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By Faten Omar

KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry yesterday said Syrians in UAE pounds Houthis after deadliest day Kuwait must pay any outstanding fines to remain in the country until the Syrian conflict is over. “Syrian violators who have work or family visas or Syrian refugees who Yemen attack also killed 10 Saudi troops entered the country with visit visas are allowed to stay SANAA: UAE warplanes carried out air strikes on in Kuwait - there will be no deportations for them, but Yemeni rebels yesterday as Emiratis mourned 45 of the ministry will not give them long-term visas,” Brig their soldiers, who were among dozens killed in the Adel Al-Hashash, Director deadliest day yet for the Saudi-led coalition. Media in of the General Department Riyadh said 10 Saudi soldiers died in Friday’s missile of Public Relations and attack in the battleground eastern oil province of Moral Guidance, told Marib. The strike hit an arms depot, triggering huge Kuwait Times. He also explosions that the Yemeni government said also denied any plans to grant killed five Bahraini troops. The UAE denounced the residency law violators in “cowardly” attack, which it said would not sap its the country a new grace commitment to the coalition’s mission to restore period to adjust their sta- exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi. The Iran- tus. backed Shiite Houthi rebels hailed the strike as Hashash’s comments “revenge” for six months of deadly coalition air raids. came after Mohammed Abu Asaker, a spokesman Coalition spokesman General Ahmed Assiri told Adel Al-Hashash Saudi online media yesterday the war against the for the United Nations High rebels would not ease. “The mission of the coalition Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told the dpa news forces is to restore peace and stability to Yemen,” dai- agency on Friday that Kuwait has informed the United ly Al-Riyadh quoted him as saying. “They will contin- Nations that it will allow all Syrians currently in the ue their military operations until their objectives are country to remain even if their visas expire. “For each achieved.” The coalition launched an air war when one whose visa expires, they will, by default, get a long- Hadi fled to Saudi Arabia in March after the rebels term visa,” he had said. entered his last refuge, Yemen’s second city Aden. Hashash confirmed to Kuwait Times that the ministry After his loyalists recaptured the southern port in will not give residency law violators any amnesty to get July, the coalition launched a ground operation that “temporary residency” in the country. He said reports has seen the rebels pushed back from five southern about giving violators under Articles 18 (work permit) provinces, although they still control the capital and and 22 (family visa) an opportunity to apply to the much of the north and centre. AJMAN: Emiratis bury the body of Abdullah Ali Hassan Al-Hammadi, an Emirati armed forces’ soldier who was Department of Residency Affairs, pay fines and get a Continued on Page 13 killed the previous day in Yemen’s eastern province of Marib, at a cemetery in this emirate yesterday. — AFP temporary residency for three months are not true, adding the ministry will deport any iqama violators. Regulation mulled for home businesses Draft on licensing sent to MoCI AMMAN: The issue of home-based busi- ness in Kuwait is in need of regulation, so Visa traffickers a draft paper on issuing licenses for such business has been sent to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for deliberation, face mandatory an official said yesterday. After the Gulf- Jordanian Economic Communication jail terms, fines Forum, head of small projects at the Manpower and Government Restructur- By Meshaal Al-Enezi ing Program (MGRP) Faris Al-Enezi told KUNA that running a business from home KUWAIT: The Manpower Public Authority introduced was an essential part of developing tougher penalties against employers who fail to pro- economies worldwide, adding that to vide jobs for workers they recruit from outside Kuwait grow such businesses, a number of regu- Faris Al-Enezi WASHINGTON: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir speaks during a news con- in a bid to tackle human trafficking in the country. As lations should be set to protect both ference at the Saudi Embassy on Friday. — AFP per regulations approved recently, violators of Article service providers and consumers. Enezi said around 70 percent of busi- 10 of the labor law in the private sector, which stipu- The policy is to give home business nesses fit the label of home-based busi- lates that ‘an employer shall not recruit laborers from owners a license valid for three to five nesses on social media apps and web- outside the country or appoint laborers from inside Saudis satisfied with US years, said Enezi, noting that this period sites including Instagram and others, the country without making them to work for him’, are will allow business owners to assess the indicating that acquiring the proposed now punishable by a jail term ranging between one success of their ventures before going on assurances on Iran deal and three years, as well as a KD 1,000 to KD 5,000 fine. license will help develop this field. The to develop their services. If such a proce- current status quo leaves such business- WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia is satisfied Arabia supported the deal. “Now we The current law stipulates a maximum three-year jail sentence and/or a maximum KD 1,000 fine for dure is approved in Kuwait, owners will es unmonitored by the concerned with assurances from US President have one less problem for the time violators of the article. The new regulations were have an official platform to start their authorities, and thus fraud might occur Barack Obama about the Iran nuclear being to deal with, with regards to Iran,” approved during a meeting on Wednesday chaired home-based businesses, which will pro- more frequently, said the official. deal and believes the agreement will Jubeir said. “We can now focus more by Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al- tect their interests and others. He indicat- Regulations to start a home-based busi- contribute to security and stability in the intensely on the nefarious activities that Subaih, who is also the chairperson of the manpow- ed that the draft paper by the program ness are almost the same as those gov- Middle East, a senior Saudi official said Iran is engaged in the region.” er authority’s board of directors, said Dr Mubarak Al- has selected 32 home-based business erning private institutes, said Enezi, on Friday. Saudi King Salman met with Gulf Arab states had previously Jafour, Director of the Legal Affairs Department at types from a list 120, revealing that the adding that the possible addition of Obama at the White House on Friday to expressed their support for the Iran the authority. business list included the selling of food more regulation to suit the business will seek more support in countering Iran, as nuclear deal, but fear that the lifting of Continued on Page 13 products as well as media, general and IT be introduced once the issue of licenses the Obama administration aimed to use sanctions on Iran would enable it to pur- services. is resolved. — KUNA the visit to shore up relations after a sue destabilizing policies in the Middle period of tensions. The visit is the king’s East. Salman skipped a Gulf Arab summit first to the United States since ascending at Camp David in May, a move widely to the throne in Jan 2015, and comes seen as a diplomatic snub over Obama’s after the United States agreed to a Iran strategy, though both governments nuclear deal with Iran in July. denied that interpretation. Critics say The US-Saudi relationship has suf- the nuclear deal will empower Iran eco- fered strain because of what Riyadh sees nomically to increase its support of mili- as Obama’s withdrawal from the region, tant groups in the region. a lack of direct US action against Saudi Arabia and Iran are opposed on President Bashar Al-Assad in Syria, and a a number of regional issues, especially perceived US tilt towards Iran since the the 4 1/2-year-long Syrian civil war and 2011 Arab uprisings. But the countries unrest in Yemen, where a coalition of share many strategic objectives and Arab states led by Riyadh, assisted by depend on each other on a number of the United States, are targeting Iran- core security, economic, and political allied Houthi forces. Obama said on issues. Friday that he and Salman share con- Speaking after the meeting between cerns about Yemen and the need to Obama and Salman, Saudi Foreign restore a functioning government and Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said Obama had address the humanitarian situation assured the Saudi king that the agree- there. US Deputy National Security ment prevents Iran from acquiring a Advisor Ben Rhodes said ahead of nuclear weapon, includes inspections of Salman’s visit that the United States military and suspected sites, and has a believed more care needs to be taken to provision for the snapback of sanctions avoid civilian casualties in the air strikes SALZBURG, Austria: A woman holds her smiling baby in her arms as she arrives at the Hauptbahnhof station yesterday on their way to if Iran violates the agreement. Under against Houthi forces in Yemen. Germany from Hungary via Vienna with other migrants. — AP (See Page 7) those conditions, Jubeir said, Saudi Continued on Page 13 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 LOCAL Hajj preparations complete: Ministry

KUWAIT: President of the Kuwaiti Hajj dele- Awareness day gation, Assistant Undersecretary of the Meanwhile, the Information Office of Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs for the Ministry of Health organized, in col- Coordination, Technical Support, External laboration with the pilgrimage affairs Relations and Hajj Khulaif Al-Utahinah office at the Ministry of Awqaf and announced yesterday the completion of all Islamic Affairs, an awareness day at the the necessary preparations needed for the Ministry of Awqaf dubbed ‘Toward a Safe pilgrims for this year’s Hajj season. Pilgrimage,’ during which some 50 pil- Utahinah said in a press statement after grims from the ministry staff were vacci- a meeting with heads of the Ministry of nated and provided free testing and con- Awqaf’s Hajj teams that this meeting is the sulting services. Head of the Information culmination of the efforts that have been Office Dr Ghalia Al-Mutairi urged during His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem made during the last period, praising a news briefing on the sidelines of the efforts of the ministry’s teams in complet- Awareness Day those who wish to per- ing all Hajj preparations to the fullest. He form Hajj this year to seek the health said the first teams will travel tomorrow to centers and take the necessary vaccina- Amir offers condolences Makkah according to a timetable that has tions. She said the health centers would been prepared in coordination with other distribute booklets on health issues that competent authorities, calling on all mem- have been prepared by the Information over soldiers’ deaths bers of the mission to abide by vaccina- Office, adding that the booklets contain tions prescribed by the Ministry of Health instructions which would help prevent in order to avoid the transmission of dis- health risks that may face the pilgrims KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah southern border of the Kingdom of Saudi Council Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Al Al- eases and to be committed to security, either before, during or after the pilgrim- Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of Arabia. His Highness the Amir also had a tele- Sheikh over the death of the Saudi soldiers. health and safety instructions. age. —KUNA condolences to Saudi King Salman bin phone conversation with the Crown Prince of Earlier, Ghanem expressed condolences to Abdulaziz Al-Saud yesterday over the death of Abu Dhabi and deputy Supreme Commander Mohammad Al-Murr and Ahmad Al-Mulla, par- 10 Saudi soldiers who were killed in Yemen in of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh liament speakers of the UAE and Bahrain Maatouq thanks Jordan for an attack on a weapons warehouse. His Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in which he respectively, on the death of soldiers from the Highness Deputy Amir and Crown Prince expressed Kuwait’s condolences on the death two countries while on duty during Operation hosting Syrian refugees Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and of 45 brave UAE soldiers who participated with- Restoration of Hope in Yemen. “We extend our His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber in the Arab coalition forces in ‘Operation deepest condolences to the leaderships and AMMAN: Dr Abdullah Al-Maatouq, Amiri Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent cables of Restoration of Hope’ in Yemen while perform- people of the UAE and Kingdom of Bahrain for Diwan Advisor in Kuwait and a UN Envoy, similar sentiments. ing their national duty. His Highness the Amir the martyrdom of 45 UAE armed forces and five addressed a letter of gratitude to King Earlier, His Highness the Amir had a tele- prayed to the Almighty Allah to bestow his Bahrain Defense Force personnel,” said Ghanem. Abdullah II of Jordan and the Jordanian phone conversation with King Hamad bin Isa Al mercy on the martyrs and inspire their families people for hosting large numbers of Syrian Khalifa of Bahrain yesterday, in which he with patience and fortitude. Amir returns home refugees. expressed Kuwait’s condolences over the death Meanwhile, National Assembly Speaker In other news, His Highness the Amir is set “We thank Jordan’s King, government of five brave soldiers of Bahrain Defense Forces Marzouq Al-Ghanem sent a cable of condo- to arrive back to Kuwait today after a private and people for opening their hearts, before while performing their duty in defending the lences yesterday to Saudi Speaker of Shura visit to the United Kingdom. —KUNA their homes, to their Syrian brothers, who are estimated at 1.3 million,” Maatouq, the UN Secretary General’s Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs, said in a statement to KUNA and Kuwait TV. His remarks came during a dinner recep- tion held on his honor by Kuwait’s Ambassador to Jordan Hamad Al-Duaij late on Friday. Maatouq is visiting the Hashemite Kingdom to inaugurate a num- Dr Abdullah Al-Maatouq ber of charity works at His Highness the country. “Kuwait is already committed to its Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- $1.3 billion obligation made during these Jaber Al-Sabah’s village within al-Zaatari conferences. It will always be at the fore- refugee camp. “The international commu- front of helping disaster-plagued peoples.” nity is following the five-year crisis in Syria September 9, 2015 will mark the first and is seeking a solution for it,” he noted. anniversary of the UN naming of His In this context, Maatouq pointed to His Highness the Amir as a ‘Humanitarian Highness the Amir’s directives of helping Leader’ and Kuwait as a ‘center for humani- the Syrian people and Kuwait’s hosting of tarian action,’ “a source of pride and happi- three donor conferences to support the ness for every Kuwaiti,” Maatouq under- humanitarian situation in the war-torn Arab lined. —KUNA

IRBIL: Kuwait’s General Consul in Irbil Omar Al-Kandari meets with the governor of Dr Anwar Al-Hasawi Dohuk. —KUNA Kuwaiti charitable efforts known worldwide: Society 38,000 food baskets distributed in Kurdistan

KUWAIT: Kuwait charitable efforts is known Deputy Chairman of KRCS Anwar Al-Hasawi said declared by the UN General Assembly in 2012. worldwide and this fact was acknowledged dur- that the society will continue its mission as the The main purpose of the celebration, observed ing last year’s UN honoring of His Highness the state’s charitable arm under the guidance of the on September fifth, is raise awareness over the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Kuwaiti leadership and generous offerings from issue of charity and its positive effect on people as a humanitarian leader and Kuwait as a global its people. He vowed that KRCS will help those around the globe. humanitarian center, the Kuwait Red Crescent in need whether they were in the region or far- Kurdistan Society (KRCS) said yesterday. away lands. Separately, the KRCS as a first stage distrib- Celebrating the International Day of Charity, The International Day of Charity was uted on Saturday 38,000 food baskets to about 200,000 displaced Iraqi families in Kurdistan region of Iraq. The KRCS aid comes as a part of a program to alleviate the suffering of the dis- placed people and improve their living condi- tions, head of the KRCS delegation Yousef Al- Miraj told KUNA. The food aid was distributed DODOMA: Kuwait Ambassador to Tanzania Jassim Ibrahim Al-Najim meets in 22 camps in the provinces of Irbil, Dohuk and Tanzania’s Interior Minister Mathias Chikawe. —KUNA Sulaymaniyah, he added. Meanwhile, Kuwait’s General Consul in Irbil Omar Al-Kandari said Kuwait’s aid came due to Tanzania appreciates Kuwait role in helping the victims, where the State of Kuwait has allocated $200 million part of a campaign to the relief the displaced. The Kuwait’s support Kurdish Ministry of Planning announced the province needed for $1.4 billion to cover the DODOMA: Tanzania’s Interior Minister they discussed bilateral ties. He said that needs of the displaced in the region. —KUNA Mathias Chikawe expressed appreciation to Kuwait and its charitable bodies have humanitarian and developmental support played a major part in Tanzania’s develop- given to his country through Kuwait’s Fund mental projects such as a $34 million drink- for Arab Economic and Social Development. ing water project and other comprehensive Chikawe made this remark during a meet- missions where schools, health centers, ing yesterday with Kuwait Ambassador to orphanages have been built to benefit Tanzania Jassim Ibrahim Al-Najim, in which more than 3,500 people. —KUNA Kuwait to mark World Physical Therapy Day

KUWAIT: As the world marks Word Physical Therapy Day on September 8, the Physical Therapy department at the Ministry of Health will hold many activi- Scenes from the distribution of aid in the camp Mamili - Dohuk. ties on this occasion. This year’s activities’ moto ‘I am, therefore I can’ highlights the important role of physical therapists’ in Int’l Anti-Corruption Conference helping people of special needs to be constructive individuals in their commu- concludes with key recommendations nities, the Physical Therapy department director Dr Nabil Al-Hunaif told the press yesterday. PUTRAJAYA: Participants in the 16th International Anti- those involved must not be allowed to use diplomatic corrupt from using secret companies to hide their wealth, Corruption Conference, which concluded Friday night, passports and investor’s visa programs to avoid justice. a call for banks to comply with anti-money laundering This support can only be achieved issued a number of recommendations to ensure integrity Moreover, they called on countries to impose travel laws, developing the anti-money laundering legal frame- through physical therapy and rehabilita- and end corruption through lifting impunity off those restrictions on individuals suspected of corruption. The work to ensure more robust control and punishment, tion programs provided by hospitals and clinics, he added, pointing out that this charged with corruption crimes. The conference, held in action is aimed at preventing suspects from easily travel- allowing citizens to take part in decision making and cre- Dr Nabil Al-Hunaif Putrajaya, Malaysia under the theme ‘Ending Impunity: ling to expand their illegal activities, as well as buy luxury ate a fair competition in business. Over 1000 officials from year’s activities will involve conducting People. Integrity. Action,’ also saw discussion on the goods and real estate. The participants also demanded 138 countries including Kuwait participated in the event three examinations for fitness, strength opportunity for physical therapists from all importance of retrieving stolen assets and measures to that bankers, lawyers, accountants and real estate agents which is held once every two years. The conference is held and balance. Those who are interested to over the world to raise awareness about prevent the corrupt from enjoying their illicit wealth or who allow the movement of illicit funds across borders in cooperation with the Malaysian government, Malaysian take those tests should visit their nearest the crucial contribution the profession find safe haven. must be punished. Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), and the Malaysian physical therapy clinic on Tuesday, he makes to keeping people well, mobile, and Meanwhile, the participants also recommended that The recommendations also included preventing the Society for Transparency and Integrity. —KUNA stressed. World Physical Therapy Day is an independent. —KUNA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 LOCAL Photo of the day

KUWAIT: Ignoring warning signs, people swim in dangerous Al-Blajat beach. —KUNA photo

Local spotlight High humidity to continue, Five killed in Syrian refugees chance of rain: Meteorologist two accidents By Hanan Al-Saadoun and Gulf silence By Meshaal Al-Enezi Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah, name ‘Chabreet Siyassi’ (political matches) Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for was arrested yesterday for offending several KUWAIT: Two car accidents killed five persons and injured KUWAIT: High humidity at the Gulf coast Nationality and Travel Documents. Sources public figures, ministers and security leaders. seven people in Kuwait yesterday. The first accident took will continue because of south-easterly said that among the facilities to ease proce- place on Artal Street where a vehicle flipped over. The acci- winds, and there is a chance for the forma- dures is having Assistant Director General for Imported fish dent killed a Sudanese man and injured three others. The tion of clouds and low visibility, said meteor- Nationality and Passports Colonel Khalid Al- Kuwait Fishermen Union (KFU) said that second accident was a collision reported on Fahaheel By Muna Al-Fuzai ologist Essa Ramadan. Scattered clouds will Bahouh directly coordinate with state securi- fish importers made false allegations about Road, which killed four people and injured three. form because of high humidity, which will ty in case of security restrictions on the the KFU, as the union was never in opposi- Investigations are ongoing in both incidents to reveal the create a chance for rain during the coming bedoon, as there are restrictions that can be tion of imported fish traders because circumstances behind the accidents. days, Ramadan said. exempted. The sources however noted that imported fish and shrimps reduce prices and there are some cases that are sent to the cover the shortage in the market. KFU noted Stabbing Bedoon pilgrims assistant undersecretary for his decision. that it is not part of any struggle with any- Policemen are looking for an unknown person who [email protected] Instructions to ease procedures in issu- one, but it has to “say something when stabbed a 23-year-old man in the back after robbing him. ing Article 17 passports for bedoons (state- Bedoon tweeter arrested things go overboard and reach unrealistic The victim said that suspect put a knife to his back and less) who wish to perform hajj was given by A bedoon who makes tweets under the limits.” hy are Syrian refugees not welcomed in Gulf asked him for his wallet and phone, but when he resisted states? Specifically, why doesn’t Kuwait allow and turned around, the suspect stabbed him nearly fatally WSyrian refugees on its land? This is a legitimate and left him bleeding. question, but for the moment it does not seem to have a MP inquires about Iranian satisfactory answer. The facts of this matter are worth men- Drug arrests tioning, and are a reminder of what we have offered so far Abdaly customs officers found nine kilograms of to those whom we claim to be our Muslim brothers...and envoy’s political history hashish and 500 grams shabu (methamphetamine) near what we are capable to give but are not giving so far. the border. A source believes that a smuggler got rid of the These refugees are citizens fleeing from Syria with the Guarantee safety of defense lawyers: Lawmaker banned substances out of fear of being caught. In another escalation of the crisis there and the increase in killings, incident, an Egyptian male nurse in Salmy was caught with rapes and the fragmentation of their country - they have all By A Saleh Cooperation Council (GCC) countries a bottle of liquor and hashish. He was sent to concerned the reasons to forcibly leave their home. With the rise in the and demanded that this be done dur- authorities. numbers of Syrian refugees trying to enter European coun- KUWAIT: MP Dr Abdallah Al-Turaiji said ing the first session of the next parlia- tries, there arise several questions about the reasons for the he received information that the cur- mentary term or during an emergency Combustible leak reluctance of Gulf states to do so. Despite several pleas on rent Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait is session. Three containers were unloaded from a ship at Shuaiba social media, it seems the Gulf situation is unlikely to linked to some important issues in the port after a call about a leak of highly combustible material change in favor of Syrian refugees. region, particularly in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait’s sovereignty from a container aboard a ship. Four fire centers responded Gulf countries have closed their borders in the face of Bahrain and Yemen. MP Turaiji said he MP Abdallah Al-Adwani meanwhile to the call where it was found that the leak was from a con- Syrian refugees, and this has led to criticism by the interna- received the information from person- condemned the statement of the tainer that contains acid and combustible material. The leak tional media. Meanwhile, Western world leaders agreed to alities “who are keen on security and Iranian embassy which was a direct was stopped and secured and the containers reloaded back act as humanitarian leaders and decided that Syrian stability in Kuwait,” adding that the interference in Kuwait Affairs and asked to the ship which continued its journey to Shuwaikh port. refugees will be disbursed to a number of Western coun- information is related to the political Iran to respect Kuwait’s sovereignty. MP tries such as Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and others, and Deputy Speaker Mubarak history of the Iranian ambassador and Adwani said the public prosecution Hazardous chemical even Serbia agreed to receive 100,000 refugees. Those how he deals with some important found Iranian and Hezbollah interfer- leaders have offered the best example in global humanitar- Al-Khurainej Restoration work from the 80th to the 83rd floors of issues. “This requires explanation from ence which show their attempt to Kuwait Towers revealed the presence of a contaminating ian work. concerned official departments,” the shake security in Kuwait and create a Syria today, according to official statistics, has lost 11 and illegal chemical. A security source said that a call from MP said, adding there will be parlia- strife that will harm the country and its the environment police said that a criminalized chemical million of its citizens! This number is only of Syrian refugees mentary questions about the matter. people. MP Adwani said Kuwait should abroad, and can increase in the future. The death toll inside was found in the towers when the insulators were being reduce its representation with Iran and removed. Hazardous materials doctors’ center was called in the country may not be less and perhaps even more. Syria Lawyers’ safety added Lebanese Hezbollah should be has disintegrated after the complete destruction of the to handle the chemical. The officer said the discovered Meanwhile, MP Faisal Al-Duwaisan considered a terrorist group because of chemical was made illegal lately. infrastructure there. We Arabs have lost Syria as part of the said the Interior Ministry must guaran- its danger against GCC countries and Arab map. tee the safety of all defense lawyers to their people. This is the largest immigration and emigration crisis fulfill all legal and constitutional guar- Trapped after World War II, in addition to the presence of six million antees and implement the national uni- No right A man was freed from an elevator that malfunctioned in refugees in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq and ty law. The lawmaker said that one of Likewise, MP Talal Al-Jalal strongly a Salmiya house. South Salmiya firemen responded to the Greece. We in Kuwait specifically know how hard it is for MP Abdullah MP Faisal the defense lawyers in the Abdaly case condemned the statement of the scene and lowered the elevator then freed the man. No someone to leave his country forcibly, as many Kuwaitis left Al-Turaiji Al-Duwaisan had received threats. “The threatening Iranian Embassy, adding that if Iran has injuries were reported. their country after the Iraqi invasion in the 1990s. Syria of one of the defense lawyers in the the right to explain its position towards received and welcomed Kuwaiti citizens on its territory and Abdaly case and the threatening of his Abdaly terrorist cell, with which it is Bomb scare in its schools and they were able to say no doors were family through an international phone accused of interference along with closed. Now we have an obligation to support the coun- Police responded to a call about a vehicle parked in call is an indication of a plot by some Hezbollah, then it does not have the front of Omar bin Al-Khattab mosque in Damsa. A source tries that had received those refugees, especially Arab people against Kuwait, its regime and right to criticize the charges made by countries and Greece. Greece is an exceptional example, said police dealt with two foreign objects, but no explo- its national unity,” he said. the prosecution and its explanation sives were found. still carrying out its humanitarian role despite its many should come through official channels. problems. GCC security agreement MP Jalal also wanted Hezbollah to be The Gulf states’ reservation in receiving the Syrian Deputy Speaker Mubarak Al- considered a terrorist group after its refugees may be due to security reasons, but Germany, for Khurainej meanwhile appealed to His involvement with the Abdaly incident example, has the ability to reject the refugees too. But it Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh fell and asked to reduce diplomatic does not do so, because whoever breaks the law will be MP Abdullah MP Talal Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to work on relations with Tehran following the punished, whether refugee or resident. So the law is the Al-Adwani Al-Jalal ratifying the security agreement of Gulf statement of its embassy. master of the situation here. What Kuwait can do? As a start, begin supporting Syrian residents here by allowing legal residents who have family members as refugees to receive them in Kuwait, and they 7,039 stateless will be the legal sponsors. This is a must now and the least Seven temporary we can offer. adjusted status Unfortunately, some believe that Kuwait is unable to slaughterhouses bear the burden of refugees, and what is being paid from through Aug 31 the coffers as charity is enough, as the Kuwait government KUWAIT: Seven locations in Ahmadi and donated $500 million at the donors’ conference. But charity Hawally governorates were designated as tem- KUWAIT: A total of 7,039 illegal or stateless residents have work is not the same as humanitarian work. I am afraid that porary areas for slaughterhouses during Eid Al- adjusted their legal status during the period from 2011 until end we have limited charitable work to pumping easy money Adha. There will be four locations in Hawally: of August 2015, the Central Agency for Illegal Residents’ Affairs said yesterday. Out of the total, 4,973 illegal residents have the easy way. Even charitable work needs to come out of its Hitten, Salwa, Zahra and Bayan while in Ahmadi: typical circuit in order to not to lose its humane aspect. adjusted their position into the Saudi nationality, 778 into the The UN must start some real work and demand all Abu Halaifa, Sabahiya and Ali Al-Salem (Um Al- Iraqi nationality, 726 into the Syrian nationality, 79 into the member states to assume their responsibilities to accept a Haiman). The locations were decided during the Iranian nationality, 47 into the Jordanian nationality and 436 into number of Syrian refugees. Specific quotas should be preliminary meeting that was held by Kuwait other nationalities, director of the agency for status adjustment assigned for each country so that everyone feels the crime Municipality Deputy Director General for Colonel Mohammad Al-Wuhaib said. The agency provides a that is taking place in Syria. Syria is lost as a state and its cit- Municipality Sector Affairs in Hawally and package of incentives to illegal residents who adjust their legal izens are lost too. History books will not mention the large Ahmadi Engineer Fahad Al-Otaibi with co-ops’ status and come up with their original nationalities. For instance, the agency grants all their family members a five-year residency amounts of money we paid, but how many souls we saved. representatives to discuss the slaughterhouses Thanks to the Western (non-Muslim) countries for permit with no fees incurred, free-of-charge educational and receiving, supporting and saving our Muslims brothers! issue during Eid Al-Adha. health services, supply cards and recruitment at public agencies and bodies. —KUNA L O C A L SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Bak and Educat : Sending children to school one cake at a time

Initiative helped nearly 400 students in six years

By Faten Omar

t first, you will think that Bake and Educate is just a regular sweets project, another AInstagram business that sells cakes, pies, cupcakes and chocolate. But behind the sweet exterior is a hardcore charity with a passion for educating underprivileged children in Kuwait. You might not know that the founder, Noor Al-Obaid was awarded by the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs for starting an NGO (non-governmental organization) when she was only 14 years old, making her the youngest person to ever win such an award here. Kuwait Times wanted to know more about this selfless youth, who, moved by a 21-page-long list of needy kids, started her charity bakery Bake and Educate.

Kuwait Times (KT): Tell us more about yourself? she pushes me to do more. Thank God I have her. At first, we put Noor: My name is Noor Al-Obaid. I am 22 years old. I am a univer- up a booth and sold cupcakes twice a year to cover 20 or 40 stu- sity student in England studying architecture and I work on Bake dents, but I told my mother that it was not enough and we have and Educate in the summers while I am in Kuwait. to cover more. So I started a delivery service and advertised on Instagram. At first, we were buying the cakes and the desserts, KT: Tell us more about your project? And when did you start and then I started baking and trying out new recipes especially if working on Bake and Educate? the customers ask for them. Noor: I founded Bake and Educate six years ago. Bake and Educate is a non-profit organization where we hold an exhibition or fund raiser to help raise money for underprivileged children. Its mission is to raise awareness and support students in Kuwait, whose families cannot cover their tuition fees, and to increase the level of education and to help brighten the future of the youth of Kuwait. We aim to show that no matter what background, finan- cial status and beliefs that a person has, they still deserve an edu- cation.

Bake and Educate’s founder Noor Al-Obaid

KT: What are your working hours? Noor: The working hours change if there are events or if there are just a few orders. Sometimes I work up to six hours. When I am in England, I have my sister and my mother to help me in my proj- ect.

KT: What is your average day like? Noor: When I am in Kuwait, I usually take orders three days in advance, and then start baking and have them delivered, and then I meet some friends in EQUAIT who are working to promote social equality and respect towards Kuwaiti residents from all walks of life.

KT: What are the challenges that you faced or still facing? Noor: When I started, no one was taking me seriously. Even if a 14 year old got an award as the youngest Kuwaiti girl that started an NGO, no one took me seriously. They said it is just cupcakes, but they did not see the bigger picture and cause behind it, until they saw the award given to me by the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs. The other challenge is people are always telling me, “Why are you helping the non-Kuwaiti families, you must help the KT: How did the idea of Bake and Educate come to you? Kuwaiti families.” I told them our government is already helping Noor: When we were kids, my mother would always take a part of everyone more than needed. The biggest challenge is that people our allowance. For example, if it was KD 10 she would take KD 5 to in Kuwait do not care about helping others. People should know give to the less fortunate who could not go to school. She would how to raise a child who treats others well and helps others, always tell us, “God has given you grace, but there are people who because it makes us look bad as we are ambassadors of Kuwait have nothing so you must give some away, and one day it will outside the country. And because my mother is from Syria, I see come back to you.” So that stayed with us; even my brother and the struggle of non-Kuwaitis. My grandmother was in a coma and KT: What are your key tasks? sisters all do their own community work. At the start of the Arab had brain hemorrhage, so they gave her a visit visa for one Noor: One of my key tasks is basically to maximize the amount of Spring, when all those countries stumbled, many people had no month. So it is a shame that some people could not get their fam- income we get for students. And I am updating the menu now to money to survive. One day, checking the sheet of one school, I ilies here in Kuwait especially since Syria is in war now. People in make new things and make people interested in what I am doing found that people who could not afford to enroll are 21 pages Kuwait are helping Syrians outside, not inside. It is nonsense. and make them come back. You have to keep it new and fresh to long. So I told my mother that we need to do something and help Kuwait is becoming so expensive - rent, food and school - we make people talk about it. them, and then she encouraged me to do my project. Until now must help. KT: What skills do you need? Noor: You need patience, energy and passion to keep doing what you have started. And with baking, you need to stop your mouth from eating, especially if you are baking all the time and you need • People in Kuwait are to taste it. helping Syrians outside, not inside. It is nonsense.

• We always make sure to pay students in high school so they can get a degree. L O C A L SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

KT: What are the best things about your project? Noor: The best things about my project are that I am helping peo- ple and people are benefiting from it. I do not need my name out there and be famous. When I see someone happy, it makes me happy, even if that person is just eating one of my cupcakes. I enjoy the little things just like my mother.

KT: How many children have been helped by Bake and Educate? Noor: Bake and Educate has helped 398 students since we started six years ago.

KT: What are the procedures for receiving requests for needy children? Noor: There are no procedures. Bake and Educate contacts the schools and sends the money over or we check the list of needy people and pay some money for each student, and we always make sure to pay students in high school so they can get a • One of my key tasks is degree. In Kuwait, the tuition fee in some Arabic private schools is only KD 400 per year, and yet several families have difficulty basically to maximize the affording it. amount of income we KT: Is there a story of a child that touched you when you helped him? get for students. Noor: There were a lot of children’s stories that broke my heart, but this story is not about my students. One day, during the iftar in Ramadan, I saw a Syrian kid selling watermelon in the street at 2:30 pm, in this sunny and severely hot weather. I asked him why • When I see someone he was sitting there in such weather to sell watermelon. He said he had to do so, because he is living with his grandmother and happy, it makes me hap- they need to pay KD 60 for the rent, and there is no help. He was sitting in the heat, dangerously crossing the street to take the py, even if that person is watermelon to customers. It was a heartbreaking scene. After begging him to let me help him and after I tried to give him food, I just eating one of my gave him KD 60 and I wish that money helped him. cupcakes. Bake and Educate can be found on Instagram and Twitter @bake- andeducate SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Jarida Report Suicide from Two men arrested within for forgery By Mudaffar Abdullah KUWAIT: An Egyptian man fell into his own trap when he gave police a civil ID he said proves that he works for an important government department. A security source said hy do young Kuwaitis join foreign terror- the police patrol stopped the man for suspicion and he ist groups? Attributing the Al-Sadeq gave them the civil ID. He was, however, fingerprinted and WMosque explosion and arresting the was found to be not working for the government. Another Abdaly terrorist cell only to foreign criminal inten- ID was found with him stating that he works for a company tions would surely be a fatal mistake unless huge at the airport, but the man confessed that he forged the changes take place in the way the state is run and company ID as well as the civil ID with the help of others, in employees’ work values. and said he used the forged IDs at the airport several times. We regret to declare that Kuwait is actually at He was sent to criminal detectives. In another incident, stake and that the international status Kuwait got Capital police arrested an Asian man after a chase on foot in 1991 is no longer the same. We are regionally that started when the suspect ran away as soon as he saw losing because the GCC system is becoming weak- the police patrol. The man was found to be a professional er and the US policy is more occupied with the in forgery, as there are eight arrest warrants against him Iranian nuclear issue, its own interests and the and he was also found in violation of the Residency Law for the past five years. He was sent to criminal detectives. Syrian issue is still a strong provider and enhancer of doctrinal contrasts in some GCC states. Back to Kuwait, many terrible surprises result Fatal crash from the bad administration of our domestic con- Al-Jarida cerns, such as imbalanced demography which is An Asian man was killed when his vehicle flipped over the main reason behind the many thefts, insecuri- on Nuwaiseeb Road. His body was recovered by the ty and violations. This also leads to the problems of coroner. Meanwhile, an investigation was opened to determine the circumstances behind the accident. sponsors and human trafficking. Suspending the Al-Anbaa bedoon issue has been creating many grudges and endless social problems. The bad performance of some public servants and their involvement in Children unharmed in bus accident The file is lost scandalous financial and administrative crimes Seven children in a bus escaped injury while the bus driver without any deterrent call for inquiring about how sustained a fractured leg when their bus collided with a By Nermin Al-Hooti a huge amount of weapons entered the country. light pole and flipped over. The accident took place in Keeping a lid on and keeping silent about pub- Maidan Hawally. Police are investigating. he file is lost’ are words many of those who patron. For example, the employee is either busy with lic fund violations and manipulations is another frequent government departments hear a a phone call or talking through WhatsApp or purchas- terrible thing because most of those funds were social security and retirees’ funds, which is differ- lot. Our column today does not speak about ing through Instagram or playing on the internet, and Robbery ‘T ent this time from violating oil tankers or the army a certain department rather it covers many of state to get rid of the patron so he does not come back, the rations funds! Mubarak Al-Kabeer police arrested three thieves who departments that suffer from the ‘lost file.’ Our issue employee tells him, ‘The file is lost.’ There are so many negative phenomena that targeted expats at knife point. Detectives’ investiga- today does not have a start, a body or an end, rather As for the first scenario which is the actual loss of the tions led authorities to one of the suspects, a citizen need immediate actions such as non-degree-hold- who lives in Adan. The suspect was arrested and told the plot of our comic play is lost in the negligent seas. file, true, even pens stop writing to ask ‘how?’ or ‘when?’ ers who have assumed very sensitive positions, police he works with two others. The two were also ‘The file is lost’ are words many patrons hear from And where are we from state systems for a file to be lawmakers’ mediation and tours around various arrested and all suspects gave details of the thefts and state employees. It may be stolen or lost from a govern- ministries to get many law violators off the hook in confessed to committing five robberies. true that the file was lost and ment department?! The ques- serious security and criminal cases. We need to it may also be true the tion from us to our officials: fight destroying our youth by drugs as well as acti- ‘The file is lost’ are words vate the national unity law. employee is not in the mood Where is the electronic net- Ammunition The state’s administrative body is full of allocat- and does not want to check many patrons hear from work that links ministries? Is ing certain positions to certain groups and ignor- Three 50 mm caliber ammunition boxes were found on into your issue, so he claims not that network supposed ing the maximum retirement age in some cases, King Fahad Road near Sabahiya. The ammunition was the entire file is lost. In both state employees. to store all files of ministries removed by explosives authorities. An investigation was which makes non-beneficiaries less dedicated to opened. cases, it is a disaster for the including those of individu- their job duties. Everybody is responsible for creat- patron and the employee. als? How can an information ing the Abdaly cell including the government, If we look at the second scenario, we will find those be lost, and we do not store it on the state’s comput- political powers, media establishments and cate- Negligence employees, who most of the patrons refer to, do not ers? Many questions come up when we are told that gories of the people who are all shortsighted and think shallowly. A couple in Adan were charged with negligence after have time to look for what the patrons want, bearing in our documents are lost and that we do not have the Kuwait cannot resist all foreign conspiracies, so their 5-year-old son was burned with hot water in their mind that the employee is being paid a monthly system that saves or registers them! How many cases we as its people must be its prime defense line house. The couple rushed the child to the hospital with allowance for that. Despite this, we find the majority of that carry with it the words ‘the file is lost!’ from within through dedication and hard work. burns on his thighs. Hospital officials informed police employees busy with ‘work’ other than that of the —Translated by Kuwait Times Finally, I stress that relying on the wonderful social who are handling the case. —Al-Anbaa, Al-Rai solidarity seen in the aftermath of the Al-Sadeq Mosque bombing is completely different from the scene on the arrest of the Abdaly terrorist cell, and we should not over-depend on the solidarity Public campaign achieved in the first instance because the second is completely different in form and results. It is the to host Syrian first most tragic one and will be for long unless we create new means to enhance our solidarity. refugees in Kuwait —Translated by Kuwait Times KUWAIT: More than 350 activists, lawyers and media per- sonalities have so far joined a public campaign launched yesterday on social media and calls for hosting Syrian refugees into Kuwait. Organizers of the petition released a Al-Anba statement in which they demand that the “Kuwaiti govern- ment and free Kuwaiti people bear their humanitarian responsibility towards people who were failed by the Gandhi’s Bridge whole world, and open doors of refuge to them.” “Kuwait is a country that has been named a ‘Humanitarian Center,’ led by His Highness the Amir who earned the ‘Humanitarian Leader’ title and offered $500 By Saad Al-Mo’tesh million during the donors’ conference. Therefore, Kuwait is ought to lead the race in saving Syrian refugees from death,” the statement reads. People who want to join the o many people are still living in fantasies and I petition can do so by sending their names to cam- do not blame them for doing so because fan- [email protected]. —Al-Aan Stasies provide them with problem-less lives where only they can control all events as they wish, which is natural because people with such fantasies Ministry demands never consult others regarding what they dream cooperation to about. One of those people who had so many wild eliminate mosque shacks dreams and fantasies was the Indian icon Gandhi. Gandhi always dreamt of expelling the British colo- KUWAIT: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs nizers out of India and shift power to Indians them- blamed several authorities for the spread of shacks built selves so that his fellow citizens could lead decent from corrugated galvanized iron and used as mosques. lives. The main part of Gandhi’s dream has come The ministry said confronting this problem requires con- solidating the efforts of six ministries and departments. There are eight reasons and 20 steps for the solution to the proliferation of mosque shacks, the ministry said. The main part of The Awqaf ministry accused the Ministry of Municipality Affairs of deliberately rejecting the proposed Gandhi’s dream has come locations to build mosques on them and held concerned authorities responsible for the laxity in removing some true and the colonizers corrugated metal structures that are more than 30 years old. The ministry noted a study called for amending the left. But what about the conditions of distances between mosques and allocating KD 10 million for new mosques in locations allocated by second part of the dream, the Finance ministry, as well as transferring the construc- tion projects of new mosques from the Ministry of Public the decent living? Works to the Awqaf ministry. There has been concern in the past that mosque shacks, which are built without licenses, can be used in spreading extremism away from true and the colonizers left. But what about the sec- the heavily monitored regular mosques. —Al-Qabas ond part of the dream, the decent living? Has it come true? Well, facts show that dreams are not all achiev- Citizens waiting able. If only Gandhi could come back to life and see India and see how some people have usurped pow- for govt jobs down er and how they treat the Indian people, he would surely regret every moment of thirst and starvation KUWAIT: The number of citizens wanting to be he went through during his hunger strikes, because employed in government dropped to 14,912 citizens, some people had made use of his own dream to down by 227, based on those who registered in the achieve their own goals and enjoy eating caviars. employment system since it started more than 16 years It is absolutely the same story with Che Guevara ago, Faisal Al-Bassam, Director of Manpower when Castro beguiled him and brought his own Registration Department at the Civil Service brother to power in Cuba. All dreamers and fantasy Commission (CSC), said. Director Bassam said this is an lovers must take Gandhi and Guevara as role mod- achievement by the CSC considering the figure is a els because it is only natural that somebody will be break of the unemployment number which previously always watching your dreams to jump out at the varies between 20,000 25,000. Director Bassam added right moment and take them as bridges towards the number of unemployed citizens cannot be meas- achieving his own goals, and that includes politi- ured accurately in the CSC statistics or the statistical cians and clerks who make use of the people with centers because registering is non-compulsory, and it is the excuse of achieving social or religious ‘reforms’! easy for any citizen to get out, apply at private compa- —Translated by Kuwait Times nies and get employed directly. —Al-Qabas SUN`DAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

NICKELSDORF, Austria: Migrants arrive at the Hungarian-Austrian border yesterday, where they came from Budapest as Austria in the early- morning hours said it and Germany would let them in. — AP More migrants on march Austria, Germany open borders HEGYESHALOM, Hungary/VIENNA: Austria Syrian man who gave his name as emblematic of a crisis - about 350,000 and Germany threw open their borders to Mohammed, naming Europe’s famously refugees and migrants have reached the bor- thousands of exhausted migrants yesterday, biggest and most affluent economy that is the der of the European Union this year - that has bussed to the Hungarian border by a right- favoured destination of many refugees. left the 28-nation EU groping for solutions wing government that had tried to stop them Another, who declined to be named, said: amid dysfunctional squabbling over burden- but was overwhelmed by the sheer numbers “Hungary should be fired from the European sharing. At an EU foreign ministers meeting in reaching Europe’s frontiers. Left to walk the Union. Such bad treatment.” Luxembourg yesterday, the usual diplomatic last yards into Austria, rain-soaked migrants, Hungary insisted the bus rides were a one- conviviality unravelled as they failed to agree many of them refugees from Syria’s civil war, off, even as hundreds more migrants gathered on any practical steps out of the crisis. They are were whisked by train and shuttle bus to in Budapest, part of a seemingly unrelenting especially at odds over proposals for country- Vienna, where authorities prompted arranged human surge northwards through the Balkan by-country quotas to take in asylum seekers. for thousands to head straight on to Germany. peninsula from Turkey and Greece. By contrast, “Given the challenges facing our German German police said the first 1,000 of up to the Austrian state railway company OeBB said friends as well, all of Europe needs to wake up. 10,000 migrants expected yesterday had it had added 4,600 seats for migrants by (The time for) reverie is over,” Austrian Interior arrived on special trains in Munich. Austrian extending trains and laying on special, non- Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said. “Now the police said over 6,000 had entered the coun- scheduled services. continent of Europe is challenged. In this try by midday with more expected in what great challenge the entire continent has to has become Europe’s most acute refugee cri- Desperate Migrants give a unified answer. Whoever still thinks sis since the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. Hungary, the main entry point into Europe’s that withdrawal from the EU or a barbed wire Munich police said Arabic-speaking inter- borderless Schengen zone for migrants, has fence around Austria will solve the problem is preters helped refugees with procedures at taken a hard line, vowing to seal its southern wrong.” British finance minister George emergency registration centres. The seeming- frontier with a new, high fence by Sept 15. Osborne said Europe and Britain must offer ly efficient Austrian and German reception Hungarian officials have portrayed the crisis as asylum to those genuinely fleeing persecu- contrasted with the disorder prevalent in a defence of Europe’s prosperity, identity and tion but also need to boost aid, defeat peo- Hungary. “It was just such a horrible situation “Christian values” against an influx of mainly ple-smuggling gangs and tackle the conflict in Hungary,” said Omar, arriving in Vienna with Muslim migrants. Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Syria to ease the migrant crisis. his family. said yesterday Hungary would deploy police In Budapest, almost emptied of migrants forces along its border with Serbia after Sept EU’s Conscience the night before, the main railway station was 15 and the army too if parliament approves a Pressure to take effective action rose again filling up with new arrivals but trains to government proposal. “It’s not 150,000 sharply this week after pictures flashed western Europe remained cancelled. So hun- (migrants coming) that some (in the EU) want around the world of the body of a 3-year-old dreds set off by foot, saying they would walk to divide according to quotas, it’s not 500,000, Syrian Kurdish boy washed up on a Turkish to the Austrian border, 170 km away, like oth- a figure that I heard in Brussels, it’s millions, resort beach, personalising the collective ers had tried on Friday. After days of con- then tens of millions, because the supply of tragedy of the refugees. Aylan Kurdi had frontation and chaos, Hungary’s government immigrants is endless,” he said. drowned along with his mother and brother deployed over 100 buses overnight to take For days, several thousand camped outside while trying to cross by boat on a tiny rubber thousands of migrants to the Austrian frontier. Budapest’s main railway station, where trains dinghy to a Greek island. Hungary has lashed Austria said it had agreed with Germany to to western Europe were cancelled as the gov- out at Germany, which expects to receive allow the migrants access, waiving asylum ernment insisted all entering Hungary be reg- 800,000 asylum seekers this year, for declaring rules that require them to register in the first istered with asylum applications processed it would accept Syrian requests regardless of EU state they reach. there as per EU rules. But the logjam broke on where they enter the EU. Wrapped in blankets and sleeping bags Friday when, in separate rapid-fire develop- Budapest says this has swelled the influx, against the rain, long lines of weary migrants, ments, hundreds broke out of a teeming camp and like some others in ex-Communist east many carrying small, sleeping children, got off on Hungary’s frontier with Serbia, escaped a European states - unused to taking in notable buses on the Hungarian side of the boundary stranded train, and took to the highway by numbers of foreigners - it is resisting calls by and walked into Austria, receiving fruit and foot chanting “Germany, Germany!” some western EU leaders for each of the bloc’s water from aid workers. Waiting Austrians The government appeared to throw in the 28 members to accept a quota of refugees. held signs that read, “Refugees welcome”. towel, mobilising a fleet of buses to take them The discord continued yesterday. “What hap- “We’re happy. We’ll go to Germany,” said a to the Austrian border. The scenes were pened is the consequence of the failed migra- tion policy of the European Union and the irresponsible statements made by European politicians,” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on arrival at the Luxembourg meeting. The flow of migrants risking rickety boats to cross the Mediterranean, or baton-wielding police on Balkan borders, shows no sign of abating despite more trips by sea ending in disaster. Over 2,000 have died at sea so far this year, including 30-40 on Friday who were reported drowned off Libya’s coast. The Greek coastguard said on Saturday that about 13,370 migrants and refugees had been fer- ried from Greece’s eastern islands to Athens since Monday. A record 50,000 hit Greek shores in July alone and were ferried from islands unable to cope to the mainland by a government already floundering in financial crisis and keen to dispatch them promptly north into Macedonia, whence they enter Serbia and then Hungary. Hungary said yesterday it had recorded some 165,000 entering so far this year. Determined to stem the tide, Hungary is building a 3.5-m high fence along its border with Serbia. On Friday, the Budapest parlia- ment adopted measures the government says will effectively seal the frontier to migrants as of Sept 15. They include “transit zones” on the border, where asylum seekers would be held IDOMENI, Greece: Migrants sit at a train terminal in this village, waiting overnight to cross the until their requests are processed and, if borders into FYR Macedonia yesterday. — AFP denied, they would be deported. — Reuters SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Violence in Syrian city after Druze cleric killed

BEIRUT: Anti-government violence Balous, who was a strong supporter ic’s death. The Observatory said the reports of aiming to undermine security In neighboring Lebanon, which also erupted yesterday in a southern Syrian of rebels trying to topple Assad, died death toll rose to 37, including six securi- in the area. Some of Balous’ supporters has a sizeable Druze population, the province that had largely stayed on the Friday in one of two consecutive car ty personnel killed in clashes with rioters. said in a statement they will expel securi- sect’s political leader Walid Jumblatt said sidelines of the country’s civil war, a day bomb explosions, including one near the The city had witnessed large rallies in the ty forces from Sweida province, which Balous’s death was a “painful strike” to after the killing of a prominent cleric in National Hospital in Sweida city. Footage days before the explosions against the until now has largely stayed out of the the community. “It is time for the honor- rare explosions that claimed the lives of on Syrian TV showed mayhem in the failure of the government to provide fighting in Syria’s civil war. able citizens (of Sweida) to rise up in the at least 25 others, activists and pro-gov- aftermath of the explosion, with civilians basic services. Activists reported that City elders appealed for calm, warn- face of the Syrian regime that wants ernment media said. Sheikh Wahid scrambling to remove the injured from there was no Internet service for the past ing against attempts to drag the repression and to spread sedition,” he Balous, a cleric of the Druze minority the scene as a huge cloud of black few days. Syria’s official news agency and province toward violence. Another told the anti-government Syrian Orient sect, was a prominent critic of President smoke billowed above. other activists group put the death toll statement from the city’s Druze leaders TV. The National Syrian Coalition opposi- Bashar Al-Assad, calling on youth in the The Britain-based Syrian Observatory from the blasts at 26. There was no urged supporters to be patient as the tion group in exile also blamed the Druze stronghold of Sweida province to for Human Rights, which relies on a net- immediate claim of responsibly for the cleric’s brother, who was seriously Syrian government for the killing of the refuse to serve in the military. He was work of activists on the ground in Syria, bombings. wounded in the attack, recovers. A 10th cleric, known as “the Dignity Sheikh,” say- also a critic of the Islamic State militants and other activist groups said rioters The Syrian government called the century offshoot of Shiite Islam, the ing it was part of an attempt to stop the who have taken over a third of the coun- destroyed the statute of late Syrian blasts “cowardly terrorist acts.” A police Druze made up about 5 percent of anti-government protests in recent days. try and are fuelling the civil war that has President Hafez Al-Assad in Sweida city commander in the city, Mohammed Syria’s prewar population of 23 million In a statement, coalition member Suheir killed more than 250,000 and left more and besieged security offices, holding Samra, said Sweida was “calm and stable” people, and is split between supporters Attasi said killing Balous only “increased than one million wounded. the government responsible for the cler- and denied any unrest, accusing such and opponents of Assad. the popular anger in the province.” — AP

Drowned boy’s aunt fights to bring family to Canada

COQUITLAM, Canada: The aunt of a left for the family to have a better life in a drowned Syrian boy whose death has European country, possibly Germany or sparked global outrage about the plight of Sweden. They were fleeing horrors in refugees in Europe says she still hopes to Syria, where militants from the Islamic bring the rest of her family to Canada. State group had beheaded one of her sis- Tima Kurdi said through tears outside her ter-in-law’s relatives. Kurdi said her broth- home in Coquitlam, British Columbia, that er had emailed her a photo of the killing she plans to help her brother, Abdullah, but she deleted it because it was too hor- and her other siblings immigrate to the rific. Abdullah knew of the dangers, country she made home more than two including the risk of smugglers using fake decades ago. lifejackets, she said, adding he had Abdullah isn’t ready to leave his Syrian planned to pay €2,000 ($2,230) each for hometown of Kobani, where his sons, 3- him and his wife to board a safer jet boat, year-old Aylan and 5-year-old Ghalib, and compared to €1,200 ($1,338) for a rubber wife Rehanna were buried on Friday, she boat. There was no fee for the two boys. said. They drowned earlier this week after Photos of Aylan’s lifeless body on a piling into an overloaded boat in Bodrum, beach in Turkey have put Canada’s refugee Turkey, headed for the Greek island of Kos. policy in the spotlight, though Kurdi said Her brother was among the few survivors. she doesn’t blame the Canadian govern- “We’re all emotionally affected by what ment. She said she hopes Citizenship and happened right now,” Kurdi said, sur- Immigration Canada stops requiring a rounded by framed photos of her document missing from Mohammed’s (Left) In this Sept 6, 1972 file photo, Canadian women (foreground) hand out application forms to South Asians in Kampala, Uganda for emigra- nephews. “I’m sure he (will) refuse and he application because it’s impossible for tion to Canada. Officials said some 6,000 Indians and their families had applied to Canada’s temporary immigration office on thest fir day of its doesn’t want to leave Kobani.” She added: people to secure the necessary paperwork opening. President Idi Amin gave Uganda’s 50,000 Indians 90 days to leave the country. (Right) In this May 25, 1997 file photo,Phan Thi Kim “But one day, I will bring him here. He can- amid a crisis in Syria. Kurdi spoke to both Phuc plays with her son, Thomas Huy Hoang, 3, at a friend’s home in Toronto. As a terrified nine-year-old, Phuc was photographed running not be by himself there.” her brothers by phone on Friday and down a South Vietnamese road after a June 8, 1972 napalm attack. Now a permanent resident in Canada, the 33-year-old says ‘even though I Kurdi has previously said she wanted to watched emotional video on CNN of her suffered physically and emotionally, I’m happy, because I’m living without hatred.’ — AP bring both her brothers to Canada, but two young nephews being buried in she applied first for her eldest sibling Kobane. Mohammed, whose application was She said she desperately wished she Canada is less welcoming rejected because it was incomplete. She could be there with her brother to say said that Mohammed’s failed application goodbye. “Abdullah said to me, ‘I don’t prompted Abdullah to embark on the want you to come. It’s dangerous,’” she risky journey with his family. She said she said, weeping. “I (could) stay there for the to refugees under Harper sent him $5,000 to pay smugglers to take rest of my life, sitting beside their grave, them in a boat. Asked whether her brother feed them, give them water.” Her grieving blames himself, Kurdi said no. “I am the brother is proud of his kids for becoming a Drowned boy’s image piles pressure on PM one who should be at blame,” she said. “I symbol of the dire situation facing Syrian blame myself because my brother does refugees, and hopes to see leaders step in not have money. I sent him the money to to end human smuggling, Kurdi said. “He TORONTO: Canada has long prided itself for open- doing what we’re doing,” Harper, who is facing re-elec- the dean of law at the University of British Columbia in pay the smuggler. If I didn’t send him the said, ‘I don’t need anything from this world ing its doors wider than any nation to asylum seek- tion Oct. 19, told a campaign event Thursday. “Our Vancouver, said that with countries like Turkey taking money, those people still (would be) alive.” anymore. What I have is gone.’ But my kids, ers, but the number it welcomes has waned since message is also that we need to help people that are in 1.59 million Syrians, Canada should take in 50,000 and my wife, it’s a wake-up call for the Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper took actually there and who can’t get away, and part of the this year and 100,000 next year, considering the scope ‘Only Option’ world. And hopefully they step in and help power almost 10 years ago. Harper has rejected calls way we need to help them is to stop awful violence of the crisis. Conservative cabinet minister and former She said the trip was the “only option” others.” — AP to take immediate action to resettle more Syrian that is being directed at them, displacing and killing immigration minister Jason Kenney disputed criticism refugees, despite the haunting image of a drowned them.” Canada has six fighter jets bombing Islamic that Canada needs to be more welcoming, tweeting 3-year-old washed up on a Turkish beach that has State group targets in Syria and Iraq and has a small that since 2006 Canada has welcomed 1.6 million new focused the world’s attention on the largest refugee number of special forces soldiers in a training role in citizens and 240,000 refugees. crisis since World War II. northern Iraq. Canada’s opposition parties oppose the But Dauvergne said Harper has made it harder for Canada denied initial, inaccurate reports that it military action. Opposition Liberal leader Justin refugee applicants to arrive and stay in Canada. The had rejected a refugee application for the boy’s Trudeau said Canada should take in 25,000 Syrian measures include a stronger ability to detain. She said immediate family, but the story landed in the middle refugees immediately. “We have it done in the past, that while Canada does take in more immigrants over- of an election campaign and forced Harper’s party to and we can do that again,” Trudeau told a campaign all, the vast majority are economic immigrants, mean- cancel events and address what Canada is doing for event Friday. “It is something that has made Canada ing they’ll help the Canadian economy or the govern- asylum seekers. In times of crisis in decades past, the country that we are.” ment is confident they won’t need assistance. Less Canada resettled refugees quickly and in large num- than 10 percent of newcomers to Canada are bers. It airlifted more than 5,000 people from Kosovo Iconic Image refugees. “To say that the number of newcomers has in the late 1990s and more than 5,000 from Uganda Opposition leader Tom Mulcair said military action gone up when in fact the number of refugees has in 1972 and resettled 60,000 Vietnamese in 1979-80. would not have saved the little boy on the beach. gone down is really just to say we’re completely pre- More than 1.2 million refugees have arrived in “Canadians that I meet with across this country want pared to use immigration for our own needs but Canada since World War II. Canada to do its share,” Mulcair said. “If we’re elected, absolutely unprepared to allow people to move here But the number of refugees has declined since there will be 10,000 people brought to Canada before for human rights reasons,” Dauvergne said. Harper became prime minister in 2006. In 2005, the end of this year.” Mulcair compared the picture of Alex Neve of Amnesty International’s Canada Canada received 35,775 refugees. Canada welcomed the boy on the beach to the iconic Pulitzer Prize-win- branch said the country is not the welcoming place it 23,286 last year. According to the United Nations, ning photograph from the Vietnam War of the young once was for refugees. “What we’ve seen from the Canada has dropped from the fifth-highest refugee- girl who was severely burned by napalm. That photo- Canadian government is a pittance, especially for a receiving country in 2000 to 15th last year. The Harper graph came to symbolize the horrors of the Vietnam country that has a long and proud record of pursuing government says it has resettled 2,374 Syrian refugees War and, ultimately, helped end it. Canada years later bold refugee resettlements in the past. We’ve seen since Jan 2014. More than 4 million Syrians have fled granted political asylum to Kim Phuc, who was just 9 nothing that matches what we’ve done in the past. COQUITLAM, Canada: Tima Kurdi, aunt of late brothers Aylan and Ghalib Kurdi, is their country since the conflict began in 2011. years old when the photo was taken. And we’ve done nothing that rises to the enormity of comforted by her husband Rocco Logozzo as she speaks to the media outside her “Our view has been on refugees we should be Catherine Dauvergne, an immigration expert and the need in the world,” Neve said. — AP home on Friday. — AP Tajik police ‘closing in’ Morocco Islamists win regional polls

on renegade general RABAT: Morocco’s Islamists came first in regional by the monarchy in the North African nation. regional councillors directly. The PJD came first in elections seen as a test of their popularity after Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane’s Justice five of Morocco’s 12 regions, including in MOSCOW/ALMATY: Police in Tajikistan said Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a phone nearly four years in power, but trailed the liberal and Development Party (PJD) won 25.6 percent of Casablanca, Rabat and Fez, cities with large popu- yesterday they were closing in on a sacked call with Tajik President Imomali Rakhmon, opposition in municipal polls, results showed yes- 678 seats in regional councils. The Party of lations. In the municipal polls, however, the PAM deputy defence minister accused of ordering said the latest violence was “an attempt to terday. Friday’s double elections were viewed as a Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), a liberal oppo- came first with 21.1 percent of 31,503 seats, while gun attacks around the capital Dushanbe, destabilise the country’s internal situation” gauge of the political climate ahead of a general sition party founded by a politician close to the the conservative opposition Istiqlal Party followed amid rising tension between the pro- and expressed his support for the Tajik lead- election next year. They come four years after Arab king, came second with 19.4 percent. It was the with 16.2 percent. The PJD came third with 15.9 Moscow secular government and the Islamist ership, Russian news agencies quoted Spring protests ushered in constitutional reforms first opportunity for Moroccan voters to elect their percent. Earlier the interior ministry had said a tal- opposition. Nine police officers and 13 rebels Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. ly of 80 percent of the overall votes indicated the were killed in Friday’s clashes in Dushanbe Nazarzoda, a former rebel fighter, was PAM was leading. The PJD hailed its stronger per- and the nearby city of Vahdat, police said. brought into the Tajik armed forces under a formance compared with the previous local elec- Security forces pursued the insurgents, led by deal to end the conflict. The only reason giv- tions in 2009, when it finished with 5.4 percent, far the sacked deputy minister, General en for his dismissal on Friday was that he had behind PAM which scored 21 percent. “These Abdukhalim Nazarzoda, to Ramit Gorge, “committed a crime”. results confirm the confidence of the Moroccan some 150 km from the city. “The territory has Rakhmon, the former head of a Soviet people in the work of the government,” Abdelali been completely surrounded, the operation state farm who has ruled since 1992 with lit- Hamieddine, a senior official with the Islamist par- to apprehend and neutralise the criminals is tle tolerance of dissent, has locked horns with ty, said of the earlier partial results. The interior under way,” the Interior Ministry said in a the Islamist opposition in what his oppo- ministry said turnout was 53.6 percent, little statement, adding that both the army and nents say is an illegal crackdown. Russia sup- changed compared with 2009. About 15 million special forces were involved, and 32 insur- ported Rakhmon during the civil war and still people were eligible to vote. gents had been captured so far. A journalist maintains a military base in Tajikistan with Habiba Ramzi, a voter in her 80s, said she in Dushanbe told Reuters by telephone that 6,000 troops. The Tajik Interior Ministry had hoped that those elected “will think about the the city was quiet yesterday, and shops and said Nazarzoda was a member of the Islamic poor this time”. “To those candidates I say ‘enough businesses were open as normal. Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), the country’s corruption and lies,’” she said, adding that she But several hours later an armed group only legal Islamist political group, but the wanted to see more done to improve education. In attacked a police post outside the city, killing IRPT on Saturday denied this, accusing the 2011, Benkirane’s PJD became the country’s first one officer and wounding three, Russian government of trying to blacken its name. Islamist party to win a national election, and the news agencies cited a police source as say- Muhiddin Kabiri, the head of the IRPT, first to lead a government. That vote followed con- ing. The attackers came from the direction of fled abroad in June, saying he was about to cessions from King Mohammed VI, the scion of a Vahdat, the source said. The violence has served with trumped-up criminal charges. monarchy that has ruled Morocco for 350 years. raised fears of a return to unrest in Tajikistan, “The pressure the ruling regime is exerting A new constitution curbed some, but not all, of a hard-up Central Asian Muslim nation of 8 on my party is not good for stability; on the the king’s near-absolute powers as pro-democracy million people that has remained volatile contrary, it is giving rise to radical ideas,” he uprisings unseated autocratic regimes in Tunisia, since a 1992-97 civil war between the said at the time. IRPT leaders still in Egypt and Libya. The local polls were boycotted by Moscow-backed government and Islamist Tajikistan could not be reached for com- RABAT: Prime Minister and Secretary General of the Islamist Justice and Development Party Morocco’s largest Islamist movement, Justice and insurgents in which tens of thousands died. ment yesterday. — Reuters (PJD) Abdelilah Benkirane speaks to the press to show support for the municipal and regional Charity, and the smaller, far-leftist party elections yesterday. — AFP Democratic Path. — AFP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 INTERNATIONAL No Clinton apology over private emails Democratic hopeful says she wasn’t thinking

SAN JUAN: Hillary Clinton refused to apologize Friday for using a private email account as US secretary of state despite an uproar dogging her presidential campaign, as she knocked Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. Faced with eroding support, the Democratic hopeful for next year’s election offered the most compre- hensive public remarks yet about the email con- troversy. GUATEMALA CITY: A man walking down a pedestrian bridge looks at electoral prop- But asked directly in a half-hour interview aganda yesterday, on the eve of Guatemalaís general election. — AFP whether she wanted to apologize to the American people for her actions, Clinton demurred. “I certainly wish that I had made a dif- Guatemala heads for ferent choice,” she answered, admitting she was “sorry” for the confusion caused. “I take responsi- bility. I should have had two accounts: One for elections amid tumult personal and one for work-related” emails. But she insisted, as she has from the beginning, that GUATEMALA CITY: Guatemalan demonstra- for any amount,” said Perez, wearing a dark “it was allowed and it was fully above board.” tors outraged by corruption were gathering suit and tie. Defending his integrity, Perez The lingering email saga has weighed on in protest yesterday on the eve of elections told the court that fugitive Mexican drug lord Clinton’s popularity, with a Gallup poll released that have been upended by the resignation Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman had once offered Friday showing her favorability rating at 41 per- and jailing of disgraced ex-president Otto him a bribe “10 times that amount or more” cent, compared to 51 percent who view her Perez. Some protesters planned to dress in when Perez led the operation that first cap- unfavorably - the lowest level since 1992. But black and carry cardboard coffins, calling the tured the kingpin in 1993. Guzman managed Clinton, who has long dismissed the email saga SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a day’s rally an “electoral burial”. “We mourn to escape eight years later by bribing his as a manufactured imbroglio, expressed opti- news conference after a roundtable to discuss the healthcare crisis on Friday. — AP because we believe that the elections are a guards at a maximum-security prison in mism about her presidential bid and said she dead process, with no reform and with a Mexico - a feat he repeated this July after was confident of voters’ trust. “I am very confi- them in the interests of transparency. Many con- combed through her 60,000 emails, ultimately number of candidates involved in corruption being recaptured in 2014. Perez vowed to dent that by the time this campaign has run its tain information that has been retroactively clas- handing over more than 30,000 of them to the and court issues,” Isabel Juarez, 45, told AFP. continue defending his innocence, then course people will know that what I’ve been say- sified, raising questions about whether Clinton State Department. Her server was then wiped The rally follows on the heels of protests refused to answer questions from the judge ing is accurate,” Clinton told MSNBC. “The was inappropriately sending and receiving high- clean. “I was asked ‘Do you need to keep your Friday, when hundreds of demonstrators - or prosecutors. American people will know they can trust me ly sensitive material, and whether sufficient personal emails?’ and I said, ‘No, we don’t. You mostly indigenous Guatemalans - railed when it comes to standing up to them and security measures were in place to protect her can delete those,’” she told MSNBC. against Perez outside his hearing at the Comedian Frontrunner advocating for them and being their champion.” server from hackers. Supreme Court, where prosecutors contin- With Guatemalans increasingly exasperat- The Federal Bureau of Investigation is exam- Warning Signs ued detailing their case against him. Many of ed with politics-as-usual, the long-time fron- ‘Conspiracy Theories’ ining the server to determine whether secret Asked if she was concerned at her lacklustre the demonstrators are calling for today’s trunner in the presidential race, right-wing It was only the third sit-down television inter- government data was compromised. “At the end poll figures, Clinton said “it certainly doesn’t elections to be postponed until sweeping lawyer Manuel Baldizon, has been overtaken view of her campaign, far fewer than just about of the day I am sorry that this has been confus- make me feel good”. Warning signs have reforms can be implemented. by comedian and political outsider Jimmy all of her Democratic and Republican rivals. She ing to people and has raised a lot of questions,” emerged in New Hampshire, where her approval Perez, who submitted his resignation to Morales. Morales, who rose to fame playing used the opportunity to slam her Republican Clinton told MSNBC. “But there are answers to rating has slid and polls show liberal Senator Congress late Wednesday, will spend the the role of a naive cowboy who accidentally rival Trump, saying his attack-mode campaign “is all of these questions and I will continue to pro- Bernie Sanders running neck and neck against weekend in jail, after the hearing was ends up becoming president, has 25 percent a bad development for our American political vide those answers,” she sad, adding that she her. The state holds the second nominating con- adjourned until Tuesday. Perez said he was support to 22.9 percent for Baldizon and 18.4 system”. Clinton signalled she was not going to was looking forward to testifying before a House test in the nation, after Iowa, and a victory there “saddened” as he left the court Friday. As a percent for former first lady Sandra Torres, participate in the bluster and showmanship that panel on Oct 22. could help pave her path to the presidential criminal suspect in custody pending prosecu- according to a poll released Thursday. have been hallmarks of the real estate tycoon’s Clinton said she used the personal email nomination. Clinton had been the Democratic tion, he will not be allowed to vote today . If no candidate gets more than 50 percent campaign. “He’s great at innuendo and conspira- account for convenience and did not give the frontrunner in 2008 before losing out to then- Earlier, he took the stand to deny involve- of the vote today, the top two will face each cy theories and really defaming people,” she issue much thought when she started her job as senator Barack Obama. Asked if she was worried ment in the multimillion-dollar fraud scheme other in a run-off on October 25. The winner said. “That’s not what I want to do in my cam- secretary of state. “I was not thinking a lot when I a similar opportunity could now be slipping he is accused of masterminding. will be sworn in on January 14. Until then, the paign, and that’s not how I’m going to conduct got in. There was so much work to be done. We through her fingers, she was firm. “I don’t feel Prosecutors say the 64-year-old retired country is in the hands of newly inaugurated myself.” had so many problems around the world. I didn’t that,” she said. “I am very excited and very ener- general ran a network of corrupt officials that President Alejandro Maldonado, who As Clinton headed Friday to the island territo- really stop and think what kind of email system gized by the campaign that I’m running.” took bribes from businesses to clear their donned the presidential sash Thursday in a ry of Puerto Rico, it was her use of a private will there be,” she said. Clinton said that while Further fuelling uncertainty, Vice President imports through customs at a fraction of the hastily organized ceremony. Maldonado, a email account and home server in lieu of the she should have acted differently, she had done Joe Biden has begun publicly discussing the official tax rate. The bribes amounted to $3.8 79-year-old former Constitutional Court official government email system while serving nothing wrong. “It was allowed and it was fully prospect his own White house bid. “The most million between May 2014 and April 2015, judge, only became vice president in May, as top diplomat from 2009 to 2013 that domi- above board. The people in the government relevant factor in my decision is whether my including $800,000 received by Perez, prose- after his predecessor in the post, Roxana nated the news. The Department of State, to knew that I was using a personal account,” she family and I have the emotional energy to run,” cutors allege. “Your honor, I would not put my Baldetti, resigned over the same scandal that which Clinton turned over 30,000 official emails said. Biden, who lost his son Beau to cancer in May, sacrifice and dignity at risk for $800,000 nor felled Perez. — AFP in late 2014, has publicly released thousands of Clinton said her lawyers meticulously said Thursday. — Agencies

NEW YORK: Near a New York Police Department substation, costumed characters interact with visitors in Times Square on Sept 2, 2015. — AP Plainclothes cops keep eye out for Times Sq hustlers

NEW YORK: In the summer of topless, police officials argue that the type of it.” Much of the enforcement has focused painted women in Times Square, a team of enforcement that led to the recent pros- on peddlers who aggressively hawk New York Police Department officers titution arrest is one of the measures homemade music CDs. “You can peace- fanned out on a recent night in their own needed to keep it that way. Toplessness fully beg, you can peacefully ask for mon- getups - shorts, T-shirts and backpacks and non-intimidating panhandling are ey, but what you can’t do is intimidate that allowed them to blend in with the legal in New York. But that hasn’t curbed people, block their path or hold onto crowd. Two officers strolled through a outrage over aggressive costumed char- them,” said Lt. Daniel Albano of the NYPD pedestrian plaza past the seminude acters and so-called desnudas - women Legal Affairs Bureau. women and costumed characters trolling wearing thongs and covering them- In the prostitution bust, two under- for tips from tourists. Others sat in a grand- selves only with patriotic body paint - cover officers posing as tourists stand in Duffy Square. Another brushed seeking tips in exchange for photos. approached desnuda Destiny Romero to past an unsuspecting Spider-Man. Police say some of the desnudas work in take a picture with her. Phone numbers By the end of the night, police had pairs or with handlers, and can make up were exchanged with Romero and her arrested one of the topless women on to $300 a day. handler, Jason Perez, and in a later phone prostitution charges while in a separate As the women became a tabloid sen- call Perez offered to sell the undercovers incident, a South Carolina businessman sation, the NYPD announced it was form- drugs, police said. The officers directed was charged with assaulting another one ing a new unit of about 100 officers to the suspects to a hotel, where Perez of the women over a missing wallet - bolster existing patrols in Times Square. allegedly sold them cocaine and the syn- proof, New York Police Department offi- The decision is part of broader program thetic drug “molly” for $200 and Romero cials say, of the potential for disorder that will include greater use of security offered to perform oral sex for another related to Times Square’s legion of hus- cameras and other counterterrorism $200 before both were arrested, police tlers who call themselves street enter- measures, Bratton said. The department said. There was no response to messages tainers. The bustling mix of panhandlers, already has been responding to com- left seeking comment from defense traffic, tourists and commerce - along plaints about hustlers by using tech- attorneys. with the threat of terrorism - makes niques familiar in drug investigations; it Earlier that night, Mark Walters, 46, of Times Square “one of the most complex deploys undercovers, plainclothes sur- Charleston, was arrested on charges he environments in the world,” Police veillance teams and intelligence to assaulted a topless woman after accus- Commissioner William Bratton told AP. detect and deter crime related to the ing her of being a pickpocket. In court, “The issue is how to keep it a safe and panhandling. his lawyer complained that his client was orderly place within the law.” “It’s a lot of waiting and watching,” the true victim. Despite the arrests, police Unlike two decades ago - a seedier Inspector Joseph Dowling, one of the don’t expect more trouble from the era when junkies, hookers and bar fights commanders leading the initiative, said painted women. Said Dowling: “They still were facts of life - Times Square is while touring Times Square. “And when know the focus is on them, so they’re one of the safest spots in the city. Still, there’s criminal activity, guys pounce on behaving.” — AP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Spain arrests 18-year-old woman suspected of IS links

VALENCIA, Spain: Spanish police yesterday arrested allegedly recruiting women and girls for the armed an 18-year-old Moroccan woman accused of preparing group, after another was detained on the island of to travel to Syria to join the jihadist group Islamic State Lanzarote in July. (IS). More than 100 people from Spain are suspected of She was the latest in a series of suspected IS sym- having joined jihadist fighters in Iraq and Syria, and pathisers detained in Spain since last year over securi- authorities fear they may return to launch attacks. In ty concerns. Police led the woman from her home in March 2004, Al-Qaeda inspired bombers blew up four the town of Gandia near Valencia, her face and body packed commuter trains in Madrid, killing 191 people. covered in a black Islamic veil and full-length robe with More than 20 people including a number of just her bound hands showing. Moroccans were convicted of that attack. Police said Armed officers stood guard outside her door and the woman detained Saturday was Moroccan but had others in balaclavas carried away boxes of evidence lived for a long time in Spain. from inside. Police said she was suspected of recruiting Officers arrested her “for suspected links with other women via the Internet to the group, also jihadist terrorist activities,” the statement said. “She known as Daesh, which has claimed numerous kid- spread jihadist ideology on the Internet, justifying ter- nappings and executions. At the time of her arrest, the rorist acts and spreading videos that glorified execu- suspect “was making the last preparations for her jour- tions of people,” it said. “She had focused her online ney” to Syria, a police statement said. activity on recruiting women to go and swell the ranks GANDIA: Spanish police stand guard outside the house of an 18-year-old Moroccan woman suspected of She was not the first woman arrested in Spain for of Daesh.” — AFP recruiting other women via the Internet to the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), in Gandia yesterday. — AFP A nation divided: Hungarians loathe and help refugees

BUDAPEST: Gazing down from the street outside crowded outside the train station. could accommodate as many as 1,000 refugees. Budapest railway station onto thousands of “It’s so easy to say that this is a terrorist mob, “The government thinks it can benefit politi- migrants camped out in an underpass, some but it’s just to clear your conscience. These are cally from this conflict,” said Richard Szentpeteri locals cursed and even spat on the families below. families, with newborns, and toddlers, they’re Nagy, a political analyst at the Centre for Fair But others brought food, blankets and soap to mothers and fathers who have behaved with a lot Political Analysis in Budapest. the refugees, many escaping civil war and Islamic more dignity than we have,” said Kata “It’s also a conflict between east and west State in Syria - divergent reactions that highlight- Szentgyorgyi, who distributed food to the because we’ve always looked up to the west and ed a deep rift within a nation which itself has migrants. looked down on the east, so, it’s not that they are been torn apart several times by war and revolu- Arab or Muslims, but that they’re from the east.” tion. “Just look at them, they are filthy, God knows “SO DESPERATE” On Saturday, the underpass was far less what disease they bring, and they want to turn In an incident rich in symbolism, migrants crowded after Hungarian authorities provided our country over to the Islamic State,” said Geza attempted to storm a train this week pulled by a buses to take some 4,500 migrants to the Szilagyi, 56, as he waited for a bus, looking down locomotive painted with images of East Germans Austrian border to continue their trek towards on tents and makeshift cardboard beds. escaping via Hungary in 1989 when Budapest Germany. But thousands remain at holding areas Hungary, a major transit point for migrants broke with its allies and opened the ‘Iron Curtain’ around the country and some reports say around PAMPLONA: People take part in a demonstration in support of migrants from Syria, in heading into the heart of the EU via the Balkans, to let Germans flee to the West. 5,000 are on Hungary’s southern border, expect- Pamplona yesterday. More than 350,000 migrants have risked their lives crossing the is ruled by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who said Hoping to remind Hungarians of their own ed to enter over the weekend. “It’s not 5,000, real- Mediterranean this year, and some 2,600 have died while making the perilous journey to on Friday Europe would be “lost” if it let all the past, a spoof political party erected a billboard in ly, but several million heading towards Europe,” Europe, the International Organization for Migration said. — AFP migrants in and said he did not want to live Vienna, thanking Austrians for not closing the Janos Lazar, Orban’s cabinet chief said yesterday. alongside a large Muslim community. border in 1956, when nearly 200,000 fled as the Oblivious to Hungary’s internal conflict, New His Fidesz party enjoys a strong poll rating of Soviets put down an uprising. An August poll by Zealand tourist Sophia Duckor-Jones said she had Europe’s cordial diplomacy 22 percent, followed by the hard-right Jobbik research company Tarki showed that while only 5 been stunned by how few people or organiza- whose rising popularity, at around 13-14 percent, percent of Hungarians said Hungary should take tions appeared to be helping the migrants. breaks down over migrants has shifted Hungary’s political centre to the right, in migrants, 56 percent said the government She raised 5,000 New Zealand dollars ($3,000) making anti-immigration rhetoric, some of which should at least consider doing so. on Facebook in just a few days and has been dis- BRUSSELS: As European foreign ministers side the EU. It also remains unclear when the would be considered racist in other European Hungary’s Catholic Cardinal Peter Erdo said tributing food in the underpasses by the station. stepped out of their black cars for a weekend hotspots envisaged within the EU should be countries, acceptable. the Church would not take in people because “It’s shocking and terribly sad with all the kids. gathering in Luxembourg, the conviviality of operational. Italy, which says it is being left to Still, even as Orban used some of his toughest that would constitute human trafficking, a stark They literally stormed us for food,” Duckor-Jones the previous evening at the Grand Duke’s deal with migrants coming across the language, other Hungarians took it on them- contrast to comments from Austrian Cardinal said. “It’s so desperate and so few seem to be reception evaporated at the news of migrants Mediterranean, wants hotpots to be set up pouring out of Hungary into Austria. after EU countries start taking in refugees selves to help the men, women and children Christoph Schoenborn, who said his churches helping.” — Reuters “This has to be an eye opener how messed who are already in the country, part of the up the situation in Europe is now,” Austria’s plan agreed in July and which needs Sebastian Kurz told reporters in unusually European Parliament approval. blunt comments, moments after Peter Truce holds Szijjarto, his Hungarian counterpart, blamed COUNTRIES “WHO RAISE WALLS” the “irresponsible statements” of EU politi- A revised plan to be presented by the cians on the migrant crisis. His was a thinly European Commission next week is expected in war-torn veiled jab at Austrian and German plans to to set quotas for countries to take in asylum welcome many more refugees. seekers from countries such as Greece, The tension in the calm of wealthy Hungary and Italy. But EU states remained eastern Ukraine Luxembourg, which is holding the EU’s presi- deeply divided on this issue. “Within the EU dency, drove home how far the 28-nation there are still countries who believe they can KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said yesterday bloc remains from a common response to the solve the problem by off-loading responsibili- that the Western-backed truce signed in Minsk in February migrant crisis. ties to other countries,” Italian Foreign had been respected this week for the first time, despite Ministers seemed at times in disarray, as Minister Paolo Gentiloni said. “There are pro-Russian rebels claiming a civilian had been killed. Slovakia’s foreign minister publicly rejected a countries who raise walls and do not want to “I have some good news. There has been no shooting proposal by his own interior minister made contribute in the solidarity towards migrants, on the front for a week,” Poroshenko said in televised back in Prague that a train corridor could be but we cannot afford such approach,” he said. remarks. “This is the first week that the Minsk agreements set up for migrants travelling to Germany Hungary, which is building a fence on its are being implemented.” Poroshenko added that soldiers from Hungary. Behind closed doors in the border with Serbia, has emerged as the pri- were still perishing in the conflict zone by stepping on cavernous conference room, diplomats said mary entry point for refugees hoping to reach landmines or in car crashes, but that none had died in bat- the discussion often went round in circles and Germany, Britain and Sweden. Other coun- tle. calls for additional high-level meetings were tries, such as Slovakia and the Czech On Friday, a Ukrainian soldier was killed in the blast of played down by the meeting’s chair, EU for- Republic, insist that imposing a quota of an “unknown explosive device” in the Lugansk area, one of eign policy chief Federica Mogherini. refugees from the Middle East for small, pre- the two eastern regions controlled by pro-Russian rebels. “I have to admit that the discussion today dominantly white, Christian countries was In a fresh bid to end the violence, the Ukrainian govern- KEMPELE: The country home of Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila is pictured in was a difficult one,” Mogherini told a news pointless because migrants would not stay ment and representatives of Moscow-backed separatists Kempele, 500 kilometres north of the Finnish capital, yesterday where he conference. Despite German Chancellor and try to integrate. Three-quarters of last week agreed to strive to end all ceasefire violations offered to host refugees as Europe continues to grapple with an unprecedented Angela Merkel’s warning that the migrant cri- refugees granted asylum in Slovakia last year starting on Tuesday. refugee crisis. — AFP sis is now more serious than the Greek debt left the country, probably for Germany, one The Western-brokered ceasefire agreed in February had crisis that threatened to break up the euro- official said. been punctuated by deadly incidents on an almost daily Finnish PM offers to host zone, there was no agreement on which prac- Mogherini, who is Italian, sought to play basis. But the truce was nonetheless undermined on tical steps to take first. up the EU’s unity after the meeting ended, Wednesday when two civilians were killed and four sol- At a time of high unemployment in but also said it was time countries accepted diers wounded in an ambush while taking part in an anti- refugees at country home Europe and the rise of anti-immigration par- that there was no way out of the issue. “We smuggling operation. ties, ministers could not find common ground are all facing a dramatic event ... The sooner Self-proclaimed separatist authorities announced HELSINKI: As Europe continues to grap- anti-immigrant Finns Party, has repeated- on whether emergency management centres we accept this, psychologically and politically, Saturday that a civilian near the rebel stronghold of ple with an unprecedented refugee crisis, ly advocated greater solidarity with those to process asylum requests, known as the sooner we will be able to respond in an Donetsk had been killed by shots fired by the Ukrainian Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila yester- seeking refuge in Europe from wars and hotspots, should be set up in countries out- effective way,” she said. — Reuters army. — AFP day offered to host refugees at his coun- hardship in the Middle East, Asia and try home. Speaking on state television Africa. Refugee centres in the Nordic the centrist premier said the house, which country of around 5 million inhabitants is situated over 500 kilometeres north of are being severely strained by an the capital Helsinki in the Kempele area, unprecedented flow of arrivals. The Pope Francis prepares for was “not being used much at the sparsely populated northwest region moment”. where Sipila’s country house is located is “I hope this becomes some kind of particularly lacking in refugee accommo- most political trip yet people’s movement that will inspire many dation. On Friday, the government said it others to shoulder part of the burden in expected to receive 30,000 asylum appli- this refugee housing crisis,” he said. Sipila, cations this year, over seven times the VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is gearing up for accused of Marxism. Asked in July how it felt to contentious political subjects, such as the Iran whose Centre Party is in coalition with the amount it received in 2014. — AFP potentially his most politically charged trip yet, an have been termed by one American television nuclear deal. The pope, a champion of the eight-day whirlwind visit which will take him from presenter “the most dangerous man on the plan- oppressed, is set to meet with America’s down- Havana’s Revolution Square in Cuba to the head- et”, Francis merely replied that “every criticism trodden, from homeless people to immigrant quarters of the United Nations. The Argentine, must be received, studied, and then dialogue families, and will visit Ground Zero, the site of the who will become the first pontiff to address a must ensue”. September 11 attack. Spain police bust drug joint meeting of Congress in Washington, has tak- His speech to Congress will be a historic Some feathers may be ruffled by his decision en advantage of a summer lull at the Vatican to moment, and the outspoken pope will likely to canonise a Spanish Franciscan missionary, plantation set up by fine-tune his hotly awaited speeches, sources at make no bones about the superpower’s responsi- Junipero Serra, who was involved in converting to the Holy See say. bilities in leading the way on tackling pollution Christianity the native Indian population in For his three-day visit to Cuba, beginning on and embracing renewable energy. California in the 18th century. inmate on leave September 19, Francis can expect a warm recep- In Philadelphia, where he will arrive on tion from the Castro regime following recognition Abortion, contraception, gay marriage September 26 for the closure of the 2015 World MADRID: Spanish authorities who raided what bushes were sown between rows of well- of the key role he played in Havana’s reconcilia- The fifth visit by a pope to the UN, dubbed the Meeting of Families, huge crowds are expected to is thought to be the country’s largest outdoor established olive trees and watered by a tion with the United States this year. But anticipa- “Glass Palace”, will see the Argentine hold forth on gather to hear his message on marriage and the marijuana plantation didn’t have far to look for sophisticated drip-irrigation system, police tion ahead of the US leg of the trip, which will kick the social and ecological themes most dear to modern family. the prime suspect. He was in jail. The 47-year- said. The arrests were made when the planta- off in Washington on September 22, has already him, particularly ills such as the “culture of waste” The speech will come just one week ahead of a old Spaniard arranged for others to cultivate a tion was raided just as crop harvesting had sparked conflicting reactions-as well as a boom in and “globalisation of indifference”. key Church meeting in Rome on the hot-button three-hectare (7.4 acre) olive grove he had pur- begun and 5,000 plants were drying in a build- Francis-themed souvenirs and trinkets. Francis is expected to urge member states to topic, which has raised hopes among liberals of an chased while on prison leave, Interior Ministry ing containing a clandestine laboratory and The welcome from some American politicians make concrete commitments at the Paris climate opening towards homosexuals and divorced peo- spokesman Federico Pozuelo said yesterday. packing facility. is expected to be chilly. The 78-year-old’s decision change summit in December. He is also likely to ple, but is unlikely to result in concrete change. The prisoner relied on a 59-year-old Lithuanian Police said the farm in the central Albacete to visit Havana before Washington has not gone call for renewed efforts towards securing peace in The pope is supported by 87 percent of American assistant and a staff of five to tend to 75,000 region was surrounded by a protective down well, particularly as Congress has yet to lift the Middle East and greater dialogue with Islam, Catholics and 66 percent of Americans, according cannabis plants, which weighed five metric perimeter wall of dung and garbage that the embargo against Cuba. His environmental as well as insisting on the need to defend perse- to a recent survey. But he is decidedly out of tons and were valued at 5 million euros ($5.6 masked the plants’ telltale aroma. Two encyclical and recent impassioned speeches in cuted Christians around the world. The fate of favour with some US bishops, amid complaints he million), police said. Spaniards, three Moroccans and the Latin America against the free market system, migrants, the plight of the poor and the scourge has not given them enough support against the Special plants that only grow to a height of Lithuanian were arrested, Pozuelo said. One blind capitalism and rabid exploitation by multi- of human trafficking will likely be raised, and Obama administration over abortion, contracep- 40 centimeters (15.7 inches) and look more like suspect was armed with a loaded handgun at nationals of natural resources, have seen him some conservatives fear he might weigh in on tion and gay marriage. — AFP ordinary weeds than normally tall marijuana the time of the arrests, police said. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

India announces major pensions overhaul for army veterans

NEW DELHI: Three million Indian army nation building and development,” veterans won a decades-long battle yes- Parrikar said. Veterans have fought for the terday to change the way their pensions OROP scheme for four decades but are calculated, as the government bent to protests have intensified in recent protesters’ demands and announced it months, with ongoing rallies in New Delhi would overhaul the controversial scheme. and several pensioners going on hunger India’s armed forces personnel, who typi- strike. Reaction to the government’s cally retire earlier than other public sector announcement was mixed, with veterans workers, have mounted fierce opposition welcoming the breakthrough in negotia- in recent months to the current pension tions but also expressing disappointment scheme, which is based on their salary at certain clauses. when they retire. “We welcome the implementation of They argue this leaves them vulnerable the scheme,” V K Gandhi, general secretary to inflation eroding their livelihoods and of the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement, say it is unfair that a soldier who retired told reporters at the protest site in Delhi. recently should receive a larger pension “But this isn’t a black and white situation. than one who left service earlier. Under We want clarification on issues like volun- the newly agreed ‘One Rank, One Pension’ tary retirement,” he said. The government (OROP) deal, ex-servicemen will now said yesterday that army personnel who receive a pension based on 2013 salaries, take voluntary retirement will not be eligi- to be re-fixed every five years-irrespective ble for the new pensions. of when they retired. “The main argu- Elsewhere, however, the mood was ment for OROP is that the defense person- celebratory. In Jaipur, capital of Rajasthan nel retire early and thus are not able to state, retired army men were pictured KABUL: Thousands of Afghans, some holding national flags, pour onto the streets of Kabul during a demonstration about nationality identifica- get the benefits of serving till normal exchanging sweets and hugging each tion and to protest a delay in the distribution of electronic national identity cards, in Kabul, yesterday. — AP retirement age,” Defence Minister other. Introducing OROP was one of Manohar Parrikar told a press conference Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s key in New Delhi yesterday. pledges as he led the Bharatiya Janata Gunmen kill 13 passengers in “Despite the huge fiscal burden, given Party’s successful campaign for last year’s its commitment to the welfare of ex-ser- general election. But some observers say vicemen the government has taken the the move could open the door for work- decision to implement OROP.” The scheme ers in other state-run industries such as Afghanistan as donors meet will cost between 80 billion rupees and railways to demand similar reforms. India 100 billion rupees ($1.2 billion - $1.5 bil- has one of the world’s largest armies, with lion), he said. Military pensioners will around 1.32 million active personnel and Ghani seeks to assure donors on reforms receive arrears dating back to July 2014. 2.14 million reservists. Retirement ages “Now that the issue of OROP is hope- vary by rank, ranging from 56 to 62 years KABUL: At least 13 Afghan civilians were killed yester- followed a two-day Regional Economic Cooperation ment ministries; and promoting social inclusion “in fully behind us, I appeal to the veterans to of age, according to the Indian Army day in a previously peaceful region in the country’s Conference on Afghanistan, which brought together particular on the protection and advancement of continue to contribute to the vital task of website. — AFP north as President Ashraf Ghani sought to assure officials from more than 30 nations and 40 interna- women’s rights.” international donors gathered in the capital Kabul tional organizations. The two meetings have seen “We recognize that we need to send a sharper, that Afghanistan is making progress on promised intense security measures adopted in the Afghan clearer signal to investors that this government is seri- reforms. capital, with road closures and patrols by soldiers, ous about growth,” Ghani told the gathering. Munir Ahmad Farhad, the spokesman for the gov- police and paramilitary units. Ghani touched on security mainly to praise the ernor of Balkh province, said the civilians were killed Afghanistan’s economy has been in decline since efforts of government forces, fighting without inter- by unidentified gunmen who stopped their vehicles international military and charities began withdraw- national backup as the Taleban-led insurgency has and then shot them dead. ing, with most combat troops out by the end of last intensified and spread across the country. In an The incident took place as Ghani opened a confer- year, bursting the bubble created by the massive oblique reference to neighboring Pakistan he said ence of donors to his country’s reconstruction after inflow of military and aid cash. The World Bank has that “provided we have a willing partner, peace dis- almost 40 years of war, telling them he has made predicted 2.5 percent GDP growth this year, after cussions will have advanced and a serious dialogue to progress on a range of major challenges including averaging 9 percent a year from 2003 to 2012. end the killings will be underway” in time for the next security and corruption. The Senior Officials Meeting donors’ summit in Brussels scheduled for next year. is a gathering of delegates from the international Culture of corruption Sartaj Aziz, adviser on national security and for- community, including non-government organiza- Ghani came to power a year ago promising to eign affairs to the Pakistani prime minister’s office, tions, which support Afghanistan’s economic, security bring peace and prosperity, and made pledges at a met with Ghani on Friday, but nothing has been said and social reconstruction. summit in London in December aimed at reassuring publicly about their discussion and no joint commu- Ghani told the meeting his government has accel- donors he had reform plans that would move the nique has been issued. erated a crackdown on corruption, reformed customs country away from the culture of corruption that pre- Pakistan had sponsored the first formal face-to- to significantly increase revenue collection and boost- vailed under his predecessor Hamid Karzai. Now face talks between Ghani’s government and the ed capacity building. He acknowledged a problem Ghani is delivering a progress report on those plans. Taliban in early July, but the process has been can- with job creation but said it was a “priority of the In his speech, he laid out seven key reforms: appli- celled indefinitely, following the announcement by NEW DELHI: Indian Army veterans celebrate following the government’s national unity government.” cation of the rule of law; reform of the budget Kabul that the Taleban’s leader had been dead for announcement that it will accept One Rank One Pension (OROP) reforms in New He noted he has also sought to bring women into process; accelerating the war against corruption; reor- more than two years and Ghani’s public accusa- Delhi yesterday. — AFP senior government positions, including four ministers ganizing the justice system; encouraging growth in tions that Pakistan is behind the insurgency in his and one provincial governor. The one-day meeting the private sector to create jobs; reforming govern- country. — AP

Pakistani alleged narco brothers extradited to US

NEW YORK: Two Pakistani brothers were Forces of Colombia (FARC), to import warded bank account details for pay- extradited to New York yesterday to face heroin into the United States and unlaw- ment for the missiles, the brothers were charges that they conspired to smuggle fully sell missile launchers. Prosecutors arrested in June 2014 in Spain, where heroin into America and sell missile allege that the brothers agreed to sell they lived, prosecutors said. launchers to Colombian rebels, prosecu- heroin to people they believed were They appeared before a US magis- tors said. FARC, but who were actually undercover trate on Friday as prosecutors seek the Hameed Chishti, 47, nicknamed informants, thinking it would be smug- extradition of two more defendants Benny, and Wahab Chishti, 49, also gled into the United States. from Spain-delayed because they are known as Angel, were flown to the In April 2014, the Chishtis allegedly seeking asylum. The Chishtis “illustrate United States from Spain more than a arranged delivery of a one-kilo heroin once again that drug trafficking and ter- year after their arrest at American offi- sample to presumed FARC cronies in the ror conspiracies often intersect, support, cials’ request. If convicted on all charges, Netherlands. They then agreed to sell and facilitate each other’s dangerous they face between 25 years to life them weapons after the alleged FARC and potential deadly plots,” said Mark behind bars in an American prison. members claimed to want to buy Hamlet, the Drug Enforcement They are charged with conspiring to Russian-made surface-to-air missiles to Administration special agent in charge. commit narco-terrorism, to provide sup- protect their drug-trafficking empire in The United States declared FARC a KANDAHAR: Afghan school children study in a classroom on the outskirts of Kandahar, south of port to the leftist Revolutionary Armed Colombia. After Hameed Chishti for- terrorist organization in 1997. — AFP Kabul, yesterday. —AP Pakistan police arrest Christian for blasphemy

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan police said yesterday they have arrested and imprisoned a Christian man accused of blasphemy in Punjab. Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Pakistan, with even unproven allegations often prompting mob violence, and acquittals in court are rare. “A Christian laborer named Pervaiz Masih was arrested earlier this week and sent on judicial remand for passing derogatory remarks against the prophet of Islam,” a local police official told AFP on condition of anonymity. Ali Hussain, a senior police official in the area, confirmed the incident. He said the accused, a laborer, was working with several Muslim colleagues when the incident occurred. “They were working on a small construction site, one Muslim fellow was listening to religious speech while the accused was working,” he said, adding that when the accused told his colleague to get back to work they had an argument during which the Christian man made derogatory remarks about the prophet of Islam. “We have registered a case under section 295C against the accused.” The alleged incident occurred in Kasur district, around 54 kilometers (34 miles) southeast of Lahore. Under Pakistan’s stringent blasphemy laws, insulting the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) carries the death penalty, though the country has never executed anyone for the crime. But anyone convicted, or even just accused, of insult- ing Islam, risks a violent and bloody death at the hands of vigilantes. Bonded laborer Shehzad Masih and his preg- nant wife Shama Bibi were beaten by a mob of 1,500 people then thrown into a furnace last year in a crazed reaction to rumors they had thrown pages of the holy Quarn into the garbage. Critics, including European gov- ernments, say Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are often mis- used to settle personal scores. Christians, who make up around 1.6 percent of the country’s 200 million people, are often discriminated against and marginalized by the Muslim majority. — AFP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 INTERNATIONAL China backs Putin’s idea of developing Russia’s Far East

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia: Chinese Vice Russia-Chinese partnership will defi- China’s growth, meanwhile, is slow- worries, saying the development of the sion, followed by Chinese officials, Premier Wang Yang said yesterday that nitely bring generous fruits.” ing and its stock market falling, forcing Far East was not a temporary whim, but including Wang Yilin, chairman of the Russia’s push to revamp its run-down But for Putin’s campaign to attract Beijing into rate cuts and a yuan deval- a long-term goal for the country. “We board at China National Petroleum Far East region coincided with Beijing’s Asian funds to Russia, timing may be his uation to buttress the economy. need to make up time we have lost,” he Corporation. “This was unexpected but strategy, backing President Vladimir worst enemy: the slowdown in the Ian Ivory, a partner at Golstblat BLP, said. “Cycles in any economy are the this was okay, we managed,” said Boris Putin’s drive for new sources of growth. Chinese economy poses risks. Putin’s said the Chinese slowdown will hardest norm, not deviation. There will be a Titov, chairman of the Russian part of At the Eastern Economic Forum in the turn to Asia comes at a time when rela- affect emerging markets which are slowdown but obviously there will be the China-Russia Friendship Committee Pacific Port of Vladivostok on Friday, tions with the West have hit their lowest providers of raw materials. “Russia is acceleration later.” for Peace and Development. Putin promised favourable business since the Cold War, following Moscow’s another classic example that will feel Chinese government’s growth target “The first session was delayed and conditions and state support to Asian involvement in the Ukraine conflict. the pain, and China will be a further is 7 percent this year, down from 7.4 they (the Chinese delegation) had and domestic investors willing to come Russia needs money badly - sanctions negative drag on the Russian economy,” percent in 2014 and the slowest in a already a briefing scheduled.” A to Russia’s most remote land. and falling oil prices have hit the econo- Ivory said in e-mailed comments. quarter of a century. CNPC official, who was accompany- “The Far East development strategy my hard, with gross domestic product Andrey Kuzyayev, a former head of Wang’s address to the forum yester- ing Yilin but declined to give his coincides with China’s strategy of expected to fall 3.3 percent this year overseas operations at Lukoil, Russia’s day was short and he left immediately name, said only: “The schedule has north-east rebirth,” Wang said. “(The) after growing 0.6 percent in 2014. No.2 oil producer, played down the afterwards, in the middle of the ses- changed.” —Reuters Thai police seek 10th suspect in deadly Bangkok bombing Arrested suspect brought to court

BANGKOK: Thai police said yes- Thavornsiri, adding that the man’s man was arrested near the border the new suspect had been com- terday that they are looking for a nationality was unknown. with Cambodia. Neither of the pleted, but that police were wait- 10th suspect in last month’s The arrested man, who is fac- arrested men’s nationalities has ing on seeking a warrant until a bombing of a landmark in central ing a main charge of illegally pos- been confirmed. witness could confirm its likeness. Bangkok that killed 20 people. sessing explosives, was brought Arrest warrants have been issued He suggested that the suspect Authorities will seek an arrest war- to court yesterday to obtain per- for seven other suspects in the Aug. was deeply involved in the gang rant soon for a man who shared mission for his detention to be 17 attack at Bangkok’s popular that is believed to have carried an apartment with a suspect who extended. When he was arrested, Erawan Shrine, which also injured out the bombing at the shrine, was arrested a week ago when a police found a fake Turkish pass- more than 120 people. Thai authori- and another one the next day police raid found bomb-making port in his apartment carrying the ties say that at least two of the sus- near a busy Bangkok river pier materials in his room, said national name Adam Karadag, but now pects are believed to be Turkish. that caused no casualties when police spokesman Lt Gen Prawut call him Adem Karadak. Another Prawut said that a sketch of the bomb exploded in the water. “There is nothing else to NARAHA: Noraha Mayor Yukiei Matsumoto (center) speaks to journalists in update because it’s still on secret Naraha, Fukushima, northern Japan, yesterday. —AP operations,” Prawut said. “But it’s getting close now that we will be able to reveal. We expect some Japan lifts evacuation developments next week.” Police seemed to have pro- gressed quickly in their investiga- order for town near tion since the first raid on an apartment in Bangkok’s outskirts doomed nuke plant on Aug 29. There had been spec- ulation that the foreigner arrest- ed at the border near Cambodia NARAHA, Japan: Japan’s government yes- still cannot go home. The government was the yellow-shirted man seen terday lifted a 4 1/2-year-old evacuation hopes to lift all evacuation orders except in security videos apparently order for the northeastern town of Naraha for the most contaminated areas closest to planting the deadly bomb near that had sent all of the town’s 7,400 resi- the plant by March 2017 - a plan many dents away following the disaster at the evacuees criticize as an attempt to show- the shrine. The bomber is nearby Fukushima nuclear plant. case Fukushima’s recovery ahead of the believed to have left a pipe Naraha became the first to get the order 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. bomb in a knapsack at the open- lifted among seven municipalities forced to air shrine when it was packed empty entirely due to radiation contamina- Safety issue with worshippers during evening tion following the massive earthquake and Matsumoto said that fear of radiation rush hour. tsunami that sent the plant’s reactors into and nuclear safety was still present, and However, Prawut said Friday triple meltdowns in March 2011. The cen- that Naraha had a long way to go in its that DNA samples taken from the tral government has said radiation levels in recovery. The town will be without a med- suspect did not match the DNA Naraha have fallen to levels deemed safe ical clinic until October, while a new prefec- found on evidence that the following decontamination efforts. tural hospital won’t be ready until February. bomber is believed to have left According to a government survey, A grocery store started free delivery BANGKOK: The suspect who was arrested at an apartment last week and found with evidence behind - in a taxi, on banknotes however, 53 percent of the evacuees from services in July, and a shopping center will police said included bomb making equipment and stacks of fake passports arrives at court in and on a motorcycle taxi he took Naraha, which is 20 kilometers (12 miles) open next year. Still, many residents, espe- the Min Buri district of Bangkok yesterday. —AP the night of the attack. —AP south of the nuclear plant, say they’re cially those who don’t drive, face limited either not ready to return home perma- options for their daily necessities. Residents nently or are undecided. Some say they’ve have been given personal dosimeters to found jobs elsewhere over the past few check their own radiation levels. To accom- Two Koreas back to wrangling after accord years, while others cite radiation concerns. modate their concerns, the town is also Naraha represents a test case, as most resi- running 24-hour monitoring at a water fil- SEOUL: Less than two weeks after securing a “sincerely implement” the August 25 agree- authorities persist in... peddling the internal dents remain cautious amid lingering tration plant, testing tap water for radioac- rare deal to improve relations, North and South ment that allowed both sides to step back issues of the nation abroad, North-South rela- health concerns and a lack of infrastructure. tive materials. Korea are already back on more familiar territo- from the brink of an armed conflict. As well as tions will slip back into the evil cycle of con- In the once-abandoned town, a segment of Toshiko Yokota, a 53-year-old homemak- ry, trading accusations of insult and insincerity. addressing the issues that led to a tense mili- frontation,” the spokesman said. a national railway is still out of service, with er who had to leave her Naraha house after Previous agreements have been scuppered by tary standoff, the agreement committed both He also bristled at Park’s suggesting that the tracks covered with grass. Some houses the disaster, said Saturday that she came similar verbal disputes, which can easily esca- sides to beginning official talks and organising North Korean “provocation” was behind the are falling down and wild bores roam back to attend the ceremony and clean her late into something more serious. a reunion for families separated by the 1950- recent standoff. around at night. home, and that she eventually wants to The North’s annoyance over comments 53 Korean War. Under the terms of the August agree- Only about 100 of the nearly 2,600 move back with her husband. Their house made by South Korean President Park Geun- But the North took exception to Park’s ment, Seoul switched off loudspeakers blast- households have returned since a trial peri- was damaged by rats, bugs and rainwater Hye in Beijing this week drew a sharp response remarks in Beijing where she thanked China for ing propaganda messages across the border od began in April. Last year, the govern- leaks in their absence, and still needs to be from Seoul on Friday. “It is regrettable that its “constructive role” in resolving the crisis-a after the North expressed regret over recent ment lifted evacuation orders for parts of fully renovated, but she hopes to return in North Korea is lambasting remarks made by third-party credit Pyongyang took as a “serious mine blasts that maimed two South Korean two nearby towns, but only about half of a few years. their former residents have returned. “My friends are all in different places our president... and threatening to scuttle the insult”. soldiers. The South interpreted the regret as Naraha Mayor Yukiei Matsumoto said because of the nuclear accident, and the inter-Korean agreement,” the South’s “The South Korean authorities are repeat- an “apology” but the North’s powerful that yesterday marked an important mile- town doesn’t even look the same, but this Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon- edly uttering wild remarks,” said a spokesman National Defense Commission has since stone. “Our clock started moving again,” he is still my hometown and it really feels Hee told journalists. for the North’s Committee for Peaceful stressed that it was meant only as an expres- said during a ceremony held at a children’s good to be back,” said Yokota, who current- Jeong urged the North to cooperate and Reunification of Korea. “If the South Korean sion of sympathy. —AFP park. “The lifting of the evacuation order is ly lives in another town in Fukushima pre- one key step, but this is just a start.” fecture. Matsumoto said he hoped Naraha could “I still feel uneasy about some things, set a good example of a recovering town like radiation levels and the lack of a med- Nigeria’s Buhari marks low for the other affected municipalities. ical facility,” she said. “In order to come About 100,000 people from about 10 back, I have to keep up my hope and stay profile 100-day anniversary municipalities around the wrecked plant healthy.” —AP

LAGOS: Nigeria’s corruption- and insurgency- tough anti-corruption stance, pledging to Goodluck Jonathan, who ruled from 2010 India court jails 3 for battling President Muhammadu Buhari was recover “mind-boggling” sums of stolen oil until May, of having left the treasury “virtually marking his first 100 days in power yesterday money and vowing to crush Boko Haram’s six- empty.” Buhari’s vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo, rape of Japan tourist by looking ahead rather than behind, his year Islamist insurgency that has killed at least has estimated the country’s debts at some spokesman said. 15,000. The 72-year-old president is determined $60 billion (54 billion euros), and said Nigeria’s JAIPUR, India: An Indian court Friday The court acquitted the remaining “(Buhari) does not consider the 100 days in to “fix insecurity, the economy and eliminate economy is in its worst state since the country convicted three men over the three defendants citing lack of evi- office as a milestone... There is no official corruption. These are the goals he has been gained independence 55 years ago. February rape of a young Japanese dence. Indian laws state that if a event to mark the day,” Garba Shehu told AFP. pursuing in the past 100 days,” said Shehu. Local media have been largely supportive tourist and sentenced them each to 20 woman is raped by one or more peo- Buhari ran as a hawk on security and with a The leader has accused former president of Buhari thus far, comparing him favourably years in jail, the public prosecutor said. ple “acting in furtherance of their with Jonathan. The assault on the 20-year-old common intention”, each can be But Buhari’s own slowness in forming a woman in the western state of deemed to have committed gang cabinet is hurting Africa’s largest economy, Rajasthan was the latest in a string of rape, meaning all nine were charged said Paul Igbinoba, a Lagos-based economist high-profile sex attacks that have with the crime. and political commentator. highlighted high levels of violence Police completed their investiga- “The economy has suffered from the against women in the world’s second tions in March and the case was delay... The president needs to move quickly most populous country. The woman resolved unusually swiftly for India, in appointing his key ministers and putting in told police that one of those convict- where the legal system is notoriously place his economic team,” he said. Yet there ed, Ajit Singh Choudhary, met her slow. Sexual violence continues to be have been tangible improvements under his outside her hotel in Jaipur and a major problem in India more than rule. Electricity production rose from less than offered to show her around on his three years after the 2012 fatal gang 3,000 megawatts before Buhari came into motorbike, before drugging and rap- rape of a student in New Delhi that office to about 5,000 megawatts now, while ing her in a secluded area of the his- unleashed public outrage about refineries have suddenly come back to life toric city. treatment of women in the country. after years of idleness. In an early sign of his The court in the Rajasthani capital India introduced tough laws assault on graft, Buhari sacked the entire convicted three of the nine defen- against sex offenders in the wake of board of state oil company NNPC, notorious dants of gang rape, while another the nation-wide protests, including for mismanagement and rampant theft. He three were convicted of harboring an setting up of hundreds of special then installed a Harvard-educated lawyer to offender and sentenced to two years courts to prosecute sexual violence spearhead reforms as the new managing in jail. cases. director. “Six accused were found guilty and More than 132,000 cases of sexual The military has also intensified its war three (of these) have been jailed for violence against women were report- against Boko Haram in the northeast, using its 20 years, including the main accused,” ed in India in 2014, according to offi- air power to support ground troops. Buhari public prosecutor Bhanwar Singh cial data released by National Crimes Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari taking part in an interview at his hotel, dur- recently set a three-month deadline to sub- Chauhan told AFP. Records Bureau. —AFP ing the 25th African Summit in Johannesburg. —AFP due the insurgents. —AFP NEWS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Members of the Emirati armed forces carry the coffins of comrades killed the previous day in Yemen’s eastern province of Marib ringdu an official repatriation ceremony in Abu Dhabi yesterday. — AFP UAE pounds Houthis after deadliest day Le Pen forms new group Continued from Page 1 us from realising our goals,” vowed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince MARSEILLE: French far-right firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen But that’s not exactly the way his daughter saw it. “Jean- UAE troops have played a leading role in the operation Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, acting head of announced yesterday the creation of a political association, dis- Marie Le Pen can create all the associations he wants - he’s been and seven had already been killed. the Emirati armed forces, vowed that “these events will tinct from the National Front (FN) party he co-founded and was promising one for many months - (but) there are no associa- Friday’s losses were the heaviest since the formation of only make us more steadfast in our stand for justice”. recently ousted from after feuding with its current leader, his tions within the FN,” said Marine Le Pen. And some of father’s the United Arab Emirates in 1971 and, as the bodies The Houthis said they had used a Tochka missile to daughter. The 87-year-old made his remarks in Marseille where supporters yesterday, who loudly applauded his speech, after- the FN is holding a party conference through Sunday with its wards expressed doubts about a new group. “For me, Jean- arrived home yesterday, three days of national mourning attack the Safer camp in Marib. They hailed the strike as president Marine Le Pen wanting to focus on regional elections Marie, I would follow him to the end. But if this is intended to began. The British embassy said in a tweet that its flags in “revenge for the crimes and the war of extermination set for December. But a few kilometres away in an upmarket work with Marine I won’t go along,” said Laurence Trichet from Dubai and Abu Dhabi had been lowered to half mast as a being carried out by the Saudi aggressor and its merce- restaurant, her father was meeting over lunch with around 300 Nice, who recently left the FN in a show of support for the par- mark of respect. UAE warplanes launched pre-dawn raids naries”. Marib has seen fierce fighting as loyalist forces and supporters. ty’s patriarch. on Marib and Sanaa as well as the rebel stronghold of their coalition allies have advanced north. Loyalist military Jean-Marie Le Pen expressed his wish to start a movement Le Pen was stripped of his FN membership by the party’s Saada in the far north and the central city of Ibb, state sources said the coalition had sent reinforcements to dubbed the “Blue White and Red Rally”, aiming to unite those executive committee last month following a damaging five- media reported. Safer this week, including tanks, armoured vehicles, troop without FN party membership and those still loyal to him. “I pro- month family feud with his daughter over a string of inflamma- Coalition aircraft unleashed waves of air strikes on the carriers, rocket launchers and Apache helicopters. These pose that we join together, you will not be orphans, in the Blue, tory comments. He dismissed the hearing as a “mockery” and an capital from the early hours, sowing panic. “These are the were to boost “the counter-offensive launched by loyalist White and Red Rally... to take action in the same way as the “ambush” and blamed Marine, who took over from him as leader heaviest air strikes that Sanaa has endured,” one local offi- forces and the coalition to advance on Sanaa,” one military National Front, without belonging to it,” he said. “The Front in 2011, of pulling the strings from afar. “It’s dirty to kill your own cial told AFP. Warplanes also bombed the position from official said. National and Marine Le Pen will not be able to refuse our move,” daddy, so she didn’t kill daddy directly, she did it through her which the missile is believed to have been fired, a local More than 4,500 people have been killed in the con- Le Pen declared. henchman,” Le Pen told French radio at the time. — AFP official and witnesses said. The Baihan district of Shabwa flict, including hundreds of children, according to the province, which borders Marib, is one of the last rebel United Nations, which has warned that Yemen is on the redoubts in the south. “The missile, with a range of 60 brink of famine. Washington has supported the coalition Saudis satisfied with US assurances on Iran... kilometres, was indeed fired from the Baihan area,” a loyal- effort, but repeatedly warned about the impact on civil- ist officer told AFP. He said at least 12 rebels were killed in ians. US President Barack Obama telephoned Crown Continued from Page 1 decline has helped contribute to sustaining the US eco- yesterday’s raids there. Prince Mohammed to offer his condolences, while Hadi nomic recovery. Obama and Salman will discuss the world In the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, an honor guard stood by travelled to Abu Dhabi to do the same, state news agency Jubeir said on Friday that the humanitarian crisis in economy and energy issues, Obama told reporters on as pallbearers carried the flag-draped coffins off a military WAM reported. The prince told Hadi: “We will be with you Yemen was being exacerbated by the Houthis and that sup- Friday. Saudi Arabia has also joined the United States and aircraft. “A cowardly attack will not deter us, nor will it stop till the end.” — AFP plies were at risk of being diverted from Yemenis who need other Arab states in air strikes against the Islamic State them most, but that Saudi Arabia was working with interna- jihadist movement in Syria, also called ISIS. “We continue to tional organizations to send supplies to Yemen. A Saudi-led cooperate extremely closely in countering terrorist activi- coalition has been conducting air strikes across Yemen ties in the region and around the world, including the battle against Iranian-allied Houthi forces since March, pushing against ISIS,” Obama said on Friday. Visa traffickers face mandatory jail terms... back Houthi forces but drawing criticism from international Obama and Salman discussed the potential fast-tracking aid and rights groups for a mounting civilian death toll. of the release of American military technology and Continued from Page 1 fees for a chance to work in the oil-rich Gulf region. The US Saudi Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman also met weapons systems to Saudi Arabia, al-Jubeir said, and dis- Department of State maintained Kuwait’s Tier 3 raking in on Friday with US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and the cussed a “new strategic partnership” between the two coun- “Approving the new regulations helps protect workers’ the Trafficking in Persons Report 2015 for the eighth two discussed Saudi Arabia’s underlying defense require- tries, although he gave few details. The Gulf state is in rights, regulates the labor market and establishes a proper straight year. ments, the Pentagon said. The Obama administration is advanced discussions with the US government about buy- working environment in accordance with international Subaih was quoted in the press two weeks ago as saying focused on providing the assistance that the president ing two frigates based on a coastal warship that Lockheed labor standards and human rights agreements,” Jafour said that the government was mulling options to fight visa traf- promised at the Camp David summit, including helping Martin Corp is building for the US Navy, a deal valued at yesterday. ficking, mainly by introducing tougher penalties. She also Gulf states integrate ballistic missile defense systems and well over $1 billion. The sale would be the cornerstone of a Kuwait has been struggling in recent years to fight visa stated that the labor ministry closed down the files of 517 beef up cyber and maritime security. long-delayed multibillion-dollar modernization of the Royal trafficking, a form of human trafficking in which employers companies between June 1, 2015 and June 30, 2015 owned Saudi Arabia remains the world’s largest oil exporter, and Saudi Navy’s Gulf-patrolling eastern fleet of ageing US war- sell visas to workers outside who are willing to pay high by employers who violated Article 10 of the labor law. its commitment to pumping oil freely despite a recent price ships and would include smaller patrol boats. — Reuters SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 ANALYSIS

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By Dr James J Zogby

or the past several weeks, considerable attention was paid to the number of Democratic senators announcing their Fsupport for the Iran deal. The number needed to insure that the deal would go through was 34. As the total came closer to the magic 34, media in the US and Israel were rife with analy- sis and commentary about what all this meant for Israel. Since the Israeli Prime Minister had invested so much personal capital in his effort to block the deal, and his US lobbying arm, AIPAC, had, likewise, made its defeat their number one priority, one could hardly blame liberal Jews for wanting to celebrate AIPAC’s defeat or for some Israeli’s to lament what they called “Netanyahu’s strategic blunder”. Both views, however, are naive and shortsighted. On several levels, Netanyahu won. Let me explain. In the first place, since UN climate talks plagued by twin fears the mid-1990’s Netanyahu and AIPAC have sought to divert US focus from the Israeli-Palestinian “peace process” to Iran. They By Marlowe Hood everybody just agrees on the least ambi- Without clear instructions from their minis- A Game Changer succeeded. Two decades later, with Israel having moved to the tious options,” said Li Shuo of Greenpeace ters and, at the top of the political food Also in September, foreign ministers far right and the Palestinians in near total disarray, there is no egotiators from 195 nations tasked China. The last time the world tried to craft chain, state leaders, they can only go so far will gather in another climate arena, longer any serious discussion of Israeli-Palestinian peace. I with crafting a universal climate a “last chance” universal climate pact - in in removing the logjams that have belea- called the Major Economies Forum, with would like to see President Obama pivot from his Iran deal “vic- pact are driven by twin fears tug- Copenhagen, in 2009 - it ended in tears, guered climate talks for years.“You have a finance ministers set to meet in Lima the tory” to an international effort to end the occupation and N ging in opposite directions, which may with more than 110 unhappy heads of state very tight brief coming here from your min- following month at a joint session of the secure Palestinian rights - but I’m not holding my breath. result in a hollow deal, say analysts. The all- scrambling in overtime to piece together a isters and capitals that you can’t go International Monetary Fund and World Having pushed senators to buck AIPAC on the deal, I suppose too-real prospect of climate catastrophe on three-page, face-saving “declaration” beyond,” said Alden Meyer, a veteran cli- Bank. Finally, France has invited presi- that the White House will hesitate before challenging Israel one more time. Next, by throwing what amounted to a political and a horizon of decades, not centuries, cou- instead. mate analyst with the Union of Concerned dents and prime ministers to attend the diplomatic tantrum, the Israeli side succeeded in making itself pled with a rising tide of expectations, “Not repeating the mistakes of Scientists. “That kind of dynamic can first day of the 12-day Paris conference. the center of attention for the Administration and Congress. In would seem to be powerful incentives to Copenhagen” is a common refrain at the impede creativity and the ability to break “It is a way of ensuring that they inject the last few months, there were more meetings held, more forge an agreement that is truly up to the talks in Bonn, and something of a mantra through boxes to interesting solutions.” some political momentum at the begin- hours spent, and more effort expended on reassuring Israel and task. Science makes it clear that the laissez- for the organisers of the Nov 30-Dec 11 The French hosts have moved aggres- ning,” said Meyer. “What happened in its supporters of America’s “unbreakable, unshakable” commit- faire alternative is a climate-addled future conference in the French capital. And yet, sively to bridge that gap. To start, they have Copenhagen is that you had the minis- ment, than in any period in our history. Not a week went by of mega-storms, drought, water wars and progress has been incremental and painful- enlisted early and often the ministers who ters unable to do their job because they without reports of the President, Vice-President, or Secretary of mass migration. ly slow. Negotiators left the former West will ink the deal in December, with the next knew the leaders were coming at the State holding hours of meetings with supporters of Israel It is also a reminder that the window of German capital Friday after a week of “informal” meeting - with some 60 coun- end.” attempting to explain the deal and reaffirm their commitment. opportunity for acting is barely ajar - if closed-door meetings with very little to tries in attendance - scheduled for today Bardram is optimistic that in Paris, human emissions of heat-trapping green- show and a draft agreement “not fit for a and tomorrow. Other high-level parlays negotiators will not paper over differ- Spoiled Child house gases don’t peak very soon and drop negotiation,” in the words of the European coming up will give top leaders a chance to ences and punt serious disagreements I’ve often described Netanyahu’s bad behavior to that of a very swiftly, it may soon slam shut. At the Commission’s top negotiator, Elina narrow the gap on core climate issues, further down the road. “A purely superfi- spoiled child who knows that when he misbehaves not only same time, however, career diplomats - and Bardram. ranging from hundreds of billions of dollars cial political accord without a robust set will there be no punishment, instead the over-indulgent parent their political bosses working on the nitty- in financing for poor countries to how of accompanying [operational] decisions will offer more love. The net effect has been the recognition gritty of the deal to be inked in Paris in Getting Ministers Involved ambitious the world will be in slashing is not sufficient - I know that there are that bad behavior not only makes you the center of attention, it December are haunted by another fear But it is unfair, analysts say, to place too greenhouse gases. On Sept 27, French many parties that share that vision,” she also has the potential of reaping rewards. subtly nudging them in the opposite direc- much blame on rank-and-file diplomats, President Francois Holande and Ban Ki- told AFP. “This is not only about action for And speaking of rewards, the Administration is now offering tion: the fear of failure. themselves deeply frustrated to have made moon will host a climate luncheon summit a few, but about transition to low carbon. Israel an enhanced security package totally $1.8 billion (Note: the “Our concern is that we will end up with so little headway with only five negotiating in New York, on the sidelines of the UN It will be a game changer.” —AFP Arabs will pay for their compensatory package, Israel will not). This new aid will be in addition to increases in US arms assistance a lowest common denominator, where days left before the main event in Paris. General Assembly. and other add-ons, like Iron Dome, that Congress annually appropriates for Israel. Senators and members of Congress will also now be inclined to make clear their support for Israel. Many Xi stands tall but challenges mounting Democrats who announced their intention to support the presi- dent made sure that their statements declared undying support By Kelly Olsen that cannot adapt to, or even oppose the reforms, are prob- Xi’s prestige has been hit by the financial turmoil, analysts for Israel. The myth that “AIPAC will beat you if you don’t toe the ably beyond what could have been imagined,” said a com- say, with many of China’s 90 million investors losing money line” continues to hold strong, and so it can be expected that many members, despite their resentment of AIPAC and hina’s front pages were plastered Friday with images mentary on state broadcaster CCTV’s website. Now that Xi in the country’s torrid summer on the markets. Baker told Netanyahu’s pressure, will spend excessive time and energy of President Xi Jinping reviewing a giant military had established himself as the “supreme leader”, Lam said, AFP: “Now he’s going to have to demonstrate that they can between now and next November playing “make up” by proving Cparade, but analysts say the show of untrammelled questions were being asked on “what is the next step, what actually survive their their support for Israel. power is undermined by signs of disquiet within is he doing in the area of reform?” “So the pressure is own version of a One area where those who lament Netanyahu’s miscalcula- Communist ranks and fears the economy is eluding its con- building,” he added. financial cri- tions may have a point is their concern that he has made support trol. In less than three years Xi has consolidated authority to The People’s Daily, the ruling party’s official sis.” —AFP for Israel a partisan issue dividing Democrats and Republicans. a remarkable degree compared with his predecessors, mouthpiece, last month carried a rare But this is only partially true. For the reasons outlined above, little demonstrated when he rode in an open-topped Red Flag denunciation of retired leaders’ continued will change in the short term. Israel will continue to get massive limousine past row upon row of soldiers. “Just symbolically influence, fuelling speculation over how amounts of US assistance, with bipartisan support. There will be you can see that he is at the apex of his power,” said Willy far Xi’s anti-graft campaign could go. Xi’s little or no real pressure from leaders in either party on Israel to Lam, an expert on Chinese politics at the Chinese University crackdown has nabbed once powerful end its occupation and denial of freedom for the Palestinian peo- of Hong Kong. figures such as ex-security czar Zhou ple. And while Republican presidential candidates will denounce Xi has become the “big boss” of the Communist Party, Yongkang, jailed for life in June and President Obama for “turning his back on Israel”, one shouldn’t Lam added, far outpacing other top leaders such as Premier who was regarded as an ally of Jiang, as expect full-throated defense of the president from any of the Li Keqiang, who was relegated to announcing the start of well as former close Hu aide Ling Jihua, Democratic contenders. the parade. Alongside the president on the rostrum stood expelled from the party in July and his predecessors Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao in a show of handed over to prosecutors. The fall Partisan Split party unity under Xi - even though some of their close allies from grace of figures previously seen Nevertheless, a partisan split has developed on matters have fallen victim to his much-publicised anti-corruption as untouchable has sent ripples of dis- involving Israel. It predates Netanyahu, although his continued drive. “At this stage he seems unassailable,” Lam said. quiet through the party ranks. insults of the president and his noticeably Republican bias have Since coming to power in late 2012 as Communist Party greatly exacerbated this division. While not yet a Washington general secretary, Xi has pushed what he calls the “Chinese No ‘New Bold Thinking’ issue, polling shows that rank and file Democrats and progres- sives are fed up with the Israeli leader and his policies, and they dream”, a promise to revitalise the nation so it can assume a Part of the purpose of the parade want a more independent American policy toward the Israeli- world position befitting its status as a great power. Under to mark the 70th anniversary of Palestinian conflict. The emergence and rapid growth of liberal him the ruling party has pledged reforms to give the mar- Japan’s World War II defeat was to pro-Israel Jewish groups like J Street and Americans for Peace ket the “decisive role” in the economy, and his campaign reassure the military of its place in Now, or non-Zionist Jewish groups like Jewish Voice for Peace, or against graft has rocked the 88-million-strong organisation Xi’s China, said Carl Baker, director the expansion of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement that has ruled the People’s Republic since 1949, as well as of programmes at the Honolulu- on college campuses are all evidence of this shift. Also notewor- its armed force, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). based Pacific Forum CSIS. “He’s thy was the immediate response of the progressive group Move His public image has been burnished by common touch done the military thing... he’s On to support the president and oppose Chuck Schumer after demonstrations such as a visit to a bun shop, as well as the demonstrated the ability to main- the New York Senator announced his opposition to the Iran deal. glamour of his wife Peng Liyuan, a popular singer. Later this tain loyalty in the senior ranks NOTE: Dr James J Zogby is the President of the Arab American Institute month Xi will make a state visit to Washington, affirming through his anti-corruption cam- what Beijing sees as its equal “great power” status with the paign,” he told AFP, and Xi was now United States. Xi was “full of dignity and did a great job “giving some space to the PLA to showing off China’s qualities”, enthused Wang Wei, a spec- show they’ve participated in the rise of tator at the parade. China as well”. All articles appearing on these But Kerry Brown, professor of Chinese pages are the personal opinion of Pressure Building politics at the University of Sydney, But the public displays cannot hide the fact that China stressed that Xi has underachieved in many the writers. Kuwait Times takes no faces serious problems, especially slowing growth and ways. Crackdowns on civil society, lawyers responsibility for views expressed financial market turmoil. The deployment of hundreds of and journalists had given a “sense that the therein. Kuwait Times invites read- billions of dollars on the exchanges, which failed to stop political dimension of reform is constantly ers to voice their opinions. Please share prices falling, has spurred concern that Xi and other being pushed into the future, even as the leaders still have interventionist tendencies and could imperatives for it (have) grown stronger”, he send submissions via email to: opin- struggle to handle an increasingly sophisticated economy. said in an email. “This leadership is as fixated by [email protected] or via snail State media commentaries last month suggested deep stability as its predecessor, and works broadly mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. aversions within the Communist Party to Xi’s reforms, within the same political parameters. So I don’t The editor reserves the right to edit adding another element of uncertainty. see any grand new bold thinking, just the same any submission as necessary. “The scale of the difficulties and resistance, and the ideas from the past - economic reform, political and obstinacy, truculence, complexity and weirdness of forces social stability - dressed up in new language.” SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 SPORTS

Curry eyes second title Nobody wins in ‘Deflate-gate’ Fekir blow for France MANILA: Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry vowed to win a second straight LISBON: France international striker Nabil Fekir has been ruled out for six LOS ANGELES: Star quarterback Tom Brady says he’s excited to play in New National Basketball Association title during a visit to the Philippines yesterday. Curry’s months after rupturing a cruciate ligament in his right knee during Friday England’s season opener and expressed his gratitude towards the US judge who visit to Manila was a godsend for the tens of millions of Filipinos who play or follow night’s 1-0 friendly win over Portugal. The Lyon player was forced off the pitch the game. struck down the NFL’s four-game suspension against him. “I look forward to the competition on the playing field and I hope the attention of NFL fans can return to in Lisbon after just 13 minutes and tests later revealed the extent of the dam- “We feel like we’re still the team to beat,” the NBA’s most valuable player (MVP) age, the French team confirmed. Coach Didier Deschamps had feared the worst told reporters in the capital when asked about his team’s odds of defending their title where it belongs,” Brady said, breaking his silence on the “Deflate-gate” fiasco on Friday night. “I also want to thank Judge Berman and his staff for their efforts to after the tie which Euro 2016 hosts French won thanks to a freekick taken by during the 2015-2016 season that starts on October 27. Curry led the substitute Mathieu Valbuena five minutes from time. Golden State Warriors to the NBA title over the Cleveland Cavaliers resolve this matter over the past five weeks. I am very grateful. “While I am pleased to be eligible to play, I am sorry our league had to endure “It’s very sad for Nabil, these are things that happen, in train- in June, setting a record for three-pointers made in a single play- ing, in competition,” said Deschamps. Here it happened after off run. this. I don’t think it has been good for our sport-to a large degree, we have all lost.” Brady-one of the biggest names in the National Football League-posted the state- 13 minutes. Our thoughts are with him.” “It’s going to be a different challenge for us. We’ve never ment on his Facebook page. Fekir, 22, was starting for the first time in five matches for defended an NBA championship before so it will be a new The ruling by US Judge Richard Berman not only paves the way for Brady to take France, but picked up the injury on his own without contact experience for us,” the 27-year-old added. the field with the Patriots against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Thursday’s NFL opener, “All eyes are on our team and every other team is trying to with another player as he moved to try and receive the ball. but is also a public relations embarrassment for commissioner Roger Goodell, call- knock us off our throne, so we have to be even better than we He was replaced by Atletico Madrid forward Antoine ing into question his role as the league’s ultimate authority. The NFL has said it will were last year to get back to the top.” Griezmann. Midfielder Blaise Matuidi said the injury overshad- appeal the decision. Curry won the most valuable player award in May after he owed an evening where Les Bleus had gotten back to winning While Brady may have won his appeal, he has faced criticism for the way he con- helped his team win a franchise-record 67 regular season ways after three losses in four games. “Nabil’s injury was the ducted himself during the investigation which was sparked by accusations that the low point of the evening, we’re very disappointed,” said games, averaging 23.8 points, 7.7 assists, 2.04 steals Patriots used balls inflated below the league minimum during their American and 4.3 rebounds. The affable point guard also the Paris Saint-Germain player. “We’re los- Conference championship victory over the Indianapolis Colts last season. The ing a very talented player. I hope he’ll be made 286 three-pointers, an NBA record for Patriots went on to win the Super Bowl. —AFP a single season. —AFP back very, very quickly.” —AFP Yankees block Rays, Cubs advance

NEW YORK: Rookie Luis Severino won his third straight Kelly won his seventh straight start. Mets starter Jacob deGrom allowed nine hits and Mateo (1-1), who faced two batters to start the sixth start and Alex Rodriguez hit his 681st career home run, Mookie Betts added an RBI double for Boston, which three runs in six innings. His ERA has climbed to 2.40 inning, took the loss. sending the New York Yankees over the Tampa Bay Rays entered the weekend 10-1-2 in its last 13 series against from 1.98 on Aug. 24, but he was in line for his 13th win 5-2 on Friday night for their sixth win in seven games. the Phillies. Odubel Herrera had a two-run homer and before an uncharacteristically shaky showing by the MARINERS 11, ATHLETICS 8 Brian McCann and Greg Bird also homered for the three hits for Philadelphia. bullpen in the seventh. Logan Morrison had three hits, including a two-run Yankees, who hold the top AL wild-card spot and are Kelly (9-6) gave up two runs on five hits in six innings. Rookie Michael Conforto, batting cleanup for the first double as part of Seattle’s six-run third inning. Kyle trying to catch East-leading Toronto. New York won with He’s the first Red Sox pitcher since Josh Beckett in 2007 time because injuries left the Mets short-handed, went Seager and Stefen Romero both homered while Brad just four hits - an infield tapper and three long balls. to win seven consecutive starts. Robbie Ross Jr. struck 0 for 6 with an RBI. David Wright went 0 for 5. Miller drove in three runs for the Mariners, who won Evan Longoria hit his third homer in two games for the out Ryan Howard for the final out of his first career save their third straight to clinch the season series between Rays, still on the edge of the wild-card race. The 40-year- after closer Jean Machi gave up three runs in the ninth. PIRATES 9, CARDINALS 3 the division rivals. old Rodriguez gave the Yankees the lead with a two-run Leading 3-2, Boston broke it open in the seventh, chas- JA Happ pitched seven scoreless innings and Starling Jose Ramirez (1-0), the second of eight Seattle pitch- drive in the second inning and the 21-year-old Severino ing Adam Morgan (5-5). Marte drove in three runs to lead Pittsburgh past St. ers, retired five batters for the win. The teams, which kept them ahead. Louis. Happ allowed only three singles and won for the entered with the worst records in the AL West, com- Severino (3-2) hit 97 mph with his fastball and threw NATIONALS 5 BRAVES 2 fourth time in six starts since being acquired from bined for 28 hits, including six doubles, one triple and shutout ball until Longoria’s homer in the sixth. The Michael Taylor had a pinch-hit three-run homer in Seattle at the July 31 trade deadline. He retired 15 three home runs. Danny Valencia had two hits, includ- righty has a 2.04 ERA after his first six big league starts. the bottom of the 10th inning to lift Washington. Bryce straight batters in one stretch, matched his season-high ing a grand slam for Oakland. Aaron Brooks (1-2) Jake Odorozzi (6-8) gave up five runs, three hits and two Harper, who hit his 32nd homer in the first inning, sin- with eight strikeouts and walked none. Happ (4-1) low- allowed six runs in 2 1-3 innings. — AP walks in 6 2/3 innings. gled off Matt Marksberry (0-3) leading off the 10th. ered his ERA with the Pirates to 1.57. Pittsburgh ended a Reliever Brandon Cunniff came on and Ryan four-game losing streak and cut St. Louis’ lead in the NL CUBS 14, DIAMONDBACKS 5 Zimmerman grounded a single up the middle, sending Central to 5 1/2 games. It was the Pirates’ fourth win in Anthony Rizzo hit a grand slam in Chicago’s eight- Harper to third. their last 17 games at Busch Stadium. MLB results/standings run fifth inning, and rookie Addison Russell homered Taylor, who missed the last two games with a sore Carlos Martinez (13-7), pitching for the first time in twice for the first time in his career to back Jon Lester. right knee, batted for Jonathan Papelbon and hit a 1-0 eight days, gave up four runs and seven hits and three Chicago Cubs 14, Arizona 5; NY Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 2; Javier Baez added a two-run shot - his first homer pitch over the wall in left-center for his 14th home run. walks in five innings. Washington 5, Atlanta 2 (10 innings); Baltimore 10, Toronto this season - and went 3 for 4 in his third game since his Washington tied the score on Matt den Dekker’s RBI 2; Cleveland 8, Detroit 1; Boston 7, Philadelphia 5; Miami 6, recall from the minors as the Cubs rolled to their third single with two outs in the ninth. Papelbon (3-1), in his ROCKIES 2, GIANTS 1 NY Mets 5 (11 Innings); Chicago White Sox 12, Kansas City win in five following a four-game losing streak. Rizzo’s longest outing of the season, pitched two scoreless Nolan Arenado and Carlos Gonzalez hit consecutive 1; Houston 8, Minnesota 0; Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis 3; 28th homer was his second career grand slam. Russell innings. Freddie Freeman had three hits for the Braves, homers in the first inning, backing a strong outing by Colorado 2, San Francisco 1; Seattle 11, Oakland 8; LA has three homers in his last four games and 12 this sea- who have lost 10 in a row for the first time since 2006. Jorge De La Rosa as Colorado handed San Francisco its Angels 5, Texas 2; LA Dodgers 8, San Diego 4. son. seventh straight loss. Lester (9-10) was staked to an early lead and ASTROS 8, TWINS 0 De La Rosa (9-6) allowed one run and six hits in seven American League rebounded after being hit hard in two of three prior Collin McHugh went 7 2/3 innings and Hank Conger innings. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out seven. Eastern Division starts. The left-hander’s command wasn’t razor sharp, hit a grand slam as the Houston Astros beat the Two of the strikeouts came in the sixth inning, helping W L PCT GB but good enough as he allowed two runs on five hits in Minnesota Twins. McHugh (15-7) gave up seven hits him get out of a jam and he induced an inning-ending Toronto 76 58 .567 - five innings before four Cubs relievers finished. Arizona and struck out six in picking up his second straight win. double play grounder from Juan Perez after giving up a NY Yankees 75 58 .564 0.5 rookie Zack Godley (4-1) gave up six runs, four hits and McHugh has allowed two runs or fewer in each of his one-out single to Kelby Tomlinson in the seventh. six walks in 3 2/3 innings. last six starts. Chris Heston (11-9) went 5 2-3 innings for the Giants Tampa Bay 66 68 .493 10 Colby Rasmus had two hits, including a monstrous and allowed seven hits and two runs, both on the solo Baltimore 65 69 .485 11 INDIANS 8, TIGERS 1 two-run homer into the upper deck in right field in the homers in the first. John Axford worked a scorless ninth Boston 62 72 .463 14 Jerry Sands homered, tripled and scored twice, and second inning to give the Astros a 3-0 lead. for his 19th save. Central Division Josh Tomlin pitched a four-hitter to lead Cleveland. The Conger upped the lead to 7-0 with the grand slam in Kansas City 82 52 .612 - Indians have won 10 of 14 as they try to stay in the the fourth into the Crawford Boxes in left field. After ANGELS 5, RANGERS 2 Minnesota 69 65 .515 13 American League wild-card race. Detroit has lost seven Evan Gattis, Jed Lowrie and Carlos Gomez led off the CJ Cron tripled, doubled, singled and drove in five Cleveland 65 68 .489 16.5 of eight and been outscored 71-21 in that stretch. inning with singles, Mike Pelfrey (6-9) struck out the runs as Los Angeles downed Texas. Garrett Richards (13- Chicago White Sox 63 70 .474 18.5 Tomlin (4-1) was moved up a day after scheduled next two hitters to set up Conger’s second grand slam 10) pitched five-hit ball into the seventh inning of his Detroit 61 73 .455 21 starter Corey Kluber couldn’t overcome a hamstring of the season. seventh consecutive win over Texas, and the Angels Western Division strain sustained in a bullpen session earlier in the week. opened a homestand with their third straight win. Houston 74 61 .548 - He allowed one run on four hits and a walk while strik- WHITE SOX 12, ROYALS 1 Shin-Soo Choo had an RBI triple in the seventh for Texas 70 63 .526 3 ing out five. His last complete game was June 28, 2014 John Danks threw a seven-hitter and Adam Eaton the Rangers, who had won six of seven. Cron came LA Angels 68 66 .507 5.5 in Seattle. matched his career high with four hits, including a through with a bases-loaded, two-out single in the third Seattle 64 71 .474 10 Kyle Lobstein (3-6), who had been sidelined since three-run homer, to lead Chicago. for the Angels’ first runs against Martin Perez (2-4). The Oakland 58 77 .430 16 May 23 with a shoulder injury, allowed six runs on eight Alexei Ramirez also had four hits - tying his career streaky designated hitter added an RBI triple in the fifth hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings. high - drove in two runs and scored three times. Tyler and a run-scoring double in the seventh, improving to a National League Flowers also hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning. jaw-dropping 23 for 50 (.460) with 17 RBIs against Texas Eastern Division ORIOLES 10, BLUE JAYS 2 Eaton went back-to-back with Jose Abreu, his 25th, in a this season. NY Mets 74 60 .552 - Chris Davis hit two home runs to take the major five-run eighth off Jeremy Guthrie. Washington 69 65 .515 5 league lead with 40, Matt Wieters and Adam Jones both Danks (7-12), who snapped a personal four-game DODGERS 8, PADRES 4 Miami 56 79 .415 18.5 connected as Baltimore cruised past Toronto. losing streak, owns a 10-2 record in 21 career starts Justin Ruggiano and Adrian Gonzalez hit two-run Atlanta 54 81 .400 20.5 Ubaldo Jimenez (10-9) pitched 5 2/3 innings for the against the Royals. Three of his seven victories this sea- homers and Chase Utley added a solo blast in a five-run Philadelphia 53 82 .393 21.5 victory as the Orioles won consecutive games for the son are over the AL Central-leading Royals. sixth inning as Los Angeles hit five homers. Central Division first time since beating Oakland on Aug. 16-17. After scoring 27 runs and notching 34 hits in crush- Carl Crawford and rookie Scott Schebler added solo St. Louis 86 48 .642 - Toronto’s lead atop the AL East shrank to one-half ing Detroit the previous two games, the Royals man- home runs as the Dodgers increased their NL West lead Pittsburgh 80 53 .602 5.5 game as the second-place New York Yankees beat aged just seven hits off Danks. The White Sox scored to a season-high 7 1-2 games over San Francisco. The Chicago Cubs 76 57 .571 9.5 Tampa Bay 5-2. Davis opened the scoring by leading off three runs in the first off Kris Medlen (3-1). Dodgers, who have won nine of 11, lead the NL with Milwaukee 58 75 .436 27.5 the second inning with a second-deck drive to right, 162 home runs. Cincinnati 55 77 .417 30 then broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run shot in the sixth. MARLINS 6, METS 5 Mike Bolsinger (6-3), who spent August with Triple-A Western Division Both homers came off Blue Jays right-hander Drew Martin Prado’s fifth hit of the game was a two-out Oklahoma City, allowed two hits in five innings, but LA Dodgers 76 58 .567 - Hutchison (13-3). Davis moved past Seattle’s Nelson double in the 11th inning that scored Christian Yelich they were both home runs. Matt Kemp hit a two-run San Francisco 69 66 .511 7.5 Cruz for the home-run lead. from first base and gave the Miami Marlins a 6-5 victory homer in the first and Jedd Gyorko had a solo homer in Arizona 65 70 .481 11.5 over the New York Mets. the third. San Diego 65 70 .481 11.5 RED SOX 7, PHILLIES 5 The Mets tied the seesaw game with a run in the Padres pinch-hitter Brett Wallace hit a solo homer in Colorado 56 78 .418 20 Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a solo homer and David Ortiz an ninth but they stranded 13 runners, including three in the eighth as the teams tied the Petco Park record for RBI double in Boston’s four-run seventh inning as Joe the eighth and three more in the ninth. combined home runs in one game with eight. Marcos

NEW YORK: Tampa Bay Rays catcher JP Arencibia watches as New York Yankees’ Greg Bird hits a two-run home run CHICAGO: Arizona Diamondbacks starter Zack Godley pitches against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning of off of Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi in the seventh inning. — AP a baseball game. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 SPORTS Italy old boys under pressure to perform

LONDON: After a player strike, a poor and Wales and tensions in the camp A settlement was reached, but the There are genuine talents in the Italy Giovanbattista Vendetti and Leonardo Six Nations and a precipitous fall down have been bubbling away ever since. incident will have done little to help squad, however, none more important Sarto and centre Luca Morisi. the world rankings, Italy’s preparations Italy’s Federation president Alfredo coach Jacques Brunel craft a stable and than 31-year-old captain Sergio Parisse, But any positivity on the playing side for the Rugby World Cup could hardly Gavazzi said he was “tired of Italy’s harmonious environment in the lead- who could be set for his last World Cup is likely to be offset by the absence of have been more difficult. pensioners” in a jibe at senior mem- up to the tournament. Frenchman and will want to go out with a bang. New Zealand-born Haimona, who will That they will also be without first- bers of the squad after they slid to Brunel, who will be standing down The Stade Francais number eight is miss out after sustaining a broken arm choice flyhalf Kelly Haimona in Pool D 15th in the rankings below Georgia, after the World Cup, has made efforts widely considered to be one of the in Italy’s Six Nations finale against alongside France and Ireland with only Japan, Tonga and Fiji. Gavazzi was to turn Italy into an expansive side. game’s best in his position and his abili- Wales. Haimona had harboured hopes the top two qualifying means their reported to have tried to reduce play- Hooker Leonardo Ghiraldini, how- ty to get past the gain-line will be cru- of returning at some point during their hopes of success look slim. ers’ appearance fees in favour of a sys- ever, has said they still lack the mental cial to any Italian success. pool fixtures, where they also face Things started to look bleak for Italy tem of win bonuses, prompting the strength to survive setbacks and prop Despite Gavazzi’s pensioners jibe, Romania and Canada, but he failed to as their Six Nations campaign turned squad to down tools shortly after arriv- Martin Castrogiovanni has claimed the there are also some bright young Italian make the cut when the squad was sour with thumping defeats by France ing at a World Cup warm-up camp. side needs a psychologist. talents emerging like wingers announced.—Reuters Romania want to crack one-win barrier

BUCHAREST: The odds are stacked against Oaks at the 2007 World Cup in France, Romania progressing beyond the World missed the tournament in New Zealand Cup’s pool phase for the first time and even four years ago after withdrawing at the a target of two victories seem hardly very last moment due to a fear of flying. achievable. The Black Sea team are known for their The Oaks, who have played in every huge forwards, led by Mihai Lazar, who has World Cup since the inaugural tournament played in France since 2009 and won a Top in 1987 but notched only five wins, may 14 title with Castres Olympique two years return home empty handed from a tough ago. Pool D the includes France, Ireland, Italy “I want this World Cup to remain in and Canada. Romanian rugby history as the first time Romania won the Nations Cup, also we’ve achieved two victories,” said Lazar. known as the ‘Six Nations B’, for the third Romania will automatically qualify for the time in four years in June yet such is the 2019 World Cup in Japan if they finish third shortage of quality players at the team’s in their pool. Romania, ranked 17th, will be disposal that a single victory should be aiming to erase memories of their winless seen as a success. Lynn Howells’s men are 2011 campaign with victory over Canada, set to rely again on a strong team ethic who they beat 18-9 in a test last November and hard work without high-profile names. when flyhalf Florin Vlaicu, their record Romania’s backs are not from the top points scorer with 554, landed six penalties. drawer, so fans will be looking to flanker For much of the 20th century, Romania Mihai Macovei, the team’s captain, as their were the sixth best team in Europe, ahead main hope. of Italy, and on the verge of joining the Five Former Wales caretaker coach Howells, Nations in the mid-1980s. In England, the who took charge of Romania in 2012, will Oaks hope pride and emotion fuelled by also rely on fullback Catalin Fercu’s experi- their desire to expand their game can over- ence as a professional. come rankings, form and logic when they The Saracens speedster, who has 78 test face the Azzurri in their final pool match in caps and made three appearances for The Exeter on Oct. 11. —Reuters

LONDON: England’s Sam Burgess tries to off load in the tackle during an international rugby union match between England and Ireland at Twickenham Stadium. —AP England get timely boost

TWICKENHAM: England signed off for the World the left hand corner with Ford converting. threat of being overrun in the first half, Joe Cup with a 21-13 victory but Stuart Lancaster’s May turned sinner moments later handed the Schmidt’s men were suddenly right back in with men made heavy weather of beating Ireland Irish a penalty and Jonathan Sexton kicked a chance of upsetting the home side and the after threatening to blow them away earlier in Ireland’s first points which bounced on the cross- odds as England began to show some nerves. the warm-up contest yesterday. Tries from Jonny bar and over. But that provided temporary Both sides made wholesale changes as a May and Anthony Watson ensured the respite for the Irish as George Ford’s high punt to game which was lively, exciting and full of inci- Twickenham fans went away with smiles on their the right wing saw Watson leap like a salmon dent went through a quiet phase with neither faces, even more relishing the start of the World and out-jump Zebo. managing to create any real pressure on the Cup with England’s opening pool game with Fiji The talented wing plucked the ball out of the opponents line. on September 18. air and grounded it over the line as he fell back England threw on ex-rugby league man Sam Ireland were unable to bounce back from to earth. It was another stunning moment of Burgess in a bid to add some more strength and their recent loss to Wales, and will have plenty of athleticism and skill from the youngster tipped power to their back line but his first two pieces food for thought over the next couple of weeks to be a real World Cup sensation. Ireland lost of action resulted in a forward pass and knock before their opening World Cup contest. scrum-half Conor Murray to concussion after his on. England captain Chris Robshaw and his men head connected with England prop Joe Marler. Not the kind of impact Burgess was hoping to led 12-3 having taken the game by the scruff of May thought he had a second try in the 26th make as he attempts to snatch a starting spot the neck with a stirring first-half display. minute when running over the line unchal- against Fiji. England finally gained some May used sheer strength, power and determi- lenged. But, after a series of TV replays, it was renewed momentum and long series of phases nation to crash his way over for the opening try ruled out for a forward final pass from hooker saw them knocking on the Irish line. within three minutes of the start. Tom Youngs. Replacement scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth Like a man on a special mission to cement his Ford and Sexton exchanged penalties at the cut in and desperately tried to plant the ball on World Cup starting spot, he did his own Jonah start of the second half but then came an Irish the line but was tackled by Ireland replacement Lomu impression on rival wing Tommy Bowe resurgence with captain Paul O’Connell leading hooker Richardt Strauss. and then full-back Simon Zebo. Both Irish the way. However, referee Nigel Owens ruled the defenders left sprawled on the ground as A strong forwards drive from the visitors from England man had come up short but a penalty Gloucester ace May grabbed Ben Youngs’ pass a line-out to the veteran lock forcing his way from replacement No10 Owen Farrell sealed vic- out wide and charged through and over them in over for a try converted by Sexton. From the tory. —AFP Mihai Macovei Canada looking to Clermont defeat Oyonnax break win drought PARIS: Clermont maintained their through to touch down. binned for pulling an opponent’s hair. under the posts-Regis Lespinas con- perfect start to the Top 14 season yes- Lopez, who many believe should Clermont added another try in his verting for 34-24. Toulouse also CALGARY: A two-win target at breakdown and gave away too terday as they ran in five tries includ- have been in the France World Cup absence, Adrien Plante going over in looked to be cruising to victory over the World Cup looks like a mighty many penalties and turnovers. ing a superb one by former All Black squad, converted all three and kicked the far corner after Nick Castres thanks to an early try for tall order for Canada, stinging Canada have impressive backs star Hosea Gear to record a 41-24 win a penalty to boot with the hosts sole Abendandon’s crunching tackle on Corey Flynn and regular penalties by from a disappointing Pacific and can look good on the count- away at Oyonnax. contributor four penalties by veteran Ivory Coast winger Silvere Tian had Flood. Nations Cup and a troubling er-attack, but they struggle Indeed the visitors claimed their Welsh fly-half Nicky Robinson to send given the visitors back possession- However, a try 10 minutes from record of no victories so far in scrummaging against heavy-duty third bonus win in as many games the sides in with Clermont 24-12 up. Lopez added the extras for 34-12. half-time by Romain Martial-set up by 2015. packs and have issues in the line- when Alivereti Raka went over in the outstanding captain Alex Tulou-made Coach Kieran Crowley is look- out. final move of the match in the 84th it into a competitive game. ing for the two wins Canada, who Without a forward platform, minute. Clermont top the table by But Flood ensured Toulouse made have played at every World Cup, wings Jeff Hassler and DTH van three points from Toulouse. Toulouse it three wins from three in the post need to guarantee qualification der Merwe will have few opportu- also made it three wins from three Guy Noves era with a try 14 minutes for the 2019 tournament in Japan nities to shine. games-although none have been from full-time and a conversion by with Ireland, France, Italy and In the key half back positions, with a bonus point-as they eased to a scrum-half Sebastien Bezy made it Romania lining up to deny them Phil Mack and Gord McRorie are 37-20 win over Castres, former 30-13. in Pool D. competing to be first choice England fly-half Toby Flood scoring Brice Mach reduced the deficit At 18th in the world, Canada scrumhalf, while Nathan Hirayama 20 of the victors points including a with a nice try in the left hand corner are the lowest-ranked team in the and Liam Underwood are fighting try, but Racing-Metro who were the but Bezy replied with another pool and highly unlikely to equal it out for the No. 10 jersey. only other unbeaten side going into Toulouse try as the game drew to an their previous best result when Strength in depth among the the weekend slipped-up badly losing end with their fourth touchdown. they reached the quarter-finals in forwards is a concern however, 30-18 to newboys Agen, for whom Both sides suffered worrying 1991. illustrated by the fact that No. 8 Canada lost their four matches Aaron Carpenter has also won this was their first win of the season. injuries to both their first choice fly- in the Pacific Nations Cup in caps playing in the front row as a Clermont tore the Oyonnax halves. Castres Argentinian playmak- August but showed signs of hooker. defence to shreds in the first-half run- er Benjamin Urdapilleta suffering a improvement as the tournament Carpenter captained Canada in ning in three tries, the first saw Gear leg injury, and Toulouse’s former All progressed, losing only narrowly the test against the United States, round off a superb passing move. Black Luke McAlister went off in the in the last few minutes to both taking over from utility forward Fijian centre Albert Vulivili, signed first-half and had an ankle strapped to fill in while the World Cup is on, with ice. Samoa and the United States. Tyler Ardron, who injured his knee Hosea Gear However, a 41-23 home loss to during the Pacific Nations Cup but added a second eight minutes from Last season’s second tier champi- the United States in a more recent is expected to be fit for the World the break taking the ball from Camille ons Pau look set for a long hard sea- World Cup warm-up raised fur- Cup. One notable absentee in Lopez on the 22 and breaking Lopez added a penalty shortly Oyonnax did at least cross the try- son-at least till their star All Black ther questions for Crowley before Canada’s squad is 36-year-old full- through the soft-centred defence, after the restart to make it 27-12. line-Clermont were down to 14 men signings Conrad Smith and Colin he named his 31-man tournament back James Pritchard, Canada’s brushing aside Irish opposite number Oyonnax suffered a further blow with No8 Fritz Lee sin-binned- Slade arrive after the World Cup-as roster. leading all-time points scorer, who Eamon Sheridan. when 33-year-old Robinson limped replacement hooker Jeremie they were thrashed 41-15 away at Speaking after the match, for- announced his international retire- A minute later and former off with the second-half barely 10 Maurouard touching down in the far Grenoble, for whom former Racing- mer All Black Crowley said his ment after being left off Crowley’s England wing David Strettle came minutes old and just afterwards they corner in the 70th minute. Metro fly-half Jonathan Wisniewski team had not competed at the provisional roster. —Reuters off his flank unobserved and fed a were reduced to 14 as former Toulon The 22-year-old doubled his tally scored 21 points including one of pass by the impressive Lopez broke flanker Pierrick Gunther was sin- four minutes later burrowing over their five tries. —AFP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 SPORTS

Closed cockpits in Formula One? Not so fast

MONZA: The idea of enveloping Formula One drivers in awful and restricted his visibility. The death last month in bottom of a bottle, thick glass could also hinder drivers’ en wishbone, that would wrap around in front of the closed cockpits to better protect them from flying debris IndyCar of British driver Justin Wilson after a flying piece vision. driver at head level and rest on a central strut. and crashes is more complicated than it sounds. of crash debris struck his helmet is, understandably, To be suitable in F1, the canopy would “need to have Another idea is to have two thin blades that would The governing body of motorsport, the FIA, has tried, prompting renewed calls for greater protection. very high optical quality,” said Whiting, “and for that it poke up from the flat space in front of the driver’s steer- and for the moment, rejected closed cockpits for F1 after “You have got to get a canopy on the car of some would be massively heavy.” ing wheel, again to deflect away debris. More tests are they tested one concept by firing heavy tires at the sort because we can’t have this happening as much as it DEATH TRAP? Another concern is that drivers could scheduled for this month. “It’s not going to be as good as canopy of an F-16 fighter jet. has over the past few years,” McLaren-Honda driver and become trapped under canopies meant to protect them. a canopy but it won’t have the disadvantages that the F1 is, however, working toward a compromise that former world champion Jenson Button, said in Monza “There are major problems extracting injured drivers canopy has,” said Whiting. will increase driver protection while keeping cockpits ahead of the Italian Grand Prix this weekend. “There has from closed cars,” said Whiting. “If the car was slightly MIDDLE GROUND: In short, F1 seems headed for a open, says race director Charlie Whiting. been a lot of head injuries which have ended up in damaged and was on fire, and you couldn’t get it (the compromise solution that will both respect its open- Tradition and aesthetics are considerations, too. Since death, so it has to change.” canopy) off, no one would be able to take the driver out.” cockpit tradition and look but also offer drivers better the shockingly unsafe early days of F1 when drivers But based on FIA testing so far, the solution isn’t likely OTHER CONCEPTS: The FIA experimented a couple protection without fully enveloping them. Whiting says raced without safety belts and in flimsy leather caps, to be a closed canopy. “We’ve looked at fully closed cock- of years ago with thick bars and struts attached to the that if this month’s tests are successful, the technology cockpits have always been open, allowing spectators to pits ... and we’ve rejected them for a number of reasons,” top of a car, directly in front of the driver. The contraption could be introduced for 2017. What we’re trying to do is see the men battling to control their speedy machines. F1 race director Whiting said in an interview Friday at could deflect large objects, like flying tires, protecting reduce the risk while accepting the fact that it’s an open- Bolting a transparent dome or clunky safety bars Monza with The Associated Press. Here’s why: the occupant, but looked ugly. cockpit formula,” Whiting said. “It’s inevitable that we will onto F1 cars will ruin their sleek lines. A debris-deflecting TOO HEAVY: Tires fired at the F-16 canopy did “It was a pretty chunky and, dare I say it, horrible- end up with something that will protect the driver more, pyramid-shaped contraption already tested by the FIA bounce harmlessly off. But the glass needs to be thick. looking thing,” said Whiting. More recent concepts are but not as a closed cockpit, unless something miraculous on a car that Lotus driver Romain Grosjean tested looked That would make them heavy. Like peering through the more elegant. They include a hoop, shaped like a chick- happens and we can overcome those problems.” — AP Hamilton storms to 11th pole in 12 races

MONZA: Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton saw off a strong Ferrari challenge at the Italian team’s home Grand Prix to seal his seventh pole posi- tion in a row and 11th in 12 races yester- day. The Mercedes driver, whose team mate and title rival Nico Rosberg will start fourth after engine problems forced him to revert to using one with- out the latest updates, now has 49 career poles. The pole, in bright sunshine, was the Briton’s fourth at Monza and 23rd in suc- cession for Mercedes, one short of the record set by the Williams team in 1992- 93. Kimi Raikkonen joined him on the front row with Ferrari team mate Sebastian Vettel qualifying third. “These guys did a great job, they are very close,” said Hamilton, who leads Rosberg by 28 points in the champi- LONDON: England’s Eoin Morgan plays a shot off the bowling of Australia’s Glenn Maxwell during the One Day onship, of his Ferrari rivals after taking International cricket match. — AP pole with a lap of one minute 23.397 seconds and two tenths faster than Raikkonen. “My Spa lap was better,” he Malik gets added, referring to his Belgian pole of Australia two weeks earlier. Vettel, who could become the first driver since Stirling PCB contract Moss in the 1950s to win at Monza with defeat three different teams, hoped Ferrari ISLAMABAD: Allrounder Shoaib Malik is a surprise inclu- would have a chance on Sunday but sion among six players awarded category A contracts by the made clear Hamilton was the over- ITALY: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain (center) pole position, is Pakistan Cricket Board yesterday. England whelming favorite. flanked by Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland (right) second fastest time, Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq, Twenty20 skipper Shahid “I think it’s a fantastic result, second and Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany, who set the third fastest time, Afridi, batsman Younis Khan and allrounder Mohammad and third and very close to Lewis,” said LONDON: Australia beat England by 64 runs to win the after the qualifying session for today’s Formula One Italian Grand Prix. — AP Hafeez were retained in the top category while ODI captain the German, racing for the first time in second one-day international at Lord’s yesterday as they Azhar Ali has been elevated from category C to A. The 33- Italy in Ferrari red. went 2-0 up in the five-match series. weekend, knew this place is not our renewal.” The Williams pairing of Felipe year-old Malik was recalled for the limited overs series “Sorry Lewis, but I wouldn’t mind if But an otherwise routine win was overshadowed when strongest probably but in the end the Massa and Valtteri Bottas qualified fifth against Zimbabwe at home in May after two years and you are not on the podium,” he grinned. England all-rounder Ben Stokes was controversially given car turned out to be pretty good in and sixth with Mexican Sergio Perez scored a century against the African nation. “You can be, but if we are both ahead of out obstructing the field-a dismissal greeted by jeers round qualifying conditions,” said the Finn. seventh for Force India. Malik had not been part of the PCB’s central contract for you that would obviously be a dream Lord’s. “It’s nice to be here, a home race for Toro Rosso’s Dutch teenager Max the last two years since he was dropped after the 2013 come true. Sent into bat, world champions Australia made 309 for us. This was our best qualifying perform- Verstappen failed to set a lap time Champions Trophy due to lack of form. Fast bowler Umar “I think dreaming is allowed but you seven in a match reduced by rain to 49 overs per side, cap- ance this year as a team so we will try after his car’s engine cover blew off in Gul, recovering from knee surgery, has been ignored by the have to be realistic. It’s going to be a tain Steven Smith top-scoring with 70 and all-rounder and give another good go tomorrow the first phase of qualifying-the first PCB in the list of 27 players, who were given contracts in four tough race tomorrow and these guys Mitchell Marsh making 64 towards the end of the innings. and get a good result for ourselves and time he has failed to reach the second categories for a period in between July 2015-June 2016. Fast (Mercedes) have some serious pace.” England in reply saw captain Eoin Morgan, infuriated by our fans.” The Finn’s performance drew stage in his 12-race career. He should bowler Junaid Khan and Saeed Ajmal had been demoted Raikkonen, the 2007 champion for Stokes’s dismissal, top-score with 85 before he was last immediate praise from watching Ferrari move up the grid once a mass of from category A to B while Umar Akmal also slipped into cat- Ferrari, said it was nice to be back on the man out in a total of 245. chairman Sergio Marchionne: “We saw a penalties on cars ahead, including egory C from B. Tall fast bowler Mohammad Irfan gets a pro- front row in front of the tifosi after a No other batsman made more than 43 as Australia won different Kimi. I was expecting that Kimi both Red Bulls and McLarens, are tak- motion from category D to C.—AP long absence. “We expected a strong with 39 balls to spare in an innings where fast bowler Pat would have relaxed after his contract ing into account. — Reuters Cummins took four for 56. The series continues at Old Trafford on Tuesday. — AFP Stokes dismissal sparks Lord’s fury SCOREBOARD LONDON: Boos rang out around Lord’s after England batsman tion” and does allow batsmen to protect themselves from verdict being booed by a crowd renowned for being one of LONDON: Scoreboard in the second one-day internation- Ben Stokes was controversially given out obstructing the field injury. After lengthy deliberation and the consideration of the least partisan in England. However, former Australia fast against Australia in the second one-day international yester- slow-motion, but not real-time replays, with Stokes not hav- bowler Merv Hughes, leading a tour group of supporters, sig- al between England and Australia at Lord’s yesterday day. ing much time to make a conscious decision, West Indian offi- nalled for the batsman to get off the field. Lord’s based (match reduced by rain to 49 overs per side): The all-rounder struck s straight drive which was stopped cial Wilson gave him out for 10. Marylebone Cricket Club are responsible for the Laws of the by bowler Mitchell Starc. Left-arm paceman Starc then hurled England were then 141 for four in the 25th over, chasing game. As in so much of cricket, the issue came down to the Australia the ball back hard towards Stokes’s end who, leaning back 310 to win, with World Cup champions Australia already 1-0 interpretation of the relevant rule, in this case, Law 37, J. Burns b Finn 22 back and turning his head away, stopped it with a hand taken up in the five-match series. Eoin Morgan, the England captain, Obstructing the field. Stokes’s manner of dismissal was rare- D. Warner ret hurt 1 off the bat. who was also batting at the time talked to both Australia skip- this was the 3,681st ODI and the Durham man was only the S. Smith c Taylor b Rashid 70 Australia appealed and on-field umpires Kumar per Steven Smith-presumably in the hope of getting the sixth batsman to be given out obstructing the field at this lev- G. Bailey b Ali 54 Dharmasena of Sri Lanka and former England batsman Tim appeal withdrawn-and the on-field umpires. el after India’s Mohinder Amarnath and the Pakistani quartet G. Maxwell lbw b Finn 49 Robinson referred the issue to third umpire Joel Wilson. But the decision stood and as Stokes walked off at ‘the of Rameez Raja, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez and S. Watson c Plunkett b Stokes 39 The relevant cricket Law or rule talks about “wilful obstruc- home of cricket’ there was the unusual sound of an umpire’s Anwar Ali. — AFP M. Marsh c Buttler b Stokes 64 M. Wade c and b Stokes 1 N. Coulter-Nile not out 0 Extras (lb3, w5, nb1) 9 Total (7 wkts, 49 overs) 309 Did not bat: M Starc, P Cummins Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Burns), 2-141 (Bailey), 3-171 (Smith), 4-218 (Maxwell), 5-281 (Watson), 6-295 (Wade), 7-309 (Marsh) Bowling: Finn 9-0-55-2 (2w); Woakes 8-1-37-0 (1w); Plunkett 8-0-42-0; Stokes 9-0-60-3 (1nb, 2w); Rashid 7-0- 44-1; Ali 8-1-68-1

England A. Hales c Smith b Coulter-Nile 18 J. Roy c Wade b Cummins 31 J. Taylor c Wade b Marsh 43 E. Morgan c Maxwell b Cummins 85 B. Stokes obstructing the field 10 J. Buttler lbw b Maxwell 0 M. Ali c Marsh b Maxwell 8 C. Woakes c Wade b Cummins 6 A. Rashid c Coulter-Nile b Cummins 2 L. Plunkett b Starc 24 S. Finn not out 1 Extras (lb9, w6, nb2) 17 Total (all out, 42.3 overs) 245 Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Hales), 2-68 (Roy), 3-119 (Taylor), 4- 141 (Stokes), 5-142 (Buttler), 6-171 (Ali), 7-183 (Woakes), 8-187 (Rashid), 9-242 (Plunkett), 10-245 (Morgan) Bowling: Starc 7-0-35-1 (2nb, 3w); Coulter-Nile 8-1-50-1; Marsh 9-0-51-1; Cummins 8.3-0-56-4 (3w); Maxwell 10-0- 44-2 Result: Australia won by 64 runs. LONDON: England’s Ben Stokes dives back to his wicket as he is hit by a throw by Australia’s Mitchell Starc and given out for obstructing the field during the One Day International cricket match. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 SPORTS Adios amigo as Nadal loses battle with time

NEW YORK: Rafael Nadal headed back was slower than in his pomp before believe I should do, then they have the 10, his lowest in a decade. When he lost two years will be crucial. After all, his to Mallorca yesterday with his US Open quickly qualifying that statement with possibility to attack,” said Nadal, the to Dustin Brown, the dreadlocked world great rival Roger Federer won a seventh campaign over and his career seeming- an insistence that he was only joking. champion in New York in 2010 and number 102, in the Wimbledon second Wimbledon when he was almost 31 in ly at the point of no return. The great But the facts tell a different story. 2013. round, even his coach and uncle Toni 2012. Many in the sport think that Nadal Spanish warrior was once again fending Fognini fired 70 winners past Nadal in “Now it remains to have again the feared the worst. should follow Federer’s example in off questions over his future in the his 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 win, his third speed, that extra speed on the ball, on “I want to think that Rafa can win the another way by hiring extra help to sport, just as he had done after quarter- victory over the Spaniard this year. the winner. I want the defence a little US Open, but the odds are small. It’s a back-up Toni, who has coached him final exits at the Australian and French The Italian also broke serve nine bit more longer, and hit easier winners. worrying day,” Toni said at the time. since he was four. Opens and a second-round loss at times, including seven breaks in succes- “Was tough for me to hit winners There are constantly questions over Federer brought Stefan Edberg on Wimbledon. The 29-year-old, 14-time sion. In the first round, teenager Borna tonight. But that’s it. Not a big story. Nadal’s fitness after a career-long battle board to work alongside longtime major winner crashed to his earliest exit Coric took Nadal to four sets, sending Just improve small things that make a to preserve his knees as fit for purpose. coach Severin Luthi. Novak Djokovic has in New York in 10 years at the hands of 31 winners past his laboring opponent. big difference.” But the small things He has missed seven Grand Slams Boris Becker teamed up with Marian an inspired, straight-shooting Fabio Even pint-sized Diego Schwartzman have been a long time coming in 2015. through injury since his 2003 debut at Vajda while Andy Murray works with Fognini, the 32nd seed, in the early guided 28 winners beyond the eighth Nadal has already lost 15 times this Wimbledon. Three of those have come Jonas Bjorkman and Amelie Mauresmo. hours of Saturday. seed’s reach and broke three times in year compared to 11 in all of 2014, sev- in the last three years. He skipped the “I would bring in somebody that The third round loss also meant that, his second match. “We can be talking en in 2013 and just six in 2012. He has defence of his US Open title in 2014 due knows the type of game that Nadal has for the first time since 2004, Nadal for one hour trying to create a reason. defeated just two top-10 rivals all year to a wrist injury and to add insult to to play now to get back,” legendary would go through a season without at But the sport for me is simple, no? If and suffered only his second ever career injury he then underwent an appendec- coach Nick Bollettieri told CNN. “Maybe least one Grand Slam title. you are playing with less confidence defeat at the French Open, where he tomy as he shut down most of the sec- bring in somebody that hears all the In a 2am media conference full of and you are hitting balls without creat- had won nine titles. ond half of the season. gossip on the street, that knows what’s mixed messages, he admitted that he ing the damage on the opponent that I After Paris, his ranking slumped to Nadal has always believed the next going on.” —AFP Day back in contention

NORTON: Jason Day kept his spectacular “It’s been a rough stretch of golf for the run of form going as he moved into con- last couple of months so to shoot something tention for the Deutsche Bank like this was a pleasant surprise.” England’s Championship on Friday, ending the open- former world number one Luke Donald, pre- ing round three shots behind surprise leader cariously placed at 87th in the FedExCup Brendon de Jonge. standings coming into this week, was While American world number two among a group of nine players tied for sec- Jordan Spieth struggled for a second week ond after opening with a 67. in a row, Day put himself in good position to Masters and US Open champion Spieth, vie for a fourth PGA Tour win in five starts by who missed the cut at The Barclays last week carding a three-under-par 68 on a tricky day after struggling with his driving and wedge for scoring at the TPC Boston. play, endured further problems with his The 27-year-old Australian, who won the short game as he piled up eight bogeys and opener in the lucrative four-event playoff four birdies in an opening 75. series by six shots at The Barclays last week, That left him a distant 10 strokes off the birdied five of his first 13 holes to set the ear- pace and the 22-year-old Texan, clearly frus- ly tournament pace before slipping back trated, declined to speak to the media after with two late bogeys. signing his card. “I was making everything I looked at, and Northern Irish world number one Rory then it slowly dried up,” world number three McIlroy, back on the PGA Tour after skipping Day told reporters about his putting on The Barclays last week, got to three under lightning-fast greens in breezy conditions. before bogeying his last two holes for a 70. “It was a very patient day. Once you’re “I felt like I hit the ball very well,” said frustrated, you’re going to make some men- McIlroy. “These greens are probably the tal errors and it’s going to be bad for you.” fastest I have putted on in a while. “I was Burly Zimbabwean de Jonge, still seek- hitting the ball a little bit too hard at times NEW YORK: Eugenie Bouchard, of Canada serves to Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia during the third round of the US Open tennis ing a first PGA Tour win in his eighth full- and under-reading them ... I just need to tournament. —AP time season on the US circuit, was delighted adjust to that.” with his round after recent struggles and The top 70 players on the FedExCup Nadal falls in five, Serena fights on missed cuts in his previous two starts. “I’m points list after the Deutsche Bank advance more shocked than anything else,” the 35- to the Sept. 17-20 BMW Championship in year-old said after racking up seven birdies Lake Forest, Illinois where the leading 30 will NEW YORK: Rafael Nadal made his earliest US Open while, battled through mistakes and the tension of Volandri in his ATP debut at Umag in 2004. exit in a decade Friday, suffering his first Grand Slam her quest for tennis history. Williams fought back to “It was a tough three sets,” Djokovic said. “Just and a lone bogey in his 65 to seize a two- qualify for the Tour Championship finale in defeat after leading by two sets, while Serena defeat 101st-ranked US compatriot Bethanie Mattek- hanging in there. Be patient for your opportunities. stroke lead. Atlanta the following week. —Reuters Williams rallied to keep her calendar Slam dream Sands 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 at Arthur Ashe Stadium and needs You try to cash in when they come.” Next up is alive. Spanish eighth seed Nadal, whose 14 Slam only four more triumphs to complete the first calen- Spanish 23rd seed Roberto Bautista Agut, who titles include the 2010 and 2013 US Open crowns, fell dar Slam since Steffi Graf in 1988. advanced when 14th-seeded Belgian David Goffin victim to 32nd-seeded Italian Fabio Fognini 3-6, 4-6, Williams, holder of all four major titles, also seeks retired while leading 6-2, 7-5, 3-6, 1-3. 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 at Arthur Ashe Stadium. her 22nd career Slam singles crown to match Graf’s A Grand Slam record 13 men have retired from Nadal had not lost so early on the New York hard- Open Era record. The 33-year-old American went to matches at this tournament. Croatian ninth seed courts since a third-round ouster in 2005 by three sets for the 10th time in 24 Grand Slam match- Marin Cilic barely escaped making the earliest exit of American James Blake. The 29-year-old left-hander es this year and stayed perfect, eight of those fight- any defending champion since Andre Agassi in 1999 had been 151-0 in Slam matches when leading by backs after first-set defeats. before outlasting 56th-ranked Kazak Mikhail two sets. “He played great,” Nadal said. “It’s not that I “I’m not trying to live on the edge,” Williams said. “I Kukushkin 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/1), 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 6-1. lost. He wins. I’m not happy but I accept he was bet- don’t think I came out too slow. I think Bethanie “It wasn’t easy but I stayed together and got it ter. I didn’t play bad. I fight until the last point. It was came out really well. I had to adapt to her game and I done,” Cilic said. Cilic next meets French 27th seed not enough.” Fognini imposed seven consecutive finally got some rhythm going toward the end of the Jeremy Chardy, who ousted Spanish seventh seed service breaks upon Nadal in the fourth and fifth sets, second set.” Williams struggled early, hitting only 52 David Ferrer 7-6 (8/6) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. smacking 70 winners past the iconic star in a fantas- percent of first serves in the first set, when she also Venus Williams, 35, eased sister Serena’s path to tic effort. “I can’t describe how happy I am,” Fognini made half her 28 unforced errors. But Williams found the final by ousting the top-rated rival on their side said. “It was very tough. To do it against Rafa, two sets her form late in the second set and dominated there- of the draw, defeating 12th-seeded Swiss teen down. It was an incredible match.” after. “She stepped up,” Mattek-Sands said. “She’s a Belinda Bencic 6-3, 6-4. Fognini, 32, booked a last-16 date with 18th-seed- great closer. She always has been. You can see when Bencic, 18, inflicted the most recent defeat upon ed Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, who eliminated she’s confident in her shots.” Serena last month in a Toronto semi-final, but fell to Canadian 10th seed Milos Raonic 6-2, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3. Three-time defending champion Williams, who 0-4 against Venus, who fired 31 winners against 15 Nadal lost to Fognini on clay at Rio de Janeiro and could reach her first Grand Slam final without facing unforced errors. “I just wanted to be aggressive,” Barcelona earlier this year, but had bounced back a top-10 foe, next plays US 19th seed Madison Keys. Venus said. “Keeping the errors down really helped with a triumph in July’s Hamburg final. Top-ranked Novak Djokovic moved a step closer me close out the match.” Venus, seeded 23rd, It was Fognini’s first win in 18 tries on hardcourt to his 10th career Slam crown and third of the year reached a fourth-round match against 152nd-ranked against a top-10 rival and made him the first Italian in by defeating Italy’s Andreas Seppi 6-3, 7-5, 7-5. Estonian teen qualifier Anett Kontaveit and could the US Open last 16 since Davide Sanguinetti in Djokovic took his 31st win in a row over Italian face Serena after that. “I hope we both get to the NORTON: Jason Day, from Australia, hits his tee shot on the 17th hole during 2005. Women’s world number one Williams, mean- foes, his 11th from Seppi, since losing to Filippo quarter-finals,” Venus said. — AFP the Deutsche Bank Championship golf tournament. — AP De Marchi wins Vuelta stage

SPAIN: Italian Alessandro De Marchi felt great,” De Marchi told Eurosport. claimed victory on the longest stage “I just had to wait for a position of this year’s Vuelta yesterday as his where I could make my strength compatriot Fabio Aru retained the show, so I let the others attack but in leader’s red jersey. the end the waiting paid off and I De Marchi was part of a five-man won.” breakaway group that was never in Behind in the peloton, the general danger of being caught by the pelo- classification favourites stayed ton and proved the strongest on the together for most of the climb, but climb to the finish of the 215km Aru finally attacked as he tried to stage from Vitoria to the ski station extend his advantage with a 38.7km of Alto Campoo ahead of another time trial to come on Wednesday Italian Salvatore Puccio and Spain’s which should suit the likes of Jose Joaquin Rojas. Dumoulin. Aru finished ninth on the stage to However, the Italian was reeled in stay 26 seconds ahead of Joaquim by Nairo Quintana as the Colombian Rodriguez with Tom Dumoulin now showed his best form in the moun- 49 seconds adrift of the leader in tains of the race so far to finish sixth third. De Marchi was also a stage on the stage and cut his deficit over- winner at last year’s Vuelta and was all to three minutes. Rodriguez fin- the favourite on the final special cat- ished a second ahead of Aru with egory climb to a freezing finish line Dumoulin 19 seconds back in 15th descended in fog. on the day. The race continues with “It was really difficult today, first another mountain top finish on the just to get in the break and then 175.8km stage from Comillas to SPAIN: BMC’s Italian cyclist Alessandro de Marchi (center) celebrates his victory on the podium of the 14th Stage of the 2015 Vuelta Espana obviously win the stage. Everything Sostres today. — AFP cycling tour. — AFP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 SPORTS

Nicaragua stun Jamaica in World Cup qualifying

MANAGUA: Nicaragua scored a shock petition, raced out to a 3-0 lead with good job,” Duarte was quoted as saying or five (goals), but when the lads had Haiti also scored a comfortable 3-1 3-2 away win over Gold Cup runners- captain Manuel Rosas scoring from the in the Nicaraguan newspaper El Nuevo legs they played good football and away win over Grenada. Jean Eudes up Jamaica on Friday to open the third penalty spot in the fifth minute, Carlos Diaro (www.elnuevodiario.com.ni). made Jamaica look poor.” Maurice, Mechack Jerome and Duckens round of CONCACAF qualifying for the Chavarria finding the back of the net “It was a match with a very intense A total of 12 teams are contesting Nazon each had a goal for Haiti while 2018 World Cup. three minutes later and Luis Galeano rhythm and today Nicaragua were up six, two-legged series to determine the Anthony Straker scored from the “Today we stole the eagle’s eggs,” striking in the 48th minute. to it,” he said. A lack of fitness in his teams that will join the six seeded penalty spot for Grenada. In other Nicaragua’s Costa Rican coach Henry The Reggae Boyz, who had reached players allowed outright favourites sides in the next phase. action, Myles Weston’s 72nd minute Duarte said after his side put them- a new high meeting Mexico in July’s Jamaica, who reached the 1998 World Canada, who have only once quali- penalty earned Antigua and Barbuda a selves in a strong position to progress CONCACAF Gold Cup final, fought back Cup finals in France, to hit back, he fied for the World Cup in 1986, 1-0 win over Guatemala while Larin’s when the teams meet again in the sec- in the final 22 minutes with goals from said. thumped Belize 3-0 with Tosaint goal in the 12th minute stood up as ond leg in Managua on Tuesday. Darren Mattocks (68th) and Adrian “The problem wasn’t tactical but of Ricketts scoring on either side of the the winner as El Salvador beat Curacao Nicaragua, who won all four matches Mariappa (78) but it was not enough. conditioning. If we’d had more (fitness) break and Atiba Hutchinson adding an 1-0. Saint Vincent were a 2-0 winners in the opening two rounds of the com- “I was sure the lads would do a level we’d have won this match by four injury time goal. over Aruba. — Reuters France beat Portugal

LISBON: France’s late substitute Mathieu the 14th minute by Antoine Griezmann after Valbuena scored a rare free kick goal to earn a 1- sustaining a knee injury. “There is a problem 0 win away to Portugal in a friendly on Friday, with his knee ligaments,” said Deschamps. their 10th victory in a row against the Anthony Martial, who earlier this week joined Portuguese. Valbuena, who came on for Moussa Manchester United from Monaco for a reported Sissoko in the 80th minute, netted five minutes fee of up to 80 million euros ($89.22 million), from time, hid first goal for Les Bleus since 2007 started on the bench. Portugal, who lead their earning a much needed win after two straight Euro 2016 qualifying Group I, started with Pepe defeats. and Ricardo Carvalho in central defence. France Euro 2016 hosts France have now won all had the first big chance after half an hour when their matches against Portugal since their last Rui Patricio parried Blaise Matuidi’s low shot with defeat in 1975. It was a dull game otherwise at his left foot. the Jose Alvalade stadium, until France, who Five minutes from time, Cristiano Ronaldo, dominated possession but looked toothless, who produced a mediocre performance, forced found the back of the net. “We put the good Hugo Lloris into a fine save with one of his trade- ingredients in the game, we had chances, we mark free kicks. could have scored earlier,” said France coach Benzema, who was substituted for Martial in Didier Deschamps. “We controlled the game, the 75th minute, also had his chance with a sec- especially in the second half.” ond-half free kick but his fine effort was tipped Valbuena added: “It was tough but we dug away by Patricio. It was Valbuena who broke the deep, we were in a rare state of mind”. deadlock when he curled a free kick from over Deschamps fielded an untypical 4-4-2 formation 20 metres into the top corner. The last player to with Karim Benzema up front with Nabil Fekir, score with a direct free kick for France was the Olympique Lyonnais forward being handed Jerome Rothen in 2007 against the Faroe Islands. his first start. France next take on Serbia in a friendly in However, the in-form Fekir was replaced in Bordeaux tomorrow. — Reuters Russia edge Sweden 1-0

MOSCOW: New Russia coach Leonid Slutsky heeled the ball into the area to Igor Smolnikov, got off to a winning start with a 1-0 Euro 2016 who found the unmarked Dzyuba near the qualifying victory over Sweden which keeps penalty spot and he kept his cool to send the their hopes of the final alive with three ball into unguarded corner. After the interval games left. Sweden manager Erik Hamren boosted his HOUSTON: Argentina forward Lionel Messi (right) kicks the ball past Bolivia goalkeeper Daniel Vaca for a goal during the second Slutsky took over last month following the team’s attack bringing in Ola Toivonen in place half of a soccer match. — AP sacking of Italian Fabio Capello and a first-half of skipper Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who failed to Artem Dzyuba goal set Russia on their way to a shine in the first half. hard-fought win in Moscow. Russia stay third in Sweden started to get into the game pinning Group G but closed the gap on second-placed Russia back and in the 62nd minute the Rennes Argentina thump Bolivia Sweden to one point, with leaders Austria play- striker had a clear chance to level but Russian ing Moldova late yesterday. goalie Igor Akinfeyev parried his powerful close- HOUSTON: Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero struck Bolivian media reported. FBF president Carlos Mexico, held 3-3 by Trinidad & Tobago in Salt Lake Russia, spurred by a capacity 45,000 home range shot. Russia looked visibly tired late in the two goals apiece in Argentina’s 7-0 romp against Chavez signed the agreement for the match to go City. Mexico, under interim coach Ricardo Ferretti, crowd, started in a lively fashion and in the game but the Swedes failed to take advantage an out-of-sorts Bolivia while Mexico were held 3-3 ahead from prison, where he has been awaiting tri- are preparing to meet the United States in next eighth minute Spartak Moscow midfielder of their superior fitness. Emil Forsberg missed by Trinidad & Tobago in friendlies in the United al since his arrest in July, before the organisation month’s playoff for a berth at the 2017 Roman Shirokov sent the ball home but his goal Sweden’s last chance in stoppage time as his States on Friday. A largely second string side, with sacked him, elected new authorities and appointed Confederations Cup. was ruled off for offside. The home team domi- powerful low attempt from the edge of the area captain Lionel Messi coming on for the final 20 Baldivieso last week. Substitute Hector Herrera salvaged a draw nated and in the 38th minute Shirokov back- was cleared by Akinfeyev for a corner. — AFP minutes, took to 12 the number of goals Copa “I think the result was right given how seriously when he equalised four minutes from time with a America runners-up Argentina have put past and intensely we played with good performances long range shot into the top corner. Bolivia in two friendlies this year. by the debutants and kids who have played little in Striker Jozy Altidore scored twice in the second Ezequiel Lavezzi also scored two goals while the team,” Argentina coach Gerardo Martino said. half, his first from the rebound of his penalty saved Angel Correa Argentina struck Argentina’s seventh “The game was useful over and above the prob- by Pedro Gallese, as Juergen Klinsmann’s U.S. side on his debut against a Bolivia side under new lems our opponents had to put a team together recovered from a goal down to beat Peru 2-1 in coach Julio Cesar Baldivieso, who barely had time and comes in handy at least to impose our game- Washington. Uruguay, missing suspended strikers to prepare them for the match in Houston. plan,” he told Fox Sports. Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani, beat Panama 1-0 Veteran Bolivia defender Ronald Raldes lent the in Panama City with an 82nd minute goal by squad $21,000 of his own money to cover the trav- MEXICO DRAW Cristhian Stuani in Panama City. el costs to the United States for the squad while the Top-ranked Argentina, warming up for the Honduras won 3-0 against Venezuela, another Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) is in turmoil over South American 2018 World Cup qualifiers, play team preparing for the South American World Cup corruption charges against leading officials, again on Tuesday in Dallas where they meet qualifiers that kick off on Oct. 5. — Reuters Altidore lifts US over Peru

WASHINGTON: Jozy Altidore scored twice within 10 1 in the 59th minute. He was on target again in the from the edge of the area deflected off US defender minutes Friday as the United States rallied for a 2-1 68th. After Andre Yedlin’s put through a dangerous Omar Gonzalez and arched forward into the goal, friendly win over Peru at RFK Stadium. ball that ended with a blocked shot, Gyasi Zardes out of reach of Guzan. It was part of a sluggish start It was a solid showing for the United States as sent the ball back across the goalmouth and an for the hosts, who were playing their first match they warm up for their Confederations Cup playoff unmarked Altidore fired it home for his 29th interna- since a fourth-place finish in the Gold Cup, where as with Gold Cup winners Mexico at the Rose Bowl on tional goal. defending champions they fell to Jamaica in the October 10. The winner of that match will go to the In between the goals, US goalkeeper Brad Guzan semi-finals then lost to Panama on penalties in the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia, the de facto made a determined save, diving to stop a free kick third-place playoff. test event for the 2018 World Cup. The United that had been nodded on then managing to hang They didn’t force Gallese into a save until the 38th States had shaken off a slow start and were press- onto the ball even as Renato Tapia tried repeatedly to minute, when a charging Jermaine Jones fired from ing forward when Altidore, making his return to boot it loose. Guzan got the start in goal despite the long range and the Peru keeper had to leap to tip the the national team after missing their disappointing recall of veteran Tim Howard after a year’s absence shot over the bar. The ensuing corner fell in front of Gold Cup campaign, was tripped up in the box to from international duty, with US manager Jurgen John Brooks, but he fired too high. Jurgen earn a penalty. Klinsmann saying he didn’t want to make significant Klinsmann’s men have one more tune-up before they His attempt from the spot was saved by Peru changes with the crucial Mexico match looming. face Mexico, taking on Brazil on Tuesday at Gillette keeper Pedro Gallese, but the rebound came right Daniel Chavez scored for Peru, recording his first Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts-home of the back to him and he belted it into the net to make it 1- international goal in the 20th minute when his shot NFL’s New England Patriots. — AFP

MOSCOW: Russia’s Sergei Ignashevich (left) and Sweden’s Isaac Kiese Thelin head the ball during the Euro 2016 qualifying Group G soccer match. — AP Ghana win, Nigeria draw in Africa Cup of Nations

JOHANNESBURG: Ghana snatched a 1-0 victory holders found Tanzania a revitalised side. in Rwanda and Nigeria were held 0-0 in Tanzania Super Eagles goalkeeper Carl Ikeme from yesterday as matchday 2 of Africa Cup of Nations English second-tier club Wolves made several qualifying continued. English Premier League excellent saves in Dar es Salaam on debut at 29. pair, Cheikhou Kouyate of West Ham and Sadio Ikeme started after first choice shot-stopper Mane of Southampton, netted as Senegal tri- and captain Vincent Enyeama pulled out in mid- umphed 2-0 in Namibia. Uganda were another week following the death of his mother. country to pocket three away points, shrugging The result was another feather in the cap for off a cash crisis to win 1-0 in the Comoros. caretaker coach Charles Boniface Mkwasa, who Four-time African champions Ghana left it ended a string of losses by the Taifa Stars with an late to succeed in Kigali with Russia-based African Nations Championship draw in Uganda. Mubarak Wakaso the 87th-minute match-winner. A point took Nigeria to the top of Group G, The Black Stars were awarded a free-kick just out- but record seven-time African champions Egypt side the box on a poor pitch and Wakaso curled will overtake them if they dodge defeat in Chad the ball past the wall and wide of goalkeeper today. Kouyate struck in the first half and Mane in Olivier Kwizeri into the corner. It was a cruel blow the second in Windhoek as Senegal maintained a for the Wasps, who fought gallantly before a perfect Group K start with a second win. near-capacity crowd and did not deserve to lose. Burundi are second, three points adrift, after a The last time Ghana visited Kigali for a Cup of 2-0 victory over Niger in Bujumbura thanks to Nations qualifier they suffered a stunning 1-0 loss goals from South Africa-based duo Fiston Abdul 12 years ago. Ghana, runners-up to Ivory Coast in Razak and Papy Faty. Uganda President Yoweri the 2015 Cup of Nations, lead Group H with six Museveni funded the $210,000 (190,000 euros) points, three more than Rwanda, while Mauritius travel costs of the Cranes to the Comoros islands and Mozambique are pointless ahead of their off the south-east coast. The cash-strapped Sunday clash. There was no dream debut for new national team triumphed 1-0 courtesy of a goal Nigeria coach and former midfield star Sunday midway through the first half from recalled Oliseh as the three-time Cup of Nations title- Iceland-based Tonny Mawejje. — AFP WASHINGTON: US midfielder Jermaine Jones (13), trips on Peru midfielder Josepmir Ballon’s foot (21) during the first half of anternational in friendly soccer match. — AP England get Hamilton timely boost storms to11th pole in 12 races

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SERRAVALLE: England’s forward Wayne Rooney (right) controls the ball over San Marino’s defender Davide Simoncini during the EURO 2016 qualifying football match at the San Marino stadium. — AFP Rooney equals Charlton’s record History man sends England to Euro 2016

SERRAVALLE: Wayne Rooney equalled “It’s a proud moment to equal Sir Bobby for 45 to a maximum of 60 minutes.” Hodgson Charlton, emblem of the 1966 World Cup- Quick-fire goals from Kane and Walcott Bobby Charlton’s England scoring record of Charlton’s record,” Rooney told ITV. “My aim is used the occasion to award Jonjo Shelvey his winning team, on 49 goals. swelled the scoreline further as San Marino 49 goals as Roy Hodgson’s side crushed San to push on and try and help the team win on second cap, three years after he won his first Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain saw a shot tired, the former coolly chipping Aldo Marino 6-0 in Serravalle yesterday to qualify Tuesday (against Switzerland) and break the against the same opposition, and he took up deflected over following panicky defending Simoncini from Shelvey’s pass, the latter for Euro 2016. record.” a position in front of the back four on a dry, by Davide Simoncini just before half-time, rolling a shot into the bottom-left corner. Rooney scored from a contentious penal- England have now scored 37 goals in their uneven pitch. All eyes were on Rooney and but seconds into the second period he tore San Marino substitute Danilo Rinaldi ty in the 13th minute, leaving him with an six games against San Marino, currently he needed little time to find the net, tucking a down the right flank and crossed for Barkley almost embarrassed the visitors late on, but identical international record to Charlton of ranked 193rd in the world, and will tackle penalty into the bottom-right corner after to head in his first England goal. after cutting in from the right onto his left 106 caps and 49 goals, but he will have to Switzerland at Wembley on Tuesday seeking Marco Berardi had been penalised for an The stage was set for Rooney’s 50th foot, he shot straight at Joe Hart. wait to claim the record outright after being an eighth straight win in Group E, their place infringement that only Cypriot referee England goal, but to the dismay of the 2,550 Walcott could have had a hat-trick, pok- substituted by Hodgson in the 58th minute at next year’s tournament in France secure. Leontios Trattou appeared to have seen. travelling fans Hodgson elected to withdraw ing wide in the closing stages, but the head- at the Stadio Olimpico. “I am more than satisfied, and we won it San Marino goalkeeper Aldo Simoncini his captain shortly before the hour, with lines were already destined for Rooney, who England led 3-0 by that point courtesy of with a good margin,” said England manager parried from Rooney and James Milner shot Kane taking the Manchester United striker’s will hope to stay on the pitch long enough a Cristian Brolli own goal-ironically, the 49th Hodgson, whose side qualified with three wide before England doubled their lead place. to score goal number 50 against own goal scored in England’s favour-and games to spare. when Brolli headed Luke Shaw’s cross into Fabian Delph and Walcott also entered Switzerland. “I haven’t seen the images, but Ross Barkley’s first goal for his country, and Explaining his decision to withdraw his own net. the fray and they combined for the fourth everybody said it wasn’t a penalty,” said San late efforts from substitutes Theo Walcott, Rooney, he added: “To be honest, we wanted It created a three-way tie-of sorts-at the goal in the 68th minute, Delph drilling in a Marino coach Pierangelo Manzaroli. “In a who scored twice, and Harry Kane complet- to protect one or two players and it was in top of the England all-time scoring chart, as cross from the left for the Arsenal forward to certain period of the match, I thought the ed a routine win. our thoughts we would try to keep Wayne on ‘Own goals’ drew level with Rooney and tap in from close range. result would be better.” — AFP Goetze’s brace helps Germany sink Poland

BERLIN: Germany assumed top spot in its is a look at Friday’s Euro 2016 qualifying European Championship qualifying group at matches: Poland’s expense, while Albania and Denmark could not take advantage of Portugal’s com- GROUP D petitive night off on Friday. However, the Goetze’s goals helped Germany avenge its Danes and Albanians could only manage a first ever defeat to Poland last October and scoreless draw, leaving both sides level on 11 replace the visiting side at the top. “We knew points, one behind Portugal, which visits it was an important game. We really wanted Albania for a qualifier tomorrow. top spot,” Goetze said. “They got lucky,” Portugal forward Nani said Mueller opened the scoring in the 12th after his side’s 1-0 loss to France. “We have to minute, assisted by Cologne defender Jonas keep the same attitude and play good football Hector, who also set up Goetze seven minutes in Albania because their result is good for us.” later. Poland captain Robert Lewandowski France substitute Mathieu Valbuena’s late pulled one back with a thumping header to free kick was enough for the French, who Kamil Grosicki’s brilliant cross, but Goetze qualify automatically as hosts of Euro 2016. sealed the win on the rebound in the 82nd In Group D, Germany’s World Cup hero after Lukasz Fabianski saved Mueller’s initial PORTUGAL: Ireland’s Jon Walters (left) vies for the ball with Gibraltar’s Kyle Mario Goetze scored twice to help his side to a effort. Casciaro during their Euro 2016 Group D qualifying soccer match. — AP 3-1 win over previously unbeaten Poland in Valeri Kazaishvili’s 38th-minute strike was Frankfurt. enough for Georgia to claim its second group Fans threw rocks and garbage at police, who group victory. Serbia took the lead in the 22nd “We’re happy to have won against the win and deal a blow to Scotland’s hopes of said at least 13 people were detained. minute when Filip Kostic delivered a cross to the strongest opponents in the group,” said qualifying. Against Gibraltar, Ireland’s Cyrus Gareth McAuley scored twice and Kyle back post where Andrija Zivkovic put the ball Thomas Mueller, who opened the scoring for Christie opened the scoring with a fine indi- Lafferty got the other for Northern Ireland in toward the line with Armenian defender Levon Germany. vidual effort in the first half, Robbie Keane Torshavn. Joan Edmundsson claimed the Hayrapetyan getting the final touch for an own Germany and Poland remain the favorites made it 2-0 four minutes after the break and Faeroes’ only goal but picked up a second yel- goal. Adem Ljajic capitalized on a rebound to for the two automatic qualifying places from the Los Angeles Galaxy forward converted a low card as the home side played the final 25 claim the second goal shortly after the break. the group, leaving Ireland and Scotland to penalty two minutes after that. Substitute minutes with 10 men. Neither Serbia nor Armenia can qualify. scrap it out for third place. Shane Long wrapped it up in the 79th. Also, Finland subjected Greece to its fourth In Copenhagen, the visitors surprised the The best third-placed team qualifies direct- loss from four home games, with Joel Danes by being much more offensive than ly, while the other eight third-place finishers GROUP F Pohjanpalo scoring for a 1-0 win. Northern expected. Sokol Cikalleshi’s header in the 23rd can qualify through playoffs. Ireland took Northern Ireland took the lead in Group F Ireland leads with 16 points, one ahead of minute forced Denmark goalkeeper Kasper advantage of Scotland’s 1-0 loss in Georgia by with a 3-1 win in the Faeroe Islands, while Romania and four clear of Hungary. Schmeichel into action. beating Gibraltar 4-0 in Portugal to move Hungary and Romania stayed scoreless in a Denmark dominated the second half with FRANKFURT: Germany’s Thomas Mueller (right) and third, two points behind Poland. Germany game marred by fan violence. GROUP I attempts from Nicolai Jorgensen, Nicklas Poland’s Tomasz Jodlowiec challenge for the ball leads with 16 points - two ahead of Poland - Police used tear gas and water cannon on Denmark drew 0-0 with Albania, while Bendtner and Daniel Agger. Bendtner had a during the Euro 2016 qualifying match. —AP with three rounds of games remaining. Here fans as ambulances took away the injured. Serbia beat Armenia 2-0 at home for its first goal ruled out for offside. — AP Germany urges more Islamic finance integration globally Page 22 Business Hyundai’s sub-brand ‘N’ takes centre-stage SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 Page 25 Fed seen deferring rate hike despite The Mercedes-Benz GL 500 continues to excite customers unemployment fall Page 26 Page 23

ANKARA: Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (first row sixth left), International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde (first row second right), finance ministers and central bank governors gather for a group photo during the second day of a two-day G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Ankara yesterday.— AFP G20 seeks to lift market mood, douse China fears Supremos vow to boost fragile growth, nudge Beijing on currency

ANKARA: G20 finance ministers and central devaluations. In an unusually strongly-worded The Turkish lira on Friday hit a new historic bank chiefs on Saturday pledged to act decisive- statement, a US treasury spokesperson said Lew low against the dollar, smashing through the ly to shore up stuttering global growth and to also noted that it was important for China to sig- three-to-the dollar ceiling, amid continued politi- refrain from unsettling currency moves after nal that it will allow market pressures to drive cal uncertainty after inconclusive June 7 elec- China’s controversial devaluation last month. the yuan “up as well as down.” tions. The economic supremos from the world’s “It would be a very bad thing for the global top 20 economies said in a communique after economy if we get into a pattern of competi- ‘US can’t be only engine’ their two-day meeting in the Turkish capital tive devaluation,” a senior US treasury official The statement called on governments and Ankara that global growth was falling short of told reporters. The official said there had been central banks not to over-use interest rates as a expectations, despite strengthening activity in “detailed discussions” but the group was tool for boosting economic activity and instead some economies. Their statement did not refer agreed “competitive devaluation is a threat implement fiscal policies to support growth and specifically to China but contained a clear that has to be guarded against.” Meanwhile, a job creation. “Overreliance on monetary policy pledge not to resort to competitive currency long shadow has been cast by uncertainty over will not lead to balanced growth,” the commu- devaluations to give an unfair advantage to the monetary policy of the Fed, which has held nique said. In contrast to previous meetings, the domestic exports. its benchmark federal funds rate at the zero gathering was not dominated by the crisis in the “Global growth falls short of our expecta- level since 2008 to support the economy’s euro zone, after the deal over Greece’s third tions. We have pledged to take decisive action recovery from a recession. bailout soothed nerves. The US treasury official to keep the economic recovery on track and we While economists say the current robustness hailed signs of stronger growth in Europe but are confident the global economic recovery will of the US economy could justify a rate hike, the said “it would be a good thing if it was growing gain speed,” the statement said. The group so-called lift-off from zero would suck up liquidi- in a stronger way than it is.” vowed to “carefully calibrate and clearly commu- ty badly need by troubled emerging markets. While there was “steady and strong growth” in nicate our actions... to minimize negative Key emerging markets are already in severe the US economy, the United States “cannot be spillovers, mitigate uncertainty and promote trouble, in particular Brazil and Russia, which are the only engine of growth,” said the official. The transparency” as key global economies search both in recession. The statement said the G20 G20 has also taken up the issue of migration for robust growth. ANKARA: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble arrives for a session during the noted “that in line with the improving economic amid the alarm in Europe triggered by the horri- G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Ankara yesterday. — AFP outlook, monetary policy tightening is more like- fying image of a three-year-old Syrian refugee ‘Market exchange rates’ carefully in its foreign exchange policies, the G20 avoid persistent exchange rate misalignments,” ly in some advanced economies.” who drowned off Turkey. The meeting came after financial markets vowed to “refrain from competitive devaluations it said. Host Turkey, whose ambitious President Angel Gurria, the head of the Organization for worldwide were rattled by China’s clouding and resist all forms of protectionism.” US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew pressed his Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to make his country Economic Co-operation and Development, growth prospects, drastic loss in value of the “We reiterate our commitment to move Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the a top 10 global economy by 2023, is another key emphasized at the meeting that “well-managed” stock market and its sudden devaluation in toward more market-determined exchange rate meeting to improve communication of eco- emerging market hitting choppy waters as the migration could bring benefits to developed August of the yuan. In a signal to China to tread systems and exchange rate flexibility... and nomic policy and refrain from competitive impressive growth figures of past years slip away. economies. — AFP In Qatar, Venezuela’s Maduro Japan, Iran to start investment talks TOKYO: Japan and Iran will start talks next week to exports to Iran and more Iranian energy imports, pushes for OPEC summit negotiate a bilateral investment treaty, as Washington although Tokyo officials are bracing themselves for fierce moves to ease sanctions against Tehran and Tokyo looks international competition for market access, local media CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has economy and hurt oil investments,” added Maduro. to step up its interests in the resource rich nation. reported. suggested to the Emir of Qatar a summit for heads of The emir’s reaction to that part of the proposal Japanese and Iranian officials will meet in Tehran from Tokyo, which is heavily dependent on Middle Eastern state of OPEC countries to defend oil prices, an idea was not clear. It was not immediately possible to get tomorrow through to Wednesday to secure a deal, Chief oil, has maintained friendly relations with Tehran through he said the leader of the Arab Gulf state “liked”. comments from Qatar. Venezuela’s Oil Ministry did Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday, as other its years of ostracism, keeping up diplomatic dialogue energy consumers also rush to explore Tehran’s commer- that many developed countries cut off decades ago. But “I made the proposal, he liked the idea, he said he not immediately respond to a request for further cial potential. Tokyo has reduced its Iranian oil imports in recent years was in agreement with the idea, and as president of details. Cash-strapped Venezuela has for months “The aim of these negotiations is to protect the invest- under pressure from fellow developed powers backing our organization for summits he will make the neces- been pushing for an emergency OPEC meeting and ment activities of Japanese companies,” Suga told the US-led sanction regime. sary consultations,” Maduro said in an interview with joint coordination with Russia to stem a tumble in oil reporters at a regular briefing. When asked how resource- There have also been no new Japanese investments in television channel Telesur yesterday. prices. poor Japan would tap Iran’s energy potential, Suga said: Iran since 1993, according to official data. There were The Venezuelan leader, who met with the emir, However, the Organization of the Petroleum “Keeping those various factors in mind, Japan will take approximately 30 Japanese firms operating in the coun- Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani during his visit to Exporting Countries’ relatively wealthy members in the necessary steps and not be later than other nations.” try as of July last year, data showed. OPEC nation Qatar, added he had also suggested the Gulf drove the group’s strategy shift last year to The move comes as Washington secures support in Iran has meanwhile praised Japan’s nuclear technolo- non-OPEC countries, which include Russia, take part. allow prices to fall to defend market share. The Congress for its nuclear deal with Iran, designed to limit gy, even after the 2011 Fukushima crisis, and said more “I also suggested that non-OPEC oil-producing South American country is known as an oil price its nuclear program in exchange for the easing of US-led investment in Iran’s atomic sector could boost bilateral countries could be invited to this summit because hawk, and a severe recession and product shortages international sanctions. relations. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida is also this is about us being faced with a new market situa- have heightened Maduro’s need for a market recov- The historic deal was clinched in July after two years of expected to visit Iran as early as next month to set up a tion, which has turned the market into a very unsta- ery, especially ahead of a Dec. 6 parliamentary elec- negotiations to address Western concerns that Iran was bilateral committee to discuss energy and infrastructure ble one with back-and-forths that hurt the global tion. — Reuters developing a nuclear bomb-a claim Iran denies. Japan development and other economic issues, Kyodo News hopes the lifting of sanctions will lead to increased auto said. — AFP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 BUSINESS World Bank Group’s arm to hold symposium on Islamic finance

ISTANBUL: The World Bank Group’s As the emerging powerhouse in its Global Islamic Finance Development region, Borsa Istanbul continues to sup- Center (GIFDC) announced yesterday the port the development of Islamic finance launch of its Annual Symposium on in both theoretical and practical aspects. Islamic Economics and Finance. Our collaboration with World Bank The symposium is organized by Group in the field and Borsa Istanbul’s GIFDC in partnership with Borsa expanding Islamic finance portfolio Istanbul, Islamic Development Bank show our commitment in this regard.” (IDB), Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), and Guidance Financial Non-member countries Group, a leading international Islamic On behalf of the IDB Group, Dr. financial services provider. The sympo- Ahmed Tiktik, Vice President, IDB Group sium is an annual event that will bring said “I wish to commend and congratu- together a broad range of participants late the organizers for this very timely from academia, policy-making circles, initiative. The IDB has always believed in and the private sector. It aims to pro- and strived for promoting shared pros- mote the exchange and advancement of perity through Islamic Finance in its ideas and to foster innovation and dis- member and non-member countries. cussion in Islamic economics and The organization of this symposium is finance. The symposium’s objective is to not only a validation of this belief but of become a major international forum its global acceptance and adoption. I engaged in thought leadership and hope this symposium will pave the way knowledge development in this field. for directing our efforts toward the noble The inaugural symposium, “Islamic goal of leveraging Islamic finance for cre- Finance: A Catalyst for Shared Prosperity,” ating a more prosperous and inclusive will be held on September 8-9, 2015 in world for everyone.” Istanbul, Turkey. The emphasis on risk Professor Mohamed Azmi Omar, sharing in financial and social contracts Director General of IRTI, added, “As the is a distinctive feature of Islamic finance. intellectual arm of the IDB Group, IRTI is While research on Islamic economics and delighted to be a partner in this first finance has progressed in many areas, annual symposium on Islamic Finance in important aspects of risk sharing and its Istanbul. I feel the theme of the sympo- KUALA LUMPUR: A maintenance workers mops the trading floor at a brokerage firm in Kuala Lumpur. —AP relevance to shared prosperity are yet to sium, Islamic Finance - a catalyst for be explored and developed. The organiz- shared prosperity is reflective of the ers hope that the symposium will con- common goal and aspiration we share tribute toward a better understanding of not only with the organizers but with the Germany urges more Islamic the role Islamic finance can play in pro- millions of people who see Islamic moting inclusive growth, reducing finance as an alternative means of finan- inequality, and accelerating poverty cial inclusion and a better and more dig- finance integration globally reduction. nified life. We will continue working with “Together with our partners, Borsa our partners to ensure that human well- ANKARA: Islamic finance is increasingly Schaeuble, reporting on the G20’s Investment Schaeuble said, according to a text of his Istanbul, Islamic Development Bank, being and shared prosperity remains at important in the global economy and needs and Infrastructure Working Group, told G20 speech obtained from the German delega- Islamic Research and Training Institute, the very heart of all Islamic Finance ini- to be better integrated into the internation- finance ministers and central bankers gath- tion. Islamic finance holds systemic impor- and Guidance Financial Group, we are tiatives.” al financial system, German Finance Minister ered in Ankara. The World Bank, Islamic tance in countries such as Kuwait and Qatar, committed to the advancement of Regarding Guidance Financial Group’s Wolfgang Schaeuble told a meeting of the Development Bank and countries including and has made wider gains buoyed by sup- Islamic economics and finance and involvement in this symposium, Dr Group of 20 leading economies yesterday. Saudi Arabia and South Africa had shared port from governments such as Pakistan and believe it can play a central role in ensur- Mohamad Hammour, Chairman of Islamic finance, which has its core markets in their practical experiences with asset-backed Turkey. ing a sound financial sector and promot- Guidance Financial Group, said, “The the Middle East and Southeast Asia, follows financing and Islamic finance in particular The asset-backed nature of Islamic finance ing inclusive economic development,” presence of policy makers, academics religious principles that ban interest and over the past year, he said. should in theory make it ideal to build high- said Gloria Grandolini, Senior Director, and finance professionals at the sympo- shun outright speculation, and as such is “Islamic finance is growing in importance way networks, ports and other big projects. Finance & Markets Global Practice of the sium provides an excellent opportunity seen as an alternative to interest-based for the global economy. It is therefore impor- An estimated $800 billion worth of infrastruc- World Bank Group. “We hope this sympo- for us to be an integral part of this forum banking. tant that international financial institutions ture financing will be needed each year in sium will contribute toward the contin- as the private sector partner. We hope to “We all have a better understanding of the consider questions related to integrating Asia alone over the next decade, according to ued understanding, advancement, and bring our expertise and experience as risks and role of Islamic finance now,” Islamic finance into global finance,” the Asian Development Bank. —Reuters awareness of Islamic finance.” On Borsa practitioners to the discussions, as we Istanbul’s involvement in the sympo- strive to expand the frontiers of Islamic sium, Dr Talat Ulussever, Chairman of the finance in innovative directions.” Board of Directors at Borsa Istanbul, said, The event will be hosted by Center for As economy stutters, Putin bets on Asia pivot “At a time when the whole world has Applied Research in Finance (CARF), been rediscovering Islamic finance, it is Bogazici University. The media partner of KHASAN, Russia: With weeds choking the husks of to China for investment opportunities. With slowing ments, in organizing joint companies - for them this crucial to raise awareness about what this distinguished event is Islamic many of its abandoned buildings, the tiny settlement economic growth hitting its stock market, China has region is of huge interest,” Russia’s First Deputy Islamic finance offers to capital markets. Finance news (IFN). of Khasan on the Russia-China-North Korea border is its own problems. But its proximity to Russia and its Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov told the state Rossiya- an object of curiosity for Chinese tourists and a sym- status as the world’s second biggest economy makes 24 news channel. Wang Yilin, chairman of the board bol of neglect in Russia’s Far East. “They bring them it an attractive target for the Kremlin nonetheless. at China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), here and tell them, ‘Do you want democracy? Here it Putin visited Beijing on Thursday, securing a clutch told reporters that developing ties with Russia was a is’,” a Russian border officer, who asked not to be iden- of new business deals. But there was no break- priority for Beijing because of the desire to diversify tified, told Reuters, referring to tourists who gaze at through on major infrastructure projects, underscor- its sources of energy. —Reuters the Russian settlement from China. ing the limits to a relationship Moscow has cast as a “And they point to the ruins of Khasan.” But if counterweight to the West. Russian President Vladimir Putin gets his way and Kuwaiti oil price China opens its wallet, Khasan may not be poor for COURTING BEIJING much longer. Chinese direct investment into Russia totalled drops 21 cents As Russia’s economy stutters, buffeted by cheap around $8.4 billion in 2014, up more than 10 percent oil and Western sanctions imposed over the Ukraine from the previous year. But that was dwarfed by to $47.10 crisis, Putin is turning his attention to the country’s Far Chinese direct investment into Europe for the same KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti oil barrel East region where he hopes Asian money can gener- year, which hit $18 billion, according to Rhodium, a declined 21 cents to $47.10 on Friday, com- ate some much-needed prosperity. China-focused research group. pared to $47.31 on Thursday, said Kuwait On Friday, Putin wooed investors at the Eastern Putin told the forum on Friday he was confident Petroleum Corporation (KPC) yesterday. Economic Forum in Vladivostok, an inaugural event the Asia-Pacific region would remain “the engine of Prices had fell in international oil markets he initiated, urging them to bring their cash to a the world economy” despite its current problems. The yesterday driven by extra supplies on the region famed for its abundance of natural resources, forum’s attendance reflected Russia’s change in market and the retreat of the US stock mar- forestry and fish stocks. emphasis. China’s delegation was headed by Deputy kets. Brent crude contracts slipped by $1.07 “The possibilities here are enormous,” the Russian Prime Minister Wang Yang. The only high-profile to $49.61 per barrel, while the US crude oil leader told Chinese, South Korean and Japanese Western participant was Ben van Beurden, chief exec- contracts declined by 70 cents to $46.05 pb. investors at the forum. Putin said he wanted the utive of Royal Dutch Shell. Meanwhile, Abu Dhabi National Oil region, which amounts to more than a third of Some Russians fret over their country’s increased Company (ADNOC) set the Aug retroactive Russia’s vast landmass, to become as profitable as economic reliance on China-a process encouraged selling price for its benchmark Murban THESSALONIKI: Greek police officers shout slogans during an anti-austerity other “leading business centres”. by the Western sanctions-but there was no sign of crude $48.85 per barrel, ADNOC said on Denied access to most Western financial markets any such reservations at the Vladivostok forum. Friday. —Agencies rally in front of an entrance of Thessaloniki International Trade Fair, in the because of the sanctions, Russia is looking particularly “Chinese counterparts ... are interested in invest- northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, yesterday. —AP EXCHANGE RATES

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The second car included in the offer is the This limited offer provides customers with an practical and stylish CR-V that boasts a WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve side by the economic turmoil espe- affordable and flexible payment option for remarkable 4-wheel independent suspension, is expected to put off a long-planned cially since China’s August 11 yuan only KD 99 per month in addition to the high- reverse camera, 18-inch aluminum wheels, interest rate increase this month devaluation. est trade-in value for their current car. dual-zone automatic air conditioning with despite another fall in the US jobless The International Monetary Fund If you prefer sleek, sporty drives, then the rear vents and lastly, eight high-quality leather rate, placing concerns about China warned this week that the fallout 2015 Honda Accord Coupe is your answer. The seats. This compact SUV crossover also comes ahead of US data. from China’s troubles on other Accord Coupe will allow you to experience with the hands-free phone, USB and AUX Analysts said Friday that the economies could be larger than and indulge in a whole new level of ports, thus effectively answering the driver’s mixed August jobs report-job cre- expected. On Friday the worries con- dynamism and elegance thanks to its range of every want and need. ation slowed to 173,000 but unem- tinued: the leading markets in Japan advanced features such as power leather Due to this offer being available for a lim- ployment fell to 5.1 percent-backed and Europe fell more than 2.2 per- seats, ODMD touch screen, LaneWatch ited period, Honda Alghanim urges its cus- the Fed launching on a long-awaited cent, and on Wall Street the S&P 500 System, LED daytime running lights and tail- tomers and all Honda enthusiasts to visit the series of rate hikes to “normalize” dropped 1.5 percent. lights. The 2015 Accord exudes luxury coupled Honda showroom in Safat Alghanim from monetary policy after years in crisis Those considerations are likely to with comfortable interiors with world-class 8:30 AM until 10 PM from Saturday to mode. But continued worries about gain greater weight than domestic cabin space. The refined cockpit of the sedan Thursday, and from 9:30 AM until 10 PM on Beijing’s ability to counter the down- indicators when the FOMC meets focuses on an advanced and intuitive driving Fridays. Customers may also visit the Honda turn in its huge economy, and the next on monetary policy, on interface with the full 8-inch color Intelligent showroom in Shuwaikh from 8:30 AM until stress that has brought in global September 16-17. Multi-Information Display (i-MID) that offers 12:30 PM and 4:30 PM until 8:30PM from financial markets, will likely give Fed “The question remains how simple access to a wide range of important Saturday to Thursday. Alghanim Motors, the Chair Janet Yellen and her team much weight the Fed will place on functions. New to the 2015 Accord is the elec- exclusive distributor of Honda automobiles, pause before pushing ahead. positive labor market data and tronic parking brake for added driver conven- motorcycles, power products, and marine “Their main concern has not been whether or not this will outweigh Fed Chairperson Janet Yellen ience. The cabin space is generous and offers products in Kuwait, is committed to provid- the current state of the domestic their more skeptical views on infla- outstanding legroom, front and rear shoulder ing customers with flexible payment solu- economy, which we know has been tion and global market instability,” Dean Baker of the Center for tion has already topped the target room, and front and rear ACs. A new addition tions and efficient and cost-effective services. strong, but fears about possible spill- said analyst Kim Chase of BBVA in a Economic and Policy Research said over the past six months. to 2015 Accord is the advanced Earth Dreams The waiting lounge offers entertainment and overs from China and the stock mar- client note. the overall jobs report was “not “Recent financial market volatility Technology powertrains. In combination with comfort for customers with gaming consoles, ket volatility on future activity,” said especially positive.” “There is no evi- is unlikely to affect economic funda- a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), digital satellite TV, free wireless internet and Harm Bandholz of UniCredit. Few inflation pressures dence that wage growth is acceler- mentals in the United States and the Direct-Injection 2.4 liter i-VTEC engine relaxing massage chairs. For more informa- The policy-setting Federal Open The case for a rate rise, to most ating and there is a real risk that thus has limited implications for offers satisfying torque of 25.0 kg-m @ tion, please call 1822777. Market Committee has appeared analysts, increased with the August employment growth is slowing.” monetary policy,” he argued. anxious to get past an initial increase employment report. The 5.1 percent On the other hand, Fed Vice Chair “Waiting too long to begin rais- in the benchmark federal funds rate, jobless rate, the lowest level since Stanley Fischer, a Yellen policy ally, ing rates could require a more dra- which has sat at zero percent since April 2008, is well within the Fed’s made clear last week that low infla- matic increase in rates to restrain Centene CEO 2008 to reboot the economy after parameters for tightening policy. tion is not seen as a problem now. inflation pressures once they have the Great Recession. But other barometers are not. The “We should not wait until inflation is become apparent in the data.” Critics say the ultra-low rate is no main one is inflation, which has held back to two percent to begin tight- Technically there is no reason why longer helping growth but is feed- below the Fed’s 2.0 percent comfort ening,” he said last week. the Fed could hold to a wait-and-see to market: ing excessive speculation and overly zone, though mainly because of the stance. After the September meet- high prices in asset markets, and plunge in prices of oil and other Fed hawks speaking up ing, it meets again in October and threatens to spark a burst of infla- commodities. Wage gains remain Jeffrey Lacker, head of the Fed’s December, when the picture from tion. But defenders say low rates slow, at 2.2 percent year-on-year. In Richmond branch and one of the China could become clearer. But as Wait and see remain justified by the slow levels of addition, there is no sign that the minority “inflation hawks” on the Yellen has stressed, the Fed wants to investment and consumer spend- jobs market is drawing back in FOMC, made a strong argument on normalize rates only very slowly, and ing, and the lack of any real signs of dropouts or delivering more well- Thursday for raising rates now. He so the later they start, the steeper CLAYTON, Mo: The CEO of health care com- term growth profile of this company,” inflation. Even so, analysts said those paid jobs to people. Yellen has made said the jobless rate has long gone the increase could be if the US econ- pany Centene Corp has a simple message for Neidorff said. arguments have been pushed to the clear that those are crucial to her. below FOMC targets and that infla- omy accelerates. — AFP those skeptical that its acquisition of Health Chris Rigg, an analyst at Susquehanna Net will be a success: Wait and see. Financial Group in New York, said Centene Suburban St. Louis-based Centene shares may be able to expand rapidly when other have fallen 26 percent since the $6.8 billion insurers, such as Aetna, have to sell some acquisition of Health Net, a California-based Medicare Advantage policies to win antitrust managed care company, was announced in clearance for their own mergers. July. Centene Chief Executive Officer Michael “In our view, this enables Centene to Neidorff told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch become a much larger company over a five- (http://bit.ly/1O294hl ) that he believes to 10-year period,” Rigg said. But so far, Centene can squeeze $150 million from investors “see this as a slower growth story Health Net’s costs after the deal closes early than Centene was by itself,” said Ana Gupte, next year, largely by taking over some func- an analyst with Leerink Partners in New York. tions that Health Net outsources. But She said that part of the negative reac- Neidorff says there will not be the “slash and tion may be because Centene is a buyer, not burn” that follows some mergers. Among a seller. “Centene was perceived by the mar- other things, Centene runs managed care ket to be a takeout candidate,” Gupte said. plans for state Medicaid programs. “Now it looks likely to be a serial consolida- California has the nation’s largest tor instead.” Medicaid population, with Health Net serv- Neidorff said, “I don’t think somebody ing one-fifth of that market. Meanwhile, right now can pay us what we are going to Health Net has a Medicare Advantage plan be worth in 12 months, but we understand that Centene can expand to other states. we have to do what’s best for the sharehold- Enrollment in that federal program, a man- ers,” he says. Despite the recent sell-off, aged-care option for most people age 65 Centene’s growth has been very good for and over, has more than doubled since 2006. shareholders. Shares are up 57 percent in “Our motive was to move into these oth- the past year, 100 percent in the past two er businesses, which helps seal the long- years and 550 percent in five years. — AP Brazil govt denies

rumors FM will quit CUMBERLAND: Coal miners return on a buggy after working a shift underground at the Perkins Branch Coal Mine in Cumberland, Ky. As recent- ly as the late 1970s, there were more than 350 mines operating at any given time in Harlan County. — AP BRASILIA: The Brazilian government dis- Earlier in the day, the real currency fell as missed market rumors that Finance Minister much 1.5 percent against the dollar after Joaquim Levy was quitting because of dis- newspapers Folha de S.Paulo and Valor No union mines left in Kentucky, agreements over his austerity plan. Brazil’s cur- Economico reported that Levy was isolated rency rebounded from 12-year lows on news and frustrated by a budget bill submitted on that Levy was staying in the job and attending Monday. where labor wars once raged a budget meeting with President Dilma Fiscal revenue has plummeted as Brazil’s Rousseff. Levy, an orthodox economist who economy enters a severe recession, complicat- enjoys the trust of financial markets, canceled ing efforts led by Levy to plug a widening fis- HARLAN, Ky: Kentucky coal miners bled and died to through the walls of the house,” according to union worked themselves out of a job, in that respect.” a trip to the G20 summit in Turkey on cal gap that has undermined the credibility of unionize. Their workplaces became war zones, and gun leader George Titler’s book, “Hell in Harlan.” Organizing Bissett said mines have become safer despite the Thursday to attend the last-minute meeting, Rousseff’s administration among investors. battles once punctuated union protests. In past decades, battles raged in Appalachia throughout the last century, union’s diminished presence in Kentucky. “We’re in some on the 2016 budget bill. His office later said he The budget bill, sent to Congress on organizers have been beaten, stabbed and shot while most notably the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain in West of the safest time in the history of US mining right now would attend the summit. Monday, was Brazil’s first-ever to forecast a pri- seeking better pay and safer conditions deep under- Virginia, where thousands of striking miners fought a and a time when the UMWA is at their lowest level,” he “Levy is a valuable minister in this adminis- mary deficit, highlighting Levy’s failure to ground. shooting war with law enforcement and replacement said. More vigorous federal enforcement and the closing tration who canceled his trip abroad to attend shore up federal accounts to save the coun- But more recently the United Mine Workers in workers, ending in dozens of deaths. One year earlier, 10 of older Appalachian mines in a turbulent coal market an important budget discussion,” Institutional try’s investment-grade rating. Kentucky have been in retreat, dwindling like the black people had died in Matewan, West Virginia, in a skirmish have also contributed to declining injuries and deaths. Communications Minister Edinho Silva told Planning Minister Nelson Barbosa, who seams of coal in the Appalachian mountains. over eviction notices served to miners who had joined Reuters, adding that Levy continued to lead has gained influence in economic policy as And now the last union mine in Kentucky has been the union. In Harlan County, Kentucky, the 1931 Battle of Shutdowns the government’s macro-economic strategy. Levy’s austerity agenda makes enemies in shut down. “A lot of people right now who don’t know Evarts ended in four deaths. More recently, the strife of Union membership remains substantial in West Speculation about Levy’s departure was Congress and other ministries, has defended what the (union) stands for is getting good wages and the mid-1970s Brookside mining strike here was cap- Virginia, with more than 30,000 members, largely not discussed at the meeting, Rousseff’s chief the deficit projection in recent days as a sign benefits because of the sacrifice that we made,” said tured in the Academy Award-winning documentary, because that state wasn’t affected by the environmental of staff, Aloizio Mercadante, told reporters. In of transparency and realism. Levy, a University Kenny Johnson, a retired union miner who was arrest- “Harlan County USA.” Johnson, who appeared in the film regulations on high-sulfur coal that essentially halted an interview published online by El Pais, Levy of Chicago-trained economist, disagreed with ed during the Brookside strike in Harlan County in the when he was 22 years old, returned this summer to the mining in western Kentucky in the 1990s. Smith said said to the Spanish newspaper on Wednesday Rousseff’s decision to propose a budget for 1970s. “Because when we went on those long strikes, it scene of his first picket line arrest along state Highway those western Kentucky mine shutdowns led to the loss night: “I have no intention of leaving the gov- next year with a deficit. He argued for deeper wasn’t because we wanted to be out of work.” Hard- 38 in Harlan County. of about 20,000 union members in two years. ernment.” cuts in public spending. — Reuters fought gains are taken for granted by younger workers He had stood there, near the Highsplint mine Patriot Coal cited the slumping market when it told who earn high wages now, leading the coal industry entrance, with other union members and gasped as workers the Highland Mine had to close. to argue that the union ultimately rendered itself state troopers set up a machine gun across the street. “You could’ve heard a pin drop,” said mine worker obsolete. But union leaders and retirees counter that After about four hours of noisy picketing, a tall trooper Scottie Sizemore. A safety officer at Highland for just a anti-union operators, tightening environmental regu- stuck a baton between Johnson’s legs and raised it up to few months, Sizemore had left another coal job and his lations and a turbulent coal market hastened the his groin. “We just came to lend them a hand that day, family behind in Harlan County, 300 miles away. Union union’s demise in Kentucky. The union era’s death knell and ended up going to jail,” said Johnson, now 63 and miners at the Highland mine were making about $24 an sounded in Kentucky on New Year’s Eve, when Patriot battling health issues. Johnson, Dixon and union leaders hour and working four 10-hour shifts a week. Workers at Coal announced the closing of its Highland Mine. The worry that the union’s disappearance in Kentucky has non-union mines typically work long shifts six days a underground mine in western Kentucky employed opened the door for coal operators to lower worker week, and benefits vary from mine to mine. Sizemore, about 400 hourly workers represented by the United standards. “When the coal industry rebounds to the who was not in the union at Patriot, has since moved Mine Workers of America. extent that it does, and non-union operators take a look back to Harlan County to work for a smaller mining com- For the first time in about a century, in the state around and see that there’s no union competition, and pany. He took a hefty pay cut. that was home to the gun battles of “Bloody Harlan,” they’ll see that they can begin to cut wages, they can Wages were less of a priority than safety during the not a single working miner belongs to a union. That begin to cut benefits, they can begin to cut corners on Brookside strike of the 1970s. Organizers were pushing has left a bad taste in the mouths of retirees: men like safety, they’ll do that,” said Phil Smith, a national the mine’s owner, Eastover Coal Company, to sign a con- Charles Dixon, who heard the sputter of machine gun spokesman for the miner’s union. tract establishing a United Mine Workers local there. fire and bullets piercing his trailer in Pike County dur- Smith pointed to operations run by former Massey Returning to the scene of his arrest four decades ago, ing a long strike with the A T Massey Coal Company in Energy chief Don Blankenship, who closed union mines Kenny Johnson looked past a small bridge that leads to a 1984 and 1985. in the 1980s and now faces criminal conspiracy charges mining operation. Coal is still being mined there today, “I had my house shot up during that strike,” said in the 2010 deadly explosion at the Upper Big Branch just not by union miners. Dixon, the United Mine Workers local president at the mine in West Virginia that killed 29 workers. But industry Johnson recalled the hard lessons he took from that time. “I was just laying in bed and next thing you know leaders argue that higher wages and safer mines in clash. “I realized that day that it was very serious and that you hear a big AR-15 unloading on it. Coal miners had it recent decades have reduced the desire for workers at people would fight you, even to the point of having you tough buddy, they sure have.” non-union mines to organize. put in jail for standing up for some of the ideals that coal The shots fired at Dixon’s home recall the even dead- “Anymore, I just don’t think there’s that level of dis- miners hold dear,” he said. As he spoke, a young, burly lier organizing battles of the 1920s and ‘30s, many in content between the company and working coal miners, miner drove across the bridge, smudges of coal dust on ANKARA: International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde walks after a Harlan County. One ambush shooting in 1937 ended which I think is a very good thing,” said Bill Bissett, presi- his face. He angled his truck across, a few feet away from group photo with G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Ankara with the death of union organizer Marshall Musick’s 14- dent of the Kentucky Coal Association, an industry where Johnson was standing. As he accelerated away, a yesterday. — AFP year-old son, Bennett, when “a shower of bullets tore group. “If anything, they’ve won, which I think they’ve cloud of dust kicked up behind him. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 BUSINESS KSE equities remain under pressure BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Kuwait: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week in the red zone. The Price Index closed at 5,758.02 points, down by 2.02 per- cent from the week before closing, the Weighted Index decreased by 1.48 percent after closing at 385.50 points, whereas the KSX-15 Index closed at 924.43 points down by 1.30 percent. Furthermore, last week’s average daily turnover decreased by 32.82 percent, com- pared to the preceding week, reach- ing KD 12.85 million, whereas trad- ing volume average was 141.87 mil- lion shares, recording a decrease of 27.42 percent. The three stock indicators record- ed losses as a result to the contin- ued heavy selling operations execut- ed by the investors under the influ- ence of the panic state that affected them due to the continued decline trading values and the market cap, weakness in the pumped liquidity to was present during the session, and in light of the increased trading gainer was the Health Care sector, of the oil prices and the internation- also the continued affect of the the market. In addition, the stock concentrated on some leading activity especially the volume which achieving 0.99 percent growth rate al markets, and many factors joined financial crisis of China, which still market recorded its losses affected stocks, among a noticeable drop in grew by 44.78 percent. as its index closed at 1,029.95 to continue the pressure on the laying its negative shades on the by the strong selling pressures that the trading activity. On On the other hand, the market points. Whereas, in the second the daily sessions were character- Wednesday’s session, the Price Index cap for KSE reached by the end of place, the Consumer Goods sector’s ized with, as many stocks that were continued its downward direction, last week KD 25.77 billion, declining index closed at 1,167.08 points not traded during the week declined followed by the Weighted and KSX- by 1.32 percent compared to its lev- recording 0.12 percent increase. due to the profit collection and liq- uidation operations it witnessed, especially after the increases the market realized in the first session of the last week, and the last session of the week before. Moreover, the stock market initi- ated its first session of the week with increases to the three indices, among a continued purchasing activity from the previous session, which included many leading and small-cap stocks in light of the dropped prices to a tempting pur- chasing levels, and the market wit- nessed such performance despite 15 indices, as a result to the strong el in a week before, which was KD Followed by Banks sector’s index the relatively declined trading activi- selling pressures executed on small- 26.11 billion, however on the annual closed at 911.31 points recording ty. However on the next session, the cap stocks and the profit collection level, the market cap loss recorded 0.11 percent increase. market could not continue its posi- operations on some leading stocks by the listed companies in KSE dur- On the other hand, the Oil & Gas tive performance that it witnessed of previous gains, whereas the trad- ing the last week increased by 7.91 sector headed the losers list as its on Sunday’s session to record a ing activity recorded a noticeable percent compared to its value at index declined 5.12 percent to end grouped decline to the three indices decline and the liquidity dropped by end of 2014, where it reached then the week’s activity at 802.89 points. among heavy selling pressures con- 33.89 percent, to reach its lowest KD 27.98 billion. The Financial Services sector was centrated on the large-cap and level in around a month. On the end As far as KSE annual performance, second on the losers’ list, which heavy stocks, in light of the contin- of the week session, the stock mar- the Price Index ended last week index declined by 4 percent, closing ued decline in the trading activity. ket witnessed a mixed closing for recording 11.90 percent annual loss at 642.21 points, followed by the On Tuesdays’ session, the market the three indices, as the Price Index compared to its closing in 2014, Telecommunications sector, as its witnessed a mixed closing to the continued its decline affected by the while the Weighted Index decreased index closed at 552.68 points at a three indices, whereas the Price selling operations that concentrated by 12.16 percent, and the KSX-15 loss of 3.23 percent. Index continued in declining affect- on the small-cap stocks, while the recorded 12.79 percent loss. ed by the continued decrease in Weighted and KSX-15 indices were Sectors’ Activity trading activity during the last week, international and GCC financial mar- some small-cap stocks’ prices, whilst able to realize limited gain support- Sectors’ Indices The Real Estate sector dominated such as the effect of the increased kets, in addition to the lack of the the Weighted and KSX-15 indices ed by the random purchasing opera- Three of KSE’s sectors ended last a total trade volume of around trend of the optional withdrawal of positive news or motivators to push were able to reverse its direction up tions on some heavy stocks. The week in the green zone, nine record- 271.17 million shares changing few companies from KSE on the the trading up, which caused the due to the purchasing power which market witnessed such performance ed declines. Last week’s highest hands during last week, represent- ing 38.23 percent of the total market trading volume. The Financial Services sector was second in terms of trading volume as the sector’s traded shares were 26.17 percent of last week’s total trading volume, with a total of around 185.66 million shares. On the other hand, the Banks sector’s stocks were the highest traded in terms of value; with a turnover of around KD 17.69 million or 27.54 percent of last week’s total market trading value. The Real Estate sector took the second place as the sector’s last week turnover was approx. KD 11.02 million repre- senting 17.16 percent of the total market trading value. — Prepared by the Studies & Research Department, Bayan Investment Co. China worries exact toll on Wall Street

NEW YORK: Wall Street succumbed to wor- G20 finance ministers in Ankara on Friday the barbecue on Sunday night, worried “I would expect next week to be less al situation, and taking into account China ries over China and the world economy this and Saturday. about if Shanghai will be up or down six per- volatile than this week,” said Tom Cahill of and market volatility. Any information that week with broad selling across blue chips as Going into the meeting, the International cent,” said Mace Blicksilver of Marblehead Ventura Wealth Management. Even so, he is worrying out of China could push markets investors took warning that companies Monetary Fund said the impact on other Asset Management. reminded, “markets are looking at the glob- lower.” — AFP would suffer from duller global growth. countries of China’s economy gearing down Everything from the largest tech companies would be greater than originally expected. to industrial giants to banks took hits, even The Fund stressed the need for stronger as US economic data remained buoyant. economies to not pull back but keep spend- The selloff-which mapped those in Tokyo, ing, and others to push through with reforms Europe and elsewhere-left US share investors that would enhance markets and invest- firmly in the red for the year, the major ment, rather than deter it. And the US indices ending Friday well below their warned Beijing to better communicate its records of just weeks ago. intentions on economic and currency policy, The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended after China’s August 11 devaluation rocked the week off 3.2 percent at 16,102.38, nearly markets and scared investors. 9.7 percent below where it began the year. The S&P 500 lost 3.4 percent to 1,921.22 over Caution ahead of holiday the period, and was a 6.7 percent loss since In the US, a modest August jobs report January 1. was seen as enough to support the Federal And a 3.0 percent loss in the week, to Reserve to start raising interest rates this 4,683.92, left the market’s outperformer, the month after a long wait. But most analysts Nasdaq Composite, also at a loss for the year, said the wait would continue, with the Fed down 1.1 percent. holding off while global markets remained “It’s very clear that concerns about China tumultuous. and the impact on earnings of US companies However good the jobs data, said are very very deep,” said Hugh Johnson of Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at IHS, Hugh Johnson Advisors. “It has affected com- “circumstances have changed over the past modity demand and commodity prices, month.” “The stock market selloff and contin- which has affected the economies of impor- ued volatility mean that credit conditions tant countries, and that’s not good news for have tightened and that markets are doing earnings.” Beijing showed it could only stifle the Fed’s job. Consequently, the (Fed) is less the crash of shares in Shanghai and likely to raise rates in September and more Shenzhen with a two-day holiday for their likely to begin tightening later this year.” 70th anniversary of the end of World War II Some analysts said the Wall Street selloff on Thursday and Friday. was magnified by the Chinese market close Apparent interventions slowed the selling and the long Labor Day holiday weekend in earlier in the week, but analysts anticipated the United States, where markets will remain more losses when the markets reopen next shuttered on Monday. week. “We have a three-day weekend here in The worries about China’s economic the US, China will open again on Monday downturn, and about Beijing’s ability to get a and it has been closed the last two days... So NEW YORK: Robert Charmak (left) works with fellow trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. US stocks are opening handle on it, were a key issue at a meeting of no one wants to be a hero while standing at slightly lower after a sharp two-day surge, as the stock market closes out a wild week. —AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 BUSINESS

Hyundai motor’s sub-brand ‘N’ takes centre-stage at Frankfurt Motor Show The sub-brand N to build new momentum for exciting driving performance

FRANKFURT: Hyundai Motor will showcase is engaging further with its fans and the the Hyundai N driver-focused technologies place in Hall 6 at 11:30 (CET) on Tuesday 15th Company is committed to becoming a life- its high performance sub-brand N at the online community by making Hyundai’s pas- could come into production. The mid-engine September 2015. time partner in automobiles and beyond. The Frankfurt International Motor Show 2015. The sion and performance accessible to millions of concept, with a 2.0-liter 300ps engine, is *Hyundai N 2025 Vision Gran Turismo:This company, which leads the Hyundai Motor result of intensive testing and product devel- people around the world. undergoing further developments to apply conceptis a new project by Hyundai Motor to Group, an innovative business structure opment, the sub-brand N builds on Hyundai In addition, the Hyundai RM15 concept car high-performance technology to Hyundai be coming exclusively to PlayStation(r)’s Gran capable of circulating resources from molten Motor’s successful motorsport experiences will be displayed, representing the company’s Motor cars in many exciting ways. Turismo video game series. iron to finished cars, offers top-quality best- and technology capability to drive future passion for performance and suggesting how Hyundai Motor’s press conference will take Established in 1967, Hyundai Motor sellers such as Elantra, Sonata and Genesis. performance-oriented and race-track- Hyundai Motor has eight manufacturing capable models forward and bring ‘the most bases and seven design & technical centers thrilling winding road’ fun to customers who worldwide and in 2014, sold 4.96 million truly love cars. vehicles globally. With almost 100,000 The N builds on not just Hyundai Motor’s employees worldwide, Hyundai Motor con- continued advancement as a primary com- tinues to enhance its product line-up with petitor in World Rally Championship (WRC) localized models and strives to strengthen its but also on the company’s dedication and leadership in clean technology, starting with investment to create striking and pioneering the world’s first mass-produced hydrogen- high performance cars. It capitalizes on powered vehicle, ix35 Fuel Cell. Hyundai Motor’s fast-growing strength and signifies the pace of change within the brand, Hyundai Africa & Middle East matching the company’s ambition to chal- Hyundai Motor Company’s Africa & Middle lenge perceptions by making real and emo- East regional headquarters are located in tional connections with customers. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, determined on Highlighting Hyundai Motor’s passion for delivering great value quality vehicles in line performance and engineering competency, a with the brands Modern Premium brand preview of the New Generation i20 WRC car direction. will appear on stage during the motor show to In 2014 Hyundai Motor Company as the demonstrate Hyundai Motor’s performance region’s second largest automotive manufac- ambition. turer, has announced its third consecutive year Based on the New Generation i20, the rally of record sales in Africa and Middle East with car is the first prototype for the vehicle that 511,500 unit sales, representing an increase of will challenge for the podium in the 2016 1 percent when compared with 2013. WRC. Already undergoing a punishing testing, In August 2015, Hyundai Motor Company engineering and development regime, the celebrated 3 million unit sales in the Middle new car is building up to its final rally-specifi- East since it started operations in 1976. cation ahead of its debut at the start of the Hyundai Motor’s retail network in Africa con- 2016 FIA World Rally Championship at Rallye sists of: Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, South Africa, Monte Carlo. Libya, Tunisia, Nigeria, Reunion, Canary Furthermore, an ultimate concept car Islands, Mali, Liberia, Guinea, Benin, Burkina showing the brand’s perspective on future Faso, Djibouti, Gambia, Ceuta, Seychelles, performance characteristics will be introduced Malawi, Mozambique, Mauritania, Zambia, during the Motor Show. The ‘Hyundai N 2025 Kenya, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Vision Gran Turismo’* concept highlights sus- Mauritius, Ghana, Madagascar, Rwanda, tainable technology and race car design, truly Burundi, Cameroon, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Togo, representing the future potential of Hyundai Republic of Sao Tome, Angola, Senegal and N. Through this new concept, Hyundai Motor Zimbabwe. S Africa’s Kganyago says Mixed jobs report clouds US rate outlook

further rand weakness NEW YORK: It’s an adage that investors hate uncer- be closed tomorrow in observance of the holiday. In metals trading, the price of gold fell $3.10 to tainty. Unfortunately for them, they got more of it on However, the Chinese stock market, which has been settle at $1,121.50 an ounce, silver fell 16 cents to not necessarily bad Friday. The stock market has been volatile for weeks closed for a two-day holiday, will reopen. Among $14.54 an ounce and copper declined seven cents to on concern that China’s economy is slowing more individual stocks, Netflix continued its slide on Friday. $2.32 a pound. ANKARA: A further fall in South Africa’s rand is waning growth in China hit commodity-linked rapidly than previously thought. But investors have The company’s stock has slumped for six straight The price of oil fell along with stocks but pared its not necessarily a bad thing and the currency currencies, prompting the central bank to say it also had to contend with uncertainty about the out- days and closed the week down 16 percent on spec- losses after a closely watched count of active drilling should be allowed to play its role as a shock may intervene to try to quell volatility. Currencies look for interest rates. Investors had been hoping ulation that competition from rivals including rigs in the US fell. Crude declined 70 cents to close at absorber, Central Bank Governor Lesetja are a major topic at the G20 meeting in Ankara, that the government’s August jobs report would give Amazon and Hulu is intensifying. Variety also report- Kganyago said yesterday. Kganyago also told as emerging markets such as South Africa and $46.05 a barrel in New York. Brent Crude, a bench- them more clarity on interest rates, before a key ed Monday that Apple is exploring a move into origi- mark for international oils used by many US refiner- Reuters in an interview at the Group of 20 Turkey have been battered this year as a the dol- nal programming. Federal Reserve meeting later this month. However, a ies, fell $1.07 to close at $49.61 a barrel in London. finance chiefs meeting that, to the extent rand lar has surged on expectations the United States mixed report left them guessing as to whether poli- Bond prices edged up after the jobs report, push- In other futures trading on the NYMEX: depreciation was part of a global foreign will hike rates. Separately, South African Finance cymakers will feel confident enough about the ing the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note * Wholesale gasoline fell 1.9 cents to close at exchange rebalancing, it need not be a worry. Minister Nhlanhla Nene told Reuters markets strength of the U.S. economy to raise interest rates down to 2.13 percent from 2.16 percent on Thursday. “Our assessment of the South African econo- have priced in a US interest rate hike and are from historic lows. In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares $1.418 a gallon. my is that the risk to the economic outlook is on unlikely to see big spillovers from policy normal- The report showed that the US unemployment was down 2.4 percent, Germany’s DAX fell 2.7 per- * Heating oil fell 2.3 cent to close at $1.596 a gal- the downside. It doesn’t follow that the deprecia- ization in the world’s largest economy. “The com- rate fell to a seven-year low in August, but also that cent. The CAC-40 in France was 2.8 percent lower. The lon. tion of the rand is a bad thing for South Africa, if munication and the cooperation that we’ve been employers added fewer jobs than forecast. “It’s inter- euro edged up to $1.1151. The dollar fell 1 percent * Natural gas fell 7 cents to close at $2.655 per anything, it should spare the export sector”. and having from the US has actually helped,” he said. esting and disappointing that today’s data didn’t pro- against the Japanese currency, to 118.99 yen. 1,000 cubic feet. — AP (importers),” he said. The rand hit a record low to “That is why I don’t think it’s ... an issue that might vide us with that ‘Ah-ha!’ clarity that everyone is seek- the dollar last month, as rising concerns about have huge, unexpected spillovers.” — Reuters ing,” said Michael Arone, Chief Investment Strategist at State Street Global Advisors. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 272.38 points, or 1.7 percent, to 16,102.38. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gave up 29.91 points, or 1.5 percent, to 1,921.22. The Nasdaq composite slipped 49.58 points, or 1.1 percent, to 4,683.92. Fed policymakers have kept their benchmark interest rate close to zero since late 2008 to help revive the economy after the Great Recession. Those low rates have also been good for the stock market, supporting a bull run that has lasted for more than six years. On Friday, the S&P 500 ended the week down 3.4 percent, its second-worst weekly drop of the year. The index is down nearly 10 percent from its peak of 2,130.82 reached May 21. Much of the damage this week was done on Tuesday, after gloomy manufac- turing data out of China rekindled fears about the health of the world’s second-largest economy. But despite the big drop in stocks, some strate- gists say that much of the evidence suggests the US economy is maintaining its recovery. A report this JOHANNESBURG: Members of the South African National Union of Mineworkers week showed robust growth in the service industry. from the Gold mining sector demonstrate in front of the South Africa Chamber “As China is sneezing, there is very little to sug- of Mines as they hand over a memorandum to its leadership yesterday in gest that the US is catching a cold,” said Jeremy Zirin, Johannesburg. London-based mining giant Anglo American and rival Lonmin chief US equity strategist for Wealth Management have both announced plans to reduce their workforce in South Africa, with trade Research at UBS. Trading volume was lighter than HONG KONG: A man walks past an electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index out- unions warning 19,000 job cuts could already have been scheduled. — AFP usual ahead of the Labor Day holiday. US markets will side if a local bank in Hong Kong. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 BUSINESS

The Mercedes-Benz GL 500 continues to excite customers with its power of luxury

KUWAIT: Since its launch, the GL 500 contin- ues to capture the eyes and the hearts of luxu- ry SUV enthusiasts thanks to its raw power, performance, and undeniable presence. Masculine and ambitious, even at first glance it is is recognisable as a clear representative and leader of the Mercedes-Benz Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) family. Powerful dynamism, an attractive exterior and extra spatial luxury interior ensures that the GL 500 impresses across all categories. In the front area the hallmark GL upright radiator grille with its central star and the clear, high-quality design of the headlamps with an LED flare dominate. The daytime running lamps featuring LED technology are integrat- ed in a chrome insert in the bumper, and beneath the radiator grille the generously sized chrome-look underguard completes the commanding appearance of the front. New technology and impressive innova- tions such as standard-specification, STEER CONTROL steering assistance system, load recognition and COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST (CPA) increase active safety and ensure continued performance whether on a race track or conquering the desert. Active Lane Keeping Assist and Blind Spot Assist, together with a parking package incorporating an auto- matic function for entering and exiting park- ing spaces and a 360∞ camera complement excellent driving dynamics and high level ride comfort. With up to seven passengers enjoy- ing a generous amount of space, 300 kW (408 hp) of power and several BlueEFFICIENCY measures; the GL 500 promises occupants first-class comfort and pure driving perform- ance. “It’s no coincidence the GL 500 is the leader for luxury SUVs. Offering the highest driving performance in its segment, exciting technol- ogy, impressive innovation and the luxury of impression. Next to it a large, central colour and driver-fitness safety no matter what the available are the Lane Keeping Assist and Blind highest possible protection potential. Two- space; it is the ultimate symbol of status for screen for the infotainment system dominates terrain, in the GL-500. As part of its standard Spot Assist. The Active Parking Assist with an stage adaptive airbags for the driver and front people who like to take control and stand on the dashboard. The control and display specification the GL-500 has some impressive automatic function for entering and exiting passenger, sidebags for the driver and front apart,” said Michael Ruehle, CEO, Abdul concept impresses with excellent user-friendli- features alongside the usual dynamic handling parking spaces serves to enhance comfort. In passenger (combined thorax/pelvisbags) and Rahman Albisher & Zaid Alkazemi Company. ness: infotainment, navigation and communi- control systems ESP, ASR, ABS and the antici- darkness or when visibility is poor, the bi- windowbags above all three seat rows are part cation alike can be intuitively and very easily patory safety concept PRE-SAFE: on board for xenon headlamps with the Intelligent Light of the standard specification. In addition to Balanced proportions operated via the metal Controller on the cen- the first time are the COLLISION PREVENTION System (ILS) featuring the off-road light, the this there are 3-point seat belts on board - for With its balanced proportions (a length of tre console. As standard a multifunction steer- ASSIST (CPA) collision warning system and the Adaptive Highbeam Assist ensure that the all seven seats. Other items included as stan- 5120 mm, width of 2141 mm and height of ing wheel in nappa leather with steering- ATTENTION ASSIST drowsiness detection sys- motorist has a sufficient view of the road. The dard include pyrotechnic inertia-reel tension- 1850 mm) and the large wheelbase (measur- wheel gearshift paddles and 12 function keys tem. Ensuring a huge reduction of the burden 360∞ camera equipment feature comprises ing and constant belt force limiters plus elec- ing 3075 mm), the side view underlines the is included on board. on the driver in the limits of what is physically four cameras in the front and rear area as well trically reversible inertia-reel belt tensioners at vehicle’s on-road emphasis. At the same time Situated on the centre console, beneath possible in terms of driving physics are sys- as in the exterior mirror housings. The system the front, inertia-reel tensioners at the outer the short body overhangs at the front and the centre armrest with its integral palm sup- tems such as the ESP load recognition and the control projects a bird’s-eye view of the vehicle seats and single-stage belt force limiters at the rear, together with the large ground clearance, port there is a generous stowage compart- STEER CONTROL steering assistance system, and of the area surrounding it from the image outer seats on the centre bench seat and at point to its off-road suitability. The hallmark- ment, in front of it the Controllers and switch- which supports the driver with a steering information, and shows them and other views the rear single seats. SUV high beltline with its high-quality trim, es for the off-road programs, for example, the torque on the steering wheel, for example, in in the generously sized COMAND display. The GL-Class is also able to demonstrate the feature line which rises dynamically and AIRMATIC air suspension and the COMAND the case of a vehicle which is oversteering. the highest possible protection potential the chrome edging on the window surfaces system On request safety can be optimised by sys- Passive safety: all-round when it comes to more vulnerable road users highlight the vehicle’s effortlessly superior tems such as the DISTRONIC PLUS proximity protection for seven occupants such as pedestrians or cyclists. In addition to look. Assistance systems take the control, the brake assist system BAS PLUS and Together with the “electronic crumple yielding areas in the front section, folding For GL customers who place particular GL to the top of its market segment the PRE-SAFE(r) Brake with an autonomous zones” formed by the assistance systems and exterior mirrors and smooth contours, the risk importance on a sporty, dynamic appearance, It is above all the numerous assistance sys- braking function - in certain hazardous situa- the intelligent body construction, the passive of injury caused by the vehicle has been an extensive AMG Exterior Sports package is tems which ensure enhanced handling safety tions which go unnoticed by the driver. Also occupant protection systems result in the reduced by adjusting the bonnet and increas- available as an option.. In addition to the hall- ing the distance to the components in the mark-AMG front and rear apron, it also offers engine compartment. special wheel-arch flarings, which span over the 53.3 cm (21-inch) AMG 5-twin-spoke light- Clean power pack: the engines alloy wheels. Illuminated aluminium-look run- for the GL-Class ning boards also form part of the scope of The GL 500 4MATIC BlueEFFICIENCY with a supply, as do perforated brake discs and brake charged, direct-injecting BlueDIRECT petrol calliper covers with Mercedes-Benz lettering. engine offers impressive performance coupled with high efficiency. Inner values: the GL-Class offers automotive first class S-Class ride comfort Powerfully dynamic with a luxurious interi- with pioneering driving dynamics or design, fine materials and lovingly crafted Relaxed and, therefore, safe driving in all details, optimum ergonomics and a generous possible conditions both on and off the road is amount of space - the interior of the GL-Class one of the GL 500’s strengths. In particular the oozes the ambience of prestige and style so NVH characteristics (Noise, Vibration, characteristic of Mercedes-Benz. Generously Harshness) are impressive and are on a par sized trim in various wood or aluminium vari- with those of the S-Class. The basis for the ants, controls in silver chrome and the uphol- high level of NVH comfort is provided by the stery with the breathable ARTICO man-made very rigid body, an optimised powertrain, the leather and the stitching in a contrasting improved chassis, aero-acoustic refinements colour underline the high-quality overall and the intelligent use of new-style insulation. impression. The seats offer seven people a The standard specification includes the fully generous amount of space and follow the 2-3- load-bearing air suspension system AIRMATIC 2 system. As part of the standard specification with load recognition. The AIRMATIC facilitates the third seat row can be operated electrically. excellent comfort with significantly enhanced Another feature is the EASY-ENTRY system on handling. The optionally available ACTIVE both sides - also available with electric opera- CURVE SYSTEM roll stabilisation works at the tion on request - for access to the third row of front and rear axle with active torsion-bar sta- seats. The centre bench seat facilitates even bilisers and compensates for the roll angle higher interior variability with its manifold during cornering; this significantly increases adjustment options, including a cargo setting agility and driving pleasure. At the same time for optimising the luggage compartment, the system enhances handling, whilst even which offers a capacity of 680 to 2300 litres. better ride comfort and extended off-road In the interior the dashboard continues the capabilities are also amongst the benefits of visual emphasis on the vehicle’s width. The the ACTIVE CURVE SYSTEM. modern instrument cluster with two easily leg- Customers can visit Abdul Rahman Albisher ible round dials with a clear-cut design and a & Zaid Alkazemi Company’s showrooms to large 11.4 cm colour display between the book a test drive and experience the power of instrument tubes featuring photo-realistic rep- the GL 500. Existing Mercedes-Benz customers resentation stands out, making a high-quality can avail 24 hours test drive by appointments. technology SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 Extra screen time down teenagers’ exam grades

LONDON: Teenagers who spend an extra ic performance. participants’ usual behaviour, so we can An extra hour in front of the TV or points than their peers. hour a day surfing the internet, watching Since this was a prospective study, in reasonably suggest that screen time may online at age 14-and-a-half was linked The scientists said further research was TV or playing computer games risk per- which the researchers followed the pupils be damaging to a teenager’s grades,” said with 9.3 fewer exam points at age 16 — needed to confirm the effect conclusively, forming two grades worse in exams than over time to see how different behaviours Kirsten Corder of Cambridge’s Centre for equivalent to two grades, for example but advised parents worried about their their peers who don’t, according to affected performance, the scientists said it Diet and Activity Research, who co-led the from a B to a D. Two extra hours was linked children’s grades to consider limiting research by British scientists. was reasonable to conclude that too work. The study, published in the to 18 fewer points. screen time. In a study of more than 800 students much screen time reduced academic International Journal of Behavioral Unsurprisingly, the results also In a breakdown analysis of different aged 14 and 15, researchers from achievement. Nutrition and Physical Activity, found the showed that pupils doing an extra hour screen activities, the researchers found Cambridge University also found that “We only measured this.. in Year 10, but average amount of screen time per day of daily homework and reading scored that TV came out as the most detrimental physical activity had no effect on academ- this is likely to be a reliable snapshot of was four hours. better - getting on average 23.1 more in terms of exam performance. —Reuters Toyota to invest $50M in car-tech research

EAST PALO ALTO: Toyota is invest- pioneer Uber has teamed up with Under the Toyota partnership, offices in Palo Alto, California, in ing $50 million with Stanford Carnegie Mellon University on a the MIT research center will focus their own quests to make smarter University and the Massachusetts Pittsburgh research center in its on inventing ways for cars to rec- cars. Institute of Technology in hopes of quest to build driverless cars. ognize their surroundings and Meanwhile, just to the south, gaining an edge in an accelerating Toyota Motor Co. has been make decisions that avert poten- Google’s self-driving cars are reg- race to phase out human drivers. working on autonomous driving tial accidents. If the goals are real- ularly cruising the roads of the The financial commitment technology for about 20 years, but ized, Toyota might be able to build company’s hometown of announced Friday by the Japanese it was known as “advanced driving a car “that is never responsible for Mountain View, California, during automaker will be made over the support” back in the 1990s, Ise said. a collision,” Rus said. ongoing testing of the vehicles. next five years at joint research Pratt, a former program manag- Besides working on recogni- California law still requires centers located in Silicon Valley er at the U.S. government’s tion technology, the Stanford humans to be in the self-driving and another technology hub in Defense Advanced Research research center will try to create cars to take control in dangerous Cambridge, Massachusetts. Toyota Projects Agency, or DARPA, sus- artificial intelligence programs situations or if something goes FRANCE: A file picture taken on August 21, 2015 shows a participant taking has hired robotics expert Gill Pratt pects many people will still want that study human behavior to wrong. Most of the time, though, to oversee research aimed at devel- to drive some of the time even learn more about the decision Google’s self-driving cars are part in the POC21 (Proof of concept) innovation camp at the castle of oping artificial intelligence and when cars are fully equipped to making and reasoning that goes being controlled by a computer. Millemont, near Paris. POC21 is an innovation camp to prototype the fossil other innovations that will enable handle the task. He hopes Toyota’s into driving so cars can quickly They logged a combined 147,000 free, zero waste society. Over a hundred makers, designers, engineers, sci- future car models to navigate the research will give the option of adjust to potentially dangerous miles in autonomous mode from entists and geeks will join forces for five weeks. —AFP roads without people doing all the relying on computers to do the job situations. Stanford’s research will June 3 through Aug. 31, accord- steering and stopping. when they are stuck in traffic or be led by Fei-Fei Li, director of ing to Google. The self-driving “We believe this research will traveling down a boring stretch of the university’s artificial intelli- cars were involved in four colli- Automakers, Google transform the future of mobility, highway. “Our focus today is more gence laboratory. sions that resulted in no major improving safety and reducing on the autonomy of people,” said Not far away from Stanford, injuries. The robot cars were rear- traffic congestion,” said Kiyotaka Pratt, who will be based in Silicon both General Motors Co. and Ford ended by vehicles driven by peo- take different roads Ise, a Toyota executive who over- Valley. Motor Co. have established ple in those accidents. —AP sees the company’s research and development group. Unlike some to automated cars of its rivals in the technology and auto industries, Toyota believes DETROIT: From his laboratory at Pittsburgh’s visual alerts such as a nudge from a mechanism the day when cars are able to drive Carnegie Mellon University, automated vehicle in the seat. entirely by themselves is unlikely pioneer Raj Rajkumar says self-driving cars will But “there were alerts that were missed” by to arrive within the next decade. evolve step-by-step, with humans staying in some study participants, NHTSA said. When The company instead is focusing charge for a long time to come. drivers shift their attention to other tasks in a its efforts on developing technolo- More than 2,500 miles west in Mountain self-driving vehicle, such as sending an e-mail, gy that can turn a car into the View, California, Chris Urmson, head of Google “their readiness to respond to driving-related equivalent of an intelligent assis- Inc’s self-driving car program since 2009, has a prompts and alerts can be delayed.” tant that recognizes when it different view: A fully automated vehicle that There’s value in “driver assistance” features should take over the steering requires no input or intervention from humans such as brakes that engage automatically when when a driver is distracted or auto- is a safer choice, and one that could be ready for the car’s sensors detect an imminent crash, matically play a favorite song production by 2020. Urmson said. But a fully automated vehicle “can when it detects a driver is in a bad Partially automating a car can reduce certain be much safer than a driver assistance system mood. accident risks, but can also create new safety can ever be.” “What if cars could become our challenges not easily solved by current technol- The behavior of drivers in automated cars is trusted partners?” mused Daniela ogy. Urmson, one of Rajkumar’s former col- one issue. Another is the interaction between Rus, an MIT professor who will lead leagues at Carnegie Mellon, said he worries that robot cars and those piloted by people. the university’s research partner- drivers could muff the handoff when an auto- Google’s Urmson has highlighted that issue in ship with the automaker. mated system suddenly demands they start dissecting the causes of a series of incidents in Major tech companies such as making decisions about where to steer. which the company’s self-driving cars were hit Google and Uber are competing “The better the technology gets,” he said, by conventional vehicles. against a range of automakers to “the less reliable the driver is going to get.” make robot cars that will be better Google’s all-in approach differs from the auto REAR-ENDED drivers than people and save lives industry’s strategy on autonomous vehicle In an August 20 incident, a Google self-dri- by causing fewer accidents. technology that will manifest itself in vehicles ving prototype was rear-ended while stopped Google, which runs some of the consumers can buy over the next two to for a pedestrian in a crosswalk near the compa- world’s most popular online serv- three years. ny’s Mountain View headquarters. At the time, PALO ALTO: Kiyotaka Ise, Senior Managing Officer for Toyota Motor Corporation (third from left) ices, has been working on a fleet speaks at a news conference with Chuck Gulash, Toyota Senior Executive Engineer (left) Daniela Mainstream automakers General Motors Co the driver of the Google vehicle had taken of self-driving cars for the past six and Volkswagen AG and newcomer Tesla manual control after the car had begun to years. Its goal is to have the cars Rus, professor at MIT (third from right) Fei-Fei Li, associate professor at Stanford, and Dr. Gill Motors Inc are pushing down the road to automatically brake for the pedestrian. Urmson capable of driving completely on Pratt, a former program manager at the US government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects automation outlined by Rajkumar. They are speculated that the driver of the other vehicle their own by 2020. Ride-hailing Agency. —AP accelerating plans to bring automated driving may have glanced away while changing lanes. to the market in stages, starting as early as this Unresolved questions aren’t stopping year. A small group of Tesla owners is testing its automakers and automotive suppliers from “Autopilot” system that will allow hands-free cashing in on partial automation, in part highway cruising and automated parking. Tesla because the incremental approach promises New federal requirements said it expects to offer the technology more more revenue in the near term than keeping widely later this year. technology in the lab. Technology that allows a car to park itself is Automotive technology companies such as on cellphone surveillance already on the market, and a growing number Continental AG and Silicon Valley names such as of vehicles are equipped with systems that chipmaker Nvidia Corp are working with automatically apply the brakes, correct the automakers on semi-automated systems as well WASHINGTON: Federal law enforcement officials will be neighborhood by tricking phones in the area to believe how the technology will be used. steering or maintain a set distance from a vehi- as supporting Google’s project. Last month, routinely required to get a search warrant before using that it’s a cell tower, allowing it to identify unique sub- In addition, authorities will be required to delete data cle ahead in the lane. Delphi Automotive Plc, a global auto supplier in secretive and intrusive cellphone-tracking technology scriber numbers. The data is then transmitted to the that’s been collected once they have the information The automakers’ rush to partially automated the forefront of automated vehicle develop- under a new Justice Department policy announced. police, helping them determine the location of a phone they need, and are expected to provide training to driving is moving faster than regulators can pre- ment, acquired Ottomatika, a CMU spinout that The policy represents the first effort to create a uni- without the user even making a call or sending a text employees. scribe new rules of the road. Some experts - originated in Rajkumar’s lab. Semi-automated form legal standard for federal authorities using equip- message. The equipment used by the Justice The policy could act as a blueprint for state and local Urmson is one - are concerned that drivers may driver assistance systems are expected to add ment known as cell-site simulators, which tracks cell- Department does not collect the content of communica- law enforcement agencies in developing their own regu- not respond well to cars that let them surrender $3,000 or more to the cost of cars. There are no phones used by suspects. tions. Even as federal law enforcement officials tout the lations. But it’s unclear how broad an impact Thursday’s control for long stretches. consistent estimates on the cost of a fully auto- It comes amid concerns from privacy groups and law- technology as a vital tool to catch fugitives and kidnap- announcement will have, since it does not directly affect Alerting a driver to retake control during an mated vehicle. makers that the technology, which is now widely used by ping suspects, privacy groups have raised alarms about local police agencies unless they’re working alongside emergency is one of the biggest safety chal- The entire auto industry is waiting for high- local police departments, is infringing on privacy rights the secrecy surrounding its use and the collection of cell- federal authorities on a case or relying on their assistance. lenges for manufacturers of partially automated way safety regulators at NHTSA to clarify their and is being used without proper accountability. “The phone information of innocent bystanders who happen Use of the technology has spread widely among local cars, industry officials and scientists said. position on Tesla’s Autopilot and similar tech- policy is really designed to address our practices, and to to be in a particular neighborhood or location. police departments, who have been largely mum about Depending on the level of automation and nology. really try to promote transparency and consistency and In creating the new policy the Justice Department their use of the technology and hesitant to disclose intensity of alert, some drivers took an average “The agency is in regular contact with the accountability - all while being mindful of the public’s pri- was mindful of those concerns and also sought to details - often withholding materials or heavily censoring of 17 seconds to respond to a takeover request many companies that are developing such vacy interest,” Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told address inconsistent practices among different federal documents that they do provide. and regain control of the vehicle, in a study just technologies, and we are working with all of reporters in announcing the policy change. agencies and offices, Yates said. Local departments have faced scrutiny from judges released by the National Highway Traffic Safety them to help ensure that these innovations real- The policy applies only to federal agencies within the “We understand that people have a concern about about how they deploy the equipment, though agencies Administration and supported by Google and ize their safety potential,” NHTSA said in a state- Justice Department and not, as some privacy advocates their private information, and particularly folks who are have often insisted that non-disclosure agreements with several leading automakers and suppliers. In ment Aug 31. had hoped, to state and local law enforcement whose not the subjects or targets of investigations,” Yates said. the FBI limit what they can say. that time, a car traveling at 60 miles per hour In July, NHTSA chief Mark Rosekind said the use of the equipment has stirred particular concern and The new policy requires a warrant in most cases, The FBI has said that while specific capabilities of the would travel more than a quarter of a mile. agency is reviewing federal vehicle safety rules scrutiny from local judges. except for emergencies like an immediate national equipment are considered sensitive, it did not intend for Time to respond and regain control was that could affect self-driving vehicles. “We are The technology - also known as a Stingray, a suitcase- security threat, as well as unspecified “exceptional cir- the agreements to prevent the police from disclosing to a reduced to just a few seconds when visual and trying to figure out if innovation will run up sized device - can sweep up basic cellphone data from a cumstances.” The warrant applications are to set out court that the equipment was used in a particular case. audible warnings were accompanied by non- against regulations,” Rosekind said. —Reuters Yates said she expected the FBI to revise any such agree- ments to be more transparent. The American Civil Liberties Union called the policy a good first step, but expressed disappointment that it did not cover federal Restless nights? Smart agencies outside the Justice Department or local police who use federal funds to purchase the surveillance devices may help ease you equipment. It called on the Justice Department to close remaining loopholes, such as the one allowing for war- BERLIN: Insomniacs, light sleepers and digital products, Yoon C. Lee, said. rantless surveillance under undefined “exceptional cir- others who blink bleary eyes every Sleep Sense could also be connected cumstances.” morning could be the next target of to air conditioning, electronic window “After decades of secrecy in which the government technology companies looking to come blinds or lights, allowing for room tem- hid this surveillance technology from courts, defense up with ideas to improve any given perature and lights to be adapted lawyers, and the American public, we are happy to see aspect of consumers’ lives. Samsung depending on the user’s physical condi- that the Justice Department is now willing to openly dis- Electronics Co and Panasonic Corp both tion. cuss its policies,” ACLU lawyer Nathan Freed Wessler said showcased devices at the IFA, Europe’s Panasonic showed similar proto- in a statement. largest consumer electronics show, types which can measure sleep rhythm Nate Cardozo, a staff attorney with the Electronic geared to helping people sleep better and time an alarm to gently ease the Frontier Foundation, a privacy group, praised the policy and wake up more refreshed. user awake during a period of light as an important step, though he said he suspected Samsung’s Sleep Sense can be placed snoozing, rather than giving a sudden Justice Department attorneys saw “the writing on the underneath the mattress at night where jolt from a deep slumber. The device wall” and recognized that judges would increasingly it can monitor heartbeat, breathing and can be linked to air conditioning and, if begin requiring warrants. Though the policy does not require local police to fol- movements. Data is transmitted to a connected to a coffee machine, the user MELBOURNE: This undated handout photo provided by the US Patent and Trademark tablet, where it will be ready for analysis can be greeted with the smell of fresh low the lead of federal agencies, “this is going to let the over breakfast, the head of Samsung’s coffee in the morning. —Reuters Office shows the StingRay II, manufactured by Harris Corporation, of Melbourne, Fla., air out of state law enforcement’s argument that a war- a cellular site simulator used for surveillance purposes. —AP rant shouldn’t be required.” —AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Plan targets health care bias against transgender people

WASHINGTON: Mirroring a shift in society, umbrella. “This is a huge step,” said Michael Pay for services National Center for Transgender Equality. well. The regulation may not be final for many the Obama administration proposed Silverman, director of the Transgender Jocelyn Samuels, head of the HHS Office Currently, 10 states plus Washington, DC, months. The public comment period extends Thursday to ban discrimination against Legal Defense and Education Fund in New for Civil Rights, said the rule does not explicitly require private insurers to cover transgender through Nov. 6, and officials are seeking com- transgender people throughout the health York. “It covers a lot of ground.” require insurers to cover gender transition health care, while six states plus the nation’s ment on a range of difficult issues, including care system. Once the proposed regula- The new transgender policy comes as treatment, including surgery. But insurers capital cover such services through their religious conscience protections for service tions are final, they should expand insur- social attitudes about sexuality and gender could face questions if they deny medically Medicaid programs, according to advocates. providers and whether sexual orientation - ance coverage for gender transition and are undergoing major changes. The necessary services related to gender transition The new requirements would have impact whether a person is a gay man or a lesbian - prohibit health care facilities from denying Supreme Court recognized a constitutional by a man who identifies as a woman, or a throughout the health care system because should also be protected. Other advocates transgender people access to restrooms right for same-sex couples to marry, and woman who identifies as a man. “It is basically service providers who accept federal dollars were disappointed with a separate section of that match their individual gender identity. the gender transition of Olympian Bruce a requirement that insurers use nondiscrimina- would have to comply. Medicare and Medicaid the rule addressing discriminatory insurance The new protections are part of a Jenner from male to female - Caitlyn - has tory criteria,” Samuels told reporters. are the cornerstone of hospital finances. That benefits. That can happen, for example, when broader rule from the Department of brought new awareness about a group Advocates for transgender people note means transgender people could not be an insurer requires patients to pay a large Health and Human Services to carry out often ostracized by society. The long- that insurers already pay for services such as restricted from access to bathrooms or hospi- share of the cost for all drugs used to treat a anti-bias provisions of President Barack delayed rule amounts to a manual for car- hormone treatments and reconstructive sur- tal wards consistent with the gender that they given condition. The AIDS Institute and the Obama’s health care law. In a first, the law rying out the health law’s prohibition gery, but decline to cover them when they’re identify with, Samuels said. American Cancer Society Cancer Action specified that sex discrimination is prohib- against medical discrimination on the part of a gender transition. “What the rule says Most doctors would be covered. Insurers Network said the regulation was not specific ited in health care, and the regulation car- basis of race, color, national origin, sex, is they cannot exclude transgender people that offer plans through HealthCare.gov would enough, and the final version needs to provide ries it a step further, clarifying that “gender age, or disability. Those underlying provi- from the services that other people have,” said have to comply with the requirements in their examples of benefit designs that would be identity” is included under that protective sions already are in effect. Harper Jean Tobin, policy director for the plans off the health insurance exchange as considered discriminatory. — AP

Residents of eroding village welcome Obama’s attention

ANCHORAGE: Residents of a Native vil- about that. If another country tried to do lage threatened by erosion were thankful wipe out an entire town, we’d do every- for President Barack Obama’s attention to thing in our power to protect it.” their plight, saying they hope his visit to Hawley was among 10 village leaders Alaska will help them secure funding to who flew by charter plane to Kotzebue, build a critical evacuation road to drier and she introduced the president before ground. his address. “I think we’re in a prominent Even with a protective ocean rock wall, place to get our issues addressed on cli- the impoverished Inupiat Eskimo commu- mate change,” Hawley said. “It’s all about nity of Kivalina has no more than a decade life safety and food security.” Brian Deese, left before erosion begins to force people Obama’s senior adviser for climate and from their homes, said Millie Hawley, presi- energy issues, said the federal government dent of Kivalina’s tribal council. Villagers was working to address concerns in say a couple homes near the village Kivalina and similar villages that find it lagoon are already threatened by erosion, hard to access federal funds for relocation. which has come within 3 feet of the foun- He said that Alaska Natives had identi- dation of one dwelling. fied USDA water infrastructure grants as a With about 400 people, Kivalina is particular source of funding that could be located at the tip of a barrier reef 80 miles helpful. Hawley said the village wants to northwest of the regional hub of build a 7-mile evacuation road and cause- Kotzebue, where Obama was scheduled to way to the mainland where residents vot- visit Wednesday during his tour of Alaska ed several years ago to build a future to show the effects of climate change. In school at a potential relocation site. July, a White House advance team visited Erosion is only part of the impact of cli- Kivalina about 625 miles northwest of mate change, which is accelerating in the Anchorage to scope it out as a possible Arctic. Villagers say the migrations of ani- stop for the president, but the visit didn’t mals they rely on for much of their diet, LOS ANGELES: In this Tuesday, July 14, 2015 photo, pastor Young Ho Han plays the guitar as he leads an evening service for Korean-American materialize. such as bearded seal and caribou, have drug addicts at Nanoom Christian Fellowship. The president, however, did get a look become unpredictable and is taking place at Kivalina on Wednesday as Air Force One far earlier. That is forcing residents to trav- did a flyover when it was en route to el farther to hunt. For the past few years, Pastor tries to lift veil on Kotzebue. The president’s plane came the caribou that used to show up by the down low to the ground, and the village thousands near the village have all but was visible on the left side of the plane. disappeared. The pilots turned the plane around to fly Also, the ice that protects the shores drug abuse in Koreatown over Kivalina again so the president could from storm surges is forming later and get a second look. melting earlier, allowing stronger storms to lash out at the eroding coastline. ‘We’re the minority myth that they talk about’ Prominent place for climate change Joseph Swan Jr, who manages Kivalina’s “On my way here, I flew over the island water plant, has lived in the village all his LOS ANGELES: In a blue-and-white two blocks away. “They hide it,” said Han, are among the least likely to enter treat- penchant for trying any drug he could of Kivalina, which is already receding into 47 years. He welcomed the opportunity church on the outskirts of Los Angeles’ 59. “There’s no talking about drugs.” ment. One study by University of get his hands on. Feeling worthless, Han the ocean,” Obama said during his address for the village to be on Obama’s radar Koreatown, pastor Young Ho Han is try- Among all Asian groups, Koreans have Colorado researchers found Asian- decided to try and kill himself. He drank a in Kotzebue. He described how waves because the president has global influ- ing to lift the veil on a problem silently some of the highest rates of illicit drug Americans suffering from substance cup of hydrochloric acid and fell asleep. sweep across the entire barrier island at ence. “It’s great that somebody’s finally afflicting his community: drug abuse use - 12.9 percent reported illegally using abuse were about half as likely as their “As soon as I opened my eyes I prayed to times. “For many of those Alaskans, it’s no paying attention, real attention, and let- among young Korean-Americans. It’s an a narcotic within the last year, according white counterparts to get treatment. God,” Han said, his voice growing quiet at longer a question of if they are going to ting us know we’re not invisible,” Swan issue Han knows well, starting with his to data from the US Department of “The Asian culture is not a culture the memory. “I have one prayer request: I relocate, but when,” Obama said. “Think said. — AP own addiction to cocaine after immigrat- Health and Human Services. The nation- driven by telling people what’s going on don’t want to do drugs.” He quit cold ing to Los Angeles in the 1970s to the wide rate is 14.9. behind closed doors,” said Timothy Fong, turkey, trained to become a pastor and increasingly young US-born Koreans a psychiatry professor at the University of opened a small church in 1996 offering whose parents discreetly approach him Culturally-minded approach California, Los Angeles. “You don’t say, Koreans with drug addictions a free today. There is the girl whose friends For years, studies lumped all Asians ‘Look at my problems and help me.’” In place to stay and a regimented program abandoned her in a trash bin after one into one category, giving the impression Los Angeles, home to the largest US built around morning hikes, prayer and ruinous binge. The high school debate drug abuse was by and large not a prob- Asian population, substance abuse treat- counseling. Unlike other rehabs, when a champion who got addicted to meth lem. But increasingly, health officials and ment is sometimes offered under the resident relapsed, he’d let them come within a month of trying pot. The college advocates are pointing toward the need guise of spiritual retreats or acupuncture back. He also is outspoken about his graduate whose boyfriend persuaded to evaluate individual subgroups and clinics. Those who have tried more direct church’s mission. her to try heroin. take a culturally-mindful approach to outreach on drug prevention and treat- “We are not proud but we don’t hide Some parents are so fearful their fam- treatment. They point to data showing ment say they frequently encounter it,” said Han, now a married father of four. ily’s secret will be discovered they park Asian-Americans with a drug addiction resistance or denial. The Asian American Drug Abuse Issues beyond addiction Program, created specifically to address At night, Han gets upward of 50 calls addiction in the community, struggles to from parents inquiring about help for their fill beds in its residential treatment pro- children. At one point, there were more gram with Asian-Americans. Nearly half than 100 people living in the building. of inpatient clients are black or Latino. Most who arrive at his doorstep are 20- Less than a quarter are Asian and the something Koreans born in the US and remainder white. “We’re the minority struggling with issues that reach far myth that they talk about,” said Dean beyond addiction. In the clinical world, Nakanishi, administrative director for Han’s approach would likely be considered AADAP. “That we don’t have problems controversial: Letting addicts who relapse and we’re always doing well and we return and relying on a primarily faith- always excel and we don’t have those based approach are not considered stan- kinds of issues.” There have been no dard practices. “A lot of people argue faith large-scale studies examining why is no good, it’s brain-washing,” Fong said. KOTZEBUE: US President Barack Obama holds a puppy while visiting musher John Korean-Americans have higher drug “But at the same time, if it means some- Baker (2nd left) on September 2, 2015. Obama blazed a new trail as US leader on abuse rates, but Han and others point to body is coming back and they’re restoring September 2, becoming the first to head above the Arctic circle, to urge US citizens myriad factors. The clients Han sees often meaningful connections ... I don’t care to take swift action against climate change. — AFP feel a profound disconnect with their what you call it.” Inhui Bak, 48, a hairdresser parents and turn to drugs as both an in Los Angeles, heard about Han’s church escape and a way to fit in, he said. through a co-worker’s aunt. Her son, “They’re not Korean and they’re not Daniel Bak, 22, had overdosed three times. 9/11 recovery workers: LOS ANGELES: In this Wednesday, July 29, 2015 photo, drug rehab resi- American,” he said. “No identity.” “I knew he had a problem, but I can’t say it,” dents, Kevin Lim, left, 18, and Anny Hong, 32, share an electronic ciga- In the mid-1990s, Han had hit rock Inhui Bak said. “All the Korean mommies or rette in the parking lot of Nanoom Christian Fellowship. — AP photos bottom: Three failed stints in rehab and a daddies, they don’t want to say it.” — AP Congress should renew New NASA satellite loses instrument healthcare programs NEW YORK: Dozens of 9/11 rescue Both of those programs are set to LOS ANGELES: A NASA satellite launched energy and carbon cycles, its practical just seven months ago has lost the use of uses may include improving monitoring and recovery workers gathered at expire next year. Advocates for the one of two science instruments, but the and predicting floods and droughts and the World Trade Center site on sick say there won’t be enough space agency said Wednesday that the improving weather forecasting and pre- Thursday to demand that Congress money in the compensation fund to mission to map global soil moisture will dictions for crop yields, according to extend programs offering money pay every ill worker. And they say continue. The radar instrument aboard NASA. The satellite’s science operations and free health care to people the health programs are essential the Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite began in April and it collected nearly exposed to toxic dust after the ter- for people with complicated, often stopped transmitting on July 7 due to a three months of data while the radar was ror attacks. incurable illnesses. Congress initial- problem with a high-power amplifier. An operating. The first global soil moisture Since 2011, federal programs ly limited the programs because of anomaly team was formed at Jet maps were released on April 21. NASA have offered substantial aid to peo- concerns about their massive cost. Propulsion Laboratory to determine if said the satellite’s active radar and passive ple with illnesses potentially linked The former ground zero workers normal operation could be restored, radiometer instruments were designed to to the tons of pulverized concrete and 9/11 survivors were joined NASA said. An attempt to power up the complement each other and overcome and glass released into the air when Thursday by US Reps. Carolyn radar on Aug. 24 was unsuccessful, and it each instrument’s limitations. Dara was determined that all possible options Entekhabi, the SMAP science team leader the twin towers collapsed. Tens of Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Peter King, had been exhausted and the radar was at the Massachusetts Institute of thousands of police officers, fire- Charles Rangel and Eliot Engel, all not recoverable, a space agency state- Technology, said in a statement that some fighters, construction workers and of New York, and US Rep. Frank ment said. planned applications of data will be others have gotten monitoring Pallone of New Jersey. They have The SMAP satellite was launched Jan. impacted by the loss of the radar, but the exams and free treatment for a supported a bill that could make 31 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, mission will continue to produce “valuable wide variety of ailments through billions of additional dollars avail- California, on a three-year, $916 million science for important Earth system stud- the World Trade Center Health able to people with illnesses possi- mission to map soil moisture around the ies.” NASA appointed a board to determine Program. Several thousand have bly linked to the attacks. “It’s not globe and determine whether the soils how the problem occurred and JPL will This undated image provided by NASA shows NASA’s Soil Moisture Active applied for payments from a $2.78 enough to praise their heroism,” are frozen or thawed. In addition to form a separate failure review board to Passive (SMAP) observatory mission, launched in January to map global billion compensation fund. Maloney said. — AP increasing knowledge about Earth’s water, work with that investigation. — AP soil moisture and detect whether soils are frozen or thawed. — AP SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE UN Climate talks plagued by fears

BONN: Negotiators from 195 nations tasked the top of the political food chain, state lead- with crafting a universal climate pact are driv- ers, they can only go so far in removing the en by twin fears tugging in opposite direc- logjams that have beleaguered climate talks tions, which may result in a hollow deal, say for years. “You have a very tight brief coming analysts. The all-too-real prospect of climate here from your ministers and capitals that you catastrophe on a horizon of decades, not cen- can’t go beyond,” said Alden Meyer, a veteran turies, coupled with a rising tide of expecta- climate analyst with the Union of Concerned tions, would seem to be powerful incentives Scientists. to forge an agreement that is truly up to the “That kind of dynamic can impede creativ- task. Science makes it clear that the laissez- ity and the ability to break through boxes to faire alternative is a climate-addled future of interesting solutions.” The French hosts have mega-storms, drought, water wars and mass moved aggressively to bridge that gap. To migration. It is also a reminder that the win- start, they have enlisted early and often the dow of opportunity for acting is barely ajar-if ministers who will ink the deal in December, human emissions of heat-trapping green- with the next “informal” meeting-with some house gases don’t peak very soon and drop 60 countries in attendance-scheduled for this very swiftly, it may soon slam shut. Sunday and Monday. Other high-level parlays At the same time, however, career diplo- coming up will give top leaders a chance to mats-and their political bosses working on narrow the gap on core climate issues, rang- the nitty-gritty of the deal to be inked in Paris ing from hundreds of billions of dollars in in December are haunted by another fear financing for poor countries to how ambitious subtly nudging them in the opposite direc- the world will be in slashing greenhouse gas- tion: the fear of failure. “Our concern is that we es. On September 27, French President PHILADELPHIA: Elissa Montanti, founder and director of the Global Medical Relief Fund, (center) places a hand on Pendo will end up with a lowest common denomina- Francois Hollande and Ban Ki-moon will host Sengerema Noni, (right) as Kabula Nkarango Masanja, (left) looks on during a prosthetic limb fitting, Tuesday, Aug 25, 2015, at tor, where everybody just agrees on the least a climate luncheon summit in New York, on Shriners Hospital for Children. — AP photos ambitious options,” said Li Shuo of the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Greenpeace China. The last time the world tried to craft a “last chance” universal climate A game changer First of Tanzanian albino kids pact-in Copenhagen, in 2009 — it ended in Also in September, foreign ministers will tears, with more than 110 unhappy heads of gather in another climate arena, called the state scrambling in overtime to piece togeth- Major Economies Forum, with finance minis- er a three-page, face-saving “declaration” ters set to meet in Lima the following month with missing limbs goes home instead. “Not repeating the mistakes of at a joint session of the International Copenhagen” is a common refrain at the talks Monetary Fund and World Bank. Finally, in Bonn, and something of a mantra for the France has invited presidents and prime min- ‘People with albinism live in fear’ organizers of the November 30-December 11 isters to attend the first day of the 12-day Paris conference in the French capital. conference. NEW YORK: Kabula Nkarango Masanja for Montanti and the Global Medical And yet, progress has been incremental “It is a way of ensuring that they inject returned home to Tanzania with a new Relief Fund, the charity she founded. and painfully slow. Negotiators left the former some political momentum at the beginning,” American prosthetic arm replacing the Montanti, who lives up the street from East German capital Friday after a week of said Meyer. “What happened in Copenhagen limb that was chopped off with a the charity’s “Dare to Dream” house, has closed-door meetings with very little to show is that you had the ministers unable to do machete by followers of African witch- spent years flying in children missing and a draft agreement “not fit for a negotia- their job because they knew the leaders were craft. She’s one of Tanzania’s children limbs from dozens of crisis zones includ- tion,” in the words of the European coming at the end.” Bardram is optimistic that with albinism, a condition that leaves ing Bosnia, Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya Commission’s top negotiator, Elina Bardram. in Paris, negotiators will not paper over differ- people with little or no pigment in their and Syria. “But I have never, ever been so ences and punt serious disagreements further skin, hair or eyes. Their severed body pained as watching these children,” says Getting ministers involved down the road. “A purely superficial political parts are used in potions witch doctors the 62-year-old former radiation techni- But it is unfair, analysts say, to place too accord without a robust set of accompanying believe bring wealth and good luck. The cian. While the 200 or so youths much blame on rank-and-file diplomats, [operational] decisions is not sufficient-I know soft-spoken 17-year-old Kabula is now Montanti has helped were victims of themselves deeply frustrated to have made so that there are many parties that share that one of the lucky ones. land mines, earthquakes, tsunamis and little headway with only five negotiating days vision,” she told AFP. “This is not only about Doctors at Shriners Hospitals for other disasters, “this is deliberate” she left before the main event in Paris. Without action for a few, but about transition to low Children in Philadelphia recently created said of the witchcraft victims. Lacking clear instructions from their ministers and, at carbon. It will be a game changer.” — AFP new artificial limbs for Kabula and four natural pigmentation, people with other youngsters. And New York City resi- albinism look almost white - ghosts of dent Elissa Montanti provided housing departed humans, according to witch about two hours away in the borough of doctors who order body parts to be Staten Island and organized all their dai- hacked off: hair, nails, teeth, tongues, PHILADELPHIA: Emmanuel Festo Rutema works with occupational Philippine’s ebola monkeys ly, medical and travel needs. hands, feet, even genitals. More than 200 therapist Alexis Jacobs. Kabula boarded a plane Tuesday at witch doctors have been arrested so far Kennedy Airport, heading to Tanzania’s in the killings of Tanzanians with year. There’s another, even more cruel rooms are alive with laughter. “Baraka not a threat to humans capital, Dar es Salaam. She’d been in the albinism. The government outlawed twist. Some parents are collaborators Obama!” That’s the nickname his friends United States since June with the four witch doctors last year. because “they still believe their children jokingly call the small boy. He cracks a MANILA: Several monkeys at a research and Sudan, Bundibugyo subtypes are associated other children, ages 5 to 15, who also are cursed,” says Ester Rwela, a social shy smile, adding, “I don’t know who breeding facility in the Philippines have been with deadly hemorrhagic fever in humans. were fitted with prosthetics. ‘Children are cursed’ worker who accompanies the children Obama is.” infected with an Ebola virus strain that is The Cote d’Ivoire and Reston subtypes are “God be with you till we meet again,” Still, attacks continue; at least eight and translates their Swahili language. On the sofa, Emmanuel is playing non-lethal to humans, health officials said not, according to WHO. she wrote neatly on a piece of paper left were recorded in Tanzania in the past The father of 5-year-old Baraka Cosmas cards with 12-year-old Mwigulu yesterday. The facility’s 25 workers have been It was the latest reported Ebola infection Lusambo was arrested after part of the Matonange Magesa, who’s wearing a tested for possible infection but all have in mammals in the Philippines since little boy’s right arm was sliced off last hooked extension of his left arm to pick been found negative for the Ebola Reston December 2008, when pigs tested positive March amid ear-piercing screams. up the cards. It’s an easier tool than the variety, said Health Secretary Janette Garin. for the virus at a hog farm in Bulacan Tanzanian diamond dealers, busi- prosthetic hand he hasn’t yet mastered. She said the virus was detected last week province north of the Philippine capital. nessmen and politicians have paid as Kabula is studying for the school exam after the monkeys were observed to be suf- About 6,000 pigs were culled in March 2009 much as $75,000 to hunt albino people, she faces after returning to Dar es fering from measles, which could have low- to prevent the spread of the virus. Health says Rwela. “Elections are high season for Salaam, where she and the other four ered their resistance to Ebola. Garin provided officials also said that six farm and slaughter- the witch doctors,” she says. “And people have been living in a “safe house” far from scant details, and did not identify the facility, house workers had developed antibodies to with albinism live in fear.” But the kids’ their impoverished villages. the location or whether the monkeys were the virus after coming in contact with infect- lives aren’t consumed by the monstrosi- “God says forgive your enemies, but being also bred for export to foreign labora- ed pigs, but they did not suffer from any seri- ties. “Guess what? They’re still capable of as a human being, I cannot forgive them, tories. Meanwhile, the monkeys will continue ous illness over the previous 12 months. In loving,” says Montanti, who constantly because they can do this again,” says the to be observed, she said. 1996, monkeys that originated from the holds their hands and hugs them. teen, whose right arm was cut off to the “There are many types of Ebola,” she said. Philippines were found with Ebola Reston at They sing in a van that takes them to armpit. She wants to become a human “This Ebola is the kindest to humans.” A dead- a laboratory in Alice, Texas. About 600 mon- Philadelphia to fine-tune the prostheses rights lawyer. At Kennedy, Kabula wiped ly Ebola strain killed nearly 8,000 people over keys at the Philippine breeding facility were and learn to use them. Emmanuel Festo tears from her eyes, crestfallen at the the past two years in West Africa, causing killed to control the spread of the virus Rutema, a 13-year-old missing his left prospect of leaving her friends and the global concern over the spread of the virus. before the facility was shut down. The first arm and several fingers on his right hand, safety of New York. “But I told her, ‘this is Garin said that authorities at the World reported Ebola-infected monkeys from the also goes to a dentist to replace the front not the end, it’s only a bright new begin- Health Organization, which has a regional Philippines were found at a research labora- NEW YORK: Kabula Nkarango Masanja, 17, left, holds back tears as teeth knocked out as a witchcraft prize. ning,’” says Montanti. The other children office based in Manila, have been informed. tory in Reston, Virginia, where dozens of she listens to GMRF founder and director Elissa Montanti before Attackers tried to cut out his tongue but are leaving in late September. And they’ll The Ebola virus has five subtypes: The Zaire, them died in 1989. — AP boarding a plane at JFK airport in New York to travel back to Dar es only damaged it. On a summer after- be back next year for new prostheses Salaam. — AP noon in the Staten Island home, the matching their growth. — AP WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

KISR, Cambridge Judge Business School launch innovation education program

he Kuwait Foundation for the “KFAS has partnered with world-class aca- this unique Program,” said Dr Javier Marcos, highest potential will be chosen to participate senior Cambridge Judge Faculty including Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) and demic institutions to bring advanced Director of Custom Programs at Cambridge in the program. Peter Hiscocks, CEO of Cambridge Judge TUniversity of Cambridge Judge Business Executive Education to Kuwait’s private sector Judge Business School Executive Education Business School Executive Education and School Executive Education announced yes- with the objective to develop its capabilities and Senior Teaching Faculty Key dates Senior Teaching Faculty in Entrepreneurship terday the launch of the KFAS Innovation through provision of programs carefully The six-month program includes a two- and Innovation Management, and Stelios Challenge 2016, an applied executive educa- designed based on latest advancements and Among the areas to be covered are: day Ideation Workshop module in Kuwait 25- Kavadias, Margaret Thatcher Professor of tion program offering ambitious Kuwaiti pri- world-class experiences that respond to the l The architecture and culture of innovative 26 November 2015 and a further five-day Enterprise Studies in Innovation and Growth, vate sector companies the opportunity to changing needs of business,” said Dr organizations. module in Kuwait 13-17 December 2015 enti- and Director of Research. develop their innovation capabilities. Mohamed Salman, Director of Innovation and l Key tools for measuring the impact of inno- tled The Fundamentals of Innovation, fol- “Peter Hiscocks stated, “We are very The Innovation Challenge, which begins in Enterprises at KFAS. He added, “We strongly vation initiatives. lowed by a four-month period to plan and pleased to be working with private sector Kuwait in November 2015 and concludes in believe in the importance of executive educa- l Working collaboratively on the innovation implement an innovation project in their companies in Kuwait in collaboration with May 2016 in Cambridge, is designed to bring tion and its role in enhancing business leaders’ agenda. respective companies with mentoring sup- KFAS to help them fulfill their innovation about a transformative impact on 10 partici- expertise in management and leadership in l Skills in preparing and presenting innova- port from Cambridge Judge Business School potential” pating companies through a focus on innova- particular through science, technology and tive business cases. on a bi-weekly basis. For the final module, 23- Participants who successfully complete tion and enhanced skills that deliver sustained innovation as it provides a wealth of knowl- Participation in this unique program is 27 May 2016 the teams that successfully the program will receive a Certificate of business growth. Project teams will embark on edge, skills, and tools that facilitates further open to all Kuwaiti private sector companies complete the program requirements will Achievement in Innovation, and will have a ‘real-life’ innovation journey that will embed growth.” through nomination of a company team with travel to Cambridge UK where they will access to the benefits of the Alumni network innovation learning through practical applica- “Innovation is vital to the success of pri- a size ranging from two to four members. Each attend a workshop “Making it Happen” and at Cambridge Judge Business School tion and will result in innovation initiatives vate-sector companies in today’s global and team will be assessed based on their com- go on site visits to innovative companies. Executive Education. For more information that can add real value and impact to their local economies, so we are delighted to have bined capabilities and potential to achieve the Best practice will be taught through case on eligibility, and registration please visit companies. partnered with KFAS to develop and deliver program objectives. The 10 teams with the studies as well as discussion and debate with www.kfas.org/innovationchallenge

ASSE Kuwait conducts technical meet on emergency management

ontinuing its untiring efforts towards professional The Technical Meet kick-started with an opening speech with the responsibility for Training, Operations and process. He described on various functions of risk manage- excellence, American Society of Safety Engineers by Jignesh Shah, ASSE Kuwait chapter secretary who briefed Consultancy across all HSSE disciplines. Bill has over 20 years ment and its integration leading to ERP along with few case C(ASSE), Kuwait Chapter conducted its first technical on the days agenda. This was followed by a warm welcome managerial experience in Security Operations, Training, studies that proved the advantage of applying ERP in their meet for the year 2015-16 on 31st August 2015 at Kohinoor address by G Sampath Reddy, Chapter President who Health and Safety in significant Infrastructure projects across organizations. There was an interactive question and answer Banquet Hall, Fahaheel, Kuwait. This technical meet was also emphasized on the importance of the topic. He also thanked both United Kingdom and Kuwait. Bill currently holds mem- session following the main presentation, chorographically the 199th one in total and was on the top- the speaker and RIMSCO for its support to ASSE Kuwait bership of the Security Institute, UK and is Technical Member Babu V S V R A, Head of Training committee, presented ic, ‘Integration of Crisis and Emergency Management func- chapter in particular during ASSE Professional Development and approved trainer with the Institute of Safety and Health the Training need survey results of ASSE Kuwait chapter and tions within Enterprise Risk Management.’ conferences from 2011 onwards through sponsoring these (IOSH). briefed about the scheduled upcoming trainings and pro- ASSE is a premier voluntary, non-profit making Health, conferences. Sunil Sadanand, Head of Technical Events During his informative technical presentation Bill grams of the chapter. Safety and Environmental organization, which strives to pro- Committee welcomed the participants and introduced the explained the overall purpose of emergency planning, crisis Dinesh Kumar Dutta, Vice President of ASSE Kuwait vide professional guidance, training and consultancy to the speaker Bill Rhynd management, the phase of crisis and emergency manage- thanked the speaker and all the attendees for their active industrial and social sectors in the region, in the field of Bill Rhynd is the Operations Manager at Risk ment and Business continuity. He explained on the enter- participation. As a token of appreciation from ASSE, Chapter Health Safety and Environment. Management and Security Consultancy Company (RIMSCO) prise risk management (ERP), principle, framework and Executive committee presented a memento to the speaker.

he Kuwait Science Club (KSC) concluded its first summer course which ran from August 9 through September 2, 2015. KSC Secretary General Dr Adam Al-Mulla and Director of the Youth and Science Center Abdullah Al-Oways attended the conclusion ceremony. The summer course featured training for the Kuwait Science and Technology Competition, which is set to take place simultaneously with the begin- Tning of the 2015/16 academic year. WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Kids’ Club press releases will be issued approxi- mately one month in advance. But fun place for your child to learn don’t wait! Get yourselves in gear, life skills with different activi- right away. For more information and Aties such as games, crafts, inquiries contact the following num- videos, Quran memorization and bers - 99364073, 99578073, much more. Snacks will be served. 66810338, 97990162, 66204295. This club is designed for boys aged 5- 8 and girls 5-12. Registration fee: KD 30 (includes all days) - KD 5 discount IPC Courses for siblings. Sundays, September 13 to December 27 at 5 - 7:30 pm. he Ladies Section of IPC will commence the Autumn TCourse in Sept 6, 2015. Offers FOCC Calendar Arabic Language Course (Basic & 2015-16 Advanced) designed for Non-Arab ladies. Classes are available on OCC (Friends of CRY Club) is Fridays and Saturdays. Islamic proud to announce the calen- Subjects and Quran Classes are also Fdar for the upcoming events for presented in different languages. the year 2015-16. CRYchess: Nov 13, Classes are offered only once a week. 2015; CRYwalk (Abassiya) Nov 27, Register now! Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister for Foreign Affairs and Smt Sushama Swaraj, External Affairs Minister were 2015; CRYwalk (Mahboula) Dec 18, For more information: part of the official group who inaugurated the UAE Business Council in New Delhi, India on 3 September. Yusuff Ali M A, 2015; CRYwalk (Salmiya) Jan 22, 2016; Rawdah-22512257; Salmiya- Managing Director of LuLu Group and Director Board member of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ADCCI) was CRYcket Apr 08, 2016. All the events 25733263; Al-Sadiq-99285459; in attendance along with Mahesh Sachdev, a 1978 back IFS officer (standing next to Sushma Swaraj), who was appointed as the take place on Friday. Notices and Mangaf-23720931; Jahra-24567714. First President of the newly set up business council.

The Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity (SACGC) launched an invention in which electricity is generated from the motion created by vehicles passing over speed bumps. The new invention, made by inventor Jassem Al-Qana’ei, is located at the Mishref Co-op Society. It was revealed during a ceremony recently attended by Qana’ie, SACGC General Director Dr Omar Al-Bannai as well as Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, State Minister of Planning and Development Hind Al-Subaih. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

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News 18:00 Ultimate Survival Alaska 08:00 Kill Em All-PG15 19:00 The Comment Section 19:00 Dead End Express 09:45 The Last Castle-PG15 19:30 Fashion Police: 2015 MTV 20:00 Wicked Tuna 12:00 Android Cop-PG15 06-09-2015 Video Music Awards 20:50 Taiwan: Island Of Fish 14:00 Gone In Sixty Seconds 00:00 The Bridge DISCOVERY CHANNEL HD 20:00 Keeping Up With The 21:40 Ultimate Survival Alaska 16:00 Batman: Assault On Arkham 01:00 MasterChef - The 00:20 Chaos Caught On Camera Kardashians 22:30 Dead End Express 18:00 The Legend Of Hercules Professionals 00:45 Mythbusters 21:00 Keeping Up With The 23:20 Money Meltdown 20:00 Aeon Flux-PG15 02:00 The Walking Dead 01:35 Mythbusters Kardashians 23:45 Money Meltdown 22:00 Freezer-PG15 03:00 The Walking Dead 02:25 Mythbusters 22:00 Stewarts And Hamiltons 04:00 The Walking Dead 03:15 Mythbusters 23:00 Hollywood Cycle 05:00 The Great State Of Georgia 04:05 Mythbusters 05:30 The Great State Of Georgia 05:00 Mythbusters 06:00 Happy Endings 06:00 Gold Divers 00:00 Bulletproof 06:30 Happy Endings 06:50 Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up 00:30 Black-Ish 02:00 Liar, Liar 07:00 Desperate Housewives 07:40 Fast N’ Loud 01:00 The Nightly Show Global 04:00 Double Take 08:00 Switched At Birth 08:30 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop Edition 06:00 Cuban Fury 09:00 Switched At Birth Edition 00:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 01:30 Bill Maher: Live From D.C. 08:00 Struck By Lightning 10:00 The Walking Dead 08:55 Storage Wars Canada 00:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 02:30 South Park 10:00 Double Take 11:00 The Walking Dead 09:20 Savage Family Diggers 01:00 Chopped 03:00 Baby Daddy 12:00 Liar, Liar 12:00 The Walking Dead 09:45 What Happened Next? 02:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 03:30 Last Man Standing 14:00 Soccer Dog: European Cup 13:00 The Great State Of Georgia 10:10 How Do They Do It? 02:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 04:00 My Boys 16:00 Struck By Lightning 13:30 Happy Endings 10:35 Alaskan Bush People 03:00 Man Fire Food 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 18:00 Admission 14:00 Desperate Housewives 11:25 Ice Lake Rebels 03:30 Man Fire Food Jimmy Fallon 20:00 Every Day 15:00 Castle 12:15 Alaska: The Last Frontier 04:00 Food Court Wars 05:30 Til Death 22:00 Save The Date 16:00 American Idol 13:05 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop 05:00 Chopped 06:00 My Name Is Earl 17:00 MasterChef - The Edition 06:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 06:30 Wilfred Professionals 13:30 Storage Wars Canada 06:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 18:00 Army Wives 13:55 Savage Family Diggers 07:00 Roadtrip With G. 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Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (03/09/2015 TO 09/09/2015)

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Arrival Flights on Sunday 6/9/2015 KAC 672 Dubai 13:55 Departure Flights on Sunday 6/9/2015 AGY 691 Alexandria 13:25 Airlines Flt Route Time QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 Airlines Flt Route Time SAW 702 Damascus 13:35 KAC 564 Amman 00:05 AXB 393 Kozhikode 14:15 AIC 988 Hyderabad/Chennai 00:05 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 THY 772 Istanbul 00:15 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 JZR 562 Sohag 00:20 THY 767 Istanbul 14:10 JZR 239 Amman 00:20 FDB 057 Dubai 14:20 UAL 981 IAD 00:25 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:25 QTR 1079 Doha 15:05 JAD 301 Amman 00:45 LMU 510 Cairo 14:50 MSR 615 Cairo 00:30 FDB 058 Dubai 15:05 FDB 069 Dubai 00:55 RJD 135 Abu Dhabi 15:00 FDB 072 Dubai 00:45 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 JAI 574 Mumbai 01:30 KAC 788 Jeddah 15:00 KAC 177 Vienna 01:20 AXB 394 Kozhikode 15:15 JZR 539 Cairo 01:30 OMA 645 Muscat 15:05 JAD 302 Amman 01:30 KAC 617 Doha 15:15 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:40 KAC 1802 Cairo 15:35 DLH 635 Frankfurt 01:35 KAC 673 Dubai 15:20 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 ABY 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Cairo 04:15 RJA 641 Amman 16:55 MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 KAC 562 Amman 17:00 CEB 7695 Manila 04:40 JZR 266 Beirut 17:05 KAC 1544 Cairo 03:35 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 PGT 861 Istanbul 04:45 FDB 052 Dubai 17:10 THY 1464 Istanbul 03:55 UAL 982 IAD 17:25 THY 765 Istanbul 04:55 QTR 1073 Doha 17:25 MSC 401 Alexandria 04:00 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 MSC 406 Sohag 05:00 UAE 858 Dubai 17:40 PGT 860 Istanbul 04:05 JZR 177 Dubai 17:45 JZR 560 Sohag 05:00 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 JZR 555 Alexandria 04:15 JZR 777 Jeddah 17:50 QTR 1077 Doha 05:05 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 JZR 1543 Cairo 04:35 KAC 678 Muscat/Abu Dhabi 17:50 THY 1465 Istanbul 05:55 JZR 184 Dubai 18:20 THY 770 Istanbul 04:40 FDB 065 Dubai 18:05 AGY 692 Sohag 06:15 JZR 538 Cairo 18:40 THY 5580 TZX 05:05 JZR 483 Istanbul 18:20 RJA 643 Amman 06:35 UAL 982 Bahrain 18:40 QTR 8640 Doha 05:05 KAC 502 Beirut 18:35 QTR 8640 Doha 06:35 JZR 238 Amman 18:45 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:10 KAC 786 Jeddah 18:35 GFA 212 Bahrain 06:50 JZR 124 Bahrain 18:50 AGY 690 Alexandria 05:15 KAC 618 Doha 18:55 THY 771 Istanbul 06:50 KAC 412 Manila/Bangkok 06:15 FDB 070 Dubai 07:05 FDB 066 Dubai 18:55 KAC 542 Cairo 18:55 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 BAW 157 London 06:35 QTR 1080 Doha 18:55 JZR 240 Amman 07:05 JZR 1541 Cairo 06:40 KAC 166 Paris/Rome 19:00 JZR 164 Dubai 07:15 FDB 064 Dubai 19:50 JZR 563 Sohag 06:45 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 BAW 156 London 08:30 QTR 1081 Doha 19:55 KAC 206 Islamabad 07:30 UAE 875 Dubai 19:05 FDB 054 Dubai 08:30 ABY 124 Sharjah 20:00 KAC 382 Delhi 07:30 FDB 063 Dubai 19:10 KAC 171 Frankfurt 08:30 KAC 361 Colombo 20:00 SVA 512 Riyadh 07:50 ABY 123 Sharjah 19:20 SVA 513 Riyadh 08:50 MSR 619 Alexandria 20:30 FDB 053 Dubai 07:50 MSR 606 Luxor 19:30 QTR 1087 Doha 08:55 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 KAC 302 Mumbai 07:55 JAI 572 Mumbai 19:35 KAC 1801 Cairo 09:00 JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 QTR 1086 Doha 07:55 KAC 742 Dammam 19:40 JZR 256 Beirut 09:05 FDB 062 Dubai 20:35 KAC 346 Ahmedabad 08:00 KAC 774 Riyadh 19:40 JZR 534 Cairo 09:15 KAC 283 Dhaka 20:40 KAC 154 Istanbul 08:10 FDB 061 Dubai 19:50 KAC 671 Dubai 09:25 KAC 343 Chennai 20:55 KAC 352 Kochi 08:15 KAC 102 New York/London 19:55 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:30 KAC 1543 Cairo 20:55 KAC 332 Trivandrum 08:15 KAC 674 Dubai 20:00 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:30 OMA 648 Muscat 21:00 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 OMA 647 Muscat 20:00 KAC 117 New York 09:40 DLH 636 Dammam 21:00 KAC 362 Colombo 08:30 KAC 514 Tehran 20:10 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:45 KAC 353 BLR 21:00 KAC 288 Dhaka 09:00 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 KAC 351 Kochi 21:05 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 DLH 636 Frankfurt 20:20 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:00 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:10 JZR 189 Dubai 20:25 IRC 529 Ahwaz 10:15 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 IRC 528 Ahwaz 09:15 ALK 229 Colombo 21:10 IRA 664 Shiraz 10:25 JZR 1542 Cairo 21:45 QTR 1070 Doha 09:25 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 IRC 6508 Shiraz 10:30 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 IRA 665 Shiraz 09:25 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:15 QTR 1071 Doha 10:40 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:05 IRC 6507 Shiraz 09:30 KLM 417 Amsterdam 21:25 FDB 056 Dubai 10:40 FDB 074 Dubai 22:10 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 FDB 073 Dubai 21:30 KAC 677 Abu Dhabi/Muscat 10:50 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 KAC 350 Kochi 09:40 QTR 1074 Doha 21:30 KAC 501 Beirut 11:00 KAC 381 Delhi 22:20 SYR 341 Latakia 10:05 JZR 125 Bahrain 21:45 SYR 342 Latakia 11:05 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 GFA 219 Bahrain 21:45 KAC 561 Amman 11:25 KLM 417 Dammam/Amsterdam 22:25 UAE 873 Dubai 10:40 KAC 172 Frankfurt 21:50 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 KAC 349 Kochi 22:30 MEA 404 Beirut 10:55 THY 764 Istanbul 22:10 MEA 405 Beirut 11:55 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:30 MSC 405 Sohag 11:20 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 KAC 791 Madinah 12:00 QTR 1075 Doha 22:40 JZR 561 Sohag 11:25 AIC 981 Chennai/Ahmedabad 22:25 KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:45 JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 RBG 551 Alexandria 22:30 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 KAC 205 Islamabad 22:50 OMA 641 Muscat 11:50 UAL 981 Bahrain 22:40 KAC 103 London 12:10 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:00 FDB 075 Dubai 12:25 BBC 044 Dhaka/Dammam 22:40 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:15 THY 5585 AYT 23:00 AGY 694 Sohag 12:25 FDB 059 Dubai 22:50 MSC 402 Alexandria 12:20 KAC 153 Istanbul 23:00 SAW 701 Damascus 12:35 JZR 185 Dubai 23:00 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 RBG 552 Alexandria 23:10 JZR 241 Amman 12:40 JAI 526 Chennai/Abu Dhabi 23:00 FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 KAC 411 Bangkok/Manila 23:25 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 JZR 786 Riyadh 13:10 JZR 1540 Cairo 23:50 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 FDB 060 Dubai 23:50 THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 PIA 205 Lahore 23:40 OMA 642 Muscat 13:15 KAC 415 Kuala Lumpur/Jakarta 23:50 DIAL161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION stars34 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 CROSSWORD 1014 STAR TRACK

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

Venturing into something completely new and different may be what you Feed your mind today, Libra. While you enjoy being active and social, you do need, Aries. You have a solid practical side, but the need for excitement and get bored quickly. You'll need to give yourself a constant supply of intriguing, adventure is likely just as strong. If you've been putting your nose to the fresh material in order to feel your best. Explore an interesting subject or learn grindstone a lot lately, take time off for some fun. Visit a friend or drive to a a new hobby. Stimulate your mind and your body will become more ener- place you haven't been to before and explore. getic. Go online if you can't get away.

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

Learning about things that interest you most is something you may want If you're trying to prove you have something valuable to offer, Scorpio, to do today. At work and home, there's a schedule to tend to. On your own think this through. You're naturally friendly and can get along with almost time, you're free to learn about anything your heart desires. Intellectual anyone. This may already be your strength, and you probably have some- growth is something you enjoy. Whether you delve into cooking, astro- thing great to bring to a crowd. Consider just being you and not always physics, or genealogy, you'll find something new. trying to feel a part of things. Start by looking at your good qualities to prove your worth to yourself.

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

If you meet new people today, Gemini, be careful. Some can appear inter- Consider putting your problem-solving skills to the test today, Sagittarius. ACROSS 6. A city in central New York. esting because they're bold or dangerous. Perhaps they do things you'd You have a real flair for investigating situations and figuring out what hap- 1. The part of the nervous system of verte- 7. Brief episode in which the brain gets never dream of doing. While this may be intriguing, it can lead to trouble pened. If something comes your way that seems mysterious, deal with the brates that controls involuntary actions of insufficient blood supply. and hurt you if you aren't careful. Stick to your usual standards and ethics. problem directly and wrestle out the truth. If you're baffled, use the process the smooth muscles and heart and glands. 8. A large number or amount. If danger excites you too much, it may be time to make some changes in of elimination. Stick with it and you'll learn what's what in no time. 4. Having a common boundary or edge. 9. (prefix) Between or among or in the your life. 12. Being one more than fifteen. midst of. 15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain 10. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of lac insects. the alkali metal group. 16. Of or relating to or belonging to a 11. A state of partial or total darkness. nation or country. 12. Being two more than forty. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. A unit of length of thread or yarn. 13. English logician who introduced Venn 18. Title for a civil or military leader (espe- diagrams (1834-1923). cially in Turkey). 14. The United Nations agency concerned You might have to make a choice between telling the truth and a lie. Capricorn, try not to be fooled by others. If you don't know a person well and 19. (heraldry) Applied to a fish depicted with atomic energy. Sometimes this can be a difficult choice, especially if you're afraid you'll hurt you aren't sure about him or her, trust your instincts. You tend to care about horizontally. 21. Colorless watery fluid of blood and someone's feelings. However, a lie can take far more energy than the truth. others, so it can be easy for you to feel sorry for someone and bend over 20. Speak one's opinion without fear or lymph containing no cells and in which Consider what you'd want the other person to do in your place. Stick to your backward to help. Make sure that the person you help really deserves it and hesitation. erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets ethics, even of it's tough. you know the whole story. This can save you problems down the road. 22. The capital and largest city of Yemen. are suspended. 24. Milled product of durum wheat (or oth- 23. In bed. er hard wheat) used in pasta. 25. (from a combination of MOdulate and 26. Offering little or no hope. DEModulate) Electronic equipment con- Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 28. Capital and largest city of Italy. sisting of a device used to connect com- Leo (July 23-August 22) 29. English conspirator who claimed that puters by a telephone line. there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate 27. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked It can be very easy to get carried away today, Aquarius. You might get caught Charles II (1649-1705). on a skewer usually with vegetables. Kindheartedness is wonderful, but being taken advantage of can be a dan- up in some excitement. You need to use your head on a day like this. Double- 32. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 30. (of complexion) Blemished by imper- ger. You really need to trust your instincts to keep this from happening. If check everything and moderate your activities. Keep your limitations in mind. 34. The universal time coordinated time on fections of the skin. what you hear doesn't match what you feel, trust your feeling. In the event There's nothing saying you can't do whatever it is that catches your eye. Just board the spacecraft. 31. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that you get used, move past it. It would be a shame if resentment perma- use caution and keep yourself safe. 38. Any of a number of fishes of the family that is highly corrosion-resistant. nently dampened your giving nature. Carangidae. 33. A river in north central Switzerland that 41. Austrian physicist and philosopher who runs northeast into the Rhine. introduced the Mach number and who 35. A genus of Caltha. founded logical positivism (1838-1916). 36. Oblong cream puff. Virgo (August 23-September 22) 42. An associate degree in nursing. 37. Outstanding United States athlete Pisces (February 19-March 20) 44. (prefix) Indicating difference or varia- (1888-1953). tion. 39. The eleventh month of the civil year. 45. An oral cephalosporin (trade names 40. An narrative telling the adventures of a You have an intense nature. You probably feel things deeply and spend time The energy you feel today may have you so jittery that others don't know Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly hero or a family. lost in thought. Too much intensity can take a toll on your well-being. It might what to do. The day's aspects can really bring a boost and you'd be wise to prescribe for mild to moderately severe 43. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829). be time you got out and enjoyed yourself. Get up from your chair and take a plan to do things so you have an avenue to spend it all. Get busy with physi- infections of the skin or ears or throat or 46. (Irish) One of a group of sea demons walk. Meet someone for lunch or do a little shopping. Find something active cal chores. Pull things out, organize, move furniture around - whatever it lungs or urinary tract. sometimes associated with the hostile to do to break the monotony of your routine. takes. It's better to be productive than drive everyone crazy. 50. Any of various dark heavy viscid sub- power of nature. stances obtained as a residue. 47. Antihypertensive drug (trade names 51. Provided with something intended to Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks increase its beauty or distinction. alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the WORD SEARCH PUZZLE Yesterday’s Solution 53. A steerable self-propelled airship. sympathetic nervous system (leading to a 55. Large strong hand (as of a fighter). decrease in blood pressure). 58. A river in north central Switzerland that 48. (Babylonian) The sky god. runs northeast into the Rhine. 49. A radioactive element of the alkali-met- 59. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick al group discovered as a disintegration scaly rind and shiny black seeds. product of actinium. 61. Extremely pleasing. 52. Deprive of by deceit. 64. United States collector and patron of 54. A region of Malaysia in northeastern art who built a museum in Boston to house Borneo. her collection and opened it to the public 56. An intensely radioactive metallic ele- in 1903 (1840-1924). ment that occurs in minute amounts in 70. Type genus of the Amiidae. uranium ores. 71. The capital and largest city of 57. A metallic element having four Bangladesh. allotropic forms. 74. Botswanan statesman who was the first 60. A person who gives a name or names. president of Botswana (1921-1980). 62. A white metallic element that burns 75. Partially carbonized vegetable matter with a brilliant light. saturated with water. 63. A resin used in adhesives and paints. 76. Being twofold. 65. Tropical starchy tuberous root. 78. Lacking in light. 66. Free from favoritism or self-interest or 79. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short bias or deception. wedge-shaped white tail. 67. A golf shot that curves to the right for a 80. Regarded with admiration. right-handed golfer. 81. A period marked by distinctive charac- 68. An independent ruler or chieftain ter or reckoned from a fixed point or event. (especially in Africa or Arabia). 69. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of DOWN Lamaism. 1. By bad luck. 72. A rotating disk shaped to convert circu- 2. Kamarupan languages spoken in north- lar into linear motion. eastern India and western Burma. 73. A user interface in which you type com- 3. The act of scanning. mands instead of choosing them from a 4. Reports of the work of a society or menu or selecting an icon. learned body etc. 77. A brittle silver-white metalloid element 5. The cry made by sheep. that is related to selenium and sulfur.

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Blair thinks Kris Jenner is ‘endearing’

he 43-year-old actress is set to play the ‘Keeping Up Hopefully, we’ll end up being friends. I have so much magazine: “He feels that he’s basically like he’s starting col- With the Kardashians’ star in the upcoming film respect for her.” Selma is also eager for her four-year-old lege. He’s now, like, a big guy. “He’s very sarcastic, thank T‘American Crime Story: The People v. OJ Simpson’ son, Arthur, to become friends with Kris’ grandchildren, goodness. Or else he’d be writing a terrible memoir about about about the murder trial of her late ex-husband Robert Mason, five, Penelope, three, and Reign Disick, eight his life with me!” Kardashian’s client OJ Simpson - who was accused of killing months, as well as North West, two. Asked if they have his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman in 1995 - arranged any play-dates, she said: “No, but we will. We keep and hopes they can build a long-lasting friendship. She trying to set it up.” Aside from working on the film, the said: “Kris is the most generous woman. I found her to be ‘Cruel Intentions’ star has spent the summer teaching her so lovely and endearing, she welcomed me into her house. son how to swim and ride a bike. She added to Us Weekly Barrymore never minded that her father was a ‘hippy’ he 39-year-old actress’ late dad John ents when she was 15 - still has a difficult walked out on her and her mother relationship with her mother. She said: “My TJaid when she was just a baby, but mother is a different subject. But all is well the ‘Miss You Already’ star never bore a and things are convivial and pleasant. I grudge against him for his actions. She can’t even talk about her.” While she had a said: “I somehow intuitively understood as troubled relationship with her parents, the a very young child that he was incapable of ‘Bad Girls’ actress - who has daughters being anything but this shoeless, selfish Olive, three, and Frankie, 16 months, with hippy and weirdly it didn’t bother me.” husband Will Kopelman - shares a strong Towards the end of John’s life, Drew moved bond with her ‘ET’ director Steven him closer to her and paid his medical bills Spielberg, who has been like a father to her. and was grateful for the time they spent She told Red magazine: “It was one of the Pattinson and twigs’ together before he died of cancer in 2004, most loving and encouraging and fun and even if he never felt like a “dad”. She added: adventurous things I’ve evr got to do in my “Spending time with him before he died life with such a saf group of people, led by felt like a gift, I always thought he was a the most wonderful man. “It was really just wedding reportedly ‘off the agenda’ very cool, interesting, entertaining, intrigu- a perfect world. It was the last time my life ing creature. “I was like, ‘I dig you, you’re not ws quote unquote normal. When he 29-year-old actor and the ‘Two Weeks’ hitmaker, who got between them.” It was previously reported the couple had pushed a dad by any sense of the word, but you’re [Spielberg] is with my kids, it’s the greatest engaged in March after six months of dating, have allegedly back their wedding because they couldn’t decide what kind of cele- a unique person.’ “And Drew - who was thing in the world.” T“drifted” apart while he is filming ‘The Lost City of Z’ in Northern bration to have. A source said last month: “She talks about keeping it granted legal emancipation from her par- Ireland, but are still trying to make their romance work. A source real and low-key and then wants an elaborate glamorous Baroque said: “[Their] wedding is off the agenda, [but] they haven’t called off affair. She was even talking at one stage about having a masked ball. the engagement. “They’ve definitely drifted and have barely spoken “It will now be bigger but how big, nobody’s quite sure at this while he’s in Belfast and she’s been in the States.” The 27-year-old moment in time. There’s no fixed [wedding] date but will probably singer has been staying at the ‘Rover’ star’s home in Los Angeles be late in the year.” while he is away, but he isn’t comfortable around many of the peo- ple on “Team twigs.” The insider told PEOPLE.com: “Rob has never been at ease with twigs’ entourage.” The ‘Twilight Saga’ heartthrob is scheduled to fly to Colombia next month to film scenes in the jungle, and the source predicts it “is bound to create further distance

Affleck and Sarah Gadon Garner still tired of being ‘care about asked about male co-stars each other’ he former couple, who announced their split in June after 10 years of marriage, Tattended a joint counseling session in Santa Monica on Thursday because they want to “con- tinue to be a strong unit” for their children, Violet, he 28-year-old star, who has her attention-seeking character, Natalie. nine, Seraphina, six, and three-year-old Samuel. A appeared in ‘The Amazing Spider- She told the October issue of FASHION source close to the duo said: “They are working Man 2’ alongside Andrew Garfield Magazine, on newsstands and iPad with a professional because there are emotions T and ‘Maps to the Stars’ with Robert September 14, 2015: “I’m least like her of all involved and they want to make this transition as Pattinson, thinks it’s “a bit unfortunate” that the characters I’ve ever played. She’s some- easy as possible for their family.” Another insider female actresses often have to play second body who thrives off of male attention; I told PEOPLE.com: “It’s not just for the kids - it’s fiddle to their male contemporaries. The was never really one of those girls.” also for them. They care about each other.” The blonde beauty said: “Sometimes I finish an Meanwhile, Sarah says she’s “a really proud, Oscar winner, 43, and the ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ interview and think, ‘Wow, they asked me happy Canadian.”She added: “I think we’ve wants to actress, 43, who previously visited their therapist questions entirely about the men I’ve got it figured out in our country. For exam- Kaling weekly before announcing their separation, were worked with and nothing about my own ple, gay marriage has just been legalized in spotted smiling after emerging from the two- work,’ and I wonder if I was a man sitting all of the US and it’s like, ‘Wow, hashtag hour session, sparking rumours they could be try- there if they would ask them about all the lovewins,’ but that’s not necessarily a leap be a positive role ing to reconcile. But the source insists they are still women they’ve worked with. That’s a bit forward compared to what we’ve already moving forward with their plans to divorce, unfortunate.” Sarah also stars in the upcom- experienced in Canada years ago.” adding: “There is no reconciliation. “They are ing film ‘The 9th Life of Louis Drax’ opposite working together and are keeping it amicable. Jamie Dornan, but insists she is nothing like This is something they have been working on for model for girls over a year - and they continue to be strong unit.” Jennifer is currently living at their family home in the Pacific Palisades with their children, even he ‘Mindy Project’ actress ship in the future. She told the UK’s though it is being extensively renovated, and the doesn’t care if people insult The Guardian newspaper: “When ‘Gone Girl’ actor has rented a property down the Tthe way she looks, and thinks people say that, it makes me feel so street. women should be more concerned cool. Like, oh, people are thinking about being labelled “not smart, or about me like I’m a character. We not a leader.” The 36-year-old star are so different and we fight a lot, said: “Insults about the way I look but the gift he [Novak] has always can’t be the thing that harms me given me is the utter and total and my heart the most. It has to belief that I am one of the greats. harm me the least. If I have a And it is an intoxicating feeling.” daughter, I’m going to tell her that. “Far too many women are much more hurt by being called fat or ugly than they are by being called not smart, or not a leader. If some- one told me that I was stupid or Victoria and David Beckham that I wasn’t a leader, or that I wasn’t witty or quick or perceptive, I’d be devastated. If someone told have adopted a ‘new baby’ me that I had a gross body, I’d say, he British fashion designer, who has to have any more children, adding: “I’ve ‘Well, it’s bringing me a lot of happi- four children, Brooklyn, 16, Romeo, done my bit.” But she and David celebrated ness.’ Like, I’m having a fine time of T13, Cruz, 10, and Harper, four, with the their their 16th wedding anniversary in July it. Having my priorities aligned like retired soccer player, has introduced their and are said to be happier than ever since that has helped me have a happier beloved new dog, Olive Beckham, to the he retired. A source previously said: life, I think.” Meanwhile, Mindy, who world via Instagram. Alongside a picture of “Victoria is still worried that David’s busi- has dedicated an entire chapter the pet pooch, the 41-year-old star wrote: ness ventures will mean they may have to of her new book, ‘Why Not Me?’ “Meet Olive Beckham x our new baby”. spend more time apart, but she’s happy for to ex-boyfriend BJ Novak, who Brooklyn also posted a picture of their new now as he’s home a lot. “It’s made him really she previously admitted she puppy in David’s arms on his profile, writ- mellow and Victoria feels like they have a would have married if he’d ing: “A new member to the family olive proper partnership. “David really admires asked her before they split (sic).” The family already have two bulldogs the strong woman his wife has become and almost 10 years ago, admits she called Coco and Scarlet, as well as a Shar- she feels their bond is unbreakable.” loves the idea that people think pei named Barnaby, who they brought they might rekindle their relation- home in March 2013. 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Khloe’s friends think ‘she deserves’ to be happy wins Malika and Khadijah Haqq are overjoyed that the admitted he still considers himself “a big part of the Kardashian fam- ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star, who split from ily.” The troubled athlete, who allegedly battled cocaine abuse Testranged husband Lamar Odom in December 2013, has before being dumped by the reality TV star, said: “I love KhloÈ in a found love again with Houston Rockers player James Harden. Asked place where there is no space or time, so it’s infinite. I can’t control it. about their romance, Malika said: “She’s very happy.” Khadijah I think I’m still a big part of the Kardashian family.” KhloÈ was left added: “[They’re] great. She deserves it.” The duo were among the “emotionally shaken” by her encounter with him last month after he guests at the lavish party KhloÈ, 31, threw for James’ 26th birthday reportedly shouted at her outside a Soul Cycle class in Beverly Hills party on a yacht in Los Angeles last month and Malika told E! News: and the next day she caught a private plane to Texas to see James. “It was a blast! Honestly, I don’t think there’s anyone who’s been to a Kardashian affair that was not a blast.” While Khloe, whose divorce is on the verge of being finalized, has moved on, Lamar recently

Ratajkowski says Melissa Rivers has paid an ‘Blurred Lines’ has emotional tribute to her mother

he newly appointed ‘Fashion Police’ co-host all miss so very much.” Earlier this week, Melissa become ‘the bane remembered her mother in a post on the late revealed that she and Cooper scattered Joan’s ash- Tcomedienne’s Twitter profile, in which she es while on holiday in Wyoming last month. She admitted it has been a “difficult” year “of firsts” said: “Coop and I took our annual family vacation of [her] existence’ since the 81-year-old star died due to complica- to Wyoming. [The] first without my mom and scat- tions after undergoing routine throat surgery in tered some of her ashes there so we can still be he 24-year-old actress, who rose to fame after New York City. The 47-year-old producer, who has together every August as a family.” But she insisted appearing topless and wearing skimpy nude under- 14-year-old son Cooper with ex-husband John they had nothing big planned to mark her anniver- Twear in the racy video, claims she almost rejected the Endicott, wrote: “Today marks one year since my sary. She said: “Everyone expects me to have this opportunity to star in it. The brunette beauty told the mother passed. This was the year of firsts: first holi- big grand plan for the 4th and I am just going to October issue of the UK’s InStyle magazine: “I wasn’t into days, first birthdays, first everythings without be spending it with my son. He is going to go to the idea at all at first. I think I came off as a bit annoyed in mom, without grandma. “While it’s been difficult. school, I am going to go to work and come home the video. “Now, it’s the bane of my existence. When any- I’ve been amazed by the outpouring of love and and light a candle, and have a glass of wine.” one comes up to me about ‘Blurred Lines,’ I’m like, ‘Are we overwhelming kindness we’ve received from fami- seriously talking about a video from three years ago?’ “ The ly, friends, and people whose lives were touched ‘We Are Your Friends’ star says doesn’t understand why “a by the woman they knew as Joan — a woman we woman’s naked body is so controversial in our culture.” She added: “My mum taught me to never apologize for my sex- uality. My dad never made me feel embarrassed. I also don’t think I’ve ever had an awareness of my own body as being super-sexual. It was always just my body.” But Emily insists there are still “a few things” she doesn’t like about her figure. She said: “There are a few things I don’t like about my body, like that part of my thigh beneath my butt. But my friends will say I’m crazy and I know it’s just my per- ception. You can’t beat up on yourself.” Orapraises Miley Cyrus for her nudity he 24-year-old singer compared Miley, 22, to Madonna for her penchant for stripping off and promoting the message Tof being comfortable in your own body. Rita told The Hollywood Reporter: “Miley is the main supporter of that mes- sage of being comfortable in your own skin. Madonna started it. Artists who are willing to do it only come along once in a blue moon.” Rita is known for her own racy ensembles but revealed she is happier when she is naked and rarely wears clothes when she throws parties at her home. Asking her entourage, “Guys, when do I ever wear clothes when I’m home and we have a par- ty?” they responded “Never.” And speaking about her own flesh- flashing appearances at her recent concerts, Rita said: “I wasn’t naked! My new single is called ‘Body on Me,’ and it’s about your body and feeling comfortable in who you are, so I thought, ‘I would wear the same thing at home with my friends, why not do it at my own concert?’” Meanwhile, Rita revealed she just wants to be comfortable on stage. She explained: “It’s about not having any rules. I’ve been very adamant on making sure that there is a sense of freedom on my stage, whether it’s outfits or being com- fortable in your sexuality, whatever. I’m very proud of what I am and who we are as a band and as a team.”

Hardy did not have a Milano says sexuality crisis in ‘Legend’ divorce is ‘not he British actor, who previously what I didn’t even think about it. I don’t admitted to experimenting with men think it needs playing, that’s that. Ronnie an option’ Tand women when he was younger, was gay, does that make sense? If I thought he ‘Charmed’ actress has insisted her and plays identical twin gangsters Ronald and about then that would give me pause to husband David Bugliari - who she tied the Reginald Kray in the new crime thriller and think about it, but I just had to get on with knot with six years ago - have to “work” on insists he had no problem switching doing what I’m doing which is my job.” T their relationship but she believes it’s all worth between them. Speaking at a press confer- Tom, who also attended the film’s world it. She said: “[Marriage is] work, and there’s no ence for ‘Legend’ in London on Thursday, premiere with his cast mates on Thursday one I’d rather put in the work with. “The most the 37-year-old star said: “Do you know night, thinks actors often over-think roles important thing is to laugh. If you can laugh and prefers to take a more organic with someone, you can get through anything.” approach. He explained: “I think if you start And the 42-year-old beauty has made a con- playing anything then I think you start to scious decision to terminate her role in miss the point of what it is you’re supposed ‘Mistresses’ so she can spend more time with to do. I think what was complicated is that Rihanna bans Hamilton her husband and their two children Milo and we don’t know if Reggie was gay as well or Elizabella. She explained: “It’s hard enough to not, that’s questionable. So that’s where I have a successful marriage in this industry. “I’m had to look at ‘Legend’ as its own separate from communicating with not going to take my kids away from my hus- entity and within this entity Reggie’s het- band for four months and move to Vancouver.” erosexual, Ronnie’s gay let’s get on with it . Alyssa also credits acting for helping her try dif- Does that make sense?” The new movie is ferent ventures including, most recently, team- based on the book ‘The Profession of Nicole Scherzinger ing up with Viva to design paper towels. She Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray he 27-year-old singer, who has been a spark may still linger. She wants to ensure told Entertainment Tonight: “The beauty of act- Twins’ by John Pearson and Tom first linked to the British Formula One she’s the woman in Lewis’ life.” Despite her ing is it’s enabled me to do all of these other became a fan at as a teenager. He said: “I driver since July, has reportedly concerns, the ‘Diamonds’ hitmaker’s “sec- things, which I also find super, super fulfilling in think as a kid you see the books on the true T demanded he completely “cut contact” ond mum” approves of her new relation- a different way. “Who knows how I’m going to crime section and get interested, well I did with his ex-girlfriend if he wants to contin- ship. Sharon Bellamy Thompson - who feel once [my kids are] in high school, and I feel anyway. I had a brief interest in true crime ue dating her. A source said: “Nicole was helped raise the singer as a child, babysit- like their little beings have been moulded into at about 15, you go on holiday and grab a constantly texting Lewis and it annoyed ting her and driving her to school - recently what they’re going to be and they can look at book, so that’s when they came across my Rihanna. So she told him that if he doesn’t said: “They would have beautiful babies. As me and say, ‘We’re going to be OK.’ “But for right horizon. I think they’re about as familiar as cut contact, it’s over.” The 30-year-old star long as this man makes her happy, he’s got now I have this window of opportunity to not a red telephone box (in Britain). “Playing split from former Pussycat Dolls singer my approval. You’ve got to love his British only enjoy them, but also to make sure that I’m them was a case of going back and looking Nicole, 37, in February after seven years of charm. “I saw her at the carnival [in being a good parent and be a present parent. at all the source material available and dating and she is rumored to now be dat- Barbados] and Lewis is so handsome.” So, I’m going to do that.” there is a lot of source material available.” ing Ed Sheeran, 25. But the insider told —bangshowbiz InTouch magazine: “Rihanna’s worried that lifestyle SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

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This photo provided by EuropaCorp/TF1 Films shows, Ed Skrein, as Frank Martin, in EuropaCorp’s “The This photo provided by EuropaCorp/TF1 Films shows, Tatiana Pajkovic, from left, as Maria, Loan Chabonal, as Anna, Yu Wenxia, as Transporter Refueled.” Qiao, and Ed Skrein, as Frank Martin, in EuropaCorp’s “The Transporter Refueled.” — AP photos ‘Transporter Refueled’ a cinematic bumpy ride f nothing else, this reboot of the Transporter franchise Fortunately, Ray Stevenson is on hand to provide some set pieces in which Frank demonstrates that he’s as skilled in Speaking of laughs, there are more than a few in such should do wonders for Audi sales, not to mention car safe- necessary energy to the proceedings. The actor is clearly hav- mixed martial arts as he is at high-speed driving through the scenes as when one of the women gets shot in the stomach, Ity. Every passenger who sets foot in the tricked-out, gleam- ing a good time playing Frank’s dad - he persistently address- narrow streets of the French Riviera without running over any prompting emergency surgery using spider webs as a coagu- ing German automobile driven by the titular character is es his son as “Junior” - a rakish Evian sales rep who’s not so innocent bystanders. A man with a strict moral code, he does- lant. But not to worry, she’s feeling fine the next morning. It’s immediately ordered to fasten their seat belt. It’s sound secretly a government agent. Unfortunately, the character’s n’t carry a gun, forcing him to use a wide variety of objects-at- yet one more example of how The Transporter Refueled is run- advice, because “The Transporter Refueled” is a cinematic spy skills seriously leave something to be desired, as the plot hand to dispatch a seemingly endless series of opponents, ning on cheap gas. “The Transporter Refueled,” a Europa Corp. bumpy ride. hinges on his getting kidnapped not once but twice in the somehow managing to never muss up his perfectly tailored release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of Arriving seven years after the final installment of the trilo- course of 24 hours. suit in the process. America for “sequences of violence and action, sexual materi- gy originally starring Jason Statham, this latest version, inex- Speaking of plot, what little there is has something to do Director Camille Delamarre (“Brick Mansions”) and his col- al, some language, a drug reference and thematic elements.” plicably set in 2010, features a younger, slighter Frank Martin with Frank being hired by gorgeous femme fatale Anna (Loan laborators have devised a few nifty sequences, including a Running time: 96 minutes. — AP as played by Ed Skrein (“Game of Thrones”). It’s a real diminish- Chabanol) and her trio of similarly beautiful, blonde-wigged Jackie Chan-style fight scene in which Frank uses an array of ment, and not just in physical terms. Skrein moves well and accomplices. When they reveal that they are holding his father file cabinet drawers to dispatch his opponents, and a car’s fly- has the requisite model-ready good looks, beautifully cared- prisoner and have given him poison that will kill him within 12 ing leap into an airport terminal through which it proceeds to for stubble and gruff, rumbling voice that make him machis- hours, Frank is coerced into helping them get revenge on the wreak vehicular havoc. But unlike the similarly high-octane mo personified. But compared to his predecessor, he’s serious- Russian human trafficker who forced them into prostitution 15 stunts in “Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation,” most of the ly lacking in charisma, and his relentlessly monotonous per- years earlier. ones rendered here are so cartoonish and divorced from reali- formance fails to rev up the film’s engine. But that’s all a mere excuse for a relentless series of action ty that they induce more laughs than gasps. Iron Maiden frontman on Contract that cancer fight, 747 flight launched The ron Maiden frontman Bruce never hit somebody smaller than Dickinson credits his grandfa- you, and you only hit them if they Ither with getting him through really deserve it. But you never Beatles up for sale his recent battle with cancer. Late back down and you never give up.’ last year, doctors discovered a small cancerous tumor on his tongue. AP: You’re the frontman of the he contract that launched the career of The Beatles will The news came as the band was biggest metal band and also fly be sold in London later this month and is expected to putting finishing touches on their the band’s private plane, a 747. Tfetch up to £500,000 (681,000 Euros, $760,000), 16th studio album, “Book of Souls,” Take me though that? Sotheby’s auction house said yesterday. The document was and began planning their world Dickinson: I was working as an air- signed by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and tour. line pilot. I had a regular job for 10 Ringo Starr with their manager Brian Epstein on October 1, Dickinson, 57, waited until after years, and at the same time, I was in 1962 — four days before the release of their first single “Love his radiation treatment was com- Iron Maiden. We used to tour for Me Do”. plete to make a statement, and like two or three months a year, and Harrison and McCartney were under 21 at the time so their found the hardest part was people I would get unpaid leave to tour. ... fathers acted as co-signatories and there was a clause in the dumping their fears on him. How crazy is that? ... I went to my contract stating that band members could be expelled “They’re like, ‘Oh my God, don’t die.’ manager and I said, ‘Look, I’ve got “should two or more of them desire”. The document also out- And I’m like, ‘I’m not making any this crazy idea. How’d you fancy lined the different commission rates that Epstein would plans to die. Leave me alone I’m try- going out in a 747 on the next receive for earnings of up to £400, up to £800 and more than ing to get better,’” Dickinson said. tour?’ He went, ‘Oooh ... that would £800 a week. Now the singer is cancer-free be major.’ ... I’m training for the 747 “Without this contract, and the relationship it represents, it and the band is ready to embark on license now at a simulator in seems inconceivable that the Beatles could have achieved all a six-continent world tour, with Cardiff. that they did,” said Gabriel Heaton, Sotheby’s specialist in Dickinson piloting the band’s pri- books and manuscripts. Epstein, who died from an accidental vate tour plane, a 747 named “Ed AP: Not many bands’ release dou- overdose in 1967, was dubbed the “Fifth Beatle” by McCartney. Force One.” The name comes from ble albums these days. The Beatles came out of Liverpool in northwest England to the band’s mascot, Eddie, who has Dickinson: It’s something that become one of the best-selling and most influential rock appeared on all of their album cov- most people don’t do now. It’s bands in history. Founding member Paul McCartney and ers, and will grace the plane’s tail. something we have never done. drummer Ringo Starr are still alive, while John Lennon was Recently, Dickinson sat down with But we didn’t do it to prove a point. shot dead in 1980 and George Harrison died of cancer in 2001. the Associated Press to talk about We did it because we ran out of An undated handout photo released by Sotheby’s auction house in London on September 5, The contract will go on sale on September 29. — AFP his cancer and his thoughts on Iron space on one CD. We got to six 2015, shows a copy of the contract that launched the career of The Beatles. It is expected to Maiden tribute bands. songs and filled it up. I said, ‘Guys, fetch up to £500,000 (681,000 euros, $760,000), Sotheby’s auction house said.— AFP either we stop now, or this is going Q: How did your grandfather to be two albums.’ inspire your courage? Dickinson: I was brought up by AP: What do you think of the trib- him. I always remember a day when ute bands? Anthony Daniels slams Disney’s I got beaten up at school. I was a lit- Dickinson: I think it’s a great. tle guy, only about this big (holds There’s a female tribute band, ‘The his hand). He was a miner, so he Iron Maidens’ and they all dress up said, ‘This kid beat you up,’ and I like us. That was an odd experience. attitude over ‘Force Awakens’ said ‘Yeah.” So he says, ‘All right, We saw them in Mexico, sneaked in make a fist. Now hit my hand.’ So I the back. Me and Steve were there nthony Daniels, the actor who has played lovably taking directions via a GPS navigation device that used the did the Rocky thing with it. ‘Now go and I went, ‘Go on, do you fancy finicky robot C-3PO in six “Star Wars” films, has no stom- character’s voice. And he is signed on for two more sequels. “I out there and sort him out.’ Kind of yourself?’ (laughs) That’s too weird... Aach for the saga’s three prequels, over-reliance on spe- don’t think I’m very good at other things,” Daniels said. “I want- a blue-collar sort of thing to do so I The crucial thing for us is that we cial effects or for Disney’s “Kremlin attitude” when it comes to ed to act but I didn’t want to play Hamlet. With ‘Star Wars,’ my did. Then I was escorted home by don’t become our own tribute leaks about the seventh installment in the space epic, a new life jolted sideways. I look at other actors now - they’re all terri- teacher. I remember he opened the band. There’s that subtle distinction. interview reveals. Daniels told the Guardian how he was bly good - and I think, ‘How do you know how to do that? door and standing there in his vest The new music is what makes us slapped by Disney for an off-hand tweet in which he revealed How?’ Because I seem to have forgotten.” — Reuters and pants, he said, ‘I’ll take care of not our own karaoke band. — AP he had met an actor who plays a character in “The Force Anthony Daniels it.’ He asked me what happened Awakens,” the “Star Wars” installment due out this Christmas. with the head piece and told me the ground rules. He “Immediately I received a message from Disney: ‘Remove of iconic Star Wars said, ‘You never hit a woman. You the tweet! You’re not allowed to say that!’” Daniels recalled. character ‘C-3P0’. “Honestly. It’s a kind of Kremlin attitude.The secrecy has been beyond ludicrous,” the 69-year-old actor added. “For heaven’s sake, it’s a movie. When I got the script, it was typed in black on paper of the deepest red so you couldn’t photocopy it. I got a hangover just reading it.” Daniels told the newspaper how the role of C-3PO had come to dominate his career, so that he could hardly imagine playing another role now. He said he had deeply enjoyed working with “Episode VII” director J.J. Abrams, whom he cred- ited with a back-to-basics approach. He said “Star Wars” cre- ator George Lucas “has changed a lot over the years, but I think he finds it slightly hard to collaborate,” adding, “He made decisions that I believe might have been better discussed with other people. JJ is more collaborative. He likes to listen.” “The Force Awakens” recaptures the inspiration of the orig- inal film, he said. “It became clear early on that with JJ we were getting back to the old-fashioned kind of film-making. We have walls. Actual sets!” He contrasted that approach with the saga’s three prequels, which he suggested became overly focused on technical mastery over storytelling. “Ah, the prequels,” Daniels told the Guardian. “The effects are clever but pointless. The skill is there, but so what? British musician Bruce Dickinson appears during an interview in Coldness, that’s the word. Bleakness, even.” Daniels may have New York. — AP fallen out of love with some of “Star Wars’” history but he acknowledges that C-3PO made his career. He laughed about lifestyle SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Music & Movies Superheroes, for once, don’t rule Hollywood’s summer fter a lackluster 2014 summer, Hollywood has bounced “Ant-Man” (seventh place with $170.1 million) was bedeviled back with one of its best seasons ever. But the most sur- by creative differences and fell well short of Marvel’s last irrev- Aprising part of the turnaround is that superheroes aren’t erent entry, the mammoth summer 2014 hit “Guardians of the the ones who saved the day. Instead, Hollywood’s summer was Galaxy.” And Fox’s “Fantastic Four,” which the director Josh led by a banner season from Universal Pictures, the lone major Trank, himself, suggested was marred by studio overreach, was studio with nary a cape in its cupboard. With a record-setting the biggest superhero debacle in at least a decade. Its $25.7 $5.3 billion-plus in revenue so far this year, Universal has pow- million opening sent analysts back to the likes of 2004’s ered Hollywood to a near record summer with a diverse string “Catwoman” to find a comic book disaster of similar propor- of hits including the season’s top film “Jurassic World” ($1.6 bil- tions. lion worldwide), the top animated hit, “Minions,” and one of the It will probably go down as merely a dent in the superhero most successful sequels, “Pitch Perfect 2.” movie’s armor, but it’s also possible that the summer of 2015 After the summer limps to a close over Labor Day weekend, will later be seen as a turning point. As Steven Spielberg the North American box office will have tallied about $4.4 bil- reminded in a recent interview with The Associated Press, A file picture taken on June 26, 2011 shows Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian posing for a picture in a park in lion in ticket receipts, according to box office data firm Rentrak. these things are cyclical: “There will be a time when the super- the capital Tehran. — AFP That’s second only to the record $4.75 billion summer of 2013 hero movie goes the way of the Western,” he said. More impor- and an improvement of about 7.5 percent from last summer’s tant, perhaps, is that the movie business is generally quite downturn. And the superhero-less Universal led the way. “It’s a healthy - robust, even. lot of hard work, but it’s also an indication that we’re tapping Iran photographer to share prize Variety of success stories Despite clamors over the effect of digital media and the competition of television, films are finding success in a variety Syrian refugees of ways. The summer proved that many of the characteristics money with that have long driven hits - a reputation for quality (Pixar’s ranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian has said she will or the impact of sanctions on individual lives. “The aesthetic “Inside Out”), the allure of top-flight stunts (“Mission: donate part of a 100,000-Euro ($112,000) Dutch award to and intellectual qualities of Tavakolian’s stills, videos, installa- Impossible - Rogue Nation”), a sense of cultural timeliness Icharity, including Syrian and Iraqi refugees. “It is hard for tions and photobooks question stereotypes and inspire young (“Straight Outta Compton”), blinding B-movie thrills (“Mad me to enjoy this prize as much as I would like to, seeing the photographers across the Middle East,” said the Prince Claus Max: Fury Road”) - still work just fine. region where I work and live in flames and tens of thousands Fund. “What audiences are looking for - and they found it, in large seeking refuge in faraway lands,” Tavakolian said on her During a recent trip in the Middle East, Tavakolian took pic- part, this summer - is a lot of options, a lot of different types of Facebook page. tures to illustrate the struggles of Kurdish women fighting the movies,” says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for The 34-year-old self-taught photographer considered as jihadist Islamic State group in northern Iraq. Tavakolian said Rentrak. Universal, he says, “took what most would see as a one of the first professional female photojournalists in Iran, 13,000 Euros of her prize money would be given to Sheed negative and turned it into a positive by their movies seeming said she would be donating 15,000 to an organization helping Award, an independent documentary photography award in absolutely fresh.” There were bombs, just as there always are. Syrian and Iraqi refugees. “I have worked in both their coun- Iran. Another 10,000 Euros will go to Mahak Foundation, an Disney’s “Tomorrowland,” starring George Clooney, made bare- In this image released by Universal Pictures, Chris Pratt tries and want to give back to all the kindness Iraqi’s and Iranian charity supporting children with cancer, and 7,000 ly $200 million globally - a mark Sony’s heavily marketed appears in a scene from “Jurassic World.” — AP Syrians always welcomed me with, despite the dire circum- Euros to local organizations supporting and protecting ani- “Pixels,” with Adam Sandler, hasn’t reached. And Warner Bros.’ stances they live in,” she said. mals. “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” based on the ‘60s TV series, also The Amsterdam-based Prince Claus Fund dedicated to cul- Tavakolian’s pictures have been published by Time maga- audiences in different ways with the different kind of movies failed to entice audiences. Reboot fever, too, was set back with ture and development said on its website Thursday that it had zine, the National Geographic and Magnum Photos. In 2014, we’re releasing,” says Nick Carpou, distribution head for the latest attempt to revive the “Terminator” franchise with awarded its Principal 2015 prize to Tavakolian. “Newsha Tavakolian returned a 50,000-euro prize from the Carmignac Universal. “I think our diverse slate doesn’t tend to tire people Paramount’s “Genisys.” Coming six years after the last entry, Tavakolian is a self-taught photographer who combines pho- Gestion photojournalism award citing a dispute with the out.” If superhero domination is slipping at all, it’s not by much. “Salvation,” it made a lackluster $89.4 million. (It has fared bet- tojournalism and art to offer new insights into the lived expe- French foundation over her right to artistic freedom. She later “Avengers: Age of Ultron” was the summer’s second highest ter in its recent release in China.) Some of the slack was picked rience of people in Iran and the wider Middle East region,” it changed her mind following negotiations with the jury. The grossing film in North America with $457.7 million, and Marvel up by releases that easily outgained their budgets, like Amy said. Prince Claus awards are given to individuals, groups and has already staked out prime summer release dates for years to Schumer’s “Trainwreck” ($105.5 million domestically) and “One of the first professional female photojournalists in organizations based mainly in Africa, Asia, Latin America and come, the billions sure to follow. Melissa McCarthy’s “Spy” ($110.4 million”).—AP Iran, her work ranges from bold reportage of political events the Caribbean. — AFP But this was the first summer since the final “Harry Potter” to sensitive portraits and evocative series on subjects such as chapter in 2011 that a comic book movie didn’t top all films. the insecurity of middle-class youth, female Kurdish fighters 72nd International Venice Film Festival ‘Beasts of No Nation’ makes Netflix an award contender

fficially its full title is the International Exhibition of the Fukunaga spent more than a decade developing his proj- Cinematographic Arts. Yet the top prize at this year’s ect to make a film about child soldiers, an issue he first Oedition of the Venice Film Festival could be handed to became interested in when studying neo-colonialism as an a film destined to barely see the inside of a cinema but which undergraduate. He says Netflix’s offer to buy the film had been will be available to watch on laptops, tablets and mobile “in the Godfather way, an offer we couldn’t refuse”. “Of course I phones from the moment it is released on October 16. still want people to see it in the cinema but more than any- “Beasts of No Nation,” Cary Fukunaga’s child soldier drama, thing I want as many people as possible to see the movie.” is the first Netflix feature film to be included in competition for The chances of that happening, he argues, are far greater a major film prize. And regardless of whether or not it wins, with access to Netflix’s 65-million strong subscriber base as a the fact that a video-on-demand service has been able to back-up to a cinema release that could easily end with the film place its content at the heart of the world’s oldest film festival just disappearing. “It wasn’t a no-brainer, I wouldn’t say that, is being seen as something of a landmark moment for an but it was undeniably powerful,” he told AFP. “And ultimately it industry on the cusp of far-reaching change in the way its out- comes down to consumer choice-if audiences want to see put is consumed. drama in the cinema, they have to show up.” Festival Director Alberto Barbera said he had not hesitated about including “Beasts” in the 21-strong selection of films Machete Killing competing for the Golden Lion. Streaming-based distribution Set in an unidentified West African country and shot in 22 services are becoming important sources of finance for film- different locations in Ghana, “Beasts” unflinchingly recounts making and “we can’t ignore them”, he argues. the story of Agu, a happy-go-lucky boy whose joyous exis- Cinema owners are less open-minded with many refusing tence as part of a loving family is turned on its head after his to provide slots for films simultaneously released to Internet village in a UN-protected buffer zone is overrun by govern- (From left) Actors Eddie Redmayne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Amber Heard, Alicia Vikander, and director Tom Hooper pose subscribers on the grounds that this will kill the culture of ment troops seeking to quell a rebellion. during the photo call for the movie The Danish Girl at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice. going out to see films on a big screen-and sooner or later put His mother and sister are dispatched to a nearby city but them out of business. In the case of a film like “Beasts” the Agu, played by newcomer Abraham Attah, is left behind to issue is arguably moot since the challenging nature of the film witness the killing of his brother and father. He narrowly means it was only ever likely to get a limited, art-house cine- escapes with his life only to be captured in the bush by a Redmayne brings transgender ma run. But it is a question that can only become more acute group of rebels under the leadership of Commandant, a as the volume and range of original production from online charismatic figure played by Idris Elba. distributors expands. Taken under Commandant’s wing, what remains of Agu’s pioneer’s story to screen innocence is soon stripped away by the brutality of his daily Crouching Tiger, Spike Lee existence, his initiation into the youthful battalion completed Netflix has already signed Adam Sandler up to make four when he obeys an order to hack a university student to death his is not my body. I want you to take it away.” When sion of herself. “Lili was incredibly courageous in fighting to films for them and the company has funded the “Crouching with repeated machete blows to his head. Such scenes make transgender artist Lili Elbe, played by British actor Eddie become her true self,” Hooper told reporters in Venice. Tiger, Hidden Dragon” sequel “The Green Legend”-now due to Fukunaga’s piece a testing view. But the film has been well- Redmayne, utters that line in Tom Hooper’s “The Danish Remarkably, Wegener’s increasingly strong determination to live “T be released early next year, possibly with an eye on Netflix’s received and he has won praise for raising an issue he has Girl”, it is the 1930s and she is in Germany, agreeing to become as a woman does not destroy the relationship with Gerda whose one of the first people to undergo sex change surgery. art enjoys a new lease of life as Elbe becomes her muse. As her planned expansion in Asia. Meanwhile Amazon Prime have wanted to dramatise for over a decade. “The violence depict- The subject of much pre-release excitement, “The King’s understanding and acceptance of her partner’s true nature deep- commissioned Spike Lee to make their first Oscar-eligible fea- ed in the film is nowhere near as violent as in real life,” he said. Speech” director Hooper’s new film was shown for the first time ens, so too does the bond between them. ture, a musical comedy about gun crime in Chicago called “Real war is gruesome.” — AFP on Saturday at the Venice Film Festival. Elbe’s decision to begin “Chiraq”. Lee once described the idea of watching a film on a what was then an untested and risky process was the culmination A unique love story mobile phone as “heartbreaking”. of a journey that begins with her living in 1920s Copenhagen as Hooper said the film was essentially a love story that had a Einar Wegener, a successful landscape painter blissfully in love contemporary relevance given the ongoing discrimination faced with his beautiful artist wife, Gerda, played by Swedish actress by transgender people, but also in relation to the suffering of peo- Alicia Vikander. ple caught up in the ongoing immigration crises in Europe and the United States. “It is a film about inclusion, the inclusion made possible through love,” Hooper said. “The only way to make inclu- sion possible is through compassion and love.” Asked why he had not cast a transgender actor in the lead role, Hooper acknowledged that actors from that segment of society face serious barriers to getting roles of all descriptions. But he said Redmayne had been an “instinctive choice” for a role the actor agreed to do before winning his Best Actor Oscar for his turn as astrophysicist Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything”. “I do think there is something in Eddie that is drawn to the feminine,” Hooper said. “That was something I thought was inter- esting to explore and also I had to consider that for two thirds of the movie Lili is presenting as a man.” Redmayne admitted he had been initially daunted by a role that, as with the Hawking part, requires him to undergo a remarkable physical transformation. But he said meeting members of the transgender community had provided valuable insight as he tackled the challenge of becom- ing a woman on screen. “I have had the most brilliant education about many, many As Hooper tells the story, which was adapted by screenwriter things,” he said. “Lili underwent gender confirmation surgery Lucinda Coxon from David Ebershoff’s 2000 novel of the same almost 100 years ago, and people transitioning now know much name, the couple’s idyll begins to unravel when Gerda asks her more than she would have. “Every trans story is unique and indi- husband to put on some stockings to help her finish a portrait of a vidual; there is no one trans experience. But every single trans per- ballet dancer who has cancelled a sitting. son I’ve met has talked about knowing, from their youth, that their For Wegener it proves to be an epiphany, the key to a door assigned gender was different from their own identity.” — AFP from behind which the identity of Elbe begins to emerge in a way This photo provided by Netflix shows, Idris Elba, (center) as Commandant, in the Netflix original film, “Beasts of No that, ultimately, allows her to understand that it is the true expres- Nation,” directed by Cary Fukunaga. — AP ‘Transporter Refueled’ a cinematic bumpy ride

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Re-enactor’s portraying soldiers from the Imperial Roman Army battle with Caledonian barbarians ahead of English Heritage’ history weekend, “Hadrianís Wall Live”, at Birdoswald Roman Fort near Gilsland, northern England on September 4, 2015. The “Hadrian’s Wall Live” event, due to take place this weekend will feature Roman history reenactments taking place at various points along the length of the World Heritage Site fortification, including a battle between the Barbarian and Roman Soldiers of 143 AD. — AP riders rumble into Harley Milwaukee for bike show

Dell Battle shows off his customized motorcycle on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at the Harley-Davidson Museum Customized motorcycles await the Pro Invitational Custom Show at the Harley-Davidson Museum. in Milwaukee. He said the bike has President Barack Obama’s name and likeness etched into the chrome. — AP photos

earheads converged on the Harley-Davidson Custom shows can take an electric Harley prototype for a test ride and tell The people Museum on Friday to show off, talk shop and There are two custom shows, the Pro Invitational the company what they liked and what they didn’t. James Sergio Satey, Robert Cattaneo and Javier Lazaro, of the G get started on a weekend motorcycle rally Custom Bike Show, for those who customize motorcycles said the electric model isn’t something a rider would take Joliet, Illinois, chapter of the Latin American Motorcycle and custom bike show. Tents outside the museum for a living, and the Ride In Show, featuring the most seri- to Sturgis, but they’re ideal for city use. Association looked for their rivet on the Living the Legends featured T-shirts, trinkets made from spare parts, ous garage tinkerers who roll into town. Some pro com- wall. ... Arturo Osorio, who grew up in Detroit, talked about custom pin-striping, Harley’s new line, pencil sketch- petitors set up their creations for early spectators. The Women riders the places he has traveled. “My daughter is an opera singer. es, fine art, industrial art and - of course - custom event features motorcycles tricked out in some of the Photographer Lanakila MacNaughton said she started Where ever she is, that’s where I get my T-shirt,” he said. He leather. nation’s top shops, all seeking the Willie G Davidson Award, riding four years ago in Portland, Oregon, but couldn’t find said he has been to Berlin, Hong Kong, London and Cape There was also a stage with a rock band and a tat- named after the father of custom bike culture. a community of women riders. She’s started to build one Town, South Africa, and he picked up a Harley shirt with too booth. About 5,000 riders and fans began arriv- through her photography. She said the women motorcycle the city’s name on the back at each stop. ... Rider and cus- ing Thursday evening, lining up thousands of bikes Electric company riders she shoots embody “power, sexuality and they’re tomizer Dell Battle of Crown Point, Indiana, rolled out his in long rows of choppers, trikes and cruisers. Harley has been testing electric bikes to get customer super-smart leaders and role models.” Her work is the focus Barack Obama bike, which drew a crowd as soon as it came Organizers say enthusiasts come from all around to feedback. The company wants to hit the market with an of a traveling exhibit featured at the Harley event. She said off his trailer. — AP see world-class designs and celebrate Harley culture. electric bike “no later than 2020,” said Harley product plan- she wants to “take women off the back of the bike and put Here are some things to know about the event: ning spokesman Paul James. At the Live Wire booth, riders them on the front of the bike.”

Photographer Lanakila MacNaughton talks at the Harley-Davidson Museum A custom Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Robert Cattaneo, (left) and Sergio Satey, (right) look for their rivet on the Living the Legend wall at the Harley-Davidson Museum.