creates the necessary conditions can accommodate 2.6 million people in a valley loose dresses, typically also white. — AFP President Bashar Al-Assad’s government made no comment for resumption of the political process, which has been stalling on the peace deal, but Syrian media were broadly positive. Syrian for a long time,” Lavrov said. state news agency SANA reported that the “government has Previous peace efforts have crumbled within weeks, with the approved the agreement, and a cessation of hostilities will begin United States accusing Assad’s forces of attacking opposition MoI warns false, malicious reports affect... in Aleppo for humanitarian reasons”. Citing “informed sources”, it groups and civilians. Kerry said the “bedrock” of the new deal was said “the entire agreement was reached with the knowledge of an agreement that the Syrian government would not fly combat Continued from Page 1 ing their time and energy in vain. He referred to contin- the Syrian government”. missions in an agreed area on the pretext of hunting fighters ued coordination among the concerned sectors and Syria’s mainstream political opposition, the Riyadh-based from the Nusra Front, an Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria which recently security institutions, represented by Deputy Prime bodies, seeking to put an end to this negative phenom- High Negotiations Committee (HNC), said it had not received a changed its name to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham. Under the new deal, Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al- enon that is strange to the Kuwaiti society. copy of the deal and would only react after consulting members. both sides - Russian-backed government forces and rebel groups Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and is closely followed up Head of operations at the General Central A spokeswoman had earlier welcomed any deal that spared civil- supported by the US and Gulf states, - are to halt fighting as a by the concerned bodies, Fahd noted. Department for Operations at the Interior Ministry Col ian lives but cast doubt on whether Moscow would be able to confidence building measure. He warned that the ministry will not tolerate those Ahmed Al-Azmi said that they had received 1.4 million pressure Damascus to stop indiscriminate bombing. If the truce holds from tomorrow, Russia and the United States who might be tempted to tamper with state security or reports in the period between Jan 1 to Aug 31, 2016. US Secretary of State John Kerry called on all sides to respect will begin seven days of preparatory work to set up a “joint imple- the deal, which was finally reached after several failed attempts mentation center”, where they will share information to distin- people’s safety, both citizens and expats. The top securi- They were all taken as seriously as ever, and many of over recent weeks. “This requires halting all attacks, including aer- guish territory controlled by Nusra from that held by other rebel ty official noted that fake reports to the police impede them were proven to be false and even filed by children ial bombardments, and any attempts to gain additional territory groups. — Agencies their work and affect the speed of their response, wast- just for fun, he noted. — KUNA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 ANALYSIS

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By Dr James J Zogby

ept 11, 2001 was a lovely day in Washington. I was driving to work, stopped at a red light. I looked over at the woman in Sthe next lane because she was frantically motioning to me to roll down my window. As I did, she shouted “Did you hear? A plane flew into the World Trade Center. My father works there.” The light changed to green and we drove off. I never saw her again. But I don’t think I’ll ever forget the fear in her eyes, just as I will always wonder if her father was one of the thousands who per- ished in that horror. I arrived at my office in time to see the second plane hit and it became clear that this was no freak accident. We had been attacked. The nightmare began. My daughter, whose office was a short distance from the Pentagon, was ordered to evacuate. She called, frightened and concerned. Before long, the police arrived at my building asking us to leave. Because we are just two blocks away from the White House, the entire area was being cordoned off. Since I was receiving calls from Arab Americans across the country seeking guidance and assistance, I asked if I could remain. They let me stay. N Korea seeks leverage by playing nuke card The next day, I arrived at my office and began to retrieve the phone messages that had been left overnight. Included among them was a chilling death threat - “Jim, all Arabs must die. I’ll slit By Eric Talmadge sanctions and stifling the DPRK are a hideous crime progress on both fronts. Largely thanks to continued your throat and murder your children.” It was not the first threat I against humanity aimed at subversion of the social sys- business with China and Russia, the North’s economy - had received, nor was it to be the last (in fact, three individuals ark up another first for North Korea - two tem of a sovereign country,” the report said, using the though hardly robust - long ago emerged from the disas- who threatened my life after 9/11 - including that caller - were nuclear tests in one year. And that’s not all. With acronym for North Korea’s official name, the Democratic trous famine years of the 1990s and now shows signs of a found by the FBI, charged, prosecuted by the Department of Mleader Kim Jong Un smiling broadly all the while, People’s Republic of Korea. “The US should never under- growing domestic consumer market, where small-time Justice, convicted, and served jail time for their threats). bigger and better ballistic missiles have been flying off estimate the tremendous mental power and inex- entrepreneurialism is allowed and sometimes tacitly sup- I was not alone. Arab Americans, and those who were pre- the North’s shores, and now even from under its waters, haustible might of the DPRK,” it added. “The US will be ported by the authorities. For sure, the repeated nuclear sumed to be of Arab descent, experienced a terrifying onslaught at breakneck pace. Alarming? Certainly. Surprising? made to clearly see how the DPRK rises imposingly out of tests come at a high cost in lost trade and international of threats of violence and some were murdered in the backlash Hardly. With few other options, or allies to rally behind it, chains of sanctions, blockade and pressure.” diplomatic clout. But each improvement demonstrated that followed the attacks. One month after 9/11, I was invited to this is how Pyongyang likes to play its cards in the power That’s been Pyongyang’s position for decades. And it to the world brings the North that much closer to testify before the US Commission on Civil Rights. My office had game that is northeast Asian politics. The question is hasn’t gotten a lot of traction. Its test Friday was immedi- becoming a de facto nuclear power. Pyongyang could prepared a detailed collection of all the incidents of violence and whether it can play them well enough to get what its rul- ately criticized by its neighbors - including its nominal conceivably use that in the future to get itself into a bet- threats that had occurred during that first horrible month. It told a ing regime really wants: international recognition, securi- ally, China - and by Washington. Japan, which is within ter negotiating position in talks with Washington. Or, at frightening story of hate and the fear it had generated. ty guarantees and, at the most fundamental level, its range of the North’s missiles and hosts tens of thousands some point, Washington and its allies might give up and own continued survival. of US troops, called for an emergency meeting of the grudgingly accept the country into the nuclear club. Threats This is shaping up to be the busiest year ever for United Nations Security Council. It’s hard to imagine in North Korea’s case, but it As I look back on that period, it was not the threats, them- North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. It rang in worked for India and Pakistan. With elections coming up selves, that most troubled me, it was that the threats separated us, 2016 with what it said was its first H-bomb test and has Sanctions in the United States, Pyongyang may see this as an in a profoundly disturbing way, from our suffering compatriots. been shooting off various kinds of long-range missiles - The North is already under the toughest sanctions it opportune time to send a message. But Pyongyang also Like the rest of America, we too felt the pain of the loss of so many including one from a submarine - more frequently than has faced in decades because of its January nuclear test. has reasons to be nervous. Over the past few years, its innocent lives. I remember watching the tragic scenes on CNN of normal. It conducted its second nuclear test of the year More now are almost certain, though some experts ques- anxieties have been heightened by attacks on its human crowds of New Yorkers standing up against the cordons that sepa- Friday, this time to indicate it can arm those ballistic mis- tion whether North Korea has anything significant left to rights record in the United Nations and suggestions Kim rated them from Ground Zero. Many carried pictures of loved siles it’s been testing with nuclear-tipped warheads. apply effective sanctions to. Advocates of a tougher should be brought before an international tribunal for ones who had been in the towers. They read “Missing” - hoping, While most of the world has singled Pyongyang’s approach are hoping the latest test will galvanize sup- crimes against humanity. Add to that reports that annual against hope that missing, not deceased, was the right word to nuclear program out as a dangerous source of instability port from China and Russia, which have not been totally US-South Korea military exercises now include training use. They cried when interviewed, and we cried with them. on the peninsula, North Korea has consistently said it on board with Washington’s approach to Pyongyang. for “decapitation strikes” on Kim and other leaders, and Like the rest of America, we hurt and we needed time to be needs a nuclear deterrent to what it believes is a very So why does Pyongyang insist on stirring the pot? Its Washington’s decision in June to list Kim himself as a together, to be comforted and healed. This, we were denied. The real threat from the United States. The two countries are, flurry of demonstrations of military might this year may sanctioned individual. threats said “You are not part of us” and so we were wrenched after all, still technically at war. The 1950-53 Korean con- reflect a greater sense of urgency to prove it can make Pyongyang is also deeply concerned by an agreement away and forced, instead, to look over our shoulders and seek pro- flict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty. good on Kim Jong Un’s vow to build ever better nukes between Washington and Seoul to base America’s most tection. Thankfully, protection was there, as were acts of kindness, Right after announcing its test, the North’s state-run while also keeping its economy afloat despite all of the advanced missile defense system, known by its acronym, large and small. Senators called to offer support. Organizations Korean Central News Agency once again made that argu- pressure, isolation and international sanctions that policy THAAD, in the South, a move that has angered Beijing as hosted events in solidarity. The DC police kept police cars in front ment. “The US desperate moves for unilaterally putting generates. There are indications it is, in reality, making well. —AP our building for weeks. And I’ll never forget the sweet woman, from the office next door, who came to our door one morning with brownies she had baked for my staff, saying “I know you guys aren’t supposed to leave and go out for lunch, so I hope you’ll US Army rookies learn to fire guns enjoy these.” All of this was so appreciated. But as wondrous as these displays of kindness were, they also felt as undeserved as the threats. We had done nothing to earn the hate, and nothing to By Susanne M Schafer group from which the Army, the largest first of the service’s 275 drill sergeants to habits. Sometimes it’s hard for those earn the love. branch of the US military, draws most of attend an intensive weapons refresher who’ve grown up using granddaddy’s It is in this same vein, that I sometimes wonder about the nine- s gun ownership drops among its recruits. course for drill sergeants set up at Fort rifle to admit they’ve been doing it all teen attackers. I think of how they must have come here to live for young Americans and the Army Benning, . A nine-year Army vet- wrong,” the 35-year-old combat cavalry a time. I imagine the landladies who gave them housing. The Atrains a generation more accus- Refresher Course eran with deployments to Iraq, scout said. storeowners who sold them groceries. The ordinary folks they met tomed to blasting out emojis on cell- The group called the NORC organiza- Afghanistan and Africa, Dorval said his Recruits are handed unloaded M-4 on the street who exchanged greetings with them. And all the phones than taking aim at targets, drill tion said its study - or General Social refresher course helped him by empha- rifles soon after arriving at Fort Jackson. while they were plotting murder with such evil in their hearts. sergeants are confronting a new chal- Survey - found that among 18- to 25- sizing how drill sergeants must become Some 45,000 soldiers undergo basic They had taken advantage of our openness - to kill us. Their vic- lenge: More than half of raw recruits year-olds, gun ownership fell from a coaches and mentors to teach others to combat training here every year, more tims had done nothing to deserve their fate - they were just ordi- have never held, let alone fired, a 1977 peak of 45 percent to 13 percent in shoot. “There are a lot of steps that they than half of the men who enter the Army nary people who happened to be in the wrong place, at the weapon. Young people who form the 2014. The Army is addressing the issue must accomplish, and we take them one and about 60 percent of its female sol- wrong time. bulk of the Army’s rookie soldiers don’t by blending decades-old fundamentals at a time,” Dorval said, noting body posi- diers. They spend weeks learning to safe- have nearly the exposure to guns as past of marksmanship training for recruits tion, breathing, and trigger squeeze are ly handle, clean and disassemble Mistakes generations. And the drill sergeants with a “back-to-school” refresher course all important to shooting accurately. weapons, toting them most everywhere While I often think about how much we lost on that day, in tasked with transforming these men and for some of its most battle-hardened drill Dorval said he sympathizes with they go. “We want them to think of it as recent years, I have also come to reflect on how much we lost in women into competent marksmen are sergeants. The drill sergeants say the those who’ve never shot a gun. “When I their third arm,” Fisher explained. After the months and years that followed. Instead of building on the going back into training to adjust their new course has helped them work with joined at 19, I was just a city boy; I’d their “live fire” instruction is finished, the wave of international support for our country, the Bush approach. Many are dropping the ten- the younger troops. “At this stage, we never fired a weapon,” Dorval said. Staff soldiers don full combat gear to learn to Administration lost it all by arrogantly leading us into two disas- dency to bark out orders and are adopt- want them as relaxed as possible,” said Sgt Harry Lichtenberger, overseeing move with weapons on a battlefield. trous wars that cost us dearly in lives and treasure, devastated Iraq ing a more mentor-like coaching atti- Staff Sgt Marc Dorval, 28. “When they safety at the “live fire” range, said those And never fear, drill sergeants return and its people, weakened our military, and destroyed our stand- tude. come out here, they have a lot to learn, new to guns often become the Army’s to their tough talk, if need be. Several ing worldwide. At the same time, they cavalierly embarked on a “You don’t hear any drill sergeants so we take it one step at a time.” best shooters. “We find that those who recruits said the training approach campaign which, in the name of security, eroded a broad range of yelling, unless it’s a huge safety issue,” Dorval and Fisher were among the have fired weapons have quirks, bad worked. “I was pulling on the trigger too fundamental constitutional protections. said Staff Sgt. Randy Fisher, one of about hard,” said Pvt Chance Thomas, 19 of The wounds of the wars are still with us - not least of which are 600 drill sergeants working daily with Whitney, Texas. He’d grown up hunting the over 22 veterans who commit suicide each and every day. And recruits at South Carolina’s Fort Jackson, small game but had to adjust to aiming the damage done to our Constitution remains and only grows the Army’s largest basic combat training the semi-automatic rifle. Pvt Lorraina more serious, given the absence of political leadership with the post. “We don’t want the soldiers to get Casas, 18, a first-time shooter, said it took courage to point out that the dangerous practices put into place all freaked out.” practice aiming through the rifle scope after 9/11 haven’t made us more secure and should be scuttled. Amid deafening blasts of semi-auto- and dealing with recoil. “I’m confident NOTE: Dr James J Zogby is the President of the Arab American matic rifle fire at one of Fort Jackson’s 30 shooting. I’m good at ... steady aiming,” Institute ranges, Army drill sergeants paced said the Fontana, California, native. behind four dozen soldiers aiming M-4s Some drill sergeants acknowledge at distant targets during a recent prac- they struggled, too, when first learning All articles appearing on these tice session. The hard-nosed, barked to shoot. “I was horrible! I only made the commands from the first days of basic minimum,” laughed Staff Sgt Leah Roa, pages are the personal opinion of training were absent. And though real 38. Her own marksmanship skills the writers. Kuwait Times takes no bullets were being used, not one of the increased sharply after her refresher responsibility for views expressed young recruits nor any sergeants wore course, she said. “I can tell the ones who heavy body armor or helmets. don’t do so well to keep practicing their therein. Kuwait Times invites read- And, during a lull in the shooting, drill fundamentals. And they can make it,” she ers to voice their opinions. Please sergeants leaned over to offer guidance added. Lichtenberger said good marks- send submissions via email to: opin- in measured tones to soldiers learning to manship is a requirement to graduate [email protected] or via snail fire. A study of US gun ownership by an from combat training for all soldiers, no independent research group at the matter if bound for a combat or support mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. University of reports gun owner- unit. “All soldiers are soldiers first. No The editor reserves the right to edit ship has declined sharply in recent In this photo taken Aug 17, 2016 US Army drill sergeants stand over recruits matter what their job, they have to be any submission as necessary. decades among teens and 20-some- during a live-fire marksmanship training course at Fort Jackson, South able to defend themselves and their things. This is the same demographic Carolina. —AP comrades,” he said. —AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 SPORTS

S Africa’s Aplon joins Portugal back Ceferin Lorenzo shades Rossi Grenoble injury list for UEFA presidency for San Marino pole GRENOBLE: Struggling Grenoble have been hit by a new wave of injuries LISBON: The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) yesterday gave public MISANO ADRIATICO: World MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo will start from with South African fullback Gio Aplon, the Top 14’s leading scorer, ruled out backing to Slovenia’s Aleksander Ceferin to become the new UEFA presi- pole for today’s San Marino Grand Prix after posting the quickest time in quali- of today’s home tie against leaders Brive with a hamstring injury. Grenoble, dent. After the withdrawal of Spaniard Angel Maria Villar, Ceferin, a 48- fying at the Misano circuit yesterday. The Yamaha star is joined on the front row sitting bottom of the French table after losing their opening three games, year-old lawyer and head of the Slovenian football federation since 2011, in Sunday’s race by his teammate and local hero Valentino Rossi, and Suzuki’s confirmed yesterday they have suffered three new injuries will go up against Dutchman Michael van Praag, in the UEFA election on British GP winner Maverick Vinales. Lorenzo is placed third in before the arrival of Brive. Aplon, 33, has scored four tries September 14 in . Ceferin already has the support of the French the riders’ championship, 64 points behind Marc Marquez, this season and his absence follows that of Australian Ben Football Federation while van Praag, the 68-year-old Dutch football chief, who was fourth quickest in qualifying to start on the sec- Hand (thigh), Fiji winger Sisa Waqa (hamstring), who picked has English and Belgian backing with each of UEFA’s 55 federations having ond row. The Spaniard, world champion in 2013 and 2014, up injuries in training on Friday. New Zealand’s Dayna a vote. “I know Michael van Praag for quite some time and I have a lot of has for company on the second row Italian duo Michele Edwards injured his calf in mountain training with a scan respect for him and his ideas but we will vote for Aleksander Ceferin,” FPF Pirro and Andrea Dovizioso. Lorenzo’s best lap time of 1min revealing the 31-year-old prop will be out for several weeks. president Fernando Gomes told AFP in a statement. “(Ceferin is) a dynamic 31.868 has given him a major chance of registering his fourth In addition to the injuries sustained by 10 of their lead- person, still young but with a lot of experience on several levels,” contin- win at the circuit renamed in honour of the late Italian rider ing players including Lucas Dupont, Mahamadou ued Gomes, adding the Slovenian was proposing to implement “a wide Marco Simoncelli. Lorenzo, notching up the 64th pole of his Diaby and Fabien Gengenbacher, Grenoble have and ambitious programme”. Gomes, a member of the UEFA executive com- career, was victorious from 2011 to 2013 and earned a top- also been hit by the suspension of New Zealand mittee, had himself been touted among the potential candidates to take three spot on every occasion prior to crashing out of flanker Rory Grice. — AFP over from Michel Platini as European football chief. — AFP last year’s race. — AFP

BRISBANE: Wallabies player Stephen Moore, left, and Springboks player Lood de Jager, center, compete for the ball during the Rugby Championship match between the Australian Wallabies and the South African Springboks at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, yesterday. — AP Wallabies beat Springboks to snap losing streak

BRISBANE: edged South Africa 23-17 big losses to the rampant All Blacks this year. over. Elton Jantjies’ conversion made it 7-0 after Africans. With Genia dictating play superbly outside centre Samu Kerevi. Kerevi then went to snap a six-game losing streak and ease Australia had only lost seven matches in a row just three minutes. A Foley penalty reduced the behind an aggressive pack, they were back in close to a try but a brilliant tackle from Goosen pressure on coach Michael Cheika in the once before-a sequence that cost Eddie Jones gap to 7-3 in the 11th minute, but he undid his the contest when giant lock Adam Coleman saved a certain five-pointer, Kerevi’s leg brush- Rugby Championship yesterday. After being his job as Wallabies coach-and they were des- good work when he threw a no-look pass with crashed over in the corner after the Australians ing the sideline at the same time as the ball down 14-13 at half-time, the Australians took perate to avoid equalling the record. the Wallabies deep in attack only for Springbok opted for a line-out instead of a kickable touched the ground. Despite dominating for control of the second period and they were But they got off to the worst possible start captain Adriaan Strauss to intercept. penalty. Foley converted from the sideline to much of the second half, it took until the 61st 23-14 up within the last 20 minutes thanks to when the towering Eben Etzebeth made a make it 14-10 to the Springboks, before his minute for the Wallabies to finally crack the deter- Bernard Foley’s try. break down the right wing in the third minute AGGRESSIVE PACK second penalty five minutes from half-time mined Springbok defence when Foley crossed The Springboks fought back to within six and found flanker Teboho Mohoje in support. Strauss unloaded to Jantjies, who drew the narrowed the gap to just one point. next to the posts after 18 phases of attack on the points, but the hosts survived to give the Wallabies scrum-half Will Genia brought last Wallaby defender and kicked ahead for The home side carried their momentum into South African line. The Springboks, who lost to embattled Cheika some breathing space with Mohoje down in a try-saving tackle close to the fullback Johan Goosen to score under the the second half and they hit the front with a Argentina in their last outing, threw everything at their first win of the year. After losing the World line, but from the ensuing ruck Genia’s opposite posts. The Wallabies were shellshocked at 14- third Foley penalty two minutes after the restart, the Wallabies and Morne Steyn’s penalty got them Cup final to New Zealand last October, Australia number Faf de Klerk slipped a short ball to 3 down but they began to hold onto the ball when Etzebeth was given a yellow card for slow- to within a converted try, but the Wallabies have suffered three defeats to and two number eight Warren Whiteley, who crashed and exert some pressure on the South ing the ball down after a storming break from weren’t to be denied. — AFP All Blacks surge past Pumas with second-half blitz

HAMILTON: A devastating late surge broke Argentina’s resistance as New Zealand powered to a 57-22 victory to keep their Rugby Championship title bid on track yesterday. The All Blacks scored eight tries to one but it was not until Ryan Crotty crossed 13 minutes into the second half that they gained command at Hamilton’s Waikato Stadium. With the score at 24-22, Crotty’s try sparked a 33-point spree in the closing 27 minutes of the match. By full time the dominance was clear-cut, but after strolling to victory twice over Australia Tillakaratne Dilshan in the opening rounds of the tournament, the All Blacks this time found a more formidable oppo- Dilshan heads into the sunset nent until the Pumas ran out of steam. Coach Steve Hansen said the All Blacks were forced to content with achievements rethink their game plan at half-time. COLOMBO: Moving up to open the innings 21 hundreds in one-dayers. That was a posi- “We went back out and were a lot more effec- for Sri Lanka changed his career but it was a tion I really enjoyed. “That change in posi- tive in our roles and executing the jobs we need- ed to do and that put a lot of pressure on the decision he should have taken two years tion changed my career and I think I helped HAMILTON: All Blacks wing Julian Savea, left, is tripped by Argentina’s Juan Martin earlier, Tillakaratne Dilshan said after retir- the side there a lot as well.” Argentinians,” he said. “We’ve got to go away and work better and Hernandez in the All Blacks and Argentina Rugby Championship test match at Waikato ing from international cricket following Dilshan, who made his one-day debut Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand, yesterday. — AP Friday’s Twenty20 loss against Australia. against Zimbabwe in 1999, was also a wily prepare better. There’ll be one or two guys who Inventor of the famous “Dilscoop” ramp off-spinner and one of the most agile Sri will have a good look at how they played and be of the Pumas pack that did the damage, but their Smith brought them back into the game with his shot, Dilshan played the last of his 87 tests Lankan fielders even at the age of 39. disappointed with that.” Despite the scoreline, turnovers and smart off-loads in an expansive first try after a powerful run by Savea in which in 2013 before quitting the longer format He took over 100 wickets in ODIs and Pumas captain Agustin Creevy sensed his side game that stretched the All Blacks. the big wing steamrollered his way up to the with 5,492 runs and 39 wickets to his name. made life difficult with the ball for his oppo- are improving. “For us it was a great advance that line. When a further Sanchez penalty restored The 39-year-old signed off from the nents even in his last match. He gave away we could play against them for 50 minutes in a UNBEATEN RUN Argentina’s lead, the All Blacks hit back with a shorter formats with over 10,000 runs and eight runs and claimed two wickets in two great way, but they can produce a difference in They scored the first try in the second minute long-range penalty by Israel Dagg and a try to 22 centuries in 330 one-day internationals overs in his last spell in international cricket. the last 20 minutes,” he said. when a deft pass from scrum-half Martin Landajo Barrett. Sanchez landed his fifth penalty early in and 80 T20 matches. He is one of only six “I’m really happy with what I’ve done for 17 Julian Savea, Ben Smith and Beauden Barrett sent Santiago Cordero away on a 25-metre run to the second half to close the gap to 24-22, but by men to have scored a hundred in all three years for my country and my team,” he said. “I scored first-half tries for the All Blacks who turned the line. Nicolas Sanchez landed the conversion then the Pumas were starting to tire-as the All formats of the game. “I think I should have didn’t look to break records. A few days back, with a 24-19 advantage, while Ryan Crotty scored and kept the scoreboard ticking over with four Blacks stepped up a gear to score at better than taken the decision to move up to open ear- I went back and looked at what I had done for twice and Charlie Faumuina, Smith again and penalties in the first half. a point a minute. With their third win out of lier,” Dilshan said before Friday’s match. “I 17 years. “I have broken a lot of records, I’m Luke Romano touched down in the second half. The All Blacks were keen to show they had three, the victory kept the All Blacks on track to made that decision in 2009 but I should really happy. I never played for the record, I Argentina held the lead three times in the first the muscle up front and opted for scrums over win the southern hemisphere championship for have made that a couple of years (before) to always played for the team and country,” he spell. The game was less than three minutes old close-range penalties early in the Test. It paid the fourth time in five years. (break) more records,” he added. added. “Now is time to enjoy myself with the when they scored the opening try, and while they dividends with a try to Savea, coming into the They also remain unbeaten after 23 clashes “I realised that I can do more for the side kids and the family, they have sacrificed a lot did not cross the All Blacks line again they com- backline from the blindside wing, after Kieran with Argentina, winning 22 and drawing one, as an opener. From 2009 to 2016 I scored for the last 15-20 years.” — Reuters manded sufficient territory to land a string of Read had plucked the ball from the back of a and stretched their current unbeaten run against penalties. It was not, however, the vaunted power scrum. When the All Blacks slipped behind 13-7, all sides to 14. — AFP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 SPORTS Iverson, Shaq headline emotional Hall of Fame ceremony

SPRINGFIELD: When Shaquille O’Neal was But he also tossed in light moments. He from the crowd and a laugh from Iverson. 10 years old, his father made a prediction. thanked former Lakers teammate Kobe Yao also thanked his early mentors in Friday night when his son became a Hall of Bryant for helping him win three NBA titles, China, former NBA Commissioner David Famer, it was realized. Shaq and Allen “but also for getting me pushed off the Stern for his vision in wanting Yao to play in Iverson headlined the 10-member Class of team and traded to Miami.” the league, as well his first teammates on 2016 enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Before host Ahmad Rashad could even the Houston Rockets. He also singled is for- Basketball Hall of Fame. One of the most introduce Iverson, the first mention of his mer NBA coaches, including Rudy star-packed classes in recent memory, it name started a roar of cheers throughout Tomjonavich and Jeff Van Gundy. also featured international star Yao Ming, the assembled audience. Dressed in all “I will always consider you my family,” WNBA great Sheryl Swoopes, coach Tom black, former MVP known as “A.I.,” blew kiss- Yao said. “I am Texan and Houston Rocket Izzo, and owner Jerry Reinsdorf, an architect es has tears began to form in his eyes. for life.” Izzo has become the face of the in the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls “Thank God for loving me and blessing blue-collar Michigan State team while lead- championship teams of the 1990s. me,” Iverson said, “to be the man that I am ing it to seven Final Fours and the NCAA “If I know my father, he’s up there argu- and having no regrets for the man that I championship in 2000. ing with Wilt (Chamberlain) that his son is am. A man that my family loves, my team- He thanked his parents, Carl and the best big man in the game,” Shaq said. mates love and my fans love.” Dororthy, for being his first mentors. The Posthumous honorees were: 27-year NBA Fighting tears throughout, Iverson 90-year-old Dorothy was in attendance, but referee Darell Garretson; John McLendon, thanked former Georgetown coach John Carl passed away last September. the first African-American coach in a pro- Thompson “for saving my life.” Izzo briefly got choked up as he spoke fessional league; Zelmo Beaty, the former of his father, who he said instilled in him a NBA and ABA star who led Prairie View to OK BASKETBALL PLAYER work ethic that remains with him today. an NAIA title in 1962; and Cumberland “(After) the incident happened in high “The seven Final Fours and champi- Posey, who is also a member of the school and all that was taken away...no other onship are just frosting on the cake,” Izzo Baseball Hall of Fame. schools would recruit me anymore,” Iverson said. Reinsdorf, the longtime Bulls owner, Shaq was an instant box office draw recalled. “My mom went to Georgetown and chronicled what led him to purchase the during his career because of his mammoth begged him to give me a chance. And he did.” Bulls in 1984. It was a move he said leg- frame and rim-shaking dunks. But he also He said he later left Georgetown only as “an SPRINGFIELD: Shaquille O’Neal, Allen Iverson, and Sheryl Swoopes react after endary New York Yankees coach George exhibited a personality that was as playful OK basketball player.” the 2016 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at Symphony Hall on Steinbrenner panned, telling him he’d nev- was it was engaging. He showed off all of it “But once I started to listen to Larry Friday in Springfield, Massachusetts. — AFP er make any money. on Friday. He had the final speech of the Brown and take constructive criticism, I Famer.” Two of the themes on the night from China to the NBA in 2002 instantly He enjoyed proving him wrong. “It’s night, a humorous dissertation that learned how much of a great, great coach were family and journeys. That was the helped bring the game to a broader inter- been a great life,” he said. “I know it’s the spanned his long journey in the sport. His that he really is. ... That’s when I became an essence of Swoopes’ speech, who was national audience. He was Friday’s first fourth quarter, but I’m hoping for overtime.” speech had serious moments like thanking MVP.” Iverson saved his final thank you for thankful of her path from tiny Brownsfield, inductee, an honor which he joked that Like his father, Shaq too has a wish. “One his parents, Phil Harrison and Lucille O’Neal, wife Tawanna. “You’re just the best to me,” Texas, and that her cancer-stricken mother, should have gone to Iverson. day when some father quizzes his sons on for giving him the discipline and drive that he said. “I want you to walk around and be Louise, was able to see it. “What a ride it’s “You know why? Because I need more the greats of the game, I hope Shaquille drove his NBA dream. proud of yourself that you are a Hall of been,” she said. The 7-foot-6 Yao’s arrival practice than him,” Yao said to applause O’Neal will be the answer,” he said. — AP Bryant, Lester help Cubs over Astros

HOUSTON: Kris Bryant hit a two-run homer, Longoria off Dellin Betances put runners at the Jon Lester threw seven scoreless innings and corners. Betances stayed in after a 51-minute Hector Rondon and Aroldis Chapman finished delay, and struck out Miller. Logan Morrison off the Chicago Cubs’ 2-0 victory over the hit an RBI single, and Betances struck out Houston Astros on Friday night. It was Bryant’s Stephen Souza Jr. at 12:11 a.m. for his career- first career game against the team that passed best 10th save. Adam Warren (2-1) was the on him with the first pick in the 2013 draft to winner, and Blake Snell (5-8) the loser. take starter Mark Appel, who was traded to Philadelphia this offseason before ever playing RED SOX 13, BLUE JAYS 3 in the majors. Bryant, taken second in that Rick Porcello pitched seven innings to draft, gave Houston an up-close look at what become the first 20-game winner in the could have been when he smacked his 37th majors, Hanley Ramirez hit a three-run homer homer off Joe Musgrove (2-4) to put the Cubs and Boston beat Toronto to increase its AL East up 2-0 in the fifth inning. Lester (16-4) allowed lead to two games. Xander Bogaerts homered, seven hits and struck out seven for his seventh Dustin Pedroia had three hits and four RBIs, straight win. He hasn’t lost since July 3, hasn’t and the Red Sox used 18 hits to rough up the allowed a run in three of those starts and gave sloppy, slumping Blue Jays in the opener of a up just one run in four others in that span. pivotal three-game series between the divi- Rondon took over for the eighth and struck sion’s top two teams. Porcello (20-3) allowed out two before Aroldis Chapman struck out two runs and six hits to become Boston’s first one in a perfect ninth for his 13th save. The 20-game winner since Josh Beckett in 2007. Cubs are major league-best 90-50. Marco Estrada (8-8) was the loser. The Red Sox broke it open by scoring six runs in a 10-batter MARLINS 4, DODGERS 1 seventh. Bogaerts hit a leadoff drive off Scott Jose Fernandez tied a career high with 14 Feldman, his 18th. Three batters later, Ramirez strikeouts, overshadowing Clayton Kershaw’s connected off Feldman, his 22nd. Pedroia return from injury in Miami’s victory over Los capped the rally with a two-run single off Ryan Angeles. Fernandez (14-8) gave up three hits Tepera. and three walks in seven shutout innings. It was the fifth time he has struck out 14, and INDIANS 5, TWINS 4 third this season. Kershaw (11-3) had not start- Mike Napoli hit a mammoth home run on ed for the Dodgers since June 26 because of a the first pitch of the fifth inning to give mild disk herniation in his back. He threw 66 Cleveland the lead, and the Indians beat pitches, 46 for strikes, and allowed two runs Minnesota maintain their six-game lead in the and five hits over three innings. The three-time AL Central. The Indians won for the ninth time Cy Young Award winner and 2014 NL MVP in their last 11 games, but a concern came up struck out five and did not walk a batter. J.T. when starter Danny Salazar was removed after Realmuto homered for Miami, which four innings due to tightness in his right fore- improved to 5-0 against the NL West leaders arm. Napoli’s drive off Tyler Duffey (8-11) was this season. Yasmani Grandal hit his 25th estimated by the Twins at 456 feet, landing in homer in the ninth for the Dodgers, who tried the third deck above left field. That followed to rally against Fernando Rodney before A.J. Byron Buxton’s two-out, two-run homer that Ramos came in and closed it out for his career- tied the game against Salazar in the fourth. best 33rd save. Joe Mauer also went deep and Brian Dozier added an RBI double, but the Twins have lost HOUSTON: Chicago Cubs’ Kris Bryant (17) hits a two-run home run as Houston Astros catcher Evan Gattis reaches for the pitch during the YANKEES 7, RAYS 5 23 of their last 29. Joe Colon (1-1) completed fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, in Houston. — AP Mark Teixeira broke open the game with a the fifth inning for the victory and Cody Allen METS 6, BRAVES 4 Gennett’s two-run homer in the third gave the MARINERS 3, ATHLETICS 2 fourth-inning grand slam, and New York beat finished the ninth for his 27th save in 30 Kelly Johnson had a pinch-hit double to Brewers a 3-0 lead. Hisashi Iwakuma pitched into the seventh Tampa Bay on a soggy night to extend its win- attempts. drive in the go-ahead run in New York’s four- inning to match his career high with 15 wins ning streak to six. Matching their longest run eighth inning, and the Mets overcame a WHITE SOX 7, ROYALS 2 as Seattle beat Oakland. Nori Aoki and Mike streak this season, the Yankees closed within TIGERS 4, ORIOLES 3 four-run deficit to beat for their sixth Carlos Rodon struck out a season-high nine Zunino homered, and Nelson Cruz added an one game of Baltimore and Detroit for the sec- Victor Martinez hit a tiebreaking homer in straight win. Curtis Granderson, who hit a two- over six innings, Adam Eaton doubled twice RBI double to help the Mariners move within 3 ond AL wild card. New York, in an unfamiliar the eighth inning, and Detroit beat Baltimore to run homer in the sixth, had a run-scoring sin- and scored two runs and Chicago beat Kansas 1/2 games of the second AL wild card. role of chaser after a 9-17 start, has moved a pull even with the Orioles for the American gle to tie the game. Johnson’s double down City. Rodon (7-8) fanned Paulo Orlando with Iwakuma (15-11) allowed two runs over 6 2/3 season-high 10 games over .500 with an unex- League’s second wild card. Michael Fulmer the right-field line off Maurico Cabrera drove the bases loaded on his 116th pitch to end the innings to snap a four-game losing streak and pected spurt that followed the release of Alex pitched seven solid innings, and the Tigers won in Asdrubal Cabrera. Johnson was traded from sixth inning and move to 5-0 in his last seven become the third Japanese-born pitcher with Rodriguez and the trades of Carlos Beltran, after blowing a 3-0 lead. The Orioles tied it in Atlanta to the Mets on June 8 and has twice starts. Kendrys Morales had a two-run single in multiple 15-win seasons. Iwakuma, who also Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller and Ivan the eighth when Adam Jones hit an RBI single, made the Braves pay for the move. His 11th- the first inning for Kansas City, which has had 15 wins in 2014, struck out five and Nova. Gary Sanchez, one of the Baby Bombers but Martinez led off the bottom half with a inning, pinch-hit homer gave the Mets a 1-0 dropped six of nine and remained four games walked one. Edwin Diaz pitched the ninth for brought up from the minors as part of the drive to right-center field off reliever Brad Brach win over Atlanta on June 25. The surging Mets behind the second wild card. Eaton doubled his 14th save. Bruce Maxwell had three hits for youth movement, hit his 12th home run in 31 (8-3). Alex Wilson (3-0) got the win even after lead St. Louis by percentage points in the race to lead off the first and fifth innings off Oakland, including an RBI double. The loss games, a drive into Monument Park behind allowing the tying run in the eighth. Francisco for the second NL wild card. The defending NL Yordano Ventura (10-10) and scored each time eliminated the A’s (60-80) from playoff con- the center-field fence in the third. There were Rodriguez pitched a perfect ninth for his 40th champions have won 15 of 19 to match their on Melky Cabrera RBIs. Tyler Saladino had tention, the earliest that’s happened since stoppages of 21 minutes in the fourth and 22 saves. He’s tied with Baltimore’s Zach Britton for season high at nine games over .500. Hansel three hits and drove in two runs in Chicago’s 1997. Daniel Mengden (1-7) went five innings minutes in the sixth caused by brief light rain. the AL lead. J.D. Martinez hit a two-run single in Robles (6-4) worked a scoreless seventh. third straight win over a playoff contender. and is winless since June 27. As a downpour began in the ninth, umpires the fifth to give Detroit a 3-0 lead, but Jonathan Jeurys Familia pitched around Adonis Garcia’s stopped play with a 2-2 count on Brad Miller Schoop hit a two-run homer the following leadoff double and a two-out walk to Nick REDS 4, PIRATES 3 ROCKIES 4, PADRES 1 after singles by Kevin Kiermaier and Evan inning to start Baltimore’s comeback. Markakis in the ninth for his major league- Jose Peraza’s sacrifice fly snapped a ninth- Tyler Chatwood had two important hits, leading 48th save. Matt Kemp homered for inning tie and lifted Cincinnati past Pittsburgh, including a two-run triple, while pitching Atlanta. Maurico Cabrera (3-1) was the loser. ending the Reds’ five-game losing streak. Colorado past San Diego. Charlie Blackmon Eugenio Suarez hit a leadoff single off closer homered in the second inning after MLB results/standings NATIONALS 5, PHILLIES 4 Tony Watson (2-5), advanced to second on Chatwood’s leadoff single against Luis Trea Turner hit his second home run of the Ramon Cabrera’s sacrifice bunt, took third on Perdomo (7-9). Chatwood also tripled in the Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 3; Washington 5, Philadelphia 4; NY Yankees 7, Tampa Bay 5; Boston game with two outs in the ninth, a solo shot Tyler Holt’s single and scored on Peraza’s liner seventh past a drawn-in outfield, extending 13, Toronto 3; Detroit 4, Baltimore 3; Miami 4, LA Dodgers 1; NY Mets 6, Atlanta 4; Chicago that lifted Washington past Philadelphia. It to center field. Andrew McCutchen tied it for the lead to 4-1. Making his second start since Cubs 2, Houston 0; Cleveland 5, Minnesota 4; Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City 2; St. Louis 4, was the first multihomer game for the rookie, the Pirates in the eighth with a sacrifice fly off returning from a back injury, Chatwood (11-9) Milwaukee 3; San Francisco 7, Arizona 6 (12 Innings); Seattle 3, Oakland 2; Texas 2, LA Angels whose two-run drive in the seventh put Raisel Iglesias (3-1). Iglesias hit the first two allowed one run and four hits over 6 2/3 1; Colorado 4, San Diego 1. Washington up 4-1. Cameron Rupp hit a three- batters in the ninth with pitches but escaped a innings. He struck out five, improving to 3-0 run homer off Koda Glover to knot the score in bases-loaded jam by getting Josh Harrison to against the Padres this season. Adam Ottavino American League National League the eighth and set the stage for Turner’s ninth- pop out and pinch-hitter Adam Frazier to fly earned his third save. DJ LeMahieu extended Eastern Division Eastern Division inning heroics. Facing Frank Herrmann (0-2), out. Joey Votto had three hits for the Reds, his career-best hitting streak to 26 games for W L PCT GB Washington 83 58 .589 - Turner ripped a 1-2 pitch over the wall in cen- Suarez had two and Brandon Phillips hit his Colorado. Boston 79 61 .564 - NY Mets 75 66 .532 8 ter field. Mark Melancon (2-1) worked the 10th home run, a leadoff shot in the seventh Toronto 77 63 .550 2 Miami 70 71 .496 13 ninth for Washington. off Jared Hughes that put Cincinnati ahead 3-2. GIANTS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 6, 12 INNINGS Baltimore 76 64 .543 3 Philadelphia 63 78 .447 20 Kelby Tomlinson’s one-out single in the NY Yankees 75 65 .536 4 Atlanta 54 87 .383 29 CARDINALS 4, BREWERS 3 RANGERS 2, ANGELS 1 12th inning drove in Brandon Belt with the go- Tampa Bay 59 81 .421 20 Central Division Matt Carpenter and Stephen Piscotty hit Adrian Beltre broke an eighth-inning tie ahead run, and San Francisco held on for a 7-6 Central Division Chicago Cubs 90 50 .643 - two-run homers in the fourth, Carlos Martinez with his 440th home run, and Texas topped victory over Arizona. San Francisco maintained Cleveland 82 58 .586 - St. Louis 74 66 .529 16 pitched seven solid innings and St. Louis beat Los Angeles for its second victory in six games. its half-game lead over the Mets for the top NL Detroit 76 64 .543 6 Pittsburgh 69 70 .496 20.5 Milwaukee. St. Louis trailed 3-0 when Martinez Yu Darvish pitched three-hit ball into the sev- wild card, with St. Louis just a half-game Kansas City 72 68 .514 10 Milwaukee 63 78 .447 27.5 started the rally with a two-out single that was enth to help the Rangers boost their AL West behind New York. Chicago WSox 68 72 .486 14 followed by Carpenter’s 19th home run, a walk lead to 9 1/2 games over Houston. Andrelton Giants reliever Corey Gearrin got one out Minnesota 52 89 .369 30.5 Cincinnati 58 82 .414 32 to Kolten Wong and Piscotty’s 21st homer. Simmons drilled a tying triple for the Angels, before being moved to left field for one bat- Western Division Western Division Martinez (14-7) gave up nine hits and two who have lost three straight. After the clubs ter so lefty Javier Lopez could face left-hand- Texas 84 58 .592 - LA Dodgers 79 61 .564 - earned runs and was helped by three double traded runs in the seventh, Beltre connected ed-hitter Jake Lamb, who tied the score at 6 Houston 74 67 .525 9.5 San Francisco 75 65 .536 4 plays. Seung-Hwan Oh worked around a lead- for his 27th homer off J.C. Ramirez (1-1). Matt with a pinch-hit homer in the 10th. Gearrin Seattle 73 68 .518 10.5 Colorado 68 73 .482 11.5 off walk in the ninth for his 17th save in 20 Bush (7-2) struck out Jett Bandy to strand was then put back on the mound by manag- LA Angels 62 78 .443 21 Arizona 58 82 .414 21 chances. Jimmy Nelson (7-14) allowed both Simmons on third. Sam Dyson pitched the er Bruce Bochy to finish the game for his Oakland 60 80 .429 23 San Diego 58 83 .411 21.5 homers and five hits in six innings. Scooter ninth for his 33rd save. third save. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 SPORTS

Paralympics: Podiums of the day

RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Paralympics podiums on Friday: ATHLETICS JUDO 66 - 73kg (lightweight) 100m - T13 Gold: Ramil Gasimov (AZE) Gold: Jason Smyth (IRL) Silver: Dmytro Solovey (UKR) Silver: Johannes Nambala (NAM) Bronze: Nikolai Kornhass (GER) Bronze: (AUS) Bronze: Feruz Sayidov (UZB)

100m - T53 73 - 81kg (half-middleweight) Gold: Brent Lakatos (CAN) Gold: Eduardo Adrian Avila Sanchez (MEX) Silver: Pongsakorn Paeyo (THA) Silver: Lee Jung-Min (KOR) Bronze: Li Huzhao (CHN) Bronze: Rovshan Safarov (AZE) Bronze: Oleksandr Kosinov (UKR) 400m - T12 Gold: Sun Qichao (CHN) 52 - 57kg (lightweight) Silver: Mahdi Afri (MOR) Gold: Inna Cherniak (UKR) Bronze: Luis Goncalves (POR) Silver: Lucia Da Silva Teixeira Araujo (BRA) Bronze: Junko Hirose (JPN) 100m - T35 Bronze: Seo Ha-Na (KOR) Gold: Ihor Tsvietov (UKR) Silver: Fabio Da Silva Bordignon (BRA) 57 - 63kg (half-middleweight) Bronze: Hernan Barreto (ARG) Gold: Dalidaivis Rodriguez (CUB) Silver: Iryna Husieva (UKR) 100 m - T43/44 Bronze: Jin Song-Lee (KOR) Gold: Jonnie Peacock (GBR) Bronze: Tursunpashsha Nurmetova (UZB) Silver: (NZL) Bronze: Felix Streng (GER) POWERLIFTING 54 kg Gold: Roland Ezuruike (NGR) 400 m - T20 Silver: Wang Jian (CHN) Gold: Daniel Martins (BRA) Bronze: Dimitrios Bakochristos (GRE) Silver: Luis Arturo Paiva (VEN) Bronze: Gracelino Tavares Barbosa (CPV) 59 kg Gold: Sherif Osman (EGY) HAUTEUR - T42 Silver: Ali Jawad (GBR) Gold: Mariyappan Thangavelu (IND) Bronze: Yang Quanxi (CHN) Silver: Sam Grewe (USA) Bronze: Bhati Varun Singh (IND) 45 kg Javelin Throw - F42/43/44 Gold: Hu Dandan (CHN) Gold: Akeem Stewart (TRI) Silver: Latifat Tijani (NGR) Silver: Alister Mcqueen (CAN) Bronze: Zoe Newson (GBR) Bronze: Rory Mcsweeney (NZL) Tatyana McFadden SHOOTING JAVELIN THROW - F53/54 P1-10m Air Pistol - SH1 Gold: Manolis Stefanoudakis (GRE) Gold: Yang Chao (CHN) Silver: Luis Alberto Zepeda Felix (MEX) Silver: Lee Ju-Hee (KOR) US wheelchair racer’s bid Bronze: Aliaksandr Tryputs (BLR) Bronze: Server Ibragimov (UZB) 100m - T11 Gold: Libby Clegg (GBR) P1-10m Air Pistol - SH1 Silver: Zhou Guohua (CHN) Gold: Sareh Javanmardidodmani (IRI) Bronze: Liu Cuiqing (CHN) Silver: Olga Kovalchuk (UKR) for 7 golds falls short Bronze: Aysegul Pehlivanlar (TUR) 100m - T12 Gold: Omara Durand (CUB) SWIMMING RIO DE JANEIRO: US wheelchair racer Tatyana going to be tough because you have team medalist. Since hauling in three golds at the Silver: Elena Chebanu (AZE) 50m Freestyle - S7 McFadden was aiming to win seven gold medals China, who is amazing at the 1 and the 4,” 2012 London Paralympics, McFadden had won Bronze: Katrin Mueller-Rottgardt (GER) Gold: Pan Shiyun (CHN) at the Rio Paralympics, in every event from the McFadden said. every race in which she had competed until Silver: Ievgenii Bogodaiko (UKR) 100 meters to the marathon. “I had a bad start, but my execution was Friday. Her 20-win streak included three consec- 100m - T36 Bronze: Carlos Serrano Zarate (COL) Her bid for the unprecedented feat didn’t amazing and I really just raced with my heart utive wheelchair marathon grand slams, and a Gold: Yanina Andrea Martinez (ARG) Silver: Claudia Nicoleitzik (GER) 50m Freestyle - S10 make it past her first final, in the 100. Liu Wenjun and took in emotions from the crowd.” Born in St. sweep of the International Paralympic Bronze: Martha Liliana Hernandez Florian (COL) Gold: Maksym Krypak (UKR) of China broke ahead at the start and won Friday Petersburg, Russia, with spina bifida that left her Committee world championship in all six of her Silver: Phelipe Andrews Melo Rodrigues (BRA) in 16 seconds. McFadden closed hard over the paralyzed below the waist, McFadden started individual events, becoming the first woman to 100m - T37 Bronze: Denys Dubrov (UKR) final 40 meters, but finished second in 16.13. Li using a wheelchair at age 6, after being adopted accomplish the feat. Gold: Georgina Hermitage (GBR) Yingjie, also of China, took the bronze. by an American woman, Deborah McFadden. McFadden won bronze in the 100 in London Silver: Mandy Francois-Elie (FRA) 400m Freestyle - S9 “This is one of my hardest races because I’m The 27-year-old McFadden graduated from and silver in Athens. “With this silver I’m still hap- Bronze: Yescarly Medina (VEN) Gold: (AUS) Silver: Federico Morlacchi (ITA) going from the 100 to the marathon, and so to Illinois, where she joined the wheelchair basket- py, because in London I got bronze. I’m moving 100m - T38 Bronze: Lewis White (GBR) really focus on this race is quite difficult because ball and wheelchair track teams, making her up in the ranks,” she said. “I know I can do the next Gold: Sophie Hahn (GBR) I’m going against girls who just do the (100 Paralympic debut in 2004. couple races, so I just have to stay relaxed stay Silver: Veronica Hipolito (BRA) 100m Backstroke - S11 meters) and the (400 meters) and I knew it was With this silver, McFadden is a 12-time calm and really just believe in myself.” — AP Bronze: Kadeena Cox (GBR) Gold: Dmytro Zalevskyi (UKR) Silver: Wojciech Makowski (POL) 100m - T54 Silver: Bradley Snyder (USA) Gold: Liu Wenjun (CHN) Guides for blind athletes Silver: Tatyana Mcfadden (USA) 50m Butterfly - S6 Bronze: Li Yingjie (CHN) Gold: Xu Qing (CHN) Silver: Zheng Tao (CHN) DISCUS THROW - F11 Bronze: Wang Lichao (CHN) share the greatest struggle Gold: Zhang Liangmin (CHN) Silver: Tang Hongxia (CHN) 100m Butterfly - S8 Bronze: Izabela Campos (BRA) Gold: Song Maodang (CHN) RIO DE JANEIRO: After Jerome Avery failed to Silver: Xu Haijiao (CHN) CLUB THROW - F31/32 Bronze: Yang Guanglong (CHN) make the US Olympic team in the 100 meters in Gold: Maroua Brahmi (TUN) both 2000 and 2004, it seemed like his dream of Silver: Mounia Gasmi (ALG) 100 m dos - S1 international sports glory had faded away. Bronze: Gemma Prescott (GBR) Gold: Hennadii Boiko (UKR) Today, at Olympic Stadium, he will be running Silver: Francesco Bettella (ITA) for gold alongside David Brown, the current fastest JAVELIN THROW - F34 Bronze: Anton Kol (UKR) Gold: Zoi Lijuan (CHN) blind man alive. Brown is the reigning world cham- Silver: Marjaana Heikkinen (FIN) 100 m dos - S2 pion in the T11 category of the 100 meters. T11 ath- Bronze: Frances Herrmann (GER) Gold: Zou Liankang (CHN) letes are nearly or totally blind. Silver: Liu Benying (CHN) Despite his lack of sight, Brown is comfortable LONG JUMP - T43/44 Bronze: Serhii Palamarchuk (UKR) on the track due to Avery, his guide runner since Gold: Marie-Amelie Le Fur (FRA) 2014, as he sees what Brown cannot. Silver: Stef Reid (GBR) 50m Freestyle - S7 Gold: Mckenzie Coan (USA) “He’s the voice on the inside,” Brown said. “He’s Bronze: Marlene Van Gansewinkel (NED) been a guide runner for a number of years so his SHOT PUT - F41 Silver: Denise Grahl (GER) Gold: Raoua Tlili (TUN) Bronze: Susannah Rodgers (GBR) experience allows me to just focus on running at Silver: Samar Ben Koelleb (TUN) my best and nothing else.” Bronze: Claire Keefer (AUS) 50m Freestyle - S10 Guides are designated aids to visually impaired Gold: Aurelie Rivard (CAN) Paralympic athletes, in sports from to CYCLING - TRACK Silver: (NZL) Bronze: Chen Yi (CHN) equestrian and soccer. Their commitment level is RIO DE JANEIRO: Sophie Thornhill, left, and her guide Helen Scott of Team Great Britain com- Individual C1 Pursuit parallel to their athletes’-training alongside them Gold: Li Zhangyu (CHN) pete in the Women’s B 1,000M time trial final at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, 400m Freestyle - S9 day in and day out. This is the first Paralympics at Brazil, on Friday. — AP Silver: Ross Wilson (CAN) Gold: Nuria Marques Soto (ESP) Bronze: Arnoud Nijhuis (NED) which guides are receiving medals. “When you’re Silver: (AUS) running alone, it’s more selfish,” said Chris Clarke, the Bronze: Jialing Xu (CHN) INDIVIDUAL C2 PURSUIT guide for British sprinter Libby Clegg, who won the Gold: Liang Guihua (CHN) 100m Backstroke - S11 T11 women’s 100 meters on Friday. “As a guide, I’ve Blind photographer gets Silver: Tristen Chernove (CAN) Gold: (NZL) got to look out for Libby — set her (starting) blocks Bronze: Louis Rolfe (GBR) Silver: Cai Liwen (CHN) up and give her cues every now and then. It’s inter- Bronze: Maja Reichard (SWE) esting, I like it. It’s like being part of a Formula One his vision of Paralympics INDIVIDUAL C3 PURSUIT Gold: (AUS) 50m Butterfly - S6 team.” Clarke and Clegg were caught in controversy Gold: Ellie Robinson (GBR) Friday, when Clegg was disqualified after the T11 RIO DE JANEIRO: Joao Maia is one of many talent- They help me with the editing, which I could nev- Silver: Joseph Berenyi (USA) ed photographers covering the Rio Paralympics, er do, and they put my pictures up on social net- Bronze: Eoghan Clifford (IRL) Silver: Oksana Khrul (UKR) 100-meter semifinal because it appeared Clarke Bronze: (AUS) but with a twist: he can’t see what he shoots. “You works,” he said. The blind photographer’s broke the rules by pulling her during the race. The don’t need to see to take photographs. My eyes are Instagram account @joaomaiafotografo now has INDIVIDUAL C4-5 1KM TIME TRIAL 100m Butterfly - S8 ruling was appealed and overturned. in my heart,” he said at the Engenhao athletics sta- some 1,800 followers. Gold: Jody Cundy (GBR) Gold: Kateryna Istomina (UKR) “This is my third Paralympic games, I would nev- dium. Somehow the blind photographer pulls off Silver: Jozef Metelka (SVK) Silver: Stephanie Slater (GBR) er want to dishonorably win a medal,” Clark said. Bronze: Alfonso Cabello Llamas (ESP) what might seem like an impossible task. His pic- INTIMACY Bronze: Jessica Long (USA) “For me, I was a little upset that allegation was tures have magazine quality, seemingly taken by a Maia turned away from the track shots and made against me and I’m just glad that I have a fan- normally sighted professional. found satisfaction instead at the longjump pit, INDIVIDUAL B 1KM TIME TRIAL 100 m dos - S2 Gold: Sophie Thornhill (GBR) Gold: Pin Xiu Yip (SIN) tastic team fighting in my corner.” For example, there’s his shot of the world where the small dimensions and close-up dramas Silver: Larissa Klaassen (NED) Silver: Feng Yazhu (CHN) US triple and long jumper Lex Gillette and his recording setting longjump by French athlete are perfect. But he is always trying to improve. Bronze: (AUS) Bronze: Iryna Sotska (UKR). — AFP guide, Wesley Williams, have worked together for Marie-Amelie Le Fur: it captures her expression as nine years and are roommates in Chula Vista, Calif. she falls and the sand arcs up perfectly around her. “He’s basically my brother,” said Gillette, who won a Maia, 41, lost his sight when he was 28 after suf- fourth consecutive Paralympic silver in the long fering uveitis, an inflation of the eye. It took a year, PARALYMPICS: MEDALS TABLE jump Thursday and celebrated on the medal stand but finally he was left unable to see anything more with Williams at his side. “If I need anything, he’s than shapes and some colors when he is close RIO DE JANEIRO: China dominated the medals table at the Paralympics after Friday’s there to the rescue.” Williams was a top sprinter at enough. Working as a postman in Sao Paulo, Maia learned to use a cane and took classes in Braille. He action, leading the way with 20 gold medals, well clear of nearest rivals Britain with 12. Cal-State Northridge before hearing about guide running from a friend. He attended a camp through also began to become interested in photography. Gold Silver Bronze Total Egypt 1 0 0 1 Team USA where he and Gillette hit it off. “Photography is about sensitivity. I think it’s mar- China 20 17 12 49 Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1 velous to be able to show how I perceive the world, Great Britain 12 6 9 27 1 0 0 1 how I see it, sense it,” he said. 7 6 13 26 Singapore 1 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONS United States 3 8 3 14 SouthAfrica 1 0 0 1 In addition to Paralympic silver and the last two BORROWED EYES Brazil 3 6 2 11 Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 0 1 world championship golds in the long jump, With a camera in one hand and cane in the oth- Australia 3 2 6 11 Vietnam 1 0 0 1 Williams has helped Gillette to the world record in er, Joao joined the sports photographers on the Uzbekistan 3 2 6 11 Algeria 0 3 2 5 the event (22 feet, 1 inch). Gillette is the only totally tribune at the Paralympic stadium this week. He’d 2 3 0 5 0 3 0 3 blind man to eclipse 22 feet. got practice in sports photography during the South Korea 2 2 3 7 0 2 0 2 When Gillette is preparing to jump, Williams warm-up events staged over the last year for the RIO DE JANEIRO: Blind Brazilian photogra- New Zealand 2 2 2 6 Japan 0 1 3 4 2 1 1 4 Venezuela 0 1 1 2 stands in the middle of the jumpboard, calling out Rio Olympics, where the small crowds were perfect pher Joao Maia takes pictures with his Cuba 2 1 0 3 Finland 0 1 0 1 instructions. He jumps off to the left or right just for allowing him to concentrate on using his sense smartphone using the sound as a refer- France 2 1 0 3 Jordan 0 1 0 1 before the jump, depending on where he thinks of hearing. His first thought was to photograph ence during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Mexico 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 Gillette should go. “We train every day, putting the track races, but he found the scale and dis- Games in Rio de Janeiro. — AFP Tunisia 2 1 0 3 Morocco 0 1 0 1 each other in different positions,” Williams said. tances too hard. “When I am close enough I feel the Greece 2 0 2 4 Namibia 0 1 0 1 “Just him knowing that I got his back and me runners’ heartbeats, their steps,” he said, “and then “This is good. They’re raking the sand, right?” he 1 4 7 12 Thailand 0 1 0 1 knowing he’s got mine and we groove from there.” I’m ready to take the picture. But with noise and asks, listening carefully. “Have I got the zoom Germany 1 4 4 9 UAE 0 1 0 1 In cycling, the guide and athlete work in teams distance I find it difficult.” Although he started with right?... Tell me when they start to run so that I am Azerbaijan 1 2 1 4 Colombia 0 0 2 2 called tandems. The guide, called the pilot, sits in a traditional camera when he first became serious ready.” Then as the athletes come flying in, he takes Iran 1 1 0 2 Cap Verde 0 0 1 1 in 2008, he now uses a latest generation smart- striking picture after picture. Nigeria 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 front of a two-person bike and steers. The guide has to be just as fit and skilled as the athlete, phone, which he says has excellent focusing. One gets Le Fur wrapped in a French flag, with 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 Helping him are the people he calls his bor- just her prosthetic leg emerging. Another shows called the stoker, as they both pedal. “As a team we Turkey 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 rowed “eyes”-Leonardo Eroico and Ricardo Rojas, Dutch athlete Marlene van Gansewinkel and Argentina 1 0 1 2 Mongolia 0 0 1 1 have to stay in sync in all areas, and it can be really whose Mobgrafia initiative promotes art photog- Britain’s Stefanie Reid talking while waiting for the Belarus 1 0 1 2 Norway 0 0 1 1 tough when you’re constantly seeing great times raphy using cellphones. Maia and another pho- end of the event. “It’s not just action I want to cap- India 1 0 1 2 Portugal 0 0 1 1 being put up right before you go,” said British pilot tographer, who is confined to a wheelchair, are ture but the intimacy,” he says. Maia once tried to Ireland 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 Helen Scott, who, working with stoker Sophie documenting the Paralympics with their encour- get into Paralympic sport himself, but found the Kenya 1 0 1 2 Sweden 0 0 1 1 Thornhill, set a Paralympic record Friday in the agement. “Without them I could do nothing. athletic level too high. — AFP 1000 meters in the B category. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 SPORTS ‘Rome not built in a day’, says Inter boss

MILAN: Embattled coach Frank The Dutchman said he accepts the flak, winners in 2010 when they completed the on Sunday would dent morale ahead of a some points. Already, I’ve seen improve- De Boer has called for patience amid a but, following the disruption of the inter- treble under former coach Jose Mourinho, crucial week that could see De Boer either ments that I’m satisfied with and I think frustrating start to the campaign that has national break last week, insists he needs have struggled in recent seasons. vilified, or revered by fans. we’ve taken a couple of steps forward.” already dented hopes of contending the more time to get the ‘Nerazzurri’ firing on Even the return of Mancini, who led the The former Ajax manager, who could Mario, fresh from winning the 2016 Serie A title. Inter kickstart their Europa all cylinders. “The criticism is normal, I’m club to seven trophies including three con- hand former Sporting Lisbon midfielder title with Portugal, is “ready”, added De Boer- League campaign against Hapoel Beer- the new coach and I’ve come in here from secutive league titles in 2004-2008, failed Mario his Inter debut, is relishing the chal- although the Dutchman was tight-lipped on Sheva on Thursday but first face a tricky a different country,” De Boer told media to provide the spark after he was drafted in lenge-even if time to work fully with the where exactly the midfielder would play. trip to league newcomers Pescara today, a yesterday. “But you have to look at the big by the club’s former owner, Indonesian squad has been at a prime. “He’s ready, so he’ll travel with us tomorrow week before hosting Serie A champions picture, I only arrived here a few days Erick Thohir. A recent takeover by the “We’re looking forward to the next (Sunday),” added De Boer. “He’s a complete Juventus. before the opening game of the season so Chinese Suning Holdings Group, and a three games. The only downside is the fact midfielder that we can use in various posi- After a shock opening defeat to Chievo I need some time. “Rome wasn’t built in a subsequent summer spending spree that we haven’t had the chance to train all tions whether in the centre of the park or and a limp 1-1 draw at the San Siro with day. This is Inter Milan, the pressure is nor- helped lure Joao Mario from Sporting together. A lot of the players were on inter- out wide. That’s a big advantage for us.” Palermo last time out, De Boer is under mal but for me it’s not a problem. I’m sure Lisbon and Gabriel ‘Gabigol’ from Brazilian national duty so I only had seven players Ahead of the weekend fixtures, Inter sit in pressure less than a month after succeed- we’ll find success soon.” side FC Santos, has injected fresh hope. on the pitch,” he said. “But the squad is 17th place with one point, five shy of league ing sacked Roberto Mancini. Inter, Italy’s last Champions League But anything less than a win at Pescara determined to improve and start collecting leaders Genoa after two games. — AFP Dustin Johnson sets course record, ties for lead at BMW

CARMEL: US Open champion Dustin lion reasons” why he wants to win, other Johnson doesn’t care about the physics rewards are available. He already is regard- behind his new putter. Seeing more putts ed a favorite for PGA Tour player of the drop is enough for him. year, and he is likely to move ahead of Johnson made two eagles in a span of Jason Day in the Vardon Trophy race for the seven holes, shot 31 on the back nine and lowest scoring average. Castro opened a set the course record at Crooked Stick on big lead early with three straight birdies on Friday with a 9-under 63 that gave him a the front nine, and for the longest time, it share of the lead with Roberto Castro in the looked as though no one could catch him. BMW Championship. Johnson holed out a bunker shot for eagle Johnson didn’t even know he set the on No. 9, narrowly missed a 45-foot eagle course record until Tony Pancake, the golf putt on the 11th hole and then surged into director at Crooked Stick, congratulated the lead. He made a 10-foot birdie putt on him on the way to the clubhouse. “I guess the par-3 13th, rolled in a 30-foot birdie no one was ever better than 63,” Johnson putt on the next hole and then made an said with a shrug and a smile. Castro was eagle putt from 25 feet on the 15th. the first player to reach 14-under 130 on Johnson has 11 victories on the PGA the rain-softened course. He kept bogeys Tour, including a major and a three World off his card, rolled in a pair of 30-foot putts Golf Championships. Castro has gone 125 and had another 65 in his last-minute bid starts on the PGA Tour without a victory, to get to the Tour Championship at East and he doesn’t hit nearly as long as Johnson Lake, just 15 minutes from his house. - not many do. Crooked Stick is renowned Castro is at No. 53 in the FedEx Cup and for favoring big hitters, whether it was John only the top 30 make it to the FedEx Cup Daly at the 1991 PGA Championship or finale at East Lake and a shot at the $10 McIlroy four years ago after a week of rain million bonus. Paul Casey, who had the 54- that made the course even longer. That did- hole lead last week at the TPC Boston until n’t seem to faze Castro. finishing two shots behind Rory McIlroy, “It’s a big course. It keeps your attention, had a 66 and was three shots behind. which I think helps me,” Castro said. “I think Johnson has one of the most consistent if you look at the tour, it sure helps to be years with 12 finishes in the top 10, along long. But the guy who is striping it usually with victories in the US Open and a World wins. Couple of my best weeks have come Golf Championship at Firestone. Even so, on really long golf courses.” NEW YORK: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland returns a shot to Kei Nishikori of Japan during their Men’s Singles Semifinal Match on Day Twelve of frustration began to set in when the putts J.B. Holmes, who finished 10th in the the 2016 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Friday in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New stopped falling, so he switched to the Ryder Cup standings and is in need of a York City. — AFP TaylorMade Spider. “I was just struggling to captain’s pick to make his second U.S. team, get the ball to come out on the line I was shot 30 on the back nine and made a seeing,” Johnson said. “No matter what I strong run at Castro until he was slowed by Wawrinka outlasts Nishikori did, how much I practiced, training aids, a bogey on the par-3 third hole and at the whatever. It just wasn’t working. So just par-5 ninth. He wound up with a 65 and decided to switch it up.” was four shots behind, along with Chris to reach first US Open final Kirk. Two-time Masters champion Bubba FAVORITE Watson also needs a pick, and he delivered When asked about the physics involved, a 67 to at least get in the top 10. NEW YORK: Stan Wawrinka spent the first set of ranked Dan Evans before prevailing in five sets. between points, trudging slowly to his chair on Johnson said, “I don’t go into that stuff - as McIlroy stalled with three bogeys on his his US Open semifinal letting Kei Nishikori push But the 31-year-old started to look more like a changeovers. Still, he wouldn’t go away. Down a long as it goes where I’m looking.” That said, back nine for a 71. Jordan Spieth shot 72 him around the court. On an evening so humid two-time major winner in his quarterfinal victory break in both the third and fourth sets, he broke he did point out he took physics in high with four bogeys and a double bogey his racket slipped out of his hand during one over 2009 champ Juan Martin del Potro. back each time. But he just didn’t have enough school. “I got an ‘A,’ too, bud.” when he pulled a shot into the creek on the swing, Wawrinka never panicked. Down a set Nishikori came into Friday’s match with an left to pull ahead and couldn’t take advantage of Johnson already was virtually assured of 14th. He bounced back with an eagle on and a break Friday, he upped the pressure and eye-popping 5-0 record against top-10 players enough openings on Wawrinka’s serve. Nishikori being among the top five going into the the next hole, but there were too many handled the big points better, emerging with a at the US Open, the only Grand Slam at which he was 4 of 15 on break-point chances. Tour Championship, meaning he only has mistakes. They were at 4-under 140, 10 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 victory. has made the semis. He reached his lone major “That’s really disappointing, especially second to win at East Lake to win the FedEx Cup. shots out of the lead. Day, the world No. 1, “I had to wait,” Wawrinka said. “I had to fight.” title match in 2014 at Flushing Meadows, losing set,” Nishikori said. “That was the biggest mis- Along with what he described as “10 mil- joined them after a 67. That describes his career, too. A player who to fellow first-time finalist Marin Cilic. take. After that he was playing better.” didn’t make his first Grand Slam semifinal until The sixth-seeded Nishikori rallied to upset Even the closure of the roof over Arthur Ashe age 28 will now seek his third major title in as Andy Murray in five sets Wednesday, and he Stadium didn’t help Nishikori this time. Against many years. The third-seeded Wawrinka faces picked up where he left off at the outset of the Murray, that seemed to swing momentum No. 1 Novak Djokovic on Sunday in a rematch of semifinal. But with Wawrinka saving six straight toward Nishikori, making the conditions more the 2015 French Open final. break points during one stretch in the second favorable for his game. But after rain forced the Wawrinka upset the top-ranked Djokovic that set, Nishikori’s legs started to go. roof to shut midway through the third set Friday, day, just as he stunned a top-ranked Rafael “I just tried to little by little play a little bit bet- it was Wawrinka who would go on to break in Nadal for the 2014 Australian Open champi- ter, a little bit faster, a little bit heavier,” Wawrinka the final game - just as he did in the second set. onship. He’s 2-0 in Grand Slam title matches and said. “I tried to make him run.” He acknowledged He celebrates by pointing to his temple, a has won his last 10 tournament finals overall. that he, too, “was suffering on the court.” But reminder that “sometimes I don’t find always The later the round, the better he seems to Wawrinka knew he couldn’t show it. myself comfortable on the court - I have to fight play. That’s certainly been the case this year at “It’s important to not spend energy by being with myself.” “That’s when I’m happy with myself Flushing Meadows. Wawrinka needed to save a negative and show the opponent that you’re and proud of myself,” Wawrinka said, “when I stay match point in the third round against 64th- struggling,” he said. Nishikori was flexing his legs strong with what I want to do.” — AP Dembele bags hat-trick as Celtic rout Rangers

GLASGOW: Moussa Dembele grabbed a hat- Rangers’ hopes appeared to be slipping away and came close to an equaliser when Barrie trick on his debut as Celtic thrashed 10 men but they pulled a goal back from nowhere on McKay curled an effort inches wide of Dorus de VIGO: Atletico Madrid’s forward Fernando Torres (L) vies with Celta Vigo’s defender Rangers 5-1 at Parkhead in the first der- the verge of half-time. James Tavernier’s cross Vries’ far post. However, it was the Hoops who Sergi Gomez during the Spanish league football match RC Celta de Vigo vs Club by in four years. was headed back across goal by Kenny Miller increased their lead through Sinclair. Dembele Atletico de Madrid at the Balaidos stadium in Vigo yesterday. — AFP The French striker, only playing due to an and Garner leapt to nod the ball over the line split the Rangers defence as he slipped the ball injury to top scorer , became the from close range for his first goal for Rangers. through for the former City winger Antoine Griezmann leads first player to score a hat-trick in the fixture since The visitors started the second half with more who calmly slide the ball past Foderingham and Ally McCoist’s treble in the 1983 League Cup energy as Andy Halliday replaced Niko Krancjar in off the post. — AFP Atletico Liga lift-off final. He opened the scoring with a header in the 34th minute before firing home a fine solo MADRID: Antoine Griezmann kickstarted It was in the heat of the moment, but I am finish to double Celtic’s advantage eight minutes Atletico Madrid’s La Liga campaign with two very happy with what we did as a team today. later. Rangers pulled one back in the 45th goals and an assist as a 4-0 rout at Celta Vigo “I am still getting back into my rhythm (after minute through Joe Garner but Dembele then gave them a much-needed boost on the Euros) and still have a way to go, but I am set up Scott Sinclair to make it 3-1. Saturday. It was their first win of the current giving my all and I’m very happy to get the The former Fulham forward then sealed the La Liga season after being held by promoted goals and the assist.” first Celtic hat-trick in an Old Firm league fixture Alaves and Leganes in their opening two Celta are still to pick up a point this season since 1966 in the 84th minute after Rangers had league games. And they were outplayed for after finishing sixth last term, but just as in been reduced to 10 men as Philippe Senderos’ the first-half in Vigo yesterday too, as Josep losing out narrowly to Real Madrid two weeks picked up a second booking for a deliberate Sense and Theo Bongonda missed great ago, they again paid for not taking their handball. chances. But Atletico’s luck turned when chances in a promising first-half. Sense fired Substitute Stuart Armstrong finished the Koke met Griezmann’s fine cross eight min- into the side-netting after bursting through scoring in stoppage time to continue Celtic’s 100 utes into the second-half to give the visitors the Atletico defence and rounding Jan Oblak per cent start to the season as they move four the lead before Euro 2016’s top scorer just nine minutes in. Bongonda’s pace was points clear of Rangers with a game in hand Griezmann headed home his first two goals also causing Diego Simeone’s men serious against their Old Firm foes. Off the pitch the of the season in the final 20 minutes. problems and the Belgian should have atmosphere was electric as the two sets of fans Angel Correa added a fourth two minutes opened the scoring when he dragged his introduced themselves to each other following a from time. Champions and Real shot wide with just Oblak to beat. four year absence in the . Madrid will attempt to continue their 100 per- Griezmann took charge after the break first However, the entertainment on it was limited cent starts to the season at home to Alaves with a brilliant in-swinging cross for Koke to until Celtic grabbed the opener. The Rangers and Osasuna respectively later. slot home the opener with Atletico’s first shot defence switched off and Dembele was allowed In an uncharacteristic outburst Griezmann on goal. Yannick Carrasco had claims for a a free run to head home Sinclair’s corner in off claimed Atletico would be “fighting against penalty waived away and Kevin Gameiro the post. The Celtic striker has been living in the relegation” rather than challenging Barca and somehow fired wide with an open goal to aim shadow of goal machine Griffiths since the start Madrid for the title if they continued to play at as Atletico grew in confidence. of the season but the French forward grabbed his like in their opening two games after a 0-0 However, it was Griezmann who sealed opportunity and fired the Hoops further in front. stalemate at Leganes two weeks ago. the points with a towering header from However, he apologised for those com- Saul Niguez’s cross. Griezmann added his DEFENCE ments after coming alive in the second-half in second of the afternoon with another head- Kiernan’s slack pass was intercepted by Bitton FREIBURG: Freiburg’s Nicolas Hoefler, left, and Moenchengladbach’s Lars Stindl challenge for Vigo. “We needed a game like this,” ed effort 10 minutes from time before who slid a pass through for Dembele and the the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and Borussia Griezmann told BeIN Sports Spain. “I apolo- Correa fired home at the near post to seal a French striker turned Senderos before clipping Moenchengladbach, in Freiburg, southern Germany, yesterday. — AP gise, I shouldn’t have said what I did publicly. second-half rout. — AFP the ball past Wes Foderingham. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 SPORTS Benteke, Zaha steer Palace to win at Boro

1 defeat of Middlesbrough. his arrival from Ajax in the first top-flight header beyond Valdes. The pair linked up ball off Jason Puncheon. Christian Benteke opened his Palace meeting between the two teams since again soon after to engineer a chance for Zaha then struck immediately following Middlesbrough 1 account in the 16th minute at the Riverside 2004-05. Pardew recalled Zaha-subject of Andros Townsend, but this time the winger’s the interval to restore Palace’s advantage, Stadium from a Zaha cross, but the Eagles’ interest from Spurs in the transfer window- shot was turned away well by the ex- the twice-capped England international lead didn’t last long as Dani Ayala headed to the Palace line-up, but the visitors were Barcelona star. Boro hit back seven minutes outmuscling Middlesbrough left-back Boro level shortly before the break. without France internationals Yohan Cabaye before half-time as centre-back Ayala George Friend to steer past Valdes. Crystal Palace 2 However, former Manchester United winger and Loic Remy, the latter returning to par- atoned for slack defending for Palace’s ‘Boro academy product Ben Gibson Zaha struck within two minutes of the ent club Chelsea for treatment on an ankle opening goal by planting a Stewart forced Mandanda into a sprawling save restart to secure a welcome three points for problem. Record signing Benteke, who Downing corner beyond Steve Mandanda. with a fierce drive in response, before a MIDDLESBROUGH: Recalled Wilfried Zaha ’s stuttering side. joined the south London club from Alvaro Negredo went close to giving the combination of the France goalkeeper and delivered Crystal Palace their first victory of Victor Valdes returned in the Boro goal in August, nodded Palace ahead hosts the lead just prior to the break, his Martin Kelly kept out Gaston Ramirez and the new season with an after injury, while Danish striker Viktor on the quarter hour when he rose to meet shot deflected over by the legs of Negredo late on to preserve Palace’s first assist and the winning goal in yesterday’s 2- Fischer made his first league start following Zaha’s cross at the far post and power a Mandanda after Fischer had pinched the league win at the Riverside. — AFP Cazorla’s contested penalty sinks Saints

The goal stirred Arsenal into upping the tempo. As Southampton were pushed back, Arsenal 2 Arsenal won set-play opportunities. These are not normally their strength but in the 25th minute Theo Walcott rose to glance a Cazorla free-kick just over. Four minutes later Southampton 1 a corner led to Koscielny acrobatically rising to volley in with a stunning overhead kick. Southampton complained that Koscielny’s LONDON: Santi’s Cazorla’s controversial stop- foot was too high, and it did finish very close page-time penalty gave Arsenal their first to Oriol Romeu’s brow, but Madley let the goal home win of the season as they saw off stand. Puel, who replaced Ronaldo Koeman as Southampton 2-1 in the Premier League at Southampton manager in pre-season, played the Stadium yesterday. under long-serving Arsenal boss Arsene It was a bitter pill for the visitors to swal- Wenger at Monaco. low, with Southampton still seeking their first The student clearly learnt well as win under new manager Claude Puel. An Southampton steadied themselves to reach unfortunate 18th-minute own-goal by half-time without further alarm.While Arsenal Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech was cancelled had plenty of possession Saints goalkeeper out in spectacular fashion by Laurent Fraser Forster was well-protected, his only Koscielny 11 minutes later. The north London moment of concern coming when Hector side looked like having to settle for a draw Bellerin flashed a shot wide. until referee Bobby Madley decided Jose With an hour gone Wenger summoned Fonte had pulled Olivier Giroud to the ground the cavalry. Lucas, whose debut could most in the penalty area. Saints players protested charitably described as ‘quiet’, was replaced furiously but did not distract Cazorla, who by Giroud and Sanchez came on for Alex tucked away the 94th-minute penalty. The Oxlade-Chamberlain. win was barely deserved. Arsenal had more It was, though, Southampton who should possession but lacked incisiveness and south have made the breakthrough. Long linked coast side Southampton will rue two excel- with Tadic who drew both Arsenal centre- lent chances spurned by Shane Long in the backs towards him before releasing the second half. Arsenal gave debuts to late trans- Irishman with an exquisite back-heel. As Cech fer window signings in Shkodran Mustafi and came out, Long sought to chip the ball over Lucas Perez, acquired from La Liga clubs him but put it agonisingly wide. Valencia and Deportivo La Coruna respective- At the other end, Sanchez had added ly for a combined £52 million ($69 million, 61 energy and purpose to the home attack. MADRID: Real Madrid’s Croatian midfielder Luka Modric (R) vies with Osasuna’s defender Oier Mate (C) during the Spanish league ootballf million euros). Dropping into space to receive a pass from match Real Madrid CF vs CA Osasuna at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid yesterday. — AFP Francis Coquelin also returned to the team Mesut Ozil he shot just over. Monreal then as Giroud and Alexis Sanchez were rested shot wide when well-placed as Arsenal ahead of Arsenal’s Champions League opener pressed anew, Alex Iwobi, on for Walcott, away to Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. being the supplier. Again, though, it was Ronaldo scores on return The Premier League, however, is not a Southampton who were the more penetrat- competition in which big clubs can take liber- ing and with six minutes left Long once more ties with team selection and Southampton passed up a chance to put Saints ahead. as Real equal club record started the sharper and took a deserved lead. When Pierre-Emil Hojbjerg’s shot was only Nathan Redmond, who began on the left parried by Cech, Long was first to the of a front three, cut across goal but was rebound and seemed sure to score. But he MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo scored on his return Zinedine Zidane matched the club record set by earlier in the half and found the net shortly scythed down needlessly by Nacho Monreal. scuffed his shot and the recovering Cech was from injury as Real Madrid thrashed promoted Miguel Munoz’s side in the 1960-61 season, before the interval in identical fashion, this time The left-back was booked, but further punish- able to clear with his feet. In response, Osasuna 5-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu yesterday when Alfredo Di Stefano, Ferenc Puskas and directing his effort in under the crossbar. ment followed as Arsenal conceded from the Arsenal broke down the left but Giroud could to equal the club’s 1960-61 record of 15 succes- Francisco ‘Paco’ Gento were in the team. Pepe added the fourth from another Kroos free-kick, albeit unluckily. only steer Cazorla’s cross into the side netting. sive La Liga wins. One more win would equal Barcelona’s 2010- corner in the 56th, Nauzet fumbling the ball in Dusan Tadic’s free-kick was brilliantly It looked as if the points would be shared Ronaldo started the rout by knocking home 11 La Liga record of 16 in a row. Madrid sat back off the Portugal centre-back’s header. touched onto the bar by Cech, but bounced until, in a furious finale, Madley made the an inviting cut-back from Gareth Bale in the sixth for a while after Ronaldo’s goal, allowing Modric made it 5-0 with a fine effort in the down to rebound in off his body. decisive intervention. — AFP minute, with goals from Danilo and Sergio Osasuna plenty of possession that the visitors 62nd minute, curling the ball into the far corner Ramos sending Madrid 3-0 up before the break. failed to capitalise on. from outside the penalty area, before Karim Pepe and Luka Modric were also on target Zidane’s side then picked up the pace, with Benzema and Lucas Vazquez came on for before headers from Oriol Riera and David Toni Kroos firing into the side netting when Ronaldo and Bale. Garcia provided some consolation for the visi- goalkeeper Nauzet Perez palmed the ball into Real again took their foot off the gas and tors, who saw Roberto Torres miss a 73rd minute his path after a deflected cross from Ronaldo. Osasuna pulled two goals back, through Riera’s penalty and Cayetano Bonnin sent off in the Perez was caught out of position in the 40th header from Miguel Angel de las Cuevas’ cross 80th. Real have nine points from three games, minute when he rushed out to flap away the ball and another nodded effort from David Garcia. with champions Barcelona and Las Palmas on six only for it find Brazilian defender Danilo, who Bonnin went off for his second bookable from two and playing later. scored from a deflected strike. offence but hopes of a comeback were futile in Real’s 15th consecutive La Liga win under Ramos went close with a header off a corner any case. — Reuters Kane opens account as Spurs smash Stoke

stopped by France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. became even more riled moments later when Tottenham’s first chance arrived in the 26th Alli escaped punishment for what they believed Stoke City 0 minute when Alli tried a snap-shot from a tight was a dive. But they were subdued in the 41st LONDON: West Ham United’s English defender heads the ball during the angle, forcing veteran Stoke goalkeeper Shay minute as the visitors took the lead. English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Watford at Given into his first save. The visitors should have Christian Eriksen found space on the right The , in east London yesterday. — AFP taken the lead on the half-hour when a cross- and turned inside Allen before pulling back a Tottenham 4 field ball from Spurs defender Toby Alderweireld cross for Son to side-foot home. Both sides had caused chaos in the Stoke defence. A ricochet chances early in the second half as Erik Pieters Hammers stung by fell for Alli but he dragged a shot well wide with made a sprawling block from an Alli shot before STOKE-ON-TRENT: Harry Kane grabbed his first only Given to beat. Shawcross fired wide for Stoke from an Allen cor- Hornets comeback goal of the season and South Korea’s Son ner. But it was 2-0 to Tottenham in the 56th Heung-Min scored twice as Tottenham Hotspur HUGHES FLASHPOINT minute when fine footwork and a clever pass by romped to an emphatic 4-0 win away at Stoke The flashpoint arrived in the 34th minute Eriksen set up Son to bend the ball superbly past Allardyce’s England squad for the World City yesterday. when Arnautovic was booked for diving and Given. And four minutes later, Mauricio Cup qualifier against Slovakia, and he Dele Alli was also on target as the north Hughes reacted angrily on the sidelines. Pochettino’s men made sure of the points with West Ham 2 made no mistake with his head on both London club finally kick-started their Premier His protests upset fourth official Jonathan an incisive counter-attack. galloped occasions. The second one-Antonio’s 10th League title challenge. It completed a miserable Moss, who persuaded referee Anthony Taylor to down the right and crossed for Alli, who obliged headed goal since the start of last season day for Stoke manager Mark Hughes, who was send the Stoke boss to the stands. with a simple finish. Kane then opened his — showed Payet at his most inventive, fir- sent to the stands at the Britannia Stadium for Hughes marched down the touchline to the account for the season, taking his time before Watford 4 ing in the cross with a magnificent piece of remonstrating with officials when the score was tunnel while geeing up the Stoke fans, who finishing coolly from a cross by Son. — AFP individual skill. However, Watford showed 0-0. He watched on helplessly as Son gave great character in storming back and Tottenham a 1-0 half-time lead before doubling LONDON: Jose Holebas sealed a superb rocked their hosts by levelling by half-time. their advantage after the break. Alli then made it Matches on TV comeback by Watford yesterday as they Ighalo gave them hope when four minutes 3-0 before England striker Kane grabbed his first came from 2-0 down to beat West Ham 4-2 from half-time the Nigerian scored with a goal in 10 games for club and country. (Local Timings) and secure their first win of the Premier great individual effort, cutting in from the It might have been so different for Stoke, who left and his shot took a deflection off James League campaign. now sit bottom of the table without a win in ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE beIN SPORTS 13 HD EN Collins to beat Adrian. The Hornets ensured The Hammers-who may wish they four. Loan signing Wilfried Bony had almost Swansea City v Chelsea FC 18:00 AC Chievo Verona v Lazio 16:00 hadn’t left Upton Park for London Stadium they went in all square for the half-time made a perfect start on his Stoke debut when he beIN SPORTS 2 HD beIN SPORTS 10 HD as prior to this they had won 11 of their last break with Collins at fault as his back header found space in the penalty area and exchanged went past Adriano and Deeney was on Genoa CFC v Fiorentina 16:00 13 home league games against Watford- passes with Joe Allen in the opening minutes. SPANISH LEAGUE hand to fire the ball into the net. beIN SPORTS 8 HD had looked in control after Michail Antonio But Bony’s second touch let him down and Sporting Gijon v Leganes 13:00 The Hammers appeared shell-shocked AC Milan v Udinese Calcio 16:00 scored with two headers. However, Odion his eventual shot was blocked. 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A crisp volley by Glenn Whelan was deflected beIN SPORTS 4 HD FSV Mainz 05 v Hoffenheim 18:30 quiet Payet-although Adrian could have The 29-year-old provided both the cross- over the Tottenham bar by Davies before Ryan Atalanta v Torino FC 16:00 beIN SPORTS 5 HD es for Antonio, who gained selection in Sam done better in trying to deny him. — AFP Shawcross’s header from a corner by Allen was Wallabies beat Ronaldo scores on Springboks to return as Real snap losing15 streak equal19 club record SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

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MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s Argentinian defender Nicolas Otamendi (C) attempts to shoot as Manchester United’s Ivorian defender Eric Bailly (L) defends and Manchester United’s Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea (R) dives during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Manchester City at in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. — AFP De Bruyne shines as Man City win derby

United’s perfect start to the season. was worse to come for the United skipper as City made nate to avoid conceding a penalty in the 56th minute. It left Guardiola’s side and Chelsea, who visit it 2-0, Iheanacho tapping in from six yards after De In turning away from Ibrahimovic, he overran the ball Man United 1 Swansea City on Sunday, as the only teams in the Bruyne’s low curler struck the base of the left-hand post. and launched himself into a lunging challenge on Premier League with 100 percent records. But Mourinho wore a face of thunder on the touchline, Rooney. Rooney was left writhing in pain, but Mourinho will have been angered by referee Mark but Bravo gifted his side a lifeline three minutes before Clattenburg waved play on, apparently deeming Bravo Clattenburg’s decision not to award the home side a half-time. to have won the ball cleanly. Man City 2 penalty after Bravo caught Wayne Rooney with a wild Guardiola responded to Mourinho’s changes by bol- challenge inside the City area. BRAVO JITTERS stering his own midfield, with Fernando and debutant MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola enjoyed victory over his The United manager made two surprising changes The Chilean allowed Rooney’s deep free-kick to slip Leroy Sane coming on and De Bruyne taking up a cen- old nemesis Jose Mourinho as his Manchester City side to his team, awarding Henrikh Mkhitaryan his full debut from his grasp and Ibrahimovic produced an athletic tral forward role. won 2-1 at Manchester United in yesterday’s eagerly and bringing in in place of Anthony volley to spear the loose ball into the net. It was an A beautifully poised game swung from end to end anticipated derby at Old Trafford. Martial and Juan Mata. unexpected foothold for the hosts and they finished the thereafter. United had a goal disallowed when First-half goals by Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi But it was a move that backfired as City immediately first half strongly. Rashford’s shot clipped Ibrahimovic, who was standing Iheanacho put City in control and despite new goal- took a grip on the game and went ahead in the 15th Rooney crossed for Ibrahimovic to head at Bravo and in an offside position, and beat Bravo. De Gea then keeper Claudio Bravo’s gaffe allowing Zlatan minute. Aleksandar Kolarov’s high ball was flicked on by the Swedish striker then saw an effort blocked by John saved in quick succession from Fernandinho, Nicolas Ibrahimovic to hit back for United, City held firm. It was Iheanacho-in for the suspended Sergio Aguero-and De Stones after the City goalkeeper failed to field a stray Otamendi and Fernando, before Sane teed up De the first encounter between Guardiola and Mourinho, Bruyne beat Daley Blind to the ball before clinically ball. Bruyne for a shot that hit the right-hand post and rolled former El Clasico sparring partners, since 2013 and gave wrong-footing David de Gea. Mourinho repaired his error at half-time, introducing across the goal. the former Barcelona coach an eighth win in 17 encoun- United had barely had a kick and Rooney’s frustra- Ander Herrera and terrace darling Marcus Rashford for The hosts procured one last chance, but ters with the ex-Real Madrid manager. City’s win, their tion showed as he grappled with Guardiola for the ball Mkhitaryan and Lingard. Bravo’s jitteriness gave the Ibrahimovic’s stoppage-time shot was deflected just 50th in competitive derby matches, saw them end at a throw-in before catching Fernandinho late. There home fans renewed belief and he was extremely fortu- wide. — AFP Ruthless Reds crush Quintana staves spluttering Leicester The England forward then opted for a selfless off Froome to and skillful back-heel that left Mane unmarked in Liverpool 4 the centre and able to score via the hand of Schmeichel. seal Vuelta win

BLOODY NOSE ALTO DE AITANA Colombian Nairo It is the first time in five Grand Tours Leicester 1 Liverpool were rampant and the home crowd Quintana kept Tour de France champi- that Quintana has beaten Froome when almost delirious. But the joy would be short-lived on Chris Froome at bay to virtually seal both have finished the race having fin- as Liverpool’s unfamiliar centre-half Lucas gifted the Vuelta a Espana yesterday with just ished on the podium for all of the Brit’s LIVERPOOL: Liverpool turned on the style to them a foothold in the game. today’s procession around the streets three Tour de France wins in 2013, 2015 mark the opening of the new-look Anfield with an Simon Mignolet’s short pass played Lucas of Madrid to come. and 2016. “He (Froome) started to imperious 4-1 rout of Premier League champions under pressure and, after the Brazilian-normally a Froome, aiming to become the first attack very early on in the descents, but Leicester yesterday. deep-lying midfielder-miscontrolled the ball, he man in 38 years to do the Tour-Vuelta I didn’t have any problem in defending Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane put Jurgen panicked and rolled it across an open goal for double, applauded as Quintana crossed all the way to the final climb,” Quintana Vardy to convert a simple finish. Klopp’s side two goals ahead as they played at the line on the 193.2km stage from told Spanish TV station Teledeporte. Mignolet looked particularly rattled by the home for the first time this season and for the first Benidorm to Alto de Aitana two sec- Froome’s early attempts to escape experience and, a few moments later, failed to time since expanding Anfield’s capacity by 8,500 onds ahead of him to extend his lead to Quintana’s attentions on the descents deal with a long throw-in from Luis Hernandez to 54,000. 1min 23sec. from four category two climbs proved Jamie Vardy reduced the deficit to a single goal which allowed Huth to head against the Liverpool LIVERPOOL: Leicester City’s Ghanaian mid- bar. Klopp’s decision to select a back four featuring Quintana’s compatriot Esteban fruitless. after Lucas’s mistake. But Adam Lallana’s fine strike fielder Daniel Amartey (L) vies with Chaves made the most significant The Sky rider then tried with a series restored Liverpool’s two-goal advantage and two specialist midfield players, Lucas and Milner, Liverpool’s English midfielder Adam Lallana had looked a gamble before kick-off and now move on the penultimate stage by of attacks on the final special category Firmino’s late effort wrapped up a worrying defeat during the English Premier League football leapfrogging Alberto Contador onto climb to Alto Aitana, but Quintana for Leicester, who have won only one of their first looked like it might prove disastrous. That said, match between Liverpool and Leicester City the podium after an attack 50km from comfortably sat on his tail and followed four matches. only Schmeichel had prevented Liverpool scoring at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England the finish saw him gain 1min 24sec on all the way to the top before jumping in The new £115 million main stand at Anfield another goal on 26 minutes after Mane played a yesterday. — AFP the three-time Vuelta champion. front just before the line. was treated to an enthralling contest but one brilliant one-two with Lallana and crossed to the Frenchman Pierre Latour won the Froome also had to settle for second which Liverpool only had themselves to blame for near post, where a Sturridge shot was superbly shot into the top corner. not killing off inside the opening half hour. kept out by the Leicester goalkeeper. Vardy was unusually wasteful just after the stage from Colombia’s Darwin Atapuma in the Vuelta after losing out to Juan After 13 minutes the hosts scored the first goal Liverpool’s nerves were not helped early in the hour, when played clean in on goal by Riyad and Italian Fabio Felline in a time of Jose Cobo in his breakout tour in 2012 in front of their new stand, with stand-in left-back second half when Mignolet suffered a badly Mahrez, only to be denied by the outstretched 5hrs 19mins 41secs. Sunday’s 104.8km and Contador in 2014. James Milner making a superb, in-field pass to blooded nose after a collision with Huth at a cor- leg of Mignolet. Leicester continued to press, flat stage takes the riders from Las “I want to congratulate him,” added Firmino. ner. The home side might have lifted the growing without the clinical touch they enjoyed in their Rozas on the outskirts of the Spanish Quintana. “He is a great rival, yesterday The Liverpool forward had only to advance a anxiety on 56 minutes when Firmino played in league-winning campaign. capital into a series of laps around the he had a great time trial and he made few yards but did so effectively, scything between Sturridge, but the striker attempted to lift the ball Huth nodded just wide, Danny Drinkwater city centre. me suffer.” Wes Morgan and Robert Huth before drilling a low over the advancing Schmeichel and succeeded saw a spectacular volley deflected wide and Froome cut his gap to Quintana by Contador was the big loser on the shot past the diving Kasper Schmeichel from 14 only in hitting the ball against the keeper. Vardy headed straight at Mignolet. Henderson over two minutes by storming to a time day as he was again isolated without yards. On 31 minutes Liverpool doubled the The miss did not prove costly, however, and wasted a perfect opportunity to put the game trial win on Friday, but his bid ultimate- Saxo-Tinkoff teammates and unable to advantage with the increasingly impressive seconds later Lallana restored Liverpool’s two-goal beyond all reasonable doubt on 78 minutes, but ly never recovered from losing 2min respond to Chaves’s well-constructed Jordan Henderson carving out the goal with a cushion. Nathanial Clyne, Sturridge and Georginio Firmino ensured his team-mate wouldn’t rue 37secs when he was caught out by an attack to miss out on third by 13 sec- defence-splitting pass that sent Daniel Sturridge Wijnaldum combined well before the Dutchman that miss when he slotted home in the 89th early attack by Quintana on stage 15. onds. — AFP sprinting away from a static back four. laid the ball off for Lallana to drill an unstoppable minute. — AFP Saudi freeze comments spark price turnaround Page 22

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LAGOS: A vendor carries a ram discharged from a truck ahead of Eid-Al-Adha celebration at Kara Isheri market in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. — AFP Nigeria’s economic woes hit Eid ram sales Traders and buyers prioritize spending amid economic crisis

KANO, Nigeria: With the naira currency in free vendor Abubakar Ibrahim, at Kano’s Hotoro mar- “I’ll have to choose between buying food and fall and inflation soaring, few Nigerians can ket. “But up till now not a single person has essential items for my family and paying my chil- escape the country’s economic troubles-and that bought five rams at a go from this market.” Last dren’s school fees or buying a ram for the festival. includes Muslims preparing for Eid Al-Adha. year, there were more than 500 sales but as of “I have to prioritise and buying a ram comes last.” Livestock traders and buyers said the sale of Friday there had only been 20, he said. Trader rams for the annual festival of sacrifice have Sabiu Ibrahim Hotoro said buyers were coming Bull sales dropped sharply compared with last year, as in “trickles”. Another, Mudassir Mustapha, pre- While ram sales have slumped this year, those Nigerians look to prioritise spending. “Sales have dicted: “More than 35 percent of people may not for bulls are relatively healthy, as some Kano resi- stalled,” complained Ibrahim Shuaibu, a ram trad- be able to offer a ram sacrifice this year due to dents look to get round their financial restraints er at the Hauren Shanu livestock market on the the recession.” Nigeria officially plunged into by pooling resources to buy a bigger animal. outskirts of Kano, the commercial hub and recession last month after the second successive “The number of people contributing money to biggest city in Nigeria’s mainly Muslim north. quarter of negative growth. buy bulls to share has gone up and this is due to “Last year by this time I had sold more than The fall in global oil prices has hit the crude- little cash in the hands of the people,” said cattle 30 rams but I have so far sold not more than four reliant economy hard for the last two years, trader Kabir Mansur Ashura. this season,” he told AFP on Friday, his face squeezing government revenue, weakening the “Our sales have gone up by 20 percent,” sweaty from the scorching sun as he waited for naira and forcing up inflation to more than 17 Ashura’s brother and partner, Idris, chipped in. customers. percent. Foreign exchange has become scarce Abdullahi Lawan and three neighbours opted and investment stalled. This week, the govern- to buy a bull for the feast to save money. Lawan Reduced to a trickle ment approved a plan to seek loans from organi- said he used to buy two rams for the feast. This Animals are slaughtered during Eid to signify zations such as the World Bank. year he would have needed about 100,000 naira followers’ submission to Allah, with the meat LAGOS: Ram sellers and traders of other basic food items in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial ($285) for the two rams. shared among family, friends and the needy. The Prices cut capital and neighboring states have complained of low patronage, a factor attributed to But he said: “The quarter of the bull I get at wealthy often buy several rams to distribute and A ram typically costs between 30,000 naira the economy downturn.—AFP 25,000 naira is more than the meat of the two the run-up to the festival is normally the busiest and 70,000 naira ($95-$220, 84-195 euros), money is preventing people from buying,” said living. “The prices of almost everything have rams I buy at 100,000 naira put together. “I lose time of year for livestock traders. depending on size. Traders have slashed prices to Mustapha. For people like estate agent gone up with no corresponding increase to my on the spiritual side for not killing ram for the “One person would come and buy 50 rams at attract buyers but with little effect. Babangida Magaji, the price cut has made no dif- earnings and this gobbles up whatever I would sacrifice but I gain on the meat. I have no other once to distribute as gifts to people,” said ram “Rams are relatively cheaper now but lack of ference because of the overall rise in the cost of have used to buy a ram,” he said. choice”. — AFP EU countries set sight on Apple tax bonanza

BRATISLAVA: Budget-squeezed EU countries will Schelling said at the meeting in Bratislava, lion. That low rate “brought home the enormity of ask Brussels for a share of the billions in Irish back Slovakia. “We Austrians are looking at it inten- the problem and the enormity of the challenge taxes ordered from Apple, officials said yesterday, sively,” Schelling said, adding that other member that it doesn’t happen again,” said OECD secre- bringing further problems to the tech giant after states-including Italy-were also considering a tary-general Angel Gurria, who has led a global the lacklustre launch of the iPhone 7. The payout demand. In its landmark decision on campaign to reform tax laws. But Gurria, who European Commission, the EU’s powerful compe- August 31, the Commission argued that Dublin attended the talks, said “you could not replicate tition regulator, last month ordered Apple to handed Apple favourable tax terms that this in Ireland or anywhere else because these reimburse a record 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in amounted to state aid-illegal under its rules. types of constructions are no longer” after a wave unpaid taxes in Ireland. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe of reforms championed by the Paris-based As part of its historic decision, which Vestager called Apple’s operations in Ireland a Organisation for Economic Cooperation and angered Washington, the Commission said other “sham”, designed to funnel revenue from across Development. EU countries could also claim a slice of the money the globe to avoid paying tax. Gurria said that the Commission had clearly pot, though doubts on the legality of the claims “Of course we are examining it,” said opened the door to sharing the tax pot to all remain. Heavily-indebted Spain, which is under Germany’s Wolfgang Schaeuble, the EU’s most countries, including the United States. threat of an EU fine for breaking spending rules, powerful finance minister after two days of talks But any big pay day is still a long way off, with said it was urgent to know how much Apple may with his bloc counterparts. But Schaeuble, like both Apple and Ireland committed to appealing have denied Spanish taxpayers. many ministers, said much would depend on the decision which launches an EU court battle “We are making a huge effort to reduce our what the EU’s still-sealed decision actually con- that could take years. public deficit, it is essential that this revenue not tained, adding that he would ask the Commission The brewing court battle comes just days after get lost,” Spanish Economy Minister Luis de to clarify the issue at talks next month. The Apple’s unveiling of a new iPhone failed to ignite Guindos said on the sidelines of two days of European Commission said a tax deal with Ireland the usual investor enthusiasm. The iPhone7, talks with his EU counterparts. “If it’s legally allowed Apple paid an effective corporate tax rate which comes without a headphone jack, sent the SAN FRANCISCO: Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, talks accurate, you can be sure that as minister of of just 0.005 per cent on its European profits in company’s shares falling late in the week to a still about the pricing on the new iPhone 7 during an event to announce new products on Sept finance I will take it,” Austria’s Hans Joerg 2014 — equivalent to just 50 euros for every mil- market-topping value of $572 billion. — AFP 7, 2016. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 BUSINESS

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pump at record levels, according to the IEA. And cou- pled with rising production from Iraq and Iran, OPEC’s gulf producers were able to offset declines from the group’s non-Arab producers, notably Nigeria and Venezuela. These two continue to suffer from militant Kuwait oil price up attacks and pullbacks by foreign service companies, respectively. 33 cents to $42.81pb For Saudi Arabia, higher production was motivated partly by export market share considerations and part- ly by seasonal domestic demand requirements, with KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti crude Thursday after weekly data showed a the hot summer months requiring greater crude burn oil went up Friday 33 cents to $42.81 sharp and surprising decline in US for electricity generation. Iraq, OPEC’s second largest per barrel after it was at $42.48 pb stockpiles of crude oil and fuel. The producer, also continued to ramp up output, by 80 the day before, said Kuwait unexpected drop in US oil supplies kb/d in July, to 4.3 mb/d. Iran, meanwhile, maintained Petroleum Corporation (KPC) yester- was due to bad weather that kept oil production at around 3.6 mb/d for the third month day. cargoes of oil and fuel from reaching running, even though output slipped slightly by 20 Oil prices shot upward on US ports. — KUNA kb/d month-on-month during July.

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Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Sterling Pound 405.470 Nepalese Rupees 3.825 Dollar 0.036926 0.039676 Canadian dollar 235.400 Malaysian Ringgit 74.815 Indian Rupee 0.004259 0.004648 Turkish lira 103.160 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.695 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 ASIAN COUNTRIES Swiss Franc 314.190 Japanese Yen 0.002852 0.003032 Japanese Yen 2.944 Thai Bhat 9.720 Australian Dollar 232.730 Turkish Lira 102.840 Kenyan Shilling 0.002978 0.002978 Indian Rupees 4.542 US Dollar Buying 301.050 Korean Won 0.000261 0.000276 Pakistani Rupees 2.900 Malaysian Ringgit 0.071019 0.077019 Srilankan Rupees 2.088 GOLD Bahrain Exchange Company Nepalese Rupee 0.002809 0.002979 Nepali Rupees 2.852 20 Gram 267.700 Pakistan Rupee 0.002699 0.002989 Singapore Dollar 225.140 10 Gram 136.700 CURRENCY BUY SELL Philippine Peso 0.006307 0.006607 Hongkong Dollar 38.964 5 Gram 69.200 Sierra Leone 0.000051 0.000057 Bangladesh Taka 3.853 Europe British Pound 0.389705 0.404705 Singapore Dollar 0.216485 0.226485 Philippine Peso 6.431 Czech Korune 0.004466 0.016466 South African Rand 0.014836 0.023336 Thai Baht 8.755 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Danish Krone 0.041251 0.046251 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001641 0.002221 Euro 0.0331946 0.0340946 Taiwan 0.009414 0.009594 GCC COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Norwegian Krone 0.032268 0.037468 Thai Baht 0.008417 0.008967 Saudi Riyal 80.643 US Dollar 302.900 Romanian Leu 0.075610 0.075610 Qatari Riyal 83.070 Canadian Dollr 233.320 Slovakia 0.009018 0.019018 Arab ani Riyal 785.473 Sterling Pound 403.380 Swedish Krona 0.031427 0.036427 Bahraini Dinar 0.796216 0.804716 Bahraini Dinar 803.110 Euro 338.920 Swiss Franc 0.301266 0.312266 Egyptian Pound 0.023748 0.028866 UAE Dirham 82.335 Swiss Frank 298.130 Turkish Lira 0.097608 0.107908 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Bahrain Dinar 800.735 Iraqi Dinar 0.000181 0.000241 ARAB COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 82.700 Australasia Jordanian Dinar 0.422712 0.431712 Egyptian Pound - Cash 29.550 Qatari Riyals 83.910 Australian Dollar 0.219217 0.231217 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 34.423 Saudi Riyals 81.495 New Zealand Dollar 0.212884 0.222384 Lebanese Pound 0.000150 0.000250 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.214 Jordanian Dinar 426.815 Moroccan Dirhams 0.019618 0.043618 Tunisian Dinar 138.330 Egyptian Pound 34.013 America Nigerian Naira 0.001248 0.001883 Jordanian Dinar 426.730 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.084 Canadian Dollar 0.225725 0.234725 Omani Riyal 0.779684 0.785364 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.015 Indian Rupees 4.548 Georgina Lari 0.136691 0.136691 Qatar Riyal 0.082319 0.083769 Syrian Lira 2.0155 Pakistani Rupees 2.902 US Dollars 0.298550 0.303250 Saudi Riyal 0.079620 0.080920 Morocco Dirham 31.749 Bangladesh Taka 3.854 US Dollars Mint 0.299050 0.303250 Syrian Pound 0.001283 0.001503 Philippines Pesso 6.495 Tunisian Dinar 0.133987 0.141987 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES pound 159.645 Asia Turkish Lira 0.097608 0.107908 US Dollar Transfer 302.250 Japanese Yen 3.915 Bangladesh Taka 0.003289 0.003873 UAE Dirhams 0.080975 0.082675 Euro 343.050 Syrian Pound 2.405 Chinese Yuan 0.043702 0.047202 Yemeni Riyal 0.001368 0.001448 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 BUSINESS BoE to hold fire after August’s Brexit bazooka

LONDON: The Bank of England holds a monetary poli- survey data pointed to only lacklustre third quarter cy meeting as more hard economic numbers trickle in GLOBAL ECONOMY WEEK AHEAD growth but some policymakers still favour a hike soon. following June’s Brexit shock, while US data and a Given the US central bank’s insistence that its next speech by policymaker Lael Brainard will give Fed- “Our central case continues to be for another 15 Union leaders will meanwhile gather on Friday- with- move will be data-dependent, the coming week’s infla- watchers food for thought. Data and surveys in the basis point cut in Bank Rate to 0.10 percent at the out British Prime Minister Theresa May-to discuss tion, industrial production and retail sales numbers coming week will also give a steer on price and indus- November meeting.” Official figures, including inflation Brexit and other issues. could help shift the dial. try trends in the euro zone after the European Central on Tuesday, unemployment on Wednesday and retail Thursday’s euro zone CPI release is expected to July US annual consumer price inflation was 0.8 Bank disappointed market expectations that it would sales on Thursday, should give a clearer picture of how show annual inflation was 0.2 percent in August, in line percent, down from 1.0 percent in June and a tame announce an extension of its asset purchase program. companies and consumers are responding to the with the new 2016 forecast the ECB gave on Sept. 8. reading for August, due on Friday, would encourage a Speaking to lawmakers on Sept. 7, Governor Mark Brexit vote after purchasing manager surveys showed The sharpest drop in German industrial output for deferral. August retail sales figures on Thursday could Carney defended the BoE’s big August stimulus pack- activity bouncing back last month. Economists polled nearly two years may presage a fall in the July figure show some impact from last month’s floods in age but said initial damage to the economy from by Reuters forecast consumer prices will be 0.7 percent for the euro zone, due on Wednesday, although recent Louisiana, while Friday’s University of Michigan survey Britain’s June 23 vote to leave the European Union higher in August compared with a year ago, edging up purchasing manager surveys have pointed to contin- will also gauge sentiment among US consumers. looked less severe than the Bank had forecast. from 0.6 percent in July, which was the biggest annual ued modest growth in manufacturing in the third Markets are eyeing keenly the speech by Brainard on While some critics of the BoE have suggested rise since the end of 2014. But sterling’s tumble since quarter. Eurozone trade and employment data will also Monday, just before the blackout period starts for Fed August’s decision to cut interest rates to a record low the Brexit vote means inflation is expected to rise be released in the coming week, as well the ZEW sur- officials before the Sept. 20-21 policy meeting. She is 0.25 percent, restart asset purchases and ease lending strongly soon. vey of economic sentiment in Germany, the currency seen as one of the FOMC’s more dovish members, so any by giving cheap loans to banks was too aggressive, the The unemployment rate for the three months to bloc’s economic engine. Swiss National Bank policy- hint of a more aggressive stance could see rate hike bets Bank is expected to cut rates again later this year but July is forecast to stay at 4.9 percent-an almost 11-year makers also meet on Thursday, with no change to poli- being put back on. “Monday may be a very important leave policy unchanged this month. “We see next low- while the number of people claiming jobless ben- cy expected. day,” Morgan Stanley’s head of European FX research, Thursday as being too soon for further action and efits in August is seen rising after a surprise fall in July. Hans Redeker, said on Friday. “If the Fed wants to prepare expect the BoE to maintain Bank Rate at 0.25 percent Monthly retail sales are predicted to have fallen in FED UP? the market (for a hike) then a generally dovish member and the level of QE (asset purchases) at 435 billion August after a jump in July, when consumers showed Expectations the Fed will raise interest rates again of the FOMC like Brainard making hawkish statements pounds ($578.5 billion),” Investec economists said. no immediate alarm at the Brexit vote. European in September have cooled after job creation eased and would be an obvious way.” — Reuters Zimbabwe public workers reject govt job cuts plan

HARARE: Zimbabwe’s main public service said, proposing the suspension of annual union on Friday rejected government bonuses for state employees in 2016 and plans to cut 25,000 jobs and suspend 2017 to save $180 million annually. annual bonuses, saying that would hurt Last year, Chinamasa made similar pro- workers already struggling to make ends posals but was forced to back down by meet. The Apex Council, a grouping of all President Robert Mugabe who told him to state sector unions, demanded talks with find the money elsewhere. Under the government over the plan that Chinamasa’s plan, the civil service would Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa has shed 25,000 jobs, reducing the workforce said is essential to ensure the country can to 273,000 by the end of 2017. Salaries for keep paying its staff. ministers and senior officials would be cut “We believe these measures are ill-con- by up to 20 percent and Zimbabwe would ceived and can only further entrench the close some embassies abroad. doom and gloom that has become the lot Unable to get funds from international of the average civil servant,” said Cecelia lenders, Zimbabwe is in its worst financial Alexander, head of the Apex Council crisis since adopting the U.S. dollar in which called a two-day walkout by teach- 2009. Economic difficulties have fueled ers, doctors and nurses over pay delays in political tensions, with anti-government July, part of the biggest strike in protests over cash shortages and unem- Zimbabwe in 10 years. ployment. In a budget statement on Thursday, Chinamasa is leading Zimbabwe’s re- Chinamasa said state sector wages took engagement with lenders including the up 97 percent of total revenues collected International Monetary Fund and World HAVANA: A woman wearing a dress with a US flag motif walks to a concert by Silvio Rodriguez in Guanabacoa on the outskirts of between January and June, a situation Bank which are demanding cuts in the Havana. President Barack Obama’s easing of the US trade embargo on Cuba has had virtually no positive effect on the island’s that could destabilise the economy. wages bill and the clearance of $1.8 billion economy, Cuba’s top diplomat asserted Friday. — AP It also meant the government risked in debt arrears before they agree to new being unable to pay salaries, Chinamasa funding. — Reuters Obama’s easing of embargo NBK ATM services did not help economy: Cuba KUWAIT: The National Bank of Kuwait during the Eid Al-Adha vacation. (NBK) announced that it would allow oth- NBK added that its clients as well as er bank clients to withdraw currencies those of other banks can withdraw from Sanctions cost country $4.6 billion last year from its various ATMs, especially passen- its ATMs in Kuwaiti dinar, AED, the US dol- gers at Kuwait International Airport and lar, pound sterling, the euro and Saudi HAVANA: President Barack Obama’s easing of the for the loss of hypothetical business. For example bureaucracy and low state salaries that lead many Saad Al-Abdullah airports on 24/7 basis Riyals. US trade embargo on Cuba has had virtually no the report estimates that Cuba could sell 2.5 mil- employees to steal from their workplaces or accept positive effect on the island’s economy, Cuba’s top lion cases of Havana Club rum in the United States small bribes in order to get by. diplomat asserted Friday. each year and factors in that theoretical lost rev- “No one’s ignoring or aims to hide our prob- Presenting Cuba’s annual report ahead of a UN enue, $105 million, to the total damages in the lems, our limitations, our mistakes,” he said. “But vote on condemning the embargo, Foreign report. neither can we diminish the impact of the block- Minister Bruno Rodriguez said the sanctions cost Rodriguez praised Obama for allowing easier US ade.” The United Nations votes next month on an his country $4.6 billion last year. The total cost of travel to Cuba, permitting commercial flights and annual resolution on condemning the embargo the 55-year-old embargo now stands at $125.9 bil- attempting to ease financial transactions with that usually passes with overwhelming support. lion, he added. Cuba, among other measures. However, he said, Last year the United States considered abstaining The presentation of Cuba’s update on the “there’s been no fundamental change in the appli- for the first time, before voting against it. embargo is an annual ritual driving home to a cation of the blockade, and because of that, I can As reporters were leaving Rodriguez’s press mostly domestic audience Havana’s message that say, there hasn’t been a greater economic impact conference at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, US US sanctions are to blame for most of the country’s of the executive actions until now and there won’t Charge d’Affaires Jeffrey DeLaurentis’ car was problems. The report contains a detailed account- be until we see bigger steps.” Rodriguez acknowl- seen dropping him off. US and Cuban diplomats ing of both specific damage from the embargo, edged the problems of Cuba’s centrally controlled have begun meeting frequently on a wide array such as US government fines on Cuba’s business economy, which is struggling to increase produc- of topics since the declaration of detente on Dec partners, and scenarios in which Cuba faults the US tivity in the face of an outdated and inefficient 17, 2014. — AP Claims for US jobless benefits slipped

WASHINGTON: Fewer Americans Federal Reserve is widely expected to applied for unemployment benefits keep interest rates unchanged at its last week, another sign the US job upcoming Sept. 20-21 policy meeting market remains healthy despite a in the wake of a slowdown in job downshift in hiring last month. growthlast month and a contraction in THE NUMBERS: The Labor manufacturing activity. Services sector Department said Thursday that the activity in August was the slowest in 6- number of applications for jobless aid 1/2 years. The US central bank raised slid by 4,000 last week to a seasonally its benchmark overnight interest rate adjusted 259,000, lowest since mid- at the end of last year for the first time July. Weekly claims have come in in nearly a decade, but has held it below 300,000 for 79 straight weeks, steady since amid concerns over per- longest streak since 1970. The less sistently low inflation. volatile four-week average slipped by The dollar was trading lower ABK services during Eid 1,750 last week to 261,250. against a basket of currencies, while The number of people collecting prices for US government debt fell. A KUWAIT: The Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait main center, Hawally, Farwaniya, Jahra, unemployment checks has fallen more Labor Department analyst said there (ABK) announced that on the occasion of Fahaheel and Shuwaikh branches. than 5 percent from a year ago to 2.14 were no special factors influencing the Eid Al-Adha vacation, its branches ABK also announced that it would million. last week’s claims data. However, MIAMI: Job applications and information for the Gap Factory Store sit would be closed as of Sunday, continue serving its clients through the THE TAKEAWAY: Unemployment claims for Virginia, New Mexico, on a table during a job fair at Dolphin Mall in Miami. Fewer Americans September 11 until Wednesday, customer care phone-in number claims are a proxy for layoffs. The low Alabama and Minnesota, as well as applied for unemployment benefits last week of Aug 2016, another September 14 and that it would resume 1899899 and the bank’s website at level of applications suggests that those for Hawaii and Puerto Rico were sign the US job market remains healthy despite a downshift in hiring it work on Thursday, September 15 at the www.eahli.com. companies are hanging on to staff and estimated because Monday’s Labor in August. — AP that job security remains solid for most Day holiday had caused delays in the US workers. processing of the data. The estimates the actual data, the analyst said. The market trends as it irons out week-to- KEY DRIVERS: The job market has are based on historical trends and four-week moving average of claims, week volatility, fell 1,750 to 261,250 stayed healthy even though economic normally do not deviate much from considered a better measure of labor last week. — Agencies growth has stalled since late last year. The economy expanded at a lacklus- ter annual pace of 1.1 percent from April Trade minister brands some through June after growing just 0.8 per- cent in the first quarter and 0.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015. Employers UK businesses fat and lazy added just 151,000 jobs last month, down from a monthly average of LONDON: Britain’s trade minister says UK businesses gener- 204,000 over the past year. But unem- ally are too lazy to export goods around the world. In a ployment remains low at 4.9 percent. speech to pro-free market group Conservative Way “The underlying reality appears to Forward, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said some be a rock solid labor market, with firms businesspeople would rather “play golf on a Friday after- having increasing difficulty filling noon” than fulfill their “duty” to export. Fox is in charge of openings,” Stephen Stanley, chief forging new international economic links as Britain prepares economist at Amherst Pierpont to leave the European Union. Securities, wrote in a research note. His comments were recorded by the Times of London, The Labor Department reported which published them yesterday. “We have become too Wednesday that job openings rose 4 lazy, and too fat on our successes in previous generations,” percent in July but hiring blipped up Fox said. Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said Fox was just 1 percent. The disconnect sug- The then British Defense Minister Liam expressing private views. Richard Reed, co-founder of gests that many employers are strug- Fox speaks during joint statement with smoothie company Innocent drinks said Fox should focus gling to find qualified workers. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, at the on Britain’s post-EU future, “rather than turning around and Despite very low layoffs, the Pentagon. — AP trash-talking the country.” — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 BUSINESS US stocks slump as traders fear higher interest rates

WALL STREET WEEKLY MARKET ROUNDUP NEW YORK: Investor jitters over the possibility the President Eric Rosengren, who said a case could Federal Reserve is ready to raise interest rates this be made for the central bank to raise its key inter- year roiled Wall Street Friday, handing the stock est rate sooner rather than later. market its worst day in more than two months. The Fed is scheduled to hold a policy meeting The Dow Jones industrial average sank nearly 400 later this month. In recent weeks, few Fed points, its worst single-day loss since June. The observers have expected the Fed to lift rates this broad slump wiped out two months of gradual month, speculating that a December hike is gains, jolting the market out of a mostly flat more likely. course over the past several weeks. “We have been in that camp, still believe it will Phone and utilities stocks, which investors be a December move, rather than a September have sought out this year for their high dividends, move,” said Bill Northey, chief investment officer of fell far more than the rest of the market. Energy the Private Client Group at U.S. Bank. “But companies, which have also gained a lot this year, September cannot be ruled out at this point.” took a drubbing as the price of crude oil fell. The prospect of rising interest rates sent bond Remarks by a Fed bank president early Friday prices lower, pushing the yield on the 10-year fueled growing speculation among traders that Treasury to its highest level since late June. It the central bank could be ready to lift its key inter- climbed to 1.67 percent from 1.60 percent late est rate for the first time since December 2015. Thursday. Ultra-low interest rates have been a key driver of As bond yields rose, investors sold off high-div- an extended stock market rally. idend stocks like utilities and phone companies. “We have a good probability that we’re getting Those stocks have been in favor among investors it by the end of the year,” said JJ Kinahan, chief seeking income while interest rates and bond strategist at TD Ameritrade. The Dow lost 394.46 yields remained ultra-low. AT&T fell $1.48, or 3.6 points, or 2.1 percent, to 18,085.45. The Standard percent, to $39.71, while Verizon slid $1.78, or 3.3 & Poor’s 500 index slid 53.49 points, or 2.5 percent, percent, to $51.82. Oil prices closed lower after ral- to 2,127.81. The Nasdaq composite index lost lying a day earlier. Benchmark U.S. crude fell $1.74, 133.57 points, or 2.5 percent, to 5,125.91. or 3.7 percent, to close at $45.88 a barrel. Brent The three indexes notched their biggest losses crude, used to price international oils, slid $1.98, since June 24, just after Britain voted to leave the or 4 percent, to close at $48.01 a barrel. NEW YORK: The American flag flies above the Wall Street entrance to the New York Stock Exchange. — AP European Union. They S&P 500 also had its worst Falling oil prices hurt several oil and gas pro- week since early February. duction and drilling companies. Diamond retailer Restoration Hardware and fiber optic com- France’s CAC 40 lost 1.1 percent. Britain’s FTSE 100 line fell 6 cents to $1.36 a gallon. Heating oil lost 5 Friday’s swoon was a swift reversal for the mar- Offshore Drilling led the decliners in the S&P 500, ponents supplier Finisar. Restoration Hardware was down 1.2 percent. cents to $1.43 a gallon. Natural gas slipped a pen- ket. The Nasdaq set record highs on two consecu- losing $1.80, or 10.3 percent, to $15.60. gained $1.34, or 3.8 percent, to $36.63. Finisar In Asia, concerns over North Korea’s latest ny to $2.80 per 1,000 cubic feet. Among metals, tive days earlier this week. And the Dow and S&P Transocean shed 64 cents, or 6.1 percent, to $9.83, added $2.97, or 12.8 percent, to $26.20. nuclear test hit stocks in South Korea. The Kospi gold slid $7.10 to $1,334.50 an ounce, while silver 500 hit new highs last month. while Marathon Oil slid $1.07, or 6.4 percent, to Disappointment over Thursday’s decision by index fell 1.3 percent. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei fell 31 cents to $19.37 an ounce. Copper dipped a The signs of a rough day appeared early Friday $15.67. the European Central Bank to keep monetary poli- 225 rebounded from an initial drop to finish little penny to $2.09 a pound. In currency markets, the as the market opened lower. Then investors got Not all stocks had a rough day. Strong quarter- cy unchanged continued to weigh on European changed, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.8 dollar rose to 102.70 yen from 102.49 on Thursday. wind of the remarks by Fed Bank of Boston ly results helped lift furniture and housewares markets. Germany’s DAX fell 1 percent, while percent. In other energy trading, wholesale gaso- The euro slipped to $1.1226 from $1.1257. — AP Draghi sounds warnings to govts on faltering growth ECB may act on stimulus in Nov or Dec

FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank left its particular that Germany, the eurozone’s biggest have to take more stimulus action at its October stimulus measures on hold and warned govern- economy, “has fiscal space” to act. or December meetings. ments in the 19 country euro currency union Draghi’s urgings have so far largely been “Price pressures remain extremely weak and that they need to do more to help the economy ignored by governments, led by Germany, that if growth continues at slow quarterly rates of 0.3 grow and push up inflation to healthier levels. have tended to focus instead on reducing percent or less, as the business surveys now The bank kept its key interest rates unchanged deficits. They have also been slow to heed calls suggest, the ECB will struggle to meet its medi- and decided against extending the duration of to cut bureaucracy and special protections for um-term inflation goal,” Jennifer McKeown, sen- its existing bond-buying stimulus program. favored professions and trades. In his effort to ior European economist at Capital Economics, Bank President Mario Draghi seemed rela- underline governments’ responsibilities, Draghi wrote in a research note. tively confident about the economy and less read from this week’s joint statement issued by One reason to wait may be the need for time inclined to hint at more stimulus than some the Group of 20 most advanced nations in to plan an expansion of the kinds of financial analysts had expected. which they said they were ready to use “all poli- assets the ECB can buy as part of its bond-buy- Instead, he used his news conference to urge cy tools - monetary, fiscal and structural” to ing stimulus program. There are concerns that governments to do their part. He said that improve growth. the program may run out of high-quality gov- ernment and corporate bonds to buy. The central bank faces stubbornly low annual inflation of only 0.2 percent despite pumping 1 trillion euros ($1.1 trillion) in newly printed money into the banking system through bond purchases since March, 2015. The purchases, made at a rate of 80 billion euros a month, are set to continue at least through March, 2017 or until inflation convincingly picks up. The bank left that earliest end date unchanged. Some analysts thought the bank might commit to a longer program. The central bank’s 25-member governing council also left its benchmark rate at zero and its rate on deposits from commercial banks at minus 0.4 percent. The ECB’s decision to hold off more stimulus saw European stocks dip, while the euro rose, gaining 0.2 percent on the day to $1.1265. Draghi seemed relatively confident about the eurozone’s modest recovery, saying the bank’s outlook was for growth “at a moderate but steady pace.” He also said the bank’s low rates were being more effectively transmitted through the banks and credit markets, meaning more effective stimulus. The ECB staff’s economic estimates showed inflation is expected to increase only gradually. They trimmed their inflation projection for next year to 1.2 percent from 1.3 percent, but left its outlook for 2018 unchanged at 1.6 percent. That indicates it sees itself getting gradually closer to its goal of just under 2 percent over the longer term. While the eurozone is enjoying moderate growth, inflation continues to lag well below FRANKFURT: President of European Central Bank, ECB, Mario Draghi speaks during a news target, despite a raft of stimulus measures, and conference after a meeting of the governing council in Frankfurt, Germany. — AP unemployment is high at 10.1 percent and falling only slowly. implementation of “structural reforms” - that is, “What the ECB can do is to flag what is need- Added uncertainty about future growth has steps to make economies more business and ed for monetary policy to be even more effec- come from the British vote June 23 to leave the growth-friendly - “needs to be substantially tive,” Draghi said. He added that the G20 state- European Union and its tariff-free trade zone. stepped up to reduce structural unemployment ment represented governments, not central Britain would have to renegotiate its trade con- and boost potential output growth.” bankers, calling it “quite a powerful statement of ditions with the EU over several years, and no He added that eurozone governments that commitment.” one can say now how things will turn out. So have the capacity to spend more on invest- Several analysts said that despite Draghi’s far, economic data do not suggest a major ments in infrastructure should do so. He said in more confident tone, the ECB would eventually impact. — AP Iran begins construction on 2nd nuclear power plant

TEHRAN: Iran began building its second sole operational nuclear reactor, also built in said the project would be monitored by the nuclear power plant with Russian help yester- Bushehr with Russian assistance, produces International Atomic Energy Agency and was day, the first such project since last year’s 1,000 megawatts. It went online in 2011, and in line with the Non-Proliferation Treaty. He landmark nuclear deal with world powers. the two countries have agreed to cooperate called the project “a new page in the trend of The project in the southern port city of on future projects. our peaceful industrial nuclear activities.” Bushehr will eventually include two power Iran has a current capacity of 75,000 Western nations do not view the Bushehr plants expected to go online in 10 years. megawatts, nearly 90 percent coming from plant as a proliferation risk because Russia Construction on the second plant is set to fossil fuels. It hopes to generate 20,000 supplies the fuel for the reactor and takes begin in 2018. The entire project will cost megawatts of electricity through nuclear away spent fuel that could otherwise be used more than $8.5 billion, with each plant pro- power in the next 15 years. Sergey Kiriyenko, to make weapons-grade plutonium. ducing 1,057 megawatts of electricity. the head of Russia’s atomic agency, told Russia, along the United States, Britain, “Construction of the power plant is a sym- reporters the plants would be built accord- France, Germany and China, reached a deal bol of Iran enjoying the results of the nuclear ing to high safety standards, “particularly with Iran last year in which Tehran agreed to deal,” Senior Vice-President Ishaq Jahangiri those defined after Fukushima,” referring to curb its nuclear program in exchange for the said at a ceremony marking the start of the the Japanese nuclear power plant that was lifting of international sanctions. Iran rejects project. badly damaged in the 2011 earthquake and Western allegations that it is covertly seeking “We will continue working with Russia as a tsunami. nuclear weapons, insisting its atomic program strategic partner and friend,” he added. Iran’s Iran’s top nuclear official, Ali Akbar Salehi, is for entirely peaceful purposes. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 BUSINESS

(Flanked by Etihad Airways crew) Amina Taher, Head of Corporate NEW YORK: (From left to right flanked by cabin crew) From (Flanked by Etihad Airways cabin crew), Patrick Pierce, Vice President of Sponsorships - Communications - Etihad Airways; Supermodel Amber Valletta; and runway to runway, Amina Taher, Head of Corporate Etihad Airways; Supermodel Amber Valletta; and Amina Taher, Head of Corporate Supermodel Amber Valletta celebrate the launch of the partnership Communications - Etihad Airways and Supermodel Amber Communications - Etihad Airways celebrate the opening of the Jimmy Choo VIP Lounge between Etihad Airways and Jimmy Choo for New York Fashion Week at Valletta unveil the airline’s A380 livery, featuring an “NYFW: hosted by Etihad and WME | IMG at Skylight at Moynihan Station. the Etihad Airways First & Business Class Lounge at JFK International The Shows”- branded logo on the aircraft engines and doors Airport in New York City. at JFK International Airport. Etihad Airways partners with Jimmy Choo Celebration of the iconic luxury brand’s 20th anniversary

NEW YORK: Etihad Airways, the national airline of extension of our fashion week alignment, particu- grammed on a luggage tag onsite. Each accessory offers twice-daily service between the two cities the United Arab Emirates and the official airline of larly during New York Fashion Week,” added Pierce. comes with a custom insert highlighting the Etihad on an Airbus A380 and 777-300ER aircraft New York Fashion Week, announced the extension Airways guest experience. but will transition to operating an all A380 service of its commitment to the global fashion industry Fashion runway On the airport tarmac at JFK International in June 2017. by collaborating with iconic luxury brand Jimmy On the fashion runway, Etihad Airways is host- Airport, Amber Valletta unveiled an Etihad Airways Etihad Airways and the airline’s A380 experi- Choo. The award-winning airline is celebrating the ing a VIP lounge with WME | IMG and Jimmy Choo A380 livery with the “NYFW: The Shows” branded ence, which features The Residence, the only world-renowned designer’s 20th Anniversary with at Skylight at Moynihan Station, one of the main logo on the aircraft’s engines and door, along with three-room suite in the commercial skies, have events at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International venues for the shows throughout New York prints by Jimmy Choo, which are prominently dis- become synonymous with world-class design, lux- Airport and in New York City. Fashion Week, from September 8 through 15. The played on board in The Lobby area of the aircraft, ury and innovation. On board the A380, the air- As part of the celebration, Etihad Airways lounge features a retrospective of the 20 most located on the upper deck between the First line’s world-class cabin crew includes Savoy- served as a supporting partner of Jimmy Choo’s iconic Jimmy Choo shoes from the past 20 years, as Apartments and Business Studios. trained Butlers dedicated to The Residence, highly- VIP event hosted by the international models fea- curated by the brand’s Creative Director, Sandra skilled Inflight Chefs in First Class, Food and tured in the 20th Anniversary campaign including Choi, and imagery from the Anniversary campaign, Celebration will continue Beverage Managers in Business Class and Flying Amber Valletta, Milla Jovovich, Sasha Pivovarova, shot by Craig McDean. Along with the airline’s The Jimmy Choo 20th Anniversary celebration Nannies trained at the famous Norland College in Lexi Boling, Taylor Hill, Jasmine Tookes and Xiao world-class cabin crew, the lounge will act as a hub will continue with Etihad Airways during London Economy Class. Wen Ju. Highlights of the event included the for Etihad Airways’ signature hospitality and will Fashion Week and in Abu Dhabi later this year. Etihad Airways opened a new First and unveiling of the brand’s 20th Anniversary cam- feature imagery from the airline’s uniform cam- This collaboration follows an announcement Business Class lounge at New York’s JFK paign video featuring the models and a live musi- paign shot by Norman Jean Roy. Italian furniture made in April 2016 of the airline’s comprehensive International Airport in December 2015, marking cal performance by Mary J. Blige. company Poltrona Frau, the airline’s exclusive global agreement with WME | IMG as a long-term a significant investment in further improving the “Jimmy Choo has been revered by the global onboard partner for luxury leather upholstery in partner of the fashion industry, connecting the air- ground experience for its guests. Conveniently jetset for two decades, so it is fitting that Etihad The Residence, First and Business classes, are fea- line with the fashion capitals of the world. New York located immediately after the security checkpoint Airways partners with the iconic brand, which tured within the lounge. In addition to the brand’s is the latest stop in the sponsorship, which sup- in Terminal 4, the new lounge embodies the high- shares similar ambitions - to provide the ultimate sofas, the display will include armchairs designed ports 17 fashion week events worldwide annually. est levels of luxury and comfort for discerning in elegance, sophistication and comfort,” said by Peter Marino, all featuring the top quality leather It follows the airline’s recent participation at LakmÈ travelers. Patrick Pierce, Vice President of Sponsorships. for which Poltrona Frau is known worldwide. Fashion Week in Mumbai, and shows in London New York Fashion Week is the second major Supermodel Amber Valletta welcomed by “Our aspiration is to become the airline of An Etihad Airways Atelier is located in the main and Milan will follow next month. partnership for Etihad Airways in New York follow- Etihad Airways cabin onboard the airline’s choice for the global fashion community, and our entrance of the Jimmy Choo VIP lounge, where The airline began flying between New York ing its principle partnership with the New York “NYFW: The Shows”-branded aircraft livery collaboration with Jimmy Choo serves as a natural guests are invited to have their initials mono- and Abu Dhabi in October 2006 and currently City Football Club. by cabin crew. Southern EU nations call Hanjin Shipping gets US court for growth, burden- sharing on migration order, cash to unload ships

ATHENS: Southern EU leaders on Friday perate efforts in Madrid to form a coalition NEW YORK: A US judge on Friday signed an order called for revised asylum rules to fight the government. granting Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd provisional protec- ongoing migration crisis, and appealed for German reactions to the meeting-which tion from creditors in the United States, enabling unity ahead of a showdown on the post- has been derisively termed ‘Club Med’ — were some vessels to dock and unload at US ports. Brexit future of the bloc. dismissive. South Korea’s Hanjin had asked US Bankruptcy A joint declaration signed by France, Italy, “When socialist party leaders meet nothing Judge John Sherwood to issue an order to prevent Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta and host Greece terribly intelligent comes out of it most of the creditors from seizing Hanjin ships or property, and said the European Union should double the time,” German Finance Minister Wolfgang to allow cargo owners to make arrangements to funding for strategic investment and for addi- Schaeuble told reporters.Manfred Weber, head retrieve goods stranded in warehouses. Earlier, the tional European experts to help the front-line of the European People’s Party, the largest in company received authority to spend money need- states tackle migration. It also stressed the the European Parliament, was even more ed to dock at US ports and begin unloading four need to revise existing cross-nation EU asylum scathing. vessels that have been stranded at sea by the com- rules. Under the so-called Dublin Regulation, pany’s failure last week, a company lawyer told a US asylum seekers may be sent back to ‘Little games’ court on Friday. their first country of arrival in the EU to “Alexis Tsipras is once again playing the lit- “We have the money,” said Ilana Volkov, an attor- have their application processed there. The tle games he knows so well,” Weber said, an ney for Hanjin, told a US Bankruptcy Court hearing mostly centre-left or left-leaning leaders were apparent reference to the leftist leader’s in Newark, New Jersey on Friday. “We want to call also seeking to close ranks ahead of an expect- attempts to build an anti-austerity alliance these ports and say, please accept our ships and we ed clash with EU hardliners at a summit next last year. want to pay for the services to work the ships.” week in Bratislava to chart the union’s post- “What Europe needs right now is a mes- Volkov said at least $10 million was authorized Brexit future-even as they called for unity. sage of unity, not new efforts to divide it,” he by a Korean court to begin servicing the four ships. “We are not, nor do we wish to be, another added. Hanjin identified 14 US-bound ships in court papers, grouping, another initiative to divide Europe. But Renzi, who has often challenged fiscal but Volkov said she did not have information about We wish to be an initiative for dialogue to bet- orthodoxy, stressed Friday that “we are at a the other vessels. ter unite Europe,” said Greek Prime Minister phase where Europe cannot go on being just One of the four, the Hanjin Greece, was sched- SEOUL: Workers from port-related organizations in Busan city scuffle with police officers Alexis Tsipras. about rules and technicalities.” A day earlier, uled to dock and unload at the Port of Long Beach during a rally to plead with the government and creditors of Hanjin Shipping Co to map The 27 EU leaders-the entire bloc, except Tsipras had also hit out at Germany’s perceived early Saturday morning, according to the Marine out measures to save the troubled shipper in front of the Hajin group Chairman Cho Britain-will gather on September 16 to discuss domination of the EU. “We must collectively Exchange of Southern California, a group that tracks Yang-ho’s office in Seoul. — AP the fallout from the British vote in June to quit agree if we are a European Union or a German cargo ship traffic. Hanjin said that some ships may the EU. Union,” he told French daily Le Monde. not dock at their original destinations, which could from Long Beach, California, Mexico to Panama with retailers and on docks, the available pool of “At such a decisive moment, with populists Budget disagreements notwithstanding, become an issue for companies like HP Inc, City, problems for the financially-strapped compa- chassis used to transport containers was dwindling. and extremists hoping to see Europe breaking Berlin has proven very sympathetic to the Samsung Electronics and Home Shopping Network, ny mount as fuel suppliers also demand payment Sherwood repeatedly urged the parties to “self- up, it was important to send a message of uni- southern countries on migration. More than who said in court records or in court they had cargo and provisions run low on the ships. An arrest war- help” and work out the problems as best they could. ty,” French President Francois Hollande said in 850,000 people-most of them fleeing conflict on those ships. rant was entered against the Hanjin Montevideo, Hanjin’s collapse could also hit the bottom line at remarks after the four-hour conclave. in war-ravaged Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan- The other three US-bound ships are the Hanjin currently anchored off Long Beach, and the ship several companies as it came during the peak ship- “Europe is a soft power, and it can forge a arrived on the Greek islands last year alone Boston, Hanjin Jungil and Hanjin Gdynia. was seized. The parties pressing for arrest were ping period ahead of the year-end holiday season. real identity,” added Italian Prime Minister after risking their lives in unseaworthy boats Around $14 billion of cargo has been tied up World Fuel Services Inc and OceanConnet Marine But import cargo volume at the nation’s major Matteo Renzi, referring to the alternative use and dinghies. globally as ports, tugboat operators and cargo han- PTE Ltd, and Hanjin’s attorney said the company retail container ports should be at near-peak levels of economic and cultural influence available to “We need to reach a European asylum sys- dling firms refuse to work for Hanjin, the world’s sev- expected to work out an arrangement to release for September, according to the monthly Global the bloc. tem that is realistic and shows solidarity, enth-largest container carrier, which filed for the ship next week. Port Tracker report by the National Retail A showdown is expected in Bratislava, instead of shifting the burden to entry states,” receivership in a Seoul court last week. The judge asked companies along the supply Federation and Hackett Associates. “Hanjin should where the so-called Visegrad group-made up Greece’s junior foreign minister for European chain to hammer out a protocol agreement over the not significantly affect volume for the month since of Hungary, Slovakia, the and affairs, Nikos Xydakis, said in an interview HAVOC FOR GLOBAL TRADE weekend that would get goods moving again. alternative arrangements to unload those contain- Poland-has demanded a tougher stance on with AFP. Hanjin has been struggling to arrange financing Hanjin has suggested cargo owners were free to pay ers or shift cargo elsewhere should be dealt with by migration. Human Rights Watch called on Greece to resume normal operations. Korean Air Lines, the cargo handling fees owed by Hanjin, which the time the numbers are tallied,” NRF Vice The Visegrad four have already held their Friday to end the detention of migrant and biggest shareholder in Hanjin, delayed on Friday a Samsung Electronics called ransom payments. President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy own meeting to present a united front. Friday’s refugee children, pointing to “cramped and decision on a funding plan. Hanjin’s collapse has Hanjin’s woes were having wider knock-on Jonathan Gold said. gathering also came less than two weeks after filthy conditions.” caused havoc in global trade networks and a surge effects. Sherwood was told that port terminals were “Merchandise is in limbo at the moment and rescuers saved a one-day record of 6,500 Greek authorities registered more than in freight rates, as more than half of the company’s not accepting the routine return of empty Hanjin retailers are working hard to make sure it ends up migrants making the perilous journey across 3,300 unaccompanied asylum-seeking and 141 ships have been blocked from docking at ports. shipping containers from retailers, forcing stores to on store shelves in time for the holidays.” The ship- the Mediterranean to Europe. Missing at the other migrant children who arrived in Greece Four vessels have also been seized as of Thursday, spend to store them. Uncertainty about freight fees ping line has filed for so-called US Chapter 15 bank- talks was Spain’s acting Prime Minister in the first seven months of this year, HRW according to Hanjin Shipping. was leading to vast numbers of containers clogging ruptcy, which allows a company to seek recognition Mariano Rajoy who stayed at home amid des- said. — AFP As ships await at sea, anchored off various ports warehouses at port terminals. As containers piled up by US courts of orders issued overseas. — Reuters D-Bank sees world economy reversing for next 35 years

LONDON: Global economic growth will be so slow months. Stock markets around the world also fell. 35 years, it’s possible that the next cycle ... will also European Union. Germany’s 10-year yield rose over the next 35 years that policymakers will strug- The detailed annual study from one of the last many decades. Extrapolation of the last 35 years sharply too, popping above zero for the first time gle to meet the significant economic, social and world’s biggest banks argued that all the condi- could be the most dangerous mistake made by since the Brexit vote. Wall Street slid more than 1 political challenges that results, Deutsche Bank said tions underlying the previous 35 years of rising investors, politicians and central bankers,” it said. percent, also the biggest decline since June. on Friday. global growth and prosperity are fading. “We’re It said asset valuations in major developed According to Deutsche, common themes over the And unlike the past 35 years, inflation and bond about to see a reshaping of the world order that countries have never been higher, for reasons next 35 years will include: lower real growth, high- yields will rise over the next three decades, said the has dictated economics, politics, policy and asset unique to the 1980-present day period. The 10- er inflation, less international trade, more con- report, which was cited by bond traders on Friday prices from around 1980 to the present day,” year US Treasury yield, effectively the global trolled migration, lower corporate profits as a as a reason for a selloff in fixed income markets that Deutsche’s report said. benchmark interest rate, leapt to 1.67 percent, its share of gross domestic product and negative real pushed bond yields up to levels not seen for “Given that this current cycle has lasted around highest since Britain voted on June 23 to leave the returns in bonds. — Reuters SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 business GFH Real Estate to present GCC properties to investors

MANAMA: GFH Real Estate (“GFH RE”), yester- ing part in Cityscape once again and present- day announced that it will participate at this ing our GCC based projects to visiting investors, year’s 15th Cityscape Global being held in corporates and end-users. GCC real estate mar- Dubai between 6 to 8 September 2016 at the kets, both in Bahrain and the UAE where our Dubai World Trade Centre, while showcasing a projects are based, remain buoyant and pro- number of its new landmark GCC-based devel- vide for strong opportunities - be it for opment projects. investors or potential occupiers. We have GFH Real Estate projects to be featured at already generated significant interest from the the event are the Harbour Row residential proj- market in these projects and are looking for- ect and the adjoining Harbour North commer- ward to building further knowledge and inter- cial and retail area in the Kingdom of Bahrain. est and continuing to successfully progress our Harbour Row will include six buildings in total plans for these and additional projects both comprising of 450 residential units and retail those underway and in development.” area supported by full leisure and commercial GFH RE projects will be presented at facilities being developed in the adjacent Cityscape by a delegation of its senior manage- Harbour North located in prime waterfront ment team headed by the head of its newly areas of the Bahrain Financial Harbour (BFH). created real estate subsidiary and investment Moreover, GFH is going to update the market arm, GFH Real Estate, Mr. Majed Al Khan, and with its recent endeavors to recommence executive members of the GFH real estate and works in the flagship $700mn project Villamar placement teams who will be on hand to share @ the Harbour. opportunities with prospective investors and GFH RE will also be showcasing its newly strategic partners. The three day forum is set to announced California Village. California Village welcome some 4,000 visitors to include finan- is planned to be a vibrant new residential com- cial institutions, institutional investors and munity with state-of-the-art facilities and a full high-net-worth individuals active in the real Enjoy Eid with range of services and amenities within a pedes- estate markets of the GCC and globally. trian oriented environment. California Village GFH Real Estate Company (GFH RE), a sub- will comprise of the California Residences and sidiary of the GFH Financial Group, is a special- Airline offers useful travel tips this Eid with complimentary WiFi and Live TV Heights that include 234 villas in addition to ist real estate developer and managing up to more than 150 highly specified apartments. one billion US dollar worth of end project value KUWAIT: With the approaching Eid holidays, Beat the queues when you check in online restrictions on the carriage of lithium batteries Commenting, Majed Al-Khan, CEO of GFH in GCC . The company builds on the extensive Dubai-based flydubai is sharing a list of travel tips You can check in online for your flydubai flight and other dangerous goods, passengers are Real Estate, said, “With the launch of GFH Real development track record of the Group across that can help passengers enjoy their holidays and up to 90 minutes before your flight, available on advised to read the baggage policy available on Estate, a specialist subsidiary of the Group, we the MENA region and global markets and is travel with ease. With an expected increase in the all flights departing from Dubai (except Jeddah flydubai.com. continue to build our development capability aimed at extending the Group’s investment number of passengers travelling with flydubai, and Madinah). and our focus on bringing to market exciting and development capabilities and geographic here are some tips to help get the holiday started. If you can’t check-in online, head to one of our Be entertained and new landmark projects like Harbour Row reach. GFH Real Estate’s activities include proj- self-service kiosks between 24 hours and one Make sure that you take the chance to enjoy and Harbour North. We are delighted to be tak- ect developments and asset management. Connect and relax with your Eid gift hour before departure. To start your journey, all flydubai’s award-winning interactive In-Flight As an Eid gift to its passengers, flydubai is you need is your booking reference and a Entertainment System which is available on every offering complimentary WiFi connectivity and machine readable passport. If you have baggage, seat. Here you can enjoy more than 2,000 hours of Live TV from 08 to 17 September, on flights where please go to the bag drop desk with your bag- entertainment in Arabic, English, Hindi and connectivity is available. Passengers can stay con- gage, so they can be tagged and accepted for the Russian. nected while in the air and tune in to the latest flight before heading to security. With the variety of entertainment options news and sports on BBC World News, available, it has never been easier to sit back, relax or Al Arabiya, enjoy Arabic shows on MBC1 or fas- Pack smart and enjoy your holiday. cinating documentaries on Discovery. Make sure that you are aware of the baggage Dubai-based flydubai strives to remove barri- limits when you pack. Economy Class passengers ers to travel and enhance connectivity between Arrive on time can carry up to one item of hand baggage that different cultures across its ever-expanding net- With a significant number of passengers trav- weighs no more than 7kg on board, along with a work. Since launching its operations in 2009, fly- elling with flydubai from Terminal 2 (DXB) and Al laptop bag or handbag. Business Class passen- dubai has: Maktoum International (DWC), give yourself plen- gers can carry up to two items of hand baggage • Created a network of 90 destinations in 44 ty of time to get to the airport. on board with a combined weight of 15kg along countries, with 19 new routes launched in 2015. “The Eid holidays will see both airports with 40kg of checked baggage. Remember, • Opened up 59 routes that did not previously become extremely busy” said Alex Mackenzie, Economy Class passengers can purchase up to Senior Vice President Airport Services at flydubai. 40kg of luggage prior to their trip through fly- have direct air links to Dubai or were not served Majed Al-Khan, CEO of GFH Real Estate “We recommend getting to the airport at least dubai.com, along with extra legroom seats, a hot by a UAE national carrier from Dubai. four hours before your flight departs, especially if meal and In-Flight Entertainment, so you are well • Operates a single fleet type of Next- you have baggage to check-in. Please remember prepared before your journey begins. Generation -800 aircraft and will take Enjoy special rates on Emirates that check-in for any flydubai flight will close 60 Pack any liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs) in a delivery of more than 100 aircraft by the end of minutes before departure.” clear re-sealable plastic bag. Remember that for 2023. with Gulf Bank credit cards Don’t forget to double check which airport safety reasons passengers are not permitted to fly In addition, flydubai’s agility and flexibility as a Gulf Bank is offering its Credit customers with exceptional value and you are departing from before leaving home. with items powered by lithium batteries such as young airline has enhanced Dubai’s economic KUWAIT: Cardholders up to 10 percent discount on exciting offers that meet their needs, in Once inside the airport, make sure you take hoverboards, mini segways, balance wheels and development, in line with the Government of Emirates Airlines flights which are booked addition to presenting them with one of advantage of the wide variety of shopping and solowheels. This applies to hand baggage and Dubai’s vision, by creating trade and tourism from today until 10th December, 2016 and the widest selections of financial products dining options available. checked baggage. For more information about flows in previously underserved markets. for trips up to 31st March, 2017. and banking services currently available in To take advantage of this exciting new Kuwait. offer, customers must use their Gulf Bank To find out more about Gulf Bank’s pro- credit cards when purchasing their motions and offers, you can visit one of KFH to serve clients electronically Emirates Airline ticket to any destination Gulf Bank’s 56 branches; contact the through www.emirates.com/kw and apply Customer Contact Center on 1805805, or the unique promotional code “KWGBK17”. go on to the bank’s bilingual website at through airport branch during Eid Gulf Bank is committed to providing www.e-gulfbank.com. 5 branches ready to serve clients on Thursday

KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House Moreover, the Call Center will be (KFH) announced that it is ready to ready to receive calls from clients fulfill its commitments towards its throughout the day, and will work clients during the Eid Al-Adha holi- relentlessly to overcome any prob- day. The bank will continue to offer lems that might face clients in various services for its clients in Kuwait and overseas. Kuwait and overseas through its In addition, KFH continues to website that offers over 150 eser- offer its IVR service on 1803333 that vices, in addition to the 24/7 airport is available throughout the day. branch and other service channels Clients can call to make account that provide clients with necessary transactions, ask for financial trans- services round the clock. action, pay bills, purchase cards to Moreover, 5 branches are ready recharge cell phone, and other to serve clients on Thursday services. September 15th. They are the Further, clients can take advan- Headquarters Branch, Al-Fahahel tage of KFH’s ATM machines Branch, Al-Qaser Branch, Al- (Shamel) that are available at most Farwaniya Branch, Hawally Branch of the branches in vital locations. and Mubarak Alkabeer Branch. KFH offers Mobi Baitok vehicles They open their doors for clients that serve as mobile branches that from 8:30 am-3:00 pm. Also, allow people to deposit and with- KFH has additional technical Push messages using the smart- Farwaniya showroom opens in two draw cash in addition to other usu- privileges, such as allowing clients phone apps. shifts from 9-1 and from 5-8. al transactions. to conduct basic banking opera- KFH was established in Kuwait in tions through smart phones on 1977 and is enlisted in the Kuwait kfhonline application. KFH has Stock Exchange. KFH Group is a recently launched a new e-service global pioneer in the field of Islamic that allows KFH customer sub- banking services, where it offers a scribed to KFH’s SMS Baitak notifi- wide array of Islamic products and cation service to receive Push mes- services, not to mention a high Gulf Bank announces winners sage-type notifications - in addition standard of innovation and client to the regular SMS notifications - service. of Al-Danah daily draws onto their smartphones. KFH’s e- KFH manages its operations in Banking customers who are also the GCC, Asia, and Europe through KUWAIT: Gulf Bank held its Al-Danah daily lionaire draw! SMS Baitak subscribers will be able over 446 branches, including KFH- draws on 4 September 2016 announcing Five reasons why the Al-Danah to register to - and receive - the Turkey, in order to offer services for the names of its winners for the week of 28 account is the best: Push messages for free via the KFH the bank’s clients in Turkey, Aug - 1 Sept 2016. The Al-Danah daily draws 1) Kuwait’s single biggest yearly cash Online Smartphone app, and will Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, include draws each and every working day prize of KD 1 million also be able to receive and view the Germany, Jordan, and Dubai. for two prizes of KD 1,000 per winner. 2) Kuwait’s biggest quarterly cash The winners are: prizes, up to KD500,000 (Sunday 28/8): Homod Saleh Hussain 3) Two winners of KD1,000 every work- Hussain , Abdulhadi Faisal Maatouq Alotaibi ing day (Monday 29/8): Jin Bires Teshakoo, 4) The most chances to win Ghanima Mousa Ibrahim Sabti (Minor) . 5) Only Bank that transfers your chances (Tuesday 30/8): Eman Ahmed to win from year to year Abdulrazag Alaskar , Khaled Abdulmehsen Win Big, Live Big, with Al-Danah 2016. Al Ali Al-Danah also offers a number of (Wednesday 31/8): Yaqoob Adnan Abdul unique services including: the Al-Danah Kareem Dashti , Mashaah Saud Al Woqayan Deposit Only ATM card which helps Al Ajmi account holders deposit their money at (Thursday 1/9): Jacintiia Lyncttc D’Souza, their convenience; as well as the Al-Danah Intisar Hameed Saad Mohsen calculator to help customers calculate their Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah 2016 draw lineup chances of becoming an Al-Danah winner. includes daily draws (2 winners per work- Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah account is open to ing day each receive KD1000). Al-Danah’s Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti residents of 2nd quarterly draw for the prize of Kuwait. Customers who open an account KD250,000 will be held on the 30th of June and/ or deposit more will enter the draw and the 3rd quarterly draw for the prize of within two days. To take part in the Al- KD500,000 will be held on September 29th. Danah 2016 upcoming quarterly and yearly The final Al-Danah draw for KD 1 million draws, customers must have an Al-Danah will be held on 5 January, 2017 whereby account containing at least KD 200; cus- the Al-Danah millionaire will be tomers can visit one of Gulf Bank’s 56 announced. Open an Al-Danah account branches, transfer on line, or call the now or deposit more to increase your Customer Contact Center on 1805805 for chances of winning the KD500,000 or mil- assistance and guidance. technology SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 Apple is shifting the focus of its secret car project

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple may not become the chief executive of electric-car maker where Apple, Google and other firms are an automaker, but it still wants to develop Tesla, has said that Apple has hired hun- competing to develop software that can its own self-driving technology. The dreds of engineers, including some from help manage - at least - the information iPhone-maker’s automotive project, long Tesla, to work on an automotive project. and entertainment systems inside today’s an open secret in Silicon Valley, is shifting Local officials in the San Francisco Bay vehicles. Google has made no secret that to focus on creating the technology for an Area say Apple contacted them last year it’s also working on self-driving technolo- autonomous vehicle that doesn’t require a about using a former naval base that’s gy, but says that it is more likely to partner human driver. The new direction appar- been converted into an automotive test- with an established automaker. ently doesn’t foreclose the possibility that ing ground. Analysts say tech companies want to Apple might someday build its own car, More recently, and be involved in automobiles because they but it opens the door to partnering with Bloomberg News have reported that want people to keep using their products other car companies. Apple’s initial efforts to design its own car and services, even while driving. The new emphasis was confirmed have suffered from management turnover Meanwhile, most of the leading auto-mak- Friday by a person with knowledge of the and technical delays. Industry experts say ers have opened research labs in Silicon project, after the New York Times reported building a car is an incredibly complex Valley, in part to work on the software and that Apple is “rethinking” its automotive challenge for any company, even one with the physical systems - including sensors strategy. The person spoke on condition of the engineering prowess of Apple. and other components - that are needed anonymity because they weren’t author- Automobile manufacture also poses more for autonomous driving. ized to discuss the project. regulatory and legal issues than building Uber, the giant ride-sharing company, Apple had no official comment Friday an iPhone or a computer. has also hired experts in robotics and has MUNICH: In this Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, file photo, people wait in front of an Apple and has consistently declined to confirm But the tech industry has increasingly begun testing cars with self-driving capa- store, before the worldwide launch of the iPhone 6s. — AP its automotive ambitions. But Elon Musk, ventured into the automotive sector, bilities. — AP

US agency: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 too dangerous to use

NEW YORK: The US Consumer Product Safety available in about two weeks. Commission says owners of the Galaxy Note 7 But in a statement Friday, Samsung smartphones should turn them off and stop Electronics America asked Note 7 owners to using them because of the risk that their bat- shut off their phones and exchange them now teries can explode. for another device. The company says new The agency said Friday that it’s working with Note 7 phones will not be available until after Samsung on an official recall of the phones “as the CPSC finishes its “process,” but owners can soon as possible” and that it’s trying to figure exchange the Note 7s now for a different mod- out if the company’s replacement Note 7s are el. an “acceptable remedy.” US aviation safety officials also on Thursday Samsung last week began a global recall for took the unusual step of warning airline pas- the phone, just two weeks after its launch, sengers not to turn on or charge the phone because of the risk of them catching fire or during flights, or put them in checked bags. exploding. At the time, Samsung said it had The recall comes at a crucial time for confirmed 35 instances of the problem, out of Samsung, as its rival Apple just announced its 2.5 million phones sold. The company did not own latest versions of the iPhone. The Note say last week whether users should stop using series is one of Samsung’s most expensive, and the phones, and said new phones would be demand for the phone had been high. — AP Air travelers on Samsung phone honor system after fires f you travel with a Samsung Note 7, you’re The FAA said it can’t prohibit the devices Ilikely on the honor system when deciding until the product-safety commission issues a whether to use or charge the device during recall. A spokesman for the Transportation a flight. Security Administration declined to say The Federal Aviation Administration says whether screeners would look for the devices that because of concern about fires involving either in carry-on or checked bags. “Unless it is the new smartphone, it “strongly advises” air- a strictly prohibited item, there’s not much that line passengers not to use or charge one or the TSA can do,” said Todd Curtis, director of an OSLO: The cover to Norway’s largest circulation newspaper, Aftenposten, displayed on Friday Sept. 9, 2016. — AP stow one in checked baggage. air-safety foundation. He said the airlines could It is very unusual for the FAA to warn pas- act on their own to bar the phones, as they did sengers about a specific branded product. last year with hoverboards. Facebook allows postings of And on Friday, the US Consumer Product Singapore Airlines said that it prohibited the Safety Commission urged owners of the phone use or charging of the Galaxy device during to turn them off and leave them off. The flights. UK-based Virgin Atlantic and Australian ‘napalm girl’ photo after debate agency said it was working with Samsung to carrier Qantas, like most US airlines, said they launch an official recall as soon as possible. would tell passengers not to check the Galaxy Samsung announced a voluntary recall of the phone and to leave it switched off during Reversal after revolt device last week. flights. Spirit Airlines said it would send cus- The three biggest US airlines - American, tomers an email 12 hours before their flight to COPENHAGEN: Facebook on Friday reversed its where we are aware it has been removed.” left untouched on a number of Facebook accounts, Delta and United - said Friday that flight atten- tell them about the FAA warning. Safety decision to remove postings of an iconic 1972 image Politicians of all stripes, journalists and regular including the AP’s. dants will remind passengers of the FAA warn- experts have been concerned for several years of a naked, screaming girl running from a napalm Norwegians had backed Solberg’s decision to share ing, but it was unclear how they0 would make about the fire risk when lithium-ion batteries attack in Vietnam, after a Norwegian revolt against the image. The prime minister told Norwegian Overload difficulty sure that passengers keep the Samsung are used or even carried on flights. the tech giant. broadcaster NRK she was pleased with Facebook’s It would be physically impossible for the compa- devices powered off. Jeffrey Price, who wrote a In February, a UN aviation panel recom- Protests in Norway started last month after change of heart and that it shows social media ny to comb through the hundreds of millions of pho- book on aviation security, said flight attendants mended that nations adopt a temporary ban Facebook deleted the Pulitzer Prize-winning image users’ opinions matter. “To speak up and say we tos posted each day, so it relies on user reports and will have to patrol the aisles for scofflaws, and on cargo shipments of rechargeable lithium by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut from a want change, it matters and it works. And that algorithms to weed out pictures that go against its they might get help from people who turn in batteries on passenger airlines, although the Norwegian author’s page, saying it violated its rules makes me happy,” she said. terms of service. Photos are often automatically fellow passengers. “I think they are going to policy wouldn’t apply to batteries inside on nudity. The image shows screaming children running removed if enough people report them. Facebook have a hard time enforcing this one,” he said. devices like phones, laptops or tablets. The revolt escalated on Friday when Norwegian from a burning Vietnamese village. The little girl in usually does not proactively remove photos, with “Hopefully Samsung will make the appropriate Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. tumbled Prime Minister Erna Solberg posted the image on her in the center of the frame, Kim Phuc, is naked and some exceptions, such as child pornography. fixes so their phones quit having issues sooner 4 percent Friday, the worst decline for the com- profile and Facebook deleted that too. The brouhaha crying as the napalm melts away layers of her skin. Because of this, what photos aren’t always treated than later.” pany’s stock since January. — AP is the latest instance in which Facebook’s often “Today, pictures are such an important element in consistently, and sometimes Facebook reinstates opaque process for deciding what stays and what making an impression, that if you edit past events reported photos after removing them. goes on its network has spurred controversy. “It’s an or people, you change history and you change It can also adjust its standards depending on the interesting dilemma because you’ve got a newswor- reality,” Solberg told the AP earlier Friday, adding it response. Breastfeeding and mastectomy photos thy historical image that has been published by tra- was the first time one of her Facebook posts was used to be deleted, but after much outcry the com- ditional news media that was effectively censored by deleted. pany adjusted its policy on nude photos to allow a social network,” said Steve Jones, University of Solberg later reposted the image with a black most of such photos. In another case, a court ruled Illinois at Chicago communications professor. box covering the girl from the thighs up. She also Facebook could be sued after a man’s account was posted other iconic photos of historic events, such suspended after he posted “The Origin of the World,” First response as the man standing in front of a tank in Beijing’s by Gustave Courbet, an 1866 French painting of a Initially, Facebook stood by the decision, saying Tiananmen Square in 1989, with black boxes cover- nude model exposing her genitalia. it was difficult to create a distinction between ing the protagonists. The issue in Norway “points out there’s very little allowing a photograph of a nude child in one Like its Scandinavian neighbors, Norway takes transparency,” Jones said. “We really don’t know how instance and not others. But late Friday it said it pride in its freedom of speech. It’s also a largely sec- these decisions are made so there’s not a lot of account- would allow sharing of the photo. “In this case, we ular nation with relaxed attitudes about nudity. ability either necessarily.” Norwegian newspaper recognize the history and global importance of this Several members of the Norwegian government Aftenposten published the Vietnam photo on its front image in documenting a particular moment in followed Solberg’s lead and posted the photo on page Friday and also wrote an open letter to Facebook time,” Facebook said in a statement. “Because of its their Facebook pages. One of them, Education founder Mark Zuckerberg in which chief editor Espen status as an iconic image of historical importance, Minister Torbjorn Roe Isaksen, said it was “an iconic Egil Hansen accused the social media giant of abusing SEOUL: In this Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, file photo, a woman walks by an advertise- the value of permitting sharing outweighs the val- photo, part of our history.” its power. Hansen said he was “upset, disappointed - ment of the Samsung Electronics Galaxy Note 7 smartphone at the company’s ue of protecting the community by removal, so we Many of the posts were deleted but Isaksen’s well, in fact even afraid - of what you are about to do to showroom. — AP have decided to reinstate the image on Facebook was still up Friday afternoon. The photo was also a mainstay of our democratic society.” — AP Yahoo CEO could reap $44 Burritos in the sky: Chipotle million if she leaves after sale tests drone deliveries SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer stands to collect a $44 million severance package if she leaves after Verizon completes its purchase of the NEW YORK: Flying burritos will soon be a reality Many companies see drones as the future of Virginia Tech site for drone testing in 2013. once-mighty internet company. Mayer hasn’t over Virginia Tech. Chipotle is taking part in a delivery. Several are currently testing them, Virginia Tech announced the food delivery test announced plans to leave, but industry observers test this month that will let some of the univer- including online seller Amazon.com Inc. The on its website Thursday, and Chipotle’s role was say she’s unlikely to stay after the $4.8 billion sale sity’s students and staff have their favorite tor- Federal Aviation Administration approved the first reported by Bloomberg News. — AP closes early next year. tilla-wrapped meal delivered by drone. The 41-year-old executive stands to collect $3 Virginia Tech is conducting the test with million in cash and almost $41 million worth of Project Wing, a unit of Google owner Alphabet stock options and awards under a “golden para- Inc., which makes self-flying devices that deliver chute” agreement described in a regulatory filing food, medicine and other goods. Chipotle’s bur- Friday. In a filing last spring, Yahoo said Mayer could ritos will be put together at a food truck and walk away with $55 million in compensation, but then loaded on a drone. The flights will take the estimates can vary with the value of Yahoo’s SAN FRANCISCO: In this Feb. 19, 2015, file place at an undisclosed site on Virginia Tech stock and the date she leaves. photo, Yahoo President and CEO Marissa property, but not at the main campus in Mayer has been CEO for four years but failed to Mayer delivers the keynote address at the Blacksburg, said Mark Blanks, director of Virginia reverse a long-standing slide in Yahoo’s advertising first-ever Yahoo Mobile Developer’s Tech’s Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership.”It’s real business. After an unsuccessful effort to spin off its Conference. — AP customers that are working and need lunch investment in the Chinese internet giant Alibaba, and want it delivered by drone,” Blanks said. Yahoo Inc. began entertaining offers for its core founder David Filo to consider financing its bid. Only a of people from Virginia business earlier this year. Filo, who sits on Yahoo’s board of directors, agreed Tech will be able to make orders. Hundreds of Yahoo weighed a variety of offers, according to to talk with the group and recused himself from par- flights and burrito deliveries are expected to the proxy statement filed Friday. One was a merger ticipating in further board discussions about a possi- take place over several days, Project Wing said. proposal from Yahoo Japan, a separate company ble sale, according to the statement. The filing doesn’t It will just be burritos, though. Other menu that Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo co-owns say if Filo ultimately decided to join the group. But in items won’t be delivered by drone, said Chris with Japanese tech giant SoftBank. Another bid the end, the unnamed group submitted a $4.35 bil- Arnold, a spokesman for Denver-based Chipotle BRANDON, FLORIDA: This Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, file photo shows a sign on the win- came from an unnamed group that asked Yahoo co- lion bid that was lower than Verizon’s. — AP Mexican Grill Inc. dow at a Chipotle Mexican Grill. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Asian nations plan fund to better prepare for health emergencies, says WHO

NEW DELHI: Eleven countries in South emergencies such as outbreaks of ter conditions in order to retain them. and East Asia on Friday agreed to estab- cholera or diarrhea in the aftermath of The ratio of health care providers in lish an emergency fund to strengthen disasters, it was crucial to have finance the region currently stands at 12.5 work- their health services to better respond to available to help countries prepare ers for every 10,000 people, just a quar- outbreaks of diseases, including emerg- beforehand. “To date, post-disaster fund- ter of the WHO recommended minimum ing viruses such as Zika, the World Health ing through South-East Asia Regional of 44.5. Aid workers welcomed the move, Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. Health Emergency Fund has done an citing the Ebola crisis in West Africa in Made up of India, Bangladesh, excellent job of helping countries 2013-15, as an example of why it was Bhutan, South Korea, Indonesia, respond to health emergencies once necessary to build local capacity and , Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, they’ve occurred, as we saw most recent- prevent an outbreak becoming a crisis. Thailand and Timor-Leste, the South East ly in Nepal and Sri Lanka,” said Poonam “To deal with an outbreak, we need to Asia region is highly susceptible to disas- Khetrapal Singh, WHO’s South East Asia work before, during and after. A strong ters such as floods which can result in director. public health system is the best shock disease outbreaks. “The new funding stream will allow absorber in such settings,” said Unni The region is also threatened by a countries to invest in infrastructure and Krishnan, Save the Children’s emergency range of emerging diseases such as human resources that will enhance pre- health director in Asia and Pacific. SARS, MERS CoV, pandemic influenza paredness,” she added in a statement. In “This initiative should aim to prepare and Zika, say experts, adding that coun- a resolution passed by the 11 countries local medical colleges and local health tries remain ill-prepared to effectively at a WHO meeting in the Sri Lankan capi- systems for such scenarios - a collabora- contain an outbreak should it occur. tal Colombo, governments also agreed tive approach between governments, The WHO said while nations already to increase the number of health work- UN systems and non-governmental BEIJING: Shadows of journalists are reflected on a wall next to WHO’s logo at a contributed to a fund to tackle health ers, provide them with training and bet- organizations is key.” — Reuters news conference on March 29, 2016. —C AFP

Teva says aims to launch EpiPen-like device by 2018 in US

NEW YORK: Teva Pharmaceutical the company was not planning any modifi- Industries Ltd said Friday it aims to win US cations to its device at this point. approval by late 2017 or early 2018 for its The FDA declined to comment, citing version of Mylan NV’s EpiPen device for the proprietary nature of drug application treating severe allergic reactions, a move information. With the EpiPen, a dose of that would challenge the branded prod- epinephrine is injected into the thigh to uct’s overwhelming market dominance. counter dangerous allergic reactions, EpiPen’s list price has soared from less including to peanuts and bee stings. A than $100 when Mylan acquired the prod- range of politicians, including US uct in 2007, to more than $600 now, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary sparking outrage from patients, con- Clinton, have criticized Mylan’s EpiPen sumers and politicians. But without pricing. strong competitors, Mylan’s EpiPen still Amid the growing controversy, Mylan holds an estimated 94 percent market said on Aug. 29 that within weeks it would share in the United States. launch its own $300 generic version of Teva’s application for a copycat version EpiPen. Responding to a list of questions has been in question since February, when from Senate Judiciary Committee the Food and Drug Administration flagged Chairman Chuck Grassley, Mylan, in a sev- “major deficiencies” in the Israeli drugmak- en-page letter released on Friday, repeated er’s device. “We requested a meeting with its assertions that EpiPen prices are justi- the FDA,” Sigurdur Olafsson, Teva’s head of fied given the company’s investment in global generic medicines, said in a web- life-saving research and patient education. cast overview of the company’s generics “I’ll continue to ask questions until a fuller medicines business. He said Teva did not picture of what happened with this prod- get a response, but after “the media atten- uct’s prices comes in,” Grassley said in a tion in the last two weeks, the FDA has statement. “In the meantime, I’ll continue come back to us and we will have a meet- to work on my two pending bills that ing very, very quickly.” would help bring more generic drugs to Given the recent “political noise on the market to help consumers.” EpiPen,” the FDA may now be more Wall Street analysts have predicted that Great Ormond Street Hospital celebrates inclined to approve Teva’s generic version, Teva’s product, if approved and priced Evercore ISI analyst Umer Raffat said in a cheaper than EpiPen, could eat up a signif- webcast message to clients. icant portion of the branded product’s Eid al Adha with children from the Middle East Analysts had expected Teva to alter its market share. “We are working with the autoinjector’s design to remedy a dosing FDA on a path forward,” Olaffson told KUWAIT: Great Ormond Street Hospital for tion as well as arts and crafts activities. The event issue cited by the FDA, but Olaffson said investors on the call. — Reuters Children (GOSH) in London celebrated Eid al Adha was also attended by a henna artist and a perform- with staff, families and patients. “Eid al Adha was a ance was given by a Nasheed artist, whose heart- hospital wide celebration and awareness rising felt aim is to spread a message of peace, respect exercise,” explains Fatima Kassam, one of the hospi- and unity through the medium of music. “We were tal’s Muslim Chaplains. “We wanted to educate excited to be graced once again with the presence those who are unfamiliar with the festival, teaching of a Nasheed artist,” Fatima says, “we also provided them what it means and the importance of Haj, as a number of activities for the children to enjoy that well as celebrating this important festival with our were supported by the hospital’s play specialists Muslim families and staff.” and volunteers.” The children received Eid gifts that Children from around the world come to were kindly provided by local charities and a buffet GOSH; last year children from over 80 different of delicious Arabic and Indian snacks and tradition- countries were treated at the hospital, including al sweets were on offer throughout the event. children from Kuwait, UAE and Saudi Arabia. Great Ormond Street Hospital in London is GOSH places great emphasis on supporting pas- recognised as one of the few truly world-class hos- toral care for all faiths and cultures so the hospital pitals for children. As a global leader, GOSH has top has a multi-faith Chaplaincy Team that offers spiri- clinical and research experts working every day to tual, religious and pastoral care to everyone at the find new and better ways to treat children. While hospital, regardless of faith. The Chaplaincy Team breakthroughs and medical expertise are essential includes a number of Muslim chaplains who help to the treatment of patients, GOSH also places organise both Eid al Fitr and Eid al Adha each year. great emphasis on the support and care provided “These celebrations have a central place in the for children by nurturing an open and supportive Trust Spiritual Care Festival calendar,” says Fatima, atmosphere, ensuring that parents and patients are “Each year we lead on organising an Eid al Adha well informed and closely involved in the treat- celebration and feel it is important to explore the ment process. Children receive the highest stan- religious importance behind the festival with edu- dards of care and attention from the expert team cational activities.” of medical and support staff during their stay at This year the hospital celebrated Eid al Adha GOSH, and are always treated with respect, trust, HENDERSONVILLE, Texas: This Oct 10, 2013 file photo, shows an EpiPen epinephrine with an event that included educational informa- concern and openness. auto-injector, a Mylan product. — AP Obama to meet US Congress More US adults smoke pot leaders Monday on spending WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama as fewer people see risks has invited congressional leaders to the White House on Monday in an attempt to break deadlocks over government spending Big percentage change over 12 years plans and funding the fight against the Zika virus. NEW YORK: More and more Americans are admit- 2002, 3.9 million adults in the US reported using medical purposes and, in some instances, for recre- Congress must pass a temporary spend- ting they use marijuana, and a new study suggests marijuana daily or nearly every day. By 2014, that ational use. ing bill by Sept. 30 or much of the federal this may be due at least in part to the growing num- number had more than doubled to 8.4 million. As of 2015, 24 states and the District of Columbia government will shut down. With the dead- ber of people who don’t think it’s dangerous. “Physicians need to be aware of these changing had passed medical marijuana legislation, the study line approaching, Obama is set to meet with Researchers surveyed almost 600,000 US adults patterns of marijuana use to guide healthcare, and authors note. Meanwhile, many countries outside House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan from 2002 to 2014 about their drug use and health. additional research needs to be conducted to study the US including Canada, India, Mexico, Spain, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Marijuana use increased from 10.4 percent of adults the consequences - both acute and long-term - that Germany and the Netherlands have decriminalized VIENTIANE, LAOS: US President Barack both Republicans. Senate Democratic leader to 13.3 percent during the study period, researchers may be associated with frequent, heavy use,” possession of small quantities of marijuana, the Obama listens to a question during a Harry Reid and his House counterpart Nancy report in The Lancet Psychiatry. Compton said. authors also point out. “The message that adults are news conference at the conclusion of his Pelosi will also be present, White House and Over the same period, the proportion of adults Both the prevalence and frequency of marijuana not getting is that marijuana is a drug and, like all participation in the ASEAN Summits on congressional officials said on Friday. who thought there was a great risk of harm associat- use increased starting around 2007 and showed sig- drugs, can harm some users when it is used in cer- September 8, 2016. — AFP Of particular urgency is a program to ed with smoking pot once or twice a week declined nificantly larger spikes after 2011, the study found. tain ways,” said Wayne Hall, director of the Center for fight the Zika virus which is running out of to include funding to combat Zika, but that from about 50 percent to 33 percent. “Despite scien- During the study period, a growing number of US Youth Substance Abuse Research at the University money, US Center for Disease Control and this was being negotiated. On Thursday, tific evidence of potential harms, adults are much states adopted legislation legalizing marijuana for of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. — Reuters Prevention Director Tom Frieden told Pelosi called for a temporary funding meas- less convinced about dangers associated with using reporters. Frieden also noted the virus, which ure that would include a full year’s funding marijuana,” said lead study author Dr. Wilson can cause severe birth defects, would pose a to combat Zika. Compton, deputy director of the National Institute threat well into 2017. “Zika is likely to In February, Obama asked Congress to on Drug Abuse (NIDA). become endemic in this hemisphere,” he told approve $1.9 billion in emergency funds to “These reductions in perceived harm were reporters. deal with Zika. Since then, both political strongly associated with the increases in use,” Congressional leaders are considering parties have backed $1.1 billion, but fights Compton added by email. Marijuana is the most attaching as much as $1.1 billion in Zika over side issues related to abortion have commonly used illicit drug in the US, according to spending to a bill to temporarily fund the divided them. NIDA. Short-term effects of using this drug can government during the 2017 fiscal year that One of the biggest controversies include mood changes, impaired body movements begins on Oct. 1. Congress has yet to involves Democrats’ opposition to and difficulty with thinking, problem solving and approve individual appropriations bills to Republican-proposed language that memory. Over time, the drug can also lead to fund the government in fiscal 2017. If no Democrats say would prevent Zika funds for breathing challenges, increased heart rate and a spending is approved before the end of abortion providers like Planned range of mood disorders. September, much of the government would Parenthood, mainly in Puerto Rico. A spend- have to shut down. ing bill expiring in December would provide 30 percent increase in the House Republican leaders are considering time this autumn for lawmakers to negoti- past twelve years a Senate Republican proposal to extend the ate spending levels for the rest of fiscal Overall, marijuana use by US adults increased current government spending levels until 2017. Some House conservatives oppose more than 30 percent in the past dozen years, the Dec. 9, House Appropriations Committee the idea, preferring to leave decisions up to study found, with 10 million more people using pot Chairman Hal Rogers, a Republican, told the next president and a new Congress that in 2014 than in 2012. Use of marijuana on a daily or reporters. Rogers said he wants the package take office in January. — Reuters near-daily basis increased even more markedly. In DENVER: A thriving marijuana plant is seen at a grow operation on Dec 31, 2013. —AFP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE Childhood cancer survivors living longer, cancer-free ue to better treatments and better developments such as chemotherapy, would be expected in the general popu- BMJ. The longer people lived, the less Vancouver, who was not involved in the monitoring, childhood cancer sur- introduced around 1970, and bone mar- lation - for the childhood cancer patients likely their deaths would be linked to study. “Newer and more complex treat- Dvivors are living longer, healthier row transplants, developed around 1990, overall and looked at death rates and their original cancer or to a new one. ments have led to higher likelihood of lives, according to a study in the UK. both of which are life-saving, Fidler told causes by age group. Overall, 66 percent Among cancer survivors in their 50s, 41 survival from cancer in children and Looking at 60 years of data on nearly Reuters Health. To investigate long-term of excess deaths were from a return or percent of excess deaths were caused by adults, but sometimes at the cost of dam- 35,000 childhood cancer survivors, health outcomes for childhood cancer progression of the original cancer, 17 per- new cancers and 22 percent by circulato- aging complications,” McBride said by researchers found decreasing mortality survivors, the researchers analyzed data cent were due to a new cancer and 5.6 ry conditions. email. rates overall, and fewer deaths from can- on 34,489 survivors of childhood cancer percent of the excess deaths were attrib- After age 60, 31 percent of excess These effects can be mitigated, how- cer itself or from after-effects of cancer diagnosed between 1940 and 2006. uted to circulatory conditions such as deaths were caused by new cancers com- ever, she told Reuters Health. “With treatment. By the time survivors are in heart disease and high blood pressure. pared with 37 percent caused by circula- appropriate follow-up care, these compli- their 60s, circulatory problems like cardio- Survival percantages The number of excess deaths was tory issues. This is the first study to cations can sometimes be prevented or vascular disease are their biggest cause of Using death information from national much lower among those treated more observe this shift to where the greatest managed to reduce the harmful side- death - just like the rest of the population. registries, the researchers determined recently for childhood cancer. For exam- risks to a group of childhood cancer sur- effects of these life-saving treatments and “Survival after almost all specific types how long patients survived and what ple, there were 70 percent fewer excess vivors are circulatory diseases, the study improve survivor quality of life.” of childhood cancer has improved sub- eventually caused their death. Overall, deaths among survivors treated between team writes. Both doctors and patients should be stantially,” said lead author Miranda Fidler 4,475 subjects, or 13 percent, died, repre- 1990 and 2006 than among those treated Still, the extra circulatory deaths may aware of the risks of developing circulato- of the Center for Childhood Cancer senting a mortality rate more than nine before 1970. Patients treated after 1990 be due to organ damage children suf- ry conditions later in life, and long-term Survivor Studies at the University of times that of the general population. also had 70 percent fewer deaths from fered during radiotherapy and follow-up programs should aim to pre- . Researchers calculated the proportion recurrence or progression of their original chemotherapy, said Mary McBride of the vent these issues through education and The improvements align with new of excess deaths - those beyond what cancer, according to the results in The British Columbia Cancer Agency in interventions, Fidler said.— Reuters Cholera blamed on UN peacekeepers surges in Haiti as funding vanishes 2010 dumping of infected sewage to blame

HAITI: UN-led foreign funding has dried up for alarming rate, aid group Solidarite International mittee chair: Mylan’s response on EpiPen price Haiti’s fight against cholera, thought to have been said, with 1,100 cases detected this year, and 220 hike ‘incomplete’ Asian nations plan fund to better introduced by Nepali peacekeepers, triggering a of those in August alone. An open cistern of gray- prepare for health emergencies, says WHO surge of deaths this year even as the global body ish water serves as a spot for bathing, washing vowed to help overcome the epidemic. The lack of clothes and bottling drinking water in one square Fading appeal support is notable because Haiti was free of near Carrefour. Known as the Boyer Source, aid The world’s sympathy was with Haiti in the cholera until 2010, when UN peacekeepers workers say the surrounding streets were high risk wake of the 2010 earthquake that killed more than dumped infected sewage into a river, according to for cholera, with 16 cases in August. “Every time it 300,000 people and the response to the cholera investigators. Since then, more than 9,000 people rains, this source becomes contaminated,” said epidemic was initially massive, helping rapidly have died of the disease that causes uncontrol- Wangcos Laurore, head of the cholera response reduce the number of deaths and infections. lable diarrhea and 800,000 people have fallen ill, program at Solidarite International, looking over But interest faded fast, with humanitarian crises ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN: In this September 9, 2014 file photo, Ann Arbor police, fire- mostly in the first two years of the outbreak. the grimy pond on a sweltering day last week. such as Syria, Iraq, Yemen and South Sudan all men, and medical personnel respond to an overdose at the Ann Arbor District The United Nations has not legally accepted Carrefour only has one cholera treatment cen- competing for resources. Haiti’s lack of stable gov- Library.— AP responsibility for the outbreak. An independent ter, after one shut last year. Here, four patients, all ernment and multiple failed elections may also panel appointed by Secretary-General Ban Ki- children, lay on camping beds. Zamar Marie have dulled donors’ funding appetite. moon issued a 2011 report that did not determine Magdalah, a nurse, said capacity had been In 2012, Ban launched a $2.2 billion funding Drug users take advantage conclusively how the cholera was introduced to reduced from treating 60 cases at one time in pre- drive aimed at eradicating the disease from Haiti Haiti. However, a new report by the independent vious years to 40 in June. Now the limit is 15 within a decade. So far, the campaign has only of public libraries UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and patients. Those with conditions like high blood raised 18 percent of the target from international Human Rights that will be presented to the UN pressure and diabetes as well as cholera are donors, according to documents from the UN he same qualities that make libraries ideal Parker, director of the Ann Arbor District Library General Assembly later this year concluded that turned away, because of the center lacks medi- Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for studying and reading - unfettered in Michigan. scientific evidence “now points overwhelmingly to cines to treat them. “These are basic materials that “Despite repeated appeals, these efforts have Tpublic access, quiet corners and nooks, Her library already had removed bathroom the responsibility of the peacekeeping mission as we are supposed to have,” said Magdalah. been seriously underfunded and severe and per- minimal interaction with other people - also ceilings and toilet tanks where people could the source of the outbreak.” Nearby, Clerette Morenvil, the mother of a 10- sistent funding shortfalls remain,” Ban’s office said make them appealing places to shoot up hero- hide drugs and restroom entrances that could In August, Ban said the United Nations has a year-old girl being treated at the center, showed in August. in, librarians are finding. be locked - changes made over a decade ago “moral responsibility” to help Haiti’s cholera vic- members of a Solidarite International rapid Of the top six donors who have contributed to In Norfolk, Virginia, a 47-year-old man died to curb cocaine trafficking, Parker said. She tims and their families. The outbreak and subse- response team a corner store whose owner sold the cholera response since the outbreak in 2010, after a patron found him in a library restroom. raised drug-abuse concerns again in 2014 quent failure by the United Nations to help Haiti her water from a spigot, where customers filled only the EU’s European Civil Protection and In Batesville, Indiana, and New Brunswick, New when officials were discussing a proposed park stamp out the disease will be a stain on the legacy bottles for 1 Haitian gourde ($0.015) apiece. “The Humanitarian Aid Operations and Canada have Jersey, police revived others in library rest- next to the library. Though unpleasant, starting of Ban, who steps down at the end of 2016 after water comes from a well,” said store owner Frantz contributed significant funds this year. The United rooms using a popular overdose antidote. a public discussion about drug and alcohol serving two five-year terms that have been blight- Terin, to questions posed by the team. “We don’t States, Sweden, the U.N’s CERF and OCHA’s emer- The body of a homeless man who frequent- abuse observed at the library spurred a benefi- ed by accusations of sexual abuse and exploitation treat the water. We don’t have the authority to do gency fund have not. ed the Oak Park Public Library in suburban cial community response, Parker said. by UN peacekeepers in the Central African so ... we use it to wash our clothes. Me, I drink it. Ban has vowed a new approach, due to be Chicago might have been there for days, fully These days, police routinely walk through Republic and elsewhere. Everyone drinks it.” unveiled in October. Given the lack of funds avail- clothed and slumped on the toilet in a rest- the library, and social workers set up shop Ban, whose successor will be elected by the Such emergency rapid-response teams, who able for his first plan, it is not clear how he intends room on the quiet third floor, before a mainte- there, checking in with folks. All that, Parker General Assembly, launched a major appeal aimed visit the homes of cholera victims and their neigh- to finance a package that his spokesman said nance worker unlocked it on a Monday morn- said, strips away some anonymity. “Anonymity at eradicating cholera in Haiti four years ago. But bors and trace the source of outbreaks, were “would provide material assistance and support to ing in April and discovered his inglorious allows people to do things they wouldn’t do foreign governments largely ignored the plea and scaled back by about 40 percent in April, accord- those Haitians most directly affected by cholera” demise. The empty syringe and lighter in his otherwise in public places,” she said, “and if you funding has almost halved to $7.9 million in 2016 ing to UNICEF. Monthly support for the teams was and address issues of water, sanitation and health pockets and the cut soda can in the trash point- can take away anonymity, you can help change from a year ago. That has led to a reduction in pre- cut by up to 50 percent in the first half of 2016, a systems in Haiti. ed to the cause, an accidental heroin overdose. behavior.” vention and treatment services, and 227 deaths in government source said. In 2011, rights group the Institute for Justice “On both a personal and a professional lev- In Ohio, peace officers from Toledo’s library the first seven months of the year, a third more From January to July, nearly 25,000 cholera cas- and Democracy filed a class action case against el, we were all very shocked and of course wor- system are being trained to help the sheriff’s than a year earlier. “These results are due to the es were registered, a 22 percent rise over the same the United Nations over the epidemic, ried about how this could happen in our Drug Abuse Response Team. Boston’s libraries reduction of funding available for cholera period last year. Obama to meet US Congress lead- demanding it install a water and sanitation sys- spaces,” said executive director David Seleb, have needle drop boxes and have offered over- response projects,” the UN Office for the ers Monday on spending Teva says aims to launch tem in Haiti, compensation for victims and an who fired the security company responsible for dose prevention training for employees and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said EpiPen-like device by 2018 in US. US Senate com- apology. — Reuters clearing the library before closing. residents. in a curt statement last week. At the Humboldt County Library in Eureka, Even OCHA’s Central Emergency Relief Fund, Public overdoses California, a librarian turned life-saver when she which channels funds from other UN agencies to Dozens of birds fall from sky; The country’s heroin and painkiller problem realized a man apparently sleeping in a chair humanitarian crises, stopped funding cholera has produced public overdoses in many places, was actually unresponsive, his lips turning blue. relief in Haiti this year, public documents show. including restaurants, gas stations, alleys and Health officials had provided the overdose anti- Because of the funding crunch, many charity officials want to know why even hospitals, but the inherent attributes of dote naloxone - often known by the brand teams that do street work to trace the source of public libraries leave them especially exposed. name Narcan - for the library, so librarian Kitty local outbreaks wound down activities from April, BOSTON: Health officials in Massachusetts while others were just sick. The Animal They’re free and open for whoever walks in, Yancheff injected it into the man’s leg, then into treatment centers have been shuttered, and those are trying to figure out what caused dozens Rescue League of Boston says it went to the and lingering is welcome, no transaction or a still-limp arm before he gurgled and fluttered still active complain of shortages of antibiotics. of birds to fall out of the sky onto a Boston neighborhood after residents reported birds interaction required. “People need to know that his eyes. “I felt grateful that we had this Narcan street. City officials say 47 grackles were falling from the sky and a sick cat. The cat this is happening everywhere and that public on hand and that we were able to save his life, Grimy pond found Thursday in the city’s Dorchester was later euthanized. The birds that died will libraries haven’t done anything wrong to cause but it was kind of surreal,” said Yancheff, the In Carrefour, a working class district in the hills neighborhood. Some were found dead, be sent to Tufts University for testing. — AP it to happen in public libraries,” said Josie library’s public services division manager. above Port-au-Prince, cholera is resurfacing at an WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Grey’s Anatomy Counterfeit Cat

Harley And The Davidsons How to Get Away with Murder 40 new and returning shows to OSN this September

SN, the region’s leading pay-TV network, presents Switch on to OSN this September, you won’t want to 29 September, 9pm KSA, Discovery Channel HD. 22 September, 10pm KSA, OSN First HD. Same time as an exclusive roster of the latest and most talked miss out. Jenny and Reza’s Fabulous Food Academy US. Available on OSN Oabout TV shows, for the new programming season. September highlights 29 September, 11pm KSA, Food Network HD. Play and OSN On Demand. With over 40 exclusive new and continuing TV series on New series on OSN in September: Grey’s Anatomy S13 its schedules, across linear and digital platforms, Anna Olson: Bake Returning Series: 23 September, 8pm KSA, OSN First HD. Available on September’s line-up highlights OSN’s continued dedica- 5 September, 7pm KSA, Food Network HD. The Mindy Project S4 OSN Play and OSN On Demand. Same time as US. tion to offer customers the best in TV entertainment. Victoria 3 September, 6pm KSA, OSN First Comedy HD. How to Get Away with Murder S3 There’s a wide variety of top-rated, and highly anticipated 6 September, 9pm KSA, ITV Choice HD. Also available Available on OSN On Demand. 25 September, 10pm KSA, OSN First HD. Same time as shows promising more twists and turns, thrills and tears. on OSN Play. Angie Tribeca S2 US. Available on OSN Play and OSN On Demand. Plus, with many of the new shows airing at the same time Bear Grylls’ Survival School 4 September, 7pm KSA, OSN First Comedy HD. Double Quantico S2 as the US, OSN subscribers do not have to wait for their 14 September, 8.10pm KSA, Discovery Family HD. bill premiere. Available on OSN Play and OSN On 26 September, 9pm KSA, OSN First HD. Same time as favourite shows. New Blood Demand. US. Available on OSN On Demand. With so much to offer, on linear channels, but also on 15 September - full boxset available on OSN Play for The Blacklist S4- 21 Kids and families also enjoy a fresh slate of programming OSN Play, it’s no surprise that 49 OSN shows have been two months before it airs on BBC First HD in November. 9 September, 9pm KSA, OSN First HD. Same time as US. this month, with a brand new series, Disney Cookabout on nominated for awards at this year’s Emmys, proving that Rob & Chyna South Park S20 the Disney Channel HD, which kicks off on 8 September, OSN remains the destination for the best in award-win- 18 September, 9pm KSA, E! Entertainment HD. 16 September, 10.20pm KSA, Comedy Central HD. 6.40pm KSA. Also new from September is Counterfeit Cat, ning entertainment. Lethal Weapon House Hunters S65 which starts on 26 September on Disney XD. OSN will broadcast The Emmy Awards live and exclu- 22 September, 9pm KSA, OSN First HD. Same time as 19 September, 6.25pm KSA, Fine Living. Starting September 17 exclusively on OSN Yahala HD, sively on OSN First HD on 19 September, at 3am KSA, with US. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S4 Arabic viewers will be delighted to tune into the new sea- the celebrity interviews and gossip on Live From The Red Quarry 21 September, 9pm KSA, OSN First HD. Same time as son of Saturday Night Live Bilarabi. This season promises Carpet on E! Entertainment HD on 18 September, 1am KSA. 22 September, 9pm KSA, OSN First HD - Home of HBO. US. Available on OSN Play and OSN On Demand. an action-packed slate of prime weekend entertainment September heralds the 20th anniversary of animated Same minute as US. Scream Queens S2 featuring an all-star cast of the region’s favourite actors, comedy South Park, and E! News will now have a new 15- Notorious 21 September, 10pm KSA, OSN First HD. musicians and comedians brought live and uninterrupted minute Arabic language segment, which is repeated four 25 September, 9pm KSA, OSN First HD. Same time as US Blindspot S2 in front of a live audience, from the recently renovated times a day. With an Arabic voiceover option, the bulletin Pitch 27 September, 9pm KSA, OSN First HD. Same time 22 September, 8pm KSA, OSN First HD. Same time as 100-seater Masr Theatre in Cairo, Egypt. is part of OSN’s mission to deliver more flagship Arabic as US. Also available on OSN Play and OSN On Demand. US. For the detailed schedule, please log on to: language content. Harley and the Davidsons Empire S3 www.osn.com Continental hotels group opening Continental Sea Food

eneral Manager of Kuwait Continental GHotels Group Kamal Hussein with Eng. Batel Al Rashidi are opening latest addition to the group, it’s “Continental Suite sea food restaurant”. The celebrations initiated with different shows of horse & Tanoora as the attendants were happy and admire the shows. Also attendants get free coupon of free sea food meals which was so deli- cious. Kamal Hussein was too much happy & thanks the staff for their efforts and wishes for Continental Sea Food all succeed and expect- ed more branches in the future. Madame Chantal congratulating Khaled Al Huwaishel who will be joining the University of Manchester KNES celebrates AS and A level successes

ongratulations to our AS and A Level and Urooj Mudassar and many others are students for their outstanding going to study in the United Kingdom. Cachievement in external examination Many Others are also going to study in and from the United Kingdom. 83% of our stu- around the United Kingdom. dents achieved Grade A-c at Advanced Khaled Al Huwaishel will be joining the Subsidiary Level. 100% of our students University of Manchester. In addition, achieved Grade A- C at Advanced Level. Abdullatef Hussain will be attending Leeds Khaled Al Huwaishel, Abdullatef Hussain University.

Embassy of India Kuwait Holiday Notice Despite long nation-wide holidays, the Embassy will be closed on the occasion of Eid-Al- Adha only on Monday, 12 September 2016. WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 Movenpick Hotels & Resorts announces new hotel at Stuttgart airport

uilding on the success of the Movenpick Hotel Stuttgart Airport & Messe, Swiss Bcompany Movenpick Hotels & Resorts has signed a contract for another hotel located just 150 metres from the existing building. The new hotel will be situated right by the S- Bahn and the planned ICE airport station and tram terminal stop. “Our existing hotel opened nine years ago and overseen by Jurgen Kohler, General Manager and Director of Operations Germany, is highly regarded as an excellent hotel choice in this important economic centre”, comments Ola Ivarsson, Chief Operating Officer Europe. “With this new project, we are proud to support all the stakeholders, not least Stinag, Stuttgart Invest AG and Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH, in their efforts to transform this first- class location into one of the most important hubs in Germany. The enhanced cooperation with a partner of Stinag’s calibre is an important step in the development of Movenpick Hotels & Resorts in Europe. Ulm architects Muhlich, Fink & Partner will design the exceptional 262-room on the site of a former airport administration building. Matteo Thun, the well-known South Tyrolean architect and designer responsible for the exist- ing Movenpick Hotel Stuttgart Airport & Messe, has been entrusted with the new hotel’s interior design, which will feature a green plant-filled oasis in the atrium-style lobby inviting guests to linger. For events and conferences, the design incor- porates a 740-square metre ballroom in addition to several meeting rooms. When combined with the conference space at the Movenpick Hotel Stuttgart Airport & Messe, just a short walk away, this will create the biggest meeting and event space in southern Germany, at almost 3,000 square metres. On the culinary front, the hotel will have a 150 seat restaurant and a bar with seating for 100 guests. “The new hotel will not only increase Movenpick Hotels & Resorts’ profile in Germany, but also expand our European portfolio, which represents an important part of our corporate expansion strategy”, says Olivier Chavy, Movenpick Hotels & Resorts’ new CEO. There are currently eight Movenpick hotels in Germany, three in the Netherlands, one in France, four in Turkey and five in Switzerland. Another hotel will also open in a premium loca- tion in Basel city centre in 2019.

Take to the ice this Eid at The Promenade uwait families are being invited to take to the ice this Eid Al Adha at The Promenade mall, as Kthe neighborhood destination launches a spe- cial skating offering for the duration of the festive period. Celebrating the occasion, Promenade Ice will be running a promotion on skating passes providing one complimentary pass when one of equal value is purchased. Available from Friday 9 September, par- ents and their children wishing to learn a fun and exciting new skill, can take advantage of the public skating session offer daily before 4pm, until Friday 16 September. “Eid is an occasion for families to come together and celebrate. Promenade Ice has become a popular destination for all ages and we are excited to offer them this great promotion during the season of giv- ing,” Alyah Al-Jasser, Al Othman Portfolio Marketing Manager said. Situated in the heart of Kuwait, The Promenade mall has become synonymous with family activities and entertainment. Featuring leading international retail brands, popular restaurants and attractions such as Promenade Ice, Trampo & Clip ‘n Climb, as well as health and fitness facilities, there is some- thing to keep the whole family entertained. Parents are encouraged to make prior reserva- tions for Promenade Ice to ensure availability by call- ing 22277138.

NSH Vice President Sabu and TR Site Manager Jose Luis break the ground at the construction site of NSH’s Interconnecting Pipe Rack System in the KNPC - New Refinery Project at Al Zour. NSH holds groundbreaking ceremony for the new work in Al Zour

t was an emotional day for the infant days of NSH as employees who stand as strong as the rocks in NSH’s The ground breaking of this memorable work is from Project Manager Dileep Raroth of this IPRS work wel- ground was broken for the new work, every move. NSH has always been known for its strong the Joint Venture of Technicas Reunidas, Sinopac and comed the guests and the officials from TR and NSH IInterconnecting Pipe Rack System (IPRS) in the KNPC team, quality and maintaining safety and thus timely Hanwa. Speaking at this ceremony, the TR Site Manager include Juan Juan, Manuel Garcia, Hakkan Ayata, - New Refinery Project at Al Zour. The Vice President completion, he added expressing his hopes and dreams Jose Luis said that this professional Spaniards team had General Manager Hari Kumar, Santhosh Babu, Manoj Sabu, in his emotional address, became choked up for this work expected to be remembered by the future a strong belief in NSH known for the team work, per- Kumar, Maximo Perez, Pani J Anthony, Sanjeev expressing how proud he was due to the dedicated generations. formance and a matured work culture. Narayanan, Vivek Kumar, KR Mohan. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 TV PROGRAMS

11:05 How It’s Made 09:35 Zou 19:55 Zack & Quack 15:00 Alice In Wonderland 11:30 World’s Toughest Jobs 09:45 Loopdidoo 20:05 Team Umizoomi 17:00 Atlantis: The Lost Empire 12:20 Mythbusters 10:00 Art Attack 20:28 Louie 19:00 Treasure Planet 13:00 Kids vs Film 10:25 Henry Hugglemonster 20:35 Louie 21:00 Big Fat Liar 10:00 Unstoppable 13:25 Dick ‘n’ Dom Go Wild 10:35 Calimero 20:40 Olive The Ostrich 23:00 High School Musical 3: 12:00 Dawn Of The Planet Of The 13:50 My Cat From Hell 10:50 Zou 20:44 Olive The Ostrich Senior Year Apes 14:40 How It’s Made 11:00 Loopdidoo 20:49 Paw Patrol 01:00 Earth To Echo 14:15 The Fugitive 15:05 How It’s Made 11:15 Art Attack 21:01 Paw Patrol 03:00 Captain Sabertooth And The 16:30 Justice League: Gods And 15:30 Invent It Rich 11:35 Henry Hugglemonster 21:24 Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom Treasure Of Lama Rama Monsters 16:20 Mythbusters 11:50 Calimero 21:35 Dora The Explorer 05:00 Big Fat Liar 18:00 Unstoppable 17:10 Animal Airport 12:00 Zou 21:59 Max & Ruby 19:45 Dawn Of The Planet Of The 17:35 Animal Airport 12:20 Loopdidoo 22:07 Bubble Guppies Apes 18:00 My Cat From Hell 12:35 Art Attack 22:29 Little Charmers 22:00 Heatstroke 18:50 Ultimate Survival 13:00 The Hive 22:41 Shimmer And Shine 23:45 The Fugitive 19:40 How It’s Made 13:10 Zou 23:05 Dora And Friends 09:00 The Longest Ride 02:00 S.W.A.T. 20:05 How It’s Made 13:25 Loopdidoo 23:27 Zack & Quack 11:15 The Walk 04:00 Four Brothers 20:30 World’s Toughest Jobs 13:40 Gummi Bears 23:38 Blaze And The Monster 13:15 Big Game 21:20 Mythbusters 14:05 Sofia The First Machines 15:00 Cut Bank 22:10 Kids vs Film 14:30 Goldie & Bear 00:00 Paw Patrol 16:45 The Walk 22:35 Dick ‘n’ Dom Go Wild 14:40 PJ Masks 00:13 Paw Patrol 19:00 Mission: Impossible - Rogue 23:00 Space Voyages 14:55 Jake And The Never Land 00:36 Dora The Explorer Nation 23:50 NASA’s Unexplained Files Pirates 01:00 Wanda And The Alien 21:15 Make Your Move 00:40 Invent It Rich 15:10 Doc McStuffins 01:11 Zack & Quack 09:25 Orphan Black 23:15 The Good Dinosaur 01:30 Mythbusters 15:20 Miles From Tomorrow 01:22 Dora And Friends: Into The 10:15 Doctors 01:00 Spy 02:20 How It’s Made 15:35 Jake And The Never Land City! 10:45 Eastenders 03:00 Fantastic Four 02:45 How It’s Made Pirates 01:46 Blaze And The Monster 11:15 Dickensian 05:00 The Visit 03:10 Space Voyages 15:45 Goldie & Bear Machines 12:00 Doctors 04:00 NASA’s Unexplained Files 16:00 Sofia The First 02:10 Paw Patrol 12:30 Eastenders 04:50 Destroyed In Seconds 16:25 The Lion Guard 02:35 Shimmer And Shine 13:00 Holby City 05:15 Destroyed In Seconds 16:55 Jake And The Never Land 02:58 Dora The Explorer 14:00 New Tricks 05:40 Ultimate Survival Pirates 03:21 Paw Patrol 14:55 Call The Midwife 17:20 Minnie’s Bow-Toons 03:45 Little Charmers 15:50 Dickensian 17:25 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 03:57 Bubble Guppies 16:35 Doctors 17:50 The Hive 04:20 Fresh Beat Band Of Spies 10:00 Bubble Boy 17:05 Eastenders 18:00 Doc McStuffins 04:40 Zack & Quack 12:00 Passed Away 17:40 New Tricks 18:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 04:52 Team Umizoomi 14:00 Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey 18:35 Call The Midwife 19:00 The Lion Guard 05:15 Louie 16:00 Bubble Boy 19:30 Dickensian 09:00 Hostage: Deadly Demands 19:30 Jake And The Neverland 05:22 Louie 18:00 Vampire Dog 20:15 Doctors 09:48 I Almost Got Away With It Pirates 05:30 Fresh Beat Band Of Spies 20:00 Passed Away 20:45 Eastenders 10:36 Deadline: Crime With 19:45 Aladdin 05:53 Olive The Ostrich 22:00 Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey 21:15 New Tricks Tamron Hall 20:15 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 05:58 Olive The Ostrich 00:00 Three Men And A Little Lady 22:10 Call The Midwife 11:24 Beauty Queen Murders 20:45 Doc McStuffins 02:00 A Night At The Roxbury 23:10 Dickensian 12:12 True Crime With Aphrodite 21:15 Minnie’s Bow-Toons 04:00 Laggies 00:00 Doctors Jones 21:20 The Adventures Of The 00:30 Eastenders 13:00 I Was Murdered Disney Fairies 01:05 New Tricks 13:25 I Was Murdered 21:50 Miles From Tomorrow 02:00 Holby City 13:50 I Almost Got Away With It 22:15 Sofia The First 03:00 Friday Night Dinner 14:40 Deadline: Crime With 22:45 Jake And The Never Land 09:00 The Rover 03:30 The Detectorists Tamron Hall Pirates 11:00 Draft Day 04:00 Pramface 15:30 Beauty Queen Murders 23:00 The Lion Guard 13:00 Memories 04:30 Pramface 10:45 Go For Sisters 16:20 True Crime With Aphrodite 23:30 Goldie & Bear 15:00 Streetdance: All Stars 05:00 Threesome 13:00 Listen To Me Marlon Jones 23:55 Unbungalievable 17:00 Welcome To The Punch 05:25 Threesome 14:45 Testament Of Youth 17:10 Murder Comes To Town 00:00 Jake And The Never Land 19:00 The Melancholy Fantastic 05:50 Doctors 17:00 Love & Mercy 18:00 I Was Murdered Pirates 21:00 Experimenter 18:25 I Was Murdered 23:00 Streetdance: All Stars 19:00 Legends Of The Fall 00:30 Jake And The Never Land 21:15 Tracks 18:50 I Almost Got Away With It Pirates 01:00 Big Eyes 19:40 Deadline: Crime With 03:00 The Disappearance Of 23:15 Testament Of Youth 01:00 PJ Masks 01:30 Begin Again Tamron Hall 01:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Eleanor Rigby: Him 20:30 Beauty Queen Murders 05:00 Lucky Them 03:30 Calendar Girls 02:00 Sofia The First 05:30 The Boy 21:20 True Crime With Aphrodite 02:30 Jake And The Never Land 09:00 Celebrity Ghost Stories Jones Pirates 10:00 Paranormal State 22:10 Swamp Murders 03:00 PJ Masks 10:30 Paranormal State 23:00 I Was Murdered 03:25 Doc McStuffins 11:00 Who Was I? My Past Lives 23:25 I Was Murdered 03:55 Aladdin 12:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 23:50 I Almost Got Away With It 04:20 Gummi Bears 13:00 Beyond Scared Straight 00:40 Deadline: Crime With 04:45 Minnie’s Bow-Toons 09:00 Dr. Ken 10:15 Hatching 14:00 Crime Stories Tamron Hall 04:50 Zou LAGGIES ON OSN MOVIES COMEDY HD 09:30 Hot In Cleveland 12:00 Daddy I’m A Zombie 15:00 Nightmare In Suburbia 01:30 Beauty Queen Murders 05:05 Henry Hugglemonster 10:00 Hank 13:45 Blackie And Kanuto 02:20 True Crime With Aphrodite 05:20 Calimero 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring 15:45 Jack And The Cuckoo Clock 16:00 Killers 20:20 Gold Divers 15:45 Tales From The Bush Larder 23:24 Harvey Beaks 17:00 The First 48 Jones 05:35 Zou Jimmy Fallon Heart 03:10 California Investigator 21:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier 16:10 Raw Travel 23:48 Breadwinners 11:30 Better With You 18:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 05:50 Loopdidoo 17:30 Egon And Donci 03:35 California Investigator (Season 4 Specials) 16:35 Raw Travel 00:12 Henry Danger 12:00 Mad Love 19:00 Columbus In The Last 19:00 Beyond Scared Straight 04:00 Murder Book 22:00 Deadliest Catch 17:00 David Rocco’s Dolce India 00:36 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 12:30 $#*! My Dad Says Journey 20:00 Crime Stories 04:50 I Am Homicide 22:50 Fast N’ Loud 17:25 Chefs Run Wild 01:00 100 Things To Do Before 13:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 20:30 Memory Loss 21:00 Killers 05:40 Deadly Sins 23:40 Misfit Garage 17:50 Chefs Run Wild High School 14:00 Hank 22:00 Pixies 22:00 The First 48 00:30 How Stuff’s Made 18:15 The Food Files 01:24 Game Shakers 14:30 Better With You 00:00 Jack And The Cuckoo Clock 23:00 Nightmare In Suburbia 00:55 How Do They Do It? 18:40 John Torode’s Malaysian 01:48 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:00 Boyster 15:00 Dr. Ken Heart 00:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 01:20 Gold Divers Adventure 02:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:10 Super Matrak 15:30 Young & Hungry 02:00 Blue Elephant 2 01:00 Beyond Scared Straight 02:10 Storage Hunters 19:05 John Torode’s Malaysian 02:36 Teenage Mutant Ninja 16:00 Young & Hungry 04:00 Memory Loss 12:35 Super Matrak 02:35 Garage Gold Adventure Turtles 02:00 Killers 13:00 Star vs The Forces Of Evil 16:30 $#*! My Dad Says 05:30 Pixies 03:00 Crime Stories 09:15 The Hive 03:00 Dark Woods Justice 19:35 Grandma’s Boy 03:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja 17:00 The Tonight Show Starring 13:25 K.C. Undercover 20:00 Eat Street Turtles 04:00 The First 48 09:20 Sabrina Secrets Of A 03:50 Countdown To Collision Jimmy Fallon 13:50 Supa Strikas 04:40 Mega Shippers 20:30 What’s For Sale? 03:24 Breadwinners 05:00 Homicide Hunter Teenage Witch 18:00 Mad Love 14:15 Danger Mouse 05:30 Fast N’ Loud 20:55 What’s For Sale? 03:48 Breadwinners 09:45 Sabrina Secrets Of A 14:40 Phineas And Ferb 18:30 Hank Teenage Witch 21:25 Tales From The Bush Larder 04:12 Sanjay And Craig 19:00 Better With You 15:05 Counterfeit Cat 21:50 Tales From The Bush Larder 04:36 Sanjay And Craig 10:10 Hank Zipzer 15:10 Gravity Falls 19:30 $#*! My Dad Says 10:35 Binny And The Ghost 22:20 Raw Travel 05:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 20:00 The Last Man On Earth 10:00 So Undercover 15:35 Lab Rats: Bionic Island 22:45 Raw Travel 05:24 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:00 Betrayed 11:00 Violetta 16:00 Rocket Monkeys 20:30 Young & Hungry 11:45 The Hive 23:15 David Rocco’s Dolce India 05:48 Henry Danger 21:00 Young & Hungry 14:00 Louder Than Words 16:25 Ultimate Spider-Man 23:40 Chefs Run Wild 16:00 A Promise 09:00 Lip Sync Battle 11:50 Mouk 16:50 Boyster 09:40 WAGs 21:30 Modern Family 09:25 Catch A Contractor 12:00 Jessie 10:35 WAGs 00:10 Chefs Run Wild 22:00 Modern Family 17:45 Still Alice 17:20 Boyster 00:35 The Food Files 19:45 Far From The Madding 09:50 Ridiculousness 12:25 Jessie 17:45 Pair Of Kings 11:30 Botched 22:30 Mad Love 10:15 Ridiculousness 12:50 Miraculous Tales Of 12:00 Botched 01:05 What’s For Sale? 23:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers Crowd 18:10 Pair Of Kings 01:30 Tales From The Bush Larder 09:01 Paw Patrol 21:45 Louder Than Words 10:40 Ridiculousness Ladybug And Cat Noir 18:35 Lab Rats: Bionic Island 12:55 E! News 00:00 Two And A Half Men 11:05 Ridiculousness 13:15 Tsum Tsum Shorts 13:10 Botched 02:00 Tales From The Bush Larder 09:24 Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom 00:30 Two And A Half Men 23:30 The Judge 19:00 Lab Rats: Bionic Island 02:25 Raw Travel 09:35 Dora The Explorer 02:00 The Homesman 11:30 Tosh.0 13:20 Liv And Maddie 19:30 Phineas And Ferb 14:10 E! News 01:00 Uncle Buck 11:55 Tosh.0 13:45 Bunk’d 15:10 Botched 02:50 Raw Travel 09:59 Max & Ruby 01:30 Uncle Buck 04:15 Little Accidents 19:55 Phineas And Ferb 03:15 David Rocco’s Dolce India 10:07 Bubble Guppies 12:20 Tosh.0 14:10 Austin & Ally 20:20 Kickin’ It 16:10 Botched 02:00 The Tonight Show Starring 12:50 Tosh.0 14:35 Shake It Up 17:05 Botched 03:40 Chefs Run Wild 10:29 Little Charmers Jimmy Fallon 20:45 Kickin’ It 04:05 Chefs Run Wild 10:41 Shimmer And Shine 13:15 MLE St Patrick’s Day 15:00 A.N.T. Farm 21:10 Disney Mickey Mouse 18:00 E! News 03:00 Modern Family Chowdown 15:25 A.N.T. Farm 18:15 Botched 04:30 The Food Files 11:05 Dora And Friends 03:30 Modern Family 19:10 Hollywood Medium With 04:55 John Torode’s Malaysian 11:27 Zack & Quack 04:00 Getting On Tyler Henry Adventure 11:38 Blaze And The Monster 04:30 Veep 09:00 Super Skyscrapers 20:05 Hollywood Medium With 05:20 John Torode’s Malaysian Machines 05:00 The Last Man On Earth 09:48 Mythbusters Tyler Henry Adventure 12:00 Paw Patrol 05:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 10:36 Secret Space Escapes 21:00 E! News 05:45 Grandma’s Boy 12:13 Paw Patrol 11:24 Through The Wormhole With 21:15 Hollywood Medium With 12:36 Dora The Explorer Morgan Freeman Tyler Henry 13:00 Wanda And The Alien 12:12 How Do They Do It? 22:15 Hollywood Medium With 13:11 Zack & Quack 12:36 Food Factory Tyler Henry 13:22 Dora And Friends: Into The 13:00 How Do They Do It? 23:10 Hollywood Medium With City! 09:00 Empire 13:26 Mythbusters 09:45 Revenge Of The Lioness 13:46 Blaze And The Monster 10:00 Good Morning America Tyler Henry 10:40 Expedition Wild 14:14 Through The Wormhole 00:05 Hollywood Medium With Machines 12:00 The Fosters With Morgan Freeman 11:35 Sumatra’s Last Tiger 14:10 Paw Patrol 13:00 Bones Tyler Henry 12:30 Bears Of Fear Island 15:02 Super Skyscrapers 01:00 E! News 14:22 Paw Patrol 14:00 Once Upon A Time 15:50 How Do They Do It? 13:25 Revenge Of The Lioness 14:35 Shimmer And Shine 15:00 The Amazing Race 02:00 Keeping Up With The 14:20 Expedition Wild 16:14 Food Factory Kardashians 14:58 Dora The Explorer 16:00 Devious Maids 16:38 Secret Space Escapes 15:15 Baby Animals In The Wild 15:21 Paw Patrol 17:00 Bones 03:00 LA Clippers Dance Squad 16:10 Planet Carnivore 17:26 Mythbusters 04:00 Botched 15:45 Little Charmers 18:00 Once Upon A Time 18:14 Through The Wormhole 17:05 Super Squirrel 15:57 Bubble Guppies 20:00 Live Good Morning America 05:00 E! News 18:00 Shark Men With Morgan Freeman 05:15 Keeping Up With The 16:20 Fresh Beat Band Of Spies 22:00 The Fosters 19:02 How Do They Do It? 18:55 Man-Eater Of The Congo 16:40 Zack & Quack 23:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Kardashians 19:50 Killer Shots 19:26 Food Factory 16:52 Team Umizoomi 00:00 Once Upon A Time 19:50 Super Skyscrapers 20:45 Thunder Beasts 17:15 Louie 01:00 The Amazing Race 21:40 Expedition Wild 20:38 Secret Space Escapes 17:22 Louie 02:00 The Art Of More 21:26 Through The Wormhole 22:35 Baby Animals In The Wild 17:30 Fresh Beat Band Of Spies 03:00 Mr. Robot 23:30 Madagascar’s Legendary With Morgan Freeman 17:53 Olive The Ostrich 04:00 The Night Shift 22:14 Mythbusters Lemurs 17:58 Olive The Ostrich 05:00 Empire 09:25 Grantchester 23:02 Super Skyscrapers 00:25 Vacations Gone Wild 18:03 Max & Ruby 10:20 Royalty Close Up 23:50 Mythbusters 01:20 Thunder Beasts 18:26 Wanda And The Alien 11:15 Murdoch Mysteries 00:40 Through The Wormhole 02:10 Expedition Wild 18:37 Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom 12:10 Who’s Doing The Dishes? With Morgan Freeman 03:00 Baby Animals In The Wild 18:48 Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom FOUR BROTHERS ON OSN MOVIES ACTION HD 13:05 The Chase 01:30 Battle Factory 03:50 Madagascar’s Legendary 19:00 Blaze And The Monster 14:00 Grantchester 01:55 Battle Factory Lemurs Machines 15:00 Royalty Close Up 02:20 How Do They Do It? 04:40 Vacations Gone Wild 19:22 Blaze And The Monster 09:00 Mostly Ghostly: Have You 14:05 Ridiculousness 21:15 Supa Strikas 16:00 Murdoch Mysteries 02:45 Food Factory 05:30 Shark Men Machines Met My Ghoulfriend 14:30 Ridiculousness 21:40 Supa Strikas 16:55 Who’s Doing The Dishes? 03:10 Alaska Mega Machines 14:55 Tosh.0 19:45 Zack & Quack 11:00 Dinosaur 15:50 That’s So Raven 22:05 Lab Rats: Bionic Island 17:50 The Chase 04:00 Battle Factory 15:20 Tosh.0 13:00 Garfield’s Fun Fest 16:15 That’s So Raven 22:30 Danger Mouse 18:45 Emmerdale 04:25 Battle Factory 15:45 Key And Peele 16:40 Good Luck Charlie 22:55 Kirby Buckets 19:15 Coronation Street 04:50 Through The Wormhole 16:10 Key And Peele 17:05 Good Luck Charlie 23:25 K.C. Undercover 19:45 Coronation Street 09:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja With Morgan Freeman 16:35 Ridiculousness 17:30 Jessie 23:50 Annedroids 20:15 Who’s Doing The Dishes? Turtles 05:40 Mythbusters 17:00 Ridiculousness 17:55 Disney Mickey Mouse 00:15 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 21:10 The Chase 09:24 Teenage Mutant Ninja 17:25 MLE St Patrick’s Day 18:00 The 7D Much Everything 22:00 When Ant & Dec Met The Turtles Chowdown 18:15 Miraculous Tales Of 00:40 K.C. 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Arrival Flights on Sunday 11/9/2016 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 Departure Flights on Sunday 11/9/2016 SAW 702 Damascus 13:35 Airlines Flt Route Time SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 Airlines Flt Route Time FEG 932 Alexandria 13:55 MSC 415 Sohag 00:10 KAC 742 Dammam 14:55 AIC 988 Hyderabad/Chennai 00:05 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 THY 772 Istanbul 00:10 KAC 788 Jeddah 15:00 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:10 THY 767 Istanbul 14:10 JZR 1540 Cairo 00:20 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 OMA 645 Muscat 15:10 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 JAD 302 Amman 00:25 AXB 394 Kozhikode 14:45 FDK 803 Damascus 00:35 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 15:10 MSR 615 Cairo 00:30 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:00 JZR 239 Amman 00:50 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 FDB 072 Dubai 00:30 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 FDB 069 Dubai 00:55 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 MSC 416 Sohag 01:05 FDB 058 Dubai 15:05 DLH 635 Doha 01:00 NIA 251 Alexandria 15:50 FDK 804 Damascus 01:35 KAC 673 Dubai 15:05 QTR 1086 Doha 01:15 RJA 640 Amman 16:00 THY 773 Istanbul 01:40 QTR 1079 Doha 15:15 JZR 539 Cairo 01:20 FDB 051 Dubai 16:10 DLH 635 Frankfurt 02:00 KAC 617 Doha 15:15 KAC 1802 Cairo 01:30 QTR 1072 Doha 16:15 MSC 404 Asyut 02:30 KAC 513 Tehran 15:40 MSC 403 Asyut 01:30 JZR 535 Cairo 16:20 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:40 SVA 503 Madinah/Jeddah 15:45 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:40 JZR 257 Beirut 16:25 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 02:45 JZR 188 Dubai 15:50 THY 765 Istanbul 02:45 KAC 613 Bahrain 16:00 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 01:45 JZR 787 Riyadh 16:35 KKK 6505 Istanbul 02:55 OMA 646 Muscat 16:10 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 KAC 562 Amman 16:55 KAC 177 Vienna 02:55 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 THY 1464 Istanbul 01:50 SYR 341 Damascus 17:00 UAE 854 Dubai 03:45 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 16:20 ETH 3403 Addis Ababa/Riyadh 04:30 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 THY 769 Istanbul 03:45 NIA 252 Alexandria 16:50 FEG 931 Alexandria 05:00 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 RJA 645 Amman 03:55 RJA 641 Amman 16:55 THY 1414 TZX 05:05 JZR 177 Dubai 17:45 OMA 644 Muscat 04:05 FDB 052 Dubai 17:00 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:10 KAC 678 Muscat/Abu Dhabi 17:50 FDB 068 Dubai 04:05 JZR 266 Beirut 17:10 THY 770 Istanbul 05:15 QTR 1080 Doha 17:55 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:10 QTR 1073 Doha 17:25 QTR 8511 Doha 05:15 MSR 620 Cairo 18:30 MSR 613 Cairo 04:15 KAC 781 Jeddah 17:30 KAC 412 Manila/Bangkok 06:30 KAC 786 Jeddah 18:35 PGT 861 Istanbul 04:30 UAE 858 Dubai 17:40 QTR 1077 Doha 04:35 BAW 157 London 06:40 KAC 774 Riyadh 18:35 SYR 342 Damascus 18:00 CEB 019 Manila 04:50 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 JZR 1541 Cairo 07:10 KAC 502 Beirut 18:35 LMU 511 Cairo 05:00 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 FDB 5061 Dubai 07:15 KAC 542 Cairo 18:55 JZR 560 Sohag 05:00 JZR 184 Dubai 18:20 KAC 382 Delhi 07:30 KAC 618 Doha 18:55 ETH 3403 Addis Ababa 06:00 JZR 538 Cairo 18:30 KAC 346 Ahmedabad 07:35 KAC 166 Paris/Rome 19:05 FEG 934 Sohag 06:00 JZR 238 Amman 18:45 KAC 206 Islamabad 07:40 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 THY 1465 Istanbul 06:00 KAC 1801 Cairo 18:55 KAC 302 Mumbai 07:50 UAE 875 Dubai 19:05 RJA 643 Amman 06:25 QTR 1081 Doha 19:05 SVA 512 Riyadh 07:50 FDB 063 Dubai 19:10 QTR 1087 Doha 06:30 JZR 124 Bahrain 19:20 FDB 053 Dubai 07:50 KAC 614 Bahrain 19:10 QTR 8512 Doha 06:40 MSR 621 Cairo 19:30 KAC 354 BLR 08:00 ABY 123 Sharjah 19:15 THY 771 Istanbul 06:45 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 GFA 212 Bahrain 06:50 KAC 156 Istanbul 08:00 MSR 606 Luxor 19:30 FDB 064 Dubai 19:50 JZR 240 Amman 06:55 KAC 286 Dhaka 08:05 JAI 572 Mumbai 19:35 ABY 124 Sharjah 19:55 FDB 070 Dubai 07:05 KAC 361 Colombo 19:55 KAC 332 Trivandrum 08:15 KAC 674 Dubai 19:45 JZR 164 Dubai 07:15 MSR 619 Alexandria 20:30 KAC 352 Kochi 08:20 FDB 059 Dubai 19:50 FDB 5062 Dubai 07:55 FDB 060 Dubai 20:30 KAC 362 Colombo 08:20 KAC 102 New York/London 19:55 BAW 156 London 08:25 KAC 283 Dhaka 20:30 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:05 FDB 054 Dubai 08:30 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 MSC 411 Asyut 08:45 KAC 514 Tehran 20:10 SVA 513 Riyadh 08:50 JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:00 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 KAC 117 SNN/New York 09:00 DLH 634 Doha 20:50 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 OMA 647 Muscat 20:20 JZR 256 Beirut 09:05 KAC 353 BLR 20:55 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:30 IRC 528 Ahwaz 09:10 JZR 189 Dubai 20:25 KAC 543 Cairo 21:00 KAC 671 Dubai 09:30 QTR 1070 Doha 09:20 QTR 1088 Doha 20:35 KAC 351 Kochi 21:00 JZR 534 Cairo 09:30 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 IRA 665 Shiraz 09:25 FDB 5053 Dubai 20:55 MSC 412 Asyut 09:45 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:05 OMA 648 Muscat 21:15 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:45 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 SAW 703 Damascus 09:45 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 QTR 1089 Doha 21:45 UAE 873 Dubai 10:40 ALK 229 Colombo 21:20 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:05 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 KLM 417 Amsterdam 21:25 IRC 529 Ahwaz 10:10 FDB 5054 Dubai 21:55 IRA 664 Shiraz 10:25 MEA 404 Beirut 11:00 THY 764 Istanbul 21:30 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 21:55 QTR 1071 Doha 10:35 JZR 561 Sohag 11:25 KAC 172 Frankfurt 21:50 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 FDB 056 Dubai 10:40 JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 QTR 1082 Doha 21:55 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 SAW 704 Damascus 10:45 FDB 075 Dubai 12:25 GFA 219 Bahrain 22:00 KLM 417 Dammam/Amsterdam 22:25 KAC 677 Abu Dhabi/Muscat 10:50 JZR 241 Amman 12:30 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 KAC 501 Beirut 11:00 THY 1403 AYT 22:25 SAW 701 Damascus 12:35 JZR 125 Bahrain 22:15 KAC 561 Amman 11:20 KAC 381 Delhi 22:25 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 AIC 981 Chennai/Ahmedabad 22:25 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:30 FEG 961 Sohag 12:55 RBG 551 Alexandria 22:30 KAC 741 Dammam 11:35 GFA 220 Bahrain 23:00 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 BBC 044 Dhaka/Dammam 22:40 MEA 405 Beirut 12:00 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:00 THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 KAC 782 Jeddah 22:50 KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:05 AXB 393 Kozhikode 13:55 JZR 185 Dubai 22:55 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 RBG 552 Alexandria 23:10 KAC 103 London 12:10 KAC 672 Dubai 14:05 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:05 KAC 155 Istanbul 23:15 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 JZR 528 Asyut 23:15 FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 KAC 178 Vienna 14:15 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 QTR 1083 Doha 23:20 FDB 057 Dubai 14:20 PIA 205 Lahore 23:40 JZR 786 Riyadh 13:10 KAC 411 Bangkok/Manila 23:25 stars34 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

CROSSWORD 1370 STAR TRACK

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

You are at home where there is a lot of communication, investigation and Time moves too quickly and everybody seems to have plans. An invitation exploration. You are fascinated by social interchange as well as gossip, comes your way and you run to put gas in the car and purchase your share of the party although you are careful to be respectful. You will enjoy a variety of communications with treats or cash a check. It is good to finally have a day to refurbish your energies after a people today-perhaps in a friendly gathering. Thinking, writing, researching and sciences busy workweek. There may be temptations to overeat this evening; however, you have are good. Your friends, partners and relationships mean a lot to you. They are a primary learned some great techniques that will help you maintain a low calorie count. You may source of strength and you always look to them for support and encouragement. You are have to think and review those techniques before you head out for the party. Tonight, indeed a social being and will no doubt weave this fact into your lifestyle. Your ideas and there are lots of fun conversations with a chance to catch up on your friends’ activities. images about the tradition and the environment around you are added to your teaching There are science, politics, hobby interests and other sorts of topics that make it hard to abilities on this day-as people gather around you. Enjoy family this evening. get away when the time grows late.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) There may be a choice about whether to work today or say no. Whatever What seems like a struggle between two teams or two neighbors seems to decision you make will be on you and you alone. If you need the money, say yes but if you end with you able to break the tie. With your organizational style, you are able to quickly need the time, say no. You are inventive and can take control over any plans or agenda. shape a difficult situation into a focused fun experience. Anyone watching these activities You could be most persuasive with others and whatever you decide you want to accom- today would tend to think that all was pre-organized. This is a busy day and you could find plish will have the support of those around you. There is a chance to understand those all sorts of activities from which to choose. Ideas for financial backing or a loan come to around you and to have a special time with someone you love. This evening you and your you from another person today. You will want to include your loved one in your plans. The loved ones may join your friends for some entertainment or socializing. You draw emo- energy available this evening favors your marital interest. You feel great support from tional nourishment from your ideals, friends and social involvement. Your inner resources those around you for whatever your interest. You love people, large and small groups and and emotions are accented. You may offer to help cook. relationships in general.

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

In the early hours of this morning, you may find yourself being put to good Some time ago you made plans to be with friends or family. All of this may use by a close friend. You feel a love of order and law-an appreciation for responsibilities not seem as exciting as you had once thought. Now you may have second and duty. This is an area in which you may be aiding a close friend. Any difficulties today thoughts. Now that everybody else is all ready to go, there could be problems if you become valuable lessons. Avoid legal entanglements. You can demonstrate a great deal of change your mind. Go . . . You will end up having lots of fun. Although you like to assert ACROSS 77. Goods carried by a large vehicle. understanding and sensitivity about the needs of this friend. This could mean you are your independence, now may not be the best time. There will be opportunities to spend 1. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in 78. A complex red organic pigment containing helping someone move or preparing to travel or you will drive this person to an airport or money outside of your budget today; however, now would be a good time to write down the intestines of premature infants. iron and other atoms to which oxygen to some important destination. If you are not traveling today, there are plenty of conversa- the item you want and consider the item at a later time. Be as conservative as possible in 4. Any orchid of the genus Cattleya character- binds. tions regarding travel. Distant journeys can stir your soul. Any long-distance travel could your use of credit. This evening you do a really good deed for a needy person. This could involve babysitting, providing some food and clothing, etc. ized by a hood-shaped three-lobed lip 81. Large edible mackerel of temperate United be enjoyed before the end of the month. enclosing the column. States coastal Atlantic waters. 12. An intricate network suggesting some- 82. Acute lung injury characterized by cough- thing that was formed by weaving or ing and rales. Cancer (June 21-July 22) interweaving. 83. (of eggs) No longer edible. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 15. Hormone secreted by the posterior pitu- 84. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls. You will find this a busy but fun sort of day. Ideas and interaction with elders Your many personal interests may demand that you clear away and tend to itary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also or family members may be in the picture much of this day. You have spectacular success at bringing the impossible into reality-you may be teaching a negative or depressed person chores first-a place for everything, etc. Think before you dive into a new project this after- by nerve endings in the hypothalamus. DOWN noon. You could cause yourself a lot of extra work that you were really trying to avoid. You to turn those negative thoughts into some most positive realities. Taking care of the nec- 16. A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae. 1. A Dravidian language spoken in south cen- believe there are other ways to perform or conduct some project and you quietly go essary things at home becomes a greater preoccupation later this afternoon. You will cer- 17. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting tral India. about doing just that today. Perhaps you have learned a new way to mow the yard that tainly get a pleasant lift from young people during this time-certainly a few moments of the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers 2. Having a specified kind of border or edge. takes very little time. At any rate, you create positive reactions from overseers and may find laughter helps everyone relax. This evening, you may volunteer to help a friend entertain yourself demonstrating your new ideas over and over. Though this is a happy day for rela- in Nebraska. 3. Soreness and warmth caused by friction. someone out of town or perhaps you will offer your services to care for an animal while 18. One of the most common of the five major 4. An esoteric or occult matter that is tradition- tionships and matters of the heart, if you are trying to impress your loved one be very the owner is away. This is a busy but fun time. careful not to come on too strong. classes of immunoglobulins. ally secret. 19. Any skeletal muscle having two origins 5. (law) A defense by an accused person pur- (but especially the muscle that flexes the porting to show that he or she could not forearm). have committed the crime in question. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 20. The posterior part of the mandible that is 6. Considerate and solicitous care. This is a great time to be with friends or relatives in an atmosphere of fun. more or less vertical. 7. Having or arranged in tiers. Emotions are up and you may even find yourself pondering a bit on the meaning of life. There could be a tendency to view your accomplishments as having almost no substance. Perhaps you are comparing your progress to someone else look at the 22. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex 8. The upper side of the thighs of a seated per- You feel at one with your situation. You may enjoy a good movie or book or feel like escap- many ways yo u express yo urself and be grateful for your abilities. Th is may be dancing, ing from day-to-day realities. You may, however, need to set aside time to first complete and Keflin and Keftab) commonly pre- son. cooking, gardening, building, singing or any number of other ways we express our joy. scribe for mild to moderately severe infec- 9. Artificial and inferior. the bill-paying process. 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GOSSIP Justin Bieber ‘so thankful’ to a stranger after embarrassment ody Christansen stepped in to foot the bill for the 22-year-old singer in a West Hollywood branch of KSubway last Thursday, because he wanted to save the ‘Sorry’ singer the embarrassment of having to step out in front of waiting paparazzi to get an alternative means of payment. Speaking to the New York Post newspaper’s Page Six column, Kody said: “[Justin] put his card into the machine and it was declined. He said, ‘I have to run out and get another card.’ I decided to pay it for him to spare him the second trip out into the crush of about 20 photogra- phers. I said, ‘I got it.’ And he asked if I was sure. He was so thankful.” Kody - an actor who also works as a waiter in Soho - admitted that he was going to keep the encounter to himself out of “respect” for the ‘Love Yourself’ hitmaker, but when the news got out anyway he decided to open up. He said: “I wasn’t going to tell anyone out of respect for him ... I didn’t want it to get out that he had his card declined.” The kind stranger also revealed that just one year previous to his encounter with the superstar, he was living on the streets in New York. He claimed that he spent time living in “four or five homeless shelters” as a result of a drug and alcohol addiction he developed whilst trying to chase his acting career. Michael Douglas admits Kylie Jenner’s dispute with he ‘lacked confidence’ he 71-year-old actor took a long time to feel “a sense of security” in his work because he always worried he fat-freezing firm slammed Twould be compared unfavorably to his dad Kirk Douglas, 99, and his career achievements. Speaking on ‘Good Morning Britain’ on Thursday, the ‘Fatal Attraction’ actor said: “I lacked confidence I would say. It took me a he 19-year-old television personality report- advantage of Ms. Jenner’s fame or success.” The while to have a sense of security. I mean clearly when you edly consulted lawyers over concerns that a legal team for the fat-freezing company didn’t stop have a father like Kirk, he was a big figure to look up to and Tbillboard for DoctorFatOff.com deliberately there, as they went on to highlight the fact many think, ‘wow how do you be the man that he is?’ But I’m not featured a model that looks like her, but the orga- people felt the two women “do not even look alike”, complaining you know, everybody has got their strengths nization’s legal team have hit back and sent a and claimed Cassandra’s heritage means there’s no and weaknesses and you just try to overcome those situa- scathing letter to her lawyer, in which they insisted way the two could even share any ancestry. They tions and improve your lot in life.” And to add to the ‘Basic their model, Cassandra, bears no resemblance to said in the letter: “A review of the comments on the Instinct’ star’s lack of self-confidence, the actor also the ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ star. The let- TMZ article posting reveal that an overwhelming revealed that his father - who turns 100 in December - was- ter, which has been obtained by TMZ, reads: majority of the commenting public believe that n’t completely convinced by his son’s acting abilities and “Contrary to suggestions in the media, the compa- Ms. Jenner and Cassandra do not even look alike. thought he was “terrible” when he started his career. nies did not seek out Cassandra [the model on the Cassandra’s heritage is primarily Latina and Indian Michael recalled: “I remember the first show I did he came billboard] based on any similarity in appearance to and does not even appear to share ancestry traits back and he said, ‘Michael you were absolutely terrible.’ Ms Jenner. [...] As you have seen from the advertis- with Ms Jenner.” And he was so relieved because he thought, ‘I don’t have ing, there is no attribution nor any visuals or words to worry about my son becoming an actor, he was so bad.’ that in any way tend to confuse the public or take Zendaya claimed Peter Andre she was refused service in a store monitors his kids’ he 20-year-old singer-and-actress took to Snapchat on Tuesday to post a series of short videos that social media Texplained the ordeal she went through when visiting a branch of Vons - a supermarket chain in North America. In he ‘Mysterious Girl’ singer has tak- having Instagram accounts. Everyone the videos, the ‘Shake It Up’ star said: “So we just got out of en an opposing stance to the knows I don’t allow them to have this Vons. Now I am trying to buy a lot of gift cards. There Tkids’ mother Katie Price, who has phones or social media at my house. I are certain limits or whatever so you can only by so much, opened Instagram accounts for them, don’t like kids having them because I but the lady that was helping us ... I don’t think she was a and when they stay with him and his think it opens them up to all sorts of fan of our skin tone. She then threw my wallet. I can’t make new wife Emily MacDonagh they are issues.” However, Peter respects Katie’s this up! This is what we deal with! She literally threw my not allowed to sign in to the photo decision to allow them to use wallet and she was like, ‘You can’t afford this.’ It was $400! sharing website. Peter - who has two- Instagram - despite users needing to Long story short, there is so much progress to be done in year-old daughter Amelia with Emily be 13 to have accounts - when the kids our world.” The ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ star then cor- and another baby on the way - believes are with her. Talking about the need for rected herself in a later video, saying that the store clerk Junior, 11, and nine-year-old daughter “compromise” when you co-parent, the didn’t throw her wallet, but actually tossed it toward her. Princess are too young for Instagram 43-year-old TV star said: “As a parent She said: “You know what it’s all love! You know, may she and keeps them offline because he you have to compromise with the oth- go on to have a wonderful life. Yo, shout out the manager believes the platform opens up “all er parent and try to work together. I for coming and helping - I got my gift cards!” sorts of issues”. Writing in his column can only advise and encourage them - I for New! magazine, he shared: “I have can’t do any more than that.” been asked how I feel about my kids Noel Gallagher admits Robert De Niro had no idea who he was he 49-year-old musician enjoyed a lengthy lunch with the 73- o’clock in the afternoon ... and he left at about eight or nine. He was year-old actor in the South of France last month, and ended up there for about eight hours. If I ever have the pleasure of meeting him Tdining with him for a whopping eight hours. Now, the former again, he’ll just go, ‘I’ve never met this guy.’ “But the lack of recognition Oasis star has revealed that the Hollywood legend had no idea who he from the ‘Taxi Driver’ star didn’t get the rock star down as he shared his was when he was introduced to the ‘Raging Bull’ star. The ‘Wonderwall’ excitement on social media in the wake of their meet-up. When the hitmaker said: “I sat next to him and I’ve got to say he didn’t have a clue pair met last month, the 49-year-old musician posted a photo of him- who I was. As he was leaving, he said, ‘Write down the name of that self an De Niro on Instagram, taken by his wife Sara MacDonald. band again that you were in.’ “We had this lunch that started at one SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 lifestyle

GOSSIP Jeremy Renner settles a dispute with his ex-wife

he 45-year-old actor and his former partner Sonni “I still don’t expose my baby’s face, just to protect her or Pacheco have been at loggerheads since they anyone in my family [who’s] a minor. I just think that’s not Tdivorced in 2015 after spending just 10 months as a my decision to make. You know what I mean? You don’t married couple. In the latest dispute, Sonni claimed that need to be world famous just because your jackass dad the ‘Avengers’ actor was behind in child support pay- is.” The pair share joint custody of their daughter, with ments for their three-year-old daughter Ava but he has Jeremy paying $13,000 a month in child support. The now settled the issue by agreeing to pay $16,000 in child costs for the star don’t stop there, as he even has to pay support as well as $24,000 for her lawyer and accountant. his ex-wife 5 per cent of his earnings if he earns more Sonni has also claimed that ‘American Hustle’ actor has than $2.3 million per year as part of their divorce settle- been posting too many pictures of their daughter on ment which was finalized in December 2015. social media, despite Jeremy previously stating that he doesn’t show Ava’s face in order to “protect” her. He said:

Simon Cowell thinks Zayn Malik Shia LaBeouf has two Missy should have approached him Elliott tattoos on his knees he former One Direction star has he 30-year-old actor bonded with his cast Missy Elliott like I wanna get two Missy Elliott tat- teamed up with ‘Law & Order’s Dick mates in low budget ‘American Honey’ - in too. “But you’re in a tattoo parlor, and... peer pres- TWolf and his wife Noelle Wolf on Twhich he plays the leader of a gang of sure.” The movie has seen Shia - who has been ‘Boys’, a scripted show about the formation thieves who sell magazine subscriptions on a arrested numerous times in the past and sought of a successful boy band, and his former cross-country road trip - by getting a new inking in treatment for alcoholism - tipped for an Oscar record label boss - who signed the group every place they visited, and he finished the seven- nomination but the actor, who has never been to his Syco label after they were formed, week shoot with 12 new inkings. He said: “We invited into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and came second, on his TV show ‘The X bonded hard. You do whatever is required for it to and Sciences, insists he is “not that guy” because of Factor’ in 2010 - believes the ‘Pillowtalk’ hit- be true, for it to be honest. I had to run this group, his reputation. maker owed it to him to offer him the sort of like a pimp. “One of the things we’d do as a rights to the project first. Simon, 56, told group, we’d all go to the f***ing tattoo shop.” Of ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “Nothing surprises the Missy tattoos on his knees, he said: “I don’t love me anymore. I think he should have come to me with it, if I’m being honest with you. I do actually believe that when they’ve got these ideas, bearing in mind where we started, they should actually come to me.” It might come as a surprise that Simon wanted to work on the show with Zayn - who will executive produce the NBC series - as he previously insisted he was “not interested” in anything the 23-year-old singer said. Speaking after Zayn admitted he had little contact with his former band- mates or their crew, Simon said: “I’m not interested in a single word he says, but I am interested in what he sings. I’ve heard [his music], it’s good, he’s going to do well.” Rob Kardashian ‘praying’ for a son he ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ star is thrilled to be expecting a baby Tboy with his fiancÈ Blac Chyna Speaking in a teaser for his new reality show Deryck Whibley received death ‘Rob & Chyna’, in scenes filmed before the baby’s gender was revealed, Scott Disick asks him: “What do you want?” To which he replied: “A boy. You gotta carry on that threats from Lavigne’s stalker name.” Confessing later to the camera, he he Sum 41 frontman - who was married to Meanwhile, the ‘In Too Deep’ musician recently added: “I’m definitely hoping for a boy the 31-year-old ‘Complicated’ hitmaker from spoke candidly of how in 2011 - a year after his because I want to have the same relationship T2006 to 2010 - has revealed he was subjected divorce from Avril - he went through a really dark that I had with my father with my son. So to serious abuse during his four-year marriage to period with his alcohol addiction and considered that’s what I’m praying for.” Meanwhile, it was the singer when a crazed fan from the UK threat- ending his career in the rock band. Blac’s father Eric Holland who revealed the ened to kill him simply because he was married to couple are having a baby boy. He said: “Rob the singer. The 36-year-old rocker said: “My ex-wife and I have had some one-on-one time. All I [Avril] had a lot of stalkers. And being married to can say is he’s excited about the prospect of her, they sort of wanted to come after me. There a boy. “For Angie, the most important thing was this one guy from the UK who started sending is that the baby is healthy. They were really death threats.” The ‘War’ hitmaker explained that excited when it kicked for the first time. the stalker was very careful at hiding evidence and They’ve chosen a name but they’ve not told went as far as to send items with no trace of his fin- anyone what it is. They want to wait until the gerprints, however, luckily for Deryck police were baby is born.” And the 29-year-old television able to catch him. Deryck told Vice: “He was really personality previously revealed he wants to weird because the stuff he sent had no fingerprints be a “fun and goofy” parent like his dad on it and it was at a level that was a little bit more Robert Kardashian was to him. sophisticated. “It turned out to be way more seri- ous and he wanted to kill me for some reason. Thankfully the FBI found him over here.”

Amber Heard drops defamation lawsuit against her ex-husband

he 30-year-old actress attempted to sue her former spouse’s close article on TheWrap.com in June after Amber requested a restraining order friend Doug Stanhope three months ago after he wrote a cutting against Johnny, 53, because he had allegedly hit her and thrown at phone Tarticle claiming she had made up abuse allegations to get a hold at her during a fierce argument in May. She claimed at the time: “During on the actor in their divorce, but she’s now decided to let go of the the entirety of our relationship, Johnny has been verbally and physically case to move on. A representative for Amber told TMZ: “Amber is mov- abusive to me. I endured excessive emotional, verbal and physical abuse ing on, getting back to work and leading a normal, happy life.” The from Johnny, which has included angry, hostile, humiliating and threaten- ‘Rum Diary’ star was forced to drop the lawsuit against Doug after ing assaults to me whenever I questioned his authority or disagreed with she and the ‘Black Mass’ hunk agreed during their divorce set- him.” tlement that all cases stemming from the domestic abuse allegations were scrapped. Doug decided to publish the lifestyle SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

FEATURES DiCaprio’s ‘Before The Flood’ aims to make climate US election issue

ollywood heartthrob and environmental activist date Donald Trump and former candidates Marco Rubio and Leonardo DiCaprio said he rushed to release his upcom- Ted Cruz. Hing climate change documentary “Before the Flood” It seeks to effect a balance between making clear that the ahead of November’s US presidential elections to issue a clari- earth is facing a massive danger while also offering audiences on call to US voters in time to influence their decisions. “We a glimmer of hope that catastrophe can be averted. The gloom wanted this film to come out before the next election because came from DiCaprio and the hope from Stevens, the pair said ... the United States is the largest contributor to this issue,” in the question and answer session that followed the screen- DiCaprio said to the audience after the film’s world premiere at ing. The film also criticizes those who fund anti-environment the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday. groups for commercial gain. “The Koch brothers aren’t denying “We cannot afford, at this critical moment in time, to have it, they just want to make money,” Stevens said, referring to leaders in office that do not believe in the modern science of Charles and David Koch who have founded and funded con- climate change,” he added. The film follows the Oscar-winning servative and libertarian political organizations. — Reuters DiCaprio and actor-filmmaker Fisher Stevens as they travel from Canada’s oil sands to tiny Pacific islands, interviewing world leaders such as the ’s Pope Francis and US President Barack Obama, climate scientists and academics. DiCaprio’s interview subjects discuss and document the negative impacts of industrialization and increasing consump- tion on the health of the planet. “The fact that we are still debating any of this is just utter insanity to me,” DiCaprio said. The actor, who won an Oscar this year for playing a fur trapper battling nature’s elements in “The Revenant,” was an executive producer on 2014 Oscar-nominated documentary “Virunga,” about the threatened gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This year, he is an executive producer on Netflix documen- tary “The Ivory Game,” about Africa’s illegal ivory trade, also making its debut at the Toronto film festival. “Before the Flood” is out in New York and Los Angeles theaters on Oct 21 and airs on National Geographic Channel globally on Oct 30. The film Ewan McGregor’s shoes are seen as he poses for photo- calls out the sizable minority of Republican lawmakers who graphs at the premier for American Pastoral at the flatly deny the broad scientific evidence that human activity is Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario on Actor/producer Leonardo DiCaprio arrives at the ‘Before the Flood’ premiere on day 2 of the Toronto International Film causing environmental damage, and names presidential candi- September 9, 2016. — AFP Festival in Toronto. — AP

Film Review ‘The Empire of Corpses’ (Shisha no teikoku)

n anime feature adaptation of late sci-fi virtuoso Project The expedition reaches its most intriguing juncture when Itoh’s steampunk dystopian novel on computerized Watson and his gang step foot in a sequestered village, com- Anecromancy, “Empire of Corpses” is exquisitely drawn ing face-to-face with corpse engineer Alexei Karamazov’s dubi- yet bogs down in a narrative as bloated as a drowned carcass. ously developed new breed. Karamazov (Shinichiro Miki, noth- Following a young, androgynous Dr Watson on a globetrotting ing like Dostoevsky’s character) is reminiscent Col. Kurtz in espionage mission to find Victor Frankenstein’s secret formula, “Apocalypse Now” inasmuch as he plays God in this hidden Itoh’s richly imaginative yarn is literally and figuratively a soul- Shangri-la. In a blistering confrontation between the protago- searching journey. Yet, despite sprawling, jumbled exposition, nists, the film’s central conflict of morality versus science, and director Ryotaro Makihara’s big-screen realization boasts such the implied reference to human experiments in war is grimly dazzling artwork and cinematic brio that it will live long on US articulated. distributor Funimation’s streaming platform, aimed at hardcore Japanese anime geeks. Itoh (aka Satoshi Ito) burst upon Japan’s science fiction This file photo shows a Russian Interior Ministry soldier standing guard on near the scene with “Genocide Organ” and “Harmony,” but regrettably wreckage of a Polish government Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft which crashed on near died of cancer at the age of 34. His last, unfinished novel “The airport. A new Polish feature film about the April 2010 jet crash in Russia which Empire of Corpses” was completed by his friend and peer To killed then president Lech Kaczynski and 95 others has revived conspiracy theories about Enjo. Produced by Wit Studio, which boasts the anime series Moscow’s role in the tragedy. — AFP “Attack on Titan” on its slate, “Empire” was the second animated feature adapted from Itoh’s works. The film re-imagines the Victorian age as one feeding off two scientific breakthroughs a century ago. Polish film on 2010 air crash Victor Frankenstein’s experiment to resurrect the dead, and Charles Babbage’s invention of the prototype computer. In Europe, empire-building and the industrial revolution are pow- points finger at Russia ered by tireless slave-labor corpses, reanimated and controlled through a hard drive, called Necroware, installed in their heads. new Polish feature film about the April Ball of fire Over the course of the film, programmed corpses take on mul- 2010 jet crash in Russia which killed The delegation was heading for memorial tiple symbolic references: robot technology, the evils of colo- Athen president Lech Kaczynski and 95 ceremonies in Russia’s forest for thou- nialism (with a contempo allusion to globalization), and god- others has revived conspiracy theories about sands of Polish army officers killed by the less existence. Moscow’s role in the tragedy. While director Soviet secret police in 1940, a massacre the In 1878, medical student John H. Watson (Yoshimasa Antoni Krauze insists “Smolensk”-which was Kremlin denied until 1990. The head of the Hosoya) has illicitly reanimated his deceased friend, whom he The incident provides a lead for Watson that takes him and released Friday-is a work of fiction, he mixes new PiS-backed investigative subcommittee, has renamed Friday (Ayumu Murase), with his own advanced his companions to Tokyo, setting up an exuberant rendering of fact and fantasy to suggest that the crash was Waclaw Berczynski, has reiterated his theory Necroware, which gives a corpse the power to analyze data. the early Meiji Era, with vividly illustrated scenes of a sumo no accident. The audience at its pre-release that the Tupolev 154 exploded mid-air, What he’s obsessed with finding out, however, is whether the wrestling match and a racy action set piece driven by zombie premiere last weekend in Poland’s national although he has offered no proof. The film dead body still has a soul. He’s blackmailed by M (Akio Otsuka), samurai. However, despite the sudden resurfacing of “The One” theatre read like a who’s who of Polish politics, takes a similar approach: the jet explodes into head of British secret service, into undertaking an expedition (Takayuki Sugo) - Frankenstein’s prototype corpse-there’s little fueling the idea of a semi-official stamp of a ball of fire in the air before it crashes. to retrieve the lost “notes” of Frankenstein, which may have led dramatic traction. Before the conundrum of the lost “notes” approval. The late president’s twin brother, the It also uses archive footage showing the to a new batch of corpses with enhanced functions, equipped and The One’s role is cleared up, the protagonists leap across powerful leader of the governing populist Law meeting of then Polish prime minister Donald for warfare, a condition that would tip the balance of world the continent to San Francisco, where a very cinematic and Justice (PiS) party Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Tusk-now the EU president-and then Russian power. shootout only adds to the narrative entropy, as the film his political proteges, President premier Vladimir Putin at the crash site shortly Thus begins an expedition that takes Watson and Friday to morphs into full-blown zombie horror. By the time it reaches a and Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, were all on after the disaster, something that has long India, Central Asia, Japan, and the U.S. Bolstered by Makihara’s protracted finale at the Tower of hand. been the focus of conspiracy theorists. Other breakneck pacing, the macabre yet vigorous battles against London, viewers are bombarded with so many mind-bog- Party leader Kaczynski has long made no scenes show Russian air traffic controllers at armies of corpses demonstrate Wit Studio’s talent for creating gling plot twists that it’s impossible not to throw one’s hands secret that he believes foul play caused the the Smolensk air strip receiving a mysterious animated action. Yet even more satisfying are the vibrant color up in dismay. A pity, since the exquisitely detailed architecture crash. Polish and Russian investigators have order to make Kaczynski’s jet descend to 50 palettes of vastly different landscapes, from the muddy and machinery featured are crowning examples of steampunk never found any evidence to support the meters (165 feet) altitude, while it should have Ganges with turbaned corpses pulling barges, to dusty crags in aesthetics. With a huge roster of historical and fictional charac- claim. An investigation under Poland’s previ- flown at 100 meters. The film also shows presi- Kabul and the snow-capped mountain curves of the Khyber ters coming and going, it’s Burnaby and Krasotkin who stand ous liberal government concluded that pilot dent Lech Kaczynski’s 2008 visit to Tbilisi to Pass. Like much of Japanese fantasy manga, the story appro- out, thanks to the former’s hot-blooded derring-do and the lat- error, thick fog and poor air traffic control were support Georgia as it fended off attacks by priates figures from Western history and fiction, nonchalantly ter’s unflappable cool. Watson, who betrays no clues of becom- to blame. Moscow however has not yet hand- Russia, suggesting his death was an act of refashioning them to far-fetched but generally interesting ing Holmes’ sidekick in a later life, is portrayed as the sensitive, ed over the wreckage to Polish authorities. revenge by the Kremlin. The film’s release date effect. self-doubting philosopher, seduced by the enigma of immor- Most of those who died when the plane came coincides with the first report of the new PiS- For travel companions, Watson has English adventurer tality. His friendship with Friday is recalled in flashbacks with all down in Smolensk, western Russia, on April 10, convened investigative subcommittee due to Frederick Burnaby; Hadaly Lilith (Kana Hanazawa) from French the homoerotic trappings of “Boys Love” (a staple genre in 2010 were senior Polish state officials, includ- issue its findings about the causes of the crash symbolist sci-fi novel “The Future Eve”; and Nikolai Krasotkin Japanese girls manga). — Reuters ing its military chief of staff and central banker. next week. — AFP (Daiki Yamashita) from “The Brothers Karamazov.” Ulysses Grant The president’s wife also died. (Koji Ishii), Thomas Edison (Koji Takeda), and Japanese general Seigo Yamazawa also lend him a hand at pivotal points.

Parker attends ‘Birth of a Nation’ Toronto premiere amid controversy From street to studio: Indonesia ideo cameras were barred from the red car- Searchlight said it stands by the movie, despite pet premiere of “The Birth of a Nation” at the speculation in Hollywood that the rape case will buskers dream of big time Toronto Film Festival, where the movie’s star affect the film’s marketing and jeopardize its Oscar V very day, street musician former busker who created IMJ with two and filmmaker Nate Parker smiled and greeted fans, chances. Toronto Film Festival officials increased Jamaluddin jumps on a bus and plays friends in 2014. despite recent headlines on his involvement in an security around the venue to counter protests, but his guitar to earn a few coins, and The Institute helps musicians develop old rape case. Dressed in a black suit, Parker the premiere went smoothly and no protesters E hopefully one day get noticed by a record- songwriting skills and teaches them how hopped out of a black car on to the small red carpet were in sight. ing company. “I have the desire to be a to perform on stage and record in a studio. outside a downtown Toronto movie theater, where The festival stood by “Birth of a Nation,” festival famous musician or singer, but the way to It has produced songs and albums for 15 about five or six photographers had queued to director and chief executive Piers Handling told go is very hard. Just doing one recording performers since 2014, and distributes snap the cast. Reuters on Thursday, adding that he hoped more usually is very expensive,” Jamaluddin, also their material through online platforms After posing for a few minutes, a jovial Parker filmmakers of color come forward with similar sto- known as “Zedi” said after a recent bus trip. such as Google’s YouTube, SoundCloud and greeted fans gathered by the theater entrance, ries. “It’s a very, very good film and we invited the Street performers like Zedi have strug- Apple’s iTunes. Malewa said he gives 80 shaking hands and waving, before returning to the film before the personal issues came out around gled to make a living in the Indonesian percent of the profits to the artists in the carpet for more photos and heading into the ven- the director,’ Handling said. “We can hardly wait for capital since so-called busking was banned hope that they will soon become inde- ue. Friday’s premiere is Parker’s first public event audiences here in Toronto to actually see the movie in 2007. Now, they are getting help from a pendent and succeed on their own. He also since it emerged last month that the accuser in his (and) judge it as a film itself.” The audience gave the music production company set up by a fel- arranges live performances for them at 1999 rape trial and acquittal committed suicide in film a standing ovation, according to Twitter posts low street performer. The Institut Musik local cafes and other music venues. Nancy 2012. Parker, who did not mention the case in his by film journalists from the Hollywood Reporter, Jalanan (IMJ), or Street Musicians’ Institute, Felicia, manager of a Jakarta cafe that hires red carpet appearance, is due to join the cast for Variety and USA Today who attended the premiere. says it is Indonesia’s first production com- IMJ artists, said the acts are popular and interviews with journalists on Saturday, and partici- Parker introduced the film and participated in a pany to offer music classes, access to a good for her cafe business. “They get a pos- pate in a festival news conference on Sunday. moderated question-and-answer session about it, recording studio and assist aspirants to itive response from our guests,” she said. Parker, 36, was little known before writing, they added. — Reuters find that showcase their talents. “I want to “Sometimes they sing together.”— Reuters directing and starring “Birth of a Nation,” which change the negative assumptions people wowed audiences at the Sundance Film Festival in have about street musicians. If they are giv- January, and was seen as a strong 2017 Oscar con- Parker Posey attends the Rachel Comey en a chance they can produce, just like pro- tender. It tells the story of Nat Turner, who led a fashion show during New York Fashion fessionals,” said Andi Malewa, a 34-year-old slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831. Movie studio Fox Week in New York City. — AFP lifestyle SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

FASHION

(From left) TV personality Yolanda Hadid, singer Taylor Swift, model Martha Hunt and Formula One racer Lewis Paulina Vega, Miss Universe 2014, poses in front of donuts before the Tommy Hilfiger Fall 2016 runway show, featuring Hamilton seen at the Tommy Hilfiger Fall 2016 collection at Fashion Week in New York. — AP photos the TommyXGigi capsule, during Fashion Week in New York. Tommy Hilfiger puts on a really big show

any designers like to add some theatrical flair to their hot dogs, mozzarella sticks, cotton candy. “squad” of friends, Hadid replied: “Tommy’s the captain of the runway shows. But taking over a whole New York City Oh, and there was Taylor Swift. The singer was there to cheer squad!” Replied Hilfiger, laughing: “No, I’m the godfather.” The Mpier to stage a carnival? That’s something Tommy on her good friend Hadid, and cheer she did, also singing and TommyXGigi garments had a heavily nautical theme, includ- Hilfiger would do. And he did. Designer Thakoon Panichgul bopping to the music as models strutted, and grasping Hadid’s ing fisherman-style sweaters, denim sailor pants and shorts, returned to the fashion week schedule after some time off. hand as she walked down the runway at the end with Hilfiger. anchor motifs, and leather “nautical boots.” Hadid opened the Some highlights from New York Fashion Week: Also on hand: Kris Jenner, just one of many Kardashian family show in a sleek cotton jacket and black leather motorcycle A Ferris wheel, cotton candy members taking part in this Fashion Week. pants, with a printed scarf around her neck - all from her col- It’s often remarked that New York Fashion Week feels like a In an interview earlier in the day, Hilfiger, who’s known for lection. She closed the show in Hilfiger’s cropped hoodie and carnival. Hilfiger decided to take that idea to its most literal con- his lavishly staged productions every Fashion Week, explained basketball dress. clusion, erecting a real-life carnival on a pier at Manhattan’s that this one would be not only bigger, but different. “It’s The event, dubbed #TOMMYNOW, did not end with the run- South Street Seaport to display his wares. On a muggy summer going to be a multimedia extravaganza, breaking all the rules way show. Guests were encouraged to sample the rides and continue munching and sipping. The whole party was sched- uled to be open again to the public on Saturday for eight hours. At Thakoon, see now, buy now With a fresh take on business and his first brick-and-mortar store, Thakoon Panichgul returned to the fashion week schedule after time off to rethink and rejuvenate. And what did he come up with? A limited supply of “see now, buy now” clothes in a fall collection that had him dump all his middlemen so he could put it on sale immediately at his Soho shop and on his website, Thakoon.com. But they’ll only be available for a month or so. When they’re gone, that’s it. “It’s Thakoon 2.0. I didn’t show Models walk the runway during the last season. I took a year off. Basically I wanted to do something Tommy Hilfiger fall 2016 collection. — AFP energetic, something fresh,” Panichgul said in an interview after the outdoor show on a terrace of a huge, redone waterfront warehouse in Brooklyn. “With the new business model, I wanted something speedier, something that feels really fast paced because the world that we’re living in is very fast-paced,” he said, echoing the sentiments of other brands that have gone to fast fashion. Of the clothes, he said: “I went back to this idea of looking at the classics and twisting them.” One of the standouts Thursday night was a ruffle dress in marigold with a swingy, handkerchief hemline. There was a pair of wide-leg crop twill pants in a brownish stone with huge front pockets that lent just enough detail when shown with a medium-wide belt. Panichgul, whose mother taught him how to sew, had some other, wearable standouts, including a cropped trench-style, double-breasted jacket with a layered look sewn right in. It was a shape he car- ried into other fabrics and prints, both of which were often lay- ered and mixed together. A black Chantilly lace silk dress, for instance, was worn with a Merino wool sweater cape and an oversized plaid Merino wool Models walks the runway during the Tommy Hilfiger fall 2016 collection presented at New York Fashion Week. — AFP jacket tied at the waist. A faux mink bomber jacket was shown with a gauze plaid shirtdress and a wool sweater tied the same Friday night, under a gaggle of strung-up lights and against a and being disruptive in the fashion business,” he said. “It’s sort way. Panichgul’s first store opened in Manhattan in August. Last stunning city backdrop, Hilfiger displayed designs from his Fall of a revolution in the fashion industry to create an event that December, Vivian Chou, the daughter of Hong Kong tycoon Silas 2016 collection - available online the minute they hit the run- is really not a traditional runway show and it is all about ‘buy Chou, took a majority stake in the brand he launched in 2004. way - as well as his TommyXGigi collection, designed in collabo- now, wear now,’ designed by a model for a designer.” “It’s revitalizing,” he said of his new take on fashion and business. ration with supermodel Gigi Hadid. Hadid, 21, who both opened and closed the show, said she “It gave me a lot of energy.”— AP But there was a lot more than clothes to capture the atten- hopes to continue designing. Her experience with Hilfiger, tion. Just steps off the runway, one could get a temporary tattoo she said, “gave me the opportunity to learn so much from or some nail art. There were arcade games, a 40-foot Ferris them, and kind of get my feet wet and then I can go execute it Models walk the runway during the Wheel along with other fairground rides, and food - lobster rolls, myself.” Asked if Hilfiger was part of her and Swift’s famous Tommy Hilfiger fall 2016 collection. — AFP Kanye West performs at NY Fashion Week party

anye West brought his “Saint Pablo Tour” to the small Celebrity attendees dressed to impress included stylish stage at a New York Fashion Week party, where he per- singer Mary J. Blige and a dapper Nico Tortorella. Heidi Klum, Kformed under smoky, dark lights, and ended his set Christina Hendricks, fashionable NBA player Russell with some outspoken words, per usual. West hit the stage Westbrook, Kate Upton, Nick Cannon, Pamela Anderson, Nina Friday night at The Plaza Hotel, where the audience - a bit Agdal and Camila Alves also attended. The Harper’s Bazaar sweaty and cramped and made of up fashion and entertain- event is in its third year and was held by Roitfeld and Karl ment industry insiders - hung on to the rapper’s every move Lagerfeld. Katy Perry was featured on last year’s stage and as he performed new and old songs, even jumping into the Lady Gaga performed jazz songs at the inaugural event in The Anthony Rubio audience to rap with the crowd. 2014. West’s “Saint Pablo Tour” kicked off last month and canine couture and West and his wife, Kim Kardashian, were being honored by wraps Nov 1 at the Forum in Inglewood, California.— AP woman’s wear col- Harper’s Bazaars at its annual ICONS event. It was just days lection is modeled after West, 39, debuted the fourth season of his Yeezy collec- during Fashion Week tion for Adidas to mixed reviews. “At the beginning of this per- in New York. — AP formance I tried my best to not try. No, I tried to listen to all the reports and shit and I tried my best to stop trying,” he said at the end of the performance. “But I just couldn’t do it! I couldn’t stop! No matter what they write, I just couldn’t stop!” He then thanked the fashion crowd for supporting him as he transitioned from Grammy-winning rapper-producer to fashion mogul. “I appreciate y’all going on this journey for me. I appreciate all the years y’all put up with me learning in front of you and listening to the music at the same time,” he said. “I appreciate the moment when Carine put her friend on the cover - no, not this moment - I’m talking about when she put Tom Ford on the cover,” he continued, referring to Carine Roitfeld, the former editor of Vogue Paris and founder and editor of CR Fashion Book. “And all you mother (expletive) were like, ‘Oh, Carine (is) over!’ She’s a mother (expletive) icon though. There’s only one Carine.” Then West paused, dropped his microphone and walked offstage. The crowd of a few hundred cheered him on. He kicked off his set with “Father Stretch My Hands Pt 1,” and also performed “Famous,” “All of the Lights,” “Black Skinhead” and “Touch the Sky.” When he performed “Runaway” - which fea- tures the infamous line, “Let’s have a toast for the douchebags” - he held his middle finger up throughout most of the performance. The Kardashian clan was there to support Kimye, including Kris, Kourtney, Kylie and Kendall, who was with her rapper-boyfriend Tyga. Kanye West Tommy Hilfiger puts on a really big show

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Palestinian students dressed like Muslim pilgrims participate in a school lesson about the Hajj pilgrimage to Makkah, Saudi Arabia, at the main square in Gaza City. Millions of Muslims have arrived in Saudi Arabia to participate in the annual hajj pilgrimage, which started yesterday, a ritual required of all able-bodied Muslims at least once in their life. — AP ‘Iraqi Geymer’ - Reviving industry of delicious food

he delicious “Geymer” (cream) is the major component Local women, who have long experience in the Geymer- in a typical Iraqi breakfast meal, eaten with honey, tan- making from the city of Ahwar, are taking care of the training. Tdoor bread and hot tea. Hardly can one find an Iraqi Still the old Geymer dominates the breakfast menu of most breakfast without the Geymer, which is eaten nationwide. Iraqi people, even after dozens of foreign types of cream have Geymer is the skimmed solidified upper layer of the simmered found their way into the country, Al-Asadi stressed. One of the and then cooled off buffalo or cow’s milk. It is mostly made at “Geymer women”, Zeinab Shaid, told KUNA that she had mas- home by buffalo and cow breeders. In the past, men went to tered the industry only in two days, expressing hope more care for their animals in the morning, and women carried their shops can be opened to sell the food that is so rich with nutri- tempting product on wide trays, almost on daily basis, to sell tional elements. it in nearby residential areas and at workers’ gathering areas, A food expert, Mona Al-Bediri, told KUNA that Geymer is at prices higher than meat and fish. In the course of time, the rich with calcium, potassium, sodium and phosphorus, Qishta, as known in Egypt and the Levant, or the kaymak in besides vitamins A, C and E as well as folate or folic acid. Turkish, came to be sold at shops to meet the rising demand. However, the problem with Geymer is the high rate of fat it Today, like most handmade industries, making Geymer has contains. The rate of saturated amino acids in Geymer reaches come to suffer from lack the skilled hands. This prompted a 15 percent, besides a lower percentage of monounsaturated civil society organization, “Nature Iraq”, to hold a training amino acids, and unsaturated multiple amino acids, she said. course for women to encourage them to revive the traditional This is why the elderly and people suffering high blood pres- industry. The course was organized in Al-Gabaish town of Dhi sure are always advised to avoid it, just like other fatty foods, Qar, famous for Buffalo breeding, and plenty of milk is pro- Al-Bediri noted. — KUNA duced, Nature Iraq director Jassim Al-Asadi said. In the good old days, the industry was almost confined to breeders’ women, and poor families. But in the course, organized for the first time in Iraq, women from different classes of the society have been have been learning to make it, he added.

Iraqi women prepare delicious ‘Geymer’. Geymer (cream) is the major component in a typ- ical Iraqi breakfast meal, eaten with honey, tandoor bread and hot tea. — KUNA photos