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MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 RAJAB 27, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net DCGD arrests King Salman Macron tops Messi double 204 suspects names son US French election, as Barca beat in drugs cases envoy, restores to fight Le Pen Real 3-2 in during 5March allowances7 in13 second round El20 Clasico Appeals court backs govt Min 21º Max 38º over petrol price hikes High Tide 10:33 & 22:31 Low Tide PAM announces Barrak rally to be held as scheduled 04:16 & 16:35 40 PAGES NO: 17208 150 FILS

By B Izzak they will challenge the decision at the court conspiracy theories of cassation, but at least one lawyer said he KUWAIT: The court of appeals yesterday said will take the matter to the constitutional that a decision by the government to raise the court to challenge the constitutional basis of Superb timing prices of petrol is legal and in line of the con- the appeals court ruling. stitution, overturning a September verdict by Meanwhile, a rally and reception to mark the lower court that ruled the increase was the release of opposition leader and former unlawful. Ali Al-Ali and several other lawyers, MP Mussallam Al-Barrak will go ahead as who filed the lawsuit demanding the scrap- announced today evening, the Popular Action ping of the decision on procedural flaws, said Movement (PAM) said. PAM’s announcement they will now take the issue to the court of was made even after the municipality placed cassation, whose rulings are final. a notification at the venue - a celebration hall - By Badrya Darwish The decision, taken by the government in saying it will be demolished within 24 hours. August last year, raised petrol prices between 41 PAM officials said the issue has been resolved percent and 83 percent depending on its type. It with the municipality and the event will go came into effect on Sept 1 last year. A number of ahead. During the rally, Barrak is due to make [email protected] lawyers then filed a lawsuit saying that the deci- an important speech about domestic devel- sion was unlawful and not in line with the con- opment. stitution, as it should have been approved by Barrak was released from central jail on hat superb timing! The government has decid- the Supreme Petroleum Council, the highest oil Friday after completing a two-year term for ed to implement the increase in electricity and decision-making body in the country. insulting HH the Amir and undermining his Wwater tariffs. They made the decision and The court accepted the challenge and status. He was given a rapturous reception agreed on it last year, but its implementation will be on issued a ruling on Sept 28 saying the hike outside the jail and at his diwaniya. He has May 22, just four days before the start of Ramadan, decision was unlawful. The court however been receiving well-wishers daily since then. when the whole nation - be it Kuwaiti or expat - will be refused to suspend the increase. The gov- Separately, opposition MP Shuaib Al- busy shopping and stocking their kitchens for the cook- ernment went to the appeals court and Muwaizri sent a series of questions to the ing required during the holy month. challenged the ruling as against the consti- ministers of defense and oil. Even when they implemented the decision to raise tution and the law, insisting that the He asked Defense Minister Sheikh the prices of petrol, they did it on September 1, while Cabinet did not issue the decision but only Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah if the ministry many Kuwaitis were still traveling out of the country. So approved a recommendation made by one made arms purchases and deals to buy mili- of its committees. tary equipment and spare parts, in addition to this way, we wouldn’t feel the pinch immediately. As for The appeals court however said that it was maintenance deals, through middlemen dur- petrol, it was at least an equal burden for all. Everyone a decision made by the Cabinet but within ing the past three fiscal years. He asked the oil KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah looks on as in Kuwait who drives a car, be it Kuwaiti or Indian or the framework of the law and as part of the minister about the reasons behind closing Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas shakes hands with Egyptian Coptic Pope Somali, has to pay the same price per liter. council’s powers. It also said the decision was Shuaiba refinery and demanded technical Continued on Page 13 Tawadros II during their official visit to Kuwait yesterday. — KUNA (See Page 2) in line with the constitution. The lawyers said reports that recommended the closure. MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Palestinian President His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah welcomes Palestinian President Mahmoud Mahmoud Abbas, in presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Abbas, in presence of state officials. — Amiri Diwan photos Amir meets with Palestinian leader

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah met with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at Bayan Palace yesterday, in presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and the Palestinian leader’s accompanying delega- tion were present at the talks. They discussed during the talks Kuwaiti-Palestinian talks, ways of promoting and developing them in all fields, how to bolster bilateral cooperation to serve common interests, supporting Arab unity, and the latest regional and internation- al developments. The friendly talks reflected mutual amity, brotherliness and common willingness to cement bilateral cooperation and coordination in all domains. Later, His Highness the Amir held a lunch- eon banquet in honor of Abbas at Bayan His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Palestinian Children greet His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Palace. The banquet was attended by the President Mahmoud Abbas shortly after the president’s arrival. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Palestinian leader’s accompanying delega- tion and Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Highness the Amir, His Highness the Crown Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammad Al- Finance Anas Al-Saleh, and Minister of State Directorate. The mission of honor to accom- Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Prince, His Highness the Prime Minister, Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Minister for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of pany the president during his visit is led by Mark, who also arrived to Kuwait on an offi- Acting National Assembly Speaker Essa of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al- Information Sheikh Mohammad Al- Amiri Diwan Advisor Walid Ahmad Al- cial visit yesterday. Ahmad Al-Kanderi and Sheikh Sabah Al- Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, in addition Tabtabai. The visiting delegation includes Upon his arrival at the airport, Abbas and Khaled. The Palestinian leader was also of Interior Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, to senior commanders of the army, police, Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki and senior his delegation were received by His received by Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Guard and the Fire Service state officials. — KUNA

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are pictured during a luncheon His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah wel- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah greets held in the president’s honor. comes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark. Arab Media Forum kicks off sessions

Bahraini Minister touts forum as ‘precious chance’

KUWAIT: ‘Media is Life’ is the main theme of capable of realizing if it is well-used in a suit- the Arab communities, he said. Hayari referred the 14th Arab Media Forum that started in able place, he said. A narcissist character can to the state of political instability in some oth- Kuwait yesterday patronized by His Highness be employed through new programs and er Arab communities, which affects the possi- the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak unique materials so that one can achieve self- bility of users of the e-media, which could be Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Secretary General of the satisfaction at work. hard and of high cost amid such conditions. Union of Arab Psychiatrists Dr Tariq Habib A second session was then held on ‘media, Egyptian Preacher Dr Amr Khaled addressed the first session of the forum on effect, change, expression .. paper and on line addressed a third session on the relation of the significance of understanding the types of journalism.’ Though e-journalism - also known the media for promoting ethics, and its role in characters in the media environment, to as digital or online journalism- is sweeping education. Female media figures dominated employ each in the proper place for achieving the entire scene, it is relatively taking slow the fourth session themed “fame in media and Egyptian Preacher Dr Amr Khaled. the aspired goals of the message. steps in the Arab world, Editor-in-Chief of the social media.” Each character enjoys certain traits that Jordanian Ammon News agency Sami Al- Saudi media figure Lugin Omran told the could be viewed negative, or disturbing to Hayari told the session. This could be the out- session that social media has helped her reveal deal with, though it is distinct, useful and come of the economic conditions in most of her real character and offered her a space for free expression. Kuwait’s Lulua Al-Aslawi said that social media led her to the world of TV. This came after she made great fame in fash- ion designs and marketing them on line, Aslawi added. Meanwhile, Bahraini Minister of Information Ali Al-Rumaihi stressed the signifi- cance of the forum as a ‘precious chance for media figures.’ Speaking to reporters upon arrival in Kuwait to attend the forum, the Bahraini minister extolled the main issues and subjects of the two-day forum, saying it allows media representatives to exchange views on diverse media topics. He added that he would address the event about major changes and challenges Arab mass media is facing, in addi- tion to the role of mass media in addressing relevant obstacles and problems. “This distin- guished forum is a good and precious chance for media figures to take stock of the current media reality and to tackle problems and find KUWAIT: Participants attend a session held as part of the 14th Arab Media Forum Secretary General of the Union of Arab Psychiatrists Dr Tariq Habib. solutions to them,” he added. — KUNA yesterday. — KUNA LOCAL MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017

Legalese In my view Kuwait vs America - Part 2 Right of travel By Talal Al-Ghannam

By Attorney Fajer Ahmed ood morning my dear and honorable brothers and sisters, and I wish you all a happy week to come. Today’s column is a continuation of a previous column written a few months always wonder what it would be to not have a Gback, in which I compared between behaviors of people in Kuwait passport, to be unable to leave a country, to be to that of people in the United States. stuck between its buildings, to be unable to visit In this article, I would like to continue comparing between life Ifamily. in Kuwait and the US in terms of respecting the law in all aspects of This topic is of growing concern internationally life. As for my experience in the US, during the 1980s, life then was from visa issues, to employers illegally keeping pass- very comfortable, and one could feel that the law was enforced on ports, to over protective fathers. Traveling is a bless- everyone without discrimination. Take queuing in the university’s ing but it is also a right, and unlike a freedom, a right cafeteria for instance - you would see the dean himself standing in is granted to us by authorities, where else we are line waiting for his order and be served accordingly. born with freedoms. On the other hand, in so many places in Kuwait, especially in I believe that all adults should have the right to restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets and even in government travel to wherever they wish, if they can afford to and departments, you have to fight for your right, otherwise you will I hope to see that become true in the future. keep waiting and waiting to finish what you went there to do. Unfortunately, just like any other countries, there are The second example is when visiting a restaurant. In America, some constraints by law in Kuwait, even though the waiter or waitress receives people’s respect and appreciation Kuwaiti law is extremely fair and gives expats the for his or her service, and you can even thank them by their name right to travel, while other GCC countries require that is written on the tag on their chests. Whereas here, I have seen expats to have permission to travel from their with my own eyes some people yelling at restaurant workers, and employers. Kuwaiti law also allows women to travel never speaking politely with them. They instead make them feel as without male permission and guardianship, unlike The National Assembly building. if they are forced to do their job. other GCC countries. I once had to go to a police station to report a missing ID. The Today I am answering questions regarding the officers and staff there called the porter ‘shareka,’ meaning a com- right to travel, and I hope that you find this week’s pany worker. They never bothered to ask about his name, but column useful. MPs file two grilling rather insisted on addressing him as if he was the company itself. The third issue is when you go to rent an apartment in the US - Keeping the passport you never encounter a janitor (haris) who stipulates that he is paid Question: Does my employer have the right to an amount equal to half of the rent as commission, and expect a keep my passport? And if they are, what can I do motions against Premier monthly KD 5 payment for offering nothing spectacular to the ten- about it? ants. But in the US on the other hand, you would deal with certified Fajer: No. Your employer does not have the right agencies that never beg to collect unwanted fees, but honor the to keep your passport. This is illegal, but unfortunate- KUWAIT: Kuwait’s National Assembly will look into its concerns the government’s work program and neglect- regular session tomorrow two grilling motions against ing the state’s strategic assets, while the fifth part was contract they signed with you. Building janitors here make a bun- ly seems to be a more common than expected prac- dle of cash they collect from tenants every month, besides the tice in Kuwait. I have seen international companies His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- about increasing burden on citizens and violating the Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The first interpellation principle of equality. advance fees. I wonder if the building owners know about this ille- keep passports of thousands of employees. There are gal stuff. Another issue is commitment to appointments. In the US, submitted by MPs Dr Waleed Al-Tabtabaie, Marzouq Al- Meanwhile, the second motion against His Highness monetary punishments for companies that do keep once when I had to sell my car, many people called me to come passports, yet these companies unfortunately know Khalifa, and Mohammad Al-Mutair includes five points; the Premier was filed by MPs Riyadh Al-Adsani and and see the car. And if anything happened, they would call and that it is too expensive for employees to take the the first of which is violation of the law and abuse of Shuwaib Al-Muwaizri and included financial, technical apologize for not being able to come. Whereas here, the story is dif- companies to court. power by the government, decisions related to with- and administrative irregularities, and the lack of tackling ferent. The majority of callers for the same purpose make an You need to go and file a complaint in the Ministry drawal or dropping of nationality from its holders. The such violations due to neglect, poor follow-up. National appointment with you, but never show up and do not apologize. of Social Affairs and Labor. This can be a lengthy and second part of the motion is concerned about violating Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem dealt with Finally, when you are at a restaurant in the US and discover the difficult process and everything is in Arabic, so you international agreements and conventions and abuse of the grilling requests in accordance with Article 135 of food was not OK, you will be compensated or be served another will need a translator or lawyer. You will need to power by the Government in selective, retaliatory or the Parliament bylaws, stating that the speaker must dish for free. The same thing happens when ordering a pizza, which obtain different documents before you can file a politically-motivated manner. notify the prime minister or the concerned minister is supposed to be delivered in less than 30 minutes, and if it arrives complaint. Please keep in mind that it will take some The third part tackles the spread of corruption; instantly upon submission of the interpellation motion. in 31 minutes, you get it for free. But in Kuwait, there are many cases time and that your employer might even be more Kuwait’s drop of 20 spots in the 2016 Corruption It also stipulates that the deliberations must be held of deliverymen who get beaten for arriving two minutes late, and unfair towards you knowing that you have filed a Perception Index and the appointment of personalities eight days after submission of the motion, and that is in many similar cases have been reported to the police. complaint. Unfortunately the best way to deal with lacking competence and eligibility, and transferring non-urgent cases, and with consent of the premier or Till the next article insha Allah this is through a lawyer. their failure to other state’s institutions. The fourth part the concerned executive. —KUNA Contractor Question: I am working as a contractor in my CP karate company and I have my passport, but someone told me that I need to cancel my visa before I travel. The tourney company is not giving me my rights such as my salary, so I want to leave. Can you please advise me concludes what is the best solution? Fajer: I think it is best that you cancel your visa today officially and file these complaints so you are not lat- KUWAIT: His Highness the er on accused of absconding. Even if you are not able Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf to cancel your visa, at least file a complaint for your Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- rights such as your salary at the Ministry of Social Sabah will patronize the Affairs and Labor. 24th Crown Prince’s Karate Question: I am a 40-year-old Kuwaiti mother of Championship, organized four and I want to travel without my husband or his by the Kuwaiti Karate permission. Do I still need his permission? What Federation. His Highness about my children; do I need his permission for their deputized Governor of travels? Hawally, Lt Gen Sheikh Fajer: No you do not need his permission for your Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad own travels, but you will need his permission for your Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to attend children’s travel even if he is no longer your husband the closing ceremony at the and you have custody of your children. headquarters of the Kuwaiti Email Fajer at [email protected] for help Karate Federation at 5:00 with your legal questions. pm today. —KUNA

KUWAIT: Chief of National Security Apparatus (NSA) Sheikh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah received the US President’s special envoy to the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State (IS) Brett McGurk. During the meeting, they discussed issues with mutual con- cern and the latest political and military developments, in addition to the ongoing war on terror and ways to support the Global Coalition to eliminate IS —KUNA Spending cut inevitable

By A Saleh doing certain jobs, referring some Kuwaiti employees to retirement and submitting KUWAIT: A paper prepared by Kuwait the final remarks about amending the Central Bank stressed that cutting public payroll law to CSC’s assistant undersecre- expenditure has become inevitable to tary for legal affairs. Accordingly, CSC was reform budget imbalances, stop draining assigned to reduce the period of paying national resources and using them in national labor aid retroactively and setting required fields, while at the same time a limit to it, mandate citizens without lessening the burdens of people with lim- degrees registered with the Manpower ited income and achieving social justice. and Government Restructuring Program The paper also recommended periodic to undergo training courses and regulate revision of these measures according to some promotions. the situation of state revenues. The paper which was presented to 42 gardens both legislative and executive authorities The Public Authority for Agricultural also stressed that Kuwait needed more Affairs and Fish Resources’ (PAAAFR) act- efforts to reform the business environ- ing deputy director for landscaping affairs ment in order to create investments and Ghanem Al-Sanad stressed that the sector competitiveness and make the private is about to finish a number of park proj- sector play a more important role in devel- ects in new areas and open 42 gardens oping the economy. The paper also within the coming weeks. Sanad warned that any lowering of Kuwait’s explained 39 parks had been completed in credit ranking would jeopardize the finan- Capital areas, in addition to one in Sabah cial reputation of Kuwait and its banking Al-Salem and two in Nahdha, noting that and financial establishments. the parks would be fully equipped with recreational facilities, game arcades and Labor reform playfields, and that water-saving plants The Finance Ministry is currently study- had been used in all of them. ing a plan to reform the labor market and civil service in the public sector, said 260 megawatts informed sources. They noted that the General Electric won a contract to sup- plan includes preparing a new method of ply special turbines to turn Subbiya power evaluating the performance of Civil plant into a facility operated by the joint Service Commission (CSC) employees, set- circuit system, which will enhance the ting up new job opportunities for Kuwaitis plant’s productivity by an extra 260 in the public sector through terminating megawatts. The turbines will be delivered or referring to retirement non-Kuwaitis by the third quarter of 2018. MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 LOCAL

SPECIAL REPORT

KUWAIT: An artist’s rendition of the new Terminal (T2), to be implemented as part of Kuwait International Airport’s development project. —KUNA photos DGCA carries out comprehensive Kuwait International Airport development plan 4.5 km runway to receive giant airplanes like the Airbus 380 KUWAIT: The Directorate General of Civil on current runways and ultimately boost increasing capacity of passengers, receive Aviation (DGCA) is carrying out a comprehen- capacity of entire airport. giant airplanes, implementing the open skies sive plan to develop Kuwait International He said the East Runway would be policy and providing top-notched services, Airport, aimed at boost aviation safety and enlarged to match the third Runway. Fouzan said Fouzan. A supporting terminal is built on increase passenger capacity. The plan said the development of infrastructure of 55,000 square meters and will increase capaci- includes four projects: building a third run- Kuwait Airport would link the new projects ty by five million passengers every year. This way, developing the infrastructure, construct- with each other. This development will terminal, which encompasses some 2,450 ing an air traffic control tower and developing include building a new headquarters of parking lots, will have 14 gates for departing the East Runway, DGCA’s Director General DGCA, two fire stations, a cargo city, the T2 planes and 10 gates for arrivals. Engineer Yousef Al-Fouzan said. and new parking lots for the Amiri Fleet. The terminal, a joint Turkish-Kuwaiti KD The KD 149.8 million ($490.7 million) plan He meanwhile said the air traffic control 52.89 million ($173.2 million) project, is is jointly implemented by Chinese and tower, which would be at least 70 meters expected to be operational in first quarter Kuwaiti companies, and will contribute to high, would be equipped with a state-of-the- 2018, said Fouzan. The new Terminal (T2) will operating the new Terminal (T2). Operations art radar system, aircraft automatic control provide best comfortable means for passen- will start in June, he said in a statement. system, an advanced communication system gers, he added. The state-of-the-art T2 will Fouzan said the third runway - 4.5 kilometers between air controllers and planes as well as receive 13 million passengers every year ini- long and 60 meters wide - would receive an aircraft guiding system based on lights. tially which will increase to 25 million, said DGCA’s Director General Engineer giant airplanes like the Airbus 380, ease traffic The airport development plan aims at Fouzan. — KUNA Yousef Al-Fouzan

The support terminal. The new terminal (T2).

An artist’s rendition of the Support Terminal, to be implemented as part of Kuwait International The support terminal. Airport’s development project.

The new terminal (T2).

The support terminal. The support terminal. MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 LOCAL Over 22 kg drugs seized in March

By Hanan Al-Saadoun Sabah. In other news, firemen put out a fire in a Hawally building. The fire was in KUWAIT: The Drugs Control General stored material. No injuries were reported. Department (DCGD) arrested 204 sus- pects in drugs cases and recorded 148 Crackdown cases during March. The Ministry of The Interior Ministry said Farwaniya Interior’s (MoI) Relations and Security security department carried out a cam- Information Department said 300 gm of paign on Saturday resulting in arresting hashish, 1.704 kg heroin, 2.619 kg of ice 89 violators. The campaign covered Jleeb, and shabu, 1,313 illicit tablets, 2 kg of Ardiya, Khaitan, Farwaniya and Firdous. marijuana and 16.593 kg of chemical were The arrestees were sent to concerned seized. DCGD also carried out preemptive authorities. actions to prevent the spread of drugs by arresting those who cooperate with drug dealers. The department urged citizens and expats to inform it about drugs deal- ers and pushers so that their children do not fall victim to this scourge.

Analytical lab Director General of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) Lt Gen Khalid Rakan Al- KUWAIT: A snake was seen in Bneid Al-Qar on Arabian Gulf Street yesterday afternoon. Footage went viral on social media yes- Mikrad opened the first analytical lab for terday showing a snake crawling near a beach in the area. Pictures allegedly showing the dead snake, after apparently being testing fire remains to aid investigations, and it is the first of its kind at the KFSD. killed by passersby, were later posted online. No human injuries were reported. The event was under the patronage of State Minster for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Information Minister Sheikh Health Ministry to add Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- 79 ambulances to fleet

KUWAIT: Kuwait Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi announced Saturday that 79 new ambulances would join the Emergency Medical Services’ (EMS) fleet in near the future, increasing the num- ber of ambulances to 298. Nine of the new ambulances would especially be equipped for intensive care and over- weight patients, he said. In a statement on the sidelines of the final football game of the EMS tourna- ment, Harbi said the introduction of the new ambulances is part of the Ministry of Health’s plans to develop the EMS through recruiting paramedics and air ambulances. The ministry is keen on boosting EMS and improving capabili- ties of its staff, he said. Harbi added that it is important to develop communica- tions between EMS control room and ambulances. Meanwhile, arbi said two Korean medical teams would be visiting Kuwait next month. The first is special- ized in transplant and the other in med- KUWAIT: Kuwait Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi presents the cup to the winner of the EMS football ical information systems, like the e-file tournament. — KUNA of the patient. — KUNA MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Jarida Report In each diwaniya Police arrest thief behind 37 robberies in two years By Ali Khajah

KUWAIT: Criminal detectives solved over 37 cases of home n the past, each diwaniya had some useless visitors and car thefts committed over two years by identifying the whose presence or absence made no difference. suspect. Detectives were able to identify the prime sus- IThey probably were only useful to complete a card pect, a bedoon, and placed him under arrest. Complaints playing group. However, those very same people have by citizens and expats about thefts in their homes and unfortunately started having their own opinions and vehicles were mounting since 2015, so Director General of have become capable of telling who is a Kuwaiti and the Criminal Detectives Department Maj Gen Mohammad who is not. They even form political attitudes’ maps Al-Sharhan led a team that determined that all crimes were and describe whoever has a different opinion than him committed by the same person. Sulaibikhat detectives as being ‘traitors’ among many other accusations. then found a lead through undercover sources that point- Each diwaniya or social gathering usually includes ed to a bedoon. His house was raided and he confessed to various elements or people with different interests committing the thefts. varying between politics, sports and other daily con- cerns. One of them might be better-informed than others, even if the topic has nothing to do with their Policemen assaulted career or interest. A citizen who was under the influence of drugs attacked policemen and broke the hand of one of them, before he was brought under control. The incident took place on Maghreb Street near Mansouriya. Several This individual comes in motorists called police about a hysterical man whose car had broken down and was disturbing passersby. A police patrol responded, and when he was asked to handy when the group hand over his ID, he attacked the patrolmen. Backup patrols arrived at the scene and the hysterical man was arrested. He faces further legal action. decides to play cards and is

Property damage A car with a citizen and a Gulf national onboard collided short for one more player with a vehicle, then hit a police car in an attempt to escape. The women ended up detained at a police station, and Al-Jarida both were suspected of being drunk. A police patrol Mostly, if not always, one of those people turn out noticed a luxury car being driven unsteadily, so it was to be useless and dispensable. Their absence makes no asked to stop. But the motorist attempted to escape, hit- difference on any of the topics discussed in the ting another car and a police patrol car during the chase. diwaniya. There only remarks are usually limited to inquiries about how everyone was doing, and some other simple bits here and there. Sometimes, this indi- Al-Anbaa Fatal fall vidual comes in handy when the group decides to play The body of a 34-year-old Indian was taken to the cards and is short for one more player. However, after medical examiner. He was found to have drunk a large The Vietnamese lesson the internet and social media networks revolutionized quantity of liquor, and may have lost his balance and fall- our lives, people themselves have turned into media en from a building. The Indian was working on his satellite channels, posting whatever they wish for a consider- dish at the time of the accident. — Al-Anbaa and Al-Rai By Salah Al-Sayer able number of people to see. All you need is internet access and a smartphone. have started to pick garments having the ‘Made in tating wars like that against the French occupation, and All this allowed such insignificant individuals to Vietnam’ tag whenever I go shopping for clothes the seven-year war with the United States that claimed gather information from various networks and from Burgan Bank marks whatever is discussed in a diwaniya in order to form Iregardless of the brand because of the high quality the lives of one million Vietnamese, injured three mil- of those clothes that are well-tailored and made of lions and resulted in creating 12 million refugees. a topic to post on social media, as if it was their origi- second branch strong fabrics. It has become well-known that many Yet, despite such catastrophic situations, Vietnam nal idea. And because such individuals are marginal international garment manufacturing companies tend managed to turn into an industrial country with prosper- and insignificant as we mentioned, they would opening in Fahaheel to contract Vietnamese factories that also excel in many ous economy that attracted so many foreign investors. always try to make that up by using the internet as a other products such as shoes, chocolate, frozen fish, There is a great lesson to be learnt here from the source for having effective opinions amongst others. KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yesterday that it will They tell fake stories as real ones backing up their open its second branch in Fahaheel today. The new branch’s furniture and technological products carrying famous Vietnamese people who worked hard on liberating their brands. This has greatly changed Vietnam’s ranking country from the American occupation, then worked on superficial arguments. location is conveniently positioned to ensure that cus- As long as these people form public opinion, we are tomers residing in Fahaheel and surrounding areas gain with the World Bank, and was upgraded to leading liberating its mind from the grips of history by breaking positions after it had stayed on the tail of the World the ice of hatred with ‘Uncle Sam.’ They managed to turn bound to reach this shaky fragile situation where easier access to conduct their financial needs. With the nobody can stand different opinions and political opening of this branch, Burgan Bank’s network reach rises Bank’s list for long. old feuds between both countries into investment and ‘Made in Vietnam’ is a phrase that is dominating mar- commercial bonds, and thus, the US has become arguments or disputes, and start having social impacts to include 29 branches across Kuwait and 186 branches by classifying others in the most racist and hateful across the Middles East, North Africa, and Turkey. Equipped kets nowadays. It can be seen on international products Vietnam’s business associate. and very well established and famous commercial Economists attribute Vietnam’s economic boom to manner that has been tearing the society apart on a with the modern facilities and technologies, the branch will daily basis. Those people must be put back on the be operational from Sundays to Thursdays, from 8:30 am to brands, which is amazing and admirable at the same those outstanding commercial ties. Instead of remaining time. It calls for so much thought because the country in gloomy bloody memories and Napalm fires of the margins where they belong, because it would be a dis- 3:00 pm. The recent expansion reflects Burgan Bank com- aster to listen to and follow them. The consequences mitment to continuously offer high quality customer care had been through extremely terrible experiences. It was past, Vietnam broke through to achieve victory for the occupied by foreigners so many times. It witnessed dan- best interest of the national economy. will surely be considerable. and comprehensive banking solutions throughout Kuwait. Translated by Kuwait Times from Aljarida gerous domestic conflicts and has been through devas- —Translated by Kuwait Times from A-Anbaa — KIPCO Group trains over 500 students under the umbrella of INJAZ-Kuwait Programs focused on ‘entrepreneurship,’ ‘work readiness’

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Projects Company companies, employees from KIPCO, Burgan them the opportunity to meet with differ- ence very rewarding, and they are eager (KIPCO) and its group companies have Bank, Gulf Insurance Group, OSN, United ent groups of students and exposing them to volunteer again in the coming aca- trained over 500 students on entrepreneur- Real Estate Company, Qurain Petrochemical to diverse ideologies, in order to enrich demic year. This initiative has also been ship and work readiness under the umbrel- Industries and KAMCO Investment their experience and enhance their under- an opportunity for us to introduce to stu- la of INJAZ-Kuwait - a nongovernmental Company volunteered their time to work standing of what makes a business suc- dents the different roles they can pursue organization (NGO) that aims to drive com- closely with students in public and private ceed or fail.” in their careers and the many business munity service through professional volun- middle schools, high schools and universi- Eman Al-Awadhi, KIPCO’s Group sectors they join.” teering engagement with youth. ties on topics such as entrepreneurship, Communications Director said: “We are She added: “We would like to thank the Thirty-seven volunteers from the KIPCO innovation and career success. delighted to be working with INJAZ- INJAZ-Kuwait team for the great effort they Group trained 530 students in 14 training Rana Al-Nibari, Chief Executive Officer Kuwait to build a culture of volunteering are exerting to drive youth engagement. programs during the academic year 2016- of INJAZ-Kuwait said: “The programs we within KIPCO Group, driven by our inter- On behalf of KIPCO, we also thank all the 2017. The initiative is part of a two-year provide at INJAZ-Kuwait provide students est in empowering young people and volunteers for taking the time to prepare of partnership between KIPCO and INJAZ- with the knowledge and skills they need enhancing their skills to ensure career these programs and deliver them with pas- Kuwait to train 1000 students by June 2018. to ensure their success in the business success and the pursuit of entrepreneur- sion, setting role models for our promising Eman Al-Awadhi Rana Al-Nibari Supported by the managements of their world. Our responsibilities include offering ship. Our volunteers found the experi- younger generation.” Zain wears green in celebration of Earth Day Staff, management participated in internal activity

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunica- tribute to preserving the Kuwaiti marine life, the art equipment, and will be used for remov- throughout the past 14 years comes under its Team honored Zain in the occasion of com- tions company in Kuwait, organized an inter- which is considered one of the main pillars of ing wrecked ships and boats from the bottom Corporate Sustainability and Social Responsibility pleting 800 marine preservation missions nal activity to celebrate Earth Day. The event, the valued Kuwaiti heritage. of the ocean, removing abandoned fishing strategy towards the environmental sector. The using a boat the company dedicated to the held in the company’s main headquarters in In addition, Zain recently dedicated a brand nets, installing and maintaining environment- company’s sustainable goals closely focus on pre- team back in 2003. The newly dedicated boat Shuwaikh, witnessed the attendance of a large new boat to the Kuwait Dive Team, which will friendly anchors, monitoring coral reefs, clean- serving the Kuwaiti environment, especially from Zain is much more advanced, and fea- number of employees and the executive man- be utilized to carry out marine preservation ing shores, islands, and beaches, documenting Kuwait’s marine life, and seeks to raise awareness tures state of the art equipment that will agement, headed by Zain Kuwait’s Chief projects throughout the upcoming years. The marine life, and more. of protecting it within the community. ensure easy and fast marine preservation mis- Executive Officer Eaman Al-Roudhan. boat is fully equipped with the latest state of Zain’s support to the Kuwait Dive Team During October 2016, the Kuwait Dive sions throughout the upcoming years. Zain is keen on organizing this internal activity each year as part of its Corporate Sustainability and Social Responsibility strate- gy towards the environmental sector. The company involves employees in this interna- tionally celebrated day that is held on April of every year to spread awareness and enrich its internal culture. The event witnessed overwhelming partici- pation from employees who were keen on wearing green to show their support for Earth Day. Activities included the distribution of office-friendly plants, healthy green snacks, and mini-games made with recycled materials such as old flyers and brochures, plastic bottles and caps, as well as plastic SIM card holders. Zain’s executive management was keen on taking part in the event and receiving written comments and suggestions proposed by the employees for an even greener workplace, as the company was recently recognized as the Best Recycler by Omniya, having recycled nearly 83,595 plastic bottles during 2016. Recently, Zain employees and their families participated in a beach cleanup initiative at Shuwaikh beach. The event came in collabora- tion with the Kuwait Dive Team with the aim of preserving Kuwaiti marine life. Employees were keen on shouldering initiatives that con- China urges North MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 Korea peninsula denuclearization US Defense Secretary Mattis visits strategic Djibouti Page 9 Page 12

SYRIA: This file handout picture released by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows Saudi Arabian air force pilot, Prince ledKha bin Salman, as he sits in the cockpit of a fighter jet at an undisclosed location, after taking part in a mission to strike Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria.—AFP Saudi king’s pilot son named US envoy Saudi military personnel civil servants to receive allowances

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Saturday named But ties between Riyadh and Washington vate initiative to strengthen Saudi-US ties, being conducted with local forces. Saudi committee of the Royal Court. The Arab an air force pilot son of King Salman as became increasingly frayed during the described Prince Khaled as a “very organ- Arabia leads the air campaign but after two News reported late last year that Araj was ambassador to its major ally Washington, administration of president Barack Obama. ized personality, savvy, youthful, and active.” years of coalition intervention analysts say under investigation by the kingdom’s anti- with which ties are improving under Saudi leaders felt Obama was reluctant to Another son of King Salman, Deputy Yemen is more unstable than ever, and one corruption commission for the alleged President Donald Trump. The change came get involved in the civil war in Syria and was Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 31, is called it a “quagmire”. “irregular hiring” of his son. In other among a series of orders issued by the king, tilting toward Riyadh’s regional rival Iran. second in line to the throne and is one of Saudi military personnel in the Yemen changes, Salman dismissed Minister of who shuffled his cabinet, restored civil serv- The Saudis have found a more favorable ear the kingdom’s most powerful figures. He operation will receive a salary bonus of two Information and Culture Adel al-Turaifi and ice benefits, and replaced the head of the in Washington under Trump, who took holds the post of defense minister and is months, the king also ordered, despite a replaced him with Awad al-Awad. army which for two years has been fighting office in January and has denounced Iran’s pushing a wide-ranging social and econom- budget deficit forecast to be $53 billion this Minister of Communication and rebels in neighboring Yemen. “harmful influence” in the Middle East. ic reform program. year following a collapse in global oil prices Information Technology Mohammed al- “Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki Washington provides some logistical and since 2014. The salaries of other civil ser- Suwaiyel also lost his job, replaced by removed as ambassador to the US. Prince intelligence support, as well as weapons, for Military bonuses vants were frozen last year and benefits Abdullah al-Swaha. The king changed some Khaled bin Salman bin Abdulaziz appointed the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. Among other orders issued by King curbed, while the government cut subsidies regional governors, along with numerous ambassador,” the official Saudi Press Agency The kingdom also belongs to the US-led Salman, the head of the army Lieutenant and delayed major projects. Salman on senior bureaucrats including the head of reported, citing a royal order. Prince coalition against the Islamic State group in General Eid al-Shalwi was removed. Fahad Saturday ended the restrictions on compen- the General Authority of Sports as the king- Abdullah had served for just over a year, Iraq and Syria. Prince Khaled, the new Bin Turki was promoted to replace him. The sation for state workers because he is “keen dom tries to provide more athletic activities according to the website of the Saudi ambassador, is an air force pilot who flew army is helping to defend Saudi Arabia’s to provide comfort to the Saudi citizens,” a for its people. Under the reforms being embassy in Washington. The United States missions as part of that anti-IS coalition, said southern border from rebel incursions but decree said, as the kingdom prepares to directed by the Deputy Crown Prince, Saudi and Saudi Arabia have a decades-old rela- Salman al-Ansari, president of the Saudi analysts say that, in Yemen itself, coalition increase electricity and other prices. Arabia is trying to make government opera- tionship based on the exchange of American Public Relation Affairs Committee troops from the United Arab Emirates have Salman fired Minister of Civil Service tions more efficient and officials more American security for Saudi oil. (SAPRAC). Ansari, whose committee is a pri- the most prominence in ground operations Khaled al-Araj, who will be investigated by a accountable.—AFP France votes in presidential nailbiter

PARIS: France voted yesterday under heavy securi- Beaumont, a former coal mining town in northern could hand an advantage to candidates seen as ty in the first round of the most unpredictable pres- France that has an FN mayor. Macron voted in the taking a hard line on security issues. idential election in decades, with the outcome chic Normandy seaside resort of Le Touquet with “If it were to benefit someone, that would clear- seen as vital for the future of the beleaguered wife Brigitte, his former high school teacher who is ly be Marine Le Pen who has dominated this issue European Union. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen 25 years his senior. throughout the campaign, or Francois Fillon,” said and centrist Emmanuel Macron are the favorites to Four hours after voting stations opened, Adelaide Zulfikarpasic of the BVA polling institute. progress to a run-off on May 7 but the result is too turnout was up slightly on the figure at the same In the aftermath of the shooting, Le Pen called for close to call in a deeply divided country. stage in 2012, suggesting it could beat the final fig- France to “immediately” take back control of its Le Pen, the 48-year-old leader of the National ure of 79.48 percent in that election. Nearly 47 mil- borders from the EU and deport all foreigners on a Front (FN), hopes to capitalize on security fears that lion people are eligible to vote and most polling terror watchlist.US President Trump tweeted that were catapulted to the fore of the campaign after stations will close at 1700 GMT with those in major the shooting “will have a big effect” on the election. the fatal shooting of a policeman on Paris’s cities shutting an hour later. First projected results Champs Elysees avenue claimed by the Islamic are expected shortly afterwards. Fake job scandal State group. Aiming to ride a wave of populism Closely watched around the world, the French that carried Donald Trump to the White House and Security a concern campaign has been full of unpredictable twists and led Britain to vote for Brexit, Le Pen wants France to In the wake of the policeman’s killing on turns. A race that began with the surprise nomina- abandon the euro and intends to call a referendum Thursday, 50,000 police and 7,000 soldiers have tion of Fillon as right-wing candidate in November on withdrawing from the EU as well. been deployed around France to protect voters. shifted into a higher gear in December when Observers predict that a Le Pen victory could be The terror attack was the latest in a bloody series unpopular Socialist President Francois Hollande a fatal blow for the EU, already weakened by have cost more than 230 lives since 2015. Guy decided not to seek re-election. Hollande’s five Britain’s vote to leave. Macron, 39, is seeking to Belkechout, a 79-year-old pensioner who was vot- years in office have been dogged by a sluggish become France’s youngest ever president and has ing in the working-class Parisian suburb of Trappes, economy and the constant terror threat. After vot- campaigned on a strongly pro-EU and pro-busi- said he was concerned. “Security issues have influ- ing in Tulle, central France, Hollande said “democra- ness platform. Seeking to benefit from a worldwide enced me after the attacks. Candidates who want cy is stronger than all else”, in a reference to the move away from established political parties, the fewer security measures, who want to reduce the Paris attack. Fillon was the early frontrunner until former banker and economy minister formed his police’s powers, have not got my vote,” he said. his support waned after he was charged following own movement, “En Marche” (“On the Move”), that But Yanis Olive, a 35-year-old photographer vot- accusations he gave his British-born wife a ficti- he says is “neither to the left nor to the right.” ing in Paris, said security was not “a major issue”- tious job as his parliamentary assistant for which But polls show scandal-tainted conservative unemployment and the economy were more she was paid nearly 700,000 euros ($750,000) of candidate Francois Fillon, a former prime minister, important. “Emmanuel Macron’s youth and positive public money. Though there are four main con- and hard-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon are demeanor is attractive,” he said. “I really don’t want tenders in the election, a total of 11 candidates are FRANCE: French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN - also in with a fighting chance of finishing among Fillon or Le Pen so I’ve chosen Macron because I taking part. The candidate for the governing National Front) party Marine Le Pen casts her ballot at a polling station in Henin- the top two candidates and reaching the all-impor- think he is going to be in the second round.” Socialists, Benoit Hamon, was a distant fifth going Beaumont, north-western France, yesterday, during the first round of the tant second round. Le Pen cast her ballot in Henin- Analysts believe the attack so late in the campaign into the final weekend.—AFP Presidential election.—AFP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Iran to air presidential debates after U-turn

TEHRAN: Iran will air live debates on state televi- 19 poll, said the debates would not be broadcast exposing details about their actions in previous arrest since 2011 for leading protests against the sion ahead of May’s presidential election, the inte- live as in previous elections, sparking outrage on roles. Ghalibaf lost momentum in a 2013 election re-election of Ahmadinejad. Prior to the reversal, rior ministry said yesterday, reversing a decision to social media. Moderate President Hassan bid after his rival Rouhani said the hardline former Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli, a mem- show recorded versions that had triggered an out- Rouhani and his conservative rivals Ebrahim Raisi police chief had proposed allowing student ber of the conservative-dominated commission, cry. “After demands by the Iranian nation and the and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf all rejected the protests in 1999 so security forces could crush defended the ban on live debates, saying it would candidates for a review (of the decision), the presi- ban. Televised debates are a relatively new fea- them. In 2009, live debates between conservative avoid “insults, accusations and (violations of) pub- dential elections campaign commission decided... ture of Iranian presidential elections and are incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and reformist lic ethical codes”. All six candidates are set to take that debates may be broadcast live,” the ministry believed to have influenced the results of votes candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein part in the first debate on Friday, the commission’s said in a statement on official news agency IRNA. in 2009 and 2013. Mousavi turned into heated exchanges of accusa- head told news agency ISNA. The powerful The U-turn came days after the commission, The ban on live debates was seen as an attempt tions that many said went too far for the regime. Guardian Council last week blocked Ahmadinejad which sets campaigning rules ahead of the May to avoid embarrassing certain candidates by Karroubi and Mousavi have been under house from standing for another term. —AFP

Qataris kidnapped in Iraq Drone strike kills five speak of joy at release Qaeda suspects in Yemen ADEN: A presumed US drone strike in Trump took office in January. The south Yemen yesterday killed five sus- Pentagon said on April 3 that it had Hostages released under complex regional deal pected members of Al-Qaeda and three carried out more than 70 strikes civilians, a security official said. Earlier, a against jihadist targets in Yemen since DOHA: Two Qatari hunters who endured a 16- local official gave a toll of three sus- February 28. Before yesterday’s attack, month hostage ordeal in Iraq spoke yesterday pects killed in the strike in the Al-Said two strikes overnight on Tuesday killed of their joy at being released, in the first public area of Shabwa province. The vehicle five suspected members of Al-Qaeda comments since the group were freed. targeted was carrying five suspected in the Arabian Peninsula. Washington Mohammed Marzouki was among 24 Qataris Al-Qaeda members, all of whom were regards AQAP to be the most danger- and two Saudis who were on a hunting trip in killed by a missile, the security official ous branch of the extremist group. a mainly Shiite area of southern Iraq when said. Three civilians who went to their Last month, US media reports said they were kidnapped in late 2015. They flew aid were killed when a second missile Trump’s administration had given new back to Doha on Friday following their release struck, the official said. Washington has powers to the CIA to conduct drone under a complex regional deal linked to the sharply intensified its air war against strikes against extremist targets in the Syrian civil war. the jihadists since US President Donald Middle East. —AFP “When I saw the lights of Doha, I felt like life was beginning again-my happiness is inde- scribable,” Marzouki told the local Arabic daily Two Israeli soldiers, four others newspaper, Al-Sharq. “My joy at returning to the homeland is a feeling that cannot be arrested for anti-Arab attacks described in words.” A fellow hostage, Khalid bin Dhafer Al-Dosari, told the same newspaper JERUSALEM: Six Israelis, including two prevent Jewish women from having rela- that “all our aches and pains disappeared once BAGDAD: An image grab taken from a handout video released by the Iraqi Interior soldiers, have been arrested for racist tionships with Arab men. According to we reached our homeland”. The hunting party, Ministry shows Qatari men who were kidnapped while hunting in southern Iraq in 2015 attacks against Arabs with knives and police, they were influenced by a video believed to include prominent members of the boarding a plane at Baghdad airport following their release. — AFP other weapons and charged with “terror- from the Jewish extreme right group Qatari royal family, were captured in mid- ist” offences, authorities said yesterday. Lehava, which opposes inter-marriage. In December 2015 and held captive until they The suspects are accused of having used August 2014, Lehava activists staged a were freed on Friday. knives, clubs and bars to carry out at least rally where racist slogans, including There was never any claim of responsibility Angolan activists jailed five separate anti-Arab attacks and acts of “Death to Arabs!” were shouted at the for the kidnapping of the hunters, who were vandalism against cars belonging to wedding near Tel Aviv of a Muslim man widely believed to have been taken by militias over election protest Arabs, police said in a statement. Police and Jewish woman. with close ties to Tehran. While the terms of the did not provide details on whether the The group’s leader, Benzi Gopstein, group’s release have not been made public, it attacks resulted in serious injuries or how was questioned by police in 2015 after he LUANDA: Seven Angolan opposition activists named “McLife”, a prominent critic of Dos many people were targeted. condoned torching churches in Israel, in has been reported that Qatar paid millions in have been sentenced to 45 days in jail over a Santos. About 50 protesters attended the ransom to secure their freedom. After flying They were charged in the southern accordance with a mediaeval Jewish com- protest calling for transparency in August elec- unauthorized demonstration in Luanda yester- Israeli city of Beersheba. The accused mandment to destroy places of idol-wor- home on Friday, the hunters were met at Doha’s tions when veteran President Jose Eduardo dos day calling for fair elections, with police arrest- were allegedly motivated by “nationalist ship. Arabs account for some 17.5 percent Hamad International Airport by the country’s Santos is due to stand down. The election is set ing seven people. Dos Santos, who has domi- and racist” beliefs, including seeking to of Israel’s eight million population. —AFP emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. to mark a new chapter for Angola as Dos nated the Angolan government and the ruling The release deal was linked to the evacuation Santos hands over power after ruling the oil- MPLA party for decades, has been regularly of thousands of people from the Syrian govern- rich country since 1979. accused of crushing dissent. ment-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya, long “The court condemns the accused to 45 The MPLA has ruled since independence Trump tells dreamers to besieged by rebels. The evacuations marked the days of imprisonment and a fine of 65,000 from Portugal in 1975. Joao Lourenco, the cur- end of the first stage of a deal brokered by rebel kwanzas ($390) for the offences of rebellion rent defense minister, has emerged as Dos rest easy, targets criminals backer Qatar and regime ally Iran. Wealthy citi- and association with criminals,” said the judge Santos’s chosen successor. After constitutional zens of Sunni Gulf states venture to countries in Cacuaco, a district of the Angolan capital changes in 2010, Angola does not directly elect including Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq to hunt Luanda. Among those convicted late a president, but the leader of the winning par- WASHINGTON: Young immigrants later in his administration, including by with falcons without the bag limits and conser- Wednesday was rapper Adao Bunga, nick- ty automatically becomes head of state. —AFP brought to the US as children and now in building relationships with foreign leaders. vation measures they face at home. —AFP the country illegally can “rest easy,” President Donald Trump says, telling the Dreamer case “dreamers” they will not be targets for He cited German Chancellor Angela deportation under his immigration poli- Merkel as a leader he was surprised to cies. Trump, in an interview Friday with The have developed strong chemistry with, Associated Press, said his administration is given that he has been critical of her han- “not after the dreamers, we are after the dling of immigration policies. As a candi- criminals.” The president, who took a hard date, Trump strongly criticized President line on immigration as a candidate, vowed Barack Obama for “illegal executive anew to fulfill his promise to construct a amnesties,” including actions to spare from wall along the US-Mexico border. deportation young people who were But he stopped short of demanding brought to the country as children and that funding for the project be included in now are here illegally. But after the elec- a spending bill Congress must pass by the tion, Trump started speaking more favor- end of next week in order to keep the gov- ably about these immigrants, popularly ernment running. “I want the border wall. dubbed “dreamers.” My base definitely wants the border wall,” On Friday, he said that when it comes to Trump said in the Oval Office interview. them, “This is a case of heart.” This week, Asked whether he would sign legislation attorneys for Juan Manuel Montes said the that does not include money for the proj- 23-year-old was recently deported to ect, he said, “I just don’t know yet.” Mexico despite having qualified for Throughout the campaign, he had firmly deferred deportation. Trump said Montes’ and repeatedly guaranteed that Mexico, case is “a little different than the dreamer not US taxpayers, would pay for the wall. case,” though he did not specify why. The Eager to start making progress on other Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals campaign promises, Trump said he would program was launched in 2012 as a stop- unveil a tax overhaul package next week - gap to protect some young immigrants “Wednesday or shortly thereafter” - that from deportation while the administration would include a “massive” tax cut for both continued to push for a broader immigra- individuals and corporations. He would not tion overhaul in Congress. provide details of rate proposals or how he Obama’s administrative program planned to pay for the package but asserted offered a reprieve from deportation to the cuts for Americans will be “bigger, I those immigrants in the country illegally believe, than any tax cut ever.” Congressional who could prove they arrived before they Republicans seemed caught off guard by were 16, had been in the United States for Trump’s announcement and did not appear several years and had not committed a to have been briefed on the details of the crime since being here. It mimicked ver- White House’s forthcoming plan. sions of the so-called DREAM Act, which Trump spoke with the AP ahead of his would have provided legal status for 100th day in office. He panned that marker young immigrants but was never passed as “artificial.” Still, the White House is eager by Congress. DACA also provides work per- RABAT: This picture shows the parliament during a joint public meeting devoted to the presentation of the government program by to tout progress on the litany of agenda mits for the immigrants and is renewable Morocco’s newly appointed Prime Minister, in Rabat. — AFP items he promised to fulfill in his first 100 every two years. days, despite setbacks including court As of December, about 770,000 young bans on his proposed immigration limits immigrants had been approved for the Morocco accuses Algeria and a high-profile failure in repealing and program. On foreign policy, Trump said it replacing the current health care law. The was “possible” the US will withdraw from president said Friday he spent his first 100 the nuclear accord with Iran forged by of expelling 55 Syrians days laying the “foundation” for progress Obama and five other world leaders. —AP

RABAT: Morocco has accused Algeria of Moroccan media reported that the Syrians Moroccan-Algerian border”. In mid-March, a expelling 55 Syrians across the countries’ had been left to their fate in the border region Moroccan migrant rights group, GADEM, shared border, criticizing it for “inhumane as Morocco prevented them from entering its reported that around 30 sub-Saharan migrants behavior” in the latest row between the North territory. The frontier has been closed since had been arrested in Morocco then left strand- African rivals. The Syrians were sent across the 1994. The ministry’s statement did not say ed in no man’s land between Morocco and frontier near the desert town of Figuig, whether they had been allowed to seek asylum Algeria, having been deported from both coun- Morocco’s interior ministry said in a statement in Morocco. “This is not the first time that the tries. Morocco adopted a new migration policy late Friday. In searing heat and rugged terrain, Algerian authorities have expelled immigrants in 2013. In December it launched a new cam- they had reached the area in several groups to Moroccan territory,” it said. paign to regularize the status of clandestine before being “surrounded” by Algerian police, A statement from the Moroccan foreign migrants in its territory, most of them from sub- according to the Moroccan authorities. ministry late Saturday expressed “deep con- Saharan Africa. Rabat condemned its neighbor’s “inhumane cern” over the situation, saying Algeria’s ambas- Rabat insists its migration policy is “humane behavior” towards the migrants who included sador to Rabat had been shown photographs and generous”-in contrast, it says, with the poli- “women and children in a very vulnerable situ- showing that the Syrians had crossed from cy of its Algerian rival. In January 2014, ation”. The expulsion was “contrary to the rules Algerian territory and then tried to enter Morocco summoned Algeria’s ambassador to of good neighborliness advocated by Morocco,” Morocco. “Algeria must meet its political and protest against its alleged expulsion of Syrians it added. An NGO official in Figuig, who moral responsibility with regard to this situa- across their common border. Algeria respond- requested anonymity, said the Syrians were still tion,” the ministry said, adding that “the ed in kind, saying its border guards had merely stuck at the border Saturday without access to humanitarian tragedy” faced by Syrian civilians refused to allow Syrians deported by Morocco WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump walks along the West Wing Colonnade at the water or food. should not be used “to sow trouble on the to enter its territory. —AFP White House in Washington. — AP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 INTERNATIONAL N Carolina civil rights center faces conservative ire

RALEIGH: A center founded at the logical,” University of North Carolina at segregation in Pitt County schools in east- we were just a group of concerned citi- opposed to the nature of the advocacy University of North Carolina by a civil Chapel Hill law professor Gene Nichol ern North Carolina especially rankled zens,” said member Susan Lassiter. “We that the center does and the issues that rights attorney to help the poor and dis- wrote via email. Long. County officials told Long they suc- are not the ACLU. We are not the NAACP. people we represent are fighting for,” said enfranchised is the latest institution to Nichol headed UNC’s Center on cessfully fought it with $500,000 from a We are just citizens wanting to improve center managing attorney Mark Dorosin. come under fire from conservatives as Poverty, Work and Opportunity, which textbook fund. our schools.” Her group doesn’t have Chambers was one of the first blacks they work to leave their mark on the the board closed two years ago by saying “This is outrageous,” he said. “We can- deep pockets and she now worries about attending UNC’s law school, becoming state’s higher education system. African- it didn’t serve its academic mission. It was not allow academic centers to hire full- finding a civil rights attorney who is expe- editor of its Law Review and graduating American attorney Julius Chambers, who one of about 25 UNC-affiliated centers time lawyers to sue cities and counties.” rienced in public education law and will first in his class. He went on to a distin- endured firebomb attacks in the 1960s shuttered after a review of the 240 cen- The center has represented dozens of work for free. Concerned Citizens of guished career litigating civil rights cases, and 1970s as he fought segregation, ters in the campus system. Those devel- North Carolina individuals and groups Duplin County, which claimed segrega- rising to head the NAACP Legal Defense founded the UNC Center for Civil Rights in opments followed a conservative political over the years, often successfully, in fight- tion in a local schools facility proposal, is and Educational Fund for a time. He died 2001, serving as its first director. takeover of North Carolina, launched in ing social, economic and racial discrimina- also bothered by the proposal. in 2013. Now conservatives on the state Board 2010 when Republicans took their first tion. Its clients are too poor to afford rep- Member Johnny Hollingsworth said John Gresham, longtime friend and of Governors, which sets policy for the state House and Senate majorities since resentation - their targets are often school the center was serving its education mis- law partner, said Chambers envisioned a 16-campus system, want to strip the cen- the late 1800s. districts, cities, counties, even state gov- sion: “I can’t think of a better way to train strong advocacy arm in the center ter of its ability to file lawsuits, removing Board member Steve Long said the ernment. When Concerned Citizens for new lawyers than through practical, because he knew the civil rights strug- its biggest weapon. Proponents say the center must refocus on its education mis- Successful Schools in Johnston County hands-on experience.” The dean of the gle wouldn’t end soon, if ever. “He never move isn’t ideological, but that the cen- sion, and “one of the things you say no to sought records proving its poor and UNC law school, which houses the center, thought the struggle was over,” ter’s courtroom work strays from the edu- is public interest law firms.” He added, minority students weren’t getting equal said the center will work only on current Gresham said. “In fact, he worried that a cation mission of the country’s oldest “free enterprise, civil rights, protection of education opportunities, the local school cases and not join any new lawsuits for number of things were going backward public university. Critics say one of the children’s rights - whatever the cause it board balked. now. All acknowledge the fight’s not instead of forward, so Chambers was South’s leading civil rights institutions doesn’t matter. Are you going to stay on Last year the center sued and, within about money: The center isn’t state-fund- under no illusion that this was some- would be defanged. The proposal is mission as an educational institution or months, the records were delivered. “The ed but runs on grants, foundation money thing that was going to be accom- “strictly, certainly and undoubtedly ideo- not?” One lawsuit by the center alleging center gave our group credibility because and donations. “The folks pushing this are plished in his lifetime.”—AP US Defense Secretary Mattis visits strategic Djibouti Chinese military base raises concerns in Washington DJIBOUTI: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived yesterday for a short visit to Djibouti, a strategic Horn of Africa nation which hosts Washington’s only permanent military base on the continent. Camp Lemonnier, home to some 4,000 US soldiers and contractors, is vital to US military operations in Somalia against militant groups like Al-Shabaab, and also provides sup- port for US operations in Yemen, where special forces regularly carry out drone strikes against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. China is also in the process of establishing its first overseas military base in the small port country just a few miles from the US camp, which has raised concern in Washington. Mattis is scheduled to meet with Djibouti’s president, Ismael Omar Guelleh as well as with General Thomas Waldhauser, commander of US troops in Africa. “For (the defense department) Camp Lemonnier and Chabelley are critical in terms of logistics.” “They support multiple US combat com- mand”, a senior defense official said, referring to CALIFORNIA: In this file photo a condemned inmate is led out of his east block cell on an airfield close to the camp, from which the US death row at San Quentin State Prison, in San Quentin, California.—AP military operates drones. Another senior defense official, also speaking on condition of anonymi- DOHA: US Defense Secretary James Mattis prepares to shake hands with an airman prior to California moves slowly ty, also played down any concerns about China’s boarding a US Air Force C-17 plane en route to visit a US military base in Djibouti, in the Qatari base construction. “At this point I don’t see why capital Doha yesterday.—AFP toward resuming executions we should not be able to comfortably coexist spoken to Guelleh “and expressed our concerns Africa’s first fully electrified transnational rail- with the Chinese presence, the way we do with about some of the things that are important to way. China has said it wants the base to sup- SACRAMENTO: California has long been Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic, which the Japanese, the French...” the official told us about what the Chinese may or may not do”. port its UN peacekeepers in Africa, allow it to what one expert calls a “symbolic death opposes executions, says amobarbital and reporters last week. With a population of 875,000 people, evacuate its nationals in a crisis, and to support penalty state,” one of 12 that has capital secobarbital have never been used in exe- Djibouti lies on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a its anti-piracy activities off Somalia. punishment on the books but has not exe- cutions. The clinic said problems remain Chinese pearl necklace gateway to the Suez Canal, one of the world’s The United States set up base in Djibouti cuted anyone in more than a decade. over how the drugs would be obtained and Critics say China is trying to construct a so- busiest shipping routes. The former French shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks to Prodded by voters and lawsuits, the administered. called “pearl necklace” in the Indian Ocean-a ref- colony has launched major infrastructure proj- back up operations against the Al-Qaeda and nation’s most populous state may now be Officials in several other states with erence to various ports in which China has direct ects aimed at turning it into a regional hub for the Taliban in Afghanistan and was described as easing back toward allowing executions, long-delayed executions have said their interest in operations including Gwadar in trade and services, using money largely bor- a temporary measure at the time. But this was though observers are split on how quickly efforts to carry out the death penalty have Pakistan and the Colombo Port City in Sri Lanka. rowed from China. In October, Ethiopia formally formalized and buttressed in 2014 when the US they will resume, if at all. Corrections offi- been thwarted by a lack of lethal drugs. However, Waldhauser assured the US Senate’s inaugurated a train line from Addis Ababa to signed a bail for 20 years. France has about 1,450 cials expect to meet a Wednesday deadline Arkansas was rushing to try to execute as armed forces committee in March that he had Djibouti, a Chinese-funded project that is troops stationed in Djibouti.—AFP to submit revised lethal injection rules to many inmates as possible before its supply state regulators, trying again with technical of the controversial sedative midazolam changes after the first attempt was rejected expires at month’s end. Midazolam would Coal-state lawmakers push to in December. not be used under California’s regulations. The California Supreme Court, mean- extend retired miners’ benefits while, is expected to rule by August on Painless death challenges to a ballot initiative narrowly Denno said California’s regulations WASHINGTON: Lawmakers from coal- Senate Republicans are willing to join approved by voters in November that would still conceal the identities, training mining states are pushing to extend Democrats in support of a more com- would speed up executions by reducing and experience of the execution team, cru- health benefits for more than 22,000 plete plan that addresses health benefits the time allowed for appeals. Still, it is a far cial information since the deadly drugs retired miners and widows whose med- and a related issue over failing pension cry from the situation in Arkansas, which must be properly measured, mixed and ical coverage is set to expire at the end of plans for nearly 100,000 unionized min- carried out its first execution since 2005 last administered to ensure a painless death. April. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and ers, Manchin said. week after trying to put eight inmates to “It’s a complicated process, and everything other coal-state Democrats threatened “This shouldn’t be a Republican or death this month in an unprecedented has to be going right, and it’s so easy in a to shut down the government over the Democrat issue,” he said in an interview. series of double executions. Courts have prison context for everything not to go issue in December, but they retreated “This is an issue of fairness.”A spokesman blocked three of them. Legal rulings have right,” she said. She equated it to letting after winning a four-month extension for Senate Majority Leader Mitch put at least one other in doubt. amateurs provide anesthesia for surgery. that preserves benefits through April 30. McConnell, R-Ky., said McConnell supports California could come close to resuming Denno and other experts said the new As lawmakers return to the Capitol legislation to protect and permanently executions in the next year, said law profes- rules eventually will have to pass the scruti- following a two-week recess, Manchin extend the health benefits, but had no PENNSYLVANIA: In this file photo, Eric Frein is led away sor Robert Weisberg, co-director of the ny of US District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel, says the time for extensions is over. “We word on the progress of talks related to by Pennsylvania State Police Troopers at the Pike Stanford Criminal Justice Center, though who halted executions in the state in early will use every vehicle we can, every path- the spending bill. A spokesman for House County Courthouse after his preliminary hearing in others say too many variables and chal- 2006 and ordered prison officials to way we can, to make sure we do not Speaker Paul Ryan also offered no update. Milford, Pennsylvania.—AP lenges remain to make a prediction. improve their lethal injection process. leave here ... until we have our miners President Donald Trump, who has vowed California has by far the nation’s largest California voters have eased penalties for protected,” he said in a speech on the to revive the struggling coal industry, has Police ambush killer’s death row with nearly 750 inmates, about many crimes in recent years but have Senate floor before the break. “We’ve given “verbal support” for the miners’ ben- double that of No. 2 Florida. repeatedly rejected efforts to end the been very patient,” Manchin said. “I am efits, Manchin said, but needs to do more. strategy to avoid The state’s proposed lethal injection reg- death penalty. They did so again in not going to have another notice sent ulations are patterned after a single-drug November, when 51 percent approved out to our retired miners, to their wid- War on coal death: Blame Dad process that already passed muster with Proposition 66, designed to speed up ows, saying we’ve given you 90 days or “I need him now to either tweet or 120 days extension. That’s not going to call Sen. McConnell and tell him it’s time MILFORD: As Eric Frein tries to avoid death row for the US Supreme Court, Weisberg said. death penalty cases. ambushing two Pennsylvania State Police troopers at their Corrections officials submitted the regula- Fifty-three percent of voters defeated a happen this time.” to act,” Manchin said. “Mr President, if But as a Friday deadline looms to you are listening, please tweet out: barracks, defense lawyers are suggesting they intend to tions only after they were forced to act by a competing measure that would have abol- raise questions about his father’s influence on the gunman, judge’s ruling on behalf of crime victims ished the death penalty. The state keep the government open, lawmakers ‘Mitch, help us. We need you.’” Trump and have not reached agreement on extend- Republicans have decried what they a college dropout and ne’er-do-well who lived with his par- angered at the state’s three-year delay. But Supreme Court quickly blocked ents into his 30s. Frein was convicted last week of all 12 ing the benefits. A plan pushed by GOP describe as a “war on coal” waged by the the regulations replacing California’s old Proposition 66 while it considers chal- counts against him in the 2014 attack that killed 38-year- leaders in the House would extend Obama administration, and have taken a three-drug method are likely to be lenges. Appellate lawyer Kirk Jenkins, who old Cpl. Bryon Dickson, a married father of two and troop- health benefits for 20 months, through series of actions since Trump took office approved at some point, Weisberg said. studies the court, expects the justices will er-of-the-year nominee, and left Trooper Alex Douglass the end of 2018. Manchin said Senate to boost coal production and reduce reg- Deborah Denno, a professor at Fordham reject the proposition’s five-year deadline with debilitating injuries. Democrats are against that idea because ulations, including a rule to protect University School of Law and an expert on for deciding death row appeals because it Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Frein, it’s only a partial fix. At least a dozen streams from coal-mining debris. —AP lethal injections, was among those who violates the separation of powers. 33, who they say targeted state police because he was try- said recent revisions to the state’s pro- Death penalty appeals average at least a ing to foment an uprising against the government. Frein’s posed regulations still don’t cure underly- decade from the time a condemned inmate lawyers want the jury to sentence him to life without ing problems that can lead to botched is assigned a post-trial lawyer to a final parole. The penalty phase opened with Dickson’s widow executions. For instance, the proposed decision by the state’s high court, he said, giving emotional testimony about her family’s loss, and rules now give executioners 10 minutes to and the justices already have a backlog of Douglass telling jurors he might lose his lower leg to administer each round of lethal drugs. The about 300 capital cases. “There is no possi- amputation. The jury learned about Dickson’s passion for first batch is supposed to kill, but if that ini- ble way that the court could meet the getting drunken drivers off the road. tial dose doesn’t work, executioners would deadlines in Prop. 66” without putting The defense has comparatively little to work with as administer four more similar doses, each aside virtually all other decisions, Jenkins they try to persuade jurors to spare Frein’s life. Their case, with a 10-minute countdown clock to said. The initiative also makes it easier for which begins in earnest today, will partly focus on the make sure the process doesn’t drag on for corrections officials to adopt new lethal killer’s relationship with his father, Eugene Michael Frein, a hours as critics said was a possibility under injection procedures. retired Army major. Defense lawyer William Ruzzo said Eric the original rules. But even a complete rejection of Frein tried to emulate his dad but didn’t measure up. His If the inmate is still alive after five mas- Proposition 66 would not derail the execu- father was a decent football player; Eric got hurt. His father sive doses, “the San Quentin Warden shall tions of inmates whose appeals are was a career military man; Eric enjoyed military re-enact- stop the execution and summon medical exhausted, Weisberg said. Those executions ing. His father got a doctorate in microbiology; Eric assistance for the inmate.” The regulations could proceed once the state has an majored in science but “either failed out or drifted away,” still call for letting the warden at San approved lethal injection process.Experts Ruzzo told jurors. Quentin State Prison pick from among four said the delays may give opponents time to “He was a geeky guy who played video games exces- powerful barbiturates - amobarbital, pen- mount another campaign next year asking sively,” the lawyer said. His father, meanwhile, held some tobarbital, secobarbital or thiopental - voters again if they want to abolish the out-of-the-mainstream views about law enforcement. He depending on which one is available as death penalty. “In California, it’s become a VIRGINIA: In this file photo, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W. Virginia, right, Sen. thought police wielded too much power, insisting sheriff’s manufacturers try to limit the use of their symbolic death penalty state,” Denno said. Joe Manchin, D-W. Virginia, second from right, and coal miners, watch as departments should be the primary enforcer of laws drugs for executions. Inmates could also “Whether that is going to change or not is President Donald Trump holds up H.J. Res.—AP because at least sheriffs are elected and thus can be held choose to die in the gas chamber. The unpredictable.”—AP accountable, according to Ruzzo. —AP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 INTERNATIONAL

OSCE staff member killed by landmine in east Ukraine

KIEV: The Organization for Security and provide daily reports on fighting and have drawn Cooperation in Europe said yesterday one of its criticism from the warring sides. staff was killed after an observer mission patrol vehicle hit a landmine in rebel-held east Ukraine. It Anti-tank mine marked the first loss for the security body’s Special Lugansk rebel police force spokesman Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine since Alexander Mazeikin said that two OSCE vehicles Europe’s only war began more than three years were travelling in the rebel-run region when “one of ago. “Tragic news from Ukraine: SMM patrol drove them hit an anti-tank mine”. A statement issued by on mine. One OSCE patrol member killed,” Austrian the Lugansk separatists on their news site said the foreign minister and the OSCE’s current chairman OSCE team had veered off the main road and was Sebastian Kurz wrote on Twitter. travelling along an unsafe route. “We know that this The OSCE mission added later that “two mem- patrol team deviated from the main route and was bers have been taken to hospital for further exami- moving along secondary roads, which is prohibit- nation” but did not give details on their condition. ed,” the separatists said. An official from the organization in Kiev said they “We have repeatedly drawn the OSCE SMM’s could not disclose the victims’ nationalities because attention to the need to follow security measures their next-of-kin were still in the process of being while travelling on its monitoring missions.” The notified. The incident occurred close to Ukraine’s insurgents’ claim could not be immediately con- ANKARA: (From L) OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) mission head volatile frontline near the village of Pryshyb in the firmed. Ukraine’s military said no fighting was in Turkey Tana de Zulueta, ODIHR and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Russian-backed eastern rebel fiefdom of Lugansk. occurring in the area because the sides were hon- Cezar Florin Preda and ODIHR spokesman Thomas Rymer gives a press conference in Ankara. — AFP “Obviously, the blast was strong enough to pen- oring a temporary truce agreement that went into etrate an armored vehicle,” the OSCE official said. effect on April 1. “At the time of the explosion, the the Moscow-backed insurgents has claimed the nied by regular casualties from civilians and fight- “All of our vehicles are armored.” Group chairman ceasefire was being observed by both the lives of more than 10,000 people and driven at least ers either stepping or driving on mines. Ukraine’s Kurz demanded a “thorough investigation” into the Ukrainian forces and the illegal rebel groups,” Kiev’s two million from their homes since 2014. Daily defense ministry said Thursday it had defused incident and insisted that “those responsible will be armed forces said in a statement on Facebook. casualties have fallen substantially since the height 150,000 explosive devices since the war began. But held accountable”. The OSCE team’s 600 members of the fighting in the industrial heartland but spo- it added that only 3,000 of the 700,000 hectares in eastern Ukraine comprise the only independent Uncleared explosive devices radic clashes drag on as a peace plan has stalled. along which the war is being waged had been monitoring mission in the industrial war zone. They The war between Kiev’s pro-Western troops and But the low-level hostilities have been accompa- cleared of the various types of landmines. —AFP Nigeria cracks down on illicit oil refineries

KANA RUGBANA, Nigeria: Nigerian com- security advisory firm. In the past month, mander Remi Fadairo points to the roiling Fadairo’s troops have destroyed more than plume of black smoke blotting the morn- 10 illicit refineries, which process oil stolen ing horizon in the Niger Delta-the unmis- from the pipelines of multinational compa- takable sign of an illicit oil refinery. “Let’s nies, including Shell and Eni, by heating it see if we can go eat them for breakfast,” he in car-sized metal containers. The waste is says with an ominous chuckle. The 44-year- dumped into the surrounding swamp- old colonel, a man with broad shoulders lands, turning what should be a wetland wearing his fatigues tucked into gum- paradise into a monochrome nightmare boots, is standing in the middle of a dominated by the white skeletons of dead destroyed illicit refinery in Kana Rugbana, mangrove trees. an area in the swamplands some 20 nauti- These artisanal refineries, as they are cal miles from Port Harcourt. sometimes called, employ upwards of 50 Fadairo is part of the Joint Task Force men each, who work through the night to Operation Delta Safe, a coalition of avoid detection. Nigerian security forces tasked with pro- They offer a rare job opportunity to tecting the country’s oil and gas infrastruc- thousands of unemployed men in the Niger ture. Last year, militant attacks cut oil pro- Delta suffering from extreme poverty. For duction to 1.4 million barrels per day in militants like the Niger Delta Avengers, who August, triggering Nigeria’s worst econom- say crude is their birthright, refining repre- ic slump in 25 years. Following talks with sents something bigger - a chance to take the government, the militants have sus- back oil profits from corporations and the pended their sabotage. But Nigerian Nigerian government. Perhaps recognising COLOGNE: Alexander Gauland, center, kisses the hand of the head of Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, troops on the ground say the battle isn’t that fighting illicit refineries is an exercise in Frauke Petry during the party congress at the Maritim Hotel in Cologne, western Germany, yesterday. — AFP over, it’s just changed. futility, as part of the government’s Niger Today, the military says one of its priori- Delta outreach program Vice President Yemi ties is to crack down on the illicit refineries Osinbajo has proposed legalising the “mod- Germany’s anti-immigration that they claim fund the operations of the ular refineries”. “There is a way out of violent militants. “The two are interwoven, if they agitation, but it is by creating opportunities aren’t doing militancy, they are doing this,” and the environment where the people in Fadairo tells AFP as he wades through the communities can benefit,” Osinbajo said AfD to pick election team crude-soaked muck. Despite the site look- in early April. ing like a scrap yard, Fadairo says it actually is being rehabilitated, showing new silver Wild waters Frauke Petry to not join the campaign squad pipes welded to a rusted metal container. As an olive-branch to the Niger Delta, On the ground between iridescent oil Osinbajo’s plan has been welcomed by COLOGNE: Germany’s anti-immigration AfD will decision to not even debate her motion a “crush- Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump in the United puddles lay little sachets of gin, empty community leaders. Making it a reality is wrap up a fractious party congress yesterday by ing blow” for Petry, who expressed bitterness on States and the Brexit movement in Britain to packets of instant noodles and cigarette more complicated. Too many people, rang- choosing the team to lead it into a September the sidelines of the meeting. electoral success in the September 24 vote. butts left by the bush distillers. “We just ing from the refiners to militants to cor- general election, after dramatically sidelining its “I will step aside during the campaign, as Spiegel Online journalist Severin Weiland said destroyed all this but they are back,” says rupt officials, have got used to enjoying most prominent personality. The Alternative for that’s what the party congress apparently wants,” Saturday it was now even “doubtful” whether the Fadairo. “They are trying to revive it.” the untaxed spoils of the land. Any distur- Germany’s telegenic co-leader Frauke Petry had Petry said, while pledging to remain party co- AfD would clear the five-percent hurdle to repre- bance to the delicate balance in the region already announced last week she would not join chairwoman “for now”. “As long as the party is sentation in the national parliament. “Frauke Mangrove skeletons may result in violence and, in the worst- the campaign squad, following weeks of bitter not willing to say in what direction it wants to go, Petry was the public face of this party,” he said. The illicit refineries are just one compo- case scenario for cash-strapped Nigeria, infighting between populists and more radical, a team will have to lead the campaign that can Commentator Jens Wiening of public broad- nent of oil theft in Nigeria, a mammoth further disruptions to oil production. hard-right forces. deal with this indecision better than I can.” The caster ARD said Petry had clearly failed to keep industry estimated to be worth as much as Going into presidential polls in 2019, ana- Petry, a 41-year-old former chemist pregnant AfD has seen its support plummet as the refugee the far-right members, who had been actively $8 billion a year, according to a 2013 report lysts say the likelihood of more unrest is with her fifth child, was handed a further setback influx to Germany has slowed in recent months, courted by some factions of the AfD, under con- by Chatham House, a London think-tank. high, especially once electioneering Saturday at the gathering in the western city of after Chancellor Angela Merkel let in more than trol. “Frauke Petry has now learned her lesson,” he “The principal security concerns are begins in earnest. “Rival theft networks can Cologne, which drew several thousand protest- one million asylum seekers since 2015. said, predicting that she would likely cede the endemic corruption, which creates eco- lapse into turf wars and the proceeds from ers and required a security detail of 4,000 police party leadership after the general election. nomic discontent, breakdown of the rule of stolen oil could continue to be used to officers. The around 600 delegates rejected Heading for a showdown Petry’s chief rival, 76-year-old Alexander law, which allows for criminality to be nor- finance election bids,” explains Gillian Petry’s call to adopt a more moderate-sounding The party, now represented in 11 of Gauland, a hardline defector from Merkel’s CDU, malized, and the funding of militancy,” said Parker, a Nigerian analyst at the Control “Realpolitik” program intended to shut down the Germany’s 16 states, aims to sign off on a pro- was widely mentioned as a candidate to join the Ian Ralby, founder of the I.R. Consilium, a Risks consultancy. —AFP party’s more extremist voices, including those gram that will pave the way for it to enter the AfD campaign team. who have attacked Germany’s Holocaust remem- national parliament for the first time in its four- But even he expressed regret that Petry, who brance culture. year history. It includes calls to stop family unifi- is very popular with the party’s base, will not be The International Auschwitz Committee rep- cation of refugees already in Germany, strip front-and-centre on the campaign trail. Another resenting survivors of the Nazi death camp con- immigrants convicted of “significant crimes” of likely member of the election team is 38-year-old demned Saturday’s speeches in Cologne, which their German passports, and declare Islam openly lesbian, former Goldman Sachs invest- it said were aimed at “inciting panic, denouncing incompatible with German culture. ment banker Alice Weidel who has railed against all other political forces and rejecting the cultural But commentators said the power struggle “an army of millions of uneducated migrants values that hold the culture of the republic further undermined its bid to surf the momen- from the Middle East and Africa who expect a together.” Top-selling daily Bild called delegates’ tum of France’s far-right presidential frontrunner free ride” in Germany. —AFP Italian prosecutor stirs migrant taxis row with NGOs like MOAS

ROME: Charity boats rescuing migrants in the lished groups such as Doctors without Borders fickers in Libya,” Zuccaro was quoted as saying by Mediterranean are colluding with traffickers in and Save the Children, and smaller, newer opera- La Stampa. “We do not yet know if and how we Libya, an Italian prosecutor was quoted as saying tions such as the Malta-based MOAS. They have could use this evidence in court, but we are quite yesterday, stirring up a simmering row over aid all dismissed suggestions of de facto collusion certain about what we say; telephone calls from NIGERIA: A member of NNS Delta of the Nigerian Navy forces patrols on an aban- groups’ role in Europe’s migrant crisis. In an inter- with smugglers as a baseless slur on volunteer Libya to certain NGOs, lamps that illuminate the doned site of an illegal oil refinery in the Niger Delta region near the city of view with Italian daily La Stampa, Sicily-based crews whose only mission is to save lives in the route to these organizations’ boats, boats that Warri, Nigeria. — AFP prosecutor Carmelo Zuccaro made his most spe- absence of EU governments acting effectively to suddenly turn off their (locating) transponders, cific claims yet over NGO activities off Libya, do so. Over 1,000 migrants are feared to have are ascertained facts.” which the EU border agency Frontex recently died in waters between Libya and Italy so far this described as tantamount to providing a “taxi” year, according to the UN refugee agency. Libya deal in doubt Spain’s Canary Islands battles service to Europe. Nearly 37,000 have been rescued and brought Zuccaro is the head of a five-strong pool of Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to Italy. “We have evidence that there are direct prosecutors investigating criminal aspects of the diesel slick after ferry accident active in the rescue effort include long-estab- contacts between certain NGOs and people traf- migrant crisis, from trafficking to illegal exploita- tion of migrants on Italian farms and via prostitu- MADRID: Spanish coast guard crews working to break up the slick-which is tion to rackets in the provision of reception facili- worked yesterday to clean up a three-kilo- three kilometers long and half a kilometer ties. La Stampa reported that prosecutors were meter long diesel slick off the holiday wide-to help the diesel evaporate, it looking into whether some of the newly-estab- island of Gran Canaria after a passenger added. “Work on the spill is continuing and lished NGOs may be financed by the traffickers as ferry slammed into a pier. The ferry carry- we hope that it will have evaporated a way of making it easier to guarantee their ing 140 passengers smashed into a break- before Monday. Experts do not believe human cargoes get to Italy. water late Friday in the port of Las Palmas, there is risk to the environment,” The organizations involved have all dismissed the capital of Spain’s Canary islands off the Fernando Clavijo, the president of the the charges against them. They fear they are northwest coast of Africa. Thirteen people regional government, said in a tweet. being targeted by a smear campaign designed to were injured and the crash damaged Beaches around Las Palmas and Telde, get them out of the way. One group, SOS underwater fuel pipes, the regional gov- the two main towns on Gran Canaria, Mediterranean, told AFP last week it had “never, ernment said in a statement. Video would be closed yesterday as a precau- not once” been put in touch with a migrant boat footage on Spanish television showed tion, the regional government said. via smugglers. Under an EU-backed strategy, Italy chunks of concrete falling onto the port. Repairing the pier will cost around two is currently trying to beef up Libya’s coastguard in Emergency crews managed on million euros ($2.1 million) and take six the hope more boats can be prevented from get- Saturday to collect half of the roughly months, it added. Ferry operator Naviera LIBYA: This file photo shows migrants waiting to be rescued from a sinking dinghy off the ting out of Libyan territorial waters and the 60,000 liters of diesel that spilled into the Armas said the accident was caused by a Libyan coastal town of Zawiyah, east of the capital, as they attempted to cross from the migrants returned to holding camps in the trou- ocean, the regional government said. technical fault that sparked a power cut Mediterranean to Europe. — AFP bled country. —AFP Three coast guard boats were on Sunday on the boat. —AFP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Author and conservationist Kuki Gallmann shot in Kenya

NAIROBI: The Italian-born author and con- they’ve invaded, but their actions appear servationist Kuki Gallmann was shot at her to have escalated the violence. The Laikipia Kenyan ranch and airlifted for treatment Farmers Association says when the military after herders invaded in search of pasture and police drive herders from one ranch to save their animals from drought, offi- they move into another. The association’s cials said yesterday. Gallmann, known for deputy chairman has accused politicians her bestselling book “I Dreamed of Africa,” campaigning for the August elections of which became a movie by the same name inciting the herders to invade the ranches, starring Kim Basinger, was patrolling the saying the owners’ leases have come to an ranch when she was shot in the stomach, end and that herders can take over the local police chief Ezekiel Chepkowny said. land and distribute it among themselves. Her driver also survived the attack and The land invasions started late last year. drove her to the airport in Laikipia, where British national and ranch owner Tristan she was airlifted to the capital, Nairobi, for Voorspuy was killed last month when he further treatment, Chepkowny said. went to inspect damage done by the Richard Constant, the deputy chairman herders on one of his lodges. Opposition of the Laikipia Farmers Association, said leader and former Prime Minister Raila suspicion falls on herders from the Pokot Odinga said ranch owners deserve protec- community who have invaded Gallmann’s tion under the law like all Kenyans. ranch several times. Lodges belonging to “Unfortunately, we have watched in bewil- Gallmann were burned by the herders last derment as hooligans take advantage of month. This East African nation is facing a the drought to subject these ranchers to drought that has affected half the country unwarranted attacks,” Odinga said. and has been declared a national disaster. “Even more depressing is the apparent Herders and large-scale farmers in parts of helplessness of the government that is Kenya’s Rift Valley have been desperately clearly unable or unwilling to bring these waiting for seasonal rains that were to start attacks to a stop.” Many of the ranches, last month to ease the drought and con- some of which double as wildlife conser- flicts over grazing land in which more than vancies, were acquired during the period 30 people have died. of British colonial rule, some as early as Kenya’s military and police have been 1900, according to a government report. working to disarm and drive the hundreds Others were purchased after Kenya of herders and their animals out of ranches became independent in 1963.—AP Duterte says he can be 50 times AFGHANISTAN: Afghan commando forces patrol at the site of US bombing in the Achin district of Nangarhar province. —AFP more brutal than terrorists Afghans call for resignations

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte “give me salt and vinegar and I’ll eat his liver.” warned yesterday that he could be “50 times” The crowd broke into laughter, but Duterte cut after Taleban base attack more brutal than Muslim militants who stage in, “It’s true, if you make me angry.” Duterte, a beheadings and said he could even “eat” the longtime city mayor who built an image as a extremists if they’re captured alive by troops. deadly crime-buster, won the presidency in May Country observed national day of mourning for 100 soldiers Duterte has repeatedly threatened drug sus- last year on a promise to battle illegal drugs, pects with death, but he raised his shock rhet- corruption and terrorism. Thousands have died MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan: Afghan fami- was an insider attack, and the militants were What is the government doing to prevent oric to a new level as president when he said in under his anti-drug crackdown, which has lies buried their dead and the country observed “young recruits who had come for training.” such atrocities, only condemning? I am so tired, I a speech during the opening of a national alarmed Western governments and human a national day of mourning yesterday after at Families said prayers for the dead. In the village of can’t do anything but to cry,” a user called sports tournament what he could do to terror- rights groups. least 100 soldiers were killed or wounded in a Omra Kot in Balkh, the coffin of soldier Shir Zabiullah posted on Facebook about the latest ists who have staged beheadings and other He has warned he may place the southern Taleban attack on a military base, prompting Mohammad, 25, was brought home to a house tragedy. “The best way to honor them is to fire gruesome attacks. Philippines, scene of a decades-long Muslim angry calls for ministers and army chiefs to full of weeping relatives. and punish those who failed to do their jobs Duterte ordered troops to kill fleeing Muslim separatist rebellion, under martial rule if terror- resign. The exact toll from Friday’s assault in the Qari Ahmadullah, Shir’s brother who also and/or cooperated with the enemy. Some lead- militants behind a foiled attack in the central ism threats spin out of control. He recently northern province of Balkh remained unclear, served as the imam (cleric) of the 209th Corps ers must go!” said another user on Twitter. resort province of Bohol and not bring them to offered a reward for information leading to the with some local officials putting the number of which was attacked, said: “My brother just got President Ashraf Ghani’s spokesman Shah him alive, calling the extremists “animals.” “If you capture of Abu Sayyaf and other militants dead alone as high as 130. married four months ago and now he is dead. The Hussain Murtazawi told reporters a thorough want me to be an animal, I’m also used to that. behind a foiled attack in the central province of The raid, the deadliest-ever by the Taleban on Taleban are the enemy of Islam and Muslims: they investigation had been ordered. We’re just the same,” Duterte said. “I can dish Bohol. Eight militants, three soldiers, a police- a military base, underscores their growing are misusing the name of Islam to hide their “Investigations must be acceptable to the out, go down what you can 50 times over.” The man and two villagers have died in clashes in strength more than 15 years after they were atrocities.”After the body was buried at a nearby nation and the president,” he vowed, adding “At foul-mouthed president said that if a terrorist Bohol, which lies far from the southern jungle ousted from power. Flags flew at half-mast hill, local resident Faiz Mohammad spoke of peo- this moment, the people of Afghanistan need to was presented to him when he’s in a foul mood, bases of the militants.—AP throughout the country and special prayers were ple’s fears. “We always thought our house is safe unite like a strong fist.” Many internet commenta- said for the dead. The defense ministry gave a because of the base but now we are shocked. tors called for the resignation of Defense Minister figure of at least 100 soldiers killed or wounded. How could this have happened? I can’t believe we Abdullah Habibi and the commander of the Kabul has so far ignored media calls for a com- lost all these young men.” 209th Corps stationed at the base. “This was no plete breakdown of casualties from the five-hour act of desperation. The Taleban infiltrated an attack near the provincial capital of Mazar-I- Growing anger Afghan military base. That’s a major sign of Sharif. But local officials including, Mohammad There was also growing anger online, with strength,” tweeted Washington-based analyst Ibrahim Khairandish the head of the provincial many slamming the government for its inability Michael Kugelman. council, put the death toll as high as 130 and said to counter a series of brazen Taleban assaults, Afghan troops and police, beset by killings and about 60 were wounded. including one on the country’s largest military desertions, have been struggling to beat back Ten gunmen dressed in soldiers’ uniforms and hospital in Kabul in March that left dozens dead. insurgents since US-led NATO troops ended their armed with suicide vests entered the base in Twelve army officers, including two generals, combat mission in December 2014. Afghan secu- army trucks and opened fire at unarmed troops at were sacked for negligence over that attack. rity force casualties soared by 35 percent in 2016, close range in the base’s mosque and dining hall. “Mothers lost their sons, sisters lost their brothers with 6,800 soldiers and police killed, according to A military source at the base indicated the assault and wives lost their husbands. US watchdog SIGAR. —AFP Stolen plaque in Thailand a sign of antidemocratic sentiment

BANGKOK: It’s a whodunit worthy of a Dan Brown novel: a small bronze PUNJAB, India: An Indian Sikh ‘Nihang’ (traditional warrior) poses as he plaque commemorating Thailand’s stands beside the Sarovar of the Sikh shrine, The Golden Temple in 1932 revolution is ripped out from a Amritsar. —AFP very public place by parties unknown and substituted by one praising the Chakri Dynasty, whose Three men attacked in Indian 10th king took the throne in December. A disinclination by the capital for transporting cattle authorities to find those responsible adds another element of mystery. NEW DELHI: Three men who were trans- “Around 14 buffaloes were being tak- The original plaque, installed in porting buffaloes in their truck to a en for slaughter when the team of animal 1936, marked the spot where a slaughterhouse were attacked by vigi- rights’ activists intercepted and stopped group of progressive army officers lantes in the heart of Indian capital New them, and they had some scuffle and and civil servants proclaimed the Delhi, the police said yesterday. The latest arguments,” Baniya added. The police end of the absolute monarchy in attack comes amidst a wave of rising ten- have since launched two investigations, order to steer the country toward sions over cow slaughter in Hindu-major- one over the alleged illegalities in trans- democracy. “At this place, at dawn on ity India, where the animal is considered portation of buffaloes and the other over June 24, 1932, we the People’s Party sacred and its slaughter is a punishable attack on cattle truck. In 2015 a Muslim have given birth to the constitution offence in many states. There has been a man was lynched by his neighbors over for the progress of the nation,” is a spate of attacks in the recent months by rumors that he had slaughtered a cow. translation of the words engraved on ‘cow protection’ vigilante groups, who Police later said the meat was mutton. the brass disc. roam some highways inspecting live- Last month a hotel manager was beaten The ideal still hasn’t taken hold. A royalist military government that stock trucks for any trace of the animal. by a mob and his restaurant sealed in BANGKOK: In this photo, a small bronze plaque commemorating Thailand’s 1932 revolution A Muslim man died in one such attack Jaipur after Hindu vigilantes accused him took power in a coup three years ago earlier this month after the truck carrying of serving beef. Critics say the vigilantes still rules Thailand, and its newly rests in the pavement of the Royal Plaza in Bangkok, Thailand. —AP cows was attacked by one such vigilante have been emboldened by the election enacted constitution aims to limit evoked a strong streak of antidemoc- between his supporters and oppo- from the 11 cameras at the plaza say group in western Rajasthan state. “This in 2014 of Prime Minister Narendra the power of elected officials and ratic sentiment, decrying the 1932 nents, with the military strongly in they were shut for maintenance dur- incident has nothing to do with any cow Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata give it instead to institutions tradi- revolution for imposing unsuitable the latter group. Thaksin’s opponents ing the same period. protection (group) but is linked to an ani- Party. Last year Modi criticized the cow- tionally associated with the palace, Western-style democracy causing saw democracy as the problem, and Police said they could not accept a mal rights’ group which has been working protection vigilantes and urged a crack- including the courts, the civil service corruption and all sorts of social ills; some identified the 1932 revolution criminal complaint of theft except in Delhi for long,” Ramil Baniya, deputy down against groups using religion as a and the military. slamming the 1932 coup makers as as the original sin. from the plaque’s owner, who was commissioner of police told journalists. cover for committing crimes. —AFP Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha evil; and even suggesting that the “It seems to me that the junta has unknown. Pressed on the point, they said last week that he has ordered an plaque was the physical incarnation come to the view that the problems threatened to sue an outspoken investigation into the plaque’s disap- of a curse on the nation. associated with Thaksin and erasing politician who suggested they Australia police stop driver, pearance, but warned against mak- his regime involves a more deep- weren’t doing their duties. Prime ing a political issue of it. He could Thai history rooted issue of dealing with the Minister Prayuth’s suggestion that the understand why some people might Royalist resistance began almost notion of people’s sovereignty that case was a stone better left unturned 12, on epic car journey be upset, he told reporters. “But look immediately after the revolution, and was embedded in the 1932 procla- was not idle advice. A government at what we are doing today,” he said. slowly clawed back influence for the mation and first draft constitution,” reform activist who sought to peti- SYDNEY: A 12-year-old boy trying to drive had been arrested. Police are conducting fur- “Would it be better for us to look palace. By the late 1950s an accom- said Kevin Hewison, a senior research tion him on the matter was seized by from coast-to-coast through the vast Australian ther inquiries and no further details were avail- ahead at the future? Old subjects are modation was reached with the mili- fellow at the Center for Southeast soldiers and detained for 10 hours. outback was stopped by traffic police more able, a spokeswoman said. The journey from just history.” tary, which sought its prestige, and Asian Studies at Kyoto University. “In The plaque’s removal also coincid- than a thousand kilometers into the epic road Kendall to Perth by car would be a grueling The old plaque, about 30 centime- by the late 1970s the constitutional this sense, the removal of the plaque ed with the signing of the new con- trip, authorities said yesterday. The child was more than 40-hour undertaking, traversing the ters in diameter and lying flush with monarchy was the country’s most is a symbolic act of delayed counter- stitution by King Vajiralongkorn picked up by local police in the mining city of entire country across some of the world’s harsh- the pavement, was embedded in powerful institution, inviolable under revolution,” he said. Bodindradebayavarangkun, who suc- Broken Hill, around a 14-hour drive from his est deserts, including the Nullarbor Plain where Bangkok’s Royal Plaza, a vast open the protection of the army. Although a fringe group of ultra- ceeded his late father, King Bhumibol starting point in the village of Kendall in the little more than native animals and small shrubs area in the midst of government This balance of power began to royalists openly vowed late last year Adulyadej, last year. Ploenpote east of Australia. He had been planning to trav- survive in the sweltering heat. buildings and military installations. It unravel in 2001, when billionaire to remove or destroy the plaque, Atthakor, editorial page editor of the el some 4,000 kilometers to Perth in the coun- Australia’s official tourism site advises visitors was so neglected as a landmark that populist Thaksin Shinawatra used his there is plenty to fuel speculation of a Bangkok Post, saw an upside to the try’s far west, but was caught out by a broken to take six days just to cross the Nullarbor, on a its disappearance could only be esti- fortune to win an unprecedented higher-level conspiracy. Photos pur- affair. “In the case of the ill-fated bumper, which was dragging across the highway famous for its unbending trajectory mated to have taken place between electoral majority and become prime portedly taken at the plaza during plaque, the silver lining is that its sud- ground, according to a statement from New through the barren scrubland. It also advises April 3 and 7. As a symbol of demo- minister. Thaksin, accused of corrup- the period the plaque went missing den disappearance has triggered an South Wales state police. drivers to “carry extra petrol and plenty of water cratic change, however, it was tion, abuse of power and disrespect show scaffolding at the spot, more interest in this particular period of “Checks revealed the driver to be a 12-year- and food.” Australia is the world’s sixth largest revered. For the same reason, it was for the monarchy, was ousted by a suggestive of a public works project Thai history like never before,” she old boy (who) was travelling from Kendall NSW country, with a land mass some 50 percent despised. Debate on social media military coup in 2006, setting off a than a thief in the night. City officials wrote. “The people who removed it on his way to Perth,” it said, adding that the boy greater than Europe. —AFP over the plaque’s disappearance has sometimes violent struggle for power asked to produce surveillance videos probably didn’t expect that.”—AP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 INTERNATIONAL US warship in W Pacific for Japan navy drills

TOKYO: The US aircraft carrier Carl sions rise over North Korea’s missile and held in the Philippine Sea, the navy rier group’s whereabouts in recent days lawmaker, told Japan’s NHK public Vinson and other warships started joint nuclear programs. The exercises-also said, as the naval strike group “contin- after President Donald Trump suggest- broadcaster, adding the exercises would exercises with Japan yesterday, the involving a US guided-missile cruiser ued its northern transit in the Western ed the “armada” was steaming towards send a “strong message.” The Carl Vinson American navy said, as regional ten- and guided-missile destroyer-are being Pacific.” Confusion has clouded the car- North Korea when in fact it was sent drills, expected to last several days, towards Australia. involve two Japanese warships, Japan’s On Saturday US Vice President Mike defense ministry said. Pence, during a Pence said in Sydney the strike group regional tour last week that ended in would arrive in the Sea of Japan (East Australia, and other US officials have Sea) “in a matter of days.” Pence has warned that “all options are on the table” vowed an “overwhelming and effective” to curb the North’s nuclear ambitions. response to any North Korean attack as Pence and Trump have also renewed fears grow it may be preparing for calls for China to use its influence to another nuclear test. Pyongyang reacted bring Pyongyang to heel. The North has defiantly. State newspaper Minju Joson ramped up its rhetoric in recent weeks, quoted what it called military sources as threatening to hit back against any saying Washington plans to station “sev- provocation. It has also renewed threats eral nuclear carrier task forces” off the against regional US allies, including Korean peninsula this week. Japan and South Korea, which both host “The army of the DPRK (North Korea) large American military contingents. already declared it will deal merciless Even Australia has been cautioned. destructive blows at the enemies so that “If Australia persists in following the they would not come back to life again US’s moves to isolate and stifle North should they make reckless provocation,” Korea... this will be a suicidal act,” a the paper said. The Carl Vinson carrier North Korean foreign ministry strike group and the Japanese navy spokesman said after Australian Foreign “commenced an at-sea bilateral exercise Minister Julie Bishop called the nation a in the Philippine Sea” yesterday, the US “serious threat.” Bishop responded yes- Navy posted on its Facebook page. The terday that the North “should invest in joint drill is designed to “ensure maritime the welfare of its long-suffering citizens, forces remain ready to defend the region rather than weapons of mass destruc- when called upon,” it said. tion.” Washington is sending a senior JAPAN: In this photo released by the US Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Sunda Strait “Seeing the threats we are facing envoy on the nuclear standoff with between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra as the US Navy aircraft carrier strike group is on a sched- now, it is no surprise that Japan and the North Korea to Tokyo this week for talks uled western Pacific deployment. —AP United States conduct joint exercises,” with his Japanese and South Korean Toshimitsu Motegi, a senior ruling party counterparts.—AFP China urges North Korea peninsula denuclearization ‘All options are on the table to curb nuclear ambitions’

ATHENS: China’s foreign minister threatening to hit back against referring to the North’s fears that Australian Foreign Minister Julie called yesterday for the com- any provocation. the US plans a secret military strike Bishop called the hermit state a plete denuclearization of the to topple its leader. “It’s also a “serious threat.” The spokesman, Korean peninsula amid rising Serious threat resolve to point a double-action speaking to the North’s official tension over North Korea’s mis- It has also renewed threats revolver against the US and China KCNA news agency, warned sile and nuclear programs. against regional US allies, including because he is a US citizen who Bishop to “think twice about the “China is firmly supporting the Japan and South Korea, which both worked in China.” consequences.” Australia’s close ally denuclearization of the area in host large American military contin- New Zealand has since accused the name of stability and peace”, gents. Even Australia has received a Australia, New Zealand hit back North Korea of having “evil intent”. Wang Yi told reporters in Athens warning from Pyongyang. “If Australia and New Zealand stiff- Defense Minister Gerry after meeting Greek counterpart Australia persists in following the ened their rhetoric against North Brownlee told Television New Nikos Kotzias. “China may not US’s moves to isolate and stifle Korea yesterday after the isolated Zealand yesterday people knew lit- tle about Kim Jong-Un’s regime but “you would assume that CLARIN: Philippine soldiers ride in the back of a military truck as they head underneath him there is a very big to an area where gunmen have engaged government troops in the town of machinery of people who have Clarin, Bohol province, yesterday. —AFP equally evil intent.” “It’s North Korea that is sending the missiles into the Four gunmen killed in hunt Sea of Japan and making the vari- ous outrageous threats including for Philippine militants the threats overnight to Australia,” he added. Australia’s Bishop added MANILA: Four gunmen have been killed on a the area have nowhere to go,” a joint military yesterday that the North Korean Philippine tourist island as President Rodrigo and police statement said. government “should invest in the Duterte ordered the military yesterday to kill “It could just be a matter of time before we welfare of its long-suffering citi- remnants of an Islamic militant group behind can say that the threat (on Bohol) is totally elim- zens, rather than weapons of mass a foiled mass kidnapping attempt there. inated.” Bohol police said Saturday’s fighting destruction.” Authorities said the dead suspects and three erupted at a rice and coconut farming village others on the run were stragglers from a boat- near the town of Clarin, adjacent to the area of load of southern Philippines-based Abu the April 11 clashes. The Abu Sayyaf, made up All-out war The reclusive state has long Sayyaf gunmen who sailed to the central of several hundred militants, is notorious for island of Bohol this month as part of a plot to kidnappings, beheadings and deadly bomb- been seeking to develop a long- kidnap tourists. ings. Its leaders have also pledged allegiance to range missile capable of hitting The raid had signaled an escalation of the Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. the US mainland with a nuclear kidnapping threat from the Abu Sayyaf, who Yesterday, the army said the Abu Sayyaf warhead, and has so far staged five are based on remote islands and also blamed beheaded a soldier it abducted last week in its atomic tests, two of them last year. for beheadings and deadly bombings, prompt- southern Jolo stronghold. Pence vowed Wednesday that the ing Duterte to vow deadly retribution. “I told The fighting in Bohol, about 500 kilometers US would counter any attack with the military: Do not sleep. Find them. Kill them. away from Jolo and 800 kilometers south of an “overwhelming and effective” I want them dead. Do not give them to me Manila, caused a scare for the Philippines’ response after a senior North alive,” Duterte said about the fresh fighting in important tourism industry. The Philippines Korean official pledged weekly Bohol. “They are animals but if you want me to alerted Western governments after the military ATHENS: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, speaks next to his Greek counterpart Nikos missile tests and “all-out war” if the be an animal, I am used to that. We are the said it got wind of an Abu Sayyaf plan to raid Kotzias during a press conference after a meeting with his Greek counterpart yesterday in US took any action against it. same. I can dish out more than what you can,” central Philippine resorts during the Easter holi- Athens. —AFP In Sydney, Pence maintained he told people attending a public sports event. days and kidnap up to a dozen tourists. This led calls for Pyongyang’s sole ally China Six other Abu Sayyaf members had been to travel warnings being issued by the United have the key to this solution ... North Korea... this will be a suicidal state threatened Canberra with a to do more to rein in its neighbor. killed in clashes on the island on April 11, States, Australia, and other countries. but we are happy that more act,” a North Korean foreign ministry nuclear strike, urging it to think Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm when three soldiers and a policeman were Over the past year the Abu Sayyaf has been sides are accepting our point of spokesman said after Australian twice before “blindly and zealously Turnbull also urged China to use its also slain, authorities said. The military said expanding its activities from the south where view”, he added. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop called toeing the US line.” The move leverage over the hermit state, they had been pursuing up to seven of the the military has been waging an offensive since US President Donald Trump the nation a “serious threat”. comes as US Vice President Mike describing the North Korean remaining gunmen. Security forces continued last year. Its gunmen have been boarding com- has urged China to take stronger Yesterday, South Korea’s Yonhap Pence wraps up an Asia tour, regime as “reckless and dangerous.” the hunt for the remaining three gunmen yes- mercial and fishing vessels and abducting terday while residents fled to safety to avoid dozens of foreign crew members, ransoming steps to press the North to curb news agency reported that a US which has included visits to South He added that Australia and the US getting caught in the crossfire. “The remaining some of them off for huge sums of money, its nuclear and missile programs. citizen had been arrested as he Korea, Japan and Australia partly were “absolutely united” in their lawless armed elements who are strangers in according to the defense ministry. —AFP During a regional tour last week, tried to fly out of North Korea, to reassure allies amid fears that determination to achieve a nuclear- Vice-President Mike Pence becoming the third American to Pyongyang may be readying for a free Korean peninsula. Super carrier warned that “all options are on be detained there. “It is important sixth nuclear test. Carl Vinson is due to start joint exer- the table” to curb the North’s for them to hold a US citizen “If Australia persists in following cises with Japan’s navy yesterday, Maldives blogger stabbed nuclear ambitions, as fears grow hostage at this point to prevent the US’ moves to isolate and stifle Tokyo’s defense ministry said, with it may be planning another atom- Washington from carrying out a North Korea... this will be a suicidal the drills expected to last several to death in restive capital ic test. Pyongyang has ramped up decapitation of Kim Jong-Un,” Ahn act,” a North Korean foreign min- days and involve two Japanese war- its rhetoric in recent weeks, Chan-il, a former defector, said, istry spokesman said after ships. —AFP MALE, Maldives: A liberal blogger, international participation so it can’t be Yameen Rasheed, was stabbed to death swept under the carpet as usual,” a in the politically restive Maldivian capital spokesman for Nasheed said. Political Male, his family members and colleagues tension has mounted in the Maldives said yesterday. He was 29. Rasheed was after a failed bid by the opposition to found in the stairwell of his apartment impeach the country’s parliamentary N Korea detains US citizen with multiple stab wounds to his neck speaker late last month. and chest early yesterday and died short- The regime of President Abdulla ly after being taken to hospital, family Yameen has arrested the last Maldives SEOUL: A US citizen has been arrested as Intelligence Service and the unification urged China to take stronger steps to members said. His blog, The Daily Panic, opposition leader not to be in jail or in he tried to fly out of North Korea, becom- and foreign ministries said they could not press the North to curb its nuclear and had a considerable following and was exile as part of a major government ing the third American to be detained confirm the report. missile programs. Trump’s deputy Mike known for poking fun at politicians in the crackdown on rival politicians, who nar- there, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency But the director of a Seoul-based Pence, during a regional tour last week, nation of some 340,000 Sunni Muslims. rowly failed to seize control of parlia- reported yesterday. There was no immedi- group called the World North Korea warned that “all options are on the table” “With The Daily Panic, I hope to cover ment. Qasim Ibrahim, who ran for presi- ate official confirmation of the reported Research Center said his sources in to curb the North’s nuclear ambitions as and comment upon the news, satirize the dent in 2013 and currently heads the arrest, which would come at a tense time Pyongyang had confirmed the arrest. fears grow it may be planning another frequently unsatirizable politics of Jumhooree Party (JP), was one of four in relations between Pyongyang and “The reason North Korea is not saying atomic test. Maldives,” he wrote on his blog. Rasheed signatories of an opposition unity deal Washington. Yonhap quoted sources as anything yet is because it is not done Two other US citizens-college student is the third media personality to be tar- aimed at toppling Yameen. geted in the Maldives in the past five Ibrahim was briefly detained and saying the man, identified only by his sur- with the investigations,” Ahn Chan-il, a Otto Warmbier and Korean-American pas- years. Blogger Ismail Rasheed, also released earlier this month only to be re- name Kim, was arrested last Friday at former defector, said. “It is important for tor Kim Dong-Chul-are currently being known as Hilath, was stabbed and arrested over the weekend. A coalition of Pyongyang International Airport on his them to hold a US citizen hostage at this held in the North after being sentenced wounded by an unidentified attacker in opposition parties, led by exiled leader way out of the country. point to prevent Washington from carry- to long prison terms. Kim was sentenced 2012. A journalist with the independent Nasheed, is trying to undermine Yameen It said Kim, aged in his late 50s and a ing out a decapitation of Kim Jong-Un,” last year to 10 years’ hard labor for spying. Minivan News, Ahmed Rilwan, was likely before elections next year. It faces an former professor at China’s Yanbian Ahn said, referring to the North’s fears Also last year Warmbier was jailed for 15 abducted in August 2014 and has been uphill struggle, with all opposition lead- University of Science and Technology, had that the US plans a secret military strike years for stealing a propaganda sign and missing ever since. ers now in exile or in jail after a years- been involved in aid programs for the to topple its leader. for “crimes against the state.” The North Exiled opposition leader and former long crackdown on dissent under North. He reportedly was in the North for “It’s also a resolve to point a double- has arrested and jailed several US citizens president Mohamed Nasheed yesterday Yameen’s leadership. The clampdown has about a month to discuss relief activities, action revolver against the US and China in the past decade, often releasing them demanded action on the latest killing of raised fears over the country’s stability Yonhap said. The reason for his arrest was because he is a US citizen who worked in only after high-profile visits by current or an independent journalist. “President and dented its image as a tourist para- unclear. South Korea’s National China.” US President Donald Trump has former US officials. —AFP Nasheed is demanding an inquiry with dise. —AFP NEWS MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 Macron tops French election, to fight Le Pen in 2nd round

PARIS: Centrist Emmanuel Macron will face off against far-right Le Pen will follow in her father Jean-Marie’s footsteps who Marine Le Pen in the second round of France’s presidential elec- made it through to the second round in 2002. He suffered a tion, projections showed yesterday, making him clear favorite stinging defeat when mainstream parties closed ranks to to emerge as the country’s youngest leader in modern history. keep him out. Le Pen’s niece, young hardliner Marion Macron was projected to win between 23 and 24 percent in Marechal-Le Pen, hailed a “historic victory for patriots and yesterday’s first round, slightly ahead of National Front (FN) nationalists” but reaction at her headquarters was subdued leader Le Pen with between 21.6 and 23 percent, according to compared with the euphoria at the Macron party. There were estimates on public television. “The French have expressed their already signs that Macron, who is married to his former desire for change,” Macron told AFP in a statement, adding: school teacher 25 years older than him, would also enjoy “We’re clearly turning a page in French political history.” support from his defeated rivals in the Republicans and The outcome capped an extraordinary few months for a Socialist parties. deeply divided France, which saw a campaign full of twists Leading figures from both camps immediately called for and turns and widespread anger at traditional parties. It sig- voters to vote for the poetry and theatre lover. Hamon, fore- nals a stinging defeat for the scandal-hit rightwing cast to win a humiliating six percent and finish in fifth place, Republicans party candidate Francois Fillon and Socialist said the left had suffered a “historic drubbing” but said voters Benoit Hamon, meaning neither of France’s mainstream par- should back Macron to keep out Le Pen who he said was “an ties will be in the second round for the first time in 60 years. enemy of the republic”. Fillon followed suit, saying he would Macron, a 39-year-old who had never before stood for vote for Macron. election and only started his independent centrist move- The vote took place under heavy security after the killing ment 12 months ago, will be the overwhelming favorite to on Thursday of a policeman on Paris’s Champs Elysees avenue win the second round on May 7. All polls show the pro- claimed by the Islamic State group. With France still under the Europe, pro-business modernizer with a 20-point lead in a state of emergency imposed after the Paris attacks of head-to head contest with Le Pen, who has hardened her November 2015, around 50,000 police and 7,000 soldiers anti-immigration and anti-Europe rhetoric over the last week. were deployed to guard voters. Thursday’s shooting on the The French vote was being closely watched as a bell- most famous street in Paris was the latest in a bloody series of wether for populist sentiment following the election of terror attacks that have cost more than 230 lives since 2015. Donald Trump as US President and Britain’s vote to leave the Nearly 47 million people were eligible to vote in the euro- EU. Throughout the campaign, Macron insisted that France zone’s second biggest economy. Voting was brisk on a bright RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz (right) receives Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi upon was “contrarian” - ready to elect a pro-globalization liberal at a spring day, defying forecasts of a low turnout after a cam- the latter’s arrival yesterday.— AFP time when rightwing nationalists are making gains across the paign dominated by scandals. Riding the wave of disaffection world. “It’s a victory for openness, social-mindedness and... an with globalization that carried Trump to the White House and understanding of the modern economy that will restore led Britain to vote for Brexit, Le Pen has vowed to abandon French competitiveness,” Macron supporter Marie-Helene the euro, hold a referendum on withdrawing from the EU and Sisi visits Saudi Arabia Visconti, a 60-year-old artist, told AFP at his election party. adopt a French-first policy on jobs and housing. — AFP RIYADH: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi resumed delivering shipments of petroleum products received a royal welcome from King Salman as he land- after abruptly suspending them in October. Aramco had Superb timing ed yesterday in Saudi Arabia for a visit to boost ties after halted agreed monthly deliveries of 700,000 tonnes of months of tension. King Salman, surrounded by key petroleum products without explanation. Continued from Page 1 same sun. Plus, Kuwaitis have better salaries and we enjoy Saudi officials, greeted Sisi as he stepped off the plane But the halt came after Egypt voted in favor of a more privileges at hospitals and clinics. in the capital Riyadh and hosted him for lunch, the offi- Russian-drafted UN Security Council resolution on Syria This is fair - though I don’t find it fair to increase the Apartheid is good for us. Imagine an expat living in a flat cial Saudi Press Agency said. The two Arab leaders then that Saudi Arabia strongly opposed. Moscow is a price of petrol in an oil-producing country. If it happens with an average salary. Let’s not take the average salary for had talks during which they “reviewed the strong and staunch supporter of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad somewhere else where the nation imports it, I could an expat in the private sector, which according to the brotherly relations as well as cooperation between their while Riyadh is a key backer of the rebels who are fight- understand. But we are a major exporter, not just any Central Statistics Bureau, is less than KD 300 per month. two countries” and regional issues, the agency said. ing his regime. Ties between Cairo and Riyadh had also exporter. But that’s life. The parliament took the decision Let’s say the expat is earning KD 600 per month. He has to The Egyptian presidency announced the visit in a suffered after an agreement to hand over to Saudi and I cannot revoke it by myself. pay for rent, school tuition, food, residency, car, clothes, fur- statement on Friday, saying Sisi’s trip was in response to Arabia two Red Sea islands, signed during a visit by But as for the hike in water and electricity, I find it niture, government paperwork, health insurance, etc. The an invitation by Salman and aimed at “bolstering strate- Salman to Cairo last year, was blocked by a court ruling. unjust. Ridiculously unjust. You can actually call it discrimi- government now wants him to pay more for electricity? gic relations between the two countries”. It said Salman Earlier this month, an Egyptian court ruled that the nation. Why should I as a Kuwaiti be exempt, while living Average electricity bills will jump from KD 5 per month and Sisi would discuss “regional and international issues decision to block the transfer of Tiran and Sanafir to in a big private house - most of us thank God to KD 50 per month in the summer. And our summer, of common interest”. “The struggle against terrorism Saudi Arabia was invalid. Cairo has said the islands were (Alhamdulillah) live in big houses with a garden or small thank God, is very short - it’s only eight months a year! which threatens security and stability” in the region and Saudi territory which had been leased to Egypt in the yard. And our consumption is at least four to six times Please guys, have some mercy and at least exempt people beyond would top their agenda, it said. 1950s. Saudi Arabia supported Egypt with billions of more than people living in flats. during the three major months of summer: June, July and Sisi met Salman on the sidelines of an Arab League dollars in aid after Sisi toppled Islamist president Most expats - 90+ percent of them - reside in flats. Why August. This is the least the government can exempt the summit in Jordan last month to break the ice after Mohamed Morsi in 2013 when the president was head should they pay more than us Kuwaitis? All of us are suffer- expats from and it would be even better to do it with the months of apparent tensions between the two allies. of the Egyptian army. Saudi Arabia is opposed to the ing from the same heat. The same summer. The same advent of the holy month of Ramadan. That encounter on March 29 came days after Egypt now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to which Morsi weather conditions. We are under the same sky and the Have a nice Israa wal Miraj! announced that Saudi energy giant Aramco had belongs.— AFP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 ANALYSIS

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Focus Spate of attacks masks weakening Islamic State

he steady drip of jihadist attacks in Europe, including the slaying of a policeman on Paris’s Tworld-famous Champs Elysees Thursday, might give the impression the Islamic State group is thriving - but experts say that’s wrong. Under the pressure of the international coalition in Iraq and Syria as well as improved efforts by intelligence services, IS has seen its ability to mount complex, group attacks weaken. So, it has fallen back on encouraging - or simply claiming - assaults executed by people experts term “losers.” While a large-scale strike remains a possibility, “the deadly tenacity of Daesh (IS) against France poorly masks a continuing degradation of its ability to strike our nation,” Jean-Pierre Filiu, a researcher at Paris’s Sciences Po university, wrote on his blog Friday. IS jihadists have claimed deadly attacks in London, Berlin, Nice and now the bloodshed on the Champs Elysees. But none had the logistical com- plexity of the 2015 assault on Paris that killed 130 Turkey opposition down but not out people and the 2016 strike on Brussels airport and underground train system. “It seems Daesh has reorganized its European net- urkey’s embattled opposition to make troubling reading for the ruling Party (MHP) failed to work with many The challenge of the pro-Kurdish works after major blows struck against it in France,” Filiu President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can Justice and Development Party (AKP) and nationalist voters defying the support of People’s Democratic Party (HDP) has mean- added. Filiu pointed to security services hitting “critical Tstill find glimmers of hope in a shift- Erdogan, who just two days before the poll the MHP’s longstanding and enigmatic while been diluted by the jailing of a dozen mass” after collecting data essential to thwarting plots. ing political landscape despite the strong- confidently predicted that ‘Yes’ would win leader Devlet Bahceli for the new presiden- of its MPs, a move it says was punishment At the same time, coalition air strikes in IS territory in man winning a controversial referendum with up to 60 percent. The results showed tial system. for daring to oppose Erdogan’s new system. Iraq and Syria have killed or forced into hiding many that will hugely enhance his powers. The support for ‘Yes’ down among the young - Those held behind bars include the HDP’s organisers of the attacks. Turkey’s shutting down the ‘No’ vote polled 48.59 in the April 16 poll especially first time voters - and in big cities ‘Shifting landscape’ charismatic co-leader Selahattin Demirtas, migrant route to Europe has also made it much harder after a lopsided campaign that saw the ‘Yes’ with both Ankara and Istanbul backing ‘No’ Pro-government columnist Abdulkadir who some analysts believe would have for IS followers to move within striking distance of tar- dominate the airwaves with Erdogan despite having AKP mayors. Selvi wrote in the Hurriyet daily that the transformed the ‘No’ campaign as its main gets like Paris and London. speeches and flood the streets with pro- The electoral map showed Turkey results should be an “early warning” for the figurehead instead of the bookish government billboards. Opposition leaders more divided than ever, with the ‘No’ vote AKP ahead of November 2019, when presi- Kilicdaroglu. ‘A criminal organization’ dential and parliamentary elections will be On Thursday, 39-year-old Frenchman Karim Cheurfi held simultaneously and most of the con- ‘Energized opposition’ pulled out an automatic weapon and opened fire on a stitutional changes come into force. “The Street protests in areas of Istanbul have police van just a few hundred metres from the iconic political landscape is obviously changing,” followed the disputed results. Although Arc de Triomphe. The Islamic State jihadist group Ozgur Unluhisarcikli, Ankara Office Director limited to anti-Erdogan areas and not claimed the perpetrator as one of its “fighters” and a for the German Marshall Fund of the United exceeding a few thousand in number, such note praising IS was found near his body. It was the first States, told AFP. “There are worrying signs demonstrations have been unusual under deadly jihadist attack in France since July. The attack for the AKP but we should not exaggerate. the state of emergency that followed the that killed five people outside the Houses of Parliament This was a referendum, not an election.” July 15 failed coup. “The opposition seems in London last month, and others carried out by indi- Unluhisarcikli said that while over 48.5 energized by the results,” said Asli viduals, “are above all indications of IS’ disintegration,” percent may have voted ‘No’, this was Aydintasbas, senior fellow at the European radicalization expert Farhad Khosrokhavar wrote last made up from diverse forces ranging Council on Foreign Relations, adding the month. These events serve to terrorize the public, “but from nationalists to Kurds to leftists “who protests were however “unlikely to be sus- they are symbolic last stands, which mark the end of a cannot be brought together under a tainable over any meaningful period.” jihadist state that followers... want to be endless but political program”. Kemal Kirisci of the Erdogan, a former semi-professional which is coming to an end,” he said. Brookings Institute said that together the footballer, bullishly proclaimed in a TV Into the void left by the smashing of organized rings, AKP and MHP had lost 10 percent in interview that in football a 1-0 win is the have stepped “rather unstable, even marginal, individu- votes on April 16 compared with their same as a 5-0 win. But the narrowness of als who police have trouble linking to Daesh,” Olivier combined tally in the Nov 2015 legisla- the win means he lacks a crushing mandate Roy, a specialist in political Islam, wrote last month. The tive elections. “The alliance seems to for the new system and will have to tread jihadists, though, are only too happy to take credit for have fallen short... despite all the bravado carefully on economic, foreign and domes- these crimes in order to appear a group with global that marked their language.” tic policy at a delicate time. Analysts say he reach. “The only ones left are losers,” he wrote. Yet those Unluhisarcikli said there is a chance of will have to decide whether to choose attackers come with another dimension of dangers Demonstrators shout during a protest against the result of the nationwide referen- significant change in the nationalist camp compromise over his trademark confronta- because they often act alone, making them harder to dum that will hugely enhance President Recep Erdogan’s powers in the Kadikoy dis- as dissidents give up on Bahceli’s leader- tion in dealing with a weaker economy, detect. They also do not need anything more than a trict of Istanbul yesterday. — AFP ship, raising the possibility of a new party. strained ties with the European Union and vehicle or a knife to kill. The leader of the main opposition the continued insurgency by Kurdish mili- It is too early to say if the Champs Elysees attack will have also challenged the result, claiming dominating from Thrace down into the Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal tants. “Erdogan will be quite confident he have an impact on the outcome of the French election - rigging and a last minute change to the Mediterranean coast and into the Kurdish- Kilicdaroglu appears safe in his position for can win the next presidential elections,” Sunday is the poll’s first round - but far-right leader rules by the election board distorted the dominated southeast but ‘Yes’ holding now after leading the ‘No’ camp, although said Unluhisarcikli. “What should worry him Marine Le Pen, her centrist rival Emmanuel Macron, and outcome, an argument vehemently reject- strong in the Anatolian interior and the some of his cohorts would have liked a now is how to govern a society with a scandal-hit conservative Francois Fillon cancelled cam- ed by the authorities. Black Sea region. Meanwhile, the AKP’s more aggressive response to the alleged social contract signed by just 50 percent of paign events Friday. Filiu, the Sciences Po researcher, But analysts say that the official results alliance with the Nationalist Movement poll violations. the population.” — AFP urged the French public to resist “jihadist blackmail”, saying “it’s not an army, but a criminal organization that carries out acts of terror.” — AFP Iran elections have history of dark horses

lection season is under way in Iran and the rumor mill about Iran. Although many Iranians are cynical about poli- speculation in the media. Some say Raisi is being lined is in overdrive as the public tries to divine the back- tics - seeing it as stitched up behind the scenes - these sur- up as the next supreme leader, so everything will be Eroom machinations that have thrown up major sur- prises have shifted Iran’s trajectory. Rouhani won by a done to ensure he is not embarrassed in the election. prises in the past. “I looked back at the cables our embassy wafer-thin margin - 51 percent - and without him Iran may Or maybe he will drop out at the last minute to spare was sending out just a few weeks before the last election,” never have concluded its nuclear deal. “The rest of the sys- his blushes, giving a decisive boost to the other hard- said a Western diplomat in Tehran. “None of them were tem trundles along in a fairly predictable and controlled liner Ghalibaf. Another theory claims the establish- predicting (Hassan) Rouhani would win,” she laughed, way most of the time, and then you have this outburst of ment wants Rouhani to continue and is only putting referring to the current president. near-democracy that has the potential to overturn the forward hardliners to scare reformists into voting Rouhani, a moderate cleric with a long history in Iran’s apple cart once every four years,” said Axworthy. because they worry a low turnout would look bad for security apparatus, won the 2013 vote after the conservative- A lack of polling makes it hard to follow public opinion. the Islamic regime. dominated Guardian Council blocked every other pro-reform “Outside observers go with what they hear from north For now, it is all speculation, although the smart money candidate from running. Having overseen a slight easing in Tehran, and can’t always gauge what’s going on in the rest is still on Rouhani, not least because every president since social restrictions and rebuilt relations with the West through of the country,” said Axworthy, referring to the wealthy, the early 1980s has been given a second term. “The system the 2015 nuclear deal, Rouhani seemed like a shoo-in to win cosmopolitan part of the capital. sees elections as an endorsement of the Islamic republic a second term at next month’s election. But he faces a and its stability,” said Axworthy. “They need to show it tougher-than-expected fight as the conservative opposition ‘God’s hand’ delivered the right candidate last time, because the system rallies around two hardliners - cleric and judge Ebrahim Raisi So is an upset possible this time? There is plenty of is supposed to have God’s hand on its shoulder.” — AFP and Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf - leaving Cracks radiate from a bullet hole in a shop window Iranians wondering whether another shock is on the cards. on the Champs Elysees boulevard in Paris on April 21, 2017. — AP Many surprises Iran’s past elections have rarely been predictable. The establishment was rocked by the landslide win of relative reformist Mohammad Khatami in 1997 that led to a flower- All articles appearing on these pages ing of civil society, at least for a while. “Iranian politicians are the personal opinion of the writers. don’t always assess public opinion all that well and get caught off-guard,” said British historian Michael Axworthy, Kuwait Times takes no responsibility author of several books on Iran. In 2005, it was the turn of for views expressed therein. Kuwait middle-class urbanites to be shocked: Few predicted the success of rabble-rousing populist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Times invites readers to voice their who now seems like an Iranian forerunner to Donald Trump. opinions. Please send submissions via They were even more shocked by his re-election in 2009 when all the momentum seemed to be with the reformists email to: [email protected] or - a result that triggered claims of vote-rigging and months via snail mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, of protest. “Not much is really written about Iran - we talk about the Revolutionary Guards and relations with the US - Kuwait. The editor reserves the right to but we know little about what’s happening in small towns. edit any submission as necessary. We don’t fully understand the appeal of someone like Ahmadinejad to ordinary people,” said Djavad Salehi- Iranians walk past election posters of President Hassan Rouhani, who is running in the presidential elections, in Isfahani, a professor at Virginia Tech in the US, who blogs Tehran yesterday. — AFP p15_Layout 1 4/23/17 8:46 PM Page 1

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Charlo uses series of Thailand’s Worawi vows Romania defy Nastase rights to beat Hatley to challenge FIFA ban scandal to beat Britain

NEW YORK: Jermell Charlo used a series of straight right hands before a BANGKOK: Former Thai football chief Worawi Makudi has vowed to BUCHAREST: Romania brushed aside the controversy surrounding cap- huge right knocked out Charles Hatley - literally - as Charlo defended his push FIFA to lift its ban on him after an appeals court in Bangkok over- tain Ilie Nastase to beat Britain 3-1 in their scandal-mired Fed Cup play- WBC junior middleweight title Saturday night with a sixth round knock- turned his conviction for forgery. Worawi, who had a long and tumul- off yesterday. Nastase, 70, a former world number one and two-time out. In a total mismatch during which Charlo won every round and tuous tenure in charge of Thai football, was banned for five years by Grand Slam title winner, was kicked out of the tie on knocked down Hatley in the third with another right, Charlo moved to FIFA last year following his July 2015 conviction. He was found guilty Saturday after a foul-mouthed rant compounded his 29-0 with 14 knockouts. He never gave Hatley a chance to by a Thai court of forging documents during a re-election campaign as controversial racial slur over Serena Williams’s do any damage, and after the third, Hatley mostly was on head of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT). FIFA’s five-year ban unborn baby. The International Tennis the run. But he couldn’t avoid that powerhouse right, and was for both that conviction and for failing to cooperate with their own Federation (ITF) is looking into his behavior on the knockout punch sent Hatley (26-2-1) investigation. But on Friday, Thailand’s Appeals Court overturned the Saturday and the day before, when he was over- straight to the canvas. His cornermen forgery conviction and the football club that made the initial com- heard making derogatory remarks about US rushed into the ring along with fight plaint, Pattaya FC, said it would not take the case to the Supreme superstar Williams. But Romania yesterday let their doctors, and a stretcher was brought Court. Speaking to AFP yesterday, Worawi said FIFA had rushed their tennis do the talking, sealing the World Group II tie over. But Hatley got up woozily after sev- decision to ban him before he had exhausted all his legal appeals. when Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Heather Watson 6-4 eral minutes and sat on a stool. Meanwhile, “They (FIFA) have to accept the decision from the (appeals) court,” he 7-5 in Constanta. Simona Halep had earlier put the the 26-year-old Charlo, of Houston, cele- said. “I don’t know why they were so rushed to make a decision at that hosts in control by beating Johanna Konta 6- brated a rather easy defense of the crown time because I told them to wait for our legal proceedings (to finish),” 1, 6-3. Defeat relegated Britain to the he won from John Jackson last May. —AP he added. —AFP Europe/Africa Zone. —AFP

MINNEAPOLIS: Minnesota Twins’ Brian Dozier, right, slides into the waiting tag by Detroit Tigers shortstop Dixon Machado on a steal attempt in the first inning. — AP Detroit beats Minnesota in feisty game

MINNEAPOLIS: Twins slugger Miguel Sano singles in 6 1/3 innings. The lefty improved allow a runner to reach second base. Edwin DIAMONDBACKS 11, DODGERS 5 punched Tigers catcher James McCann in to 9-1 lifetime on the Mets’ home field. Still ORIOLES 4, RED SOX 2 Encarnacion and Michael Brantley each hit a Yasmany Tomas homered twice and the mask Saturday during a bench-clearing missing slugger Yoenis Cespedes and other Trey Mancini and Jonathan Schoop two-run homer and Jose Ramirez added a David Peralta hit a team-record four doubles scrap in the fifth inning of Detroit’s 5-4 vic- injured starters, New York has lost seven of homered in succession off knuckleballer solo shot as the Indians won their fifth to lead Arizona over Los Angeles. Chris tory over Minnesota. Two innings after eight. Koda Glover, the fourth Washington Steven Wright while Jayson Aquino won his straight. Herrmann and Jake Lamb each hit a two- Tigers outfielder JaCoby Jones was hit in the pitcher, completed the combined two-hitter first big league start as Baltimore beat run homer for the Diamondbacks. Peralta face by a pitch, Detroit starter Matthew by getting the last out for his first big league Boston for its fourth straight victory. Aquino CARDINALS 4, BREWERS 1 scored three times and Tomas drove in his Boyd threw behind Sano, who pointed his save. Jacob deGrom (0-1) struck out 10 and (1-0) allowed two runs and six hits over six Pinch-hitter Aledmys Diaz delivered a go- third run by drawing a bases-loaded walk as finger toward Boyd and yelled out at the walked six in 5 2/3 innings. He was sup- innings to earn his first career victory while ahead homer in the seventh and Lance part of a three-run seventh inning. Kike mound. McCann intervened and appeared posed to pitch Friday night but was Mychal Givens followed with two perfect Lynn pitched six strong innings as St. Louis Hernandez hit a leadoff home run for the to put his mitt in the face of Sano, who scratched with a stiff neck. innings and Darren O’Day finished for his defeated Milwaukee. Diaz, who didn’t start Dodgers (8-10), who have lost five of six, immediately took exception and let fly with first save. Jackie Bradley Jr homered for the at shortstop due to back stiffness and a sore while Herrmann connected off starter Kenta a right hand. YANKEES 11, PIRATES 5 Red Sox, who were without injured second shoulder, homered leading off the seventh Maeda (1-2) in the fourth, giving the There was plenty of pushing and shoving Pinch-hitter Chris Carter drilled a three- baseman Dustin Pedroia. against reliever Carlos Torres (0-2). Lynn (2- Diamondbacks a 5-2 lead. near home plate as both benches and run homer in the eighth inning off reliever 1) gave up a run and three hits. He struck bullpens emptied, though there did not Felipe Rivero to lift New York over PHILLIES 4, BRAVES 3 out seven and walked two. Seung Hwan Oh ROCKIES 12, GIANTS 3 appear to be any other punches thrown. Pittsburgh. Carter sent the first pitch he saw Maikel Franco hit a two-run single with got his fourth save in five tries. Antonio Senzatela got his third win in four Sano and Boyd were both ejected. Jones from Rivero (1-1) into the bullpen beyond two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning to major league starts while Trevor Story home- took a 90 mph fastball in the mouth from the center field fence for his first homer with lift Philadelphia over Atlanta. Adonis Garcia’s RANGERS 2, ROYALS 1 red for the second straight night as Colorado Twins reliever Justin Haley in the third and the Yankees. Starlin Castro added a three- infield single drove in the go-ahead run in Elvis Andrus hit an RBI single with one beat San Francisco. Charlie Blackmon tripled left the game. The rookie center fielder was run shot of his own and Aaron Judge hit his the top of the 10th after Brandon Phillips hit out in the ninth inning as Texas topped and homered and Mark Reynolds also went escorted to the bench bleeding from a split team-high sixth home run for New York. a tying solo homer off Edubray Ramos with Kansas City. Rougned Odor led off the ninth deep for the Rockies, who have won five of lip and later went to the hospital for a CT Ronald Torreyes had four hits and two RBIs. two outs in the ninth, but Philadelphia ral- with a sharp single off Travis Wood (0-2), six. Giants center fielder Denard Span left the scan. Nicholas Castellanos and Justin Upton Dellin Betances (2-1) earned the win in lied against Jim Johnson (2-1). who didn’t face another batter before Peter game after crashing into the wall shoulder- each hit a solo home run for the Tigers, who relief. Andrew McCutchen hit his third home Moylan took over. After Odor stole second first while catching Blackmon’s deep drive for placed star slugger Miguel Cabrera (groin) run and had a sacrifice fly for Pittsburgh. INDIANS 7, WHITE SOX 0 base, Andrus hit a sharp single to left field. the final out of the second. The team said on the disabled list before the game and David Freese added a solo home run but Carlos Carrasco pitched eight innings of Mike Napoli homered for the Rangers, who Span has a mild shoulder sprain and was used five relievers after Boyd was tossed. the Pirates fell apart late. three-hit ball, helping Cleveland shut out have won three straight for the first time scheduled for X-rays. Blaine Hardy (1-0) won in relief and Chicago for the second straight night. this season. Francisco Rodriguez earned his sixth save in ATHLETICS 4, MARINERS 3 Carrasco (2-1) struck out eight and did not MARLINS 6, PADRES 3, 11 INNINGS eight chances. Adam Rosales and Ryon Healy each Dee Gordon scored on his own swinging homered in the first inning while Jharel bunt in a crazy play during the 11th inning CUBS 12, REDS 8 Cotton pitched six innings of two-run ball as MLB results/standings and Giancarlo Stanton homered twice as Willson Contreras hit his first career Oakland beat Seattle for its fifth straight win. Miami beat San Diego. The Marlins went grand slam and Anthony Rizzo and Jason The two hottest A’s hitters quickly got to LA Angels 5, Toronto 4; Miami 6, San Diego 3 (11 innings); Arizona 11, LA Dodgers 5; Colorado 12, San Francisco ahead 4-2 with no outs in the 11th thanks to Heyward each added a three-run shot to Ariel Miranda (1-2). Rosales led off with his 3; Texas 2, Kansas City 1; Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 0; St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 1; Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 3 San Diego’s sloppy defense. With Justin (10 innings); Baltimore 4, Boston 2; Tampa Bay 6, Houston 3; NY Yankees 11, Pittsburgh 5; Oakland 4, Seattle 3; power Chicago past Cincinnati. Jake Arrieta second homer, and two batters later, Healy Washington 3, NY Mets 1; Detroit 5, Minnesota 4; Chicago Cubs 12, Cincinnati 8 Bour aboard on a pinch-hit single, reliever (3-0) returned to the mound where he hit a two-run shot, his third this season. Jose Torres (1-1) fielded Gordon’s dribbler threw his second career no-hitter last April American League National League and threw it away, with the ball rolling all and struggled mightily at the outset, giving RAYS 6, ASTROS 3 Eastern Division Eastern Division the way into the right-field corner to allow W L PCT GB Washington 12 5 .706 - up two homers in the first inning. Chicago’s Tim Beckham’s third straight hit came Baltimore 12 4 .750 - Miami 9 8 .529 3 Bour to score. Hunter Renfroe had difficulty offense pulled him through with another during a four-run sixth inning that helped NY Yankees 11 6 .647 1.5 Philadelphia 8 9 .471 4 picking up the ball, allowing Gordon to homer-heavy game at Great American Ball carry Tampa Bay over AL West-leading Boston 10 8 .556 3 NY Mets 8 10 .444 4.5 sprint home. Stanton added a two-run Park. Arrieta helped with an RBI triple. Rizzo Houston. Beckham, who tripled and singled Tampa Bay 10 9 .526 3.5 Atlanta 6 11 .353 6 homer for a four-run lead. connected in the first inning against left- in two at-bats against starter Charlie Morton Toronto 4 13 .235 8.5 Central Division Central Division Chicago Cubs 10 7 .588 - hander Cody Reed (1-1), who was moved (1-2), drove in a run with his single in the Cleveland 10 7 .588 - ANGELS 5, BLUE JAYS 4 Cincinnati 9 9 .500 1.5 into the Reds’ injury-depleted rotation. sixth off reliever Will Harris. Evan Longoria Detroit 9 8 .529 1 Andrelton Simmons hit a tiebreaking Milwaukee 9 10 .474 2 Contreras hit his grand slam in the second, had a two-run double for the Rays, who Minnesota 8 9 .471 2 grand slam and Tyler Skaggs pitched into the Reed’s final inning. have won four of five. Austin Pruitt (2-0) got Chicago White Sox 7 9 .438 2.5 St. Louis 8 10 .444 2.5 eighth inning as Los Angeles held off the win after 2 1/3 innings of hitless relief. Kansas City 7 10 .412 3 Pittsburgh 7 10 .412 3 Toronto. Simmons connected in the third Western Division NATIONALS 3, METS 1 Alex Colome pitched the ninth for his fourth Western Division inning off Casey Lawrence (0-2) for his sec- Houston 12 6 .667 - Colorado 12 6 .667 - Gio Gonzalez pitched no-hit ball into the save. Houston took an early 2-0 lead when Oakland 10 8 .556 2 Arizona 12 7 .632 0.5 ond career slam, while Skaggs (1-1) gave up sixth inning to win again at Citi Fieldas Evan Gattis and Jose Altuve hit their first Texas 8 10 .444 4 LA Dodgers 8 10 .444 4 a run in the first but settled down to hold the Washington beat New York for its sixth home runs of the season off Rays starter LA Angels 8 11 .421 4.5 San Diego 8 11 .421 4.5 Blue Jays to five hits over the next six innings. straight victory. Gonzalez (2-0) gave up two Blake Snell. Seattle 7 12 .368 5.5 San Francisco 6 12 .333 6 Toronto is a major league-worst 4-13. —AP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 SPORTS Warriors take 3-0 lead over Blazers

PORTLAND: Stephen Curry wasn’t trying Thompson added 24 points in the victory, to be a hero. He just wanted the win. Curry which Curry said was marked by a handful scored 34 points - including a 3-pointer of “boneheaded mistakes” in the first half. A with just about a minute left that all but 19-1 run in the third quarter brought the sealed the victory - as the Golden State Warriors back. Warriors overcame a slow start to beat the Afterward, Curry said he gave the game Portland Trail Blazers 119-113 and take a 3- ball to general Manager Bob Myers to give to 0 lead in their first-round playoff series. Kerr, who stayed back at the team hotel Playing without both Kevin Durant and because of illness. Warriors assistant Mike coach Steve Kerr, the Warriors came back Brown stood in for Kerr, who still experiences Saturday night from a first-half 17-point lingering symptoms from complications fol- deficit. Golden State can clinch the series lowing two back surgeries after the fran- with a win Monday night in Game 4 at the chise’s run to the 2015 championship. He Moda Center. missed the first 43 games last season dealing “It’s not necessarily ‘hero ball,’ it’s being with symptoms such as headaches, nausea aggressive in those spots that you have,” and an aching neck. Despite his prolonged Curry said. “You might need to force the absence, the Warriors went 73-9 last season issue. That might mean taking a shot, it and played in the NBA championship game. could be trying to get your feet in the paint Kerr was named Coach of the Year. “I don’t and make a play, defensively trying to know all of the circumstances,” Brown said assert yourself - whatever the game calls before the game. “He’s just not feeling well, for, getting ready for those moments.” Klay and we’ll see how he feels later on.” — AP Gasol lifts Grizzlies past Spurs in OT, series tied

MEMPHIS: Grizzlies guard Mike Conley Tony Parker scored 22 points after being said he was an option to take the final shot shut out in Game 3, and Aldridge finished ATLANTA: Atlanta Hawks’ Dennis Schroeder, right, wins the battle for a loose ball with Washington Wizards’ Bradley Beal during Game 3. — AP and that the San Antonio Spurs thought so, with 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting. The too, on a night when he scored a franchise Spurs made all 17 of their free throws, a postseason record 35 points. Marc Gasol tremendous improvement from Game 3 laughed and insisted he didn’t know his when they were 16 of 28 from the line. Hawks deliver playoff KO, teammate was an alternative on the game- Unlike Game 2, Memphis also got to the line winning play. Zach Randolph backed up his more than San Antonio and was 22 of 24. All-Star center, too. “He told me he was Leonard finished with 24 points com- going to get it and go to his fadeaway, and bined in the fourth quarter and overtime in romp past Wizards 116-98 that’s what he did,” Randolph said. a thrilling game that also featured six lead Gasol hit a 12-foot floater with 0.7 sec- changes and seven ties in the fourth quar- onds left in overtime, and the Grizzlies beat ter and overtime. Conley said it was scary ATLANTA: The Hawks are back in the series, the Spurs 110-108 on Saturday night to watching the two-time Defensive Player of and the bad blood with the Washington even up their Western Conference first- the Year and MVP candidate this season Wizards shows no signs of letting up. Paul round series at 2-2. The Grizzlies won shooting away. “He’s unbelievable,” Conley Millsap scored 29 points, Dennis Schroder had Raptors beat Bucks despite blowing a 10-point lead with 7:38 said. “It got to a point where you just knew 27 and Atlanta delivered an early knockout left in regulation and franchise postseason- if he got a shot off it was going in.” blow in a 116-98 victory Saturday, slicing the high 23 turnovers that San Antonio turned Memphis coach David Fizdale was pretty Wizards’ lead to 2-1 in the opening-round play- in riveting slugfest into 31 points. Gasol finished with 16 impressed with his own guard who got a off matchup. After two tight losses in points after shooting 5 of 12 for the game. five-year, $153 million contract last summer Washington exposed plenty of ill feelings MILWAUKEE: DeMar DeRozan reverted post in the fourth quarter. “We were just He also had 12 rebounds. in what was the richest deal in the NBA at between the teams , Millsap and Washington’s back to his playmaking form. The Toronto trying to send as many bodies to him as we The Grizzlies overcame another postsea- that point. “I don’t think we will be having a Markieff Morris continued to go at it in Game 3. Raptors reasserted themselves on defense. possibly could,” Casey said. son personal best from Kawhi Leonard, discussion about how much money he is “He’s a crybaby,” Morris said afterward. “You They’re headed back to Canada after win- who had 43 points. He rallied the Spurs by worth,” Fizdale said. “I don’t want to hear get all the calls when you’re a crybaby. That’s ning a bruiser of a first-round playoff game Derozan’s day scoring the last 16 points of regulation, but about it at least. The guy’s a superstar.” how it went tonight.” Those comments were on Saturday over the Milwaukee Bucks. The resurgent DeRozan was 12 of 22 missed a 21-footer short of the rim with In overtime, the Spurs led 102-100 when quickly relayed to Millsap at the postgame DeRozan scored 33 points, and Kyle from the field after missing all eight of his James Ennis defending him just before the Parker intercepted a pass by Conley and news conference. “It definitely got personal Lowry had 14 of his 18 points in the sec- attempts in Game 3. Bouncing back from buzzer ending regulation. Leonard also tied pushed the ball up-court. But rookie ond half of Toronto’s 87-76 victory to tie adversity isn’t new for Toronto. But after a it at 108 with 17 seconds left in overtime Andrew Harrison raced down to block Mills’ now,” he replied, before offering some unso- the Eastern Conference series at two forgettable Game 3, DeRozan said the with a 3 from the left corner. “That was shot, and Gasol was fouled when he scored licited advice to Morris: “Take his loss and go great game,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich inside to tie it up. His free throw with 1:32 back to the hotel, be ready for the next game.” games apiece. The Raptors turned up their team stayed patient and remained confi- said. “Both teams played their hearts out. left put the Grizzlies up 103-102, then Cheered on by a raucous home crowd, the intensity before a hostile road crowd after dent. “Being patient and being mature with Just a fantastic basketball game. The fans Conley hit a floater with 47.3 seconds left. Hawks built a 25-point lead by late in the first getting embarrassed in a 27-point loss to the process, and (trying) to keep him calm,” got their money’s worth tonight for sure. At With Ennis defending Leonard, the MVP quarter and were never seriously challenged Milwaukee in Game 3. They forced 21 DeRozan said, nodding to his left in the the end, Marc made a great shot. LA candidate committed a turnover when he by the Wizards. turnovers. direction of Lowry. “It was still a challenge, (LaMarcus Aldridge) contested it very, very lost the ball out of bounds with 43.7 sec- “I’ve always said we play better with but we figured it out.” He came out aggres- well, and it went down.” Game 5 is Tuesday onds left. But Leonard’s final 3 tied it up One-man team our backs against the wall,” Coach Dwane sive with strong drives to the bucket, going night in San Antonio. one last time before Gasol’s big bucket. John Wall kept up his dazzling play in the Casey said. “It’s a tough way to live, but I 8 of 14 for 21 points in the first half alone. “They were able to counter Kawhi going off series, scoring 29 points, but he was essentially love our team’s resilience and personality.” The game was tied at halftime before Nailing free-throws and making incredible shots,” Spurs for- a one-man team. The other Washington Toronto reclaimed home-court advantage Toronto slowly edged away, building a 10- Conley also had eight assists and nine ward Pau Gasol said. “So you’ve got to give starters combined to score 30 points on 14-of- in the best-of-seven series. Game 5 is point lead with 4 minutes left on Powell’s rebounds. Randolph added 12 points and them credit. You’ve got to regroup and get 45 shooting. Bradley Beal, in particular, had a Monday at the Air Canada Centre. Tony 3-pointer. Milwaukee went 0 of 9 from the 11 rebounds, but was 4 of 12 from the field. ready for Game 5.” — AP miserable night after averaging 26.5 points in Snell led Milwaukee with 19 points, field during a stretch between late in the the first two games. He was held to 12 points including five 3-pointers, both playoff third quarter and early in the fourth, but on 6-of-20 shooting, missing all six of his career highs. still managed to stay within two posses- attempts beyond the arc. “That’s probably the His 3 with 3:14 left got the Bucks within sions of Toronto for much of the second most I’ve ever seen him air-ball in one game,” seven. Lowry answered with a bucket half. The Raptors were only slightly better Wall said. “He’ll figure it out.” Game 4 is tomor- before setting up another basket with a with the ball, but their defense set the row night in Atlanta. drive-and-dish to center Jonas Valanciunas tone. “Our tempo ... in that second half The Hawks came out intent on moving the for a layup in traffic. While Toronto’s star came to a halt,” Kidd said. ball, getting open looks and cutting down on guards produced in the clutch, the defense Trading shoves in the paint and hand- the turnovers that plagued them in the first threw up roadblocks after the Bucks ran checks on the perimeter, the Bucks two contests. Talk about following the game roughshod all over the court on Thursday matched the Raptors’ rise in defensive plan. Atlanta pushed out to a double-digit lead night. Milwaukee shot 37 percent overall in intensity. But they misfired more with the before the game was 3 minutes old and Game 4, but 31 percent (13 of 42) in the ball, with Antetokounmpo seemingly play- stretched the margin to 38-13 with just under a second half. ing too aggressive at times. The Bucks had minute to go in the opening quarter on “Our tempo was extremely slow,” coach 13 first-half turnovers. Center Greg Schroder’s 3-pointer. Jason Kidd said. “Give (Toronto) credit, they Monroe did his best to keep Milwaukee in Wall did everything he could to spark the slowed us down.” Giannis Antetokounmpo the game with 10 points and four Wizards. He posed along the baseline after a was held to 14 points on 6-of-19 shooting, rebounds in the fourth quarter. “We didn’t thunderous dunk, which might have had more while also committing seven turnovers. come out energized,” Monroe said. “We effect if the Wizards weren’t losing by 23 at the Toronto’s PJ Tucker helped contain the tried to picking it up in the second half, time. He somehow made a 3-pointer while Bucks’ All-Star with physical play in the but it was too late.” falling out of bounds in the corner at the end MEMPHIS: San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard (2) loses control of the ball of the first quarter . He darted through the lane while defended by Memphis Grizzlies guard Wayne Selden Jr, left, and center Marc against a collapsing defense to bank in an Gasol (33) during the second half of Game 4. —AP improbable shot, drawing gasps from the Atlanta crowd. Wall made all but one shot and scored 21 points in the first half, but the Clippers’ Griffin out of Wizards trailed 64-46 heading to the locker room. The other four Washington starters had playoffs with toe injury just 18 points. The Hawks took advantage at the other end. SALT LAKE CITY: Los Angeles Clippers forward of then-owner Donald Sterling making racist “They jumped on us in that first period,” Blake Griffin is out for the remainder of the comments surfaced, leading to him being Wizards coach Scott Brooks said. “Their sense NBA playoffs after injuring his big toe during banned by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, of urgency was very high. I wouldn’t say we Friday night’s win against the Utah Jazz. The who forced the sale of the team. The Clippers came out relaxed, but we came out missing team announced Saturday that the five-time were up 2-0 in 2013 before losing to shots, and we let that affect out defense.” All-Star was diagnosed with an Memphis in six games after Millsap also led the Hawks with 14 rebounds. injury to the plantar plate of his Griffin stepped on teammate right big toe. Griffin left Game 3 Lamar Odom and injured his Confident rookie with 3:18 remaining in the second ankle. Rivers said he believes in After playing sparingly much of the season, quarter after landing awkwardly the karmic-like presence of the Taurean Prince moved into Atlanta’s starting following a transition layup. He “basketball gods,” but not in any lineup late in the year. His confidence is grow- had 11 points, six rebounds and kind of Clippers curse. ing with each game. Prince scored 16 points, two assists in 18 minutes, and the “You make your own luck at hit a couple of 3-pointers and energized the team said at the time the injury the end of the day,” Rivers said. Hawks with his aggressive play. He even picked was a bruised toe. X-rays at the “Like I told Blake last night ... up a technical foul for taunting the Wizards arena were negative, but he was right now he’s probably think- after an alley-oop dunk in the closing minutes . re-evaluated after the game. ing, ‘Why me?’ He’s too good of a “Nothing derogatory,” Prince said. “Just Clippers coach Doc Rivers said guy for this to continue to hap- being competitive.” Millsap praised the rookie the injury actually happened on Clippers forward pen. There’s going to be some for his contribution. “Every time Taurean touch- the play before the layup and kind of sunshine for him at some Blake Griffin es the floor, he’s out there hustling,” Millsap added Griffin knew immediately point. You’ve just got to weather said. “He’s on the ground. He’s a scrappy player. that it was bad. The former No 1 this storm.” The Clippers run pick will remain in Salt Lake City, wearing a much of their offense through Griffin and He earned himself some minutes. He’s starting walking boot and will return with the team he’s one of the best passers on the team. in the playoffs because of that.” Beal has yet to after Game 4 on Sunday. Rivers said surgery is Rivers said they’ll play both big - with find his shooting touch in the series, hitting a possibility. His injury marks another playoff Marreese Speights and DeAndre Jordan - and just under 40 percent from the field. The blow to a franchise that has dealt with a small for stretches. He doesn’t want to put Wizards insist they aren’t worried. “I like his series of bad luck and internal turmoil in too much of a load on Paul to make up the looks,” Brooks said. “I like his shots. He’s just recent years. Griffin and point guard Chris difference. Paul added, “It has to be by com- going to have to keep shooting ‘em. Keep get- Paul were lost to injuries last year, and the mittee. Blake’s too much to our team. ting him open looks, like we have. Every player Clippers blew a 3-1 series lead against Offensively, defensively, his presence. ... We will go through a stretch of a few games where MILWAUKEE: Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo rebounds in front of Toronto Houston in 2015. don’t have one person over there that we’re you’re not going to shoot the ball well. He’ll Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan during the first half of Game 4. — AP During the 2014 playoffs, voice recordings like, ‘Oh, Blake’s out, put him in.’” —AP bounce back.” — AP MONNDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 SPORTS Swing Kuwait: Aiding special needs kids with golf

KUWAIT: Swing Kuwait, a non-profit golf much more comfortable and engage initiative dedicated towards children better while playing individual sports. with special needs, recently concluded Swing gives children the opportunity to its inaugural season with one final train- interact with others and build social rela- ing session, which took place on April tionships, as well as enabling them to 22nd at the Sahara Kuwait Golf Resort. enjoy the soothing, stress-free environ- The event also included an awards cere- ment that golfing provides.” mony which honored the season’s out- Al-Barrak started by approaching standing golfers in recognition of their Sahara Golf Resort management, which performance throughout the season. As generously provided the golfing premis- well as showing appreciation to all the es. He then sought the support of head coaches and volunteers for their dedica- coach Edward Retief from Sahara for tion and commitment to the program. designing the program and overseeing The first of its kind in the country, the weekly training of the young golfers. Swing Kuwait is a non-profit club found- Additionally, the help of coaches ed by Hamad Al-Barrak, a 14 year-old Cameron Van Rooyen and Xu Xon and Kuwaiti with a passion for golf. The initia- the many volunteers who were there on tive seeks to support children with spe- a weekly basis to support the children. cial needs - especially those with autism Finally, Al-Barrak concluded by say- and Down’s syndrome - through golfing; ing: “This initiative is completely helping them become more independ- dependent on the concept of volunteer- ent and enabling them to play and ing. Coaches, family members and socialize in a friendly, safe environment. friends all came together out of good Swing’s golfing season had kicked off in will to make it happen. It is our hope November of last year, with members that Swing continues to positively affect meeting every Saturday at Sahara the lives of children with special needs Kuwait Golf Resort. and their parents. I also hope that Swing Al-Barrak, founder and organizer of inspires others in the community to start Swing Kuwait, stated: “My passion and their own projects and initiatives to sup- love for golf drove me to start Swing. I port special needs children within our had come to learn through research that society, in any way they could.” children with special needs tend to be ‘Relieved’ Wiesberger wins Shenzhen International

BEIJING: Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger beat China. He is now set to move up into the England’s Tommy Fleetwood on the first top 30. Fleetwood, 26, was the tourna- playoff hole to win the $2.8 million ment’s second-ranked player after Shenzhen International yesterday, securing American Bubba Watson, but continues a his fourth European Tour title. Despite con- streak of bad luck on the mainland-he was tinued rain, the 31-year-old Austrian shot a runner-up at the 2014 Volvo China Open, one-under-par 71 to force a playoff with and came in third at the first Shenzhen Fleetwood, who carded a tournament-best International in 2015. 63 to set the clubhouse target at 16-under. “I’ve played well all week but I was really “I’m feeling a bit relieved now, I have to say,” disappointed-it was stressing me out, actu- the European Tour website quoted ally-that I couldn’t really get anything in the Wiesberger as saying. “I’ve had a stretch of hole, especially in the second round when I really good events the last couple of played almost as good as I could and didn’t months and it’s really nice to have a trophy get anything out of it,” Fleetwood said. The again.” “Tommy has had a great day and I’m US’s heavily favored Watson made club- just grateful to make that one shot in the house leader in the first round, but had slid playoff when I needed to.” to 26th place by yesterday. Local favourite Wiesberger has not missed a cut in the Li Haotong, ranked 151 in the world and last eight months, claiming seven top five winner of the Volvo China Open last year, finishes since the US PGA Championship. missed the cut for round three. It was the The world number 43, who nabbed two third edition of the Shenzhen International European Tour titles in 2012 and the Open at the Genzon Golf Club-the first Chinese de France in 2015, is the first European to course to host multiple European Tour win the Shenzhen tournament in southern events. —AFP

SCOREBOARD

Scoreboard at stumps on the second day in the first Test between West Indies and Pakistan on Saturday in Kingston, Jamaica.

West Indies 1st innings (Overnight: 244-7) A. Joseph b Amir 0 K. Brathwaite c Y. Khan b Abbas 0 S. Gabriel not out 4 LONDON: Kenya’s Daniel Wanjiru wins the Men’s elite race at the London marathon. — AFP K. Powell c Y. Khan b Amir 33 Extras (lb-17) 17 S. Hetmyer b Amir 11 Total (for 9 wickets, 92.3 overs) 278 S. Hope b Amir 2 Fall of wickets: 1-1 K. Brathwaite, 2-24 S. Hetmyer, 3-32 Kenyans Wanjiru, Keitany in V. Singh c Az. Ali b Riaz 9 S. Hope, 4-53 V. Singh, 5-71 K. Powell, 6-189 R. Chase, R. Chase c Riaz b Shah 63 7-189 S. Dowrich, 8-264 D. Bishoo, 9-274 A. Joseph. S. Dowrich b Shah 56 Bowling: Mohammad Amir 24.3-11-41-5; J. Holder not out 55 Mohammad Abbas 22-4-63-1; Wahab Riaz 22-5- London Marathon double D. Bishoo c S. Ahmed b Amir 28 66-1; Yasir Shah 24-5-91-2.

LONDON: Daniel Wanjiru and record-breaking Bekele, who recovered from a poor patch mid- race, raised his arm in salute to a coterie of Mary Keitany made it a memorable double for race to come roaring back in the final eight Ethiopian supporters as the race headed Amir takes five wickets, Kenya yesterday as they stormed to victories in miles, but ultimately fell just short. towards its climax. the London Marathon. Keitany, recording her Bekele finished nine seconds adrift whilst The shock of seeing Bekele gaining on him rain ruins Jamaica Test third London win to put alongside her trio of Wanjiru’s compatriot Bedan Karoki was third in appeared to refocus Wanjiru and he extended New York victories, set a new world record for a 2hr 07:41. Bekele, whose training was inter- his lead late on, consoling Bekele with a warm KINGSTON: Mohammad Amir completed a ond new ball, Amir had Bishoo caught at women’s only marathon of 2hr 17min 01sec, rupted when he was ill three weeks ago, went cuddle when the latter crossed the line. The five-wicket innings haul and West Indies the wicket for 28. He then bowled Alzarri smashing the 14-year-old mark of British great through a bad patch and looked like he folded wheelchair races saw a seventh win for the captain Jason Holder reached a fifth half- Joseph without scoring to achieve his first Paula Radcliffe. completely shortly after the halfway mark. remarkable Briton David Weir and a maiden tri- century as the home side reached 278 for five-wicket haul since returning to interna- “It was a great day for me. It was really amaz- Bekele set off in pursuit of Wanjiru and in stark umph for Swiss woman Manuela Schaer, to add nine in their first innings on a rain-ruined tional cricket last year following a five-year ing to run the best time,” 35-year-old Keitany contrast to his downcast look earlier in the to her Boston title earlier this month. —AFP second day of the first Test against Pakistan ban for spot-fixing. told the BBC. “The weather was good at the at Sabina Park on Saturday. Only 11.3 overs Most impressive in the left-arm fast beginning, it was nice for me and my pace. I’ve were bowled in the entire day as inade- bowler’s effort was his accuracy as reflected run my best,” added Keitany, who saw off an Will power claims fourth pole quate covering from heavy overnight and in figures of five for 41 off 24.3 overs before Ethiopian great in Tirunesh Dibaba. Keitany’s fel- early morning rain left damp patches on the showers swept across the ground and low Kenyan Wanjiru, 24, recorded his greatest the pitch and a sodden area of the outfield, drove the players off the field for the last victory as he kept Kenenisa Bekele at bay at barber Motorsports Park delaying the start of play by four hours. time for the day. Holder’s defiance was also despite a late rally from the Ethiopian legend BIRMINGHAM: Will Power is the front-runner in each of the three races this year. By the time the showers returned in late admirable, the captain reaching the half-cen- and race favourite. “We helped each other from at Barber Motorsports Park once again, and his The Fast Six round was split evenly with afternoon with even greater ferocity, just tury mark by hoisting debutant Mohammed the start, talking and we tried to maintain that teammates are following right behind. Power Chevrolet- and Honda-powered teams thanks 55 minutes play was possible during which Abbas for a straight six. He resumes along- pace for half of the race,” Wanjiru told the BBC of claimed the pole for the fourth time at the to Penske. Dixon has six podium finishes, but Amir and Holder shone through the gath- side last man Shannon Gabriel on the third his duel with Bekele. Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Saturday in a qual- no victories, in Alabama. Penske drivers are ering gloom. After the home skipper and day, weather permitting, on 55 off 69 balls Wanjiru hinted that he could see himself ifying session dominated by Team Penske. partly to blame. “It’d be nice if these guys just Devendra Bishoo extended their eighth- with two sixes and seven fours embellishing breaking the world record in the future. “It was Power’s fast lap of 1:06.9614 gave him 46 pulled over at the start,” he said, pointing to wicket partnership to 75 against the sec- his defiantinnings. —AFP very comfortable (to be in world record pace),” career starts up front and continued his suc- Pagenaud and Power. “That would definitely he said. Aside from the professionals running for cess at Barber Motorsports Park. help things.”None of these tracks owe you prize money, the great majority of the 40,000 Teammates Helio Castroneves and defend- anything. It’s just trying to piece it together. I participants were amateurs running their hearts ing champion Simon Pagenaud completed a think we’ve had a couple of really good shots out for charitable causes. Jackie Scully perhaps sweep of the top three spots to start yester- in the past to get the win and we’ve made a outdid the lot by getting married in the early day’s race. “It’s phenomenal for the race team, couple of mistakes and it just hasn’t played morning on the famed Cutty Sark ship and then 1-2-3,” said Pagenaud, who won the series out.” Powerhouse teams Penske and Ganassi the 35-year-old ran in her wedding attire- championship in 2016. “They did a fantastic Racing - and Chevrolet - are still seeking their designed by the wife of former England goal- job preparing these cars. This is a really good first win of the year. Smaller, Honda-powered keeper David Seaman-with her dad Eamonn in track for us in general.” That might be under- teams have taken the first two races, already aid of a breast cancer charity. stating the matter. matching Honda’s win total from last year. She was diagnosed with the illness in 2014. Current Penske drivers have won five of Sebastien Bourdais and tiny Dale Coyne The runners were sent on their way by Prince the seven IndyCar races at the 17-turn, 2.3- Racing won the opener at St. Petersburg and William, his wife Kate and his brother Prince mile road course. They’ve claimed the pole then Hinchliffe secured the Long Beach win. Harry, whose Heads Together campaign wants seven times in eight years. Power won in Hinchcliffe made his IndyCar debut at Barber to remove the stigma surrounding metal health 2011 and 2012, Castroneves in 2010 and first- in 2011. Two-time winner Hunter-Reay is the issues. Heads Together was this year’s principal year Penske driver Josef Newgarden two only non-Penske driver to capture the charity for the marathon, which took place years ago. Newgarden qualified seventh with Alabama race, winning in 2013 and 2014. under blue skies for much of the time. his new team. “It’s definitely working well this “Penske’s had a bit of a stranglehold on this weekend,” Power said. Castroneves said his track,” he said. “We’ve won here twice but for Poignant end teammate “definitely has something about the most part it’s been Penske blocking out Heavy security measures were in place in this place.” the front. Hard to beat right now.” Former Indy the British capital. And there was an extra Even split Lights winner Zach Veach is making his first poignancy as the runners swept round the “He did a great job putting a lap towards IndyCar start, filling in for Ed Carpenter Racing corner of the Embankment past Westminster the end,” Castroneves said. “In Long Beach, it with JR Hildebrand recovering from a broken Bridge, scene of last month’s terror attack was like a precision lap, and this lap was like left hand. Veach qualified 19th in the 21-driver which killed four people, while a policeman going out-and-out crazy; I was like one eye field. The most talked about driver this week- died of stab wounds within the nearby parlia- closed and hopefully stick, and it did.” The end might be one who isn’t even racing. ment grounds the same day. Penske trio are followed by Ganassi’s Scott Fernando Alonso, a two-time Formula One Wanjiru’s feat was even more remarkable giv- Dixon, Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay champion , is set to arrive at Barber Sunday as en the strength of the opposition: aside from 34- and James Hinchcliffe, who’s coming off a win a spectator. He’ll run in the Indianapolis 500 year-old Bekele there was Eritrean world cham- at Long Beach for Schmidt Peterson next month for Andretti Autosport. “I think it’s pion Ghirmay Ghebreslassie and Ethiopia’s Motorsports. Dixon and Hinchcliffe are the very, very cool that it’s happening,” said Olympic silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa. Wanjiru only drivers to be among the top six qualifiers Andretti driver Alexander Rossi. — AP KINGSTON: Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir unsuccessfully appeals for LBW on day two came home in a time of 2hrs 5min 48sec to beat of the first Test match between West Indies and Pakistan at the Sabina Park. — AFP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 SPORTS

Kuwait crushes Macau In Asia Ice Hockey Cup

By Abdellatif Sharaa board. He lauded the organization of the tournament which shows that the club KUWAIT: Kuwait Ice Hockey team started has what it takes to manage major inter- its competition in the Asian Ice Hockey national events, adding that PAS is keen Cup Championship with a convincing 8-0 on supporting and having Kuwait’s flag win against Macau. Kuwait’s players led prominently flown around the sporting by Jassim Al-Awadhi scored thrice in the world. Meanwhile, Chairman of the first period, twice in the second and Board of the Winter Sports Club Fuhaid three more in the third. Both offence and Al-Ajmi said Kuwait’s Organization of this defense put in outstanding performanc- tournament is the crowning achieve- es. Kuwait’s goals were scored by Ahmad ment of the outstanding relations Al-Ajmi, Jassim Al-Awadhi, Abdallah Al- between the club and the International Maraghi and Adbelaziz Al-Shateel. In the Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). He said the other fixture, India came up on top club worked hard to prepare for the tour- against Oman with a close 3-2 victory nament and hoped that fans enjoy the over their gulf rivals. They scored two matches. Al-Ajmi appreciated the patron- decisive goals in the third period,taking age of the tournament by Minister Khalid them closer to winning the title. Al-Roudhan as well as PAS which helped Minister of Commerce and Industry, the club to organize this important Acting Minister for Youth Affairs, event. IIHF representative and Director of Chairman of the Board of Public Game Development in Asia Andy Kerr Authority for Sports said PAS will work lauded the preparations and organiza- on supporting the efforts of Kuwait tional skills by the Kuwaiti side, and said Winter Games Club. It is exerting all its he is proud of being in Kuwait which efforts in promoting the game in Kuwait became an crucial member of the IIHF. and is set to allocate an Ice Skating Rink The opening ceremony included a for the club with international standards documentary about Ice Hockey’s devel- to accommodate lovers of winter sports opment in Kuwait, which started its’ in Kuwait. operations in promoting and nourishing Al-Roudhan who spoke to journalists the sport since the 1980s. In addition to after the opening ceremony said the screening, Kuwait’s women ice hock- Kuwait’s national team participation in ey team members performed on the ice international tournaments, along with while figure skater Rasha Al-Shaar gave their women’s team and junior teams of an outstanding performance that was Rasha Al-Shaar both genders is a plus for the club’s highly appreciated by the crowd.

CAS rules in favor of Kuwait Shooting

By Abdellatif Sharaa Commerce and Industry Minister, Acting State Minister for Youth Affairs Khalid Al- KUWAIT: The Court of Arbitration for Sport Roudhan, Director General of Public Authority (CAS) ruled in favor of Kuwait for Sports Sheikh Ahmad Al- Shooting Federation and Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, rejected the decision of the President of Kuwait Olympic International Shooting Sport Committee Sheikh Fahad Federation (ISSF) to suspend Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah, Kuwait Kuwait Shooting Federation’s Athletes and all the people of membership. The ruling is to Kuwait for this just ruling, and be implemented immediate- hoped that the suspension be ly, and all decisions taken lifted from all sports activities. against Kuwait Shooting Al-Otaibi thanked all the Federation by the ISSF are to presidents of shooting federa- be considered null and void. tions around the world who President of Kuwait and expressed their support Arab Shooting Federations towards Kuwait’s plight with Eng Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi this issue. He also thanked the said this ruling is the culmi- Duaij Al-Otaibi legal team in Kuwait and nation of continuous efforts abroad for their efforts that that began nine months ago. resulted in lifting the suspen- KSF kept working along with sion of the shooting participa- the legal team to remove the tion in the ISSF agenda events. unjustified decision against Meanwhile, Secretary Kuwait Shooting, adding that General of KSF and ASF Obaid Ahli United Bank first in KBA KSF board of directors, held Al-Osaimi said KSSC will go the belief that Kuwait’s ahead with its demands of all shooter had legal right to its rights that it was deprived bowling league tournament represent their country under of due to the unjust decision Kuwait’s flag at international by the International Olympic tournaments and events. Committee and ISSF, follow- KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank’s bowling team came Engineer Duaij Al-Otaibi, ing the final ruling by CAS. He in first place and won the 2017 Kuwait Banks on behalf of the board of said KSSC will issue a detailed Club (KBA) bowling league tournament. The Celtic into Scottish directors and the shooting statement in few days to tournament, which was held at Salmiya’s Cosmo community, congratulated Obaid Munahi Al-Osaimi explain the most important bowling center, witnessed an incredible come HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- rulings for Kuwait sport dur- back by our team that qualified in 4th position Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH ing the entire suspension and defeated 3rd place team (NBK) then 2nd final in treble chase the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- period. He said the demands include material place team (Burgan) then went on to beat 1st Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh and moral compensations for the harms place position (Gulf Bank) to be dubbed as the GLASGOW: A second-half penalty by Scott “We restricted Rangers to very few opportuni- Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Kuwait shooters have endured. tournament’s new champions. Sinclair sealed a 2-0 win for champions Celtic ties and the only disappointment was we did- On this occasion, Ahli United Bank over bitter rivals Rangers and a place in the n’t score more.” His Rangers counterpart Pedro announced that “The Bank’s keen interest in Scottish Cup final yesterday. Sinclair’s penalty Caixinha felt his side showed Celtic too much sports, and driving employees’ potentials to and a first-half effort by Callum McGregor set respect in the first half. participate in a number of different sports and them up with a May 27 date with Aberdeen- “At half-time we tried to change some activities, reaffirms AUB’s overall philosophy in who beat holders Hibs 3-2 on Saturday-and a things but I think we needed to be more nurturing the importance of such sports that potential domestic treble for the first time in aggressive in defending,” he said. “I think they reflect on strong healthy outcomes, harnessing 16 years. deserved to win but we could have done, and positive team collaboration and spirit. McGregor and Sinclair’s goals avenged should have done, much better.” Rangers Moreover, by participating in various athletic defeat at the hands of Rangers at the same kicked off at Hampden but it was to be the activities, teams thoroughly understand the stage last year and extended their unbeaten closest they were to the ball for the majority of importance of role exchange, which positively run to 41 domestic matches this season. It the half. Rangers had conceded just once in reflects on their work”. brings to an end a 92-year Hampden Park their previous five games, but with Celtic The Bank added, “We are proud of our team hoodoo for Celtic, who failed to beat Rangers enjoying the lion’s share of possession a goal which came in first place in the bowling champi- in the last four of the competition on their seemed inevitable and it duly came through onship as the tournament is considered one of previous five attempts since their last victory McGregor. Moussa Dembele brought down the key activities that is organized by KBA, and at this stage in 1925. Celtic manager Brendan Mikel Lustig’s long ball over the top of the one which witnesses large participation from Rodgers said his side was a joy to watch. Rangers defence and laid it back into the path members of the local banking community”. Ahli “Everything you would want from your of the Scottish midfielder, whose first-time United Bank thanked the organizing committee, team to play in terms of composure, tempera- strike with his left-foot rolled into the bottom KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Skeet Shooter Eman Al-Shamma won the Silver medal while shoot- as well as Cosmo’s management for continuous- ment and technical quality,” purred Rodgers. corner.—AFP er Afrah bin Hussein won the Bronze during HH The Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad ly hosting and managing the championship. International Grand Prix held in Italy. MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 SPORTS Nadal wins historic 10th Monte Carlo title

MONTE CARLO: Rafael Nadal won the a row from 2005 to 2012 but then lost to the season. When I first played here in of 2017. Nadal was hardly challenged by to the week.” Nadal will now move on Monte Carlo Masters for a record-break- Novak Djokovic in the 2013 final. He won 2003 as a qualifier I reached the third his 29-year-old countryman, who was to his home event in Barcelona next ing 10th time with a dominant 6-1, 6-3 the title again last year and then added round. “Now, a lot of years later, this is playing the best tennis of his career after week where he will be eyeing another defeat of Spanish compatriot Albert the Barcelona crown a week later, yet something I could have never dreamt. seeing off world number one Andy magical 10th title. Nadal and Ramos- Ramos-Vinolas yesterday. The 30-year- had not lifted a trophy since, losing three Thanks to life for giving me this opportu- Murray on his way to the final. Nadal took Vinolas played the fourth all-Spanish old Nadal, who now has 50 clay court finals already this year, including nity.” The great Spaniard needed just 76 victory as Ramos-Vinolas double-faulted. championship in the Open Era in titles and 70 in all, will be aiming for a January’s Australian Open against Roger minutes and three match points to see “What can you say about Nadal,” said Monte Carlo, with Nadal winning the 10th French Open title as well next Federer. Nadal’s 50 clay titles breaks the off his compatriot yesterday. the losing finalist. “I never expected 2010 edition against Fernando month. It was Nadal’s first title in almost record he shared with Guillermo Vilas The left-hander now has 29 Masters anything like this week to happen to Verdasco and beating David Ferrer a a year and further cemented his place in since April last year when he lifted his titles, one behind the all-time record of me (wins over Andy Murray and Marin year later. Nadal now stand 3-0 versus history as he became the first man in the ninth trophy in Barcelona. 30 held by Novak Djokovic. He has now Cilic). “Rafa winning here 10 times is Ramos-Vinolas and has never lost to a Open era to win the same event 10 “I cannot explain the feelings that I won an ATP event for the 14th consecu- unbelievable, he’s the best for sure on countryman in an ATP final, now stand- times. He won eight Monte Carlo titles in have,” Nadal said. “I had a tough start to tive year after losing his first three finals clay. For me, I still had a fantastic finish ing 15-0 in that category. —AFP

Freiburg stun Leverkusen in hunt for Euro berth

BERLIN: Unfancied Freiburg continued three. On Saturday, Thiago Alcantara’s sec- their dream run to a place in Europe next ond-half equaliser rescued Bayern Munich season with a shock 2-1 win over Bayer in their 2-2 draw at home to Mainz as the Leverkusen yesterday in the Bundesliga. runaway leaders twice came from behind. The result puts Freiburg, last season’s sec- Having bowed out of the Champions ond division champions, back up into sixth League quarter-finals at Real Madrid in place, which carries a Europa League berth midweek, the draw caps a week to forget next season, with four games left. for Bayern, who are winless in their last four Christian Streich’s youthful team games. Mainz twice took the lead in claimed another big scalp after recent wins Munich as ex-Barcelona midfielder Bojan over Cologne, Eintracht Frankfurt and Krkic netted an early goal and Daniel Wolfsburg. Ex-Bayern Munich striker Nils Brosinski’s converted a second-half penalty, Petersen gave hosts Freiburg the lead at but strikes by Arjen Robben and Thiago their Schwarzwald Stadion before Germany gave Bayern a point. Second-placed RB forward Kevin Volland converted a second- Leipzig can cut Bayern’s lead to six points penalty for Leverkusen. But the hosts by winning at Schalke yesterday evening. It picked up the three points when winger was a poor performance from double-chas- Pascal Stenzel, on loan from Borussia ing Bayern ahead of Wednesday’s German Dortmund, came off the bench to finish a Cup semi-final at home to Borussia counter-attack. Dortmund. The 21-year-old hit the winner when he Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the drilled the ball past Leverkusen’s Germany league’s top-scorer, hit his 27th league goal goalkeeper Bernd Leno two minutes from this season as Raphael Guerreiro headed time after a brilliant run down the left wing. the winner in Borussia Dortmund’s 3-2 win It was another disappointing result for at Borussia Moenchengladbach to climb to Leverkusen, who reached the Champions third. Gabon hot-shot Aubameyang crept League last 16 this season, but have won one goal ahead of Bayern’s Robert just one of their last ten games and are Lewandowski in the race to be the league’s 12th-only four points from the bottom top-scorer this season. —AFP United adds extra bite LONDON: Arsenal’s German midfielder Mesut Ozil (L) vies with Manchester City’s German midfielder Leroy Sane (R) during the FA Cup semi-final to Manchester derby football match between Arsenal and Manchester City at Wembley stadium. —AFP

blocking. Sanchez caps extra time fightback, The ball broke to Rooney, who respond- Burnley 0 ed more quickly than his marker Michael Keane inside the six-yard area and forced as Gunners set date with Chelsea the ball over the line off the defender, despite the efforts of Stephen Ward to Man United 2 City almost hit back immediately, with Toure’s the 101st minute. Sanchez has been a problem clear. It was only Rooney’s third league goal 25-yard volley pushed onto a post by Cech for Wenger with his mood swings this season of a season that had threatened to end Arsenal 2 before Fernandinho headed against the crossbar and he was well below his best for long periods with the club’s all-time leading scorer play- from Kevin de Bruyne’s corner. Danny Welbeck once again. But he was in the right place at the BURNLEY: Wayne Rooney and Anthony ing only a bit part in proceedings. But the couldn’t win it for Arsenal with a fine curling right time when a goalmouth melee ended with Martial scored on their returns to the side injury to Ibrahimovic, who damaged his strike before extra-time, but Sanchez came to the Chilean beating Gael Clichy to the loose ball as Manchester United improved their knee ligaments in Thursday’s Europa Wenger’s rescue with a far more prosaic effort in and firing in from close-range. — AFP hopes of a top-four Premier League finish League win over Anderlecht, and Man City 1 with a 2-0 win at Burnley yesterday. The Mourinho’s desire to rest Marcus Rashford convincing victory-United made light of ahead of Thursday’s derby brought him the season-ending injury to top-scorer and Martial recalls. LONDON: Alexis Sanchez earned Arsenal an FA Lazio’s Balde hits five-minute Zlatan Ibrahimovic-sets up an intriguing The pair combined early, with the help Cup final showdown with Chelsea and gave Manchester derby visit to City, now just of Herrera, for a promising Rooney shot Arsene Wenger renewed hope of salvaging a hat-trick, Milan crash at home one point above United, on Thursday. which was well blocked by Ben Mee. A troubled campaign as the gritty Gunners fought Martial’s strike in particular was a perfect powerful Marouane Fellaini header from a back to beat Manchester City 2-1 yesterday. response from the French international, corner was held by Heaton on his line and When Sergio Aguero put City ahead in the sec- MILAN: A Keita Balde five-minute hat-trick in the seven-time European champions showed whose form had been criticised by boss Jose Rooney side-footed a shot just over from a ond half of a bruising semi-final, Wenger’s side a 6-2 romp over Palermo boosted Lazio’s few credentials worthy of the European stage Mourinho this week, even if it costs his cur- Jesse Lingard pass. Burnley, searching for a were on the verge of another dispiriting defeat Europa League hopes yesterday as AC Milan against a team battling for top flight survival. rent club £8.3 million (10 million euros) in a much-needed victory in their bid to in arguably the worst season of the Frenchman’s edged further away from Europe with a shock Milan defender Cristian Zapata let Levan bonus payment to his former club Monaco. remove lingering fears of relegation, 21-year reign. 2-1 home defeat to Empoli. Inspired by Mchedlidze get in front of him to nod Martial responded to those recent public offered little first half threat with Mee’s But, despite being out-played for long peri- Atalanta’s 3-2 win over Bologna that pushed Empoli’s opener in the 40th minute. criticisms by starting, and finishing, a goal of wayward header, from Robbie Brady’s cor- ods, Arsenal summoned a spirit and desire too the high-flying Bergamo side up to fourth, After Suso’s 59th minute spot-kick was devastating pace and simplicity after 21 ner, their only real threat. often missing from their performances this term. Lazio responded to the challenge from Gian stopped by Lukasz Skorupski, striker Carlos minutes. Having dispossessed Joey Barton Burnley’s sloppy performance continued Nacho Monreal’s equalizer forced extra-time and Piero Gasperini’s men in defiant fashion at the Bacca spurned a great chance to level from inside his own half, the Frenchman initiated in the second half with too many unforced Sanchez’s predatory finish in the additional peri- Stadio Olimpico. close range after Skorupski fumbled a corner. the counter attack with a sprint and pass to errors and misplaced passes preventing od secured a final date with Premier League A Ciro Immobile brace had Lazio up 2-0 It proved costly as Empoli doubled their lead Ander Herrera. The Spanish midfielder them finding a quick way back into the leaders Chelsea back at Wembley on May 27. inside 10 minutes and a Balde hat-trick in the moments later, veteran striker Massimo returned the favour, picking out the run of contest. Indeed, it took Heaton to keep his Arsenal’s third FA Cup final in the last four years- space of five first-half minutes, including a Maccarone coolly knocking down a cross for Martial perfectly and sliding through a pass team even vaguely in contention as he they won it in 2014 and 2015 — gives them a 24th minute penalty, secured the points well Mame Thiam, who was left unmarked to blast for the striker to collect, take a touch and scurried to his left and kept out a low shot record 20 appearances in the showpiece match before the half-time interval. Palermo hit past Gianluigi Donnarumma from 10 yards. beat Tom Heaton from six yards. from Pogba which seemed to be destined of the famous old competition. back with a second-half brace from Andrea Gianluca Lapadula reduced the arrears for the corner. Crucially, it presents Wenger with a chance to Rispoli, but Luca Crecco wrapped up an with a great run from midfield that saw him Fates hang in the balance When Burnley did enjoy a rare United mute the mounting criticism from his club’s sup- emphatic win with a goal in the first minute fire past Skorupski into the bottom corner on It was the 21-year-old’s 25th goal for the error, with Andre Gray getting the better of porters who want him to resign. The Gunners’ of added-on time to secure a 19th league win 72 minutes. But Milan failed to capitalize on Premier League side and activates an Daley Blind on the right, his cross was cut failure to challenge for the Premier League title and a return to fourth spot. Lazio reduced the further chances from Lucas Ocampos and incentive clause which means United must out well by the impressive Eric Bailly. has been compounded by their slide out of the gap on third-placed Napoli, held 2-2 at Mario Pasalic and were lucky to escape fur- pay Monaco that additional 10 million Rashford was brought on as a substitute top four. But those close to Wenger believe he is Sassuolo, to seven points. “The lads did great, ther punishment when Donnarumma denied euros. United’s important second goal, midway through the second half and gave still leaning towards staying. what I liked most is how they put into prac- Maccarone with a fine one-handed save then after 39 minutes, was far more scrappy but, Burnley’s defense more to occupy them. With fourth placed City well adrift of leaders tice what we’d spoke about,” said Lazio coach stopped Thiam after rushing out his net in the potentially, vital for the fates of both clubs Last hopes of any sort of recovery from the Chelsea, boss Pep Guardiola is destined to finish Simone Inzaghi. dying seconds of a seven-minute period of this season. Martial was again pivotal as he home side disappeared on 78 minutes his first season empty-handed. He now faces the Balde is rumored to be leaving Lazio, and stoppages. gathered a clever pass from Paul Pogba when Keane arrived to meet a free-kick difficult task of lifting his players before a vital Inzaghi added: “He’s a reall important player After offering Empoli, his former club at and darted towards goal, producing a shot from Brady but could only head over the derby against Manchester United as the top four for us.” Atalanta are back in fifth spot at one the start of his career, his “compliments”, which Heaton did an unconvincing job of crossbar.— AFP battles heats up on Thursday. City came close to point further behind with AC Milan, who saw Milan coach Vincenzo Montella said: “We striking first when the diminutive David Silva Spanish forward Suso miss a second-half missed a great chance to boost our Europa rose to meet Aguero’s cross with a header that penalty, still in sixth but now five points chances, but we can’t start throwing blame Petr Cech pushed over. Silva departed due to behind the Europa League places. A week around. “We created a lot of chances, it’s just a injury soon after, but City monopolized posses- after snatching a share of the spoils with a pity. It means we have to fight until the very sion and Arsenal were often reduced to kicking late equalizer in a 2-2 derby draw at Inter, last game.” The win left Empoli fourth from their opponents out of their rhythm. Aguero and Milan had the incentive of breaking away bottom but five points ahead of Crotone, and Raheem Sterling combined to bundle the ball from their city rivals following their shock 5-4 Maccarone said: “We didn’t really concede into the net just before half-time, but the goal defeat at Fiorentina on Saturday. much to Milan, so we’re very happy to be tak- was controversially ruled out because Leroy But on their return to the San Siro as hosts, ing this victory home with us.—AFP Sane’s cross was adjudged to have gone out as it looped over the bar before curling back into play.

Off the canvas To City’s frustration, television replays sug- gested a tiny part of the ball was still in play before it reached Aguero. Yet Arsenal’s play still lacked conviction and by the 62nd minute the scoreline finally reflected City’s dominance. When Yaya Toure seized the ball after Aaron Ramsey’s mistake deep in City’s half, the Ivorian spotted Aguero and sent a long pass towards the striker. Aguero surged away from Monreal and, although his first touch almost ruined the chance, he recovered to lift a deft finish over Cech for his 30th goal this season. If that felt like the knockout blow, Monreal had other ideas and he hauled the Gunners off the canvas in the 71st minute. Having labored for so long, Arsenal sud- denly sprang to life and Alex Oxlade- Chamberlain swung over a superb cross to the ROME: Lazio’s Keita, left, celebrates with his teammate Lazio’s Stefan de Vrij after scoring BURNLEY: Manchester United’s French midfielder Paul Pogba plays the ball during far post, where Monreal timed his run perfectly a goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Lazio and Palermo at Olympic sta- the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Manchester United to slot home from close-range for his first dium. — AP at Turf Moor. —AFP Arsenal goal in over two years. Kuwait crushes Gunners set Macau in Asia date with Ice Hockey18 Cup Chelsea19 MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017

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MADRID: Barcelona’s Lionel Messi (right) celebrates with teammates after scoring the winning goal during a Spanish La Liga match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, dubbed ‘El Clasico’, at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium yesterday. Barcelona won 3-2.— AP Barcelona in dramatic win over Madrid Messi strikes last-gasp 500th Barca goal • La Liga title race wide open MADRID: Lionel Messi struck his 500th left floored and bloodied after being caught by international teammate Toni Kroos’s effort Barcelona goal with the last kick of the game to a stray elbow from Marcelo. The Argentine was behind before diverting Karim Benzema’s goal- blow the La Liga title race wide open with a still down when Ronaldo drilled another fine bound header to safety with his outstretched thrilling 3-2 win at Real Madrid yesterday. Messi effort towards goal that Marc-Andre ter Stegen foot. However, Keylor Navas was also busy at had broken a three-year goalless drought did well to parry to safety. the other end as he came to Madrid’s rescue on against Madrid to cancel out Casemiro’s opener Unsurprisingly given both Madrid’s potency three occasions. Firstly, he got a foot to Paco for Madrid in the first-half. Ivan Rakitic’s stun- and Barca’s inability to defend set-pieces, the Alcacer’s prodded effort before pulling off acro- ning strike and a red card for Madrid captain opener arrived from a dead ball. Marcelo picked batic saves to deny Gerard Pique and Suarez. Sergio Ramos for chopping down Messi 13 min- up the loose ball from a corner and when Ronaldo then missed a guilt-edged chance utes from time put Barca on course for victory Sergio Ramos volleyed his cross against the to put Madrid back in front as he somehow before James Rodriguez came off the bench to post, Casemiro was on hand to tap into an turned the ball over from point-blank range level four minutes from time. unguarded net. The lead lasted just five min- after unselfish play from Asensio. There was However, fittingly, Messi had the final say utes, though, as with a handkerchief still mop- nothing Navas could do to deny Barca 17 min- with a brilliant finish deep into stoppage time ping the blood from his cheek, Messi danced utes from time when Rakitic took aim from 25 to lift Barcelona’s hopes of a third straight La past Dani Carvajal and Nacho to fire home his yards and drilled into the top corner. The Liga title. Fresh from dumping Bayern Munich first goal against Madrid for three years. match seemed to have swung decisively in out the Champions League in a 4-2 thriller after Ter Stegen was called into action again to Barca’s favor four minutes later when Ramos extra-time in midweek, Madrid had started con- prevent Real immediately retaking the lead as scythed down Messi to be shown the 22nd red fidently in another breathless encounter at the he flew to his left to save from Luka Modric’s card of his career. Bernabeu. Cristiano Ronaldo had strong long-range effort. However, Barca ended the However, even with 10 men, Madrid rallied appeals for a penalty waived away inside two half feeling hard done by when referee and levelled when substitute James Rodriguez minutes after he appeared to have been Alejandro Jose Hernandez didn’t show Casemiro swept home Marcelo’s cross four minutes from clipped by Samuel Umtiti. a second yellow card for upending Messi as he time. There was still time for one huge twist in Barca grew slowly into the game and had led a promising counter-attack. Madrid were the title race, though, as Sergi Roberto’s lung- their first big chance when Luis Suarez dragged rampant at the start of the second period, but bursting run led a Barca counter-attack to feed wide Jordi Alba’s fine cut-back from the edge of were met with a wall of resistance in Ter Stegen. Jordi Alba and his cross was smashed into the the box 11 minutes in. Shortly after Messi was The German dived low to his left to turn corner by Messi. — AFP Messi celebrates Barcelona’s third goal yesterday. — AFP Benteke comes back to haunt Liverpool

hand in the scrap for Champions League places, at the far post. Coutinho might have stamped meaning Liverpool’s fate is no longer in their his mark on the second half after just five min- Liverpool 1 own hands. Liverpool’s forwards turned on the utes with a superb drag-back in the Palace tricks and Roberto Firmino’s clever spin away area to engineer some space. But he blasted from two Palace defenders sparked an attack. He his shot high and wide. He then produced attempted to spread play wide for Coutinho, but some more magic to weave away from both Crystal Palace 2 Georginio Wijnaldum inadvertently ended the Martin Kelly and Ward but this time his effort move by getting in the way. was deflected behind. Palace had offered little attacking threat but Coutinho should have restored Liverpool’s LIVERPOOL: Liverpool old-boy Christian Benteke on 21 minutes they almost stunned the hosts lead on 57 minutes but his header from a stunned his former club with both Crystal Palace when Benteke bullied his way towards goal. The Nathaniel Clyne cross was tame and straight at goals in a 2-1 win at Anfield yesterday denting Belgian international striker shrugged off Hennessey. Just before the hour-mark a fabulous the home side’s top-four Premier League ambi- defenders and exchanged passes neatly with pass by Lucas freed Firmino but his first touch tions. Benteke handed a massive boost to Wilfried Zaha before bending a right-footed shot was just too heavy and Hennessey made a cru- Palace’s survival hopes with a goal in each half to just wide of Simon Mignolet’s goal. When the cial interception. Out of nowhere, Cabaye cancel out Philippe Coutinho’s brilliant opener opening goal came, it came in real style in the missed a chance to give Palace the lead with 19 for the Reds and turn the game on its head. 24th minute. minutes remaining. Liverpool paid £32m for Benteke when they Palace midfielder Luka Milivojevic was penal- The ball dropped to the Frenchman in a goal- signed him from Aston Villa in 2015 but sold him ized for a foul on Coutinho, who dusted himself mouth scramble and he scooped a shot just to Palace for £27m a year later. The 26-year-old down before bending a brilliant right-footed over from eight yards. But there was no mistake Belgian made them pay for that decision with free-kick past a helpless Wayne Hennessey and moments later when the visitors stunned goals in the 42nd and 74th minutes that moved inside his right-hand post from 25 yards. Palace Anfield. A right-wing corner by Andros Palace seven points clear of the Premier League hit back to equalize with a wonderful, counter- Townsend was not cleared by Liverpool and relegation zone. But defeat left Jurgen Klopp’s attacking goal three minutes from half-time. Benteke headed home from a couple of yards. side in third place just two points clear of fourth- Joel Ward’s clever ball over the top dropped Liverpool pinned Palace back in the closing ANFIELD: Liverpool's Nathaniel Clyne , left, and Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha bat- placed Manchester City and three ahead of perfectly into the stride of Yohan Cabaye, who stages but could not force an equalizer as tle for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match at Anfield, Manchester United in fifth. delivered a delicious cut-back from the right Palace held on to win at Anfield for a third suc- Liverpool, yesterday. —AP Both Manchester clubs have two games in for Benteke to produce a crisp, first-time finish cessive season. — AP US businesses getting hammered by Venezuela crisis Page 23

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COLOMBO: Chinese construction team members look on at a new apartment building complex in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo. Cheap Sri Lankan labor has built skyscrapers and condos across the Gulf for decades but now contractors at home are desperate for workers as the island nation experiences an unprecedented construction boom. — AFP G20 leaders dodge conflict with Trump US believes in ‘reciprocal’ free trade: Treasury chief

WASHINGTON: Global finance leaders sought to avoid con- changes. Lagarde noted that a separate document set- make trade fairer and was not aimed at erecting protection- flict with the Trump administration over trade and environ- ting out the IMF’s policy agenda did retain strong lan- ist barriers. “The United States is probably the most open mental policy and welcomed signs the world economy is guage condemning protectionism and promoting efforts trading market there is,” Mnuchin said. pulling out of the doldrums. to combat climate change. The International Monetary Fund dropped a sharp con- Carstens said that it was important to recognize the Reciprocal trade demnation of trade protectionism and references to climate viewpoints of different countries. “We all want free and fair The United States, which is considering new protection- change from a statement at the close of its spring meetings trade and that is what is reflected in the communique,” he ist policies, believes in “free and fair” trade, US Treasury with the World Bank. Gone was a call for nations to “resist told reporters when asked why the language on protection- Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday. all forms of protectionism” that had been in an October ism had been dropped. “President Trump’s agenda is to make sure that we have communique. During the presidential campaign, Donald A similar change on the issue of protectionism was free and fair trade and I think, as you know, the United Trump threatened to impose tariffs on China and Mexico made in a communique that the Group of 20 major States is probably the most open trading market there is and called global warming a hoax. Since taking office, economies issued last month in Baden-Baden, Germany. for both goods, services and investment,” Mnuchin said. Trump has slashed environmental regulations, and his Steven Mnuchin, attending his first international gathering But he said the United States expected to be treated as it administration has planned big cutbacks at the as Trump’s Treasury secretary, had defended the change in treats others. “The president believes in reciprocal trade Environmental Protection Agency. the G-20 communique at the German meeting by saying, deals and reciprocal free trade.” Mnuchin’s comments came The meetings of the 189-nation IMF and World Bank, “The historical language was not really relevant.” during a public conversation with Christine Lagarde, head which wrapped up Saturday, were dominated by concerns Eswar Prasad, a trade economist at Cornell University, of the International Monetary Fund, during the spring over the rising anti-globalization tide that carried Trump to said the changes in the IMF and G20 communiques reflect meetings of the IMF and World Bank. the White House and set the stage for Britain to leave the WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin the Trump administration’s determination to undo decades With a nationalist economic agenda, the Trump adminis- European Union. Skepticism over the benefits of free trade during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in of American policy in favor of ever-freer trade. “The G-20 tration has vowed to upend decades of prevailing trade persists despite signs of economic improvement. The glob- Washington on Saturday. — AP consensus on issues such as free trade and combating cli- policy by renegotiating or scrapping trade agreements, al economy is finally recovering from a long period of eco- mate change is crumbling in the face of the Trump adminis- imposing tariffs and moving to bilateral trade agreements. nomic languor that IMF managing director Christine tionist policies that would harm world trade and growth. tration’s hostility to those positions,” Prasad said. US pressure last month forced a Group of 20 finance minis- Lagarde labeled “the New Mediocre.” The IMF expects the In its communique Saturday, the IMF urged nations to “The notion of allowing for freer trade has run up against ters meeting in Germany to strike the routine commitment world economy to expand 3.5 percent this year, up from 3.1 avoid “inward-looking policies,” but did not include the the Trump administration’s conviction that its major trading against protectionist policies from a closing statement. percent in 2016, helped by rising commodity prices and the stronger language of the October communique. partners are manipulating trade and currency policies to The word “protectionism” also did not appear in the final surprising resilience of China’s economy. But Lagarde and their own benefit.” At a joint appearance with Lagarde on statement of this week’s meetings at the IMF. “If our markets World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said world govern- Communique Saturday, Mnuchin said that the internal debate over the are open, there should be a reciprocal nature to other peo- ments needed to do a better job helping those being left At a closing news conference, Lagarde and Agustin wording of the IMF communique had taken much less time ple’s markets,” Mnuchin said Saturday. “What’s not free and behind economically. Otherwise, a backlash against global- Carstens, head of the Bank of Mexico and chair of the than the debate over the wording of the G-20 communique fair is if our market is open and other people either have ization could pressure governments into adopting protec- IMF’s policy committee, sought to downplay the last month. He said that the administration’s goal was to high tariffs or have high import barriers.” — Agencies How bad corporate debts are holding back India’s growth

NEW DELHI: The recent arrest of Vijay Mallya when the business plans made no sense-such Mallya and try him for fraud. He has said there highlighted the problem of bad loans in India, as a Formula One track on the outskirts of the is a “witch hunt” against him, arguing that but analysts say the tycoon’s unpaid debts are Indian capital that was practically abandoned there were much bigger defaulters. By just the tip of an iceberg that is already holding after three races. September 2016, about 16.6 percent of loans back the country’s economic growth. The multi- Regulators, eager to spur growth, allowed to corporates-or about 8.4 percent of GDP- millionaire owner of a Formula One team and many industries to restructure loans rather than had been declared non-performing, according founder of the Kingfisher beer brand was arrest- write them off, and also agreed to a moratorium to Credit Suisse. ed on Tuesday in Britain, where he fled a year on interest payments. The excesses of the peri- “Eight percent of the GDP is a very big num- ago after allegedly defaulting on loans from od remained hidden as banks sought to keep ber,” Sengupta told AFP. “When the size of NPAs Indian state banks worth more than $1 billion. companies afloat by giving them enough capi- (non-performing assets) hits five percent of the From the mid-2000s onwards, Mallya and tal to service their loans-a practice known as GDP, that is considered a crisis, and we have much of corporate India went on a shopping ever-greening-to disguise their own bad debts. gone way past that.” Banks were finally forced to spree, picking up assets both at home and By 2015, the share of companies it moni- confront the problem in September 2015 when overseas even as a financial crisis hit the tored that could not even service the interest on the central bank set them a deadline of March global economy. their loans had reached nearly 40 percent, 2017 to clean up their balance sheets. NEW DELHI: This file photograph shows then Force India-Mercedes Team Principal and As a result, Indian banks are now saddled Credit Suisse said in a February report. But more than a year into the forced clean- Chairman and CEO of India’s Kingfisher Airlines Vijay Mallya (center) as he walks in the with some of the highest levels of bad debts in That has led to a situation where both banks up, “corporate NPL formation still hasn’t abated paddock during the third practice session at the Buddh International circuit in Greater the emerging markets according to the and their clients are financially stretched. at both (state-owned) and private corporate Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi. — AFP International Monetary Fund. India remains the world’s fastest-growing lenders,” according to the Credit Suisse report. “Banks are so stretched that they’re not even major economy, with GDP expanding by seven By its count, some 12 trillion rupees ($185 lem is being contained,” said Ashish Gupta, lenders in healthier shape. Another was to cre- lending to healthy companies, holding back percent in the last three months of 2016 — the billion) have soured, the bulk of it at public- Credit Suisse’s head of equity research. ate asset management companies to tackle the growth,” Rajeswari Sengupta, an economist in last quarter for which data is available. But sector banks. “To the contrary, the stress on corporates problems. But not everyone is convinced that Mumbai, told AFP. “That’s a very big collateral economists say that growth is fragile because it The 10 largest corporates in the country- and banks is continuing to intensify, and this in there is a way out. ”We’ve been sitting on this damage... The biggest fall-out is the lack of pri- is being driven by consumer spending rather including the owner of that abandoned F1 turn is taking a measurable toll on investment ticking time bomb for so long that I don’t even vate sector investment-banks are stressed, pri- than investment. track-are also the most burdened with debt and and credit.” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is look- know what are the solutions,” Sengupta said. vate sectors are stressed, lending to corporates owe a collective 7.5 trillion rupees. “There is still ing for solutions. One idea his ministry mooted “It’s a completely rotten system and it’s been by banks has totally stalled.” ‘Rotten system’ no sign that the affected companies are regain- was to create a single “bad bank” which would like this for so long that there’s no good solu- Banks coughed up cash for projects even India’s government is seeking to extradite ing their health, or even that the bad debt prob- take over all bad loans and leave the existing tion anymore.” — AFP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 BUSINESS

Investors push for more info on lobbying at US companies NEW YORK: Dozens of major US companies are fac- notion of corporate funds for political purposes,” Keenan, corporate governance analyst at public the company. Raytheon declined comment. This ing shareholder votes this spring that seek to said Charles Elson, corporate governance chair at employees union AFSCME, which has been in a year, Pfizer strengthened its oversight of lobbying by require more disclosure about political lobbying, as the University of Delaware Alfred Lerner College of leader in pushing for the measures. amending the corporate charter to place the respon- activists demand greater corporate transparency. Business & Economics. In response, companies argue that the additional sibility with the Corporate Governance committee. Votes are set to take place at more than 40 annu- “If it’s explained and it’s legitimate, there’s noth- sunshining is unnecessary and misstates the nature al meetings, including those for Boeing, Wells Fargo, ing wrong with it. The question is the transparency.” of a company’s relationship with a trade group. “The Business strikes back Ford, General Electric and Facebook. The proposals Trade groups in focus Companies are already associations and coalitions to which GE belongs per- As they battle this year’s shareholder proposals, have in many cases been offered before and predate required to account for annual lobbying expendi- form many valuable functions,” GE said in urging a large companies through the Business Roundtable, a the searing national political debates that have tures in reports to Congress that detail the targeted “no” vote. “Lobbying is not the primary focus of trade group, are pushing to limit future battles dominated America with the rise and election of issues and the amounts spent. However, propo- these entities.” involving activists. In a letter to National Economic President Donald Trump. nents of the stepped-up measures say there are no “GE may not agree with every position or lobby- Council Director Gary Cohn, the Business Roundtable But whether or not they have anything to do with requirements for reporting other aspects of lobby- ing action taken by such associations,” the company urged officials to “tighten eligibility” to restrict broader political dynamics, early tallies in the 2017 ing, such as activities at the grassroots level or dona- added. Disney said the proposal would exceed legal investors “with insignificant stakes” from making pro- season show more investors want to know about tions to trade organizations that lobby. disclosure requirements and would “be misleadingly posals “that pursue social or political agendas unre- corporate spending on lobbying. About 37 percent Activists point to companies like GE and Disney suggestive of the control we exercise over” trade lated to the interests of shareholders as a whole.” The of Disney’s shareholders voted in favor of a measure that favor climate change policies and their links to groups. Some companies have revised their policies Business Roundtable argues the current $2,000 mini- on this issue, up five percent from last year’s out- groups like the Chamber of Commerce which have following talks with shareholders. Keenan said Wal- mum requirement is “no longer a reasonable stan- come, while Monsanto’s vote came in at about 28 opposed key climate policies. They argue the com- Mart Stores agreed to provide lobbying spending by dard” to get on the ballot and should be raised to at percent, up 7.5 percent from a year ago. panies should disclose their trade group member- state, while defense company Raytheon increased its least 0.15 percent at large companies. There were also modest increases at Emerson ships and the amount of money given to those disclosures, including providing a list of its trade But corporate governance expert Elson rejected Electric and Tyson Foods. While still a minority of groups that is then used for lobbying. association dues. A Wal-Mart spokesman declined to that argument. “Sometimes terrific ideas come from shareholders, these counts are high enough to force “Transparency is good for investors and good for comment on the specifics about negotiations on lob- small investors,” he said. “It’s also become an impor- management to take notice, corporate governance companies and it kind of goes to the principle of bying disclosures, but said shareholders regularly tant signaling mechanism that boards need to be experts say. “There’s a general discomfort with the what gets disclosed gets managed,” said John decide to withdraw proposals following talks with aware of.” —AFP

Roll with it: Gazans create own limo from five different cars GAZA CITY: A Gazan firm has found a way taking parts from five different cars and to add style to weddings in the Palestinian adding them to a white Mercedes. enclave despite being unable to import a Some 30 people weighed in on the limousine: make one with parts from five design and drew up plans for the impro- cars.Wedding planner Salama Al-Odi vised limousine. sought to import a limousine as part of the “It took us three months and $21,000 various offerings to young Gazans by the (19,500 euros)” to build the vehicle, whose firm he heads, Farha, but said he was interior with curtains was “completely con- unable to. The Gaza Strip has been under ceived in Gaza,” Odi said. The result looks an Israeli blockade for 10 years, with the something like a cross between a car and a entry and exit of goods and people tightly spaceship, with a rounded roof extending controlled by Israel. upward from what would have been the Its sole crossing with Egypt has also original top. remained largely closed in recent years. Hand-painted designs adorn the sides of Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, run the vehicle. Final touches are being put on by Islamist movement Hamas, have fought the “limo” and the first bride and groom three wars since 2008. should be able to climb aboard as soon as Israeli officials say the blockade is neces- Thursday. sary to prevent the importation of weapons Odi says he will offer it at an affordable and materials that could be used to make rate for young people in Gaza, where mar- them, but UN officials have called for it to riages have been delayed due to a lack of be lifted, citing deteriorating conditions in financial resources. For him, seeing the the enclave of two million people. homemade vehicle roll through the streets With poverty widespread and unem- of the Gaza Strip will also be a message to ployment at nearly 45 percent, Gazans Gazans to “not give in to the restrictions” have had to show creativity-and Odi has imposed by Israel. “You have to answer by responded to the challenge. In his small inventing and embarking on an adventure,” mechanic shop, a group of men were busy he said. —AFP

This Jan 30, 2012, file photo shows the sign for the Exxon Mobil Torrance Refinery in Torrance, Calif. The Trump administration denied a request from Exxon Mobil to waive US sanctions against Russia and allow it to resume oil drilling around the Black Sea. —AP US rejects Exxon Mobil’s request to drill in Russia Mnuchin says no waivers to US companies

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has tions after US intelligence agencies concluded ment in Russia, “where competitor companies rejected a request from Exxon Mobil to waive US that Russia interfered in last year’s presidential are authorized to undertake such work under sanctions against Russia to allow the company election. Sen John McCain, R-Ariz., tweeted of European sanctions.” to resume oil drilling around the Black Sea. Exxon’s request, “Are they crazy?” Secretary of Rosneft officials have said that their joint ven- Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said State Rex Tillerson was Exxon’s CEO before join- ture with Italy’s Eni S.p.A. plans to begin drilling Friday in a brief statement that the administra- ing President Donald Trump’s cabinet. While at this year in the Black Sea next to the area where tion “will not be issuing waivers to US compa- Exxon, he cultivated close ties with Rosneft and Exxon hoped to drill. Under Treasury nies, including Exxon, authorizing drilling pro- Russian officials including President Vladimir Department rules, ExxonMobil could resubmit hibited by current Russian sanctions.” Putin, and he spoke against sanctions that were its application if it provides additional informa- Exxon said it understood the decision, while imposed in 2014 in response to Russia’s annexa- tion the government hadn’t reviewed previously. suggesting that the outcome will merely help tion of the Crimea region of Ukraine. Irving, Texas-based Exxon has disclosed European oil companies operating under less- The sanctions bar US oil companies from receiving three waivers from the sanctions dur- stringent restrictions. The decision comes just transferring to Russia the advanced technology ing the Obama administration for limited work two days after it was reported that Exxon was that is used to drill more efficiently offshore and with Rosneft. seeking a waiver to resume a joint venture with in shale formations. Exxon has said in regulatory Exxon’s critics urged the Treasury Department Rosneft, a Russian state-owned oil company. filings that the sanctions could lead to losses of to block more waivers, which they feared would Exxon said it filed the request in 2015. up to $1 billion. give new momentum to drilling in the environ- The disclosure of Exxon’s application was crit- An Exxon spokesman said the company’s mentally sensitive Russian Arctic. Shares of icized in Congress by lawmakers who said the application for a waiver was made to meet con- Exxon Mobil Corp. fell 32 cents to close Friday at Trump administration should not reduce sanc- tractual obligations under a joint-venture agree- $80.69. — AP GAZA STRIP: A Palestinian mechanic works on his vehicle at his workshop in Gaza

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Chinese Yuan Renminbi 44.760 Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Swiss Franc 306.160 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Australian Dollar 232.640 Thai Bhat 9.865 Japanese Yen 0.002717 0.002897 US Dollar Buying 304.500 Turkish Lira 82.700 ASIAN COUNTRIES Kenyan Shilling 0.002944 0.002944 Japanese Yen 2.806 GOLD Korean Won 0.000257 0.000272 Indian Rupees 4.737 20 Gram 262.690 BAHRAIN EXCHANGE COMPANY WLL Malaysian Ringgit 0.065543 0.071543 Pkistani Rupees 2.916 10 Gram 134.270 Nepalese Rupee 0.003016 0.003186 Srilankan Rupees 2.010 5 Gram 67.980 CURRENCY BUY SELL Pakistan Rupee 0.002709 0.002999 Nepali Rupees 2.966 Philippine Peso 0.006060 0.006360 Singapore Dollar 219.530 Europe Hongkong Dollar 39.325 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd British Pound 0.384056 0.394056 Sierra Leone 0.000038 0.000044 Bangladesh Taka 3.750 Czech Korune 0.004149 0.016149 Singapore Dollar 0.213023 0.223023 Philippine Peso 6.161 Danish Krone 0.039922 0.044922 South African Rand 0.016940 0.025440 Rate for Transfr Selling Rate Thai Baht 8.809 Euro 0. 321744 0.330744 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001638 0.002218 US Dollar 305.350 Norwegian Krone 0.031488 0.036688 Taiwan 0.009910 0.010090 GCC COUNTRIES Canadian Dolla 229.875 Romanian Leu 0.071960 0.071960 Thai Baht 0.008525 0.009075 Saudi Riyal 81.574 Sterling Pound 385.255 Slovakia 0.009141 0.019141 Qatari Riyal 84.018 Euro 326.577 Swedish Krona 0.029976 0.034976 Arab Omani Riyal 794.439 Swiss Frank 308.180 Bahraini Dinar 812.280 Swiss Franc 0.299486 0.310486 Bahraini Dinar 0.803243 0.811743 Bahrain Dinar 809.890 UAE Dirham 83.286 Turkish Lira 0.077881 0.088181 Egyptian Pound 0.014058 0.019966 UAE Dirhams 83.530 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000086 ARAB COUNTRIES Qatari Riyals84.755 Australasia Iraqi Dinar 0.000195 0.000255 Egyptian Pound - Cash 19.400 Saudi Riyals 82.320 Australian Dollar 0.220633 0.233633 Jordanian Dinar 0.425248 0.434248 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 16.830 Jordanian Dinar 430.575 New Zealand Dollar 0.208499 0.217999 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.228 Egyptian Pound 17.009 Tunisian Dinar 133.490 Lebanese Pound 0.000152 0.000252 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.011 America Jordanian Dinar 430.810 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020404 0.044404 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.038 Indian Rupees 4.733 Canadian Dollar 0.220998 0.229988 Nigerian Naira 0.000397 0.001032 Syrian Lira 2.180 Pakistani Rupees 2.912 Georgina Lari 0.137890 0.137890 Omani Riyal 0.786566 0.792246 Morocco Dirham 30.817 Bangladesh Taka 3.800 US Dollars 0.301200 0.305600 Qatar Riyal 0.083047 0.084497 Philippines Pesso 6.155 US Dollars Mint 0.301700 0.305600 Saudi Riyal 0.080327 0.081627 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Cyprus pound 168.510 Syrian Pound 0.001295 0.001515 US Dollar Transfer 305.700 Asia Japanese Yen 3.800 Tunisian Dinar 0.128596 0.136596 Euro 326.950 Bangladesh Taka 0.003422 0.004006 Syrian Pound 2.425 Turkish Lira 0.077881 0.088181 Sterling Pound 386.400 Chinese Yuan 0.042838 0.046338 Canadian dollar 230.200 Nepalese Rupees 3.955 UAE Dirhams 0.081697 0.083397 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037177 0.039927 Turkish lira 83.100 Malaysian Ringgit 70.150 Yemeni Riyal 0.000993 0.001073 Indian Rupee 0.004276 0.004964 MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 BUSINESS US businesses getting hammered by Venezuela crisis

WASHINGTON:The political and economic crisis in A crude let-down American oil giant ExxonMobil before becoming PDVSA defaults,Rosneft could demand Citgo as Venezuela is costing US companies dearly, as The conditions in Venezuela are a formidable President Donald Trump’s diplomatic chief. compensation. General Motors can attest following the unexpected challenge for any company, with hyperinflation, In 2014, the Venezuelan government was “We are extremely concerned that Rosneft’s con- nationalization of its plant there. capital controls, political turbulence, mass ordered by a World Bank disputes tribunal to pay trol of a major US energy supplier could pose a The big auto-maker shut down its operations in demonstrations and consumers who have barely ExxonMobil $1.4 billion for nationalizing an oil field. grave threat to American energy security, impact Venezuela and laid off its 2,700 workers after the enough money to buy food and basic items. But that ruling was overturned on appeal in March the flow and price of gasoline for American con- government on Wednesday seized the plant, which The country was once considered one of the this year to the World Bank’s International Center for sumers, and expose critical US infrastructure to had been idle because of the chaotic market envi- juiciest markets for US businesses, boasting the Settlement of Investment Disputes. national security threats,” Rubio, Cruz and four other ronment. The group had been operating in the biggest oil reserves in the world, a free-spending ExxonMobil also plans to drill for oil in an off- senators wrote in an April 10 letter to US Treasury South American country for 69 years. middle class with a taste for American products, shore field in a zone that both Guyana and neigh- Secretary Steven Mnuchin. GM isn’t the only US business to be walloped by and proximity. boring Venezuela lay claim to. The find is a source of Venezuela’s crisis. Kimberly-Clark, a personal-care But a slump in global crude prices coupled with friction between the two countries since 2015. Patience ‘wearing thin’ paper group, had its factory taken over last July, and mismanagement has devastated the country’s Another point of contention between Venezuela According to Matthew Taylor, an expert on Latin posted a charge of $153 million to deconsolidate its economy. And nearly two decades of Socialist rule and the United States is Citgo, a network of gas sta- America at the Center for Foreign Relations in Venezuela operations. by late president Hugo Chavez and his successor tions in America owned by Venezuela’s state oil Washington, the Trump’s administration policies Biscuit-maker Mondelez-behind America’s well- Nicolas Maduro have badly frayed ties with the US, company PDVSA. towards the Venezuelan crisis seem to be the same known Oreo brand-also took a one-time charge of which has halved the amount of Venezuelan oil it US lawmakers, especially former Republican as those of predecessor Barack Obama. “The United $778 million to reconfigure its Venezuela opera- imports. Venezuelan authorities regularly accuse presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, States has imposed targeted sanctions against indi- tions as an investment in its accounts, to prevent Washington of being behind the unrest they are have expressed concerns that the Russian oil com- vidual Venezuelans, including Vice President them dragging the group’s earnings down. dealing with. pany Rosneft might end up owning Citgo, which is (Tareck) El-Aissami, but has wisely avoided the Although Mondelez products still sell in Venezuela, based in Houston, Texas. temptation to more directly and unilaterally con- it’s unable to track sales. US unease That stems from the fact that PDVSA put front the regime, allowing Latin America to lead,” he Same story for Pepsi, which reported a $1.4 bil- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in an Citgo up as collateral for a corporate bond said in a blog. “But patience is wearing thin in lion loss last October from its Venezuela business. uncomfortable position, having been the boss of issue in December that Rosneft underwrote. If Washington.” —AFP Boursa Kuwait holds first investor relations workshop 100 industry professionals attend workshop

KUWAIT: Building on its recent part- ronment in Kuwait, and its impor- ly result in a positive and resilient supporting the overall success of an nership with the Middle East Investor tance from a Boursa Kuwait strategic turnaround for the Kuwait market in organization and its operations. Relations Association (MEIRA), Boursa point of view. specific, and the region as a whole. I Abdal also highlighted the nature of Kuwait held its first Investor Relations MEIRA have covered five main would also like to thank Boursa the challenges faced by Zain Group (IR) workshop, catered to listed com- areas namely; IR in a global context, Kuwait in advance, for hosting the at the start when the IR unit was panies and brokerage firms, in collab- international regulation and practice, ‘Certificate of Investor Relations’ established in 2002, and how these oration with MEIRA and Zain Group. investor perspective, the role of the (CIRO) two-day program at its prem- challenges were overcome and lever- The workshop took place at the Investor Relations Officer (IRO) and ises later this month, as a start to aged to further grow the IR unit into Boursa Kuwait premises, on 17, April last but not least, IR as a function. deploying IR certified professionals a fully-fledged function that serves 2017 in an effort to raise awareness Mohammad Abdal, Chief into the field”. the Group’s IR needs. MINNETONKA: This April 18, 2017 photo shows the suburban Minneapolis and knowledge of the major role of Communications Officer of Zain During the workshop, Abdal The Boursa Kuwait IR Awareness Investor Relations in Kuwait, from Group and Chairman of MEIRA shared Zain Group’s successful expe- workshop witnessed more than 100 headquarters of Syngenta in Minnetonka, Minn. The first lawsuit out of tens an organizational and practical Kuwait Chapter expressed his grati- rience with IR from the perspective of participants from the listed compa- of thousands across the country is about to go to trial against Swiss the point of view. tude to Boursa Kuwait, for initiating a mature and well- established com- nies and brokerage firms from the agribusiness giant Syngenta over its decision to put a genetically engi- Boursa Kuwait Executive Director the first of a series of IR events. He pany, as a practical case study. This fields of investor relations, Finance, neered corn variety onto the US market before China had approved it. —AP - Strategic Transformation and CEO said: “We are confident that our part- allowed participants to better relate Compliance, Corporate Governance Office, Eman Abdul-Aziz Ali, rein- nership with Boursa Kuwait will sure- to the role of IR and its importance in and Corporate Communications. forced the organization’s commit- First farmer lawsuit on ment to supporting MEIRA’s Kuwait Chapter and ensuring that it pro- deck against Syngenta motes IR best practices, due to the importance of this function in elevat- ing the overall investment status of MINNEAPOLIS: The first of tens of thousands of containing the trait to China anyway. After two the Kuwaiti market. She said: “The US lawsuits is about to go to trial against Swiss years of accepting them, China began rejecting high turnout of attendees to the agribusiness giant Syngenta over its decision to them in late 2013. workshop is a clear indication that introduce a genetically engineered corn seed One expert working for the plaintiffs esti- the Kuwait market understands the variety to the US market before China had mated the damage to US farmers to be $5.77 importance of this function and approved it for imports. billion; another pegged it at $4.68 billion. Most more importantly, is ready to estab- The lawsuits allege that Syngenta’s move plaintiffs didn’t grow Viptera, but China exclud- lish and develop a specialized unit wrecked an increasingly important export mar- ed their grain, too, because elevators and ship- within. Ensuring that the significance ket for US corn, and that the resulting price pers typically mix grain from large numbers of of this exercise is clearly and effi- drops hurt all producers. Court filings show that suppliers, making it difficult to source corn that ciently communicated is surely a Syngenta aggressively marketed the seeds even was free of the trait. So they say all farmers were Boursa Kuwait duty and focus, as when it knew that Chinese approval was going hurt by the resulting price drop. well sharing best practices with our to be a problem. stakeholders and developing the Plaintiffs’ experts estimate the economic The legal landscape means in which we reach the invest- damage to be about $5 billion, while Syngenta About 60,000 individual cases involving ment communities.” denies its actions caused any losses for farmers. farmers from across the country, plus a class- “I would like to thank the CMA for The first test case goes to trial today in state action lawsuit on behalf of Minnesota farmers, attending the session and for their court in Minneapolis. The second goes to trial in are consolidated before Hennepin County continuous support of Boursa federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 5. District Judge Thomas Sipkins. Syngenta’s North Kuwait’s initiatives,” Eman added. The two cases are meant to provide guidance American seed business is based in suburban Ahmed Kiswani, Risk, Compliance for how the complex web of litigation in state Minneapolis. and Corporate Governance and federal courts could be resolved. Here are a The other big bloc, which includes cases Executive Director at Boursa Kuwait look at some of the issues: from corn belt states other than Minnesota, has initiated the workshop and led the been consolidated before US District Judge first session with two main topics, The problem: John Lungstrum in Kansas City, Kansas. The which addressed the importance of Syngenta decided to commercialize its lawyers themselves aren’t sure how many farm- KUWAIT: Delegates attend Boursa Kuwait’s first Investor Relations (IR) workshop. IR in light of the new regulatory envi- Viptera brand of genetically modified corn ers are covered there, but it’s a lot. seeds before China approved importing it. The first two cases will serve as bellwether Syngenta invested over $100 million and 15 trials, which courts often use when there are years in developing Viptera, which has a trait large numbers of lawsuits concerning similar American tries to learn from called MIR162 that protects against pests legal issue. This way the attorneys can see how such as earworms, cutworms, armyworms juries react and determine whether to settle and corn borers. other cases or take them to trial. The trial that With US government approval, Syngenta starts Monday in Minneapolis is for a lawsuit United’s mistakes in incident began selling Viptera in the US for the 2011 filed by Daniel Mesnick of Morse Bluff, growing season. But China didn’t approve it Nebraska, who grew Viptera and claims about NEW YORK: Another day, another cellphone video of become the next United, but then, United didn’t want tion and he (the flight attendant) was throwing gaso- until December 2014. $150,000 in damages. It is expected to last up to a conflict on an airplane. American Airlines said it to become the next United,” said Henry Harteveldt, line on it.” Days after Dao was dragged off the United Court papers show that Syngenta initially three weeks. The second trial will take place in grounded a flight attendant who got into a verbal travel industry analyst at Atmosphere Research Express flight from Chicago to Kentucky to make assured stakeholders that China would approve federal court in Kansas City and will be a class- confrontation with a passenger on a Friday flight from Group. “No airline wants to be seen as being anti-con- room for airline crew, his lawyer spent a good part of MIR162 in time for the 2011 crop. But the date action case involving Kansas farmers who claim San Francisco to Dallas-Fort Worth. Spokeswoman sumer or anti-passenger.” a news conference railing against what he said was kept slipping. Some exporters sent shipments about $200 million in damages. —AP Leslie Scott says the airline is looking into whether the Smartphone cameras and social media are shift- the industry-wide shabby treatment of airline passen- male flight attendant violently took away a stroller ing power to consumers who can share customer gers. Dao lost teeth, suffered a broken nose and from the female passenger just before she boarded a relations gaffes with the world. They’re increasingly received a concussion in the incident, which also was Burgan Bank announces Friday flight from San Francisco to Dallas. He has been making confrontations with customer-facing staff captured on video. removed from duty in the meantime. headline news, making it harder for companies to In the case of the American flight on Friday, a In an age of cellphone videos and social media, sweep complaints under the rug. 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If a passenger threatened a flight Burgan Bank encourages everyone to Bank in Kuwait to have won the JP Morgan attendant, that would be a violation of federal law, open a Yawmi account and/or increase their Chase Quality Recognition Award for said Bob Ross, president of The Association of deposit to maximize their chances of twelve consecutive years. Professional Flight Attendants. “Air rage has become a becoming a winner. The higher the level of Burgan Bank, a subsidiary of KIPCO serious issue on our flights,” he said in a statement. the deposit, the higher the likelihood to win. (Kuwait Projects Company), is a strong- “We must obtain the full facts surrounding these inci- Established in 1977, Burgan Bank is the ly positioned regional Bank in the MIAMI: In this June 3, 2016 file photo, an American Airlines passenger jet takes off dents. Our passengers and the flight attendants youngest commercial Bank and second MENA region. from Miami International Airport. —AP deserve nothing less.” — AP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 BUSINESS United CEO won’t add chairman title in 2018

DALLAS: United Airlines said CEO Oscar Munoz, dragged off by airport security officers. Munoz events extremely seriously,” and will link execu- the midst of an influence-trading scandal. flights and losing fewer bags. However, it who came under withering criticism for the air- later apologized repeatedly for United’s han- tive bonuses partly to “progress toward Munoz had been on the airline’s board still generally ranks poorly in surveys of air- line’s handling of a passenger-dragging inci- dling of the situation. improvements in the customer experience.” while serving as CEO of freight railroad line travelers. Most of Munoz’s compensa- dent, will not automatically add the title of The incident is under investigation by Munoz has said no employees will lose their CSX Corp. tion last year was in stock. The company chairman in 2018 as planned. The company said Congress and the Transportation Department. jobs and that he will not quit. He ordered a review He has focused on improving United’s said Friday in a regulatory filing that about Friday that Munoz proposed rewriting his Lawyers for the passenger, Kentucky physician of the airline’s policies on moving crews and han- tattered relations with labor unions. The $6.8 million of the total was related to a employment contract to remove the expecta- David Dao, have hinted at a lawsuit. And there dling oversold flights, including bumping passen- airline has made some strides in improving signing bonus that Munoz was promised tion that he would become chairman at next have been calls online to boycott United. gers. It is expected by the end of next week. its on-time performance, canceling fewer in 2016. —AP year’s annual meeting of parent United United executives said this week it was too Last month, the airline was also criticized on Continental Holdings Inc. United also said early to know if the widely publicized incident social media and trolled by other airlines after a Friday that Munoz received $18.7 million in has affected ticket sales. The airline’s board of United gate agent in Denver told young girls compensation last year. Munoz was widely directors has supported Munoz, according to a they would have to change or cover up their faulted for his early responses to the April 9 inci- statement last week from Chairman Robert leggings before being allowed to board a plane. dent on board a United Express plane. He first Milton. United said Friday in a securities filing Munoz was named CEO in September 2015, blamed the 69-year-old passenger who was that management and the board “take recent replacing Jeffrey Smisek, who stepped down in

In this file photo, United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz delivers remarks in New York. United Airlines said that its CEO Munoz won’t add the title of chairman in 2018 as planned, as fallout continues from the violent removal of a passenger from a plane this month. —AP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 business Le Pen, Macron, Fillon, Melenchon

NBK MONEY MARKETS REPORT KUWAIT: Finishing the week in a low volatili- exchange with Sterling Pound rallying imme- that “manufacturing continued to expand at a the two main drivers of European price action ing further risks for GBP; it seems as if the mar- ty environment and well supported despite diately and closing 3 big figures higher or modest to moderate pace, although growth in this week. Although a market friendly out- ket got ahead of itself in unwinding all the the uncertainty resulting from the French +2.20 percent at $1.284, the highest level freight shipments slowed slightly. come for the election could result in the cur- negativity around the currency. election, the latest price actions on the euro since October 3rd. That was the biggest rally Consumer spending varied as reports of rency moving back higher, the medium term Data released this week showed a larger currency seems to point to a potential muted for the Pound versus the Dollar since January stronger light vehicle sales were accompanied will depend largely on the ECB. than expected jump in the number of jobs election result. The profit taking that hap- 17th when PM May delivered what was large- by somewhat softer readings in non-auto For now, the elections polls will be the key added in Australia during March. The RBA April pened in the precious metal markets also ly considered a fairly balanced Brexit speech. retail spending driver of the actions over the short term. meeting minutes however revealed a different seems to point that markets are underesti- The currency closed the week around the On a different front, the Philadelphia Fed’s Macron and Le Pen remain neck and neck at picture with the Bank expressing its worries mating the downside risks in the immediate 1.2814 level. survey results suggested that regional manu- about 24 each for the first round, and the most about the labor and the housing market. In aftermath of the first round mainly due to the On the back of falling US interest rates, and facturing activity continued to expand in April, recent poll showed a win of Macron in the sec- the minutes, the Bank mentioned that the difficulty of understanding and pricing the Japan reporting trade surplus, the Yen reached but a slower than expected pace. ond round. However with polls this close, mar- Labor market had “softened” and evoked more repercussion of a Le Pen or Melenchon win extreme levels this week at 108.13 against the The Philly Fed said its index for current kets are likely to remain on the edge for the concern that previous months. “Although for- for the European Project. US dollar. Given the weakness in the US data manufacturing activity in the region fell to next three weeks. ward-looking indicators of labor demand con- The general narrative goes that even if Le as of late, and the move in US treasuries, the tinued to suggest an increase in employment Pen makes it through to the second round, the Japanese Yen continue to well bid going into growth over the period ahead, this had been polls show that she loses in every scenario. the French election. The Currency closed the true for some time without leading to an According to the latest surveys, if Le Pen week at the 109.10 level after Kuroda said the improvement in labor market conditions” makes it to the second round, she would lose BoJ will continue its very accommodative Concerning the housing market, the RBA 65 percent to 35 percent against Macron. monetary policy and maintain the current said that “growth in housing credit continued As we mentioned many times in earlier pace of QE for some time. to outpace growth in household incomes, sug- communications, the ECB remains in a wait In commodity markets, oil traded steady gesting that the risks associated with the and see mode for the election results to this week following a more than 3.5 percent housing market and household balance unfold. If the elections do not yield an Anti- fall in both benchmarks earlier this week as sheets had been rising”, but that it would take European outcome, it is likely that the Euro doubts emerged over the effect of an effort some time to assess the impact of recently- would rally supported by ECB tightening later led by the OPEC to cut production by almost introduced measures aimed at taking some of this year. If Le Pen wins the first round by a 1.8 million barrels per day during the first half the heat out of the market relatively solid margin compared to her run- of the year. ning mate, then a volatile environment is According to newspapers, a number of Japan’s healthy manufacturing likely to result in the next two weeks prior to major crude-producing countries reached an Japan’s manufacturing PMI rose to 52.8 in the second round. initial agreement to extend output cuts as per- April from 52.4 in March. The data released In other major events this week, US sistently high stockpiles weigh on prices. this week showed the activity in Japan Treasury Secretary Mnuchin was upbeat over OPEC and other major suppliers have failed, expanded at a fastest rate in 2 months largely the new potential tax reforms. Mnuchin said after three months of limiting production, to due to a jump in the new export orders. that “we’re pretty close to being able to bring achieve their target of reducing oil inventories Indeed, the index for new export orders rose forward what is going to be major tax reform” below the five-year historical average. to 53.9 from a final 51.9 in the previous month. regardless of whether or not health care The output component of the PMI index was reform gets done. Mnuchin also said that he Normalization risks up at 53.6,up from 53.0 in March. NEW YORK: In this evening Friday photo, an American flag hangs on the front of the New hoped passing such tax overhaul will not take Vice Chairman Fischer downplayed this In a televised interview this week, BoJ York Stock Exchange. European stocks declined while most Asian markets rose Friday “till the end of the year”. Given the plan’s key week the risks of monetary policy normaliza- Governor Kuroda said that the BoJ will contin- ahead of the first round of voting in France’s closely watched presidential election. —AP position within Donald Trump’s campaign tion in the US for the global economy. In his ue with its very accommodative monetary pol- rhetoric and the previously failed health opinion, current account deficits and inflation icy and maintain the current pace of QE for reform, delivering the tax overhaul will be key expectations are in better shape compared to 22.0 in April from 32.8 in March, although a Beginning of divorce some time. While acknowledging improved in affirming that the President does have what the ‘taper tantrum’ episode across emerging positive reading indicates continued growth. According to newspapers, Brussels has growth prospects, he called the inflation rate it takes to deliver on campaign promises and markets and commodities. Chinese growth Market expectations were for the index to begun to shut out British groups from still quite slow, and cited risks to BoJ’s 2 per- his fiscal agenda. Tied to this, market indica- has also been stronger compared to last year. drop 25.5. The bigger than expected decrease European contracts and will urge companies cent inflation goal if the yen appreciates. tions for a June rate hike rose and now stand Fischer also commented that the US mone- by the index was partly due to a significant in the UK to move to the EU. When awarding Regarding the inflation goal, he admitted at 60.5 percent after Robert Kaplan, Dallas Fed tary policy normalization would likely be slowdown in the pace of new orders growth, direct contracts for research projects or servic- there was still “a long way to go.” President, reiterated that he felt three increas- measured. “A gradual and ongoing removal of as the new orders index tumbled to 27.4 in es, the commission and its agencies will be es this year was still desirable. accommodation seems likely both to maxi- April from 38.6 in March. expected to take account of the fact that Chinese growth For now, US yields continue to slide since mize the prospects of a continued expansion Britain may be a “third country” within two China GDP data came in better than the peak achieved in the beginning of 2017 in the US economy and to mitigate the risk of IMF turning more optimistic years. According to the report, “apart from the expected, with aggregate growth at 6.9 per- and stand now at around the 2.24 percent on undesirable spill overs abroad.” The IMF raised global growth projections by legal requirement for a contracting party to be cent on a yearly basis in the first quarter of the ten years. The low March inflation print Dallas Fed President Kaplan reiterated that 3.5 percent this year and 3.6 percent for 2017. established in the EU, there may be political or 2017. This compared to expectations of 6.8 has however given the FOMC an inflation he thinks the median of three rate hikes this The higher growth forecast is attributed to practical reasons that speak in favor of con- percent, and a yearly growth rate of 6.7 per- problem. Indeed, despite the hawkish rheto- year remains an appropriate baseline but that increasing oil prices, which boosted inflation tracting parties established in a specific mem- cent last quarter. The strong performance of ric from Dallas Fed, the drop makes it very the US central bank has the flexibility to wait readings and supports economies that depend- ber state, not only at the conclusion of the retail sales is likely support proponents of likely that the FOMC’s next inflation forecast and see how the economy unfolds. New appli- ent on commodity exports. The IMF expects the contract, but also throughout the duration of China’s ongoing rebalancing. change is a downgrade resulting into a drop cations for US jobless benefits rose slightly US to grow by 2.3 percent in 2017, up from 1.6 the contract.” Even with the tightening in money mar- of the next Fed dot plot release. In summary, more than expected last week, but a drop in percent last year on expectations of fiscal stim- After months of public assurances that a kets, the overall credit supply into the econo- investors continue to shun the dollar on the number of Americans on unemployment ulus. For China, growth is expected to come at Snap elections would not be on the agenda, my is clearly sufficient to continue to drive expectations of a more dovish Fed and shift rolls to a 17-year low suggested the labor mar- 6.6 percent in 2017 and 6.2 percent in 2018. On UK Prime Minister May on Tuesday announced growth. This is expected to remain the case to higher-yielding currencies despite global ket continues to tighten. the other hand, the institution warned on low her intention to seek an early general election through to the key political transition in early political risks on the rise. productivity growth and high income inequali- on June 8. After debating, the Parliament gave November. The threat to this is that rising On the foreign exchange side, the US dollar Split between modest and moderate ty in advanced countries. However, the real her the go-ahead. The justification according inflation, as implied in a nearly 5 percent GDP also seems to be waiting as well for the elec- In its latest Beige Book, the Fed mentioned issues the IMF stated are escalating political to the narrative was the opportunity for extra deflator in this release, means that more tight- tion result to point in either direction. After that the “economic activity increased in each tensions, trade disagreements and the rise of ‘room to maneuver’ after 2019. Or as May put ening has to come through sooner than the starting the week under pressure following of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts populism around the globe it, a fresh mandate to take to Brexit negotia- market expects. President Trump comments over the dollar between mid-February and the end of March, tions. So in summary, the general election will strength, investors continue to dump the dol- with the pace of expansion equally split It is all about the French election take place on June 8. Markets took the news Kuwait lar on the back of faltering economic data. between modest and moderate. In addition, Less than two weeks to the first round of with a positive twist allowing the currency to Kuwaiti dinar at 0.30445 Unsurprisingly the news of the snap elec- the pickup was evident to varying degrees the French elections, the dovish ECB rhetoric strengthen. The problem remains with a dete- The USDKWD opened at 0.30445 yesterday tion in the UK was initially most felt in foreign across economic sectors.” The Fed also noted and increased anxiety around the election are riorating economy and uncertainty represent- morning. Early British election can Public window on financial only be good for economy

By Hayder Tawfik then it will allow Theresa May to have a stronger complaints to close soon mandate, it will allow her to push ahead with the nvestors and businesses Brexit agenda a bit more easily. So, that might WASHINGTON: US consumers filed nearly The information published includes Everything is out in the open. People can don’t like uncertainty. reduce a little bit of uncertainty over the next cou- 300,000 complaints last year about their the date, the consumer’s ZIP code and the reach their own conclusions.” IThis is something ple of years as there is more chance of that getting dealings with banks, credit card issuers company involved. It includes how the She said “consumers should not be investors and the British past unimpeded. Investors and businesses are too and other financial services companies. company responded, whether it did so in kept in the blind” about trends that can have lately taken in their happy to see Theresa May at 10 downing street with Most of those complaints were compiled a timely way and whether the consumer emerge from listing the complaints, and stride. Last year’s referen- a larger ruling majority and a clear mandate to and made available for anyone to see as disputed the company’s response. that companies concerned about serving dum vote on Brexit have negotiate on behalf the British people. part of a database administered by the the public should find the information of somehow proved that may Add to that the timing of the next election, and federal government. Disputed facts great use. “In my mind, if you’re treating be the British people have forward-thinking economists can see a scenario in But Republicans working to overhaul The database has more than 130,000 consumers fairly, you would be eager to made the right choice. UK which this election adds to long-term certainty, the financial regulation law known as complaints in which consumers shared a see if there is a problem,” Banks said. economic growth and economic fundamentals rather than detracting from it. Without the snap Dodd-Frank want to bar publication of narrative of their experience. Companies Detractors note that the Federal Trade have improved further since last year. election, the government faced a vote in 2020, information from that database, which select from among nine responses, such Commission maintains a database of con- Local and international investors have shown which could have clashed with Brexit talks, assum- industry groups have long criticized as as “Company disputes the facts present- sumer complaints regarding data security, that there is great value in UK assets. The financial ing a transitional period takes the negotiations to potentially misleading and incomplete. ed in the complaint” or “Company deceptive advertising and identity theft. markets has withstood the storm and delivered beyond spring of 2019. “Is the purpose of the database just to good performance for those who have ignored Having an election in 2022 would potentially be name and shame companies? Or should the pessimists. It is sometimes worthwhile invest- after the transitional period, when on the previous they have a disclaimer on there that says ing when it comes to strategic issues that could timetable an election in 2020 would potentially be it’s a fact-free zone, or this is fake news? affect the future of any country. Here are talking smack bang at the end of the negotiations. But the That’s really what I see happening here,” about a great country with strong economic and apparent market positivity can also be attributed to Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., said at a political fundamentals. Added to the uncertainty an acceptance of uncertainty as markets and busi- congressional hearing this month. of the Brexit negotiations is an early June election nesses become more used to elections, and under- “Once the damage is done to a compa- that the British Prime Minster just called for to get stand how to face unpredictable events. ny, it’s hard to get your reputation back,” a clear mandate form the British people so she Looking back to June last year when the Brexit responded Bill Himpler, executive vice can negotiate the terms of the Brexit on their referendum took place and just after the Yes vote, president of the American Financial behalf and in favor of the British economy. The most economists and forecasters anticipated a Services Association, a trade group repre- June general election vote is the fourth big vote slump with the Treasury’s analysis warning of an senting banks and other lenders. in as many years which sounds, on the face of it, immediate crash in Gross Domestic Product and “Something needs to be done.” like a period of unprecedented political turmoil. analysts were predicting a rapid slowdown in eco- The exchange reflects what House Yet this time investors and the financial market nomic activity. However, none of that happened. Republicans are thinking as they try to seem not worried at all. On the contrary economic growth instead acceler- make changes to Dodd-Frank, the law On the news of the upcoming general election, ated. As the Prime Minister said when she passed in the aftermath of the 2008-2009 Sterling went up against most currencies. May be announced the snap election: “Despite predictions financial crises. Initially, GOP lawmakers WASHINGTON: This Feb 10, 2016 file photo, House Financial Services Committee Sterling’s strength is to do with the upcoming presi- of immediate financial and economic danger, since wanted to require that consumer com- Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. dential election in France than what might be the the referendum we have seen consumer confi- plaints be verified as accurate before they Americans lodged nearly 300,000 complaints last year about their dealings with outcome of the British election in June. Again, it is a dence remain high, record numbers of jobs, and were published. Now, members of banks, credit card issuers and other financial services companies, most compiled sign of investors’ confidence in the UK that they are economic growth that has exceeded all expecta- Congress want to prohibit publishing the and made readily available for anyone to see as part of a database administered by bidding up the British Pound than holding on to the tions.” That indicates that the wider public is complaints entirely. the federal government. — AP Euro. Part of this calm market reaction is undoubt- notably less worried about political uncertainty Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman edly is about the context of the Brexit negotiation. than economists previously thought. of the House Financial Services The upcoming Brexit negotiations are the big The British consumers are getting a bit used to Committee, has scheduled a hearing for believes complaint is the result of an The FTC does not publish those individual unknown hanging over the economy, and Theresa this now, all these referendums and elections that Wednesday to begin discussing the isolated error.” complaints but makes them available to May the British Prime Minister’s hands will be much they have been going through, have encouraged Dodd-Frank replacement. The legislation The bureau does not verify whether law enforcement to assist in fraud investi- stronger if she gets a clear and strong mandate consumer-focused businesses to invest in the past would relax some of the law’s financial the complaint is valid before making it gations. It publishes an annual summary from the British voters. Obviously this depends how year. But there could still be a knock to the economy rules and give Congress and the White public. Complaints are added to the data- of top complaints without getting into she will fair in the general election. if the constant flow of major votes gives foreign House more control over the Consumer base after the company responds or after their details. investors the idea that Britain is part of a global pic- Financial Protection Bureau, which runs the company has had the complaint for Kate Larson, director of the Center for Outcome clear ture of electoral turmoil. the complaints database. 15 days, whichever comes first. Capital Markets Competitiveness at the This June general election is probably going to That picture itself could harm investment That agency has published more than Some groups are alarmed at the US Chamber of Commerce, said it was “a be fairly certain and the outcome is quite clear com- prospects as companies fear an economic slow- 730,000 complaints since launching the potential changes. Consumers Union said bit of a departure” from other regulatory pared with previous general elections. It is just a down, but price inflation has risen since the selloff database nearly five years ago. Complaints the database is a vital tool that can help agencies for the bureau to publish the case of by what margin the Conservative govern- in Sterling of last year. Importantly for Britain’s inter- are streaming in at a rate of more than consumers make informed decisions. “It’s complaints and consumer narratives. She ment increases its majority rather than whether it is national image is the performance of its neighbor. 20,000 a month, but not all make it into not as if the CFPB is taking information said the Chamber has asked the bureau going to be a hung parliament. As the latest opinion The French election could create more uncertainty the database. Some people don’t fill out and putting it on the database without on occasion to take down complaints the polls show the sitting prime minster will win by a than the British June election in particular for inter- all the required information. Also, many some due diligence,” said Pamela Banks, Chamber considers inaccurate and to pro- huge majority in the coming June election. If it does national investors. @Rasameel complaints are referred to other govern- senior policy counsel for Consumers vide an appeals process, but that didn’t ment agencies for jurisdictional reasons. Union. “Everything is transparent. happen. — AP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 business

Tamannaah launches new festive jewellery collection of Malabar Gold & Diamonds

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KUWAIT: Senior Vice President- Asset Division be successful, Basel III business in Kuwait. KFH was established in at KFH-Capital, affiliated to Kuwait Finance impacting the bottom Kuwait in 1977 and is enlisted in the Kuwait House Group (KFH), Abdullah Essa Al-Ali said line of regional banks, Stock Exchange. KFH Group is a global pioneer that the 9th Forum for Listed Companies and especially Sharia com- in the field of Islamic banking services, where it Analysts, which will be held tomorrow April pliant banks, the struc- offers a wide array of Islamic products and serv- 25th for one day, will witness the participation tures available to cor- ices, not to mention a high standard of innova- of 5 companies; KFH, Al-Qerain, Al-Mazaya, porates, and the expe- tion and client service. ALAFCO, and Boursa Kuwait. The forum aims to rience in bringing KFH manages its operations in the GCC, Asia, reiterate the robust position and solvency of Warba’s debut Sukuk and Europe through over 480 branches, includ- the participating companies, while accentuates issuance to the market, ing KFH-Turkey, in order to offer services for the their plans, current and future businesses in especially the regula- bank’s clients in Turkey, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, addition to their achievements and success sto- tory process. Bahrain, Germany, Jordan and Dubai. ries. The forum includes for the first time a dis- He said that KFH- Abdulla Al-Ali KFH’s mission is to achieve highest levels of cussion panel themed “Sukuk and Future Capital is keen on excellence and innovation in the field of client Outlook” to demonstrate Sukuk growth oppor- holding this forum that enables companies to service, while developing common interest for tunities as a financing instrument, not to men- directly demonstrate their achievements in the all those concerned with the financial institu- tion the legal, regulatory and supervisory presence of businessmen and media, while tion. KFH’s vision is to spearhead the global requirements for sovereign and corporate responding to queries and clarifying facts in a development in Islamic financial services, and sukuk issues. transparent manner. The forum contributes in to upgrade the bank into the level of becoming Al-Ali added, in a press release, that the dis- shedding light on different angles of economy the most sustainable profitable Islamic bank in cussion panel will bring together Senior Vice and the latest developments of the local market the world. President - Investment Banking Division-KFH- and its impact on the companies’ businesses KFH’s values include cementing leadership Capital Abdullah AlHaddad, Partner of global and future strategies. through all its businesses, including leadership law firm Jones Day, Nadim Khan, and Thwaini Al-Ali invites media representatives and in the Islamic banking services worldwide, AlThuwaini from Warba Bank. They will tackle those interested in the economic affairs to through innovation and in client service and the the key growth drivers for the Sukuk industry attend the 9th edition of this forum to enrich development of its employees. In addition, KFH Warba Bank renews cooperation with and potential growth markets, why issue Sukuk the presentations of every company, affirming is committed to all its procedures, and to set- Mohamed Nasser Al-Sayer & Sons and the top 3 key challenges, how regulatory that KFH-Capital views the forum as an added ting up long-life partnerships with the con- environment is encouraging Sukuk industry to cultural and intellectual value for investment cerned authorities. KUWAIT: Warba Bank managed to leave lar in Kuwait considering that they are built its mark on the development of the according to high standards of durability Islamic banking industry in Kuwait by and luxury. In order to provide clients with offering distinguished and flexible financ- all the details regarding solutions to ing solutions that meet clients’ needs. finance car purchases, Warba Bank has allo- These solutions include financial support cated an experienced sales team at every to cover clients’ educational and health car dealership to answer any inquiries and requirements, in addition to helping them offer presentations of the bank’s leading own the latest car models. In this regard, financial solutions. and following the greet success of Warba Warba Bank strives to design car financ- Bank’s previous campaign in cooperation ing offers that meet clients’ ambitions. It with Mohamed Nasser Al-Sayer & Sons - recently launched the ‘Kaseb’ program to Toyota’s exclusive dealer in Kuwait - under finance car purchase in cooperation with the slogan “cash-price premiums” to Mohamed Nasser Al-Sayer and Sons - the finance 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles, exclusive Toyota dealer in Kuwait. Kaseb is Warba Bank renews its cooperation with a program that provides financing for up to the company to launch a new campaign five years through innovative contracts and to finance a number of 2017-model top- flexible premiums. Warba Bank hopes, selling Toyota vehicle. The offer includes through its newest partnership with Al- the following Toyota vehicles: Land Sayer, to offer more options for clients Cruiser Prado (V6), FJ Cruiser (V6), Camry looking forward to purchase a Toyota vehi- (V4) (3-year premiums), and Land Cruiser cle. The bank also continues its efforts to (V8) (5-year premiums). Toyota also offers provide the best quality services, financial special discounts on other vehicles. solutions, and innovative offers that meet Dr Alexander Osterwalder speaking at the This offer reflects Warba Bank’s commit- their demands and ambitions, and help The attendees at Customer Centricity Innovation workshop. workshop. ment to design Sharia-compliant financing them find suitable solutions to finance car solutions that meet clients’ needs. The new purchases. offer is flexible in terms of allowing people The new partnership with Mohamed Gulf Bank holds ‘Customer Centricity to finance the purchase of a Toyota Land Nasser Al-Sayer and Sons - the exclusive Cruiser for cash-price premiums paid over Toyota dealer in Kuwait - adds to a series of Innovation’ workshop for employees five years without any additional costs. partnerships that Warba Bank has recently The new offer is designed to meet the made with car dealers in Kuwait as part of needs of Warba Bank clients, realizing that its efforts to provide special offers and more Gulf Bank was pleased to hold the lat- Accordingly, the session introduced the Value potential customers that goes beyond what is KUWAIT: Toyota vehicles are among the most popu- options for clients to obtain new vehicles. est in a series of workshops for its employees Proposition Canvas Model, the process for mak- currently on the market? We held this training about the role of innovation in the workplace. ing innovation deliver results that meet or to help our employees use customer centric Approximately, 100 employees from various exceed the market expectations. It also focused innovation methods to ensure they not only departments participated in the workshop enti- on developing better ways of communicating, meet customers’ needs but also meet needs tled, ‘Customer Centricity Innovation’ which delivering, and testing the efficiency of value customers may not even realize they have. The Chevrolet Alghanim offers focused on new and innovative methods for cre- propositions. workshop provided a simple way to understand ating and delivering the value customers want. Dr Osterwalder is a frequent keynote speaker customer needs and to design products in a way free summer checkup The workshop was organized by Creative at Fortune 500 companies and has held guest that is intuitive and accessible for customers.” Confidence Consulting, a leading firm special- lecturers in top universities across the world Al-Hajjaj added, “At Gulf Bank we have been KUWAIT: In one of summer’s biggest pany’s reputation as Kuwait’s best cus- ized in coaching programs. including Stanford, Wharton, MIT, Berkley, IESE delivering innovative and easy-to-use products, auto service campaigns created to offer tomer-centric automotive company. The workshop was designed and delivered by and IMD, among others. and realize the importance of the having the customers maximum value and highest With great savings on maintenance cost Dr Alexander Osterwalder in conjunction with Salma Al-Hajjaj, General Manager of Human right staff in place to further deliver value to our safety standards, Chevrolet Alghanim, is and professional service, customers are Creative Confidence Consulting. It equipped the Resources at Gulf Bank, underlined the impor- customers. As such, we continue to offer regular proud to offer free checkup on all guaranteed to enjoy a peace of mind participants with the latest tools needed to suc- tance of innovation in customer centricity by trainings to ensure our employees are equipped Chevrolet vehicles being serviced at the this summer season when the risks of ceed in implementing a customer centric saying: “Customers today have more choices with the latest tools and insights to ensure they Chevrolet service centers, from 22nd their cars’ malfunctioning is high but can approach across all divisions within Gulf Bank for than ever before, so we must ask ourselves, what succeed in their work and the Bank remains on April till June 30th 2017. be averted by taking preventive meas- our internal and external customers. else can we provide to our customers and the cutting edge of products and services.” This special promotion entails a pro- ures early on. The Yusuf A Alghanim & fessional and detailed checkup that Sons Service Center in Shuwaikh is the guarantees the safety and peace of biggest and most advanced automotive mind of all Chevrolet passengers. service center in the world, with 73,000 Al-Tijari announces winners Performed by a team of professionally sq m of built up area, servicing 1,000 trained service advisors, the checkup vehicles every day. Throughout the facil- includes a thorough inspection on all ity, advanced technology is used to pro- of Al-Najma Account draw aspects related to car performance that vide customers with reliable service per- may get affected under the brutal sum- formed by a team of proficiently trained mer heat, such as the cooling system, technicians, on-site and ready to offer KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait held the 2nd quarter — KD 150,000 • Each KD 25 kept in your account for 3 Al-Najma Account daily draw yesterday. The 3rd quarter — KD 200,000 months will give you chance to enter the quar- the A/C system and brakes and tires, all necessary advice and support as well as draw was held under the supervision of the 4th quarter — KD 250,000. terly draw. at no cost to the customer. cost-effective operations to customers’ Once the checkup has been per- vehicles. Ministry of Commerce & Industry represented by With Al-Najma you have more chances to win Additional features: Saquer Al-Manaie. greater prizes: • ATM card formed, customers will receive an In addition, the service center is fur- exhaustive report detailing the condi- nished with spacious and comfortable The winners of the Al-Najma daily draw are:- • Each KD 25 kept in your account gives you • Issue a credit card against your account Abdullah Sulaiman Ali Nashi — KD 7000 one chance to win • Obtain all CBK banking services tion of the car, the required mainte- lounges for customers whose cars are Hwaishan Taha Al-Hajji — KD 7000 • Each KD 25 kept in your account for one week You deserve to win! Open an account now nance and pricing. Customers will also being attended and serviced. With a Aida Fadel Al-Matroud — KD 7000 will give you a chance to enter the daily draw. with just KD 500 and you will enter all draws. get an instant 30 percent discount on variety of TV channels, ready-to-use Mohammad Muneer Nazeer Husain spare parts and 10 percent discount on Internet stations, free wireless access — KD 7000 labor for work ordered out of the techni- and KromOzone shopping outlets, cus- Jasem Abbas Abdullah — KD 7000. cal report provided by the service advi- tomers can kick back, relax, and enjoy a Al-Najma awards are now brighter and bigger sors. And because Chevrolet Alghanim is sip of coffee from the cafe on-site as than ever With the revamped Al-Najma account, committed to total customer satisfac- they utilize their time more effectively. all your dreams will be turned to reality. On top tion, the promotion also includes free Valid from 22nd April till June 30th of offering the highest daily prize in Kuwait for car vacuum and wash as well as free 2017, Chevrolet Alghanim encourages KD 7,000, now our Mega prize draws got bigger nitrogen fill. customers to take advantage of this free to reach KD 250,000. The discounts mentioned above are checkup and service discount promo- The new prizes scheme for Al-Najma account valid for a period of 2 months from the tion before it’s too late, and certainly Daily draw to win KD 7000 date of inspection, which reflects before their cars get untimely malfunc- Quarterly draws to win great prizes that Chevrolet Alghanim’s dedication to cus- tioned in the middle of the day when would start from KD 100,000 to KD 250,000 tomer excellence, cementing the com- the sun gets mercilessly hotter. 1st quarter — KD 100,000 technology MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 Warba Bank upgrades ‘Warba Online’ & smartphone apps

KUWAIT: Warba Bank’s five-year strategy (2017-2021) relies heav- meet clients’ growing demand, especially that those electronic with bank employees for inquiries. Express Finance, a service ily on upgrading the bank’s digital database and providing elec- services are labelled under the ‘express’ label. Warba Online offered as part of Warba Bank’s financing solutions, allows tronic services that meet clients’ needs. Based on that, the bank services include: opening an express account in five minutes, an clients to apply for a financing request online and authorize the has intensified its efforts recently to achieve leadership in offering express pay service that allows clients to transfer funds from bank to view their information through CINET by using their e- e-banking services, and has launched a number of advanced any local bank to their own accounts, and paying credit card signature; thereby making Warba Bank the first to offer a bank- services to cope with the technological and digital advance- dues or Murabaha premiums using ‘Warba Online’ or smart- ing service based on e-signatures. ‘Cheque Express’ is another ments of the global banking sector, and offer more flexible and phone app 24/7. As for the beneficiary express service, it allows special service through which the client can order cheque easy-to-use transactions that save clients’ time and efforts. the client to add a beneficiary by adding the cell phone number books and receive it at the branch of their choice. In order to add more flexibility to banking transactions done only through the bank’s website or smartphone app. Clients Other services include ‘The Detailed Account Statement’ (to through the bank’s official website ‘Warba Online’ or smart- can also open accounts online such as Al-Sunbula Account and check bank account activity), ‘Express Transfer’ (to transfer mon- phone apps, Warba Bank improved those transactions, making deposits. ey to more than one beneficiary at once) and ‘Express Access’ them clearer and easier to access. Haytham Al-Terkait, Chief Meanwhile, Al-Terkait added that clients can also use ‘Warba that allows clients to access their accounts using the fingerprint Technology Officer, said on that regard, “The new improve- Online’ or smartphone app to buy iTunes or Google Play gift feature in their smartphone. ments include adding clear colours around edges and using cards, or order ‘Eidiya’ via the ‘Ediya Express’ service that can be Warba Bank is upgrading all of its services, and has recently detailed text written professionally to describe services and activated at any branch of their choice. launched a WhatsApp service for direct contact with bank Haytham answer all clients’ inquiries.” Other services include ‘Update Express’ that allows clients to employees, in addition to the Apple Watch service that can be Al-Terkait Al-Terkait added that Warba Bank’s initiative in improving its upload their Civil ID scan to update their data easily, in addition accessed using the smart watch. Warba Bank utilizes all avail- website and smartphone app helps provide instant service to to ‘Express Chat’ that allows people to communicate directly able resources to reach leadership in digital banking sector. China’s quota threat charges up giant electric car market Automakers to roll out EV offerings in China

SHANGHAI: China’s electric-car now plans to begin production of vehicles in China, targeting but they are typically models with a market is already the world’s an electric car in China next year, 150,000 in annual sales by 2020. limited range. “The market above biggest, but a government propos- in a joint venture with Chinese “We have a pipeline ... that is going 250,000 doesn’t really exist yet,” al to introduce “new energy” vehi- group JAC. to put us in a very good position said Hubertus Troska, president of cle quotas for automakers is further VW expects to sell around from a fuel-economy requirement Mercedes China. charging it up. With the threat of 400,000 new-energy vehicles in perspective” that will enable GM to This has not stopped start-ups the measure looming, major manu- China in 2020, said Jochem meet any EV rules, said Matt Tsien, from challenging Tesla Motors in facturers at the annual auto show Heizmann, CEO of Volkswagen head of GM China. the limited niche for high-end EVs. in Shanghai are announcing big China. The quota plans have They include Qiantu, whose plans to boost their electric vehicle brought some pushback, with Irreversible trend 700,000 yuan sports model will be (EV) offerings in China. Volvo has German Chancellor Angela Merkel The Chinese market is dominat- marketed soon; Chehejia, founded confirmed it will introduce its first lobbying Chinese Premier Li ed by local manufacturers includ- by an entrepreneur dubbed the 100-percent electric car in China in Keqiang over the issue. ing sector pioneer BYD, which sold “Chinese Elon Musk”; and Nio, a 2019, while Ford will market its first Chinese Industry Minister 96,000 EVs last year. Despite the brand by Chinese electric-car mak- hybrid vehicle in early 2018 and Miao Wei said in March that a reduced subsidies, “the trend of er NextEV that has received invest- Chevrolet Alghanim envisions 70 percent of all Ford cars reduction or deferral of the quo- electrification is irreversible,” said ment from deep-pocketed Chinese available in China will have electric tas was possible. But automakers BYD president Wang Chuanfu. IT giants Tencent and Lenovo. stresses importance of options by 2025. plan to get ready. “We have reached the point “We feel that now in China, first- Industry players say the push “We are fully, with all forces, where (economies of scale) in pro- and second-tier cities have this could have a profound impact on working to be able to fulfil this quo- duction will allow for more afford- need (for premium electric cars), child safety inside cars the green-car sector, as resulting ta system already next year,” able prices,” he said. but it is yet to be satisfied,” NextEV economies of scale bring down Heizmann said. Most electric cars in China founder William Li told AFP, while KUWAIT: Stressing the importance of child from their parent’s hands and slamming the costs of producing and buying General Motors says it plans to already sell for less than 250,000 also promising an electric car for safety inside a car, and advocating the into the dashboard or front seats in the such cars. launch at least 10 new energy yuan ($36,000) before subsidies, the US market in 2020. —AFP need to have a baby car seat for each child, case of collision. Chinese sales of “new energy” Yusuf A. Alghanim & Sons Automotive Parents or soon-to-be parents are invit- vehicles jumped 53 percent last (Chevrolet Alghanim), the exclusive distrib- ed to take advantage of the offer valid year to 507,000 units, fuelled by utor of Chevrolet vehicles in Kuwait, until June 30, 2017, on all Chicco Baby government incentives. Overall, a launched a limited campaign offering new Seats bought on xcite.com. Chevrolet world-leading 24.38 million passen- car owners 30% discount on baby car seats vehicles owners also take advantage of the ger cars were sold in China in 2016. provided in partnership with X-cite by Chevrolet Complete Care. All customers “Right now, the (EV) market has Alghanim Electronics, Kuwait’s largest elec- who purchase a Chevrolet from Yusuf been driven by regulatory and gov- tronic retailer. Ahmed Alghanim & Sons will receive the ernment (subsidies),” admitted The discount as part of the dealer’s benefits of the Chevrolet Care Program, David Schoch, Ford’s Asia-Pacific commitment to its customers and their which entails new levels of post-sale sup- president. family’s safety, whether through its wide port and trust. The Chevrolet Complete “But we do believe that in the range of internationally-approved safe cars Care Program is an exceptional customer very near term, as we scale up or by raising awareness on safety inside service that is based on four main pillars: more batteries, the cost will come the car by using the baby and child car competitive and transparent service costs down.” China has offered incentives seats when driving. (especially for four-wheel drive vehicles), for EV purchases to help fight Car seats have been scientifically and in scheduled service appointment booking chronic air pollution, but has real-life proven to reduce the number of with same day delivery, quality service by begun scaling back those induce- injuries involving children in car accidents certified technicians and 3yr/100,000km ments this year, causing sales to in both minor and major car accidents. The warranty with 24x7 roadside assistance stumble. Instead, the government seat helps protect children from slipping for 4 years. intends to force the hand of manu- facturers. A proposal published in September could require “green” vehicle production quotas as early as 2018, under a complex system of earned credits.

Gearing up Market leader Volkswagen sold four million cars in China in 2016 SHANGHAI: This file photo shows a DENZA EV car displayed during the first day of the 17th but only a few hundred were “green”. The German manufacturer Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai. —AFP Icelandic language at risk; Robots or computers can’t grasp it

REYKJAVIK, Iceland: When an Icelander arrives at an ple’s daily life, the closer we as a nation get to the thresh- fewer scientists and artists, for example,” he said. “They’ve office building and sees “Solarfri” posted, they need no old of giving up its use,” said Eirikur Rognvaldsson, a lan- simply moved to the metropolis.” The problem is com- further explanation for the empty premises: The word guage professor at the University of Iceland. He has pounded because many new computer devices are means “when staff get an unexpected afternoon off to embarked on a three-year study of 5,000 people that will designed to recognize English but they do not under- enjoy good weather.” be the largest inquiry ever into the use of the language. stand Icelandic. The people of this rugged North Atlantic island set- “Preliminary studies suggest children at their first-lan- “Not being able to speak Icelandic to voice-activated BEIJING: Photography enthusiasts take photos of a model posing at the tled by Norsemen some 1,100 years ago have a unique guage acquisition are increasingly not exposed to fridges, interactive robots and similar devices would be Fujifilm display booth at the China International Photograph and Electrical dialect of Old Norse that has adapted to life at the edge enough Icelandic to foster a strong base for later years,” yet another lost field,” Jonsson said. Icelandic ranks Imaging Machinery and Technology Fair in Beijing yesterday. —AP of the Artic. Hundslappadrifa, for example, means “heavy he said. Concerns for the Icelandic language are by no among the weakest and least-supported language in snowfall with large flakes occurring in calm wind.” But means new. In the 19th century, when its vocabulary terms of digital technology - along with Irish Gaelic, the revered Icelandic language, seen by many as a and syntax were heavily influenced by Danish, inde- Latvian, Maltese and Lithuanian - according to a report source of identity and pride, is being undermined by the pendence movements fought to revive Icelandic as the by the Multilingual Europe Technology Alliance assess- Social media timeout as French widespread use of English, both for mass tourism and in common tongue, central to the claim that Icelanders ing 30 European languages. Iceland’s Ministry of the voice-controlled artificial intelligence devices com- were a nation. Education estimates about 1 billion Icelandic krona, or election reaches final stage ing into vogue. Linguistics experts, studying the future of Since Iceland became fully independent from $8.8 million, is needed for seed funding for an open- PARIS: The final hours of many electoral cam- said Jan, although he acknowledged that, in prac- a language spoken by fewer than 400,000 people in an Denmark in 1944, its presidents have long championed access database to help tech developers adapt Icelandic paigns are frantic affairs, dominated by last- tice, a single person posting wouldn’t be sanc- increasingly globalized world, wonder if this is the begin- the need to protect the language. Asgeir Jonsson, an as a language option. Svandis Svavarsdottir, a member minute pitches, late-breaking polls and massive tioned for expressing themselves online. “But if it ning of the end for the Icelandic tongue. economics professor at the University of Iceland, said of Iceland’s parliament for the Left-Green Movement, social media campaigns aimed at drumming up became massive ... it would unbalance the con- Former President Vigdis Finnbogadottir told The without a unique language Iceland could experience a said the government should not be weighing costs turnout. Not so in France. Rules dating back more test and thus might influence the votes of those Associated Press that Iceland must take steps to protect brain drain, particularly among certain professions. “A when the nation’s cultural heritage is at stake. “If we wait, than half a century impose a 44-hour timeout who were exposed to social media.” Amid chatter its language. She is particularly concerned that programs British town with a population the size of Iceland has far it may already be too late,” she said. —AP ahead of the polls’ closure Sunday, meaning that about foreign propaganda and so-called “fake be developed so the language can be easily used in digi- politicians, journalists - and even ordinary citizens news” possibly affecting the vote, French authori- tal technology. “Otherwise, Icelandic will end in the Latin - are supposed to refrain from broadcasting any ties seem to be keeping a close eye on potential bin,” she warned. Teachers are already sensing a change form of “electoral propaganda.” violations of the law. Journalists have been sent among students in the scope of their Icelandic vocabu- The Twitter feeds of France’s 11 presidential repeated instructions about what is and isn’t lary and reading comprehension. Anna Jonsdottir, a candidates went quiet after midnight Friday. allowed in the last few days. teaching consultant, said she often hears teenagers French television coverage was subdued. And if The various candidates’ Twitter feeds, mean- speak English among themselves when she visits schools you’re a journalist who has just received a news- while, are frozen in time. “Sunday, let’s vote in Reykjavik, the capital. She said 15-year-old students are worthy tip about one candidate or the other, Francois Fillon!” says the last tweet from the no longer assigned a volume from the Sagas of you’re just too late. right-wing candidate’s campaign. Far-right can- Icelanders, the medieval literature chronicling the early “The press can’t publish such a story,” said didate Marine Le Pen’s last tweet rebroadcasted settlers of Iceland. Icelanders have long prided them- Pascal Jan, a professor of constitutional law at a message by her niece, National Front lawmak- selves of being able to fluently read the epic tales origi- Sciences Po Bordeaux. “If there were a scandal, it er Marion Marechal-Le Pen, who said, “This nally penned on calfskin. should have been exposed Friday.” Sunday, the only real question that matters: Who The national timeout lasts from midnight will have the courage to protect France and the Key factors Friday to 8 p.m. on Sunday in France and is French?” Socialist candidate Benoit Hamon Most high schools are also waiting until senior year to intended to give voters time to reflect on their retweeted a message from Paris’ mayor, Anne read author Halldor Laxness, the 1955 winner of the Nobel choice free from the distraction of surveys, radio Hidalgo, “Sunday, I’m voting Benoit Hamon. Prize in literature, who rests in a small cemetery near his commentary, and televised rallies. The rules apply Come vote, participate!” she said. “That’s the farm in West Iceland. A number of factors combine to online as well, meaning that candidates and their power of being a citizen.” make the future of the Icelandic language uncertain. campaigns can’t do so much as post updates to Left-wing firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon Tourism has exploded in recent years, becoming the coun- Facebook or Instagram. The rules even apply to simply urged French citizens to “choose.” Centrist try’s single biggest employer, and analysts at Arion Bank French voters - meaning that someone posting a Emmanuel Macron, one of the top contenders, say one in two new jobs is being filled by foreign labor. That is increasing the use of English as a universal pro-Socialist or pro-Republican message online signed off late Friday with a picture of a hand- REYKJAVIK: In this photo taken on April 15, 2017, Salome Sigurjonsdottir, 10, tests a could fall afoul of the law, at least in theory. written note saying, “Now, everything is in your communicator and diminishing the role of Icelandic, “It applies to all of us. It’s totally forbidden,” hands.” —AP experts say. “The less useful Icelandic becomes in peo- voice-controlled television in an electronics store in Reykjavik. —AP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE Arrest brings attention to female circumcisions in US

DETROIT: Zehra Patwa learned only a few years owns the Detroit-area clinic where the alleged Cultural ago that during a family trip to India at age 7, procedures were performed in February, and The World Health Organization said the prac- she was circumcised, which is common for girls investigators say the couple knew Nagarwala tice of removing or injuring female genital in parts of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. was doing the procedures after business hours. organs has no known health benefits but has Patwa, 46, doesn’t remember undergoing the There are more than a million Bohras in the been performed on roughly 200 million women procedure, which is also called female genital world, most of whom live in India. No one knows and girls in 30 countries. Multiple Islamic schol- mutilation or cutting and which has been con- how many there are in the US, but it’s estimated ars and experts say the practice is cultural, not demned by the United Nations and outlawed in there are about 25,000 and that they have about based in religious principles. Those who don’t the US. But she doesn’t want to. 20 mosques and gathering places. Patwa, who is have their daughters circumcised are subjected “I have no desire to get that memory back. ... part of the activist group Speak Out on FGM, to pressure, and those who do believe they are Psychologically, it feels like a violation, even said that given its clandestine nature, it’s hard to protecting the girls. though I don’t remember it,” said Patwa, a tech- estimate how many people perform female cir- Although Patwa and others describe it as a nology project manager from New Haven, cumcisions in the US. But there are a small num- widespread practice, it’s not universally performed Connecticut, who now ber in the Bohra communi- among the Bohra. Sahiyo, a Mumbai-based organ- campaigns against the ty who are known by elders ization that campaigns against the procedure, centuries-old practice. The and tend to be clustered estimates that about 80 percent of girls within the recent arrest of a Michigan around large cities with community have had it done. She said she attends doctor accused of per- Bohra mosques, she said. a Bohra mosque near Boston, which she describes forming the procedure on When many Bohra girls as a welcoming and largely educated and tolerant NEW YORK: In this file photo, provided by Animal Adventure Park in Binghamton, NY, two 7-year-old girls from are age 6 to 8, their parents congregation, but not one in which the procedure a giraffe named April licks her new calf.—AP Patwa’s own Shiite Muslim approach - or are they call “khatna” is openly discussed. “Part of my sect, the Dawoodi Bohra, approached by - a “secret campaigning is always, ‘We have a problem within Baby bump: Birthing giraffe highlights how female network” of female elders our community. We can only deal with it as a com- genital mutilation is alive about getting the girls cut. munity,” she said. “We can expose it, but other becomes a cash cow for tiny zoo and well in parts of the There is then an informal people aren’t going to swoop in and help us.’” NEW YORK: April the giraffe has become a more than $150,000 for the care of April, Western world where its vetting process to make Patwa said many Bohra mosques, including cash cow for a tiny zoo in rural upstate New her mate Oliver and their male calf, as well adherents have migrated sure a request is legitimate hers, have sent letters to members encouraging York, thanks to a YouTube video livestream as upgrades to their exhibit space. And he and formed communities. and not an attempt to them not to engage in khatna because it could of her pregnancy and birth of an incredibly expects 150,000 park visitors - twice as Depending on the culture, expose any activities, Patwa be considered illegal. But she said some critics cute calf that has riveted viewers around many as last year - to pay $11-$13 to see female circumcisions are said. “Everybody knows don’t see this as a serious attempt by mosques the world. Owners of the for-profit Animal the giraffe family along with the park’s 200 performed on girls of vari- somebody who has gotten to end the practice, but rather as legal cover. Dr Adventure Park won’t say exactly how other animals, including alligators, mon- ous ages and by various their daughter cut ... but Mohammed Arsiwala, president and CEO of much they’ve pulled in from all April-relat- keys and zebras. methods, and they are nobody wants to rat out Michigan Urgent Care and a board member of ed ventures, but internet marketing Neither Patch nor Toys ‘R’ Us, which fea- seen as a way of control- their family members or the Michigan State Medical Society, said he was experts conservatively estimate the haul in tures a giraffe as its corporate mascot, ling a girl’s sexuality, NEW HAVEN, Connecticut: In this friends,” she said. a Bohra until about five years ago. He has shared the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The would talk about how many dollars were maintaining her purity or December 2015 photo provided by her, A spokesman for the his concerns about the procedure through a res- ventures include the Toys ‘R’ Us-sponsored attached to April’s video stream. After com- even making her more Zehra Patwa poses for a picture at her Syedna, the Bohras’ reli- olution presented to the state medical group, YouTube stream, monetized text messages, ing online Feb. 23, it has become the sec- fertile as she grows into home. — AP gious head in Mumbai, which adopted a policy several years ago label- a clothing line and the sale of T-shirts, caps ond most-watched livestream in YouTube adulthood. Critics, India, could not be reached ing it unethical for doctors to perform. and fuzzy toys. history with more than 232 million views though, say it can cause complications during for comment. The two men vying to succeed the Jiwajee Bhai Bootwala belongs to the “The monies are going to allow the and 7.6 billion minutes of live watch time. childbirth, make intercourse painful and elimi- Syedna, his half-brother and the son of a former Minneapolis-area Bohra community, which he park to continue to grow and improve,” Digital media analysts say the money nate any pleasure a woman can derive from sex. Syedna, have different views on female circum- said consists of about 25 to 30 families. He said Jordan Patch, who started the 20-acre alone may be beside the point. “Every mar- Dr. Jumana Nagarwala is accused of perform- cision. The half-brother says it is time to end the said he doesn’t know of anyone involved in zoo with his wife four years ago in keter dreams of getting something that will ing the procedure on two Minnesota girls that practice of female circumcision. The former the practice and didn’t know about the fami- Harpursville, about 130 miles northwest of go viral,” said Allen Adamson of Brand left them with scars and lacerations. Her attor- Syedna’s son, whom most Bohras accept as lies who went to Michigan, or if they even New York City. “But also the money will Simple Consulting, which helps companies ney, Shannon Smith, insists that Nagarwala con- their new leader, says the tradition must contin- belong to his group. Still, he said, the news help support our conservation efforts in define and market their brand. “The real ducted a benign religious ritual that involved no ue and notes that Bohra men are also circum- will spoil his community’s image. “The law for Africa, so we’re actually providing tangible value is the way the organization has been mutilation. Prosecutors on Friday charged two cised. “Men have to do it, and even women the country is part of your faith,” he said. “So results for wild giraffes.” cemented in millions of people’s minds in a other Bohras, Dr Fakhruddin Attar and his wife, have to do it,” Syedna Muffadal Saifuddin said we would never do something against the All Patch would say for sure, moneywise, compelling way. You can’t buy advertising Farida Attar, with conspiracy. Fakhruddin Attar in a speech last year. laws of the country.” — AP is that a Gofundme campaign has raised like that.” —AP

Possible shutdown, health care quagmire awaiting Congress WASHINGTON: Lawmakers returning to Washington this coming week will find a familiar quagmire on health care legislation and a budget deadline drama- tized by the prospect of a protracted battle between US President Donald Trump and Democrats over his border wall. Trump’s GOP allies control Congress, but they’ve been unable to send him a single major bill as his presidency faces the symbolic 100-day mark on April 29 - the very day when the government, in a worst-case scenario, could shut down. Feeling pressure to deliver results, Trump wants to revive a troubled health care measure from House Republicans to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Trump also hopes to use a $1 trillion catchall spending bill to salvage victories on his promised US-Mexico border wall, a multibillion- dollar down payment on a Pentagon buildup, and perhaps a crackdown on cities that refuse to cooper- ate with immigration enforcement by federal authori- ties. Congress faces a midnight Friday deadline to avert a government shutdown. But negotiations on the spending measure, a huge pile of leftover business from last year that includes the budgets of almost every federal agency, have hit a rough patch. Rank-and-file Republicans received few answers on a Saturday conference call by top House GOP leaders, who offered little detail and said deals remained elusive on both health care and the catchall LONDON: Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate, center right and Prince Harry, standing front left, encourage members of the team Heads Together before officially start- spending measure, with no votes scheduled yet. It’s ing the 2017 London Marathon. looking like a one- or two-week temporary measure will be needed to prevent a shutdown and buy time for more talks. Negotiations have faltered because of Britain’s young royals promote disputes over the border wall and health law subsidies to help low-income people afford health insurance. Trump’s Capitol Hill allies had been tempering expec- conversation on mental health tations that the president will win much in the budget talks. Democratic support will be needed to pass the LONDON: Britain’s Prince William, his wife, Kate, and his Campbell, are among those featured speaking about their Marjorie Wallace chief executive of the mental health spending measure and Republicans fear taking the brother Prince Harry are spearheading a campaign to experiences with anxiety or depression. charity SANE, said public awareness campaigns are more blame if the government shuts down on their watch. encourage people to talk openly about mental health The films can be viewed on the Heads Together web- powerful when the celebrities promoting them have per- “We have the leverage and they have the exposure,” issues. The young royals released 10 films Thursday as part site and YouTube page and are promoted on Facebook, sonal experience with the issue being highlighted. “Princes House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California told of their Heads Together campaign to change the national Twitter and Google. The royals said in a statement they William and Harry speak from their experience of loss and fellow Democrats on a conference call Thursday, accord- conversation about mental health. The videos feature hope the stigma surrounding mental health problems sorrow” she said in a telephone interview with The ing to a senior Democratic aide. celebrities and members of the public talking about the can be lifted. They urged people to talk more openly Associated Press. The support of the young royals is impor- Pelosi wants the spending bill to give the cash- breakthrough conversation that helped them come to about these issues. “When you realize that mental health tant in raising awareness about mental health she added. strapped government of Puerto Rico help with its Medicaid obligations, and Democrats are pressing for terms with their mental health problems. problems affect your friends, neighbors, children and William and Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, was killed in a money for overseas famine relief, treatment for opioid The former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff and spouses, the walls of judgment and prejudice around car crash in Paris in 1997, when the princes were 15 and 12 abuse, and the extension of health benefits for 22,000 former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spin doctor, Alastair these issues begin to fall,” they said. years old.—AP retired Appalachian coal miners and their families. An addi- tional Democratic demand is for cost-sharing payments to insurance companies that help low-income people afford health policies under Obama’s health law. The pay- ments are a critical subsidy and the subject of a lawsuit by House Republicans. Trump has threatened to with- hold the money to force Democrats to negotiate on health legislation. Trump’s presidential victory makes it “completely reasonable to ask and to insist that some of his priorities are funded,” White House budget direc- tor Mick Mulvaney said in an interview. “We are more than happy to talk to the Democrats about some of their priorities but we encourage them to recognize that they are a minority party.” Both the White House and Democrats have adopt- ed hard-line positions on Trump’s $1 billion request for a down payment on construction of the border wall, a central plank of last year’s campaign. Talk of forcing Mexico to pay for it has largely been abandoned. But in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, LONDON: Britain’s Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, second left, his wife Kate, Trump stopped short of demanding that money for and brother Prince Harris, center, cheer on and hand out water to runners during the LONDON: Britain’s Prince William with Prince Harry and Princess Kate, left to right, the project be included in the must-pass spending bill. London Marathon in London, yesterday.—AP photos prepare to officially start the 2017 London Marathon. Health care is on a separate track and facing trou- ble, too. The White House is pressing House Republicans to rally behind a revised bill so GOP leaders can schedule a vote this coming week that Orbital cargo ship arrives at International space station could let Trump fulfill a 100-days promise. A quick vote, let alone approval, seems unlikely. GOP leaders MIAMI: An unmanned Cygnus cargo ship carrying a load Pesquet operated the station’s external robotic arm to After the astronauts unpack the Cygnus, they have shown no desire to revisit the issue until of supplies and science experiments arrived safely at the grab the approaching spaceship at 6:05 am (1005 GMT). will reload it with trash that will burn up along with they’re assured they have enough votes to succeed, International Space Station yesterday, according to live The Cygnus spacecraft is packed with 7,626 pounds the spacecraft upon re-entry into Earth’s atmos- a point House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., reiterated images broadcast on NASA television. of crew supplies, hardware and dozens of experi- phere on July 25. to lawmakers Saturday, according to participants in Working from inside the orbiting lab, US astronaut ments aimed at studying fire, growing food and can- This supply mission by Orbital ATK is the company’s the call. —AP Peggy Whitson and her French counterpart Thomas cer therapies. seventh as part of a $1.9 billion contract with NASA.—AFP MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE Last adventure ahead for NASA’s Cassini spacecraft at Saturn

CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA’s Cassini space- Saturn’s atmosphere and its rings, at a craft faces one last perilous adventure breakneck 70,000-plus mph. around Saturn. Cassini swings past Saturn’s mega moon Titan early Saturday for a gravi- Easy shot ty-assisted, orbit-tweaking nudge. “That From a navigation standpoint, “this is an last kiss goodbye,” as project manager Earl easy shot,” Maize said. The operation will be Maize calls it, will push Cassini onto a path run from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory no spacecraft has gone before - into the in Pasadena, California. The concern is gap between Saturn and its rings. It’s whether computer models of Saturn’s rings treacherous territory. A particle from the are accurate. On a few of the crossings, rings - even as small as a speck of sand - Cassini is “kind of flirting with the edge of could cripple Cassini, given its velocity. where we think it’s safe,” he noted. For at Cassini will make its first pass through least the first trip through the gap, Cassini’s the relatively narrow gap Wednesday. big dish antenna will face forward to shield Twenty-two crossings are planned, about the science instruments from any ring par- one a week, until September, when Cassini ticles that might be lurking there. goes in and never comes out, vaporizing in A couple instruments will provide a Saturn’s atmosphere. Launched in 1997, quick rundown on the dust situation. Cassini reached Saturn in 2004 and has Scientists anticipate lots of lightweight been exploring it from orbit ever since. Its impacts, since the spacecraft will be going European traveling companion, Huygens, through extremely small material, more like landed on Titan in 2005. Cassini’s fuel tank smoke than distinct particles. Material from is practically empty, so with little left to the innermost D ring - which is slowly lose, NASA has opted for a risky, but sci- extending into Saturn - should be diffuse ence-rich grand finale. enough “that we should be fine,” Maize said. “What a spectacular end to a spectacu- If the models are wrong and Cassini is lar mission,” said Jim Green, NASA’s plane- clobbered by BB-size material, it still will tary science division director. “I feel a little end up exactly where NASA is aiming for sad in many ways that Cassini’s discoveries on Sept 15 - at Saturn. The space agency will end. But I’m also quite optimistic that wants to keep the 22-foot-high, 13-foot- we’re going to discover some new and wide spacecraft away from Titan and its really exciting science as we probe the lakes of liquid methane and from the ice- region we’ve never probed before.” There’s encrusted moon Enceladus and its under- WASHINGTON: The entrance to Western State Hospital is seen in Lakewood, Wash. no turning back once Cassini flies past ground ocean and spouting geysers. It Titan, Maize said. doesn’t want to shower contaminating The spacecraft on Wednesday will hurtle wreckage onto these worlds that might Problems remain at troubled through the 1,200-mile-wide gap between harbor life. —AP Washington hospital ‘Reviewed and updated plans for all patients with special diets’ SEATTLE: Inspectors who visited Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital found that safe- ty problems that thrust the facility into the nation- al spotlight after the escape of two dangerous patients a year ago persist, including neglected patients. And a survey of Western State Hospital staff, conducted as part of federal oversight in December and January, found that administrators make decisions that “adversely affect patient safe- ty” and there was a lack of trained or qualified staff, fear of retaliation from managers and too much focus on bureaucracy over staff safety. The survey and the consultants’ report were obtained by The Associated Press from someone close to the hospital who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation. State officials say they are making progress, including hiring additional staff members, as they try to turn around the facility since the patients escaped in April 2016. WASHINGTON: A security officer stands on steps at the entrance to Western State Hospital, in They say correcting problems that have devel- Lakewood, Wash.—AP photos oped over decades will take time to resolve. Dr IN SPACE: This undated photo made available by NASA shows one of Saturn’s moons, Joseph Wainer, a psychiatrist at the hospital, said award for a case involving a former worker who report to make improvements. “The scope of Mimas, dwarfed by the planet’s rings.—AP the problems continue. He wrote a letter to the faced retaliation when he reported patient neglect. improvement necessary at WSH is the result of editor that recently appeared in the Tacoma, decades of underfunding and the changes Washington, newspaper in which he alleged Treatment plan needed take time to implement,” Reyes said. “We Scientists find footprint that management at the facility was traumatiz- A consulting firm hired by the state to iden- have made great strides and continue making ing employees and patients. tify areas for improvement visited the hospital necessary changes every day.” of ancient reptile in Spain “I see people who’ve been told that their per- in January and February and found many Besides noting that they’ve hired additional spective is ignorant, who have been ignored, patients were left alone or ignored. After the staffers, the state did not cite the number of new BARCELONA: Scientists have discovered a they found in the Pyrenees mountains in shamed and intimidated into silence by an 2016 escape, which led to a statewide man- violations they’ve had or the number of over- fossilized footprint from about 247 to 248 northeastern Spain on the border with increasingly authoritarian leadership,” he wrote. hunt, the hospital was hit with a series of time hours worked by staff. The state health million years ago in the Pyrenees moun- France were made by animals that used all Wainer told AP in an email this week that the hos- health and safety violations that put it at risk of agency inspected the hospital in late March and tains in Spain which they believe was made four limbs to walk and often also left marks pital placed him “under investigation.” Wainer said losing the millions it receives from the Centers reported a patient safety violation involving by a previously unknown species of reptile. with their tails. “The new Pyrenean foot- the investigation was “quite frightening” and “I still for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Gov. Jay nursing staff and a patient’s treatment plan. The The footprint was found among a series of prints indicate that these animals used all don’t know exactly what they’re suggesting I did Inslee then fired the hospital’s CEO and sought patient’s doctor had ordered a special diet of tracks made by the ancestors of crocodiles four limbs to walk and often also left marks wrong.” Wainer said investigations are often used state funds to hire more staff. The state thick liquids for a patient who had trouble swal- and dinosaurs, a group known as with their tails,” said Catalan Institute of to “discredit and to intimidate both the person Department of Social and Health Services lowing. The patient was to be in a nurse’s line of archosauromorphs, the researchers from Palaeontology researcher Josep Fortuny. investigated and those who might question con- entered into an agreement with federal offi- sight during all meals, due to the danger of aspi- the Autonomous University of Barcelona The researchers believe the archosauro- templating the executive leadership.” cials in June that required it to fix the problems ration. That information was never entered into and the Catalan Institute of Palaeontology morphs dominated the river beds of the Kelly Stowe, a spokeswoman for the health by July 2017 or face losing its funding and the patient’s treatment plan, which put the said in a statement. The scientists dubbed ancient Pyrenees. They said they are now department, said the agency couldn’t confirm or accreditation. At a news conference last week patient at risk, officials said. The state said that the new species of reptile Prorotodactylus looking for fossilized bones of the animals deny an investigation because they don’t com- outside the hospital, Inslee and new CEO based on these findings, it has “reviewed and mesaxonichnus in an article published in that made the tracks. At the time, the Earth ment on personnel actions. “What I can tell you is Cheryl Strange said they’ve made significant updated plans for all patients with special diets.” scientific journal Plos One. was very different from today, with conti- that we don’t restrict an employee’s right to free improvements in patient safety and staffing In the survey, staff said managers were con- They believe the species looked like a nents grouped into one supercontinent speech,” she said. A judge recently issued an levels. He said he hopes to get more money to cerned only with paperwork, rejected requests crocodile but with wider legs and was about called Pangaea and the planet was recover- injunction against the hospital that requires it to continue the work of fixing the hospital. for changes that would improve safety and criti- a meter-and-a-half long. The researchers ing from a mass extinction that wiped out address a pattern of retaliation against staffers by Carla Reyes, assistant secretary for the DSHS, cized staff or handled discipline problems in said the footprints suggest the tracks which most animals. —AFP the end of April, and also ordered a $1.1 million said the facility has used the recent surveys and front of others. — AP WHAT’S ON MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017

(From left) Mohammad Al-Husaini, Al-Anbaa Newspaper’s representative, Takashi Naser Al-Massaied, founder of the Kafa’a initiative. Mohammad Al-Husaini, Al-Anbaa Newspaper’s representative Ashiki, Ambassador of Japan to Kuwait, and Haifa Al-Muhanna, Representative of (left) receives a memento from Takashi Ashiki, Ambassador of JACC attend the press conference. —Photos by Joseph Shagra Japan to Kuwait. Kafa’a initiative promotes ethical culture in society First of its kind in the Middle East

By Faten Omar and readying a new generation of Kuwaiti intellectuals through the development of human and moral culture afa’a’, a first-of-its-kind initiative in Kuwait, held inside and outside Kuwait,” he explained. a press conference on Saturday at Al-Shaheed Ambassador of Japan Takashi Ashiki said that the Park to speak about its activities. “Kafa’a is embassy will cooperate with Kafa’a by providing the judg- ‘Kabout promoting an ethical culture within the society, ing committee for the competitions. “We are willing to shedding light on a new generation of thinkers and support the initiative for the better future of Kuwait. We spreading their innovations throughout the world,” said believe that students should not only be educated, but Nasser Al-Massaied, founder of Kafa’a. also learn ethics, tell the truth and know about values to He affirmed that Kafa’a aims to list the story of talented build the country,” he said. “This kind of learning will people and their creativity in all fields. Kafa’a, which develop their ideas towards a better life, relationship and means ‘reward,’ is the first initiative of its kind in the work environment.” Ashiki added. Middle East working within the framework of human At the end of the event, Kafa’a announced the partici- development by honoring genuine creators of moral pants of the ‘Our Father Deserves’ competition. The com- superiority in their scientific and functional specialties or petition is about children recording videos explaining even within their communities. why their fathers are important. During the holy month Massaied revealed various activities that will be held of Ramadan, the initiative will hold three events. It will during the year and the holy month of Ramadan, includ- provide food for the poor and create social cohesion ing a grand celebration will be held at Sheikh Jaber Al- among members of the society to become acquainted Ahmad Cultural Center. “We are working to establish a with each other. Kafa’a aims to distinguish between joy global commercial footprint for the country, and tell the and happiness - joy is temporary, but happiness is perma- story about the people of Kuwait and its creations and nent, and this is what they want to achieve among the A general view of the audience. innovations in all fields, highlighting the distinguished members of society. Sheraton Kuwait bids farewell to Chef Ibrahim Naji

ver forty years of service and ded- in my development of the Sheraton fami- ication to work, The family of ly and my work at this school, which Sheraton Kuwait and Four Points brought entire generations to work byO Sheraton Kuwait bid farewell to Chef today, especially the stage I started with Ibrahim Naji, who has demonstrated high Mr. Fahed Abushaar, the General competence and performance in the Manager of the Sheraton Kuwait Hotel, kitchen and highlighted his skills and and I thank my colleagues, administrators hard work at the hotel after which he and employees, for this honor, which I decided to retire. would not have deserved had it not been Chef Ibrahim has worked throughout for their solidarity and cooperation.” the years along with his culinary team On this occasion, Fahed Abushaar, the to provide the highest quality of food General Manager of the Sheraton Kuwait that has long been known at the praised the outstanding work of Chef Sheraton Kuwait Hotel and has devel- Ibrahim and his dedication to work over oped many fresh young people to reach many years of hard work and success. He advanced levels in this area. This has added that it is unfortunate that we bid witnessed the expansion of the hotel farewell to dear colleague Chef Ibrahim and restaurants, which spread widely to and we wish him all the good and happi- reach the Avenues Mall to provide the ness in what he promises. In his turn, finest food and methods of service, and Mounir Amer, The General Manager of Four was keen to be ahead of the team in points by Sheraton Kuwait also stated that most of the outside catering and many Chef Ibrahim has lived through all these other events in the hotel. years to see a perfect image of a man who Chef Ibrahim stated “I feel great pride is generous and diligent in his work. Applied Behavior Center of Kuwait celebrates International Autism Day

he Applied Behavior Center (ABC) of activities. “Many families have had their Kuwait celebrated the beginning of lives changed forever thanks to early Autism Awareness month by organiz- intervention. But, sadly, the lack of aware- ingT an awareness event at Al-Shaheed Park ness in our societies means that a lot of recently. The event was sponsored by children with autism don’t get the chance Artspace Studio and MMC catering, and they deserve at getting better. included an array of fun and educational That is why the UN dedicated a day to activities for adults and children, spreading Autism every year. On April 2nd, people awareness for autism and showing support around the world wear blue, and world for this cause. monuments are lit up in blue, to raise Some of the activities at the event awareness for Autism. “We are happy we included an interactive autism time tun- represented Kuwait on this international nel by ABC staff, demonstrating the evo- day,” stated Dr Abdullah Al Ali, Co-founder lution of autism treatment approaches of Applied Behavior Center of Kuwait (ABC). throughout the years, leading to today’s Autism Day is an internationally cele- therapy gold standard, ABA (Applied brated event and official UN holiday, where Behavior Analysis) therapy, as well as arts monuments light up blue, walkathons take and crafts activities, a mural for children place and many people and organizations and adults to paint on, live music by come together to show their support and Artspace studio team and many more fun to spread awareness about autism. WHAT’S ON MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017

Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh, as well as the initiative’s officials pose for a group photo with the winning students. —Photos by Joseph Shagra

Sheikh Fadia Al-Saad Al-Sabah (left) and Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh (right) honor the Information Students from Oman celebrate their victory. Ministry’s assistant undersecretary Yousuf Mustafa. Ibtikar Al-Kuwait’s Sheikha Fadia Al-Saad Al-Sabah’s students competitions conclude

inister of Social Affairs and Labor and tific research and creative thinking skills. financial and commercial hub. “This Kuwaiti was established in 2009 with the aim of ships and achieving sustainable develop- Minister of State for Economic Affairs Speaking to reporters while attending initiative inspires its principles from His encouraging scientific talents and creating a ment through setting a quota for women Hind Al-Sabeeh stressed that His the conclusion ceremony of Ibtikar Al- Highness the Amir, the Humanitarian Leader, new generation capable of developing contribution in various fields. HighnessM the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Kuwait’s Sheikha Fadia Al-Saad Al-Sabah’s in terms of spreading science and culture,” Kuwait in various fields. She added that the In the meantime, the initiative’s manager Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s sponsorship to Ibtikar Al- annual competitions for students researches she underlined. charity has signed agreements with the Dr Fatima Al-Hashim said that the project Kuwait competition reflects his endless sup- and projects, Sabeeh stressed that His Meanwhile, Chairperson of Al-Saad Charity Ministry of Education, the Public Authority started with kindergarten students then port to creative students, as well as his com- Highness the Amir’s support stems out of his for Knowledge and Scientific Research Sheikh for Applied Education and Training, and the expanded to include all educational stages, mitment to encourage them to develop scien- vision to turn Kuwait into an international Fadia Al-Saad Al-Sabah said that the charity UNESCO with the aim of enhancing partner- including high school and college.

Kuwaiti students are honored. Sheikh Fadia Al-Saad Al-Sabah poses with some of the winning students.

Chairperson of Al-Saad Charity for Knowledge and Scientific Research Students pose with their awards. Students from Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Fadia Al-Saad Al-Sabah deliv- ers her speech.

The initiative’s manager Dr Fatima Al- Hashim speaks during the event. Students from Kuwait. Students from Bahrain. Students from Oman. MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 TV PROGRAMS

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11:55 KLM 445 Bahrain 22:25 THY 766 Istanbul 12:50 ETD 919 Abu Dhabi/Bahrain 22:40 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:00 UAE 860 Dubai 22:35 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 JZR 185 Dubai 22:55 AXB 890 Mangalore 12:05 KAC 383 Delhi 22:35 KAC 672 Dubai 13:55 JZR 241 Amman 22:55 KAC 413 Bangkok 13:05 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:50 QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:00 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:00 KNE 231 Riyadh 14:10 MSC 405 Sohag 23:30 JZR 124 Bahrain 13:30 KAC 783 Jeddah 23:10 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:15 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 MSC 402 Alexandria 13:30 QTR 1083 Doha 23:20 KAC 364 Colombo 14:15 THY 764 Istanbul 23:45 THY 767 Istanbul 13:45 KAC 411 Bangkok 23:35 stars34 MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017

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Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22) You are able to find the heart of an interesting matter with simple ques- This morning you may spend a bit of time catching up on your reading tions. You and others are able to know what future steps are needed to find a solution. In and weeding through the old catalogs. This is not the best time to shop, choose colors, some matter you find yourself stubborn; it may be wise to think about your own motives. etc. You may find it difficult to make up your mind about colors, quantity, etc. It is easy for You could help to change several negatives to a positive today. An abundance of motor you to communicate your feelings-a promise made to a loved one is easily fulfilled. If the skills is available for some form of team sports or group exercise this afternoon. Your weather is good, consider a little walk in the out-of-doors. See what everybody has plant- expression is creative and you may find yourself writing poetry or teaching arts and crafts ed this spring. You may gain some insight as to how you can help beautify your own to young people. You may also suddenly communicate with someone you found diffi- block in the neighborhood. Breathe in the fresh air and enjoy the day. Socializing may be cult earlier in the day. This evening you will find some passive entertainment with a where your interest is this afternoon and the first cookout of the season can be planned friend or loved one nearby. or enjoyed with family or friends in your own backyard early evening.

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

Your morning may be spent in preparing for the workweek ahead. As dull Spiritual guidance is easy to find this morning and you enjoy some quiet as this may sound it is something that pleases you because with preparation, you won’t time in preparation for your day. Perhaps visiting with relatives that live out of town has have to run errands or cook all week. Your concentration will be on the work that you been long overdue. You may be asked to share your practical advice in a family matter. A enjoy throwing yourself into, and with a little time left over to enjoy your friends. There is trip into the country or to another city will replenish your energies. There may be an art a special item you want this year for your birthday but it might be wise to wait a little show or an exhibit to see before heading home. A business opportunity knocks this after- while longer before you go out and buy it for yourself . . . You never know. If you don’t noon, and with high confidence, there is talk of owning your own business. There are receive the item, you may receive a gift card that will help you pay for the item. It is said several questions and surveys to take and you may be pleased to know the percentage that patience is a virtue. This can be a most creative phase for you and one that can be of success is in your corner. Take care, however, that the roof over this business is not flat. quite romantic. Friends are scheduled tonight. You have the enthusiasm that smells of success.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) An intuitive urge to take care of yourself at many levels is emphasized now. This sunday you could slow down a little and enjoy the day. Pay attention Diet, exercise and work somehow mean more. You will want to feel good to the way the light hits the house or the yard as it comes through the win- about yourself and have the energy to do the things you want to do. You may find your- dows. This may be a time you learn some new artistic technique or decide to redecorate ACROSS northern slopes of the Alps. self in a library or some other information source, doing research today-personal or oth- or repair some part of your living area. Appreciating the finer things of life is another hall- 1. An accountant certified by the state. 5. The eleventh month of the civil year. erwise. After you have gathered your own facts you may enjoy reporting and conversing mark of this phase. Enjoy the scent of flowers around your neighborhood, rather than 4. Discrimination against people who are over- 6. A technician who is highly proficient and about your research. This afternoon you might be surprised at how many members of passing by them so quickly. The cycle now dawning in your life emphasizes stability, sub- weight. enthusiastic about some technical field (espe- your family have artistic backgrounds. Expression may come from all members of your stance, practicality and the concept of value-value in the material as well as psycho-spiri- 11. A member of an extinct North American cially computing). household in different ways. You will find your home full of busy people, involved in their tual sense. This evening a young person will give you reason for much laughter. This is a Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley 7. The form of RNA that attaches the correct special talents from designing the newest toothbrush to singing a jingle. good evening for a bicycle ride with the whole family. in northern California. amino acid to the protein chain that is being 15. A yearning for something or to do some- synthesized at the ribosome of the cell thing. (according to directions coded in the mRNA). 16. Protective covering consisting, for exam- 8. The United Nations agency concerned with Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) ple, of a layer of boards applied to the studs the interests of labor. and joists of a building to strengthen it and 9. Spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and Your energy is focused to succeed in matters pertaining to the family or You may find yourself chatting with everyone you see today: neighbors, serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exte- chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods. home. Your pride is strong and you are always ready to master any prob- friends and co-worker friends as well. You may have some new insight or rior. 10. (trademark) A thin polyester film. lem. You are self-reliant and self-confident and if there are emotional hills to climb or understanding and cannot wait to tell everyone you know. You can be very open and 17. A person who makes use of a thing. 11. A member of the Mayan people of the someone calls for help, you are there to get the job done. If a domestic project is not set- you enjoy the feedback that comes with innovative discoveries. You could be most per- 18. English economist noted for his studies of Yucatan peninsula in Mexico. tled yet, you will find the unfinished becomes completed under your watchful eye. There suasive with others and powerful in speech and communication. The situation is a natu- international trade and finance (born in 1907). 12. A genus of European owls. are vision and inspiration all day long. One of your greatest teachers is your power of ral for self-expression and lends itself to your particular ideas and thoughts. A good con- 20. A small natural hill. 13. A structure in which animals lay eggs or observation. Your power to absorb impressions of the world around you gives you great versation with those you love is possible. You may find some cultural activity irresistible 21. (computer science) A kind of computer give birth to their young. intuitive abilities. Your intuitive abilities will guide you toward successful opportunities this evening. This experience may increase your awareness of different expressions of art. architecture that has a large number of 14. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or and successful people. Be completely supportive of yourself-not a critic. This is an excellent time to engage in romance with your mate. instructions hard coded into the cpu chip. office. 22. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure 19. A city of northern Poland near the mouth equal to about a bushel. of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 23. Unknown god. 25. South African term for `boss'. If communication tends to leave a lot to the imagination, you may be the 24. (plural) Hosts or armies. 27. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occu- If channeled properly, your energy is boundless and you could move one to set things straight. This may mean a new phone. Of course, it could also mean you 26. The feeling of being bored by something pying most of the British Isles. mountains. You suggest playtime between family members by encouraging art projects, have discovered who you want to make the main character in a book you are writing. tedious. 28. Being ten more than one hundred ninety. whether it be painting a wall or painting a picture. You could find that you are appreciat- 29. English illustrator of several of Dickens' ed or valued for your understanding of the need to play and interact with friends. You Appreciating the finer things of life is another hallmark of this phase so it may take a little 30. Loud confused noise from many sources. shopping before you decide on the right price or the right adjustment to your own novels (1815-1882). 32. A square dance figure. encourage good spiritual development. You may be able to enjoy and value your own 31. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods life situation today or feel especially kind toward a friend or loved one. Today you are phone. This is a great day to be with friends. You are at your mental best with clear 33. An advanced student or graduate in medi- thoughts and lots of chatter. When a relative wants to look at new homes today, you are living at Asgard. moved into action and out of any rut you may have found yourself in lately. You are cine gaining supervised practical experience the first one to hop in the car. You enjoy showing off your town and with your methodi- 35. Containing or characterized by a great deal beginning to see the positive growth that your life has taken on over the past few years. (`houseman' is a British term). cal mind, you have a way of helping make things easy and fun. of water vapor. 34. Having branches. Congratulations! Buying and selling property can bring a big profit your way. 37. Date used in reckoning dates before the 36. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing supposed year Christ was born. wholly or in part. 41. The blood group whose red cells carry 38. Being one hundred more than two hun- Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) both the A and B antigens. dred. 42. God of the earth. 39. The income arising from land or other Someone has hidden motives today but you are able to determine the You may feel that you have spent entirely too much time with your ener- 44. A boy or man. property. truth and find answers. If you unveil a truth, be careful of any judgment. Your magnetic gies on one path or one subject. In a religious setting you are able to let go of whatever 46. What you can repeat immediately after 40. An organization of countries formed in personality is showing and you could charm almost anyone. You will find that you look occupies your mind; relax. Music, lights and friendly faces promote a relaxation you had perceiving it. 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale for something colorful as you dress for a social occasion with your friends later today. almost forgotten you regularly enjoyed one time. Visiting a museum, expressing yourself 47. 16 ounces. of petroleum. You may find yourself traveling-perhaps the country life is beckoning. There are many through your art or a trip to the zoo with family members will certainly take you into a 48. The branch of computer science that deal 43. A coffin along with its stand. colors to be enjoyed along the countryside and this may give you some creative ideas world apart from the everyday. You teach the young people around you through exam- with writing computer programs that can 45. (astronomy) The angular distance of a for your living environment. You might think about stopping at a roadside plant shop to ple and you are encouraging to others. You may talk about things that make you smile. A solve problems creatively. celestial point measured westward along the purchase a couple of hanging baskets of ivy or flowers. This evening is a good time for few chores this evening bring an end to a very fulfilling day. A little music will help bring 49. A block of solid substance (such as soap or celestial equator from the zenith crossing. thinking about your dreams of the future. about a peaceful environment this evening. wax). 50. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy 51. Vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and and pastoral poetry. Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symp- 52. A city in central Illinois. Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution toms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to 53. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan treat eye irritation. River. 55. German theologian and mystic (1260- 54. (Old Testament) Samson's Philistine mis- 1327). tress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair 57. In bed. and so deprived him of his strength. 58. Make anew. 56. A festival featuring African-American cul- 60. United States film actor who played tough ture. heroes (1907-1979). 59. A Russian river. 61. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle 62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali where driver sits. earth group. 63. Obvious and dull. 64. A silvery ductile metallic element found 66. The god who fathered the islands and primarily in bauxite. gods of Japan with his sister Izanami. 65. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the 69. A cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon. alkali metal group. 73. A collection of facts from which conclu- 67. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio deci- sions may be drawn. sively defeated Hannibal at the end of the sec- 74. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising sole- ond Punic War. ly the razorbill. 68. Offering fun and gaiety. 77. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia. 70. A woman hired to suckle a child of some- 78. Any of various systems of units for measur- one else. ing electricity and magnetism. 71. The tissue forming the hard outer layer of 82. Black tropical American cuckoo. e.g. a fruit. 83. A river in north central Switzerland that 72. The lower house of the parliament of the runs northeast into the Rhine. Republic of Ireland. 84. A great raja. 75. An independent agency of the United 85. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in States government responsible for collecting the blood. and coordinating intelligence and counterin- telligence activities abroad in the national DOWN interest. 1. More or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in 76. The month following March and preceding which the central or terminal flower opens May. first. 79. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 2. The short weak cry of a young bird. meters (or 0.621371 miles). 3. A city in southern California (southeast of 80. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. Los Angeles). 81. A person who announces and plays popu- 4. A warm dry wind that blows down the lar recorded music.

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ystery Jets never want their albums to sound similar. The ‘Young Love’ hitmak- ers are working on the follow-up to M2016’s ‘Curve of the Earth’ but the record will be Mystery Jets make much more “grounded” than that LP was. Songwriter Henry Harrison said: “We’ve always had a policy of writing album from a different place so that it never sounds similar. ‘Curve of the Earth’ had a massive step to it and we different music wouldn’t go there again. “This new album is very much more grounded and with this world getting much more fractious and divided so I think we’re going more into that arena.” And singer and co-writer Blaine Harrison, who is Henry’s son, feels the band have a “duty” to write about the current political situation. He told BANG Showbiz: “I’ve got to the point where now as a songwriter, I’m much more fascinated with what’s going on outside my window, on a larger stage, music should have the capacity to make you think as well as feel and I think that sometimes songwriters shy away from what’s happening in the news. “Not to say we are going to write a politically-orientated record ayley Williams wanted to disband why they have continued. Hayley told the but actually we are living in a very interesting Paramore two years ago. The 28- Guardian newspaper: “Honestly, I don’t time and I think it’s not the time to shy away year-old singer admits in-fighting know. We, for some reason, kept showing from that as a songwriter. “I think it’s our duty.” includingH the public criticisms and accu- up and kept writing and, little by little, the Henry added: “Blaine has been living near sations of being controlling she faced on songs got better and we got a little more Trafalgar Square and has virtually been going the departures of guitarist Josh Farro, her inspired to do it.” When Jeremy quit and every march, every weekend and saying ‘Dad, ex-boyfriend, and his brother, drummer sued for unpaid royalties, arguing the trio this is it, this is what we’re writing about’. Not Zac - who has since rejoined - in 2010 and had agreed to share authorship of all the just the marches but the actual conflicts of bassist Jeremy Davis leaving two years tracks on their 2014 self-titled album, belief and perspective which people are going ago and launching a lawsuit against her but he had just one credit, Taylor admit- through but very non-political, it’s the feelings and guitarist Taylor York left her feeling ted he was too “numb” to care. He said: “I that lie behind all that activity that we are actu- drained and seeking a fresh start. She was just numb. It was just another drama ally trying to get into. “We are well into it and admitted: “Two years ago I asked Taylor if and another example of being in a band we’re feeling very good about it.” we could start a new band. I was so sick of and it being really difficult, and feeling this thing. I said we should just try some- bad about that. We have the coolest job thing new, give it a new name.” Taylor ever but why does it have to be so hard?” added: “I’ve wanted to quit this band so And while they are not allowed to many times. Going through all this con- address his departure directly, Hayley flict and drama over the years ... I was just maintains the lawsuit is “bulls**t”. She lans for a George Michael tribute concert George previously gave £2 million to from royal- like, ‘Man, I feel like we can keep going, said: “What I will say is that it’s such have been thrown into doubt because his ties from his single ‘Jesus To A Child’ - had hoped but this is not worth it if we don’t want to bulls**t that we’re in a lawsuit. I wasn’t family haven’t approved the show. The late to stage the concert at London’s Royal Albert be here.’ “ And the pair are unsure as to OK for a while; maybe I’m still not.” Psinger’s friend, Dame Esther Rantzen, had hoped Hall in October. She previously said: “It is still on to organize a musical performance in honor of the cards and we are still hoping it will happen, the ‘Careless Whisper’ hitmaker - who was found but we haven’t approached his family yet - we dead on Christmas Day last year - in order to don’t want to be insensitive and we have been raise money for charity, and will meet with his waiting for the right time. “He was so extraordi- loved ones later this week in order to ask for the nary in his generosity to Childline - he absolutely go-ahead. However, insiders think there is only a got our vision - and we would love to be able to “50/50” chance they will say yes. A source told pay tribute to him in our 30th year. “The idea we the Sunday Mirror newspaper: “The most impor- have at the moment is for the group of charities tant thing about organizing this is that the fami- he supported to join together for the concert. ly approve of everything. “Esther and the organ- That’s our hope. “It would be a tremendous way izers didn’t want to jump the gun and start mak- of fundraising in his memory.” A spokesperson ing arrangements before they had spoken with for George confirmed there have been them. “At the moment there is a big possibility it approaches about a possible tribute but insisted won’t happen because the family aren’t on nothing has yet been given the go-ahead. They board. The meeting will either make or break said: “We have been approached but nothing’s plans.” Esther - who founded Childline, a charity been decided.” Vin Diesel’s secret script Aled Jones in Diesel was given a “secret script” for ‘Guardians of the wants mainstream Galaxy’. The 49-year-old actor admits it was a “challenge” to voice Groot - who had a vocabulary of just three words - but classical stars Vhe was given a lot of pointers in how to express the emotion the tree-like alien was trying to say. He said: “Groot is - always chal- lenging to play. As an audience what you hear is, ‘I am Groot’, but he is expressing himself and you have to try and convey what he intends to say and his emotions in those three words. “I actually had a secret script where I was told what Groot was trying to say. That made him a lot of fun to voice.” And Vin was also proud to say his line in 16 different languages for the various international ver- sions of the film. He told the Daily Star on Sunday newspaper: “Korean was interesting. “It was cool though because in some countries people have only heard my characters with voice actors. It was good to know people would finally hear me.” Though Groot sacrificed himself at the end of the 2014 movie, Vin is back again in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ voicing Baby Groot, and thinks the two characters are very different. He said: “Groot in the first movie led Jones thinks more classical artists was a college-level Groot. should compete on TV talent shows. The 46-year-old singer believes pro- gramsA such as ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ have done a great job of promoting singers and groups Bella Hadid wasn’t Schumer had chronic that otherwise wouldn’t get much main- stream exposure. Asked if more classical allowed to buy anything bronchitis filming ‘Snatched’ artists should compete on TV, he said “Why not - it’s up to them to enter I suppose. “It’s a great opportunity for them and it has designer until she was 18 my Schumer developed chronic bronchi- tis while shooting ‘Snatched’. The 35-year- worked for Susan Boyle and Collabro. I’m ella Hadid wasn’t allowed to buy tos are utterly ruined now because she has old actress was hospitalised with the very much for giving classical music to the any designer garments until she was worn them to death. She explained: “Now, potentially-dangerousA lung infection while film- masses - if you want to do it get up and do 18. The 20-year-old supermodel has if you saw those Louboutins you would ing for the forthcoming comedy with Goldie it.” Aled was very proud to be the best selling revealedB her mother Yolanda encouraged laugh at me I think I should frame them. I Hawn and has admitted, although she had to classical artist of 2016, not least because his her and her older sister Gigi, 21, to wore them to every single fitting, every jump straight back onto set after she was dis- ‘One Voice’ LP outsold the likes of Zayn Malik. “obsess” over shoes, but the 53-year-old single casting since I was 17. They are charged, she thoroughly enjoyed her time - He told BANG Showbiz: “This is album 31 or parent forbid her daughters from splash- dead. No they are past tired. They don’t despite being covered in chicken poop - with 32 and I was number one in the classic chart ing out on luxury items until they reached even know where they live any more, they the blonde beauty. Speaking to Empire maga- and pop chart. “I was told that one week I the milestone and could afford to pur- are scared for their life.” But Bella now has zine, she said: “At one point during the shoot, I was outselling Zayn Malik, which is great if chase the expensive product themselves. three shoe wardrobes to select from as was hospitalized for chronic bronchitis, and as it’s true! “The album also outsold Adele in Speaking in a Facebook Live Q&A with she swaps footwear with her sibling, who soon as I was discharged we were doing night physical copies but not downloads. The Grazia magazine, the brunette beauty has “the coolest shoes” and her mum, shoots from around 6pm until 6am. I’d find vacation to South America with my boyfriend hardworking ‘Songs of Praise’ host is very said: “My mum started us with obsessing although ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly myself on the back of a truck full of pooping and, after he breaks up with me, I cannot get busy with his music career and as well as [over shoes], she always told us when we Hills’ star doesn’t like it when her brood chickens and think: ‘Is this the glamorous anyone else in the world to go with me. I beg my going out on the road, he’ll be releasing were 18 we couldn’t have anything raids her wardrobe and don’t return her dream?’ But Goldie and I laughed really hard mum to go and she’s afraid of everything and another new album later this year. He said: “I designer until we were 18 and could possessions. Bella continued: “She [Gigi] every day. It’s a real proper action movie. It’s then the kidnap happens. I’m aware that it’s such have an album coming out in the end of the afford it by ourselves. So I bought my first has the coolest shoes. “Now we switch crazy.” The blonde beauty portrays Emily a sensitive time with other cultures and I don’t year, but I’m not really sure what will be on pair of Louboutins when I was 18, when I shoes, so if she has a pair of shoes why do Middleton in the forthcoming blockbuster, want people to think I’m stereotyping South the album yet. “I’ve just come back from could afford it, and the same with my sis- I need to buy them? We have three closets which will drop in cinemas at the beginning of Americans, saying they’re all kidnappers. It’s Australia, I was number one there. I am tour- ter.” But the catwalk icon - who has graced of shoes pretty much, which is amazing. next month, alongside Goldie’s Linda Middleton more about highlighting my ignorance, as as ing in May then going back to Australia for the catwalk for prestigious fashion brands My mum doesn’t let us borrow her shoes and has admitted, although the plot was simple, ugly American who goes somewhere without another tour there. “And I worked with Dame including Balmain, Fendi and Victoria’s anymore because we steal them and for- she was concerned she’d offend. She explained: speaking the language at all. It’s ultimately mak- Vera Lynn on her latest album.” Secret - has admitted the red-soled stilet- get to give them back.” — Bang Showbiz “The plot is simple: I was supposed to go on ing fun of American entitlement.” Dwayne Johnson eyed for Fast and Furious spin-off wayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is wanted because of Luke’s instant popularity, though ing like “true professionals”, and it is believed for a ‘Fast and Furious’ spin-off. The there were no plans on how to move it for- the post was directed to 49-year-old Vin. His 44-year-old actor has been a fan ward until Jason joined the franchise for the Instagram comment read: “This is my final Dfavorite since his character Luke Hobbs seventh installment and had instant chem- week of shooting #FastAndFurious8. There’s joined the franchise in ‘Fast Five’, and istry with Dwayne. And Charlize is a late no other franchise that gets my blood boil- Universal Pictures are now hoping to make a addition to the mooted project, with bosses ing more than this one. An incredible hard movie about him, which would also feature having seen how well her character has working crew. UNIVERSAL has been great Jason Statham’s Decker Shaw and series been received. The spin-off is expected to partners as well. My female co-stars are newcomer Charlize Theron’s Cipher, who revolve around Luke and Decker teaming up always amazing and I love ‘em. “My male made her debut in the new ‘Fate of the to go after Cipher. The news comes after it co-stars however are a different story. Furious’ film. According to Variety, Chris was recently reported Dwayne is expected Some conduct themselves as stand up Morgan will remain attached to his charac- to appear in the ninth ‘Fast and Furious’ film, men and true professionals, while others ters and will pen the script, though the idea despite claims he and his co-star Vin Diesel, don’t. The ones that don’t are too chicken is still in preliminary stages and nothing has who portrays Dominic Torreto in the films, s**t to do anything about it anyway. Candy been written as yet. The three cast members clashed on set. Both both stars are believed asses. When you watch this movie next have also not signed any contracts for the to be “1000 per cent” up for a follow-up in April and it seems like I’m not acting in project. The spin-off has reportedly been in the future. Last year, Dwayne slammed his some of these scenes and my blood is legit the work since as far back as ‘Fast Five’ “male co-stars” on the franchise for not act- boiling - you’re right. (sic).” lifestyle MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 MUSIC & MOVIES

A general view of A dilapidated the Bhendi Bazaar building in the area of Mumbai Bhendi Bazaar area that is being of Mumbai that is redeveloped under being redeveloped the Cluster under the Cluster Development Act Development Act 2009 by the Saifee 2009 by the Burhani Upliftment Saifee Burhani Trust. —AFP photos Upliftment Trust. Religion, free homes spur Mumbai’s Bhendi Bazaar revamp arida Kachwala is vacating her family’s by residents’ faith as much as their desire for attached to the Bohra community’s governing cramped home of eighty years, one of 21st century amenities. Bohras, whose women body is providing the funding through dona- thousands receiving modern apartments wear colourful ridas akin to hijabs while men tions. Money will also be raised by selling off Fthrough a project that hopes to transform sport gold and white caps, are a Shia Islamic four of the new towers that could stretch 60 Mumbai’s historic Bhendi Bazaar from a dilapi- sect who follow a religious leader they call his storeys into the sky. dated ghetto into a slick Singapore-like enclave. holiness. They originally arrived in western India Six hundred million dollars is being spent to from Yemen in the 11th century. Conservationists’ lament demolish hundreds of rundown low-rise build- Bohras often seek guidance from his holi- Abbas Master, Saifee Burhani Upliftment ings in the dirty colonial-era market and replace ness on many matters ranging from marriage to Trust CEO, says the trust had acquired almost 90 them with shiny skyscrapers that will house naming a child. The redevelopment was the percent of properties but that a small fraction 20,000 Dawoodi Bohras, a sect of Shia Muslims, brainchild of late leader Syedna Burhanuddin, of residents were refusing to negotiate. “To who have made the area their home for who died aged 101 in 2014, a key reason why uproot people and to bring them back is a chal- decades. residents support it. lenge. It happens in places like China but in a “We have many problems here. It’s smelly democratic world I think this is the first exam- because there’s sewage and garbage every- Spiritual leader ple,” he told AFP. Some 1,250 businesses will where and the wooden stairs are really steep “Our families took his holiness Syedna’s move from ramshackle shops and stalls down and dangerous. I’m so happy that we’re mov- advice and supported the project so we hope dingy lanes into shopping arcades above street ing,” says Kachwala. The rehousing project aims it will be good for everyone involved,” says level which will be connected by pedestrian to replace the decrepit structures and maze-like Juzer Morbiwala at a transit home where he is bridges. Rapid development has altered narrow streets, where hawkers sell everything being housed until his new apartment is ready. Mumbai’s skyline over the past two decades from sunglasses to sweets as goats meander Some 250 decrepit three and four-storey build- A Bohra woman walking past a roadside shop selling photographs of former Dawoodi and conservation architects lament the loss of docilely, with gleaming towers and polished ings known as chawls-originally built for single Bohra community spiritual leader Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin in the Bhendi Bazaar another historic district and the personality shopping arcades. It is also hoped the scheme male laborers in the 1800s and where residents area that is being redeveloped under the Cluster Development Act 2009 by the Saifee attached to it. will help cleanse the neighborhood of its often share toilets-are being razed and Burhani Upliftment Trust in Mumbai. “The entire fabric is going to get erased, the underworld image. Dawood Ibrahim, who car- replaced with 17 high-rise towers across 16.5 with her husband, daughter and father-in-law, and the entire project is expected to be com- history, the artefacts. It’s going to have an ried out the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts, lived in acres. Three thousand two hundred families who moved in as a ten-year-old in the 1930s. pleted by 2025. The only buildings not being impact on the social character,” architect Vikram Bhendi Bazaar during the 1980s and Bollywood will receive new homes free of charge. Each “I’m attached to this place because I’ve lived torn down are the area’s mosques. Pawar told AFP, adding that the skyscrapers will films often portray the area as a gangster hang- will be a minimum of 350 square feet in size here almost my whole life but our children will Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government be out of keeping with neighboring areas. But out. In India it is common for tenants to stall with private bathrooms and separate sleeping have a better environment to live and grow in is taking a keen interest, hoping that the cluster that doesn’t seem to concern the majority of development projects by refusing to move, or and living spaces. the new home,” says Kachwala, 45. The demoli- redevelopment method can become a model residents, including Shirin Electricwala. “It will for homeowners to hold out for more cash, but It will be a significant improvement on the tion and construction is taking place in nine for urban renewal across India. It is budgeted to change the way we live. We’ll have more space, this project is unique in that it is being driven tiny, dark one-room home Kachwala shares phases. The first started around three years ago cost 40 billion rupees ($600 million) and a trust hygiene and comfort,” she told AFP. — AFP Lamar scores biggest US album release of year ‘Heart of Gold’ endrick Lamar has pulled off the biggest US album interview aired Friday that he did not want to focus too Splash launches debut this year with “DAMN,” an introspective work much on President Donald Trump. of hip-hop storytelling that features Rihanna and U2. “I wanted more self-evaluation and discipline because K“DAMN” sold 603,000 copies or the equivalent in streaming of what’s going on now,” he told Apple Music’s Beats 1 the perfume line and downloads in the week since its April 14 release, track- radio. “We’re not focusing on him,” he said of Trump. plash, the home grown fast fashion retailer, has ing service Nielsen Music said late Saturday. Entering at “What’s going on now-we’re focusing on self.” Lamar’s track announced the launch of its Perfume & Bath and number one on the benchmark Billboard chart, “DAMN” “Alright” from “To Pimp a Butterfly” became an unofficial Body range titled ‘Heart of Gold’. Including three sold more in a single week than any other album so far this anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement. The rapper’s Soptions for both men and women, the fragrance has year. “DAMN” follows Lamar’s 2015 album “To Pimp a admirers include then president Barack Obama, who invit- been created in Paris. Priced starting at KD 9 for EDP Butterfly,” which has quickly been hailed as a hip-hop clas- ed Lamar to the White House. Lamar topped the “More Life” and KD 4.5 for shimmering Bath & Body range across sic with its innovative infusion of jazz and its lyricism that collection by Drake-the Toronto rapper known more for Splash stores. Oud collection for Men. Three unique explored the state of black America. crowd-pulling dance tracks than social commentary-which interpretations of While “DAMN” has similarly won wide praise, it brings a had earlier held the crown for biggest US album release of this exquisite smoky more classic rap style, even with a pop-oriented collabora- 2017. But “DAMN” remains well below Drake’s last full- sensual ingredient tion with Rihanna and a guitar rock fusion with U2. “DAMN” fledged album “Views,” which sold more than one million resulting in fra- is a highly personal work and culminates with a track in copies in its first week after its release a year ago. The com- grances that can only which Lamar recalls his father being shot while working at parative sales figures are sure to be scrutinized as Lamar be described as LIQ- a Kentucky Fried Chicken branch in the Los Angeles area. and Drake have made a series of critical, if indirect, com- UID GOLD While “DAMN” also has political references, Lamar said in an Kendrick Lamar ments about each other. — AFP Pure OUD for men This original interpretation of OUD is enrobed with Filmmakers see hope - and exotic spices, pep- percorns and nut- meg with classic woods of oak moss and patchouli to bring out its paralysis - 25 years after LA riots deep sensual personality. Black OUD for men ate in the afternoon of April 29, 1992, the looting $1 billion damage, and attacked one another, King made a LAPD policy.” Ridley, who moved to LA a year before the This sensual interpretation of OUD is blended with began in south Los Angeles, quickly escalating as personal plea for peace. “People, I just want to say, you riots, shows the violence as the almost inevitable culmina- the richest amber & leather accords wrapped around motorists were dragged from their cars and vehicles know, can we all get along? Can we get along?” he asked tion of a decade of heightening racial tensions, gang wars, pure jasmine and warm incense, the exquisite scent setL alight. In the downtown area a few miles away, an on the third day of rioting. drug crime and police brutality. “With a white man, their of attraction. angry crowd began to build at the city police headquarters attitude is enforcing the law. 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For six days, America’s second city was engulfed in Written and directed by John Ridley, who won an Oscar for produced for the A&E channel with “Boyz n the Hood” laid-back modern classic. fireball of rage in front of the world’s news cameras as his screenplay of “12 Years a Slave” (2013), it offers first- director John Singleton, and Showtime’s “Burn decades of pent-up anger exploded into some of the worst hand testimony from black, white, Asian, and Hispanic Motherfucker Burn,” both of which recently had their pre- riots in US history. More than 50 people died and 2,000 Angelinos of all classes caught up in the violence. If a sus- mieres and are available through video on demand. 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Rebecca Cronshey and “LA Burning” ends on images of the 2014-2015 White Gold for women This elegant fragrance combines three agreement Georgia Oakley attend Ferguson riots which followed the death of Michael Brown, the nectar of cassis, modern chypre blond oud and a screening of “Little an unarmed black teenager killed by white policemen, and musk, the fragrance remains on the skin and Bird” at Regal Battery unrest in Baltimore after the 2015 death in police custody envelopes the sense. Park Stadium 11 during of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. “There are still issues. They’re ‘Heart of Gold’ is available across all Splash stores in the 2017 Tribeca Film complicated, they’re beyond race,” Ridley told AFP. “You Centrepoint and at Splash -The Avenues, Phase II and Festival on Saturday, look at Baltimore. You see people of color represented in at Salam Mall- Salmiya. April 22, 2017 in uniform and still people being victimized. These are com- New York. —AP plicated issues.” — AFP l i f e s t y l e MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 TRAVEL

A view of the former Lorraine Motel balcony Photo show where Martin displays of Luther King Jr records at the was shot in Stax Museum of 1968 in American Soul Memphis, Tenn. Music in — AP photos Memphis, Tenn.

Photo shows the Meditation Garden at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn, where Photo show displays of records at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music Photo shows the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, Tenn. Elvis Presley is buried along with his parents, grandmother and a memorial in Memphis, Tenn. gravestone for his stillborn twin brother. y ultimate destination was Mississippi to blacks worked together. And Stax’s roster of black “Million Dollar Quartet,” shows Presley back at Sun inside the hotel. It’s a stunning, heart-stopping explore blues history. But to get there, I stars, including Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and the in 1956, sitting at a piano with Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl vantage point that brings you face to face with Mflew in and out of Memphis, Tennessee, Staple Singers, proved enormously popular with Perkins and Johnny Cash. that watershed moment. April 4, 2018, will mark an hour’s drive from the Delta. With one day in both black and white audiences, first in Europe Lively guided tours of Sun Studio walk visitors 50 years since that day. Memphis on either end of my itinerary, I decided and ultimately at home. through its hit parade with music clips and Graceland to visit four attractions there that would add to Stax eventually went bankrupt but the muse- engaging anecdotes - including the tale of Sun No trip to Memphis is complete without visit- the music and civil rights themes of the um was built on the original site and does a terrif- founder Sam Phillips’ improvised repair of a bust- ing Graceland, the mansion Elvis Presley bought in Mississippi trip. ic job showcasing everything from costumes to ed amp. He shoved a wad of paper inside and the 1957 and lived in until his death 20 years later. The Those four Memphis stops, plus an evening cars to walls of hit records. Videos of TV and con- fuzzy distortion became part of the label’s trade- house - which feels remarkably small by 21st cen- listening to music on Beale Street, were perfect cert performances will have you dancing your mark sound. You’ll stand in the footsteps not only tury standards - is a time capsule, complete with bookends for my Mississippi sojourn. But these way through the exhibits. of the label’s early stars but also more recent visi- green shag rugs and carved animals in the famous attractions also make an easy and interesting tors like rock giants U2. Jungle Room. Guests are shuttled through by the two-day itinerary whether you use Memphis as a SUN STUDIO hundreds in a remarkably efficient fashion, with gateway for other parts of the South, or as a des- Sun Studio calls itself the “birthplace” of rock ‘n’ National Civil Rights Museum File photo shows the cafe counter at Sun each visitor issued an iPad and headphones so you tination unto itself. roll, and as every music fan knows, there’s a The story of the blues can’t be told without Studio in Memphis, Tenn, with a photo of can get information about what you’re seeing at straight line from the blues to rock. Among the looking at black history, from musical traditions the ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ on the wall. your own pace. The King is buried in the onsite Stax museum of American soul music Delta natives who recorded at Sun Records were brought here by enslaved Africans, to the music plays, which include video footage of marches, Meditation Garden, along with his parents and One of the first things you see at the Stax B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf and Ike Turner. Turner shared by black laborers eking out a living on riots and news reports from the era, along with grandmother. There’s also a memorial gravestone Museum of American Soul Music is an exhibit played keyboards on what some regard as the first Delta cotton plantations in the early 20th century. engaging interactive exhibits that offer inter- for his stillborn twin brother. portraying a Mississippi country church. That’s rock single, the Delta Cats’ “Rocket 88,” released by One place to put that history in context is the views with ordinary people reflecting on their But visiting the house is only half the fun. A because soul, like so many genres of pop music, Sun in 1951. But it was an 18-year-old who wan- National Civil Rights Museum, located in the for- personal experiences. $45 million complex opened at Graceland in has roots in the Delta. dered into the studio in 1953 named Elvis Presley mer Lorraine Motel where the Rev. Martin Luther King was in Memphis to support striking March, adding displays that look at his career The Stax recording studio was founded by a who took Sun’s fortunes big-time. Presley recorded King Jr was assassinated. The museum has exten- garbage workers when he was shot while stand- from his start at Sun Records, to his work in white sister and brother, Estelle Axton and Jim two dozen songs with Sun before switching to a sive exhibits on slavery, segregation and the ing on a hotel balcony. On your way in, you see Hollywood, to his Vegas jumpsuit era. One area Stewart. But in an unusual arrangement for the national label to manage his rocketing career. An protests that powered the civil rights movement. the balcony from outside, but at the tour’s end, showcases his cars, another looks at his influence era, Stax was also a place where whites and iconic photo displayed at the studio, dubbed the Allow several hours to take in the engrossing dis- you’ll see the spot where he was murdered from on other entertainers. — AP

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Photo shows the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Mississippi Delta Center in Indianola, has many stories to tell Miss. — AP photos

he Mississippi Delta has no shortage of nomic opportunity elsewhere along with an steaks the size of your head and has been recog- museums, historic attractions and clubs escape from segregation and racial terror. nized by the James Beard Foundation. Tdevoted to the blues. But visitors will find the Muddy Waters left the Delta for Chicago in Chamoun’s Rest Haven in Clarksdale, founded by region has many other stories to tell, from the cot- 1943. BBKing left Mississippi for Memphis, where a Lebanese family in the 1940s, serves some of ton plantations where African-American families he got his big break at radio station WDIA. These the best kibbe you’ll find outside the Middle worked and lived in desperate poverty to culinary and other bluesmen were worshipped by 1960s East. At Larry’s Hot Tamales, ask owner Larry Lee traditions that reflect a surprising ethnic diversity. music giants like Bob Dylan and the Rolling to share stories of how Mexican tamales became Stones. “Muddy Waters’ music changed my life,” a scrumptious Mississippi staple. For upscale The blues trail and museums said Eric Clapton. As the title of one of Waters’ bistro fare like ceviche and roasted vegetables, You can’t miss the big blue guitars marking the songs puts it, “The Blues Had A Baby And They try Yazoo Pass in Clarksdale. famous crossroads of Highways 61 and 49 in Named It Rock And Roll.” To learn more about culinary traditions in Clarksdale. This is where, according to legend, Mississippi and elsewhere in the South, visit the Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil to learn Cat head, clubs and festivals Southern Foodways Alliance website. Delta how to play the blues. Roadside signs for the Stop in Cat Head, a Mississippi blues music and accommodations range from motels to the Mississippi Blues Trail make it easy to find other gift store in Clarksdale, for a chat with owner Alluvian, a luxury boutique hotel in Greenwood. sites as well, from Clarksdale’s Riverside Hotel, Roger Stolle, a blues fan who moved there to The city, once a major shipping point for Delta where Bessie Smith died, to the Dockery Farms “help pull the blues scene together in a way that cotton, is also where the movie “The Help” was cotton plantation in Cleveland, where many pio- would get people to come.” Local clubs stagger filmed. Today Greenwood is headquarters for neering bluesmen lived, worked and made music, their schedules so you can hear live music every Viking Range, the kitchen appliance manufactur- among them Charley Patton, Roebuck “Pops” night. Stolle keeps a list online of who’s playing Photo shows guitars marking the famous crossroads in Clarksdale, Miss. er, and a Viking cooking school (classes fill up fast Staples and Howlin’ Wolf. where. Clarksdale’s best-known club is Ground A sign in a field at Clarksdale’s Stovall Zero, co-owned by actor Morgan Freeman and Plantation notes that Muddy Waters’ songs were Clarksdale Mayor Bill Luckett, but blues fans may recorded here in 1941 by musicologist Alan be disappointed by party-vibe bands playing Lomax as he collected folk music for the Library of songs here like “Sweet Home Alabama.” A more Congress. The sharecropper’s shack that Waters interesting venue is Red’s. Don’t be fooled by its lived in has been restored and relocated to the rundown appearance and tiny, informal living nearby Delta Blues Museum . In Indianola, the B.B. room-style interior. Red’s showcases under-the- King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center pays radar, brilliantly talented musicians like Lucious tribute to King’s life and legacy. He’s buried there Spiller whose performances will make you realize as well. These museums and others use photos, why the blues still matter. Delta festivals include artifacts, videos and other exhibits to explore the the Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, Aug blues’ roots, beginning with African musical tradi- 11-13, and the Oct 12-15 Deep Blues Fest. Next tions brought to the South by slaves. Because year’s Juke Joint Festival will be April 12-15, 2018. Delta cotton plantations were relatively isolated, musical styles developed here uninfluenced by Food, lodging and curtained booths trends elsewhere. But eventually many African- Mississippi cuisine isn’t just catfish and barbe- Americans who barely eked out a living working cue. Doe’s, in Greenville, where a security guard for white landowners in the decades after the Civil watches over your car as you dine and walks you War migrated away from the South, seeking eco- to the parking area when you leave, is known for

Photo shows steaks being prepared at Doe’s Eat Place in Greenville, Miss. Photo shows a preserved sharecropper’s cabin at Tallahatchie Flats in Greenwood, Miss. so book ahead). Other Greenwood spots include the excellent Turnrow bookstore and the tasting room for the Winery at Williams Landing, which specializes in wines made from Mississippi-grown muscadine grapes. Pick up a bottle for dinner at Lusco’s, a BYOB restaurant famous for whole grilled pompano fish and for curtained booths that offered cotton traders privacy for business Photo shows deals, romantic liaisons and alcohol consumption. Dockery Farms in A unique lodging option in the Delta is spend- Cleveland, Miss, ing the night in a preserved sharecropper’s shack with a sign from the at the Shack Up Inn in Clarksdale or at Tallahatchie Mississippi Blues Flats in Greenwood. Some travelers may find the Trail asking concept offensive as a sugarcoating of the misery whether the experienced by those who had no choice but to Dockery cotton live this way. But for others, a night spent in a rus- plantation might tic cabin that rattles with the howling wind or be considered the shakes to its foundations in a thunderstorm may “Birthplace of the evoke the very vulnerability that makes the blues Photo shows the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Miss. Blues. so haunting. — AP

A sign, right, in a field in Clarksdale, Miss, marks the site of the Stovall Plantation, where Muddy Waters’ songs Photo shows cypress trees in the Mississippi Delta. were recorded in 1941 by musicologist Alan Lomax as he collected folk music for the Library of Congress. For blues fans, Mississippi Delta has many stories to tell

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Floats decorated with flowers is pictured during the flower parade in Lisse, The Netherlands, on April 22, 2017. This year’s theme is Dutch design and De Stijl art movement, which is celebrating its centenary. — AFP photos

Renowned Soviet avant-garde art collection comes to Moscow News Bizarre created by Three - to survey the UK to find out Strongman fools viewers which foods they would never eat whilst out on a with no-handed push up date and have found that spaghetti, the notoriously strongman has amazed audiences with his messy meal, has come out on top. Other “out of footage of a no-handed push up - though bounds” dishes that round out the top five include A fellow spaghetti-based nightmare spaghetti car- it was all a fake. The video footage of the bonara, ribs, lobster, and langoustines. unnamed man fooled viewers as he seemingly Furthermore, research showed that a whopping 25 managed to complete impressive one armed percent of people surveyed said they would refuse push-ups and taking it one step further by to order their favorite dish whilst out on a date with attempting to do the impossible and removing a potential partner, and 16 percent said they would both hands from the ground to complete no avoid a dinner date completely because of the armed push-ups. However, at the end of the potential for disaster. Despite two traditional Italian video it is revealed the man doesn’t actually dishes making the top five “out of bounds” foods, have super human strength, and the whole Vladimir Lysenko’s painting “The Bull” is displayed at the exhi- A visitor looks at Alexander Vokov’s Caravan at the exhibition Italian natives topped the list of nationalities Brits video was in fact a fake. Throughout the video, would most like to date, and so Deliveroo and bition of renowned avant-garde collection from the Savitsky of renowned avant-garde collection from the Savitsky State the man’s legs are partially out of shot, raising Wuntu decided to create a virtual dining experience State Art Museum of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan, opened in Art Museum. suspicion that there might be something going in order to teach Brits the art of Italian dining. The the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum in Moscow, Russia. —AP photos on that viewers can’t see. The big reveal comes virtual event, named ‘Milan Upon Thames’, saw at the end of the footage when the camera Milan based food experts virtually sharing a meal ladimir Lysenko’s painted bull stares with able as the works it holds. In the 1950s, painter denounced as “formalists” who valued aesthetics zooms out to show the man laying on a plank with willing Brits, sharing their wisdom and skills in flat black eyes like a double-barrel shot- Igor Savitsky got work in an archaeological over ideology, and some suffered severe repres- of wood balanced like a see-saw. Another man a virtual sitting room environment by the Thames Vgun, one of his horns festooned in a mosa- expedition in Uzbekistan. He became fascinat- sion. Lysenko was arrested in 1935 and although is stood at the other end of the plank, acting as river. Joe Groves from Deliveroo said: “As one of the ic of bright rectangles, the tip of his tail stretched ed by the intricate weavings and elegant pot- he was recorded as showing some paintings in a weight to tip the man up and down on the nation’s favorite cuisines, it’s crazy to see that we toward a glowing orange globe that may be the tery of the local Karakalpak ethnic group and the 1940s, little else is reported of his work. plank, giving the illusion from the ground that avoid Italian when dating. With many dates now sun. Over the years, the painting has become collected their art extensively. Local officials, He is believed to have died sometime in he is completing impressive physical feats. happening at home, we felt it was only right to one of the most renowned images of the artistic flattered by his interest, helped him establish a the 1950s. Alexander Nikolaev, whose “Way of inspire the UK to embrace the food of love in time ferment that bubbled under the strictures of museum in the city of Nukus. Life” is the main emblem of the exhibit’s for a budding summer romance.” The two-day virtu- insipid Soviet social realism. But until recently, Savitsky also was concerned about the fate advertising, also was arrested. The painting Weed selling nuns to al dinner experience utilized Three’s Feel at Home anyone who wanted to see it had to travel to an of the works of the Soviet Union’s more adven- shows a young man in a skullcap staring as if roaming service where you can use your phone isolated, gritty city in Uzbekistan’s desert. turous artists. In the early 20th century, Russia in a trance, against a nearly abstract back- move to Canada because abroad in 42 destinations worldwide, including This month, more than 200 paintings from had been a hotbed of bold art experimental ground of trees and a river. of Donald Trump Italy, at no extra cost. Food for the experience was provided by Italy’s leading restaurant group the Savitsky State Art Museum of movements - Suprematism, Luminism, group of marijuana-selling nuns have said Karakalpakstan went on display at the Pushkin Constructivism - as well as visions too idiosyn- Central government’s attention Rossopomodoro, which offered its authentic AUS president Donald Trump has made them Neapolitan dining experience in both Milan and Museum in Moscow, a rare traveling exhibit cratic to fit into any category. But by the early Savitsky began collecting as much of the think about moving to Canada. The Sisters of the from the gallery widely regarded as having the 1930s, authorities decreed that art must “unofficial” Soviet art as he could, reportedly London. The ‘Milan Upon Thames’ event was open Valley in California call themselves “weed nuns”, from April 19 to April 20. world’s second-best collection of Soviet avant- express Soviet ideals and be comprehensible to filling train sleeping compartments with paint- and sell the substance to help the needy as they garde art. “This exhibition opens completely the average worker. Bold colors, dancing poly- ings to bring them to Nukus, some 2,000 kilo- say they are on a mission to heal and empower new, and not very well researched, layers of art gons and strange faces disappeared from the meters (1,200 miles) from Moscow. Many of the women with their products. However, whilst the A mother sparks outrage after that are linked to the international avant-garde,” public view, replaced by muscular construction works likely would have been destroyed or US president and his Attorney General Jeff changing child’s nappy in public said Pushkin museum director Maria Loshak. workers and children devotedly presenting deteriorated irreparably if he had not been able Sessions, a longtime critic of marijuana legaliza- mother caused a stir after she changed her The show also draws attention to the histo- bouquets to Soviet leader Josef Stalin. to spirit them away to a city far from the central tion, have cast doubt over the legalization of the ry of the Savitsky museum, which is as remark- Artists unwilling to conform were government’s attention. Achild’s nappy on the table in a cafe. A substance, the nuns say they are now planning woman had just enjoyed a little feast with her “He collected works without taking into on moving their business to Canada. Founder of baby and when the time came for her to fresh- consideration whether this was a well-known the group Sister Kate, 58, said: “The thing Trump en up her tiny tot she didn’t think twice about name or not well-known. He collected art with has done for us is put a fire under our butts to laying the tiny tot on the space they had just an orientation on the art itself,” said curator get launched in another country. Our response eaten to change the soiled diaper. However, Irina Kim. The collection’s hometown of Nukus to Trump is Canada.” At present, the group make this sparked outrage with other diners, and has little else to please the eye. By some meas- online sales in Canada, but are planning on mov- another woman told the mother she thought it ures it’s the world’s dustiest city, plagued by ing their operations there full time. The sister- was “a bit grim”. The angered female took to storms of chemical-tainted sand blowing from hood was founded in 2014, and although they Mumsnet to vent her anger at the sight, she the disappearing Aral Sea. The more elegant take on the persona of nuns - something which said: “So, I usually grab something quick and environs of the Pushkin Museum are conducive Sister Kate adopted after she took part in an cheap for lunch but decided to treat myself to a to contemplating the works, and appreciating Occupy Wall Street protest in 2011 dressed as a nice baked spud in an art gallery cafe. “Half way why many of them would offend conformism- Catholic nun - they say they are “against religion”. through said spud, I looked up to see the peo- obsessed Soviet censors. Sister Kate added: “We’re against religion, so ple on the table nearby were changing a baby’s One of Ural Tansykbayev’s works nominally we’re not a religion. We consider ourselves nappy on the table where they’d just eaten. “My celebrates the cotton fields that are Beguine revivalists, and we reach back to pre- face must have been a bit of a picture because one of the women looked at me as if to say Uzbekistan’s mainstay, but the dominant ele- Christian practices. We’ve gotten a few hate calls ment is the nearby road colored vivid purple ‘what?’. “Feeling I had to justify myself, I said ‘it’s but, by and far, the Catholics understand what just that it’s a bit grim changing a baby’s nappy and rising from the bottom of the frame like a we’re doing.” shrouded figure. on a cafe table’. The woman doing the changing Kliment Redko’s painting “Motherhood” asked if I was a mum. Instead of saying ‘what might work as a Soviet-acceptable portrait of a Spaghetti named difference would that make?’, I said I had two peasant and her son, except that the mother is as worst date food children. She said she didn’t realize I was watch- ing. I said it was more of a hygiene thing, but helping the son urinate. “Some of the paintings paghetti has been named as the worst dish to give indelible impressions, which is why I think yes, it had put me off my lunch somewhat. “She Seat whilst on a date. Food delivery service replied that it was ‘only a bit of wee.’” Visitors look at Alexander Vokov’s Caravan at the exhibition of renowned avant-garde this a huge event. Personally, I am in complete Deliveroo has teamed up with rewards app Wuntu - collection from the Savitsky State Art Museum. awe,” said viewer Alla Tiligina. — AP