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SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 SHAWWAL 11, 1434 AH www.kuwaittimes.net New NSA Area 51 landing Lies, damn lies, Villa thump revelations site for U-2, not and China’s Arsenal as stir concerns7 UFOs10 or aliens economic23 data EPL19 resumes Egypt mulls Brotherhood Max 48º ban as death toll mounts Min 28º High Tide 07:53 & 23:38 Churches destroyed; Brother of Qaeda leader detained Low Tide 02:08 & 16:05 40 PAGES NO: 15901 150 FILS

CAIRO: Egyptian police cleared Islamist protesters from a Cairo mosque yesterday after a standoff that included exchanges of fire, as the death toll from four days of violence surpassed 750. Security forces dragged supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi from the Al- Fath mosque, passing through angry crowds who tried to beat the Islamists, calling them “terrorists”. Morsi supporters fought a gunbattle with security forces in a Cairo mosque, while army-backed government, facing deepening chaos, considered banning his Muslim Brotherhood group. Three Reuters witnesses saw gunmen shoot from a window of the Al-Fath mosque, where Brotherhood followers sheltered during ferocious confrontations in the heart of Cairo on Friday. Another gunman was shown on television shooting from the mosque’s minaret and soldiers outside returning fire. It was not clear if anyone died in the latest clash - the fourth day of violence in Egypt, which has killed almost 800 people. With anger rising on all sides, Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi proposed disbanding the Brotherhood, raising the stakes in a bloody struggle between the state and Islamists for control of the Arab world’s most populous nation. “We are not facing political divisions, we are facing a war being waged by extremists developing daily into terrorism,” presidential political adviser Mostafa Hegazy told reporters. If Beblawi’s proposal to disband the Brotherhood is acted on, it would force the group underground and could herald large-scale arrests against its members placed outside the law. CEBU: Volunteers search near the damaged cargo ship Sulpicio Express Siete a day after it Many Western allies have denounced the killings, collided with a passenger ferry off the waters of Talisay city, Cebu province in central including the United States, alarmed by the chaos in a Philippines yesterday. (Inset) Navy personnel lift a victim from the sea during rescue opera- Continued on Page 13 tions. — AFP 32 killed, 170 missing in Philippine ferry disaster

CEBU: Worsening weather and sea conditions yester- Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya told a news conference been recovered, and we expect the number of missing day forced the Philippines to suspend a search for sur- in Manila, after heavy rain brought by a typhoon and to decrease, and we expect the casualties to increase.” vivors of a ferry disaster that killed at least 32 people low pressure had reduced visibility at sea almost to Many of the survivors were sick from swallowing oil and and left 170 missing, authorities said. The ferry sank on zero. “Diving operations stopped because of weather seawater, disaster oﬃcials said. Scores, sometimes hun- Friday after a collision just outside the central port of conditions,” Abaya said, adding that 661 of the 831 pas- dreds, of people die each year in ferry accidents in the Cebu with a cargo vessel owned by a company sengers and crew on the ferry had been accounted for. Philippines, an archipelago of 7,100 islands with a noto- CAIRO: A wounded Egyptian receives treatment dur- involved in the world’s worst peacetime maritime disas- With 32 dead and 629 rescued, there are 170 missing. riously poor record for maritime safety. Overcrowding is ing clashes between security forces and supporters ter nearly 30 years ago. Just 17 of the dead have been identiﬁed. common, and many of the vessels are in bad condition. of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi in Divers will resume searching today, Transportation “But we’ve got information that some bodies have Continued on Page 13 Ramses Square. — AP

PAGE PAGE Virus targeting Expats hit hard by rapid Hashish, heroin, cocaine social network increase in house rents seized at Kuwait prison New cyber fraud twist BOSTON: In the world of cyber fraud, a fake fan on Qaeda attacks Syria Kurdish town Instagram can be worth five times more than a stolen credit card number. As social media has become increasingly influential in shaping reputa- tions, hackers have used their computer skills to 211 killed in 48 hours create and sell false endorsements - such as “likes” 40 pythons found and “followers” - that purport to come from users BEIRUT: Al-Qaeda loyalists attacked a wider offensive by Al-Qaeda against sev- of Facebook, its photo-sharing app Instagram, mainly Kurdish town in northeastern eral Kurdish majority areas of northern Twitter, Google’s YouTube, LinkedIn and other pop- Syria sparking fighting in which 18 peo- and northeastern Syria that began on in Canadian hotel ular websites. ple were killed, two of them ambulance Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human In the latest twist, a computer virus widely used to crew, a watchdog said yesterday. The Rights said. Five Kurdish militiamen and steal credit card data, known as Zeus, has been mod- MONTREAL: Little more than a week vate menagerie of exotic animals assault on the strategic border town of 11 jihadists made up the rest of the dead, after a giant python crushed two young included the python. Animal experts ified to create bogus Instagram “likes” that can be Ras Al-Ain, from which the jihadists were the watchdog said. Havidar, a Syrian used to generate buzz for a company or individual, Canadian boys to death, police have expressed astonishment at the tragedy, expelled by Kurdish militiamen in July, Kurdish activist who declined to give his recovered 40 of the snakes from a hotel many of them noting that, while an according to cyber experts at RSA, the security divi- sparked an exodus of civilians into neigh- surname, said civilians had fled “in waves sion of EMC Corp. These fake “likes” are sold in batch- room. The reptiles were found in sever- African rock python is a dangerous ani- boring Turkey, an activist said. into villages in Turkey.” al plastic storage bins in a room in mal capable of killing large prey, it es of 1,000 on Internet hacker forums, where cyber The attack on the town was part of a Continued on Page 13 criminals also flog credit card numbers and other Brantford, Ontario, where a couple who would not normally attack humans. The information stolen from PCs. had been evicted from their home were initial police investigation found that According to RSA, 1,000 Instagram “followers” can staying, police said in a statement. the snake probably managed to break be bought for $15 and 1,000 Instagram “likes” go for Officers have opened a probe into the out of its terrarium and then nosed $30, whereas 1,000 credit card numbers cost as little incident but they did not say where the through a ventilation duct which led as $6. It may seem odd that fake social media couple were at the time or whether the into the boys’ bedroom. — AFP accounts would be worth more than real credit card pair would be charged with breaking numbers, but online marketing experts say some local laws that prohibit owning people are willing to spend heavily to make a splash pythons. on the Internet, seeking buzz for its own sake or for a The snakes, which ranged in length business purpose, such as making a new product from 30 centimeters to 1.4 meters, were seem popular. in poor health and have been taken in “People perceive importance on what is trending,” by the Canadian Society for the said Victor Pan, a senior data analyst with Protection of Animals, where a veteri- WordStream, which advises companies on online narian is monitoring them. The find marketing. “It is the bandwagon effect.” Facebook, comes 11 days after Connor and Noah which has nearly 1.2 billion users, said it is in the Barthe, aged six and four respectively, process of beefing up security on Instagram, which it died in the eastern town of bought last year for $1 billion. Campbellton, New Brunswick when an Instagram, which has about 130 million active African python escaped from its terrari- users, will have the same security measures that um and killed them. Facebook uses, said spokesman Michael Kirkland. The boys had been enjoying a sleep- 40 pythons were discovered in plas- DEIR EZZOR: Syrian rebels fighting pro-regime forces gather along a road in Continued on Page 13 over with a friend, whose father’s pri- tic storage bins. Syria’s eastern town of Deir Ezzor yesterday. — AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 LOCAL Iraqis in Saudi allowed to pass through Kuwait

By A Saleh

KUWAIT: Kuwait allowed Iraqi nationals living in Saudi Arabia to use its lands to travel to their home country as the Interior Ministry informed land border checkpoints to provide all facilities to ease their travel. The ministry’s announcement indicates that this exception only covers Iraqis with valid resi- dence visas in Saudi Arabia, and they are given a visa to enter Kuwait for only a 48-hour period. Meanwhile, Kuwait and Iraq reportedly agreed to hold the next meeting for the supreme joint committee at the beginning of next year, to discuss pending topics between the two neighboring countries. There were efforts to hold the meeting before the end of the year, but eventually was to no avail due to Kuwait’s preparations to host the Arab - African Summit in November and a Gulf Cooperation Council Summit a month later. On a related note, sources revealed that Kuwait plans to submit a proposal at the Arab-African Summit to establish a $2 billion Arab development fund that provides food resources to participating countries in need.

Social affairs grilling MP Riyadh Al-Adasani said yesterday that the government spends to fund projects in order to enhance the housing, education, job creation, and other sectors, adding that “deterioration in spite of financial surpluses combined with donations to other countries while people in Kuwait continue to suffer must not be allowed to continue”. Meanwhile, Al-Adasani hint- ed that he might revive a grilling motion he had previously filed against former Social Affairs and Labor Minister Ahmad Al-Rujaib. “The issues tackled by the grilling still stand, which include the labor sector, national labor laws and unemployment”, he said in a statement yesterday. Separately, MP Abdullah Al-Tamimi released a statement in which he urged Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid Al-Sabah to put local authorities on high alert in anticipation of alleged “sleeping cells for the KUWAIT: Ambassadors, government officials, politicians, social figures and other mourners stopped by the embassy of the United bAra Emirates in Kuwait to offer condo- Muslim Brotherhood” that he claimed could move towards lences on the death of Ambassador Ali Bin Shukr Al-Za’abi, who passed away Thursday in his home country. — Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh “reflecting the security chaos in Egypt to Kuwait”.

Bedoons origins The Central Apparatus for Stateless Residents informed Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Expats hit hard by rapid Mohammad Al-Khalid Al-Sabah during a meeting last week that they have documents which prove that a majority of ‘bedoons’ in Kuwait who were registered in the 1965 census belong to other countries, said sources. Speaking on the con- increase in house rents dition of anonymity, the sources indicated that the minister requested during the meeting that the apparatus finalize files of people who meet naturalization conditions in order for them to be included among a maximum of 4,000 people Govt blamed for wrong decisions Kuwait looks to grant citizenship before the end of the year.

By Nawara Fattahova ment in the first place for the wrong deci- for increase,” he said. ment for KD 150. He should get the money New payroll mulled sions they have taken and the parliament The demand and supply always regu- that he spent back,” he explained. The economic committee in the parliament will hold a KUWAIT: More and more people are com- as well for their legislation, which is lates the price and there is a high demand. According to him there are solutions to joint meeting with the Civil Service Council soon in order to plaining of the increase in house rents this encouraging inflation, and not providing “We deal with buildings in Mahboula. Most this problem. “We have a housing problem study new public sector payrolls proposed by the Civil Service year. The rents have gone higher in a very stability or supporting the economy. So of the buildings that we are managing are in Kuwait. There are 100,000 people wait- Commission recently. According to sources familiar with the short three-year time period. Some people, this increase is a result of these decisions rented for big companies, especially the oil ing for their turn to receive the govern- subject, the two sides are expected to put the final touches on especially the expats, are not able to live a taken over the past few years,” he pointed companies, and they rent the whole build- mental house. All these Kuwaitis are living the proposals during their meeting before referring them to comfortable life with this ridiculous out. “There should be a proper economic ing for their employees, and then accom- in rented houses, so the demand is high the Cabinet “who is set to discuss it before the end of the increase which eats into a large chunk of view to manage the country. Wrong laws modate six or more employees in one and supply is low. As long as there are ten- year”. their salary. Don, an expat father of two damage the economy. It affects inflation in apartment. They change the apartment’s ants who have no option but to rent, the kids feels frustrated with the increasing general, and also includes the prices of design and omit the living room. The own- landlord will keep increasing the price,” he Exams cheating rents. property, food, and so on. This huge er increased some apartments to about 18 said. “The government is only using about The Ministry of Education is considering the option of “I was sharing a three-bedroom apart- increase may also cause imbalance and percent, so the two-room flats in old build- 5 percent of Kuwait’s land for housing installing jammers and using other technological methods in ment with another family, and the landlord social problems in the country. For ings now cost KD 210, while other new while the rest is a desert. If they allowed order to prevent students from using their smartphones to demanded an increase of KD 45, so I decid- instance, increasing the housing loan to flats that are smaller cost about 280. The more property to be released for people to cheat during high school finals. According to sources, the min- ed to move into a two-bedroom apart- KD 100,000 will satisfy the citizens but on companies create this problem and if they build houses on, or if they built more hous- istry is already reviewing an offer to install an electronic sys- ment to pay KD 275. I still consider this the other hand, the prices of properties stopped doing it, the prices will definitely es in new areas, then the supply will tem that can help prevent cheating. The sources who spoke rent very reasonable compared to what’s have also increased. Early retirement also drop, said Ali. increase and the prices of land will drop, on the condition of anonymity did not provide any further available in the market now. This was three affects this issue. There should be laws set Salah, who owns two houses also which as a result will decrease the price of details on the subject. years ago, and now I’m afraid that they will to regulate and limit this rise,” added Bu blamed the government for this problem. rents, as the pressure will be relieved from increase the rent again shortly. All the Khadour. “The government is the main reason for the rented apartments. The government prices are increasing, especially the rent, Ali, who works with a real estate com- the rent increase and not the landlord. I has a monopoly on parts of Khaitan, which while my salary has not gone up for a long pany in Ahmadi, admitted the rapid should go with the market, and since my they bought from the residents and KFH adds new time,” he told the Kuwait Times. increase in rents can be attributed to com- neighbors increased the rent, I have to nobody can benefit from these properties. Economic analyst Hajaj Bu Khadour petition. “Everything is increasing, and rent increase it as well. The rent was KD 300 and This is in favor of the big businessmen who services to ATM considered the high and rapid increase of is part of the necessary things that are sub- I increased it recently to KD 600 to be on are trading with South Surra’s lands, and rent as a negative phenomenon affecting ject to increase. We have competition from par with as the neighbors. I think this is the price of lands is always high and is the economy badly. “The rents have other companies, so our prices should be logical, as the high price of land is the even increasing. In the United States, I machines increased about 27 percent during the last similar. Any increase in rent depends on main reason. So if somebody bought the could buy a house for KD 30,000 while in KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House KFH, the world’s leading Islamic three years, while the normal growth rate the location and the age of the building, so land for KD 500,000 and set up the build- Kuwait I can only buy a livestock farm for financing institution, added several new important services to is about 8 percent. I blame the govern- the landlord doesn’t set certain percentage ing for KD 100,000, he can’t rent the apart- KD 50,000,” concluded Salah. its ATM machines, known as Al-Shamel, which allows them to work optimally as alternative channels; thus saving clients’ time and effort, in addition to easing the pressure off branches. Ministry KFH has lately offered a new and exclusive service for Tamweel Online subscribers, where they can transfer money plans no through the ATM machines to their personal KFH accounts or swift. Clients can take advantage of this service through adding accounts to their Tamweel Online service. This step reveals KFH’s power cuts keenness to continue to develop retail banking and e-services. This service is the first of its kind in Kuwait, which underlines KUWAIT: The nightmarish thought of elec- KFH’s leadership in the region in the field of offering high tech- tricity cuts is haunting citizens and expats nology banking services around the clock. Moreover, clients can even though the Ministry of Electricity and order a cheque book, change the password, deposit, and Water has promised not to cut any. increasing deposited note bills from 40 to 80. During the month of Ramadan, several In addition, clients can open investment deposits through areas in Kuwait were without electricity and ATM machines, where clients head to any ATM machine found at water. KFH branches to open a deposit after ensuring they have the Assistant Undersecretary at MEW minimum sum of money required to open the deposit. Mohammad Bu Shahri said that water sup- Through the ATM machine, clients can invest their money ply will not be affected since production is and savings as part of a bouquet of investment deposits. Clients good and consumption is relatively less. can complete all procedures through the ATM machine without In June, an estimated 430 million gallons visiting the branch, which saves effort and time. of water was pumped while consumption ATM machines play a key role in offering fast quality services KUWAIT: The Revival of Islamic Heritage Society announced that 1,600 Burmese families benefited from a food aid program was at 410 million gallons. to clients; especially after upgrading them, which cements KFH’s during the last 10 days of Ramadan, which was donated by the Zakat House for Burmese refugees. role in supporting and upgrading technology. Media invited to join pearl divers

KUWAIT: Divers participating in the 25th annual Pearl Diving Trip are working with passion which reflects their honest desire to relive their ancestors’ struggles and make this year’s event successful, a senior Kuwait Sea Sports Club official said yesterday. Technical committee consultant Khalifa Al-Rashid further expressed “deep gratitude for the sponsorship of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and for the concern shown by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Ahmad Al-Sabah to make sure that the event is successful in conveying its traditional message”. Press and media personnel are set to join divers tomorrow morn- Khalifa Al-Rashid Mahmoud Abu Al-Qassem ing after they drive to Khairan from acquainted with the traditional media outlets to take part in the the KSSC building in Salmiya. The aspects that the young divers visit which concludes tomorrow trip offers journalists the opportu- attempt to convey. KSSC Public noon, adding that transportation nity to cover the diving activities Relations and Media Manager and food will be supplied to all from up-close and become better- Mahmoud Abu Al-Qassem invited reporters who attend. SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 LOCAL

KUWAIT: Dozens of people gath- ered outside the United States Embassy building Friday night to demand international intervention to stop what they described as ‘massacres’ committed in Egypt by authorities against protestors who demand the reinstatement of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. Several protestors accused the US of sharing the blame for the killings in Egypt due to what they believe was the American administration’s support to the military coup against an elected president. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Proposal to limit assembly KAC still waiting for membership to two terms major fleet upgrade KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways has just launched You don’t hear much about Kuwait Plans to submit amendments twice weekly Sarajevo services. Half of the Airways, although the Directorate General airline’s fleet comprises old A300s and for Civil Aviation has announced major plans KUWAIT: A lawmaker plans to hold consulta- the scrapped assembly and adopted the single- priority discussion when the parliament A310s, with no sign yet of what the airline for airport development and what it crypti- tions with fellow MPs on amendments to elect- vote system in board elections. “Co-operative resumes sessions on Oct 29. “Kuwait is in dire intends to replace them with. cally calls “improvement of civil aviation ed assemblies’ membership regulations in order work is collective and as such requires team- need for political stability, organized work and Unlike other airlines based in the Middle services.” While the airline hasn’t announced to limit the number of term a member can serve work and boards consisting of members who full harmony between the executive and legisla- East, Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) has it’s fleet renewal plans this A380 curiously to two, a local daily reported yesterday. The can work as a team”, Al-Adasani said. tive authorities in order to reclaim its pioneer- shown no inclination to grow significantly in turned up on the DGAC’s most recent air- draft law would cover membership in the He further told Al-Rai that the single-vote ing role, addressing persisting issues and push recent years, trouble as it has been by poor port designs. A look at the airline’s schedule National Assembly (parliament), Municipal system prevents candidates from running list, projects forward”, Dr Dashti said. financial results. The fact that the most data reveals that in terms of ASKs (Available Council, sports clubs’ boards and co-operative which leads to electing “disintegrated and She further confirmed meeting with presi- recent story on its English-language website Seat Kilometres), the airline’s biggest routes societies, and aims to “open opportunities for disharmonized” boards. dent of the parliament’s financial committee MP dates from 2010, and that half of its active are its six-times weekly service to Bangkok, young people and inject new blood in elected On the other hand, MP Khalil Abdullah Faisal Al-Shaya, during which she felt “positive fleet consists of old A300s and A310s, con- followed by the daily service to London assemblies”, MP Majid Musa said. The MP defended the existing law by saying that it signs about MPs’ willingness to build a relation- firms the airline’s position as a potential Heathrow. Three of the seven weekly flights believes that the two-term condition is found in helps social categories within residential areas ship with the government based on coopera- sleeping giant. While Kuwait Airport is build- also operate on to New York JFK, comple- many democracies around the world; bringing to be more equally represented in the boards of tion”. The minister also clarified that the cabinet ing a major new terminal to help cope with menting the airline’s non-stop service to JFK, up the United States presidential elections as an their local co-operative societies, and also focuses on “developmental and economic proj- growing passenger numbers, the airline is which also operates three times weekly. example. He further indicated that he plans to claimed that it limits influence of a select num- ects” as top priorities “in addition to resolving still to even finalise its fleet renewal plans, Other European destinations served are submit a draft law on the proposal after the par- ber of merchants who he said could use board persisting issues and laws that the country des- with both Airbus and Boeing apparently still Frankfurt, Geneva, Paris CDG and Rome liament’s summer recess if he finds enough sup- membership to boost their businesses. perately needs”. While the parliament is still in in the running. The rest of the airline’s exist- Fiumicino, while Istanbul services have port from fellow lawmakers to increase its pass- In other news, Minister of Planning and summer recess, committees are expected to be ing fleet comprises three A320s, four A340s recently been transferred from Atat¸rk to ing chances. Development Dr Rola Dashti told Al-Jarida daily officially asked today to start preparing a list and two 777s. The airline’s position has not Sabiha G?kÁen. In total the airline serves Meanwhile, MP Riyadh Al-Adasani on Friday a joint team between the cabinet and containing ten topics each to be given priority been helped by the emergence of Kuwait- almost 40 destinations non-stop, with only announced plans to submit amendments to the parliament needs at least one month from now in discussion, according to sources quoted by based Jazeera Airways, which competes Cairo, Dubai and Jeddah served with at least co-operative societies law which was passed by to finish preparing a list for topics to be given Al-Watan yesterday. (profitably) on a number of key routes. double-daily flights. Battle for ICT market share continues

KUWAIT: Progressive digitization is not three places, but in a different order: thanks In effect, six from the top 10 companies gins in 2012. “The Middle East’s regional bining essential capabilities and an individ- only changing end-consumer behavior - it is to its broad product portfolio and global listed in the Global ICT 50 study rank telecommunication companies - in line with ual product and service offering for a mar- also driving significant change in the wider presence, IBM has moved up two places amongst the 10 most innovative businesses their global counterparts - still struggle ket, and these work well in different ways,” Information and Communications from 2012 and now leads the global rank- in the world, as identified in a separate Booz when it comes to more advanced services said Schr?der. “For instance, the Innovator, Technology (ICT) space. Clear role divisions ing, followed by software giants Oracle and & Company analysis. And, 13 out of the top and expansion into the broader ICT space,” like Apple, the Solutions Provider, like IBM, have long disappeared - hardware compa- Microsoft. Ranked at number four, SAP is 50 companies rank in the Top 100 added Karam. or the ‘one-stop-shop’ Consolidator like nies, software companies, telecommunica- the best-placed German ICT company. Interbrand Best Global Brands 2012. And, the only group to achieve continu- Cisco, have altogether bought up to 120 tions companies and IT service providers are Hardware-centric solutions providers take While the top 50 companies in the study ously-increasing margins and stable growth companies over the past 20 years. The operating in an overlapping market. the following three spots - Cisco, Apple and achieved modest growth in revenue for over the past five years were the hardware analysis shows that, in the market, three Software and hardware companies with HP. “The top 10 ranking reveals that soft- 2013 - up from USD 2.01 bn in 2011 to USD and infrastructure companies. The reason puretones have produced the best financial integrated solution models are continuing ware and hardware providers are dominat- 2.07 bn in 2012 - these figures are not as for this is their individual, integrated busi- results in recent years: a focus on innova- to gain ground over IT service providers. ing the ICT industry,” said Olaf Acker, a impressive as those from earlier years. ness models that are based on a hardware tion, a focus on forward-looking digitiza- And, European companies with a regional Partner with Booz & Company. “Software “Global ICT services providers in the core business and supplemented with serv- tion, and a focus on achieving a price focus are coming under strong pressure. In and internet businesses like SAP, Google Middle East are under constant pressure ice and cloud elements. The results of the advantage through offshoring.” addition, Internet players have continued to and Amazon have also made big advances. from value and offshore players - as the study confirm the strength of this business For the Global ICT 50 Study, Booz & penetrate the Middle East with high speed; Regional IT service providers, however, have growing appetite for IT services comes with model. Company examined the four sub-industries while they initially only managed the broad- not been able to keep pace with the market a “value for money” mentality that is “In the Middle East, hardware makers - in the digital provider market (hardware, er MENA region, they are increasingly focus- trend this year.” stronger in the region than it is in other especially device manufacturers like Apple software, telecommunications and IT servic- ing on individual markets and finally under- With their continuous expansion of serv- markets,” said Danny Karam, a Principal with and Samsung - recognize the region’s grow- es) in a joint study for the second time. The standing what is required to succeed in ice offerings and products, Samsung and Booz & Company. ing appetite for smart devices,” said Acker. results of the study and the Global ICT 50 each country. These are just some of the key Google have succeeded in achieving top 10 Indeed, some market players are reach- “And so, they did well in the 2013 study. Ranking are based on an analysis of pub- findings from the Global ICT 50 Study pub- rankings. ing the limit of their capacity for growth. After all, the Middle East contributes to their licly-available data sources, notably with lished today. “A broad portfolio on its own, however, is Moreover, the major software providers are bottom-lines given relatively stable price regard to financial parameters, product and For the study - conducted for the second not the key to success,” explained Dr. the only group to have demonstrated levels.” portfolio structure, strength of innovation consecutive year - the global strategy con- Germar Schr?der, a Principal with Booz & strong revenue growth for a fifth straight This year, Booz & Company consultants and sales orientation. These core areas were sultants at Booz & Company once again Company. “We are seeing that extending year. Conversely, the global IT service added a criterion to the four aspects of evaluated using quantitative and qualitative investigated the major trends, critical suc- the portfolio often fails to go hand-in-hand providers and telecommunications compa- financial performance - Portfolio Breadth & criteria to produce a consolidated points cess factors and performance of the world’s with financial success - coherence wins out nies studied were the only groups in the Coherence, Growth Potential and Market score for the respective company, which, in 50 biggest ICT companies. over breadth. Other critical factors are a survey where growth stagnated - although Presence -evaluated for the study. turn, generates the sectoral and top 10 The same companies occupy the top global presence, innovation and branding.” they did manage to stabilize their EBIT mar- “There are different approaches to com- ranking. SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 LOCAL

kuwait digest Local Spotlight Overcoming US support for the stalemate Brotherhood

By Khairallah Khairallah

lecting Marzouq Al-Ghanim as speaker of the parliament in Kuwait did not materialize from Ethin air. Known for his dynamic approach, fore- By Muna Al-Fuzai sight and vision to modernize Kuwait, Al-Ghanim’s election to the coveted post is considered an indication of recovery and a quantum leap at the same time. Al-Ghanim’s victory is the latest episode of succes- [email protected] sive developments that serve the interests of Kuwait and help it overcome the hardships of the current phase that the region is going through, as well as his article is not written to analyze the situation in protect the country from within. It is clear that this Egypt, which can simply be described as chaotic quantum leap can only be achieved by wise men Tright now but the dust will eventually settle within the ruling family, led by His Highness the Amir, down. This is a letter from an Arab citizen to the US citi- and the new generation of Kuwaitis who possess zens to analyze the recent statements made by US enough knowledge to effectively serve their country. President Barack Obama and his support for the These young people graduated from well-known Muslim Brotherhood cell in Egypt and his stand on Al- international universities which helped them inherit a Qaeda. culture that knows no extremism. Most importantly, Bear in mind the Muslim brethren always tend to they know Kuwait and its formation very well, and are raise the black flags of Al-Qaeda during a time of crisis. I also aware of the reasons which made Kuwait a pio- don’t believe Obama’s calls to save the lives of the neer in all fields in the region not a long time ago. Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and this is why: First, I Before July’s parliamentary elections, HH the Amir wonder why Obama never shed tears for the Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah had taken matters Palestinians who have been asking for a safe haven for into his own hands with regards to enabling Kuwait more than fifty years under Israeli occupation. Why to regain its natural position in the region. Lack of didn’t he focus on what is happening in Iraq and the other places in the world where people are being cooperation between the Cabinet and parliament kuwait digest made Kuwait suffer for long. Stopping government killed? Why is Egypt his business now? work under the pretext of fighting corruption has Second, US ties during Morsi’s rule was more than become more of a habit. Democracy or democrazy’? perfect with the blessings from Hamas. Now, would There could be corruption, and also exaggera- Hamas bless such an affiliation unless they have some- tions. But what was notable in the majority of discus- thing to gain from it? Losing Morsi and the Muslim sions that usually culminated in grilling motions is By Dr Bader Al-Daihani Brotherhood cell in Egypt could mean losing money the lack of accurate statistics and use of fine lan- and power and possibly Sinai Peninsula as an alterna- he second wave of the defense about the Brotherhood more moderate attitude and to con- tive future home for the Palestinians. guage inside the parliament’s building. Rumors were Egyptian revolution that took regime is not one calling for a mod- verse with others more democrati- sometimes enough to topple the Cabinet or force a Finally, for years the former US presidents were call- Tplace on June 30 and it conse- ern democratic constitutional state; it cally, regardless of ballot boxes, and ing Al-Qaeda names, the most common being ‘terror- minister’s resignation. This happened in a world quences have clearly exposed that is more like an extreme religious one yield to the people’s demands for where there is no place but for scientific approaches ists’. The current US president is no exception, except the talk of Islamist activists and considering those against the top- dignity, democracy, freedom and for that none of the former presidents had praised the and experience when dealing with mega projects blocs all over the Arab world about pled president as infidels and non- building a democratic nation for all that Kuwait desperately needs. Is it normal that the Muslims brothers’ rules and power and supported democracy and human rights is believers because, for them, they are sects. Unfortunately, what happened them with money at the expense of the tax-payers. I do health sector, for example, remains substandard in a nothing but worthless, hollow words against Islam! and is still happening is the oppo- believe the US administration is obligated now to justi- wealthy country with a relatively low population? and slogans. In fact, they have No wonder, then, to see that site. One cannot tell the difference fy to the US people why and how much money has But there are indicators that Kuwait is entering a proven that, for them, democracy is defenders of the toppled regime are between moderates and extremists been given away to Morsi and the Muslims brothers’ new, different phase. These indicators are based on nothing more than a means to reach sectarian people with terrible atti- anymore. cell not only in Egypt but possibly all across the world. the term ‘cooperation’ between the executive and and monopolize power before they tudes towards the values of equal That is why we often hear them Have they also committed themselves to supporting legislative authorities. Therefore, Kuwait’s Amir immediately start denying and citizenship, democracy, secularism, declaring mobilization for Jihad, to their role in occupying other countries in the Arab Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was very clear rejecting this particular means: the public and individual freedoms such get martyred, to protect the Muslim region? when he said during the parliament’s inaugural ses- ballot boxes. The ‘end justifies the as Qaradhawi, Wagdi Ghunaim and Caliphate and carry on forays similar The January 2011 revolution in Egypt came after 30 sion “I do not need to reiterate the necessity of coop- means’ for them and that is why some so-called clerics; especially to those that took place in the first years of corruption but, the July 30 rebellion again eration between the parliament and Cabinet. It is a they cannot be described as democ- those hungry for spotlight and Hijri century; they promoted hatred came after one year of severe suffering under a leader requirement to realize the desired achievement and rats. They are better described as media propaganda, be it in Kuwait or and violence though the whole issue who has failed to keep all his election promises and reform”. In the meantime, HH the Amir was not shy ‘Boxcrats’! in some other Arab and Muslim is nothing more than a political con- vows to the Egyptians within 100 days to improve their about mentioning how ‘critical’ the regional situation That is why, ever since toppling countries. flict, in the aftermath of a great pub- life. In fact, it hugely benefitted the Muslim brothers’ is and the need to refrain from anything that can pro- the Muslim Brotherhood regime in It is well-known that extreme lic revolution, on laying the founda- cell, Hamas and the Israelis. This love triangle was a voke sectarian conflict. Egypt, those ‘Boxcrats’ have been Islamists like Al-Qaeda organization tions of a new democratic regime by happy one and the relationship was blessed by US. There is a desire in Kuwait to overcome its stale- continuously talking about ballot and some Jihadists clearly announce all Egyptian political blocs not only Well, the rest of the Egyptians weren’t happy and mate. The latest elections are the best example for boxes legitimacy alone without dis- their rejection of democracy and one, in the course of building a dem- couldn’t allow this bond to continue. that. There is public will to break free from the empty cussing the violations committed by consider it ‘complete infidelity’. It is ocratic nation in which everybody Egypt is not all about the Muslim brotherhood. circle which forced 11 Cabinets to resign since 2006. the toppled regime, which cost it also well-known that Salafis frankly co-exists and peacefully differ. Egypt also has Christians, liberals and many others. And with elections on a semi-annual basis, Kuwait both political legitimacy and the confess that they are utilizing demo- As for those who erroneously How about giving them a say in all this? The brother- was in a state of loss, internally and regionally. popularity they gained through bal- cratic means and tools to revolt believe that democracy is nothing hood is known for engaging in political violence, and A sign of optimism in Kuwait’s future was when lot boxes. These violations made the against democracy itself. Those more than ballot boxes, I quote claiming responsibility for Hamas. I’m not making this the people defied heat, dust, and fasting to go and people revolt against it and things claiming to be moderate Islamic Palestinian poet, Mezyad Al- up, it’s all documented online and this is why many vote. The boycotters not only suffered a setback, but almost reached a political deadlock powers and those claiming to be Barghouthi: ‘Democracy is born by people were surprised to see the US backing them. If were also dealt with a heavy loss. It is a loss for the and severe complications. ‘secular’ power with Islamic back- ballot boxes and is not buried in they are so passionate about Hamas why don’t they Muslim Brotherhood first and foremost; those who In addition, the feverish unrivalled ground were expected to have a them!’ — Al-Jarida stand against Israel openly? wanted Kuwait to become a fund that finances their I do understand that Egypt will suffer violent activities around the world, especially in Egypt. protests for a while but it is shameful for foreign coun- By electing Marzouq Al-Ghanim as speaker, it is kuwait digest tries like the US or others to lead a campaign or take clear that the new parliament decided to become a sides. The Egyptian crisis has revealed many unsolved partner in breaking free from the stalemate and rein- issues behind the scenes and everyone needs to know force what has been achieved in the past couple of Norway’s PM drives a taxi when and how this will end. Nobody wants to see more years; especially by supporting the development dead and the last thing anyone wants to see is the US process and reinforcing the media’s role. We started taking sides with those who they have been calling ter- hearing about studies to improve education and By Dr Naji Al-Zaid rorists. I need to say that Egypt will never become another Iraq or another Taleban. Egypt will be always health services, as well as build new homes for citi- orway enjoys one of the world’s most advanced tion at the social affairs and labor, interior, justice or the light and power for all Arabs. We pray for its peace zens. educational, health and social services, in addition municipality ministries among others to witness how and prosperity. There is no turning back in Kuwait with the pres- Nto high security levels. Despite this, Norway’s administratively underdeveloped state departments are, ence of a wise leader who is fully aware of the Arab prime minister resorted to an innovative idea to come and how much time getting a single signature on a piece World - exactly as he is aware of the regional and closer to citizens and hear their concerns better: he of paper takes. The easiest thing he could do is to go international balances. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- worked as a taxi driver for a day. The experience gave him undercover and try to find a parking spot near the Kuwait Sabah did not hesitate to take brave and required the opportunity to speak with passengers from different University during classes. kuwait digest steps that include openness towards Asian countries cities, which allowed him to get an idea about the prob- All these issues are seen in Kuwait because of the lack with remarkable economic achievements, supporting lems people are facing directly from them. of modern and active administration as well as lack of law the Syrian people, as well as supporting Egypt and its How different the situation is between Norway where enforcement. It is not because of a lack of budget. Bad Nation without stability especially after the people made their voice the prime minister insisted on knowing citizens’ concerns administration in Kuwait is the reason behind underde- heard and forced the Muslim Brotherhood out of the up-close, and Kuwait where we cannot find any official velopment and the majority of problems Kuwait faces in patriots Presidential Palace. willing to listen to our concerns. I am not asking His all fields. Kuwait is taking steady steps forward to make up Highness the Prime Minister to drive a cab; Kuwaitis rarely I mentioned the example above not because I want for the losses that both the state and the society sus- use public transportation to begin with. I only hope that HH the Prime Minister to imitate his Norwegian counter- By Mohammad Hayat tained over the past few years. What is important he gets into his own car one day and decides to tour part and sit behind a cab’s steering wheel, but only hope dvanced nations work hard on human develop- right now is that this progress which started through Kuwait’s streets. I hope he drives into by-streets of that a state official would feel the level of problems that an initiative by the state’s Amir has garnered public ment with the idea that human resources are the Khaitan, Farwaniya, Hawally and Jabriya to see the holes, this country actually faces. These problems can only be most valuable assets for building and advance- support in the form of a public majority which partic- construction waste and dirt left on the streets. resolved by advanced and professional administration A ment. A country’s success is achieved only by the hands ipated in the elections and elected a harmonious par- Maybe he should also pay a visit to an outpatient clinic whose work focuses on finding solutions to enhance serv- of its people, while human resources can only be liament. What could be more important is that at the Orthopedics Hospital to see what it is like to stand ices rather than addressing problems with temporary improved with equality. Kuwait realizes that there is no hope for a better in a long line of people from seven in the morning. And measures. If a country lacks those principles, it is inevitable for it future without investment in education which focus- while he is at it, why not try to take a room in a hospital Is it too much to ask for a an advanced administrative to become underdeveloped regardless of how much es on knowledge delivered through modern and without wasta or an x-ray appointment? system that can easily be applied without ‘wasta’ or cor- natural and financial resources it has. This is because internationally recognized programs. — Al-Rai I hope that he goes undercover to finalize a transac- ruption? — Al-Qabas lack of human development leads to public frustration and state positions divided between social groups unequally, leaving no room for competency and productivity. kuwait digest We are living in this situation today as kinship became the main quality to get government posts while equality and competency became rendered useless. The culture of blood-shedding! State departments are controlled, and the constitutional values of equality and social justice are neglected. The By Dr Hassan Abdullah Jouhar result was deterioration of the concept of patriotism combined with increase in sectarian and tribal senti- n view of current violent political movements, the cul- Egypt where we see Muslim Brotherhood supporters carry ments after citizens felt that loyalty to the tribe or sec- ture of killing, blood-shedding and weapons-debates Ideological basics, ruling cul- all kinds of weapons against the authorities and burn tarian group can help guarantee their rights which in Iseem to have become the only language dominating buildings and vehicles on the way. their opinion the law can no longer protect. Eventually, the Arab arena starting with the Arab Spring all the way ture and philosophy of various Either way, ideological basics and ruling culture and people became prisoners of these beliefs and began down to the current transitional period with the possibili- Arab political groups are power- philosophy of various Arab political groups extremely moving away from the state and its systems when they ty of more blood-shedding in the future. dominated by violence and extremism. The absence of a felt that their rights are better served through social or In my opinion, the bloody nature of such a scene stems fully dominated by violence and peaceful transition of power, political diversity concepts religious fanaticism. from two main elements. First, there is the culture of extremism. The absence of a and the presence of dictatorships might have had a huge In the end, the nation suffers the most when sectari- ‘exclusion’ and the ruling authority’s assumption of superi- influence over steering political activities into extremism an tensions ignite and lead the country into further ority to the people in many Arab countries on the one peaceful transition of power, and training fighting cadres instead of raising political underdevelopment. The nation eventually becomes a hand and the presence and attempts of various political leaderships, building state projects instead of revenge as place where people’s ambitions and talents are killed, groups seeking power, particularly religious ones, on the political diversity concepts and soon as they have control over previous officials and and where social categories feud with each other under other. the presence of dictatorships leaders. the name of imperfect democracy and freedom of The second element of the culture of violence and all The most important ingredient in this formula lies in expression. Eventually, we become a nation where peo- forms of brutal barbaric blood-shedding lies in religious might have had a huge influence the intervention of local, regional and international par- ple eat to live and live to eat, and only make decisions in beliefs and concepts like accusing others of infidelity on steering political activities into ties who supply various conflicting sides with weapons, line with the culture of fanaticism they adopt. In the using multiple terms to coat and legalize killing and elimi- political support and media platforms to fill all hearts end, the country becomes a nation without patriots. nating opponents. extremism and training fighting with grudges and provocation while, unfortunately, Side note: The Arab Spring exposed a reality found in The killing machine is available on both sides; that is draining away these countries’ human resources and Arab nations that stem from a question which everyone the authority and the opposition, even if they exchange cadres instead of raising wealth to eventually destroy those countries. fails to answer: how can people feel sad about the death positions as we have seen in recent years. This fact political leaderships. Unfortunately, that is the way with our Arab people and of others in a certain place, but at the same time rejoice reached its peak in Syria, Lebanon, Tunis, Yemen and Egypt is but a start! — Al-Jarida at the killing of other people in another place? — Al-Rai SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 LOCAL News in brief

MPW okays 25 projects KUWAIT: Sources at Ministry of Public Works said that the ministry has approved executing two out of 25 projects presented to the ministry by other ministries and government organizations. The ministry has refused the other 23 projects as no land or budget was allocated for them. Sources at Ministry of Public Works said that one of the projects refused, was the new building for central tender committee and another project belonged to Ministry of Communication. Sources also said that ministry policy indicates that all conditions must be met for any project to ensure that it didn’t clash with other projects from the ministry. It is believed that the ministry will ignore any project which doesn’t meet the criteria of the ministry, central tender committee, and the audit bureau.

More dentists, clinics Informed health sources revealed that the Ministry of Health intends to increase the number of dentists as well as dental clinics in all hospitals and medical centers. The ministry also intends to reduce waiting time for patients, especially after receiving several complaints. Sources said the only way to reduce a long waiting period is to increase the number of clinics and doctors, especially in Adan, Jahra and Farwaniya which are densely populated by residents.

New economic report Kuwait News Agency has released the new issue its economic report for the first half of the 2013 fiscal year. An e-copy of the report can be downloaded through the agency’s website. Previous reports are also available. The report is compiled by KUNA’s Economic and Petroleum Affairs Department. It releases four annual reports and two half year reports. KUWAIT: In collaboration with Kuwait municipality, MOI’s coastguards yesterday launched a cleaning campaign to remove rubbish, dirt and leftovers off the Kubbar Island. The campaign was headed by MoI’s Assistant Undersecretary for Borders Security Maj Gen Mohammed Al-Yousif and top coast- guard officials and commanders. Speaking on the occasion Maj Gen Al-Yousif said the campaign is part of the ministry’s communalervices. s He also KRCS eulogizes urged both citizens and expats to maintain Kuwaiti islands and protect their environment. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun Al-Sumait

KUWAIT: Demise of the renowned Kuwaiti philanthro- pist Abdulrahman Al-Sumait is a loss not only for Kuwait backs Egypt govt Kuwait but for all workers in humanitarian field particularly in Africa, said Kuwait Red Crescent Society yesterday. The society, in a statement mourning Al- Sumait, said he was a “humanitarian icon and a cheva- bids to restore order lier in his field devoting his time and health for sake of making others happy.” It also recalled his humanitarian works in Africa to aid the needy and expressed deep condolences to his Call to exercise self-restraint family. Al-Sumait, who died at the age of 66, is known for building 840 educational facilities - including four KUWAIT: Kuwait, regretting large number attempt to undermine the security of the with violent and deadly action.” to examine legal basis for prospected dis- universities - and 90 clinics and hospitals, constructing of Egyptian fatalities and destruction of country. An official statement said Bahrain Meanwhile, police dispersed a gather- solution of the Muslim Brotherhood organ- 12,000 artesian wells and helping thousands of people properties, yesterday affirmed support for fully backed King Abdullah’s statement ing of supporters of the ousted president, ization. understand and embrace Islam in Africa. the Egyptian government’s measures to which emphasized Egypt’s right to defend Mohamed Morsi, at Ramsis piaza after However, Sherif Shawqi, the premiership He is also known for having founded the Africa maintain security and stability in the north its sovereignty and its people. policemen, positioned in its vicinity, were information advisor, indicated at a news Muslim Agency, later renamed as “Direct Aid” society, African country. Kuwait is following with Egypt has the right to restore order in targeted with gunfire. conference that the government was pon- and conducting detailed studies on Africa’s political, concern the developments in Egypt, and the country, fight terrorism and violence, as The state-run media reported that dering prospects for “national conciliation.” social and economic affairs - Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, regrets the large number of deaths among well as stop the destruction of properties, it policemen prevented foes of pro-Morsi The Muslim Brotherhood group, founded in Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and Angola, the Egyptian people as well as the destruc- added. Bahrain also called upon all parties activists who were leaving Al-Fateh 1928, came to power a year ago when its being some of the 40 countries his work was focused tion of properties, a foreign ministry source in Egypt to unite ranks. mosque from attacking them. leader Mohamed Morsi was elected as pres- on.— KUNA said. Kuwait, he added, called on all parties King Abdullah earlier affirmed support State-run media reported Prime ident of the republic. The Brotherhood to exercise self-restraint and to unite in to Egypt against all attempts aimed at Minister Dr. Hazem Al-Beblawi has asked surged to power after decades of being a order to prevent “sedition” and dragging undermining its domestic security. It is Minister of Social Solidarity Ahmad Al-Burei banned group in Egypt. —KUNA the country into “a complete chaos.” Egypt’s “legitimate right to confront any The source also called on all parties to saboteur” who want to destabilize the abide by the government’s repeated calls country, King Abdullah said, and affirmed Minister underscores wider to engage in a serious dialogue to pave support to Egypt in its fight against “terror- way for reconciliation and democracy. ism and sedition. emphasis on culture, art Reconciliation in Egypt will end blood- In another development, Egyptian shed, restores security, stability and safety Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy briefed KUWAIT: There should be a doubling of efforts by those concerned to advance the of its people, added the source. envoys of world powers about “criminal cultural, artistic and literary outputs in the country under the care of the National The State of Kuwait, affirmed the source, acts,” carried out by activists and followers Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL), said Minister of Information Sheikh supported the Egyptian government’s of the Muslim Brotherhood. Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah in a press statement yesterday. measures to preserve security and stability, According to an official statement, Heading a meeting of NCCAL to probe its agenda for the upcoming cultural as well as achieving aspirations of the Fahmy received ambassadors of perma- events season starting in the autumn, Sheikh Salman, who is also the State Minister Egyptian people through the government’s nent member states of the Security for Youth Affairs and Chairman of NCCAL, told the Council’s officials and sponsors that the new season should lay out a strategy to serve the interests of, among oth- roadmap. Council, informing them about the “ran- ers, the youth. He emphasized that NCCAL venues for events in the coming season HAMMOND: Sgt Ernest A. Poinson, of the 1021st Kuwait, he added, was confident that dom and criminal acts, perpetrated by should not be confined to a limited number of locations as has been done in the Engineer Company, spends time with his mother, the Egyptians were capable of overcoming armed gangs against the citizens, as well as past but instead should be extended to all the nation’s six governorates in order to wife and newborn son Friday, after a deployment this “critical stage of their history” so Egypt their attacks on churches, public facilities generate wider appeal for these events. ceremony in Hammond. He is among 160 Covington- would continue playing its leading regional and hospitals.” Echoing the minister’s sentiments, acting secretary general of NCCAL, Shehab Al- based soldiers who will be deployed to Kuwait. and international role. He criticized “silence of the international Shehab, told the same meeting that the Council was keen to offer the public a wide Meanwhile, Bahrain voiced support to community and abstention from condemn- gamut of events that should find favor with them, stressing the emphasis on pro- Covington-based Saudi King Abdullah’s support to the ing these criminal acts. “Such silence grams that would appeal largely to the youth. —KUNA troops coming Egyptian authorities’ crackdown on any encourages the terrorist groups to carry on to Kuwait HAMMOND: About 160 Louisiana Army National Guard troops received a send-off ceremony Friday, in advance of their deployment to Kuwait. The soldiers, assigned to the 1021st Engineer Company of the 205th Engineer Battalion, face a year-long mission that begins with training at Fort Bliss, Texas. The 1021st is based at Covington and has detachments in Independence and Gonzales. They were feted at the Southeastern Louisiana University Center in Hammond, before deploying to the Middle East “to conduct vertical construction operations,” which includes building, concrete, plumbing and electrical systems, according to a National Guard news release. “We gather here today to honor the fact that your service is making an extraordinary and historic mark on our nation and the world,” Gov. Bobby Jindal told the troops. “You are the heroes who have chosen to dedicate your lives to something far greater than yourself.” Said Louisiana’s adjutant, Major Gen. Glenn Curtis: “I know that you will represent our nation, our state and our Guard in a professional manner while you are deployed. To the families, I also want to say thank you for allowing your soldiers to serve in the manner which they do. Capt. Noel Bellas commands the 1021st. Public youth authority begins summer program KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Youth and Sports is due to start today its annual program for Kuwaiti students’ summer activities. Abdullah Abdul-Rasoul, in charge of the program, said yesterday young citizens would work at institutions and youth centers, affiliated with the authority. He indicated that the special program includes training sessions aimed at sharpening their skills and creativity potentials as well as an exhibition displaying innovated items. The program, to be executed in coordination with the State Labor Re-structure Program, involves a large number of young Kuwaiti males and females. Excelling students will be honored at end of the activity, he said. Abdul- Rasoul urged the youth to be involved in the summer program to prepare themselves for future work. — KUNA SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 LOCAL Hashish, heroin, cocaine seized at Central prison Man injured in accident KUWAIT: Jail security officers seized half a kilo- Kuwaiti man in his twenties, was taken to the Roommate killing gram of drugs they said was meant to be smug- Adan Hospital where he was diagnosed with A man was charged with his roommate’s mur- gled to inmates at the Central prisonl, a security multiple broken bones and other injuries. A case der in a case reported Friday. According to a official was quoted by reports yesterday. was filed for investigations. source familiar with the investigations, the inci- Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the Meanwhile, a nine-year-old kid sustained dent took place in a Jabriya apartment shared by source said that 500 grams of hashish, meth, serious injuries in an accident reported in two Asian families. A fight broke out between heroin and cocaine were found when guards Qortuba. According to the police report, a differ- the two families and one of them threw a glass searched the family visits room after a recent vis- ently-abled driver accidently hit the Arab boy at the other man’s wife. The glass missed the iting session. The room search was a precaution- before calling the child’s family. The child was woman but a broken shard struck her husband ary measure after the guards searched inmates hospitalized and a case was filed. in his chest. The victim later died at Mubarak NBK volunteers cleaning the beach. before they returned to their cells. An investiga- Hospital because of excessive blood loss. The tion was started to reveal the smugglers’ identity Thieves held suspect is detained at the Jabriya police. NBK continues nationwide and determine the recipients. Five people were arrested Friday for stealing feed from farms in Jahra. Patrol officers ordered Security alert beach clean-up campaign Road accident two lorry trucks loaded with a large number of Police at the Kuwait International Airport A driver was hospitalized in a critical condi- sacks to pull over. Five Asian men on board the were put on high alert after reports about a suit- KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) cleanup event at Gulf Beach. This cleanup tion after an accident on Friday on Fahaheel two trucks were taken into custody after they case left on the runway. Nothing suspicious was continues its environmental awareness initiative comes as part of NBK’s annual Road. Police and paramedics rushed to the loca- failed to explain the source of the material. They found in the suitcase. Preliminary investigations campaign to help keep Kuwait beach clean environmental awareness campaign to tion after the Abdullah Port Bridge following an were later charged with theft after admitting to indicated that the bag had most likely fallen off during the summer season. NBK staff and help keep Kuwait beach clean during the emergency call reporting a Japanese-made vehi- stealing the feed from jakhours (livestock farms) when the passengers’ luggage was being moved volunteers organized recently a beach summer season. cle losing balance and overturning. The driver, a in the area. from the aircraft. “Gulf Beach cleanup campaign is one of similar events that will be planned by NBK throughout this summer”, said Yaqoub Al- Baqer, NBK Public Relations officer. “The planned environmental campaign is another manifestation of NBK’s deep commitment to the community.” Al-Baqer added: “This year NBK’s social media network will take part in this campaign and post photos through NBK Official Page on Facebook or NBK Twitter and Instagram account @NBKPage covering this initiative.” NBK’s team spent their time cleaning the beach and informing the visitors about the importance of keeping the beach clean. NBK is an environment-friendly bank and has launched a range of initiatives In its continuous efforts to build awareness on the growing environment challenges being faced by Kuwait. These initiatives include: electricity conservation and paper recycling- aimed at promoting environ- Yaqoub Al-Baqer mental awareness. GCC condemns Beirut bombing RIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council national interests above any other consid- condemned yesterday the explosion that eration. happened in Beirut’s southern suburbs The GCC chief also urged the Lebanese killing and wounding a number of people. politicians to seek to form a new govern- “This brazen and criminal act aims at ment quickly and cooperate with undermining Lebanon’s security and sta- President Michel Suleiman for resuming bility and also the peaceful co-existence national dialogue. Al-Zayani re-affirmed by triggering sedition among the the GCC stand on side of the Lebanese KUWAIT: Jleeb Fire Center and Ardiya Fire Center were kept busy putting out fires Lebanese citizens,” said GCC Secretary president, government and people in face one after the other in Hasawi area. After dousing out fire in Hasawi and returning General Abdul-Latif Al-Zayani, in a state- of any threats targeting the country stabil- to their centers, they were immediately called to combat another fire in a bachelors’ ment. He called on Lebanese political par- ity, expressed condolences to the victims pad in the same area. After putting out the fire, they identified that it was caused ties to foil plots by saboteurs, promoters families and wished the wounded quick by an electric fault. of discords and terrorists and put higher recovery. — KUNA Embassy calls for postponing Kuwaiti students’ exams

CAIRO: The cultural office of Kuwait’s the cultural office contacted Egyptian same matter. Several institutes such Embassy in Cairo is coordinating with universities, asking for the postpone- as the October 6 University and Egyptian universities to postpone ment of exams of Kuwaiti students. Helwan University agreed to hold up exams for Kuwaiti students due to the The official indicated that several exams till September, said Al-Enizi current happenings in Egypt, said a heads of universities agreed to delay who called on Kuwaiti students to visit diplomat here yesterday. the exams while the embassy is con- the websites of their respective uni- Cultural Attache at the Kuwaiti tinuing to communicate with other versities to check on the dates of their Embassy, Dr Falah Al-Enizi, said that educational institutes regarding the tests. —- KUNA

By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: Acting Public Relations Director at Fire department Major Majid Al-Otaibi said that they received a call about a fire in Mahboula at about 10 pm. Mangaf Fire Center as well as Fahaheel Fire Center responded to the call and reached the fire site within five minutes and found that a building’s ground floor was ablaze. The building has seven floors and the firemen divided themselves into three groups to rescue, air the smoke and extinguish the fire. The building was evacuated completely.

Baitak-Turkey launches real estate funding service KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (Baitak)- a press release that the new service will investors and it will also enrich invest- Turkey announced yesterday the launch provide a comprehensive solution for its ments in the Southeastern European of a new service for real estate financing customers in the real estate business. country, he added. Baitak-Turkey was in Turkey which allows banking cus- Turkey is increasingly becoming an founded in 1989 and has a large chain of tomers to obtain necessary funding to attracting tourist and investment desti- branches. It has opened foreign branches own properties there. Chief retail bank- nation for Kuwaitis; therefore, this service and representative offices in Germany, ing officer Mohammad Al-Fwazan said in will meet the needs of a huge portion of Bahrain and Dubai.— KUNA SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013

Freezing US aid Iraq seeks help from US amid growing violence to Egypt ‘not be easy or cost-free’ Page 8 Page 9 New NSA revelations stir concerns NSA breached privacy rules, despite promises

WASHINGTON: New revelations from leaker Edward Snowden that the National Security Agency has overstepped its authority thousands of times since 2008 are stirring renewed calls on Capitol Hill for serious changes to NSA spy programs, undermining White House hopes that President Barack Obama had quieted the controversy with his assurances of oversight. An internal audit provided by Snowden to The Washington Post shows the agency has repeatedly broken privacy rules or exceeded its legal authority every year since Congress granted it broad new powers in 2008. In one of the documents, agency personnel are instructed to remove details and substitute more generic language in reports to the Justice Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence - reports used as the basis for informing Congress. Obama has repeatedly said that Congress was thoroughly briefed on the programs revealed by Snowden in June, but some senior lawmakers said they had been unaware of the NSA audit until they read the news on Friday. The programs described earlier vacuum up vast amounts of metadata - such as telephone numbers called and called from, the time and duration of calls - from most Americans’ phone records, and scoop up global Internet usage data. White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest said Friday that the NSA documents showed that NSA’s Compliance Office established in 2009 “is monitoring, detecting, addressing and reporting compliance incidents,” and that “the majority of the compliance incidents are unintentional.” In a statement from the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard, where the president is vacationing, he added that the administration is “keeping the Congress appropriately informed of compliance issues as they arise.” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy announced he would hold hearings into the new disclosures. “I remain concerned that we are still not getting straightforward answers from the NSA,” the Vermont Democrat said in a statement. Senate Intelligence Committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein said her committee had been notified of compliance problems - not by seeing the internal audit but through legally required reports to her committee. “In all such cases, the incidents have been addressed by ending or adapting the activity,” the California Democrat said in a statement.” She added, “The committee has never identified an instance in which the NSA has intentionally abused its authority to conduct surveillance FORT MEADE: The National Security Agency building at Fort Meade, Md. The US National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authori- for inappropriate purposes.” But she said that committee would be asking for additional ty thousands of times each year since Congress granted the intelligence agency broad new powers in 2008, The Washington Post reports.— AP reports in future, and members would start making routine tle the programs was narrowly defeated last month in the legally protected communications. Most were reported to be the Post that the court could rule only on the material it was trips to the NSA to oversee its activities. Her Republican House House. The July legislative effort brought together Libertarian- unintended, and many involved failures to take sufficient care given. “The FISC is forced to rely upon the accuracy of the counterpart, Intelligence chairman Mike Rogers, said human leaning conservatives and liberal Democrats who pressed for or violations of standard operating procedure. They ranged information that is provided to the Court,” US District Judge error was inevitable and “there was no intentional and willful change against congressional leaders and lawmakers focused from significant violations of law to typographical errors that Reggie Walton said in a written statement to the Post. “The violation of the law.” But the top Democrat on the House on security. A week ago, Obama sought to soothe concerns by resulted in unintended interceptions of US emails and tele- FISC does not have the capacity to investigate issues of non- Intelligence Committee, C A Dutch Ruppersberger of promising to consider reforms to NSA surveillance. “It’s not phone calls. The most serious incidents included a violation of compliance, and in that respect the FISC is in the same position Maryland, called the new disclosures “incredibly troubling.” enough for me to have confidence in these programs,” he said a court order and unauthorized use of data about more than as any other court when it comes to enforcing (government) He said he had instructed his staff “to thoroughly review at a White House news conference. “The American people have 3,000 Americans and green-card holders. compliance with its orders.” and evaluate these allegations.” Another Democratic member to have confidence in them as well.” He announced changes In the typographical error category, the Post cited a 2008 The Associated Press made a request to Walton for that of the Intelligence Committee, Rep Mike Thompson of such as convening an outside advisory panel to review US sur- example of the collection of a “large number” of phone records statement. A court official said the judge had no response. The California, said: “Reports that the NSA repeatedly overstepped veillance powers, although it is unclear how that would differ from Washington, DC, when a programming error confused White House declined Friday to comment on the latest revela- its legal boundaries, broke privacy regulations and attempted from the existing US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight the District of Columbia area code 202 for 20-2, the interna- tions. It directed questions to the National Security Council, to shield required disclosure of violations are outrageous, inap- Board, mandated by Congress to monitor surveillance and tional dialing code for Cairo, according to a quality assurance and NSC spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden directed questions to propriate and must be addressed.” House Democratic leader constitutional concerns. Obama also said the NSA would hire review that was not distributed to the NSA’s oversight staff. the NSA. NSA spokeswoman Vanee Vines said the number of Nancy Pelosi, who generally supports the programs, said in a a privacy officer - though the NSA already has a compliance The NSA also saw a spike in the number of “roamers,” or incidents in the first quarter of 2012 was higher than normal, statement Friday that the new revelations “are extremely dis- office. None of those measures would seem likely to stop the overseas, phone calls wrongly tracked in the first quarter of and that the number has ranged from 372 to 1,162 in the past turbing.” And two senators who have consistently raised red kind of inadvertent collection of information that was 2012, when those roamers traveled into US territory, which is three years, due to factors such as “implementation of new flags about possible privacy violations stemming from NSA described in the NSA audit. Most of the infractions revealed outside NSA’s authority. The report said the errors may have procedures or guidance with respect to our authorities that programs indicated there is more to be revealed. late Thursday involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans been due to tracking Chinese who were visiting friends and prompt a spike that requires ‘fine tuning,’ changes to the tech- “We believe Americans should know that this confirmation or foreign intelligence targets in the United States, both of relatives for the Chinese lunar New Year. In another case, the nology or software in the targeted environment for which we is just the tip of a larger iceberg,” said Democratic Sens. Mark which are restricted by law and executive order, according to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which has authority had no prior knowledge, unforeseen shortcomings in our sys- Udall of Colorado and Ron Wyden of Oregon in a statement. the May 3, 2012 audit, and other top-secret documents. The over some NSA operations, did not learn about a new collec- tems, new or expanded access, and ‘roaming’ by foreign targets Both declined to provide details, citing Senate rules about dis- May audit counted 2,776 incidents in the preceding 12 months tion method until it had been in operation for many months. into the US, some of which NSA cannot anticipate in advance cussing classified information. Proposed legislation to disman- of unauthorized collection, storage, access to or distribution of The court ruled it unconstitutional. The FISC’s chief judge told but each instance of which is reported as an incident.” —AP

NAZARETH: A member of the Arab-Israeli Islamic Movement rides on his scooter during a protest in support of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi (portrait) and against the army crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood supporters, in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth yesterday.—AFP Lightning, floods kill 50 in Yemen

SANAA: Lightning and flash floods have killed 50 people in Yemen since Friday, including 27 who died when a torrent washed away a wedding convoy, local officials said yesterday. Storms have battered the Arabian Peninsula country since Friday, triggering flash floods in several areas that killed 41 people, while nine others, including a soldier, were struck by lightning and died. The wedding convoy was travelling Friday through Wadi Nakhla, in the Taiz province, 260 kilometers south of Sanaa, when it was swept away by a torrent, a local official said yesterday. Three women and four children were among the dead. Twelve bodies were also found in Udayn district, in the central province of Ibb but many motorists are still missing after their cars were carried away by floods, another official said. Two women were also killed in flash floods in northern provinces, local officials said. Yemen, at the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is prone to floods triggered by monsoon downpours that cause massive damage due to the lack of infrastructure in the most impoverished Arab country. —Agencies SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Iraq seeks help from US amid growing violence

WASHINGTON: A resurgence of vio- help and assistance,” Zebari told comeback to its partnerships with Al- Syria, a policy pivot to Asia, growing drawal, the US has sought to stay out of lence and a renewed threat from Al- reporters Friday in Washington. He Qaeda fighters in neighboring Syria and extremism in North Africa and Iran’s Iraqi affairs and engage with its govern- Qaeda have recently revived flagging described US interest in Iraq after the outlawed Baath Party extremists in Iraq’s nuclear ambitions, the White House put ment as Washington would with any oth- US interest in Iraq, officials said as 2011 troop withdrawal as “indifferent, south. Intelligence experts have Iraq on the back burner. Egypt, once er nation. A majority of Americans agreed Baghdad asked for new help to fight completely” but said that seemed to described the terror group’s footing in reliably stable, has disintegrated over with that approach, and 58 percent of US extremists less than two years after it shift as the White House realized Al- Iraq and Syria as a new Al-Qaeda hub in deadly street riots and attacks that adults said in a Washington Post-ABC poll forced American troops to withdraw. Qaeda’s resurrection there. “Recently I the Mideast, one that has sought for killed more than 600 people this week taken in March that the Iraq war had not Faced with security crises across the noticed, and during this visit specifically, years to underscore Baghdad’s inability during protests over the ouster of been worth the fight. Still, US officials say Mideast, North Africa and Asia, the there is a renewed interest because of to protect its people. Most of the attacks Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. they remain actively involved in Iraq, and White House largely has turned its the seriousness of the situation and the in Iraq target government officials, secu- Jordan, a key US ally, is threatening to have quietly stepped up diplomatic attention away from Iraq since US forces challenges,” Zebari said. rity forces and Shiite pilgrims and collapse under financial strain caused, in efforts since March, when US Secretary of left in 2011. “I think that is because of the threat neighborhoods. A senior US administra- large part, by more than 1 million State John Kerry visited Baghdad for the But the country has been hit with of terrorism, the threat of the renewal of tion official this week said the number refugees who have crossed into the first time in his new post. deadly bombings at a rate reminiscent Al-Qaeda and its affiliates has become a of suicide bombings in Iraq has more country from Syria. They largely have focused on ensuring of Iraq’s darkest days, stoking new fears serious, serious concern to the US.” The than tripled over the last months, and The US is also leading peace talks Sunni Muslims are included in Iraq’s of a civil war. More than 1,000 Iraqis American troops left Iraq in December it’s believed that most of the attackers between Israel and Palestinian authori- Shiite-led government, and have urged were killed in terror-related attacks in 2011 as required under a 2008 security are coming from Syria. ties, and watching a growing threat Shiite leaders to resist retaliating to the July, the deadliest month since 2008. agreement. Both countries tried to “The security situation in Iraq is dete- from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Sunni insurgency’s attacks in what State The violence has spurred Baghdad to negotiate plans, but failed, to keep at riorating rapidly and is of significant in Yemen. A threat from Al-Qaeda led to Department spokesman Mike Lavallee seek new US aid to curb the threat, said least several thousand US forces in Iraq concern,” Sen Bob Corker, top the closing of 19 diplomatic posts across described Friday as “quite intensive” Iraqi Foreign Minister Foreign Minister beyond the deadline to maintain securi- Republican on the Senate Foreign the region and in Africa last week. “That’s diplomacy. But the engagement also has Hoshyar Zebari. He said a US assistance ty. But the proposal fell through after Relations Committee, said this week a pretty large agenda,” said Jon Alterman, centered on making sure Iraq’s govern- package could include a limited number Baghdad refused to give the troops after meeting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri a Mideast expert at the Center for ment remains independent from the of advisers, intelligence analysis and immunity from legal charges, as Al-Maliki and other senior Iraqi officials Strategic and International Studies in Shiite government in Iran and staying out surveillance assets - including lethal Washington demanded. Nearly 4,500 US during a trip to Baghdad and Irbil, the Washington. “Iraq is no longer viewed as of the civil war in Syria, where Sunni drones. troops were killed, and American tax- Kurdish capital in Iraq’s north. “A United central to everything the US cares about Muslim rebels are seeking to overthrow “There is greater realization in the payers spent at least $767 billion during States foreign policy that does not rec- in the Middle East. But Iraq is still relevant Syrian President Bashar Assad, an Alawite. Iraq government that we should not shy the nearly nine years of war in Iraq. ognize this will be very problematic,” to a wide range that the US cares about.” Alawites are an offshoot ofShiite away from coming and asking for some Zebari attributed the insurgency’s said Corker. Distracted by a civil war in In the 20 months since the troop with- Islam.—AP Abbas chooses unpopular peace talks over bruising UN battles Talks stave off debilitating Israeli, American sanctions RAMALLAH: In the three years since Israelis and THREAT OF ISOLATION conditions” and over half opposed them, according Palestinians last tried and failed to negotiate an Palestinian sources say US Secretary of State to a poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and agreement on dividing the land they live on, John Kerry, in coaxing the two sides back to the Survey Research. Palestinian leaders have gained little for their peo- negotiating table during months of shuttle diplo- Since then, Abbas has dropped his demands ple. Livelihoods have crumbled and jobs have been macy, was clear that Abbas would face economic that Israel freeze settlements before negotiations shed as dreams of growth ran up against the reali- and political isolation if he refused. The Palestinian could resume and recognize lines that existed BAGHDAD: A combo picture shows US soldiers and relief workers outside the devas- ties of Israeli occupation. Construction equipment, Authority depends heavily on foreign donor funds before the 1967 war as the basis for a future land- tated UN Canal Hotel on August 19, 2003 in Baghdad following an attack by a sus- kicking up clouds of dust, has carved into West and draws a third of its revenue from customs for-peace deal. The same poll found that 72 per- pected suicide bomber. — AFP Bank hilltops and capped them with the red-tile duties that Israel collects on its behalf, amounting cent of Palestinians supported and just 24 percent roofs of Jewish settler homes by the hundreds, to $100 million a month. In the past, Israel has opposed Palestinian moves to bring Israel before UN feels impact of deadly tightening Israel’s grip on land that Palestinians withheld customs funds in retaliation for unilateral the International Criminal Court over its actions want for a future state. statehood moves by the Palestinians. and policies in occupied territory, steps which the That backdrop, and the threat of even harsher Washington contributes around $600 million survey noted could lead to financial sanctions and Iraq bombing 10 years on economic isolation, explain why President annually, including aid to Abbas’s security forces the Authority’s collapse. BAGHDAD: A massive Baghdad bombing a weaponry ranging from assault rifles to US Mahmoud Abbas has embarked on an unpopular and budgetary assistance to the bloated, restive Even within the Palestine Liberation decade ago, termed “the 9/11 of the UN”, Abrams tanks, while the UN facilities inside course that some even members of his inner circle public sector. Organization, an umbrella group of Palestinian fac- killed 22 people and drove heightened are protected by more walls and guards. see as pointless: returning to talks with Israel in In the run-up to Abbas’s bid to gain statehood tions, few senior officials back the talks, and Abbas security measures that ultimately limited And staff travelling outside the Green search of a peace agreement and statehood. A sec- at the UN last year, economic austerity measures did not seek the PLO’s approval for their resump- interactions with ordinary Iraqis. On August Zone are escorted by guards and ride in ond US-sponsored meeting took place in and Israeli sanctions stoked violent protests in tion. “It’s clearly been proven by continuing settler 19, 2003, a suicide bomber detonated an armored vehicles. The measures, especially Jerusalem on Wednesday. Among Palestinians Palestinian cities. The president was shocked by the colonialism that it was wrong to return to the explosives-rigged truck next to the Canal the move to the Green Zone, have limited there is widespread pessimism over Abbas’ chances spectacle of youths burning tires, throwing stones negotiations, and because no clear reference for Hotel, which housed United Nations offices, the UN’s contact with Iraqi citizens. “Our of persuading the right-wing government of Prime and chanting for him to step down, sources say. them was established based on rules of interna- killing Brazilian UN envoy Sergio Vieira de interaction with the Iraqis (has) become Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abandon its set- “The president is in a tight spot: his domestic situa- tional law,” said senior PLO member Wasel Abu Mello and 21 others. less,” said Ali. UN staff were able to maintain tlement program and hand back land it captured in tion is difficult, but still no popular movement has Yousef. At the scene of the attack-which made contact with Iraqi politicians and other fig- the 1967 Middle East war. yet arisen that could challenge his decisions,” said headlines around the world as one of the ures, but “we more or less lost contact with Abbas had an alternative option: to capitalize independent political analyst Hani Al-Masri. “Still, SETTLEMENT RAGE first such bombings in Iraq-little has the population,” he said. on the Palestinians’ defiant accession to non-mem- he’s concerned things could escalate.” In light of the Among the handful of veteran politicians open- changed over 10 years. One corner of the “The issue of movement is crucial for us,” ber statehood at the United Nations last year, and Arab Spring uprisings, which toppled entrenched ly supporting the peace process over diplomatic hotel still looks like it was smashed by a Ali said, as the UN needs “to interact and to confront Israel there and at the International governments that had failed to deliver well-being battles at the UN, Israel’s published plans for 3,100 giant hammer, the remains of floors jutting get the real impression and to show visibili- Criminal Court. But for now he is holding that to their citizens, his caution is understandable. new settler homes in the immediate run-up to the out from the building, rooms strewn with ty.” It is important for the “United Nations to option in reserve, aware that pursuing it would new talks provoked rage. “You can’t have a policy rubble and covered in dust. be seen as helping-we are helping, but we bring down US and Israeli wrath on his West Bank- POLARISED POLITICS of stealing land and negotiating at the same time,”,” Rusted metal reinforcing rods hang from are not seen by (the) public.” While based government, prompting the Jewish state to Divisions in Palestinian politics, which may com- Yasser Abed Rabbo, the PLO’s deputy leader under the structure like vines that have long since increased security measures pose chal- cut off vital customs revenues and Washington to plicate any consensus even if an unlikely peace Abbas, told local radio on Wednesday. withered and died, and a blue United lenges, the UN is still active in Iraq and has sever aid. breakthrough is achieved, in many ways eased the In the fortified presidential palace in the West Nations helmet still sits near the site of staff around the country. The mission works In one sign of restraint, he pointedly avoided path back to the negotiating table. The Hamas Bank city of Ramallah and in its streets, few blast. Marwan Ali was a political officer for on issues ranging from Iraqi-Kuwaiti rela- using new privileges at the UN by refraining from Islamist group, which clings to its weapons and Palestinians believe Kerry’s promises of mass eco- the UN mission who escaped the attack tions, elections and national reconciliation, submitting to its cultural body UNESCO’s preserva- refuses to recognize Israel’s right to exist, has been nomic investment should the talks succeed. Nor because he went across the hall from the to Syrian refugees and Iraqis forced to flee tion list an ancient village threatened with damage in power in the Gaza Strip since 2007 after a brief do they think that Israel will make concessions section of the building that was destroyed their homes by violence. by Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank. “You civil war with Abbas’s Fatah faction, which it defeat- without Palestinian pressure at the UN to force its just before the blast. The explosion threw Salim Lone, the UN mission spokesman can go and write an article saying I’m wrong, and ed in 2006 parliamentary polls. hand. “I oppose negotiations - it’s pointless. How him to the ground, but did not wound him. in 2003, is another survivor. On the day of that I should have gone to the UN instead,” Abbas The split paralyzed the national electoral many years have we negotiated, and every time “I was given a new life,” Ali, who is now the the blast, he would have been in a meeting lectured a group of skeptical local journalists last process and made officialdom less responsive to we lose more. We’ve achieved nothing,” said director of political affairs for the UN in Iraq in Vieira de Mello’s office, but had to work month, explaining why he had opted for a return to popular will: Abbas himself has outstayed his term Ramallah resident Mahmoud Qasqas, a civil ser- said. on a statement in his office across the hall. peace talks. “But as the president, I have responsi- by five years. In June, a month before talks vant. “It would be better to do it from a position of Immediately “after the explosion, I went “That is what saved my life,” said Lone, who bilities: I have to think about salaries, about an eco- resumed, only around a third of Palestinians sup- strength - why have talks in a position of such back to where my friend was, and then I was wounded in the neck by the explosion. nomic siege,” he said. ported a return to US-mediated talks “without pre- weakness?”—Reuters found him dead, together with another col- “Except for one person, everyone died who league,” said Ali, who worked to help those was in that meeting.” “My office was com- who survived. “It is the 9/11 of the UN,” Ali pletely ruined,” he said. “There was smoke Libya oil caught between strikes and govt threats said. “It has changed the whole security everywhere... you heard screams every- position.” Before the Canal Hotel bombing where.” TRIPOLI: Libya is threatening to use duction and exports at key terminals in the guards of trying to make ship- protecting Libya’s vital oil industry and another blast against the UN in Lone did not renew his contract with the military force to bring order to its oil Ras Lanuf, Sedra, Brega and Zoueitina ments for “their own profit” and threat- were formed by the defense ministry September 2003, Ali said he was able to UN after the blast and returned home to his sector, where a strike by guards has on the central coast. For weeks the ened military strikes against any unau- after the fall of Gaddafi, and include travel around Iraq in an unarmored vehicle. native Kenya, where he is writing a book. dealt a heavy blow to its fragile post- guards have been accusing Prime thorized vessel that docks. “A group of rebels who helped topple him. Since But after the attacks, many UN staffers The attack “made me a very closed person... revolution economy. Oil exports Minister Ali Zeidan and Oil Minister guards at oil terminals in the central the 2011 uprising, Libya’s new rulers were moved out of the country. Most are and for many years, my memory was terri- plunged by more than 70 percent at Abdelbari Al-Aroussi of awarding region has decided to bring vessels have been caught in a tug-of-war with now back in Iraq, but the UN headquarters ble,” though this has improved, Lone said. the end of July after guards, including export contracts illegally, in violation they have organized themselves to these former militiamen, who have no is located in Baghdad’s Green Zone-a highly The United Nations has been targeted in rebels who helped topple dictator of procedures by the National Oil Co. export oil for their own profit,” Zeidan qualms about using weapons when secure area housing sensitive Iraqi govern- other countries, but “the first really substan- Muammar Gaddafi two years ago, The NOC insisted there has been no charged late Thursday. “Any vessel not they believe their interests are at stake. ment buildings and foreign embassies, tive attack against the UN” was at the Canal forced terminals to shut. wrongdoing but Zeidan said an agree- under contract to the National Oil Co The strike has dealt a blow to produc- which is difficult for most Iraqis to access. Hotel, said Ali. The effects of that blast are The strike-now in its third week- ment was reached to probe the claims that approaches the terminals will be tion, with production falling from 1.5 The area is surrounded by concrete walls felt to this day by both survivors and the UN came after protests first emerged in made by the guards. bombed from the air and the sea,” he millions barrels of oil per day to and defended by soldiers armed with as a whole.—AFP June and has virtually stopped pro- The prime minister also accused warned. Armed guards in charge of 500,000 bpd.—AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Russian law sends gay families running and hiding

MOSCOW: Maria and Alexandra vaguely to leave the country, Maria said. banning adoptions by foreign same-sex one hand, and of her safety in society on was a conscious decision, I looked for can- considered leaving Russia for several years, Everyone interviewed by AFP for this couples. Last month, Russia’s influential the other hand,” said Olga, 34, a lesbian didates online,” said Artyom, 30, who works but it was not until this year’s anti-gay leg- article requested that only first names are Orthodox Patriarch Kirill called the increas- who has a small daughter, explaining that as a doctor in Saint Petersburg. islation that they started to gather paper- used, and some asked that even the first ing legalization of same-sex marriage in she does not want to lie to her child when He and the babies’ mother married work. The quiet, academic lesbian couple, names are changed, in order to keep their other countries a “syndrome of apocalypse” she is old enough to understand. when she was pregnant, and their parents who live with a seven-year-old daughter in identity secret. The women have started an which Russia must fight. Militantly conser- “When you write up a bill like this, with- happily help out in full ignorance that his the outskirts of Moscow, have now lost application process for residency in Canada, vative rhetoric has come amid increasing out any clear definitions, it means that you wife is in a long-term relationship with a hope that Russia is moving in the direction where Alexandra, a research scientist, quali- intolerance. Since 2005, the number of are not planning to practice justice with it, woman. He spends time daily with the chil- of Europe, where same-sex marriages are fies as a young professional and can bring people who believe gays should have it means that you are planning to destroy,” dren, feeding, changing, and taking them increasingly legalized despite opposition the whole family of three over under the equal rights as the rest of society fell from she said, fearing that the propaganda law for walks. “We’ll keep our anonymity, the from conservatives. “Before, there was hope country’s conditions for same-sex couples. 51 to 39 percent this year. The number of can be used against any gay parent. “Once semblance of a regular traditional family,” that everything would improve, but The gay propaganda law is just the begin- people who believe that homosexuality is the government singled out gays as the said Artyom, who posted pictures from his instead the trend has reversed. I hope that ning, they said, pointing out recent remarks an illness or is caused by “licentiousness” enemy number one, it became clear that wedding on his social networking page. we will leave,” said Maria, 31 who has a by lawmaker Yelena Mizulina that the state also grew from 67 to 78 percent in that it’s time to go,” she said. She is taking lan- “It’s a working legend,” he said. “Many peo- daughter Lilya from a short-lived marriage should have the right to take children out of period, according to Levada centre pollster. guage classes and saving money to move ple do the same.” that she is now raising with her partner of homosexual families. Violent crimes committed against gays to Poland, where she can legally repatriate “If everything was quiet, like in our fami- six years, Alexandra, 30. are rarely investigated, according to because of her heritage. ly where we quietly got married, then Earlier this year President Vladimir Putin ‘GAYS ARE ENEMY NO 1’ Moscow-based lawyer Ilnur Sharapov who maybe there wouldn’t be so many prob- signed a law banning the dissemination of Mizulina has said the family committee had represented people injured at gay A CHAIN OF SILENCE lems,” including the latest anti-gay laws, he “gay propaganda” to minors, which has she is chairing in the Duma lower house is protests by neo-Nazi or ultraconservative Single mothers, or two women living said. Artyom’s view that gays should keep already prompted an international outcry writing a new family policy based on “tradi- Orthodox activists. “Hooliganism and injury together with a child are a familiar picture quiet about who they are is very wide- and even calls for Russia to be stripped of its tional” values like registered heterosexual cases very quickly reach trial unless the vic- in Russia. But in a country where men spread. The gay propaganda law was right to host the Winter Olympics. In prac- marriage and refusal of abortions. “We are tim is gay,” he said. In the increasingly almost never get custody in a divorce, gay protested only by a handful of people. “It’s tice, the law means that anyone in Russia looking into the possibility of creating a homophobic environment, gay parents men have to be more circumspect, said like a chain of silence,” said Alexandra. can be fined for telling children that homo- legal basis for taking children out of fami- now worry what will happen if their child is Artyom, 30, who recently became a biolog- “When someone is oppressed, they sexual and heterosexual relationships are lies that are de-facto gay marriages,” said asked about their home situation in school. ical father to twins and is helping a lesbian become silent themselves. But that’s a los- equal. This “really speeded us up” in wanting Mizulina, who has also sponsored a bill “It’s a question of our mutual trust on the couple raise them. “I wanted children, it er’s position, so we plan to flee.”—AFP Freezing US aid to Egypt ‘not be easy or cost-free’ Stopping aid would hurt US defense companies WASHINGTON: Some US lawmakers are calling for determined whether the military’s actions in Cairo has long been a critic of the cash flow financing. the Obama administration to shut off aid to Egypt in the departure of President Mohamed Morsi “This arrangement, which has been on autopilot for in the aftermath of the army’s lethal crackdown on amounted to a coup. “While President Obama ‘con- decades, has gotten us into a situation where we protesters. But untangling the aid relationship with demns the violence in Egypt,’ his administration have mortgaged ourselves well into the future for Cairo would not be simple and could be costly for continues to send billions of taxpayer dollars to equipment which is not necessarily needed, for a the United States as well as Egypt. A special financ- help pay for it,” said Senator Rand Paul, a Republican military that can’t be trusted, and that is costing us ing arrangement Cairo uses could leave US taxpay- with connections to the conservative Tea Party huge amounts of money,” he said in a statement ers holding the bill for billions of dollars in equip- movement. emailed to Reuters. ment Egypt already has ordered on credit, and com- Cutting military aid to Egypt also would leave panies like Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics EGYPT’S CREDIT CARD some US defense companies looking elsewhere for that build military hardware for Egypt would be US taxpayers could take a hit if the aid pipeline is clients. Joel Johnson, an analyst with the Virginia- affected by aid restrictions. shut down. A special arrangement known as cash based Teal Group, said it could lead to layoffs in President Barack Obama said on Thursday that flow financing lets Egypt and Israel make arms pur- Lima, Ohio, where General Dynamics Corp is build- MINYA: The smoldering ruins of the Evangelical Church of Malawi are seen after normal cooperation with Cairo could not continue chases from the United States against promises of ing kits to upgrade 125 M1A1 Egyptian tanks. it was ransacked, looted and burned by an angry mob, in Malawi, south of and announced the cancellation of military exercis- future aid and pay for things over time - like a credit Johnson said a US aid shut-off also would hit small Minya, Egypt yesterday. In the province of Minya south of Cairo, protesters es with Egypt next month. But an aid cutoff - which card. The Pentagon declined to discuss what to medium-sized suppliers that provide compo- attacked two Christian churches.—AFP might see Washington losing what limited leverage amounts might be outstanding under Egypt’s cash nents for the tank, which are often more vulnerable it has with Egypt’s interim military government - flow financing arrangement, but analysts say it is at than the prime contractors. One industry official Florida Keys considers drones does not appear imminent. Since 1979, when Egypt least $2 billion. said some 500 suppliers could be hurt. signed a peace treaty with Israel, it has been the “So Egypt has used its credit card recently to buy General Dynamics won the tank contract valued to help eradicate mosquitoes second largest recipient, after Israel, of US bilateral an additional squadron of F-16 (fighter jets) and an at $395 million in 2011. It builds the hulls and vari- foreign aid, the Congressional Research Service additional batch of M1A1 (tank) kits,” said Robert ous parts and then ships the kits to Egypt for final MIAMI: The Florida Keys shallow water either out in to that carries dengue, says. From 1948 to 2011, American aid to Cairo Springborg, a professor of national security affairs assembly, said company spokesman Rob Doolittle. agency charged with keep- the open or under man- known as breakbone fever amounted to $71.6 billion. at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, He declined to comment on the possible impact of ing the island chain’s mos- groves,” Doyle said. “And how for the intense joint pains it Lately, the US aid has been running at about California. “If suddenly we were to say, you are not a decision to cancel the Egyptian tank order. quito swarms at bay might much land can it cover quick- causes. In 2010 the disease $1.55 billion a year. About $1.3 billion of this is mili- sending those F-16s or those M1A1 kits, then the The Lima facility has been counting on foreign become the nation’s first to ly so the inspectors can get infected 63 people, accord- tary aid, which comes back to the United States in question arises what’s going to happen to them. If orders and smaller contracts with the US govern- use drones to spot remote out that day.” ing to a Center for Disease spending on things like tanks and planes. “Most of nothing else can be found to be done with them, ment to remain open, given the US Army’s plans to breeding grounds as part of Doyle said the drones Control report. Dengue mos- Egypt’s military assistance is captured by the US then the US government would be liable to be sued “pause” production of heavy ground vehicles for efforts to eradicate the could help him better moni- quitoes can lay eggs in small, defense industry that provides the platforms, main- by the manufacturers ... The estimated outstanding the United States. Obama’s announcement insect. “If you try to get tor the Keys with less staff. hidden pools that drones tenance and spare parts to Egypt,” said Jeffrey amounts are somewhere between $2.3 billion and Thursday that the United States was canceling joint across the small islands it’s “As our budget is getting might not be able to spot. Martini, a Middle East analyst at the RAND $3.5 billion,” Springborg said. military exercises with Egypt was the first signifi- back country, it’s jungle,” said smaller we’re trying to find The only effective solution, Corporation think tank. “So in pure economic terms, Under cash flow financing, multi-year contracts cant US move to penalize Egypt’s military rulers Michael Doyle, executive ways to cover the same area Doyle said, is to visit sites the Egyptian military would take a hit in having less may be signed and payment schedules are pre- after the ouster of Morsi. Previously, the US govern- director of the Florida Keys with fewer people,” he said. multiple times a month, money for acquisitions but US defense contractors pared. This allows for the award of contracts that ment had announced a decision to halt delivery to Mosquito Control District, Keys officials regularly battle emptying any containers and would also lose a client,” Martini said. are more than the annual appropriation for a coun- Egypt of four US-made F-16 fighters. Fort Worth- who added the drones the common Salt Marsh mos- spraying chemicals to kill any There were calls this week from both ends of the try, as long as the payments estimated in the out based Lockheed Martin is under contract to supply wouldn’t replace boots on quitoes that breed by the larvae that might grow. US political spectrum for Obama to follow a US law years are within the traditional amount of aid. 20 F-16s to Egypt at a cost of $776 million. the ground, but would help millions and can fly up to six “They’ve found them grow- that triggers an aid cutoff if a military coup against Springborg said Egypt had contracts going out until Spokesman Ken Ross said 14 of the planes have turn eradication efforts into miles. Yet their chief concern ing in a two-liter bottle cap,” a democratically elected government has taken 2017. Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, who chairs been delivered through June 30, including seven “smart bombing.” is the Aedes aegypti mosqui- he added. —Reuters place. The Obama administration says it has not the Senate subcommittee in charge of foreign aid, this year.— Reuters On Aug. 26 the head of North Carolina-based Condor Aerial will demonstrate the Maveric drone on a test flight for officials in hopes of selling the $65,000 aircraft to one of the Sunshine State’s most popular tourist destinations. The chain of islands begins about an hour south of Miami and stretches nearly 200 miles into the Gulf of Mexico. The southern tip of Key West is located only 90 miles from the shores of Cuba. Condor Aerial CEO Fred Culbertson said the two- pound, two-and-a-half-foot- long drone can fly for 90 minutes at 200 feet. For mosquito control, they will be fit- ted with thermal cameras, which can show the pools where mosquitoes lay eggs as dark spots on the ground. Inspectors will have to take pilot training certification courses and local officials will have to seek Federal Aviation Authority approval to fly the drones. “They’re not going to be used for surveillance,” Culbertson stressed. Condor Aerial is a division of Prioria Robotics, a north Florida-based manufacturer that in 2010 received a $2.8 million contract from Canada to supply reconnaissance drones in Afghanistan. Mosquitoes breed in the stagnant water left after a high tide or a storm. The agency employs 40 inspectors who scour 42 islands spread across 140 square miles. After an event, inspectors have only days before eggs grow into biting, potentially disease-spreading adults. When a drone spots a potential breeding ground an inspector would visit the site to test for eggs, before calling in one of the district’s four helicopters to spray a bacteria to kill them. “What we’re looking to see is if this technology can actually see SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Gunmen kill Somali public radio worker

MOGADISHU: Two gunmen shot dead a Sharif was gunned down near his home innocent man who did nothing wrong and sionals were killed in Somalia in 2012 - the killing of well-known journalist Hassan technician employed at Somalia’s state-run in the capital Mogadishu just hours after we expect the law enforcement depart- country’s deadliest year on record, accord- Yusuf Absuge. It was not immediately clear broadcaster Radio Mogadishu yesterday, Somalia publicly executed the only person ments to bring those responsible to jus- ing to Reporters Without Borders-and whether the attack on Sharif was linked to the sixth media professional killed in the to be convicted to date of killing a journal- tice.” Watchdog group Reporters Without about 50 have been killed in the last six the execution. Adan Sheikh Abdi was tried country this year, officials and a colleague ist in the country, ranked as one of the Borders (RSF) has called the security situa- years. by a military tribunal as a “combatant” for said. “Two men armed with pistols shot worst in the world for reporters. Deputy tion for media personnel in Somalia’s cities Sharif’s killing came on the same day belonging to Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Ahmed Sharif and escaped the scene. He Information Minister Abdishakur Ali Mire “deplorable”. The country ranks 175th out that convicted murderer Adan Sheikh Abdi Shebab insurgency. He was sentenced to was rushed to hospital but he died instant- confirmed the death to reporters. “We of 179 countries in the group’s 2013 Press was executed by firing squad in a death in March and his subsequent appeal ly,” said colleague Mohamed Sacid. condemn the killing,” he said. “He was an Freedom Index. Eighteen media profes- Mogadishu square for the September 2012 was rejected.—AFP ‘Area 51’ landing site for U2 planes, not UFOs: CIA New document recounts a less sensational history

WASHINGTON: A newly declassified CIA docu- hours, with the U-2 plane’s silver wings reflecting Freedom of Information request dating to 2005 ment confirms the existence of famed Area 51 in the rays of the sun. from the National Security Archives at George Nevada, but conspiracy theorists will be disap- The surveillance planes appeared to be “fiery Washington University. The study was published in pointed the spy agency offers no proof of alien objects” high in the sky, it said. “At this time, no one classified form for spy agencies in 1992 and a heav- spaceship landings in the desert. Area 51 has long believed manned flight was possible above 60,000 ily censored version was published in 1998. been fodder for science fiction films and wild UFO tales claiming the US government imposed secrecy HAILEY: Helicopters battle the 64,000 acre Beaver Creek Fire on Friday north over the site northwest of Las Vegas to cover up of Hailey, Idaho.— AP evidence of extra-terrestrials touching down on Earth. Instead of encounters with flying saucers, the 1,600 homes evacuated documents released by the Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday recount a less sensational his- as Idaho wildfire burns tory of Area 51 — as a testing range for the government’s U-2 spy plane during the Cold War. The CIA BOISE, Idaho: Sheriff’s deputies expanded ance companies have sent in,” she said. in-house history makes no mention of the leg- evacuation orders to 1,600 homes near the “They’re on site, they’re working with our endary “Roswell incident,” when a weather balloon Idaho mountain resort community of Sun local firefighters and law enforcement.” crashed in New Mexico in 1947. UFO true believers Valley as a wind-driven wildfire burned its Fire officials said strong, gusty winds, allege it was an alien spacecraft that went down, way through sage and pine trees. The evac- low humidity and tinder-dry vegetation and that Area 51’s hangars had hidden evidence of uation orders for the 100-square-mile created unstable conditions surrounding extra-terrestrial corpses. Beaver Creek Fire included homes in the Beaver Creek Fire, where a huge DC-10 But according to the CIA, the government drainages and foothills west of the towns tanker, capable of carrying 12,000 gallons secrecy surrounding Area 51 was not about of Hailey and Ketchum in central Idaho. of retardant, was among aircraft making Martians but about hiding a new spy plane from Managers at the Sun Valley Ski Resort drops on the blaze. the Soviets. The U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was turned on water cannons that are normally Jack Sibbach, a Sun Valley Resort designed to snoop on the Soviet Union at high-alti- used for wintertime snowmaking. spokesman, had to leave his home south of tude, and its development was top-secret. One home in an outlying valley was Ketchum on Friday. He said he watched as In April 1955, the CIA chose a remote dry destroyed Thursday night, said Bronwyn airplanes and helicopters made runs in lakebed in the Nevada desert as a testing ground, A car moves along the Extraterrestrial Highway near Rachel, Nevada.—AP Nickel, a spokeswoman for Blaine County, roughly three-minute intervals, dropping which was designated on maps as Area 51.Test where the fire is burning. More than 600 water and red retardant to create a barrier flights for the U-2 aircraft were conducted at a feet, so no one expected to see an object so high in Area 51’s location has been an open secret for state and federal firefighters were dis- against flames west of US Highway 75. much higher altitude than commercial airliners or the sky,” it said. The commercial pilots and other years but government documents released previ- patched to the blaze in the affluent resort The resort turned on snow cannons on other military planes. observers on the ground wrote letters to an Air ously had not acknowledged its existence and role region that’s a second home to celebrities Bald Mountain, he said, largely to protect In the 1950s, commercial planes flew at Force unit in Dayton, Ohio charged with investigat- in such a detailed way. Officials also had referred to such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom lodges atop the mountain, should the fire between 10,000 and 20,000 feet and warplanes ing such sightings. a location “near Groom Lake.” The CIA report said at Hanks and Bruce Willis. Fire managers advance that far. “The fire’s not that close to such as B-47 reached altitudes of less than 40,000 Anxious to avoid exposing the ultra-secret U-2 the time officials decided to nickname the site planned to augment the crews as fires else- Baldy, but with the wind, you’re worrying feet. program, Air Force officers explained the sightings “Paradise Ranch” to make it sound more attractive where in Idaho and Utah come under con- about things sparking,” Sibbach said. The U-2 planes flew at above 60,000 feet, and as merely due to natural phenomena, though they to potential workers. trol. “Things could jump ahead.” reports of unidentified flying objects in the Nevada knew the high-flying U-2 was the true cause. The in-house history refers to Area 51 in pass- In addition, some private insurers have The towns of Ketchum, with a popula- desert started to roll in, the report said. U-2 and other surveillance flights “accounted for ing, as the report is devoted mainly to recounting sent in their own crews to provide structur- tion of 2,700, and Sun Valley, with 1,400 “High altitude testing of the U-2 soon led to an more than one-half of all UFO reports during the how the CIA developed the U-2 “Dragon Lady” and al protection for homes with values that people, were under pre-evacuation orders, unexpected side effect-a tremendous increase in late 1950s and most of the 1960s,” it said. The 400- other “eyes in the sky” to spy on the Soviets. Other can stretch into the millions of dollars, with residents advised to prepare their reports of unidentified flying objects (UFOs),” it page report, titled “Central Intelligence Agency and stealthy planes have been tested at the site, includ- Nickel said. belongings in case they are required to said. The reports of UFOs often came from pilots Overhead reconnaissance: The U-2 and Oxcart ing the SR-71 Blackbird, the F-117A fighter and the “There are private engines that insur- leave on a moment’s notice. — AP from commercial airliners in the early evening Programs, 1954-1974,” was released as a result of a B-2 bomber. — AFP White House travel chief moves Obama entourage

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts: paign, little Ashley was coming along to to make arrangements for a future presi- Even on a summer family vacation, help. “At 4 years old, Ashley was stuffing dential trip. President Barack Obama is followed by envelopes,” said her mother, Desiree Tate-Gilmore has learned to be no- an entourage whose behind-the-scenes Tate. Tate-Gilmore lives out of a bag, and nonsense in her dealings with local offi- movements are juggled by a woman her job requires that she be highly cials, hotels and venues Obama will visit. who was born into politics and has been organized and think on her feet as she In preparation for his trip to Africa earlier with him since his Chicago days. juggles planning for multiple White this year, members of the White House Ashley Tate-Gilmore heads the White House trips. The eight-day vacation to advance party suffered bug bites staying House Travel Office, a five-person opera- Martha’s Vineyard required her to help in the press hotel. Tate-Gilmore demand- tion that handles precise logistics set up a White House operation on the ed the hotel hire an exterminator - and behind every presidential trip. The island at peak season, when accommo- take along a photographer who could details usually go unnoticed by the pub- dations are hard to find. She helped email her pictures back in Washington to lic, unless something goes horribly reserve rooms for media, staff, Secret prove all the rooms had been fumigated. wrong. Tate-Gilmore not only acts as a When a radio reporter contracted food high-stakes travel agent for White House poisoning on the stop in Tanzania, Tate- press and staff, but a mini-ambassador Gilmore insisted on staying overnight in who is often the first to arrive at presi- the hospital and worked with doctors to dential destinations. She’s used to being ensure she got proper care. underestimated, a 29-year-old woman Reporters, photographers and others who is quick to laugh and signs off with the news media pay their share of every email with a smiley face. She said it expenses when they accompany the was clear from her first meeting with for- president. In recent years, the size of the eign officials when she took over the job media entourage has dropped as some three years ago that they weren’t outlets have determined that the tab is expecting to take directions from a just too high. With media outlets feeling woman who looks so young. increasing financial pressure, controlling “People are like, ‘Who are we meeting costs is a big part of Tate-Gilmore’s job as with?’ I was like, ‘Me.’ And mouths Ashley Tate-Gilmore she weighs fees for rooms and travel. dropped,” she said in an interview. But Service and others supporting the presi- “The kind of glitz and glamour that anyone who thinks Tate-Gilmore is just a dential operation in so many places people think we bring with the White sweet young thing is in for a surprise. across the island that she’s lost count - House - they will roll us if they can,” Tate- She was raised in the rough-and-tumble booking rental homes and even a trailer Gilmore said. But costs are not the only world of Chicago politics - her mother for staff to work out of when there were consideration - the White House has to got pregnant while working on Harold no more hotel rooms to be had. deal with security and access issues as Washington’s campaign to become the Meanwhile, from the island she’s well for its press corps. If reporters were city’s first black mayor and raised her dealing with visa applications for left to travel commercially on their own, daughter as a single parent on the city’s Obama’s visit to Russia next month and they would never be able to keep up South Side with help from her own setting up Obama’s bus tour next week with Air Force One flying around the mother. to New York and Pennsylvania. And she globe and get in and out of the presi- By Washington’s re-election cam- is planning to travel overseas next week dent’s security bubble. —AP Fort Hood suspect kicked gun from officer’s hand

FORT HOOD: A police officer who stumbled back as one of Munley’s fellow Prosecutors told Osborn on Friday that responded to the 2009 Fort Hood shoot- officers yelled, “Drop your weapon.” The they have about 15 to 25 witnesses left, ing has testified that she remembers try- officer fired, and the gunman fell. When likely depending on what evidence and ing in vain to fire her weapon as she lay- asked if the man who tried to kill her was witnesses the judge allows. Such evidence ing bleeding on the ground with the gun- in the courtroom, Munley - who was shot includes references to Hasan Akbar, a man standing over her. Kimberly Munley three times - pointed to Hasan. Muslim soldier sentenced to death for on Friday recalled those seconds at the Hasan - who is acting as his own attor- attacking fellow soldiers in Kuwait during military trial of Maj. Nidal Hasan, who is ney - raised no objections and declined to the 2003 Iraq invasion. accused of killing 13 people that day at ask any questions during Munley’s testi- Prosecutor Col Steve Henricks told a the Texas military base in November 2009. mony, which has largely been his strategy skeptical Osborn that Hasan had shown The Army psychiatrist also is accused of since the trial began last week. However, interest in Akbar’s case and that prosecu- wounding more than 30 others in the he stopped stroking his beard and put his tors wanted to prove Hasan’s attack was a worst mass shooting ever on the US mili- hand down when Munley identified him “copycat.” Henricks also said witnesses tary base. If convicted by the jury, com- as the shooter. Hasan’s lack of defense so could include former classmates who posed of all military officers, Hasan could far has allowed prosecutors to call more heard Hasan talking about suicide face the death penalty. than 70 witnesses, indicating that the trial bombers. Hasan, an American-born Munley said the shooter then kicked could wrap up far sooner than the Muslim, had wanted to argue that he car- the gun from her hand. But then the months-long timeline originally ried out the shootings to defend the shooter’s gun malfunctioned and he announced by the judge, Col Tara Osborn. Taliban from American attacks. —AP SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Indian police capture top terrorist Tunda ‘LeT explosive expert mastermind of serial blasts’ NEW DELHI: Indian police said yesterday they had arrested a top mili- tant accused of helping mastermind the 1993 Mumbai blasts and over 40 other deadly bomb attacks across the country. Seventy-year- old Abdul Karim Tunda, an alleged member of the banned Pakistan- based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group, was arrested by a special Delhi police team near the border with Nepal on Friday. ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police officers escort blindfolded Muslim cleric Khalid Chishti “This arrest is a huge achieve- to appear in court in Islamabad, Pakistan. A lawyer says a Pakistani court has dis- ment for the country’s security missed charges against the cleric who accused a young Christian girl of blasphemy agencies,” S N Srivastava, Special and had been arrested for allegedly forging evidence against her. — AP Commissioner of police, told a news conference in New Delhi. The bespectacled Tunda, sporting a long red hennaed beard and clad in Pakistani cleric cleared a white loose long shirt, was paraded in front of reporters in the Indian capital by police. in blasphemy case They accused Tunda of being a ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court yesterday dis- hood where the incident happened, fearing retri- “well-known LeT explosive expert missed charges against a cleric who accused a bution. They took refuge in a forested area in cen- and terrorist” and said they had young Christian girl of blasphemy and who was tral Islamabad but were kicked out of the area the been seeking him for his alleged arrested last year for allegedly forging evidence following day by angry residents. role in 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai against her, his lawyer said. Meanwhile, there were contrary reports about which killed at least 250 people in a The case had brought new spotlight on the girl - some said she was 11 years old and has single day. The 1993 attacks target- Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws, sections of which Down’s syndrome; a medical board said she was ed hotels, offices, buildings and carry the death penalty or life imprisonment. about 14 and that her mental age didn’t match her banks in India’s financial hub and were seen as retaliation for reli- However, the laws retain broad support in this physical age. NEW DELHI: Indian police officials walk with Abdul Karim Tunda (center) outside a police station in New gious rioting in which mainly country, where Islamic conservatism is on the rise The defense lawyer, Gilani, insisted on his Delhi yesterday. — AFP alongside extremism and many Muslims are high- client’s innocence and claimed police had impli- Muslims died following the razing police said, adding he also stayed been stepping up efforts to conspiracy. Srivastava added: “He ly sensitive about their faith. cated Chishti in false charges. of an ancient mosque. He also briefly in Pakistan before returning improve domestic security since had tried to cause serial explosions The lawyer, Wajid Gilani, said the district judge “My client was innocent from the very begin- “masterminded” bomb blasts in to India. the 2008 Mumbai attacks, in which in India in 2010, just before the in Islamabad on Saturday granted the motion to ning and he had to suffer for no crime,” said the Delhi in 1997-98 and a string of Police did not say where Tunda 10 Islamist gunmen laid siege to (Delhi) Commonwealth Games. acquit his client, cleric Khalid Chishti, after the lawyer. bombings elsewhere in the coun- had been living most recently. “In the city, killing 166 people. India However, some of his men were judge ruled that the prosecution had not brought The prosecutor and the investigating officer try, Srivastava told reporters. almost all the blasts in Delhi during accuses the LeT of carrying out the arrested by police in the process, forward sufficient evidence. could not be reached for comment yesterday. Rao “Tunda is one of India’s most- 1996-98, Tunda’s men-who were 2008 Mumbai attacks that badly while others are still absconding.” Chishti was the imam, or prayer leader, at the Abdur Raheem, a lawyer for the man who brought wanted and his name figures in the from Pakistan and Bangladesh-had strained relations between the Tunda is close to Hafiz Saeed, mosque in the mixed, Muslim-Christian neighbor- the initial complaint against the girl, questioned list of top-20 terrorists. We arrested detonated bombs using pencil bat- nuclear-armed neighbors. India the LeT founder who carries a $10- hood of Maherabadi in the Pakistani capital. who had burned the Quran since Chishti was him from the Indo-Nepal border. teries,” Srivastava alleged. The man had named Tunda in a dossier that million government bounty on his He had accused the young girl of burning exonerated and the girl had been released previ- He had a Pakistani passport with accused of planning the 1993 it handed over to Pakistan follow- head, said Srivastava. Tunda went pages of Islam’s holy book last year. He said a man ously. “My case is still there, blasphemy occurred him,” Srivastava said. Tunda fled in Mumbai blasts, underworld boss ing the 2008 Mumbai attacks in before a Delhi court yesterday and had allegedly brought him a plastic bag contain- but who should we now blame for it,” asked 1994 to neighboring Bangladesh, Dawood Ibrahim, is still at large. which it listed the names of those was remanded in police custody for ing some burned papers and ash, claiming the girl Raheem.Human rights activists say Pakistan’s blas- where he trained radical young Tunda’s arrest comes as India has believed to have been behind the three days. — AFP had been carrying them around. phemy laws are too broad and vague, and are people in bomb-making, Delhi The bag was submitted as evidence to the often used by people trying to settle scores with police and subsequently the girl was arrested to rivals or target religious minorities, who make up 5 pacify the angry mob in the neighborhood. percent of Pakistan’s 180 million people. But then, the cleric himself was arrested and Few leaders in this predominantly Muslim accused of planting pages of the Quran in the bag. country have shown willingness to tackle the con- The girl was released on bail after spending three tentious issue, especially after two prominent weeks in jail and subsequently found shelter in politicians who criticized the blasphemy law were Canada along with her family. murdered in recent years. One of the politicians After the girl’s arrest, most of the other was shot by his own bodyguard, who then attract- Christian families fled the Islamabad neighbor- ed adoring crowds. —AP Flood affects 100,000 ISLAMABAD: Over 200 villages were submerged the River Indus at Chashma and River Chenab at and hundreds of acres of crop land were destroyed Marala, Khanki and Qadirabad are in high floods. due to high floods in River Tawi, Nalluh Dek and The River Indus at Guddu is forecasted to be in Basantar yesterday. high flood on August 20 and 21 as 600, 000 to According to government officials, over 98 650,000 cusecs water is likely to pass through this people have died in flood-related accidents this area, while there might be high flood at Sukkur on month, mainly in urban areas, while more than August 21 and 22. The next spell of rainfall could 100, 000 persons have been affected. The Indus lead the floods towards a serious situation, as all and Chenab Rivers were in high flood from Friday the reservoirs of Pakistan are filled to their capaci- affecting the population in eastern province of ty. According to Chairman Federal Flood Punjab as heavy rains lashed the province. Many Commission, Asjad Imtiaz, “Even land has no villages were cut down from the cities as road links capacity to absorb water anymore due to recent and the gushing water in Sialkot and Rajanpur strong spells of rain.” He further informed, “We still washed bridges away and over two dozen villages have time to prepare for the upcoming danger as were submerges by floodwater. Officials have con- the next spell is predicted for Aug 27-28.” The firmed the death of two children in Bhaiya village National Disaster Management Association and authorities have issued flood warning for more (NDMA) estimated that around $3 billion loss was than 150 villages adjacent to Chiniot near River suffered by Pakistan in last three years due to Chenab. floods and require $0.16 billion to meet the losses According to the Flood Forecast Division (FFD), of the current floods. —KUNA

KABUL: Afghan children watch a performance from the Mobile Mini Circus for Children (MMCC) during a show in Paghman district on the outskirts of Kabul.-AFP Gunmen kill female politician in Pakistan PESHAWAR: Gunmen shot dead a secular shooting was unclear but Hanif’s husband female politician from Pakistan’s troubled and son along with their bodyguard were northwest after breaking into her home at killed by a Taleban suicide bomber in night, police said yesterday. November 2011. The ANP led the province Najma Hanif, 35, was a senior member and was a member of the ruling coalition in of the Awami National Pary (ANP) which is the centre from 2008 until elections earlier known for its outspoken views against the this year. Taleban and backed military operations The party has been relentlessly targeted against the insurgents while it ruled the by the Taleban, losing hundreds of activists, restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. with attacks stepped up during the run up Police said the attackers, who have not yet to the May polls. Cricketer-turned politician been identified, used a silenced pistol. Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) “One or two attackers entered the house has now formed a coalition government in and killed her,” Mohammad Faisal, a senior the province but ANP leaders remain in the police officer said. The motive behind the militants’ sights. — AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Australian drug mule step closer to release Bali board recommends Corby’s parole

KEROBOKAN, Indonesia: Australian drug traf- cut to mark Indonesia’s August 17 independence regularly report to authorities. Corby has gained ficker Schapelle Corby could be freed from a Bali day. the required letters of support from the prison, prison within months after the corrections board Warden I Gusti Ngurah Wiratna said he had village head where she would live in Bali, her on the Indonesian resort island said yesterday it recommended a six-month reduction, and that it family and the Australian government. had recommended her for parole. “could still be approved” by the justice ministry Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr threw in his The board said the 36-year-old should be in the coming days. If granted parole, Corby support after the board made its recommenda- released from Kerobokan jail to serve out the would still be bound to the island and obliged to tion, telling Sky News he had been “encouraging rest of her 20-year sentence on the island living the minister to do the compassionate thing” and with her sister. The recommendation had been that he hoped the minister would take a “sympa- made to the justice ministry on Friday, in part thetic view”. based on Corby’s “good behavior”, Bali correc- “Our view is... Schapelle Corby, whatever her tions board chief Ketut Artha told reporters. “All offence, has paid a price for it and deserves to that is left for her parole to be granted is a deci- have quick, fair consideration of this parole JAKARTA: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (center) waves to peo- sion from the justice minister,” Artha said. While application, for which we provided a guarantee,” ple alongside first lady Ani Yudhoyono (left) and Vice President Boediono (right) dur- he said the decision could be made in “a month Carr said. ing the country’s 68th independence day celebrations at the presidential palace in or so”, justice ministry director general of correc- Corby has been eligible to apply for parole for Jakarta yesterday.—AFP tions Nugroho, who goes by one name, said it around a year but her lawyers held off as author- would likely take longer. ities mulled the conditions of her release. Renae “With foreigners, cases usually take two to Lawrence-part of a group of Australian drug traf- three months, possibly longer,” Nugroho said. fickers known as the Bali Nine jailed at Four Thais freed after Corby was convicted in 2005 for smuggling 4.1 Kerobokan-was also missing from the remissions kilos (nine pounds) of marijuana into Bali the list. Wiratna said he had recommended a six- Nigeria kidnap ordeal previous year. month cut for Lawrence and 11 other foreign Having received several remissions and a five- prisoners. British drugs convicts Julian Ponder LAGOS: Four Thais and a Nigerian held in will continue to work in Nigeria,” ministry year sentence cut from the president, Corby is and Paul Beales were given recommendations an apparent ransom kidnapping in south- spokesman Manasvi Srisodapol said. currently due for release in March 2017. If she DENPASAR: Jailed Australian drug smuggler for two-month cuts from their jail terms of six ern Nigeria have been freed unharmed, Most kidnap victims in southern Nigeria continues to receive the usual sentence reduc- Schapelle Corby during a ceremony inside and four years respectively. officials in both countries said yesterday. are released unharmed after the payment tions during her parole period, she could be free Kerobokan prison in Denpasar on the They were jailed in connection with British “The four of them were released at exactly of a ransom, unlike in the country’s north, to return home to Australia by mid-2015. Indonesian resort island of Bali. The correc- drug trafficker Lindsay Sandiford, who is on 2:00 am (0100 GMT) this morning,” the agri- where Islamist extremists have killed a But Corby’s name was not on the list of 202 tions board on the Indonesian resort island of death row. Indonesia enforces stiff penalties for cultural commissioner in Nigeria’s Rivers number of their hostages. inmates at Kerobokan prison whose remission Bali has recommended Corby for parole, an drug trafficking, including life imprisonment and state, Emmanuel Chindah, told AFP. “The Rivers state government does not was approved Saturday. Sentences are routinely official said yesterday.—AFP death. — AFP A gang travelling by boat abducted a pay ransoms and to the best of my knowl- group of six including two Nigerians on edge no ransom was paid,” Chindah told August 9 while they were on their way to AFP. Companies, officials and the security work at a fish farm in Rivers. One of the services typically refuse to discuss ransom Northeast China floods kill 25 Nigerians drowned in the incident. payments. The four Thai nationals and surviving One of the Thai hostages spoke to Thai BEIJING: Twenty-five people have been killed by (113 degrees Fahrenheit) this week, the Henan clearly detectable in extreme temperatures over Nigerian were being examined by doctors television yesterday and said he believed floods which hit northeastern China over the Business Daily reported on Saturday. China” after examining data from 2,400 weather in the area, Chindah said. “They are doing the kidnap was linked to rivalry between past week, state media said yesterday, as other Temperatures in China have grown more stations in China. At least three people were fine,” he added. competing fish farms. parts of the country continued to experience a extreme over the past four decades, according killed last week when a typhoon battered south The Thai foreign ministry, which had ear- “They took us as hostages and used us heatwave. to a paper published in US-based journal China with strong winds and torrential rain, state lier confirmed the release of its citizens, as a bargaining chip,” Somchoke Panpinij The biggest floods recorded in decades in Geophysical Research Letters earlier this year. media said. Many parts of China are prone to also said the group had not been seriously told Thailand’s Channel 7. “We will not China’s northeast region, which borders Russia, The paper said that human influence from seasonal flooding, as heavy summer rains flood harmed. “The Thai foreign minister has return to Thailand yet... I came here to help began last week, submerging buildings and sources including greenhouse gas emissions “is rivers. — AFP talked with one of them. They are fine and them to develop their country.” — AFP forcing people from their homes, China’s official Xinhua news agency said. Floods caused by heavy rain in the provinces of Heilongjiang, Liaoning and Jilin have led to the relocation of Rights group says China 140,000 people, and economic losses of 7.1 billion yuan ($1.2 billion), Xinhua said. detains legal activist Pictures posted online showed brick farm- houses surrounded by water, and a small bridge BEIJING: Chinese authorities have have been handling Xu.” which had been swept away by swollen river. detained Yang Maodong, a leading mem- Xu is considered a moderate but out- Residents of Shenyang, in Liaoning province, ber of the country’s loose New Citizens spoken voice in China’s beleaguered rights were shown wading through waist-deep water campaign that promotes democratic rights, movement, campaigning for issues that to reach their cars, while one man negotiated his friend and an international human include equal rights to education, and for the waters in a rubber dinghy. rights advocacy group said yesterday. officials to declare their assets. Meanwhile, much of the rest of China has It is the second such detention of a While behind bars, Xu last week urged continued to experience a heatwave which saw leader of the group after Xu Zhiyong was citizens to unite in pursuing democratic temperatures in China’s commercial hub detained several weeks ago in Beijing. freedoms in a taped video that was posted Shanghai reach their highest levels in at least Journalist Xiao Shu said that a sister of Yang online. Yang, 47, is a legal activist and dissi- 140 years earlier this month. The central Chinese was notified by the Tianhe branch of the dent writer. He had served a five-year jail city of Zhengzhou-not known for its hot weath- Residents moving through floodwaters in Tengxian county, southwest China’s Guangxi Guangzhou police in southern China that sentence between 2006 and 2011, and the er-saw temperatures of over 45 degrees Celsius province. — AFP Yang, who writes under the alias Guo writer’s advocacy group, International PEN, Feixiong, was detained on Aug. 8 on the has said Yang was targeted for his book criminal charge of disrupting public order. that allegedly exposed official corruption in The Chinese Human Rights Defenders a northeastern Chinese city. News 2 police killed days after also reported Yang’s detention yesterday. A Since his release, Yang continued to woman at a local police office referred work on rights issues, his wife Zhang Qing in brief questions to a detention center, but the said. Zhang said she last spoke to Yang on Indonesian terror raids detention center refused to comment. “Guo Aug 7 and detected no sign of trouble. Japan festival blast is the leading figure in southern China for But he was out of contact from the next JAKARTA: Unidentified gunmen killed two of Ramadan. “There are similarities claims first death the New Citizens movement, and Xu is the day. His friends and supporters learned police officers near Indonesia’s capital, days between the two attacks,” Sompie said. “We movement’s leading figure in northern his fate only yesterday when the official TOKYO: A 44-year-old woman who suffered severe after security forces made multiple arrests are mobilizing our forces now to search for China,” Xiao Shu said. “The way the authori- notification to his sister confirmed his burns in an explosion at a fireworks festival in western and killed suspects in anti-terrorism raids, the perpetrators to reveal their motives and ties handle Guo’s case is exactly how they detention. —AP Japan two days ago became the first person to die police said yesterday. their possible links with terrorist groups.” from the accident yesterday, police said. Hiromi Two men on a motorbike followed an He said police are investigating the Takeuchi was one of 60 people injured in the blast officer who was heading to a police damaged motorbike left by the gunmen which ripped through food and drink stalls set up to precinct in Tangerang, on the outskirts of near the scene. The latest police raid entertain visitors at an annual festival outside the Jakarta, on Friday night. They shot him dead involved Muhammad Syaiful Syahbani, 26, ancient capital of Kyoto. She passed away in a local and fled, said National Police spokesman a suspected fund raiser in an alleged plot hospital where she had been receiving treatment. Maj. Gen. Ronny Frengky Sompie. to attack the Myanmar Embassy to protest Police earlier said 18 were seriously injured with They were pursued by a police car that that country’s treatment of Muslims. He Takeuchi and an eight-year-old girl in critical condi- hit the motorbike before plunging into a was arrested Aug. 9 in Yogyakarta on main tion. Police suspect that the explosion occurred when drain. Sompie said the gunmen then killed Java island. Indonesia, the world’s most a vendor at one of some 350 stalls at the site opened another officer in the car. Police returned populous Muslim nation, has been hit by a the cap of a petrol container to refill an electric gener- fire and apparently injured one of the men, string of terrorist attacks since 2002, when ator, press reports said. The highly pressured petrol but they managed to escape on a villager’s Muslim militants carried out suicide bomb- was sprayed over a wide area, causing gas cylinders to motorbike that they stole. It was the sec- ings on two crowded nightclubs on the ond attack against police in less than two resort island of Bali, killing 202 people. blow up and three of the stalls went up in flames. weeks. Two gunmen on a motorbike killed Hundreds of militants have been arrest- a police officer on Aug 7 when Indonesian ed and convicted since then, making the Thai editor’s Muslims were preparing the Eid Al-Fitr holi- government and its security forces a tar- house attacked day to mark the end of the fasting month get. — AP BANGKOK: Police say they are investigating an attack involving gunshots fired at the family compound of a Thai newspaper editor. Police Col. Trairong Pewpan said an unknown number of attackers fired bullets into the property of Post Today newspaper executive editor Pattara Khampitak in Nonthaburi province early KUALA LUMPUR: Supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi yesterday. He said the gunshots were fired into a perform a special prayer in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.—AP house belonging to Pattara’s brother-in-law. No one was injured in the attack. Police also found a grenade hanging in front of the entrance to the compound. Afghan insurgents kill 10 Post Today reported that Pattara believes the shooting was a result of his criticism of the government and at construction camp political groups. Trairong says investigators have not KABUL: Insurgents staged a pre-dawn mini-van struck a roadside bomb. They decided yet if Pattara was the target of the attack as ambush on a construction camp in included three children, a woman and a there are three houses in the family compound. Afghanistanís western Herat province yes- man, a statement from the provincial gov- terday, killing 10 people in one of several ernorís office said. Vietnam court frees deadly attacks across the country The statement added that another dissident on appeal overnight and in the morning. roadside bomb late Friday killed three HANOI: A Vietnamese appeals court overturned a six- Nine construction workers and a police- women in Helmandís Sangin district. In year prison sentence against a dissident and halved man were killed when insurgents attacked Farah province in the west, a suicide the jail term of another in a rare show of leniency by the camp in Heratís Karukh district with bomber detonated his explosive vest the country’s Communist authorities. The decision fol- rocket-propelled grenades and automatic inside a private medical clinic, killing three lowed meetings last month between President Barack weapons, Deputy Public Works Minister people including a local police command- Obama and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang. Ahmad Shah Wahid said. er, a provincial government spokesman Obama pressed Vietnam to take concrete steps to The workers were involved in a 52-kilo- said. improve its human rights record - a major sticking meter (32-mile) road construction project Abdul Rahman Zhawandai said the point in ties between the countries. Nguyen Phuong run by an Afghan-German company and attacks in the Bala Buluik district appeared Uyen, 21, was convicted of violating national security managed by the public works ministry, to be targeting a former provincial police laws in May for distributing leaflets against the Wahid said. The road runs from Heratís chief, who escaped unhurt. Violence has Communist Party and sentenced to six years. The Karukh district to Qala-i Now, the capital of increased in recent months as insurgents appeals court on Friday changed that sentence to a 3- neighboring Badghis province. fight to regain territory and foreign forces year suspended one and released her. It halved the Development projects, most of which withdraw. They are also trying to take eight-year sentence against fellow activist, 25-year-old receive foreign funding, are frequently tar- advantage of the handover of the coun- geted by insurgents. In another deadly tryís security from the NATO-led coalition Dinh Nguyen Kha. A lawyer who was in the court, incident yesterday, five members of a fami- to Afghan forces ahead of the withdrawal Nguyen Thanh Luong, said judges cited their young ly were killed in the Marjah district of of all foreign combat forces at the end of age in the decision. JAKARTA: An armed paramilitary police guards the site where a police officer was southern Helmand province when their 2014. —AP shot and killed in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta yesterday. — AP NEWS SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013

Arab leaders tacitly support Egypt challenges Obama’s crackdown on Brotherhood ‘Arab Spring’ philosophy CAIRO: Most Arab leaders tacitly support Egypt’s deadly crack- reinforced its links with the regime of Syrian President Bashar down on the Muslim Brotherhood, fearing the group’s growing Al-Assad and established relations with the Brotherhood in WASHINGTON: As Arab Spring democracy uprisings Hosni Mubarak in part to ensure that he maintained regional influence since the Arab Spring threatens their own Egypt. Hami Shadi, a Middle East expert at the Brookings Doha spread across the Middle East, President Barack Obama’s Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel, one of only two such power, analysts say. Egypt’s army, directly or indirectly in power Centre, said what happened in Egypt “is a product of a big response to the political unrest has been to voice support accords in the Arab world. But Obama abandoned since 1952, ousted the Brotherhood’s democratically elected regional issue, which is this kind of ‘Arab Cold War’, and it is clear for people seeking representative governments but limit Mubarak in 2011, when millions of Egyptians took to the Mohamed Morsi as president in a July 3 coup and installed an what side... is winning.” the role the United States will play to shape those efforts. streets to demand an end to his rule. Mubarak eventually interim civilian government in its place. For Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, the coup delivered a “blow to The president’s philosophy of limited engagement is facing resigned, clearing the way for Egypt’s first democratic elec- Morsi’s supporters set up protest camps in Cairo and prom- their major regional opponent, the Muslim Brotherhood, so it perhaps its toughest test in Egypt, where the nation’s first tions and inspiring pro-democracy protests in other coun- ised to stay put until the former leader, now in custody, was would not make much sense for them to turn around now and democratically elected president was ousted by military tries throughout the Middle East and North Africa. reinstated. The government ordered them to disperse and, say “well, we don’t like what you are doing anymore.’ “Saudi forces with deep, decades-long ties to the US. The US has consistently voiced support for the popular after a number of delays, police backed by troops stormed the Arabia and the UAE are now the primary patrons of this new The White House has refused to declare Mohammed uprisings and in some cases demanded that autocratic camps on Wednesday. The death toll from ensuing clashes, in military government and they are very supportive. It is unlikely Morsi’s removal from power a coup - a step that would leaders leave power. In Libya, the US joined with allies to the capital and across Egypt, has reached nearly 600 people. they would offer much criticism.” require Obama to suspend $1.3 billion in annual aid - even set up a no-fly zone to help opposition forces oust long- But only Qatar, a Brotherhood patron, and Tunisia, whose ruling For 30 years, Saudi Arabia and the Brotherhood maintained after the military-backed interim government led crack- time leader Moammar Gadhafi. And in Syria, the US has Ennahda party is affiliated with the movement, strongly con- good relations, but these deteriorated after the Brotherhood downs last week that left more than 600 people dead and levied economic sanctions and approved light weaponry demned the assault. criticized Riyadh for accepting US military personnel in the thousands more injured. for rebels fighting President Bashar Assad’s government, “All the Gulf monarchies, except for Qatar, and Jordan fear country during the 1991 Gulf War. Things got worse after the Obama’s resistance to suspending US support for though it has done little to stop the civil war that has left that the Muslim Brotherhood revolution will be exported to September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. At the time, Egypt’s military leaves the White House with little leverage, more than 100,000 people dead. But throughout the Arab them,” said Khattar Abou Diab, a professor at University of Paris- Riyadh accused the Brotherhood of being at the root of jihadist effectively relegating the president to the role of a Spring, the White House has been wary of getting too Sud. “For that reason, they are hoping for a return to the classic ideology, and the interior minister declared in 2002 that “all bystander issuing strongly worded statements. The US deeply involved in setting up new governments in the situation of a strong power in Egypt, a pivotal country in the extremist groups are derived from the Muslim Brotherhood.” position has also stirred up anti-American sentiment in region. Arab world.” These countries, Saudi Arabia in particular, “have But the worst of all for Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia, was the Egypt, with Morsi supporters accusing the US of failing to Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser, noted with disapproval the growing weight of Turkey and Iran... rapprochement between the Brotherhood and Shiite Iran live up to its own democratic values by allowing an elected said the president does not believe it is his role to “engi- and their support for the Egyptian regime demonstrates their across the Gulf, Riyadh’s main rival in the Middle East. Stephane leader to be pushed aside. neer a political process.” “The challenge for us is that pick- desire to return to a purely Arab regional system based on Lacroix, a professor at the Institute of Political Science in Paris Obama insists that the US stands with Egyptians seeking winners and seeking to engineer a solution puts us more classical lines.” and an expert on the group, said the “Muslim Brotherhood has ing a democratic government. But he says America could right in the middle of the situation and ultimately makes Turkey, whose Islamist government is ideologically aligned never been opposed to relations with Shiite Iran while, for the not determine Egypt’s future and would not “take sides the US the issue,” Rhodes said. The president’s approach with the Muslim Brotherhood, has widened its influence in the Saudis, that is a red line not only in terms of Sunni orthodoxy with any political party or political figure.” “I know it’s was shaped in part by his opposition to the Iraq War, a con- Arab world since the outbreak of the Arab Spring. And Iran has but also because or regional politics.” — AFP tempting inside of Egypt to blame the United States or the flict that was first built as an anti-terrorism campaign but West or some other outside actor for what’s gone wrong,” became a US-led exercise in democracy-building. Obama said Thursday in remarks from his rented vacation Obama oversaw the end of the war in his first term and house in Massachusetts on Martha’s Vineyard. has since tried to keep the war weary, economically Virus targeting social network “We’ve been blamed by supporters of Morsi. We’ve strapped US out of other lengthy foreign conflicts. been blamed by the other side, as if we are supporters of Obama’s philosophy is also driven in part by concerns Continued from Page 1 media in marketing, and the increasing sophistication of Morsi.” “That kind of approach will do nothing to help that the governments formed after the Arab Spring upris- hackers trying to profit from the trend. Egyptians achieve the future that they deserve,” Obama ings may be more detrimental to American interests than He encouraged users to report suspicious activity Online marketing consultant Will Mitchell said he added. Steven Cook, a Middle East analyst at the Council the autocratic regimes they replace. Before Morsi’s ouster, through links on Facebook sites and apps. “We work hard sometimes advises clients to buy bogus social-network- on Foreign Relations, said that Obama’s “middle-splitting” US officials were worried that the Egyptian leader fit into to limit spam on our service and prohibit the creation of ing traffic, but only to get an early foothold online. When approach for Egypt undercuts US support for democracy in that category. accounts through unauthorized or automated means,” asked about the ethics of faking endorsements, Mitchell the region. A senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi was Kirkland said. replied, “It’s fine to do for the first 100, but I always advise “The idea that we can influence the trajectory of the accused of giving the Islamist political movement undue The modified Zeus virus is the first piece of malicious stopping after that.” politics is foolish,” Cook said. “But to have not been consis- influence in the government after he took power. software uncovered to date that has been used to post He said one of his clients once bought more than tent in emphasizing our own values in this situation is a Egyptians also blamed him for failing to make good on false “likes” on a social network, according to experts who 300,000 “likes” on Facebook against his advice, a move mistake. We should stick to the principles of democracy promised economic reforms. The military removed Morsi track cyber crime. Fraudsters most commonly manipulate that Mitchell felt damaged the client’s reputation. “It was and recognition for the rule of law.” However, the US rela- from power last month following massive street protests “likes” using automated software programs. The modified just ridiculous,” he said. “Everybody knew what they were tionship with Egypt has long required Washington to that drew comparisons to the demonstrations that oust- version of Zeus controls infected computers from a cen- doing.” Still, experts say schemes to manipulate social net- ignore the country’s repressive politics in exchange for ed Mubarak in 2011. The military has promised to roll regional stability. back Morsi’s Islamist constitution and hold free elections tral server, forcing them to post likes for specific users. works are unlikely to go away. Creating fake social media For 30 years, the US propped up Egyptian autocrat next year. — AP They could also be given marching orders to engage in accounts can also be used for more nefarious purposes other operations or download other types of malicious than creating fake “likes,” such as identity theft. “The software, according to RSA. Cyber criminals have used accounts are always just a means to an end. Zeus to infect hundreds of millions of PCs since the virus The criminals are always looking to profit,” said com- Qaeda attacks Syria Kurdish town first surfaced more than five years ago, according to Don puter security expert Chris Grier, a University of Jackson, a senior security researcher with Dell California at Berkeley research scientist who spent a year Continued from Page 1 break of the conflict in March 2011. The deaths come a SecureWorks. That the virus is now being adapted to tar- working on a team that investigated fake accounts on day after at least 16 people, among them four children, get Instagram is a sign of the rising importance of social Twitter. — Reuters “Intermittent clashes are continuing to take place till were killed in regime shelling on the Kalasse district of now, in the Asfar Najjar area and the outskirts of Tal the northern city of Aleppo, the Observatory said. Halaf,” he said via the Internet. Government troops At least 182 people were killed across Syria on Friday, pulled out of majority Kurdish areas of Syria last year, the group added. Meanwhile, Amnesty International 32 killed, 170 missing in Philippine ferry... leaving Kurdish militiamen to fend for themselves. said prominent Syrian artist Youssef Abdelke and anoth- Continued from Page 1 That vessel collided with a tanker in the Sibuyan Sea in Elsewhere in Syria, rebels attacked a pro-regime militia er opponent of the Damascus regime had been “subject- December 1987, killing 4,375 on the ferry and 11 of the checkpoint in a majority Christian area of Homs ed to enforced disappearance.” Abdelke and Adnan Al- The 40-year-old ferry was approaching Cebu late in tanker’s 13-man crew. The owners of the ferry involved in province, killing six civilians and five militiamen, the Dibs were arrested on July 18 in the Mediterranean the evening when it was struck by the departing cargo Friday’s accident said it was carrying 723 passengers, 118 Observatory said. coastal city of Tartus and have not been seen since. vessel, the Sulpicio Express 7, leaving two huge holes in crew and 104 20-ft containers. It had an authorized State news agency SANA said all those killed were Rights groups say the regime, which systematically prac- the latter’s bow. The ferry sank in minutes, about a kilo- capacity of 1,010 passengers and crew and 160 contain- civilians, and described the attackers as “terrorists”. Homs tices torture, is holding tens of thousands of political meter off Cebu. Small planes and helicopters also ers. has seen some of Syria’s worst violence since the out- prisoners. — AFP scoured the waters and coastal areas of Cebu island for The captains of the two ships are alive but have yet to survivors, officials said. Divers found four bodies outside be questioned, said Rear Admiral Luis Tuason, the coast the sunken ferry hours before the search was halted, said guard operations chief. Abaya said initial information Commander Noel Escalana, a naval operations officer. showed the cargo ship loaded with container vans “During the dive, they saw bodies from the windows,” bound for Davao on the southern island of Mindanao hit he told reporters, saying the divers did not attempt to the ferry’s “vulnerable part” on the right side. retrieve them. “It’s dangerous to enter the ship...Because “We felt the cargo ship hit us and minutes later we they need special equipment and extra oxygen tanks.” noticed our ship was listing,” passenger Aldrin Raman Escalana added that rescuers had no idea how many told reporters. “I grabbed a life vest and jumped over- people were trapped inside the ship, lying on a seabed board. I saw many passengers doing the same.” One of around 150 feet below sea level. the crew said the ferry sank within 10 minutes. “The colli- Fourteen bodies had been found in the town of sion left a gaping hole in the ferry and water started rush- Talisay, south of Cebu City, said Imelda Sabillano, another ing in, so the captain ordered (us to) abandon ship,” the local official. “We don’t know where these bodies came crew member said. Most of the passengers were already from, but we already have brought to a local morgue 31 wearing life jackets before the ship sank, he added. bodies for identification,” she said, adding that morgue Another passenger, Jerwin Agudong, said several peo- officials awaited the arrival of the 14 bodies to add them ple had been trapped. “It seems some were not able to to the toll from the disaster. Officials said a recount at the get out. We saw dead bodies on the side,” he said. morgue showed 32 bodies awaited autopsy. Fishermen on shore said they saw flares. “It was very dark The Sulpicio Express 7 is owned by unlisted firm and we could hear a lot of people shouting, asking for Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corp, formerly known as help,” said George Palmero, a 35-year-old fisherman who Sulpicio Lines Inc, which owned the MV Dona Paz ferry. helped pull 10 survivors from the water.— Reuters Egypt mulls Brotherhood ban as death... Continued from Page 1 his lap. Security sources said ed to arrest the sons and daughters Mohamed Al-Zawahiri, the brother of the organization’s leadership in an country which has a strategic of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al- effort to gain leverage. Despite the peace treaty with Israel and operates Zawahiri, had also been detained. bloodshed, the Islamist group has the Suez Canal, a major artery of “Friday was a very bad, ugly day. urged its supporters to take to the world trade. However, Saudi Arabia There were attacks on police sta- streets every day this coming week, threw its weight behind the army- tions, ministries. The situation is very but there was no sign of large rallies backed government on Friday, bad,” the prime minister told by yesterday afternoon. “Our rejec- accusing its old foes in the Muslim reporters. “There will be no reconcili- tion of the coup regime has become Brotherhood of trying to destabilize ation with those whose hands have an Islamic, national and ethical obli- Egypt. been stained with blood and who gation that we can never abandon,” The health ministry said 173 peo- turned weapons against the state said the Brotherhood, which has ple died in clashes across Egypt on and its institutions.” accused the military of plotting the Friday, including 95 in central Cairo, The Brotherhood was officially downfall of Morsi to regain the after the Brotherhood called a “Day dissolved by Egypt’s military rulers in levers of power. of Rage” to denounce a crackdown 1954, but registered itself as a non- Iraq, wracked by its own civil on its followers on Wednesday that governmental organization in March strife, urged restraint. “We were killed at least 578 people. Fifty-seven in a response to a court case shocked by the huge number of policemen died over the past three brought by opponents of the group casualties that resulted from break- days, the interior ministry said. who were contesting its legality. ing up the protests and by the Among those killed on Friday was Founded in 1928, the movement has excessive use of power,” Iraqi Foreign a son of Muslim Brotherhood leader deep roots in the provinces and has Minister Hoshiyar Zebari told US- Mohamed Badie, shot dead close to a legally registered political arm - based Al Hurra television. Al-Fath mosque, which was rapidly the Freedom and Justice Party - Worryingly for the Egyptian army, transformed into a makeshift which was set up in 2011 after violence was reported across the morgue and a refuge for hundreds of unrest that led to the downfall of the country on Friday, with deaths Morsi’s supporters, looking to escape autocratic Hosni Mubarak. reported in at least eight cities and the bloodshed. The building was sur- The Brotherhood won all five towns, suggesting it might struggle rounded overnight and police fired elections that followed the toppling to impose control on the vast, large- volleys of tear gas into the carpeted of Mubarak, and Morsi governed the ly desert state. prayer hall in the early afternoon, fill- country for a year until he was The government said 12 churches ing the hall with billowing white undermined by mammoth rallies had been attacked and burned on smoke and leaving those inside called by critics who denounced his Friday, blaming the Islamists for the gasping for breath. Soon afterwards rule as incompetent and partisan. destruction. Foreign journalists in gunshots rang out from both sides. Army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi says Cairo said they faced regular harass- Egyptian authorities said they he removed Morsi from office on ment as they tried to report on the had rounded up more than 1,000 July 3 to protect the country from clashes, with a number detained by Islamists after Friday’s protests, possible civil war. police and civilian vigilante groups showing one handcuffed man on Brotherhood spokesman Gehad unhappy with coverage of the dis- television with an automatic gun on El-Haddad said the police had start- turbances. — Agencies SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 ANALYSIS14

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Issues New violence looms in Egypt

By Sara Hussein

gypt faces new polarization and the potential for further violence after a crackdown on sup- Eporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi turned into a bloodbath, analysts say. More than 500 people were killed on Wednesday when security forces moved to disperse two Cairo protest camps of Morsi loyalists in a heavy-handed assault that drew international censure. But domestically, the government’s actions were well-received by many, with the media saying police forces had rid Egypt of the “nightmare” of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood. Analysts warned that popular support could lead to an even wider crackdown on Morsi loyalists, and expressed hope that politicians would instead reach Washington Watch out to moderate Islamists. “The polarisation gets much, much worse” after the deaths, warned Michael Hanna, a senior fellow at The Century Egypt: The tragedy and nonsense Foundation, a US think-tank. “The fact that the military has gone this far in terms of a crackdown makes the possibility for any near-term compromise for the Dr James J Zogby The Brotherhoods “sit-ins” were not political acts, they are guilty of obfuscation and half-truths. There are those, Morsi camp impossible, and that in turn makes more were more hostile takeovers that set up a “state-within- like Senator John McCain, who point an accusing finger at repression inevitable,” he said. ny honest assessment of the events unfolding the-state”. As such, more than protests, they became acts President Obama calling Egypt his “colossal failure” saying across Egypt will recognize that they have all the of provocation that only served to further aggravate an “we bear a large amount of responsibility for the bloodlet- On Thursday, supporters of the ousted Islamist Aaspects of a classic tragedy. The characters involved, increasingly frustrated and hostile public, while defiantly ting that’s taking place”, lamenting that “no one is listening president launched new demonstrations, despite a each in their own way, have demonstrated that they have goading the military to act. In reality then, it was the to us”. McCain and others, therefore, call on the US to warning from the interior ministry a day earlier been unable to rise above their fatal flaws with the result flawed instinct of both the Brotherhood and military that immediately cut aid to Egypt, assuming that this would against any additional protests. “They will continue being the horror we are now witnessing. What Egypt led to this tragedy. rectify the situation. to demonstrate, hold strikes in different cities, needs at this time is a clear-headed acknowledgment of What is both disturbing and especially unhelpful are But these charges ring hollow to most Egyptians who maybe targeting different provinces,” predicted what went wrong and what is the way forward. What it the half truths and/or nonsensical claims being made by still blame the US for supporting and emboldening the Nabil Abdel Fattah, an analyst with the Ahram doesn’t need are the nonsense claims made by some par- some that only serve to obfuscate Egypt’s situation and Brotherhood while they were in power. In reality, as Centre for Political and Strategic Studies. Morsi’s sup- tisans who wildly blame others while seeking to absolve the needs of its people. President Obama has correctly noted, while the US has porters will try “to present the government as themselves. For example, in an editorial in the New York Times, a abiding national security interests in maintaining ties with unable to control the country, and try to show the What Egypt needed most out of its revolution was a former minister in the Morsi government attempts to Egypt, it has limited leverage in directing how the Muslim Brotherhood is the most powerful and popu- national consensus that could establish a functioning gov- describe the situation in Egypt as follows: “this is a battle Egyptian military behaves in dealing with internal matters. lar group in Egypt, which is their belief,” he added. ernment capable of creating order and providing employ- between those who envision a pluralistic Egypt in which In this context, the President’s statement was not as some The international backlash against the deaths has ment and prosperity for its growing population. That’s the individual has dignity and power changes hands at critics have suggested “weak” or “passive” or “spineless”. It been fierce, with condemnation pouring in and sev- what our polling has consistently showed. What it got the ballot box and those who support a militarized state in was honest. eral European countries summoning Egypt’s ambas- instead was a group ill-suited to lead and a military that which government is imposed on the people by force”. As for the calls to cut aid, these also ring hollow. The sadors over the violence. The military-backed gov- only knew one way to deal with a problem. The result is While there may be some justification for the second economic assistance to Egypt has already been cut. The ernment lost a key figurehead with the resignation this tragedy that is now playing out across the country. half of this charge, our polling makes clear that the vast largest portion of the US aid package is in the form of mili- In the first place, the Brotherhood could not govern or majority of Egyptians simply do not believe that the Morsi tary equipment supplied by US companies for which con- of liberal Nobel peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, build the much needed consensus that Egypt needed in government ever envisioned “a pluralistic Egypt in which tracts have already been signed. The real losers of break- who was serving as vice president before the post-Mubarak era. After winning a default election the individual has dignity”. What they saw taking place ing these contracts, therefore, will not be Egypt’s military, Wednesday’s crackdown. (since they were the only organized party in town) by the during the one year in which Morsi was in power was the but US suppliers. This fact, though not clear to the US pub- But many jeered his resignation domestically, and narrowest of margins, they focused their attention more exact opposite. lic, is already understood by Egyptians who in polls tell us the government and military can continue to count on consolidating their hold over the reins of power The millions who signed petitions and who demon- that they do not want the US aid because they feel that it on popular support, analysts said. “The real issue is instead of addressing Egypt’s needs. In the end, they made strated calling for Morsi to step down were frightened that is the US or Israel and not Egypt that is the main benefici- how the Egyptian people perceive the Muslim enemies not only of those whom they had defeated but the President and his party were consolidating an abso- ary of this assistance package. Brotherhood,” added Hassan Nafaa, an Egyptian those potential allies whose votes had enabled them to lutist and intolerant regime. What they hoped for was a As President Obama noted, what is taking place in political analyst. “At the moment the majority view win, in the first place. The Brotherhood’s misreading of the real chance for a tolerant, pluralistic government. This Egypt is deplorable and tragic. Momentous change is nev- them very negatively and consider them to blame public mood led to their isolation and ultimately to the majority opinion still holds true and is waiting in the er easy and never takes a straight path toward its goal. The for the situation we are in.” massive demonstrations calling for their removal. wings for its aspirations to be realized. tragic events now taking place in Egypt are not, as some Abdel Fattah said that sentiment would eventual- Egypt’s military, too, became a victim of its own weak- What Egyptians have seen both before and since the are suggesting, the end of Egypt’s movement toward ly lead to a shift in tactics by the Brotherhood. “They ness. With the public calling for action, they responded military action has only reinforced their fears about the democracy, it is the beginning. The process that began will gradually come to see what the majority feels,” and overreacted, as militaries are wont to do-first by Brotherhood’s intent. First, there was the incitement two-and-one-half years ago has hit a terrifying bump in he said. “There are moderates within the Muslim deposing and arresting President Morsi, and then by against Egypt’s small Shi’a Muslim community that result- the road. The consequences are horrific, but the vibrancy Brotherhood, and when Egypt returns to semi-stabil- assuming that they could use overwhelming force to end ed in the brutal hanging of several members of this group. of Egypt’s civil society has demonstrated its ability to the Brotherhood’s weeks-long sit-ins that had paralyzed And in recent days there has been the all-out assault on reassert itself before and will yet again. This is not the time ity, there will be discussions within the organizations entire neighborhoods. By assuming that there could be a Egypt’s Christians. At last count 50 churches have been for friends to cut and run. Rather it is critical that friends about its mistakes.” But others are less optimistic, violent solution to what is at its core a political problem, attacked, with at least 19 burned and other ransacked. remain supportive of the Egyptian people and their aspi- with Nafaa saying he feared a witch-hunt against Egypt’s military has now only deepened and made more Christian businesses have been looted and individuals rations for an inclusive democracy that can provide securi- Morsi supporters. “I am afraid that the government virulent the country’s political crisis. have been attacked, as well. Not only Egyptian partisans ty and opportunity for all of its people. might now carry out a policy of revenge against the Muslim Brotherhood, which will close the door for political change, and of course that will mean blood- What did Edward Snowden get wrong? Everything shed.” Egypt’s government must “convince the Muslim Brotherhood moderates that they have a By Andrew Liepman leagues in the intelligence community in took it for granted that their flaws would be irrelevant data. This is done under tight and role to play in politics in the future,” he added. Hanna an impossible position. Yes, the official scrutinized and their successes ignored. well-thought-out strictures. I witnessed said the country’s leadership seemed unlikely to take dward Snowden is now out of his lim- explanations about the virtues of data-col- But I’ve been around long enough to firsthand the consequences of breaking the that approach. “There was a political solution” to the bo at Moscow’s airport, presumably lection efforts can sound self-justifying and know that deep-rooted distrust of govern- privacy rules of my former organization, anti-Morsi protests, he said. “They’ve chosen a secu- Eensconced in some Russian dacha, vague. But they’re still right. ment is immune to stories from people like the National Counterterrorism Center. rity solution, and I would assume they would contin- wondering what the next phase of his I know firsthand that Gen Keith me. The conspiracy buffs are too busy As the center’s deputy director, I had to ue with a security solution because they are now young life will bring. Having spent 30 years Alexander, the NSA director, is telling the howling in protest at the thought that their fire people, good people, and remove oth- going to have a reason to do so.” He warned that in the intelligence business, I fervently truth when he talks about plots that have government could uncover how long they ers from their posts for failing to follow the Islamists affiliated with the Brotherhood, though not hope the food is lousy, the winter is cold, been preempted and attacks that have spent on the phone with their dear aunt. rules about how information could be and the Internet access is awful. But I worry been foiled because of intelligence his Let me break this to you gently. The gov- accessed and used. It didn’t happen often, necessarily under their control, could now turn to less about what happens to this one man agency collected. I know because I was on ernment is not interested in your conversa- and it was never a malicious attempt to serious violence. and more about the damage Snowden has the inside, I have long held security clear- tions with your aunt, unless, of course, she gather private information. We had manda- He predicted increasing attacks in the Sinai penin- done - and could still do - to America’s ances, and I participated in many of the is a key terrorist leader. More than 100 bil- tory training and full-time staffers to super- sula, where militants have almost daily targeted long-term ability to strike the right balance activities he describes. I spent years in the lion emails were sent every day last year - vise privacy regulations. We used precious police and military installations. And he said sectari- between privacy and security. middle of the effort to identify, disentangle, 100 billion, every day. resources to hire lawyers and civil liberties an attacks like a string of incidents in which churches Ever since Snowden, a former contractor and ultimately attack Al-Qaeda. We didn’t In that vast mass of data lurk a few bits experts to oversee our efforts. And on were set alight on Wednesday were also likely to mul- for the National Security Agency, leaked operate in secrecy because we were that are of urgent interest and vast ter- those few occasions when we made mis- tiply. “It doesn’t take too many leaps of the imagina- top-secret material about its surveillance ashamed. We operated in the dark because abytes of tedium that are not. takes, the punishments were swift and tion to envision assassinations, hit-and-run attacks on programs, he and the US government have we had to. Unfortunately, the metadata (the phone harsh. police and even suicide bombings,” Hanna said. “You locked horns about the nature of those Al-Qaeda and its affiliates study our numbers, length of contact, and so forth, Yes, some things that are classified prob- put all that together and it would be hard to imagine programs. But those following the actions. They learn from our mistakes. but not the content of the conversations) ably don’t need to be. That may undermine a near-term return to normalcy.”— AFP Snowden saga should understand two key America is safer because we’ve made a that sketch the contours of a call to your public trust and dilute our ability to protect points. First, though many things need to point of understanding their methods bet- family member may fall into the same the data that really need protecting. But be kept secret in today’s dangerous world, ter than they understand ours. I under- enormous bucket of information that some things - especially US sources and the line between “secret” and “not secret” is stand the trade-offs here. But the intelli- includes information on the next terrorist methods - must be kept secret. Snowden All articles appearing on these fuzzy rather than stark, and if the goal is gence community isn’t keeping things threat. As Jeremy Bash, the former chief of didn’t offer fresh insight about a massive pages are the personal opinion of security, the harsh truth is that we should from the American people because we staff of the CIA, memorably put it, “If you’re policy failure. Rather, he took upon himself the writers. Kuwait Times takes no often err toward more secrets rather than don’t trust them, but rather because once looking for a needle in the haystack, you the authority to decide what tradecraft the responsibility for views expressed fewer. important security information is out there, need a haystack.” intelligence community needs to keep his Second, despite the grumbling from anyone can access it, including those who Unfortunately, during the Snowden fellow citizens safe. therein. Kuwait Times invites read- Snowden and his admirers, the US govern- would do us harm. affair, many news outlets have spent more Sadly, Snowden has captured the pub- ers to voice their opinions. Please ment truly does make strenuous efforts not That’s why I find the Snowden contro- time examining ways the government lic’s imagination and attention, and the send submissions via email to: opin- to violate privacy, not just because it versy so frustrating. I realize many could abuse the information it has access government’s reaction now seems too lit- respects privacy (which it does), but Americans don’t trust their government. I to while giving scant mention to the tle, too late and too reactive. But the intelli- [email protected] or via snail because it simply doesn’t have the time to wish I could change that. I wish I could tell lengths to which the intelligence commu- gence community - always a less sympa- mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. read irrelevant emails or listen in on con- people the amazing things I witnessed dur- nity goes to protect privacy. We have spent thetic protagonist than a self-styled whis- The editor reserves the right to edit versations unconnected to possible plots ing my 30 years in the CIA, that I’ve never enormous amounts of time and effort fig- tle-blower - actually has a good story to tell against American civilians. Incidents like seen people work harder or more selflessly, uring out how to disaggregate the impor- about how seriously the government takes any submission as necessary. the Snowden affair put my former col- that for little money and long hours, people tant specks from the overwhelming bulk of privacy issues. We should tell it.—MCT SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 SPORTS

Coentrao wants to leave Real America’s Cup scandal Stosur, coach split

MADRID: Real Madrid’s new coach Carlo SAN FRANCISCO: The America’s Cup Measurement Committee has admit- SYDNEY: Former US Open champion Samantha Stosur has split with Ancelotti says defender Fabio Coentrao has ted it made a mistake and that one of the three prototype boats owned by coach David Taylor and says Australian Fed Cup captain Alicia Molik will asked for a transfer. Ancelotti says that he defending champion Oracle Team USA was not illegally modified during fill in on an interim basis. left Coentrao off his squad for Sunday’s warm-up regattas last year. Stosur won the US Open in 2011, beating Spanish league opener against Real Betis The remaining challengers, Emirates Team New Zealand and Italy’s Serena Williams, and was a French Open because the Portugal international “has Luna Rossa, had both accused Oracle Team USA of cheating but Oracle finalist in 2010. She says on the Tennis asked to leave.” Madrid paid ‚Ç¨30 million Team USA chief executive Russell Coutts told The Associated Press that Australia website Saturday that “after six (then $43 million) in 2011 to acquire Friday’s admission shows the alterations were not a team-wide decision years working together my coach David Coentrao from Benfica. but individual errors. Although the boats competed in America’s Cup Taylor and I have decided to part ways ... I Ancelotti says that he is happy with his owe so much of my success to Dave’s hard World Series - warm-up regattas - and not the America’s Cup itself, the jury squad but that Tottenham forward Gareth work and enduring support.” could punish Oracle with sanctions that could include a fine, forfeiture of Bale would be a welcome addition since The Australian won nine of 10 matches “great players always bring things to a team.” races in the best-of-17 America’s Cup match or disqualification. before being defeated by Simona Halep in the Ancelotti will make his official debut for In a statement released Friday, the measurement committee cited “mis- third round at Cincinnati on Thursday. Madrid against Betis. The Italian manager communication and-or a misunderstanding” on its part in dealing with a Taylor resigned as Australia’s Fed says he wants his team to break with boatbuilder who was preparing the 45-foot catamarans for the Red Bull Cup captain in December 2012 the counterattacking style of prede- Youth America’s Cup in early September. after seven years in the position cessor Jose Mourinho and look to It previously had been announced that three Oracle boats had been to concentrate solely on coach- control the ball.—AP modified without the permission of the measurement committee.—AP ing Stosur.—AP Dodgers blank Phillies

PHILADELPHIA: Zack Greinke pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning and Hanley Ramirez homered to lead the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-0 victory over new manager Ryne Sandberg and the slumping Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night. The defeat capped a tumultuous and emotional day for Philadelphia. Charlie Manuel, the win- ningest manager in club history, was fired earlier in the day by general manager Ruben Amaro Jr., who broke down when delivering the news. Sandberg, the Hall of Famer and former Cubs second base- man, was promoted from third base coach to interim manager. But the Phillies, who have lost 20 of 24, didn’t play any differently for Sandberg. The Dodgers didn’t play any differently, either. Ramirez’s two-run homer in the fourth was all the offense Greinke (11-3) needed to lead Los Angeles to its season-best ninth straight win and 18th victo- DETROIT: Luke Hochevar No. 44 of the Kansas City Royals pitches in the eighth inning ry in its last 19 road games. The Dodgers are 41-8 of game two of the double header against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. —AFP since June 22. Greinke won his third straight start while outpitching Cliff Lee (10-6) in a matchup of Kansas City thrash Tigers former AL Cy Young Award winners. DETROIT: James Shields allowed three hits in gle before Asdrubal Cabrera lined into a PIRATES 6, DIAMONDBACKS 2 game-ending double play as the A’s held on In Pittsburgh, Jose Tabata hit a two-run homer seven scoreless innings and was part of a PHILADELPHIA: Hanley Ramirez No. 13 of the Los Angeles Dodgers puts out Carlos Ruiz No. 51 to win for the first time in five tries this year and rookie Gerrit Cole pitched six solid innings to combined four-hit shutout in Kansas City’s 3- of the Philadelphia Phillies at second base in the third inning at Citizens Bank Park. —AFP 0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night against the Indians. send Pittsburgh past Arizona. to give the Royals a sweep of a day-night Cleveland All-Star Justin Masterson (13-9) Tabata’s drive was his fourth of the season and Sandoval had four hits and three RBIs, and Brandon ending homer. Chapman (3-5) had converted each doubleheader. lost consecutive decisions for just the second came off J.J. Putz in the eighth inning, putting the Belt had four hits and scored four runs for the of his last six save opportunities. Todd Frazier had Kansas City won the first game 2-1 as time this season. He allowed three runs on NL Central leaders ahead by four runs. Tabata con- Giants, who set season highs for runs and hits (19). three hits and matched a career high with four RBIs Danny Duffy took a no-hitter into the sixth seven hits in 7 2-3 innings after coming off his nected a day after he came off the bench and had Justin Ruggiano homered twice and drove in four for Cincinnati, which lost out on an opportunity to inning and pitched a combined two-hitter. shortest outing of the year, 4 1-3 innings in three hits in a 12-inning loss at St. Louis. runs for the Marlins. Christian Yelich and Placido leapfrog St. Louis for second place in the top-heavy Royals pitching held the Tigers to a run which he allowed five runs and seven hits Cole (6-5) was pitching on eight days of rest. He Polanco each had three hits. San Francisco’s offense NL Central. Lucroy finished with three hits and three and six hits for the two games. Eric Hosmer against the Angels. gave up two runs and five hits with five strikeouts. broke loose after averaging 2.73 runs per game RBIs. Khris Davis had a two-run double, and John homered in each game. Shields (8-8) won his The first overall pick in the 2011 amateur draft won since the All-Star break, the second-fewest in the Axford (6-6) pitched a scoreless inning. fourth game in his past five starts. He walked MARINERS 3, RANGERS 1 for the second time in seven decisions after win- majors. Chad Gaudin allowed eight runs and 11 hits four and struck out one. In Arlington, Kyle Seager snapped a ning the first four starts of his career. Pedro Alvarez in four innings for the Giants, while Marlins right- METS 5, PADRES 2 Luke Hochevar pitched a perfect eighth career-worst 0-for-21 slump with a go-ahead hit a two-run single off Brandon McCarthy (2-7), hander Nathan Eovaldi (2-3) gave up 11 runs - nine In San Diego, Marlon Byrd, Ike Davis and Daniel and Greg Holland worked the ninth, allowing two-run homer and Seattle beat Texas. who lost his fourth straight decision. earned - in three innings. Sandy Rosario (3-0) Murphy homered to back Jonathon Niese’s solid a hit, for his 34th save. He had saves in both Hisashi Iwakuma (11-6) struck out eight and pitched two scoreless innings for the win. outing for New York against San Diego. Byrd and games of the doubleheader. allowed one run in seven innings. CUBS 7, CARDINALS 0 Davis connected on consecutive pitches from Ian Jose Alvarez (1-3), called up from Triple-A Derek Holland pitched two-hit ball with six In Chicago, Jake Arrieta threw seven sharp BREWERS 7, REDS 6 Kennedy in the third. Murphy hit a two-run shot an Toledo to make the start, took the loss. He strikeouts over seven scoreless innings for innings and Nate Schierholtz drove in three runs as In Milwaukee, Jonathan Lucroy hit a two-run inning later to make it 5-1. Niese (5-6) allowed one gave up two runs and five hits in 5 2/3 Texas before Neal Cotts (4-2), whose 0.93 ERA Chicago shut down St. Louis. Arrieta (1-0) allowed homer off Aroldis Chapman in the bottom of the run and six hits over six innings in his second start innings, walking three and striking out five. was the lowest among American League two hits and struck out seven for his first win in two ninth inning to give Milwaukee a victory over since returning from the disabled list. He struck out Alvarez’s only big mistakes came in the relievers, walked Franklin. Seager then lined a starts with the Cubs. The right-hander was acquired Cincinnati. Jean Segura sparked the winning rally a season-high nine and walked one. third with two outs. He walked Jamey Carroll shot into the Rangers bullpen in right-center from Baltimore in a July 2 trade. The Cubs snapped when he beat out a leadoff chopper to shortstop LaTroy Hawkins earned his fourth save. Davis has and Hosmer followed with his second home field, his 18th homer of the season but first in a four-game skid and are 7-7 this season against the for his third hit. Lucroy then drove a 1-2 pitch to left four homers off Kennedy (4-9) in nine at-bats. San run of the day, that gave the Royals a 2-0 lead. 13 games. Justin Smoak homered in the ninth Cardinals, who fell three games behind first-place for his 17th home run, snapping Cincinnati’s five- Diego has dropped eight of 10 and fell into last Hosmer blasted Alvarez’s 1-1 pitch deep into for Seattle, which won for only the seventh Pittsburgh in the NL Central. St. Louis has dropped game winning streak with his first career game- place in the NL West.—AP the right-field stands for his 14th homer. time in 19 games. six of nine overall. Chicago had been shut out in Duffy (1-0) beat Justin Verlander in the four of its past five home games. Cardinals starter opener. WHITE SOX 5, TWINS 2 Jake Westbrook (7-8) walked his first three batters. MLB results/standings Duffy was called up from Triple-A Omaha In Minneapolis, Adam Dunn hit his 28th to make his second big league start of the home run and Jose Quintana threw six sharp BRAVES 3, NATIONALS 2 In Atlanta, Justin Upton homered in the 10th Kansas City 2, Detroit 1; Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 0; Colorado 6, Baltimore 3; LA Dodgers 4, Philadelphia 0; season, and didn’t allow a hit until Cabrera’s innings to lead Chicago over Minnesota. Pittsburgh 6, Arizona 2; Kansas City 3, Detroit 0; NY Yankees 10, Boston 3; San Francisco 14, Miami 10; Tampa hard-hit, two out single in the sixth. Quintana (7-4) allowed six hits in 6 2-3 inning to lift Atlanta over Washington again. Upton’s 23rd of the season to left-center came on a Bay 5, Toronto 4; Atlanta 3, Washington 2 (10 innings); Seattle 3, Texas 1; Milwaukee 7, Cincinnati 6; Chicago innings, giving up two runs and striking out White Sox 5, Minnesota 2; Houston 8, LA Angels 2; Oakland 3, Cleveland 2; NY Mets 5, San Diego 2. RAYS 5, BLUE JAYS 4 seven. Jeff Keppinger also homered to help 2-2 pitch from Ian Krol (1-1). In St. Petersburg, Jose Lobaton hit a game- Chicago snap its season-worst, 10-game road Scott Downs (2-0) pitched a scoreless inning for American League National League ending triple with one out in the ninth inning, losing streak. the Braves, who stretched their NL East lead over Eastern Division Eastern Division the second-place Nationals to 151/2 games. W L PCT GB Atlanta 75 47 .615 - lifting Tampa Bay to its third straight victory. Joe Mauer homered in the first for Washington’s Bryce Harper was hit by pitches in Boston 72 52 .581 - Washington 59 62 .488 15.5 Lobaton’s triple came off Aaron Loup (4-6) Minnesota, but Keppinger and Dunn both hit the fourth and eighth. Plate umpire Marty Foster Tampa Bay 69 51 .575 1 NY Mets 56 64 .467 18 Yunel Escobar walked. Lobaton had three hits. solo shots off Twins starter Kevin Correia (8-9) warned both benches after Luis Avilan plunked Baltimore 65 56 .537 5.5 Philadelphia 53 68 .438 21.5 Fernando Rodney (5-3) gave up two hits to in the third to make it 4-1. Quintana breezed NY Yankees 63 58 .521 7.5 Harper on his shoulder in the eighth. Miami 46 74 .383 28 start the ninth, but worked out of the jam. through Minnesota’s lineup the rest of the Toronto 56 66 .459 15 Nationals players rose to the top of the dugout Central Division The Blue Jays had tied it in the eighth way after losing his previous start against the Central Division Pittsburgh 72 49 .595 - but didn’t come onto the field. Less than two weeks Detroit 71 51 .582 - when, with runners on second and third and Twins on Sunday in Chicago. St. Louis 69 52 .570 3 ago, both benches emptied when Harper was hit by Cleveland 65 57 .533 6 one out, Anthony Gose hit a grounder to Cincinnati 69 53 .566 3.5 a pitch from Atlanta right-hander Julio Teheran. The Kansas City 64 57 .529 6.5 shortstop. Escobar threw offline to home ASTROS 8, ANGELS 2 Chicago Cubs 53 68 .438 19 Braves, who swept a three-game series at Minnesota 54 66 .450 16 plate and Brett Lawrie scored. In his fifth start In Anaheim, Chris Carter hit a three-run Milwaukee 53 69 .434 19.5 Washington from Aug. 5-7, lead the season series Chicago White Sox 47 74 .388 23.5 this season against Tampa Bay, R.A. Dickey homer and drove in a career-high five runs, Western Division 11-3, including six straight wins. Western Division gave up six hits and four runs over seven and Brad Peacock didn’t allow an earned run Texas 70 52 .574 - LA Dodgers 71 50 .587 - innings. while pitching into the seventh inning of Oakland 69 52 .570 0.5 Arizona 62 58 .517 8.5 GIANTS 14, MARLINS 10 Seattle 56 65 .463 13.5 Colorado 58 65 .472 14 Houston’s victory over Los Angeles. In Miami, Hunter Pence hit two doubles, a triple YANKEES 10, RED SOX 3 Robbie Grossman drove in a run and LA Angels 54 67 .446 15.5 San Francisco 54 67 .446 17 and drove in five runs to power San Francisco past Houston 40 81 .331 29.5 San Diego 54 68 .443 17.5 In Boston, Alfonso Soriano drove in four scored during a three-run fifth for the major Miami. Hector Sanchez hit a three-run homer, Pablo more runs and Andy Pettitte avoided his first- league-worst Astros (40-81), who have won inning troubles to lead New York over AL three of four for the first time since June 18. East-leading Boston. Peacock (2-4) earned his first victory since The Yankees won for the fifth time in six April 10 after two hard-luck losses following Qatari Rally legend Al-Attiyah set to join games and sent the Red Sox to their third his return to the rotation. The rookie yielded consecutive loss. With Tampa Bay’s victory four hits and two unearned runs, striking out Sheikh Hassan’s Qatar team at Key West over Toronto, Boston’s lead in the division was five. DOHA: His Excellency Sheikh Hassan London 2012, he won the bronze trimmed to one game. Hank Conger drove in a run during his first bin Jaber Al-Thani yesterday medal for Qatar after a shoot-off Soriano was 3 for 4 with a hit-by-pitch and multihit game since June 30 for the founder- announced that the Arab world’s num- against Valeriy Shomin and he has also a three-run homer in the third that made it 6- ing Angels. They’ve lost 15 of 21, including ber one rally driver Nasser Saleh Al- featured strongly in several Asian 0. He has 13 hits and 18 RBIs in his last four five straight at home. Attiyah will join the Qatar Team in Games. games. November’s Key West World “I spoke with Sheikh Hassan during Alex Rodriguez had a pair of singles while INTERLEAGUE Championships in Florida. the Sealine Rally in Qatar in April getting booed loudly in his first appearance ROCKIES 6, ORIOLES 3 At a press conference held in Doha where my team used his workshop for in Boston since he was suspended 211 games In Baltimore, Colorado hit four home runs, today, Sheikh Hassan, the president of the race,” said Al-Attiyah. “I saw all the in baseball’s latest steroid scandal. Rodriguez, including a tiebreaking, two-run shot by Wilin the Qatar Marine Sports Federation boats and we discussed things and he who is allowed to play pending his appeal, Rosario in the seventh inning, and the (QMSF), confirmed that Al-Attiyah will suggested that I should take part in a was also mocked by fans with chants of “You Rockies beat the Orioles to extend Baltimore’s team up with his former Italian throt- race. It sounded like a great idea and do steroids” and signs that said, “A-Roid” and losing streak to four games. tleman Matteo Nicolini and enter the we both agreed it would be good for “AFraud.” Charlie Culberson, Charlie Blackmon and Key West races in a Mercury-engined the media to see a rally driver taking set-up boat. There are three races dur- part in a boat race and it went on from Todd Helton also homered for the Rockies, ing the Key West festival, which takes there. “I am really looking forward to it. ATHLETICS 3, INDIANS 2 who have won six of seven. It was Culberson’s place on November 3-10. I will take part in the Key West race In Oakland, Yoenis Cespedes hit a two-run first major league home run in 55 at-bats. “I am delighted to welcome Nasser and then the plan is to join the team homer in the first, Eric Sogard put Oakland Juan Nicasio (7-6) allowed two runs, four aboard our team as our ‘wingman’,” again at the new Qatar Cup next year.” ahead on a seventh-inning double and the hits and four walks over six innings to earn his enthused Sheikh Hassan, who clinched The QMSF-backed Qatar Team is Athletics beat Cleveland. first win in five starts since July 20. The right- the Key West World Championship Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani hoping to field three boats at the Key Former A’s fan favorite Nick Swisher tied hander yielded 15 runs over 14 innings in his title with Steve Curtis in 2012 and is enced team-mate to help him learn Production World Rally Championship West World Championships in the game at 2 in the seventh with an RBI sin- previous three outings and was 0-3 with a hoping for a repeat in Al Adaa’am 96 the ropes.” On a global scale, Al- in 2006 and the FIA World Cup for November. Sheikh Hassan and Steve gle, and winner Sean Doolittle (4-4) walked 7.79 ERA in four interleague starts this season. this year. Attiyah is the most successful Arab ral- Cross-Country Rallies in 2008. His Curtis will be hoping for success in the bases loaded before getting out of it with Wei-Yin Chen (6-6) retired 12 of his first 13 “He has been a great ambassador ly driver of all time. An outright winner career-best finish in the FIA World their new turbine-engined Al Adaa’am only the one run. Swisher, booed at every batters but couldn’t get out of the seventh for motor sport and Qatar in recent of the punishing Dakar Rally in 2011, Rally Championship was fourth in the 96. Al-Attiyah and Nicolini will drive chance, grounded out with runners on first inning. He gave up four runs and five hits in 6 years for his remarkable achievements Al-Attiyah has also won 48 FIA Middle Rally of Portugal. Away from rally driv- the second boat and Ali Al-Neama and and second to end the eighth. 1-3 innings in losing his third straight start. in rally cars and we are both looking East Rally Championship events, eight ing, Al-Attiyah is a keen follower of a yet-to-be-decided partner will be Grant Balfour pitched the ninth for his 31st Nate McLouth and Matt Wieters homered forward to Key West and the chal- regional titles in the past 10 years and many forms of sport and is also a pro- present in Spirit of Qatar 20 entered in save in 32 chances, allowing a one-out walk for the Orioles, who were coming off three lenges that lie ahead for both of us. numerous cross-country rallies around lific shooter. He represented Qatar at the competitive Superboat category. to Carlos Santana and Michael Brantley’s sin- straight one-run defeats in Arizona.—AP Nasser is excited about the new chal- the globe. the 2004 Olympic Games in clay Mohammed Al-Nasser has XCat racing lenge and, in Matteo, he has an experi- The Qatari also won the FIA pigeon shooting and came fourth. At commitments in China. SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 SPORTS Europe lead US 5-3 Solheim Cup

PARKER: Inspired by Norway’s world number three Suzann Pettersen who won her first two matches, holders Europe seized control of the 13th Solheim Cup to lead the United States 5-3 after the opening day in Parker, Colorado. Pettersen putted superbly in the morning’s foursomes at Colorado Golf Club as Europe opened up a surprise 3-1 advantage, then virtually single-handedly paved the way to a second victory in the afternoon fourballs, which were split 2-2 overall. In tandem with Cup rookie Beatriz Recari of Spain, Pettersen won a tight foursomes match 2&1 against Americans Brittany Lang and Angela Stanford before linking up with another Spaniard, Carlota Ciganda, to beat Stacy Lewis and Lexi Thompson one up. “This competition never gets old,” smiled the 32-year-old Pettersen, who is competing in her seventh Solheim Cup along with six SYDNEY: New Zealand’s Aaron Cruden (right) and Owen Franks (bottom) tackle rookies on the European team. “It Australia’s Michael Hooper during the opening Rugby Championship/Bledisloe Cup just brings out the best of you. Test between the Australian Wallabies and the New Zealand All Blacks. —AFP “I am really enjoying playing with these youngsters. I am so PARKER: Morgan Pressel of the USA plays her second shot at the fifth hole during the morning foursomes proud of them. And Carlota, she matches for the 2013 Solheim Cup. —AFP All Blacks crush Wallabies was a super star. She hung in there tough. This was a fantastic point.” good job today when one person with a 4&2 win over Lewis and Karine Icher upset the heavyweight SYDNEY: Winger Ben Smith scored a hat- The hard reality of test rugby hit home Pettersen and Ciganda earned wasn’t doing too well to pick up the Lizette Salas. U.S. duo of Kerr and Paula Creamer trick as a ruthless New Zealand opened after just three minutes, however, when Europe’s fifth and final point of the slack. That’s clutch.” “We have been playing pretty 2&1. their Rugby Championship title defence Ben Smith crashed over in the corner for day as they recovered from two Caroline Hedwall and Caroline solid the last couple of weeks and I Former major winners Kerr and with a six-try 47-29 victory over Australia the first All Blacks try. down at the turn to beat Women’s Masson never trailed before win- think we were both very excited,” Creamer, playing in the anchor yesterday to ruin Ewen McKenzie’s first Pouncing on a Stephen Moore knock British Open champion Lewis and ning a close contest against said the statuesque Nordqvist, 26. match, had not previously lost in match as Wallabies coach. on, the New Zealanders charged to the Thompson in the first fourball Americans Angela Stanford and “It feels like both our forms are real- three encounters together but The world champions scored three tries home try line and Aaron Smith fed quick match out. Gerina Piller 2&1 and the US lev- ly good. It was just so much fun out were undone as their opponents either side of halftime at the Olympic ball to Cruden who took a tackle before The Americans had claimed the elled the fourballs when Cristie Kerr there today.” took control with three successive Stadium with flyhalf Aaron Cruden, captain finding his winger, whose marker James first point of the afternoon when and Michelle Wie beat Catriona Pettersen and Recari followed birdies from the eighth. Richie McCaw and centre Conrad Smith O’Connor had moved inside, to touch Brittany Lincicome and Brittany Matthew and Charley Hull 2&1. suit with their victory over Lang “We just didn’t seem to get any supplementing Ben Smith’s triple score. down. Australia inched back into the match Lang came back from one down “I played really, really well and and Stanford before Morgan Pressel momentum right off the bat,” said Scrumhalf Will Genia and James on the back of three Leali’ifano penalties after five holes to beat Anna made a lot of putts,” said Kerr. “I just and Jessica Korda put the first red Kerr, who is also playing in her sev- O’Connor scored what were ultimately con- against one from Cruden and the Wallabies Nordqvist and Giulia Sergas 4&3. tried to keep us in there, make a big number on the board for the U.S., enth Solheim Cup. “We missed a solation tries for the home side with centre gave the home side a 12-10 lead “We always play well together,” putt when I needed to and I did beating Matthew and Jodi Ewart- couple of greens and they threw Christian Leali’ifano remaining flawless in with his fourth after 28 minutes. said Lang, who sank a four-foot that a few times.” Shadoff 3&2. some long bombs at us on eight, international rugby with seven kicks from The advantage lasted less than a putt at the par-five 15th to seal vic- However, the tone for the day Europe, who are bidding to win nine and 10. We really didn’t get seven attempts for 19 points with his boot. minute, though, before Leali’ifano undid tory. “We have similar personalities, was set in the first match out when the trophy on American soil for the the momentum until the last few As well as giving the All Blacks a bonus some of his good work by having his defen- we have fun out there and we feed Swedes Nordqvist and Caroline first time, ended a memorable holes and then it’s too late,” she said point in the Rugby Championship, the vic- sive kick charged down by Cruden, who off each other. “We did a really Hedwall earned Europe’s first point morning when Azahara Munoz and greenside.—Reuters tory means Australia must win both the recovered the ball to score and then con- return in Wellington next week and a third verted his own try. test in Dunedin in October to win back the Three minutes later, Jesse Mogg failed Bledisloe Cup for the first time since 2003. to find touch with a clearance kick and the Reed shoots to Wyndham lead That looks highly unlikely given the gulf All Blacks stormed forward again with in class between the sides on this showing McCaw capping his return to test rugby in GREENSBORO: PGA Tour rookie Patrick Reed with the All Blacks ruthlessly exploiting the best way possible with a try, his 20th in has not yet established himself on the US circuit almost every opportunity they received. internationals, in the corner. As so often, but that could change soon if he continues his McKenzie will be disappointed that his however, Genia provided the Wallabies current form. team failed to build any real momentum in with some hope after flanker Michael Hot on the heels of two high finishes in his attack and looked disjointed in defence as Hooper had snared a loose ball at the line- last two starts, Reed maintained his sizzling run the excellent Cruden continually changed out, the diminutive scrumhalf racing nearly to earn a one-stroke lead after the second round the point of attack. 60 metres and evading three tackles to of the $5.3 million Wyndham Championship on There was plenty of optimism among touch down under the posts. Leali’ifano Friday. the Wallabies fans in the 68,765 crowd at added the extras to reduce the gap to three “We’ve been working extremely hard trying kickoff with a new coach and a host of fresh points but Cruden added his second penal- to fine-tune everything,” the 23-year-old told faces, including five uncapped players, in ty just before the break to send the All reporters after shooting a bogey-free, six-under- the matchday squad. Blacks into halftime 25-19 ahead.—Reuters par 64 on a calm, mild morning at Sedgefield Country Club. “And lately with how I’ve been hitting the ball and how I’ve been putting, it just seems to all be clicking.” Reed posted an 11- under 129 total to finish a stroke in front of another young gun, fellow American John Huh, who fired the day’s best score with an eight- birdie 62. Compatriot Jordan Spieth (66) was another shot back at nine under, suggesting that the future of American golf is in good hands with all three front-runners aged 23 or less. Defending champion Sergio Garcia, among a large group in joint third place overnight, shot a level-par 70 to slip six strokes off the pace. Reed made his first cut on the PGA Tour here two years ago, but he has his sights set far higher this week after finishing seventh and ninth in GREENSBORO: Patrick Reed hits a tee shot on the 12th hole during the second round of the his last two starts. Wyndham Championship. —AFP “I just need to put four rounds together and hopefully that’s this week,” said Reed, whose and I’m really pleased,” said Huh, who was born off the pace. BROOKLYN: Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford, poses with the wife, Justine, serves as his caddie. in New York of Korean parents and spent several “I would have loved to shoot at least a couple Coors Light Pole Award after qualifying for pole position for the NASCAR Sprint Cup “She knows just as much about the golf years of his childhood living in South Korea. under (par) today. I feel I played well enough to Series 44th Annual Pure Michigan 400. —AFP swing, why I hit it left or right or anything like He says he has been playing well since do it but I didn’t,” the Spaniard said. “I wasn’t able that, so if I ever get out of whack she can fix me changing his driver shortly before the Masters, to hole it as well as yesterday from four, five, six Logano sets track record immediately.” but had not put every component of his game feet.” The cut fell at one-under 139 and among Huh, the 2012 PGA Tour rookie of the year, together in the same round until Friday. those to miss out were former major winners was by no means shocked after shooting a 62, Garcia, meanwhile, lamented a cold putter, Ben Curtis, Stewart Cink, Lucas Glover, Davis in qualifying at Michigan though he felt a 64 was more likely when he not for the first time in his career, after missing Love III, Mike Weir, Vijay Singh and Padraig BROOKLYN: On another record-setting day at Logano finished ninth at Michigan in June. teed off. “I was able to put everything together five putts from inside seven feet to fall six strokes Harrington.—Reuters Michigan International Speedway, Joey Busch is in 11th place in the standings, so Logano raced to one of the fastest qualifying his solid starting position comes at a good speeds in NASCAR history. time for him. Busch started second in this Logano won the pole at 203.949 mph year’s earlier race at MIS, but he finished 35th. Ponting pleads for patience Friday in his No. 22 Ford, breaking the track “It’s really neat to overlay exactly what we record set by Marcos Ambrose last year. did here in June, when we were outside pole, LONDON: Australia great Ricky there for Australian cricket but “It’s taken them that amount experienced teams and the Ambrose’s mark of 203.241 came on the first and try to improve on that,” Busch said. “The Ponting has urged his compatri- with Darren Lehmann’s appoint- of time in the game to hit their teams that are on the way up- Sprint Cup weekend on a newly paved sur- pace today was just quick. It was just an ots to be patient with the cur- ment as coach and some of the straps as international players the know-how to get across the face at MIS. His record lasted 14 months. extreme pace that the qualifying simulations rent side as they try to turn younger guys they’ve got and that’s what we have to do line and win those games. And Logano’s speed was the ninth-highest by a were showing us. I shot for a 35.35 (seconds) around their poor run of results. around there, I think there’s with our guys. that’s what England have done.” NASCAR pole winner - and the fastest since in my mind for a lap time and ran a 35.347. I Now retired from Test cricket, enough talent,” Ponting said in a “We’ve got to identify the best Meanwhile Ponting insisted Bill Elliott set the record of 212.809 at thought it would be good enough for the former Australia captain Ponting CPL statement issued yesterday. players we’ve got, give them an that, despite pleas from some Talladega on April 30, 1987. pole, but Logano just hit it perfectly.” was watching as the side “They’re just going to have to opportunity and stick with them, fans, he had no intention of “I don’t know how fast it is, but it feels Despite the high speeds, Busch said his slumped to an Ashes series learn and unfortunately at the even if we are losing games. reversing his decision to retire freaking fast,” Logano said. Kurt Busch quali- ride was pretty smooth. “When your car is defeat by England, falling 3-0 moment they’re learning the “If they’re the best players from all senior cricket later this fied second, and points leader Jimmie good, it’s very stable,” Busch said. “When you behind to their arch-rivals head- hard way,” the 38-year-old we’ve got, they’ve got to learn year following a career in which Johnson was third. run 203 mph, and you’re kicking yourself a lit- ing into next week’s fifth and Ponting, one of the outstanding and grow some confidence in he has won three World Cups Logano is 16th in the Cup standings, and tle bit like I am for just going in a little too final Test at The Oval. batsmen of his generation along that environment, not be in and and scored 71 hundreds for this is his first pole of the year. He could use a light, that’s just because the car was stable. So Ponting, who earlier this sea- with India’s Sachin Tendulkar and out of the team all the time. Australia in Test and one-day good showing this weekend as he tries to 203 mph is not a problem. son played for Oval-based West Indies’ Brian Lara, said. That’s the big challenge for us.” internationals. make a final push to reach the Chase for the “That’s what Dave Ferroni, my PR guy, Surrey, is now representing the “You can find some excuses Ponting, whose retirement “No, I’ve definitely no Sprint Cup. asked. He said, ‘Is that the fastest you’ve ever Logano is 27 points behind 10th-place gone around a track in a stock car, average Antigua Hawksbills in the for a few of the guys. A few of allied to that of fellow batsman thoughts of that,” he said. “It has Martin Truex Jr., and he hasn’t won a race this speed-wise?’ And I said, ‘Unbelievable. At 203 Limacol Caribbean Premier the guys are young players try- Michael Hussey left Australia’s been a pretty hard period for me, season. But a victory at Michigan could mph it didn’t feel like it.’” League (CPL) Twenty20 tourna- ing to find their way in the most top-order short of experience, I have been away for six months change everything, vaulting him closer to Mark Martin qualified fourth, and Dale ment and the star batsman has pressurised series that there is in said the current Ashes scoreline straight. “I went to the IPL, I went Chase position on points and boosting his Earnhardt Jr. was seventh. Defending Cup only been able to watch as a suc- world cricket: (Phil) Hughes, was unfair to the tourists. straight from there to Surrey and chances at a wild card. There are four races champion Brad Keselowski was ninth. cession of top-order collapses (Usman) Khawaja, even Steve “I think the boys have proba- then straight from there to here left before the Chase. Johnson has never won in 23 Cup races at have cost his country dear in the Smith-although he’s played rea- bly played a little better than the for the Limacol CPL. For some- “We’re 27 points out. That doesn’t sound Michigan. Ashes. sonably well at different times. scoreline reads,” he said. “They’ve one of my age, that is a little bit like a lot, but the amount of cars that are in “Of course we wanted to be a little bit bet- But Ponting said Australia “But the thing that I keep been in three Test matches with too long with a couple of little between us is a lot,” Logano said. “We’re one ter, but we had a very smooth and clean prac- needed to follow the example of referring to with that is if you the chance to win all three, prob- girls at home - I am missing bad race from saying, ‘We’re out.’ So we’ve got tice session made some good changes to the England and, with a return Ashes take England back six or seven ably would have won at Old them a lot. to make the most out of these four.” It’s the car and found speed as the session went on,” starting Down Under in years when they had (Ian) Bell Trafford. “I have been travelling for 20 sixth career pole for the 23-year-old Logano. Johnson said. “Came close to getting another November, give their batsmen just starting out, (Alastair) Cook “But the scoreline reads 3-0 or 21 years so it is time for me to He’s coming off three consecutive top-10 fin- pole during qualifying, so all in all just really time to develop. just starting out-those guys and that’s the difference some- settle back into a normal life ishes, although he hasn’t won in over a year. good.”—AP “There’s some challenges weren’t overnight successes. times between the really good, after this tournament.”—AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 , 2013 SPORTS

MOSCOW: (Left to right) Jamaica’s Warren Weir, South Africa’s Anaso Jobodwana, Jamaicaís Nickel Ashmeade, Britainís Adam Gemili, Jamaicaís Usain Bolt and US athlete Curtis Mitchell compete in the menís 200 metres final at the 2013 IAAF World Championships. —AFP Bolt wins seventh world gold Retains 200 metres crown

MEDALS TABLE MOSCOW: Jamaican sprint legend Usain medal and the $100,000 winner’s prize- Bolt moved to within one title of money. “I guess you can call that perfect MOSCOW: World athletics championships medals table equalling the all-time record of world timing!” she beamed. yesterday (gold, silver, bronze, total): championship gold medals as he easily If there was consolation for retained his 200 metres crown at the Chicherova it was that team-mate Russia 7 3 5 15 World Athletics Championships yester- Svetlana Shkolina, whose proud parents United States 6 11 3 20 day. were watching in the stands, was as Jamaica 4 2 1 7 The 26-year-old, six-time Olympic inspired as she was lacklustre and took Kenya 3 4 3 10 gold medallist, took his world gold tally the high jump title, one of two golds for Ethiopia 3 3 4 10 to seven and within one of the all-time the host nation. Germany 3 2 1 6 haul shared by fellow legends Carl Lewis “Dreams do indeed come true. I Great Britain 3 0 2 5 and Michael Johnson. deserve this title, I have worked hard for Czech Republic 2 0 1 3 “I had to push myself to be the best,” it and given a lot up for it. I am more Ukraine 2 0 1 3 said a subdued Bolt, who can capture an than happy, I am insanely happy,” she Poland 1 2 0 3 eighth gold on Sunday’s final day in the said. 4x100m relay. The Russian women’s 4x400m relay Colombia 1 0 0 1 “I’m really happy to get it done as the team showed no fear against a powerful Croatia 1 0 0 1 200m is my favorite event. “I knew it American team and roared on by the Ireland 1 0 0 1 wouldn’t be the fastest of races as when partisan crowd held on for a memorable New Zealand 1 0 0 1 I came into the straight I felt slightly gold and denied the United States a Uganda 1 0 0 1 tired and I started to look around me.” It fourth successive win in the event. MOSCOW: Russia’s Svetlana Shkolina jumps on her way to winning the women’s high Sweden 1 0 0 1 was a mixed night for athletes who a As if there was not enough pressure jump final at the 2013 IAAF World Championships at the Luzhniki stadium. —AFP Trinidad 1 0 0 1 year ago, like Bolt, were celebrating on him, men’s javelin thrower Dmitri France 0 2 1 3 Olymmpic gold. Uganda’s Stephen Tarabin had received a personal phone Ivory Coast 0 2 0 2 Kiprotich’s day job of prison warden may call from President Vladimir Putin just Canada 0 1 3 4 be worlds apart from the riches that Bolt before his final. China 0 1 3 4 has accrued, but he put on as impressive “I received a call 3 1/2 hours before a display, seeing off both the powerful the final from President Putin,” said a Australia 0 1 1 2 Ethiopian and Kenyan teams, to add the slightly shocked Tarabin. Nigeria 0 1 1 2 marathon world title to his Olympic “He said he believed in us (Tarabin Netherlands 0 1 1 2 gold. Meseret Defar of Ethiopia also and his wife Mariya Abakumova, the Botswana 0 1 0 1 added women’s 5000m world gold- defending women’s javelin champion) Finland 0 1 0 1 regaining the title she won in 2007 — to and expected medals. Hungary 0 1 0 1 the Olympic title she won so impressive- “Before the last attempt I was think- Italy 0 1 0 1 ly in London. ing that he might be watching and wait- Qatar 0 1 0 1 However, fellow Olympic champions, ing for the medal.” Tarabin did not disap- Cuba 0 0 2 2 Australia’s Sally Pearson and Anna point him, producing his best throw of Spain 0 0 2 2 Chicherova of Russia, came up short in the final to take bronze (86.23mm). Serbia 0 0 2 2 the defence of their 100 metres hurdles The 21-year-old was some way off the and high jump titles respectively, ending winner, the Czech Republic’s Vitezlav Djibouti 0 0 1 1 with silver and bronze. Vesely (87.17m) who overcame knee and Estonia 0 0 1 1 Pearson lost out to the impressive stomach problems to “deliver what felt Japan 0 0 1 1 American Brianna Rollins, who gave her- like a fourth gold” to his coach and still Mexico 0 0 1 1 self the perfect birthday present a day the world record-holder, three-time MOSCOW: Czech Republic’s Vitezslav Vesely competes to win the gold in the men’s Dominican Republic 0 0 1 1 early-she turns 22 on Sunday-the gold champion Jan Zelezny.—AFP javelin final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium. —AP Djokovic and Murray stumble, Nadal rolls Serena storms into last four

CINCINNATI: World number one Novak CINCINNATI: World number one game. semi-finals. So, you know, considering, Djokovic and number two Andy Murray Serena Williams was at her lethal best Certainly Halep, who beat Marion it’s a good result. I obviously want to crashed out of the Western and as she crushed Romanian Simona Bartoli in what was the final match of do better, and I’ll just see how it goes.” Southern Open within an hour of each Halep 6-0 6-4 to romp into the semi- the Frenchwoman’s career before her Earlier, 14th-seeded Serb Jelena other on Friday, before Rafa Nadal finals of the Western and Southern shock retirement announcement on Jankovic, the 2009 Cincinnati champi- restored order with a win over old rival Open on Friday. Wednesday, never threatened to send on and runner-up in 2011, needed just Roger Federer. The 31-year-old American was later Williams to a fourth defeat. Though 63 minutes to book her place in the With the sprawling Lindner Family joined in the final four by Belarusian the American’s performance in last four as she pounded 12th seed Tennis Center still buzzing over John world number two Victoria Azarenka, Cincinnati has impressed nearly every- Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-0 6-4. Isner’s 7-6 (5) 3-6 7-5 quarter-final upset who booked her spot with a testing 6- one else, under her own critical eye it “I started aggressive and I felt the of Djokovic, another bombshell dropped on the nearby grandstand 3 7-6 (5) win over 10th seeded Dane has been something of a disappoint- ball great,” said Jankovic, who will take court as Tomas Berdych swept past US Caroline Wozniacki. Williams’s devas- ment. “I definitely haven’t felt good all on Azarenka for a place in the final. Open champion Murray 6-3 6-4, creat- tating form suggests that there is little week, so surprised I’m still in the “I’m really pleased with my performing shockwaves that will carry through standing in the way of the muscular event, to be honest,” Williams told ance today, so that’s important. “I love to Flushing Meadows. American from adding the prestigious reporters. “It’s not really about how playing here in Cincinnati because I The upsets of two of the grand slam’s Cincinnati hardcourt event to her long you play at the end ... it’s about being have great results in the past, I was a biggest favourites have thrown the resume. able to win, whether you play good or finalist and a champion before so you tournament wide open and added new CINCINNATI: Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after his win against Roger In a career that has generated 54 bad. always love coming back to places contenders to the usual suspects. Federer of Switzerland in their Men’s Singles quarterfinals match during singles titles, including 16 grand “I was able to so far and be in the where you can win.”—Reuters But world number three Nadal the Western & Southern Open. —AFP slams, Williams has won just about underlined his claims by taming Swiss “Could have won tonight, should utes. The towering American will face everything there is to win in her sport arch-rival and five-times Cincinnati have won tonight. “But at the end, I Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro in the but Cincinnati, one of the WTA tour’s champion Federer 5-7 6-4 6-3. think Rafa’s confidence and the way he’s last four. most prestigious tournaments, is not Federer and Nadal, meeting for the playing at the moment got him Djokovic, a four-time runner-up on among them. 31st time in their storied careers, treated through.” Playing his first event on the the Cincinnati hard courts, had been the packed centre court to high-quality With Friday’s rout, Williams sets up North American hard courts since eager to take the final step this year and a semi-final date with defending tennis that had some convinced that Indian Wells in March, Federer took the become the first player to complete the Swiss maestro, winner of a record 17 champion Li Na of China, who first set when he broke Nadal with a what the ATP Tour has dubbed the received a walkover into the last four grand slams and the muscular Spaniard, classic forehand and held serve. But as ‘Career Golden Masters’ by winning all when Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska 12-time grand slam champion, were still the match wore on Nadal’s hard court nine World Tour Masters titles. the two top players in the world. While form began to shine. But US number one Isner, ranked 22 withdrew from the tournament to the rankings say otherwise, there has The Spaniard took the only break of in the world, has been in good form on attend her grandfather’s funeral. been little better tennis seen on centre the second to level the match then kept hard court surfaces with a win in Atlanta Williams was in ruthless form to open court this week, and the pair proved the pressure on by breaking at the first and a runner-up finish in Washington. the match, steamrolling past her they are still capable of bringing out the opportunity in the third on the way to “I was putting the ball on the court opponent to take the first set in just 16 best in each other. Nadal arrived in extending his hardcourt winning streak and I was feeling good off the baseline, I minutes. Cincinnati after sealing the Montreal to 13 matches. “Always the emotions are felt like, when I had a chance. I played Halep offered token resistance in title and seemingly at the top of his there when we play each other,” said aggressively,” said Isner. “I think I was the second but there was never any hardcourt game, but it was Federer, Nadal, who will face Berdych in yester- able to put a little bit of pressure on doubt Williams would prevail as she struggling with a sore back and search- day’s semi-finals. “But the emotions in him.” Murray said he struggled to come ing for form, that produced the more went on to wrap up her 59th match the final are always more special than to grips with the fast surface but the win of the season in just over an hour. inspired display in the opening set. “I’m when you’re playing quarter-finals.” sixth-seeded Berdych was always going happy with my progress along the way,” With eight titles and 10 finals appear- In a heavyweight matchup featuring to represent a tricky test for the ances from 11 events this season while said Federer, who will drop to world two of the game’s big-hitters, it was Wimbledon champion with the Czech losing only three matches, it would be CINCINNATI: Serena Williams returns a shot to Simona Halep of Romania number seven next week, his lowest Isner who topped Djokovic after a holding a 5-4 advantage in head-to- during the Western & Southern Open. —AFP ranking in nearly 11 years. slugfest lasting two hours and 23 min- head meetings.—Reuters hard to defect any flaw in Williams’s SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 SPORTS

Celtic blank 10-man Aberdeen Photo of the day GLASGOW: Celtic maintained their win- French former Wolves defender Steven ning start to the new Scottish Premiership Mouyokolo was handed his Celtic debut. season with a 2-0 victory against 10-man There was plenty in the way of endeav- Aberdeen yesterday. our but little in terms of chances until the A Kris Commons penalty, after Aberdeen half-hour mark, when the visitors’ Joe goalkeeper Jamie Langfield had been sent Ledley collected a Scott Brown pass in the off for bringing down Georgios Samaras, box but the Welshman’s curling effort was put Celtic in front just before the break, and pushed away by Langfield. substitute James Forrest then wrapped up The game’s turning point came just the points at the death. before the break when Celtic were awarded The win sets Celtic up perfectly for their a penalty. Samaras chased down Charlie long trip to Kazakhstan to face Shakhter Mulgrew’s long ball over the top of the Karagandy in the Champions League play- Aberdeen defence and, after holding off off first leg on Tuesday. the challenge of Russell Anderson, he Neil Lennon’s side were not in league rounded Langfield in the box only for the action last weekend, instead facing ‘keeper to haul him down. Langfield was Liverpool in a glamour friendly, but they shown a straight red and Calvin Zola made climb to third place in the table with six way for substitute ‘keeper Nicky Weaver to points. make his debut, but his first job was to pick Aberdeen, meanwhile, were left still the ball out the net as Commons rifled his looking for their first win against the Hoops spot-kick straight down the middle. at home since January 2009. “It was hard Celtic looked to add to their advantage fought and we set the team out to stop quickly in the second half and, after them getting a dominance in midfield and Aberdeen failed to clear a Commons cor- it took us a while to get going,” Celtic manner, the ball broke to Samaras 10 yards out ager Lennon said. with the Greek striker slicing his volley high “We got a breakthrough with the send- and wide. ing-off and the penalty but after that I Despite their numerical disadvantage, thought we controlled the match and I’m the home side still pushed forward and absolutely delighted and it’s a massive win goalkeeper Fraser Forster came to Celtic’s for us.” His Aberdeen counterpart Derek rescue in the 51st minute, saving well from McInnes had no complaints about the a Niall McGinn header. penalty decision. Substitute Mikael Lustig came close to a “I think the referee has made the right spectacular goal at the other end before decision. There wasn’t much between us in Forrest sealed the win late on when he col- the first half and I thought we could get lected Ledley’s through ball, his shot hitting something from the game but unfortu- the legs of Mark Reynolds and looping over nately once you go down to 10 men and the head of the helpless Weaver. Competitors perform at the Red Bull King of The Rock in Aarad Fort, Muharraq , Bahrain—www.redbull.com Celtic are 1-0 up it’s difficult to get back in Elsewhere, Inverness Caledonian Thistle it,” he said. remain top following a 2-0 win over “I think 2-0 is harsh on us but we will Motherwell that maintains their 100 per pick ourselves up and be ready to go cent start to the season. again.” With the Dons collecting maximum St Johnstone jumped up to second Bayern fail to impress points from their first two matches of the place with a 4-0 win over Ross County campaign, the match at Pittodrie attracted while St Mirren drew 1-1 with Kilmarnock. a sell-out crowd of more than 20,000 for Scott Robertson scored Hibernian’s first the visit of the reigning champions. goal of the season to end a run of four despite Frankfurt win Aberdeen remained unchanged from defeats to earn a 1-1 draw with Dundee the side that collected an impressive away United and ease the pressure slightly on win at Motherwell last weekend while under-fire manager Pat Fenlon.—AFP BERLIN: European champions Bayern Munich laboured to a 1-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt yesterday while both Hamburg and Champions League side Schalke 04 suffered heavy defeats in the Bundesliga. Croatia striker Mario Mandzukic gave Bayern the three points at Eintracht, who were humbled 6-1 at Hertha Berlin the previous weekend, when he volleyed home a cross from Germany’s Thomas Mueller on 13 minutes. But it was a rare highlight in a below-par performance as Bayern failed to dominate, despite enjoying 70 percent possession, while Frankfurt captain Alex Maier had a penalty appeal turned down in the dying stages. Bayern coach Pep Guardiola, taking charge of only his second Bundesliga match, started with FRANCE: Marseille’s French midfielder Mathieu Valbuena (right) vies with Evian’s Dutch winger Arjen Robben, French defender Yousouf Sabaly (left) during the French League football match. —AFP Germany star Mario Goetze and new-signing Thiago Alcantara all on the bench, while Spain’s Javi Marseille tie with Lyon Martinez failed to even make the matchday squad. PARIS: French international Andre-Pierre points, scored five and conceded one so Guardiola put the below-par Gignac inspired Marseille to their second we’ve got our season off to a very good straight win, a 2-0 defeat of Evian which lift- start. performance down to last week’s ed Elie Baup’s side into a tie with Lyon at “Psychologically, it should help us to international fixtures when the top of Ligue 1 yesterday. Gignac put work harder but we should have scored Bayern had 15 players away. last season’s runners-up on track after just more goals. It was a difficult week with a lot “There are always difficult games when players have been GERMANY: Frankfurt’s Alexander Meier (right) and Bayern’s Toni Kroos challenge for the ball during a German 16 minutes when he turned his defender of players on international duty and an ear- Bundesliga soccer match. —AP inside out before firing home a low left foot ly start today in very hot conditions.” he away for the international match- shot inside the bottom corner at the added. es and we can only train for two Velodrome. Evian limited the damage to a Marseille, who won their opening match or three days together,” said striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar at the fumed. Hamburg were humiliat- Freiburg while Champions 1-0 deficit at half-time but almost gave with a 3-1 victory over Guingamp last Guardiola, whose side beat break with a knee injury and ed 5-1 at home to Hoffenheim as League side Bayer Leverkusen away a penalty on 62 minutes when a clear weekend, move level on points with Lyon Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-1 Wolfsburg took full advantage Brazilian striker Roberto Firmino toped the league table ahead of foul by Olivier Sorin on Ghana forward who have also taken maximum points from on the opening weekend. with three goals in 12 second-half ran riot, scoring twice and setting Bayern after picking up their sec- Andre Ayew went unpunished by the refer- their opening two matches. “I’m happy with the way we minutes by defender Knoche, up the other three. ond win of the season with a 1-0 ee. Lyon lead on goal difference. Payet took controlled the game, it was much Portugal midfielder Vieirinha and Firmino’s forward partner, victory at VfB Stuttgart thanks to The home side then made the points his goal tally to three for the season and is better than the week before Brazil defender Naldo. Striker Frenchman Anthony Modeste, a an own goal by the hosts’ defend- safe with 23 minutes remaining after inter- the early front runner at the top of the scor- against ‘Gladbach when we Stefan Kutschke then hit the new signing from French league er Daniel Schwaab. national winger Mathieu Valbuena saw his ing charts along with Lyon’s 22-year-old allowed too many counter- fourth just five minutes after outfit Bastia, had plenty to boast Bremen also enjoyed another right foot volley parried into the path of youngster Alexandre Lacazette. There are attacks.” coming off the bench. about with two well-taken sec- win, a 1-0 victory at home to Dimitri Payet who shook off his marker five other matches slated for yesterday “We still created plenty of Having drawn 3-3 at Hamburg ond-half goals. Bavaria’s Augsburg while Borussia before smashing home. while champions Paris Saint-Germain host chances, so I’m happy and 100 last Sunday, Schalke need to find “I didn’t like the fact we fell Moenchengladbach bouced back “The numbers speak for themselves,” Ajaccio today and Monaco have their home percent satisfied.” Brazil midfield- some form ahead of their apart,” said Hamburg coach from their opening day defeat at said a delighted Baup. “We’ve got six opener against Montpellier. —AFP er Luiz Gustavo, who signed for Champions League play-off first- Thorsten Fink. “We were very, Bayern with a 3-0 win at home to Wolfsburg last week from Bayern leg at home to Greece’s PAOK on very, very bad defensively, it was Hanover 96. after rejecting offers from Arsenal Wednesday and coach Jens Keller an example of how not to defend. Today, Champions League Juve to tackle Lazio and Barcelona, made his debut in has called extra training. “We don’t have to sugarcoat any- finalists Broussia Dortmund host the 4-0 win at home to Schalke “I’ll work on a few things with thing, we just have to work hard promoted Eintracht 04. the team on Sunday, I can’t and win back the fans’ trust.” Braunschweig and Hertha are at in Italian Super Cup The Royal Blues lost Holland ignore a result like that,” he Mainz enjoyed a 2-1 win at Nuremberg.—AFP ROME: Champions Juventus tackle cup winners Lazio in the Italian Super Cup today with new striker Carlos Tevez set to make his official debut. Forest take root at top The Old Lady of Turin have made some significant signings in the close season but only former Manchester City man Tevez is Kuwaiti owner finances nine new signings likely to be trusted in their first true test of the new campaign. LONDON: Nottingham Forest swept to the But Gianfranco Zola’s Watford, beaten in about Junior Hoilett after the QPR forward However, there will be no place for the top of the Championship and maintained the play-off final by Crystal Palace last season, limped off with what looked like a hamstring Turin giants’ other marquee signing, Spain their 100 percent record with an impressive hit back with goals from Marco Davide injury seven minutes into the second half. striker Fernando Llorente, who is apparently 3-0 win over Bolton yesterday. Faraoni, Troy Deeney and a late goal from Fourth-placed Burnley’s unbeaten start yet to adapt to the club’s style. First true test for Tevez at Juventus. Billy Davies’ side have made a flying start Fabbrini to prolong their unbeaten start. continued after second-half strikes from Keith It has seen him already come in for criti- to the second tier campaign and goals from Marvin Emnes netted a stoppage time lev- Treacy and Sam Vokes earned a 2-0 victory cism in the local press, although his team- quarter-finals. Jamie Mackie, Andy Reid and Henri Lansbury eller as Middlesbrough ended third placed over Yeovil at Turf Moor. mates at least are sticking by the former The former Juve midfielder is eyeing suc- Athletic Bilbao man. cess on the European as well as the domestic brushed aside Bolton, who played much of Blackpool’s 100 per cent start in a 1-1 draw at Leicester made history as a first-half own “Calm down, he needs time to digest our stage and dominating Serie A is not enough the second half with 10 men after Darren the Riverside Stadium. goal from Derby County goalkeeper Lee style of football,” said Italy midfielder Claudio for Conte. Pratley had been shown a second yellow Emnes scored in the fourth minute of Grant secured a 1-0 win in the local derby at Marchisio when asked about Llorente’s strug- Nevertheless, as he looks to lead the team card. stoppage time to cancel out Chris Basham’s Pride Park. gles. It means Tevez will likely partner incon- back to the summit of European football - Having collected nine points from three 83rd minute score for the Seasiders. Young Grant’s moment of misfortune means sistent Montenegro forward Mirko Vucinic, they were last European champions in 1996 - games, Forest have made their best start in striker Tom Hitchcock scored a last-minute Leicester have won their opening two away who has been linked with a move away from Conte will be determined that his team starts the Championship since 1997, following a winner on his QPR debut to give the pre-sea- games of the season for the first time ever. the Juventus Stadium this summer, in attack. the season as they mean to go on. Fans can close-season which saw Kuwaiti owner Fawaz son promotion favourites a 1-0 win over Bottom side Millwall remain without a The Super Cup, the traditional curtain- therefore expect a keenly-contested Al Hasawi finance nine new signings at a cost Ipswich at Loftus Road. point or a goal in the league this season after raiser to the season, is not being taken lightly encounter, not least because Lazio will be of more than £5 million. Substitute Hitchcock tapped into an emp- James Vaughan’s second half goal earned a 1- by coach Antonio Conte, who has instilled a playing in their home stadium in Rome. That Meanwhile, Diego Fabbrini scored a 89th- ty net after Charlie Austin’s effort had been 0 victory for Huddersfield at The Den. winners’ mentality in his team since taking in itself is a story as the match was originally minute equaliser as second placed Watford parried by Ipswich goalkeeper Scott Loach. Elsewhere, Brighton won 1-0 at over two years ago and leading them to scheduled to take place in Beijing, but Juve produced a gutsy second-half comeback to Harry Redknapp’s side had already hit the Birmingham and promoted Bournemouth back-to-back Serie A titles. refused to go to China just a week before the earn a 3-3 draw with Reading at the Madejski bar twice, first through Clint Hill and then beat FA Cup holders Wigan 1-0. Leeds drew 1- Conte has not forgotten the way his side new season began and a compromise was Stadium. Reading led three times thanks to a Austin, before the 20-year-old son of QPR 1 against local rivals Sheffield Wednesday were given a footballing lesson by Bayern found by which Lazio will get home advan- brace from Jem Karacan and an early Adam goalkeeping coach Kevin Hitchcock struck. and Charlton came from two goals down to Munich in last season’s Champions League tage in the Stadio Olimpico.—AFP Le Fondre strike. However, Redknapp will be concerned draw 2-2 at Barnsley. —AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 SPORTS19 Aston Villa stun Arsenal

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LONDON: Christian Benteke scored twice as Arsenal’s Premier League ambitions suffered an opening day setback with a 3-1 loss at home to Aston Villa yesterday. The result threw into sharp focus the failure of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to strengthen his side in pre-season. Olivier Giroud put the home side ahead in the LONDON: Southampton’s Jay Rodriguez (centre background) and West sixth minute but Arsenal’s promis- Bromwich Albion’s Youssouf Mulumbu (foreground) battle for the ball, during ing start at the Emirates Stadium the English Premier League soccer match. —AP was quickly forgotten as Villa’s Benteke scored twice before Lambert winner lift Saints Antonio Luna wrapped up the win for the visitors. Brom manager Steve Clarke took off one A dismal afternoon for Arsenal striker signed in pre-season in Nicolas was made worse by the 66th West Brom 0 Anelka and send another on in Matej minute dismissal of Laurent Vydra, only for Lambert to score the lone Koscielny and Wenger was left in goal of the match. no doubt about the frustrations of LONDON: Arsenal’s Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky (center) is tackled by Aston Villa’s Dutch defend- However, Southampton had goal- Gunners fans, who responded with er Ron Vlaar (left) during the English Premier League football match. —AFP a chant urging the French manager keeper Artur Boruc for preserving their Southampton 1 to spend money on bringing new breakaway to put the Gunners 1-0 flirted precariously with relegation Arsenal lost Kieran Gibbs and lead late on as the Poland international players to the north London club. up. The move was started deep in last season. Oxlade-Chamberlain to first half got down low to keep out Billy Jones’s Wenger has so far failed to the home half when Jack Wilshere The pace and strength of front injuries but worse was to come header in the closing seconds.—AFP WEST BROMWICH: Rickie Lambert fol- attract any big name signings after moved the ball quicky forward to three Benteke, Gabriel Agbonlahor after the restart. Rosicky missed an failing to land primary targets lowed up his winning goal for England Tomas Rosicky. and Andreas Weimann posed a early opportunity for the home side Gonzalo Higuain, Luis Suarez and A smart turn and pass to Alex constant threat while midfielders but the Arsenal defence again by scoring a last-minute penalty as Wayne Rooney. Oxlade-Chamberlain allowed the Fabian Delph and Karim El Ahmadi proved vulnerable, first when Southampton started the new Premier And the team-sheet provided an England midfielder to speed past showed impressive energy. But the Delph struck the post from 20 yards League season with a 1-0 victory at West Matches on TV eloquent reminder of the lack of Villa right back Matthew Lowton visitors were given encouragement and then when Agbonloahor’s Bromwich Albion. (Local Timings) new faces with the Gunners’ start- and advance before delivering a by Arsenal’s fragile rearguard and direct running won a second penal- It seemed yesterday’s match at the ing XI mirroring exactly the team low cross towards the near post they were eventually handed a ty. Television replays suggested Hawthorns was heading for a goalless that finished last season at where Giroud finished easily after route back into the game when Koscielny got the ball before con- English Premier League draw when Southampton were awarded Newcastle. cleverly losing his marker. Agbonlahor was able to drive necting with Agbonlahor but the a spot-kick after left-back Luke Shaw was Crystal Palace v Tottenham 15:30 Wenger insisted ahead of this While Wenger’s main transfer through the heart of the defence referee thought otherwise, booking brought down in the box by West Brom’s Aljazeera Sport 1 HD game he remained hopeful of targets have been forwards, and into the area. the French centre back and allow- Youssouf Mulumbu. Aljazeera Sport +9 strengthening his squad before Arsenal’s main weakness appeared Szczesny raced out, arriving late ing Benteke to score his second From the resulting penalty Lambert, Aljazeera Sport +10 adding the familiar caveat that he to lie at the other end of the pitch at the feet of the Villa man and was goal in the 66th minute. And six would only buy if the right player where goalkeeper Wojciech fortunate to escape a red card minutes later, Koscielny’s frustra- who marked his England debut by scor- Aljazeera Sport 6 HD ing the winner in a 3-2 friendly win over became available at the right price. Szczesny and the back four once when Agbonlahor was sent tum- tion saw him make a clumsy chal- Chelsea v Hull City 18:00 Scotland on Wednesday just four min- After this clash, Wenger may again appeared unconvincing. bling. The keeper almost made lenge on Benteke to earn a second utes after coming on a second-half sub- Aljazeera Sport 1 HD consider it time to re-evaluate his Villa’s response to falling a goal amends when he saved Benteke’s yellow card. Villa made it three five stitute at Wembley, slotted the ball low Aljazeera Sport +9 stance. There was nothing wrong behind was impressive and showed spot-kick but the Poland interna- minutes from time when Luna into the corner to give the south coast Aljazeera Sport +10 with the start Arsenal made with they are likely to be a much more tional was unable to prevent the broke from halfway as Arsenal side all three points. Aljazeera Sport 6 HD Giroud rounding off an excellent resilient outfit than the one that striker heading home the rebound. pressed.—AFP Southampton striker Jay Rodriguez had earlier hit the crossbar in a game of Spanish League few chances, with West Brom’s best Barcelona v Real Betis 22:00 opportunity coming when midfielder Wolfswinkel rescues Norwich Aljazeera Sport +8 Graham Dorrans struck a 25-yard free- kick narrowly over the bar. Aljazeera Sport 2 HD But it was a youthful Southampton Real Madrid v Real Betis 22:00 side who nearly opened the scoring Aljazeera Sport +8 Norwich 2 when, after Shaw forced a corner with a Aljazeera Sport 2 HD good cross, fellow 18-year-old James Osasuna v Granada 22:00 Ward-Prowse’s long-range shot was Aljazeera Sport 1 HD palmed away by West Brom and England Aljazeera Sport +9 Everton 2 goalkeeper Ben Foster. Sevilla v Atletico de Madrid 0:00 Southampton thought they had taken Aljazeera Sport +8 the lead not long afterwards when, following Lambert’s header from Callum Aljazeera Sport 2 HD NORWICH: Norwich City’s record signing Chambers-making his first Saints start- Ricky van Wolfswinkel marked his Premier Adam Lallana poked the ball in the far Italian Super Cup League debut with a goal to earn his new side post only for the linesman to raise his Juventus v SS Lazio 22:00 a 2-2 draw at home to Everton yesterday. flag. Aljazeera Sport 3 HD The 24-year-old Dutch striker, an £8.5 mil- As the match remained goalless, West lion ($13.3 million, 10 million euros) signing from Sporting Lisbon, scored with a 71st- minute header to earn Chris Hughton’s side a point after Everton came from behind to lead. His goal prevented Roberto Martinez from enjoying victory in his first competitive game as Everton manager, after he succeeded the Manchester United-bound David Moyes during the close season. Goals from Ross Barkley and Seamus Coleman had turned the game in Everton’s favor after Steven Whittaker gave Norwich a 51st-minute lead, only for Van Wolfswinkel to steal the show. The Dutch international was handed a start by Hughton and he came close to making an early breakthrough in the 14th minute, only for Everton centre-back Sylvain Distin to inter- vene with a timely headed clearance. Martinez left new signings Arouna Kone and Gerard Deulofeu on the bench, but it did not prevent the visitors from gradually assert- ing a grip on the game. Marouane Fellaini headed over from a SUNDERLAND: Fulham’s Swiss midfielder Pajtim Kasami (left) vies with Leighton Baines corner, Kevin Mirallas shot Sunderland’s Irish defender John O’Shea (right) during the English Premier narrowly wide from the edge of the area, and League football match. —AFP Barkley drilled an effort inches over the bar in the dying stages of the first half. The second period looked destined to follow a similar pat- Kasami goal leaves tern after Mirallas shot into the side-netting in the early stages, but instead it was the home Di Canio feeling blue side who broke the deadlock. Whittaker eluded Fellaini after roving for- close season, Sunderland did not lack for ward from right-back and when his initial shot endeavor, although the same could not came back off the post, he reacted sharply to Sunderland 0 be said of their quality. CARROW ROAD: Everton’s Ross Barkley (right) heads the ball ahead of Norwich City’s Wes drill the ball home from a tight angle. Hoolahan vie for the ball, during their English Premier League soccer match. —AP One of Di Canio’s signings, American Everton were quick to react, however, and Jozy Altidore, proved a nuisance up front they drew level after 10 minutes when Barkley for the Fulham defence and had the EPL results/standings majority of the home side’s best collected a pass from Coleman and rifled a Fulham 1 vicious shot inside the right-hand post from moments. Arsenal 1 (Giroud 6) Aston Villa 3 (Benteke 22, 61- 90); West Brom 0 Southampton 1 (Lambert 90-pen); However, it was another new signing, 22 yards. pen, Luna 85); Liverpool 1 (Sturridge 37) Stoke 0; West Ham 2 (Cole 13, Nolan 76) Cardiff 0. Czech full-back Ondrej Celustka who Coleman put Everton ahead four minutes Norwich 2 (Whittaker 51, Van Wolfswinkel 71) Playing today SUNDERLAND: Pajtim Kasami scored produced the only real moment of quali- later, gobbling up a rebound from close range Everton 2 (Barkley 61, Coleman 65); Sunderland 0 Chelsea v Hull, Crystal Palace v Tottenham the only goal of the game as Paolo Di ty in the first half, only for Fulham’s own after Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy had Fulham 1 (Kasami 52); Swansea 1 (Bony 82) Playing tomorrow Canio’s first full season in charge of debutant goalkeeper Maarten blocked an effort from Nikica Jelavic with his Manchester Utd 4 (Van Persie 34, 72, Welbeck 36, Manchester City v Newcastle Sunderland began with a 1-0 home Stekelenburg to save his 25-yard shot in face. English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, defeat to Fulham. brilliant fashion. However, Norwich refused to give in, and points): The Swiss midfielder rose highest Stekelenburg would not make it to with 19 minutes remaining, van Wolfswinkel Man Utd 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 Hull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 from a corner to head home from six- the end of his debut, though, as he was sharply redirected a shot from Whittaker to Aston Villa 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Man City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 yards out at the back post on 52 minutes. taken off midway through the second crown his introduction to English football West Ham 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Newcastle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 It was a smash-and-grab effort from the half after a challenge from Altidore left with a goal. Fulham 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Tottenham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 west London visitors in a game largely him clutching his shoulder, to be Liverpool 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Stoke 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Everton continued to push-Ruddy brilliant- dominated by the hosts, although replaced by David Stockdale. And the Southampton 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Sunderland 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Sunderland were visibly lacking in cut- substitute goalkeeper was called on to ly saving from Steven Naismith, Russell Martin Everton 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 West Brom 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 ting edge. save from the ever-lively Altidore late on blocking Jelavic’s follow-up effort, and the Norwich 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 excellent Coleman grazing the post with a 20- Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cardiff 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Sporting an unfamiliar look following to ensure the three points went to the Crystal Palace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Swansea 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 a raft of signings from Di Canio in the Londoners.—AFP yard drive-but Norwich held on.—AFP Bolt wins seventh Aston Villa world gold stun Arsenal

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SWANSEA: Manchester United’s Dutch striker Robin van Persie (center) scores the opening goal during the English Premier League football match against Swansea City. — AFP United win Moyes’ league opener

Welbeck added his second goal and United’s Ryan Giggs but when the Welshman inched far post and the Ecuadorian crossed for injured in the process and required treatment. fourth in stoppage time after a Wilfried Bony into the 18 yard box, he inexplicably chose to Welbeck to score. Rooney’s five-minute warm up near the Swansea 1 consolation goal for south Wales side Swansea pass instead of shoot. Ben Davies stuck out a Carrick followed Valencia into the book for a United fans gave rise to a standing ovation eight minutes from time. foot and the ball trickled harmlessly back to late tackle on Wayne Routledge just before the from the visiting supporters and one or two Moyes left Wayne Rooney out of his starting Swansea goalkeeper Michel Vorm. break as did Evra for hauling down Angel boos from the home faithful who sensed a way XI, amidst ongoing speculation linking the Minutes later Giggs fired wide of the far post Rangel. back into the game for their side. Swansea once Man United 4 England forward with a move to Chelsea, while after Vorm has saved smartly from Welbeck and Although Swansea dominated possession again dominated possession and forced United Swansea counterpart Michael Laudrup did the Phil Jones had a far post volley saved by the for long periods, they created precious little to into one or two hasty clearances. Laudrup had same with his £12 million ($19 million) pre-sea- Dutch keeper. worry Moyes. Swansea made a double substitu- pushed Michu up alongside Bony with Nathan son signing Bony. At the other end Michu, Swansea’s leading tion at half-time with Bony replacing Routledge Dyer and Hernandez providing the width. SWANSEA: English champions Manchester Ladrup pushed Michu into an attacking role scorer last season, did have the ball in the net and Pablo Hernandez coming on for Leon Rooney came on after an hour and immedi- United gave new manager David Moyes a win and played five across the midfield with Jose after 20 minutes. However, referee Phil Dowd’s Britton. ately settled in just behind van Persie and on the first day of the Premier League season Canas playing behind Jonjo Shelvey. whistle had long since gone for offside when It enabled Michu to drop back into his more Welbeck. With 20 minutes remaining Evra saw with a 4-1 victory away to Swansea yesterday. United opted for a conventional 4-4-2 with the Spaniard beat David de Gea from close accustomed position at the head of the Swans’ his header cleared off the line by Canas but two Two goals apiece from strikers Robin van Welbeck and van Persie playing in front of a range. midfield. Bony latched onto a Davies cross in minutes later van Persie stepped inside Ashley Persie and Danny Welbeck secured United’s four man midfield that included Michael The champions eventually went a goal in the 48th minute but his shot went high and Williams and gave Vorm no chance from 20 success at the Liberty Stadium. Carrick, who missed England’s 3-2 midweek front 12 minutes before half-time. Giggs looped wide. yards. The forwards scored within two minutes of win over Scotland. Having survived one or two a ball into van Persie who somehow managed The United fans certainly got behind Moyes, Bony bagged a consolation goal when he each other in the first half and van Persie sealed early scares, United should have taken the lead to scoop his shot past the advancing Vorm. Two singing his name throughout the game. Michu beat de Gea at his far post before Welbeck victory 18 minutes from time with a stunning in the 15th minute. minutes later it was 2-0. Van Persie headed brought a decent far post save out of de Gea in struck in stoppage time, chipping Vorm in second goal from 20 yards. Van Persie poked the ball into the path of Patrice Evra’s cross to Antonio Valencia at the the 53rd minute but the goalkeeper was cheeky fashion. — AFP Reds down Stoke Harsh welcome for

he serves a suspension for biting Cardiff in top flight Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic last season, Liverpool 1 was briefly banished to train on his own duce a poor header. after claiming Rodgers had gone back Modibo Maiga helped set up a on an agreement to sell him when the West Ham 2 chance for Jarvis that was spoilt by the Reds failed to qualify for this season’s winger’s poor first touch before Cardiff Stoke 0 Champions League. He was welcomed staged their first counter attack when back to the fold on Friday after report- Kim Bo-kyung drove high over the cross- edly apologising to Rodgers for his bar. Cardiff 0 LIVERPOOL: Daniel Sturridge showed behavior. But England forward Kim had Craig Bellamy in support and Liverpool can flourish without Luis Sturridge had enjoyed a superb finish the South Korean was scalded by his Suarez as the striker’s superb finish to last season and he picked up where captain for declining to pass. Play quick- he left off to show Liverpool can still clinched a 1-0 victory over Stoke on the West Ham ruined Cardiff’s ly swept to the other end as West Ham progress, even if Suarez eventually gets LONDON: opening day of the new Premier League bagged their first goal of the season by his wish to leave. Stoke’s new boss Mark return to the top-flight after a 51-year season. Sturridge’s first half winner at absence as goals from Joe Cole and capitalising on some indecisive defend- Anfield was the highlight of an enter- Hughes wasn’t even born when his club Kevin Nolan clinched a 2-0 win yester- ing in the 13th minute. prising display from Brendan Rodgers’s last won at Anfield in 1959, but City should have been ahead in the opening day. Jarvis sent a pass across the face of team, who showed no signs of being LONDON: Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho (right) affected by the absence of controversial minutes when Mignolet, the Belgian Sam Allardyce’s side took the lead goal to former Chelsea midfielder Cole vies with Stoke City’s French midfielder Steven N’Zonzi (left) during striker Suarez. goalkeeper signed from Sunderland to through Cole’s fine first half strike and who controlled the ball, turned and Liverpool needed a last-minute replace Pepe Reina, made a hash of the season’s opening English Premier League football match. — AFP Nolan sealed a deserved victory in the stabbed it into the bottom right corner. penalty save from debutant Simon punching clear and Stoke defender again when he denied Henderson and on the stroke of half-time. The Reds closing stages at Upton Park. With just goalkeeper David Marshall Mignolet, who kept out Jon Walters’s Robert Huth volleyed against the bar then Sturridge in quick succession. But almost doubled their lead early in the It was a brutal introduction to the to beat, Cole should have had a second spot-kick, to seal the points, but a draw from 12 yards. Liverpool’s incessant pressure paid off second half when Henderson’s shot Premier League for Cardiff, who were moments later but his control deserted would have been extremely harsh on That sparked Liverpool into life and in the 37th minute when Iago Aspas forced a full-stretch stop from Begovic. making their first appearance in the top him. the hosts after a dominant perform- Sturridge, back from an ankle injury, fed Sturridge on the edge of the area And the Liverpool midfielder was flight since 1962 after winning the Cardiff made a bright start to the sec- ance. “You always pick the corner to go headed home from Steven Gerrard’s and the former Chelsea striker drove a frustrated again by Begovic midway Championship last term. ond half and a frantic goalmouth scram- to and today I picked the right one,” free-kick, only to see the goal correctly low strike through Huth’s legs and through the half when the Bosnian Backed by Malaysian owner Vincent ble ensued with West Ham prevailing Mignolet told BT Sports when asked ruled out for a tight offside decision. beyond Begovic into the far corner for pushed another goalbound strike onto Tan, Cardiff boss Malky Mackay has through sheer weight of numbers. about his penalty heroics. Rodgers’s men threatened again the first goal of the new Premier a post. Stoke were given a dramatic spent close to £30 million over the sum- West Ham winger Stewart Downing, a “I was a bit nervous for the first 15 through debutant Kolo Toure when the League season. chance to snatch an undeserved point mer and he paraded record £9.5 million £5 million signing from Liverpool, came minutes playing in front of the Kop on former Manchester City defender pow- After a shaky start, Mignolet at last in the 89th minute when Liverpool signing Gary Medel at Upton Park, but on with 20 minutes left and he soon my debut, but I kept a clean sheet ered a header against the bar. showed why Rodgers paid £9 million defender Daniel Agger handled as he the Chilean midfielder was largely injected life into the hosts. The Hammers Another quick-fire exchange of pass- which is the important thing.” ($13.9 million, 10.6 million euros) for tried to clear a Charlie Adam free-kick. anonymous, as was his fellow new finally got their second goal with 15 min- It was exactly the kind of uplifting es between Philippe Coutinho and him with an acrobatic save to keep out But Mignolet came to the rescue Jordan Henderson gave Jose Enrique a recruit Steven Caulker. utes remaining when Mark Noble afternoon Liverpool required after a a Walters effort, but the Liverpool as he plunged to his right to keep The Hammers were on top from the launched a crafty run along the edge of summer spent dealing with Suarez’s clear sight of goal, but the left-back’s keeper needed help from a goalline out Walters’s spot-kick and then start and Matt Jarvis floated a clever the area before finding Nolan who expert- attempts to engineer a move to Arsenal. shot was well saved by Asmir Begovic. clearance by Lucas when Ryan denied Kenwyne Jones from the cross to the far post, only for Cole to pro- ly swept the ball into the net. —AFP Suarez, watching from the stands as Begovic came to Stoke’s rescue Shawcross’s header deflected past him rebound. — AFP Tepid US retail sales raise doubts about economy Page 23

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HYDERBAD: An Indian rickshaw puller rests in front of an onion wholesale shop in Hyderabad on Friday. Onion prices have been soaring across the country because of the drought in Maharashtra state and heavy rains in other growing areas, among other reasons, according to news reports. —AP Indian PM rules out repeat of 1991 economic crisis Country grapples with plunging rupee, burgeoning trade gap

NEW DELHI: India’s premier ruled out to fund its debt. To get India out of its account deficit after oil. “We seem to be yesterday any suggestion the country economic morass, Singh unleashed investing a lot in unproductive assets,” could suffer a repeat of its 1991 bal- sweeping change, beginning the he noted. Gold is hugely popular in India, Iran looking to ance-of-payments crisis as it grapples process of abolishing what was known India, especially during religious festi- with a plunging rupee and a huge trade as the “license raj”, a system of econom- vals and wedding seasons, and is also resolve oil tanker row gap. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ic management ruled by government bought as a hedge against inflation. spoke a day after India’s currency hit a monopolies, quotas and permits that India’s woes have been exacerbated by NEW DELHI: New Delhi and Tehran were yesterday may have detained the ship out of “displeasure” new low of 62.03 rupees to the dollar dictated what firms could make. signals the US could soon slow its stim- working to resolve a dispute over the detention of an because it was carrying crude from rival Iraq. “For India, and stocks posted their sharpest single- Since June 1 this year, overseas ulus drive that prompted big invest- Indian oil tanker by Iranian naval guards for allegedly it is not far-fetched to draw the conclusion that Tehran day fall in nearly two years. Singh was funds have pulled out a combined ment flows to emerging markets, and polluting sea waters in the Persian Gulf. is peeved with India’s rising crude imports from Iraq finance minister in 1991 and was credit- $11.58 billion in equities and debt from homegrown graft scandals that have The Indian government-owned MT Desh Shanti and that the seizure of the ship may be a way of showed with overcoming the deep econom- India’s markets over concerns about a virtually paralyzed government policy- ship was on its way back to India from Iraq when it was ing its displeasure,” the Times of India newspaper said. ic crisis. “There is no question of going sharply slowing economy, regulatory making. stopped Tuesday by the Iranian authorities and taken But the Iranian embassy in New Delhi sought to back to the 1991 crisis,” Singh told data shows. Singh added that he hoped for “fresh to Bandar Abbas port. downplay the incident, calling it “purely a technical reporters in New Delhi in televised To curb the rupee’s fall, Indian poli- thinking” at the central bank when its “We are working with Iran through diplomatic and non-political issue”. “The officials of the shipping remarks at a book launch. cymakers have pushed up short-term new governor Raghuram Rajan takes channels both in New Delhi and Tehran to resolve the authorities of the two countries are engaged in con- In 1991, hard currency reserves had interest rates and announced plans to over in September. “The time has come issue,” a foreign ministry spokesman told AFP. The structive and positive interaction to resolve it accord- sunk so low that India was on the brink allow state firms to raise funds abroad to look at the possibilities and limita- development comes at a time when India, the world’s ing to the international law as soon as ossible,” the of defaulting on its foreign loans. Singh and curb gold imports. Earlier this tions of the monetary policy in a glob- fourth-largest oil importer, has significantly reduced its embassy said in a statement. said the country only had foreign week, the central bank also tightened alised economy,” he said. import of crude oil from Iran with sanctions from the The tanker, the embassy said, was detained follow- exchange reserves for 15 days in 1991. controls on the amount of money local India’s finance ministry is reported to United States and Europe making it harder to ship fuel ing a warning from the Marine Emergency Mutual Aid “Now we have reserves of six to sev- firms and individuals can send abroad. regard the current central bank leader- from the Islamic republic. Center, a Bahrain-based organization which fights en months. So there is no comparison. Asked about the record current ship as overly conservative in its focus The US and EU have shut down use of their financial marine pollution. systems for payment for Iranian crude, in the hope of India has denied the ship contaminated Iranian And no question of going back to the account deficit-the broadest measure on inflation at the expense of economic starving Tehran of cash and forcing it to give up its waters. The ship had cleared inspections by “maritime 1991 crisis,” he said. India still has of trade-Singh acknowledged the prob- growth. Rajan is a former International alleged nuclear weapons program. authorities and international surveyors”, the Press Trust painful memories of 1991, when New lem and said gold imports needed to Monetary Fund chief economist and is Iran says its nuclear program is for civilian purposes. of India news agency quoted a shipping ministry offi- Delhi had to pledge its gold reserves be further curbed. Gold is the second- famed for predicting the 2008 global Local Indian media reports have suggested that Iran cial as saying. —AFP with the International Monetary Fund largest contributor to the current financial crisis. — AFP Al-Jazeera tackles US market

WASHINGTON: With a cast of TV news stars, Shihabi said he believes Americans will come Al-Jazeera will include several showcase pro- deep pockets and an ambitious agenda, Al- around once they see the programs. He said sur- grams starting with the 5:00 pm time slot and Jazeera launches its US news channel on veys indicate that “75 percent of people who did carrying into “prime time” evening viewing. Tuesday, aiming to shake up the broadcast jour- not watch Al-Jazeera came on the negative size Shihabi said the channel will have only six nalism market stateside. The US cable channel and 90 percent of those who watch Al-Jazeera minutes of advertising per hour, compared with will reach more than 40 million households and came on the positive side.” Shihabi said 850 staff an average of 15 minutes for most other chan- vastly expands the footprint of the Qatar-based have been hired for 12 US bureaus, and will draw nels. Al-Jazeera’s US operation is headquartered media group, despite questions about how it will on 70 bureaus worldwide to give Al-Jazeera in New York, with a vast news hub and studio be received by American viewers. unmatched scale. across from Penn Station. In Washington, the Al-Jazeera America’s audience is likely to start While the channel will be available to fewer channel has taken studio space formerly occu- out small, but its bosses hope to have a big than half of US households-notably absent from pied by ABC at the Newseum, overlooking the impact when it competes against already estab- Time Warner Cable, which is in discussions on US Capitol. lished brands such as CNN, MSNBC and Fox carrying Al-Jazeera-Shihabi hopes to reach 100 David Shuster, a newly hired anchor and News. percent soon. “We are investing heavily in adver- MSNBC and Fox News veteran, said he sees a Americans will be able to get 14 hours of tising and branding,” he said. “I’m sure it will be a “huge opportunity” because of the vast news, documentary and discussion program- short time before Al-Jazeera will be viral and resources of Al-Jazeera, which he said probably ming daily, and updates at the top of every hour people will be demanding Al-Jazeera.” becomes the largest broadcast news organiza- 24 hours each day. But the selling point will be Since acquiring Current TV, a struggling US tion in the world. long-form reporting of stories overlooked by cable channel which nevertheless had reach to “It turns the news business on its head,” other news organizations. US homes, Al-Jazeera has brought in well-known Shuster told AFP. “People want to watch the NEW YORK: Journalists work in the main newsroom area of the new Al Jazeera America tel- “We know Americans want in-depth coverage names in the industry, such as Soledad O’Brien news, they want to be taken to the scene of what evision broadcast studio on West 34th Street August in New York. Al Jazeera America, of the news that matters to them,” said Ehab Al and Ali Velshi from CNN, and Sheila MacVicar, for- is happening.” which will launch on August 20, will have its headquarters in New York. — AFP Shihabi, interim chief executive of Al-Jazeera merly with ABC and CNN. He said other cable news outlets have America. “They want more unbiased coverage Al-Jazeera America president Kate O’Brian become politicized and that “rather than invest reader,” said Chen, who will host the channel’s more context, what we are all looking for in jour- and less opinion, that’s what Al-Jazeera is about.” said the channel will “stay away from pundits and in the field they put talking heads out there who flagship US program “America Tonight.” “We are nalism.” Seigenthaler, the nightly news anchor, Yet some analysts say the channel will face a crazy celebrity news” while “covering all the sto- yell and scream at each other.” not focused on the size of the audience, we are said the new channel will have notable advan- tough sell to US audiences because of its history ries that need to be covered.” Joie Chen, a former CNN and CBS journalist focused on the quality of the reporting. “We tages over other broadcasters. “When I asked in the Middle East, where it was the outlet for “Our success is how well we tell the stories,” and one of the big US names lured to Al-Jazeera, want to tell stories that are currently underre- about ratings, they said they are not interested in videos distributed by Al-Qaeda and Osama bin she said in a conference call with reporters. “We said she was attracted by “the quality work they ported.” Former NBC news anchor John ratings, they are interested in delivering the Laden. Some conservatives claim it is still anti- will get people talking about the channel and were doing.” “I wanted to be able to participate in Seigenthaler sees Al-Jazeera providing “a little news. That’s why this seemed like a different Western. wanting the channel.” Along with 24-hour news, the story telling. I did not want to be a news more depth, a little more perspective, a little journey.” — AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 BUSINESS Greece set to allow home foreclosures Lawmakers fear backlash from homeowners

ATHENS: Greece will lift restrictions on home spent about 38 billion euros ($50.67 billion) visions to protect the poor. “There will be social foreclosures to allow banks to recover bad loans, between them to rescue Greek banks, are pres- and economic criteria to protect the really the finance minister said yesterday, adding fuel suring Athens to take measures to clean up needy”. Samaras’s government has only a five- to a row that may test the cohesion of its fragile lenders’ balance sheets. seat majority in the country’s 300-seat parlia- coalition government. But several lawmakers from the country’s ment. Any rift could cause its collapse and derail Cash-strapped banks are currently barred two-party ruling coalition oppose foreclosures, Greece’s international 240-billion euro bailout. from auctioning most first homes owned by fearing a backlash from home-owners amid Property foreclosures have already triggered delinquent borrowers, under a temporary meas- record joblessness and plunging wages. “People protests in other indebted, crisis-hit European ure introduced in 2010 to protect austerity-hit will take their shotguns... a collapsing property countries such as Spain. Greece’s auction freeze households. The freeze on forced auctions, market is better than a civil war,” said lawmaker currently covers first homes worth less than which has already been extended three times Sophia Voultepsi, from the conservative New 300,000-495,000 euros, depending on whether and is set to expire on Dec. 31, should not be Democracy party of Prime Minister Antonis owners are married and have children. extended any further, technocrat finance minis- Samaras, earlier this month. Home ownership is high in Greece where ter Yannis Stournaras said. Another 11 lawmakers from New Democracy about eight out of ten people live within their LISBON: A man, holding a euro note and lottery tickets, walks past a souvenirs shop “If auctions aren’t liberalized, then banks will and its junior coalition partner, the Socialist own four walls. Mortgages account for a large board displaying typical Portuguese products and a sign that reads in Portuguese: collapse,” he was quoted as saying by weekly PASOK party, are pushing for the freeze to be part of Greek banks’ sour loans, which have risen “Portuguese shop. Quality, Tradition, Pride”, in downtown Lisbon. —AP newspaper Realnews. The European Union and extended, newspaper Eleftherotypia reported. to 29 percent of the total after the country’s six- the International Monetary Fund, which have Stournaras said on Saturday there would be pro- year recession. — Reuters

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Gold exports, the country’s top for- and what you have achieved and be embroiled in discussions that are esca- their businesses. grateful for all the positives in your life. lating needlessly out of control such as deficit narrowed 2.2 percent in the year to eign exchange earner, declined to $1.83 bil- In general, a sense of positivity has pre- June helped by stronger tourism and agricul- lion in the year to June, from $2.28 billion a Give credit where credit is due and don’t political or religious discussions in the vailed the bourse especially after increasing tural performance amid a slowdown in year ago, due to a decline in both export vol- overlook any small or large blessing in workplace, or petty arguments and fin- demands, from the parliament and the gov- imports, the central bank said. The deficit umes and prices. your life as you feel the gratitude. ger-pointing discourses that is likely to narrowed to $4.173 billion in the 12 months The volume of gold exports declined to ernment, to support the development process go nowhere. to June from $4.267 billion during the same 36 tons compared to about 40 tons recorded in the country. 2. Make someone feel special period last year. The bank did not say what it in the year ending June 2012, while the aver- Local banks have also seen improvement in Try to touch someone’s life every day 8. Treat yourself was as a percentage of the GDP. age unit export price declined by 3.6 percent half year profits that amounted to 281 million in a special way, whether it be through a Decide what rewards makes you hap- “The overall balance of payments record- to $1,610.7 per troy ounce. 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Identify what makes you happy and S&P downgrades Tunisia two notches fulfilled and set happy goals. The more 9. Watch your thoughts organized and in-control you feel the Your thoughts control the measure of PARIS: Rating agency Standard & Poor’s down- threatened reforms to support economic cial to financing the deficit at a favorable rate,” less likely you are to feel worried or your happiness; keep them positive and graded debt issued by Tunisia by two notches on growth. “We view the popular legitimacy of S&P stressed. dragged down. constructive at all times. Don’t let the Friday because of rising opposition to the gov- Tunisia’s transitional institutions as increasingly “We expect the support of the international shadow of doubt and negativity creep in; ernment. Tunisia’s opposition have been calling contested, jeopardizing the approval of a new community to remain strong, unless the political 4. Enjoy the present moment instead focus your thoughts on what you for the resignation of the Islamist-led govern- constitution, holding of elections, and imple- transition is suspended indefinitely, which is not Instead of fretting excessively about are doing and what plans you have to ment and the dissolution of the National mentation of growth-promoting economic our base-case forecast.” The government led by what could have been or what might be, achieve spectacular happiness that day. Constituent Assembly since the assassination in reforms,” S&P said. the Islamist Ennahda party is refusing to step try to enjoy the present moment and July of opposition MP Mohamed Brahmi, the “Furthermore, perceived increased terrorist down and has proposed instead the formation give it its full due. Remember the pres- 10. Be solution oriented second political killing since February. risks could threaten tourism, which remains a of a cabinet of national unity and holding gener- ent moment is always yours to shape Happy people don’t sink into fear and The credit rating agency downgraded its pillar of the Tunisian economy, as well as foreign al elections in December. But the employers’ and enjoy the way you please. worry quagmires every time a problem notation for Tunisian long-term debt from “BB-” and domestic investment.” organization UTICA, and the powerful UGTT surfaces; they concentrate on finding to “B”, indicating low confidence that the country S&P said it estimated that general govern- trade union, are backing the opposition’s call for 5. Stay healthy solutions. Treat every problem as an will be able to respect its debt obligations. ment debt would rise from 44 percent of gross the formation of a government of technocrats. The Bayt.com ‘MENA Professionals opportunity for creative thinking and And S&P said the outlook was negative, domestic product in 2012 to 50 percent in 2016. UTICA reiterated its call on Friday, and urged Health and Eating Habits’ poll (April, concentrate on the positive aspects meaning there was one chance in three that it “The government’s access to official concession- politicians “to solve the crisis as soon as possible” 2013) indicated that 31.7% of profes- associated with creating an optimal would lower the rating again in the next 12 al financing and to the guarantees of Japan and in order to prevent a further deterioration of the sionals in the region feel their eating solution. months if the economic and social situation the US for specific bond issues will remain cru- economy. — AFP EXCHANGE RATES

Cyprus pound 697.520 Philippine Peso 0.0060534 0.0065234 Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. UAE Exchange Centre WLL Japanese Yen 3.945 Sierra Leone 0.0000727 0.0000757 Thai Bhat 9.270 Singapore Dollar 0.2205759 0.2265753 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Syrian Pound 4.060 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.0021245 0.0021665 ASIAN COUNTRIES Thai Baht 0.0087236 0.0093236 Japanese Yen 2.920 Australian Dollar 264.07 263.000 Nepalese Rupees 3.980 Indian Rupees 4.622 Canadian Dollar 279.85 282.000 Malaysian Ringgit 89.575 Arab Pakistani Rupees 2.767 Swiss Franc 311.68 311.000 Srilankan Rupees 2.163 Bahraini Dinar 0.7487462 0.7572462 Euro 382.39 384.000 Bahrain Exchange Company Egyptian Pound 0.0386645 0.0406795 Nepali Rupees 2.893 US Dollar 284.20 287.400 Singapore Dollar 225.840 Ethiopeanbirr 0.0126729 0.0191729 Sterling Pound 444.29 443.000 Hongkong Dollar 36.740 CURRENCY BUY SELL Ghanaian Cedi 0.1447536 0.1465436 Bangladesh Taka 3.653 Japanese Yen 2.96 3.000 Europe Iranian Riyal 0.0000792 0.0000797 Philippine Peso 6.506 Bangladesh Taka 3.670 3.800 British Pound 0.4327036 0.4437036 Iraqi Dinar 0.0001839 0.0002439 Thai Baht 9.115 Indian Rupee 4.623 5.150 Czech Korune 0.0065744 0.0185744 Jordanian Dinar 0.3959802 0.4034802 Irani Riyal 0.271 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.160 2.700 Danish Krone 0.0467500 0.0517500 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.0000000 1.0000000 Irani Riyal 0.273 Nepali Rupee 2.920 3.600 Euro 0.3734123 0.3809123 Lebanese Pound 0.0001746 0.0001946 Moroccan Dirhams 0.0223075 0.0463075 Pakistani Rupee 2.778 2.920 Norwegian Krone 0.0445812 0.0497812 GCC COUNTRIES Nigerian Naira 0.0012092 0.0018442 UAE Dirhams 77.45 78.000 Scottish Pound 0.4312470 0.4387470 Saudi Riyal 76.004 Swedish Krona 0.0397905 0.0447905 Omani Riyal 0.7284695 0.7394695 Qatari Riyal 78.312 Bahraini Dinar 756.42 759.500 Swiss Franc 0.3009203 0.3079230 Qatar Riyal 0.0775448 0.0783278 Omani Riyal 740.290 Egyptian Pound 40.35 41.100 Saudi Riyal 0.0753867 0.0760267 Bahraini Dinar 757.010 Jordanian Dinar 404.48 416.200 Sudanese Pounds 0.0462902 0.0468402 UAE Dirham 77.619 Australasia Omani Riyal 739.10 746.400 Australian Dollar 0.2513219 0.2633219 Syrian Pound 0.0019400 0.0021600 Qatari Riyal 78.48 79.000 Tunisian Dinar 0.1708226 0.1768226 ARAB COUNTRIES New Zealand Dollar 0.2219178 0.2319178 Saudi Riyal 76.92 76.300 Uganda Shilling 0.0001128 0.0001128 UAE Dirhams 0.0760860 0.0775360 Egyptian Pound - Cash 42.700 Yemeni Riyal 0.0012843 0.0013843 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 40.677 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.330 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd America Tunisian Dinar 175.220 Canadian Dollar 0.2689223 0.2779223 Al Mulla Exchange Jordanian Dinar 402.490 Colombian Peso 0.0001448 0.0001628 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.912 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate US Dollars 0.2825500 0.2847000 Syrian Lier 3.096 US Dollar 284.350 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Morocco Dirham 34.325 Canadian Dollar 279.560 Asia US Dollar 284.600 Sterling Pound 441.895 Bangladesh Taka 0.0036153 0.0036703 Euro 380.200 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Euro 379.800 Cape Vrde Escudo 0.0031581 0.0033881 Pound Sterling 442.050 US Dollar Transfer 284.900 Swiss Frank 308.900 Chinese Yuan 0.0455139 0.0505139 Canadian Dollar 277.250 Euro 383.480 Bahrain Dinar 752.820 Eritrea-Nakfa 0.0164467 0.0195467 Sterling Pound 449.000 Indian Rupee 4.645 UAE Dirhams 77.395 Canadian dollar 279.040 Guinea Franc 0.0000442 0.0000502 Egyptian Pound 40.400 Turkish lira 147.310 Qatari Riyals 78.050 Hg Kong Dollar 0.0341591 0.0372591 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.160 Swiss Franc 310.690 Saudi Riyals 76.690 Indian Rupee 0.0045808 0.0046459 Bangladesh Taka 3.655 Jordanian Dinar 400.835 Indonesian Rupiah 0.0000227 0.0000278 Australian Dollar 263.960 Philippines Peso 6.495 US Dollar Buying 283.700 Egyptian Pound 40.329 Jamaican Dollars 0.0028435 0.0038435 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.157 Japanese Yen 0.0028334 0.0030134 Pakistan Rupee 2.775 GOLD Indian Rupees 4.687 Kenyan Shilling 0.0031853 0.0034153 Bahraini Dinar 757.650 20 Gram 246.000 Pakistani Rupees 2.775 Malaysian Ringgit 0.0821779 0.0891779 UAE Dirham 77.450 10 Gram 125.000 Bangladesh Taka 3.651 Nepalese Rupee 0.0027462 0.0029462 Saudi Riyal 75.900 5 Gram 65.000 Philippines Pesso 6.508 Pakistan Rupee 0.0027454 0.0027854 *Rates are subject to change SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 BUSINESS EU’s longest-ever recession comes to an end

MADRID: Minube, a travel startup on the totals 28 following Croatia’s accession in nomic contractions slow. There was even outskirts of Madrid, is doing something July, has a population of around 550 mil- evidence that the recession in Greece, the that many Spanish companies haven’t lion and its annual gross domestic product country at the heart of Europe’s debt crisis, thought about for years: It’s hiring. stands at around $17.3 trillion - both more is easing, too. Eurostat doesn’t publish The company, which sells bookings as than the U.S., which has GDP of $16.6 bil- quarterly figures for Greece. It only has it helps travelers share their experiences lion for 315 million people. annual comparisons and they showed that using social media, has nearly doubled its The EU’s recovery marks the first time the year-on-year contraction eased to 4.6 headcount from 17 at the end of last year since a brief period in 2011 that the four percent in the second quarter from 5.6 to 30. Business is booming as customers major pillars of the world economy - the percent in the first. come in from across Europe - including US, China, Japan and Europe - are growing Major European companies have bene- some places hardest hit by Europe’s eco- at the same time. The figures will be greet- fited from the more stable economy. nomic crisis. ed with a sigh of relief by Europe’s policy- ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmak- “We’re finally starting to see a bigger makers, who have spent nearly four years er, says the worst is over and that growth curve in Spain, and the strong grappling with a debt crisis that has European demand is finally on the rise growth in Italy has been a surprise,” threatened the very future of the euro. But again. Many companies, however, are still Minube’s co-founder, Pedro Jareno, said. they were not ready to declare victory, relying on foreign markets to drive profits. “The improvements we are starting to see aware that this is only the start of what is Big exporters, like German car maker BMW, in the market are constant.” That brighter - expected to be a slow and uneven recov- are selling a lot in China and pushing into or less gloomy - backdrop was confirmed ery. fast-growing emerging markets. The in figures Wednesday, which showed that “This slightly more positive data is wel- recovery in Europe, the world’s largest the longest-ever recession to afflict the come - but there is no room for any com- trading bloc, is expected to cause an euro-zone came to an end in the second LISBON: A man runs past containers placed at Lisbon’s Santa Apolonia placency whatsoever,” Olli Rehn, the EU’s increase in global trade levels later this quarter of the year. Eurostat, the European port. Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics office, said the 17 EU top monetary official, said in his blog after year as exporters like Germany gather Union’s statistics office, said the 17 EU countries that use the euro saw their collective economic output the release of the figures. “I hope there will pace and Europeans buy more products countries that use the euro saw their col- increase by 0.3 percent in the April to June period from the previous be no premature, self-congratulatory from companies in the US, Japan and else- lective economic output increase by 0.3 quarter.— AP statements suggesting ‘the crisis is over’.” where. percent in the April to June period from The improvement was largely due to solid Despite that cautious note of optimism, the previous quarter. cent anticipated in the markets. Growth, the US enjoyed during the second quarter. growth of 0.7 percent in Germany and a analysts said the euro-zone still has a long That’s the first quarterly growth since however anemic, had been predicted by The wider 27-country EU, which includes surprisingly strong 0.5 percent bounce- way to go before it can say it has proved the euro-zone slipped into recession in the many economists following an easing in non-euro countries such as Britain and back in France following two quarters of the skeptics wrong. Europe’s indebted last three months of 2011. The ensuing market concerns over Europe’s debt crisis Poland, also emerged from its own, milder negative growth. governments still face years of spending recession of six quarters was the longest over the past year and record low interest recession, and like the euro-zone is also Aside from Europe’s top two cuts and tax increases and many, notably since the euro currency was launched in rates from the European Central Bank. growing at an annualized rate of around economies, there were signs of stabiliza- Greece and Spain, are weighed down by 1999. The improvement made up for the The euro-zone’s growth, which trans- 1.3 percent. tion elsewhere, notably in Portugal, which record-high unemployment of over 25 previous quarter’s equivalent decline and lates to an annualized rate of around 1.3 Growth in Europe provides a boon to expanded by a surprising 1.1 percent. percent. A full recovery across the euro- was moderately better than the 0.2 per- percent, is still well below the 1.8 percent the global economy. The EU, which now Spain and Italy saw the pace of their eco- zone is not expected before 2015.—AP

Euro-zone recession end is Tepid US retail sales raise cold comfort for Greece

FRANKFURT: Europe’s recession is over, sion for most of the past four years after doubts about economy thanks to second-quarter growth in big its property market collapsed, causing countries Germany and France and an several banks to fail and require bailouts. improvement in some of the smaller ones Spain looks like it could finally post some Consumer confidence may be tapering off that have been hit hard by the financial quarterly economic growth before the WASHINGTON: Bleaker outlooks at retailers like abroad to squeeze its low-income shoppers the extraordinary circumstances. crisis. But the pain is not over, because end of the year. Nonetheless, Spain has an Wal-Mart and Macy’s are raising doubts that con- rest of the year. Wal-Mart is considered an econom- “It’s not something you use when the econo- many still have mountains of public debt unemployment rate of 26.3 percent, sumers will spend enough in coming months to lift ic bellwether: It accounts for nearly 10 percent of my is just struggling,” Vitner said. Retail analysts to pay off and record unemployment. It’s which the International Monetary Fund the still-subpar US economy. nonautomotive retail spending in the United note that back-to-school sales have been slow so also uncertain how long a recovery can forecasts will only fall slightly over the Though the economy is growing steadily, States. far - potentially a worrisome sign for winter holiday be sustained. Here’s a look at how the next two years. Americans are being hampered by weak pay, high- The company attributed its gloomier report in sales late this year. If back-to-school business falls hardest-hit countries are doing: er taxes and tepid hiring. Sluggish overseas part to a Social Security tax increase that’s reduced below expectations, stores could pare their holiday ITALY economies are also slowing sales for US retailers. most Americans’ paychecks this year. Charles orders, Perkins said. That would slow production at GREECE Italy’s economy shrank by less than It’s a picture the Federal Reserve will weigh in Holley, Wal-Mart’s chief financial officer, said its cus- manufacturers. Greece’s economy contracted 4.6 per- expected in the second quarter. The 0.4 deciding whether to scale back its bond purchases tomers appear reluctant to buy discretionary items Michael P. Niemira, chief economist at the cent in the second quarter compared percent decline compared with a quarter- as soon as next month. like flat-screen TVs. International Council of Shopping Centers, expects with a year earlier. While that is slightly ly rate of 0.6 percent in the first quarter. “Consumers aren’t going to start spending with The state of the American consumer will be a sales for the back-to-school season to grow 3.1 per- less than in the previous quarter, it still Italy has also embarked on the austerity abandon until we see much stronger job and wage key factor the Fed will consider in deciding cent from last year to $42.2 billion. That would be leaves the country in an economic hole path to control its high public debt, which growth,” says Mark Vitner, an economist at Wells whether to scale back its $85 billion a month in less than the 3.6 percent gain in 2012 and below that some have termed a depression. The has grown to 130 percent of annual eco- Fargo. Treasury and mortgage bond purchases. Those the 3.3 percent average annual increase for the official forecast is that growth will only nomic output. The economy has contract- Average weekly paychecks have grown just 1.3 return in 2014, and it will take years ed for eight straight quarters, a record, percent since the recession ended more than four before the economy reaches pre-crisis and unemployment is at 12 percent. There years ago. Over the past 12 months, pay has trailed levels. Greece triggered Europe’s debt cri- are concerns that the government, a even low inflation. That’s partly why spending has sis in October 2009, when it admitted it broad coalition of parties, won’t last long remained lackluster and why many Americans may had underreported its budget deficit for and be too weak to implement the tough be postponing purchases at department stores so years. It was the first of the continent’s economic reforms needed to reduce debt they can buy cars, homes and other costly necessi- economies to get an international and get the economy growing again. ties. bailout. The policy of spending cuts and Americans increased their spending at an annu- tax increases demanded by creditors to PORTUGAL al rate of just 1.8 percent in the April-June quarter - cure public finances has reduced the The country returned to growth in the down from a 2.3 percent rate in the January-March deficit but savaged the economy and April-June quarter with a robust figure of period. Consumer spending is expected to improve society. 1.1 percent from the quarter before, after in the second half of the year. But most economists The economy has shrunk by roughly 24 contracting for 10 straight quarters. Yet foresee only a slight acceleration to an annual rate percent since 2008, business bankruptcies the country has a long way to go to of 2 percent to 2.5 percent. Those spending rates have skyrocketed and unemployment is at reduce unemployment of 17.4 percent are historically weak. And they’re too meager to a record 27.6 percent - and 64.9 percent and to generate enough growth to repay significantly boost the economy, which grew at an for people under 25. The statistics bear debts that fall due in coming years. annual rate of just 1.4 percent in the first half of the some resemblance to those during the Portugal needed a bailout in 2011 after year. Consumer spending fuels about 70 percent of Bleaker outlooks at retailers like Wal-Mart and Macy’s are raising doubts that con- Great Depression in the U.S., when gross a decade of meager growth and mount- the US economy. sumers will spend enough in coming months to lift the still-subpar US economy.—AP domestic product fell 27 percent in 1929- ing debts. The country’s creditors expect For much of this year, many Americans have 1933 and unemployment climbed to GDP to contract by 2.3 percent this year made major purchases they had postponed during purchases have been intended to keep rates on past decade. Among consumers who are making more than 20 percent. before growing 0.6 percent in 2014 and the recession and the weak recovery. Auto and mortgages and other long-term loans near record tough decisions about where to direct their limited Although there’s no fixed definition of 1.5 percent in 2015. home sales have strengthened. Yet that’s left less lows. Chairman Ben Bernanke and other Fed offi- spending money is Lance McConnell of Urbandale, depression, economist Barry Bosworth at spending money for discretionary purchases such cials have said the central bank could start slowing Iowa. McConnell, 33, a teacher, bought a used car a the Brookings Institution says Greece CYPRUS as electronic goods, clothes and eating out. its bond purchases later this year if the economy few weeks ago for $23,000. He said the $350 qualifies because of the unusual depth The Mediterranean island country “Consumers are very much need-based,” said continues to strengthen. Many economists think a monthly payments mean he won’t be making any and length of its downturn. “It goes way needed a bailout this year after its banks Ken Perkins, president of RetailMetrics, a retail slowdown in bond purchases will be announced at impulse purchases for the back-to-school season beyond anything that looks like a reces- collapsed because of losses on defaulted research firm. “If they’re buying a new car, that the Fed’s next meeting on Sept 17-18. and beyond. sion,” he said. “It’s absolutely appropriate Greek government bonds. A part of leaves less money for a child’s wardrobe.” Fears that a slowdown in Fed bond buying will “I feel overall confident about the economy,” to refer to Greece as in a depression.” deposits at its two largest banks were The trend has weakened sales and profits at hurt stocks and bonds, coupled with retailers’ said McConnell, a father of three daughters, ages 3, seized to help pay for the bailout. The retailers like Macy’s. On Wednesday, Macy’s report- gloomier outlooks, sent financial markets plunging 6 and 8. “But we really watch what we spend and SPAIN banking collapse is expected to con- ed a disappointing profit for its second quarter and Thursday. Many traders worry that less Fed bond how we spend.” The economy shrank in the second tribute to a big drop in investment and cut its outlook for the year. buying will cause interest rates to rise and loans to Such sentiment may help explain why Macy’s, quarter by 0.1 percent from the quarter spending. Cyprus’ international creditors And Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, grow more expensive. The Fed’s aggressive bond typically a stellar performer, issued a dim outlook before, but the contraction was better project that its economy will shrink by a issued an earnings report Thursday that intensified buying is credited with helping drive the stock Wednesday. Similarly, Kohl’s Corp, a department than the 0.5 percent fall recorded in the cumulative 13 percent by the end of worries about the strength of US consumers, long a market’s record run. Vitner is among those who store chain that serves middle-income shoppers, first three months of 2013. 2014. Most analysts predict it will be driving force for the global economy. think the Fed will start slowing its purchases in announced Thursday that its second-quarter net The country has been stuck in reces- worse. —AP The Bentonville, Ark.-based discounter said it September. He suggested that bond purchases on income declined 4 percent. It, too, trimmed its out- expects economic strains in the United States and a scale of $85 billion a month are intended for look for the year.—AP France out of recession Lies, damn lies, and China’s economic statistics with 0.5% Q2 growth BEIJING: China has soared almost to the top of the only a matter of time before it knocks the United PARIS: The French economy is European Union will be released world’s economic league tables, but whether the offi- States off the pedestal it has held for more than a cen- officially out of recession, accord- later in the day. Insee says the cial data underpinning its status can be trusted is a tury. But when that day finally comes, can the data be ing to data released that showed April-to-June growth was the constant headache, analysts say. Simmering unease believed? Michael Pettis, a finance professor at Peking gross domestic product had its strongest quarterly growth since regarding China’s economic figures has taken on new University and a senior associate at the US-based strongest quarterly growth in two early 2011, when Europe’s debt meaning in recent months with discrepancies in some Carnegie Endowment, said that among China econo- years. crisis exploded, forcing govern- statistics and questions over just how much gross mists, “no one” found Li’s purported comments sur- The national statistics agency, ments to cut spending and drag- domestic product (GDP) is really growing. prising. Insee, said that France’s gross ging many economies into reces- Earlier this year, economists took issue with “I mean, we’ve been told this many, many, many domestic product rose 0.5 per- sion. Chinese monthly trade statistics, which diverged wild- times by government officials,” he said. “There’s a lot of cent in the second quarter, large- France, Europe’s second- ly from expectations, and two weeks ago official and problems in China. One is that there’s a perception ly on a rebound in exports, largest economy, has fared better private purchasing managers surveys-a key measure that the numbers have political incentives embedded domestic household demand and than many, but its growth has of manufacturing-surprisingly pointed in opposite in them.” China calculates monthly and annual data far public spending. The figure was been stagnant for two years. GDP directions. Doubts have also been raised about how more quickly than France, a much smaller economy well above the consensus fore- shrank 0.2 percent for each of the inflation is calculated. “If there was an index for suspi- believed to have much higher quality data, he noted. cast of 0.1 percent and even the last two quarters. But the govern- cion about China’s official statistics, it would be off the “So you sort of wonder how they’re able to do it more more optimistic Banque de ment’s growth projections for the charts, or to use the technical American term, ‘crazy quickly than the French,” he said. “That leaves all sorts France prediction of 0.2 percent full year indicate that France is bad’,” Standard Chartered economist Stephen Green of questions open.” wrote in a report. Economists have long questioned the reliability of growth. not out of the woods yet. No less an authority than China’s new premier Li numbers provided by local government officials But the positive figure wasn’t Moscovici recently said that Keqiang has expressed doubts on the issue. Leaked whose career trajectory depends on the performance a total surprise. Finance Minister growth would be between a fall US diplomatic cables show that as the top official in of their region, creating incentives to make figures Pierre Moscovici said this week- of 0.1 percent and a rise of 0.1 Liaoning province in 2007, he told the then US ambas- look better than the reality. Toshiya Tsugami, a former end that the economy was out of percent in 2013; that was a slight sador that some Chinese data was “man-made” and Japanese diplomat who now heads a China business recession, even before the official downgrade of the official projec- thus unreliable. When evaluating the provincial econ- consultancy, blames a governmental structure which data became known. In a state- tion of 0.1 percent annual omy, Li said he focused on only three figures-electrici- gives local authorities broad administrative powers ment Wednesday, he reveled in growth. ty consumption, rail cargo volume, and the amount of but reserves control over assignments and promo- the return to growth, saying that That would mean that the sec- loans issued, according to a confidential memo tions for the centre. France’s exports - which rose 2 ond half of 2013 will not keep released by the WikiLeaks website in late 2010. “The personnel ratings are done based mostly on percent in the quarter - were pace with the second quarter’s “All other figures, especially GDP statistics, are ‘for each leader’s performance, and what is most given benefitting from a pickup in growth. Wednesday’s figure is SHANGHAI: A stock investor sits in front of an reference only,’ he said smiling,” according to the weight is to what extent each local leader has devel- demand throughout the euro- also just a first estimate and could electronic screen showing index numbers at a cable. China officially overtook Japan as the world’s oped his/her local economy, for which purpose the zone. Data for the rest of the later be revised.—AP brokerage in Shanghai on Friday.— AP second-largest economy in 2010, and analysts say it is most used measure is GDP,” he said. —AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 BUSINESS

Kuwait market indices remain mixed BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week with variance on its indices. The price index closed at 8,092.04 points, up by 0.34 percent from the week before closing, the weighted index decreased by 0.23 percent after closing at 461.81 points, whereas the KSX-15 index closed at 1,067.33 points down by 0.01 percent. Furthermore, last week’s average daily turnover increased by 22.93 percent, compared to the preceding week, reach- ing K.D 24.44 million, whereas trading volume average was 262.72 million shares, recording increase of 51.31 percent. The Price Index was able to end the week in the green zone, supported y the random purchasing activities on small-cap stocks of companies with positive financial results for the first half of the current year, whereas the continuous profit collection operations on some blue-chip stocks since a week ago, pushed the Weighted and KSX-15 indices to close in the red zone. Moreover, the stock market is still considered to be weak in general. Despite the increase in trading values in few daily sessions, it remained to be below the targeted level. Probable reason is the traders conservatism state in waiting for the late announcements of the listed companies first half financial results, and their fear of having defaulted companies’ stocks being stopped from trading, especially that the legal waiting period for declaration is Insurance sector was second on the losers’ list, which finished by the end of the week. index declined by 1.28 percent, closing at 1,167.51 points, For the annual performance, the price index ended last followed by the Technology sector, as its index closed at week recording 36.36 percent annual gain compared to its 1,123.16 points at a loss of 1.21 percent. closing in 2012, while the weighted index increased by 10.57 percent, and the KSX-15 recorded 5.77 percent Sectors’ Activity increase. The Financial Services sector dominated total trade volume during last week with 501.39 million shares changing Sectors’ Indices hands, representing 47.71 percent of the total market Five of KSE’s sectors ended last week in the green zone, trading volume. The Real Estate sector was second in six recorded declines, whereas the Telecommunications terms of trading volume as the sector’s traded shares were sector’s index closed with no change from the week 32.33 percent of last week’s total trading volume, with a before. Last week’s highest gainer was the Consumer total of 339.73 million shares. Services sector, achieving 2.61 percent growth rate as its On the other hand, the Financial Services sector’s index closed at 1,242.05 points. stocks were the highest traded in terms of value; with a Whereas, in the second place, the Consumer Goods turnover of KD37.92 million or 38.78 percent of last week’s sector’s index closed at 1,254.99 points recording 1.78 per- total market trading value. The Real Estate sector took the cent increase. The Real Estate sector came in third place as second place as the sector’s last week turnover was its index achieved 0.98 percent growth, ending the week KD26.91 million represented 27.53 percent of the total at 1,554.41 points. On the other hand, the Health Care sec- market trading value. tor headed the losers list as its index declined by 2.66 per- —Prepared by the Studies & Research Department cent to end the week’s activity at 1,164.58 points. The Bayan Investment Co. US stocks retreat on weak data

NEW YORK: US equity markets suffered one of their poor- buying program. Yet treasury bond markets appeared to digit losses on the way to shedding 344.04 (2.23 percent) was pressing the technology icon for a large stock buy- est weeks of 2013 ending Friday, tumbling on the back of conclude that the Fed could indeed soon taper the pro- on the week to 15,081.47. back. Apple shares closed the week 10.5 percent higher. A uninspiring economic data and troubling earnings reports gram-the yield on the 10-year bond rose from last Friday’s The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 35.59 (2.10 percent) busy week of economic data included a few bright spots, from Walmart and other retailers. The economic picture 2.58 percent to 2.83 percent at week’s end. The 30-year to 1,655.83, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index such as a drop in initial jobless claims, which fell to their that emerged was one of tortoise-like economic growth bond also rose significantly. Analysts cited concerns about finished at 3,602.78, 57.32 (1.57 percent) lower. lowest level in six years. that might add weight to those who are urging the US higher yields as a factor behind the week’s declines. The The Nasdaq in particular got a lift from news that But most of the other indicators gave markets little rea- Federal Reserve that it is too early to scale back its bond- Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered two days of triple- activist investor Carl Icahn took a large stake in Apple and son to smile. US consumer prices increased a scant 0.2 percent in July, while US producer price data was flat in July. Analysts also rued weak consumer confidence and retail sales, which rose by only 0.2 percent. “What this week did confirm is that we’re in this very modest growth, very modest inflation period,” said Scott Wren, senior equity analyst at Wells Fargo Advisors. Adding to the unimpressive data was a spate of earnings reports from leading retailers that showed a consistently frugal global consumer. The world’s biggest retailer, Walmart, led the pack, reporting a 0.3 percent decline in comparable store sales at Walmart US due to higher payroll taxes, high gasoline prices and almost non-existent inflation. The tough conditions domestically were matched by a meager outlook internationally, prompting Walmart to cut its 2013 financial forecast. “The retail environment remains challenging in the US and our international markets, as customers are cautious in their spending,” said Walmart chief financial officer Charles Holley. The pattern carried to other retailers, such as the high-end Nordstrom, which also cut its full-year forecast, and the more mid-market Kohl’s and Macy’s, which missed analyst expectations and cited “consumers’ continuing uncertainty about spending on discretionary items in the current economic environment.” Analyst Wren said there is little reason to think consumers will change course quickly given that many continue to work off debt wracked up ahead of the housing bust. The current low-growth, low inflation environment could “easily” last another two or three years, he said. “You’re not going to get through the aftermath of a gigantic credit bubble in a year or two,” Wren said. Wren said he was confident that even in the event of a near-term correction, the stock market was on track to appreciate in 2013 and 2014 due to rising economic growth in the US and abroad. But Michael Gayed, chief investment strategy at Pension Partners, said the week’s jump in bond yields was concerning. He rated the current sentiment “probably the most fragile the market has been all year as far as risk to the downside.” Gayed said the Fed’s course was difficult to predict, particularly if bond yields continue to rise in the weeks ahead. “I think the Fed realizes it has to step away,” Gayed said. “But the problem is even the threat of stepping away has caused a significant rate hike.” Markets will get another reading on the Fed’s thinking when the central bank Wednesday releases minutes from its most recent Federal Open Market Committee meeting. 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KCIC is the Parent One swallow doesn’t make 2013, bringing the Company’s earnings Company of a Group that includes Asiya for the first half of 2013 to KD1.12 million. Investments Dubai Limited and Asiya KCIC registered in Q2 earnings per share Investments Hong Kong Limited. Asiya of 1.32 fils and a return on equity of 1.04 Investments Dubai Limited serves as the a summer for euro-zone percent. marketing and investment advisory hub Total revenues for the second quarter for KCIC. Recession over, but recovery’s roots still shallow reached KD3.23 million, which resulted in Asiya Investments Hong Kong Limited total revenues of KD4.52 million for the is fully equipped with a skillful and expe- LONDON: The cheery freeze frame trends, is unlikely to regain that high with Citi in London said he was rea- will be able to meet rising demand first half of the year, a 5.85 percent rienced investment team which has fur- of the euro-zone economy last quar- water mark until the middle of 2015 sonably optimistic that the euro- without hiring more workers - or increase in comparison to the first half of ther demonstrated KCIC’s commitment ter is no guarantee of a happy end- at the earliest, according to Jefferies, zone would be able to keep posting investing in new plant - until this so- last year when the company reported to the Asian markets. The publicly-listed ing to what has been a horror movie an investment bank, in London. quarterly growth. “No matter how called output gap has been closed. revenues of KD4.27 million. Group employs a team of Asia specialists for most of the single currency bloc Mirroring the unused resources in bad things are, you really do reach a Productivity will rise before employ- and currently manages assets in excess since the onset of the great financial the economy, unemployment is a trough at some point unless you are ment does. “It’s not enough for H1 2013 milestones: of $500 million. Key shareholders crisis. The return to growth, albeit of record high 12.1 percent. “Europe is continuously hit by bad shocks. And growth to be positive to create jobs. 1. KCIC continued to outperform include the Kuwait Investment Authority just 0.3 percent between the first a long way behind the US in the we haven’t been hit by major shocks Output growth has to exceed pro- Asian Equity benchmarks across most (Kuwait’s Sovereign Wealth Fund), and second quarters, is unalloyed cycle. We had a decent Q2 - better in Europe for a while,” he said. “With ductivity growth. We’re in an envi- strategies National Investments Company (one of good news for Europe and the than expected, for sure - but it’s still all of this slack, an economy should ronment where firms are trying to 2. The Company developed its client the leading investment banks in the world after 18 months of contrac- very early days,” said Marchel be able to generate clearly positive become more efficient, so even the infrastructure to allow for the scaling of Middle East), and Alghanim Industries tion. Alexandrovich, a Jefferies econo- growth at this point in the cycle.” growth pattern we see right now the business (one of the largest conglomerates in the But the recovery is vulnerable to mist. For many, however, it will still feel does not give you much promise of 3. Marketing efforts broadened to Middle East). external shocks and too weak yet to like recession. That is because firms unemployment coming down,” include Asian clients make a difference to two of the LOOKING UP AT LAST have plenty of spare capacity and so Rahbari said. —Reuters 4. Developed timely and informed major issues hanging over the euro- Some of the factors boosting economic research on our target coun- zone: record unemployment and growth, such as the end of a hard tries and markets. the sustainability of the area’s public winter giving way to a buoyant US energy companies eye KCIC Vice Chairman and CEO, Ahmad and private debt. Quarterly growth tourism season, are inherently fleet- Abdlatif Al-Hamad, said, “Although the of 0.7 percent in Germany and 0.5 ing. A build-up in inventories - Brazil shale gas: US first half of the year witnessed increasing percent in France, the bloc’s two which accounted for 40 percent of volatility and high uncertainty in global biggest economies, was faster on an France’s growth in the second quar- BRASILIAL US energy companies want to use their experience to economies and in turn global markets, annualized basis than in the United ter - will turn out to be a dead help Brazil tap into its vast shale gas reserves, US Energy Secretary KCIC remains committed to maintain its States, whose economy expanded weight if final demand does not Ernest Moniz said on a visit to the Brazilian capital. focus on high quality investment oppor- 1.7 percent in the second quarter improve. But the benefits of the Studies show that one-tenth of the world’s known shale gas tunities in robust businesses across the using that calculation. European Central Bank’s near-zero reserves are in Brazil, and if it decides to exploit them the South region. As a testament to this, we man- Context counts, however. interest rates and generous liquidity American giant-currently a gas importer-could be the world’s second aged to complete a funding round for Inflation-adjusted US output is provision are gradually rippling natural gas producer. Shale gas production could be viable only by one of our flagship investments during about 5 percent higher than it was through the economy. The drag 2023 assuming that investments begin now, a representative of the one of the most difficult fund-raising in the first quarter of 2008. from higher taxes and government state-run National Petroleum Agency said in May. periods. We remain optimistic that Asia Households have acted swiftly to spending cuts is fading. Global The United States “clearly today has the most experience in this will continue to evolve towards establish- pay down debt and the housing uncertainty is easing somewhat as area,” Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said at a press conference Friday ing its internal markets which will trans- market is enjoying a brisk upswing. China stabilizes and economists in Brasilia after a meeting with Brazilian industrialists. Shale gas is form their economies to a more sustain- Growth has responded, even if the pencil in faster US growth in extracted by a controversial technique known as hydraulic fracturing, recovery has been weak by histori- 2014.”This is what is allowing the able growth model.” or fracking. Fracking has unlocked an energy boom in the United cal standards. The euro-zone, by region to exit recession. The situa- Listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange, States, but has been banned in other countries over fears of environ- contrast, is still in catch-up mode. tion is not great, but it is no longer KCIC invests in domestic demand-driven mental damage. “It really has enormous impact and then when you Gross domestic product remains as bad as it was last year,” Greg sectors in Asia, namely energy, real come to Brazil, with its potential resource in gas, of course our com- 3 percent below the peak reached Fuzesi, an economist with JP estate, healthcare, infrastructure, and Ahmad Abdlatif Al-Hamad panies are very interested in participating,” Moniz said. —AFP five years ago and, on current Morgan, wrote. 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After counting 3) Azzam Abdul-Aziz Ibrahim Al-Fulaij the tally of votes, the accumulated voting results were as follows: Canon Europe supports WWF International expedition to remote Laptev Sea in Siberia LONDON: Canon Europe, world-leader in we’re proud to support WWF International imaging solutions, is sponsoring a WWF on this latest Arctic mission,” commented expedition to the Laptev Sea in Siberia as Cyp da Costa, Brand Communications part of its role as Conservation Imaging Director, Canon Europe. “Imaging has a Partner of WWF International. This is the powerful role to play in scientific research, second WWFArctic expedition in 12 and on the Laptev Sea expedition Canon months, following a successful research trip imaging equipment and expertise will help entitled ‘Sailing to Siku - Voyage to the Last WWF record and promote awareness of the Ice Area’ in the summer of 2012. state of the environment and climate Prasana Hardicar (representative of Behbehani Investment Co), was the first winner, and Khaled Abdallah Mohamed Al-Meshari was the second winner. WWF International is mounting the change.” expedition to the Taimyr Peninsula in the Clive Tesar, Head of Communications Laptev Sea, one of the least explored areas and External Relations WWF-Global Arctic of the Russian Arctic, from 13-26 August. Its Programme commented, “Canon’s support DSI net profit, revenues aim is to determine, by collecting the is vital to helping us crack this mystery of required genetic material, if there are whether the animals in the Laptev are relat- genetically-distinct Laptev populations of ed to surrounding populations. It’s also a walrus and polar bear, or whether the ani- great opportunity to share this almost surge 53.9%, 71.8% in H1 2013 mals in the Laptev Sea are related to one or unknown part of the world through pho- more of the adjacent populations. The tography and video, making the Arctic real answer to this question is required for to people worldwide.” development of effective status monitoring Canon Europe has been a conservation Order backlog closes at AED 11.7bn systems for both species and to determine partner of WWF International since 1998. the actions needed for their protection. The continued partnership demonstrates DUBAI: Drake & Scull International PJSC (DSI), a senting a 58.1 percent growth compared to AED to be the key drivers to our top line growth. Our Alongside the scientists on board, Canon Europe’s dedication to a sustainable regional market leader in the integrated design, 7.4 billion recorded during the same period last recent contract awards in the Jordanian market Russian wildlife photographer Alexey Ebel future in which humans live in harmony engineering and construction disciplines of General year. and the on-going projects in Southern Iraq will will be participating in the expedition to with the natural world. The partnership Contracting, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Selling, General & Administrative Expenses contribute to the bottom line growth in the second capture the expedition through images. includes support for a range of initiatives (SG&A) as percentage to revenues fell by 4.2 percent half of the year as productivity on project sites Alexey Ebel is sponsored by Canon for this beyond Arctic expeditions, including con- from 9.4 percent to 5.2 percent compared to H1 improve.” expedition, and will be using Canon cam- tinued sponsorship of the WWF-Canon 2012 and net operating cash flow generated during “Operations in Qatar, Kuwait, Algeria and India era and lens equipment. Global Photo Network and photography the first half of 2013 was AED 83 million. are steady with sustained margins across all our “As the latest chapter of our partnership, training for WWF employees. Quarterly Net Profit increased by 63.2 percent business streams.” closing at AED 52.2 million compared to AED 32 mil- “The results of the first half of the year are a tes- lion recorded in Q2 2012. timony of our commitment to deliver growth and Q2 2013 Revenues nearly doubled surging to solid quality of earnings by increasing revenue AED 1.340 billion compared to AED 717.3 million growth while improving our operational margins achieved in Q2 2012 .EPS for the same period and reducing our SG&A.” Khaldoun Tabari added. closed at AED 0.0192 representing a Year on Year “Our operational cash flow has substantially increase of 60 percent. Commenting on the improved compared to H1 2012 as we remain results, Khaldoun Tabari, CEO of DSI said, “We have focused and determined on improving collections successfully managed to deliver on our growing and enhancing our cash conversion cycle to backlog in the first half of the year. The consolidat- improve our working capital and deliver on our ed Net income and Revenues recorded during H1 backlog.” 2013 constitute 100 percent and 77.3 percent of “We remain optimistic on the prospects of the the respective results achieved in fiscal 2012 ended second half of the year across all our markets and December 31st.” we expect to continue with the same momentum “We are well on track in achieving our growth with additional emphasis on improving liquidity objectives for the year. KSA and the UAE continue and sustaining profitability.”

● Consolidated Net Profit stood at AED 114.9 million in H1 2013 compared to AED 74.6 million in H1 2012 representing a 53.9 percent YoY growth Arabtec Holding reports ● H1 2013 Revenues reached AED 2.567 billion compared to AED 1.494 bil- Khaldoun Tabari - CEO of lion in H1 2012 representing a 71.8 percent YoY growth Drake & Scull International 114 percent rise in ● EPS reached AED 0.0437 indicating a 56.1 percent YoY growth (MEP), Water and Power, Rail and Oil and Gas report- ● SG&A as percentage to revenues fell by 4.2 percent from 9.4 percent to 5.2 net profit for H1 2013 ed today total Revenues of AED 2.567 billion and percent compared to H1 2012 total Net Profit of AED 114.9 million for the first half DUBAI: Arabtec Holding PJSC (the “Company” or since profits are tied to progress of work. We expect of 2013 ended June 30th, representing a top line ● EBITDA reached AED 189.9 million compared to AED 107 million represent- “Arabtec”), a leading MENA construction company that this substantial backlog will have significant posi- and bottom line growth of 71.8 percent and 53.9 ing an increase of 77.5 percent compared to H1 2012 specializing in complex projects,has reported a net tive impact on the Company’s financial position and profit of AED 155 million for the first half of 2013, up profitability during the next five-year period as well as percent respectively, compared to the first half of ● Total Backlog closed at AED 11.7 billion as of June 30th 2013 compared to 2012. 114 percent from a year earlier, driven by strong per- in the long term.” “Our focus now is on refining our Earnings per Share (EPS) for the first half of the AED 7.4 billion recorded during the same period last year formance in its Saudi Arabia and UAE operations and project management organisation and execution year stood at AED 0.044 indicating a 56.1 percent ● Net Operating Cash flow was AED 83 million in H1 2013 continued realignment of its businesses. platform in order to help deliver more value and stronger results for our clients and stakeholders. Our growth compared to the same period last year. ● Q2 2013 Net Profit reached AED 52.2 million compared to AED 32 million Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and First Half 2013Key Points ultimate aim will be on turning Arabtec into one of Amortization (EBITDA) reached AED 189.9 million recorded in Q2 2012 ● H1 2013 net profit up 114 percent to AED155 the most sought after shares in the region, providing compared to AED 107 million indicating improved ● Q2 2013 revenues reached AED 1.340 billion compared to AED 717.3 million million driven by strong performance of its UAE and superior returns to shareholders.” operational efficiency. achieved in Q2 2012 Saudi Arabia operations and continued realignment Total project awards year to date reached AED of businesses for future growth Financial Review ● 5.2 billion in KSA, UAE, Qatar, Jordan and India. The EPS closed at AED 0.0192 representing an increase of 60 percent compared ● EBITDA rose 48 percent in H1 2013 to AED 363 Net profit attributable to the Ownersof the Parent total Order Backlog reached a record high closing at to Q2 2012 million grew by 114 percent to AED155 million in H1 2013 AED 11.7 billion as of the 30th of June repre- ● SG&A expenses declined by 16 percent to AED compared to H1 2012. The Company reported gross 239 million due to cost savings and reallocation of revenues of AED3.1 billion in H1 2013and AED1.6 bil- overheads to the delivery organisation lion in Q2 2013, up 20 percent and 21 percent respec- Globe Express Services features in ● Backlog rising by AED 7.3billion (net) to AED tively, compared to the same period in2012. The con- 24.4billion due to significant increase in new project tinuing strong performance of the Company’s opera- awards and geographic expansion in H1 2013 tions in the UAE and in Saudi Arabia, as well as the Logistics Mideast’s Power List 2013 ● AED2.4 billion raised to fund growth strategy realignment of Arabtec’s businesses, have con- through the completion of a rights issuein July 2013 tributed significantly to the Company’s enhanced MD Mustapha Kawam ranks 14th among execs (“Rights Issue”) financial performance in H1 2013. Arabtec has main- ● Good progress made on implementation of tained double digit gross margins with 12 percent in Globe Express Services, one of the players. Last year in particular was very asset management, transportation strategyacross the business. H1 2013 and 11 percent in Q2 2013. The stable dou- world’s top 100 global logistics memorable for us as we opened new management, yard management and Hasan Abdullah Ismaik, Managing Director and ble-digit margins reflect a return togrowth in the con- providers, recently featured in the 2013 key facilities and further strengthened labor management. CEO of Arabtec Holding commented: struction industry in the Middle East, as the region Edition of Logistics Middle East maga- our position in the region’s highly com- Globe Express Services offers a “Our businesses have delivered a strong perform- emerges strongly from the global financial crisis. zine’s Power List, an annual listing of the petitive logistics sector, and we are con- robust, well-rounded suite of logistics ance in the first half of 2013, particularly in the UAE The Company is continuing to focus on the most powerful logistics executives in fident of ending 2013 on a very positive services to companies doing business and in Saudi Arabia, and our results are a clear indica- realignment of its businesses to enhance efficiency. the region. The company’s Managing note as well.” in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North tor of the health of the industry and the potential for Earlier in 2013, Arabtec launched cost savings meas- Director for Gulf States, Mustapha Globe Express Services is a full-ser- America, Latin America and around the sustained growth in the medium term.” ures to optimise operational efficiency and project Kawam, ranked 14th in the Middle East, vice, global logistics services provider. world. Since 1974, we have enabled “We have realigned our businesses to ensure that profitability. The measures employed have started to up 8 places from his 22nd position in Out-of-gauge services are a core offer- our clients’ supply chain success we are properly organized for further growth in accor- reflect positively on the results with the selling, gener- 2012. ing of the company’s Project Logistics through ocean & air freight forwarding, dance with our five-year strategy. In doing so, we al and administrative expenses(“SG&A”)down AED Kawam’s exceptional rise among the and Management portfolio. Through its overland transport, Customs brokerage have already achieved measurable efficiencies and 45million or 16 percent in H1 2013 and down AED ranks reflects the dynamic growth of Logistics and Compliance Consulting & compliance consulting, cargo consol- cost-savings. Our financial position is very strong 44million or 29 percent in Q2 2013 compared to the Globe Express Services (GES) over the division, the company offers expertise idation, warehousing & distribution, indeed, with healthy cash flow generation and the same period last year. The reduction in SG&A in Q2 past few years. In 2012 the Group com- in creative warehouse design, distribu- specialty cargo handling, and project successful conclusion of our AED 2.4 billion Rights 2013 is partly due to the reallocation of related over- pleted a new state of art warehouse in Mustapha Kawam said, “It is indeed an tion, supply chain execution and mate- logistics. Our state-of-the-art technolo- Issue which was 30 percent oversubscribed by our heads to the project delivery organisation within the Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone and opened honor for me to be ranked among the rial handling solutions for leading retail, gy platform provides outstanding visi- shareholders. All of this is supported by our geo- Company to improve the utilisation of resources and a new Dammam Terminal Yard in Saudi region’s top logistics executives and to wholesale, and consumer product man- bility, flexibility and customization graphic expansion and growing backlog, which now provide a more accurate indication of project prof- Arabia. Kawam has been a driving force lead an extremely dedicated and hard ufacturing companies. GES’s consultan- potential, while our highly trained per- stands at AED 24.4 billion, giving us visibility over our itability. On a pro forma, like-for-like basis compared behind GES’ success, helping establish working team at Globe Express Services. cy service also covers selection and sonnel share a commitment to provid- earnings for the coming years.” to 2012, SG&A fell 7 percent and 13 percent in H1 GES Kuwait and further expanding the It is the invaluable contributions of the implementation of supply chain execu- ing the ultimate customer service. For “All these positive developments are precursors to 2013 and Q2 2013, respectively. H1 2013 SG&A mar- company’s presence in the Arabian Gulf. team that continue to elevate GES tion software, including comprehensive more information, please visit a strong performance in 2013 and beyond, which will gin was 8 percent compared to 11 percentfor the Commenting on the recognition, among the world’s leading logistics systems for warehouse management, www.globeexpress.com. start to show enhanced returns from 2014 onward same period last year. SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 technology Is this quadcopter a drone for the masses? Drone enthusiasts consider Phantom ‘major milestone’

SIMRISHAMN: Unmanned aircraft, also known as Administration allows remote-control aircraft as flying low. They came out well, except that the vibra- drones, are revolutionizing warfare. Now, some of long as they’re flown for non-commercial purposes, tion of the propellers causes the image to jiggle in that technology is coming home from the war, to stay below 400 feet and away from “real” aircraft. A waves, left to right across the screen. There are cam- amuse us and give us an aerial perspective on our new law passed last year will make it easier to get a era-mounts available that are supposed to minimize surroundings. I’ve been trying out a helicopter-type license for commercial and government drone use this effect. You certainly want to get rid of it if you’re drone called the Phantom this summer. It’s been an by 2015. using the video for any professional purpose. eye-opener in many ways. It’s easy to see these In any case, I happened to be heading on vaca- Though it may be a groundbreaking drone in agile, relatively stable aircraft being put to a number tion to the Swedish countryside, so that’s where I terms of accessibility, the Phantom still feels like a of uses, from aerial photography to package deliv- flew it. On my first try, the four propellers spun up, first-generation product, one that enthusiasts will ery - at least once the dangers can be managed and and the Phantom jumped into the air in a stiff love but rank amateurs will be baffled by. The flight the legal issues worked through. breeze, which it seemed unable or unwilling to computer is smart, but the remote is a “dumb,” con- The video camera on the phantom also lets me counteract. To prevent it from flying away, I brought ventional model that doesn’t receive any informa- see in a new way a patch of Swedish countryside it down quickly - too quickly. It lost a propeller, nev- tion from the drone. Instead, the drone communi- that I’ve been to every year since I was a child. It er to be found again, as it cartwheeled over the turf. cates things like GPS signal strengths and the need wasn’t a huge epiphany, but it was interesting to see Luckily, it ships with replacements. for compass calibration through three colored LEDs a well-known place from a completely new angle. The second flight went much better. The drone on the airframe. The user is supposed to watch them PALO ALTO: In this file photo, an employee drives a Google vehicle around The $700 Phantom, made by a Chinese company hovered nicely, and I got the hang of the controls - blinking, then match up the patterns with the man- called DJI, is at the forefront of bringing drone tech- up, down, left, right, spin around. The drone worked ual. For instance, six green flashes means the sen- Palo Alto, Calif. —AP nology to the masses. Roughly a foot in diameter, the four-propeller craft is sold as a complete unit with only minimal Google Maps cam-toting assembly required. This hasn’t been the norm in the industry. The Phantom could be to drones what the Apple II was to computing more than three decades teams map US beaches ago - offering one of the first complete, integrated PCs. In any case, some drone enthusiasts consider PANAMA CITY BEACH: Gregg Matthews and having that available with Google is the Phantom a major milestone. The Phantom does- fancies himself a lumbering Star Wars char- just the perfect way of presenting the n’t come with a built-in camera, but it does have a acter of sorts as he treks along a popular beach,” she said. holder for a GoPro action camcorder, which is what I Florida beach. He wears stout hiking sandals But Matthews said it is the people who used. These cameras cost about $200. on the squishy sand and uses ski poles for will never set foot on a Florida beach that Remote-control aircraft have been around for balance as he shoulders a 40-pound back- he thinks about the most when he is out decades. What’s different this time around? First, the pack, a blue-orb with 15 cameras extending walking. aircraft are much easier to fly, thanks to battery over his head. “It attracts a lot of attention,” “I enjoyed most the desolate stretches of technology, electronics and GPS. The Phantom uses Matthews laughed about all of his gear, unpopulated islands where literally all I a GPS chip to stay steady in the air, even in a wind, while trodding along Panama City Beach. heard for hours was waves and birds,” he and can stay up for nearly ten minutes on a single Matthews and his trekking partner, Chris said. “This is a way to bring those experi- charge of its battery, which uses the same energy- Officer, are contracted through Visit Florida, ences to people who for whatever reason - dense technology as smartphones. the state’s tourism agency, to gather images health, money, whatever - will never be The second revolution is “first-person view,” or for Google Maps. All told, they have already able to get here.” FPV. That’s when the user can see out of the drone’s walked more than 200 miles of Florida Matthews and Officer have seen dol- camera as it’s flying, freeing the user to send the air- beachfront, each logging up to 7.5 miles a phins frolicking, sea turtles, sting rays, even craft out of eyesight and making it easier to capture good video. The military uses advanced FPV to keep day with the camera orb. Each camera on alligators. On a remote bird-sanctuary drones on patrol over Afghanistan for hours, thou- the orb takes a shot every 2.5 seconds as beach, a shore bird even dive-bombed the sands of miles away from their “pilots.” It vastly This photo provided by DJI North America shows the Phantom drone. —AP they walk. Google cameras. Already, the duo has expands the range and usefulness of remote-con- Their quest: to create panoramic views to trekked past thousands of vacationers trolled aircraft. It also expands the amount of mis- well for most the following 20-odd flights, but it sors are out of whack, but a continuous string of place online of every Florida beach - similar splashing in warm Gulf waters or relaxing chief you can cause with them, from spying to egg- would still occasionally dart off in a random direc- green flashes means it wants to record a “home” to the internet giant’s Street View - which on powdery white beaches in such destina- dropping. tion right from the take-off, just as it did the first point. This is not a friendly, human-centric way to has taken photos of everything from ordi- tions as Pensacola, Destin and Panama City. The Phantom is not equipped for FPV out of the time, forcing an emergency “landing.” communicate. nary homes and businesses to world- “I’ve had a couple of people offer me a beer. box, and I didn’t try any of the $200-plus kits that are The airframe proved very sturdy, but the pro- The Phantom was a lot of fun to fly, but as soon famous landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and Unfortunately, I don‘t take it because I’m available. I had to keep my eyes on the drone and pellers were getting scrubbed pretty hard in these as I wanted to record some really interesting video, the Empire State building. kind of in the middle of a workout,” Officer could examine the captured video only after the air- crashes. I had to install a set of plastic propeller it failed me. I wanted to take it up over a rare gather- Visit Florida has partnered with Google in said. craft was safely back on the ground. This was the guards, costing $15. I consider this a must-have ing of extended family and then record the sun ris- the effort to map all 825 miles of Florida’s The men trade off carrying the camera drone experience “lite,” but it was an intriguing accessory, one I would have liked to see in the origi- ing over some ancient megaliths the next day. But beaches. And for good reason: tourism is pack - usually, one will take the morning introduction. nal package. the drone started spinning uncontrollably around Florida’s top industry, accounting for 91.4 shift and the other the afternoon. Their heft So where to try this thing? In New York City, Once, I sent the drone straight up to see how far its axis, rendering it useless. This may be a calibra- million visitors last year and $71.8 billion in includes a battery pack that provides up to where I live, that’s a tough question. The city parks it could go. I stopped it when I could hardly make it tion issue that I could deal with by connecting the spending that employed more than 1 mil- six hours of power for the cameras. Pictures, don’t allow flying machines of any kind without per- out anymore. Based on the camera footage, I esti- internal flight computer to my Windows PC, but I lion in the state. The project began in late once taken, are uploaded to camera hard mits, and that’s probably a good thing. The Phantom mate the altitude at about 1,000 feet. It could have haven’t gotten there. It’s another illustration of how July when Matthews and Officer began drives. When the photos are eventually would hurt if it crashed into you, and the spinning gone higher, but I feared losing control of it because the Phantom is still more of a hobbyist product than walking from the Alabama-Florida border. posted - probably next spring - online view- propeller blades could cause real damage to your I couldn’t see it, or feared running out of battery a true consumer product. Still, it was fun while it After mapping Florida Panhandle beaches, ers will be able to see panoramic images eyes. power on the descent. lasted, and it points to more fun ahead, with friend- Outside major cities, the Federal Aviation The more interesting videos were captured when lier drones. —AP they will hopscotch over to Florida’s Atlantic from any spot the teams walked. coast and move south. Eventually, another “It is pretty ground breaking. It is really camera team will take over, curling past cool to know that our work is going to con- Miami’s South Beach and other hotspots tribute to people being able to see different No catch for students aiming to finish the project sometime in beaches all over the world,” Officer said. The November. two will finish mapping the Panhandle Google has a similar project with map- soon and then map about 100 miles along pers trekking the trails of the Grand Canyon. the east coast until they hand off duties to in shark tagging study But the Florida project is the first large-scale another two-person team. For Matthews, beach mapping project. The mapping the toughest part of the job has been the teams were contracted through Visit Florida. blisters on his feet. He began by walking ISLAMORADA: Sharks abound in the the shark populations that have number of shark species are already said, shark sightings have risen Agency spokeswoman Kathy Torian said the barefoot, but switched to hiking sandals waters off Florida. But not on this day declined dramatically to rebuild. protected by regulations in both because more people are in the ocean project is entirely funded with public money and neoprene socks after the blisters set in. at this particular spot off the Keys as “Everybody thinks (sharks) are these state and federal waters But nowhere and engaged in water sports, such as and Visit Florida budgeted $126,000 for a Officer has walked barefoot the entire time. some ‘young scientists’ are on watch dangerous things in the ocean and are these warm water creatures more surfing and sail boating. Those sports, private contractor to oversee the produc- Using the special socks and converted for them. About a dozen high school that they’re monsters, but they’re misunderstood than in Florida, shark he said, “put people in more danger tion of images to be sent to Google. ski poles to balance the load, Matthews students - guests of the University of mostly misunderstood,” said the 17- experts say. by putting them closer to sharks.” The mappers are paid a straight fee of stays fairly comfortable during his daily Miami’s marine research program - year-old Gonzalez of Miami, noting More than half of all shark attacks But shark populations are begin- went aboard the vessel Curt-A-Sea. most sharks are actually harmless. in the U.S. occur in the Sunshine State, ning to recover - slowly. “It’s not going $27 per mile, but no expenses, she said, with five-to-seven-mile beach walks. Though Their mission: to help scientists cap- Gonzalez and most of the other according to the International Shark to happen in my lifetime and that’s the walkers covering all of their own trans- both are tanned - not burned - they wear ture sharks, measure them, take South Florida students are part of Attack File compiled by the Florida just the reality,” Macdonald said of portation and accommodations. The only hats and protective gear against the blister- blood and conduct other tests before Upward Bound, a federal program Museum of Natural History at the sharks making any measurable recov- money Google will pay is $1,000 at the end ing sun. “You look hot in all that,” a young tagging them so they can be tracked. that helps teens who would be the University of Florida. The state sees ery in coming decades. “But if I die to buy images from the state, she said. For girl splashing in the surf told Matthews as The sharks would then be released Matthews, $27 a mile is worth it. And he’s he walked past on Panama City Beach. “Yes, back into the ocean. even shed 15 pounds in the first three that’s why I get in the water a lot. It helps,” Students including 14-year-old weeks alone. he responded. Kyle Truesdell, kissed chunks of fish, “It is enough to cover expenses but The finished beach maps will include placed the bait on 10 weighted hooks mostly it is fun and probably cheaper than views of some small barrier islands, acces- and waited. And waited. And waited a gym for me,” Matthews told inquisitive sible only by boat, and glimpses of breath- some more. For six hours. But on this sunbathers as he passed them on his taking mansions tucked away on exclusive day, no sharks were biting. Catherine Panama City Beach walk. The project could stretches of beach. But the maps will not Macdonald, lab manager for the uni- be a boon for beach towns around Florida include some sections of military-owned versity’s R.J. Dunlap Marine in their competition to draw tourists from beaches in the Panhandle that authorities Conservation Program, has been tag- other states and countries. restricted because of security concerns. ging sharks for 10 years. Tuesday’s Susan Estler, vice president of marketing Matthews said he has heard other con- trip was her first shutout. Although for the Panama City Beach Convention and cerns from beachgoers worried about hav- some students got seasick or stung Visitors Bureau, said Google’s beach view ing their bikini-clad bodies captured on by jellyfish while swimming, will let potential visitors see the clear the beach views on Google maps - Street Macdonald tried to make it a learning experience. turquoise waters and gleaming white sand View once caught a Miami woman stand- “If there are no sharks, there is a - an enticement to any and all to check out ing naked in her front yard. But Matthews reason for it,” she said. “Whether it’s a the scene in person. “Certainly Panama City said any faces will be too blurry to recog- change in barometric pressure, the Beach is known for its beautiful beaches nize. —AP presence of all these jellyfish or it’s the water temperature, I don’t really know. But the more days we have like Facebook to test this the better able we are to sort of look at that data and see what it might be telling us.” mobile payments service And while there were no sharks to catch, organizers hope these stu- NEW YORK: Facebook plans to test a The test, she added, won’t involve dents will be hooked on science. Each mobile payments service that lets users moving payment processing “away from summer, nearly five dozen students make purchases inside mobile applica- an app’s current payments provider, such are immersed in a 6-week marine sci- ISLAMORADA: This photo provided by Christine Shepard, a sandbar shark is secured on a platform tions using payment information they as PayPal.” Nonetheless, shares of ence and technologyprogram with have added to their account on the social PayPal’s owner, eBay Inc. declined on with a water pump in its mouth to push oxygenated ocean water over its gills during a shark tag- activities at the Miami Museum of ging expedition off Islamorada in the Florida Keys. —AP network. Facebook Inc said Thursday that news of the potential competition. The Science - the first science museum in it is working on a “very small test” and the stock closed down $1.05, or 1.9 percent, the nation to become an Upward first in their family to attend college more than 20 attacks per year, mostly feeling like I contributed to making company says there is no set schedule for at $53.18. Facebook’s stock closed down Bound Math & Science Center - and to succeed at getting into universi- puncture wounds and small lacera- sure there will be sharks in the ocean making the service available to users. The 9 cents at $36.56. Forrester Research other facilities. The students work in ties. The program aims to steer them tions. Occasionally there is a worse 100 years for now, that’s fine by me.” service would use payment information analyst Denee Carrington thinks teams to complete hands-on toward degrees in science, math injury and about one fatality of per Indeed, while no sharks were that shoppers store on Facebook to auto- Facebook will face a challenge in offer- research projects. ortechnology. The program with the decade, on average. tagged on her student outing, matically complete checkout forms of ing mobile payments even though the Leandra Gonzalez wants to be a UM shark researchers brings out “We are seeing more shark attacks Macdonald said she hopes the teens certain mobile apps. Then, the app would company has been building up its data- marine biologist. She said she was 1,500 high school students every year numerically but that is not a new were encouraged to get involved in process the purchase. Spokeswoman base of users’ credit cards. “Consumers disappointed she didn’t get to tag for the day-long shark outing. trend,” said George Burgess, director science - even if they don’t pursue Tera Randall said in an e-mailed state- want safe, seamless and convenient any sharks. The data the students Shark populations had been in of the museum’s Florida Program for careers as scientists. “At the end of the ment that Facebook has a “great relation- mobile payments and there are a grow- help gather serves to evaluate the decline worldwide for decades, with Shark Research. “We see more sharks day our goal is to provide role models ship with PayPal, and this product is sim- ing number of competitors that con- size of shark populations and record overfishing and a decline in coral now than we saw ten or 20 years ago and mentorships to students,” ply to test how we can help our app part- sumers trust more - such as PayPal, Visa crucial habitats for those populations. reefs among culprits blamed. Sharks because there are more sharks and Macdonald said. “Even without sharks, ners provide a more simple commerce (V.me) and others,” Carrington said in an The information also allows scientists have slow growth rates, mature late more people in the water.” Yet as the we more or less accomplished that experience.” e-mailed statement. —AP to determine ways to help some of in life and produce few offspring. A human population increases, Burgess goal.” —AP SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE US obesity leveling off, but at high rate

WASHINGTON: Obesity levels among children and teenagers are also now years of increases. “After decades of bad In addition to geographic differences, menus, discouraging soda consumption, adults appear to be holding steady across severely obese, they added. Rates of news, we’re finally seeing signs of rates were higher for people with less integrating physical activity into the daily the United States, adding to recent evi- extreme obesity were nearly twice as progress,” researchers for the two health education and lower incomes, it found. life and other weight-conscious changes dence that the growth rate for US waist- high for women as for men, and were also groups wrote in Friday’s report that said Rates for those ages 45 to 64, the bulk were adding up to widespread behavior lines is slowing, according to an analysis particularly high for Hispanic boys and government efforts to encourage healthi- of the so-called Baby Boomer generation, changes. released on Friday. black girls. “As long as we continue to see er diets and more exercise were paying were also a concern as their obesity rates The report recommended strengthen- But within the holding pattern there is those increases in extreme obesity, I think off. “I’m delighted but not surprised,” said were 30 percent or higher in 41 states. In ing such programs. It said food and bev- a dramatic rise in “extreme” obesity we need to be worried,” Trust for Kelly Brownell, dean of Sanford School of Alabama and Louisiana, their rate erage companies should market only among adults and children. America’s Health Executive Director Public Policy at Duke University. “The col- reached 40 percent. their healthiest products to children, the The annual “F as in Fat” report from the Jeffrey Levi told Reuters. lective effect is having an impact and Increasingly heavy men also narrowed nation’s transportation plans should Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Overall, the report found obesity rates turning things around ... We’ve managed the obesity gender gap. “Ten years ago, encourage walking and biking, and Wood Johnson Foundation found that stabilizing across the United States, the plateau, we may remain there. We will the obesity rate for women was signifi- everyone should be able to buy healthy, the proportion of adults who are though at historically high levels with have to do more to achieve a downturn.” cantly higher than the rate for men,” 33.4 affordable foods close to home. extremely obese - at least 100 pounds nearly 36 percent of U.S adults obese as The analysis, based on data from the percent compared to 27.5 percent, Obesity is commonly measured by (45.4 kilograms) overweight - has climbed of 2010. Only one state, Arkansas, had an Centers for Disease Control and researchers wrote. Now, their “rates are body mass index (BMI), a measure of over the last three decades from 1.4 per- increase in obesity levels. Prevention, underscored America’s con- essentially the same” at nearly 36 percent, one’s height to weight. A BMI score of 30 cent in the late 1970s to 6.3 percent in The findings follow this month’s tinuing battle with weight. they said. Health experts agreed with the or more is defined as obese, while 2009-2010. That is about a 350 percent announcement that the obesity rate Obesity rates were highest in the report’s conclusion that various govern- extreme obesity is a score of 40 or higher. increase, researchers for the health non- among low-income children between the South and Midwest in states including ment programs making school lunches A score of 25 to 29 is considered over- profit groups said. About 5 percent of ages of 2 and 4 dropped slightly, after 30 Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma. healthier, mandating calorie counts on weight. — Reuters Abortion coverage for Congress under US health law

WASHINGTON: The politics of the abortion choose a plan that does not cover abortions. The ban on “administrative expenses” related to debate are always tricky for lawmakers. They funding ban, in place since the 1980s, is known abortion coverage precludes the personnel may soon get personal. An attempt to fix a prob- as the Smith amendment. office from dealing with health plans that cover lem with the national health care law has creat- The personnel office initially refused to abortion. ed a situation in which members of Congress address the issue on the record. Late Friday, “To comply with the Smith amendment, they and their staffers could gain access to abortion spokesman Thomas Richards released a state- would have to advise members and congres- coverage. That’s a benefit currently denied to ment saying: “No federal funds, including admin- sional staff that they can only choose plans that them and to all federal employees who get istrative funds, are used to cover abortions or do not cover abortions,” said Douglas Johnson, health insurance through the government’s administer plans that cover abortions. Nothing legislative director of the National Right to Life plan. restricts a federal employee from seeking addi- Committee. “And, of course, they would have to Abortion opponents say the Obama adminis- tional coverage of elective abortion services at enforce it.” tration needs to fix the congressional exception; 100 percent premium cost to the enrollee.” Abortion remains a legal medical procedure abortion rights supporters say such concerns are But Smith’s office said that did not resolve the in most cases, but it’s subject to increasing overblown. congressman’s concerns, because no health restrictions in conservative-leaning states. So far, The abortion complication is another plans in the government program cover abor- 23 states have barred or restricted abortion cov- headache for the administration as it tries to tion. Obama, who supports abortion rights, has erage by plans in the new health insurance mar- POTTSVILLE: Family members in support of Barbara J. Mancini, 57, of Philadelphia, shoehorn members of Congress and certain said previously he does not want his health care kets. But 27 states and Washington, D.C., have hold pictures of Joseph Yourshaw, 93, of Pottsville, after Mancini’s preliminary hear- staffers into insurance markets coming later this overhaul to change existing laws on abortion. not. Under the health care law, every state must ing before Magisterial District Justice James K. Reiley in Pottsville, Pa. Mancini is year under President Barack Obama’s health care An independent expert on the federal have at least one plan that does not cover abor- accused of giving a bottle of morphine to her dying father, 93-year-old Joe Yourshaw overhaul. employee plan said abortion opponents appear tion. Judy Waxman, a leading attorney for the of Schuylkill County, and has become the latest lightening rod in the nation’s long- An amendment by Iowa Republican Sen. to have a legitimate question, but the applicable National Women’s Law Center, said the outcry running debate over assisted suicide. — AP Charles Grassley - who opposes “Obamacare” laws are so arcane that it’s hard to tell who’s from abortion opponents is overblown. In the and abortion - requires lawmakers and their per- right. new insurance markets under Obama’s law, sonal staff to get private coverage through the “This goes into a legal thicket the complexity states decide whether abortion coverage can be Roche drops India patent same markets that uninsured Americans will use. of which I can’t begin to fathom,” said Walton offered, she explained. If it’s allowed, insurers Last week, the Office of Personnel Francis, lead author of an annual guide to feder- decide whether they want to offer the coverage. Management said the government would keep al health benefits. “It would take lawyers hours They may not use federal funds to pay for it and for breast-cancer drug paying its share of premiums for lawmakers and to decipher the interrelationship between these must set aside part of the premium collected affected staffers who must leave the federal statutes, and they would probably come to dif- from enrollees into a separate account to cover NEW DELHI: Swiss pharmaceutical giant Even then, it gave patent protection only to employee health care system by Jan. 1. That ferent conclusions.” abortions. “No federal money will go to abor- Roche says it is abandoning a patent for drugs discovered after 1995. eased a major anxiety for several thousand Abortion opponents say the longstanding tion,” she said. — AP top-selling breast cancer drug Herceptin in Roche obtained an Indian patent for staffers accustomed to getting the same bene- the Indian market, paving the way for local Herceptin six years ago that involved a dif- fits as other federal employees. drugmakers to make a cheaper generic ver- ferent composition of the drug. But that But the proposed regulation did not explicitly sion. patent was challenged by India’s Cancer address abortion coverage. Under the health The decision comes after an Indian Patients’ Aid Association as insufficiently care law, insurance plans in the new markets health ministry committee earlier this year innovative. may cover abortion unless a state passes a law urged the government to issue a “compul- Indian law refuses patents for tweaks to prohibiting them from doing so. Plans offering sory licence” that would have obliged drugs-so-called “evergreening”. “They coverage for abortion, however, may not use Roche to license a domestic generic firm to (Roche) had seen the writing on the wall, federal funds to pay for it. Federal tax credits to make a much cheaper copy. they knew the Herceptin patent had been help the uninsured afford coverage must be “Roche has come to the conclusion not granted on very shaky legal grounds,” kept apart from premiums collected for abortion to pursue” the patent, the company said in Kalyani Menon Sen, a leading campaigner coverage. an emailed statement to AFP late Friday. for affordable medicines, told AFP. Abortion opponents say the regulation Roche said its decision to relinquish its Earlier this year, India said in a ruling on would circumvent a longstanding law that bars patent took “into account the strength of Novartis’s leukaemia drug Glivec that no the use of taxpayer funds for “administrative the particular rights and the IP (intellectual new patent for a reformulations of an old expenses in connection with any health plan property) environment in India in general”. medicine could be granted unless they dis- under the federal employees health benefits India’s patent laws are tougher than in played a “significant therapeutic improve- program which provides any benefits or cover- many other countries as part of attempts to ment”. age for abortions.” Unlike many private corpo- make medicines more affordable to its vast Like Roche’s Herceptin, Glivec’s main rate plans, federal employee plans only cover poor population. ingredient was discovered before 1995. abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save the This has led to a string of patent set- Roche did not disclose its price for life of the mother. backs in India for Western drugmakers Trastuzumab, sold under the brand name “Under this scheme, (the government) will be which have been engaged in a series of Herceptin, but said it had a “local pricing paying the administrative costs,” said Rep. Chris intellectual property battles. policy”. Smith, R-N.J., author of the abortion funding ban Indian patient rights groups accuse Patient rights groups said the drug cost for federal employee plans. “It’s a radical devia- Western pharmaceutical firms of greedy 92,000 rupees ($1,490) for a single dose, tion and departure from current federal law, and pricing that denies impoverished patients and called the price “exorbitant” in a coun- JACKSON: Republican Gov. Phil Bryant says Mississippi needs to pursue health care businesses it’s not for all federal employees, but for a subset: in India and across the world access to vital try like India. “More than a million women to promote economic growth during a health care economic development meeting Thursday, Congress. Us.” medicines. (in India) have been diagnosed (with at the Jackson Convention Complex, in Jackson, Miss. Bryant says the state is working to create Smith is calling on the Obama administration India, known as the “pharmacy to the aggressive HE2+ breast cancer) in the six “medical corridors” by offering incentives to private companies such as pharmaceutical firms, to specify that lawmakers and staffers must world”, has a huge generic drug industry years that this patent has been in force- medical equipment manufacturers and others. — AP that turns out cheaper copycat versions of with less than 10 percent able to access the life-saving branded medicines. drug,” Sen said. The active ingredient of Herceptin, used Roche said Herceptin would remain on to treat an extremely aggressive form of sale in India. It has global patents on Amid cattle health concerns, breast cancer, was discovered before 1995 Herceptin running through 2019. It noted when India did not recognise patents. there were “no approved bio-similars To join the World Trade Organization, (copies) of Herceptin in India” yet but Sen India had to change its law but it did not said two Indian firms are working on gener- Merck halts Zilmax sales start recognising drug patents until 2005. ic equivalents. — AFP CHICAGO: US drugmaker Merck & Co said on and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to gather animal health experts have suggested that the Friday it is suspending sales of its Zilmax animal information on Zilmax and determine if it poses a use of Zilmax may be a cause. feed additive in the United States and Canada safety issue. Livestock analysts said they were In response to Merck’s suspension of Zilmax, following concerns about animals showing signs surprised by Merck’s decision because the com- Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson said: “We of distress after use of the product, which is given pany’s earlier move to address concerns about appreciate Merck’s decision and will continue to to cattle to increase their weight before slaugh- Zilmax had not included a sales halt. monitor this issue. We’ll also continue to seek ter. Zilmax has been the focus of attention in the “They laid out a strategy in the last few days input from our Animal Well-Being Advisory Panel livestock industry since Tyson Foods Inc that did not include suspension,” said Jim Robb, as well as other independent animal health and announced last week it will no longer accept director of the Livestock Marketing Information welfare experts.” Following Tyson’s decision to Zilmax-fed cattle for slaughter. Center. The halt in sales will not cause a major stop buying cattle fed with Zilmax, Merck Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures disruption in North American beef production if defended its product. The drug company said in rose Friday on expectations that a cutback in producers switch to Optaflexx, a less-potent a statement on Friday that tests have proven that Zilmax use could trim the supply of beef begin- growth promoter sold by Eli Lilly and Co’s Elanco Zilmax is safe. Merck also said it was working ning this fall, although producers said they did animal health unit, Robb said. with Tyson to resolve questions about the drug. not expect major changes. Prices for CME live cattle to be delivered in Merck shares closed down 0.6 percent at $47.70 Reuters reported earlier this week that a sec- late winter 2013 and spring 2014 had been down on Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. The ond major meat packer, JBS USA, at a cattle Friday morning before the Merck announcement halt of Zilmax sales may translate into a 1 percent industry conference had presented a video from and then rebounded after the news. Investors drop in U.S. beef production, said Rich Nelson, a JBS plant showing cattle having difficulty walk- bought based on a belief that cattle brought to chief strategist for commodities brokerage firm ing after they were fed beta-agonist drugs, addi- slaughter without feeding on Zilmax would have Allendale Inc. tives that speed weight gain in animals. Zilmax is lower body weight, resulting in less beef and Feedlots will shift to rival additive Optaflexx the leading commercial brand of beta-agonist. higher prices, traders said. from Zilmax because they still want to add In an interview with Reuters on Friday, Merck One of Tyson’s rivals, Cargill Inc, the country’s weight to their animals, Nelson said. said no safety issues had been discovered in 30 third-largest meat producer, called Merck’s deci- Optaflexx is less effective at adding weight to studies since the product was introduced in the sion to halt sales “prudent” and said it reflects a animals than Zilmax, according to producers. United States in 2007. Merck said on Friday it “thorough assessment of the situation.” Merck’s decision to suspend Zilmax sales rais- remains confident in the safety of the product, “While Cargill has not experienced some of es cattle producer Charlie Coblentz’s hopes for which had sales of $159 million last year in the the cattle wellbeing issues others have, we sup- bigger profit. Coblentz does not use beta-ago- United States and Canada. But the company port Merck’s decision,” Cargill spokesman Mike nists in his Oklahoma feeder operation because added it will conduct an audit of how it is used Martin said. Cargill will continue to buy cattle fed he does not raise cattle to the their finishing “from the feedyard to the packing plant.” The Optaflexx, he added. Major beef packers National weights - the last few weeks before slaughter, product is sold by Merck’s animal health unit. Beef and JBS USA could not immediately be when doses of Zilmax or Optaflexx help cattle Merck said its decision to suspend sales will reached for comment. The use of Zilmax drew add weight. However, increased prices for fully allow the company time to implement its plan increased scrutiny after Tyson on Aug. 7 said it grown cattle will have an effect on all cattle announced on Tuesday to establish study proto- would stop purchases of cattle fed the popular prices, even the younger animals Coblentz raises MOGADISHU: A Somali baby receives a polio vaccine, at the Medina Maternal cols, identify feeders and packers to participate feed additive after some animals arrived at its on his Oklahoma operation, he said. Child Health center in Mogadishu, Somalia. The UN’s humanitarian affairs office in its audit while creating a third-party team to packing plants having difficulty walking or mov- “If everybody would take that out and cattle says a polio outbreak in Somalia is spreading. The UN said Friday, that Somalia oversee the process and validate its results. ing. Tyson, the country’s biggest meat processor, aren’t able to gain as easily as they are now, the has 105 confirmed cases of polio, with another 10 cases confirmed in neighbour- Also on Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug said it does not know what was behind the ani- price of beef is going to go higher,” said Coblentz. ing Kenya. — AP Administration said it was working with Merck mals’ behavior, but company executives said that “That was my first thought.” — Reuters SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE Are vaccines only for children?

“We are physicians from different specialties with a speciﬁc interest in public health advocacy and promotion. We, also, aim to increase awareness among the Kuwaiti public regarding a variety of diseases and conditions and to rectify the misconceptions they may have. Since our group consists of multiple physicians we decided to write under the pen name of

ell not quite! It is true that the big of 6 months should receive the seasonal immunosuppressed, and people who attend nia (spleen is removed or not functional), sick- who are above the age of 50 or are immuno- bulk of the vaccinations that a person influenza vaccine. There are two types of the large gatherings like hajj in Mecca or the le cell disease, cerebrospinal fluid leaks, or compromised. The last and most important is Wreceives are usually in childhood; influenza vaccine; the nasal form, which is a Olympic games. However, there are some con- cochler implants. the hepatitis B vaccine. In Kuwait, recently, however, there are other important vaccines live attenuated influenza vaccine (not dead traindications to using the flu vaccine and one It is also recommended that people who there was a campaign urging ever person to that are necessary even for adults. The first virus) or the injection form, which is an inacti- of them is severe allergies to egg protein or are above 65 years of age receive one more get vaccinated with the hepatitis B vaccine. vaccine was invented in 1769 when Edward vated influenza vaccine (killed virus). Both people with a history of Guillan-Barre syn- dose of the pneumococcal vaccine. The third This is because hepatitis B is a deadly virus that Jenner used materials from cowpox pustules these vaccines are safe to use. The nasal drome. The second vaccine that should be vaccine is the shingles vaccine. The Advisory can cause transitory or permanent liver dam- to provide protection against smallpox. It was influenza vaccine is not recommended for any administered to adults is the Pneumococcal Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) age. Through vaccination we can decrease the then noted that other materials could also be one that is younger than 2 years of age or any- vaccine. The CDC recommends that all people has recommended this vaccine in 2008. risk of transmission of this deadly virus. In the used to provide transient or permanent pro- one that is older than 50 years. The World aged 19 through 64 should get one dose of Shingles is a very painful localized skin rash end I would like to say that vaccines are impor- tection against various infectious diseases. Health Organization along with other organi- the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine that is caused by the varicella zoster virus tant for both children and adults as they One these vaccines are the influenza vac- zations recommend yearly influenza vaccines (PPSV23). In addition, they recommend that all (same virus as chickenpox). This condition usu- decrease morbidity and some times even mor- cine, which should be taken yearly. The US to be given to certain people; these include, people aged 19 and older should receive the ally emerges when a person reaches the age of tality. Stay healthy Kuwait! center for disease control and prevention the elderly, people with chronic lung, heart, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) 50 or older, or s/he is immune compromised in (CDC) recommend that everyone over the age liver, or renal disease, people who are once or twice if they have the following: asple- anyway. Thus, it is recommended for those L’homme en Blanc.” Cosmonauts prepare for new lab in record Russian spacewalk

CAPE CANAVERAL: Two Russian oratory scheduled to arrive in station’s Pirs airlock at 10:36 a.m. tion to abort a spacewalk on July cosmonauts floated outside the December. EDT (1436 GMT) to kick off a 7- 16. Russia’s Orlan spacesuits are International Space Station on Flight engineers Fyodor hour, 29-minute spacewalk, the different from NASA’s but “due dili- Friday to set up power and ether- Yurchikhin and Alexander longest ever by Russian cosmo- gence was paid in preparation for net cables for a new research lab- Misurkin opened the hatch on the nauts. this spacewalk,” Navias said. The spacewalk eclipsed by 13 “Everything was in good minutes the Russians’ previous shape,” he added. In addition to record set in July 2000 outside the rigging cables between the Mir space station. The longest Russian Zarya and spacewalk overall was an 8-hour, Poisk modules, Yurchikhin and 56-minute outing in 2001 by two Misurkin attached a panel of NASA astronauts working outside experiments on a handrail on the International Space Station. Poisk that will remain outside to Yurchikhin, who was making expose sample materials to the his seventh spacewalk, and space environment. Misurkin, on his second, spent The cosmonauts are scheduled most of their time routing two for another spacewalk on Aug. 22 power cables and an ethernet line to install a swiveling platform for a for a new Russian multipurpose telescope. Russia’s Nauka module, laboratory called Nauka. which will serve as research lab, “There’s a lot of intricate and docking port and airlock, will delicate stringing (of the cables) replace the Pirs docking compart- through handrails and hook ment, which will be detached points,” NASA mission commenta- from the space station and flown tor Rob Navias said during a tele- into the atmosphere, where it will vised broadcast of the spacewalk. be incinerated. The outing is the third of six The station, a $100 billion proj- spacewalks Russia plans to con- ect of 15 nations, flies about 250 JALALABAD: An Afghan amputee practises walking with his prosthet- duct this year. miles (about 400 km) above Earth. ic leg at one of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) NASA meanwhile is still investi- It has been permanently staffed WASHINGTON: Dr. Pierre Comizzoli, a Reproductive Physiologist at the Center for hospitals for war victims and the disabled in Jalalabad yesterday. The gating the cause of a spacesuit by rotating crews of astronauts Species Survival, opens up a freezer filled with frozen samples of Giant panda blood ICRC orthopaedic project, which began in 1988 in Kabul, now has sev- helmet leak that forced two other and cosmonauts since November at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute at the National Zoo in en centres in various Afghan provinces. — AFP crew members at the space sta- 2000. — Reuters Washington, DC, August 13, 2013. — AFP WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 TIES Center SEND US YOUR film show INSTAGRAM PICS IES Center cordially invites all who can barely speak his own hat’s more fun than clicking a beauti- those interested to its movie native language properly (just kid- ful picture? Sharing it with others! Let entitled, “Islam: An American ding). If you are interested in the other people see the way you see T W Faith,” on Monday, August 19, 2013 topic, TIES Center is the most appro- Kuwait - through your lens. 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The pre- any, many happy returns of the day to introduce an innovation that brings all the Espresso Vergnano capsules are compati- senter is Tony Braun from Canada, Shaikh Ashraf. Best wishes from father passion and pleasure of the perfect ble with other espresso machines. MShaikh Aslam Basha, mother Tabasum Begum, Brother Parvez, Ayaan, Sister Faiz, Uncle Shaikh Anwar Basha, Omar (Haji), aunty Sajida Begum and Grand Father Mohd, Khasim, Mastan Saheb Grand Mother Khatunbee, Beejan Bee and Khader Basha, Abida, Arshad, Asif, Munawar Basha, Famida, Mubashir, Thamanna, Mohd Rafi, Ayesha, Anisa, near and dear ones from Kuwait and India.

Announcements

Indian Embassy sets up helpline he Indian Embassy in Kuwait has set up helpline in order to assist Indian expatriates Tin registering any complaint regarding the government’s ongoing campaign to stamp out illegal residents from the country. The embassy said in press release yesterday that it amended its previous statement and stated if there is any complaint, the same could be conveyed at the following (as amended): Operations Department, Ministry of Interior, Kuwait. Fax: 22435580, Tel: 24768146/25200334. It said the embassy has been in regular contact with local authorities regarding the ongoing checking of expatriates. The embassy has also conveyed to them the concerns, fears and apprehensions of the community in this regard. The authorities in Kuwait have conveyed that strict instructions have been issued to ensure that there is no harassment or improper treatment of Tennis Shaab Sea Club concludes tennis tourney expatriates by those undertaking checking. “The embassy would like to request Indian expatriates he Tennis Shaab Sea Club concluded a tennis tournament featuring 26 players in senior category and 16 in junior category. The event is a part of to ensure that they abide by all local laws, rules annual competitions organized by the Touristic Enterprises Company at the Shaab Sea Club and other sea clubs for members and their families. and regulations regarding residency, traffic and T other matters,” the release read. It would be prudent to always carry the Civil ID and other relevant documents such as driving license, etc. In case an Indian expatriate encounters any improper treatment during checking, it may be conveyed immediately with full details and contact particulars to the embassy at the following phone number 67623639. These contact details are exclusively for the above-mentioned purpose only.

Issue of online visa by Indian embassy oreigners requiring visas for India need to apply it online from 16th June 2013. FApplicants may log on to the Public portal at ww.indianvisaonline.gov.in. After successful online submission, the hard copy, so generated, has to be signed by the applicant and submitted with supporting documents in accordance with the type of visa along with the applicable fee in cash at any of the two outsource centres at Sharq or Fahaheel. It is essential that applicants fill in their personal details as exactly available in their passports. Mismatch of any of the personal details would lead to non-acceptance of the application. Fees once paid are non-refundable. All children would have to obtain separate visa on their respective passports.

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EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA The Embassy of Australia has announced that Kuwait citizens can apply for and receive visit visas in 10 working days through www.immi.gov.au. All other processing of visas and Immigration matters are handled by the Australian Visa Application Centre located in Al Banwan Building, 4B, 1st Floor, Al Qibla Area, Ali Al Salem Street, Kuwait City. Visit. www.vfs-au- gcc.com for more info. The Embassy of Australia does not have a visa or immigration department. All processing of visas and immigration matters is conducted by the Australian Consulate-General in Dubai. Email: [email protected] (VIS), immigra- [email protected] (Visa Office), Tel: +971 4 205 5900 (VFS), Fax: + 971 4 355 0708 (Visa Office). Notary and passport services are available by appointment. Appointments can be made by calling the Embassy on 22322422. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ EMBASSY OF CANADA The Embassy of Canada in Kuwait does not have a visa or immigration department. All processing of visa and immigration matters including enquiries is conducted by the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Individuals who are interested in working, studying, visiting or immigrating to Canada should contact the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, website: www.UAE.gc.ca or www.goingtocanada.gc.ca, E-mail: abdbi-im- [email protected]. The Embassy of Canada is located at Villa 24, Al-Mutawakei St, Block 4 in Da’aiyah. Please visit our website at www.Kuwait.gc.ca. The Embassy of Canada is open from 07:30 to 15:30 Sunday through Thursday. The reception is open from 07:30 to 12:30. Consular services for Canadian citizens are provided from 09:00 until 12:00, Sunday through Wednesday. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ EMBASSY OF UK As of July 22, the British Embassy’s Visa Application Center (VAC) will be extending opening hours to be from 08:00 to 15:00 (previously from 09:30 to 14:30). This will generate more appointments in addition to the ones created from the Iftar opening time from 20:00 - 22:00. This step comes in response to the increasing number of applicants during summer. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ EMBASSY OF GREECE The Embassy of Greece in Kuwait has the pleasure to announce that visa applications must be submitted to Schengen Visa Application Centre (VFS office) located at 12th floor, Al-Naser Tower, Fahad Al-Salem Street, Al-Qibla area, Kuwait City, (Parking at Souk Watia). For information please call 22281046 from 08:30 to 17:00 (Sunday to Thursday). Working hours: Submission from 08:30 to 15:30. Passport collection from 16:00 to KES entertains kids 17:00. For visa applications please visit the following website www.mfa.gr/kuwait. at Khorafi Center ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ EMBASSY OF US he young engineers committee at Kuwait Engineers Parents of Kuwaiti citizen children may Society organized a special day during the holy month drop off their sons’ and daughters’ visa Tof Ramadan for kids of special needs at Al-Khorafi applications - completely free of an inter- Center. The volunteers carried out many entertainment view or a trip inside the Embassy. The activities to entertain the kids. —Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh children must be under 14 years of age, and additional requirements do apply, but the service means parents will no longer have to schedule individual appointments for their children, nor come inside the Embassy (unless they are applying for themselves). The service is only available for children holding Kuwaiti passports. To take advantage, parents must drop off the following documents: Child Visa Drop-off cover sheet, available on the Embassy website (http://kuwait.usembassy.gov/child_visas.htm) - Child’s passport; The Child’s previous passport, if it contains a valid US visa; 5x5cm photo of child with eyes open (if uploaded into DS- 160, photos must be a .jpg between 600x600 and 1200x1200 pixels, less than 240kb, and cannot be digitally altered); A completed DS- 160 form; Visa Fee Receipt from Burgan Bank; A copy of the valid visa of at least one parent. If one parent will not travel, provide a visa copy for the traveling parent, and a passport copy from the non-traveling parent with a letter stat- ing no objection to the child’s travel. - For children of students (F2): a copy of the child’s I-20. Children born in the US (with very few exceptions) are US citizens and would not be eligible for a visa. Parents may drop off the application packet at Window 2 at the Embassy from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, Monday to Wednesday, excluding holidays. More information is available on the U.S. Embassy website: kuwait.usembassy.gov/child_visas.html ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

EMBASSY OF UKRAINE The Embassy of Ukraine in the State of Kuwait would like to inform that submission of the documents for tourist visa is temporary closed (from August 26 till September 26). Within the above-mentioned period, the visa will be issued only in the case of emergency. In the case of planning travel to Ukraine, please apply for visa before August 20. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

EMBASSY OF VATICAN The Apostolic Nunciature Embassy of the Holy See, Vatican in Kuwait has moved to a new location in Kuwait City. Please find below the new address: Yarmouk, Block 1, Street 2, Villa No: 1. P.O.Box 29724, Safat 13158, Kuwait. Tel: 965 25337767, Fax: 965 25342066. Email: [email protected] SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 TV PROGRAMS

09:05 The Tech Show 15:00 Jessie 20:25 Pajanimals 09:30 Food Factory 15:25 Jessie 20:35 Doc McStuffins 09:55 Food Factory 15:50 Jessie 20:45 Mouk 10:20 Food Factory 16:10 Dog With A Blog 21:00 New Adventures Of Winnie 10:45 Food Factory 16:35 A.N.T. Farm The Pooh 00:00 Pirate Patrol 00:45 Predator’s Playground 11:15 Food Factory 17:00 Austin And Ally 21:25 Pajanimals 01:00 Air Crash Investigation 01:35 Animal Cops Houston 11:40 Food Factory 17:20 Austin And Ally 21:35 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 02:00 Air Crash Investigation 02:25 Into The Pride 12:05 Food Factory 17:40 Teen Beach Movie First 22:00 Timmy Time 03:00 Naked Science 03:15 My Cat From Hell 12:30 Food Factory Look 22:10 The Hive 04:00 Alaska Wing Men 04:05 My Pet’s Gone Viral 13:00 Food Factory 17:45 Austin And Ally 22:20 Winnie The Pooh: Tales Of 05:00 Inside World War II 04:30 My Pet’s Gone Viral 13:25 Food Factory 18:10 That’s So Raven Friendship 06:00 Banged Up Abroad 04:55 Animal Cops Houston 13:50 Mean Green Machines 18:30 That’s So Raven 22:30 Jungle Junction 07:00 Ultimate Disaster 05:45 Wild France 14:20 The Gadget Show 18:55 That’s So Raven 22:45 Handy Manny 08:00 Pirate Patrol 06:35 Wildlife SOS 14:45 The Tech Show 19:20 Jessie 22:55 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 09:00 Air Crash Investigation 07:00 Meerkat Manor 15:10 Body Spectacular 19:40 Jessie 23:20 Little Einsteins 10:00 Air Crash Investigation 07:25 Dogs/Cats/Pets 101 16:00 Mighty Ships 20:05 Jessie 23:50 Special Agent Oso 11:00 Naked Science 08:15 Venom Hunter With 16:55 Punkin Chunkin 2010 20:30 Austin And Ally 12:00 Alaska Wing Men Donald Schultz 17:45 The Science Of Star 20:50 A.N.T. Farm 13:00 Nazi Temple Of Doom 09:10 Austin Stevens: Most Wars 21:15 That’s So Raven 14:00 Banged Up Abroad Dangerous... 18:35 Game Changers 21:40 Good Luck Charlie 15:00 Lockdown 10:05 Escape To Chimp Eden 19:00 Game Changers 22:00 Shake It Up 16:00 Pirate Patrol 10:30 Dick ‘n’ Dom Go Wild 19:30 Extreme Bodies 22:25 A.N.T Farm 17:00 Air Crash Investigation 11:00 The Most Extreme 20:20 Curiosity 22:50 Austin And Ally 18:00 Air Crash Investigation 11:55 Wild France 21:10 The Gadget Show 23:10 Wizards Of Waverly 06:00 Kid vs Kat 19:00 Salvage Code Red 12:50 Search For The Knysna 21:35 The Tech Show Place 06:10 American Dragon 20:00 One Ocean Elephants 22:00 Curiosity 23:35 Wizards Of Waverly 06:35 Kickin It 21:00 Dangerous Encounters 13:45 Running With Wolves 22:50 Curiosity Place 07:00 Phineas And Ferb 22:00 Salvage Code Red 14:40 Lion Man: One World 23:40 The Gadget Show 07:20 Phineas And Ferb 23:00 Storm Worlds African Safari 07:45 Lab Rats 15:05 Lion Man: One World 08:10 Lab Rats African Safari 08:35 Phineas And Ferb 15:35 Bondi Vet 08:45 Phineas And Ferb 16:30 Talk To The Animals 09:00 Randy Cunningham: 9th 16:55 Talk To The Animals Grade Ninja 00:45 Final 24 17:25 My Cat From Hell 00:05 Special Agent Oso 09:30 Max Steel 00:20 The Incredible Dr. Pol 01:35 Final 24 18:20 Call Of The Wildman 00:15 Imagination Movers 09:55 Slugterra 01:10 When Sharks Attack 02:30 Mummy Autopsy 18:45 Call Of The Wildman 00:40 Jungle Junction 10:20 Crash & Bernstein 02:00 Indonesia Beyond The Reefs 03:25 Mummy Autopsy 19:15 Austin Stevens 00:55 Jungle Junction 10:45 Kickin It 02:20 Indonesia Beyond The Reefs 04:20 Mummy Autopsy Adventures 01:10 Handy Manny 11:10 Lab Rats 02:50 Cameramen Who Dare 05:10 Trashopolis 20:10 Fur Seals: The Dark 01:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 11:35 Pair Of Kings 03:45 When Sharks Attack 06:05 Trashopolis Side 02:00 Little Einsteins 12:00 Phineas And Ferb 04:40 Alpha Dogs 07:00 Joanna Lumley’s Nile 21:05 Charles & Jessica: A 02:25 Special Agent Oso 12:10 Phineas And Ferb 05:05 Alpha Dogs 07:50 Discovery Atlas: France Chimp Tale 02:40 Special Agent Oso 12:30 Scaredy Squirrel 05:35 The Incredible Dr. Pol Revealed 22:00 The Animals’ Guide To 02:50 Imagination Movers 13:00 Motocrossed 06:30 Outback Wrangler 08:45 Animal Armageddon Survival 03:20 Handy Manny 14:35 Phineas And Ferb 07:25 Man vs Monster 09:35 Prehistoric Assassins 22:55 Lion Man: One World 03:40 Special Agent Oso 14:45 Phineas And Ferb 08:20 Monkey Thieves 10:30 Prehistoric Assassins African Safari 03:50 Special Agent Oso 15:00 Phineas And Ferb 08:45 Monkey Thieves 11:20 Ultimate Cars 23:20 Lion Man: One World 04:00 Timmy Time 15:10 Phineas And Ferb 09:15 Super Predators 11:45 A Racing Car Is Born African Safari 04:10 Imagination Movers 15:25 Lab Rats 10:10 Speed Kills 12:10 Ultimate Cars 04:35 Little Einsteins 15:50 Slugterra 11:05 Dangerous Encounters 12:35 A Racing Car Is Born 05:00 Jungle Junction 16:15 Max Steel 12:00 Kingdom Of The Oceans 13:05 I Shouldn’t Be Alive 05:15 Jungle Junction 16:40 Kickin It 12:55 Dangerous Encounters 13:55 I Shouldn’t Be Alive 05:30 Little Einsteins 17:05 Randy Cunningham: 9th 13:50 Built For The Kill 14:50 I Shouldn’t Be Alive 00:05 World’s Scariest 05:50 Special Agent Oso Grade Ninja 14:45 Ragged Tooth 15:45 Guns: The Men Who 00:55 Kidnap And Rescue 06:00 Special Agent Oso 17:30 Crash & Bernstein 15:40 Bear Nomad Made Them 01:45 First Week In 06:15 Jungle Junction 17:55 Pair Of Kings 16:35 World’s Deadliest Killer Three 16:40 Treasure Quest 02:35 How It’s Made 06:30 Jungle Junction 18:20 Lab Rats 17:30 Dead Or Alive 17:35 The Aviators 03:00 How It’s Made 06:45 Handy Manny 22:35 Scaredy Squirrel 18:25 Croc Invasion 18:00 The Aviators 03:25 How It’s Made 07:00 Special Agent Oso 23:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am 19:20 Kingdom Of The Oceans 18:25 Secrets Of... 03:50 How It’s Made 07:15 Jungle Junction KSA 20:10 Dangerous Encounters LIARS ALL ON OSN MOVIES HD 04:15 How It’s Made 19:20 Welcome To India 07:30 Higglytown Heroes 21:00 Built For The Kill 04:40 How Do They Do It? 20:10 Caroline Quentin: A 07:45 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 21:50 Ragged Tooth 05:05 How Do They Do It? Passage Through India 08:10 New Adventures Of Winnie 22:40 Bear Nomad 04:00 Ice Age: Continental Drift-PG 05:30 How Do They Do It? 21:05 Guns: The Men Who The Pooh 23:30 World’s Deadliest Killer Three 06:00 Below The Beltway-PG15 06:00 How Do They Do It? Made Them 08:35 The Little Mermaid 08:00 StreetDance 2-PG15 06:30 How Do They Do It? 22:00 Welcome To India 09:00 The Hive 00:05 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 00:00 Revenge 10:00 The Family Stone-PG15 07:00 Fast N’ Loud 22:55 Caroline Quentin: A 09:10 Doc McStuffins 00:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 01:00 White Collar 01:30 L.A I Hate You-18 12:00 Midnight In Paris-PG15 07:50 Overhaulin’ 2012 Passage Through India 09:20 Zou 00:55 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 02:00 Sons Of Anarchy 03:15 Anonymous-18 14:00 Deadly Hope-PG15 01:20 Unwrapped 05:30 Neds-PG15 08:40 Fifth Gear 23:50 The Aviators 09:35 Henry Hugglemonster 01:30 Broken Path-PG15 03:00 Homeland 16:00 StreetDance 2-PG15 09:30 Gold Divers 09:50 Henry Hugglemonster 01:45 Food Wars 04:00 Body Of Proof 07:30 Every Jack Has A Jill-PG15 18:00 The Odd Life Of Timothy 02:10 Food Wars 03:15 The Da Vinci Code-PG15 09:00 Dolphin Tale-PG 10:20 Alaska: The Last 10:00 Sofia The First 06:00 Pizza Man-PG 05:00 C.S.I. New York Green-PG Frontier 10:25 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 02:35 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 06:00 Revenge 11:00 Take Shelter-PG15 20:00 Prometheus-PG15 03:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 08:00 True Justice: Violence Of 13:00 Yona Yona Penguin-PG 11:10 Ice Cold Gold 10:40 Jake & The Neverland Pirates Action-PG15 07:00 Eureka 22:15 Butter-18 12:00 Aircrash Confidential 10:55 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 03:25 Unique Eats 08:00 Grey’s Anatomy 15:00 An Inconvenient Truth-PG 03:50 Food Crafters 10:00 Superman vs. The Elite-PG15 17:00 Take Shelter-PG15 12:50 Destroyed In Seconds 11:10 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 12:00 Darkman-PG15 09:00 C.S.I. New York 04:15 United Tastes Of America 10:00 White Collar 19:00 The Tourist-PG15 13:15 Destroyed In Seconds 00:00 Stitch 11:20 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 14:00 True Justice: Violence Of 04:40 Chopped 11:00 Body Of Proof 21:00 The Most Fun You Can Have 13:40 How It’s Made 00:20 Stitch 11:35 Jake & The Neverland Pirates Action-PG15 05:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes 12:00 Emmerdale Dying-18 14:05 How It’s Made 00:45 A Kind Of Magic 11:50 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 16:00 Metal Tornado-PG15 06:10 Unwrapped 12:30 Coronation Street 23:00 Arc-18 14:30 How It’s Made 01:05 A Kind Of Magic 12:00 Winnie The Pooh: Tales Of 18:00 Darkman-PG15 01:30 Get Carter-18 06:35 Unwrapped 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:55 How It’s Made 01:30 Emperor’s New School Friendship 20:00 Meskada-PG15 03:25 Flareup-PG 07:00 Everyday Italian 14:00 Grey’s Anatomy 15:20 How It’s Made 01:50 Emperor’s New School 12:05 Higglytown Heroes 22:00 Disturbing Behavior-18 05:05 The Girl And The General-PG 07:25 Everyday Italian 15:00 Revenge 15:45 Auction Hunters 02:15 Replacements 12:20 The Hive 07:00 Hotel Paradiso-PG 07:50 Everyday Italian 16:00 Emmerdale 16:10 Auction Hunters 02:35 Replacements 12:30 Doc McStuffins 08:35 Funny Face-FAM 08:15 Everyday Italian 16:30 Coronation Street 16:35 Auction Hunters 03:00 A Kind Of Magic 12:45 Doc McStuffins 00:30 Liars All-18 10:15 Les Girls-PG 08:40 Extra Virgin 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 17:00 Auction Hunters 03:20 A Kind Of Magic 13:00 Zou 02:30 The Beaver-PG15 12:10 Ice Station Zebra-FAM 09:05 Extra Virgin 18:00 Grey’s Anatomy 17:25 Auction Hunters 03:45 Emperor’s New School 13:15 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 01:00 The Year Dolly Parton Was 04:15 The Dragon Chronicles: Fire 14:30 The Naked Spur-PG 09:30 Extra Virgin 19:00 Psych 17:50 Border Security 04:05 Emperor’s New School 13:30 Henry Hugglemonster My Mom-PG & Ice-PG15 16:00 Jeremiah Johnson-PG 09:55 Extra Virgin 20:00 Top Gear (UK) 18:15 Border Security 04:30 Replacements 13:45 Henry Hugglemonster 03:00 Web Of Lies-PG15 05:45 The Vow-PG15 17:50 The Girl And The General-PG 10:20 Symon’s Suppers 21:00 C.S.I. 18:40 Border Security 04:50 Replacements 13:55 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 05:00 Horrid Henry-PG 07:30 Batman: The Dark Knight 19:35 The Prize-PG 10:45 Symon’s Suppers 22:00 Defiance 19:05 Border Security 05:15 A Kind Of Magic 14:20 New Adventures Of Winnie 07:00 The Wishing Well-PG15 Returns Part One-PG15 22:00 Shaft 19:30 Border Security The Pooh 11:10 Symon’s Suppers 09:00 The Year Dolly Parton Was 23:00 Homeland 09:00 Why Did I Get Married Too?- 05:35 A Kind Of Magic 11:35 Symon’s Suppers 23:45 The Omega Man-PG 19:55 Mythbusters 06:00 Mickey Mouse 14:45 Higglytown Heroes My Mom-PG PG15 20:45 Head Games 14:55 The Hive 12:00 Amazing Wedding Cakes 11:00 Princess Lillifee-FAM 11:00 This Means War-PG15 Clubhouse 12:50 Barefoot Contessa 21:35 Dynamo: Magician 06:30 Jake & The Neverland 15:05 Sofia The First 13:00 My Afternoons With 13:00 Love Will Keep Us Together- Impossible 15:30 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 13:15 Barefoot Contessa Margueritte-PG15 PG15 Pirates 13:40 Barefoot Contessa 22:25 North America 06:45 A.N.T Farm 15:45 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 15:00 Shadow Dancer-PG15 00:00 Nitro Circus: The Movie 15:00 Now Is Good-PG15 23:15 Battleground: Rhino 15:55 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 14:05 Jonathan Phang’s Caribbean 17:00 Like Crazy-PG15 01:45 Hell 17:00 Why Did I Get Married Too?- 07:10 A.N.T Farm Cookbook Wars 07:35 Jessie 16:10 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 18:45 The Best Exotic Marigold 03:30 Broken Path PG15 00:00 Bert The Conqueror 16:20 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 14:30 Jonathan Phang’s Caribbean Hotel-PG15 05:15 The Da Vinci Code 19:00 Safe House-PG15 00:30 Bert The Conqueror 07:55 That’s So Raven Cookbook 08:20 That’s So Raven 16:35 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 21:00 Morning-PG15 08:00 Pizza Man 21:00 The Grey-18 01:00 Xtreme Waterparks 16:45 Art Attack 14:55 Amazing Wedding Cakes 23:00 This Must Be The Place 10:00 True Justice: Violence Of 23:00 American Reunion-18 01:30 Xtreme Waterparks 08:45 Dog With A Blog 15:40 Amazing Wedding Cakes 09:05 Shake It Up 17:10 Lilo And Stitch Action 02:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle 17:35 The Little Mermaid 16:25 Charly’s Cake Angels 12:00 Superman vs. The Elite Rides 00:05 The Tech Show 09:30 Jessie 16:55 Charly’s Cake Angels 00:30 Mean Green Machines 09:55 Jessie 18:00 The Hive 14:00 Darkman 03:00 Globe Trekker 18:10 Henry Hugglemonster 17:25 Iron Chef America 16:00 True Justice: Violence Of 04:00 Bizarre Foods America 01:00 Finding Bigfoot 10:15 Jessie 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 18:25 Henry Hugglemonster 00:30 The Daily Show Action 01:00 Brave 05:00 Bizarre Foods America 01:50 Finding Bigfoot 10:40 Cadet Kelly 18:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 18:35 Sofia The First 01:00 The Colbert Report 18:00 Metal Tornado 02:45 The Muppets 06:00 Eden Eats 02:45 Finding Bigfoot 12:15 A.N.T Farm 19:05 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 19:00 Timmy Time 01:30 Saturday Night Live 20:00 Darkman 04:30 A Fairy Tale Christmas 07:00 Globe Trekker 03:35 Finding Bigfoot 12:35 Good Luck Charlie 19:30 Food Wars 19:10 Pajanimals 02:30 Friends 22:00 Meskada 06:00 The Ugly Duckling In The 08:00 Off Limits 04:25 Finding Bigfoot 13:00 Dog With A Blog 19:55 Food Wars 19:25 Doc McStuffins 03:00 Ben And Kate Enchanted Forest 09:00 Off Limits 05:15 The Gadget Show 13:25 Austin And Ally 20:20 Food Wars 19:35 Zou 03:30 Ben And Kate 08:00 The Nimbols: Part I 10:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle 05:40 The Tech Show 13:45 Teen Beach Movie First 20:45 Food Wars 19:50 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 04:00 Hope & Faith 10:00 Crab Island Rides 06:05 Alien Mysteries Look 21:10 Chopped 20:05 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 04:30 The Tonight Show With Jay 11:30 Sinbad: Legend Of The 11:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle 07:00 Body Spectacular 13:50 That’s So Raven 22:00 Amazing Wedding Cakes 20:20 Winnie The Pooh: Tales Of Leno Seven Seas Rides 07:50 Curiosity 14:10 That’s So Raven 22:50 Amazing Wedding Cakes 00:00 High School-18 Friendship 05:30 Hope & Faith 13:00 The Muppets 12:00 Bizarre Foods America 08:40 The Gadget Show 14:35 A.N.T Farm 23:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 02:00 Peep World-PG15 06:00 The War At Home 14:45 Tom & Jerry: Robin Hood And 13:00 Bizarre Foods America 04:00 Happy Gilmore-PG15 06:30 Arrested Development His Merry Mouse 14:00 International House Hunters 07:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 06:00 Problem Child-PG 16:00 Vickery’s Wild Ride 14:30 International House Hunters 08:00 Hope & Faith 08:00 Police Academy 5: 18:00 Crab Island 15:00 International House Hunters 08:30 Hope & Faith Assignment Miami Beach-PG15 20:00 Journey 2: The Mysterious 15:30 International House Hunters 09:00 Ben And Kate 10:00 Mrs. Miracle-PG15 Island 16:00 Bert The Conqueror 09:30 Community 12:00 Happy Gilmore-PG15 22:00 Tom & Jerry: Robin Hood And 16:30 Bert The Conqueror 17:00 Insane Coaster Wars 00:15 Delinquent Gourmet 10:00 Happy Endings 14:00 Police Academy 6: City Under His Merry Mouse 23:30 Vickery’s Wild Ride 17:30 Insane Coaster Wars 00:45 Travel Madness 10:30 Arrested Development Siege-PG15 11:00 The Tonight Show With Jay 18:00 Xtreme Waterparks 01:10 The Best Job In The World 16:00 Mrs. Miracle-PG15 01:40 Scam City Leno 18:30 Xtreme Waterparks 18:00 The Naked Gun: From The 19:00 Bizarre Foods America 02:35 Lonely Planet: Roads Less 12:00 The War At Home Files Of Police Squad-PG 20:00 Bizarre Foods America Travelled 12:30 Hope & Faith 00:00 Do No Harm-PG15 21:00 Departures 03:30 The Witch Doctor Will See 13:00 Hope & Faith 20:00 The Romantics-PG15 02:00 Midnight In Paris-PG15 22:00 Asian Times You Now 13:30 Brothers 22:00 High School-18 04:25 Eat Street 14:00 Ben And Kate 14:30 Community 04:50 Food Lover’s Guide To The 15:00 Happy Endings Planet 15:30 The Daily Show 05:20 My Sri Lanka With Peter 16:00 The Colbert Report Kuruvita 16:30 The War At Home 05:45 David Rocco’s Dolce Vita 17:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 06:15 Exploring The Vine 18:00 Guys With Kids 06:40 Food Lover’s Guide To The 18:30 The Mindy Project Planet 19:00 The Mindy Project 07:10 Danger Beach 19:30 Happy Endings 07:35 Bondi Rescue 20:00 Parks And Recreation 08:05 Bondi Rescue 20:30 The Cleveland Show 08:30 Bondi Rescue 21:00 The Daily Show 09:00 My Sri Lanka With Peter 21:30 The Colbert Report Kuruvita 22:00 Saturday Night Live 09:25 Market Values 23:00 The Ricky Gervais Show 09:55 Eat Street 23:30 Parks And Recreation 10:20 Kimchi Chronicles 10:50 Travel Madness 11:15 Don’t Tell My Mother 11:45 Scam City 12:40 Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled 00:00 Survivor: Philippines 13:35 The Witch Doctor Will See 01:00 Supernatural You Now 02:00 Good Morning America 14:30 Eat Street 03:00 American Idol 14:55 My Sri Lanka With Peter 04:00 Glee Kuruvita 05:00 Supernatural 15:25 Earth Tripping 06:00 Good Morning America 15:50 David Rocco’s Dolce Vita 07:00 Emmerdale 16:20 Bondi Rescue 07:30 Coronation Street 16:45 Bondi Rescue 08:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 17:15 My Sri Lanka With Peter 09:00 Once Upon A Time Kuruvita 10:00 Emmerdale 17:40 Market Values 10:30 Coronation Street 18:10 Eat Street 18:35 Kimchi Chronicles 11:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 19:05 My Sri Lanka With Peter 12:00 Survivor: Philippines Kuruvita 13:00 The Bachelor 19:30 David Rocco’s Dolce Vita 14:00 Supernatural 20:00 Exploring The Vine 15:00 Live Good Morning America 20:30 Food Lover’s Guide To The 16:00 Survivor: Philippines Planet 17:00 Once Upon A Time 21:00 Danger Beach 18:00 The Bachelor 21:30 Bondi Rescue 19:00 Survivor: Philippines 22:00 Somewhere In China 20:00 Once Upon A Time 22:55 Market Values 21:00 The Bachelor 23:20 Eat Street ANONYMOUS ON MOVIES FESTIVAL 22:00 Glee DISTURBING BEHAVIOR ON ON OSN ACTION HD 23:50 Kimchi Chronicles 23:00 American IdolX Classifieds

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013

Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (15/08/2013 TO 21/08/2013)

SHARQIA-1 CHENNAI EXPRESS (DIG) (HINDI) 6:30 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 3:00 PM KILLING SEASON (DIG) 12:30 PM CHENNAI EXPRESS (DIG) (HINDI) 9:30 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 5:30 PM KILLING SEASON (DIG) 2:30 PM THE LONE RANGER (DIG) 12:30 AM NO SAT HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 4:30 PM STREET DANCE ALL STARS (DIG) 6:30 PM FANAR-4 360º- 1 HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 8:45 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG-3D) 2:00 PM RED 2 (DIG) 2:30 PM KILLING SEASON (DIG) 10:45 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 4:45 PM RED 2 (DIG) 5:00 PM KILLING SEASON (DIG) 12:45 AM THE WOLVERINE (DIG-3D) 7:15 PM RED 2 (DIG) 7:30 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 9:45 PM RED 2 (DIG) 10:00 PM SHARQIA-2 THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 12:15 AM RED 2 (DIG) 12:30 AM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 1:00 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG-3D) 3:30 PM 360º- 2 THE SMURFS 2 (DIG-3D) 5:30 PM FANAR-5 THE LONE RANGER (DIG) 1:00 PM EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET (DIG) 7:45 PM THE SMURFS 2 1:30 PM THE LONE RANGER (DIG) 4:00 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 9:45 PM PACIFIC RIM 3:45 PM THE LONE RANGER (DIG) 7:00 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 12:15 AM THE SMURFS 2 6:15 PM THE LONE RANGER (DIG) 10:00 PM EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET 8:30 PM RED 2 (DIG) 1:00 AM SHARQIA-3 EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET 10:30 PM RED 2 (DIG) 12:30 PM PACIFIC RIM 12:30 AM 360º- 3 THE SMURFS 2 (DIG) 2:45 PM DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG-3D) 1:30 PM RED 2 (DIG) 5:00 PM MARINA-1 DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG) 3:45 PM THE LONE RANGER (DIG) 7:15 PM KILLING SEASON (DIG) 1:15 PM DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG-3D) 6:00 PM RED 2 (DIG) 10:15 PM HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 3:30 PM DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG) 8:15 PM THE LONE RANGER (DIG) 12:30 AM THE LONE RANGER (DIG) 5:30 PM DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG) 10:30 PM KILLING SEASON (DIG) 8:30 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 12:45 AM MUHALAB-1 HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 10:30 PM CHENNAI EXPRESS (DIG) (HINDI) 12:30 PM KILLING SEASON (DIG) 12:30 AM AL-KOUT.1 ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI DOBARA 3:30 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 12:30 PM CHENNAI EXPRESS (DIG) (HINDI) 6:30 PM MARINA-2 THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 3:00 PM HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 9:30 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 1:00 PM EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET (DIG) 5:30 PM PACIFIC RIM (DIG) 11:45 PM STREET DANCE ALL STARS (DIG) 4:00 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 7:30 PM EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET (DIG) 6:15 PM EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET (DIG) 10:00 PM MUHALAB-2 EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET (DIG) 8:15 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 12:30 AM KILLING SEASON (DIG) 1:00 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 10:15 PM RED 2 (DIG) 3:00 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 12:45 AM AL-KOUT.2 KILLING SEASON (DIG) 5:15 PM DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG) 12:30 PM THE LONE RANGER (DIG) 7:15 PM MARINA-3 THE SMURFS 2 (DIG) 2:30 PM RED 2 (DIG) 10:15 PM DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG-3D) 1:30 PM DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG) 4:45 PM KILLING SEASON (DIG) 12:30 AM THE SMURFS 2 (DIG-3D) 3:30 PM THE SMURFS 2 (DIG) 6:45 PM DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG-3D) 5:45 PM KILLING SEASON (DIG) 9:00 PM MUHALAB-3 RED 2 (DIG) 7:45 PM KILLING SEASON (DIG) 11:00 PM THE SMURFS 2 (DIG-3D) 1:30 PM RED 2 (DIG) 10:00 PM KILLING SEASON (DIG) 1:00 AM DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG-3D) 4:00 PM RED 2 (DIG) 12:15 AM AL-KOUT.3 Pakistan, Gulf Zone is report- THE SMURFS 2 (DIG-3D) 6:00 PM CHANGE OF NAME THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 8:15 PM AVENUES-1 RED 2 (DIG) 1:30 PM ed to have been lost. Anyone FOR CIVIL INFORMATION EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET (DIG) 10:45 PM HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 2:30 PM STREET DANCE ALL STARS (DIG) 3:45 PM finding the same or claiming THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 12:45 AM STREET DANCE ALL STARS (DIG) 4:45 PM RED 2 (DIG) 6:00 PM I, Juzar Ali, holder of Indian any interest in it should com- Automated enquiry about HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 7:00 PM STREET DANCE ALL STARS (DIG) 8:15 PM Passport No. E 6573312, municate with State Life FANAR-1 HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 9:15 PM RED 2 (DIG) 10:30 PM have changed my name to Office Kuwait Tel: 22452208. the Civil ID card is DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG) 1:00 PM HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 11:30 PM RED 2 (DIG) 12:45 AM Juzar Ali Bohra as per affi- (C 4483) 1889988 RED 2 (DIG) 3:00 PM davit. (C 4484) 18-8-2013 DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG) 5:30 PM AVENUES-2 AL-KOUT.4 18-8-2013 ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI DOBARA 7:30 PM CHENNAI EXPRESS (DIG) (HINDI) 12:30 PM HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 12:45 PM RED 2 (DIG) 10:30 PM CHENNAI EXPRESS (DIG) (HINDI) 3:30 PM HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 2:45 PM RED 2 (DIG) 12:45 AM CHENNAI EXPRESS (DIG) (HINDI) 6:30 PM THE LONE RANGER (DIG) 4:45 PM I, Bhaskar Hungarkatha of CHENNAI EXPRESS (DIG) (HINDI) 9:30 PM PACIFIC RIM (DIG) 7:45 PM Indian Passport No. G 112 FANAR-2 CHENNAI EXPRESS (DIG) (HINDI) 12:30 AM HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 10:15 PM 0638528 hereby wish to KILLING SEASON (DIG) 12:30 PM THE LONE RANGER (DIG) 12:15 AM change my name to JOHN KILLING SEASON (DIG) 2:30 PM AVENUES-3 B. ALMEIDA. (C 4482) HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 4:30 PM EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET (DIG) 2:15 PM BAIRAQ-1 15-8-2013 Prayer timings STREET DANCE ALL STARS (DIG) 6:45 PM EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET (DIG) 4:15 PM DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG-3D) 12:30 PM Fajr: 03:53 HAMMER OF G’S (DIG) 9:00 PM EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET (DIG) 6:15 PM DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG-3D) 2:30 PM KILLING SEASON (DIG) 11:00 PM EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET (DIG) 8:15 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 4:30 PM LOST Shorook 05:18 KILLING SEASON (DIG) 1:00 AM EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET (DIG) 10:15 PM DESPICABLE ME 2 (DIG-3D) 7:00 PM Duhr: 11:52 EL7ARAMY & EL3ABIET (DIG) 12:15 AM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 9:15 PM Original FANAR-3 document Policy No. Asr: 15:27 THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 11:45 PM 633002728-1 of Mohammad CHENNAI EXPRESS (DIG) (HINDI) 12:30 PM AVENUES-4 NO SUN+TUE+WED Maghrib: 18:26 THE LONE RANGER (DIG) 3:30 PM THE WOLVERINE (DIG) 12:30 PM Naeem by the State Life Insurance Corporation of Isha: 19:48

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CROSSWORD 283 STAR TRACK

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

Fondness and appreciation for the past and for your roots in life take on Yes . . . A weekend! Friendships and involvement in group activities play a greater importance for you now. Making your home situation more pleasant and attractive more important part in your life now. Friends are our only true riches and the satisfaction that plays a part in this. The sale or purchase of real estate could bring you much gain before the comes from accomplishing or sharing experiences with others is something no one can take end of this cycle. You may yearn for family harmony. Lasting values and whatever you find to away from you. You are very painstaking and deliberate when it comes to partnerships, lovers be true and lasting can guide you now—opening up avenues that have remained blocked. and relationships of all kinds. You tend toward long-lasting friendships and are very loyal, Your home environment, friends and surroundings in general receive much attention. You sometimes too sedate. You display your sharp, nimble mind with a ready wit. You are quick to could gain from the time you spend with young people today. Do not forget to include all fam- gain insight and to see new solutions—approaching genius when it comes to communication ily members in any decisions to move or purchase property. Your timing should be perfect for skills. Natural physical dexterity—good hands too! You are the life of the party when it comes to anything you want to do today. spontaneity today.

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

You cannot become expressive very readily unless you are also receptive, This is a time when you can expect some extra support or recognition from and receptive you are—all morning. You may find yourself serving to guide someone younger those around you. You may feel that you are in touch and in harmony with oth- than you in matters of importance today. This may make today a bit challenging but with your ers; the lines of communication are open. The support you need is there for anything you want sense of humor, anything heavy-duty will quickly be turned toward a positive result. This is a to accomplish. Your energies run effectively toward making yourself felt in the material, physi- time in which support and recognition should be available from both your family and friends. cal outer world. You are an “action” person who gains the attention of others and seems to get You feel at home in the world and it takes care of you. You could have deep insight into your things moving. You may be encouraged to defend your belief with a neighbor—perhaps politi- own feelings and inner spiritual nature. Plans to entertain or be entertained may be the activity cal. Consider this is a good thing and you will be thinking quickly and honestly without a sense this afternoon. Your mate or love partner is smart—listen and be patient—she or he may be of defense. If you are reasonable and try to understand the other person’s point of view, this helping you save money. person may become a valued friend.

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

You are at the top of your class and if a project is at hand . . . Take your time Do not take chances or risks just now—be satisfied with the ordinary and to complete everything and then look over your work thoroughly, as you will usual. Novel ideas or insights could be more damaging than useful. There is tend to hurry yourself today. Personal achievements are easy at this time. This could mean a hectic emotional energy present. You are very expressive and outgoing when it comes to your sports competition but it could also mean just the simple things you do around your own feelings and emotions—you may find yourself in deep discussions today concerning world ACROSS east and east. property. You may enjoy working in your yard, painting or rearranging furniture, etc. There is affairs, trends of the community, etc. This urge to express yourself, to speak out and be heard, much energy and drive for whatever you want to accomplish. A social affair may be in the propels you into many an interesting situation. Creativity of all kinds holds your interest now 1. Being one more than ninety. and you could find yourself spending money on some form of music, art or literature. You are 4. Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between DOWN works for this evening and there is still time to do a bit of shopping before they come. A puzzle that you may want to work through today concerns a friend. Take him or her shopping with driven to excel in many forms of physical or creative expression—sports, theatrics, arts and 1315 and 1090 BC. 1. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of you. All will be understood soon. crafts, etc. 12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made Christ. from aba cloth. 2. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in 15. The month following February and preced- dealing with others. ing April. 3. Inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 16. Raspberry native to eastern North America 4. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglo- CAPRICORN having black thimble-shaped fruit. bin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues. You may find yourself analyzing your life circumstances. Conversations of an You are an aggressive starter, able to instigate projects and get things mov- 17. An ugly evil-looking old woman. 5. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inspiring kind may be in order with young people or others around you. Someone is ing. Not always hot on the follow-up, you may tend to get the ball rolling and get out, to move on to other things. You could discover some new things about yourself through 18. Gone by. inability to speak. sympathetic to your thinking today and there is a sense of support and harmony. An interesting con- versation with some friends may have you thinking about the puzzling psychic events in your life. You creativity and self-expression. Increased confidence and a more outgoing manner may be the 19. For which money has been paid. 6. (trademark) A type of fiberboard. place a high value on your dreams and ideals and do not consider them otherworldly or impossible. key that opens many a new door for you. You may be able to enjoy and value your own life situ- 20. Jordan's port. 7. Not fake or counterfeit. You experience the unity around you—that which joins things together. Mysticism, mythology, poet- ation or feel especially kind towards a friend or loved one. There is a chance to understand 21. Make synchronous and adjust in time or 8. Coils of worsted yarn. ry and music are natural. These are all known to you. People who encounter you may sometimes feel those around you and to have a special time with someone you love. General good feelings manner. 9. An honorary degree in science. deceived by your remarkable vision—they may wish they could see the world as you see it. and a sense of support and harmony make this a happy time. Someone may compliment you 23. The basic unit of money in Lesotho. 10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. on your tastes or belongings tonight. 25. A room or establishment where alcoholic 11. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat drinks are served over a counter. trimmed off. 26. A series of things depending on each other 12. According to the Old Testament he was a Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) as if linked together. pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel Maybe seems to be the main theme today. Young people want to know, This is not the time for planning but the time to enjoy the plans you have 28. Given or having a specified name. (9th century BC). older people have questions, students are curious and you think that the answers to the previously made for today—a good day. You may enjoy probing into your inner workings. You 31. A member of a North American people for- 13. A small cake leavened with yeast. questions you hear are a definite maybe. The desire to please others is so strong as to make value your darker, more secretive areas and do not mind working through some sensitive prob- merly living in the Colorado river valley in it hard to decide or act for fear of offending someone. Perhaps you should not answer ques- 14. Any culture medium that uses agar as the lems. As long as you can maintain a balance with your emotions, your health will be excellent. tions today and just listen. There is something important for you to hear but not if you do Arizona. gelling agent. Learn to recognize the negative so that you can rework and transmute to the most positive not listen. Smile and let others know that this is a listening day for you. Sometime the teach- 33. A native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro. 22. Someone who has won first place in a com- that you can become. This may not be a lot, but it will be a beginning and it will create a habit ing becomes more of a time of guiding others. The mental world appeals to you and you are 37. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes. of recognition and change. There is a healing taking place, a healing within you as well as with- petition. very discriminating but appreciative when it comes to concepts, ideas, thoughts and the 38. A protocol developed for the internet to get in the people that are the closest to you. You have the opportunity today to understand a loved 24. A woman hired to suckle a child of some- like. You value good research. data from one network device to another. one else. one like never before. 40. Characteristic of or relating to winter. 27. Place side by side or in close proximity. 41. A larval frog or toad. 29. A radioactive element of the actinide series. 43. The blood group whose red cells carry both 30. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) the A and B antigens. 32. Lower in esteem. 45. The universal time coordinated when an 34. The ending of a series or sequence. Take care of any financial responsibilities soon. Those you feel you cannot A strong urge for the social life may find you out and about today. There are all sorts of trade sales and doodad or curio shops available for the perusing. You may find a event is received on Earth. 35. A waiter at a drive-in restaurant. take care of should be acknowledged by sending a note with a promise of payment to come. 46. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element Then, make it a point to set up some plans for setting aside the funds to pay off outstanding quaint antique store you like. This may be a better time to work on any repairs or upkeep, or to 36. Of or pertaining to or written in Altaic. catch up on some interesting reading material. Later today your love relationship could benefit (liquid at normal temperatures). debts. You spend a great deal of time with plants and using water selectively around your 39. Large burrowing rodent of South and place of living today. Upkeep around your living area is the mode of the day. This afternoon is a from some nourishment. This would be a great area deserving of your attention. A concert or 47. A white trivalent metallic element. Central America. good time for surrounding yourself with friends and young people and for having a good time. open air performance can be a treat for your beloved. Perhaps a blanket and a small cooler with 51. A very light colorless element that is one of 42. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells There could be some sports competition, either involving you or with you coaching young a few drinks and goodies to enjoy while you listen to the entertainment would be good. Of the six inert gasses. that change reflectivity in an applied electric people. You appreciate your particular situation and enjoy support from those around you. course, a little bug repellent would not be a bad idea either. Can you identify the stars that are Passions can be enjoyed. out tonight? 53. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was field. formed by an explosion. 44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature 54. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples. inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the 48. Having or being distinguished by diminu- Word Search Yesterday’s Solution brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate. tive size. 57. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism. 49. (informal) Exceptionally good. 59. A small digital computer based on a micro- 50. Filled with the emotional impact of over- processor and designed to be used by one per- whelming surprise or shock. son at a time. 52. South African term for `boss'. 60. A clique that seeks power usually through 55. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria. intrigue. 56. Small evergreen trees or shrubs with aro- 63. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part matic leaves. of an organism. 58. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from 65. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank obstruction of the blood supply to the heart of the Nile opposite Cairo. muscle. 67. Squash bugs. 61. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the 68. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known external persona) that is in touch with the for his beauty and skill with bow and skis. unconscious. 70. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls. 62. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bam- 73. Inflammation of the female pelvic organs boo) bound with iron. (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by 64. Cause to change. infection by any of several microorganisms 66. A condensed but memorable saying (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia). embodying some important fact of experience 74. (botany) Especially of plant parts. that is taken as true by many people. 77. A benevolent aspect of Devi. 78. A dog trained to guard a house. 69. Make anew. 80. The supernatural being conceived as the 71. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly perfect and omnipotent and omniscient origi- rind and shiny black seeds. nator and ruler of the universe. 72. Produced by a manufacturing process. 81. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1. 75. The longest division of geological time. 82. The stroke of an engine piston moving 76. How long something has existed. away from the crankshaft. 79. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfacto- 83. The compass point midway between north- ry condition. Yesterday’s Solution

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Brad Pitt too ‘dumb’ for of LA Museum of Contemporary Art

he 49-year-old actor has been a long-time um’s board may have been ambitious for Brad supporter of the centre but bosses have because of more than his intelligence, though, Tapparently decided he isn’t smart enough after it was recently reported he and Angelina for a place alongside the intellectual elite. A Jolie could be set for a move to the UK while he source told the Daily Star newspaper: “Brad has shoots a sequel to zombie blockbuster ‘World always supported the museum, so he asked if War Z’. An insider previously said: “Brad and he could participate on a higher level. “But while Angelina are already planning for next year and the committee admires Brad’s ambition, the fear have put the feelers out for properties. “They is that he might be a little on the dumb side to would like to stay in Surrey like last time. Their serve on an art board. He doesn’t even have a kids are home-schooled so it won’t cause much college degree.” Taking on a role on the muse- disruption.”

Sir Mick Jagger wants to set up his own music festival he Rolling Stones may have only just looked over videos of four years of made their debut at Glastonbury this Glastonbury headliners to prepare for their Tsummer, but the group’s iconic front debut. He previously said: “Festivals are man is already keen to create his own ver- great to be at but not always the easiest to sion in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. A source play. “You’ve got to really work at that bit, told The Sun newspaper: “Mick has put but I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. We’re some feelers out in Brazil to put on a big really looking forward to it and I’m thinking show.”The plans are ambitious but if he about the set list for that day and how pulls it off it will be huge. The whole vibe of we’re going to deal with it.” the event is very much ‘flower power’ and the same hippy values that Glastonbury prides himself on. “The publicity drive will begin in the next six months or so but there’s no doubt there will be big names on the bill.” The event - which is tentatively set for November 2014 - is said to be in line to replace the annual Rock In Rio festival held each September. The legendary rock- er might be entering the unknown, but he isn’t above doing his research - the band

Aaron Taylor-Johnson learns from his children

he ‘Kick-Ass 2’ star has two daughters - Wylda Rae, three, and 18-month-old Romy Hero - with wife Sam Taylor-Johnson, as Tom Parker’s girlfriend thinks Twell as two step-children from Sam’s previous marriage, and says his little girls are “incredibly smart” and he has learned so much about the world from them. He told BANG Showbiz: “The way I was his crazy antics are ‘stupid’ brought up was to always be encouraged in doing what you love doing and having the opportunity to do that, and being honest. elsey Hardwick - who has been dating The Wanted singer for the past three years - isn’t Being honest with your kids is most important really. They know a fan of the boy band’s headline-grabbing behaviour, including throwing a drink on a when you’re lying for sure. I learn more from my kids than anyone Kpasser-by from a hotel balcony last month. She told new! magazine: “It’s stupid, but else ... they are incredibly smart and they’re sweet.” The 23-year-old they obviously think they’re rock ‘n’ roll doing it. They’re young and having fun.” The 24-year- actor has taken on life-changing responsibilities since filming the old blonde was also mortified to discover her boyfriend was wanted by the police in the US first ‘Kick-Ass’ movie when he was 19, and found it strange playing for defecating in a bag and throwing it onto the highway. She laughed: “That is so disgusting. high school student Dave Lizewski again in the sequel. He said: “It’s I heard that’s true. It’s so embarrassing. That’s my boyfriend!” Kelsey made several appear- odd to play an adolescent teenage high school kid, and, you know, ances on the ‘Glad You Came’ hitmakers’ reality show, ‘The Wanted Life’, and says living with I’m married and I’ve got four kids essentially - four girls, two of the five boys - Tom, Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Nathan Sykes and Jay McGuiness - during which are stepdaughters. It’s strange and odd but the challenge their stay in the US was tough because they are so dirty. The long-suffering star said: “Max was was to create that character and get into that headspace.” the worst for not cleaning dishes. We had to use paper plates and cutlery by the end. I couldn’t cope.”

Aaron Paul fell in love with his wife at Coachella

he ‘Breaking Bad’ star married documentary film director and activist, Lauren Parsekian, in Malibu in TMay and revealed the music festival, which is held in Angelina Jolie’s doctor Indio, California, will always be special to them because it is where they met and had their first kiss. Speaking on Reddit, he said: “Me and Lauren are addicted to musical commended actress for festivals. We met at Coachella. “We fell in love at Coachella. We had our first kiss on a ferris wheel at Coachella. So any- speaking out about mastectomy thing that reminds us of that we’re very excited to do.” he 37-year-old star took the decision to have both of her breasts removed after Aaron previously revealed he begged Lauren to marry she was found to have the BRCA1 cancer gene, giving her an 87 per cent him, when he went down on one knee in Paris. He said: chance of developing breast cancer and 50 per cent risk of ovarian cancer and “I’m the luckiest man on the planet. It doesn’t make sense T Dr. Kristi Funk says Angelina’s public revelation has helped educate people about to me. The way she looks at me ... she has that magical cancer. She told Los Angeles magazine: “When someone who is arguably the most glow about her. “We got engaged over New Year’s and I beautiful woman in the world removes the part of her body that is symbolic of femi- walked from the Eiffel Tower to St. Germain recently and I ninity and sexuality, you have to say, ‘Why would she do that?’ “[Angelina] waited to went to the stoop, the little step where I proposed to find the perfect timing in her personal and professional life, but I think most impor- Lauren - and I took a picture of it and I sent it to her. “It’s tantly in her soul [to tell people about her surgery]. She is intensely private, but she just this little courtyard outside of this hotel, and we were calculated the moment when she would be ready to reveal something so personal.” just dancing to Edith Piaf by ourselves on New Year’s and Dr. Funk also revealed she wasn’t surprised Angelina went public with the details of then I begged her to marry me.” “She’s the greatest her ordeal, because her philanthropic nature meant she would want to help other woman that has ever existed.” people. She added: “She knew always that in her philanthropic core she couldn’t keep this a secret and be who she is. She always knew.” lifestyle SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 Gossip

Kristen Stewart is ‘crushed’ that Pattinson has moved to Beverly Hills he ‘Twilight Saga’ heartthrob left his home in Los Feliz, Los Angeles to move to a gated mansion nine miles away so he wouldn’t run into his former girlfriend, who cheated on him with director Rupert Sanders, and she is reportedly devastated. A source told THollywoodLife: “Kristen is crushed that Rob felt it was necessary to move to Beverly Hills. She feels like this was his way of saying, ‘I can’t be bothered with you anymore.’ Los Feliz was their home for years. It has a completely different vibe than Beverly Hills. “Rob told Kristen he was moving, but Kristen didn’t really think he would go through with it. Of course, she’s sad. She’s heartbroken. If she could get back together with Rob, she would do it in a heartbeat. “After Kristen and Rob split, she kind of took comfort in knowing that he was still so close by and that she could run into him.” Kristen, 23, is also upset that their dogs, Bear and Bernie, are living with Robert, 27, in his new home. The insider added: “The dogs, Bear and Bernie, are living with Rob. Kristen knows that Bear was originally Rob’s dog and even though they got Bernie together, she didn’t want to separate them.”

Fergie has officially changed her name he Black Eyes Peas singer, who is heavily pregnant with her first child with her actor husband Josh Duhamel, Tfiled documents in Los Angeles last month requesting to change her name from Stacy Ann Ferguson to Fergie Duhamel and TMZ reports it became official on Friday. The 38- year-old star, who has been married for more than four years, revealed she wanted to change her name in order to “conform to the first name which she is commonly and professionally known as, and has been for many years”. In order for the court to grant her request, the singer had to publish a notice about her new name in a local newspaper for four consecutive weeks. Meanwhile, Fergie’s husband recently revealed he can’t Robert Pattinson became wait to be a father. Josh, 40, said: “Everyone is saying, ‘You better sleep now [because] you’re not going to get any when the baby’s here,’ [and] ‘Oh, your life is over after that,’ [and] ‘Oh, it’s a model to meet girls the most beautiful thing ever, but it’s tough. “I look forward to putting the attention [on the baby]. All the love that you have he 27-year-old actor - who first worked as a model before finding fame in movies for something like that is what makes it so great and I think such as ‘The Twilight Saga’ - says he never planned to make a career of it but just we are both ready for that.” Josh also revealed he wants to Twanted to get close to the opposite sex. He told Germany’s GQ magazine: “I became take time off when the baby is born so he can spend time a model to meet girls. “I was simply still young. I did it without a plan for a career of any with his wife and child. form.” While he once struggled to meet girls, Robert doesn’t have any trouble getting attention these days. Following his split from Kristen Stewart, he was linked to Riley Keough and his ‘Maps To The Stars’ co-star Sarah Gadon, who he has been close to since meeting on the set of ‘Cosmopolis’ in 2011. A source said: “There’s a real spark between them. And they’ve already been spending time together when filming ends for the day. “They have become very close. When there’s a break in filming, they’ll often sit on their own and chat. Sarah’s really into the arts and literature, which Rob loves. And they even Kim Kardashian blasts talk about English soccer together because she watches games on TV. They have a lot in common.” Robert has also been spending time with ‘The OC’ beauty Mischa Barton, although they are reportedly just friends. A source told E! News: “Rob is very low-key and just wants to be with friends right now. “He is extremely cool and laid-back and hasn’t Katie Couric as two-faced been overly flirting with lots of girls or anything. He just wants to enjoy himself and be with good people.” he reality TV star was furious when the veteran US journalist insisted she doesn’t understand Twhy Kim and her family are famous because Katie recently sent Kim and her boyfriend Kanye West a gift following the birth of their daughter, North. Posting a picture of the gift on Instagram, along with a note from Katie congratulating them on their new arrival, Kim wrote: Kim, 32, was react- ing to Katie’s comments to In Touch magazine, when she said: “I don’t understand - why are they so famous? I think it’s mostly teenage girls that are interested.” Kim and Kanye, 36, have kept their baby under wraps since their birth amid reports the rap- per is trying to convince his good friend Anna Wintour to put his girlfriend and the tot on the cover of US Vogue, even though the editor-in-chief doesn’t like the ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star. A source close to Kanye said: “It’s no secret that Kanye is a huge fan of fashion, Vogue and especially Anna Wintour. “But it’s also pretty well-known that Anna is no fan of Kim or any reality star appearing in the pages of the magazine. Kanye is determined to make sure baby North isn’t photographed by paparazzi then splashed across the world. He knows what he wants-a professional photographer and the cover of Vogue - nothing else. But clearly, trying to persuade Anna is going to be an uphill battle.” Liam Hemsworth jokes he is the best actor in his family

he ‘Hunger Games’ star’s two older brothers Chris and Luke are Talso actors and when asked who is the most talented in their family, Liam quipped he is better than his sib- lings. He told MTV: “Which is the best? Well, I don’t wanna say it, but I’d proba- Lauren Silverman will visit bly go with me! “That’s just arrogant, isn’t it?” However, Liam then got serious, crediting his brothers with getting Cowell on his £40m yacht him into the business and calling them his best friends. He said: “My brothers are my best friends, I wouldn’t be he socialite - who is pregnant with the music mogul’s first baby - settled her doing this job I think if it wasn’t for divorce this week and she has apparently told friends she will visit the ‘X them. “My oldest brother Luke got into TFactor’ boss in the next few days. According to reports in the Daily Mirror acting first and he did TV shows for a newspaper, Lauren, 36, and Simon, 53, are still “very much together” after her long time in Australia. Then Chris got divorce from ex-husband Andrew was finalized on Wednesday, when they both into it, and that was kind of how I got agreed to joint custody of their son Adam, seven. While news of the secret romance into it.” Chris recently revealed the came as a shock to the world when reports first surfaced, ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge brothers try to support each other for David Walliams revealed his boss trusted him with the news before it became pub- acting but when it comes to sports lic. Speaking to The Sun newspaper’s TV Magazine, the British comedian said: “I’d their competitive natures come out. He known for a little while but I was incredibly good at keeping it a secret. “I realised I said: “We have a healthily competitive had this incredibly piece of information but it was a private thing and I had to relationship in everything - as brothers respect that. “Simon lives in the public eye, however this is about a new life coming do. Whereas with [acting], all three of into the world.” While Lauren was recently slated by a former schoolmate and has us are so aware of the instability of it all come under criticism for her affair with the star, David, 41, was quick to defend her and how much is up to chance. It’s far and called her a “lovely lady”. He said: “I’ve met Lauren a few times with Simon and more of a supportive relationship [we some of these weird depictions I’ve read of her don’t ring true. “She’s a lovely lady have in acting] than backyard football, and I’m thrilled for them both. He’ll be a fantastic father as he is brilliant with kids. or surfing, or whatever else we do in “He’s incredibly generous with his time for them on ‘BGT’ and visits a lot of hospices. our free time.” There’s this perception of him as a bit of a Bond villain, but he’s really quite cuddly.” LIFESTYLE38 SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 Travel Afghan female stars defy clerics’ pressure

udges on TV talent shows always attract con- As one of Afghanistan’s biggest stars, she has troversy for making or breaking the careers of taken a stance against Islamic clerics who insist Jdesperate wannabes-but for Aryana Sayeed, that women should remain at home and never the job is also a fight for Afghanistan’s future. earn a living of their own. The glamorous 28-year-old singer is a judge on ‘I am a slave’ worldwide hit series “The Voice” that launched in In one of her songs, Aryana sings “Because I Kabul in May, immediately attracting huge audi- am a woman, I am a slave” against a background ences and an array of angry critics. of images of women in burqas. As a symbol of female independence in a strict- “Women have no rights whatsoever here, so I ly conservative Islamic country, Aryana receives want to be an example as somebody who is con- regular death threats and lives in fear of being stantly fighting,” she said, admitting that her kidnapped by religious extremists. beliefs mean that security concerns dominate On the set outside Kabul where the show is her life. filmed for private channel Tolo TV, armed guards “I have a lot of trouble online, receiving mes- outnumber contestants and have machine guns sages from people telling me that they will kill held at the ready. me or that they’ll put acid in my face. They tell “I’m here to make a difference for women,” me to stop singing. Aryana told AFP. “I want women to have rights, to “Kidnapping is something to keep in mind all talk freely, to walk freely, to be able to go shop- the time. You’d rather die than be kidnapped. I ping when they wish. don’t get out a lot.” “I’m not saying that they have to take their One young Afghan actress, Benafsha, was clothes off, or even remove their head scarves. stabbed to death last year, and some religious Freedom is being able to live as a human being.” hardliners recently declared a jihad against pop- As contestants belt out songs that could propel ular reality shows based on Western hits such as them to stardom, Aryana nods encouragingly and “The X-Factor” and “Pop Idol”. sways gently - acutely aware that her every move One lawmaker calling for the programmes to is studied across the country. be banned branded them “blasphemous and vul- “I have to be so careful as they’re constantly gar”. checking what you are doing, what you are say- “Islam cannot accept girls and women who ing, even how you laugh,” she said. “I said ‘I love become singers, dancers or film actresses,” you’ to one contestant because he was so good. Enayatullah Baleegh, a leading cleric in Pul-e- He was 15-years-old. Even that caused trouble. Khishti mosque in central Kabul, told AFP. People asked ‘What did she say? This is not some- “Our culture and traditions do not allow it. I thing normal in Afghanistan’.” prefer a woman to wear fabric that covers her Aryana was born in Afghanistan before moving body with only her eyes and hands visible. If girls to Pakistan as a child and then to Europe. She now and women choose this life (of singing and act- divides her time between Kabul and London. ing), it will degrade their dignity.”

Afghan-American actress Fereshta Kazemi speaks during an interview in Kabul. Kazemi, who was born in Kabul but grew up in the US and returned to Afghanistan only last year, accepts that her profession is often equated with sexual availability. After her performance in recently-released film “The Icy Sun”, which tackles the taboo subject of rape, she said she was surround- Afghan-American actress Fereshta Kazemi, (L) acts during a video recording for her documentary at ‘Flower Street ed by admiring fans. Coffee’ in Kabul. Actress Fereshta Kazemi, who was born in Kabul but grew up in the United States and returned to Afghanistan only last year, accepts that her profession is often equated with sexual availability. “Actresses are considered by some to be prosti- tutes,” the 33-year-old told AFP. “My private life outside work is not respected. I get crazy phone calls from people because they think I am available. “After many months here, it has become very difficult. I feel that I’m being objectified and not human, because I’m choosing a job that is about putting myself out there. For sociologist Barayalai Fetrat, a lecturer at Kabul University, the challenges that Aryana and Afghan female singer Aryana Sayeed lis- Fereshta face exemplify how Islamic conservatives are pushing to regain ground since the fall of the tens to contestants from The Voice of Taliban in 2001 particularly with NATO troops due Afghanistan television show at Qargha to leave in 2014. lake on the outskirts of Kabul. The glam- “As foreign troops pull back, traditionalists who orous 28-year-old singer is a judge on have been largely silent for the past decade-and worldwide hit series “The Voice” that who still have strong backing in society-are reap- launched in Kabul in May, immediately pearing to attack the gains that Afghan women attracting huge audiences and an array of have achieved,” he said. angry critics. —AFP Photos “They are now boldly attacking the rights of women to work in offices, to become artists, or mounting challenges. even the right to education. After her performance in recently-released film “The women who have been pioneers in the “The Icy Sun”, which tackles the taboo subject of fight for their rights are now facing more and rape, she said she was surrounded by admiring more pressure and are fearful for their future. fans. Artists like Aryana and Fereshta are the primary “There were all these girls who came to kiss targets.” me. They were happy, because I had made a film But Fereshta does find some reasons to stay that speaks honestly about the situation of Aryana Sayeed (3rd R) walks with contestants. optimistic despite the gloomy outlook and women.” —AFP Royal fall for princess accused of cockfighting rincess Irina Walker, the daughter of the last According to a statement on the royal family’s heritage - she keeps a large picture of her father in the family and the two have not spoken in a couple king of Romania, was hobnobbing two years website, King Michael expressed “deep sorrow” the living room - but never lived a lavish lifestyle. As months. Walker visited Myrtle Point earlier this year Pago with European royalty in Bucharest to cel- about Princess Irina being arrested and hopes that for herself, Kreuger said being the child of a princess and Kreuger sensed something was wrong. ebrate the 90th birthday of her regal father. On the American justice system and Oregon courts will only got her picked on in school. “We tried to live as She said she had warned her mother about John Friday, she and her husband - a former Oregon sher- act as quickly as possible. He does not mention his normal as possible around here,” she said. “Then you Walker, whom she called “bad news,” but her mother iff’s deputy - are expected to appear in court to face son-in-law and adds he hopes the presumption of go over to Europe and that’s sort of like all fancy.” didn’t want to believe it. She said Walker made her charges of running a cockfighting business on their innocence will function. Never a particularly social person, Irina Walker mother feel beautiful and special, and her mother ranch in Eastern Oregon. The Walkers are charged with operating an illegal rode horses, gardened, studied the Bible and raised would do anything he said. Government prosecutors say Irina and John gambling business and conspiracy to violate the fed- two children while living in Myrtle Point. She later “My mom’s kind of naive, that’s the easiest way to Walker staged at least 10 cockfighting derbies eral Animal Welfare Act. Each of the offenses carries a divorced her husband and, in 2007, married a man put it,” Kreuger said. “She doesn’t really know the bad between April 2012 and April 2013, bringing in as maximum possible sentence of five years in prison who had been a family friend and neighbor - former side of people.” Kreuger said she has been to the much as $2,000 a day. Blades were attached to the and a fine of $250,000. Federal prosecutors are seek- Coos County sheriff’s deputy John Walker. Hermiston area a couple times and never saw a fight- birds’ legs, spectators were charged admission, and ing forfeiture of the ranch. Angelica Kreuger said John Walker took her ing chicken. She doesn’t believe her mother knew food and drink were sold, the indictment said. Authorities arrested 16 other people in the case. mother to the Hermiston area in Eastern Oregon. the full extent of what was allegedly going on, and Irina Walker, 60, is the third daughter of former Irina Walker moved to the US from Switzerland in “She kind of turned hippie,” Angelica Kreuger said. wouldn’t have gotten caught up in such a thing if Romanian King Michael I. The 91-year-old Michael, 1983 with her former-husband John Kreuger, “From when we were growing up to when she she knew the potential for a jail sentence. one of the few surviving heads of state from World according to her daughter, Angelica Kreuger of moved to Hermiston, she just kind of did the whole “I don’t see her being there watching it, because War II, was forced to abdicate by the communists in Myrtle Point, Ore. She said her parents were school free-spirit thing. She just wanted to wake up in the my mom loved animals,” Kreuger said. “She wouldn’t 1947. Sent into exile, he lived in Switzerland and friends in Europe and her father fell in love with morning and tend to her goats and mess with her want to watch a chicken die like that.” — AP worked as a commercial pilot and briefly as a chicken Oregon. horses.” farmer. Angelica Kreuger said her mother is proud of her Kreuger said her mother became isolated from LIFESTYLE39 SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013 Features Kick-Ass 2 looks at consequences of vigilante violence

fter a summer dominated by super- because the movie’s about the superheroes heroes fighting evil and winning over movement spreading so I wanted to show Aaudiences at the box office, “Kick-Ass 2” how normal people fight.” aims to show the violent underside of being a “Kick-Ass 2” follows Mindy as she tries to costumed vigilante. “The sequel is set up to put aside her Hit Girl persona and embrace life deal with the consequences,” director Jeff as an average high-school teenager, while Wadlow told Reuters. Dave tries to find purpose by joining a band of “Kick-Ass 2,” out in theaters on Friday, is amateur masked vigilantes led by ex-soldier based on Mark Millar’s comic-book of the Colonel Stars and Stripes. same name and follows the nerdy teenage “The first film was about them figuring out boy Dave, played by British actor Aaron Taylor- superhero identities,” Wadlow said. “This movie Johnson, as he becomes real-life superhero should be about figuring out their real identi- Kick-Ass, along with his 15-year-old sidekick ties.” Hit Girl, played by Chloe Moretz. The film comes on the heels of a summer “The superhero movement has spread and dominated by superheroes, such as “Iron Man people were inspired by Kick-Ass and I wanted 3” which opened with $174 million in domes- to show all the different kinds of conse- tic theaters in its opening weekend and has quences these characters doing these things crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide. and how it ripples through their life,” Wadlow “Kick-Ass 2,” produced by Comcast Corp’s said. Universal Pictures and independently financed Kick-Ass and Hit Girl, also known as Mindy, with a budget of $28 million, is not expected dispensed with villainous drug lord Frank to match its superhero counterparts at the box D’Amico in the first film and in “Kick-Ass 2,” office, with moderate industry projections of D’Amico’s ruthless son Chris, played by $19.8 million in its first weekend. Its 2010 Christopher Mintz-Plasse, wages revenge on predecessor grossed $96 million globally. the masked crusaders with his own team of Wadlow said he hoped the film stood out in super-villains. the flurry of big-budget action films with its The sequel, which is rated R like the original themes of responsibility and redemption, as movie, has come under fire for its graphic vio- the vigilantes consider the long-term effects lence and explicit language. Jim Carrey, who of the violence caused by their campaign plays Colonel Stars and Stripes, departed from against criminals. Hollywood convention in June and criticized This undated publicity photo released by Universal Pictures shows Aaron Taylor-Johnson, left, as the young masked hero “We show consequences to the violence, the film on Twitter. He said because of the Kick-Ass, and Chloe Grace Moretz, as the blade-wielding Hit Girl, in a scene from the film, ‘Kick-Ass 2.” —AP unlike some of these PG-13 blood-less movies December shooting at the Sandy Hook you see this summer ... We’re dealing with Elementary School that left 26 people dead in paid all that money, you should at least have made decisions on which violent scenes to dog is killed were both omitted from the final those consequences in a somewhat realistic Newtown, Connecticut, he could not “support the good manners to phone up your collabo- include in the film, and that he also wanted to edit. fashion, to both mine drama but also comedy,” that level of violence” in the movie. rators and discuss whatever points of view you portray a more realistic side of the violence. “I know for a fact that the movie is less vio- he said. —Reuters “It was disconcerting, I’m not going to lie, might have or might be changing that will Mintz-Plasse said in an interview with Los lent than the first movie,” Wadlow said. “It’s a to read those tweets,” Wadlow said. “If you’re affect your press obligations.” Angeles radio station KROQ-FM earlier this much more intimate style of violence, more going to do a movie and you’re going to get Wadlow said “I trusted my gut” when he week that a rape scene and a scene in which a about hand-to-hand, which was by choice, Stunning ‘Free Willy’ actor August Schellenberg dies at 77 cinematography anadian-born actor August Schellenberg, who overwhelms a starred in the “Free Willy” films and appeared in Cnumerous television roles, has died at his Dallas home after a fight with lung cancer, his agent said Friday. slight story He was 77. Schellenberg played the role of Randolph Johnson, a here’s a very talented ensemble of actors in whale trainer in all three “Free Willy” movies. In 2007, he “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,” but the real star of was nominated for an Emmy as a supporting actor for his Tthe movie is director of photography Bradford role as Chief Sitting Bull in the HBO series, “Bury My Heart Young (“Pariah,” “Middle of Nowhere”) who renders at Wounded Knee.” the Texas locations in the kind of butterscotch shad- Schellenberg’s big-screen work also included appearing ows and magic-hour auras and screen-door silhou- in the 2005 film, “The New World,” alongside movie stars ettes that call to mind classics like “Days of Heaven.” Christian Bale and Colin Farrell. One of his last notable It’s a gorgeous film to behold, but writer-director works was in 2012, when he played the lead role in an all David Lowery gets so wrapped up in the visuals that Canadian cast of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” at the National the storytelling lags at critical moments. Even after Arts Centre in Ottawa, said his agent, Jamie Levitt. “I got a call this morning from the NAC saying they have he’s made it clear how things are going to be resolved, lowered their flags to honor him,” Levitt said. “He was a lov- he staves off the inevitable with one more sunset, one ing father and grandfather and a very good husband. He more weathered pickup truck driving down a dirt was a very well-known Canadian and an iconic actor.” road, one more dimly-lit roadhouse. Levitt said Schellenberg, with whom she had worked for (Lowery, it should be noted, is one of American the past 15 years, died at his home Thursday.According to independent film’s busiest Renaissance men these his personal website, he taught acting workshops in days; at this year’s Sundance, he represented not just Toronto at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and at York this film but also “Upstream Color,” which he edited, University. He also was a former boxer, participated in vari- and “Pit Stop,” which he co-wrote.) ous celebrity charity sporting events and served as a moti- “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” boasts a great deal of vational speaker in Canada and the US. Schellenberg, who was born in Montreal, was half This undated file photo supplied by HBO shows actors Eric Schweig, left, August Schellenberg and care and talent and creativity, but it will be up to indi- Nathan Chasing Horse, right, in the HBO film “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.” Schellenberg, who vidual viewers to decide whether its visual pleasures Mohawk and half Swiss, according to his website. He was survived by his wife, actress Joan Karasevich, and three starred in the “Free Willy” films and appeared in numerous television roles, has died at his Dallas home outweigh the script’s case of get-on-with-it-itis; as for vdaughters. —AP after a fight with lung cancer, his agent said Friday. He was 77. —AP me, I went from enraptured to restless, but I still admire the film’s many virtues. We begin with young lovers Ruth (Rooney Mara) and Bob (Casey Affleck); in one long take, they squab- Chris Brown sentenced ble and reconcile the way a young couple would, but there are two more vital pieces of information to learn at the end of the scene. Ruth is pregnant, and she’s to 1,000 hours labor also an accomplice to Bob’s crimes. At a shoot-out with the police, Ruth hits local cop Patrick (Ben Foster) judge reinstated Chris Brown’s Department of Transportation highway revoked probation Friday and gave cleanup, graffiti removal, beach cleanup or in the arm, but Bob takes the blame and says that the singer a new sentence to per- Probation Alternative Work Services. Ruth was just along for the ride. A form 1,000 hours of community labor such Brown, 24, didn’t speak during Friday’s Cut to a few years later: Ruth is still living in the as cleaning beaches or highways, removing hearing, other than to agree to the deal same small town, raising daughter Sylvie (played by graffiti or performing other chores worked out while he waited in the court- Jacklynn Smith and Kennadie Smith) under the watch- assigned by the probation department. room with his mother and two other peo- ful eye of Bob’s adoptive father Skerritt (Keith Brown’s current legal troubles are the ple. Carradine). Bob, longing to run away with Ruth and latest repercussions of his arrest four years The singer has been in and out of court Sylvie, escapes from prison. Patrick starts keeping an ago for assaulting his former girlfriend, since pleading guilty to the 2009 assault on eye on Ruth, since everyone knows Bob is heading Rihanna. Rihanna. Besides making reports on fulfill- straight to wherever she is, and Ruth and Patrick find The popular R&B singer sat in a court- ing the requirements of an earlier order for themselves getting along. room for nearly an hour as his lawyer, Mark community labor, he has had subsequent That’s pretty much all that happens in “Ain’t Them Geragos, and a prosecutor shuttled in and run-ins with the law for assault and traffic out of the judge’s chambers, with Geragos accidents. Bodies Saints,” and it could certainly be enough in the apparently seeking his client’s approval for The work that Brown did previously hands of a filmmaker more capable of spreading out a plan to keep him from facing more seri- does not apply to the new sentence, said the tale, supplying revelations and character insight ous consequences. district attorney’s spokeswoman Jane along the way to keep things compelling. But Lowery Superior Court Judge James Brandlin Robison. Brown has a year to perform the doesn’t seem particularly interested in any kind of for- finally emerged and announced that an work and is scheduled to appear in court ward momentum. We know who these people are, agreement had been reached. Nov. 20 for a progress report. and what they want, and what’s likely to be the out- Robin Thicke and Deputy District Attorney Mary Murray Brown, who won a Grammy in 2011 for come, and then we’re forced to wait for it all to hap- withdrew a request to rescind Brown’s pro- Best R&B Album with “F.A.M.E.,” could ask pen. bation because of a hit-and-run charge that the court to Despite the script’s flaws, Mara, Affleck and Foster his wife make love was dismissed in another court Thursday. end his probation when he completes all turn in splendid performances. There’s often a dan- Brandlin then told Brown he must per- the community labor, but the final decision ger of actors getting condescending when they play form 1,000 hours of community labor with on the length of probation will be up to a relatively inarticulate characters, but even though as much as possible one of four public programs: California judge. —AP Ruth and Bob and Patrick aren’t chatty urbanites, they communicate a great deal through their silences and faces and body language. It never feels like these he ‘Blurred Lines’ singer has been married to his high school sweetheart, actors are talking down to the material, and they cre- Paula Patton, since 2005 and says they keep their romance alive by making ate vivid personalities under Lowery’s assured guid- Tsure they always have time alone. He told People magazine: “When we feel ance. like we’re in a bad place, we try to switch it up. We’ll go for a walk or put on some fun music. You just gotta laugh, dance and make love as much as possible.” While And make no mistake, Lowery is a talent to watch; Robin has been criticised for the explicit video accompanying ‘Blurred Lines’ - fea- the complex and opaque “Upstream Color” lives and turing topless models - he claims Paula was fully behind it and even convinced dies by its editing, the screenplay of “Pit Stop” ranks him to release it. He explained: “It was director Diane Martel’s idea. When I saw among the year’s best, and his skill as a director per- both versions I said, ‘Maybe just go with the clothed one’ but my wife saw the top- meates every frame of “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints.” This less one and was like, ‘No way! That is so hot, sexy and original.” Robin, 36 and film’s script doesn’t equal his other work this year, but Paula, 37, have three-year-old son Julian together and the singer says his young he’s a rising film talent who’s only just begun to leave one is already showing signs of following in his footsteps. He said: “He’s written six his mark. —Reuters songs already. He’s three and wants to be a rock star! He’s my little road dog and the best thing to ever happen to me.” Chris Brown Afghan female stars defy clerics’ pressure

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A giant alphorn is on display while 508 alphorn blowers play together establishing a new world record for largest alphorn group performance, on the Gornergrat Mountain 3,089 meters above sea level (10,134.5 ft) with the Matterhorn mountain in background, near Zermatt, Switzerland yesterday. —AP

NZ prisoners go gourmet Thyme and punishment

hipping up a blackcurrant jus in done in 30 years, and the most confronting,” “There’s been days when I’ve come out Wellington’s Rimutaka Prison, said Bosley. and just sat in the car park here for half an Wshaven-headed convict “Pete” rhap- The chef, whose restaurant is situated in hour feeling desperately sad and despondent, sodises about his new-found love of gourmet the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, admitted thinking what a terrible place. Other times cooking, the swastika tattoos on his hand he was initially sceptical about swapping his I’ve come out and thought ‘that’s amazing, blurring as he whisks intently. swish waterfront location for weekly sessions we’re making a difference’.” “You can get five dishes, five different in the grim surrounds of a prison kitchen. Bosley, who now has a former Rimutaka flavours, from one fish,” the New Zealander “I wasn’t interested. I had very set views on prisoner working part-time at his restaurant, says. “I thought normal fish all just tasted the crime and punishment, paying your debt to said the skills of each inmate gradually same but I’ve learned a lot.” society, and wanted nothing to do with them,” emerged during his weekly sessions. Pete-not his real name-is among a team of he said. “Brownie” turned out to be a skilled butch- inmates from the jail on the capital’s outskirts “Then the idea started to intrigue me and I er, wielding a razor-sharp knife with a sur- who prepared a five-star banquet for the pub- realised that these guys are going to get out geon’s care to trim fat from prime cuts of beef. lic as part of this year’s Wellington on a Plate eventually, what are they going to be doing “Marco”, who says he could not make a food festival. on the outside?” sandwich before he was jailed in 2004, More than 30 prisoners a year earn cater- Asking an inmate what he did to end up dreams of becoming a baker on the outside ing qualifications in the prison’s kitchens, pro- behind bars is a serious breach of prison eti- after perfecting his jailhouse pastries: “I want viding them with skills to help them land jobs quette but Bosley said he initially assumed to make wedding cakes,” he told AFP. in Wellington’s thriving restaurant scene after the six convicts selected for the programme “Wolf” took charge of the vegetarian their release. would not have committed serious offences option, creating a meat-free Wellington This year, authorities decided to display because Rimutaka is a medium security jail. roulade accompanied by French puy lentils the prison’s culinary prowess publicly for the He soon realised he was incorrect, as most and goat’s cheese mousse. first time. of his students had originally served time in “Every time I failed, I learned something,” Martin Bosley posing in the kitchen where he helps inmates from Rimutaka In a programme that gives a whole new high-security institutions before being moved he said. “Once I realised you can’t chuck all prison put on a fine dinning experience in the Upper Hutt area of meaning to “doing stir”, they enlisted Martin to Rimutaka as a reward for good behaviour. the stuff in a pot and just go for it, you actual- Wellington. Bosley, whose eponymous restaurant was “It’s made me question some of the things ly have to study it, I found it fascinating.” named New Zealand’s best in 2007, to train I believed in, getting to know these guys, Bullet-headed and with a frame almost as six prisoners over a nine-month period. working with them and coming to like them,” wide as it is tall, Wolf admits that contact with The result was Prison Gate to Plate, two said Bosley, who was not paid for his involve- non-inmates has been the most challenging nights of fine dining in August that offered ment. aspect of the programme, saying that like 140 paying customers a four-course banquet “But always at the back of your mind there many prisoners he is intensely shy and being in the prison grounds. is the thought that there are victims out inside “stuffs up your social skills”. “It’s been the most extraordinary thing I’ve there. He describes working on the banquet as nothing short of life changing, saying cooking has given him a goal to work toward. “I’ve been here a long time and most officers would agree that when I came I was a troubled inmate,” he said. “Since I’ve been involved in this it’s changed my whole focus (going) forward. I’ve now got a passion for this. It’s something I want to do and nothing else matters now. “You sort of muddle yourself through the years and you’ve got no focus because every day is the same. It’s really good when you finally zoom in on something and go ‘bang, that’s what I want to do when I get out’.” Wolf and the other prisoners were nervous about the reception their food would receive when AFP spoke to them just before the banquet on August 9 and 10. They need not have worried. It received rave reviews, including one from the Dominion Post restaurant critic David Burton, This photo taken on July 30, 2013 shows inmates from Rimutaka prison putting together Martin Bosley (R) mentoring inmates from Rimutaka prison as they build “Savannah Grass-fed Beef Fillet” for the “Wellington on a Plate” festival in the Upper Hutt who cited the opinion of one happy diner in his write-up: “If the food is always like this, I’d towards putting on a fine dinning experience at the “Wellington on a Plate” area of Wellington. consider doing time.” —AFP festival in the Upper Hutt area of Wellington. —AFP Photos