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By Nawara Fattahova and Agencies conspiracy theories KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Is the sky falling? officially launched the start of construction of a new ter- minal at Kuwait International Airport yesterday, in a cer- emony attended by senior dignitaries from Kuwait, Turkey and the Gulf. The new passenger terminal is being built by award- winning Turkish construction company Limak Holding and a local partner, Kharafi National. The expansion will By Badrya Darwish triple capacity to 25 million passengers a year and accommodate all types of aircraft through 51 gates and stands. It is the largest contract to date for a Turkish company in Kuwait. [email protected] “This project is a testament to the special ties shared by Kuwait and Turkey,” Erdogan noted, adding that he was confident that “Kuwaitis would soon reap the bene- he market is scared nowadays. It’s very fits of a robust aviation sector”. The Turkish president gloomy, and it’s not due to dust storms and pointed out that “there has been substantial progress Tbad weather. Instead, the atmosphere is high- and development in Kuwait as of late and that the ly affected by a lack of confidence in the economic region is fortunate to have His Highness the Amir”. situation in Kuwait. No one is spending, and every- “We want to develop trade volume with the Gulf one is putting their money in their pockets. They states, which last year reached $17.4 billion,” Erdogan are just buying the necessities of life - the majority said. “Compared with the potential we have, this size is of what we spend is on food. below the required level,” the Turkish leader said. There is an atmosphere of dull stagnancy when Erdogan, who told reporters he was happy with his gov- you go to the market. Why is this? The economy is ernment’s political ties with the GCC, had previously actually not doing that bad and oil prices have said he aims to boost cooperation in the economic and been rising steadily, reaching around $50 per bar- defense sectors. Turkish companies have been awarded KUWAIT: HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rel, which is a great improvement for us. As it is, our around $51 billion of contracts across the GCC over the launch the start of construction of a new Kuwait International Airport terminal yesterday. — KUNA (See Page 3) budget is set for $45 per barrel. So we aren’t hurt- Continued on Page 13 ing, and we still see the government financing mega projects not less than before - actually even more. But the government keeps saying ‘deficit’ Govt will only debate ‘constitutional’ grilling after ‘deficit’ after ‘deficit’, without giving us thor- By B Izzak the required 10 signatures to file the ough details. non-cooperation motion, it is impossible Actually, they don’t know the impact on the KUWAIT: The National Assembly will to secure the required 25 votes to market when they keep saying that the financial debate the grilling of HH the Prime approve the motion, especially with sky is falling. The sky is not falling. The government Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- many opposition lawmakers rejecting and its plans are failing to revive the market and to Sabah today, as the government is such a motion at this time. rebuild our confidence in Kuwait’s economic future. expected to demand deleting a number MP Mohammad Al-Dallal said yesterday On the contrary, it’s very depressing that we keep of “unconstitutional” issues in the two that the Islamic Constitutional Movement hearing about humongous amounts - millions of grillings. The premier faces a variety of (ICM), the main opposition bloc in the dinars - lost to corruption and payoffs, bribery, etc. accusations in the two grillings filed by Assembly, does not believe that filing a May I ask one question? I’m not an economic five opposition lawmakers. The two will non-cooperation motion against the expert, but why doesn’t the government deal be debated on the same day, to be fol- prime minister now is appropriate. The directly with suppliers for major issues like lowed by the debate of a third grilling two grillings accuse the government of weapons, arms, airplanes or oil tankers? Why does against State Minister for Housing Affairs the prime minister of mismanagement, it need a middleman? This is what encourages cor- Yasser Abul. These are the first question- squandering public funds, imposing new ruption. Another major problem is that there is no ings against the prime minister in this charges on citizens and revoking citizen- transparency in any sector of the government. And Assembly, elected in November. ships of political opponents. please don’t tell me privatization will solve this Justice Minister Faleh Al-Azab said the But in an attempt to discredit the problem. Actually, you will end up making the rich government will accept to debate “what grillers at least over the citizenship issue, a richer and the poor poorer. is constitutional and reject what is special committee formed by the govern- SEOUL: South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-In (right) of the Democratic And worst of all, the government continues to unconstitutional”, a clear reference that ment to study reinstating revoked citizen- Party greets his supporters at a park near the presidential Blue House yesterday. — AFP talk about the bad economic shape of the country one of the two grillings contains issues ships issued a statement saying it will while it’s doing nothing to grow the economy and not in line with the constitution. He said resolve the issue soon. The committee said Landslide win for Moon rebuild it. We need confidence in the market. We the government will not accept to deal it has received 184 applications from peo- need optimism in the market. Not someone to dis- with issues against the constitution. The ple who had their citizenships revoked by in South Korea election tress and keep telling us we are broke. Especially government has a strong backing in the the government, adding it will soon start when we have hundreds of billions of dollars in Assembly and is certain to win any vote studying the applications in order of prior- SEOUL: Left-leaning former human for corruption, and took place against investments we could use. in the Assembly over the grilling. It is ity. The statement attempts to show that rights lawyer Moon Jae-In won South a backdrop of high tensions with the All these subsidy cuts - water, fuel, electricity, even backed by a good number of oppo- the government is serious about reinstat- Korea’s presidential election by a nuclear-armed North. Voters were gal- KOC employees’ benefits, etc, etc - actually have a sition MPs who believe that the grillings ing the revoked citizenships. landslide yesterday, according to an vanized by anger over the sprawling reverse effect. Was all of this really necessary? were not filed at an appropriate time. Also, the four opposition figures who exit poll, sweeping to power on a bribery and abuse-of-power contro- They make us scared and less likely to invest or Even if the two grillings are debated in had their citizenships revoked by the gov- yearning for change after a tumul- versy that brought down Park, which expand or grow our businesses and our economy. full, the grillers will find it difficult to ernment almost three years ago issued a tuous scandal. The ballot was called to catalyzed frustrations over jobs and It’s like a game to psych us out. They’ve killed the secure the support of 10 MPs to sign on a statement demanding that their cases choose a new president after Park slowing growth. morale of the nation. non-cooperation motion against the should not be involved in the political crisis. Geun-Hye was ousted and indicted Continued on Page 13 prime minister. If they manage to secure Continued on Page 13 India finds it hard to Hair therapy boosts end cash love affair tourism in Istanbul NEW DELHI: Fat wads of bank notes tax as well as fuelling corruption. “I’m ISTANBUL: On his to-do list for his trip to surgery at an Istanbul hospital, on condi- move across counters in Old Delhi’s sticking to cash,” one gold and diamond Istanbul, Palestinian tourist Jameel wants tion of not using his full name. gold and diamond district in one of dealer, Kapil, who declined to give his to visit the Blue Mosque and take a tour Faisal Abu Ahmad, from Saudi Arabia, many challenges to six months of last name, told AFP at his store in the on the Bosphorus, like any other tourist. said his uncle underwent the treatment Indian government efforts to suffocate backstreets. “There have been many But he has one more, less conventional in Turkey and so he followed suit. “Rapid the black market. Cash has been king in raids on the shops here so I don’t keep purpose - to have 1,500 strands of hair hair loss pushed me to undergo the oper- the musty narrow streets of Chandni as much stock of ready jewelry as I used implanted one by one, in an increasingly ation. I started getting bald spots,” he Chowk since the jewelry market was set to, but I don’t take any cheques or popular anti-hair loss treatment in the said. At the tourist hubs of Istanbul such up by Emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th cards,” he said. “Only cash.” Most of the Turkish metropolis. With over 300 clinics as Taksim Square, it is hard to miss the century. The owners now largely shrug gold, silver and diamond dealers specialized in hair transplant alone, men wandering around with shaved off “demonetization” by modern-day approached in Chandni Chowk told AFP Istanbul is becoming a growing hub in heads and bandages after their opera- ruler Prime Minister Narendra Modi. that while a percentage of their transac- the industry, attracting patients from all tions, proudly sporting the branded In a shock move on Nov 8 last year, tions had switched to digital cards, cash over the world but mainly from the headbands of their clinics. They have Modi cancelled all 1,000 ($15) and 500 still dominates. Middle East and the Gulf. become so ubiquitous that residents of rupee notes in circulation, rendering Last year Kapil sold jewelry worth Experienced surgeons, advanced Istanbul joke that a man with a bandaged about 86 percent of India’s currency nearly 10 million rupees ($155,000) but technology and relatively low prices are head could be the city’s new symbol. void. Amid street protests, the decision declared sales of just 500,000 rupees a plus for many tourists. And its growth “Prices are very, very attractive. triggered massive queues outside ($7,770). But it is not just the sellers in the last couple of years has come as a However, the second most critical ele- banks as the authorities struggled to who prefer the tax-friendly cash system. boon for a city where foreign tourism has ment is the quality of this treatment,” print enough new notes. Chandni “Customers still want to pay in cash to fallen drastically since a spate of terror said Talip Tastemel, the general manager Chowk is not alone in resisting the dig- save paying tax,” Ranjeev Panjali, whose attacks in 2016. “I came to Turkey for the of Clinic Expert. “Turkey is very advanced ital economy. At least 80 percent of family has been in the jewelry business hair transplant and a bit of tourism. in cosmetic surgeries and hair transplan- business in India is estimated to be for the past 60 years. Turkey has an excellent reputation when tation, so the patients are buying a very conducted in cash, much of it avoiding Continued on Page 13 ISTANBUL: A hair specialist checks a patient on April it comes to hair implants,” 27-year-old high quality treatment at a quarter of the 27, 2017. — AFP Jameel said, speaking to AFP after the Continued on Page 13 LOCAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 ASAR, ICC co-organize seminar on arbitration ‘Enhancing Kuwait’s arbitration legal framework’

KUWAIT: ASAR - Al-Ruwayeh and Partners (ASAR), Kuwait’s key note speeches by ICC senior representatives, Ziva Filipic leading corporate, litigation and finance law firm, co-orga- and Sami Jouerbi, Professor Mohammad Abdulwahab (vice nized a leading seminar on arbitration with the International President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration), Dr Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Yousef Al-Ali (former minister of Commerce and Industry of Commerce - Paris (ICC). The ICC is one of the oldest and most Kuwait) in addition to ASAR’s representatives, Ahmed Barakat renowned arbitration institutions in the world and received and Ibrahim Sattout. in 2016, 966 new cases involving 3,099 parties from 137 The first panel highlighted the expedited procedures sys- countries, which constitutes a record year since the establish- tem introduced by the latest amendments to the ICC Rules of ment of the Court in 1923. Arbitration designed for cases of lower value claims I.e., The seminar was held yesterday at the JW Marriot Hotel in which does not exceed $2 million) with reduced scales of Kuwait City with the presence of the French and Ukrainian fees. These procedures aim to accelerate the arbitration pro- ambassadors, senior representatives from the ICC, renowned ceedings through, among others things, the referral of the arbitrators and arbitration practitioners from Kuwait and the matter to a single arbitrator (as opposed to three arbitrators) region and ASAR partners and lawyers, who shared signifi- notwithstanding any contrary agreement between the par- cant insights on the new ICC rules of arbitration and the arbi- ties, permitting the arbitrator to decide on the dispute based tration legal framework in Kuwait. on the documents exchanged by the parties without the The seminar was specifically designed and organized to need to held hearings, and issuing the arbitral award within a shed light on the latest amendments to the ICC Rules of six months period. KUWAIT: (From left) Ziva Filipic, Sami Hoerbi, and Mohammad Abdel Wahab attend the seminar. Arbitration which came into force as of March 1, 2017 and The second panel focused on the arbitration legal land- — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat the arbitration legal landscape in Kuwait which requires scape in Kuwait and discussed the main challenges for certain enhancements to strengthen foreign investors’ pro- investors with respect to arbitration in Kuwait, including the to contracts and projects implemented in Kuwait except with awards, and the various enhancements to the arbitration tection and encourage them to increase their investment restrictions set by the Council of Ministers’ decisions of 1988 the approval of the Council of Ministers, the enforcement of legal framework and which are critical to strengthen foreign in the country. and 1990 on government institutions, ministries and govern- foreign arbitral awards on the basis of the New York investors’ confidence and to render Kuwait a more attractive The seminar was comprised of two panels and featured ment owned companies to resort to arbitration with respect Convention of 1958 for the enforcement of foreign arbitral venue for arbitration in the region. Ahmed Barakat, Managing Partner at ASAR said: “It gives ASAR great pleasure to have co-organized such a prominent event with the ICC International Court of Arbitration; we are also honored to have had the presence of the French and Ukrainian ambassadors in addition to the prominent and renowned speakers. We have been working closely with public institutions and ministries in Kuwait and with interna- tional customers and have been aware of the importance and role of arbitration in encouraging foreign investments by providing investors with familiar tools to address disputes in the most efficient, fair and impartial manner. Ibrahim Sattout, Partner at ASAR said: “Today’s seminar has played a major role in outlining the importance for Kuwait of having a strong arbitration legal framework in line with international standards. It is of prime importance to have these types of platforms organized among the pub- lic authorities, industry experts and other key market play- ers to exchange ideas on how to enhance the efficiency, reliability and transparency of the investment market land- scape in Kuwait.” With dedicated offices in Kuwait and Bahrain coupled with its associated offices and relationships, ASAR provides clients across an extensive range of industry sectors with bespoke, practical legal advice and support for their business activities in Kuwait, Bahrain, across the GCC and beyond. The firm has been consistently rated as the leading corporate and litigation firm in Kuwait by reputable legal guides such as the International Financial Law Review (IFLR), Chambers Global Guide, and Legal 500. In 2016, ASAR was acknowledged as the IFLR Kuwaiti Law Firm of the Year; an award which ASAR has been delighted to receive for eight consecutive years.

Int’l financial experts urge fiscal reforms in Arab countries

KUWAIT: A number of international financial experts stressed on the need on Monday for fiscal reforms to a number of Arab countries so as to address budget deficit caused recently by low oil prices and political unrests in some countries. The IMF Middle East Center for Economics and Finance (CEF), jointly with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, held a symposium that discussed the economic and social implications of fiscal reforms in Kuwait and the Arab world. CEF’s Director Oussama Kanaan said that the symposium, which was the sixth high-level forum organized by the CEF jointly with the AFESD, aimed at stimulating discussion on emerging regional and global issues that are of special interest to the public and poli- cymakers in Kuwait and the wider Arab community. He argued that the topic of fiscal reform has become increasingly important for a number of Arab countries, especially given rising pressures due to heightened conflict, a migration and refugee crisis, and, especially for GCC countries, low oil prices. A common challenge for most countries in the region has been the design and implementation of prudent fiscal policies with socially desirable patterns of public expenditures and efficient tax systems that are conducive to inclusive, equitable economic growth, he added.

New environment Meanwhile, Stephane Roudet, who leads the yearly IMF mission that appraises Kuwait’s economic situation (the IMF Article IV Consultation mission), focused his remarks on the need for fiscal reforms in Kuwait. He started by highlighting the new environment in which GCC countries operate, that is characterized by durably lower oil prices and a deterioration in fiscal positions. Against this backdrop, Roudet explained why fiscal reforms are necessary in Kuwait, highlighting three broad objectives. He noted that reforms should aim at gradually reducing the government deficit and financing needs, while creating room for growth-enhancing investment over the medium term. He stressed the need to ensure that Kuwait continues saving a sufficient part of its oil wealth for future generations. He explained that delink- ing government expenditure from volatile oil revenue would help maintain macroeconomic stability. Roudet also flagged several spending areas where potential fiscal and efficiency gains are large, including the wage bill as well as subsidies and transfers. He pointed out that a public wage reform that allows for flexibility in setting wage increases would be important to better control future wage growth, welcoming the important steps taken by the government over the past year to raise gasoline and utility prices and encouraged further rationalization of energy subsidies, which benefit the wealthy more than the less well-to- do and reduce energy efficiency. Eric Le Borgne, Practice Manager for the Middle East and North Africa in the Macroeconomics and Fiscal management Global Practice of the World Bank, referred to significant steps taken in many countries toward consolidating spend- ing, rolling back subsidies, and strengthening fiscal management. He added that, mostly, fiscal policies in MENA coun- tries still largely reflect an implicit “social contract” between governments and citizens, stating that this is evident among oil importers and oil producers alike, where fiscal policy is directed towards consumption spending, generous subsidies and large public sector workforce. He said this has affected fiscal sustainability, limited the amount of fiscal resources available for growth enhancing expenditures, and also created major distortions. Public investment is low, compared to cur- rent government spending. Some GCC countries spend on infrastructure, but here the problem is of excess, and low value-for-money spending. — KUNA LOCAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017

KUWAIT: (From left) President of the Directorate General for Civil Aviation Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Limak Chairman Nihat Ozdemir, Minister of Public Works Abdulrahman Al-Mutawa and Director of His Highness the Amir’s office Ahmad Al-Fahad pose for a group photo Minister of Public Works Abdulrahman Al-Mutawa presents a memento to Turkish President Recep Tayyip during a ceremony to launch a new terminal at Kuwait International Airport yesterday. — Amiri Diwan photos Erdogan, as His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah looks on. Amir holds official talks with Turkish president Erdogan concludes one-day visit to Kuwait

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah held official talks with visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Bayan Palace yester- day, in presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, senior state officials and the Turkish leader’s accompanying delegation were present at the talks. Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah said the talks had handled historical relations between Kuwait and Turkey, which are always characterized by mutual understanding and sincere will- ingness to promote and developing bilateral coopera- tion in various fields. The talks also included ways of utilizing mutual invest- ment opportunities and the current regional and interna- tional developments, he said. The official talks were held in a friendly atmosphere that reflected mutual under- standing and friendship, reflecting both sides’ willingness to bolster and consolidate existing bilateral cooperation in all domains. Later, His Highness the Amir held a luncheon banquet in honor of the visiting Turkish President and his accompanying delegation at Bayan Palace. Erdogan and his delegation left Kuwait later yesterday, ending up a one-day official visit to the country, during which he participated in a ceremony to launch a new ter- minal at Kuwait International Airport. The Turkish leader was seen off at the airport by His Highness the Amir, His Highness the Crown Prince, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem, His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al- Mubarak, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sabah shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah, senior officials of the army, (From left) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Erdogan during the ceremony, as construction works can be police, Kuwait National Guard (KNG) and Kuwait Fire Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrive to attend a seen in the background. Service Directorate (KFSD). — KUNA ceremony to launch a new terminal at Kuwait International Airport yesterday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of the Directorate General for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince makes his address. Civil Aviation Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other senior officials attend the ceremony. delivers his speech.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Kuwait. Erdogan, in presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah bids National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem greets Turkish President Ongoing construction works at the site of the new Kuwait International farewell to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the conclusion of Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a luncheon banquet hosted by His Highness Airport terminal. his visit to Kuwait. the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 LOCAL

The ‘Silk City’ project. The Jaber Causeway. Silk Road reflects Kuwait’s 2030 vision for global trade future $10 trillion trade expected in five years

KUWAIT: The initiative of the Silk Road $10 trillion 2015. China ranked first in trade exchange Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Trade amongst countries along the Belt with Kuwait. Total trade between China and Silk Road is a long-term opportunity to and Road is expected to hit $10 trillion in the Arab countries amounted to $251 billion in achieve economic prosperity in world’s coun- five upcoming years. According to figures 2014, an increase of 5.2 percent compared tries, mainly the Arab ones. This initiative is in issued by Chinese government, China has with 2013, ranking the second largest trading line with the visions of His Highness the Amir invested about $50 billion in countries along partner of these states. The two sides seek to Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah the Belt and the Road since 2013. The State speed up trade volume to $600 billion in the aiming to transform Kuwait into a global com- of Kuwait will take part in this Road with sev- next 10 years. mercial hub by 2030, and also to establish the eral development projects, which materialize Last year, China announced during a con- ‘Silk City’ project launched in 2006. This the ‘Kuwait’s 2030’ vision. ference that it would allocate, in collaboration embodies new horizons and wider ambitions The Silk City project, one of the world’s with Arab countries, special loans estimated at to revive the historic Silk Road. largest, includes the Jaber Causeway, which $15 billion, and commercial loans worth $10 The initiative of the Belt and Road includes links strategically Kuwait to the northern billion for Middle East countries, in addition to two sections; First the Silk Road Economic Belt region. The city’s project, which accommo- establishing two funds with Qatar and UAE for which links China with Europe via Central and dates up to 700,000 people, contains the joint investments worth $20 billion. According Western Asia, and the 21st Century Maritime establishment of a 1001-meter tower, which to statistics by China’s ministry of commerce, Silk Road which extends from south of China is a world’s height one. Investments of the total imports and exports volume between to southeast of Asia and Africa. The Belt links projects are expected to hit $100 billion. China and countries along the Belt and Road more than 60 countries, with expected invest- The Jaber Causeway, the fourth longest reached about $914 billion in 2016, while new ments ranging between $4 and 8 trillion, and one in the world, constitutes a key factor in projects contracts fulfilled by China in the serves 4.4 billion people, making up 63 per- developing and setting up the free economic countries along the Road hit about $126 bil- cent of the world’s total population. zone in northern Kuwait where five islands lion, an increase of 36 percent. At the begin- ning of this year, China’s non-financial direct investments with countries along the Belt and Road amounted to $10.6 percent of the total foreign investment, a rise of 1.2 percent com- pared with 2016. The ‘Silk City’ project. China has established a fund of $40 billion are expected to establish near Iran’s and Bilateral ties in 2015 to provide investment services to Iraq’s beaches. The State of Kuwait has deep-rooted rela- economies of countries along the Road. China The project of setting up the five islands tionships with China for a long time; their has built so far 56 trade and economic cooper- includes the establishment of Mubarak Al- diplomatic ties have been established since ation zones with more than 20 countries along Kabeer port, which will help the country be 1971. And Kuwait was the first country that the Belt and Road. Accumulated investment of open to the world commercially and eco- signed a document of cooperation in taking these zones exceeded $18.5 billion. nomically, and serves Kuwait’s interests with part in the initiative of reviving the Silk Road The Belt and Road Forum for International Iraq and Iran. since 2013. Cooperation will be held in Beijing in May, The port will be a key pivotal of regional In 1982, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic with the participation of heads of states, pre- transport linking the earth to sea via several Development contributed, for the first time, to miers, ministers and academics from more means of transportations like high ways and financing 37 projects in China estimated at KD than 80 countries. The State of Kuwait will par- railways. Such projects will contribute greatly 380 ($950 million. In 2015, China’s total ticipate in this event, with a high-profile dele- to achieving partnerships between both pub- exports to Kuwait hit $5 billion, while its gation headed by Minister of the Amiri Diwan lic and private sectors to materialize the imports from this Gulf country reached $807 Affairs Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Construction works at the Jaber Causeway project. vision of His Highness the Amir. million, according to specialized statistic in Sabah. — KUNA The World Migratory Bird Day: preserving spectaculars of nature Over 400 kinds spotted in Kuwait

KUWAIT: The world marks today the World ‘Sustainable Development for Wildlife and Migratory Bird Day (WMBD); an annual aware- People.’ WMBD 2017 will also highlight the inter- ness-raising campaign that highlights the need dependence of people and nature, and more for the conservation of migratory birds and their especially people and migratory animals - in par- habitats. Initiated in 2006, the WMBD has a glob- ticular birds, as they share the same planet and al outreach and is an effective tool to help thus the same limited resources. This year’s cam- enhance knowledge of the threats facing migra- paign aims at increasing awareness on the need tory birds, their ecological importance, and the for a sustainable management of our natural need for international cooperation to conserve resources, demonstrating that birds conservation them. Every year, action is taken and public is also crucial for the future of humankind. events are organized, including bird festivals, education program, exhibitions and bird-watch- Important stopover ing excursions, to mark the occasion. Ghanim Al-Sanad from Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) stressed the distinct geographical location of Kuwait as an important stopover for migratory birds during their seasonal perilous journey. Many rare birds stopover on Kuwait’s coasts and islands on their way to the final destination, A migratory bird spotted in Kuwait. which urges harder work to provide better host- A migratory bird light the importance of birds as a key element of more than a billion around the world. There are ing environment and safer flyways, Sanad added. spotted in Kuwait. biodiversity and promoting environmental many different migration patterns. The majority Marking the WMBD is an occasion to high- tourism, he said. Sanad said that that there was of birds migrate from northern breeding areas to southern wintering grounds. However, some birds breed in southern parts of Africa and migrate to northern wintering grounds, or along lines of latitude, to enjoy the milder coastal climates in winter. Other birds reside in lowlands during the winter months and move to higher altitudes for the summer.

Two routes According to the PAAAFR official, birds arrive in Kuwait through two routes: the first from East Europe, to Turkey, Syria, then Kuwait. The second from Central and Southern Russia, crossing Kuwait to the Arabian Peninsula. The two migra- tion seasons are in the Spring, February and March, an Autumn, October. Birds that come to Kuwait’s skies include Migratory birds spotted in Kuwait. eagles, hoopoes, cranes and flamingos. Kuwait has established some 11 natural protectorates Such activities are undertaken through the to attract more migratory birds, in addition to year because that countries or regions observing several public and private parks, as well as the peak of migrations at different times, but the green areas on roadside, Sanad said. The num- main day for the international celebrations is 10 ber of migratory birds spotted in Kuwait has May. Through the 2017 theme ‘Their Future is our exceeded over 400 kinds, of which usually build Future,’ WMBD will throw light on the A nature reserve in Jahra. nests and hatch. — KUNA WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 LOCAL Fishermen Union responds to EPA ‘accusations’

By Meshaal Al-Enezi and A Saleh Kuwait Bay, which is a no-fishing area,” said the statement, Affairs Mohammed Al-Jabri concerning referring a former Kuwait Municipality’s public relations department urging Enezi to define the ‘fishermen’ he referred to and assistant undersecretary and other top Public Authority for announced launching an electronic linkage between the KUWAIT: In response to EPA’s report about the fish death who he accused of dumping unwanted and unsellable Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) employ- imported foodstuff department and the fruit and veg- investigation results, Kuwait Fishermen Union issued a catches off Doha. “He has to explain whether he meant ees to the public prosecution over charges of distributing etable testing lab. Speaking on the occasion, imported statement yesterday they criticized EPA’s deputy director professional or amateur fishermen or picnickers,” the state- ranches in Kabd to people who did not match allocation foodstuff director Ahmed Al-Daihani stressed that the e- for technical affairs Mohammed Al-Enezi’s for reiterating ment added, accusing Enezi of working on expelling fisher- conditions. Jowaisri added that 18 ranches had been dis- linkage would facilitate swift and confidential exchange of blame on fishermen for the disaster, although experts had men from Al-Shamlan Harbor; a strategic commercial fish- tributed without getting prior approvals, and that the issue information about the tested specimens. stressed that the main reason was seawater contamination ing site in Sharq, regardless of their losses and abusive was investigated by the anti-corruption authority, which resulting from sewage water and industrial waste draining treatment, represented by EPA’s filing of 180 citation tickets found the prosecuted officials guilty of profiteering. Trial operation into the sea. “Enezi is still blaming fishermen without any to boats docked in the harbor in one day. The union Separately, Municipal Council member and head of the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor an Minister of State proof although he knows that the dead fish were found in stressed that EPA had finally confessed that there are 50 technical committee Fahd al-Sane’ urged PAAAFR Director for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh stressed that the sewage water drainage outlets into Kuwait Bay. Faisal Al-Hasawi to investigate reports about Saudi Arabia new automated system at the Public Authority for imposing a temporary ban on importing poultry from Manpower will be launched in June. Sabeeh added that Prosecution Kuwait over suspicions of avian flu infections. Sane called the system was experimentally launched in eight major News Municipal Council’s Deputy Chairman Meshaal Al- for a daily check of all Kuwaiti poultry products including private sector companies and upon her request, it would in Brief Jowaisri hailed a decision made by the Minister of Awqaf chicken and eggs and notifying consumers in case of be implemented in over 100 other companies to make and Islamic Affairs and Minister of State for Municipal detecting any infections. sure it is 100 percent ready. Kuwait denies reports on lifting Syria’s suspension CAIRO: Kuwait dismissed recent reports claiming that First Minced beef, cucumbers Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah stated unfreezing the sus- pension of Syrian membership at the Arab League. Kuwait’s permanent representative at the Arab League see price rise this week Ambassador Ahmad Al-Baker said yesterday membership suspension were totally untrue. Al-Baker reiterated By Nawara Fattahova Kuwait’s commitment to the Arab League’s earlier resolu- tion freezing Syria’s membership. — KUNA KUWAIT: Last week Kuwait Times began monitoring the prices of some basic foodstuffs Panel assures impartiality ahead of Ramadan. It is a com- A handout photo showing drugs found with a sus- KUWAIT: A committee formed ad hoc to look into cas- mon belief that food prices pect who was arrested yesterday. es of Kuwaiti citizenship abrogation has underlined its skyrocket during the holy commitment to investigate the issue in a transparent month and we want to put the Man arrested and objective manner. The committee’s secretary Dr idea to the test by tracking a Nayif Al-Ajmi said yesterday that it is incumbent upon range of everyday items. with 3.5 kg drugs the panel to carry out its mandate promptly, given the The weekly price survey sensitivity of the matter. Moreover, he said that the includes the prices per kilo- By Hanan Al-Saadoun committee has held a raft of meetings recently and gram for seven different kinds progress has thus far been satisfactory. Ajmi revealed of commodities bought in a KUWAIT: Drugs Control General Department learned that the committee is meticulously examining 184 cas- local coop and compared about a citizen importing drugs via courier compa- es of citizenships that have been rescinded, noting week by week. These items nies hidden in postal packages. The suspect was that it is due to file its first report once the cases are were chosen due to their pop- arrested and 3.5 kg of hashish, along with other drugs sorted out. — KUNA ularity in use in kitchens in including cocaine and ‘chemical’ (a variety of ‘Spice’ or Kuwait and because they are synthetic cannabinoids) were seized. Officers also not ones controlled by govern- found hashish oil and wax that are used in processing NPT implementation ment price controls. hashish and its derivatives. VIENNA: Creating a Middle East without weapons of mass Items included: Eggs, milk, destruction (WMD) will lead to peace and security in the chicken, minced meat, toma- Agreement region, said a representative for the GCC states to a meet- toes, lemons and cucumbers. A memorandum of understanding was signed ing on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Comparing the prices from last between the National Guard and Interior Ministry to Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) yesterday. This statement week to this week, we found exchange several security missions between the two was delivered by Deputy Permanent Delegate to the UN the price of cucumbers and sides. Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen headquarters in Vienna, first Secretary Abdullah Al-Obaidi minced meat have increased. Mahmoud Al-Dousary headed the Interior Ministry’s during the first preparatory meeting for the conference to (see accompanying tables). All side, while Lt Col Hashim Al-Rifae headed the review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 2020. other prices held steady. National Guard’s side. Implementing the NPT tenets was the responsibility of all Supply, especially of fresh members who signed the treaty which aim at protecting fruits and vegetables can Crackdown the world from WMD, said Obaidi, adding that nuclear facil- impact prices as can weekly Kuwait Municipality’s public relations department said ities in the region should be inspected to make sure that discounts organized by local the Capital branch emergency team raided a food not one country has the capability to launch a devastating supermarkets and coops. warehouse in Rai and found 6.75 tons of spoiled food, attack. The Kuwaiti diplomat showcased to the meeting Read the Kuwait Times each which was confiscated and destroyed. The store was the GCC efforts in implementing the NPT, saying that from week as we follow the prices closed administratively. Head of the team Zaid Al-Enezi 2010 to 2015, the GCC made sure to promote efforts to and report on them ahead of said the spoiled food included cheese with mold on it. clear the world from destructive weapons. — KUNA Ramadan. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Jarida Report Exciting play, Woman beaten by genius director husband, stepson By Abdulmohsen Jum’a KUWAIT: A citizen and his son beat the citizen’s wife - a Gulf national - in her house. The woman went to Mubarak ver since the current parliament (2016) came to Hospital with bruises and grazes on her face to get a med- office, so many issues were discussed, creating ical report. She then went to the police station and told Development Emedia breakthrough stories and headlines that them she was beaten by her husband and stepson because soon vanished and were forgotten. It is just as if we are of previous disputes. Police are investigating. living a theatrical performance played in Kuwait with both the parliament and the cabinet in the backstage Theft area. Meanwhile, the director is looking for a climax in A Filipina domestic helper disappeared from her each of the acts to attract the attention of the bored sponsor’s house with jewelry and five watches worth audience; that is the Kuwaiti people, and our politi- KD 2,500. The citizen, who lives in Salam, noticed her cians are excelling in playing various roles, making dia- maid was missing. When she looked for her, she was logues and creating various plots. nowhere to be found. She said that her passport, docu- When this parliament started its tenure, MPs raised ments, jewelry and watches were missing. So she went the motto of the regional and international suspen- to the police station and lodged a complaint. Detectives sion of Kuwait’s sports activities. They grilled a minister are working on the case. and knocked him out of office then they ignored the whole issue and abandoned it. They then focused on the Kuwait demography imbalances, which led to Damage making fiery statements against expats. However, a Detectives are looking for a cabbie who deliberately hit parliamentary session that was scheduled to discuss a citizen’s car and verbally insulted him before escaping. the problem was never held, and then the whole issue The citizen went to Nugra police station and told police he was ignored. had a traffic dispute with the roaming taxi driver, so he The following issue was the withdrawal of citizen- rammed into his car, causing extensive damage, then Al-Jarida ships, which ended up in the same way it started. And escaped. The citizen gave police the license plate number now we have a new act on stage under the name of of the taxi. grilling motions. It is full of action, parliamentary state- ments, having some transactions approved and adjustment of our politicians’ financial statuses. The Assault Burgan Bank served as gold play’s director, or directors, are professionally running Two girls decided to settle their differences with an the show while those benefiting from the situation are Iraqi woman by beating her in an area between the two having their interests being taken care of despite all Sulaibkhat graveyards, injuring her hand and face. The sponsor at AUM Career Fair the shouting and ‘too much ado about nothing.’ woman gave police details of the two girls including Even when laws are passed, they end up into noth- their phone numbers - one girl did not answer the call, KUWAIT: Burgan Bank participated in institutions and open up employment highly innovative opportunity. We are ing, similar to the case of the national labor allowance while the second denied the Iraqi’s claims and said she the 2017 American University of the opportunities for exceptional candi- known for our evolutionary fluidity law which was issued 15 years ago to fix demographic cannot go to the police station. Detectives were asked Middle East (AUM) Career Fair as a dates. The Bank believes it is an invest- and hope to find candidates that will imbalances. So many exceptions were made and many to arrest them for questioning. gold sponsor aiming at providing stu- ment to attract and develop human fit our pace, help us grow, and enable companies and banks have manipulated the law in dents with dynamic and progressive capital: an important asset and ally on us to nurture their growth as well; We many ways. In addition, have the anti-monopoly, the career opportunities at the Bank. The the bank’s journey to excellence. are molding young leaders of tomor- consumer protection, the public fund protection and event took place in the AUM Commenting on the positive row along the way.” the housing laws achieved their set goals? The situa- University Campus during April 2017. turnout of students, Halah El- Burgan Bank’s team welcomed the tion is more than a political crisis. It is a structural mal- Applying world-class standards for Sherbini - Group Chief Human new enthusiastic applicants and led function that requires reviewing and developing our career planning and development, Resources and Development Officer the discussion with a comprehensive political and constitutional systems. Current situations Burgan Bank seeks to continuously said, “Burgan Bank seizes every overview of the technical and opera- with shouting, tension and political instability cannot inject new blood and fresh thinking to opportunity to meet high caliber tional aspects of the bank, followed go on any longer because it will not solve the coun- its dynamic workforce by identifying candidates that are innovative and by an explanation of the recruitment try’s problems. —Translated by Kuwait Times and attracting promising young grad- progressive and that will seamlessly process and expectations of the uates, where they can learn, grow and fit into our dynamic environment. career path after gaining entry. thrive within the Bank. We have built a working culture Burgan Bank Group is a diverse Warba Bank organizes The participation and sponsorship that attracts top talent across the regional financial powerhouse which of the AUM Career Fair is a reflection board and will continue to offer career now includes more than 850 employ- Omrah Trip for of Burgan Bank’s long-term commit- opportunities to candidates who are ees in Kuwait and a wide network of ment to help nurture talent by guid- at par with our standards, fit our work- 186 branches strategically distributed its employees ing them in their career path, build ing environment and requirements, across Kuwait, Middle East, North closer relationships with academic and would love a challenging and Africa, and Turkey. and their families KUWAIT: With the holy month of Ramadan approach- ing, the month of forgiveness and mercy; Warba organ- ized an Omrah trip to the Holy lands for the Bank’s employees and their families from April 27 to 29, 2017. The Bank’s initiative stems from its prime objective to provide its employees with the opportunity to fulfill the Drugs teachings of the Islamic religion within the framework of Police stopped two male youths dancing in Salmiya and the Bank’s social and religious activities. found them under the influence of drugs. The two Kuwaitis The trip, being the first organized by the Bank for its were dancing to loud music in their car. Both had ‘chemical’ employees, is to be an annual tradition. The Bank’s initia- tablets (a variety of ‘Spice’ or synthetic cannabinoids) on tive witnessed a strong response amongst the employ- them. They were sent to concerned authorities. ees; whereas more than 40 employees from various departments, and their families joined. The trip involved visiting Makkah and completing the Omrah rit- Cables stolen uals, followed by competitions that combined an atmos- Farwaniya police raided a fenced-off yard owned by phere of both friendship and religious knowledge a Bangladeshi and found it full of copper cables, electric among the staff, in which the winners were rewarded transformers and paint cans he stole from houses under with symbolic prizes. construction. The discovery was made when police Regarding this initiative, the bank confirmed that noticed a man walking with a large quantity of copper the trip supervisors were keen on providing all kinds of wire, so they asked him to stop, but he threw the wires support, while ensuring the ideal atmosphere required and fled. Police chased him till he reached the fenced- for this religious journey of purity and self-peace. The off area, where he disappeared. Police found the materi- involvement of the families of the staff helped to cre- al and a Bangladeshi woman, who said she was his wife. ate a friendly and family environment that in turn She said her husband steals the material from houses strengthened the spiritual bonds. Being a leading under construction, then sells it to people he knows for Islamic bank, Warba is constantly seeking to support its cheap. The woman was detained and police are looking employees and provide them with all comforts, as well for the suspect. — Translated from the Arabic press as facilitating opportunities for them to practice Islamic religious duties.

KFH sponsors ‘Arab Youth Capital’ activities

KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) and stressed that KFH was the only He added that the bank had organ- recently signed two agreements with regional bank that supports and spon- ized over a 100 initiatives for national the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs; sors a group of young entrepreneurs. youth potentials the previous year. one for enhancing cooperation and partnership, and the second for sup- porting activities to be held as part of Kuwait being selected the ‘Arab Youth Capital’. Speaking during a special ceremo- ny attended by officials from both sides, the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs’ Undersecretary Sheikha Al- Zain Sabah Al-Nasser Al-Sabah hailed KFH’s efforts and keenness on spon- soring youth activities. She added that KFH was the first bank to sign an agreement to sponsor Kuwait’s cele- brations as the Arab Youth Capital. Meanwhile, KFH’s Chief Strategy Officer Fahad Khaled Al-Mukhaizeem said that both agreements reflect KFH’s commitment towards youth, Big child webcam WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 sex bust reveals rising abuse Trump’s Muslim comments could haunt him in travel ban appeal Page 9 Page 12

JAKARTA: Indonesian Muslim protestors against Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok chant after a trial at the North Jakarta court yesterday. (Inset) Purnama speaks to his lawyers after judges delivered their sentence.—AFP Jakarta gov jailed for blasphemy

Sentence on Purnama much harsher than prosecutors had sought

JAKARTA: Jakarta’s Christian governor was jailed for two erant brand of Islam is under threat. “It’s another big step in notoriously corrupt judiciary to remove him from power as dreds of Islamic radicals wearing white Muslim skullcaps years yesterday after being found guilty of blasphemy, in a the slow decline of religious freedom in Indonesia,” said soon as possible. President Joko Widodo, an ally of the gov- celebrated as they heard about the jail sentence. “Thank shock decision that has stoked concerns over rising reli- Andreas Harsono, Indonesia researcher for Human Rights ernor, urged people to respect the decision of the court God, he should be jailed - this is right. He has insulted us,” gious intolerance in the world’s most populous Muslim- Watch, after Purnama was jailed. The United Nations Office but added that “we must also respect the move by Basuki Bachtiar, 38, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, majority nation. Islamic hardliners outside the Jakarta of the High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed Tjahaja Purnama to file an appeal”. Outside the court, hun- told AFP. — AFP court shouted “God is greatest!” as news came through that concern and urged Indonesia to review its blasphemy laws, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama would be sent to prison for insult- while the European Union called on Jakarta to uphold its ing Islam, a surprisingly harsh punishment after prosecu- “long-standing tradition of tolerance and pluralism”. tors recommended only probation. Indonesia, 90 percent of whose 255 million people are Purnama, Jakarta’s first non-Muslim governor for half a Muslim, has a long tradition of pluralistic values and is century and its first ethnic Chinese leader, looked calm home to substantial populations of Christians, Hindus and when the verdict was announced and said he would Buddhists. But there has been a rise in attacks on minori- appeal, as some of his supporters in court burst into tears. ties in recent years. He was immediately transferred to jail and authorities said his deputy would take over running Jakarta for the final ‘He has insulted us’ few months of his term. Hundreds of his supporters The five-judge panel at the Jakarta court found Purnama descended on the prison shouting “Free Ahok” - Purnama’s guilty of blasphemy after a months-long trial, in a case criti- nickname - and violently shook the gate of the facility. cized as politically motivated. Announcing the verdict, pre- The 50-year-old was hauled into court last year to face siding judge Dwiarso Budi Santiarto said Purnama was “con- trial on charges of insulting the Holy Quran while cam- vincingly guilty of committing blasphemy and is sentenced paigning for re-election, after the blasphemy accusations to two years in prison” and ordered him to be detained. sparked a series of mass protests in Jakarta spearheaded Blasphemy carries a maximum jail term of five years in by radical groups and encouraged by his rivals. Tuesday’s Indonesia but the sentence was a surprise as judges typical- jail sentence and his loss last month to a Muslim challenger ly follow the recommendation of prosecutors - in this case, in the Jakarta vote, which he had once been favorite to they had proposed two years of probation. win, has fuelled fears that hardliners are growing increas- Analysts said the shock verdict could be a result of ingly influential and that the country’s much-vaunted tol- Purnama’s political rivals putting pressure on the country’s

US drone back on Earth after nearly two years in space

WASHINGTON: After a nearly two- “killer satellite,” capable of destroying developing attack satellites capable year sojourn in space, the US military or damaging enemy satellites. Or per- of maneuvering in space to zero in on drone X-37 B is back on Earth, fueling haps it is a super spy plane, orbiting other satellites. wild ideas about its mystery mission. Earth to keep watch on enemy terri- But many experts doubt that the Looking like a small version of an old tory as needed. Fears that the world is X-37 B is the prototype for a true NASA space shuttle, the craft touched on the brink of an arms race in space weapon of war or espionage. “The X- down Sunday in Florida, ending a is behind some of those theories. 37 is the size of a pick-up truck - it 718-day voyage around the Earth, the would be difficult to have an effective US Air Force announced. Just under Weapon of war? weapon on board,” says Victoria 30 feet (9.1 m) long and with a nearly Satellites are crucial to the func- Samson, an expert with the Secure 15-foot wingspan, the X-37 B was tioning of national economies as well World Foundation, an advocate of blasted into low Earth orbit atop a as military operations, and the United sustainable development in space. rocket. Since its first flight in 2010, it States, China and Russia are all think- Moreover, the X-37 B would not be has sparked all kinds of speculation ing about ways to defend them very maneuverable once in space, about its real purpose. against attack. No doubt they are also because its only source of power are Some think it might be a space- looking at ways to attack their adver- solar panels. “Generally speaking, to based bomber that could strike saries’ satellites. In 2015, the mysteri- maneuver up in orbit requires a objectives on Earth at a moment’s ous behavior of a Russian satellite tremendous amount of fuel. So I can’t notice. Others suspect it is a potential fueled speculation that Moscow was imagine that they would be doing a lot of maneuvering,” Samson said. Mark Gubrud, a physicist and expert on military space technologies at the University of North Carolina, says the idea that it is a maneuver- able spy satellite doesn’t make much sense either. “It has very little maneu- ver capability in orbit, and it can’t reach high altitudes, only low Earth orbit,” he said in an email. “If you want to make a stealthy, maneuvering satellite, you will not weigh it down with wings and landing gear and make it so visible from Earth that even amateurs are able to track it.” The X-37 B’s fourth flight was spot- ted six days after its launch in 2015 by a network of amateur satellite track- ers, according to the website Spaceflight101.com. It disappeared for several months in 2015 following a change in orbit, and again in February 2017 after another maneu- The US Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 lands at NASA’s ver, but was later found again, the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida on Monday. — AFP website said.— AFP INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 Syrian refugees in Lebanon struggle after eviction

BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon: Sitting in a tion notices,” the United Nations refugee Valley, said many families had been war in neighboring Syria make up a quar- Adballah and his family fled from dimly lit room with his three-year-old son agency, UNHCR, told the Thomson forced to move several times. “We have ter of Lebanon’s population, and most Raqqa, Syria to Lebanon in 2012 and on his lap, Taha points to the boy’s lips Reuters Foundation in a statement. been witnesses already (to) a few of live in severe poverty in makeshift camps have lived in this tent in the Bekaa Valley where a rat had bitten him twice while he Taha, a father of six, who fled from these cases where they have been actu- across the country as the government for four months, having already been was sleeping in the night. With a look of Raqqa, Syria two years ago when Islamic ally forced to move twice or three times,” opposes the creation of formal ones. The moved on twice. Abdallah’s tent is cov- hopelessness, Taha, a refugee from Syria, State captured his city, told the Thomson Giovanni Rizzo, NRC area manager in the fertile Bekaa Valley is home to more than ered in a patchwork of plastic sheets - explains how he and his family of seven Reuters Foundation that he was given Bekaa Valley, told the Thomson Reuters 300,000 refugees making it the most topped with tires, pieces of wood and now live in a horse barn in the Bekaa two days to leave his tent. He left with Foundation. “This obviously puts the densely populated area of refugees in all metal to give it stability. Inside their Valley after last month they were served dozens of family members who were in a family in extreme, dire conditions.” of Lebanon. Since the eviction was clothes are strung up on hooks and the eviction notices to leave their camp by cluster of tents and ended up finding a The Lebanese army told the Thomson ordered there has been no designated family sits on a dirty carpet. A kitchen is the Lebanese army. Taha and his family plot of land nearby but had difficulties Reuters Foundation in a statement the place where the refugees can relocate to. fashioned in one part of the tent with are among an estimated 10,500 Syrian getting approval to reconstruct their evictions were to “preserve the security “They need an approval from the baby formula, tea cups, a broken refrig- refugees ordered to leave the makeshift tents. Taha and his family ended up of the (military) airport and protect the municipality and many of the municipal- erator and a pot of yesterday’s rice and camp, with the Lebanese military citing homeless. “We were in the street for three camps from terrorists attempting to infil- ities surrounding the evicted area ... are soup saved for the day’s meal. security reasons as the refugees were days,” Taha said. “No proper food or drink.” trate inside these camps.” Beyond spend- already hosting a big population of The 47-year-old said he had been search- camped near the Rayak air base. They survived off of tea and bread, ing what little money they have to move, refugees,” said the NRC’s Rizzo. “They are ing for a new spot to rebuild his tent, but The Bekaa sits in eastern Lebanon Taha said, until they found a new home Rizzo said moving can also take children not willing to receive more refugees in can’t find anywhere for his family to go. “Even bordering Syria. Known for its lush in the Bekaa in a horse barn divided into out of the classroom, disrupting their their territory.” According to UNHCR, if the army comes and breaks this (tent) rolling hills of olive groves, vineyards and different rooms by wood and plastic and already haphazard education. Three of around 4,300 families have already down on our heads we would stay here,” said grand Mediterranean houses, it is now shared with 50 other people. The barn Taha’s daughters all under the age of 10 moved within the Bekaa Valley, but Adballah, who is the only one in his family peppered with clusters of tents built floor is covered by pieces of carpet missed several days of school. But after some, like Abdallah’s family of 11, have who has legal residency in Lebanon - mean- from wood, plastic and canvas. Lines of topped with cushions that double as fleeing the horrors of Syria’s war, Taha is no place to go and have stayed put. “We ing the rest of his family are at risk as they clothing hang out to dry as children play beds. Nearby is the single toilet used by resigned. “We totally lost the ability to are waiting. We are sleeping in our move through checkpoints. While he dreams games with discarded tires. “The (Rayak) everyone in the barn. fear at all,” he said. “We don’t get scared.” clothes for fear the army will come to us of taking his family back to Syria one day, eviction is the biggest we have seen so The Norwegian Refugee Council in the morning,” Abdallah, who did not Abdallah describes his refugee life as a far in the Bekaa with a total of 86 infor- (NRC), a humanitarian aid group that has ‘Sleeping in our Clothes’ want to give his full name, told the “tragedy”. “Every day that goes by is worse mal tented settlements receiving evic- been helping the refugees in the Bekaa Refugees who fled the six-year-old Thomson Reuters Foundation. than the one before,” he said. —Reuters Abbas ready to meet Bibi as part of Trump peace efforts US president to visit Bethlehem ‘soon’

RAMALLAH: Palestinian president Mahmoud out the possibility of a presidential visit to the He backed away from the US commitment to the Abbas said yesterday he was ready to meet Israel’s West Bank, but said that it was likely to be con- two-state solution - Israel and an independent prime minister as part of peace efforts by Donald tingent on security and Abbas taking concrete Palestinian state side-by-side - when he met Trump, who is expected to visit the Palestinian ter- steps toward peace. Trump has been seeking Netanyahu in February. He said he would sup- ritories “soon”. The US president is expected in ways to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, port a single state if it led to peace, delighting Israel later this month as part of his first foreign which have been at a standstill since a US-led Israeli right-wingers who want to see their coun- trip and Abbas said “we are looking forward to his initiative collapsed in April 2014. As he hosted try annex most of the occupied West Bank. visit soon to Bethlehem” in the occupied West Abbas in Washington, Trump confidently pre- Trump also vowed during his campaign to Bank, with speculation it will occur on May 23. dicted that a peace agreement was within grasp, move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Abbas met the US president in Washington last brushing aside the complexities of a decades- the disputed city of Jerusalem, a prospect that week for their first face-to-face talks. old conflict that has bedevilled successive US alarmed Palestinians but which has been put on “We told him that we were ready to collabo- leaders. “We will get it done,” Trump said, flaunt- the back burner for now. At the same time, he rate with him and meet the Israeli PM (Benjamin ing what he has described as his deal-making has urged Israel to hold back on settlement Netanyahu) under his auspices to build peace,” prowess. “It is something that I think is, frankly, building in the West Bank, a longstanding con- COPENHAGEN: Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen (right) gestures during Abbas told reporters as he met with German maybe not as difficult as people have thought cern of Palestinians and much of the world. One a meeting with US Secretary of Defense James Mattis in the Prime Minister’s Office at President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Trump over the years.” of Trump’s top advisers, Jason Greenblatt, held Christiansborg Castle yesterday. — AFP announced last week that his first foreign trip as wide-ranging talks with both Israelis and president will include stops in Saudi Arabia, Embassy move Palestinians during a visit in March. Israel and the Vatican - the spiritual centers of Abbas said yesterday that “we told him again In his comments yesterday, the 82-year-old Mattis: Turkey to play Islam, Judaism and Catholicism. The stop in of our commitment to a peace based on justice, Abbas did not mention whether he would stick Israel is expected on May 22, though it has not with international resolutions and the two-state to previous Palestinian pre-conditions for talks role in fight for Raqqa been officially confirmed. solution as references”. Trump has however sent with Netanyahu. They have included a halt to A senior Trump aide last week did not rule mixed signals over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israeli settlement building, the release of prison- COPENHAGEN: The United States and Mattis said after the summit. After months ers and a deadline for the end of the occupation Turkey will work together as operations of brutal, street-by-street combat, IS has of the West Bank. Netanyahu has said he is ready continue to retake the Islamic State group’s now lost control of most of its stronghold to meet Abbas at any time as long as it is with- Syria bastion of Raqqa, Pentagon chief Jim of Mosul in Iraq, while the jihadists have out preconditions, but Palestinians say years of Mattis said yesterday. His remarks come become largely isolated in Raqqa. Several negotiations with the Israelis have not ended weeks after Turkey launched air strikes coalition countries are keeping a nervous the occupation. against a key US-backed Kurdish militia eye on the region as IS-held territory dimin- The last substantial public meeting between ground force, drawing an angry response ishes. Thousands of foreign fighters remain Abbas and Netanyahu is thought to have been in from Washington. “Our intent is to work in Iraq and Syria, and coalition nations - 2010, although there have been unconfirmed with the Turks, alongside one another to particularly in Europe - are bracing for a reports of secret meetings since then. Many ana- take Raqqa down,” Mattis said, speaking at possible wave of battle-hardened jihadists lysts have little faith that a renewed peace effort a news conference following an anti-IS returning home. can lead to significant progress. Netanyahu leads summit in Copenhagen. “We are going to According to a senior US administration what is seen as the most rightwing government in sort it out and figure out how we are going official, Interpol has identified 14,000 for- Israeli history, while Abbas is unpopular among to do it, but we are all committed to it.” eign fighters it knows have travelled to Palestinians and may face difficulty in making sig- But the United States does not envision Syria and are still alive. The largest numbers nificant compromises. Turkey actually participating in the ground come from Tunisia, followed by Saudi June will mark the 50th anniversary of the Six offensive for Raqqa, which IS has held for Arabia. Thousands more have travelled Day War, which led to Israel’s occupation of the more than two years. Turkish war planes from Europe, including 100 or so from West Bank, the Gaza Strip, east Jerusalem and the carried out strikes on Kurdish People’s Denmark, said the official, who asked not Golan Heights. Steinmeier, who also held talks Protection Units (YPG) forces in Syria on to be named. The international law with Netanyahu on Sunday, spoke of Germany’s April 27 and also hit Kurdish forces in enforcement agency Interpol is now part of commitment to the two-state solution. “From our neighboring Iraq in what Ankara described the anti-IS coalition, becoming the point of view, there is no other negotiable solu- as “terrorist havens”. Turkey says YPG fight- alliance’s 68th member. tion,” the German president said. “The urgency of the ers are linked to Kurdistan Workers’ Party situation, the time that has passed and the changes (PKK) separatists inside Turkey, who have Bombs in cupboards RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (right) shakes hands with German on the ground make it imperative that the next waged an insurgency since 1984 that has The campaign against IS began in President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during their meeting in this West Bank city yesterday. —AP attempt succeeds.” — AFP killed over 40,000 people. autumn 2014 and has seen the Iraqi securi- But Washington has backed the YPG ty forces - backed with coalition training with training and air support and the Kurds and air power - reverse humiliating losses make up much of the Syrian Democratic and recapture several key cities including Iraq forces advance in west Mosul Forces. The SDF have largely surrounded Ramadi and Fallujah. Iraq’s second city Raqqa and are expected to begin an offen- Mosul is now mainly back under Iraqi con- MOSUL: Iraqi forces are making swift progress in which IS seized in June 2014. They secured the no sign of slowing down,” said the UN refugee sive shortly, though it is not clear what role trol, though IS continues to hold the Old west Mosul, officers said yesterday, retaking sev- eastern side of the city, which is divided by the agency’s Iraq representative, Bruno Geddo. “We the YPG will play. “The tactical activities on City on the west side, where its fighters are eral neighbourhoods on their way to a final Tigris river, in January. still fear more large outflows of people from the the ground - I don’t want to go into details preparing for a bloody last stand. showdown with jihadists in the Old City. With The United Nations says 434,000 people fled west of the city, which is why UNHCR and part- right now,” Mattis said. In Syria, coalition-backed Kurdish and Iraq’s biggest military operation in years set to their homes in west Mosul, since a fresh push ners continue to prepare new camps ready to Mattis met with Basat Ozturk, deputy Arab forces have been gradually recaptur- enter its eighth month in a week, the Islamic was launched there on February 19. The influx of receive those fleeing Mosul, who are desperately undersecretary at the Turkish defense min- ing towns and villages, with the focus now State group was only holding on to a handful of displaced people is compounding one of the in need of assistance,” he said in a statement. istry, during the anti-IS conference. The US- on isolating Raqqa ahead of a major offen- neighborhoods in west Mosul. Forces from the world’s biggest humanitarian crises, for which Baghdadi, who made his only public appear- led coalition fighting IS in Iraq and Syria sive to seize back the city after more than elite Counter-Terrorism Service “liberated the the aid community has warned a funding effort ance at a mosque in the old city of Mosul in July discussed the campaign’s next steps as the two years of jihadi rule. US President Northern Industrial Area on the western side,” was required. 2014, has urged his men to fight to the death to jihadists’ “caliphate” around Raqqa is col- Donald Trump came to power on a pledge said the Joint Operations Command coordinat- defend what was the de facto Iraqi capital of his lapsing. Though officials warn that military to destroy IS. Though much of the ground- ing the war against IS in Iraq. Relentless displacement now crumbling “caliphate”. IS still holds the towns action will continue for some time, they are work had already been laid and the coali- The JOC said the forces “raised the Iraqi flag The UN yesterday announced it had opened a of Tal Afar and Hawijah, as well as pockets of ter- generally upbeat about the progress and tion had conducted thousands of strikes, after inflicting losses to the enemy.” It added that new camp east of Mosul as it seeks to provide ritory elsewhere in Iraq, including in remote quickening momentum of the fight. “We US military leaders credit Trump with dele- another, small neighborhood called 30 Tammuz assistance to the steady flow of displaced who desert areas near the borders with Jordan and examined the enemy situation and dis- gating them greater authority, enabling a had also been retaken yesterday. On Monday, will soon have to cope with Iraq’s scorching sum- Syria. According to the Iraqi authorities, IS now cussed the next steps to make sure we are quickening pace of operations. Critics say Iraqi forces retook full control of Al-Haramat, a mer temperatures. “Despite the enormous risks, controls less than seven percent of Iraq, down all on the same sheet of music. We are the additional strikes have accelerated the large neighborhood on the edge of the city, the number of people fleeing West Mosul shows from more than a third in 2014. — AFP going to further accelerate this fight,” rate of civilian deaths.— AFP according to several senior military officers. The gains are part of a new push which Iraqi forces launched last week in northwestern Mosul and has already wrested back several neighborhoods Inmates on hunger strike from the jihadists. The latest operations make it harder than ever to flee for the few hundred IS despite ‘snacking’ claims fighters estimated to remain in Mosul. JERUSALEM: More than 880 Palestinian The prisoners are demanding better con- Trapped civilians prisoners held by Israel remained on a ditions, including more family visits. The jihadists who have been defending their hunger strike yesterday, the 23rd day of Israeli officials have alleged that last major bastion in the country for more than six their protest - a number that’s about the Barghouti, widely seen as a potential suc- months have offered limited resistance in recent same as before the release of a video cessor to Palestinian President Mahmoud days, apparently regrouping in the Old City for a Israel said shows the strike leader secretly Abbas, launched the strike to further his last stand. IS only controls a handful of neighbor- eating in his cell. Supporters of Marwan political ambitions. hoods around the Old City, where at least 250,000 Barghouti say the video, released on Israel’s public security minister, Gilad civilians are still trapped and living in dire condi- Sunday and purported to show him Erdan, accused Barghouti of being a tions, according to aid officials and rights groups. snacking, is a fabrication intended to “murderer and a hypocrite”. Barghouti, 58, The narrow streets of the Old City, one of the her- break the prisoners’ morale. Near an is serving five life terms after an Israeli itage jewels of Iraq, will make it difficult for federal Israeli military installation in the West court convicted him of directing attacks forces to take on the jihadists, who have had Bank, Palestinian activists on Tuesday during a Palestinian uprising that killed three years to set up their defenses. erected a 5x4-meter-tall mosaic portrait five people. Barghouti, in prison since Elite forces might have to undertake dis- of Barghouti made from glass shards, to 2002, never mounted a defense, saying mounted raids, which could take a heavy show support for him and the strike. the court had no jurisdiction over him. human toll on units that have been fighting IS “We, the Palestinian people, have high Meanwhile, Israel Prison Service spokes- for more than two years uninterrupted. The trust in Marwan, and we don’t listen to woman Nicole Englander said 882 prison- presence of a large civilian population, which the Israeli allegations,” said activist ers were still on a hunger strike yesterday. either chose not to leave or was prevented from Abdullah Abu Rahmed. “Marwan will lead She said one has been hospitalized and the strike until it accomplishes its goals.” another underwent medical checks. Last doing so by IS, also complicates any final assault MOSUL: Members of the Iraqi forces guard a position in the northwestern Al-Haramat neigh- Abu Rahmeh said work on the mosaic week, the number of hunger strikers to seal victory in Mosul. Iraqi forces launched a borhood yesterday during the ongoing offensive to retake the area from Islamic State (IS) began before the release of the video. ranged from 850 to 890. —AP major offensive on Oct 17 to retake Mosul, group fighters. — AFP INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 Trump Muslim comments could haunt him in appeal Court unconvinced it can ignore president’s statements

RICHMOND, Virginia: The first federal appeals court to hear a challenge to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban appeared unconvinced that it should ignore the Republican’s repeated promises on the cam- paign trail to bar Muslims from entering the country. An attorney for the president urged the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday to focus on the text of the religiously neutral executive order rather than use cam- paign statements to infer that the policy was driven by anti-Muslim sentiment. WASHINGTON: Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates (right) and former But that idea was challenged by some Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testify on Monday before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill. — AFP members of the 13-judge panel, which is examining a ruling that blocks the administra- tion from temporarily barring new visas for Trump insists no evidence citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. “Is there anything other than will- ful blindness that would prevent us from get- of collusion with Russia ting behind those statements?” asked Judge WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump months of Trump’s presidency. “This was a Henry Floyd, who was appointed to the court insisted there is no evidence he colluded with problem because not only did we believe that by President Barack Obama. Russia after a Senate hearing that highlighted the Russians knew this but that they likely The 4th Circuit ruling is crucial for Trump, warnings that his former national security had proof of this information. And that creat- whose travel ban is expected to end up in the advisor was vulnerable to Russian blackmail. ed a compromise situation, a situation where US Supreme Court. The 4th Circuit is the first With the issue of the president’s ties to the national security advisor essentially could appeals court to examine the revised travel Moscow back in the spotlight, Trump took to be blackmailed by the Russians.” ban, which Trump’s administration rewrote in Twitter to dismiss as “old news” the Senate Yates, who was fired on Jan 30 after defy- an attempt to thwart legal challenges. It’s RICHMOND, Virginia: American Civil Liberties Union Attorney Omar Jadwat gestures as he testimony Monday by former acting attorney ing Trump over his contested travel ban, did unclear when the judges will issue their writ- speaks after a hearing before the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday. — AP general Sally Yates about his former national not say what Flynn discussed with ambassa- ten decision. Trump’s attorneys likely see the security advisor Michael Flynn. dor Sergey Kislyak in a number of December moderate court as friendlier territory than the General Jeffrey Wall told the court. Circuit refused in February to let the travel Instead, Trump chose to play up former 2016 phone calls, which were secretly moni- 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which conser- Omar Jadwat, an attorney for the American ban take effect, the administration tweaked director of national intelligence James tored by US intelligence. Pence said in vatives have long attacked for being too liber- Civil Liberties Union, noted that Trump’s call the order and issued a new one. The new ver- Clapper’s acknowledgement during the same January that Flynn denied those calls al. The 9th Circuit is scheduled to hear another for a “total and complete shutdown” of sion made it clear the 90-day ban covering hearing that he was not aware of any evi- involved sanctions placed on Russia by the challenge to the revised travel ban next week. Muslims entering the US remained on his those six countries doesn’t apply to those dence of collusion between the president Obama administration in response to its elec- The 4th Circuit “is historically quite conser- campaign website even after he took office. who already have valid visas. It removed lan- and Russia, which American intelligence has tion meddling. vative and quite pro-government, so for the That call, which was still online earlier yester- guage that would give priority to religious concluded tried to sway the US election in Trump administration to lose before the full day, appeared to have been taken down by minorities and erased Iraq from the list of Trump’s favor. “Director Clapper reiterated Obama warned Trump the afternoon hearing. Jadwat said the banned countries. what everybody, including the fake media Trump has repeatedly branded the issue 4th Circuit I think would be quite a body blow already knows - there is ‘no evidence’ of collu- of Russian interference “fake news” despite for the second version of the executive order,” administration has failed to provide a legiti- But critics said that although the new exec- sion w/ Russia and Trump,” Trump said. the US intelligence community’s conclusion said Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the mate national security reason for the policy. utive order affects fewer people, it remains a Clapper, however, had added that he had that President Vladimir Putin himself was University of Texas law school. A federal judge “The order is completely unprecedented in realization of Trump’s promised Muslim ban not been aware that the issue was under behind the meddling. In a series of tweets in Maryland who blocked the revised travel our nation’s history,” Jadwat said. and cannot stand. Even if the Trump adminis- investigation by the FBI until it was publicly Monday evening, Trump doubled down on ban in March cited Trump’s comments as evi- Judge Paul Niemeyer repeatedly chal- tration wins in the 4th Circuit, the travel ban revealed in March, suggesting the agency that stance. “The Russia-Trump collusion story dence that the executive order is a realization lenged Jadwat’s arguments, questioning the will remain on hold unless it also overturns a might have evidence he wasn’t privy to. is a total hoax, when will this taxpayer funded of Trump’s promised Muslim ban. wisdom in opening the door to using a presi- federal judge’s decision in Hawaii. Vladeck Asked about it, Yates said answering the charade end?” fumed one post, while in a sec- The administration argues that the court dent’s past to evaluate the constitutionality of said the Supreme Court may be more willing question would require revealing classified ond the president targeted Yates - claiming shouldn’t question the president’s national a policy. “Can we look at his college speeches? to hear the case if there’s a split among the information. But she noted that “you should she had “said nothing but old news!” after ear- security decisions based on campaign state- How about his speeches to businessmen 20 appeals courts. not draw from that an assumption that that lier assailing her for allegedly leaking classi- ments. The countries were chosen because years ago?” asked Niemeyer, who was tapped But Richard Primus, a professor of constitu- means that the answer is yes.” fied information. they present terrorism risks and the ban by President George H W Bush. tional law at the University of Michigan law Known as a tough and independent pros- applies to everyone in those countries regard- The first travel ban in January triggered school, said he thinks the Supreme Court will Yates’ warning ecutor, Yates has been a target of Trump’s ire less of religion, it says. “This is not a Muslim chaos and protests across the country as trav- ultimately hear the case no matter what the Yates, a Barack Obama appointee sacked since her refusal in January to support his ban. Its text doesn’t have to anything to do elers were stopped from boarding interna- appeals courts decide. “A case this big, a case by Trump early in his presidency, took the controversial immigration ban on nationals with religion. Its operation doesn’t have any- tional flights and detained at airports for this salient, is one that some of the justices are stand alongside Clapper during the hotly- from several Muslim-majority nations - for thing to do with religion,” Acting Solicitor hours. After a three-judge panel of the 9th not going to want to pass up,” he said. —AP anticipated three-hour hearing of the Senate which he fired her. Yates’ comments came Judiciary Committee. Yates confirmed reports after former Obama officials revealed that the that she had told the White House, six days outgoing president himself firmly warned into Trump’s administration, that Flynn, a for- Trump against naming Flynn as national secu- mer military intelligence chief, had not been rity advisor, just two days after the November honest with Vice President Mike Pence about 8 election. his discussions with the Russian ambassador Obama had cautioned against Flynn, to Washington, leaving him vulnerable to whom he fired in 2014 as head of the defense leverage from Moscow. intelligence agency, due to his poor record in It nevertheless took 18 days before the administration and personnel management. president, pressed by Pence and others, dis- In separate testimony Monday, Clapper called missed the retired army lieutenant general, Russia’s interference in last year’s election “a who had advised him on security issues clarion call for vigilance and action against a throughout the 2016 presidential campaign. threat to the very foundations of our demo- “We believed that General Flynn was compro- cratic political system”. “I believe they’re now mised with respect to the Russians,” Yates told emboldened to continue such activities in the the hearing in her first public comments on future, both here and around the world, and the scandal which has dogged the opening to do so even more intensely,” he said.—AFP US anti-Muslim bias incidents increase

BOSTON: When the Masjid Al-Kareem street harassment, to employment discrimi- mosque in Providence, Rhode Island, nation, to what the group considers unwar- received a threatening letter in November ranted contact by the Federal Bureau of calling Muslims a “vile and filthy people”, its Investigation. It also shows a rise in anti- members were frightened enough they Muslim hate crimes to 260 in 2016, up 44 asked for and got extra police protection. percent from 180 a year earlier. That The 42-year-old mosque was far from includes all crimes recorded where CAIR alone. The letter it received was one of saw evidence of anti-Muslim bias, not just 2,213 anti-Muslim bias incidents in the those where hate crime charges were United States last year, according to a brought, Saylor said. This aerial photo shows Ile Mercier, Quebec covered in floodwater on the Riviere des Prairies, on Monday. The bridge leading tothe island is report released yesterday by the Council on CAIR attorneys reviewed each incident closed with its residents evacuated. — AP American-Islamic Relations. reported and eliminated cases that were The report found a 57 percent increase later disproved, including a New York City in the number of incidents in 2016, up from woman who alleged she had been 1,409 in 2015. Incidents increased 5 per- attacked by Trump supporters shortly after Canadian army rolls in cent from 2014 to 2015. While the group his election. She was later arrested and had been seeing a rise in anti-Muslim inci- charged with making up the encounter. dents prior to Donald Trump’s stunning rise Trump promised during his campaign to in last year’s presidential primaries and impose a temporary ban on Muslims com- after devastating floods November election victory, it said the ing to the United States, presenting this as acceleration in bias incidents was due in a way to prevent militant Islamist attacks. part to Trump’s focus on militant Islamist His early executive orders intended at put- PIERREFONDS, Canada: Canada mobilized its forcing locals to travel by canoe or other small ‘Dealing with imponderables’ groups and anti-immigrant rhetoric. ting a temporary stop on citizens from a army to help thousands of flood victims try to boat. Resident David Swidzinsky has been ferry- “With this kind of a disaster, it’s not where Rhode Island’s oldest mosque was only half-dozen Muslim majority countries have hold back waters and save their homes Monday ing neighbors to safety, or back to their homes there’s a singular event like a dam bursting or a threatened, while others in Florida and been blocked by challenges in court. after the worst flood in half a century struck, but to collect precious belongings that had been building exploding or a bridge collapsing,” com- Texas were set ablaze in cases ruled arson. His administration has denied any inten- authorities were optimistic that rising water lev- missed in the rush to get out when a state of mented Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. But the knowledge of how common threats tion of religious discrimination in the travel els would soon crest. Several rivers and lakes emergency was declared. “This is the gradual building of precipitation had become was far from comforting for ban, saying it is intended purely as a have overflowed their banks in Quebec People “broke out in tears (seeing the devas- where circumstances physically on the ground Faissal Elansari, a member of the mosque’s national security measure. Muslims are not province, between Gatineau in the Canadian tation) when I brought them home to fetch their can change dramatically without notice in a very board. “Hearing about it is not the same alone in experiencing an uptick in bias. A capital region and Montreal 200 km down- bags,” he said. A few streets over, a dozen sol- short span of time. So everybody was dealing thing as when you receive it, it was defi- report released last month by the Anti- stream. The ground is saturated and unable to diers tirelessly filled sandbags. Across eastern with imponderables.” nitely a weird feeling,” Elansari said. CAIR Defamation League recorded a 34 percent absorb any more water. Canada, hundreds of thousands of sandbags Goodale called it the worst Canadian flood in officials decided in September to start what rise in anti-Semitic acts in 2016. “The 2016 But recent heavy rains have started to sub- have been used and Ottawa has asked suppliers “50 years” but added that the situation was they intend to be quarterly reports after presidential election and the heightened side and “as of Wednesday, we expect to see the for up to four million more, said officials. improving in Ontario, where high water levels in noticing a pickup in complaints beginning political atmosphere played a role in the situation begin to improve,” Quebec Public Pierrefonds resident John Parker spent his day Lake Ontario threatened coastal communities in 2014, following the rise of Islamic State increase,” the ADL concluded in its report. Safety Minister Martin Coiteux announced. hauling wet furniture and personal belongings including parts of Toronto, Belleville to the east killings in the Middle East and attacks Trump made his first public condem- Some 2,500 homes in Quebec and more than to the curb, as a pump and hose sputtered water and the Thousand Islands region, which is home inspired by the group in Europe and the nation of anti-Semitic incidents in 300 in Ontario have been flooded, and at least from his flooded basement over another wall of to fabled 19th century mansions and cottages. “I United States. February after a spate of bomb threats to 1,500 people have been ordered to evacuate - sandbags. have never seen so much water between Ottawa “There was this widespread sense that Jewish community centers and vandalism most of them in the Canadian capital region. In “It just kind of tires you out. You move and Montreal,” Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, the we were going right back to how it was in a Jewish cemetery. He was criticized by Pierrefonds, one of the hardest-hit regions near around, get one window fixed and the next win- wife of the prime minister, told broadcaster RDI. after 9/11,” when al Qaeda hijackers Jewish groups for responding too slowly. Montreal, Johanne Aubin spent the morning dow gets full of water,” he told AFP. “It’s sur- The day before, Prime Minister Justin launched coordinated attacks on New York At the Providence mosque, one of about pumping water from her basement using a rounded the whole house now, and it’s coming Trudeau accompanied by his two young chil- and Washington, sparking a wave of anti- 30 to receive similar threatening letters pump from her backyard swimming pool. into the garage. “It will get better, because it dren, had traveled to the town of Terrasse Muslim sentiment, said Corey Saylor, direc- following Trump’s election, Elansari said The flooding took her and most others here can’t get any worse,” he said. The Canadian army Vaudreuil west of Montreal to help locals fill tor of the CAIR department on monitoring there has been an upside to the threat: “A by surprise, and she barely had time to erect a has deployed 1,650 troops to help stem the sandbags. There are “exceptional circumstances” and combating Islamophobia. “We wanted lot of brothers and sisters from the Jewish small sandbag wall around her property. After flooding, reinforcing dikes, protecting critical behind the flooding, explained Quebec to be able to put something factual out and Christian communities gave us a lot days of fighting an exhausting battle to hold infrastructure including water treatment facili- Environment Minister David Heurtel, pointing to there.” The accounting includes a wide vari- of support, they called and sent support back the waters, often in vain, despair has start- ties and bridges. Military helicopters and boats a month of rain coming on the heels of a spring ety of bias incidents, from assaults and letters.” —Reuters ed to set in. Most of the streets here are flooded, also are on standby. thaw after a “severe winter.”—AFP WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Ex-French PM seeks to join Macron revolution

PARIS: Incoming French president ter, told RTL radio. “I will be candidate for the Move) movement reacted warily to er with just three years’ experience in chorus of congratulations for Macron, Emmanuel Macron was starting to build the presidential majority and I wish to the announcement. frontline politics, has promised to rejuve- with ceremonial head of state Kim his centrist government yesterday, with join the list (of candidates) of his move- Macron’s campaign spokesman nate France’s jaded governing class. He Yong-Nam wishing him “success in his his former Socialist boss jockeying for ment,” Valls said, while insisting that he Christophe Castaner said Valls “had a has said that half of his candidates for responsible work for the development position in a radically changed political remained a Socialist and “a man of the good chance” of being accepted into the the 577 seats in the National Assembly and prosperity of France”. Macron has landscape. Macron, 39, was elected left”. Macron’s newly renamed fold but that he had to submit an official will be new to politics. The rest will be already spoken by telephone with US France’s youngest-ever president on “Republique en Marche” (the Republic on application. Macron, a relative newcom- defectors from the Socialists and right- President Donald Trump, German Sunday, crushing far-right leader Marine wing Republicans and members of Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Le Pen after a bruising campaign that Macron’s movement and the allied cen- Prime Minister Theresa May among oth- left France’s traditional parties by the trist Modem party. Macron has said the er leaders. “Macron carries the hopes of wayside. He faces a huge task to unite a defectors can keep their existing party millions of French people and also fractured, anxious country and to win a membership and still run on his parlia- many in Germany and across Europe,” parliamentary majority in June’s general mentary ticket. Merkel said. election, without which he could strug- France’s next leader, who will be inau- The fervently pro-European Macron gle to implement his ambitious reform gurated on Sunday taking over from wants to team up with Germany to agenda. His victory at the head of a year- Socialist President Francois Hollande, has reform the 28-member EU, seen as criti- old pro-EU movement that has present- yet to name his prime minister. The for- cal now that Britain is set to leave. But ed itself as a home for progressives of all mer investment banker’s victory over Le there were early words of warning from stripes has blown up France’s long- Pen has been hailed as the strongest Brussels on the state of France’s finances. standing left-right political divide. sign that populism may be peaking in Economy Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Europe after setbacks for nationalists in called on him to rein in the budget Socialists are ‘dead’ the Netherlands and Austria. But his deficit of the euro-zone’s second-biggest Yesterday, former Socialist prime min- rival’s historic score of 33.9 percent, or economy. Commission chief Jean-Claude ister Manuel Valls-a failed candidate for 10.6 million votes, showed it to be a for- Juncker has also followed up his congrat- his party’s presidential nomination-said midable force that has tapped into acute ulations to Macron with an appeal for he wanted to run for parliament on fears over immigration, national identity him to cut public spending. “We have a Macron’s ticket. “The Socialist Party is and globalisation. real problem with France,” Juncker said in dead, it is behind us,” Valls, a reform- Berlin on Monday. “The French spend minded prime minister from 2014 to Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls (right) speaks with president-elect’s Spending warnings too much money and spend it on the 2016 when Macron was economy minis- Emmanuel Macron in Paris. — AP North Korea yesterday joined the wrong things.”— AFP

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40 injured; car bomb hits Thailand troubled south life’ shocks Germany BANGKOK: At least 40 people were wounded yesterday when a car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south, police said, the largest attack for months on a civilian target in the trou- Prosecutors probe evidence of a network bled zone. The Muslim-majority border region has seethed with violence for over a decade as ethnic Malay insurgents BERLIN: In January 2014, the commander of a French mili- German authorities have since discovered he had fraud- German. He commuted from the base in France to attend battle the Buddhist-majority state for more autonomy. The tary academy rejected the master’s thesis of an elite ulently obtained 1,000 rounds of live ammunition from asylum hearings, where he spoke through an interpreter. latest attack hit the town of Pattani around 2pm, with two German army officer under his charge for its extremist Bundeswehr stocks and stashed it at the home of a 24- Many armies have had problems weeding out far-right bombs going off outside the Big C, a busy supermarket argument that human rights could lead to the genocide of year-old accomplice. A search of his barracks in France extremists in their ranks. But for the German army, the past near the town centre. The first device was packed inside a Western races. “If this was a French participant on the found swastikas and memorabilia from the wartime army, makes the issue especially sensitive. Ever since World War motorcycle parked in the car park, officers said, spreading course, we would remove him,” he told the young officer’s the Wehrmacht. Prosecutors are poring over chat logs and Two, successive German governments have seen a commit- panic among shoppers. “The second blast was a car bomb,” German superiors. An academic hired to review the thesis files found on his seized smartphone and computer for evi- ment to human rights and opposition to extremism as key Pattani police commander Major General Thanongsak told senior officers in the German army, the Bundeswehr, dence that he had further accomplices. Franco A., whose elements in atoning for the crimes of Nazi Germany and Wangsupa said. Another officer Captain Preecha that it included racist and radical nationalist content, but surname is known to Reuters but cannot be disclosed due rebuilding allies’ confidence. This was more easily done Prachumchai said the second blast was “huge” adding they chose not to formally discipline the man as they did to German privacy laws, has no visible social media pres- when the German army was rarely deployed abroad, mostly “around 40 people have been wounded: one is in serious not want to jeopardize the career of a high-flying recruit. ence that Reuters has been able to find. contributing to peacekeeping missions. But with allies now condition”. Speaking to local media the provincial governor That laxness was a violation of German rules, which require asking that Europe’s largest economy shoulder more of the said two people were in a serious condition. that any report of extremism among soldiers immediately Weeding out extremists continent’s security burden, tough choices have to be made. be investigated by military intelligence. When the German armed forces were refounded after Now, the young officer in question, Franco A., is in cus- World War Two, they disavowed any link to the Wehrmacht, Swastikas, Nazi memorabilia Looters cause chaos at tody awaiting charges for posing under a false identity as which was complicit in many Nazi atrocities. Set up in 1955, In rejecting Germany’s tainted past, the army deprives deadly Philippines fire an asylum seeker. Investigators are probing whether he the new Bundeswehr was to be a democratic body of “citi- itself of the sort of historical narrative that other fighting MANILA: Looters mobbed a deadly slum fire in the planned an attack that he seemingly hoped would be zen soldiers” with the autonomy and confidence to reject forces might use to create esprit de corps. For Franco’s fel- Philippine capital yesterday, pulling roofing sheets and blamed on asylum seekers. “There would have been an immoral orders. But in the case of Franco A., prior invest- low officers in Illkirch, mess-room wall pictures of soldiers electric wire from singed homes as firemen scrambled attack,” said Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen in a tel- ment in a seemingly model soldier, chosen along with a in gear that, to the expert eye, dated from the wartime to contain the blaze. Riot police surrounded the White evision interview, describing a “horror” scenario. “There handful of other promising recruits to attend an elite mili- army were a permissible nod to tradition. But German reg- Rock Island shantytown at Manila’s port area after being would have been a weapon at the site, with fingerprints on tary college in France, appears to have outweighed civic ulations say otherwise, and von der Leyen won support, summoned by firemen who struggled to reach burning it. We’d have put the prints in the system and have got the commitment. “When his master’s thesis says that immigra- including from Merkel, for her pledge to get to the bottom homes accessible only through narrow alleys that were match of a Syrian refugee.” The episode has blown up into a tion leads to the genetic genocide of western peoples, of the multiple failings that led to Franco’s extremism swarmed by residents as well as scavengers. An AFP full-scale scandal about right-wing extremism in the then it should be crystal clear to everyone that we are deal- being overlooked. photographer saw about 100 people, most of them Bundeswehr that has prompted a search of all German ing with Nazi ideas,” von der Leyen said in a speech to At the weekend, prosecutors ordered searches of all men, engaged in tug of wars over electricity cables that army barracks for Nazi memorabilia. German top brass last week. German army barracks for similar relics. German media had been pulled from still burning shanties. They also The case has also put pressure on the government of Far from being sacked, Franco was given a verbal warn- reported that Franco’s own room was more luridly decorat- fought over metal roofing sheets that were bent out of Chancellor Angela Merkel five months before an election, ing and allowed to rewrite the thesis. After graduating he ed, including with swastikas. “Our image is hurt by these shape by the intense flame, which they hauled off using with her close ally, von der Leyen, facing criticism for failing was assigned to the Franco-German brigade in Illkirch - a occurrences,” said Volker Wieker, head of the German improvised wooden carts. “These are informal settlers to put the German army’s house in order. After the French prestigious unit that symbolizes the post-war rapproche- armed forces, in a television interview. Von der Leyen, ini- trying to make a buck out of salvaged materials,” Aljeph commander’s warnings had been ignored, it took a tip-off ment between the erstwhile foes. Meanwhile, he had regis- tially criticized for what seemed a blanket condemnation Lorenzo, one of dozens of firemen who responded to from Austrian police to bring Franco’s plans to light, when tered under a false identity as an asylum seeker named of the armed forces for tolerating extremism, has since the fire alarm said. “This happens all the time whenever they caught him trying to recover a loaded gun he had David Benjamin, posing to immigration authorities as a per- apologized, praising the work done by the majority of their a slum is struck by fire. stashed in a Vienna airport toilet after an officers’ ball. secuted French-speaking refugee who spoke not a word of 250,000 members. —Reuters British drug ‘kingpin’ arrested in Thailand Health of Nigeria’s president BANGKOK: A British drug trafficker convicted over a $1.3 million narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after stokes governance concerns years on the run, police said yesterday, the latest example of global underworld figures using the kingdom as a bolt- LAGOS: President Muhammadu Buhari being implemented,” Bola Tinubu, head hole. Jonathan Moorby, 47, was detained by Thai police on had warned Nigerians when he returned of Buhari’s ruling All Progressives the popular southern tourist island of Koh Samui on from nearly two months of medical treat- Congress party, said on Sunday. But Monday following an investigation by British detectives. He ment in London that he was likely to have observers said that is up for debate, espe- has a string of previous drug offences to his name but go back. On Sunday night, he did just cially when it comes to Buhari’s signature went on the run in 2014 shortly before an English court that. But if few were surprised at his war against corruption, where he has sentenced him to nearly 20 years in jail in absentia for con- departure-the 74-year-old has barely been both the driving force and figure- spiracy to supply more than £1 million ($1.3 million) of been seen in public since March-the head. “Buhari has been instrumental to the cocaine and amphetamines. “We were asked by the British manner of his leaving gave cause for con- success of the current war against corrup- cern. The news came just minutes after a tion,” said Debo Adeniran, of the Coalition embassy’s Interpol representative to arrest the suspect,” hastily organized reception for 82 school- Against Corrupt Leaders lobby group. Major General Soontorn Chalermkiat of Thailand’s girls, who were released in a negotiated “A protracted stay in London will defi- Narcotics Suppression Police, told reporters. “He is a key deal after being held by Boko Haram nitely reduce the momentum. Apart from drugs trafficking suspect in Britian, dealing in cocaine and Islamists for more than three years. individuals, state institutions involved in ice (crystal methamphetamine),” he said, adding that he Presidency spokesman Femi Adesina the fight may slow down because Buhari had been found in possession of a fake Belgian passport. announced that is not around.” Buhari’s anti-graft cam- Buhari’s doctors paign was already stuttering, with the would determine government recently suffering a series of Fulani herdsmen kill how long he was defeats in high-profile corruption cases in 8 in central Nigeria away, making his court. With elections due in early 2019 CALIFORNIA: Highway Patrol Sergeant Kevin Briggs poses by the Golden Gate Bridge LAGOS: Gunmen believed to be nomadic Fulani herds- absence open- and Buhari possibly unfit to stand, that in San Francisco. Facebook said it was implementing new methods of reaching out to men killed eight people in central Nigeria, police said ended. “I have has also brought forward the jostling for people in real time when they go online and threaten to take their own lives, and will yesterday, in the latest violence over grazing and land absolute confi- succession, likewise ensuring little in the experiment with other ways of helping people. — AP rights. The attack on two farming villages in the Logo dence that gov- way of government work gets done. local government area of Benue state happened ernment will con- Suicide online: Facebook aims overnight Sunday to Monday, state police commission- tinue to run VP once again in charge er Bashir Makama said. “Eight people were killed by Muhammadu Buhari smoothly while Buhari is not legally required to return to save lives with new actions Fulani cattle rearers who invaded the two farming vil- I’m away,” Buhari to Nigeria within a certain timeframe, lages,” he added. Trouble erupted when the villagers- wrote on his Twitter account after formal- according to lawyer Femi Falana, who ATLANTA: The alarming video of a Georgia friends could view the video because of the who are predominantly farmers-tried to prevent the ly handing over power to his deputy. recently called for Buhari to go on med- teenager livestreaming her own suicide girl’s privacy settings, but Bibb County herdsmen from moving their cattle through their Buhari’s government has been trying to ical leave. “There is no constitutional limit attempt stayed up long enough on sheriff’s Sgt Linda Howard had a nephew farms, Makama said. Reported death tolls from such turn around the economy, which has to that,” he added. Vice-President Yemi Facebook Live for sheriff’s deputies to find who was friends with her on Facebook. She attacks frequently vary between the official account been in recession since last year, and Osinbajo is once again acting president, and save her - a repeat phenomenon that immediately called her nephew, who and local people. Newspapers said between 10 and 20 finally end Boko Haram’s bloody eight- after being seen as having acquitted him- has prompted mental health experts and viewed the video and let his aunt know it people were killed in the attack, which is the latest in a year insurgency in the northeast. self well during Buhari’s previous Facebook’s CEO to further investigate how wasn’t a prank. “It was very serious and we region plagued by the long-running conflict. In March, absence. Buhari and his entourage have they can use social media as a possible needed to get to it right away,” she said. Loss of momentum? been keen to avoid a repeat of 2010 platform to help save lives. The 15-year-old Deputies got three possible addresses for But there are concerns that given when there was a political vacuum when girl took pills and put a plastic bag over her the girl from her high school and sent offi- Sri Lanka clears wasps Buhari’s personal style of leadership, cru- head of state Umaru Musa Yar’Adua fell ill head during her suicide attempt May 2, cers speeding to all three homes. She was ahead of Modi’s visit cial policy decisions will not be made and and later died. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has taken the unusual step of clear- his flagship war on corruption will lose Osinbajo was a visible presence earlier officials from the Bibb County Sheriff’s found in a bathtub at one of them. “She Office said. A sheriff’s sergeant found the was unresponsive, but one of our sergeants ing thousands of wasps from a tea plantation to ensure momentum. Buhari has been under pres- this year, travelling widely, including to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not stung during sure to disclose the nature of his illness. the Niger Delta region in the south, girl unresponsive - but with a pulse - and was able to find a pulse,” Howard said, she’s expected to recover. adding that the girl is recovering. “I’m just his upcoming visit. Police in Hatton, 125 kilometers east of He has missed three of the last four cabi- which has seen a resurgence in attacks Colombo, hired a private company to remove the wasps net meetings and other engagements. on oil and gas infrastructure. “What is In April, Facebook was alerted to anoth- happy that we can give her back to her er possible suicide and made the decision family,” Howard said. from its picturesque tea fields which Modi will tour with his His appearance at Friday prayers last important is that there is an able vice- entourage on Friday. The private Bee Protection week and Sunday’s carefully stage-man- to keep the video up, Facebook CEO Mark Facebook spokeswoman Andrea Saul said president in charge. There is no doubt Organisation said they removed nests from two locations aged photo-call with the Chibok girls that Buhari has confidence and trust in Zuckerberg said in a conference call last she couldn’t discuss details of the Georgia to ensure the Indian visitors could land in helicopters with- were rare public outings-and even then, his deputy,” said Falana. Still, others week. That allowed law enforcement “to case because of privacy reasons, but said the out stirring up trouble with the aggressive locals. “There still at the presidential villa. argue an acting president does not have use that live video to communicate with company in March unveiled a series of initia- were two big nests near two helipads. At the time of land- The former military ruler-already rapi- the same clout. Opposition politician that person and help save their life,” he said. tives designed to help people who go online ing, helicopters can disturb the wasps and they could sting er thin-appeared painfully gaunt. and former health minister Alphonsus “So a lot of what we’re trying to do is not and contemplate suicide. Facebook is testing Political allies and his wife, Aisha, have Nwosu said Osinbajo will be at a disad- just about taking the content down but how computers can quickly identify posts people in that area,” the head of wasp removal unit Tissa played down rumors he is too ill to rule. vantage until the APC “determines if he also about helping people when they’re in where it’s likely someone is expressing Bandara Thambavita said. “We have cleared the nests and “From what I can see, the president (Buhari) is strong enough to continue in need on the platform.” thoughts of suicide, and provide resources to declared the area safe for the VVIPs to visit.” The winged remains at the helm and his policies are office or not”. — AFP In Georgia, a viewer watching the teen’s the person even if someone on Facebook evictees were removed humanely and relocated to a near- livestream called 911. Only the teen’s has not reported it yet. — AP by jungle, Thambavita added.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Big child webcam sex bust reveals rising abuse

MABALACAT: The suspected pedophile could see people banging on his front door. But were they neighbors? Cops? One had letters on her jacket. As David Timothy Deakin googled “What is NBI?” from the laptop on his bed, the Philippines National Bureau of Investigation smashed their way into his cybersex den. Children’s under- wear, toddler shoes, cameras, bondage cuffs, meth pipes and stacks of hard drives cluttered the stuffy, two-bedroom town- house. Penciled on the wall, someone had scrawled. “My Mom and Dad love me.” In his computer were videos and images of young boys and girls engaged in sex acts. “Why is everyone asking about children coming into my house?” said Deakin, 53, bare-chested and slick with sweat, his MABALACAT: A suspected child webcam cybersex operator, David Timothy MABALACAT: Underwear is wedged behind the faucet of the bathroom sink breath sour and glasses foggy, his wrists Deakin (from Peoria, Ill., with his hands tied behind his back) is seen during a inside the home of suspected child webcam cybersex operator, David Timothy bound with a zip tie. Deakin’s arrest on raid by investigators. — AP Deakin. — AP April 20 reveals one of the darkest cor- ners of the internet, where pedophiles in tors are online. Almost every case stems out on both sides of the world. “This was no children in front of the cam in my Illinois, in a splintered family. He was the US, Europe and elsewhere pay facilita- from the Philippines, where good English should serve as a warning,” said NBI anti- house, not even dressed, as far as I know, licensed as a roofing contractor in his 30s, tors in the Philippines to sexually abuse speakers, increased internet connections human trafficking chief Janet Francisco, not even with their frigging mothers as seasonal work which left winters free; he children, even babies, directing their and widespread international cash trans- who led the case. “We will really put them far as I know,” he said. But he said the used the time to study computers. He moves through online livestreaming serv- fer systems combine with widespread in jail and they will die in jail.” Even as images and videos may have slipped in moved to the Philippines in 2000 for a job ices. This relatively new crime, webcam poverty and easy access to vulnerable police burst in, Deakin was streaming when he downloaded massive files using setting up internet service providers and sex tourism, is spreading rapidly. The kids. There have been as many as three illicit content through the anonymous Tor BitTorrent, a data tool used legitimately installing Blackmagic livestreaming pro- United Nations describes “alarming busts a week there this spring. The network. Agents said he had a webpage by academics and artists, but also by duction programs. In recent years, Deakin growth of new forms of child sexual youngest victim ever, rescued a few open to wipe his phone clean. They tied child pornographers. FBI agents looking said, he earned $30 an hour as a systems exploitation online.” weeks ago, was an infant, 2 months old. him up with an iPhone charging cord for abusers search BitTorrent to spot peo- administrator. But his home was filled Most are under 12. before he could hit the button. ple sharing exploitive images. with junk, his refrigerator near empty. An epidemic This spring The Associated Press AP and investigators asked him Stacks of used egg cartons fell from the The FBI says it’s epidemic, and that at watched a raid, rescue and launch of a repeatedly why he had the obscene Blackmagic livestreaming shelves, and a half-eaten pot of cold rice any given moment, 750,000 child preda- major investigation that continues to play images stored on his computer. “There Deakin said he grew up in Peoria, sat on the stove. — AP 11 South Korean, Chinese children die in bus crash Bus bursts into flames in a tunnel

BEIJING: Eleven South Korean and Chinese. But a South Korean con- tunnel’s ceiling. The video’s tions are often flouted or go unen- Chinese kindergarteners and their sular official in the eastern city of authenticity could not be immedi- forced by police. There were more driver were killed when a school Qingdao told AFP that 10 of the ately verified. The cause of the than 180,000 traffic accidents and bus crashed and burst into flames children were South Korean, crash was under investigation. 58,000 deaths in 2015, authorities in a tunnel in eastern China yester- though five of them were dual South Korea’s Acting President said in December. The country’s fre- day, officials said. The children Chinese nationals. The official also Hwang Kyo-Ahn voiced “grave quently overcrowded long-distance were aged between three and six said the children were aged four to sadness” over the tragedy, which buses are particularly prone to high and attended a South Korean seven. Weihai authorities said the occurred as the country went to fatalities. Ten people were killed and international school in the city of children were on their way to the the polls to elect a new president. 38 injured in March when a bus col- Weihai, Shandong province, local Weihai Zhongshi South Korean Hwang told the foreign ministry to lided with a cement truck in the authorities said. A teacher was International School when the acci- mobilize “all diplomatic resources” southwestern province of Yunnan. seriously injured in the tragedy, dent occurred at the Taojiakuang to handle the accident and keep At least 18 people were killed when which reverberated in South tunnel at around 9:00 am. the parents of the young victims a minibus plunged into a lake in the JAKARTA: Muslim protesters shout slogans during a protest against Jakarta’s Korea, whose acting president An amateur video posted by informed of any developments. central city of Wuhan in December. Christian Governor Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama outside a court where his trial is expressed sorrow. the People’s Daily on its Twitter Last November, a pile-up on an held in Jakarta yesterday. — AP The Weihai propaganda depart- account shows cars driving away 58,000 road deaths expressway in the northern ment said five of the young victims from the bus, which was stopped Deadly road accidents are com- province of Shanxi killed 17 people Why religious intolerance were South Korean and six were near a wall as flames reached the mon in China, where traffic regula- and damaged 56 vehicles. — AFP is on the rise in Indonesia

JAKARTA: A guilty verdict and two-year jail brands of Middle Eastern Islam-have had sentence for Jakarta’s Christian governor space to flourish. The new freedoms have Basuki Tjahaja Purnama on blasphemy allowed the growth of hardline groups, charges have fuelled concerns about the such as the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), erosion of religious freedoms in Indonesia. and successive governments have been Faith-based tension has been mounting in criticised for failing to tackle the radicals for recent years in the world’s most populous fear of being accused of attacking Islam. Muslim-majority country, undermining its “Post-Suharto, there has been quite a signif- pluralist reputation. Here are three points icant ‘Islamisation’ of society,” said Bonar that explain the issue: Tigor Naipospos, deputy head of Indonesian rights group Setara Institute. “As Clubbed, hacked, stoned long at it is to enhance people’s and soci- Indonesia has often been praised for its ety’s obedience to God, that’s okay, but we moderate, inclusive brand of Islam, and the are now seeing a different phenomenon- constitution guarantees freedom of wor- the rise of radicalism.” ship for six religions. However the archipel- ago’s sizeable religious minorities-mainly Indonesia’s image to ‘suffer’ Christians and Muslim Shiites and Ahmadis- Hardline groups such as the FPI, once have been increasingly targeted as more considered fringe organizations, played a conservative forms of Islam grow in popu- key role in organizing protests against larity. Some Christian churches and Purnama, and analysts say they will feel mosques where Muslim minorities pray emboldened after his jailing and last month’s have been closed due to pressure from election loss. The accusations that Purnama hardliners. Shiites and Ahmadis-regarded as insulted Islam centered on comments he heretics by some Sunnis-have been forced made during a speech in September last from their homes in mob attacks and on year ahead of the vote for the next Jakarta occasion even killed. In one of the most governor. He lightheartedly accused his SRINAGAR: Kashmiri students throw stones on Indian policemen during a protest in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir yesterday. — AP high-profile cases, a group clubbed, hacked opponents of using a Koranic verse to trick and stoned three defenseless Ahmadis to people into voting against him. A video of death in front of police in 2011 in western his comments was posted online, sparking Kashmir’s brutal stories Java, sparking international outrage. fury across the nation and leading to mass protests in Jakarta. The saga, which led to Radicals on the rise Purnama being hauled into court to face tri- During the three-decade rule of dictator al on blasphemy charges, was seen as hav- Suharto, authorities sought to run the ing contributed heavily to his loss to a get cartoon treatment country along secular lines, largely keeping Muslim opponent in a ballot he had been religion out of public life and limiting the expected to win. Yohanes Sulaiman, an ana- SRINAGAR: Through sombre black and white ‘People die like flies’ The mountainous region is held in part by influence of hardline groups. Following lyst from the Indonesian Defense University, drawings, graphic novelist Malik Sajad tells the He believes the lives of all in Kashmir are Pakistan and India, but claimed in full by both, Suharto’s downfall in 1998 and Indonesia’s said the country’s image as a bastion of tol- brutal story of his native Kashmir in the 1990s, as shaped by the “volatile atmosphere” of the region, and has triggered two of the three wars fought by transition to democracy, more conservative erant Islam would “suffer” following the an armed insurgency against Indian rule reached where an anti-India insurgency has claimed thou- both since their independence from Britain nearly forms of Islam-often influenced by harsher court decision. —AFP its bloody peak. Sajad’s debut graphic novel sands of lives since 1989. The Kashmir valley has 70 years ago. Thousands of soldiers from both “Munnu” is his account of growing up in the been tense since last month, when eight people sides still face off along the disputed frontier Kashmir Valley, one of the most spectacular but were killed by police and paramilitaries during known as the Line of Control. Sajad’s book was Hindu nationalists promise also most heavily militarized places on earth. election day violence. Dozens of Kashmiris were published in 2015 in Britain, but it took another The story is set in Srinagar, the main city in killed last summer in violent clashes between six months for it to come out in India. He says he ‘superior’ babies, fairer skin Indian-administered Kashmir, against a backdrop government forces and stone-throwing protest- never found out why, but his publisher told him of clashes, curfews and arbitrary detentions as ers angered by the death of a charismatic and authorities were slow to provide the ISBN number the Indian army suppressed a separatist insur- popular rebel leader in a police shoot-out. that all published books must have. — AFP NEW DELHI: A Hindu nationalist organi- ture. The secrets are all there in our gency that reached its peak in the 1990s. “You zation is promising to help Indian cou- ancient Hindu texts,” said Narwani. The grow up grappling with paranoia. And also cyni- ples conceive “superior” babies with high project, whose name translates as “scien- cism a little, but a cynicism informed by reality,” IQs and fairer skin than their parents, tific purification of the womb”, is based in the 29-year-old told AFP in an interview in sparking media criticism. Karishma Gujarat, the western home state of Hindu Srinagar, where he recently returned after a Mohandas Narwani, head of the Garbh nationalist Prime Minister Narendra decade abroad. The shopping centre where he Vigyan Sanskar project, said it advised Modi. It is treating around 400 couples. agrees to meet is deserted and despite the prospective parents on how to undergo Narwani denied newspaper reports breathtaking scenery that surrounds it, Srinagar a “purification” process to ensure their that it was linked to the Rashtriya has an air of sadness. babies were born free of all vices. “We Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), an influen- “I prefer when it rains here, nature joins you in have to ensure the seed is good, which tial right-wing Hindu organisation seen that sadness. When it is sunny, it becomes really means the quality of the sperm and the as the ideological fountainhead of unsettling,” said Sajad. The black and white draw- ovum has to be top-class,” Narwani, a Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. But she ings in the novel have the jarring, angular look of practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine said said she was working with the help of German expressionist art. Rather than having yesterday. Arogya Bharti, a group often described human features, the Kashmiris in the story are “If that is taken care of, then the baby as the health wing of the RSS. Ashok represented as hanguls-a local species of deer will have the desired mental, physical Kumar Varshney, an RSS campaigner endangered because the army has encroached and spiritual quality.” She said couples and secretary of Arogya Bharti, said the on its habitat. Sajad started drawing cartoons for could produce “superior offspring” by fol- group’s methods made it possible for newspapers at the tender age of 13 and went on lowing the organization’s advice on “parents with low IQ to have offspring to study art. But said he always felt a close affinity everything from diet to thinking good with high IQ”. “It is also possible for a with literature, making the graphic novel format thoughts. “Actually our aim is to produce dark-skinned couple to have fair babies,” an obvious choice. SRINAGAR: Kashmiri cartoonist Malik Sajad poses for a photograph at his home in superior offspring, full of values and cul- he added. —AFP Srinagar. —AFP NEWS WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017

India finds it hard to end cash love affair Hair therapy boosts tourism in Istanbul Continued from Page 1 from 7.3 percent in the previous three months. That could Continued from Page 1 ty coming from the Middle East and the Arabian yet be revised down as the full picture emerges. Peninsula, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab The government followed up the banknote action by Agriculture and real estate are as sensitive to the cash normal cost” in some other countries. Package offers Emirates and Qatar. “We are setting our sights on a 10- banning all cash transactions above 200,000 rupees in economy as Old Delhi gold dealers. “Property sales have for foreign patients include pickup from the airport, percent increase in hair transplant alone (in 2017). It March. It has promoted e-wallets and offered incentives for slowed in Delhi, but not just because of demonetization,” hotel accommodation, the surgery itself and tourism. would not be a dream to reach up to 6,500 patients a businesses that adopt digital payments. said a real estate agent in the capital, who asked that his Around €1,200 ($1,312) would get a patient three month,” he told AFP. Patients from Greece, Italy and The government said that the amount of tax collected name not be revealed. “Cash is more difficult, but more often days in Istanbul and a top quality medical treatment, Russia are also showing interest, he said. in February was 10 percent higher than for the same than not there are big piles of notes on the table,” he added. whereas the same surgery could cost up to €6,000 in “Despite the decline in the tourism sector in 2016, month last year. It insists it is looking for long-term change. Ironically, jewelers made money in the initial days of the Europe, or only slightly less in the Middle East. The oper- we see a five-percent growth in health tourism, based But the action so far has not deterred wily and wary government cash ban as stunned consumers swapped ation is carried out with Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) on statistics,” Kodan said, adding that the aim was to Indians. All sales witnessed by an AFP reporter during a vis- suddenly worthless notes for gold, a traditional safe haven. where tiny hairs are taken out one by one from areas achieve up to seven billion dollars in revenue this it to the gold market on a recent afternoon were in cash. “There is not a single shop in this entire market that didn’t where the patient still has hair, like the nape of the year. Tastemel said the hair treatment sector was “Demonetization has had no impact at all,” said the propri- make money during demonetization,” one shop owner, neck. After the harvesting, they are implanted in the showing a resilience lacking in other branches of the etor of a store who declined to give his name. “You can who declined to be named, said with a laugh. The owner areas where the patient has lost hair. The procedure tourism sector, which saw revenues plummet more never remove cash from our system.” said he doubled sales last year to 20 million rupees owing takes around eight to 10 hours, while the tiny trans- than 17 percent in the first three months of this year Cash withdrawals from bank machines are rising. In to the government action. The government’s “longer-term planted hairs can take weeks or months to take root compared to the same period in 2016. “Even when March the figure stood at 2.2 billion rupees, up 0.6 percent success will depend on whether Indians return to cash in and grow. there were problems in the tourism industry it didn’t from the same month last year. And the government large numbers,” the Stratfor consultancy said in a recent Emre Ali Kodan, consultant for the Health Tourism affect the medical tourism domain very much,” he action hit the economy, at least temporarily. India’s impres- report. It predicted that Modi will not give up attempts to Association, said 5,000 foreign patients undergo hair said. “We kept doing a high number of operations sive growth fell to 7.0 percent in the final quarter of 2016 “steer India’s economy away from cash”. — AFP transplants in Turkey every month, with the vast majori- even during the crisis period.” — AFP

Amir, Erdogan launch new airport... Landslide win for Moon in South Korea... Continued from Page 1 The campaign focused largely on the economy, Continued from Page 1 Aviation Sheikh Salman Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah said. The with North Korea less prominent. But after a decade development plan is expected to be completed in 2020. They gave Moon, of the Democratic Party, who of conservative rule Moon’s victory could mean sig- past 14 years, Erdogan said. Turkish firms have been Sheikh Salman noted that this dynamic and important backs engagement with the North, 41.4 percent sup- nificant change in Seoul’s approach towards both involved in projects worth a total of $6.5 billion in project will meet the aspirations of travelers in terms of port, according to the joint survey by three television Pyongyang and key ally Washington. The 64-year-old Kuwait. Erdogan also touched on HH the Amir’s recent advanced systems, technologies, services and high lev- stations. Conservative Hong Joon-Pyo - who dubs - accused by his critics of being soft on the North - visit to Turkey, which has been a magnet for some els of safety and security, in addition to being an envi- Moon a “pro-Pyongyang leftist” was far behind on advocates dialogue to ease tensions and to bring it to 180,000 Kuwaiti tourists. He added that the terminal ronmentally-friendly project. 23.3 percent, with centrist Ahn Cheol-Soo third on negotiations. He is seen as favoring more independ- “fits into Kuwait’s 2035 development plan”. “Peace and Over the past 10 years, air traffic has increased by 10 21.8. The result was “a great victory of great people” ence in relations with the US, Seoul’s security guaran- prosperity in the world is contingent on the stability of percent annually, with the numbers of passengers trav- who wanted to create “a country of justice... where tor with 28,500 troops in the country. Their presence, our region and Kuwaiti’s special ties with Turkey could elling through Kuwait International Airport reaching 12 rules and common sense prevail”, Moon told cheering he told reporters during the campaign, was “impor- be the catalyst for increased cooperation in the Middle million passengers in 2016. “According to projections supporters on Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul - tant not only to our own security but also to the East,” Erdogan said and forecasts, the number of passengers is expected to where vast crowds gathered for candlelit protests global strategy of the US”. Minister of Public Works Abdulrahman Al-Mutawa said exceed 23 million in 2027. This project will contribute to over several months to demand Park’s removal. Moon also says he would be willing to visit the project is designed to handle 25 million passengers a the development of the country’s economy and tourism The graft scandal plunged the South into political Pyongyang to meet Kim and advocates resumption year and is scalable for an additional 25 million in the and will enhance Kuwait’s status globally by keeping up turmoil and bitter division, but Moon promised heal- future. “It’s designed to the highest international stan- with the continuous developments of air traffic and ing, telling the crowd: “I will be president for all South of some of the inter-Korean projects shuttered by his dards - a Class A classification, the highest airport classifi- offering investment opportunities to the private sector Koreans.” On the square, freelancer Koh Eun-Byul, 28, predecessors, including the Kaesong joint industrial cation. The airport is environmentally friendly and energy that guarantee financial returns to the state’s treasury told AFP: “I am so happy because now there is hope for zone. In Seoul’s prosperous Seocho district, 72-year- efficient and will recycle water to be used in irrigation and create job opportunities for Kuwaiti youth in all some meaningful change.” National elections are pub- old doctor Chung Tae-Wan backed Moon’s conserva- and landscaping. In addition, the airport will include solar specialties,” stressed Sheikh Salman. lic holidays in South Korea and preliminary figures tive opponent Hong, telling AFP he did so because panels placed on the roof to generate enough energy to The new terminal was initially scheduled to be com- showed a turnout of 77.2 percent - the highest for 20 “security is the most important thing”. But for many power 10 percent of the terminal’s electricity consump- pleted within six years, but Limak Chairman Nihat years in a presidential poll. With 40 percent of the vote South Korean voters, corruption, slowing growth, tion, making it one of the best airports in the world once Ozdemir predicted it may be done within four years. counted, results showed Moon with a slightly smaller unemployment and even air pollution from China top construction is completed,” he said. “This airport will be a state-of-the-art landmark airport share than the poll forecast, but not enough to matter. the list of concerns. — AFP Mutawa said the ministry of public works has by all measures, and a world-class gateway for Kuwait. ensured that this vital project will create many job This project is more than a construction project - it’s a opportunities for Kuwaiti youth and local companies. link between the two countries: Kuwait and Turkey, Govt will only debate ‘constitutional’... “Forty Kuwaiti engineers will work on this project, in between two economies, between two societies. As a addition to a group of technicians, administrative and result of this link, new technologies are currently being Continued from Page 1 est developments are likely to trigger an intense politi- accounting staff. We also ensured the transfer of knowl- introduced and transferred, new jobs are currently cal crisis in the country, although the survival of the edge and technology to our national cadres and com- being created in Kuwait, and planned local procure- The liberal National Democratic Movement said in a prime minister is certain. panies,” added Mutawa. ment in Kuwait will be in the hundreds of millions of statement that it feels the four figures were pressurized In the Assembly session yesterday, MPs agreed to ask The project is part of an $8.2 billion strategic devel- dollars, all while we train and equip Kuwaiti men and to issue the statement. The statement demanded the the Assembly’s environment committee to investigate opment plan for the Kuwait airport that also includes a women of the future through the various education and reasons of revoking the citizenships and the legal the mass death of fish in Kuwaiti waters in the past few new runway, a control tower and a smaller passenger empowerment initiatives that we are pursuing in mechanism of returning them must be made public weeks. They asked the committee to submit its report terminal, President of the Directorate General for Civil Kuwait today,” he said. and those responsible must be held to account. The lat- within one month. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 ANALYSIS

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Focus Translated forecasts aim to aid farmers

hen farmers in northern Burkina Faso speak about the direction of the wind, they refer to the direc- Wtion it is blowing in. Burkina Faso’s meteorological agency, however, classifies wind by the direction it comes from. That means that when state forecasters warn of a strong west wind, farmers find an east wind comes gusting along, flattening their faith in forecasts. But a new guide aims to solve that problem - and help farmers build better resilience to climate change - by translating the French and English words commonly used in weather forecasts not just into northern Burkina Faso’s local languages but also its culture. The guide, for instance, translates the French and English word “eclipse” - the total or partial disappearance of the sun or moon - into the much more colorful term Burkinabe farmers would use for the phenomenon, said Malick Victor, a journalist from Chad who led development of the translation guide. “If on local radio I want to announce an eclipse, I need to say that ‘Tomorrow, accord- ing to the meteorological forecast, the cat will catch the Tainted Portugal cork industry fights back moon or the sun,’” Victor said. “Right now, the language decade ago, shares in the world’s largest cork pro- become less sensitive to the question of cork or screw cap TCA-free stoppers made from shredded cork for lower-end used (by forecasters) is so technical and not designed for ducer, Corticeira Amorim, didn’t look like a great bet. as the market grew, especially younger people drinking wine makers. They are made by Amorim and others such as the farmer,” he said. “But if we give it to the farmer in a way Its biggest customer, the wine industry, was flirting cheaper wines. “More and more consumers don’t mind as French-Portuguese Lafitte Group. they can understand, then they can use it.” A with cheaper products that threatened cork’s dominance: much whether the closure is a cork or a screw cap,” he said. The R&D drive was a response to the industry’s cork taint Screw tops and plastic stoppers. Many premium wine-mak- “But for top wines, clearly cork is preferred.” crisis, which peaked in the early 2000s when even European Too Hot To Go Out? ers had spurned cork, blaming it for occasionally tainting Cork exports to China jumped 22 percent in 2016, makers of premium wines began joining the switch to screw Victor’s guide - a dictionary of more than 500 French wines with a mouldy taste. That was then. The cork indus- according to cork makers’ association APCOR. As the caps. In 2005, Laroche Wines, owned by AdVini, sealed all of and English meteorological terms with equivalent transla- try has since staged a comeback: Lisbon-listed Amorim’s biggest buyer of Australian wines, China also has the its Chablis, including high-end Grands crus, with screw caps. tions in Moore, Fulfulde and Gulimancema, northern share price has soared almost sixfold and cork exports from potential power to influence how producers seal their bot- But 10 years later, the French winery, which has annual sales Burkina Faso’s three most-spoken languages - was created Portugal, the world’s dominant producer, have just tles in that predominantly screw-top market. Amcor did of €25 million, has switched back. It uses cork for all its as part of the British government-funded Building regained their peaks of 15 years ago. not respond to a Reuters request for comment. However, Grand cru, Premier cru and most selection wines. At the end Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and “When you go back 12, 15 years, the forecast for cork The Winemakers’ Federation of Australia denied cork mak- of last year, it started sealing its top wines with NDTech. Disasters (BRACED) program. The three-year program aims was anything but optimistic. Where we are today is a com- ers were making inroads. “It’s definitely not a move in “After the big cork pollution crisis, the cork industry was to give some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable peo- pletely different territory from what most people thought Australia or New Zealand. We are still very much screwcap on the defensive. The incredible work they did changed ple, in countries from Myanmar to South Sudan, the tools possible then,” said Carlos de Jesus, Amorim marketing for its convenience,” said Chief Executive Tony Battaglene. things... The cork quality increased drastically in the last 10 they need to prepare for more extreme weather and fend director. Sales of plastic stoppers shaped like a cork and He said about 90 percent of bottles produced in Australia years,” said Gregory Viennois, technical director at Laroche. off more frequent climate shocks without slipping into aluminium screw caps, made by firms such as Australia’s are sealed via screw top. Joao Rui Ferreira, head of APCOR and CEO of cork stoppers worsening poverty. Amcor, surged to account for almost half of the US market, maker WFScork, said cork was not aiming to return to its Victor, who works for media non-profit Internews as the world’s largest consumer of wine, in 2009, according to Lasers & Robots total domination of the late 20th century, when it held 95 part of Zaman Lebidi, a BRACED project led by anti-pover- the US-based Cork Quality Council. In the war with screw tops and plastic, Amorim has percent of the global market. Instead, it was focusing on ty charity Christian Aid, started the guide last year after Screw tops took over the Australian market, and are recruited robots, lasers and a battery of chromatographic premium wines in what is now a much larger overall mar- noticing that efforts to get better seasonal forecasts to now used to seal most bottles produced in South Africa analysis machines which can detect the almost invisible ket. “The trends are very clear. Wine consumption in the farmers through radio broadcasts weren’t working effec- and Chile too. However, cork has rallied, partly by investing signature of taint - the chemical compound TCA - in a few world is moving from volume to value...,” Ferreira said. tively, in large part because of translation issues. To sort in research to eliminate cork taint - a dank, mouldy smell parts per trillion, or equivalent to one drop in enough out the problems, he brought together farmers, journalists sometimes caused by microscopic fungi found in cork-tree water to fill 20 Olympic swimming pools. Bark is carefully Unconvinced from local radio stations, community leaders and meteoro- bark - and persuading some wine-makers to ditch alumini- stripped from cork oak trees in Portugal’s central-south Influential wine critics are still not convinced. For them, logical agency officials, who over two days decided on 517 um and plastic. Cork has raised its US market share to Alentejo region. Then at Amorim factories near the north- taint remains a serious problem for cork. APCOR estimates key terms that needed better translation. around 60 percent, and its share of the global market, ern city of Porto, equipment processes it into slabs that are that up to 1.2 percent of wine bottles are still ruined by In Burkina Faso, for instance, farmers have little use for which Amorim estimates is worth about $1.3 billion a year, steam-treated, cut into smaller pieces and fed by robotic TCA, but some producers and critics cite anecdotal evi- terms like winter and summer, instead dividing the year stands closer to 70 percent. But the battle for market share arms into machines that punch out stoppers. These are dence that the actual proportion is much higher. Lisa into periods of different rainfall and winds, such as the hot has only just begun. China is emerging as a huge new mar- sorted and polished using lasers. Perotti-Brown, a reviewer for the Robert Parker Wine Saharan Harmattan wind season or the monsoon period. ket as its middle class of more than 100 million people The finest-quality stoppers are still punched by hand Advocate website, wrote in April that during a recent tast- Efforts to broadcast expected high temperatures also develops a taste for wine. Cork and its rivals are engaged in before passing through the humming rows of chromato- ing of more than 900 wines from California’s Sonoma don’t make much sense for remote rural farmers without a battle for the hearts and minds of China’s wine lovers - graphic analyzers. Amorim’s NDTech process is among the County she had to discard up to 8 percent of the samples temperature gauges, Victor said. “But if you can say and for now cork seems to be winning. “It is a tradition. It technologies that sprang from more than €700 million because they were corked. She warned that even at levels whether it’s a day you can go outside with your animals or represents prestige,” said Matthew Gong, Shanghai-based ($766 million) invested by the Portuguese industry in new below the detection threshold hawked by Amorim, TCA not, that can help,” he said. spokesman for major Chinese wine importer ASC Fine equipment and research, and other companies hope to can still damage the wine, muting or otherwise dulling the The guide notes that it hopes to “remove the risk of Wines. However, he added, Chinese consumers would catch up soon. The industry has also launched cheaper aromas and flavors. —Reuters misunderstanding” between meteorologists, who accuse journalists of misinterpreting weather information; jour- nalists, who accuse meteorologists of being inaccurate; and farmers who aren’t sure they can trust any of the infor- Popular Ahok targeted by hardline anger mation they’re getting.

Simple Language akarta’s Christian governor, who was jailed for blasphe- opponents of using a Quranic verse to trick them into vot- put him on trial for blasphemy and his popularity slumped. Edmund Henley, who organized technical assistance to my yesterday, won much praise for his efforts to clean ing against him. The comments were filmed and went viral He lost last month’s election to a Muslim challenger and the project from the UK’s Met Office, said the effort is not Jup the traffic-choked megacity but his popularity online - providing ammunition for fringe hardline groups Tuesday was jailed for two years for blasphemy, a shock the first to try to put complicated meteorological terms could not save him from Islamic hardliners angered by his who had long railed against a non-Muslim leader ruling decision after prosecutors recommended only probation. into other languages. A World Meteorological comments about the Holy Quran. With his outspoken, the capital and his political opponents who were keen to Purnama was born into a well-off family on Belitung Organization website, for instance, offers translations of combative style and can-do attitude, Basuki Tjahaja oust him from the job and embarrass his ally Widodo. island in western Indonesia, and studied geology at univer- scientific terms into Arabic, Mandarin, Russian and Purnama cut an unusual figure among the political elite in Despite his apologies and insistence that he only intend- sity in Jakarta, before returning to his village and going Spanish, among other languages. But the Burkina Faso Muslim-majority Indonesia, where politicians typically take ed to attack his rivals, not the Quran itself, hundreds of thou- into business. His father urged him to use his talents to effort is unusual both in taking on local languages and a more gentle, persuasive approach. sands of conservative Muslims took to the streets of Jakarta help those less fortunate than himself, and he entered local making a “huge effort to get things into terms that are But the tall, bespectacled in mass rallies last year, organized by hardliners and encour- politics in 2004. He was elected to the national parliament understandable to people,” Henley said. “They had to politician, who was the city’s aged by his rivals. Under intense public pressure, authorities in 2009, where he met Widodo. — AFP think, ‘What are we trying to get across?’” first non-Muslim governor for The guide’s focus on creating simple French and English half a century and first ever equivalents for more complicated meteorological terms ethnic Chinese leader, quickly Moon: Activist, lawyer, president also means the guide is likely to be widely useful beyond overcame any doubts about his Burkina Faso’s borders, he said. The translation project, leadership as he took concrete he projected winner of Arrested and expelled backed by more than a dozen partner organisations - steps to improve the city of 10 South Korea’s presi- Moon was born on the southern island of Geoje in including Burkina Faso’s meteorological agency and other million. The 50-year-old - Tdential election is a 1952 during the Korean War after his parents fled the national institutes, the country’s radio and television known by his nickname Ahok - former special forces soldier, North. His father was a menial worker at a prisoner-of- groups, King’s College London and German charity regularly railed against corrup- pro-democracy activist and war camp while his mother peddled eggs in the nearby Welthungerhilfe - is now moving on to establishing mobile tion in one of the world’s most human rights lawyer. An exit port city of Busan, with the baby Moon strapped to her graft-ridden countries and led poll forecast a landslide vic- back, the politician wrote in his autobiography. He phone abbreviations for key terms. Basuki Purnama That will make the better-tuned weather information sting operations to catch lazy tory for left-leaning Moon entered law school in Seoul in 1972 but was arrested and more widely available by text message as well as on radio bureaucrats, drawing praise from a public weary of the Jae-In of the Democratic expelled for leading a student protest against the and television, Victor said. “With abbreviations we can get it city’s inefficiencies. The former deputy governor inherited Party, giving him 41.4 per- authoritarian rule of dictator Park Chung-Hee - the oust- short,” he said. “We know all the farmers in rural areas don’t the top job in 2014 after his predecessor Joko Widodo won cent support, 18 percentage ed president’s father. listen to the radio or read newspapers or look at television. the presidency. On Purnama’s watch, roads were repaired, points ahead of his nearest Moon returned to school in 1980 only to be arrested pavements improved, more parks started appearing in the challenger. Victory will cap a again. His close friendship with future president Roh But SMS doesn’t need radio coverage.” Burkina Faso’s gov- Moon Jae-In ernment, which has encouraged the project, has indicated city and its notoriously filthy rivers were cleaned up. Some political career that began began in 1982 when they opened a law firm in Busan it intends to reprint and more widely distribute the new of his policies - particularly a drive to evict poor, riverside with student activism in the days of military rule, when focusing on human and civil rights issues. Both became guide, and hopes to expand the translation effort to more communities - caused anger, but many Jakartans said their he was convicted of taking part in illegal protests. The leading figures in the pro-democracy protests that swept of the country’s approximately 60 languages. —Reuters lives had changed for the better since he took power. Until election came after millions of South Koreans took to the country in 1987 and led to South Korea’s first direct the blasphemy controversy, he was favorite to win last the streets in candlelit demonstrations to demand the presidential elections the same year. month’s gubernatorial election in Jakarta. removal of Park Geun-Hye, who was sacked by the When Roh entered politics, Moon continued with his All articles appearing on these pages are country’s top court in March over a corruption scandal legal practice in Busan, defending students and workers ‘Fearless leader’ and is now in custody awaiting trial. arrested for leading protests and labour strikes. But a the personal opinion of the writers. Kuwait Aleksius Jemadu, a political expert at Pelita Harapan The irony is that he was once chief of staff to liberal year after Roh’s unexpected election victory in 2002, Times takes no responsibility for views University near Jakarta, praised Purnama for his “coura- president Roh Moo-Hyun, who committed suicide in Moon joined the administration as a presidential aide, geous attitude”. “Ahok is a rare figure, he’s fearless. He 2009 after being questioned over graft allegations. tasked with weeding out official corruption and screen- expressed therein. Kuwait Times invites appeared when the Indonesian people were thirsting for “Corruption is the biggest issue in South Korean poli- ing candidates for top government posts, before rising to readers to voice their opinions. Please send an honest leader,” he told AFP. But it was never going to be tics,” says Robert Kelly of Pusan National University. become his chief of staff. “I was always happy due to the easy for someone from a religious and ethnic minority to “That’s absolutely true. Every South Korean president fact that I was able to help others with what I had been submissions via email to: opinion@kuwait- hang on to such a powerful position, particularly when he has gotten into trouble for corruption and bribery and trained to do,” Moon said in his autobiography. times.net or via snail mail to PO Box 1301 was not elected to it in the first place. graft and things like that, of varying degrees.” But Moon The 64-year-old has promised to curb the concentra- His aggressive, outspoken style, an advantage when boasts a clean image himself, said Kim Neung-Gou, tion of economic power in the hands of the chaebols, the Safat, Kuwait. The editor reserves the right taking on bungling officials, turned out to be a double- president of online newspaper Polinews, and has been family-oriented business groups whose ties to govern- to edit any submission as necessary. edged sword that contributed to his downfall. In “riding on waves of protests against Park and accumu- ment have been exposed in the wide-ranging scandal September last year, in a speech to a group of fisherman lated corruption”. that saw Park impeached. — AFP during early campaigning for the elections, he accused his p15_Layout 1 5/9/17 8:31 PM Page 1

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Driver ‘deliberately’ knocked Jiangsu end Adelaide Flood quits Toulouse as Chris Froome off his bicycle United’s campaign Lyon sign S African duo

LONDON: Reigning Tour de France champion Chris Froome said yes- ADELAIDE: A late goal from midfielder Ji Xiang clinched a 1-0 win and top TOULOUSE: English fly-half Toby Flood has quit fallen French Top 14 terday he was deliberately knocked off his bicycle by a hit-and-run spot for Jiangsu Suning in the AFC Champions League Group H, ending giants Toulouse by mutual agreement, the club said yesterday. The 31- driver while training in southern France. The British rider posted a pic- Adelaide United’s Asian campaign in Adelaide. Ji scored with a clinical fin- year-old had a year left on his contract but “will not see out his final season ture of his badly damaged bike on Twitter but said he had escaped ish nine minutes from the end of normal time to net the Chinese team’s with the club” which he joined in 2014. The former England international injury. “Just got rammed on purpose by an impatient winner off only their second shot on target for the match. Adelaide, who has played 60 games for Toulouse scoring 337 points. Capped 60 times for driver who followed me onto the pavement!” tweet- needed to win and hope that South Korea’s Jeju United would lose to England, he previously played for Newcastle Falcons and Leicester Tigers. ed the 31-year-old Froome, a three-time winner of Japan’s Gamba Osaka to progress to the knockout phase, bombarded the His departure is the 12th from the club which has had a disastrous the Tour, road cycling’s most prestigious race. Jiangsu goal with 20 shots, including nine to one in the opening half, but season, the 19-time French champions failing to make the Top “Thankfully I’m okay. Bike totaled. Driver kept could not score. But coupled with their defeat, Jeju downed Gamba Osaka 14 play-offs for the first time in 41 years. Elsewhere in the Top going!” The picture was geotagged from Beausoleil, 2-0 at home to advance to the round of 16. Adelaide, ACL finalists in 2008, 14 yesterday, Lyon signed South African forwards Francois van near Froome’s home in Monaco, and retweeted more finished third in the group, five points behind Jeju, after an Asian cam- der Merwe from defending champions Racing 92 and Etienne than 12,000 times in just a few hours. Froome rides paign which returned one win, three draws and three losses. Jiangsu left Oosthuizen from Super Rugby side Sharks.And Bordeaux- for the British-based Team Sky and will defend his their overseas stars Brazil’s Alex Teixeira and Colombian Roger Martinez at Begles announced the arrival of Rory Teague as their new backs title when the Tour de France begins in Dusseldorf, home and were also without suspended Brazilian international Ramires. coach. The 32-year-old has worked on England’s coaching Germany, on July 1. Sky said Froome returned Adelaide were Australia’s last hope of making it through to the knockout staff since last year and will travel with the England home to get a spare bike and continued his train- rounds after Western Sydney Wanderers and Brisbane Roar failed to get squad for the two-Test tour in Argentina next month ing after the incident. — AFP out of their respective groups.— AFP before taking up his new position in France.—AFP

BALTIMORE: Anthony Rendon #6 of the Washington Nationals forces out Mark Trumbo #45 of the Baltimore Orioles at second base in the fifth inning during a baseball game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on May 8, 2017. —AFP Yankees pull all-nighter, hammer Reds

CINCINNATI: Brett Gardner and Matt bases-loaded single in the first off Rookie Brad Brach worked the ninth for his eighth sixth for the 10th time in his last 11 starts. Oct. 5 in the NL wild-card game. Holliday homered and Japanese pitcher Davis (1-2), a former Yankees prospect. save. After Brach gave up a one-out RBI Masahiro Tanaka won his fifth consecutive double to former Oriole Matt Wieters, pinch- METS 4, GIANTS 3 CARDINALS 9, MARLINS 4 start as the New York Yankees shook off a ORIOLES 6, NATIONALS 4 runner Trea Turner strayed too far from sec- Neil Walker hit a game-ending single Cardinals ace Carlos Martinez drove in long game and a short night’s sleep, beat- Trey Mancini capped a three-homer ond base on a groundout to first and the with two outs in the ninth inning as the four runs, compensating for the two homers ing Cincinnati 10-4 in Major League binge in the first inning against Gio game ended with a rundown in which New York Mets put turmoil aside to beat he gave up to Marcell Ozuna and leading St. Baseball on Monday for their sixth victory Gonzalez as Baltimore beat Washington for Adam Lind was tagged out between third reeling San Francisco. Michael Conforto Louis over Miami for its season-best fourth in a row. The Yankees have the best record its season-high fifth straight victory. Kevin and home. Gonzalez (3-1) came in with a scored for New York’s first walk-off win this straight win. Martinez (2-3) came into the in the majors at 21-9 and are 12 games Gausman (2-3) limited baseball’s most National League-leading 1.64 ERA for the season, giving the Mets their seventh victo- game hitless this year. He hit a two-out, over .500 for the first time since the end of potent offense to two runs over seven team with the best record in the NL. ry in 10 games. Jeurys Familia (1-0) needed three-run double off Adam Conley (2-3) in the 2015 season. Their biggest challenge innings. He retired the first 10 batters and just five pitches in a perfect ninth, finishing the second inning and singled home a run was overcoming the fatigue from an 18- struck out eight in his longest outing of the BLUE JAYS 4, INDIANS 2 a five-hitter started by Jacob deGrom, who in the fourth. Martinez struck out seven in inning, 5-4 win at Wrigley Field early year. Joey Rickard hit a leadoff homer and Marcus Stroman pitched six shutout struck out 11 in six innings. Hunter Pence six innings and finally received some run Monday. The Yankees didn’t land in the Mark Trumbo added a solo shot before innings and Kevin Pillar made a sensational and Buster Posey homered for San support. Miguel Socolovich pitched three Cincinnati area until 5:08 a.m., and the sun Mancini connected with a runner on to catch in center field as Toronto beat Francisco. Josh Osich (0-1) took the loss. innings to earn his first career save. Miami’s was up when some of them finally fell make it 4-0. The Orioles hold a 37-24 advan- Cleveland in a playoff rematch. Ryan Goins New York has been dealing with drama all Giancarlo Stanton hit his 11th homer in the asleep. Players sipped caffeinated drinks tage over their neighboring rivals in the so- hit a two-run homer and Justin Smoak added homestand, from an injury that will likely ninth, his third shot in two days. Ozuna also and yawned in the clubhouse pregame. called “Beltway Series,” which began in 2006. a two-run single as the Blue Jays beat the keep star pitcher Noah Syndergaard out has 11 homers. Matt Carpenter had a two- Tanaka (5-1) gave them what they needed Caleb Joseph had a career high-tying four team that eliminated them from last year’s until after the All-Star break to a suspension run triple for the Cardinals, who have won after their all-nighter, going seven innings hits for the Orioles. Baltimore (21-10) owns AL Championship Series. Former Blue Jays of pitcher Matt Harvey, who failed to show seven consecutive road games. Marlins on 112 pitches to rest the bullpen. He the second-best record in the majors slugger Edwin Encarnacion, who signed a up for a game. The Giants, who have lost manager Don Mattingly was ejected for allowed four runs - Joey Votto drove in behind the AL East-leading New York $60 million, three-year contract with five of six, were playing at Citi Field for the arguing balls and strikes after Martinez three with a single and a homer - while Yankees. Bryce Harper homered and drove Cleveland last winter, received a warm wel- first time since beating the Mets 3-0 last struck out the side in the second.— AP ending the Reds’ five-game winning streak. in two runs for the Nationals. After the come and a video tribute in his return to Gary Sanchez got New York going with his Orioles let a six-run cushion shrink to three, Toronto. Encarnacion got a standing ovation before his first at-bat and went 2 for 3 with a walk. Pillar made the defensive play of the Baseball results/standings game - perhaps the season - in the sixth, div- ing on the warning track in center to catch a deep drive by Jose Ramirez and strand run- LA Dodgers 12, Pittsburgh 1, San Diego 5, Texas 1, Oakland 3, La Angels 2 (11 innings), Kansas City 7, Tampa ners at second and third. The remarkable Bay 3, NY Yankees 10, Cincinnati 4, NY Mets 4, San Francisco 3, St. Louis 9, Miami 4, Toronto 4, Cleveland 2, Baltimore 6, Washington 4. grab was one of several plays that helped Stroman (3-2) escape jams. Toronto turned American League National League inning-ending double plays in the second, Eastern Division Eastern Division fourth and fifth. Goins hit a two-out homer W L PCT GB Washington 21 11 .656 - off Trevor Bauer (2-4) in the second. Roberto NY Yankees 21 9 .700 - NY Mets 15 16 .484 5.5 Osuna finished for his fifth save. Baltimore 21 10 .677 0.5 Philadelphia 13 17 .433 7 Boston 17 14 .548 4.5 Miami 13 18 .419 7.5 ROYALS 7, RAYS 3 Tampa Bay 16 18 .471 7 Atlanta 11 18 .379 8.5 Toronto 12 20 .375 10 Central Division Nate Karns struck out 10 while pitching Central Division St. Louis 17 14 .548 - into the seventh inning and Eric Hosmer had Cleveland 17 14 .548 - Cincinnati 17 15 .531 0.5 three hits as Kansas City busted out of an Minnesota 15 14 .517 1 Chicago Cubs 16 15 .516 1 offensive slump to beat Tampa Bay. Kansas Chicago White Sox 15 15 .500 1.5 Milwaukee 16 16 .500 1.5 City matched its best run output of the year Detroit 15 15 .500 1.5 Pittsburgh 14 18 .438 3.5 and set a season high with 13 hits. Drew Kansas City 11 20 .355 6 Western Division Butera homered and drove in his first two Western Division Colorado 20 12 .625 - Houston 21 11 .656 - runs of the season, helping the Royals win LA Angels 16 18 .471 6 LA Dodgers 18 14 .563 2 for the fourth time in 17 games. Karns (2-2) Oakland 15 17 .469 6 Arizona 18 15 .545 2.5 allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings. Blake SAN DIEGO: Carlos Gomez #14 of the Texas Rangers gets caught in a run down between Seattle 15 17 .469 6 San Diego 13 20 .394 7.5 Snell (0-3) yielded four runs and 10 hits over second and third base by Trevor Cahill #38 of the San Diego Padres during the second Texas 13 20 .394 8.5 San Francisco 11 22 .333 9.5 five innings. He failed to get an out in the inning of a baseball game at PETCO Park on May 8, 2017. — AFP WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 SPORTS

TALLADEGA: AJ Allmendinger (47) flips on the backstretch in a crash involving multiple drivers, including Trevor Bayne (6) and Joey Logano (22), bringing out a red flag during the Camping World 500 auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala.— AP Stenhouse writes new chapter as a NASCAR winner

TALLADEGA: “I have a boyfriend, his name is standing by his side, pushing him to work out and run well and win races and do what Greg Biffle and won back-to-back champi- who considers it his home track. And it was in Richard.” With those eight words spoken by harder, eat healthier and simply be better. we have to do to do that,” Stenhouse said of onships in 2003 and 2004 has downsized to 2014 - the last year a Roush driver had won a Danica Patrick in 2013, everything Ricky Now Stenhouse is a Monster Energy Cup Patrick. “She understands that I’m going to go just two drivers and a lot of sub-par finishes. race before Sunday - that Stenhouse embar- Stenhouse Jr had accomplished in his career Series winner, and it was his famous girlfriend to the shop a lot, and to have that support and But Roush has slowly established a bit of con- rassingly failed to qualify at Talladega. He had became a footnote. He was suddenly “Danica’s who was there to greet him Sunday when he her knowing where I’m coming from is great sistency, and the improvement is evident to stay for the race, honor sponsor commit- boyfriend.” The princess of auto racing had pulled into victory lane at Talladega to have. I don’t mind being known as her through 10 races this year. Trevor Bayne is 16th ments, watch Patrick race and wonder if he finally found her prince charming, mullet and Superspeedway. boyfriend. She doesn’t mind being known as in the standings. Stenhouse has nearly hit was on a sinking ship with Roush. all. The moment the fellow NASCAR drivers It was their first trip to the podium as a cou- my girlfriend. It goes either way, and we could- career highs in every category, is 12th in the Still, he had won a pair of Xfinity titles with went public with their relationship, Stenhouse ple, and because she’d crashed out earlier in n’t be in a better place right now.” NASCAR was standings, and most important to the organi- Roush and he had faith the team could win was thrust into a spotlight that had nothing to the race, she’d been able to watch him use a there to celebrate with the couple, Stenhouse zation, both have a shot to make the 16-driver again. “I believed in all the guys that I had do with his racing resume. He was an accesso- last-lap pass of Kyle Busch to nab his first vic- the latest new face to win in a series undergo- playoff field. around me and the team, that they still want- ry. Because he was a young driver trying to tory in 158 career Cup starts. She was in street ing a serious changing of the guard. At 29, “I think it means everything for us,” team ed the same thing that I wanted, and that was make it in the big leagues with a team on a clothes for the celebration that began when Stenhouse is still young enough to develop President Steve Newmark said. “Ricky has had to get back in victory lane, to compete, and to rapid descent into mediocrity, Stenhouse had she leaned in for a big kiss. This was a huge into a star. His victory at Talladega earned him ample opportunity to mail it in, yet he’s at the know that we’re here every weekend like we little chance to stand on his own. moment. For Stenhouse. For his father, who a spot in the All-Star race and, likely, the play- shop at 6:30 a.m. working with the guys on were in the Xfinity Series,” Stenhouse said. “I He was, for the first few years, the man on was almost arrested trying to climb a fence to offs. He did it for a Roush team that was once occasion, and he has really taken that leader- want that feeling here. We’re not there yet, but Danica’s arm. But ever so slowly, he chipped cross the track to get to his son in his biggest the pride of the Ford camp but has been on a ship mantle. He and Trevor both have stepped they know we’re here. We’re on some of them’s away at his craft. He got better and has been moment. For the couple that races but doesn’t decline for years. up, and that’s really what’s brought us back.” radar screen. We’re not on all of them yet. hands-on in the long, painful rebuild at Roush win. The moment, for once, belonged to The team that once fielded Mark Martin, The Talladega victory was such a sweet There’s teams that don’t look at us throughout Fenway Racing. All the while, it was Patrick Stenhouse. “Both of our main focus is to go Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Jeff Burton and redemption for Stenhouse, a Mississippi native practice yet, but they will.”— AP Curry leads Warriors rout of Jazz to complete sweep

LOS ANGELES: Stephen Curry scored 30 points as the Golden State Warriors wrapped up a series sweep with a 121-95 rout of the Utah Jazz on Monday. The Warriors advanced to a Western Conference finals showdown against either Houston or San Antonio after overcoming a fleeting Utah rally to take the series 4-0 at Salt Lake City’s Vivint Smart Home Arena. It was a second consecutive 4- 0 series victory for the Warriors, who also notched a sweep against Portland in the CEFALU: Riders climb in direction of the Mount Etna during the 4th stage of the opening round of the playoffs. 100th Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy, cycling race from Cefalu to Etna volcano yesterday in “We gotta good thing going, we’re playing Sicily. Slovenian Jan Polanc of team UAE conquered the prestigious Giro d’Italia well,” Curry said afterward. “Tonight we had fourth stage to Mount Etna yesterday as Luxembourg’s Bob Jungels took the race an opportunity to seal the deal and thankful- leader’s pink jersey. — AFP ly we came out on top,” added Curry, praising the Warriors all-round offensive display. CYCLING “That’s our approach to every game. We don’t know who’s going to have a hot night. We want to keep that going,” he said. The Jungels in Giro pink as Warriors laid the foundation for the win with a devastating first quarter performance which saw them pour on 39 points to open Polanc conquers Etna up a double-digit lead against a shell- shocked Utah. ETNA: Slovenian Jan Polanc conquered the stage four duel between defending cham- “Guys really came out focused,” said prestigious Giro d’Italia fourth stage to pion Vincenzo Nibali and Colombian chal- Warriors forward Draymond Green, who had Mount Etna yesterday as Luxembourg’s Bob lenger Nairo Quintana. a triple-double. “We knew what the game Jungels took the pink jersey to keep the “The climb was difficult with a constant race lead with his Quick Step team. headwind, especially after a long break,” plan was and executed that game plan. I Climbing specialist Polanc, who races for added Polanc, who finished 19secs ahead think the most important thing, though, is the United Arab Emirates (UAE) team, was of Russia’s Ilnur Zakarin after the Katusha we imposed our will on the game. We had part of a four-man breakaway that pulled rider made a last-gasp bid for glory. A the game at our pace.” The Jazz battled back free early in the 181 km ride from Cefalu. reduced peloton containing all the main to reduce the deficit to eight points at half- Despite being left on his own for the last favorites crossed the line 29secs behind the time at 60-52. Utah remained in touching SALT LAKE CITY: Shelvin Mack #8 of the Utah Jazz and Andre Iguodala #9 of the Golden State 16 km of the 18.1 km climb to the summit, Slovenian, Britain’s Geraint Thomas (Sky) distance throughout the third period but the Warriors fight for the loose ball during the 2017 NBA Playoffs on May 8, 2017. —AFP Polanc held on to solo over the finish line in beating France’s Thibaut Pinot to finish Warriors always looked capable of finding an just over 4hr 55min. “It was probably the third and claim precious bonus seconds extra gear when it mattered. The decisive hardest day of my life,” said Polanc. And that moved him up to second overall. The period came at the end of the third period most of the peloton agreed. While locals Welshman, leading Team Sky’s bid for glory when both Curry and Andre Iguodala both are used to seeing sparks from the regular along with Spaniard Mikel Landa, is now six hit three-pointers in quick succession to help eruptions on Europe’s highest active vol- seconds behind Jungels with compatriot the Dubs pull away to 93-79 heading into the cano, a tough headwind ended hopes of a Adam Yates (Orica) in third at 10. — AFP fourth quarter.

LESSONS THROUGH WINNING That burst of scoring was a foretaste of Roberts to lead Wales what was to follow in the fourth quarter, with the Warriors pulling further clear to wrap up victory by a 26-point margin. Curry against Tonga, Samoa was one of five Warriors players to hit double LONDON: Veteran centre Jamie Roberts will against Tonga and Samoa. figures, with Klay Thompson adding 21 captain a Wales squad featuring 13 Roberts, capped 91 times by Wales, failed points and Kevin Durant 18. Green added 17 uncapped players for the two Tests away to to gain selection for this year’s Lions after points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists for a Tonga and Samoa next month. With regular starring in the combined side’s 2-1 series tri- triple-double. For Utah, Gordon Hayward top captain Alun Wyn Jones in a British and Irish umph in Australia four years ago after also scored with 25 points while Shelvin Mack Lions squad led by former Wales skipper Sam featuring in their 2009 tour of South Africa. had 18 and Dante Exum 15. Warburton for the combined side’s upcom- Now at London club Harlequins, Roberts was Curry meanwhile played down the sug- ing tour of New Zealand, Wales were on the one of the most experienced players avail- gestion that the Warriors may suffer deeper hunt for a new on-field leader for their inter- able to McBryde after Gatland selected 12 into the playoffs after romping through the nationals against Tonga in Auckland on June Wales internationals in his 2017 Lions squad. first two rounds without dropping a game. 16 and Samoa in Apia a week later. “We’ve got a good mix of experience and “Every team that we’ve played had a lot of “I’m immensely honored to be named youth in this squad,” said McBryde who, fol- captain of Wales for this year’s summer tour,” lowing the Welsh call-ups to the Lions, pride,” Curry said. “We haven’t lost but within said Roberts, 30, in a Welsh Rugby Union named 13 uncapped players in his party for these games we’ve really had to check our- (WRU) statement yesterday as the 32-man the Tests against the Pacific island nations. selves. “You can learn lessons through win- squad was announced. “It’s a proud moment “The senior players will be expected to ning and that’s what we’ve done.” Jazz star for myself, but more importantly my family display their leadership qualities and we Hayward, who may have played his last and a position of responsibility that I will take want the younger men to show they’ve got game for the team as he prepares for free huge pride in.” Roberts added: “I am excited what it takes to handle the intense interna- agency, said Utah had been defeated by a for the new players in the squad as they get tional environment.” One of the uncapped “historically great team.” “They make you pay the chance to test themselves at this level, players is in-form back-row forward for your mistakes,” Hayward told reporters. and also for the more established players Thomas Young. The son of former Wales “You have to be almost perfect every posses- who now have a chance to become leaders and Lions prop David Young, his coach at sion, or else they turn it into a 9-0 run or 10-0 in this team.” There have been alterations to Wasps, the 24-year-old scored three tries in run. “You can’t have one mental lapse against the backroom staff too, with Wales boss a 35-15 win over defending champions Warren Gatland in charge of a Lions squad Saracens on Saturday as the Midlands club them. This was a great learning experience where interim coach Rob Howley is one of finished top of the regular season English for us. They showed why they are who they his assistants. As a result, forwards coach Premiership standings ahead of the title- are, and we’re not quite there yet. But you SALT LAKE CITY: The Utah Jazz cheerleaders perform during the game between the Jazz and Robin McBryde will be in overall charge deciding play-offs.—AFP have to take positives from it.”— AFP the Golden State Warriors on May 8, 2017. — AFP WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 SPORTS Scott not ready to fade into golfing sunset

FLORIDA: Adam Scott is confident his major and I felt I was a good enough myself in some pretty tough spots too, best days are still ahead, even though player to, and (was wondering) is it so it’s unfair to be too critical. I’ve defi- almost three years have passed since he going to happen? “I’m relatively stress- nitely seen some improvement.” Scott is enjoyed a short reign as world number free, injury-free. I want (success) just as older than the current top five in the one. As he heads to this week’s Players much as I wanted it before.” Scott spent world, and has watched with interest as Championship in Florida, where he burst 11 weeks as the world’s top-ranked Dustin Johnson has taken a grip on the onto the American golf scene with a win player, supplanting Tiger Woods in May number one ranking. in 2004, Scott is working towards peak- 2014. He is trying to juggle the Johnson won three straight starts, ing for the business section of the sea- demands of top-level golf with family before finishing tied second in the Wells son, after flirting with contention at the life. He has a 2-year-old daughter, with Fargo Championship, despite being rusty US Masters where he finished equal Swedish wife Marie expecting their after time off recovering from a fall that ninth. At 36, an age traditionally slightly second child in August. As much as he hurt his back and kept him out of the past a player’s peak, he has peace of enjoys life at home during his time off, Masters. But Scott observed that a golfer’s mind that comes with having won a Scott admits to watching plenty of golf place in the pantheon of greats was major, the 2013 Masters, and believes on television, and getting itchy feet measured over a career, not a couple of that being largely injury-free should when he watches his peers. months. “He’s in a sweet spot at the allow him to continue playing well for Long regarded as one of the premier moment where everything feels very many years. “I still feel like I’ve got a long long-game exponents, he says his short easy and free, a place where we all occa- window,” the Australian world number game has improved under the tutelage sionally get to,” Scott said of Johnson. “But 11 told Reuters at last week’s Wells Fargo of Australian instructor Matt Ballard, you’ve got to keep it there for a few years Championship, where he tied for 36th. even if it did not look like it at Augusta. and I did for a while but it’s slowly getting “I’ve at least won my first major. Five “My short game was really sharp the first back to where I’d like it to be at the years ago there was definitely a sense few events,” he said. “At Augusta it wasn’t moment and hopefully I’m back up chal- Adam Scott of urgency because I hadn’t won a as good as I would have liked but I put lenging for some majors soon.”— Reuters

PGA Tour extends FedEx sponsorship for 10 years

PONTE VEDRA BEACH: The PGA Tour through this process, we’ve identified a announced a 10-year extension for the title number of ways for us to continue to sponsorship of the FedEx Cup, giving the enhance the magnitude and consequence lucrative series continuity for another of the FedEx Cup, and ... that’s complicated. decade and allowing some flexibility as the There’s still some other moving parts tour explores reshaping its season. Terms of that we need to get to before we’ll be able the new deal were not disclosed yesterday, to announce any additional changes.” though PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said the “foreseeable future” is Monahan said he expects the payout to the current schedule that starts in October “increase significantly” from its $35 million (three weeks after the Tour Championship) bonus pool and $10 million prize for the and ends in late September. He said the winner. It keeps the same name of the tour has not made any “firm decisions” on FedEx Cup for the first 21 years of the com- change. “I think FedEx has a great deal of petition. confidence that wherever we end up with “I think it’s critical, and it’s a historic day,” our schedule on a long-term basis and Monahan said. The FedEx Cup began in however we create the FedEx Cup season 2007 as a way to give the PGA Tour a defini- and the playoffs, all of that will be done in a tive close to its season once the four major way that’s going to be in the best interest championships ended in August. Tiger of the Cup and our players,” Monahan said. Woods won the first edition of the FedEx Patrick Fitzgerald, the senior vice president Cup and remains the only two-time winner. of integrated marketing for FedEx, said the Rory McIlroy won it last year. Before the company based in Memphis, Tennessee, FedEx Cup came along, the tour season only wants the FedEx Cup to end at a point began in January and ended in late of “maximum excitement for the tour.” October or early November. The FedEx Cup “I don’t know what the best answer will brought massive restructuring with a be yet, and that’s why we are so fortunate points system for players to qualify for four that we have a close, collaborative working playoff events that culminated with the relationship with the tour, and they have a Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup very clear view of some potential things champion. that could change and how that would The tour now is looking to tighten the affect things,” he said. “So I’m confident that PITTSBURGH: Andre Burakovsky #65 of the Washington Capitals scores past goaltended Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Pittsburgh Penguins and schedule even more so that the FedEx Cup if the schedule changes, it will be in the Ron Hainsey #65 in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on May 8, 2017.— AFP ends before the start of the NFL season. best interest of golf and of the FedEx Cup.” That could involve moving The Players The extension through 2027 goes well Championship back to March (instead of beyond the tour’s television contracts with NHL this week), and cooperation from the PGA NBC, CBS and Golf Channel, which expire in of America to consider moving the PGA 2021. The tour signed its latest network Championship to the spring. “For now, deal in 2011 when Tiger Woods was recov- we’re just announcing the extension ering from leg injuries and the breakdown Capitals thrash Penguins; through 2027,” Monahan said. “As we went of his personal life. —AP Bonino incident puts focus Burakovsky at the double

on embellishment in hockey PITTSBURGH: Andre Burakovsky scored twice as the Washington Capitals thrashed the Pittsburgh CRICKET PITTSBURGH: With one head-snap motion, obstruction fouls are called tighter and power Penguins 5-2 to level their Eastern Conference Nick Bonino of the Pittsburgh Penguins plays are so important, drawing penalties is a semi-final series on Monday. TJ Oshie opened reminded everyone about hockey’s dirty little skill that is worth its weight in goals, points in the scoring in the first period before Burakovsky secret of embellishment. Not the same kind the standings, wins and possibly even money grabbed his first of the night in the second peri- Proteas’ Rabada shoulders of player flopping that occurs in, say, the NBA, on the next contract. od to give the Caps a deserved 2-0 lead at and it’s certainly not done at the same vol- “You always get guys saying they’ll do any- Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena. Nicklas ume seen in soccer, where diving is used thing to win this time of year,” veteran enough to carry the burden effectively at the highest levels even as it is Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik said. “If Backstrom, John Carlson and Burakovsky all struck in quick succession to fire Washington ridiculed and (occasionally) penalized. In that’s what you feel is necessary, then I guess NEW DELHI: Kagiso Rabada’s shoulders are big we are basically the same age and bowl the into a commanding 5-0 lead in the third period hockey, exaggerating a potential penalty to that’s what you do. I think a majority of guys enough to carry the burden of being a pace same thing with very similar actions. We talk to all but guarantee victory. Two late goals from get a call against the opponent has long been in the league aren’t comfortable doing that.” spearhead but he is also looking to strike a bal- about different things about bowling, network- Jake Guentzel and Evegeni Malkin were mere part of the game - especially in the Stanley Game officials can call embellishment minors, ance between bowling flat out and staying the ing once again,” he said. “Speaking to someone Cup playoffs, when everyone’s looking for an of course, but the league also watches for consolation for the Penguins, who at one stage course, the South African speedster said. Fast like Rahul Dravid, his batting experience and edge - and embellishment is simply reality them and a panel votes weekly on possible had led the best-of-seven series 3-1. “Since bowlers are cricket’s most vulnerable players and what he found hard... what he finds hard, a lot of even though the NHL has taken steps to stop infractions, with repeat offenders announced Game 3, we’ve had a calmness about what we’re South Africans are already fretting over the batsmen would find hard too,” Rabada added. it for more than a generation. publicly. doing. We’re having fun now,” said Capitals coach workload of a 21-year-old who is tipped to lead “So you get insight, as a bowler, from a bowler Bonino sold a high-sticking penalty Since the NHL added fines and the public Barry Trotz. the Proteas attack for years to come, at least and a batter.” Rabada feels the IPL has had a pro- against Washington’s TJ Oshie last week when shaming for embellishment before the 2014- The series will now be settled in a decisive once Dale Steyn heads off into the sunset. found impact on Indian cricket, bringing finan- replays showed the Pittsburgh forward was 15 season, director of hockey operations Game 7 in Washington today. Penguins coach While his pace-bowling Delhi team mate Pat cial stability to the game and broadening the never hit in the face late in Game 4. The Colin Campbell said, incidents that get Mike Sullivan offered no excuses after the Cummins has spent much of the five years since local talent pool. Twenty20 cricket’s constant Penguins got a power play, making it easier reviewed by the league office are down defending champions fluffed another chance to his sensational test debut wrapped up in cotton innovations have caught the fancy of the young to hang on for a win. Canadian TV pundit Don sharply, from 35-40 incidents per week in wrap up the series. “It’s frustrating,” Sullivan said. wool by a fearful Cricket Australia, Rabada has fans in South Africa and the country has Cherry ripped Bonino for being “phony,” 2014-15 to just 20-25 this season. Plays like “You’ve got an opportunity to win a game like been playing pretty consistently since his inter- launched the T20 Global Destination League retired defenseman Mike Commodore pre- Bonino’s bring fresh headlines, but Campbell this and win a series at home. To a man, we national bow. Still, Rabada, who first represented scheduled for later this year. Rabada, one of its dicted he won’t draw a penalty the rest of the said he feels embellishment is no longer ram- weren’t good enough.” The Capitals attacking his country in 2014 and turns 22 later this marquee players, hopes it will have an impact in playoffs and forward-turned-analyst Mike pant after saying in June 2014 it was “out of dominance was backed by a solid display in goal month, reckons his young body has coped rea- South Africa comparable to that the IPL has had Johnson wished there was a way to suspend control.” Four embellishment penalties have by Braden Holtby who made 16 saves. Penguins sonably well with the considerable rigours of in India. — Reuters a player for deliberately and clearly fooling been called on the ice through Sunday in goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was given a torrid playing cricket in all three formats. “I think the the referees. these playoffs after 18 during the regular sea- time, blocking 21 of 26 shots. Pittsburgh strug- older I get, the hard it will get, definitely,” he said “It’s a tough job to call those, but I think son according to Scouting the Refs , a website gled to generate any early fluency and their first in an interview. “But I’m not there yet. So right there’s times that everyone steps over the line that tracks NHL officials (the NHL does not shot on goal didn’t arrive until 12:17 of the first now it feels nice, I feel like I can do that.” and it’s not called,” Nashville Predators release the statistic). period, a long clear by Brian Dumoulin. With the ball in his hand, Rabada is always defenseman Ryan Ellis said. “It’s in the game, Predators defenseman PK Subban was Washington opened the scoring on the same looking for wickets but a parallel search is also and it happens.” Embellishment runs counter fined twice along with eight other players power play, when Backstrom released Evgeny on to find ways to ensure he does not burn out. to the principles of hockey that prize tough- once in 2014-15 and Toronto Maple Leafs cen- Kuznetsov who set up Oshie for a 1-0 lead. “Have I found the balance?” he shrugs. “I don’t ness and playing through pain. Faking it sim- ter Nazem Kadri was fined twice last season Fleury kept Pittsburgh in touch with several key know. That’s an ongoing process ... There are also ply seems way out of place. But in the mod- as 11 others were publicly announced as saves, including a superb block from Alex some precautions you take to avoid certain ern NHL where hooking, holding and other embellishers. —AP Ovechkin in the left circle. The Penguins were mishaps. “I think I’ve been training nicely, doing also given a scare when Sidney Crosby, in only what I need to do. I’m continuously finding that his second game back from a concussion, suf- balance - how much to bowl, how much to rest fered a bloody nose from a team-mate’s stick. and how much to train.” Rabada announced his The Canadian star was also sent crashing into arrival as an emerging talent on the world stage the boards during a Penguins power play. in 2015 by claiming a record six for 16, including Washington’s early pressure was rewarded when a hat-trick, in his one-day debut against Burakovsky doubled the lead at 6:36 of the sec- Bangladesh. ond after forcing a turnover by Ron Hainsey. His 71 wickets from 17 tests further attest to The game was settled with a flurry of scoring his potential as a future leader of the Proteas in the third, with Backstrom beating Fleury for 3- attack but at the moment the strapping right- 0 before Carlson added a power-play goal to armer has a more rudimentary approach to his make it 4-0 at 11:17 of the third. Burakovsky then role in the national team. “My role in the South rifled a shot past Fleury at 12:29 for 5-0. Caps Africa team is to try and get wickets, to field well goalscorer Oshie believes momentum is now and to try and score some runs down the order,” firmly with Washington heading into the he added. “I don’t see myself as a leader, no one’s decider. “It gives us a little bit more confidence,” told me that.” Rabada played six matches for Oshie said. “We have to be pretty mature about Delhi Daredevils in the ongoing 2017 Indian Premier League before returning home and he this, though. We know it’s not going to be the NEW DELHI: Delhi Daredevils bowler Kagiso said the Twenty20 tournament was “a huge net- exact same story. They’re not just going to go Rabada delivers a ball during the 2017 work of ideas.” away. “They’re Stanley Cup champions for a rea- Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 crick- He cited interactions with Cummins and team PITTSBURGH: Nick Bonino #13 of the Pittsburgh Penguins faces off against Nicklas son. We’ll regroup. We’re going to enjoy this. It et match between Delhi Daredevils and “chief mentor” Rahul Dravid, the India test bat- Backstrom #19 of the Washington Capitals in Game Six of the Eastern Conference was a fun one tonight for us, but we definitely Sunrisers Hyderabad at The Feroz Shah ting great, to illustrate his point. “Myself and Pat, Second Round during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at PPG PAINTS Arena on have to regroup and get refocused on the start Kotla Cricket Stadium in New Delhi.— AFP May 8, 2017. — AFP for Game 7.”—AFP WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 SPORTS

Egypt’s Magic Group soccer tournament ‘No to drugs... no to addiction’

KUWAIT: ‘No to drugs... no to addiction, The tournament is characterized with its Al-Ahli Al-Masri will play Dark Hourse came from Egypt’s Brazil with 17 goals, The general organizer of the tournament youth are the true wealth’ is the title of good organization, with very strict rules stars will play Boulevard, Egypt’s Brazil will while it also has the strongest defense. Sarah Shalabi said she is happy with par- Egyptians Magic Group soccer tourna- to ensure the safety of players and make play the Republic and Alexandria Union The highest score was by Abu Traika ticipating teams compliance with the ment, which was launched at the sure it comes out very well. The quarter will play BuTraika Lovers. One hundred Lovers against Al-Ahlam (8-0). The highest rules. The tournament aims at getting the Boulevard playgrounds on Thursday and finals will take place on Thursday as eight and seven 107 goals were scored at the scoring group is the fourth with 34 and youth acquainted with each other and Friday with the participation of 16 teams. teams qualified. groups stage, as the strongest attack the least is the third group with 22 goals. promote the tournament’s title.

Bouchard beats fallen Ooredoo appoints Rakan idol Sharapova in Madrid

MADRID: Eugenie Bouchard claimed she more Grand Slams.” Al-Hasawi as Ambassador had the support of the tennis world after Bouchard battled back from 4-2 down matching her fighting talk with some to claim a topsy-turvy first set and she thrilling tennis to shock Maria Sharapova edged a marathon 11th game before KUWAIT: Ooredoo, the fastest network in and the Kuwait Riding Center Tournament, in Kuwait. We hope to see more success in the 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 in the second round of the serving it out for just her second set in Kuwait, proudly sponsoring Kuwaiti equestri- addition to the Hala Febrayer 2017 which future, and we look forward to bigger achieve- Madrid Open on Monday. Bouchard five meetings with Sharapova. However, an Rakan Al-Hasawi as its brand ambassador was sponsored by Ooredoo Kuwait recently, ments on an international scale.” Empowering called Sharapova “a cheater” last week adversity brought out the best in the five- for the current season 2017-2018. The spon- among other competitions. youth is among Ooredoo’s top priorities and was also critical of the Russian’s wel- time Grand Slam champion as Sharapova sorship comes in alignment with the compa- In a statement regarding this, Ooredoo through its CSR strategy. The company has come back to the sport after a 15-month found the precision to match her power ny’s commitment to enriching youth and Kuwait’s Corporate Communications Senior recently signed a memorandum of under- doping ban with a series of wildcards for in the second set, reeling off four straight supporting their passions. Al-Hasawi won a Director Mijbil Alayoub said, “We have great standing with the Ministry of State for Youth big events. game from 2-2 to level at one set all. Both number of awards locally and regionally, pride in the achievement of young promising Affairs, to support youth projects and initia- The world number 60 admitted she players struggled to hold serve in the such as the CHI Al-Shaqab horse hurdles Kuwaiti show jumper Rakan Al-Hasawi. Our tives. Ooredoo is continuously working with was extra motivated to face her former deciding set as a total of 14 break points competition in Qatar, in addition to the commitment to supporting youth is deep- the Ministry to enrich youth experience in a idol and it showed with signs of the form were squandered. Kuwait Police Show Jumping Tournament rooted within our core values in Ooredoo variety of fields, with a focus on volunteerism. she has lost over the past few years since However, Bouchard held her nerve reaching the Wimbledon final in 2014 in a when serving for the match at 5-4 as she bruising near three-hour contest. “I was saw off two break points and an unfortu- actually quite inspired before the match nate let cord on her first match point. because I had a lot of players coming up The Canadian jumped for joy after deliv- to me privately wishing me good luck,” ering the final blow before the two said Bouchard.”Players I don’t normally exchanged a very frosty handshake at speak to, getting a lot of texts from peo- the net. Bouchard will face top seed ple in the tennis world that were just Angelique Kerber, who fought back from rooting for me. “I wanted to do it for 5-3 down in the deciding set to overcome myself, but also all these people. I really Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 earlier on felt support. “It showed me that most Monday, in the third round. Kerber has people have my opinion, and they were had an inconsistent season and her fragile just maybe scared to speak out.” form was on show in the course of the first two sets. The German romped TOPSY-TURVY through the opening set in 27 minutes Sharapova claimed to have not been but then had to save six break points for distracted by media circus surrounding her only game in the second. Siniakova the match and that her disappointment served for the match at 5-4 in the decid- comes from losing, not who she lost to. “I ing set, but Kerber should impressive think I would be worried about myself if I fight to win the last four games. World sat here and said I’m pretty happy with number three Karolina Pliskova was losing a tennis match, no matter who I dumped out 6-3, 6-3 by Latvia’s Anastasija face, no matter what round it is, whether Sevastova. In the men’s Madrid Masters it’s the first round or final of a Grand there were comfortable wins for Thomas Slam. “I’m a big competitor. What you Berdych, Grigor Dimitrov and Nick work for so many hours every single day Kyrgios. However, 15th seed Gael Monfils is to be on the winning end of matches. bowed out in a wild match against French “Today was just not that day. Of course, compatriot Gilles Simon 0-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7/0). I’m disappointed. That’s what’s going to Andy Murray begins his quest for a third make me a better player. That’s what’s title in Madrid on Wednesday when he RUGBYU going to win me more tournaments and faces Romanian Marius Copil.— AFP Who will ‘Lady Luck’ favor at the World Cup draw?

TOKYO: Rugby’s leading nations will be hoping ranked Fiji, Tonga and Samoa among the lead- game will be key so we will prepare for that as for a big slice of luck at today’s 2019 World Cup ing contenders. if our lives depend on it.” Steve Hansen’s New draw, where seedings stacked with dangerous It raises the possibility of New Zealand, the Zealand are striving to complete a hat-trick of teams could throw up more than one ‘Pool of two-time defending champions, South Africa, World Cup victories, while England, up to sec- Death’. More than two years before the tourna- Argentina and Samoa all landing in the same ond in the rankings under Jones, are dreaming ment in Japan, the draw ceremony in historic pool, along with a host of other treacherous of ending the All Blacks’ dominance. Kyoto could go a long way to deciding who will combinations. A strong showing by Japan is South Africa, Australia, Wales and France lift the trophy in Yokohama on November 2, considered crucial for attendances and atmos- are likely to be revamped and revitalized by 2019. England fell victim to a nightmare sce- phere as the World Cup arrives, for the first 2019, while Argentina and Japan will look to nario at the last World Cup, where the hosts time, in a country where rugby isn’t a main- build on their successes of 2015. Rugby is failed to reach the knock-out stages after being stream sport. But the Brave Blossoms, who striving to make inroads into Asia, including drawn against Wales, Australia, Fiji and Uruguay. stunned South Africa at the last World Cup, are China, where World Rugby announced a $100 This time around, for the tournament’s first bullish, with winger Akihito Yamada saying he million investment from Alisports, an offshoot edition in Asia, New Zealand, England, Australia hoped to draw England and their ex-Japan of e-commerce giant Alibaba, last year. and Ireland make up the top seeds to be divid- coach Eddie Jones. Participation in Asia has almost doubled since ed among the four pools of five. The second 2009 to more than 500,000 players, according band of seeds is Scotland, Wales, South Africa ‘FIRST GAME WILL BE KEY’ to the governing body, which hopes to have and France, while the third contains dangerous “I’d like to get Eddie’s team, England. I want one million new players in the region by 2019. floaters in Argentina, the 2015 semi-finalists, him to see Japan’s new style of rugby after four The World Cup will be played in 12 stadiums MADRID: Eugenie Bouchard from Canada celebrates after defeating Maria Georgia, Italy and hosts Japan. Another eight years,” insisted Yamada. Captain Shota Horie across Japan, with 75 percent of the popula- Sharapova from Russia at the end of their Madrid Open tennis tournament teams from Oceania, Europe, the Americas and said: “All the teams will be strong so I don’t tion living within an hour’s drive from a match match in Madrid, Spain, Monday, May 8, 2017. — AP Africa will be added after qualifying, with 10th- have any real preferred opposition. The first venue, organizers say.— AFP WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 SPORTS Recent rout boosts Atletico Madrid hopes

MADRID: It was a match more than two Kroos, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and years ago that is keeping Atletico Madrid Ronaldo, who scored a hat trick in the first hopeful of a comeback against Real Madrid leg last week to give his team a command- in the Champions League semifinals. ing advantage going into today’s game. “It’s Atletico needs to overturn a 3-0 loss from going to be very difficult, but this is soccer,” the first leg today, but it wasn’t too long Simeone said. “Unexpected things can hap- ago that fans at the Vicente Calderon pen and we will fight until the last drop of Stadium witnessed the type of feat that can hope. We will try to do something impossi- put Atletico in the final. It was on a ble, but we are Atletico Madrid and we just Saturday afternoon in February 2015 that might be able to do it.” Atletico is trying to Atletico had one of its greatest victories avoid losing to Madrid for the fourth over Madrid, a 4-0 rout in the Spanish straight season in the Champions League. league. That was Atletico’s only win over It had heart-breaking losses in the finals in Madrid by a difference of three goals in the 2014 and 2016, and also was eliminated in last four decades, but it’s what has been the 2015 quarterfinals. giving many fans and players some hope “It’s very difficult to overturn this result ahead of the team’s difficult task at the but we will keep believing until the end Calderon. because that’s our mentality and we will be “We already beat them by four goals in playing with our fans behind us,” Atletico the Calderon, with Cristiano (Ronaldo) play- defender Stefan Savic said. Regardless of ing and all,” Atletico midfielder Jorge “Koke” the outcome, it should be an emotional Resurreccion said after the first leg. “You game for the home crowd at the Calderon. never know what’s going to happen in soc- Atletico will be playing its last European cer, just ask Paris Saint-Germain. We are game at the stadium before moving into a going to keep fighting.” The Spanish teams new venue next season. Atletico has won remain very similar to what they looked like 29 of its last 35 European games at home, in that encounter in 2015. At the time, with only two losses. It hasn’t lost in 10 Atletico was already touted as the third straight home games in European competi- MANAMA: A member of staff walks towards the building hosting the AFC, Asian Football Confederation Congress 2017, in Manama. The specter force in Spanish soccer under coach Diego tions. “The fans have always been with us in of fresh corruption scandals hangs over the annual gathering of world soccer leaders, two years after the FIFA Congress was shaken by the Simeone, and three of the goals scored on the most difficult moments and it’s not exposure of far-reaching fraud. — AP that cold day in the Spanish capital came going to be any different this time,” Niguez from players still on the team - Tiago said. “We have to give everything we have Cardoso, Saul Niguez and Antoine for them.”— AP Griezmann. FIFA’s uphill struggle to The other goal was scored by Mario Mandzukic, who now plays for Juventus. A repeat of that performance would be just Matches on TV what Atletico needs this time. It was in con- (Local Timings) regain trust, sponsors trol from the start and scored early goals to take a 2-0 lead by the 17th minute, then UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MANAMA: Even after a year under new leader- added the third not long after halftime and Atletico de Madrid v Real Madrid 21:45 ship, FIFA is still pleading with the world: Trust closed the scoring a few minutes from the beIN SPORTS HD 1 end. A 3-0 win by Atletico today would us. The message is proving as hard to sell as send the game into extra time and, possi- ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE sponsorship of the World Cup. It’s no wonder. bly, a penalty shootout. Gianni Infantino arrives at his second congress Southampton v Arsenal 21:45 Madrid had nine starters in 2015 who as FIFA president with his “crisis is over” declara- beIN SPORTS HD 2 are still on the current team, including Toni tion at last year’s gathering of soccer’s 211 nations looking remarkably outlandish. Criminal investigations are still exposing shady transac- tions. The suitability of members of the ruling council remains in doubt. Reforms intended to curb the powers of the president and restore FIFA’s credibility are being eroded. Against this backdrop, FIFA has been trying to persuade commercial backers to sign up after so many were scared off by the corruption that plagued the Sepp Blatter era. FIFA’s leadership The 24th Boeing 787 airplane purchased by Qatar Airways is photographed, during a delivery was able to start its congress week in Bahrain by ceremony in Everett, Wash. FIFA has signed up Qatar Airways as a sponsor through 2022 when trumpeting the arrival of Qatar Airways to fill the the World Cup is staged in the Gulf nation. — AP airline sponsorship category that has been emailing was banned for life by the FIFA ethics ethics investigation, and the claims against vacant for more than two years. But the deal was committee in January for involvement in unethi- Sheikh Ahmad will also be scrutinized. But the anticipated given it is the state-owned carrier of cal payments made to soccer officials. “If it’s your fate of the independent ethics officials who have the 2022 World Cup hosts. A true test of the idea, take it, give it,” Ahmad responded vaguely convicted corrupt FIFA officials is also uncertain. confidence of FIFA’s new hierarchy will come when asked about the payments today. “Ask There has been speculation that Hans-Joachim when major international corporations sign up him. Don’t ask me.” FIFA has lost two officials Eckert, the ethics judge who brought down that are not from China, Russia or Qatar - the recently following fresh American revelations Blatter, could be replaced along with ethics source of all of FIFA’s new World Cup deals in about wrongdoing. FIFA audit committee mem- investigator Cornel Borbely. recent years. New sponsors in traditional strong- ber Richard Lai, an American citizen from Guam, They must seek re-election at Thursday’s con- holds like Japan and the United States have yet pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy charges gress but FIFA has repeatedly declined to pro- to convince shareholders they should partner related to taking around $1 million in bribes vide lists of candidates to lead its judicial bodies. with a scandal-tainted organization. Many were including at least $850,000 from Kuwaiti officials. Infantino is suspected of a personal motive to MADRID: Real Madrid’s Nacho Fernandez (left) and Sergio Ramos (right) fall in front scared off in 2015 when FIFA’s reputation was The cash was to buy influence and help recruit install new ethics leadership, although he hasn’t of Isco during a training session in Madrid yesterday. Real Madrid will play against shredded by widespread bribery being exposed other Asian soccer officials prepared to take called for Eckert and Borbely to go. The former Atletico Madrid today in a Champions League semifinal, 2nd leg soccer match. —AP after high-ranking executives were arrested in bribes, Lai said in court in New York. UEFA general secretary was frustrated that he Zurich hotel raids. “We hope that more (spon- Kuwaiti powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad faced an ethics investigation last year for his use sors) will come before the end of the year,” FIFA Al Sabah was implicated in the investigation of private jets early in his presidency. The case secretary general Fatma Samoura said. “That was and, despite maintaining his innocence, he quit cast doubt over the “new era” in FIFA proclaimed Netherlands appoints a strong signal from Qatar Airways to recognize the election to regain his seat on the FIFA last year by Infantino. The old FIFA ways contin- the new leadership of FIFA is working toward Council this week. Lai is under a formal FIFA ue to seem hard to shake off.— AP restoring the image of FIFA and that there is cli- Dick Advocaat as coach mate of trust that is really here to push for more partnerships.” Trust, according to Samoura, also THE HAGUE: Dick Advocaat was appointed guaranteed a place at the World Cup. The comes through a new generation of officials Wenger determined Netherlands coach yesterday with the vastly experienced Advocaat has previously being elected to the FIFA Council. tough task of leading the struggling team coached Russia, Belgium and Serbia, as well “It’s a strong demonstration that gender to next year’s World Cup in Russia. With the as club teams including PSV Eindhoven, empowerment,” Samoura said, pointing to to retain full control Dutch national team languishing in fourth Glasgow Rangers, Zenit St Petersburg and Mahfuza Akhter of Bangladesh being elected on place in Group A, the Royal Dutch Football Sunderland. Gullit, a former Chelsea coach, Tuesday as Asia’s female representative at FIFA. It LONDON: Arsene Wenger has ruled out work- know what director of football means. Is it Association appointed Advocaat as coach captained the Netherlands to its only major was a surprise result. Moya Dodd, an outspoken ing alongside a director of football if he stays somebody who stands in the road and directs and Ruud Gullit as his assistant for the tournament success, the 1988 European critic of corruption and prominent champion of at Arsenal, saying he must have full control of play right and left? I don’t understand and I remainder of the qualifying campaign. If Championship. women’s football, lost to Akhter, who couldn’t the Premier League club. The Frenchman’s never did understand what it means.” they manage to get the team to Russia, Advocaat’s predecessor, Danny Blind, name the Women’s World Cup holder in a post- hardline stance puts him on a potential colli- Wenger previously said that he had made they will stay in charge for the tournament, was fired in March after the Dutch lost to election interview. American soccer stars Alex sion course with members of the Arsenal hier- up his mind about his future and would federation technical director Hans van Bulgaria in a 2018 World Cup qualifier. Van Morgan and Carli Lloyd were among those to archy who reportedly want to bring in a direc- announce it in March or April, but no Breukelen said. Advocaat was not present Breuken said the hunt for a replacement express surprise at the setback for Dodd, an tor of football this summer to work with announcement was forthcoming. His Arsenal at a news conference to announce his focused on finding somebody “who can Australian lawyer who is still on the Asian Wenger. Wenger has called the shots at the contract expires at the end of this season and appointment; he will remain with his cur- increase discipline in the (players’) group Football Confederation executive committee. north London club since he joined in 1996 and while a fresh deal is reportedly on the table, rent club, Fenerbahce, until the end of the and bring back the joy to our play.” Joy has “I’m sure she will land on her feet somehow in said he had no interest in having his authority some Arsenal fans have called for his head Turkish league season. been in short supply for the three-time football,” said Samoura, who was hired last year diminished, even as his future remains mired after a disappointing run that saw them The 69-year-old Advocaat, who was World Cup runner-up since the team’s form as FIFA’s first female secretary general. “She has in uncertainty and with the fans restless. “I’m humiliated in the Champions League to appointed for his third stint in charge of the went into free fall after reaching the semifi- football in her heart and I’m sure that FIFA or the manager of Arsenal Football Club and as Bayern Munich and fall out of the Premier national team, won praise in 2015 for sav- nals of the World Cup in Brazil. Van another confederation or her home federation long as I’m manager of Arsenal Football Club, I League top four. Asked if he would now reveal ing Sunderland from relegation in the Breukelen conceded that the search for a will continue to make good use of her skills.” will decide what happens on the technical his decision over whether to sign the contract, Premier League and will need a similar new coach was tough, with some possible Those skills were used by a reform committee in front, that’s it,” Wenger, 67, said on the eve of he replied simply: “No.” escape to avoid the Netherlands missing its candidates unavailable or unwilling. 2015 that helped to reshape FIFA following the today’s league match at Southampton.”I don’t second straight major tournament after last Everton coach Ronald Koeman and former US Department of Justice indictments of soccer WENGER SURPRISED year’s European Championship in France. Ajax coach Frank de Boer were both identi- officials. The progress of some reforms, however, Arsenal are in danger of failing to qualify The Netherlands is six points behind Group fied as possible successors shortly after appears to have stalled - despite Infantino help- for the Champions League for the first time in A leader France. Only the group winner is Blind was fired.— AP ing to draft them in the FIFA-appointed advisory Wenger’s long reign, even though Sunday’s 2- panel while he was a presidential candidate. 0 win over Manchester United moved them to Power should have drained from the presi- within six points of fourth-placed Manchester Palace-Hull game bigger dency to the CEO-like secretary general, but City with a game in hand. While the Premier Infantino has retained a Blatter-like grip on exec- League and Europe has been a source of frus- utive authority. A new FIFA Bureau that was not tration, Arsenal will contest their third FA Cup than cup final: Allardyce on the reform program now has given more final in four seasons later this month, while authority to Infantino and the six regional con- Sunday’s success saw Wenger at last get the LONDON: Crystal Palace’s Premier League Allardyce said that his players’ mental federation leaders, whose decisions need not be better of Jose Mourinho at the 13th attempt. game against Hull City on Sunday is mas- strength is key to getting past the final two ratified by a 37-strong council that replaced the “It gives us still a chance to go into the top sive and “bigger than a cup final” as both games of the season. “Put your best game discredited executive committee. “That can be four,” said Wenger. Former United defender teams fight to avoid the drop, manager in your mind for the rest of the week and the appearance,” CONCACAF President Victor Phil Neville criticised the cordial way players Sam Allardyce has said. An impressive run say to yourself on a daily basis, ‘that is what Montagliani said, “but I think the collaborations from both sides were seen joking and hugging in April saw Palace climb to 12th in the I am going to produce’,” Allardyce added. at the council level and the discussions are quite each other before kick-off, a far cry from the table but three consecutive defeats, includ- “Mindful rehearsal is very important. If the healthy. The bureau is there to act in between frosty atmosphere that pervaded his own ing last Saturday’s 5-0 loss to Manchester players get positive thinking right from the when the council meets. If there are decisions encounters with the Gunners. “I think I under- City has left them at 16th, four points start of the week, it will help them with a that are needed on a timely basis for operational stand that the pundits are a bit surprised by above 18th-placed Hull, with two games nervy state of affairs.” issues they have to be made.” that because 10 or 15 years ago that did not left to play. A draw at home against Hull West Ham United left Tottenham The most recent addition to the bureau and exist,” Wenger said. will ensure safety for Palace but a loss will Hotspur’s title hopes in tatters with a shock council is Ahmad Ahmad, who ended Issa “But it is an overall, international thing now. leave their fate hanging till the last day of 1-0 win last week and they have now set Hayatou’s 29-year grip on power in Africa in “You can watch Real Madrid against the season, when they travel to fifth-placed their sights on derailing Liverpool’s top- March. But the FIFA vice president has unwel- Barcelona-it’s the same because people play Manchester United. “The game is bigger four bid, defender Jose Fonte said. West come links to the tainted old regime. Email cor- together, come from the same country.”I was than a cup final,” Allardyce told British Ham are currently 12th but have the same respondence between Ahmad and an aide to surprised as well I must say, but I must confess media. “Because at stake is everyone’s sta- number of points (42) as both disgraced former FIFA presidential candidate as well that it doesn’t stop the players to focus tus in the Premier League. Southampton (10th) and Bournemouth Mohamed bin Hammam of Qatar was published LONDON: Arsenal’s French manager and concentrate after on the game.” Arsenal, “You are part of one of the biggest (11th), though Southampton have played by British newspaper The Sunday Times in 2014. Arsene Wenger (left) and his assistant beaten 4-0 by Southampton in last season’s sporting brands in the world. It keeps the two games less. West Ham did the double The emails from 2010 detailed Ahmad remind- Steve Bould watch from their seats during corresponding fixture at St Mary’s, travel to club buoyant and the south London area over Liverpool last season and drew 2-2 at ing Bin Hammam that he promised money to the English Premier League football match the south coast with a fitness doubt over active and live. “So it is a massive game for Anfield in December, and Fonte said they help Ahmad’s re-election campaign to lead the between Arsenal and Manchester United Laurent Koscielny after the defender suffered us all, and our players have to hold their were going all out to continue their run Madagascar federation. on May 7, 2017. -— AFP a calf injury against United.— AFP nerve and produce a massive performance.” against the Merseyside club. —Agencies The Bin Hammam aide who Ahmad was Curry’s 30 lead Netherlands picks Warriors rout Dick Advocaat as of Jazz 121-95 national coach

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TURIN: Juventus’ defender from Brazil Alex Sandro (up) heads the ball during the UEFA Champions League semi final second leg football match Juventus vs Monaco yesterday at the Juventus stadium. —AP Alves sends ruthless Juve into final

TURIN: A stunning Dani Alves volley helped Juventus stroll into Allegri made only one change from last week’s first leg line- were soon being treated to some slick entertainment that at thump the loose ball into the roof of the net. The deflated body their second Champions League final in three years yesterday as a up but was soon forced to restore it as Germany midfielder times left the visitors looking like spectators. Paulo Dybala made language of Monaco’s young side told its own story and any 2-1 win on the night completed a 4-1 aggregate victory over out- Sami Khedira, returning from suspension, lasted only 10 min- amends for slicing Gonzalo Higuain’s knockdown wide from the doubt about the outcome disappeared a minute before the inter- classed Monaco. Brazilian wing-back Alves’s 25-yard strike fol- utes before limping off to make way for Claudio Marchisio. For edge of the area by deftly playing his fellow Argentinian into a val. Subasic did well again to keep out Dybala’s effort with another lowed Mario Mandzukic’s opener for the treble-chasing Italian Monaco, the loss of Nabil Dirar to injury in the warm-up meant one-on-one with Monaco goalkeeper Danijel Subasic. It was the close-range stop and he got a firm fist to the resulting corner. champions as any semblance of a contest was snuffed out by half- a hasty return for Benjamin Mendy as coach Leonardo Jardim kind of chance the striker usually gobbles up but this one was But the clearance fell invitingly for Alves 25 yards out and time. Teenage superstar Kylian Mbappe pulled a goal back for the opted to match Juve’s 3-5-2 set-up. The results were initially fluffed with a semi-shanked attempt to dink the ball over the the Brazilian’s volley was timed sweetly enough to beat the principality club after the break, his sixth of the competition. encouraging and Mbappe squeezed a fifth-minute shot past goalkeeper. Mandzukic had a similar chance but saw his toe- Monaco goalkeeper to his left by sheer pace. Comprehensively But there was never any realistic prospect of them threatening Gianluigi Buffon from a tight angle and held his head in his poked effort saved by Subasic before Andrea Raggi’s last-ditch outplayed, Monaco restored a bit of pride when Mbappe to overturn a 2-0 deficit from last week’s first leg. It will be the ninth hands as it came back off the inside of the post, although the block denied Dybala. pulled a goal back midway through the second period. time Juventus, runners-up in 2015, have contested the final of offside flag had come up. But a goal was coming and it duly arrived 12 minutes before Portugal midfielder Joao Moutinho was the architect, working Europe’s elite club competition. And on this evidence, Massimiliano the break after a move that began with a Buffon throw out. his way into the left side of the box. His cross was clipped low Allegri’s sinewy, battle-hardened squad stand a good chance of Subasic kept busy Dybala supplied Alves on the right and his deep cross picked out from the byline and Mbappe showed quick feet to bundle it adding to the club’s meagre return of two triumphs when they The home supporters had to wait quarter of an hour to see Mandzukic advancing on the back post. Again Subasic saved at over the line in a manner reminiscent of a young Thierry Henry, meet either Atletico Madrid or Real Madrid in Cardiff on June 3. their side emerge meaningfully from their own half. But they close range but the rebound fell kindly for the Croatian striker to also once a Monaco prodigy — AFP

Middlesbrough relegated as Infantino vows to Chelsea close in on EPL title fight racist ‘idiots’ MANAMA: FIFA president Gianni Infantino said he intends to Conte said. “Because in this season, Cesc at the start didn’t play a talk with Pescara midfielder Sulley Muntari, the victim of lot. And then through hard work, he improved a lot. And then he’s racist abuse in Italian football, and vowed to fight racist Chelsea 3 playing in every game. “This development of Cesc is our develop- “idiots”. Muntari was booked for complaining about racist ment, because we started the season with a lot of problems. But abuse during a match at Cagliari and subsequently suspend- through hard work, together we found the right way. “Cesc is ed, although that sanction was later lifted. showing (himself) to be a fantastic player and I’m pleased for him. The Ghanaian then walked off the field in protest in the Because I saw in this season that he put himself in this team in final minutes of the game. Infantino told reporters yesterday Middlesbrough 0 every moment, if he played or didn’t play. Now he’s deserving this.” that he intended to talk with Muntari and would give him FIFA’s “full solidarity”. The FIFA president also said he would be Boro ‘devastated’ discussing the issue with Italian Football Federation LONDON: Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said his side were Needing victory to stand a realistic chance of preserving their President Carlo Tavecchio about the issue. “Of course I will “another little step” from the Premier League title after they top-flight status, Boro succumbed to a defeat that sent them into speak to Tavecchio, I will speak to Muntari as well... we will crushed Middlesbrough 3-0 to move to within touching distance the Championship alongside northeast rivals Sunderland. Conte work together,” Infantino, who is in Bahrain for Thursday’s of glory. Tottenham Hotspur’s surprise defeat at West Ham United made a point of saluting Boro’s travelling fans after the game. “It’s FIFA Congress, said. Asked what could be done about the last week handed Chelsea the initiative and they can now seal a great to see a team that got relegated and to see the fans clap- issue, Infantino said: “Fight. Continue to fight. It’s good to second title triumph in three years if they win at West Bromwich ping the players and the players staying there to receive the bring these things out when they happen. We have to work. Albion on Friday. “We’re very close. We must be honest. But we applause and to clap the fans,” said the Italian. We have to work on the people.” need to do another little step and win another game,” Conte told “It’s important to celebrate your win, but also to have great Infantino said the protocol, established by UEFA in reporters after Monday’s match, which condemned respect and clap this type of situation. “Because I think this situa- Europe, with a series of stadium announcements leading up Middlesbrough to relegation. “For sure now I’m a bit relaxed. This tion happens only in England. In Italy it’s very, very difficult to see to a possible stopping of the game, should be applied. step was big for us, a big win. “Now we need to do another step. a team getting relegated and the players receive (applause).” Boro “Unfortunately idiots, there are always idiots everywhere but We have the possibility to do this on Friday against West Brom. manager Steve Agnew said his dressing room was “devastated”. we have to fight them,” he said. Muntari said he had com- “For sure it won’t be easy, because West Brom is a really good “We’ve worked so hard for a number of years to get back into the plained that parts of the crowd, including a group of chil- team, a physical team, and we must pay great attention.”We are Premier League and we know how tough the Premier League is,” dren, had hurled racist insults at him from the start of the very close, but we need another step to become champions of he said. “Obviously we’ve come up short.” game in Cagliari on April 30. The player said the referee told him to stop talking to the crowd and ended up showing him the Premier League, which would be a fantastic achievement for Agnew, who took over in a caretaker capacity after Aitor the yellow card for dissent in the 90th minute. The decision us.” While victory at West Brom will deliver the title, Chelsea also Karanka was sacked in March, would not be drawn on whether to punish Muntari has been widely criticized and the player have home games against Watford and Sunderland in which to he would like the role on a permanent basis. “I don’t think it’s himself has said FIFA and UEFA are not taking the issue of snare the three points they need to make it across the finish line. about my situation. It’s about the football club,” he said. “We all racism seriously. Cesc Fabregas was Chelsea’s match-winner, inventively creating know it’s a Premier League football club in terms of everything But FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura rejected that goals for Diego Costa and Nemanja Matic either side of half-time about it-the supporters, the stadium, the training ground. The charge and said the organization had the structures to deal at a festive Stamford Bridge. infrastructure is all there. “So we have to finish the season strong. with the problem. “I don’t have to call people anytime that Marcos Alonso also found the net in the first half. Fabregas We have two games to go. We need to gain more points. “And LONDON: Chelsea’s Cesar Azpilicueta (right) competes for the they have been victim of an abuse. We have a committee began the season on the bench after new signing N’Golo Kante then everything moving forward will be towards getting ball with Middlesbrough’s Adam Foreshaw during the English Middlesbrough Football Club back into the Premier League as that is in charge of monitoring those actions. And the com- took his place, but he has played an increasingly prominent role in Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and mittee will take action,” she told reporters. — Reuters recent weeks. “Cesc is one of the best examples of our season,” soon as possible.” — AFP Middlesbrough on Monday, May 8, 2017. — AP NBK Egypt posts £329.5m net profit in Q1 Page 23

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SYDNEY: A pedestrian walks past a construction site of a residential development in downtown yesterday. — AFP Australia hits banks with higher taxes Government forecasts A$29.4bn deficit for 2017/18

CANBERRA: The Australian government pledged to deliver the transparency and predictability of budget outcomes, a The budget forecast real GDP at 2.75 percent in 2017/18, Underlying inflation is stuck below the RBA’s target band of a small budget surplus in 2020/21, slapping big banks with credit positive.” Mervyn Tang, director of Asia-Pacific sover- strengthening to 3 percent through to 2020/21. That com- 2-3 percent with wages crawling at their slowest pace on new taxes to end more than a decade of deficits that have eigns at Fitch Ratings, said the new revenue measures in the pares with the RBA’s estimates of 2.75-3.75 percent by mid- record. Morrison outlined plans to deliver A$75 billion in threatened its prized triple-A credit rating. Flagging in the budget implied a faster reduction in the government deficit. 2018 through to June 2019. It sees the unemployment rate infrastructure funding and financing over the next years as polls, the Liberal Party-led coalition conservative govern- He said Fitch would look closer at new policy measures on at 5.75 percent in 2017/18, easing from a 13-month high of the base of Australia’s next growth wave. The flagship proj- ment, also promised to fast track major rail and road proj- the economy and housing market, “factors we have identi- 5.9 percent currently while it pegged the consumer price ect is an A$8.4 billion Melbourne to Brisbane inland railway ects and delivered some sweeteners for home buyers in an fied as rating sensitivities in our previous review.” index (CPI) at 2 percent, climbing to 2.5 percent by 2020/21. to begin construction next financial year. — Reuters overheated property market in its annual budget yesterday. Standard & Poor’s did not immediately comment on the Treasurer Scott Morrison said the country’s profitable budget. But Australian Bankers’ Association Chief Executive banks, which have been under fire in recent months amid a Anna Bligh criticized the new tax, which Morrison warned series of misconduct scandals, would bear the brunt of a banks against passing on to consumers. “Contrary to the S&P, Nasdaq hit record budget “re-set” as he abandoned so-called “zombie savings” government’s claim that the tax will only be levied on bank- worth some A$13 billion. Those savings, including welfare ing liabilities, the reality is that it will affect the entire bank- reforms, had artificially reduced the red ink in the budget ing system,” Bligh said in a statement.“This new tax is not a highs as volatility drops after they were blocked by opposition lawmakers in a hos- well thought out policy response to a public interest issue, it tile Senate where the government has a wafer-thin majority. is a political tax grab to cover a budget black hole.” NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq touched The index has not moved more than 0.4 percent in The backflip resulted in a bigger A$29.4 billion deficit for record highs for the second straight day yesterday fol- either direction in the past 11 trading days. At 11:03 am 2017/18 than the A$28.7 billion forecast at the mid-year Housing affordability lowing a spate of upbeat corporate earnings, while ET the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 8.97 points, review in December. But the budget forecast a A$7.4 billion With the latest Newspoll showing the government trail- Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential or 0.04 percent, at 21,021.25, the S&P 500 was up 2.03 surplus in 2020/21, an improvement on A$1.08 billion at the ing the opposition Labor Party at 52 points to 48 points, the election improved risk appetite. The VIX, Wall Street’s points, or 0.08 percent, at 2,401.41 and the Nasdaq mid-year review. Australia’s A$1.7 trillion economy has out- budget contained measures to appease an electorate angry “fear gauge”, hit its lowest level in more than a decade Composite was up 23.57 points, or 0.39 percent, at performed many of its rich world peers since the global that a surging property market means they are unlikely to earlier in the day. A lower VIX typically indicates a bullish 6,126.23. Five of the 11 major S&P sectors were higher, financial crisis, but it has in more recent years struggled to achieve the great Australian dream of owning their home. outlook for stocks. The 10-year US Treasury yield rose to while the typically defensive plays such as utilities and manage the end of a mining investment boom that under- Morrison said the government will establish a A$1 billion its highest in a month, while gold prices fell, indicating a telecom services fell. Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals pinned much of its wealth. National Housing Infrastructure Facility and allow first time shift in investor preference for riskier assets. jumped more than 16 percent after the company post- “We must live within our means and this is an honest home buyers to save extra funds into their pension accounts However, analysts cautioned against investor com- ed its first profit in six quarters. budget,” Morrison said, adding that a new six-basis point to use for a purchase deposit. placency, especially after the market’s strong run since Endo International, Office Depot and Marriott also levy on big banks’ liabilities, to kick in on July 1, would raise The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) last week held inter- Donald Trump’s elections as US president. “In the short- rose after reporting better-than-expected A$6.2 billion over the next four years. Morrison described est rates at a record low 1.50 percent, citing concern about term, investors can enjoy this run, but they should start quarterly earnings. Wayfair surged to an all-time the measure, along with a A$8.2 billion income tax increase fuelling more borrowing in the country’s red-hot property to hedge their positions and look for safety,” said high of $62.65 after the online furniture retailer revenue on workers, as “basically a Senate tax” to get the budget market. Another A$1.2 billion will be raised over the next Christian Magoon, chief executive at Amplify ETFs in beat analysts’ expectations. Declining issues outnum- back into balance as demanded by ratings agencies or risk four years by imposing a levy on foreign workers, another Chicago, Illinois. “Given world events, common sense bered advancers on the NYSE by 1,462 to 1,304. On the losing its triple-A credit rating. issue that has been heavily debated publicly, with Prime would say there should be at least average volatility in Nasdaq, 1,439 issues rose and 1,214 fell. The S&P 500 Marie Diron, associate managing director of Moody’s Minister Malcolm Turnbull promising earlier this year daily price movement on the S&P 500. The index seems index showed 37 52-week highs and three lows, while Investors Service, said the agency assessed Australia’s fiscal “Australian jobs for Australians.” Another A$4 billion will to be very lethargic.” the Nasdaq recorded 80 highs and 38 lows. — Reuters strength as “very high, a key support to the government’s come from taxes on multinationals as the government triple-A raiting and stable outlook” after the budget. Diron expands its anti-tax avoidance laws to include trusts and for- added that the removal of the zombie measures “enhances eign partnerships. Macron win is ‘good news’ for Asia: IMF

SINGAPORE: Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French that it’s good news to open trade and globalization, and presidential election is “good news” for trade-reliant Asia it reduces the uncertainties of the eurozone,” Rhee said. as it eases fears of rising protectionism in Europe, the “So I think at this moment I am a little bit more opti- International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday. mistic that these trade tensions will resolve without big- Changyong Rhee, director of the fund’s Asia and ger tensions.” Pacific Department, said Macron’s win over far-right can- The IMF’s latest economic outlook had flagged didate Marine Le Pen, an economic nationalist, had increasing protectionism in Asia’s major trading partners made him more optimistic that major trade tensions and tightening global financial conditions as key down- would ease. “If you asked me this question (on rising pro- side risks to regional growth. tectionism) three to six months ago, I would probably “Asian economies are particularly vulnerable to have answered that I am very seriously concerned on the trade shocks... given the reliance of many Asian possibility of trade tensions in the global economy,” he economies on exports, more protective trade policies told reporters in Singapore. would generate a significant negative impact on the “But now I feel a little bit better,” he added, citing a region,” said the report issued last month. It said the meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Asia-Pacific was expected to remain the world’s fastest Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping last month and Macron’s growing region this year and next, at 5.5 percent and NEW YORK: Traders Christopher LaGana (foreground left) and William McInerney (right), work on the floor victory on Sunday. 5.4 percent, but growth was “clouded with significant of the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq touched record highs for the sec- “I think the result of the French elections really show uncertainty”. — AFP ond straight day yesterday following a spate of upbeat corporate earnings. — AP WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 BUSINESS IndiGo to fly to smaller cities in strategy shift MUMBAI: Indian airline IndiGo said it plans ent types of aircraft. to start flying smaller planes to second-tier Functions such as flight operations, in- towns and cities later this year, in a shift in flight services, route planning and revenue strategy for the carrier that has prided itself management will be managed by a sepa- on the simplicity of running only one type rate team, whereas administrative func- of jet. IndiGo, which has a fleet of 131 tions like human resources, finance and Airbus A320 aircraft, said yesterday it has legal would be controlled by IndiGo. “It placed a provisional order for 50 ATR 72- would avoid adding complexity to mainline 600 aircraft from European turboprop mak- operations,” Ghosh said during an analyst er ATR, worth over $1.3 billion at list price. call, adding that it would also result in syn- IndiGo joins national carrier Air India ergies in corporate overheads and ground and SpiceJet which have finalized plans handling. The company said it expects to under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s have up to seven ATR aircraft by March scheme to make it cheaper for people to fly 2018 if it reaches an agreement to buy the within India. The scheme subsidizes part of planes. the cost for airlines to fly to smaller towns. IndiGo also expects to add 39 new air- “We should see increased business craft in the current fiscal year that started activity in small towns and cities which will on April 1, of which 28 will be A320neos, increase demand for air travel in these taking the total to 170 A320 aircraft. The regions,” IndiGo’s President Aditya Ghosh carrier has faced operational issues with said after the company reported a 25 per- some A320neo aircraft due to problems cent fall in quarterly net profit. InterGlobe with engines built by Pratt & Whitney, a Oil market remains shaky Aviation Ltd, owner of IndiGo, said net prof- unit of United Technologies Corp. Ghosh it fell to 4.4 billion rupees ($68 million) in said IndiGo expects Pratt & Whitney to pro- the quarter ended March 31, from 5.84 bil- vide a solution to one part of the problem despite OPEC’s efforts lion rupees a year ago, as fuel costs jumped by the fourth quarter of 2018 and the 71 percent over the same period. engine maker is working on a new design The company said it expects available solution that will be retro-fitted later. seat kilometre, a key measure of an airline’s Pratt & Whitney has also carried out NBK ECONOMIC REPORT capacity, to increase by 22 percent in the hardware and software changes on all of April-June quarter. IndiGo, which has IndiGo’s A320neos which should address KUWAIT: Persistent concerns about was not prepared to bear the burden consecutive weeks in April. The week- been at the mercy of bearish sig- maintained its efficiency by operating only part of the issue, he said. IndiGo has OPEC’s ability to bring down histor- of production cuts all by itself. ly data came courtesy of the US nals emanating from the US. There, one type of aircraft, said it plans to set up a ordered a total of 430 A320neo aircraft in ically high global crude stocks in Energy Information Administration a doubling of oil rigs since last sum- separate unit to manage the ATR fleet to the past two years, making it one of the face of rising US crude produc- Stubbornly high inventories (EIA) rather than the IEA, but the trend mer has propelled US crude pro- reduce the complexity of flying two differ- Airbus’s biggest customers. — Reuters tion continued to negatively affect Naturally, in view of the slower- was the same: the surplus was shifting duction higher by a sizable 837,000 market sentiment in April. Oil prices than-expected pace of global crude from crude stocks into petroleum b/d, or 10 percent, to 9.27 mb/d. endured another month of pres- stock drawdowns, talk of extending products stocks. sure, closing the month down by the output cuts beyond June, when Global crude stock drawdown more than 2 percent to $51.73 per the 6-month agreement is due to US oil sector Were OPEC and non-OPEC oil pro- barrel (bbl) and $49.33/bbl, in the expire, has gathered momentum. Indeed, developments in the US ducers to extend their agreement case of Brent and WTI, respectively. OECD commercial crude and petro- oil sector tend to exert an outsized beyond June, as seems likely, then by Prices are down by almost 9 per- leum inventories, a proxy for global influence on the oil markets. While most estimates the market should cent on average so far this year as crude and products stocks were, at this is partly a result of the US’s tighten significantly and global stocks the unwinding of the crude stock 3.05 billion barrels in February, still newfound status as a swing pro- should decline more rapidly. Indeed, overhang appears to be taking more than 300 million barrels above ducer, thanks to the special dynam- according to the IEA’s oil demand and longer than many, including OPEC OPEC’s target 5-year average level. ics of light tight oil (LTO, or shale) supply figures, the oil market has itself, had anticipated. already entered a state of undersup- For its part, the 13-member oil ply. (Chart 7.) Assuming OPEC sus- exporters group has stuck to its Highlights tains its current 100 percent-plus task of cutting supply as per the 29 ● Oil prices dropped more than 2% in April, with stubbornly compliance rate over the next three November agreement remarkably high global crude stocks continuing to test market confidence. months and extends the cuts into the well; those members subject to ● second half of the year, then the 300 reduced production quotas regis- OPEC compliance at 102% in March as group crude production million barrel stock draw that the tered an aggregate compliance rate falls to 31.9 mb/d, just 180,000 b/d off their target level. group is aiming for should be of 102 percent in March (OPEC sec- ● Market is likely undersupplied, but OPEC will need to extend reached before the end of 4Q17. ondary source data). Total group production cuts into 2H17 in order for stocks to decline to OPEC’s Of course, this also assumes that output fell by 160,000 barrels per target level. global crude demand growth does day (b/d) to 31.93 mb/d in March, ● not disappoint on the low side, and less than 200,000 b/d off the target US production continues to rise, increasing by 10% y/y that global non-OPEC supply of 31.75 mb/d. Of the big oil pro- (837,000 b/d) to reach 9.27 mb/d by 21 April. growth doesn’t accelerate more ducers, only Iraq and the UAE have quickly than anticipated. In terms of yet to comply fully with their new demand, the IEA is forecasting quotas, achieving 76 percent and According to the International production, which has had markets growth to increase from an average 85 percent of their targets, respec- Energy Agency (IEA), which compiles enthralled with oil rig counts, crude of 1.1 mb/d in 1Q17 to 1.4 mb/d in tively. Therefore, OPEC’s 100 per- the data, OECD commercial invento- stocks and drilling productivity, it is 2H17, while on the supply side, the cent-plus compliance rate is really ries fell by 9.2 million barrels in also a reflection of the greater fre- agency expects non-OPEC supply to by dint of overachievement on the February. This would have heartened quency and general reliability of US rise by 0.8 mb/d on average in 2H17. part of others, mainly Saudi Arabia; the markets (and OPEC) more than it data reports when compared to Despite the short term price weak- the kingdom has cut its output by actually did in mid-April were it not for those from other sources. ness and the market’s shaky confi- 13 percent over and above its cur- the fact that the drawdown was large- Such information asymmetry dence, market participants remain MUMBAI: An IndiGo flight takes off from Mumbai domestic airport rent obligation. ly in petroleum products stocks (gaso- has proven to be a significant chal- hopeful that the rebalancing which is This fact has not been lost on line and middle distillates such as lenge to OPEC, which has discov- quite clearly underway will eventually Saudi Arabia, which turned on the oil diesel) rather than crude stocks, and ered that despite its best efforts to lead to the desired stock drawdown. IMF warns Asia to act early taps last month partly to signal to the were it not for the fact that it was up the bullish rhetoric-with moves Whether that point marks oil’s arrival OPEC laggards and non-OPEC coun- largely non-US based. In the US, crude and continued references to an to a new, less volatile and more sus- on rapidly-ageing population tries that had yet to fully comply with stocks actually increased in February extension of the production cuts, tainable equilibrium, however, remains to be seen. their quotas, such as Russia, that it and March, before declining for three for example-prices have largely TOKYO: The International Monetary Fund level by 2050, it said. That means demo- called on Asian economies to learn from graphics could subtract 0.1 percentage Japan’s experience and act early to cope point from annual global growth over the with rapidly ageing populations, warning next three decades, it said. Trafigura-backed oil firm opens that parts of the region risk “getting old The challenges are particularly huge for before becoming rich.” Asia has enjoyed Japan, which faces both an ageing and substantial demographic dividends in the shrinking population. Its labour force $92m Myanmar terminal past decades, but the growing number of shrank by more than 7 percent in the past YANGON: An oil company backed by global where the need is and Myanmar is what drove Myanmar’s west coast, after years of delays. elderly is set to create a demographic “tax” two decades, the IMF said. commodities giant Trafigura has opened a $92 the investment,” he told AFP on Monday, esti- Beijing, which helped shield Myanmar’s former on growth, the IMF said in its economic The high percentage of its citizens living million oil and gas terminal in Myanmar to mating fuel demand may grow around five junta from international sanctions, has led the outlook report for the Asia-Pacific region on pensions may be behind Japan’s excess cash in on growing energy demand from the percent annually in coming years. way in the race to exploit the country’s lucra- yesterday. savings and low investment, which are fast-expanding economy. Foreign investment in Myanmar initially tive energy and gem reserves. “Adapting to aging could be especially weighing on growth and blamed in part for The terminal is expected to increase energy surged as the country began overhauling its Puma Energy, headquartered in Singapore, challenging for Asia, as populations living keeping inflation below the Bank of Japan’s imports after a disappointing decline in foreign economy after almost half a century of military is one of three foreign firms in the final round at relatively low per capita income levels in 2 percent target, the report said. “Japan’s investment under the new democratic govern- rule ended in 2011. But a lack of clarity on the of bidding to run part of Myanmar’s petrol dis- many parts of the region are rapidly experience highlights how demographic ment that took office in March last year. new government’s economic policies and a tribution market along with the Ministry of becoming old,” the report said. “Some headwinds can adversely impact growth, Built by Puma Energy and its local partner backlog of approvals contributed to a 30 per- Energy. It also wants a license to operate countries in Asia are getting old before inflation dynamics and the effectiveness of Asia Sun, the terminal officially opened for cent slump in investment in the financial year petrol stations and supply them independently becoming rich.” The population growth rate monetary policy,” it said. business over the weekend at the port of through March. after new investment laws loosened restric- is projected to fall to zero for Asia by 2050 The IMF called on Asian nations to learn Thilwa outside Yangon, Myanmar’s commercial The biggest fall was in the oil and gas sector, tions for foreign companies. Holden said the and the share of working-age people - now from Japan’s experience and deal with capital. Puma Energy Asia Sun general manag- which is controlled by state-owned Myanma Oil company would focus on the corridor between at its peak - will decline over the coming demographic headwinds early, such as by er David Holden said it would cut import costs & Gas Enterprise. But last month China launched Yangon and Mandalay, where he estimated decades, the report said. introducing credible fiscal consolidation on products ranging from jet fuel to petrol and a crude oil pipeline linking its southeastern retail sales could reach some 1.5 billion litres of The share of the population aged 65 plans, boosting female and elderly labour bitumen, used to make roads. “Myanmar is province of Yunnan to the Bay of Bengal on fuel a year. — AFP and older will increase rapidly and reach force participation, and revamping social close to two-and-a-half times the current safety nets. — Reuters

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Chinese Yuan Renminbi 44.745 Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Swiss Franc 309.170 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Australian Dollar 229.780 Thai Bhat 9.860 Japanese Yen 0.002636 0.002816 US Dollar Buying 303.950 Turkish Lira 84.130 ASIAN COUNTRIES Kenyan Shilling 0.003046 0.003046 Japanese Yen 2.721 GOLD Korean Won 0.000257 0.000272 Indian Rupees 4.759 20 Gram 255.770 BAHRAIN EXCHANGE COMPANY WLL Malaysian Ringgit 0.066521 0.072521 Pkistani Rupees 2.909 10 Gram 130.810 Nepalese Rupee 0.003013 0.003183 Srilankan Rupees 2.003 5 Gram 66.250 CURRENCY BUY SELL Pakistan Rupee 0.002714 0.003004 Nepali Rupees 2.979 Singapore Dollar 219.610 Europe Philippine Peso 0.006008 0.006308 Hongkong Dollar 39.219 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd British Pound 0.390046 0.400046 Sierra Leone 0.000068 0.000074 Bangladesh Taka 3.725 Czech Korune 0.004539 0.016539 Singapore Dollar 0.212450 0.222450 Philippine Peso 6.111 Danish Krone 0.041017 0.046017 South African Rand 0.016712 0.025212 Rate for Transfr Selling Rate Thai Baht 8.878 Euro 0. 330491 0.339491 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001635 0.002215 US Dollar 304.800 Norwegian Krone 0.031460 0.036660 Taiwan 0.009784 0.009944 GCC COUNTRIES Canadian Dolla 226.525 Romanian Leu 0.084528 0.084528 Thai Baht 0.008470 0.009020 Saudi Riyal 81.428 Sterling Pound 392.135 Slovakia 0.009127 0.019127 Qatari Riyal 83.867 Euro 328.485 Swedish Krona 0.030651 0.035651 Arab Omani Riyal 793.009 Swiss Frank 305.110 Bahraini Dinar 810.810 Swiss Franc 0.303091 0.314091 Bahraini Dinar 0.802448 0.810949 Bahrain Dinar 808.430 UAE Dirham 83.136 Turkish Lira 0.080649 0.090949 Egyptian Pound 0.014040 0.019948 UAE Dirhams 83.380 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000086 Qatari Riyals 84.605 ARAB COUNTRIES Australasia Iraqi Dinar 0.000195 0.000255 Egyptian Pound - Cash 19.600 Saudi Riyals 82.175 Australian Dollar 0.218551 0.230551 Jordanian Dinar 0.424824 0.433824 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 16.770 Jordanian Dinar 429.815 New Zealand Dollar 0.205184 0.214684 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.226 Egyptian Pound 16.978 Tunisian Dinar 128.760 Lebanese Pound 0.000157 0.00257 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.005 America Jordanian Dinar 430.390 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020372 0.044372 Indian Rupees 4.728 Canadian Dollar 0.218258 0.227258 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.034 Nigerian Naira 0.001262 0.001897 Pakistani Rupees 2.907 Georgina Lari 0.137755 0.137755 Syrian Lira 2.176 Omani Riyal 0.785787 0.791467 Morocco Dirham 31.233 Bangladesh Taka 3.742 US Dollars 0.300900 0.305300 Qatar Riyal 0.082964 0.084414 Philippines Pesso 6.121 US Dollars Mint 0.301550 0.305450 Saudi Riyal 0.080247 0.081547 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Cyprus pound 168.208 Syrian Pound 0.001293 0.001513 US Dollar Transfer 305.150 Japanese Yen 3.795 Asia Euro 334.600 Tunisian Dinar 0.124489 0.132489 Syrian Pound 2.420 Bangladesh Taka 0.003418 0.004002 Sterling Pound 395.320 Chinese Yuan 0.042762 0.046262 Turkish Lira 0.080649 0.090949 Canadian dollar 222.900 Nepalese Rupees 3.950 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037239 0.039989 UAE Dirhams 0.081616 0.083316 Turkish lira 86.880 Malaysian Ringgit 70.185 Indian Rupee 0.004165 0.004853 Yemeni Riyal 0.000992 0.001072 WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 BUSINESS NBK Egypt posts £329.5m net profit in Q1

KUWAIT: NBK-Egypt, a subsidiary of the National 2017 to £25 billion, compared to £15.6 billion in the development rates in all financial indicators despite Bank of Kuwait (NBK), recorded net profits of £329.5 same period of the previous year. the local and international challenges capital mar- million (KD 8.5 million) during the first quarter of NBK Group’s CEO and Chairman of NBK-Egypt kets have been witnessing and the local changes 2017, compared to £186.6 (KD 6 million) in the same Essam Jassem Al-Sager stressed that this confirms after the flotation of the Egyptian pound at the end period last year. The bank’s assets grew by 35.1 per- the bank’s success in enhancing its status in Egyptian of last year. Hassan added NBK managed to do so cent to reach £52.7 billion by the end of March 2017, markets with its positive and promising develop- thanks to its wise policies based on diversifying and compared to £39 billion in the same period in the ment opportunities. “We aim to boost our position in balancing all sources of income and loan portfolios previous year. Egypt and increase the pace of development in a on the one hand, and offering the most flexible fund- In addition, total deposits grew by 25.5 percent to way that reflects our optimistic view of the Egyptian ing solutions on the other. NBK-Egypt is a member of reach £38.9 billion, compared to £31 billion in the economy,” he underlined. NBK-Egypt’s Managing NBK Group and was established in Egypt in 1980. It same period the previous year. Net loans and client Director Dr Yasser Hassan said that once again, the has 41 branches in the best locations in various facilities grew by 60.2 percent by the end of March bank continues its powerful performance and high Essam Jassem Al-Sager Yasser Hassan Egyptian governorates and cities. German industrial output points to solid growth Exports prove resilient, imports soar

BERLIN: German industrial production fell by less In the first quarter as a whole, industrial pro- trade surplus narrowed to 19.6 billion euros than expected in March and trade proved duction rose 1.4 percent on the quarter, the min- ($21.41 billion) from a revised 21.2 billion euros in resilient, data showed yesterday, supporting istry said. The Economy Ministry said the industri- February, below the Reuters consensus forecast of robust growth expectations for the first quarter. al upswing in the first quarter had momentum. 20.9 billion euros. “Germany is clearly benefitting The reports followed by a day data showing “Industrial orders and sentiment indicators sug- at the moment from the revival of the global Germany industrial orders rose for the second gest a continuation of this positive trend,” it said. economy. And Germany still seems to have the consecutive month in March, the first time since “All in all, despite the small drop in March, indus- right products, such as cars and machines, which 2015. Germany’s quarterly economic growth, to trial production should have returned as a growth are in demand all over the world,” Sal. Oppenheim be released on Friday, is now expected to pick up driver for the German economy,” ING economist analyst Ulrike Kastens said. “But these good figures to 0.6 percent in the first quarter from 0.4 percent Carsten Brzeski said. While construction remains a will increase the pressure on Germany to reduce in the final three months of last year. strong source of economic growth, industrial pro- the high trade and current account surpluses.” Industrial output edged down by 0.4 percent duction and investments are set to finally catch The overall robust readouts were the latest in on the month, yesterday’s data from the Economy up with the rest of the economy, he added. a batch of solid economic figures and will help TOKYO: In this April 11, 2017 file photo, Toshiba Corp’s President Satoshi Tsunakawa Ministry showed. This was better than the con- Separate data released from the Federal Statistics centre-right Chancellor Angela Merkel burnish bows during a press conference at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo. — AP sensus forecast in a Reuters poll for a drop of 0.6 Office showed that seasonally adjusted exports her economic credentials ahead of a Sept. 24 percent. The decline was driven by a 2.5 percent rose by 0.4 percent on the month to hit a record federal election, when she will seek a fourth Toshiba wrangles with Western fall in energy output. Manufacturing production high of 105.4 billion euros. This came in better term. The figures also underline the strength of was down 0.5 percent while construction output than the consensus forecast in a Reuters poll for a the economy compared to its peers. German Digital over chips unit sale rose 1.5 percent. rise of 0.2 percent. Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has urged The February reading was revised down to a Imports jumped by 2.4 percent also to hit the Merkel’s conservatives to adopt a less rigid TOKYO: Money-losing Japanese electronics ernment-affiliates like the Development rise of 1.8 percent from a previously reported highest value recorded in a month of 85.8 billion stance in fiscal policy towards France after the company Toshiba is sparring with its US Bank of Japan and the public-private increase of 2.2 percent. In January, industrial pro- euros. This was much stronger than a predicted election of the pro-reform centrist Emmanuel joint venture partner Western Digital over Innovation Network Corp of Japan are said duction rose by 1.3 percent. increase of 1.0 percent. The seasonally adjusted Macron as president. — Reuters the planned sale of Toshiba’s computer- to be preparing a bid with US private equi- chip business. Tokyo-based Toshiba Corp. ty firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. The finan- needs cash from such a sale to shore up its cial newspaper Nikkei reported last month finances after it suffered massive losses in that Western Digital might join that effort. its nuclear power division. But Western Digital’s chief executive, Steve Toshiba warned Western Digital to stop Milligan, said in an interview with the interfering, according to letters obtained yes- Japanese broadcaster NHK shown Tuesday terday by The Associated Press. The letters that the company was not satisfied with from the company’s lawyers, dated May 3, the minority stake it could obtain if it accused Western Digital of “improper” inter- joined with the consortium in buying the ference. Western Digital bought SanDisk, chip business. Toshiba’s longtime partner in making flash Toshiba is projecting a trillion yen ($9 memory chips, last year. It has argued the billion) in losses for the fiscal year that end- sale might violate terms of the joint venture ed in March, although auditors have with Toshiba, according to the letters. refused to sign off on its earnings report. Such sales can be sensitive because they The company is also embroiled in an involve the transfer of technology. Several accounting scandal. Further raising doubts companies, including Western Digital, are over its future viability, Toshiba’s US nuclear reportedly interested in acquiring Toshiba’s unit Westinghouse Electric Co. filed for prized chip-making business. Another is bankruptcy protection in March. Four Hon Hai of Taiwan, also known as Foxconn, nuclear reactors that Westinghouse is help- a major supplier to Apple, which has ing to build in South Carolina and Georgia acquired Japanese electronics company are behind schedule and billions of dollars Sharp Corp. South Korea’s SK Hynix is also over budget, as costs soar after the nuclear reportedly a bidder. disaster in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, A Japanese consortium including gov- six years ago. — AP US Treasury upgrades website to better track federal spending data WASHINGTON: The US Treasury yesterday aimed at shedding new light on federal launched an upgrade of a website to allow for spending by making data readily available. the first time the tracking of all federal gov- “The new site provides taxpayers with the BOSTON: In this May 18, 2016 file photo, a woman passes a “We’re Hiring!” sign while entering a clothing store in the Downtown rossingC of ernment spending categories, which totaled ability to track nearly $4 trillion in govern- Boston. The Labor Department reported on job openings and labor turnover for March. — AP $3.85 trillion last year. ment spending from Washington, D.C. direct- The new Beta.USAspending.gov website ly into their communities and cities,” Treasury culminates a three-year initiative to improve Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement. US job openings rise slightly in March the existing USAspending.gov to provide a “Greater access to data will drive better deci- broader view of government spending than sion making and strengthen accountability WASHINGTON: Steady job growth has left US the unemployed seeking work during the same “With a 17-year high share of small businesses the grant and procurement data previously and transparency - qualities central to the employers with an increasingly shallow pool of period. As a result, there is the equivalent of 1.25 reporting jobs are hard to fill, an acceleration in available on the site. The project brings Administration’s focus on a more innovative unemployed workers to consider hiring, some- jobless people for each opening - the best ratio quits would bode well for a pick-up in wage together some 400 different data sets from and effective government,” Mnuchin said. thing that could lead to faster wage gains. since January 2001. Hiring in March edged up a growth later this year,” House said in an analysis. more than 100 federal agencies, extracting The new version of the site makes clear The number of job postings for each unem- mere 0.2 percent and is still running below the The government said last week that employers spending information from thousands of with a prominent block chart what budget ployed person fell in March to its lowest level in levels seen in January and December, a sign that added a net total of 211,000 jobs in April and divergent computer systems across the gov- wonks already know-that more than half of all more than 16 years, according to a report employers may not be finding workers. But more 79,000 in March. But on average over the past ernment. It also is designed to be machine federal spending is consumed by three cate- released yesterday by the Labor Department. Americans felt confident enough in March to three months, employers have added 174,000 readable, with open source code allowing pri- gories: Social Security (23.9 percent), This means that businesses may face fewer qual- quit their jobs, as the number of quits rose 2.6 jobs a month - an average that economists say is vate companies to analyze and develop com- Medicare (14.9 percent) and National Defense mercial applications for the data, said a senior (14.9 percent). The beta site is expected to run ified applicants for jobs and could choose to percent to 3.1 million. Workers typically quit closer to the underlying trend. The unemploy- Treasury official working on the project. The alongside the original for several months in increase pay in order to attract workers - possi- either when they have another job or are opti- ment rate dipped a tenth of a point to 4.4 percent. beta site is launching with year-to-date data order to collect feedback from users to help bly causing wages to accelerate after several mistic they can find one - and possibly receive a Those figures are net gains after layoffs, quits and for fiscal 2017, with historical data to be plug “holes” in the data and make the site years of sluggish growth. pay raise. Along with separate measures that retirements are subtracted from overall hiring. added later. The data will be updated quarter- more user-friendly, the Treasury official said. Employers posted a seasonally adjusted 5.7 small businesses and construction firms are find- Tuesday’s data come from the Job Openings and ly, the official said. The spending site upgrade The site will also will be expanded to show million jobs in March, a slight 1.1 percent ing it difficult to hire workers, the increasingly Labor Turnover survey, or JOLTS. They are more was mandated by the Data Accountancy and sources of contributions to federal tax rev- increase from February. Meanwhile, past hiring tight job market should help to deliver pay rais- detailed and provide a fuller view of the job mar- Transparency Act of 2014, a bipartisan law enues by state. — Reuters gains meant there was a steep decline among es, noted Wells Fargo economist Sarah House. ket than the monthly jobs report. — AP Retail funk: Stores face biggest challenges since recession

NEW YORK: It’s starting to look a lot like the Great highest percentage since the second quarter of 2009. And for clothing for her two toddlers and Everlane.com for Recession redux for retailers. More than twice as many he forecasts that nearly half of the retailers will see total clothes for herself. stores have closed this year than at the same point last year. sales revenue fall, nearing the level of the last downturn. “There are certain things like mobile payments that have Bankruptcies are far outpacing last year’s rate. Retailers The bad news for retail has been relentless of late: The made it easier to shop online than in person,” she said. “It’s slashed jobs at the sharpest pace in seven years this spring. Limited closed all its remaining 250 stores. Payless rare I go to the mall. It’s more of an occasion than a habit.” And retailers collectively could report the biggest drop in ShoeSource is shuttering nearly 400 stores as part of its She also says she’s discovered new brands online. first-quarter profits since 2009. bankruptcy reorganization. The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail This time, the culprit’s not the economy but shoppers Others chains that have shuttered all their stores or trade group, is sticking with its annual sales growth forecast whose habits have changed profoundly and permanently, retrenched include Abercrombie & Fitch, BCBG and Wet of 3.7 to 4.2 percent over 2016. But that includes a hefty as they shop online more and look for deals. The results this Seal. Mall anchors like Macy’s and J.C. Penney are closing expected bump of 8 percent to 12 percent from online and week from department stores like Macy’s, Kohl’s and J.C. locations. And Sears Holdings Corp. has said there’s “sub- other non-store business. Matthew Shay, the group’s CEO Penney are expected to illustrate the latest damage by the stantial doubt” about its future, though it has insisted that and president, says consumers are in good financial shape spending shift and the dominance of Amazon. “The first- its actions to turn around its business should help reduce given a healthier job market and other economic factors, quarter reports will show how difficult the mountain retail- that risk. Perkins believes the rash of store closings and job but acknowledges the industry is more turbulent. He points ers will have to climb,” said Ken Perkins, president of cuts will be a minor burden on the economy. The vast to bright spots like home improvement chains and off-price research firm Retail Metrics LLC. “Things are far better from majority of retail workers are paid less than the hourly aver- retailers like TJX Cos., which are still expected to have strong an economic perspective than before when the sky was age earnings per hour of $25, so the impact is far less than results. “Retail is not in any long-term danger,” Shay said, but falling.” But he says people are increasingly spending on losing higher-paying manufacturing jobs, he says. But Frank “the pace of change is accelerating.” He says stores need to experiences and shopping on phones and tablets, “and Badillo, director of research at MacroSavvy, believes the dramatically step up their investments in e-commerce. stores are facing pressure from off-price stores and effect will be wider. “The economic effects tend to reinforce Department stores have pledged to do better and adapt, Amazon.com.” the widening income equality and redistribution that favor expanding their exclusive merchandise and beefing up their Perkins estimates that the 114 retailers he tracks will see ‘haves’ over ‘have nots’, professional class over the working online services. But they and other clothing-dependent an average drop of more than 5 percent in first-quarter class and urban over rural,” Badillo said. Shoppers like stores have struggled to prove themselves to shoppers. earnings, marking the second straight quarter of declines Martha Shaughnessy, 38, are changing the landscape. The NEW YORK: In this May 2, 2017 photo, shoppers walk by The clothing sector may be at a tipping point when it and third in the last six quarters. But he thinks there’s even a San Francisco resident says she does about three-quarters a Macy’s window in New York. Retailers’ first-quarter comes to online shopping for that category. Cooper Smith, chance they could surpass a 7.1 percent drop in the fourth of her buying - from household goods to clothing - online earnings reports are expected to show challenges that an analyst at research firm L2, estimates that about 18 to 22 quarter of 2013 that would make it the worst quarter since or from her phone. She says even four years ago it was less stores face as they struggle with shoppers’ accelerating percent of clothing sales will be online this year. That’s a 2009. Moreover, 22 percent are expected to post losses, the than half. She likes Instacart for groceries, places like Zulily shift online and increasing competition. — AP critical juncture. — AP WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 BUSINESS Paris stocks rebound; dollar gains across board

LONDON: The Paris stock market rebounded gaining around half a percent each. In foreign South Korean election power scandal that brought down Park, MSCI World index, which touched a yesterday after sliding the previous session in exchange, “the euro continues to see weak- In Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei stocks index ended which catalyzed frustrations over jobs record high overnight, dropped about the wake of Emmanuel Macron’s French pres- ness against the dollar and the pound, as the down 0.3 percent after jumping more than and slowing growth. Left-leaning Moon 0.1 percent. idential victory. The Paris CAC 40 index was excitement of the French election fades,” said two percent to a 17-month high Monday. Jae-In, a former human rights lawyer, In bond markets the 10-year US up 0.4 percent around midday compared Chris Beauchamp, analyst at IG trading group. Shanghai recovered from recent selling pres- has held a commanding lead in opinion Treasury yield rose to 2.394 percent, its with Monday’s close. On the other side of the The dollar rose further away from six-month sure to close 0.1-percent higher. Seoul, which polls for months. highest in a month. The two-year yield Atlantic, stocks on Wall Street rose as well, lows against the euro, also as investors swung ended at a record high Monday, was closed Europe’s index of leading 300 shares held steady at 1.33 percent, meaning propelled by some solid earnings reports. their attention to expectations of another US as South Korea held its presidential election. rose 0.5 percent to a near-two year high the yield curve rose to its steepest for The French index had slid almost one per- interest rate hike next month South Koreans went to the polls yesterday of 1,555 points, Germany’s DAX rose 0.7 more than two weeks. German yields cent on Monday as investors quickly looked “While we think the Fed will be resolute to choose a new president after Park Geun- percent to a record high, and Britain’s rose by 1-2 basis points and the 10- beyond Macron’s victory to bet on whether on its course towards at least two rate hikes, Hye was ousted and indicted for corruption, FTSE 100 added 0.6 percent. year British gilt yield rose around 4 the pro-EU former investment banker would the market is underpricing the risk that (the against a backdrop of high tensions with the Asian stocks did not perform as well, basis points. be able to push through economic reforms. central bank) will tighten rates more quickly nuclear-armed North. with China’s seventh consecutive The US yield curve had flattened last European stock markets were up across the than expected,” said Stephen Innes, senior Voters have been galvanized by anger decline - the longest losing streak for week to its lowest since the presidential board yesterday, with London and Frankfurt trader at Oanda trading group. over the sprawling bribery and abuse-of- four years - weighing on the region election in November as investors fret- more broadly. ted over the impact that higher interest That would see the S&P 500 move rates will have on the economy. beyond Monday’s all-time record 2,401 Another hike in June is almost cer- points as the VIX index of implied tain, according to market pricing, and volatility on the index - dubbed the Wall investors now appear more con- Street “fear gauge” - remained below vinced that the economy will take 10.00, anchored near Monday’s lowest that in its stride, which could give the closing level since December 1993. Federal Reserve more room to carry “It’s calm sailing today for stock mar- on tightening. kets,” ETX Capital senior markets analyst, “For the most part, developed coun- Neil Wilson, said. try central banks are pretty static when Victory for business-friendly centrist it comes to monetary policy,” Standard Emmanuel Macron in France and earn- Bank’s head of G10 strategy in London, ings were also supportive for equities, Steve Barrow, said. “Only the Fed is he said, adding: “So far, there is pre- actively changing interest rates.” cious little to halt the rotation from The positive sentiment also boosted bonds to stocks.” the dollar. It rose 0.5 percent against The FTSEuroFirst hit its highest for the yen to 113.80 yen and the euro fell nearly two years, and the index of top 0.2 percent to $1.0895, another sign of 50 euro zone stocks its highest for 18 its vertigo near $1.10. months. In Germany, shares in The dollar index was up 0.3 percent Commerzbank rose more than 2.5 per- at 99.38. In commodities, oil market sen- cent after it posted forecast-beating timent swung between optimism over profits in the first quarter, and mining statements from major oil-producing companies were among leading gainers. countries that supply cuts could be MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific extended into 2018 and lingering con- shares outside Japan slipped 0.1 percent cerns over slowing demand and a rise in and Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.26 percent. The US crude output. — Agencies WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 business

2017 Mazda 6: New level of innovation and design New Mazda 6 remains one of the versatile and fun-to-drive vehicles in its class

By Faten Omar ern look that Mazda’s vehicles are instantly recognizable. KUWAIT: Kuwait Automotive Imports Co WLL Seeing one of Mazda’s cars should invoke (KAICO) - Al-Shaya and Al-Sagar, the exclusive the feelings you get from appreciating a work distributor for Mazda vehicles in the Kuwait, of art! Seeing its sculpted beauty and the invited Kuwait Times for a test drive at the shifting reflections as it catches the light, weekend to get a feel of the new features of evoking speed, grace and power, you’ll feel an the 2017 Mazda 6, a mid-size sedan that offers irresistible urge to drive it.Mazda 6 is offering more than it looks. a Premium Package that includes Nappa Mazda has taken the 6 to a whole new level leather, detailed stitching on the steering of innovation and design with updates to the wheel and available amenities. interior, as well as new safety features. Mazda’s Mazda’s interiors are renowned for being design philosophy is built on three pillars - stylish and straightforward, and this is no dif- KODO design(soul of motion) , jinba ittai (dri- ferent. The dashboard greets the centre con- ving experience) and Sky active technology sole with pronounced double stitching (engine, transmission, body and chassis). There which adds a sense of sophistication. There is absolutely no denying that the 2017 Mazda are also patches of soft-touch materials 6 remains one of the most practical, versatile through the cabin which increases the crea- and fun-to-drive vehicles in its class. ture-comfort effect. Mazda, a powerful Japanese manufacturer with a rich history in the automotive world, JINBA-ITTAI Theory has been a leading brand in the industry for JINBA-ITTAI is a Japanese four-character the past few years, making it the first and best compound describing unity of horse and rider choice for many cars enthusiasts around the which is pertinent to Yabusame, Japanese world. The new Mazda 6 has received a set of mounted archery. Mazda adopted that term modifications and improvements: to describe a driver’s connection with the car. It reflects the feeling that the sense of one- The drive ness between a rider and his beloved horse is New for 2017 Mazda 6 is Skyactiv Vehicle the ultimate bond. When Mazda is designing Dynamics G-Vectoring Control. This feature the layout of its vehicles they start with the allows attaining a smoother, less tiring drive human being, and place essentials such as the according to Mazda engineers. This system steering wheel, accelerator and brake pedal automatically adjusts power delivery and cor- where they are easy to operate in a way that nering enhancement and although the effect feels natural. All Mazda vehicles aim to pro- is subtle, drivers who have a better feel of the vide Jinba-ittai, or “horse and rider as one”, road will sense it. The SKYACTIV-BODY design driving and correct driving position forms the was designed to achieve two contrasting very foundation of achieving this feeling of goals, lighter weight with better safety (solid unity. That’s why this “human-centered” phi- body), achieved through innovative engineer- losophy is at the root of every layout and ing, improved construction and materials. design decision we make. Mazda6 features a 2.5-liter four-cylinder that delivers 184 horses and 185 lb. ft. of Safety torque. This engine mates to a fine shifting Just about every comfort and safety conven- Sport mode six-speed automatic geared for ience is standard on the Grand Touring, includ- both acceleration and performance. ing dual-zone climate, heated power front seats, However, the six-speed transmission per- leather trim sport seats, rear view safety camera, brake support, a novel traffic sign recognition every Mazda6, which include all the airbags, features of the Mazda6 when you visit, includ- formed very efficiently, changing gears at a Bluetooth, USB, navigation, head-up display, system, lane departure warning, lane keep four wheel disc ABS, electronic brake assist, ing I-Eloop and enhanced safety. very low rpm when in normal mode, with the blind spot with cross-traffic alert, remote and assist, traction control and much more. These dynamic stability, traction control and more. In summary, 2017 Mazda6 is athletic, primary aim to preserve fuel. Every aspect of push button start, alloy pedals, floor mats, Bose modern safety enhancements unite with the Your Mazda dealer will gladly explain all the looks great and delivers good economy. The the vehicle is engineered to maximize driving 11-speaker HD/stereo/SiriusXM, Mazda infotain- safety features on 2017 Mazda6 is a frontrunner in the mid-size dynamics and efficiency: from body construc- ment system, paddle shifters, power moonroof, division. tion and engine technology, to the chassis high intensity headlamps, fog lamps and and transmission. Skyactiv technology is just much more. one of the ways Mazda makes driving better. Enhanced safety features stan- dard on Grand Touring KODO design include forward obstruc- KODO is “Soul of Motion”. It’s the inspira- tive warning, smart tion behind the design of Mazda 6 vehicle. city brake sup- Created to transform ordinary sheet metal port, smart into something that embodies the vitality of a living being,the KODO design fea- tured on the Mazda6 with a sleek, sporty and mod- WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 BUSINESS

Toyota and KFH open new leasing office Al-Sayer partners with KFH to open special office at Toyota Al-Rai showroom

Advantages & benefits * Full maintenance throughout the dura- tion of your lease term. * Full Takaful insurance cover throughout the duration of the leasing period. * A substitute car when the leased car is under maintenance or repair for more than 24 hours. * 24 / 7 road-side assistance. * A wide range and variety of categories and models that will surely meet the client demands. * Option to drive the leased car beyond Kuwaiti borders. * Client salary transfer is not required. * Fast processing and immediate approval of the client transaction. Ahed Al-Eissa said “The renting cars office will offer renting cars and mainte- nance services only for Toyota vehicles in cooperation with Toyota agency. Such step represents a significant transforma- tion in the leasing products movement and strengthens the close and continuous relation with MNSS.” He also thanked Toyota dealer manage- ment for giving them the chance to serve customers who want to rent cars of any model from this famous brand through KUWAIT: Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer and Sons of the ribbon was attended by Ahed Al-Eissa the opening of new KFH leasing office we are KFH you can drive a car without having to wor- special renting office that is considered (MNSS), one of the Al-Sayer Group Holding Executive Manager of cars and renting prod- pleased to be putting our focus on the leasing ry about its maintenance. Clients can choose the first at the level of automobile dealer- Companies in cooperation with Kuwait ucts, Bengt Schultz Chief Operating Officer Al- market. From a customer service standpoint from a wide variety of carefully picked car ships in Kuwait. On this occasion, and only Finance House “Baitak” opened a special office, Sayer Group Holding, Scott McNicol General we aim to serve them better through such models that suit their demands and decide on for one month, “Baitak” offers special at MNSS showroom in Al-Rai on the 4th ring Manager Retail Toyota Group Sales MNSS convenient service facility.” the period of the lease contract ranging from prices on renting Toyota cars as an added road, to provide customers with renting and along with representatives from KFH and Al- 12 to 26 months .Leasing from KFH also comes value to all the other benefits provided to maintenance services for Toyota vehicles. Sayer. According to Johan Heislitz “At Toyota Operational leasing with a variety of customized options that guar- car renting customers at “Baitak”. The official opening ceremony and cutting all vehicle segments have growing and with With the operational leasing option from antee our client peace of mind at all times.

Make a life, not just a living

KUWAIT: The Middle East has always been a tinues to be a popular trend in the region and select stores in KSA for every purchase made on region that places high importance on family val- the numbers are significantly higher than fami- 15th May. Simon Cooper, Head of Centrepoint, ues. However, recent studies show that there is an lies in the Western world. However, despite a says,” It wasn’t always the case where I realised increasing imbalance between time spent at work high rate of individuals living with families, lack how much I have been consumed by work obli- versus quality family time. Centrepoint, Middle of quality time spent with family continues to be gations until I started missing on important East’s largest fashion retailer, conducted a survey an issue that can be addressed. However, it is events. Promising my personal time to my family last year that showed over 48 percent of respon- heartening to note that a majority of the respon- at least once a day is important to develop that dents claimed that they do not get sufficient time dents claimed that they treasure meaningful quality time with them. I want my children to with their family. This year the brand surveyed one-on-one time spent together with family. In start balancing their priorities and we at over 500 people across the region and found that particular, parents surveyed said that balancing Centrepoint have always encouraged our loyal close to 40 percent state that they’ve missed out your priorities as parents also teaches children to customers to never take quality time with family on a special occasion due to work obligations. bring balance to their lives. Centrepoint’s latest for granted and create irreplaceable memories.” Research has shown that close bonds to family initiative, #MakeTimeForFamily highlights the The brand is sharing family conversation and having a strong emotional support system most important factor in balancing your priorities series on social media to show different scenar- Hessah Al-Mukhaizeem wins have a significant positive impact on our health. through a campaign that stems from the brand’s ios of parents putting their families first, and is Centrepoint has taken it upon itself to encourage continued work in support of families in the run also launching a video contest on social media KD 25,000 cash prize in families in the region to balance their priorities up to World Family Day. Centrepoint has part- encouraging fans to share their own shared fam- and make time for loved ones to celebrate the nered with Fun City to gift free rides passes across ily moments as short videos, in order to win fam- upcoming World Family Day on May 15th The stores in UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and ily vouchers. Gulf Bank’s salary draw region’s leading retailer understands the benefits that quality family time can have on an individ- KUWAIT: Gulf Bank is pleased to the offer following their first salary transfer ual’s well-being and wants to play its part in the SOTC announces new appointment announce the lucky winner of its first to Gulf Bank. Customers can also enjoy a happiness of its customers across the Middle East. quarterly Salary Account draw. Hessah one year free of charge Visa or MasterCard In these tech-drenched, immediate-gratifica- of general sales agent in Kuwait Khalid Khalaf Abdulaziz Al-Mukhaizeem credit card, as well as a chance to apply for tion days, individuals are in a constant need to KUWAIT: SOTC has announced the new appoint- here, travellers can also avail of various deals and the winner of the KD 25,000 cash prize, loan up to KD 70,000, or a consumer loan be living in the fast track and striving for suc- was announced during the draw event, up to KD 15,000. ment of a General Sales Agent for Kuwait. The exclusive discounts being offered by SOTC to var- cessful career growth. With many parents work- appointment of Ejaza General Trading Co W.L.L - ious destinations like USA, Europe Australia, New which was held live on 88.8 FM ‘Rabaa Al- Existing and new customers who trans- ing longer hours, there is lesser time spent with Diwaniya’, on Monday 8th of May, in the fer their salaries to Gulf Bank are automati- GSA will ensure that potential customers can Zealand Japan and China. children. The recent survey also showed that avail of the outstanding products and services SOTC Travel Services Pvt. Ltd. (Formerly presence of a representative from the cally enrolled in the quarterly draws and over a fifth of the respondents have less than that SOTC offers. known as ‘Kuoni Travel (India) Pvt. Ltd.’) is a Ministry of Commerce and Industry. have the chance to win valuable cash one meal a day with their families, leading to Speaking on this, Daniel D’souza, head sales, step-down subsidiary of Fairfax Financial The newly launched offer is tailored for prizes, including three quarterly prizes of loved ones complaining that they do not get to India and NRI Markets, SOTC Travel, said, “I am Holdings Group; held through two companies, Kuwaiti customers, and allows them to KD 25,000, in addition to Kuwait’s largest spend enough time with them. Studies have pleased to announce the appointment of Ejaza its Indian listed subsidiary, Thomas Cook benefit from a number of unique offers by salary prize of KD 250,000 in the last draw. shown that a start of a healthy work life balance General Trading Co W.L.L as GSA to represent (India) Limited (TCIL) and TCIL’s subsidiary transferring their salaries to Gulf Bank. is having a meal with your children away from SOTC in Kuwait. 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How to get started on VAT in the Gulf states

By Arun Khehar dor on a regular basis-so, if the amount of the VAT changes, or if another tax regula- RIYADH: The tion is put in place, that functionality will Kingdom of Saudi be rolled out with the next release. And Arabia approved a with the cloud, either of these approaches 5 percent tax last can be completed in a much shorter time week, after con- frame than an on-premises implementa- sidering recom- tion. Cloud implementations typically take mendations from weeks rather than years. the International This is good news, considering that the Monetary Fund. VAT deadline is only a year away. The recent slide in Established cloud providers like Oracle oil prices world- offer more languages, currencies and wide has diminished the amount of rev- country-specific rules than other, smaller enue flowing into the six-member Gulf finance cloud providers. We also have an Cooperation Council (GCC), which includes entire range of unique finance solutions Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, covering the most basic to complex needs Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman. Thus, the in the cloud-from standalone tax reporting IMF recommended a VAT to diversify the applications to end-to-end finance revenue stream across these countries. processes, analysis and reporting. This More to the point, GCC countries are makes Oracle a logical choice for GCC com- aware that the halcyon days of oil produc- panies, whose requirements are specific to tion won’t last forever; more and more their own region and unlikely to be met by countries are exploring other, greener other vendors. forms of energy. GCC leaders recognize the need to diversify their economies, in readi- Knowing where to start ness for the day when the oil bubble bursts So, where do you start to determine (e.g. the Vision 2030 plan in Saudi). which approach is best for you? Deploy a VATs have long been a standard source new ERP in the cloud? Keep your core ERP of revenue for other governments, includ- and connect cloud VAT services? Or move ing EU countries, Canada, Australia and some of your finance functions to the cloud? In the small Cuban town of Gaspar, four computer enthusiasts created their own version of Facebook with a pirate connection. — AFP many others. But this is the first time that companies in the GCC will have to collect There are a number of factors to consider: it-and some reports indicate that they are • What is the age of your existing ERP Cuban town hooked on facing challenges, which they are working system? Are you running the latest version to overcome. of the software, or are you on an old edi- This is not surprising. VAT is collected at tion? nearly every stage of the supply chain, • In how many countries do you do busi- pirate social network from raw materials to the final product sold ness? The more geographies, currencies in stores. Ultimately, the consumer ends up and languages you operate in, the more paying for the tax-but businesses are still rules, regulations and compliance issues responsible for collecting the money on you will need to consider. It might be Local techies launch ‘Gaspar Social,’ Cuba’s answer to Facebook behalf of the government, and reporting worth a full-scale migration to cloud in on how much they collected, along with order to keep on top of all of the permuta- GASPAR, Cuba: On a traffic island in a country a network just for playing video games,” says one Only selected groups such as scientists, jour- how much they were able to deduct based tions. town, young Cubans are doing what most of of its creators, municipal computer technician nalists and doctors are allowed to have internet on their own costs. It’s also important to • How many transactions does your ERP their compatriots cannot: Surfing an online Osmani Montero, 23. access in their homes. Small-scale local projects make provisions and plan ahead going for- process in a day? The higher the transac- social network. In one of the least wired coun- “Then we opened it to all the people in like Gaspar’s “offer an alternative given Cuba’s ward, and to bring a culture of change tion volume, the more important it is that tries on Earth, Gaspar, population 7,500, is one of Gaspar and the number of users grew hugely in infrastructure problems,” which prevent many management to the organization. your core system be scalable enough to the most connected towns of all. Illegally, but just a month.” homes from getting online, says Yudivian This means that the vast majority of meet demand. with the grudging tolerance of the authorities, Almeida, a computing specialist at Havana GCC companies will not only need to • Are you looking at a full ERP replace- four local techies have launched “Gaspar Social”- Extra capacity University. If just one home has an internet ensure they accurately determine and ment in the near future? If so, it might rural Cuba’s answer to Facebook. Yoandi Alvarez, 30, a medical student, raised cable, using wireless technology “a whole net- report on VAT requirements but, even more make sense to take a phased, “outside-in” “I think it’s wonderful what these lads here in money to buy the first aerial and server for the work can be generated” for neighboring homes importantly, do it efficiently by automating approach-starting with tax applications in Gaspar have done. It was a healthy change for a network. “The antenna was near my house,” he to get online, he says. this whole new process. the cloud to meet the immediate VAT town that had rather lost its spark,” says Arletty recalls. “There were users at two or three o’clock deadline, and then moving core ERP to the Guerra, 22, one of the locals thumbing her in the morning sitting in the doorway to get Got a permit? How can your company cloud at a later date. smartphone. online, covered in quilts and blankets.” Gaspar Social is one of about 30 local net- become compliant? More than that, Gaspar Social’s promoters Some 500 of the town’s 7,500 inhabitants works launched by young amateurs in Cuba in Fortunately, there are experts that have No matter which approach you decide hope it will lead the rest of the communist island have started using Gaspar Social. The team had recent years. They are unlicensed but the com- been dealing with VAT for decades in other on, VAT is coming. Every GCC business will to greater connectivity. to buy four extra relay antennas to handle the munist authorities tolerate them as long as they countries. Here at Oracle, we have helped need to comply. I recommend that you large number of users. To the chat and file-shar- do not venture into politics or pornography. thousands of companies the world over to form a project team as soon as possible to Social networking ing functions it has added a news page-with Gaspar Social’s founders were called in last comply with local VAT requirements. New understand how VAT will impact your busi- Most Cubans must pay a $1.50 an hour to state-authorized stories only. month after the network’s success came to the approaches include connecting VAT cloud ness and operating model. connect via state telecom firm Etecsa’s wifi attention of the ruling Communist Party. services to on-premises ERP (such as Oracle Assess the capability of your existing points. Users of Gaspar Social do not. Though Not-so-wide web They thought they were going to get shut E-Business Suite) or simply taking the systems to comply with the new regula- they cannot access the world wide web via Cuba’s government has been gradually open- down-but the officials gave them instructions on opportunity to fully modernize the enter- tions. And then, choose an implementation Gaspar Social, they can share photos and videos ing up the economy over the past decade. It has applying for a permit, raising hopes that the prise by deploying ERP in the cloud. partner and a software vendor with the with other users in the town. said it aims to provide internet access to all state may authorize projects like theirs. “They In either case, there is a benefit to plac- real experience and capabilities to meet It opened to the general public in October- Cubans by 2020. But the online revolution has made it clear our network was illegal,” Alvarez ing tax functionality in the cloud-namely; your needs. If you would like to discuss fur- two months before Etecsa installed the town’s been slow in coming. In a country of 11 million says. “But they said they wouldn’t be taking our you always have access to the latest ver- ther with me, I invite you to continue the first official wifi hotspot. “In the beginning it was people, there are just 317 public wifi hotspots. antennas down.” — AFP sion of the software. Unlike on-premises discussion on Twitter using the hash tag systems, which require lengthy upgrades, #VATinGCC.-Arun Khehar is SVP cloud applications are updated by the ven- Applications ECEMEA, Oracle Pandora explores sale

No high-rises, no concrete jungle after securing $150m

in China’s new satellite capital NEW YORK: Pandora, which dominates internet giant AEG, to seek out new directors for the slumped to 76.7 million from 79.4 million a year BEIJING: China will ban large-scale property of the scheme to set up the zone - to be radio but has seen its model eclipsed by music board and evaluate options. “The board is earlier. But consolidated revenue went up six per- development including towering skyscrap- modelled on the Shenzhen Special streaming companies such as Spotify, said squarely focused on maximizing stockholder val- cent year-on-year in part due to the launch of ers in an ambitious new economic zone near Economic Zone that helped kickstart China’s Monday it was open to buyers after securing a ue as we move ahead,” he said. Pandora’s shares Pandora Premium, which combines the platform’s Beijing, the leading local Communist Party economic reforms in 1980 - sent land prices fresh $150 million. Jim Feuille, the chairman of tumbled more than two percent Monday even signature stations with an on-demand service. official wrote in an editorial in the People’s soaring and prompted government warn- Pandora’s board who a decade earlier pushed as Wall Street struck a new record. Pandora said its subscriber base jumped to Daily yesterday. ings against speculation. the model of free access, stepped down with The recorded music industry has seen two 4.71 million-a year-on-year rise of 20 percent, “Every inch of land” in the Xiongan New Zhao said Xiongan will not engage in the announcement that private equity firm KKR years of solid growth thanks to the boom in but well below Spotify’s 50 million paying users. Area will be carefully and deliberately “land finance”, referring to the practice of was injecting $150 million. “Having secured a streaming but Pandora has struggled to gain “Although it remains early days, we are enthusi- planned, wrote Zhao Kezhi, party chief of local governments’ reliance on revenue from significant financial commitment from KKR to traction. Listeners have flocked to on-demand astic about the recent launch of Pandora Hebei province, where Xiongan is located. selling land to developers for funding, and strengthen the company’s balance sheet, we services such as Spotify, Apple Music and Premium,” Pandora’s founder and CEO Tim The zone, around 100 km (60 miles) will effectively manage land prices, home have positioned the company to evaluate any Deezer, while Pandora’s model has been online Westergren said in the earnings statement. southwest of Beijing, will house some of prices and rents. Policymakers are also potential strategic alternatives, including a sale, radio stations, some of them automatically tai- Unlike the globe-spanning on-demand serv- Beijing’s relocated “non-capital functions”, stressing green development in Xiongan, in the 30 days before the financing is set to lored to fit users’ tastes, with money coming ices, Pandora is available only in the United though few other details have been which Zhao reinforced by saying there announced, and most work appears to still would be no “high-rises, concrete jungles or close,” Feuille said in a statement. through advertisements. States, Australia and New Zealand in part due be in the planning stages. News last month glass curtains”. — Reuters The company appointed Tim Leiweke, the Pandora, announcing its first-quarter results to the complex rules governing radio around former CEO of entertainment and sporting event on Monday, said its number of active listeners the world. — AFP WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE Dismantling nuclear: German power firms sell new skills

FRANKFURT: Energy groups E.ON and the decommissioning of nuclear plants is an EnBW. E.ON and EnBW, which both regard The market for nuclear decommissioning with a capacity of about 1 gigawatt is 600- EnBW are tearing down their nuclear plants issue or will become one,” said a spokes- decommissioning as a growth business, did services is expected to nearly double to $8.6 800 million euros. at massive cost following Germany’s deci- woman for E.ON’s PreussenElektra division, not give figures for their decommissioning billion euros by 2021, from $4.8 billion last Decommissioning can take anywhere sion to abandon nuclear power by 2022, which was formed last year to wind down division’s financial performance or targets, year, according to research firm between 10 to 40 years, depending on but they are seeking to turn a burden into the company’s nuclear business and oper- saying they did not break them out from MarketsandMarkets. But only about a quar- whether operators chose direct disman- business by exporting their newfound dis- ate the plants in the interim period. the wider group. ter is being outsourced by utilities, which tling or nuclear entombment, where reac- mantling skills. Germany is the only country The unit, which employs about 650 prefer to keep much of the dismantling work tors are first sealed off to let radiation levels in the world to dump the technology as a decommissioning staff, said it was seeing Westinghouse in-house, industry sources said. fall. The German utilities are seeking to direct consequence of Japan’s Fukushima particularly strong demand for its know- E.ON and EnBW are, however, entering a “The decommissioning market it is a focus on the project management experi- disaster in 2011, a decision that came as a how in Japan, where 12 reactors are set to crowded global market where they will tough one but also a promising one,” said ence they have gathered from closing their major blow to the two energy firms which be closed down, adding that Mitsubishi have to compete with bigger rivals includ- Arnaud Gay, executive vice president of own reactors, and contract out some work owned most of Germany’s 17 operational Heavy Industries (MHI) was among its ing market leader Areva, which has a 5,000- International Operations at France’s Areva, to specialist companies. nuclear stations. clients. EnBW formed its plant decommis- strong decommissioning team, privately- the world’s top nuclear plant dismantler. It Pointing to the value of good manage- E.ON and EnBW have already shut down sioning division following the Fukushima held Bechtel, Aecom and Fluor. With US was promising because it was a rapidly ment, E.ON said it expected that more effi- five plants between them and must close disaster and it has about 500 staff. More nuclear services provider Westinghouse’s expanding market, he added, but difficult cient processes and economies of scale another five by 2022. Not only are they los- recently, the division launched a consultan- Chapter 11 filing in March hitting one of the because there was a fierce pressure on would help it cut its own dismantling bill by ing a major profit driver - a station could cy service aimed at pitching for external biggest names in the sector, all players are costs, given the work involved simply eras- about 1 billion euros, or 9 percent. The two earn 1 million euros ($1.1 million) a day - work, including internationally. hoping to increase their slice of the action. ing an asset rather than building one that companies will find themselves in competi- but are also facing combined decommis- It said it had won contracts with opera- There is plenty of work. would produce value in the future. tion with the likes of US firm Bechtel, which sioning costs of around 17 billion euros. This tors, research institutes and nuclear regula- The International Energy Agency reckons also functions as a project manager during tough new reality has nonetheless forced tors in Germany and Europe, but declined that about 150gigawatts of nuclear capacity, Long and costly dismantling processes and in March them to rapidly acquire expertise in the to give names. A source familiar with the more than a third of the world’s total, will be Plant dismantling work spans everything announced a foray into the European mar- lengthy and complex process of disman- matter said that the group had advised all retired by 2040, with Europe accounting for from project management to the removal ket in a joint venture with GE Hitachi tling nuclear plants - presenting an unlikely three Swiss nuclear plants operators - BKW the bulk at more than 40 percent. “Within the of walls with low levels of radiation as well Nuclear Energy. James Taylor, general man- but potentially lucrative business opportu- Energie, Axpo and Alpiq - in dismantling next few decades, the majority of nuclear as more complex tasks such as using plas- ager of Bechtel’s Environmental business - nity in a world where dozens of reactors are projects last year and was still actively work- plants currently in operation will approach ma cutters to take apart highly polluted speaking about the ambitions of the set to be closed over the next 25 years. They ing for one of them. the end of their useful lives, requiring either parts, for example reactor pressure vessels. German utilities - said it was early days and say their skills are attracting the interest of MHI, Axpo and Alpiq all declined to com- refurbishment or decommissioning,” said Based on current estimates from plant oper- that such businesses were developed over international customers. “We are increasing- ment. BKW said it was in contact with sever- Randy Wotring, president of Technical and ators and consultancy Callan Associates, the decades. “It’s a 40-year market so we are ly getting requests from countries where al firms active in dismantling, including Operational Services at US-based Aecom. average cost of dismantling a nuclear plant patient,” he said.—Reuters Cambodia seizes 68 tons of fake cosmetic products

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian authorities told reporters. He said three people, have confiscated 68 tons of fake cosmetic including two Chinese nationals, were products that purported to be made in detained in the raids on warehouses in the countries like Japan and South Korea, an capital Phnom Penh and Kandal province official said, calling it the country’s largest in March and April following a months- bust of counterfeit make-up. The cosmetics long investigation. included bottles of hair dye, skin-whitening Cambodian authorities would now creams and shampoo worth “millions of investigate health hazards linked to the dollars”, said Meach Sophana, the head of fake products, said Meach Sophana. “We government’s counterfeit committee. often see news on Facebook or in newspa- The goods were produced locally but pers that some (women) who used skin- labeled as products made in countries like whitening lotion suffered side effects and Japan, South Korea, China, the US, died, or had their skin damaged,” he said. Germany and Thailand, said Meach Skin whitening creams are popular in Sophana. Some of the cosmetics had fake Cambodia, where many believe a lighter branding from the luxury Japanese skin complexion reflects a higher status. That care firm Shiseido, he added. “This is a image is fuelled by the popularity of light- huge quantity in the history of counterfeit skinned models and actors on billboards crackdowns in our country,” the official and television. — AFP In drought-hit Kenya, selling water keeps city youth in business, off drugs

GITHURAI, Kenya: Now onto his third job to continue supporting the group even if he since finishing high school a decade ago, realises his ambition of becoming a teacher. Festus Chege is hoping his latest venture as a water vendor in Githurai, a growing suburb to Growing population the south of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, will pay According to the Nairobi City Water and FRANKFURT: The zoo’s latest acquisition, a panther chameleon, climbs on the branch of a small tree in its enclosure in the zoo in Frankfurt, off. Like many young people from poor fami- Sewerage Company (NCWSC), the capital’s Germany. — AP lies, the 30-year-old passed his high-school residents need 740,000 cubic meters of water exams but lacked the funds to pursue his daily to meet demand. Currently only 462,000 studies, confining him to work in the city’s cubic metres of water are being supplied due fast-expanding informal sector. to declining water levels in the Ndakaini reser- Uninvited Taiwan says going to UN Kenya’s current drought, which is affect- voir, said Philip Gichuki, NCWSC’s managing ing some 3 million people across the East director. The reservoir, which supplies 85 per- African country, has led to a drop in water cent of the city’s water, has a capacity of 70 health meeting, warns China on ties volumes in reservoirs serving Nairobi resi- million cubic meters, but due to poor rains dents. The city authorities have been forced this season, it is only around 40 percent full. Assertive stand for the island to exchange views to ration water services, giving priority to For instance, the Aberdares water tower in critical facilities like hospitals, as well as man- central Kenya - the source of rivers feeding ufacturers. Taps in poor households are now the reservoir - has received just 250 mm of TAIPEI: Taiwan will send a delegation to a UN acceptance of that principle was a condition for Obstacle empty of piped water most of the time, and rain since December, way below the 1,000 health meeting even though it does not have an the retention of its observer status at the World A Chinese government delegation this month they have little choice but to buy their water mm it would normally receive in the rainy invitation, the government said yesterday, warn- Health Assembly (WHA). objected to a Taiwan attending a meeting in from vendors like Chege. season, said Gichuki. “The shortage has forced ing China that attempts to exclude it could irre- In an unusually assertive stand for the island, its Australia on conflict diamonds, forcing the “The water business is good,” said Chege, us to ration water,” said Nairobi County’s exec- versibly damage ties. Self-ruled Taiwan has foreign ministry said Chen Shih-chung, minister of removal of Taiwanese delegates. In September, a who has been selling water for the past four utive for water, Peter Kimori. “Estates have accused Beijing of obstructing its efforts to attend health and welfare, would lead a delegation to UN aviation agency snubbed Taiwan by not invit- months. “People call me to supply them with been forced to look for alternative sources the May 22-31 annual meeting in Geneva of the Geneva “to exchange views” with WHA members ing it to a conference in Canada. water as early as 4 am.” Chege, who uses a due to the rationing.” World Health Assembly, the decision-making on global health and safety. Taiwan’s top China Tsai’s DPP said the government would not rickshaw to transport the water, sells 20-litre The county government plans to sink 140 body of the World Health Organization (WHO). policymaking office said Beijing’s “rigid and con- bow to Chinese pressure. Taiwan has said its allies drums of water for 50 shillings ($0.49) each. In boreholes in Nairobi’s fringe estates to ward China views democratic Taiwan as a renegade frontational” approach would have serious conse- and friends such as the United States, Canada and a day, he can supply as many as 40 drums, off future water shortages. But experts like province to be retaken with the use of force if nec- quences. “Beijing authorities should carefully con- Japan have supported its attendance at the earning him 2,000 shillings - more than dou- Gichuki say more will be needed to meet essary, and says other countries and international sider the serious consequences of insisting that health meeting. It says health should not be ble a government clerk’s wage. It’s five times demand in the capital due to its growing organizations should not recognize it or treat as a Taiwan not be allowed to participate in the WHA politicized and that leaving Taiwan out of dia- more than what he was making last year population, as rural migrants flock to areas separate country. Taiwan is not a member of the and to continue to pressure Taiwan’s international logue puts the world’s health safety-net at risk. hawking secondhand clothes. like Githurai where many find work as manual United Nations, which recognizes the “one China” space,” the island’s Mainland Affairs Council said in China said on Monday the island’s DPP adminis- “There were days when I would find laborers. According to the World Bank, there policy centered on Beijing, and it never formally a statement. That would “result in irreversible dam- tration should bear “full responsibility” for their myself idle because of a lack of customers,” are over 4 million people around a tenth of takes part in UN meetings. But it has in the past age to cross-Strait relations.” In Geneva, WHO absence from the Geneva meeting, due to its said Chege. That’s when he would join his Kenya’s population - living in Nairobi and its been given observer status at some conferences spokesman Christian Lindmeier said the matter refusal to accept “one China”. friends to smoke bhang, a form of cannabis - suburbs. In 1963, when Kenya attained inde- with Beijing’s acquiescence. was not yet resolved although invitations had “This places an obstacle for Taiwan’s participa- a common pastime among young slum- pendence, the city was home to only a third Ties between the mainland and the island have been sent. tion,” An Fengshan, a spokesman for China’s dwellers who take the drug in secret dens. of a million people. worsened since the election last year of Taiwan “Officially the deadline has passed but yet it is Taiwan Affairs Office, said in a statement. Asked Now, Chege says he no longer has time to President Tsai Ing-wen, of the independence-lean- my understanding that the discussions are still whether China had asked Switzerland to block the mess around with drugs because he is busy Creaking infrastructure ing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) who - ongoing and we are also on our side waiting for entry of the Taiwan delegation, Chinese foreign from dawn to dusk selling water. Gichuki said the solution was to upgrade unlike the island’s previous China-friendly admin- any developments.” “To my understanding the one ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a news In January this year, he joined a youth the city’s water infrastructure. “(It) has not been istration - has not acknowledged the “one China” China policy is a UN-wide accepted policy,” he told briefing: “No matter what the DPP authorities in group called Ni Sisi Sasa (“It is our time”), developed since post-independence days,” principle. Beijing warned last year that Taiwan’s a regular UN briefing. Taiwan do, they are doomed to fail.”—Reuters which helps jobless young people in the said Gichuki. “This is leading to the increasing neighborhood improve their lives. One activ- water pressure and shortage in Nairobi.” Fred ity it offers is water vending. Kihara, water fund manager at The Nature As droughts worsen, phones and radios The group has a water depot in Githurai, Conservancy, an international NGO, said the which purchases its supply from the Kiambu worsening water problem in Nairobi is linked lead way to water for Niger’s herders County Council water unit. Group members to climate change, as rainfall volumes in cen- like Chege buy water from the depot at low tral Kenya have declined. On top of this, the rates and resell it to local residents at a profit. government is not doing enough to conserve GUILOKI, Niger: When Moumouni Abdoulaye and sures, experts say there is a growing and urgent is trying to improve the quality of and access to cli- “By the end of the year, I want to make water towers like the Aberdares, he added, by his fellow herders in western Niger used to set off need for better climate information, to ensure farm- mate data for farmers and pastoralists in western enough money so that I can enroll in a preventing forests being cut down for farming, on scouting missions in search of water, they feared ers and pastoralists are equipped to cope with Niger. CARE’s project under the Building Resilience teacher training college,” said Chege. He plans for instance. — Reuters for their livestock - and for their own lives. Unable to unpredictable rainfall and climate shocks. Across and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters rely anymore on their traditional methods of pre- Africa, only limited climate data is collected and (BRACED) program aims to help 450,000 people dicting the weather amid increasingly erratic made available and information services are often become better prepared for climate shocks, includ- droughts and floods, and lacking modern climate not well understood, user-friendly, or followed up ing through giving them access to better forecasts. information, they struggled to predict where, and to help people put the information to use in adapt- The goal is to help them diversify their farming when, they might find water in the vast arid region. ing to climate threats, experts say. and find ways of making money which are not so “We were living in limbo. Without knowledge, Ensuring that communities play a role - along- heavily impacted by climate change, in order to we constantly risked our lives,” said Abdoulaye, side state and aid agencies - in generating and shar- better withstand climate pressures. For farmer seeking shade under a tree from the fierce midday ing weather information is the best way to get them Adamou Soumana, improved access to climate sun in Niger’s Tillabery region. But a project to to use it and to build their resilience to the growing information has given his village a better under- involve the region’s semi-nomadic people in the pressures, said Blane Harvey of the Overseas standing of the weather shocks they are encounter- production of locally-specific, real-time weather Development Institute (ODI). “Co-participation is ing, and the confidence to adopt resilience boost- forecasts - and provide them with radios and very powerful because people will buy into a serv- ing strategies such as using climate-adapted seeds, mobile phones to receive and share the information ice if they’ve had a hand in producing it,” he said. finding sustainable ways to harvest forest products, - is transforming the lives of tens of thousands of “Crucially, they bring in their local knowledge, and storing harvests. Nigeriens like Abdoulaye. which helps to downscale and triangulate more “Previously, if it rained in January, we rushed to “Now we receive daily updates about rainfall, regionalized forecasts,” added Harvey, a research plant our crops thinking the rainy season starts - can call other communities to ask if they have had associate at the London-based thinktank. when in fact it never comes before May,” he said. rain, and plan our movements accordingly,” “Now we understand climate shocks, and can plan Abdoulaye said. In Niger, as across much of Africa’s Collaboration crucial our activities in advance. We feel more resilient,” he Sahel region, frequent droughts have impoverished A lack of weather stations across Africa means said. The BRACED project has helped communities many people and made it much harder to make a that forecasts, produced by national meteorological by acting as a broker between them and meteoro- living from agriculture. That is happening in a West agencies, tend to be too broad to be of much use at logical agencies, and ensuring agency partners are African country already consistently ranked at the a local level. But a project launched in 2015, funded trained to interpret climate data, translate it into MINSK: Swans take off on a lake near the village of Petrevichi, 165 km west of capital bottom of the UN Human Development Index. by the U.K. Department for International local languages and help people to make sense of Minsk, Belarus. — AP With climate change now exacerbating pres- Development (DFID) and led by CARE International, the forecasts. — Reuters WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 HEALTH & SCIENCE Fossils suggest hominids may have lived alongside modern humans

MAROPENG, South Africa: Primitive hominids may have lived in Africa at the same time as humans, researchers said yesterday, in new findings that could change the under- standing of human evolution. Fossils found deep in South Africa’s Rising Star cave com- plex in 2013 have been dated by several expert teams with their findings suggesting the hominids, called Homo naledi, may have lived alongside Homo sapiens. It had previous- ly been thought that the hominids were mil- lions of years old. A team of 20 scientists from laboratories and institutions around the world, including in South Africa and Australia, established the age of the fossils which suggests that Homo naledi may well have lived at the same time as humans. Their findings were published Tuesday in three papers in the journal eLife. The focus of the team’s research has been South Africa’s barely accessible Rising Star Cave system, part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, about 50 kilometers northwest of Johannesburg. The area has been an incredibly rich source of artifacts for paleontologists since it was first discovered. “There has been a great deal of speculation on how old Homo naledi was... Everyone who has examined the anatomy of Homo naledi has suggested that it would be in the millions of years,” said project leader and researcher at Wits University, Lee Berger. He said it was possible that “this small-brain hominid species actually encountered Homo sapiens.” But now, having established the age of the fossils using six independent methods, the team estimates that they are between 236,000 and 335,000-years-old the beginning of the rise of modern human behavior, said Berger. Researcher John Hawks said that the separate discovery of new Homo naledi fossils-includ- JOHANNESBURG: Paleoanthropologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Professor Lee Rogers Berger, right, Gauteng Premier David Makhura, 2nd from right, Professor ing a pristine skull-in two other caves “con- Johan Hawks, 3rd from right, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Paul Dirks, center, from James Cook Universityin Australia, University of Witwatersrand Vice Chancellor Adam firmed that we’re looking at an anatomical Habib, 3rd from left, and Peter Schmid, 2nd from left, from University of Zurich unveil ONEOO near Johannesburg yesterday in South Africa. pattern that is very different from any other each other throughout that time.” Some history that no one had suspected would be common species”. experts disputed the findings of the team that there,” said Hawks, an academic at the “Humans, relatives of humans and distant discovered the initial fossils and named the University of Wisconsin in the United States. relatives of humans such as Homo naledi were new species Homo naledi, arguing that they “That implies that as our species arose, it arose living here in southern parts of Africa through- were merely early Homo erectus. with others, that there were a diversity of out most of all our evolutionary history over hominid species in Africa occupying these the past 1.5 to 2 million years,” Hawks told All sorts of possibilities environments during what we had considered journalists. “Our evolution took place within a “We’re looking at a diversity of species in to be the critical time period of modern diversity of hominid lineages that existed with Africa in the latest stages of our evolutionary human origins.” Work has begun to also date the latest fos- sils to be found. Paul Dirks, a professor at Australia’s James Cook University which is involved in the project, said that Homo nale- di’s hand structure and the more recent era in which it is thought to have lived means it could have been a toolmaker. The new find- ings have shown that the history of evolution is far more complicated than a straight-for- ward sequential history, he said. “We have many different branches on the family tree and it is only fairly recently that there is only one survivor on the landscape. The new dating of the fossils opens up all sorts of possibilities for an interchange of... behaviors between Homo naledi and Homo sapiens,” Dirks added. “This will have profound effect on arche- ology... (it is a) critical missing part of what happened in human evolution,” said Berger, who described the findings as “a Rosetta Stone for us”. Homo naledi had a tiny brain, about the size of an orange and stood about 1.5 meters tall, weighing around 45 kilograms, experts say. Homo naledi’s teeth and skull are similar to those of early humans while their shoul- ders are more similar to those of apes. They JOHANNESBURG: A general view of ONEOO a new skeleton fossil findings of the Homo had a brain about a third of the size of a mod- Naledi Hominin species is seen at the cradle of Human Kind in Maropeng near ern human brain and curved fingers that are Johannesburg in South Africa. — AFP photos seemingly well suited for climbing. — AFP WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 ‘Make It Happen’ program builds authentic entrepreneurial culture to launch in Kuwait

he Kuwaiti National Fund (KNF) will take the lead in launching the ‘Make It THappen’ pre-incubation program, in col- laboration with Al-Reyada Captial, Bad Idea, Women Mentor Forum (WMF), and era.media. Aimed at both Kuwaitis and non-Kuwaitis, ‘Make It Happen’ is an initiative that encour- ages youth to submit their business ideas in a non- threatening environment, and in return receive the guidance and necessary support to see their entrepreneurial dreams come to life. One of the program’s primary objectives is to increase and sustain private sector employ- ment in the near future for Kuwaitis, by facili- tating a pipeline of creative, innovative, and dedicated future thought leaders and ideators. Through ‘Make It Happen,’ the Kuwait National Fund is working to provide a well- established platform that will bring to light the skills and talents possessed by youth in Kuwait. This allows KNF to move one step clos- er to achieving its overarching goal of shaping quality of life. ‘Make It Happen’ would provide cally delivered with 5 Outcomes: Business Bad Idea’s Anthony Gerrard states, “I had Anthony and his companies have been rec- the Kuwaiti youth to become the main drivers the type of encouragement to prepare such Modeling, Pitching, Networking, Resource the great pleasure of exploring the educa- ognized by the European Union for demon- of economic stability in the country, allowing Kuwaiti youth for the growth of the society by Management, and Investment Readiness. tional and entrepreneurial ecosystem in strating best practice in developing entrepre- for a brighter, more stable Kuwait. aiding in developing their business ideas. Together, these outcomes have been proven Kuwait during a visit in January. I met with a neurial curriculums. He is widely regarded as a The initiative is currently working with the The program is devised to be all-inclusive, to be highly engaging, creating a significant wide range of stakeholders across the educa- Thought Leader in solving entrepreneurial first wave of the KNF ICT Hub entrepreneurs, requiring no prior experience in entrepreneur- increase in entrepreneurial awareness and tion and startup communities, however it problems and speaks at Social Innovation who are providing local solutions across multi- ship, technology, or otherwise. Where Bad enthusiasm. was the ambition in Talal Al-Ajeel, Managing events across the EMEA region. Anthony is ple industries. One of those entrepreneurs is Idea are bringing the global standards, rigor, Bad Idea, who are acting as the program’s Partner of Al-Reyada Capital, and determina- also a Guest Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian Ali Karam, founder of Startup Ed Hub, who and knowledge to the program, Al-Reyada, knowledge partners and consultants, perceive tion of Mohammad Abdullah, Executive University, and has presented to delegations envisions a new generation of future-ready WMF, and era.media are focused on providing Kuwait as having the potential to be a world- Director for the National Fund, that enabled from Taiwan, South Korea, and Thailand entrepreneurs having a direct impact on the the insights to successfully produce a program leading entrepreneurial hub, given the small me to come back to Kuwait and be part of through the British Council. In 2015/16 he was prosperity of the society. Also inspiring are the that is localized in nature and relevant to the nation’s embedded values of creativity, the entrepreneurial revolution.” He believes highly commended for Social Entrepreneur of female entrepreneurs and founders of opportunities and challenges faced by innova- resourcefulness, tenacity, drive, and ambition. that the most effective way for youth to the Year, recognized for Outstanding Technocare, Aisha Alenezi and Aljazi Alajmi, tors in Kuwait. Alongside KNF, Al-Reyada Capital, WMF, and become catalysts for change and economic Contribution by a Young Business Leader, and who are looking to use the latest technologies The ‘Make It Happen’ program is accredited era.media, they hope to inspire a new genera- growth is through entrepreneurship, ensur- his company was nominated for eight awards, to create caring devices and/or applications by the University of Glasgow, with a Level 5 tion of entrepreneurs through ‘Make It ing that the ‘Make It Happen’ program will be including Social Enterprise of the Year. for patients and caregivers to improve their Scottish Qualification. The full program is typi- Happen’. a step in this direction. Marina Hotel Kuwait trains LOYAC interns

arina Hotel Kuwait collaborated once again with the Lothan Youth Achievement Center (LOYAC), in Man effort to host students for an extensive training program. The initiative reflects the hotel’s proactive contri- bution to the development of the youth. Building on the success of the previous seven years, Marina Hotel hosted two students Abdullatif Mohammad Fareed and Hasan Al-Hasan Al-Nasser for four weeks. The internship enabled the Kuwaiti youth to learn hands-on skills making them better prepared to embark on their pro- fessional careers. During the training period, the interns understood the fundamentals of working within a hotel and the hotel’s Housekeeping as well as Front Office departments. The internship program aims at empowering the interns and to Sheikha Fadya Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah provide them with better opportunities upon entering the job market by offering theoretical and practical compo- nents as along with a number of team building and recre- Al-Saad Charity ational activities. Nabil Hammoud, General Manager of Marina hotel said: hosts bazaar “We are very pleased to cooperate with LOYAC, given its long history in creating career opportunities for youth at l-Saad Charity for Knowledge and Scientific national levels. The interns’ experience of being part of a Research will hold its second charity bazaar team will help them develop their character, build more Aat Sheikh Salem Al-Ali ceremonial hall in confidence and prepare them in the future for whatever Qortoba in the period of May 10-15, 2017 (starting decision they make. We are lucky to have the opportunity from 5:00 pm). The Charity’s Chairperson Sheikha to host such talented and ambitious students and wish Nabil Hammoud with the students. Fadya Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah noting that the them all success in their careers.” bazaar would help in supporting Kuwaiti women “LOYAC’s mission aims to develop the community and The interns were allotted tasks and provided with hands the interns were assessed and given feedback on their per- and students. Saad added that ever since incep- help it cope with the challenges of the future. This falls per- on experience of a professional ambience with its daily formance by their direct mentor. This collaboration is an tion, the charity has been keen on highlighting fectly under Marina Hotel Kuwait’s values, to support the functionalities. They gained invaluable insight into work- annual internship program which offers college, university Kuwaiti, GCC and Arab women’ potentials, as well Kuwaiti community to progress and build local talent” fur- life and environment, while benefitting from a professional and high school students the opportunity to acquire first- as developing them and handling any weaknesses. ther concluded Hammoud service orientation. At the end of their internship period, hand experience in the hospitality industry. Orientation for ICSK class XI: Ushering in a new era

he academic year 2017-2018 at The for them to work diligently and come up to the Indian Community School (Senior) expected levels of competence with the sup- TKuwait (ICSK), is being laced with newer port, guidance and encouragement of the avenues to explore and abundant goals to dedicated faculty. It also enlightened them on achieve. In its quest to provide quality educa- time management, regularity to school, impor- tion to its students the school organized an tance of planning, self-confidence and ill orientation program for the newly admitted effects of procrastination. Students were edu- students of class XI on 22 April 2017, prior to cated on the resources provided during this the formal initiation of the new scholastic ses- session that would support students in their sion. The program was conducted in two sepa- academic vision and help them to make rate sessions to incorporate all 300 students healthy social choices. The session outlined a along with their parents. framework for success that could be attained The session commenced with the school by setting standards and working hard to prayer invoking the divine blessings followed reach them. by a poignant rendering of the welcome song The first and second sessions culminated by the school choir, Swaranjali. The congrega- with a blessing ceremony followed by the vote Khalid Mohammad bin Sabti, tion was ardently welcomed by Dr Sam of thanks by Abdul Rasheed, the program con- ridges between the teacher and the taught. pare and follow a proper methodology for Executive Vice President for Kuruvilla, the Vice Principal of ICSK (Senior). The Principal Dr V Binumon in his interactive achieving the academic goal. The students vener and Sunish Mathew, faculty from English Niva Elna, supervisor-Senior Secondary in her department respectively. In fact, the students Touristic Affairs at the Touristic session, spurred the students on with words of were briefed on the course details along with Enterprises Company (TEC), introductory address exhorted the students to inspiration tinged with advice on mind man- sixth subject option provided by the school. along with their parents dispersed with a utilize the opportunities and apprised them of agement and decision making. He pointed out He also acquainted them with the academic greater optimism and extended their gratitude resigned after 35 years in serv- the various co- curricular activities specially to the students that in order to be successful, calendar of the school and the promotion poli- to Dr V Binumon for the inspiring and informa- ice in order to pursue a career in designed for the holistic development of the they need to be focused with a controlled cy as per the CBSE by-law. tive session. The session not just motivated the the private sector. TEC wishes children. The class teachers and joint class mind, humble and empowered, to reach their The orientation program sent out a clear children but also gave them pointers to life Sabti best of luck in his future teachers introduced themselves to bridge the goal. The students were encouraged to pre- message to the students that it is imperative and thoughts to ponder over. endeavors.

Kerala Latin Community Kuwait conducts 5th Anniversary and Easter Sangamam

he inmates of Kerala Latin Community Kuwait (KLCK) conducted the ‘5th Anniversary and Easter TSangamam 2017’ at Kuwait City Cathedral premises recently. KLCK President Rev Peter Mathew OFMCap presided over the function and the function was inaugurat- ed by Rev Blany Pinto SDB (Parish Priest - St Therese Parish, Salmiya). KLCK treasurer Nelson welcomed the audience and KLCK Joint President Rev Paul Manuel OFMCap made an inspirational speech. KLCK General Secretary David Samson presented the Annual Report. During his inaugural speech, Rev Blany Pinto SDB con- gratulate all the KLCK members in their 5th anniversary. The annual KLCK Souvenir magazine was released on the function by Rev Blany Pinto SDB presenting the first copy to Rev Peter Mathew. Prizes were distributed for the various events com- prised of coloring competitions for children, Quiz compe- tition contest, Indoor and Outdoor games which were done under the supervision of various sub committees. The conducted during the year made the program unique. function concluded with various cultural extravaganza by The Anniversary program convener Kishore Simon pro- KLCK inmates from different areas of Kuwait. The members posed the vote of thanks. felt well-nourished even before they were served with Preparations for the smooth conduct of function were refreshments by the end of the program. WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017

Kuwait National Cinema Company launches #SpiritofKuwait campaign

uwaiti National Cinema equal in human dignity and rights Company (KNCC) recently regardless of race, origin, language or launched a public awareness religion. The remaining vignettes show Kcampaign titled “Spirit of Kuwait” images representing Kuwaiti individu- which celebrates the human rights, als thanking expatriates of diverse legal and moral foundations on which backgrounds for their contribution to the State of Kuwait was founded, as Kuwait’s rise and prosperity. well as the country’s exemplary consti- “The country’s contemporary his- tution that enshrines the values of jus- tory is characterized by its openness tice and equality among individuals. to the world and its welcome of many The campaign expresses the nation’s expatriate communities who all make gratitude to everyone who has con- their lives here,” added Osaimi. “The tributed to the continued develop- campaign is dedicated to all those ment and prosperity of the nation who have contributed towards the without discrimination. The campaign development of Kuwait and its socie- includes a series of outdoor and print ty, and is a reminder of the human media vignettes, as well as videos that and moral values on which our will be shown on KNCC’s screens. beloved country was based, and an “We launched this campaign based invitation for everyone to participate on our belief in the role of the private in expressing these values and feel- sector and its social and humanitarian ings of gratitude.” responsibility to serve the State of The campaign includes a dedicated Kuwait,” said Ahmed Al-Osaimi, CEO of hashtag #SpiritofKuwait, which was KNCC. “It also comes as part of our launched on social media as a focal commitment to spreading the positive point for participation through photo- social and moral values that the graphs, comments and videos that Kuwaiti society has been built on since embody the message of the cam- its inception.” paign, to reaffirm the commitment of The campaign is comprised of sev- society to the country’s values and eral vignettes, the first of which high- ideals, and encourage the youth to lights article #29 of the Kuwaiti consti- embrace and practice them in their tution which states that people are daily lives. Russian Embassy hosts concert to celebrate ‘Victory Day’

he Russian Embassy hosted a concert on the occasion of the T72nd Anniversary of the Victory in the World War II. The event was attended by more than 300 guests. Ambassador of Russia to Kuwait Alexey Solomatin gave a speech and congrat- ulated the audience on the upcoming Victory Day. Students of the Russian school and compatriots per- formed famous songs and dances created during the Great Patriotic war. The Moscow Cossack Choir were special guests of the evening. They performed traditional Cossack songs and dances beloved by the public. At the end of the show, the artists and guests Ambassador of Russia to Kuwait Alexey sang the famous ‘Victory Solomatin delivers a speech during the ceremony. Day’ song all together. — Photos by Joseph Shagra WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 TV PROGRAMS

07:20 Catch A Contractor 03:05 Binny And The Ghost 01:20 Street Outlaws 19:00 Botched 08:15 Disorderly Conduct: Video On 03:55 Hank Zipzer 02:10 Gold Rush: Parker's Trail 20:00 E! News Patrol 04:15 The Hive 03:00 Rebel Gold 21:00 Revenge Body With Khloe 09:05 Disaster Date 04:20 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 03:50 Outback Truckers Kardashian 09:30 Disaster Date Witch 04:40 Sacred Steel Bikes 22:00 Revenge Body With Khloe 01:00 Company Business 09:55 Ridiculousness 04:45 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 05:30 Storage Hunters UK Kardashian 02:45 Hudson Hawk 10:20 Key And Peele Witch 06:00 How Do They Do It? 23:00 Revenge Body With Khloe 04:45 Terminator Genisys 10:45 Disaster Date 05:10 Hank Zipzer 06:30 How Do They Do It? Kardashian 07:15 Taken 3 11:10 Ridiculousness 05:35 Binny And The Ghost 07:00 Gold Divers 09:15 Tomorrow Never Dies 11:35 Impractical Jokers 06:00 Binny And The Ghost 07:50 Street Outlaws 11:15 Hudson Hawk 12:00 Gym Rescue 06:25 Hank Zipzer 08:40 Sacred Steel Bikes 13:00 Rivers Nine 12:50 I Live With Models 06:45 The Hive 09:30 Treasure Quest: Snake Island 14:45 Taken 3 13:15 Lip Sync Battle 06:50 The 7D 10:20 Storage Hunters UK 16:45 The World Is Not Enough 13:40 Impractical Jokers 07:00 Jessie 10:45 How Do They Do It? 00:00 Guy's Grocery Games 19:00 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 14:05 Disorderly Conduct: Video On 07:25 Jessie 11:10 How Do They Do It? 01:00 Restaurant: Impossible 21:15 Momentum Patrol 07:50 Tsum Tsum Shorts 11:35 Gold Rush: Parker's Trail 02:00 Mystery Diners 23:00 The Asian Connection 14:55 Ridiculousness 07:55 The Zhuzhus 12:25 Rebel Gold 02:30 Mystery Diners 15:20 Bondi Ink. 08:20 Elena Of Avalor 13:15 Alaska: The Last Frontier 03:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 16:10 I Live With Models 08:45 Bunk'd 14:05 How Do They Do It? 03:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 16:35 Disaster Date 09:10 Stuck In The Middle 14:30 Storage Hunters UK 04:00 Man Fire Food 17:00 Disaster Date 09:35 Bizaardvark 14:55 Storage Hunters UK 04:30 Man Fire Food 17:25 Ridiculousness 10:00 Austin & Ally 15:20 Gold Rush 05:00 Chopped 00:50 Big Fish Man 17:50 Lip Sync Battle 10:25 Austin & Ally 16:10 Treasure Quest: Snake Island 06:00 Guy's Grocery Games 01:45 Bondi Vet 18:15 Key And Peele 10:50 Good Luck Charlie 17:00 Gold Divers 07:00 Barefoot Contessa: Back To Basics 02:40 Animal Cops Houston 18:40 Life Or Debt 11:15 Good Luck Charlie 17:50 Sacred Steel Bikes 07:30 Barefoot Contessa: Back To Basics 03:35 Tanked 19:35 Impractical Jokers 11:40 Dog With A Blog 18:40 Street Outlaws 08:00 The Kitchen 04:25 Untamed China With Nigel Marven 20:00 Disaster Date 12:05 Dog With A Blog 19:30 How Do They Do It? 09:00 The Pioneer Woman 05:15 Dogs/Cats/Pets 101 20:23 Key And Peele 12:30 Gravity Falls 19:55 How Do They Do It? 09:30 The Pioneer Woman 06:02 Big Fish Man 20:47 Key And Peele 12:55 Disney Mickey Mouse 20:20 Treasure Quest: Snake Island 10:00 Siba's Table 06:49 Animal Cops Houston 21:11 Idiotsitter 13:00 Welcome To The Ronks 21:10 Storage Hunters UK 10:30 Siba's Table 07:36 Swamp Brothers 21:36 Inside Amy Schumer 13:15 The Zhuzhus 21:35 Storage Hunters UK 11:00 Anna Olson: Bake 08:00 Swamp Brothers 22:00 The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 13:40 Hank Zipzer 22:00 Todd Sampson's Body Hack 11:30 Anna Olson: Bake 08:25 Dogs/Cats/Pets 101 22:30 Workaholics 14:05 Star Darlings 22:50 Marooned With Ed Stafford 12:00 The Kitchen 09:15 Animal Cops Houston 23:00 Another Period 14:10 Good Luck Charlie 23:40 Still Alive 13:00 The Pioneer Woman 10:10 Untamed China With Nigel Marven 23:25 Key And Peele 14:35 Austin & Ally 13:30 The Pioneer Woman 11:05 Tanked 23:50 Tosh.0 15:00 Jessie 14:00 Siba's Table 12:00 Dogs/Cats/Pets 101 15:25 Binny And The Ghost 14:30 Siba's Table 12:55 Bondi Vet 15:50 Sunny Bunnies 15:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 13:50 Animal Cops Houston 15:55 The Zhuzhus 15:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 14:45 Big Fish Man 16:45 Elena Of Avalor 00:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am KSA 16:00 Chopped 15:40 Untamed China With Nigel Marven 17:10 Liv And Maddie 07:00 Gravity Falls 17:00 The Kitchen 16:35 Tanked 00:40 Don't Drive Here 17:35 Descendants Wicked World 07:25 Star vs The Forces Of Evil 18:00 Anna Olson: Bake 17:30 Big Fish Man 01:30 Science Of The Movies 17:40 Girl Meets World 07:50 Penn Zero: Part Time Hero 18:30 Anna Olson: Bake 18:25 Meet The Penguins 02:20 Kids Do The Craziest Things 18:05 Stuck In The Middle 08:15 Milo Murphy's Law 19:00 Chopped 18:50 Meet The Penguins 02:45 Kids Do The Craziest Things 18:30 Bunk'd 08:25 Danger Mouse 20:00 Iron Chef America 19:20 Pit Bulls & Parolees 03:10 Dirty Jobs 18:55 Bizaardvark 08:40 Supa Strikas 21:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 20:15 Tanked 04:00 Now That's Funny 19:20 Disney Mickey Mouse 09:05 Two More Eggs 21:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 21:10 Dogs/Cats/Pets 101 04:50 Don't Drive Here 19:25 Alex & Co. 09:10 K.C. 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AIRBORNE 7:15 PM ROBO-DOG: AIRBORNE 9:30 PM ROBO-DOG: AIRBORNE 1:00 PM BAIRAQ-1 FAST & FURIOUS 8 9:15 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 12:45 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 11:30 PM ROBO-DOG: AIRBORNE 3:15 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 12:05 AM ROBO-DOG: AIRBORNE 5:15 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 3:15 PM MUHALAB-1 ROBO-DOG: AIRBORNE 7:15 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 5:45 PM 360º- 1 BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Hindi 11:45 AM ROBO-DOG: AIRBORNE 9:15 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 8:15 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 11:30 AM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 3:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 11:45 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 11:00 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 6:15 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 2:15 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Telugu 9:30 PM MARINA-1 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 5:00 PM BAIRAQ-2 FAST & FURIOUS 8 12:45 AM ROBO-DOG: AIRBORNE 12:00 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 7:45 PM THE BOSS BABY 12:00 PM Fajr: 03:31 GUARDIANS OF THE 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AIRBORNE 5:30 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 1:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 9:00 PM 360º- 3 SOUKAR BARAH 7:30 PM Automated GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 4:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 8 11:45 PM THE LOST CITY OF Z 12:15 PM ROBO-DOG: AIRBORNE 9:30 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 6:30 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Tamil 3:15 PM SOUKAR BARAH 11:30 PM enquiry GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 9:00 PM MARINA-3 BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Malayalam 6:30 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 11:45 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 11:45 AM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Tamil 9:45 PM PLAZA GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 2:15 PM about the MONOLITH 1:00 AM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Tamil 3:15 PM FANAR-1 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 4:45 PM BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Malayalam 6:30 PM SOUKAR BARAH 12:30 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 -3D 7:30 PM Civil ID card is AL-KOUT.1 BAAHUBALI 2: The Conclusion -Tamil 9:45 PM SOUKAR BARAH 2:30 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 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SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 KAC 362 Colombo 05:50 KAC 512 Mashhad 18:40 FDB 054 Dubai 08:30 JZR 184 Dubai 18:20 BAW 157 London 06:05 UAE 875 Dubai 19:05 KAC 773 Riyadh 08:35 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 KAC 284 Dhaka 06:35 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 KAC 539 Sharm el-Sheikh 08:40 JZR 538 Cairo 18:35 KAC 206 Islamabad 06:40 FDB 063 Dubai 19:10 KAC 661 Abu Dhabi 08:45 KAC 785 Jeddah 18:45 KAC 302 Mumbai 06:55 ABY 123 Sharjah 19:20 KAC 101 London 09:00 QTR 1081 Doha 19:15 KAC 156 Istanbul 07:05 KAC 154 Istanbul 19:30 KAC 117 New York 09:00 JZR 124 Bahrain 19:20 FDB 053 Dubai 07:50 JAI 572 Delhi 19:35 JZR 356 Mashhad 09:00 MSR 621 Cairo 19:30 KAC 384 Delhi 08:00 KAC 674 Dubai 19:40 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:15 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 KAC 616 Bahrain 19:40 KAC 671 Dubai 09:15 FDB 064 Dubai 19:50 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 08:55 KAC 776 Riyadh 19:50 KAC 561 Amman 09:30 ABY 124 Sharjah 20:00 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:00 KAC 620 Doha 19:50 KAC 691 Muscat 09:30 FDB 058 Dubai 20:30 IRC 6511 ABD 09:10 FDB 057 Dubai 19:50 JZR 534 Cairo 09:30 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 QTR 1070 Doha 09:20 KAC 104 London 20:00 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:40 JAI 571 Delhi 20:35 IRA 665 Shiraz 09:25 OMA 647 Muscat 20:05 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:40 KAC 331 Trivandrum 20:35 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 KNE 381 Taif 20:10 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 KAC 353 Bangalore 20:55 IRM 1188 Mashhad 09:55 DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:15 KAC 541 Cairo 10:00 DLH 634 Doha 21:00 MSC 415 Sohag 10:15 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:00 KAC 1543 Cairo 21:00 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 JZR 189 Dubai 20:25 IRC 6522 Lamerd 10:00 OMA 648 Muscat 21:05 MEA 404 Beirut 10:55 QTR 1088 Doha 20:35 KAC 617 Doha 10:15 KNE 232 Riyadh 21:10 AXB 889 Mangalore/Bahrain 11:05 KAC 564 Amman 21:00 IRA 664 Shiraz 10:25 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 JZR 561 Sohag 11:10 KAC 172 Frankfurt 21:05 KAC 153 Istanbul 10:30 KAC 301 Mumbai 21:40 QTR 1071 Doha 10:35 KAC 742 Dammam 11:45 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:10 QTR 1089 Doha 21:45 FDB 056 Dubai 10:35 JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 KLM 445 Amsterdam 21:15 KAC 203 Lahore 21:45 IAW 157 Al Najaf 12:00 ALK 229 Colombo 21:15 IRM 1189 Mashhad 11:10 MSC 416 Sohag 11:15 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 KAC 205 Islamabad 21:55 GFA 219 Bahrain 21:50 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 KAC 774 Riyadh 12:45 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:00 THY 766 Istanbul 12:50 QTR 1082 Doha 22:00 MEA 405 Beirut 11:55 AAG 145 IQA 12:00 KAC 155 Istanbul 22:15 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:00 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 CLX 792 Luxembourg 13:15 JZR 125 Bahrain 22:15 AIC 975 Chennai/Goa 22:25 AXB 890 Mangalore 12:05 KLM 445 Bahrain 22:25 KAC 662 Abu Dhabi 13:15 KAC 511 Mashhad 12:45 UAE 860 Dubai 22:35 KAC 672 Dubai 13:55 BBC 043 Dhaka 22:30 JZR 185 Dubai 22:55 IAW 158 Al Najaf 13:00 KAC 383 Delhi 22:35 IRC 6521 Lamerd 14:00 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:50 QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 JZR 241 Amman 22:55 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:00 JZR 786 Riyadh 13:10 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:00 KNE 231 Riyadh 14:10 THY 767 Istanbul 13:45 JZR 528 Asyut 23:05 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:15 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 PIA 239 Sialkot 23:40 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 QTR 1083 Doha 23:20 stars34 WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 CROSSWORD 1603 STAR TRACK

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

This is a very good day for job-related events-practical insights will come You may be receiving a great deal of confusion about what you are to with ease. You could represent or speak for your company and may find accomplish at work today. Go to your immediate manager and ask for a chart of the yourself communicating about your skills. You are most persuasive with others. The "extras" tasks for the next few days. This way you can assure your manager that the jobs situation is just perfect for your particular ideas and thoughts. There is an emphasis will be completed. What seems like extra responsibilities are given to you because you on fairness and harmony. The intellectual and communicative talents of those close are reliable. Now you will be able to show your organization skills. You must know that to you take on greater importance. Any shortcomings of this kind stick out like a sore you would not be given these extra responsibilities if others in management did not thumb. A young person, perhaps in the neighborhood, has come to your attention think you could handle them-a little guidance is expected. Try to delegate the work that this afternoon. As you begin to realize that you can be a mentor to this child, you may slows you down from reaching the main goal. Quitting time will arrive before you know begin to seek ways in which you can make a positive difference in the child's life. it and you can be happy that the work will soon be completed successfully.

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

You are patient and determined to finish what you start today. Someone By taking the initiative at this time, you shine in your professional affairs. is happy to help and results become easier to find. You will, of course, be happy to You are at your mental best with clear thoughts. You can add some creative and help this other person in return. If you are not married, you are thinking very seriously unusual touches to whatever you are working with or on today. You have that extra about asking someone soon. Give this just a little more time as you are interested in drive to succeed that brings about successful results. You have a way of sticking with a the long-term and dependability is your game. You want to be sure that future diffi- problem when others would walk away. You are just as motivated when it comes to culties with this person can be worked through. Enjoy each day and be observant; possessions and material things. Higher-ups are aware of your natural abilities and soon you will have an answer. If you are married, today is special to your mate as when it comes to efficiency, the doors of possibilities are wide open. Your career gets much as it is to you. Surprises are easy to find and you will enjoy the day as it unfolds. plenty of support from other people and you feel at home while making practical and You are an appreciative person and you set a good example for others. management decisions. There is a strong urge to invest, own and build.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) This is an active day with an exchange of ideas in the workplace. Your For the most part, your time is spoken for this day. It may be difficult to patience and ability to remain cool under difficult circumstances affords tend to what you feel you would like to accomplish. Compromise, cooperation and you a great deal of command for yourself. You seem to be enjoying the way in which determination may be the only way to handle such a day. Group situations can be your work, as well as your personal life, is taking shape. New friends are in the forecast. quite productive. Make up your mind now, to go with the flow when it comes to the Creating money is easier now, but so is spending it. It is important to have a definite, ACROSS 3. Type genus of the Amiidae. workplace. There is an urge to set out on your own but if you keep your attention clear and practical plan for the financial achievements. This is how the achievements 1. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside. 4. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) focused and stay on track, you will be pleased with the outcome. You have lots of continue to multiply. Without a goal the candle burns out quickly . . . So to speak. With energy to be productive. You will be drawn to many forms of self-improvement. 4. French pirate who aided the United States in note of a major or minor scale in solmization. your goal in mind, consider how you will achieve your goal. Focus on the end result Practice using your energies in positive, constructive and creative ways. It is through with pictures, smells and intention. Now . . . You have a game plan . . . Success will follow. the War of 1812 and received an official par- 5. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war. the struggles that successes we receive become more meaningful-don't give up. don for his crimes (1780-1826). 6. Having dropped by the force of gravity. 11. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to 7. African antelope with ridged curved horns. the base of the fingers. 8. The capital of Nationalist China. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 15. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into 9. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists linear motion. corrosion. Probing conversations find you at your mental best this morning. Your Your vanity and your pride may hinder interactions today. Think before analytical abilities are good and you are prepared for your day. Others tend to navigate becoming too involved in bragging. Take on an attitude of self-confidence but know 16. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic lan- 10. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle pro- toward you for your input regarding work issues. You have a way of making others that confidence within yourself. As you succeed with your goals, self-imposed as well guages. duced by an electrocardiograph. think for themselves without their realizing what you have done. In a few verbal as professional performance, people will follow you anywhere. This can make a big exchanges you have most people quickly on their way to success. A difficult client or 17. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly 11. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). difference when you want support in accomplishing a group project. This is where customer will become most pleased with the recommendations you make for them. real progress and understanding can be made. Communication among friends is living on the south shore of Lake Erie in 12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia You know just the right people that will do whatever work they may need. Your invest- strong this afternoon. There is a chance to understand those around you and to have northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania or North Africa. ments are showing some positive progress. You might be wise to let some investments a special time with someone you love. A young person may need guidance. He or she grow before cashing in your share. You have a drive to be entertained tonight. and western New York. 13. Being three more than fifty. will find what is needed as you encourage thinking on his or her own. 18. American prizefighter who won the world 14. Flat tableland with steep edges. heavyweight championship three times 22. A severe shortage (especially a shortage of Aquarius (January 20- February 18) (born in 1942). food). Leo (July 23-August 22) 19. An individual portion of food or drink. 24. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is You may shine in your particular job-a promotion is possible. You could Keep little reminders around for you to see that will direct you toward 20. A platform raised above the surrounding level highly corrosion-resistant. represent or speak for your company. There is an opening to some business travel if your goals. These may be seashells if you want to go to the ocean or stick-on stars, if you to give prominence to the person on it. 26. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of you want it. This could include trips to colleges or high schools in a recruiting type of are training to be an astronaut or an astronomer, etc. As the days go flying by, you will mode. You may be sought after as just the person for a particular job. Your manage- find yourself automatically moving toward the opportunities that are required to fulfill 21. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing Radiation) Optical device that produces an ment and directional abilities are good, and you tend to stay focused. This is not, how- your dreams. Your inner resources and emotions are accented. Expect a sense of sup- wholly or in part. intense monochromatic beam of coherent ever, a good time to make any concrete decisions about a relationship or a private port and good will from those around you. You are able to sort through most problems 23. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand). light. business deal. Others may find you especially witty just now. During this time, addi- and find the source or cause in order to make the necessary changes. You may be able tional responsibilities may be placed on you in the context of the home setting. Take to bring a group together with words or ideas that transport others. Poetry and art may 25. A silvery ductile metallic element found pri- 28. Rapid and indistinct speech. some time this evening to relax and enjoy your loved ones in a relaxed setting. be enjoyed this evening; create these things or enjoy the reading. marily in bauxite. 29. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfec- 27. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate tion or excellence. to an elegy. 31. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 30. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears. Your inventive imagination will get you out of some tight places Professional possibilities are promising. Keep yourself up-to-date with the Old World. 32. (botany) Of some seeds. today, including a difference of opinion in the workplace. You are open-minded, new work opportunities that become available. This is a good time to be 33. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow 35. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in democratic and enthusiastic, and you have a definite sense of mission. When it comes shrewd in your financial decisions. You should expend great zest in your moneymaking leaves and small flowers. southeastern Asia. to teaching or coaching young people, you are a natural, always able to motivate and plans. Do not pick out a new car today but know that with your new plans it won't be inspire others. You may find yourself guiding someone younger than you in matters long before you will be able to afford those needed wheels. Visiting with friends later this 34. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the 36. Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau of importance. You may have insights or breakthroughs in regard to your living situa- afternoon brings about memories of other fun times. Broadening your education comes eastern Mediterranean. (1862-1918). tion or life circumstances. You may find yourself torn between an environment that is to mind when the subject of continued education takes form. Learning about new ideas 38. Kamarupan languages spoken in the state of 37. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic proto- very comfortable and supportive versus a real need to push out on your own. You and new people that may or may not have similar interests can really keep your mind could be neglecting home, family or career due to social involvement; easy does it. busy. Movies, books and all forms of escape could prove very relaxing tonight. Assam in northeastern India. zoa that form temporary pseudopods for 39. Perennial herb of North America. feeding and locomotion. 40. United States abstract expressionist painter 41. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt. Word Search (1910-1962). 42. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state. Yesterday’s Solution 44. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces. 43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs 45. 100 halers equal 1 koruna. northeast into the Rhine. 46. Be going to. 47. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo 48. How long something has existed. and Artemis in ancient mythology. 49. Articles of the same kind or material. 50. A building having a circular plan and a dome. 51. Relating to or included in the zodiac. 52. Add ions to. 56. Of or relating to Oman or its people. 53. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone 61. The upper house of the parliament of the else. Republic of Ireland. 54. Someone who is morally reprehensible. 64. Filled with the emotional impact of over- 55. The emotion of hate. whelming surprise or shock. 57. Small shrubby African tree having compound 65. Muslim name for God. leaves and racemes of small fragrant green 68. A legally binding command or decision flowers. entered on the court record (as if issued by a 58. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the court or judge). external persona) that is in touch with the 71. An adult male person (as opposed to a unconscious. woman). 59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a 72. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort. skewer usually with vegetables. 73. A Dravidian language spoken in southern 60. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River. India. 62. English essayist (1775-1834). 74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from 63. By bad luck. aba cloth. 66. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts. DOWN 67. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the 1. Any of a number of fishes of the family wearer's garment. Carangidae. 69. A radioactive transuranic element. 2. Very light colored. 70. 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FEATURES 'Baahubali 2' becomes highest grossing movie in India n epic battle movie from one of India's lesser-known trade analyst Ramesh Bala said. Bollywoodhungama.com, "Kollywood" respectively-are often overshadowed by film industries has trumped Bollywood by becoming which tracks India's movie industry, also reported that Hindi-speaking Bollywood. Athe country's highest-grossing film to date, an indus- "Baahubali 2" had become the highest grossing Indian film The movie was dubbed into Hindi and other regional try analyst said yesterday. "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion", the worldwide in history. Indian languages and has sparked a wave of "Baahubali" final installment of a two-part fantasy adventure, has made "Baahubali", meaning "The One With Strong Arms", mania across the country as fans flock to cinemas to find more than 10 billion rupees ($156 million) worldwide since tells the story of two warring brothers battling for con- out how the series ends after the first film finished in a hitting screens on April 28, according to experts. The south trol of a fictional Indian kingdom and its elaborate cliffhanger. "Baahubali: The Beginning" made around Indian movie, which is laden with special effects, has sur- scenes has seen it compared to hit American movie $100m in worldwide ticket sales when it was released in passed 2014 Bollywood blockbuster "PK", which made "300". The SS Rajamouli-directed film features elaborate 2015, according to industry estimates. The combined around $120 million, as India's biggest-grossing movie yet. fight sequences and computer graphics including ram- cost of making the two movies was about $70 million, "Baahubali 2 has crossed ten billion rupees in worldwide paging elephants and a bull stampede. It was shot in according to estimates, well below the budgets for major gross collections, outdoing Aamir Khan's 'PK' which was pre- the Telugu and Tamil languages of southern India- Hollywood films. — AFP viously the number one Indian film worldwide," Indian film whose film industries, known as "Tollywood" and Met Opera stars mark Lincoln Center anniversary

he Metropolitan Opera toasted 50 years at Lincoln of whom stayed until the end. The show zipped from piece to tenor Michael Fabiano, both rising American singers, who Center with a Wagnerian-scale extravaganza Sunday piece and genre to genre with fast-changing sets that made appeared with Austrian bass Gunther Groissbock in Verdi's "I Tthat showcased its global talent roster from across mul- ample use of video, but the sheer volume of material length- Lombardi." Mexican tenor Javier Camarena, who sang from tiple generations. The multimedia concert featured about 40 ened the event to five hours, much longer than expected. Donizetti's "La Fille du Regiment," won cheers including sev- singers who normally carry an entire show, but were instead eral chants of "Viva Mexico." But the gala also showcased presented in one, or at most two numbers, usually a major Highlighting new stars artists in the twilight of their Met careers, including conduc- aria or duet from a popular opera. Interspersed with the music were a handful of video seg- tor and music director emeritus James Levine, the only per- The evening's dramatic highlight came early when Met ments and vintage footage that included former president former besides Hvorostovsky to get a standing ovation. General Manager Peter Gelb came out to introduce an artist Dwight Eisenhower touting the building of Lincoln Center Levine conducted the final portion of the evening, a high- whom he described as "defying all the odds" to return to the and a segment on how the design of the Met's signature point of which was a moving performance by Spanish leg- Met stage, in the evening's only performance that wasn't on chandeliers was spawned by an errant paint splatter on a end Placido Domingo and veteran American soprano Renee the official program. Out walked star Russian baritone Dmitri sketch by architect Tadeusz Leski. Other segments featured Fleming, who joined forces for a love duet from Massenet's Hvorostovsky who late last year withdrew from opera per- artist Marc Chagall, whose murals hang in the Met, and leg- "Thais." The evening closed with a rousing choral number formances due to an ongoing battle with brain cancer. endary soprano Leontyne Price, who opened the Met in 1966 from "Aida" that included a screen backdrop with photos of Hvorostovsky looked a bit gaunt and walked gingerly as in "Antony and Cleopatra." Met stars of yore, including icons like the late Luciano he took the stage to loud cheers and a standing ovation. But The performance included several selections intended to Pavarotti, who still win cheers. — AFP he delivered an aria from Verdi's "Rigoletto" with ferocious whet the audience appetite for future Met shows, many fea- gusto after which he blew kisses to the crowd, which stood turing newer stars, such as South African soprano Pretty for a second time. The Met's anniversary at Lincoln Center, a Yende, who joined Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecien in a cultural plaza on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, comes cheeky duet from Donizetti's comedy "Don Pasquale" and at a challenging time for opera in the United States. also sang alongside American Austrian bass-baritone Eric Like other US opera houses, the Met has faced difficulty Owens in "Porgy & Bess." Yende is scheduled to sing the This photo released by the Metropolitan Opera shows attracting enough new subscribers to replace older audience Donizetti opera in a future season, while Owens will appear Dmitri Hvorostovsky on stage at the 50th anniversary members who are in decline. But Sunday's concert sold out in "Porgy" down the road. of the company’s move to Lincoln Center for the and drew an enthusiastic response from the audience, most Others in this group included soprano Angela Meade and Performing Arts, in New York.

This photo released by the Metropolitan Opera shows Dmitri Hvorostovsky on stage at the 50th anniversary of the company’s move to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in New York. A look at Disney World's new Pandora-World of Avatar land

t's not a movie set, but visitors to Disney World's new turally present around us but we will meet them when we sequel isn't due out until 2020. Lands based on "Star Wars" Pandora-World of Avatar land are in for a cinematic go on an excursion." are scheduled to open in Disney parks in California and Iexperience. The 12-acre land, inspired by the "Avatar" Florida in 2019. movie, opens in Florida in late May at Walt Disney World's Floating mountains Pandora-World of Avatar isn't tied to a narrative from the In this photo, park guests will see a Na’vi in a science lab while in the Animal Kingdom. It cost a half-billion dollars to build. The The other main attraction, Na'vi River Journey, is an film but rather tells a story set in the future, after humans queue for the Avatar Flight of Passage ride at Pandora-World of Avatar marquee attraction is Flight of Passage, where a 3-D simu- indoor river ride in the dark, lit up by glowing creatures and degraded the jungle through industrial folly and a resur- land attraction. lator plunges riders into a cinematic world. You feel like plants. The ride culminates with a Na'vi animatronic woman gence of nature overtakes the human-built environment. you're riding on the back of a banshee, a bluish, gigantic, beating on drums as a chorus of voices reaches a crescendo. That theme is a recurring architectural motif, for example winged predator that resembles something out of the Images of the Na'vi riding horse-like creatures appear with a beverage stand and cantina made to look like they Jurassic era. behind lush foliage, glimpsed in the distance from the river. were built for industry by humans but then overrun by plant Wearing 3-D glasses and straddling what resembles a Disney has been building attractions themed on movies life. Throughout Pandora, real plants intermingle with artifi- stationary motorcycle, you're strapped in, then the lights since Disneyland opened in 1955 with rides inspired by cial plants that resemble alien pods or Dale Chihuly glass go out, a screen in front lights up and you're swooped into Snow White, Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland. Often, as sculptures. It's difficult to distinguish what is real. a world of blue, gigantic aliens called Na'vi, with moon- with Pandora, the attractions open years after the movies "We were trying to get as close as possible to fool the filled skies, plunging waterfalls, jumping marine animals debut. "Avatar" came out in 2009. Director James Cameron's eye," said Zsolt Hormay, a Disney creative executive. At the and towering ocean waves. The ride provides an enchanti- entrance, visitors hear a cacophony of bird chirps and ani- ng and intoxicating five minutes that touches all the sens- mal cries. A circle of drums connected to faux tree roots es. Blasts of air and spritzes of mist hit your face, and as you allows visitors to drum and then get a response of drum- fly through a lush forest, a woodsy aroma wafts through ming or pulsing lights. The focal points are a 135-foot your nostrils. A visitor could go on the ride 20 times and mountaintop where Flight of Passage is located as well as not catch half the visual details. "floating mountains" that appear to be suspended in air Disney designers are quick to say the new land is the but are actually made of concrete. Engineers use tricks to In this photo, Joe Rohde, design and production leader for Pandora- star of the action, not the backdrop. "The character is being make the park appear bigger than it is. The artificial foliage World of Avatar land attraction, explains about the caverns and the portrayed and played by the place itself and that's different gets smaller as it goes higher on the mountain to give it meaning of the cave drawings of the Na’vi, the native inhabitants of the than a set," said Joe Rohde, the design and production the illusion of distance. planet Pandora at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park. leader of Pandora -World of Avatar. Other aspects of Disney also is testing out a new way to order food at Pandora can't quite compete with the excitement and Pandora. Before going to the park, visitors can pull up a immersion of Flight of Passage. Much of Pandora, at least menu on the My Disney Experience mobile app, order lunch during the daytime, is hard to distinguish from the rest of and go about visiting the park. When it's time to eat hours Animal Kingdom, Disney's almost 20-year-old zoological- later, they can go to the canteen, tap on an app a button themed park with lush landscaping, an emphasis on con- that notifies the cooks they are present. Several minutes lat- servation and a Noah's ark range of animals. er their food will be ready in a special line. Jon Landau, the At night, though, Pandora transforms into a sea of color executive producer of the original movie, says he hopes with glowing lights on artificial plants and even in the Pandora does for visitors what the film did for movie-goers. pavement. The enormous blue Na'vi aliens from the "I hope when people come to Pandora and their eyes will be "Avatar" movie appear sparingly, really just on Flight of open and they will look at the world a little differently when Passage and a second attraction called Na'vi River Journey. they go back across the bridge," Landau said. — AP Before going on Flight of Passage, visitors walk through a tunnel in a faux mountain until they stumble upon a labo- In this photo, landscaping consisting of real Earth ratory that includes a Na'vi floating in a tank. "It's not as plant species mixed with sculpted Pandora artificial In this photo, some of the menu items are displayed at the Satu’li Canteen simple as a guy in a costume painted blue walking around flora is surrounded by ponds and gentle waterfalls at restaurant at Pandora-World of Avatar land attraction. out here," Rohde said of the aliens. "We know they are cul- the Pandora-World of Avatar land attraction. lifestyle WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017

FASHION

Models wear creations by Morroccan designer Faiza Antri Bouzar during the Kuwait fashion week in Kuwait City on May 8,2017. Kuwait international fashion week

By Nawara Fattahova

odels presented Oriental style designs on the second day of the Kuwait International Fashion Week event Mheld from May 7 - 11, 2017 at Al-Hamra Business Tower in Kuwait City. The final part of the show was reserved for the Kuwaiti Abayas presented by Rasha Al-Wazzan. 20 international designers are participating in this event that is being held in collaboration with Oriental Fashion Show. It is sponsored by Maserati, Al-Hamra, Lancome, Al-Arbash, Bon Voyage, Noble Dental Clinic, Auguri Center, Holiday Inn Downtown and the media sponsor Kuwait Times. Most of the fashion designers who participated on the sec- ond day were from Morocco and Algeria in addition to Kuwait and Lebanon. The designers were: Faiza Antri Bouzar, Fatima Zahra Idrissi, Alaa Najd, Renata Haute Couture, Karim Akrouf, Hadi Katra, Maryem Benamor (Mahe-mi), Myriam Bouafi and Rasha Al-Wazzan. More designers will be presenting their designs on the third day. In addition the showroom that is open daily from 6:00pm - 10:00pm.

Models wear creations by Renata Haute Couture during the Kuwait fashion week in Kuwait City on May 8,2017.

Models wear creations by Morroccan designer Fatima Zahra during the Kuwait fashion week in Kuwait City on May 8, 2017.

Models wear creations by Algerian designer Karim Akrouf during the Kuwait fashion week in Kuwait City on May 8, 2017. lifestyle WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017

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Designer Renata Haute Couture (L) Designer Fatima Zahra Idrissi (L) Designer Meryeme Bouafi (L) Designer Meyeme Benamour (L)

Designer Alaa Najd Designer Faiza Antri Bouzar (L) Designer Karim Akrouf (L) Designer Hadi Katra Designer Rasha Al-Wazzan

Models wear creations by Kuwaiti designer Rasha Al-Wazzan during the Kuwait fashion Models wear creations by Morroccan design- week in Kuwait City on May 8, 2017. er Meryem Berrada during the Kuwait fash- A models wears a creations by Lebanese designer Alaa Najd during the Kuwait fashion ion week in Kuwait City on May 8, 2017. week in Kuwait City on May 8, 2017. 38 WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017

Category 9 to 11 years

(From right) Editor-in-chef Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, Abd Al-Karim Al-Enzi, Waleed Al-Khashti, Ahmed Abul and H.E. Warren Hauck Australian Ambassador to Kuwait

6-8 years old category in the paintings of Sadin Al-Mesri of Al-Salam strated Kuwait beautiful and Green in the most fas- Ikhlas School was declared winner (15-17 years Al-Ward Al-Rashid from ACA Al-Salmiya School won the heart of Kuwait Times jury in this cinating way. In her drawings she showed the spirit old category). Her work was fi lled with dynamic School won the grand prize for the 6-8 catego- year’s competition. The theme was ‘Kuwait Beau- of Kuwait in green, dynamic and beautiful way. Lib- colors and natures. Her piece was the jury’s cho- ry having been able to skillfully and uniquely tiful and Green.’ He explained his thoughts about eration Tower and Kuwait Towers were in the back- sen piece since it demonstrated the real theme demonstrate her work through mixed-media. the theme in the most simple, logical but animat- drop and one could be amazed on how other icon- and had the most fascinating impact through the She used the Kuwait Times canvas but applied ed way of explaining things that a 9-11 year old ic structures, life style and the desert life were inte- sky, water and nature. This year’s theme is ‘Kuwait her imagination about the theme using color- understands. Elements of Kuwait’s past were also grated in one beautiful painting. No doubt on why beautiful and green’. Aya’s drawing has the most ful glass materials which remarkably demon- skillfully integrated in the paintings. The sun and her work was voted number one by the juries. colorful and had unique features as it showed the strated Kuwait’s environment. It became beautiful skies seemed to represent Kuwait’s backdrop of Kuwait’s skyline and the people uniquely special to juries as compared to the bright future. 15-17 category around. Mother Nature was represented in the rest of her peers. We all have our own interpretations of every form of a woman blowing a ‘shofar-like shell’ to 12-14 category painting that we see. As ordinary observer, we’ll represent the dynamism and activities in Kuwait, 9-11 category Salma Adel from ACA Al-Salmiya School work try to dissect Kuwait Times winner for this year’s a major head turnaround while studying her The butterfl y, fl owers and the Kuwait Towers won the heart of this year’s jury when she demon- competition for each categories. Aya Karim of paintings.

Sadin H Al-Mesri - Al-Salam School Category 9 to 11 paintings gallery

Zahra Al-Mahfoz - Om Al-Maradim School miridula .p.r. - indian educational school Jassica Mary - Indian Learning Academy

Hassan Al-Bathir - Abd Al-Rahman Al-Ghafiqi Al-Budor Usama Salihi - Hawally Intermediate Jassim Hassan - Kuwait Academy

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Salma Adel - Al-Salmya School Category 12 to 14 paintings gallery

Rajalaxmi Palaresamuthu - Faips-Dps Diya Mariam John - Indian Educational Afnan Al-Misbah - Om Kalthum Bent Mohammed

Haia Ahmed Al-Bishi - Saadi Bent Oaf School Rodaina Khorsheed - Al-Salmiya School Vaishnav Anil Kumar - Indian Communty

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A model wears a creation by Morroccan designer Faiza Antri Bouzar during the Kuwait fashion week in Kuwait City on May 8, 2017. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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