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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 JAMADA ALTHANI 24, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Panel rejects law to set up Min 20º Max 31º company to recruit maids High Tide 06:35 & 17:30 MP Dashti claims shots fired at his cars Low Tide 00:00 & 12:00 40 PAGES NO: 16489 150 FILS

By B Izzak that the issue be transferred to the finan- PAGE PAGE cial and economic affairs committee. The Pope comments Man City blown KUWAIT: The National Assembly’s health lawmaker said that as many as 37 MPs and labor committee yesterday rejected a have signed the proposal, which also won enrage Turkey away by United draft law calling to establish a public government support. The idea behind the shareholding company responsible for the proposal is to end the chaos in the recruit- recruitment and employment of domestic ment of maids business and to find a solu- helpers. The bill proposed that the public tion for endless problems and abuses in pension fund and Kuwait Investment the sector. Dozens of private offices oper- Authority (KIA), both government bodies, ate in the market and charge highly will own 25 percent each of the company, expensive fees. while the remaining 50 percent will be The interior ministry meanwhile said it sold to citizens. has arrested three Kuwaiti teenagers who MP Saadoun Hammad, rapporteur of confessed to damaging the windshields of the panel, said the committee reviewed several vehicles in Salwa. Two of the vehi- the proposal with representatives for the cles belonged to MP Abdulhameed Dashti. Interior Ministry, KIA and the pension fund, Dashti said on his Twitter account yester- adding that the latter two refused to take day morning that shots were fired at two part in the proposed firm. MP Kamel Al- of his cars parked outside his home in Awadhi, one of 37 lawmakers who signed Salwa. He posted pictures of an interior the draft law, however spoke of a conspira- ministry patrol inspecting the scene. The cy to kill the bill despite the approval of a interior ministry insisted in its statement majority of MPs and the government. that no shots were fired and the three Awadhi, former head of the immigra- teenagers arrested are 17 and 18 years old. tion department, said the proposal had It said they also damaged glass panes of a been presented nine months ago and the barbershop and the ministry was still panel did nothing to discuss it. He said he investigating the issue. will request in the next Assembly session Continued on Page 13 Riyadh rebuffs Iran call to end Yemen airstrikes Pakistan minister hits out at UAE ADEN/RIYADH: Saudi Arabia dismissed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Iranian calls to end air strikes on neigh- Khamenei said on Thursday that the air boring Yemen yesterday. Riyadh said strikes were a “crime and genocide” and Tehran should not interfere in Yemen, Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani called where Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies for a ceasefire and dialogue among began air strikes against Iranian-allied Yemen’s factions. Saudi Arabia and its Houthi militia fighters over two weeks Sunni Arab allies bombing Yemen fear that Shiite Iran seeks hegemony by backing armed Shiite groups in the region, a charge the Islamic Republic denies. Saudi Arabia heads a coalition of nine Arab countries which since March 26 has carried out air strikes against the Houthi Shiite rebels who overran the capital Sanaa in September. Fabius voiced political support for Saudi Arabia’s operation, saying in Riyadh that his country “has expressed its readiness to find a solution” for Yemen. At the news conference alongside Fabius, Prince Saud called on Tehran not to “assist the criminal activities” of the Houthis “against the legitimate order of Yemen and (to) stop the Prince Saud Al-Faisal delivery of weapons and aid” to the ago to try and prevent them making rebels. But he insisted that “we are not further advances. “How can Iran call for at war with Iran”. us to stop the fighting in Yemen?” Saudi Separately, Islamabad yesterday hit Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal said in out at the United Arab Emirates for the Saudi capital Riyadh at a news con- condemning a parliamentary vote by ference with his French counterpart Pakistani lawmakers to stay out of the Laurent Fabius. “We came to Yemen to conflict in Yemen, in a rare display of help the legitimate authority, and Iran discord between the two allies. is not in charge of Yemen.” Continued on Page 13 One Qatar restaurant lets poor eat for free

DOHA: In a dusty corner of Qatar’s But the “Industrial Area”, rarely seen by booming capital, a sign outside a modest outsiders, is a different Qatar one which pro- restaurant popular with migrant laborers vides essential labour and materials for the reads: “If you are hungry and have no country’s massive and relentless expansion. money, eat for free!!!” Sixteen kilometers It is at the margin of Doha life, both geo- from the gleaming glass towers of Doha, graphically and metaphorically, but home one of the richest places on the planet, to a restaurant called Zaiqa doing some- sits the “Industrial Area” of small-scale thing apparently unique for the oil-rich Gulf workshops, factories and low-cost state. About three weeks ago the Indian accommodation. It is only a 40-minute brothers who own Zaiqa decided to put up drive south of the centre of the Qatari a small makeshift sign offering free food to capital and its luxury shops, upmarket customers who cannot afford to pay. brands and expensive restaurants. Continued on Page 13

DOHA: Shadab Khan, one of the Indian owners of Zaiqa restaurant, poses for a pho- tograph on March 31, 2015 in the southern suburbs of the Qatari capital. — AFP LOCAL MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 Amir expresses condolences for actor Saleh’s demise

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Saturday extended his deepest condolences for the death of actor Ahmad Al- Saleh. In a cable to the deceased family, HH the Amir said Kuwait theater has lost one of its icons, who contributed to the advancement of theater, praying for Almighty Allah to bestow him with her mercy. HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable to Al-Saleh’s family extending condolences for the death of their son, and praising his contribution to art. HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al- Hamad Al-Sabah sent a similar cable. Meanwhile, HH the Amir sent a cable His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah of condolences to Moroccan King Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Mohammad VI, over the demise of around 40 young athletes and children in tragic incident. Last night, roughly 40 a road accident, including dozens people, many of them young athletes, injured, hoping for a speedy recovery of were killed and ten others seriously the injured. HH the Crown Prince and HH injured when a bus collided with a truck the Prime Minister sent similar cables near Tan-Tan city in southern Morocco expressing their condolences on the Friday night. —KUNA

His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Minister of the Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Speaker receives NUKS Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Chairman in Washington Deputy Amir receives top state officials WASHINGTON: National Assembly Speaker attitude toward the law, hoping to reach Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem received Chairman of mutual understanding. Ghanim, accompa- KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and National Union of Kuwait Student - USA nied by MPs Yusuf Al-Zalzalah and Khalil Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Branch Mohammad Al-Zayed and union Abdullah, was received upon his arrival in Sabah received at Seif Palace yesterday Deputy members in Washington, DC late Saturday. the US on Saturday, by Kuwait’s Ambassador Chief of the National Guard Sheikh Meshaal Al- Ghanim stressed the National Assembly’s to the US Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. keenness to listen to various views and pro- Al-Sabah and Dr Merza Hassan, World Bank HH the Deputy Amir also received Minister of posals by student, regarding a proposed draft Board Member. —KUNA the Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al- law, expected to be submitted very soon, for Ahmad Al-Sabah, Acting Prime Minister, Minister regulating the student movement, expressing of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- confidence in prospects of reaching consen- Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister sus between the lawmakers and those in of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- charge of the movement through dialogue. Hamad Al-Sabah, as well as Deputy Prime Ghanim, who is participating in the Global Minister, Minister of Defense Sheikh Khaled Al- Parliamentary Conference that is hosted by Jarrah Al-Sabah. the Global Parliamentary Network of the HH the Deputy Amir also received Acting World Bank and International Monetary Fund National Assembly Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainej, (IMF), urged the Kuwaiti student unions to for- Minister of Information, Minister of State for Youth ward suggestions and make their voices heard Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud to the largest number of legislators, in order Al-Sabah and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber to be studied before voting by the National Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- Al-Sabah meets Deputy Chief of the National Guard Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Assembly. Sabah. —KUNA Sabah. — KUNA photos Ghanim stressed the parliamentary educational affairs committee’s keenness on examining the planned law, listening to different points of view, especially the National Union WASHINGTON: Kuwait’s Ambassador Turkish FM calls Acting PM on regional situation of Kuwait Students NUKS, which will present Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah welcomes proposed amendments. Zayed meanwhile Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim upon his KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu yester- and ways of promoting and developing expressed gratitude to the National Assembly arrival to Washington, DC. Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad day, during which they discussed the cur- bilateral relations. — KUNA for enabling NUKS’ members to express their —KUNA Al-Sabah received a phone call from Turkish rent regional and international situation

KD 8 billion budget surplus this year

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s 2014/15 budget is expected to have a Were oil prices to average $60 per barrel and the gov- KD 8.3 billion surplus, 18.1 percent of GDP, down from KD ernment to spend KD 21 billion, we estimate a fiscal deficit 12.9 billion, 26.3 percent in 2013/14, according to a special- of KD 1 billion, it said. The stated aim of this study was to ized study issued yesterday. “This incorporates our esti- investigate the extent to which lower oil prices could lead mate that nominal GDP will fall by 6.3 percent in fiscal year to a freeze or reduction in government spending, or lower 2014/15 year-over-year,” said the study prepared by the spending by domestic residents, or less growth in deposits, Research and Consultations Department at the Kuwaiti which in turn could lead to slower loan growth. — KUNA Institute of Banking Studies (KIBS). Government expenditure in the fiscal years 2014/15 and 2015/16 “should remain largely unaffected” by the dramatic fall of Brent crude oil price that hit a low of $45.13 in January 2015, a decline of 65 percent since reaching a peak at $128.14 in March 2012, it added. “Over the past 20 years, year-over-year changes in government spending have remained largely insensitive to annual changes in the average Brent oil price, the study, entitled “The Impact of Lower Oil Prices in Kuwait and on the Kuwaiti Banks?”, noted. “Were the government to spend KD 21 billion in 2015/16 (an increase of 4.5 percent over our 2014/15 forecast) and the Brent oil price to average $60 per barrel, we estimate GDP would be KD 38.8 billion (a decline of 15 percent from our 2014/15 forecast), and that the government would run a small and entirely man- ageable fiscal deficit of 2.6 percent of GDP,” the KIBS said. Given the fact that changes in the oil price determine the government’s fiscal balance, whose total revenue mainly depends on oil, about 90 percent, the study con- cludes that “oil price movements do have a material impact on system-wide bank deposits.” All the same, ‘excess’ funding among the Kuwaiti banks suggests that slower deposit growth, caused by lower oil prices, should have little effect on the provision of credit. The study sees “no particular risk to loan book quality from the recent decline in the oil price. The level of non-performing loans to gross loans is correlated to activity in the real-estate market and more volatile elements of private non-oil output.” MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 LOCAL Minister heads demographic structure meeting today Driver rapes Foreign labor recruitment reopening still unclear disabled boy By A Saleh and agencies studying. The labor ministry and to allow recruitment of foreign policy towards caring for By Meshaal Al-Enezi Kuwait was over KD 575 million, not Manpower Public Authority say labor without harming Kuwait’s orphans according to Islamic including tickets bought online. KUWAIT: Minister of Social demographic structure. Sharia (law), which considered KUWAIT: An Egyptian nurse reported Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih “Reopening [the issuance of] the care and attention rendered that a man who had been driving her Natural causes heads a meeting of several work permits is being carefully to the orphan as a kind of obedi- 13-year-old disabled son to the Egyptian A citizen suddenly collapsed and teams concerned with demo- studied so that the decision ence to Allah Almighty,” Subaih Embassy school where he studied, raped died yesterday while at the customs graphic issues today in order to comes out in the best form pos- was quoted by Kuwait News the boy at his residence, said security booth at Nuwaiseeb land border exit, discuss addressing Kuwait’s sible,” said Subaih, who is also Agency (KUNA). sources. A case was filed and the sus- said security sources, noting that foren- demographic imbalance. the State Minister of The minister noted that the pect is being summoned for further sic examination of the body showed A study to change Kuwait’s Development Affairs. “Rushing progress of societies is meas- investigations. that the man died of natural causes. demographic structure is ready the step might result in negative ured by how well they care for and will be reviewed during consequences.” Kuwait is home the persons with special needs, Passengers increase Brothel raided The head of the Civil Aviation Hawally vice detectives raided a today’s meeting, Subaih told to nearly 2.9 million expatriates, whose circumstances and Department at Kuwait International brothel in Hawally and arrested 5 reporters on the sidelines of a who make up 69 percent of the potential hamper them from Airport Fawaz Al-Farh said that the total Ethiopians and Filipinas in addition to an ceremony held yesterday to country’s approximate 4.2 mil- coping with the demands of life number of passengers using the airport Arab expat who the women said was the mark the Arab Orphan Day. She lion population, according to or achieve complete compatibil- in 2014 was 10 million compared to 9 pimp running the place and sharing the added that discussions will Public Authority for Civil ity with the community. million in 2013, which means a 10 per- income with them. include re-opening the issuance Information statistics. She explained that the steps cent increase. Farh added that arrivals of work permits in the private taken by Kuwait in the legisla- were 5 million compared to 4 million in Imported goods sector, without giving further Orphans’ future tion of laws to protect and 2013, and departures were the same. He Customs Department Director Khalid details regarding when a deci- During the annual ceremony secure the future of the orphans added that the airport served 85,000 Al-Saif sent a complaint to Kuwait sion on that regard might KUWAIT: Minister of Social that took place at Jumeirah are designed to nurture con- flights with a 9 percent increase com- Municipality Director Ahmed Al-Subaih potentially be made. Affairs and Labor Hind Al- Hotel yesterday, Subaih under- scious generations that are pared to 2013, when it served 78,000 about the municipality office at Private companies in Kuwait Subaih speaks during a ceremo- lined the importance of the cel- aware of their nationalist mes- flights. In addition, Farh noted that total Nuwaiseeb border exit, saying release cannot currently recruit labor ny marking the Arab Orphan ebrating the Arab Orphan Day, sage, cling to its faith and are travel revenues as reported per various documents for imported goods are forces freely from outside. Day yesterday. —KUNA and pointed out the steps that loyal to their homeland, as well travel agents and airlines operating in issued without checking them properly. Tentative plans had called for Kuwait has taken in the legisla- as committed to the principles the ban to be lifted by the the decision is pending finaliz- tion of laws to secure orphans’ of truth and goodness and look beginning of this year, but those ing a study that will set the future. towards the ideals of conduct plans were pushed for further framework for new regulations “Kuwait has formulated its and ethics. Kuwait #1 in obesity

KUWAIT: Kuwait tops the world in terms of He underlined the importance of early number of obese people, a health official detection of these diseases in order to pre- India delegation visits Kuwait said Saturday, and noted that the percent- vent their deterioration. He said bad eating age of people being obese could reach as habits like eating salty food could eventual- high as three fourths of the population. ly increase blood pressure and cholesterol, tomorrow on nurses recruitment Assistant Undersecretary for Technical which contribute to rising heart and artery Affairs Dr Qais Al-Duwairi warned against diseases. By Sajeev K Peter The visit follows the India government Kuwait Sunil Jain had piled pressure on the threats posed by heart and brain diseases, Duwairi hoped the awareness cam- decision to regulate recruitment of nurses Indian government to put an end to this cor- and artery blockage which have become paign would help citizens and expatriates KUWAIT: A secretary-level delegation from from India to foreign countries through rupt practice. very common “and have negative impacts to take precautionary measures against two Kerala state government bodies state-controlled recruiting agencies NORKA- Even as the new decision continues to win on the society.” these diseases. Dr Majda Al-Saleh, head of appointed for recruiting nurses to overseas ROOTS and ODEPC. According to the deci- plaudits from several quarters, many private Duwairi made the remarks on behalf of the Medical Department at Mubarak Al- countries will arrive in Kuwait tomorrow to sion, nurses recruited through these two recruiting agencies in Kuwait and India, Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi at the Kabeer Hospital, said the awareness day hold discussions with Kuwaiti authorities. government agencies will only get immigra- ostensibly irked by the new decision, have launch of an awareness campaign in was launched to educate people about Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital about whether the lethal impacts of obesity-related dis- The delegation will consist of Kerala state tion clearance for overseas employment started to unleash a campaign against it. ‘Your Heart and Mind are safe or in danger?’ eases. —KUNA Labor Secretary Tom Jose, NORKA (Non- from April 30, 2015 in all 18 ECR countries They argue that the plan will not work since Resident Keralites’ Affairs Department)- including Kuwait. In addition, Indian it is to be executed by government agencies. ROOTS Secretary Rani George, CEO Kannan, embassies in these respective countries are The two agencies have been delegated to ODEPC (Overseas Development and required to attest the labor contract for conduct recruitment of nurses to the UAE, ‘Energy, environment, economy Employment Promotion Consultants Ltd) obtaining immigration clearance. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Kerala Managing Director The Indian government took the decision Malaysia, Libya Jordan, Yemen, Sudan, issues reflect on development’ Muraleedharan G N. The delegation is to streamline overseas recruitment of nurses Afghanistan, Indonesia, Syria, Lebanon, expected to hammer out modalities for through these government agencies follow- Thailand and Iraq. The External Affairs KUWAIT: Minister of Oil and Minister of especially that the increase of energy use future recruitments of nurses to Kuwait from ing complaints and allegations of massive Ministry in India has asked the agencies not State for National Assembly Affairs Dr Ali has led to an internal obsession in fear of India and a mechanism to keep private corruption and cheating involving huge to recruit nurses to Libya and Iraq in view of Al-Omair underscored the significance of depletion of natural sources of energy. agents out nursing recruitments. sums of money. Indian Ambassador in the prevailing security situation there. the energy, environmental and economy He explained that the forum focuses in issues being directly reflected on the its current session on three axes including development. energy, environment and the economy, In his speech during the opening of a while the accompanying technical confer- forum of Kuwaiti engineers which is ence of the forum would include 19 work- Crime organized by the Association ing papers, most important of Report of Indian Engineers working which is the relationship in the country yesterday, between the environment Omair said that the idea of and energy, as well the the forum which tackles com- exchange of expertise in Drugs suspected patibility between energy, these areas. environment and the econo- He said that Kuwait is one in couple’s death my were “compatible with of the world’s countries most- what is going on in Kuwait”. ly and widely using energy, By Hanan Al-Saadoun Mutlaq Al-Azmi, Executive electricity and water with Vice President of Mina Al- regard to the population, KUWAIT: The bodies of a 20-year-old man and a 22-year- Ahmadi refinery in Kuwait “which makes us more cau- old woman were recovered by the coroner to determine National Petroleum Oil Minister Dr tious on how to rationalize the cause of death. Drugs are suspected in the case. A Company, said in his speech Ali Al-Omair those sources to reach the security source said that police had responded to an meanwhile that energy is the ranks of developed countries emergency call reporting that a couple were seen main engine of life and the economically.” He added that engaging in indecent acts in a car behind Adsani Mall in main source of income at the present a number of young Kuwaiti engineers and Hawally. Police discovered however that the two were time. students of Kuwait University are taking dead. Azmi noted the increase in energy con- part in the event to offer their thoughts sumption in the world due to the and narratives to resolve technical prob- increased requirements of modern life and lems facing work in the energy, environ- Kid leaps to death continuous technological development, ment and economy areas. — KUNA An 8-year-old Kuwaiti boy died after he fell from the 7th floor of a building in Salmiya. His parents rushed him to hospital, but it was too late. Three citizens arrested Body found The body of a man, most likely an Asian national, was for attacking MP’s cars sent to the medical examiner to find out the cause of death. A security source said the body was found in an KUWAIT: Three citizens allegedly involved several barbershops at Salwa area and its open area in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. in attacking MP Abdulhameed Dashti’s cars vicinity, the MoI’s information office said and committing other offences have been yesterday. Security investigations showed arrested, the Ministry of Interior said yester- that several other damaged cars are unac- Duo rescued day. The arrested citizens admitted in detail counted for, it noted in a statement. The The Kuwait Fire Services Directorate (KFSD) said to damaging a number of cars, including suspects are now under investigations, it Salmiya sea rescue men rescued an Indian woman two owned by MP Dashti, and attacking added. — KUNA and a man from drowning after an hour of searching the area off Bneid Al-Qar. He said the two fell from a boat and were in good health. Dive Team lifts waste from Umm Al-Namil

KUWAIT: Kuwait Dive Team (KDT) in coop- violating the camping law, he said. eration with Kuwait Municipality conclud- The operation was conducted during ed the second phase of Umm Al-Namil the high tide in order to reach the island clean-up campaign by lifting three tons of easily, Fadel said, stressing on the continua- fishing nets and other waste harmful to the tion of the team’s task to carry out the marine environment. cleanup operation of the island as well as Umm Al-Namil Island’s cleaning cam- other Kuwaiti islands. paign is one of the important projects the The 569,000 square meters Umm Al- team handles in coordination with the Namil Island is located within Kuwaiti Bay, islands’ team affiliated with Kuwait City and is only 6,000 meters from the Kuwaiti Municipality, team leader Waleed Al-Fadel mainland. It ranks the fifth in size among said. The team considers the Umm Al-Namil Kuwaiti islands after Boubyan, Warba, among the environmentally vital islands, Failaka, and Meskan. It is a habitat of and a natural reserve located southern diverse marine creatures such as crabs, Kuwait Bay, he added. shrimps and fish, besides being a bed nest The team, which is affiliated to the for large flock of birds. This island is also of Environmental Voluntary Foundation (EVF), historical importance as it contains relics used small boats in order to reach the dating back to the bronze era, he said. Island to launch the second phase of its Fadel stressed on the importance of cleaning campaign, and lifted a number of tightening sanctions on people practicing fishing nets and plastic waste, he added. violations on Umm Al-Nalmil Island. The The team found huge birds’ traps set by team issued special publications including hunters violating the local laws related to information and aerial photographs about birds hunting, besides a number of tents the Island, he said. — KUNA MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 LOCAL ‘Fast Times in Palestine’ records journalist’s experience in Holy Land

By Ben Garcia book? will show up and hope they are in a good mood; and Olson: No. I like to write and send a message to pray that they open the gate for you. Every single day KUWAIT: Pamela Olson went backpacking to whoever reads it. The first time I traveled to Palestine, is very stressful in their own piece of land. Palestine, but ended up writing a book about it. my mission was to just write something about it. I From Jeus, I moved to Ramallah, which is a big city Olson is currently in Kuwait to promote and talk realized that people in the West and around the with millions of residents. It is the de facto capital of about her book ‘Fast Times in Palestine’. Olson grew world need to get firsthand information, not half Palestine since East Jerusalem is mostly inaccessible up in Oklahoma and studied physics and political sci- truths. When I stayed there for two years, the difficult to Palestinians. The city is really great with a lot of ence at Stanford University. After her studies, she part was sorting the information I gathered - it was things going on. There are clubs serving alcohol, and travelled to Palestine as a backpacker, but fell deeply overwhelming, enough to stock a library. I trimmed a lot of activities. There are lots of cafes and in love with the country and stayed there for a down that information to 300 pages instead of about Palestinians and foreigners mix without any problem. month instead of a couple of days as planned. 6,000 pages. Every day, so many stories happen there You can find lots of people there - from conservative She gathered information and stories about the that are hard to ignore. to liberal, along with atheists, communists and even Palestinian people and wanted to write something Jews. It’s a very open city although it’s majority about her experiences. But when she returned to the Beautiful place Muslim. But everyone respects each other. United States and told her friends about her trip, she KT: Where did you live in Palestine? The city has historically been a Christian one, and was surprised by their reaction. They told her she Olson: The first time I arrived in Palestine in 2003, I they have a Christian mayor. When I started as a jour- was indoctrinated and brainwashed by Palestinians. lived in a place called Jeus in the northern West Bank. nalist in Palestine in 2004, the worst of the 2000 But Olson was unperturbed, because they had only The place was beautiful with a population of about intifada was over. But the 2002 invasion had taken Kuwaiti delegation reaches heard half truths and a completely different narra- 2,500 people. I attended many family get-togethers, place and had a horrific impact on the people in tive. especially during Ramadan. The funny thing was that Palestine, especially the West Bank. Police were Morocco’s ‘saffron heartland’ Writing about Palestine was a big challenge for invading villages intermittently. When I was there, Olson, who wants Westerners to understand the real- two Palestinians died every single day, and casualties TAROUDANT: Kuwait Municipal Council known of its high quality. He explained that ity on the ground. She returned to Palestine to included children and women. People were killed, delegation visited the town of Taliouine in to produce one kilogram of saffron, up to understand more about the issues there, and experi- houses were destroyed, people were denied access Taroudant province examining its local 140,000 petals are needed. enced the daily hardships and struggles of the to their lands, homes were demolished, olive trees administration and historic landmarks, Located near the city of Taroudant in the Palestinian people. She served as the head writer were bulldozed for settlements and settlers attacked namely its previous agricultural crop, saf- southern Souss Region of Morocco, and editor in 2004 of the Palestinian Monitor and Palestinians trying to harvest their olives - constant fron. The town, located in eastern sector of Taliouine is known for its large production of press coordinator for Dr Mustafa Bargouthi’s 2005 and massive streams of destruction daily. Taroudant, is famous of its local crop, saf- saffron. Production of saffron in this town is presidential campaign. fron, which is celebrated annually, said estimated to be around 7,000 pounds per Palestinian rockets Lahsant Tafrut, Chairman of the Municipal year. Morocco is currently classified as the Kuwait Times spoke to Olson about her time in KT: The media said the Israeli action was only a Council in the town. fourth saffron producer in the world, after Palestine and her experiences there. Excerpts: response to protect their people against Palestinian The top local man in charge of the saf- Iran, India and Greece. The Kuwaiti munici- Kuwait Times: How was life in Palestine after you rockets. fron industry, Mohammad Belhseen, pal delegation was in Morocco to attend an returned? Olson: Everyone in the West is talking about the affirmed that Morocco ranks among the international event on urban planning, with Olson: I moved back to Palestine and lived there rockets, but according to statistics, these rockets kill top countries in the world, with respect of over 40 Arab and foreign urban experts par- for two years. I did a lot of research and worked as a only one Israeli every year. It’s less dangerous than saffron production, which is globally ticipating. —KUNA journalist. I then went back to Washington and peanut allergy. I am not belittling the Palestinian worked for two years at the Defense Department. actions, because everyone deserves peace. Indeed The good thing about my stay in Palestine was that the threat of rockets is scary. But again, one Israeli people never let me feel that I was someone suspi- KUWAIT: Pamela Olson speaks to Kuwait died from that rocket. Last year, rebels not affiliated cious and there was no hostility. In every place I Times. —Photo by Joseph Shagra with Hamas killed three Israeli young boys, and went, they treated me as their long-lost daughter. Israeli soldiers responded by invading the West Bank, They are friendly and kind people. In fact, there are when I arrived there, people were fascinated. They ransacked houses, killed five Palestinian civilians and more suspicions in the US than in the West Bank. I asked me where I came from, and when I said arrested 400 people. Plus they targeted Hamas, even wrote this book so that people in the West will be Oklahoma, they thought that Oklahoma City was a though Hamas was not the one who did it. It was informed and see the reality. disaster zone, with bombings and the like. They said it done by somebody else opposed to Hamas, but they The first time I arrived there, I knew absolutely was a dangerous place to live. When I told them that punished Hamas. nothing about Palestine and its politics and culture, aren’t bombings more normal here than there, they Hamas then fired a rocket towards Israel, but so it was a bit scary. But I immediately felt at home - laughed at me. But that was exactly the idea. When Israel responded by killing 2,000 more Palestinians, people there are warm, welcoming, hospitable, witty you don’t know a place and you hear one time about including about 500 kids by Israeli soldiers. About 60 and highly educated. It was really a wonderful time. a bombing, you think that that particular place is a Israeli soldiers also died. Just to give you some But I witnessed the reality which was worse that I disaster zone. Their reaction was almost similar to the insight, the second intifada started in Sept 2000. could have ever imagined. In the American media, reaction of my friends when I told them about After six months, 300 Palestinians had been killed. you don’t hear about the reality and what is happen- Palestine. Maybe 25 Israeli soldiers were killed. The intifada ing. What is portrayed is exaggerated, or even if they Palestine is a beautiful place, but there’s a wall that began with non-violent demonstrations. People tell the truth, it seems incomprehensible. Most of the divides and separates people. Every day you see were gathering because they were angry over media’s stories are half truths. It’s an intellectual chal- police harassing people and killings by Israeli soldiers provocative visits by the Israeli PM despite the ongo- lenge versus a moral challenge. Palestine is a beauti- in broad daylight. Jeus is an isolated place - 75 per- ing peace talks at that time. I don’t like the way ful place. There is a lot of suspense and plenty of cent of the people there and landowners cannot easi- Palestinians are treated. My work will be described human dramas and humor that cannot be compiled ly till their lands. In order to move and do something by some as an act of activism since I am campaign- in one book. I knew nothing about the conflict, but on their lands, they have to get permits from Israeli ing for the fair treatment of the people of Palestine, after a couple of years there, I learned and realized authorities. Palestinians cannot scale the wall or they but I consider it as non-direct and non-violent. I am the hardships of Palestinians living under the occu- are shot at by Israeli soldiers. They have to wait for the helping people be informed! pation. soldiers to come to cross the wall, which has sensors You can reach Pamela via her website at KT: Did you stay in Palestine specifically to write a and barbed wires. You have to pray that the soldiers www.pamolson.org LOCAL MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015

KUWAIT: (From left) Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah, Sheikha Mona Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Education Minister Dr Bader Al-Essa are seen while touring the Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah gallery. (Centre) Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah delivers his speech. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat National Library honors late Sheikh Abdullah Al-Mubarak

By Faten Omar intellectual and cultural development of the erations, such as the recruitment of Arab qualifies him to be a global figure with his cil, Sheikh Abdullah laid down solid people of Kuwait occupies the list of concerns teachers to teach in Kuwait 1936, establishing name coupled with associated culture, science grounds for the advancement of culture KUWAIT: The National Library of Kuwait in of the highest political leadership, led by His the first national museum in Kuwait and the and literature. and education in Kuwait, which he tirelessly cooperation with the Amiri Diwan’s historical Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Arabian Gulf in 1957, fostering relations with Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was led from 1936 until 1965, as president of the documents centre and library yesterday cele- Jaber Al-Sabah, because it represents a funda- UNESCO in 1958, providing free education for born in 1889 in old Kuwait City. He left an education council and the education brated the naming of Sheikh Abdullah Al- mental role in enlightening minds and deep- expatriates in Kuwait and planning the estab- undeniable impact on the remarkable department and subsequently as minister Jaber Al-Sabah as a global cultural and educa- ening perceptions through the development lishment of the first university in Kuwait 1960. progress and developments that took place of education. tional figure by UNESCO for 2014-2015. “The of society. Minister of Education the Chairman of the under his leadership. The most important of Thereafter, he handed over his responsi- late Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, may Kuwaiti National Committee for Education, his achievements can be seen in the domains bilities of such vital domains to another God have mercy on him, made a lot of Sheikh’s impact Science and Culture Dr Badr Al-Essa said of culture and education in Kuwait and young generation whose education he fos- achievements in the educational and cultural He pointed out that Sheikh Abdullah’s UNESCO chose Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jaber beyond its borders. This led UNESCO to tered and whose preparations for continu- fields in the modern history of Kuwait,” impact extended beyond the borders of his based on his achievements in the field of edu- acclaim him as a reformer of culture and edu- ing Kuwait’s development were supervised Minister of Information and Minister of State own country and his contributions to the cation, which is a matter of pride for Kuwait to cation on a global level for 2014-2015. by him personally. for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem advancement of education and culture are honor such a leader. He pointed out that Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jaber is truly consid- Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah said. recognized through his valuable achieve- Sheikh Abdullah had over 30 years of educa- Solid grounds ered to be the father of modem education Sheikh Salman added that the cognitive, ments that left impressions on successive gen- tional achievements during his lifetime, which In conjunction with the education coun- in Kuwait and the region. Zain publishes report on plight Kuwait Monodrama festival kicks off KUWAIT: The National Council for country due to its rich and creative of internally displaced people Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) inau- nature and being the basic pillar for gurated on Saturday the second session development of thought and culture in of Kuwait Monodrama Festival at Dasma life. The minister called for Kuwaiti youth In collaboration with REFUNITE, Ericsson Theater. The event lasts until next Friday. working in the drama field to take The festival showcases local and Arab advantage of the festival and refine their KUWAIT: Zain Group, the leading telecom innovator in report, Zain Group CEO, Scott Gegenheimer said, “At a monodrama performances. Monodrama talent and creativity to serve Kuwait. 8 markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces time when conflict has risen to an all-time high with dev- is a form of experimental theater that has Earlier, Sheikh Salman mourned the the publication of a thought-leadership report titled, astating consequences, it is important that Zain as a lead- evolved during the past 20th century, loss of Kuwaiti legendary actor Ahmad ‘Connecting Separated Families: Providing Hope ing regional telecom provider undertakes initiatives that with a solo performer story teller who Al-Saleh. Sheikh Salman said in a state- Through Connectivity,’ which chronicles the inherent are grounded in multi-stakeholder partnerships rooted in lists events of the story through dia- ment that Ahmad Al-Saleh, throughout logue. The opening show was titled his career, was an example for the true potential of a collaborative approach to using technolo- technology. This sets the foundation of improving soci- ‘Yesterday’s Story’ and was presented by great artist with outstanding talent. gy as a means to empower and liberate displaced peo- eties from the ground up.” He continued, “The publication Kuwaiti actor Abdulaziz Al-Haddad. Egyptian actress Sameeha Ayyoub After the ceremony on the festival, ple. The report, available in both Arabic and English, of our latest report in this area, sheds light on the prob- Minister of Information and Minister delivers a speech at the event. — Sheikh Salman told reporters that Kuwait was undertaken in collaboration with Refugees United lems, and tragedies that exist, and our joint efforts with of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Photo by Fouad Al - Shaikh will establish a higher committee to (REFUNITE) and leading technology provider Ericsson. REFUNITE and Ericsson to alleviate them.” Sabah Salem Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah said in organize theater work in the country and The case study-based report focused on three key a speech in the opening ceremony that political leadership firmly believes in the will provide all the necessary require- Zain markets where there are large numbers of dis- Lasting change the festival is an artistic and technical importance of art and theater and all ments to initiate work on a large for the- placed people: Jordan, South Sudan and Iraq, highlight- Elaine Weidman-Grunewald, Vice President demonstration with a Kuwaiti initiative their forms, including events such as ater. The minister noted that attendance Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, Ericsson to show interest in theater, as in this case these that cover and support meaningful by many Arab and Kuwaiti theater pio- said, “The Family Reconnection Project has the power to the one man show theater, an upscale art institutions and cultural initiatives. neers to the opening ceremony will transform the nature of family reconnection for genera- and outstanding drama, which high- Sheikh Salman added that NCCAL enrich the festival experience through tions to come. It is an example of how mobile technolo- lights creativity and freedom. prepared a strategy to modernize and benefiting from their experiences and gy can be a force for lasting positive change.” The minister added that the country’s set up theaters in all provinces of the talents. — KUNA Christopher Mikkelsen, Co-Founder and Co-CEORE- FUNITE, said “Everyone has the right to know where their family is. Through this partnership we’ll be able to inform and assist tens of thousands of displaced people in their search for missing loved ones.” Jennifer Suleiman, Zain Group’s Head of Corporate Sustainability &Social Responsibility said, “The study is part of Zain’s commitment to undertake research that explores the potential of technology to assist and empower individuals around the world. We are keen to share the experiences and findings in our latest report with the public in order to highlight the plight of displaced communities in Jordan, South Sudan, and Iraq. There are more than 622,000 registered Syrian refugees in Jordan, 1.35 million internally displaced people in South Sudan, and 1.9 million internally displaced people in Iraq, and behind every one of these statistics is a real human story.” The Family Reconnection Project utilizes a mobile search tool, replicating REFUNITE’s success of registering how displaced people can have their circumstances ing 400,000 people globally. It was developed in Jordan, uplifted when given the necessary support that allows and is subsequently to be launched in South Sudan and them to take matters into their own hands and partici- Iraq. Zain’s role in the initiative is to raise awareness and pate in the search for their loved ones. accelerate the registration of displaced people onto the The Family Reconnection Project initiative launched platform, while also providing the accessibility required in 2014 is detailed in the latest report. The project, cur- for the project to reach its wide user base. rently in its pilot phase in Jordan, utilizes ICT to enable Internally displaced people (IDPs) and refugees often displaced people to reconnect with their separated face dire socio-economic circumstances and are unable loved ones through a mobile platform. to obtain essential information necessary for their liveli- Commenting on Zain’s involvement in the Family hoods and well-being, and are generally do not have Reconnection Project and the publication of the latest access to basic necessary services.

KFAS lauds cooperation with French foundation

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) stressed the importance of continued cooperation with the National Foundation of Political Science in Paris, which yielded positive results over years for leaders, executives and academics in the two countries. The agreement between the two institutions allows channels to implement a number of activities within the research and cognitive cooperation between Kuwait and France, KFAS said in a press statement yesterday. The agreement also includes executive training programs and others to build research and administrative capabilities, in addition to a conference to be held every two years to discuss pressing issues in the field of public policy, the KFAS added. The agreement drew the attention for the convention of a workshop on the development of public systems, health, higher education, public spending approaches and international experiences. The workshop is to be held in the framework of the agreement between the two sides for leading executives and leaders of the Central Administration in Paris today, and runs until April 17. — KUNA MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 From the Arabic press

Man dies while playing soccer Al-Anbaa

KUWAIT: An Egyptian expat, 36, died while Lice treatment sickens kids kill them and when released, escaped for the under the influence of illicit substances. Destruction and playing soccer in a Jabriya area park. The Three children were admitted to Jahra third time. The patrol officers then went to man was rushed to hospital in an attempt Hospital ICU after rubbing their heads with Kheitan police station to run the license plate Juveniles attack guards at hospital failure between to save his life but he could not be revived. lice treatment. Their mother said she noticed number only to discover that they had writ- Policemen, patients and employees at His friends said that he scored the winning lice in their hair, and a friend of hers told her ten it down wrong. Detectives are working on Mubarak Hospital brought two juveniles Khouba, Kharrouba goal and celebrated it then collapsed to use a certain preparation, then after using the case. under control as they attacked security men motionless. They said that he was joking it she notices the children becoming very manning the security point at the hospital. with them, but discovered that his heart sick. The details of the preparation were not Indian man robbed The two went to the hospital to check on the By Sami Al-Nisf stopped and rushed him to Mubarak released but parents are warned to be very An Indian man was kidnapped while walk- condition of a relative, then when asked to Hospital. careful when treating children’s hair, skin or ing and taken to an area in Messila and wait outside the ward they refused and l-Khouba village, in the southwest of Saudi body with harmful chemicals as they may robbed of KD 475 and his mobile phone. A attempted to attack the medical staff. Arabia, was unjustifiably attacked by Houthis Taxi driver robbed, stabbed cause sickness or even death. security source said the Indian told Salmiya Policemen were called in, so the juveniles Ain Aug 2009 and later they confessed that An Egyptian man was stabbed six times police that two men in a pickup truck attacked them so they were arrested and sent they had been paid $20 million by Gaddafi to com- during a robbery attempt and was rushed Traffic stop turns violent stopped and picked him up and the men to Jabriya police station for further action. mit that criminal act. None of the Houthis, then, to Farwaniya hospital emergency room A security source said that a police patrol then threatened him with knives to keep qui- asked Gaddafi about the fate of the martyred Shiite where he was placed under guard. Jleeb in Farwaniya spotted a car with tinted glass et. Police are investigating. Heroin overdose cleric Moussa Al-Sadr nor did any of them ask their Al-Shuyoukh police station recorded the and asked the driver to stop. But when they Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary leaders nowadays how they are cooperating with case as robbery and attempted murder. A asked the man for the IDs of him and his com- Drunk man rams wall for General Security Affairs Major General former president Ali Abdullah Saleh with Houthi security source said that the man was panion, the driver acted strange, then said A 16 year old citizen was taken to Abdelfattah Al-Ali ordered the detention of blood all over his hands after he waged six fierce found in a pool of blood near the deporta- the woman who was with him was his wife Mubarak Hospital for treatment of wounds two citizens for questioning over possession wars against them. The answers to these questions tion building. He told policemen that three and he was taking her to hospital. He then he sustained when he hit his head against a of drugs and causing the death of their friend show that regional wars are not motivated by princi- persons asked for a ride in his taxi, nut the sped off. The police patrol chased and concrete wall in a gas station. A security due to an overdose of heroin. The two took ples, and that they are rather based on millions paid three then jumped him and stole his wal- stopped the car and then the driver got out source said an Indian told police that he was their friend to a private hospital who was to leaders and shedding the blood of many misled let. The victim chased the men and caught and started running. He was caught and surprised by the man getting out of his car dead on arrival. The hospital called police young people. one, but the other two returned and when placing him in the patrol car, he called and ran towards the fence and hit his head who sent a patrol to the hospital and arrested El-Kharrouba village, in the northeast of Egypt, stabbed him and left him in critical condi- on the woman to hand him a firearm which against the wall. Police who went to the the two, who had drugs on them. — Al-Rai, was viciously attacked last Thursday by the Ansar tion. Detectives are working on the case. he pointed at the officers. He threatened to South Surra police station found the man Al-Anbaa Bayt Al-Maqdis terrorist group and it was clear that the attack was meticulously planned with highly professional intelligence using weapons, vehicles, ammunition and guns, that if directed eastwards instead of westwards, would help liberate ‘Bayt Al- Maqdis’ for which those who claim to support have never shed a single drop of blood. I have personally used the same international highway that witnessed the terrorist attack, linking Arish city to Sheikh Zuwayed city on my way to and from Gaza. The road is only 20 km long and it is hard for the terrorists who carried out the attack to escape or hide anywhere there, because the road is flanked by open desert in the south and some olive trees and the sea in the north. There are no bushes, jungles, mountains or caves where they could hide. The attack planners know very well it is more like a suicidal one because what actually happened was that Egyptian Apaches and F16s immediately bombed terrorists’ dens, killing the attackers and dozens of other terrorists along with them. Those behind this attack never told us how killing Egyptian soldiers and weakening them would help ‘liberate’ Islamic sanctuaries. Finally, the Al-Khouba operation in the past and the El-Kharrouba one these days show that those behind such terrorist attacks and civil wars never care about the death of misled youth. They only care for their own safety. Iraq’s experience with terrorism proves that top planners and culprits never get caught while less significant misled ones are usually the ones who get killed or caught, while actual seditious players remain backstage providing arms and funds. —Translated by Kuwait Times

Al-Anbaa Khosh amdeed*

By Saleh Al-Shayji

he Iranian police did not distribute roses to passersby and pedestrians during the Shah’s Treign, nor did they spray house doorsteps with rosewater every evening. The regime then had its Savak (Organization of Intelligence and National Security) - the oppressive iron-fisted intelligence that used all sorts of weapons and sent prisoners to dungeons where no one heard their moans, nor could they see the sun for long. That was the situation during the Shehenshah’s reign, or at least that was what we heard about his reign after the 1979 revolution. Well, I am not arguing about the validity of this story, but we know that revolutions have their own imprecision, exag- gerations and even victims and the first victim of this revolution was the president of its first republic Al-Hassan Bani Sader, who fled the country in the dark on a most dangerous trip. Again, I am not here concerned with the details of what happened during the Iranian revolution, but rather with what I started my article with - the Tourists used to come to Iran from far and wide to enjoy its touristic landmarks

days of the Shah, when despite the atrocities described only by Iranians, it a regime much like many others worldwide and like that of its neighbor in Iraq who was no less a tyrant, worse or more unjust. However, Iran was more stable, happy and calm during the Shah’s days. The Shah divided large lands into smaller pieces that he distributed to farmers, which benefited over 4 million of them and that was positively reflected on the Iranian economy that prospered and Iranian citizens lived in better off conditions without any fear from hunger. Tourists used to come to Iran from far and wide to enjoy its touristic landmarks, nice climate, snow-tipped mountains, endless greenery, clean food, attire and streets, eye-capturing beauty, monuments and a history that speaks for itself. Iran used to deal with the world using its soft power, civilized citizens, art, music, cinema, the late iconic singer Gogosh, it traditional handicrafts and outstanding dishes. On the other hand, Iranians used to go everywhere - east, west, north and south - where all countries welcomed them with open hearts and hands saying ‘Khosh amdeed’ to them all. So, why does not Iran go back to such a glorious history and be once more a modern, civilized country that befriends all people, antagonizes no country and does not stir fires in stable ones? Nobody wants to antagonize Iran - everybody welcomes it, reaching out with hands seeking peace and filling the sky with white doves singing peace songs for it and for the whole world. * Khosh amdeed is Persian for ‘welcome’. —Translated by Kuwait Times MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 Two dead in gun attack at S Korea Bangladesh tightens security after hanging of Islamist embassy in Libya Page 11 Page 8 Pope enrages Turkey over ‘genocide’ comments Turkey summons Vatican envoy

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis sparked a diplomatic inci- Armenian community at the start of the Mass by pro- dent with Turkey yesterday by calling the slaughter of nouncing a 10th-century Armenian mystic, St. Gregory Armenians by Ottoman Turks “the first genocide of the of Narek, a doctor of the church. Only 35 people have 20th century” and urging the international community been given the title, which is reserved for those whose to recognize it as such. writings have greatly served the universal church. Francis, who has close ties to the Armenian commu- The Mass was rich in traditional Armenian music, nity from his days in Argentina, defended his pro- with haunting hymns used at key points. Children nouncement by saying it was his duty to honor the dressed in traditional costumes presented the gifts at memory of the innocent men, women and children the altar, which was bathed in a cloud of incense. — AP who were “senselessly” murdered by Ottoman Turks 100 years ago this month. “Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it,” he said at the VATICAN: Aram I (C), head of the Catholicosate of the Great start of a Mass in the Armenian Catholic rite in St. House of Cilicia speaks with Pope Francis during an Peter’s Basilica honoring the centenary. Armenian-Rite Mass marking 100 years since the mass In a subsequent message directed to all Armenians, killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire, yesterday Francis called on all heads of state and international at St Peter’s basilica in Vatican. Pope Francis sparked a organizations to recognize the truth of what tran- diplomatic incident with Turkey yesterday by calling the spired and oppose such crimes “without ceding to slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks “the first geno- ambiguity or compromise.” cide of the 20th century” and urging the international com- Turkey, which has long denied a genocide took munity to recognize it as such. — AFP place, immediately summoned the Vatican ambassador to express its displeasure, a Foreign Ministry spokesman in Ankara said on customary condition of anonymity. Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I, an event widely viewed by scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey, however, has insisted that the toll has been inflated, and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest, not genocide. It has fiercely lobbied to prevent countries, including the Holy See, from officially recognizing the Armenian massacre as genocide. Turkey’s embassy to the Holy See canceled a planned news conference yesterday, presumably after learning that the pope would utter the word “genocide” over its objections.

Serious allegation Francis’ words had immediate effect in St. Peters, bolstering the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Aram I, to thank Francis for his clear condemnation and recall that “genocide” is a crime against humanity that requires reparation. “International law spells out clearly that condemnation, recognition and reparation of a genocide are closely interconnected,” Aram said in English at the end of the Mass to applause from the pews. Speaking as if he were at a political rally, Aram said the Armenian cause is a cause of justice, and that justice is a gift of God. “Therefore, the violation of justice is a sin against God,” he said. The pope’s declaration prompted mixed reactions in the streets in Istanbul. Some said they supported it, but others did not agree. “I don’t support the word genocide being used by a great religious figure who has many followers,” said Mucahit Yucedal, 25. “Genocide is a serious allegation.” Several European countries recognize the mas- sacres as genocide, though Italy and the United States, for example, have avoided using the term officially given the importance they place on Turkey as an ally. The Holy See, too, places great importance in its relationship with the moderate Muslim nation, especially as it demands Muslim leaders condemn the slaughter of Christians by Muslim extremists in neighboring Iraq and Syria. But Francis’ willingness to rile Ankara with his words showed once again that he has few qualms about taking diplomatic risks for issues close to his heart. He took a similar risk by inviting the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to pray together for peace at the Vatican - a summit that was followed by the outbreak of fighting in the Gaza Strip. Francis is not the first pope to call the massacre a genocide. In his remarks, Francis cited a 2001 declaration signed by St. John Paul II and the Armenian church leader, Karenkin II, which said the deaths were considered “the first genocide of the 20th century.” But the context of Francis’ pronunciation was significant: He uttered the words during an Armenian rite Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica marking the 100th anniversary of the slaughter, alongside the Armenian Catholic patriarch, Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Armenian Christian church leaders and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who sat in a place of honor in the basilica.

Armenian slaughter The definition of genocide has long been con- tentious. The United Nations in 1948 defined genocide as killing and other acts intended to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, but many dispute which mass killings should be called genocide. In his remarks yesterday, Francis said the Armenian slaughter was the first of three “massive and unprecedented” genocides last century that was followed by the Holocaust and Stalinism. He said other mass killings had followed, including in Cambodia, Rwanda, Burundi and Bosnia. “It seems that the human family has refused to learn from its mistakes caused by the law of terror, so that today too there are those who attempt to eliminate others with the help of a few and with the complicit silence of others who simply stand by,” he said. Francis has frequently denounced the “complicit silence” of the world community in the face of the modern-day slaughter of Christians and other religious minorities by Islamic extremists. During Sunday’s Mass, Francis also honored the MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

UN calls for safe passage from Damascus refugee camp under IS

DAMASCUS: The head of the UN agency was giving a chance for solutions aimed held areas. Ban said last Thursday that from Yarmouk. “We are very concerned of on the ground, has reported army air responsible for Palestinian refugees at resolving the situation in Yarmouk, residents of Yarmouk were being “held course about the survival needs of the strikes on the camp since Islamic State called from Damascus yesterday for safe which UN Secretary General Ban Ki- hostage” by Islamic State militants and people inside Yarmouk,” he said. moved in. passage for people wishing to leave the moon has said is “beginning to resemble other extremists. “We called for a very clear respect for The military source told Reuters that Yarmouk camp on the city fringes that a death camp”. He also said they “face a double- the civilians who are inside Yarmouk, we was “absolutely not true”, adding: “We are Islamic State insurgents are trying to take Islamic State’s arrival in Yarmouk has edged sword - armed elements inside called for the possibility for civilians to waiting, leaving the space for solutions over. given the jihadist group a significant the camp, and government forces out- temporarily leave in a safe way Yarmouk, that safeguard the situation of the civil- UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre foothold a few kilometres (miles) from side”. to be able to be assisted outside. We will ians and their situation.” Krahenbuhl and another senior UN offi- President Bashar al-Assad’s seat of power. Islamic State moved into Yarmouk last continue to call for this. Ramzi Ezzedine Ramzi, deputy to the cial are in the Syrian capital to find ways Islamic State, which has already week. Aided by fighters from the al “We are thinking very strongly of how U.N. envoy to Syria, told Reuters on to ease the plight of some 18,000 people seized wide areas of eastern and north- Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, it has seized we can provide some form of assistance Saturday he left a meeting with Syrian estimated to be trapped in Yarmouk, ern Syria, has in recent weeks mounted large parts of the camp from other insur- to the people who are inside,” he added. Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad which has been under government siege several big attacks on regions closer to gents based there. The Syrian Observatory for Human on Saturday “quite satisfied and confi- since 2013. the main population centres of western Krahenbuhl visited a Damascus school Rights, a Britain-based group that moni- dent that there will be very good coop- A Syrian military source said the army Syria, both in government- and rebel- where he met several dozen evacuees tors the four-year-old civil war via sources eration”. —Reuters Two dead in gun attack at S Korea embassy in Libya IS claim responsibility for attack on Twitter

TRIPOLI: Gunmen killed two closed for several months, South “We do not know whether the city of Tripoli killed two of the people and wounded a third in Korean officials were continuing attack targeted the embassy or guards at the South Korean an attack at the South Korean to use it. the Libyan (security) officers,” a embassy,” the monitoring group embassy in the Libyan capital But Mabruk Abu Zaheir, ministry official told AFP on con- quoted IS as saying on Twitter. Tripoli yesterday which was another official at the interior dition of anonymity, adding that The jihadist group, notorious claimed by the Islamic State ministry, told the LANA news it was considering evacuating all for its brutal rule of large areas of group. agency that one guard and a its staffers from the country. Iraq and Syria, has established The gunmen opened fire on civilian at the scene were killed An AFP photographer at the branches in all three of Libya’s the embassy compound from a and a second guard seriously scene of the attack said a vehicle historic regions. passing car, killing two people wounded. used by the security guards was It has claimed responsibility and wounding a third, a Libyan The foreign ministry in Seoul riddled with bullet holes, while it for several high-profile attacks interior ministry spokesman told confirmed the attack, saying appeared that the main embassy on foreign targets in Libya, AFP. three South Koreans working in building had not been hit. including an assault in January A security source at the loca- the embassy-including two IS claimed responsiblity for on the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli tion said the two dead were diplomats-were unhurt. the attack on Twitter, according and the beheading of Egyptian MOSUL: In this image made from a militant video posted on YouTube on both Libyan guards, adding that It also said two Libyan guards to SITE Intelligence Group. “The Coptic Christians. April 3, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP report- while the embassy had been were among the dead. Soldiers of the Caliphate in the IS has also targeted embassies ing, a militant hammers away at a face on a wall in Hatra, a large fortified in Tripoli and oil fields to kidnap city recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site, 110 kilometers (68 miles) foreign workers. southwest of Mosul, Iraq. Islamic State extremists at Iraq’s ancient city of Last month four Filipinos, an Hatra destroyed the archaeological site by smashing sledgehammers into Austrian and four other foreign- its walls and shooting Kalashnikov assault rifles at priceless statues, a new ers were abducted in an attack militant video purportedly from the group shows. —AP on the Al-Ghani oil field by IS militants killing eight guards, the Libyan unit tasked with protect- IS militants destroy ing oil installations said at the time. ancient ruins of Nimrud In February IS released a video showing the beheading of 21 BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants ham- ized to talk to journalists, said all the items Coptic Christians, mostly mered, bulldozed and ultimately blew up at Nimrud were authentic. In March, both Egyptians, that the jihadists said parts of the ancient Iraqi Assyrian city of Iraqi and United Nations officials warned they captured in Libya in January. Nimrud, destroying a site dating back to the site had been looted and damaged. IS also claimed the attack on the 13th century B.C., an online militant The video conformed to other Tripoli’s luxury Corinthia Hotel, video purportedly shows. Associated Press reporting about the mili- which is known for hosting for- The destruction at Nimrud, located tants’ attack. eign diplomats and Libyan offi- near the militant-held city of Mosul, came The Assyrians first rose around 2,500 cials, that killed nine people amid other attacks on antiquity carried B.C. and at one point ruled over a realm including an American, a French out by the group now holding a third of stretching from the Mediterranean coast national, a South Korean and two Iraq and neighboring Syria in its self- to what is present-day Iran. They left Filipinos. declared caliphate. The attacks have horri- dozens of palaces and temples decorated Libya has been plagued by fied archaeologists and UN Secretary- with huge reliefs mainly depicting their chaos since the end of the 2011 General Ban Ki-moon, who last month kings’ military campaigns and conquests, revolt that toppled Moamer called the destruction at Nimrud “a war hunting lions and making sacrifices to the Kadhafi, with heavily armed mili- crime.” gods. Their main hallmark was the colos- tias battling for control of its The seven-minute video, posted late sal winged man-headed lions or bulls, cities and oil wealth and rival Saturday, shows bearded militants using protective deities put at the entrances of governments and parliaments sledgehammers, jackhammers and saws palaces and temples weighing about 10- vying for power. to take down huge alabaster reliefs 30 tons each. The country has had two gov- depicting Assyrian kings and deities. A Located on the eastern side of the ernments and parliaments since bulldozer brings down walls, while mili- Tigris River, Nimrud, or Kalhu, was found- TRIPOLI: A picture taken yesterday shows bullet holes in the guard post in front of the South Tripoli was seized in August by ed in the 13th century B.C. During the Korean Embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli following a gunmen attack on the embassy com- the Islamist-backed Fajr Libya tants fill barrels with explosives and later pound. The gunmen opened fire on the compound from a passing car, killing two people and militia and the internationally destroy three separate areas of the site in reign of King Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud wounding a third, according to a Libyan interior ministry spokesman. Islamic State group recognised government fled to massive explosions. served as the second capital for Assyrian claimed responsibility for the attack on Twitter, according SITE Intelligence Group. —AFP the country’s far east. —AFP “God has honored us in the Islamic Empire. Other Assyrian capitals were State to remove all of these idols and Ashur, Dur Sharrukin and Ninevah. statutes worshipped instead of Allah in Excavations at Nimrud were first start- the past days,” one militant says in the ed by the British traveler and archaeolo- Kenyan student dies, 100 video. Another militant vows that “when- gist Austen Henry Layard from 1845 to ever we seize a piece of land, we will 1851, followed by other foreign and local remove signs of idolatry and spread excavation missions. monotheism.” The city is surrounded by a four-side injured in campus stampede The militants have been destroying wall measuring 8 kilometers (5 miles) ancient relics they say promote idolatry long. Among the ruins are the grand that violate their fundamentalist interpre- palace of Ashurnasirpal II, as well as the NAIROBI: A Kenyan student died and more jumped from residence halls as high as five gency section of the country’s main public tation of Islamic law, including the ancient temples of Nabu, the god of writing and than 100 others were injured as they fled after floors up, fearing the University of Nairobi’s hospital, Kenyatta National. Iraqi city of Hatra, a UNESCO World the arts, and other temples. a electricity transformer explosion before Kikuyu campus had come under attack, uni- Witnesses said the transformer blew up at Heritage site. Authorities also believe Among the most significant discover- dawn yesterday triggered fears that their versity vice chancellor Peter Mbithi told about 4.30 am (0130 GMT), setting off terrified they’ve sold others on the black market to ies at Nimrud were four tombs of royal campus was being attacked, officials said. Reuters. screams from the women’s wing of a dormito- fund their atrocities. women. There, a collection of 613 pieces Students jumped from windows at their Gunmen from the al Qaeda-aligned group ry. The panic spread to the men’s wing, where Some of the figures in the video of gold jewelry and precious stones were University of Nairobi residence halls in a stam- al Shabaab stormed Garissa University students woke up and scrambled to get out. released Saturday at Nimrud appeared to unearthed. They survived the looting of pede that underlined growing tensions just College, about 200 km (120 miles) from the Students said the incident evoked memo- have rebar, ribbed bars of steels designed the Iraqi National Museum that followed over a week after gunmen stormed another Somali border, killing 148 people on April 2. ries of the attack in Garissa, which also came to reinforce concrete that are a technique the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 as they were university campus. “We have lost one male student who fell before dawn. “We thought it was another al of modern building. An Iraqi Antiquities kept in a vault at the Central Bank of Iraq The dead student was among others who from fifth floor,” Mbithi said outside the emer- Shabaab attack,” said Eddy Capella, a first-year Ministry official, speaking Sunday on con- building by Saddam Hussein’s govern- student. dition of anonymity as he wasn’t author- ment. —AP They said the transformer went out in three loud blasts, plunging the dormitory into dark- ness, which heightened the panic among the students. “I could see the students jumping and one Iran cannot be of them landed on his head,” said third-year student Felix Muriuki, referring to the student who died. trusted: Netanyahu The tragedy befell Kenya while it was still grieving over the students killed in Garissa, JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister nuclear bombs,” he warned. with funerals taking place around the country. Benjamin Netanyahu kept up his assault “How can such a country be trusted?” Al Shabaab has killed more than 400 peo- on the framework nuclear deal between The emerging deal, which is to be ple on Kenyan soil in the last two years, world powers and Iran, warning late finalised by June 30, would leave Iran including 67 during a siege at Nairobi’s Saturday that the Islamic republic could with “significant nuclear capabilities,” he Westgate mall in 2013, damaging tourism and not be trusted. said. inward investment. It was the latest attack on the emerg- “It is not dismantling them, it is pre- Kenya responded to the latest attack with ing deal under which Iran would curtail serving them. We also see that the airstrikes on al Shabaab targets in Somalia its nuclear activities in exchange for relief inspection is not serious... As of now, and closure of informal financial firms sus- from punishing economic sanctions. there is no monitoring,” he said. pected of involvement in the funding of the Following marathon talks in the Swiss “We see that the sanctions are being militants. city of Lausanne, the negotiators agreed lifted, immediately, according to Iran’s It has also said the UN refugee agency on a framework deal on April 2, which demand, and this is without Iran having should relocate hundreds of thousands of Israel has repeatedly denounced as an changed its policy of aggression every- Somali refugees sheltering in the Dadaab “historic mistake”. where.” camp in the remote northeastern region. “To my regret, all of the things I Israel and many Western govern- Students from the Kikuyu campus called warned about vis-a-vis the framework ments suspect Iran’s civilian nuclear pro- NAIROBI: University students wait for the bus after receiving treatment at Kenyatta on the government to also do more to secure agreement that was put together in gramme is a front for efforts to build a National Hospital, yesterday, in Nairobi, Kenya. One Kenyan student was killed and all universities. Lausanne are coming true before our military capability-a charge which Tehran 141 injured in a stampede yesterday on the campus of the University of Nairobi “I’m not feeling 100 percent safe on cam- eyes,” Netanyahu said. denies. when students mistook several accidental explosions for an extremist attack, accord- pus but I will continue with my studies,” “This framework gives the leading ter- Israel has the Middle East’s sole, albeit ing to an official. —AP Muriuki said. —Reuters rorist state in the world a certain path to undeclared, nuclear arsenal. —AFP MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Crowd gathers to mourn Walter Scott at funeral

SUMMERVILLE: Walter Scott - the black he fled Slager out of fear of being jailed driver who was fatally shot while running again over missed child support payments. away from a white police officer during a At the time he was stopped, Scott, a traffic stop - was remembered at his funeral father of four who worked as a warehouse Saturday in South Carolina as a gentle soul forklift operator, owed more than $18,000 who fell victim to an act of racism. in child support and court fees, according Hundreds of mourners crowded into to Charleston County records. He last paid W.O.R.D. Ministries Christian Center for a child support in 2012 and a bench warrant two-hour service in memory of Scott, a for his arrest was issued in early 2013. Scott father of four and Coast Guard veteran had been in jail three times since 2008. whose death sparked outrage as another “His mission was to avoid the police as instance of a white law enforcement officer much as possible,” Rodney Scott said. fatally shooting an unarmed black man Rodney Scott said his brother would take under questionable circumstances. long detours while driving to their parents’ The Rev. George Hamilton, a minister at house because he thought there were W.O.R.D. Ministries, told the overflow crowd more police patrolling the direct, 10- as Scott’s funeral ended that the shooting minute route from his home. He said Walter “was an act motivated by overt racism,” and also tried to make sure any vehicle he that the officer who shot him, Michael drove had working headlights and tail- Slager, was a disgrace to the North lights. Charleston Police Department. The congregation Hamilton spoke to “We will not indict the entire law included two black members of South enforcement community for the act of one Carolina’ congressional delegation, racist,” Hamilton said. Ahead of the service, Republican US Sen. Tim Scott and US Rep. Scott’s family arrived in a fleet of three Jim Clyburn, a Democrat. black limousines that was followed by several other vehicles. Some who were lined Wake-up call up outside held up their cellphones trying After the service, Clyburn said he hoped to capture the scene as Scott’s casket was Scott’s death would act as a wake-up call unloaded from the hearse and wheeled on the state of race relations in the US. PANAMA CITY: US President Barack Obama with Cuban President Raul Castro during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas inside. “I think this is a catalyst to get people to Organizers placed chairs in the church’s face up to the fact that we’ve got problems in Panama City, Panama, Saturday. The leaders of the United States and Cuba held their first formal meeting in more than half a vestibule to accommodate the overflow in this country,” Clyburn said. “I think this century on Saturday, clearing the way for a normalization of relations that had seemed unthinkable to both Cubans and crowd and ushered select people inside for exposed something that is already there.” Americans for generations. —AP the service. Many who were in line and Clyburn also said that it didn’t make waited through a period of rain and humid- sense for Scott to face jail for failing to pay ity were unable to get into the sanctuary. child support. Obama’s Cuba shift opens new “You know, Walter touched a lot of peo- That caused Scott to lose a $35,000-a- ple. He was very friendly with everyone. I year job, making it impossible for him to don’t think he ever met an enemy. So, pay. “If you want to collect child support, era in Latin America ties there’s a lot of people out here, just paying there’s got to be income - and you ain’t their respects to him and his legacy,” said going to make much income from jail,” Tyrone Johnson, a Charlotte North Carolina Clyburn said. “Please take a hard look at Brazil president to visit Washington in June resident who said he went to high school this.” with Scott and one of his brothers. Those who knew Scott remember him PANAMA CITY: With a historic meeting with “The Cold War’s been over for a long time. I’m Olson said. Latin American nations were irritat- Police initially said Scott was shot on as lighthearted and gentle. They describe a Cuba’s president and a brief chat with not interested in having battles that frankly ed by the description of Caracas as a US national April 4 during a tussle over Slager’s depart- laid-back, fun-loving man who took his girl- Venezuela’s leftist leader, President Barack started before I was born,” said Obama, who was security threat in an executive order that sanc- ment-issued Taser. But a video taken by a friend dancing on weekends. Scott had Obama sought to turn the page on decades of born in 1961, the year Washington broke ties tioned seven Venezuelan officials over alleged bystander surfaced later, showing Scott been married twice, and proposed to his rocky US ties with Latin America. The Summit of with communist Cuba. rights abuses during an opposition crackdown. being shot eight times as he ran away. girlfriend Charlotte Jones about a week the Americas in Panama City became the stage “This is not just an aggression against Venezuela, Slager was fired and charged with murder. before he was killed. for history-making diplomacy for Obama, who Venezuela troubles it’s also against all of Latin America,” said Bolivian Co-workers said Scott always seemed has intensified his engagement with the region Washington had complicated relations with President Evo Morales. Avoiding police calm at work and would often stop to ask in his second and final term in office. Latin America throughout the Cold War, sup- Scott was driving a 1991 Mercedes that others how they were doing. He loved to The highlight was his talks on Saturday with porting anti-Marxist forces in battles against left- Calming tensions he bought from a neighbor and was head- talk about pro football, especially his Cuban President Raul Castro, a more than hour- ist guerrillas in Central America and backing Obama sought to ease tensions by dispatch- ed to an auto parts store when he was favorite Dallas Cowboys, even in the spring, long conversation that crowned their effort to right-wing military dictatorships in South ing a senior diplomat to Caracas last week and stopped, his brother Rodney Scott said. when the rest of the sports world had bury decades of Cold War-era hostility. America. “Relations between the United States saying he did not really believe Venezuela posed Police said he had a broken taillight. Video moved on to college basketball and March But he also spoke for a few minutes with and Latin America are different starting today,” a threat. Maduro told the summit that he from the police car’s dashboard camera Madness. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, seeking said Santiago Canton, a director at the Robert F. respected but did not trust Obama. Late leader shows Slager asking Scott for his license Despite struggles to keep up with child to calm rising tensions over US sanctions that Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Right, a Hugo Chavez’s protege has accused Washington and registration, then heading back to his support payments, Scott’s relatives said he describe Caracas as a threat to American nation- US non-profit organization. “The ghost of Cuba of backing opposition plots to overthrow him. cruiser before Scott gets out of the car and stayed close to his four children - a 24-year- al security. has been present at all the bilateral and multilat- Maduro complained that Obama had ignored runs. old daughter and three sons, ages 22, 20 He also found time for a bilateral meeting eral meetings between the United States and his invitations to speak since the Venezuelan Scott’s relatives have said they suspect and 16. —AP with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who Latin America. This ghost is gone now,” he said. leader was elected in 2013, but the two finally accepted an invitation to visit Washington on But Obama has had tough relations himself talked for the first time on the margins of the June 30, two years after she angrily scrapped a with Venezuela’s Maduro, whose regional allies summit. The White House said Obama used the previous trip over a US spying scandal. But the Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia rallied around brief moment to tell Maduro that “our interest is potential game-changer was his get-together him during the summit. not in threatening Venezuela, but in supporting with Castro, as the historic tensions between “Ultimately, resolving the tensions between democracy, stability and prosperity in Venezuela their nations have been a source of discontent in the US and Cuba will help improve relations with and the region.” While analysts say the Maduro the region for decades. the rest of the region,” said Joy Olson, executive meeting could help, it was the image of the US Addressing some 30 leaders who attended director of the Washington Office on Latin and Cuban leaders seeking to bury the Cold War the summit, Cuba’s first in the event’s 21 years, America, a regional policy group. “That said, the that could transform the region. “It definitely has Obama said he had pledged to open a “new history of the US with Latin America is not one the potential of changing fundamental stum- chapter of engagement” with the region. that is not overcome with one meeting, as you bling blocks in improving relations with the “This shift in US policy represents a turning can see with the speeches of some leaders like hemisphere,” Olson said. “But it’s going to be a point for our entire region,” he said. Maduro and (Argentina’s Cristina) Kirchner,” long and protracted effort.” —AFP Shark kills teenage surfer

LES AIGRETTES: A 13-year-old boy surfing early Sunday morning in an immediately put in place a “post- extended until February 2016 a law was attacked and killed by a shark off-limits section of sea off the west attack procedure” in a bid to cap- prohibiting swimming and other yesterday off the French Indian coast of the island. ture the shark. water-based activities such as surf- NORTH CHARLESTON: Neda Nussbaum, left, attaches flowers to a fence Ocean island of La Reunion, authori- The boy, whose first name was Specialised boats were deployed ing and windsurfing except in spe- accompanied by her husband, Alan, in North Charleston, S.C. on Saturday at ties said, the seventh such deadly given as Elio, was a keen and prom- for “targeted fishing in the immedi- cial areas. This measure has resulted the scene of Walter Scott’s death. Scott was fatally shot a week earlier by a attack since 2011. ising surfer. It was the 16th shark ate area around the attack,” the local in a dramatic decline in tourism on North Charleston police officer after a traffic stop. Officer Michael Slager has The shark tore off the boy’s limbs attack on the island since 2011 and authorities said in a statement. the island lying to the east of been charged with murder. —AP and part of his stomach as he was the seventh loss of life. Authorities In February, island authorities Madagascar. —AFP Clinton campaign to focus on economic security, opportunity CHICAGO: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign will center on boosting economic security for the middle class and expanding opportunities for working families, while casting the former senator and secretary of state as a “tenacious fighter” able to get results, two senior advisers said Saturday. President Barack Obama all but endorsed her, saying “I think she would be an excellent president.” The senior advisers provided the first preview of the message Clinton planned to convey when she launches her long-anticipated campaign on Sunday with an online video. Until now, the former first lady has offered only hints of what would drive her if she were to run a second time for the White House. The strategy described by Clinton’s advisers has echoes of Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. He framed the choice for voters as between Democrats focused on the middle class and Republicans wanting to protect the wealthy and return to policies that led to the 2008 economic collapse. The advisers said Clinton will argue that voters have a similar choice in 2016. Clinton also intends to sell herself as being able to work with Congress, businesses and world leaders. That approach could be perceived as a critique of Obama, Clinton’s rival for the nomination in 2008. He has largely been unable to fulfill his pledge to end Washington’s intense partisanship and found much of his presidency stymied by gridlock with Congress. The Clinton advisers spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss her plans ahead of Sunday’s announcement. People familiar with the plans say Clinton will travel to Iowa and other early-voting states to hold small events with residents in the days after the video’s release.

‘Ready for Hillary’ In New York on Saturday, at the final event put on by “Ready for Hillary,” a group not connected with her campaign that’s worked for the past few years to stoke excitement for it, enthusiastic supporters joined elected officials and local party leaders to celebrate the launch to come. “After she left the State Department she could have slipped into grandmother-hood, but people want to call her back into public service,” said Jarret Berg, 29, a Democratic staffer in the New York legis- lature. “It’s time for her.” As her official announcement loomed, the Republican National Committee linked Clinton to Obama, a regular focus of criticism from the GOP. “All Hillary Clinton is offering is a con- tinuation of the same big government ideas that have grown Washington instead of the middle class,” RNC spokesman Michael Short said in a statement. “That’s why voters want fresh leadership and a new direction, not four more years of Obama’s failed policies.” —AP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015

Nigeria girls who fled Boko Haram look to brighter future

LAGOS: A typical day for Deborah ment and military that the release or res- pool that serves burgers and pizza, hometown do not have these advan- criticised, especially over his administra- includes classes on a manicured univer- cue of the hostages was at hand, there where faculty, including visiting Western tages,” they added. tion’s failure to immediately recognise sity campus and exercise in the evening- has been no credible information con- professors, share sodas with their stu- They also acknowledged they would the severity of the attack and to swiftly basketball, volleyball or aerobics. On cerning their whereabouts in months. dents. almost certainly not be studying at the launch a major rescue effort. weekends, she studies, swims or just Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau “It is a beautiful environment,” university had they not been kidnapped. Jonathan’s defeat in last month’s gen- relaxes. vowed to sell the girls as “slaves” and lat- Deborah told AFP via university staff in Mary put this conflict in starker terms: eral election to challenger Muhammadu But the teenager’s life now is one that er said they had been “married off”. an email exchange. The Chibok girls at “When the insurgency struck, I was dev- Buhari may have partly been caused by was unimaginable 12 months ago. Experts say both are possible and they AUN are studying a curriculum aimed at astated but little did I know it was going his inability to contain the Islamist vio- On April 14 last year, she was in a are unlikely to still be all together. preparing them to start a four-year to be a blessing in disguise.” lence. Boko Haram, whose name loosely packed dormitory at the Government undergraduate programme next year. translates from the Hausa language Girls Secondary School in Chibok, north- ‘Blessing in disguise’ Deborah said her dream is to work at Horror with a purpose widely spoken in northern Nigeria as eastern Nigeria, seeking a night’s sleep Deborah and 20 other girls from the United Nations “to help my commu- The Chibok girls at AUN felt united in “Western education is forbidden”, had before writing end-of-term exams. Boko Chibok who escaped Boko Haram cap- nity in Chibok, Nigeria and the world”. a common goal to ensure that some already been suspected of committing Haram fighters stormed the school after tivity are now studying at the American Others talk of becoming doctors or good must come from last year’s crimes against humanity before the sundown, kidnapping 276 girls. University of Nigeria (AUN) in the north- lawyers. All stress the importance of tragedy. “It has been a horrible journey Chibok mass abduction focused global The mass abduction provoked global eastern city of Yola. education. With degrees from the well- yet we believe that coming to AUN is for outrage. But the girls studying at AUN outrage and brought unprecedented The privately-funded AUN does not regarded AUN those dreams may come a purpose, which is to be an instrument suggested the Islamist foot-soldiers who attention to an insurgency that has dev- look like other Nigerian universities and true. But among the 21, the prospects of positive change in our hometown,” carried out the kidnappings ultimately astated northern Nigeria since 2009. certainly bears little resemblance to feel bittersweet, as international atten- Sarah said. deserve mercy. Deborah was one of 57 girls who Chibok, which even before the Islamist tion returns to the plight of those still “We have not been broken by the Northeastern Nigeria provides few escaped within hours of the attack. Her uprising began was a deeply impover- being held one year on. attack. We see ourselves as the people opportunities and little hope of employ- life has changed but for the other 219 ished town with poor roads and limited Thoughts of their missing classmates who have been chosen to make positive ment for young men, making them vul- hostages still being held and for families electricity supply. Spread across a vast are never far away and in their prayers future changes not just in Chibok, but in nerable to radicalisation, they said. “I for- desperate for news, the nightmare con- stretch of land on the outskirts of Yola, daily, they said. our country and the world,” she added. give Boko Haram for what they have tinues. the campus includes an immaculate “We feel sad with the advantages we President Goodluck Jonathan’s han- done and I pray God forgives them too,” Despite promises from the govern- hotel, with a restaurant overlooking a have now because so many from our dling of the hostage crisis was heavily Blessing said. —AFP

Prince George prepares to share the spotlight

LONDON: After 21 blissful months of one- have occasionally released official photo- on-one care, world media attention and graphs of the baby prince born third in line carefree splashing in the Buckingham to the throne. Palace pool, Prince George is facing a spot George has been seen in the garden at of upheaval in his gilded life-a sibling. Kate’s parents’ home after the birth; sat Later this month, the royal toddler’s with the family in a Kensington Palace win- mother Kate is expected to give birth to a dow ahead of his first overseas tour; play- little brother or sister who will be fourth in ing with butterflies at the Natural History line to the throne. In his latest official pho- Museum to mark his first birthday; and sit- tos, the son of Prince William and his wife ting on the Kensington Palace steps for Kate appears confident and curious-a Christmas 2014. blond tot with an impish smile. Conscious of the role that he will have to Shielded from the cameras, the prince’s play one day, William and Kate have said rare public appearances are exhaustively they want the prince to have as normal a reported in British media and “Gorgeous childhood as possible. George” is a social media star. The little boy George’s first birthday was celebrated who has helped sustain the image of a far from the cameras with a cake baked by British royal family once battered by scan- his mother. The family have a Spanish nan- dal has been seen at public events just ny, Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, and a dog, three times. The first was in July 23, 2013 Lupo, a black cocker spaniel. when he was shown to the world wrapped But any similarities with other children in a white blanket in the arms of his radiant end there. The family divide their time parents-aged just 27 hours. between a lavishly refurbished apartment “He’s got a good pair of lungs on him,” in London’s Kensington Palace and Anmer the young father told a crowd of some 200 journalists outside the same private mater- Hall, a 10-bedroom country home on the nity ward in London where Kate plans to queen’s Sandringham estate in eastern give birth later this month. England. They holiday on the private George’s second public engagement Caribbean island of Mustique. On his first came three months later at his Christening, birthday, George received 700 gifts from followed by a family tour of Australia and around the world including 219 games and New Zealand in April 2014 where the chub- toys. The royal couple are keen to avoid any LAGOS: People celebrate after results of the gubernatorial and parliamentarian elections in Lagos, yesterday. Nigeria began counting votes by-cheeked royal stole the show. In New sibling rivalry once George has to share the from state governor and local assembly elections on April 11, with the main opposition party tipped to build on its historic victory in the presi- Zealand, he was seen playing with other spotlight. Royal expert Katie Nicholl wrote dential race. — AFP babies in the residence of his great-grand- in the magazine Vanity Fair that Kate was mother Queen Elizabeth II’s governor-gen- “making the most of her final weeks with eral. On a visit to a Sydney zoo, he showed George as an only child”. particular interest in a bilby-an endangered “Apparently William and Kate have been Regional vote extended in oil animal. stocking up on presents for Prince George to make sure he doesn’t feel left out when Presents for George his little brother or sister makes his or her hub as Nigeria awaits results Besides these appearances, the royals grand entrance,” she said. —AFP APC seeking to build on its current control of 14 states

EU beneficiaries speak out PORT HARCOURT: Voting in Nigeria’s regional The APC is seeking to build on its current sive ballot-stuffing campaign and called on the elections extended into yesterday in the restive control of 14 states after its candidate INEC to “ensure that the people’s voices are not in Britain ahead of election Rivers state after irregularities at some polling Muhammadu Buhari won the presidential race silenced”. There was no immediate response stations, as the nation anxiously awaited the two weeks ago, in the first democratic transfer of from the PDP. FALMOUTH: Students at Falmouth demics warning against the risk of “Brexit” results. Rivers, a southern oil-producing hub, has power in Nigeria’s history. University have a lot riding on May’s gener- (“British Exit”). emerged as flashpoint through Nigeria’s historic The PDP currently controls 21 states. Overall vote praised al election, which if won by the They noted that “the UK benefits directly 2015 election cycle, and security forces were Despite the reported violence, INEC Conservatives will trigger a referendum on from £1.2 billion annually in European deployed heavily around the capital Port Polling day violence described Saturday’s vote as “relatively peaceful”. Britain’s membership of the European research funding and is the largest benefi- Harcourt in anticipation of disputes over the The Independent National Electoral Electronic voter identification devices-which Union and threaten their funding. ciary of EU research funds to universities.” results. Commission (INEC) said nationwide polling on were used for the first time in last month’s gen- The university’s giant bay windows open But Britain has never completely fallen The collation of results was under way in the Saturday was marred by 66 incidents of violence, eral election and caused headaches in several out on to the idyllic rolling valleys of for Brussels’ charms, and eurosceptics point battleground of Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capi- without giving further details or any casualty fig- states-broadly worked in the regional vote Cornwall, south-west England, but inside its to London’s bill for EU membership, which tal, where President Goodluck Jonathan’s ures. Rivers was the worst affected, with 16 sepa- despite problems in some areas, INEC said. modernist buildings, the university is a hub has risen from 1.9 billion euros in 2009 to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was hoping to rate outbreaks of unrest, an INEC statement said. Experts believe the opposition could add to of hi-tech activity. 8.6 billion euros in 2013, taking into take power for the first time since the end of mil- Tension in Rivers mounted in the run-up to its tally of governors with the central state of In the video games department, a stu- account what the country receives in subsi- itary rule in 1999. the vote because of a personal rivalry between Plateau as well as Kaduna in the north. dent hones the settings on a pair of virtual dies. But despite an aggressive campaign from the outgoing governor Rotimi Amaechi and Taraba in the east is in the spotlight because reality goggles in front of a table crammed “However, the net balance does not PDP’s Jimi Agbaje, Lagosians may stick with the Jonathan after the former’s defection to the APC it could return a female governor for the first with cables and joysticks. On the shelves, accurately reflect the many benefits of EU All Progressives Congress (APC) and vote in in 2013. INEC’s top official in Rivers, Gesila Khan, time in Nigeria’s history in the shape of Aisha piles of programming manuals lie next to membership,” argues the European Akinwunmi Ambode, who is hoping to succeed said voting has been extended in nine wards Jummai Al-Hassan. models from the game Assassin’s Creed. Commission in an official document. outgoing governor Babatunde Fashola. where election materials were never delivered to Jonathan made history by conceding the “The EU has been incredibly important “Many of them, such as peace, political Partial and unofficial results reported by sev- polling stations. The results in other parts of the presidential election before the final results were to Falmouth University,” professor Anne stability, security and freedom to live, work, eral local media outlets indicated the outcome state have been thrown out after ballot papers announced, winning plaudits for his statesman- Carlisle, vice-chancellor at the institution, study and travel anywhere in the Union in Lagos and surrounding state of the same were openly stolen, she added. ship and for defusing the threat of violence. told AFP, joking that they hoped to create a cannot be measured,” it added. name was too close to call. Khan did not specify how many areas were Information Minister Patricia Akwashiki on “Falmouthfornia” tech-zone modelled on Conservative Prime Minister David A total of 29 governorship and deputy gover- affected, however, so it was not immediately Saturday urged candidates in the local polls to Silicon Valley. Cameron supports EU membership but has norship positions from Nigeria’s 36 states are up possible to estimate the impact on the statewide follow his example, with violence having hit pre- “Over a 14-year period, over £100 mil- promised an in-out referendum as he for grabs as well as seats in all of the states’ legis- result. The APC alleged widespread rigging after vious elections in Nigeria. lion ($146 million, 140 million euros) has attempts to counter the rise of UKIP, the latures, with results expected to trickle in yester- Jonathan won Rivers with more than 95 percent “If our president was able to walk away from been invested into Cornwall higher educa- anti-EU and anti-mass immigration party day. Governors are influential figures in Africa’s in the national polls two weeks ago, insisting it an election and accept defeat, everybody, the tion to improve infrastructure.” that won the 2014 European elections. most populous nation, with near-total control of would not allow a repeat in the state vote. winner and the loser, should be able to accept “The idea that might not exist in the If re-elected for a second term, Cameron their states and collective power at a national Amaechi’s spokeswoman Ibim Semenitari on that the people’s will is what will carry the day,” future through some kind of closing of bor- has promised to “negotiate a better deal” level to bolster or check the presidency. Sunday accused the PDP of orchestrating a mas- local media quoted her as saying. — AFP ders is absolutely horrifying,” she added. for the UK, a member state since 1973. Having secured changes, the British Tories vow vote by 2017 public would then be asked “do you want Falmouth’s position is not unique and to stay in Europe on this reform basis or Ghosts of Rwanda genocide the Times recently published an open letter leave?” in a referendum to be held by from some of the country’s leading aca- 2017.—AFP haunt new generation

NYAMATA: Sarah Uwumugishan, a 19-year old On April 7, 1994, the first day of the killings, kill me.” “I’m always afraid,” said the student, adding Rwandan, was born two years after the genocide Mukarurinda and her husband fled with their baby that she often has disturbing and scary visions. that ripped her country apart but she says she is daughter, Sarah’s sister. They took refuge in the scarred for life. church of Nyamata, hoping it would offer sanctu- ‘Transgenerational trauma’ “I feel I have lived through the genocide,” said ary from the murderous attacks from the Hutu “I think about it every day, but it is worse during Sarah, who is swept up in grief, horror and torment Interahamwe militia, who were hunting people the commemorations... I can’t be alone, and when I when commemorations are held in April to remem- down with guns and machetes. look at my mum, they come back,” she said, quietly ber those killed in the most brutal of ways. When the church was attacked, they managed looking down at the ground. Around 800,000 people-mostly members of the to escape-but 36 of their family members were Sarah has never seen a psychologist, but mental minority Tutsi community-were slaughtered in a massacred. health specialists say she could a child victim of 100-day orgy of violence, largely by Hutus. Every They hid in nearby marshes for days where they “transgenerational trauma”, something seen in chil- year, mental health professionals receive hundreds were eventually tracked down. “They slashed me, dren of the survivors of the Holocaust. of Rwandans too young to have witnessed the cutting my hand and killing my daughter who was “What we have noticed is that in families, those killings but who show the same symptoms of post- on my back,” said Mukarurinda, whose left cheek who look after children can unknowingly transmit traumatic stress disorder of those who witnessed carries a deep, long scar, and whose right arm is a what they have experienced,” said Francoise and survived. They report intense anxiety or stump. Left for dead, she later crawled away with Murekatete, coordinator of the mental health pro- obsessive visions related to horrific scenes and her husband. This terrifying story was recounted to gramme at Avega, an organisation that supports events that took place before they were born. their children, three sons and two daughters. But it widowed survivors of the genocide. It is not was only Sarah who developed anxiety attacks. uncommon for mental health professionals to sup- ‘Always afraid’ “My primary school was located next to a prison,” port young people born after 1994 showing the LONDON: British Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, For Sarah, her trauma began when she was just where many of those who carried out the killings in same symptoms as the survivors. This is particular- Nick Clegg (2nd R) and Minister of State for Schools David Laws (R) outline the six, after her mother Alice Mukarurinda told her the genocide were held, she said. “It scared me, I ly visible during the period of the commemora- Liberal Democratic Party’s manifesto expenditure in London yesterday. — AFP what she had seen. thought that if the prisoners saw me they would tions, which begin every year on April 7.—AFP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 Bangladesh tightens security after hanging of Islamist Celebrations, mourners offer prayers

DHAKA: Bangladesh tightened security nationwide yesterday after a senior Islamist News was hanged for war crimes during the 1971 independence conflict, a move that triggered In brief anger among his opposition supporters but celebrations elsewhere. 2 Chinese dead in cargo ship Police said extra officers were deployed in MANILA: Two Chinese men were stabbed to death and the capital and other major cities hours after another was injured in violence among crew members of Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, the third most a cargo ship that radioed Filipino authorities for medical senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, help, Philippine police said yesterday. Philippine authori- was executed in a Dhaka prison late on ties boarded MV Qing May after it docked and brought Saturday. The 62-year-old was only the sec- an injured Chinese crewman to a hospital in southern ond person to be hanged for war crimes fol- Zamboanga city early yesterday with the permission of lowing his conviction in 2013 by a controver- the ship’s skipper, Zamboanga police director Angelito sial tribunal, set up to investigate atrocities Casimiro said. The bodies of two other Chinese crewmen, during the conflict. which had stab wounds, were kept on board the ship. “We’re alert against any bid to create anar- The Liberian-flagged ship with a crew of 25 Chinese was chy or violence,” a police spokesman told AFP. en route to China from Australia with a cargo of iron ore No major incidents had been reported as of when it radioed for help while passing near the southern early evening. Kamaruzzaman lost his final Philippines. Filipino investigators were looking for an appeal last week against a death sentence for interpreter to talk to the Chinese and establish what hap- carrying out a massacre at a village as head of pened, Casimiro said, adding there was no indication a pro-Pakistan militia. Jamaat, the largest that the 106,884-ton ship came under pirate or insurgent Islamist party, called a nationwide “prayer attack while traveling through Southeast Asia. day” for Sunday and a strike today in protest at Kamaruzzaman’s “heinous killing”. The party branded it an act of “revenge and pre- US drones kill leaders in Pakistan planned murder” by the secular government. ISLAMABAD: A spokesman for al-Qaeda’s new Indian The hanging is expected to deepen a branch says US drone strikes in Pakistan have killed two months-long political crisis that has seen the of its leaders. In an audio message released yesterday, Islamists and the main opposition party DHAKA: Bangladeshi security personnel cordon an ambulance leaving Central Jail carrying the body of Mohammad Usama Mahmood identified the dead as deputy chief launch nationwide protests to try to topple Qamaruzzaman, an assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami party, after he was executed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ahmed Farooq and Qari Imran, in charge of the group’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Authorities in Bangladesh on Saturday executed the senior Islamist party official convicted of crimes against humanity during Afghan affairs. Mahmood says a Jan. 5 drone strike in But the execution is unlikely to trigger the the country’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan, two officials and TV stations said. — AP North Waziristan killed Imran, while a later drone strike widespread deadly violence which followed killed Farooq. Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri the first war crimes execution in 2013 — also cially trained convicts to a makeshift gallows death. Their appeals are being heard in the delivering justice. Hasina’s government says announced creation of al-Qaeda in the Indian involving an Islamist. Hundreds of Jamaat for the execution about 10:30pm (1700 GMT). Supreme Court. Jamaat and other critics say the trials-which lack any international over- Subcontinent in September. The terror group increas- activists were killed that year when the party His body was returned to his home village the war crimes trials are mainly aimed at sight-are needed to heal the wounds of the ingly finds itself overshadowed internationally by the held a series of nationwide protests against in the north where he was buried in a cere- silencing Hasina’s opponents rather than conflict. —AFP Islamic State group, which holds a third of Iraq and trials of its leaders by the tribunal, which was mony attended by about 100 people, local Syria in its self-declared caliphate. established by Hasina’s government. Security police chief Mazharul Karim told AFP. Scores forces have since rounded up thousands of of supporters visited his gravesite yesterday Thai authorities detain man Jamaat supporters in a massive crackdown on to offer prayers, local online news portals Taiwan’s ruling party the unrest. Bangladesh went ahead with the BANGKOK: Thailand’s military has detained a man said. Prosecutors said Kamaruzzaman for questioning after the car bomb attack which execution despite last-minute pleas by the presided over the massacre of at least 120 chief to meet China’s Xi wounded seven people on the resort island of Samui United Nations, the European Union and unarmed farmers who were lined up and human rights organisations. The UN has said gunned down in the northern village of TAIPEI: The head of Taiwan’s ruling Shanghai on May 2 and address the as security was tightened there, police said yester- the trial did not meet “fair international” stan- Sohagpur. The 1971 war between Kuomintang party said yesterday he forum’s opening the next day, adding day. Military officers detained the man for question- dards. Hundreds of secular activists and sup- Bangladeshi nationalists, assisted by Indian plans to meet China’s President Xi that he also plans to speak to university ing late Saturday in Nonthaburi province, on the porters of the trials gathered in central Dhaka troops, and Pakistani forces led to the cre- Jinping next month, in what will be the students there. In 2005 Lien Chan made northern outskirts of Bangkok, in connection to the on Saturday night to cheer and flash ‘V for vic- ation of independent Bangladesh from what first visit to the mainland by a KMT chief the first trip to the mainland by a KMT explosion, national police spokesman Prawut tory’ signs over the death of a man they was then East Pakistan. since 2008. chief since the two sides split at the end Thavornsiri told AFP. “Authorities have brought in a Eric Chu, who succeeded embattled of a civil war in 1949. called a “war butcher”. Kamaruzzaman’s lawyers argued that he man for questioning after finding a threatening post Supporters of Hasina’s ruling Awami President Ma Ying-jeou as the party’s The landmark visit and the ensuing was only 19 when the nine-month war broke on his Facebook page,” Prawut said, adding the post League party also celebrated on Sunday with out and was too young to have led any mili- chairman in January, said “a plan for a annual forum paved the way for fast- processions in Dhaka and other cities and by meeting of the two party leaders is being improving relations since Ma came to had appeared Friday before the blast. “As far as I tia. Three women who lost their husbands know, he is still in military detention for further distributing sweets, police said. “It’s an Eid testified against Kamaruzzaman in one of the arranged” at a May forum in Shanghai power in 2008. He was re-elected in investigation,” he said. Security in the tourist hub has day for us,” a supporter in the northeastern most emotive of all the war crimes trials. with China’s communist party. 2012. city of Sylhet told television station Channel “All 32 widows who are still alive are happy Details of the meeting have not yet Ma was also party chairman from been tightened since the car bomb in a mall car park 24, referring to the major Muslim festival. the notorious killer has been hanged. Finally been finalised, he said. Xi heads the com- 2009-2014, but despite the improved ties went off Friday, injuring six Thais and a 12-year-old we got justice,” said Mohammad Jalal Uddin, a munist party in addition to holding the he never travelled to the mainland. Wu Italian girl. Extra police officers have since been ‘Finally we got justice’ Sohagpur farmer who lost seven members of presidency. Po-hsiung was the last KMT chairman to deployed as Thailand enters the busy Songkran new After meeting his family one last time on his extended family in the killing. At least five Local media said Chu would fly to visit the mainland, in 2008.—AFP year holiday period, Prawut said. “We have sent more Saturday, Kamaruzzaman was taken by spe- other Jamaat leaders have been sentenced to police to check the airport and ferry port,” he added.

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KUWAIT: Cars move along a highway during a sandstorm yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Panel rejects law to set up company... One Qatar restaurant lets poor eat for... Continued from Page 1 Shadab, who is a filmmaker as well as a restaurant Continued from Page 1 Meanwhile, the defense team of opposition leader owner, said those asking for food are mostly construction and former MP Musallam Al-Barrak will ask the cassa- The National Assembly’s legal and legislative com- tion court to release him on bail pending trial. Barrak “When I saw the board I had tears in my eyes,” said one workers from countries such as India, Nepal and mittee meanwhile rejected a proposal to amend an arti- has been sentenced to two years in jail for insulting HH of the owners, Shadab Khan, 47, originally from New Bangladesh. “We realise a lot of people out here do not cle in the 1959 nationality law to allow granting citizen- the Amir and has been serving the sentence for the past Delhi, who has lived in Qatar for 13 years. “Even now when get paid on time and do not have money, not even mon- ship to children of Kuwaiti women from their foreign seven weeks. The judge last month refused a similar I talk about it, I get a lump in my throat.” He said the idea ey to eat,” he said. “So there were people who would come spouses. Member of the committee MP Saleh Ashour request and decided to keep him in jail. Online activists came from his younger brother, Nishab. here and just buy a packet of bread. And they would eat said that he and MP Rakan Al-Nasef voted for the and his group, the Popular Action Movement, have The 16-seater eatery stands on the prosaically named the bread with water. “So, we realised those people don’t amendment and regretted that the committee rejected called for activists to attend the hearing in solidarity Street 23, sandwiched between another restaurant and a have money for anything else. They just buy a packet of such an important amendment. with Barrak. steel workshop. It is a busy area - opposite is a mosque bread, which comes to about one riyal. So, we would try and then a road where large trucks hurtle past. Inside, on to offer them food.” brightly coloured tablecloths, “authentic Indian cuisine But it is not easy, added Shadab. “Self-respect”, he said, Riyadh rebuffs Iran call to end Yemen... from the heart of Delhi” is served 24 hours a day, seven means many refuse to take something for nothing. As a days a week. A fish curry costs six Qatari riyals ($1.65), an result, in the three weeks since the free food experiment Continued from Page 1 against the ego of Pakistan and its people and is unacceptable.” Pakistan was the first country to recognize the independ- egg roast is three riyals and a spinach dish of palak paneer started, “the number of people coming here to get free Pakistan’s parliament on Friday passed a unanimous resolu- ence of the UAE in 1971 and the two Sunni Muslim-majority is 10 riyals - for those who choose to pay. food is like two or three people a day at the most”. As if to tion backing the government’s commitment to protect Saudi countries have close economic ties. The UAE is a major investor The need for free food in Qatar is particularly acute emphasize Shadab’s point, two workers entered the Arabia’s territory from the Houthi rebels, but declined Riyadh’s in Pakistan, while around 1.4 million Pakistani expatriates work among laborers and those working in heavy industry. It is restaurant while AFP was there but left in case their com- request for Pakistani troops, ships and warplanes inside Yemen. in the Gulf state sending home remittances that are vital for the estimated that there are anywhere between 700,000 and plimentary lunch should become public knowledge. In Anwar Gargash, the UAE’s minister of state for foreign affairs, South Asian country’s economy. Islamabad has found itself in one million migrant workers in the tiny Gulf kingdom, out another sign of how people fuelling the Qatari boom are lashed out at Pakistan’s vote on his Twitter account Saturday, an awkward position on Yemen. It has deep military and reli- of a total population of 2.3 million. Rights groups have struggling to live, it was recently revealed that some Doha terming it “contradictory and dangerous and unexpected”, and gious ties to Saudi Arabia and has long benefited from the oil- accusing Islamabad of siding with Iran, which is accused of rich kingdom’s largesse. criticized companies in Qatar for not paying workers on market workers were forced to live in their stalls as they backing the rebels. He added Pakistan’s stand would come at a But it has been reluctant to become ensnared in a conflict time or, in some cases, not at all. The Qatari government, cannot afford rents. high cost. Pakistan’s interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan that carries sectarian overtones, with violence against minority under pressure to introduce salary reform in the run-up to For Zaiqa too, there is a black cloud on the horizon. The hit back yesterday night in an unusually strongly worded state- Shiites on the rise at home in recent years. Moreover, the large the 2022 World Cup, vowed earlier this year to force com- restaurant’s future is threatened by a dispute over rent ment, accusing the UAE of “making threats”. Pakistani military is stretched, maintaining a heavy presence on panies to pay wages through direct bank transfers. with the property owner and may have to close down. “This is not only ironic but a thought-provoking moment the border with archrival India as well as fighting against Even those who do get paid will be intent on sending Shadab and his brother have a different plan for their next that a minister of UAE is hurling threats at Pakistan. The state- Taleban militants in the northwest. Instead, Pakistan has most of their money back home, said one of Zaiqa’s din- restaurant. “We are putting a refrigerator outside, so this ment of the UAE minister is in stark violation of all diplomatic pushed diplomatic efforts in the past week, holding talks with norms prevalent according to the principals of international Turkish and Iranian officials to try to forge a way ahead. ers, Nepalese mechanic Ghufran Ahmed. “Many labourers refrigerator won’t have a lock. It will be facing the road relations,” he said. “Pakistan is an honored nation and has broth- Pakistan’s parliament vote is not binding, but Prime Minister earn 800-1,000 riyals ($220-$275) per month. They have and it will have packets of food with dates on them,” he erly emotions for the people of UAE along with Saudi Arabia, Nawaz Sharif said last week that any Pakistani participation to send money back to home. It’s expensive here so there said. “So anybody who wants to take it, he doesn’t have to but this statement of an Emirati minister is equal to an offence would need the backing of parliament. — Agencies are people who need free food,” he said. come inside.” — AFP MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 ANALYSIS

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he daughter accuses the father of political suicide; the father publicly suspects she would like him Tdead anyway; and the granddaughter watches in the wings, ready to pick up the pieces. The feud within the Le Pen dynasty that has ruled France’s National Front (FN) for four decades is teetering between high drama and a low farce that could emerge as the biggest threat yet to the far-right party’s quest for mainstream power. Party founder Jean-Marie Le Pen’s defence this week of his view that Nazi gas chambers were a mere “detail” of war has prompted Marine Le Pen, FN leader since 2011, to demand his role in the party be discussed at a meeting FN executives Friday. Breakthroughs and hard sells for Obama The bloodline linking the two, plus the family talent for invective, make this no ordinary political row - to the glee of rivals who have seen the FN gain from the rise in By Jim Kuhnhenn imagine a US government not committed to ousting the The White House hardly appears worried about the politics support for populist parties in a Europe just emerging Havana government. of Cuban diplomacy, given that support for ending more than from recession. “A father and daughter are ripping each fter triumphs abroad, President Barack Obama is find- On the flip side, Cuba is hardly the threat Iran could be. 50 years of US isolation of the island nation crosses party and other to shreds in public - the masters of Greek tragedy ing stern challenges at home to his foreign policy Public opinion no longer demonizes Cuba. In the end, geographic lines. “”Perhaps the most important difference is couldn’t have staged it better,” veteran leftist Daniel Abreakthroughs, facing hard sells to skeptics over US Obama’s efforts to re-establish normal relations looks like the that while Iran is inherently a security issue, today Cuba is the Cohn-Bendit, now a political pundit, said this week. “Let’s shifts, first on Iran and now Cuba. Obama returned to lesser burden. When it comes to Cuba, “the American people opposite,” said Carl Meacham, a former senior Republican aide hope this runs and runs.” Washington early Sunday still basking in the attention from don’t need to be persuaded,” Obama said. Still, there are signs on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who now is a Marine Le Pen has sought to rid the FN of its anti- his historic meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro at a that not all the barriers are falling. Castro, in a lengthy speech director at the Center for Security and International Studies. Semitic image and position it as an anti-immigrant, summit of Western Hemisphere leaders. But Obama is certain at the summit, recited a litany of objections to past US poli- “If he removes Cuba for the list of state sponsors of terror, Eurosceptic force offering protectionist economic poli- to find a less appreciative crowd in Congress than the one he cies. The room where Obama and Castro met displayed no President Obama will demonstrate that the United States can cies to shelter ordinary French from the vagaries of glob- left behind at the Summit of the Americas in Panama. flags, as is traditional in bilateral meetings, and offered a stark no longer reasonably look at Cuba as a threat to our own alisation. At some point she was always going to have to To complete a nuclear agreement with Iran, Obama must reminder of the absence of diplomatic relations. security.” find a way of silencing her maverick father, who at 86 deal with resistance in Congress and the unpredictability of Obama’s next step is removing Cuba from the United Obama perceives the Iran deal as far more fragile. Iran and uses his title of honorary president of the party to lob the Iranian leadership, which has a distinctly different inter- States’ list of state sponsors of terrorism. Such a decision, rec- the world powers negotiating the deal have until the end of regular stink bombs into the French political debate. The pretation of what the sides have settled on so far. Cuba and ommended by the State Department, could come in days. June to reach a final agreement. Congress is angling to assert tougher is question is: How? Iran offer Obama, whose term ends in early 2017, the poten- Obama would have to notify Congress. Lawmakers do not authority over the final agreement, and even some of tial for legacy-crowning achievements. Iran may prove a have to ratify the decision, but they have 45 days to disap- Obama’s Democratic allies support that. But Obama reserves ‘Implosion’ greater challenge than Cuba, but together they are subjecting prove it. Such a vote, if attempted, probably would not suc- most of his frustrations for Republicans and he singled out The trained lawyer, unanimously re-confirmed as FN Obama’s foreign policy to the kind of scrutiny that most inter- ceed. But the issue is percolating just as 2016 presidential Sen John McCain of Arizona, his 2008 presidential rival, for leader at a congress last November, has a firm grip on national issues, short of war, rarely draw. candidates are jumping into the race. specific scorn during Saturday’s new conference. the party as she prepares for a 2017 presidential election Obama made clear in a closing news conference late McCain last week declared a major setback in the nuclear in which she is tipped to make the second-round run-off Saturday in Panama City that he believes he can handle the Foreign Policy talks after Iran’s supreme leader demanded that sanctions if not win outright. A survey by pollster Harris Interactive twin trials. The American public is on his side on Cuba, the Florida, once the center of anti-Castro activism, is a pivotal against Tehran had to be lifted immediately after a deal went found 99 percent of FN supporters believe she “embod- president said, and he had tough words for Republicans defy- presidential state, and some Republican candidates will try for into place. Obama cast McCain’s criticism as an assault on the ies” party values against 28 percent for her father. Harris ing him on Iran. Both have their roots in decades of griev- a political upper hand by accusing Obama of weakening credibility of Secretary of State John Kerry. “Now we have a found the French most associate him with the words ances. Both have had constituencies in the US deeply mis- America’s place in the world. “President Obama’s foreign poli- senator suggesting that our secretary of state is purposefully “racist”, “old” and “troublemaker”. Moreover a separate trustful of the governments with which Obama is dealing. Pro- cy has been one appeasement toward autocratic dictators, misinterpreting the deal and giving the supreme leader of study by Odoxa found nearly nine out of 10 of FN sup- Israel Americans cannot fathom a deal with an Iran that will thugs, and adversaries after another,” Sen Lindsey Graham, a Iran the benefit of the doubt in the interpretations,” Obama porters think it is time for him to quit politics. not recognize Israel’s existence. And for decades, Cuban- South Carolina Republican toying with a presidential run, said said. “That’s not how we’re supposed to run foreign policy, Yet ejecting him against his will would be another Americans who escaped Fidel Castro’s revolution could not amid news Obama was to sit down with Castro. regardless of who is president or secretary of state.” —AP matter: As a shrewd strategist Marine Le Pen will recall the brief but sharp decline in the party’s fortunes after the messy 1998 split with its former number 2, Bruno Megret. In a brief telephone call with Reuters on Obama-Castro meeting caps dramatic detente Tuesday, Jean-Marie Le Pen warned: “In times like these you should expect everything”. In other words, he will By Alexandre Grosbois fundraiser in Miami that the United States ment: three Cuban intelligence agents go, which will be trickier to resolve than not go quietly. “It’s possible that Marine Le Pen wants me needed to rethink its Cuba policy - a politi- jailed in the United States, as well as US con- the prisoner issue, since Obama would dead and gone - but she shouldn’t bank on me going rom their handshake at a memorial cally risky move in the anti-Castro bastion. tractor Alan Gross and a CIA operative jailed need the blessing of the Republican-con- along with that,” he told French radio two days later, service for Nelson Mandela to their What the world did not know was that in Cuba. According to Ortega’s account, trolled Congress to lift it. The two presi- warning the party would “implode” if she kicked him out. Fhistoric meeting in Panama, Barack behind the scenes, talks had already begun when Obama said he could not free the dents are both “deeply involved” in the Obama and Raul Castro have gradually set - in June 2013 - on restoring diplomatic ties three Cubans, the pope pressed him to process, said Cuban ex-diplomat and uni- A Le Pen - for Life? aside decades of US-Cuban hostility to severed in 1961, two years after the Cuban think of the big picture. “Look, it’s not just versity professor Carlos Alzugaray, “even if While such an implosion is unlikely given the declin- achieve a rapprochement long thought Revolution. The negotiations were a tightly for the good of the Cuban people, who it will be a difficult, winding road and may ing personal support for Le Pen within the party he cre- impossible. The handshake in South Africa guarded secret right up to Dec 17 last year, have suffered greatly. It’s also for your gov- be short on time because everything could ated in 1972, far-right watchers believe a move to eject in Dec 2013, captured by cameras on the when the two presidents announced their ernment and you personally, for your coun- change when the next US president takes him would hurt his daughter’s image with grass-root sidelines of Mandela’s memorial, gave the countries would normalize relations. Several try’s policy toward Latin America, which is office in January 2017.” —AFP members vital to her 2017 bid. “Marine Le Pen would first glimpse of a potential thaw between factors helped clear the way for the dramat- united in its rejection of this embargo,” said come across as unwilling to recognise her father’s contri- the pope. Ortega said the comment gave bution to the party,” analyst Jean-Claude Camus said. the old Cold War foes. Obama ic detente: Castro’s economic reforms and “The risk would be that it saps party morale.” had floated the idea less hostile rhetoric since taking over Obama pause and ultimately helped Marine Le Pen, who last week described her father’s several weeks from his big brother Fidel in 2006, unblock the discussions. behaviour as “somewhere between scorched earth tac- earlier, and shifting US attitudes toward tics and political suicide”, told Reuters Thursday she had when the communist island. ‘Difficult, Winding Road’ no plans to eject him. Moreover, his honorary title can- he said Mediation by Pope Francis After that meet- not be removed. She will instead oppose his bid to lead at a also played a key role when ing, the pope the party’s election list in December’s local polls in the the secret talks were wrote letters to southern Provence-Alpes-CÙte d’Azur region and back stalled in the both Obama and his granddaughter Marion MarÈchal-Le Pen, the latest spring of 2014. Castro inviting them member of the dynasty, for the ticket. According to to “resolve humanitarian Yet even that would carry risks: At 25, MarÈchal-Le the head of questions of common Pen remains a political novice despite her seat in the the Catholic interest, including the national parliament. Her career could be ruined if her Church in situation of certain pris- grandfather chose to run a dissident list against her in a Cuba, Cardinal oners”. That unprece- region he knows well. Quoted by the Journal du Jaime Ortega, dented move by the Dimanche weekly on Sunday, Jean-Marie Le Pen hinted the pope pontiff “reinforced the he might step aside for Marion in what would be a pos- helped nudge impetus and the sible olive branch. It is a dilemma that should come as the negotiations momentum to move no surprise to Marine Le Pen. The first line of her official through difficult forward,” said a senior biography is a remark her father once famously made to territory when US official. In October, her and her two sisters: “You are Le Pen girls for life. It’s he and Obama US and Cuban delega- not going to be easy, so you might as well get used to it met at the tions met at the Vatican fast.” —Reuters Vatican in March to finalize the terms of last year. “The the deal, including the pope spoke about prisoner swap. At the time, the US embargo there were rumors of a pris- with Obama, who oner exchange in diplomat- All articles appearing on these acknowledged that ic circles, but no one sus- pages are the personal opinion of it was an obsolete pected the magnitude of the the writers. Kuwait Times takes no measure taken before announcement setting aside responsibility for views expressed he was even born,” more than half a century of Ortega, who also played bad blood. therein. Kuwait Times invites read- a central part in the High-level delegations from ers to voice their opinions. Please process, told an Argentine the two countries have since send submissions via email to: opin- Catholic newspaper. held three meetings on “‘There are obstacles. reopening embassies, [email protected] or via snail Those prisoners,’” Obama restoring diplomatic ties mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. told him, referring to the and other issues still divid- The editor reserves the right to edit inmates whose release ing the long-time foes. any submission as necessary. would later pave the way The stumbling blocks for the historic announce- include the US embar- MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 SPORTS

Strauss eyes ECB role Hagino grabs fourth title Kerber, Keys in final LONDON: Former Ashes-winning captain Andrew Strauss has expressed his JAPAN: Kosuke Hagino, Japan’s ironman swimmer, collect- CHARLESTON: Angelique Kerber defeated fellow German Andrea Petkovic in straight sets interest in the newly-created director of English cricket role for the England ed his fourth title at the national championships yesterday. on Saturday to reach the final of the Family Circle Cup where she will face American and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Showing no sign of fatigue after another gruelling week in Madison Keys. Defending champion and third seed Petkovic went into the semi-final hav- Led by chief executive Tom Harrison and endorsed by incoming chair- the pool, the 20-year-old university student signed off by ing won her previous 11 matches in Charleston, South Carolina and the last three clashes man Colin Graves the new leadership position is focused on team perform- winning the 400 metres individual medley, the most with Kerber. But the paper form counted for little once the action began with the left-han- ance in the wake of the the disappointing performance at the recent World exhausting race in swimming. der breaking in the second game and taking the first set 6-4. Kerber, the Cup. “To anyone who is passionate about cricket, the allure of such a job is His time of 4 minutes 08.54 seconds was the fastest in fifth seed, built a 5-1 lead in the second and although Petkovic won undeniable,” Strauss wrote in the Sunday Times. “I am certainly interested in the world this year and means he will almost start as the the next three games, Kerber kept her cool, serving out to love to any role that might help English cricket move forward.” Two more former heavy favourite at this year’s world championships in Russia. secure a 6-4 6-4 victory. Sunday’s final will be Kerber’s first on the England captains Michael Vaughan and Alec Stewart are Hagino, who also won the 200m individual medley, as WTA Tour since her loss to Serena Williams at Stanford last year. Keys also being considered for the role as the ECB begins well as the 200m and 400m freestyle titles, is more than two ended the hopes of Czech Lucie Hradecka, who had enjoyed its restructure following the departure of managing seconds clear of his nearest rival in the world rankings. impressive wins over number eight seed Caroline Garcia and That is Japan’s reigning world champion Daiya Seto, who director Paul Downton after the terrible World Cup fourth-seeded Italian Sara Errani in the previous rounds. The 20- was second to Hagino on Sunday, the final day of the campaign. Downton was appointed in Oct. 2013 year-old American’s serve was strong. She saved the only break point Japanese trials. Japan have assembled a deep and talented and Strauss questioned whether the state of English she faced as she won 6-1 6-4 in 67 minutes. squad for the world championships, especially in breast- cricket had improved during his tenure, although “It is always great when you can get off to a good start and I just stroke. Japan dominated the men’s events and on Sunday, they are still third in the Test rankings. “It is hard to kept going with it,” said Keys. She is expected to rise to a career high teenager Kanako Watanabe set the fastest time in the world create any sort of dialogue that English cricket is in a number 17 in next week’s world rankings and even higher if she this year for the women’s 200m event, stopping the clock at better place today than when Downton started,” can pull off a surprise against Kerber. 2:20.90. Underlining the rising depth of Japan’s swimmers, Strauss, who scored 7037 test runs including 21 cen- The pair met in Eastbourne last year in Keys’ only other Rikako Ikee captured her first national senior title by win- turies at an average of 40.91, added. —Reuters appearance in a WTA final, which she won. —Reuters ning the women’s 50m butterfly aged just 14. —Reuters Senators down Flyers

PHILADELPHIA: Ottawa found its point and the postseason. Needing just one point in the season finale, the Senators wrapped up their sizzling second-half rally with a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday and clinched a spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Headed toward a spot in the NHL draft lottery two months ago, the Senators finished 23-4-4 over their final 31 games to storm into the postseason. The Senators will face the Montreal Canadiens in the first round. The Senators hope they can play deep into the postseason behind goalie Andrew Hammond. Nicknamed the “Hamburglar”, Hammond went from a borderline AHL goalie to posting a 20-1-2 record since he was recalled in the second half. He stopped 34 shots and made sure the Senators would not need help from other teams to make the playoffs. Mark Stone scored twice and Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored for Ottawa. Matt Read scored for the Flyers.

PENGUINS 2, SABRES 0 Brandon Sutter scored twice and Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves in Pittsburgh’s playoff-clinching win over last-place Buffalo, the final day of the NHL regular season. The Penguins snapped a 0-4-1 skid to secure the Eastern Conference’s remaining wild-card spot, and eliminate the Boston Bruins in the process. Pittsburgh extended its playoff string to nine consec- PHILADELPHIA: Flyers goalie Steve Mason (left) defends at Ottawa Senators’ Mika Zibanejad (cen- utive seasons - the NHL’s second-longest streak ter) and Flyers’ Carlo Colaiacovo (right) tangle in the first period of an NHL hockey game. —AP behind the Detroit Red Wings’ 24 - and avoided a near monumental late-season collapse. Ferraro scored his first career goal in the opening season with a victory over San Jose. Tyler Toffoli and The Penguins (43-27-12), who will face the New minute and Joakim Andersson added an empty-net- Andy Andreoff also scored and Jonathan Quick made York Rangers in the first round, limped into the play- ter with 2:20 left to help the playoff-bound Red Wings 20 saves for the defending Stanley Cup champions, offs by going 4-9-2 over their final 15 games. - who gave regulars Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel whose reign ended quietly in an afternoon game Datsyuk the night off - clinch the Atlantic Division’s with no stakes. Both California rivals are missing the DUCKS 2, COYOTES 1 No. 3 seed. Detroit will play Tampa Bay in the first playoffs in the same season for the first time since Ryan Getzlaf and Jakob Silfverberg scored to lead round of the postseason. After giving up a goal on 2003. The Kings are the first champs to miss the ensu- Anaheim over Arizona Coyotes in the season finale. the first shot he faced, Cam Ward finished with 27 ing postseason since Carolina in 2007, finishing ninth Frederik Andersen made 23 saves for the Ducks, who saves for the Hurricanes - who missed the playoffs for in the Western Conference after a winless three-game snapped a two-game losing streak and secured the the sixth straight season. road trip to Canada earlier in the week. Brent Burns top seed in the Western Conference playoffs. scored a power-play goal and Alex Stalock stopped Anaheim will face Winnipeg in the first round of the BLUES 4, WILD 2 32 shots for the Sharks. playoffs. The Ducks set an NHL record with their 33rd Vladimir Tarasenko and Alexander Steen returned PARIS: Runners make their way down the Champs Elysees avenue at the start of the one-goal victory, surpassing the previous mark of 32 from injuries with two points apiece, helping St. Louis JETS 5, FLAMES 1 39th Paris Marathon. Mark Korir of Kenya poses on the podium with the trophy after set by the New Jersey Devils in 2006-07. Sam Gagner finish the regular season strong with a victory over Lee Stempniak had a goal and assist and playoff- winning the 39th Paris Marathon. —AP scored and Mike Smith made 36 saves for the Minnesota. Jori Lehtera scored twice and Brian Elliott bound Winnipeg set a franchise record for points in a Coyotes. was solid in net for the Central Division champions, rout of Calgary. Drew Stafford, Michael Frolik, Adam who thwarted Minnesota’s bid for an NHL-record 13th Lowry and Matt Halischuk also scored for the Jets. The Korir wins Paris CANADIENS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3 consecutive road victory. win gave the Jets 99 points, two more than the Alex Galchenyuk and David Desharnais scored in Marco Scandella and Zach Parise scored for the Atlanta Thrashers earned in 2006-’07 before their relo- the shootout and Montreal beat Toronto in a Wild, who allowed two or fewer goals in each of the cation to Winnipeg in 2011. marathon shootout to clinch the Atlantic Division title and the wins that matched the 2005-06 Red Wings for the The Jets (43-26-13) also tied the franchise record second seed in the Eastern Conference. Desharnais, NHL’s longest road winning streak. Minnesota, which for wins. Winnipeg will face Anaheim in the playoffs. Tomas Plekanec and Jacob De La Rose scored for the pulled goalie Devan Dubnyk before the third period Michael Ferland scored for Calgary, which had its PARIS: Mark Korir of Kenya surprised many Bekele. In perfect weather conditions, Canadiens, who got 19 saves from Vezina Trophy trailing 3-1, has the first wild-card spot in the West. three-game winning streak end. Calgary will face including himself as he won the Paris another Kenyan runner, Mike Kigen, favorite Carey Price. The teams will face each other in the first round of the Vancouver in the first round. marathon yesterday to claim the biggest attacked 10 kilometers from the finish but Phil Kessel, Casey Bailey and Tyler Bozak scored for Western Conference playoffs. St. Louis will have victory of his career. Korir, who finished second in the Paris half- Toronto, ending a season that will likely prompt plen- home-ice advantage. PANTHERS 3, DEVILS 2 A specialist over shorter distances, Korir marathon last month, dropped him in the ty of changes in the coming days, weeks and months. Jaromir Jagr had a goal and an assist, and Florida completed the 42-kilometer (26-mile) race Bois de Boulogne with about five kilome- Jonathan Bernier stopped 30 of 33 shots. BLUE JACKETS 5, ISLANDERS 4 beat New Jersey in the season finale for each team. in 2 hours, 5 minutes and 49 seconds to ters to go. Kigen finished fourth. Montreal’s win, combined with a victory by the Cam Atkinson and Alexander Wennberg scored in Jagr’s 17th goal of the season put him in a tie with improve his personal best set two years “I didn’t go off with Kigen at the begin- Detroit Red Wings, set the playoff picture with the the shootout to lead Columbus over New York in the Wayne Gretzky for 14th with 204 career power-play ago when finishing runner-up in Seoul by ning because I wanted to run at my own Habs opening up against the Ottawa Senators. last regular season game at Nassau Coliseum. goals. He also grabbed sole possession of sixth on the more than a minute. pace and it worked out very well,” Korir Atkinson, Wennberg, Brandon Dubinsky, and Scott NHL’s career list for assists with 1,080. It was Jagr’s first The 30-year-old Korir won ahead of fel- said. “Although today was a great, injury RANGERS 4, CAPITALS 2 Hartnell also scored in regulation for Columbus. Curtis game against the Devils since they traded him to low Kenyan Luka Kanda, who placed third free race, I think I can go even faster than Kevin Hayes and Dominic Moore each had a goal McElhinney had 48 saves for the Blue Jackets. Kyle Florida on Feb. 26. Jagr has six goals and 12 assists in last year, and Ethiopian Seboka Tola. my time today. I believe I can go as fast as and an assist, Henrik Lundqvist stopped 22 shots and Okposo, Eric Boulton, John Tavares and Nikolay 20 games with Florida. Jonathan Huberdeau and “I didn’t expect to win at all, and I did 2:04.” New York capped its stellar regular season with a win Kulemin scored in regulation for New York and Dave Bolland also scored for the Panthers. not expect such a great time. I knew there Ethiopia’s Meseret Mengistu won the over Washington. The Rangers (53-22-7), winners of Jaroslav Halak stopped 33 shots. The loss gives were a lot of strong guys in the line-up who women’s race in 2:23:24, taking almost six the Presidents’ Trophy as the league’s top team in the Washington home-ice advantage against the CANUCKS 6, OILERS 5 had run below 2:07, so the victory today minutes off her personal best. Amane regular season, set franchise records for wins and Islanders in the teams’ first-round playoff series. Alex Edler scored in overtime as the Vancouver was quite a surprise for me,” said Korir, who Gobena of Ethiopia finished second in points (113) in a season. The Rangers will open the Canucks rallied to beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 on ran faster during the second half of the race 2:23:29 and Visiline Jepkesho took third playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins. AVALANCHE 3, BLACKHAWKS 2 Saturday night in the final game of the regular sea- to succeed last year’s winner Kenenisa place in 2:24:42. —AP Derick Brassard and Jesper Fast (empty netter) Jarome Iginla’s second power-play goal with 32.9 son. Sven Baertschi scored twice, and Daniel Sedin, added goals for New York, and Martin St. Louis had seconds left lifted Colorado over Chicago. Semyon Kevin Bieksa and Jannik Hansen also scored for the two assists. Alex Ovechkin scored his league-leading Varlamov had 28 saves and Cody McLeod also scored Canucks (48-29-5). Vancouver had already clinched 53rd goal for Washington and Stanislav Galiev scored for Colorado, which won four of its last five despite home-ice advantage against Calgary in their first- Hackett has not lost the the first of his career. The Capitals will have home-ice being eliminated from the postseason a week ago. round playoff series when the Flames lost against advantage in their first-round series against the New The Blackhawks rested captain Jonathan Toews and Winnipeg earlier in the day. champion touch — coach York Islanders. defenseman Duncan Keith after learning they were Ryan Miller finished with 23 saves in his first start locked into the No. 3 seed in the Central Division. since injuring his knee Feb. 22 against the New York LIGHTNING 3, BRUINS 2 MELBOURNE: Australian swimming great scription sleeping medication. Minnesota’s loss to St. Louis earlier Saturday clinched Islanders. Miller has not lost in 12 career meetings Victor Hedman scored the lone shootout goal, and a first-round matchup with Nashville. against Edmonton, including five this season. Jordan Grant Hackett has lost none of the “champi- Though a popular and wealthy celebrity playoff-bound Tampa Bay beat Boston. The Bruins’ on” touch following a six-year break from in sports-mad Australia, Hackett struggled Eberle, Nail Yakupov, Benoit Pouliot, Taylor Hall and postseason hopes were dashed midway through the KINGS 4, SHARKS 1 Teddy Purcell scored for the Oilers (24-44-14), who the pool but will head to the world champi- with life after competition and endured a third when Pittsburgh claimed the final Eastern onships a more mature competitor, accord- messy break-up from his marriage to a local Brayden McNabb and Marian Gaborik scored will miss the playoffs for the ninth straight season. Conference wild card by beating Buffalo 2-0. Boston third-period goals, and Los Angeles wrapped up its Ben Scrivens made 17 saves.—AP ing to his long-time coach Denis Cotterell. singer. had made the playoffs in each of the previous seven The 34-year-old Hackett, a two-time After spending time in rehab in the seasons. Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an Olympic gold medallist in the 1,500 metres United States last year, photographs of a assist for the Lightning, who finished second behind freestyle, qualified for Australia’s 200 lean and muscular Hackett training began Atlantic Division winner Montreal. Tampa Bay (50-24- NHL results/standings metres freestyle relay team at the national appearing in local tabloids before he 8) reached 50 wins for the first time and will play championships last week, only six months announced his comeback as simply a “fun” Detroit in the first round of the postseason. Loui Ottawa 3, Philadelphia 1; NY Rangers 4, Washington 2; Winnipeg 5, Calgary 1; Los Angeles 4, San Jose 1; St. Louis 4, after announcing his return to training. pursuit. Cotterell said the hard work would Eriksson and Brad Marchand scored for the Bruins, Minnesota 2; Pittsburgh 2, Buffalo 0; Montreal 4, Toronto 3 (SO); Florida 3, New Jersey 2; Columbus 5, NY Islanders 4 Hackett’s comeback has been warmly now begin in earnest for his protege. who ended the season with three straight losses. (SO); Detroit 2, Carolina 0; Tampa Bay 3, Boston 2 (SO); Dallas 4, Nashville 1; Colorado 3, Chicago 2; Anaheim 2, Arizona 1; Vancouver 6, Edmonton 5 (OT). welcomed by an Australian public that was “He’s already come further than he ever Tuukka Rask finished with 23 saves while tying a team disappointed by the national team’s under- expected-now it’s more of a mental chal- goalie record by playing in his 70th game this season. Western Conference Tampa Bay 50 24 8 262 211 108 whelming performance at the London lenge,” Cotterell said. “He is at a great level Pacific Division Detroit 43 25 14 235 221 100 W L OTL GF GA PTS Olympics. already but gains won’t come quick, but we STARS 4, PREDATORS 1 Ottawa 43 26 13 238 215 99 In qualifying for the 200m relay team, know that.” Anaheim 51 24 7 236 226 109 Jamie Benn had three goals and an assist, and Vancouver 48 29 5 242 222 101 Boston 41 27 14 213 211 96 Hackett shaved seconds off his personal Australia shook up its swimming estab- Dallas beat Nashville. Benn had 13 points in the final Calgary 45 30 7 241 216 97 Florida 38 29 15 206 223 91 best and also smashed his fastest time in lishment in the wake of the London Games, five games to edge Islanders star John Tavares by one Los Angeles 40 27 15 220 205 95 Toronto 30 44 8 211 262 68 San Jose 40 33 9 228 232 89 the 400 freestyle when narrowly missing where the team slumped to its lowest point for the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL scoring Buffalo 23 51 8 161 274 54 out on a second berth at Kazan. medal haul in 20 years and were rocked by Edmonton 24 44 14 198 283 62 Metropolitan Division leader. Benn finished the season with 35 goals and 52 Arizona 24 50 8 170 272 56 “It gave me a sense of deja vu,” Cotterell, allegations of bullying, excessive drinking assists. Benn scored at 7:35 and 13:33 of the first peri- Central Division NY Rangers 53 22 7 252 192 113 Washington 45 26 11 242 203 101 who coached Hackett to gold at the 2000 and prescription drug abuse. od. He also shot into an empty net with 2:05 to play St. Louis 51 24 7 248 201 109 Nashville 47 25 10 232 208 104 NY Islanders 47 28 7 252 230 101 Sydney Olympics and Athens in 2004, told With the team building nicely for the Rio and assisted on Cody Eakin’s goal with 9 seconds left. Australian Associated Press. “Nothing has Games, Cotterell said Hackett could only Chicago 48 28 6 229 189 102 Pittsburgh 43 27 12 221 210 98 Rookie Filip Forsberg scored for the Predators at 11:33 Minnesota 46 28 8 231 201 100 Columbus 42 35 5 236 250 89 really changed, he’s just a more mature ver- prove to be an inspiring presence for junior Winnipeg 43 26 13 230 210 99 of the first period. Nashville will face Chicago in the Philadelphia 33 31 18 215 234 84 sion. “He has champion attributes you can’t team mates at Kazan. first round of the playoffs. Dallas 41 31 10 261 260 92 buy, and that’s the make-up of the bloke.” “He will add maturity to the team and Colorado 39 31 12 219 227 90 New Jersey 32 36 14 181 216 78 Eastern Conference Carolina 30 41 11 188 226 71 Hackett, who also won silver in the 1,500 at strengthen the overall culture of it,” he said. RED WINGS 2, HURRICANES 0 Beijing, returned to the pool after a highly “I have been on the team 30 years and he Atlantic Division Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the Petr Mrazek made 35 saves in his third shutout of Montreal 50 22 10 221 189 110 standings and are not included in the loss column (L). public battle with his addiction to a pre- was the greatest team captain.”—Reuters the season, leading Detroit past Carolina. Landon MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 SPORTS Windies, England seek fresh start

NORTH SOUND: West Indies and England to attract almost forensic attention, both face-off in the first Test of a three-match for his leadership and form with the bat, as series on at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium England embark on an arduous campaign in Antigua today, with both sides involved of 17 Tests over a nine-month period. in reconstruction and rehabilitation follow- Rustiness will also be a concern as their ing a wretched few months. last Test was more than eight months ago Facing the wrath of the Indian authori- when they completed a 3-1 home series ties following an unprecedented abandon- demolition of a dispirited Indian side. ment of the tour there last October and Their brief build-up to this series was with several of their star players either hardly taxing as the couple of two-day overlooked by the selectors or unwilling to matches against a St Kitts Invitational XI represent the regional team, there is con- provided such a low standard of opposition siderable trepidation over the prospects of that the tourists resorted to using some of the West Indies in the opening fixture, their squad players in the home team for notwithstanding the ground’s reputation the second match. as a batting paradise. However the game unfolds, England Chris Gayle, who led the West Indies to and their army of travelling supporters are an upset 1-0 triumph the last time the anticipating at least one moment of cele- English played a Test series in the bration as experienced seam and swing Caribbean in 2009, announced his unavail- bowler James Anderson needs four wickets ability for the assignment, although he is in his 100th Test to surpass celebrated all- turning out for the Royal Challengers rounder Ian Botham’s tally of 383 — the Bangalore in the lucrative Twenty20 Indian most by an England cricketer in Tests. Premier League. Ironically, Anderson and the rest of the Dwayne Bravo, captain of the squad England pace attack are being mentored who walked out of the Indian campaign, on this tour by fast bowling coach Ottis appears to be paying the price for his role Gibson, who was surprisingly removed as in that fiasco, although the official line from head coach of the West Indies just a couple the selectors, headed by outstanding for- days before the home series against mer captain Clive Lloyd, is that they are Bangladesh last August. looking to younger players to try to take Former hard-hitting West Indies opener the team forward. Phil Simmons, previously in charge of While the West Indies were at least able Ireland, was only announced two weeks to qualify out of their preliminary group at ago as Gibson’s full-time replacement. the World Cup in Australia and New Simmons has been preparing the squad Zealand last month, England failed to at a training camp in Antigua where the CINCINNATI: St. Louis Cardinals’ Jhonny Peralta (27) is safe at home beating the tag from Cincinnati Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco (left) in the advance beyond the group stage, inviting continuing good form of Devendra Bishoo ninth inning of a baseball game. —AP widespread condemnation at home and at looks certain to result in the return of the the same time fuelling speculation over the leg-spinner to the Test fold three years after possible return of controversial batsman his last match against Australia in Kevin Pietersen for the Ashes series against Barbados. Cardinals end Reds’ winning streak arch-rivals Australia in three months’ time. Home captain Denesh Ramdin has spoken One batsman who is expected to make of relying on spinners to win the series for CINCINNATI: Matt Adams delivered his first plate as he tried to score from second. four and singled for his first hit. He became a return in Antigua is Jonathan Trott. him, raising the prospect of a final XI compris- home run of the season, and the St. Louis Former Yankees closer David Robertson the fifth rookie starter to make his first start Seemingly lost to the game when leaving ing both Bishoo and left-armer Sulieman Cardinals ended the Cincinnati Reds’ season- struck out the side in the ninth for his first against a reigning Cy Young Award winner the last Ashes series in Australia after strug- Benn. That would leave Kemar Roach and save with Chicago. The White Sox lost their and the fourth to earn a win. gling to cope with the pace of Mitchell Jerome Taylor, the destroyer of England in the opening winning streak at four with a 4-1 Johnson in the first Test in Brisbane, the 33- decisive first Test in Jamaica in 2009, as the win on Saturday. first four games. Left-hander Zach Duke (1-0) Kershaw (0-1) lasted 6 1-3 innings and year-old South African-born player looks twin spearheads of a bowling attack that will Kolten Wong had a sacrifice fly, Jhonny worked a scoreless eighth for the win. gave up 10 hits, including Paul Goldschmidt’s set to open the batting in his 50th Test with be seeking to exploit and magnify any self- Peralta and Yadier Molina added ninth- two-run homer in the seventh. Goldschmidt captain Alastair Cook. doubt among opponents who inevitably inning run-scoring singles and Michael PHILLIES 3, NATIONALS 2 has home runs in four straight games against Without a century for his country in have one eye on their impending home duel Wacha pitched into the seventh inning to get Odubel Herrera doubled home the win- the Dodgers dating to last season. Kershaw more than a year-and-a-half, Cook is likely with the Australians. —AFP the win in his first appearance of the season. ning run in the 10th inning with his first did not allow 10 or more hits in any regular- Wacha (1-0) shook off Todd Frazier’s first- major league hit. Carlos Ruiz led off the season game in 2014. inning home run to go 6 1-3 innings, allow- inning with a single off Tanner Roark (0-1). ing five hits and one run with a walk and two He advanced on a deep flyout and scored ROYALS 6, ANGELS 4 Gillespie joy over Pujara strikeouts. when Herrera doubled down the right-field Mike Moustakas and Salvador Perez Adams’ homer is the only earned run line. Wilson Ramos hit a solo homer for the homered during a five-run fourth inning a sign of county change allowed by Reds starter Johnny Cueto in 14 Nationals, who wasted a strong outing by against Jered Weaver (0-2), and AL champion innings this season - a 0.64 ERA. Cueto (0-1) Doug Fister. Dustin McGowan (1-0) pitched a Kansas City improved to 5-0. LONDON: There was a time when the Australian seamers Ben Hilfenhaus gave up four hits and two runs in seven scoreless 10th. Jeremy Guthrie (1-0) threw 94 pitches in notion of an Australian coach of Yorkshire (Nottinghamshire) and Jackson Bird innings. his season debut, allowing four runs and six getting excited by the arrival of an Indian (Hampshire) will hope for late call-ups into batsman at Headingley would have been the Ashes squad in England after being left ORIOLES 7, BLUE JAYS 1 hits in seven innings as he began a $25 mil- unthinkable. out of the original tour party. TIGERS 9, INDIANS 6 Ubaldo Jimenez (1-0) struck out eight and lion, three-year contract. It was his first start For most of their proud history, the Surrey fans can look forward to the sight Ian Kinsler hit an RBI single and Yoenis allowed one single over seven innings, and that mattered since he took the loss in World White Rose club-the most successful side in of Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara and Cespedes doubled in two runs during Jonathan Schoop hit a grand slam. Ulejandro Series Game 7 against San Francisco. the 125 years of England’s first-class County Kevin Pietersen batting together as they Detroit’s four-run ninth as the Tigers stayed De Aza and Chris Davis also homered for the Greg Holland followed Wade Davis out of Championship with 31 titles-insisted upon bid for promotion from the Second unbeaten with a win over the Indians. Orioles, who rebounded from a 12-5 loss to the bullpen and pitched a perfect ninth selecting only players born in Yorkshire. But Division. Kinsler’s fourth hit - a single off closer Toronto in their home opener Friday. inning for his third save. The Royals and that policy was finally done away with in England exile Pietersen will be desper- Cody Allen (0-1) - broke a 5-all tie and helped After Tommy Hunter worked a hitless Atlanta are the only big league teams whose 1992 when they signed India great Sachin ate for the runs he must score to have any the Tigers improve to 5-0 for the first time eighth, Zach Britton gave up a double to relievers have not allowed a run. Weaver Tendulkar. Now Yorkshire, the reigning chance of a Test recall following the old since 2006. The Tigers had to rally twice after Steve Tolleson and an RBI single to Edwin threw 85 pitches in 4 1-3 innings and was county champions, are about to begin the regime at Lord’s decision to ditch him in Cleveland’s Jerry Sands delivered a pair of Encarnacion in the ninth. charged with six runs, seven hits and four defence of their First Division title away to 2014 following an Ashes whitewash loss in clutch doubles. Aaron Sanchez (0-1) allowed three runs walks. Worcestershire on Sunday with another Australia. “I think Kevin knows he’s got a Miguel Cabrera also had four hits for and seven hits over 3 1-3 innings for the Blue India batsman, Cheteshwar Pujara, in a side chance if he goes out there and scores Detroit, which has now outscored its oppo- Jays in his first major league start. CUBS 9, ROCKIES 5 coached by former Australia fast bowler runs,” said Surrey and England fast bowler nents 39-11. Ian Krol (1-0) got the win Chris Coghlan and Mike Olt hit consecu- Jason Gillespie. Chris Tremlett.—AFP despite giving up an eighth-inning double to BRAVES 5, METS 3 tive solo homers in the third inning, Dexter And all that after a move for veteran Sands. Julio Teheran (2-0) allowed three runs - Fowler had two triples and Colorado Pakistan batsman Younis Khan fell through. one earned - two hits and four walks in six dropped to 4-1. The Rockies have never start- Pujara, who averages over 57 in first-class MARINERS 5, ATHLETICS 4 innings, failing to retire five batters in the ed 5-0. cricket. impressed on India’s tour of Nelson Cruz hit his first home run for seventh. Jim Johnson faced four batters in Starlin Castro also added a solo shot for England last year when the 27-year-old also played for Yorkshire’s cross-border rivals Seattle and Brad Miller threw out a runner at the ninth for his first save, and the Braves the Cubs, who entered without a home run Derbyshire. the plate in the 10th inning and doubled in improved to 5-0 for the first time since win- this season. Chicago was limited to three “We originally signed Younis, but that the go-ahead run in the 11th, lifting Seattle ning their first seven games in 1994. runs through the opening three games, but felt through. This has worked out perfectly over the Athletics. Cruz hit a three-run drive Dillon Gee (0-1) gave up five runs and finally erupted at hitter-friendly Coors Field. for us, to be honest,” Gillespie said. “Having in the eighth off Dan Otero to put the eight hits in five innings. Freddie Freeman The Cubs had 12 hits Saturday, which was as a young player that really wants to prove Mariners in front 4-2. homered for the Braves, who improved to many as they had coming in. himself and improve as a player fits in Oakland tied the score in the bottom half 100-55 against the Mets at Turner Field. Jason Hammel (1-0) allowed three runs exactly with how we like our overseas play- on RBI doubles by Ben Zobrist off Danny and eight hits in six innings against his for- ers.” Farquhar and Brett Lawrie against Carson BREWERS 6, PIRATES 0 mer team. He also had two singles. Kyle Meanwhile Pujara said he was happy to Smith. Tyler Olson (1-0) pitched around two Jimmy Nelson (1-0) struck out a career- Kendrick (1-1) surrendered a career-high be following in the footsteps of compatri- hits and two walks in the 10th. Fernando high nine in seven innings and allowed two eight runs in five innings. ots Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh. “When I Abad (0-1) was the loser. hits, Jean Segura hit a two-run homer and heard that I was the third Indian cricketer the Milwaukee Brewers became the last RANGERS 6, ASTROS 2 to play for Yorkshire, it was a great feeling RED SOX 8, YANKEES 4 team in the majors to win this season. Yovani Gallardo (1-1) won his home debut and an honour for me,” Pujara explained. Joe Kelly pitched one-hit ball for seven Hector Gomez added a two-run single for for his hometown team, striking out seven in But the expansion of the international innings and the Red Sox ran over the Milwaukee, which stopped a four-game los- 5 2-3 innings in his first appearance at Globe calendar and the rise of domestic Twenty20 Yankees, hours after winning their own New ing streak by tagging Vance Worley (0-1) for Life Park, just a few miles from where he leagues around the world mean the days of York City marathon. six runs and seven hits in 6 1-3 innings. grew up in Fort Worth. The right-hander was the 1970s and 1980s-when Pakistan bats- Bleary-eyed, the teams started at 1:08 Pittsburgh played without All-Star out- part of an offseason trade with Milwaukee. man Zaheer Abbas (Gloucestershire) or p.m. following Friday night’s game that took fielder Andrew McCutchen, who sat out as a Adrian Beltre circled the bases on a triple West Indies fast bowler Malcolm Marshall (Hampshire) became synonymous with a 19 innings and finished at 2:13 a.m. Brock precaution with left knee soreness. and an error for the game’s first run, and Elvis county team by playing a whole campaign Holt, the only position player on either side Andrus had a two-run single when Texas are long gone. who didn’t get into that 6-5 Boston victory, DIAMONDBACKS 6, DODGERS 0 scored three more unearned runs in the fifth When Pujara leaves in May, he will be had four hits and drove in three runs. Archie Bradley (1-0) made a dazzling inning after the second of three errors by followed in turn by fellow-batsmen Aaron Kelly (1-0) came off the 15-day disabled major league debut, allowing one hit over six Houston. Roberto Hernandez (0-1) allowed Finch (Australia) and Kane Williamson (New list and saved Boston’s bullpen. He retired his innings to outpitch Clayton Kershaw. The five hits and five runs - but just one earned - Zealand), with Aussie World Cup-winning final 17 batters, and struck out eight. Adam seventh pick on the first round of the 2011 while walking four in 4 2-3 innings in his all-rounder Glenn Maxwell on Twenty20 Warren (0-1) gave up one earned run in 5 1-3 amateur draft, Bradley struck out six, walked debut for Houston. —AP duty. innings. Chris Young homered off reliever Yorkshire’s preference for batsmen can Alexi Ogando in the eighth. be explained by the fact the top-order trio MLB results/standings of Adam Lyth, Gary Ballance and Joe Root- RAYS 2, MARLINS 0 all currently with England in the West Chris Archer pitched seven crisp innings, Boston 8, NY Yankees 4; St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 1; Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota 4; Seattle 5, Oakland 4 (11 Innings); Indies-are likely to miss large sections of and the Rays beat the Marlins. Archer (1-1) Detroit 9, Cleveland 6; Tampa Bay 2, Miami 0; Baltimore 7, Toronto 1; Philadelphia 3, Washington 2 (10 Innings); the county campaign because of interna- allowed one hit and one walk, with the latter Milwaukee 6, Pittsburgh 0; Atlanta 5, NY Mets 3; Texas 6, Houston 2; Chicago Cubs 9, Colorado 5; Arizona 6, LA tional calls. runner erased trying to steal, while throwing Dodgers 0; San Diego 10, San Francisco 2; Kansas City 6, La Angels 4. Worcestershire caused resentment only 84 pitches. Two relievers completed the among other counties by deploying Saeed American League National League two-hitter, with Brad Boxberger pitching the Eastern Division Eastern Division Ajmal to good effect last season only for ninth for his second save in two chances. W L PCT GB Atlanta 5 0 1.000 - the Pakistan off-spinner’s action to be Pinch-hitter Tim Beckham hit his first career Boston 4 1 .800 - Philadelphia 3 2 .600 2 declared illegal. Baltimore 3 2 .600 1 homer leading off the seventh, and Evan NY Mets 2 3 .400 3 Now they are set to call upon the servic- Toronto 3 2 .600 1 Miami 1 4 .200 4 es of another spinner who, like Ajaml, been Longoria doubled home the other run for Tampa Bay 2 3 .400 2 Washington 1 4 .200 4 ordered to remodel an illegal action, in Sri the Rays. Jarred Cosart (0-1), making his first NY Yankees 1 4 .200 3 Central Division Central Division Lanka’s Sachitra Senanayake. start of the season, lost despite allowing only Cincinnati 4 1 .800 - Detroit 5 0 1.000 - Chicago Cubs 2 2 .500 1.5 South Africa paceman Vernon Philander, one run in six innings. Kansas City 5 0 1.000 - St. Louis 2 2 .500 1.5 who struggled with injury during the World Cleveland 2 3 .400 3 Milwaukee 1 4 .200 3 WHITE SOX 5, TWINS 4 Chicago White Sox 1 4 .200 4 Cup, has declared himself fit for Pittsburgh 1 4 .200 3 Minnesota 1 4 .200 4 Nottinghamshire’s opener away to Pinch-hitter J.B. Shuck had a go-ahead RBI Western Division Middlesex this weekend. single in the eighth inning to give the White Western Division Oakland 3 3 .500 - Colorado 4 1 .800 - “I’m all good now,” Philander told BBC Sox their first win of the season. Shuck lined Texas 3 3 .500 - Arizona 3 2 .600 1 Radio. “I’ve done all the rehab and fitness a 1-1 pitch from Twins reliever Blaine Boyer Houston 2 3 .400 0.5 San Diego 3 3 .500 1.5 work to get to where I am today, so I’m (0-1) with two outs, scoring Alexei Ramirez. LA Angels 2 3 .400 0.5 San Francisco 3 3 .500 1.5 LA Dodgers 2 3 .400 2 ready to go again.” Cheteshwar Pujara Conor Gillaspie was thrown out at the Seattle 2 3 .400 0.5 MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 SPORTS Degenkolb matches Kelly with Monument double

ROUBAIX: John Degenkolb became only behind. Last year’s winner Niki Terpstra was the second man to complete a Milan-San 15th in that same group, which was head- Remo and Paris-Roubaix double in the ed by Kristoff. same year with his victory in the north of After a fast start to proceedings that saw France yesterday. the riders cover more than 50km in the first Degenkolb, who was second in the Hell hour, the 253km race was animated by a of the North race last year, beat Czech nine-man breakaway that formed around Zdenek Stybar and Greg Van Avermaet of the 30km mark. Belgium in a seven-man sprint finish in the Inside the first 100km the race lost one outdoor velodrome in Roubaix. of the favourites as two-time Flanders win- Irishman Sean Kelly back in 1986 was ner Stijn Devolder crashed out. He was fol- the only other rider to claim the two Spring lowed by Wiggins’s teammate Geraint Classic races in the same year. But there Thomas, who went down hard just after was an air of inevitability about the tough Arenberg cobbled section-one Degenkolb’s win once the 26-year-old of 27 such sectors covering almost 53km. arrived in the velodrome as part of a seven- Thomas never made it back to the rapid- man leading group. ly thinning peloton as the Etixx-Quick Step Last year, Degenkolb had easily taken a team of Stybar and Terpstra upped the sprint finish for second place behind break- pace. There was brief drama when a barrier away winner Niki Terpstra. He was one of at a railway crossing came down as the two riders, alongside last weekend’s Tour of peloton was passing under it. Flanders victor Alexander Kristoff, who One rider was clipped by a barrier and every other rider was keen to drop before several more crossed after it was down, but the finish. by the time a TGV train passed, the remain- But while Norwegian Kristoff, who was ing riders had been brought to a halt by a second to Degenkolb in San Remo having vigilant police motorcycle. won it last year, struggled to keep up once Five of the original nine escapees sur- the decisive move was made and limped in vived until about 25km left with 10th, the German showed great determina- Frenchman Alexis Gougeard the last to suc- tion to stay at the front right to the end. cumb at the 21km to go marker. Van Avermaet and fellow Belgian Yves By then the race was really on and Lampaert broke clear 11km from the end Wiggins had tried his luck to go alone and built up a lead of 10 seconds but 33km from the finish but three riders MIAMI: Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry (right) attempts to take the ball away from Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade (3) during the second Degenkolb chased them down alone. joined him and all were brought back half of an NBA basketball game. —AP The two Belgians let Degenkolb lead the around the time the breakaway was way but were caught by four more riders in caught. the final 3km. Several other favorites including At this point it seemed highly unlikely Belgians Sep Vanmarcke, who finished that anyone could beat Degenkolb and 11th, and Jurgen Roelandts, who came Heat face elimination true to form, despite Stybar launching out home 21st, tried to strike out alone but for home first, the German passed him with their attacks were short-lived. aplomb and took the victory with ease. The unheralded Lampaert made the MIAMI: Lou Williams scored 29 points, DeMar 2005. The Knicks scored eight points in the quar- and Utah beat Portland. Portland’s hopes of Dutchman Lars Boom, who won last year’s decisive move and only Van Avermaet DeRozan added 24 and the Toronto Raptors put ter, shooting 3 for 20 from the field with a pair of home-court advantage in the playoffs slipped Tour de France stage that covered some of could join him.Degenkolb sensed the dan- the Miami Heat on the brink of playoff elimina- turnovers. The Magic had seven points and were away. The Blazers won the Northwest Division, the Paris-Roubaix cobbles, finished fourth ger and launched a counter-attack, quickly tion with a 107-104 victory Saturday night. 3 for 19 from the field, with seven turnovers. but the four teams with the best records in each with Swiss Martin Elmiger fifth. closing the gap. Once he was part of a Greivis Vasquez and Kyle Lowry each scored Aldrich also had 14 rebounds to help the Knicks conference get home court in the post season In his last road race before leaving Team small leading group, Degenkolb appeared 12 points and Patrick Patterson had 11 for the win for the second time in 13 games. Tim and the Blazers can’t catch the Los Angeles Sky and returning to the track ahead of a near certain victor and Van Avermaet, so Raptors, who clinched home-court advantage in Hardaway Jr. added 13 points, including a late 3- Clippers, who beat Memphis on Saturday night. next year’s Rio Games, reigning Olympic often a bridesmaid in these major races, the first round of the playoffs. pointer that proved to the winner. Victor Oladipo Damian Lillard hit a short jumper to pull the and world timetrial champion Bradley was left in tears at the end after yet another Dwyane Wade scored 30 points for the Heat, had 21 points for the Magic. Blazers to 101-99, and Robin Lopez’s layup tied it Wiggins finished 18th, in a group 31sec near miss. —AFP who can only get to 37 wins - the number that at 101 with 2:33 to go. Rodney Hood’s short Brooklyn and Boston are already at, putting CLIPPERS 94, GRIZZLIES 86 jumper gave the Jazz back the lead, and Booker them in the No. 7 and No. 8 spots in the Eastern JJ Redick and Blake Griffin scored 18 points added a pair of free throws for a 105-101 Utah Conference race. each and Los Angeles pulled away to beat lead and the Blazers couldn’t catch up. Hood fin- Goran Dragic scored 22 points for Miami and Memphis, taking a step toward securing home- ished with 21 points. Lillard led the Blazers with Hassan Whiteside finished with 16 points and 18 court advantage for the playoffs. 28 points, and CJ McCollum had 26. rebounds. But Whiteside also missed 12 free DeAndre Jordan had 16 points and 16 throws, going 4 for 16, and the Heat went 24 of rebounds and Chris Paul had 15 points and 14 BULLS 114, 76ERS 107 44 from the line. Williams hit a 3-pointer with assists to help the Clippers win their fifth in a Pau Gasol had 24 points and 13 rebounds 31.2 seconds left to put the Raptors up by five, row. They could finish anywhere from second to and Derrick Rose - in his third game back after and that just about sealed not just the game but sixth in the tightly bunched Western Conference. missing two months following knee surgery - Miami’s playoff fate. Wins in their last two games could allow the had 22 points and eight assists in 28 minutes in The Heat must win their last two games, and Clippers to open their fourth consecutive playoff Chicago’s victory over Philadelphia. The Bulls get a ton of help to reach the postseason for the appearance at home. Zach Randolph had 21 remained tied with Toronto for third place in the seventh straight year. It was Toronto’s first road points and 13 rebounds for the Grizzlies, who Eastern Conference with two games to go for win over the Heat since Nov. 19, 2008, ending a lost starter Marc Gasol to a sprained left ankle each team. The 76ers dressed just nine players, 10-game slide on Miami’s home floor. The win late in the first quarter. but stayed close with an aggressive, attacking was Toronto’s 48th of the season and 22nd on style on both ends. Robert Covington led the road, both tying franchise records. JAZZ 111, TRAIL BLAZERS 105 Philadelphia with 22 points, Jason Richardson Trevor Booker scored a career-high 36 points had 19, and JaKarr Sampson 18.—AP WARRIORS 110, TIMBERWOLVES 101 Stephen Curry scored 20 of his 34 points in the first half, Klay Thompson made three 3- NBA results/standings pointers in the final 4 minutes and Golden State set yet another franchise record. NY Knicks 80, Orlando 79; Toronto 107, Miami 104; Chicago 114, Philadelphia 107; LA Clippers 94, Memphis 86; Utah The Warriors broke their franchise record 111, Portland 105; Golden State 110, Minnesota 101. FRANCE: Giant Team’ s John Degenkolb of Germany (center) celebrates with his tro- with their 37th home win. They have lost only phy on the podium after he won the 113th Paris-Roubaix cycling classic. —AP twice at home and lead the NBA with a 65-15 Eastern Conference Western Conference record. Curry made five 3-pointers, went 11 of 21 Atlantic Division Northwest Division from the floor and had seven assists to help the W L PCT GB Portland 51 29 .638 - Warriors complete a four-game sweep of Toronto 48 32 .600 - Oklahoma City 43 36 .544 7.5 Marquez grabs pole in Texas Minnesota. Thompson had 23 points, Draymond Boston 37 42 .468 10.5 Utah 37 43 .463 14 Green added 13 points and 14 rebounds, and Brooklyn 37 42 .468 10.5 Denver 29 50 .367 21.5 Philadelphia 18 62 .225 30 AUSTIN: MotoGP world champion Marc VDS Honda teams respectively. Marquez Harrison Barnes had 13 points and 12 rebounds. Minnesota 16 64 .200 35 Andrew Wiggins had 17 points, six rebounds and NY Knicks 16 64 .200 32 Pacific Division Marquez took pole position at the Grand had trouble with his bike earlier in the ses- Central Division Golden State 65 15 .813 - Prix of the Americas with seconds to spare sion when he struggled to re-start it in the nine assists for Minnesota. The Timberwolves Cleveland 51 28 .646 - LA Clippers 54 26 .675 11 on Saturday after clambering over a wall pits. He left it leaning against the pitwall, have dropped 10 straight to fall to 16-64. Chicago 48 32 .600 3.5 Phoenix 39 41 .488 26 Milwaukee 39 40 .494 12 and sprinting down pitlane to jump on his which he clambered over before breaking Sacramento 27 52 .342 37.5 spare Honda. into a run to get back to the garage. KNICKS 80, MAGIC 79 Indiana 36 43 .456 15 Cole Aldrich had a career-high 19 points and Detroit 30 49 .380 21 LA Lakers 21 58 .266 43.5 Despite the bike drama with less than “Before the qualifying practice I had Southwest Division three minutes remaining in the session, the more or less everything under control,” said New York beat Orlando in a game that had the Southeast Division lowest-scoring quarter in NBA history. Atlanta 60 19 .759 - Memphis 54 26 .675 - Spaniard still pulverised the motorcycle cir- Marquez after his 23rd MotoGP pole. “My San Antonio 54 26 .675 - The teams combined to score only 15 points Washington 45 34 .570 15 cuit lap record after being pushed down to plan was to push a little bit with the first Houston 53 26 .671 0.5 in the second quarter, breaking the record of 18. Miami 35 45 .438 25.5 seventh place. tyre and with the second one push 100 per- Charlotte 33 46 .418 27 Dallas 48 31 .608 5.5 Marquez’s time of two minutes and cent. “But when I passed with the second The previous NBA mark was accomplished three Orlando 25 55 .313 35.5 New Orleans 43 36 .544 10.5 2.135 seconds, well inside his 2014 pole tyre, something happened...we don’t know times, the last by Utah and Detroit on March 13, record time of 2:02.773 and the race lap yet. And then I saw the warning and I record of 2:03.575, came on his final lap stopped the bike and I ran to take the sec- which he started seconds before the che- ond bike,” he added. quered flag. Ducati’s Italian Andrea “Even that was not the correct front tyre Djokovic, Federer on top as Monte Carlo begins Dovizioso, who took pole in the Qatar sea- and everything but I pushed 100 percent son-opener, will start the second round of because we know that the front row and the season on Sunday alongside Marquez especially pole position was important MONTE CARLO: Top seed Novak Djokovic and need. “I want to do work that will be useful look- with Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo third for because tomorrow will be a tricky race.” number two Roger Federer are both feeling ing ahead of the french Open and Wimbledon.” Yamaha. Italian Valentino Rossi, winner in Marquez’s stand-in team mate, Japanese close to the top of their games as the Monte Djokovic has been going full-tilt since the start Qatar for Yamaha, qualified fourth with rider Hiroshi Aoyama who has replaced Carlo Masters began yesterday, marking the of 2015 and has the trophies to prove it after Britain’s Cal Crutchlow and Scott Redding Dani Pedrosa after the Spaniard had arm glamour start to the European clay court sea- winning the Australian Open for a fifth time and fifth and sixth for the LCR Honda and Marc surgery, will start a distant 18th.—Reuters son. The run to Roland Garros over the next six earning his third career title double with back- weeks will be a test bed for the elite pair, with to-back top honors on Indian Wells and Miami Djokovic hoping that his superlative hardcourt cement. form will translate smoothly to the dirt and The Monte Carlo-based Serb is happy to be Federer banking on the results of a Swiss train- playing at home and trying not to think of all ing to polish his game to a glossy sheen. the tennis he’s already in his legs during in the World number two Federer lost the final at first quarter of the season. the seaside Country Club a year ago to compa- “I’m not thinking about being tired, I’m just triot Stan Wawrinka. After arriving on Thursday relying on the fitness training I did in the off- in the principality and already getting in a pair season and all the work to get myself into a of hitting sessions on Centre Court, the 17-time state of mind where I can sustain high levels of Grand Slam winner is ready to make another tennis throughout most of year,” said the eight- run at a major title which has eluded him. time Grand Slam champion, off to his best The second seed starts against the winner career start since 2011. “It’s not the first time from Frenchman Jeremy Chardy and a qualifier that I’ve played so many matches, but that’s a in the second round after the bye given to the positive consequences due to my great results. top eight seeds. “I cannot complain, I’m enjoying my time on “I’m feeling good about my game and my fit- court.” The Serb is counting on his fitness to ness,” said the 33-year-old with titles this season hold up after losing a semi-final to Federer a from Brisbane and Dubai plus a final in Indian year ago while plagued with a wrist problem. Wells. “I’m playing some of my best tennis now, “I feel like I did all the right things to prepare hopefully I can follow up as there is a lot more for the clay season.” The Swiss skipped the of the season to come. “The clay is completely Miami event won by Djokovic to concentrate on different from hardcourt, but this is the surface I a brief family holiday and a training block near grew up on, This is my home base, I feel com- Zurich. fortable here and have played consistently well “We are onto clay for the first time in seven in the last few years. months after hardcourt. We’ll see, but so far, so “I just hope to start the clay season like I good,” he said. Federer said that he will play his want to.” First-round play began with only three pre-French Open run by ear, hinting that com- matches scheduled. Victor Estrella Burgos of MONTE CARLO: Stanislas Wawrinka of AUSTIN: Marc Marquez (93), of Spain, and Karel Abraham, of Czech Republic, ride the peting in Rome next month would be a late the Domenican Republic became the week’s Switzerland (left) and Novak Djokovic of track during an open practice session for the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas decision, with the Italian event possibly first winner as he beat Italian Simone Bolelli 6-4, Serbia pose for photographers during an motorcycle race. —AP replaced by some private training if he feels the 7-6 (7/5). —AFP exhibition match. —AP MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 SPORTS Hamilton wins Chinese GP Rosberg accuses teammate of selfish driving

SHANGHAI: Lewis Hamilton shrugged off accu- sations of selfish driving from beaten team mate Nico Rosberg yesterday after the Formula One world champion led Mercedes to a Chinese Grand Prix one-two finish. If the race ended in anti-climax, with the safety car deployed for the last two laps, the sparks flew afterwards when a seething Rosberg said Hamilton had compro- mised his race by driving too slow. The flare up of tensions between the two, so evident last year, sent Mercedes bosses into fire-fighting mode when they might have hoped to have celebrated reasserting their dominance over Ferrari. The team’s non-executive chairman and former triple champion Niki Lauda made clear whose side he was on. “Sure, everyone drives selfish,” commented the Austrian. “What do you think these guys are here to do? I call them egocentric bastards. “That is the only way to win and the only way to win the championship.” Hamilton, who led AUGUSTA: Jordan Spieth tees off on the 18th hole during the third round of the from pole position and controlled the race pace Masters golf tournament. —AP to Rosberg’s discomfort, was unrepentant after celebrating a 35th career win-and fourth in China-that left him 13 points clear at the top Spieth refuses to crack after three races. “It’s not my job to look after Nico’s race,” said the Briton, who could point also to the fact that under Masters pressure he ended the day with the fastest lap of the race. AUGUSTA: The biggest names in golf put “I knew that something under par Hamilton’s second win in three races left him major pressure on Jordan Spieth but the would be a good round,” Spieth told on 68 points with Vettel on 55 and Rosberg a fur- young American refused to crack, carding a reporters. “The greens kind of baked up ther four points adrift. “Great stuff, Lewis, great two-under 70 on Saturday to take a four- and got quick and slippery. stuff, stellar weekend mate, it’s a full house,” shot lead into the final round of the “Obviously being four-under at one Hamilton’s race engineer told him over the radio Masters. Masters champions Tiger Woods point in the round and closing it out at after he took the chequered flag. Ferrari’s and Phil Mickelson and world number one two-under is disappointing. “Obviously Sebastian Vettel, who stunned Mercedes with a Rory McIlroy all took turns trying to rattle would have liked to have finished the brilliant victory in the previous round in the 21-year-old Texan, but Spieth held round a little bit better but also could have Malaysia, threatened again but his challenge steady on a sweaty Georgia afternoon, set- been worse. faded in the second stint on the medium-com- ting a Masters record 54-hole total of 16- “They are going to bring their game and pound tyres. A third podium in as many races under 200 to better the previous mark of I’ve got to have a relatively stress-free since joining from Red Bull was still a great result 201 shared by Woods and Raymond Floyd. round going; and when I say that, I mean for the four-times champion. Runnerup to Bubba Watson last year in give myself some tap in pars and not have his Masters debut, Spieth will again feature to make so many putts.” SAFETY CAR in Sunday’s final pairing where he will be Competing for the first time in two Vettel would have been as relieved as any joined by Englishman Justin Rose, who months after a self-imposed absence from when engine failure on Max Verstappen’s Toro emerged as a green jacket contender with the PGA Tour to retool his game, Woods Rosso brought out the safety car and thwarted a blazing back nine. flashed glimpses of the form that carried any chance of Kimi Raikkonen overtaking his The 2013 US Open winner, 10 shots back him to four green jackets as he joined Ferrari team mate. Hamilton started the race SHANGHAI: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain gives a thumbs-up while holding his of the leader on the front nine, collected McIlroy, Kevin Streelman (70), Kevin Na (70) with his car aggressively angled towards the trophy on the podium after winning the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix. —AP five birdies over his final six holes for a five- and Dustin Johnson (73) in a tie for fifth, 10 inside on the grid, seemingly to cover any attack under 67. shots back of the frontrunner. from Rosberg, although he explained that was a hottest and the cars fitted with soft tyres. the first points of the season for Lotus in seventh Phil Mickelson also had a 67 to sit five “I’ve got to go out early and do what I simple mistake. “You can’t reverse and park back They lurked within striking distance through- while Sauber claimed a double points finish with off the pace while Charley Hoffman did a few years ago, I shot 30 or 31,” said up,” he said. Once the lights went out, the Briton out the opening runs and at one point after the Felipe Nasr claiming eighth and Swede Marcus returned a one-under 71 to leave him six Woods refusing to wave the white flag on a surged ahead of his team mate with Mercedes, first pit stops, seemed like genuine contenders. Ericsson rounding out the top 10. back. McIlroy and Woods were among fifth Masters title. “I’m going to have to do Ferrari and Williams then running in pairs. Vettel closed to within two seconds of Daniel Ricciardo, who endured another frus- those at six under after shooting 68s. something like that and continue on the Raikkonen, who was left ruing another Rosberg but fell behind after switching to the trating race in his underperforming Red Bull, was The third round of the Masters is often back nine, at least give myself a chance missed opportunity after qualifying sixth, surged harder compound tyres as Mercedes shadowed ninth with engine partners Renault holding up filled with drama but with Woods, the 14- going in the back nine. past Williams’ Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas off Ferrari’s tactics to avoid being outfoxed by the their hands and taking the blame. time major winner; Mickelson, a three-time “It’s in Jordan’s hands right now, he can the line to slot into fourth behind Vettel. Italians as they had been in Malaysia. Williams, McLaren continued their early season strug- Masters champion; and McIlroy, chasing a run off and make three birdies coming in Although Mercedes were expected to regain replaced by Ferrari as Mercedes’ closest chal- gles with Fernando Alonso finishing a lap down career grand slam, all on the charge the and put a substantial gap between himself their dominant stride in the cooler conditions, lengers, had Massa and Bottas finish fifth and in 12th, while Jenson Button dropped to 14th atmosphere around Augusta National was and the rest of the field. Ferrari kept the Silver Arrows honest for most of sixth respectively. after picking up a time penalty for causing a col- electric with possibilities as Spieth’s com- “But you just never know.” McIlroy made the early running when the track was at his Romain Grosjean had a steady drive to claim lision with Lotus’s Pastor Maldonado. —Reuters posure was put to the test. a spectacular start with an eagle on the Holding a five-shot overnight lead, the par-five second. On the brink of missing the unflappable Spieth had threatened to run cut with nine holes to play on Friday, the away with the year’s first major, widening Northern Irishman grinded his way to eight his lead to seven before a double-bogey at under but stumbled with bogeys at the the par-four 17th. 16th and 18th. After carding just a single bogey “A disappointing finish,” lamented through the opening two rounds, Spieth McIlroy. “But overall felt like I played pretty had three on Saturday along with his dou- well; and as I say, just a little disappointed ble-bogey, but also compiled seven birdies. the way I finished.”—Reuters

New Zealand upset Australia to lift Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

IPOH: Devon Manchester’s heroics lead. Title holders Australia, who have won between the posts helped New Zealand the tournament eight times, came out fir- upset world champions Australia to take ing and dominated the game but Black the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup title in Malaysia Sticks keeper Manchester managed to yesterday. bring out his best despite the Australian After both teams were tied 2-2 in regu- team swarming the New Zealand goal- lation time, the Black Sticks prevailed 3-1 mouth. Both teams created numerous in the shootout to regain the title they last chances but were unable to score with won beating Argentina in 2012. both keepers in superb form. New Zealand should have won the However, after toiling for 50 minutes, game in regulation time but conceded a Australia finally managed to get past contested penalty stroke in the dying sec- Manchester when Jacob Whetton, with an onds of the game. assist from Jamie Dwyer, deflected the ball In the shootout, Australia’s sole conver- past the Kiwi keeper. sion was by Jacob Whetton. Daniel Beale New Zealand looked to have sealed the missed the first attempt while Eddie title after Andy Hayward converted anoth- Ockenden and Aran Zalewski missed the er penalty corner in the 58th minute. TEXAS: Jimmie Johnson does a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. —AP third and fourth attempts. Unfortunately, following an infringement New Zealand’s Hugo Inglis, Blair Hilton inside the final minute, New Zealand had and Ryan Archibald all converted the Kiwis’ to concede a penalty corner. Australia’s first three attempts while captain Simon Nicholas Budgeon beat Manchester from Jimmie Johnson gets 5th Child missed his attempt. the spot to send the match into a But Child did not have to worry as shootout. Zalewski was foiled by Manchester. In reg- Meanwhile India edged out South Sprint Cup win at Texas ulation time, it was New Zealand who took Korea 4-1 also in a shootout after both the lead just five minutes into the game teams were locked 2-2 in regulation time after they were awarded a penalty corner. in the playoff for third place in the compe- FORT WORTH: Jimmie Johnson was still chasing The runner-up finish for Harvick comes after Harvick, Logano and Martin Truex Jr., who fin- Their drag flick specialist Andy Hayward tition. Indian keeper Sreejesh Parattu was Jamie McMurray and Kevin Harvick, trying to get he was eighth in Martinsville in the last Cup race ished ninth, are the only drivers to finish in the sent the Australian keeper Tristan Clemons the hero in the shootout as he stopped back in front as the laps wound down at Texas two weeks ago. That ended his run of eight con- top 10 in all seven races this season. Keselowski the wrong way to give his side a shock 1-0 two South Korean attempts.—AFP Motor Speedway. Then Johnson got the break secutive races finishing first or second, the got his sixth top 10. that led to his fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup victory at longest such stretch since Richard Petty did it 11 Jeff Gordon, who in his last full season, is the the track. times in a row in 1975. only driver who has started all 29 Sprint Cup “They slid up high through (Turns) 3 and 4 “I’m not disappointed at all, racing for wins is races at Texas since the track opened in 1997. He and left the bottom wide open for me,” Johnson what we’re here to do,” said Harvick, who led 96 finished seventh after starting 12th. said. “I thought I’d at least get (Harvick). When I of the 334 laps but is without a win in 25 Texas Gordon won the 2009 spring race at Texas, came off of Turn 4, I was alongside (McMurray).” starts. “Nothing at all to hang your head about.” where he has 12 top-10 finishes. It is also the Johnson passed both of them, regaining the This was the fifth time in Johnson’s last seven only track in his 768 career races where he has lead for good with 14 laps left. He held off starts at the 1 1/2-mile, high-banked track that finished 43rd - last in the field - and it did that Harvick and Hendrick Motorsports teammate he led at least 100 laps. This is fourth win in the twice, in 1999 and again in 2008. Unlike after Dale Earnhardt Jr. for his second victory this sea- span that also includes a runner-up finish in the Johnson’s win in November, the only postrace son - and 72nd of his career. Harvick, the series spring race three years ago. fireworks this time were in the sky. There was points leader who has also won twice this sea- Earnhardt, with his third third-place finish this late contact between Keselowski and Gordon in son, had been trying to get around McMurray, season, gave Chevrolet a sweep of the top three the race five months ago. That led to a post-race who had taken only two tires for the final restart spots in the first Sprint Cup night race this sea- melee on pit road involving both of their teams, on lap 314 of 334. son. But he was disappointed with one move a fracas that broke out after Harvick pushed Then Harvick went high and scraped the wall that he didn’t make that could have made the Keselowski into the fray. with about three laps to go. “I looked up in the night even better. Harvick, who led only eight laps his first 24 mirror and I saw smoke and sparks,” Johnson “I had Harvick cleared off two. I had passed Texas starts, led the first 33 laps. Kurt Busch, his said. him on the bottom,” Earnhardt said. “I still had Stewart-Haas Racing teammate and the polesit- “Just lost a little bit of time and tried to make Jimmie behind me at that point, and I should ter, combined to lead the first 79 laps before too much of it up in too many chunks, and about have pulled up in front of Kevin and made it a lit- Gordon passed Busch, who wound up 14th. spun out and got in the fence trying to make up tle more difficult on him. We weren’t as good as The only other driver with more than two ground,” Harvick said. “All in all, it was a lot of fun. the 48 (Johnson) or the 4 (Harvick) early in the Cup wins at Texas is Carl Edwards, a three-time Fun to race that way.” Johnson led nine times for race, but we definitely improved it.” Team Penske winner. He finished 10th, ending his career-long IPOH: Australia’s Eddie Ockenden (center) eyes the ball against George Muir of New 128 laps. He also won in November at Texas, rounded out the top five in a pair of Fords, with streak of eight consecutive finishes outside the Zealand (right) during the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup men’s fieldhockey tournament where all four of his previous wins had been in defending race winner Joey Logano finishing top 10. It was his first top 10 for Joe Gibbs finals. —AFP fall races. fourth and Brad Keselowski fifth. Racing. —AP MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 SPORTS

Preview In-form Coutinho gunning for Newcastle

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool manager football in the Premier League,” said Balotelli, midfielder Adam Lallana and come into the squad for tonight.” History the fourth of a seven-game ban for spit- Brendan Rodgers believes that Philippe Rodgers. “He’s very strong in his mind, centre-back Mamadou Sakho, who has is against Newcastle as they bid to halt ting at Manchester United defender Coutinho’s “outstanding” recent perform- he’s got an incredible technique, he’s up been ruled out for up to four weeks with their slide towards relegation trouble, Jonny Evans. ances mean he is rightly being consid- there with world’s best in terms of his a hamstring injury. with 21 years having elapsed since their Daryl Janmaat is expected to recover ered as a candidate for the Premier technique. And still his best years are But midfielder-turned-defender Emre last league win at Anfield. from a calf problem that hampered the League’s end-of-season prizes. way ahead of him. Can has completed his suspension and Manager John Carver has claimed Dutch right-back during the 1-0 defeat Chelsea captain John Terry revealed “He’s such a humble boy. He wants to winger Jordon Ibe will return to the only two victories in 13 attempts since by northeast derby rivals Sunderland on social media this week that he is vot- train and loves his football every day. squad after six weeks out with a knee being placed in charge following Alan last weekend. ing for the Brazilian playmaker as his John (Terry) is probably looking at his injury. Rodgers is relishing the prospect Pardew’s departure to Crystal Palace and Rolando Aarons (hamstring) and Player of the Season in the Professional performance level, which since he’s been of seeing the 19-year-old back in action. his side went into the weekend nine Siem de Jong (lung), meanwhile, are not Footballers’ Association (PFA) awards. here has been outstanding and is only “Young Jordon Ibe will come back in points above the drop zone. yet under consideration for a place in Coutinho, 22, is enjoying his best sea- going to get better. “That’s the pleasing and I’ve got to say he’s looked absolutely “We have to look over our shoulders,” the squad despite having returned to son since joining Liverpool from Inter thing for everyone.” sensational in training,” Rodgers said. Carver admitted. “Everyone knows the full training. Milan in 2012 and scored the winning After keeping their eyes on the prize “He’s been out for a while, but he’s been benchmark for safety in the Premier “We were all hurt by losing to goal against Blackburn Rovers on in the FA Cup, Liverpool resume their a couple of weeks now out on the field League is 40 points and we’ve got 35, so Sunderland, but we can help to put that Wednesday to earn his side a place in fading pursuit of a place in the Premier doing his preparation work and he’s we’re by no means mathematically safe.” right by coming away from Anfield with the FA Cup semi-finals. “He’s a young League’s top four today when they wel- joined in the training. He’s looked Skipper Fabricio Coloccini serves the a positive result,” Carver said. “After so player that’s come into country and come Newcastle United to Anfield. absolutely outstanding. last of a three-match suspension, while long without a win at Liverpool, I hope adapted incredibly well to the style of The Reds will be without striker Mario “He’s got real natural fitness and he’ll 11-goal top scorer Papiss Cisse sits out we can re-write history today.” —AFP Stuttgart down Bremen

BERLIN: Ten-man VfB Stuttgart climbed off left-back David Alaba on Bayern’s casualty the bottom of the Bundesliga yesterday list. Bayern needed just 15 minutes to take with a dramatic 3-2 win at home to Werder the lead when Lewandowski produced a Bremen thanks to striker Daniel Ginczek’s superb turn and volley, then headed home, double. with suspicion of offside, on 66 minutes. Bremen looked to have rescued a point Thomas Mueller added the third eight min- when defender Jannik Vestergaard headed utes from time when he fired home from a them level on 86 minutes just after seemingly-impossible angle. Stuttgart winger Martin Harnik was sent off Second-placed Wolfsburg remain ten for a second yellow card, having earlier points behind Bayern and on course for the wasted two clear chances. Champions League next season after their But Ivory Coast winger Serey Die put 2-0 win at 10-men Hamburg, who drop to through a superb pass which Ginczek slot- bottom. ted home with ice-cold finishing to claim Goals either side of half-time by defen- Stuttgart’s 91st-minute winner. sive midfielder Josuha Guilavogui and right “I’ve experienced a lot, but that was winger Daniel Caligiuri sealed Wolves’ win. unbelievable today,” said Stuttgart’s 61- Hamburg had Swiss defender Johan year-old coach, Huub Stevens. “You have to Djourou, who brawled with team-mate compliment the team for showing great Valon Behrami in the dressing room at half- morale after the sending off and the time, sent off for a second yellow card in equaliser. “You can only manage something the dying stages. like this if you work together.” Borussia Moenchengladbach picked up The hosts took the lead when midfielder their fourth straight league win with an Christian Gentner volleyed home on 16 impressive 3-1 victory over Borussia minutes, but Werder levelled early in the Dortmund to stay third in the table. second half through Germany Under-20 Gladbach’s Sweden left-back Oscar striker Davie Selke. Ginczek headed Wendt scored after just 29 seconds and Stuttgart into a 2-1 lead with 70 minutes Brazilian forward Raffael added their sec- gone before claiming his second in the ond on 32 minutes. dying stages. Norway’s Havard Nordveit then fired Earlier, Nigeria striker Anthony Ujah and home when left unmarked at the far post Germany’s Jonas Hector produced some for Gladbach with 67 minutes gone before individual brilliance to seal 10-men Ilkay Gundogan pulled a late goal back for Cologne’s 3-2 win over Hoffenheim to pull Dortmund. away from the relegation places. Bayer Leverkusen stayed fourth with a 3- On Saturday, Robert Lewandowski 2 win over Mainz, 24 hours before sacking scored twice as injury-hit leaders Bayern Bosnia international Emir Spahic, who is ITALY: Lazio’s midfielder from Brazil Felipe Anderson (left) celebrates after scoring against Empoli’s goalkeeper Luigi Sepe during the Italian Munich romped to a 3-0 league win over being investigated by police for allegedly Serie A football match. —AFP Eintracht Frankfurt ahead of Wednesday’s assaulting a club steward. Champions League quarter-final at Porto. South Korea striker Son Heung-Min Bayern are now only three wins from opened the scoring with 15 minutes gone claiming a third straight German league and Stefan Kiessling added a second early Lazio rout Empoli title. Lewandowski, the Bundesliga’s top- in the second-half before Hakan scorer last season, has 16 goals for the sea- Calhanoglu drilled home a 73rd-minute son and is third in the current rankings. free-kick. Mainz’s South Korea international Frankfurt were missing the league’s top Koo Ja-Cheol converted two late penalties. MILAN: Miroslav Klose and Felipe Anderson were chasing their eighth win on the trot as they replace Stefan de Vrij after he was forced off scorer with Alexander Meier, who has 19 Fifth-placed Schalke are now 10 points starred as Lazio completed their third 4-0 rout of look to beat Roma to the league’s second auto- injured although losing the Dutch defensive rock goals in 26 matches, suffering from a knee adrift of a Champions League place for next the season, over Empoli yesterday, to leapfrog city matic qualifying spot for the Champions League had little impact. Empoli had little to offer and injury. season after their goalless draw with rele- rivals Roma into second place in Serie A. and were quickly off the mark. Lazio were unstoppable up front. Antonio Centre-back Medhi Benatia, who has a gation-threatened Freiburg. Augsburg stay Roma travelled to Torino hoping to close the But coach Stefano Pioli admitted it could be a Candreva virtually wrapped up the points before groin injury, joined flu-victim Bastian sixth despite their shock 2-1 defeat at gap on leaders Juventus to 11 points after the tight end to the campaign. “Garcia is right when half-time when his swerving shot left Sepe clutch- Schweinsteiger, plus Jerome Boateng, Paderborn, who remain in the relegation defending champions slipped up on their way to he says the standings are still in flux,” Pioli told Sky ing at thin air and although Mauri’s volley from wingers Franck Ribery, Arjen Robben and places.—AFP a shock 1-0 defeat at Parma on Saturday. Sport. “We have to be satisfied with where we are Klose’s chipped pass beat Sepe, his effort was However a tight match finished 1-1. After tak- now and the work we’re put in to get here, but we ruled offside. Anderson put the icing on the cake ing a 57th minute lead thanks to Alessandro can’t forget about our rivals.” The hosts made the when he tapped home from close range after an Florenzi’s spot-kick, Roma were pegged back by most of their first opportunity, with captain alert Klose stole possession in midfield to break German League result/standings Maxi Lopez’s leveller only minutes later and Stefano Mauri nodding Pedro Luis Cavanda’s through on the left and set up the Brazilian for his spurned a host of late chances before settling for cross past Luigi Sepe after only four minutes. 10th goal in 24 games. Lazio were forced to play FC Cologne 3 (Lehmann 20-pen, Ujah 54, Hector 78) Hoffenheim 2 (Polanski 70-pen, Modeste 88); VfB a share of the points. Klose doubled Lazio’s lead on the half in the last half hour with 10 men after Diego Stuttgart 3 (Gentner 16, Ginczek 70, 90+1) Werder Bremen 2 (Selke 50, Vestergaard 86). The setback means Roma dropped one place almost identical fashion, the German veteran left Novaretti, who had replaced De Vrij, saw red for a to third to sit 13 points behind Juventus and one unmarked to head Cavanda’s cross from the right second bookable offence on 58 minutes but German Bundesliga table after yesterday’s evening match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals behind Lazio after Stefano Pioli’s men turned on past Sepe on 31 minutes. Pioli was forced to Empoli failed to capitalise. —AFP against, points): the style at the Stadio Olimpico to claim their Bayern Munich 28 22 4 2 74 13 70 Mainz 05 28 6 13 9 37 39 31 eighth consecutive league win. VfL Wolfsburg 28 18 6 4 62 30 60 Freiburg 28 6 11 11 27 36 29 “I’m satisfied with our performance, we had 24 Italian League results/standings Moenchengladbach28 15 8 5 44 22 Hanover 28 7 8 13 32 45 29 shots on goal but we have to be more precise,” 53 Paderborn 28 6 9 13 25 53 27 Roma coach Rudi Garcia told Sky Sport. Cesena 0 Chievo 1 (Pellissier 82); Atalanta 2 (Denis 42, 63-pen) Sassuolo 1 (Berardi 59); Lazio 4 (Mauri 4, Klose 31, Leverkusen 28 14 9 5 52 31 51 VfB Stuttgart 28 6 8 14 31 51 26 With Lazio in fine fettle, Roma may have to set- Candreva 44, Anderson53) Empoli 0; Napoli 3 (Mertens 23, Hamsik 71, Callejon 89) Fiorentina 0; Torino 1 (Lopez 64) Schalke 04 28 11 8 9 37 31 41 Hamburg 28 6 7 15 16 43 25 Roma 1 (Florenzi 57-pen) ; Udinese 1 (Di Natale 81) Palermo 3 (Lazaar 15, Rigoni 21, Chochev 66). Augsburg 28 12 3 13 34 36 39 NB. Top three qualify automatically for the tle for third place which is synonymous with a Hoffenheim 28 10 7 11 43 4537 Champions League, fourth goes into the play-offs. place in the Champions League qualifying stages, but Garcia added: “It doesn’t matter that Lazio are Playing later Eintracht 28 9 8 11 51 57 35 Fifth and sixth carry Europa League places. AC Milan v Sampdoria Bremen 28 9 8 11 43 57 35 The bottom two sides are automatically relegated, second, we’ll see how things lie at the end of the Dortmund 28 9 6 13 35 37 33 while the side finishing 16th faces a two-legged season.” Elsewhere, Dries Mertens and Marek Played Saturday Cologne 28 8 9 11 29 35 33 play off agains the third-placed side in the second Hamsik were on target, while Gonzalo Higuain Genoa 2 (Niang 52, Falque 55) Cagliari 0; Parma 1 (Mauri 60) Juventus 0; Verona 0 Inter Milan 3 (Icardi 11, Palacio 48, Hertha Berlin 28 9 6 13 34 45 33 division. saw a superbly-hit strike wrongly chalked off as Moras 90og). Napoli ended a five-game winless run with a 3-0 rout of Fiorentina. Napoli are now up to fourth Italian league table ahead of yesterday’s late game (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): place, seven points behind Roma, although Rafael Benitez’s men will drop back a place to fifth if Juventus 30 21 7 2 57 15 70 Sassuolo 30 8 11 11 36 45 35 Sampdoria, two points adrift, account for AC Lazio 30 18 4 8 58 28 58 Chievo 30 9 8 13 22 31 35 Milan in Sunday’s late fixture. Palermo remained Roma 30 15 12 3 41 22 57 Udinese 30 8 10 12 33 41 34 in mid-table despite a 3-1 away win at Udinese Napoli 30 14 8 8 50 37 50 Empoli 30 6 15 9 30 36 33 Fiorentina 30 13 10 7 43 34 49 Hellas Verona 30 8 9 13 36 53 33 where veteran striker Antonio Di Natale hit a late Sampdoria 29 12 12 5 37 30 48 Atalanta 30 6 11 13 26 41 29 consolation after goals from Achraf Lazaar, Luca Torino 30 11 10 9 35 32 43 Cesena 30 4 10 16 28 53 22 Rigoni and Ivaylo Chochev had given the visitors AC Milan 29 10 11 8 43 36 41 Cagliari 30 4 9 17 35 58 21 a 3-0 lead by 66 minutes. Genoa 29 10 11 8 40 34 41 Parma 29 5 4 20 24 54 16 Lazio, fresh from ousting Napoli in the Cup Inter Milan 30 10 11 9 46 37 41 Note: Parma deducted three-point penalty for non-pay- semi-finals to book a final date with Juventus, Palermo 30 9 11 10 42 44 38 ment of Juvsalaries. Saint-Etienne defeat Nantes

PARIS: There was a hint of nostalgia in Ligue 1 yes- aged last season. Yesterday’s win also helped them last-16. Meanwhile, Monaco are also in the last terday as Saint-Etienne beat Nantes 1-0, the two get over the disappointment of Wednesday’s 4-1 eight and travel to Italian giants Juventus on clubs having won 15 league titles between them in defeat to PSG in the French Cup semi-finals. Tuesday in confident mood having won their last a 20-year stretch up to the early 1980’s. Nantes, for their part, have re-established them- four away games in Ligue 1 and beating Arsenal in On an afternoon of glorious sunshine, thou- selves as a mid-table side after promotion two sea- the last round. PSG’s defence of their League Cup sands of fans went bare-chested in the stands at a sons ago, their last French title coming in 2001. title on Saturday, which featured doubles from packed and boisterous Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, Paris Saint-Germain lead Ligue 1 on 62 points, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani, means where Franck Tabanou’s thunderbolt free kick on ahead of Lyon on 61, but neither side plays this their League game with Metz, originally scheduled 18 minutes was enough to give three precious weekend because of Saturday’s League Cup final, for this weekend, will now be played on April 28th, points to Europe-chasing Saint-Etienne. where PSG beat Bastia 4-0. while Lyon’s game with Bastia will be played this Between 1964 and 1983, the two clubs won 15 Monaco beat Caen on Friday to climb up to Wednesday. Elsewhere yesterday the 19-year-old titles between them, nine going to Saint Etienne third on 58 points, while Marseille are fourth on 57 rookie striker Said Benrahma’s 4th minute strike (Marseille and Monaco got two each and ahead of their late game on Sunday at in-form was enough to give Nice a 1-0 at Reims, while Lille Strasbourg the other), as they dominated the Bordeaux, where they can climb back into the third grabbed a 1-0 win at Evian after a generously French scene. and final Champions League qualifying spot. awarded penalty, converted by Sofiane Boufal. Saint-Etienne are currently fifth and eyeing French football is on something of a high right now Relegation-threatened Toulouse won 1-0 at Europa League qualification, but to avoid disrup- with Paris hosting Barcelona on Wednesday in a home over Montpellier, bottom side Lens slugged COLOGNE: Cologne’s Yuya Osako, from Japan (left) and Hoffenheim’s Ermin Bicakcic tive early qualifying rounds in August they are tar- glamour Champions League quarter-final first-leg out a 0-0 draw with Lorient while in the Brittany from Bosnia go for a header during the German Bundesliga soccer match. —AP geting a fourth-place finish, which they also man- after a ‘generational’ victory over Chelsea in the derby Rennes beat 10-man Guingamp 1-0. —AFP Hamilton wins Lazio rout Chinese18 GP Empoli19 MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015

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MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s Chris Smalling (right) fights for theball against Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero (second right) during the English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium. — AP City blown away by Man United

too late to prevent United ending a Newcastle United today. from the home fans, but it was to prove the with a hamstring injury and he gave way at sequence of four consecutive defeats On City’s last visit to Old Trafford, a 3-0 precursor to the equaliser. half-time, with Eliaquim Mangala coming Man United 4 against their neighbours. win in March 2014, it had taken less than a The Spaniard’s hoof downfield found its on. The win gave United a four-point cushion minute for Edin Dzeko to put the visitors way, via Fellaini, to Ander Herrera on the left There was a swagger to United’s play- over City in third place-the last automatic ahead, and they again attacked United with and his cross was turned in at the second Michael Carrick flummoxing Yaya Toure with Champions League qualifying spot-and an intensity that took the hosts aback. attempt by Young, after Gael Clichy had a swish of the hips on the edge of his own Man City 2 took them back to within a point of Arsenal David de Gea had to save at his near post made an initial block. box-and they continued to force City back. ahead of next weekend’s trip to leaders after Martin Demichelis’s pass set Jesus Young and Fellaini have been symbols of Joe Hart parried a free-kick from England Chelsea. Navas scampering through and with United United’s recent resurgence and they com- colleague Wayne Rooney and then saved City have now lost six of their last eight appearing bewildered, it came as no sur- bined for the 27th-minute goal that put the from Carrick in the penalty-area stramash MANCHESTER: Manchester United dealt games in all competitions and manager prise when City made the breakthrough. hosts ahead. that ensued, but the home side would not Manchester City’s Champions League quali- Manuel Pellegrini is likely to face renewed James Milner’s pass down the inside-left Daley Blind reached the byline on the left be deterred. fication hopes another blow by storming questioning about his ability to revive the channel found David Silva, who squared for and cut the ball back for Young, whose They extended their lead mid-way back from behind to trounce their derby team he steered to the title a year ago. It Aguero to tap in his sixth goal in seven trademark in-swinging cross was nodded in through the second half, with Mata running rivals 4-2 in the Premier League yesterday. was a fourth successive away league defeat league games against his team’s cross-town at the far post by the unmistakeable frizzy- onto Rooney’s pass and tucking the ball Sergio Aguero gave City an eighth-minute for City-their worst run since 2006 — and foes. haired head of Fellaini. between Hart’s legs despite replays show- lead at a blustery Old Trafford, but United hammered another nail in their title Having revelled in City’s recent misfor- It was a brilliant response from Louis van ing he had been offside. Smalling meted hit back through Ashley Young, Marouane defence, leaving them 12 points behind tunes, United’s fans were dismayed to see Gaal’s men and City’s frustration almost cost out further punishment in the 73rd minute Fellaini, Juan Mata and Chris Smalling to Chelsea having played a game more. the script veer off in an unanticipated direc- them dearly when captain Vincent when he headed in Young’s free-kick and register a sixth successive league win. While they retain a five-point lead over tion. Kompany flew in on Blind, for which he after Carrick had gone off injured, Aguero Aguero claimed another goal at the fifth-place Southampton, Liverpool can A back-pass to De Gea from Phil Jones in escaped with a booking. reduced the damage by bundling in a cross death-his 100th in City’s colours-but it was close to within four points by beating the 14th minute drew a barrage of boos Kompany had been a doubt for the game from Pablo Zabaleta. — AFP Chelsea close in on title ing their more illustrious opponents for long EPL results/standings periods. QPR 0 With leading scorer Diego Costa sidelined by Manchester United 4 (Young 14, Fellaini 27, Mata 67, Smalling a recurrence of the hamstring injury and Loic 73) Manchester City 2 (Aguero 8, 89); QPR 0 Chelsea 1 (Fabregas Remy hampered by a muscle problem sus- 88). tained in training over the weekend, Mourinho had to deploy Didier Drogba as his lone striker. Playing today Chelsea 1 Liverpool v Newcastle Chelsea came close to taking a fortuitous lead in the seventh minute when Willian’s mis- English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, cued cross from wide on the right dipped in won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): LONDON: Cesc Fabregas fired Chelsea another front of QPR goalkeeper Robert Green and can- Chelsea 31 22 7 2 64 26 73 step closer to the Premier League title as the noned off the near post. Man-of-the-match Joey Barton was a constant thorn in the side of Arsenal 32 20 6 6 63 32 66 Spain midfielder’s late strike sealed a hard- fought 1-0 win over QPR yesterday. the Chelsea players and worked tirelessly only Man Utd 32 19 8 5 59 30 65 to agonisingly end up on the losing side. Man City 32 18 7 7 65 34 61 Jose Mourinho’s side were well below their best in a scrappy west London derby, but the Fabregas, wearing a protective mask after Southampton 32 17 5 10 44 22 56 leaders stole a vital three points when Fabregas breaking his nose against Stoke last weekend, LONDON: Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic (left) goes airborne under a challenge Liverpool 31 16 6 9 45 36 54 converted their only shot on target two minutes was appropriately attired for such a physical from Karl Henry of QPR during the English Premier League soccer match. —AP Tottenham 32 16 6 10 50 46 54 from full-time at Loftus Road. The Blues are now encounter and his team-mate Thibaut Courtois Swansea 32 13 8 11 38 40 47 seven points clear of second placed Arsenal and was soon nursing a bruise as well when Charlie himself facing the wrong way and could only in the second half. West Ham 32 11 10 11 42 40 43 have a game in hand on the chasing pack, Austin left the Chelsea goalkeeper writhing on flick his volley wide. When Clint Hill drew a save from Courtois Stoke 32 12 7 13 36 40 43 meaning four more wins from their remaining the turf after a full-blooded challenge. Austin responded to an off-the-ball nudge moments later, Mourinho was quick to respond Crystal Palace 32 11 9 12 42 43 42 seven matches will see them crowned English Chelsea captain John Terry remains reviled from Terry by pushing the defender to the floor, to Chelsea’s lethargy, sending on Oscar in place at Loftus Road after he was banned by the much to the delight of QPR’s supporters. of Ramires. Everton 32 9 11 12 40 43 38 champions for the first time since 2010. While it was hardly a vintage performance Football Association in 2011 for racially abusing And Austin went close to exacting even Green had to be alert to tip over a scuffed Newcastle 31 9 8 14 33 49 35 then QPR defender Anton Ferdinand, and more satisfying retribution moments later when clearance from Hill, but it was the hosts who West Brom 32 8 9 15 30 46 33 in front of Roman Abramovich, who was watching from the stands as the Russian marked his inevitably he was subjected to a torrent of his stinging drive from 25 yards forced a fine threatened to break the deadlock when Phillips Aston Villa 33 8 8 17 24 45 32 700th match as Chelsea owner, the gritty victo- abuse from the home fans on just his second save from Courtois. Fabregas had a chance to escaped Nemanja Matic’s attentions to fire in a Sunderland 32 5 14 13 25 48 29 ry was invaluable as it gives Mourinho’s men appearance at their ground since that ugly inci- end the stalemate on the stroke of half-time, close-range strike that Courtois brilliantly Hull 32 6 10 16 29 45 28 greater margin for error heading into their dent. but could only head Branislav Ivanovic’s cross pushed away. QPR 33 7 5 21 38 59 26 showdowns with Manchester United and Amid all the sound and fury, Chelsea were tamely over from close-range. Bobby Zamora There was a surprising lack of energy and Burnley 32 5 11 16 26 50 26 Arsenal over the next two weeks. labouring to break down QPR’s well-drilled was caught flat-footed by a Matt Phillips cross inspiration about Chelsea’s play, but to their Leicester 31 6 7 18 32 51 25 Defeat was cruel on third bottom QPR, who defence and even when Ramires got on the end which begged to be tapped in by the stat- credit they kept plugging away and stole the remain two points from safety despite match- of Drogba’s cross, the Brazilian midfielder found uesque QPR forward as it fizzed past him early points in the 88th minute. — AFP Watani Brokerage launches campaign on online trading Page 22

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HANOVER: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (second left) attend the official opening of the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair in Hanover, central Germany yesterday. India is the partner country of this year’s trade fair running from April 13 to 17, 2015. — AFP Rules needed to protect ‘Brand Dubai’: Alabbar Emaar chair insists Dubai developer still his focus

DUBAI: Marketing of Dubai property to unit during the worst of the previous Committed development expected to cost upwards overseas investors needs new regulation downturn to maintain sales. The chairman of Emaar Properties has of $45 billion. to prevent damage to “Brand Dubai” from The measure isn’t restricted to Dubai: insisted he remains committed to the The firm, Capital City Partners, com- Gulf markets mixed gimmicks being offered to coerce buyers in Ajman, one of the smaller emirates Dubai-based developer in the face of con- prises a group of investors “that I lead and including yachts and luxury cars, the which make up the United Arab Emirates, cern about the number of roles he has who trust me”, Alabbar said in the inter- chairman of Emaar Properties was quoted one developer in 2014 offered citizenship taken on at other real estate companies. view. Alabbar said he believed the furor but Dubai edges up as saying yesterday. of Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean, Shareholders are expected to raise ques- had emerged now because of the high Dubai has ramped up its oversight on in exchange for buying a four-bedroom tions about Mohamed Alabbar’s role at the profile of many of these developments. the emirate’s property sector in the wake villa. However, with property prices in company’s annual general meeting on April While Emaar has an Egyptian business, MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS of a real estate crash at the end of the last Dubai soft after two years of high growth, 15, after a year in which he has emerged as which is expected to go public this year, decade which sent prices down by around the practice has been returning-buyers on a figurehead for other real estate compa- the chairman insisted many of the proj- DUBAI: Most Gulf stock markets slowdown of medium to small proj- half from their peak, including measures nies, many of which are stocked with former ects of companies in which he’s involved were narrowly mixed yesterday, ects and affect cement demand.” to cap loan-to-value ratios on mortgages senior Emaar executives. don’t clash with Emaar’s strategy. influenced by a mixed set of earn- Constraints on gas availability and a doubling of the fee paid to register However, in an interview with Arabian “The Emaar board decided some time ings and corporate news, though are another negative factor as they transactions. The property market has Business published yesterday, Alabbar ago that markets such as Serbia were Dubai rose on the back of real stop cement companies from recovered strongly since the crash, aided said his commitment to the company ones it did not wish to participate in,” estate-related stocks. expanding their business, Riyad by cash from foreign investors, many of which he has lead since its inception in Alabbar said of Eagle Hills, in which he is Brent crude oil rose 2.3 percent Capital said. whom have invested as they perceive the 1997 remained intact. “For the past 20 a founding shareholder. It is developing a on Friday and posted a 5.3 percent Some earnings reports disap- emirate as a safe haven in a region years I have sat on boards in the real project in Belgrade which obtained weekly gain on lowered expecta- pointed investors. Saudi impacted by political tensions. estate business and I continue to sit on Serbian government approval on Friday tions that an agreement on Iran’s Investment Bank dropped 2.0 per- However, speaking to Arabian Business boards from Bahrain to Malaysia, in the face of some local opposition. nuclear program would result in a cent after posting an 8.7 percent yesterday, Mohamed Alabbar, who heads Singapore, the United States and many As for conflicts of interest and rapid return of more Iranian oil to increase in first-quarter profit. It Dubai’s largest-listed developer, said there other countries. That’s nothing new for whether his participation in other real the market. Meanwhile, world equi- earned 366.7 million riyals ($98 mil- needed to be additional controls on local me, that’s what I’m good at,” he was quot- estate firms raised corporate governance ty markets tested record highs on lion) in the period, slightly missing property companies when it came to ed as saying by the outlet. questions, Alabbar insisted it was better hopes for more stimulus from top the estimate of brokerage EFG attracting foreign investors. “Instead of “But while I am doing that, what do for him to be involved in other property central banks. Hermes, which had expected 386.0 focusing on the fundamentals, what we the numbers say? How is the company companies as that was where his expert- This background helped Saudi million riyals. see today are marketing gimmicks. It is doing? Let’s just talk about numbers. ise was. Arabia’s market rise yesterday, Healthcare firms Mouwasat alright to have an aggressive marketing Look at the profits we deliver, because “These are all companies in real though the main index gave up Medical Services and Dallah strategy but there is a red line,” Alabbar Mohamed Alabbar that is what matters,” he added, pointing estate, a field in which I believe I have most of its early gains and ended Healthcare rose 1.0 and 1.3 percent was quoted as saying by the outlet. one development currently being market- to the company’s profits in 2014, which something to contribute and offer. I am up just 0.1 percent. Petrochemicals respectively after King Salman “What is the logic of promising cus- ed will receive a personalized golf cart. rose 28 percent. not on the board of a technology or giant Saudi Basic Industries was the relieved Health Minister Ahmed al- tomers, who are investing their life-sav- Such “gimmicks” needed laws from Alabbar has emerged as the public media or telecom company. It is strictly main support, jumping 2.0 percent Khatib of his post at the weekend. ings in a dream home, a luxury car or Dubai’s Real Estate Regulatory Authority, face of a number of other real estate real estate,” he said. He added it was a on the last day its shares carried the While no official reason was giv- yacht?” Some Dubai developers enticed Alabbar was quoted as saying, as such developers in the past year, including the “privilege” to see so many former Emaar 2014 dividend. en for his removal, it may have giv- customers with Aston Martins or practices threatened to undermine the company which will build the new executives in senior positions in other Shipper Bahri, which soared 9.8 en some investors hope that Lamborghinis upon the sale of a luxury trust of consumers in “Brand Dubai”. administrative capital city in Egypt - a real estate firms. — Reuters percent in the previous session reforms and big government proj- after more than doubling its first- ects in the sector will speed up. quarter profit, extended gains and Elsewhere in the Gulf, Dubai’s jumped 2.0 percent. Most cement index rose 1.4 percent. Builder Buoyed by QE’s solid start, ECB policymakers to meet stocks rose after regional news Arabtec was the main support and website Argaam.com published a the most heavily traded stock, surg- BERLIN: The European Central Bank’s vate bonds each month could be in turn foster easier credit. members still wanted to apply it in full. A report on the kingdom’s cement ing 5.5 percent to 2.69 dirhams. decision makers meet Wednesday stopped before its planned September “A success,” remarked Berenberg bank measure of its success has been a decline market, showing a 10 percent The stock’s trading volume spiked buoyed by the successful debut of a 2016 end date. economist Christian Schulz after nearly in government borrowing rates, with the increase in total first-quarter sales. after it rose above 2.62 dirhams, a mass bond-buying spree designed to But RBS economist Richard Barwell 61 billion euros in government and cor- biggest drop for France and Germany Najran Cement in particular level from which it retreated last kickstart growth and will likely quash talk said he doubted Draghi would follow porate debt was purchased in the first whose costs were already relatively low, jumped 3.0 percent as the report week. of it wrapping up early. Analysts say ECB such a course as confidence in the ECB’s round, despite fears of a possible short- while Belgium, Portugal and Ireland in said it had boosted quarterly sales Emaar Properties, the emirate’s chief Mario Draghi is expected to give future actions was so crucial to the cur- age of assets to buy. “The operational particular have also benefited. The fall in by 79 percent. largest listed developer, jumped 2.1 short shrift to any suggestion of a pre- rent markets. “We should therefore implementation has been smooth and the euro’s value against the dollar, also a Qassim Cement rose 1.8 percent percent. Emaar chairman mature end to the quantitative easing expect the driver’s determination to the policy effectiveness probably exceed- consequence of QE, sits well with the to 91.75 riyals after reporting a 2.3 Mohamed Alabbar told the Arabian (QE) program, the long-awaited and con- complete the journey to be a central ed the ECB’s own expectations,” he said. ECB’s goals. percent increase in first-quarter Business magazine that he troversial gambit launched by the central theme in the ECB’s communication strat- A weak euro favors exports by euro- profit. Riyad Capital maintained a remained committed to the firm bank last month. egy,” he said, ahead of the regular policy- ‘Still sorely needed’ zone companies, thus encouraging “hold” recommendation for the which he has lead since its incep- Amid ongoing uncertainty about setting governing council’s meeting in Jennifer McKeown, analyst at Capital growth, and makes the cost of buying stock with a 12-month target price tion in 1997, despite his participa- cash-strapped Greece, the first volley of Frankfurt this week. Economics, said she believed that a “pre- goods abroad more expensive, driving of 104.00 riyals. “Stable budgeted tion in other real estate firms. the ECB’s 1.1-trillion-euro ($1.2 trillion) Launched on March 9, the strategy mature tapering”, or phase-out of the up inflation. Since the start of the year, government expenditure for 2015, Markets in Abu Dhabi and Qatar scheme offered some good news, get- behind the ECB’s QE program is akin to bond-buying program, was not the way the single currency has lost 11 percent of despite a lower oil price, should were nearly flat with equal splits ting off to a solid start by meeting its tar- those of the US Federal Reserve and the to go. “We still think that the policy is its value. Some have begun to fear how- ensure steady progress on mega between gainers and losers. Kuwait get. That has fed speculation that the Bank of England to pump money into the sorely needed,” she said, voicing expecta- ever that the euro’s weakness could pro- projects,” it said in a note. “However, inched up 0.1 percent and Oman anti-deflationary policy of buying euro-zone with massive purchases of tions that Draghi would stress this week pel inflation higher than 2.0 percent, or a fresh crackdown on illegal work- slipped 0.1 percent. Egypt’s bourse around 60 billion euros of public and pri- debt to bring down borrowing costs and that most of the ECB’s governing council slightly beyond the ECB’s target. — AFP ers launched in March may cause a was closed for Easter. — Reuters MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 BUSINESS Global posts KD 6.5m net profit for 2014

KUWAIT: Global Investment House (Global in Kuwait market. or the Company) yesterday announced its Also during 2014, the Investment financial results for the year that ended on Banking team successfully concluded an December 13, 2014, reporting a net profit MA transaction for a Kuwaiti company in of KD 6.5 million ($22.2 million), a many the financial sector and advised an industri- folds increase over 2013 which stood at KD al company in Kuwait on its KD 130 million 1.9 million ($6. 3 million). ($443.2 million) debt restructuring. The Revenues grew by 72percent to reach team also signed several mandates with KD 22.5 million ($76.7 million). Fee-based regional companies to provide them with businesses (asset management, investment financial advisory services. banking and brokerage) generated rev- The Company generated a KD 2.6 mil- enues of KD 15.2 million ($51.8 million), a lion ($8.8 million) other income. This 29.8percent increase compared to 2013 included a KD 1.0 million ($3.4 million) fee-based businesses revenues of KD 11.7 income on exit of shares received in lieu of million ($39.9 million). Revenues from Fee- a settlement and KD 0.7 million ($2.4 mil- based businesses represent 67percent of lion) gain on settlement of a liability and the company’s revenues generated during KD 0.4 million ($1.5 million) of rental and 2014. During 2014, the Asset Management dividend income. business remained resilient with KD 1.2 bil- To facilitate the expanded business lion ($4.1 billion) of assets under manage- activities, the operating cost base increased ment. Global manages 24 funds primarily by 13.4percent to KD14.8 million ($50.3 focused on the region covering multiple million). The Company succeeded in asset classes, like traditional equity, private restricting cost increases to cost items equity and real estate. directly linked to business generation and The Asset Management team also offers revenue growth. open architecture portfolio management The Company has a healthy capital services customized to meet the client’s structure with no external debt and a capi- investment objectives and risk appetite, tal base of KD 87.3 million ($297.7 million). and cash management services. Several The Company’s capital is conservatively funds managed by Global outperformed deployed primarily in liquid and operating their respective benchmarks and peers and assets. The board of directors proposed a 5 received industry accolades. Despite signif- percent cash dividend (5 Kuwaiti fils per icant adverse equity markets movements in share), subject to the approval of the com- IPOH: A customer looks at rings for sale at a flea market in Malaysia’s northern town of Ipoh in Perak state yesterday. The Ipoh the GCC and MENA region during the last pany’s shareholders and regulators. flea market contains antiques and various “bric-a-brac”, including vinyl records, old electronics and household goods. —AFP quarter of 2014, some of the Company’s Commenting on the results, Ibrahim flagship funds crossed the high watermark Saad, Chairman of the Board said: “Global thresh-holds for incentive fee (carry) gener- has made significant growth in net profit ating KD 0.8 million ($2.6 million) of incen- and revenues, thanks to the management’s Watani Brokerage launches tive fee. efforts in implementing the company’s On the brokerage front, Global broker- strategy focusing on growing the core busi- age made focused efforts to grow the insti- nesses while minimizing risk. Good operat- campaign on online trading tutional brokerage business and conse- ing performance and an excellent capital quently the research unit was integrated structure have facilitated the Board’s deci- with the brokerage. These efforts con- sion of recommending the distribution of Drive to create awareness in local, international markets tributed to market share gains particularly cash dividend to shareholders”. —KUNA

KUWAIT: Watani Brokerage, NBK Capital’s devices for iPhone and Android mobile users to tion, customers can get more information about Brokerage Division, recently launched an aware- offer easy online trading service for its clients. the products and services by visiting official US dollar at KD 0.301 ness campaign titled “Do You Know”, aiming to The awareness campaign includes web ban- NBK’s social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter provide Watani Brokerage clients clear informa- ners, TV and Radio interviews, press releases and and Instagram. KUWAIT: The exchange rate of the US support from the US Federal Reserve, tion about its online trading products and serv- video streaming inside all NBK branches. In addi- Watani Brokerage offers investors an unparal- dollar against the Kuwaiti dinar, in yes- amid divisions among its members on ices across the GCC, Egypt and international leled trading experience and a wide range of terday’s trades, stood at KD 0.301 but setting a definite date for lifting the markets, through the latest applications and online brokerage services by providing direct the euro dropped to KD 0.320, com- interest rate, with some favoring that other online trading tools available to them online access to capital markets in Kuwait, GCC, pared to Thursday’s rates. the move be taken in June and others through Watani Brokerage. Egypt and US markets. The Central Bank of Kuwait said in its arguing that it should be on the year- NBK Capital clients can benefit from the syn- NBK Capital was established in June 2005 as a daily release the sterling pound end. ergies of having their bank account and broker- subsidiary of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) exchange went down to reach KD Meanwhile, the euro has been in age account under the same umbrella of servic- ,one of the region’s oldest and highest rated 0.441, the Swiss franc also went down decline due to the robust US dollar, es offered by NBK, which allows for instant cash banks. NBK Capital focuses on four principal to KD 0. 308 but the Japanese Yen with investors favoring stocks for the transfers between the two accounts. Supported lines of business: Asset Management, Alternative remained unchanged at KD 0.002. The European single currency, amid notice- by a dedicated call center, Watani Brokerage Investments, Brokerage & Research and greenback rate has increased due to able recovery in the bourses. —KUNA clients are able to access round the clock assis- Investment Banking. With offices in Kuwait, tance from team of specialists available on the Dubai, Cairo and Istanbul, NBK Capital’s team of NBK customer care line 1801 801. Watani professionals offers superior financial products Brokerage launched applications on mobile and services to clients and investors. Dubai’s financial court UAE bank NBAD targets Africa, Asia system seeks China ties DUBAI: The court system in Dubai’s finan- try, and most important to Dubai,” DIFC for wealth management growth cial free zone is seeking an agreement with Courts’ registrar Mark Beer told a news con- Chinese courts on enforcing its judgements ference. as trading ties between the two economies He said discussions had begun with ABU DHABI: National Bank of ditional banking product lines in Africa to China. basis, and in emerging markets, expand, a senior Dubai court official said court officials in Shanghai but declined to Abu Dhabi is seeking to expand the UAE and diversify its product NBAD plans to introduce India is our big bet,” Dugan said, yesterday. predict when an agreement might be its wealth management business offering into areas previously wealth management services for adding it was reducing its expo- DIFC Courts, which covers the Dubai reached. It would flesh out and cover the in Africa and Asia, as it looks to dominated by international affluent Egyptians, its chief exec- sure to the United States, except International Financial Centre, the Middle mechanics of a broad ministry-to-ministry maintain strong growth at a time lenders. utive said last month. The bank in specific sectors including East’s main banking hub, has sought to agreement that already exists, he said. when its home region is being But lower oil prices coupled plans to open in July its first office healthcare and technology. strengthen its global clout since last year by In 2011, Dubai moved to attract more impacted by political and eco- with unrest in many parts of the in India, in Mumbai. “We have a China will not be on the bank’s signing several deals with foreign courts on legal business by letting parties around the nomic uncertainty. Middle East have negatively- love affair with India,” Dugan said radar though, given its huge mutual enforcement of decisions. world agree to refer commercial disputes to The largest lender by assets in impacted equity markets so far of the business opportunities debt, the defaulting on bonds by Deals were reached with Australia and the DIFC Courts, even if the cases had noth- the United Arab Emirates saw this year, hurting investor confi- there. banks and other warning signs, Kenya in 2014, and this year with ing to do with the DIFC. To make this option Singapore’s Supreme Court and the US attractive, however, Dubai must show it can profit and revenue posted by its dence. Our diversification strate- according to Dugan. Federal District Court for the Southern have judgements enforced abroad. global wealth unit jump 61 per- gy “should help to offset the Allocations “China has to do something District of New York. A Chinese agreement Cases totalling 1.76 billion dirhams in cent and 89 percent year on year recent challenges of weaker local India is also one of the markets big, a massive fiscal boost that could position Dubai as a centre for han- value were filed with the DIFC Courts last respectively in 2014, with rev- markets,” Gary Dugan, NBAD’s where NBAD is looking to deploy could add vibrancy to Asia.” dling legal issues surrounding the Middle year, up 81 percent from 2013, the system enue surpassing 1 billion dirhams global banking chief investment its investors’ capital, as part of a And while equity markets are East’s China business. said in its annual report. To spur business at ($272.3 million) for the first time. officer, told Reuters. wider weighting increase towards suffering, NBAD is positive on the The emirate’s trade with China, its its Small Claims Tribunal, the DIFC Courts NBAD has been focusing on The wealth management markets in Asia and Europe. “In Middle East and North Africa for biggest trading partner, jumped 29 percent plans to raise the maximum size of the cas- growing its fee-paying businesses strategy matches the bank’s terms of our asset allocation, for fixed income, as increased in 2014 to 175 billion dirhams ($47.7 bil- es it normally handles, to 1 million dirhams such as wealth management in wider aim of expanding through developed markets we are tacti- issuance due to the lower oil lion), according to Dubai official statistics. from 200,000 for employment issues and to recent quarters as it aims to offset eight banking hubs it wants to cally positive and overweight on price improves the size of the “We need to connect as a court with coun- 1 million dirhams from 500,000 for other high levels of competition in tra- set up in major cities from West Europe and Japan on a hedged market, he added. —Reuters tries that are most important to our coun- issues. —Reuters

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Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Jordanian Dinar 424.925 US Dollars Mint 0.299150 0.303350 20 gram 243.970 Egyptian Pound 39.379 10 gram 124.680 Asia ASIAN COUNTRIES Sri Lankan Rupees 2.254 5 gram 63.030 Bangladesh Taka 0.003547 0.004147 Japanese Yen 2.519 Indian Rupees 4.853 Chinese Yuan 0.047375 0.050875 Indian Rupees 4.868 Pakistani Rupees 2.955 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036949 0.039699 Pakistani Rupees 2.971 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Bangladesh Taka 3.868 Srilankan Rupees 2.268 Philippines Pesso 6.770 Indian Rupee 0.004639 0.005040 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 Nepali Rupees 3.045 Cyprus pound 738.965 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Japanese Yen 0.002436 0.002616 Singapore Dollar 222.610 Japanese Yen 3.500 Australian Dollar 229.39 Kenyan Shilling 0.003352 0.003352 Hongkong Dollar 39.065 Syrian Pound 2.590 Canadian Dollar 242.57 Korean Won 0.000267 0.000282 Bangladesh Taka 3.889 Nepalese Rupees 4.000 Swiss Franc 316.56 Malaysian Ringgit 0.079209 0.085209 Philippine Peso 6.801 Malaysian Ringgit 83.660 Euro 327.51 Nepalese Rupee 0.003066 0.003236 Thai Baht 9.315 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 49.375 US Dollar 301.30 Pakistan Rupee 0.002836 0.003116 Thai Bhat 10.270 Sterling Pound 449.47 Philippine Peso 0.006762 0.007042 GCC COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.56 Turkish Lira 117.325 Saudi Riyal 80.766 Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Bangladesh Taka 3.868 Singapore Dollar 0.219685 0.225685 Qatari Riyal 83.207 Indian Rupee 4.820 South African Rand 0.019340 0.027840 Omani Riyal 786.870 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.251 Bahrain Exchange Company Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001897 0.002477 Bahraini Dinar 804.440 Nepali Rupee 3.015 UAE Dirham 82.471 Pakistani Rupee 2.954 Taiwan 0.009644 0.009824 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Thai Baht 0.008964 0.0009514 UAE Dirhams 81.91 Europe ARAB COUNTRIES Bahraini Dinar 799.72 Belgian Franc 0.007898 0.008898 Arab Egyptian Pound - Cash 41.420 Egyptian Pound 39.38 British Pound 0.438014 0.447014 Bahraini Dinar 0.796587 0.804587 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.604 Jordanian Dinar 428.11 Czech Korune 0.003784 0.015784 Egyptian Pound 0.039333 0.042433 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.413 Omani Riyal 781.40 Danish Krone 0.039192 0.044192 Tunisian Dinar 154.860 Qatari Riyal 82.97 Euro 0.317287 0.325287 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Jordanian Dinar 427.670 Saudi Riyal 80.26 Norwegian Krone 0.033304 0.038504 Iraqi Dinar 0.000192 0.000252 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.032 Romanian Leu 0.086846 0.086846 Jordanian Dinar 0.423005 0.430505 Syrian Lira 2.159 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Slovakia 0.009023 0.019023 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Morocco Dirham 30.893 Swedish Krona 0.030578 0.035578 Lebanese Pound 0.000152 0.000252 Swiss Franc 0.302309 0.312509 Moroccan Dirhams 0.021749 0.045749 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Turkish Lira 0.117361 0.124361 Nigerian Naira 0.001249 0.001884 US Dollar Transfer 302.750 US Dollar 301.050 Omani Riyal 0.780351 0.786031 Euro 323.640 Canadian Dollar 243.535 Australasia Qatar Riyal 0.082447 0.083660 Sterling Pound 449.575 Sterling Pound 445.500 Australian Dollar 0.224579 0.236079 Saudi Riyal 0.080097 0.080797 Euro 328.685 Canadian dollar 242.590 New Zealand Dollar 0.222501 0.232001 Syrian Pound 0.001283 0.001503 Swiss Frank 286.250 Turkish lira 115.240 Tunisian Dinar 0.150496 0.158496 Bahrain Dinar 801.720 America Turkish Lira 0.117361 0.124361 Swiss Franc 311.630 UAE Dirhams 82.340 Canadian Dollar 0.235486 0.243986 Australian Dollar 235.540 Qatari Riyals 83.515 UAE Dirhams 0.081446 0.082595 US Dollar Buying 301.550 Saudi Riyals 80.460 US Dollars 0.298650 0.303350 Yemeni Riyal 0.001368 0.001448 BUSINESS MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 Fed policy divergence pushes dollar higher he US dollar continued to reign form in its volatile manner. The Yen while also reducing forecasts for the zone leaders gave Greece six days to held the size of its bond purchases at over the FX market, gaining con- opened the week at 118.97, falling path of increases. In addition “several improve a package of proposed reforms GBP 375 billion. The UK has showed rela- Tsiderable momentum against the against a much stronger US dollar dur- participants noted that the US Dollar’s in time for finance ministers of the cur- tively decent recovery in GDP, with its major G5 currencies. The minutes from ing the week. The JPY weakened as the further appreciation over the inter-meet- rency bloc to consider whether to economy growing by 0.5 percent in the the last meeting of the Federal Reserve US dollar gained momentum across the ing period was likely to restrain US net release more funds to keep the country last 3-months of 2014 over the previous gave the market a bit of turbulence, as board on Tuesday. The Japanese Yen exports and economic growth for a afloat. quarter, matching that of the US, and the decision is divided over an interest then gained against the greenback from time,” the minutes showed. The situation remains unclear on compared with 0.7 percent in Germany. rate hike in June. Nevertheless, the a 2-week low, after the Bank of Japan whether Greece can satisfy creditors with greenback continued to outperform, refrained from adding further stimulus. Unemployment claims economic reforms in a timely manner. Services PMI while the situation in the euro area The Japanese yen then continued to Jobless claims rose less than forecast- Moreover, in a small short-term boost, UK’s service sector accelerated in remains uncertain with Greece’s prepara- drop against a stronger dollar to touch a ed last week, as the rate of firing the European Central Bank agreed to March at its fastest pace since August tion of a new package of reforms to low of 120.74. The JPY ended the week declined to the lowest level in 15 years. increase the ceiling on emergency lend- 2014. The Purchasing Managers Index euro-zone leaders. at 120.22. The 4-week moving average, a less ing assistance to Greek banks by EUR 1.2 rose to 58.9 from February’s figure of The euro fell considerably against the volatile indicator of jobless claims, billion to EUR 73.2 billion. 56.7. The services came better than the US dollar last week. The drop started ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI dropped to the lowest level since June forecasted 57.0. The increase in activity from the beginning of the week as profit US service industry expanded in 2000, according to labor department German factory orders was the result of economic recovery and taking took place following the rally to March, a good sign for the economy data. Jobless claims rose by 14,000 to German factory orders unexpectedly improved confidence. Employment 1.1000 as payroll figures from the US amid the speculation and anticipation of 281,000 in the week ending April 10, dropped in February for a second remained high at the services sector were disappointing. The euro opened an interest rate hike by the Fed this year. while companies have managed to lower the week at 1.0975, rising to 1.1036 on Service providers expanded at the same their costs. Monday during the US session. The sin- pace as a month earlier. The Institute of gle currency then started its decline Supply Management non-manufactur- Bank of Japan rate unchanged after breaking the 1.1000 mark, falling to ing index was in line with forecasts at The Bank of Japan kept its policy new week lows every day at an alarming 56.5. A reading above 50 indicates unchanged as Governor Kuroda tries to pace. The euro fell further as better than expansion. fend off a drop in consumer prices, 2- expected data surfaced from the US, years after he began unprecedented pushing the US dollar higher against the FOMC minutes stimulus in the world’s third-biggest single currency. The Euro touched a low The Federal Reserve minutes of the economy. The central bank maintained of 1.0568 and ended the week at 1.0604. last meeting showed that the decision- the policy of monetary stimulus at JPY The sterling pound followed suit with making members of the Federal Open 80 trillion ($666 billion) at an annual the euro. Cable opened the week at Market Committee were divided over a pace. Cheaper oil prices and weakness in 1.4920, rising to touch a high of 1.4981, June hike. “Several participants judged the Japanese economy to recover from as the dollar weakened across the board that the economic data and outlook recession are pushing the country’s infla- during the US session on Monday. The were likely to warrant beginning normal- tion figures to zero. pound then dropped as the dollar ization at the June meeting” according gained momentum from profit taking to minutes of the latest Federal Open Reserve Bank of Australia rate against the majors, pushing all other cur- Market Committee session last month. Reserve Bank of Australia kept the rencies lower. Moreover, the pound Some members have stated that energy higher from a revised rate of 267,000 in month, a sign that Europe’s largest econ- benchmark interest rate unchanged, dropped further amid concern the May 7 prices and a stronger US Dollar would the prior week, a labor department omy is still susceptible to risks from stating that it could ease policy further general election may return no clear continue to curb inflation, arguing for a report showed on Wednesday. internal and external factors. Factory at future meetings, as the economy tack- winner. The sterling pound fought back rate increase later in the year. Moreover, Applications for jobless benefits were orders fell 0.9 percent after a revised les tumbling commodity prices. The against the greenback, as the FTSE 100 the minutes also stated that “further expected to hike to 283,000, according drop of 2.6 percent in January. The figure benchmark rate was held at 2.25 per- climbed, halting a 2-day drop. The improvement in the labor market, a sta- to market surveys by economists. was forecasted to hike by 1.5 percent. cent, Bank of Australia Governor, Glenn pound then erased its gains, and col- bilization of energy prices and a leveling Stevens, said in a statement. The deci- lapsed against a stronger US dollar. The out of the foreign-exchange value of the Greece pays 450m euros to IMF BoE official bank rate sion was predicted by 17 economists out Pound continued to decline as the coun- US dollar were all seen as helpful in Greece has agreed that it will pay EUR The Bank of England kept the mone- of 30. try’s trade deficit widens. Cable touched establishing confidence that inflation 450 million loan installment to the tary policy unchanged, ahead of the a low of 1.4587 and ended the week at would turn up”. Last month, the FOMC International Monetary Fund. This close general elections next month. The Kuwait 1.4632. dropped a pledge to be “patient” as it gained the country extra emergency central bank kept their benchmark inter- Kuwaiti dinar at 0.30190. The USDKD The Japanese Yen continues to per- considered the first rate rise since 2006, lending for its banks. Moreover, euro- est rate unchanged at 0.5 percent, and opened at 0.30190 yesterday morning. Eurogroup wants Greece’s list of reforms by April 20

FRANKFURT: The European Union has given Greece until to make headway over the final payout of 7.2 billion euros April 20 to present a list of reforms which, if found accept- as Athens has refused to consider cutting civil servants’ able, would unlock the final tranche of aid funds promised pensions. under a multi-billion-euro bailout, a German newspaper Alexis Tsipras’s government, which was elected on an reported yesterday. anti-austerity ticket, is reticent about accepting further Eurogroup ministers have set the deadline in order to cuts in public spending. Rather, it is looking at raising have sufficient time to examine Athens’ proposal ahead of national revenues through improving tax compliance. On a meeting on April 24, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Thursday, the Greek government also began examining a reported, quoting unnamed representatives in the negoti- draft bill aimed at rehiring around 4,000 civil servants who ations. Negotiators from Greece and the EU have struggled were retrenched due to austerity reforms. —AFP

Demonstrators marching in the forest in Megali Panagia in northern Greece during a protest against efforts by Hellenic Gold, a subsidiary of the Canadian firm Eldorado Gold, to mine the Skouries quarry on Mount Kakkavos. Scrawled on the homes of Megali Panagia are slogans emblematic of the deep rift caused in this society by a controversial Canadian gold mining project. — AFP ‘Civil war’ brewing over disputed Greek goldmine

THESSALONIKI, Greece: Scrawled on the homes of the the daily newspaper of the ruling Syriza party, Avgi, village of Megali Panagia in northern Greece are slogans branded the protesting miners “mercenaries”. The mine emblematic of the deep rift caused in this society by a employees, who plan to protest in Athens on April 16, controversial Canadian gold mining project. “Goldmines counter that it is they who have faced intimidation and are a curse for every nation,” reads one-others are more violence from the so-called environmental faction since profane. the project was first announced in 2011. In the town of For the past three years, the investment of Hellenic Ierissos, where most residents oppose the project, fami- Gold-a subsidiary of Canadian firm Eldorado Gold-has lies of miners live in a “climate of terror”, says their union deeply divided the local communities of the Halkidiki representative Christos Zafeiroudas. peninsula, even setting family members at each others’ “What is dangerous is that this hatred has even passed throats. In Megali Panagia itself, tit-for-tat attacks on to the children in the local schools. The company may shops and cars belonging to rival factions have been leave one day, but we still live here,” he said. In 2012, going on for years. dozens of miners trashed an observation post manned Until now, most of the demonstrations were by resi- by anti-mine activists in the mountain of Skouries, near a dents fearing that the project will cause irreversible harm planned expansion site of the mine project. In turn, in a to the forested Halkidiki peninsula, one of Greece’s most pre-dawn raid in 2013, hooded militants threw Molotov popular tourist areas. But the arrival in January of a new cocktails at the mine worksite, wounding a guard and leftist government that opposes the investment has damaging equipment. The police station of Ierissos was sparked a mobilization among Hellenic Gold employees later ransacked after two local men were arrested on sus- afraid of losing their jobs. picion of participating in that attack. “A civil war is unfolding and the government must The minister in charge at the time said the anti-mine clear this situation up immediately,” says Yiorgos Kyritsis, a protesters saw themselves as real-life versions of the legal representative for the anti-mining faction. “I know of feisty Gauls that take on the Roman Empire in the Asterix one pending lawsuit concerning a beating between two comic books. “We are facing opposition from a section of brothers,” he told AFP. the local community that wants to impose its own law Earlier this month, riot police were sent in when the and operate like a Gaulish village,” then public order min- rival groups came close to clashing in an oak forest ister Nikos Dendias said. between the villages of Stratoni, where Hellenic Gold has Hellenic Gold says it plans to invest 1.3 billion euros its base, and Ierissos, which opposes the project. ($1.38 billion) in the area overall, and extract 9.6 million ounces of gold. Its operations, it says, have been repeat- ‘There will be blood’ edly vetted and cleared by the authorities. Anti-mine pro- Police minister Yiannis Panousis later said some of the testers claim the project will cause irreversible harm to protesters were firing bolts from slingshots. Panousis the environment, draining and contaminating local water warned “there will be casualties” unless the situation is reserves and filling the air with hazardous chemicals resolved. The new leftist government has clearly declared including lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury. It is likely its opposition to the project, with Energy and to also affect the area’s agricultural and tourism econo- Environment Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis recently my, they say. The previous conservative government had pledging to “employ all possible legal means” to halt it. supported the investment, arguing that it would create After the latest protest Lafazanis went further, accus- hundreds of jobs in the recession-hit country where the ing the company of acting “as a state within a state” and unemployment rate now stands at over 25 percent. mobilizing its staff to cause violence. “Nobody can black- Another Canadian company, TVX, began an operation mail the government... Greece is not a banana republic,” in Halkidiki nearly two decades ago before pulling out in Lafazanis’ ministry said in a statement. In a similar vein, 2003. — AFP BUSINESS MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 US loses sparkle, Europe shows signs of hope

GLOBAL ECONOMY WEEK AHEAD

FRANKFURT: Investors will cast a wary eye Draghi will be able to claim an early success reforms required for the release of euro zone omy, has also slowed as oil prices drop. stronger than Europe or the United States, on the latest gauges of the United States’ eco- in the bank’s fledgling money printing pro- loans that it needs to stay afloat, and that will But even stripping out the impact of ener- that would increase the chance that China’s nomic health this week, while troubled gram with figures on Friday set to confirm be a hot topic in Washington. Were Greece to gy prices and the cost of food, analysts expect growth this year will be the weakest in a quar- Europe shows early signs of turning the cor- that falling prices throughout the 19-country tumble out of the currency union, it could only a 0.1 percent month-on-month gain in ter of a century. “We expect to see two more ner. As finance ministers and central bankers euro-zone are beginning to stabilise. Bank upset an already delicate global picture US consumer prices in March, due on Friday. interest rate cuts this year and larger fiscal from the Group of 20 top economies gather lending too is improving. where even the US economy, a beacon of Such signs of a sagging economy, includ- spending for the economy, but this will not in Washington, on the sidelines of the “We’re seeing the opposite of 2014,” said economic strength, is losing some of its shine. ing disappointingly low hiring last month, are change the fundamental path of slower International Monetary Fund’s Spring meet- Carsten Brzeski, an economist at ING bank. leading investors to bet that the Federal growth,” said Xiaojia Zhi, China economist at ing, they view a subdued global landscape “Now there are more doubts about the US SOBER PROSPECTS Reserve will wait before hiking the cost of BofA Merrill Lynch. where even the United States’ prospects and China than the euro-zone.” Tomorrow, the United States will release borrowing until October or even December. She pointed to central government efforts seem tarnished. The ECB’s long-awaited scheme to buy 60 March retail sales data. Although economists Many had previously pencilled in a mid-year to tackle high local government debt and an For a change, however, there are reasons billion euros a month of chiefly government expect a rebound, shoppers are being cau- US rate hike, which will be the first in more anti-corruption drive as possible drags on for hope in the euro currency bloc, despite bonds is also helping to steady nerves in tious, holding back much of the savings than eight years and likely to send ripples investment. still low growth and high unemployment. wrangling with debt-strapped Greece. Greece made on lower petrol prices. Consumer infla- around the globe. With the euro-zone gradually healing, European Central Bank President Mario has until mid-week to improve a package of tion, one way of taking the pulse of the econ- For many of the central bankers and offi- Britain is becoming the focus in Europe as cials attending the IMF meeting, the later the investors brace for volatility in the value of United States moves to hike rates the better. sterling ahead of a tightly contested national The IMF’s economic outlook report, due early election on May 7. in the week, will likely make for sober read- The two main parties are close in opinion ing. polls. That makes the outcome unpredictable China, previously the main growth engine for a vote that could ultimately determine for the world economy, is likely to continue to Britain’s future in the European Union, as slow despite two recent interest rate cuts. David Cameron’s Conservatives promise a ref- On Wednesday, the world’s second-largest erendum on EU membership if they win. economy will unveil its economic output for “The classic safety valve is the currency the first quarter, alongside readings of factory market. We are starting to see some jitters,” activity, retail sales and investment. said Brian Hilliard an economist with Societe Economists expect growth slowed to 7 Generale in London. “It’s going to get very percent in January-March. Although far messy this time.” — Reuters BUSINESS MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 Oil price starts to hit budgets in Gulf states

KAMCO QUARTERLY ECONOMIC REPORT

KUWAIT: The impact of the continued decline in oil price has started affecting state budgets, including current account deficits. According to data from Saudi Arabia central bank, the kingdom has begun drawing down its forex reserves for the first time since the financial crisis to cover expected state budget deficit caused by the plunge in oil prices. The central bank’s net foreign assets declined by 1.4 percent y-o-y to SAR 2.65 trillion ( $ 707 billion) at the end of February-15, also due to the strengthening the dollar that affected the value of non- $ assets. According to the data, the value of foreign securities declined by $ 2 billion to $ 540 billion as compared to January-15. Meanwhile, the IMF, which supports a cut in subsidies across the GCC, reported that Qatar has the least energy subsidies in the GCC, estimated at 3.5 percent of GDP, whereas Bahrain was at the other extreme end with the largest energy subsidy of 12.5 percent of GDP, followed by Saudi Arabia (9.9 percent), Kuwait (7 percent), Oman (6.2 lowest levels during the last 4 years at SAR 1,198.3 billion. with the growth seen during 2013. The increase was prima- percent) and the UAE (5.7 percent). Meanwhile, SABB HSBC Saudi Arabia PMI reached its six- rily led by higher lending to private sector partially offset by On the banking side, quarterly growth in credit facilities month high level of 60.1 points during March-15 indicating a 2.6 percent decline in lending to the public sector. extended by Kuwaiti banks slowed down to 0.42 percent an accelerating growth in the non-oil sector underpinned by Qatar’s broad measure of money supply (M2) increased during Q4-14 to reach KWD 30.80 billion in December- faster growth of output and new business. According to the for the fifth consecutive quarter in a row, to add around 2014. Personal facilities remained the only driver of growth index aggregator, strong demand conditions prevailed dur- QAR 14.3 billion or 2.9 percent in Q4-14 and stand at with an increase of 2.1 percent that offset a decline in cred- ing the month that led to a sharp increase in new orders. around QAR 504 billion as of December-14. The rise in M2 is it facilities extended to other sectors. The broad measure of money supply (M2) in the mainly attributed to the significant increase in demand and Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia, money supply (M2) Kingdom increased by 2.7 percent during Q4-14 to reach time deposits, that added QAR 21.8 billion or 6.9 percent increased by 2.7 percent during Q4-14 to reach SAR 1,542 SAR 1,542 billion after growing by 3.4 percent and 2.9 per- during the year. billion after growing by 3.4 percent and 2.9 percent in Q3- cent in Q3-14 and Q2-14, respectively, driven by ample liq- Quarterly inflation dipped during Q4-14 by 0.25 percent 14 and Q2-14, respectively, driven by ample liquidity with uidity with banks and remarkable growth in deposits base q-o-q on the back of decline in prices of transport & com- banks and remarkable growth in deposits base and credit and credit facilities. munication, food beverage & tobacco, furniture & textile facilities. Whereas quarterly inflation rose by 0.56 percent During Q4-14, inflation marginally inched up as com- and miscellaneous goods and services. During January-15, in Q4-14 as compared to Q3-14, and by 2.5 percent during pared to last quarter. The general consumer price index rose Qatar changed the base year for calculating inflation rates 2014. by 0.56 percent in Q4-14 as compared to Q3-14, and by 2.5 to 2013 from 2007 and even added an elaborate sector

Bahrain’s real GDP growth slowed to 4 percent y-o-y in Q4- Kuwait percent during 2014. Among the sectors, Food and non - base. On the basis of the new data, the inflation figures in 14, the weakest rate since 3.2 percent in Q1-14. GDP growth rate is expected to remain below historical alcoholic beverages recorded the highest inflation rate dur- February edged up marginally 0.1 percent on higher utility Detailed data for the components of GDP was unavail- levels, especially after the significant unexpected drop in oil ing Q4-14, registering a quarterly increase in prices of 1.9 expenses. able for Q4-14, however, during Q3-14, the key component prices during the latter half of 2014. The decline in oil price percent, followed furnishing and household items. In terms of the GDP, namely, non-oil sectors, continued the strong continued during 2015 and prices are expected to remain of the influence on the cost of living index, the food and Bahrain momentum of last quarter to grow by an equivalent 2.7 significantly below early 2014 levels in the near term, affect- beverages group ranked first with 55.3 percent during Q4-14 Bahrain real GDP growth is forecasted at 3.88 percent for percent in Q3-2014 and stood at BHD 2.4 billion as of Sep- ing economic growth rate in an oil dependent economy as compared to 28.5 percent in Q4-13; followed by the fur- 2014, below its GCC benchmark average growth of 4.20 per- 2014. Whereas, the oil sector saw a marginal drop of 0.1 per- such as Kuwait. nishings and household at 16.9 percent as compared to 20.3 cent for the same year. According to preliminary numbers cent compared to a growth of 7.9 percent in last quarter, Total government revenues declined significantly by 11.6 percent in Q4-13. from the CIO, during Q4-14 Bahrain’s nominal GDP declined given the weak oil market, to stand at BHD 859 million as of percent to KD 21.2 billion during 9M FY14/15 as compared Sep-2014. to KD 24.0 billion during 9M FY13/14. The drop was primari- United Arab Emirates Further, inflation numbers for Q4-14 suggested a marginal ly due to the fall in oil revenues that declined by 12.6 percent The UAE’s economy continues to focus on the non-oil sequential increase of 0.35 percent. Whereas the most recent to KD 19.4 billion whereas non-oil revenues inched up by sector as the sector expands gradually as against a contract- monthly inflation data suggested an increase of 2.1 percent 0.5 percent to KD 1.8 billion. On the other hand, expenditure ing oil sector, which according to the Minister of Economy, y-o-y during February-15 and a sequential monthly increase increased by 9.7 percent to KWD 10.6 billion on the back of currently accounts for less than a third of UAE’s GDP. of 0.2 percent. In terms of components, housing and utility a 30.9 percent increase in capital expenditure to KD 899 mil- Nevertheless, due to the still sizeable contribution from the costs that account for a lion’s share of consumer expenses lion followed by an 8 percent increase in other expenditure oil sector, during January-15 the IMF lowered its growth saw a steep rise of 7.8 percent whereas prices of food and to KD 9.7 billion. The decline in revenues and higher expen- projections for UAE’s economy from 4.5 percent to 3.5 per- non-alcoholic beverages declined by 0.9 percent y-o-y. diture resulted in significantly lower surplus that declined by cent for 2015 and from 4.4 percent to 3.5 percent for 2016, On the monetary front, money supply (M2) during Q3-14 25.9 percent to KD 10.6 billion during 9M FY14/15 as com- implying a constant rate of growth during 2016 due to low- dropped by a marginal 0.2 percent Q-o-Q to record BHD pared to KWD 14.3 billion during 9M FY13/14. er oil production. It is pertinent to note that the previous 9.61 billion on the back of a decline of an equivalent 3.0 Credit facilities extended by Kuwaiti banks by the end of estimate of 4.5 percent growth for 2015 was based on high- percent in demand deposits and currency outside banks; Q4-14 increased at one of the slowest quarterly growth rate er oil output. According to the new estimates, Dubai whereas, time and saving deposits increased by around 1.2 of 0.42 percent to KD 30.8 billion. Personal facilities expected to grow by 4.5 percent in 2015 and 4.6 percent in percent. remained the only driver of growth with an increase of 2.1 2016 whereas Abu Dhabi is expected to grow at about 3 percent that offset a decline in credit facilities extended to percent for both the years. Oman other sectors. Credit to real estate sector saw the steepest Meanwhile, manufacturing data for the non-oil private Oman continued to report quarterly fiscal deficit that quarterly decline of 6.1 percent followed by 4.4 percent sector for March-15 highlighted further slowdown as the reached OMR 496.8 million in Q4-2014 as compared to decline in credit facilities to the construction sector where as HSBC UAE PMI slid to a 17-month low level of 56.3 points as OMR 164.0 million during Q3-14. Government’s total rev- credit to industry declined by 1.2 percent. output and new orders expanded more slowly. Moreover, enues dropped during the quarter by around OMR 76.8 Kuwait’s broad measure of money supply (M2) increased on the price front, competition among suppliers led to the million or 2.3 percent to stand at OMR 3.2 billion. This drop by 2.5 percent to KD 33.8 billion in Q4-14 after recording a first monthly fall in input costs in five years since March owes mainly to lower oil revenues as average oil prices con- drop in Q3-14 on the back of higher quasi money and a 2010. tinued to decline during Q4-14, in addition to lower other slight increase in sight deposits. On the capital front, total credit facilities further non-oil revenues. However, a 26 percent q-o-q jump in gas improved to AED 1.22 trillion at the end of the Q4-2014, an revenues to OMR 441.6 million helped to offset some Saudi Arabia increase of 3.7 percent. Personal facilities increased by 6.7 decline in overall revenues. On the other hand, government There was no change in GDP estimates for Saudi Arabia percent whereas trade and construction facilities increased expenditure also increased, putting further pressure on fis- which is expected to reach SAR 2,821.7 billion at the end of by 10.7 percent and 6.9 percent, respectively. cal balances. Total expenditure increased by 7.5 percent, to 2014 with a growth rate of 1.09 percent compared to 2013. In terms of price levels, the economy witnessed a signifi- record OMR 3.70 billion. The Non-oil GDP is estimated to grow by 8.21 percent to cant drop in quarterly inflation to 0.26 percent for Q4-14 as On the monetary front, money supply (M2) at the end of reach SAR 1,600.8 billion, whereas the non-oil public and compared to 1.45 percent in Q3-14. Price level continued to the fourth quarter surged significantly by 6.4 percent to private sectors are estimated to grow by 6.06 percent and decline during 2015 as reflected in the HSBC PMI index. OMR 13.8 billion as compared to a decline of 0.9 percent in 9.1 percent, respectively. On the other hand, the oil sector is Q3-14. Quasi money that accounted for a 65.1 percent of estimated to decline by 7.2 percent during 2014 to reach the Qatar M2 increased by a strong 5.1 percent at the end of Q4-14 to Qatar has made significant progress on developing the OMR 9.0 billion, whereas the more liquid M1 increased at non-oil sector, especially after it secured the rights to host an even higher pace of 9.0 percent to OMR 4.8 billion after FIFA World cup 2022. The country plans to spend close to $ a steep decline during Q3-14 as the 14.1 percent increase in 140 billion in the next five years as it prepares for the world demand deposits to OMR 3.6 billion more than offset the cup. The resulting growth in GDP has been consistently pos- 4.1 percent decline in currency outside banks during Q4- itive since Q3-2013 until Q2-14 when it dropped by 2.2 per- 2014. Meanwhile, inflation continued to show quarterly cent q-o-q to again inch up by 1.8 percent and 0.7 percent decline during Q4-14 which stood at 0.12 percent at the q-o-q for Q3-14 and Q4-14, respectively. end of the quarter. Total credit facilities continued the uptrend and stood at In terms of financing, the sequential growth in credit a record high level at the end of Q4-14 with an increase of facilities once again surged to 2.3 percent during Q4-14 as 2.7 percent q-o-q to reach QAR 650 billion as of Q4-14. The compared to marginal growth of 0.9 percent during Q3-14 growth was solely on the back of higher lending to the pri- primarily on the back of higher grant of personal loans that vate sector that more than offset the 2.6 percent q-o-q by 4.2 percent q-o-q to BHD 3.1 billion as compared to BHD increased by 1.8 percent to record at OMR 6.7 billion. decline in lending to the public sector. Within the private 3.3 billion during Q3-14. The decline as compared to Q4-13 Moreover, except for the services sector, all other sector sector, real estate and consumption recorded the strongest stood at a slightly lower 1.1 percent primarily due to the recorded positive growth in credit facilities during the quar- absolute growth in lending. Meanwhile, growth in credit decline in oil prices during the last quarter of 2014. ter. Facilities to transport & comm. saw the strongest quar- facilities for the full year 2014 stood at 13 percent, in line However, data showed that in terms of constant prices, terly growth of 6.8 percent. BUSINESS MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 Indian inflation is not out of way just yet

KCIC ANALYSIS ON ASIA

By Camille Accad

rices in India continue to decelerate. The price of consumer goods was rising Paround 8 percent year-on-year (YoY) in February 2014, while one year later it is only 5 percent, according to the consumer price index (CPI). The trend is similar for the price of wholesale products, measured by the wholesale price Joyalukkas opens new showroom index (WPI). It came down from over 5 percent in the first half of last year to -2.1percent in in Karimnagar, Telangana, India February. Consumer prices bottomed a few months ago, from a low of 3.5percent YoY in he global giant Joyalukkas Jewellery rooms in the dynamic cities of Bengaluru November, but wholesale prices kept falling, opened their new showroom in and Karimnagar” said Joy Alukkas, mostly because of the weakness in global ener- Karimnagar, opposite police head Chairman & MD, Joyalukkas Group. gy prices, which began to drop in June. Most of T India’s energy consumption is imported. The quarters, Mukarampura, Karimnagar on The showrooms will feature over One April 11, 2015. This is as part of their mega Million dazzling collections and exquisite government subsidizes fuel, making it quite vulnerable to oil and gas prices. In general, move- expansion plan they have planned for this designs in gold, diamond, precious ments in wholesale prices should impact con- financial year with 27 new showrooms stones, platinum and pearl. The collec- sumer goods’ prices a few weeks later, but it has across India. “This financial year we are tions will be a mix of traditional, ethno not materialized in the last few months in India. committing ourselves to rapid expansion contemporary and international designs While fuel and power wholesale prices contract- unchanged, in line with expectations. RBI gover- pected droughts and excess rains. For instance, across India, GCC and a couple of new that have won of hearts and following of ed 14.7percent YoY in February, energy prices for countries. This compliments my vision to customers around the world. nor Raghuram Rajan claimed that monetary pol- winter rainfalls were more intense this year, consumers were still rising, at 2.6 percent YoY, an icy would remain accommodative in the months about 20percent higher in most states, suggest- make the brand accessible and available to Joyalukkasjewellery has many firsts to acceleration from the last few months. This to come, but policy actions would be data- ing more upside risks to food inflation in the every jewellery lover in the world,” said Joy its credit and this includes an extensive divergence suggests that distribution and retail dependant. More specifically, the following fac- next few months. The government still needs to Alukkas, Chairman & MD, Joyalukkas Group. range of services and schemes that have sections of the supply chain are increasing mar- tors would have to show signs of progress solve the shortage of infrastructures. Finally, The showroom was inaugurated by won the hearts of jewellery shoppers gins. Core inflation, which excludes energy and before the central bank could ease policy fur- regardless of domestic developments, the Sardar Ravindar Singh (Mayor of globally. One such initiative which has food, the most volatile components of prices, fell ther: bank lending rates would have to fall more Federal Reserve’s forthcoming rate hike, expect- Karimnagar, Municipal Corporation). Also received a phenomenal response is CPT ie slightly in both CPI and WPI. However food in line with the policy rates, food inflation would ed to be executed sometime this year, may have present were J Rama Rao(sub-divisional Clear Price Tag. CPT ensures jewellery prices are beginning to increase in both indices, need to be contained, the government would a considerable impact on the Indian rupee, police officer, Karimnagar), John Paul Joy shoppers 100 percent transparency in creating a new source of inflation, especially for need to tackle supply-side measures and resume which may force the central bank to undo its Alukkas (Executive Director, Joyalukkas jewellery prices. Other than this ‘Trust’ is CPI, for which it makes up more than 45percent stalled projects, and US monetary policy trends policy actions. Group), Sonia John Paul (Director) and an integral part of the Joyalukkas offer of the basket. would need to be clearer. Overall, Indian inflation is half-dependent on many local dignitaries and VIPs. which is managed through ensuring Low prices create room for the Reserve Bank In spite of the current low prices, the problem factors that are out of their hands, such as global Joyalukkas Jewellery is currently a 100- assurance and peace of mind to cus- of India (RBI) to implement looser policies, of chronic high inflation is not over. The recent oil prices and the weather. But the current bout plus showroom chain network spread tomers on their jewellery purchase. The something the bank did twice in the last quarter decline comes from external cyclical factors, of low prices gives the authorities the opportu- across 10 countries around the world and retail chain manages this through strict by cutting the repo rate, the rate at which the such as low global energy prices, which may nity window to fix the other half, such as fixing today. The brand which is one of the adherence to quality and internationally RBI lends overnight funds to banks, which was reverse soon. The structural problem of food the large infrastructure gap. All in all, India world’s largest jewellery retail chains is a accepted standards eg. 100 percent IGI reduced by 50 basis points to 7.5 percent. inflation has not been tackled yet, as the country remains one of the few large economies that is part of a multi-billion dollar global con- certified diamonds, BIS Hallmark gold However, in its latest policy meeting last week, continues to lack the adequate infrastructure to expected to see an acceleration in growth in glomerate, which has varied business jewellery and PGI certified platinum jew- the central bank took a slightly more cautious accommodate the smooth transportation of 2015, offering returns to investors that are diffi- interests. The Joyalukkas Group’s business ellery etc. Joyalukkas, is also the first and position while maintaining a dovish stance, products. Additionally, food inflation is highly cult to find elsewhere in the current context of keeping the repo rate and cash reserve ratio interests include Jewellery, Money only ISO 14001-2006 & ISO 9001-2008 cer- correlated to unseasonal factors, such as unex- low interest rates and oil prices. Exchange, Fashion & Silks, Luxury Air tified jewellery retail chain, “My vision for Charter, Malls and Realty. The world’s our jewellery business is to ‘ornament the largest jewellery retail chain has presence world’ and we will manage this by offering in Singapore, London, UAE, Malaysia, customers the best mix of Price, Choice, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Convenience and Service” added Joy Oman & India and will soon open in 2 new Alukkas. Other unique feature of countries. The jewellery retailer currently Joyalukkasjewellery includes consumer has a customer base of over 10 million friendly value added schemes like ‘Easy customers worldwide and offers over 1 Gold schemes, Joyalukkas Golden million choices in all types of jewellery at Rewards Card, 100 percent buy back guar- each of its showroom. antee and more. “Our plan for Joyalukkas Jewellery in This international jewellery retail this financial year (2015-2016) includes chain is also one of few retail chains to be strengthening our presence across various recognised with many awards and acco- parts of India and opening our showrooms lades for its exceptional standards in jew- in cities and towns that we feel is ready for ellery retailing. Joyalukkas has also been the Joyalukkas experience. We are com- awarded the prestigious ‘Superbrand’ mencing this mega plan with new show- status 5 years in a row in the UAE. Al-Tijari announces winners of the Al-Najma Account

ommercial Bank of Kuwait held the est in the country and another 4 mega Al-Najma Account draw on April prizes during the year worth KD 100,000 C11, 2015. each on different occasions: The National The draw was held under the supervi- Day, Eid Al-Fitr, Eid Al-Adha and on the sion of the Ministry of Commerce & 19th of June which is the date of the Industry represented by Abdulaziz bank’s establishment. Ashkanani. With a minimum balance of KD 500, The winners of the Al-Najma daily draw customers will be eligible for the daily are:- draw provided that the money is in the Dana Khaled Fawzi — KD 7000, account one week prior to the daily ROCHELLE: Dave Schabacker and an insurance company representative survey the damage done to Schabacker’s home in Rochelle. — AP Hamdeyah Awad Al-Shimari — KD 7000, draw or 2 months prior to the mega Noura Ghazi Hamad Dhaif— KD 7000, draw. In addition, for each KD 25 a cus- Amro Ahmed Al-Awadi — KD 7000, tomer can get one chance for winning Millions facing huge premium Emad Abdelrady Ahmed — KD 7000. instead of KD 50. Commercial Bank of Kuwait takes this The Commercial Bank of Kuwait opportunity to congratulate all lucky rates for flood insurance announces the biggest daily draw in winners and also extends appreciation to Kuwait with the launch of the new Najma the Ministry of Commerce and Industry MINEOLA, NY: A $24 billion sea of red ink has afford high premiums. Congress also said damage. He said his flood insurance rates are account. for their effective supervision of the millions of Americans in vulnerable flood FEMA should set a goal of limiting annual pre- up $600 a year, and now pays more than Customers of the bank can now enjoy draws which were conducted in an zones, including homeowners still struggling miums to no more than $2,500 per year for $2,800 annually. “I had a feeling they were a KD 7,000 daily prize which is the high- orderly and organized manner. to recover from Superstorm Sandy, facing $250,000 in coverage, but didn’t offer any sug- going to go up,” he said. “I think I’m one of the steep increases in flood insurance premiums. gestions on how to do that. “Most of the 30 lucky ones because I only have to pay $50 a New legislation that went into effect this million homeowners have no idea that their month more. I understand that and we’re US import prices resume month - the second time in two years flood insurance is going to rise,” says George grateful for what we’ve got.” Congress has tweaked the troubled National Kasimos of Toms River, New Jersey, who Susan Goldstone said she is still struggling downward trend in March Flood Insurance Program - allows rate increas- founded the grass-roots group Stop FEMA to assist her parents in their attempts to get es of up to 18 percent. Now after learning of increases in flood insur- their Oceanside, New York, home repaired WASHINGTON: US import prices fell in and weak economic growth in the first “This appears to be death by a thousand ance premiums. “The exorbitant rise in flood after Sandy flooded up to 8 feet of their March as rising petroleum costs were quarter has prompted many econo- cuts,’” said Scott Primiano, an Amityville, New insurance increases is going to make the 2007 house. “We’re still paying for flood insurance, offset by declining prices for other mists to push back their rate hike York, insurance broker who has been holding housing bubble look like a walk in the park.” but we’re still not back in the house,” she said. goods, a sign of muted inflation that expectations to later in the year. seminars for clients to explain the new legisla- Tom Daniels, a 66-year-old retiree from “How do they expect people to stay in their supports the view the Federal Reserve And some economists believe mone- tion. “The concept sounds good, but no one Lindenhurst, New York, said his home had 3 home? It’s crazy high and then you have to will probably not raise interest rates in tary policy tightening will only begin in can say what the full risk is. ... They are going 1/2 feet of water after Sandy struck, and deal with the taxes. When does it end? There June. The Labor Department said 2016. The Fed has kept its key short- to take it in bits and pieces every year and it received $97,000 in insurance to pay for the must be some other alternative.” — AP import prices dropped 0.3 percent last term interest rate near zero since keeps going until Congress determines we’ve month after a downwardly revised 0.2 December 2008. had enough.” Federal Emergency percent gain in February. Crude oil prices have lost more than Management Agency spokesman Rafael Economists polled by Reuters had half their value since June on fears of a Lemaitre said the flood insurance program Burgan Bank announces forecast import prices slipping 0.3 per- global oil glut and the refusal of Saudi has for decades been paying out more than it cent after a previously reported 0.4 per- Arabia and other OPEC members to cut took in, with the United States as a whole winners of Yawmi account cent increase in February, when prices output. At the same time, the dollar has totaling more than $260 billion in flood-relat- advanced after declining for seven gained about 12 percent against the ed damages between 1980 and 2013. He said KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yesterday 500 in their account for 2 months prior to straight months. In the 12 months currencies of the main US trading part- the new legislation is “intended to improve the names of the lucky winners of its Yawmi draw date. Additionally, every KD 10 in the through March, prices plunged 10.5 ners. Bank of America Merrill Lynch esti- the long-term sustainability of the program account draw, each taking home a prize of KD account, will entitle customers to one chance percent, the largest drop since mates the strong dollar will cut about while being sensitive to needs of policyhold- 5,000. of winning. If the account balance is KD 500 September 2009. half a percentage point off both eco- ers.” Lemaitre noted that a previous overhaul The lucky winners for the daily draws took home and above, the account holder will be quali- US government debt prices were nomic growth and inflation in 2015. in 2012 had socked many policyholders with a cash-prize of KD 5,000 each, and they are: fied for both the quarterly and daily draws. largely unchanged after the data, while Last month, imported petroleum even higher rate hikes - as much as 25 percent 1. Manal Najeeb Awad Burgan Bank encourages everyone to open a the dollar gained against a basket of prices rose 0.8 percent after jumping annually. 2. Abdullah Basheer Salman Yawmi account and/or increase their deposit 3. Hasan Yehya Abdulla to maximize their chances to becoming a win- currencies. US stock index futures were 5.2 percent in February. Import prices In addition to rate increases capped at 18 mixed. excluding petroleum fell 0.4 percent in 4. Khaled Mohammed Alrashed ner. The more customers deposit, the higher percent annually for those with mortgages 5. Abdullah Saleh Bhzad the chances they receive of winning. Lower crude oil prices and a buoyant March. They had dropped 0.3 percent living in high-risk flood regions, the new legis- dollar have dampened price pressures, in February. Imported food prices fell For more information on opening a Yawmi lation means all flood insurance customers To further add to the anticipation of Yawmi account or about the new quarterly draw, leaving inflation running well below the 1.1 percent after being unchanged in nationwide will pay at least a $25 surcharge account customers, Burgan Bank now offers a customers are urged to visit their nearest Fed’s 2 percent target. Officials at the February. The report also showed on their annual premiums. And homeowners Quarterly Draw with more chances to win Burgan Bank branch and receive all the central bank, some of whom have export prices edged up 0.1 percent last with a “secondary residence,” such as vacation higher rewards, entitling one lucky customer details, or simply call the bank’s Call Center at shown a willingness to consider a rate month, the first increase since July, properties, will pay a $250 surcharge. to win KD 125,000 every three months. The 1804080 where customer service representa- hike at the June policy-setting meeting, after slipping 0.2 percent in February. The law gives FEMA 18 months to com- Yawmi Account now offers Daily and quarter- tives will be delighted to assist with any ques- view the low inflation environment as Export prices declined 6.7 percent in plete a study on flood insurance affordability ly Draws, the Quarterly Draw requires cus- tions on the Yawmi account or any of the transitory. the 12 months through March, the and up to 36 months to find a way to offer tar- tomers to maintain a minimum amount of KD bank’s products and services. But the combination of low inflation largest drop since July 2009. — Reuters geted assistance to policyholders who can’t technology MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015

Twitter, YouTube, Instagram work on stealth advertising

PARIS: The quandary for those who run social net- aware that many of its fans were creative types- been snapped up from ad agencies. Each count feasible or which miss the point. Our role isn’t to works is how to monetize activity on them without artists, photographers, architects-against having around 100 employees, scattered around the plan- give scores but to accompany agencies and antagonizing and thus losing users through dis- screens of pure images corrupted by tawdry com- et. The job requirement is to have a deep and brands.” One campaign rolled out with the help of tracting ads? The answer, for Twitter, YouTube and mercial intrusions. nuanced knowledge of local markets and to stay Twitter was for Nissan France. During a UEFA Instagram, is to slip in some stealthy ads camou- But after Facebook bought it for $715 million in abreast of the latest trends. Champions League tournament, the car manufac- flaged to look like posts from listed contacts. 2012, Instagram started putting in ads. They start- turer turned its Twitter feed into a football-stat Each of the networks has in-house teams whose ed in 2013 in the United States, then Australia and Rivals to ad agencies spouting source during the matches-to empha- job is to think up ways to advise brands on how to Canada in late 2014 and, from mid-March this “There are no borders. It’s a global team that size the brand’s sponsorship. sneak their marketing into members’ feeds. At year, in France. They hide in plain sight: presented communicates from everywhere in the world, While it makes sense for the social networks YouTube, owned by Google, the effort is called in the same square format, with the same “vin- 24/7. If you want to know what’s happening with that depend on advertising for their revenues to “Zoo”. Instagram uses the “Creative Shop” of its par- tage” filter as user-generated pictures. Only the mobiles in Asia in such and such an area, we can take on this consulting role, Nicolas Levy, who ent company Facebook. Twitter’s name for it is the mention “sponsored” reveals that it’s there to sell, get an answer in an hour,” said Mailine Swildens, handles strategy for the Marcel advertising relatively straight-forward “Brand Strategy”. The not share. director of YouTube’s Zoo for southern and east- agency within the French Publics group, said they strategies adapt to the specific requirements, for- “The brand has to express itself as if it’s a per- ern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In 2014, may end up in competition with the big ad agen- mats and behavior on each of the social networks. son and respect the community,” explained Cedric Zoo lent its talents to the Italian fashion company cies. Atlan, of Facebook’s Creative Shop. “You have Fendi and the result was the first fashion show “Right now, it’s in everybody’s interest. But in Hiding in plain sight come upon the brand the same way you would a filmed with drones and broadcast live on the longer term, Google and Facebook-which are In the case of Instagram, the four-year-old site friend or someone from your family. The advertis- YouTube. “There are innovative areas where you the most innovative and the biggest-are poten- which boasts 300 million users worldwide who ing needs to be integrated and not disturb the can mix geo-localization, mobiles, technology,” tially rivals,” he said. “The solution for the big share filtered photos and videos, the advertising user.” Swildens said. advertising group is to grow, especially in the push has now extended to France. The network The specialist teams are experienced, well Laurent Buanec, brand strategist for Twitter, data field, so that they don’t leave client under- long resisted introducing sponsored messages, versed in advertising and marketing, often having said: “Sometimes, we get ideas that aren’t really standing to the social networks,” Levy said. — AFP

Judge rules against Mississippi attorney general over Google JACKSON: A federal judge has ruled against suggest illegal activities and by sharing Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood in his YouTube ad revenue with makers of videos effort to keep Google from getting its hands promoting illegal drug sales. on correspondence between Hood and lob- Google then sued Hood in Wingate’s byists for the movie industry. It’s the latest court in Jackson. It argued that Hood’s defeat for Hood in his effort to investigate investigation is blocked by a 1996 federal the Internet search giant, after the same law that says Internet services are immune judge wrote a stinging opinion in March from lawsuits over what third parties say suggesting that Hood sent a 79-page sub- using the services. It also argues that Hood poena to Google as retaliation for the com- is infringing on its free speech rights. pany’s refusal to buckle under to Hood’s Wingate orally granted Google a preliminary objections about what it posts online. The injunction on March 2, and released a full Democratic attorney general, though, may written order on March 27. That written have the chance to launch a counteroffen- opinion was highly critical of Hood, saying sive next week, as he hosts a conference of he couldn’t issue a subpoena to “wage an attorneys general in Biloxi examining online unduly burdensome fishing expedition into crime issues. Google’s operations.” After US District Judge Henry T Wingate The judge wrote Google had a legitimate ruled blocking Hood’s investigation of fear of Hood coercing it into giving up its Google in March, the Mountain View, First Amendment right to free speech California, company pressed its attempt to because it feared prosecution, and that obtain copies of Hood’s correspondence Hood’s authority appeared to be overridden with the Motion Picture Association of by federal law. Wingate wrote that it America. The Internet giant says Hood is appeared likely that Google could prove at part of a covert campaign by movie studios trial that “Hood has violated Google’s First to use legal action to achieve enhanced Amendment rights by: regulating Google’s piracy protection that Congress has reject- speech based on its content; by retaliating ed. The company and others say that the against Google for its protected speech (ie, association may have had input into the issuing the subpoena); and by seeking to subpoena Hood sent Google, point to a place unconstitutional limits on the public’s Hood letter that the group apparently did access to information.” draft, and note that former Mississippi No trial date has been set. In court Attorney General Mike Moore was hired by papers, Hood’s office wrote settlement talks the Digital Citizens Alliance, a nonprofit last month broke down. Hood is using his group funded by movie studios and other presidency of the National Association of companies. Attorneys General to focus on Internet crime and crime prevention this year, hosting a BEIJING: Customers line up to try the Apple Watch at an Apple retail store. — AP Numerous illegal activities conference from Sunday through Tuesday Hood, who says he’s only working with on the subject. Hood said digital piracy, one crime victims, sought to delay having to of his allegations against Google, is a serious Online excitement but lines hand over the documents. But Wingate part of online crime. “Counterfeiting and instructed him this week to produce them piracy of US products occurring on rogue by Wednesday. Even after he lost, Hood’s websites is a serious issue,” he said in a small in Apple Watch debut office renewed his request Friday for a stay Thursday news release. “Of particular con- pending appeal. Last fall’s subpoena cern to me is the sale of counterfeit pharma- demanded Google produce information on ceuticals and other such dangerous goods. No big lines of shoppers waiting all night subjects including whether it helps crimi- Counterfeit drugs may be loaded with dan- nals by allowing searches to find pirated gerous or ineffective substances, either of PALO ALTO, California: An online rush replaced and marketing sizzle for which Apple Inc is famous. adopters - why they should want this new category music, by having its auto-complete function which can be deadly.” — AP the traditional overnight queues outside Apple Apple retail staffers in New York, Atlanta and of gadget. stores Friday as the iconic tech company began tak- other cities clapped and cheered as the first cus- “Our view is it’s going to take time for the con- ing orders and letting shoppers get their hands on tomers streamed through their stores’ signature sumer to adopt wearable technology,” said Angelo its much-vaunted smartwatch for the first time. glass doors just before 10 a.m. Eager shoppers also Zino, analyst at S&P Capital IQ. “We’re very positive Eager customers placed online orders for the examined the watch at shops in London, Shanghai on the long-term trends for wearables and we think Apple Watch as soon as Apple’s website began and Tokyo. Student Victor Leung was grinning from Apple is going to be a clear leader in the category,” accepting them, shortly after midnight Pacific Time. ear to ear after finishing his watch appointment Zino said this week. But he added, “We think initial Within half an hour, the company appeared to sell and placing his order for a lower-priced sport mod- sales are going to be below expectations.” out the initial batch of watches that were available el at the Apple store on New York’s 5th Avenue. He Apple, which is based in Cupertino, California, for the first official day of shipping on April 24. By said he’d been waiting eagerly for the opportunity hasn’t offered any estimates, but some analysts midmorning, Apple’s website was showing the ear- to buy one. have predicted the company could sell 10 million liest shipping date for many watch models would to 20 million watches this year. By comparison, it be in June or later. ‘It’s awesome’ sold more than 10 million of its new iPhone 6 and 6 “It’s awesome,” Leung said. “You get texts on Plus smartphones in the first weekend they were Difficult to gauge your watch, make phone calls.” While he has tried available last September, and a record total of 74.5 Demand was difficult to gauge, since Apple has- other smartwatches, he thinks “Apple is different.” million iPhones in the fourth quarter last year. n’t said how many watches were available for ship- Despite Leung’s enthusiasm, analysts said Apple Some shoppers needed no convincing on ping in the first wave on April 24. And in contrast may have good reasons to sell the watch through Friday. Jack Weber, a retired University of Virginia with earlier releases of new Apple products, there pre-orders and appointments. Online ordering professor, said he woke up at 3 am to order a were no big lines of shoppers waiting all night out- should help Apple manage its inventory and manu- $1,000 stainless steel Apple Watch online. He and side the company’s retail stores. That’s because facturing. The try-on visits should help ensure that his wife, Carol, were first in line for a 9 am appoint- Apple encouraged customers to make appoint- early buyers know what to expect and how to use ment to see the watches at a New York Apple store. ments for a 15-minute opportunity to try on differ- the watch, said Carolina Milanesi, a tech analyst at Carol Weber tried on a $15,000, 18-karat gold mod- ent models - which are priced starting at $349 and Kantar Worldpanel. She said that could build posi- el that Jack thought would be nice to buy for their go up to $17,000 for a luxury edition - while special- tive “word of mouth” recommendations. And some upcoming 50th anniversary. Carol also liked the SAN FRANCISCO: This screen shot on an iPhone 6 shows some of the new emojis available ly trained employees explained their features. analysts said the lag time in shipping may help steel, though, since it would go with her white gold with the iOS 8.3 software update. The batch of more than 300 new emojis includes ones Apple is only accepting orders online, for now. But build anticipation while the company works to con- wedding ring. She said she hasn’t decided which to different skin tones and depictions of families with two moms or two dads. — AP the debut still came with some of the anticipation vince other customers - those who aren’t early tech get yet, but is leaning toward both. — AP Clorox apologizes Major energy for ‘emojis’ tweet scientist dies in SAN FRANCISCO: Clorox has apologized posting her dismay about the Clorox tweet California at 96 for a social media misstep after the house- after it spread online last week. hold products company sparked outrage by Clorox, based in Oakland, California, tweeting “where’s the bleach” in reference tried to make amends with another post WALNUT CREEK: Richard Post, a prominent scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who researched how to store to last week’s introduction of new “emoji” that said, “Wish we could bleach away our renewable energy, has died. He was 96. Post died Tuesday in cartoons for iPhones that include several last tweet. Didn’t mean to offend.” The com- Walnut Creek after a sudden illness, the Los Angeles Times report- faces of people with black and brown skin. pany also apologized in a statement ed on Friday. Post was an avid inventor who had his name on 34 The maker of Clorox bleach and other Saturday that added, “We did not mean for patents. In recent years, he focused on the goal of storing energy products says it was attempting a humor- this to be taken as a specific reference to in a flywheel. ous reference to other emoji symbols for the diversity emojis - but we should have He believed flywheels could be used to hold vast quantities of objects like toilets and bathtubs that peo- been more aware of the news around this. renewable energy, helping to combat global warming by making ple use bleach to clean. But the corporate The tweet was meant to be light-hearted - the generating of renewable energy more affordable. Because Twitter post hit a nerve when news reports about having an emoji shaped like a bleach green energy from wind and solar farms is produced intermittent- and online discussions were focusing on bottle to represent doing laundry or clean- ly depending on the availability of wind and the sun, it has to be the new collection of racially diverse faces ing - but it fell flat.” backed up by fossil-fuel plants, adding significantly to its cost. “His that have been added to the symbols peo- The gaffe is only the latest example of loss is a huge one for us, and we all believe it is also a huge loss to the scientific community and the field of alternate energy,” Markie ple can use in emails and text messages. companies like AT&T and Kenneth Cole that Post, his daughter, told the Los Angeles Times. “We thought he “I didn’t think it was malicious, but have sparked controversy or offense on would be here a lot longer. We were spoiled by his vigor,” said Post, impact negates intent. This is someone social media. DiGiorno Pizza apologized last a Hollywood actress who was in the 1980s sitcom “Night Court.” being thoughtless, and really not focused fall for a tweet about having pizza, which Richard Post, who had a doctorate in physics from Stanford on what was trending that day,” said used a hashtag - #whyistayed - that others University, joined the Livermore lab within months of its opening Jazzmen Knoderer, a 29-year-old program had adopted for discussions about the in 1952. Post envisioned a flywheel system that could store energy coordinator at Johns Hopkins University in dilemma faced by women in abusive rela- at more than 90 percent efficiency, which is better than any other WALNUT CREEK: In this undated photo taken by Michael Ross and provided by Markie Baltimore. She joined other Twitter users in tionships. — AP current battery. —AP Post, scientist Richard Post is seen with his daughter, actress Markie Post. — AP MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE Study reveals inbreeding helps aid gorilla survival

MIAMI: Inbreeding is generally considered the Democratic Republic of Congo. By 1981 “Three years on from sequencing the gorilla ent. By studying gorilla blood samples, mutations in the mountain gorillas than in dangerous, but for endangered mountain there were just 253 left. reference genome, we can now compare the researchers found that mountain gorillas and other kinds. “While comparable levels of gorillas in central Africa the practice has “Mountain gorillas are among the most genomes of all gorilla populations, including their neighbors, the eastern lowland gorillas, inbreeding contributed to the extinction of helped them survive by reducing harmful intensively studied primates in the wild, but the critically endangered mountain gorilla, “were two to three times less genetically our relatives the Neanderthals, mountain genetic mutations, researchers said Thursday. this is the first in-depth, whole-genome analy- and begin to understand their similarities and diverse than gorillas from larger groups in gorillas may be more resilient,” study author Habitat destruction and hunting have seri- sis,” Chris Tyler-Smith, co-author from the differences, and the genetic impact of western regions of central Africa,” said the find- Yali Xue from the Sanger Institute said. “There ously cut down on the population of gorillas Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said in the inbreeding.” Conservation efforts have helped ings. Despite these challenges, researchers is no reason why they should not flourish for in the mountains of Rwanda, Uganda and study appearing in the US journal Science. the population rebound to about 480 at pres- found fewer potentially harmful genetic thousands of years to come.” —AFP

California Vaccine bill ignites acidic debate, violent threats

SACRAMENTO: A California bill that would signed on as a co-author. If it becomes law, sharply limit vaccination waivers after a California would join Mississippi and West measles outbreak at Disneyland has generat- Virginia as the only states with such strict ed such an acidic debate that the proposal’s vaccine requirements. author was under added security this week. Critics, however, have turned out in force. Authorities wouldn’t specify the extra pro- Before the bill’s first legislative hearing this tections around state Sen. Richard Pan on week, hundreds of opponents attended a Friday, but the level of anger over the meas- rally that featured an appearance from ure has been clear. Opponents have flooded Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has said the num- the Capitol to stand up for parental rights, ber of children injured by vaccines amounts and images that compare Pan to Adolf Hitler to “a holocaust.” During the hearing, an have circulated online. opponent threatened to ask God to curse “Unfortunately, there is a sub-segment of legislative supporters. the group that seems to want to engage in Vaccination foes have focused on poten- vitriol and intimidation and bullying in order tial risk factors, saying shots could be tainted to get their way,” said Pan, a Democratic or otherwise dangerous. They characterized pediatrician from Sacramento. Sen Carol Liu, the bill as an outrageous government over- chair of the Education Committee, which will reach. They also worry about the drugs’ links hear the bill next week, said through a to autism and other developmental diseases, spokesman that the proposal has generated even as the medical community says such more calls to her office than any other this claims have been scientifically disproved. year, including measures on immigration, Similar plans have been proposed and doctor-assisted suicide and police shootings. have failed in other states, including “It literally started the first day it was in Washington and Oregon, where lawmakers the news, and it never stopped,” said Robert received similar pushback. “Some of it got Oaks, Liu’s spokesman. Pan said he intro- pretty ugly,” said Paige Spence, aide to duced the measure, Senate Bill 277, to limit Oregon Democratic Sen Elizabeth Steiner inoculation waivers after a measles outbreak Hayward. “And I did my best to shield her in December that started at Disneyland and from seeing any of it.” sickened more than 100 people across the Many opponents have taken a more civil US and in Mexico. tone. Brian Stenzler, president of the SACRAMENTO: In this April 8, 2015 file photo, protestors stage a rally at the Capitol. —AP California Chiropractic Association, has testi- Religious beliefs fied against the bill and condemned the It would prevent parents from sending threats against lawmakers as unacceptable. unvaccinated kids to school using waivers for But even though opposition leaders are China’s cancer surge prompts religious or personal beliefs. Exemptions focused the merits of the legislation, there originally would have been available only for are some things they can’t control, he said. children with health problems, but they were “It’s kind of like a mother bear,” he said. “You rise of special patient hotels recently expanded to include homeschool- come near a cub, that mother will do any- ers. The plan is early in the legislative process, thing they have to do.” “Right now,” he added, but it has high-level support. Senate Leader “these parents are running on pure emotion Affordable, cozy places for appointments and treatment Kevin de Leon, a Los Angeles Democrat, has and pure adrenaline.” —AP

BEIJING: Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long informally, don’t provide nursing but put patients amount of time. I would say it’s a critical situa- haul in a cramped but sunny room in western closer to medical services and experts, and give tion.” Visible evidence of that surge fills the Beijing, about a block from China’s most them a place to cook their own food and share Beijing Cancer Hospital, where hundreds of renowned cancer hospital. Her laundry dries on tips with fellow patients. patients, some still wheeling suitcases from their hangers and her husband cooks in a communal Despite their name, they are not traditional long journeys, fill the corridors waiting for hours kitchen as she embarks on an 84-day program of hotels, but furnished units in apartment blocks to be called. The hospital declined a request to chemotherapy, following the removal of part of near medical facilities, charging as little as $7 a speak to doctors or administrators there. China’s her right breast. night per room. And while they occupy a legal National Health and Family Planning Commission The youthful, soft-spoken 43-year-old, who gray zone, doctors often refer patients to them, also didn’t respond to an interview request. works as a neighborhood watch leader back and state-run media have published glowing home in Henan province, is living in one of the articles about the need they are fulfilling. They Linked to pollution many so-called cancer hotels that dot the neigh- reflect a health emergency that has seen the Cui Xiaobo, a newly retired social medicine borhood around the hospital, giving patients an number of lung cancer diagnoses nationwide professor at the Capital Medical University in affordable, cozy place to wait for appointments jump by 16 percent in two years, and the lung Beijing, said sweeping health reforms that are and undergo outpatient treatment. With lung, cancer rate in Beijing soar by 60 percent over a still in the works would bring equal levels of care bowel and breast cancer rates surging in China, decade, according to Chinese government fig- to people in cities and rural areas alike. Cui said such hotels have sprouted up in big cities such as ures. Lung cancer mortality rates grew from rural doctors often aren’t adequately paid, which requires that they squeeze in extra patients or suggest unnecessary treatments to bring in more revenue. In his view, pollution couldn’t yet be HAWAII: An artist rendering made available by the TMT Observatory Corporation linked to rising cancer rates; instead, he said, shows the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope, planned to be built atop Mauna Kea, much of the trend stemmed from higher life expectancy in China with the result that more a large dormant volcano in Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii. —AP elderly were being diagnosed with the disease. “With cancer, there’s no single cause,” Cui said. Hawaii governor says telescope “If there were a single cause, then it’d be easy to cure.” What’s clear is the cancer surge in China is construction timeout extended remaking the country. Experts have documented hundreds of cases of “cancer villages,” or communities hit by higher-than-average cancer rates HONOLULU: Hawaii Gov David Ige said construction until at least April 20,” Sanders due to polluting nearby industries. In 2013, Saturday that a nonprofit company planning said in a statement. Chinese were shocked to learn of an 8-year-old to build one of the world’s largest telescopes Ige announced the extension in Hilo, near girl billed as the country’s youngest lung cancer atop a mountain many Native Hawaiians Mauna Kea. He flew there on Saturday to patient, the result, her doctors said, of eastern consider sacred will maintain a moratorium attend the Merrie Monarch Festival, the China’s choking air pollution. on construction for another week. Ige initial- state’s biggest hula competition, said Jodi Pratt said air pollution was clearly playing a ly announced what he called a timeout on Leong, a spokeswoman. The Thirty Meter role, as were smoking, unhealthy diets and obesi- construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope at Telescope is a California nonprofit formed by ty. “Air pollution is now a recognized carcinogen, Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano on the Big the University of California and the California so there’s no question that the hazardous levels Island, on Tuesday after law enforcement Institute of Technology. Institutions in of air pollution we’re seeing in many parts of arrested more than 30 protesters opposing Canada, China, India and Japan signed on as China are contributing to the increasing rates in the project. As the weekend arrived, he said partners and would receive a share of particular of lung cancer,” Pratt said. the company told him it will further post- observing time. It selected Mauna Kea as the BEINJING: In this photo taken Monday, March 16, 2015, Chen Shuhong walks in one Guo Xinglan is staying in the same three-bed- pone construction until April 20. site for the observatory over Chile’s Cerro “I thank TMT for its willingness to be Armazones Mountain in 2009. of the rooms she rents out as housing for cancer patients. —AP room apartment as Li near the Beijing hospital. They share a communal kitchen that has a refrig- respectful and sensitive to all of Hawaii - its The Thirty Meter Telescope has received Beijing and Shanghai, part of an ad hoc response around 50 per 100,000 men in 2000 to nearly 60 erator packed with anti-cancer medication. Guo special people, its sense of place and its state construction permits and a sublease for to what medical experts say is a growing health per 100,000 a dozen years later, World Health says she had never smoked before she was diag- unique host culture,” the governor said in a the land from the University of Hawaii, which crisis challenging an unprepared medical system. Organization data show. Breast cancer rates have nosed with lung cancer several years ago. The statement. Kealoha Pisciotta, the president of manages the area at the top of the moun- “The treatment back home is different from also grown among women, killing almost as woman from eastern Shandong province says Mauna Kea Anaina Hou and a telescope tain. Native Hawaiians have filed lawsuits here, so we came here,” Li says in her bedroom, many of them yearly as lung cancer. her cancer has gone into remission but she still opponent, welcomed the opportunity for all against the project. One is pending before which is filled almost completely by her mattress. By comparison, male lung cancer mortality comes to Beijing yearly for a checkup. “The doc- sides to reflect. “We’re still not standing the state’s Intermediate Court of Appeals. “At home, my insurance covers 85 percent of the rates in the United States have dropped from 55 tor didn’t say how I got this cancer,” Guo says. “No down. We appreciate the time to do research Opponents recently also started demon- cost. It’ll be good if I can even get half of it cov- per 100,000 people in 2000 to 40 in 2012, and one in my family has had it either. I know so and consider everything - and that’s a good strating on the mountain. Last week, state ered here. But I’m doing this for my health. I’m from almost 25 per 100,000 Brazilian men in 2000 many people in my area who are getting it.” thing,” Pisciotta said. “It’s also a good thing and county police arrested 20 people for looking for the right treatment.” to 20 in 2012, according to WHO. Persistently The owner of the cancer hotel, retired mer- that the aina is protected,” she said, using the blocking the road to prevent construction high rates of smoking as well as toxic air pollu- chant Chen Shuhong, said she’s seen the need Hawaiian word for land. “Any time that hap- vehicles from reaching the summit. Legal gray zone tion help explain much of the rise, said Angela for her rooms near the hospital expand over the pens is a good thing, and we welcome that.” Another 11 protesters were arrested for These patients venture far for treatment Pratt, who leads WHO’s work in China on tobacco past decade. She started her business with an refusing to leave the construction site at believing they can’t find adequate care in home- control and non-communicable diseases such as apartment left to her by an uncle who died at Consultations on-goings the summit. Scientists say Mauna Kea’s towns, instead preferring to camp out near rep- cancer and heart disease. age 59 of lung cancer. She said she now rents 10 Gary Sanders, the Thirty Meter Telescope’s summit above most clouds offers some of utable, big-city hospitals to await their turn for “The rates of cancer, both the number of cases apartments that she offers as housing for cancer project manager, said his organization is con- the world’s best conditions for viewing the care. They do that even though government and the rates at which people are dying of can- patients. “People sought me out, so I opened tinuing to consult with community leaders skies. But some Native Hawaiians believe health insurance often covers less of the cost of cer, are increasing in China, and that’s obviously a this,” Chen said. “If the government says, ‘Don’t do and appreciates their input. “We appreciate their creation story begins atop the moun- care in Beijing and other big cities than it does cause for very significant concern,” Pratt said. it,’ then I won’t do it. But so many people are get- the support of the governor and our com- tain. It’s also a burial site for ancestors and a back home. The hotels, which mostly operate “That’s a huge increase in a relatively short ting this disease, and there’s a need.” —AP munity advocates for our decision to hold home to deities. —AP Australia denies benefits to anti-vaccine parents

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said yes- tant public health announcement. It’s a very important requirements. about the risks such actions posed to the rest of the popu- terday his nation will adopt a “no jab, no pay” policy to measure to keep our children and our families as safe as Social Services Minister Scott Morrison said there were lation. “The choice made by families not to immunise their block parents who refuse to vaccinate their children from possible.” Under current Australian laws, parents who have no mainstream religions that had registered vaccination children is not supported by public policy or medical accessing some government benefits. The policy change “conscientious objections” about immunization can claim objections with the government. The new measures have research nor should such action be supported by taxpayers comes amid a debate over immunization for children, with childcare and welfare payments. to be passed by parliament but are supported by the Labor in the form of child care payments,” the Australian leader some parents believing vaccines against deadly diseases If the measures are passed those parents would be opposition. They are set to come into force at the start of added in a joint statement with Morrison. are dangerous. The anti-vaccination movement has coin- denied the payments-which include childcare rebates, 2016. Australia has vaccination rates of over 90 per cent for Many people who do not vaccinate their children say cided with the resurgence of measles, a preventable dis- benefits and family tax benefit supplements-reportedly children aged one to five years. But the government said they fear a triple vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella is ease, in some European countries as well as in parts of the missing out on up to Aus$15,000 (US$11,500) per child more than 39,000 children aged under seven were not vac- responsible for increasing cases of autism-a theory repeat- United States. annually. Parents unwilling to vaccinate the children on cinated because their parents’ objections-an increase of edly disproven by various studies. The controversy dates “It’s essentially a ‘no jab, no pay’ policy from this govern- medical or religious grounds will still be allowed to tap more than 24,000 children over the past decade. back to the publication of a now debunked article in the ment,” Abbott told reporters in Sydney. “It’s a very impor- into the benefits, although under tighter eligibility Abbott said his government was “extremely concerned” Lancet medical journal in 1998. —AFP MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE

SALT LAKE CITY: Tuah, the five month-old Bornean orangutan looks on in the Great Ape Building at Utah’s Hogle Zoo. —AP Orphaned baby orangutan makes debut at Utah zoo Rural Indiana county HIV

SALT LAKE CITY: Fleece jackets, piles of to-please orangutan that enjoys learn- outbreak tops 100 cases hay, a fuzzy stuffed animal sloth and a lot ing, Gordon said. “Gorillas are a whole of fruit were on Bobbi Gordon’s shopping other different story, but orangutans are list when she became a surrogate moth- very easy,” said Gordon with a laugh. She Economically-struggling area hindered by virus er to a big-eyed, spikey-haired little boy. called the species “insanely intelligent.” A handful of animal keepers at Salt Lake The first step was to teach Acara to be City’s Hogle Zoo found themselves with a gentle with the infant. INDIANAPOLIS: More than 100 people in southeastern eral others followed on Thursday. She did not have a tally in the community” have come into the center and regis- tiny red-headed charge when Eve, a “She was young and spunky, so that Indiana have tested positive for HIV in an outbreak on those additional participants. tered for the needle-exchange, proving to other users Bornean orangutan, died a few weeks was our biggest worry, that she wouldn’t linked to the sharing of intravenous needles, and officials Combs said that after some initial apprehension “that nothing happened to them,” Combs said. after giving birth. know what was too rough,” said Gordon. said Friday they’re trying to combat unfounded fears among IV drug users who feared arrest if they showed “It’s a slow process to get people’s trust,” she said. Now 5 months old, the 14-inch, 11- They plied Acara with rewards. The more among drug users that they could be arrested if they up to get clean needles, it now appears that officials “The word is kind of getting out that we’re not here to pound Tuah is starting to crawl. Tuah was complicated the task, the higher-value take part in a needle-exchange program created to stem have made progress allaying their fears. “Some people harm people, we’re here to help them.” Pence’s emer- the spread of the virus. The state’s Joint Information were scared to come to the needle-exchange because gency order, which runs for 30 days and can be extend- revealed to the public on Saturday, with the treat: from the everyday fruit to her Center said there had been 95 confirmed HIV cases and they were afraid that either the cops were there waiting ed in 30-day increments, directed state health officials to visitors - some of whom wore “I met favorite grapes and pomegranates to the 11 preliminary positive cases tied to the outbreak as of to arrest them or that we had video cameras to video- open the command center in Austin to coordinate HIV Tuah” buttons - lining up around the ape foods she only gets on special occasions, Thursday. That’s up from last week’s 84 confirmed HIV tape them for later,” she said. “Others thought we were and substance-abuse treatment and bring in a mobile building to catch their first glimpse. like jello, granola, graham crackers, cases and five preliminary positive cases. going to be able to track them - and none of that is true.” unit to enroll people in a state-run health program to get Gordon is one of several primate han- applesauce and peanuts. All of those cases have been linked to needle-sharing Combs said the program is confidential because par- HIV testing and treatment. Austin Mayor Douglas dlers who provided round-the-clock care When Acara had mastered being gen- among intravenous drug users, most of whom injected a ticipants receive laminated cards with only their date of Campbell said Friday that while the needle-exchange for the infant, improvising along the way. tle, zookeepers gave her a stuffed animal liquefied form of the prescription painkiller Opana. birth, sex, two letters from their first name and two let- program had not yet been embraced by local drug users, “We lived like an orangutan,” Gordon to teach her how to pick the baby up, Indiana’s largest-ever HIV outbreak has hit Scott County, ters from their last name. She said volunteers have been officials had expected it would face a slow start. “It’s said. “It was exhausting.” Orangutans hold it and flip it over. The two were a rural, economically-struggling area about 30 miles canvassing certain neighborhoods handing out fliers on going to take some time for the people to understand spend most of their time in trees. A baby introduced when Tuah was 3 months old, north of Louisville, Kentucky. Health officials say all of the needle-exchange program and trying to “calm any that we want this program to work because we want to orangutan instinctively clings to his and for the last month, they have lived those infected either live in the county or have ties to it. fears they might have.” Some local users who are “vocal make our community healthier and better,” he said. —AP mother’s fur while she builds nests and together full time, Gordon said. Acara has In a typical year, that county would see only about five scavenges for food. So Tuah couldn’t be adjusted to child-rearing and will retrieve new HIV cases, but it’s seen 20 times that number since swaddled and put in a crib like a human Tuah for animal keepers and carry him December. Greenpeace leaves Arctic baby; he needed to hang onto someone, between exhibits. She also helps Tuah even while sleeping. navigate the ropes and stops him from P ublic health emergency drill rig after six-day stay A zoo employee used specialized tripping on toys. Republican Gov Mike Pence declared a public health sewing machines and old fleece jackets On Saturday, Tuah spent a lot of time emergency in the county March 26 that temporarily SEATTLE: Six Greenpeace activists opposed to offshore season in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska’s northwest coast if to make a vest with strips that simulate holding onto the ropes and occasionally waived the state’s ban on needle-exchange programs, drilling in the Arctic have abandoned a Seattle-bound it can obtain all necessary permits. an orangutan’s fur. The animal keepers wandered up to the glass, giving visitors although solely for that county in hopes of stemming drill rig they boarded in the Pacific Ocean six days ago, Meanwhile, US District Court Judge Sharon Gleason took turns wearing the vest and crawling outside the enclosure an up close glance. the virus’ spread. That program began last Saturday in the organization said Saturday. Rough seas prompted in Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday granted Shell a in hay, while Tuah held tight to their “He stayed awake and fought off his nap Austin - a city of about 4,500 residents that’s the epicen- the decision, Greenpeace said in an email. The protest- restraining order against the protesters. The order, chests, developing his muscle strength. until about 3:30,” zoo spokeswoman Erica ter of the outbreak, but as of Monday only four people ers rappelled off the rig and got into inflatable boats issued Saturday, prohibits Greenpeace activists from But Tuah can’t cling to humans forever. Hansen said. Tuah’s father was Eli, an had joined the needle-exchange. Those four had before returning to a Greenpeace ship stationed near- entering a safety zone around the rig and the Blue That’s where his sister, Acara, comes in. orangutan who became famous for cor- exchanged 300 used needles and received 168 new, by. The six climbed on the Polar Pioneer, a 400-foot rig Marlin. Shell spokeswoman Kelly op de Weegh said the clean ones in return. rectly predicting the Super Bowl winner owned by Transocean Ltd., about 750 miles northwest company is pleased with the order. “These tactics are State health officials said Friday they did not have an Maternal duties seven years in a row. Eli died of cancer in of Hawaii on Monday. A heavy-lift vessel called the Blue not peaceful protests. They jeopardize the safety of the update on the total number of participants. But Brittany Marlin is transporting the rig to Seattle for staging. people working on board and the protesters them- After Tuah’s birth, zookeepers began September, but officials hope Tuah inher- Combs, the public health nurse for the Scott County training Acara on maternal duties. Acara ited his ability. “Tuah’s going to try it next Royal Dutch Shell, which leased the rig, hopes to use it selves, especially aboard a moving vessel at sea,” she Health Department, said a total of 11 people had for exploratory drilling during the summer open-water said in an email. —AP will turn 10 next month and is an eager- year,” Gordon said. —AP become part of the program by late Wednesday and sev- WHAT’S ON MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 ACK Students visit ‘Talabat.com’

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The three winners Focus Kuwait International

l Sayer Group Holding held theme was “Your Dream Car” and as part of TMC’s social contribu- enter into the World Contest. From an awards ceremony to rec- kids from various schools drew a tion initiatives. It gives children which the jury panel in Japan Aognize the 9 finalists from car from their imagination. Toyota throughout the world the oppor- gives Gold, Silver, Bronze and Best Kuwait of the 9th Toyota Dream Car encourages children to share tunity to develop an interest in Finalist awards for each age cate- Art Contest at TOYOTA Al Rai ideas about the future of trans- cars and helps them feel the joy gory. The global contest winners Showroom on Saturday 04 April port and a society that lives in and importance of having a are invited to Japan to attend the 2015. The event was coordinated by harmony with the environment, dream. Toyota Dream Car Art Award Ceremony in August. Al the Group’s Corporate by drawing their dream cars of the Contest invites children from all Sayer Group Holding will also Sustainability and Responsibility future. We believe in our chil- corners of the globe to share launch shortly the painting com- division in partnership with Focus dren’s dreams and in the impor- ideas about the future of mobility petition for kids which will be held Kuwait International and was tance of moving forward towards by drawing their dream cars. in partnership with United Nations attended by Eng Ibrahim Al Fouzan, achieving them”. 660000 entries received from 75 Environment Program (UNEP) “we Chairman - Corporate Sustainability Since 2004, Toyota Dream Car countries in the 2014 contest. have the power”. Details will be & Responsibility, Eng Nehad Al Haj Art Contest has been conducted The National Contest winners announced soon. Ali Manager - Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility and a delegation from Focus Kuwait The finalists at work during the Painting Competition. International. The 9 national level finalists were awarded certificates and trophies as well as one winner each from the three age groups received a special prize for the best creative artwork and design. Briefing the 2015 contest in Kuwait Mr Ibrahim Al-Fouzan said “The 9th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest” welcomed entries from October 2014 till March 15th in Kuwait. Kids from various schools in Kuwait have shown great interest in this year’s contest. The The nine finalists

Live Drawing and Paintings Gallery Art Gallery at Al Rai showroom Camp drawing sessions Bangladesh Embassy he Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in Kuwait will remain closed on Tuesday, 14 April 2015 on the occasion of TBangla New Year-1422. The Embassy will arrange the following programs to observe the Day at the Chancery:Multipurpose Hall: 09:30 a.m — Recitation from the Holy Quran & Translation 09:35 a.m — Reading out of Messages 09:45 a.m — Discussion on Bangla New Year 10:30 a.m — Speech by HE the Ambassador.

What’s On - Submission Guidelines Sankar Venkateswaran holds theater workshop All photos submitted for What’s On should be minimum 200dpi. By Sunil Cherian of the 20th century Russian theater exponent Constantin undertakes. Given circumstances include conditions of the charac- Stanislavski. The actor with his/her creative impulse - a self-centered ter’s world (for example, specifics of time and place: in An Ant On a Articles must be in plain text and t was not a theater workshop in the traditional sense as any aspiring me locked up in a room - is on stage performing multiple selves. At Leaf inn a River, the play Future Eye presented on Friday at Indian should include name and phone actor would have expected after Future Eye Theater, Kuwait first, it is an imitation game which is a playful behavior. In a charac- Community School, Salmiya, the Gulf returnee’s house in contem- numbers. Articles and photos that Iannounced as part of its fifth anniversary celebrations. Sankar ter illustration or in a biopic, the actor enacts the person he/she is porary setting where he is exploited by the evil forces of the society. Venkateswaran, 36, renowned theater personality and dramaturge, representing. fail to meet these requirements will the workshop instructor, started off with a breathing and walking exer- Not not Othello not be published. cise making the 40 plus participants exhaustingly but rewardingly Magic What If The actor who is playing Othello cannot say I am me locked up aware of their control over breath and movement - the first step into The actor transforms into the character using the ‘Magic What If’ in my room. Then the audience would not see Othello on stage. On the miles of a histrionics journey. The half day workshop was on principle elaborated by Stanislavski which states that the actor acts the other hand the actor cannot behave as Othello which would be Please send them to Saturday, April 11 at Indian Community School, Amman Branch, thinking what if I were that character. The actor here imagines the a real tragedy! Here, the actor can only say I am not not Othello. In [email protected] Salmiya. ‘given circumstances’ of the character he/she is portraying. The giv- rituals such as Theyyam, the actor believes that he IS the character Venkateswaran, a first rank holder in theater direction from the en circumstance is the total set of environmental and situational he has masked in. it is a ‘not me’ situation. It is a room locked from School of Drama, Thrisur, Kerala, based his workshop on the theories conditions which influence the actions that a character in a drama outside. WHAT’S ON MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 Red Bull stars Sean Garnier and Viki Gomez rock Kuwait

Sean Garnier and Viki Gomez in front of Kuwait Towers. Sean Garnier & Viki Gomez

Sean Garnier at the Avenues Mall. Sean Garnier poses for a selfie with the audience.

ed Bull stars Sean Garnier and Viki Gomez from always good to be back to Kuwait. My first visit goes Finals in S„o Paulo, Brazil, the spiritual home of France and Spain respectively performed out- back to 2009 when I was chosen to be in the judging freestyle. Rstanding freestyle football and BMX Flatdancing panel of the Red Bull Street Style. We have conducted SÈan’s style is more than ball tricks - he’s combined that left Kuwaiti crowds amazed. Sean equipped with several shows around Kuwait and all were very suc- music, break dance and basketball in his many win- the best freestyle football tricks on the planet and Viki cessful. The audience is very excited to see new tricks ning routines, ousting the likes of respected Japanese displaying unique maneuvers such as rotation on one and moves. The most spectacular show was at the freestyler Yosuke Yokota and his trademark somer- wheel and acrobatic moves defying gravity brought Avenues Mall as it was packed and the interaction saults. With a host of French Championships and podi- everyone to a shuddering halt. with the crowd was unbelievable. “I am happy to be in um finishes under his belt, SÈan strives to develop the The athlete tour included several stops, it started Kuwait. People are excited to see my shows and the creativity of freestyle football, pushing boundaries with a performance at the Australian College in interaction with the audience is fantastic. I’m also glad together with his team - Street Style Society. Kuwait where hundreds of students watched some to perform with one of the best freestyle footballers Viki is a top flatlander in Spain and one of the best never seen before freestyle tricks. The two athletes Sean Garnier.” said Viki Gomez. in the world. He has been collecting titles since he then met and gave local freestylers and BMX perform- Most people can kick a football - some can do a started competing at 19 years old, with wins at the ers a hands-on workshop. The tour continued with a kick-up or two - but Arnaud “SÈan” Garnier possesses Europe Championship (twice), the Asia Championship spectacular show at the Gulf University of Technology the skills to make a football literally dance. The (twice), and the Red Bull Circle of Balance to name but and Science (GUST) with some breathtaking shows. freestyle football star hails from Sens in France, and a few. As one of the few Flatland pros, Viki combines At the Avenues Mall, the crowd gathered in Dome began his football career like most - on the pitch. competitions and exhibitions all over the world with 1 nearly an hour before the show. Once Sean and Viki Unfortunately, a string of injuries eventually forced work as a businessman. arrived they introduced themselves to the audience SÈan to abandon his dream of a career as a profession- Viki’s method of facing flatland is almost philo- and gave them a glimpse of what to expect. Sean dis- al footballer. But all was not lost - he began to study as sophical. For him, it is not just aerobatics on a bicycle. played some amazing freestyle football skills and also a football instructor in Paris and in 2006 discovered a Viki defines his sport as “a fight between mind, gravity invited football enthusiasts to join him where they new passion that combined break dancing and foot- and physics combined with movement inertia; A way played panna. Viki went on to wow the crowd with an ball: the urban art of freestyle football. of surpassing the limits of your imagination”. Viki¥s impressive show that was executed flawlessly. After SÈan quickly found his groove, developing his own inspiration and motivation comes from all the world- the one hour show was completed, the two athletes style and unique set of skills. Within two years, he wide experiences he has been offered in the past took the time to greet fans, who couldn’t get enough went from demoing on the streets of Paris to the decade. He has been invited to travel to more than 45 selfies with the stars. world stage, and in 2008 was crowned World countries, to perform in many exotic places in the On his third visit to Kuwait Sean Garnier said: “It’s Champion at the inaugural Red Bull Street Style World world, from Asia to America and the Middle-East. Viki Gomez at the Avenues Mall. Malabar Gold & Diamonds announces the raffle draw winner of ‘The Great Gold Rush’ campaign

alabar Gold & Diamonds, one of the leading jew- charges from any of Malabar Gold & Diamonds outlets in elry retailers run their fabulous festive campaign GCC during this period. M- ‘The Great Gold Rush’ at all their outlets in GCC To add more glitter to this season, they have also & Singapore, giving their customers a unique opportunity unveiled the latest collection of jewelry specially to win up to 2 kg of gold in 91 days. The jewelry group designed for the festive season in gold and diamonds to announced the details of its 1st raffle draw winner for 1 suit the tastes of their multicultural and multinational kg of gold, which was won by Ms Jennifer Zabala, a customers. Moreover, the customers can update any of Filipino citizen residing in UAE, who had made her pur- their old ornaments purchased from GCC with the brand chase from Malabar Gold & Diamonds outlet in Karama new enticing collection of Malabar Gold & Diamonds Centre, Dubai. without any loss. Any 22 ct old gold ornaments pur- ‘The Great Gold Rush’ gives the customers of Malabar chased from GCC can be exchanged with Malabar Gold & Gold & Diamonds a once in a lifetime opportunity to Diamonds designs by paying only the making charges change their fortune. With every purchase of gold jewelry ensuring they don’t lose any value on the rate of gold. worth KWD 40, the customers get a chance to enter raffle All these offers will be valid at their outlets in Kuwait draws to win 2 kg of gold. Those who buy diamond jew- until 30 June 2015.The group offers one of the most elry worth KWD 40 will get 2 raffle coupons and double admired brands in the Jewelry segment that includes their chances to win. The customers can also avail a free Ethnix - Handcrafted Designer Jewelry, Era - Uncut one gram gold coin for every KWD 400 spend on dia- Diamond Jewelry, Mine - Diamonds Unlimited, Divine- mond jewelry until 25 April 2015. Indian Heritage Jewelry, Precia - Precious Gem Jewelry Keeping the convenience of customers in mind, they and Starlet - Kids Jewelry. This mesmerizing collection of also offer advance booking facility, where the customers Jewelry is available at all their outlets in India, GCC and can book their ornaments in advance by paying a certain Singapore with unique exchange offers and buyback poli- percentage of the total cost. The customers also get a cies. The Jewelry chain also offers lifetime free repair and chance to buy 8 gm gold coins with absolutely no making maintenance service for all its products. Indian Embassy participates in “Living Kuwait” festival at GUST, Kuwait

he Indian Embassy participated in the “Living Kuwait” festival organized by Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Gulf University for Science and TTechnology (GUST), West Mishref on 8 April 2015. The Festival had a rich display of art, fashion, embroidery, handicraft, cultural banners and publicity materials from many countries. The Indian stall was decorated with rich dresses, embroidery, manuscripts, handicrafts, cultural banners, dance posters and publicity materials from the Incredible India campaign. The Festival was enjoyed big crowds attended by the students, faculty members of GUST and the visiting public. Many of them, especially students of GUST, took the opportunity to take photographs posing with the exhibits and greatly enjoyed the show. MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

12:15 Wheeler Dealers 15:45 Girl Meets World 02:55 Coronation Street 13:05 Storage Hunters 16:10 Violetta 03:25 Whoʼs Doing The Dishes 13:30 Dukes Of Haggle 17:00 Camp Rock 04:20 Love And Marriage: A 20th 13:55 Storage Wars Canada 18:40 Gravity Falls Century Romance 14:20 Alaska: The Last Frontier 19:05 H2O: Just Add Water 05:15 The Chase 00:40 Pride And Prejudice 15:10 Wheeler Dealers 19:30 Violetta 06:00 Midsomer Murders 01:30 The Turn Of The Screw 16:00 Fast Nʼ Loud 20:20 Binny And The Ghost 07:30 Whoʼs Doing The Dishes 03:00 My Family 16:50 How Itʼs Made 20:45 H2O: Just Add Water 08:25 Love And Marriage: A 20th 03:30 Scott & Bailey 17:15 How Itʼs Made 21:10 Good Luck Charlie Century Romance 04:15 The Weakest Link 17:40 Troy 21:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 09:20 The Jonathan Ross Show 05:00 Show Me Show Me 18:30 Gold Rush 22:00 Wizards Of Waverly Place 10:15 May The Best House Win 05:25 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n 19:20 Gold Divers 22:25 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 11:10 Emmerdale Roll 20:10 Dukes Of Haggle Teenage Witch 11:35 Emmerdale 05:45 Boogie Beebies 20:35 Storage Wars Canada 22:50 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 12:00 Coronation Street 06:00 Gigglebiz 21:00 Gold Rush Teenage Witch 12:30 The Chase 06:15 Show Me Show Me 21:50 Gold Divers 23:10 Wolfblood 13:15 May The Best House Win 06:40 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n 22:40 Alaska: The Last Frontier 23:35 Wolfblood 14:05 Midsomer Murders Roll 23:30 Troy 15:35 Coach Trip 07:00 Boogie Beebies 16:00 Coach Trip 07:15 The Weakest Link 16:30 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 08:00 The Impressions Show With 17:25 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Culshaw... 18:20 The Chase 08:30 Come Fly With Me 00:00 The Soup 19:10 Coronation Street 09:00 My Family 00:30 The Drama Queen 19:35 Coach Trip 09:30 Doctors 00:05 How Itʼs Made: Dream Cars 01:25 The Drama Queen 20:00 Coach Trip 10:00 Casualty 00:30 Sport Science 02:20 E! 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Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

Someone needs your support today and you are pleased to help. Later there You could be most persuasive with others and eloquent in speech and com- may be an opportunity to meet up with a few old friends and enjoy some munication. You will find several situations become available for you to teach and motivate new type of activity. It is good you keep a close contact with your siblings or family as they others with a desire to investigate, research and learn new subjects. You may find yourself enjoy your company as much as old friends enjoy your company; keep up those communi- dealing with difficult people this afternoon, but solving problems is easy for you at this cations. Sometimes it takes one positive and strong individual to keep family members time. Some people see life as a struggle, but you seem to see life as an adventure. Your close and informed of each other’s progress. You may be the one to carry through on that inner resources and emotions are accented. Expect a sense of support and goodwill from order in your family. Being more involved with family is as important for you as it is for that those around you. Perhaps you feel this is really you-and how you feel. You and your loved cousin who may live in another state or country. Matters of showmanship will be getting one are in a fun loving and sociable mood this evening. You will find that any social plans special attention tonight. Perhaps a party! you thought about today will become a reality.

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

Social involvement, dating and general pleasantries can be enjoyed all day. Someone may really need your help now; just listening will have a most pos- This is a great time to refurbish your own energies. Take some time to get outside-weather itive effect. You may quickly find a lost item which you or someone else has spent a great permitting, of course. Fishing, bird watching, walking, working or playing in the yard or amount of time looking for lately. This situation can be used to help young people under- park-all lead to a more relaxed and focused you. Later this afternoon you will want to be stand the importance of reporting a lost item. You are good at finding things. There is time with your loved ones. Feeling significant within the family group or being popular with today for just about any activity you might want to enjoy. A love of music and an apprecia- your peers gives you a sense of belonging this afternoon. Perhaps some grilled hamburgers tion for sensual pleasures are the signs of the cycle that has begun for you. This is an artistic outside with continued conversations and reunions with neighbors would be fun this time, to be sure, but it is also a practical and materialistic time. Special people, a new interest evening. This is a time you will enjoy being the center of attention as well as satisfying that or a bag of popcorn keeps you busy and happy to be you this evening. There is time to craving to give and to be appreciated for your gifts. enjoy some time shared with a loved one this evening.

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

A family member or a close friend may be performing today and you want to Figuring things out and discovering the problem that others have spent so be available to help in the preparations as well as the celebrations after the much time trying to discover, seems to be the thing that takes on special sig- performance. Plans you have already made are good and you enjoy the exhilaration that nificance now. People call on you to be the mediator or the one that finds the right puzzle comes with this whole day. This could be anything from participating in a dog show or a piece. Whatever the case, there is much mental busywork now. Your mind is quickened- ACROSS 80. A historical area and former kingdom in first recital or a show after many long rehearsals. You are proud and do a good job with making you receptive to all external stimuli. You are filled with self-assertiveness. Working 1. A workplace for the conduct of scientific northwestern Spain. whatever is in need today. Much energy and drive are available for whatever is to be on a project could prove beneficial, especially if you elicit the aid of friends. Instead of buying a grill you may decide to build one. Be judicious and diplomatic in your discussions with research. achieved. You can demonstrate great understanding and sensitivity about the needs of others and may decide on a career in some form of psychology. Your intuition is strong and a loved one at this time. You are feeling festive and desirous of having fun times with family 4. Any plant of the genus Alocasia having DOWN and friends. Linking in to long-distance associates is enhanced. large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped 1. Resembling or similar. your emotions are healthy. Expect a sense of goodwill. spathe and reddish berries. 2. An independent ruler or chieftain (espe- 12. Inquire about. cially in Africa or Arabia). Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 15. The United Nations agency concerned 3. The basic unit of money in Venezuela. Cancer (June 21-July 22) with international maritime activities. 4. A dark-skinned member of a race of peo- If your personal popularity was absent before today, it is back now. You may 16. A native or inhabitant of Bahrain. ple living in Australia when Europeans Your goals stand in stark contrast to the goals of others now. Adjustments feel that you are in touch and in harmony with others; the lines of communi- 17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which arrived. and compromises must be made in the interests of harmony. This may have you feeling like cation are open. The support you need is available. You like to shop when there are not so the pilot is talked down by ground control 5. Genus of western United States annuals a caged lion; however, failure to take such steps can increase tensions between others- many other shoppers around you. Early afternoon may be a good time to select furnish- using precision approach radar. with showy yellow or white flowers. especially those closest to you. There are many things you want to accomplish and with ings, colors and so on-the finer things of life. Your taste in art and appreciation in general is 18. A nonexistent person popularized by 6. A midwestern state in north central United patience, you will be able to return to what you want to do later today. This afternoon you sharp. Shop for the best buys, however, not just the quick fix. After shopping, you may want are able to express appreciation for music, sensual pleasures and the finer things in life. This American servicemen during World War II. States in the Great Lakes region. to share some time with friends or family members. Some outside activity with children or a is aesthetic and artistic to be sure, but it is also practical and materialistic: you develop a trip to the park could bring you great satisfaction this afternoon. Practice initiating these 20. An honorary arts degree. 7. Crowd or pack to capacity. keen appreciation for the value of things, including the money it takes to buy them. This times in your life more often. 21. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked). 8. A cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas. evening could be a good time for imagination and creativity. 22. A member of an Iroquoian people for- 9. Situated in a particular spot or position. merly living on the south shore of Lake Erie 10. Of or relating to the class Insecta. in northern Ohio and northwest 11. A resource. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) Pennsylvania and western New York. 12. Title for a civil or military leader (especial- Ask for help in housework so it can be put behind you quickly. Steer away 23. A disdainful pouting grimace. ly in Turkey). Communication with those around you, especially young people, may from arguments and possible hard feelings this morning-many things are not as they seem. 25. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus 13. Someone who works (or provides work- spur memories of your own youth. You may find yourself reflecting over some event in the Your thoughts may not be in sync with your feelings and this could result in a clash with past. These young people may need a listening ear: yours. This afternoon you may find that nerve. ers) during a strike. someone. At this time, you may actively be concerned over the welfare of others. Try listen- your high level of energy helps you become caught up in maintaining and caring for 27. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who 14. God of love and erotic desire. ing to their needs before deciding how best to help them. You enjoy being with loved ones household items, cleaning, etc. Exercise, perhaps a bicycle ride or some outside movement, with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of 19. A long noosed rope used to catch ani- whether you are at work or play. Engage in activities that are both carefree and pleasant. Do will help to balance your energies this afternoon. There could be some wonderful opportu- murder and in spite of world-wide protest mals. not pressure a loved one into doing something he or she really does not want to do. nities later to enjoy nature. You enjoy helping others and will probably find there are plenty Fairness with and responsibility to the other people in your life is emphasized. A lover or was executed (1891-1927). 24. Compelled forcibly by an outside agency. of chances to follow-through and be helpful. There is a craving to give and to be appreciat- child is generous or inspiring-return lots of positive feedback. 28. Feeling or showing extreme anger. 26. A city in southwestern Switzerland at the ed for your gifts. This is a creative time. 30. United States feminist and suffragist western end of Lake Geneva. (1793-1880). 29. Pull back or move away or backward. 31. Type genus of the Anatidae. 32. 1 species. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 35. A porch along the outside of a building 33. A sum of money paid in compensation (sometimes partly enclosed). for loss or injury. What is called for today is a better belief in yourself. Have confidence in your You may find yourself waiting in line, riding a bus or surrounded by 37. A unit of length of thread or yarn. 34. An angel of the first order. own ability to take on the problems and opportunities of life. Coming to strangers. Whatever the case, you really enjoy the people that come across 38. Informal terms for a (young) woman. 36. A Scottish word. grips with the past and getting in touch with the mystical and the spiritual are the things your path. Conversations are easy and new ideas about life and living may enter your reality. 39. A radioactive element of the actinide 41. (obstetrics) The number of live-born chil- that give you a sense of satisfaction. Keep your plans for today’s social activities light and There is good luck in money matters today. Your powers of creativity are great. Some petty laidback. Positive things happen today as you follow the plan that is set forth before you. problems between you and a friend may come to your attention this afternoon. Do not try series. dren a woman has delivered. Someone has offered to help and you will be wise in letting them help. Creating a fun time 40. Being or moving higher in position or 43. A state in midwestern United States. to force an issue-you could regret what is said. This is a time of unexpected opportunities. this evening could be as simple as homemade hamburgers, hot dogs and ice cream. You Relations with friends of the opposite sex could be a big boon now. This is one of your best greater in some value. 45. (from a combination of MOdulate and may find this get-together a great opportunity for relationships to heal, as well as to grow days for love and money. Make more time for love this evening. A volunteer organization 42. A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk DEModulate) Electronic equipment consist- and mature. Someone might announce an engagement this evening. that has interested you may be your next goal. and flowing south through Belarus and ing of a device used to connect computers Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea. by a telephone line. 44. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India. 47. A salt or ester of vanadic acid. Word Search 46. Speaking a Slavic language. 51. An actress who specializes in playing the Yesterday Solution 48. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan role of an artless innocent young girl. River. 52. Kamarupan languages spoken in north- 49. A doctor's degree in optometry. eastern India and western Burma. 50. Emptying accomplished by draining. 55. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensi- 53. Automatic data processing by electronic bly for security reasons) was made the capital means without the use of tabulating cards or in 1998. punched tapes. 56. Any of various deciduous or evergreen 54. Included seven times in every 19 years. ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia hav- 58. A former copper coin of Pakistan. ing opposite simple leaves and cymes of 60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on small white or pink or purplish flowers. a skewer usually with vegetables. 57. The unit of plane angle adopted under 61. (informal British usage) Aggravation or the System International d'Unites. aggression. 59. Four books in the New Testament that tell 63. Filled to capacity. the story of Christ's life and teachings. 65. The position or office of a dean. 62. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic 69. Gone by. information from DNA to the cytoplasm. 70. Of or relating to Libya or its people. 64. A fee charged for exchanging currencies. 73. With rapid movements. 66. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good 74. A unit of length equal to one thousandth health. of an inch. 67. The United Nations agency concerned 75. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was with civil aviation. father of Atlas and Epimetheus and 68. English Quaker who founded the colony Prometheus in ancient mythology. of Pennsylvania (1644-1718). 77. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in 71. (computer science) A measure of how favor of a person or cause). densely information is packed on a storage 78. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur. medium. 79. Liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in 72. An affirmative. cookies or cakes or pickles. 76. A state in north central United States.

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rance’s waif obsession means its fashion sector snubs on the catwalk. Twenty-four models will be walking the was voted last week by lawmakers in the French parlia- many women with bigger body types, but there is no podium in some 20 labels to show that fashion is not only ment’s lower house, and could well become law if the Fneed for a ban on ultra-thin models, said the patron for the slimmest of customers. Such initiatives are also held upper house backs it. Desseaux, like other professional of a plus-size Paris catwalk show under way this weekend. in the US, Britain and Germany, with greater success. The models, believes that the natural thinness of many top cat- “It’s a cultural blockage,” explained Clementine Desseaux, a organizer of the Paris event, Blanche Kazi, said the refusal walk models is being wrongly mixed up with the medical 26-year-old French model who lives in New York. The size- by major plus-size fashion labels was the main stumbling condition of anorexia. 44 brunette gets year-round catalogue and campaign block. “They are the ones who could really shake things up “For me, it’s just as dumb to say you’re too thin as it is modeling work in the US, where she emigrated four years with big sponsor budgets and financial partnerships,” she too say you’re too fat-it’s the same thing,” she said. “The ago, compared to rare jobs in France as American depart- said. problem is not a model’s BMI,” she said, adding that a more ment stores recognize that most women aren’t slim, she She and the models, though, are determined to instil a concrete issue was the insistence of certain fashion labels says. “In the United States, it’s a market apart. You can make sense of pride in plus-size women in France, and to push to hire only underfed models. Desseaux said a friend who a career as a plus-size model. In France, it’s not a career, it’s French clothing stores to cater to larger sizes. “Here, the used to work at one of France’s most recognizable top fash- a hobby; there are no clients” Desseaux said. image of big-size women is horrible. There’s a lot of work to ion houses told her about a heavy door it had at its But, she added, “it’s not for lack of demand: there are a be done,” Desseaux said. “I want to make things change. entrance. “If a model arrived and was able to open the door lot of round women here. Parisian women are round, too. One day I’d like to return to Paris, but I’m not ready yet.” In by herself, they didn’t hire her-that meant that she was too You mustn’t think they are all small and thin!” The data France, the model said, “I don’t fit into anything. And yet, strong.” That belittled strength, however, is exactly what back her up. According to the French Institute for Textile I’m not huge. In the United States, I fit into size M or L. Desseaux and other XL models are now using to open the and Clothing, size 40 is the most-sold size in France, and 40 There are a lot more sizes nothing stops at size 42 in the door for the French fashion world to accept larger frames- percent of Frenchwomen wear size 44 or over. US.” and it’s a door they intend to open wide. — AFP

Third Pulp Fashion Week Against ban on thin models French plus-size model Clementine Desseaux poses in In an effort to rebalance the scales, Desseaux is the star For all her morphological militancy, Desseaux is against Paris on April 9, 2015. — AFP model at the third Pulp Fashion Week, an event held over France’s mooted legislation to ban ultra-thin models who Saturday and Sunday in Paris that features larger women are under a certain body mass index (BMI). The measure

A pole dancer warming up for training in Tianjin.— AFP photos Competitors prepare backstage before the semi-finals. A competitor looks at a photo of a pole dancer before the semi-finals. Poles apart? Dancers say their performance is sporting not sexy

rotic display or serious sport? At the World Pole Dancing the pole for as many as eight hours a day to perfect their gravi- they added. Chinese competitors said they had faced a tough dancing, and claim that the discipline has ancient roots in Championships finals in Beijing yesterday, competitors in ty-defying spins and poses. “It hurts every day,” He added. “The environment of cultural conservatism while chasing their pole Chinese and Indian acrobatics. Eskin-tight suits insisted that their challenging discipline very first week, I thought about giving up.” The scale of the com- dance dreams-but that the long fight for recognition was finally Pole dancers have launched several petitions calling for deserves Olympic recognition. The limber and lithe contestants petition reflects the growing appeal of pole dancing as a fitness paying off. Olympic authorities to add their sport to the next Games-so far from more than ten countries on four continents hope they can aid over the last decade-with thousands of clubs estimated to “My parents are farmers in the countryside, they do not without success. “In past years, the bars have required dancers shed the sport’s association with seedy strip clubs and win have opened worldwide, including more than 500 in the United know about this. I learned for four years, and the first three to be more athletic and it’s no longer a sexual thing. A few years respect as skilled athletes. “Pole dancing requires technical con- States alone. years they did not know, because I was working in a gym and I ago, it was more of a sexual thing, but now it’s more of an ath- tent as much as gymnastics and acrobatics, and the level of dif- Competitors making the journey to China this year include learned it secretly,” said 2013 Chinese Pole Dance Champion letic thing,” said Chinese dancer Sun Wenzhu, as she painted a ficulty is higher,” Ke Hong, a member of the Chinese team-one the British current World champions ‘Bendy’ Kate Czepulkowski Fang Yi. But now “many people see it as an sport. We are work- “wolf” mask to be used in her competition appearance. — AFP of the strongest in the sport-told AFP ahead of the competition. and Sam Willis, the event’s organizers said. Hotly tipped for this ing hard at it, and hope one day it will be in the Olympics,” the He is one of over 50 contenders including more than a year’s championship are the aptly-named Russian female con- 29 year-old added. Some serious competitors insist that the dozen men at the championships. They force themselves onto testant Polina Volchek, who goes by the moniker “Pink Puma”, sport be referred to as “pole” or “vertical fitness” rather than pole Serbian stray dog advocate fights to save his 450 pooches urrounded by hundreds of dogs, wagging their tails and sparked protests by animal rights groups. Tens of thousands of running free on fenced-off land in a Serbian town, Sasa people signed a petition to prevent closing down the shelter, SPesic knows each of the pooches by name. “I know exact- forcing the city authorities to back down and pledge to find a ly how each dog arrived at my shelter, I know their names, per- solution. “The city supports what Sasa is doing,” Stojkovic tells sonalities,” says Pesic as he patted one of his charges. It all start- AFP. “We are certainly not going to allow these dogs to end up ed when Pesic, out of work like around 17 percent of Serbians, back on the streets,that would be a disaster.” came upon four abandoned puppies in woods near his home. For Pesic and his six volunteers, working with the animals is The discovery changed his life dramatically, setting him on a a non-stop business. “This is an endless fight. I don’t have time path to becoming an advocate for stray dogs and opening a to eat properly and even less to think about a private life,” Pesic shelter in Nis in southern Serbia. said. “You have to fight every day to provide food and care for Today it is home for more than 450 animals, but Pesic may all these animals.” When starting out, Pesic was getting food for soon have to move his canine horde as the city wants him to the dogs from local bakers and slaughterhouses. But supplies find a new location. When the 45-year-old walks into the shel- soon outstripped demand and he had to push for donations, ter, set on a piece of land near the centre of town, hundreds of especially through social networks. mongrels of all sizes and colors run to him barking happily in “People, especially from abroad, were rather open and greeting. The refuge is located at a former equestrian club sta- backed our project. We need some 5,000 to 6,000 euros ble that Pesic got rent-free from the owner back in 2010 where ($5,400 to 6,400) for our 400 to 500 dogs every month,” he says. the dogs can be outside all day long. The battle to rescue stray dogs, which began in 2008, grew as “It is only when night falls that we put them in their cages. people began bringing him abandoned pets that they found They are happy this way,” he tells AFP, adding that all the dogs and the number of those ill-fated animals rose to 60, leading have been vaccinated, sterilized and have microchips. There Pesic to move them to the current shelter. are 280,000 registered dogs in the Balkan country, but veteri- Ana Mitrovic, a shelter volunteer, believes the city will stick nary authorities say it is practically impossible to determine the to its promise to help find a new home for the hundreds of exact number of stray canines, many being pets abandoned by canines. “I am confident that the city will help us to find, by the their owners in hard economic times. end of the year, a suitable location, a lasting solution to continue our activities,” the 35-year-old woman tells AFP. And espe- ‘An endless fight’ cially since the shelter is also trying to have its residents adopt- The sheer size of the problem makes the work of advocates ed. “Since opening, we managed to find homes for 250 dogs,” like Pesic even more important, says Jovan Stojkovic, who is in Pesic says proudly. — AFP charge of animal issues in the municipality of Nis. But recently the city, claiming the shelter’s land belongs to it, told Pesic that he would have to leave with his dogs. That immediately Sasa Pesic, advocate for stray dogs, walks through the shelter in Nis, 200 km south of Belgrade. — AFP photos

Stray dogs are seen at an animal shelter. A volunteer pets a dog at an animal shelter. lifestyle MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015

Music & Movies Timberlake, wife Biel welcome baby boy

inger Justin Timberlake and his actress wife Jessica Actress Biel, who found fame with US television series Biel welcomed their first child into the world on 7th Heaven, began dating former boy band N’Sync front- Justin Timberlake and SSaturday, a boy named Silas Randall. Timberlake, 34, man Timberlake in 2007, after he launched a successful Jessica Biel attend the Time was “ecstatic,” People magazine said, adding that mother solo career. The couple married in 2012 in a lavish ceremo- 100 Gala celebrating the and baby were doing well. “My amazing son and his beau- ny in Italy. — AFP Time 100 issue of the Most tiful wife have given us the most precious gift in the world!” Influential People In The Timberlake’s mother, Lynn Harless, wrote on Facebook. World at Jazz at Lincoln “Silas Randall Timberlake! Named after my father and my Center in New York. — AFP son! Life is beautiful and we couldn’t be happier! God bless you all and thanks for all the congrats!”

Which ‘Game of Thrones’ character are you? ame of Thrones” season five returns to HBO on And if you need a refresher course on where “Game of April 12, and to celebrate, Variety has created a Thrones” left off at the end of season four, our handy char- “G highly scientific algorithm to determine which acter guide should help. See More: TV Review: ‘Game of of Westeros’ major players you have the most in common Thrones,’ Season 5 “Game of Thrones” season five premieres with. Do you have the wits of Littlefinger or the courage of Sunday, April 12 at 9 pm on HBO. — Reuters Arya? Would you be more comfortable hanging with drag- ons across the Narrow Sea or plotting your next political maneuver in King’s Landing? Embark on our daring quest below and find out.

In March 13, 2015, file photo, US rapper Nelly approaches the stage for a concert in Irbil, northern Iraq. — AP Rapper and reality TV star Nelly arrested on drug charges

apper and reality TV star Nelly is facing felony drug that tested positive for meth, as well as a small amount of charges after being arrested in Tennessee on marijuana and drug paraphernalia. RSaturday. Tennessee Highway Patrol said in a news Troopers also say they found numerous handguns. The release that Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes, was St Louis native is facing charges including felony posses- pulled over about 9:20 am because the bus he was riding sion of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. Nelly, in failed to display a US Department of Transportation and 40, was released from Putnam County Jail on a $10,000 International Fuel Tax Association sticker. According to the bond. His next court date is June 19. — AP release troopers smelled marijuana when they reached the bus. When troopers searched the bus, they found five rocks ‘King Georges,’ ‘From This Day Forward’ among doc fest hits n its 18-year history, Full Frame has become one of the most remake offers (two for television and one for feature adaptation), making their world premieres at Full Frame garnered plenty of “Secrecy” chronicled the massive efforts by the US government to prestigious documentary film festivals in the nonfiction com- as well as four offers for the film itself (two theatrical and two buzz. classify data from the general population. “Containment,” about Imunity. While it’s not a marketplace, the Durham, NC-based broadcast). the scientific, moral and philosophical problems that surround the four-day fest gives well received Sundance and SXSW docs a Since 2013, Full Frame has served as an Oscar-qualifying festi- ‘From This Day Forward’ disposition of nuclear waste, is sure to spark a national debate. boost, while also showcasing smaller films seeking distribution. val in the short docu category. A nonfiction film no longer than 40 Filmmaker Sharon Shattuck eloquently explores her father’s One such film, Erika Frankel’s “King Georges,” made its world pre- minutes that receives the Jury Award for best short automatically very intimate transition from male to female. The critical success of ‘King Georges’ miere at fest on Saturday and is the only doc that Submarine qualifies for Oscar consideration without having to participate in Amazon’s “Transparent,” along with Discovery’s new six-part trans- It’s no secret that some of the best, most acclaimed documen- Entertainment’s Josh Braun signed during his time in Durham. the standard theatrical run. The 2014 Full Frame short winner, gender-focused docu-series “New Girls on the Block” and TLC’s taries are, as Jerry Seinfeld said at the 2007 Academy Awards, Braun, who will be honored with the festival’s 2015 Advocate “White Earth,” went on to nab an Academy Award nomination. In upcoming unscripted show “Jazz Jennings” about a transgender “incredibly depressing.” So when a poignant, emotional docu like Award, brought six previously released titles-”Mavis!”, “Iris,” “Peace addition to shorts, Full Frame is a necessary stop for documentary teen will only help generate further buzz for this film. Erika Frankel’s “King Georges,” about a fiery French chef’s crusade Officer,” “Sunshine Superman,” “Meru” and “Kingdom of Shadows”- features hoping to reach the awards circuit. “Man on Wire,” “The to save his world-renowned 40-year-old restaurant from becom- to Full Frame. HBO just acquired US broadcast rights to Jessica Cove” and “Born Into Brothels” all screened at Full Frame before ‘Containment’ ing obsolete, evokes a steady stream of laughter, it’s reason Edward’s “Mavis!” about the life of musician and civil rights activist winning the Oscar for best documentary. While Sundance hits, Peter Galison and Robb Moss’ latest documentary also taps enough to look forward to it. — Reuters Mavis Staples. Braun says that “Peace Officer,” about the increas- including “(T)error,” “3 and 1/2 Minutes,” “Cartel Land” and “Best of into another controversy magnet-nuclear power. The directing ing militarization of US police departments, currently has three Enemies” drew some of the festival’s largest crowds, three titles duo isn’t strangers to hot-button topics. Their 2008 Sundance hit

‘Modfather’ Weller looks forward, not back, with new show or many, he’s best-known for fronting “The Jam” and “The Style Council” in the 1970s and 1980s. But FPaul Weller, on a new tour and bringing out a new album, is determined to not be prisoner to his past. “I always want to do something different and something new, you know?” he told AFP this week on the Paris leg This photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, Paul Walker as Brian, in a scene from of his tour. “There’s so much old stuff around. People ‘Furious 7.’ — AP looking back-it just bores me. I’m not into the old nostal- gic culture and I want to make something new, 21st century.” Certainly on stage, the singer-songwriter and musician shows little sign his 56 years are slowing him down. ‘Furious 7’ dominates His face is lined, but he has a wiry physicality and his voice is as soulful and clear and ever. “The stage is my Next ‘Spider-Man’ will still life, it is an immediate connection and communication competition with $60.6 million with the public,” he said. “It’s fascinating really, incredible. Nerves, adrelanine, excitement mixed. There are t wasn’t even a contest. “Furious 7” roared to science-fiction thriller was buoyed by sterling be Parker, Feige confirms very few things in life when you could connect so many the top of the box office chart for the second reviews. different types of people together.” His Wednesday gig Iweekend in a row, picking up $60.6 million Noah Baumbach’s “While We’re Young” per- in a Paris concert hall called Bataclan wasn’t entirely sold and driving its stateside total to a massive $252.5 formed well after expanding from 34 to 246 lthough we already knew that the new much needed after five Spider-Man films. million. That ranked as a 59% drop from the screens, earning $1.4 million. The comic look at “Spider-Man” would return to high “Some of my favorite Spider-Man arcs and out, but the hundreds who did turn up were enthusiastic and of all ages. Universal Pictures release’s record-breaking a documentarian in the throes of a mid-life cri- Aschool, it’s now confirmed that Sony Spider-Man stories, he’s in high school for a $147.2 million debut and puts “Furious 7” on sis has earned $2.4 million since debuting Pictures will reintroduce Peter Parker in the lot of it,” he said. “We want to explore that. track to be the highest-grossing release in the three weeks ago. The Weinstein Company’s film instead of opting for another character That also makes him very, very different from ‘We keep it exciting for us’ It was hardly a retrospective show of his punk-rock history of the “Fast and Furious” franchise. It is “Woman in Gold” also had a big expansion, (like Miles Morales) to suit-up as the web- any of our other characters in the [Marvel now the fastest Universal release to cross $200 moving from 258 to 1,504 locations and earn- slinger. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige Cinematic Universe], which is something else “Jam” or soul-pop “Style Council” days. None of those bands’ old standards were played. It was all tunes from million, jetting by that barrier in only eight days. ing $5.8 million in the process. The drama told Collider that the next Spider-Man will be we want to explore: how unique he is when It took the previous record-holder, “Despicable about a fight to recover art stolen by the Nazis a 15- or 16-year-old Peter Parker. “In terms of now put against all these other characters.” Weller’s solo career and a few from his upcoming album, “Saturn’s Pattern”, which will be released next month. “I Me 2” 11 days to reach that milestone. has made north of $9 million in two weeks. the age of an actor we’ll eventually cast, I Marvel reportedly will introduce the new play just stuff from my solo records,” he said. “We keep it Rival studios have yet to report their box Backstage drama “Clouds of Sils Maria” opened don’t know,” Feige admits. “In terms of the age Spider-Man in “Captain America: Civil War,” exciting for us you know. And you could never please office results, but it appears that “Home” will to $69,729 on three screens, for a $23,243 per of what we believe Peter Parker is, I’d say 15- which hits theaters on May 6, 2016. everyone.” His current life and family serves up much of score second place in terms of ticket sales, with screen average. — Reuters 16 is right.” Meanwhile, the latest “Spider-Man” franchise his inspiration, and his wife, backing singer Hannah newcomer “The Longest Ride” nabbing third Tobey Maguire’s and Andrew Garfield’s launches on July 28, 2017. — Reuters Andrews, has lent vocals to his last four albums. “I wrote place. Prison comedy “Get Hard” picked up $8.6 characters were initially high schoolers as many things for my wife,” Weller said. “We’re married for million in its third weekend of release. The well, but Feige said keeping the superhero in five years, we’ve been together for 10 years.—AFP Warner Bros film has earned $71.2 million. In that setting for an extended period of time limited release, “Ex Machina” did impressive busi- allows for the introduction of new stories- ness, picking up $249,956 from four screens. The lifestyle MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015

Kuwait Beautiful & Green

Group photo shows Minister of Information and State Minister of Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah, Kuwait Times Editor in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, Kuwait Times Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad and a jury Abdul Kareem Al-Enezy with the winners.

—Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Joseph Shagra

Kuwait Times fetes young artists - Category 15-17 years Winners of the 10th Student Art Competition ‘Kuwait Beautiful and Green’ awarded

By Faten Omar Elementary (6-8 and 9-11), Intermediate (12-14), Secondary (15-17) and students uwait Times held the award cere- with special needs. mony of the 10th Student Art Aya Karem Mohammad, the first win- KCompetition ‘Kuwait Beautiful ner in the 15 - 17 age category, partici- and Green’ on Monday at the Gulf pated for the second time in this com- University for Science and Technology. It petition, last year she was at 4th place was held under the patronage of Sheikh but this year she made it to the top. “My Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Hmoud Al- mother gave me the idea of the paint- Sabah, Minister of Information and ing, but nobody helped me in doing the Minister of State for Youth Affairs. The details. I used color wood pencils, water contest was distinguished this year as it colors and wax crayons pencil. And it celebrated 10 years, with the participa- took me a week to finish it,” she said. tion of more than 11,800 students from The 3 winners of the 15 to 17 catego- the ages of 6 to 18 from over 90 public, ry were Aya Karem Mohammad from Al- private, Arab and foreign schools in Ekhlas School, Ali Khayat from New Kuwait, in addition to special needs stu- Pakistan International School and dents. Reuben Kaniyakonil Thomas from A panel of judges comprising Indian Community School. Kuwaiti and expatriate artists evaluated The event was sponsored by Saudi the artwork according to age and cate- Arabian Chevron and Zain, and the clos- gory of students. The categories were ing ceremony was hosted by GUST.

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Painting by first winner Aya Karem Mohammad, Al- Ekhlas School. Painting by second winner Ali Khayat, New Pakistan International School.

Category 15-17 years

1st winner Aya Karem Mohammad 5. Abdulrahman Ahmad Mohammad Al-Ekhlas School Khalifa Talal Aljare

2nd winner Ali Khayat 6. Catherine Vismaya Biju New Pakistan International School Indian Educational School

3rd winner Reuben Kaniyakonil Thomas 7. Riya Ray Indian Community School Fahaheel Al-Watanieh Indian Private School

8. Dana Mohammad Al-Failakawi Runners up Al-Esraa Secondary School

1. Usab Wadiya Attiya 9. Abu Amaan Pal Al-Wataniya School IES, Bharativa Vidya Bhavan

2. Layali Ahmad Al-Harbi 10. Abygail Dado Al-Rawda Secondary School New Kuwait Philippine International School

3. Ameera Abdulrahman Al-Awadi 11. Mubarak Khalid Mubarak Fatima Al-Sarawi Khalifa Talal Aljare

4. Muneera Ali-Obeid 12. Modei Saad Al-Saad Farea Bent Abi Alsalt Farea Bent Abi Alsalt Painting by third winner Reuben Kaniyakonil Thomas, Indian Community School.

Usab Wadiya Aiya, Al-Wataniya School. Layali Ahmad Al-Harbi, Al-Rawda Secondary School. Ameera Abdulrahman Al-Awadi, Fatima Al-Sarawi.

Muneera Ali Obeid, Farea Bent Abi Alsalt. Abdulrahman Ahmad Mohammad, Khalifa Talal Aljare. Catherine Vismaya Biju, Indian Educational School.

Riya Ray, Fahaheel Al-Watanieh Indian Private School. Dana Mohammad Al- Failakawi, Al-Esraa Secondary School. Abu Amaan Pal, IES Bharativa Vidya Bhavan.

Abygail Dado, New Kuwait Philippine International School. Mubarak Khalid Mubarak, Khalifa Talal Aljare. Modei Saad Al-Saad, Farea Bent Abi Alsalt.

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People try to beat the world record of ukelele players at the first Tahiti Ukulele Festival in Papeete with more than 4,750 participants from all the islands of the French Indian Ocean archipelago. The largest ukulele ensemble was set in July 2014 with 2,370 participants in Southampton. — AFP photos

From film to fashion, Dubai bids to be creative capital for Arab world ove over, Cairo, Beirut and Casablanca. Dubai is launch- space. The first phase, to open this year, will cost 4 billion Jewelry, fashion, film city in the world, and that’s an important factor for a brand.” ing a drive to become one of the Arab world’s top cen- dirhams. TECOM says over 220 companies have agreed to take One early design start-up in Dubai is Bil Arabi, a jewelry busi- In film making, the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011 pushed Mters for art, design, film and fashion - areas that have part. The Dubai Design and Fashion Council, a state-funded ness opened in the emirate nine years ago by Nadine Kanso, a business toward Dubai; movies and television series that might traditionally been dominated by old Arab cities outside the Gulf. body, plans to set up a design school with students from around Beirut-born graphic designer. Bil Arabi sold 1,500 pieces of jewel- previously have been made in Cairo or Damascus could more Success is not certain. The wealthy emirate is much better the world. One of the school’s specialties will be Islamic design. ry in the shape of Arab calligraphy for $820,000 last year. Kanso safely be shot on a Dubai sound stage, using computer graphics known as a trading and banking hub and luxury shopping desti- The council intends to act as an incubator for new design described the pieces as “bling bling with a Middle Eastern edge”, to generate backdrops. nation than as a centre for the arts. It lacks the established cities’ businesses, providing technical support and advice. Eventually, but with a serious purpose, to explore Arabs’ cultural roots. Film makers in Dubai don’t always operate with quite the centuries of history and culture. Dubai state funds could be invested in some of the businesses, Political stability and security were key to her decision to start same artistic freedom as they would in their home countries - But Dubai has advantages which the old cities can find it along with private sector money. To some, Dubai’s top-down the business in Dubai, as war and social tensions can make it productions in the United Arab Emirates must respect local cul- hard to provide: security, cosmopolitan lifestyles and compre- approach to culture may seem stifling or sterile. But executives hard to operate in Beirut, Kanso said. tural and religious sensitivities. A proposal to film a Sex and the hensive travel links to the rest of the Arab world. It is throwing see no contradiction; they argue that just as the emirate has Three British-Iranian brothers in their 20s and 30s, Haman, City movie in the UAE was rejected, and it was shot in more liber- hundreds of millions of dollars and the latest technology into its attracted traders and bankers from the region by giving them an Babak and Farhan Golkar, said they founded their high-end al Morocco instead. But such considerations aren’t an obstacle to effort, using state-linked companies to develop the project in environment in which they can prosper, it can lure artists, clothing brand in Dubai five years ago partly because the city most films. There were 777 applications to make short films, TV the same way that it’s successfully jump-started other industries. designers and film makers. was younger than the established fashion capitals, meaning series or commercials in Dubai last year, up from 741 in 2013; “We want to encourage local and emerging talent from with- Malek Sultan Al-Malek, chief executive of TECOM Business there was room for newcomers. Emperor 1688’s menswear sales, 146 TV channels broadcast from the emirate - although Dubai in the region,” said Amina Al- Rustamani, group chief executive Parks, said Dubai’s design drive followed naturally from its totalling $3.5 million in 2014, are growing at double-digit rates faces stiff competition from neighboring Abu Dhabi to host of TECOM Investments, a business park operator owned by growth in other areas - for example, growth of its information and a womenswear line was launched last year. Babak said blockbusters. Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. Other technology and media sectors has spurred demand for design- Dubai was gradually developing its own fashion style, featuring “Morocco’s film industry is about 50 years old and Egypt is 80 cities have allowed neighborhoods of artists and designers to ers. “The ingredients for success come from the grass roots,” said opulent touches such as gold-plated suit buttons.The brand is years. We can’t match that, but we can compete in convenience, emerge over decades. Dubai is not leaving that to chance; the council’s chief executive Nez Gebreel, who helped to man- sold mostly in the Gulf and the Golkars plan to develop sales in technology and low costs,” said Jamal Al-Sharif, managing direc- TECOM is creating a purpose-built 21 million square foot area age the businesses of David and Victoria Beckham for six years Europe. Dubai’s tourism industry, which draws millions of visitors tor of Dubai Studio City, part of TECOM. — Reuters called the Dubai Design District. before moving to Dubai. “We’re just creating the conditions every year, may help the city develop global brands as the Tenants of the district are to include galleries, studios, work- which will allow people to flourish, and which don’t necessarily tourists spread recognition of them in their home countries, shops, boutique stores and museums, plus office and residential exist elsewhere in the region.” Babak said. “In terms of retail power, Dubai is on a par with any Gaza police seize Banksy’s disputed weeping goddess aza police have seized a work by famed street artist and to demand justice in retrieving the graffiti”. Khaled ing or damaging more than 100,000 homes and killing Banksy from a man who bought it for $200 from a countered: “I’m going to exercise my rights over this graffiti nearly 2,200 Palestinians, most of them civilians. Banksy’s Gfamily that later said it was duped, both sides told because I have the paperwork to prove that I own it.” The murals also include a giant cat painted on the last remain- AFP. Bilal Khaled, accused of buying the work painted on a elusive Banksy produced the artwork during a secret visit ing wall of a Gaza home playing with a ball of twisted met- door belonging to the Darduna family without telling them to Gaza that was blasted in a summer war last year al. The artist’s online video about his trip to Gaza was enti- its real value, said Friday “the police seized it yesterday between Israel and the Hamas movement that runs the ter- tled “Make this the year YOU discover a new destination”. under a court order”. The now homeless family in the ritory. Banksy is believed to have started out as a graffiti artist impoverished Islamist-run Palestinian enclave says they It is now the focus of an increasingly bitter dispute in London, although his identity remains shrouded in mys- were “tricked” into parting with the valuable collector’s between the Dardunas and Khaled. Rabieh Darduna, 33, tery. His murals have been chiselled out of walls and sold item. earlier told AFP he had been approached by a young man for large sums in the past.—AFP At the end of February, the artist, who chooses to calling himself Bilal Khaled and claiming to be a news remain anonymous, released an online video showing agency photographer and journalist. “He said it was his A file picture taken in Khan Yunis, three works he painted on the walls of Gaza homes agency that had painted the graffiti on the door and other in the southern Gaza Strip shows a destroyed in Israeli air strikes. The disputed graffiti shows doors, and that they now wanted to recover them,” mural of a weeping woman, said Greek goddess Niobe weeping on a metal doorway which Darduna said. “He gave me 700 shekels ($180) and went off to have been painted by British was all that remained standing of the Darduna family with the door.” Darduna said he later felt cheated for let- street artist Banksy, on the door of home. Khaled said it “will be stored at Khan Yunes public ting the door go for so little when collectors have paid a house that was destroyed during library until this issue is resolved”. more than a million dollars for a Banksy. the 50-day war between Israel and Rabie Darduna confirmed this to AFP, adding that the The artist’s works were seen as a damning critique of Hamas militants in the summer of family “has filed a complaint against Bilal Khaled for fraud Israel’s bombardment of Gaza as it battled Hamas, destroy- 2014. — AFP