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MP delays grilling as govt may resign

See Page 8 2 Friday Local Friday, October 27 2017 Harassment PHOTO OF THE DAY is a crime

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By Muna Al-Fuzai [email protected]

hen I was a kid, I was great fan of the popular US series “The Cosby Show”. I loved to watch WBill Cosby and his perfect family, and over the years, this memory remained in my mind, until it crashed when the actor was accused of sexual harassment and with the testimony of many women about his behavior over the years. Recently, a major Hollywood film producer named Harvey Weinstein was accused by several female actresses of sexual harassment in return for giving them roles in his films. As a producer, he had the upper hand, but not anymore. What is the situation in Middle Eastern societies, which some people like to describe as conservative and virtuous? Unfortunately, it is worse and darker than what we assume or hope, because sexual harassment has a contradiction between the East and the West. There is a great gap between the Arab and Western worlds in com- bating this scourge. The West criminalizes those who Local craftsman creating vessels through pottery durig a local heritage expo. — Photo by Saleh Taqi/KUNA commit this awful crime, condemn it and disclose it pub- The West criminalizes those who commit this IN MY VIEW awful crime By Jeri Al-Jeri [email protected] licly regardless of the attacker’s position or rank in the society and how famous, rich or influential he is. It is regrettable that so-called community traditions in Eastern societies still cherish masculinity and consider it a priority over femininity. It is even worse that some Muslim Why is the Gulf overweight? societies continue to practice female circumcision, which is a crime, under the pretext that it is part of their cus- uwait is ranked highest in obesity in the entire was left of their food supplies. toms and for the protection of women. Some societies still world. Infamously, we won the title of “the restau- However, in post-oil GCC states, the tradition of serving discuss whether exposing a women’s hand or face is a sin Krant capital of the world” by the Western media. the largest amount of food has become an empty burden or not! Can we even imagine that in such societies - that Our Gulf countries have reached frightening levels of dia- on both guests and hosts. The abundance of food delivered are completely backward - can allow or accept a woman betes and blood pressure disasters, not to mention choles- by a tap on our smartphones without even a swipe of our talking about being raped or sexually or verbally harassed terol problems are off the charts as well. K-Net cards has eliminated even the slightest possibility of by her boss, colleague, an influential official or relative? These awful findings are supported by data derived losing weight by cooking our own supper. How can we The answer is no. It is unfortunate that society blames from government sources of these countries via hospital change this? Simple intimidation techniques are not very women when they are harassed because they are deemed archives and statistics. Even with the efforts of major beneficial. Lectures on the financial and psychological the cause of seduction! The calamity is that those who health organizations to spread mass awareness of the damage to one’s overall being will not cut it. Even the have been subjected to harassment cannot talk about it if tragedy the people’s warm “hospitality” has caused, these increase in gasoline prices did not dent a nanometer into the harasser is a relative - whether a brother or father - numbers are insanely rising, summoning a horrific epidem- our “deadly” romance with intercontinental cuisines. or an influential or powerful person, because their word ic that will arrive sooner than we think. How did all this A standard course should be taught at all government will be the one that is heard, justified and possibly happen? Can we do anything significant to stop it? and private sector educational institutions solely for the excused. The accusing woman will be punished by the Pre-oil GCC states used to suffer mass starvations that purpose of learning the science of nutrition, and it should sexual abuser or even killed for daring to complain, and made them receive generous donations of food and be made mandatory at all workplaces. Though it might there is no neutral body to protect her. potable water from Iraq and Somalia. During these times, sound very optimistic, I personally suggest making it I hope the interior ministry will establish a neutral the meaning of “thabiha”, the slaughtering of cattle or against every GCC state’s law for a host to serve a guest body like the cybercrime department to receive and fol- camels, used to have incredible social weight. It meant what it is knowingly critically damaging to his health. No low up such complaints, but their work must be confiden- that the tribal sheikh was sacrificing the tribe’s “vehicle” more a kilo of Turkish baklava thrust in front of a diabetic tial and should protect the woman and her evidence pro- or their daily milk source for the satiation of the visitors of child or adult. No more meat for cholesterol victims, or vided to them, and not make it easy prey for the public or their tent to gain crucial PR points, just in case any need salty snacks for blood pressure fighters, and to top it all, negligently expose it on social media. It is time to spread for tribal alliances arises. Also, it was to shame any poten- say no to MSG and aspartame. Only then Kuwait will have this message to make such an act a shameful crime. tially aggressive tribe to ever think of advancing on what a “swag” waist size!

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August shower - Photographed by Dr. Mohammed Alkandari

Wild Moments: Through the Lens of Kuwaiti Photographers

By Athoob Al-Shuaibi

The Contemporary Art Platform, CAP Kuwait, will launch this Saturday an exhibition focused on Kuwaiti wildlife photographers. The four photographers include: Dr Mohammed Alkandari, Majed Al-Zaabi, Mohammed Khorshed and Maitham Al-Misri.

Wildlife photography is a specialized field, requiring unique a major source of income. This is very difficult if the photographer’s in areas where temperatures fall to minus 21 Celsius. These photog- and expensive equipment, extensive travel and incredible feats work is not marketed and printed decently.” raphers won many international awards and presented them with of patience. One of the major obstacles is lack of support - from collectors, many works in magazines and renowned websites such as the Na- “Wildlife photographers pay a great deal of money to buy the the industry and even photographers’ own families. “It’s unfortunate tional Geographic. It is unjust that these talents are not embraced equipment necessary for this type of photography, spending months to say that the photographers get frustrated when they observe that and nurtured by the their own society,” noted Arfaj. to study the destination they will travel to, the nature of the animals, the people around them are the most discouraging because they do The show, which will run from 28 October to 28 November, is the perfect timing to be there, and having to leave their work and not take them seriously,” Arfaj explained. the first of a series of specialized exhibitions to focus on the work families to get there, “explained exhibition organizer Ziad Arfaj. “Take, for example, the photographer Majid Zaabi, who almost of Kuwaiti photographers. Upcoming exhibitions will center “All the photographers I met with had one wish: that they could died of malaria twice, and other photographers who were creeping around the themes of landscape photography, documentary and give themselves fully to the practice of photography and adopt it as on the desert sands in the summer, and some of them are depicted fine art photography. Friday 5

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Water sculpture. One eye on you. Photographed by — Photographed by Maitham Al-Misri Mohammed Khorshed

Photographed by Maitham Al-Misri

Anger - Photographed by Majed Al-Zaabi

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Climate change is a grand dilemma

By Eng. Heba Al- Farra

Climate change is one of the biggest crises facing humanity. So let’s all get a grip on exactly what it is. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) defines it as a change of climate that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity, altering the composition of the global atmosphere.

The world is getting Construction of ‘Kabashkan’ warmer - because of us! Human activity includes pollution that arises from in- dustrial activity and other in old Kuwaiti houses sources that produce green- house gases. These gases, KUWAIT: The old Kuwaiti houses differed, yet they resembled celling contributed in facilitating its construction, he said. To such as carbon dioxide, have each other in construction methods that were coping with their reach the Kabashkan the house resident used a wooden ladder the ability to absorb the spec- surrounding environment, using building materials like clay and called “Al-Siri” of a circular shape, he added. trum of infrared light and con- plaster. The houses were also built depending on the financial It was used as place for the children to sleep in case the bed- tribute to the warming of our capabilities of their owners and needs of the residents, as room was not spacious enough, Methen said. A sleeping sponge atmosphere. Once produced, “Ferya” and “Kabashkan” or “Sandara.” Kabashkan is a Turkish mat or “Doshag” in Kuwaiti dialect was put inside the Kabashkan these gases can remain oriented word meaning a lot built above the bedroom ceiling, before the children slept. It was also used to separate boys from trapped in the atmosphere for and regularly above the bathroom door to store things of no girls during the sleeping times, he added. The Kabashkan was tens or hundreds of years! need during the daily activities, or to store winter clothes or not known in all of the old Kuwaiti houses, but only in few of Earth’s temperature goes summer clothes every season, Kuwaiti heritage researcher Saleh them, especially the huge ones of high number of residents, he up and down from year to Al-Methen said. Meanwhile, “Ferya” is a door connecting be- said. It was built after building the main parts of the house, he year, but over the past half tween the yards of two neighboring houses, he added. affirmed. The new generation can see the Kabashkan in “Al- century, it has gone up a lot. So it’s very clear now to us the Kabashkan was of one to half meter in width, and two meters Bader Heritage House” which was built back in 1837 in Al-Qibla pollution in our atmosphere could result in a variety of ex- in height supported by two wooden poles, as the height of room’s area, Methen said. — KUNA treme weather events, and not just warming! But what are the causes of climate change? It is mainly resulting from gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases. Moreover, 97 percent of scientists agree that climate change is man-made and real. We know it’s happening, and we know why. Carbon pollution is warming our planet and creating dangerous weather events like extreme droughts, flooding, wildfires and super-storms. The effects of climate change are not isolated incidents. When considering the problem of climate change, the world needs to be consid- ered as one ecological system. Do not think in terms of po- litical divides, or the boundaries marked between countries.

What are the effects of climate change? The projections of future climate change are already happening, and the evidence of rapid climate change is compelling:

* Global temperature rise * Warming oceans * Shrinking ice sheets * Glacial retreat * Decreased snow cover * Sea level rise * Declining Arctic sea ice * Ocean acidification * Extreme events

What can we do? We can do a lot towards our world, beginning with reducing carbon pollution. Right now, scientists tell us that we’re on track to see global temperatures rise by up to 4ºC by the end of the century. But with a shift to a clean-energy economy, we can still create the sustain- able and prosperous future we all want. But we have to act now. 8 Friday Local Friday, October 27, 2017 MP Kandari delays grilling because the govt is quitting

By B Izzak speaker’s office to file the grilling but “speaker government has decided to quit after lawmakers Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah is expected told me that the government is not attending the filed a no-confidence motion against Minister to be renamed to form the new cabinet, expect- KUWAIT: MP Faisal Al-Kandari said yesterday next session” at the end of the month. of State for Cabinet Affairs and acting Informa- ing to have better cooperation with the national that he decided to delay submitting a grilling re- “All of us know that the government is resign- tion Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah assembly. Former Islamist lawmaker Mubarak quest against the oil minister because the gov- ing and it is going to officially submit its resig- Al-Sabah. More than 22 MPs have declared Al-Duwailah meanwhile criticized those plan- ernment is quitting and will announce its nation on Monday and so there is no use of filing their support for the motion just three members ning to file new grillings after MPs filed the no- resignation on Monday. the grilling,” the lawmaker said. short of the required number to dismiss the min- confidence motion, saying “they are putting at Kandari in Wednesday cowed he will file a But he will still wait until next Monday to see ister. Some sources even said that several min- risk the democratic life in the country”. He did request to grill Oil Minister Essam Al-Marzouk what happens and will change his decision ac- isters have submitted their resignation to the not elaborate but his statement means there is a along with MP Omar Al-Tabtabai. cordingly if the government does not resign. prime minister. risk that the assembly might be dissolved or sus- He said that he went to the assembly All political developments indicate that the In the most likely scenario, Prime Minister pended altogether for some time. Security Conscription Chief meets evaders to UK envoy

KUWAIT: Head of the National Security Ap- face charges paratus Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah met yesterday United Kingdom’s Ambassador to KUWAIT: Head of the National Security Apparatus Sheikh By Hanan Al-Saadoun and agencies Kuwait Michael Davenport. According to a press release, the two sides discussed bol- Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah meets with United Kingdom’s Am- bassador to Kuwait Michael Davenport. — KUNA KUWAIT: Director General of Investigations Department stering cooperation and bilateral relations, as Maj Gen Dr Fahad Al-Dousary said the department began well as issues of common interest in the re- investigations on national military service issues that were gional and international arenas. sador to Kuwait Alexey Solomatin dis- meeting was attended by Assistant Foreign referred to them by the head of the national military service Meanwhile, Deputy Foreign Minister cussed bilateral ties and developments on Minister for Jarallah’s Office Affairs Ambas- authority, which falls under the Ministry of Defense. He urged Khalid Al-Jarallah and the Russian ambas- the regional and international scenes. The sador Ayham Al-Omar. — KUNA citizens to register their children eligible for conscription as soon as possible to avoid punishment. The national military service opened offices at the investigations department. Minister Drugs Detectives in cooperation with airport customs discov- ered 500 grams of synthetic marijuana addressed to an launches Arab man. An undercover agent tipped police about a parcel arriving from Europe via courier containing the drugs. The pathology parcel was located and searched and the drugs were found. The suspect was arrested at the courier company after re- ceiving the parcel. He was sent to concerned authorities for network questioning. Meanwhile, three female citizens were caught with illicit tablets, drugs and paraphernalia. The women, who are in their 20’s, said during questioning that they sold their KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al- KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi inaugurates jewelry for money that they used to buy drugs. The trio were Harbi launched yesterday the national net- the first digital pathology conference yesterday. — KUNA arrested at a check point in Ahmadi. They were sent to the work of Kuwait for the application of digital Drug Control General Directorate (DCGD). pathology. The ministry has already in- field. The application of digital pathology occupational communication. It would stalled digital pathology technology in eight could also reduce the amount of time spent boost cooperation with medical institutions Shot fired state hospitals with an estimated cost of KD in diagnosing pathological samples from around the world, particularly in North A detective shot his brother by mistake as he was trying 2.250 million, Harbi said. two weeks to only 24 hours, said the minis- America, linking doctors with international to stop a fight between him and another person in Jahra. The He made his remarks on the sidelines of ter. Reducing such a time duration helps in conferences on biological labs working with man rushed his brother to hospital immediately after the in- inaugurating the first digital pathology con- diagnosing cancerous diseases with speed digital pathology. cident where he was operated on. The detective said that he ference organized by the health ministry in and accuracy, said Harbi. It also helps op- Meanwhile, Dr Doaa Al-Khaldi, Director pulled his gun to fire a shot in the air, but tripped and shot Kuwait. By applying such a technology, erating doctors to make their urgent med- of the ministry’s Directorate of Medical his brother by accident. He was charged and taken to the Kuwait has entered a new phase in using ical decisions in an appropriate timing, he Laboratories Services, explained that digital proper authorities for further action. cell and tissue labs in line with latest world added. pathology is an image-based information medical updates, said the minister. Digital pathology also backs early diag- environment enabled by a computer tech- Missing girls found Digital pathology is the latest of what nosis programs for cancer, determines can- nology to manage information generated Two girls missing since 2012 and 2016 were arrested science has reached in terms of speed and cer types such as breast, colon, and from a digital slide. It is one of the most after they tried to hide between buildings and escape. Police accuracy in diagnosing illnesses, he said. prostate, said the minister. The new appli- promising avenues of diagnostic medicine took their fingerprints for an identity check at the police sta- The new digital platform contains an e- cation would foster the skills of Kuwaiti in order to achieve better and faster diag- tion, which revealed that both were on the wanted list, while archive that saves patient records for 20 doctors and add so much knowledge to nosis, prognosis, and prediction of diseases, further investigations revealed that they have been hiding years, he said, adding that it could also scan their expertise in the medical field, he said Khaldi. This digital application is one at their friend’s place. The girls were sent to Fintas police up to 400 samples simultaneously. added. of a kind on the Middle Eastern and Euro- station for further legal action, before being handed over to Harbi also said that the new system aims Harbi also mentioned that digital pathol- pean countries level, she said, noting that their families. to train newly graduate physicians on meth- ogy is so significant and effective in ex- digital pathology is only available in the ods of diagnosing, particularly in tissues change of expertise, as well as scientific and United States and Canada. — KUNA Friday 9 Local Friday, October 27, 2017 Justice Minister: Govt ‘unfazed’ by institutional, constitutional action

KUWAIT: Minister of Justice and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Dr Faleh Al-Azb (right) attends the Austrian embassy’s ceremony Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (right) to mark its national day. — Photos by Joseph Shagra and other officials attend the event.

KUWAIT: Minister of Justice and Minister of sight, whose absence only means a real au- Affairs and Acting Minister of Information coordinate stances before the no-confidence State for National Assembly Affairs Dr Faleh thoritarianism,” the minister told reporters on Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah vote against Sheikh Mohammad in the coming Al-Azb said yesterday that the government the sidelines of a ceremony held by the Aus- proceeded in line with legal and constitutional parliamentary session, he said. He, however, was not panicked of institutional measures trian embassy to mark its national day. provisions. ruled out the presence of the government dur- based on constitution articles. He added that the session of the grilling He reiterated the government’s solidarity ing the session, arguing that “there is not “We do not fear the parliamentary over- motion against Minister of State for Cabinet with the minister. The government seeks to enough time.” — KUNA

Diplomat: Kuwait ready for non-permanent Kuwait’s Al-Salam seat at UNSC offers further aid

KUWAIT: Kuwait is ready to occupy its non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council (UNSC) in January for two years, said Assistant to Rohingya Foreign Minister for International Organizations Ambassador Nasser Al-Hain. A UN team has been dispatched to follow up Kuwait’s prepa- rations for activating the country’s role within the UNSC, Hain, added refugees after participating in a ceremony marking the UN Day, as Represen- KUWAIT: Assistant Foreign Minister for International tative of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Al-Salam society for humani- Organizations Ambassador Nasser Al-Hain (left) and Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. He stressed Kuwait’s tarian and charity work is offering further aid and Kuwait’s UN Resident Coordinator Zineb Touimi- “important and pivotal” role amid the challenges in the region, refer- support to the Rohingya Muslims who are bitterly Benjelloun are seen during the ceremony. — KUNA ring to priorities “we are willing through which to develop final solu- suffering from ethnic cleansing and mass displace- tions to all these dilemmas,” besides cooperating with fellow member ment, it said yesterday. As part of the Kuwait’s con- states to conclude joint visions that could help achieve global peace. jelloun referred to His Highness the Amir’s speech at the UN Sustain- cern about the Rohingyas and the state orientation According to Hain, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled considered that Kuwait able Development Summit 2015, in which he reiterated commitment to provide them with humanitarian aid, the society would preside over a conference for the Rohingya Muslims, called for to partnership for humanitarian work. His Highness the Amir also has started building “Al-Salam Model Village” on by the international organization. Kuwait has been the first to launch vowed Kuwait’s adoption of all the Sustainable Development Goals the border strip with, and inside Bangladesh, for campaigns on the Rohingya plight, he said. Kuwait is hosting three (SDGs). Over the past two years, Kuwait has taken tangible steps in more than 15,000 refugees, Al-Salam’s Director major conferences over the coming period, the first on the sufferings the implementation of the goals, she said. General Dr Nabil Al-Aoun said in a press state- of the Palestinian children - November 12 - and the two others in 2018 Kuwait’s General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning ment. The society is building 3,000 housing units, on education in Somalia, and reconstruction in Iraq, the last upon a Development (SCPD), in cooperation with the UN team in the country, each to cost KD 240 ($794) for five people, be- generous initiative from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- held several technical workshops and panel discussions on the UN sides public utilities, and other services, he added. Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and how they are con- The village will use solar power. The society is well Ambassador Hain pointed out Kuwait’s keenness on achieving com- nected to the Kuwaiti development plans. Benjelloun congratulated acquainted with the basic needs of the refugees prehensive development through a national vision for having a “New Kuwait on the UNSC seat. after their long journey and ordeal, escaping ex- Kuwait” by 2035, through bases that would turn the country into a The SCPD has long partnership with the UN, the agency’s Sec- tremist violence at home, Aoun said. In addition, leading regional hub. retary General Khalid Al-Mahdi, referring to 17 joint projects with Al-Salam will set up 24 education centers and 12 Kuwaiti institutions covering various areas. In addition, the SCPD is mobile clinics, as well as digging 600 water wells Sustainable development planning to submit a voluntary report to the UN in April 2018, on for the refugees, Aoun said. — KUNA Meanwhile, Kuwait’s UN Resident Coordinator Zineb Touimi-Ben- Kuwait’s efforts to implement the SDGs, he said. — KUNA InternationalFRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017 Trump coy on what’s coming out on JFK assassination Catalan leader reportedly mulls backdown Page 14 Page 15

MOSUL: Iraqi forces stand guard at the Mosul Dam in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. — AFP Iraq forces push into ‘last den’ of IS A push to wipe out remnants of the jihadists

HABBANIYAH: Iraqi forces yesterday thrust into durance of our fighting heroes,” he added. “The commanders are convinced Al-Qaim will be IS’s boosted by the military successes, received a the last area controlled by the Islamic State people of IS have no choice but to die or sur- last stand in its ambitions of territorial control of fresh show of support for his fight against IS and group in the country as they launched a push to render.” Regional operations commander Gen- the cross-border caliphate it proclaimed in 2014. the Kurds from his allies in Iran during a visit to wipe out remnants of the jihadists’ self-styled eral Qassem Al-Mohammedi told AFP that On the Syrian side of the border, Russian- Tehran. The backing came as Iraqi forces caliphate. The start of the keenly awaited offen- government forces were advancing on four backed government forces have been pushing launched a new assault on Kurdish fighters in the sive that the US-led coalition fighting IS has fronts-from the east, southeast, north and south. down the Euphrates valley while US-backed disputed oil-rich Zummar area of Nineveh dubbed “the last big fight” of the campaign came He said that units of the federal police and the Kurdish and Arab fighters have been attacking province, Kurdish authorities said. even as Iraqi troops launched a new operation elite Counter-Terrorism Service as well as the the jihadists from their stronghold in the north. An AFP correspondent reported heavy ar- against the Kurds. paramilitary Hashed Al-Shaabi (Popular Mobili- The launch of the offensive against IS’s last tillery exchanges as Kurdish forces put up There had been fears the bitter dispute that sation) force were supporting the army. Iraqi Iraqi redoubt comes with federal troops and fierce resistance. Sources on the Kurdish side has raged between the Baghdad government and forces said that by early afternoon they had re- militia engaged in an operation to reassert cen- said the peshmerga fighters had destroyed Iraqi Kurdish leaders since they held a referen- captured several military bases southeast of Al- tral government control over thousands of three tanks and six armored vehicles belonging dum for independence last month would hamper Qaim, including an airbase, that the fleeing square kilometres (miles) of territory long dis- to the Iraqi forces. Parts of Nineveh province the battle against the jihadists. But federal troops jihadists had abandoned. puted with the Kurds. north and east of Iraq’s second city Mosul are and allied paramilitary units pressed ahead with Loss of the territory has some of the last areas that Kurdish forces still a threatened drive up the Euphrates valley to- Insurgency bastion dealt a crippling blow to hold outside their longstanding three-province wards the Syrian border in a bid to retake two Crucially for an offen- Heroic the finances of the au- autonomous region. Sunni Arab towns renowned as hotbeds of insur- sive in an overwhelm- tonomous Kurdish re- Yesterday’s assault was close to the route of gency ever since the US-led invasion of 2003. ingly Sunni Arab region, legions are gion and on Wednesday a strategic oil export pipeline linking the Kirkuk Iraqi forces have retaken more than 90 per- Sunni tribal volunteers in its leaders reached out fields retaken from the Kurds with the Turkish cent of the territory IS seized in the country in the Hashed were heavily advancing for talks, saying they port of Ceyhan that fell into disuse during IS’s 2014. The jihadists are now confined to a small engaged alongside the were ready to freeze the lightning sweep through northern and western stretch of the valley linked to territory in Syria Iran-trained Shiite mili- outcome of the Septem- Iraq in 2014. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Er- where they are also battling to survive. “The tias that are its mainstay. ber 25 independence dogan told Abadi during a meeting in Ankara heroic legions are advancing into the last den The US-led coalition said it had carried out referendum. The Iraqi prime minister yesterday Wednesday that he was “ready to provide any of terrorism in Iraq to liberate Al-Qaim, Rawa some 15 strikes on IS targets in and around Al- dismissed the offer, saying it did not go far kind of support to allow the operation of the and the surrounding villages and hamlets,” Qaim and the town of Albu Kamal on the Syrian enough. “We will accept nothing but the annul- pipeline”. Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi said in a state- side of the border. Al-Qaim has been a bastion ment of the referendum and respect for the con- The course of the defunct pipeline passes ment from neighboring Iran where he is on a of Sunni Arab insurgency for years. stitution,” he said in a statement. through the town of Faysh Khabur, near where state visit. US troops carried out repeated operations the borders of Iraq, Turkey and Syria meet, in “They will all return to the arms of the moth- with names like Matador and Steel Curtain in Oil pipeline in sights territory which lies undisputedly inside the au- erland thanks to the determination and en- 2005 to flush out Al-Qaeda jihadists. Coalition Abadi, whose stock has been massively tonomous Kurdish region. —AFP Friday 11 International Friday, October 27, 2017 Israel ‘annexation’ bill draws new concern for two-state solution Bill would absorb major Israeli settlements

JERUSALEM: A bill that critics say would the plan could kill hopes for an independent amount to de facto annexation of Israeli settle- Palestinian state. Ashrawi, a member of the ments surrounding Jerusalem is expected to go Palestine Liberation Organisation’s executive before ministers on Sunday, drawing harsh crit- committee, said late Wednesday that “such ef- icism from Palestinians and those hoping to sal- forts represent the end of the two-state solu- vage the two-state solution. The bill would tion.” “Israel is in the business of prolonging the absorb major Israeli settlements currently in the military occupation and not ending it, legalizing occupied West Bank into Jerusalem by enlarging the presence of extremist Jewish settlers on the city limits. Palestinian soil, and com- Its opponents argue pleting the total isolation that it is a step towards and annexation of Pales- full unilateral annexation tinian Jerusalem,” she of the West Bank settle- “Prolonging wrote. ments affected-a move that would be sure to the military ‘We shall build here’ spark international out- Israel occupied the rage. For the vast major- occupation” West Bank, including east ity of the international Jerusalem, in the Six-Day community, the status of War of 1967. It later an- Israel’s settlements, built nexed east Jerusalem in a on land the Palestinians see as part of their future move never recognized by the international com- state, are to be decided in peace negotiations. munity. It sees the entire city as its indivisible cap- Approval by a ministerial committee on Sun- ital, while the Palestinians want the eastern sector WEST BANK: Israel’s controversial separation barrier is seen dividing Jerusalem (back- day would fast-track the bill’s progress through as the capital of their future state. ground) from the West Bank town of Hizma (L). —AFP parliament. “This coming Sunday I shall take Prominent members of Netanyahu’s coalition part in Jewish history,” Intelligence Minister Yis- openly oppose the idea of a Palestinian state and sponsors. The settlements mentioned however industrial zones, Netanyahu said during his visit rael Katz posted on Facebook Wednesday. “The advocate annexing most of the West Bank. The would not be fully annexed to Israel-at least not to the settlement of 37,000 people. “This place ‘Greater Jerusalem bill’, which I initiated, will major settlement of Maaleh Adumim, east of at first-although Netanyahu pledged on a recent will be a part of the state of Israel.” come up for a vote in the ministerial committee Jerusalem, would be among the areas absorbed visit to Maaleh Adumim that it would at some Maaleh Adumim’s municipal boundaries in- on legislation,” he said. into the enlarged city limits under the draft leg- part become part of the Jewish state. “We shall clude a contentious area known as E1 adjacent Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi said islation, according to an explanatory note by its build here thousands of housing units” and add to the settlement. —AFP

controlled by UAE-backed forces in the UAE of running at least two “informal Detainees launch Aden where the war-torn country’s gov- detention facilities” in Yemen and had ernment is based. reportedly transferred detainees to a hunger strike in A statement signed by the detainees’ base in Eritrea. family members said the men would The UAE at the time rejected the al- Hezbollah: US sanctions Yemen prison forgo food until they are granted their legations as “totally unfounded”, saying “legal and humanitarian rights,” accord- its forces “respect international conven- ing to HRW. tions on armed conflicts”. More than aim to stir unrest BEIRUT: Dozens of detainees at a mili- The United Arab Emirates, backed by 8,600 people have been killed since the tary camp controlled by pro-govern- the United States, has trained contin- Saudi-led coalition joined the Yemen BEIRUT: A Hezbollah member of the Lebanese parliament ment forces in southern Yemen are on gents in the Yemeni army that are sta- war. Another 2,100 people have died of said yesterday that proposed new US sanctions against the hunger strike in protest against condi- tioned around Aden. The UAE is a key cholera this year, as port and airport powerful Iran-backed group aimed to provoke unrest in tions at the facility, Human Rights Watch member of a Saudi-led military coalition blockades have left hospitals struggling Lebanon. The US House of Representatives on Wednesday said yesterday. The prisoners began to that entered Yemen’s conflict in 2015 to to secure supplies. The United Nations endorsed new sanctions on the Shiite Hezbollah militia, part refuse food on October 21 at the infor- battle on the government’s side against warns that Yemen, long the poorest of an effort to increase pressure on Iran. The new sanctions mal detention facility at the Bir Ahmed Iran-backed Houthi rebels. country in the Arab world, now faces have not yet become law. camp, which the rights group said was In June, Human Rights Watch accused famine. —AFP “The sanctions law ... is a blatant interference in Lebanese internal affairs, a violation of its national sovereignty and an unacceptable targeting of the Lebanese people,” Hezbollah that Doha denies. The defense agreement was announced parliamentarian Hassan Fadlallah said in a televised statement. Qatar signs military after Moscow’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu met “America aims, through this aggressive behavior in legislation, Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and De- to subjugate Lebanon, to stir unrest and deprive its people of fense Minister Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah in Doha development,” Fadlallah said. agreement with Russia on Wednesday. Hezbollah is in Lebanon’s delicate, national unity govern- “The two ministers signed (a) military technical cooperation ment and fights alongside Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad agreement during the meeting,” a statement from Qatar’s de- DOHA: Qatar said yesterday it had signed a defense agree- in Syria’s more than six-year long conflict. It is classified as a ment with Russia, the latest in a series of such steps by the fense ministry said. It added that a “memorandum of under- terrorist group by Washington and on Wednesday the House emirate since the Gulf diplomatic crisis erupted in June. The standing” was also signed relating to air defense and military of Representatives passed a resolution urging the European announcement followed what Moscow said was the first supplies. Union to do the same. trip ever undertaken by a Russian defense minister to the No further details were given. In the almost 150-days of the One of the measures passed by the House of Representa- Gulf state. Gulf crisis, Qatar has announced a $12 billion (10 billion euros) tives was an amendment strengthening the 2015 US Hezbollah Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and deal to buy F-15 jets from the US, a five billion euro deal with International Financing Prevention Act (HIFPA) which aimed Egypt are boycotting Qatar, accusing it of backing extrem- Italy for seven navy vessels and an agreement to buy 24 Ty- to sever the group’s global funding networks. —Reuters ism and fostering ties with their Shiite rival Iran-charges phoon fighter jets from Britain. —AFP 12 Friday International Friday, October 27, 2017 Clerical sex abuse disclosures skyrocket in pope’s Argentina ‘In Argentina, the abuse crisis is just beginning’

CASEROS: Karen Maydana says she was 9 Cultural shift years old when the Rev. Carlos Jose fondled her Experts attribute the spike to a cultural shift at a church pew facing the altar. It was her first as victims feel more emboldened to denounce confession ahead of her first Holy Communion. abuse, prosecutors are more inclined to inves- She blames the trauma of that moment in 2004 tigate complaints of even decades-old abuse, for a teenage suicide attempt. And yet she the media are increasingly aggressive about re- never spoke about it publicly until this year. porting them and courts are willing to hand After hearing that two women who attended down stiff sentences. “It’s a domino effect,” said her school in the Argentine town of Caseros Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of BishopAc- were allegedly abused by the same priest, she countability.org, a US-based group that com- joined them as complainants in a case that in piles a clergy abuse database. July led to his arrest for investigation of aggra- In the US, confidential files on hundreds of vated sexual abuse. pedophile priests have “Unfortunately, there been released either are many of us. But through civil litigation, speaking about it now settlements or court also gives you strength Part of a order. The contents have to carry on,” Maydana, growing revealed that top church 22, said. “I have a 9- officials worked behind BUENOS AIRES: In this Oct 11, 2017 photo, Karen Maydana, center, Mailin Gobbo, behind right, and Yasmin year-old niece who’s re- trend the scenes to control the Detez, behind left, pose for a photo at San Jose Obrero church. —AP ceiving her Communion sex abuse scandal and this year, and this is not keep it from authorities going to happen to her.” as well as parishioners. ments, and local media reports corroborated in Argentine church is going to face increasing The allegations are part of a growing trend: “What is really remarkable here is that the sur- conjunction with the BishopAccountability.org numbers of these disclosures.” While Pope Francis struggles to make good on vivors in Argentina don’t have the same power- database. The number of new reports remained To deal with the expected increased case- his “zero tolerance” pledge to fight clerical sex ful legal tools that we see in other countries,” in the single digits each year from 2000 to load, he said the church is planning to create abuse worldwide, victims in his native Ar- Barrett Doyle said. “And yet, we’re still seeing 2015. But since the start of last year, victims its first comprehensive database of clerical gentina are denouncing abuses in unprece- the significant increase in cases.” have named 21 more, most accused of decades- abuse. Buenanueva also recently returned dented numbers. An analysis by The The AP compiled a list of 66 priests, nuns old abuse. from the Vatican, where he met with members Associated Press shows that the number of and brothers who have been accused since “In Argentina, the abuse crisis is just begin- of Francis’ sex abuse advisory commission to clerics publicly identified as alleged sexual 2001 of abusing dozens of people, most of them ning,” said San Francisco Bishop Sergio Bue- discuss prevention policies for Argentina, in- abusers has increased dramatically in the last children. The figures were gathered from testi- nanueva in Cordoba province, who leads a cluding training of clergy to detect potential two years. monies by victims, judicial and church docu- church council on clerical abuse. “I’m sure the abusers and victims.—AP

Amnesty Turkey’s campaigns for human Turkey orders rights. Eser and seven others were freed for the duration of their trial after the first hearing teenage girls, had his “honor restored” in Sep- local Amnesty in Istanbul on Wednesday on charges of “aid- Iceland’s unusual tember 2016. One of his victims was the daugh- ing” an armed terror group. Two others had ter of Bergur Thor Ingolfsson, a 48-year-old been released earlier. actor-director who has become a spokesman chief to stay They are accused of links to Gulen and law lets for the law’s opponents. “I’m really really proud other outlawed groups including the Kurdistan of what we have done, to put a mirror in the Workers’ Party (PKK), which has waged an in- face of the system and say ‘Look at it, this is behind bars surgency inside Turkey since 1984, and the murderers crazy’,” he told AFP. far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C). Amnesty said Kilic’s become judges ‘More fences’ ANKARA: A Turkish court in Izmir ordered case in Izmir will be merged with the 10 ac- Over the past two decades, 86 convicts have the head of Amnesty International in Turkey to tivists’ case in Istanbul. “The release of the Is- applied to have their “honour restored”, accord- remain in pre-trial detention yesterday, the tanbul 10 late last night restored some faith in REYKJAVIK: A tool for rehabilitating criminals ing to the justice ministry. Thirty-two of them rights group said, after he denied allegations Turkey’s justice system. Today, that faith has or simply a way of granting special favors? In were approved. “The spirit, the idea of the law of links to the Muslim cleric Ankara blames for been washed away,” Amnesty secretary-gen- Iceland, a law that allows a murderer to become was a pretty good thing. But we should put up last year’s failed coup. Taner Kilic was de- eral Salil Shetty said. Prosecutors claim Kilic a lawyer or a pedophile a judge recently led to more fences for people applying for high posi- tained in June over claims he was a member of was aware of preparations for the Istanbul the government’s downfall. Known as “restored tions in society,” insisted Bergur Thor Ingolfs- the group led by US-based preacher Fethullah workshop. Erdogan said in July that the ac- honor”, the legal procedure dating back to 1940 son. “Child abusers should not automatically get Gulen, who is accused of ordering the at- tivists were detained after a tip-off they were does not erase a convict’s criminal record, nor high positions like police chief, lawyer or mem- tempted overthrow of President Recep Tayyip working against the government, comparing is it a pardon. ber of parliament,” he said. Erdogan. them to those involved in the failed putsch. It is intended to restore a convict’s civil Icelandic prison sentences longer than four The latest hearing in Izmir in western “There are inconcrete and unclear accusa- rights and help them reintegrate into the com- months bar convicts from standing for election, Turkey comes a day after Kilic also went on tions in the indictment, and there is no con- munity. But for most Icelanders, the law is ob- taking a seat on the board of a state-owned trial in another case along with 10 rights ac- crete evidence” to prove links to Gulen, Kilic solete, unjust, and an example of the cronyism company, and practising law, among other tivists, including Amnesty’s Turkey director was quoted as saying in court by Amnesty that has for too long poisoned politics on the things. Atli Gudjon Helgason is an international Idil Eser, who were detained in July on con- Turkey’s official Twitter account. “It is essen- small North Atlantic island of 335,000 people. footballer-turned-lawyer who was sentenced to tested terror charges after holding a work- tial that there is a presumption of innocence,” Opposition to the law began to emerge after 16 years in prison for brutally murdering his shop on an island off Istanbul. While Kilic is he said. “Statements by the authorities have Robert Arni Hreidarsson, a former lawyer who business associate in 2001. His civil rights were voluntary chairman of Amnesty’s board of di- affected my right to a fair trial.” Kilic also ac- was sentenced to three years in prison in 2007 later restored and he was able to recover his li- rectors handling administrative affairs, Eser is cused the authorities of trying him because of for having sexually assaulted at least four cense to practice law. —AFP in charge of day-to-day business including his work with Amnesty, the group said. —AFP Friday 13

International Friday, October 27, 2017 One killed as Kenya’s disputed election re-run turns violent Boycotted by the opposition, shunned by voters

NAIROBI: At least one person was shot dead yesterday Police fired water cannon and teargas to disperse during clashes over Kenya’s re-run election, which has angry demonstrators in several opposition strongholds been boycotted by the opposition and shunned by many in the west and in Nairobi’s slums, who had ignored calls voters, sparking a crisis that has polarised the east African by opposition leader Raila Odinga to stay at home on hub. In stark contrast to the first ballot in August, which election day. The election is the chaotic climax of a po- was overturned by the Supreme Court, several polling litical drama that began when the Supreme Court over- stations in key areas stood empty or welcomed only a turned the victory of President Uhuru Kenyatta in the handful of voters in an election likely to face more legal August 8 elections. battles after its conclusion. Kenyatta, who turned 56 yesterday, is almost assured In western Kisumu, an opposition stronghold, 19-year- victory after veteran opposition leader Odinga with- old George Odhiambo died from blood loss after being drew, citing fears the poll would be marred by the same shot in the thigh in clashes which erupted after protesters flaws which saw the August vote overturned. It cited “ir- barricaded roads and polling stations to block the vote, regularities” and mismanagement by the Independent police and hospital sources said. Speaking on condition Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). “Today, of anonymity, the senior police source said there had been no fair election can take place. The government wants AHERO: A Kenyan police officer walks on a road covered two deaths, although the second could not be independ- to force us to vote, but we did not want to do it and we with stones and rocks set up as barricade by National ently verified. Four other people sustained gunshot will not do it,” said Austin Olang, a 26-year-old maths Super Alliance (NASA) supporters. —AFP wounds, a medic said at Kisumu’s main hospital. teacher in Kisumu. — AFP 14 Friday International Friday, October 27, 2017 Protests as Catalan leader reportedly mulls backdown on independence Not clear whether the central government would back off

BARCELONA: Thousands of Catalan activists to work on a blueprint for seizing the region’s polit- protested in Barcelona yesterday as separatist ical powers and finances in a bid to stop the inde- leader Carles Puigdemont prepared to address the pendence drive. nation amid speculation he would back off from an The upper house, where Prime Minister Mariano independence declaration. Media reports said Rajoy’s Popular Party holds a majority, is due today Puigdemont might dissolve parliament and an- to approve the measures proposed by the central nounce fresh elections instead, to prevent Spain government. They are intended to remain effective seizing control of the wealthy northeastern region for up to six months. By yesterday, it was not clear following an outlawed independence referendum. whether the central government would back off if An address by Puigdemont, initially scheduled for Puigdemont does abandon his independence drive 1:30 pm yesterday, has since been “suspended” with- and calls elections instead. out explanation. Spain’s Ibex 35 of leading shares, though, leapt up more than two percent on the reports. Anti-constitutional? Even though there has been no official confirmation Puigdemont insisted earlier yesterday that seizing that he will call elections, Catalan powers was an “af- two Puigdemont allies have front” to Spain’s constitution. already resigned in protest. The central government, in “I don’t agree with the turn, accuses Catalan leaders decision to go to elections. A day of of having breached the very I resign as MP and I will sudden twists same constitution by holding BARCELONA: Students hold placards reading ‘good bye’ as they protest during a demonstration. —AFP leave the @Pdemocrata- an independence referen- cat,” tweeted Jordi Cumi- and turns dum on October 1 — an un- nal, a lawmaker for regulated vote widely seen Catalans are also fiercely protective of their dis- option other than defending the civil liberties of PDeCAT, Puigdemont’s as the trigger for the current tinct language and culture and their autonomy- citizens through the best institutional instruments.” party. Thousands of pro- stand-off between the re- which was restored after the repressive 1939-1975 independence students and activists gathered in front gion and Madrid. The Constitutional Court ruled the rule of dictator Francisco Franco. The semi-au- ‘Resistance’ of the regional government in Barcelona to the shouts vote illegal and contrary to the constitution, which tonomous region accounts for 16 percent of Spain’s Spain’s Economy Minister Luis de Guindos ac- of “independence.” One banner read: Puigdemont, states that Spain’s unity is “unbreakable.” Regional au- population and 20 percent of its economic output. knowledged yesterday there could be “resis- traitor.” thorities say a majority of those who voted chose to Some members of Puigdemont’s executive tance” to Madrid’s move to seize regional powers. In a day of sudden twists and turns, it was un- break away from Spain. But only about 43 percent of urged him this week to avoid a full-on clash with Independence supporters have raised the clear whether regional lawmakers will meet as eligible voters-some 2.3 million-turned out. Madrid by calling an early poll. On Wednesday, prospect of rebelling in their workplace. “I hope planned at 5:00 pm in a session many feared would though, Catalan vice-president Oriol Junqueras that civil servants who are highly professional... lead to a unilateral declaration to break Catalonia Independence or elections? had appeared to move towards declaring a break will be conscious that any act against Catalan so- away from Spain. At the same time, a Senate com- Polls have indicated that the region of 7.5 mil- from Spain. He told Spanish television the govern- ciety will be negative,” de Guindos warned on mittee is scheduled to gather in the Spanish capital lion people is deeply divided on independence. But ment’s unyielding stance was “not giving us any Spanish radio. —AFP

feet. But polls indicate that no single party would Train slams into Italy adopts snap up enough ballots under the new system-a combination of proportional representation and first-past-the-post-without forming a coalition. Finnish military electoral While a divided left may flounder, an FI and League partnership is expected to leapfrog into first place. The M5S on the other hand, which truck at crossing law that could has vowed never to join forces with traditional parties, would be out of the race. HELSINKI: A train collided with a military ve- hobble populists ‘We’re ready’ hicle at an unguarded railroad crossing in The movement has declared the new system southern Finland early yesterday, killing four unconstitutional and plans to appeal to Italy’s people and injuring 11 others, officials said. The ROME: The Italian government adopted a new President Sergio Mattarella to stop the law in crash happened near Raseborg, about 85 kilo- electoral law yesterday that is set to favor main- its tracks, M5S sources told Italian media. The meters southwest of Helsinki. The fatalities stream parties over the populist Five Star law won the backing of the PD, FI, League and were three soldiers and one passenger. “Today Movement (M5S) at general elections expected the small centre-right Popular Area (AP). The FI I have received a heartbreaking message: next year. The new law, which looks likely to party, founded and run by former prime minister Three conscripts have died in an accident in land Italy with yet another coalition government Silvio Berlusconi, was like the cat that got the Raseborg,” Gen. Jarmo Lindberg, the head of RASSEPORI: A police officer looks to a truck at national elections due before May, was cream. “We have done something positive for Finland’s armed forces, said in a statement. of the Finnish army after the collision with a adopted by the Senate by 214 votes in favor to our country in a moment when political clashes- The cause of the crash was under investi- passenger train. —AP 61 against. particularly due to the M5S, which is only ca- gation, local police chief Mats Sjoholm said. “The scam electoral law is like a slot machine,” pable of protesting and not proposing-show no “The crossing is unguarded, and the weather southern part of the Nordic country, military scoffed Giovanni Endrizzi, the movement’s Senate sign of abating,” said FI’s Renato Brunetta. was bad due to snowfall,” Sjoholm told a news spokesman Jorgen Engroos told the news floor leader. “You press a button, you think you’re “Next, in 2018, will be our return to Palazzo conference later yesterday. A total of 11 peo- conference. Two trucks had left a nearby mil- choosing but there’s a software that decides for Chigi. We’re ready,” the party’s lower house ple have been taken to nearby hospitals. There itary facility in the morning and were headed you and eats your money. Here they eat your floor leader said in reference to the prime min- were no details on their injuries. Finland’s de- for a military exercise area when the crash votes,” he said, in reference to the fact the system ister’s office. The PD, riven by internal feuds, fense minister, Jussi Niinisto, tweeted that happened. It was unclear whether it was the will penalize the M5S even if it wins the most votes. rushed to reassure party supporters they “the morning had started with grim news” and first or second vehicle that was hit. The com- As individual parties, the anti-establishment could still win under the new system. “No “I feel grief.” muter train from Finland’s state-owned VR M5S and ruling centre-left Democratic Party electoral law has ever managed to see those The military truck, a Finnish-made Sisu railway company struck the vehicle at a (PD) are currently running neck-and-neck in the without votes triumph, or make those with SA-150 transport vehicle, was carrying eight crossing with no security features near polls, with the centre-right Go Italy (FI) and votes lose,” said Luigi Zanda, head of the PD soldiers, who were taking part in a drill in the Raseborg. —AP anti-immigrant Northern League dragging their in the Senate.—AFP Friday 15

Friday, October 27, 2017 International Trump coy on what’s coming out on JFK assassination files CIA pushing to keep documents a secret

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is play- found no evidence to support the theory that the ing it coy on what people will see from long-secret CIA had been involved. But other interpretations, JFK assassination-era files. He’s been caught be- some more creative than others, have persisted. tween students of the killing who want every scrap For example, Roger Stone, a close Trump ally, of information out on that crucible of history and in- advanced the unsubstantiated and widely disdained telligence agencies that are said to be counseling theory that Lyndon Johnson, who became president restraint. How that plays out should be known upon Kennedy’s death, was involved in it. Stone is Thursday, the day set in law 25 years ago for the not sure key documents will see the light of day. He disclosure of remaining hidden documents on said that 440 documents related to the assassina- Kennedy’s killing on Nov 22, 1963. Only the presi- tion, released by the National Archives in July, were dent can hold some back. so heavily redacted “on the basis of ‘national secu- Trump wasn’t tipping his hand on the eve of the rity’ that they are useless.” Stone said he’s lobbied release. “The long anticipated release of the Trump personally to release all remaining materials #JFKFiles will take place tomorrow,” was all he and believes the CIA is pushing the president to said in a tweet. “So interesting!” Scholars and keep some secret. sleuths say the CIA is pushing Trump to keep some In 1992, Congress passed the President John F. of the materials secret. The spy agency isn’t deny- Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act, ing that. “Clearly there are documents, plural, files, which directed the National Archives to collect all plural, being appealed to him,” said University of information related to the assassination and release Virginia historian Larry Sabato, an authority on it within 25 years, barring exceptions designated by WASHINGTON DC: Morning traffic passes by the United States National Archives building. —AP Kennedy. Of the pressure on Trump, Sabato said, the president. The deadline is Thursday. The gun- “I’m told reliably that it continues and that it has shots that the Warren Commission said killed intensified.” The historian said documents gener- Kennedy almost immediately inspired theories Forty-nine million Americans, or 15 percent of the duction to the book published by the AP that re- ated in the 1990s that could contain the names of about whether Oswald had been the lone gunman country, are age 65 and over, according to the Cen- produced the Warren Report. Trump has seen fit to people who are still alive are of particular concern who, with extraordinary luck by any measure, had sus Bureau. They were around age 11 or older at peddle conspiracies when they suit him as part of to those who want files held back. hit his target. the time. a broader appeal to supporters who don’t trust the Questions linger The Warren Commission did little to settle the government. Whatever details are released, they’re not ex- Theories abound matter. Theories abounded that Oswald’s murder During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump pected to answer the major - and for many, still-lin- As the nation mourned in disbelief, Oswald was was a cover-up for a conspiracy or government in- repeatedly quoted a tabloid story that claimed the gering - question of whether anyone other than Lee shot and killed in police custody by Jack Ruby - eptitude. The deadly aim of a lonely, alienated gun- father of GOP rival Ted Cruz had been pho- Harvey Oswald was involved in the assassination, forcing Americans to consider whether their gov- man seemed hard to fathom. tographed with Oswald before the shooting. That’s including the government. The Warren Commission ernment was hiding what it knew of the assassina- “A gnat simply does not kill a lion,” is how Saul never been confirmed - Trump later said he was in 1964 reported that Oswald had been the lone tion. The event remains in the nation’s living Pett of The Associated Press described what was only quoting what he’d read. But the release of JFK gunman, and another congressional probe in 1979 memory for a significant slice of the country. fueling the search for answers. He wrote the intro- files this week could provide new details. —AP

Hatch said his team’s helicopters came under fire as they landed near the Pakistan border, following in- Wounded soldiers formation on Bergdahl’s possible whereabouts. He said the mission, led in the days after Bergdahl dis- ation (NRA), America’s all-powerful gun lobby. to testify at appeared was hastily planned, and their only objec- “The gun culture here, it’s like a religion-they tive was finding the soldier. Grieving father worship their guns, I think, more than they do A military dog leading them through a field lo- Jesus,” Parker said. The NRA, which backed Bowe Bergdahl cated two enemy fighters that the team had seen at takes aim at Donald Trump in his bid for the presidency, a distance. Hatch said the fighters sprayed AK-47 strives to block all attempts at gun control. bullets at them, killing the dog. He was hit in the leg. sentencing “I screamed a lot. It hurt really bad ... I thought I was US gun lobby NRA chief ‘a gun salesman’ dead,” said Hatch, who entered the courtroom with Parker, a 64-year-old former actor who is FORT BRAGG: The wounds and hardships soldiers a limp and a service dog. Hatch said he believes he COLLINSVILLE: A teddy bear on the bed, a originally from Texas, has made fighting against would have died if a comrade hadn’t quickly applied suffered during their fruitless search for Army Sgt. pair of dance shoes, a university diploma: Ali- the NRA his reason for being. In the media, at a tourniquet. Hatch has subsequently had 18 surger- Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban son Parker’s brutally shortened life is summed protests, wherever he can, he denounces the after walking off his post in Afghanistan, are being ies. A soldier whose hand was shattered by a rocket- United States’ tragically unique status as “the propelled grenade during a separate search for up in her bedroom, which her parents keep as described in painful detail at his sentencing hearing. a memorial. The 24-year-old’s promising career only place in the civilized world where 90 peo- Bergdahl, who suffered five years as an enemy cap- Bergdahl could testify Thursday. Another soldier as a journalist ended on August 26, 2015, when ple a day are killed by guns.” Parker’s main tar- tive after abandoning his remote post in 2009, suffered a traumatic brain injury on that mission. she was shot dead by a disgruntled former re- get is NRA chief Wayne LaPierre, whom he pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before The 31-year-old soldier from Hailey, Idaho, has porter during a live interview. That day changed accuses of hijacking an organization that ini- the enemy last week and faces a maximum of life in said he was caged by his captors, kept in darkness tially worked for the safe handling of firearms. and beaten, and tried to escape more than a dozen everything for her father Andy Parker, who has prison. Prosecutors made no deal, so the judge has “Wayne LaPierre basically took over and times before President Barack Obama brought him channeled his pain over losing his daughter into wide leeway to determine punishment. hijacked the membership, and essentially he is The Army judge, Col. Jeffery R Nance, said home in 2014 in a swap for five Taliban prisoners at fighting the proliferation of firearms in the US. Guantanamo Bay. Nance said Monday that he would “My heart is forever broken, my soul has a gun salesman,” said Parker, denouncing the Wednesday that he’s still considering a defense mo- money from firearms manufacturers that floods tion to dismiss the entire case over the unfair com- be fair and hasn’t been influenced by Trump, but that been crushed and this sadness sort of lingers American politics. Virginia residents go to the mand influence they say is reflected in comments he does have concerns that the president’s com- over me like a chronic disease that you just polls on November 7 to vote for governor and Donald Trump made as a candidate and reaffirmed ments are affecting public perceptions about the can’t shake,” Parker told AFP at his home in members of the state’s legislature. Following a as president, that Bergdahl should be put before a case and its outcome. Nance ruled in February that Collinsville, Virginia. Parker said he gets firing squad or thrown from a plane without a para- comments Trump made as a civilian candidate didn’t through it by staying angry, and channeling that mass shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 peo- chute. More testimony dangerous search missions is constitute unlawful command influence. The defense anger to “go after the bad guys.” The area is a ple and wounded nearly 500 earlier this month, expected Thursday after a Navy SEAL described says Trump revived his campaign comments the day Republican stronghold, and Virginia is home to gun control has become a key issue in the his career-ending leg wound on Wednesday. of Bergdahl’s plea hearing, by saying he thinks peo- the headquarters of the National Rifle Associ- state’s 2017 elections. —AFP Retired Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer James ple are aware of what he said before. —AP 16 Friday International Friday, October 27, 2017 Death of adopted Indian toddler to end inter country adoptions Adoptive father charged with first-degree felony

MUMBAI: The death in Texas of a three-year-old Mody. “It is a fallacy that these children are bet- tions after a Supreme Court judgment in 1984, parents were thoroughly checked by the US girl adopted from India a year ago has prompted ter off abroad; we should stop intercountry and became a signatory to the Hague convention adoption agency, Kumar said. The agency car- renewed calls for an end to international adop- adoptions immediately,” said Mody, who has on intercountry adoption in 2003. ried out follow-up visits after she arrived in the tions, which campaigners say put vulnerable chil- studied adoption agencies It has since fol- United States in 2016 as mandated, and sent de- dren at risk of abuse. The girl’s adoptive father, in India. lowed the guidelines tailed reports, he said. Wesley Mathews, was charged on Monday with India’s top court last “diligently” to prevent “There was nothing that was out of the ordi- injury to a child, a first-degree felony that carries year ordered the govern- Intercountry any abuse, according nary or a cause for alarm,” he said. There were a maximum punishment of 99 years in prison, ment to draw up strict to the head of the gov- about 4,000 adoptions in India in the year to Texas police said. The body of Sherin, who was guidelines for screening adoptions ernment’s Central March 2017; nearly 600 were intercountry born in India, was found in a culvert under a road. and tracking adoptions have become a Adoption Resource adoptions, data showed. India has no way of en- Mathews has admitted to moving her body from after a charity alleged the Authority (CARA). suring the safety of a child in a foreign country, the family’s home in Richardson, Texas. existence of rackets involv- lucrative market “This was an aberra- said Arun Dohle, director of advocacy group The toddler’s death has attracted wide cover- ing both Indian and foreign tion; the conditions Against Child Trafficking. “It is much better to age in India, where campaigners called for an im- adoption agencies. In the now are very stringent, help children where they are, and end inter- mediate end to intercountry adoptions, which 1970s, when there was no particularly for inter- country adoption,” said Dohle, who was they say fail to protect children. “Intercountry law in India to regulate adoptions, thousands of country adoptions,” said Deepak Kumar, adopted from India as a child by a German fam- adoptions have become a lucrative market where children were given away in intercountry adop- CARA’s chief executive. Sherin was a special- ily. “The death of this child is proof the system children are effectively sold,” said activist Sujata tions. The government began to regulate adop- needs child, and the credentials of the adoptive does not work.”—Reuters

the attackers. “Some of them could be mi- Swiss tourists nors, so we are investigating and if they are indeed minors they will be produced in ju- venile court as per the law,” said Pathak, suffer brutal senior police superintendent for Agra. Another police officer, Pradeep Kumar, later said one suspect had been taken in attack in India for questioning. Uttar Pradesh Chief Min- ister Yogi Adityanath later said two had NEW DELHI: A Swiss tourist has been left been arrested and vowed those responsi- with a fractured skull after he and his girl- ble would be dealt with “sternly”. “All oth- friend were attacked near the Taj Mahal dur- ers involved will also face strict action. Our ing a holiday in India, police and media government will not tolerate anything like reports said yesterday. A group of men ap- this,” he told reporters after visiting the Taj proached the couple near a local railway sta- Mahal in Agra yesterday. The motive for AGRA: In this file photo, monsoon clouds hover over the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. —AP tion and demanded selfies with the woman the attack was not clear, but levels of sex- before attacking them with stones on Sun- ual violence are relatively high in India and send representatives to visit the Swiss cou- Alphons expressed his deep concern at the day, the Times of India daily said. It said the many Western countries warn visitors of ple in hospital. Some social media users attack and urged Adityanath to take man suffered a fractured skull while his girl- the risk of attacks. criticised Adityanath, whose election cam- “speedy action” to apprehend the perpetra- friend, a 24-year-old Swiss national, had a The Swiss embassy website warns paign in March included a promise to clean tors. “Such incidents negatively impact our broken arm and multiple bruises. tourists of high levels of crime in India, par- up his notoriously lawless state, for failing image and are detrimental to our efforts in Bystanders took videos of the couple on ticularly in popular tourists spots such as to protect the tourists. promoting India as a tourism destination,” their mobile phones as they lay on the Agra, where the country’s most famous “Such a shameful story on the break- Alphons said in a statement. Others said the ground after the attack, the paper reported. monument is located. Indian Foreign Minis- down of law & order in India’s largest state. incident was a blow to India’s hopes of Senior officer Amit Pathak said by phone ter Sushma Swaraj said she had sought a re- Is @myogiadityanath listening?” tweeted drawing more tourists to the country, which from Agra in the northern state of Uttar port from the state government of Uttar Milind Deora, a leader of the opposition had just 8.8 million foreign visitors last year Pradesh that police had identified some of Pradesh over the latest attack and would Congress party. India’s tourism minister K.J according to official data.—AFP

acquiring up to 10 coaches for this purpose, accord- As winter nears, ing to a senior official in the urban development min- istry. “We have asked officials to look into the India to convert old logistics of converting five to 10 coaches into shel- ters,” said L. Vandana Kumar, a director in the state train coaches into department. “The main issue to building shelters in the cities is the lack of land. We are looking into pos- homeless shelters sible solutions; this is a temporary solution until then,” he said. There are about 1 million urban homeless in India, MUMBAI: Indian officials plan to convert old railway according to official data, although charities estimate coaches into shelters for the homeless before the the actual number to be three times higher. The start of colder weather, a move campaigners say urban homeless population rose by a fifth in the does not address the issue of a crippling shortage of decade to 2011, as thousands migrated from villages shelters and affordable housing in the country. The in search of better prospects. Every year, hundreds government this month asked states to consider fit- die from exposure to the cold or heat on pavements ting old passenger coaches with electricity and sew- and station platforms. The Supreme Court in 2010 erage connections, and installing them in areas of had ordered one homeless shelter for every 100,000 cities where shelters are needed. people in 62 cities, with facilities including drinking The southern state of Telangana is looking into water, subsidized meals, beds and lockers. —Reuters BANGALORE: Indian Hindu devotees take part in the Chhath Puja at the Sankey Tank in Bangalore.-AP Friday 17 International Friday, October 27, 2017 UN rejects Myanmar claim to help build housing for refugees

More than 600,000 flee to Bangladesh

YANGON: A UN settlement program, UN- fice of the UN resident coordinator in Myanmar, Habitat in Myanmar, yesterday rejected a state said in an email that “no agreements were media report that it had agreed to help build reached so far” after the agency’s representa- housing for people fleeing violence in the north- tives attended a series of meetings with Myan- ern Myanmar state of Rakhine, where an army mar officials this week in its capital Naypyitaw. operation has displaced hundreds of thousands. “The UN-Habitat mission emphasized that re- The development un- settlement should be derscores tension be- conducted in accor- tween Myanmar and the dance with the princi- United Nations, which in ples of housing and April criticized the gov- property restitution for ernment’s previous plan No agreements were refugees and displaced to resettle Rohingya persons to support their Muslims displaced by reached so far safe and dignified re- last year’s violence in turn to their places of “camp-like” villages. origin,” he said, re- More than 600,000 sponding on behalf of have crossed to UN-Habitat. Bangladesh since Aug 25 attacks by Rohingya UN-Habitat welcomed the interest of the militants sparked an army crackdown. The Myanmar government in international norms United Nations says killings, arson and rape and standards, he added. The United Nations’ UKHIA: A Rohingya refugee carries an elderly woman toward a makeshift shelter carried out by troops and ethnic Rakhine Bud- principles state that all refugees or displaced at Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia. — AFP dhist mobs since then amount to a campaign of persons have the right to return to property or ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya. The land from which they were arbitrarily or unlaw- state-run Global New Light of Myanmar news- fully removed. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu find their crops have been harvested and sold staff. Still, Soe Aung, permanent secretary at the paper said yesterday that UN-Habitat had Kyi has pledged that anyone sheltering in by the government, according to Myanmar of- Ministry of Social Welfare who attended the agreed to provide technical assistance in hous- Bangladesh who can prove they were Myanmar ficials and plans seen by Reuters. Buddhist-ma- meetings with UN-Habitat, insisted that the ing displaced people in Rakhine and the agency residents can return, but it remains unclear jority Myanmar in August suggested that UN agency had agreed to give assistance and the would work closely with the authorities to “im- whether those refugees would be allowed to re- agencies such as the World Food Program have two sides will meet again on November 8. “We plement the projects to be favorable to Myan- turn to their homes. provided food to Rohingya insurgents, adding have reached an agreement with the UN for mar’s social culture and administrative system”. Rohingya who return to Myanmar are un- to pressure on aid groups which had to suspend technical assistance. We will discuss more de- But Stanislav Saling, spokesman for the of- likely to be able to reclaim their land, and may activities in Rakhine and pull out most of their tails on how to proceed,” he said. — Reuters

ment is very slow to respond to calls for change,” added Pakistan’s education Kazmi, whose NGO focuses its speed literacy programs in the northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The standardized Rights groups urge curriculum of state schools fails to account for socio-eco- system struggles to nomic limitations, setting children up for failure, said Hussain. “Students end up with low self-esteem,” she said. “There need Pakistan not to deport to be different models of curriculum which can lift children teach the youth up from the bottom.” Responding to the comments, federal Turkish nationals education director Tariq Masood disagreed strongly, pointing ISLAMABAD: Children in Pakistan disenchanted with edu- to population growth and funding as the biggest challenges cation after teachers forced them to clean schools or beat for government schools. “No one who is under-qualified can ISLAMABAD: Human rights activists warned yesterday that nearly them became the inspiration for the founder of a charitable enter the government system,” Masood told Reuters. “There 300 Turkish nationals are facing forced deportation from Pakistan as institution that targets those displaced by war in the country’s are fewer checks in the private system.” they called on authorities to protect them. The warning came almost north. Nearly 40 percent of Pakistan’s 50 million school-age two weeks after Islamabad deported a Turkish teacher Kacmaz Mesut, Private schools for urban elite children are not getting regular instruction, even though it has his wife and two young daughters, in defiance of a court ruling. The a network of 220,000 schools and has stepped up its educa- The urban elite turn to private schools to fill the education family was picked up in September by plain-clothed officers, blind- tion budget 15 percent each year since 2010. vacuum, using a British curriculum rather than government folded and bound before being loaded into trucks and taken away. “It’s not the number of schools, it’s the quality, the atti- textbooks. “We are privileged to have access to curriculum Some 285 Turkish nationals in Pakistan are also at risk and Islam- tude,” said Zeba Hussain, who founded the Mashal Schools that allows us to teach reading without rote memorization,” abad must protect them “from forcible repatriation, arbitrary arrest,” for the war-displaced children after meeting a group of them said Nadine Murtaza, executive director of Head Start, which according to a statement by the International Federation for Human during a visit to the hills encircling the capital, Islamabad. has 13 facilities in and around the capital. Such schools part- Rights. “The Pakistani government’s deportation of a Turkish family “The teachers, and the approach, is absolutely off.” Now pri- ner with charitable outfits and the government to reach chil- should set off alarm bells,” FIDH president Dimitris Christopoulos said vate schools, charitable bodies, and religious seminaries are dren outside the private school setup. in the statement. The father of the family was a former director of Pak- piecing together what they call a broken government school- “You have fifth and sixth graders (in government schools) Turk International Schools and Colleges, private schools popular in ing system, whose budget the United Nations estimates at who cannot read,” Murtaza said. Pakistan’s poorest often send Pakistan allegedly backed by US-based Turkish preacher Fethullah 2.65 percent of GDP, or roughly $8 billion. their children to a network of 25,000 traditional Islamic reli- Gulen’s Hizmet group. Ankara accuses Gulen of masterminding a coup That works out to about $150 per student. “Students are gious schools known as madrassas, which also give them ac- attempt against Erdogan’s government in 2016 — an allegation the labeled ‘smart’ or ‘stupid’ right from the start,” said Shaista commodation and food, though few are subject to cleric strongly denies-and is seeking his extradition from the US. The Kazmi of Vision 21, a privately funded non-government body government oversight. Such schools have been blamed for other 285 Turkish nationals are teachers associated with the PakTurk whose programs for underprivileged children aim to com- creating militant fighters by spreading a hardline vision of schools and their families, and they have been facing deportation to press five years of reading proficiency into one. “The govern- Islam, with some accused of links to outfits such as the Taliban Turkey since November 2016. — AFP and Al-Qaeda. —Reuters 18 Friday International Friday, October 27, 2017 Indonesia fireworks factory explosions kill 47, injure dozens Police are investigating the cause of fire

KOSAMBI, Indonesia: Two explosions and a fire were not accounted for may have left with light at a fireworks factory in the western outskirts of injuries or not been working at the time of the Indonesia’s capital killed 47 people and injured blasts. The online video and media images of the dozens yesterday, police said, and the death toll PT Panca Buana Cahaya Sukses warehouse was expected to rise. Thick plumes of dark showed smoldering ash and debris, with the roof smoke billowed from a factory warehouse in the missing in some parts. A search and rescue offi- Tangerang district of Jakarta, an industrial and cial, Deden Nurjaman, said bodies were still in- manufacturing hub on the island of Java, TV side and he expected the death toll to climb. broadcasts showed. Hours later the burnout fac- “People were burned so badly you couldn’t see tory was still smoldering their faces... It was really and there was a strong bad,” said Nurjaman. smell of burning plastic Industrial safety stan- and chemicals. dards in Indonesia are Witnesses said there Death toll often low and rules were two explosions, poorly enforced. There one at around 10 am and expected have been a series of another about three major fires this year, in- hours later, both of to rise cluding one that en- which could be heard gulfed one of Jakarta’s miles away, media re- main markets. At the ports said. A grisly video scene of yesterday’s dis- of the scene inside the warehouse, which was aster, the grass was scorched in an area around widely shared on social media, showed onlook- 10 meters from the site. Forensic police worked ers counting badly charred bodies. “From the in the fading light to examine the debris and BANTEN: Indonesian forensic policemen work after a fire disaster in Tangerang Kota, manifest we obtained, there were 103 workers. were trying to set up floodlights as night fell. A Banten province yesterday.—AFP Of those 103 workers ... there were 46 who were nearby mosque was holding prayers for the vic- injured,” Jakarta police spokesman Argo Yu- tims. Three were in critical condition. Syamsudin, a media said. “We are still looking into the cause wono told Metro Television. “We also found Fiza, a doctor in the emergency unit at relative of two women who were being treated of the fire,” police spokesman Yuwono said, some who had died. There are 47 bodies.” Tangerang General Hospital, told Metro TV he at the hospital, said the pair had only worked adding that for now police were prioritizing An official had earlier put the death toll at 30. was treating seven people, some of them with four days in the factory’s packing division. The evacuating victims. Police were also investigat- Yuwono said 10 people on the manifest who burns to more than 80 percent of their bodies. factory had been operating for only two months, ing the factory’s permit, he said.—Reuters Thais bid final goodbye Taiwan convict to beloved walks free after King Bhumibol decade on death row

TAIPEI: A Taiwanese man who spent more than a decade on BANGKOK: A solemn but color-splashed death row walked free yesterday after being acquitted of murder procession streamed through Bangkok’s in a retrial, boosting calls for the abolition of capital punishment. historic heart yesterday as Thailand bade Cheng Hsing-tse was condemned to death in 2002 after being farewell to King Bhumibol Adulyadej in found guilty of shooting a police officer during a gun battle in a an elaborate, ritual-laden funeral that karaoke parlor. The death penalty was confirmed in 2006, when gripped a nation mourning the loss of its he had exhausted the appeal process. chief unifying figure. Some 300,000 But he was granted a retrial last year and released on bail when black-clad mourners packed the streets BANGKOK: Mourners walk past a portrait of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej new evidence cast doubt on his conviction, suggesting he may from early yesterday, many weeping and after his funeral procession outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok.—AFP have been tortured into admitting the crime. The high court in prostrating themselves on the ground as central Taichung delivered its decision yesterday, overturning the a golden chariot carrying the royal urn The $90 million funeral drew a country ruled by a divisive junta. A brew original guilty verdict, saying Cheng’s confession may have been slowly snaked through the blazing heat. “Who’s Who” of Thai power-royals, of palace propaganda and a harsh lese forced and that evidence pointed to another culprit firing the fatal Pipers, drummers and soldiers in a generals and establishment figures-as majeste law burnished the king’s repu- shots. “I’ve waited for this acquittal for 15 years,” Cheng told re- dazzling array of costumes joined Bud- well as scores of foreign guests includ- tation throughout his reign. But Bhumi- porters yesterday outside the court after the verdict. dhist monks, Brahmin priests and the new ing Great Britian’s Prince Andrew and bol’s intimate connection with his Cheng was a follower of gangster Luo Wu-hsiung and was King Maha Vajiralongkorn as the proces- Japan’s Prince Akishino and Princess subjects was on display yesterday. “He caught up in the gun battle after Luo fired a pistol at the ceiling sion made its way to the spectacular fu- Akishino. For the public, the lavish affair was perfect. He helped the country and and at bottles in a karaoke room in protest at the parlor’s service. neral pyre. King Vajiralongkorn led royals, was a chance to say a final goodbye to Thai people so much. Seventy million Police stormed the venue and shots were fired by both sides, junta leaders and foreign dignitaries up a monarch cherished as the “father of Thai people are united in their love for killing Luo and an officer named Su Hsien-pi. Earlier verdicts the central tower to lay sandalwood flow- the nation”. Bhumibol, who was him,” said 65-year-old Wacharadej found that Cheng fired the bullets that killed Su. But judges yes- ers at the pyre ahead of the cremation, crowned in 1950, towered over decades Tangboonlabkun, who like most Thais terday said after considering evidence of the firing positions, it scheduled for 10pm, to a haunting accom- of Thai history before his death last Oc- knew no other monarch before Bhumi- could not be ruled out that Luo was the killer. —AFP paniment chanted by traditional singers. tober aged 88 seeded uncertainty in a bol’s death. —AFP Friday

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Friday, October 27, 2017 Lifestyle | Movies & Music Hollywood honors Knight of the Living Dead George A Romero

S filmmaker George A. Romero, whose 1968 “If George hadn’t come around I’d probably be classic “Night of the Living Dead” spawned removing real kidneys from people as opposed to Uthe zombie movie genre, was posthumously the fake kidneys I remove on a daily basis,” said honored Wednesday with a star on Hollywood’s Nicotero, who grew up in Romero’s home town, Walk of Fame. Filmmaker Edgar Wright, actor Mal- Pittsburgh. “He was a man that loved movies pas- colm McDowell and special effects guru Greg sionately. His inspirations allowed him to change the Nicotero paid tribute to the director, who died in rules to suit his style of filmmaking as he matured July at the age of 77, at the ceremony in front of a as a storyteller.” After the original trilogy, Nicotero quartet of actors made up as zombies. “I’m not sure penned and made a further three films, starting with I would be working in Hollywood right now if it “Land of the Dead” (2005), a commercial and crit- wasn’t for George,” said Wright, 43, whose 2004 ical hit which features Wright and “Shaun of the zombie comedy “Shaun of the Dead” went on to be Dead” star Simon Pegg as zombie extras. a cultural touchstone of its own. Romero’s other notable works include 1981’s “A lot of people owe George a huge debt of “Knightriders,” about a traveling medieval reenact- gratitude for his inspiration. I’m just one of many.” ment troupe that jousts on motorcycles, and 1982’s Shot in black-and-white on a budget of just over horror anthology “Creepshow” written by Stephen $100,000, Romero’s debut feature “Night of the King. Much of his work was shot in or around Pitts- Living Dead” daringly featured black actor Duane burgh, where he had attended Carnegie-Mellon Uni- Jones as its lead. Some film scholars later suggested versity after moving away from New York, where he the movie was a subversive critique of US society was born in 1940 to a Cuban father and a Lithuan- during the 1960s, while its gory realism was remi- ian-American mother. Romero began making his own niscent of footage from the Vietnam war airing on short films as a teenager and was arrested at 14 for American TV at the time. throwing a flaming dummy off the roof of a building The film went on to gross over $30 million George Romero’s star is unveiled at the posthumous Star ceremony for the late actor on the Hollywood while making “Man from the Meteor” in 1954. The worldwide, and led to five sequels including “Dawn Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California. — AFP director’s widow, Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, ac- of the Dead” (1978) and “Day of the Dead” (1985) Knight of the Living Dead. Nicotero, a veteran spe- Walking Dead,” recalled becoming friends with the cepted the iconic Walk of Fame’s 2,621st star on be- — inspiring an entire genre that remains a Holly- cial effects make-up artist and executive producer filmmaker and quitting pre-med to manage the half of her husband, describing him as a “life force wood staple to this day and earning the nickname and regular director on AMC zombie drama “The make-up effects department on “Day of the Dead”. (whose) light will never be dimmed.” — AFP

whether the studio, started by Harvey and his Marilyn Manson brother Bob, could survive Harvey Weinstein’s disgraced exit. US media reported on Monday that New York’s state attorney general has axes bassist after opened a sweeping investigation into potential gender discrimination and civil rights violations rape allegation at The Weinstein Company. Barrack told Bloomberg TV on Tuesday that “there’s some value” to the company “if the Weinstein element could be removed.” The hock rocker Marilyn Manson has dis- Times, citing three people briefed on the mat- missed his bassist whose former girlfriend ter, reported Wednesday that another firm, accused him of rape, as the furor over film S he scandal-plagued film studio co- Fortress Investment Group, has been working mogul Harvey Weinstein’s alleged abuses spread founded by disgraced mogul Harvey on a potential financing package for the studio to the music industry. Manson said he had “de- This file photo shows Singer/musician Marilyn Weinstein will no longer get funding valued at roughly $35 million. Weinstein’s films cided to part ways” with longtime band member Manson attending the world premiere of ‘Arthur: T from Colony Capital, The New York Times re- received more than 300 Oscar nominations Jeordie White, who has denied the rape charges. Legend of the Sword’ at the TCL Chinese Theatre ported on Wednesday. The Weinstein Company and 81 statuettes, according to The Weinstein White goes by the stage-name Twiggy Ramirez in Hollywood, California. — AFP announced last week that Colony, founded by Company, which he co-founded after selling and has occasionally also been the group’s lead Thomas Barrack, a longtime friend of US Presi- Miramax. —AFP guitarist. Off Jill later toured as an opening act for Man- dent Donald Trump, would provide an “imme- “He will be replaced for the upcoming tour. I son. White in a statement late Wednesday said diate cash infusion.” It said it had also entered wish him well,” Manson wrote on Twitter late he had “only recently been made aware of these negotiations with Colony Capital for a full or Tuesday without further explanation. The dis- allegations from over 20 years ago.” “I do not partial sale of The Weinstein Company assets. missal came five days after Jessicka Addams, a condone non-consensual sex of any kind,” he Citing two people briefed on the matter, The fellow Goth rock singer best known as the front- said. “If I have caused anyone pain I apologize Times said Colony has not and will not now woman of the band Jack off Jill, accused White and truly regret it,” adding that he will “be taking provide a cash infusion, although it was unclear of abuse including rape during their relationship some time to spend with my family and focus on why. Colony is still looking at a possible pur- in the 1990s. Jessicka, who generally goes by her maintaining my several years of sobriety.” Jes- chase of Weinstein Company assets, but found first name only, wrote on Facebook that White sicka went public as a growing number of more disorder and less value when it examined raped her with his hand around her neck and that women in Hollywood accuse Weinstein and those assets, The Times’ sources said. They her screams of “No” were loud enough that a other men in the film industry of sexual abuse, added that Colony saw bankruptcy of the stu- roommate intervened. with the women saying they were too afraid to dio as more likely. The Weinstein Company In an echo of the unfolding scandal around speak up for the sake of their careers. fired Harvey Weinstein earlier this month fol- Weinstein, Jessicka said a male-dominated music Jessicka, reacting on Twitter to White’s dis- lowing numerous accusations of sexual harass- industry told her to stay quiet. “The label bla- missal, thanked Manson and wrote that it was ment and sexual assault. tantly feared the big machine behind Marilyn “imperative” for society to speak more about On Wednesday, a Norwegian actress be- Manson would use their power to destroy not sexual assault. Manson, controversial for his came the latest of more than 50 women to only Jack Off Jill, but my name, Jessicka, as well,” ghoulish appearance and lyricism that dabbles in publicly accuse Weinstein of misconduct rang- Actress Dominique Huett, left, speaks beside her she wrote. “The pressure and guilt of the in- the occult, sacked White as the singer recovers ing from inappropriate touching to rape, attorney Jeff Herman after a news conference to evitable repercussions of my rape story affecting from an injury when a stage prop fell on him at stretching back decades. Since the allegations discuss her lawsuit against The Weinstein Com- my band’s livelihood, happiness and success kept an October 1 concert in New York. The band is emerged, questions have swirled around pany, in Los Angeles, California. — AFP me silent for years,” said Jessicka, who with Jack due to resume the tour on November 5. — AFP Friday 21

Friday, October 27, 2017 Lifestyle | Movies & Music Blake Lively tackles blindness in new complex film role

o play a blind woman for her latest film onscreen. “I pushed it aside because I said, ‘OK, very happy it cannot be pigeonholed. “He’s cre- role, Blake Lively took no short cuts into you’re a filmmaker. You’re not a painter. You’re ated something that I’ve never seen before with Tthe darkness. The 30-year-old actress not a true artist. You’re just a visual storyteller,’” the visuals,” says Lively. “So it was really just learned to use a walking cane, wore opaque he says. But one day in the shower, with soap about taking a leap of faith with him and trusting contact lenses off-camera to better understand clouding his eyes, he realized he had a visual him and being excited by that journey. But I think her character and learned how to navigate the template. “All I See Is You” is certainly arty, with that if you even removed all of those visuals from main set without her vision. “I wanted to know scenes decorated with a blur of images, bleeding this movie, it still works and that’s what’s impor- the experience of filling in the blanks in my head, colors and abstract symbols, even giving physi- tant.” The film also gave Lively, last seen in a learning it and then opening my eyes and seeing cal sensations an intense visual representation. bikini in “The Shallows,” a meaty and complex that, no matter what I had in my head, it was so Forster says he was trying to shake the Holly- role - though a challenging one, too, since it cen- different than I imagined,” she says. wood cookie-cutter approach and recapture the ters on a woman with a disability. She says she Lively stars in “All I See Is You,” a dreamy, was sensitive to making sure it was correct. “This beautiful movie about a woman who lost her isn’t representative of any one person’s story. I eyesight as an adolescent in a car accident but was trying to take different peoples’ experiences regains her vision through surgery in her 20s. Lively wore and be as honest as possible,” she says. One per- She begins a period of self-discovery, which opaque son she leaned on to get her performance right threatens to upend her life and marriage. “That was Ryan Knighton, a blind author who taught happens in all relationships, where you’re in an contact lenses Lively how the blind walk, move and even argue. established relationship and then you start to not (The filmmakers honored him by having see things,” says Lively. “This movie speaks to Blakely wear his signature red-tinted glasses on- This image released by Open Road Films shows relationships, I think, whether we have the literal screen.) Both Lively and Forster realize that the Jason Clarke, left, and Blake Lively in a scene from blindness or it’s just figurative.” film - featuring a woman learning to be strong ‘All I See Is You.’ —AP It’s the brainchild of director and co-writer feel of films from the 1970s, when character and independent - comes at a time when women Marc Forster, whose career includes varied films studies and open-ended plots ruled. “Movies across the country are talking about their role in part, hopes the film will remind people to open such as “World War Z,” “Quantum of Solace,” became more and more close-ended and they male-centered businesses and society. their eyes, see what’s actually happening and “Monster’s Ball” and “The Kite Runner.” Inspi- also had to tick every box emotionally for an au- “I think what’s happened in this past year, make better choices. “We, as humanity, ulti- ration for the new film came in one of the dience,” he says. since the election, is that women have really mately have to really wake up and become strangest places - the shower. Forster, who has Indeed, Forster’s film is hard to categorize - stood up for themselves. I think we realized conscious and start seeing things,” he says. always admired fine art painters, was searching part mystery, part horror, part a woman’s how much further we had to go than we “Otherwise, we’re going to go down a path for a story that could lend itself to being painted reawakening, part kaleidoscopic journey. He is thought we did,” Lively says. Foster, for his that will be unreturnable.” — AP

Fats Domino dies at 89

he godfather of rock and roll. A performer 5 and weighed more than 200 pounds, with a toric sound recordings worthy of preservation. who always gave all he had. A man who loved wide, boyish smile and a haircut as flat as an Most people didn’t appreciate the breadth of This city and his neighborhood. Tributes to album cover. But he sold more than 110 million Domino’s ability, Little Richard said. “He could Fats Domino are accumulating, in words and in bou- records, with hits including “Blueberry Hill,” play jazz. He could play anything,” he said. “He quets and Mardi Gras beads left at the yellow house “Ain’t That a Shame” - originally titled “Ain’t It A was one of the greatest entertainers that I’ve in New Orleans where, after Hurricane Katrina, a Shame”- and other standards of rock ‘n’ roll. ever known.” Domino became a global star but fan spray-painted an erroneous RIP. The Rolling Stone Record Guide likened him stayed true to his hometown, where his fate was The amiable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, whose to Benjamin Franklin, the beloved old man of a initially unknown after Hurricane Katrina struck In this file photo, legendary musician Fats Domino steady, pounding piano and easy baritone revolutionary movement. “Fats is the godfather in August 2005. It turned out that he and his is named ‘Honorary Grand Marshall’ of the Krewe helped change popular music while honoring the of rock and roll,” said Greg Harris, CEO of the family had been rescued by boat from his home, of Orpheus, the star-studded Carnival club that tra- traditions of the Crescent City, is dead at the age Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which made Domino where he lost nearly everything he owned, in- ditionally parades the night before Mardi Gras in of 89. “He was one of my greatest inspirations. one of the first 10 people it honored. He said the cluding three pianos and dozens of gold and New Orleans. — AP God was tops - but earthly, Fats was it,” said flag outside the hall was at half-staff Wednesday, platinum records. singer Little Richard - another founding father and Domino’s music was playing all day. Many wondered if he would ever return to The son of a violin player, Antoine Domino Jr. of rock and roll - in a telephone interview from At the home where Domino spent most of his the stage. But in May 2007, he was back, per- was born Feb 26, 1928, one of nine children. As a Nashville. life, a steady stream of people showed up forming at Tipitina’s music club in New Orleans. youth, he taught himself popular piano styles - Domino died early Tuesday of natural causes, Wednesday with flowers, beads and cameras. Fans cheered - and some cried - as Domino ragtime, blues and boogie-woogie. He quit Mark Bone, chief investigator with the Jefferson One man brought a guitar and started in on played “I’m Walkin’,” “Ain’t That a Shame,” school at age 14, and worked days in a factory Parish coroner’s office, said Wednesday. Two “Walkin’ to New Orleans.” Angelina Cruz “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” “Blueberry Hill” and a while playing and singing in local juke joints at people from New Orleans - Domino and jazz brought her three children from suburban Ken- host of other hits. That performance was a high- night. In 1949, Domino was playing at the Hide- great Louis Armstrong - have changed the ner. She said she’d listened to his songs since she light during several rough years. His wife of more away Club for $3 a week when he was signed by world’s music, said Quint Davis, who produces was 10 years old, in North Carolina. “I’m bring- than 50 years, Rosemary, died in April 2008. the Imperial record company. He recorded his of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival ing my kids up to the old-school music,” she said. Domino moved to the New Orleans suburb of first song, “The Fat Man,” in the back of a tiny was a decades-long friend of Domino. Little Domino’s dynamic performance style and warm Harvey after the storm but often visited his pub- French Quarter recording studio. Richard said he’d known Domino for 60 years vocals drew crowds for five decades. One of his lishing house, an extension of his old home in the “They call me the Fat Man, because I weigh and idolized him before that. show-stopping stunts was playing the piano Lower 9th Ward, inspiring many with his deter- 200 pounds,” he sang. “All the girls, they love me, “I loved the way he played; I loved the way while standing, throwing his body against it with mination to stay in the city he loved. “Fats em- ‘cause I know my way around.” In 1955, he broke he was just so wrapped up in his music. He al- the beat of the music and bumping the grand bodies everything good about New Orleans,” his into the white pop charts with “Ain’t it a Shame,” ways did a good show.” Domino never “slacked piano across the stage. His 1956 version of friend David Lind said in a 2008 interview. “He’s covered blandly by Pat Boone as “Ain’t That a and cheated the people out. Every time, he gave “Blueberry Hill” was selected for the Library of warm, fun-loving, spiritual, creative and humble. Shame” and rocked out decades later under that his all,” the musician said. Domino stood 5-feet- Congress’ National Recording Registry of his- You don’t get more New Orleans than that.” title by Cheap Trick and others. — AP 22 Friday Lifestyle Friday, October 27, 2017

‘Day and Night in Toledo’ by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang. Two women stand in front of ‘The Spirit of Painting.’ Gunpowder, explosive art as Prado museum hosts Cai Guo-Qiang

he smell of gunpowder still lingered in Madrid’s Francisco Goya and Diego Velazquez, as well as other powder. A burst of colors and darkness, the painting Prado museum Tuesday, just hours after China’s painters in the collection like Peter Paul Rubens. The re-creates classic scenes or figures from past artists- TCai Guo-Qiang, famed for his explosive art, put result? A literal explosion of colour and darkness that but with a modern twist. the finishing touch to an exhibition inspired by Spain’s reveals silhouettes, faces and landscapes, at times ob- Goya’s “The Naked Maja,” an image of a reclining greats. Better used to the work of long-dead painters, vious and imposing, other times small and discreet. Venus in the nude, now appears at the top of the can- this is the first time that the museum has welcomed an It’s a “dialogue between today’s art and the art of vas pulled by a plane flying through a brief burst of artist-in-residence, whose internationally-acclaimed the past,” the 59-year-old told reporters. Cai makes light, as if on an advertising banner. Rubens’ “Diana contemporary work stands in stark contrast to the his work by sprinkling gunpowder over his canvases and her Nymphs surprised by Satyrs,” which features centuries-old masterpieces normally on show. and over stencils of whatever scene or figure he wants what is considered one of the most sensual nudes in In his exhibition, some of which was produced on- to create or re-create, sometimes mixed with colour. the Flemish artist’s entire oeuvre, also appears in Cai’s site using his trademark gunpowder, Cai sought inspi- Then he sets fire to the powder. Sometimes, he says, 10-canvas painting. Above the classic, stenciled scene ration from famous artists such as El Greco, Spain’s he covers the canvas and gunpowder with cardboard appear stencils of trouser zippers opening up-an il- and bricks to make the explosion more powerful. lustration of “carnal desire,” says Cai. The exhibition is on until March 4 next year. — AFP Valencia gunpowder really powerful A dialogue For the eight works created on-site at the Prado, he used gunpowder from a company in the eastern re- between today’s gion of Valencia known for its annual, firecracker-mad art and the art Fallas festival-and that gave him a few scares. “Valen- cia gunpowder is really powerful, really strong,” he Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang poses dur- of the past said, smiling. Cai only finished his last, 18-metre-long ing the presentation of his exhibition work of art called “The spirit of painting” on Monday called ‘The Spirit of Painting’ at El Prado evening, which explained the lingering smell of gun- museum in Madrid. — AFP photos London exhibition ‘Age of Terror’ explores art since 9/11

new London exhibition about art since 9/11 begins with helped make the airliner attacks, which killed some 3,000 people, images - both familiar and shocking - of the devastated instantly a worldwide catastrophe. ATwin Towers in New York. The Imperial War Museum’s The exhibition, which opens to the public on Thursday, begins “Age of Terror “ show goes on to display works from the United with a reminder of how global it was: a room lined with newspaper States, Britain, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and beyond, all dealing front pages from Sept 12, 2001, bearing images of destruction and with Sept. 11, 2001 and its consequences. It’s evidence, if any were headlines of war in many languages. The museum has gathered needed, that the al-Qaida attacks on the U.S. changed the world. work by more than 40 artists for the biggest art show in its 100- Rebecca Newell, the museum’s head of art, said Wednesday year history. Some of the pieces pack a visceral punch: “Nein! that 9/11 was “a watershed in our society, our political and cultural Eleven?” by British brothers Jake and Dinos Chapman consists of identity. And I think you could probably say that it’s a watershed twin mounds of tiny plastic bodies. Others are allusive. for artists.” Curator Sanna Moore said that “artists have always Chilean artist Ivan Navarro’s “The Twin Towers” appears to be commented on world-changing events,” but research by the mu- two inverted skyscrapers plunging through the floor into infinity; seum found that the number of artists reacting to conflicts has in- in fact it’s an optical illusion created with mirrors and fluorescent creased since the 2001 attacks. lights. Other works reflect on the growth of state control and sur- “That was really the nucleus for where this show and this proj- veillance during the “war on terror” launched by the U.S. after ect started,” she said at a preview of the exhibition. “As a conse- 9/11. Chinese artist Ai Weiwei recreates a surveillance camera in Part of Indian artist Jitish Kallat’s ‘Circadian Rhyme 1’ is displayed quence of the internet, artists are really rapidly informed now, as gleaming marble on a plinth, while Indian artist Jitish Kallat has during the media preview for the ‘Age of Terror: Art since 9/11’ ex- we all are. I think that feeds in to the subjects they cover.” Sept 11 sculpted a playful line of miniature people being searched, as if in hibition at the Imperial War Museum in London. — AP photos coincided with the birth of the internet age, and technology an airport security queue.—AP Friday 23 Lifestyle Friday, October 27, 2017 Improvised pet graveyards hidden in Belgrade parks

n a suburban forest in Serbia’s capital Bel- Belgrade city authorities have promised to erinarian Nenad Milojkovic. Many pet owners grade, dozens of small make-shift tomb- soon wrap up the project that first started a refuse to follow the official procedure and call Istones lie hidden among the greenery. decade ago - but which still remains in the plan- public services to dispose of the carcasses after Belgrade Buried in this clandestine graveyard are some of ning stages. Authorities have allocated some 3.7 their pets die, he added. With no official burial absolutely the neighborhood pets, which their owners acres of land in a suburb, with some 2,000 bur- site to turn to, pet owners are using city parks wanted close by even after they died. Impro- ial spots planned. Experts agree an official as their pets’ final resting place. Sasa Milo- needs a pet vised burial sites like this one are believed to cemetery is necessary to avoid clandestine vanovic, a real estate agent walking his dog have sprouted in recent years in Belgrade - a burials in the city’s green zones and downtown Woopy in Kalemegdan park in Belgrade city cemetery city of some 1.6 million people and tens of thou- parks. center, said pet owners simply have to “manage sands of pets - as residents await the long-de- “Belgrade absolutely needs a pet cemetery, any way they can.”—AP layed opening of an official pet cemetery. it’s a big city and there are many pets,” said vet-

In this photo, a grave of dog ‘Bela’ is decorated with plastic daisies at an improvised pet graveyard in In this photo, a grave of golden retriever is decorated with flowers. the Miljakovac forest in Belgrade, Serbia. — AP photos Street wear bringing steady growth to global luxury market

igh-end street wear helped boost global sales of luxury per- mal.” But it can be easily copied by producers of fast fashion. sonal goods by 5 percent this year to an estimated 263 billion To counter that, Levato said, luxury brands are putting more Heuros ($309 billion), according to a new study released emphasis into branding activities including Instagram stories, Wednesday by consultancy Bain & Company. After two years of creating relationships with influencers and making stores unique flat growth, Bain said the sector is entering a period of stability, with in each city to attract both tourists and domestic shoppers. “Once the same 5 percent growth projections through 2020. it was all about beautifying a product. Now product is just one “Customers are becoming younger, and that is very good for the of the many levers you use to maintain and capture your cus- mid- and longer-term survival of this industry, since the younger tomer,” she said.—AP generation seemed to be a little detached from luxury brands,” said Federica Levato, a partner at Bain & Company, ahead of the study’s release for the Altagamma association of luxury Italian producers. Fashion houses have been actively courting millennials in recent seasons, inviting social media and celebrity influencers to their front rows as part of their communication strategy. But it has taken street wear to catch the interest of Generation Z born after 1995, including denim, T-shirts, rubber sliders and ironic detailing. Think of it as a Harajuku sensibility - with pastels, emojis and rainbow or unicorn detailing - taking global flight. “There is a big market of 2.5 million euros for luxury T-shirts, for example, that is growing very fast. And a half-a-billion-euro market for rubber sliders, which is very unusual in this market,” Le- vato said. While street wear has proven to bring the next generation of consumers into the luxury fold, it is a double-edged sword. “Street wear is a macro-trend in all geographies” that represents a state of mind and transcends generations, Levato said. “We think it is more about how people live their lives and how people like to Models stand backstage wearing creations part of the Daizy Shely A model wears a creation part of the Gucci women’s Fall-Winter dress vis-a-vis 10 or 15 years ago, when work wear was more for- women’s Spring-Summer 2018 collection. 2017-18 collection. 24 Friday Lifestyle | Food Friday, October 27, 2017 Fresh thinking with Sweet potato and Brussels sprouts

By Melissa D’Arabian Today’s Sweet Potato and Brussels Sprouts Hash is filling enough to step in for less healthy options at your holiday table, but broad enough in its appeal to A chill is finally in the air, which transforms what goes on our table. Winter squash, be eaten year-round (OK, so maybe not at your 4th of July barbecue). Brussels hardy greens like kale and chard, cabbage, cauliflower, and sweet potatoes are fill- sprouts are teamed up with sweet potato to make a tasty oven-roasted hash that ing the markets and my recipe-testing table. The colder weather has me craving requires just minutes of prep time to cube the veggies, all of which can be done filling side dishes to go alongside juicy roasts and festive winter meals. a day in advance. Baking sheets covered in cubed veggies offer a nutritious and weeknight- Fans of sweet potatoes love that they have a lower glycemic index than their friendly solution. Cut almost any firm veggie into cubes, toss in a little olive oil and white counterparts. Garlic cloves roast up into mellow creamy pods of flavor while seasoning, and roast on high heat until the inside is tender and the edges are golden tart apple cubes add a welcomed touch of acidity. The hash is meant to be a plug- and caramelized. Time varies by vegetable, but most are done in the 20-30 minute and-play recipe - swap out ingredients as you wish - but this combination is exactly range. Serve your roasted veggies with sliced beef or pork roast, or serve simply right, so you may find yourself making this version over and over. with some steamed quinoa.

Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil bles are coated evenly with olive oil and spices. Cover a baking Start to Finish: 40 minutes. 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar sheet with parchment paper and spread the mixture out into a sin- Yield: 6 servings 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika gle layer. Bake until sweet potato, Brussels sprouts and garlic are 3/4 pound medium-sized Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved, 1/4 teaspoon smoked turmeric (optional) tender and golden brown, about 30 minutes, stirring halfway about 2 cups 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt through cook time. Sprinkle with fresh herbs if desired and serve. 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch cubes, about Chopped fresh chives and rosemary for garnish (optional) 11/2 cups Nutrition information per serving: 114 calories; 36 calories from 1 medium granny smith (or other tart) apple, peeled and cut into Preparation fat; 4 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 3 mg cholesterol; 242 mg 3/4-inch cubes, about 1 cup Preheat the oven to 400 F. In a large bowl, mix together all the sodium; 18 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 3 g protein. 1/2 cup whole garlic cloves, peeled ingredients except the chives and rosemary, and stir until vegeta- Friday 25 Lifestyle | Food Friday, October 27, 2017

MINIATURE ROAST BIRDS FOR THANKSGIVING Ingredients Start to finish: 2 hours, 15 minutes (40 active) Servings: 8 For the stuffing: 1/2 pound firm white, homemade-style sandwich bread 3/4 cup finely chopped onion 1/3 cup finely diced celery 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh sage 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme 1 teaspoon lemon zest 6 cooked breakfast sausages 1/2 to 3/4 cup chicken broth

For the hens: 4 Cornish hens (about 2 pounds each) Oil for brushing the skin

For the gravy: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil Giblets from the hens (save the livers for another use) 1 small onion, sliced thin 1/2 medium carrot, sliced thin 3 cups chicken broth 4 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Preparation Make the stuffing: Preheat the oven to 250 F. Cut the bread into 1/2-inch cubes and spread the cubes in a sin- gle layer on a baking sheet. Bake them until barely Serve Cornish hens golden, about 40 minutes. Let cool to room temperature. In a medium skillet, cook the onion and celery in the but- ter over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Transfer the veg- etables and butter to a medium bowl. Stir in the herbs, lemon zest, bread, sausages and enough of the stock to instead of turkey moisten the cubes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Make the hens: Preheat the oven to 450 F. Stuff each hen with 1/2 cup of the stuffing and tie the legs. Rub the oil over all the hens and arrange them in one layer on a rack in a large roasting pan. Sprinkle with salt and pep- per. Roast the hens for 35 minutes or until a meat ther- for Thanksgiving mometer inserted in the thickest part of the leg thigh joint registers 165 F. Transfer the hens from the roasting pan to a platter and let them rest for 10 to 15 minutes. Make the gravy: While the hens are roasting, in a By Sara Moulton line of the breastbone.) Stuff birds that are 1 to 1 1/4 pounds with large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat and add one-third cup stuffing instead of the half-cup, and start with a the giblets, onion and carrot. Reduce the heat to medium On Thanksgiving Day, why not follow presidential custom and cooking time of 25 minutes. You’ll know they’re properly cooked and cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, grant your turkey a pardon? Sure, the big bird has always been when the internal temperature, taken in the thickest part of the about 8 minutes. Transfer the giblets and vegetables to at the center of the traditional feast, but cooking it is almost al- thigh, registers 165 F. a small saucepan. Simmer until the hens come out of the ways a headache. The problem is how long to cook it. Sometimes You’ll be roasting these hens at a high heat, 450 F, so make oven. Strain out the giblets and vegetables, return the a 16-pound turkey is cooked to perfection in three hours flat. sure your oven is very clean or your kitchen will smoke up. Also, liquid to the saucepan and bring it to a boil. In a small Sometimes it requires three hours and 45 minutes. This unpre- use a roasting pan with high-ish sides to keep the spitting fat bowl whisk together 1/3 cup water and the flour and add dictability makes it tough to plan the cooking of the other items and juices from spraying everywhere. Once you’ve pulled the it to the liquid in a stream, whisking. Add any juices from on your menu and to figure out when the meal itself can begin. hens from the oven, they must rest for at least 10 to 15 minutes the platter with the resting hens. Simmer the mixture for That’s why I’m proposing Cornish hens instead of turkey. to guarantee a moist bird. If you try to slice it in half too soon, a 5 minutes; salt and pepper to taste. They’re at least as scrumptious as turkeys, but they’re much the juices will come streaming out. The stuffing recipe yields a To serve: Cut each hen in half and transfer to 8 plates smaller - weighing in at 1 pound to 2 pounds - making them easier little more than you’ll need for four large hens. So when the hens with the stuffing side down. Pour some of the gravy over to cook. They roast up much more quickly, and you don’t have to are resting, spread out the extra stuffing in a pie plate and heat each portion and serve the remainder on the side. wrestle them into a roasting pan to make them fit. With hens that it up in the oven - covered, if you want it moist, uncovered, if are on the large size, you get two servings out of every bird. (After you want it crispy. the bird has cooked and rested, slice it in half, starting at the mid- 26 Friday Lifestyle | Food Friday, October 27, 2017 Step aside cranberries: Try these thanksgiving FALL VEGETABLE CHUTNEY

Ingredients chutneys Makes about 3 cups Start to finish: 40 minutes (Active time: 15 minutes)

If you don’t like cranberries, Thanksgiving is probably your worst Chutneys are typically a sweet, sour, and savory combination 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped nightmare. It’s basically the only time of the year that they make of fruits, vegetables, and spices that are cooked to a stewed con- 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped an appearance, and if you don’t eat cranberry sauce, well, why sistency. CIA Chef John Kowalski explains, “Chutney contains fruit 1 medium eggplant (about 1 pound), chopped even bother? After all, the undisputed best part of Thanksgiving and sugar to give it a sweet taste, and almost all chutney contains 2 plum tomatoes, chopped is assembling the perfect bite of turkey, stuffing, and cranberry vinegar and perhaps onions to give it a corresponding sour flavor. 1/2 yellow onion, chopped sauce. Like jams and jellies, chutney can be chunky or smooth. In India, 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced Not being into cranberry sauce doesn’t mean that you can’t or spicy chutney is usually served with curry and often with cold 1 cup white wine vinegar shouldn’t appreciate what is great about it. Cranberry sauce meats and vegetables.” 1 tablespoon brown sugar works because it’s the lightly sweet, ultra-tart foil to the other rich The Fall Vegetable Chutney, which is similar to an Italian 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt foods on our plate. Think about it. Your plate has turkey smoth- caponata, uses the last of the season’s farmstand ingredients, like 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes ered in gravy (rich), stuffing (so rich), mashed potatoes (the king tomatoes, bell peppers, and eggplant. Because chutneys are 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves of rich), plus whatever other butter-covered, cream-filled, butter- cooked until they’re soft, it’s a great opportunity to use some of milk-soaked foods your family makes every year. the produce you may have stored away in the freezer. Preparation But that bite of cranberry sauce helps to cleanse your palate All of these recipes are great as written, but they’re also a good of that somewhat grimy feeling that can come in between bites of jumping-off point for your own experimentation. The Mustard In a large saucepan, combine the bell peppers, eggplant, biscuit and corn pudding. For the same reason, it’s the perfect Fruits recipe uses dried dates, apricots, and apples, but you can tomatoes, onion, garlic, vinegar, brown sugar, salt, pepper spread for your post-Thanksgiving sandwich (the undisputed sec- use any of your favorite dried fruits, like raisins, pears, or figs. And flakes, and cloves. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then ond-best part of Thanksgiving). the Cranberry-Pineapple Chutney would be just as delicious with reduce to a simmer. Cover and cook until the vegetables But despite totally cornering the market on Thanksgiving fruits, mangoes and the addition of savory ground cumin. begin to soften, about 10 minutes. Uncover and cook, stir- cranberries are not the be-all and end-all when it comes to sauc- ring occasionally, until the vegetables are softened and ing your holiday table. These three chutney recipes from The Culi- the sauce has reduced to a syrup consistency, about 25 nary Institute of America are fresh alternatives to sliced minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature. “can-berry” that hit the same spot from a different angle.

CRANBERRY PINEAPPLE CHUTNEY

Ingredients

Makes about 3 1/2 cups Start to finish: 20 minutes 1/2 pineapple, chopped (about 4 cups) 1 1/2 cups cranberries, fresh or frozen 1 serrano or jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced 1/4 cup golden raisins 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

Preparation

In a medium saucepan, combine the pineapple, cranber- ries, peppers, raisins, vinegar, water, brown sugar, ginger, and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the pineapple is soft, the cranberries have burst, and the sauce is syrupy, about 15 minutes (the mixture will thicken more as it cools). Serve warm or at room temperature. Friday 27 Lifestyle | Food Friday, October 27, 2017 Put pumpkin puree to work as part of a frozen winter treat

By Melissa D’Arabian achieve the desired consistency, which means this is a great make- perfectly seasonal, but it boasts a ton of vitamin A (more than a ahead breakfast. Stock up the freezer with frozen bowls, and pull day’s worth in one serving), and a smattering of other vitamins, All four of my daughters love frozen acai bowls because they feel them out as needed to thaw a few minutes on the counter, adding minerals and fiber. And, it’s naturally sweet so not a lot of extra like you’re eating ice cream for breakfast, except healthier. If you toppings, and eat. sugar is needed to make this breakfast feel like more of an indul- haven’t hopped on the acai bowl craze, allow me to update you. But frozen breakfast bowls are also fantastic as a to-go snack gence than it actually is. Loading up the freezer with these bowls Superfood acai berry puree is blended up with fruit - usually in a lunchbox: an icepack slows down the thawing enough to have is an excellent plan-ahead strategy, whether you’re a mom of four, berries or banana - and then served thick, creamy and semi- the bowl at the perfect texture about two hours later. And don’t or you just want to streamline your mornings. frozen, topped with granola, fruit, nuts or other goodies. worry if you miss the mark: even if it completely thaws, the bowl You can buy gorgeous berry-topped bowls at juice bars stays tasty, even if more smoothie-bowl-esque than ice-creamy. across the country, or make your own by blending up the base, Today, I’m winterizing this summertime treat by swapping out pouring it into individual bowls and freezing. Once frozen solid, the acai and bringing in the beloved flavors of the season in my they’ll last for weeks. But, you’ll need to let it soften a little to Pumpkin and Spice Breakfast Bowl. Pumpkin puree is not only PUMPKIN AND SPICE BREAKFAST BOWLS Ingredients Servings: 4 Start to finish: 15 minutes, plus freezing and thawing time Base: 1 large ripe banana, sliced 1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin puree 1 cup reduced fat vanilla Greek yogurt 3/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (or mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and allspice)

Topping: 2 small apples, thinly sliced 1/4 cup pecan halves or pieces 1/4 cup raw oats 4 teaspoons maple syrup

Preparation Place all the ingredients for the base into a blender and blend until creamy and smooth, about one minute. (Tip: Blend on low. You may need to start and stop blender, breaking up the ingredients using a wooden spoon when NOT blending.) Divide the blended mixture among four individual freezer-safe bowls or to-go con- tainers. Top and eat as is for a smoothie bowl. Or, freeze for at least 30 minutes, or up to a month (covered). Just before serving, top with apples, pecans, oats and the maple syrup drizzled on top. Breakfast bowl can then be eaten frozen like an ice cream: Allow a frozen solid bowl to soften a little before - at room temperature, this will take approximately 20 minutes. In a lunchbox with an ice pack, the ideal frozen eating time is 1-2 hours after removing from the freezer. If the bowls “overthaw,” simply enjoy them as smoothie bowls. Chef’s Note: Customize your toppings swapping in nuts, seeds, fruit, berries, chia seeds, hemp hearts, or shaved coconut. 28 Friday

Lifestyle | Travel Friday, October 27, 2017 Double identity Strasbourg on the French-German border

Strasbourg is the capital of France’s Alsace region and just a two-hour train ride from Paris. But it’s also just 2 miles from the border of Germany, and a popular port call for cruises down the Rhine River. The waterway threads a region that for centuries has had strong roots in both French and German cul- ture. Part of Strasbourg, a city of 250,000, looks classically French, with bak- eries and flower shops lining narrow, winding streets. Friday 29

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easily take the tram from the east side of the others in France, once accepted property such Rhine to work in the center. The city is home to as vineyards from wealthy patients who couldn’t several major continental organizations, includ- otherwise cover their bill. Carmelite monks who ing the European Parliament, where representa- cared for the sick also tended to the vines and tives come from Brussels for a few days each made the wine. month to cast votes in a modern cylindrical The hospital also prescribed to ailing patients building on the edge of town. in the 14th century up to 2 liters of wine per day. Dominating the skyline above it all is the sin- “It was better for you than the water that was gle tower of the asymmetrical cathedral, which available, and it was the only painkiller around,” was the tallest building in the world for more said cellar master Thibaut Baldinger. Of course, than 200 years and remains a wonder of late- the practice of getting deathly ill patients drunk Gothic masonry. Wisps of red sandstone rods eventually went the way of leeches and phrenol- run the length of the lacy facade, which is cov- ogy. But the vinegary odor of centuries of spills ered in thousands of life-sized figures. A planned still fills the air under the cellar’s stone arches, second tower was never built; it would have been and iron bars guard a precious riesling blend too heavy. from 1472, the oldest barreled white wine in the Rue Merciere leads away from the western world. Baldinger unlocked the gate with a heavy side of the cathedral, past touristy sidewalk cafes key, pulled a cork from the top of the barrel and and into a square with an antique carousel and held it under my nose. Caramelized vanilla, honey a statue of Johannes Gutenberg, who experi- and wax. Sneaking a taste would have been un- mented with the printing press when he lived in wise, even fatal, because of the wine’s astronom- town in the mid-1400s. A few blocks away the ical acidity. little Ill River curves around the southern part of The hospital stopped fermenting wine in the the old town. cellar in 1990, and winemakers in the region banded together to renovate the barrels. Now, Wine for what ails you they age a portion of their best wines there for Just across the river in the Petite France six to 10 months, imparting different qualities to neighborhood is one of Strasbourg’s most un- the same vintage. “These bottles are to be drunk usual attractions: a centuries-old wine cellar, with far less moderation than other wines,” Cave des Hospices Strasbourg, located in the Baldinger said, noting that profits from the bou- historical wing of a modern medical complex. tique go straight to the hospital’s balance sheet. Here thousands of bottles with the hospital’s “But only after you get rid of your four-wheeled label await buyers in a small, subterranean bou- or two-wheeled vehicle, because our emergency tique. The story goes that the hospital, like many services couldn’t handle it.”— AP

he old Tanner’s District, where leather regular spoils of war, beginning with the French craftsmen dried hides on the open top king Louis XIV, winner of the Thirty Years’ War Tfloors of leaning wood-timber buildings, over the German-speaking Holy Roman Empire. could have been ripped out of “Beauty and the Since then, Alsace has come under German con- Beast.” The other side of town, the German trol twice, for nearly 50 years ending with World Quarter, is dominated by wide boulevards and War I and again during the Nazi occupation. “At muscular construction that went up during a the end of World War II, the only thing the Alsa- building boom in the late 19th century. tians wanted was peace,” said lifelong resident Catherine Mog, a tour guide whose grandfather A war trophy changed nationalities three times during his life- The city’s double cultural identity testifies to time. Now, Strasbourg proudly displays itself as the Alsace region’s dubious distinction as the an example of European unity. German citizens 30 Friday

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There are around 2000 different plant types that humans use to cultivate food. Examples of popular vegetables include lettuce, carrots, as- paragus, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, potatoes and onions. The sweet potato is a root vegetable and is not closely related to the potato. Cutting onions releases a gas which causes a stinging sensation when it comes into contact with your eyes. Your body pro- duces tears to dilute the irritant and remove it from your eyes. SUDOKU Pumpkins are usually labeled as vegetables but they contain seeds and are technically fruit. China is the largest producer of garlic, producing over 10 million tons in 2008 and accounting for over 75 percent of world output. Examples of popular fruits include apples, oranges, pears, strawberries, peaches, bananas, apricots and grapes. The average apple contains around 130 calories. India is the world’s largest producer of bananas, producing nearly 22 million tons in 2007. Humans use many different methods for gathering food which include farming, hunting, gardening, foraging and fishing. Humans eat meat from a number of different animals, common examples include meat from chickens, cows, sheep and pigs. Other food products that come from animals include milk, eggs and honey. Although humans are omnivores (eating both plants and ani- mals), many people choose not to eat meat and fish, they are known as vegetarians. Those who don’t eat or use any prod- ucts made from animals (including eggs, dairy products and honey) are known as vegans. Food for human consumption is typically made from plants and animals but we also eat other products such as fermented foods and fungus (mushrooms, truffles etc). Cooking is an important part of food preparation that involves applying heat. In most cases this transforms the chemical makeup of food, altering its texture, flavor, nutritional prop- erties and appearance. Types of equipment used in the cooking process include ovens, microwaves, toasters, grills, pots and frying pans. Various cooking methods include boiling, simmering, steaming, sautÈing, pan frying and deep-frying. Around 70 million people suffer from food poisoning every year with around 7 million of these cases being fatal. Careful food storage, temperature control and preparation is necessary to avoid potentially dangerous bacteria, toxins and viruses. Around 8 percent of children and 2 percent of adults have some kind of food allergy, this occurs when the body’s immune system incorrectly assumes a certain food protein is harmful and attacks it. Common exam- ples of food allergies include reactions to peanuts, gluten and shellfish. Friday 31

Comic Friday, October 27, 2017

Word Search South Africa. pecially alcohol). 19. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting 58. Feeling or showing extreme anger. CROSSWORD 1746 the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in 60. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity. Nebraska. 62. A doctor's degree in music. 21. A city is east central Sweden north north- 63. The means of connection between things west of Stockholm. linked in series. 24. The branch of computer science that deal 64. A member of an extinct North American with writing computer programs that can Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley solve problems creatively. in northern California. 27. Large burrowing rodent of South and Cen- 66. Having leadership guidance. tral America. 67. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square 29. A high-crowned black cap (usually made meters. of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey 72. A colorless odorless gaseous element that and Iran and the Caucasus. give a red glow in a vacuum tube. 30. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of 73. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) solute per 1000 grams of solvent. days. 31. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the 42. The skin that covers the top of the head. Middle East that remains dry except during 45. The branch of computer science that deal rainy season. with writing computer programs that can 32. Of the blackest black. solve problems creatively. 34. Of or concerning Qatar. 47. A very poisonous metallic element that has 35. Away from the mouth or oral region. three allotropic forms. 36. Speak in a nasal voice. 50. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite 38. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern side. Albania and Yugoslavia. 52. Speaking a Slavic language. 40. (linguistics) Belonging to the class of nouns 54. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to that denote living beings. one weber per square meter. 42. Erect European annual often grown as a 56. The epithelial tissue of the endometrium. salad crop to be harvested when young and 58. United States astronomer (1835-1909). tender. 61. A small horizontal rope between the 45. Veloute sauce seasoned with herbs and shrouds of a sailing ship. shallots and capers. 63. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs. 48. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two 65. Mix up or confuse. parallel wooden bars supported on uprights. 66. Small shrubby African tree having com- 49. A city in southern California (southeast of pound leaves and racemes of small fragrant Los Angeles). green flowers. ACROSS 57. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped 50. United States conductor (born in Japan in 69. Uttering in an irritated tone. 1. Primitive predaceous North American fish cucumbers and spices. 1935). 70. A low vibrating sound typical of a con- covered with hard scales and having long jaws 59. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having 53. A silvery ductile metallic element found tented cat v 1. with needle-like teeth. an output that is proportional to the input. primarily in bauxite. 72. Characteristic of false pride. 4. Not chaste. 61. In a shrewd manner. 55. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an 73. Very dark black. 12. The seventh and last day of the week. 65. A plane curve formed by the intersection equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on 74. A native or inhabitant of Denmark. 15. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt 77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods. purchases securities in one market for immedi- an element of the curve. between the plates. 78. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thai- ate resale in another in the hope of profiting 68. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 56. Not affected by a chemical substance (es- land of its people. from the price differential). 69. Type genus of the Amiidae. 16. A member of the Finnish people living in 70. A self-funded retirement plan that allows Yesterdayʼs Solution Karelia in northwestern European Russia. you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward 17. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods. your retirement. 18. A city in east central Texas. 71. Time without end. 20. Give in, as to influence or pressure. 74. A transuranic element. 22. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes. 75. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized 23. A person of unquestioning obedience. by behavioral and learning disorders. 25. A member of the Siouan people living in 76. A prophet of the first century. the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi. 77. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners 26. Type genus of the Apidae. used for gliding over snow. 28. The highest level or degree attainable. Yesterday’s Solution 33. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the DOWN Ivory Coast. 1. An awkward stupid person. 37. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist 2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Ara- people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos bia or North Africa. and Thailand. 3. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglo- 39. West Indian tree having racemes of fra- bin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues. grant white flowers and yielding a durable tim- 4. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occu- ber and resinous juice. pying most of the British Isles. 41. Muslim name for God. 5. Australian clover fern. 43. (Greek mythology) The Greek personifica- 6. The men who man a ship or aircraft. tion of death. 7. Capital of the state of Montana. 44. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat 8. On or toward the lee. trimmed off. 9. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the 46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere fantastic adventures he had in his voyages. near Telescopium and Norma. 10. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and 47. A city of central Russia south of Moscow. vulgar. 51. A radioactive element of the actinide series. 11. 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05:00 Britain’s Darkest Taboos 09:30 Mythbusters 07:20 Elena Of Avalor 19:25 The Lion Guard 21:45 Lab Rats 06:00 Crime Stories 10:20 Ultimate Survival 07:45 Bunk’d 19:55 Doc McStuffins 22:10 Lab Rats 07:00 Crime Stories 11:10 The Carbonaro Effect 08:10 Stuck In The Middle 20:25 Doc McStuffins 22:35 Phineas & Ferb 08:00 It Takes A Killer 11:35 The Carbonaro Effect 08:35 Miraculous Tales Of Lady- 20:45 Jake And The Never Land Pi- 23:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am 08:30 It Takes A Killer 12:00 Guinness World Records bug... rates KSA OSN Movies Action HD 09:00 Homicide Hunter Smashed New Zealand 09:00 Miraculous Tales Of Lady- 21:15 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 00:20 The Covenant 10:00 Homicide Hunter 12:25 Guinness World Records bug... 21:45 Doc McStuffins 02:05 Twister 11:00 Homicide Hunter Smashed New Zealand 09:25 Lolirock 22:15 Goldie & Bear 04:05 The Transporter: Refueled 12:00 Homicide Hunter 12:50 How It’s Made 09:50 Lolirock 22:45 Puppy Dog Pals 05:50 Big Game 13:00 Homicide Hunter 13:15 How It’s Made 10:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A 23:15 PJ Masks 07:25 Rumble 14:00 It Takes A Killer 13:40 Mythbusters Teenage Witch 23:45 Loopdidoo 00:10 Botched 09:05 Harlock: Space Pirate 14:30 It Takes A Killer 14:30 Beverly Hills Groomer 10:40 Sabrina Secrets Of A 01:00 The Platinum Life 11:00 Tekken: Kazuya’s Revenge 15:00 Crime Stories 14:55 Beverly Hills Groomer Teenage Witch 01:50 E! News 12:35 Warcraft: The Beginning 16:00 The First 48 15:20 Storm Chasers 11:05 Hank Zipzer 02:50 Celebrity Style Story 14:40 Street Fighter 17:00 The First 48 16:10 Ultimate Survival 11:30 Alex & Co. 03:20 Celebrity Style Story 16:25 Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy 18:00 Hatton Garden Heist: One 17:00 The Carbonaro Effect 11:55 Alex & Co. 03:50 Botched XV Last Job 17:25 The Carbonaro Effect 12:20 Lolirock 00:20 Street Customs 2008 04:40 Botched 18:25 Tekken: Kazuya’s Revenge 19:00 It Takes A Killer 17:50 Guinness World Records 12:45 Tangled Before Ever After 01:05 What On Earth? 05:30 Celebrity Style Story 20:00 Warcraft: The Beginning 19:30 It Takes A Killer Smashed New Zealand 13:45 The Zhuzhus S1 01:50 So You Think You’d Survive? 06:00 Hollywood Medium With 22:00 Bloodrayne: The Third Reich 20:00 Homicide Hunter 18:15 Guinness World Records 14:00 K.C. Undercover 02:35 Supertruckers Tyler Henry 23:20 Hardcore Henry 21:00 Crime Stories Smashed New Zealand 14:25 K.C. Undercover 03:20 Fast N’ Loud 06:55 E! News 22:00 Monster In My Family 18:40 Mythbusters 14:50 Bizaardvark 04:05 Treasure Quest: Snake Island 07:10 Hollywood Medium With 23:00 I Married My Killer 19:30 How It’s Made 15:15 Elena Of Avalor 04:50 Alaska: The Last Frontier Tyler Henry 19:55 How It’s Made 15:40 Stuck In The Middle 05:35 How Do They Do It? 08:10 E! News: Daily Pop 20:20 Kids Do The Craziest Things 16:05 Liv And Maddie 06:00 Strip The City 10:10 Botched 20:45 Kids Do The Craziest Things 16:30 Project Mc2 06:45 Abandoned Engineering 11:05 The Platinum Life 00:45 Treehouse Masters 21:10 The Carbonaro Effect 18:00 K.C. Undercover 07:30 Abandoned Engineering 12:00 E! News 01:40 Rugged Justice 00:05 Ridiculousness Arabia 21:35 The Carbonaro Effect 18:25 K.C. Undercover 08:15 Deadliest Catch 12:15 Life Of Kylie 02:35 Escape To Chimp Eden 00:30 South Park 22:00 Guinness World Records 18:50 K.C. Undercover 09:00 Boy To Man 12:40 Life Of Kylie 03:00 Escape To Chimp Eden 00:55 Lip Sync Battle Smashed New Zealand 19:15 Liv And Maddie 09:45 Boy To Man 13:10 Eric And Jessie 03:25 Whale Wars 01:20 The Half Hour 22:25 Guinness World Records 19:40 Elena Of Avalor 10:30 Garage Gold 13:35 Eric And Jessie 04:15 Whale Wars 01:45 Inside Amy Schumer Smashed New Zealand 20:05 Jessie 11:00 How Do They Do It? 14:05 Eric And Jessie 05:02 Mutant Planet 02:10 Another Period 22:50 Ultimate Survival 20:30 Cracke 11:25 How Do They Do It? 14:30 Eric And Jessie 05:49 Lone Star Law 02:35 South Park 23:40 Storm Chasers 20:35 K.C. Undercover 11:50 How Do They Do It? 15:00 E! News 06:36 Gorilla School 03:00 The Daily Show With Trevor 21:00 K.C. Undercover 12:17 How Do They Do It? 15:15 E! News: Daily Pop 07:00 Gorilla School Noah 21:25 Miraculous Tales Of Lady- 12:47 Street Outlaws 17:10 Hollywood Medium With 07:25 Escape To Chimp Eden 03:25 Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex bug... 13:37 Carspotting Tyler Henry 08:15 Treehouse Masters Stuff 21:50 Sunny Bunnies 14:27 Misfit Garage 18:05 Eric And Jessie 09:10 Rugged Justice 04:15 Urban Tarzan 21:55 Miraculous Tales Of Lady- 15:17 Street Customs 2008 18:30 Eric And Jessie 10:05 Mutant Planet 04:40 Framework bug... 16:02 Street Customs 2008 19:00 E! News 11:00 Escape To Chimp Eden 05:30 Coaching Bad 00:45 Ghost Asylum 22:20 Alex & Co. 16:47 Street Customs 2008 20:00 Keeping Up With The Kar- 11:55 Whale Wars 06:20 Disaster Date 01:40 I Am Homicide 22:45 Lolirock 17:32 Street Outlaws dashians 12:50 Whale Wars 06:50 Disaster Date 02:35 The Perfect Murder 23:05 Disney Mickey Mouse 18:22 Carspotting 21:00 Keeping Up With The Kar- 13:45 Rugged Justice 07:15 Disaster Date 03:30 Disappeared 23:10 Sabrina Secrets Of A 19:12 Garage Gold dashians 14:40 Mutant Planet 07:40 Disaster Date 04:25 Who On Earth Did I Marry? Teenage Witch 19:42 Garage Gold 22:00 Famously Single 15:35 Lone Star Law 08:05 Disaster Date 04:50 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 23:35 Binny And The Ghost 20:07 How Do They Do It? 23:00 E! 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02:40 Loopdidoo 08:05 Star Wars: The Freemaker 03:30 Man Fire Food 15:35 Framework 17:50 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 02:55 Henry Hugglemonster Adventures 04:00 Chopped 16:30 Lip Sync Battle 18:20 I Almost Got Away With It 03:10 Art Attack 08:10 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 05:00 Guy’s Grocery Games 00:10 EastEnders 16:55 Lip Sync Battle 19:15 Southern Fried Homicide 03:35 Loopdidoo Much Everything 06:00 Barefoot Contessa: Back To 00:40 Holby City 17:20 Impractical Jokers 20:10 Obsession: Dark Desires 03:50 Calimero 08:35 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty Basics 01:35 Cold Feet 17:45 Impractical Jokers 21:05 Blood Relatives 04:05 Art Attack Much Everything 06:50 Anna Olson: Fresh 02:25 Benidorm 18:10 Impractical Jokers 22:00 American Monster 04:30 Henry Hugglemonster 09:00 Supa Strikas 07:15 The Kitchen 03:15 Call The Midwife 19:25 Ridiculousness Arabia 22:55 Evil Lives Here 04:45 Henry Hugglemonster 09:25 Supa Strikas 08:05 The Pioneer Woman 04:10 Doctors 19:50 Detroiters 23:50 Ghost Asylum 05:00 Art Attack 09:50 Walk The Prank 08:55 Siba’s Table 04:40 EastEnders 20:12 Workaholics 05:30 Henry Hugglemonster 10:20 Walk The Prank 09:25 Siba’s Table 05:10 Cold Feet 20:35 Ridiculousness Arabia 05:45 Loopdidoo 10:45 Gravity Falls 09:55 Cooking For Real 06:00 Doctors 21:00 The Daily Show With Trevor 06:00 Henry Hugglemonster 11:10 Gravity Falls 10:25 Cooking For Real 06:30 EastEnders Noah 06:15 Calimero 11:35 Lab Rats: Bionic Island 10:55 The Kitchen 07:00 Casualty 21:30 South Park 06:30 Loopdidoo 12:00 Lab Rats: Bionic Island 11:45 Bake With Anna Olson 07:50 Holby City 22:00 Al Madrigal: Why Is The 06:45 Henry Hugglemonster 12:30 Phineas And Ferb 12:10 The Pioneer Woman 08:45 Doctors Rabbit Crying 07:00 Sofia The First 12:55 Phineas And Ferb 12:35 The Pioneer Woman 11:15 Casualty 22:50 The President Show 00:00 Hank Zipzer 07:30 Puppy Dog Pals 13:20 Zeke And Luther 13:00 Siba’s Table 12:10 Holby City 23:15 Comedy Central Presents 00:25 Alex & Co. 08:00 Mickey And The Roadster 13:45 Zeke And Luther 13:30 Siba’s Table 13:00 EastEnders Comedy 3alwagef 00:45 The Hive Racers 14:10 Disney Mickey Mouse 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 13:35 EastEnders 23:40 The Daily Show With Trevor 00:50 Evermoor Chronicles 08:30 Doc McStuffins 14:15 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 15:00 Chopped 14:05 EastEnders Noah 01:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A 09:00 PJ Masks Much Everything 16:00 The Kitchen 14:35 EastEnders Teenage Witch 09:30 PJ Masks 14:40 Gravity Falls 17:00 Cooking For Real 15:10 Casualty 01:40 Sabrina Secrets Of A 10:00 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 15:05 Lab Rats 17:30 Cooking For Real 16:00 Doctors Teenage Witch 10:30 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 15:30 Milo Murphy’s Law 18:00 Chopped 16:30 Doctors 02:05 Binny And The Ghost 11:00 The Lion Guard 15:55 Right NOW Kapow 19:00 Halloween Baking Champi- 18:35 Casualty 02:30 Binny And The Ghost 11:30 The Lion Guard 16:25 Walk The Prank onship 19:30 Friday Night Dinner 00:30 Beverly Hills Groomer 02:55 Hank Zipzer 12:00 Sofia The First 16:50 Penn Zero: Part Time Hero 20:00 Extreme Cake Wars 20:00 Top Of The Lake 00:55 Beverly Hills Groomer 03:15 The Hive 12:30 Sofia The First 17:15 Mech-X4 21:00 Paul Hollywood - City Bakes 21:00 Poldark 01:20 Weather Gone Viral 03:20 Hank Zipzer 13:00 PJ Masks 17:40 Marvel’s Spider-Man 22:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 22:00 Benidorm 02:10 Wild Hawaii 03:45 Alex & Co. 13:30 PJ Masks 18:05 Supa Strikas 22:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 22:50 Friday Night Dinner 03:00 Ultimate Survival 04:10 Alex & Co. 14:00 My Friends Tigger & Pooh 18:30 Star Wars: The Freemaker 23:00 Chopped 23:25 Carters Get Rich 03:50 Kids Do The Craziest Things 04:35 Sabrina Secrets Of A 14:30 Doc McStuffins Toy Hospital Adventures 23:50 Doctors 04:15 Kids Do The Craziest Things Teenage Witch 15:00 Puppy Dog Pals 18:35 Disney11 04:40 How It’s Made 05:00 Sabrina Secrets Of A 15:30 Mickey And The Roadster 19:00 Penn Zero: Part Time Hero 05:05 How It’s Made Teenage Witch Racers 19:25 Right NOW Kapow 05:30 Beverly Hills Groomer 05:25 Binny And The Ghost 16:00 Sofia The First 19:50 Marvel’s Rocket And Groot 05:55 Beverly Hills Groomer 05:45 The Hive 16:30 Doc McStuffins 19:55 Mech-X4 00:10 Guess This House 06:20 Mythbusters 05:50 Rolling With The Ronks S1 17:00 PJ Masks 20:20 Walk The Prank 01:00 Emmerdale 00:00 The First 48 07:00 Beverly Hills Groomer Splits 17:25 Puppy Dog Pals 20:45 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 01:30 Coronation Street 01:00 Britain’s Darkest Taboos 07:25 Beverly Hills Groomer 06:00 Jessie 17:55 Sofia The First Much Everything 02:00 Coronation Street 02:00 Fritzl By Fred Dinenage 07:50 Storm Chasers 06:25 Liv And Maddie 18:25 Mickey And The Roadster 21:10 Gravity Falls 02:30 The Chase 03:00 Homicide: Hours To Kill 08:40 How It’s Made 06:50 Tsum Tsum Shorts Racers 21:35 Marvel’s Rocket And Groot 03:25 Jekyll And Hyde 04:00 The First 48 09:05 How It’s Made 06:55 The Zhuzhus S1 18:55 PJ Masks 21:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 04:20 Jekyll And Hyde Friday 33

TV Listings Friday, October 27, 2017

05:15 Couples Come Dine With Me 22:40 Forged In Fire 03:45 Wild Case Files 01:19 Blaze And The Monster Ma- Dead Man’s Chest 06:10 Guess This House 23:30 JFK Declassified: Hunting 04:40 Animals Gone Wild chines 22:50 Wall-E 07:05 The Chase Oswald 05:35 Lion Gangland 01:41 Zack & Quack 08:00 Jekyll And Hyde 06:30 Wild 24 02:03 Shimmer And Shine 09:00 Jekyll And Hyde 07:25 Wild Case Files 02:25 Olive The Ostrich 10:00 Couples Come Dine With Me 08:20 Animals Gone Wild 02:30 Olive The Ostrich 01:30 John Rabe 10:55 Guess This House 09:15 Snakes In The City 02:35 Paw Patrol 03:00 Ironclad 11:50 The Chase 10:10 Wild Indochina 02:58 Little Charmers 05:00 Half Light 12:45 Emmerdale 00:45 Route Awakening 11:05 Lion Ranger 03:10 Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom 01:30 Break Point 06:45 From Dusk Till Dawn 13:15 Emmerdale 01:10 Carnival Eats 12:00 Shark vs Predator 03:22 Dora The Explorer 03:05 Hard Promises 08:20 Woman In Gold 13:45 Coronation Street 01:40 Places We Go 12:55 Snow Leopard Of 03:44 Max & Ruby 04:45 Leap Of Faith 10:15 My Boss’s Daughter 14:15 Guess This House 02:05 Places We Go Afghanistan 04:06 The Day Henry Met 06:35 The Golden Child 11:45 Carjacked 15:10 The Chase 02:35 Home Strange Home 13:50 Wild 24 04:11 Nella The Princess Knight 08:15 Once Upon A Crime 13:15 Tiptoes 16:00 Britain’s Secrets With Anne 03:30 Home Strange Home 14:45 Wild Case Files 04:35 Shimmer And Shine 10:00 Leap Of Faith 14:45 John Rabe Robinson 04:25 Street Food Around The 15:40 Animals Gone Wild 04:59 Wallykazam! 11:55 The Golden Child 16:15 02:22 17:00 It’s Not Rocket Science World 16:35 Snakes In The City 05:21 Zack & Quack 13:35 Once Upon A Crime 18:00 Gone Baby Gone 17:50 Couples Come Dine With Me 04:50 Street Food Around The 17:30 Animal Outlaws 05:32 The Day Henry Met 15:15 Made In America 20:00 Tomorrowland 18:45 Emmerdale World 18:25 Gorilla Murders 05:38 Blaze And The Monster Ma- 17:10 Meet Dave 22:15 The Dead Girl 19:15 Emmerdale 05:20 Carnival Eats 19:20 Wild Case Files chines 18:45 Don Verdean 23:45 Jersey Girl 19:45 Coronation Street 05:45 Eat Street 20:10 Animals Gone Wild 06:00 Rusty Rivets 20:25 The Out Of Towners 20:10 The Chase 06:15 Dog Whisperer 21:00 Snakes In The City 06:13 Paw Patrol 22:00 Scouts Guide To The Zombie 21:00 Britain’s Secrets With Anne 07:10 Places We Go 21:50 Animal Outlaws 06:37 Dora The Explorer Apocalypse Robinson 07:35 Places We Go 22:40 Gorilla Murders 07:00 Zack & Quack 23:40 Drunk Wedding 22:00 It’s Not Rocket Science 08:05 Home Strange Home 23:30 Shark vs Predator 07:21 Bubble Guppies 22:50 Emmerdale 09:00 Home Strange Home 07:44 Blaze And The Monster Ma- 00:00 The Fashion Fund 23:15 Emmerdale 09:55 Street Food Around The chines 01:00 The Fashion Fund 23:40 Coronation Street World 08:07 Paw Patrol 02:00 Mom vs. Matchmaker 10:20 Street Food Around The 08:30 Shimmer And Shine 02:30 Mom vs. Matchmaker World 08:53 Nella The Princess Knight 00:05 Guernica 03:00 Making Mr. Right 10:50 Carnival Eats 00:12 Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur- 09:15 The Day Henry Met 02:10 Brooklyn 04:00 Project Accessory 11:15 Eat Street tles 09:22 Paw Patrol 04:10 The Better Angels 05:00 House Of DVF 11:45 Dog Whisperer 00:36 Rabbids Invasion 09:45 Rusty Rivets 06:00 The Inevitable Defeat Of 06:00 The Fashion Fund 00:00 America: The Story Of The 12:40 Places We Go 01:00 Rabbids Invasion 09:57 Wallykazam! Mister & Pete 07:00 The Fashion Fund U.S. 13:05 Food Lover’s Guide To The 01:24 Sanjay And Craig 10:20 Fresh Beat Band Of Spies 08:00 No God No Master 08:00 Mom vs. Matchmaker 01:00 Patton 360 Planet 01:48 Sanjay And Craig 10:42 Zack & Quack 09:45 Brooklyn 08:30 Mom vs. Matchmaker 02:00 Monster Quest 13:35 Home Strange Home 02:12 Winx Club 10:52 Team Umizoomi 11:40 Lorenzo’s Oil 09:00 Making Mr. Right 02:50 Ancient Aliens 14:30 Home Strange Home 02:36 Winx Club 11:15 Shimmer And Shine 14:00 Experimenter 10:00 Project Accessory 03:40 The Universe: Ancient Mys- 15:25 What’s For Sale? 03:00 Harvey Beaks 11:39 Shimmer And Shine 15:45 Reds 11:00 House Of DVF teries Solved 15:50 What’s For Sale? 03:24 Harvey Beaks 12:01 Max & Ruby 19:05 The Client 12:00 The Fashion Fund 04:30 Smartest Guy In The Room 16:20 Stepping Out 03:48 The Loud House 12:25 Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom 21:10 Amores Perros 13:00 The Fashion Fund 04:55 Smartest Guy In The Room 16:45 Street Food Around The 04:12 The Loud House 12:36 Ben & Holly’s Little King- 23:45 The Revenant 14:00 Mom vs. Matchmaker 05:20 America: The Story Of The World 04:36 Breadwinners dom12:47 The Day Henry Met 14:30 Mom vs. Matchmaker U.S. 17:15 Dog Whisperer 05:00 Breadwinners 12:52 The Day Henry Met 15:00 Making Mr. Right 06:10 The Universe 18:10 Cesar To The Rescue 05:24 Get Blake 12:57 Blaze And The Monster Ma- 16:00 Project Accessory 07:00 Patton 360 19:05 What’s For Sale? 05:48 SpongeBob SquarePants chines 17:00 Mistresses 08:00 Monster Quest 19:30 What’s For Sale? 06:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 13:19 Blaze And The Monster Ma- 18:00 Project Runway 09:00 Ancient Aliens 20:00 Stepping Out 06:36 Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur- chines 01:05 The Apple & The Worm 19:00 Project Runway 10:00 The Universe: Ancient Mys- 20:30 Street Food Around The tles 13:41 Zack & Quack 02:25 A Town Called Panic 20:00 Fashion StartUp teries Solved World 07:00 The Loud House 14:03 Shimmer And Shine 03:45 Rainbow Valley Heroes 21:00 Grey’s Anatomy 11:00 Smartest Guy In The Room 21:00 Dog Whisperer 07:24 Rabbids Invasion 14:25 Olive The Ostrich 05:20 Micropolis 22:00 Grey’s Anatomy 11:30 Smartest Guy In The Room 22:00 Cesar To The Rescue 07:48 Get Blake 14:30 Olive The Ostrich 06:50 Meet The Robinsons 23:00 Grey’s Anatomy 12:00 America: The Story Of The 22:55 Places We Go 08:12 Harvey Beaks 14:35 Paw Patrol 08:30 Mickey’s Twice Upon A U.S. 23:20 Food Lover’s Guide To The 08:36 Sanjay And Craig 14:58 Little Charmers Christmas 13:00 Patton 360 Planet 09:00 Rank The Prank 15:10 Ben & Holly’s Little King- 09:50 Pacific Pirates 14:00 Monster Quest 23:50 Home Strange Home 09:24 Henry Danger dom15:22 Dora The Explorer 11:20 Krazzy Planet 15:00 Ancient Aliens 09:48 100 Things To Do Before 15:44 Max & Ruby 12:40 A Town Called Panic 16:00 The Universe: Ancient Mys- High School 16:06 The Day Henry Met 14:00 Rainbow Valley Heroes teries Solved 10:12 Game Shakers 16:11 Nella The Princess Knight 15:40 Elias And The Royal Yacht 00:20 Say Yes To The Dress UK 17:00 The Universe 10:36 Regal Academy 16:35 Shimmer And Shine 17:10 Pacific Pirates 01:05 90 Day Fianc?: Happily Ever 18:00 America: The Story Of The 11:00 Winx Club 16:59 Wallykazam! 18:40 Frog Kingdom After? U.S. 11:24 One Crazy Cruise 17:21 Zack & Quack 20:15 Two Buddies And A Badger 01:50 Say Yes To The Dress 19:00 Patton 360 00:10 Mega Factories 12:36 Rabbids Invasion 17:32 The Day Henry Met 21:45 Elias And The Royal Yacht 02:35 Oprah: Where Are They 20:00 Monster Quest 01:00 Nazi Megastructures 13:00 Breadwinners 17:38 Blaze And The Monster Ma- 23:15 Mickey’s Twice Upon A Now? 21:00 Ancient Aliens 02:00 Locked Up Abroad Compila- 13:24 Sanjay And Craig chines Christmas 03:20 Little People, Big World 22:00 Warriors tions 13:48 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 18:00 Rusty Rivets 04:05 Toddlers & Tiaras 23:00 Smartest Guy In The Room 03:00 Innovation Nation 14:12 School Of Rock 18:13 Paw Patrol 04:50 Ultimate Shopper 23:30 Smartest Guy In The Room 03:30 Innovation Nation 14:36 100 Things To Do Before 18:37 Dora The Explorer 05:35 Say Yes To The Dress: 04:00 Mega Factories High School 19:00 Zack & Quack Bridesmaids 05:00 Ultimate Airport Dubai 15:00 Rufus 19:21 Bubble Guppies 06:00 Little People, Big World 06:00 The Food Files 15:48 SpongeBob SquarePants 19:44 Blaze And The Monster Ma- 00:30 How Do They Do It? 06:45 Little People, Big World 06:30 The Food Files 16:12 Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur- chines 00:55 Food Factory 07:30 Little People, Big World 07:00 I Am Rebel tles 20:07 Paw Patrol 01:20 Evil Knows! In The Name Of 08:15 Outdaughtered: Busby 08:00 Seconds From Disaster 16:36 The Loud House 20:30 Shimmer And Shine Science Quints 00:20 The Warfighters 08:30 Seconds From Disaster 17:00 Sanjay And Craig 20:53 Nella The Princess Knight 02:10 Rise Of The Machines 09:00 Say Yes To The Dress: 01:10 WW2 Treasure Hunters 09:00 Ultimate Airport Dubai 17:24 Harvey Beaks 21:15 The Day Henry Met 03:00 Dangerman Bridesmaids 02:00 Mountain Men 10:00 Locked Up Abroad Compila- 17:48 Hunter Street 21:22 Paw Patrol 03:48 Mythbusters 09:25 Obsessive Compulsive 02:50 Pawn Stars tions 18:12 Henry Danger 21:45 Rusty Rivets 04:36 How Do They Do It? Cleaners 03:15 American Pickers 11:00 Hard Time 18:36 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 21:57 Wallykazam! 05:00 Food Factory 10:10 Obsessive Compulsive 04:05 Pawn Stars 12:00 Future China 2049 19:00 School Of Rock 22:20 Fresh Beat Band Of Spies 05:24 Mythbusters: The Search Cleaners 04:30 Pawn Stars 13:00 World’s Biggest Cave 19:24 Game Shakers 22:42 Zack & Quack 06:12 Rise Of The Machines 10:55 Love At First Swipe 05:00 Swamp People 14:00 Seconds From Disaster 19:48 The Thundermans 22:52 Team Umizoomi 07:00 How Do They Do It? 11:17 Love, Lust Or Run 06:00 Ax Men 14:30 Seconds From Disaster 20:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 23:15 Shimmer And Shine 07:26 Dangerman 11:40 Love At First Swipe 06:50 Time Team 15:00 I Am Rebel 20:36 Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur- 23:39 Shimmer And Shine 08:14 Mythbusters 12:02 Love, Lust Or Run 07:40 Cars That Made America 16:00 Locked Up Abroad Compila- tles 09:02 Rise Of The Machines 12:25 Love At First Swipe 09:20 Swamp People tions 21:00 The Loud House 09:50 How Do They Do It? 12:47 Love At First Swipe 10:10 Ax Men 17:00 Hard Time 21:24 Sanjay And Craig 10:14 Food Factory 13:10 Oprah: Where Are They 11:00 American Pickers 18:00 Taboo 21:48 Rabbids Invasion 10:38 Mythbusters: The Search Now? 11:50 Mystery Pickers 19:00 I Am Rebel 22:12 Breadwinners 11:26 Dangerman 13:55 Oprah: Where Are They 12:40 American Restoration 20:00 Locked Up Abroad Compila- 22:36 Harvey Beaks 12:14 Mythbusters Now? 13:30 Pawn Stars South Africa tions 23:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 01:45 Inspector Gadget 13:02 How Do They Do It? 14:40 Cake Boss 13:55 Pawn Stars South Africa 20:50 Hard Time 23:24 SpongeBob SquarePants 03:15 The Secret Of The Magic 13:26 Food Factory 17:00 7 Little Johnstons 14:20 Pawn Stars 21:40 Taboo 23:48 Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur- Gourd 13:50 Rise Of The Machines 17:50 Cake Boss 14:45 Pawn Stars 22:30 I Am Rebel tles 04:50 Treasure Planet 14:38 Dangerman 18:20 Cake Boss 15:10 Counting Cars 23:20 World’s Biggest Cave 06:30 Little Women 15:26 Mythbusters: The Search 18:50 Outdaughtered: Busby 15:35 Counting Cars 08:30 Inspector Gadget 16:14 Mythbusters Quints 16:00 Football: A Brief History By 09:55 A Bug’s Life 17:02 Rise Of The Machines 19:40 Cake Boss Alfie Allen 11:40 The Secret Of The Magic 17:50 Dangerman 20:10 Say Yes To The Dress: 16:50 Alone Gourd 18:40 Mythbusters Bridesmaids 17:40 Alone 00:01 Max & Ruby 13:15 Wall-E 19:30 How The Universe Works 20:35 Say Yes To The Dress: 18:30 Leepu And Pitbull 00:25 Ben & Holly’s Little King- 15:00 The Emperor’s New Groove 20:20 How Do They Do It? Bridesmaids 19:20 Cars That Made America 00:20 Search For King Cobra dom00:47 The Day Henry Met 16:25 Max Keeble’s Big Move 20:45 Food Factory 21:00 Outdaughtered: Busby 21:00 American Pickers 01:10 Safari Brothers 00:52 The Day Henry Met 17:55 Pirates Of The Caribbean: 21:10 Rise Of The Machines Quints 21:50 Pawn Stars 02:00 Lion Gangland 00:57 Blaze And The Monster Ma- Curse Of The Black Pearl 22:00 How The Universe Works 21:50 Sister Wives 22:15 Storage Wars 02:50 Wild 24 chines 20:20 Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: 22:50 Dangerman 22:40 Diagnose Me 34 Friday

Stars Friday, October 27, 2017

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

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Later you can Angola 00244 Kuwait 00965 your life situation and just being in the educational environment, you may find Anguilla 001264 Kyrgyzstan 00996 use the time to pretend you are in some exercise spa and complete your work yourself interested in more knowledge. This is a good time to think and study— Antiga 001268 Laos 00856 with a rewarding steam bath. Tomorrow you can spend more time shopping. You you have a real appreciation for innovative thinking and may find yourself in- Argentina 0054 Latvia 00371 are happy to encourage family members to pick out a few pumpkins. Having volved in some talk of a new invention. Tonight you will work on a budget as Armenia 00374 Lebanon 00961 dinner delivered would also be a reward tonight. Relax—you had a big day but you look for ways to put aside money for this new invention. 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ANTANANARIVO: In Madagascar, ceremonies rewrap the bones of my grandmother and all of in which families exhume the remains of dead our ancestors. I will ask them for blessings and relatives, rewrap them in fresh cloth and dance success in my school leavers’ exams,” he said. with the corpses are a sacred ritual. But an out- break of plague sweeping the Indian Ocean is- ‘Ask for blessings’ land nation has prompted warnings that the In front of the family mausoleum, the assem- macabre spectacle, known as the turning of the bled men dug into the earth and opened the bones or body turning, presents a serious risk of tomb’s door as women and children looked on. contamination. One by one, the wrapped remains were carried On a recent baking hot Saturday in Ambohi- out into the open and carefully placed on a mat jafy, a village outside the capital Antananarivo, where they were rewrapped, or “turned” in the a “turning” procession snaked through the new shrouds. Oly Ralalarisoa, 45, was overcome streets in a fevered carnival atmosphere bound with emotion. “I am so happy to be able to ex- for the cemetery. For the community’s few hun- hume my great-great-great-grandfather. It dred residents, the time for “famadihana”-the means that their descendants can ask for bless- local name for the ceremony-had arrived. ings for the next nine years.” The unique custom, originating among com- Relatives invite all their fellow villagers to at- ANTANANARIVO: People carry a body wrapped in a sheet after taking it out from a munities that live in Madagascar’s high plateau, tend the ceremony and to take part in the pro- crypt, as they take part in a funerary tradition called the Famadihana in the village of draws crowds every winter to honor the dead cession as well as musical and food festivities, Ambohijafy, a few kilometers from Antananarivo, on September 23, 2017. — AFP and to honor their mortal wishes. “It is one of but the wrapping of the body is a purely family Madagascar’s most widespread rituals,” histo- affair. The dead may be “turned” more than once rian Mahery Andrianahag said. “It is necessary but only every five, seven or nine years, and can “I am happy to once again see my son and to ful- turned to their resting places after one last dance. to assure cosmic harmony... it satisfies our desire be wrapped in several shrouds if different parts fill my duty,” she said. The customary ritual, As soon as the ritual was over, the mats on which to respect and honor the ancestors so that they of the family or loved ones want to honor them. rather than a religious rite, can be shocking for the bodies were laid were pulled up. Veteran par- can be blessed and one day return.” some, but for those taking part, it is an intense ticipants will store them under their mattresses At the head of the procession, 18-year-old ‘Fulfil my duty’ celebration accompanied by music, dancing and until the next famadihana. Looking after the mats Andry Nirina Andriatsitohaina eagerly awaited Close by, Isabel Malala Razafindrakoto had singing, fuelled by alcoholic drinks. is often seen in Madagascar as bringing good the big moment as a uniformed band played on tears in her eyes as she held the wrapped body As the gathering in the Ambohijafy cemetery luck. But some doctors warn that they can also loud trumpets. “I am extremely proud to go to of her son, who died aged just three years old. drew to a close, the bodies were carefully re- transmit germs and infections. — AFP Established 1961

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Fed chair choice down to US jobless claims rise as ECB takes first step to scale 38 Powell and Taylor: Report 39 labor market tightens 41 back support for eurozone

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) meeting with British businessman and founder of Virgin group Richard Branson in the capital Riyadh yesterday. —AFP New Saudi mega-city will be listed publicly: CP

Virgin’s Branson accepts Saudi city board role

RIYADH: The $500 billion mega-city planned by of NEOM, a 26,500-square km (10,230-square Future Investment Initiative conference, which energy, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing Saudi Arabia will be floated on financial markets mile) zone that will extend into Jordan and Egypt, has attracted nearly 4,000 delegates from and entertainment, the PIF has said. alongside oil giant Saudi Aramco as part of the is the latest and most extraordinary in a slate of around the world to Riyadh this week. “It won’t be listed in the markets until the idea kingdom’s drive to diversify away from oil, the privatization programs led by the floating of On Aramco’s IPO, he said: “We are on track is mature enough,” Prince Mohammed said. “It crown prince told Reuters in an interview late on Aramco. The futuristic high tech hub looks set to in 2018... but the listing (details) are still under might be after 2030, it might be before, but the Wednesday. become a flagship of reforms championed by discussion ... It will be IPO-ed in 2018.” Switch- idea and the strategy is to float it eventually.” Meanwhile, Virgin Group’s Richard Branson Prince Mohammed to create jobs, encourage en- ing between English and Arabic, sometimes in the The new city will not follow the rules and reg- said yesterday he has accepted a board position trepreneurs and permit new freedoms among same sentence, the prince seemed most excited ulations enforced in the rest of Saudi Arabia, on large development projects in Saudi Arabia. Saudis steeped in religious puritanism and de- discussing his plans for the new city. which imposes sharia law based on a strict Wah- “I will invest. I’ve been asked to be ... on the pendence on the state. habi interpretation of Islam. It will offer residents board of one or two of your city projects - your “The first capitalist city in the world ... this is Focus on growth a more liberal lifestyle, allowing musical concerts Red Sea Project - and am delighted to accept,” the unique thing that will be revolutionary,” said Adjacent to the Red Sea and the Gulf of and entertainment in a remote corner of the he told an investment conference in the capital Prince Mohammed, heir to the throne of the Aqaba and near maritime trade routes that use desert kingdom. Saudi Arabia has already started Riyadh. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman largest Arab economy, an absolute monarchy. the Suez Canal, the zone will serve as a gateway to relax some long-standing rules, including what also said Aramco’s initial public offering is on “Without a doubt, at the end of the day NEOM to the proposed King Salman Bridge, which will was an effective ban on women driving. Prince track for next year and the national oil giant will be floated in the markets. The first zone link Egypt and Saudi Arabia. NEOM will be fully Mohammed said the city could appoint a board could be valued at more than $2 trillion - a sum floated in the public markets. It’s as if you float owned by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign Public In- of directors and government (chief executive) some investors have said appears unrealistically the city of New York.” vestment Fund (PIF) until its listing, and will at- whose only responsibility will be to stimulate high. His surprise announcement about the listing The 32-year-old spoke on the sidelines of the tract investments from companies in renewable economic activity. — Agencies 38 Friday

Friday, October 27, 2017 Business Fed chair choice down to Powell and Taylor: Report Trump calls Yellen ‘impressive’

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s search indicated Yellen was still on the list he was consider- for the next chair of the US Federal Reserve has come ing, although he suggested he was interested in mak- down to Fed Governor Jerome Powell and Stanford ing his own mark on the Fed. University economist John Taylor, Politico yesterday “I liked her a lot,” Trump said of a recent meeting cited one source as saying, while another counseled he held with Yellen. “I mean, it’s somebody that I am caution. Trump has said he was considering both thinking about,” he told Fox News Channel. In a sep- Powell and Taylor, but that he also liked current Fed arate interview with Fox Business Network which Chair Janet Yellen very much. Politico cited an un- aired earlier this week, Trump said he would consider named source who talks regularly to Trump as saying either Powell or Taylor for the top Fed post and the the only finalists were Powell and Taylor. other for another top job at the central bank. Another unnamed senior source that Politico de- Yellen, who was nominated by former Democratic scribed as very close to the process said it was not President Barack Obama, has chaired the Fed since safe to assume Trump will early 2014. Her term expires nominate Powell or Taylor in February. for the top spot at the cen- Whoever Trump selects tral bank, saying he would need to be confirmed “changes his mind about it Cohn also by the Senate. The Repub- every day.” figures in lican president is looking to A White House official announce a Fed chair nomi- WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and British Ambassador Kim Darroch laugh during a speech told Reuters: “No final de- the list nee before leaving on a trip at the National Economists Club event at the British Embassy in Washington. —AP cision has been made.” to Asia on Nov. 3 to give his Trump has been con- choice time to go through sidering a short list for the the confirmation process. say you (as president) would like to make your own Trump to pass over Yellen-making him the first pres- post that also includes his top economic adviser, Gary Meanwhile, Trump on Wednesday called Fed chair mark, which is maybe one of the things she has a little ident not to retain the incumbent Fed chair since Cohn, and former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh. Janet Yellen “very impressive,” as his choice for a pos- bit against her. “But I think she is terrific. We had a Jimmy Carter dumped Arthur Burns in favor of G. A senior administration official said on Wednes- sible successor loomed. “I have it down to two or great talk. And we are obviously doing very well to- William Miller while US inflation skyrocketed in day that Trump was unlikely to nominate Cohn, who three people,” Trump told Fox Business. Yellen, who gether, looking at the markets,” Trump stressed. For 1978. That would mean changing horses midstream, is helping to lead White House efforts to push a big was named by Barack Obama in 2014, is set to wrap most presidents, giving Yellen another four-year term even though the economy is the one area of smooth tax cut package through Congress. Warsh’s chances up her term in early April. And Trump was not short would be the obvious move: unemployment is falling, sailing for an administration broadly engulfed in tur- at the job have also appeared to fade, according to on praise. inflation is low and, despite whipsawing hurricanes, moil. She also is a favored target of Republican law- media reports, and Politico reported that its source “She was in my office a few days ago. She is very the economy is growing. makers that Trump may need to govern and who who talks regularly to Trump said Warsh was out of impressive. I like her a lot. I would certainly think By any measure, Yellen has performed exceed- believe interest rates should be higher but regula- the running. As recently as Wednesday, Trump had about it,” the US president went on. “I would like to ingly well. Still, betting markets currently expect tions reduced. —Agencies

official, who asked not to be named said. since early 2015. “Mario Draghi has once again Tunisia is under pressure from the Interna- stressed that the ECB will maintain a very grad- Tunisia to lay off tional Monetary Fund (IMF) and its partners Euro slides as ual approach to its monetary policy, and that to speed up reforms to create jobs and cut its short term rates will not rise before well after 16,500 public deficit after its tourism sector was hit by mil- ECB treads purchases have been stopped,” said Julien- itant attacks in 2015. Pierre Nouen, Chief Economic Strategist at In April, the IMF agreed to release a delayed Lazard Freres Gestion. sector workers $320 million tranche of Tunisia’s $2.8 billion in carefully with In a pre-ECB appetizer, Sweden and Nor- loans, on condition that it raise tax revenue, re- way’s central banks had both kept their interest in 2017 and 2018 ducing the public wage bill and cut popular en- stimulus cut rates on hold. Their currencies barely budged, ergy subsidies. though, as attention remained firmly on the ECB “6500 public sector workers are already ap- and the euro zone. European bonds, which like TUNIS: Tunisia will ask the United States for a plying to leave this year and we aims to lay off LONDON: The euro and bond yields fell yester- other global fixed income markets have seen a $500 million loan guarantee as it seeks to lay off 10,000 others voluntary with financial incen- day and stocks rose as the European Central Bank selloff over the last week, rallied. The yield on about 16,500 public sector workers in 2017 and tives next year”, the official said. proceeded with caution with its biggest step yet Germany’s 10-year government bond was down 2018, a senior government official told Reuters. “We hope Tunisia’s public sector wage bill in unwinding years of loose monetary policy. 4 basis points on the day at 0.44 percent. Longer 30-year Italian yields hit their lowest in a month. The layoffs, which the government aims to will reach 12 percent of GDP in the next three The euro skidded almost half a percent to That was after US Treasury yields had hit a make voluntary but which are demanded by its years versus 14.5 percent now with these re- back below $1.18 after the ECB said it was halv- seven-month high of 2.4750 percent overnight. international lenders, come from a a public sec- forms”, he added. Six years after the uprising ing its stimulus to 30 billion euros a month, but tor workforce of around 700,000. against Ben Ali’s autocratic rule, Tunisia has made clear that any rise in interest rates re- mained way off in the distance. Moves were South Africa sell-off Tunisia will ask this new guarantee loan as it made progress towards democracy. But suc- then compounded by reports that Janet Yellen Elsewhere in currencies, Britain’s sterling prepares to issue bonds on financial markets cessive governments failed to push through next year. It will need about 7.4 billion dinars was no longer in the running for an extension built on strong GDP data boost to hit a 9-day some of the painful reforms needed to overhaul high before the revitalized dollar struck back. ($3 billion) in foreign loans including 1.4 billion to her Fed term as Wall Street traders also public spending. The greenback steadied at 113.840 yen after dinars from the sale of bonds. began to digest a heavy dump of tech earnings A delegation from the IMF will be in Tunis firm earnings. hitting a three-month top overnight. It was also Since the 2011 uprising that ended the rule by the end of this month to discuss the progress down 0.1 percent against a broader basket of of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the Nasdaq futures pointed to a flat start but of reforms before deciding on a new tranche of those for both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones major currencies. United States has guaranteed about $1 billion the $2.8 billion loan. Under the 2018 budget, the were higher as the ECB moves bolstered what South Africa’s rand was the day’s big mover in loans to Tunisia to support its democratic deficit will fall to 4.9 percent of gross domestic was set to be the strongest day in more than six again, though. It dropped another 1 percent transition. product in 2018, from about 6 percent expected weeks for European stocks. The ECB had taken after Wednesday’s budget had slashed growth “We will ask US for a $500 million guar- in 2017. Tunisia also seeks to raise GDP growth a leaf out of the Fed’s book by also promising to forecasts, ramped up debt projections and antee loan.. Tunisia is counting on US, sup- to about 3 percent next year against 2.3 percent keep reinvesting the proceeds from the 2.4 tril- reignite fears for its investment grade credit port to support its economic transition”, the this year. —Reuters lion euros worth of bonds it has hovered up rating. —Reuters Friday 39 Business Friday, October 27, 2017 US jobless claims rise as labor market tightens Four-week average of claims falls 9,000 WASHINGTON: The number of Americans fil- continue to impact claims for the Virgin Islands ing for unemployment benefits increased less and Puerto Rico, now virtually isolated because than expected last week, suggesting the labor of the destruction of infrastructure due to the market continued to tighten after recent hurri- storms. cane-related disruptions. Other data yesterday A Labor Department official said they con- showed the goods trade deficit widened in Sep- tinued to estimate claims data for the islands. tember as an increase in exports was outpaced The dollar held gains versus a basket of cur- by a jump in imports. Labor market strength rencies after the data, while prices for US Treas- supports the view that the Federal Reserve will uries were little changed. US stock index futures raise interest rates in were trading mostly December. higher. Last week Initial claims for state marked the 138th unemployment benefits Goods trade straight week that claims increased 10,000 to a remained below the seasonally adjusted deficit rises 300,000 threshold, 233,000 for the week which is associated with ended Oct 21, the Labor 1.3% in Sept a strong labor market. Department said. Claims That is the longest such fell to 223,000 in the stretch since 1970, when prior week, which was the labor market was the lowest level since March 1973. Economists smaller. The labor market is near full employ- had forecast claims rising to 235,000 in the lat- ment, with the jobless rate at more than a 16-1/2- est week. They have declined from the almost year low of 4.2 percent. The four-week moving In this Oct 3, 2017 photo, job seeker Gustavo Cano (left), hands his resume to Javier Torres three-year high of 298,000 hit at the start of average of initial claims, considered a better at a job fair at the Dolphin Mall in Sweetwater, Fla. —AP September in the aftermath of Hurricanes Har- measure of labor market trends as it irons out vey and Irma, which ravaged parts of Texas and week-to-week volatility, fell 9,000 to 239,500 people still receiving benefits after an initial called continuing claims fell 4,500 to 1.90 mil- Florida. last week. That suggests a sharp rebound in job week of aid declined 3,000 to 1.90 million in the lion, the lowest reading since January 1974. The The impact of Harvey and Irma has largely growth in October after nonfarm payrolls week ended Oct. 14, the lowest level since De- continuing claims data covered the week of the dropped out of the claims data for the mainland dropped by 33,000 jobs in September. cember 1973. household survey from which October’s unem- United States. But Irma and Hurricane Maria The claims report also showed the number of The four-week moving average of the so- ployment rate will be derived. —Reuters

Biggest Nordic bank Nordea to cut 6,000 jobs Ford earnings rise on lower taxes STOCKHOLM: Nordea, the biggest NEW YORK: Ford reported a jump in third-quarter profits yes- bank in the Nordic region, said yester- terday on lower tax expenses as strong US sales of pickups and day it would slash 6,000 jobs to improve SUVs lifted results in North America. Net income for the quarter competitivity, as it posted a six-percent ending September 30 was $1.6 billion, up 63.4 percent from the drop in third-quarter net profit due to year-ago period. historically low interest rates weighing Revenues rose 1.4 percent to $36.5 billion. Ford’s popular F- on margins. Series pickup truck scored a 14 percent gain in US sales com- “In order to secure long-term com- pared with the year-ago quarter, while SUVs rose four percent. petitiveness, we ... plan to reduce the Pre-tax profits in North America were higher as Ford pointed to number of employees and consultants higher transaction prices and lower incentives compared with the (by) at least 6,000,” chief executive industry as a whole. Casper von Koskull said in the company’s Pre-tax earnings improved in South America, Middle East and earnings report. Some 2,000 consultants HELSINKI: This general view shows the entrance and logo of Nordea Bank in Helsinki yesterday. —AFP Africa and Asia Pacific, but dropped compared with Europe, will be let go, as well as 4,000 employees where results suffered due to Brexit. across the Nordic region, representing 13 Ford in May tapped Jim Hackett as chief executive in a percent of the bank’s workforce, over a in the fourth quarter of 2017.” For the elevated geopolitical risks”, but noted shakeup spurred by questions over its direction and languishing period of three to four years. July-September period, Nordea posted a that demand for corporate loans was “low share price. Hackett, in a presentation to Wall Street earlier this Von Koskull said the cuts were neces- six-percent decrease in net profit to 832 and we have not seen the usual pick-up month, emphasized cost-cutting and investments in autonomous sary to face the rapid growth of online million euros ($978 million), weighed in corporate advisory activities after the and electric vehicles. banking services. “We’re building the down by the Swedish central bank’s de- summer.” “This quarter demonstrates that our team’s focus on fitness is digital bank of the future... Our clients cision to keep interest rates at a record Net interest income inched up by one showing early promise,” Hackett said in yesterday’s news release. wants to meet us digitally ... and that low -0.50 percent since February 2016. percent to 1.18 billion euros. Nordea an- “But we also know that we must accelerate that progress in the near means fewer direct employees,” he told Nordea’s total operating income nounced in September that it would relo- term, while taking the necessary steps to fundamentally redesign Swedish public radio SR. dropped by four percent to 2.4 billion cate its head office from Stockholm to our business operations to be more fit for the ong term.” Ford Nordea said it would book a “trans- euros. It said the third quarter “featured Finland, a eurozone member, in order to shares rose 1.9 percent to $12.27 in pre-market trading. —AFP formation cost of 100-150 million euros improving economic conditions despite flee higher Swedish banking taxes. —AFP 40 Friday Business Friday, October 27, 2017 Twitter progresses toward turnaround, lifting shares Q3 results show ongoing losses, dip in revenue

WASHINGTON: Twitter said yesterday it could back to Twitter on a daily basis,” chief executive hit profitability by the end of the year, delivering a Jack Dorsey said. “It’s our job to help people stay stronger-than-expected update which sent its informed about what’s happening in the world shares sharply higher. Although third quarter and what people are talking about, and we’re results showed ongoing losses and a dip in rev- focused on making our service faster, easier to enue, the upbeat outlook sparked a pre-market use and more relevant to more people every day.” gain of 10.8 percent for Twitter. The social net- While Twitter has built a solid core base of work, which has struggled to keep pace with rivals, celebrities, politicians and journalists, it has failed posted a loss of $21 mil- to achieve the broader lion in the third quarter, a appeal of Facebook and marked improvement First net other social platforms, from the $103 million hurting its ability to bring deficit a year ago. profit in in ad revenues. Twitter Revenues were $590 has stepped up efforts to million, a decrease of fourth boost its user base and four percent from a year engagement, notably with ago but not as bad as quarter likely some 30 video partner- analysts had feared for ships, as part of its turn- the one-to-many mes- around efforts. saging platform. Its monthly active user base rose In a statement, Twitter said it would “likely” slightly to 330 million, roughly in line with fore- show its first net profit in the fourth quarter if casts. And Twitter said daily active users-a metric growth reaches the high end of its target. for which it has declined to offer details-rose 14 The rally came despite Twitter’s acknowledg- SAN FRANCISCO: This photo shows a sign at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. Twitter percent from last year. The number of US monthly ment that it had overstated its user base by as Inc reported earnings yesterday.—AP active users grew four percent to 69 million, and many as two million in the prior quarter by international users increase by the same level to counting users of a third-party application. lation during the election campaign by automated designed to influence elections. Twitter made the 261 million, Twitter said. Twitter, which has acknowledged some lift accounts or “bots” directed from Russia. Dorsey announcement this week on stricter ad policies from President Donald Trump’s use of the plat- noted that Twitter has stepped up its efforts “to amid heightened scrutiny surrounding the news Bringing people back form, has also been struggling with ways to filter make Twitter a safe place for everyone.” The that Russian-backed entities used online plat- “We’re proud that the improvements we’re out abuse and promotion of violence, and has company was the first social network to forms to spread disinformation during the US making to the product continue to bring people been caught up in the controversy over manipu- announce a policy of “transparency” for ads 2016 campaign. —AFP

cars around a driving school practice Japan automakers course. “As a result, people hit their 20s Union Pacific’s Q3 and they’re not aware of how fun cars rekindle youthful can be.” On top of that, the cars whose finely-tuned growls echoed beneath the profit grows 6% passion for cars overpasses that criss-cross the Daikoku lot are mostly from the 1990s heyday of despite challenges Japan’s auto industry. Back then, Honda YOKOHAMA: By day, the Daikoku Motor Co, Nissan and their compatriots Parking Area hums with transport trucks forged a global reputation for their styl- OMAHA, Neb: Union Pacific delivered a 6 percent en route to and from the Port of ish, fast, highly engineered cars. Drifting, improvement in third-quarter profit even though it Yokohama. On weekend evenings, it the technique of sliding rear-wheel-dri- hauled 1 percent less freight and dealt with disrup- transforms into a revved-up runway of ve cars through bends that entered pop- tions from Hurricane Harvey. tuned-up Japanese cars. The unassum- ular culture through films like the Fast The Omaha, Nebraska, railroad it earned $1.19 ing rest stop is famous to car enthusiasts and the Furious franchise, was born on billion, or $1.50 per share, in the third quarter. as a temple of the country’s motor cul- Japan’s winding roads. That’s up from $1.13 billion, or $1.36 per share, a ture, but it also illustrates a “youth” Today, even those young Japanese year ago. Union Pacific said yesterday that one- problem that auto companies such as who do get the car bug are unimpressed time events related to Hurricane Harvey, laying off Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor by the domestic choices on offer. “These 750 workers, a land sale and a lawsuit settlement Co are scrambling to address. days automakers just aren’t making cars created a net 5 cent drag on earnings in the quar- The crowd last Friday - around 50 I’d want to drive,” said Sho Watabe, a ter. The industry analysts surveyed by Zacks supercar fans who huddled around the 20-year-old student who had rocked up Investment Research had expected the railroad to back of a loading truck to get a first to Daikoku in his 1996 Mazda RX-7. report earnings per share of $1.49. glimpse of the latest Lamborghini “If you look at the way cars are The company’s revenue of $5.41 billion topped Huracan Performante delivered days designed these days, they all look the same. the $5.31 billion that had been forecast on Wall before to collector Takeshi Kimura - They all lack personality ... If automakers Street. In this July 20, 2017 photo, a Union Pacific were mainly men in their 40s and 50s. keep making the same types of cars, young Citi analyst Christian Wetherbee said the rail- employee is seen on board a locomotive in a rail “Today’s young people, they came of people are going to continue turning away road delivered solid core results and increased yard in Council Bluffs, Iowa. — AP age during the recession, and some of from them.” Japanese car makers for years freight rates during the quarter. Union Pacific CEO them didn’t grow up with a family car,” have grappled with falling interest in cars Lance Fritz said he railroad will continue working said Kimura, who has earned a reputa- among young people, which, along with a to improve operations, but he didn’t offer specific said. Shares of Union Pacific Corp., which have tion on Japanese social media as an rapidly greying society, has led to a 17 per- guidance. increased slightly more than 6 percent since the ambassador of car culture thanks to cent fall in domestic vehicle sales since “As the economy continues to ebb and flow, we beginning of the year, rose 1 percent before the stunts including coasting his Ferrari F40 2000, data from the Japan Auto Dealers will focus on executing our value strategy,” Fritz opening bell yesterday. —AP down ski slopes and racing his super- Association shows. —Reuters Friday 41

Friday, October 27, 2017 Business ECB takes first step to scale back support for eurozone Governors far away from reaching inflation target FRANKFURT AM MAIN: European Central Bank its target of just below 2.0 percent, which is seen as governors yesterday began weaning the eurozone the optimal level to encourage steady economic economy off the high doses of support they pre- growth. Eurozone inflation was stable at 1.5 percent scribed in recent years, but they remain far away from in September. reaching their elusive inflation target. From January, the Frankfurt institution will reduce Stronger economy its purchases of government and corporate bonds to The ECB began buying massive amounts of bonds 30 billion euros ($35 billion) per month, a spokesman in 2015 to fight the threat of deflation-a damaging said, down from 60 billion at present-in line with an- downward spiral of prices and activity. Since then, the alysts’ expectations. Policymakers left themselves a state of the eurozone economy has improved-even nine-month horizon to decide on the next step for the after a first reduction in purchases last April, from 80 program, with a move due by September 2018. to 60 billion euros per month. The move is a sign that the ECB sees less need for In the first half of this year, eurozone economic it to pump cash into the financial system to support growth powered to 2.4 percent in annualized terms, lending to businesses and outdoing even optimistic households, a key factor in forecasts, while unemploy- the economic recovery that ment has fallen to an eight- has pushed growth up and year low of 9.1 percent. unemployment down in the QE, bond ECB policymakers say they FRANKFURT AM MAIN: A picture taken late on Tuesday shows a view of the European Central Bank (ECB) build- eurozone. purchases have made it easier for ing in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. —AFP But the spokesman said businesses and households the bank stands ready to may continue to borrow sorely-needed increase its so-called money for spending, invest- arguing it has softened the market discipline that usu- “quantitative easing” bond ment or hiring. ally restrains households, businesses and states from purchases again if the The latest figures re- borrowing too much. That could lead to credit-fuelled economy should stumble. Meanwhile, interest rates leased by the ECB on Thursday showed lending by price bubbles in some sectors, with some pointing to remain at historic lows as another incentive for loan eurozone banks to businesses and households grew rising property markets in popular eurozone cities. growth, with the central bank sticking to its negative by 2.7 percent last month, faster than August’s 2.6- Meanwhile, observers highlight technical limits deposit rate-meaning it charges ordinary lenders to percent pace and continuing an upward trend. that will prevent the ECB from continuing to buy park their cash with it. “Monetary policy measures introduced by the bonds indefinitely. By lowering the amount it spends “Today’s decision is a sea-change but a very gen- ECB since June 2014 have played a pivotal role in on bonds each month, but extending the duration, the Mario Draghi tle one, not a big-bang U-turn,” ING Diba bank supporting the economy,” the bank’s chief economist bank can keep supporting the economy-even as it ac- economist Carsten Brzeski commented. “The ECB Peter Praet said earlier this month. knowledges healthier growth and makes a concession wants to start the exit as cautiously as possible.” to fears it has gone too far. the end of bond-buying. Another key concern for ECB President Mario Draghi will give a press con- Persistence pays The ECB will have bought some 2.5 trillion euros central bankers is the euro/dollar exchange rate, ference at 1230 GMT explaining the bank’s reasoning. Some on the ECB’s governing council long re- of bonds come September. which spiked to $1.20 over the summer as talk of The euro fell by 0.5 percent to around $1.1755 in the mained reluctant to withdraw their powerful medi- Yesterday, it pledged that it would keep rein- winding down purchases grew before ebbing back immediate aftermath of the ECB announcement. The cine, fearing they might nip the recovery in the bud vesting the proceeds of those bonds, allowing it to more recently. ECB’s partial retreat from its massive interventions in by tightening access to money-a fate that the US continue influencing the market beyond the date A more expensive euro could brake eurozone in- the 19-nation single currency area comes despite the Federal Reserve suffered in 2013. Meanwhile, other when it finally ends the scheme. Meanwhile, it has flation and economic activity, placing the price policy’s failure so far to achieve inflation in line with governors have warned of the risks of easy money, vowed not to raise interest rates until “well after” growth target even further out of reach. —AFP

nificant for Barclays as it was the first for many years in which we have not been in some state of restruc- Barclays logs turing,” said chief executive, Jes Staley. He added: “We did however see an improvement soaring in profitability in Barclays UK, and a good underly- ing return from our consumer, cards and payments business, which partially offset the under-perfor- quarterly profit mance in markets.” Barclays has now offloaded all non-core activities as part of its global strategic re- LONDON: British bank Barclays yesterday logged think, as it focuses on main markets Britain and the soaring third-quarter net profits, buoyed by the ab- United States. sence of restructuring and mis-selling charges-and On a gloomier note, the group warned Thursday by improving UK profitability despite looming that investment banking division Barclays Interna- Brexit. However, Barclays’ shares tanked more than tional had endured a “difficult” time and a 42-per- six percent on news of struggling trade at the cent slump in net profit. group’s investment banking division. “The third quarter was clearly a difficult one for Earnings after taxation jumped to £583 million our markets business within Barclays International,” Staley said. “A lack of volume and volatility in fixed LONDON: This file photo taken on October 22, 2017 shows a pedestrian walking past a branch of Barclays ($770 million, 653 million euros) in the three months bank in central London. —AFP to the end of September, compared with £414 mil- income, currencies and commodities hit markets lion a year earlier, Barclays said in a statement. Pre- revenues hard across the industry, and we were no tax earnings leapt by almost a third to £1.1 billion. exception to this trend.” “Weak trading performance in its investment bank retail banking operations in order to help it with- British unit Barclays UK logged a net profit of £423 has held the group back, with low volumes in FICC stand another global financial crisis. The move will million, despite uncertainty surrounding the UK’s Shares slide (fixed income, currencies and commodities) contin- help it meet regulatory rules that demand all British exit from the European Union. That contrasted The disappointing news sent Barclays’ share uing to blight the division,” noted XTB analyst, banks with more than £25 billion of UK deposits sharply with a net loss of £163 million a year earlier. price tumbling 5.9 percent to 185.35 pence at about David Cheetham. section off retail operations from riskier investment “The third quarter of 2017 was particularly sig- 1200 GMT on London’s rising FTSE 100 index. The lender also unveiled proposals to ring-fence banking activities by 2019. —AFP 42 Friday Sports Friday, October 27, 2017 Astros even the World Series with wild win over Dodgers

LOS ANGELES: The Houston Astros out-du- put Houston up 5-3. Undaunted, the Dodgers eled the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 in an 11-in- responded in the bottom of the 10th with a ning thriller on Wednesday to level the World lead-off homer from Yasiel Puig. With two Series at one game apiece. George Springer outs in the 10th, Astros relief pitcher Ken smashed a two-run homer in the top of the 11th Giles walked Logan Forsythe, who reached to cap the Astros’ late charge. It proved just second on a passed ball and raced home when enough as the teams combined for an astonish- Enrique Hernandez belted a single to right ing five extra-inning home runs-a record for a field. With the score at 5-5, Dodgers relief Major League Baseball post-season game. pitcher Brandon McCarthy surrendered a sin- “That’s an incredible game on so many levels, gle to Cameron Maybin to open the 11th. so many ranges of emotion,” said Astros man- Springer followed to put the Astros ahead for ager A.J. Hinch. “That’s good-although the one of the most incredi- Dodgers pulled within ble games you’ll ever be 7-6 with Charlie Cul- a part of.” With the win berson’s homer in the the Astros head home on It was an bottom of the 11th. “It level terms for games was an exciting base- three four and five on emotional ball game,” Dodgers Friday, Saturday and manager Dave Roberts Sunday. “It’s huge,” said roller-coaster said. “It was an emo- Astros starting pitcher tional roller-coaster.” Justin Verlander. “I think Astros ace Justin Ver- the ability to win this lander pitched four- LOS ANGELES: Logan Forsythe #11 of the Los Angeles Dodgers scores a run on a RBI single hit game tonight, you can’t quantify how much that plus innings of no-hit ball. But the two hits he by Enrique Hernandez #14 (not pictured) to tie the game 5-5 during the tenth inning as Brian Mc- means. We play so well at home. surrendered in six innings were home runs to Cann #16 of the Houston Astros is unable to make the tag in game two of the 2017 World Series “For everything to be going right for the Corey Seager and Joc Pederson that gave the at Dodger Stadium. — AFP Dodgers tonight, for us to come back and win Dodgers the early advantage. that game, that’s a game-changer. That’s huge. Pederson rewarded Dodgers manager Dave “That’s why I love this team,” added Verlander, Roberts’s faith with a game-tying homer to right inning, when Josh Reddick singled off of struck out Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa to who arrived in Houston via a trade from the De- field with two outs in the fifth. Pederson, picked Dodgers starter Rich Hill and advanced to sec- end the inning. troit Tigers on August 31. “There’s no quit.” Nine to start in left field over Andre Ethier, connected ond on Verlander’s sacrifice. A single from The Astros trimmed the deficit to 3-2 in the of the game’s 13 total runs were scored from the on an 88 mph (141.62 Km/h) slider to level the Springer put runners on the corners. Alex eighth, when Alex Bregman led off with a double eighth inning on. Marwin Gonzalez homered for score at 1-1. Seager, who missed the National Bregman followed with a sharply hit single to to right field off Dodgers reliever Brandon Mor- the Astros in the ninth to tie it at 3-3. League Championship Series with a back injury, center field, where the ball eluded diving row. One out later he scored on Correa’s single made it 3-1 in the sixth with a two-out home run Dodgers center fielder Taylor, knocking the off Los Angeles closer Kenley Jansen. The As- ‘Exciting game’ to left field off Verlander that also scored Chris brim of his cap. Reddick scored, but the ball tros’ eighth-inning run ended a streak of 28 con- Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa ripped Taylor, who had walked. bounced toward Pederson, who corralled it to secutive scoreless post-season innings by the back-to-back homers in the top of the 10th to Houston had opened the scoring in the third hold Springer and Bregman on base. Hill then Dodgers bullpen. —AFP

out there with my big brother Von (Miller) and Shaq (Barrett) Blues’ power play Shane Ray returns and everybody and get back to doing what we do.” Brothers in arms wakes up in 5-2 to Broncos after Coach Vance Joseph said Wednesday that Ray “looked great last week in practice. Obviously, he’s not in great football shape win over Flames 6-game IR stint but Shane’s going to play Monday. He’s going to start. Shane pro- vides opposite of Von a great rusher. So, obviously they can’t tee off on Von.” Miller can’t wait for Ray to make his debut Monday ST LOUIS: Jaden Schwartz and Alex Pietrangelo scored second- ENGLEWOOD: There’s a loophole in the NFL rules that require night. “It’s like seeing your brother get back,” said Miller, who’s period power-play goals and Jake Allen made 23 saves to help the players on injured reserve to miss eight weeks and Shane Ray is managed seven sacks despite being double- and triple-teamed in St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Wednesday night. slipping right through it. Ray returns to the Denver Broncos’ Ray’s absence. St Louis has won three of its last four, losing only to red-hot Las starting lineup Monday night at Kansas City after missing just Joseph said Ray will be on a snap count and “Shaq’s played solid Vegas in overtime. Calgary had won its first four road games this six games with a broken left wrist that required surgery in late for us, so he deserves to play anyway.” Ray got hurt on the first day of season. Mikael Backlund scored twice for the Flames. July. He only had to miss a half dozen games because the Bron- training camp when his wrist bent awkwardly as he tangled with an Schwartz and Pietrangelo scored in a span of 2:46 to break a cos’ bye counted as one week and Week 8 technically ends Sun- offensive lineman. He figured it was just a sprain and finished practice. 1-1 tie. The Blues had come up empty on their previous 18 power- day night. So, the Broncos and Ray lucked out with the way the “I just looked at my hand and I had a ball, like a knot, in my hand. So, play chances. Alexander Steen added a goal and three assists for schedule falls. I’m looking at it and ... it just kind of bubbles up,” Ray recounted. “It the Blues. It was his first points of the season after missing the “I try to find any point of gleaming light I could find out of the turns out that was the tendon in my hand.” Even when he heard a pop- first six games with a broken thumb. Paul Stastny scored with 3:32 situation and it worked out well with me not missing as many ping noise in his wrist at practice the next day, Ray didn’t think it was left to push the lead to 4-2. Joel Edmundson added an empty-net games as we thought and also me being able to come back for the anything serious. “I called the trainers over and said, ‘Hey, cut all this goal with 43.9 seconds left. Elsewheve, Seth Jones had a goal and Chiefs game,” said Ray, who grew up in Kansas City. The Broncos tape off, re-tape my wrist and put a brace on.’ And they did that and I an assist for Columbus to help the Blue Jackets beat the Sabres. (3-3) have lost two in a row heading into their game at Kansas went out and I finished practice,” Ray said. “I still was getting sacks.” Serge Bobrovsky stopped 34 of 35 shots to lead Columbus (6-3-0) City (5-2) and are struggling on offense and defense. They’ve After practice, he went for an MRI, which revealed a torn ligament to its fifth win in its last seven games. Buffalo dropped to 3-6-2 in scored just three TDs in their last four games and are coming off that would sideline him at least six weeks. “Next day I’m in surgery,” front of goalie Chad Johnson, who stopped 33 of 38 shots. their first shutout since 1992. Ray said. When he came to, he had two screws in his left wrist and The Jackets power play had been an anemic 2-for-20, but got a They’ve collected just four interceptions and have yet to was facing double the recovery time. “When they cut my wrist open, goal at 12:00 of the first period after Zach Redmond’s hooking call. force a fumble, much less recover one. “I think I could bring a my wrist fell right out of the socket,” Ray said. “I tore the main liga- Oliver Bjorkstrand whipped his second goal of the season past spark to this team defensively and try to create some turnovers, ment in my wrist. I separated the bones that hold the wrist into place. Johnson off an around-the-horn pass from Jones to Sonny Milano, create some fumbles, some sacks,” Ray said. “And I think that So, that’s why they have screws holding the bones in my wrist into and a picture perfect screen by Boone Jenner. —AFP just helps our defense all around. I really just want to get back the socket, because my wrist wasn’t together.” —AP Friday 43 Sports Friday, October 27, 2017 Hamilton set to join Senna, Schumacher as F1 legend

MEXICO CITY: Lewis Hamilton has no intention Cause for concerns of easing up this weekend as he seeks a mere top “There are still three races to go,” said the five finish in the Mexican Grand Prix to clinch his 32-year-old Briton. “And in my mind, I still have fourth drivers world title and a place among the three races to win. There are still a lot of points greatest drivers in Formula One history. The ar- available-until you actually win the champi- guments over his status have grown in volume as onship, you can’t get ahead of yourself.” His the months have passed this year, but they caution is understandable as he and Mercedes reached a new crescendo this week in the days know that despite the long straights and slow following his ninth win of the season at last corners, the thin air at an altitude of 2,250-me- weekend’s United States Grand Prix in Texas. tres will help deliver a contest that may play to His Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff declared the strengths of rivals Ferrari. him to be on course to become “the best driver Mercedes will run with a high down-force that has ever existed” while veteran Brazilian Fe- set-up, as might be used in Monaco or Bu- lipe Massa, who missed dapest, two circuits out on the 2008 title, where they struggled when Hamilton stole it this year, and this is the from with a passing move cause of their concerns. at the final corner of the Arguments over Vettel, despite trailing decisive Brazilian Grand his status have Hamilton by 66 points Prix, said that he already and needing a huge shift ranks him alongside grown in volume in form and fortunes, Michael Schumacher and will not abandon his AUSTIN: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, of Britain, celebrates after winning the Formula One US Grand Prix Ayrton Senna. hopes of stopping the auto race at the Circuit of the Americas, Sunday, Oct 22, 2017. —AP Another title triumph Englishman’s immediate will lift him clear of Jackie Stewart, on three cham- triumph. But, as Massa put it, if anyone can win pionship wins, as the most successful British more or less anywhere in any conditions, it is tency and discipline to his unmatched talent for Hamilton has attributed his rise to “another driver of all time, drawing him level on four with Hamilton who has reeled off five wins in six raw speed and aggressive racing, was even level of driving” to two main factors. The first Alain Prost and his current rival Sebastian Vettel. races since the European summer. more fulsome. “Lewis is about to break all was the retirement of long-term team-mate and Ahead lie only seven-time champion Schumacher “He is definitely one of the best drivers in the records that have been set in Formula One and rival Nico Rosberg after he won the drivers’ and five-time title winner Juan Manuel Fangio. history of Formula One,” said the Brazilian. it is just a matter of time that people will say he title last year and the second his switch to a Hamilton, however, has been keen to avoid the “You cannot really take him away in a different is on track to being the best driver that has ever vegan diet. “In hindsight, all things happen for hype and says his mind is on winning this Sun- level compared to Michael Schumacher and existed,” he said. “This is the best Lewis-both a reason,” said Wolff, as his team celebrated day’s race in front of a passionate and raucous Ayrton Senna. He’s there.” Wolff, a demanding on and off the track-that I have worked with four consecutive constructors’ title triumphs crowd at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. team chief who has seen Hamilton add consis- since 2013.” last weekend. —AFP

Long campaign Australia’s One player desperate for red ball form will be Thai golfer Victoria state’s Glenn Maxwell, who scored a fine century at number six against India in March but has hopefuls set to failed to surpass 50 in seven test innings since. With motivated by selectors keen to have a part-time bowler able to provide relief for the pacemen over the course of a pad up for long campaign, Maxwell’s ability to soak up some funeral for king overs with his off-spin would be valuable. Ashes auditions The hard-hitting 29-year-old is under pressure and starts strong from Western Australia’s uncapped Marcus Stoinis, a medium pace-bowling all-rounder who has aver- MELBOURNE: Australia’s domestic Sheffield Shield aged 86.25 in his eight ODIs and impressed during SHANGHAI: Kiradech Aphibarnrat dressed in black tends to open sleepily, with spring sunshine warming the recent tour of India. Another Western Australian and played with purpose yesterday in the HSBC the few diehard fans that turn up to regional venues in Hilton Cartwright is also a contender after his sur- Champions. Back home in Thailand, black-clad citi- but auditions for coveted Ashes places have given prise selection at number six for the second test zens solemnly ended a year of mourning for King the start of this year’s tournament additional spice. against Bangladesh in Chittagong last month. “In an Bhumibol Adulyadej with a series of traditional funeral Australia may be comfortable on their own pitches ideal world you’d want someone like a Ben Stokes ceremonies lasting five days. Kiradech wanted to do and confident of fending off an England side likely to who can give you the ideal balance, bat and bowl,” his part in a World Golf Championship in Shanghai. Kiradech Aphibarnrat be without all-rounder Ben Stokes, their most valu- selector Mark Waugh told Sky Sports Radio earlier He not only dressed the part, the burly Thai ran able player, for at least part of the five-test series. this month. “But I think your number six as it stands off 10 birdies to offset a sloppy start and wound up However, the question of who will bat at six in the is probably going to be a batsman and ideally he with a 7-under 65, leaving him one shot behind US Europe won the final edition by one point, order has become an increasing bugbear for a team bowls a bit.” The wicket-keeper position has trou- Open champion Brooks Koepka after the opening through Kiradech went 3-0 that week, beating Paul desperate for a quality all-rounder of their own while bled Australia since Brad Haddin’s retirement after round at Sheshan International. Kiradech choked Lawrie in the leadoff singles match. That was the also needing some starch in the middle after a wor- the last Ashes in 2015 and Wade’s reinstatement at back tears talking about his beloved late king. year Kiradech began to rise to prominence among rying string of batting collapses. Queries over the the expense of Peter Nevill in the last home summer “It’s not an easy situation, because it’s hard to ex- Asian golfers by cracking the top 100 in the world best man behind the stumps have also grown in vol- proved divisive. plain how deeply our king was loved and how sadly for the first time, along with winning the Malaysian ume since the incumbent Matt Wade was dropped Seemingly favored for his niggle over the more he is missed,” Kiradech said. “When he passed away Open and tying for third in the CIMB Classic on the for a single one-day international in India earlier this subdued Nevill, Wade has not justified his selection last year, it caused a lot of upset to all the Thai peo- PGA Tour. month and then reinstated in the next game. with the bat and compiled just 17 runs from his ple. He will always hold a special place in my heart. Winless in two years, Kiradech showed plenty of With less than a month before the first test kicks three innings during the two-test tour of But he loved sport, and he would have been the first determination in the final World Golf Championship off at the Gabba on Nov. 23, the opening matches of Bangladesh. Nevill, considered a technically supe- to say the show must go on.” Bhumibol loved sport of the year. After his second bogey in five holes the first-class Sheffield Shield will also be a battle- rior keeper to Wade, will captain New South Wales so much that he donated the trophy for an event dropped him back to even par, he ran off seven con- ground for the pacemen as they look to replace the in the absence of regular skipper Moises Henriques called the Royal Trophy, matches between golfers secutive birdies around the turn. “It’s good momen- injured James Pattinson as first understudy to as he looks for a weight of runs to dislodge the in- from Asia and Europe that took place from 2006 tum,” said Kiradech, who was runner-up at the Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins. cumbent Tasmanian. —Reuters through 2013. Italian Open two weeks ago. —AP 44 Friday Sports Friday, October 27, 2017 James’ triple-double not enough as Nets beat Cavs

NEW YORK: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers dunks against Rondae Hollis-Jefferson #24 of the Brooklyn Nets during their game at Barclays Center on October 25, 2017 in the Brooklyn Borough. —AFP

NEW YORK: Spencer Dinwiddie made the go- tors. Kevin Durant’s 3-pointer with 1:02 remaining ished with 12 points and 10 rebounds for the start to beat the Timberwolves. Andre Drummond ahead 3-pointer with 43 seconds left while starting tied the game at 112, then he found Curry for the 3 Spurs, who are 4-0 even without injured starters had 15 points and 15 rebounds for the Pistons, who for the injured D’Angelo Russell, and the Brooklyn that made the difference. Durant finished with 29 Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard. Tyler Johnson improved to 3-2. All five Detroit starters reached Nets overcame LeBron James’ first triple-double points on 11-for-20 shooting, Klay Thompson scored 23 points for Miami, while James Johnson double figures, as did reserve Henry Ellenson. of the season to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 112- scored 22 points with four 3-pointers, and Curry finished with 21 and Goran Dragic added 20. Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 points and 10 re- 107 on Wednesday night. James had 29 points, 13 capitalized with a huge second half. DeMar Dragic’s 3-pointer midway through the third got bounds for Minnesota, while Andrew Wiggins assists and 10 rebounds in his 56th triple-double, DeRozan scored 24 points. He drove through the Miami within 61-60. Soon afterward, the Heat added 21. The Timberwolves lost for the second but he missed two free throws - the second inten- paint for a dunk with 3:53 to play then hit a key were in huge trouble. time in two nights. The Pistons trailed by 21 in the tionally - with the Cavaliers trailing by two with 7.6 jumper a minute later to put Toronto in position first half of their last two games and allowed Min- seconds remaining. DeMarre Carroll then hit a free after Curry, Durant and Thompson each missed key THUNDER 114, PACERS 96 nesota to score the first nine points Wednesday. throw and the Cavs’ long inbounds pass intended 3s down the stretch. Paul George was held to 10 points against his This time, they stayed in the game and took the for James went out of bounds. former team, but Russell Westbrook’s triple-dou- lead early in the second quarter. Dinwiddie scored 22 points for the Nets, who LAKERS 102, WIZARDS 99, OT ble picked up the slack and helped the Thunder blew a 14-point lead in the final quarter but recov- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope hit a 3-pointer with beat the Pacers. The Pacers traded George to MAVERICKS 103, GRIZZLIES 94 ered to improve to 3-2 - the same record as the de- 58 seconds remaining and the Lakers handed the Oklahoma City after it became public knowledge Dennis Smith Jr had 19 points and five assists fending Eastern Conference champion Cavaliers. Wizards their first loss of the season. Brandon In- that he didn’t plan on staying with the team long- and the Mavericks got their first win of the season, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Allen Crabbe added gram scored 19 points for the Lakers, who had term. He fouled out with 6:15 remaining after play- over the Grizzlies. Dallas snapped a four-game los- 19 points apiece and Carroll scored 18 for the Nets, dropped their first two home games. Lonzo Ball ing just 19 minutes. Westbrook finished with 28 ing streak, while Memphis had a season-opening who fell just shy of becoming the first NBA team in had six points, eight rebounds and 10 assists in an points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds. Carmelo An- three-game win streak come to an end in the 32 years to open a season with five straight 115- anticipated matchup against Washington’s John thony had 28 points and 10 rebounds, and Steven opener of a home-and-home back-to-back be- point games. Wall. Larry Nance Jr. added 18 points and 10 re- Adams added 17 points and 11 rebounds for the tween the teams. Marc Gasol had 26 points for bounds. Bradley Beal had 28 points for the Wiz- Thunder, who snapped a two-game skid. Memphis. Mike Conley scored 21 points and ROCKETS 105, 76ERS 104 ards, who were looking to match their best start Tyreke Evans had 13 off the bench for the Grizzlies. Eric Gordon hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift since the 1978-79 season by winning four in a row. HORNETS 110, NUGGETS 93 Wesley Matthews added 16, Harrison Barnes had the Rockets to a win over the 76ers. The Sixers Wall was stuffed by Julius Randle driving to the Frank Kaminsky scored 20 points off the bench, 15, J.J. Barea scored 14, and Dirk Nowitzki scored were sloppy down the stretch and used a series of basket with less than 15 seconds left. After officials Dwight Howard had 15 points and 19 rebounds, 13 points for Dallas. bad decisions and bad plays to cough up a lead that initially ruled the ball hit Randle last, a video review and the Hornets beat the Nuggets. Charlotte had stretched to 11. Joel Embiid was whistled for gave the Lakers possession, and they broke opened a 25-point lead in the first half and led 62- SUNS 97, JAZZ 88 goaltending, and the Sixers had Jerryd Bayless take through pressure to set up a dunk by Randle. Wall 39 at the break on the way to its second win of the TJ Warren scored 20 of his 27 points in the sec- a shot with the game still on the line instead of Em- missed an off-balance 3-pointer while being de- season. Denver has lost two straight. Kemba ond half and the energetic Suns improved to 2-0 biid or Ben Simmons. While the Sixers collapsed, fended by Ball as time expired. Walker added 19 points and five assists for Char- under new interim coach Jay Triano with a victory the Rockets pounced and scored the final nine lotte. Malik Monk scored 12 of his 17 in the first over the Jazz. The Jazz, who lost the previous night points. Gordon scored 29 points, James Harden had SPURS 117, HEAT 100 half, and Jeremy Lamb finished with 16 points. to the Clippers in Los Angeles, never led. Phoenix 27 and Clint Capela had 16 points and 20 rebounds. LaMarcus Aldridge continued his hot start by Nikola Jokic had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead was up by as many as 17 in the first half and 18 in JJ Redick scored 22 points, Embiid had 21 and scoring 31 points, Rudy Gay added a season-high the Nuggets. Gary Harris also scored 18, and Jamal the second. Devin Booker added 17 for the Suns, Robert Covington 20 for the Sixers. 22 off the bench and the Spurs stayed unbeaten Murray had 16. Mason Plumlee grabbed 10 re- including a crucial 3-pointer with 1:29 to play after by topping the Heat. The win was No 1,154 for San bounds to go with eight points. Utah had cut the lead to eight. Alex Len and Tyler WARRIORS 117, RAPTORS 112 Antonio coach Gregg Popovich, now one shy of Ulis scored 13 apiece. Len also grabbed 13 re- Stephen Curry hit a go-ahead 3-pointer from matching Phil Jackson for sixth-most in NBA his- PISTONS 122, TIMBERWOLVES 101 bounds. Rodney Hood scored 22 and Rudy Gobert the top with 31.9 seconds left on the way to 30 tory. Danny Green scored 15, Manu Ginobili had Tobias Harris scored 34 points, Avery Bradley 16 for the Jazz. Derrick Favors and Ricky Rubio points, and the sloppy Warriors held off the Rap- 14, Pau Gasol scored 13 and Kyle Anderson fin- added 20 and the Pistons overcame another slow added 15 apiece. —AP Friday 45 Sports Friday, October 27, 2017 Syria footballers forced to take refuge in Iraq as tables turn

BAGHDAD: A decade ago, Iraqi footballers used ums have suffered the same fate, leaving players to take refuge in neighboring Syria to pursue and staff redundant. their career but the tables have turned in the tu- multuous world of Middle East conflicts. Nadim ‘Back to life’ Sabagh remembers the Iraqis who played at Many players have gone abroad because “we Tishrin, his club in the northern metropolis of have no other job to make a living”, Sabagh, in an Aleppo that was to turn into a hotspot in Syria’s orange shirt marked with the number 32 on the devastating conflict. back, said at a training session in Baghdad. At the Today, he has signed Iraqi Air Force Club’s Al- up for a second season Jowa al-Jawiya stadium with Al-Zawra, a leading in Baghdad, the Syrian side in the Iraqi capital. Ladder towards accent of deputy coach The 32-year-old Syrian better careers Mohammed Aqil came international quit his through loud and clear as country back in 2011 at in Saudi and he instructed his players. the outset of the war and Kuwait The 35-year-old for- first played for Arbil, the mer coach of Aleppo’s It- biggest club in Iraqi tihad explained that Kurdistan. Fellow Syrian sports facilities back Mahmud Khadduj held home have taken a bat- out four years longer before joining him in exile. tering. “Today, Syrian football is trying to come He says he “remembers very well” days when back to life after years of having stadiums ren- they would be training at the stadium of Ittihad, dered useless because of fighting or their team BAGHDAD: Baghdad’s Air Force Club’s football players another Aleppo side, “as rockets and bullets dispersed,” either into exile or by taking sides in attend a training session. — AFP rained down”. Back in 2015, as Aleppo was being the conflict, he said. For Hussein Jawid, 28, who pulverized in clashes between government forces played with Al-Huriya, another Aleppo club, there and rebels, as well as by jihadists and Russian air is no going back. Zamalek in the Egyptian capital Cairo, a club resent. “Before going to training, I opened Face- strikes, Khadduj decided to call it a day. His es- In Baghdad, where relative calm reigns al- crowned champions of Africa several times. In a book and discovered that one of my teammates cape came in the form of a contract with a club though bomb attacks are not uncommon, Jueid spectacular run for Syrian football, the national who I loved had been killed,” said Nassuh in Karbala, a Shiite city south of Baghdad. said he has found “stability” since moving in 2012 team made the playoffs for the 2018 World Cup Nakdali, 24, who comes from Aleppo but now “I wasn’t the only one. Several of my team- and hopes to play out the rest of his career with in Russia, narrowly losing out to Australia this plays for Naft al-Wassat in Najaf. Mahmud mates joined clubs outside Syria,” said Khadduj, Al-Zawra. For some players, Iraq is a stepping month. Sabagh and Jawid have repeatedly taken Khadduj, his teammate who represented Syria for a midfielder who has now signed up with Naft al- stone to more lucrative and high-profile careers leaves of absence from their Iraqi clubs to don two years until 2015, recalls how he used to train Wassat, a leading club in the Iraqi league. With in Saudi Arabia or Kuwait. the Syrian national jersey in the qualifiers. at Ittihad “under a hail of rockets and bullets”. entire blocks in several cities reduced to rubble Alaa Al-Shibli, after spells in Kurdistan and The Syrian players have bittersweet memories “My heart has always been and will always remain by the six-year-old conflict, many football stadi- Baghdad, has hit the jackpot, joining the mighty of their homeland which they are still keen to rep- with the Syrian team,” said Khadduj. — AFP

great match was ruined by Keita’s sending off,” and they have the confidence to play. “You see Werner penalty fumed Leipzig coach Ralph Hasenhuettl. “The Celtic away form it right through from the goalkeeper to the subs boys can be proud of themselves, but that does bench. They understand how we work, they deal not detract from their frustration that I felt in the with the pressure of having the ball and they miss hands locker room. They gave everything and were not as impressive as performed exceptionally well. rewarded.” Bayern cup win Liverpool: Rodgers ‘Outstanding display’ Action-packed cup “I think to come to Pittodrie and to play that This was an action-packed cup tie as Leipzig well where Aberdeen have had 10 days to pre- BERLIN: Bayern Munich squeezed past 10-man had three clear penalty appeals before referee GLASGOW: Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers pare for the game shows that our boys are con- RB Leipzig in Wednesday’s dramatic German Felix Zwayer finally pointed to the spot. Bayern says his players showed they have the mentality tinually focused on winning games.” And Cup second-round clash with a 5-4 win in a had an almighty scare on 35 minutes when Arturo to handle the big games as they turned on the Rodgers, who previously managed Swansea and penalty shoot-out after Timo Werner missed the Vidal brought down Forsberg right on the edge style in a 3-0 win over nearest challengers Ab- Liverpool in the Premier League, hailed the final crucial kick. Although Leipzig’s midfielder of the penalty area. Zwayer initially signalled for erdeen on Wednesday. Much had been made of Hoops’ dominant display as one of the best away Naby Keita was sent off with half an hour left, a penalty, but changed the decision to a free-kick the test Celtic would face from the Dons, with performances of his managerial career. “Obvi- Emil Forsberg gave RB the lead before Bayern’s just outside the area, which Forsberg fired over only goal difference separating the sides at the ously everyone was talking about the pressure of Thiago Alcantara equalised as the tie finished 1-1 the bar. top of the Scottish Premiership before kick-off. the game between the top teams, so to come after extra-time to go to penalties. Vidal was booked for the foul while Keita saw However, the Hoops made light work of their away and play with that composure and quality When Bayern converted all five of their spot- his first yellow just before the half-time whistle hosts with Kieran Tierney’s first league goal of in our game was absolutely fantastic,” the Celtic kicks, all the pressure was on Leipzig star Werner for fouling Thiago Alcantara. Bayern had another the season giving them a 13th minute lead. The boss said. “It was an outstanding display against for the crucial 10th penalty. The 21-year-old Ger- penalty scare when Jerome Boateng clattered 21-year-old then turned provider for Dembele to a very good team. I’ve been away with a few many striker had his head in his hands as his weak Leipzig striker Jean-Kevin Augustin on 51 min- tap in his first in the 39th minute before the teams like Swansea where home and away we shot was saved by Munich’s shot-stopper Sven utes. Again, Zwayer again waved on play. Liver- French striker nodded home a second from close were brilliant in terms of our football, and Liver- Ulreich. “I’m just glad I could help the team,” pool-bound Keita was sent off for his second range in the 63rd minute. It was a real show of pool as well. “But I feel really proud of the team beamed the relieved Ulreich, stand-in for injured booking on 54 minutes when he held back Robert strength from the Scottish champions which ex- tonight showing that composure, that level of Manuel Neuer. Lewandowski as the pair chased the ball. tends their unbeaten domestic run to 61 matches tactical understanding and their positioning. We Bayern advance to the third round after the Despite the numerical disadvantage, Leipzig and sends them three points clear at the top. should have had five or six goals. “Defensively we first of a double-header this week between the took the lead with a penalty at the third time of “Tactically they are improving. Over the were very strong and we virtually gave Aberdeen Bundesliga giants who meet again in the league asking. RB striker Yussuf Poulsen went down after course of the 16 months we have been here, what nothing so I am very proud of the performance.” on Saturday at Munich’s Allianz Arena. Bayern are the slightest of contact from Boateng, but this I have been pleased with is the mentality in the It was a first defeat of the season for Aberdeen second in Germany’s top flight with Leipzig third time Zwayer awarded the penalty and Forsberg big games,” Rodgers said of his side. “We’ve got and manager Derek McInnes admitted the match and just a point behind. “It’s a shame that this drilled it home on 68 minutes. — AFP big players who can perform well in big games had been tough for him to watch. — AFP 46 Friday Sports Friday, October 27, 2017 Napoli success comes the old-fashioned way

ROME: In an era when world soccer is becoming AC Milan, which was purchased by a Chinese dominated by Middle Eastern sheiks and Chinese group in April. investment groups that spend endlessly, Napoli’s French leader Paris Saint-Germain and its en- success in Serie A this season is a testament to ergy-rich Qatari owners recently spent a world- winning the old-fashioned way. The southern record 222 million euros ($260 million) on just one squad has been built with astute market decisions player, Neymar. Abu Dhabi-funded Premier - no exaggerated spending - that have enabled League leader Manchester City - which Napoli team chemistry to build year after year. Napoli’s hosts in the Champions League next week - has starting 11 is virtually the same as it was last season spent nearly $500 million since Pep Guardiola was and the squad’s core hired as coach last year. hasn’t changed since Rafa Napoli’s only acquisi- Benitez coached the club tions over the offseason in 2013-14 and 2014-15. We’re were winger Adam Ounas Yet Napoli appears from Bordeaux, defender vastly improved from a reaping the Mario Rui from Empoli year ago, and holdovers and forward Roberto In- like Dries Mertens, club benefits glese from Chievo Verona youth product Lorenzo - each for the relatively Insigne and captain modest sum of about 10 Marek Hamsik - in his 11th million euros ($12 million) season with the club - have guided the team to its - and Inglese was left on loan at Chievo. Neither best start in history with nine wins and a draw in 10 any starters nor decent reserves were sold, de- matches. More than a quarter of the way through spite lucrative offers for center back Kalidou GENOA: Napoli’s Dries Mertens celebrates with Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina at the end of the the season, Napoli holds a two-point lead over fel- Koulibaly and others. Italian Serie A soccer match between Genoa and Napoli at the Luigi Ferraris stadium. —AP low unbeaten club Inter Milan and is three points Instead, Napoli spent its money on contract ahead of six-time defending champion Juventus. extensions for Mertens (a four-year deal that in- cluded a salary boost from 1.5 million euros to 4.5 ‘False 9’ said. De Laurentiis rescued Napoli from financial Big spenders million euros per season) and Insigne (a five-year While Sarri had never coached a major club, he ruin in 2004, restarted the bankrupt squad in the “We’re reaping the benefits of a long-term deal at 5 million euros per season). “This could be became an expert at assembling squads with the third division and quickly returned the team to the plan that began during Benitez’s two years and our year,” Insigne told Italian daily La Repubblica. parts he collected upon arrival during his time spent top division, where it has become a constant con- has continued with great results under (current “That’s why none of us considered other offers.” Ex- at every level of Italian soccer - including amateur tender without ever encroaching on UEFA Financial coach Maurizio) Sarri,” Napoli president Aurelio tensions for Napoli’s two most talented players sent and semi-pro teams. It was Sarri’s stroke of genius Fair Play rules. De Laurentiis said. De Laurentiis was criticized a necessary signal after striker Gonzalo Higuain was that made Mertens the standout center forward that Napoli has finished in the top three in Serie A during the offseason when Napoli spent less than sold the previous offseason to Juventus for an Ital- he is today, moving the Belgium international from in five of the last seven seasons and is now on 50 million euros ($60 million) on new players, a ian-record record 90 million euros (then $99 mil- the wing to a “false 9” position following an injury course to win its first title since Diego Maradona fraction of the more than 200 million euros (more lion). Perhaps Napoli’s best addition was signing to Arkadiusz Milik early last season. led the team to its only two championships in than $250 million) shelled out by big-spending journeyman coach Sarri from Empoli in 2015. “My only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner,” Sarri 1987 and 1990. —AP

Anne Frank” before a minute of reflection a recording in which Lotito appeared to Controversies on the Holocaust as requested by the Ital- describe the visit to the synagogue as ian football federation, which quickly “theatrics we have to do”. turned into a minute of applause in most “There’s a vice-Rabbi? There is just the follow Anne stadiums. But in Turin, where champions Rabbi? They are worthless. You see where Allegri demands Juventus were playing SPAL, a section of we are? The Rabbi and vice-Rabbi in New Frank tributes the crowd turned their backs on the pitch York... Come on let’s do this theatrics,” a improvement and sang the Italian national anthem, while voice is heard saying. Lotito denied utter- at Rome, where AS Roma met Crotone, ing such words and Democratic Party in Italy some fans drowned out the reading with politician Dario Ginefra, seated beside from Juventus chants in favour of their team. Lotito on a Monday night flight from Milan to Rome where he was alleged to have MILAN: Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has told his team Earlier Wednesday a wreath of flowers MILAN: Emotions were still running high which Lazio president Claudio Lotito had made the call, backed the Lazio president. that they will lose to AC Milan in Saturday’s Serie A showdown in Italy, days after Lazio fans posted anti- at San Siro unless they improve from what he considered an presented to the Rome synagogue was semitic photos of Anne Frank in a Roma found floating down the Tiber river which ‘15 idiots’ untidy display in their last match. Both teams enjoyed 4-1 wins jersey as new incidents during Wednes- runs through the capital. But by early Meanwhile the Lazio president insisted on Wednesday with Juve beating SPAL at home and Milan day’s Serie A action overshadowed Wednesday the blue and white flowers-the it “would be wrong” to punish the club for winning away to Chievo, but there were very different reac- planned tributes. As Lazio’s ultras ‘Ir- colors of the Rome club-had disappeared “the behavior of 15 idiots”. Lazio-who are tions from the two coaches. riducibili’ fans announced they would not from the synagogue entrance. It is believed fourth in the table just three points behind Milan’s Vincenzo Montella was a happy and relieved man travel to Bologna for the team’s game, iso- they were flung into the river by young- leaders Napoli-had already been given a after his big-spending side ended a four-match winless run in lated supporters who had made the jour- sters from the Jewish community angered two-match closure of the north end of the the league, lifting some of the pressure off his shoulders after ney sang the Fascist song “Me ne frego” by Lotito’s note “you have Jewish broth- Stadio Olimpico for racist chanting. “It talk that his job was on the line. “It’s a victory that gives us be- (“I Don’t Care”) in the stands of the Dal- ers”, according to Corriere della Sera would be wrong for the team to be docked lief and strength,” he said. “We had already seen significant l’Ara Stadium. newspaper. points as we’d become hostage to these improvements in the quality of football over recent games and Lazio players, as planned, warmed up During his visit Lotito also announced people going to the stadium just to create I am very satisfied with this performance.” There were no such prior to the game, which they won 2-1, that the club would take 200 young fans chaos,” he told Radio Capital. “It’s necessary sentiments from Allegri whose side rushed to a 2-0 lead in only wearing a jersey with an image of Frank on an annual trip to Auschwitz-the Nazi to suppress and sanction the perpetrators. I 23 minutes but then let SPAL back into the game. The visitors alongside the words “No to anti-semi- concentration camp where Jewish hope what’s happened doesn’t impact on the pulled one goal back and had equaliser disallowed before two tism”. On all pitches on Wednesday, rival teenager Frank was first deported before team psychologically.” According to the quickfire goals got Juventus off the hook. “If we play like that captains and referees handed children dying in Bergen-Belsen in 1945. But a tele- Italian press, police examined video footage of Sunday night’s game and had again, we will come away from the match on Saturday beaten copies of Italian Jewish writer Primo Levi’s phone recording made public on Wednes- identified 16 suspects, including three mi- and worn out,” said Allegri. —Reuters memoir of deportation “If This Is A Man”. day cast doubt on the real intentions of the Extracts were read from “The Diary of Lazio president. Il Messaggero published nors with one aged just 13. —AFP Friday 47 Sports Friday, October 27, 2017 Tensions creeping in at PSG as questions asked of two stars

PARIS: Tensions are creeping in at Paris Saint- and his self-indulgence. Neymar’s tendency to Germain with questions raised as to whether hold possession sees him invariably trying to Neymar and Kylian Mbappe - the world’s two dribble his way through teams, and often leads most expensive players - are so far justifying their him to randomly drop deep into midfield to get price tags. PSG is unbeaten and has scored 43 on the ball as much as possible. goals in 13 games overall, yet the mood seems surprisingly quizzical ahead of Friday’s home Second fiddle blues match against Nice. When he does pass, his preference to seek out Both players were heavily criticized following Mbappe often comes at the expense of Cavani - in 2-2 draw at Marseille who scored 49 goals in all last weekend, which al- competitions last season. lowed second-place Cavani and Neymar dis- Monaco - the defending Both players agreed last month over champion - to close who should take a penalty PSG’s lead to four points were heavily in a league game, and after 10 league games. their relationship does not Mbappe didn’t make any criticized appear to be a particu- impact up front and larly harmonious one. Ca- omitted to track back vani’s patience could well whenever Marseille be tested - yet again. broke on the counterattack. Neymar did score his The Uruguay striker previously played second seventh league goal since joining from Barcelona, fiddle for three years when Zlatan Ibrahimovic but his red card gave Marseille the chance to was PSG’s star player, and whether he is prepared dominate late. to do so again could prove crucial to the club’s It was the Brazil forward’s fifth red card since chances of going far in the Champions League. MARSEILLE: Marseille’s Jordan Amavi, left, challenges for the ball with PSG’s Kylian Mbappe breaking into the Santos team in 2009 and, not PSG has failed to get past the quarterfinals de- during the League One soccer match between Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain. —AP for the first time, resulted from a petulant reaction. spite huge investment since Qatari backers QSI And it almost proved costly. For the second took charge six years ago. But after even bigger straight league game, PSG needed an injury-time spending during the offseason - with Neymar and mar is known as the MCN - continuing the theme MSN (Messi-Suarez-Neymar). Although prolific goal - this time from top scorer Edinson Cavani. Mbappe costing a combined 402 million euros for abbreviations first launched when Real in attacking terms, PSG’s trio causes an imbalance Criticism of Neymar this week centered on his ($475 million) - a semifinal is surely the minimum Madrid’s BBC (Bale-Benzema-Cristiano elsewhere on the field simply soaks up so much lack of composure, his reluctance to track back, target. The attack of Mbappe, Cavani and Ney- (Ronaldo)) attack was compared with Barcelona’s possession. —AP

West Ham stun Spurs to reach Sluggish Atletico held League Cup at Elche in Cup opener quarters MADRID: Atletico Madrid’s stuttering form on the road continued as a much-changed side were held 1-1 at third-tier Elche in the LONDON: West Ham completed a stun- first leg of their Copa del Rey last 32 tie on Wednesday. Thomas ning turnaround on Wednesday, roaring Partey had headed the visitors into an early lead at the Martinez back from two goals down against Totten- Valero stadium as Atletico dominated before half-time. However, ham Hotspur to reach the League Cup after Luciano Vietto struck the post and Keidi Bare fired a great quarter-finals while Chelsea saw off the chance straight at Guillermo Vallejo, Diego Simeone’s men were challenge of Everton. Slaven Bilic’s much- punished for their profligacy six minutes into the second-half. changed side were trailing 2-0 at the break Lucas Hernandez was controversially adjudged to have felled after an insipid first-half display but a brace Lolo Pla inside the area despite appearing to play the ball, and from Andre Ayew and a third from Angelo LONDON: West Ham United’s Italian defender Angelo Ogbonna (L) and West Ham Pla stepped up to send Miguel Angel Moya the wrong way from Ogbonna shocked the Wembley crowd and United’s Declan Rice celebrate after the match between Tottenham Hotspur and the penalty spot. Vietto pulled another golden chance wide and completed an astonishing comeback for the West Ham United at Wembley Stadium. — AFP Fernando Torres, on the night he equalled Luis Aragones’s record Premier League strugglers. of 368 appearances for the club, fired off target as Atletico failed Spurs, who also made multiple But the game came alive within 10 min- with 20 minutes to go. “We could not wait to win away from home for the fifth time in the last seven matches. changes, were quickly in control through utes of the re-start when Ayew pounced for the game to start and I would hope the “We had three one-on-ones with the goalkeeper,” Atletico an early goal from Moussa Sissoko, who to poke home from close range after Brighton game was a one-off,” said Bilic. midfielder Saul Niguez told BeIN Sports. “It is the same thing as strolled through the middle of the de- Spurs keeper Michel Vorm failed to hold “We have composure, players back from always, our lack of efficiency in front of goal doesn’t give us the calm we need. We don’t score the goals and, in the end, we suffer.” fence and stroked the ball past West Ham a powerful Edimilson Fernandes shot from injury and this is the standard of play (we Ponferradina scored the upset of the night as a stunning Sergio goalkeeper Adrian after a pass from Son the edge of the area. West Ham, who expect).” “I said I am calm and glad when Cidoncha free-kick earned a 1-0 first leg lead over Villarreal. Heung-Min. They doubled their lead with crashed 3-0 to Brighton in the Premier we win in this way,” he added. “You see Athletic Bilbao’s poor form continued as they needed an about eight minutes remaining in the first League on Friday, were level just five min- the team is very alive and we are very equaliser from Raul Garcia to salvage a 1-1 draw at Balearic Is- half when Dele Alli curled the ball into the utes later when Ayew applied the finishing stubborn in a positive way. There is no landers Formentera. High-flying Leganes, who sit fifth in La Liga, net via a deflection off the unfortunate touch to a cross by Manuel Lanzini and time and place to go large now. We have carried that momentum into the Cup as Claudio Beauvue struck Declan Rice, again following good work astonishingly took the lead when Og- done a lot, but considering the season, we two minutes from time to win 2-1 at Valladolid. —AFP down the left from the impressive Son. bonna rose to head home Lanzini’s corner have done nothing.” —AFP Established 1961 h i il i h bi lf FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017

www.kuwaittimes.net Ahly seek return to African summit JOHANNESBURG: Record eight-time win- The manner in which Ahly eliminated Tunisian Azaro demonstrated his aerial threat against in the competition. ners Al Ahly take outstanding form into the CAF clubs Esperance and Etoile in the quarter-finals Etoile by twice powering crosses into the net They defeated Al Hilal of Sudan 2-0 on Champions League final against Wydad and semi-finals means they carry the tag of during the first half and completed his treble aggregate in 1992, but fell to Esperance six sea- Casablanca of Morocco as they seek to reclaim favorites against Wydad. Held 2-2 at home by with an early second-half tap-in. El Badry, enjoy- sons ago in a home-and-away final decided by a first place in African club football. Egyptian side Esperance, Ahly went to Tunis and triumphed 2-1 ing a third spell in charge of a club he guided to solitary goal. This year, the Hussein Amotta- Ahly host the first leg in Mediterranean city through goals from Tunisian Ali Maaloul and the 2012 Champions League title, says Ahly are coached outfit have been outstanding in Alexandria tomorrow and the return match is Nigerian Junior Ajayi. Having then fallen 2-1 obsessed with success. “We aim to win whatever Morocco, winning all six matches with goalkeep- set for Casablanca on the Atlantic coast seven away to Etoile, Ahly won 6-2 at home as they competition we enter,” he stressed. “Our sup- er Zouheir Laaroubi conceding just one goal in days later. gave one of their finest Champions League per- porters are desperate for another Champions 540 minutes. Apart from the pride of conquering Africa, a formances since debuting 41 years ago. League title.” While Azaro tormented Etoile, two-goal CAF record $2.5 million (2.12 million euro) first Walid Azaro, under fire for persistent poor This weekend marks the third meeting Achraf Bencharki was the architect of a 3-1 prize is up for grabs, plus a place in December’s form, repaid the faith coach Hossam El Badry between Ahly and Wydad this year after each semi-final triumph over USM Alger of Algeria FIFA Club World Cup. Ahly have won the CAF had showed in him by scoring a hat-trick. “I won 2-0 at home during the group phase. Goals following a goalless first leg. It was a timely Champions League (formerly the African Cup of wanted to score in every match, but was con- from Moamen Zakaria and Ajayi delivered maxi- improvement in form for the striker, who had Champions Clubs) three times more than any stantly unlucky,” explained the Morocco-born mum points for Ahly and now-departed Congo netted only twice in the previous 11 matches. The other club. But the Cairo Red Devils last lifted striker. “I thank coach Hossam for persevering Brazzaville sharpshooter Fabrice Ondama and Moroccan outfit have been much less impressive the trophy in 2013 when now retired legend with me. “However, we have to forget what we Walid El Karty were the Wydad scorers. While on the road, losing four of six matches, but only Mohamed Abou Trika scored in a 3-1 aggregate did against Etoile and focus on Wydad, who will Ahly have featured in 10 Champions League Ahly have scored more than once against a well- victory against Orlando Pirates of South Africa. be difficult opponents to overcome.” finals, Wydad have reached only a third decider organized defense. — AFP