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SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 SHAWWAL 21, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net MP demands Kurds fight Landslides, Swansea stun conjugal to retake floods kill 109, Manchester visits for Iraq’s displace scores United to ruin prisoners2 largest7 dam in11 Nepal, India Van20 Gaal bow UN blacklists 2 Kuwaitis Max 47º Min 33º for supporting militants High Tide 03:55 & 14:01 Low Tide Kuwait regrets curbs • Four others also sanctioned 10:46 & 22:52 40 PAGES NO: 16257 150 FILS UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council took aim at Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria on Friday, Barrak: Govt blacklisting six people including two Kuwaitis and threat- ening sanctions against those who finance, recruit or incompetence supply weapons to the insurgents. The 15-member coun- cil unanimously adopted a resolution that aims to weak- en the Islamic State - an Al-Qaeda splinter group that has ‘clear as sun’ seized swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria and declared By A Saleh a caliphate - and Al-Qaeda’s Syrian wing, Nusra Front. Islamic State has long been blacklisted by the KUWAIT: Former MP Musallam Al-Barrak continued Security Council, while Nusra Front was added earlier criticizing the government for withdrawing the citi- this year. Both groups are designated under the UN Al- zenship of some citizens. Barrak criticized First Qaeda sanctions regime. Friday’s resolution named six Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- people who will be subject to an international travel Khaled for saying the reasons behind the with- ban, asset freeze and arms embargo, including Islamic drawals were “as clear as the sun”. “What’s as clear as State spokesman Abu Muhammad Al-Adnani, an Iraqi the sun is how your government has been flounder- described by UN experts as one of the group’s “most ing and incapable of running this country,” he said, influential emirs” and close to its leader Abu Bakr Al- adding that the government is being selective and Baghdadi. subject to political bargains. Hamid Hamad Hamid Al-Ali and Hajjaj bin Fahd Al- Meanwhile, MP Abdulhameed Dashti has called Ajmi, both Kuwaitis, were sanctioned for allegedly pro- for studying the remarkable increase of irresponsible viding financial support to Nusra Front. Ajmi’s fundrais- practices by some Kuwaiti youth abroad. “Such prac- ing includes at least one Twitter campaign, according tices are insulting to the Kuwaiti people who have UN experts. Already targeted by US sanctions, Ajmi is been known for respecting the traditions and laws of said to travel regularly to Syria from Kuwait to deliver the countries they visit,” he stressed, warning that money and installed Kuwaiti nationals in Nusra Front such practices might cause a lot of embarrassment leadership positions. Based in Kuwait, Ali has collected to foreign ministry officials. He also suggested with- large donations from Kuwait to support Nusra Front in drawing the passports of such violators and prevent- Syria, most notably for purchases of arms and equip- ing them from leaving for certain periods. ment. He also arranged travel for a number of foreign WASHINGTON: Demonstrators at a rally supporting Kurdistan hold placards protesting against the Islamic Continued on Page 13 fighters to Syria. State in front of the White House yesterday. — AFP Continued on Page 13 Protests reignite in Missouri town Slain teen was robbery suspect: Police FERGUSON, Missouri: Racially charged bottles at riot gear-clad police who had protests flared overnight in Ferguson, ordered the crowd to disperse. Screaming Missouri, in an eruption of fresh anger Tensions have been high since police over the fatal Aug 9 shooting of an officer Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown, unarmed black teenager by a police offi- 18, shortly after noon last Saturday as survivors in cer. Tensions had temporarily cooled on Brown and a friend walked down a street Thursday night but by Friday evening, that runs through an apartment complex UK container protesters were again swarming through where Brown’s grandmother lives. a residential and retail district in the small Emotions ramped up again Friday when TILBURY, United Kingdom: One man was found town outside St Louis that has become authorities finally gave in to days of pres- dead and 34 others still alive in a shipping container the site of repeated clashes between sure and released the name of the officer yesterday after staff at a British port heard banging black residents and mostly white police who shot Brown, but did so only after first ISLAMABAD: Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan (left) and Canada- and screaming coming from inside. The men, women forces. saying that Brown was a suspect in the based preacher Tahir-ul-Qadri (right) are seen during anti-government rallies and children, all believed to be from the Indian sub- Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson, robbery of a convenience store at the yesterday. — AP/AFP continent, were discovered inside the container at an African-American who was named by time he was shot, a move that supporters Tilbury Docks, east of London, on a ship that came Governor Jay Nixon to lead security in the of Brown’s family called a “smear” cam- from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. All the survivors town on Thursday, said police fired a tear- paign. Friday night’s looting started at the Pak protests dwindle were taken to nearby hospitals; two were in a serious gas canister at a crowd near a food and store where Brown was accused of taking liquor store and broader violence and cigars, Johnson said. ISLAMABAD: Pakistani opposition figures to be dissolved because they were formed in but not life-threatening condition, while the others looting erupted. Some protesters threw Continued on Page 13 ramped up calls for the fall of Prime Minister “unconstitutional” manner, in a wide-ranging were suffering from dehydration and hypothermia. Nawaz Sharif’s government yesterday, but list of demands made yesterday. But the fiery Cases of immigrants trying to enter Britain illegally, failed to attract massive crowds of protesters rhetoric was not matched by manpower: Of often in dangerous circumstances, are not rare. promised at rallies in the capital. Addressing the million promised in Islamabad by Khan The local police have vowed to bring to justice protesters he had led from the eastern city of and Qadri, just thousands remained in the anyone involved in putting the people in the contain- Lahore, cricketer-turned-politician Imran capital by yesterday evening. Khan himself er, while the local lawmaker said the authorities need- Khan said he would stage a sit-in that would spent a portion of the day at his residence in ed to understand what was motivating people to go continue until Sharif leaves office, lashing out the suburbs of the capital, explaining he had to such lengths to reach Britain. Because a body was at the government he claims was elected to rest after the long journey while com- found, Essex Police has launched a homicide investi- fraudulently. manding his supporters to stay firmly put on gation. Of 64 containers aboard the P and O ship that Meanwhile populist cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri Islamabad’s streets. “We will not go back until arrived early yesterday, police have opened 30 so far demanded Sharif’s arrest over what he all our demands are accepted,” Khan said ear- to check for any other people. alleged was the murder of his supporters, lier, demanding that all the officials involved “Staff here at the port became aware of screaming and called for the installation of an interim in the alleged vote rigging should be tried and banging coming from a container,” police super- national government. “Nawaz Sharif and under the treason law. intendent Trevor Roe told reporters. “As a result of that Shahbaz Sharif have no right to sit in the gov- The May 2013 general election saw Sharif noise, staff were alerted and immediately breached ernment, their cabinets should be dissolved take power in a landslide, and international the container to find 35 persons within that unit. We and they should be arrested on murder observers who monitored the polls said they believe them to come from the Indian subcontinent.” charges,” Qadri said. Shahbaz is the younger were free and credible. The demonstration is P and O Ferries said the container arrived on the quay brother of Sharif and chief minister of largest the culmination of the “long march” - in reality in Zeebrugge around an hour before it was loaded Punjab province. a motorised cavalcade - that set off Thursday onto the ferry. Two hours later, the ship began the FERGUSON, Missouri: Demonstrators taunt police during a protest on Friday Qadri also called for all four provincial from Lahore, situated around 300 km away, eight-hour overnight crossing. — AFP assemblies and Pakistan’s national assembly to try to topple the government. — AFP over the shooting death of a black teenager. — AFP Animals in crossfire at Gaza zoo

GAZA CITY: The lions sit dazed in the shade the animals’ cages, which have not been smuggled through tunnels that connected of their damaged pen, while nearby the cleaned for weeks. Shadi Hamad, the park’s Egypt to Gaza, before the passages were decayed carcasses of two vervet monkeys lie director, said the zoo was damaged and that shut last year with the ouster of Egyptian contorted on the grass of a Gaza zoo. The the animals died as a result of Israeli air president Mohamed Morsi, a key ally of the animals were caught in the crossfire in over strikes. An Israeli army spokesman told AFP Islamist movement Hamas. a month of fighting between Israel and that the military was looking into allegations Now, Al-Bisan is far from relaxing, with Palestinian militants that killed more than that it fired missiles in the Al-Bisan park area. the wire of its enclosures twisted and 1,960 Palestinians and 67 people on the Israel launched an air campaign over Gaza crushed, debris and dead animals strewn Israeli side. In one enclosure at the zoo a fly- on July 8 to take out militants’ rockets, fol- around, and the remains of militant rocket covered pelican huddles in the corner with a lowed by a ground offensive nine days later launchers lying nearby. “Before the war the duck. Opposite, a small crocodile sits to destroy a network of Hamas cross-border area was very beautiful. There were trees, motionless in an inch of stagnant water, tunnels leading into the Jewish state. lots of greenery, palm trees. It was an area next to the rotting corpse of a stork. A The zoo - part of Al-Bisan City - was built for children, there were playgrounds and gazelle shares another pen with a goose. by the Hamas government in 2008 as a areas for families,” zookeeper Farid Al-Hissi Around the corner, a baboon picks listlessly tourist village to give Gazans some relief said. Hissi got his job at Al-Bisan after work- at the ground of the tiny pen it shares with from the hardships of life in the Strip, and ing in a zoo in Israel and because of his love GAZA: A Hamadryas baboon looks at the carcass of another baboon inside their the dried-out remains of another monkey. had a cafeteria and tables where families for animals. cage at the Bisan City tourist village zoo in Beit Hanoun on Aug 14, 2014. — AFP Everywhere, there is a sickly stench from could sit and relax. The animals were all Continued on Page 13 SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 LOCAL KRCS delivers more relief S&P predicts ‘stable outlook’ aid to Palestinians CAIRIO: The Kuwait Red Crescent Society Kuwait credit rating at AA/A-1+ (KRSC) yesterday handed over to officials of the Gaza Health Ministry medical aid to KUWAIT: Standard and Poor’s (S and P) remaining surplus is invested by the General be later distributed over hospitals in the affirmed its “AA/A-1+” long- and short-term Reserve Fund and both funds are managed by Strip that have been suffering from short- foreign and local currency sovereign credit rat- the Kuwait Investment. “The government’s age of supplies following the brutal Israeli ings on Kuwait with “a stable outlook.” large net asset position, which we estimate at aggression. The rating agency said on Friday that over 2.7x GDP in 2014, is a significant ratings Today up to 20 tons of medical sup- Kuwait has a rich oil and gas endowment, strength. The strength of oil exports resulted plies were delivered to Gaza through the which has made it wealthy and enabled it to in average current account surpluses estimat- Rafah crossing with Egypt, raising the total build strong external and fiscal balance sheet ed at more than 30 percent of GDP in 2004- Kuwaiti aid to the Strip to 40 tons, head of positions. averaging USD 96 per barrel in 2014-2017, and 2013. Combined with the government’s policy the KRCS relief mission in Gaza Khalid Al- Kuwait accumulated these through large oil that oil output will increase to about 3.5 mil- of investing a large portion of its surplus Zeid told KUNA. He also pointed to coop- and gas resources and by managing its wealth lion barrels per day by 2017, from about 3.2 abroad, this has led to a significant accumula- eration with other humanitarian organiza- in what we (S and P) consider to be a prudent million in 2013. tion of external assets. tions in Gaza, that are distributing food- stuffs, medications and blankets, besides manner, according to a report by the agency. “As a result, we project that the general “At the same time, we project that gross fuel. This support aims at countering the The ratings are constrained by the geopolitical government budget surplus will remain high, external financing needs will remain low, aver- aggravating human crisis in Gaza in the tensions in the region, as well as Kuwait’s at about 20 percent of GDP on average over aging around 55 per cent of CARs plus usable aftermath of the Israeli aggression that unpredictable and undiversified economy. the next four years (despite our expectations reserves in the next four years,” the report caused enormous damage to houses, hos- of the oil price moderating). went on. pitals, wells and schools. Budget surplus “We estimate the government’s investment “We view Kuwait’s creditworthiness as sus- Zeid stressed that supporting the The general government budget has income was 9 percent of GDP in 2013 and we ceptible to any future sharp and sustained Palestinians in Gaza is a top priority for the shown a surplus of at least 10 per cent of GDP assume it will remain at about this level, based decline in oil prices. “The oil sector accounts for KRCS, through providing urgent relief aid. for the past decade, said the report. on our estimate of the average return over the about 60 percent of nominal GDP, 90 per cent He urged more support from Kuwaiti indi- ry to efforts by Kuwaiti beneficiaries and “We estimate that-including our estimate of past five years,” the report added. of exports, and 80 percent of general govern- viduals, traders and institutions. donors who responded to a human call to the government’s income from vast invest- ment revenues (including investment income The KRCS is closely following the needs present aid to the Strip, he said. These ments-the Kuwaiti government will have a sur- Future Generations Fund from the Kuwait Investment Authority),” it of Gazans, in collaboration with other efforts come at the behest of His Highness plus of about 30 percent of GDP for the budg- Kuwait increased its annual contributions pointed out. The stable outlook reflects our humanitarian organizations there. the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber et year ending March 31, 2015. to its Future Generations Fund to 25 percent of expectations of continued strength in Kuwait’s The initiative adopted by the KRCS to Al-Sabah to offer relief aid to Palestinian in “Our base-case scenario assumes that oil total revenues in the fiscal year ending in fiscal and external positions, backed by oil rev- provide support to Gaza is complementa- Gaza, he stressed.— KUNA prices, although softening, will remain high, 2013, from 10 percent in previous years. The enues, it added.— KUNA Kuwait’s envoy delivers credentials in Thailand KUALA LUMPUR: The State of Kuwait’s The Thai Heir Apparent, for his part, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, conveyed the Monarch’s salutes to His Abdullah Al-Sharhan, has officially deliv- Highness the Amir, praising the good ties ered his credentials to the Thai King, bonding the two friendly countries, Bhumibol Adulyadej, as Kuwait’s recalling His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al- Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ahmad’s participation in the 60th Ambassador to the Monarchy. anniversary celebration of crowning the In a statement to KUNA by telephone, King. Ambassador Al-Sharhan said the Crown The veteran Kuwaiti diplomat added Prince, Maha Vajiralongkorn, represented that he, during the meeting, affirmed the the Monarch at the ceremonial delivery closeness of the bilateral relations of the credentials. Ambassador Al- between the two friendly countries and Sharhan stated further that he relayed Kuwait’s full readiness to boost these ties warm greetings of His Highness the Amir in all sectors and at all levels. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Ambassador Al-Sharhan had served in Sabah to the Thai King, wishing him Zimbabwe before he was assigned to Kuwait’s Mercy International good health and the Kingdom of Thailand, arriving in the capital Bangkok helps flood victims Ambassador Abdullah Al-Sharhan Thailand further progress and prosperity. last November. — KUNA KHARTOUM: The Social Reform Society, an states, Khartoum River Nile and Kasla. More affiliate of the Kuwaiti Mercy International convoys will follow with shelter and food Association, has offered relief aid to victims supplies. Abdulkader expressed appreciation of the heavy rain and floods that hit wide to the Kuwaiti Social Reform Society, for the parts of the Sudan, causing enormous losses. speed response to help victims of floods in The aid has been coordinated with the the country. Most Sudanese states have Sudanese Care and Reform Society. Aid con- been hit by floods caused by heavy rain in voys include shelter supplies, 6,000 tarpaulin the monsoon season that runs as far as sheets and 1,500 Moustiquaire, the October. The Sudanese authorities said that Sudanese society secretary general Azhari the floods killed 77 people, injured dozens Abdulkader told KUNA yesterday. He added and damaged up to 7,000 houses. They that the convoys covered the most affected swept wide areas of cultivated land. — KUNA Current circumstances not suitable for parties: Mershid KUWAIT: In a letter he sent to the justice minster commenting on parliamentary pro- posals to form political parties, Chairman of the Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) Faisal Al-Mershid stressed that the democracy adapted by Kuwait’s constitution to be the foundation of the state structure has includ- ed all democratic principles and defined the society’s formation in a way that would pro- tect national unity and ensure its stability. He also noted that lawmakers did not refer to regulating the formation of political par- ties for certain reasons they considered at the time. “Allowing political powers to freely form parties as suggested by the proposals is a purely political issue that mainly concerns the state’s regime,” explained Mershid, warning that the current political situation Faisal Al-Mershid in the country was not suitable for such a ions as per article 27 of the judiciary law. step as it would jeopardize national unity and stability, especially since Kuwait’s 50- Activists to lose citizenships year old parliamentary experience had Meanwhile, High-ranking security sources gone normally so far without the presence said that relevant security authorities have rec- of such parties. ommended withdrawing the citizenships of Notably, proposals also suggested form- three political activists. The sources added that ing a special committee for political parties speeches and ‘tweets’ of the three activities to be presided by the SJC chairman to look during recent political incidents included ‘insti- into formation applications, dissolving gation’ against the state. “A full report has been requests and monitoring parties’ financial referred to Interior Ministry officials in this income and expenses. Mershid stressed regard pending taking proper measures,” that if the proposal was passed, the com- stressed the sources, noting that the final deci- mittee should not be presided by a member sion about citizenship withdrawal would be of the judiciary because that would contra- left to ministry’s legal bodies and the ministeri- dict the non-biased nature of their job and al legal committee, that would in turn refer the restrictions on expressing any political opin- entire matter to the Cabinet. — Al-Qabas MP demands conjugal visits KUWAIT: Chairman of the parliamentary “alien phenomena” committee MP Hamdan Al-Azmi asked Deputy Premier, Interior Minister and Acting Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid Al-Sabah to has- ten the implementation of prisoners’ conjugal visits, adding that this matter needs a decision because it has been dis- cussed several times and all studies are in favor of its implementation. Azmi said conjugal visits have positive returns on the prisoner and will con- tribute to controlling behavior and main- tains family contacts through the imple- mentation of Sharia rights. He said that there are countries like France, Switzerland and Saudi Arabia who have MP Hamdan Al-Azmi had great success with this rule. Azmi of his country. Azmi preferred certain said “private time” gives the prisoner conditions for conjugal visits, such as the rights he is in dire need of, bearing in prisoner’s wish for that, providing a suit- mind that the prison is a place to rehab able place, documenting visits and that the inmate in order to make him a good the meetings should be in certain peri- citizen who contributes to the building ods for a certain time. — Al-Rai LOCAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 Hotel industry enjoys a boom in Arabian Gulf

Countries in region attract global developers

DUBAI: Next to the fishing dhows along Nonetheless, global hotel operators are the waterfront of this city’s creek, a villa checking in. Starwood Hotels & Resorts with six bedrooms and three pools is sell- Worldwide Inc, Marriott International Inc, ing for $15 million-part of a $600 million Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc and Rezidor Palazzo Versace hotel and condo develop- Hotel Group have signed up to open new ment, with 215 hotel rooms and 169 con- hotels in the region over the next three dos and villas. years. Just a few years after a property-devel- Stamford-based Starwood will launch opment bust that triggered a government- 35 new hotels in the Middle East. Chief led bailout here, this city-state’s hotel- Executive Frits van Paasschen says the building boom is back in full swing. While attraction for operators is that the region’s violence and upheaval has dented tourism governments nimbly build infrastructure to in much of the rest of the Middle East- support tourism. including once-hot spots like Egypt and “There’s an openness and willingness to Lebanon-the hotel industry in Dubai and create destinations,” said Mr. Paasschen, much of the rest of the Arabian Gulf is who adds that hotel contracts are typically growing strongly again. signed on a long-term basis, mitigating the Consultancy STR Global forecasts that risks posed by the boom-and-bust nature developers are on track to build nearly of the region’s real-estate markets. 90,000 rooms in six countries on the Arabian Gulf-Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Airlines hub Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, A big part of the need for the hotel which includes Dubai. That is 40% more rooms is the region’s new role as a hub for than the current 204,000 rooms available in global airlines. Dubai, Doha, Jeddah, Saudi the region. By comparison, developers are Arabia, and Abu Dhabi, part of the U.A.E., building 380,000 rooms in the U.S. In China, are all building new airports to accommo- A view of the photovoltaic solar station. — KUNA developers are building 290,000. date their fast-growing fleet of airlines fer- Operators and investors acknowledge rying passengers between North America, the region can still be a risky bet. Apart Asia and Europe. from the political pitfalls inherent in the “The airlines are a key contributor to Kuwait eyes alternative energy region, Qatar’s tourism industry-one of the growth,” said Elie Younes, head of group most conspicuous growth markets-is large- development at Brussels-based Rezidor ly being built with the goal of hosting the Hotel Group, which has 31 hotels in the to meet growing demand 2022 World Cup. But that event could be region and 23 in the pipeline. derailed by allegations of corruption sur- Dubai is already the home of the world’s rounding Qatar’s bid for the soccer tourna- tallest tower-which hosts one of two luxury Solar power station ready by 2016 ment. Qatar has denied any wrongdoing. Armani Hotels built world-wide-and the The new boom in hotels also comes just emirate is constructing a 210-meter (about KUWAIT: Kuwait is embarking a number of conventional power plants in the summer sea- electricity for 150 houses to be selected accord- a few years after Dubai’s biggest economic 689 feet) high Ferris wheel called the Dubai ambitious projects to expand use of alternative son,” he said. ing to specific criteria in order to reduce loads on downturn, one that was spurred in part by Eye. That will stand 75 meters higher than energy sources to meet the growing demand the electricity grid, preserve oil resources and overexuberant property developers. Scores the London Eye.Abu Dhabi is building a for electricity and secure sustainable develop- Serious steps reduce environmental impacts due to emissions of hotel projects were delayed, and resi- vast cultural district called Saadiyat Island ment. Due to the increasing demand for electricity of greenhouse gases. dential prices collapsed by more than 50%. that will include branches of the Louvre The efforts exerted in this regard are spear- and the high cost of its production, Kuwaiti gov- and Guggenheim museums. Next door, Yas headed by Kuwait Institute for Scientific ernment has taken serious steps towards mak- Saving oil Glut of rooms Island hosts a Formula One track and Research (KISR) which has recently launched ing the best use of clean energy sources. The Foundation noted that the project, Today, Dubai is gearing up to host the Ferrari World theme park. “With all of this three projects for producing power from “The Ministry of Electricity and Water and expected to be complete in three years, will save 2020 World Expo, a trade fair that is held you have to be building hotels at a break- renewable energy sources.”The three power KISR have agreed on the establishment of a solar approximately 7027 barrels of oil per year worth every four years and that affords the host neck speed to keep up,” said Mr. Jackson of projects include a thermal station with a capac- power station in Al-Shaqaya area with a total up to KD 221,000. “The use of alternative energy city a global stage. The Eiffel Tower was Solitaire. ity of 50 MW, photovoltaic solar station with capacity of 70 MW per hour, to start operation in Kuwait is important for three reasons; the built in 1889 for the Paris Expo. Dubai plans Occupancy is currently high in the capacity of 10 MW and the wind power station by 2016,” Al-Hajraf unveiled. Moreover, the growing demand for electricity, the high price of to host 20 million people for the Expo year, region, and so, too, are the room rates. This with a capacity of 10 MW, Director of the Ministry of Electricity and Water also launched oil and the optimal environment for investing in compared with 12 million this year. year, occupancy in hotels across the Middle renewable energy program at KISR,” Dr Salem this year an ambitious project to operate the alternative energy as Kuwait is abundant with But after the event, some analysts warn East has been at an average 74%, com- Hajraf told KUNA yesterday. ministry buildings with power produced by solar brightly sun and wind,” said Dr Bader Al-Taweel, of a glut of rooms. pared with 62% in the U.S. and 64% in He added that the stations will feed the panels, he said. Meanwhile, the Kuwait staff member of the College of Technological “At any moment in time there may be a Europe, according to STR. A hotel room in national electricity grid directly. “These projects Foundation for the Advancement of Science dis- Studies and Chairman of the Renewable Energy supply-demand imbalance,” said David Dubai on average made $74,685 in operat- or stations will help ease the pressure on the closed a project to use PV systems to generate at Kuwait Engineers Society. — KUNA Jackson, chairman of Solitaire Partners, a ing profit last year, while in the U.S. it made Dubai-based hospitality advisory firm. $21,709, STR says. “You’re going to have cycles with possi- “Post-crisis, the hotel segment in the NBK continues Beach Clean-up Campaign bly sharp corrections,” he said. Mr. Jackson region showed a fair level of resilience is a veteran of Dubai’s booms and busts. He because it didn’t collapse, while at the KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) continues is the former chief executive of Istithmar, a same time there were issues with the office its environmental awareness campaign to help government-owned investment firm and residential segments of the market,” keep Kuwait beach clean during the summer sea- whose parent, Dubai World, was forced into added Chiheb Ben Mahmoud, head of son. NBK staff and volunteers organized recently a a $23.5 billion debt restructuring as part of hotels for the Middle East at consultancy beach cleanup event at Gulf Beach. the last property slump here in 2009. JLL. — Wall Street Journal This cleanup initiative comes as part of NBK`s annual environmental awareness campaign to help keep Kuwait beach clean during the summer sea- son. The Gulf Beach cleanup campaign is one of sim- ilar events that will be planned by NBK throughout this summer. This planned environmental cam- paign is another manifestation of NBK’s deep com- mitment to the community. NBK`s team spent their time cleaning the beach and informing the visitors about the importance of keeping the beach clean. NBK’s social media net- work as well takes part in environmental cam- paigns and posts photos through NBK Official Page on Facebook or NBK Twitter and Instagram account @NBKPage covering this initiative. NBK is an envi- ronment-friendly bank and has launched a range of initiatives in its continuous efforts to build awareness on the growing environment challenges being faced by Kuwait. These initiatives include: electricity conservation and paper recycling- aimed at promoting environmental awareness.

A BOOK REVIEW An author’s search for the Kuwait of old Youth the majority of Mai Al-Nakib’s short story collection tackles teaches comparative literature at the University sia. Nobody else seems to remember the the lives of ordinary people and their rela- of Kuwait, Nakib was shocked by the dramatic Kuwait I was growing up with,” she added. 250 HIV-Positive Kuwaitis tionships to the everyday during a critical transformation that had occurred in society. It is this state of collective “amnesia” that The time in Middle Eastern history Kuwait used to be “more open, more heteroge- Hidden Light attempts to reverse. Jinan, the KUWAIT: A total of 250 Kuwaitis are or refuse. He said we cannot inform protagonist in one of the short stories, laments infected with AIDS according to families of young people who are 21 LONDON: For Mai Al-Nakib, a Kuwaiti writer the fact that after Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait health ministry statistics, most of years and over about their infection. who spent large chunks of her life away from “nothing, not a thing went back to the way it whom youth who were infected by Hujailan said AIDS patient can live her home country, writing fiction is “a way to had been. New people in the country, new illicit sexual contacts and taking normally if they follow doctors’ open a space to kind of remind myself of the dif- food, new habits, new language.” drugs with needles. instructions, besides having reduced ferent kind of place Kuwait used to be.” The stories are set inside and outside the This was reported by Al-Rai yester- chances of transferring the disease to Speaking at the launch of her much-celebrat- Middle East, in countries ranging from Kuwait day quoting Dr Ghanim Al-Hujailan, others due to the treatment regimen. ed debut work The Hidden Light of Objects at and Lebanon to Greece and Japan. The collec- internal medicine and infectious dis- Hujailan said Kuwait is free of the Mosaic Rooms in London recently, Nakib tion traces transient moments in the lives of eases specialist, and head Ebola which has spread described the book as a collection of loosely people who do not have much in common in of the rapid intervention in Africa. He said the inte- connected short stories held together by a terms of their linguistic and national back- team for the MERS virus. rior ministry took precau- series of vignettes that act like a “visible wire” grounds. In this respect, the book often reads Hujailan also said that tionary measures and weaving through the book. Each of the ten as a reflection of Nakib’s lack of a sense of Kuwait is free of the Ebola thermal cameras are vignettes is narrated in the first person by a belonging. In an interview with The National virus, in addition to the installed at the airport to character who reflects on what happened. newspaper Nakib said: “I do feel living in this MERS coronavirus, which check arrivals, while the Nakib, 43, was born at a defining moment in part of the world there is always a feeling of he said is receding in Gulf interior ministry is not Kuwait’s history and was only a few months old instability lurking somewhere. That, perhaps, when her family left to London, then Edinburgh, your home is never quite your home.” countries. issuing visas to those before eventually settling in the US. The short Hujailan said the AIDS- coming from infected story collection is set against the backdrop of Language barrier infected Kuwaitis are countries. Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait. But the When asked whether she thinks in Arabic, receiving treatment at On MERS or Ebola book steers away from directly engaging with Nakib said English is her-and her mother’s-first the Infectious Diseases problems during the hajj political turmoil in the region, instead tackling language. It is the language she “thinks and Hospital by a specialized season, he hoped that the lives of ordinary people and their relation- dreams” in, she said. medical team. He added MERS could be dealt with ships to the everyday objects that shape their In fact, the English language may prove to that the hospital receives before the hajj season memories of past places. In conversation with be the book’s Achilles’ heel, as far as Nakib’s one to two AIDS cases a begins and that a vaccine British-Palestinian writer Selma Dabbagh, Nakib ambition of reminding Kuwaitis of their coun- month. can be found, adding said her book does not overtly deal with the try’s past is concerned. Translation will never Expatriates who have that the disease has region’s politics. Instead it emphasizes “the do justice to the book. An Arabic translation of AIDS will be deported immediately receded in the Gulf. He gave advice to everyday lives of the people who live there.” The The Hidden Light will definitely lose the luster according to the law, in coordination pilgrims to take all the vaccines the work is a celebration of and an attempt at con- neous and more cosmopolitan,” Nakib said at of the original. Will Nakib speak to the present with the interior minister, Hujailan health ministry has made available in juring up Kuwait’s past, the Kuwait that her gen- the launch. generation of Kuwaitis and succeed in reviving said. He added Kuwaiti patients will clinics before the hajj season to give a eration, and that of her parents, are familiar with. “When I came back to Kuwait after a long the memory of their country’s “golden” past? not be detained or restricted, but chance to form immunity. He advised time away, it was no longer the place I had Perhaps not in this book, but I am sure she will their spouses will be informed and the elderly to postpone hajj this year A state of amnesia known or grew up with. I look around me and when she starts “thinking” in Arabic. — Asharq offered tests, which they can accept for their own safety. — Al-Rai After returning to Kuwait, where she now see everybody has fallen into a state of amne- Al-Awsat SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 LOCAL Human trafficking gang busted Runaway maids offered for KD 500 - 1,000 each

By Hanan Al-Saadoun nursing without having certificates. Crime “They used to deliver workers in for KD 500-1,000 each Crime Report KUWAIT: Immigration detectives arrested a gang com- and later make them abscond from sponsors’ houses to do Report prising of members belonging to various nationalities the same over and over,” explained the sources. In this who had been practicing fraud and human trafficking regard, the immigration investigations director Brig Najeeb using absconding and sick domestic laborers, said securi- Al-Shatti urged all citizen and expatriates not to conduct Maid fakes rape report to ty sources. The sources explained that immigration any transactions with such illegal service providers and to detectives had received several reports and complaints only deal with licensed domestic labor offices to avoid blackmail employer’s son about the gang’s activities that also included taking fraud. domestics laborers harbored in some embassies and The arrest comes three days after the Interior Ministry KUWAIT: A young man did not think that his sexual forcing them to practice prostitution. The sources added announced detaining members of a network which used a involvement with his housemaid will lead to grave that the suspects have advertised online and in the local fake domestic helpers’ recruitment office license to use results, especially since she was planning to black- media offering domestic labor and home-healthcare and runaway maids in trafficking schemes. mail him. After she had sex with him, the maid accused him with something that could throw him in jail for life. The maid went to the police station in Mubarak Al-Kabeer and told them that she was raped by her sponsor’s son, so detectives took over the case. When they checked the maid’s mobile phone, they found romantic messages exchanged with the accused until the night when she was allegedly attacked. Investigations revealed that she got closer to him to blackmail him. Both were sent to concerned authorities.

Thieves target ten cars A ‘tsunami’ of car thefts hit one street in Jaber Al- The sailor being attended to after he was rescued. Ahmad, as 10 cars were broken into and their contents stolen according to complaint received by Sulaibkhat police station. A security source Sailor injured in said the 10 citizens who live on one street where Shuwaikh Port accident surprised to find the windows of their cars smashed while they were parked in front of their homes at night. Criminal evidence men inspect- KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality inspectors carried out a campaign at toy stores, cafés and restaurants in By Hanan Al-Saadoun ed the cars and lifted fingerprints, as detectives Samliya, Hawally and Salwa recently. The operation covered a total of 23 shops and included issuing 15 cita- began working on the case. tions. The inspectors also issued five citations to roaming vendors and confiscated 150 watermelons. KUWAIT: Shuwaikh marine rescue teams yesterday res- Meanwhile, municipality inspectors carried out a similar campaign in Jahra during which 21 citations were cued a Turkish sailor who accidentally fell off a large issued and 39 neglected cars were impounded. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun Three hurt in Jleeb fight vessel anchored offshore from Shuwaikh port awaiting docking, said security sources. They noted that the team A fight broke out between seven citizens in Jleeb for managed to rescue the sailor who sustained various unknown reasons. Police, who received calls about bruises and was taken to Shuwaikh port’s clinic for MSAL to close 8 the fight, rushed to the area and sent three injured treatment. men to Farwaniya Hospital under tight security while the rest were taken to Jleeb police station where they face charges of exchanging blows and causing charity branches extensive harm. Increased security procedures expected Fractured thighbone A fight between two women left one of them KUWAIT: Well-informed sources at instructions from minister Hind Al- Instructions are expected to be with a fractured thighbone. Police received a call the Ministry of Social Affairs and Subaih, meetings with charity officials issued to begin preparations for more about a fight between women in a Jahra slaugh- Labor (MSAL) said that the ministry had been dedicated to eliminating all security measures, and there will be ter house, resulting in the injury of one, while the was due to close down over eight sorts of violations in order to avoid an increase in security alerts, besides other fled. Detectives are investigating. branches of the Social Reform Society, both local and international accusa- intensifying security patrols in the Islamic Heritage Revival Committee tions. “MSAL is about to declare the streets and road checkpoints as well and Fahd Al-Ahmad Humanitarian formation of a ‘Charities Union’ in as increasing security measures at Drunk duo caught charities for violations they have com- order to organize charities’ activities”, border crossings. mitted. The sources explained that the added the sources The source said that a second Jahra police arrested a citizen and his Iranian girl- violations included not having con- report would be available and ready to friend in an abnormal condition, and homebrewed struction licenses for the buildings Security measures discuss during the meeting, including liquor was found on them. The arrest was made while used, collecting cash donations with- Meanwhile, an informed source the current regional situation in sur- a patrol was on routine duty stopped the car the two out using receipts stamped by the noted that a high-level security meet- rounding countries such as Iraq and were in being driven erratically. They were sent to MSAL and hiring workers they do not ing will be held today at the Ministry the ongoing turmoil there, adding that concerned authorities. sponsor. The sources also stressed of the Interior between officials from Kuwait closely follows regional devel- that these closures would not be the the public security, state security and opments following the emergence of last ones and that any violators would criminal investigation and ports’ secu- the so-called Islamic State. Kuwait be equally subject to legal accounta- rity, in order to discuss reports per- security bodies regularly swap infor- Motorcyclist injured, bike stolen bility. taining with the increasing crime rate mation with GCC counterparts in the The sources highlighted that upon and use of arms. security domain. —Al-Rai, Al-Anbaa A driver stole a motorcycle he collided with in Saad Al-Abdullah. The biker suffered severe abdomen injuries, while his pillion rider suffered The contrabands found with the suspects. fractured legs. Both were taken to Jahra Hospital. Police are investigating this strange accident. Two held with drugs —Al-Rai and Al-Watan

Two citizens were arrested with the possession of No injuries in Mahboula fire drugs, said security sources. Case papers indicate that on stopping a pickup and checking on the two A fire broke out yesterday in Mahboula, whereas firefight- people on it, one of them, who seemed to be high, ers managed to control the flames without any casualties. appeared to have a drugs record. A case was filed The fire operation room received a call about a fire that broke out in a residential building in Mahboula, with some and both the suspects were referred to relevant residents are trapped inside. Two brigades moved immedi- authorities. ately to the scene, then firefighters evacuated the building and tackled the blaze simultaneously to prevent it from spreading. An investigation was opened. —Al-Qabas

KUWAIT: The precautionary conditions evaluation committee at the protection department in the Kuwait Fire Services Directorate (KFSD) held a workshop to discuss precautionary measures against fires in buildings on par with international standards, and boosting cooperation between the KFSD departments on that regard.

Bootlegger arrested after committing traffic offense A bootlegger was arrested after he was stopped by traffic police for driving in the opposite direction on a Salmiya road. The driver, a bedoon (stateless) man, was told to step outside his sports-utility-vehicle after he handed an ID to the police officer that turned out to be forged. Police searched the vehicle and discovered two imported liquor bottles inside, in addition to KD 560 in cash which he said were collected from selling drugs. The man was taken to the proper authorities for further action. Separately, a Kuwaiti man was arrested in Salmiya with possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia. The man was also charged with driving under the influence.

Female driver charged KUWAIT: Traffic police conducted a campaign at A Kuwaiti woman faces multiple charges after she the Lulua district of Al-Khairan Friday night. A tried to escape a police checkpoint while driving a total of 362 traffic tickets were issued and 20 cars were impounded during the campaign. The opera- car with an expired registration papers. Police veri- tion was carried out as part of a bigger campaign fied the woman’s identity after they forced her to KUWAIT: The Kuwait National Guard announced selecting 85 high school graduates out of 800 who cover the Wafra and Khairan roads in addition to stop, and discovered that she is also wanted for applied for enrollment and passed their interviews, tests and medical examinations. It also announced other main streets in Ahmadi. A total of 840 tick- defaulting on a KD 7,500 payment. The suspect was that a new criteria was adopted to select the recruits, in which their names were replaced with num- ets were issued and 14 cars were impounded on taken to the relevant authorities to face charges. bers, in order to guarantee transparency. Thursday night. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun LOCAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014

In Brief ‘Disabled’ authority director Budget cuts Clean Fuel By A. Saleh KUWAIT: The Ministry of Finance made requests to KUWAIT: The Ministry of Oil is set to launch expansion KUWAIT: Hind Al-Subaih, Minister of Social Affairs and state departments to report their requirements and works at the Ahmadi Port and Abdullah Port refineries Labor, plans to nominate her candidate to succeed Dr financial estimations for the 2015/2016 budget. before the end of the year, as preparations are ongoing Jassem Al-Tammar as general director of the Public Ministries were told to cut expenses by reducing confer- to hire staff for Kuwait National Petroleum Company’s Authority for the Disabled. Her decision, which is set to ences and official missions. The state bodies were given clean fuel project in October. Building the main frame- be discussed during tomorrow’s cabinet meeting, a September 1st deadline to file their reports in order work for the project is set to begin in February 2015. comes despite complaints from several MPs who for the finance ministry to have time to prepare the The project will increase each refinery’s production threatened to file a grilling motion against the minister budgets and refer them to the cabinet to be approved capacity from 730,000 barrels to 800,000 a day. if she goes on with her plans. Dr Tariq Al-Shatti for the in time when the parliament resumes sessions late post based on Subaih’s recommendation. October. Photo of the day

KUWAIT: A aerial view of Kuwait City’s horizon. The Sawaber Compound can be seen in the middle of the picture surrounded by skyscrapers. Built in 1976 as a promising housing project, the Sawaber Compound’s con- dition deteriorated significantly in recent years due to lack of maintenance, negligence and a number of fires that affected theuildings b there. — Photo by Joseph Shagra Ice Skating Rink EQUATE receives international safety award resumes operation KUWAIT: EQUATE Petrochemical Company, Kuwait’s first Water Recycling project and Kuwait’s First CO2 Recovery KUWAIT: The Ice Skating private sector petrochemical company, received the Project. In addition, EQUATE is the first Kuwaiti organization Rink opened the main President’s Award 2014 from the American Society of Safety to receive the certification and accreditation of Responsible skating hall for visitors Engineers (ASSE). Care (RC) which is an international voluntary initiative of the after the conclusion of Commenting on this recognition, EQUATE President & global chemical industry to safely handle products through maintenance works that CEO Mohammad Husain said, “Overall compliance and all product phases.” followed hosting the development of environment, health and safety (EH&S) Husain extended utmost appreciation to all EQUATE ‘World of Oz’ play during practices are cornerstones of the overall sustainability pro- employees and contractors who played a role in attaining the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, the gram outlined by EQUATE’s strategy.” this prestigious international award. Touristic Enterprises Husain noted, “Cooperation between ASSE and EQUATE On behalf of Husain, the award was received by EH&S Company (TEC) is a manifestation of our tagline ‘Partners in Success’ as the Leader Mohammad Al-Shamary from AASE President Kathy announced. association plays a critical role in identifying relevant EH&S Seabrook during an event in the United States of America. Management has pre- principles, guidelines and applications to be followed by Established in 1995, EQUATE is an international joint ven- pared a number of pro- industrial entities from around the world.” ture between Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), The Husain added, “Due to such compliance by EH&S best Dow Chemical Company (Dow), Boubyan Petrochemical grams and activities to Abdulwahab Al-Hajji coincide with the reopening, practices, EQUATE has received His Highness the Amir Company (BPC) and Qurain Petrochemical Industries said Abdulwahab Al-Hajji, Award for the Best Plant in Kuwait; American Society of Company (QPIC). Commencing production in 1997, EQUATE the Ice Skating Rink’s Acting Supervisor at the TEC. Safety Engineers (ASSE) Gold Award; Oil & Gas (O&G) is the single operator of a fully integrated world-scale man- The Ice Skating Rink welcomes visitors everyday in Magazine Best Implemented Environmental Program; ufacturing facility producing over 5 million tons annually of seven periods from 8:30 am to 10:00. Middle East Chemical Week (MECW) Plant of the Year high-quality petrochemical products which are marketed EQUATE’s EH&S Leader Mohammad Al-Shamary receiv- Award, as well as launching the Middle East’s First Plant throughout the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe. ing the award from ASSE president Kathy Seabrook.

Zain honors outstanding Value Added Services partners

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications compa- tion in the local telecommunications market today, and ny in Kuwait, recently held this year’s second quarterly our partners play a very significant role in achieving this honoring lunch event to a number of its outstanding successful position. Their efforts in the second quarter of authorized service providers for value added services to 2014 contributed in providing an array of services to our recognize their performance during the second quarter customers, and this is critical to the company’s overall of 2014. strategy to enhance the customer experience and Zain recognized the performance of its outstanding achieve superior customer satisfaction.” VAS partners during the event as part of the company’s Zain considers its authorized partners an integral and ‘Al Awael’ program to highlight the exceptional efforts of crucial part of its overall success and a significant ele- its VAS partners. The recognition was based on several ment of the company’s leading position. Zain encour- key indicators: ‘Bluetech’ came first in Zain net revenue, ages VAS partners to maintain their performance and ‘Media Phone Plus’ ranked first for achieving Zain’s bulk continue offering the best services and products to its SMS revenues, ‘ITG’ ranked first in the RBT performance, customer base, the largest in the country. as well as ‘Concept’ for having the best technical support team. Those companies’ efforts were reflected in Zain’s CBK blood dtive competitive and excelling value added services that offers the company’s customers with the best quality KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) services. announced a blood donation The company stressed that it is keen on organizing campaign for staff from all this honoring event every quarter to allow its authorized departments. The campaign partners to compete fairly with one another and drive will remain open for one more efficiency when offering the best services and week starting today, and is products to Zain customers who are considered Kuwait’s organized in cooperation biggest family of subscribers. with the Kuwait Central Amani Al-Wara Zain’s Value Added Services Director, Nadia Al Saif, Blood Bank, said Amani Al-Wara’a, Assistant Director - commented by saying: “Zain enjoys the leadership posi- Public Relations and Media Department. SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 LOCAL

Local spotlight In my view Kuwaitis Co-op violations blacklisted

By Muna Al-Fuzai By Abdullah Buwair

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he UN Security Council imposed sanctions on six here was a newspaper report a few days ago men from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other nations about walking path opened in the Hawally gover- Tfor recruiting and financing foreign fighters and Tnorate, and funded by the area’s co-operative supporting terrorist groups and acts. The UN’s resolu- society. The report hailed the project as ‘unprecedented’ tion demanded Islamic State, Nusra Front and all Al- and described the path as something that will encour- Qaeda-linked groups to end violence. The sanctions’ age the most unenthusiastic people regarding sports to list includes a travel ban and asset freeze. Political hypocrisy The rise of terrorist threats in Iraq and Syria is worry- Al-Anbaa start exercising. ing and dangerous. Therefore, the decision was agreed But the report apparently forgot to mention that the easily by all 15 members of the council, including same society failed to pay any profits to a Kuwaiti man Russia. The measure by the Security Council shows the who spent nearly KD 130,000 in the year 2008. international rejection of all activities by jihadists in According to the citizen, the co-op changed the prof- Iraq and Syria who committed horrific atrocities it percentage for shareholders for certain products from against hundreds of civilians and crimes against 12.5 percent to 1 percent. He added that the walk path humanity. The response by the UN’s body is natural was funded by shareholders’ money that was collected kuwait digest and expected. after the percentage rate was manipulated with. The UN resolution was a clear message to all par- Stories about violations in co-op societies are not ties. It is up to the governments of the six men to con- Iraqi covert ops in Warba, Boubyan new. One businessman once told me that he entered a sider the implementation of that decision. I’m more tender to supply a co-op with shopping carts. He even- concerned on what the Kuwait government will do in tually discovered that the board members called a this regard, since two Kuwaiti citizens are involved. By Waleed Al-Ghanim friend and gave him details about the offers entered so According to the UN resolution, Hamid Al-Ali was blacklisted for helping finance both the Nusra Front n 1958, the Iraqi interior ministry urged the Iraqi cab- tect both islands or having Kuwait take part in building far, so that he could enter a tender with a lower bid and and Islamic State, while Hajjaj Al-Ajmi provided finan- inet to revive an Iraqi committee formed in 1953 to a port and granting it a franchise to run it in return for gain an unfair advantage. cial support to Nusra in exchange for installing Istudy demarcating the Iraqi-Kuwaiti borders. And giving Iraq full control over the islands. The committee Another story I heard right from a co-op society Kuwaitis in the group’s leadership positions. The though the cabinet agreed and recommended adding also decided visiting the islands in coordination with board member, who said that he discovered administra- Kuwaiti government should listen to the advice of the elements from other ministries to the committee, the Kuwait, claiming that the visiting delegation was from tive and financial violations that caused reduction in Ministry of Foreign Affairs on this matter after the latter followed the steps of previous ones in doing noth- the oil ministry in order to mislead Kuwaiti authorities of shareholders’ profits in 2013. The funny part is that issuance of the UN resolution. ing, which is very confusing. How can the Iraqi cabinet the real cause of the visit. despite a decision from the Ministry of Social Affairs and This decision will not accept any pressure or wasta repeatedly make the same decision and still fail to carry Of course, none of these recommendations was put Labor to launch investigations in the case based on an to take out the names of the Kuwaiti citizens to avoid it out though the Kuwait-Iraq issue has been always a into practice. Iraqi regimes were changed and, accord- official complaint filed last April, no action has since embarrassment. The Kuwaiti government must respect rich political concern for many successive Iraqi regimes ingly, Iraqi policies towards Kuwait became more hostile been taken - even after the board member provided full and obey the resolution. If the Kuwaiti government and leaderships?! starting with silent moves and ending with the Iraqi documents that show the level of the violations. rejects this resolution by the UN, this makes us partners Following Kuwait’s independence and recognition by aggression in 1990. However, it is hard to judge the cur- Among the violations include money transfers sent in these crimes, so silence is not a choice. Ira and Kuwait’s joining the Arab League and Iraq’s loss rent Iraqi regime because since 2003, Iraq has been ‘up as financial aid to fake names, or to people who insist No government wants to have its people blacklisted that they never received anything from the said co-op anywhere. But, if this happens, then there has to be of a diplomatic war against Kuwait in various interna- to it ears’ in sectarian and local conflicts, Iranian interfer- society, nor they have ever applied to receive such something wrong with its financial and banking pro- tional forums (a very rich part of Kuwait’s history and ence in Iraqi decision-making, the emergence of the ducers, security and the power of the terrorists and worth to be taught over and over to future generations), Islamic State, the clear exclusion of tribes and Sunnis in financial aid. The board member further indicated that extremist cells. I know this is a hard mission, but it’s the a secret meeting was held at the Iraqi foreign ministry addition to fears of dividing Iraq that are all factors that there are documents for funds paid to a number of state task of every government to monitor and capture those on Sept 30, 1964 to discuss the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border confirm that these ten years of hardships will not easily departments, which later turned out to be forged. who could be a threat to its people and the world. issue. wipe out 70 years of Iraqi aggressions against Kuwait. Another form of violation is the fact that the majority This resolution is politically embarrassing to the con- In order to solve the problem of Warba and Boubyan Nevertheless, we Kuwaitis have been always known of co-op societies have not paid profits to shareholders cerned governments, but it will not do much on Islands in particular, the convening committee recom- for tolerance and respecting international agreements for years, or in some cases, since the societies were ground to stop the spread of these groups with its key mended selling or granting them to Iraq, renting them as our great religion orders us. We do wish Iraq all stabil- established. Instead, these boards give ‘presents’ to areas in Syria and Iraq. The UN’s step shows a united to Iraq for 90 years, granting them to Iraq and sharing ity and security. Yet, we will never accept ignoring sheer shareholders, including coupons to leisure parks and front by the international community. I guess more res- oil explorations there between both countries, making truth and historic facts we have been through. free umrah or camping trips as a way to ‘compensate’ olutions are coming in due time. them a neutral zone, holding a joint military pact to pro- —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas the shareholders. How many co-op boards have been dissolved and referred for investigations? What is the fate of these board members? No one knows of course!

kuwait digest Where is the In my view truth? International By Nermin Al-Houti cooperation way from political and economic developments, be it foreign or domestic, and because politics and Aeconomy have their own people, our lines today come out of the society that has started to run after rumors and Twitter analyses, which has become the new politics for some to preoccupy the minds of many in our society, so that we do not pay attention to other urgent By Labeed Abdal and important issues that concern the individual and the society. Everybody is calling for the implementation of law and the punishment of those who violated it, but is it the truth? When we follow what is going on at the health ministry which ended in a shortage at the blood bank, [email protected] and then some officials give unconvincing statements, we ask those who have the authority: Is it realistic for a he United Arab Emirates announced recently the estab- health official to say that what took place at the blood lishment of the first national space agency, and launching bank is normal, and that some of the reasons for the Ta project to land the first Arab probe on Mars by 2021. This shortage are related to the month of Ramadan? Take it is very gratifying news, and comes at a time when we are in easy with us and do not ridicule the society’s thinking. need for happy news such as those about advancements in the Where is the law and the punishment of those who Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The delightful news come caused this shortage? Or are you waiting for a catastro- at a time when media outlets in the Middle East provide a lot of phe to demand punishment for those who caused it? Or negative news, including reports about vicious crimes commit- search for their wastas? ted by the strong against the weak, which are reported normally If we move around the health facilities, they have as if such a thing is normal to happen! problems, not in blood only, but in many fields that are The good news from the UAE signals the first step towards difficult to summarize here. We find that the health issues entering the space race, which is a very important step towards are known to those who have the decision making and entering the gates of development and focusing on the future punishment, but with great regret nothing is done. The and ambitions of younger generations. Building scientific capa- strange thing is that we can find similarities of what is bilities in the UAE in space exploration that help contribute to going in the health ministry in most ministries. Where is the field of knowledge to humanity is also an important step. the decision maker over what happened with the forged certificates then the universities? Rather, where is the punishment in the committee of selecting investigators at the interior ministry? All this for the sake of “wasta”. The GCC countries should We go from joint decisions to individual ones includ- ing in many of the state’s ministries, and we find officials combine their efforts with who occupy posts according to wasta, not according to occupational and scientific reasons. In fact, we find that those of the UAE, and some of them have already passed the legal age of work- ing, and despite this they got the post although civil serv- assign financial surpluses ice rules reject such decisions, so where is the civil serv- ice? No action, as the wasta law is much stronger. to human investment. We move from the civil service to the Audit Bureau which is the supervisory authority in the state. Where are you on the corruption that is in some ministries? How What is great as well is the opportunity that this project presents many employees at various levels are receiving salaries in establishing international partnerships in space exploration. without having to do a job, and what is funny is that The GCC countries should combine their efforts with those some of them go to ministry officials to demand work, of the UAE, and assign financial surpluses to human investment. but their complaint falls under the “do nothing” principle, Furthermore, economic cooperation channels should be because the complaint was not signed by wasta. opened, especially that we already have a successful example in I will not conclude my column with the “best of talk”, this field, which is the agreement with the European Free Trade because there’s nothing good in what I spoke about, Association (EFTA) countries that increased trade to $9.8 billion. rather these are issues of corruption that may be not con- This agreement provides a bridge to cooperate in the fields nected with one dramatic link, but one theme connects of training and technology between Iceland, Liechtenstein, our issues, which is “corruption”, which we are now seeing Norway and Switzerland on one side, and Kuwait, Saudi and hearing about, and in fact sometimes we experience Arabia, Bahrain Qatar, the UAE and Oman on the other. With it, and if we speak about it, we will be frozen. Until when this agreement, we can achieve a lot by creating partnership our tweeters will continue not tweeting about issues of with an elite group of European states. Furthermore, boosting our society? Until when we will keep on chasing wasta? cooperation in business and trade between the two sides can Until when the judiciary will remain in our direction in be a contributing factor to activating the global economy, looking for a just law? When will the law be implemented since each party has multiple doors of free and mutual trade. in our government departments? Cooperation in this field is important at a critical developmen- Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa — tal time for the region. SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014

Pope Francis holds Israelis, Palestinians to resume Cairo talks up Korean martyrs as models for church Page 8 Page 12 IS kills over 700 Syria tribe members Kurds fight to retake Iraq’s largest dam BEIRUT: Islamic State jihadists have killed more than 700 members of a tribe in eastern Syria in two weeks, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said yesterday. Among the members of the Shaitat tribe killed were 100 fighters, but the rest were civilians, the Britain-based moni- toring group said. They were killed in the Ghranij, Abu Hamam and Kashkiyeh villages of the mainly IS-controlled province of Deir Ezzor, said the Observatory, which relies on a vast network of activists and medics on the ground for its information. Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said that the fate of 1,800 other members of the tribe was unknown. Fighting between the jihadists and the Sunni Muslim tribe erupted in the oil-rich province after a deal between the two sides col- lapsed, with the tribe refusing to bow to IS control. The clashes broke out after IS detained three members of the tribe, “violating an agreement”, the monitor said. The IS has captured most of Deir Ezzor and declared it to be part of its “caliphate,” along with large swathes of territory it has captured across the border in Iraq. The Observatory said the Shaitat had vowed not to oppose the jihadist group’s authority, in exchange for the IS not harassing or attacking its members. On August 5, the Observatory said IS beheaded three Shaitat tribesmen and put their heads on public display. Meanwhile, Kurdish forces backed by US warplanes bat- tled yesterday to retake Iraq’s largest dam from Islamic State jihadist fighters, whose latest atrocity was a massacre in a Yazidi village. Two months of violence have brought Iraq to the brink of breakup, and world powers relieved by the exit of long-time premier Nuri al-Maliki were flying aid to the dis- placed and arms to the Kurds. Kurdish forces attacked the IS fighters who wrested the Mosul dam from them a week earlier, a general told AFP. “Kurdish peshmerga, with US air support, have seized con- trol of the eastern side of the dam” complex, Major General Abdelrahman Korini told AFP, saying several jihadists had been killed. Buoyed by the air strikes US President Barack Obama ordered last week, the peshmerga have tried to claw back DOHUK, Iraq: An Iraqi Yazidi woman, who fled her home when Islamic State (IS) militants attacked the town of Sinjar, looks at her baby as they rest inside a building under the ground they lost since the start of August. The dam on construction where they found refuge on the outskirts of this city in Iraqís autonomous Kurdistan region yesterday. — AFP the Tigris provides electricity to much of the region and is August 8. They hid there for days with little food or water. Mohsen Members of the Christian, Turkmen and other minorities crucial to irrigation in vast farming areas in Nineveh Obama declared the Mount Sinjar siege over on Tawwal, a Yazidi fighter, said he saw a large number of bod- have also been affected by the violence. province. Thursday, but vulnerable civilians remain in areas taken by ies in Kocho on Friday. In New York, the UN Security Council unanimously adopt- The recapture of Mosul dam would be one of the most the jihadists. In Kocho, senior Kurdish official Hoshyar Zebari “We made it into a part of Kocho village, where residents ed a resolution aimed at weakening the jihadists, who con- significant achievements in a fightback that is also getting said the jihadists “took their revenge on its inhabitants, who were under siege, but we were too late,” he told AFP by tele- trol large areas of neighbouring Syria as well as of Iraq. international material support. happened to be mostly Yazidis who did not flee their phone. “There were corpses everywhere. We only managed The resolution “calls on all member states to take national A day after the European Union foreign ministers encour- homes”. to get two people out alive. The rest had all been killed.” measures to suppress the flow of foreign terrorist fighters”, aged the bloc’s member countries to send arms to the Kurds, Human rights groups and residents say IS fighters have The Pentagon announced that US drones had struck an IS and threatens sanctions against anyone involved in their German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited demanded that villagers in the Sinjar area convert or leave, convoy leaving the village on Friday after receiving reports recruitment. Iraq. Steinmeier, whose country hosts the largest Yazidi dias- unleashing violent reprisals on any who refused. that residents were under attack. The outcome of the latest When jihadist forces began their Iraq offensive on June 9, pora in the West, visited the autonomous region to assess A senior official of one of Iraq’s main Kurdish parties said US strike was not immediately clear. Kurdish peshmerga forces initially fared better than retreat- the needs of the displaced and the peshmerga. 81 people had lost their lives in the Friday attack, while a ing federal soldiers, but the US-made weaponry abandoned Yazidi activist said the death toll could be even higher. Thousands kidnapped, says Amnesty by government troops turned IS into an even more formida- Jihadists ‘took their revenge’ The village lies near the northwestern town of Sinjar, Amnesty International, which has been documenting ble foe. Fear of an impending genocide against the Yazidi minori- which the jihadists stormed on August 3 sending tens of mass abductions in the Sinjar area, says IS has kidnapped They were able to sweep through the Sunni Arab heart- ty, whose faith is anathema to the Sunni Muslim extremists, thousands of civilians, many of them Yazidi Kurds, fleeing thousands of Yazidis since it launched its offensive in the land north and west of Baghdad in early June, encountering was one reason Washington cited for air strikes it began on into the mountains to the north. region on August 3. little effective resistance. —AFP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014

Egypt PM blames saboteurs for rising power cuts

CAIRO: Egypt’s premier yesterday partially blamed referring to the assailants as supporters and members about the electricity infrastructure through its sup- capital Cairo. The demonstrations were marking the the country’s worsening energy shortage-with rolling of the Muslim Brotherhood group of ousted President porters in the government in order to facilitate the one-year anniversary of the Aug. 14 dispersal of two blackouts of up to six hours in some Cairo neighbor- Mohammed Morsi. attacks. Interior Ministry spokesman Hani Abdel-Latif protest camps set up by Morsi supporters, which left hoods-on saboteurs seeking to undermine the gov- Since Morsi’s ouster last summer, his supporters said the police identified 40 suspects, divided into six hundreds of people dead in the worst mass killing in ernment, a veiled reference to Islamist opponents. have held near daily protests, demanding he be rein- different cells, who have planned attacks against elec- Egypt’s modern history. In recent weeks, rolling blackouts in Cairo and oth- stated and denouncing the military for deposing him. tricity infrastructure. More than 50 people were wounded during the er cities have increased amid an energy crunch linked At the same time, the country has seen a rising wave He said that the Brotherhood has resorted to acts clashes on Thursday and Friday. Police said the pro- to shrinking revenues, depleted natural gas resources, of militant attacks against police and the military, with of violence and sabotage because it is no longer able testers clashed with local residents and police in a lack of maintenance on debilitated power plants, and radical groups claiming responsibility and vowing to to bring large numbers of supporters into the streets. number of cities outside of Cairo as well, accusing the government’s inability to pay its debts to foreign avenge the killing and detention of hundreds of The electricity cuts were one of the main sources of some protesters of firing at security forces. Protesters oil companies. Islamists. The government has blamed the attacks on public anger against Morsi during his turbulent year also briefly blocked rural roads, setting tires on fire, Speaking to reporters, Prime Minister Ibrahim the Muslim Brotherhood, which has denied any in office. The military overthrew Morsi-Egypt’s first and in one instant set municipal cars on fire. Mahlab said 300 attacks on electricity pylons nation- involvement. The government has also declared the democratically elected leader-last summer amid mas- Pro-Morsi protests have sharply declined in size wide have deepened the crisis, leading to a drop in group a terrorist organization. sive protests calling for his resignation. over the past year, in part because of a security crack- production by up to 15 percent. He called it “devilish The death toll from violence during protests by down that has seen hundreds of people killed in planning” aimed at paralyzing the government. Arrest of saboteurs Morsi supporters on Thursday and Friday has mean- clashes and tens of thousands detained. “Without sabotage, we already have a problem,” he Mahlab said police have intensified their campaign while risen to nine people, health ministry officials Public hostility towards protests after three years said. “This is increasing the problem to paralyze us to arrest saboteurs. “Those who harm their country said Saturday. of turmoil following the overthrow of President Hosni totally.” have no rights. We will continue to fight terrorism,” he Five were killed Friday and four others on Thursday Mubarak, as well as a draconian anti-protest law State television and private pro-government said. The Interior Ministry, responsible for the police, in clashes with security forces and local residents dur- imposed last year, have also contributed to the media have regularly reported such attacks, usually accused the Brotherhood of gathering information ing small, scattered protests mostly in and around the decline in street rallies. — AP Kurdish leader appeals to Germany for weapons

BERLIN: The leader of Iraq’s Kurds said the government was looking into Islamists have swept across northern Iraq appealed to Germany for weapons to the possibility of delivering military hard- in recent weeks, pushing back Kurdish help Kurdish fighters battling militants of ware. Masoud Barzani, the president of regional forces and driving tens of thou- the Islamic State, and said foreign powers Iraqi Kurdistan, said the Kurds needed sands of Christians and members of the must find a way to cut off the group’s more than the humanitarian aid that Yazidi religious minority from their funding. Germany began sending on Friday to homes. The European Union on Friday gave a support people forced to flee their German defence minister Ursula von green light to EU governments to supply homes by the Sunni militant group’s der Leyen sought to temper Kurdish arms and ammunition to the Kurds if it advance. expectations, saying on Friday that forces in Iraq were trained on Soviet-designed weapons that Germany did not have and could not deliver.

Last anchors But Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier held out the possibility of sending more than humanitarian help. Speaking in Baghdad on his way to the Kurdish regional capital Arbil, he said he would use talks with Barzani to find out what more the Kurds needed, and would then decide what Germany could do. “A terrorist murder gang is trying to conquer a country, to found its own state, a caliphate, and we fear that the RAMALLAH: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas recites a prayer in memory of those killed during the Israeli military last anchors of stability in Iraq could fall,” offensive on the Gaza Strip to quell rocket fire by Hamas militants, prior to a meeting with members of the Palestinian Steinmeier said. leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah, yesterday. — AFP He said the nomination of Haider al- Abadi as Iraq’s prime minister-designate this week was a “small ray of hope” as it made it more possible to form a govern- Israelis, Palestinians ment that represents all of Iraq’s regions ARBIL: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) and Iraqi Kurdish and religious sects. leader Massud Barzani give a joint press conference following a meeting yesterday Barzani said foreign governments had in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region of northern Iraq. Steinmeier, to find a way to choke off Islamic State’s to resume Cairo talks who is on a one day visit to Iraq, said the nomination of Haidar al-Abadi as new sources of funding. “A grand alliance prime minister of Iraq was a “glimmer of hope” for the country. — AFP must drain the IS’s financial sources and prevent individuals from aligning them- Palestinians call for a lasting ceasefire has the consent of the government in “We also expect Germany to deliver selves with the IS group,” he said. Baghdad. Germany has shied away from weapons and ammunition to our army “The first source of IS’s income was GAZA CITY: Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are poised countenance any major reconstruction effort without full direct involvement in military conflicts so that we can fight back against the IS the oilfields in Syria. Later they stole to resume indirect talks with Egyptian mediators on reach- demilitarisation. for much of the post-war era and a sur- terrorists,” Barzani told German magazine more than $1 billion from state banks in ing a more permanent ceasefire before a current truce vey conducted for Bild am Sonntag Focus. He said they needed German Mosul and Tikrit. They also got financial expires at midnight tomorrow. Lifting the blockade newspaper indicated that almost three training and what they lacked most were support from several other countries and The Egyptian government persuaded both sides late Azzam al-Ahmad, who heads the Palestinian delegation quarters of Germans were against ship- anti-tank weapons. donors.” He estimated that the IS took in Wednesday to adhere to a new five-day ceasefire, extend- at Cairo talks, told AFP yesterday he was quietly optimistic ping weapons to the Kurds. Proclaiming a ‘caliphate’ straddling $3 million every day via compulsory ing an earlier three-day agreement in order to allow more that an agreement for a longer-term truce could be But Germany’s defence minister has parts of Iraq and Syria, the radical levies and oil theft. — Reuters time to thrash out a longer-term truce. reached. It got off to a rocky start with Palestinian rocket attacks “We have high hopes of reaching an agreement very and retaliatory Israeli air strikes, but yesterday marked a soon, before the end of the truce, and perhaps even, very sixth day of quiet following more than a month of fighting quickly, for a permanent ceasefire,” he said. Syria clashes as jihadists that has killed more than 1,960 Palestinians and 67 on the But Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri struck a hard- Israeli side. line, insisting that there can be no return to peace without Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams are now a lifting of Israel’s eight-year blockade of the beleaguered advance on rebel bastions expected back in Cairo for fresh talks, which the coastal enclave. Palestinians said would begin on Sunday, after consulting “We can reach an agreement if the Israeli side accepts BEIRUT: Syrian rebels yesterday were defending Marea, one Observatory said. “On Friday night, the army and pro-regime their political leaders over the weekend. all the demands of the unified Palestinian delegation, in of their main strongholds in the north, against a rapid militias launched a fierce assault that continued until dawn on The European Union welcomed the ceasefire in Gaza particular the end of any aggression against our people, advance by Islamic State jihadists, a monitoring group and an the outskirts of Handarat as well as the strategic Kindi hill,” it and said it was ready to expand a police mission in Rafah, the war on Gaza and the complete lifting of the siege,” Abu activist said. The opposition Syrian National Council in exile said. Taking Kindi would enable government forces to over- on the border with Egypt, and train Palestinian Authority Zuhri said. called for the international community to attack IS positions look eastern districts of Aleppo held by rebels since 2012, and customs personnel and police for redeployment in Gaza. The Israelis have spoken little in public about the nego- not only in northern Iraq but also in Syria. since bombarded daily by regime warplanes at a cost of hun- “A return to the status quo prior to the latest conflict is tiations. With demands seemingly irreconcilable, the IS fighters were nearing the towns of Marea and Aazaz, dreds of lives. More than 170,000 people have been killed in not an option,” said the Council of the EU on Friday follow- Egyptian mediators and both sides will have their work cut both bastions of rebel groups battling Syrian President Bashar Syria since the beginning of its conflict in March 2011, accord- ing a foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels. out to hammer out a wording for each side to be able to al-Assad’s regime, after seizing a number of villages in Aleppo ing to the Observatory. — AFP It said EU police would monitor the transit of supplies present as some kind of achievement. province bordering Turkey in just three days. needed for Gaza reconstruction and try to prevent Israel refuses to deal directly with Hamas, whose char- If the jihadists manage to take the strategic towns, this weapons from being smuggled into the territory. ter calls for the destruction of the Jewish state, although could deal a severe blow to rebel groups battling both regime Turkey favours A mission of 70 European police officers was set up at Hamas is part of the Palestinian delegation that also forces and the IS. “There is fierce fighting yesterday between the crossing point in 2005, tasked with monitoring move- includes Islamic Jihad and the Palestinian Authority of rebels and the IS around Marea,” the Syrian Observatory for ments of people, goods and vehicles at Gaza’s only win- president Mahmud Abbas. Human Rights said in a statement. Davutoglu as PM dow to the outside world that bypasses Israel. Talks today are expected to resume on the basis of an Marea is the main base of the coalition Islamic Front, the But it was suspended two years later after Hamas seized Egyptian proposal, seen by AFP, which calls for a lasting most important rebel grouping that is fighting both Assad’s power in the Gaza Strip. The EU said a durable ceasefire ceasefire beyond Monday midnight, and new talks on the ISTANBUL: Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development must be accompanied by lifting closures on Gaza and thorniest issues, including demands for a seaport and air- troops and the jihadists. “The pressure is now on Marea, mili- Party (AKP) has strongly backed the naming of Foreign tarily,” said activist Abu Omar, spokesman for the Marea “revo- called on “all terrorist groups” in the territory to disarm. port in Gaza, to begin in a month’s time. Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as the new premier and party The Israeli foreign ministry welcomed the call for disar- Negotiations about handing over the remains of two lutionary council”. “The rebels have sent in many reinforce- leader to replace president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a ments and weapons to the area in and around Marea,” he told mament-Israel’s main demand at Cairo truce talks. dead Israeli soldiers in exchange for the release of pro-government daily said yesterday. The executive com- “Commitment to the principle of demilitarisation, to be Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails would also be post- AFP, speaking via the Internet. “The rebels consider this to be mittee of the AKP is due to meet on Thursday to formally one of the most important battles against the IS... There’s no implemented by an effective mechanism, will insure a fun- poned, according to the document. agree the successor to Erdogan, who by law must give up damental change of the situation,” it said. A buffer zone along Gaza’s border with Israel would be question of losing,” he added. both his current posts as premier and party leader when Abu Omar said the jihadist group, which is also currently Israel, under pressure from citizens who have endured gradually reduced and guarded by Palestinian Authority he becomes president on August 28. more than 2,790 rocket attacks since July 8, refuses to security teams. — AFP being targeted by US air strikes in northern Iraq, is using But the Yeni Safak daily, which has close contacts with heavy weaponry it seized when it routed the Iraqi army during the AKP, said Erdogan had already put the issue to an a lightning offensive there in June. The arms were supplied to informal vote at a closed-door meeting with top party the Iraqi armed forces by the United States, experts say. members this week. After giving a speech, Erdogan “They’re using their tanks and artillery to attack towns and vil- asked the party members to put forward their nominees lages” in Syria, Abu Omar added. for party leader and prime minister in an anonymous poll. The results revealed overwhelming support for ‘Attack IS inside Syria’ Davutoglu-foreign minister since 2009 — to take over Syria’s opposition in exile late Friday warned that the dan- the posts of premier and party leader. ger posed by IS jihadists in Iraq and Syria was “indivisible”. Davutoglu is a loyal Erdogan ally who has developed “If the international community is serious in fighting a more assertive Turkish foreign policy in recent years against it (IS), such fighting must not be limited to Syria,” it that has been criticised by opponents as being over said in a statement. The clashes near Marea comes after IS ambitious and even neo-Ottoman. fighters took around 10 villages in northern Aleppo on Others who received limited support included former Wednesday and Thursday, the Britain-based Observatory said. transport minister Binali Yildirim and Health Minister It said the fate of dozens of rebels captured during the Mehmet Muezzinoglu, Yeni Safak added. jihadist offensive remained unknown after nine were behead- The paper said some senior lawmakers had been ed on Wednesday and another eight on Saturday in Akhtarin. unwilling to support Davutoglu as they themselves were Taking the towns of Marea and Aazaz would cut supply barred from running owing to an AKP internal rule limit- lines to rebel groups. ing terms in office to three. But “Davutoglu has met some Aazaz, next to the border crossing with Turkey, would be a of these lawmakers who eventually extended their sup- valuable asset to IS as it seeks to expand its self-declared port to him and now it is almost certain that he will be “caliphate” in the territory it holds in Syria and neighbouring the new prime minister,” it added. Iraq. IS emerged from Al-Qaeda’s one-time branch in Iraq, and The government is on the brink of a major reshuffle as initially fought alongside Syria’s opposition, including more Erdogan prepares to step down as prime minister and moderate rebels and Al-Nusra Front fighters. move to the presidency following his victory in August But its abuses and harsh brand of religion prompted a 10 presidential elections. Erdogan has promised to be a backlash from rebel groups that pushed it out of many oppo- powerful head of state, unlike recent incumbents who SANAA: A journalist climbs down a ladder into a tunnel that was dug underneath a neighbourhood close to the residen- sition-held areas earlier this year. In addition to the jihadist have carried out largely ceremonial duties.—AFP tial compound of Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa yesterday. Yemeni authorities are investigating offensive, rebels in Syria also face an advance by Assad’s forces the tunnel, the official news agency reported, as Abdullah Saleh’s party charged it was an assassination plot. — AFP on the northern edge and northeast of the city of Aleppo, the INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 NY couple arrested in Amish girls’ kidnapping Authorities tight-lipped about details

ALBANY: A northern New York couple information provided by the girls helped 12-year-old Fannie Miller while they was arrested Friday in the kidnapping of lead to Howells and Vaisey. The suspects’ were missing. And Rain said Friday she two Amish sisters from their family’s home is about 13 miles from where the would not release more details before a roadside farm stand. girls live. news conference with the county sheriff St. Lawrence County’s District “The suspects agreed to go to the yesterday morning. Attorney Mary Rain said Stephen sheriff’s office to be interviewed earlier Searchers had scoured the farming Howells II, 39, and Nicole Vaisey, 25, both today and they were arrested after those community of about 4,000 people, in a of Hermon, were each charged with two interviews,” Rain said. The sisters van- hunt hampered by a lack of photos of counts of first-degree kidnapping. ished Wednesday evening in the girls for authorities to circulate. The Amish typically avoid modern technolo- gy, and the family had to work with an artist who spoke their language, a German dialect known as Pennsylvania Dutch, to produce a sketch of the older girl. EDGARTOWN: Anita Decker Breckenridge, President Barack Obama’s top-ranking adviser on his vacation to Martha’s The girls are among the youngest of Vineyard, stands near an American flag in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Friday. — AP Mose and Barb Miller’s 13 children, who range in age from 1 to 21 years, said neighbor Dot Simmons. The girls rou- Vacation chief has traveled tinely took on the chore of selling the fruits, vegetables, jams and other prod- ucts of the farm and had left the rest of a long road with Obama their family during evening milking when they saw the car at the stand. EDGARTOWN: President Barack Obama’s top-ranking adviser eral nuts and bolts of how Obama’s White House functions. The episode left a sense of vulnerabil- on his vacation to Martha’s Vineyard is a former Illinois political “His day is organized by Anita, so she’s making sure he’s see- ity in a community where residents said operative who drove him around the state during his Senate ing people he wants to see,” said senior Obama adviser Valerie even small children often walk unac- campaign a decade ago and then was his personal secretary Jarrett. “She has a thousand balls up in the air at one time. It companied to school. outside the Oval Office. takes an extraordinarily high level of skill, but it also takes a good “One thing that comes from this is Now the president’s deputy chief of staff, Anita Decker sense of him and what’s important to him.” These images provided by the St Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office shows the that people learn this can happen in a Beckenridge is responsible for a high pressure operation that’s a Obama chose Breckenridge as deputy chief of staff for opera- booking photo of Stephan Howells II, 39, left, and Nicole Vaisey, 25, who was small town,” the prosecutor said. “I think far cry from the early journeys she and Obama shared. tions when longtime aide Alyssa Mastromonaco left the post arraigned late Friday on charges they intended to physically harm or sexually the public will take precautions, and Breckenridge has known Obama since 2003, when the former last spring. In some ways, Breckenridge was an unusual pick for a abuse two Amish sisters after abducting them from a roadside farm stand. — AP that’s the sad thing.”Patricia Ritchie, the aide to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed on to his US Senate post with such an expansive portfolio. She was viewed as a state senator representing the region, campaign to introduce the state senator from Chicago to down- friendly and efficient gateway to Obama outside the Oval Office She said they were in custody await- Oswegatchie, touching off a massive said many are now reluctant to let their state voters. but not as an aggressive operator. And she wasn’t well known ing arraignment Friday night and addi- search in the farming community near children play outdoors unattended. They crisscrossed the state in her sedan, getting to know outside the West Wing. tional charges are possible. Both will the Canadian border. Ritchie said the Amish are responding in each other while passing rows of corn, arguing over the radio have lawyers, but no pleas will be taken They turned up safe Thursday night a way that may forever change a familiar station and keeping their eyes peeled for a Subway lunch. “We Rapid-fire decisions or bail granted, the prosecutor said. at the door of a house 15 miles from feature of the local landscape: Some are would stop in all these small towns and we would have all these Breckenridge had management experience as chief of staff Rain declined to discuss a motive for their home. Authorities had been tight- taking down their roadside stands. “This little gatherings,” Breckenridge recalled. of the National Endowment for the Arts in Obama’s first term the abduction or provide any other lipped about details, including what has sent a shockwave through their and ran his downstate offices when he was senator, but her specifics about the suspects. She said happened to 7-year-old Delila Miller and community,” she said. — AP The times have changed chief qualification for the new post was her close relationship Obama and Breckenridge came to Martha’s Vineyard riding with the president. She’s proven to be fiercely protective of his face to face in a convoy of helicopters as Coast Guard boats personal needs and quick to turn away those she feels are try- monitored the Vineyard Sound. It has been no vacation for her. ing to demand too much of him. Her position requires her to Montana Democrats to Breckenridge has coordinated with the Secret Service for cover- channel his wishes as she makes a lot of rapid-fire decisions on age at Obama’s sprawling rented home, on the golf course or his behalf. wherever else he decides to unwind. Between Obama family “It’s hard for me to come up with anyone else the president choose new candidate outings to the beach and the president’s dinner dates with the trusts so implicitly,” Mastromonaco said. “They have known each first lady, she works into his schedule staff briefings and calls other for so long, their relationship is homegrown. Anita under- with foreign leaders. stands everything he needs and wants to know.” HELENA: Montana Democrats gathered She decides when to interrupt his leisure with updates on Breckenridge, a native of the Chicago suburb of Kenilworth, yesterday for a first-of-its-kind conven- emerging problems, such as the progress of airstrikes in Iraq and also provides familiarity to Obama at a time when many of his tion to select a replacement for US Sen. the racially charged unrest in Missouri. When Hillary Rodham most trusted aides are leaving. She’s Obama’s link to a humbler John Walsh as their candidate in the Clinton wanted to smooth over critical comments she had made time when he grows weary of the White House trappings. about Obama’s foreign policy, the former secretary of state “There’s something very comforting about remembering Senate race against Republican Rep. emailed Breckenridge to set up a call. those simpler times where you got to interact more with peo- Steve Daines. Back in Washington, the 36-year-old is responsible for presi- ple,” Breckenridge said. “Now every day is a thrill and the oppor- Partly leaders hastily organized the dential staff and political appointments, Obama’s schedule, the tunity of a lifetime. I’ll probably look back after we leave and special nominating convention after advance work of setting up any of his movements and the gen- long for these days.” — AP Walsh dropped out of the race after alle- gations of plagiarism in a college research paper. The Democrats face an Aug. 20 deadline to submit a name to the Montana Secretary of State. Delegates nominated first-term state Rep. Amanda Curtis of Butte and Wilsall rancher Dirk Adams, who lost in the June 3 primary to Walsh. Approximately 110 delegates from across the state began debating the merits of the nominees before voting was to get underway. HELENA: Amanda Curtis speaks with Ravalli County delegate Lee Tickell Curtis, 34, is a high school math before the opening of the Montana Democratic Party’s special nominat- teacher who touts her family’s labor ties ing convention in Helena, Montana, yesterday. Curtis, a legislator from in the blue-collar town of Butte. She Butte, is one of the candidates seeking the party’s nomination to replace emerged as a front-runner earlier in the Sen. John Walsh in the Senate race against Republican US Rep Steve week after receiving the endorsement of Daines. —AP Montana’s teachers union and when oth- er high-profile party leaders said they weren’t interested in the job. US rethinks giving excess Adams, 63, is a former attorney in New York and banker in California who now military gear to police lives on the southwestern Montana ranch he bought in 1984. Holding onto WASHINGTON: After a decade of 1990 to nearly $450 million in 2013. the Senate seat occupied by Max Baucus sending military equipment to civil- “Every police force of any size in for more than 35 years was already ian police departments across the this country has access to those kinds expected to be tough for Democrats. country, federal officials are reconsid- of weapons now,” said David Harris, a Changing candidates less than three ering the idea in light of the violence police expert at the University of months before the elections is expected in Ferguson, Missouri. Pittsburgh law school. “It makes it to give Daines a bigger advantage. The public has absorbed images more likely to be used (and) is an of heavily armed police, snipers escalation all by itself.” But delegates arriving at the Lewis trained on protesters and tear gas In Louisiana, masked police in full and Clark County Fairgrounds insisted plumes. Against that backdrop, body armor carrying AR-15 assault the race is still winnable. “I think we need Attorney General Eric Holder said that rifles raided a nightclub without a to keep this seat, period,” said Judith when police and citizens need to warrant, looking not for terrorists but Forseth, a delegate from southwestern restore calm, “I am deeply concerned underage drinkers and fire-code vio- Montana’s Park County. “I’m not ready to that the deployment of military lations. Officers in California train concede.” equipment and vehicles sends a con- using the same counterinsurgency Republicans need a net gain of six flicting message.” tactics as those used in Afghanistan. seats in November to take Senate con- Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said trol, and Montana is a prime target to police responses like that in Ferguson Standard procedure pick up a seat that’s been in Democratic have “become the problem instead of “They’re not coming in like we’re hands for more than a century. the solution.” Rep. Hank Johnson, D- innocent until proven guilty,” said Ga., said he will introduce legislation Quinn Eaker. SWAT teams last August Democratic delegates said they wanted to reverse police militarization. Sen. raided his organic farm and commu- to choose a candidate who would ener- Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the nity, the Garden of Eden, in Arlington, gize the voter base and ensure that Senate Armed Services Committee, Texas. “They’re coming in like: ‘We’re Daines isn’t elected. said his committee will review the gonna kill you if you move a finger.’” “This is a watershed moment to make program to determine if the Defense Police found no drugs or weapons sure that doesn’t happen,” Ravalli County Department’s surplus equipment is and filed no charges after their delegate Lee Tickell said. Walsh dropped being used as intended. search, which authorities said fol- out amid allegations he plagiarized a One night after the violence that lowed standard procedure. 2007 U.S. Army War College research accompanied the presence of mili- In 1990, Congress authorized the paper. tary-style equipment in Ferguson, Pentagon to give surplus equipment Walsh said he made an unintentional tensions eased when a police captain, to police to help fight drugs, which mistake that he partly blamed on symp- unprotected and shaking hands, then gave way to the fight against toms of post-traumatic stress disorder. walked through a crowd in a gesture terrorism. Though violent crime of reconciliation. The contrast added nationwide is at its lowest level in He withdrew his candidacy last week to perception that the tanks and tear generations and wars in Iraq and when the criticism would not die down. gas had done more harm than good. Afghanistan have largely concluded, Walsh said the allegations were a dis- As the country concludes its the military transfers have increased. traction and that he would focus on serv- longest wartime period, the military Police say the equipment, which ing the rest of his Senate term. has turned over thousands of surplus includes free body armor, night vision Montana Gov. Steve Bullock appoint- weapons and armored trucks to local goggles and scopes, keeps officers ed Walsh, who was Bullock’s lieutenant police who often trained alongside safe and prepares them for the worst governor, in February when Max Baucus the military. A report by the American case. “A lot evolved from the military, resigned the Senate after 35 years to Civil Liberties Union in June said no question,” said Los Angeles County become ambassador to China. police agencies had become “exces- Sheriff’s Chief Bill McSweeney, who That gave Walsh the incumbency and sively militarized,” with officers using heads the detective division. “Is it a boost in fundraising, but his candidacy training and equipment designed for smart for them to use that stuff and the battlefield on city streets. The perhaps look like soldiers from Iraq faltered when The New York Times pub- report found the amount of goods going into a place? Is that smart or lished a story in July that showed he transferred through the military sur- over the top? I’d say generally that’s used other scholars’ work extensively in a plus program rose from $1 million in smart. —AP research paper written in 2007. — AP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 Ex-Seleka fighters massacre ‘at least 34’ in C Africa villages

BANGUI: Suspected ex-rebels from the Central “They said they were going to ‘clean’ eight villages landlocked nation. But Seleka, an alliance of mostly after many Seleka fighters refused to disband and African Republic’s Seleka movement massacred at between M’bres, Ndele and Bakala before Muslim groups which controls parts of the north, has carried out atrocities against civilians. least 34 people in several northern villages over the September 15,” when a UN force is to be deployed to said it will not participate in the new government. A mostly Christian militia called the “anti-balaka” past three days, an officer in the African peacekeep- the country, Ketegaza said, pleading for help from Riven by factions and rivalries, columns of armed (anti-machete) rose to counter the rogue Seleka ing force MISCA told AFP yesterday. MISCA and French forces in the country. Seleka vehicles continue to scour the vast forests and fighters, but they also committed serious crimes “Armed men identified by inhabitants as ex-Seleka savannahs of the region. Some of these groups-par- against civilians. and armed (ethnic) Fulanis” carried out the killings in Fragile ceasefire ticularly those containing Chadian and Sudanese Some 2,000 French peacekeeping troops were the M’bres region from Wednesday through Friday, The attacks are the latest breach of an extremely mercenaries-are accused of brutal attacks on civil- deployed alongside an African Union military force of the officer said on condition of anonymity. fragile ceasefire signed in late July in the Congo capi- ians, especially along the edge of their zone of con- around 6,000 men from December last year. He said fleeing residents spoke of the attackers tal Brazzaville that sought to curb the ethnic and reli- trol. Seleka members have been present for several Several incidents have threatened to derail the “firing on their victims at pointblank range and chas- gious violence that has ravaged the Central African months in the M’bres region. In June, nine villages ceasefire signed on July 23. The most violent took ing them into the bush. Some of the victims died by Republic over the past 18 months. reported summary executions, robberies and torture place in the northern town of Batanfago, where hanging, others were beaten or tortured to death”. Transitional President Catherine Samba Panza last at the hands of their militias. French forces repelled a Seleka attack, leaving One resident who fled, Achille Ketegaza, con- week appointed a new interim prime minister, The group triggered the cycle of violence in March around 60 rebels dead. firmed that account to AFP, saying: “The attackers Mahamat Kamoun, to lead a new broad-based gov- 2013 when it seized power. Its leader, Michel Around 80 percent of the population is Christian, arrived by foot and on motorbikes. They fired point- ernment with the task of ending the chaos and over- Djotodia, was president for nine months before hav- while 15 percent practice Islam, according to a US blank at anybody they encountered. seeing a democratic transition in the deeply poor ing to step down under strong international pressure State Department survey in 2010. — AFP Australian PM urges Scots to stay in UK

LONDON: Australian Prime Minister Tony to decide whether to break away from the Abbott yesterday urged Scotland to stay in 307-year-old union with England. the United Kingdom, saying independence Obama last month backed the union, would be cheered by enemies of justice and saying: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” freedom. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, during a vis- Abbott’s comments to The Times news- it to London in June, also said he wanted a paper are the strongest given yet by a major “strong, prosperous and united United foreign leader on the Scottish independ- Kingdom”. A spokesman for Scottish First ence debate, and follow on from calls from Minister Alex Salmond, who is leading the US President Barack Obama to keep the pro-independence campaign, said Abbott union intact. “As a friend of Britain, as an had “put his foot in it”. observer from afar, it’s hard to see how the “Tony Abbott has a reputation for gaffes, world would be helped by an independent but his bewildering comments have all the Scotland,” said Abbott. hallmarks of one of the Westminster gov- “I think that the people who would like ernment’s international briefings against to see the break-up of the United Kingdom Scotland,” he said. “Many Australians, includ- are not the friends of justice, the friends of ing the great number with close Scottish freedom, and the countries that would connections, will look on in bafflement at cheer at the prospect... are not the countries these remarks-Australia is a country that has whose company one would like to keep.” gained its independence from Westminster Scotland goes to the polls on September 18 and has never looked back.” — AFP South African mineworkers remember Marikana killings

MARIKANA: Thousands of South African “This tragic day should be marked as a platinum mineworkers yesterday gathered day of reflection and recommitment to at Marikana to commemorate the second peace and tolerance in the country,” Zuma KIEV: Ukrainian soldiers detain a man (2R) suspected of spying for pro-Russian militants at a checkpoint near Debaltseve, Donetsk region, yes- anniversary of the killing of 34 of their col- said in a statement. terday. Ukraine’s crisis entered dangerous new territory with Kiev claiming its forces destroyed a Russian military convoy, while the US warned leagues by police during a strike. “We need to recommit ourselves to Moscow over its “provocative” efforts at destabilisation. — AFP The workers were joined by community ensuring that violence is never again used members on a rocky hill outside a Lonmin to solve problems of any kind in our coun- mine where the shooting took place. The try.” A judicial probe set up soon after the hill has become a monument to those killed killings is still under way outside the capital Ukraine rebel leader says in the massacre, which was captured on Pretoria, having heard evidence from some camera and beamed across the world in of the country’s top politicians. scenes reminiscent of apartheid-era police Former police minister Nathi Mthethwa troops training in Russia killings. The striking workers had been and now Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa demanding higher wages. Several opposi- are among prominent figures who have tion political leaders attended yesterday’s appeared before the commission. event, which Jacob Zuma described as “a Ramaphosa was at the time of the deadly Russia denied report military vehicles entered Ukraine day of reflection”. strike a member of Lonmin’s board of direc- Mineworkers, some carrying banners tors. He became involved in the labour dis- reading “Remember the Victims of pute after a senior Lonmin official urged DONETSK: Ukrainian rebels are receiving new Ukrainian native Zakharchenko took over Lysenko, contradicted the rebel assertions. He Marikana”, some wearing T-shirts embla- him to use his “influence” to petition officials military equipment and troops trained in Russia, from Russian citizen Alexander Borodai last week said three Ukrainian servicemen had been killed zoned with images of their slain colleagues, who had the “necessary resources at their and will launch a major counter-offensive and his combative comments will probably dash over the past 24 hours, and denied Kiev’s forces arrived in groups, chanting slogans. disposal”. against government forces, a separatist leader hopes that changes at the top of the rebel lead- were firing artillery on Donetsk. “I am here to support the families of the At a hearing Monday protesters shouted said in a video released yesterday. ership might signal willingness to end hostilities. In the past few hours Ukrainian security workers who were killed on the koppie “Ramaphosa must resign!”, forcing retired The four-month conflict in eastern Ukraine A Reuters reporter in Donetsk, one of two forces had spotted Russian drones and a heli- (hill),” said mineworker Eric Raadt. “They appeals court judge Ian Farlam, who is lead- has reached a critical phase, with Kiev and rebel strongholds in the east, said the sound of copter crossing illegally into Ukraine’s airspace, were striking for a better life,” he told AFP. ing the inquiry, to briefly halt the proceed- Western governments watching nervously to explosions was audible in the city centre. A con- Lysenko told a news briefing. A few white crosses were planted near ings. Zameka Nungu, a widow of one of the see if Russia will intervene in support of the voy of 280 Russian trucks carrying water, food the hill at the Lonmin platinum mine north deceased Lonmin mineworkers said yester- increasingly besieged rebels - an intention and medicine remained about 20 km (12 miles) Momentum with the army of Johannesburg to commemorate the day’s observance evoked “difficult memo- Moscow denies. from the Ukrainian border, unmoved since The momentum on the ground is with the massacre, the peak of violence lasting sev- ries”. “This day brings back memories of Alexander Zakharchenko, prime minister of Friday, and an official of the International Ukrainian forces, who have pushed the sepa- eral days. Overall, the unrest is believed to that day, when my husband was shot. It’s the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Committee of the Red Cross was due to discuss ratists out of large swathes of territory and near- have claimed more than 40 lives. very painful for me,” she said. — AFP said the rebels were in the process of receiving its next movements with Russian and Ukrainian ly encircled them in Donetsk and Luhansk. Kiev some 150 armoured vehicles, including 30 tanks, officials. Russia says it is a purely humanitarian says it now controls the road linking the two and 1,200 fighters who he said had spent four mission in support of civilians in areas hit by the cities. Russia says the Ukrainian offensive is caus- months training in Russia. conflict, but Ukraine is concerned it could serve ing a humanitarian catastrophe for the civilian “They are joining at the most crucial as a Trojan Horse to infiltrate military supplies or population in the two cities. It accuses Kiev’s moment,” he said in a video recorded on Friday. create a pretext for armed intervention. forces of indiscriminately using heavy weapons He did not specify where the vehicles would in residential areas, an allegation Ukraine denies. come from. Counter-claims In the past seven days, three of the most sen- Moscow has come under heavy Western The conflict has dragged relations between ior rebel leaders have been removed from their sanctions over its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea Russia and the West to their lowest point since posts, pointing to mounting disagreement over and accusations it is supporting separatists in the Cold War and set off a round of trade restric- how to turn the tide of the fighting back in their east Ukraine with troops and funds. Russia tions that are hurting struggling economies favour. denies the accusations. both in Russia and Europe. Lysenko, the Ukrainian military spokesman, Zakharchenko’s comments came a day after The Finnish President, Sauli Niinisto, travelled said he had reports of rebel fighters abandoning Ukraine said it partially destroyed an armoured to Kiev for talks with Ukrainian President Petro their posts in Luhansk, and preparing to leave column that had crossed the border from Russia. Poroshenko, a day after meeting Russian Donetsk and seek safe haven in Russia. The report triggered a sell-off in global stocks, President Vladimir Putin. “A mood of panic is spreading and rebels are with markets fearful it could escalate the conflict France said a meeting of Ukrainian, Russian, trying to leave through the small gaps that into an open confrontation between Russia and German and French foreign ministers scheduled remain,” he said. Western-backed Ukraine. in Berlin today could be a first step towards a In Donetsk, the red, blue and black flag of But Moscow made no threat of retaliation, peace summit. The United Nations said this separatists was flying on a pole in front of the instead saying it was a “fantasy” that its week that an estimated 2,086 people had died, headquarters. Ten people armed with armoured vehicles had entered Ukraine. In with nearly 5,000 wounded. A rebel Internet Kalashnikov rifles were standing on guard out- Washington, the White House said it could not news outlet said on Saturday that separatist side the main entrance in mismatched camou- MARIKANA: People gather yesterday in front of the hill where two years ago miners confirm that Russian vehicles had been attacked fighters had killed 30 members of a Ukrainian flage. “Why should we flee? People are still com- where gunned down by the South African police during a violent wave of strikes. on Ukrainian soil. The rebels, who have ceded government battalion in fighting in Luhansk ing and filling our ranks. Those who have lost Thousands of South African platinum mineworkers yesterday gathered at Marikana ground to government forces in the past weeks, province, a rebel-held area of eastern Ukraine their houses to Ukrainian shelling, what else to commemorate the second anniversary of the killing of 34 of their colleagues by have been promising a counter-offensive for adjacent to the Russian border. would they do but fight back?,” said a fighter police during a strike. — AFP several days but have yet to launch one. A Ukrainian military spokesman, Andriy who gave his name as Communist. — Reuters German security recorded one Kerry conversation

BERLIN: Germany’s foreign intelligence agency recorded at several US officials had been intercepted by the BND when woman told Reuters Germany was not tapping the phones of added. A spokesman for the German government said it was least one phone conversation held by US Secretary of State making phone calls via satellite in a plane but that these inter- allied countries and said the United States was not a target. up to the parliamentary control committee to deal with the John Kerry, a German magazine said on Saturday, potentially ceptions had been unintentional “bycatch”. A BND spokes- “Any accidental recordings are deleted immediately,” she accusations. embarrassing Berlin which has reprimanded Washington for Bild newspaper cited a US secret service employee as say- its surveillance. Der Spiegel cited unnamed sources as saying ing the phone calls of the secretary of state were encrypted security agents at Germany’s BND had intercepted Kerry’s just like those of the president so it would be “impressive if words when he was in the Middle East negotiating between the BND was able to crack this encryption” and it was more Israelis, Palestinians and Arab states last year. likely Clinton’s statements were intercepted on an unsecured In Washington, US State Department spokeswoman Laura line. Relations between the United States and Germany were Seal said in an e-mail concerning the Spiegel report: “We hit last year by revelations by former U.S. National Security decline to comment.” The recording of at least one of Kerry’s Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden that Washington phone calls seemed to have been immediately deleted, the spied on German officials and bugged the phone of magazine said in a pre-publication copy of an article. It did Chancellor Angela Merkel. not give any evidence for this. The dispute was revived in July when Germany’s Federal On Friday, German media reported that German security Prosecutor arrested Markus R., a 31-year old employee of agents tapped a conversation involving Kerry’s predecessor, Germany’s foreign intelligence agency (BND), on suspicion of Hillary Clinton, while she was Secretary of State and had not spying for the Americans. immediately deleted the recording. Spiegel said that phone German media said on Friday they had discovered docu- call had taken place in 2012 between Clinton and former U.N. ments showing the German government had ordered the chief Kofi Annan, who had just returned from negotiations in BND to spy on a NATO partner state, without naming the Syria and wanted to brief Clinton. country. Yesterday Der Spiegel said Turkey was and still is the Both Germany’s government and a spokeswoman for the target. Merkel said in an interview last month that the United National Security Council at the White House declined on MUNICH: In this July 8, 2013 file picture the BND monitoring base in Bad Aibling, near Munich, Germany is photographed. States and Germany had fundamentally different conceptions Friday to comment on the reports. German weekly Der Spiegel reports that the country’s foreign intelligence agency, BND, eavesdropped on calls made by US of the role of the intelligence service, and she stressed the The magazine cited unnamed security sources as saying Secretary of State John Kerry and his predecessor Hillary Clinton. — AP Cold War was over. — Reuters SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Rebels kill 2 troopers in Kashmir: Police

SRINAGAR: Suspected rebels shot dead two para- The assault marked the third attack by suspected Since 1989, fighting between Indian forces and three wars, two over Kashmir, since 1947 when the military troopers in Indian Kashmir in the third mili- militants on government forces in a week. The first about a dozen rebel groups seeking independence subcontinent was partitioned at independence tant assault on government forces in a week in the occurred last Monday, on the eve of a visit by India’s or a merger of the territory with Pakistan has left from Britain. restive Himalayan region, police said. Gunmen new Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra tens of thousands, mostly civilians, dead. Modi, in The insurgency and long-running rivalry with attacked a vehicle carrying Border Security Force Modi to Ladakh in the north of the disputed territo- his speech in Ladakh accused Pakistan of “waging a Pakistan has made Indian Kashmir one of the (BSF) troops near a military airport just south of ry which is also claimed by Pakistan. proxy war of terrorism” by dispatching militants to world’s tensest regions. There are an estimated half Srinagar, the main city in Muslim-majority Indian Gunmen raked a paramilitary vehicle with fire, fight against India. Pakistan regularly denies such a million troops deployed in Indian Kashmir. Kashmir. seriously injuring seven paramilitary border guards. allegations. Violence has fallen in the region since 2004 when “Two BSF personnel got martyred (killed) and On Wednesday, the day after Modi’s visit during Kashmir is divided between Indian and Pakistan the two countries began a peace process, but there two were injured in the attack,” police inspector which he addressed Indian troops stationed in the by a de-facto border known as the Line of Control are sporadic rebel attacks on government forces general Abdul Gani Mir told AFP, adding the gun- heavily militarised region, gunmen killed two Indian or LoC and controlled separately by the nuclear- while the region’s residents often accuse govern- men fled immediately afterwards. police officers and a civilian. armed South Asian rivals. The nations have fought ment forces of human rights abuses. — AFP India must build defences: Modi

MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi instead on local research, design and yesterday said India must build up its manufacture. India is the world’s largest military might to the point that no other arms importer with the United States country “dare cast an evil eye” on the recently overtaking Russia as the biggest South Asian nation. arms supplier, followed by France and Modi made the statement at a cere- Israel. mony in Mumbai for the commissioning “This warship has been built by India’s of the country’s biggest locally built war- engineers, technicians and defence ship. “Our aim is to achieve such prowess experts,” the premier, considered a hard- in our defence capabilities that no coun- line nationalist, said in Mumbai. try dare cast an evil eye on India,” Modi “It is the biggest example yet of what told naval officers and other dignitaries. we can make in India,” Modi said. “It is India, the second most populous the aim of this government to take India nation in the world, is in the midst of a from its position of importing every little $100-billion defence upgrade pro- piece of military hardware to a position gramme. Modi’s new government has where we can export equipment.” Modi’s raised the foreign investment cap on right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party came India’s defence industries to speed up to power in May after a landslide general modernisation of the military. election win. India has fought three wars with The 6,800-tonne INS Kolkata is fitted nuclear-armed rival Pakistan, two of with the most advanced weapons sys- them over the disputed Himalayan terri- tems, sensors and communication tech- tory of Kashmir. The country has also nology. DEHRADUN: Indian police and rescue personnel use a stretcher to remove a body from a house after a landslide in Dehradun yesterday. The been seeking to shore up its defence It is expected to strengthen to India’s death toll in a monsoon-ravaged region in northern India hit 24 after seven people were killed in their sleep, authorities said. Heavy rains in the capabilities to counter a military build-up maritime capabilities and help secure its last two days have triggered landslides in the scenic Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, reviving memories of the deadly deluge last year that by an increasingly assertive China. huge strategic interests in the region killed some five thousand people. — AFP Modi said India must stop relying so stretching from the Gulf to the Malacca heavily on defence imports and focus Strait. —AFP Landslides, floods kill 109 in Nepal, India Downpours displaced thousands in Himalayan region KATHMANDU: The death toll from landslides Army officials rescued some 300 people In Uttarakhand state, seven people were and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon yesterday, while hundreds more awaited help killed in their sleep by a landslide as monsoon rains in Nepal and northern India climbed to in the worst-hit districts of Surkhet and rains pounded the hilly region this week. at least 109 yesterday as tides of water, mud Bardiya, where electricity lines snapped, leav- “Seven people were killed while one woman and rocks swept away houses, officials said. ing thousands without power. was pulled alive by rescue workers from the The downpours also displaced thousands “We have had no power all day and we are debris of a house which collapsed due to of people in the scenic Himalayan region and struggling to reach affected people,” said overnight rain,” district magistrate Chandresh revived memories of a deadly deluge last year Bardiya district official Tej Prasad Paudel. Yadav told AFP, adding the total death toll was that killed more than 5,000 people in the In neighbouring Banke district, flooding now 24. Indian state of Uttarakhand. caused by heavy rain washed away homes, According to officials in Pauri district, at The rains in Nepal over the past three days district official Jeevan Oli said. least 50 families were stranded and the army have killed 85 people and left more than 100 “We’ve recovered four bodies, including was being deployed to evacuate them. others unaccounted for, said national disaster two children. We’ve looking for four more With more rain predicted in the next 24 management chief Yadav Prasad Koirala. people whose hut was swept away last night,” hours, state authorities have sought reinforce- MUMBAI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) walks down the gangplank of the “We have recovered 85 bodies so far, 54 Oli told AFP. The deaths come two weeks ments from the army and the air force, said Indian Navy’s newly-commissioned warship INS Kolkata in Mumbai yesterday. INS people have suffered injuries due to land- after the worst landslide in over a decade Indian government spokesman Surendra Kolkata, The largest indigenously built warship is the lead ship of the Kolkata-class slides and flooding over the last three days smashed into hamlets in northeastern Nepal, Kumar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi guided missile destroyers, was commissioned by Indian Prime Minister Narendra and 113 are still missing,” Koirala told AFP. killing 156 people. expressed grief on Twitter over the loss of Modi at the city’s Naval Dockyard. — AFP The rains have damaged roads across the Monsoon rains have also forced officials to lives in the state. Hundreds of people die country’s western plains bordering India, with close a major bridge along the country’s every year in floods and landslides during the poor visibility hindering helicopter rescue longest highway after it developed cracks and monsoon season in South Asia. While annual Afghanistan running efforts to evacuate some 1,500 people strand- caved in. rains are a lifeline for the region’s farmers, ed in waterlogged homes, said home ministry flooding, landslides and building collapses are spokesman Laxmi Prasad Dhakal. Evacuations in India frequent during the monsoon season, which out of cash as poll “Because of the damage to roads in the Meanwhile, heavy downpours in neigh- lasts from June to September. area, we can only deliver relief supplies like bouring India triggered landslides and flood- Earlier this month, at least 151 people were deadlock drags on tents and medicines by helicopter,” Dhakal ing that have claimed at least 24 lives since killed in western Indian city of Pune by a mas- told AFP. Friday, according to government officials. sive landslide caused by rains. — AFP KABUL: The Afghan government is run- rivalry between their camps that has ning out of funds despite an influx of mil- pushed the country to the brink of a civil lions of dollars in aid as a deadlock over war. who won the election drives a sharp decline “Our humble request from the finance Court stops S Lanka deporting refugees in revenues, already suffering from the ministry is for both candidates to reach an drawdown of thousands of foreign troops. agreement to avoid a further decrease in COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s court of appeal has He said the government had deported The government faces difficulty paying revenue and the economy,” Jaillani added. ordered a halt to the deportation of 28 foreigners in the past two weeks and Rain claims 18 salaries next month and has once more Jaillani denied salaries were at immedi- Afghan, Iranian and Pakistani refugees arrested another 75 and were holding gone cap in hand to donors for help, a sen- ate risk, although a host of projects to build before their asylum claims are fully them at a detention centre in the island’s ior finance ministry official said on condi- and maintain roads, schools and clinics had assessed, an official said yesterday. south. lives in Pakistan tion of anonymity, because of the sensitivity been suspended for lack of cash, although The court order came after a Pakistani Another 1,800 foreigners, including of the topic. he warned that resources were running low. woman challenged Sri Lanka’s decision to Afghans, Iranians, Pakistanis and ISLAMABAD: At least 18 people were killed and The US embassy in Kabul confirmed US Secretary of State John Kerry has expel foreign nationals despite warnings Palestinians, risked being sent back, he over 80 others injured in rain related incidents and Afghan officials had briefed them about twice flown to Kabul in the past month to that doing so may violate international law. said. The United Nations High hailstorms in various parts of the northern Khyber their difficulty paying salaries and funding defuse the electoral crisis, but cracks are A court official said judge A. W. A. Salam, Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan yesterday programs in coming months, but did not already showing in the framework agree- head of the Court of Appeal, had on Friday expressed dismay over Colombo’s arrest said officials. detail how donors planned to respond. ment signed during his last visit a week ago. ordered the defence ministry to suspend and deportation of dozens of foreign asy- A senior administrative official, Assistant “While the US and the donor communi- Abdullah was the clear winner in the first the deportations. lum seekers and warned that Colombo was Commissioner Peshawar, Mumataz Ahmed told ty... are working closely with Afghan author- round held in April, while a preliminary “The case will be called again on August in breach of its international obligations. media that heavy rainfall and hailstorms in ities to avoid any major disruptions in criti- count showed Ghani won the run-off vote 29,” said Lakshan Dias, a Sri Lankan lawyer The UNHCR had said that deportations Peshawar city of KPK has caused damage to many cal services...resolving this situation requires in June. An audit of all eight million votes representing the Pakistani petitioner. “For went against the principle of no forced buildings killing at least 18 people. action by Afghan authorities first and fore- cast as part of an earlier deal is underway, the moment we have stopped the refoule- return, or non-refoulement, enshrined in Dr. Subhani, an administrative official at the Lady most,” a State Department official said. but proceeding slowly. ment (forced return).” international law. — AFP Reading hospital confirming the deaths said that Foreign powers have poured billions of Outgoing President Hamid Karzai has set most of the injured people were minutely wound- dollars of aid into Afghanistan since the fall a deadline at the end of August to inaugu- ed. rate his successor, but electoral officials fear of the Taliban in 2001, but the country’s Severe hailstorms hit parts of the Peshawar play- next leader is unlikely to receive the same the audit could drag on into September. ing havoc with life and properties in Akhundabad, levels of financial support. A month into the process, only about a The size of the gap to date is unclear, but third of the votes have been audited and it is Gujjarabad, Wazirbagh, Faqirabad and other areas the most recent data on the finance min- unclear what fraction marked for recount will of the city. istry’s website shows domestic revenue in be excluded from the final tally. NATO will Rescuers are facing problems due to choked the first six months of 2014 fell 27.5 percent discuss Afghanistan at a summit in Wales on roads, and traffic jams. Most of the casualties were a short of a target of 60.2 billion Afghanis Sept 4 and 5. Who, if anyone, will represent result of collapsing buildings and walls in Lewane ($1.1 billion). the country has become an increasingly Baba Nothia, Faqirabad, Wazri Bagh, Lahori Gate, The ministry said current figures were pressing and awkward question as NATO Phandu, Barisko, Ladny Sarak, Dir Colony and other not yet ready, although the senior official seeks to bring the 13-year war to an end. areas. indicated the budget shortfall stands Western nations had hoped the summit An emergency was imposed in all hospitals to between $500 and $600 million. would be the crowning moment of their meet any untoward incident due to further rains. “If the election goes wrong we’ll not be achievements in Afghanistan after 13 years Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz able to manage, we will face huge problems of war. Instead, last week the alliance warned Sharif immediately took notice of the incident and beyond our control,” said finance ministry it would be forced to withdraw completely announced compensation packages to the family spokesman Abdul Qadir Jaillani. unless a new leader emerged soon. members of the deceased. He also directed the “The budgetary and economic situation is National Disaster Management Authority to assess Brink of civil war another reason to quickly conclude the elec- the losses of people affected by rain in Peshawar Presidential candidates Abdullah tion audit and install a new government of AHMADABAD: Indian teachers hold an idol of Hindu god Krishna and sings devotion- and help in their rehabilitation. — KUNA Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani have been national unity that is capable of addressing al songs during Janmashthami celebrations at a school in Ahmadabad, India, yester- locked in a bitter struggle for power for Afghanistan’s challenges,” the US State day. Janmashthami, or the day marking the birth of Krishna, will be celebrated months, over accusations of mass fraud and Department official added. — Reuters tomorrow. — AP SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 INTERNATIONAL

Top US general raises hopes of easing arms ban to Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY: The United States in southern Ho Chi Minh City during a 1995. But military cooperation is limited mission has been successfully complet- China claims nearly all of the South could help build Vietnam’s naval capaci- four-day visit to the country during due to a US ban on sales of lethal ed. China Sea, even waters approaching ty if a ban on selling lethal weapons to which he has met top military officials weapons. Dempsey said he was not asking the coasts of its neighbours, and has the authoritarian nation is lifted, the to discuss strengthening military coop- Hanoi is currently locked in a bitter Vietnam “to choose between being a become increasingly assertive in stak- most senior US military officer to visit eration. maritime dispute with Beijing over dis- friend of the United States and a friend ing those claims. Vietnam for decades said yesterday. “The maritime domain is the place of puted waters and island chains in the of China.” Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, General Martin Dempsey, Chairman our greatest common interest right South China Sea. “We’ve been very clear that we don’t Malaysia and Taiwan have competing of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that now... and my recommendation if the In May, Beijing moved a deep sea oil take sides in territorial disputes, but we claims to parts of the sea. “in the near term” there would be a dis- ban is lifted will be that we start with rig into waters that Hanoi claims, set- do care very much about how they’re Vietnam’s authoritarian leaders have cussion in the United States about that,” he said. ting off violent anti-China riots in resolved,” Dempsey said, adding it was struggled to balance traditionally warm whether to lift the ban introduced over Trade has flourished between for- Vietnam and triggering a high-seas “unfortunate” that China had not ties with fellow communists in Beijing human rights concerns. mer wartime foes America and Vietnam standoff around the rig. Beijing accepted a proposed freeze on with widespread anti-China sentiment Dempsey was speaking to reporters since the countries normalised ties in removed the rig in July, claiming its provocative acts in disputed waters. among the population. —AFP China, S Korea blast Japan shrine visits

TOKYO: China and South Korea reacted December drew widespread criticism, strongly yesterday to visits by three including from the U.S., Japan’s most Japanese Cabinet ministers to a Tokyo important ally. shrine that honors the war dead including convicted war criminals, although Japan’s Religious freedom prime minister stayed away. Abe signed the gift as head of the rul- Keiji Furuya, chairman of the National ing Liberal Democratic Party, and not as Public Safety Commission, one of the three prime minister, a party official said. The ministers who visited Yasukuni Shrine, said enshrinement of Class-A war criminals, it was “only natural as a Japanese” to honor such as wartime Prime Minister Hideki those who had given up their lives for their Tojo, among the 2.5 million dead at country. Yasukuni Shrine makes the visits a target of Internal Affairs and Communications condemnation from China and South Minister Yoshitaka Shindo told reporters Korea, which suffered from Japan’s aggres- his visit was a vow to never wage war sion and see the shrine as a symbol of bru- again, and shrugged off concerns it may tality. set off a diplomatic row. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga “If it does\, the government should give defended the visits as religious freedom, a clear and good explanation,” he told noting that praying for the war dead is nat- reporters after praying at the shrine. A ural for any country and that the ministers third official, Administrative Reform acted in a private capacity. Dozens of law- Minister Tomomi Inada, visited later Friday. makers from various parties visited the China lambasted the visits as proof of shrine, wearing dark suits and outfits. Tokyo’s incorrect understanding of history, At a ceremony commemorating the end calling Yasukuni “a spiritual tool and sym- of World War II at a Tokyo hall, attended by bol for the Japanese militarists.” “Sino- thousands of people, Abe said later Friday Japanese relations can develop in a that the sacrifices of the previous genera- healthy and stable way only if Japan can tion brought “peace and prosperity” to face up to and reflect on the history of Japan. invasion and make a clear break with mili- “We will never forget that,” Abe told the tarism,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokes- crowd, noting that Japan must “humbly woman Hua Chunying said in an online face up to history.” Emperor Akihito, whose statement. father surrendered at the end of World War In Seoul, South Korean President Park II, also offered prayers at the ceremony on a Geun-hye said some Japanese politicians stage covered with chrysanthemums, SEOUL: Pope Francis (R) comforts a disabled woman during his visit to a rehabilitation centre for people with disabilities at were acting in a way that hurts both South flanked by his wife Michiko. Kkottongnae in Eumseong, around 80 kilometres south of Seoul, yesterday. Pope Francis beatified 124 Korean martyrs earlier at Koreans and Japanese and further pushes Although extremist nationalists throng a mass in the centre of Seoul and challenged the massive crowd to ask what values they might be willing to die for in an increas- the countries’ people apart. Yasukuni, wearing old uniforms and toot- ingly materialistic, globalised world. —AFP In a speech marking South Korea’s inde- ing bugle horns, thousands of regular peo- pendence from Japanese colonialism, Park ple also go to the shrine on Aug. 15, the also asked Japanese leaders to act wisely anniversary of the end of the war. Pope Francis holds up Korean and expressed hopes that next year the Veteran Shirataka Kuribayashi, 88, was countries will move together toward among those lining up to bow and pray for friendlier ties. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe no more wars. “The memory fades away, did not go to the shrine, but sent a gift and people forget about the war. I think we martyrs as models for church through an envoy. His visit to Yasukuni in need to stop that,” he said. —AP Pope makes strong, silent anti-abortion statement

SEOUL: Pope Francis beatified 124 Korean mar- dents of the community, young and old, and “I’m so thankful that the pope visited South tyrs yesterday, telling hundreds of thousands of seemed genuinely pleased when one of the eld- Korea,” said 75-year-old Yu Pil-sang, a Catholic people who turned out for his open-air Mass erly residents with cerebral palsy, Kim Inja who was trying to get a glimpse of Francis just that their ancestors’ willingness to die rather Cecilia, presented him with an origami crane she outside the police barricades. “But I’m so sorry than renounce their faith two centuries ago was folded with her feet. that all the ways to see the pope are blocked. I a model for Asian missionaries today. came to hear at least his voice.” The streets leading up to Seoul’s iconic Model Gwanghwamun Gate were packed with Koreans The Mass in Seoul, though, was one of the Inquiry honoring the lay Catholics who founded the highlights of his trip, providing Francis with an En route to the altar before Mass, Francis church here in the 18th century. Korea’s church opportunity to stress how the lessons of Korea’s stopped his open-topped car so he could get is unique in that it was founded not by foreign early martyrs were relevant today for Korea’s out and bless a group of families who lost loved missionary priests - as occurred in most of the church, which is small but growing and is seen ones in the sinking of the Sewol ferry in April, in world - but by members of Korea’s own noble as a model for the rest of the world. which more than 300 people, most of them high classes who learned of Christianity by reading “They were willing to make great sacrifices school students, were killed. On his white cas- books about it. and let themselves be stripped of whatever kept sock, Francis wore a yellow ribbon given to him These early Catholics were killed in the 18th them from Christ - possessions and land, pres- by the families a day earlier when he met with and 19th centuries by the Joseon Dynasty, which tige and honor - for they knew that Christ alone them privately to try to console them. tried to shut the Korean Peninsula off from was their true treasure,” he said. “They challenge “We want the truth,” read a yellow banner, a Western influence. Police in Seoul declined to us to think about what, if anything, we ourselves reference to the families’ demands for an inde- NANJING: Maldives President Abdulla Yameen (back L) and Chinese President give an estimate of the crowd size, but the would be willing to die for.” pendent inquiry into the sinking. Officials said Xi Jinping (C) witness the signing of agreements between delegation mem- Vatican said about 800,000 people had turned Francis praised in particular the fact that 400 families had been invited to the Mass. The bers of the two countries following a meeting at the Purple Palace in Nanjing. out. The number was significant given that laypeople were so crucial to the church’s founda- main figure in the group that was beatified is The two officials met before their expected attendance at the opening cere- Catholics represent only about 10 percent of tion and growth in Korea - a theme he stressed Paul Yun Ji-Chung, who was born in 1759 and monies of the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. —AFP South Korea’s 50 million people. later in the day when he met with leaders of was among the earliest Catholics on the penin- The Mass kicked off a busy day for Francis as Korean lay movements. The church is counting sula. He was beheaded in 1791 - the first Korean he passed the halfway mark of his five-day on such laymen and laywomen to spread the martyr - after he violated the traditional South Korea visit. faith in Asia, which the Vatican considers the Confucian funeral rites for his mother. In all, the China gang forced Pope Francis has generally avoided hot-but- future of the church. The main reason for Francis’ Joseon Dynasty killed about 10,000 Catholics for ton “culture war” issues like abortion, arguing visit to South Korea, in fact, was to attend an refusing to renounce their faith. that the church’s doctrine on the sanctity of life Asian Catholic youth festival; the church sees Historians say Korea’s early believers were kids to donate blood is well-known and that he’d rather emphasize such rallies as a crucial way of inspiring the next struck by the idea of a religion that preached other aspects of church teaching. generation of Catholics to evangelize. universal equality in divine eyes at a time when BEIJING: Police arrested seven people in north- to donate blood at least once a month for seven But he made a strong, albeit silent anti-abor- “Today as ever, the church needs credible lay the nobility’s discriminatory hierarchical system west China allegedly involved in a scheme that months, the official said, with the group taking in tion statement yesterday during his visit to witnesses to the saving truth of the Gospel,” brutally exploited ordinary people. St John Paul forced school children to donate blood, state 6,250 yuan ($1,000). South Korea, stopping to pray at a monument Francis said, stressing in particular the need for II canonized another 103 martyrs during a visit media reported. The suspects would use false identification for aborted babies in a community dedicated to their outreach to focus on the poor and most to South Korea in 1984. Francis began his day by The arrested are the deputy chief of a blood cards at the centre to pretend that the donors caring for people with the sort of severe genetic marginalized. A collective cheer erupted from praying at a monument in Seoul commemorat- centre operated by a company in Gansu province, were adults, the official said. A duty officer at the disabilities that are often used to justify abor- the masses when Francis declared the 124 ing the martyrs on the site where many of them whose surname was given as Huang, and six job- public security bureau in Wuwei’s Liangzhou dis- tions. “blessed” - the first step toward possible saint- were killed. less men, the official Xinhua news agency report- trict reached by AFP on Saturday would provide Francis bowed his head in prayer before the hood. Many of the women in the crowd wore Even non-Catholics turned out for the Mass, ed late Friday. no confirmation or details. monument - a garden strewn with simple white lace veils; others sported paper sun visors with impressed by Francis’ humble gestures and call The company, Lanzhou Institute of Biological China National Radio quoted Li Yongming, a wooden crosses - and spoke with an anti-abor- “Papa Francesco” written across them, protecting for South Koreans to pay more attention to the Products in the city of Wuwei, is one of the coun- propaganda official with the Wuwei police, as say- tion activist with no arms and no legs. them from the overcast, hazy skies. poor than their own material gain. try’s biggest producers of blood products, the ing that both the number of children and the He also spent an hour blessing dozens of dis- The scene was impressive, with thousands of “I do not know much about Catholics and report said. monetary amount involved could increase. Blood abled Koreans who live in the Kkottongnae com- people neatly packed into fenced-in sections South Korea’s Catholic history, but it seems that According to the report, a friend of Huang’s centres in China must double-check a donor’s munity, founded by a priest in the 1970s to take leading away from the altar, which was set up in the pope is making sure to reach out equally to surnamed Zhang and some of Zhang’s friends identity before taking blood, the report said. in disabled children and adults abandoned by front of Gwanghwamun, the south gate to everyone,” said Eom Yae-sung, 49, a Protestant forced primary and secondary school children to Huang, the centre’s deputy chief, told police he their families. There is still tremendous stigma Gyeongbokgung palace, with mountains loom- who said Francis had inspired her to make go to the centre to donate blood, Xinhua said, cit- was under pressure to increase the number of and discrimination against people with disabili- ing above and the presidential Blue House on changes in her own life. ing an unnamed official with the public security donors and sought Zhang’s help, Xinhua said. The ties in South Korea, and supporters of the the lower slope. Police in green vests stood “I plan to do volunteering and a lot of sharing bureau in Wuwei’s Liangzhou District. gang beat the children to make them cooperate Kkottongnae community argue that if it didn’t guard along the barricades and volunteers so that when I look back at my life 10 years from Blood can legally be donated in China from the and the scandal came to light when one of the take these people in, no one would. handed out water to guard against the warm, now, I will think that the pope’s visit motivated ages of 18 to 55, Xinhua said. At least eight pupils, them sought assistance from his parents, the Francis caressed and hugged each of the resi- humid temperatures. me to change,” Eom said. —Agencies who ranged in age from 10 to 16, were compelled report said. —AFP US pair charged with Bali murder could face death

BALI: An American couple arrested on the Indonesian resort An autopsy yesterday found that von Wiese-Mack, 62, died of gators without the presence of American lawyers. “But that does island of Bali in connection with the slaying of the woman’s asphyxiation from a broken nose bone resulting from a blunt not hamper our investigation. We have enough evidence, including mother could be charged with premeditated murder, which car- blow, said Ida Bagus Putu Alit, head of forensics at Sanglah CCTV and fingerprints,” Utomo said. “And I am inclined to charge ries a maximum penalty of death, police said yesterday. Hospital in Bali’s provincial capital of Denpasar. She also suffered them with premeditated murder.” Heather Mack, 19, and her boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, 21, from a broken neck, Alit said. An FBI agent arrived Friday to help with the investigation, includ- both from Chicago, were arrested in Bali’s Kuta area Wednesday, a Mack and Schaefer were charged with murder on Friday. Col. ing on the couple’s possible involvement in criminal activity in the day after the body of Sheila von Wiese-Mack was found stuffed Djoko Hari Utomo, chief of police for Denpasar, said yesterday United States, Utomo said. The autopsy found that breaks in von inside a suitcase in the trunk of a taxi parked in front of the that police had enough evidence to charge them with premedi- Wiese-Mack’s neck and nose extended to her upper right and left upscale St. Regis Bali Resort in the island’s exclusive Nusa Dua tated murder. jaws, causing respiratory disorders, Alit said. It also showed hand section. He reiterated that the couple was still refusing to talk to investi- wounds suggesting she was trying to fend off an attack. —AP NEWS SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014

UN blacklists 2 Kuwaitis for... Animals in crossfire at Gaza... Protests reignite... Continued from Page 1 with the sanctions committee and provide Continued from Page 1 Some appeared still to be loaded with Continued from Page 1 proofs of not having such affiliations. rockets. Hamad, the park’s director, was Abdelrahman Mouhamad Zafir Al- The Security Council resolution The death of the animals he cared for adamant that the rockets had not been The move to name the dead teen as a robbery suspect Dabidi Al-Jahani of Saudi Arabia was “deplores and condemns in the strongest has clearly left him in a state of shock. fired from inside the park. “Maybe there while withholding photos and other information about named because he runs Nusra Front’s for- terms the terrorist acts of ISIL (Islamic State) “Eight monkeys were killed, and an was a base around Al-Bisan village or the officer who shot him drew immediate ire. A vigil near eign fighter networks. It also blacklisted and its violent extremist ideology, and its ostrich was killed too. The lion’s enclo- next to it. But the enemy decided and the site of Brown’s killing was set for Saturday morning. Said Arif, a former Algerian army officer continued gross, systematic and wide- sure was wrecked and the zoo was com- insisted on punishing Al-Bisan village,” Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson acknowledged in a who escaped house arrest in France in spread abuses of human rights and viola- pletely destroyed. The Al-Bisan zoo was said the neatly-dressed director. “They news conference later on Friday that Wilson did not know 2013 and joined Nusra Front in Syria, and tions of international humanitarian law”. totally devastated,” he said. The adminis- punished the park for the presence of Brown was a suspect in the robbery and that the shoot- Abdul Mohsen Abdallah Ibrahim Al- Britain drafted the resolution and initially trative centre has been flattened and the rockets nearby but not inside the ing resulted from the officer’s request for Brown to move Charekh of Saudi Arabia, dubbed “a lead- aimed to adopt the text by the end of some of the palm trees lining the village,” he said. out of the street. There was no connection between the ing terrorist internet propagandist” who August, but accelerated its plan after a avenue from the entrance down to the The Jabaliya area north of Gaza City shooting and the alleged robbery, Jackson said. heads Nusra Front in Syria’s Latakia district. surge by Islamic State, which poses the animal enclosures have been uprooted. is home to the Strip’s second park, the Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Brown’s Kuwait’s permanent delegate to the UN biggest threat to Iraq since Saddam The destruction to the zoo has shak- Jabaliya Zoo, which escaped major family, said in a statement issued Friday that the family Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi expressed regret Hussein was toppled by a US-led invasion en Hissi badly. “You can see that the damage. Completed just six months was “beyond outraged” at the police attempts to “assassi- over the decision to list the names of the in 2003. cages for the animals are badly dam- ago, the park’s exhibits range from nate the character of their son, following such a brutal two Kuwaitis. But he added Kuwait will “They cannot survive independent of aged. When you see it, it makes you sad pigeons and a German Shepherd in assassination of his person in broad daylight”. Civil rights abide by the UN resolution and implement the outside world and if that support from because they are in a jail now,” he said, cages to six lions. All were smuggled activist the Rev Al Sharpton said he would lead a rally all its terms, in a statement to KUNA. the outside world can been choked off standing by the lion enclosure. A lion through tunnels from Egypt. Although with Brown’s family in Ferguson tomorrow. “There’s noth- Kuwaiti laws prohibit citizens from being then this organization will not have the and lioness lie in a steel pen inside their the park in Jabaliya was relatively ing more contemptible and offensive to the people of involved in illegal activities, criminalize resources to continue its activities,” Britain’s enclosure, the roof of which has col- unscathed, bombardment had impact- this country than for law enforcement to try to smear a direct or indirect affiliations with any ter- UN Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, council lapsed from the force of the nearby ed on the animals psychologically. “It dead man or dead child that can’t speak for themselves,” rorist organizations and respect interna- president this month, after the resolution explosion. They make little noise, stand- was the noise that really affected the Sharpton said yesterday morning at a weekly rally he tional obligations, said Otaibi. He said that was adopted. “That is partly the aim of this ing only when Hissi tosses in a couple of animals here. The sound from the holds in New York City that is broadcast on the Internet. Kuwait had amended some legislations resolution,” he said. The resolution con- dead chickens. And in a filthy three-by- bombing terrified the animals. When Other law enforcement agencies criticized the and laws to render them more compatible demns the recruitment of foreign fighters three metre pen, seven mange-ridden the birds heard the shelling they would Ferguson police department for trying to make the with international treaties and accords. and expresses readiness to blacklist peo- wild dogs zigzag around their enclosure take flight and flap around the enclo- alleged robbery an issue connected to the shooting and Moreover, Kuwait fully adheres to imple- ple financing or facilitating travel of for- incessantly. sure in panic because they were so for releasing a video from inside the store that shows Hissi was insistent there had been no scared,” said Aamir Abu Warda, director mentation of Security Council resolutions, eign fighters. It expresses concern that rev- Brown violently shoving a store clerk before he walks out militant weapons inside the zoo. But of the Jabaliya park. “The continuation, in line with the UN Charter, namely provi- enue generated from oilfields captured by the door. “We had no involvement whatsoever in releas- buckled rectangular metal rocket the repetition of this killed several birds, sions 24 and 25, he said. both groups is being used to organize ing that video,” said Brian Schellman, a spokesman for the launch systems lay among the debris on and other animals abandoned their On the blacklisting of Ajmi and Ali, attacks.. St Louis County Police Department, which is leading the the edge of the park, near a large build- young ones, some of which died,” he Otaibi said their enlisting would not be The resolution condemns any direct or local investigation into the Brown shooting. — Agencies permanent, “for there are certain mecha- indirect trade with Islamic State or Nusra ing that was also hit by Israeli air strikes. said. — AFP nisms that regularize listing and omitting Front and warns such moves could lead to names of suspects, particularly when sanctions. It asks UN experts - charged proven innocent of the charges of having with monitoring violations of the council’s Barrak: Govt incompetence ‘clear as sun’ links with terrorist organizations”. Kuwait, in Al-Qaeda sanctions regime - to report in Continued from Page 1 any treatment trips for such people, be them informed parliamentary sources. the past, succeeded in persuading Security 90 days on the threat posed by Islamic patients or their companions. “Things have Separately, informed sources said that fol- Council member states to remove the State and Nusra Front, and on details of Commenting on the same issue, MP Nabil gone way too far for Europeans and they are lowing his success with Saudi Arabia to get “Islamic Daawa” from an identical list after their recruitment and funding. The resolu- Al-Fadl urged Deputy PM and Interior Minister demanding to expel all Arabs now,” he warned. more oil aid by October, the Egyptian presi- providing proofs that it had no links with tion is under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Khaled not to ignore Three lawmakers have agreed to grill dent would soon discuss the same with Kuwait any terrorist organization. Kuwait supports which makes it legally binding for UN people who defame Kuwait abroad while he Minister of Public Works and Minister of and UAE. Notably, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the international community in combating member states and gives the council was ‘cleansing’ the homeland. He also urged Electricity and Water Abdulaziz Al-Ibrahim if UAE have provided Egypt with $20 billion- all forms of terrorism and will cooperate authority to enforce decisions with eco- the minister to withdraw the passports of such he remained in office once the Cabinet is fully worth oil products and other projects. Saudi with it in full, he said, noting that Kuwait nomic sanctions or force. However, it does people for five years. Further, Fadhl also urged appointed and two ministers named to suc- Arabia has been supplying Egypt with oil will not oppose any Council decision. not mandate military force to tackle the the health minister to do the same and to hold ceed the education and justice ministers, said products since April till the end of August. Affected Kuwaiti citizens can file a plea insurgents. — Agencies SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 ANALYSIS

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By Heide Brandes and Joshua Shneyer

ore than $17 billion of Oklahoma oilman Harold Hamm’s fortune could be subject to division with his Mestranged wife, according to an economic analysis pre- sented in their divorce trial, defining the stakes in one of the biggest battles ever over a marital estate. The analysis of Kenneth Button, an expert witness hired by Sue Ann Hamm, was laid out in court testimony and in a document provided to Reuters by Oklahoma County Judge Howard Haralson. It is one of the first pieces of financial testimony to be released from the trial, which has been conducted mostly in secrecy. In an uncommon step for a divorce case, Haralson has barred Washington Watch the public from the courtroom on most days and sealed most of the evidence. He says he is trying to protect shareholders in Hamm’s Continental Resources from the release of confidential business information. Through his 68 percent stake in Obama Iraq policy: Passing the first hurdle Continental, a leading driller in North Dakota, Harold Hamm is believed to own the most oil in the ground of any American. By Dr James J Zogby authoritarian manner maintaining personal control over Iraqi military positions in Mosul. The document, a trial exhibit marked “confidential business key national security posts, locking out not only Sunnis but Even this limited engagement paid dividends. It pro- information,” is a 122-page report compiled by Button, a PhD ith Nouri Al-Maliki agreeing to step aside in favor even former Shiite allies. vided many of the previously trapped refugees with the economist. Haralson released the report after determining it isn’t of Haider Al-Abadi, Iraq may have passed its first In the face of such oppressive sectarian behavior, a disaf- cover they needed to escape. It enabled Kurdish forces subject to the protective order he has placed in the case. Button’s Whurdle on the way to forming the kind of govern- fected Sunni insurgency in the restive Anbar region was the opportunity to regroup and retake some areas that report contends that up to $15 billion of the growth in ment that will be needed to defeat the Islamic State (IS) and inevitable. And as the brutality of Maliki’s response had fallen under the control of the IS. And with the US Continental’s market capitalization during the period he studied save the country from further conflict and fragmentation. matched that of his Syrian neighbor and ally, it was also back in the game, it became clear to Iraqis that only with is “active” marital capital, or subject to division between the Passing this hurdle may also serve to vindicate the cautious inevitable that the Iraqi insurgency would become increas- Maliki out of the way could the Iraqi military and political spouses. Button crunched data from the years between the cou- approach the Obama Administration has taken in address- ingly extreme and that it would develop closer ties with ISIL system secure the support they needed to win a decisive ple’s 1988 wedding and February 2014. ing the crisis created by the brutal eruption of the IS. counterparts operating across the border in Syria. victory over the extremist Sunni militants. Since then, Continental’s value has grown by nearly $4 billion Iraq’s recent problems didn’t begin with the advances of Maliki’s forces engaged in bloody conflict with ISIL and Had the kneejerk liberals had their way, the Obama more, adding to the wealth the court may divide, Button said in the IS. The successes of this horrific and violent extremist an array of Sunni Arab groups for months. It was not until Administration would have done nothing for fear of court last week. About $2.6 billion of that appreciation would accrue to Harold through his 68 percent stake in Continental. All movement were in large measure the outgrowth of years ISIL and company overran Mosul in the face of a disinte- becoming ground down in another Iraqi war we could told, Button’s analysis suggests that the marital capital subject to of al-Maliki’s bad governance and sectarian repression. It grating Iraqi military, that Maliki felt the need to appeal to not win. Had the kneejerk conservatives won the day, the division could add up to some $17.6 billion. If Judge Haralson was his policies that created the fertile ground enabling the the US for assistance. This presented the Obama US would have supported Maliki with military force and accepts Button’s reasoning and awards Sue Ann a significant IS’s precursor movement - the Islamic State in Iraq and the Administration with both domestic and foreign policy chal- more advanced weapons thereby reinforcing his corrupt, share of the marital estate, the Hamm split could yield the largest Levant Sham (ISIL) - to take root and find allies. lenges. Conservatives, who had long blamed the President autocratic, and sectarian rule. divorce settlement ever. If Hamm has to sell Continental shares to In late 2011, when America was preparing to leave Iraq for having left Iraq in the first place, were now hounding Instead of these approaches, both of which would have finance a large settlement, his control of the company could be and al-Maliki was completing the first year of his second him to become militarily engaged in confronting ISIL. had certain negative consequences, the Obama approach eroded. term, Zogby Research Services polled Iraqi public opinion. Liberals, on the other hand, were war-averse and cautioned recognized that the problem of the IS was created by bad Attorneys for Harold Hamm and for Continental didn’t The survey revealed warning signs on the horizon. Two- against any involvement, fearing “mission creep”. governance and could only be remedied by Iraqis moving respond to questions for this article. Harold’s witnesses will testify thirds of all Iraqis told us that they were afraid that with the For its part, the Administration saw the need to balance in a different direction. With Maliki gone, one hurdle has later in the trial, which began last week and is expected to end in departure of the US their country would sink into civil war, several imperatives: The need to confront and help defeat been passed. In the next month, prime minister designee October. What caused Continental’s increase in value is critical to split into parts, and/or be dominated by a neighboring what had become a transnational menace; the recognition Abadi must make critical decisions. He must form a gov- the outcome. Under Oklahoma law, any increase in the Hamms’ country. A plurality of respondents in all groups (Sunni that we had a responsibility to Iraq and to the Americans ernment that will be inclusive of all segments of Iraqi soci- net worth resulting from the active efforts of either spouse dur- Arabs, Shiite Arabs, and Kurds) were therefore, “worried” and Iraqis who had lost their lives during that long war; and ety - Shiite and Sunni Arabs, Kurds, Christians, Turkmen, ing the marriage is considered part of the marital estate. about the US departure. the understanding that Iraqi reform and not American and other minorities. He must act quickly to re-engage Continental’s impressive growth itself isn’t in dispute. The survey also established a deep sectarian and ethnic force was the key to any solution. Sunni leaders who were forced into exile by his predeces- According to Button’s report, the Oklahoma-based driller was val- divide, with Sunni Arabs and Kurds being the most worried sor. He must also create new opportunities for disaffected ued at between $10 million and $50 million when the couple about the US departure and having the deepest concerns Cautious Approach Sunni Arabs and Kurds so that they see the government in wed in 1988. It is now worth around $27 billion. Sue Ann Hamm’s about the future of their country. The poll also revealed Aware of both the regional and worldwide threat Baghdad as representing their interests. legal team contends that this growth resulted largely from the Maliki to be a polarizing figure. Attitudes towards him were posed by IS and the problems created by Maliki’s sectari- This struggle against the IS in Iraq is only one front in active leadership and astute decision-making of Harold. He is nearly evenly divided among Shiite Arabs, while three- an rule, the Obama Administration took a cautious what will be a long and protracted conflict against militant widely credited as a pioneer in developing the Bakken Shale for- quarters of Sunni Arabs and Kurds viewed him unfavorably. approach. Making it clear that they did not want to extremism in the Levant. Denying the group its support mation of North Dakota, America’s largest oil discovery in Most Iraqis indicated that they lacked confidence in Maliki’s strengthen Maliki’s hand, the US conditioned support for base in Iraq will weaken it, but this is only the first step. The decades. Harold’s attorneys will try to show that Continental’s ability to lead the country in the post-occupation period. the Iraqi military on the establishment of a more inclu- Iraqi military will need to finish the job by defeating the growth resulted mostly from factors beyond his control. They sig- Maliki lived up to these negative expectations. With the sive and representative government in Baghdad. At the group militarily. Then comes the more difficult task of tack- naled this strategy in their cross-examination of Button, pressing ling the group’s base of operations in Syria - a situation the economist to consider that external forces, such as higher oil US departure, he broke his commitment to absorb tens of same time, so as not to give the IS a free ride, the US pro- prices and new drilling technologies, were decisive factors in thousands of decommissioned Sunni “Sons of Anbar” into vided emergency airlifts to beleaguered refugees fleeing made more difficult by the very different circumstances Continental’s success. Iraq’s military and security services. He tormented promi- IS brutality and used air power to strike at both IS that exist in that country. nent Sunni leaders with “charges” of “supporting terrorism” advance positions and to destroy some of the military NOTE: Dr James J Zogby is the President of the Arab American Institute ‘Active’ Appreciation forcing them into exile. And he operated in an increasingly equipment the extremists had seized when they overran Button is trying to undercut Harold’s position by comparing Continental’s spectacular growth with that of rivals. The margin by which Continental’s financial returns outpaced those of simi- Yazidis fear for thousands kidnapped lar oil and gas companies should be considered Continental’s “active” appreciation, the Button report says. It compares Continental’s financial returns to those of 76 other publicly trad- By Serene Assir they have been refusing to eat since were besieged by IS for days with little tims are of all ages, from babies to eld- ed US independent drillers. we arrived in the camp. We are really food or water. erly men and women,” she told AFP. She Continental and these “peer companies,” the report says, n a dusty, ill-equipped camp in afraid for them,” said Ali. Amnesty also said the kidnappings all appear to faced similar risks, opportunities and market conditions - such as northern Iraq, Yazidis fleeing a International, which has been docu- 3,000 Women, Girls Abducted have happened in villages where resi- fluctuating oil prices, choices among technologies and drilling Ijihadist offensive say members of menting the mass abductions, says Some 200,000 people escaped to dents dared to take up arms against locations, and methods to raise and deploy capital. Continental’s their families - men, women and even thousands of Yazidis have been kid- safety in Iraq’s Kurdish region, but oth- the jihadists. While IS has a track record return on investment was at least 44,271 percent during the babies - have been abducted by mili- of kidnapping in Syria, the group has Hamm marriage, Button wrote. The average return among peers tants. The mass kidnappings by the not previously rounded up women and - extrapolated over the same period - was a relatively modest 691 Islamic State (IS) jihadist group target- children en masse. “It seems they took percent, the report says. ed those who either refused or simply away entire families, all those who did Continental’s outsize returns compared to its competitors could not flee a string of villages not manage to flee,” Rovera said. are “likely the results of difference over time in the specific oper- around Mount Sinjar, one of the minor- Among the abductees are some ational decisions and actions of the management of these com- ity’s main ancestral homes in northern 3,000 women and girls, who are being panies”. Hamm, 68, founded Continental in 1967, two decades Iraq. The refugees say the women and held separately from the men in IS-con- before his marriage to Sue Ann, 58, a former attorney at the children are being held in IS-controlled trolled Tal Afar east of Mount Sinjar, she company. Continental has said the divorce is a private matter prisons in Nineveh province, where a said. “We fear the men may have been that hasn’t affected the business and isn’t expected to. At the sweeping jihadist-led offensive was executed,” Rovera added, describing same time, Continental attorneys have submitted hundreds of launched in June, and that many of the the kidnappings as a “crime” under thousands of pages of documents in the trial in support of men are feared to have been executed. international law. Two women - Leila Harold. They also have repeatedly persuaded the judge to seal Khodaida Jarda, a man in his 60s Khalaf and Wadhan Khalaf - were evidence and close the courtroom to avoid damaging wearing a light brown robe, plastic flip- among those kidnapped from Continental’s interests. —Reuters flops and a dusty white turban, listed Mujamma Jazira village, said their rela- the names of his nine missing relatives. tive Dakhil Atto Solo, adding that the His voice shook as he told AFP: “Please abductions happened after residents All articles appearing on these write down their names. My son, 26- tried to resist the IS attack. pages are the personal opinion of year-old Haidar, is among the missing.” “Of course we tried to defend our Other Yazidis, just as distraught, gave villages, but they had much bigger the writers. Kuwait Times takes no similar accounts. “My two cousins and weapons. All we had were our responsibility for views expressed my two uncles were kidnapped,” said Kalashnikovs,” said Solo. “They execut- therein. Kuwait Times invites read- Jacqueline Ali, a 17-year-old high A Yazidi Iraqi woman sits with her children at the Bajid Kandala camp near the ed 300 men, and took the women to ers to voice their opinions. Please school student now sheltered at the Tigris River in Kurdistan’s western Dohuk province, where they took refuge their prisons. Only God can save them Bajid Kandala camp near the Tigris after fleeing advances by Islamic State jihadists in Iraq on Aug 13, 2014. —AFP now,” he said. Their children, said Solo, send submissions via email to: opin- River, in the autonomous Kurdish were rescued by the family. “But the [email protected] or via snail region of northern Iraq. napped by IS since an Aug 3 onslaught ers remain on the mountain, and women were in a house surrounded by mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. Cradling her sister’s infant, she on their villages began. The attack Amnesty International’s Senior Crisis IS. We had to escape. Now, the children The editor reserves the right to edit spoke quietly as her large brown eyes pushed the Yazidis out of their villages Response Adviser Donatella Rovera cry for their mothers all the time. any submission as necessary. welled up with tears. “Their sisters and near the Iraq-Syria border. Survivors said the fate of “thousands” of ‘Mama, mama,’ they wail. But there is mothers are so scared for them that fled onto Mount Sinjar, where they abductees remains uncertain. “The vic- no mama, we tell them.” —AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 SPORTS

Oscar award helps Drogba Jeffress, Higginbottom Stoke sign Moses on get Chelsea 11 shirt back lead Fiji International loan from Chelsea LONDON: Didier Drogba praised an Oscar performance yesterday when the SUVA: Australian Steve Jeffress joined compatriot Jake Higginbottom LONDON: Chelsea’s Nigeria winger Victor Moses joined Stoke on a season- returning Chelsea great was handed the number 11 shirt he made famous at the head of the Fiji International after the third round yesterday. long loan yesterday. Moses has struggled to make an impact at Stamford during his first spell at Stamford Bridge. Drogba displaces the Brazil interna- Jeffress shot a three-under-par 69 while Higginbottom recovered from Bridge since moving from Wigan for £9 million ($15 million) in 2012 and tional who instead took the number eight jersey vacated by Manchester City a mid-round slump to eagle the 17th for both to finish eight under for spent last season on loan at Liverpool. The 23-year-old, who can play on both loan signing Frank Lampard after the London club released their squad num- the tournament. flanks and in a more central attacking role, is Stoke’s sixth signing since the bers for the new season. “I am very pleased to be able to return to the number Another Australian Andrew Dodt was two strokes back after com- end of last season. Stoke’s chief executive Tony Scholes said: “We are delight- 11 shirt and I am very grateful to Oscar for allowing me to make this change,” ing in with a 71 on another blustery and difficult day in the inaugural the influential Ivorian told the club website (www.chelseafc.com). Drogba last ed to have secured the services of such an exciting young talent in Victor. “He US$1.0 million tournament. Fijian star Vijay Singh, who designed the will certainly add to our attacking options and from talking to him it’s obvious donned the jersey when he scored the winning penalty in the Champions coastal Natadola Bay course, fired a 70 to be tied for 15th at one over that he’s really excited about the prospect of making an League final against Bayern Munich in May 2012. He wore the number 15 dur- for the tournament. Higginbottom led by three at the turn before a ing pre-season, the shirt he originally had when he first signed for double-bogey and bogey as he started the homeward nine. But the impact in the Premier League with Stoke City.” Moses, who Chelsea from Olympique de Marseille in 2004. “Didier is a Chelsea 20-year-old showed considerable maturity over the closing holes with started his career in England at Crystal Palace, started six legend and a senior player. I am happy for him to take the 11 Premier League games for Liverpool last term and featured and for me to take the eight,” Oscar said. “Lamps is another leg- a birdie on the par-four 16th followed by the eagle. “I kept fighting, it was pretty brutal out there. in a further 13 from the bench, scoring his only goal on his end at this club and I hope I will be as successful in the shirt as debut against Swansea. Born in Nigeria, Moses he was.” Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, returning to Chelsea after It was nice to finish well and still be in the lead at the end of a loan spell at Atletico Madrid, has been given the 13 shirt while the day,” Higginbottom said. “This is what we play golf for. chose to represent England at various youth new signings Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa and Obviously we want to be in contention going into the final levels up to the under-21s before deciding Filipe Luis will wear numbers four, 19 and three round.” Three-time Major winner Singh shot his best round of the to play for the country of his birth in senior respectively. —Reuters week despite the elements. — AFP internationals. —AFP

MLB CAPSULES Nationals top Pirates, 4th win in row

WASHINGTON: Bryce Harper and Adam LaRoche ance since pitching the final three innings of each drove in two runs, leading the Washington Detroit’s 19-inning loss in Toronto on Sunday. Nationals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 Friday Porcello gave up six runs - five earned - and 10 hits night for their fourth straight win. Denard Span in six innings. added three hits as the NL East leaders opened a 10-game homestand. Tanner Roark (12-7) gave up BREWERS 6, DODGERS 3 three runs over 5 2-3 innings. Rafael Soriano Pinch-hitter Lyle Overbay drove in three runs allowed three hits in the ninth, including Pedro with a two-out double in the eighth inning, rallying Alvarez’s RBI single, but held on for his 29th save. Milwaukee past Los Angeles in a game between Starling Marte hit a two-run homer for the Pirates, division leaders. The NL Central-leading Brewers who have lost three straight. Charlie Morton (5-12) scored all their runs in the eighth off Jamey Wright lasted three innings in his shortest start of the sea- (4-3). Milwaukee tied the score 2-all on Scooter son, allowing five runs on seven hits and three Gennett’s RBI single and Khris Davis’ run-scoring walks. The first five Nationals hitters reached base. double after Wright allowed four consecutive hits, Milwaukee’s first since getting two hits in the first MARINERS 7, TIGERS 2 inning. Brandon League struck out pinch-hitter Robinson Cano homered, James Paxton won his Rickie Weeks before Overbay doubled to left for a sixth consecutive decision to start his career and 5-2 lead. Brandon Kintzler (2-3) got the victory. the surging Seattle Mariners beat Detroit in a Francisco Rodriguez pitched the ninth for his 37th matchup of American League playoff contenders. save. Yasiel Puig went 3 for 4 with a pair of RBI sin- Paxton (3-0) allowed one run and five hits over six gles for the NL West leaders. innings to help Seattle win its fifth straight and ninth in 11 games. Cano and Logan Morrison each BRAVES 7, ATHLETICS 2 scored twice for the Mariners, who jumped a half- Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer, one of LOS ANGELES: Milwaukee Brewers’ Mark Reynolds (right) scores on a double by Lyle Overbay as Los Angeles Dodgers catcher AJ Ellis game ahead of Detroit in the race for the second four long balls by Atlanta in the opener of an inter- (center) makes a late tag during the eighth inning of a baseball game on Friday, Aug 15, 2014. — AP AL wild card. The Tigers fell 1 1/2 games behind league series against Oakland. Justin Upton and shot, the first homer of his career, off Jesse Chavez Boston, his third in the last five games. Rob settled down after allowing four runs in the first first-place Kansas City in the AL Central. Rick Evan Gattis homered off Jason Hammel (1-5) in the in the sixth. It was a rare power surge for the Porcello (13-8) struggled badly in his first appear- second inning. Rookie Phil Gosselin hit a two-run Grossman homered for the Astros. two innings and pitched five plus innings for his Braves, who had not scored more than four runs in fourth win in five decisions. Marcus Stroman (7-4) any of their past six games. Atlanta had lost 12 of ANGELS 5, RANGERS 4 gave up five runs and five hits while getting only 15. Alex Wood (9-9) allowed two runs in six innings Kole Calhoun had a three-run homer among his two outs in his shortest outing since joining the Australia stop New Zealand - a two-run homer by Nate Freiman in the fourth. three hits and Garrett Richards worked into the Blue Jays’ rotation on May 31. Blue Jays slugger The AL West-leading A’s have lost three straight eighth inning for his 13th victory as Los Angeles Edwin Encarnacion was hitless as the DH after streak in Sydney 12-12 draw and five of six. held on to beat Texas. Richards (13-4), who struck being activated from the 15-day disabled list out seven without a walk in 7 1-3 innings, has won before the game. RAYS 5, YANKEES 0 SYDNEY: Australia prevented New Zealand from all four of his starts this season against the changing room are a bit down. If you said that you Alex Cobb pitched neatly into the eighth inning CARDINALS 4, PADRES 2 claiming a world record 18th consecutive win by Rangers. The right-hander allowed two runs while can have another crack at them tomorrow, every- and Tampa Bay beat New York to become the Lance Lynn pitched six strong innings and St. holding the world champions to a 12-12 draw in a scattering seven hits. Los Angeles has won eight one is pretty keen to do so.” Australia will get that fourth team in major league history to reach .500 Louis defeated San Diego for its third straight win. try-less Rugby Championship opener yesterday that consecutive games against the Rangers, including chance next week in Auckland with a third test after falling 18 games under in the same season. Matt Adams, Kolten Wong and Oscar Taveras hit RBI left both sides disappointed. In a gritty encounter a four-game sweep in Texas going into the All-Star against the All Blacks later in the year outside the The Rays won their third in a row and sent the singles for the Cardinals. San Diego has lost two in played out in a Sydney rainstorm, Australia were break last month. Calhoun, who finished a triple championship also counting towards the tussle for Yankees to their fifth straight loss. Tampa Bay also a row after a five-game winning streak. Lynn (13-8) handed a glimpse of an upset when South African shy of the cycle, was also hit by a pitch. The leadoff the Bledisloe Cup, which New Zealand have held accomplished the comeback feat in 2004. The 1899 gave up one run and six hits, striking out six and referee Jaco Peyper showed yellow cards to All batter had multiple hits for the fifth time in his last since 2003. Louisville Colonels and 2006 Florida Marlins also walking one. Pat Neshek earned his fourth save. Blacks Wyatt Crockett and Beauden Barrett either six games. The Angels led for good after Calhoun’s got back to the break-even point after dropping 18 Regular closer Trevor Rosenthal was given the night side of the break. homer off Nick Martinez (2-9) made it 4-1 in the Poor spectacle under. The Rays, now 61-61, were 24-42 on June 10. off after two successive appearances. Pinch-hitter They tied the match up with flyhalf Kurtley fifth. Huston Street worked a perfect ninth for his The teeming rain was always going to make for a They are trying to become the first club to finish Yasmani Grandal homered with two outs in the Beale’s fourth penalty 10 minutes from time after eighth save in as many chances since the Angels poor spectacle and the first half was certainly not with a winning record after being so far under. Padres ninth. After Chris Nelson doubled, Neshek Barrett was sin-binned but were unable to make the acquired him from San Diego. Adrian Beltre went 4 one for the fan of free-flowing attacking rugby. Cobb (8-6) gave up six hits in 7 1-3 innings, striking struck out Will Venable. Tyson Ross (11-11) gave up most of their superior numbers and secure a first Cruden and Beale exchanged penalties in the first out eight and walking one. He improved to 4-0 in for 4 with two RBIs for Texas. three runs and five hits over six innings. victory over the All Blacks for three years. All Blacks 11 minutes but the All Blacks had the edge in terri- six home starts against the Yankees. Brad flyhalf Aaron Cruden scored all of his side’s points tory and countered the home side’s blitz defense Boxberger struck Jacoby Ellsbury and Mark Teixeira ROYALS 6, TWINS 5 REDS 3, ROCKIES 2 with four penalty kicks of his own as New Zealand with clever short kicks into the backfield. Another with the bases loaded to end the eighth. Tampa Josh Willingham returned to Target Field and Johnny Cueto threw eight stellar innings to came up short of a win for the first time in the three two Cruden penalties put New Zealand 9-3 up after Bay has held its opponents to three runs or fewer in hit a bases-clearing double in Kansas City’s five-run become the first 15-game winner in the majors years of the Rugby Championship. 21 minutes as Australia struggled to get their much a club-record 11 consecutive games. Brandon fourth inning, and the surging Royals hung on to and Kris Negron had a career-high four hits, includ- The draw means New Zealand continue to share vaunted backline firing amid a string of unforced McCarthy (4-2) gave up four runs over 6 1-3 beat Minnesota. Danny Duffy (8-10) allowed three ing a tiebreaking single in the ninth, as Cincinnati the record of 17 consecutive victories by a top tier errors in the greasy conditions. The home side innings. New York has totaled seven runs during its runs in 5 1-3 innings to win his third straight start. beat Colorado. Cueto (15-6) allowed two runs and nation with the 1965-69 All Blacks and South Africa spurned a couple of kickable penalties towards the current skid, which includes a pair of shutouts. Kansas City, which has won 11 of 12 and 19 of 23, six hits to help the Reds snap a three-game skid. side of 1997-98. “How does it feel not to get the end of the half but did get some return just before leads the AL Central by 1 1/2 games over Detroit. He is 7-0 since a loss at San Diego on July 2. record? The same as we feel about not getting the the break when prop Crockett was sin-binned for a DIAMONDBACKS 3, MARLINS 2 Oswaldo Arcia hit an RBI double in the ninth and Negron lined a two-out single up the middle off win - it sucks,” said New Zealand coach Steve cynical foul after the Wallabies took a quick tap. Aaron Hill and Cliff Pennington homered in the pinch-hitter Chris Parmelee drove him in with a Adam Ottavino (0-4) to bring in Ramon Santiago Hansen. “We made mistakes and didn’t play the way Hooper finally gave Beale another penalty first inning and Arizona held on to beat Miami. groundout to cut the Royals’ lead to 6-5. Greg with the go-ahead run. Aroldis Chapman closed for we wanted to but we did defend for long periods of attempt after the halftime hooter but the flyhalf hit Trevor Cahill (3-8) pitched 6 2-3 innings, allowing Holland struck out Danny Santana for his 37th save his 26th save in 28 chances, with the aid of a fine time and showed a lot of heart and a lot of courage. the upright with his effort and the subsequent two runs and six hits for the Diamondbacks. in 39 chances. After Minnesota took a 2-0 lead in defensive play by first baseman Brayan Pena. “When you’re playing one of the best sides in the Wallabies attack fizzled out when Wycliff Palu was Addison Reed worked the ninth for his 29th save in the third, the first six Royals hitters reached base to Nolan Arenado homered for the Rockies, who have world with only 14 men for 20 minutes, it’s hard bundled into touch. Beale narrowed the deficit with 34 chances. Marlins starter Brad Hand (2-5) yielded start the fourth against Ricky Nolasco (5-8), making dropped seven of nine. work.” his second penalty four minutes after the break but three runs in seven innings. Miami threatened in his first start since going on the disabled list July 8 The Wallabies also ended the last lengthy New that was the only score the Wallabies managed the eighth, but Jarrod Saltalamacchia bounced into with an elbow strain.Willingham, traded by the PHILLIES 5, GIANTS 3, 10 INNINGS Zealand winning streak with an 18-18 draw in before the All Blacks were back to a full comple- an inning-ending double play, one of four turned Twins to the Royals four days ago, drilled a bases- Chase Utley was hit by a pitch with the bases Brisbane two years ago that stopped the All Blacks ment. Scrumhalf Nic White sent the Wallabies deep by the Diamondbacks. Pennington hit his first loaded double to make it 3-2. Two batters later, loaded in the top of the 10th inning to help on 16 wins but Australia captain Michael Hooper into the All Blacks half with a neat kick in the 53rd homer since May 1, 2013, against San Francisco. Hill Alcides Escobar tripled to score Willingham and Philadelphia beat San Francisco. Ryan Howard fol- was also downcast. “It feels a bit like a loss. To get minute, and Beale levelled up the scores after All added a two-run shot, his 10th of the season. Mike Moustakas. Escobar also blooped an RBI sin- lowed with a sacrifice fly against Javier Lopez, and that pressure there at the end and to get the chance Blacks winger Julian Savea had done well to keep gle in the eighth to make it 6-3. the Phillies snapped a three-game losing streak. but not come out on top,” he said. “Guys in the the ball in play on his own line. —Reuters METS 3, CUBS 2 Cody Asche, who doubled off Santiago Casilla (1-3) Zack Wheeler struck out 10 in a gritty perform- WHITE SOX 11, BLUE JAYS 5 to open the 10th, hit a two-run homer in the ance, Eric Campbell hit a three-run homer and New Jose Abreu had three singles and three RBIs to eighth to tie it. It was the first home run allowed by York beat the free-swinging Chicago Cubs. Wheeler increase his major league-leading total to 89, and Jeremy Affeldt this season. (8-8) threw a career-high 120 pitches over 6 2-3 Chicago had 17 hits in a victory over Toronto. Ken Giles (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings, innings, allowing two runs and four hits. He walked Adam Dunn, who also had three hits, and Dayan and Jonathan Papelbon earned his 28th save in 31 four and hit a batter but overpowered the Cubs in Viciedo each drove in two runs. Seven White Sox chances. Marlon Byrd hit his 23rd homer for the improving to 5-0 in his last nine starts. Chicago starters had at least two hits and only one, Tyler Phillies. Madison Bumgarner threw seven strong struck out 14 times and has whiffed 91 times in its Flowers, went hitless as Chicago had 14 singles innings for the Giants. Cole Hamels also delivered a last eight games, including 16 on Thursday in a loss and three doubles. Melky Cabrera hit a two-run quality start for Philadelphia, though he gave up a to Milwaukee. Jenrry Mejia threw a perfect ninth homer for the Blue Jays, who have lost four three-run homer to Michael Morse. Pablo Sandoval for his 18th save. Travis Wood (7-10) gave up three straight and 10 of 13 to drop four games behind had three hits, but the Giants lost their sixth in sev- runs in 5 1-3 innings, dropping to 0-5 in his last 11 Seattle in the AL wild-card race. Hector Noesi (7-8) en games. — AP starts.

INDIANS 2, ORIOLES 1, 11 INNINGS Mike Aviles homered leading off the 11th MLB results/standings inning to give Cleveland a win over Baltimore. Aviles connected on a 1-2 pitch from Brian Matusz Cleveland 2, Baltimore 1 (11 Innings); Washington 5, Pittsburgh 4; Seattle 7, Detroit 2; (2-3), driving it onto the home run porch in left field for Cleveland’s second run in the past 22-plus Houston 5, Boston 3 (10 Innings); NY Mets 3, Chicago Cubs 2; Arizona 3, Miami 2; Tampa Bay innings. The Indians, who have won four of five, 5, NY Yankees 0; Atlanta 7, Oakland 2; LA Angels 5, Texas 4; Chicago White Sox 11, Toronto 5; were shut out 1-0 by Arizona in 12 innings Kansas City 6, Minnesota 5; St. Louis 4, San Diego 2; Cincinnati 3, Colorado 2; Milwaukee 6, Wednesday night. Scott Atchison (6-0) retired all six LA Dodgers 3; Philadelphia 5, San Francisco 3 (10 Innings). batters he faced. Indians starter Corey Kluber struck American League National League out 10 in 7 2-3 innings. He is unbeaten in eight Eastern Division Eastern Division starts since June. Zach Walters also homered for W L PCT GB Washington 67 53 .558 - Cleveland. The Orioles tied it in the eighth on JJ Baltimore 69 51 .575 - Atlanta 62 60 .508 6 Hardy’s two-out single. Toronto 63 60 .512 7.5 Miami 60 62 .492 8 NY Yankees 61 59 .508 8 NY Mets 58 65 .472 10.5 ASTROS 5, RED SOX 3, 10 INNINGS Tampa Bay 61 61 .500 9 Jake Marisnick hit a two-run double with two Philadelphia 54 68 .443 14 Boston 55 66 .455 14.5 outs in the 10th inning and Houston rallied past Central Division Boston for its first win in nine games at Fenway Central Division Milwaukee 68 55 .553 - Park. With their 51st win of the season, the Astros Kansas City 67 54 .554 - St. Louis 65 56 .537 2 matched last year’s total. Gregorio Petit entered as Detroit 65 55 .542 1.5 Pittsburgh 64 58 .525 3.5 Cleveland 61 60 .504 6 a pinch runner in the eighth inning and scored Cincinnati 61 61 .500 6.5 Chicago White Sox 58 64 .475 9.5 twice, including the tying run in the eighth on a Chicago Cubs 52 69 .430 15 Minnesota 54 66 .450 12.5 wild sequence that withstood two challenges by Western Division Boston. The Red Sox lost both - and the game, end- Western Division ing their winning streak at four. The Astros came Oakland 73 49 .598 - LA Dodgers 70 54 .565 - back from deficits of 2-0 and 3-2 to tie it, then took LA Angels 71 49 .592 1 San Francisco 63 58 .521 5.5 their first lead in the 10th after loading the bases Seattle 66 55 .545 6.5 San Diego 57 64 .471 11.5 with none out against reliever Craig Breslow (2-4). Houston 51 72 .415 22.5 Arizona 53 69 .434 16 SYDNEY: Australia’s Kurtley Beale (center) is wrapped up by the New Zealand defense dur- Tony Sipp (3-2) shut down the Red Sox in order to Texas 47 75 .385 26 Colorado 47 75 .385 22 ing their Bledisloe Cup rugby union test match in Sydney yesterday. — AP end it. Yoenis Cespedes hit a two-run homer for SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 SPORTS Jayawardene remains unbeaten after Herath heroics

COLOMBO: Mahela Jayawardene ball innings before he dragged the ball remained unbeaten on 49 in his farewell on to his stumps while attempting a pull, innings after spinner Rangana Herath’s ending an opening stand of 54 with Silva. career best figures of nine for 127 gave Silva fell to a catch at slip by Younus Khan. Sri Lanka control of the second test against Pakistan yesterday. Jayawardene, Herath’s nine playing his last test, added 98 for the Earlier, Herath’s heroics restricted unbroken third wicket with his long- Pakistan’s first innings lead to 12 runs standing partner Kumar Sangakkara (54 with wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed scor- not out) as Sri Lanka ended the third day ing his maiden test century. Pakistan against Pakistan on 177 for two wickets. were all out for 332 at the stroke of Sri Lanka, leading the two-test series 1-0, lunch, replying to Sri Lanka’s first innings took an overall lead of 165 runs with total of 320. The visitors’ last four wickets eight second innings in hand and two added 88 runs to their overnight score of days of the test match remaining. 244 for six, with Sarfraz (103) moving Sangakkara and Jayawardene negoti- from 66 to his hundred with a superb ated the Pakistan bowling, without pulled six off Chanaka Welegedara to injured Junaid Khan, skillfully on a turn- become the first Pakistani wicket-keeper ing track to put their team in a strong in five years to get to three figures. position at the end of the day. Left-hand- Sarfraz held the Pakistan tail together ed Sangakkara, who hit four boundaries, during his 127-ball innings before Herath reached his 51st test half century before finally had him edging a catch to wicket- the close. He survived a close call on 19 keeper Niroshan Dickwella. Sarfraz hit when Pakistan unsuccessfully reviewed a one six and seven fours and added 40 not out leg before appeal off Wahab Riaz runs with Abdur Rehman (16) for the sev- with replays showing the ball hitting leg enth wicket and 28 with Wahab Riaz (17) stump. Jayawardene, with whom for the eighth. Herath continued to run Sangakkara has associated in 46 half- through the Pakistan tail picking up the NANJING: Performers take part in the opening ceremony for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province yes- century partnerships, hit seven fours dur- wickets of Rehman, caught by terday. — AFP ing his 123-ball knock. Jayawardene at slip, Riaz and Saeed The 37-year-old was cheered by the Ajmal (four). Junaid, who did not take the sizeable crowd for every run he scored field after being hit by a Dhammika Youth Olympics kick off in after walking out for his last test knock to Prasad bouncer while batting, remained a standing ovation and a guard of honour unbeaten on 13. Herath’s morning spell by the Pakistan players. Left-arm spinner yesterday was four for 29 off 8.1 overs. He Abdur Rehman dismissed the Sri Lankan became only the second Sri Lankan China amid Ebola worries opener Upul Tharanga (45) and Kaushal bowler to take nine wickets in an innings Silva (17) in the afternoon session. after former off-spinner Muttiah Tharanga hit four boundaries in his 63- Muralitharan. — Reuters USA cancel Senegal trip over Ebola fears

SCOREBOARD NANJING: Fears of the Ebola virus cast a cloud over yesterday’s opening of the second Youth COLOMBO: Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of the second Test between Olympics in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo yesterday: after three athletes were barred from competi- Sri Lanka 1st innings: 320 (U. Tharanga 122 (Shehzad), 4-131 (Khan), 5-140 (Misbah), tion because of the risk of infection. The entire 92, K. Silva 41, Junaid Khan 5-87, 6-233 (Shafiq), 7-273 (Rehman), 8-301 (Riaz), delegations from three nations affected by the Wahab Riaz 3-88) 9-315 (Sarfraz), 10-332 (Ajmal). virus - Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone - will also Bowling: Prasad 16-4-53-0 (nb3), not be competing. The games, featuring more Pakistan 1st innings (overnight 244-6): Welegedara 18-2-65-0, Herath 33.1-3-127-9, than 3,000 athletes aged 15 to 18, started with Khurram Manzoor c Dickwella b Herath 23 Mathews 9-1-21-0, Perera 17-1-63-1. an evening ceremony attended by Chinese Ahmed Shehzad c Dickwella b Perera 58 President Xi Jinping, UN Secretary-General Ban Azhar Ali c Mathews b Herath 32 Sri Lanka 2nd innings: Ki-moon and other world leaders. The 12-day Younis Khan c Dickwella b Herath 13 U. Tharanga b Rehman 45 games feature 28 sports. Misbah-ul Haq c Dickwella b Herath 5 K. Silva c Khan b Rehman 17 Athletes from regions affected by the Ebola Asad Shafiq b Herath 42 K. Sangakkara not out 54 outbreak are being prohibited from competing Sarfraz Ahmed c Dickwella b Herath 103 M. Jayawardene not out 49 in combat sports due to “health authority Abdur Rehman c Jayawardene b Herath 16 Extras: (b9, lb1, w1, nb1) 12 guidelines” and aquatic events “based on the Wahab Riaz c Welegedara b Herath 17 Total (for two wickets, 63 overs) 177 inability to completely exclude the risk of Saeed Ajmal b Herath 4 Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Tharanga), 2-79 (Silva). potential infection,” according to a statement Junaid Khan not out 13 Bowling: Riaz 14-1-50-0 (w1, nb1), Rehman issued Thursday by the International Olympic Extras: (lb3, nb3) 6 24-3-65-2, Ajmal 23-5-47-0, Shehzad 2-0-5-0 Committee. Under that ruling, 16-year-old Total (all out, 93.1 overs) 332 Sri Lanka lead by 165 runs with eight wickets female judo athlete Mamadama Bangoura and NANJING: Performers take part in the opening ceremony for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Manzoor), 2-110 (Ali), 3- in hand. 16-year-old male swimmer Alhoussene Sylla, Nanjing yesterday. More than 3,700 competitors aged 15 to 18 are expected to participate in both from Guinea, will miss the games, along the games, with many hoping to build towards a place at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de with 16-year-old female Nigerian wrestler Bose Janeiro. — AFP Samuel. The three will be invited back to speak for everyone at USA Basketball when I say “extraordinary measures” were needed to con- Nanjing later to take part in another sporting we are extremely disappointed that we will not tain the killer disease. The UN health agency said competition, the IOC statement said. be able to visit Senegal. “We will look for oppor- the death toll from the worst outbreak of Ebola Organizers had been prepared to conduct tunities in the future to work with and support in four decades had now climbed to 1,145 in regular health checks on athletes from the four the Senegalese national team.” Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The US countries affected - Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Medical charity MSF said Friday the Ebola epi- team’s stop in Dakar was to follow an exhibition Sierra Leone - to prevent the potential spread of demic is moving faster than authorities can han- game against Slovenia on August 26 on Spain’s the virus that has killed more than 1,000 people. dle and could take six months to bring under Gran Canaria island. The United States open their Organizers maintained that the delegations control. FIBA World Cup campaign against Finland in from the four nations were still welcome at the The warning came a day after the World Bilbao, Spain, on August 30. The FIBA World Cup- games. Guinea will be represented by its two Health Organization said the scale of the epi- formerly the World Championships-will take remaining athletes, but teams from Sierra Leone demic had been vastly underestimated and that place August 30 to September 14. — Agencies and Liberia decided not to travel to China. The Nigerian delegation withdrew after its leaders complained that its athletes were being “isolat- ed” and “quarantined” and not allowed to train alongside other competitors. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has also forced qualifiers for foot- ball’s African Cup of Nations to be moved out of Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Senegal trip canceled In another development, USA Basketball has COLOMBO: Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene (left) plays a shot as Pakistani canceled the team’s trip to Senegal because of wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed watches during the third day of the second test cricket concerns over the deadly Ebola outbreak, feder- match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Colombo yesterday. — AP ation chairman Jerry Colangelo said Friday. The men’s team, stocked with NBA stars, had been scheduled to visit Africa for the first time on August 27, with a day of basketball clinics, tours SA look to firm up WCup and other functions planned in the capital Dakar. Although Senegal is not one of the coun- squad in Zimbabwe series tries so far afflicted in West Africa, Colangelo said its position bordering Guinea and Dakar’s role as BULAWAYO: South Africa (SA) expect engagement - a 2-1 series win in Sri a gateway to West Africa heightened concerns. to have settled on a 15-man squad for Lanka last month - De Villiers con- “Considering this unprecedented outbreak, USA next year’s World Cup by the end of firmed that Faf du Plessis will take up Basketball has decided to cancel our August 27 NANJING: The Olympic flame burns during the opening ceremony for the 2014 Youth Olympic their one-day series against the number three berth. Zimbabwe scheduled visit to Senegal,” Colangelo said. “I Games in Nanjing yesterday. — AFP Zimbabwe, which gets underway at have a similar intention to their oppo- Queens Sports Club today. The Proteas nents, and are likely to give interna- have lost just two out of 32 ODIs to tional debuts to 19-year-old all- Marc Marquez grabs Czech MotoGP pole Zimbabwe, and captain AB de Villiers rounder Luke Jongwe and 24-year-old confirmed that they will use the three- seamer Neville Madziva at some stage BRNO: Championship leader Marc Marquez’s domi- seventh struggling with pain following a heavy crash in 1968, 1969 and 1970 at a time when he dominated match series to assess their back-up of the series. Similarly offspinner John nance of this year’s MotoGP season continued yester- in the last free practice earlier yesterday that required the sport. However, no one has ever won the first options ahead of the 50-over show- Nyumbu and wicketkeeper Richmond day as he claimed his ninth pole position for today’s an x-ray on his left hand. The track was dry after two eleven-in part because Agostini’s perfect season in piece in Australia and New Zealand. Mutumbami will gain an opportunity Czech Republic MotoGP at Brno. The 21-year-old mild showers earlier in the day that had disrupted the 1968 comprised only 10 events. “Honestly the most Fast bowlers Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel to prove their worth in the one-day Spanish Honda rider, who has won all 10 MotoGP Moto3 qualifying session, and forecasters predict bet- important tomorrow is to finish on the podium. I and Vernon Philander have all been arena after impressing during the nine- races this year, will be accompanied by the Italian ter weather for today. Marquez is looking to become expect a tough race,” said Marquez. “I’m confident, but rested for the low-key encounter, giv- wicket defeat to South Africa in a one- Ducati duo Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone on the first premier class rider ever to win the 11 opening I expect that Dani will be strong and also Valentino- ing Kyle Abbott, Marchant de Lange, off Test. the front row. Dovizioso trailed Marquez, who won races of a season. Italian legend Giacomo Agostini we’ll see how is his finger but I think he will be strong this race last year, by 0.129sec in the qualifying and won the opening 10 races of the premier class season too-and then Jorge,” he added. —AFP Wayne Parnell and the uncapped “You can coach them in the nets Iannone was a further 0.012sec behind. “In free prac- Mthokozisi Shezi an opportunity to and do all the training, but the proof of tice four we tried some things and I did not like it,” said stake their claim for a place in a first- the pudding is in the eating, so we Marquez. “So in qualifying we came back to the nor- choice squad. hope that in this series we’ll come out mal setup like this morning and I felt much better.” South Africa hope to settle on that with a clear idea of whether they’re up Dovizioso, who earned his third front-row start of the squad before the triangular series for it or not,” coach Stephen Mangongo season, said he had felt much better at Brno than a against Zimbabwe and Australia which said. Zimbabwe have a poor one-day week ago at Indy, where he also took the second spot starts in Harare on August 25. “This record in recent times, having won just in qualifying. series is part of preparing to get to that seven of their last 30 games in the for- “I’m really happy about this weekend because perfect 15 eventually, and make sure mat. Last month they reached a new every practice we were really fast and really competi- tive compared to Indy,” he said. “The race tomorrow we don’t go to the World Cup with the low when they drew 2-2 with will be really interesting.” Iannone took the season’s wrong 15,” De Villiers said. “So we’ll see Afghanistan in a home series. “That second front-row position after clinging to Marquez’s some new faces in this series, and then tells you that there’s something wrong bike for a whole lap. “Marc helped me a little bit for I think with the triangular series we’ll there and we need to fix it,” said this lap. I’m happy because I pushed very hard and I try and get our best 11 on the field and Mangongo. “This is part of the road tried my best in this session,” he said. Britain’s Yamaha our best 15 in the squad.” map to fixing it and trying to be com- rider Bradley Smith took the fourth spot and will start With Jacques Kallis having retired petitive against the top teams and able from row two together with two Spaniards, Dani since South Africa’s last one-day to thrash the Associates.” — AFP Pedrosa on a Honda and Jorge Lorenzo on a Yamaha. BRNO: Repsol Honda Team’s Spanish rider Marc Marquez (right) competes in the qualification session Lorenzo’s Italian teammate Valentino Rossi came in at the Czech Republic Grand Prix in Moto GP yesterday, in Brno a day before of the Grand prix. — AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 SPORTS

Back on the US team; Photo of the day step 1complete for Phelps BRISBANE: Michael Phelps is acting like the human being,” Lochte said after a squad new guy on the team, introducing himself training session in Brisbane on Saturday. to swimmers he doesn’t know and trying to “He’s taking his time outside the pool to make some new friends. The most recogniz- help the other kids, teaching them things able and successful swimmer in the world that he’s learned along the way growing up really is doing the meet-and-greet as he as a swimmer. That’s awesome - I love that.” prepares for the next week’s Pan Pacific Katie Ledecky is one of those swimmers Championships, having made a US team for in the getting-to-know-you phase with the first time since he came out of retire- Phelps. She was the youngest on the US ment. Phelps retired after the London team for the London Olympics, where Olympics in 2012 but made a comeback to Phelps had a packed program and rarely competitive swimming four months ago. got time to mix with teammates. She set a “I’m usually pretty quiet on these trips - world record in the 400 freestyle at the US keep to myself, do what I need to do,” he nationals, giving her world marks in the said. “I’m trying to make it more of a point 400, 800 and 1,500 at the same time. to talk to everybody. People I don’t know, Ledecky said she doesn’t model herself on I’m trying to introduce myself. Trying to other swimmers, but is certainly taking bring them out of their shell a little bit.” notice of what the veterans like Phelps do in Clearly, they know who he is, and per- and out of the water. haps are a little bit in awe of the most deco- “It’s just a great presence for our team,” rated Olympic athlete of all time. “It’s kind of Ledecky said. “Everybody looks up to him.” weird being one of the old guys,” said The Pan Pacs are likely to be the biggest Phelps, who made his international debut meet of 2014 for most competitors, given at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. “It’s gotten it’s in the year between the world champi- weirder and weirder throughout my career onships and two years before the next because I started as being a young little 15- Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. year-old boy and now I’m one of the oldest That’s ideal for Phelps, who sees it as guys in the team.” Phelps finished second in springboard back into elite competition. the 100 butterfly and in the 200 individual “The biggest thing about this summer was medley at the US trials last week, sixth in getting on a team, to hopefully propel me the 100 backstroke and seventh in the 100 for next year,” he said. “Step one is complete. freestyle. The second places were enough This is a good starting point.” As far as racing to secure his place at the Pan Pacs on programs go, Rio is a distant thought for the Australia’s Gold Coast, where swimmers can 29-year-old Phelps. “I don’t even know what compete in preliminaries of any event they I’m swimming next week, so I’m not sure choose, and keep him in contention for the what the future will hold,” he said. “I’m not Jean-Eric Vergne performs at the Infiniti Red Bull Racing F1 City Showrun in Assen, The Netherlands. — www.redbull.com 2015 world championships. swimming eight again - that is a safe thing In the 200 IM, the three-time Olympic to say.” Phelps knows he has deadlines to champion had to chase the whole race and meet, but is making sure he’s not rushing was touched out by Ryan Lochte, the reign- his comeback and is trying not to get frus- Federer turns back Murray, ing world champion who has had his own trated by narrow defeats. “I still can’t stand troubles this year with an injured knee. to lose,” he said. Phelps said he learned a lot about himself “I do understand I do have to give my Serena romps in Cincinnati during his time away from swimming, and body time. I can’t just expect to do every- Lochte has sensed some mellowing in his thing I want from the get-go. I still have that old friend. “You’ve seen actually a big competitive side, but it’s going to take a lit- change in him. Not only as a swimmer, as a tle time to get back.” — AP Second seed Halep beaten by Sharapova

CINCINNATI: Five times Cincinnati winner Roger Federer blunted Andy Murray’s attempt at a comeback, while women’s world number one Serena Williams roared to victory as they moved into the semi-finals at the Western & Southern Open on Friday. The second-seeded Federer defeated Murray 6-3 7-5 after the Scot had taken a 4-1 lead in the second set. Williams, bidding for her first title at the Ohio hardcourt tournament, romped to a 6-1 6-3 victory over Serbian Jelena Jankovic in just 58 minutes. World number three Federer said he had “lost a little bit of the rhythm” before rebounding against the eighth seeded Murray in the second set. “From the baseline, he was hitting the ball well - harder and deeper...” Federer told reporters. “I snuck in a quick break, and next thing you know, I’m back. I feel like I stole that second set.” Murray, though, thought he had blown an opportunity to get back in the match. “Obviously I was well up in the second and blew it,” he said. “It’s a shame.” The Scot broke Federer in the third and fifth games of the set for his 4-1 lead. But his CALIFORNIA: In this file photo, Michael Phelps swims the butterfly in the men’s 200- Swiss opponent fought back to level the set, meter individual medley final at the US nationals of swimming, in Irvine, Calif. — AP breaking Murray twice and holding serve to pull CINCINNATI: Serena Williams returns to Jelena Jankovic of Serbia during a match on day 7 of even at 4-4. Both players held until Murray the Western & Southern Open at the Linder Family Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. —AFP bowed out on his serve. In the first set, Federer times as he earned his second victory over a top- ing my best. And she played some great points. I With NFL passing trend, is broke Murray for a 3-2 lead and closed out the 10 opponent this year and became the first was just trying to not make many errors, stay set by breaking him again. Federer won 82 per- Frenchman in 14 years to advance to the focused and do the best that I could.” Peterson last great back? cent of his first serve points (14 of 17) and saved Cincinnati semis. Ferrer outlasted fellow Spaniard The top seed wound up with as many winners both break points he faced on his own serve. “I Tommy Robredo 6-4 3-6 6-3 a day after Robredo, as unforced errors at 22-22 while theeighth-seed- MANKATO: Jim Brown spinning his way topped 72 percent in his career. James has hit the ball well,” Federer said of the set. “I was the the 16th seed, had stunned world number one ed Jankovic finished made five winners and 24 through the line and breaking loose in the the most in history, according to STATS, more aggressive guy out there. I was having Novak Djokovic. unforced errors. Williams, unsuccessful in five secondary with a burst of speed. Walter with 89 percent for Indianapolis in 2000. more impact from the baseline and on the serve.” previous attempts at Cincinnati, will faced Dane Payton lowering a stiff arm and tearing Only two of the last 10 Super Bowl Federer will face Canadian fifth-seed Milos Quick work Caroline Wozniacki yesterday for a chance to play away from the tackler with those long, champions have featured a 300-carry run- Raonic in Saturday’s semi-finals with surprising Williams needed just 25 minutes to claim the for today’s title. The other semi-final will match almost-straight-leg strides. Barry Sanders ning back: Lynch last season and Corey Frenchman Julien Benneteau meeting Spain’s first set against Jankovic. She fell behind 2-1 in Russian Maria Sharapova, who edged second- slithering around in the backfield and find- Dillon for New England in 2004-05. The David Ferrer in the other. Raonic breezed past the second with an early break, but won five of seed Simona Halep, against former world num- ing a seam to dart through. Those are the New York Giants finished last in the league 15th seed Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-1 6-0 in a quar- the next six games, closing out the match with ber one Ana Ivanovic of Serbia. The 12th-seeded enduring images of grit, perseverance and in rushing in 2011 and still went on to win ter-final mis-match that lasted only 57 minutes. back-to-back aces. “She’s beaten me several Wozniacki upended fourth seed Agnieszka even elegance on which the NFL’s multibil- the title. So how in the name of Emmitt Benneteau delivered the day’s shock with a 1-6 6- times, so I knew today I just had to be focused Radwanska of Poland 6-4 7-6(5). Sharapova, lion-dollar empire was first built. Smith did the game get to this point? With 1 6-2 ousting of Swiss world number four Stan and do the best I could,” Williams said after claim- seeded fifth, outlasted Romanian Halep 3-6 6-4 These days the workhorses have players bigger, faster and stronger, the Wawrinka to reach his first Masters semi-final. ing her 10th win in 14 matches against Jankovic. 6-4 and Ivanovic beat Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6- become a fading breed. Quarterbacks are guys running the ball now are simply more Benneteau belted nine aces and broke serve four “It didn’t seem fast,” Williams said. “I was just try- 2 6-3. — Reuters the unquestioned stars of the modern prone to getting beat up than their prede- game. “We’re not getting the ball 30 times cessors from the previous generations. or 20-something times a game. Sometimes Teams must constantly develop replace- I get the ball 10 times and the rest of it is ments not only for down the road when catches,” Kansas City’s Jamaal Charles said. the featured runner turns 30 but for in- “It’s just the way they use me now. The game breaks to keep him fresh. game has changed.” Adrian Peterson nearly The committee approach can also help broke Eric Dickerson’s NFL single-season prevent the defense from getting too com- rushing record in 2012 on his way to win- fortable with one particular style. The evo- ning the league’s MVP award for lution of the passing game, with Charles Minnesota. At this rate, though, Peterson and the Chiefs as an example, has also could be the last running back to get one. essentially transformed several running Even he, with that relentless nature and plays per game into short throws. Thus, throwback style, has acknowledged an teams have a hard time justifying paying acceptance of the shift in this role. running backs as their franchise players. “I’m trying to win a championship, so if Peterson is the outlier with a salary cap hit that’s taking less of a pounding and being this year of more than $14 million. The more productive in the pass game, I’m all in next-closest running back is McCoy at $9.7 for it,” Peterson said. At age 29, Peterson is million. The money has been shifting not perhaps the NFL’s last great workhorse run- only toward the quarterbacks, but also the ning back. Maybe someone a year or two guys paid to protect them or catch their younger like Charles or Seattle’s Marshawn spirals. Even the guys that try to sack quar- Lynch or Philadelphia’s LeSean McCoy will terbacks and intercept passes are making pass Peterson on the all-time list and defy more than running backs. the trend with a productive career into his The Seahawks were champions with mid-30s. But there are many signs that Lynch as a bruising old-school running won’t happen: For the second straight back, and San Francisco has been one of draft, no running backs were selected in the league’s best teams lately with a similar the first round, an absence not seen since approach behind Frank Gore. Those teams 1963. Over the last five years, a total of sev- also feature quarterbacks with exceptional en running backs were first-round picks. running ability and the read option as a From 2000-2004, there were 15. From 1985- staple of their playbooks. The way they 1989, there were 25. move the ball is far different than when the Last year, only McCoy and Lynch ran the Bears used to build their offense around ball 300 or more times. In 2003, 13 players Payton. Fundamental changes have taken did that. Only nine teams in the league last place. The NFL might not ever see another Qatari Alanabi drag race season had one player take 60 percent or 400-carry running back. But maybe it’s more of their rushing attempts, down from wise. “If you’re looking at what’s going on 14 in 2003 and 14 in 1998. Nine teams also here lately you’d think it’s been devalued a team participate in series had two players with 30 percent or more little bit, just from a numbers standpoint carries last year, up from five in 2003. Last and money-wise, too. But you always hear MINNESOTA: The Qatari Alanabi drag race team Alanabi team are participating with 2 cars. The driver occupies the position, while Albaloosh season’s leader in team rushing attempt the league’s kind of cyclical,” Vikings full- participated in 33 series of Lucas Owel National silver one is driven by the champion of the 10th comes in the eighth position 855 points. percentage was Chicago’s Matt Forte with back Jerome Felton said. “I think if you look grade 17 of NHRA, which started yesterday at round. Langron and the other one will be driven Albaloosh concluded that since last participation 72 percent, and he’s not close to appearing at teams that are successful, they do run Prenard international circuit Minnesota state in by Khalid Albalooshi the champion of the 1st and in Ohaio in last July. “Our car has come back to on an all-time list. According to STATS the football. There’s only so many Tom the fuel and prostock categories. The number of 15th rounds. the victories track, and we have a good chance in research, the most recent player in the top Bradys. There’s only so many Peyton participants in this round is 366; 78% while them The four trial rounds will be completed this round to move forward we are now in the 20 was Edgerrin James with 81 percent for Mannings. So unless you have one of those are only 52 in the three categories of Philo Yello tonight. The driver American Mac Tools is at the 8th position, if we do well in the two coming Arizona in 2007. Even Peterson has never guys, it’s important to be able to run.”— AP championship, 19 of them in the top fuel, top ranking of top fuel. Langron Alanabi team rounds, we will reach the 6th position safely.” SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 SPORTS Iconic Match of the Day celebrates 50th anniversary

LONDON: Hours after the dust has settled fear into the hearts of the game’s establish- on the first skirmishes of a new Premier ment. “At that time football was haunted by League season yesterday, fans across the prospect of television, or the regular Britain flicked on the TV, grab a cup of tea exposure of football on television resulting and settle down to digest the day’s action in very reduced attendances,” the late Brian from a comfy sofa. It is a time-honored ritu- Cowgill, former BBC head of sport, said in al enjoyed by generations, young and old, 2004. To allay concerns, the identity of since the BBC’s Match of the Day first which games were to be televised were appeared on flickering black and white kept a closely-guarded secret with fans screens on Aug 22, 1964. Despite the ram- only realizing their team was going to be pant march of blanket live coverage, the featured when BBC TV vans were spotted highlights show remains sacrosanct for outside the ground. fans and players alike. When the jaunty, The show’s rapid evolution helped the instantly recognizable theme tune strikes rise of the celebrity footballer, bringing the up after the BBC News, former England for- likes of Rodney Marsh, Alan Hudson and ward Gary Lineker will invite five million the late George Best into the living rooms viewers to share in a skillfully edited pro- of the masses in Technicolor. “The players cession of wonder goals, flying saves and became stars, they became part of the the obligatory contentious refereeing deci- entertainment world,” Davies says, while sions. Best admitted he used to play up to the With sharply-dressed pundits joining cameras when he knew MOTD was in town. Lineker in a plush studio in BBC sport’s HQ “If I knew the cameras were there I would in Manchester, it looks a bit different to the do things to try to make people laugh,” the first episode aired on BBC2 featuring one former Manchester United great, who died match - Liverpool versus Arsenal - and in 2005, recalled in the documentary. “It introduced from the edge of the Anfield was theatre and I wanted to act up in front pitch by of king of the microphone of the people.” Kenneth Wolstenholme. Yet, for the most Like many leading players, pundit Alan part, the formula has stayed the same. “You Shearer admitted to never missing an edi- can have all the live football in the world tion of Match of the Day, especially if he LEICESTER: Leicester’s Chris Wood (left) celebrates with fans after scoring the equalizer against Everton during the English Premier League soc- but to have that fix in an hour and a half of had scored a goal, although others like cer match between Leicester City and Everton at King Power Stadium, in Leicester, England yesterday. — AP (See Page 19) everything that happens in a day, it really Alan Hansen said he used to hate watching does work,” Lineker, who succeeded the himself on television. Former Liverpool and smooth-tongued Des Lynam in 1999, says Scotland defender Hansen joined the pro- in a program to mark the show’s 50th birth- gram as a pundit in 1992 and three years day entitled Match of the Day at 50 to be later uttered his famously misguided Juventus thrash aired on BBC1 next Friday. phrase, “You can’t win anything with kids”, Respected commentator Barry Davies’ after picking apart a youthful Manchester sharp observations and impeccable deliv- United team beaten by Aston Villa on the ery have provided the soundtrack to some opening day of the season. of the iconic moments in English football through the decades and clips on YouTube Never forgotten Singapore 5-0 attract millions of hits. “The pubs virtually That United side, featuring David closed at ten minutes to 10 so that people Beckham, Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary and could get home and watch Match of the Phil Neville, went on to win the Premier SINGAPORE: Andrea Pirlo’s coolly taken first-half Day, it was an extraordinary thing,” said League and FA Cup double and Hansen, double led Juventus to a 5-0 win over Singapore Davies, whose first MOTD commentary was who retired from his pundit’s seat after this Selection yesterday as the Italian champions a Crystal Palace v Manchester United clash year’s World Cup in Brazil, was never completed their summer tour with a third in 1969 as a late replacement for the flu- allowed to forget it. “The thing I got wrong straight win. The elegant player-maker’s free- stricken Wolstenholme. “It’s become an was that those five United kids were super- kick and penalty sent Juventus on their way in institution and has stayed very much alive. stars,” Hansen said. “They went on to front of 27,000 fans in what was the first football People are comfortable with it. The basic become greats. “If you are going to be right match at Singapore’s new National Stadium. (formula) hasn’t changed.” be right, but if you are going to be wrong, Coach Massimiliano Allegri, who has recently be dramatically wrong, there is no future in taken over from newly appointed Italy boss First memories being marginally wrong.” Antonio Conte, said Pirlo had underlined his val- The show has been shunted around the ITV won the rights to show Premier ue to Juventus. “He played well and I see him as schedules, even disappearing altogether league highlights in 2001 but the new a key player for next season,” Allegri told during several bidding wars with the BBC’s “Premiership” show never took off and in reporters. “He performed well and so did the rest commercial rival ITV, but since 2004 has re- 2003 the BBC won them back and cheekily of the team. “We have to keep following this established itself in its traditional Saturday opened the 2004 season with the line: direction. This is the last match before the start night slot. “It’s your first memories of foot- “Welcome back. So where were we before of the season so let’s see what happens when ball,” former Manchester United winger we were so rudely interrupted?” There have we get back to Italy.” Ryan Giggs said of the show. “Asking your been dark moments. Who could forget the France midfielder Paul Pogba and Sebastian parents if you can stay up late to watch it.” Hillsborough disaster in 1989 when 96 peo- Giovinco both headed against the crossbar and Yet despite Match of the Day’s enduring ple died at the FA Cup semi-final between Pirlo had a free-kick saved in the opening min- appeal, in the early days the very idea of Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, with utes as Juventus took immediate control. Their televising English league matches struck Match of the Day commentator John opener came courtesy of some typically quick Motson forced to relay the horror unfolding thinking from Pirlo, who slid another free-kick in front of his eyes. Thankfully the most low and under the leaping wall on 17 minutes. cherished memories of MOTD are a A minute before half-time, Pirlo doubled reminder of the joys of the ‘Beautiful Game’. Juventus’s lead from the penalty spot after Beckham’s goal from inside his own half Shakir Hamzah’s tug on Roberto Pereyra. Pogba SINGAPORE: Juventus FC forwarder Fernando Llorente (center) fights for the ball against versus Wimbledon in 1996, Willie Carr’s had frequently been a threat and he got on the S’League Singapore Selection defender Safuwan Baharudin (right) during their friendly foot- ball match at Singapore Stadium yesterday. — AFP English Premier League impudent flick for Coventry City’s Donkey scoresheet on 48 minutes when he rifled Juve’s Liverpool v Southampton 15:30 Kick goal against Everton in 1970 or Best’s third past busy Singapore goalkeeper Hassan substitute Kwadwo Asamoah volleyed the fifth who earlier won 8-1 in Jakarta and beat beIN SPORTS 1 HD cheeky lob over Tottenham Hotspur goal- Sunny. After Sunny’s point-blank save from and final goal on 72 minutes after good work Australia’s A-League Allstars 3-2. They will now beIN SPORTS 11 HD keeper Pat Jennings in 1971. Or the Pereyra, Giovinco hit the visitors’ fourth from down the right by Jose Martin Caceres. On a return to Italy before launching their bid for a beIN SPORTS 1 HD moment in 1974 when Davies watched the resulting corner when he lashed home a worn and sandy pitch in the plush new arena, it fourth straight Serie A title away against Chievo Newcastle v Man City 18:00 Derby County’s Francis Lee move towards fierce shot from the edge of the box. Half-time was a suitably emphatic tour finale for Juventus on August 30. — AFP beIN SPORTS 1 HD the Manchester City goal. beIN SPORTS 11 HD “Interesting,” Davies said, then, as the beIN SPORTS 1 HD ball thumped into the back of the net, “Very interesting!” “Look at his face, just look at Five EPL questions FRENCH LEAGUE his face!” It is a reminder of a bygone age Saint Etienne v Stade de Reims 18:00 free of exaggeration when great feats stood out from the hyperbole now beIN SPORTS 12 HD LONDON: The new Premier League season gets Brendan Rodgers was aware his squad lacked as City boast arguably the strongest squad in whipped up by the pay TV channels as they Marseille v Montpellier 18:00 the league, with Sergio Aguero, Vincent battle for subscriptions. underway yesterday. Here, AFP Sports looks at strength in depth and needed a world-class beIN SPORTS 5 HD five questions that will emerge as key storylines centre-back to set the tone in a defense that Kompany, David Silva and Samir Nasri all agree- Girondins de Bordeaux v Monaco 22:00 “I think that’s why Match of the Day still maintains its position,” Davies says. “It’s suc- in the forthcoming campaign: leaked 51 league goals. So, bolstered by the ing long-term contracts recently, while new beIN SPORTS 5 HD Suarez fee, Rodgers embarked on the biggest signings Eliaquim Mangala and Fernando add beIN SPORTS 11 HD cinct and just basically lets the football do the talking.”— Reuters Can Van Gaal revive ailing United? pre-season spending spree in Anfield history, depth with the twin challenges of domestic With the dismal David Moyes era consigned with around £90 million splashed out to secure and European competition in mind. to the history books, United fans are praying the services of Rickie Lambert, Emre Can, Adam Champs Man City Dutch coach Louis van Gaal can quickly revive Lallana, Lazar Markovic, Dejan Lovren, Divock Will Sanchez live up to the hype? the fallen giants. Van Gaal arrives at Old Trafford Origi and Javier Manquillo. Those new recruits Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger splashed with a glittering CV, but the former Barcelona, must make an immediate impact to ensure a out £30 million on Chile forward Alexis Sanchez ready to roll again Bayern Munich and Netherlands coach has nev- smooth start to the post-Suarez era. in the hope the former Barcelona star can pro- er faced a challenge of this magnitude. Not vide the kind of game-changing brilliance that NEWCASTLE: Manchester City manager Manuel ing the World Cup, while Spain striker Alvaro only will he face ferocious competition for a top City slickers ready to defend title? can turn a team from title pretenders into seri- Pellegrini thinks he has a stronger squad than Negredo has been ruled out until September four finish from Manchester City, Chelsea, Manuel Pellegrini’s first season in charge of ous contenders for the English crown. In the last season as the champions prepare to begin with a broken foot. Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool, he must also City went almost perfectly as the Chilean deliv- absence of the injured Theo Walcott, the 25- their Premier League title defense at Newcastle “Mangala needs to work more with the team rebuild a squad that grew stale and lethargic ered the Premier League title and the League year-old is likely to start on the right wing, today. City start their campaign with a trip to St to be able to play. It will not be this weekend,” under Moyes without the lure of Champions Cup to the club’s demanding Abu Dhabi-based where he has been deployed for much of his James’ Park having added a number of new Pellegrini added. “I think that always this team League action to attract top stars. owners. But at a club of City’s wealth Pellegrini career, but Wenger believes he can also be a faces to their ranks since last season’s Premier needs Sergio Aguero, but it is also important for knows there is no time to rest on his laurels as major threat as a striker. Either way, Sanchez League and League Cup triumphs. him to make a good pre-season. He has so many Pellegrini signed French defender Eliaquim months without playing normally. “I think we are More success for Mourinho? any drop in standards can lead to the sack-as needs to get off to the kind of fast start that Mangala and Brazilian midfielder Fernando from ready to start. Maybe some players need some “Next season will be better,” Jose Mourinho his predecessor Roberto Mancini found to his eluded Arsenal’s club record signing Mesut Ozil Porto, Argentine goalkeeper Willy Caballero more days to be 100 percent but the squad is claimed after Chelsea finished empty-handed cost. Pellegrini should have little to worry about last term. — AFP from Malaga and French right-back Bacary ready to start the season.” last term and the ever-confident Blues boss has Sagna on a free transfer from Arsenal. City have Newcastle have been among the busiest every reason to believe his faith will be reward- also loaned veteran midfielder Frank Lampard, Premier League clubs during the close-season ed. Mourinho has a handy knack of winning released by Chelsea during the close season, transfer market, with nine new arrivals at a cost major trophies in his second season at a club- from their sister club New York City FC. Pellegrini of almost £40 million. he lifted the Champions League in year two at believes those acquisitions put City in a strong Of those, French duo Remy Cabella and Porto and Inter Milan as well as landing the La position to retain the title and make a sustained Emmanuel Riviere, former Sunderland midfield- challenge in the Champions League as well. er Jack Colback and Dutch defender Daryl Liga title in his sophomore campaign with Real “Last season we had a very good squad and a Janmaat are set to make their league debuts Madrid, so few would bet against the very successful year,” Pellegrini said. against City. Another of those recent signings, Portuguese coach ending his personal run of “But that is the past and that is history. Now former Ajax midfielder Siem de Jong is ruled out two years without silverware. He has invested we must try this season to have a strong squad by a calf problem. Ivory Coast international £80 million to overhaul an underachieving and I think that players such as Willy, Bacary, as Cheick Tiote, who has been linked with an £8 squad and Spain striker Diego Costa and former Mangala, Fernando, Frank Lampard will make us million move to Arsenal, is sidelined with a ham- Arsenal playmaker Cesc Fabregas should both a strong squad. string injury. greatly improve the attacking positions that so We try to have a stronger squad this year. “I Newcastle hope to end a 16-game winless vexed Mourinho last season. think this Premier League will be exactly the streak against City stretching back nine years, same as the last title, we will have five or six which has seen them lose their last 10 games in teams with a very strong squad. “All of them this fixture, claiming two points from a possible Can Reds handle life without Suarez? want to win the title. We also want to retain it. 45. “We’ve got a couple of notable absences With Luis Suarez sold to Barcelona after his So we will see during the year who works better.” from the squad through injury, and last season latest moment of madness at the World Cup, City will be without Mangala while he builds up we wouldn’t have been able to cope with that,” Liverpool could be forgiven for feeling a little his match fitness, so Martin Demichelis will part- Magpies manager Alan Pardew said. “But with trepidation about the new season. Suarez’s 31 ner captain Vincent Kompany at the heart of the signings we’ve brought in, we’re able to deal league goals carried the Reds agonizingly close defense this weekend. with it and that shows the strength in depth to the title before they fell just short. But even DOHA: Former Swansea City’s Spanish defender Chico Flores (center) poses with Qatar’s Lekhwiya new Danish head coach Michael Laudrup (left) and Qatari Lekhwiya team manager Argentine forward Sergio Aguero, who we’ve got. “We go into the game in good spirits when Liverpool surged through an 11-match Adnan al-Ali after signing a three year contract with his new Qatari team Lekhwiya club in the signed a new five-year contract this week, may with a fit, strong team and hopefully we’ll give winning run over the closing week, boss also be rested after struggles with injuries dur- City a good test.” — AFP capital Doha yesterday . — AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 SPORTS Wood’s late leveler rescues Leicester

a shot on the edge of the penalty area in the early stages, but his effort was Leicester 2 straight at Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. McGeady wasn’t to be denied when another chance fell his way in the 20th minute. A Leighton Baines Everton 2 corner ran through to Sylvain Distin and when Schmeichel raced out to block the defender’s shot, the ball fell for McGeady and he brilliantly curled his shot over two LEICESTER: Leicester City rescued a 2-2 Leicester players on the goalline and into draw against Everton as New Zealand the far corner. striker Chris Wood snatched a late equal- Distin was at fault when Pearson’s side izer in his club’s first Premier League equalized two minutes later. His match for a decade. Nigel Pearson’s attempted clearance from a corner team are back in the English top-flight smashed into Ulloa and the former for the first time since 2004 and their Brighton forward made him pay by return looked set to end in disappoint- smashing a clinical finish past Tim ment at the King Power Stadium. Aiden Howard from close-range. Lukaku was McGeady put Everton ahead in the first mostly quiet following his £28 million half and, although Leicester’s £8 million move from Chelsea and even when the club record signing Leonardo Ulloa Belgian striker did break through he equalized soon after, Steven Naismith dragged his cross-shot across the face of gave Roberto Martinez’s side the lead goal. Naismith showed him how to do it again just before the break. as he put Everton back ahead on the The Foxes became accustomed to fin- stroke of half-time. ishing strongly as they amassed over 100 A swift exchange of passes between points en route to winning the Baines and Steven Pienaar unhinged the Championship last season and they kept Leicester rearguard, allowing Scottish probing at the Everton defence before forward Naismith to drive a fine first-time substitute Wood, who almost joined shot in off the crossbar. Jeffrey Schlupp Championship club Wolves in midweek, came off the bench for Leicester in the snatched the equaliser with four minutes 63rd minute and the winger had a gold- left. England manager Roy Hodgson was en opportunity to equalise with his first watching from the stands, but he touch. Put clean through on goal, STOKE: Aston Villa’s Aly Cissokho (right) and Stoke City’s Bojan battle for the ball during their English Premier League soccer match at The couldn’t check on Everton midfielder Schlupp completely lost his nerve and Britannia Stadium, Stoke, England yesterday. — AP Ross Barkley who was absent after suffer- blasted high over the bar from the edge ing a medial knee ligament injury in of the area. Barry, already on a booking, training which is expected to keep him was lucky to escape a second yellow card Weimann hands Villa an out for up to eight weeks. after a clear foul as Leicester launched a Romelu Lukaku and Gareth Barry were counter-attack. But Leicester had no available to make their first starts as per- need to rue that decision as Wood lashed manent Everton players following suc- in the equalizer in the 86th minute after opening-day win at Stoke cessful loan spells last term. Former Phil Jagielka could only divert a tackle Celtic winger McGeady worked space for into his path. — AFP give Villa a first away win in the league since a ahead after Richardson beat Stoke goalkeeper New Year’s Day success at Sunderland. Stoke Begovic to the ball and crossed, but the Villa for- Stoke 0 manager Mark Hughes had handed competitive ward shot wide of an open goal under pressure debuts to three new signings, with former from Ryan Shawcross. Former Sunderland full- Barcelona starlet Bojan Krkic taking his place in back Bardsley looked to crown his debut with a the starting XI alongside Phil Bardsley and Mame goal by letting fly shortly before half-time, but his Aston 1 Biram Diouf. Villa also had three new faces in left-foot strike was parried by visiting goalkeeper their line-up in Philippe Senderos, Aly Cissokho Brad Guzan. and Kieran Richardson. French winger Charles They were warnings that the home side did N’Zogbia made his first appearance in over a year not heed. Five minutes into the second half, STOKE-ON-TRENT: Andreas Weimann scored the following a serious Achilles problem, while Alan Weimann exploited half-hearted defending game’s only goal as Aston Villa made a winning Hutton returned at right-back after spending inside the Stoke box to let fly with a low shot that start to the new Premier League season with a 1- part of last season on loan at Bolton Wanderers. squirmed beneath Begovic. In response, Bojan 0 victory at Stoke City yesterday. While Villa Stoke’s fans were eager to catch a first glimpse saw a succession of efforts blocked by Ron Vlaar escaped relegation by only five points last sea- of Bojan in competitive action and the 23-year- and Fabian Delph. After Hughes threw on Peter son, Stoke are hoping to build on a ninth-place old was quick to catch the eye at the Britannia Crouch in place of Diouf, Leandro Bacuna finish, but the visitors belied predictions that Stadium, cutting inside Hutton wide on the left spurned a chance to extend Villa’s lead when he they will struggle to avoid relegation with a clini- and shooting into the side-netting. But although lashed wide from Delph’s low cross. Stoke pro- cal display. the hosts enjoyed the lion’s share of possession, cured one last sight of goal in injury time, but Weimann struck in the 50th minute, drilling a Villa carried the greater threat on the break. Marko Arnautovic was superbly thwarted by shot through Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic to Gabriel Agbonlahor should have put the visitors Senderos. — AFP Hull condemn QPR to opening defeat

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LONDON: A James Chester goal and a missed penalty by Charlie Austin combined to give Hull City a 1-0 win to start the Premier League season away to newly-promoted Queen’s Park Rangers yesterday. Former Manchester United defender Chester, who opened the scoring for Hull in May’s FA Cup final defeat to Arsenal at Wembley, repeated the trick at Loftus Road LEICESTER: Leicester City’s English defender Paul Konchesky (left) jumps for the ball when he got the better of Rio Ferdinand to with Everton’s English defender John Stones during the English Premier League foot- head home a Stephen Quinn corner in the ball match between Leicester City and Everton at King Power Stadium yesterday. 52nd minute. It was a soft goal for QPR to con- Match ended 2-2. — AFP cede, and it proved sufficient to hand Hull their first victory at Loftus Road since 1963, when both teams were in the third tier. Larsson salvages draw for Indeed, with QPR returning to the Premier League via the play-offs at the end of last sea- Sunderland at West Brom son, this was the first ever top-flight meeting of the two clubs. There was plenty of opti- LONDON: Queens Park Rangers’ Loic Remy (right) is tackled by Hull City’s Curtis Davies during their English Premier League soccer match at Loftus Road, London yesterday. — AP from Pepe Mel in the summer, while West mism in the home ranks as Rangers manager Brom’s club-record £10million signing Harry Redknapp handed debuts to summer on after seeing their marquee summer sign- adjudged to have handled the ball inside the West Brom 2 Brown Ideye was named among the sub- signings Steven Caulker, Ferdinand and ing Robert Snodgrass forced off injured late in area in the 83rd minute, but goalleeper Allan stitutes. Sunderland boss Gus Poyet Jordon Mutch. And QPR really should have the opening period. McGregor saved Austin’s poor spot-kick. included new arrivals Van Aanholt and taken a lead into half-time, with Joey Barton Quinn took his place and set up Chester’s Striker Austin had been impressive in the coming close from a free-kick and Mutch, the goal, which ultimately proved the difference, Championship for QPR last season, but his Sunderland 2 Jack Rodwell in his starting line-up but it was a long-time servant in the combative former Cardiff City midfielder, heading nar- although only after QPR squandered a glori- miss from 12 yards ensured it was to be a Cattermole who made the early break- rowly wide. Scottish full-back Andy Robertson ous chance to haul themselves level with time familiar story for the west London club, who through for the Black Cats. then came to Hull’s rescue when he cleared a running out. Referee Craig Pawson awarded have never won their opening match of a A partially cleared cross broke to Caulker header off the line as the visitors held the hosts a penalty when Chester was harshly Premier League campaign. — AFP WEST BROMWICH: Seb Larsson Cattermole 25 yards out and the snatched a late equaliser to earn Sunderland midfielder rifled in a stun- FRENCH LEAGUE Sunderland a 2-2 draw with West Brom at ning strike for just his second goal in six the Hawthorns yesterday to deny Alan seasons with the north-east club. Irvine a winning start in his first match as Berahino and Chris Brunt had the best the Baggies’ new boss. Lee Cattermole PSG blank Bastia 2-0 chances to pull West Brom level before struck a spectacular opening goal to put the former did so from the penalty spot Sunderland ahead after just five minutes on 42 minutes after Victor Anichebe but England Under-21 striker Saido PARIS: Defending champion Paris Saint-Germain PSG has four points from two matches after Ibrahimovic’s injury allowed him to play as a went down under pressure from Valentin earned its first win of the season in the French drawing 2-2 with Reims in its opening game last center forward, his favored position. The Berahino levelled from the penalty spot Roberge. Berahino then gave the Baggies league by defeating Bastia 2-0 yesterday, but lost week. “We were more focused defensively,” PSG Uruguay striker knocked down a high ball for just prior to half-time before netting his the lead 16 minutes from time as he star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to an injury. coach Laurent Blanc said. “Bastia did not threat- Ezequiel Lavezzi, whose half-volley sailed over second on 74 minutes. volleyed in a Gardner cross at the far Ibrahimovic had to come off after just 15 minutes en much, so that made things easier for us the bar in the 39th. Cavani then had a free kick However, Larsson slotted home a low post. However West Brom, who won a with an apparent abdominal strain, but Lucas because we like to dominate ball possession.” In saved by Bastia goalkeeper Alphonse Areola in cross from Patrick van Aanholt five min- joint-lowest seven matches along with Moura and Edinson Cavani provided goals in his his French league debut, PSG centerback David the 78th. Later yesterday, it was: Lens vs utes from time to earn the Black Cats a relegated Cardiff last season, were absence. Lucas met a cross from Gregory Van der Luiz produced a solid performance. However, Guingamp; Lorient vs Nice; Metz vs Nantes; share of the spoils. Andre Wisdom, undone just before the end as Larsson Wiel to volley into the bottom corner from a tight Ibrahimovic’s injury comes just five days after Rennes vs Evian; Toulouse vs Lyon. Lille edged Sebastien Pocognoli and former arrived in the box unmarked to slide angle in the 26th minute. Cavani doubled the Brazil defender Thiago Silva picked up a right promoted Caen 1-0 on Friday. Today, Monaco Sunderland man Craig Gardner were home Van Aanholt’s cross and salvage a lead by controlling a long ball from Marco hamstring problem in a friendly. visit Bordeaux, Marseille host Montpellier and handed debuts by Irvine, who took over point for Sunderland.— AFP Verratti before volleying home in the 57th. Cavani started the match as a winger, but Saint-Etienne face Reims. — AP Leicester draws Larsson salvages 2-2 with Everton draw for on EPL return Sunderland

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MANCHESTER: Swansea City’s Gylvi Sigurdsson (centre left) scores against Manchester United during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium yesterday. (Inset) Manchester United’s manager Louis van Gaal walks from the pitch after his team’s 2-1 loss to Swansea City. — AP Sigurdsson brings Van Gaal down to earth Swansea’s Ki scores first goal of new season first opening-day home defeat since 1972. After an underwhelming first half, in which lyóand perhaps illegallyóblocking Jonesís although Swanseaís debutant goalkeeper Lukasz Wilfried Bonyís quick free-kick enabled Jefferson they trailed to Kiís first goal for the Welsh club, attempt to close down Ki, the South Korean mid- Fabianski tipped it over his crossbar easily Montero to cross from the left and although Van Gaal brought on Nani to replace the ineffec- fielder had time and space to plant a left-foot enough. Man United 1 Wayne Routledge miscued his volley, the tive Javier Hernandez. Rooney operated as the shot into the bottom-right corner. At that point, it The second half, and the equalizer, brought unmarked Sigurdsson was able to finish from spearhead of the attack, slightly ahead of Juan was hard to envisage how United would find a about an improvement from the home side, with eight yards. Mata, and it took the England forward just seven route back into the game, so inept had they been Williams forced to make an excellent tackle fol- It was a goal that highlighted Unitedís defen- minutes of the second half to claim an equaliser, at turning possession into cutting-edge chances. lowing an equally impressive turn in the area by Swansea 2 sive frailties, exacerbated by a lack of fit defend- from Mataís right-hand corner. Phil Jones flicked Wing-back Jesse Lingard, one of three debu- Rooney. The same United man, suitably inspired ers that meant that winger Ashley Young had to the ball on from inside the six-yard box and tants along with fellow academy product Tyler by his new role, came up with a brilliantly execut- be pressed into action at left-back in the second Rooney struck with a clinical overhead kick from Blackett and new signing Ander Herrera, made a ed 20-yard free-kick on 65 minutes that clipped half. Until that point, it appeared that former close range. It was the first meaningful sight of bright start but limped off midway through the the outside of the Swansea upright on its way MANCHESTER: Gylfi Sigurdsson struck to give Netherlands manager Van Gaal was poised to goal for United, who had gone behind to Kiís first half with an injury sustained in a challenge behind. But the second Swansea goal sucked any Swansea City a 2-1 win at Manchester United in prove himself the ideal successor to David Moyes, 28th-minute effort. with Ashley Williams. That brought Adnan momentum out of United and Jones was the Premier League yesterday as the Louis van who was sacked in April after a dismal maiden Januzaj, the Belgian winger, into the fray and his required to make a superb tackle to deny substi- Gaal era at Old Trafford misfired. After new United campaign. One of the main criticisms of Moyesís Rooney clips post lack of defensive prowess would eventually force tute Bafetimbi Gomis. When a United penalty captain Wayne Rooney had cancelled out an reign concerned his tactical nous and it took Van Nathan Dyer cut in from the right before Van Gaal into his half-time tactical shift. Before appeal for a handball against Angel Rangel was opening goal from Ki Sung-yueng, Sigurdsson Gaal only 45 minutes to suggest that he offers a Sigurdsson helped the ball onto Ki, dead in front that switch, a mishit cross from Jones had been waved away by referee Mike Dean in injury time, scored in the 72nd minute to hand United their serious upgrade in that department. of goal on the edge of the area. With Bony neat- Unitedís only flutter of attacking excitement, the hostsí fate was sealed._ — AFP Ramsey ends Arsenal wait for opening win LONDON: Aaron Ramsey gave Arsenal a 90th minute when Jason Puncheon received Dier gives Pochettino a winning start to the Premier League for the a second yellow card. Puncheon had set up Arsenal 2 first time in five years yesterday, grabbing a Palace’s opener in the 35th, whipping in a cor- stoppage-time goal in a 2-1 victory over ner that Brede Hangeland glanced in with a dream start with Spurs manager-less Crystal Palace. Ramsey header. But Arsenal equalized on the stroke of emerged as a scoring force in midfield last halftime, also with a defender heading in season, and carried on where he left off with from a set piece. Laurent Koscielny was Palace 1 his late intervention. The goal came just after unmarked when he met a free kick from off- Tottenham 1 Palace had been reduced to 10 men in the season recruit Alexis Sanchez. — AP

Millwall add to Fulham misery West Ham 0 LONDON: Fulham’s dismal start to life out- with youngsters has its strengths and go down to 10 men, because they can get side the Premier League shows no signs of weaknesses. I decided to take young play- men behind the ball, but we were patient, LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s 10th improving as Millwall earned a 1-0 win at ers into the squad and I hope they will not kept the ball really well and eventually got manager in 14 years began the club’s lat- Craven Cottage yesterday. Felix Magath’s be too disappointed and lose confidence. the goals we deserved,” Adams said. est chapter with a 1-0 victory at London team are playing in the second tier for the “I’m sure we will develop with this team “Obviously the win means everything, but rivals West Ham United in the Premier first time in 13 years and so far they have and make our point. Today if we had scored it’s not about me, it’s about the team get- League yesterday thanks to their new found the Championship a distinctly it is sure we would have won the game.” ting the three points.” Cardiff, relegated central defender Eric Dier. Mauricio unfriendly environment. Magath com- Top of the table Bournemouth are the only along with Fulham and Norwich last sea- Pochettino’s side dug deep after having plained about Ipswich’s tough tackling other team with two wins from their open- son, cruised to a 3-1 win over Huddersfield. fullback Kyle Naughton harshly sent off in when Fulham crashed to a 2-1 defeat on ing two matches. Elsewhere, Leeds bounced back from their LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s English defender Eric Dier (left) goes round the first half for handball and rode their West Ham United’s Spanish goalkeeper Adrian to score the only goal of the the opening weekend of the season, to Eddie Howe’s side beat promoted opening day defeat to snatch a 1-0 win luck when West Ham midfielder Mark which Town boss Mick McCarthy replied Brentford 1-0 thanks to a 66th-minute over Middlesbrough through debutant English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Noble wasted the resulting penalty at Tottenham Hotspur yesterday. — AFP “welcome to the Championship”. strike from former West Ham midfielder Billy Sharp’s 88th minute strike. Upton Park. Millwall had only avoided relegation to Junior Stanislas. Neil Adams finally There has already been speculation West Ham, who beat Spurs three dismissed when he inadvertently blocked in training, but he took the goal very well,” League One on the final day of last season, recorded his first win as Norwich manag- over how long Leeds manager David times last season, also went down to 10 Kevin Nolan’s shot after 28 minutes. “The Pochettino said of the England under-21 but they have made a bright start to the er at the seventh attempt as the Canaries Hockaday would last given the controver- men when James Collins saw red just red card for Naughton was a surprise international who moved to Portugal new campaign, beating Leeds 2-0 last took advantage of an early Watford red sial antics of owner Massimo Cellino, but past the hour mark before Dier, who because the ball was not on target. It was when he was 10. Defeat, especially weekend, and they maintained their 100 card to secure an emphatic 3-0 success. the Elland Road chief said: “I am the head came through Sporting Lisbon’s ranks a penalty but not a sending-off and it is against Tottenham, was the worst possi- percent record when winger Martyn Adams picked up just one point in five coach at Leeds United-how tough is that? after moving to Portugal from England, possible the club will appeal,” Pochettino ble start for West Ham manager Sam Woolford side-footed home in the 12th games as he failed to prevent City from “I’ve been in football for 40 years and pres- struck in added time. “It is an important said. Spurs have been quiet in the transfer Allardyce, who is under pressure to win minute. Ian Holloway’s side needed a fine being relegated after replacing Chris sure is my middle name.” Charlton beat win. I will say congratulations to my play- window with Pochettino relying largely over the fans who criticized his brand of display from Republic of Ireland goalkeep- Hughton and then saw the Canaries beat- Wigan 2-1 courtesy of substitute Franck ers because it was a great performance,” on the squad that finished sixth last term. football last season when the Hammers er David Forde to cling onto that lead as he en at Wolves last week. But Watford were Moussa’s stoppage-time winner at the said Argentine Pochettino, who joined He offered a rare start to fellow Argentine flirted with relegation. “We had enough denied Cameron Burgess, Hugo Rodallega struggling from the moment Swedish Valley. Ryan Hall’s second half goal gave Tottenham after an impressive 18 Erik Lamela, who was virtually anony- chances to win this game when it was 11 and Ross McCormack. defender Joel Ekstrand saw red in the sec- Rotherham a 1-0 victory over Wolves in a months at Southampton. “After the mous last season after becoming the v 11, 11 v 10 and 10 v 10. But we didn’t “We had our chances and missed them,” ond minute and Norwich went on to battle between two sides promoted from penalty and the sending-off of Kyle club’s record signing when the forward take our chances when we created them Magath said. “We played very well, but we dominate, with goals from Bradley League One last season. Reading defeated Naughton it was difficult but we played joined from AS Roma, but it was 20-year- and paid the ultimate price in the end,” he were not able to score. It’s more physical Johnson, Lewis Grabban and Alex Tettey Ipswich 1-0, Bolton drew 2-2 with like a team and deserved the win.” old Dier who made all the headlines. told reporters. “We created 20 chances football than in the Premier League but we settling it. Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Naughton appeared unlucky to be “He does not play as a centre-forward today and didn’t take any.”— Reuters expected that. “Our philosophy of working “It’s never easy when your opponents Wednesday drew 0-0 with Derby. — AFP Kuwait’s nominal GDP grew 2.3% in 2013

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SHANGHAI: Three boys walking in a park in front of the skyline of the Lujiazui Financial District in Pudong along the Huangpu River in Shanghai. China’s industrial production, which measures output at factories, workshops and mines in the world’s second-largest economy, rose 9.0 percent year-on-year in July. — AFP Robust output buoys US economic outlook New York state manufacturing activity slows in August

WASHINGTON: US manufacturing output rose broadly in ness investment this quarter. In a separate report, the New York Fed said its “Empire that we expect to continue to be seen in a continued July and automobile production recorded its largest A stronger pace of business investment is needed to State” general business conditions index fell to 14.69 this inflection higher in the core consumer price index as increase in five years, boosting the economy at the start ensure sustained economic growth. The economy grew month from 25.60 in July. A reading above zero indicates well,” said Ted Wieseman, an economist at Morgan of the third quarter. While other data on Friday showed at a 4.0 percent annual pace in the second quarter and expansion. Growth in new orders slowed, but a further Stanley in New York. some cooling in factory activity in New York state this current forecasts peg the growth rate for the third quar- decline in inventories pointed to an acceleration in activ- Overall, inflation has been rising in recent months, a month, economists said it did not change the view of an ter within a range of 2.5 percent to 3.0 percent. Industrial ity in the months ahead. While manufacturing is gaining fact acknowledged by the Fed at its July policy meeting. economy with strong momentum, noting that the pull- capacity utilization, a measure of how fully firms are steam, there is little sign of a broad pick-up in inflation The US central bank, which had repeatedly warned that back followed a robust increase in July. using their resources, last month hit its highest level pressures at the factory gate. price pressures were too low, said the likelihood of infla- “The broad-based nature of the (manufacturing) gains since February 2008. In another report, the Labor Department said its pro- tion running persistently below its 2 percent target had indicates that the strong second-quarter rebound in eco- ducer price index for final demand edged up 0.1 percent diminished somewhat. nomic growth momentum is being sustained,” said Millan Benign producer inflation in July as the cost of energy products fell, offsetting an Firming inflation and a tightening labor market have Mulraine, deputy chief economist at TD Securities in New The solid rise in manufacturing and a 0.3 percent increase in food prices. Prices received by the nation’s led some economists to anticipate an early interest rate York. The Federal Reserve said factory production advance in mining output helped to offset a 3.4 percent farms, factories and refineries rose 0.4 percent in June. In increase from the Fed. The central bank, however, has jumped 1.0 percent last month after rising 0.3 percent in weather-driven decline in utilities production. That left the 12 months through July, producer prices increased shown no sign of being in a hurry to lift its benchmark June. That was the largest gain since February and overall industrial production up 0.4 percent in July. The 1.7 percent. lending rate from near zero, where it has been since reflected increases across all major categories. data had little impact on US financial markets, with Excluding food and energy, wholesale prices gained December 2008. Auto production surged 10.1 percent, the biggest rise traders focusing instead on events in Ukraine. The 0.2 percent, matching June’s increase. They were up 1.6 Another report on Friday showed consumer senti- since July 2009. There were also sturdy gains in the pro- Ukrainian government said its forces had attacked and percent in the 12 months through July. “Aside from ment hit a nine-month low in early August. The Thomson duction of machinery and computers and electronic partly destroyed a Russian armored column that entered recent energy weakness, the PPI results continued to Reuters/University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment goods, which economists said hinted at a pick-up in busi- Ukrainian territory overnight. point to a steady firming in underlying inflation trends index fell to 79.2 from 81.8 in July. — Reuters India ‘will honor’ WTO trade deal pledge

NEW DELHI: India will keep a pledge to ratify a trillion- The minister’s remarks came after visiting US dollar global pact on easing trade restrictions, a minis- Secretary of State John Kerry told new Prime Minister ter told local media yesterday, adding negotiations with Narendra Modi earlier this month that New Delhi’s fellow World Trade Organisation members had not hit a stance on the pact sent the wrong message about his “dead end”. Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s pro-business government’s desire to liberalise India’s remarks to NDTV network marked a softer public tone economy, which remains state dominated. to India’s stance on the Trade Facilitation Agreement Modi told Kerry that developed nations must “under- (TFA) a universal customs clearance deal which would stand the challenges of poverty” in developing nations. mark the first big global trade liberalization deal in two Experts believe the trade facilitation pact could boost decades. global commerce by $1 trillion by modernising and She said she wanted to stress the WTO negotiation streamlining trade rules to allow goods to pass more process “certainly has not hit a dead end”, after New easily through customs. Delhi refused to ratify the accord in down-to-the-wire According to the Bali-agreed timetable, the TFA was negotiations last month at the organization’s Geneva due to go into effect in mid-2015 after what WTO offi- headquarters. India is seeking to wrest concessions cials had expected to be its rubber-stamp ratification from developed nations on allowing food subsidies for last month. At the time of the Bali accord, the trade its poor. “We are agreeing to everything done in Bali, body’s members agreed on a four-year “peace clause” to we are not saying we are going to dishonor that com- protect India from WTO action over subsidies and stock- mitment, we will honor that commitment,” Sitharaman piles until a “permanent” solution” was reached. said. But after the Bali pact, Indian officials complained All 160 WTO members, including India, agreed to the there were nearly two dozen meetings on the trade accord at the December 2013 meeting on the pact and just a handful on farm subsidies. The com- Indonesian holiday island. But at the same time she reit- merce minister called India’s last-minute refusal to ratify erated India must have the right to ensure food security the pact “a little course correction (that was) desperately for its hundreds of millions of poor farmers and con- needed”. WTO diplomats are on a month-long summer sumers through grain subsidies that developed nations break but Indian officials would “engage” with the AMRITSAR: An Indian daily-wage laborer takes a drink as he briefly stops loading 50 kilo sacks of wheat onto a truck at a grain distribution point on the outskirts of Amritsar. India will keep a pledge to ratify a trillion-dollar regard as distorting trade. organization after their return, she said. — AFP global pact on easing trade restrictions, a minister told local media yesterday. — AFP BUSINESS SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014

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The survey fac- show a gradual improvement since 2011 with sectors ought to be the prime beneficiaries of ating non-oil growth ahead and on the imple- 3. Take that much tors in economic factors, entrepreneurial 2013 the strongest year so far. The increase was wider growth ahead and of the fuller execution mentation in earnest of the new 5-year (devel- needed sabbatical factors, labor rights, environmental fac- driven by three sectors: manufacturing (exclud- of the development plan. On the opment) plan of 2015-2020. You have worked night and day all tors, everyday life, socio-cultural factors, decade and could really use a breather to and quality of life. catch up on your reading and research Serbia starts dramatic and pursue a new degree to take your 9. Choose a team you actually like KSE rallies amid career to a higher plateau. 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Job stress round. nesses that the state privatization by the conservative Serbian Progressive session, where the benchmark posted slight fall, due resulting from a poor work environment agency wants bids for by September 14. Party of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, to consecutive corporate profit generation. The is not to be taken lightly and its physical 10. Treat yourself to some well- Among the companies offered for voted a new law on privatization that price index read 7,234, losing 115 points, while the and psychological manifestations can be deserved personal me-time sale on its website are fertilizer producer paved the way for the sale. weighted index and Kuwait 15 index increased, 0.33 very severe. 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If you have MENA’ poll, September 2012, 43.3 per- deadline expires and later call separate for women. Petrogulf stock rose 4.8 percent at the week’s open- been earning below your worth consis- cent of professionals feel they currently tenders, the agency said. The companies The government hopes that the law ing session, along with hike of its trades, the highest tently, take this as an opportunity to do do not have a good work-life balance, that cannot be sold will either be left to will reduce an unemployment rate now some catching up. On Bayt.com’s ‘Work and if given more free time 36.2 percent go bankrupt or their property will be running at more than 20 percent, while since January. Americana share rose 2.6 percent after the Saudi Savola group divulged acquisition Satisfaction in the MENA’ poll, October of professionals would choose to spend sold off in order to cover at least part of enabling it to cut the public sector of 2012, a majority of respondents (60.8 this time with their family. their losses. more than 700,000 workers in a popula- talks. —KUNA Serbia’s finances have been burdened tion of 7.2 million. —AFP EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. UAE Exchange Centre WLL Syrian Pound 2.880 Sierra Leone 0.000070 0.000076 Nepalese Rupees 3.880 Singapore Dollar 0.223942 0.229942 South African Rand 0.020689 0.029189 ASIAN COUNTRIES Malaysian Ringgit 89.690 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.535 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001892 0.002472 Japanese Yen 2.781 Australian Dollar 244.27 241.27 Indian Rupees 4.647 Thai Bhat 9.835 Taiwan 0.009358 0.009538 Canadian Dollar 262.93 263.93 Turkish Lira 132.225 Thai Baht 0.008571 0.009121 Pakistani Rupees 2.872 Swiss Franc 318.24 316.24 Srilankan Rupees 2.179 Euro 383.27 384.27 Nepali Rupees 2.892 Arab US Dollar 283.55 286.55 Singapore Dollar 228.050 Bahrain Exchange Company Bahraini Dinar 0.747257 0.755257 Hongkong Dollar 36.660 Sterling Pound 479.65 482.65 Egyptian Pound 0.038750 0.041850 Bangladesh Taka 3.659 Japanese Yen 2.82 2.84 Iranian Riyal 0.000079 0.000080 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Philippine Peso 6.465 Bangladesh Taka 3.658 3.928 Iraqi Dinar 0.000180 0.000240 Thai Baht 8.873 Indian Rupee 4.646 4.946 Europe Jordanian Dinar 0.397357 0.404857 Irani Riyal transfer 0.271 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.179 2.614 Belgian Franc 0.007387 0.008387 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.0000000 1.0000000 Irani Riyal cash 0.273 Nepali Rupee 2.908 3.443 British Pound 0.469394 0.479394 Lebanese Pound 0.000139 0.000239 Pakistani Rupee 2.875 2.790 Czech Korune 0.005621 0.017621 Moroccan Dirhams 0.022652 0.0466652 GCC COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 77.27 77.73 Danish Krone 0.046838 0.051838 Nigerian Naira 0.001155 0.001790 Saudi Riyal 75.804 Bahraini Dinar 754.69 756.76 Euro 0.373859 0.381859 Omani Riyal 0.732021 0.737701 Qatari Riyal 78.106 Egyptian Pound 39.64 40.24 Norwegian Krone 0.041888 0.047088 Qatar Riyal 0.077339 0.078552 Omani Riyal 738.440 Jordanian Dinar 403.56 409.21 Romanian Leu 0.085505 0.085505 Saudi Riyal 0.075137 0.075837 Bahraini Dinar 755.020 Omani Riyal 737.41 744.71 Slovakia 0.008159 0.018159 Syrian Pound 0.001763 0.001983 UAE Dirham 77.415 Qatari Riyal 78.30 78.85 Swedish Krona 0.037271 0.042271 Tunisian Dinar 0.162227 0.170227 Saudi Riyal 75.74 76.14 Swiss Franc 0.306135 0.316335 Turkish Lira 0.133447 0.140447 ARAB COUNTRIES Turkish Lira 0.133447 0.140447 UAE Dirhams 0.076382 0.077531 Egyptian Pound - Cash 43.400 Yemeni Riyal 0.001281 0.001361 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.656 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Australasia Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.327 Australian Dollar 0.255127 0.266627 Tunisian Dinar 166.560 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate New Zealand Dollar 0.232920 0.242420 Jordanian Dinar 401.430 Al Mulla Exchange US Dollar 283.900 America Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.907 Canadian Dollar 262.685 Canadian Dollar 0.254641 0.263141 Syrian Lira 2.026 US Dollars 0.280050 0.284600 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Morocco Dirham 34.359 Sterling Pound 477.825 Euro 381.260 US Dollars Mint 0.280550 0.284600 US Dollar 283.500 Swiss Frank 313.220 Euro 380.850 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Asia US Dollar Transfer 284.150 Bahrain Dinar 755.635 Pound Sterlng 477.450 UAE Dirhams 77.275 Bangladesh Taka 0.003305 0.003905 Canadian Dollar 260.350 Euro 381.900 Chinese Yuan 0.044665 0.048165 Sterling Pound 478.220 Qatari Riyals 78.860 Indian Rupee 4.642 Saudi Riyals 75.975 Hong Kong Dollar 0.034574 0.037324 Egyptian Pound 39.645 Canadian dollar 259.970 Indian Rupee 0.004519 0.004920 Jordanian Dinar 401.000 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.177 Turkish lira 133.090 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000021 0.000027 Egyptian Pound 39.651 Bangladesh Taka 3.657 Swiss Franc 315.020 Japanese Yen 0.002693 0.002873 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.181 Philippines Peso 6.470 Australian Dollar 264.830 Kenyan Shilling 0.003296 0.003296 Indian Rupees 4.645 US Dollar Buying 282.950 Korean Won 0.000267 0.000282 Pakistan Rupee 2.869 Pakistani Rupees 2.874 Malaysian Ringgit 0.085984 0.091984 Bahraini Dinar 755.100 GOLD Bangladesh Taka 3.659 Nepalese Rupee 0.002945 0.003115 UAE Dirham 77.250 20 Gram 245.000 Philippines Pesso 6.477 Pakistan Rupee 0.002775 0.003055 Saudi Riyal 75.750 10 Gram 124.000 Cyprus pound 697.315 Philippine Peso 0.006461 0.006741 *Rates are subject to change 5 Gram 64.000 Japanese Yen 3.775 BUSINESS SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014

French FM adrift on sea of broken promises

PARIS: Photos of France’s portly finance minister rowing a tiny boat on holiday circulated social media - emblematic of a French economic ship for which, under the current government, prosperity is always beyond the horizon. “Look, he’s not sinking. Everything must be fine,” read one sarcastic Twitter comment after Michel Sapin became the latest minister to push the prospect of sound state finances and a healthy economy ever further into the future. France on Thursday slashed its growth forecasts for both 2014 and 2015 and said it would miss its public deficit target this year after data showed the economy stuck at zero growth for the second straight quarter. During his 2012 election campaign, President Francois Cebu Pacific to launch Hollande proclaimed: “I will bring public finances back into balance, respecting our undertaking to have a deficit of not more than 3 percent of GDP in 2013.” Taking power in May that year, Hollande built his economic promise on an non-stop flights to Kuwait assumption that growth would be 1.7 percent in 2013, 2 percent this year, then an average of 2 to 2.5 percent a year until 2017 - at which point the state budget would be in balance. By the autumn of 2012, the five-year balanced Low-fare business model helps stimulate travel: Reyes budget promise had already gone. The 2013 growth fore- cast was also halved to 0.8 percent. The following April, the 2013 deficit target was pushed out to 3.7 percent from 3.0 By Sajeev K Peter and priority seating are available for purchase but strictly as growth slowed, ushering in a 2.9 percent projection for optional, in order to keep base fares to a minimum. Cebu the end of 2014, and putting France in breach of its deficit- KUWAIT: The Philippines’ leading airline Cebu Pacific will Pacific is known for its fun flights, fun games onboard and cutting promise to its European Union partners. launch non-stop flights between Kuwait and Manila on Smile In-flight Magazine. EU officials gave Hollande another two years to get September 2, 2014. As the only airline that will offer non-stop under the magic 3 percent, but by the beginning of the flights between the Philippines and Kuwait, Cebu Pacific could Extensive network summer, even that extra leeway was looking insufficient. serve more than 180,000 Filipino expats working in Kuwait. In KT: Can you give an overview of Cebu Pacific’s present des- As cost-saving reforms stalled amid squabbling among an interview with the Kuwait Times, Alex Reyes, General tinations, future plans and routes? business leaders, unions, politicians and other interest Manager - Long-haul Division, Cebu Pacific, spoke about the Reyes: Cebu Pacific currently offers flights to 60 destinations groups over who should take the pain, state auditors said launch of direct flights to Kuwait, the airline’s low-cost busi- (34 domestic and 26 international) and operates 91 routes the 2013 deficit was more likely to be 4.0 percent than 3.7. ness model and its growing network and new routes. or city-pairs. This translates to more than 2,200 flights a Fast forward to August 2013 - a year ago - and the then week from six operational hubs in the Philippines. One of finance minister, Pierre Moscovici, began promising bigger KT: Happy to learn that Cebu Pacific is launching non-stop our strengths is our Philippine network, because guests tax cuts to companies than previously envisaged under flights between Kuwait and Manila from September from Kuwait can fly non-stop to Manila and enjoy a seam- the reforms, putting further pressure on future budgets. this year. How many flights will you be operating less same-terminal flight connection to our very extensive With growth still weakening and tax receipts lower than weekly? Philippine network. Cebu Pacific is also launching direct hoped for, out came the red pens once more in Reyes: Cebu Pacific Air will be operating direct flights from flights to Sydney on September 9 this year, and is also September. The 2014 deficit would be 3.6 percent of GDP, Kuwait to Manila on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Also, looking at launching direct services to other long-haul no longer 2.9. 2014 began with repeated promises that we will be operating direct flights from Manila to Kuwait destinations, such as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the 2015 would be the year France would limbo triumphantly on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. second half of the year. This is in line with our commit- under the 3 percent deficit bar, but the message became ment to fly to destinations with large Filipino communi- more nuanced as the year wore on. KT: Do you propose any introductory fares or packages for ties. We also continue to study other possible destinations At the end of March the deficit figure for 2013 came in passengers? where there is a potentially large market for tourists who Alex Reyes, General Manager - Long-haul Division, at a hefty 4.3 percent - higher, again, than expected. Month Reyes: We will continue to roll out promotional fares to raise wish to travel to the Philippines. Cebu Pacific after month, economic data pointed to a flatlining econo- awareness about Cebu Pacific Air’s trademark low fares my, but Hollande made it clear he would not be extending and the launch of the only non-stop service between KT: Can you tell us about the airline’s current fleet? Are his cost saving reforms to compensate. Hollande’s aides, Manila and Kuwait. For the latest seat sales, passengers there any plans for a fleet expansion? shocked by European and local election defeats and may visit www.cebupacificair.com. sales and promotional fares are offered on all our routes. Reyes: Cebu Pacific’s 50-strong fleet consists of 10 Airbus defending the most unpopular president in French history This allows us to stimulate travel, because with our low A319, 28 Airbus A320, 4 Airbus A330 and eight ATR-72 500 as unemployment reached record levels, argued the need Low-cost model fares, people can now afford to travel more than once or aircraft. It is one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the for EU talks on how to put growth efforts at the forefront. KT: The airline is launching non-stop flights from Kuwait to twice a year. world with all the aircraft entering the fleet brand-new, On Wednesday, Jean-Christophe Cambadelis, head of Manila which will benefit more than 180,000 Filipino straight from the factory. Between 2014 and 2021, Cebu the ruling Socialist Party, was already preparing the ground expats working in Kuwait. As a low-cost carrier, do you KT: What are the other salient features of Cebu Pacific as a Pacific will take delivery of 11 more brand-new Airbus for more goalpost-shifting ahead of Thursday’s catastroph- also propose attractive fares to match your goal of low-cost airline? A320, 30 Airbus A321neo, and two Airbus A330 aircraft. ic GDP figures. Missing the 3 percent target in 2015 was serving Global Filipinos? Can you explain your low fare Reyes: Cebu Pacific Air is known for its extensive network in With a constant delivery stream of new aircraft, we are “unavoidable”, he said. Sapin hinted his assent in his pro- strategy? the Philippines and convenient same-terminal connectivi- able to take advantage of the latest technologies. We were nouncements on Thursday, saying France would cut its Reyes: We offer a simple, straightforward product, which will ty to domestic flights out of Manila Terminal 3. We have one of the first operators in the world to take delivery of deficit “at an appropriate pace”. And as second quarter get passengers to their desired destinations safely, swiftly the most flights and frequencies within the Philippines, A320s equipped with Sharklets, which are wing-tip growth came in at zero, he jettisoned pretty much every- and at the lowest price. In the Philippines, Cebu Pacific is providing travelers the most choices. Our all-economy devices that reduce drag when the aircraft is at cruise, thing the target depends on, putting this year’s deficit at the leading carrier, serving more than 15 million passen- cabin is fitted with new generation seats which have reducing fuel consumption. The Airbus A330 is the aircraft more than 4 percent, missing the existing 3.8 percent tar- gers every year. This is a testament to how well the low- sculpted backrests, allowing for an extra 1-2 inches of used for our long-haul flights. We will take delivery of one get, halving this year’s growth forecast to 0.5 percent, and cost carrier model works in the regions we operate in. knee clearance compared to a conventional economy later this month, and another one in the first quarter of cutting next year’s to about 1 percent from 1.7.—Reuters Offering low fares is our business model, thus the seat seat. Amenities like hot meals, comfort kits, in-flight Wi-Fi 2015. US stocks a safe haven, even after panic selloffs WALL STREET WEEKLY OUTLOOK NEW YORK: As headlines about an per,” he said of the US stock market. rising on Monday if tensions do not apparent escalation of the conflict in During the selloff on Friday, the utilities become worse. “If Russia does not esca- eastern Ukraine hit traders’ screens, sell- sector remained strong, rivaled only by late, stocks are likely to open above the ing was the word on Wall Street. Once energy stocks, with investors focusing 1,960 they were at earlier today as peo- again, though, for many it looked like on high-dividend payers as US Treasury ple who put on knee-jerk shorts cover,” nothing but another buying opportunity bond yields fell. he wrote late on Friday. in US stocks. Benchmark US Treasury Looking forward, though, unless At a 4.6 percent rate, revenue growth yields hit their lowest in 14 months on something else happens to upset mar- for S&P 500 companies is expected to be Friday after Ukraine said its forces had kets, investors seem more focused on higher than estimates going back to attacked and partly destroyed a Russian the re-emergence of leadership from the October last year. Even as economic fig- armored column that entered Ukrainian healthcare, biotechnology and tech sec- ures remain somewhat mixed, investors territory overnight. The S&P 500 ended tors. The Nasdaq Biotech Index ended still remain positive about overall US Friday down a mere fraction of a point. Friday up 0.9 percent, gaining 4.6 per- demand. “These are horrible human The three major US stock indexes posted a second straight week of gains after a correction that evaporated following a brief drop of 4 percent. An escalation of the conflict in east- ern Ukraine will likely bring stronger economic sanctions against Russia from Europe and the United States - and BUENOS AIRES: Protesters hold a banner, top of frame, with a message that reads in Spanish “No to the layoffs at Lear harsher retaliation from Moscow. and Donnelley,” during a demonstration in front of the US Chamber of Commerce in Buenos Aires on Friday. — AP Business sentiment is already on edge in Germany as Europe’s largest economy deals with reduced trade with Russia. An Argentina eurobond holders index of Russian equities has dropped 6 percent for the year so far. Against that backdrop, US stocks - backed by earn- appeal payment freeze ings - still look like the best option for investors in developed markets. NEW YORK: Holders of Argentine euro-denominated the Argentine government. Holders of the eurobonds and US-based stock funds that invest in bonds said they were appealing a New York court’s freeze other non-dollar-denominated Argentine debt say the European equities have marked nine on payment by Buenos Aires, an order that has pushed the New York court does not have jurisdiction over their bonds, straight weeks of outflows, according to country into default. Lawyers for the eurobond holders and that their payments should not be held up by the Lipper, a Thomson Reuters company. NEW YORK: An historic marker on Wall Street in New York. The US stock market told the US district court in New York that they would ask claims of the hedge funds. Argentina and the hedge funds Flows into US stock funds in that time rose on Friday following a mixed batch of corporate news. —AP an appeals court to overrule Judge Thomas Griesa, who have sought to find a compromise, most recently exploring have come to about $3 billion. “If you’re ordered a freeze on their payment last month. whether another group of investors, mainly banks, could concerned about increased tension in cent for the week. Brian Reynolds, chief tragedies and that’s worthy of mention Griesa had ruled that the payment to the eurobond buy the hedge funds’ bonds to satisfy their claims. But Ukraine, that’s the trade - at least for market strategist at Rosenblatt Securities every time this comes up,” said Lawrence holders could not go ahead unless Argentina simultane- those talks went nowhere, leaving the parties at odds as now,” said Art Hogan, chief market in New York, believes tech, healthcare Creatura, portfolio manager at Federated ously pays off the hedge funds which had sued the country the country already ruled in default by ratings agencies- strategist at Wunderlich Securities in and large-cap biotechs are in position to Investors in Rochester, New York. to demand payment on their bonds. Argentina placed approaches new scheduled interest payments in the com- New York. lead the US stock market higher for the “However, the economic impact (in the $539 million into an account of Bank of New York Mellon at ing months. — AFP “We are the cleanest shirt in the ham- next several weeks. He sees the S&P 500 United States) has been small.” — Reuters the Argentine central bank at the end of June to meet a scheduled payment to holders of the country’s restruc- tured bonds. But Griesa forbade the bank from transferring the mon- US stocks defy geopolitics to push higher ey to the bondholders, in line with his previous 2012 ruling. Argentina, he said, must first comply with an order that NEW YORK: A flare-up in tensions in Ukraine on Friday threat- Industrial Average added 0.8 percent to 16,662.91, and the the most recent data, showing prices still well in check and con- hedge funds which did not join the bond restructuring ened to derail the climb in US stock markets, but traders finally Nasdaq Composite outperformed with a gain of 2.2 percent to sumer spending flat, suggest the Fed has much more time to program after the country’s 2001 default be paid in full for dismissed geopolitics to deliver another week of gains on Wall 4,464.93. The end of a modestly good second-quarter earnings continue supporting the economy with its ultra-low benchmark the $1.3 billion in bonds they hold. Street. The prospects of new US and European involvement in season helped the gains. Biotech and chipmakers led the climbs rate. Friday numbers showed a slowdown in the producer price Argentina says the hedge funds, which it labels “vul- Iraq’s domestic war, and Ukraine’s claim that it destroyed Russian higher for the week, and industrials generally did well. index to a 1.7 percent annual pace. “Two months of low inflation tures”, gave up the chance for payment when they rejected armored vehicles inside its territory late Thursday, failed to But also keeping investors focused on equities was the con- should dampen concern the Fed needs to raise rates soon,” said the restructuring deal, which was accepted by 92 percent dampen buying. Nor did dismal second-quarter growth reports tinued flow of data showing little inflationary pressure that Chris Low of FTN Financial. Indeed, retail giant Walmart’s poor of the country’s creditors. But Griesa has repeatedly ruled from Japan and the eurozone, which underscored the fact that would force the Federal Reserve to push up interest rates earlier second quarter and diminished outlook has analysts glued to in favor of the hedge funds, NML Capital and Aurelius the global economy continues to struggle. Stocks finished a than the expected timeline, the second half of 2015. The August-September back-to-school sales data to understand if Capital Management, and threatened to hold Bank of New volatile Friday session mixed, but the week’s gains were solid. stronger US economy has brought out more calls from inflation that was a blip or will remain an ongoing challenge to York in contempt of court if it transfers the money. The S&P 500 rose 1.2 percent to 1,955.06, the Dow Jones hawks for Fed chair Janet Yellen to speed up the timetable. But growth.—AFP He also forbade the bank from returning the money to SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 BUSINESS

Renewed buying interest spurs KSE

BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week in KSX-15 12.79 growth. the green zone. The Price Index closed at 7,234.21 points, up by 0.67 from the week before closing, the Weighted Sectors’ indices Index increased by 0.34 after closing at 489.19 points, Eight of KSE’s sectors ended last week in the green zone, whereas the KSX-15 Index closed 1,205.10 points up by while the other four recorded declines. Last week’s highest 0.34. Furthermore, last week’s average daily turnover gainer was the Consumer Services sector, achieving 2.66 increased by 37.57, compared to the preceding week, growth rate as its index closed at 1,154.86 points. Whereas, reaching KD 20.05 million, whereas trading volume aver- in the second place, the Industrial sector’s index closed at age was 176.38 million shares, recording an increase of 1,153.76 points, recording 1.59 increase. The Technology 54.37. sector came in third as its index achieved 1.47 growth, end- The stock market indicators continued to increase for ing the week at 957.74 points. the third consecutive week, supported by the purchasing On the other hand, the Basic Materials sector headed the and collection operations performed on the small-cap losers list as its index declined by 0.80 to end the week’s stocks, which was reflected on the Price Index in particular, activity at 1,214.45 points. The Health Care sector was sec- to reach its highest closing level in more than two months ond on the losers’ list, which index declined by 0.61, closing by the end of last week. at 1,017.96 points, followed by the Real Estate sector, as its In addition, the listed companies results for the first six index closed at 1,231.48 points at a loss of 0.46. months of the current year played a great role in the real- ized gains during last week, whereas it sent some opti- Sectors’ activity mism and comfort to many traders, especially that some The Financial services sector dominated total trade vol- companies realized good gains when comparing its results ume during last week with 412.75 million shares changing with the same period of last year, which gave a positive hands, representing 46.80 of the total market trading vol- push for the market to continue its upward direction. ume. The Real Estate sector was second in terms of trading On the contrary, the stock market witnessed, during volume as the sector’s traded shares were 17.16 of last some daily sessions of the week, a fluctuated performance week’s total trading volume, with a total of 151.38 million and some stocks were subject to a selling for profit opera- shares. tions, in addition to some quick speculations, which limited On the other hand, the Financials Services sector’s stocks the three indicators gains, especially the Weighted and were the highest traded in terms of value; with a turnover KSX-15 indices, where its weekly gains were simple com- of KD 24.24 million or 24.17 of last week’s total market trad- pared to the Price Index. ing value. The Industrial sector took the second place as the For the annual performance, the price index ended last sector’s last week turnover was KD 21.31 million represent- week recording 4.18 annual loss compared to its closing in ed 21.26 of the total market trading value. —Prepared by 2013, while the weighted index increased by 8.02, and the the Studies & Research Department Bayan Investment Co.

Petroleum producers shift focus from Mideast Analyst takes a look at changing equations in oil & gas sector in region

LONDON: Following four decades of war, sanctions, Over the same period, gas producers added global production is a relatively recent phenome- pricing and government revenues. Between 1970 resumed. nationalization and unrest, oil and gas producers are reserves in the rest of the world at an average rate non. During the first five decades of the 20th centu- and 1980, a wave of nationalizations saw all pro- The shift will almost certainly continue over the gradually adjusting to rely less on the Middle East. of 1.8 percent per year compared with 3.0 percent ry, global oil production was dominated by the duction in the region pass into government owner- next decade unless there is a radical improvement The countries around the Persian Gulf and on the in the Middle East. But growth in the Middle East United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Romania, Russia, ship, after which production growth all but ceased. in the region’s political environment. Saudi Arabia’s Arabian Peninsula still contain the greatest concen- has slowed recently. In the second half of the peri- Malaysia and Indonesia. The Middle East’s share of global oil production enormous oil and gas resources remain closed to tration of giant and super-giant fields anywhere in od, reserve growth in the rest of the world acceler- The first oil was found in Persia only in 1908, fol- peaked at 37 percent in 1975, a record that has nev- outside companies. Sanctions have prevented any the world and have some of the most attractive oil ated to 2.3 percent a year, while reserve growth in lowed by Iraq in 1927, Bahrain in 1932, Kuwait in er been seriously challenged since then. increase in oil or gas production from Iran. Syria and gas geology. the Middle East eased to just 1.1 percent. The 1937, Saudi Arabia in 1938, the United Arab and Iraq have become failed states where central But the increasingly hostile political environment metaphorical centre of gravity in the global oil and Emirates in 1954 and Oman in 1962. As late as the Regional stagnation authority has collapsed and both are convulsed by above ground has forced oil and gas companies to gas industries is gradually shifting from the Middle 1940s, the Middle East was still a relatively small oil The Mid East region has become progressively civil war. By contrast, the shale revolution has hunt for new reserves in other parts of the world East towards North and South America, Africa and producer in global terms. In 1950, the Arab Gulf more hostile for international oil and gas produc- added millions of barrels per day of extra produc- where the geology is tougher but political condi- Asia. And the trend seems set to continue over the countries accounted for less than 17 percent of ers. tion in the United States and Canada, and similar tions are much easier. Diversification away from the next decade, given the shale boom in North worldwide production. Nationalizations in the 1970s were followed by quantities of natural gas. Oil and gas companies are Middle East is one of the main reasons why oil prices America, and intensive exploration and production Massive field discoveries between the 1940s the Iranian revolution; the Iran-Iraq war; the first now exploring similar shale deposits around the have remained virtually unchanged as unrest has in other regions outside the Middle East. and the 1960s, and extensive development work Gulf War between Iraq and the United States; sanc- world - including in Argentina, China and Russia. spread across much of the region since 2011. Relative latecomer by the international oil companies, boosted the tions against Iraq; the second Gulf War; intensified Enormous conventional gas reserves have been The Middle East was a comparative latecomer Gulf’s share of global output to 25 percent in 1960 sanctions on Iran; the eruption of a civil war in Syria; developed in Australia and the industry is prospect- Output and reserves to the oil and gas industry and its dominance of and 31 percent in 1970. But disputes escalated over and now an insurgency in northern Iraq. Only Saudi ing for more off the coast of Mozambique. The region’s importance has been declining in Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE have Deepwater drilling is developing oil and gas off terms of both production and share of proved retained a fragile sort of calm amid the violence Latin America and West Africa. The industry is also reserves in recent years. In 2013, the countries of and geopolitical instability (and Bahrain was con- prospecting in Thailand and elsewhere in the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, which the BP vulsed by riots in 2011). Southeast Asia, as well as the South and East China Statistical Review of World Energy terms “the With the exception of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Seas, East Africa and the Arctic. With the possible Middle East”, accounted for almost 33 percent of Qatar, the rest of the region has achieved no net exception of shale, none of these resources is as global oil production and 17 percent of gas output. growth in oil production since 1976. Even in Saudi geologically attractive as the giant conventional oil But the share of both has flattened in the last Arabia, production gains over the last 37 years (2.8 and gas fields of the Middle East. But the politics of three years after rising strongly since the mid- million barrels per day since 1976) pale in compari- the region have become too hard, so oil and gas 1980s. The shift away from the Middle East is even son with the increases achieved during the 1950s, companies are increasingly looking elsewhere. more marked in terms of proved reserves, which 1960s and early 1970s. Increasingly locked out of Advances in horizontal drilling, hydraulic frac- represent future production. the best Middle Eastern oil and gas fields, interna- turing, seismic surveying and deepwater drilling Middle Eastern countries accounted for 48 per- tional oil companies have been forced to shift their have opened a much broader global oil and gas cent of proven oil reserves worldwide in 2013, efforts to other, more readily accessible, sources of resource base, giving exploration and production down from 56 percent in 2005 and 64 percent in supply. Huge new oil provinces were developed companies many more options. Middle East pro- 1993, according to BP. The region contained 43 per- during the 1970s and 1980s in Alaska, the Gulf of ducers, especially Saudi Arabia, will remain hugely cent of proven gas reserves, down only marginally Mexico, the North Sea and the Soviet Union in influential in the oil market for many more years. from 46 percent in 2005, but ending the steadily response to the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979. Saudi Arabia and its close allies the UAE and increasing share that had characterized the market Kuwait are the only countries that routinely hold since the 1980s. Declining fortunes spare production capacity and therefore play a cru- For the last two decades, oil and gas producers Collapsing oil prices after 1985 led to a big cial role in helping to smooth out short-term fluctu- have been adding reserves more rapidly outside reduction of exploration and production expendi- ations in supply and demand. However, until the the Middle East. Between 1993 and 2013, oil pro- ture around the world and stemmed the shift away political and security situation improves, or oil ducers added to proved reserves at an average from the Middle East. But the renewed rise in oil prices fall, the Middle East’s relative importance as annual rate of 4.2 percent in the rest of the world prices in the 2000s has spurred a new exploration an oil and gas producer will continue its long, slow but just 1.0 percent in the Middle East. boom, and the shift away from the Middle East has decline. — Reuters BUSINESS SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 Kuwait real estate liquidity drops

AL-SHALL WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT

KUWAIT: The latest data available from the Ministry of This occurred due to the rise in the item of staff expenses Justice -Real Estate Registration and Authentication by KD 1.2 million to KD 60.9 million (KD 59.7 million in the Department- for July 2014, indicate a drop in real estate liq- first half of 2013). While the item of amortizing intangible uidity in July 2014 vis-a-vis June 2014, though July is not assets declined by KD 748 thousand to KD 2.5 million ver- good for comparisons because most of it occurred in sus KD 3.3 million. However, this percentage does not Ramadan and the long Eid holiday thereafter. Total trading reflect the accurate level of operations expenses because value of contracts and agencies scored KD 273.5 million, of aggregating Boubyan Bank statements. According to which is the lowest trading value since the beginning of the AlShall estimates, assuming excluding the impact of year 2014 and dropped by -51.7 percent below its counter- aggregating Boubyan Bank’s statements on the opera- part value in June 2014 which recorded KD 566.6 million, the tions statements, the decrease in operations expenses was highest trading value since the beginning of the year from about KD 90.1 million to KD 88.8 million, drop by KD 2014. 1.3 million or by -1.4 percent. Value of provisions and However, it was lower by -40.2 percent than July 2013 liq- impairment losses rose by KD 5.5 million and scored KD uidity. July 2014 trading was distributed as follows: KD 268.3 64.1 million (KD 58.6 million in the same period of last million for contracts and KD 5.2 million for agencies. year). Number of real estate deals for this month scored 556 deals Financial statements of the bank indicate the bank’s (after excluding the crafts activity and the Coastal Strip) dis- total assets increased by KD 1.430 billion, or by 7.7 per- tributed between 542 contracts and 14 agencies. Ahmadi cent, to KD 20.030 billion compared with the end of 2013. Governorate captured the highest number of deals by about It however, increased by KD 2.101 billion, or by 11.7 per- 356 deals representing 64 percent of total real estate deals, cent, when compared with the first half of 2013. Excluding followed by Hawalli Governorate by 58 deals representing the impact of aggregating Boubyan Bank, assets growth 10.4 percent, while Jahra Governorate secured the lowest rate would score 10.8 percent compared with the first half number of trading deals by 17 deals, or 3.1 percent of total of 2013. As for loans, advances and Islamic financing to deals. customers, the largest component of the bank’s assets, it Value of private housing trading scored about KD 135.4 rose by 5.3 percent or by KD 571.4 million, to KD 11.267 million, down by -25.2 percent, compared with KD 181 mil- months -February to July- towards heavy companies. about 46.9 percent in 2012. The largest non-oil sectors con- billion (56.2 percent of total assets) versus KD 10.695 bil- lion for June 2014 with a rise in its contribution percentage However, the time is still premature to conclude solid results. tributing to GDP is the community, social and personal lion (57.5 percent of total assets) in December of 2013. to 49.5 percent of total real estate trading liquidity com- Among the KSE features is its continuity to be a domestic services sector -mostly public sector- with about KD 8420.3 While this portfolio increased by KD 983 million, 9.6 per- pared with 32 percent in June 2014. The monthly average stock exchange with Kuwaiti traders forming the biggest million, or 16.9 percent of the GDP. But the financial services cent, when compared with the first half of 2013. Likewise, value of private housing trading during 12 months scored trading group and sold shares worth KD 3.226 billion, cap- sector, including financial institutions -banks and invest- if we exclude the impact of aggregating Boubyan Bank in KD 186.8 million. This means that trading value during this turing 89 percent of total sold shares, (92 percent for the ment companies- insurance, real estate and business servic- the Islamic financing part, the growth rate will score 7.8 month is lower by -27.5 percent compared with the average. same period 2013), and purchased shares worth KD 3.024 es -most of which are private sector- have contributed KD percent compared with its level in the first half of last year. Likewise, the number of deals of this activity decreased to billion capturing 83.4 percent of total value of purchased 6494.9 million, or 13 percent of the GDP, and then the trans- 441 deals in this month vis-a-vis 619 deals in June 2014. As shares (91.7 percent for the same period 2013). As such, their port, storage and communications sector, which con- Figures indicate that the bank liabilities (without such, average deal value of the private housing activity net trading, the only ones selling, scored KD 201.545 million. tributed to about KD 2613 million, or 5.2 percent of the including the total equities) increased by KD 1.415 billion, scored about KD 307.1 thousand, which is 5 percent higher Other investors’ share, out of total purchased shares, GDP. 8.9 percent, and scored KD 17.303 billion compared with than June’s average. scored 13 percent, ie doubling the share of investors from the end of 2013 and increased by KD 1.964 billion, 12.8 Investment housing activity liquidity decreased to KD outside Kuwait, which is another positive indicator (6.5 per- NBK financial results percent, if compared with the first half of 2013. If we 134.7 million, a drop by -50.3 percent, versus KD 271.2 mil- cent for the same period 2013), worth KD 469.950 million The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) announced results exclude the impact of aggregating Boubyan bank, growth lion in June 2014. Its percentage out of total liquidity while value of their sold shares scored KD 295.895 million, of its operations for the first half of the current year, which rate of these liabilities would score 11.8 percent compared increased to 49.2 percent (47.9 percent in June 2014). 8.2 percent of total value of sold shares, (5.8 percent in the indicate the bank achieved net profits, after deducting with their level in the first half of 2013. Average monthly value of investment housing trading dur- same period 2013). Thus, their net trading, more buying, taxes, of about KD 149.7 million, a rise by KD 11.2 million, Results of analyzing financial statements calculated on ing 12 months scored about KD 168.4 million. This means scored KD 174.055 million. or by 8.1 percent, vis-a-vis KD 138.5 million, on June 30, annual basis indicate that most profitability indexes that trading value of this month is lower by -20.1 percent GCC Investors’ share out of total purchased shares 2013. When we deduct the non-controlling interests increased compared with the same period of 2013. The compared with 12 months’ average. The number of its deals formed 3.6 percent (1.8 percent in the same period 2013), we find that the bank achieved net profit for the bank return on average equities relevant to the bank sharehold- dropped to 112 deals versus 182 deals in June 2014. As such, or KD 130.676 million, while percentage of their sold shares shareholders by about KD 144.8 million (KD 128.5 million er index (ROE) scored 11.5 percent (10.7 percent in June average deal value of the investment housing activity scored scored 2.9 percent (2.2 percent in the same period 2013), in the same period of last year), a rise by KD 16.3 million, 2013). The return on average bank capital (ROC) increased KD 1.202 million, down by -19.3 percent from June’s average. worth KD 103.186 million. Their net trading was buying by or by 12.7 percent. The reason for this rise is due to the rise to 63.9 percent (62.1 percent in first half 2013). The return Value of the commercial activity trading decreased KD 27.490 million. in the total operations incomes by higher value than the on average assets (ROA) remained constant at 1.6 percent noticeably to about KD 3.4 million, a drop by -97 percent, Relative distribution among nationalities changed from increase in total expenditures. for the two periods. While earning per share (EPS) versus KD 114.4 million in June 2014. The reason underlying its predecessor: 86.2 percent for Kuwaitis, 10.6 percent for Net operations incomes increased by 6.2 percent, or by increased to 31 fils (27 fils for the same period in 2013). this landslide drop is due to selling a large piece of commer- traders from other nationalities and 3.2 percent for GCC KD 19.2 million and scored KD 331.7 million (KD 312.4 mil- Price multiplier/earnings per share (P/E) improved by cial land (about 26,087 square meters at Sabah Al Ahmed traders (91.9 percent, 6.1 percent and 2 percent for Kuwaitis, lion in the same period of last year). It is worth mentioning dropping to 15.6 times (17.2 times in June 2013) due to Marine area) during June 2014 which resulted exceptionally other nationalities and GCC traders respectively for the first that the bank interests incomes (excluding incomes from the increase in the EPS by 14.8 percent compared with less in achieving the highest rise in the monthly trading average 7 months of 2013). This means Kuwait stock exchange Islamic financing) increased by 2.6 percent while interests rise in the market price per share by 2.1 percent compare during 2014. Its percentage to the total real estate trading remained domestic though with more trading by foreign expenses (except for murabaha costs) increased by 5.2 with its price on 30 June 2013. Price multiplier/the book dropped to 1.2 percent (20.7 percent in June). Average value investors and investors from outside the GCC than their percent. As a result, net interests’ incomes increased by 1.9 value (P/B) scored 1.69 times (1.66 times in June 2013). of commercial real estate trading value within 12 months GCC counterparts with trading prevalence to individuals. percent. The bank achieved net incomes from Islamic scored KD 40.2 million. This means the trading value of this Number of active trading accounts between the end of financing by KD 33.8 million (KD 30.4 million in the same Weekly performance of KSE month is lower by -91.6 percent than the average of 12 December 2013 and July 2014 dropped by -75.8 percent (38 period of last year) which lifted interests incomes (tradi- The performance of Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) for months. Number of its deals scored 3 deals versus 9 deals in percent rise between December 2012 and July 2013). tional and Islamic) to KD 227.4 million versus KD 220.4 mil- the last week was more active, where all indexes showed June. Average value of the deal scored KD 1.1 million Number of active trading accounts in the end of July 2014 lion, ie KD 7 million increase. Item of net fees and commis- an increase, the traded value index, the traded volume which is -91.1 percent lower than June’s average. scored 32,321 accounts, or 9.7 percent of total accounts, sions increased by KD 5.5 million to KD 60.1 million (KD index, the transactions index, and the general index Warehousing trading activity in July 2014 did not witness compared with 39,556 active accounts in the end of June, 54.6 million for the same period of last year). showed an increase, AlShall Index (value index) closed at On the other hand, total operations expenses 500.4 points at the closing of last Thursday, showing an increased by less than the rise in total operations incomes. increase of 2.7 points or about 0.5 percent compared to They increased by KD 605 thousand, or 0.6 percent, to KD the end of the previous week, and an increase of 45.7 106.3 million (KD 105.7 million in the first half of 2013). points or about 10.1 percent compared to the end of 2013.

any activity. 11.9 percent of total accounts for the same month, declin- When we compare July 2014 trading with that of July ing by -18.3 percent below June level in one month. 2013, we notice a decrease in real estate market liquidity from KD 457.4 million to about KD 273.5 million, down by - GDP 2013 40.2 percent as indicated above. The drop included the The Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) published on its commercial activity by -94.3 percent, the private housing website, preliminary estimates of the Gross Domestic by -34.9 percent and the investment activity by -28.4 per- Product (GDP), at current prices for 2013, scored about KD cent. 49862.6 million, which is equivalent to about $175.8 billion. The (CSB) amended 2012 figures downwards to about KD Trading Features at KSE 48721.3 million instead of KD 51289.6 million, with amend- Kuwait Clearing Company issued its report titled “Trading ment percentage of about -5 percent, making the nominal Volume According to Nationality” covering the period growth rate in 2012, compared to 2011 at 14.6 percent 01/01/2014 to 31/07/2014 published on Kuwait Stock (instead of about 20.7 percent). Therefore, the nominal Exchange (KSE) official website. The report indicated that growth rate in 2013, compared to 2012, rose slightly by 2.3 individuals are still the prevailing group though their share is percent. The per capita, out of GDP, rose from about declining. They captured 52 percent of total value of sold KD11704 in 2011 to about KD12742 in 2012, and about KD shares (about 59.9 percent for the same period of 2013) and 12812 in 2013, which is equivalent to about $ 45.2,000, a about 46.1 percent of total value of purchased shares (57.8 rise of 0.5 percent. The release remains preliminary and 7 percent for the same period 2013). Individual investors sold months late from the end of the year; it is also annual, not shares worth KD 1.884 billion and purchased shares worth quarterly or periodic, and is nominal without factoring infla- KD 1.671 billion, with a net trading, more selling, by KD tion impact. Therefore, we recommend that you read these 212.858 million. figures but do not rely on them though there is a com- Corporations and companies sector captured 28.1 per- mendable effort exerted for their improvement. cent of total value of purchased shares (18.4 percent for the Volume of final consumption expenditure amounted to same period 2013) and 19.9 percent of total value of sold about KD 20386.6 million, rose by 8 percent compared to shares (about 18.6 percent for the same period 2013). The 2012, and about 40.9 percent of the GDP versus 39.2 per- sector purchased shares worth KD 1.018 billion and sold cent and 38.7 percent in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Net shares worth KD 720.115 million with a net trading, more savings decreased from about KD 25649.4 million in 2012 to purchasing, by KD 298.362 million, indicating a rising share. about KD 24993.7 million in 2013, a drop by -2.6 percent. The third contributor to market liquidity is the clients’ The net capital formation rate scored about 7.6 percent of accounts sector (portfolios) which captured 19.8 percent of GDP, which is still very low, and Kuwait needs more than total value of sold shares (about 16.8 percent for the same twice that rate if we are to stimulate the domestic economy period 2013) and 15.4 percent of total value of purchased provided its spending is linked with reducing the scale of shares (18.5 percent for the same period 2013). The sector structural imbalances in the economy, which are currently sold shares worth KD 719.023 million and purchased shares expanding. worth KD 558.066 million, thus making its net trading selling Extraction of Crude Petroleum and natural gas, as a by KD 160.956 million. component in the GDP, scored about KD 31297.7 million, as The last contributor to liquidity is the investment funds a result of increase in oil prices in the international oil mar- sector which captured 10.4 percent of total value of pur- ket and increase in oil production, for the third consecutive chased shares (about 5.4 percent for the same period 2013) year, a drop by -1.5 percent compared to 2012. Its contribu- and 8.3 percent of total value of sold shares (about 4.7 per- tion to GDP, including relevant services, scored about 62.9 cent for the same period 2013). This sector purchased shares percent, down from about 65.4 percent, in 2012. The contri- worth KD 376.740 million and sold shares worth KD 301.288 bution of the oil sector to the economy will go up by 6.8 million with a net trading, buying, by KD 75.452 million. This percent if we add the contribution of refined oil products. means corporations, companies, and funds gained a share in The share of non-oil sectors scored KD 24935.8 million the market at the expense of individuals, which is a positive (KD 22831.4 million in 2012), a rise by 9.2 percent. The con- indicator that conforms to liquidity trend in the past six tribution of these sectors to GDP was at 50 percent, up from SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 BUSINESS

Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive unveils JAC Motors showroom Brings the best of Chinese automotive engineering to Kuwait

KUWAIT: Further consolidating its position as the pioneering automotive dealer in Kuwait, Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive has added the Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Company from China, or more popularly known as JAC Motors, into its portfolio of the best automobile brands from around the world. Highlighting the soft opening of the 200m≤ JAC Motors showroom in Kuwait was a raffle draw held under the supervi- sion of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. The raffle draw was in connection with a Ramadan competition sponsored by JAC and conducted in partnership with the Kuwait Times newspaper which received with 5,700 participants. “The Chinese automobile industry has recently experienced significant growth due to its steady penetration and increased sales performance across several markets around the world, “ said Mr. Ali Behbehani, General Manager of JAC Motors Kuwait. “With brands such as JAC Motors, which has developed a strong line-up of value-for- money, well-engineered and reliable vehi- cles, we are confident that the JAC brand will have an equally strong following in both the consumer and corporate seg- ments in Kuwait”.

“Therefore, as we proudly welcome JAC into the Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive family, we wish to invite customers into our new showroom to see for themselves the high quality design, engineering and relia- bility of these amazing cars from JAC Motors as well as benefit from our remark- able offer of 3 years warranty or 100,000 KM whichever comes first” he added. All set to welcome and delight cus- tomers at the new JAC Motors showroom are five brand new cars that include the JAC J5, J6, Refine and S5. The showroom is open from Saturday to Thursday 8 am until 8.30 pm. The JAC J5 and J6 saloon cars were joint- ly designed by Italy’s Pininfarina Design Company as well as top designers and experts from JAC’s domestic and overseas companies. Its style reflects the perfect inte- gration of international auto design trends and Chinese fashion, which has been hon- oured as ‘The Most Beautiful Car Model of Pininfarina for Last 10 Years’. fashionable, high-tech and energy saving market and has won several industrial supe- For JAC Motors’ customers’ peace of (R&D) centres located in China, Italy and Driving experience on the basis of quality enhancement. riority honors. mind, Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive Japan, JAC became a comprehensive auto- The JAC J5’s new economic and ener- Also on display at the new JAC Motors Finally, the JAC S5 is a new model of designed a dedicated service centre with mobile company with the most complete getic power coupled with solid chassis showroom is the JAC Refine, a multi-pur- urban SUV that represents the five essences: high quality after-sales service, which has a range of self-owned and branded products. sparkle impressive driving and riding expe- pose vehicle or MPV. Having weathered reli- stylish, space, science, safety and save. With capacity of servicing six vehicles at the same Today, JAC Motors’ line-up of high quality rience, and has been prudently designed for able tests by nearly 300,000 business elites its high quality performance, the S5 has suc- time, located at Alrai and will be open from vehicles include saloon cars, vans, SUVs, bus- the independent mind with enterprise. along the country’s highways, the JAC cessfully passed the US-NCAP (USA New Car Sunday to Thursday 8 am until 5 pm. es, light and heavy commercial vehicles, as Meanwhile, with the JAC J6’s new idea: Refine has been the lifeblood of commerce Assessment Program), IIHS (Insurance The Anhui Jianghuai Automobile well as forklifts. Along with high-level man- ‘Design makes perfect, technology changes with its innovative vision of integrating Institute for Highway Safety), FMVSS Company or JAC was founded in 1964, with agement system, JAC also achieved the life’ - improvements have been made in advanced auto manufacturing technology (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards) in total assets US$2.7 billion. After several years ‘National Quality Award’ and shape, interior, function and configuration. and design styles. As a result, the JAC Refine America, and the TRC (Transportation of development and hard work, with the ‘Recommended Brand For Export’ awards All in all, the JAC J6 (2014 Model) is more has been a market leader in the Chinese Research Centre). most advanced Research & Development from China. Gulf Bank announces winners of Al-Danah daily draws

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank held its Al-Danah daily draws on prize draw for 2014 in September. August 10th 2014, announcing the names of its winners Al-Danah allows customers to win cash prizes and for the week of August 3 to August 7. The Al-Danah daily simultaneously encourages them to save. Each KD100 draws include draws each working day for two prizes of gives the customer 1 chance daily which accumulates day KD1000 per winner. by day. The more money saved and the longer it is in the account, the more chances individuals stand to win. Every The winners are: Al-Danah prize draws will automatically be deposited l (Sunday 3/08): Tracy Louis Edwards, Jack Antoun into the winner’s account within two working days. Al- Jamil Al-Ali Danah also offers a number of unique services including l (Monday 4/08): Hardeeb Singh Shani, Cinderella the Al-Danah Deposit Only ATM card which helps Saad Toumieh account holders deposit their money at their conven- l (Tuesday 5/08): Abbas Gholoum Hussain Dashti, ience; as well as the Al-Danah calculator to help cus- Walid Harabi Ayed AlShibli Al-Enezi tomers calculate their chances of becoming an Al-Danah l (Wednesday 6/08): Faisal Ghazi Mohammad Amin winner. Al-Rayes, AbdullahTaher Mohammed Hendi Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah account is open to Kuwaitis and l (Thursday 7/08): Ahmad Khaled Hussain Al-Attar, all residents of Kuwait. Customers who open an account Nadeem Abbas Hadayat Allah and/ or deposit more will enter the draw within two Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah 2014 draw lineup includes daily days. To be part of the Al-Danah draws, customers can draws (2 winners per working day each receive KD1000). visit one of Gulf Bank’s 58 branches, transfer on line, or Gulf Bank advises all its Al-Danah customers to maintain call the Customer Contact Center on 1805805 for assis- their balances in their accounts to enhance their chances tance and guidance. Customers can also log on to of winning one of the major cash prizes of KD 25,000, KD www.e-gulfbank.com/aldanahwinners, to find out more Aafaq - Islamic Finance, MENACORP ink 125,000, and KD 500,000 in the third Al-Danah quarterly about Al-Danah and who the winners are. strategic partnership to bring Islamic UGB announces first half results MANAMA: United Gulf Bank BSC (UGB) of the parent for 2Q14 of $ 6.2 million UGB’s total assets increased to $2.5 financing to UAE stock market announced a net profit attributable to (2Q13: $ 3.2 million) billion as at 30 June 2014, compared to the shareholders of parent of $ 16.4 mil- US$ 1.3 billion at 31 December 2013 DUBAI: Aafaq - Islamic Finance Company, a UAE-based get upgraded to emerging markets. This strategic alliance lion for the six months ended 30 June, Financial performance due to consolidation of FIMBank. leading Sharia-compliant financial services group and falls in line with our expansion strategies and will offer cut- 2014 - a 70 percent increase ($ 9.7million) On a six months basis, UGB recorded During the quarter UGB repaid and MENACORP, the UAE’s leading investment bank, have ting-edge Islamic finance products and services so that over same period last year. Net Income a total income of $ 86.5 million for the raised additional funding for longer entered into a strategic partnership in order to provide customers can take advantage of the UAE’s thriving stock attributable to the shareholders of parent first half of 2014compared to $37.6mil- maturities and UGB long term rating investors on the DFM, ADX and Nasdaq Dubai Islamic market. We are looking forward to working closely with for the quarter increased by 95 percent lion for the six months ended 30 June, was also affirmed by Capital financing solutions with respect to their trading needs on MENACORP to offer Sharia-compliant solutions to our cus- to $ 6.2 million compared to $ 3.2 million Intelligence at BBB. these UAE markets. The agreement was signed between tomers,” concluded Sheikh Faisal Bin Saud Al-Qasimi, in 2Q13. Total equity increased to $554 mil- Sheikh Faisal Bin Saud Al-Qasimi, Managing Director of Managing Director of Aafaq - Islamic Finance Company. lion (2013: $459.6 million) and a capital aafaq - Islamic Finance Company, and Fathi Ben Grira, CEO Fathi Ben Grira, CEO, MENACORP, said: “Most of our Key financial highlights adequacy ratio of 15 percent was main- of MENACORP. Dr Mahmoud Abdelaal, CEO, Aafaq and clients are GCC based investors who are attached to the l Net profit attributable to the share- tained. This is well above the Central Nabil Al-Rantisi, MENACORP’s Managing Director- principles edicted by Sharia’a law for their financing holders of parent of $ 16.4 million Bank of Bahrain’s minimum level of 12.5 Brokerage, also attended and witnessed the signing cere- requirements. The total value of our clients’ portfolio (1H13: $ 9.7 million) percent. Commenting on the results, mony. In line with strategic growth plans of both compa- recently crossed 8.5 billion AED and most of it is controlled l Total income of $ 86.5 million (1H13: $ Rabih Soukarieh, Chief Executive Officer nies, the alliance will provide the customers with diversi- by investors valuing the ethic of Islamic finance, especially 37.6 million) of UGB, said: “Our results demonstrate fied services by offering them an opportunity to enter the for their transactions on the stock market. Our partnership l Earnings per share 2.01¢ (1H13: 1.19¢) both strength and quality of our under- UAE’s finance and trading market. with Aafaq - Islamic Finance Company will help us to serve l Total assets of $2.5 billion (2013: $1.26 lying assets. UGB’s capital position “Aafaq is delighted to sign this partnership with MENA- these clients in accordance with their values. This deal is an billion) due to consolidation of FIM 2013. remain strong, with capital adequacy CORP, as evident by the stable economic growth of the important milestone for MENACORP as it is in line with our Bank Malta plc (FIMBank) UGB consolidated FIMBank - Malta ratio of 15 percent, UGB will continue to UAE, which can be accredited to the wise vision in leader- strategy which is to focus on our core business (execution l Capital adequacy ratio of 15 percent from 31 March 2014 in which equity focus on improving recurring revenues ship in addition to the existence of diverse and unique on stock markets) and to rely on a leader such as Aafaq - exceeding the minimum regulatory ownership was increased to 60.5 per- stream while maintaining adequate investment opportunities, especially in the financial mar- Islamic Finance Company for the financing needs of our requirement of 12.5 percent cent from 30 percent through voluntary capital and liquidity resources to meet ket and in what these markets have recently envisioned to clients.” l Net profit attributable to shareholders bid acquisition. any unforeseen events.” technology SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 ‘Warcraft’ to memorialize Robin Williams in game

LOS ANGELES: Robin Williams’ spirit will live on in Several late “Warcraft” players have been memo- the virtual world of Azeroth. After thousands of fans rialized in the game’s virtual world since it launched petitioned the developers of the online role-playing in 2004 with virtual monuments, non-playable char- video game “World of Warcraft” to memorialize acters and other tributes. “All of us are massive Williams, the game’s lead designer said Thursday Robin Williams fans,” said Hazzikostas. “We love and that Blizzard Entertainment planned to create a appreciate his work. We grew up watching his character inspired by the actor, comedian and avid movies and stand-up. We knew he was an avid gamer, who was found dead on Monday at the age ‘WoW’ player, which was awesome. We have a num- of 63. Lt. Keith Boyd of the Marin County sheriff’s ber of pop culture references and things that reflect office said Williams committed suicide. Williams was great figures of our time here and there. We’re just a notable fan of the popular fantasy series, which is thinking about the appropriate and right way to do played online by about 6.8 million people. “We it.” The fifth expansion of the popular game, which haven’t decided, but it will most likely be a charac- celebrates its 10th anniversary in December, takes ter inspired by him or some of his favorite roles of place in the home land of Azeroth’s orcs and fea- the past,” said lead game designer Ion Hazzikostas tures several new additions, including the ability to at a Thursday event in downtown Los Angeles construct personal garrisons and raid new dun- unveiling the game’s fifth expansion, “World of geons. “Warlords of Draenor” is set for release Nov This video game image shows a scene from “World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor.” — AP Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor.” 13. — AP Feds eye e-cigs on planes Spare lithium-ion batteries prohibited from checked baggage

BOSTON: Federal authorities should consider further accidental activation. Spare lithium-ion batteries are pro- instances where e-cigarettes were involved, though he restrictions for electronic cigarettes on planes, airport hibited from checked baggage. A US Department of did point to a 2009 fire on a plane at the Minneapolis-St officials said after one of the devices apparently started a Transportation spokeswoman said the agency, which Paul airport that apparently was sparked by a shipment small fire that forced passengers to briefly evacuate a regulates which items are deemed hazardous on planes, of e-cigarettes. “It’s a new technology, and we’re trying plane last weekend. Ed Freni, director of aviation at the is not currently considering further restrictions on per- to catch up to the potential risks behind it,” he said. “If Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates Boston’s sonal devices. nothing else, it’s a battery issue, and, to some extent, it’s Logan International Airport, said the device was packed Freni, of the Massachusetts Port Authority, says not a question of quality. You get what you paid for.” in a passenger’s checked luggage and burned a small enough attention has been paid to potential fire safety Cynthia Cabrera, executive director for the e-cigarette hole in the bag. He said it could have been far more seri- issues around e-cigarettes. While the authority and the trade group the Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade ous had a baggage handler not smelled smoke, located airline say all signs point to the e-cigarette as the source Association, said she would expect the industry to take a the smoldering bag and extinguished it before the plane of the fire, the Massachusetts Department of Fire closer look at fire safety if the investigation determines took off. “If that airplane had taxied out and got airborne Services said the cause had not yet been determined. an e-cigarette was the cause of the Logan fire. “We it might have been a very different story,” Freni said Department spokeswoman Jennifer Mieth cautioned always want the safest possible product on the market, Friday. people not to jump to conclusions about e-cigarette from laptops to cellphones and vapor products,” she E-cigarettes, which turn a liquid nicotine solution into safety, but she said the agency does recommend users said. “This is a new issue. Consumers have been travel- a vapor, are typically powered by lithium-ion batteries. disconnect the device’s batteries before putting them ling with vapor products and e-cigs for quite a long time. They are considered personal devices under US aviation away as a precaution. In my mind, this is probably an isolated incident.” The rules and are treated like other battery-powered devices, “Obviously it’s a great concern to us if there is a new Logan Airport fire happened Saturday night as luggage such as laptop computers, cellphones and cameras. Like product that might be a potential source of fire,” she said. was being loaded onto a JetBlue plane bound for cigarettes, however, passengers can’t use e-cigs in-flight. There has been concern about lithium-ion battery fires Buffalo, New York. Real Hamilton-Romeo, a spokes- Under current federal regulations, airline passengers are for years, and they have been implicated in at least two woman for the airline, said that all its aircraft are allowed to bring personal devices onto planes, but all cargo plane crashes. Bob Duval, of the National Fire equipped with fire detectors and fire-suppression lithium-ion batteries must be protected from damage or Protection Association in Quincy could recall few devices in the cargo hold. — AP

Tech Tips: Considerations when phone contracts end

By Anick Jesdanun has been slowing down service once users reach 3 gigabytes or 5 gigabytes MALVERN: As my two-year contract depending on the phone. Unlike with Verizon came to an end last Verizon, AT&T still allows unlimited-plan month, I had to resist the company’s customers to get subsidized phones various promotions and discounts. In with a two-year contract extension. accepting the offers, I’d have to give up Verizon’s unlimited data plan, which lets Should I switch carriers? me use the phone’s cellular data con- T-Mobile and Sprint still offer unlim- nection as much as I want without over- ited plans. So why not switch, especially age fees. It’s so good that both Verizon as T-Mobile also offers perks such as free and AT&T have been phasing it out. data service when traveling abroad? All Existing customers have been allowed four national carriers offer decent serv- to keep those plans, but they get kicked ice in populated areas. But T-Mobile and Foursquare out once they accept these offers. I am Sprint are more likely to be slow or non- paying more to keep my unlimited existent elsewhere. What I saw near plan, so I’ll have to explain my reason- Malvern, Iowa, was typical of my experi- ing. Whether or not you’re still on an ence searching for signals in rural vamps up unlimited plan, you’ll have similar America: Verizon and AT&T offered two things to consider when your phone or three bars on 4G. Sprint had no serv- SALT LAKE CITY: Walter Kaihatu, of Brunton (unseen) holds the yellow F-ALLDAY Extended By Barbara Ortutay of Bourbon. I also checked out items contract expires. ice, and T-Mobile offered a slow-speed Battery Back for GoPro HERO3+ from Brunton, the 4000mAh extended battery for the under “fun.” Apparently my only option network. GoPro HERO3+ that can extend the run-time by up to four times compared to using the NEW YORK: A loyal Foursquare user for “fun” was a category called gardens, Should I keep unlimited data plan? That doesn’t mean AT&T and Verizon standard battery alone at their booth at the Outdoor Retailer’s summer show. — AP since 2010, I was annoyed to learn that which included an art gallery and a AT&T stopped offering unlimited are always better. During checks east of my favorite “check-in” app was reinvent- music venue with a garden. Cool. plans to new customers in 2010, and Grand Junction and Glenwood Springs ing itself. The service has split into two Verizon followed in 2012. An undis- in Colorado, AT&T and T-Mobile had lim- and got rid of quirky features such as Expertise closed number of customers have kept ited service, while Verizon and Sprint App to hail taxis naming a mayor for each venue. The old Foursquare awarded those plans, but once they leave, they had none at all. Farther east, though, Foursquare began five years ago as a badges for checking in to places often aren’t allowed back. Verizon has further AT&T was the one that cut out. Along tool for letting people tell friends where enough. You got a “Hot Tamale” badge enticed customers to switch by ending many mountainous stretches, none of launched in Vegas they are. You can check in to a restau- for Mexican food for instance. The new subsidies on new phones. That means the four had service. This is another way rant, a movie theater, rides in a theme Foursquare will give you badges, too, customers like me have to pay full retail of saying the right carrier for you LAS VEGAS: Las Vegas visitors can now hail a the drivers are professionals regulated through park or even the “hot dog man” at Penn but you no longer get credit for just price, or about $650, for the latest high- depends on where you use the phone. ride from a taxi or limo company using their the taxi authority and not people using their Station. The more you check in, the showing up. Instead, you gain expertise end phone, even after the contract is But even if service is good where you smartphone, even if they can’t use the popular own cars or shuttling passengers as a side job. more points, badges and mayorships in various categories by leaving tips for up. Usually, it’s $200. live and work, you’ll likely want service ridesharing apps available in many other US A few other differences stand out: The app you earn. They mean little in the real other Foursquare users. So far, I’m pro- New customers get a set amount of when you travel or visit friends. cities. Integrity Vehicle Solutions on Wednesday adds a default 20 percent tip to each ride, world, but users have competed fiercely gressing in pubs, airports and train sta- data to use each month, typically 2 For me, Verizon has been depend- launched the Ride Genie app, which gives users although passengers can adjust the tip or for such honors. It turns out there’s not tions. gigabytes for a single phone line. Even able, and there’s no reason to fix what access to about 400 black cars, SUVs and limos remove it altogether if they choose. It also adds a huge market for this stuff. Foursquare with my unlimited plan, I rarely go over isn’t broken. Should I extend my con- from several transportation companies. Taxis a $5 fee to each ride hailed through the app; has 50 million users worldwide, com- Comparison with Yelp that amount. Yet I’m reluctant to cede it. tract for another two years to get a bet- are expected to be picking up assignments that money goes to Ride Genie. pared with Twitter’s 271 million, for It’s clear that the new Foursquare is Beyond paying more for the phone, I’m ter deal on phones? Although this isn’t from the app in the next six to eight weeks. The app operates within the confines of Las example. As Facebook, Yelp and other aiming for the Yelp market with the paying about $10 a month more for an option for me, it’s an important con- “The riding public can take advantage of Vegas’ stringent cab and limo regulations and services adopted similar check-in fea- relaunch. It’s targeting the hordes out voice, text and data compared with cur- sideration for others as wireless carriers the convenience of technology without losing fee structures, which means riders who call for tures, Foursquare gradually lost what on a Friday night, phones in hand, rent rates for 2 gigabytes. I don’t even encourage you to pay full price, spread the assurances that the driver and car that they a black car or sedan will have to pay for a mini- made it special. The company branched searching for a place to grab a bite or get unlimited calls or texts - just data. over several months under installment hail are properly inspected, regulated, licensed mum of one hour of service. The vehicles typi- out to become a Yelp-like local recom- drink a pint. Foursquare is on to some- It’s as though I’m throwing away mon- plans. In doing so, you forgo about $20 and insured,” said Ride Genie CEO Mark James, cally cost about $50 an hour, including a $5 fuel mendations service, with an emphasis thing: It presents its recommendations ey. a month in subsidies for a high-end former CEO of the Frias cab and limo company, surcharge. Ridesharing companies including on suggesting places based in part on in a more photo-centric and appealing But that extra cost gives me peace of phone. If you pay the entire cost which is among several firms offering their Uber have expressed interest in entering the where your friends have checked in. way than Yelp, which does not person- mind. I’m able to rely on my phone any upfront, you get an unlocked version services through the app. Individual companies Las Vegas market, but so far have been kept The new Foursquare focuses on alize its suggestions. But I don’t see one time I have trouble with my wired that you can often move to competing those recommendations and moves replacing the other. Foursquare has “were able to put their competitive differences out of town because of heavy regulation. In broadband service at home. I’m able to carriers or use with cheaper, local servic- aside to create a better consumer experience,” April, cab companies asked the Nevada the check-in part to a separate app, been great in helping me discover new visit friends without needing their Wi-Fi es when traveling abroad. With install- called Swarm. After a week with the places I might like - wonderful for travel James said. Transportation Authority to put ridesharing password. I can’t use the phone as a Wi- ments, you typically have flexibility to The app allows users to watch the vehicle’s services on notice that their vehicles would be new Foursquare, I can see why the - while Yelp is good for searching for Fi hotspot, but I can use it instead of my upgrade your phone before it’s fully change was necessary. I’ve found the specifics such as Vietnamese restau- progress toward them on a map in a style simi- impounded if they operated outside the regu- laptop for Web surfing.I’m also recoup- paid off by trading in your old one. lar to ridesharing apps Uber and Lyft, although latory structure. — AP app useful for discovering new places in rants that are open now, take credit ing some of that cost in my travels. I Sprint stopped offering that, though. new neighborhoods. Swarm, however, cards and are within six blocks of where avoided paying $45 for three days of Verizon and AT&T give you discounts on is far less useful. If I wasn’t so compul- I am. Internet access at a San Francisco hotel. monthly bills if you choose the install- sive about checking in and seeing Between that stay and a daylong train ment plan, known as Edge or Next. where friends are, I’d probably delete it. About those check-ins trip down the Pacific Coast, I used near- T-Mobile requires all customers to Foursquare users get automatically ly 6 gigabytes for streaming video. pay full price, so it has already baked in Taste test taken to Swarm when they tap the I also consider the extra cost to be the discounts. With T-Mobile, to The first time you use it, the new “Check In” icon. If you want to see insurance. I have no idea what high- upgrade before your phone is fully paid app lets you choose some “tastes” from where your swarming friends are, you data apps and services might come off, you’ll need to pay $10 a month a seemingly endless list of keywords can see them on Swarm. Foursquare along. I wasn’t streaming video much extra for Jump, which also gives you that range from “chicken liver toast” to says the two functions - recommenda- when the two largest carriers stopped insurance for loss and damage. “people watching” to “botanical gar- tion and socializing - were separated offering unlimited plans. Now, that’s my Although the discounts are typically dens.” These choices come from the mil- because people were already using the primary way of watching television. less than the subsidies you’re forgoing, lions of tips that Foursquare users have old app in two different ways that didn’t Families that want to share a pool of it’s the reverse for plans with at least 10 left for restaurants, bars and other spots overlap. Either people wanted to see data will have to switch to a limited-use gigabytes of data. So big families shar- over the years. The app then recom- where their friends are, or they were plan, as will individuals who don’t want ing lots of data are probably better off mends nearby places to go in such cat- looking for a place to have dinner. That to pay for something they might not with a full-price plan. That’s also the egories such as “brunch,” “shopping” or might be true, but unlike the new need. Not everyone will consider the case if you don’t need a high-end “fun.” Foursquare will show places that Foursquare, Swarm feels like a clumsy extra cost worth it. phone, as the monthly fees for voice, match your tastes, come recommended afterthought. Foursquare stopped Unfortunately, Verizon will soon text and data services factor in the costs by Foursquare friends or are generally awarding mayorships to the user who slow down service for its heaviest users of subsidizing the most expensive popular in the area. checks in to a venue the most often. - the top 5 percent - when there is con- phones. Otherwise, you’re better off During a visit to Brooklyn’s Bedford- There is some confusing way to get gestion in a given area. It has already with a subsidized phone. But be sure to Stuyvesant neighborhood, hungry for a mayorships on Swarm, the app I have been doing that for 3G service and will upgrade right at the two-year mark, or late afternoon lunch, I got suggestions no patience for. It involves competing extend that to higher-speed 4G net- you’ll pay more overall in monthly serv- for jerk chicken, mac and cheese, spicy for the honor with my friends who also LONDON: The IBM Simon, the first smartphone to go on sale 20 years ago and the forerun- work in October. I’ll have to see how ice fees without getting the benefits of food and “off-menu items.” In the mood use Swarm; let’s face it, that’s not a big ner to today’s smartphones, is displayed next to an iPhone (right) at the Science Museum that affects my streaming. AT&T already subsidies. — AP for brisket and bourbon, I went to Beast group. —AP in central London. — AFP SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE Suffering and song in Sierra Leone’s Ebola ‘hot zone’

KAILAHUN, Sierra Leone: Virologists mistake, one wrong move, and you’re palm trees and flat, endless savannah Song and prayer Ebola is a disease that allows little time to call it the “hot zone”-nature’s version of a dead-that’s it,” a senior aid worker in eventually gives way to a treacherous “We need the world to be aware that wallow or grieve, despite the bonds the nuclear ground zero, the centre of an Kailahun tells AFP. mud track lined by crocodile-infested we need a vaccine. That is the only thing workers form with their patients. Patients onslaught by one of the most deadly The death toll from an Ebola outbreak swampland, dense forests of African teak that is going to stop this.” There is no evi- brought to the centre leave with certifi- biological agents ever known to that began at the start of the year stands and swifts darting between the Khaya dence to suggest that this is true. Ebola is cates confirming their recovery, or in humankind. at 1,145 in four afflicted west African trees. Here the security is suddenly less one of the most deadly and contagious heavily disinfected body bags. Kailahun, a poor but resourceful trad- countries: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia laid-back.Police bark questions at each pathogens known to man, and no proven There have been survivors — 52 of ing post like any other in Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Kailahun, the traditional traveller, demanding proof of accredita- cure or vaccine clinically trialled on them so far, from some 200 confirmed until a few short months ago, has found home of around 30,000 mainly Mende tion to go further. At three of the posts, humans exists. cases-who are psychologically debriefed itself at the epicentre of the worst-ever tribespeople, and Kenema account for people are made to wash their hands in A walk through the steamy streets of and carefully placed back into their com- outbreak of the feared Ebola virus. the lion’s share of Sierra Leone’s 810 cas- chlorine and have their temperatures Kailahun is an unexpectedly uplifting munities. They owe their lives to a hard- No one gets in and no one leaves the es and 384 deaths. Getting there from taken. experience, given that almost everyone pushed rota of expatriate volunteers, eastern districts of Kailahun and neigh- the capital Freetown involves a drive of “We are so sad because our brothers knows someone who has died of Ebola. hygienists, support staff and local nurses, bouring Kenema without special govern- seven to 10 hours, depending on the and sisters are dying, so many of them,” Children play noisily to a soundtrack of who work punishing hours to save as ment dispensation, as part of an emer- weather and the mood of the police and says Ahamadou, a police guard at a post fire finches, egrets and emerald cuckoos, many as they can. Geraldine Begue, a 31- gency quarantine. “You cannot mess soldiers at nine checkpoints. on the border between Kenema and chasing old tyres in the iron-rich red mud, year-old anaesthesia nurse from about here: this virus will kill you. One A black-topped highway bordered by Kailahun districts. while adults throng the streets exchang- Luxembourg who quit her job in ing money, black-market petrol and Switzerland to volunteer at the centre, laughter. Ebola-a haemorrhagic fever that starts her day at 6:00 am taking blood kills most of the people it infects-is not samples before turning to feeding, hydra- highly contagious, but can spread easily tion, and organising pharmacy stocks and in crowds where people are exposed to staff. each other’s bodily fluids. Depending on when patients come in, A cough might not do it. But a sneeze she can still be at the centre at midnight, in the face, contact with infected blood or taking patients through triage and admit- sweat, or a handshake with someone car- ting them, including entire families. ing for an ailing, incontinent relative easi- “Sometimes they all die. Sometimes just ly could. the parents recover, and most of the time Yet people squeeze together at the all parents die and only one child sur- Friday market and the town, a far cry from vives,” she says. the suspicious, frightened capital, comes Most of her patients suffer severe diar- alive with the song of all-night anti-Ebola rhoea, vomiting and agonising pain as prayer sessions. But the atmosphere their organs break down, which is eased changes a short walk uphill at the special- by morphine and tramadol. “Ebola is real- ist Ebola treatment centre run by global ly a messy virus,” she says. aid charity Doctors without Borders, It is an emotionally testing environ- known by its French acronym MSF. ment, and while Begue is disarmingly Here, there is little joy, nor reason to cheery, she admits that sometimes it can laugh-only death and suffering. The cen- get on top of her. She and her colleagues tre runs like a military camp, everyone fol- work in the certain knowledge that for a lowing procedure to the letter, every good proportion of the patients they patient and health worker divided by treat, it is a question of providing a com- location and clothing according to their fortable death rather than saving a life. risk status. Sia Lavalley, 30, is in the high-risk area. Up to 15,000 litres (3,300 gallons) of Her husband Tamba died at the centre water and 2,000 litres of chlorine are used along with her seven-year-old boy, Tamba every day to clean hands and clothes, and Jr. “I’m feeling the pain. I have pain in my a huge incineration pit takes care of joints, which they are treating,” she tells everything else. AFP from behind two plastic fences that create a protective buffer zone a few feet KAILAHUN: An MSF medical worker, wearing protective clothing relays patient details and updates behind a ‘Sometimes they all die’ wide. barrier to a colleague at an MSF facility in Kailahun on Friday. Kailahun along with Kenama district is at the Confirmed Ebola patients are fed using “The worst pain I feel though is when- epicentre of the world’s worst Ebola outbreak. —AFP an intricate arrangement that ensures the ever I see the other children here running uninfected are never exposed to danger. around, sick with Ebola.” —AFP Nigeria trains 800 volunteers to combat Ebola epidemic Deadly virus claims 4 in populous African country

LAGOS: Nigeria has trained 800 volunteers to tricts of Nigeria, Bello said, adding that more The disease is spread by contact with an infect- help fight the deadly Ebola epidemic that has are needed to contain the outbreak, particular- ed person’s bodily fluids such as sweat, blood already claimed four lives in Africa’s most popu- ly to treat those infected with the disease. and tissue and no cure or vaccine is currently lous country, a regional governor spokesman Nigerian doctors have been on strike nation- available. said yesterday. wide since July 1 to demand a payrise and bet- Authorities in the country’s largest city of ter working conditions. In response, Lagos’ state Agonizing pain Lagos last week appealed for volunteers to government has stepped up a media campaign The last days of an Ebola victim can be grim, make up for a shortage of medical personnel to raise awareness of how to prevent the spread characterized by agonizing muscular pain, vom- because of a six-week doctors’ strike over pay. of the disease, including across radio, television iting, diarrhoea and catastrophic haemorrhag- “People have heeded our call for service,” said and public health announcements. ing described as “bleeding out” as vital organs Hakeem Bello, a spokesman for Lagos State Nigeria became the fourth west African break down. Nigeria’s first fatality was Liberian Governor Babatunde Fashola. country to be hit by the Ebola epidemic last government employee Patrick Sawyer, who “We have trained some 800 volunteers in the month after Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. brought the virus to Lagos, sub-Saharan Africa’s area of contact tracing, sensitization and treat- Athletes from Nigeria have been forced to with- largest city, on July 20. He died in hospital on ment of the Ebola disease.” Four people have draw from the Youth Olympics in China as a July 25. died and six more infected by Ebola in Nigeria result of the outbreak, Chinese state media Nigeria has not recorded a case outside as part of the worst-ever outbreak of the deadly reported Saturday. Lagos but there were fears that a nurse who MONROVIA: Health workers are handed personal protective gear by a team virus, which has killed 1,145 people across west The International Olympic Committee has contracted Ebola from Sawyer at the hospital leader (right) before collecting the bodies of the deceased from streets in Africa since the outbreak began this year. barred athletes from Ebola-hit countries from may have carried the virus to the key southeast- Monrovia yesterday. New figures released by the World Health Organization Volunteers have so far been deployed to 57 dis- competing in pool events and combat sports. ern city of Enugu. —AFP showed that Liberia has recorded more Ebola deaths - 413 - than any of the other affected countries. —AP US: Puppy imports Woman in Scotland tests must be healthy, negative for Ebola 6 months old LONDON: A woman who fell ill at a depor- “We can confirm that the patient does LOS ANGELES: Foreign dog breeders have gone unregu- tation facility in Scotland has tested nega- not have Ebola or another form of viral lated for years, shipping puppies so young and so sick that tive for the Ebola virus, health officials said haemorrhagic fever.” The Home Office had one in four died before reaching a US airport, animal wel- yesterday. British media said the female suspended the detention or release of fare workers say. detainee was in her 30s and from Sierra detainees from Dungavel while the tests The US Department of Agriculture approved a regula- Leone, one of the countries worst affected were conducted. Staff and visitors were still tion Friday that, starting in 90 days, will require all puppies by the west African Ebola outbreak. allowed in and out of the centre. imported to the United States to be at least six months She was being held at the Dungavel The Ebola outbreak has so far claimed old, healthy and up-to-date on vaccinations. Census House centre south of Glasgow, which is more than 1,100 lives in Sierra Leone, Bureau data show about 8,400 puppies a year were used to house unsuccessful asylum seekers Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria. The medical imported between 2009 and 2013. Because there were no before they are deported from Britain. The charity MSF has said the outbreak is moving regulations, however, the Humane Society of the United facility has a capacity of up to 200 people. faster than aid organizations can handle States believes the numbers were much higher, said She fell ill and was taken to hospital to while the World Health Organization said LITTLE ROCK: Maryland Gov Martin O’Malley (left) talks with Arkansas state Melanie Kahn, the society’s director of puppy mill cam- undergo tests. the scale of the epidemic had been vastly Sen Jonathan Dismang during a meeting dealing with healthcare at the paigns. Many of the puppies came from mills in China and “The results of the viral haemorrhagic underestimated. The latest test in Scotland Southern Governors’ Association in Little Rock, Arkansas yesterday. —AP Eastern Europe, said Deborah Press of the American fever (Ebola) tests which have been carried comes after an athlete from Sierra Leone, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. out are negative,” said a spokesman for NHS competing at the 2014 Commonwealth This is the second major USDA effort regarding puppy (National Health Service) Lanarkshire, the Games in Glasgow was tested and found to Deadline to clear up US mills in the last 12 months. In September, the agency local health authority. be clear of Ebola last month. —AFP enacted what is called the “retail rule”: Breeders having health law eligibility near four or more female breeding dogs have to be licensed if they are selling to consumers sight unseen on websites, in FDA warns of fraudulent WASHINGTON: The clock is ticking for hundreds efforts, officials said. Hispanics, who historically flea markets or in classifieds. Both the Humane Society of thousands of people who have unresolved have lagged in health insurance coverage, may and ASPCA said they routinely get calls from people who Ebola drug claims issues affecting their coverage under the new account for a big share of the group. unwittingly bought a puppy mill dog from a foreign or US healthcare law. Indeed, two states with large Latino popula- breeder, only to have it die because its illness was too WASHINGTON: The US Food and Drug considers nano-silver a pesticide. Manufacturers The Obama administration said that letters are tions top the list of unresolved cases. Florida has severe to overcome. It has been hard to track the number Administration said it has become aware of of products that contain it must register them going out to about 310,000 people whose citizen- 93,800 cases, while Texas has 52,700. Georgia, of puppies that are imported, Kahn said, but “we have products being sold online that fraudulently with the agency. Nano-silver is also sometimes ship or immigration details don’t match what the Virginia and Pennsylvania round out the top five. seen an increase just in the past few months based on claim to prevent or treat Ebola. The FDA’s warn- sold online as a dietary supplement even government has on file. These consumers need to The letters are being sent in English and Spanish. calls from consumers who bought teacup puppies from ing comes on the heels of comments by though Danish researchers found in a recent send in their documentation by Sept. 5. The next five states are North Carolina, Illinois, Korea.” Importers have been sending puppies that are less Nigeria’s top health official, Onyebuchi Chukwu, study that nano-silver can penetrate and dam- Otherwise their coverage will end Sept 30. Michigan, New Jersey and Louisiana. The new pol- than eight weeks old to the US in airliners’ cargo holds, who reportedly said earlier Thursday that eight age cells. Of the 8 million people who signed up for pri- icy affects the 36 states where the federal govern- Kahn said. “Imagine a six-week-old puppy from Asia to the Ebola patients in Lagos will receive an experi- The FDA regulates dietary supplements and vate coverage through President Barack Obama’s ment has taken the lead in running online insur- United States. We are talking about baby animals,” she mental treatment called nano-silver. said in its statement that “by law, dietary supple- law, more than 2 million at one point had discrep- ance markets created by the law. It’s unclear how said. “They are delicate as it is. They could be shipping 100 Erica Jefferson, a spokeswoman for the FDA, ments cannot claim to prevent or cure disease.” ancies of some sort that affected their eligibility. it will apply in places like California and New York, dogs in the cargo hold. You only need one dog to have an said she could not provide any information The agency said it had received consumer com- That number has been greatly reduced - but the which are running their own insurance illness, and all of them could have it by the time the plane about the product referenced by the Nigerians. plaints about the Ebola claims. “Individuals pro- remaining cases are proving difficult to resolve. exchanges. lands.” The FDA did not specify any products in its moting these unapproved and fraudulent prod- People living in the country illegally are not Some supporters of the law worried that eligi- Under the new regulation, violators can be fined up to warning. ucts must take immediate action to correct or allowed to get coverage. Officials at the Health ble consumers might lose coverage due to $10,000. The ban eliminates the easy access to market that Silver has been used as an antibacterial for remove these claims or face potential FDA and Human Services Department said the letters record-keeping problems on the government’s foreign breeders have had for years, said Cori Menkin, sen- centuries. Tiny silver particles known as nano-sil- action,” the agency said. will notify consumers with unresolved citizenship part, or because of something as mundane as let- ior director of the ASPCA puppy mills campaign. But the ver have controversially been incorporated into The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa has and immigration issues that they can upload their ters getting lost in the mail. “Many of these people fight isn’t over, Kahn said: “We are not planning to fight a variety of consumer products such as socks claimed 1,069 lives so far. Most have been in documents to the HealthCare.gov website, or mail have issues because government files are incom- any less than we already do. This means we are taking and bedding to help block odors caused by bac- Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Nigeria has them in. plete,” said Ron Pollack, executive director of the steps in the right direction.” —AP teria and mold. confirmed 10 cases of the disease and four Most haven’t responded to repeated outreach advocacy group Families USA. —AP The US Environmental Protection Agency deaths. —Reuters SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE SeaWorld plans bigger killer whale environments

NEW YORK: After more than a year of public criticism of its treatment of killer whales, SeaWorld said Friday that it will build new, larger environments at its theme parks and will fund additional research on the animals along with programs to protect ocean health and whales in the wild. The Orlando, Florida, company said the renova- tions have been in the works for some time and that they are not a response to the documentary “Blackfish” or the criticism of the company that followed the release of the film. The company’s shares, which are trading near their lowest point since SeaWorld listed its stock on public markets last year, rose Friday. But it remains to be seen if the renovations will fully address concerns about keeping large marine mammals in captivity. The 2013 documentary “Blackfish” suggested that captivity and SeaWorld’s treatment of the whales provoke violent behavior, which in turn has led to the death of trainers. Since the release of the film, a series of entertainers have pulled out of planned perform- ances at SeaWorld parks. SeaWorld also recently said its longtime corporate partnership with Southwest Airlines is ending, and on Wednesday the company reported disappointing second-quarter financial results because of the backlash. SeaWorld Entertainment Inc says it will build a tank with 10 million gallons of water at its San Diego park, almost twice the size of the current tank with a depth of up to 50 feet. The new environment will be called the Blue World Project, and SeaWorld said it will include features that will be more stimulating for the whales. Those include a “fast water current” that will allow the whales to swim against moving water. The facility will open to the public in 2018, and after that SeaWorld will make similar changes at its Orlando, Florida and San Antonio locations. The company said the cost of the project will be in the hundreds of millions of dollars but would not spec- ify the exact budget. The company is also pledging $10 million in matching funds to support research focused on threats to killer whales, or orcas, in the wild. It also announced a $1.5 million commitment to a partner- ship focused on ocean health. Former SeaWorld trainer Mark Simmons praised the moves, saying the new environments will provide the whales with mental stimulation that will help keep them healthy. He said the content of the whales’ envi- ronment is even more important than the size, and that SeaWorld’s trainers do a good job of interacting ORLANDO: Trainers Joe Sanchez (left), Brian Faulkner and Kelly Aldrich (right) work with killer whales Trua (front), Kayla (center) and Nalani during the Believe show in with the whales. He said and the new features of Blue Shamu Stadium at the SeaWorld Orlando theme park in Orlando, Florida. —AP World Project will give them new tools that will let fight constantly for dominance. She added that the assess how the whales do in captivity, said Dr. Douglas quarter was about $40 million less than analysts had Trisha Yearwood and Willie Nelson and rock band them improve. larger tanks may not mean the whales will have more DeMaster, the research and science director for the expected, and the company said “Blackfish” hurt atten- Barenaked Ladies, have pulled out of planned per- “I think it’s an enhancement, an obvious evolution room, as SeaWorld plans to expand to other countries National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s dance. formances at SeaWorld parks since the film’s release. In of SeaWorld’s mission,” Simmons said in a phone inter- and could use the additional space to breed the Alaska region fisheries. “Blackfish” explores the death of veteran SeaWorld July, Southwest Airlines and SeaWorld said they were view. Simmons worked at SeaWorld Orlando from whales more often. “None of this would change in a “We don’t really have standards that can be meas- trainer Dawn Brancheau, who was pulled off a plat- ending a 25-year marketing partnership at the end of 1986 to 1996. bigger pool,” she said. “What people are upset about is ured to assess animal welfare for captive marine mam- form and killed by a whale named Tilikum in 2010. The this year. SeaWorld said the decision was mutual, and “Blackfish” director Gabriela Cowperthwaite said that whales are not suitable to captivity.” mals,” he said in an email. On Wednesday SeaWorld film argues that the whales become more aggressive said it wants to concentrate on growing markets in the changes won’t please the public or improve the Cowperthwaite said SeaWorld should instead cre- reported net income and revenue that fell short of Wall toward humans and each other when they are kept in Latin America and Asia. SeaWorld stock rose 66 cents, lives of its whales. She said that in captivity the whales ate oceanic sanctuaries that will let the whales live out Street expectations and the company withdrew its captivity. or 3.7 percent, to $18.66 Friday. The shares have are forcibly bred, separated from their families and their lives in more natural environments. It’s difficult to financial outlook for the year. Its revenue in the second Several entertainers, including country singers dropped 35 percent this year. —AP WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014

M&S launches Back to School ’14 collection Introduces stylish classroom trends of this season

esterday evening, Marks and Spencer launched its make parents’ life easier. This season, M&S has introduced Stylish details have been introduced to pieces across the lasting and easy to care school uniform at fantastic value comprehensive Back to School clothing and acces- fantastic clever schoolwear innovations like Stainaway and range which includes embroidered puff and easy iron cap and great quality. Marvellous innovations have been intro- Ysories school wear range to celebrate the start of a Ink-resistant pockets makes scrubbing a thing of the past sleeve blouses, expandable cuffs on selected shirts and duced to the range making it convenient and last longer! new academic year in style. With amazing value prices, and everything can be tumble-dried; Easy Close Rip Tape blouses, pleated pinafore, girls’ tailored boot-leg trousers, Stylish, comfortable, durable and affordable, M&S’ Back-to- great innovations, improved fit and styling range, it couldn’t Neck fastenings in place of difficult-to-close top buttons boys’ slim leg trousers, unisex cotton polo slim fit shirts and School range means your kids’ wardrobe worries are over!” be easier to go back to school confidently after a long sum- makes getting dressed easier; Adjust a Hem trousers plus flat front shorts with adjustable waist. Chanin added. mer break. adjustable waist with magic elastic for growing kids; Mariam Chahin, Regional Marketing Manager, Marks & An array of fashionable and innovative school clothing The new M&S Back to School collection for children and Ultimate Non-Iron finish shirts and Permanent pleats and Spencer Al-Futtaim said, “With this new Back to School 2014 and essentials are up for grab at all M&S stores. Prices are teens boasts of fashionable innovation at great value to crease resistant skirts are few of them. collection Marks & Spencer is offering a great choice of long available on request. WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014

Home Centre introduces ‘Back to School’ décor solutions

t’s that time of the year again when the excitement of tastes of Home Centre’s young target audience with to school. From young ones to teens, the Home Centre bedroom redesign includes revamping the closet so kids the new academic year is setting in as the children are prints, designs, bright colours, and trendy pop-culture ‘Back to School’ collection aims to please all. The limitless can easily see and select their own clothing. You can also Igearing up to get back to school. Offering interesting themes. options available make sure that parents can have it easy incorporate calendars, message boards and organizers. reasons for students to make a fresh and inspired start, Home Centre’s latest solutions feature storage devices, and make it fun for their kids by taking them shopping Create a space for them where they can grow and learn to Home Centre’s ‘Back to School’ collection includes useful clocks, pillows, bed linen, wall art, photo-frames, rugs, and letting them pick and choose their furniture and manage their own responsibilities.” and vibrant merchandise in room décor and school para- and lamps in varied shapes and sizes. A variety of lunch room accessories. Head to the nearest Homecentre stores in Kuwait- Al phernalia. boxes, fun cutlery and crockery and creative stationery Michelle Dinsmore, Head - Visual Merchandising, Rai, Shuwaikh, Awqaf, Fahaheel and The Avenues - Phase The new collection seeks to capture the attention and provide children with further motivation to look forward Home Centre, offers a timely tip: “A smart back-to-school 3 for the latest Back to School range.

New UAE multiple-entry visa system makes multi-stop trips easier, cheaper Cruise Tourism in Dubai to prosper ecent regulatory changes to the United Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. Business Tourism at Dubai’s Department of international cruise lines operating cruises in itinerary using just one multiple entry visa. Arab Emirates’ visa system will have a These visa options will make travel between Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) this region, the advantage of simplifying visa Dubai Cruise Tourism has been working closely Rtransformative effect on Dubai’s cruise UAE and visiting nearby countries easier for said: “This positive announcement of the new procedures through granting passengers mul- with Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority as sector and further boost medical tourism in the travellers who need to make multiple stops visa system will have an encouraging impact tiple entry tourist permits will reduce the costs well as Oman’s Ministry of Tourism through the emirate. whether by air, land or sea. The new multiple on the attractiveness of Dubai as a destination for each passenger and further boost the sec- Cruise Arabia initiative formed late last year. As A new ruling in the UAE (Cabinet Resolution entry tourism permit for cruise passengers at for those overseas visitors who plan on travel- tor’s growth. This means that visitors can now partners, by working together we can promote No. 22 of 2014) which took effect on 1 August just 200 dirhams (US$50) will now make their ling in and out of the UAE - for example on a arrive at Dubai International Airport or Dubai the Arabian Gulf more effectively as a leading 2014,will ensure implementation of a new visa travel more cost effective and logistically more cruise ship, or by taking a short break into World Central, take a cruise from Mina Rashid cruise destination. The new UAE multi-entry and fees system. Amendments include a new convenient with particular impact on a num- neighbouring Oman and Saudi Arabia. out to other emirates and neighbouring coun- visa is a much welcomed benefit to growing multiple entry tourism permit for cruise passen- ber of key markets for which previous regula- “The announcement will have a significant tries and return to Dubai on the same visa this important tourism segment. gers and a range of new entry permits for med- tions made the cost significantly higher, includ- impact on cruise tourism in the Arabian Gulf, rather than having to incur additional time and “Through our network of Dubai Tourism ical tourists and their companions. The ruling ing India, China, Russia & CIS, South Africa, and and is one which has been received very well expense obtaining two or three separate visas. offices across the world we will use the ruling was signed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Brazil. by our partners within the cruise industry. With “We are delighted that the tourists taking a to further promote Dubai’s attractiveness as a Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice-President and Hamad bin Mejren Executive Director of Dubai being the only home port for many Gulf Cruise can now enter all UAE ports in their destination for both leisure and business.” Kuwait Tamilosai celebrates diamond jubilee

uwait Tamilosai Poets of poetry titled “Araikudaththin “Oppuyar oppanai Kaviyarankam” the Association (KTPA) celebrated Neeralaikal” was released by KTPA’s first of its kind performed in Kuwait, Ktheir 100 monthly literary meet- Gen. Secretary Vittukatti Masthan with mesmerized the audience. Baby Hanu ing in style as “Vaanthamizh Vaira the 1st and 2nd copies were received Nethra was fancily dressed as “Bharath Vizha!” on August 1, at the Kohinoor by P/S Cargo group MD- S.M. Hyder Ali Maatha” fascinated flamboyantly all. party hall, Souk Sabha area, Fahaheel. and the proprietor of Bollywood Deputy secretary Pattukkottai Sathya The function commenced with the Restaurant Srinivasan respectively. who served the role of the Herald, Mrs recitation of the Tamil anthem at 5 pm Hyder Ali was felicitated with the Jhansi Rani, Wu.Ku.Si, Yaqoob Ali and in the auditorium named as “Isal award “Unnadha Uzhaippaali” in Eezham Ganesan all disguised as thamizharignar Abraham Pandithar recognition of his business achieve- “Mahakavi Bharathiyar”, “Veeramankai Ninalvarankam” to commemorate the ment. U.K.Sivakumar was awarded Velunachiyar”, “Kappalottiya late Tamil musical scholar of 19th cen- with the title “Seyalveera Chemmal” for Thamizhan Wa.Wu.Si”, “Qayid-E- tury. Honourable lady members lit the traditional lantern to mark the inaugu- ration of the diamond jubilee which was followed by the classical dance of Tamil heritage “Bharatha Naatiyam” wonderfully performed by three little girls, Pon llakkiya, Sandhya and Sanjana. Tamilosai’s Chief Dr Kumar Kuwait’s Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Fawaz Al-Khalid Al-Sabah met recently Dr Khalid Al-Sahlawi, presided over celebrations and deliv- Undersecretary of Ministry of Health and Dr Abdelatif Al-Sahli, Director of Ahmadi Medical Area. They ered the welcome address keeping the discussed issues pertaining to medical sevices in order to enable the health sector in general and former President UK Sivakumar and Ahmadi governorate in particular. Honorary President Sadhiq Batcha as front stagers in the dais. Dr Kumar thanked, mentioning individually, all the representatives Brazil Embassy Pets and animal and office bearers of the sister organi- rescue in Kuwait zations and the special invitees. Singer rom August 1, 2014, Kalibulla offered the devotional song. all processing fees KTPA’s poets Sis Nazema, Mrs Rani Mohan and Mohd Raabi recited mind of the Consular hy should we help animals when there F provoking poems, the singers are so many people in need? What is Section should be paid Hidayatullah, Shanmugam, Gangesh, through NBK Bank - AC Wthe stance of Islam regarding the treat- Ganesh, Ishaq, “Dual voiced” no. 1003720037, receipts ment of animals? What can you do to help Shamsuddin, Themmangu Ramki and should be presented to Kuwait’s strayed, abandoned, and abused ani- Mrs Manjula, all entertained the audi- the Consular Section.” mals? Join us for an informative and compelling ence with their sweet melodies. The awesome keyboard instrumental discussion of these issues and more. If you music performance by Master Paul would like to start helping animals in need right with Robert and Baby Fathima Nuzha, enthralled all. What’s On - Submission Guidelines away, please bring along some dog or cat food as a donation to our local animal shelter. Guest Makizhan delivered a scintillating oratory note on the topic of Freedom. speaker, Claudia Farkas Al-Rashoud, is photo- A Patriotic group dance show per- his perpetual hard work since the Milleth” and “Kodikaaththa Kumaran” All photos submitted for What’s On journalist and animal rescuer. Claudia Farkas Al- formed by the children - Hensi Vinsia inception of the organization. Tamil respectively, all delivered explosive should be minimum 200dpi. Rashoud will be presenting along with a repre- Robert, Hari hara priyan, Kevin Jiji, scholar Kavisaysekar was glorified with poems. A vibrant dance was per- Articles must be in plain text and sentative from Protecting Animal Welfare Gregory Nikita Rose Jiji, Steffy Jesuraj the title “Senthamizh Seelar” for his formed by “Athiraadum sathiradi”- along with the leader Robert notable service. Sadhiq presented an Ashok and Balaji stirred the waves of should include name and phone Society Kuwait (PAWS), who will be talking Rethinasamy drew the applauds of the emotional literary discourse - “Aasai joy. KTPA’s Treasurer Ajizuddin, his numbers. Articles and photos that about their challenging work on Sunday, August gathering. An instant poetry contest aasaiyaai Tamilosai” was quite impres- deputy Mannai Raja and Kumar effec- conducted, won by Dr Anwar Batcha, sive. Children performers of dance and tively organized all the arrangements fail to meet these requirements will 17 at 7 pm. We hope you can join us and we thank you for caring. Kavisaysekar and Pandimuthu for 1st, music were given prizes and certifi- for the program. The vote of thanks not be published. 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively. cates from the guests. An amazing was delivered by the EC member The TIES Center is the social and educational Dignitaries from various associations court of poetry in fancy dress, was Chatramanai Hasan Mohammed. The Please send them to hub for English Speaking Muslims in Kuwait. For showered their well-wishing notes for enacted to mark the celebration of function which witnessed over 150 no. the future success of the KTPA. 68th Indian Independence day, of attendees, came to a joyful end by [email protected] more information, please call 25231015 or e- mail [email protected] or visit www.tiescen- Renowned Tamil writer “Pannool reigned as the highlight of the func- 10 pm with a delicious dinner served Paavalar” Vidhyasagar’s new collection tion. The special literary skit, named as to all. ter.net. TV PROGRAMS SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 , 2014

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CROSSWORD 639 STAR TRACK

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

You may use this weekend to think over some of your career choices. You Communication, particularly with an older person in your family, may be dif- could find yourself dreaming of better times to come. Do not discount career ficult to understand but patience wins so keep positive and be as patient as possible. If you opportunities because of a relationship. Everything has its own time and now just may be push, there could be more problems than you really want. You may find that your personal the best time to revise your resume and perhaps, make a list of those companies for which growth depends upon how you handle the very sensitive subjects that may be coming up you would like to work, etc. This afternoon there are options of entertainment. There are now. You will benefit from analytical insights-getting to the heart of things-penetrating. indications that you will probably stay close to home, visiting with friends and walking in Keep ongoing notes of your ideas, as this could be beneficial for you later. Your thoughts the park, trying out a new fad, etc. It is always fun to visit with friends and you may decide a turn to the home front this evening and you have a few obligations to uphold. You are a camping trip is in order. There may be talk about taking a survivor type of adventure. Your good mentor. Take every opportunity to teach and train young people-they could be help- friends certainly have good ideas and good planning abilities. ing you some day.

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

This has been a busy month in the working world but an air of attitude and Everything seems to turn the attention on you today. This could mean that peace surrounds you today. You have been productive and beneficial to others and you can your team wins at some sports game or you received some cool news in the mail. There expect a little boost: some sort of extra support or recognition from those around you. You could be difficulty with some theory now-do not trust something untested. This could may feel that you are in touch and in harmony with others; the lines of communication are mean a method or technique while painting, cooking or any number of other things. open. This might be a good time to begin putting more energy into your personal relation- Nearsighted, with your nose to the grindstone, you want to travel and explore the length ships. Be aware of creating a balance between personal needs, work and home responsibil- and breadth of the mind and world. Open up-learn to value freedom, frankness and inde- ities. This evening may be a good time to ask your loved ones to help you plan the activities pendence. Travel and other contacts with faraway people and places will play a bigger role that are coming up soon. Tonight is for romance. for you more and more this year. Higher education, philosophical or religious contacts could have a part in making good things happen.

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

You will have opportunities to be with friends and family now. You are com- This could be a tough day to solve problems or to look for insights and solu- ing into a period of greater than usual emphasis on emotional security, tions within the work world. You probably would rather be running through which may manifest as somehow putting down roots. You and your loved one may decide the sand on a beach, fishing or even shopping. You may feel that your originality and inde- to invest in a home instead of giving away your money on apartment living. Home and pendence are stifled or just not available to you. Someone older may tend to stifle your ACROSS 8. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and family matters take on greater importance now. Real estate plays a bigger part in your life freedom-patience will win! A sociable, congenial, slightly frivolous orientation sets in this 1. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have goals. Having and appreciating things of beauty and value plays a bigger role in your life. afternoon. Learning and teaching seems to satisfy an important need. Young people in the neighborhood enjoy your company as well as your ability to teach them. Being more in the placenta. small flowers and berries (including hollies). Provided you do not spend it all on the fancy things that catch your eye, this can be a finan- cially favorable period. It looks as though someone in the family is willing to lend you a touch with your neighbors gives you a sense of belonging. Friendships and involvement in 4. Any of various plants of the genus 9. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm helping hand when it comes to purchasing real estate this fall. group activities are fun and tend to add to your joy of living. Scabiosa. used in India for writing paper. 12. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimu- 10. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of lates the function of the thyroid gland. the fantastic adventures he had in his voy- Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike ages. Cancer (June 21-July 22) part of an organism. 11. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small You are intent on making your relationships rock-solid these days. You 16. A crystalline compound found in vanilla straight horns. When you are in the mood, you can excel with your own talents. This could express fairness to others and are ready to meet any of the responsibilities mean art, writing, also some competitive performance like music, dance or some other feat that belong to you. On a personal level you may cease to waste time and money acquiring beans and some balsam resins. 12. 100 thebe equal 1 pula. that you have been learning this last year. A period of intellectual creativity has dawned in items that you really do not enjoy. Your system of values may deepen, providing you with a 17. The quality of a color as determined by its 13. The muscular back part of the shank. your life; expressing yourself with positive expression is important to you. The hallmark of better sense of discrimination and good taste. You have a keen eye for items that will dominant wavelength. 14. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem. the cycle you have just begun is thinking, learning and communicating with style. increase in value. For today, you have set aside time to go through your belongings and 18. The capital of the Bahamas. 19. Having a sophisticated charm. Intellectual creativity is highlighted and your social connections have drama. Winning the clear away anything you feel does not serve a purpose for you any longer. This may mean a 20. A game in which numbered balls are 23. A radioactive transuranic element pro- admiration of others for the things you say or write and the way you do it, takes on more garage sale soon. 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Demi Lovato ‘grows Kim Kardashian apart’ from and Kanye West Selena Gomez are more in love than ever

he ‘Heart Attack’ hitmaker and the 22-year-old why she took such action on the social networking for Selena’s on/off boyfriend Justin Bieber as she star were rumored to have fallen out after site on Bravo’s ‘Watch What Happens Live’, she said: joked she wanted to kill him. Demi sparked specu- TDemi unfollowed her on Twitter last month, “I think it’s just one of those things where people lation she and Selena had fallen out when she and she has now spoken out about it for the first change and people grow apart.” The 21-year-old unfollowed her on Twitter in July shortly after post- time insisting the pair have “changed”. When asked singer also doesn’t appear to hold much of a torch ing a cryptic angry message. Kylie Jenner crashes new Range Rover he couple, who have 14-month- added: “Their be-all and end-all is just he ‘Keeping Up with old daughter North West, have to be together as a family.” The the Kardashians’ star, been “walking on air” since get- ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ who got the $90,000 T T ting married in Florence, Italy in May. beauty, 33, recently confirmed she black SUV shortly before her A source told PEOPLE magazine: and the rapper, 37, are trying to con- 17th birthday last Sunday “They’re both walking on air. They’re ceive a second child and she is hoping claims she was driving home so happy. “Kanye treats her like a to get pregnant before her sister, from Katsuya in Glendale, California when she was hit princess. It’s so obvious how much he Kourtney, gives birth to her third child, by another driver. The fash- cares about her, how much he loves so they can go through the experience ion designer told her parents, her. “They’re meant to be together and together. Asked if she is planning to Bruce and Kris Jenner, who they know it.” The pair have been have another baby, she said: “I’m hop- are believed to given her the forced to spend some time apart ing so. You know I kind of wish I was vehicle late last month ahead recently due to their hectic schedules, pregnant at the same time Kourtney of her birthday celebrations, but they consider every moment is. She’s like more than half way in, so that a woman swerved into they’re together “precious.” The insider you know, we’re trying.” her lane and rear ended her, according to gossip website TMZ.com. The accident resulted in thousands of dol- lars in damage to the Range Tori Spelling Rover. Kylie received a $125,000 Mercedes SUV for is proud her marriage her 16th birthday last year, shortly after passing her driv- ing test, but crashed it less is back on track than three weeks later. She Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has also allegedly received multiple traffic tickets since getting her license. Her 18- owns 2,000 pairs of shoes year-old sister, Kendall Jenner, also received a $90,000 black Range Rover he former Girls Aloud star ried businessman Jean-Bernard from Bruce and Kris for her believes the right footwear is key Fernandez-Versini in a surprise cere- 16th birthday in November Tto pulling an outfit together and mony last month - is always keen to 2011. A source said at the would never wear anything with a flat achieve a glamorous look whenever time: “Kendall was thrilled sole. Asked whether she had a big she steps out in public. She explained and jumped right in the car shoe collection, the 31-year-old beauty to Closer magazine: “I love old-fash- with friends. “She spent explained: “If I counted I think it would ioned glamour, people like [50s movie about 15 minutes in there be 2,000 pairs - if I have rooms filled stars] Sophia Loren and Marilyn checking everything out, with them! “For me, shoes can com- Monroe. Even from a young age, I oohing and aahing over the pletely make an outfit - I could just be always loved glamour and gorgeous car. She was in the driver’s wearing jeans and a vest top, but put women and how clothes made them seat and her friends were them with a banging pair of heels and look.” Despite this, Cheryl insists that crowding around her inside it becomes a cool outfit. I never wear she doesn’t dress for the benefit of the car.” flats, even my trainers have heels.” The others and is instead keen to be “fun ‘Crazy Stupid Love’ singer - who mar- and individual” with her style. Eva Marie overwhelmed by fan reaction to ‘Total Divas’

va, 29, is one of the main stars of the new reality show, which follows the Emost famous females from the WWE, and the flame-haired beauty admits she’s been overwhelmed by the reaction of view- ers. She told BANG Showbiz: “Oh my good- ness! Since the show aired in the UK, my Twitter feed and social media in general has been going crazy. I mean, I’m so excited that ‘Total Divas’ has finally come over to the UK. “We have so many fans. It think some of my biggest fans are from the UK... and they could not wait for ‘Total Divas’ to start airing because the anticipation had already grown.” Eva added: “What you’ll see in season one is he ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ actress particularly proud of Dean, who my growth and I immediately got put into was left devastated when hus- sought treatment in rehab after the mix with everything. You’ll see the pro- Tband Dean McDermott - with being unfaithful, for trying to gression that’ll be in the ring, but I also got to who she has children Liam, seven, change and is delighted the ‘Top do a lot of amazing opportunities.” Catch the Stella, six, Hattie, two, and Finn, 23 Chef’ host is returning to blogging. upcoming episode of Total Divas tonight at months - admitted to cheating on She added: “I’m proud of Dean for all 10 pm on E! her last year but she says they have of the hard work he’s been doing on been working hard and are now himself, and I’m excited that he is “doing really well”. She wrote on her back to blogging over on The blog: “As all of you know, our family Gourmet Dad! “Dean will be blog- has been through a lot this last year. ging about everything from food to I’m happy and proud to say that we family to fitness. He’ll even be talk- are doing really well, and that Dean ing about his sobriety and keeping and I are working very hard to make everyone updated on how he is our relationship and our family bet- doing. To celebrate getting back to ter than ever.” The 41-year-old star - blogging, he’s running a fun give- whose marriages woes were chroni- away... You don’t want to miss it.” cled on reality show ‘True Tori’ - is — Bangshowbiz lifestyle SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 GOSSIP

Taylor Swift dances at awards shows to calm down

he 24-year-old singer admits she used to feel anxious going to huge cere- Tmonies but she decided to get over her worries by throwing some shapes to the acts who play at the glittering events because she wants to make the most of the occasion. She said: “I used to get really nervous at awards

shows because, seemingly, they’re a huge celebrates pressure cooker. And everybody seems to be sitting there trying to look more unaffected by being at this awards show than the next person next to them. “That can have an effect on you, and so you’re in the front row and you’re sitting there like, ‘Maybe I should sit here like this.’ “A couple years ago I just decid- ed, ‘No. This is the coolest concert you could ever go to.’ “While the ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’ hitmaker enjoys dancing the night away at various awards ceremonies, she is well aware her moves do not look “cool”. Speaking on ‘Late Night Seth Meyers’, she said: “This is like all these incredible acts play- ing their biggest songs and I get to be front row and I’m going to dance during this because I feel like it-and not because it looks cool, because it doesn’t.”

Ariana Grande Nick Jonas insists Mila Kunis was a ‘mini-Helena parlor at ice-cream 31st birthday Bonham Carter’ there is no bad blood

he 21-year-old singer says his older sib- former bandmates, Nick admits he had some lings, Kevin, 26, and Joe, 24, who dis- fears about going out on his own. He told E! Tbanded their squeaky clean band, The News: “There are moments when you sort of Jonas Brothers, last year, were the first peo- question yourself like anything and wonder he ‘Friends with Benefits’ actress, expecting a baby girl, also attended a ple to hear his new single ‘Chains’ and are if you’re making the right move forward, but who is set to give birth to her first prenatal yoga class earlier in the day, “very supportive” of his solo career. He said: I feel like the minute I really started creating, I child in “less than a month,” was where she was given a bouquet of pur- “They heard it before everyone else did. They came to a place where I was locked in and T spotted enjoying a “very playful” roman- ple flowers for her birthday. The former loved it. They were really positive. It was felt like I was making the right move, push- tic date with fiancé Ashton Kutcher, 36, at ‘That 70s Show’ star recently admitted great to feel that from them. They all have ing myself and continuing to be around peo- Sweet Rose Creamery on Beverly she is looking forward to marrying her their things going on as well.” He added: ple that make me better. And it’s been a “We’re supportive for each other till the end.” great process. I’m really looking forward to Boulevard in Los Angeles to mark the old co-star, and is believed to be prepar- Despite still being on good terms with his people hearing the whole record.” special occasion on Thursday. A source ing to walk down the aisle next July. She told UsMagazine.com: “They were very previously said: “I never wanted to get playful, grooving to the music playing in married. From the age of 12, I prepared the shop, and clearly just really focused my parents for no marriage. Then things on and into each other! “He was totally changed - I found the love of my life. Chris Martin doting on her - rubbing her belly and Now my theory on weddings is: Don’t opening the door for her.” The eyewitness invite anyone. Do it privately and secret- falling for Jennifer Lawrence? added: “They looked so in love and were ly. My parents are okay with that. They’re acting goofy!” The ‘Ted’ star, who is just excited that I said yes.”

Kristen Bell admits second pregnancy is harder he ‘Veronica Mars’ star, who already starve, going, ‘I need dark chocolate!’ has daughter Lincoln, 15 months, “Kristen recently confessed she didn’t he ‘Problem’ singer revealed her fifth birthday with husband Dax Shepard, says have a lot of time to focus on her unborn party was based on shark horror movie ‘Jaws’, and T she is more “active” these days because baby. She said: “It’s hard to take focus off Tadmitted her behavior was “a little more con- she is so busy chasing after their toddler. her [Lincoln] and think about the second cerning” as a child. She told Billboard magazine: “Dark Asked to compare both experiences, the baby, even though the second baby is and deranged. I always wanted to have skeleton face 34-year-old actress told here and growing.” She added: “Lincoln’s paint on or be wearing a Freddy Krueger mask, and I UsMagazine.com: “It’s been exactly the like my television. I love being a mom would carry a hockey stick around. “I was like a mini- same. Maybe five percent harder and I love watching her explore the Helena Bonham Carter. For my fifth birthday party we because I chase a toddler, but at the world and talk to me about things. It’s had a Jaws theme and all my friends left crying. I same time, it keeps me active. But yeah, mostly babbles, but she signs, and so we mean, I still am that way. “But when I was little it was it’s been identical.” The blonde beauty is can communicate. I’ve never been so more concerning. There was a stage, when I was 3 or 4, he Coldplay frontman, who the whole time and being really flirty. determined to have a healthy pregnancy interested in anything in my entire life. I where my mom thought I might grow up to be a serial announced his separation from There was a whole party of people want- and doesn’t have any junk food cravings. have heard parents say that when you killer.” Meanwhile, she also discussed the difficulties of Gwyneth Paltrow in late March after ing Chris’ attention, but his eyes were only She said: “I gave up refined sugar a cou- have a second child, your love doesn’t fame and admitted while she wants to retain some pri- T 10 years of marriage, has been hooking up on her. “He seemed really into her - how ple of months ago. And that keeps my divide, it multiplies, so I have confidence vacy in her life, she still tries to be herself. Asked with the ‘Hunger Games’ actress since her could you not fancy Jennifer Lawrence?” cravings low. I mean, I still crave food in that will happen. And then eventually, I’ll whether she feels pressure to hide things, she said: “I split from British actor Nicholas Hoult ear- The Oscar-winning beauty split from general but I’m not like waking up with a explode.” do and sometimes I don’t. I vacillate between saying, ‘I lier this summer. Sources told E! News that Nicholas, 24, a few months ago due to need to keep some things private’ and ‘I should be able the duo quietly began spending lots of their hectic schedules. The duo first broke- to be myself, and I need to share what I love and every- quality time together in late June. up in January 2013 after two years togeth- thing with the world!’” She said: “There is so much Jennifer, 24, and the ‘Magic’ hitmaker, 37, er, but reunited last summer after filming attention on me that there wasn’t before. “I’ve been so were first spotted in deep conversation at the new ‘X-Men’ movie together. overwhelmed. But I would love to never stop.” The 21- the after-party for Coldplay’s Royal Albert Meanwhile, Gwyneth, 41, who has daugh- year-old singer insists she isn’t a party girl and prefers Hall gig in London on July 1, where an ter, Apple, 10, and son, Moses, eight, with to relax at the beach. She told PEOPLE magazine: “I eyewitness told heat magazine that they Chris, has also moved on and is dating love going to the beach really late at night. That is how spent over two hours side-by-side. The ‘Glee’ executive producer and co-creator I make sure I don’t explode.” source said at the time: “They were talking Brad Falchuk. Christina Aguilera wants a natural childbirth

he ‘Your Body’ hitmaker is expecting her first child with her fiancé Matthew Rutler and although she had a TCaesarean-section with her six-year-old son Max - her child with ex-husband Jordan Bratman - she doesn’t want to go under the knife again as she wants to experience a full labor and delivery. A source told Life & Style magazine: “She’s due at any moment. But she’s freaking out because with her first child, Max, she had a C-section. This time, though, she wants to have a natural childbirth.” Although she wants a natural childbirth, the 33-year-old pop star is prepared to have drugs to ease the immense pain of labor. The source added: “Christina hates pain so she wants the epidural and anything else that stops her from feeling the pain. She’s open to any and all drugs to make her feel comfortable.” Christina recently showed off her preg- nancy body in V magazine and admitted she is very “proud” of her figure. The singer - who is rumored to be posing nude for Playboy magazine after she gives birth - said: “As a woman, I’m proud to embrace my body through all stages of life, staying fearless and confident in surrendering to the unknowns the future has in store.” lifestyle SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 , 2014

Candles placed in a heart shape rest on Elvis blankets outside the gates of Graceland during a candlelight vigil in Sharon Kestner (left) enjoys the sounds of Elvis, as Brian Bush rests his head on her shoulder outside the gates of remembrance of Elvis’ death 37 years-ago, Friday, Aug 15, 2014, in Memphis, Tenn. — AP photos Graceland during a candlelight vigil. Candlelight vigil marks Elvis’ death in Memphis

olding flickering candles, fans of Elvis Presley made a slow, night- with bullets fired by Elvis Presley at his personal shooting range sold for time walk past his gravesite at Graceland on Friday, marking the $27,500 at the first auction of Elvis artifacts hosted by his estate. Hanniversary of his death 37 years ago. Fans strolled quietly It was the surprise turn at the inaugural Auction at Graceland, a high- through the Mediation Garden at Graceland, Presley’s longtime light of the ongoing Elvis Week in Memphis, Tennessee marking the 37th Memphis, Tennessee, home. Presley’s grave is in the garden, and his anniversary of Presley’s death at age 42. Seventy-two authenticated mother, father and grandmother are buried there. The home is now a items from third-party collectors were on the block at Thursday night’s museum and a centerpiece of the Graceland tourist attraction that draws auction, including the last Cadillac that Presley bought for his personal about 500,000 fans each year from around the world. People began arriv- use-a maroon and silver 1977 Seville that sold for $81,250. ing early in the day to get a spot in line outside Graceland’s gates. A gold and diamond lion’s head pendant that Presley wore to numer- Tourists also watched Elvis tribute artists sing and dance, and visited gift ous events, including a White House meeting with president Richard shops and Elvis-related exhibits across the street from the home. Nixon, fetched $82,500, well above its estimated value of $25,000 to The scene is repeated each year on the anniversary of the death of the $35,000. But the paper shooting target raised eyebrows by going for 27 King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Presley died at age 42 on Aug 16, 1977, of a heart times its estimated value. Presley had shot at it with friends in the small attack, shocking and saddening his fans worldwide. Mark Summers, 31, brick “smokehouse” that served as a personal shooting gallery at his said it was his first time attending the vigil. Summers, of Birmingham, Graceland residence. Also unexpected was the $4,750 paid for a cast iron England, is an Elvis tribute artist who performs theater shows across kitchen skillet from the 1960s with a receipt signed by Presley’s mother, Europe. Summers wore a black shirt, black pants and a hairstyle shaped said Elvis Presley Enterprises, which oversees the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s like a pompadour, just like his idol. He said no other performer “could estate and rich musical legacy. touch the charisma he had on stage.” Summers said he admired Presley Many of the artifacts came from Greg Page, a founding member of the not only for his music and his act, but also for his good qualities as a per- Australian children’s band The Wiggles, who is among the world’s leading son. Presley was known for giving money to charities and cars to fans. collectors of Elvis memorabilia. “I never considered these my ‘things,’ and “So generous, caring, loving, spiritual, all those kinds of things,” Summers while it was difficult to part with these treasured items, I’m pleased that said. “Tonight is going to be really emotional.” so many of the artifacts found great homes with like-minded Elvis fans,” The vigil is a highlight of Elvis Week, an annual celebration of Presley’s he said. — Agencies career and his life. This year, other Elvis Week events have included an Studio hosts for Graceland, Danthony Courts and Kim Johnson, look at photos of Elvis Presley auction of authenticated Presley artifacts - which included a 1977 prior to the start of “The Auction at Graceland”. Cadillac Seville used by Presley - and the groundbreaking of a planned 450-room hotel at the Graceland tourist attraction. A paper target riddled

This file photo shows a steel beam from the World Trade Center at the In this file photo, One World Trade Center towers over the lower This photo shows patrons visiting the pools at The 9/11 Memorial. center of Foundation Hall. Manhattan skyline in New York. — AP photos Visiting 9/11 sites: Memorial, museum, tours ut-of-towners and locals alike have shown enormous set deep in the twin towers’ footprints. The pools are sur- key place. The walls are covered with victims’ photos and interest in sites connected to the Sept 11th attacks. rounded by panels inscribed with the names of the nearly missing posters; handmade paper cranes - a symbol of OMore than 700,000 people from all 50 states and 131 3,000 people who perished in the attacks, including those peace - hang over a stairwell. It’s like looking through some- countries have been to the National Sept 11 Museum since who died at the site, on the planes and at the Pentagon. one’s scrapbook and sharing memories. it opened May 21. More have come from New York than any Also listed are six who died in the 1993 Trade Center bomb- The Tribute Center also offers terrific guided tours of the other state, but the museum also hosts so many interna- ing. Hundreds of oak trees line the plaza, but be sure to find memorial led by individuals with a connection to Sept. 11th tional tourists that you can’t even identify all the languages a tall, callery pear tree called the Survivor Tree, grown from - first responders, survivors, those who lost loved ones. The being spoken. an 8-foot stump found in the rubble of the fallen towers. tours offer personal memories and insights as well as an In addition, nearly 15 million people have visited the Visitor passes and security checks are no longer required. informed appreciation of the memorial’s design and sym- Sept 11 Memorial since it opened three years ago on the bolism. “We try and bring you to that day based on what we footprints of the twin towers. That’s 1 million more a year 9/11 memorial museum witnessed,” Berkman said. than visit the Statue of Liberty. And yet the very idea of 9/11 The museum tells the definitive story of the World Trade tourism remains controversial to some. Some New Yorkers Center, from construction to destruction to rebirth. Artifacts One world trade center are still so traumatized they’ve avoided the area. Others large and small include tower beams, the Survivors’ Stairs The observatory at One World Trade Center won’t open think 9/11 tourism is unseemly, however respectful the used by hundreds to escape, a wrecked firetruck and shoes until next year. But the gleaming skyscraper itself, with its intent. Indeed, the memorial plaza could now be mistaken worn by a photojournalist who was injured that day. You’ll trademark spire and graceful angles, can be seen from all for a leafy urban park, with visitors taking smiling selfies or hear phone messages left by people trapped in the towers, over the city. leaning on bronze parapets that bear the names of the and if you dare peek behind an exhibit labeled “disturbing,” dead. And yet, one could argue that recreating a sense of you’ll see photos of those who jumped. Numerous videos Apps normalcy downtown is part of the 9/11 story, too. and photos show Lower Manhattan before the attacks, as Two free, official apps can help you explore the memorial “There’s this tension between a nice park where you can the planes hit, while the towers burned, and after they fell and museum in person or virtually: the 9/11 Memorial come out and have your lunch, but you might be sitting as enormous debris clouds covered downtown. Guide and 9/11 Memorial Audio Guide. next to a family member paying respects to a loved one,” Tissue boxes around the galleries testify to the museum’s said Brenda Berkman, a retired fire lieutenant who was visceral, emotional impact. But some of the simplest Getting there there on Sept. 11, 2001, and worked on the recovery effort. exhibits are among the most memorable. Blue squares rep- Access the 9/11 Museum via Liberty and Greenwich Berkman now leads guided tours from the 9/11 Tribute resent an artist’s effort to remember the sky color that day. streets, or Fulton and West streets. Nearby subways Center. For those who do want to visit, pay respects or learn And a massive wall bears this quote from Virgil: “NO DAY include the Chambers and Fulton Street stations, which more about the events of 13 years ago, here are some SHALL ERASE YOU FROM THE MEMORY OF TIME.” are served by many lines. The E train has a World Trade options. Center stop. — AP 9/11 Tribute Center and tours This photo shows the facade of the center on Liberty 9/11 memorial In contrast to the large, formal exhibits of the Memorial Street in Lower Manhattan. The memorial’s waterfalls and twin reflecting pools are Museum, the 9/11 Tribute Center is a small, intimate, low- Ferrari sells for record $38m

red 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta, said to the Olympian alpine ski racer Henri Oreiller, during Violati acquired the car in 1965 and kept it until be one of only a handful, was snapped up the 1962 Tour de France Automobile. But the sec- his death in 2010. It had since been retained by Afor $38.1 million in California, becoming the ond time the French pair took the car out, during the Maranello Rosso Collezione. The auctioneers most expensive car ever sold at auction. The previ- the Coupes du Salon race, Oreiller crashed it and did not name the new buyer. Among the ous record was held by a 1954 Mercedes-Benz was fatally killed. “The car was badly damaged after celebrities who own a Ferrari 250 GTO are the W196R Formula 1 model bought in Britain last year hitting a trackside building and a mourning Jo designer Ralph Lauren, Pink Floyd drummer Nick for $30 million. The Ferrari, which has a checkered Schlesser returned it to the factory for repair to as- Mason and the heir to the Wal-Mart supermar- past, auctioned at Monterey Car Week near San new condition and subsequent re-sale,” Bonhams ket chain, Rob Walton, according to The Los Francisco on Thursday and is from the Maranello said. Angeles Times. — AFP Rosso collection. It has chassis number 3851 GT. Paolo Colombo of Italy purchased it the fol- Only 39 such cars are known to have been man- lowing year for competition and later sold it to ufactured, according to the Bonhams auction Ernesto Prinoth, who Bonhams said “embarked house. Its first owner was French racer Jo Schlesser, upon an energetic program of mixed hill-climb- who drove the car in competition with his friend, ing and circuit racing.” Italian enthusiast Fabrizio lifestyle SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 , 2014

A person walks past the marquee of the Laugh Factory with a message in memory of actor/comedian Robin Williams in †This file photo shows comedian Marc Maron in New York. the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. — AP/AFP photos Lessons of stigmas, stereotypes in Williams’ death

amie Masada, the owner of the fabled Los forming stand-up, he knew eight comics who killed did interviews with fellow comics, Maron has Angeles-based comedy club the Laugh Factory, themselves. explored the often-troubled psychology that drives Jvividly remembers a warm exchange with comic “When I find a comedian I admire, my first thing is: people to bare themselves before crowds night after Richard Jeni of the two sharing words of encourage- What’s wrong with this person?” Norton says. “Guys night, feeding off the laughter. ment and gentle ribbing. “The next day I heard he put that I’ve admired the most always had that cloud. And Maron’s conversation with Williams from 2010 is a gun in his mouth and blew his head off,” recalled it wasn’t a purposeful or a pseudo-artist thing. It was a one of his most naked interviews. In it, Williams called Masada of Jeni’s 2007 suicide. “At that point I said, real thing that they were constantly combating. It was stand-up “the one salvation” and commented: “How ‘God, could I do something to somehow prevent kind of a way to keep sadness or depression off of insecure are we, how desperately insecure that (it) that?’” A few years later, having watched his “family” you, to be funny.” Particularly since the likes of Lenny made us do this for a living?” He even riffed on his sui- continuously depleted, Masada did do something. He Bruce and Richard Pryor made stand-up into a more cidal urges, doing a two-man routine between him- began having a psychologist at the club several personal kind of truth-telling, many comedians have self and his consciousness. Replaying the episode this nights a week, offering stand-ups the opportunity for been drawn to the profession as a means for catharsis. week, Maron reflected: “He was a person with his own free sessions. Comedian Tig Notaro pushed stand-up perhaps fur- problems that he carried with him. And I think part of Robin Williams, a frequent Laugh Factory per- ther in this direction than ever before in a famous set his genius came from the struggle with those prob- former who committed suicide Monday, marked only in 2012. Days after being diagnosed with breast can- lems.” the latest comic genius to be plagued by demons of cer, she hit the stage: “Hello. I have cancer. How are Studies have shown a correlation between creative depression and addiction. But seldom has the gulf you?” minds and such problems. Nancy Andreasen, a lead- between the bright buoyancy of the performer and ing neuroscientist and psychologist, co-wrote the first the inner pain of the man seemed greater or more Feeding off the laughter empirical study that proved the increased likelihood unfathomable. How did someone who suffered such Nowhere has the intersection between comedy of mood disorder in creative people. “There really is demons summon such starbursts of generosity and and psychological pain been more thoroughly no question that there’s a statistical correlation of glee? plumbed than on Marc Maron’s podcast, which Maron mental illness in highly creative people,” said Like countless others this week, Conan O’Brien began after he had suicidal thoughts. In lengthy, can- Andreasen, who chairs psychiatry at the University of remembered Williams’ great capacity for thoughtful- Iowa. She stressed, though, that mental illness is usu- ness and kindness. When O’Brien was feeling down ally treatable - “It’s not a lifetime sentence,” she said - during the “Tonight Show” debacle, a bike arrived out and that treatment “does not diminish their creativity.” of the blue from Williams, outfitted for maximum particularly vocal about his own struggles with ridiculousness. Said O’Brien: “It’s particularly coura- Think outside the box depression with the hope of helping others. geous for someone to be that generous of spirit in the “The great misfortune is that mental illness is still Following Williams’ death, he posted a picture of him- face of that kind of depression.” so stigmatized,” said Andreasen, lamenting the lack of self taken after an earlier day spent crying in bed, care for the mentally ill. “This probably could have labeling it: “This is the face of my mental illness.” Warm during darkest moments been prevented, and it’s a terrible misfortune that it “All kinds of people get depressed - comedians Such tales don’t make it any easier to reconcile wasn’t.” A recent study published in the British Journal just happen to be people that professionally deal with Williams’ life with his sad fate. The magnitude of the of Psychiatry found that comedians are both highly the manipulation of happiness, laughter and other shock over Williams’ death has been matched only by extroverted and highly introverted and that they even positive emotions, so maybe it stands out more or the outpouring of grief for his loss. “I’ll never, ever show lower levels of traits associated with psychosis. gets more pronounced,” Gethard said. Perhaps understand how he could be loved so deeply and not “Humor often requires the ability to ‘think outside Williams’ death shouldn’t just be added to the sad list find it in his heart to stay,” said his 25-year-old daugh- the box’ or see unusual connections where others of comics who died too young, like John Belushi or ter, Zelda Williams. “He was always warm, even in his don’t, and this reflects, in a more muted form, the Chris Farley, but should be taken as a lesson by the darkest moments.” Williams’ publicist has said he had thought process and pattern seen in psychosis,” rest of us, the ones in the audience below the floor recently fought severe depression. Williams himself Victoria Ando said in an email. But depression also lights, that we should listen just as keenly to Williams had occasionally spoken about his struggles (“Do I get doesn’t care what you do for a living. It can strike any- in death as we did to him from the stage. “It is our sad? Oh yeah. Does it hit me hard? Oh yeah,” he told one, any time, regardless of success, income or fame. hope in the wake of Robin’s tragic passing that others Terry Gross in 2006) and funneled his fights with alco- In “The Noonday Demon,” an award-winning, multi- will find the strength to seek the care and support holism and addiction into his act. He largely won his disciplinarian “atlas” of depression, author Andrew they need to treat whatever battles they are facing,” battles with substance abuse except for several Solomon wrote that his own depression hit hardest said Schneider, Williams’ widow, “so they may feel less relapses quickly followed by rehab, including a stint at when his life was most in order: “All the excuses for afraid.” — AP Hazelden in Minnesota last month. His widow, Susan despair had been used up,” he wrote. Schneider, added Thursday that Williams also was suf- Solomon says he hopes Williams’ tragic end serves fering from the early stages of Parkinson’s disease. as a “wake-up call.” “We have to recognize that if you Those factors - along with his heart surgery several have depression and enormous wealth and success, years ago - offer a slightly deeper understanding of the love of most of the people in America - you can Williams’ mental state in recent days and weeks. But have all of those things and still be subject to the rav- his death also reinforces the long-held stereotype of ages of depression,” Solomon said. “The tragedy is the sad clown, the tortured funnyman. Comedian Jim Messages, flowers and candles displayed at a that he didn’t have any place to turn.” Norton responded to Williams’ death with an essay makeshift memorial, for actor Robin Williams in titled “Why the Funniest People Are Sometimes the San Francisco, outside a home which was used in Positive emotions Saddest” in which he noted that in his 25 years of per- the filming of the movie “Mrs Doubtfire.” Improv and sketch comic Chris Gethard has been Laughing matter: ‘Patch Adams’ brings humor therapy ubbling with optimism and energy, the friend Williams, who played the role of Adams in US physician who was the inspiration for the 1998 movie that bore his name. Williams Bthe Robin Williams film “Patch Adams” will died Monday of an apparent suicide at his home do anything to elicit a soothing laugh. Even in California. But on Facebook, writing from the something as bawdy as flatulence is not out of Peruvian jungle where he was holding a work- bounds for Hunter Adams. He addressed that shop with local groups, Adams said he was earthy issue this week during a visit to Peruvian deeply saddened. children with cancer and brought the house “The terrible news of the passing of Robin down. Adams works on the premise that humor Williams reached me here in the Peruvian and clowning around is good for sick people. Amazon late last night with tremendous sad- During a recent visit to a hospital for cancer ness,” Adams wrote. Williams helped make patients, the 69-year-old doctor told stories of “humor therapy” known around the world with sick people who learned to be happy through the film. “Patch Adams”, directed by Tom compassion and laughter. He wants to spread Shadyac, tells the true story of Adams when he the message around the world. “My job is to love was a medical student and began to use humor and be affectionate, to help those who are suf- to treat patients. —AFP fering. Spirituality cures,” he told dozens of can- cer patients at a seminar on breast cancer. With a bright, multicolored outfit and the round, red nose of a clown, Adams and a group of aides vis- ited children, youths and adults who suffer from cancer. He made them laugh, and helped them forget their illness for a while. “There is something that is funny in all coun- tries: how we emit gas, or farts, something which is common and normal in all humans,” said the doc, triggering roars of laughter at the seminar. “For me, being a clown is a trick to bring love” to people in need, said Adams, who has spent the last 30 years traveling the globe, even to war zones and those areas hit by natural disaster. He said he hand-writes responses to the hundreds of letters that he receives from at least 120 coun- Hunter Doherty, the US physician and tries in his post office box in the United States. clown who inspired the movie “Patch Adams” starring Robin Williams, gestures Death of Williams during a meeting with support groups par- Despite all the clowning around there was a ticipating in the ‘Tell me everything about definite something hanging over all the laugh- A rainbow spans over the alpine upland near Hopfereau, southern Germany. — AFP Cancer’ symposium, at a cancer treatment ter. Adams avoided mentioning the death of his hospital in Lima. — AFP Candlelight vigil marks Elvis’ death in Memphis

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urals by different artists decorate walls in the surround- ing area of the village of Erriadh, on the Tunisian island of MDjerba as part of the artistic project “Djerbahood”. Thirty- four artists were invited by France-based Tunisian artist Mehdi Ben Cheikh to take part in an initiative to turn Djerba’s Erriadh district into an “open sky museum”. — AFP photos