SUBSCRIPTION THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2016 RAJAB 21, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Saudi Crown GOP frontrunner The Real Saul stunner Prince urges Trump vows Fouz: DIY gives Atletico closer security ‘America First’ remedies for advantage cooperation2 foreign policy7 better37 skin over20 Bayern Kuwait firm in support Min 21º Max 41º of coalition against IS High Tide 04:20 & 14:40 Low Tide Concern for humanitarian conditions in Iraq, Syria 09:23 & 22:14 40 PAGES NO: 16858 150 FILS KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah confirmed yesterday Kuwait’s unequivocal support of Kuwait targeted the global coalition to counter the so-called Islamic State (IS). In a speech opening the fourth meeting of the by US over lax officials from the member states of the coalition, Jarallah said “Kuwait backs the international community copyright laws in its efforts to bring stability to liberated areas from the grip of terrorist organizations,” adding that Kuwait also WASHINGTON: Kuwait, China, Russia and India are supports the international community in seeking to dry among 11 countries targeted by the Obama adminis- up sources of funding terrorism, repelling electronic tration for leaving American producers of music, hacking attacks and staving off the influx of foreign movies and other copyrighted material open to ram- fighters to conflict areas. pant piracy. The US is placing the 11 countries on a He told the meeting that Kuwait’s support involved, “priority watch list” that subjects them to extra scruti- among other things, providing logistical support to the ny and could lead to sanctions if the US brings cases efforts of the international community as well as taking to the World Trade Organization. Also on the list again part in meetings such as yesterday’s. He noted that are Algeria, Argentina, Chile, Indonesia, Thailand, Kuwait has hosted numerous conferences on fighting Ukraine and Venezuela. terrorism and has demonstrated its abidance of UN res- Ecuador and Pakistan were removed from the list olutions regarding terrorism. this year. Ecuador reinstated criminal penalties for Jarallah said yesterday’s meeting was taking place in large-scale counterfeiting. Pakistan set up intellectual the shadow of continuing threats by terrorist organiza- property courts. The United States studied 73 trading tions to the peace and security of the world, so much partners for the annual Special 301 Report. In addi- that these threats had moved from countries rife in con- tion to the 11 countries on the priority list, another 23 flicts to peaceful countries with no such conflicts. For made the “watch list” and need to address problems this reason, he said the international community should protecting intellectual property rights, the US Trade double its efforts at fighting this universal threat. “We as Representative’s office said. Switzerland, for example, nations bear a historical responsibility to ensure a safe “is generally a strong partner” on intellectual property and secure world as codified by the UN resolution No. KUWAIT: US special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter Islamic State (IS) Brett McGurk issues, but has become a haven for websites that sell 2253 that urges combating terrorism and drying up its (left) speaks as Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah looks on during a meeting yes- counterfeit goods. — AP sources of funding in every shape and form,” he said. terday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Continued on Page 13 MPs blame graft for flying gravel Only Kuwaitis excluded from power price hike By B Izzak contractors who did not carry out the projects up to required specifications. KUWAIT: MPs yesterday strongly lashed The issue dominated the local press UAE mulls new out at ministry of public works officials coverage during the winter season when and road contractors, blaming corrup- many Kuwaiti streets were found to be fire safety laws tion and lack of supervision for the prob- defected and resulted in releasing gravel lem of flying road gravel that damaged that damaged the windshields of thou- DUBAI: Dubai will supervise construction crews windshields of hundreds of vehicles dur- sands of vehicles. Omair said the ministry more strictly and monitor the material they use after ing the rainy season. Lawmakers, who has taken legal action against those a series of skyscraper fires, including a New Year’s demanded a special debate on the prob- involved by referring the issue to the Eve blaze that made headlines around the world, a lem, called on Minister of Public Works public prosecution to investigate sus- top civil defense official said yesterday. Speaking to Ali Al-Omair to take legal action against pected corruption that led to the poor AP, the director-general of Dubai Civil Defense said ministry officials and engineers who quality roads. authorities in the United Arab Emirates have been supervise road contracts and also against Continued on Page 13 working on new fire safety regulations following the ABU DHABI: Palestinian writer Rabai Al-Madhoun poses for a picture with a copy Dec 31 inferno at the 63-storey The Address of his novel “Destinies: Concerto of the Holocaust and the Nakba” upon receiv- Downtown Dubai. ing the international prize of Arabic fiction for it on Tuesday. — AFP While trying to downplay the danger, Maj Gen Rashid Thani Al-Matrooshi acknowledged that at least 30,000 buildings across the nation have Palestinian writer wins cladding or paneling similar to the kind that safety and construction experts have blamed for the rapid top Arab fiction prize spread of the fires. “There won’t be any radical changes, but instead we’ll come up with simple ABU DHABI: A Palestinian author has won and the right of return” for Palestinians. solutions that won’t affect the owners or traders,” al- the International Prize for Arab Fiction for Madhoun was born in British-mandate Matrooshi said, speaking outside a fire safety tech- the first time for a novel about the Palestine in 1945 and fled with his family nology seminar. “We’re finding solutions with the Palestinian exodus in 1948 and the to Gaza. He later became a British citizen. lowest costs on people, so that everyone benefits.” Holocaust. Rabai Al-Madhoun received the The novel has “stories from five While some types of cladding can be made with $50,000 award, known as the “Arabic Palestinian cities”, Madhoun said after win- fire-resistant material, experts say those that have Booker,” for “Destinies: Concerto of the ning the award, which is supported by the caught fire in Dubai and elsewhere around the Holocaust and Nakba” late Tuesday in Abu Man Booker Prize, referring to cities now in world weren’t designed to meet stricter safety stan- Dhabi, which sponsors the competition. Israel. “It took me to my hometown, Al- dards and often were put onto buildings without Nakba, or catastrophe, refers to the exodus Majdal in Ashkelon. I roamed Haifa. I any breaks to slow or halt a possible blaze. Since of Arabs from British-mandate Palestine shouted from Mount Kermel: Oh, how did 2012, a spate of fires has struck Dubai and other following the creation of Israel in 1948. we lose this country!” he said. Madhoun’s emirates in the UAE. Though some ignited different- Madhoun’s novel is described as being previous novel “The Lady from Tel Aviv”, ly, the infernos all behaved the same way, rushing divided into four parts “simulating concer- about a returning Palestinian exile’s up and down the sides of the buildings, fueled by to moves”. It features four narrations that chance encounter with an Israeli actress the external panels. are said to “meet at the end and address on his flight home, was shortlisted for the Continued on Page 13 KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Ali Al-Omair speaks during a parliamentary issues related to the Nakba, the Holocaust same prize in 2010. — AFP session at the National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Unease over undercover Tehran morality police TEHRAN: Tehran resident Sousan Heidari has stopped letting Critics fear the unit’s main focus, however, will be enforc- her headscarf slip casually down over her neck and shoulders ing the government-mandated Islamic dress code, which while driving in the Iranian capital. These days, the 22-year- requires women be modestly covered from head to toe. They old with a taste for bold makeup makes sure to pull it tightly see it as the latest flashpoint in the struggle between relative over her dark hair, fearful of running afoul of a newly estab- moderates such as President Hassan Rouhani and establish- lished undercover division of the morality police. “Every sin- ment hard-liners who fear looser social norms will weaken gle man or woman could be a member of the unit,” she cau- the Islamic Republic’s values and priciples. tioned. “I don’t know. Maybe some plainclothes agents have Iranian women these days, particularly younger ones, already reported me because of heavy makeup.” often forego the traditional long black long veil known as the Tehran police chief Gen Hossein Sajedinia recently chador and opt instead for trendy dresses and fashionable announced his department had deployed 7,000 male and headscarves. More and more, they are daring to let their female officers for a new plainclothes division - the largest scarves slip down to their shoulders while driving. Influential such undercover assignment in memory. Authorities say the ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani alluded to division, which started work last week, will patrol major those concerns about moral erosion during a recent Friday Tehran streets and intersections, policing transgressions sermon in Tehran, saying that a woman driving without a including harassment against women and excessive car veil, “cannot be called freedom”.