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TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 RAMADAN 7, 1434 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Racist attacks Zain celebrates Big names on the rise in 30 wonderful in track fail Emsak: 03:15 crisis-hit Greece years doping test Fajer: 03:26 Dohr: 11:54 Asr: 15:29 Maghreb: 18:49 8 21 20 Eshaa: 20:19 Kuwait Cabinet allows Max 49º Min 35º international monitors High Tide 04:42 & 16:55 Activists to launch National Boycott Committee Low Tide 11:16 & 23:12 40 PAGES NO: 15871 150 FILS Kuwait discovers By B Izzak KUWAIT: The Council of Ministers yesterday agreed to new oil, gas field allow a team of international monitors to observe the KUWAIT: Kuwait has discovered a new oil and gas field July 27 elections in cooperation with Kuwait in Kabed area close to the well-known Manageesh oil- Transparency Society. The Cabinet said after its weekly field, Hashem Sayed Hashem, CEO of state-owned meeting that the decision was taken to ensure that Kuwait Oil Co said yesterday. Hashem gave no estimates standards of transparency and fairness are completely of the reserves in the field located in western Kuwait applied at the next election. but told the official Kuwait news agency KUNA that Kuwait had in the past allowed access to internation- more details would be released at a later date. al monitors to attend parliamentary election after non- OPEC member Kuwait is pumping around 3.0 million governmental organizations (NGOs) volunteered to barrels per day of oil and says it has about 100 billion monitor the polls. But the government decision was barrels of crude reserves although the figure had been criticized by some because they blamed the govern- questioned in the past. The emirate has earmarked ment of ignoring allegations of wide-spread vote-buy- around $100 billion to be invested over the next five ing in all the five constituencies amid reports that multi- years on several oil projects like building a large refinery million-dinar funds have been set up to finance certain and upgrading two existing ones. The investment is candidates. part of a long-term plan aimed at boosting oil produc- The Interior Ministry has however denied rumors tion capacity to 4.0 million bpd by 2020. — AFP that authorities have caught a number of vote-buying cases and insisted that a special security team was mon- itoring the situation. The ministry also urged all those Ramadan Kareem who have any information on vote-buying cases to report them to the authorities. Opposition leader and My Ramadan former MP Mussallam Al-Barrak and Al-Jarida newspa- per said last week that at least two funds with KD18 mil- lion have been set up by influential people to ensure experience KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday held a banquet honor- the success of 25 MPs of their supporters in a bid to ing Bahrain’s Prime Minister Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa who arrived in Kuwait yesterday with a del- control the next Assembly. By Samantha Jones egation of officials, on a short and brotherly visit. — KUNA Continued on Page 15 reverted to Islam 10 years ago because I just wanted to worship God alone. I was overjoyed to discover Islam. IWith a few theological questions answered I pretty Islamists fume as Burns visits Egypt much dove in head first and took my shahada on the prem- ise of “La illaha illilah”. There is only one God. I had no idea Anti-Americanism surges on both sides what else was required of me other than praying five times a day and that Muhammad (PBUH) was the prophet of CAIRO: The first senior US official to visit the rise of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, Allah. Egypt since the army toppled its elected so far refusing to say whether it views I went on my way and started to attend the “New president meets officials yesterday to Morsi’s removal as a coup, which would Muslim” class at my local mosque. There, I would learn what urge them to swiftly restore democracy, require it to halt its aid. I needed to know and do as a Muslim. I had no idea what while thousands of supporters of the Islamists, who have maintained a vigil Ramadan was and what was required of me. When ousted Islamist leader take to the streets. demanding Morsi be reinstated, have Ramadan drew closer, my teacher started to give classes on Deputy Secretary of State William Burns called a mass protest, as have Morsi’s sec- Ramadan and the requirements and guidelines. How it arrived in a divided capital where both ularist opponents. Demonstrations in was a blessed month and that we should do all that we can sides are furious at the United States, the Cairo have been largely peaceful for the to worship Allah and make the most of this special time of superpower which supports Egypt with past week after at least 92 people were year. $1.5 billion in annual aid, mostly for the killed in the days after Morsi was top- Then came the news on fasting, which was something I army that deposed President Mohamed pled. Two rows of armored personnel had never ever done in my entire life. I was worried if I Morsi. carriers were in place near the mosque could do it. Then I found out that water was included in Crisis in the Arab world’s most popu- square in northeast Cairo where Morsi that fasting and I became even more worried. I just hap- pened to have a doctor’s appointment and my doctor lous state, which signed a peace treaty supporters have maintained their vigil. knew I was Muslim because I wore hijab (head scarf). I told with Israel in 1979 and straddles the Barbed wire was blocking the street her about Ramadan and fasting and she told me that the strategic Suez Canal, has alarmed allies in leading from the protest site to the fasting would actually be good for me. the region and the West. Washington is Republican Guard barracks, scene of the CAIRO: Egypt’s interim president Adly Mansour (right) meets with US Deputy It isn’t something that is bad for your health and that torn between its professed support for worst violence a week ago when Secretary of State William Burns in the presidential palace in Cairo yesterday. — AFP she completely recommended and supported my fasting democracy and its clear uneasiness at Continued on Page 15 for my religious reasons. I was shocked but so happy. Then Ramadan arrived and I worked in an office and had to deal with fasting and not eating at work. It seems like a little Iran president-elect thing but I was part of a group at work that ate out every day at lunch. How do I handle this? I warned my co-work- ers what was coming and they agreed. blasts Ahmadinejad The questions really started coming once I got under- way. I would go out with them and sit for the socialization TEHRAN: Iran’s president-elect yester- victory over more conservative rivals in and break from the stressful job. Some days they ate in the day leveled his first criticism of the out- a June 14 poll, needs the backing of lunch room and I would take my hour break with them and going administration since June’s elec- lawmakers to pass a budget and to sit and talk, all the while not eating or drinking. They were tion, saying it has mismanaged the deliver on promises of an increase in the amazed at how I could sit with them and not eat or drink country’s economy. Several newspapers minimum wage and banking sector while it went on around me. I would then complete quoted Hasan Rouhani as saying his reforms. “The future government will Ramadan with no problems from my co-workers. team of experts see the government’s Alhamdulillah, they respected my choice of religion and economic assessments as sugar-coated, my conviction to adhere to it. I hope that I was able to por- and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tray Islam properly and represent my fellow Muslims to the as having left much work to be done. best of my ability by adhering to a sacred time of year for “We asked current officials about the Muslims worldwide. So 10 years later when I approach situation of the country but their Ramadan I ask myself what I will do during Ramadan to get reports and those of our teams were the most of my worshiping experience. What activities can very far from each other,” he said in we (Me and my family) do to worship Allah that will draw remarks published by the pro-reform us together? How best can I teach my children about Shargh daily. Despite Ahmadinejad’s Ramadan, our prophet and Allah? Lastly, in doing what is claims of creating hundreds of thou- required, have I worshipped Allah to the best of my ability sands of jobs, he added, only an aver- this Ramadan? age 14,000 were created annually over the 2006 to 2012 period. Inflation, he Question: Is it forbidden for a fasting person to sit in company of non-Muslims who don’t fast? said, actually stands at 42 percent and not the officially reported 32 percent. Courtesy TIES Center, a leading non-political NGO On Sunday, the central bank put the promoting relations between Westerners and rate at nearly 36 percent. In a meeting Muslims through dialogue, friendship and cultural with members of parliament late exchange. For more information. www.tiescenter.net Sunday, Rouhani urged for close coop- eration between his office and parlia- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ment in order to overcome the coun- try’s serious difficulties. “Today, the not think of confrontation with parlia- country has a difficult and complicated ment, nor will it think of, God forbid, situation partly because of domestic fooling parliament with inaccurate sta- policies and partly because of unfair for- tistics,” Rouhani told deputies in a JULY 16, 2013 eign pressures,” he said in the published speech late on Sunday, according to the remarks. Mehr news agency. He pledged to cooperate closely “Certainly solving the country’s prob- with parliament and to limit infighting lems will not be possible without coop- between the legislative and executive eration between parliament and the BAGHDAD: An Iraqi man cools his head under a showers set-up along a street in branches, saying Iran’s problems could executive branch,” said Rouhani, who the capital Baghdad as temperature soar during the Muslim fasting month of not otherwise be solved. Rouhani, a rel- faces a tough challenge rebuilding ative moderate who won a landslide Continued on Page 15 Ramadan yesterday. — AFP TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 LOCAL Asian woman commits suicide

KUWAIT: A female Asian expat ended her drugs and a bottle of local liquor. The patrol life by jumping from the fifth floor of a was on a routine round when it spotted a Salmiya building. Police went to the build- car being driven erratically, so it was ing and recovered the body after identifica- stopped and the two men inside seemed tion. Detectives summoned the deceased’s confused. The car was searched and 33 illic- husband and took his testimony, who said it tablets were found along with a bottle of his wife was volatile and he had attempted locally made liquor. The two were sent to to convince her to calm down when deal- the drugs control department for further ing with him or their child. He said he was action. surprised by her suicide. Farwaniya fire Salhiya theft Farwaniya firemen fought a fire that Salhiya detectives are searching for a broke out in the flat of an Egyptian expat. woman wearing a “niqab” who pretended No injuries were reported. A security source to be shopping and stole KD 1,500 from the said after neighbors called interior ministry cashbox of a women’s garments shop operations, Farwaniya police and firemen before disappearing. A security source said rushed to the scene and got the trapped the shop manager, a Jordanian, rushed to family out. The fire was caused by faulty Salhiya police station and told them his wiring in the kitchen. KUWAIT: The ceremony at Radisson Blu Hotel acknowledging Dicang’s contributions, achievements. David Des T Dicang store was burglarized by a woman wearing a ‘niqab’. Fahaheel attack A citizen could not find away to end his Amghara accident Dicang receives award personal differences with his colleague oth- A driver was burned to death when his car fell in a canal near Amghara and caught er than the firearm he had, so he fired sev- fire. The body was recovered by the coro- eral rounds at him when they met in ner. A security source said the driver lost Fahaheel industrial area. The victim from local Filipino media control of the car and it fell in the ditch and escaped injury and went to Fahaheel police caught fire. Firemen put out the fire and station. The incident took place when the recovered the totally charged body. victim saw his colleague driving a car Media transparency prize which swerved towards him and asked him Duo in custody to stop, but due to previous differences By Ben Garcia allegedly accused of involvement in human traf- supportive about the concerns of the Filipino Southern roads security patrols sent a with the attacker, he refused, so the man ficking issues. The accused denied the allega- community organizations in Kuwait, quick to citizen and a Saudi to criminal detectives pulled his pistol and fired several rounds. KUWAIT: For transparency and unwavering tion, but both the deputy and the labor attache provide assistance to OFWs by providing proper after they were arrested. The two had illicit Police are investigating. commitment to Filipinos in Kuwait, local Filipino at the time were recalled. information, advice and finding resolutions to journalists presented a ‘Media Transparency Dicang was able to demonstrate transparen- their problems which may include coordinating Award’ to former Philippine Labor Attache David cy and fairness during his two-year tenure. He with sponsors, employers and agencies. Des T Dicang. The three journalists - Michelle Fe dismissed several POLO employees and penal- They say that within a very short span of time, ‘Maxxy’ Santiago, Senior ized recruitment agencies that exploit OFWs. He tremendous changes took place at his office, Correspondent/Consultant ABS-CBN Middle East was also instrumental in the establishment of a which he restructured and properly organized News Bureau, Ricky Laxa, News unified Filipino umbrella organization and has according to the needs of Filipino expatriates. Correspondent/GMA-7, Associate Editor-in- been dedicated in helping distressed Pinoy They also lauded him for the overall atmosphere Chief/Al Watan Daily and Ben Garcia, Senior workers. He was also praised for tremendously at the POLO office which is very conducive to Reporter/Kuwait Times, Editor/Filipino Panorama reducing the number of runaway housemaids at transact business in a friendly manner. - presented the award to Dicang in a simple but the shelter. “I am most humbled and at the same POLO/OWWA staff are now more polite, courte- meaningful ceremony attended by CDA and time very happy to receive the unexpected ous, responsive and even extend hours of work Consul General Atty Raul Dado. The event was award from three respected journalists,” Dicang for the benefit of OFWs which makes everyone held at the Marine Museum, Radisson Blu Hotel said. feel at home and comfortable despite the long in Salwa. “I was told that it was the first time a media wait. Dicang was lauded for his admirable integrity, transparency award was given from two promi- Under his leadership, Dicang repatriated steadfast commitment to government trans- nent Filipino journalists and from two major thousands of stranded household workers, unit- parency, openness to the media, upholding the Philippine TV networks and newspapers. Thank ed the more than 40 Filipino community organi- tenets of good governance and above all, being you for recognizing our efforts in serving our zations and organized various activities and reg- a trustworthy partner of the media in the pro- Filipino compatriots here in Kuwait. We are ular meetings to discuss issues among Filipinos. motion of the welfare of Overseas Filipino grateful to the media for their role in the com- He was also lauded for placing 28 more recruit- Workers in Kuwait. The award ceremony was a munity for the truth they have shared which ulti- ment companies under POLO suspension unless complete surprise for Dicang who was invited mately benefited and continue to benefits complaints of their Filipino workers are properly for a coffee break. But it turned out to be a Filipinos in general,” he added. addressed. He also recommended the revoca- recognition for the excellent job he performed Earlier, some Filipino community organiza- tion of POEA accreditation of Kuwait foreign Four-member drug during his two-year stay in Kuwait. Dicang was tions in Kuwait also acknowledged Dicang’s con- recruitment agencies for abuses against house- transferred from Saudi Arabia to Kuwait to trou- tribution and some of them have even peti- hold workers. He also requested POEA to initiate bleshoot a crisis at the Philippine Labor Office at tioned for his tenure’s extension. The community legal proceedings against erring Philippine gang arrested that time when a deputy labor attache was unanimously agreed that Dicang has been very agencies deploying housemaids. By Hanan Al-Saadoun Dhaka reported to the control tower that someone aimed a laser light at the plane KUWAIT: Security sources revealed that while landing. while a patrol was on duty in Nugra, they The captain pointed the location from suspected a vehicle carrying four youths. As where the laser came. Airport detectives the patrol stopped the vehicle, the youths - rushed to the site but found nothing. It two Kuwaitis and two Egyptians - seemed was recorded as a report, and detectives confused. A search revealed 31 bags of tobac- are investigating. co mixed with marijuana and another 39 bags of unknown drugs, in addition to 28 tablets of Jewelry theft drugs including Roche and Viagra and a white Rigga detectives arrested two Asian powder most likely to be “shabow”. The four women accused by a Kuwaiti man of steal- youths were sent to the authorities. ing jewelry worth KD 80,000 from his resi- dence in Rigga. The two women were Laser light caught in Jleeb and the stolen ornaments The captain of a plane coming from were found with them. ‘Al-Shuhoor’ App launched

KUWAIT: For the second year running, Zain, able to listen to Holy Quran recitations and the leading telecommunications company in ‘dua’ prayers, and watch the daily Islamic Kuwait, announced the launch of its “Zain videos and Ramadan-related videos provided KUWAIT: Mohammed Al-Othman, NBK’s Executive Manager, Consumer Banking Group in a group picture with the Summer Internship Program AlShuhoor” Islamic mobile application; a free- exclusively to Zain by Shaikh Salah Alhashem. students. of-charge application for smartphone users Customers wishing to download the app that will help customers meet their Ramadan can do so for free by simply searching for goals. The application provides a variety of “Zain AlShuhoor” from the App store and NBK launches third session of features and new services that help meet Google play store. users’ needs during the holy month. “Zain By the end of the month, Zain will announce three winners of the daily “Zain Summer Internship Program AlShuhoor” competition where each winner will win a smartphone. Customers wishing to KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait launched the ing social involvement as well as its national with invaluable knowledge on a variety of sub- take part in the competition are requested to third session of the 2013 Summer Internship commitment towards providing the young gen- jects such as; the team work, creative thinking, send a free SMS to 99994 for a chance to win Program. The program is custom-made for high erations with the appropriate opportunities to means of self expression and modern banking valuable prizes. school and college students aged between 15 experience first hand how the actual profession- work procedure, in addition to helping interns to Zain continues to integrate itself within and 20 years. al banking issues and transaction are handled have greater exposure to daily banking work the Kuwaiti community during Ramadan. The NBK Summer Internship Program is specially and processed. procedures. NBK regularly organizes and designs company’s Ramadan program like the distri- designed for high school and college students as The 5-hour daily sessions of two-week intern- events and packages for the youth of the coun- bution of ‘Machla Box’ to underprivileged an extension of NBK’s education outreach servic- ship featured a mixture of theoretical and practi- try to familiarize them with the world of banking families for the 7th consecutive year, Iftar es. The program demonstrates NBK’s long-stand- cal training dedicated to providing the interns and make them responsible citizens. meals at Jleib Al Shyoukh, Khaitan, and Al Jahra district tents, as well as the annual visits to the orphanage, elderly care center, special needs center, and other hospital visits, reflect Zain inaugurates admission hall at KU the spirit of compassion and serenity AlShuhoor” allows customers to check the amongst the society. To find out more about KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications “The partnership between Zain and Kuwait ue our pledge of supporting educational initia- daily prayer timings ‘Imsakiya.’ They will be Zain Ramadan initiatives and program, cus- company in Kuwait, announced today the offi- University demonstrates the relationship tives which will benefit both students and the able to locate and browse all the mosques tomers are advised to visit the company’s cial inauguration of the newly renovated strength that both entities enjoy. We will contin- employees of the institutions.” that hold Qeyam and Taraweh during the website on www.kw.zain.com, or visit the Admission and Registration Hall at the Kuwait holy month. Additionally, customers will be company’s social media channels. University campus in Shuwaikh, that welcomes and facilitates for more than 12,000 students every semester. This initiative falls under Zain’s corporate social responsibility strategy that supports the educational sector, of which the company con- siders a top priority.The inauguration was attended by Zain’s Corporate Communications and Relations Manager Waleed Al-Khashti and the Assistant Dean of Admission and Registration Dr. Subeeh Al-Mukhaizeem. Zain’s keenness to cooperate with Kuwait University to refurbish the admission and regis- tration hall came with the aim of providing stu- dents and administration staff with the appro- priate and comfortable atmosphere when regis- tering and conducting the required transactions. Zain has forever been committed to the wellbe- ing of the overall educational system, and through this initiative it has reassured its com- KUWAIT: A fire broke in a commercial complex under construction in Egaila. About 50 mitment to provide a better educational envi- firemen from five centers fought the fire until the late hours. The huge fire started on ronment to the students who are the main pillar the third floor and then moved swiftly due to the nature of materials and wind to the of Kuwait and its future business development. fourth and fifth floors. The blaze was brought under control before spreading to neigh- Waleed Al-Khashti Zain’s Corporate boring projects and sites. No casualties were reported. — By Hanan Al-Saadoun Communications and Relations Manager said: TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 LOCAL Candidates use Internet to reach their voters Practical, effective tool

By Nawara Fattahova tool. I think that most people do not prefer to well. “Many journalists are patiently waiting to attend symposiums and feel lethargic after iftar. catch any mistake or funny situation of any can- KUWAIT: Modern technology and the Internet They also like to spend their time in worship. didate so they may use it in the media. This also has entered all aspects of our life and has Furthermore, the weather is hot which makes it proves that the posted clips are watched,” con- become a great tool in elections. This year’s complicated to hold gatherings outdoors. So cluded Khreibit. elections are held during the holy month of going out especially to attend speeches is con- Candidate and former MP of the fifth con- Ramadan, which makes it more difficult for vot- sidered bothersome for them and it may be stituency Faisal Al-Kandari praised YouTube, ers and the public to attend gatherings and worse if they attend and they don’t like what is which he described as an attractive and effec- speeches by candidates. Candidate from the said. Also there are many candidates, so the vot- tive tool during elections. “I think that today third constituency Abdulhameed Khreibit has er may be confused to which one he should go everybody is watching YouTube videos, which decided not to hold any gatherings. “I’m com- to. All these factors made me go for YouTube,” are spread on all social media including pletely depending on the Internet and particu- said Khreibit. Whatsapp, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and KUWAIT: Najla Al-Essa, executive manager, consumer banking at Gulf Bank present- larly YouTube to reach the voters. Through this “Besides the videos posted on YouTube, I also others. Young and old people are today watch- ing the graduation certificate to one of the students during the graduation ceremo- program, my media committee is posting vari- depend on social media, which is also a great ing the videos so it will reach all categories,” he ny which the bank sponsored. ous video clips of some TV shows that I have tool used and exploited in the correct way. pointed out. “Although I’m using YouTube to participated in, including clips of meetings that Furthermore, I will depend on TV shows, press reach voters, I also think that direct meetings I hold in my diwaniya. These clips are posted and media and some field visits to houses and and connections are important. So I will hold Gulf Bank sponsors Al-Otaibi and spread on the Internet so that people diwaniyas of inhabitants in my area. I admit that one gathering for men and another one for watch them and receive the message I want to during the election campaign I got to know women to meet directly with the voters. I know school graduation ceremony deliver to them,” he told Kuwait Times. many media persons and their ideas,” he added. that many voters are still interested in attending He strongly believes in the effective role of According to him, YouTube videos are symposiums and they will come,” stressed KUWAIT: Gulf Bank has announced that it ed a stand which was staffed by the Bank’s YouTube. “I think it’s a practical and effective watched not only by voters but by journalists as Kandari. sponsored the 2013 Graduation Ceremony representatives who offered young people of 80 students from Abdullah Al-Otaibi advice on banking services, including the School, which took place on July 8. red(tm) program, which is only available to Sponsorship of the ceremony, which was students aged 17 to 24 years and is specifi- Social media gaining more leverage attended by Najla Al-Essa, Executive cally designed for the needs of college and Manager-Consumer Banking from Gulf university students. Bank, was part of the Bank’s long term Gulf Bank is fully committed to support- KUWAIT: The social media has in the past years mainly for two merely present information, but restaurant chain in Kuwait, said. commitment to support and encourage ing young people in their development certainly dominated the headlines reasons, its fastness and spread,” that allows for user-generated “It also helped us to upgrade new high school graduates in Kuwait as through a wide variety of community activ- in the past few years, and it political analyst Ibrahim Dashti content and community interac- our services and save much effort they move on to higher education in ities and events, including graduation cere- remains perhaps the most impor- told KUNA. tivity. The most important and and money to promote our brand,” preparation for their future careers. monies, awards programs and educational tant new frontier in the world of He, however, stressed that wide-spread social media sites are he added. Gulf Bank’s presence at the event includ- and career development initiatives. news, marketing, and other users have to double check and Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, The experts, however, warned domains. Kuwait has the highest not to take for granted news posts Instagram and Google+. that users have to take into percentage of social media users, and updates of social media sites. There are over 1.3 million account the disadvantages and in proportionate to the popula- Meanwhile, media expert Saleh active Twitter users in Arab coun- negative impact of social media. tion, in the Middle East. Jerman pointed out nobody can tries. Kuwait leads the way in In spite of its huge advantages, With its fastness, viral results, ignore the growing leverage of Twitter penetration in Arab social media has some disadvan- inexpensiveness and seemingly social networking sites all over the nations at eight percent, ahead of tages including the use of these easy usage, social media has world, especially in the Arab coun- Bahrain at four percent, Qatar at sites to damage reputation of become an extraordinarily attrac- tries. “The social media has played two percent, the UAE at two per- innocent people, spread rumors or tive platform for news, experi- a major role in the recent popular cent and Saudi Arabia at one per- extremist ideas or law-breaching ence-sharing, social interaction uprisings in “Arab Spring” coun- cent. Kuwait sent almost 60 mil- materials, Political Analyst Ibrahim and promotion of businesses of all tries,” Jerman told KUNA. lion tweets in March, 2012 (source: Dashti said. Legal expert and sizes. A number of experts, from “And In Kuwait social media is AllTwitter). lawyer Mariam Al-Bahr echoed a different domains, have highlight- growingly gaining ground in Experts also added that suc- similar view. ed the importance of the optimal media scene. Social networking cessful social media marketing “A huge number of law suits use of social media in all domains sites have become a major source maximizes customer engagement have been filed against Twitter in Kuwait but warned against mis- of news and important player in to foster a sense of community users in Kuwait recently for usage of these technological tools the political scene. and increase traffic. offending religion and political in violating the state laws, inciting He noted that Twitter tops the “We have managed to widen leadership.” She also raised alarm hatred or spreading extremism. list of most influential media sites our customer base and reach out that posts on social networking “Social media, known as new in the political street. to our clients through our pages sites were the cause of a consider- media, has become more influen- Social media refers to so-called on social networking sites,” able number of family disputes in tial than the conventional media Web 2.0 technology that doesn’t Ahmad Sadek Maarefi, owner of the past years. — KUNA

KRCS organizes Iftar meals for KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait announced the winners of an Instagram competition offered to high school graduates for one month ending on July 8. In a press statement yesterday, Assistant General Manager - Public Relations and Media 15,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon Department, Amani Al-Wara, announced Areej Hassan Al-Ansari, Fadheelah Husain Al-Basri, and Aseel Saleh Al-Barazi as winners of the vote carried out by the commit- BEIRUT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) has is a period of goodness, love and giving,” said for a whole month, a total of 324 tons, in various tee that supervised the competition. organized Iftar (fast-breaking) meals for 15,000 KRCS representative Dr Musaed Al-Enezi said. regions of Lebanon to support the displaced Syrian refugees in a number of areas in Lebanon, “KRCS Head Barjas Hamoud Al-Barjas is keen Syrian families. within its humanitarian project that started since on implementing this project, in addition to oth- A Syrian refugee family expressed its thanks the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan in er projects of the society in Lebanon to entrench to the State of Kuwait and the KRCS for their Saadoun warns on both Lebanon and Jordan. the humanitarian message of Kuwait in support humanitarian aid and Ramadan Iftar meals that “The project, in coordination with Kuwait’s of our brethren,” Al-Enezi stressed. they continue to provide. embassy in Lebanon and the Lebanese Red Meanwhile, KRCS continues to implement the KRCS was one of the first societies to provide multibillion Egypt grant Crescent, aims to alleviate the sufferings of the third phase of “Ragheef” project, which includes the Syrian refugees with humanitarian aid in KUWAIT: A top opposition figure in the voice of the people”. “We are not Syrian refugees, confirming that this holy month distributing bread packs to 6,000 Syrian families Lebanon. —KUNA Kuwait responded to Finance Minister against any Arab nation, but the timing Mustafa Al-Shamali who defended a [of Egypt’s grant] was clear to be in sup- multibillion grant to Egypt that Kuwait port of one party against the other”, paid as part of a Gulf aid package to sup- Saadoun said. “This is something that port the Arab republic’s troubled econo- many governments do, but we do not my, and warned the government that accept the Kuwaiti government to do the Kuwaiti people can still “make their voice same”. heard” outside the parliament. Shamali Leading oppositionists and former was quoted by Al-Rai Sunday saying that MPs Musallam Al-Barrak and Faisal Al- “no voice tops the voice of the govern- Mislem were quick earlier this week to ment” when asked for comments on criti- criticize the government for approving cisms regarding the timing of the grant the grant without the parliament’s and the fact that it was paid during the approval, and questioned its timing one parliament’s absence. week after a military coup overthrew “It looks like [Shamali] believes that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. the coup against the constitution has Meanwhile, former MP Dr Waleed Al- rendered the constitution canceled, and Tabtabaei joined fellow oppositionists there is no doubt that his statement is when he described Shamali’s statements dangerous and that he should be held as “disrespectful” and “a dark point in his accountable for it,” said former parlia- political career”. “We are living in an era ment speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun. He in which the government is taking over reminded the minister that he should and fails to manage the people’s wealth,” “realize that the issue pertains to public he told Al-Rai Sunday. funds - the wealth of the Kuwaiti people”. “Everyone knows that the govern- Saadoun’s statements were published ment does not have the right to spend a by Al-Rai yesterday, and he reiterated single dinar without the parliament’s that every state official, starting from HH approval, but Kuwait has lacked an active the Amir through the prime minister, parliament since the adoption of the sin- ministers and parliament members, gle vote system”. And while arguing that assume their duties as per article 63 of the Syrian people are “more worthy” of the constitution and take the oath “in financial support, Tabtabaei reiterated which they vow to protect people’s free- that he does not have anything against dom, interests and wealth”. The leading Egypt “but the Kuwaiti government has oppositionist argued that no one in no business taking sides” in the Egyptian Kuwait is against giving aid to the conflict. Egyptian people per se, “but many peo- Member of the scrapped Feb 2012 ple are against the timing of giving $4 parliament Mohammad Al-Dallal was billion which belong to the people and more stern meanwhile when he argued thus should not be dealt with unless that the grant was “irresponsible” since it Election timing renews debate over voters turnout through an authorization mentioned in was paid while the political situation in the [state] budget or a law passed by the Egypt remains unsettled, arguing that it KUWAIT: With less than two weeks sources within departments con- suggested that election day marks sources note that the vote counting parliament”. is “unbelievable to see Kuwait rushing to remaining for parliamentary elec- cerned with the election process that the 19th day of Ramadan, by which process might take a relatively longer Moreover, he urged Shamali to return support a military coup”. “The billions giv- tions set for July 27, the campaign the participation level in the elec- point many Kuwaitis would have car- time given the fact that the number back to “unclosed files” pertaining to pre- en to Egypt and those given to Jordan headquarters of nearly 400 registered tions may reach only 50 percent. ried out too much diwaniya visits to of electoral committees has reduced vious Kuwaiti grants to other countries, and Morocco in the past were better off candidates are still deserted by voters The sources who preferred to be encouraged to endure the trouble while the number of candidates is including “$6 billion in loans to Iraq as invested to improve quality of services while it was noticed that a notable keep their identities anonymous of voting. According to the Kuwaiti comparatively high, in addition to well as 21 deposits in the Iraqi Central and living standards in Kuwait,” Dallal number of candidates decided mentioned several reasons behind law, ballot boxes are required to be the tight Ramadan schedule. against setting up a main center for their pessimism regarding the open on election day from 8:00 am to In other news, the Interior Bank before the invasion worth $815 mil- added. their campaigns. In this regard, expected turnout which goes against 8:00 pm. The sources argue that Ministry disqualified Sunday ten can- lion”. Saadoun also made a subtle dig Separately, leader of Egypt’s observers said that the unusual lack survey results published last Saturday many voters believe that the timing is didates including former MPs Khalaf against the previous parliament - whose Conference Party Amr Moussa described of voter interest is most likely con- which indicated that participation is very unsuitable with Ramadan’s Dumaitheer and Khalid Al-Shulaimi. elections the opposition had boycotted - the Gulf aid package as “essential to save nected to the fact that this year’s set to reach around 55 percent. The schedule when iftar is at 6:44 pm on Al-Qabas indicated that Dumaitheer when he suggested that the government Egypt from a major crisis that requires elections are held during the summer reasons include the fact that the tem- voting day. This leaves very little time and four other disqualified candi- could “bring parliaments that abstain Arab solidarity for the benefit of all and coincide with Ramadan, noting perature is expected to range 50 C for people who might prefer to cast dates have already challenged the from taking any measures”. Arabs”. Moussa made his statements that people are mostly busy with vis- degrees on election day, adding to their votes after breaking their fast, or decision at the administrative court, He added the Kuwaiti people are able Sunday in Kuwait during a press confer- its that are likely to go on until the the feeling of fatigue that many vot- female voters who would mostly be while Shulaimi and others were to “hold the government accountable ence to announce the inauguration of tenth day of the holy month. ers would feel during a long day of too busy preparing for iftar to be able expected to follow suit as early as from outside the parliament”, and reiter- the second board meeting for the Arab Meanwhile, Al-Qabas daily quoted fasting. Furthermore, the sources to vote before it. Meanwhile, the yesterday. ated at the same time that “no voice tops and International Relations Council. LOCAL

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KUWAIT: Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Kuwait Ali Bin Shukr Al-Zaabi hosted a ghabqa recent- ly on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, attended by government officials, ambassadors and other dignitaries. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

7) Who said these words, “The weak among you are powerful in my eyes, as long as I do not get them their dues”. A) Ali (r.a) B) Abu Bakr (r.a) C) Umar (r.a) LOCAL

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Marina Hotel hosts exclusive Ramadan Ghabqa for media Food stations, live music and good ambience KUWAIT: Reinforcing its relationship meals and a choice between shawar- flavored Shisha. The evening was Hammoud expressed his appreci- annual event as a sincere token of with the local media, Marina Hotel ma, pasta and mixed grills, Ramadan further enhanced by the sounds of ation to the media for their ongoing appreciation towards the members Kuwait celebrated the beginning of drinks, mouth-watering desserts and soft oriental music. support saying “We organize this of the local media. We continuously the Holy Month of Ramadan by strive to honor the media and value hosting an exclusive Ghabqa. This them as our strategic partner.” He informal annual event was organ- further extended his gratitude to ized in honor of the members of the AirFrance/KLM, for sponsoring the press to thank them for their contin- “Kamar Al Marina Tent”. uous support on all activities under- The highlight of the evening was taken by the hotel. the exciting Raffle Draw which The evening witnessed a host of granted a range of fabulous prizes guests who gathered at the Kamar adding more joy to the evening. The Al-Marina Tent to enjoy the distinc- Ghabqa lasted till after midnight and tive hospitality of the special event. Marina Hotel ensured that each and Guests were welcomed by the entire every guest had a truly memorable management team and greeted evening filled with fun and excep- upon arrival. Nabil Hammoud, tional delight. General Manager of Marina Hotel The Kamar Al-Marina tent is spe- Kuwait wished the guests a cially prepared every Ramadan with Ramadan Kareem while inviting new selective decorations, and them to an evening of Oriental hos- Oriental music to reflect the tradi- pitality. tional feel of the Holy month. With a A diverse range of sumptuous capacity to accommodate up to 200 buffet filled with superb Arab delica- guests. Kamar Al-Marina tent has cies and cuisines from the live cook- proven to be the favorite venue for ing stations was arranged for the companies and individuals to host guests. The special Ghabqa buffet KUWAIT: Nabil Hammoud, General Manager of Marina Hotel Kuwait (centre) and staff from the their own private iftars or ghabqas comprised of a large array of deli- hotel are seen welcoming the guests at the ghabqa hosted by Marina hotel on Wednesday during the whole month of cious food, in addition to seafood evening. — Photos by Joseph Shagra Ramadan. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 LOCAL

In my view kuwait digest Uncertainties Ideological, lie ahead political backwardness

By Hassan Barari By Dr Mohammad Al-Moqatei fter the ouster of President Muhammad Morsi, Egypt is far from being quiet. The insistence of Morsi’s sup- olitical elites in the Arab world live in a crisis of Aporters to take to the streets in protest against the intellectual, cultural, political and democratic military’s move is a clear indication that Egypt is not only Pbackwardness when it comes to managing divided but has also become volatile. If anything, Egypt public affairs and democratic practices. They refuse needs a cultural revolution rather than a normal one for to accept pluralism and change in power; something people to reap the benefits of democracy. inherited from the dominance of totalitarian parties From the get-go, many experts posed an important which controlled Arab countries since the ‘50s of the question: Will conservatives succeed in running the state past century and were able to spread their ideologies without provoking the other components? We knew that using two facts - the cultural weakness of Arab soci- the political future of Muslim Brotherhood hinged on its eties and winning public support through criticizing ability and willingness to avoid exclusivity. But for that to colonization and ousted regimes. happen, the movement needed to shun its commitment to This inheritance and leftist direction controlled its ideology and master the art of governance. During the year of his rule, Morsi failed miserably in get- Arab governments in either of two directions - the ting other forces on board. Worse, he misinterpreted the first through secularism and separating religion from ballot result and saw in his election a mandate to run the state. The purpose was to separate Arab people from country as he deemed fit. Drafting the constitution after his the values of Islamic rule and weaken their religious election in an arbitrary fashion only frightened a large identity, making use of the failures during the last number of Egyptians, a fact that became manifested when years of the Ottoman Empire. around 30 million Egyptians took to the streets calling on The second direction was using the ‘end justifies the president to quit. the means’ rule to eliminate everyone else, even The core issue in Egypt has been the dispute over the through use of force, to control power. As a result, direction of the Egyptian society. In other words, whether many military coups took place and often supported to have an Islamic state or just a civil state has been the by global superpowers (the United States or the bone of contention between the Muslim Brotherhood and kuwait digest Soviet Union), followed by eliminating all opponents the rest of the society. Therefore, at the heart of the strug- gle was the constitution itself, which was written by an - as we saw when Communists prosecuted Baathists unrepresentative body. Thank God for everything after taking power and vice versa. No Arab country Implicit in Morsi’s decision to go on with the constitu- ruled by any of these parties witnessed free demo- cratic practices or respected results of ballot boxes. tion when non-orthodox forces withdrew from the assem- By Ahmad Taher Al-Khateeb bly showed Morsi’s arbitrary approach. The non-orthodox All liberal parties and groups in the Arab world forces had a problem with three issues: The role of the ne of the weather forecasters has declared that very high, even inside the houses, as there was no air were affected by this leftist inheritance, as they Shariah as the basis of law; freedom of speech and worship; the temperature on election day will reach 50 conditioning, and due to the fact that Kuwait is a bar- believe that they are solely capable of living up to the and protection of women’s rights. Morsi’s autocratic rule Odegrees - I don’t know what is new in this decla- ren land with no trees or greenery. responsibilities of ruling despite their long history of made him push through changes in a unilateral fashion. ration and the reason behind it. Election day is one like “When I come home tired from work and wanted to failure. As part of this approach, liberal parties’ prac- This heavy-handed approach only united the opposition the rest of the days in the month of July. All are very sleep, the high temperature prevented me, so I invent- tice has often been exclusionary, meaning to say that and created the dynamics for Morsi’s fall. hot, like those in the month of August. The declaration ed a new way to make the weather tolerable and be they describe themselves as progressive while accuse What happened in Egypt recently proved one thing: A of the forecaster does not change anything from reali- able to sleep. I used to wet the bed sheet with water others of backwardness, and even refer solely to unilateral approach by a ruling president will only backfire. themselves as nationalists and democratic while The new interim leadership in Egypt will find itself in a simi- ty - that the month of July in Kuwait is very hot. and wrap it around me in order to feel a little cool and lar situation if it fails to avoid arbitrary actions. By cracking In 1979, my elder brother Jamal dropped me along go to sleep,” he said. refuse to call other parties with the same descrip- down on traditionalists, the military seems unable to learn with my nephew Adeeb by the sea near Seif Palace for I remembered this story while I was listening to tions. the lesson. Now, it is not as if Egypt is calm. In fact, no one fishing. At that time it was very hot, and we were wear- some objecting to the election timings in this month This led to the creation of a political culture and can predict what is going to take place in weeks to come, ing flip-flops to protect our feet from the sharp rocks. and during Ramadan. I don’t see the reason behind practice in which political elites refuse to accept dif- let alone months. The Muslim Brotherhood is at a cross- After about half an hour, Adeeb shouted that he was this, as all means of comfort are available around us. ferent opinions. Even when they were not in power, roads. After being ousted in this revolutionary way, the bitten by a poisonous fish “feryala”. Houses are air-conditioned, cars are air-conditioned, their approach helped regimes eliminate opponents question is whether the orthodox in Egypt will continue We were puzzled what to do, especially that we did and so are the schools. All we need is a few steps from and paved the way for top government posts to be viewing politics as the ideal venue for power and legitima- not have a car. There was an old man wearing pants the car to the polling station and there is nothing taken over by certain groups. In the meantime, cy. For many of Morsi’s supporters, their electoral victory which he had folded to avoid getting them wet while wrong in that and I think government has prepared national values and the democratic principles of free- was stolen by the military. he was walking on the coast near us, and we sought well as in the past. dom, justice, equality and human rights became And yet, this episode is likely to have some impact on his help. He took us in his car to Amiri Hospital. In a program on Discovery Channel, an African tribe nothing but slogans raised whenever these groups other radical parties across the region. It may lead to gen- While Adeeb was being treated, I was talking with was shown. The tribe is suffering from water shortage. wanted to reach their goals. uine review of their tactics in politics. As of now, conserva- the man in the corridor, who was a Palestinian teacher. The well is far from where the tribe lives - about 3 km tives are expected not to push their agenda too hard. In History is repeating itself today in the form of con- I told him “today the temperature is very high”. He and the temperature is very high there. Yet, one of the spiring against democratic practices of ruling. Leftist fact, this can be a positive development and pretty much smiled and said, “on the contrary, today the weather is families sends its two daughters who are 7 and 8 years favored political consequence. And also many members of preparations allied with the West used the power of nice”. old daily to the well barefoot to carry water drums. the hard-line parties may question the utility of democracy. the military to overthrow the rule of the elected pres- If anything, what took place in Egypt can boost the status He said he came to Kuwait in 1958 during the They walk all this distance without resentment. What I ident in Egypt Dr Mohamed Morsi. While I do not of hard-liners in the Muslim Brotherhood organizations month of August, where he was appointed as a mean is thank God for the wealth we have, as wealth is defend Morsi and his political party whose practices with regard to the very questions linked to democracy teacher in one of the schools. The temperature was not permanent! — Al-Anbaa were also marred by eliminating opponents, I believe itself. that what is more alarming is the dominance of the On a deeper level, I argue that the way the new interim obsessive trend of taking over power by overthrow- leadership in Egypt is dealing with the conservatives will ing a president elected through constitutionally- define the degree of moderation on the part of the move- kuwait digest legitimate elections. ment. The main challenge for the new interim leadership is Leftists and liberals tried to justify the military how to convince the conservatives to take part in the new coup by using other names to describe it, and refer- interim political setup and also how to give the military Financial aid for Egypt takeover a legitimacy. ring to the ousted president as ‘isolated’ as if he was isolated through a referendum or public vote. In Given the clear division among Egyptians and indeed By Dr Shamlan Y Al-Essa the Arabs between Morsi’s supporters and those against Kuwait, leading liberal politicians came out to defend Morsi, it remains to be seen if Egyptians can rise from this t was a good deed by the Gulf countries to offer al declaration. the coup and its alleged legitimacy, further proving ash and move beyond this nasty episode. Clinging on to financial support that reached over $12 billion and The question: What do the Gulf countries want for that they only accept ideologies that meet their own. stiff position can hardly help a peaceful and smooth transi- Iits political backing of the courageous steps taken by Egypt? Do they want it to be civil, plural and democrat- This explains the root causes of our ideological and tion. It cannot be predicted with any degree of confidence the new Egyptian leadership. The Gulf saw that it is in ic or do they want it to be conservatively Islamic? political backwardness. — Al-Qabas what is going to happen next month for instance. its interest and the interest of the Egyptian people to Secondly: The countries will be mistaken if they think For this reason, the Egyptian scene is vague and uncer- support the interim regime that introduced an excel- that the moral and material support of the interim gov- tainties will dominate the scene for some time to come. lent roadmap in which the military hands over power ernment will change the way events are taking place in to a pluralist civil government that paves the way for Egypt. There is a large section of educated nationalists, kuwait digest parliamentary and presidential elections. leftists, Nasserites and Islamists who look at the Gulf as The question that we should ask: Why did the Gulf backward countries and sheikhdoms that have the If you have kuwait digest countries stand with the corrective move in Egypt? Is money with which they can interfere in their internal this support to guarantee Egypt’s return to leading the affairs. They feel the Gulf countries are inciting the West to take part! Vote buying moderate center of the Arab world, or is it that the Gulf against Egypt, which means that there is a large section countries are comfortable that do not respect the Gulf By Dr Sajed Al-Abdeli ‘an art’ now and happy that the Egyptian countries, while another people uprooted the There is a large section of section of the Egyptian peo- he other day a friend asked me about candi- By Dr Hassan Abbas Muslim Brotherhood castle ple consider the Gulf coun- dates running for parliamentary elections in in Egypt as a prelude to get- tries as “milk cows” that must educated nationalists, left- one of the constituencies and whom I would ave yourself the trouble of going to candidates’ ting rid of them in the Arab pour money on them and T recommend voting for. I told him I was not following press conference or reading statements made to world as a whole? In other ists, Nasserites and Islamists rescue them from their candidates’ names and that I was not interested in Sthe press or posted on social networks - the top- words, is the Gulf support problems. ics they are talking about are basically the following: coming out of an Arab who look at the Gulf as back- Thirdly: We believe in the the current elections at all because I had announced political money, corruption, housing, electricity, approach that leads to the ward countries and importance of supporting boycotting the whole political process long ago. “But young people, stateless residents, female citizens, Arab interest as a whole or is Egypt and standing besides those taking part need advice on selecting the best education, human development and economy. And it out of our fear from the sheikhdoms that have the it, but Egypt’s problems can candidates capable of doing something,” he told me. since political money is the number one topic of dis- increasing influence of the only be solved by its people, I told him: ‘Listen my friend, if you have to take cussion for parliament hopefuls, my column today Muslim Brotherhood in our money with which they can and there is no room to list part in the coming elections and if, for any reason, will focus on political bribes. countries and our inability Egypt’s political problems you are not convinced of boycotting it, then you First of all, we need to define political money. interfere in their internal to deal with it or effectively that form a hurdle in its way need to know for sure that none of the candidates Political money is money paid to a citizen in who will win and make their way to the parliament exchange for their political loyalty, or in other words, get rid of it? affairs. They feel the Gulf to development and mod- will be capable of changing anything in the current their vote. This process can be before or after elec- And to make things clear, ernization. The rhetoric of tions. Meanwhile, it does not necessarily have to the United Arab Emirates is countries are inciting the the new leadership about political equation that has been hijacked by the involve cash payments. Votes can be bought through the only Gulf country that national reconciliation authorities through amending the voting mecha- services and goods such as plane tickets. Speaking of took a clear stand against West against Egypt, which under the slogan “one peo- nism.” Those with the simplest amount of wisdom can that, the travel season gives a good opportunity to the Brotherhood as it con- means that there is a large ple” to save blood and mend easily see that the incoming parliament will be very offer voters touristic trips or treatment trips for victed and gave various sen- the rift will not succeed docile and submissive without any real capability to patients. tences to more than 80 sup- section that do not respect because interpreting words confront the government or limit its corruption, even You notice that the political money candidates are porters of the Brotherhood - into a working program is if one, two or even ten of those MPs known for shout- campaigning against these days is a practice that the rest of the Arab Gulf the Gulf countries, while very difficult because each ing, loud voices and threats win parliamentary seats. happens before the elections. The same people do countries have their govern- political group or party has As I have written in many previous articles, the not seem to find a problem in political money after ments still cooperating with another section of the its own political program for parliament is no longer effective in making local or elections. An MP who used to criticize buying votes the Brotherhood in the Egyptian people consider the the Egypt of the future and foreign policies, following up state budgets and during elections does not find a problem in reward- political balance process there is no agreement on expenditure or portraying the present and the future ing a piece of land or house after being elected, or in against nationalists and lib- economic, political and hiring certain people in profitable positions in order Gulf countries as “milk cows” of the people. It will be a rubberstamp Assembly erals like in Kuwait. In Saudi social reform. merely brought to give an impression that Kuwait to win their support. Arabia the Brotherhood is that must pour money on How can the Salaf Nour Whoever says that Kuwaitis lack creativity is mis- has a democratic parliament! cornered but Riyadh sup- Party agree with the taken, as political money has become an art here. If them and rescue them from I further told him: “My dear friend, if you insist on you are broke and want to enjoy a free trip outside ports the Salaf Movement Tamarod youth movement, taking part and do not intend boycotting this politi- during the summer, all you have to do is ask a candi- which is not better than the their problems. Egypt’s left, national and lib- cal absurdity like me, then you should at least vote date for a trip to have a hair transplant in Switzerland, Brotherhood. eral factions? It is true that for the one you are convinced that is not trying to weight loss in the Czech Republic or a nose job in Regardless of the true all love Egypt, but how can win a parliamentary seat to join a convoy of corrupt Iran! reasons for the support of the Gulf countries to Egypt , the Egyptian economy be saved as most political pow- bandits only interested in their own benefits like In management, they say that a successful manag- we support this policy, but we should, at the same ers believe that the popular policies to appease the those who had been elected in previous parliaments. time, pay attention to some cautions, the first of which street and the poor must continue despite the fact that er is one who thinks outside the box. In Kuwait, think- Vote for real candidates who realize all problems as is that the situation in Egypt is unstable and the new the subsidies of food, fuel and gas cost the Egyptian ing outside the box is the main approach in parlia- well as their own potentials and capability to do mentary work. Where else other than Kuwait do you government under Hazem Beblawi is not formed at the state more that $30 billion, which is three times the something - those who know for sure that they see political money used to buy out the entire nation time of writing this column, because there is opposi- declared Gulf aid. Egypt has a long way to reform to through pay increases and allowances given without tion by some religious political powers - like the Salaf achieve development, economic growth and a stable would do their best to protect the interests of their long-term studying? And where else other than movement to some liberal names. The youth of democracy, and the Gulf countries must benefit from voters. And forget about candidates using bright slo- Kuwait is political money given in the candidate regis- Tamarod movement objected to attempts to appease the Egyptian lessons by not getting religion into poli- gans about fighting corruption and do not be fooled tration center and in front of police officers? — Al-Rai to political factions and opposed the new constitution- tics. — Al-Watan by them!” — Al-Jarida TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 Racist attacks on German spies ‘use US surveillance data’ the rise in Greece

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SINAI: Egyptians inspect the site of an attack by militants on a bus carrying workers in the North Sinai town of Al-Arish yesterday. The bus was targeted with a rocket-propelled grenade and left at least three people dead and 17 wounded, according to a security official. — AFP Morsi’s removal fuels Sinai militancy Israel keeps watchful eye on desert peninsula

CAIRO: Within hours of Egypt’s elected president Muslim Brotherhood as too moderate, the presi- paper this weekend declaring a new assault on Egyptian military at the US Naval Postgraduate ent groups with varying ideologies. They are being overthrown this month, militant fellow dent’s removal by the army has brought new vio- Sinai militants in the coming days, army sources School. spread over a region twice the size of Belgium Islamists in the Sinai Peninsula were talking of lence to Sinai. It may presage more, if the fiery are playing down the possibility of a major oper- Under a US-brokered treaty that ended 15 but with only half a million residents, concentrat- making war on Cairo’s security forces. Scarcely rhetoric of various hardline groups is any guide. ation in the near term. Resources are already years of Israeli occupation of Sinai in 1982, Israel ed in coastal resorts. had a video surfaced on YouTube of hundreds of Targets this month, in addition to Egyptian stretched. The sources, speaking on condition of has a say in whether Egypt can increase its forces The attacks since Morsi’s ouster may have men chanting “No to peace!,” than police and security posts near the Suez Canal and the Gaza anonymity because they are not authorized to in the largely demilitarized peninsula. Since an risen in number, but they have been relatively troops were attacked in El Arish and other North frontier, have included: a Christian priest, shot brief journalists on the sensitive issue, said increase in militant activity after the fall of Hosni small in scale so far, and may not, in themselves, Sinai towns. Ten have now been killed across the dead in the Mediterranean port of El Arish; a gas troops in Sinai were already on heightened alert. Mubarak in 2011 - including trouble on Israel’s unduly worry General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, the province since Mohamed Morsi was toppled on pipeline to Jordan; and the Israeli Red Sea resort If the army were to want to be more assertive, border - the Jewish state has already given a head of the armed forces who removed Morsi July 3. of Eilat, where remains of a rocket were found. it might need to re-equip. The Abrams tanks and green light. from office. But various factors are keeping his The desert peninsula has long been a security Egypt’s armed forces are on high alert, though F-16 fighter jets it buys with $1.3 billion in annual “Egypt could bring in more forces now, with eyes on the peninsula, the army sources said: headache for Egypt and its neighbors. Large and military sources play down talk of a major offen- US military aid are not ideal for fighting small Israel’s blessing,” said Amos Yadlin, former chief weapons are flowing in - some from Libya, some empty, it borders Israel and the Gaza Strip and sive. Such an operation might require Israeli groups of international jihadist militants and of military intelligence and now head of the possibly from Gaza, long an importer of arms flanks the Suez Canal linking Asia to Europe. It is approval - due to their 1979 peace treaty. And their local Bedouin allies in remote, rugged ter- Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. from Sinai’s many smuggling networks; the civil also home to nomad clans disaffected with rule some experts say the Egyptian army is less than rain. “We’ve long been urging them to change “That will be a sensible thing to do. And if they war in Syria is swelling the ranks of international from Cairo. By adding to anger and seeming to ideally equipped and trained for a counter-insur- their procurement policies to give them the flexi- were to leave 30 tanks there, we could live with Islamist fighters; and the rhetoric of militant and confirm low expectations of democracy among gency drive. bility they need to tackle counter terror in Sinai,” that.” Army sources estimate there are around Islamist groups is growing increasingly aggres- Islamist militants who viewed Morsi and his Despite banner headlines in a state-run news- said Robert Springborg, who studies the 1,000 armed militants in Sinai, divided into differ- sive.—Reuters

Detained Iranian diplomat released

UNITED NATIONS: A senior Iranian diplomat linked to Iran’s reformists was released from a Tehran prison on bail on Sunday after four months in detention, sources familiar with the case said. Bagher Asadi, who has been a senior diplomat at Iran’s UN mission in New York and was recently a director at the secretariat of the so-called D8 group of developing nations in Istanbul, was arrest- ed in mid-March in the Iranian capital, the sources told Reuters in April. The same sources, who spoke to Reuters on condi- tion of anonymity, said that an Iranian media report published on Sunday about Asadi’s release was accu- rate. They said it remained unclear why he was arrested in the first place and what the status is of the case against him. The sources said they doubted Asadi’s release from prison represented a move by Iranian authorities to relax what analysts and Western diplo- mats have described as a crackdown on dissidents in Iran ahead of the June presidential election. Tehran’s UN mission responded to a request for comment by refer- ring Reuters to a report on Asadi’s release by Iran’s ISNA student news agency. The 61-year-old diplomat was held at Tehran’s notori- ous Evin Prison in solitary confinement for months and without access to a lawyer for his entire detention, the sources said. Iran’s reformists were sidelined after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the conservative former may- or of Tehran, won the presidential election in 2005, replacing reformist Mohammad Khatami. The sources said Asadi’s arrest may have been linked to the pre-elec- tion crackdown on dissidents. Ahmadinejad will step down soon. Hassan Rohani, a pragmatic conservative widely seen as a relative moder- ate, won last month’s vote. In January 2004, Asadi wrote an opinion piece that ran in The New York Times in which he made clear his affinities with the reformist phi- losophy of Khatami, who was president at the time. Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Asadi in 2003 to a panel of eminent persons on UN rela- tions with civil society.— Reuters TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Syria refugees swept up in Egypt’s turmoil Officials turn back planeload of Syrians at Cairo airport

CAIRO: Egyptian officials turn back a fear their current visas won’t be renewed through a very difficult period, it simply Islamist leader’s removal. Television net- in its fight against President Bashar Assad planeload of Syrians at Cairo airport. A and they could be forced to leave Egypt. should not strand Syrians this way, espe- works critical of Morsi aired allegations a cornerstone of his foreign policy, and popular presenter on Egyptian television Many have invested their savings in busi- cially those who have fled such a devas- that the Muslim Brotherhood was paying Cairo is the official headquarters of the warns Syrians to steer clear of protests or nesses or simply cannot return to their tating conflict at home. Syrian refugees to take part in pro-Morsi main Western-backed Syrian opposition face the consequences. An Egyptian state war-ravaged cities. “Our biggest fear now The U.N. says some 70,000 Syrians are protests. The arrest of at least six Syrians group. school refuses admission to Syrian chil- is that we get deported,” said Azzam registered in Egypt, although officials taking part in violent street clashes only On June 15, Morsi attended a rally dren. Once welcomed with open arms in Ayed, a 32-year-old Syrian who refused to estimate the actual number may be twice fanned the flames. organized by some of his hard-line allies Egypt, many of the tens of thousands of give his hometown out of fears for his that since many have opted not to regis- “Syrians are facing a defamation cam- in a show of solidarity with the Syrian Syrians who took refuge here from the security. The backlash stems from sup- ter. That would make Egypt home to the paign,” said Syrian activist Salma rebellion. Some of the speakers at the ral- civil war at home have now found them- port of the mainly Sunni Syrian opposi- fourth-largest community of Syrian Gazayerli. “Yes, some of the Syrians sup- ly called for jihad, or holy war, in Syria, selves targets of hate speech and intimi- tion by Morsi during his year in office, refugees after Jordan, Turkey and port Morsi, but how many? The majority and a senior official in Morsi’s office earli- dation. and the Muslim Brotherhood, which Lebanon. Those who came to Egypt of Syrians know that they are guests in er said authorities would not prevent Their dramatic change in fortune is offered cheap housing and food aid to received a warm welcome. Morsi’s gov- Egypt and they behave accordingly.” Egyptians from traveling to Syria to join one of the unexpected consequences of Syrians who fled the violence in their ernment supported the rebels’ cause, and Gazayerli, co-founder of the nonprofit the rebel cause. Syrians say they noted a the Egyptian military’s ouster of President homeland. kept in place a decades-old open-door Union of Syrian Women, said the shift in the public mood against them fol- Mohammed Morsi, whose Islamist-domi- With the country divided, Morsi’s crit- policy that allowed Syrians to come and Brotherhood has “manipulated the needs lowing the speech, but that the honey- nated government offered them favor- ics accused Syrians of participating in the go without prior visas. They were eligible of some Syrians,” offering them cheap moon in Egypt ultimately came to an able conditions. The shift could have a protests calling for him to be reinstated. to receive medical care at state hospitals, housing from Islamic relief groups in abrupt end when Morsi was swept aside. profound impact on the lives of Syrians in International human rights groups have while their children could enroll in gov- return for participating in protests sup- Last week, popular TV presenter Egypt as they currently find themselves urged Egypt to rescind the measures. ernment schools. porting Morsi. Those who refused, she Youssef El-Husseini warned Syrians tak- in a sort of legal limbo, waiting to see “Egypt may be going through tumul- Over the past few months, Syrians claimed, were cut off from the aid. ing part in pro-Morsi protests they would where the political winds will drop them. tuous times, but it must not return any- redefined some parts of Cairo, opening Senior Brotherhood official Saad be beaten with shoes if caught. “If you In what many see as a hint of what lies one, including Syrians, to somewhere their own restaurants and cafes in areas Emara rejected the allegations. “There are a man, you return to your country ahead, Egypt’s new military-backed inter- threatening their life or freedom,” Nadim where many of them settled. But the were millions in the streets. Can we give and solve your problem there,” he said on im government already has imposed new Houry, the deputy Middle East director warm welcome quickly evaporated after them all money?” he said after mass ral- his night talk show on private ONTV. “If travel restrictions. for Human Rights Watch, said in a state- the military toppled Morsi on July 3 after lies on Friday by Morsi supporters. Morsi you interfere in Egypt, you will beaten by That has spooked many Syrians who ment last week. “While Egypt is going four days of mass protests calling for the made supporting the Syrian opposition 30 shoes.” —AP Assad’s forces advance into rebel-held district Syrian troops try to secure capital from rebels AMMAN: Syrian troops backed by tanks and “They made inroads into Qaboun. We are still with Sunni Qaboun pitted against an adjacent artillery moved into a rebel-held district of on the high buildings but they took lots of civil- neighborhood inhabited by members Assad’s Damascus yesterday, stepping up efforts to drive ians to prevent us from hitting them,” said Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi’ite Islam that has opposition fighters from the capital and build on Mohammad Abu al-Hoda of the Free Syrian dominated the state since the 1960s. battlefield gains elsewhere in the country, a Army. He said the hostages were being held in a The opposition Syrian National Coalition said rebel commander said. Opposition sources said mosque and two schools. in a statement that 200 people were trapped in a troops loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad The Qaboun Coordination Committee, an mosque in Qaboun and 40,000 civilians in advanced into the neighborhood of Qaboun activist group, said at least 60 people had been Qaboun and nearby Barzeh have been under after subjecting the Sunni Muslim district to killed in Qaboun over the last few days by the siege for the last seven months and face the heavy shelling. Two adjacent rebel-held neigh- shelling and subsequent clashes. A working threat of being wiped out by indiscriminate borhoods have been under sustained fire in class district, Qaboun was one of the first areas shelling. ATHENS: Racist violence victim Omar, 28, from Guinea, hides his face as he talks to recent weeks to cut off the movement of rebel of Damascus to demonstrate against four The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a AFP in Athens. His story matches those of most of the 154 victims of racist violence fighters. decades of rule by Assad and his late father pro-opposition monitoring group, said that the recorded in Greek public venues in 2012, 107 of which occurred in Athens. — AFP Diplomats and security sources said Assad before becoming a centre of armed resistance detained residents were able to flee the mosque appeared intent on securing the capital from after security forces killed dozens of Sunni on Saturday. But it said locals were struggling to rebels that pose a threat to his troops, who are Muslim protesters. The conflict has taken on a cope with shortages of food and medicine and Racist attacks on dug into positions in the centre of the city. sectarian dimension seen elsewhere in Syria, the presence of snipers. — Reuters Backed by guerrillas from the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, Assad has recaptured impor- the rise in Greece tant regions in central Syria in the past two months, linking Damascus to his Alawite heart- ATHENS: Omar Diallo’s head is still swollen Frenchman, who has been living in Athens land on the coast. His troops now appear after a recent assault on the streets of for a year said. focused on eliminating the rebel threat to the Athens which left him with several stitches. A watchdog recording racial violence capital. Having fled his troubled homeland of counted 154 victims in 2012, 107 of whom Assad’s gains, after more than two years of a Guinea, the 28-year-old is no stranger to were assaulted in Athens. In at least eight war that has killed more than 90,000 people, violence, but the virulent racism he says he cases, victims or witnesses said they recog- come amid growing signs of rebel infighting has experienced in crisis-hit Greece has nized people associated with neo-Nazi par- that has pitted Islamist fighters against the come as a shock. In the Athens neighbor- ty Golden Dawn. Omar, who used to study Western- and Arab-backed Free Syrian Army. In hood where he lives-an area full of empty, international relations in Conakry, feels that Qaboun, Republican Guards troops detained graffiti-covered shops with “for rent” and racial attacks have surged since conserva- hundreds of people in public places to prevent “for sale” signs on the windows-it has tive Prime Minister Antonis Samaras came rebel fighters from hitting government troops as become increasingly dangerous to be a to power in June 2012. That is when Golden they breached rebel defenses and entered the dark-skinned foreigner. Dawn was elected into parliament for the district, activists said. There was no immediate “There are zones where we no longer first time, winning 18 seats out of an overall comment on the fighting from the Syrian gov- have the right to go, or where we can only 300. “They felt politically fortified,” Omar ernment and Reuters was not able to verify go in groups.” He was on his own when he said. opposition accounts. was assaulted. The attack was swift and silent, unaccompanied by racist taunts or ATTACKS ‘ALMOST EVERY DAY’ REPUBLICAN GUARDS demands. “Four people got hold of me on According to the report on racial vio- Qaboun contains an industrial area through the street, one of them hit me with some lence, only 24 of the victims made a formal which rebels had been linking up with opposi- object on the head. I fell down and they hit complaint to the police in 2012. “In my tion units in the north-eastern suburb of me. When they finished, they left.” Omar understanding, they (perpetrators) try not Harasta. Republican Guards units overran the fled his west African home after a to kill, but to make visible injuries, so as to industrial area and besieged Qaboun with T-72 MAARET AL-NUMAN: The father of three-year-old Khaled Baour weeps as he holds the body of September 2009 stadium massacre during spread the fear to the communities,” said tanks while units on high ground in the centre of his son who was killed alongside his older sister Safia, 14, after a shell landed on their family an opposition rally. His father was among Doctor Nikitas Kanakis, secretary general of the capital hit Qaboun with rockets and artillery, home while they gathered to break their fast with the iftar meal, prior to their burial late on the 157 killed, while he was thrown in jail. the Greek branch of the non-governmental according to a rebel commander there. July 14, 2013 in Syria’s southern Idlib province. — AFP After being released he decided to leave group Doctors of the World. Kanakis has his country where he said he feared for his long tried to highlight the problem, and life. But just a few years after coming to victims of racial attacks often turn to him Athens in search of a better future, he instead of going to a hospital. Putin foe awaits found himself lying in the street, blood He has brought attention to several Violence rages in dripping from his head, until police officers attacks such as the case of a 14-year-old explosive verdict found him and took him to the hospital. His Afghan boy, whose face was slashed by a Northern Ireland story is not unique. “I saw a young Pakistani broken bottle in an Athens neighborhood MOSCOW: Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny will being beaten right in front of me, by two dominated by neo-Nazis. “Almost every day on Thursday hear the verdict in his trial on embezzle- BELFAST: Rioters threw petrol bombs, any more violence. Both the Protestant giants, who ran through the whole bus to in various parts of the country, particularly ment charges which could see one of the top foes of bricks, bottles and fireworks at police in a Orange Order, which organizes the march- get to him and then kicked him violently in Athens, racist attacks occur,” said Giorgos President Vladimir Putin eliminated from politics and third night of violence in Northern Ireland es, and the devolved government, called out on the street. I did not interfere Tsabropoulos, head of the UNHCR’s Athens jailed for up to six years. Navalny, who rose to promi- around traditional Protestant marches, for calm. “It’s very important that cool because I was scared,” a mortified retired office. —AFP nence in Russia with a blog exposing corruption, wounding one officer yesterday. Protesters heads prevail in these circumstances and I insists that the charges of embezzling timber while he built a burning barricade across one road hope people will obey the announcement worked as an unpaid advisor to the northern Kirov and burned out one car during the clashes and statement by the Orange Institution region have been fabricated to punish him for daring that first flared on Friday following a dis- that people should desist from violence,” Prague railway station to to challenge Putin. pute over a marching route. said Peter Robinson, who heads the gov- The father of two, 37, says he expects to be convict- Thousands of pro-British Protestants ernment. Protestant marchers, unhappy become Shoah memorial ed by judge Sergei Blinov, who has not handed down march every summer, a regular flashpoint because authorities ruled they could not a single acquittal in his judicial career. The only doubt for sectarian violence as Catholics, many of walk along a stretch of road that divides PRAGUE: A Prague railway station that saw town Prague, right for the city of Kladno. is whether he will be given a suspended term or sent whom favor unification with Ireland, see the two communities, started throwing tens of thousands of Czech Jews leave for But during the war, dozens of convoys set to jail. “I am ready for any verdict,” Navalny told the parades as a provocation. A 1998 peace bricks and bottles at police on Friday. The ghettos and Nazi death camps between out from here in a completely different Moscow Echo Radio in an interview ahead of the hear- deal mostly ended decades of sectarian force responded with water cannon and 1941 and 1945 is to become a memorial for direction-towards the ghettos in Lodz, ing. “I understand that it will be a guilty verdict. There strife in the British province but trouble still rubber bullets. Forty-four police officers those who died. Czech Jews and Holocaust Poland and Terezin outside Prague. The is just this curious alternative-either a suspended sen- breaks out, particularly around the Orange have been wounded over the weekend and survivors have for years been calling for a ghettos served as transit camps for Jews tence from the fabricated case or a prison term from parades which mark a 1690 Protestant vic- 49 people arrested, including one aged 10. memorial for the Prague-Bubny station, before they were sent to Auschwitz in the fabricated case.” The verdict comes as Navalny tory over a Catholic king. Special court sittings were held on Sunday which last year welcomed a theatre troupe Poland or other Nazi German death camps. campaigns against ruling party incumbent Sergei Police said they had brought hundreds to deal with 10 of those charged and most that roamed the Czech Republic and A total of 45,513 Czech Jews-men and Sobyanin to become mayor of Moscow in elections on of reinforcements from Britain to cope with were remanded in custody. — Reuters Poland on board a train to perform a play women, grandparents and children alike- September 8, his first crack at winning high office. But about the Holocaust. Now Shoah Memorial passed through Prague-Bubny to take the any conviction, including a suspended term, would Prague, a newly formed non-profit organi- fateful train ride. Only a couple of thousand mean Navalny could not run and his supporters have zation, is making it happen. of them survived the war that killed around argued that the unusually fast-tracked trial that only The memorial “won’t be your classic 80,000 Czech Jews. “My transport left started in April is aimed at ensuring he does not take museum but rather a place where we’ll be Prague on October 28, 1941,” said Maja part. able to have dialogue on the Holocaust”, Dohnalova, who attended the opening of Blinov will read out the verdict in the small provin- said project mastermind and filmmaker the exhibition. “I was with my mum and sis- cial courthouse in Kirov, a usually sleepy outpost 600 Pavel Stingl. “We are only at the beginning ter. I was 13 and we were told we would kilometers from Moscow which is expected to be of our journey. If everything goes well, the come back in three months as this stupid swarmed by journalists and Navalny supporters on memorial will open in four years,” he said. In war could not last longer. Thursday, with flights and hotels booked out. A high the meantime, the station will host a num- “There were about 5,000 of us who were security presence is expected there and in Moscow, ber of temporary exhibitions, the first of deported by the Nazis to Lodz. And only with supporters warning of protests should there be a which-called Kaddish or “magnification of 276 of us returned to the country after the guilty verdict. The trial against Navalny-who also faces God’s name” in Hebrew opened in June. war.” More than seven decades after her several other probes yet to come to court-is seen by The Kaddish is also the Jewish prayer of deportation, Dohnalova said she still feels the opposition as part of Putin’s crackdown on the mourning, and on the station’s walls are intense emotion at the station. The Czech opposition since he returned to the Kremlin for a third sepia-tinted photographs with the smiling capital already has one Shoah memorial- term in May 2012. Navalny’s streetwise rhetoric and faces of hundreds of Czech Jews later sent the Pinkas synagogue in the old Jewish populist charisma meant he emerged as the most to death camps. quarter, a busy area popular with tourists. effective of the opposition leaders who led the BELFAST: Riot police secure the Woodvale area close to Ardoyne in north Belfast, On the peeling facade of the station, Built in 1535 in the late Gothic style, its unprecedented protests against Putin that broke out Northern Ireland yesterday. Rioting has continued for a third night in several loyalist which is still in use, are two dusty arrows inner walls bear the names of Czech in December 2011. —AFP areas after the annual July 12 Orange parade was blocked from passing through the indicating train directions-left for down- Holocaust victims. —AFP Catholic district of Ardoyne. — AP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 German spies ‘use US surveillance data’ State surveillance highly sensitive topic in Germany

BERLIN: Germany’s foreign intelligence agency (BND) than she has let on. Citing US government sources, Merkel, who has said she first learned about the US Hans-Peter Friedrich, is due to brief the parliamentary has known about US surveillance and storage of Bild said the BND had asked the US National Security surveillance program from the media, pledged on committee responsible for Germany’s intelligence German data for years and used it in cases of Germans Agency (NSA) for the email and telephone records of Sunday to seek tougher European Union data protec- agencies about his trip this week. kidnapped abroad, the mass-circulation daily Bild German citizens kidnapped in Yemen or Afghanistan tion rules and said she expected Washington to stick A poll last week by the Forsa opinion research reported yesterday. Questions over how much the to help ascertain their whereabouts and contacts. to German laws in future. Those remarks were the institute showed 4 out of 5 Germans did not believe German government and its own security agencies The BND was not immediately available for com- closest she has come to acknowledging that the government when it said it knew nothing of NSA knew about US surveillance have touched a raw nerve ment. Last month, the United States confirmed the Washington may have breached Germany’s strict spying. Last week Merkel’s spokesman said German in Germany, given historical memories of spying on existence of an electronic spying operation code- laws. intelligence agencies cooperated with American citizens by former communist East Germany and the named PRISM after ex-spy agency contractor Edward Last week Merkel sent her interior minister to peers but their interaction fulfilled Germany’s legal Nazi regime. Snowden revealed that it mines data from European Washington to demand answers but he has been guidelines. Viviane Reding, the EU’s justice chief said The matter has also become an issue in Chancellor and other users of Google GOOG.O, Facebook FB.O, derided by opposition parties for failing to return with yesterday she welcomed Merkel’s commitment to Angela Merkel’s campaign for re-election to a third Skype and other US companies. In a separate leak, any concrete US assurances, despite fighting talk in strong, uniform EU data protection rules. She said term in office and, although favored to win, she is Washington was accused of eavesdropping on EU and advance that he would make clear he did not expect such laws were the best way to ensure protection of keen to quash any impression that she knew more German offices and officials. such behavior from a partner country. The minister, the personal data of EU citizens. — Reuters France sees Merkel edging towards centre in Europe France looks for a mellower Merkel post-election

PARIS: With quiet satisfaction, France’s Socialist govern- a Greek exit led to a euro-zone breakup. was a German election stunt. Merkel that it would have a clear say on policy and sen- ment has watched Angela Merkel strike an ever softer In the 50th anniversary year of the World War Two “She is doing this with two things in mind,” a French ior representation in government. “A grand coalition stance on Europe in recent months as she prepares for foes’ 1963 friendship pact, Berlin and Paris struck a diplomatic source acknowledged at the July 3 meeting, would help change Germany’s view of other countries. Germany’s election. What’s more, Paris believes the poll “Realpolitik” truce. France got more breathing space to which critics derided as a “show summit” with little sub- And abroad, Angela Merkel wouldn’t be seen as the might just nudge the conservative chancellor yet fur- get its public finances in shape but has dropped talk of stance. “First, to prepare the election - and no one can only winner,” said a senior French source of the scenario. ther from the hardline fiscal austerity policies she has euro debt mutualisation and other projects that are blame her for that. Second, there is the European angle: CONVINCING VISION embodied for much of the euro zone’s debt crisis. With anathema to Berlin. Hot potatoes such as completing to show Germany cares about youth unemployment Even in a grand coalition, Merkel is not seen backing two months to go before the Sept 22 election, Francois the EU’s banking union must also wait till next year. and is open to new ideas.” Wishful thinking? Much will down from core positions on Europe such as rejection Hollande’s government rates Merkel’s chances of secur- Some in Hollande’s Socialist party continue to rail depend on the exact vote count and weeks of coalition of Eurobonds and reluctance to allow regulatory control ing a third term at “85, even 90 percent”, a senior aide against Merkel’s “self-centered intransigence” and to negotiations that will ensue in Berlin in the likely event of the German banking sector to slip too far out of told Reuters. More strikingly, it is comfortable with that depict German policies as the main obstacle to reviving that no party secures an outright majority. national hands. But there is hope in France that left- outcome. the European economy. leaning allies would be able to squeeze a few significant Just a year ago, Merkel contemplated letting debt- Yet Hollande - who during his 2012 presidential cam- ‘DIVINE SURPRISE concessions on Europe. Paris has made no secret of its stressed Greece be jettisoned from the euro currency paign was denied a reception in Berlin by Merkel - has Merkel is riding high in the polls with around 40 per- displeasure with Jose Manuel Barroso, the Portuguese zone, while the newly-elected Hollande pondered lead- refused to give explicit backing either to the incumbent cent support - not enough for her Christian Democrats conservative heading the European Commission. When ing a revolt of southern states to counter a feared or to Peer Steinbrueck, rival candidate of the German to rule alone. Her current liberal Free Democrat part- his mandate ends in 2014 it would look to a grand coali- German hegemony over Europe. Both stepped back Social Democrats. He did attend the Social Democrats’ ners risk dipping below the five percent threshold to tion in Berlin to back a centre-left successor: in French from confrontation. Hollande saw it was bad for French 150th anniversary bash in Leipzig, but then so did win any parliamentary seats. In the quest to broaden eyes European Parliament President Martin Schulz, a debt yields for France to be aligned with troubled states Merkel. When Merkel hosted a Berlin summit this month her appeal past her conservative grass roots, Merkel’s German, would be the front-runner. such as Greece or Italy; and Merkel feared her rising to show she wants to tackle the scourge of youth unem- manifesto includes nods to policies such as a minimum Hollande could also look to Berlin for backing to unpopularity outside Germany was a political liability, ployment in Europe, Hollande was happy to be at her wage, which Hollande’s Socialists have long argued accelerate and expand an EU growth pact agreed at a and was spooked by the huge potential cost to Berlin if side - despite concerns in his party that the whole thing Germany should embrace to match similar provisions in June 2012 summit, a 120-billion-euro package of France. Keynesian stimulus measures which Paris complains is “It has been a bit of a divine surprise in Paris that, in not being implemented quickly enough. And Paris will mid-campaign, instead of turning into an even tougher need political cover from Berlin if it once again falls cookie, Angela Merkel has become a sweeter proposi- short on deficit-cutting promises to Brussels. Credit rat- tion,” noted Thomas Klau of the European Council on ings agency Fitch’s Friday move to downgrade France Foreign Relations. If Merkel does not win an outright underlined persistent fears of debt overshoots. majority and the FDP are not available as partners, the All of this could make for a cosier Franco-German next choice as coalition partner would likely be the couple. But some argue that, unless that couple goes on Social Democrats (SPD), currently struggling at around to really tackle Europeans’ main concerns - unemploy- 25 percent of the vote. She might also try for a deal with ment being top of the list - it will not be enough to stop the ecologist Greens, but they look more incompatible voters turning massively to Eurosceptic parties such as with her Christian Democrats and especially with the France’s anti-immigrant National Front in European Bavarian Christian Social Union. elections next year. “I expect Francois Hollande and Badly burnt by a 2005-2009 “grand coalition” with Angela Merkel to accelerate the drive towards European Merkel in which it hemorrhaged voters, the SPD would integration,” said a senior diplomat in Paris. “They have only enter a similar pact again if it won assurances from to set out a convincing vision.”— Reuters

VATICAN: Pope Francis kisses a baby at the end of his first Angelus prayer in front of his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo. — AFP Pontiff readies trip to simmering Brazil VATICAN: Pope Francis travels to Brazil later this month major changes. on his first foreign visit as pontiff, to a country driven by A son of Italian immigrants, Francis knows the prob- social tensions and with the highest number of lems and injustices of the region well. He is not con- Catholics in the world. On July 22, he will fly into an cerned about possible demonstrations, his friend the emerging economic powerhouse in tumult following archbishop emeritus of Sao Paulo, Claudio Hummes, sometimes violent protests against corruption, the poor said recently. The visit, which wraps up on July 28, is public services and the glaring gulf between rich and centered on World Youth Day-a Catholic festival held poor. The 76-year-old Argentinean, Latin America’s first every two years in a different city. The pope will visit a pope, has proved popular thanks to his humble manner, favela shantytown, a hospital and the Marian sanctuary personal touch and reformist views. Doctrinally howev- of Aparecida on the road between Rio de Janeiro and er, he remains a conservative and has yet to implement Sao Paulo. More than two million people are expected at the youth event. It has taken on added significance after the shock resignation of Benedict XVI in February and the election of Buenos Aires archbishop Jorge Bergoglio to replace him. Bergoglio chose the papal name of Francis after St Francis of Assisi, a mediaeval Italian saint known for his closeness to the poor. He has called for a “poor Church for the poor”, denouncing the “tyranny of money” and the “globalization of indifference” against refugees. “I think he will continue, deepen and illustrate his social preaching in Brazil,” Marco Politi, a Vatican expert said. “Since his election, he has denounced new forms of slavery, exploitation, inequality and the irresponsibili- ty of certain social forces,” he said. Francis, the first non- European pope in seven centuries, has rejected the pomp of the Vatican. He has also turned down ban- quets with Brazilian officials, preferring to meet young people and local priests. The pontiff has spoken out in favor of creating a youthful, more vibrant Church. Two days after his elec- tion, he called on the world’s cardinals to pass on their wisdom to the young “like good wine that gets better over the years.” With its 123.3 million faithful, Brazil is the most Catholic country in the world-although the Catholic Church faces growing competition from the evangelicals who now account for 22.2 percent of the population. “We will see if he follows protocol of not, if he avoids traditional welcome speeches with officials. These will be signals,” Politi said. The Vatican expert said he did not exclude a grand reconciliation with Liberation Theology, a social movement in Latin America Catholicism that was severely criticized by late pope John Paul II for being too leftist. Francis, said Politi, is a representative of “Popular Theology, which is neither Marxist nor politi- cized but denounces with force the horrors of poverty, inequality and economic mechanisms”. — AFP TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Obama to honor Bush’s volunteer efforts

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama ognizing a volunteer or nonprofit service George W. Bush, in April. Bush, 89, was Bushes and the Obamas will have lunch for national voluntary service, the White will salute volunteer efforts by former providing organization. Bush, who will confined to a wheelchair at that event. together, a White House official said. House official said. President George H.W. Bush yesterday attend, established the award in 1989 as The award is going to an Iowa couple, The meeting with the Bushes comes In the past year, the government has and launch a task force to expand part of his efforts to recognize and pro- Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton, who two weeks after the president participat- created volunteer groups that work with national service, a White House official mote volunteer work and will be at the are the founders of a nonprofit that deliv- ed at a event in Tanzania with former the Federal Emergency Management said. event. ers free meals to children in the United President George W. Bush. Agency on disaster response and with At a White House event, Obama and The two presidents were last together States and around the world. Obama is expected to announce the the Education Department to improve first lady Michelle Obama will honor the at the dedication of the presidential Former first lady Barbara Bush will also creation of a new task force that will iden- school performance, the White House 5,000th “Daily Point of Light” award rec- library of Bush’s son, former President be attend the event. Afterward, the tify ways to enlist private sector support said. —Reuters Zimmerman acquittal stirs protest in California cities Death of an unarmed black SAN FRANCISCO: Protesters in Los Interstate 10 by the Crenshaw Ave. Tribune said crowd was largely and “The whole system is racist.” Angeles and Oakland blocked traffic exit, shutting the busy freeway for peaceful, but by 10 p.m. a smaller Rand Powdrill, 41, of San Leandro and clashed with police in a day of about 30 minutes. Some carried a group of protesters began vandaliz- said he came to “protest the execu- protests in California against the large poster with a photo of Martin. ing businesses. tion of an innocent black teenager.” acquittal of George Zimmerman in Others rode bicycles as traffic came KGO-TV reported that rocks and “If our voices can’t be heard, then the shooting death of Trayvon to a standstill. bottles were thrown toward police. this is just going to keep going on,” Martin. Several people were arrested Officers eventually dispersed the The police communications office he said. in Los Angeles. Los Angeles police crowd, police Cmdr. Andrew Smith said early Monday that the protest A similar march shut down said they began making arrests early said. However, at a nearby street cor- had wound down, but had no infor- Crenshaw Boulevard in the heart of Monday morning after about 80 pro- ner a crowd threw rocks and flash- mation if any arrests had been made. Los Angeles’ historic black neighbor- hood. It was peaceful until small groups broke away from the march, Smith said. By late Sunday, a few SAN FRANCISCO: In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, sur- dozen remaining protesters vivors of an Asiana Airlines jetliner that crash landed in San Francisco on marched to Hollywood Blvd. and put July 6 wait at the exit of the Hangzhou Railway Station in Hangzhou, the traffic at a busy intersection at a capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, yesterday. The returnees are stu- standstill. dents and teachers from Jiangshan Middle School who traveled with a 34- The demonstrations came a day member group to the US to attend a summer camp. —AP after Zimmerman was cleared of all charges in the February 2012 death of the 17-year-old Martin in in Americans urged to help Florida. Zimmerman has maintained the shooting was an act of self- defense. The death of an unarmed bring Cuban 5 back black teen unleashed debate across the U.S. over racial profiling. to their homeland In downtown Oakland Saturday night, people broke windows, van- WASHINGTON: On June 5, at the closing She has been an inspiration and guide to dalized cars and buildings and start- event for the second “5 Days for the Cuban the new generations of Cuban dancers and ed small fires in the streets. Local 5 in Washington DC” a packed hall heard a with her own consummate style has left an media reports said some Oakland moving appeal from the legendary Cuban indelible mark on the international world marchers vandalized a police squad ballerina Alicia Alonso. In her message, of dance. car and officers formed a line to Alonso who began her professional career Currently some of her former and more block the protesters’ path. in New York City, said that she knows how famous students are dancing at the Footage from a television heli- people in the United States think and how American Ballet Theater, the Boston Ballet, copter showed people spray-paint- much they love justice and that is why she the San Francisco Ballet, the Washington LOS ANGELES: Police officers hold a line against demonstrators on Crenshaw Boulevard near the ing anti-police graffiti. is asking them to help bring the Cuban 5 Ballet, the Cincinnati Ballet and the Royal I-10 freeway during a protest in Los Angeles Sunday, the day after George Zimmerman was In a statement Sunday, Oakland back home to their loved ones. Ballet, to name just a few. found not guilty in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. —AP Mayor Jean Quan said Martin’s death Alicia Alonso is regarded internationally Through more than half a century in the “raised powerful, incredibly difficult as the prima ballerina and choreographer. world of ballet Alicia Alonso has received testers gathered in Hollywood on light batteries at officers, prompting Demonstrations across the state issues” surrounding racial profiling, In 1955 her company became the Ballet of more than one hundred national distinc- Sunset Boulevard and an unlawful them to fire beanbag rounds. The were largely peaceful Sunday after- but she criticized vandals who “dis- Cuba. Alonso, Director of the BNC for 60 tions and 177 international recognitions. In assembly was declared. protest wound down late Sunday, but noon as hundreds took to the streets honored the memory of Trayvon by years, performed with the American Ballet June 2002 she was designated UNESCO More than 100 Los Angeles police some scattered groups remained. to march in support of the slain 17- engaging in violent activities that Theater (ABT) between 1941 and 1948, ear- Goodwill Ambassador for her outstanding officers in riot gear converged on the Police spokesman contacted ear- year-old, blocking traffic on major hurt our growing economy and ly in her career, and was in that North contribution to the development, preserva- crowd and ordered people to dis- ly Monday declined to comment. streets of San Francisco, Oakland and endangered people.” American company where she made her tion and popularization of classical dance perse. Police said they made seven In Oakland, police confronted a Los Angeles. “We will not tolerate violence in debut in the role of “Giselle”, considered the and for her devotion to the art-form. arrests throughout the day, The Los crowd at a downtown intersection Police closed San Francisco’s our city,” Quan said. summit of their interpretations. On June 3, 2010 the American Ballet Angeles Times reported. after a small crowd began breaking Market Street and escorted about The Oakland demonstration fol- Alicia Alonso’s interpretations of Giselle Theater of New York paid tribute to her Earlier in the evening, Los windows and spray painting graffiti 400 people as they marched across lowed a raucous but largely peaceful and Carmen and other works from the clas- 90th birthday by hosting a special artistic Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti urge Sunday night, the Oakland Tribune downtown to the waterfront Ferry rally in San Francisco. sical repertoire are regarded as the pinna- gala held at the Metropolitan Opera House, protesters Sunday night to “practice reported. Building. The racially diverse crowd Police say officers escorted cle of Latin American ballet in all its history. headquarters of the ABT in New York. peace” in a Twitter posting, after Protesters marched about five of protesters banged drums, blew demonstrators as they marched on groups of people broke off from a miles before sitting at a major street whistles and held signs that declared the city’s Mission District. The group large march and walked onto intersection and blocking traffic. The “Zimmerman: the people say guilty,” was dispersed by 10 pm. —AFP Mexican kid-free couples Army helicopters buzzed fuel high-end boom Democratic leader MEXICO CITY: While their parents may have you tell us about Mexico?’” said Franco scrimped and saved to raise small armies of Calderon, president of Latin American Retail Washington city heads to Senate children on a single paycheck, growing num- Connection, which helps consumer goods bers of high-earning Mexican couples are put- stores set up shop in the region. PORT ANGELES: Army special operations over the city,” Deputy Police Chief Brian rule showdown ting the department store before the baby car- His firm is working on plans with luxury lin- helicopters on a training exercise buzzed Smith said. WASHINGTON: Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid is riage. gerie brand Agent Provocateur to debut in around the small city of Port Angeles, After multiple calls to Puget Sound-area Couples with dual incomes but no kids, or Mexico through top-end department store Wash., late Thursday in an episode that the military bases, Clallam County Sheriff Bill driving his chamber toward rule changes that would help President Barack Obama win confirmation for some of his “Dinks,” are on the rise in Mexico, nearly dou- chain Palacio de Hierro. mayor says “terrorized my city.” Benedict was finally able to determine bling since 2005. They are buoying a growing Dinks, a concept born in the 1980s, are still a An Army official apologized Friday for about mid-day Friday that the helicopters nominees for posts overseeing workers’ and consumers’ rights. But the changes might strip future senators of their high-end goods market, splashing out on small subset of Mexicans, making up a project- the unannounced training mission. belonged to the Army, The Peninsula Daily everything from expensive lingerie to home ed 3.4 percent of households at the end of Dozens of alarmed residents called News reported Col. H. Charles “Chuck” prized ability to delay action. Reid, D-Nev., planned to continue his push to let nomi- decor. 2012. That compares with 4.5 percent in police to ask what was going on. Hodges Jr., garrison commander at Lewis- Though just over a million in number, the regional peer Brazil, 14 percent in the United “No one had any warning about the hel- McChord, told the newspaper that he had nees win approval with a simple majority of senators’ back- ing instead of the 60-vote threshold that has stalled many couples are a gold mine for leading brands, States and 17.6 percent in the United Kingdom. icopters, no one said anything afterward, launched an investigation and was meet- and their spending habits are shoring up con- But analysts see the number continuing to and today city officials had to spend hours ing with unit commanders at the base. nominations. All 100 senators have been invited to a closed- to-the-public meeting Monday evening to seek a compro- sumer demand as Mexico’s economy cools. grow, thanks to powerful social changes. just trying to find out what had happened - “I apologize, this is totally unacceptable,” Sandra Rodarte, 27, an events producer Mexican women, who once were far likelier who had invaded Port Angeles,” said Cherie he said. mise on how to approach those nominated to serve in sen- ior positions in Obama’s administration. who shops for Apple products and loves fine to be looking after children than becoming Kidd, mayor of the Olympic Peninsula city Hodges said the helicopters - he men- whiskies, drops at least 10,000 pesos ($780) a lawyers, accountants or doctors, are now about 60 miles west of Seattle. tioned four Chinooks - were over Port “We’re not touching judges,” Reid said Sunday. “This is not judges. This is not legislation. This is allowing the people of month on non-essentials like annual trips to almost as well educated as men. The Army said the helicopters involved Angeles from about 11:15 p.m. to shortly the United States. In 1960, only 0.5 percent of women had a included both twin-engine Chinooks and before midnight Thursday. America to have a president who can have his team ... in place.” She and her live-in boyfriend have no plans university degree. By 2010 the number had Blackhawk attack helicopters. An Army spokesman for Hodges’ office to raise a family, she explains while lunching at leapt to almost 16 percent - just a fraction The training exercise involved part of did not immediately return an Associated Reid was expected to address the issue during a morning speech at an advocacy organization linked to the Center for the exclusive marble-clad shopping mall, behind their male peers. the 160th Special Operations Aviation Press phone call Friday evening. Antara, in downtown Mexico City. Meanwhile, birth rates in Mexico have Regiment, which is based at Fort Campbell, Kidd said she plans to meet Monday American Progress, a liberal think tank with close ties to the White House. “It’s more fun, freer ... as a person and as a plunged to an estimated 2.2 babies per Ky., but has individual units in various loca- with Hodges at the base about 90 miles couple,” said Rodarte, who is conscious that woman this year from 5.7 babies in 1976, tions, said Sgt. Jimmy Norris, an I Corps south of Port Angeles. Critics of Reid’s proposal, including the Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, called Reid’s move one being a Dink means going against the grain in according to the national statistics agency. spokesman at Joint Base Lewis-McChord The helicopters were “training to work in a culture that values marriage and mother- Unlike in Europe, where the birth rate is a near Tacoma, Wash. Part of the 160th is urban environments,” Norris told the AP, that would “change the core of the Senate.” Reid and McConnell, along with their rank-and-file mem- hood. “Of course there are stigmas. Here in low 1.6, Mexican Dinks typically postpone child based at Lewis-McChord, he said. adding that the exercise involved landing Mexico, women are supposed to leave their bearing rather than avoid it altogether. Seven “Our watch commander last night at the small Port Angeles Coast Guard base. bers, have traded barbs over just what the proposed changes would be, both for Obama’s current slate of nomi- homes in white to get married as virgins.” out of 10 Mexican Dinks in the De la Riva Group reported that we received ‘dozens of calls’ It’s located across the city harbor from the Little data exists on how much Mexican survey said they want to have children eventu- complaining about low-flying helicopters downtown business area. —AP nees awaiting confirmation and for future senators who can delay or derail agendas. Dinks spend, but a 2008 study by consulting ally. One of them is Tatiana Romero, a 27-year- Democrats, who are the majority in the Senate, are push- firm De la Riva Group found that each couple old licensing compliance expert at software ing to erode the rights of minority Republicans to block con- shells out about 165,000 pesos ($12,900) per firm The Foundry. She and her boyfriend spend NY rabbi accused of trying firmation of Obama’s picks for posts on a labor rights board annum, largely on movies, restaurants and bars about 10,000 to 11,000 pesos ($780 to $860) a and a consumer protection bureau. Republicans previously - or some 220 billion pesos ($17.17 billion) in month on non-essentials, including 2,000 to pull over motorists stalled confirmation votes for Obama’s pick for labor secre- total. That infusion is helping to boost Mexico’s pesos ($160) for a nice meal. MAMARONECK: Some drivers in the sub- been made public, did not pull over. tary and chiefs of the Environmental Protection Agency and luxury goods market, which is projected to Romero, who bought a Mexico City home urbs north of New York City were startled According to her lawyer, Richard Clifford, the the Export-Import Bank, but last week, GOP lawmakers expand 12 percent this year, on par with with her partner this month, said she hopes to when they saw a man waving his arms, rabbi “just laid on the horn and started stepped aside and said they would allow those nominations growth over the last four years, according to have kids by age 33, but for now, she is happy honking his horn and flashing a silver badge screaming at her” as she obeyed a 20-mph to move forward. Bain & Company, a consulting firm. to enjoy “the acquisitive power, the ability to in a frantic effort to get them to pull over in limit in a school zone. “She was so freaked “Is there anyone out there in the world - the real world - By contrast, total retail sales grew 3.7 per- treat ourselves” that comes with two incomes traffic. Even more surprising was who was out with the horn honking and the scream- that believes that what’s going on in the Congress of the cent last year. For luxury leather goods maker and no children. suspected of doing it: a respected rabbi. ing that she called police immediately. ... I United States is good?” Reid said. “Our approval rating is low- Coach, Dinks are a growing market, company A fan of clothing brands from H&M and Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski has been believe my client was in danger with this guy er than North Korea’s.” president Ian Bickley said in an email. Zara to Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss, arrested in one case and is being investigat- and if she had gotten out of her car it could McConnell called Democrats’ proposed changes contrary The firm, which set up shop in Mexico a Romero says having a family “is something I ed in at least two more in which authorities have escalated.” to Senate tradition, which typically requires 60 votes to end decade ago, now boasts 26 locations, its grew up with. You dream about getting mar- say the apparent reason for trying to pull Borodowski denied to police he was try- debate and move forward on nominations or legislation. biggest presence in Latin America, and plans to ried and having kids.” people over was to rage at them for cutting ing to impersonate an officer, saying that he “I hope that we’ll come to our senses and not change the open a new store in the city of Queretaro this The combination of delayed parenthood him off or driving too slowly. was telling the woman only that he would core of the Senate. We’ve never changed the rules of the year. and dual income has encouraged more “That girl was driving too slow and I hate be “calling the police.” Senate by breaking the rules of the Senate,” McConnell said. And with good reason. expensive tastes. “You’re talking about relative- when people do this,” the 49-year-old Police confiscated the badge, which read: But Democrats control the Senate, and Republicans Spending in Mexico on designer apparel, ly young couples that have strong purchasing Borodowski told investigators after he was “Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority could be at their mercy. luxury accessories and fine wines hit $3.88 bil- power because they work and have enough charged with impersonating a police officer Officer 1338.” Judie Glave, a spokeswoman “We need to start talking to each other instead of at each lion in 2012, up from $2.16 billion in 2004, discretionary income that they can undoubt- in June, when he allegedly pulled his Camry for the Metropolitan Transportation other,” McConnell said. according to Euromonitor, a sales tracking firm. edly dedicate to decorating their homes,” said alongside a woman’s car in Mamaroneck, Authority, which oversees the bridge and It’s not clear a conversation would produce any agree- “We see a definite uptick in interest from Carlos Miranda, vice president of Grupo Axo, flashed a badge and shouted, “Police! Police! tunnel authority, said the badge is “totally ment. Reid calls the changes minor and narrow. McConnell brands that just a couple of years ago we never which this year brought home decor brand Pull over!” The woman, whose name has not fake.” —AP calls them unprecedented and overbroad. —AP imagined ... would be calling us and saying, Crate & Barrel to Mexico from the United ‘We’re interested in Latin America and what can States. —Reuters INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 6,000 missing a month after devastating floods

NEW DELHI: India officially declared yesterday that relief, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna cial of the National Disaster Management Authority washed away roads, while raging rivers like the nearly 6,000 people were missing a month after told a news conference, adding that his govern- told Reuters. More than 4,600 of the missing in Ganges swept away homes on their banks. flash floods ravaged large parts of its northern state ment would pay 150,000 rupees ($2,500) to families Uttarakhand had come from elsewhere in India, The disaster, dubbed a “Himalayan tsunami” by of Uttarakhand, but stopped short of saying they in the state, besides compensation from the federal said the official, who declined to be identified as he officials and media, prompted one of the largest air- were presumed dead. government. “We are not getting into the contro- was not authorised to speak to the media. lifts in the history of the Indian air force, as helicop- The figure of 5,748, based on tallies of missing versy whether the missing persons are dead or not,” Record rains in June caused devastating land- ters flew hundreds of sorties to rescue residents and persons from around the country, was the first offi- said Bahuguna. “We are abiding by what the fami- slides and flooded rivers in Uttarakhand, trapping pilgrims and drop thousands of kilograms of relief cial estimate following weeks in which the numbers lies of the victims say, and if they think that they tens of thousands of Hindu devotees, who flock material. of dead and missing fluctuated wildly from a few haven’t come back and have no hope as well, (then) there each year on a pilgrimage to the temple More than 100,000 people were rescued by the hundred to several thousand. we are providing them monetary relief.” towns of Kedarnath, Gangotri, Bandrinath and air force and security force personnel on the Their families will now be eligible for financial The official death toll still stands at 580, an offi- Yamunotri. The rains buried villages in silt and ground, officials said. — Reuters Ex-party chief jailed for 90 years in Bangladesh Crimes against humanity

DHAKA: A 91-year-old former chief of On Monday, police clashed with par- against the pro-independence fighters an Islamic party in Bangladesh was sen- ty supporters in parts of Dhaka while during the war. tenced to 90 years in jail yesterday for party activists set fire to a few vehicles Azam had openly campaigned crimes against humanity during the that tried to defy the strike call, the against the creation of Bangladesh and country’s 1971 independence war, Bengali-language Prothom Alo newspa- toured the Middle East to get support in angering both supporters who said the per reported. favor of Pakistan. He routinely met with trial was politically motivated and oppo- Police fired rubber bullets to disperse Pakistan authorities during the war. A nents who said he should be executed. an opposition procession in Dhaka’s mouthpiece of the party routinely pub- A special tribunal of three judges Jatrabari area, and some photographers lished statements by Azam and his asso- announced the decision against and cameramen were injured in the ciates calling for crushing the fighters Ghulam Azam in a packed courtroom in Dhaka, the capital. The panel said the former leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party deserved capital punishment, but received a jail sentence instead because of his advanced age and poor health. Azam was in the dock when the ver- dict was delivered while protesters out- AMRITSAR: An Indian officer measures a candidate during a physical fitness test at an Indian Army recruitment ral- side rallied to demand his execution. ly at Khasa, some 15 km from Amritsar yesterday. The Indian Army is a voluntary service and the world’s largest Both the defense and the prosecution standing volunteer army, with over a million active personnel and just under a million in reserve. — AFP said they will appeal. Azam led Jamaat-e-Islami in then- east Pakistan in 1971 when Bangladesh became independent through a bloody Afghan escapes after war. He is among several Jamaat-e- Islami leaders convicted by a tribunal formed in 2010 by the government of shooting NATO soldier Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to try those accused of collaborating with the Pakistani army in the war. KABUL: An Afghan soldier held on sus- had guarded his prison cell, assisted his soldier-and the shooter walked out of Bangladesh says the Pakistani army DHAKA: Bangladeshi police escort Ghulam Azam, the wartime head of the picion of killing a NATO soldier from breakout and also absconded. the prison and hitched a lift on the base killed 3 million people and raped country’s largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, and now its spiritual Slovakia escaped from prison and The pair managed to sneak off the from a military truck, asking to be 200,000 women during the nine-month leader from a court in Dhaka yesterday after he was sentenced to serve a walked off a heavily guarded military base by pretending that the detainee dropped off at the gate. war, and some 10 million people took 90-year prison term. — AFP base with the help of a guard, officials was sick and needed to be taken to a “The driver agreed without realising shelter across the border in India. chaos, the newspaper said. Similar vio- who fought against the Pakistani mili- said yesterday. military hospital, the general said. their identity. They simply walked off the Azam led the party until 2000 and is lence was also reported in some other tary in 1971. The escape will raise new questions The US-led International Security base and disappeared,” he said on condi- still considered to be its spiritual leader. parts of the country, several TV stations The prosecution in the trial said about the capacity and professionalism Assistance Force said it had “full confi- tion of anonymity because he was not Jamaat-e-Islami claims his trial and oth- said. Azam must take “command responsibili- of the Afghan army as the remaining dence” that the soldier would be re- authorised to speak to the media. ers were politically motivated, which The tribunal said Azam was guilty of ty” for months of atrocities perpetrated 100,000 foreign troops in the country arrested. Songs advocating the Taliban fight authorities deny. The party called for a all 61 charges under five categories: by his supporters. prepare to leave next year. “We have full confidence in our and suicide bombings had been found nationwide shutdown after the tribunal conspiracy, incitement, planning, abet- Mahbubul Alam Hanif, a leader of The soldier was arrested last Tuesday Afghan partners, that they will do an on his mobile phone during investiga- announced Sunday it would have the ment and failure to prevent killing. the ruling Awami League, said he had after opening fire on foreign troops. The investigation, they will be able to bring tions, the official said. verdict Monday. Protests stemming He and his party were accused of expected capital punishment for Azam, Slovakian died and six other soldiers this individual back to custody,” said ISAF “It appears that he was impressed by from previous verdicts have sometimes forming citizens’ brigades to commit but still he was happy that he was finally were wounded during the attack at a spokesman Brigadier General Heinz the Taliban, if he did not have a full link turned deadly. genocide and other serious crimes tried. —AP military base in the southern province of Feldmann. General Zahir Azimi, (to the insurgents),” he said. Kandahar. Officials said the Afghan sol- spokesman for the Afghan defence min- In 2012 around 60 NATO troops were dier fled his prison cell on Sunday. istry, confirmed to reporters that an killed in insider attacks in Afghanistan, “An Afghan army soldier who opened investigation had been launched. breeding fierce mistrust and threatening fire on Slovakian soldiers last week has The Taliban said the shooter, whom to derail efforts to replace NATO combat run away from detention,” General Abdul they named as Isanullah, had links to the troops with local forces next year. The Hameed, the top Afghan army com- Taliban and was helped by a fellow sol- Taliban often claim that Afghan soldiers mander in the south, said. dier to escape. who kill their NATO allies are linked to The general said another soldier, who A local official said the guard-a fellow the militant group. — AFP Stronger labour law in Bangladesh after garment factory collapse

DHAKA: Bangladesh approved yesterday a labour law Bangladesh’s garment sector into the country’s largest to boost worker rights, including the freedom to form employment generator with annual exports worth $21 trade unions, after a factory building collapse in April billion. Sixty percent of exports go to Europe. killed 1,132 garment workers and sparked debate over In late June, US. President Barack Obama cut off US. labour safety and rights. trade benefits for Bangladesh in a mostly symbolic The legislation puts in place provisions including a response to conditions in its garment sector, given central fund to improve living standards of workers, a that clothing is not eligible for US. duty cuts. requirement for 5 percent of annual profits to be “They have made progress but the government deposited in employee welfare funds and an assur- rushed with it,” said Rashed Khan Menon, president of ance that union members will not be transferred to the Workers Party of Bangladesh and a member of another factory of the same owner after labour unrest. Parliament. “They should have spent more time to “The aim was to ensure workers’ rights are strength- deliberate on the issue of compensation for the ened and we have done that,” Khandaker Mosharraf injured and dead, maternity benefits and rights of Hossain, chairman of the parliamentary sub-commit- domestic workers,” he said. The government is in talks tee on labour reforms, told Reuters. with labour groups and factory owners on a new mini- “I am hoping this will assuage global fears around mum wage for the garment sector. Its current $38-per- this issue as well,” Hossain said. month minimum pay is half what Cambodian garment The legislation is seen as a crucial step towards workers earn. curbing rising cases of exploitation in a country with 4 Bangladesh last increased its minimum garment- million garment factory workers. But activists said it worker pay in late 2010, almost doubling the lowest failed to address several concerns and blamed the pay. This time, wages are unlikely to go much higher government for enacting the law in a hurry to please as factory owners, who oppose the raise, say they can- foreigners. not afford higher salaries as Western retailers are used Bangladesh was under pressure to adopt a better to buying cheap clothing. labour law after the European Union, which gives pref- The April 24 collapse of the Rana Plaza complex, erential access to the country’s garment industry, built on swampy ground outside Dhaka with several threatened punitive measures if it did not improve illegal floors, ranked among the world’s worst industri- worker safety standards. Tax concessions offered by al accidents. A fire at another garment factory last year Western countries and low wages have helped turn killed 112 people. — Reuters Sri Lanka bans film it says insults govt forces

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has banned a film about the island century-long civil war killed an estimated 80,000 to nation’s ethnic conflict and civil war because it insults the 100,000 people. Pushpakumara was not immediately avail- government and its military, a government spokesman able for comment. said yesterday. Both the Tamil Tigers and government forces have been “It’s an illegal film which insults the security forces and accused of war crimes during the fighting. the government of Sri Lanka,” said Lakshman Hulugalla, A U.N. investigation showed that the ethnic Sinhalese- director general of the government’s Media Centre for dominated government might have killed as many as National Security. The film, “Flying Fish,” was banned in Sri 40,000 Tamil civilians in the war’s final months. Lanka because the film’s creators used images of the Sri The government denied that any civilian deaths Lankan military uniform without permission from the occurred, but said it would investigate instances of alleged Ministry of Defense, said Hulugalla, adding that legal abuses identified by its own war inquiry. A Sri Lankan com- action will be taken against those involved in making the mission report, released in December 2011, cleared the film. The distribution and screening of the film has been government forces of wrongdoing. stopped in Sri Lanka, he told reporters. The government argues that its own investigation The film directed by Sri Lankan filmmaker Sanjeewa should suffice, but international pressure has been grow- Pushpakumara had its world premiere in 2011. The film ing for an independent investigation into possible war weaves together three narratives set against the backdrop crimes. In March, the UN Human Rights Council approved a of the civil war that ended in 2009 when the government US.-backed resolution calling on Sri Lanka to more thor- forces crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, who were fighting for oughly investigate alleged war crimes committed by both a separate state for ethnic minority Tamils. The quarter- sides. — AP TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 INTERNATIONAL ASEAN meet unlikely to clear the air

KUALA LUMPUR: Officials from five significant outcome from this week’s after stressing “long-term solutions” regional economies if not resolved. demanded Indonesia punish those Southeast Asian nations met yesterday meeting. Singapore Prime Minister Lee would be the focus of the meeting. “We need to find a permanent solu- behind the blazes. to discuss the hazardous smog that Hsien Loong admitted in early July the The three nations along with Brunei tion. If not, it will have a serious impact But Jakarta says some fires have been blights the region every year, but the forest fires in Indonesia would take “a and Thailand have met on 14 previous on tourism which is a key foreign set in plantations owned by its neigh- worst-hit countries have held out little very long time” to eradicate because of occasions since 2006, but have little to exchange earner for Malaysia and bours, especially Malaysian palm oil hope of an early solution. the country’s sheer size. show for it. Singapore,” he said. The main obstacle firms. The officials from the ASEAN coun- “I know that there will be a spirit of Willem Rampangilei, Indonesia’s appears to be internal Indonesian poli- An analysis by the World Resources tries that form the bloc’s “haze commit- cooperation but I think solving the haze deputy coordinating minister of people’s tics, because slash-and-burn remains the Institute of the mid-June haze revealed tee” began two-day talks on Indonesian issue will take a very long time, with the welfare, said fighting haze was a “nation- cheapest-albeit illegal-way to clear land that half of the fire alerts in Sumatra forest fires, before their environment best will in the world,” he said. al priority” for his country and it would for agriculture. were in oil palm and pulpwood planta- ministers meet tomorrow. Malaysia’s environment minister take legal action against slash and burn Jakarta has sought parliament’s tions. Forest fires on the Indonesian island Palanivel Govindasamy refused to be offenders. “Of course this is our wish ... approval to ratify a 2002 pact on haze “It is highly likely that severe burning of Sumatra in June left neighbouring drawn on immediate solutions to the there will be no more haze,” he said on pollution which has been signed by all seasons like the one we have seen over Singapore and Malaysia choking on the haze which sent pollution levels to a 16- the sidelines of the meeting. its partners in the Association of the past several weeks will be repeated,” worst haze in more than a decade. year high, forcing a state of emergency Asked if those causing the smog Southeast Asian Nations. But the propos- it warned. The air pollution deterred tourists, in two southern districts. would be prosecuted, he said: “Sure, al was rejected in 2008. The haze has been a bone of con- forced schools to close and caused a “Our job is to work closely with sure, sure.” The treaty has been resubmitted to tention in ASEAN for nearly two decades, spike in respiratory illnesses. Indonesia and our ASEAN partners on Yeah Kim Leng, group chief econo- the current legislature, although no with the worst haze crisis in 1997-1998 But the two worst-hit nations and the haze meeting. Once an agreement is mist of RAM Holdings, said the haze cri- timeline for ratification has been given. estimated to have cost the region $9 bil- green activists hold out little hope of a reached we can go forward,” he said, sis would have a “serious knock” on Singapore and Malaysia have lion. — AFP Two Koreas fail to reach agreement on Kaesong Jointly-run industrial estate SEOUL: North and South Korea failed yesterday negotiations. “The South came up with the ludi- But it retracted its proposal a day later after to reach agreement on reopening a jointly-run crous idea of ‘internationalising’ Kaesong. Seoul only accepted the offer of talks on family industrial estate, dimming hopes of an early It is not even worth discussing because lack reunions while refusing to discuss the Mount improvement in ties after months of friction. A of foreign firms... is not the reason behind the Kumgang tours-once a valued source of hard third round of talks about the complex, which current crisis,” its official website, Uriminzokkiri, currency for the impoverished communist state. followed two failed attempts this month, again said in an editorial Monday. On Saturday North Korea said the outcome of ended without agreement, the South’s unifica- The talks-even though fruitless so far-are a the Kaesong talks would affect overall relations. tion ministry said. But the two sides will meet contrast to months of cross-border friction and “Unless the Kaesong Industrial Complex issue again, a ministry official said, adding the date threats of war by Pyongyang after its nuclear is resolved, there cannot be any progress in BEIJING: Tang Hui, together with her lawyer, sit in the Hunan Provincial People’s High would be disclosed later. test attracted tougher UN sanctions. inter-Korean relations,” it said in a statement on Court in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province yesterday. The court awarded The latest meeting was held at the suspend- Pyongyang last Wednesday proposed sepa- official media. Many Seoul businessmen with damages to the mother of a rape victim after she was sent to a labour camp for ed Kaesong industrial complex, which opened in rate meetings to discuss the resumption of sus- factories in Kaesong, facing millions of dollars in demanding her daughter’s attackers be punished, a spokesman said. — AFP 2004 10 kilometres (six miles) north of the heavi- pended cross-border tours to its scenic Mount damages due to the shutdown, have threatened ly-fortified border as a rare symbol of coopera- Kumgang resort, and the reunion of families to leave the complex permanently if the current Chinese mother wins appeal tion. separated since the Korean War. suspension continues. — AFP The zone had long remained resilient to tur- over labour for rape protest bulence in ties but eventually became the most high-profile victim of the latest flare-up follow- BEIJING: A Chinese court awarded com- week in the camp before being released ing Pyongyang’s February nuclear test. pensation yesterday to a mother sent to a following a public outcry. The North, citing perceived hostility by the labour camp after demanding justice for On Monday, Hunan’s high court over- South and its joint army exercises with the US, in her daughter who had been raped, in a turned an April decision from a lower court April withdrew all its workers and banned entry high-profile case that sparked debate and ordered the Yongzhou municipal re- by southerners, prompting Seoul to pull out its about reform of the controversial labour- education through labour commission to managers in early May. camp system. offer 2,941 yuan ($480) to Tang in compen- At a rare meeting earlier this month, the two Authorities in the southern city of sation for infringing on her personal free- sides agreed in principle to reopen the estate, Yongzhou in Hunan province sentenced dom and inflicting mental distress. where 53,000 North Koreans worked in 123 Tang Hui to 18 months in a labour camp However, while Hunan’s high court Seoul-owned factories producing textiles or last August for “disturbing social order” maintained that Tang’s behaviour was still light industrial goods. after she demanded the men who had illegal, it criticised the Yongzhou authorities But little progress has been made since then raped her then 11-year-old daughter be for inappropriately handling her case by amid squabbles over which side will take executed. China’s “re-education through sending her to the labour camp. responsibility for the suspension, and labour” system, in place since 1957, The high court also did not demand the Pyongyang’s refusal to accept Seoul’s demand empowers police and other agencies to Yongzhou government issue a written for firm safeguards against another unilateral detain people for up to four years without a apology for Tang as she had requested. shutdown. Seoul also wants to allow foreign court process. Still, one of Tang’s lawyers said he was firms to operate in Kaesong in an apparent bid Despite long-standing international crit- happy with the outcome. to make it more difficult for Pyongyang to shut icism of the camps, many Chinese people “It’s a very important comfort for her, the estate if relations worsen. are largely oblivious to them because many and she’s very relieved,” Xu Liping said. “She “(We) should develop Kaesong into an inter- of those who are locked up are poor and on just wants to get back to having a normal national industrial complex by allowing... busi- the fringes of society and their cases are family life now.” ness activities of foreign companies as well as not publicised. Court officials could not be reached for South Korean firms,” Seoul’s chief delegate Kim But Tang gained wide attention follow- comment. Xu said he hoped the case could Ki-Woong said in opening remarks. SEOUL: South Korea’s chief delegate Kim Ki-Woong shakes hands with his North Korean coun- ing reports in state media, with the case of expedite reform of the labour camp sys- The North has called for an unconditional and terpart Pak Chul-su at the Kaesong industrial complex in North Korea yesterday. North and a mother demanding justice for her daugh- tem. “Since last August, this case has shown quick restart, blaming Seoul’s “hostile policy” for South Korea yesterday started fresh talks on reopening a joint industrial complex whose fate ter resonating with the public. its influence on prompting reform of the the suspension and the current deadlock in is seen as a touchstone for the future reduction of tension on the Korean peninsula. — AFP State media and microbloggers seized system, and I hope this result will speed up on the case to question the labour-camp considerations among national leaders to system, saying it violated human rights and repeal it,” he said. the rule of law. A group of lawyers wrote to The government has promised to Thai university Singapore cop charged over the central government seeking the repeal phase out the system but has given no of the system. Tang spent a little over a timetable. — Reuters apologizes for gruesome double murder Hitler banner SINGAPORE: A Singapore policeman once abandoned the older victim’s car and fled portrayed as a model officer was charged to Malaysia by scooter. He was arrested 300 dead or missing in BANGKOK: Thailand’s premier university has apolo- yesterday with the gruesome double mur- within two days in neighbouring Johor gized for displaying a billboard that showed Adolf der of a businessman and his son in a case state and repatriated on Saturday. Hitler alongside Superman and other superheroes, that has shocked the city-state. Singapore media said the suspect, a China rain, typhoon saying yesterday it was painted by ignorant students Senior Staff Sergeant Iskandar Rahmat, married 14-year veteran of the force, was who didn’t realize Hitler’s image would offend anyone. 34, could face hanging if convicted of mur- bankrupt and under an official investiga- BEIJING: At least 295 people have been istry. Three more were killed and two were The huge billboard was placed outside the art fac- dering car workshop owner Tan Boon Sin, tion for failing to report his personal finan- confirmed dead or missing after rainstorms missing in Guangdong province in the ulty of Chulalongkorn University as part of a tribute to 67, and his son Tan Chee Heong, 42, last cial problems to his superiors. He was and Typhoon Soulik hit China, causing south after Soulik lashed the Chinese coast- this year’s graduating class. Wednesday. The older man was fatally banned from carrying firearms at the time floods, landslides and buildings to collapse, line on Saturday, it added. It said “Congratulations” in bold white letters and slashed in his home while his son’s body of the killings. the government said yesterday. A scenic area in Guangxi was closed and showed Hitler with his arm raised in a Nazi salute next was found a kilometre (half a mile) away There was no immediate indication of a Torrential rains have battered the south- managers detained after eight people were to Batman, Captain America, the Incredible Hulk and after being dragged under one of their motive for the murders. But a police western province of Sichuan since July 7 killed in a flash flood when a dam collapsed Iron Man. “(We) would like to formally express our sin- cars, leaving a trail of blood on a busy road spokesman confirmed reports that and have led to 68 deaths, with another upstream, the official Xinhua news agency cere apology for our students’ ‘Superhero’ mural,” art as other motorists watched in horror. Iskandar had attended to a theft complaint 179 people missing, the ministry of civil reported Monday. school dean Suppakorn Disatapundhu said in a state- Iskandar appeared dressed in a black T- filed by the elder Tan in November last year, affairs said in a statement. Officials were calculating the cost of ment issued Monday. “I can assure you we are taking shirt and jeans with his hands shackled after which the sergeant was reassigned to Another 41 deaths and two missing the typhoon, it added, with the Zhejiang this matter very seriously.” behind his back, as prosecutors read the another position. were reported from other parts of the city of Wenzhou alone facing a direct eco- The billboard was up for two days before being murder charges in court. The case has shocked Singapore, a country due to heavy downpours and nomic loss of 210 million yuan ($34 mil- removed Saturday in response to criticism. His right hand had a deep gash closed densely populated island of 5.3 million mountain torrents, according to the min- lion). — AFP Online photographs showed graduating students with stitches between the thumb and fore- people which prides itself on its low crime in their robes, mimicking Hitler’s raised arm salute. finger. No plea was taken and he was taken rate. The number of murders hit a 20-year Suppakorn said that freshman art students had away in a police car within minutes of his low of 11 in 2012, down from 16 in 2011. painted the banner as part of a traditional send-off appearance. Prosecutors said investigations In a weekend statement, Police from incoming students to the graduating class, and it were continuing. Iskandar will reappear in Commissioner Ng Joo Hee said: “Our police was one of dozens of banners and billboards across court next Monday. force and every policeman and police- the campus during the university’s commencement Iskandar, once portrayed as a model offi- woman is tarred by the actions of this sin- period. The artistic vision behind the picture was to cer on the Singapore Police Force website, gle officer. — AP show that good and bad people co-exist in the world, Suppakorn said after summoning the students for an explanation. “They told me the concept was to paint a picture of superheroes who protect the world,” the Thieves steal exotic reptiles dean said in a telephone interview. “Hitler was supposed to serve as a conceptual para- from Australian zoo dox to the superheroes,” he said, noting that the super- SYDNEY: Thieves stole a horde of exotic home and to show off to their friends”. heroes were painted in vivid colors, while Hitler’s reptiles from an Australian zoo, including a “(But) it’s definitely a concern that they image was in grey scale. “This kind of thoughtless dis- baby alligator, leaving their keepers fear- will try to sell them on the black market,” play will not happen again.” ing Monday they could be destined for the she said. The Simon Wiesenthal Center, an international black market. She said the black market value of the Jewish human rights group, had criticized the banner Twenty-three creatures, mostly snakes, animals sold together was only about prior to its removal. lizards and geckos, were taken from their Aus$10,000 (US$9,000) but their value to “Hitler as a superhero? Is he an appropriate role enclosures at the Australian Reptile Park the keepers who had cared for them, often model for Thailand’s younger generation - a genocidal north of Sydney during a night-time raid for years, was “a lot more”. hate monger who mass murdered Jews and Gypsies on Sunday, senior curator Liz Vella said. Reptile park staff said none of the ani- and who considered people of color as racially inferior,” “They had smashed through the enclo- mals stolen was dangerous but they feared Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean at the center, sures and broken doors,” she told AFP, in a they may not survive being pulled from said in a statement Friday. robbery which lasted about seven min- their specially-controlled environments, “The Simon Wiesenthal Center is outraged and dis- utes. particularly during the cool of the south- gusted by this public display at Thailand’s leading “These guys obviously came in with the ern hemisphere winter. school of higher education.” purpose of taking the animals. They defi- They might also present a danger to BEIJING: This picture taken on July 11, 2013 shows a machine being washed away by The study of history in the Thai school system nitely knew what they wanted.” each other if kept in close proximity. floodwaters in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest Chinaís Sichuan revolves primarily around the history of Thailand and Vella said officials were still speculating Vella said staff were devastated that the province. At least 295 people have been confirmed dead or missing after rainstorms its long line of kings. World history is glossed over, with on the motive behind the robbery, but animals, which included an alligator hatch- and Typhoon Soulik hit China,causing floods, landslides and buildings to collapse, little or no mention of the Holocaust. — AP usually such thefts were by young people ling, had been taken. Police are investigat- the government said yesterday. — AFP who “wanted a bunch of reptiles for their ing the robbery. — AFP TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 ANALYSIS14

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Youth attitudes shift in Great Recession

By Martha Irvine

rew Miller clearly remembers the day his father was laid off. Miller, now 25, was a freshman at an Ohio col- Dlege, full of hope and ready to take on the world. But here was this “red flag ... a big wake-up call,” he says. The prosperous years of childhood were over, and his future was likely to be bumpier than he’d expected. Across the country, others of Miller’s generation heard that same wake-up call as the Great Recession set in. But would it change them? And would the impact last? The full effect won’t be known for a while, of course. But a new analysis of a long-term survey of high school stu- Russia in Europe: strategic challenges dents provides an early glimpse at ways their attitudes shift- ed in the first years of this most recent economic downturn. Among the findings: Young people showed signs of being By Jonas Gratz West’s intervention in and recognition (by a majority of spective discounts the security policy priorities of the former more interested in conserving resources and a bit more Western states) of Kosovo. Warsaw Pact states as well as the changes in the geopolitical concerned about their fellow human beings. hile the economic importance of Russia in Europe has In order to mitigate the negative outcomes of the context and in the role of NATO. Compared with youths who were surveyed a few years increased over the past years, political relations have Georgian war and the global economic crisis, Russia under A key stumbling block is still the missile defense system before the recession hit, more of the Great Recession group Wdeteriorated. Russia under Putin is once more pursu- President Dmitry Medvedev intermittently pursued a some- that the US is planning to establish, including on bases in also was less interested in big-ticket items such as vacation ing great power ambitions and is increasingly asserting inter- what more cooperative policy aimed at economic reform after Central Eastern Europe. Moscow has long criticized homes and new cars - though they still placed more impor- ests and values that differ from those of the West. Those hop- 2008. In 2010, Russian and Norway signed a border treaty. Washington’s plans for a national missile defense as well as its tance on them than young people who were surveyed in ing for a post-imperial and democratic Russian identity have Moscow’s decision to apply for WTO membership was also an decision to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in the latter half of the 1970s, an era with its own economic largely been disabused. Europe and the US should try to important signal that the country does not wish to become 2002, though this criticism has largely been confined to mili- challenges. Either way, it appears this latest recession “has maintain their own interests through a combination of coop- isolated. Although Russia has followed up on accession with tary circles. caused a lot of young people to stop in their tracks and eration and strategic competition. new protectionist measures, the long-term consequences will The Kremlin feared that such a project would diminish think about what’s important in life,” says Jean Twenge, a There can be no security in Europe without or against be positive. Russia’s nuclear second-strike capability and warned of a loss psychology professor at San Diego State University who co- Russia - thus runs a truism in European security policy Under President Vladimir Putin, who was re-elected in of strategic stability and of a reinvigorated arms race. This criti- authored the study with researchers from UCLA. debates. Russia is regarded in Europe as a key actor in foreign 2012, the stance once more became confrontational. Putin cism was brought to greater public attention only once the The analysis, released Thursday, is published in the and security policy. Moscow explicitly affirms that view and increased military spending and reinforced integration efforts planned stationing of missiles in Eastern and Central Europe online edition of the journal Social Psychological and presents itself accordingly. As a permanent member of the UN within the post-Soviet space instead of advancing reforms to “on Russia’s borders” was announced, although these would Personality Science. Its data comes from “Monitoring the Security Council, Russia is blocking sanctions against Syria, for diversify the resource-dependent economy. In the Syrian con- have no effect on Russian nuclear missiles heading towards Future,” an annual survey of young people that began in the instance. flict, Russia has taken an uncompromising stance. The hopes the US. For Washington, stationing missiles in Eastern and mid-1970s. The authors of the study compared responses of Towards other European states, it asserts its role as an among Western observers that Russia might gradually trans- Central European states was also important for reasons of high school seniors from three time periods - 1976-1978 important provider of energy. Furthermore, the Kremlin sup- form into a partner on the international stage have thus alliance policy. This move would have satisfied the new allies’ and 2004-2006, as well as 2008-2010, the first years of the ports secessionist republics such as Transdniestr, Abkhazia, remained unfulfilled. requests for “boots on the ground”, combining it with defen- Great Recession. and South Ossetia and uses its involvement there to gain sive weapons. However, it is precisely this nexus between the They found that at the beginning of this latest recession, leverage. It thus remains unclear how security can be ensured DOMESTIC CONSIDERATIONS US and Central Eastern Europe that the Russian leadership is more of the 12th-graders were willing to use a bicycle or in Europe with Russia. The Russian leadership cultivates its antagonism against aiming to prevent. The criticism is thus primarily directed at mass transit instead of driving - 36 percent in 2008-2010, The problem is all the more acute because the Russian the West not least due to domestic considerations. The target- the interceptor missiles based in Europe. Moscow even threat- compared with 28 percent in the mid-2000s. However, that leadership is adopting an increasingly uncompromising ed efforts to define Russia as a state-centric, culturally self- ened pre-emptive strikes against these. was still markedly lower than the 49 percent of respondents stance in foreign policy. NATO and the US are considered as a contained great power serve to prop up the power of the The reduction in size of the project did nothing to assuage in the 1970s group who said the same. There were similar threat. The Russian leadership is trying to weaken the US influ- political elites. This makes it easier to reject external standards the Russian leadership either: In 2009, US President Barack patterns for other responses, such as those who said they: ence in Europe and wants to enforce a sphere of influence in and to blame “external powers” for domestic problems. Obama decided to forgo the planned permanent installation Make an effort to turn heat down to save energy: 78 percent its neighborhood. This runs contrary to the interests of the EU, This attempt at identity formation and the conjuring up of of interceptor missiles, and in 2013, he further reduced the (1976-1978); 55 percent (2004-2006); and 63 percent (2008- which strives to bring these countries closer to its own zone of external threat representations play increasingly important alternative plan for a mobile system. However, the Kremlin has 2010). Want a job directly helpful to others: 50 percent economic inclusion and integration. roles for shoring up the Russian regime, which is struggling insisted on its maximum demand of a legally binding agree- (1976-1978); 44 percent (2004-2006); and 47 percent (2008- Russia’s wish to have a say in European security policy is with growing legitimacy problems. Putin’s popularity has ment that the missiles will not be used against Russian 2010). Would eat differently to help the starving: 70 percent made as the features of authoritarianism in domestic policy been due not just to economic successes and the increase of nuclear missiles. The offers submitted by NATO for informa- (1976-1978); 58 percent (2004-2006); and 61 percent (2008- become more dominant, as seen in the rigorous approach political and economic stability achieved since the 1990s, but tional coupling of Russian and NATO missile defenses were 2010). Psychologist Patricia Greenfield said the findings fit adopted towards civil society organizations. The Russian lead- also to the perception that Russia has been restored to great deemed insufficient. with other research she’s done that shows that people ership is increasingly trying to seal off the country against for- power status. In the meantime, however, part of the popula- At the same time, the Russian leadership aims to leverage become more community-minded, and less materialistic, eign influence. tion increasingly perceives this “stability” as the hardening of a its numerical superiority in non-strategic nuclear weapons to when faced with economic hardship. “To me, it’s a silver lin- Growing insecurity and great power ambitions on the part regime regarded as corrupt and inefficient. In compensation strengthen its position. These are nuclear warheads that fit on ing,” says Greenfield, another of the study’s contributors, of Russia’s leaders are lurking behind the current develop- for the decreasing economic performance, the Russian leaders missiles with a lower range than intercontinental missiles. along with lead author Heejung Park, an advanced doctoral ments. Ambitions at restoring Russia as a great power were are therefore using foreign policy as a legitimating factor, Russia has more than twice as many of these nuclear war- student in psychology at UCLA. initially pursued quite pragmatically, but since the mid-2000s since economic reforms would imply a loss for at least some of heads than the rest of the world combined. Their analysis found that, of the three groups, the Great have been increasingly ideological and anti-Western in tone. the existing elites. The Russian leadership regards these as a counterweight Recession group was still most likely to want jobs where In terms of domestic policy, the more and more assertive In this discourse, shaped by the elites, liberal perspectives to NATO’s superiority in conventional forces. Therefore, Russia they could make a “significant” amount of money. But the claim for great power status and the focus on more external are systematically neglected. Reform-oriented actors are mar- will only negotiate on disarming non-strategic nuclear authors say that may simply be attributable to the ever-ris- power served to distract attention from the lagging domestic ginalized, while the representatives of the security services weapons if the innovative US weapons systems for conven- ing cost of day-to-day expenses, from groceries to electric reform efforts. Russia’s pursuit of greatness constitutes a grow- have gained ground. Prime Minister Medvedev, who is more tional prompt global strike capability are also on the table. and gas bills. In comparison, they note that the Great ing challenge both for the European order that emerged after liberally minded than Putin, is almost completely unable to Also, it demands that the US first remove all non-strategic US Recession group also showed a bit less interest in luxury the cold war and for the EU’s plans to transform its neighbor- assert himself. nuclear weapons remaining in Western Europe. items than the students who were surveyed in the mid- hood. If political change should remain absent in Russia in the Former finance minister Aleksey Kudrin and chief ideolo- When it comes to collective security in Europe, the Kremlin 2000s. For instance, 41 percent of high school seniors ques- future as well, disputes over interests and values in neighbor- gist Vladislav Surkov, who both advocated economic reforms, is aiming to turn back the clock not only in terms of power tioned 2008-2010 said it was important to own a vacation hood and security policy as well as in economic policy may be lower military expenditures, and lately also greater political politics, but also conceptually. In 2009, then-president home, compared with 46 percent in 2004-2006. Again, both expected to grow. EU and EFTA states must develop a strategy openness, have given up their positions. The opposition, civil Medvedev presented a treaty on a European security frame- percentages are higher than the 34 percent who said the for handling this challenge, though cooperation with Russia society organisations, and liberal academics are increasingly work. This treaty exclusively addresses inter-state conflicts and same in 1976-1978. These findings have a margin of error of continues to be possible and useful in certain areas. experiencing repression. A strengthening of the Russian lead- redefines the principle of the “indivisibility of security”: Under plus-or-minus 1 percentage point, or less. Tina Wells, CEO of ership’s legitimacy through successful domestic reforms this reasoning, parties to the treaty would not be permitted to Buzz Marketing Group, which tracks youth trends, says the SOVEREIGN GREAT POWER instead of excessive emphasis on global status has thus undertake anything that might be regarded by another state analysis fits with what she’s seen in her own work. The global aims of the Russian leadership rest on two fun- become a more distant prospect. as a security threat. Many young people, she says, are living in what she calls damental assumptions: First of all, that due to its unique histo- In this climate, a cooperative approach in foreign policy In this way, Russia ultimately wishes to gain a veto right “millennial purgatory,” unemployed or under-employed, ry and its vast territorial expanse, Russia has a claim to great can swiftly cause a loss of legitimacy for the regime, as seen in over NATO and defense cooperation within the EU. At the working in jobs below their qualifications, and sometimes power status; and secondly, that a multipolar order is desir- the nationalist criticism of the border treaty with Norway. At same time, such a treaty would imply a revision of the basic still living at home with their parents. During the Great able because it promises greater influence for Russia. Russia the same time, the fostering of nationalist ten- principles of the Organization for Security and Co- Recession the unemployment rate for 15- to 24-year-olds aims to strengthen the principles of state sovereignty and dencies may further reinforce an aggressive operation in Europe (OSCE). According to the has risen above 20 percent - more than double the overall non-interference in domestic affairs as linchpins of such a new foreign policy, as occurred before and OSCE, security encompasses not just the rate. “If you’re 22 and trying to jump-start your life right multipolar world order. after the Georgian war. A change of politico-military dimension, but also the now, it’s not so easy,” Wells says. As a result, various 20- However, these principles would only apply to a limited direction towards a more cooperative economic-social dimension and the somethings have tempered their career expectations in dif- degree to countries in Russia’s sphere of influence. Beyond foreign policy would therefore require human rights dimension. ferent ways. Until the economy improves, “I’ve been opting these considerations, however, there are few ideas as to how a substantial change in the composi- This is anathema to Russia, which for security over the perfect job,” says Calvin Wagner, a 24- such an order would function. The form of expression of tion of the political leadership. believes such an approach provides year-old accountant in suburban Cincinnati. As he bides his Russia’s great power ambition has changed over the years. the grounds for interference in time, working for a small company with little chance for Until the mid-2000s, Moscow mainly concentrated on cau- AREAS OF TENSION domestic affairs. Russia is therefore advancement, he’s studying for the exam to become a certi- tiously questioning the role of the US, which had emerged as The policies of the Russian only interested in strengthening fied public accountant. Like many of the survey respon- the dominant power since 1990. leadership explicitly position the OSCE if it can simultaneously dents, Ashley Rousseau, a 25-year-old in Miami, says she’s This was seen especially in the Kosovo and Iraq wars. their country in an antagonism weaken the human rights dimen- now more focused on a job that helps her community in Russia attempted to block and delegitimize the US moves to the West. For many con- sion, particularly as it relates to some way than in landing “a corner office.”—AP with a veto in the UN Security Council. Outside of Russia, tentious issues, cooperative solu- election monitoring. The increasing Moscow refrained from using military power. Around 2006, it tions are thus very difficult to find. tensions between Russia and the changed the trajectory of its approach. Based on a reinterpre- This is becoming clear in security West are also coming to the fore in tation of Russian history, the Kremlin developed new, state- policy matters as well as in connec- the shared neighborhood, where All articles appearing on these centric concepts. Russia increasingly defined itself as different tion with neighborhood and energy competition between Russia and the pages are the personal opinion of from the West and emphasized its own traditional values. policy. In matters of security policy, the EU has intensified. For instance, it accentuated the importance of a strong Russian leadership focuses purely on power Russia regards its neighbors to the the writers. Kuwait Times takes no state, as it was claimed that periods of weak statehood had politics. West as part of its sphere of influence. responsibility for views expressed historically coincided with chaos. Therefore, strong state struc- Moscow justifies this stance with the The EU for its part is attempting to therein. Kuwait Times invites read- tures and patriotism were prioritized over the appreciation of behavior of the Western states after 1990, encourage democratic and free-market ers to voice their opinions. Please the individual. Russia also had to demonstrate its power at the arguing that the US unilaterally expanded its reforms in these countries and to bring them international level, as Moscow believed that Western influence power by expanding NATO, although closer into its own economic and legal orbit. send submissions via email to: opin- and standards aimed to undermine strong statehood. German and US politicians had promised This antagonism is currently focused on [email protected] or via snail Subsequently, its foreign and security policy increasingly the Soviet Union in 1990, in return for Ukraine. The EU has negotiated an associ- mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. emphasized strategic competition and nuclear parity with the Germany’s peaceful reunification, to do ation agreement with Kiev that includes US, resulting in a throwback to the patterns of confrontation nothing that would diminish the security not only a free trade agreement, but The editor reserves the right to edit between the Cold War power blocs. Thus, the Georgian war of of the Soviet Union. However, the Russian also political, social, and legal aspects, any submission as necessary. 2008 and Russia’s recognition of Abkhaz and South Ossetian leadership asserts, NATO’s eastwards as well as foreign and security policy sovereignty were presented as tit-for-tat payback for the expansion is a threat to Russia. This per- cooperation.— Stratfor NEWS TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013

HYDERABAD: Indian Muslim men prepare food prior to breaking their fast during the month of Ramadan at Jama-e-Masjid Aiwan mosque in Hyderabad yesterday. Islam’s holy month of Ramadan is calculated on the sighting of the new moon and Muslims all over the world are supposed to fast from dawn to dusk during the month. — AFP UN envoy in Syria as child death toll rises

DAMASCUS: The UN’s special in the northwestern province of Observatory also reported that at envoy on children in war was in Idlib struck Maghara, where 13 least 13 people - 10 policeman and Syria for talks yesterday, as concern people were killed, the three civilians-were killed in mounts over the rising child death Observatory said. Another six peo- Damascus province on Sunday Snowden ‘trapped’ in Moscow toll in the bloody two-year conflict. ple were killed in the village of Al- night, when a car bomb exploded Six children were among 29 people Bara, four in Basamis, three in Kfar outside a police station in the town MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the or when he might grant asylum to the world’s most famous killed in a devastating army bom- Nabl in an air strike, and three in of Deir Attiya. United States of trapping US leaker Edward Snowden in fugitive. Putin said earlier this month that Snowden could bardment of five villages in the Iblin, according to the Britain- The attacks came as the army Russia, saying he would leave Russia as soon as he can. “As claim asylum in Russia only if he stopped his leaks. The northwest as residents prepared to based group, which relies on a net- pressed an offensive in the soon as there’s the chance to move somewhere he will cer- condition initially prompted the fugitive to withdraw his break the daytime fast observed by work of activists, lawyers and doc- Damascus district of Qaboon, tainly do this,” Putin said in his first public remarks since application, before the rights activists who met Snowden Muslims during the holy month of tors on the ground across Syria. The where the regime is trying to Snowden summoned several rights activists and public fig- on Friday said he had promised not to harm US interests in Ramadan, a watchdog reported dead included at least eight uproot several rebel rear-bases. The ures for a dramatic meeting at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo air- the future. yesterday. women as well as the six children, Observatory said at least 18 people port transit zone on Friday. “The conditions of receiving political asylum are known As US-and Russian-backed it added. were killed in the fighting. On Putin also accused Washington of preventing the fugi- to him. Judging by his latest statement, he is somewhat efforts to convene a Syria peace Video footage posted online by Sunday, the group warned that tive from leaving Russia after he arrived from Hong Kong changing his position, but the situation has not been final- conference have faltered, regime activists showed harrowing scenes hundreds of families were trapped on June 23. “He arrived on our territory uninvited, he did ly clarified so far,” Putin said. Russia’s Federal Migration forces have launched counter- of death and destruction in in the district because regime not fly to us, he was flying transit to other countries,” Putin Service said yesterday that it had not received an applica- attacks against the rebels in the Maghara, with survivors screaming snipers were posted on the out- said in televised remarks. “But as soon as he was in the air, it tion from Snowden so far. Putin, who is set to host US northwest, in the centre and as the camera panned over the skirts. There was no immediate became known, and our American partners essentially President Barack Obama for a bilateral summit in Moscow around the capital. Leila Zerrougui, rubble. “God is great. Where are our update on their plight. The blocked off his further flight.” followed by the G20 summit in Saint Petersburg in early the UN secretary general’s special Muslim brothers? Where are our Observatory added, however, that “They themselves scared off all the other countries, no September, reiterated Russia’s refusal to damage ties with representative on children and Arab brothers?” the activist says as dozens of people being held by one wants to take him, and therefore they essentially Washington for Snowden’s sake. themselves trapped him on our territory,” the president “We have certain ties with the United States. We do not armed conflict, will spend three he films residents trying to dig out regime forces in an underground said. “A nice gift to us for Christmas,” Putin was quoted as want you through your activity to damage our ties with the days in Syria, the UN said. people trapped beneath the wreck- detention centre were able to adding by Russian news agencies. Asked what will happen States. He said ‘no.’ You are laughing but I am serious,” Putin She is to meet with government age of their homes. “This is the iftar escape when troops redeployed. to Snowden in the future, Putin said: “How would I know? told a group of students. Putin said Snowden had vowed officials, UN representatives and of the Muslims in Jabal Zawiya,” he Yesterday, Syrian newspaper Al- That’s his life, his fate.” to continue his activism. “We said: ‘That will be without us, non-governmental organizations, said, referring to the hill district Watan said: “The Syrian Arab army But he also noted a change in position by Snowden then. We have other battles to fight’,” he said with a smile. as part of a tour that will also take where the village lies. “A massacre and armed groups engaged in the who said on Friday he wanted to apply for asylum in Russia Since Washington revoked Snowden’s passport, he has her to neighboring Jordan, Iraq, in the village of Maghara,” he adds, fiercest of clashes in Qaboon district and receive documents before he could travel on to Latin been marooned in the transit zone of Moscow’s Lebanon and Turkey, the main host as residents fill buckets and bowls yesterday. “The army has stressed that America. Putin conspicuously refrained from indicating if Sheremeteyevo airport for the past three weeks. — AFP countries for the hundreds of thou- with water to put out fires. operations in Qaboon pave the way sands of Syrian refugees who have A second video showed smoke for ridding the neighborhood of mili- fled the conflict. According to the billowing over the village and resi- tants, who have lost most of their sites Islamists fume as Burns visits Egypt Syrian Observatory for Human dents lifting a dust-covered older because of the army’s actions.” Rights watchdog, more than man, his stomach torn open, onto a President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime Continued from Page 1 as part of our ongoing efforts to see Egypt transition to 100,000 people have been killed flat-bed truck. Another man lay has made eradicating rebel rear-bases an inclusive, pluralistic, democratically elected civilian since the uprising began in March dead on the ground, his body and in the Damascus region a priority as it uniformed snipers were filmed firing from the government,” State Department spokeswoman Jen 2011, more than 5,000 of them chil- clothes covered in grey dust seeks to prevent rebel attacks in the rooftops into a crowd. As thousands of protesters Psaki said ahead of Burns’s trip. The interim authorities dren under the age of 16. flecked with blood, his mouth capital. Nationwide, at least 129 peo- assembled yesterday, a group of women clapped and say the new government is open to all, including even The deadliest of Sunday’s air and open, his arm curled upwards and ple were killed in Sunday’s violence, chanted: “Down with the military regime! Down with the Brotherhood, an invitation spurned by Morsi’s back- artillery bombardments of villages his hand lying on his chest. The the Observatory said. — AFP the dictator! President Morsi, no one else!” ers who refuse to have any dealings with “usurpers”. Demonstrators fasting for the holy month of Egypt’s other main Islamist group, the ultra-orthodox Ramadan rested in the shadows of tents reading Korans. Nour Party, has said it will not participate in the transi- Iran president-elect blasts Ahmadinejad Army helicopters had flown above overnight, dropping tion but will not challenge it, and wants veto power flyers exhorting the crowd to renounce violence and over ministerial appointments. Nour said it had rejected Continued from Page 1 tic performance and some are the result of unjust for- eign pressures,” Rouhani told the lawmakers, referring to end their sit-in. Abdel Khalid Abu Zeinia, a 50-year-old an invitation to meet Burns because of “unjustified an economy battered by international sanctions. The the sanctions. “This is the first time that the country faces accountant camped at the square for 11 days in support interference in Egyptian internal affairs and politics” by second term of Iran’s outgoing president, Mahmoud very high inflation - the highest in the region and per- of Morsi, said of Burns’s visit: “America works against the the United States. Ahmadinejad, was marked by extensive feuding with haps in the world - coupled with negative economic Egyptian people’s interests. America’s only concern is its The political turmoil and unrest in major cities has parliament, which reached a peak in February when growth.” interests, and Israel’s. America offers only words, not also fuelled violence in Egypt’s lawless North Sinai Ahmadinejad accused the family of speaker Ali Larijani Analysts say Rouhani, a political insider who has held practical support to democracy.” province bordering Israel and the Palestinian Gaza Strip, of corruption. high posts within the Islamic Republic for decades, has a If Burns is driven through downtown a few miles where Islamist militants have called for people to rise Lawmakers have also harshly criticized Ahmadinejad good chance of advancing his agenda due to his ability away, where Morsi’s foes mostly gather, he will see a up against the army. A series of attacks in the area have for his administration’s implementation of subsidy to build bridges within Iran’s factionalized politics. But giant banner with a portrait of US ambassador Anne claimed at least 13 lives, mainly security personnel, reforms, which they say has stoked inflation. Rouhani, a Khamenei will retain the final say on policies that most Patterson and the message “Go home, witch!” Morsi is since July 3. In the latest assault, suspected militants mid-ranking Shiite Muslim cleric who has a close rela- concern world powers, including Iran’s nuclear program being held incommunicado at an undisclosed location fired rocket-propelled grenades at a bus carrying work- tionship with theocratic Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali and its support for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad while a transitional government is being set up under a ers from a cement factory in the Sinai city of El Arish, Khamenei, takes office next month. Parliament must also against rebels trying to overthrow him. military backed “road map”, which foresees a new con- killing three and wounding 17. ARMY DEFENDS ACTION approve Rouhani’s nominations for cabinet positions A fresh instance of Iranian political infighting broke stitution and parliamentary elections in about six and these have been the subject of widespread specula- out into the open last week. Conservative legislator Ali months. The general who removed Morsi, army chief Abdel tion in the Iranian media in recent weeks. Motahari, a critic of Ahmadinejad, said he had discov- Morsi has not been charged with a crime but the Fattah Al-Sisi, vigorously defended the move in a International sanctions levied over Iran’s disputed ered eavesdropping devices installed in his office, authorities say they are investigating him over com- speech to a hall full of military officers on Sunday. The nuclear program have placed enormous pressure on the according to the Mehr news agency. Motahari requested plaints of inciting violence, spying and wrecking the army had “remained committed to the legitimacy of the country’s economy, contributing to inflation of above 30 the Intelligence Ministry to explain the installation of the economy. Scores of Morsi supporters were rounded up ballot box, despite the fact that this legitimacy was percent, rising unemployment and a weakening of the devices, which he said violated Iranian law, while other after violence last week. Most of the top Brotherhood beginning to drift from its very basis and principles - Iranian rial. “The country faces very difficult conditions, parliament members criticized Motahari for publicizing leaders have been charged with inciting violence but that legitimacy is in the hands of the people alone and and some of these complexities are the result of domes- the issue. — Agencies are still at large with the police not following through they are the ones who give it and take it away if they so with arrests. wish,” he said. When mass demonstrations proved that Morsi’s foes have also called for a demonstration, but the public no longer supported Morsi, Sisi said he Kuwaiti Cabinet allows international... their rallies have become sparsely attended since they offered the president the choice of a referendum on his Continued from Page 1 achieved their objective of bringing him down. The rule. Morsi refused, leaving no other option but to the launch of the committee in Sabahiya later today. interim prime minister, a liberal economist, named sen- unseat him. In December election, similar efforts by youth ior ministers on Sunday, including a former ambassador Sisi also emphasized that the transitional govern- They even provided details that the funds have ear- activists and former MPs backed by political groups suc- to the United States as foreign minister, a sign of the ment was open to all factions, an apparent olive branch marked KD5 million to ensure the election of the next ceeded in making the voter turnout a record low with importance Cairo places in its relationship with its which a Brotherhood spokesman rejected. “The guy is Assembly Speaker from their supporters. Member of the 40 percent according to the government and around 25 superpower sponsor. either lying or his troops are operating without his scrapped February 2012 National Assembly percent according to the opposition. But this election, WASHINGTON ANGERS BOTH SIDES knowledge, because the only thing we are seeing from Mohammad Al-Dallal however claimed that the aim of the picture looks very different. In December election, The lack of clarity over the US position has fuelled him are arbitrary arrests, confiscation of assets and some members of the recently dissolved Assembly is to most of the boycott came from the country’s major anti-Americanism on both sides. US ambassador killing of our protesters,” Brotherhood spokesman work against Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak tribes who have decided to participate this time. Patterson angered Morsi’s enemies in the weeks before Gehad El-Haddad said. Al-Sabah. Accordingly, observers expect a higher turnout but he was ousted by emphasizing Morsi’s legitimacy and Among the new ministers in interim Prime Minister Dallal said that the wide-spread use of political mon- this may be subdued by the weather conditions with discouraging protests against him. Last week the State Hazem El-Beblawi’s cabinet US-educated economist ey in the election aims at buying loyalty of some MPs to temperatures expected to soar to 50 degrees Celsius on Department further muddied the waters by saying Ahmed Galal as finance minister has the task of rescu- influence the next government. the Election Day. The election timings of between 8-8 Morsi’s rule was undemocratic, a comment interpreted ing an economy and state finances wrecked by two and In the meantime, activists opposed to the election remain unchanged and that voters will be fasting. in Cairo as implying his removal was legitimate. a half years of turmoil. The task became easier, at least because of the amendment of the electoral law are Candidates meanwhile have slowly started their elec- Washington has also called for him to be freed and in the short term, after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab planning to launch the National Boycott Committee tion campaigns with a very low turnout reported so far. political detentions halted. Emirates and Kuwait, Arab states happy at the downfall with the aim to urge voters to boycott the election. The But turnout at election campaigns is expected to pick “The goal of his trip is to engage with and hear of the Brotherhood, promised a total of $12 billion in activists plan to hold their first conference to announce up in the coming days. directly from interim Egyptian officials and civil society cash, loans and fuel. — Reuters TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 SPORTS

Pakistan sack hockey 17 die in Indonesian Susie Wolff joins F1 coach after league flop boxing match stampede men at Silverstone

LAHORE: Pakistan sacked their hockey coach yesterday over the national TIMIKA: Seventeen spectators were crushed to death at a boxing match in LONDON: Susie Wolff will get to test her mettle alongside some of Formula team’s poor finish in the World Hockey League, which raised fears they will not remote eastern Indonesia after supporters of the loser started a riot, police One’s regular male racers after former champions Williams included the Scot in qualify for next year’s World Cup. Hanif Khan, a gold medallist from the 1984 said yesterday. their test line-up for Silverstone this week. Olympics, served as coach during this month’s League in Malaysia where “Seventeen people died in the crush, 12 of whom were women, and The wife of Mercedes motorsport head and Williams shareholder Toto will Pakistan dropped to seventh after topping the group phase. “We have replaced another 38 were injured and have been hospitalised for treatment,” Papua be driving the FW35 car on Friday in a young driver test that has been thrown Khan with Tahir Zaman, our consultant, as coach while Akhtar Rasool will provincial police spokesman I Gede Sumerta Jaya told AFP. open to race regulars as well to allow Pirelli to test tyres after controversial remain the head coach and manager,” Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secre- Around 1,500 people had watched the local championship match late recent blowouts. tary Asif Bajwa told reporters. The top three teams-Germany, Sunday night at a stadium in the town of Nabire when supporters angered “It’s a fantastic opportunity for me, so now it is up to me to Argentina and England-from the league qualified for the by the outcome began throwing chairs. prepare myself the best that I can for the day,” the 30-year- “Everyone else made a quick dash for the exit in fear the violence World Cup, to be held in the Netherlands next year. old development driver, the only woman currently carry- Pakistan now must win next month’s Asia Cup-also would get out of control, and dozens of people were trampled on,” Jaya ing out such a role, said in a team statement. “It’s scheduled in Malaysia to earn a berth in the World Cup, an said. A witness, who did not want to be named, was quoted by news web- going to be a big challenge but the most impor- event introduced to field hockey in 1971. “We took into site Detik.com as saying: “There are five gates to the stadium, but only two account manager’s report as Khan failed to achieve an easy were in operation during the match. “So I just ran to the one closest to me.” tant thing is to do a solid and consistent job and to task,” said Bajwa of the League, where Pakistan lost to South In 2011, two people were killed in a stampede when thousands of fans give good feedback to the team to be able to prove I Korea in the quarter-finals. Zaman, a member of Pakistan’s jammed a Jakarta stadium for the Southeast Asian Games football final am at the level to compete on a day such as this.” Wolff last World Cup win in 1994 is a certified coach of the between the home nation and rival Malaysia. has already driven a 2011 Williams for a demonstration International Hockey Federation. Khan lashed out at the In February 2008, 10 young people were trampled or crushed to death run at Silverstone and was the first to drive this year’s car decision to sack him. “For the past two months there as hundreds of music fans tried to force their way out of a rock concert in when she carried out an aerodynamic test at the were efforts to displace me,” Khan said. —AFP the city of Bandung.—AFP Idiada facility in Spain in February. —Reuters

MLB results/standings Mets and Nationals roll Minnesota 10, NY Yankees 4; Cleveland 6, Kansas City 4; Detroit 5, Texas 0; Washington 5, Miami 2 (10 innings); Baltimore 7, Toronto 4; Cincinnati 8, Atlanta 4; Philadelphia 4, Chicago White Sox 3 (10 PITTSBURGH: Dillon Gee pitched another gem innings); NY Mets 4, Pittsburgh 2; Tampa Bay 5, Houston 0; Oakland 3, Boston 2 (11 innings); Seattle against the Pirates, and John Buck hit a two-run 4, LA Angels 3; Colorado 3, LA Dodgers 1; San Diego 10, San Francisco 1; Milwaukee 5, Arizona 1; St. single to lead the New York Mets to a 4-2 victory Louis 10, Chicago Cubs 6. Sunday and avoid a sweep by Pittsburgh before American League National League the All-Star break. Gee (7-7) allowed just one Eastern Division Eastern Division unearned run in 6 2/3 innings to the Pirates (56- W L PCT GB Atlanta 54 41 .568 - 37). He is 3-0 with a 1.38 ERA in five career starts Boston 58 39 .598 - Washington 48 47 .505 6 against Pittsburgh. Gee scattered five hits, struck Tampa Bay 55 41 .573 2.5 Philadelphia 48 48 .500 6.5 out two and walked one. Buck’s hit capped a Baltimore 53 43 .552 4.5 NY Mets 41 50 .451 11 three-run first inning against fill-in starter Gerrit NY Yankees 51 44 .537 6 Miami 35 58 .376 18 Toronto 45 49 .479 11.5 Cole (4-3), who lost his third straight start after Central Division Central Division becoming the first Pirates pitcher since Nick Detroit 52 42 .553 - St. Louis 57 36 .613 - Maddox in 1907 to win the first four of his career. Cleveland 51 44 .537 1.5 Pittsburgh 56 37 .602 1 Buck, Eric Young Jr. and Marlon Byrd each had Kansas City 43 49 .467 8 Cincinnati 53 42 .558 5 three hits for New York, which finished a 6-3 road Minnesota 39 53 .424 12 Chicago Cubs 42 51 .452 15 trip. Bobby Parnell earned his 17th save in 20 Chicago White Sox 37 55 .402 14 Milwaukee 38 56 .404 19.5 opportunities with a scoreless ninth. Starling Western Division Western Division Marte had two hits for the Pirates, whose three- Oakland 56 39 .589 - Arizona 50 45 .526 - game winning streak was snapped. Texas 54 41 .568 2 LA Dodgers 47 47 .500 2.5 LA Angels 44 49 .473 11 Colorado 46 50 .479 4.5 Seattle 43 52 .453 13 NATIONALS 5, MARLINS 2 San Francisco 43 51 .457 6.5 In Miami, Denard Span had three hits, including Houston 33 61 .351 22.5 San Diego 42 54 .438 8.5 a tiebreaking two-out RBI double in the 10th inning, and Washington beat Miami. Span was dropped from the top spot in the Tigers blank Rangers order for the first time this season, and he responded with three hits in the No. 7 position. He PITTSBURGH: Starling Marte No. 6 of the Pittsburgh Pirates reaches on a bunt single to third in DETROIT: Justin Verlander held Texas hit- runs for the Orioles. The home run was his snapped a 1-for-20 slump with a two-out RBI dou- the fifth inning against the New York Mets. —AFP less until the seventh inning as the Detroit 19th of the season and third in three ble in the second inning, and singled in the fourth. Tigers backed their ace with three home games. The defending NL East-champion Nationals apiece, helping St. Louis to a season-high 21 hits innings. Teheran (7-5) allowed five runs, seven hits runs in a 5-0 victory over the Rangers on Scott Feldman (1-1) allowed three runs averted a series sweep and snapped a three-game overall. and two walks in 5 1-3 innings. Andrelton Sunday. and five hits over 7 1-3 innings to earn his losing streak. Washington won despite going 2 for Chicago went up 4-3 on Darwin Barney’s three- Simmons and Dan Uggla hit homers for Atlanta. Mitch Moreland’s two-out double to first win with the Orioles. After Maicer 10 with runners in scoring position and hit .087 (4 run homer in the sixth and pinch hitter Cody Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman was held right-center broke up Verlander’s bid for his Izturis singled in a run in the ninth off for 46) in those situations during their trip. Ransom had a tying two-run double in the eighth, out because of a jammed left thumb that will pre- third career no-hitter. Verlander (10-6) left Tommy Hunter, Jim Johnson got three outs Washington rookie Taylor Jordan remained but the Cubs’ bullpen was unable to hold off the vent him from playing in the All-Star game. the game after the seventh with a tight for his 33rd save. Izturis had three RBIs. Josh winless in four career starts despite an ERA of 3.32. NL’s highest-scoring team. right quad muscle, having allowed just one Johnson (1-5) yielded a career high-tying The Florida native allowed two runs in six innings. Pete Kozma had two RBI singles as the INTERLEAGUE hit and three walks. He struck out three. seven earned runs and seven hits in six Craig Stammen (5-4) pitched a perfect ninth. Cardinals won for the seventh time in nine games PHILLIES 4, WHITE SOX 3 Torii Hunter, Victor Martinez and Jhonny innings. Rafael Soriano followed with a scoreless 10th for to salvage a split of the four-game series. Edward In Philadelphia, John Mayberry Jr. hit an RBI sin- Peralta hit solo homers off Texas starter his 25th save. Miami’s Henderson Alvarez gave up Mujica (2-1) had his second blown save opportuni- gle with two outs in the 10th inning, lifting Martin Perez (3-2). The Rangers finished RAYS 5, ASTROS 0 only two runs in 6 2-3 innings despite allowing ty in 28 chances, but managed to get the win on Philadelphia over the Chicago White Sox. with two hits. In St. Petersburg, rookie Chris Archer nine hits and two walks. Steve Cishek (3-5) took the same day he was chosen to replace teammate Chase Utley led off the 10th with a double and Verlander was picked for the American pitched a five-hitter for his first complete the loss. Miami snapped the Nationals’ franchise- Adam Wainwright on the NL All-Star team. David Purcey (0-1) walked Jimmy Rollins. The run- League All-Star team but was replaced for game in the majors as Tampa Bay beat record streak of hitting a home run in 86 consecu- ners advanced on Domonic Brown’s groundout Tuesday night’s event. He lowered his ERA Houston. Archer (4-3) struck out eight and tive series. REDS 8, BRAVES 4 and Darin Ruf was intentionally walked to load the to 3.50. Hunter went deep in the first to walked none in his 13th big league start, In Atlanta, Jay Bruce hit a two-run homer in bases. Ramon Troncoso relieved and struck out give the Tigers a 1-0 lead, and Martinez and including nine this season. CARDINALS 10, CUBS 6 Cincinnati’s four-run third inning, Shin-Soo Choo Young. But Mayberry lined Troncoso’s first pitch up Peralta hit back-to-back homers in the Desmond Jennings homered as the Rays In Chicago, Yadier Molina hit a three-run homer also homered, and the Reds beat Julio Teheran and the middle for the winning run. fourth. won for the 14th time in 16 games. Tampa in St. Louis’ four-run ninth inning as the Cardinals Atlanta. Bruce led the Reds with three hits. Antonio Bastardo (3-2) pitched a scoreless 10th Bay completed its most successful three- beat Chicago in the majors’ final game before the Brandon Phillips had a two-run double in the to earn the victory. All three games in the series TWINS 10, YANKEES 4 series homestand at 9-1, and went into the All-Star break. Allen Craig lined a tiebreaking RBI ninth, and Choo had two hits and scored three went extra innings. The teams played a total of 34 In New York, Aaron Hicks hit a three-run All-Star break in second place in the AL single into left field before Molina drove an 0-2 runs as the Reds split the four-game series. innings over 11 hours, 12 minutes, including a homer a pitch after shortstop Eduardo East. Houston headed into the break with a pitch from Kevin Gregg (2-2) over the wall in left Reds right-hander Logan Ondrusek (3-0) threw doubleheader on Saturday. The White Sox scored a Nunez made a two-out throwing error as 17-inning scoreless streak. The Astros have for his seventh homer. Craig and Molina tuned up two scoreless innings as the second reliever run in the ninth off Jonathan Papelbon, who blew Minnesota took advantage of New York lost 12 of 15 and have the worst record in for Tuesday’s game in New York with four hits behind Tony Cingrani, who lasted only four his fifth save in 25 chances.—AP miscues and misfortune to beat CC the majors at 33-61 during their first season Sabathia for the first time in six years and in the American League. end more than a decade of misery in the The Rays scored two runs in the fourth Japan defeats US to win Bronx. with the help of a throwing error by Erik Justin Morneau had three hits - two very Bedard (3-6), who gave up eight hits and gold at Softball World Cup well placed - as Minnesota took two of struck out six in five innings. three from New York to win a series at OKLAHOMA CITY: Yuki Hayashi had two hits from four at bats with three RBIs Yankee Stadium for the first time since tak- MARINERS 4, ANGELS 3 as Japan beat the United States 6-3 on Sunday to win the gold medal in the ing a set at the old ballpark in 2001. Still, In Seattle, Hisashi Iwakuma won for the eighth World Cup of Softball. Yuka Ichiguchi tripled and drove in two runs for the Twins are 9-31 in the Bronx since 2002. first time in over a month as Seattle com- Japan, which beat the US for the second time in as many days and extended They had even less success against pleted its first sweep of the season, beating its winning streak over the Americans to three games. Japan also beat the US Sabathia (9-8), going 0-11 in 12 games the Los Angeles Angels. in the gold-medal game of last year’s World Championships. including the postseason after beating him Michael Saunders hit a two-run homer, Through an interpreter, Japan coach Reika Utsagi said her team was young on July 29, 2007. Sabathia gave up a sea- and Raul Ibanez had an RBI double for the and didn’t feel much pressure to win. “Even though we knew they would be son-high eight runs - three earned - and Mariners, who topped Los Angeles for the another pitcher today, our strategy was the same,” Utsagi said. “It was to put matched his low of four innings this year. third straight day. the bat on the ball and make something happen, both yesterday and today. Rookie Kyle Gibson (2-2) benefited from The Mariners have homered in 22 con- That’s what I think we did very well.” The six runs surrendered by the US the sloppy play to earn his second win in secutive games, the longest streak in the matched the second-most it had ever allowed in a major international tourna- four career starts. He pitched five-plus majors since Atlanta’s 23-game run in 2006. ment. Japan beat the US 7-4 on Saturday to set that record. shaky innings, yielding three runs - two Seattle’s string is the best by an AL club The US had won the last six World Cups since Japan took the inaugural earned - on five hits and four walks. since Texas set the major league record event in 2005. That also was the last time the US lost twice in the World Cup. PHOENIX: Phoenix Mercury’s Lynetta Kizer (12) goes up for a shot Minnesota (39-53) finished 3-7 on a 10- with 27 in 2002. Sluggers Josh Hamilton The US now is 42-6 all-time in the event. against Los Angeles Sparks’ Marissa Coleman (25) and Candace Parker game trip. and Albert Pujols went a combined 1 for 8 “My message to the team was that they’re better right now,” US coach Ken (3) during the first half in a WNBA basketball game. —AP as the Angels went into the All-Star break Eriksen said of Japan. “Right now, they are better. You saw the benefits of being INDIANS 6, ROYALS 4 at 44-49. able to train together for months and months and months. You saw the defi- In Cleveland, Asdrubal Cabrera hit a Iwakuma (8-4) gave up three runs in sev- ciencies of Team USA, with the inability to train for months and months and Sparks down Mercury two-run double to cap Cleveland’s come- en innings for his first win since June 10. He have five days to get together. Misato Kawano singled leading off in the first PHOENIX: Candace Parker had 21 games prior to Sunday. back in the sixth inning as the Indians had allowed at least four runs in each of his and scored on an infield single by Yukiyo Mine. points, eight rebounds and five Kara Lawson, playing her second charged into the All-Star break with a prior five starts, losing three. Michelle Moultrie walked and Lauren Gibson reached on an error in the assists to lead the Los Angeles Sparks game since returning from a knee three-game sweep of Kansas City. Tom Wilhelmsen pitched a perfect ninth bottom of the first and were in scoring position with one out, but Okamura to their fifth straight win, an 88-76 injury, came off the bench and had 14 Cabrera’s double off Tim Collins (2-5) led inning for his 19th save. Saunders connect- struck out Amanda Chidester and coaxed a popup from Valerie Arioto to end victory Sunday over the Phoenix points and six assists for Connecticut. the Indians to their fourth straight win. At ed in the second off Joe Blanton (2-12) after the threat. Japan blew the game open in the second against US starter Jessica Mercury. Jia Perkins had 23 points and sev- 51-44, they stayed 1 1-2 games behind Justin Smoak singled. Moore (1-1). Natsuka Ono singled with one out and Nozomi Shimasaki fol- Nneka Ogwumike added 16 en rebounds for the Silver Stars (4-10) first-place Detroit in the AL Central. lowed with a bunt single. One out later, Moore intentionally walked Kawano to points and 13 rebounds for the and Danielle Robinson added 10 Cleveland has its most wins at the break ATHLETICS 3, RED SOX 2 load the bases. Ichiguchi followed with a popup to short left field that hit the Sparks, who have beaten their last points and eight assists. Connecticut since 2007 - the last time the Indians made In Oakland, Josh Donaldson blooped an glove of the hard-charging Chidester but fell to the ground, allowing two runs five opponents by an average of 18.6 fell behind 67-59 with over seven the playoffs. Reliever Rich Hill (1-1) got two RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning to score. Hayashi followed with a sharp single to right field and two more runs points a game after a 5-4 start. minutes left in the game before outs in the sixth and closer Chris Perez - as Oakland beat Boston despite a stellar scored, making it 5-0. In the bronze-medal game, Australia beat Canada 4-3 in Phoenix (8-7) played its second going on a 17-4 run. Hightower con- Cleveland’s fifth reliever - worked the ninth start by Red Sox rookie Brandon Workman. eight innings.—AP straight game without No. 1 draft cluded the run with a 3-pointer to for his 13th save. Workman took a no-hit bid into the sev- pick Brittney Griner, who has a sore push the Sun ahead 76-71 with over Indians All-Star second baseman Jason enth inning of his first major league start. left knee injured June 6 against four minutes remaining. Kipnis drove in two runs. Billy Butler had Coco Crisp broke it up with a leadoff infield Minnesota. three hits for the Royals (43-49), who single. Workman had pitched only once in Los Angeles took control early STORM 73, DREAM 65 dropped their fifth straight. the majors, getting roughed up over two with a 13-point run in the first quarter In Seattle, Tanisha Wright scored innings in relief at Seattle. He became the and then held off Phoenix rallies in 13 of her 21 points in the second half ORIOLES 7, BLUE JAYS 4 third rookie in four days to pitch no-hit ball the second and third quarters. and Camille Little added 19 points In Baltimore, Chris Davis hit his 37th into the sixth inning of his first big league Diana Taurasi had 23 points, and 10 rebounds as the Storm rallied home run to equal the AL record before the start - Houston’s Jarred Cosart and including three 3-pointers, to lead to beat the short-handed Dream. All-Star break as Baltimore cruised past Cleveland’s Danny Salazar did it in their the Mercury, who have lost three Shekinna Stricklen added 10 Toronto. major league debuts. straight after winning five in a row. points for the Storm in her first start. Davis doubled in two runs in the first Donaldson hit a tying, two-run homer Seattle (6-8) had lost five of six. inning and hit a two-run homer in the third off Workman in the seventh, then singled SUN 86, SILVER STARS 84 Rookie Alex Bentley scored 16 and to give him 93 RBIs, second-most in the with two outs in the 11th. Matt Thornton In Uncasville, Tina Charles had Erika de Souza had 16 points and 14 majors behind Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera. (0-4) lost in his Boston debut. 20 points and 10 rebounds while rebounds for Atlanta (10-3), which By going deep in a fourth straight game, Ryan Cook (2-2) worked two innings and Allison Hightower scored 23 points only had eight players available. The Davis equaled Reggie Jackson’s AL mark of earned the victory for the A’s, who have to help the Sun rally in the fourth Dream were missing Angel 37 homers before the break, set in 1969. won five of seven. Dustin Pedroia and Brock quarter to beat the Silver Stars. McCoughtry (strained Achilles, 19.8 The major league record is 39, by Barry Holt each drove in a run for the Red Sox, OKLAHOMA: Team Japan holds the trophy high after defeating the Allison Hightower had 23 points points per game), Sancho Lyttle Bonds in 2001. who haven’t won a series in Oakland since United State 6-3 in the World Cup of Softball tournament champi- and five rebounds for the Sun (4-9), (foot, 14.3) and Tiffany Hayes (knee, Adam Jones homered and scored three July 2006.—AP onship. —AP who had lost six of their last seven 10.8).—AP TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 SPORTS

Cardinal-Rivne, Atletico grab wins

By Abdellatif M Sharaa

KUWAIT: The second round of the Kuwait Mini World Futsal Club Tournament began with yet another win by Ukraine’s Cardinal-Rivne over Egypt’s Misr LelMakasa 2-1 in Group 1 competition, guaranteeing Cardinal a place in the quar- ter finals. Meanwhile Atletico Huila of Colombia turned a 0-1 first-half score into a sweeping victory against Saudi Arabia’s Al-Naser by scoring five goals in the sec- ond and got the three points it needed, while Al-Naser’s dream of going further were dashed. Misr LelMakasa scored first in the 18th minute through Almutazbillah Sami, before Cardinal scored the equalizer in the 33rd minute through Bondar Oleksandr, and the winning goal was scored in the 38th minute by Piddubnyi Serhii. LelMakasa remains at three points on shooting from a distance and the goal- not withstand the relentless attacks by team which won 5-1. Al-Naser began the pletely topsy-turvy in the second half as from its previous win but still have hopes keeper was outstanding in blocking shots. Cardinal as its player Bondar equalized match highly enthusiastically and pres- Huila had total control while Al-Naser’s of making it to the next round. They The second half was totally different as with a very fast shot. LelMakasa players sured Huila’s players and was better in the performance dropped to a minimum and began at a fast pace though both teams LelMakasa players slowed down and it became nervous and lost control of the first minutes of the match and were able constituted no danger whatsoever to were cautious and had won their earlier was obvious that their physical fitness match as Cardinal continued its pressure to score in the third minute through Huila’s goal. It did not take long before matches. This reflected on the very con- dropped, giving the opportunity to and scored the winning goal two minutes Yahya Al-Shehry. Huila attempted to Huila equalized, after which Al-Naser play- servative performance of LelMakasa and Cardinal to regroup, but the Egyptian before the end of the match. come back but Al-Naser was able to abort ers totally collapsed allowing the Cardinal obliged. LelMakasa began to goalkeeper continued his outstanding The second match witnessed a total all its attempts to score, ending the first Columbians to score four more goals to control the match, while Cardinal relied performance. The Egyptian defence could collapse of Al-Naser with Colombia’s Huila half 1-0. Meanwhile, things turned com- end the match 5-1. Burton refuses to give up on Chase berth

LOUDON: Jeff Burton once expe- rienced perfection at New Hampshire. He’ll take third place this time - and a renewed sense that he can make a late push for a spot in the Chase. One of NASCAR’s most respected drivers, Burton’s run at his first spot in the championship field since 2010 got a huge boost with his season-best finish Sunday. Yes, Brian Vickers’ trip to Victory Lane after a 75-race win- less streak was the surprise of the race. But right behind him was Burton’s finish. That Vickers-Kyle Busch-Burton trifecta would have paid off big. Burton put Sprint Cup on Nicolas Mahut notice that he can still make an impact in the standings over the final seven races before the field Mahut wins Hall of is set. “We don’t think we are out of Fame championship the Chase,” he said. “I know every- body else in the world does, but LOUDON: Jeff Burton drives the No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup we don’t. We feel like we can still Series Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. —AFP NEWPORT: Frenchman Nicolas Mahut won Roger Federer in the final at Halle in June, do it. There’s a lot of stuff that’s two matches in a day to capture the Hall of 2010, also played in the morning, blunting going to happen between now other,” Burton said. “The system making progress,” Burton said. His potential to leave the team Fame Championship at Newport on the booming serve of twice defending and Richmond. It’s so competi- that we have that Eric’s been “We feel like we are starting to with the sport’s biggest prize Sunday, denying former world number one champion John Isner to win 5-7 6-2 6-4. tive, so tight.” working really hard to get put in, build on something, and we would be a huge void for any Lleyton Hewitt his first title in more than Despite spending more than an hour all that’s helping. We have a lot of understand what we’re looking driver to fill, even one as experi- three years. longer on court in his semi-final, the Burton jumped from 21st to things going on; it’s not one for now. We have a baseline to enced as Burton. Mahut, who won his first career ATP title Australian looked to be on the verge of a 17th in the standings to move in the Netherlands last month, added a sec- straightforward victory in the final. only 25 points out of 10th place thing, but I think the main thing work off, first time in a couple “What we have to do is ond in quick succession after a marathon The 32-year-old Hewitt won the open- and a guaranteed spot in the 12- is just having time together and years we have a baseline to work embrace the challenge and day in Rhode Island. ing set then served for the match at 5-4 in driver field. understanding each other.” off. We are excited about it. We embrace the opportunity and go He beat American Michael Russell 6-2 6- the second set but was unable to close it Burton, who led every lap in a His season started to turn at feel like we are understanding out and try to make it work, and 2 in their rain-delayed semi-final in the out as Mahut, a runner-up in Newport six 2000 win at New Hampshire, had Charlotte. Burton was 12th, then why we are running well and we try to be better through it,” morning then returned to the grass court years, fought back. a sluggish start to this season in had back-to-back 11th-place fin- think we can improve.” Burton said. “But you can’t lose a to defeat Hewitt 5-7 7-5 6-3 in the after- Mahut, 31, won the next three games in the No. 31 Chevrolet. He had just ishes before finally cracking the Burton, with 21 Cup wins, has caliber driver like Kevin and it not noon final. a row to force the match into a third set one top-10 showing in the first top 10 again at Michigan. There’s taken a backseat at RCR as Kevin impact you. It’s just that simple. I “When you want to win a final, every- and despite going down an early break, he eight races. The 46-year-old a reason, though, Burton said no Harvick has become the organi- think we can overcome it, and I thing can happen. I just can’t believe it’s recovered and went on to seal victory after Burton appeared headed toward one else considers his team a zation’s star driver. But Harvick is think if we set out to do it, we can true,” Mahut told reporters. “A month ago I two hours and 20 minutes. another lost season with Richard contender. His recent runs have bringing his Budweiser sponsor- be better. Not because he’s leav- was playing to make the cut for the qualies “If I could’ve had a day off and come Childress Racing. Winless since been solid, not spectacular, and ship with him to Stewart-Haas ing, but because in his absence, (qualifying) at the U.S. Open, I was (ranked) back and played the final, I reckon things 2008, Burton just needed time to he’ll need to show New Racing next season, leaving we’re going to do stuff to fill that 240 with some points to defend. would’ve been different,” Hewitt said. figure out his working relation- Hampshire was the start of some- Burton as the face of the compa- void and through that, you make “I told my coach, I have to play great on “All in all it was a good week. Can’t do ship with first-year crew chief thing big, not a one-off wonder. ny. him get better.” His performance grass to make the cut for the qualies. A much about it. I had the tougher side of the Lucas Lambert. “I’m not saying we are the class Harvick is a strong contender at New Hampshire was a perfect month later I have two titles.” Hewitt, bid- draw, with the semi-finals this morning, I “We are starting to learn each of the field, but we are definitely for his first Cup championship. example.—AP ding for his first singles title since he beat paid the price for that.”—Reuters Dixon sweeps IndyCar’s Toronto doubleheader

TORONTO: Scott Dixon went into Pocono Raceway a thinking about a second series championship just yet - I trust my guys. I know we have the best equipment, the much more. His sweep of the Toronto doubleheader also week ago ranked seventh in the IndyCar standings and he instead wants to focus on finding the same consis- best guys out there. We know what we are capable of, earned Dixon a $100,000 bonus from IndyCar sponsor approaching the one-year mark on his last victory. tency Castroneves has used to take control of the points that’s what we’re focused on at this point.” Sonax. “100 grand is good, but I’d rather have the points. The New Zealander ended a slump with a win at race. But the three-time Indianapolis 500 winner admitted Points are why we’re here,” said Dixon, who moved Pocono, then pulled off a weekend sweep Sunday of the “Helio has had a pretty stress-free year as far as not Sunday he desperately wants his first series champi- ahead of Franchitti by one victory. Castroneves never doubleheader event at Toronto. being involved in accidents or having mechanicals,” onship. “I want it as bad as anybody - especially having had anything for Dixon. Three wins in seven days gave Dixon the most wins Dixon said. “I think it’s still going to be a tough battle. I those guys behind me,” he said. “I have that chance. I’m “They were in a different league, Scott and Ganassi for an active driver in IndyCar, but more importantly like the look of the tracks we have coming up. I think we going to fight as much as I can. If I have a good car to guys, I was pushing,” Castroneves said. “Whatever he is thrust him into the heart of the championship race. With are in the hunt.” finish, I will finish strong. If I don’t have a good car to fin- taking for breakfast, I want it. Scott, tell me what you’re six races remaining, he’s vaulted over the last week five Castroneves, who finished second to Dixon on ish, I’ll play smart. I want it more than anybody.” having for breakfast. Let’s be realistic - the guy was lead- spots in the standings to second and trails champi- Sunday, isn’t giving up and doesn’t view Dixon as any Dixon was barely challenged at Exhibition Place, ing the whole race, 13 seconds ahead.” onship leader Helio Castroneves by 29 points. bigger of a threat than he did defending series champi- needing to pull off two late restarts to preserve what Bourdais was third for his second podium finish of “We’re here for the points. It’s been a hell of a swing on Ryan Hunter-Reay, who was second in the standings was otherwise an easy Sunday drive. the weekend after not finishing in the top-three in over a seven-day period,” Dixon said. “It’s nice to put a lit- until this weekend. The win was the 32nd of his career, and moved Dixon American open-wheel since 2007. On Saturday, his sec- tle pressure on Helio, and hopefully we can keep that “Both are champions ... they’ve been there,” into sole possession of seventh on the all-time wins list. ond-place trophy slipped off its pedestal and shattered going.” Castroneves said. “We just got to keep focused on our His victory Saturday moved him into a tie with team- as he was presented with it on the podium. Sunday was Next up for IndyCar? An Aug. 4 race at Mid-Ohio, work. I’m not worried less or more because it’s Scott. The mate Dario Franchitti, Sebastien Bourdais and Paul Tracy, a successful handoff as Bourdais picked up the trophy where Dixon is the defending race winner. Dixon isn’t same thing was with Ryan. They’re both great teams. But but the 32-year-old New Zealander is on the hunt for without a pedestal.—AP TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 SPORTS

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Rider performs at the Red Bull Raise The Bar in Newmarket, Canada. —www.redbullcontentpool.com Pakistan demolish Windies

Richie McCaw Afridi snares seven for 12 GEORGETOWN: Shahid Afridi made one of was done by Mohammad Irfan. Bravo. “Holder bowled so well, and while we McCaw looms large over the more remarkable comebacks in interna- In overcast, seamer-friendly conditions, have to give credit for the way Afridi and tional cricket in leading Pakistan to a crush- the giant left-arm pacer disconcerted the Misbah batted, that total was gettable, but Crusaders clash with Red ing 126-run victory over the West Indies in top-order of the West Indies with his speed we buckled under pressure.”—AFP the first one-day international at the Guyana and trajectory from such a great height, CHRISTCHURCH: Richie McCaw’s likely McCaw’s return on Saturday would also National Stadium on Sunday. bowling Johnson Charles with a swinging return to Super Rugby via the Crusaders see him on collision course with former Omitted from his country’s failed full-toss and then forcing Darren Bravo to SCOREBOARD bench adds spice to Saturday’s playoffs Australia flyhalf Quade Cooper, who was Champions Trophy campaign, the mercurial glove a lifting delivery on the body for wick- opener with the Queensland Reds, a match branded “Public Enemy Number One” by all-rounder returned the best-ever ODI etkeeper Umar Akmal to take the catch Scoreboard from the first one-day international offering a sneak preview of Australia’s New Zealand media in the leadup to the bowling figures by a Pakistani, and the sec- down the leg-side. between West Indies and Pakistan at Providence looming Rugby Championship date with 2011 World Cup for taking some alleged ond best overall, in snaring seven for 12 to Stadium in Guyana yesterday: New Zealand. “cheap shots” against the hallowed skipper. rout the home side for just 98 off 41 overs Pakistan innings The World Cup-winning captain made a New Zealander Cooper irked his country after having top-scored with a typically Nasir lbw b Holder 6 low-key return to rugby on Saturday after a of birth by manhandling McCaw off the ball swashbuckling 76 in the visitors’ total of 224 Shehzad b Holder 5 long sabbatical, playing a full match for in a test in Hong Kong in 2010 and added for nine. “I try hard and I back myself and I Hafeez b Holder 1 Christchurch in a regional club competi- fuel to the fire when his knee made contact want to thank people back home,” said Misbah-ul-Haq c Charles b Bravo 52 tion. with the openside’s head in a Tri-Nations Shafiq c Charles b Holder 0 McCaw declared himself available for match the following year. Afridi. “It’s not time for me to just survive in the team, but to give a lot to the team. I U Akmal c Dwayne Bravo b Roach 19 selection after shaking off rust in the 22-5 Regardless of McCaw’s selection, Cooper Afridi c Sammy b Pollard 76 victory over University, where Crusaders can expect a cool reception in Christchurch tried to stay positive. Wahab c Holder b Roach 7 coach Todd Blackadder was among the as he bids to impress Reds coach Ewen “Whenever I got the ball in my zone I Ajmal not out 15 2,000 spectators. McKenzie, who replaced New Zealander went for it. And what a pitch it was for me to “He got through the weekend all right Robbie Deans last week in the wake of the bowl on. I just kept it simple, and it worked.” Ali b Dwayne Bravo 11 and he’s really keen to be involved, so that’s Wallabies’ 2-1 series loss to the British and This match represented yet another stun- Irfan not out 4 encouraging,” Blackadder told local media Irish Lions. ning spike in the 17-year international Extras (b-1 lb-4 w-23) 28 in Christchurch yesterday. How Cooper copes with the pressure of career of Afridi whose ability to delight and Total (for nine wickets; 50 overs) 224 Saturday’s clash in Christchurch, the first a hostile crowd against the form team of entertain with his extravagant manner has Fall of wickets: 1-15 2-18 3-21 4-23 5-47 6-167 7- of two qualifying playoffs in the first week the Super Rugby competition may go some often been overshadowed by an almost 183 8-200 9-220 of the postseason, offers a rematch of the way to deciding the Wallabies’ flyhalf posi- chronic failure to deliver at the most critical Bowling: Roach 10-0-38-2 (2w), Holder 10-4-13-4 2011 final, when the Reds sealed their tion for the first test of the Rugby of times. (1w), Sammy 8-2-35-0, Dwayne Bravo 10-3-52-2 maiden title in the southern hemisphere Championship. A poor match for the 25- Fortunately for Pakistan, this was not one (2w), Narine 3-0-32-0 (4w), Samuels 3-0-24-0 (4w), competition with an enthralling 18-13 win year-old may open the door for the ACT of those times and his impact on the match Pollard 6-0-25-1 (2w). at their home Lang Park. Brumbies flyhalf Matt Toomua, who will be started with his domination of a 120-run Shahid Afridi reacts in this file photo. Blackadder said a call on McCaw’s selec- desperate to atone after failing to figure in sixth-wicket partnership with his captain, Pakistan then got a huge boost when West Indies innings tion would be made as early as Tuesday but the side’s insipid final-round loss to the Misbah-ul-Haq (52), the pair rescuing their new batsman Marlon Samuels called Gayle Chris Gayle run out 1 poured cold water on the idea of the 32- lowly Western Force on Saturday. team from the depths of 47 for five after for a sharp single and Misbah’s direct hit Charles b Mohammad Irfan 0 year-old flanker starting on the field. “I The Brumbies’ shock defeat in Perth cost gangling fast-medium bowler Jason Holder from cover found the dangerous opener Bravo c U Akmal b Irfan 5 think it would be silly to put him in that them a week off and a home semi-final, Samuels lbw b Afridi 25 position where he could compromise the and consigned them to a knockout match had wrecked the top order in finishing with short of his ground and the West Indies the excellent figures of four for 13. wobbling badly at seven for three. Simmons st U Akmal b Afridi 10 team,” he said. against the Bloemfontein-based Cheetahs Dwayne Bravo lbw b Afridi 0 “While he’s mentally tough, he won’t be at Canberra Stadium on Sunday. While Misbah laboured towards yet All the support bowlers maintained the Pollard c Wahab b Afridi 3 physically fit to the level that’s required. World Cup-winning coach Jake White, another workmanlike half-century, occupy- pressure and when Afridi came on as the Sammy not out 21 He’s a quality player and he’s Richie McCaw, who guided the two-times champions into ing 121 deliveries, Afridi’s knock was a hurri- fifth change, the floodgates really opened. of course, but at the end of the day we’ve their first playoffs campaign in nearly a cane by comparison, decorated by five sixes Unable to cope with his cocktail of top- Roach c & b Afridi 1 still got to put this team first.” New Zealand decade, said his team could not get “any and six fours off just 55 deliveries. He spinners and googlies, a succession of bats- Narine c Jamshed b Afridi 14 selectors will also cast a keen eye over worse” than their Perth effort. “But it’s not looked well on the way to completing a hun- men ill-equipped mentally and technically Holder lbw b Afridi 0 McCaw’s fitness, with the knockout match all doom or gloom,” he said. “We know dred but perished in the 39th over, caught to cope with such wiles succumbed without Extras (b-1 lb-6 w-11) 18 potentially the last chance to survey the All we’ve played a lot of good rugby this year... by Darren Sammy at deep midwicket off the much of a fight as five wickets crashed for 14 Total (all out, 41 overs) 98 Blacks skipper in battle ahead of the Aug. We can’t be worrying about the fact this is bowling of Kieron Pollard. runs. Fall of wickets 1-1 2-7 3-7 4-41 5-41 6-50 7-51 8- 17 match against the Wallabies in Sydney. going to dent any confidence.”—Reuters West Indies would have been expecting Only Samuels (25) showed any meaning- 55 9-98 10-98 the likes of Pollard and fellow big-hitter ful resistance, but it was never going to be Bowling: Mohammad Irfan 7-2-17-2 (3w), Asad Chris Gayle to produce similar innings to enough against a rampant Afridi, who fin- Ali 5-0-13-0, Wahab Riaz 5-1-8-0, Saeed Ajmal 7-0- give their team a fighting chance of getting ished off the match by trapping Holder, the 25-0 (2w), Mohammad Hafeez 8-1-16-0 (1w), the 225 runs needed for victory. However early destroyer for the West Indies, palpably Shahid Afridi 9-3-12-7 (2w). that hope never materialised, and while lbw. Result: Pakistan won by 126 runs Afridi took most of the glory with his demo- “We were let down by the batting yet Man of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) lition job with the ball, the early damage again,” said West Indies captain Dwayne Review the review system, Aussies moan after defeat

MELBOURNE: Cricket’s deci- ly oversight that Australia were analyse the correct delivery, team’s established batsmen. sion review system and the unable to appeal, having used both captains backed the sys- After moving to 84 without continuing struggles of up their DRS quota. tem and said it had not influ- loss in pursuit of 311, Australia Australia’s brittle batting order “What a tragedy that this enced the result. lost six wickets for the addition bore the brunt of frustrations brilliant first test ended with England skipper Alastair of 80 runs to leave Haddin and Down Under yesterday after the umpire decision review sys- Cook, who had two referrals in the tail facing a veritable mis- the tourists’ heart-breaking 14- tem making the final decision,” hand when Haddin was dis- sion impossible. run defeat in the first Ashes prominent Australian cricket missed, said the use of the Batsman Ed Cowan’s twin Test. writer Malcolm Conn wrote in review was a skill in itself. failures through rash shots in The DRS, roundly criticised Sydney’s Daily Telegraph news- Opposing skipper Michael both innings came in for a throughout the seesawing paper. “Dar gave (Broad’s) most Clarke had failed to master it, storm of criticism and some clash over five days, ultimately obvious of edges not out and cricket pundit Robert Craddock media called for the exiled decided the match in Australia had used both its told cable broadcaster Fox Dave Warner, set to tour Africa Nottingham on Sunday when reviews so the decision stood. Sports. with Australia A after punching the technology picked up a “This is wrong. The DRS was “We in Australia have acted England batsman Joe Root in a nick from wicketkeeper Brad originally introduced to get rid more on impulse. Michael boozy bar-room incident, to be Haddin that umpire Aleem Dar of the howler but in this match Clarke is a very emotional quickly re-instated. had failed to detect. all matter of margin calls were man... I think Australia needs far “Australia came so close The caught-behind decision judged by technology while the more calculation than what despite some major deficien- captured Australia’s final wicket howler stayed. they have at the moment,” cies in its top order,” the Sydney and justly handed England a 1- “Until cricket finds a way of Craddock said. Morning Herald newspaper 0 lead in the five-test series, but using technology to get rid of Wicketkeeper Haddin was said. the manner of victory left many the howler then the game will Australia’s leading second “They are major deficiencies KUWAIT: Chairman of the Sports Committee at the Kuwait Banks Club Khalil Al- purists cold. continue to make a fool of innings scorer with 71, and that have been bubbling along Beloushi said the sixth banks indoor soccer tournament kicked off on Saturday, July It also left local media itself.” vDespite the controver- teenage spinner Ashton Agar and band-aided for several 13 under the patronage of the club’s chairman Ahmad Sultan, at Ahmad Al-Bishr Al- seething after England tail- sies, which also saw England top-scored in the first innings series. Major surgery is required Roumi High School in Daeya, at 9 pm. Al-Beloushi said Ramadan championships are ender Stuart Broad was allowed batsman Jonathon Trott out with a brilliant 98 on debut at before the second test at Lord’s popular in the banking sector, and invited banking employees to attend the match to remain at the crease when lbw after the operator of the number 11, but their heroics to fix it.” The second Test starts as they did in previous years. Dar missed a thick edge, a cost- “Hot Spot” technology failed to underlined the failings of the on Thursday.—Reuters TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 SPORTS19 Man United bid for Barca’s Fabregas

LONDON: Manchester United have made a £25 million ($37.7 million, 28.9-million-euros) offer for Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas, reports in the British media suggested yester- day. Sky Sports News television, the BBC and the domestic Press Association news agency all said that the English Premier League cham- pions were interested in signing the Spanish international. The Press Association said that an offer had been submitted for the player, who came through Barcelona’s youth academy before joining Arsenal as a 16-year-old in 2003. Sky Sports News, however, said a potential stumbling block could be a clause in Fabregas’ contract that Arsenal have first refusal should he decide to leave the Camp Nou. Barcelona said they had no comment to make when contacted by AFP. If completed the Fabregas move would represent new manager David Moyes’ first major signing since the former Everton boss succeeded Alex Ferguson during the close season. News of a potential offer for Fabregas emerged a day after confirmation that Barcelona had sold Spain Under-21 captain Thiago Alcantara to European champions SPAIN: A picture dated June 1, 2013 shows Barcelona’s midfielder Cesc Fabregas cele- Bayern Munich. brating after scoring a goal. —AFP Fabregas graduated to become the midfield star Gareth Bale - a player that have got all the players he wanted but that Gunners’ captain and one of their most influ- Moyes’ predecessor Alex Ferguson tried to was never down to not releasing funds. ential players before returning to Barca in a sign in 2007 before he joined Spurs - and There’s never been a cut-off price.” £25.4 million, five-year deal in August 2011. there has also been speculation regarding a United’s record signing remains the 2008 Since then he has helped the Catalan giants bid to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo, who left acquisition of striker Dimitar Berbatov from claim the Copa del Rey in 2011-2012 and La United for Real Madrid in 2009 for a world- Tottenham for £30.75 million. Speculation Liga in 2012-13. record £80million fee. continues over the fate of England forward Meanwhile, United say there is sufficient United are meanwhile set to miss out on Wayne Rooney, even if Moyes insists he wants cash in the kitty to allow new manager David playmaker Thiago Alcantara, the Barcelona the striker to stay. Moyes to chase a “stellar player” before the man expected to link up again with his old Woodward says United are not currently DENVER: Doneil Henry No. 20 of Canada and Rolando Blackburn No. 16 of Panama new season, British media on Sunday quoted boss Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich. United giving Rooney’s contract any special atten- battle for a ball during the first half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup match. —AFP chief executive Ed Woodward as saying. are also linked with Thiago’s club-mate Cesc tion, despite the obvious risk of the 27-year- According to Woodward, the English Fabregas. old’s market value slumping with his contract Premier League champions are “absolutely” “The way we worked with Alex was he two years from expiring. Mexico, Panama advance able to compete for players in the £60million- would identify the transfer targets and take Speaking in Thailand prior to Saturday’s 1- £70million (90-105 million dollars) bracket. them to (joint chairman) Joel (Glazer) and (for- 0 defeat to Singha All Stars, Woodward said LOS ANGELES: Mexico booked their Montes before Kevin Parsemain’s “We haven’t got money burning a hole in mer chief executive) David (Gill), who would regarding Rooney: “There are no contract spot in the quarter-finals of the CONCA- penalty made it 2-1. our pocket but we have got a strategy on have discussions which ended with them renewals that are being discussed. I am not CAF Gold Cup on Sunday with a 3-1 vic- Martinique had opportunities to player purchases and if David wants to go backing him in the transfer market every sin- sitting down with any player on an extension tory over Martinique, while Panama equalize in the second half but could after a stellar player he can do that,” gle time and we see that continuing with and there is no trigger date in the diary. also advanced from Group A after a not make the breakthrough, and Woodward said, his comments featured in David Moyes,” Woodward explained. “Would we be afraid to run a contract goalless draw with Canada. Miguel Ponce scored from close range several national newspapers. “We could have broken the transfer record down? Of course not.” On Friday, Moyes Mexico, who were stunned by in the 90th minute to make the game United have been linked with Tottenham’s in the past if we’d wanted to. Alex may not repeated that “Rooney is not for sale.”—AFP Panama in the group opener but got safe for the Mexicans. their bid for a third consecutive Gold In the earlier Group A match, Cup title back on track by winning their Panama settled for a 0-0 draw with remaining games, went ahead in the Canada to top the group on seven Bayern snap up Thiago first half through Marco Fabian and Luis points.—Reuters MADRID: European champions Bayern to Xavi in central midfield but media Munich have strengthened their midfield reports said he was frustrated at a lack of by agreeing to buy sought-after Spain playing time and he attracted the atten- India clubs oppose Under-21 international Thiago Alcantara tion of several of Europe’s wealthiest from Barcelona for a fee of 25 million clubs. new IPL-style league euros ($32.6 million). His brilliant captain’s performance in Thiago, 22, who will join up again with last month’s European Under-21 champi- NEW DELHI: India’s top football clubs are “It will benefit everyone if the AIFF tries former Barca coach Pep Guardiola in onship final, when he netted a hat-trick up in arms against the national federation to improve the I-League, instead of starting Munich, will have a medical in the next in Spain’s 4-2 win over Italy, only boost- over moves to stage a cash-rich franchise- another tournament,” she said. AIFF gener- few days before signing a four-year con- ed his profile and he was named player based tournament inspired by cricket’s al secretary Kushal Das said the clubs’ fears tract, Bayern said on their website of the tournament by UEFA. popular Indian Premier League early next were unfounded and he remained confi- (www.fcbayern.telekom.de) on Sunday. While still not the finished article, he year. dent he would be able to persuade them to Barca also confirmed the deal, which has the same ability as Xavi, who turned The All India Football Federation (AIFF) come on board. it said included a friendly between the 33 in January, to dictate play, is blessed and its commercial partner, IMG-Reliance, “I am talking to the clubs and we should two clubs sometime in the next four with superb distribution and close-con- plan to hold the eight-city tournament in be able to resolve this matter quickly,” said years. Bayern said 5 million euros of the trol skills, is a tenacious tackler and has a January-March featuring as-yet-unnamed Das. “We are all for the betterment of foot- transfer fee would come partly from burst of pace that can take him gliding international and local stars. ball and IMG-Reliance is definitely here for income from the match and partly from past a marker. But the clubs have declined to release the betterment of football. If there was no their players for the tournament, which hope for Indian football they would not be Thiago agreeing to forego some wages. Born in Bari, Italy, he is the son of for- they say will threaten their existence and here. “Thiago Alcantara was the great wish mer Brazil midfielder Mazinho, who ruin the national I-League domestic com- “The I-League has been on for more of our new coach Pep Guardiola,” Bayern played in the 1994 World Cup-winning petition. “We don’t think the new league than 10 years and it has still not caught the chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge side, and has a younger brother Rafinha, will be beneficial to Indian football,” said attention of viewers and sponsors. The new said. also a midfielder, in the Barca B team. Raj Gomes, who heads the I-League league has the potential to raise the com- “We are delighted that we have been Thiago made 15 starts in La Liga as Professional Football Clubs Association. mercial value of Indian football.” India are able to seal this great transfer,” added Barca won the title last season, two “How can we allow players to play for currently ranked a lowly 146th in the world, the former Bayern and Germany player. appearances in the Champions League another club in the middle of the season?” but the sport’s popularity in the cricket- “He is a fantastic player with great prom- and seven in the King’s Cup. He has also Valanka Alemao, the chief executive offi- mad nation has grown due to live televi- ise who will strengthen FC Bayern.” played three times for the senior Spain cer of popular Goa-based club Churchill sion coverage of matches played around A graduate of Barca’s youth academy, side but missed out on a place at the Brothers, also vigorously opposed the pro- the globe. Spain’s midfielder Thiago Alcantara. Thiago was seen as a possible successor Confederations Cup. —Reuters posed tournament. Last year, football officials in West “I do not understand why the AIFF Bengal state had announced plans for a wants to hold a new league,” Alemao said. similar franchised-based league that would “This new entity will eventually supersede feature semi-retired stars like Argentina’s the I-League and cause the slow death of Hernan Crespo and Fabio Cannavaro of Park wins LPGA event existing clubs. Italy playing alongside district-level players. “The common goal should be to But the tournament was not held, improve Indian football. How does it help if reportedly due to lack of proper infrastruc- WATERLOO: Hee Young Park beat 61 on the par-71 course a day earlier. under. South Korea’s Inbee Park (68) birdies over a bogey-free round, you get some retired or semi-retired play- ture in the state and lack of interest shown Angela Stanford on the third playoff Stanford closed with a 64, while Park, finished well back at 16 under, end- while Park went on a tear with three ers to grab a few eyeballs for a minute? by the AIFF.—AFP hole Sunday to win the Manulife who had a one-shot lead on the ing her three-tournament winning birdies over her last four holes head- Financial LPGA Classic. American after three rounds, had a streak. Matthew made a move early ing into No. 18. Park birdied the deciding hole for 65. “If somebody would have told me in the round. She picked up her third That set the stage for a showdown Spieth bags John Deere Classic the victory after both she and you’re going to shoot 64 today and straight birdie on No. 7 to move into that would last about an hour. Sitting Stanford birdied the final hole of reg- tied at 25 under after 71 holes, ILLINOIS: Jordan Spieth become the and competing with these guys as my ulation to set up a tie. Stanford reached the green in two youngest player to win on the PGA Tour peers. The guys in this event, each week, Both players equaled the LPGA and hit a two-putt for birdie. Park since 1931 after the 19-year-old took the week to week, I don’t think of myself as Tour record for lowest total score at pushed her approach shot wide and John Deere Classic title on the fifth hole of younger than them.” 26-under 258. It would take three hit a nice chip from beside the grand- sudden-death on Sunday. At 18-under-par, one stroke away from playoff holes - all on the 471-yard, stand to within four feet before Spieth, who had holed out from a joining the playoff, were Martin Flores (63), par-5 finishing hole - before Park draining the birdie putt to force a bunker on the last hole to join a playoff, Jerry Kelly (68) and overnight leader Daniel ended the drama by hitting a short playoff. tapped in for par on the 18th hole to beat Summerhays (72), who overcame a string putt for her second career LPGA vic- The players hopped into golf carts 2007 Masters champion Zach Johnson, of four successive bogeys from the fifth tory. “When we started (the) final and returned to the tee to keep play- who won last year, and Canadian David hole. Summerhays fought his way back round, I just kept reminding (myself) ing the hole until there was a winner. Hearn after the trio finished the regulation into contention but failed to make the this is just another round,” Park said. Park had a chance for eagle on the 72 holes tied at 19-under-par at TPC Deere playoffs when he bogeyed the last after a “It doesn’t matter (if it’s the) final first extra hole, hitting a beautiful Run in Silvis, Illinois. brutal lie in a greenside bunker. round or a first round, keep it simple approach that bounced once before Spieth, a two-time US Junior Amateur Playing on special temporary member and just think about always (hitting) settling eight feet from the cup. She champion who began the round six shots status for his play in select events this year, my target.” pushed her eagle putt wide and set- off the pace, shot a final-round 65 and which included five top-10s, Spieth put She hit the target when it count- tled for birdie. earned a spot in next week’s British Open, himself in position for something special ed, reaching the green in two on the Stanford chipped on from beside an invitation to the 2014 Masters and when his greenside bunker shot on the last deciding hole. Stanford, meanwhile, the fringe and hit a short putt for a membership on the Tour with the win. took one hop, hit the pin and dropped into needed three shots to get on the WATERLOO: Hee Young Park, of South Korea, holds the trophy birdie of her own. On the second “It’s not settling in yet,” said Spieth, who the cup for a birdie. back fringe and her long birdie putt after winning the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic golf tourna- playoff hole, both players landed in last year won a US college championship Johnson came to the 18th holding a ended up a few feet short. Park hit ment. —AP the first cut beside the green. with Texas. “It hasn’t hit me yet. I’m not one-shot lead and looked poised to repeat her 45-foot eagle putt to within a few Stanford went first and chipped it sure it will until maybe I wake up on the as champion and notch his 10th tour title feet of the cup. She hit the birdie, not win, I would have thought they first place, leaving Stanford and Park within three feet and Park did the plane in a little while.” but bogeyed the hole to set up the three- raised her fist in the air and later were crazy,” Stanford said. “So for me a shot behind. The trio quickly same before both players hit their The win made Spieth the first teenager way playoff. The defending champion threw the ball into the grandstand to shoot 64-64 on the weekend, you moved ahead of the pack as they putts. Stanford was unlucky on the to claim a PGA Tour title since Ralph came close to winning the playoff when he surrounding the green. know, it’s good for me but it’s not a approached the turn. third playoff hole as her tee shot Guldahl won the Santa Monica Open 82 lipped out a chip for birdie on the first extra The effort capped a remarkable ‘W’, so you play to win.” Matthew birdied Nos. 11 and 12 found the rough and settled into a years ago. “I don’t think of my age as my hole and grazed the edge on another week for the 26-year-old South Scotland’s Catriona Matthew had but a bogey on the 15th hole snuffed depression. “By far the worst lie I had age,” Spieth said. “I just think of playing birdie putt.—Reuters Korean, who recorded a career-best a 66 and settled for third place at 23 her momentum. Stanford had seven all week,” she said.—AP Pakistan Man United demolish bid for Windies Barca’s Fabregas

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GREECE: In this Sept. 12, 2009 file photo Tyson Gay (left) of the United States and Asafa Powell from Jamaica compete in men’s 100 meters during an IAAF World Athletics Final at Thessaloniki’s Kaftanzoglio stadium. — AP Call for action against drug cheats

PARIS: Calls mounted yesterday for more stringent punish- Canada, described the revelations as “very sad for the sport” Olympic champion Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, tested positive for Powell was reportedly one of five athletes who failed drug ments for dope cheats in athletics and tighter controls on and “very disappointing”. the stimulant methylhexanamine before the 2009 edition and tests at Jamaica’s national trials last month in Kingston, amid food supplements after two of the world’s fastest men “It’s two of the veterans in track and field that I would nev- were banned for three months. claims that a food supplement was to blame and a supplier returned positive tests for banned drugs. er have expected this sort of news,” he told Sky Sports News The 2003 championships were held in the wake of US arrested in Italy. The Italian news agency ANSA, however, said High-profile sprinters Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell both television. “I hope there will be some sort of explanation.” Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) revelations about the BALCO yesterday that no arrest had been made. failed controls for proscribed substances, sending shock- Britain’s Denise Lewis, who won heptathlon gold at the scandal, in which high-profile athletes, including US sprinter Britain’s 4x100m relay gold medallist from the 2004 waves through athletics just over a month away from the 2000 Olympics, added: “It knocks the sport. “It damages the Marion Jones, were supplied with performance-enhancing Olympics, Darren Campbell, meanwhile called for a life ban world championships in Moscow. The International confidence that people have, not only in the Jamaican team drugs. Gay, who was one of the figureheads of a USADA pro- for all drug cheats. Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) responded by say- but the US team, because they’ve had a big drugs scandal gramme against the use of performance-enhancing drugs, “Who does it need to be before you go ‘okay, enough’s ing that the results were an indicator that its drug-testing pro- some years ago.” and Powell on Sunday confirmed separately that they had enough’? It’s ridiculous,” he said. The former director of ethics grammes were effective. A recent series of drugs scandals in athletics suggests that tested positive for a banned substance. and anti-doping at UK Sport, Michele Verroken, said the “The credibility of our anti-doping programme, and the the sport has yet to shake off the scourge of doping, with ret- The US sprinter, the 2007 100m champion and the fastest authorities needed to act to regulate food supplements and sport of athletics, is enhanced, not diminished, each time we rospective testing forcing the International Olympic man over the distance this year, and the Jamaican, a former hold suppliers to account. are able to uncover a new case and we have the committed Committee to re-award medals sometimes up to eight years world record holder in the straight sprint, both then withdrew “This problem has been going on for over a decade,” support of every athlete, coach or official who believes in later. Before the last world championships two years ago, from the world championships. Verroken, who now runs the Sporting Integrity consultancy, clean sport,” it said. where the IAAF introduced biological passports for athletes, Gay, who is awaiting the results of his B sample after the told Sky Sports News. But current and former athletes, as well as administrators, Jamaica’s Steve Mullings, who had previously been sanc- stimulant, oxilofrine, was detected, said he had “never know- “We haven’t seen suppliers regulated. Our athletes are at expressed concern at the wider impact of the news-and tioned for testosterone use in 2004, was banned for life after ingly or wilfully” taken any banned substances. risk. If athletes are taking the wrong information why aren’t called for a tougher line on drug cheats. he tested positive for a masking agent. Adidas, however, said they had suspended their contract there regulated practices to advise athletes and take the The 1996 Olympic 100m champion Donovan Bailey, of Four other Jamaicans, including the main rival to double with Gay, invoking a clause dealing with doping violations. responsibility for any subsequent positive tests?” — AFP

Doping scandals NSW chase elusive actbox on sprinters who have been involved in doping Fscandals in the past 25 years. • Ben Johnson (Canada). Stripped of his 100 metres gold Origin series win medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics after testing positive for banned steroids. Still the biggest scandal to hit the Olympic Games. SYDNEY: New South Wales will be without their inspirational Parker said. • Linford Christie (Britain). At 32, the oldest man to win leader Paul Gallen as they bid to end Queensland’s record “From our point of view you have to flip and use it in your gold in the 100 metres with victory at the 1992 Barcelona seven straight State of Origin series wins in tomorrow’s favor with a united side and sticking together. State of Origin is Olympics. Seven years later, in semi-retirement, tested posi- decider in Sydney. Gallen, who fired up the series opener a tough game, you only get three cracks at it.” tive for the steroid nandrolone. with a flurry of punches on Queensland forward Nate Myles, Origin warrior Greg Bird, who has battled an ankle injury to • Dennis Mitchell (US). The American, who won gold as succumbed to a foot injury and was ruled out as the Blues play in the decider, is dismissive of talk that all is stacked against part of the US 4x100 metres relay team at the 1992 seek to win their first interstate title since 2005. Wests Tigers NSW to finally overcome the Queensland dominance this week. Barcelona Olympics, was banned for two years in 1998 for prop Aaron Woods will join recalled James Tamou in the front ‘The general punter doesn’t really give us a chance. They excessive levels of the male sex hormone testosterone. row, while hooker Robbie Farah has been handed the cap- haven’t given us a chance for the last seven years. They’re prob- taincy by coach Laurie Daley. ably right,” Bird said. • Dwain Chambers (Britain). Finished fourth in the 100 Marion Jones Gallen’s loss is a massive blow for NSW, who won the spiteful “But the general punter ain’t going to be running out there final at the 2000 Sydney Olympics but was banned for two ed positive for the banned stimulant oxilophrine at last years in 2003 after testing positive for the designer steroid opener 14-6 in Sydney only for Queensland to take the 2013 tomorrow, and taking hit-ups and making tackles. To be honest, month’s Jamaican athletics championships. series to a decider with a conclusive 26-6 victory in Brisbane. I don’t care what they think. We’ll be out there, we’re confident THG in the BALCO laborary scandal. • Tyson Gay (US). Completed a memorable sweep of • Tim Montgomery (US). Also implicated in the doping Daley has plenty of firepower in the starting side and off the in what we can do, and we’ll get the job done.” sprint tiltes at the 2007 world championships in Osaka when interchange bench as he attempts to rid the monkey off NSW’s Queensland have a Test-strength backline with virtually all scandal that engulfed the San Francisco laboratory. The he won the 100 and 200 metres and was part of America’s American set a 100 metres world record of 9.78 in 2002 but back in the fiercely-fought Origin showdowns with Mal of their plays and decision-making emanating from the trio of triumphant 4x100 metres relay team. Tested positive for a Meninga’s Maroons. Cameron Smith, Johnathan Thurston and Cooper Cronk. later admitted to doping at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. unidentified substance in an out-of-competition test in May • Marion Jones (US). Montgomery’s partner and the In addition to the giant Tamou returning from suspension It will be how NSW can effectively shut down the influential this year. following a drink-driving charge, Daley has the damaging trio and win the forward battle that will decide the outcome of biggest victim of the BALCO scandal, Jones became the first • Asafa Powell (Jamaica). Held the 100 world record woman to five track and field medals at a single Olympics at Andrew Fifita to come off an all-forwards bench, along with the series. — AFP between 2005 and 2008. Tested positive for oxilophrine at Trent Merrin, Boyd Cordner and Anthony Watmough for added Sydney 2000 After years of denial, she confessed to being a the national championships last month. drugs cheat and was jailed for lying to federal investigators. impact in what is shaping up to be a brutal encounter. • Katerina Thanou/Kostas Kenteris (Greece). Thanou (100 “Fifita’s been one of their best forwards in both games. We • Kelli White (US). Another BALCO victim who admitted metres silver medallist in Sydney) and her Greek team mate to using a cocktail of drugs after winning the 100-200 dou- know he is going to be a handful,” Queensland backrower Sam Costas Kenteris (Sydney 200 metres champion) were Thaiday said. “They are going to look at blokes like him, (James) ble at the 2003 Paris world championships. accused of faking a motorcycle crash just before the 2004 • Justin Gatlin (US). The American, who won gold in the Tamou and Boyd Cordner to share the load with Gallen out.” Athens Olympics to skip a dope test. The Maroons may be the dominant state in Australian rugby 100 at the Athens Olympics, has served two doping bans, • Merlene Ottey (Slovenia). Jamaican-born sprinter who including four years for excessive levels of testosterone. Won league, but they will have to overcome a poor record in Sydney won world 200 titles but was banned from the 1999 Seville to win their eighth straight series. bronze at the 2012 London Olympics. world athletics championships after a positive test for nan- • Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica). Twice Olympic 200 Queensland have registered just four wins in 20 games since drolone. Later cleared by the International Association of Sydney’s 84,000-capacity Olympic stadium was opened in 1999, metres champion who is currently suspended after testing Athletics Federations. positive for a banned diuretic at a meeting in May this year. with their last victory there in 2010. Only once during their • Katrin Krabbe (Germany). Double sprint champion at recent dominance have the Maroons sealed a series in Sydney, • Sherone Simpson (Jamaica). Gold medalist at the 2004 the 1991 world championships in Tokyo who never compet- Olympics in Athens and a silver medalist last year in London back in 2008. ed at an Olympics after a ban for the anabolic agent clen- “We are under no illusions that in Sydney you have a lot of as part of Jamaica’s 4x100 metres relay teams, Simpson test- buterol. — Reuters things going against you,” Queensland backrower Corey Paul Gallen Small is big for Japanese automakers Page 22

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NEW DELHI: Nissan Motor Co President and CEO Carlos Ghosn poses for the media with Datsun Go during its global launch yesterday. — AP Zain places customers on the Nissan revives zenith of telecom revolutions Datsun brand Emerging markets eyed Zain celebrates 30 wonderful years NEW DELHI: Japanese carmaker Nissan resurrected its iconic budget Datsun marque yesterday to woo a new generation of cost-conscious buy- ers in emerging markets. Nissan, which in 1981 killed off the Datsun badge By Chidi Emmanuel the first telecom company in Kuwait to part of Zain’s everyday business. “To 30TH ANNIVERSARY that was a favourite of legions of Western drivers, has launched a “next- launch 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution). The ensure that our customers get a unified Zain’s 30th anniversary was on the generation” of the car to penetrate high-growth developing economies. KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommuni- LTE network is part of integral moderniza- response, Zain branch, franchise, cus- 22nd of June. “To celebrate this special Nissan Motor Co chief executive Carlos Ghosn unveiled the first new cations operator in Kuwait, is celebrating tion. With regular, high and 4G LTE speeds tomer care and distributor employees day, Zain offered free calls within the Zain Datsun model in the New Delhi satellite city of Gurgaon. The car is set to its 30th anniversary this year. The anniver- available, you will find Internet plans suit- receive the same basic product and serv- family all though that day (Saturday 22 go on sale early next year in India, the world’s biggest small car market by sary coincides with Kuwait’s Ministry of able for light or heavy usage,” the COO ices training. June). The offer resulted in an over- volume. Communication’s (MoC) decision to intro- explained, as he highlighted the impor- In addition, all Zain marketing materi- whelming success whereby the compa- “The Datsun is back!” Ghosn declared at the car’s world premiere as he duce Mobile Number Portability (MNP) - a tance of the ongoing digital revolution. al and the websites are there to answer ny’s network usage increased by 37% on showed off the five-door hatchback which features a front-wheel drive, step widely seen as a milestone for the all questions and provide you with the Saturday 22nd over the previous day. In swept-back headlights and a sporty grill. The 1.2-litre engine car will also telecom sector. In an exclusive interview CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY information that you require. Zain’s con- addition, it introduced a range of special- be rolled out in Russia, South Africa and Indonesia in the next couple of with Kuwait Times, Zain’s Chief Operating With regards to its promotional pro- tact center is a 24-hour operation that is ly tailored offers with smartphones and years. There are no immediate plans to sell it in the United States or Officer (COO) Hani El-Kukhun said that grams during Ramadan, Zain’s COO high- dedicated to customers and their con- 4G LTE Internet subscriptions that will be Europe. Ghosn, who also heads French carmaker Renault as part of a part- lighted some of its community programs cerns,” said El-Kukhun. available all year long,” Zain COO said. the MoC’s decision to introduce Mobile nership, said Nissan has retained the Datsun brand concept of “reliability which include promotions and food dis- Aimed at enhancing customer satis- Zain’s customers are invited to join the Number Portability (MNP) in Kuwait is a and fuel-efficiency” but “completely updated the product”. He gave no celebrations and take advantage of the welcome development. sticker price for the car, to be known as the Datsun GO, but said it would endless offers. be less than 400,000 rupees ($6,678). MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY With the relaunched Datsun, which will be locally assembled, Nissan INTERNET ROAMING RATES “Mobile Number Portability (MNP) aims to fill a low-cost niche from which it has been absent, while keeping With regards to internet roaming, El- means that subscribers can keep their its main Nissan brand upmarket. The Datsun, which first went on sale in Kukhun said that Zain has recently intro- mobile phone numbers if they decide to 1931 and was known as one of the auto industry’s iconic brands, was sold duced competitive Internet roaming rates change from one mobile service provider in 190 countries. But Nissan scrapped the well-known name almost three to customers travelling to the UK and to another within Kuwait. With MNP, decades ago, opting to use its own badge for the cars in what was a shock mobile phone users don’t have to change GCC countries. “These rates allow cus- tomers to surf the Internet and connect brand change for many loyal owners. Ghosn said the new Datsun would their numbers every time they switch give Nissan a “meaningful presence in high-growth markets”. from one mobile service provider to with loved ones at affordable rates, while being in total control of their roaming Nissan aims to have a 10 percent market share in India by 2016, up another,” El-Kukhun explained. from less than two percent last year. In a couple of years, Nissan expects 60 On the possible implications of the costs. As a leading telecommunications company Zain understands the impor- percent of all auto sales globally to take place in high-growth markets decision for the industry, El-Kukhun said, such as India, Indonesia and Russia, Ghosn said. In the United States, 500 “It is a plus for Zain. This is a great oppor- tance of Internet services to its customers’ daily lives, particularly when travelling out of every 1,000 people have cars, while in Russia the figure drops to tunity for people to join the Zain family. 280. In South Africa, the number falls to 160 and it is 70 in Indonesia, he Zain has always been leading on two abroad. Thus the company is constantly striving to develop value-added services noted. In India, which has a population of 1.2 billion and where global fronts - customer experience and tech- automakers see the greatest ultimate potential, car owners represent just nology innovations. We have been in sup- that meet and exceed customer expecta- Zain’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Hani El-Kukhun tions”. 15 out of 1,000 people. “There is a signficant transition (in buying patterns) port of this from the onset. Zain is the in global markets,” Ghosn said. leading mobile operator in Kuwait serv- tribution. “It is part of our commitment faction, El-Kukhun said that Zain has a and responsibility to present best prac- total of 76 branches across Kuwait. “Our ZAIN’S PROMOTIONAL OFFERS But Datsun will not face an easy ride in India’s fiercely competitive auto ing more than 2.4 million customers cur- segment, where market leader Maruti Suzuki, controlled by Japan’s Suzuki rently. We always bring in the latest tech- tice and lead by example. Not only do we intent is to keep our customer happy. Other promotional offers include; A focus on providing our customers and The customer-oriented strategy is an free LTE enabled iPad with nationwide 4G Motor, sells its low-cost Alto hatchback for less than $5,000. India’s no-frills nology as we make sure that our cus- cheapest car, the Tata Nano, sells for a minimum 150,000 rupees or just tomers get the best services, thus placing partners with excellent services, we also essential part of its core business as we LTE Internet subscription for KD 22 per complete our promise of practicing seek to ensure customer satisfaction and month; 4G LTE Internet services on under $3,000 but has not fared well amid product image problems. The them on the zenith of the telecommuni- Datsun rebirth also comes as the Indian market is going through a tough cations revolutions”. responsible business through sustainable a consistent enjoyable experience. This Hotspot, router, or eGo devices that are responsibility within these core areas - we do by carrying out regular quality LTE compatible with 35GB Internet capaci- period, with sales shrinking last year for the first time in a decade against “Zain treats customer complaints seri- the backdrop of a sharply slowing economy. “It looks like a good product ously and responds quickly as a courtesy workplace, marketplace, community and checks at all branches, franchises, con- ty for KD 1 for the first 3 months, then KD the environment,” El-Kukhun stressed. tact centers and distributors. Zain aims 19 for the remaining months; A smart- but it will be tough going - they’re starting essentially from zero in this to our customers. Zain always seeks to segment,” auto analyst Deepesh Rathore told AFP. Datsun’s revival follow maximize customer satisfaction. We listen to maintain the same treatment, quality phone devices with Zain prepaid lines CUSTOMER SATISFACTION of service and information for its cus- whereby customers can enjoy free 500 MB Ghosn’s success in pushing Renault’s low-cost Dacia marque which has to our customers in order to meet their been overtaking rivals in Europe’s contracting car market. — AFP needs and attain their satisfaction. Zain is Customer satisfaction is an integral tomers’ satisfaction,” he added. Internet capacity per month etc. China growth slows to 7.5%

BEIJING: China’s gross domestic product appointing after the 7.8 percent seen in 2012, goal of rebalancing the economy, and since expanded 7.5 percent in the April-June quarter, itself the worst in 13 years. “As of now, China’s coming to power as Communist Party chief in official data showed yesterday, a second consec- GDP has been staying under eight percent for November and then state president in March, Xi utive slowdown in growth as worries mount five straight quarters, a clear sign of distress,” Jinping has placed less emphasis on the tradi- over the health of the world’s number two econ- economist Ren Xianfang of IHS Global Insight tional growth drivers of exports and investment, omy. While the figure is in line with a median said. “The rather sharp growth deceleration and and more on consumer spending. NBS forecast of 10 economists surveyed by AFP, it fol- the recent financial market turmoil indicate that spokesman Sheng Laiyuan blamed the latest lows a series of weak numbers pointing to trou- risks have been building on both the financial slowdown on China’s “declining potential pro- ble in the Asian giant, with analysts saying it and real goods sector,” she added. ductivity”, which he said meant the same invest- could miss Beijing’s 2013 target. Growth in the Comments last week by China’s finance min- ment could no longer generate the same returns first six months of the year came in at 7.6 per- ister raised questions about whether its 2013 as in the past. cent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, target of 7.5 percent can be achieved. “Our Speaking to reporters, he also cited “the inter- adding performance in that period was “general- expected GDP growth rate this year is seven per- national environment that remained complicat- ly stable” and within expectations. “However we cent,” Lou Jiwei told reporters on the sidelines of ed and severe”, an apparent reference to weak are still faced with grim and complicated eco- an annual strategic and economic dialogue economic conditions abroad, including reces- nomic situations,” the NBS said in a statement. between China and the United States in sion-hit Europe, still struggling with a debt crisis. The first three months of the year saw the Washington on Thursday. “Of course, it won’t be The slower rate was also a result of measures BEIJING: A Chinese man rides a delivery bike past a propaganda bill board with the economy expand 7.7 percent, a decrease from a big problem for us if we achieve growth of sev- taken by the new leadership, which “attaches words ‘China, Forward!’ yesterday. China’s leaders face new pressure to stimulate a the 7.9 percent recorded in the last quarter of en percent or 6.5 percent.” particular importance on restructuring and slowing economy after growth fell to its lowest since 1991, hurt by weak trade and 2012. This year’s figures have so far proved dis- China’s leaders have proclaimed a long-term retooling the economy”, he added. —AFP efforts to cool a credit boom. — AP TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 BUSINESS Small is big for Japanese automakers

TOKYO: Japanese automakers like Honda’s chief spokesman Masaya Nagai Toshiyuki Shiga also said last month that is heating up. Honda, Japan’s No.3 microcar technology to Indonesia and Honda Motor Co and the Toyota- said. Rising fuel costs and a fast growing kei cars have a potential of going global. automaker most famous for its Civic and neighbouring Malaysia, Hiroshi Daihatsu group have a problem: the middle class in the world’s second and While few Japanese carmakers have Accord cars, is betting on small cars to Takemura, who oversees Honda’s small smallest cars they make are very big in fourth most populous states make them tried to popularize microcars outside of meet its aggressive target of selling 6 car operations, told Reuters last month. Japan - and only Japan. Consider likely to be the first microcar customers. Japan, there are exceptions. Suzuki million vehicles globally a year by March The company has designed its N BOX to Honda’s hi-tech N BOX, a four-passenger As a first step, companies such as Motor Corp and Daihatsu have targeted 2017 from current sales of around 4 mil- share certain structures with the Fit, microcar that combines some of the util- Honda have designed their kei cars - the India and Southeast Asia since the early lion. To do so, Honda aims to double Honda’s global compact car also known ity features of a much larger SUV - the kei is pronounced like the letter “k” - in a 1980s, building a credible presence sales in emerging markets to account for as the Jazz, meaning the two cars can be seats roll down to load a bicycle or two - way that makes its easier to produce although their technology differs from half of total vehicle sales, and its kei car manufactured on the same line, said and the fuel-sipping economy of a tiny, them overseas. “We spent a long time that used to build Honda’s kei. More technology could play a key role in that. Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Honda’s manag- 660-cc engine. For the first half of 2013, nurturing the kei car technology in recently, General Motors Co and its Indonesia, where over a million cars ing officer. the zippy N BOX was the best-selling car Japan, and we think it has the potential Chinese affiliate Wuling have been mak- were sold last year, is one such market. Honda currently builds the Fit or Jazz in Japan’s popular vehicle category that to be useful not only in developed mar- ing an aggressive push for micro mini- Last month, Jakarta rolled back fuel sub- at 10 plants around the world, including now represents almost 40 percent of kets but also in emerging markets,” vans in China. Their next bet is India. sidies, raising motor fuel prices by an Indonesia and Thailand. One challenge vehicles on the road. Honda’s Chief Executive Officer Honda believes its advanced microcar average of 33 percent. for Honda and other Japanese automak- But outside Japan, the concept of the Takanobu Ito told reporters in June. technology and the favourable market- At around the same time, Indonesia ers is pricing. Honda’s N BOX starts from so-called kei car, a term derived from the Honda is not alone. Toyota Motor ing conditions in India and Indonesia signed into law a Low Cost Green Car around $12,500, slightly more expensive Japanese word light, is mostly unknown. Corp is using technology from its affiliate mean that the time is right to export the (LCGC) programme to promote small than the outgoing model of the Fit that Now that could change. The Japanese Daihatsu Motor Co, a kei-car specialist, to kei concept. Joost Geginat, an autos cars such as the kei, though it is on hold starts from about $12,200. To produce a auto giants are considering exporting develop minicars for Indonesia. market expert with Roland Berger con- pending review. sub $10,000 no-frills car in Indonesia, the technology to emerging market Mitsbubishi Motors Corp is looking at sultancy in Singapore, predicts Japanese Geginat says Toyota, Daihatsu, Suzuki features like the turbocharger, vehicle countries. “We have fairly low-priced cars selling kei-concept cars in Africa, where companies will invest a total $1.8 billion and Honda could roll out a combined assist system and airbags may have to in those markets already, but in India President Osamu Masuko plans to attend to produce kei-concept cars in 500,000 LCGCs, valued at under at go, and an old-fashioned key used to and markets like Indonesia, we need a distributors’ conference this month. Indonesia. $10,000 each, a year once the new law is start the car instead of an electronic even smaller, even more affordable cars,” Nissan’s Chief Operating Officer Now the race in the microcar market in place. Honda is looking at taking the smart key. — Reuters

GSK used travel agencies Boeing forced to to funnel bribes in China play waiting game LONDON: US planemaker Boeing, des- upper portion of the jet’s rear fuselage, to Four senior Chinese executives detained perate to reassure customers that its flag- be released faster than that to quell spec- ship Dreamliner plane is safe, may have ulation among airline customers and BEIJING: Chinese police yesterday industry. China is increasingly impor- to wait several days for the first signs of investors. accused British drugmaker tant for international drugmakers, what caused a fire at London’s Heathrow “Boeing will want the final bulletin out GlaxoSmithKline of channelling which rely on growth in emerging airport on Friday. Britain’s Air Accident as soon as possible to stop all the waffle bribes to Chinese officials and doc- markets to offset slower sales in Investigations Branch (AAIB) is leading and provide certainty. Given the public tors through travel agencies to Western markets where many for- the probe into the blaze on the Ethiopian interest in it I’d expect the AAIB to get it boost sales illegally and raise the mer top-selling medicines have lost Airlines jet and has already allayed fears out quickly, probably in the next couple price of its medicines in the coun- patent protection. about a return of problems with over- of days,” said Ascend’s Hayes. “It could try. The charges make the GSK case IMS Health, which tracks pharma- heating batteries that grounded the easily have been a case of human error or the highest profile corporate inves- ceutical industry trends, expects Dreamliner for months earlier this year. a short-circuit in a plug and that’s what tigation in China since four execu- China to overtake Japan as the But a source close to the investigation Boeing will be hoping.” Boeing declined tives from mining giant Rio Tinto world’s second-biggest drugs mar- said it would likely be days before the to comment on the state of the investiga- Plc were jailed in March 2010 for ket behind the United States by agency was able to draw conclusions on tion when contacted by Reuters. taking bribes and stealing commer- 2016. China accounts for around 3.5 the cause, and some industry analysts Shares in Boeing, locked in a battle for cial secrets. Gao Feng, head of the percent of GSK’s overall pharmaceu- said experience suggested an initial supremacy on global aircraft sales with economic crimes investigation unit ticals sales. Its shares in London were report might only come at the end of this European Airbus, closed down 4.7 per- at China’s Ministry of Public up 0.3 percent in morning trade, week. cent at $101.87 on Friday, knocking $3.8 Security, said since 2007, GSK had after rising nearly 5 percent since “The investigation is still at an early billion off the company’s market value. transferred as much as 3 billion July 1, when Xinhua first reported stage and no final report on it is immi- They recovered 1.7 percent to $103.60 in yuan ($489 million) to more than the police investigation. The nent,” said the source, speaking on condi- premarket trade on Monday after airlines 700 travel agencies and consultan- detained GSK executives include tion of anonymity because he is not expressed confidence in the Dreamliner’s cies over six years. Liang Hong, vice president and oper- authorised to speak publicly on the safety over the weekend. Four senior Chinese executives BEIJING: In this July 11, 2013 photo, a woman enters an office of ations manager of GSK (China) probe. “The next step is likely to be publi- The AAIB, part of Britain’s Department from GlaxoSmithKline had been GlaxoSimthKline. — AP Investment Co Ltd and Zhang cation of a full report on the incident or a for Transport, issued a statement on detained, Gao said at a news con- world’s second-biggest economy. tion that pointed to similar money Guowei, the company’s vice presi- safety bulletin if the AAIB feel they need Saturday classifying the fire as a “serious ference. The Ministry of Public The official People’s Daily newspa- transfers made by other multina- dent and human resources director, Security had said last week that per said GSK collaborated with trav- tional pharmaceutical companies in the official Xinhua news agency to alert the industry to widespread fault incident” but said it had found no evi- GSK executives in China had con- el agencies to funnel bribes to doc- China. “Whether they were reported. It was not immediately that could be systemic.” A 25 strong team dence it was caused by the plane’s bat- fessed to bribery and tax violations. tors and officials by creating fake engaged in illegal behaviour, you clear if the executives had legal rep- of experts, including inspectors from the teries. It added that the initial evidence GSK said it was deeply concerned “conference services” as expendi- can go interview them ... You just resentation. Xinhua said it was given AAIB and the U.S. National Transportation showed there had been smoke damage by the developments and had ture for GSK to misappropriate need to ask them one question: Are access to one detained travel agent Safety Board are investigating the dam- throughout the fuselage. stopped using the travel agencies funds, some of which would be you sleeping well at night?” Gao who said he did business with Liang. aged Dreamliner in a hangar at Heathrow Airlines, including Britain’s Thomson identified by the investigation. It spent on bribes. “We have sufficient said. He did not name any other The agent said he sometimes airport, some 15 miles west of central Airways, US carrier United Continental, said it was reviewing all third party reason to suspect that these trans- foreign companies. arranged money for bribes and deliv- London. and Poland’s LOT, said they would contin- agencies and all historic transac- fers were conducted illegally,” Gao China has targeted foreign firms ered it to the recipient. The agent A source close to Boeing said the ue to fly their Dreamliners, while others, tions related to the travel agencies. said at the ministry’s headquarters on multiple fronts in the past few also paid kickbacks to Liang, Xinhua company had officials “on the ground” at such as Virgin Atlantic confirmed they “GSK shares the desire of the in Beijing. “You could say the travel months, including alleged price-fix- reported. Xinhua, given access to Heathrow but that the AAIB-led team would stick to their plans to buy the air- Chinese authorities to root out cor- agencies and GSK were criminal ing, quality controls and consumer Liang by the authorities, quoted the were “operating on their own timescale” craft. “Personally I’d fly on a Dreamliner ruption,” it said in a brief statement. partners. Among the partners, GSK rights, forcing companies to defend detained executive as saying medi- and had not provided details of when tomorrow - I don’t think it’s a problem for “These allegations are shameful was mainly responsible. In a crimi- their reputations in a country cine which cost 30 yuan to make any further public statements would be the whole fleet like the battery issue and we regret this has occurred.” nal organisation there is always a where international brands often could be sold to patients for 300 made. Such investigations typically take clearly was,” said Howard Wheeldon, an GSK supplies key products such leader.” have a valuable edge over local yuan. It did not specifically say Liang between a week and two weeks to draw aerospace analyst at Wheeldon Strategic as vaccines in China, as well as Gao gave no examples of how competitors in terms of public was referring to GSK drugs. The conclusions, said Paul Hayes, director of Advisory. “I’d expect the AAIB to know drugs for lung disease and cancer. the bribery involving the GSK exec- trust. European food groups Nestle police last Thursday said the case safety at the London-based Ascend avia- what caused the fire by the end of this The probe into Britain’s biggest utives worked. He said there were and Danone recently said they against GSK involved many staff, with tion consultancy. Boeing would be anx- week but the question for Boeing and drugmaker is one of a string of bribes offered to Chinese govern- also instances of “sexual bribery”, would cut the price of infant milk ious for the cause and origin of the fire, Ethiopian Airlines is ‘is the plane investigations into foreign firms ment officials, medical associations, although he did not elaborate. He formula in China after Beijing which caused extensive damage to the repairable’?” — Reuters and their pricing practices in the said police had uncovered informa- launched an investigation into the hospitals and doctors. —Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

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Egypt billionaire family to invest ‘like never before’

CAIRO: Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris, Sawiris, who now runs a new investment and tourists have stayed away since an with Orascom Telecom, selling most of broadcast or published broadsides against whose family controls the sprawling firm Orascom Telecom, Media and uprising brought down President Hosni those assets to Vimpelcom in 2010 in a $6 Morsi’s rule. “My family actually paid the Orascom corporate empire, says he and his Technology. “My family and myself are Mubarak in Feb 2011, who like Morsi was billion deal. Shortly after the army stepped price of my challenge,” he said, citing what brothers will be “investing in Egypt like going to be investing in Egypt like never given a push by the generals, hammering in, the UAE and Kuwait offered $3 billion he called an “unlawful” tax imposed on OCI never before” after the ousting of a presi- before - any new projects where we can two of Egypt’s main sources of foreign and $4 billion respectively, to the govern- as it was moving its listing from Egypt to dent he accused of bullying opponents to invest, any new factories that we can currency. ment, partly to help boost its reserves. the Netherlands. “They were bullying us. his rule. Sawiris, a prominent Christian who open, any new initiatives that will provide “There are two opinions, one that the Saudi Arabia offered $5 billion. “If Egypt They were bullying me, they were bullying was an outspoken critic of President jobs for the young people of Egypt,” he people who went down on June 30 should falls, or goes into turmoil, the whole my family they were bullying ... any busi- Mohamed Morsi, told Reuters the Islamist said, although he did not give any go back to the squares, my point is we Middle East goes down the drain. So they nessman who dared to stand in their way,” leader’s government had sought to co-opt specifics. “I am very, very sure that Egypt should go back to our work and build our are defending also their countries also by he said. executives or, as in his case because he was will come back very strongly now,” he said country,” he said, referring to the date that helping Egypt,” he said. Alongside OCI which has cement and in opposition, hit his family businesses in a telephone interview on Sunday from marked the start of mass rallies against Sawiris, who helped found and finance fertiliser plants and an international con- with exceptional taxes. The eldest of three a yacht off the Greek island of Mykonos, Morsi. After Morsi’s ouster and with the the liberal Free Egyptians party that is part struction business, a third brother, Samih billionaire brothers, Sawiris spent much of where he was on vacation. economy on the ropes, Sawiris said he had of a coalition that opposed Morsi, said Sawiris, runs Orascom Development the past year in self-imposed exile, return- The remarks by one of Egypt’s top lobbied government officials in Kuwait Morsi’s government had offered him the Holding, operating tourists resorts and real ing to Egypt in May after officials cleared businessmen could help rebuild confi- and the United Arab Emirates, which had post of Cairo governor early in the presi- estate projects in Egypt and Europe. Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), run dence in a nation buffeted by political tur- held back aid to Egypt under Morsi, to dent’s term, but turned it down, seeing it Sawiris said international businesses by brother Nassef Sawiris, of tax evasion. moil for two and a half years. Bankruptcy offer swift support and help for the next as a bid “to buy me out”. Unlike his broth- should invest now, while many are still The Orascom group of companies is was averted when Gulf states poured in few months. ers, who have steered clear of public poli- nervous about prospects. “I know it is one of the biggest private sector employ- aid after the army ousted Morsi on July 3, “It was not like I needed to convince tics, Sawiris was a vocal critic and has going to be stable, so you always make the ers in Egypt - providing more than responding to protests by millions of them too much, they were already con- stakes in a television channel and a promi- most of your money when you move first,” 100,000 Egyptians with jobs according to Egyptians. Investors have been spooked vinced,” said Sawiris, who made a fortune nent independent newspaper that have he said. —Reuters Russia urges discussion on wheat aid to Egypt Egypt is largest importer of Russia’s wheat

MOSCOW/ABU DHABI: Russia’s Even so, a Cairo-based trader ing up their silos,” a second Cairo- made that unlikely. Agriculture ministry offered to hold said that from the market point of based trader said. The Russian government, mean- discussions on possible humanitarian view, if Russia supplies wheat aid As of last week, Egypt, which while, plans to start buying grain on deliveries of wheat to Egypt, a rever- for free or as a long-term financing, usually imports about 10 million the domestic market to replenish sal of policy that Egyptian officials Egypt will definitely accept it. “Right tonnes a year, with Russia as a state stocks after the end of harvest- and traders interpreted as a sign of now economically, with the money major supplier, had just 500,000 ing campaign in late September or political support. Egypt, the world’s from the Gulf, Egypt is in a better tonnes of imported wheat left. The October, Shestakov said. Officials said MANILA: Job applicants queue up at a counter for job vacancies offered by biggest wheat importer, has less than position compared with two weeks government’s total stocks including previously that Russia might buy 6 different local companies during a job fair at a mall yesterday. Visiting World two months’ supply of imported ago,” the trader added. The idea wheat from the domestic crop million tonnes of grain for its stocks Bank vice president for East Asia and the Pacific Axel van Trotsenburg said the wheat left in its stocks, ousted that Russia could send wheat as amounted to about 3.5 million this year. Taking into account state President Mohamed Morsi’s minister Philippine government needed to convert its recent high economic growth of supplies said last week. “We need into more jobs for ordinary Filipinos so as to succeed in reducing widespread to discuss questions related to poverty. Nearly a third of the Philippine population is considered poor. —AFP humanitarian aid deliveries to Egypt with the world community ... There have been no requests (from Egypt) Turkish central bank yet,” Russia’s Deputy Agriculture Minister Ilya Shestakov told a news briefing in Moscow yesterday. paves way for rate hike Shestakov’s remark appeared to be a reversal of policy since Russia ISTANBUL: Turkey’s central bank signalled country’s net reserves, which bankers calcu- rejected a request from former presi- yesterday that it is set to raise interest rates late have fallen below $40 billion. “The CBRT dent Mursi in April when he visited to stabilise a plunging lira, after intervening is acknowledging by these actions that its Moscow for help securing supplies of heavily last week to shore up the currency prior strategy of using FX reserves to vital commodities on concessionary as it sank to record lows. In a rare written defend the lira simply was not working, and terms. Officials and traders in Egypt statement ahead of a monetary policy com- risked just blowing scarce reserves away,” saw the proposal as a political state- mittee meeting, Governor Erdem Basci said said Ash. ment to help support Egypt at a time global policy uncertainty and volatility Bankers say the central bank may have that a military-backed interim gov- would not be allowed to damage financial to raise the upper end of the rate corridor ernment is taking over. “Politics has and price stability in Turkey. “A measured by at least 100 basis points to stop the cur- entered into economics here,” a step to widen the interest rate corridor will rency slide. “The announcement shows that source in Egyptian government said. be on the agenda of the next monetary pol- the CBRT is ready to take action to calm the “The previous government, before icy committee meeting,” Basci said in the markets. This announcement is likely to the mass protests of June 30 and the statement ahead of the July 23 meeting. stop the speculation that the CBRT is events that followed, had tried to get That suggests the bank is ready to try to against any kind of rate hikes,” JP Morgan some kind of wheat aid from Russia stabilise the market by raising its overnight analyst Yarkin Cebeci said in a note. The but was refused, and now that the lending rate, the upper end of the ‘corridor’ central bank’s overnight lending rate is cur- situation has changed, this is a politi- or gap between the rates at which it lends rently at 6.5 percent, its one-week repo poli- cal statement more than anything,” CAIRO: An Egyptian vendor adjusts a price tag that identifies dates named after Egypt’s Defence and borrows money to keep markets and cy rate at 4.5 percent and its overnight bor- he added. Minister Abdelfattah Al-Sisi that are sold for 30 Egyptian pounds ($5) behind dates (center front) the currency steady. Emerging markets like rowing rate, the lower end of the corridor, at The United Nations Food and named after toppled president Mohamed Morsi that are sold for four Egyptian pounds (0.5 cents) Turkey have been hit hard since early May, 3.5 percent. Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and at his shop in the working-class Saida Zeinab district on the second day of the holy month of when the US Federal Reserve signalled it Erdogan’s AK Party has taken Turkey the Egyptian government source said Ramadan on July 11, 2013. During Ramadan, Egyptians name the best and worst quality dates may begin withdrawing its stimulus, the from a crisis-prone economy to Europe’s Egypt, meanwhile, was not in urgent after personalities to lure customers. —AFP first hint of a U-turn in the easy policy the fastest-growing over the past decade, help- need of wheat aid after receiving world’s major central bank have implement- ing it to win three successive elections. It is financial help from Gulf countries. humanitarian aid came as a sur- tonnes. Earlier this month, Egypt restocking campaign and low carry- ed since the financial crisis. a record Erdogan is keen to maintain as Since the army ousted Morsi last prise also because of Russia’s status bought 180,000 tonnes from over stocks, Russia’s supply and Last month’s anti-government protests elections approach next year. Erdogan said week, the United Arab Emirates, as a big commercial supplier to Romania and Ukraine on the inter- demand balance of grain will be tight across Turkey added to pressure on the lira. on Monday the central bank and other insti- Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have prom- Egypt and the fact that its own national market on commercial this 2013/14 marketing year, which The central bank appears to be ready to tutions were acting “with determination” in ised $12 billion in cash, loans and wheat stocks are low after last terms for delivery in early August. started on July 1, Shestakov said. He take action to support the currency, even response to market volatility and the hints fuel, which economists say buys year’s drought. “It wouldn’t make Grain traders expect Egypt’s state kept the ministry’s 2013 grain crop though Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will of a tighter Fed policy. “Our central bank Cairo several months to fix its much sense really, because the grain buyer, the General Authority forecast unchanged at 95 million be reluctant to see a rate hike that slows and other relevant institutions are taking finances. Abdolreza Abbassian, a sen- wheat trade is in the hands of the for Supply Commodities (GASC) to tonnes and said that from this amount economic growth. The currency firmed to the necessary steps in a timely fashion in ior FAO economist said, “We do not private sector rather than the gov- issue a new tender to purchase 71 million tonnes would be used to 1.9390 to the dollar by 0823 GMT from coordination and with determination to see any urgent disruption in the food ernment, unless they have some wheat soon, although GASC’s vice cover domestic demand. He pegged 1.9450 before the bank’s statement. The minimise the negative impact of these chain as a result of the domestic old crop wheat that they would like chairman said last week that high the 2013/14 exportable grain surplus yield on 10-year government bonds fell, as developments which are affecting all political problem for the time being.” to give as aid when they are clean- prices and availability of stocks at 20 million tonnes. —Reuters did the cost of insuring Turkish debt, with emerging markets,” it said. five-year credit default swaps down 11 basis The central bank has been reluctant to points from Friday to 208 bps, according to hike rates following a credit-fuelled boom, UAE central bank Omani Islamic lenders build Markit. while Erdogan, aware of the negative “The CBRT (central bank) bows to the impact on Turks of higher borrowing costs, asks lenders about interbank market with wakala inevitable ... clearly indicating that it will has blamed a “high interest rate lobby” for hike the top end of the rates corridor,” said instigating anti-government protests. Turkey exposure MUSCAT: Islamic banks in Oman are the more-established commodity Timothy Ash, head of emerging markets “Higher policy rates will inevitably mean building a counterparty network for murabaha, in which a financial institution research at Standard Bank. Raising the lend- lower growth, and it will be interesting to ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates central bank has asked wakala, a sharia-compliant agency agree- agrees to purchase merchandise for a ing rate would effectively increase the real hear the reaction from policy hawks in the local commercial banks in the country to provide details of their ment, to use as a major tool for their client and the client promises to buy it interest rate on lira assets, making them government,” Ash said of the central bank financial exposure to Turkey by Tuesday, two bankers said yester- interbank funding needs. A viable wakala from the institution at an agreed mark- more attractive to foreign investors. The statement. “It is interesting how the CBRT day. The central bank said in a circular its aim was to review the market could help Omani banks’ prof- up. Commodity murabaha faces criticism central bank had stepped up its foreign cur- has announced this move pre the July 23 investments, the bankers said, declining to be named because itability and, if it is imitated elsewhere in from within the industry for not being rency auction sales since June 11 in a bid to MPC meeting - clearly they hope that this they were not authorised to speak to media. One Dubai banker the Gulf, challenge the dominance of sufficiently based on real economic activ- underpin the currency, and has now sold ‘verbal intervention’ will limit the extent said it did not signal an attempt to curb the banks’ exposure to commodity murabaha, a cost-plus-profit ity, a key principle in Islamic finance. In $6.3 billion this year. But analysts have they will have to hike the lending rate come Turkey. A central bank spokesman declined to comment. Since the arrangement that is popular in other December, as Oman became the last pointed out that this only runs down the that day.” —Reuters start of May, the Turkish lira has fallen 9 percent on investor con- countries. Last week, a bilateral wakala country in the six-member Gulf cerns about anti-government protests and US plans to scale back agreement was signed between Bank Cooperation Council to adopt Islamic monetary stimulus. Nizwa, Oman’s first full-fledged Islamic finance, it issued regulations which The UAE’s financial ties to Turkey have expanded in recent bank, and the Islamic unit of Bank Sohar banned commodity murabaha. UAE banks seek years. But UAE banks are very well capitalised by international standards - some have capital adequacy ratios near 20 percent of which allows the lenders to place surplus By removing an interbank tool avail- risk-weighted assets - so any trouble there appears unlikely to funds with each other. able to Oman’s Islamic banks, the ban grace period pose a major threat to them. Gulf banks are looking to diversify Bank Nizwa is in the process of signing threatened to make their liquidity man- out of the region’s oil-focused economy and are hamstrung by a similar agreements with other banks in agement more difficult. In April, Oman’s lack of potential acquisitions at home. Commercial Bank of Qatar Oman, which would help to create a for- central bank granted Islamic banks a ABU DHABI: Banks in the United Arab sulting with banks on a revised version of (CBQ) earlier this year bought a 70.8 percent stake in Turkish mal network enabling Islamic money one-year relaxation of rules on the Emirates are seeking a five-year grace peri- the rules. A statement by the UAE Banks lender Alternatifbank , while Qatar National Bank, the Gulf state’s markets to function, chief executive Jamil amount of foreign assets which they can od and the exclusion of bonds from Federation said the industry body was pro- largest lender, lost its bid for Denizbank last year to Russia’s Al Jaroudi told Reuters. “If and when this hold, to give more time for Islamic finan- planned central bank rules that will limit posing that banks have five years to com- Sberbank. QNB’s chief financial officer said in January the bank happens, the volume of transactions cial instruments to be developed their exposure to state-linked borrowers, a ply fully with the new rules. This would was still interested in expanding into Turkey through acquisitions, would be representative of the size of the domestically. While future wakala vol- banking industry body said yesterday. In allow them to cut their exposure to the though it had no firm targets. UAE banks have also increased their Islamic money market in Oman. “Using umes are difficult to estimate, the net- April last year, the central bank set limits for state gradually if necessary. The proposals exposure to Turkish debt, particularly Islamic bonds, or sukuk. the concept of wakala as an interbank work would include non-Omani lenders, how much commercial banks could lend to ask that “marketable” bonds and sukuk be Middle East investors were allocated nearly 60 percent of Turkey’s instrument is new to Oman and perhaps said Mohammad Haris, head of Islamic state-linked borrowers, in an effort to excluded from the limits, so that banks $1.5 billion debut sovereign sukuk last year, and several Gulf banks quite new in some other markets too, banking at the Islamic unit of Bank reduce risks and prevent any repeat of would not have to consider selling down - including the UAE’s Noor Islamic Bank, Emirates NBD, National especially those which have traditionally Sohar. “Sohar Islamic does intend to sign Dubai’s 2009-2010 debt crisis, when banks some of their bond holdings. Bank of Abu Dhabi and Al Hilal Bank - have acted as arrangers on relied upon commodity murabaha,” similar wakala agreements with Islamic were hurt by heavy lending to state firms The federation also urged the central deals originating from Turkey this year. Jaroudi added. In wakala, one party acts banking institutions both locally and that ran into trouble. Any bank’s lending to bank to apply a “means and purpose test” Sales of Turkish sukuk to Gulf investors may increase further as as agent (wakil) for another; in wakala outside Oman. We have already signed Turkey expands its offerings; Istanbul is working on new regula- the governments of the seven-member judging the capacity of borrowers to repay, sukuk, for example, certificates are issued master wakala agreements with many UAE federation and related entities was to in order to determine whether the large- tions to allow use of a wider range of sukuk structures, which by an originator to buy specific assets, Islamic windows and banks.” In June, a be capped at 100 percent of its capital exposure regulations should apply to cer- could see Islamic bonds used for project finance and infrastructure base, while lending to a single borrower tain entities’ debt. The central bank has not development. “We see (the circular) as a normal practice by the which in turn are given to a wakil for standard wakala contract template was would be curbed at 25 percent. said when the revised rules will be intro- central bank to keep an eye on all international country exposure,” management, who charges an agency launched by the Bahrain-based But after protests by local banks, some duced, but it has said it wants to move for- the Dubai banker said. “It does not mean they will come up with a fee which can include a performance fee. International Islamic Financial Market, a of which did not meet a Sept. 30 deadline ward without delay and commercial new regulation limiting exposure to Turkey unless the data com- The originator undertakes to buy the non-profit industry body which devel- to obey the new rules, the regulations were bankers think they could be launched this piled exceeded the norm.” —Reuters assets at maturity at an agreed price. ops specifications for Islamic finance suspended. The central bank is now con- year. —Reuters In the Gulf, use of wakala is dwarfed by contracts. —Reuters TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 BUSINESS Saudi bourse falls from 15-mth high MIDEAST MARKET REPORT DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s bourse slipped off a 15- second quarter. SABIC’s earnings, which are yet was also unable to beat expectations,” said ming 2013 gains to 31.8 percent. The move carrier Air Arabia rose 5.1 percent to 1.23 month high yesterday as earnings misses from to be released, will feel a slight pinch from its Muhammad Faisal Potrik, research analyst at extends a steady decline in the retail-domi- dirhams ($0.33). “There was a strong buy- petrochemical firms spurred profit-taking, while subsidiaries’ underperformance. Riyad Capital. Riyad Capital has a ‘hold’ recom- nated market since it hit a multi-year peak ing flow after it crossed major resistance at other regional markets were mixed. The king- Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (Yansab) mendation on both stocks. Potrik however said in late-May. Retail investors tend to cash 1.2 dirhams,” said Mohab Maher, senior dom’s petrochemical sector index lost 0.9 per- declined 1.7 percent and Saudi Arabian Fertilizer the outlook for the sector is stable, providing oil out in Ramadan, the Muslim month of fast- manager of institutional desk at MENA cent, underperforming the wider benchmark, Co (Safco) retreated 0.2 percent. Petrochemical prices stay above $100 a barrel. The banking sec- ing, in preparation for holidays at the end Corp. Expectations of strong second-quar- which declined 0.6 percent. Saudi Basic companies, such as Safco and Yansab, have little tor’s index slipped 0.9 percent, as investors of the holy month. ter earnings are also pushing up the market Industries Corp (SABIC), the world’s largest upside due to stretched valuations, analysts said. booked gains after most lenders posted solid Trading volumes were their lowest in as a whole, he added. chemicals producer, fell 1.3 percent after two of “Safco was substantially below our estimates profit growth for the second quarter. 2013 yesterday, showing little reaction to a Abu Dhabi’s benchmark advanced 0.8 its units posted below-forecast net profit for the because urea prices were low in Q2 and Yansab In Kuwait, the index slipped 0.8 percent, trim- ruling by the administrative court that percent to hit a fresh 57-month high, as threw out legal challenges to a parliamen- financial stocks supported. Union National tary election set for July 27. Swift parlia- Bank, which rose 3.7 percent, closed above mentary elections are seen a positive for 5 dirhams for the first time since the third the country’s long-delayed $30 billion quarter of 2008. National Bank of Abu development plan, analysts said. Dhabi, which climbed 2.9 percent, In the United Arab Emirates, the two matched the multi-year closing high set in main markets hit fresh multi-year highs on May. In Oman, Bank Muscat gained 1.2 per- optimism companies will report strong cent after posting an 8.9 percent increase profit growth in their upcoming second- in second-quarter net profit, slightly ahead quarter earnings. Dubai’s index climbed 0.7 of analysts’ expectations. The stock outper- percent, extending 2013 gains to 51.4 per- formed the wider market, which rose 0.7 cent. It is one of the best-performing mar- percent. Qatar and Egypt were little kets globally this year. Shares in budget moved. — Reuters Modest rise in US retail offers cautionary note WASHINGTON: US retail sales rose less remains gradual.” US stock index futures than expected in June, the latest sign of a held their gains, while Treasuries trimmed slowdown in economic growth that could losses. The dollar pared gains versus the argue against the Federal Reserve’s plan to yen. start trimming its monetary stimulus later The suggestion of slower domestic this year. But growth is not slowing abrupt- demand as well as recent weak trade data ly, with other data on Monday showing comes as the Fed is debating cutting back factory activity in New York state accelerat- the $85 billion in bonds it is purchasing ing in July as new orders and employment each month to keep borrowing costs low improved. Retail sales increased 0.4 per- and stimulate the economy. Fed Chairman cent last month, lifted by demand for auto- Ben Bernanke said last month the central mobiles and higher gasoline prices. bank would start tapering its purchases However, sales of building materials fell by later this year and would likely bring the the most in a year, a potentially worrying program to a complete close by the mid- sign for the housing market. 2014 if the economy progressed as it Sales had increased 0.5 percent in May. expected. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast But he has since stressed that the Fed retail sales, which account for about 30 needed to keep a stimulative monetary percent of consumer spending, rising 0.8 policy in place given the low level of infla- percent in June. So-called core sales, which tion and a still-high unemployment rate. strip out automobiles, gasoline and build- Bernanke will testify to congress on the ing materials and correspond most closely economy later this week. The slowdown in with the consumer spending component growth in the second quarter mostly cen- of gross domestic product, edged up 0.1 tered around consumer spending, trade percent after rising 0.2 percent in May. “It and manufacturing. But there are hopeful provides no additional evidence that the signs for the factory sector. A separate economy is gaining momentum,” said report showed the New York Fed’s “Empire Annalisa Piazza, a senior economist at State” general business conditions index Newedge Strategy in New York. “It doesn’t rose to 9.46 this month from 7.84 in June. allow the Fed’s chairman to have a firmer A reading above zero indicates expansion tone as the U.S. economic recovery in the region’s factories. —Reuters

SHANGHAI: An investor gestures at a private securities company yesterday. — AP Global stocks up despite China growth worries

LONDON: European and Asian stock mar- climbed 0.15 percent. Tokyo was closed for kets rose yesterday as China’s economy a public holiday. grew in line with expectations. But the lat- Stocks were helped higher on Monday est evidence that the Chinese economy, also after Wall Street’s Dow and S&P 500 the second-biggest in the world, has indices had finished at record highs ahead slowed further triggered fresh concerns of the weekend - thanks to better-than- about global growth. In late morning deals, expected earnings reports from banking London’s FTSE 100 index of leading shares titans JP Morgan and Wells Fargo. US equity climbed 0.36 percent to stand at 6,568.69 investors enjoyed another sunny week of points, while Frankfurt’s DAX 30 gained gains amid a fresh vow of easy money from 0.22 percent to 8,230.66 points and in Paris the Federal Reserve and growing optimism the CAC 40 increased by 0.48 percent to about earnings season, traders said. “The 3,873.53. China’s gross domestic product release of the second-quarter GDP report (GDP) expanded by 7.5 percent in the April- from China overnight has provided some June quarter, official data showed on reassurance that the ongoing economic Monday, a second slowdown in growth in a slowdown at least in the near-term is not row . proving worse than expected,” said Lee While the figure is in line with a median Hardman, currency analyst at The Bank of forecast of 10 economists by AFP, it follows Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. a series of weak numbers pointing to trou- In foreign exchange deals yesterday, the ble in the Asian giant and fuels concerns it euro fell to $1.3031 from $1.3066 late in could miss the government’s 2013 growth New York on Friday. The dollar grew to target. “A sigh of relief for investors in 99.77 yen from 99.29 yen. “The euro is con- Europe this morning as Chinese GDP tinuing to hold up relatively well despite comes in at 7.5 percent for the second the ECB’s recent commitment to maintain quarter of 2013, in line with expectations,” present or lower rates for an extended peri- said Ishaq Siddiqi, market strategist at ETX od, and rising political uncertainty in the Capital traders. But amid eurozone eco- eurozone,” said Hardman. The French sover- nomic strains and a fragile US recovery, eign debt market fell after a decision by “hopes that the world’s second-largest Fitch rating agency late on Friday to down- economy could somehow lift the rest of the grade its notation of French debt from the world out of the slump are quickly fading”, prized triple “A” status by one notch to said Capital Spreads dealer Jonathan “AA+”. This made Fitch the third of the three Sudaria. main rating agencies to remove the top rat- China’s leaders have proclaimed a long- ing from France. The yield on French 10- term goal of rebalancing the economy, and year bonds edged up to 2.203 percent from since coming to power as Communist Party 2.193 percent. chief in November and then state president However, analysts said that investors in March, Xi Jinping has placed less empha- scarcely reacted to the rating decision sis on the traditional growth drivers of which they had expected. The price of gold exports and investment, and more on con- climbed to $1,282.36 an ounce from sumer spending. Shanghai’s main stocks $1,279.75 Friday on the London Bullion index added 0.98 percent to 2,059.39 Market. “With the Chinese economy still points in reaction to the latest Chinese expanding at a healthy pace, it looks as if numbers. Hong Kong also advanced, while demand for raw materials will not drop off the Sydney index - on which a number of in the near term,” said Chris Beauchamp, listed companies rely on Chinese trade - market analyst at IG trading group. — AFP TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 BUSINESS High summer volatility in forex market

NBK MONEY MARKET REPORT United States the former Bank of Canada governor, the extended period. On the other hand, in his UK Industrial Production Disappoints China’s Growth May Cool The Fed Not Satisfied With the Sterling pound received a boost from debut as the BoE governor, Mark Carney UK industrial Production contracted the Down To 6.5 percent Employment/Inflation Situation Moody’s rating agency after it changed the mentioned that market pricing for future most in 4 months in May, in signs that the China’s finance minister mentioned that An extremely volatile week in the curren- UK’s banking system outlook to stable from interest rate rises was “not warranted by the recovery is losing traction and highlighting the country may expand less than the gov- cy market with the US dollar losing ground negative. The Pound remained supported recent developments in the domestic econ- Britain’s reliance on services to drive growth. ernment set target in 2013. While the gov- in the middle of the week after the FOMC above the 1.4800 level to close the week at omy. As analysts expected a drop by 1.5 percent, ernment had a target of 7.5 percent, Lou stated its preference to see further labour 1.5107. During the week, European Central Bank the actual number came much worse than Jiwei, mentioned they were confident to market improvement before tapering With the Japanese election looming on VP Vitor Constancio also mentioned that the expectations registering a drop of 2.3 per- achieve 7 percent rate this year. In addition, begins. While the initial reaction on July 21, investors preferred to remain on the Euro zone is likely to see an extended period cent. Lou also mentioned, “we don’t think 6.5 per- Wednesday night saw treasuries and equi- sideline and the Japanese yen continue to of slower economic growth, and ECB’s policy Recent UK economic performance has cent or 7 percent will be a big problem” in a ties rise, these moves retraced with treasur- range trade between the 98 and the 101.50 will stay loose for a long time. ECB would not been disappointing. The recession was deep, response to a question on whether there is a ies ending near their lows and stock indices level. Market expectations are tilting towards limit on slower growth that official will toler- little changed. The main move was however, the ruling democratic party and the new ate in currencies, as the USD fell sharply versus Komeito party together to win 70 seats to On the data front, China’s exports and the other majors with gains in the EUR, JPY secure a stable majority in the chamber and imports declined in June more than expect- and GBP. The drop ended by the end of the to keep Japan’s economy on its continuous ed. While nalysts had forecasted an increase week, where investors used this fast dip to fragile recovery. in exports of 3.7 percent and the number reestablish their long dollar position prior to In the commodity complex, gold prices came negative 3.1 percent, which increased the weekend. jumped to almost $1,300.00 as Fed the likelihood of the Bank of china remain- As mentioned earlier, the FOMC minutes Chairman Bernanke’s dovish monetary poli- ing accommodative for a long time and put were slightly more dovish than expected as cy comments triggered a buying spree pressure on Asian currencies. Imports also there was more of a focus on deflationary among investors. Gold prices closed at dropped 0.7 percent while analysts expect- pressures than had been expressed in the $1,285.00 on Friday. The continuous volatile ed a 6 percent increase. Part of the report post meeting press release. Bernanke also situation in Egypt continue to put upward showed a slowdown in exports to Europe for mentioned highly accommodative mone- pressures on Oil prices, along with the US a fourth consecutive month. tary policy will be needed for the foresee- inventory coming much worse than expect- able future and the Fed were failing on both ed. Oil prices reached a high of 107.45 to Commodities of their mandates that is inflation and end the week at $105.95. Gold Sustained on employment. The Fed seems to be keen for Bernanke’s Comments the market to wind back some of their taper- Jobless Data Remains Unclear Gold jumped this week to reach a high of ing expectations, however, investors did not Initial jobless claims for the week of July 6 USD1,298, as the impact of Federal Reserve buy this argument as the US data has been increased +16k to 360k after the prior week chairman Ben Bernanke’s dovish monetary improving and some removal of QE is clearly was revised up +1k to 344k. This had the policy comments echoed in the financial warranted. effect of raising the 4-week moving average exit from crisis measures yet. ECB forward and although the UK escaped the technical markets while encouraging investors buying In summary, the market remains +6k to 352k. Analysts have argued that it is guidance has been successful in stabilizing double-dip, the recovery has been excruciat- for Gold. A day earlier, Bernanke stated that a extremely volatile whether on currencies, not unusual to see significant volatility in financial markets after Fed taper talks. Euro ingly weak. Investors remain skeptical over highly accommodative monetary policy is fixed income or equities and we remain at jobless claims around the beginning of July. area is still facing a painful crisis of imbal- the actions that the new Central Banker necessary for the foreseeable future to help the mercy of the next set of US data which In fact, the Department of Labor commen- ances, financial fragmentation and low Mark Carney is able to deliver for the aid in the US economy, as the unemploy- will set, whether or not, investors will contin- tary on today’s data admitted as much as growth. moment. ment rate was too high at 7.6 percent and ue building their USD positions, or shunning they highlighted the difficulty with seasonal To add on the pressure, Portugal opposi- inflation too low at 1 percent. the greenback again. On the foreign adjustment factors in July for a variety of rea- tion socialist leader mentioned the need to Asia exchange side, currencies closed the week sons - namely auto sector retooling and the consider renegotiating terms of the bailout. Australia’s Employment Better than Oil Prices Rise in Response with a recovering US Dollar after its weak- July 4 holiday. Next week’s data take on Expected to Falling Equity Markets ness prevailed during the middle of the added significance as they correspond to European data remains Weak Employment in Australia rose 10.3k in As Egypt continues to be a big topic for week. After dropping on Wednesday night the survey period for July nonfarm payrolls. The Euro zone May industrial production June, although the composition was a little oil investors, it is only the last of several by 2.76 percent, from a high 84.75, the dollar fell 0.3 percent m/m in line with analysts’ soft with full-time dipping 4.4k while part- financial and geopolitical reasons that have index recouped some of the losses to close Europe & UK expectations. Following the German, French time rising 14.8k. Hours worked rose a 0.5 kept oil strong for the past several months the week around the 83.00 level. The Euro Zone, Imbalances, Financial and Italian data, this just re-affirms the mes- percent m-o-m to be 1.9 percent higher y-o- despite the shaky performance of just about The euro exploded higher on Bernanke’s Fragmentation and Low Growth sage from earlier data releases this week. y, suggesting that the peak period of weak- every other asset class. Add on this, a big dovish comments and on a very violent The ECB and the Bank of England left The yr/yr fall was 1.3 percent. Weakness was ness here has passed. Over the nearer-term, shortage in US oil inventories, caused oil to short squeeze that took it all the way from a their key interest rates unchanged last week most noticeable in consumer durable however, our tracking of a range of indica- shoot up and remains very well bid for the low of 1.2755 to a high of 1.3207 on amid evidence of a fragile recovery in their goods, which dropped 2.3 percent m/m and tors of labour demand suggests that under- moment. Wednesday night. Investors took the oppor- economies. However, in a big break with tra- 6.2 percent yr/yr. The lack of available credit lying conditions in the labour market remain tunity to short the pair back and euro gave dition, both banks offered guidance on the remains a major constraint on household insufficiently strong to prevent a drift higher Kuwait back its gain to close the week at 1.3050. rate outlook. ECB President Mario Draghi purchases of large ticket items and indicates in the unemployment rate. That was the Kuwaiti Dinar at 0.28540 After having unperformed since the first said interest rates in the Euro zone would the need for a swift implementation of case in June, with the unemployment rate The USDKWD opened at 0.28540 on Bank of England meeting of Mark Carney, stay where they are or even fall for an banking union. moving up to 5.7 percent from 5.6 percent. Sunday morning. 25 participants selected for Indonesia hikes interest rate generation 3 of Proteges for the second straight time KUWAIT: 25 young people aged 9. Fatemah Musaed Al Najjar The Proteges.” Abeer Al-Omar, KCIC WEEKLY ANALYSIS between 16 and 24 have been select- 10. Ali Ahmad Al Khudari Corporate Communications Manager ed to participate in Generation 3 of 11. Zahraa Hani Al Herz at KIPCO said: “We have been very By Dana Al-Fakir Inflation is the year-on-year short-term negative repercussions on The Proteges - the mentorship pro- 12. Yasser Mansour Al Amir impressed by the ProtÈgÈs interview increase in the price of a basket of economic growth, as it drains the pur- gram that provides young people with 13. Mariam Jamal Al Abdul Ghafour process and the methods used to select ndonesia raised its reference rate goods and services. This basket is chasing power of consumers. Plus, fur- opportunities to learn life and leader- 14. Ahmad Tawfiq Al Bahar the 25 applicants from the 300 people for the second consecutive time referred to as the CPI basket and is ther rises in the policy rate to combat ship skills. Over 300 young people 15. Bader Adel Al Fahad who applied this year. Each one of Ithis month, by 50bps, in a bid to determined based on the residents’ inflation may also impact consump- applied for the program and the 25 16. Aseel Aqeel Al Suaileek these 25 young people has demon- combat inflationary pressures and spending habits. The CPI basket con- tion levels in addition to investment, young people were selected through 17. Rataj Hamad Al Hasawi strated something special during the revive the local currency. Indonesia’s tains the costs of food, transport, as individuals and businesses alike an exhaustive interview process. The 18. Mariam Hassan selection process and we are delighted policy rate now stands at 6.50 per- housing, utilities, and leisure activities. may be less reluctant to ask for loans participants were chosen based on a 19. Lamia Al Loughani with the caliber of those who have cent. The nation’s central bank, Bank In Indonesia, like other developing against a backdrop of higher borrow- rigorous selection process that includ- 20. Nourah Al Qassar been chosen” Indonesia (BI), unexpectedly nations, food prices make up more ing costs. Indonesia’s domestic con- ed a personality test and two rounds 21. Nouf Raed Al Oraifan Al-Bahar added: “We would like to increased its reference rate last than a third of the basket, hence rising sumption sector has traditionally of interviews with a panel of our men- 22. Abdulaziz Omar Al Mutawa thankThe Proteges strategic partner month, for the first time since 2011 food prices have a strong effect on been the main source of growth for tors. The following 25 exceptional 23. AbdulRahman Al Bawardi KIPCO and its participating companies - ahead of the long awaited fuel price inflation. In order to prevent high the economy, and has kept the econo- applicants have been accepted for this 24. Jena Khaled Al Awadhi Burgan Bank, KAMCO, United Real hike and the potential subsequent inflation, the monetary authorities my above an impressive 6 percent year’s program: 25. Omar Hamad Al Qahtani Estate, Qurain Petrochemical tndustries rise in inflation. The fuel price reform can decide to hike their policy rates, rate, even as its external sector 1. Abdul Aziz Dawoud Al Marzouq Program Manager, Shamlan Al- Company, Gulf Insurance Group, United did eventually materialize at the end which directly impacts households increasingly lags behind. 2. Ahmad Tawflq Al Enizi Bahar commented on the selection Networks, OSN, Kuwait Hotels Company of June, raising gasoline prices by 44 spending. Despite a weakening rupiah, 3. Razan Ahmad Al Sarraf process: “During the interviews we met and United Education Company - for all percent and diesel prices by 22 per- By raising rates, the central bank Indonesia’s export sector has been 4. Maryam Saleh Shehab with many outstanding young people, their help. “We also send our gratitude cent. makes borrowing more expensive, deteriorating, mainly due to the par- 5. Thu raya Hatem Al Otaibi so it was a difficult task to select only to our Platinum Sponsors: Abyat, Ali Inflation continues to rise; in May it and incentivizes households to bor- tial export ban on raw materials that 6. Hessa Jasem Al Maian 25. However, we are extremely pleased Alghanim & Sons Automotive Co, and climbed from 5.5 percent to 5.9 per- row less, hence spend less. A cut in was imposed last year to encourage 7. Dalal Yousef Al Basri with the group we have selected and Alanba Newspaper and Bronze cent year-on-year in June and infla- the policy rate will boost economic the export of more value added prod- 8. Fahad Yousef Al Basri are excited to begin Generation 3 of Sponsor: IFA Consulting Services.” tionary pressures are likely to be activity by encouraging consumption. ucts. However, in the absence of the intensified by the effects of the fuel The Bank Indonesia Rate is the policy high fuel subsidy costs (which last subsidy cut. The inflation rate is pro- rate announced by the Board of year accounted for about 16 percent jected to top 7 percent by year-end, Governors of Bank Indonesia in each of the state’s budget), the govern- much higher than the government’s monthly meeting. The policy rate is ment will be able to allocate more 3.5 percent-5.5 percent target. used for liquidity management on the funding towards strengthening the Indonesia’s local currency, the rupiah, money market to achieve the mone- economy’s infrastructure. It will also also continues to put on an abysmal tary policy operational target. The be able to mitigate the effects of the performance, depreciating against the monetary policy operational target is fuel price hike on domestic consump- US dollar because of: i) a swelling cur- reflected in the movement in the tion, by providing cash compensation rent account deficit; ii) falling foreign Interbank Overnight Rate, the rate at for 15 million poor families. Whilst we direct investment, exacerbated by the which banks lend to each other may see Indonesia’s economic growth current account deficit; and iii) fears overnight. Bank deposit rates are rate slip just below 6 percent this year, that the US Fed will begin tapering its expected to follow the movements in the current painful reforms are likely quantitative easing program as soon interbank rates, and henceforth affect to bring about greater and more sta- as this September, boosting demand bank lending rates. ble sources of economic growth in for the US dollar. The rise in fuel prices may have years ahead. Arab-Brazilian food & construction sector ties get further boost UAE: The Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) recently coordinated with Apex, the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency, to highlight both the busi- ness and pleasure aspects of relationships between Brazil and the Middle East. For more than half a century, the ABCC has been facilitating the strengthening of economic, cultur- al, tourism and information ties between Arabs and Brazilians. For its recent initiative, the Chamber helped bring in a select group of 10 Arab entrepreneurs to its headquar- ters in Sao Palo, Brazil to participate in a Food and Building Material Buyer Project. The unique twist was that the visiting Arab businessmen had the option of watching ongoing FIFA Millennium Hotels & Resorts signs Confederations Cup matches in Brazil either before or after two days of intense business roundtables with Brazilian 325-key Millennium hotel in Jeddah companies held from June 17 to 18, 2013. The event opened up key prospects for producers of said Michel Alaby, CEO, Arab-Brazilian Chamber of granite, marble and wood as well as for producers of fruits, Commerce. JEDDAH: The property marks the company’s strategic entry into “The entry in Jeddah was strategic and we are pleased to juices and processed food products. “Trade events typically Jeddah, which it says is a key market in its plans and the second have secured this hotel with Al Sharif Manour Bin Saleh Abu The food sector was represented by The Sultan Center separate business from pleasure to have the best outcomes. (Kuwait); Maza (Bahrain); and Barakat International and best performing market in the Middle East. As the company Rayash, a family-owned limited liability company that has major This time, however, we wanted to bring out two important signed the deal, Millennium and Copthorne MEA manager - real estate exposure in Saudi Arabia and in the US. The hotel, slat- Emke Group (UAE). The building business, on the other aspects that define successful Arab-Brazilian relations: our hand, was represented by Achysis (Jordan); United Building development planning and asset manager, Ramsay Rankoussi ed to open by 2017, will have a design led by Japanese design strong partnerships, and our camaraderie. The good balance said: “This hotel supports our growth commitment to the Saudi specialist Nikken Sekkei, and will stand over 64 floors where its Company (Kuwait); Pan Emirates, Timber Yard, Bani Yousuf of activities provided a comfortable environment to make General Trading LLC and Crystal Building Materials (UAE); market where we currently have over 5,000 rooms in the rooms will be distributed between serviced apartments, hotel solid deals and explore present and future opportunities,” pipeline. rooms and branded residences under the Millennium brand. and the Arabian Trading Corp (KSA). TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 BUSINESS Yusuf A Alghanim & Sons launches Landmark Group opens today biggest campaign on AC Delco batteries Centrepoint and Home Centre stores KUWAIT: Yusuf A Alghanim & Sons, dis- these valuable prizes whenever they tributor of AC Delco batteries in Kuwait, replace their vehicle’s battery with a KUWAIT: Landmark Group will offi- launched a ‘scratch & win’ and ‘raffle new ACDelco maintenance-free battery, cially open the doors of its largest draw’ campaign on AC Delco distributed by Yusuf A Alghanim & Sons. Centrepoint and Homecentre stores Maintenance Free batteries. The cam- Customers will find the ‘Scratch & Win’ in Kuwait at The Avenues today at and ‘Raffle draw’ coupon inside the bat- 9:30 pm. Launching the largest tery box, which allows them to instantly store in the Landmark portfolio in discover if they might be the proud The Avenues highlights the impor- tance of Kuwait. Centrepoint has winner. The raffle draw will take place crossed more than 94 stores while on the 10th of Oct 2013 for a 2013 Home Centre has crossed more Chevrolet Cruze. than 85 stores across all regions. The ACDelco batteries from Yusuf A stores have a new separate north Alghanim & Sons are available at all side entrance at the Grand Avenues. Alghanim spare parts outlets Commenting on the new stores, (Shuwaikh, Sharq, Fahaheel, Canada Dry Saibal Basu, Chief Operating Officer, St and Jahra) in addition to over 500 Landmark Group Kuwait said: “We puncture shops in all the areas and gov- are thrilled to open our largest ernorates of Kuwait. ACDelco offers a stores in Kuwait at The Avenues today and to bring Kuwait shop- complete and comprehensive range of pers all that Centrepoint and Home maintenance-free batteries suitable for Centre has to offer. The new stores all car makes including American, are another important step in our Japanese, Korean, and European. growth strategy. We now have over ACDelco uses state-of-the-art quality 9 Centrepoint stores and 5 Home processes and the best materials to Centre stores in Kuwait and look ensure a long life that far exceeds that forward to bringing shoppers the of the average battery sold in the newest fashion and latest ideas in Middle East market and are engineered home furniture and accessories for paign runs all summer from July 1 until especially for the hot climate of the seasons to come.” “Landmark Group has built its Sept 30, 2013, and entitles customers to Middle East. Standing behind the quali- success on a single, simple princi- quality and style to appeal to a tomers. The new concept store with impeccable style” commented win exciting gifts ranging from the 2013 ty of all its batteries, ACDelco also offers ple: Great fashion at great value, broad customer base. People come its fresh, trendy look reflects Basu. Chevrolet Cruze, the new Samsung a 12-month international warranty this idea has been as much of a hit to our stores and find something immaculate styling, comfort and Landmark Group offers cus- Galaxy S4, iPhone5, LED TV, laptops, iPad throughout the Middle East. in Kuwait as anywhere. Landmark that fits their personal style and attention to detail. “We have some- tomers the comfort of shopping in Mini and thousands of more gifts. Yusuf A Alghanim & Sons Automotive Group’s growing presence in their budget.” thing for every event, our designs a spacious and trendy location. The For every maintenance-free battery will continue to launch new initiatives to Kuwait is an indication that people Centrepoint and Home Centre are aimed at those who embrace new Centrepoint and Home Centre purchased, the customer gets a ‘scratch meet and exceed customers’ expectations, are getting more discerning when constantly re-invent themselves to life with confidence and optimism stores display the latest fashions in & win’ and ‘raffle draw’ coupon. Every and reward them for their loyalty and trust it comes to fashion. We combine appeal to fashion conscious cus- and want to enjoy it to the full in clothing and home decor. customer stands a chance to win any of in the company’s products and services. Tijari announces winners Bosch innovations make Mideast of Najma daily draw driving safer and more comfortable KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait worth KD 100,000 each on different KUWAIT: Al Qurain Automotive held the Al Najma Account Daily draw occasions: The National Day, Eid Al Fitr, Trading Company, authorized deal- on 14 July 2013. The draw was held Eid Al Adha and on the 19th of June er for Bosch Automotive & Power Tools in Kuwait, is proud to under the supervision of the Ministry of which is the date of the bank’s estab- announce that Bosch Automotive Commerce & Industry represented by lishment. has been honoured for its constant Saguer Al Manaie. The winners of the With a minimum balance of KD 500, and revolutionary contribution to Najma Daily Draw are: customers will be eligible for the daily road safety at an international Mobarak Shalash Mobarak AlHajraf draw provided that the money is in the award ceremony in Geneva. The KD 7000, AlJazi Muajib AlDousari KD account one week prior to the daily world-leader in automotive after- 7000, Maale Salem Mohammed Al draw or 2 months prior to the mega market technology, which operates Dousari KD 7000, Ahmad Mohammed draw. In addition, for each KD 25 a cus- across the Middle East North Africa Jassim Al Shatti KD 7000, AbdulHasib tomer can get one chance for winning (MENA) region, was presented the AbdulKareem Abdulmajid KD 7000. instead of KD 50. 2013 World Telecommunications and Information Society award by The Commercial Bank of Kuwait Commercial Bank of Kuwait takes the United Nation’s International announces the biggest daily draw in this opportunity to congratulate all Telecommunications Union (ITU), in Kuwait with the launch of the new lucky winners and also extends appre- recognition for Bosch’s efforts to Najma account. Customers of the bank ciation to the Ministry of Commerce improve road safety. can now enjoy a KD 7,000 daily prize and Industry for their effective supervi- Making driving safer is a major which is the highest in the country and sion of the draws which were conduct- concern in the MENA region which, another 4 mega prizes during the year ed in an orderly and organized manner. according to the Global Road Safety Partnership, ranks first in the world for its road fatality rate, recording a disturbing 32.2 deaths Burgan Bank announces per population of 100,000. The prestigious ITU award reflects the winners of Yawmi account remarkable evolution that Bosch has been maintaining in order to KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced innovative offering along with a higher serve road safety, with the German- today the names of the five lucky frequency and incentive of winning for based organisation employing winners of its Yawmi account draw, everyone. Today, the Yawmi account is 5,000 dedicated engineers whose innovations have made driving each taking home a prize of KD a well understood product, where its safer and more comfortable on 5,000. The lucky winners for the daily popularity can be seen from the num- roads all over the world. draws took home a cash-prize of KD ber of increasing account holders. Bosch Automotive is a global 5000 each, and they are: Burgan Bank encourages everyone to pioneer in technology innovation 1. FAWZEYA ENAYAH MOHAMMAD KHAN open a Yawmi account and/or increase and has been operating in the MENA automotive market for more 2. NASR MOHD ALI AHMED their deposit to maximize their than a decade, including the whole 3. AMER ABDULQADER BAQER ALAWADHI chances to becoming a daily winner. of the Middle East, Levant, Pakistan 4. MONA ABDULATEF SALTAN ALNAJDE The more customers deposit, the high- and all countries in Africa north of 5. HASSAN IBRAHIM ABDULLATIF ALKHALIL er the chances they receive of winning the Equator. Sudhir Shenoy, Brand dards.” Bosch Automotive is cur- “The Traffic Jam Assistant is going The Bosch Group is a leading With its new and enhanced features, the draw. Manager of Bosch in Kuwait, said: rently laying the remaining ground- to be a revolutionary success for global supplier of technology and “Road safety is a serious matter in the Yawmi Account has become more Opening a Yawmi account is simple, work for its pioneering Traffic Jam the road safety cause in the Middle services. The Bosch Group compris- the region, and Kuwait in particular, Assistant, a system that can guide East, as it will reduce road rage that es Robert Bosch GmbH and its convenient, easier, and faster for cus- customers are urged to visit their near- where traffic-related deaths out- vehicles through highway traffic has been linked to many accidents roughly 360 subsidiaries and tomers to benefit from. Now, cus- est Burgan Bank branch and receive all number those caused by cancer. jams very comfortably, as it will around the Middle East,” he added. regional companies in some 50 tomers will be eligible to enter the the details, or simply call the bank’s We are proud of the advancements brake, accelerate, and steer com- Located in Shuwaikh, Bosch countries. Bosch spent some 4.8 bil- draw after 48 hours only from opening Call Center at 1804080 where cus- Bosch Automotive has made for the pletely automatically, at speeds up Automotive Kuwait provides state- lion euros for research and devel- safety of drivers in Kuwait.” the account. Customers are also tomer service representatives will be to 50 kilometres per hour. It will be of-the-art auto services with a com- opment in 2012, and applied for Guido Gring, Vice President of available in 2014. plete range of diagnostic and vehi- nearly 4,800 patents worldwide. required to deposit KD 100 or equiva- delighted to assist with any questions Bosch Automotive Aftermarket, According to Mr. Gring, the cle repair equipment and a wide The Bosch Group’s products and lent only to enter the daily draw, and on the Yawmi account or any of the Middle East and Africa said: “Bosch Traffic Jam Assistant will reduce the range of spare parts for passenger services are designed to fascinate, the coupon value to enter the draw bank’s products and services. Automotive is continuously factors provoking road rage, thus, cars and commercial vehicles. and to improve the quality of life by stands at KD 10. Customers can also log on to Burgan advancing research in this area and contributing significantly to avoid- Bosch Automotive Kuwait, repre- providing solutions which are both effectively helping reduce the num- The newly designed Yawmi account Bank’s www.burgan.com for further ing road dangers and accidents. By sented by Al Qurain Automotive innovative and beneficial. In this ber of car accidents on Middle East also remaining stress free on Trading Company, is a subsidiary of way, the company offers technolo- has been launched to provide a highly information. roads and around the world, espe- Middle East roads, people can go Abdulaziz Al-Ali Al-Mutawa Group gy worldwide that is “invented for cially those related to vehicle stan- about their daily lives with ease. of Companies. life”. Qatar Airways offers passengers tailored cuisine this Ramadan

DOHA: Throughout the holy month of complete the dining experience. Qatar Madinah, Mashhad, Muscat, Najaf, Ramadan, Qatar Airways will bring a Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Riyadh, Sanaa and Tehran. taste of Qatari hospitality to the skies Baker said the airline always seeks to Passengers who are not fasting will by offering guests who are fasting with offer passengers a blend of the airline’s continue to enjoy Qatar Airways’ unri- a specially designed iftar box. The box unrivalled signature 5-star service with valled 5-star service on all its flights to consists of traditional and local healthy the warmth and grace of Qatari hospi- any one of the airline’s leisure and busi- delights associated with the breaking of tality to all its passengers. “Qatar ness destinations worldwide. the fast. In addition to water, laban, Airways welcomes the tradition of the Qatar Airways has seen rapid growth dates and Arabic sweets to enjoy at the country whose people we represent. in just 16 years of operations, currently moment of iftar, the specially designed Ramadan is an important period for a operating a modern fleet of 127 aircraft boxes also contain a selection of delica- vast number of our passengers and we to 128 key business and leisure destina- cies for both vegetarian and non-vege- are happy to meet their needs, offering tions across Europe, Middle East, Africa, tarian passengers. The vegetarian’s iftar them the high level of service they have Asia Pacific, North America and South baskets include a Saaj bread wrap with been accustomed to.” America. Since the beginning of the char-grilled red pepper and courgette, These boxes are available exclusively year, Qatar Airways has launched flights crumbled feta cheese and spiced hum- onboard Qatar Airways operated flights to Gassim (KSA); Najaf (Iraq); Phnom mus, whereas the non-vegetarian’s iftar between Doha and the Gulf, Middle Penh (Cambodia); Chicago (US); Salalah baskets includes a roasted chicken, East and the Levant to Businesses and (Oman); and Basra (Iraq), with many peeled cucumber strips, zaatar season- Economy class passengers who decline more destinations planned during ing and lemon and tahini dressing in a the regular meals. They will be present- 2013. Over the next few months, Qatar saaj bread wrap. ed to passengers who are fasting Airways will launch services to a diverse Additionally, the box includes crudi- around the fast break time during the portfolio of new routes, including ties of carrot and cucumber baton, flight by our award-winning cabin crew. Sulaymaniyah, Iraq (August 20), black olives and parsley featuring hum- Iftar boxes will be distributed on flights Chengdu, China (September 3), Addis mus, olives vegetables and olive oil to selected destinations including Abu Ababa, Ethiopia (September 18), Clark with Arabic bread. A packet of the air- Dhabi, Alexandria, Algiers, Amman, International Airport, Philippines line’s signature mixed fruit and nuts is Baghdad, Bahrain, Cairo, Dubai, Erbil, (October 27) and Philadelphia, USA (2 also included together with a banana to Istanbul, Jeddah, Khartoum, Kuwait, April 2014). technology TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013

KABUL: A ground crew stands by with one of the Marine Corps’ two K-MAX unmanned helicopter at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The two drones are used for supply missions and are proving drones can be used for more than spying and missile strikes. (Right) A mechanic works on one of the Marine Corps’ two K-MAX unmanned helicopter at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. — MCT Hobbyist drones find eager buyers

AUSTIN: Drones are showing up in this country in increas- Northern California. Bollock said he expects to use the experience the joy of flying and may use it to train their and Michael Bay. Bay, he said, is having fun flying the ing numbers — and they could be coming to a neighbor- Phantom in his next film featuring kayaking and extreme skills for even more complex and expensive drones for Phantom on the set of the fourth “Transformers” movie, hood near you. While that prospect raises privacy con- sports in various parts of the world. The drone is small advanced camera work. Unlike some military drones, the part of which is being shot in Central Texas. Actor Mark cerns among some critics, for Colin Guinn it means busi- enough for Bollock to carry in a “dry bag” in his kayak and Phantom is not much of a stealth machine. Up close, it Wahlberg, who stars in the movie, saw Bay’s drone and ness is taking off. Guinn, 33, is North American CEO of DJI then launch for several minutes of aerial footage before he makes a buzzing noise that sounds like a weed whacker. wanted one too, Guinn said. Innovations, which just might have the hottest hobbyist takes on a challenging set of rapids. “DJI made something When operating without a payload, the drone can fly for Singer Jimmy Buffett is also a fan. Guinn said he took a drone on the market. The China-based company’s North that is so compact and affordable that it is opening up about 15 minutes or so without requiring a change of bat- camera-equipped Phantom to fly inside Buffet’s new American operations are headquartered in Austin. whole new realms for aerial videos,” Bollock said. teries. That time is decreased when the drone is carrying a Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant in Las Vegas to shoot The company’s Phantom drone, which debuted in GoPro, which says it is the fastest-growing camera camera. a promotional video. Guinn says the Phantom was devel- January, costs less than $700. The small four-rotor copter company, says the Phantom is a good match for its rugged There are cheaper drones available for sale to con- oped by DJI as an easy-to-fly, inexpensive trainer to attract also is relatively easy to fly and to navigate. It weighs less lightweight Hero3 video camera, which sells for between sumers, but Guinn said he considers them to be more toys a broader group of consumer hobbyists than just experi- than 1 pounds without its payload, which typically is a $200 and $400, depending on the model. “DJI makes a than professional tools. The Phantom, he said, comes with enced remote-control pilots. “We thought it would be our small, rugged video camera. That is thousands of dollars product that adds a lot of value to what you can do with a advanced software that uses GPS technology and a mag- trainer for the aerial photographer and people will either less than larger remote-controlled copters, some of which GoPro, and it is easy enough to fly,” said Travis Pynn with netic compass to help interpret pilot instructions. It also get hooked on it or they won’t,” Guinn said. “We want to are used in filming movies and TV shows. GoPro’s media team. “People are figuring out how to do remembers where it was launched. If the pilot transmitter get everyone who uses a camera and who wonders what DJI says it is selling thousands of Phantoms every week some pretty amazing things with our cameras. Until fairly goes dead, the drone automatically knows it should ele- it would look like from 100 feet up or 200 feet up.” around the world, and North America is its largest market. recently you had to be pretty skilled to fly one of these vate to 60 feet and return to its launch site. Guinn, who The plan was to use the Phantom as a way to bring in DJI’s drones are engineered - and the navigation software (drones) without crashing them.” graduated from the University of Texas in 2003 with a more buyers for the company’s more sophisticated and is developed - in Shenzen, China. Guinn is a partner in the The increasing number of drones is creating calls for mechanical engineering degree, got attracted to small expensive systems, some of which cost several thousand company and runs its North American operations in more rules. Congress has asked the Federal Aviation remote-controlled helicopters as a way to get aerial dollars each. That is still part of the plan, but the Phantom Austin, where DJI employs 20 people involved in market- Administration to create new rules for the commercial use footage as part of marketing upscale houses that were for has spurred more growth in the company’s business, ing, sales, logistics, customer support, technical support of drones so that they don’t conflict with air travel safety. sale. which led to the creation of a stable camera base or gim- and some engineering. Those rules are expected to be issued in 2015. Until then, He approached DJI Chief Executive Frank Wang with bal so that professional level videos could be shot with the The drones typically are sold through hobby stores, the FAA’s rules for hobbyists limit drones like the Phantom the idea of creating a stable camera mount for a remote- small drone. and sales are going strong. Austin-based Precision to flying below 400 feet and staying well away from air- controlled helicopter. DJI was a leader in making intuitive He predicts more commercial use for drones in such Camera, which began selling the Phantom less than two ports. Texas state Rep Lance Gooden, a Republican, software for piloting remote controlled vehicles. Then he areas as law enforcement, agricultural crop monitoring, months ago, says it has sold about 50 of them already. authored one of the first drone regulation laws in the convinced the company to develop its own line of remote- power line inspection and television news gathering. About half the buyers, said store manager Gregg Burger, nation that passed in the regular session of the legislature. controlled copters that would be well-suited for shooting The Austin operation has expanded from one person to are hobbyists who want to fly a small vehicle that zips The law prohibits “indiscriminate surveillance” by drone professional videos. When he talked with Wang about 20 employees in the past year and Guinn says he has around and hovers in mid-air. Other buyers are camera without a warrant or use of it for malicious intent. “If you forming a North American distributorship for the compa- four more positions to be filled. The company has man- enthusiasts who want to use the drone to help them shoot are hobbyist and taking pictures,” that is not a problem, ny, Guinn said, Wang invited him to be part of the compa- aged to keep up with sales growth of about 300 percent aerial photos and videos. One customer uses the drone to Gooden said last week. “It is the folks who are doing indis- ny and head of its North American operations. to 500 percent a year for the past few years, but it shoot aerial videos of motocross events. The Phantom is criminate surveillance or acting with malice that have “Frank said, ‘We have been working together for a cou- doesn’t want to grow much faster than that, Guinn said. designed to carry a small and rugged sports camera, the something to be concerned about.” ple of years, and we should just partner up, and you “The biggest challenge for us is managing growth,” he popular GoPro Hero3. Guinn said he has no problem with laws that protect (Guinn) can open up the North American branch of DJI.’ said. “That lets us find good people for engineering jobs One user of the drone and the GoPro camera is Shon peoples’ privacy against the malicious use of drones. He “Guinn, who has some Hollywood connections, has helped and tech support and good sales people. We don’t want Bollock, an adventure kayaker and filmmaker based in wants the Phantom to be used by hobbyists who want to introduce DJI technology to such filmmakers as JJ Abrams explosive growth.”— MCT Robots to revolutionize farming, ease labor woes

SALINAS: On a windy morning in California’s Salinas Valley, a tractor pulled a wheeled, metal contraption over rows of budding iceberg lettuce plants. Engineers from Silicon Valley tinkered with the soft- ware on a laptop to ensure the machine was eliminat- ing the right leafy buds. The engineers were testing the Lettuce Bot, a machine that can “thin” a field of lettuce in the time it takes about 20 workers to do the job by hand. The thinner is part of a new generation of machines that target the last frontier of agricultural mechanization - fruits and vegetables destined for the KOLKATA: An Indian army soldier reacts as he prepares to send a telegram on the last day fresh market, not processing, which have thus far of the 163-year-old service at a telegraph office Sunday night. The state-run telecommu- resisted mechanization because they’re sensitive to nications company will send its final telegram, closing down a service that fast became a bruising. relic in an age of email, reliable landlines and ubiquitous cell phones. — AP Researchers are now designing robots for these most delicate crops by integrating advanced sensors, powerful computing, electronics, computer vision, Stop ... India sends robotic hardware and algorithms, as well as network- ing and high precision GPS localization technologies. Most ag robots won’t be commercially available for at its last telegram least a few years. In this region known as America’s Salad Bowl, where for a century fruits and vegetables have been SALINAS: In this May 23, 2013, photo, field operations manager Matthew Rossow tests the let- NEW DELHI: India’s last telegram went out late service. India’s telegram service began in 1850, planted, thinned and harvested by an army of migrant tuce bot in Salinas, the lettuce capital of the world. Entrepreneurs with the Silicon Valley com- Sunday, marking the end of a service that mil- when the first telegram was sent from the east- workers, the machines could prove revolutionary. lions of Indians had relied on for fast communi- ern city of Kolkata to Diamond Harbor, a south- pany Blue River Technology are testing the Lettuce Bot, a boxy robotic machine that can thin Farmers say farm robots could provide relief from fields of lettuce, a job that now requires detailed hand work by 20 farm workers. — AP cation for more than 160 years. ern suburb nearly 40 kilometers (25 miles) from recent labor shortages, lessen the unknowns of immi- Hundreds of people thronged the 75 tele- the city center. gration reform, even reduce costs, increase quality nies and commodity boards have stepped up with plants than doing it any other way,” said Jorge Heraud, graph offices remaining in the country to send Over the next few decades, telegraph offices and yield a more consistent product. “There aren’t funding. the company’s co-founder and CEO. their last telegrams to friends or family as a proliferated, wiring the vast subcontinent with a enough workers to take the available jobs, so the “We need to increase our efficiency, but nobody After a lettuce field is planted, growers typically keepsake. The company canceled holidays for network that became known for its speed and robots can come and alleviate some of that problem,” wants to work in the fields,” said Stavros G. hire a crew of farmworkers who use hoes to remove staff at the offices to handle the rush, Shameem dependability. said Ron Yokota, a farming operations manager at Vougioukas, professor of biological and agricultural excess plants to give space for others to grow into full Akhtar, general manager at the Bharat Sanchar At its peak in the mid-1980s, more than Tanimura & Antle, the Salinas-based fresh produce engineering at the University of California, Davis. lettuce heads. The Lettuce Bot uses video cameras and Nigam Ltd., which runs India’s telegram service, 45,000 telegraph offices dotted the country, with company that owns the field where the Lettuce Bot But farmworker advocates say mechanization visual-recognition software to identify which lettuce said Monday. The company says declining rev- tens of thousands of telegraph workers and was being tested. would lead to workers losing jobs, growers using plants to eliminate with a squirt of concentrated fertil- enues forced it to end the service, which had delivery men dispatching more than 600,000 Many sectors in US agriculture have relied on more pesticides and the food supply becoming less izer that kills the unwanted buds while enriching the become obsolete in an age of email, reliable telegrams a day. From birth and death machines for decades and even the harvesting of safe. “The fundamental question for consumers is who soil. Blue River, which has raised more than $3 million landlines and ubiquitous cellphones. announcements, to college admissions, job fruits and vegetables meant for processing has slowly and, now, what do you want picking your food; a in venture capital, also plans to develop machines to Some of the last-day users sent telegrams to appointments and court summons, the telegram been mechanized. But nationwide, the vast majority machine or a human, who with the proper training automate weeding - and eventually harvesting - using Kapil Sibal, India’s minister for telecommunica- was the main way tens of millions of Indians __ of fresh-market fruit is still harvested by hand. and support, can” ... take significant steps to ensure a many of the same technologies. tions, pleading for the service to be continued. in the remotest parts of the country and in its Research into fresh produce mechanization was dor- safer, higher quality product, said Erik Nicholson, Another company, San Diego-based Vision “The losses were mounting. It was not viable teeming cities __ received important news. Until mant for years because of an over-abundance of national vice president of the United Farm Workers of Robotics, is developing a similar lettuce thinner as to have kept it going much longer,” Akhtar said. recently, the government used telegrams to workers and pressures from farmworker labor unions. America. On the Salinas Valley farm, entrepreneurs well as a pruner for wine grapes. The pruner uses That was especially true as the number of cell- inform recipients of top civilian awards and for In recent years, as the labor supply has tightened with Mountain View-based startup Blue River robotic arms and cameras to photograph and create a phone users exploded, with 867 million sub- court notices. India’s armed forces even recog- and competition from abroad has increased, growers Technology are trying to show that the Lettuce Bot computerized model of the vines, figure out the canes’ scribers as of April. The telecommunications nized telegrams from troops extending vacations have sought out machines to reduce labor costs and can not only replace two dozen workers, but also orientation and the location of buds - all to decide ministry said it lost $250 million in the last seven or from soldiers’ families requesting their pres- supplement the nation’s unstable agricultural work- improve production. which canes to cut down. Fresh fruit harvesting years and that it was time to put an end to the ence at home for a funeral. —AP force. The federal government, venture capital compa- “Using Lettuce Bot can produce more lettuce remains the biggest challenge.—AP Researchers hack Verizon device, turn it into mobile spy station

NEW YORK: Two security experts said they have as femtocells or network extenders, to prevent figure out similar ways to hack femtocells. said there have been no reports of customers Electronics Inc. They said that with a little more figured out how to spy on Verizon Wireless hackers from copying the technique of the two The two said they plan to give more elaborate being impacted by the bug that the researchers work, they could have weaponized it for stealth mobile phone customers by hacking into devices experts. But Ritter said motivated hackers can demonstrations two weeks from now at the had identified. The company is a joint venture attacks by packaging all equipment needed for a the US carrier sells to boost wireless signals still find other ways to hack the femtocells of Black Hat and Def Con hacking conferences in between Verizon Communications Inc and surveillance operation into a backpack that indoors. Verizon, as well as those offered by some 30 car- Las Vegas. More than 15,000 security profession- Vodafone Group Plc. could be dropped near a target they wanted to The finding, which the experts demonstrated riers worldwide to their customers. als and hackers are expected to attend those Samberg said his company uses an internal monitor. For example, a group interested in to Reuters and will further detail at two hacking Femtocells, which act as tiny cellphone tow- conferences, which feature talks on newly found security team as well as outside firms to look for potential mergers might place such a backpack conferences this summer, comes at a time of ers, can be purchased directly from Verizon for bugs in communications systems, smart TVs, vulnerabilities in the devices it sells, before and in Manhattan restaurants frequented by invest- intense global debate about electronic privacy, $250. Used models can be obtained online for mobile devices and computers that run facilities after they are released. ment bankers. Verizon’s website said the device after top-secret US surveillance programs were about $150. Ritter and his colleague, Doug from factories to oil rigs. Still, the two researchers said they are able to has a 40-foot range, but the researchers believe leaked by a former National Security Agency DePerry, demonstrated for Reuters how they can Verizon Wireless released a Linux software use the hacked femtocell to spy on Verizon that could be expanded by adding specialized contractor, Edward Snowden, last month. eavesdrop on text messages, photos and phone update in March that prevents its network exten- phones even after Verizon released that update antennas. The iSEC researchers are not the first to “This is not about how the NSA would attack calls made with an Android phone and an ders from being compromised in the manner because they had modified the device before the warn of vulnerabilities in femtocells, but claim to ordinary people. This is about how ordinary peo- iPhone by using a Verizon femtocell that they reported by Ritter and DePerry, according to company pushed out the software fix. be the first to hack the femtocells of a US carrier ple would attack ordinary people,” said Tom had previously hacked. company spokesman David Samberg. The researchers built their “proof of concept” and also the first running on a wireless standard Ritter, a senior consultant with the security firm They declined to disclose how they had modi- “The Verizon Wireless Network Extender system that they will demonstrate in Las Vegas known as CDMA. Other hacking experts have iSEC Partners. Verizon said it has updated the fied the software on the device, saying they do remains a very secure and effective solution for with femtocells manufactured by Samsung previously uncovered security bugs in femtocells software on its signal-boosting devices, known not want to make it any easier for criminals to our customers,” Samberg said in a statement. He Electronics Co and a $50 antenna from Wilson used by carriers in Europe. —Reuters TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE Health care technology blossoms in hospitals, clinics

slip of paper at the nurses’ station indi- “Now, they show up on my computer screen cated a certain medication dose was right away, and I can immediately compare Adue for a patient. Dallas Fulton knew the new X-ray with past X-rays in our system. better. Actually, his hand-held computer ... knew better. Fulton, a registered nurse on “I may spend more time on the keyboard staff in Truman Medical Centers’ Hospital Hill but less time tracking down lab results or intensive care unit, gets real-time electronic waiting for medical records or trying to find information about prescriptions, vital signs the right nurse.” By one calculation, Truman and any other aspect of patient care. His has documented $12 million in efficiency and “CareMobile” device, never far from his side, safety savings since 2009. quickly showed him that the patient’s physi- Truman’s program, like those at other hos- cian had just changed the prescription order. pitals, puts into practice what Cerner has “It’s faster and safer,” Fulton said of the been preaching that health care IT can “cre- technology. “It used to be that physicians ate a workflow appropriate for the best possi- scratched orders on paper, which went to the ble outcome for patient and clinician.” pharmacy and then to us. Now, the order That’s the view of Zane Burke, an execu- goes to the pharmacy electronically, and as tive vice president at Cerner, who said the soon as it’s validated, it shows up in challenge is getting the right information to CHINA: (Left) An elderly woman sitting on an exercise equipment. (Right) A group of elderly women chatting at a tea house. CareMobile.” doctors and nurses when they need it. To get it right, he said, clinicians and IT developers have to work hand in glove to understand the China island centenarians workflow, the jargon and the professional niches involved. Costs and timing vary by hospital size, claim secret of long life Burke said, but it easily takes tens of millions of dollars and up to three years to implement an electronic health records system CHENGMAI: The elderly residents of one most Chengmai residents carried on doing what tening to clattering opera recordings. approaching Truman’s depth. It was a “30- Chinese county have endured invasion, civil war they had always done, growing crops. “I come here every morning to exercise, month journey” for Truman, he said. Burke and famine, and many live in unheated concrete “I’ve never done any exercise, except hard watch opera and drink tea,” said Sheng, before acknowledged that the health IT field is shacks on only a few dollars a day. But they are farmwork,” said 86 year-old Wang Kailu, who darting out to test her strength on a yellow- crowded with competitors, and hospital sys- apparently among the longest-living people on lives in a simple concrete shack with his wife Wu painted metal exercise machine. A study com- KANSAS: Dr Jeffrey Hackman, pic- tems make different choices. earth. Chengmai, a string of villages dotted with Aihe. The couple said they married the day after missioned by Chengmai’s Communist Party tured June 2013, is the chief medical Some health IT providers Cerner, orange plantations in the tropical island Japan’s World War Two surrender, 68 years ago. committee put its residents’ lifespans down to information officer for the hospital. McKesson, Allscripts, Athenahealth, province of Hainan, claims more than 200 resi- Their one-storey dwelling is barely furnished their being “diligent, simple-minded and mag- Greenway Medical Technologies and dents aged over 100 out of a population of and Wang draws water from a well to spread on nanimous, mainly taking a vegetarian diet, eat- The brick-sized portable device, which RelayHealth are cooperating as the 560,000 — one of the highest ratios in the world. his small vegetable plot. ing sensibly, early to bed early to rise.” uses software by Kansas City, Mo.-based CommonWell Health Alliance, a group that They are said to include at least three “super- The county has coralled its centenarians into Cerner Corp, goes with Fulton to patient bed- aims to reach some kind of common IT plat- centenarians”-the name given to those aged Secrets to a long life singing concerts and paraded them for the sides, allowing him to immediately enter and form. For “meaningful use” of computer over 110 — out of fewer than 400 thought to Experts on ageing who have travelled to the media as it seeks to promote itself as a centre of obtain patient data. It also scans bar-coded records to occur, health IT has to communi- exist worldwide. area say several factors could be involved in the long life. Property companies-which have devel- patient wristbands to confirm identities. This cate across different platforms, securely and Li Aizhu, whose government-issued residence phenomenon. Jennifer Holdaway, who runs the oped large swathes of Hainan in recent years- is the quiet side of the changes rippling without violating patient privacy. Planners permit says she was born in 1900, hobbles daily China Environment and Health Initiative of the also hope to cash in, with the island a hotspot through health care. A revolution in the con- are hoping that such “seamless interoperabili- from her tiny concrete bedroom, where an elec- US-based Social Science Research Council and for retirees from across China. Soaring clumps of version of patient information to computer ty” will help hold down rising health care tric fan beats back the intense heat, to watch visited Chengmai for a government-funded con- newly-built apartment blocks dot the county, records has spawned a huge industry in costs. Epic, the nation’s largest electronic quacking ducks waddle past her family farm- ference last year, pointed out that its economy with one named “Longevity City” trumpeting the health care information technology. It’s creat- health records vendor with an estimated half house. “Who are these people?” Li asked relatives was centred around agriculture. “There is not a ageing population in its advertising. ed such job titles as “director of nursing infor- of the health IT market, is not a part of the when visitors arrived, a shock of white hair fram- lot of industry, the climate is good, they can get But while Chengmai has stepped up invest- matics,” the job held by Amye Gilio, a regis- CommonWell effort. Epic officials have said ing her wrinkled face. She aimed the same ques- exercise easily, and the diet is healthy; they have ment in elderly care-AFP visited a newly built set tered nurse at Truman. they didn’t know about it and weren’t invited, tion at government officials who arrived with a plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, and the soil of huts for housing those whose families cannot The two Truman hospitals and the sys- raising questions about the motive: Was it to metal plaque declaring her to be a “longevity is also naturally high in selenium”, an essential look after them-facilities for the aged them- tem’s health IT partner, Cerner, are recognized increase interoperability across platforms or celebrity”, her family said. It now hangs above a nutrient, she said. selves remain basic. Experts say longevity zones as leaders in IT transformation. The Kansas an attempt to challenge the industry sales hard wooden bench in her simple living room, Locals, though, claimed a healthy reliance on around the world are rarely in rich areas. “If City-based hospital has achieved the highest leader? entitling her to a 500 yuan ($81, 62 euros) alcohol was vital. Xu Yuhe, whose residency per- you’re living in a climate like that you don’t need level of health IT adoption as measured by That tempest will continue to play out. monthly payment, and free medical treatment. mit lists her as 104, told AFP that she takes daily very much to be comfortable: simple housing, a Healthcare Information and Management Burke said CommonWell’s goal is to set Other clusters of longevity are said to include shots of “Three Coconut Spring” a local grain mosquito net, some rattan chairs and other peo- Systems Society Analytics. Truman reached a national standards so that the different health Cuba, islands off Greece and Japan, and a penin- spirit. “I drink alcohol every evening, just a little ple to hang out with,” said Holdaway. “It’s a dif- “Level 7” status for its electronic health IT systems can talk to each other, much as sula in Costa Rica, with researchers finding com- bit, it helps you feel warm,” added Sheng She, an ferent matter if you live in the North where you records, a ranking held by less than 2 percent electronics providers have done so that mon characteristics including an emphasis on 80-year-old who says she has 31 children and have to spend a lot of time indoors and fresh of US hospitals. Bluetooth technology can work with any family, lifestyles requiring physical activity, and a grandchildren. Experts say an active social life is food is expensive in the winter.” Li Aizhu, though, Nationally, about three-fourths of hospi- mobile phone, computer or other wireless plant-based diet. As China was swept by dramat- also a key to longevity, and each morning has a simpler explanation. “We asked her once,” tals and about half of office-based doctors device. ic changes-from Japanese invasion, to the dozens of Chengmai’s elderly pack out benches said the 113-year-old’s great-granddaughter, Yi have adopted some kind of electronic health In that respect, health care IT is catching Communist victory in the civil war, and a transi- in a teahouse, with men at the back playing Mei. “She said its because she eats a lot of records system. That starts with scanning into up to other industries. And with the sped-up tion from a planned economy to the market- cards and women at the front, chatting and lis- peanut oil, that’s her secret.”—AFP computer systems the paperwork that has movement, hospitals and doctors’ offices are filled the manila folders that have lined the integrating strict patient privacy considera- walls of medical offices for decades. tions. HIPAA, the Health Insurance Privacy Such scanning was a natural progression and Portability Act enacted in 1996, restricts into the digital age. But it was hurried along unauthorized access to patient information. by federal incentive payments provided by Along with making sure that only appro- the 2009 American Recovery and priate workers have access to electronic Reinvestment Act, stimulus legislation patient records, health IT providers also must designed to help pull the country out of deflect constant attempts by computer hack- recession. So far, the federal program has ers who could steal information or crash sys- paid doctors and hospitals more than $14.6 tems. Nightmare scenarios could include billion to install and “meaningfully use” elec- cyberattacks that interrupt or stop service, tronic health records by 2014. potentially endangering lives. The industry goal is more-efficient health Teams of IT professionals, government care. By putting patients’ histories and care officials, lawyers, ethicists, insurers, academics orders at the fingertips of doctors and nurses, and health care providers have been working digital records are expected to reduce dupli- even before the federal government issued cation of services, reduce errors, and improve its “meaningful use” standards in 2010 to try the quality of care because providers will to make interoperability safe and useful. have better information about what care is The two-pronged goal is for health records working. According to a study published ear- to “follow the patient” wherever he is and, CHINA: (Left) Elderly farmer Wang Kailu watering her vegetables at the back yard of his house in Chengmai city. (Right) Xu Yuhe, lier this year in the Journal of the American after information is amassed, to be able to one hundred and three -year- old elderly woman, having her lunch at her house.—AFP photos Medical Informatics Association, digital share best practices with other health records have helped avoid more than 17 mil- providers. The latter goal contributed to the lion medication mistakes. But a contrary earlier public flap about government-run Inexpensive test is saving infant lives study by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety “death panels.” Authority found error rates doubled from Some opponents of the Affordable Care PHILADELPHIA: At birth in lower than in large European stud- these defects show up on fetal or pilot programs, according to the 2010 to 2011, perhaps reflecting growth in Act feared that health IT records and govern- September, Moriah Mudd seemed ies. ultrasound. But experts estimate as Newborn Coalition, an advocacy digital records use. ment reimbursements would decide what strong and healthy. Her physical “It’s a highly useful test. It’s both many as 200 babies a year die from group. Even in the four states with- There is no central database for reports of patients were chosen for treatment. The actu- exam by a pediatrician at Riddle cost-effective and life-saving,” said critical defects that go undetected out formal initiatives, most hospi- errors tied to electronic health records. Some al intent was to learn which treatments pro- Hospital was completely normal. Samuel Gidding, head of cardiology until too late. tals screen. companies, such as Cerner, voluntarily report duce the best outcomes, partly to be able to But then a nurse put a sensor on at duPont Hospital for Children. “It’s In Europe, studies show that Pennsylvania is unusual, Cicco their technology problems to the Food and tailor Medicaid and Medicare reimburse- her foot and, within minutes, a a screening program that people about one in four newborns with said, because the state does not Drug Administration. But the FDA doesn’t ments to reward the best. machine called a pulse oximeter are embracing. They realize they positive pulse ox screens that is, mandate comprehensive newborn regulate health IT providers, so there’s no “Our country is investing billions of dollars revealed that her blood oxygen lev- should be doing this as part of blood oxygen saturation below 95 testing, but it does require report- reporting standard. The Office of the National in health care,” said Cerner’s Burke. “The el was alarmingly low a sign that good medical care,” said Pittsburgh percent have a heart defect that ing of results by hospitals that opt Coordinator for Health Information meaningful use question is incredibly impor- something could be critically neonatologist Robert Cicco, vice could cause disability or death. to test. This incongruity evolved Technology, in the US Department of Health tant to our industry to suppliers like me or wrong with her heart. chair of a committee that helps the Lung problems are also sometimes from concerns about who would and Human Services, is setting some health IT hospitals. Three weeks later, Moriah Pennsylvania Department of Health detected through positive screens. pay for testing, but in practice, it standards for the youthful industry. What are we doing to ensure those tax underwent surgery at A.I duPont develop newborn-screening guide- In 2011, following advice from lead- means that “99 percent of all new- Truman’s clinicians began using the sys- dollars are invested wisely? How do we drive Hospital for Children in Wilmington, lines. ing medical groups, the US borns” are screened for 40 defects tem in August 2010 and quickly found an effi- better patient outcomes, drive quality of care Del., to correct a severe congenital Of the 40,000 babies born with Secretary of Health and Human and diseases now including con- ciency benefit. “I no longer have to wait for X- and get costs out of the system?” If it reaches heart defect diagnosed by follow- congenital heart problems each Services recommended that pulse genital heart disease as experts rec- ray films to hold up against a light screen,” the hoped-for outcomes, Burke said, health IT up tests. Had it gone undetected, year in the US, about 10,000 have a oximetry be added to the uniform ommend, Cicco said. “Nobody who said Jeffrey Hackman, a physician who serves moves from being a cost element to an she would have gone into respira- defect so severe they need correc- screening panel for newborns. is involved with this in a significant as Truman’s chief medical information officer. income-producing element.—MCT tory distress at home in Sicklerville, tive surgery or other procedures in Since then, all but four states way is opposed to screening,” he NJ, said her mother, who is a family infancy, research shows. Many of have added screening laws, rules, said.—MCT physician. “She’s doing great now,” Kimberly Jones-Mudd said of her 9- month-old daughter. “She’s grow- ing, eating, and her heart looks good.” Pulse oximetry screening for congenital heart disease has become standard practice across the country, less than two years after New Jersey became the first state to require it, surveys show. Even in states such as Pennsylvania and Delaware that do not mandate it, the simple, noninvasive, few-dol- lar test is now done in almost all birthing hospitals, surveys show. It’s too soon to know the impact of screening, but anecdotal cases like Moriah’s and early reports are all good. In New Jersey, hospitals identified two newborns with criti- cal congenital heart defects out of more than 25,000 babies tested in the first three months after univer- sal pulse ox screening began in August 2011, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC review also found that 10 infants with positive KANSAS: On June 25, 2013, Registered Nurse Dallas Fulton, left, uses a Care screens turned out not to have NEW JERSEY: Harry Mudd and Kimberly Jones-Mudd hold their nine-month-old Moria in Mobile Unit to track the health of Joe Darrough of Kansas City.—MCT photos heart defects, a false alarm rate Sicklerville.—MCT TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE Ecological risks may spell trouble for Brazil port

SAO JOAO DA BARRA: As Brazilian billion- company building a shipyard at the port - open by now. Most things at LLX are after the initial spikes, but those tests are your own eyes,” said Alvarengo’s neighbor, aire Eike Batista breaks up his crumbling deny that a “temporary” leak of salt-water months or years behind schedule. Some not as recent as UENF’s. Jose Roberto de Almeida, 51, as he ripped EBX Group industrial empire to pay off debt, into surrounding marshes in late 2012 companies who had planned to build facili- up crackly, dried-out plants from the one of the few assets he’s expected to keep caused lasting ecological harm to the delta ties within the complex, such as China’s Sick cattle, dead pineapples ground. Ricardo Hirota, director of the is port-development company LLX of the ParaÌba do Sul River, one of the last Wuhan Iron and Steel Co , have pulled out. The Quitingute Channel runs through Subterranean Water Center at the University LogÌstica SA. But raising the more than $600 large, undeveloped coastal lowlands on OSX, once expected to be LLX’s biggest the land of Durval Ribeiro Alvarengo, 59, a of S„o Paulo, is conducting two studies for million needed to finish LLX’s only project, Brazil’s southeast coast. Yet scientists at tenant, will likely be restructured as part of tall, wiry and leather-skinned farmer and LLX on the impact of dredging. One exam- the massive $2 billion Port of AÁu north of Northern Rio de Janeiro-State University Batista’s efforts to slim down the EBX group cattle rancher. Late last year, Alvarengo told ines ways to control the impact of future Rio de Janeiro, may be a struggle. One-and- (UENF) in Campos de Goytacazes, a 40- and pay down debt, selling the vessels Reuters, he noticed his dairy cattle had diar- dredging. The second is assessing the a-half times the size of Manhattan, AÁu is minute drive from AÁu, say there is growing owned by its ship leasing business and rhea and their grassy fodder was dying. As impact of the original waste dumps to pre- designed to ease delays caused by Brazil’s evidence that the port’s construction shuttering the yard before it has built a sin- milk production plummeted, he had to vent a repeat of the salt pollution problem overcrowded ports and serve a booming threatens a sensitive ecosystem. gle ship, a source with knowledge of slaughter most of his herd. in late 2012. Hirota suggests that the com- offshore oil industry. It’s also being dogged While the UENF researchers are careful Batista’s plans told Reuters. EBX declined to The loss of 150,000 pineapple plants pany has learned from its experience at by scientists’ claims that its construction is to say they don’t have conclusive proof of comment on the restructuring plans. cost him 300,000 reais ($137,743), he said. AÁu. “The area is very sensitive and there polluting the surrounding lowlands ecosys- long-term damage, they say AÁu’s sur- Many fish, birds and other small wildlife also are many links between surface and under- tem with salt. rounding marshes, pastures, lagoons and Salt is ‘forever’ disappeared from the area, he added. His ground water,” he said. “We’re learning a lot. Raising money for anything associated fields, along with crops and cattle, face a The leak was serious enough for INEA on story is repeated on nearby farms. “You can The good thing is they’re better prepared with Batista, a serial entrepreneur who once serious threat. “Preliminary data show salini- Feb 1 to levy more than 3.3 million reais see how my crops have been ruined with than in the past.” —Reuters boasted he would become the world’s rich- ty could lead to the permanent contamina- ($1.45 million) of fines on OSX. INEA said est man, won’t be easy. Since 2010, he has tion of the soil,” said Carlos Rezende, profes- levels in the Quitingute Channel were four presided over the loss of $50 billion of sor of bio-geochemistry and ecology at times higher than those in fresh water. shareholder value in EBX Group stock. EBX UENF. “We also have anecdotal evidence They’ve since returned to normal, INEA said controls LLX and five other traded compa- that the ecosystem around AÁu is being in an e-mail. INEA ordered compensation nies, all branded by Batista with an “X” to harmed.” for farmers, credited UENF with alerting it to signify “the multiplication of wealth.” And LLX and OSX declined to make Batista or the problem and promised a joint INEA- while there are strong business reasons to other senior executives available for inter- UENF study. It did not explain why it fined invest in a giant port that eases some of the views about the port or the salinity issue. OSX and not LLX. OSX is appealing the fine. transportation bottlenecks holding back UENF, LLX, OSX and INEA, Rio de Janeiro’s The study, though, was never done, and Brazil’s commodities-led exports, some state environmental protection agency farmers have not been compensated, and investors may not want exposure to a com- agree on at least one point: that water in salt levels are not normal in the Channel, pany facing possible ecological liabilities the Quitingute Channel, which gets run-off Rezende’s group at UENF said. and potentially costly lawsuits. from the port, became brackish, or partly On Jan. 29, Rezende’s colleague Marina Eduardo Santos de Oliveira, an aggres- salty, in late 2012, documents in the court Satika Suzuki, a professor of inland-water- sive federal prosecutor, has already case show. The salination began after the studies, measured salt levels at nearly 16 launched a case against the port to deter- world’s largest dredging ship began dig- times the level Brazil’s agricultural research mine civil liability for alleged environmental ging up beach, dunes and marsh to build agency, Embrapa, considers safe for irriga- damage. Oliveira, the prosecutor in Campos 13 kilometers (8 miles) of docks and ship tion. Levels above the limit can permanent- de Goytacazes, the largest city near the channels. ly damage farmland. On May 14, those lev- port, has previously drawn global attention The salt came from dredging waste satu- els were still nearly 6 times higher. “What for launching Brazil’s largest-ever environ- rated with sea water. Deposited in dumps does permanent salt build-up mean?” mental lawsuit. That case sought nearly $20 to dry, the sandy soil was then spread on Suzuki asked. “Have you heard of Carthage? billion from Chevron Corp and rig contrac- the surrounding lowlands, raising the land The Romans salted the land and destroyed tor Transocean Ltd over an 2011 oil spill. as much as 5 meters above the floodplain, the agriculture. If salt levels are high And while criminal charges were eventually Ivo Dworschack, the manager of the OSX enough you can basically ruin it forever.” dropped in February, and actual civil dam- shipyard said during a March visit. “Based While salinity appears to be falling in ages are expected to be a tiny fraction of on statements presented by INEA, LLX and surface water - which may be partly Oliveira’s request, the case sent a chill OSX is it incontrovertible that there was an explained by a tapering off of dredging in through the entire Brazilian oil industry. increase in the salinity of the Quitingute recent months - soil and plants are still “I am by no means an environmental Channel as a result of that (dredging) work,” being exposed to dangerous salt levels, she specialist,” said Will Landers, who manages Federal Judge VinÌcius Vieira Indarte wrote said. She has no data for subterranean $6.5 billion of Latin American investments in a Feb. 15 ruling. water and some of the pollution may have for Blackrock Inc, the world’s largest asset The ruling on prosecutor Oliveira’s initial migrated into the earth only to be spread manager. “But the fact that you need to be filing accepted that the court had grounds further afield, Suzuki said. one to invest in this type of project should to rule on the case and that the prosecutor UENF’s work is not without critics. State- limit significantly the pool of investors that had grounds to investigate potential civil owned water company Cedae challenged may one day be willing to entertain giving liability for salination. The judge, though, UENF’s finding of unhealthy salt levels in fresh capital to any company from the EBX denied Oliveira’s request to stop work at the artesian wells used for drinking water, say- group” the S„o Paulo-born Landers said. port. ing they were too deep to be contaminated How much environmental damage has The port’s iron ore terminal, part owned by work at AÁu. And Rio de Janeiro’s State occurred is a matter of fierce debate. by global miner Anglo American Plc. and Agricultural University said its tests found Officials for LLX and OSX Brasil SA - the EBX the OSX shipyard were supposed to be water around AÁu to be safe for irrigation WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013

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Address: Arabian Gulf Street, Next to the Address: Gulf Street, Al-Khiran district National Museum of Kuwait, Kuwait City Contact: 23951122 Announcements Opening Hours: Saturdays to Thursdays: E-mail: [email protected] Mornings from 08 am to 1 pm. Evenings from Website: www.khiranresort.com 4 pm to 8 pm. Indian Embassy Contact: 22432395 Stop at the Tareq Rajab Museum sets up helpline E-mail: [email protected] The Tareq Rajab Museum houses an Website: www.alsadu.org.kw anthology of over thirty thousand items col- he Indian Embassy in Kuwait has set lected over the last fifty years, of which up helpline in order to assist Indian View Boushahri Gallery approximately ten thousand are on perma- Texpatriates in registering any com- The Boushahri Art Gallery was established nent display. Tareq Sayed Rajab was the first plaint regarding the government’s ongoing in 1982 by Jawad Boushahri, the Chairman of Kuwaiti to be sent abroad to study art and campaign to stamp out illegal residents the Boushahri group who is also an acclaimed archaeology and his collection includes from the country. The embassy said in Kuwaiti sculptor. It is one of the oldest private Islamic arts, ceramic, gold and silver jewelry, art galleries in the Middle East. This long estab- English manuscripts, metal and glass works, press release yesterday that it amended its lished gallery showcases contemporary old English costumes, and musical instru- previous statement and stated if there is regional work. In order to create an awareness ments. His personal collection includes over any complaint, the same could be con- toward art in Kuwait as a community service, thirty thousand Islamic treasures that were veyed at the following (as amended): the Boushahri Art Gallery educates, supports gathered over the years. The Museum is divid- Operations Department, Ministry of and sponsors local and international artists, ed into two parts: in Area A, calligraphy, man- displaying their paintings, potteries, ceramic uscripts, ceramics, metalwork, glass, jade, Interior, Kuwait. Fax: 22435580, Tel: portraitures, designs, photographers, sculp- wood and stone carvings are exhibited. Area B 24768146/25200334. It said the embassy tures and much more. To encourage the Art contains objects such as costumes, textiles, has been in regular contact with local lovers and educate society, Boushahri Art jewellery and musical instruments produced authorities regarding the ongoing check- Gallery offers many courses, seminars and lec- in the Islamic world. ing of expatriates. The embassy has also Enjoy the taste of true espresso at tures about Art. Address: Jabriya, near the intersection of conveyed to them the concerns, fears and Address: Salmiya, Baghdad St., Building the Fifth Ring Motorway and the Abdulaziz Vergnano Cafe at Olympia Complex Number: 36, in front of Al- Laheeb Mosque Bin Abdilrahman al-Saud Expressway apprehensions of the community in this Opening Hours: 10 am to 1 pm and 5 pm (Fahaheel Expressway); Street 5; Block12; regard. The authorities in Kuwait have con- he superior quality of the blends espresso to everyday life at home. to 9 pm. The museum is closed on Friday and House 16 veyed that strict instructions have been comes from the meticulous selec- Espresso is now available in Kuwait, Thursday afternoons. Opening Hours: Weekdays from 9 am issued to ensure that there is no harass- Ttion of the best raw materials avail- through Al-Sanabel Al-Thahabiya Est. Tel: Contact: 25621119/99770607 to 12 pm; Evenings: From 4 pm to 7 ment or improper treatment of expatriates able, and from an extraordinary produc- 22413795/98. Espresso Vergnano can be Website: pm; Fridays: From 9 am to 12 pm. by those undertaking checking. “The tion process. Cafe Vergnano is the first to ordered through www.taw9eel.com www.boushahrigroup.com/client/PhotoandArt. Contact: 25317358/25354916 aspx Website: www.trmkt.com embassy would like to request Indian expa- introduce an innovation that brings all the Espresso Vergnano capsules are compati- triates to ensure that they abide by all passion and pleasure of the perfect ble with other espresso machines. local laws, rules and regulations regarding residency, traffic and other matters,” the release read. It would be prudent to always carry the Civil ID and other relevant docu- ments such as driving license, etc. In case an Indian expatriate encounters any improper treatment during checking, it may be conveyed immediately with full details and contact particulars to the embassy at the following phone number 67623639. These contact details are exclu- sively for the above-mentioned purpose only.

Issue of online visa by Indian embassy oreigners requiring visas for India need to apply it online from 16th June F2013. Applicants may log on to the Public portal at www.indianvisaonline.gov.in. After suc- cessful online submission, the hard copy, so generated, has to be signed by the appli- cant and submitted with supporting docu- ments in accordance with the type of visa along with the applicable fee in cash at any of the two outsource centres at Sharq or Fahaheel. It is essential that applicants fill in their personal details as exactly available in their passports. Mismatch of any of the personal details would lead to non-accep- tance of the application. Fees once paid are non-refundable. All children would have to obtain separate visa on their respective passports.

8th Expo Pakistan to commence in September he 8th Expo Pakistan will be held from September 26 to 29 in Karachi. THeld annually, Expo Pakistan is the biggest trade fair in the country showcas- ing the largest collection of Pakistan’s export merchandise and services. Foreign Exhibitors also use the event to launch their products. Expo Pakistan 2012 was visited by delegates from 52 countries and generated a business of over $ 518 million. A 16 member delegation from Kuwait including reputable companies like Al-Yasra Foods also took part in the last exhibition. Expo Pakistan 2013 is being held under the auspices of the Trade Development Authority Pakistan. Details about the event can be viewed www.expopakisan.gov.pk. Further information and details of sponsor- ship can be obtained from the office of Commercial Secretary, Pakistan Embassy, Jabriya (25356594) during office hours.

Write to us Send to What’s On upcoming events, birthdays or celebrations by email: [email protected] Fax: 24835619 / 20 The Kuwait Banks Club organized a ‘Graish’ party recently at a Lebanese restaurant attended by banking sector employees and their families in addition to senior KBC officials. WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 GUST announces new president Embassy Information highly regarded university administrator and a Belgium, United Kingdom, Australia, China, Greece, professor of Business Administration has been Turkey, The Philippines, and The United Arab Emirates. EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA named president of the Gulf University for Various universities, along with student and civic A The Australian Embassy Kuwait does not Science and Technology (GUST). The Board of Trustees organizations, have recognized Dr Bates’ commitment met June 4, 2013 to receive the unanimous recom- to higher education by presenting him with several have a visa or immigration department. All mendation of the presidential search committee and awards, including The County of Orange’s (CA) processing of visas and immigration matters elected the 4th president of GUST. “His proven track Outstanding Citizen Award, and The Terre Haute (IN) in conducted by The Australian Consulate-General record that demonstrates the right skills, knowledge Mayor’s Award for Outstanding Service. Bates is a in Dubai. Email: [email protected] (VFS) and leadership, and his understanding of the values proud Texan and is honored to have been serving in [email protected] (Visa Office); Tel: and aspirations of the university make Dr Donald his most recent position in his home state. Raised in +971 4 355 1958 (VFS) - +971 4 508 7200 (Visa Bates a perfect fit for GUST,” concluded the Board of West Texas, Bates is married and has three children, Trustees in the appointment decree. Prof. Bates will two sons and a daughter. Office); Fax: +971 4 355 0708 (Visa Office). In Kuwait arrive at GUST in September to assume the presiden- As the first private university in Kuwait, GUST has applications can be lodged at the Australian Visa cy. responded to the growing need for an American-style, Application Centre 4B 1st Floor, Al-Banwan Prof Bates has been named the 4th president of accredited, degree-granting university education with- Building Al-Qibla Area, Ali Al-Salem Street, opposite GUST. “The University will quickly embrace President in the Kuwaiti Islamic cultural setting equal in quality the Central Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait. Bates as we work together to meet the challenges and to other prestigious universities. GUST moved into a Working hours and days: 09:30 - 17:30; Sunday - the great opportunities of the coming decade ahead,” newly constructed state of the art facility in 2008 with Thursday. Or visit their website www.vfs-au-gcc- GUST BOT Chairman Dr Abdulrahman S Al-Muhailan the latest information technology supported by a “we commented on the appointment. Donald Bates, has care” approach to each individual student’s learning com for more information. Kuwait citizens can been the Dean of the College of Business at the needs. The facility has reached its maximum enroll- apply for tourist visas on-line at University of Houston-Downtown (2005-2013), Dean ment at 3,400 students and 150 internationally educat- www.immi.gov.au/e visa/e676.htm. at the College of Business and Economics at the ed faculty. United Arab Emirates University (2002-2005), Dean of During this past academic year GUST received full n n n n n n n the School of Business and Public Administration, in university leadership. He has co-authored three accreditation of its English Language Foundation EMBASSY OF CANADA California State University, Dominguez Hills (1998- books in the field of strategic management, and has Program from the CEA. GUST’s business program is he Embassy of Canada in Kuwait 2002), Dean of the College of Business Administration, published in several strategic management journals, undergoing its initial accreditation visit in 2013-14 by does not have a visa or immi- Indiana State University (1995-1998) and Dean of the including: The Long Range Planning Journal; The the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of gration department. All pro- College of Business and Economics, University of La Journal of General Management; and The Journal of Business (AACSB), the premier accrediting agency for T cessing of visa and immigration matters Verne, La Verne (1993-1995). Consulting. His research also includes many papers business programs worldwide. GUST’s computer sci- Bates earned a BS (1966) in Business Administration and presentations at prestigious academic and practi- ence program is seeking accreditation by the including enquiries is conducted by the from Indiana State University, an MS (1968) in tioner conferences. As a result of Dr Bates applied Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET and Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi. Management from Indiana State University and a PhD research, he is frequently invited to consult with such the site visit has been scheduled for fall 2013. Bates’ Individuals who are interested in working, (1974) in Business Administration from the University firms as: ARCO, Brunswick, Citicorp, Coca Cola, Mercury experience and leadership will serve GUST very well in studying, visiting or immigrating to Canada of Arkansas. Bates has an extensive background in Marine, Sea Ray Boats, Zebco and Zenith, which has these efforts as well as GUST’s quest to open a College should contact the Canadian Embassy in business theory and its practical application, as well as required travel to many countries, including Ireland, of Engineering. Abu Dhabi, website: www.UAE.gc.ca or www.goingtocanada.gc.ca, E-mail: abdbi- [email protected]. The Embassy of Canada is located at Villa 24, Al- Mutawakei St, Block 4 in Daaiyah. Please visit our website at www.Kuwait.gc.ca. The Embassy of Canada is open from 07:30 to 15:30 Sunday through Thursday. The recep- tion is open from 07:30 to 12:30. Consular services for Canadian citizens are provided from 09:00 until 12:00, Sunday through Wednesday.

n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF GREECE The Embassy of Greece in Kuwait has the pleasure to announce that visa applica- tions must be submitted to Schengen Visa Application Centre (VFS office) located at 12th floor, Al-Naser Tower, Fahad Al-Salem Street, Al- Qibla area, Kuwait City, (Parking at Souk Watia). For information please call 22281046 from 08:30 to 17:00 (Sunday to Thursday). Working hours: Submission from 08:30 to 15:30. Passport collec- tion from 16:00 to 17:00. For visa applications please visit the following website www.mfa.gr/kuwait. n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF INDIA During the holy month of Ramadan, the office timings of the Indian Passport and Visa Service Centres of BLS International Visa Services Co., Kuwait, situated at (i) Emad Commercial Centre, Basement Floor, Ahmed Al Jaber Street, Sharq, Kuwait, and (ii) Mujamma Unood, 4th floor, Office No. 25-26 Makka Street, Fahaheel, Kuwait, will be from 8am to 3pm from Saturday to Thursday (i.e. six days a week). Tokens for submission of applications will be issued till 2pm only. Delivery of Passports and Visas will be from 11am onwards till 3pm. Embassy of India, Kuwait, will maintain its usual working hours.

n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF SOUTH AFRICA During the holy month of Ramadan, the South African Embassy will be open to the public, Sunday through Thursday from 09:00 am to 14:00 pm. Please note that the Consular Section operation hours will be from 09:30 am to 12:00 pm, Sunday through Thursday. n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF US Parents of Kuwaiti citizen children may drop off their sons’ and daughters’ visa applications - completely free of an inter- view or a trip inside the Embassy. The chil- dren must be under 14 years of age, and addition- Ambassador of Senegal and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Abdul-Ahad Embake hosted an iftar at his residence for ambassadors of Arab and Muslim al requirements do apply, but the service means countries in Kuwait. The envoys exchanged greetings during the evening on beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat parents will no longer have to schedule individual appointments for their children, nor come inside the Embassy (unless they are applying for them- selves). The service is only available for children holding Kuwaiti passports. To take advantage, par- ents must drop off the following documents: Child Visa Drop-off cover sheet, available on the Embassy website (http://kuwait.usembassy.gov/child_visas.htm) - Child’s passport; The Child’s previous passport, if it contains a valid US visa; 5x5cm photo of child with eyes open (if uploaded into DS-160, photos must be a .jpg between 600x600 and 1200x1200 pixels, less than 240kb, and cannot be digitally altered); A completed DS-160 form; Visa Fee Receipt from Burgan Bank; A copy of the valid visa of at least one parent. If one parent will not travel, provide a visa copy for the traveling parent, and a passport copy from the non-traveling parent with a letter stating no objection to the child’s travel. - For chil- dren of students (F2): a copy of the child’s I-20. Children born in the US (with very few excep- tions) are US citizens and would not be eligible for a visa. Parents may drop off the application packet at Window 2 at the Embassy from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, Monday to Wednesday, excluding holidays. More information is available on the U.S. Embassy web- site: kuwait.usembassy.gov/child_visas.html n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF VENEZUELA Working hours of the Embassy of Venezuela during the holy month of Ramadan 09.00 till 13.30. TV PROGRAMS TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013

00:20 Hannah Montana 00:45 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 01:05 Brandy & Mr Whiskers UN, Geena Davis 01:30 Emperor’s New School 14:35 Border Security 00:30 Born To Kill 01:50 Emperor’s New School team up to study 02:15 Replacements 15:05 Auction Hunters 01:30 Private Crimes 02:35 Replacements 15:30 Auction Kings 02:00 I Killed My BFF women in film 16:00 Ultimate Survival 03:00 Psychic Kids 16:55 Rattlesnake Republic 04:00 Nightmare In Suburbia 17:50 Mythbusters 05:00 Crime Stories he UN women’s agency is teaming up with 18:45 Sons Of Guns 06:00 The FBI Files actress Geena Davis to support the first glob- 19:40 Deconstruction 07:00 Snapped: Women Who Kill 14:30 Style Star Tal study of how women and girls are por- 20:05 How It’s Made 07:30 Snapped 15:00 Keeping Up With The trayed in family films, saying the images have a 20:35 Auction Hunters 08:00 The Devil You Know Kardashians strong impact on how females see themselves. 16:00 Keeping Up With The 21:00 Flip Men 09:00 Crime Stories Kardashians Gender representation in film influences the per- 21:30 Off The Hook: Extreme 10:00 Nightmare In Suburbia 17:00 What Would Ryan Lochte Do? ception of women and girls, their self-esteem and Catches 11:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 12:00 The FBI Files 17:30 What Would Ryan Lochte Do? the relationships between the sexes, Lakshmi Puri, 21:55 Off The Hook: Extreme 18:00 Married To Jonas 13:00 Snapped: Women Who Kill acting head of UN Women, said Monday. Catches 18:30 Married To Jonas 14:00 Snapped: Women Who Kill “We cannot let the negative depiction of 22:25 Robson’s New Extreme 19:00 E!es 14:30 Snapped women and girls erode the hard gains that have Fishing Challenge 20:00 Chasing The Saturdays 15:00 The Devil You Know 23:20 River Monsters 20:30 Kourtney And Kim Take Miami been made on gender equality and women’s 16:00 Fred Dinenage: Murder 00:15 Off The Hook: Extreme 21:30 Playing With Fire empowerment,” Puri said. “We hope that the study Casebook Catches 22:30 Fashion Police will address factors that positively impact the per- 17:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 00:40 Off The Hook: Extreme 23:30 E!es ception of women in society.” UN Women said the 18:00 The FBI Files 00:00 Scouted Catches 19:00 The FBI Files study will examine the top-grossing international 01:10 Robson’s New Extreme 00:55 Style Star movies in Australia, China, France, Germany, India, 20:00 Snapped: Women Who Kill 01:25 THS Fishing Challenge 21:00 Crimes That Shook Britain Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain and the United Kingdom. 22:00 Private Crimes The Academy Award-winning Davis, who played 22:30 Casanova Killers the first female president in the television series 23:30 Paranormal Cops “Commander in Chief,” said the dearth of female 03:15 Cooked characters of substance in the media means chil- 14:20 Gadget Show - World Tour 03:45 Cash In The Attic dren are being taught that girls and women “don’t 14:45 Tech Toys 360 04:30 Bargain Hunt take up half of the space in the world.” “Media 15:10 Scrapheap Challenge 05:15 Journey 2: The Mysterious 05:15 Daily Cooks Challenge images have an enormous impact on children’s 16:00 Storm Chasers Island-PG 05:45 How Not To Decorate self-esteem and aspirations,” she said in a state- 16:55 Superships 07:00 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax-PG 06:30 Cooked ment. “This is why we decided to launch a global 17:45 Da Vinci’s Machines 09:00 The Makeover-PG15 07:00 Daily Cooks Challenge 18:35 Space Pioneer 11:00 The Wishing Well-PG15 07:30 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery gender in media study: If girls see it, they can be it.” 19:30 Scrapheap Challenge 13:00 Frankenweenie-PG 08:00 Planet Cake The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media 20:20 Ldrs (Large Dangerous Rocket 15:00 The Avengers-PG15 08:25 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent commissioned the study with support from the Ships) 17:30 The Makeover-PG15 09:15 Bargain Hunt Rockefeller Foundation and UN Women. Results 21:10 Gadget Show - World Tour 19:30 Carnage-PG15 10:00 Antiques Roadshow will be released in late 2014. Previous research by 21:35 Tech Toys 360 21:00 Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of 10:55 Extreme Makeover: Home Shadows-PG15 the Geena Davis Institute revealed that in U.S. fami- 22:00 Scrapheap Challenge Edition 23:15 Prometheus-PG15 ly films only 28.3 percent of all speaking characters 22:50 Ldrs (Large Dangerous Rocket 11:40 MasterChef Australia 01:30 Underground: The Julian 12:05 Planet Cake were female. Many were depicted in stereotyped Ships) Assange Story-PG15 12:35 Come Dine With Me and sexualized roles. Only 3.4 percent of business 23:40 Gadget Show - World Tour 13:25 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery leader characters and 4.5 percent of high-level 00:05 Tech Toys 360 13:55 Bargain Hunt 00:30 Weird Connections politicians were women. 14:40 Cash In The Attic Davis, who won a best supporting actress Oscar 01:00 Wallace & Gromit’s World Of 15:25 Antiques Roadshow 07:00 Dangerous Flowers-PG15 Invention 16:15 Extreme Makeover: Home for “The Accidental Tourist” in 1988 and starred in 09:00 Beware The Gonzo-PG15 01:25 Wallace & Gromit’s World Of THE IRON LADY ON OSN CINEMA Edition “Thelma & Louise,” is also a special envoy of the U.N. 11:00 The Iron Lady-PG15 Invention 17:00 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent International Telecommunication Union to pro- 13:00 Warbirds-PG15 01:50 Wallace & Gromit’s World Of 10:30 Arrested Development 17:55 Hairy Bikers’ Bake-ation 15:00 A Fall From Grace-PG15 16:00 British & Irish Lions Tour of mote the empowering role that technology can Invention 11:00 The Tonight Show With Jay 18:50 Food & Drink 17:00 Just Crazy Enough-PG15 Australia play in the lives of women and girls. — AP Leno 19:20 New Scandinavian Cooking 19:00 This Means War-PG15 18:00 Futbol Mundial 12:00 All Of Us With Claus Meyer 21:00 On The Inside-PG15 18:30 NRL Premiership 08:00 Monte Carlo-PG15 12:30 Seinfeld 19:45 Come Dine With Me 23:00 Playdate-PG15 20:30 ICC Cricket 360 10:00 Adventures In Babysitting- 13:00 Seinfeld 20:35 Extreme Makeover: Home 01:00 Just Crazy Enough-PG15 21:00 Live Cricket Friends Life T20 00:30 Dr G: Medical Examiner PG15 13:30 Arrested Development Edition 12:00 Ernest Goes To Jail-PG 01:20 A Haunting 14:00 Breaking In 21:20 Antiques Roadshow 14:00 A Kiss For Jed Wood-PG15 02:10 I Was Murdered 14:30 Parks And Recreation 22:15 Bargain Hunt 16:00 Adventures In Babysitting- 02:35 I Was Murdered 15:30 The Daily Show Global Edition 23:00 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent 04:00 Batman: Year One-PG15 PG15 00:00 NRL Premiership 16:00 The Colbert Report Global 23:55 Cash In The Attic 03:00 Blood Relatives 18:00 Love Birds-PG15 02:00 Cricket Friends Life T20 06:00 Alvin And The Chipmunks: Edition 00:40 Come Dine With Me 13:40 Barefoot Contessa 03:45 I Almost Got Away With It 20:00 Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell 05:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 01:00 Off Limits Chipwrecked-PG 16:30 All Of Us 01:30 MasterChef Australia 14:05 Tyler’s Ultimate 04:30 Dr G: Medical Examiner Of Fear-PG15 06:00 Trans World Sport 02:00 Departures 08:00 Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle- 17:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 01:55 New Scandinavian Cooking 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 05:20 A Haunting 22:00 Reginald D Hunter Live-18 07:00 Rugby League Challenge Cup 03:00 Globe Trekker PG15 18:00 Last Man Standing With Claus Meyer 14:55 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 06:10 Nightmare Next Door 00:00 Pieces Of April-PG15 09:00 Super Rugby Highlights 04:00 Inside Luxury Travel - Varun 10:00 Arthur Christmas-PG 18:30 Raising Hope 02:20 How Not To Decorate 15:20 Guy’s Big Bite 07:00 Life Or Death: Medical 02:00 Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell 10:00 PGA Tour Highlights Sharma 12:00 A Thousand Words-PG15 19:00 Two And A Half Men 15:45 Chopped Mysteries 11:00 PGA European Tour 05:00 Bizarre Foods America 14:00 Justice League: Doom-PG15 19:30 Men At Work 16:35 Barefoot Contessa Highlights 06:00 Eden Eats 07:50 Street Patrol 16:00 Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle- 20:00 The Tonight Show With Jay 17:00 Barefoot Contessa 12:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 07:00 Globe Trekker 08:15 Street Patrol PG15 Leno 17:25 Reza’s African Kitchen 13:00 Futbol Mundial 08:40 Real Emergency Calls 18:00 Paranorman-PG 21:00 The Daily Show 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 08:00 Departures 09:45 A Kiss At Midnight-PG15 13:30 The Open Championship 09:05 Who On Earth... 20:00 Chronicle-PG15 21:30 The Colbert Report 03:00 Andy Bates American Street 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 09:00 Off Limits 11:15 L’ Eleve Ducobu-PG15 Official Film 09:30 On The Case With Paula Zahn 22:00 What’s Your Number?-PG15 22:00 Malibu Country Feasts 18:40 Guy’s Big Bite 10:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle 13:00 Super 8-PG15 14:30 ICC Cricket 360 10:20 Solved 00:00 Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle- 22:30 Out There 03:25 Food Wars 19:05 Charly’s Cake Angels Rides 15:00 Catch Me If You Can-PG15 15:00 Cricket Friends Life T20 11:10 Disappeared PG15 23:00 The Office 03:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 19:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes 11:00 Hotel Impossible 17:30 Virtual Lies-PG15 18:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 12:00 Mystery Diagnosis 02:00 Arthur Christmas-PG 23:30 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 04:15 Unique Eats 20:20 Chopped 12:00 Eden Eats 19:00 Take Shelter-PG15 19:00 The Open Championship 00:30 The Daily Show 04:40 Chopped 21:10 Chopped 13:00 Bizarre Foods America 12:50 Street Patrol 21:00 Being John Malkovich-PG15 Official Film 01:00 The Colbert Report 05:30 Iron Chef America 22:00 Reza’s African Kitchen 14:00 International House Hunters 13:15 Street Patrol 23:00 Raggedy Man-PG15 20:00 UFC The Ultimate Fighter 01:30 Seinfeld 06:10 Food Network Challenge 22:25 Reza’s African Kitchen 14:30 International House Hunters 13:40 Forensic Detectives 01:00 Would Be Kings-PG15 21:00 WWE SmackDown 04:00 The Dragon Chronicles: Fire & 02:00 Seinfeld 07:00 Unwrapped 22:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 15:00 Inside Luxury Travel - 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CROSSWORD 252 STAR TRACK

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

You are born to love and care for others and may tend to worry over much. A difficult co-worker only gives you the opportunity to set an example, Your fear of being left out can be alleviated by much hard work. You experience life fully, jump preferably positive. As someone once said, you can get more flies with honey than vinegar. in with both feet and put your thoughts into action. You must have done some real thinking While culling through projects and cleaning up your area, you may discover some unfinished and planning over the weekend because today is one of emotional beginnings, a fresh start, work that looks as though it is going nowhere. If you are the only one to judge, eliminate those perhaps the establishment of new habit patterns. A new attitude! This is a very lucky day for projects that are going nowhere and soon you will discover new and successful projects gain making plans or decisions and finding your way through just about any problem you may dis- your attention. This afternoon you may enjoy a hobby interest and discover a new friend in the cover. You feel successful and able to solve problems. You will choose good people when you process. Someone in your family or circle of friends has a request for your presence at an event. choose a team this afternoon. You may receive good advice from a guide or older person—a You are gracious with your response. However, be wise in how you spend finances when good day for beginning a new week. preparing for this event.

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

You tend to be creative and original in your work and career, managing to You enjoy mind games and may find yourself looking for a solution to even bring new ideas and inspirations to others. You have high ideals and an ability to enchant oth- the worst problems. You like to solve puzzles and dilemmas, yours or others. ers with your words and images. Your presence has a way of easing things, helping those Your skills in this regard make you an expert at guiding others. Your fine verbal skills and a natu- around you let go of any differences and stand behind what unites us all. You hold your ideals ral sense of justice make legal work a distinct possibility. Working with laws, natural or fabricat- up for all to follow and you may be drawn to powerful people, teachers and older persons. All ed, amounts to a real talent. Speaking and writing are naturals. You have a need for variety, a that is mystical, transcendental and spiritual is your appointed territory as well. You will proba- change of pace. Perhaps this evening is a time to think and study—you have a deep apprecia- bly relate this to others in the work field through your attitude more than through your words. tion for ideas and thoughts. You could write a detective novel. You may find yourself enjoying a Your attitude from the past is changing to a most positive outlook—this is catching to others long conversation, writing a letter, or making a special phone call. Be prepared for company— that come to know you. you could soon enjoy visiting with an old friend.

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

Your quick mind jumps ahead of most to not only to find the answers that There is a lot of energy behind what you say and think. You are able to make are needed but today it is necessary to find the problems that could occur if a quick decisions. Also, there is a need to slow yourself down a little for today so project was left to others. You help more than yourself or the project in all sorts of scenarios that others can understand you. You communicate with great feeling. It is stimulating just today. You make your way through ideas and concepts by only exchanging a few words. This is being with you. Others learn from your insights and are encouraged. Your high degree of men- ACROSS protozoa that form temporary pseudopods a time of sudden insights and maybe jolts into some new awareness. A co-worker may be out tal concentration makes you an excellent student, able to excel in speaking, writing and all 1. South American wood sorrel cultivated for for feeding and locomotion. of line today but if you do not respond instantaneously you will find a most rewarding way to types of communication skills. You may be involved with some form of continued education, teaching or studying economic reports. Your ambitions go hand in hand with communication its edible tubers. 4. A thick black tar intermediate between correct any misunderstandings without possible frustrations. Patterns are changing, whether they are spending patterns or clothing patterns; keep an open eye. You might like to do some and using the mind—the two should never be far apart. There is some energy around teaching 4. Inflammation of a breast (or udder). petroleum and asphalt. the handicapped. 12. An awkward and inexperienced youth. 5. Earlier a god. socializing after work today. 15. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular 6. Leave immediately. into linear motion. 7. United States writer remembered as the 16. Mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) fungus. (1877-1967). CAPRICORN 17. Goddess of criminal rashness and its pun- 8. Water frozen in the solid state. Although you may appear very relaxed today, your mind is constantly checking A serious business deal requires concentration. You may find yourself work- ishment. 9. A mountain lake (especially one formed by and rechecking and covering the basics of some project. You are wise to stay focused ing extra hours if concentration time cannot be achieved. If your work is 18. Group insurance that entitles members to glaciers). and it will pay double rewards. Your organizational abilities and sense of responsibility guide you and portable, take your lunch and your work to the library during your lunch hour . . . You will have services of participating hospitals and clinics 10. A heavy brittle metallic element of the prove successful. Your career could change into a more determined and solid form—a firm founda- this work accomplished in quick time. A yearning for the stimulation of new ideas happens this and physicians. platinum group. tion. You radiate energy and information but let’s not fool the higher-ups into thinking your job is afternoon; keep notes for a presentation later. New friends and an involvement in upbeat 19. Someone waiting in concealment. 11. A health resort near a spring or at the sea- super easy when it takes a special person to do what you do. There needs to be a worthy check at the groups take on greater importance this afternoon. Your activities today are but another step 20. State in northeastern India. side. end of a pay period and it is time you submit your request for a raise. Everyone wants a piece of you toward a greater interest or experience in healing and investing and in the great mysteries of but don’t forget that you are the most important person to you and alone time is important. life and death. Enough thinking for one day, this evening is for a light dinner, a little laughter 22. Of or relating to a spectrum. 12. The quantity a cask will hold. and some fun entertainment. 24. A Loloish language. 13. A state in the western United States. 25. Island country in the Atlantic east of 14. Area around the altar of a church for the Florida and Cuba. clergy and choir. 28. An anti-TNF compound (trade name 21. The capital and largest city of Yemen. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) Arava) that is given orally. 23. Type genus of the Caviidae. Your sensitive side is accented. Expect a sense of support from those you Business matters are dealt with easily and you may look for ways to double 30. The act of moving along swiftly (as before 26. Singing jazz. know. People want to see you succeed and they like to have that successful feeling when they your money, so to speak. Deals, proposals and smart plans may show a gain in surprisingly a gale). 27. A bachelor's degree in religion. are around you. Perhaps you feel in top form, so to speak. You are at your mental best with quick time. If you are in sales, your mind is constantly processing the reasons a customer would 32. United States writer (born in Poland) who 29. 40th President of the United States (1911- sharp ideas and witty thoughts. Your sense of duty and the responsibilities you may have could need your product. You are at your mental best and should find yourself making decisions with cause you to ignore or forego some of your actual standards. A conservative streak sets you wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957). ). a great deal of ease. Your sense of responsibility is so well developed that you may end up man- against anything that is not realistic. This is an excellent time to make decisions and take care of 36. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element 31. An agency of the United Nations responsi- aging any situation you become involved with today. This is not because you are controlling, mental work. You tend to be radical when it comes to self-analysis, which means health care, that resembles manganese chemically and is ble for programs to aid education and the but because you are good at your job. You are learning to turn a negative to a positive, particu- food, physical well-being, etc. Serving and caring for yourself and others are primary sources of used in some alloys. health of children and mothers in developing larly when it comes to disputes—everyone can follow your lead. A member of your family inner growth. 37. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to countries. needs your help tonight. 0.7958 ampere-turns. 33. Lean end of the neck. 39. An associate degree in nursing. 34. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking 40. A mountain in the Andes in Argentina culture or refinement. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) (22,047 feet high). 35. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism. 41. The seventh month of the Moslem calen- 38. A flexible container with a single opening. This is a time when you can expect a little support and some extra recogni- Your enthusiasm for the mind, the intellect and the world of ideas dar. 42. Similar to the color of jade. tion from those around you. You may feel that you are in touch and in harmony with others; makes it easy for you to communicate these things to others. You have no trouble putting 44. Ludicrously odd. 43. A small ball with a hole through the mid- the lines of communication are open—the support you need is there. You are, no doubt, a your feelings into words and what you say always carries a lot of information. You could 47. A score in baseball made by a runner dle. touch too sober at times, but when it comes down to taking care of business, you really shine. make a fine entertainer and an excellent speaker. You are driven to manage and control touching all four bases safely. 45. A desert in southern Israel. Others may think you are older than you are, for you tend to assume an authoritarian stance. things. You have an urge to organize and be practical. Your career motivation is constant 48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially 46. An independent agency of the United You may even enjoy the thought of being older and probably treat authority, the elderly and and relentless. This evening, group or community work seems to hold your attention. in Turkey). States government responsible for collecting your teachers with great respect, if not reverence. Discipline is no problem, but you may be too Anything that is altruistic or serves the common good is where you can be found. You are 49. At or constituting a border or edge. and coordinating intelligence and counterin- somber just now. Do not be surprised when you are asked to help a newcomer or guide a perfect as a group leader, where your innate idealism and love for humanity can blossom. You strive to make your dreams and ideals real. 50. Being one more than one hundred. telligence activities abroad in the national young person. 52. A genus of Pyralidae. interest. 54. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth 51. United States screenwriter and filmmaker and mother of Cronus and the Titans in (born in 1944). Word Search Yesterday’s Solution ancient mythology. 53. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and 56. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tanger- intense devotion to a cause or idea. ine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled 55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike skin. part of an organism. 57. Make uniform. 58. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal 65. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain. to 10 liters. 69. Seed again or anew. 59. The wife of a sheik. 70. A dog small and tame enough to be held 60. Tree of the West Indies and northern in the lap. South America bearing succulent edible 74. A master's degree in business. orange-sized fruit. 75. A federal agency established to coordi- 61. A village of huts for native Africans in nate programs aimed at reducing pollution southern Africa. and protecting the environment. 62. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed 76. A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence to be true in order to prove another proposi- of an undesirable condition. tion. 78. An adult male person (as opposed to a 63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on woman). a skewer usually with vegetables. 79. The longer of the two telegraphic signals 64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan used in Morse code. River. 80. A long slender cigar. 66. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry 81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made and Pipturus albidus. from aba cloth. 67. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and DOWN Mediterranean. 1. United States newspaper publisher (1858- 68. A farm building for housing poultry. 1935). 71. The compass point that is one point east 2. Providing sophisticated amusement by of due south. virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) 72. The products of human creativity. mannered or banal or sentimental qualities. 73. Towards the side away from the wind. 3. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic 77. A state in east central United States. Yesterday’s Solution

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he singer is a mentor on ‘The Voice’ in the driving around the property clearing brush and US, which is filmed in Los Angeles, but he singing to the radio. “Or else having dinner at the Thops on a plane back to Johnston County, all-you-can-eat rib buffet and dessert at Dairy Oklahoma, as soon as he has a break from filming Queen. When we get home, we like to be home.” because he desperately misses the outdoor The ‘Boys’ Round Here’ singer insists he will never lifestyle. He told the Men’s Journal: “As soon as be turned by Hollywood and refuses to buy a we’re done on Wednesdays, my ass is on the house there, despite spending six months of the plane. I get in my truck, I see the fields, see the year in California. Blake added: “There’s some- cows.” The 37-year-old country singer has equally thing about owning a house here that makes it low-key requirements when it comes to planning official.” “hot dates” with his wife, Miranda Lambert, 29. Describing his ideal evening, Blake said: “Throwing a cooler in the back of the pickup and

ihanna and Cara Delevingne headed out to party, a source said: “It splashed out £300,000 on a holi- will be no-holds barred and they’re Rday in the French Riviera. The 25- spending up to half a million on the year-old singer and her model friend yacht rental and going to top clubs and hired a super-yacht to ferry them restaurants. “It’ll be non-stop drinking around the Mediterranean on a luxury and they are already saying they’re not cruise, with £200,000 reportedly set going to get much sleep - maybe a cou- aside to spend on dining out and club- ple of hours each night.” Cara and bing. The party-loving friends were seen Rihanna have been inseparable in downing a concoction of beer, cocktails recent months, with the Bajan beauty and Tequila shots on board the vessel has been introducing her British friend last week, before taking to the water. to her love of tattoos. The model has Cara, 20, was spotted hitching a ride on had three inkings in the last few weeks, a rubber ring pulled along by a jet ski, including a lion on her index finger, her while Rihanna took a less daring initials on her hand, and ‘Made In approach and was spotted lounging on England’ tattooed on her foot. an inflatable and smoking. After their party trip, the stars are expected to spend a low-key few days in Rihanna’s native Barbados relaxing. Before they

hitney Houston’s grave has been commemorated avid Beckham thinks the royal baby ing towards children. “We’ve seen William with the words “I Will Always Love You”. The iconic should be called David. The ex-soc- grow from that young boy into an unbe- Wsinger’s final resting place was given a tombstone Dcer player believes Britain’s Duke lievable gentleman. And that as a father is last week - after being unmarked for more than a year fol- and Duchess of Cambridge - who are really important.” Peter Phillips - the cousin lowing her death from accidental drowning in February expected to welcome their first child any of William - previously said he can’t wait for 2012 - and the shrine is engraved with the lyrics to her day now - will make “amazing parents” and the royal arrival because it will mean his most famous song. The iconic line is inscribed on a new admits he’d be over the moon if they two daughters, Savannah, two, and 16- tear drop-shaped monument, which also has a heart shape named the newborn after him. Speaking month-old Isla, will have a playmate. He embossed on it. The ornate gravestone was installed at the to Sky News, he said: “David’s pretty good said: “First and foremost, everyone is Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey, where Whitney ... if it’s a boy of course.” David - who ecstatic for both. They will make great par- is buried next to her father. As well as the lyrics, the tower- attended Prince William and Duchess ents and it’s great to be able to welcome ing tribute also heralds the gifted songstress as ‘The Voice’. Catherine’s wedding in 2011 with his wife another child into the family, if not from a It reads: “Whitney E. Houston, Aug 9, 1963 - Feb 11, 2012, Victoria Beckham - has given his full sup- selfish perspective for my two girls to be ‘THE VOICE’, ‘I will always love you’. “ ‘I Will Always Love You’ port to the couple and says the prince will able to grow up with a playmate.” was first written and performed by country singer Dolly be an excellent role model for his new Parton but became synonymous with Whitney after she arrival. He explained: “They’re going to be recorded it for the soundtrack of her 1992 movie, ‘The amazing parents because they are so lov- Bodyguard’. Whitney’s version earned her two Grammy Awards and has sold over 12 million copies around the world. The ballad has been performed by a number of con- temporary female artists following Whitney’s death in hon- or of the singer. Jennifer Hudson gave an emotional per- formance of the song the night after her death at the 2012 Grammy Awards, while Beyonce has included it in her cur- rent The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour.

rad Pitt spent a week partying to get over a “stressful few months”. The 49-year-old actor has been under a Blot of strain following his fiancee Angelina Jolie’s dou- ble mastectomy surgery and promotional duties for his new film ‘World War Z’, and was given a reprieve to enjoy a holi- day with his male friends in Europe by the ‘Salt’ actress. A source told The Sun newspaper: “Brad chose to get on the booze in France and Italy once Angelina told him to take a break. “She could tell he needed to let his hair down after a stressful few months, so told him to go and have a boozy week with his mates and get it out of his system.” The hunky star is said to have enjoyed an alcohol-fuelled stay in the south of France, where he spent several days in Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s luxurious home and enjoyed nights out with U2 stars Bono and Larry Mullen. Brad also made use of his friend George Clooney’s famous Lake Como villa in Italy while the ‘Descendants’ star was away filming in England. The week-long getaway may be the actor’s final hurrah before he ties the knot to Angelina, 38, later this year. atthew proposed to the ‘Fashion human being, ever.” Kelly also dismissed The couple - who raise six children together; Maddox, 11, heryl Cole will face Simon Cowell in in Cheryl’s favor if it reveals the others were Police’ host during a holiday to the rumors her father, Black Sabbath singer Pax, nine, Zahara, eight, Shiloh, six, and four-year-old twins Caribbean island of Anguilla on Ozzy, 64, and his wife Sharon, 60, would court over a £3.5 million compensa- treated differently to her, although Judge M Knox and Vivienne - are rumored to be planning a summer tion claim. Reality TV mogul Simon Abraham Klein has ruled details must be New Year’s Eve with a ring designed to look divorce. She said: “As if my mother would C wedding at their French estate, Chaeau Miraval. like an earring belonging to Kelly’s father, leave my father! They were never getting fired Cheryl from the judging panel of the kept private. The source added: “Those Ozzy Osbourne. She told Hello! magazine: divorced, they were separated. Mum said, US version of ‘The X Factor’ in 2011 after papers could be the smoking gun if she can “I used to hold my finger up to his ear ‘You’re drinking again and I’m not going to lacklustre performances in Los Angeles and show others have been treated differently when I was little and say, ‘I want a ring like talk to you’, like any normal person would Chicago, and while the 30-year-old singer to her. [However], the confidentiality of the that’. Now I have one!” The couple began a do. Then Dad got himself together. He’s was paid her £1.2 million wage for the of discovery order means much of his testi- long-distance relationship after meeting at been under a lot of pressure - the new series, she claims she was promised mony is unlikely to become public. “Every the wedding of Kate Moss and Jamie Hince Black Sabbath album, my brother’s MS ... £1.5million to return for a second series, aspect from pay, expenses, contracts and - who is in rock group The Kills with Things can get too much for addicts to regardless of the outcome of the first. A personal requirements of the stars will be Matthew’s sister Alison - in 2011. The 29- handle.” Ozzy moved out of his marital source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: released.” Even if Cheryl, who has refused to year-old chef then made the “biggest sacri- home with Sharon in April after he relapsed “She is pushing for full fees ... £2 million, settle with the show’s production company, fice” by moving from New York to Los into alcohol and drug abuse, but he is now legal fees and a bonus, which could total Blue Orbit, wins the case her payout will be Angeles so they could be together more sober and they have since been spotted £3.5 million. Cheryl will learn what Simon kept confidential. However, if she loses she often. Kelly explained: “Long-distance rela- out together numerous times in public. earned and her co-stars too.” Simon is set to could face £1 million legal costs plus paying tionships often don’t work out. We’d dated be called to court as a key witness in the Blue Orbit’s court fees. for a year and knew we wanted to be case. The trial will reveal details of the con- together. “People say we’re co-dependent tracts signed by all the US ‘X Factor’ judges’ - but we just want to be together all the which at that time also included L.A. Reid, time. I’ve never felt this close to another Paula Abdul and Simon - which could work lifestyle TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013

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ustin Timberlake, Elton John and Katy Perry are among the A-list performers set for this year’s JiHeartRadio music festival in Las Vegas. Clear Channel announced the performers yesterday. Chris Brown, Bruno Mars, Maroon 5, Keith Urban, Miguel, J. Cole and fun. will also perform at the two-day festival Sept. 20-21 at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Ryan Seacrest will host. “We try to cover every genre our stations play with the lineup,” said Tom Poleman of Clear Channel. “Someone like Elton John has been an icon on our radio stations for years, and for him to the take the stage alongside people like Justin Timberlake and Katy Perry I think really speaks to what makes the festival unique.” Tickets for the third annual festival go on sale Saturday. — AP

Timberlake Actor Hugh Jackman takes souvenir photos with his fans during the premiere event of his new film ‘The Wolverine’ in Seoul, South Korea yesterday. The movie is to be released in South Korea on July 25. — AP

SN, the leading pay-TV network in the Middle East and “Delivering a great service across the region to bring our ike pretty much every day for the last year, a fan came most exciting young voices in the game, the rapper whose North Africa, has won two prestigious awards at the viewers the entertainment and technology they love remains up to Earl Sweatshirt late last week at the Walgreens real name is Thebe Kgositsile is finally ready to drop anoth- O2013 Middle East Call Centre Awards, reaffirming its our top priority and is in line with our mission to become the Land asked the Los Angeles rapper when his new er set of songs. One problem after another has led to multi- commitment to excellence and leadership in customer service number one customer service team in the region. We are hon- album will finally be out. Earl did something unusual. He ple delays. He lost one particularly complicated song when management. The network was awarded the Best Large Call oured that the investment we have made in developing a told the fan the truth: Aug 20. “And I just walked out real a drive containing all the tracks crashed, and just let the Centre Award and, for the second consecutive year, the Best world-class call centre operation has won top industry acco- mysterious,” he joked. One of rap’s most enigmatic stars has ether take it rather than try to recapture the lightning. He Win Back Award, highlighting the organisation’s commitment lades.” begun to reveal more details about his major label debut, wrote and recorded another track for the album, but then to support its subscribers through world-class call centre and Launched in August 2009, OSN’s contact centre employs “Doris,” and he couldn’t be more excited to let people in on all the printing for the physical release had to be tossed service operations. more than 200 in-house Customer Service representatives the secret. That’s because the truth is he just wants the because of an error that left the covers too grainy and dark Organised by Insights, a dedicated professional services serving the region. The centre receives on average 250,000 album out. As soon as possible. He’d release it now if he to be read. organisation focused on call centre operations, the industry calls per month and offers 24/7 service every day of the year. could. And don’t forget the bout of pneumonia that forced accolade is evaluated by veteran professionals and awarded To constantly meet the demands of its customers OSN regu- Three years after his debut mix tape, “Earl,” was released him to cancel his Bonnaroo performance and a tour in after a thorough and comprehensive review. At the award cer- larly surveys its clientele to gain valuable insight and feedback for free on the Odd Future website, introducing one of the Europe. Bad things “just kept happening,” Kgositsile said. emony held in Dubai recently, OSN’s customer service and to further build and enhance its contact centre offering. OSN “But now the date’s out, so it’s coming out then. So whatev- retention teams received the awards. has highlighted that 85% of its incoming queries from existing er the (expletive) happens along the way, it’s coming Aug The 2013 Middle East Call Centre Awards underline OSN’s customers are dealt with during the first call while 90% of calls 20. You have no idea. That wasn’t even the in-depth commitment and focus on innovation in customer-oriented on technical inquiries are resolved through its online diagnos- description. That was just (expletive) ridiculous. After a cer- strategies, building subscriber loyalty and assuring retention tic system. The company has plans to further upgrade the tain point it just became really disheartening.” through timely and professional support. David Butorac, CEO contact centre systems to enhance customer service stan- He tweeted the release date and track list Friday and of OSN, said: “The customer is at the heart of all of our opera- dards. revealed in a phone interview that he worked with Pharrell tions, and we are fully committed to meet and exceed their Williams, RZA, Christian Rich, Bad Bad Not Good, The expectations. With this in mind, our contact centre plays a key Alchemist, Michael Uzowuru and Odd Future pal Tyler, The role as the first port of call for our valued customers. Creator. He wasn’t yet willing to match songs to producers or reveal any more details. Asked what else he might share, he said: “It’s a great way to stay in shape.” Kgositsile will begin performing again this week. He kicked things off yes- terday at an unnamed Lower East Side location in New York for the “vitaminwater and The FADER present uncapped” summer series of performances by rising artists. Only 50 fans who apply through the social media of Kgositsile and the sponsors will gain entry. Videos will go up Tuesday at The FADER and vitaminwater YouTube page. Then Wednesday he’ll join good friend Mac Miller on his Space Migration Tour in Connecticut. Debuting music on the road will help the time pass as he waits for Aug 20. “I just want to put it out in a way that will be beneficial and will hopefully get some (expletive) sold,” Kgositsile said. “But ultimately I just want people to hear it. Whatever. I This May 26, 2013 file photo shows Earl Sweatshirt want this album off my chest.” — AP performing at The Sasquatch! Music Festival in George, Wash. — AP

OSN receives two call centre awards.

Wormald, Abel to play Beach Boys in rance is to bestow its highest cultural honor on U2 singer Bono, a government statement said yesterday. The Irish eronica Mars” creator Rob Thomas has been doing Leighton, beyond her talent/beauty/history in the show, was singer will be made a Commander of the Order of Arts ‘Love & Mercy’ a really great job bringing the cult series’ original that we needed a performer who could sing in this important F players back for the movie. But, a scheduling con- role. Once it became evident that we couldn’t make Leighton’s and Letters in a ceremony due to be held in Paris on Tuesday “V evening, the Ministry of Culture and Communication said. ising young stars Kenny Wormald (“Footloose”) flict is KO-ing Leighton Meester from reprising the role of schedule work, I decided to cast someone from a band I Bono, a leading advocate of aid for Africa, founded the and Jake Abel (“The Host”) will respectively play Carrie Bishop. Thomas announced on Sunday that indie pop already wanted in the movie.” global anti-poverty group ONE to help fight poverty and dis- RDennis Wilson and Mike Love in “Love & Mercy,” band Twin Sisters singer Andrea Estella has been cast in the Other than singing, Thomas didn’t elaborate on Bishop’s ease on the continent. The U2 lead singer has received numer- director Bill Pohlad’s indie movie about the Beach Boys’ part of “the gossip queen of the 09ers” who falsely accused storyline in the movie. He did say that there will be Twin ous awards and honors for both his humanitarian work and troubled frontman Brian Wilson, TheWrap has learned. A Neptune High teacher Mr. Rooks (Adam Scott) of having an Sisters songs on the soundtrack. “This is the first movie I’ve services to music including France’s Legion d’Honneur and an co-production between Pohlad’s River Road affair with her to protect her best friend on Season 1 of the ever appeared in,” Estella said in a statement. “I had never seen honorary knighthood from Britain. — AFP Entertainment and John Wells Productions, “Love & series. ‘Veronica Mars’ before all of this. I’ve been increasingly inter- Mercy” will take an unconventional look at Brian “Sadly, Leighton was doing a different movie during the ested in finding new TV shows to plow through. I watched the Wilson’s life and explore his legendary battle with men- same time frame on the wrong coast. In the end, she was ‘Veronica Mars’ Pilot and was totally into it! It’s the exact kind Bono tal illness, as well as the love that keeps him alive. unavailable,” Thomas said. “One of the reasons I wanted of show I would get obsessed with, so it’s been a bit of dream John Cusack and Paul Dano star as Wilson during dif- to be in a movie, especially being a messed up rock princess. ferent points in his remarkable life. Paul Giamatti co- How could I say no? I think the VM fans are going to be very stars as Wilson’s manipulative therapist, Dr Eugene happy!” Landy, while Elizabeth Banks will play Melinda Estella’s addition follows an announcement earlier this Ledbetter, who helped Wilson find the road to recovery. week that Gaby Hoffman (“Field of Dreams,” “Sleepless in Dennis Wilson was a singer and drummer in The Beach Seattle,” “Uncle Buck”) had been cast in the entirely new role of Boys, while fellow founding member Love was the Ruby Jetson-again no specifics on the role were released. The Wilson brothers’ cousin who has served as the group’s two women join returning castmembers Kristen Bell, Enrico primary lyricist for decades. Colantoni, Ryan Hansen, Jason Dohring, Max Greenfield, Tina Pohlad and John Wells are producing with Claire Majorino, Krysten Ritter, Chris Lowell, Percy Daggs III and Rudnick Polstein. Oscar winner Atticus Ross (“The Social Francis Capra for the movie, which is currently in production. Network”) will provide the soundtrack. After starring in “Veronica Mars” set multiple records for Kickstarter when “Footloose,” Wormald has been busy on the indie circuit, the campaign launched in March, becoming the fastest proj- having recently wrapped John Stockwell’s drug drama ect to reach $1 million, doing so in a little more than four “Kid Cannabis.” In addition to producing and starring in hours. It reached its $2 million goal the same day and has had Electus’ hit web series “Massholes,” Wormald has more than $5.7 million pledged in total. — Reuters wrapped the indies “Cavemen” with Camilla Belle, “God Only Knows” with Harvey Keitel and “The Living” with Fran Kranz. lifestyle TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 Travel

As the sun begins to set, shadows fall on the Badlands, often changing their look entirely. — MCT photos

here much of the drive from St Louis to the Badlands is filled with billboards for kitschy tourist Wattractions, from the corny Corn Palace to the 1880 Town, the Badlands feel like they haven’t been spoiled by human hands. Rather, they’ve been shaped by years of geo- logical events. Ebbing and flowing of waters and harsh winds have created these towers, ridges and pinnacles of rock and mud, streaked with shades of gold, pink and red and softened by grasslands filled with prairie dogs. Just after passing through the entrance to the Badlands, you are greeted with a giant crater of peaks and valleys. The formations are so incredible they led Theodore Roosevelt to say the Badlands “seem hardly properly to belong to this Earth.” Indeed, much of it seems otherworldly. Though many roadside stops offer vast views of deep canyons and many scary moments for moms and dads of lit- A hiker sets off on the Castle Trail in the Badlands. tle ones who want to look over the edge, other areas are like nature’s largest playground. Many of the formations rise up What to do at the park from areas near parking lots and don’t go too high. So par- The drive through the Badlands would take about an ents can’t rest fairly easily letting their kids climb up, down hour without stopping, but you’ll want to stop at the various and around them. overlooks and maybe even for animals. Though there were The Badlands National Park has several hikes, mostly reports of bison, we never saw them. What we did see were small ones on boardwalks, but the Castle Trail runs 5 miles deer, bighorn sheep and prairie dogs, lots and lots of chirp- through the middle of the park. I knew my 6-year-old could- ing prairie dogs. Their prairie dog towns sit right next to the n’t do 10 miles round-trip, so we set out to hike for an hour road, and they don’t seem to be a bit afraid of cars. and a half and then turn around. Besides hiking and stopping to gawk at the animals, the At one point we ventured off the trail to check out what park offers several other activities. looked like caves. As we were heading back to the trail, my 8- Visitors Center: Located at park headquarters, the Ben year-old son saw a rock that caught his eye. “This is heavier Reifel Visitor Center features a 95-seat, air-conditioned the- than a rock,” he told me. “What if it’s a fossil?” ater, the fossil lab where you watch scientists at work and We had just come from a ranger talk about fossils in the many exhibits. The interactive displays include information park. Turns out, according to Ranger Alison Shoup, the on the paleontology of the White River Badlands and how Badlands area was established to protect the plethora of fos- the Badlands were formed. Special programs: Like most sils there. The region was actually a sea during the time of national parks, the Badlands provide a Junior Ranger pro- the dinosaurs, so the oldest fossils you find are those of sea gram in which kids complete activities and a workbook to creatures. Over time, the area dried up, becoming more like earn their Junior Ranger badge. The park rangers also offer a tropical forest. By this time, the dinosaurs had left the guided hikes, talks, activities and evening programs. We Earth, so the bulk of the fossils in the Badlands are from pre- especially loved the night-sky viewing. The sky in the Bighorn sheep sit atop an outlook on the west end of the Badlands. historic mammals. During our talk, she showed us real fossils Badlands isn’t polluted with man-made lights, so you have vs. casts. The real fossils had a certain feel to them. Hmmm, I darkness. Real, complete darkness. On this moonless night, thought: What if this rock my son discovered is a real fossil? the only illumination came from millions of miles away: stars Turns out, it was. We took it to the fossil lab at the visitors and a few planets. Wrapped up under blankets, we watched center (it’s illegal to keep fossils), where rangers there told us as the rangers gave us a quick tutorial of the stars, using a it was quite a find. They also told us we should have left it special green light to point to them. It’s much like the there for paleontologists to examine (we didn’t realize that!). Science Center’s Planetarium show, only this is the real thing. Park officials later confirmed that it was the base of a skull After, we used two high-powered telescopes to look at star and vertebra of a prehistoric mammal, but that’s really all clusters and Jupiter. And then I had to pry my husband they could tell. away. — MCT Julie Johndreau, public information officer for the park, said the park receives about 150 fossil reports each year from visitors. Most turn out to be fossils. “We diligently try to send a letter back to everyone who files a fossil report through us. We make every effort to follow up with the visi- tors.”

The cracked earth in parts of the Badlands.

No trip to the Badlands is complete without a stop at Wall Drug, which sells souvenirs, features several eating places and has a back yard full of some of The rooms at Cedar Pass Lodge were updated this year and feature flat-screen TVs, a the oddest things, including a giant bunny you can ride. large bathroom and a front porch looking out at the Badlands formations. lifestyle TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013

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Aquaventure Waterpark’s Heart Pumping Tower Of Aquaventure Poseidon. Waterpark’s Thrilling 40 meter Tower Of Poseidon.

By Sajeev K. Peter katyaef, a delicate puff pastry filled with delicious local cheese. Atlantis and Nickelodeon are happy to announce an exclusive Not forgetting sweet treats including halawa bil jiben which partnership featuring SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star, amadan is a very special occasion to Muslims where they means “the sweetness of cheese” which is exactly what the desert who will be making appearances all around the resort this sum- fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious and is; a sweet cheese filled pastry. In addition, guests will be dazzled mer, meeting and greeting guests 3 times daily. In order to give Rcharitable during the month. And in a Muslim country like by the giant Turkish delight and nougat station, and the selection the energetic pair a proper welcome, Atlantis will be hosting a Dubai they try to make this month as special as possible. And in of exotic Arabic ice cream such as baklawa, Arabic coffee and special Premiere Party, where children get the chance to walk the Atlantis, the Palm Dubai in particular they make sure to offer the Emirati dates. red carpet together with the guests of honour, SpongeBob and best experience in a stunning mixture of heritage and luxury Overlooking the Arabian Gulf and The Palm, Asateer has an Patrick, and enjoy a screening of an episode from the animated atmosphere and decor. Kuwait Times interviewed Ravini Perera enviable location with breath taking views capturing the true series. Children can also attend the Artist for a Day class where the Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Atlantis, The Palm, view and feel of Arabia. Iftars and suhours are as much about they will learn how to draw famous characters from the animated Dubai, where she talked about Atlantis, The Palm special offers in socialising as they are eating, and Asateer is the perfect place to series. During the visit of the quirky duo Atlantis Kids Club will be Ramadan. enjoy evenings with friends and family this Ramadan. Inside, hosting a number of additional fun activities including Asateer will offer traditional activities, including card games, chess Nickelodeon craft sessions, teaching children how to laugh like and backgammon, taking guests on a legendary trip to old SpongeBob, themed board games and private meet and greets Arabia. The atmosphere and decor will be a stunning mixture of with SpongeBob and Patrick. heritage and luxury, and the live entertainment element with the The ultimate place for water splashing fun and thrilling wet favorite Arabic oud players who play timeless classics, in addition rides, Aquaventure Waterpark allows guests to splash away on hot to an Arabic monochord artist, will bring to life the ancient tradi- summer days with unlimited complimentary access when staying tions taking place.For guests who wish to experience our beach- at the resort. Aquaventure is packed with extraordinary rides front tent, an extravagant iftar buffet will be available priced at including tidal waves and rapids, and the Mesopotamian-styled AED 185, and a decadent a la carte menu will be offered during Ziggurat temple reaching over 30 metres into the sky featuring suhour with a minimum spend of AED 120. seven heart-pumping water slides - two of which catapult riders Guests can also enjoy Ramadan at Levantine; the authentic through shark-filled lagoons. A special UAE resident rate of AED Lebanese restaurant at Atlantis offers a true taste of Arabia and 150 for adults and AED 115 for children is extended to day visitors. features cuisines of the region. The panoramic show kitchen and Allowing guests to come fin to fin with the myriad of marine relaxed elegant atmosphere will provide the perfect setting for creatures that call The Ambassador Lagoon home, Atlantis is now Iftar and Suhour; both priced at AED 185 for a set menu. offering The Ultimate Snorkel. Experts guide guests on an amaz- Kaleidoscope will also be offering an Iftar buffet, priced at AED ing journey through the habitat, home to 65,000 marine animals 195, inclusive of sweet Ramadan juices. Kaleidoscope features including rays, sharks, wrasse, cobia and many more unique ani- palate pleasing displays of flavours and textures, drawing from mals. Guests will discover interesting facts about the inhabitants Ravini Perera, Senior Vice President, Sales and the very best of Indian, Mediterranean and Arabic cuisines. of the largest open air marine exhibit in the Middle East, as well as Marketing, Atlantis The Plam, Dubai. learn how to help protect the ocean. The cost of this extraordinary experience is just AED 225, with the snorkel and mask included as KUWAIT TIMES: Ramadan is around the corner. People are souvenirs. As places are limited, guests should reserve space early. bracing for a month of fasting and festivities. Does Atlantis, Guests must be a minimum of 6 years old to participate and those Ramadan at Atlantis, The Palm. The Palm Dubai, offer anything special for the people who under 16 years old must be accompanied by an adult. observe fasting? What are the traditional delights on offer for Kids between the ages of 3 and 12 can explore Atlantis at the families during iftar and suhour? KT: Explain your unique concept of Aquaventure. Atlantis Kids Club Summer Camps, available between 9:00am and Ravini Perera: Ramadan is a special occasion of togetherness PERERA: Aquaventure is the only waterpark in The Middle East 5:00pm Sunday through Thursday from 7 July to 5 September for for families and loved ones in the Middle East. Atlantis, The Palm, where guests can enjoy animal encounters including cownose ray 3-10 days duration, including lunch. The ten different action the leading entertainment resort destination in the region, has set feeding, shark scuba diving or shark safari in a shark-infested packed Summer Camps focus on adventure, fun and exploration its plans and preparations to welcome guests for a truly cultural lagoon. through group play. The 3-day Wiggle and Giggle Kid’s Club camp experience during the holy month of Ramadan as it is a special This non-stop water play will add an extreme level of excite- for playful little ones between the ages of 3 and 7 and include occasion of togetherness for families and loved ones. Atlantis hon- ment to the overall Aquaventure experience that already makes entry to the Kid’s Club and lunch. Kids aged 8 to 12 years wanting ours the traditions of the region by hosting charming iftar and this waterpark unlike any other. Atlantis aims to provide guests to try out their hand at scuba diving with the Atlantis Padi certi- suhour experiences. With food as a focal point during the evening, and visitors with an incredible range of entertainment options to fied dive centre and going behind the scenes to learn more about it is a great opportunity for both fasting and non-fasting guests to suit all ages. As the Middle East’s leading entertainment destina- the vast marine life that call Atlantis home, will love the 5-day indulge in the true taste of Arabia. A variety of the most tasty tion, Atlantis is constantly innovating and offering new activities Atlantis Aqua Camp. Atlantis Artventure Camp offer kids aged 3 to Arabian dishes, sweetest treats and thirst quenching juices will be for guests. Aquaventure is also the only waterpark that has 700 m 12 years the chance to participate in a 5-day programme that will available in stunning displays during iftar and suhour at three of white sand beach. The balmy waters of the Arabian Gulf host a iconic spots in Atlantis: Asateer, Kaleidoscope and Levantine. Each Asateer Tent at Atlantis, The Palm. myriad of watersports including kayaking and pedalos and day of the venues offers a mesmerising and memorable experience. visitors have access to a unique beach experience as part of their entry into Aquaventure. KT: Can you elaborate on the range of cuisines available during this month to cater to a wider population? KT: What are the offers for non-fasting guests during the KT: The hospitality industry is rapidly changing with inno- PERERA: Asateer, the breath-taking beachfront tent, offers an month? vation being the buzzword. How do you address the fast- enchanting backdrop for both iftar and suhour. Guests can enjoy a PERERA: In order to offer a stimulating experience for those changing demands of your discerning clients and guests? gastronomic journey through Middle Eastern cuisine from live who want to embark on culturally stimulating experience, Atlantis PERERA: Atlantis has always been focused on innovation to cooking stations offering traditional delights including ouzi, a has created a package which offers guests a festive escape. The create new and unique guest entertainment experiences; our lamb and rice dish infused with Arabic spices; foul moudammas, a Atlantis Ramadan Iftar Package includes a stay in one of the strategy in Atlantis relies on blowing away the customer through light, lemony dish with cooked fava beans served with olive oil, resort’s iconic rooms, along with access to a grand iftar offered at delivering a warm, responsive and engaging service to our guests. chopped parsley, onion, garlic, and lemon juice; and balila, a fresh one of the resort’s signature restaurants; Levantine or We do anticipate the guests’ needs and provide value-added serv- yet flavourful salad with chickpeas. Signature dishes include Kaleidoscope. Based on two people sharing, the festive package is ice to our guests in order to create unforgettable memories in assorted grilled Arabian meats, halloumi cheese with roasted available from AED 1,325++ per room per night, staying from 9 every guest interaction. We have thorough product knowledge tomato and topped with fresh thyme olives and fresh basil, and July-7 August 2013. For guests who wish to experience our beach- and give right recommendations to our guests in order to fulfill front tent, Asateer, an extravagant iftar buffet will be available their likes and desires. priced at AED 185, and a decadent a la carte menu will be offered during suhour with a minimum spend of AED 120. KT: Apart from the unique gastronomic delights, Atlantis Halawit Al- Jibn at Atlantis, The Palm. Atlantis respects all traditions and for international guests also offers many surprises for leisure travelers during sum- looking into enjoy their own holiday experience, our restaurants mer. Can you elaborate? be filled with creative projects and exciting art activities. For will remain open to offer discreet regular service. Atlantis prides PERERA: Atlantis, The Palm offers fun filled activities and gas- adventurous children of all ages, the new pirate themed outdoors itself on offering a fantastic experience to remember for all family tronomic delights for everyone in the family to enjoy this summer playground features a toddler room complete with fluffy sea crea- members visiting the resort. with rooms starting from only AED 995++ per room per night. tures and a full size pirate ship. For the youngest guests under the Guests staying at Atlantis enjoy complimentary access to a wide age of 3, Atlantis offers a full range of professional nannies KT: Does Atlantis,The Palm have an expansion plan, espe- range of attractions around the resort, including Aquaventure equipped with endless activities to assist with in-room care. cially on your waterpark landscape? Waterpark and The Lost Chambers Aquarium, as well as preferen- Teens, between the age of 13 and 18, will have an opportunity PERERA: Atlantis, The Palm is set to revolutionise the water- tial rates to swim with the dolphins in Dolphin Bay. to escape to a fully supervised ‘No Kids or Adults’ environment at park landscape with the new expansion of Aquaventure Holiday hungry kids will be thrilled with the variety of fun filled Club Rush from 10:00am - 4:30pm Sunday to Thursday where they Waterpark. The development will feature a soaring 40 m tower - activities including exciting summer camps, a special visit by can watch movies on the big screen, grab a snack or smoothie The Tower of Poseidon - packed with heart-pumping rides sched- SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star and family fun days at from the bar, make use of the latest games and consoles, stay con- uled to be unveiled in Aug 2013. The Lost Chambers Aquarium. In addition, all Mums and Dads will nected in the internet lounge, or listen to the latest tunes. This innovative development will feature a number of world be well taken care of with the multitude of different dining, relax- Back by popular demand this year are the five Club Rush AAA firsts, including the world’s largest diameter slide, the world’s first ation and entertainment experiences available at Atlantis, includ- Summer Camps offering unique programmes and workshops. vertical banking family ride with a double hump at the end, and ing special treatments at ShuiQi Spa and three world renowned The Access All Areas camps are a great way to beat the heat and a first double slide within a slide experience, allowing tube riders in celebrity chef restaurants. chance to make new friends whilst going behind the scenes at one ride to watch the other ride sliders dramatically in action, sus- In partnership with VISA, Atlantis has created a special package Atlantis. Camp Active is a 5 day sports lover’s paradise! Football, pended above them. Once the new development is complete, the for families looking to spend their holiday in Dubai this summer. basketball and lots of time in the Aquaventure Waterpark is 17 hectare waterpark will feature two enormous waterslide tow- The Visa Family Fun package, offered at a rate starting from AED topped off with a fun pool party. At Camp Aqua water loving ers, and over 18 million litres of fresh water to power a thrilling 1,595++, includes a one night stay in a deluxe room with views of teens will experience a 5-day all water themed activities camp, array of waterslides, as well as a zipline circuit providing an exhila- either The Palm or the Arabian Gulf, breakfast for two adults and including Junior Lifeguard Training, Padi Dive Centre Experiences rating sky-high experience, the longest river ride in the Middle two children and an AED 800 dinner voucher to be enjoyed at one and Aquaventure visits, allowing teens to make a splash during East at 2.3 km long, with tidal waves and pools, water rapids and of three restaurants including Ronda Locatelli, or Levantine. For the summer months. white water chargers, not to mention the 700 m of white sand parents looking to enjoy some well-deserved alone time, the beach overlooking The Palm. Kid’s Club and Club Rush will also offer an exclusive Super package also includes a 2 for 1 treatment voucher at ShuiQi Spa & Summer Survivor Pass. Days of attendance can be any time over Aquaventure will add a variety of dining experiences including Fitness and an afternoon session at Kids Club for two children. The Arabic mezze, freshly baked pizza, shawarma, falafel, dosi, fish and the full summer season between 7 July and 5 September Asateer Tent at Atlantis, The Palm. offer may be redeemed by presenting a valid VISA card and is between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm and includes lunch. 3 day pass is chips and fried chicken and express outlets of Atlantis restaurants available for stays and bookings between 1 May and 27 TBJ and Asia Republic. available for AED 650, 5 day pass for AED 950 and 10 day pass for September 2013. AED 1750. Bono to receive France’s highest cultural37 honor TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013

A collection of prayer beads are displayed at a shop in downtown Kuwait, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Throughout the month, devout Muslims must abstain from food and drink from dawn until sunset when they break the fast with the Iftar meal. — AFP

n a 102-degree afternoon here, Bill Vinduska pulled on municate. They work together. I sit there watching sometimes As Vinduska cut with the saw, a gob of bright syrupy gold wheeler to the 40 hives he keeps in the shade a few hundred his beekeeper suit and raised himself 25 feet in a and am amazed at what’s going on in those little tiny brains.” appeared in the cut, and began to ooze downward. It flowed yards south of his home. After he shut off his engine, he could Ohydraulic lift, to the eaves under the clubhouse roof at Vinduska vacuumed hundreds of bees off the shingles, the lazily, sparkling in the lowering sun that baked him inside the hear a low, steady, rumbling hum, from hundreds of thousands L.W. Clapp Municipal Golf Course. When you’re trying to help vacuum hose leading into a containment box. He sheered bee suit. He kept cutting. of bees busy inside the hive boxes a few yards away. The air save the world, you sometimes get stung, and sweaty. “There shingles off with a nail-puller, shingles clattering down. A golfer wearing a straw hat and shorts drove up in a cart. was thick with bees coming and going. Bill used to run the are days I just don’t want to do this anymore,” Vinduska said. Clubhouse people had called after seeing bees grouped on the “What the!” he exclaimed. He saw roof shingles falling like Bullseye shooting range in east Wichita, but about 15 years ago Vinduska would sweat for the next four hours. To slip into the roof. “I wonder what the golfers would’ve thought if they’d autumn leaves, a man in a moon suit 25 feet up, and honey- he got a notion to face one of his great fears. Bees scared him suit, he’d taken off his shirt, exposing the tattoos: a heavy-link known there’s thousands of bees just above their heads,” said bees lazily circling his hooded head. The golfer must have seen half to death, so he became a beekeeper, getting stung, get- chain encircling his neck. Inside the loop, on Vinduska’s chest, Vinduska’s wife, Candy, while watching her husband at work. the gob of wild honey, too, because he walked over to Candy. ting tired and sweaty, getting stung some more. lies a red heart wrapped in thorns. It was about 120 degrees There were about 40,000 wild bees in the roof seam. “Hey,” he said. “Can I have some of that?” “Sure,” she said. “Bring under the eaves. Sometimes, Bill Vinduska said, they find hives that big inside us a plate.” But she grinned after he walked away. “I wouldn’t The tats, the shaved head, sweatband and long beard may people’s houses. The last removal he and Candy had done want any of that. It’s a sticky mess, and you don’t know look formidable and off-putting, but Kansas bee people say before this one was in a west Wichita apartment inside some- whether anybody’s sprayed the hive.” Vinduska is one of the better mentors around hard-working, body’s closet. Bees began circling Bill’s hooded head. Candy says she sometimes has to hold her tongue. People respectful and smart. And they say he’s one of the few people He cut a hole through plywood. Watching from below, can do what they want with their own property, she said. But trying to save the honeybees rather than one of the many Candy said she had no idea how angry Bill was about to make she knows how vulnerable the bees are, though people are ter- killing them off. If he does help save them, they say, he may the bees. “Sometimes they’re nice,” he had said. “And some- rified of them. They spray them as though they are wasps. end up saving all of us too. times not.” Many scientists since 2006 have said no one knows Under the roof, Bill had cut out a 5-foot section of roofing ply- wood. He pulled it away. Underneath, now exposed to sunlight, were tens of thou- sands of bees, acting sleepy and docile. They walked around on a 5-foot-long yellow-gold wedge of wax honeycomb, filled with brown honey, and darker material, at one end, which was where the queen laid her eggs and the hive raised the baby bee larvae. They are such vulnerable creatures, Candy said. “People have no idea.” When they remove a wild hive like this one, Bill and Candy take it home to try to preserve it. They are by no means the only people trying to save the honeybee. Nearly every bee- keeper nowadays is reading, Googling reports, trying to save bees one hive at a time. Bill and Candy own 200 hives now, housing them at their farm near Marion and on property Candy owns in Oklahoma. Six years ago Bill began an experi- ment that continues to this day. To kill the varroa mite that has killed so many bees, scien- tists came up with a pesticide that literally killed a bug living on a bug. It was a fine piece of work. But it didn’t last. Varroa Candy Vinduska, of Vinduska Apiaries, fills a jar with fresh A bee rests on the hand of Candy Vinduska. mites got creative, genetically. The pesticide would kill off honey. — MCT photos maybe 99 percent of the mites, but the surviving 1 percent developed a resistance to pesticide. Then the next year, pesti- cide killed only 98 percent of the mites. We are killing off the honeybee, bee people say. We do so at what’s killing the bees, but Vinduska and Brown and Verhoek All they did in the end was create a resistant varroa mite. Bill our own great peril. Randy Verhoek, the Texan who leads the say that’s not really true. They all say the culprits include bee six years ago stopped using pesticide or any other chemicals in Beekeeper Bill Vinduska, of Vinduska Apiaries, rests on American Honey Producers Association as president, said, “The viruses, a parasitic mite called the Varroa destructor, and sever- his hives. “I lost big,” he said. “About 35 percent.” He did the a beehive on his property near Marion, Kansas. losses we are suffering are simply not sustainable.” Beekeepers, al varieties of clueless human beings. same thing the next year. “I lost 33 percent. The next year, 25 who truck billions of bees all over the country to pollinate our Farmers hose down their pastures and fields with pesti- percent. And so on.” He let nature take its course. And the bees The first time he set down his first hive on the ground when fruits, nuts and vegetables, have lost nearly 40 percent of their cides. Bees bring home the pesticides and die. Big bee opera- began developing an increasing ability to survive the mites. He he got started, he said, he pulled the tape off the opening and hives each summer in recent years, Verhoek said, a catastrophic tions complain about this publicly, but Bill and Candy say the and Candy work hard at this. They grow clover for the bees on ran like a scared little boy. But after that, the hobby became a loss. Bees are dying in the wild, too. big bee operations do some harm themselves. their farm. He said other beekeepers are adopting chemical- business, and the business, when the bees became endan- Jerry Brown, a third-generation beekeeper in Haddam, Kan, The beekeepers truck billions of bees all over the country, free methods and that it works. gered, became something more profound. He and Candy used to manage 4,000 hives, but he’s down to 600, mostly 500 hives to a semi-truck load every spring and summer, set- In June, Bill and Candy studied “queen rearing” at a work- walked up to one of the hive boxes. They’d left the bee suits in because of colony collapse disorder. Verhoek manages 20,000 ting out hives to pollinate the almond trees in California, and shop at the University of Nebraska. Because queens determine the bed of the four-wheeler, and walked up to the box wearing hives, and with 50,000 or so bees in every hive, that means he vegetable and fruit farms everywhere else. A beekeeper can the genetics and therefore the strength of an entire hive, learn- shorts and T-shirts; Bill also wore a cowboy hat. owns a billion bees. He loses millions of them every year. collect anywhere from $50 to $150 to $180 per hive to deliver ing how to replicate good queens means they can replicate Bill removed bricks holding down the hive box lid, then The EPA is worried. The Department of Agriculture is wor- the bees for pollination. “Those big farming operations are stronger hives, one hive at a time. Brown said that’s the kind of slowly pulled the lid off, exposing thousands of honeybees, ried. Scientists and bee farmers say honeybees help feed the mono-cultures not enough variety in nutrients,” Bill Vinduska work that might save the bees. Other beekeepers, including who ignored him and kept working around the golden yel- world. If the bees die off, Brown said, we will eat nothing but had said. “So the bees become stressed, their diet isn’t good. himself, are doing variations of the same thing. A few years low honeycombs they were making in the squares inside the lettuce and cereal and stringy free-range meat. Even the ten- Makes them vulnerable.” back, he donated 500 hives to scientists to do the same kind of box. Bill leaned in, looked down inside the hive. “Hello, girls,” der beef we eat comes indirectly from bees: They help polli- Brown said Vinduska is right. When the beekeepers crowd work, building genetic strength. Out of 500 hives, only 20 sur- he said. — MCT nate the alfalfa that feeds cows. Bees are part of God’s creation thousands of hives in one valley, “it creates the same thing vived, he said. But they learned things. and deserve more respect, said Rocky Schmied, a Wichita bee- you’d do if you crowded a bunch of humans together in one Candy said she didn’t think criticizing or lashing out at the keeper who admires Bill Vinduska. brothel. Everybody gets every pest, and every communicable Monsantos of the world was a good idea. Instead, she said, bee “I am a Christian, and every time I see honeybees at work it disease.” Verhoek said county road crews spray all the flowers people ought to do what they can to educate and persuade. If is one more reason to believe in a creator,” he said. “There are and weeds in ditches every year now, killing off bee food. And they are approached the right way, the chemical companies so many flowers, all of whom produce nectar at different times we pave over or plow up every acre these days, he said. “And might find solutions, she said. Dealing with mites is one thing, of the day, and yet the bees know what flowers to go to when. yet some people think we honey producers are just concerned Brown and Verhoek said. Dealing with humans is another. They navigate back home from wherever they are. They com- about our honey,” he said. At Bill’s farm in Marion County, he and Candy rode a four-

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