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MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 SHAWWAL 11, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Minister opens Assad says Fury after Rooney on probe in Kuwait Syrian army Bollywood star target as Airways porn ‘fatigued’ but says death row Man United star scandal5 will prevail8 convict12 innocent 20down Barca Iran launches charm Min 31º Max 46º offensive in wary Gulf High Tide 06:22 & 20:21 Zarif briefs Kuwait on nuke deal • Tehran’s policies won’t change Low Tide 13:35 40 PAGES NO: 16591 150 FILS By Staff Reporter FDI in Arab KUWAIT: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in his first foreign trip after the landmark nuclear accord, urged Tehran’s Gulf Arab neighbors to cooper- states fell ate to fight against terrorism, but stressed that the Islamic republic’s policy will not change. “What is need- ed in this region is not a change in Iranian policy but a 8% last year change in the policy of some countries which want con- flict and war in this region,” Zarif told a press conference after meeting HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- KUWAIT: Foreign direct investment into Arab states Jaber Al-Sabah and holding talks with Foreign Minister dropped 8.0 percent last year with the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah. and Saudi Arabia accounting for close to half the total fall, a He brushed aside claims that Iran is interfering in the report said yesterday. Arab states attracted FDI worth $43.9 internal affairs of several Arab countries and said that billion in 2014 compared with $47.5 billion the previous year, the Kuwait-based Arab Investment and Export Credit Tehran has always stood with the people of this region Guarantee Corp said in its report. The figure is still way in fighting against the common threat, which is “terror- below the $66.2 billion attracted in 2010 before the start of ism, extremism and sectarianism”. the Arab Spring uprisings in several countries. “Based on this understanding, our message to the UAE topped the list of losses with $10.1 billion - 23 per- states of the region is that we should fight to confront cent of the regional total - followed by Saudi Arabia with the common threat,” Zarif said. He said Iran extends a $8 billion, or 18.3 percent. Egypt came third with $4.8 bil- hand of cooperation to the region as “Iran seriously lion. The report covered 20 out of the 22 Arab League believes that in our region there are common interests states, excluding war-torn Syria and tiny Comoros. FDI and common threats and we have to cooperate”. dropped in 15 of them. The six energy-rich states of the Continued on Page 13 Gulf Cooperation Council drew in the most investment, accounting for half of the Arab world’s total FDI, according PAGE to the report. Outflows of Arab investments into other Clashes rock countries dropped 10 percent to $33.4 billion, with Kuwait topping the list with $13 billion or 39.2 percent of the total, KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad the report said.— AFP Aqsa mosque Javad Zarif yesterday. — AFP (See Page 2) MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah meets Iranian Foreign Minister Dr His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Mohammad Javad Zarif at Seif Palace yesterday. —Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Al-Sabah meets Acting National Assembly Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainej.

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah meets Acting National Assembly Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainej. meets Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh meets Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah. Abdullah Al-Sabah. Amir receives Iran’s Foreign Minister

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace yesterday Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah who was accompanied by Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif. The meeting was attended by Deputy Amiri Diwan Minister Advisor Mohammad Dhaifallah Sharar. Earlier, His Highness the Amir received His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Acting National Assembly Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainej. Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown Prince received Khurainej, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Muabrak Al-Sabah. —KUNA

KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled receives Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif at the airport. holds official talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif. —KUNA

Sheikh Sabah and Zarif hold talks shortly after the Iranian official’s arrival to Kuwait. Kuwait, Iran FMs hold official talks

KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, Ambassador Dhari Ajran Al-Ajran and Office Manager of Acting Prime Minister Al-Hamad Al-Sabah held official talks yesterday with visiting Iranian Foreign and Germany. and Foreign Minister Ambassador Saleh Salem Al-Loghani. On the Iranian side, Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif. The talks shed light on bilateral ties, com- On the Kuwaiti side, the meeting was attended by acting Foreign Ministry the meeting was attended by Iran’s deputy foreign minister for Arab and African mon issues and the latest regional and international developments. They also Undersecretary Ambassador Jamal Abdullah Al-Ghanem, Kuwaiti Ambassador affairs Hussain Amir-Abdollahian and Iranian Ambassador in Kuwait Reza discussed the landmark deal on Iran’s nuclear program with the permanent UN to Iran Majdi Al-Dhefiri, head of protocol department at the Foreign Ministry Enayati. —KUNA

KUWAIT: Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks dur- Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif enters to attend Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif (left) speaks as ing a press conference in Kuwait yesterday. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat the press conference. Iranian Ambassador in Kuwait Reza Enayati looks on. Efforts to solve Yemen’s dispute failing: Zarif

KUWAIT: Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif humanitarian aid, adoption of a national dialogue and forma- the P5+1 countries. In a press statement, Zarif pointed out common interests and challenges that should be confronted expressed disappointment yesterday that international efforts tion of a national government. On Saturday, a five-day humani- that his visit to Kuwait was to “declare his country’s intention” with cooperation and unified efforts among countries in the to bring back Yemen’s stability are failing. Zarif said in a press tarian truce was announced in Yemen. The truce will allow in regards to its nuclear program. He added that Iran’s foreign Middle East region. “Dangers that face one country are detri- conference that international efforts to solve Yemen’s dispute humanitarian and medical aid to be delivered into the country. policy was based on “good neighboring” and better coopera- mental to the rest,” he pointed out, adding that these dangers are not appropriate, pointing out to his country’s four key points Meanwhile, Zarif stressed, that Kuwait was the first country tion with regional countries. can be overcome by strong historical, rigorous and cultural to solve the Yemeni crisis, including a cease fire, provision of he visited after Iran’s landmark nuclear deal was made with The Iranian Foreign Minister believed in the existence of ties that were shared among regional countries. —KUNA MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 LOCAL Finance ministry refutes 100 fils gas price increase reports

By Meshaal Al-Enezi

KUWAIT: The finance ministry strongly denied some local papers’ stories published yesterday concerning the government’s intentions to increase gasoline prices to 100 fils per liter next year. MP Yousif Al-Zalzalah Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah A statement issued by the ministry explained that a committee presided by the finance minis- ter was currently studying the issue comprehen- Zalzalah warns to grill FM sively within a larger study, reconsidering vari- ous types of subsidies and beneficiaries from over health office probe each type. The statement stressed that there was no intention to partially or entirely lift subsidies By A Saleh Gas prices on goods or public services. “The government is MP Hamdan Al-Azmi strongly rejected the not trying to reduce subsidies, it is rather work- KUWAIT: MP Yousif Al-Zalzalah stressed his government’s intention to increase gasoline ing on paying them to real beneficiaries in order readiness to use all constitutional tools to grill prices and expressed amazement at what he to achieve justice,” the statement said. First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign described as ‘the government’s persistence to Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad act against citizens’ interests and to occasion- Violating companies Al-Sabah concerning the foreign ministry’s ally leak public opinion-provoking news.’ MP Acting Manpower Authority Director failure to solve the problem of citizen Hanan Azmi said that news about such increases Abdullah Al-Motoutah said that a new batch of Al-Sharaf with Kuwait’s health office in only reflect the government policies’ fragility violating companies would be sent to the Washington. Sharaf is the whistleblower over and superficiality. Meanwhile, MP Askar Al- Ministry of Interior for investigations. “We have some thefts in the Kuwait’s health office but Enezi urged the government to study the been referring 300-400 violating companies to the public fund ‘mafia’ framed her with false possible consequences of such increases on MOI every month,” he said noting that many vio- rogation sessions during which he was brutally Salmi project accusations, the lawmaker said. “Minister Al- various goods prices. He also accused the lations had been detected through periodic tortured but never changed his plea that he was Municipal Council member Ahmed Al- Khaled had promised to investigate the mat- government’s decisions of being random and inspection while some of the referred compa- innocent. Nonetheless, US authorities still refuse Bughaili accused the government of impeding ter independently and lawmakers are still bureaucratic with the citizen as the least of its nies had been earlier warned and notified to releasing him without explaining the reason. major industrial projects as the council had waiting to see those promises met,” MP concerns. MP Enezi urged the government to check with the authority but they did not. “Some already allocated 100 kilometers to build an Zalzalah said pointing out that Sharaf saved make a statement explaining the truth about companies were found in violation of safety Psychiatric hospital industrial area in Salmi on March 19, 2013, but tens of millions of dollars to the state treas- such plans and warned that the government measures,” he added. Further, Motoutah said The criminal court yesterday decided refer- nobody has heard about a single project built ury. would have to cancel such plans to avoid that proceedings followed in laborer-employer ring a citizen accused of murdering his ex-wife there so far. “Compared to other GCC states, having lawmakers tend to their ‘constitutional conflicts would be unified with less paper work to the psychiatric diseases hospital to examine Kuwait’s industries sector is very small because Subaih’s grilling responsibilities’. so that all complaints and conflicts could be his mental state and abilities. government policies do not encourage Meanwhile, MP Mohammed Al-Enezi has referred to courts within a maximum of one investors,” he said underlining that the industries already started preparing for the grilling of Railway tracks Kuwait Municipality urged the Public month. He added that any delay beyond that Environmental violations sector was the only one capable of changing the minister of social affairs and labor, Hind Al- Authority for Housing Welfare to consider period would subject the concerned legal inves- Environment Public Authority (EPA) Deputy nature of Kuwait’s economy. Subaih, by preparing several inquiries to be allocating railway tracks going past Nawaf Al- tigator to accountability. Director for Technical Affairs Mohammed Al- filed against her on the next parliamentary Ahmed and Sabriya cities that had already In addition, Motoutah said that 580 expat Enezi said that by power of the Environmental Alcohol detection term including the appointment of the man- been approved by the Municipal Council. In laborers registered with companies suspended Protection Law, EPA is now authorized to refer Lawyer Mohammed Ahmed Taleb recently power public authority’s deputy director, by code 71 had so far benefited from the grace this regard, Municipality Director Ahmad Al- environmental violations directly to prosecution urged the interior ministry to equip policemen Ahmed Al-Moussa; his reports since 2000; Subaih said that since the Municipal Council period given to legalize their statuses before and that citizens could report any violations they at various checkpoints with alcohol detection kindergartens and schools officially subsi- August 1st and that around 90 percent of them had approved the railway tracks, they should detect to EPA. devices so they could conduct the test them- dized by the ministry; violations detected by be considered in the two cities blueprints. had already left the country. selves on the spot whenever they suspect any the audit bureau in any of these schools and Preventive detention driver of being under the influence. Taleb justi- subsidized non-governmental organizations, Sand mine locations Kuwaiti Gitmo hearing Kuwait Lawyers Association (KLA) strongly fied his demands by the fact that policemen had if any. US authorities are scheduled to hold a hear- Kuwait Municipality is currently working criticized the executive intention to issue a recently referred many citizens and expats, Separately, MP Abdul Hameed Dashti on a project to set special locations to mine ing for the Kuwaiti Gitmo detainee, Fayez Al- ‘necessity’ decree law amending the Penal Law regardless of their jobs and positions, to forensic warned Minister Subaih against ignoring to Kandary, today pending a final ruling after 12 sand used for construction purposes, said in terms of preventive detention. “According to medicine for suspicion of being intoxicated respond to parliamentary inquiries concern- municipal sources noting that the project years of detention without being tried by a court the constitution, necessity decrees can only be where most of the test results came negative ing violations within MSAL. He also stressed of law. Notably, Citizen Fayez Kandary had been would be executed in four phases starting issued in certain cases,” KLA’s chairman, Abdul after having been detained for 48 hours to four that he would wait for her responses to the with feasibility studies, data collection and detained at Gitmo prison since 2002 without any Rahman Al-Barrak underlined noting that noth- days. “Many of them [may] sue MOI demanding inquiries made by MPs, Mohammed Tana and study of suggested locations; field and soil legal cause; He never had a fair trial nor directly ing justifies taking such a measure because such considerable compensations,” he warned noting Yousif Al-Zalzalah, before deciding on his atti- studies; regulations to use the sites and finally charged of anything so far. Kandary was arrested an amendment would pose violation to both lib- that unless alcohol detection devices were used, tude towards questioning her. reporting about the project. by Pakistani authorities in 2002 and handed over erties and the constitution. Taleb would sue the ministry to mandate it to to the US. He attended over four hundred inter- use them. Amir’s sponsorship to Middle East Invention Fair deems it international KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh would encourage the Fair’s organizers and Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s spon- staff to put in more effort in future fairs. He sorship to the 8th International Invention added that the organizing committee is Fair in the Middle East deemed it as one of working its hardest to invite more inven- the renowned global invention fairs. tors, more educational institutions and Chairman of the organizing committee universities, and more businessmen and and Chairman of the Board of Kuwait investors in future events. Science Club, Ayad Al-Kharafi made this He added that the aim of the 8th edi- remark to the press yesterday, adding that tion of this fair was to shed light on suc- being part of the efforts of the cessful inventions that made it to the mar- International Exhibition of Geneva it was kets, to establish an invention culture in also deemed as an opportunity for reveal- the Arab countries, to empower and moti- ing the culture of invention to societies vate the Arab scientific community, to and strengthening the existing relation- strengthen ties of cooperation among the ships among the inventors, companies and investors and inventors, and to attract the corporations. largest number of inventors from all over Kharafi expressed his appreciation to the world to participate and socialize in His Highness the Amir’s sponsorship that this exhibition. —KUNA NBK concludes third session of Summer Internship Program 2015

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) work, creative thinking, the means of concluded the second session of Summer self-expression and modern banking, in Internship Program 2015. A two week addition to helping them having a courses custom-made for high school greater exposure to daily banking work and college students aged between 15 procedures. and 20 years. The session ended by a visit This annual program demonstrates to Dickson House Cultural Center where NBK’s long-standing social involvement Kuwait’s Consul General in Basra Yousef Ashour Al-Sabbagh is pictured with head of the Basra Provincial Council Sabah Al-Bazoni. they were introduced the history as well as its national commitment through the center’s sections. The stu- towards providing young generations dents expressed their admiration for the with the appropriate opportunities to wonderful design of the center. experience how the actual professional The Summer Internship Program this banking issues and transactions are han- year is made up of different sessions, five- dled and processed. hour daily over two weeks each. The pro- It has been 14 years since the estab- gram features a mixture of theoretical lishment of this program. NBK views the and practical training dedicated to pro- Summer Internship Program as an exten- vide the interns with valuable knowledge sion to its educative initiatives and as on a variety of subjects such as: team- part of its corporate social responsibility.

BASRA: Kuwait’s Consul General in Basra Yousef Ashour Al-Sabbagh speaks during a press conference with head of the Basra Provincial Kuwait’s Consul General in Basra Yousef Ashour Al-Sabbagh is seen Council Sabah Al-Bazoni. — KUNA with head of the Basra Businessmen Union Sabeeh Al-Hashemi. Kuwait reiterates keenness on The students are pictured during a visit to Kuwait Red Crescent Society. turning over new leaf with Iraq

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Consul General in Basra new consul is having meetings with Iraqi offi- investors to Iraq. Meanwhile, Sabbagh and Yousef Ashour Al-Sabbagh has reaffirmed cials after he took over. The Kuwaiti diplomat head of the Basra Businessmen Union Sabeeh eagerness on turning over a new leaf with Iraq pointed to “goals and expectations we are Al-Hashemi discussed means of boosting bilat- and establishing bilateral ‘brotherly and diplo- working hard to achieve, topped with estab- eral economic and trade ties. During the meet- matic ties’ for the good of people in the two lishing brotherly and diplomatic ties.” He ing, Sabbagh underlined that Kuwait is keen countries. stressed the historical and social ties between on enhancing ties with Iraq, saying leading Sabbagh made the statement during a the two countries. Bazoni expressed optimism Kuwaiti companies are ready to carry out vital press conference yesterday with head of the meanwhile over the future of bilateral ties, projects in Basra. He noted that he would also Basra Provincial Council Sabah Al-Bazoni and especially once the consulate is opened in the work on facilitating entry visas for Iraqi busi- other members after both sides had talks. The province, which will help attract Kuwaiti nessmen into Kuwait. —KUNA The students are pictured after the conclusion of the 3rd session. MANSOORI

MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 LOCAL

In Brief Safer methods Sabah Al-Ahmad Somali workforce to pay patients City homes ‘most valued’ KUWAIT: Kuwaitis who have homes allocated at the KUWAIT: National Assembly’s Deputy Speaker KUWAIT: Director General of the Public Authority for Sabah Al-Ahmad City have been invited to visit the Public Mubarak Al-Khurainjej called yesterday for providing Manpower Abdullah Al-Mutawtah yesterday hailed the Authority for Housing Welfare and receive their home more secure ways to pay all fees allocated for medical cordial relations between Kuwait and Somalia, citing keys. The citizens covered include those who were select- treatment of Kuwaiti patients in France. His statement the Federal Republic’s workforce as amongst the most ed in a raffle draw to choose the seventh batch of citizens came after the Kuwaiti health office in the French cap- valued in the country. Mutawtah acknowledged the to receive 174 homes in the city. The Sabah Al-Ahmad ital, Paris, was subject to a robbery attempt on July 22. Somali diaspora’s contributions to the growth of the City is located 65 kilometers south of Kuwait City. It has a The financial attaché was injured as he thwarted the Kuwaiti economy as he received Deputy Leader and total area of 4,500 hectares, is divided into five neighbor- robber’s attempt to seize the office’s funds. —KUNA advisor to the Somali diaspora at the Somali embassy in hoods and includes 10,500 housing units. — KUNA Kuwait, Abeeb Mousa Farah. — KUNA Photo of the day

KUWAIT: Dragonflies are seen at a beach in Kuwait City. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Kuwait opens crafts school in Indonesia

KUALA LUMPUR: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) has opened Al-Mubarakiya Crafts School and multi-purpose hall in Banda Aceh, Indonesia yesterday, as part of Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Village. The project was named after His Highness the late Amir of Kuwait in appreciation for his humanitar- ian efforts all over the world, Chairman of KRCS Dr Helal Al-Sayer said. The village project was first initiated by the society’s late chairman Barjas Al-Barjas, who exerted great efforts to aid people in Indonesia on all levels, Sayer said. The village, located in the area previously struck by tsunami in 2004, contains 150 houses, a mosque, a medical center and Al-Mubarakiya School, he added. Meanwhile, the Chairman noted that KRCS had contributed to rebuilding Panda Aceh after the deadly tsunami disaster, as Kuwait was among the top countries in providing humanitarian aid to those affect- ed. The society had executed several proj- ects in the area, which was also struck by multiple earthquakes, including water purification stations, developing infrastruc- ture, orphanage, providing 300 fishing KRCS Chairman Dr Helal Al-Sayer speaks at the boats, heavy equipment for paving roads and relief supplies, Sayer said. —KUNA KUALA LUMPUR: KRCS Chairman Dr Helal Al-Sayer inaugurates the school.—KUNA event. MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 LOCAL Kandari opens probe in KAC porn star scandal

By A Saleh on social media, Al-Kandari said an immediate investiga- KUWAIT: Minister of tion has been launched to veri- Communications Essa Al- fy the news and photos Kandari has ordered an imme- attached with the report. “If the diate investigation into a Daily Mail’s report turns out to report that a Kuwait Airways be true, then the Kuwaiti pilot pilot invited an ex-porn star will be held accountable,” he into the cockpit of a Kuwait told Al-Jarida daily. The investi- Airlines’ plane. gation results will be A report by British-based announced to the public and Daily Mail and Daily Star yes- concerned authorities trans- terday claimed that the pilot of parently, he added. MP Dr a Kuwait Airways plane invited Abdullah Al-Turaiji had earlier an internet stripper and Minister Essa Al-Kandari commented on the reports, Playboy model and her friend urging the minister in a post to the cockpit during a flight from Heathrow on Twitter to open an immediate investigation. airport in London to New York’s JFK airport. Kuwait Airways responded to the news in a Firefighters tackle the blaze in Waha The scene in Hawally after the fire was put out. The report, which does not say when the inci- Twitter post, claiming that the incident hap- dent took place, also claims that the pilot pened in 2013 and that it only learned about it ordered champagne for his guests, and yesterday after the Daily Mail report was pub- Illegal weapons trader arrested smoked cigarettes during their meeting. lished. KAC said it would open an investigation Commenting on the scandal that went viral into the report. By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: A citizen was arrested trading in unli- censed weapons. The arrest was made when an Speaker condemns undercover went to buy a 9mm browning pistol for KD 800 and the suspect was arrested during the exchange. Police found several rounds of Aqsa mosque attack ammunition at his home. Waha, Hawally house fires KUWAIT: Speaker of the Fire broke out in a diwaniya and store in a home National Assembly Marzouq in Waha. Jahra firemen dealt with the fire and no Ali Al-Ghanem condemned injuries were reported. In another incident, a fire yesterday the ongoing attacks broke out in a Hawally building in a wooden on the holy Al-Aqsa mosque in chalet. The fire was put out without injuries. Jerusalem. Speaking to the press, Ghanem denounced the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Sons ‘lost at sea’ found mosque and the attack on A citizen told central operations that he lost his worshippers, calling it a sons aboard a boat. The father said he was in heinous crime that should not contact with his sons and that they do not know be tolerated. Ghanem called their location, though they left Qaroah Island and for a swift response to the were heading to Kheiran, and lost their way attacks on the Palestinian peo- when they ran out of fuel. The sons were contact- ple and on the holy Islamic ed and their location was determined through Marzouq Al-Ghanem sites. — KUNA the Coast Guard radar network and found they were inside Saudi Arabia’s territorial waters. Saudi border guards were informed, so they went in search and four hours later, the boat was found Spanish court rules for and the four citizens were in good health. The suspect arrested with the unlicensed firearms. Kuwait Investment Office dier was rushed to Adan hospital, while the sus- KD 9,000 and gold were stolen from a safe Infant abandoned pect is being sought by police. inside his house. Similarly, another Syrian told Nugra police that KD 4,000 was stolen from his KUWAIT: Heirs of Enrique Sarasola will ruling from the Spanish Court of Authorities are conducting investigations to identify the person who left a two-day-old baby Police insulted house. have to repay the Kuwait Investment Cassation for a company affiliated to the A police sergeant accused a British expatriate of Office 42 million euros the late Spanish Kuwaiti Office, Masad added. According girl under a building in searing 45+ C degree heat. insulting him when he issued her a traffic ticket. Fatal crash businessman had obtained illegally, head to the ruling, issued on July 14, the Court The police added the suspect may have been Two citizens were killed when their vehicle of Kuwait’s Fatwa and Legislation of Cassation will have to look into the drunk at that time. turned over on Sixth Ring Road. The two were Department Justice Salah Al-Masad said. case after it had rejected a first degree Soldier stabbed Ahmadi prosecutor charged a citizen with 22 and 23 years in age. An investigation was A Kuwaiti legal team managed, in coop- court one providing for compensating KD 9,000 robbery opened to determine the circumstances behind eration with Spanish jurists, to obtain the the office, he noted. — KUNA attempted murder for stabbing a soldier on his head with a knife. A security source said the sol- A Syrian man told Meidan Hawally police that the accident. Expo prepares Kuwait for being Islamic cultural capital: Minister

ROME: Kuwait’s Islamic exhibition in Rome enhancing cultural communication with well showing the true image of the Gulf, marks the beginning of preparations for the world. Arab and Islamic worlds. He also thanked 2016 Kuwait’s celebrations as an Islamic Italy’s hosting of the first comprehen- head of Al-Sabah collection of relics, cultural capital, said Representative of His sive exhibition of Islamic Art and the keen- Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber ness of the Italian President Sergio Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as well Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Sheikh Matarilla to open the exhibition personally Director General of Kuwait’s Dar Al-Athar Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al- reflects the special appreciation of Italy to Al-Islamiyyah (DAI) Sheikha Hessa Sabah Sabah. Sheikh Salman, also Minister of His Highness the State of Kuwait Amir, Al-Salem Al-Sabah, for their effort in col- Information and Minister of State for Youth government and people, he added. lecting these special pieces, as well prais- Affairs, said the ‘Art in the Islamic Culture’ The exhibition which contains distinc- ing precious care from His Highness the exhibition’s message is to show the arts tive and rare antiques was admired by sen- Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak and aesthetics of Islamic civilization. ior Italian officials, said Sheikh Salman, Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Sheikh Salman stressed importance of adding “the Islamic civilization is the civi- The exhibition, due from July 25th to the exhibition, held in Scuderia del lization of construction and that Islam is September 20th, is divided into two parts. Quirinale museum, for promoting Kuwait’s the religion of communication and tender- It manifests the bright image of the Islamic reputation as a center of Arab and Islamic ness.” civilization and is a tangible outcome of culture, as well as highlighting its artistic Sheikh Salman stressed Kuwait’s keen- the rising bilateral ties between Italy and museums within the framework of ness on supporting culture and arts, as Kuwait. —KUNA Bayt.com offers start-up kit to small business entrepreneurs

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Crime Al-Qabas Report Statements Waiting for Son torches the verdicts

mother’s house By Iqbal Al-Ahmad KUWAIT: A citizen accused her son of deliberately torching her house and filed a felony complaint against her son at he woman was the first to be executed according Sulaibikhat police station. The 54-year-old woman told to the terrorism law in the United Arab Emirates, police that the fire, which her son started, damaged the Tas things were put in order after the ghost of ter- house’s contents and endangered her life for no apparent rorism reached our region in a scary fashion. ‘Al-Reem reason. The prosecutor ordered to record it as arson and the ghost’ was executed in an implementation of a court son is being summoned to question him about the incident. verdict against her for killing an American mother and teacher residing in Abu Dhabi in the bathroom of a mall, and attempting to plant a bomb in front of the Saudi men arrested house of an American doctor of Egyptian origin. Three Saudi nationals were sent to state security for The UAE’s highest court charged Reem of adopting suspicions after they escaped from an inspection point an “extreme religious ideology,” despite her defense’s in Yarmouk. The men were arrested at the airport road attempts to reduce the charges by describing the sus- intersection, but no banned material was with them. pect as psychologically unstable to take away the crim- inal responsibility from her. The UAE police announced that the suspect adopted extremist ideology through the Internet, donated to Al-Qaeda and ran accounts to Fake maids’ company busted spread its ideology, in addition to deliberate homicide. Residency Affairs Department’s detectives yet again bust- Al-Jarida Whoever becomes a danger against the society and ed a bogus maids’ office and this time arrested 10 women. Five of the women are Nepalese, two are Indonesians, two, Sri Lankans and one is Indian. The maids promoted their The UAE’s highest court services through social media and charged KD 10 per hour. Al-Qabas They were managed by a bedoon (stateless), who disap- charged Reem of adopting an peared when his network was busted. All of the women “extreme religious ideology,” were sent to concerned authorities. One-sided love despite her defense’s attempts to Insulted by neighbor By Qaids Al-Usta reduce the charges by describing A citizen complained against her Gulf national neigh- have a one-sided love story with Kuwait Airways, as the we are being unfair to them. bor for insulting her at her residence in Qairawan. the suspect as psychologically writer of these lines is a permanent traveler aboard its I will comment here, because I am fed up with com- Police summoned the neighbor to question her about planes, and I have a golden membership in its Oasis menting, because officials including the concerned minister those claims. In another incident, two brothers who I unstable to take away the crimi- Club. Yet my suffering aboard its aircraft is like a Mexican are not listening, and it seems that there is no intention by are citizens insulted a police officer after he issued soap opera that never ends. On July 15, I left early in the the Cabinet to stop this negligence. Yes, the new aircraft are them a traffic citation for the loud music coming from nal responsibility from her. morning to board Flight 175 to Frankfort. I arrived at the air- an important requirement, and it will offer passengers bet- their car. port three hours early, finished ter service, but is the current the check-in process then administration able to manage spreads fear and horror without referring to the Are members of the board motives, regardless of their identity, deserves the Taxi driver beats passenger headed to the gates, as people these aircrafts, and are members were going to their various of the board ready to discuss severest punishment because they destroy the entire A fight broke out between a taxi driver and a Bangladeshi destinations. ready to discuss operations operations of the new aircrafts, society, and when the feeling of security and stability is passenger over the fare causing injuries to the passenger. The mother of all surprises or is it who went first won? removed, then any society will be doomed. The passenger told Khaitan police that he was beaten hard was that the air conditioning of the new aircrafts? Separately, it is the right of All of us in Kuwait without exception are waiting for by the taxi driver and gave them a medical report to sup- system does not work when MP Abdulhameed Dashti to kiss the verdicts in Imam Al-Sadiq bombing case which port his claims. The driver is being summoned by police. the plane is on the ground, then the baggage loader the head of whoever he wants, but what gives one a shook us all from within when we lost, with the call of added to the problem and delayed the flight. The tem- headache is that the voter of the first constituency elects Allahu Akbar when worshippers were prostrating dur- perature was 45 degrees, and time was near 1:00 pm. Dashti and fails Dr Maasouma Al-Mubarak. Was the mes- ing a day of Ramadhan, 27 souls, with the injured Drug arrests Passengers were inside the aircraft for two hours with- sage delivered? I hope so. spread out in the country’s hospitals, and some of out air-conditioning, and the problem is that they think —Translated by Kuwait Times Three bedoons and an Egyptian were arrested in Taima them are still suffering from severe injuries. We are all with five bags of shabu (meth) and paraphernalia and hopeful that the verdicts will be of the same magni- were sent to the Drugs Control General Department tude of the catastrophe that almost destroyed our soci- (DCGD). Also, a Gulf national was arrested following a Awqaf Ministry to ety if it was not for Allah’s grace, the wisdom of our chase for being under the influence and possession of Amir and solidarity of our society. narcotics. The arrest was made in Sulaibiya and the promote moderation Regardless of the nationalities and motives, and man was sent to DCGD. Also, security men arrested a whether they were men or women, the killers, the citizen who had three envelopes of heroin and 20 nar- KUWAIT: Awqaf Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for planners and those who widowed women because of cotic pills on him. The citizen resisted arrest and Financial and Administrative Affairs and Secretary an extreme ideology that wipes out others and attempted to escape before being brought under con- General of Moderation Fareed Emadi said several visits monopolizes life for itself alone because it is the best trol by Hawally police. The suspect was sent to con- will be made to youth diwaniyas in Sulaibiya and Jahra according to its sick ideology - this type of ideology cerned authorities. due to the spread of extremist ideologies in those areas. should be uprooted so that no branches of it grow Emadi said the ministry will activate the promotion of here and there. moderation in these areas and will intensify procedures —Translated by Kuwait Times Mugged in the stables areas of the country in coordination with A Pakistani man told Khaitan police that four juveniles mugged the interior ministry. He said the ministry will monitor him, took his KD 88 cash, wallet and smart phone, while threat- fundraisers who invite youth to their diwaniyas and take ening him at knife point. Three of the suspects were later money from them without a license, while they do not Al-Anbaa arrested while the fourth escaped. Police are investigating. represent any area. He said the moderation center has prepared 30 initiatives to protect the youth from such behaviors out of 48 approved initiatives. —Al-Qabas Bullet of mercy Illegal cash transfer A suspect transferred KD 630 from the account of a cit- 1,304 detained izen through the internet. The citizen said he discov- pending deportation ered the transfers through the bank’s SMS notifica- By Saleh Al-Shayji tions, so he called the bank and requested to stop the KUWAIT: The general security department carried out sev- use of his ATM, before filing the complaint. Police are eral campaigns in the six governorates last week, resulting know so that many of the people I respect and cherish will investigating. —Al-Rai in the arrest of 226 visa violators, 107 people wanted on not approve my demand in this brief article, but with all felony and civil cases, 189 absconders and 594 people who Idue respect, do bear with me and ‘read’ me out. were not carrying IDs. A security source said the cam- Al-Arabi magazine used to represent Kuwait all over the Zour refinery paigns resulted in the arrest of 1,304 expats of Arab, Asian Arab world long before it had diplomats and embassies and African nationalities including 704 women and 600 abroad. I recall presenting a TV program 15 years ago about Kuwait’s ‘cultural’ messages. According to testimonies made by men. All are being held at police stations pending depor- financing to boost many Arab intellects, Al-Arabi magazine was on top of the tation. —Al-Qabas Flies found in KG vehicles conveying such messages. Many of those intellectuals Kuwaiti economy confessed that it used to be their mentor, guide, school and meals: Audit Bureau college, and by reading it, they learnt things they had not KUWAIT: Oil sources said Kuwait National Petroleum FM interference known anything about in various stages of schooling. This role was played from over 60 years ago when the Company has obtained approvals of the internal ten- KUWAIT: The Audit Bureau announced detecting finan- might cost entire world and the people themselves were completely dif- ders committees to award the Zour refinery tenders to cial violations worth KD 4,271,000 related to the educa- the consortiums (who bid the lowest prices), expecting ferent. We did not have the media we have today and most tion ministry’s contracts to provide meals to kinder- Arab countries, including Kuwait, had not yet known TVs. the approval of the Central Tenders Committee (CTC) state $100m garten kids in various educational zones for the school Therefore, Al-Arabi played the role they all play nowadays. this week. The sources said that the financing of Zour KUWAIT: Well-informed sources warned ‘undiplomatic’ year 2014-2015. In its report, the Audit Bureau Readers used to fight for their copies of the magazine unless refinery worth KD 4.8 billion ($16 billion) will initially be practices committed by the foreign ministry might cause a announced finding flies in some meals in March, and they had already booked and ordered them. However, this 30 percent self financed and 70 percent externally, scandal concerning public funds and travelers’ safety. The according to articles four and five of the contracts phenomenal state ceased to exist over two decades ago and according to the model of financing of the clean fuel sources explained that the ministry did so by interfering in signed with the supplying companies, such violations project. the new airport terminal project, which is the responsibili- should be fined KD 20 per contaminated meal. The sources said there is a big challenge due to the ty of the commerce ministry and civil aviation by trying to The report also noted that baskets used to carry the We have to use the ‘bullet of large amount of external financing funds of the clean impose Britain’s ESG company to execute the project at a meals to some kindergartens in Ahmadi and Farwaniya were not clean and that the size of juice packets added fuel project and refinery at the same time, but they said cost exceeding $100 million. The sources added that min- istry asked to indirectly give the bid to the British compa- to the meals did not match that mentioned in the con- mercy’ with Al-Arabi magazine. I that there should be a benefit from the clean fuel expe- ny regardless of tendering and bidding rules. tract. The report also noted detecting some items that do admit that my heart breaks rience, adding that the economic returns on various Moreover, the sources explained that the civil aviation were not recommended for children’s consumption, the sectors will be much bigger than these amounts and had started proper procedures through the Central overuse of which might cause diarrhea. while making such a demand, will continue for many years. Tenders Committee (CTC) until the project’s tender Moreover, the report also noted that expiry dates on The sources said the continuation of Zour and petro- reached the final stage of offering it for public bidding, some food items were not clear and that the origin of but it would be much better to chemical projects with their costs between $24 to $28 when, through the joint Kuwaiti-British committee, the some others was unknown, in addition to bad wrapping billion will “fire up” Kuwait’s economy in various sectors foreign ministry started putting pressure on the com- and packaging. Responding to the report, MoE stressed ‘retire’ it before it loses much of - financial, industrial or commercial - and this will direct- merce minister to give the project to the British company that all violations had been referred to the ministry’s directly. “The FM actually arranged a meeting between the its historic glamour. ly reflect on all companies, banks, contractors, manufac- legal affairs department pending deduction from the company representatives and MoC and civil aviation offi- turers and suppliers. It will also restore confidence in concerned companies and caterers as per their con- cials during which they demanded an unjustified $400,000 tracts’ conditions and penalty terms. —Al-Rai the oil sector’s decisions in the global market. —Al-Rai down payment allegedly for fees and other expenses without even taking a single step in the project,” stressed fewer people read it after it used to nurture so many minds, enlightening them with knowledge. the sources, noting that the concerned company has no Bombing victims’ However, with modern changes in the means we use to record at all in building terminals and that it claimed to be Travel ban for relatives to attend able to finish the project in nine months, which is impossi- gain knowledge in the age of the Internet that grants access to ble. —Al-Rai nonpaying landline information as old as the beginning of time, Al-Arabi is no Aug 4 hearing longer considered a treasure trove of knowledge because Demand for ‘correcting’ subscribers knowledge ‘hunters’ started seeking it elsewhere, where KUWAIT: More than 50 judicial complaints will be sent things are much easier to look up. to the courts by the relatives of those killed or injured in services’ fees KUWAIT: Well-informed sources said that the Ministry of Well, with this condition in mind, we do have to show Communications has provided the interior ministry with some respect to Al-Arabi’s legacy and stop publishing it to the Al-Sadiq mosque bombing, an informed source said. KUWAIT: As oil prices fall, the Cabinet asked government They will attend the court session that will be held on lists of landline subscribers, including citizens and expats, avoid subjecting it to the same fate of a beautiful maiden who authorities to collect fees and dues without delay, in addi- who had not paid their dues to the ministry, requesting used to have many lovers, but they all abandoned her now August 4th. The source said a study has been made to tion to ‘correcting’ services’ fees for citizens and expats. This banning any transactions for them in addition to placing since she grew older with wrinkles and grey hair and started create a special court for the suspects during that ses- was based on the recommendations of the department fol- them on travel ban lists. The sources explained that the lamenting and longing for the days when she was younger sion, and a suggestion to hold the session at the consti- lowing the government’s performance, in which it asked new measures had been recommended by a committee and more beautiful! tutional court is being contemplated. Unprecedented for creating a balance between the fees collected in formed by Minister Essa Al-Kandari in April 2014 to collect We have to use the ‘bullet of mercy’ with Al-Arabi maga- security is being considered and only those related to exchange of benefiting from services in order to increase dues as recommended by the Audit Bureau amounting in zine. I do admit that my heart breaks while making such a the case will be allowed to attend. A large number of the financial sources, in addition to studying reasons for the millions. The sources underlined that Kandari stressed demand, but it would be much better to ‘retire’ it before it loses defense lawyers will attend to ‘confirm’ that their clients the drop in government revenues as well as taking meas- collecting dues even for disconnected lines because public much of its historic glamour. —Translated by Kuwait Times have nothing to do with the crime. —Al-Qabas ures to diversify income. —Al-Qabas debts do not expire by time. —Al-Jarida MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015

Obama: Kenya at crossroads between Republicans use Trump, TV to make debate cut peril and promise Page 9 Page 10 Clashes rock Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque Israeli police enter holy site, block Arab youths

JERUSALEM: Israeli police yesterday after Mecca and Medina. Jews refer to owner. “Everybody is ready to die.” One entered Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque, the site as the Temple Mount. Police said 22-year-old Jewish religious student, one of Islam’s holiest sites, as they Palestinian youths had prepared to carrying a Torah holy book and who said clashed with Palestinians angered by clash with them, spending the night in he was briefly in the compound during Jews’ access to the compound on an the mosque in which they had stored the clashes, argued that Jews and annual day of Jewish mourning. stones and fireworks, as well as wooden Muslims should share access. “One day Palestinians threw stones and fireworks planks to prevent police from closing for Jews, one day for Muslims,” said the while police fired stun grenades after the doors. student, Josef Maklov. Police said that a security forces entered the Al-Aqsa com- Upon seeing police at the northern young Jewish man attempted to enter pound, which is also revered by Jews, steps to the mosque in the morning, while wearing phylacteries-small leather before briefly going inside the mosque “they began throwing stones at them boxes containing sacred texts worn by itself. and firing fireworks”. They then barri- observant men during morning prayer. Police said they went a few meters caded themselves in the mosque, from When told to remove them, the man into the mosque to shut the doors in a where they continued to attack the resisted and grabbed hold of railings, bid to restore calm and lock in rioters forces, according to authorities. “In light biting a policeman who tried to remove who were inside. About 300 security of the severe confrontation and the him before he was arrested. personnel had entered the compound escalating actions of the rioters and At least three stone-throwers were when the clashes began with about 200 with the aim of preventing further arrested and four police were lightly Palestinians, an AFP photographer injury to police...forces entered a num- wounded, authorities said. One reported. The Palestinian foreign min- ber of meters inside and closed the Palestinian man was seen bleeding from istry condemned Israeli authorities for doors to the mosque with the rioters the head and protesters spoke of fur- allowing what they described as inside, restoring order,” police said. ther injuries, but details were not imme- “provocative” visits by hardline Jews. It Police reinforcements had deployed in diately clear. Hamas, the militant was the first time Israeli security forces the Old City overnight for fear of unrest Islamist movement which rules the Gaza had entered the mosque since as thousands of observant Jews flocked Strip, said Israeli police entering the November, when clashes with worship- to the Western Wall, located below the mosque amounted to a “dangerous pers also erupted. mosque complex, for the annual prayer escalation”. ceremony. “Our people and its factions and Intrusions by Jews resistance will not stand idly by in the There were multiple arrests linked to ‘Ready to die’ face of this aggression,” Hamas the latest clashes, which came as Jews The police said that after their brief spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a sought to access the mosque com- foray into the mosque, they withdrew statement. After Israeli police entered pound to mark Tisha B’av, a day com- and the area was quiet. Access to the the mosque in November, Jordan-one memorating the destruction in ancient site was later restricted. Protests broke of the very few Arab states with diplo- times of the first and second temples. out in the lanes and alleyways of the matic relations with Israel-recalled its Palestinians were angered by what they Old City around the mosque, with ambassador. Israel seized east Jerusalem considered intrusions by Jews. Visits are demonstrators confronting police and in the Six Day War of 1967 and later allowed, but Jewish prayer at the site is chanting “Allahu Akbar (God is greatest)” annexed it in a move never recognized prohibited. and police firing stun grenades. JERUSALEM: Israeli border police officers detain a by the international community. Israel The hilltop compound in Jerusalem’s Some vowed to protect Al-Aqsa, with considers all of Jerusalem as its indivisi- Old City, one of the biggest flashpoints one man saying the holy site “is in our Palestinian youth in the Old City of Jerusalem yester- ble capital, but the Palestinians claim in the Middle East, is the most sacred blood”. “We are ready to die,” said Khaled day. (Inset) Israeli border police officers detain a the eastern sector as capital of their site in Judaism and Islam’s third holiest, Tuffaha, a 46-year-old Palestinian shop Palestinian and a Jewish settler. —AP photos promised state. — AFP Hispanic rises from teacher to FBI boss

NEW YORK: The first Hispanic to run the hood in working-class Queens, where his management style.” Rodriguez arrived as FBI’s largest field office almost never got father turned him in to a lifelong soccer fan the office was confronting an evolving ter- there. As a school teacher in the late 1980s, by taking him to see the legendary Pele play ror threat: Efforts by the Islamic State group Diego Rodriguez applied to join the FBI. But for the New York Cosmos. to use the Internet to reach recruits and when it called hoping to recruit a Spanish inspire them to launch attacks. speaker as part of a diversity drive, his Drug rings The Islamic State “is very good at social response was, “I’m really happy teaching. After graduating from St John’s media and manipulating people and get Thanks, but no thanks.” Rodriguez eventual- University and teaching middle school them to think what they want them to ly gave in and became a G-man mostly Spanish, he made his career switch and think,” Rodriguez said. “It’s like gangs that working drug cases. More than 25 years lat- landed his first FBI assignment in a taskforce prey on young vulnerable youths who have er, as assistant director in charge of the FBI’s investigating money laundering by South nowhere to go.” His agents and New York New York office, he’s overseeing about 2,000 American and Mexican drug rings. Over the Police Department detectives have made agents and some the nation’s most impor- years, he held various investigative and more than a half dozen recent arrests of sus- tant terrorism, insider trading, cyber fraud supervisory positions in Puerto Rico, Miami pected Islamic State sympathizers. But the and public corruption cases. and Washington before being appointed in task of identifying others has become more It’s a potentially high-profile role. But 2010 to head the New York office’s criminal difficult by the group’s efforts to steer while law enforcement luminaries like Police division. At the time, the division was recruits to encrypted email and text com- Commissioner William Bratton and US immersed in the groundbreaking investiga- munications that law enforcement cannot Attorney Preet Bharara bask in the media tion of Wall Street magnate Raj Rajaratnam access - called “going dark.” spotlight, Rodriguez has remained largely in and his multi-billion-dollar Galleon hedge “You’re already looking for needles in a the shadows in his first six months on the fund. It marked the first time the bureau haystack, but it becomes much more diffi- job, reflecting a low-key approach that lets had turned to a method familiar in mob and cult when those you are looking for slowly his agents’ work speak for itself. drug cases - wiretaps - to capture conversa- disappear in the haystack,” he said. That “I genuinely care about their cases, but tions about insider trading. The wires sunk quandary has made Rodriguez an even big- I’m not a micro-manager,” Rodriguez, 50, the talkative and boastful Rajaratnam, who’s ger believer in law enforcement outreach in said in a recent interview in his lower serving an 11-year prison term. Without Muslim and other communities to “demysti- Manhattan office. “They’ve got their own going into specifics, Rodriguez indicated fy” the FBI and build trust. “In the Hoover chain of command. The head of the office that it won’t be the last securities fraud case days, we owned all the information,” he said. doesn’t need to be meddling in certain to feature wiretap evidence. “That doesn’t exist anymore. Much of the things.” Rodriguez’s modesty is rooted in FBI Director James Comey picked information is now in the hands of private humble beginnings: He was born in Rodriguez to head the New York office late industry or the people we serve. ... It’s more Colombia and moved to New York City with last year, saying he valued “his tactical expe- likely Joe Citizen will know or see somebody his family as an infant. He spent his child- rience and his thoughtful and motivating radicalizing than an FBI agent will.” — AP

NEW YORK: Diego Rodriguez, assistant FBI director in charge of the New York field office, poses outside his office. —AP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 Roadside bomb wounds Egypt police conscripts

CAIRO: A roadside bombing in Egypt’s had life-threatening wounds. rate checkpoints later in the day they weren’t authorized to discuss the two years ago. Government forces restive Sinai Peninsula wounded 18 The Egyptian Islamic State affiliate, injured three military conscripts. attacks with journalists. have been carrying out an intensified police conscripts yesterday, security which calls itself the militant group’s In one of the checkpoint attacks, Sinai-based militants have hunt for Islamic militants in several officials said. The officials said the blast Sinai Province, claimed responsibility militants damaged two vehicles launched increasingly sophisticated northern Sinai towns. But in el-Arish, a targeted a bus carrying the conscripts for the attack. The claim, in a state- belonging to peacekeeping forces, the attacks in recent months that have more-densely populated area, govern- in el-Arish as they traveled along a ment posted on Twitter accounts of officials said. They added that no killed dozens of Egyptian soldiers and ment forces are more vulnerable to seafront road in the early morning. the group’s supporters, could not be peacekeepers were injured in the police. The latest wave of violence roadside bombs - which have become Hospital officials confirmed the casual- independently verified. Security offi- attack south of Rafah. All officials began after the military overthrew a recurrent weapon used against ty figure and said none of those hurt cials also said attacks on three sepa- spoke on condition of anonymity as Islamist President Mohammed Morsi troops.—AP Govt forces advance in S Yemen ahead of truce

ADEN: Pro-government forces battled forces last week regained control of much retreating rebels on the northern outskirts of Aden, which was overrun by Houthi of Yemen’s second city of Aden yesterday rebels in March. Troops trained and armed ahead of a humanitarian truce declared by by the coalition appeared to have triggered the Saudi-led coalition bombing the Iran- the shift in the balance in the Hadi loyalists’ backed insurgents. favor. Troops loyal to exiled President The Houthis and allied renegade forces Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi sought to tight- loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh en their control of the southern port city advanced on Aden after Hadi took refuge and surrounding areas ahead of the cease- in the city following his escape from house fire, scheduled to take effect at midnight arrest in Sanaa in February. He later fled to (2100 GMT). But Houthi rebel leader Saudi Arabia which assembled an Arab Abdulmalik Al-Houthi rejected the unilater- coalition that launched an air campaign in ally declared truce, according to a state- late March against the rebels in a bid to ment on a Twitter account believed to be restore the UN-backed leader. managed by his group, saying it was aimed at allowing pro-government fighters to Aid trickles in regroup. In Riyadh, Hadi yesterday received the It was not immediately possible to con- UN envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh tact the Houthis to confirm the remarks. Ahmed. The two “discussed coordination The impoverished nation has been rocked over humanitarian aid delivery within the by months of fighting between Houthi framework of the declared truce,” a Yemeni Shiite rebels and Hadi loyalists, supported presidency source said. by the Saudi-led Arab coalition, leaving The Saudi-led coalition the five-day thousands dead and many more in need of truce to allow aid deliveries but said it urgent aid. Pro-Hadi Popular Resistance reserved the right to respond to “military militiamen attacked the Houthis overnight activity or movement”. The truce was Saturday on the northern outskirts of Aden, announced at Hadi’s request, it said. A UN- forcing the rebels out of the areas of declared six-day truce failed to take hold Basateen and Jawala. earlier this month after it was ignored by the coalition and the rebels. New weaponry The coalition said at the time it did not The loyalist forces have been bolstered receive a request to halt operations from DAMASCUS: In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech.— AP by new weaponry and armored vehicles Hadi. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said he was delivered by the coalition. They also bene- “disappointed” over the failure of the truce. fited from air support by coalition war- But desperately needed relief supplies have planes, military sources said, adding that recently begun to trickle into Aden after Assad says army ‘fatigued’ dozens of rebels were killed in the latest pro-Hadi fighters secured the city. fighting. Seven pro-Hadi fighters were also A ship carrying 3,000 tons of food sup- killed and 29 others wounded, a medical plies from the UN’s World Food Programme source said. Further north, troops loyal to docked in Aden Tuesday, the first UN vessel but will ultimately prevail Hadi forced rebels out of the town of Sabr to reach the city in four months of fighting. in Lahj province, General Fadhel Hassan Other ships from the UN and Gulf countries told AFP. followed. On Saturday, a WFP ship carrying Embattled president vows to win bloody civil war Hassan said pro-Hadi troops had taken 3,400 tons of mixed food supplies arrived in the town that links Aden to Huta, the Aden, WFP spokeswoman Reem Nada told DAMASCUS: Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad military service and on Saturday Assad decreed we want to hold on to.” provincial capital of Lahj, adding that Huta AFP, adding that the shipment was enough acknowledged the shrinking ranks of his govern- a conditional amnesty for army deserters and Experts say Assad’s government has realized is the next target before reaching Al-Anad, to feed 192,000 people for a month. The ment’s army in a rare public speech yesterday, draft dodgers. it cannot hold all of Syria and is concentrating the country’s largest airbase. The strategi- United Nations says the conflict has killed but insisted the force was still capable of beating on the areas it considers vital. Those include cally important base housed US troops more than 3,640 people, around half of them rebel fighters. Speaking in Damascus, Assad also ‘Army can’t be everywhere’ Damascus, the central cities of Homs and Hama, involved in a long-running drone war civilians, since late March. On Friday, the said any bid to end the conflict that was not “We must take specific measures to increase and the coastal areas that include the president’s against Al-Qaeda before the fighting forced International Committee of the Red Cross based on fighting “terrorism” would be “mean- (troop numbers) so they can carry out urgent heartland. them to withdraw. warned that civilian suffering in Yemen had ingless”. missions,” Assad said. “This (amnesty) decree is to In a sudden turn of events, pro-Hadi reached “unprecedented levels”. —AFP Syria’s army once had around 300,000 mem- encourage deserters to rejoin the army.” The Talks must focus on ‘terror’ bers, but has been roughly halved in size by amnesty does not extend to defectors who left The Syrian conflict has proved stubbornly deaths, defections and a rise in draft dodging, a the army to join the uprising against the govern- resistant to several rounds of peace talks, and fact that Assad acknowledged publicly yester- ment. Assad’s speech comes after several the efforts of three UN envoys. Syria’s opposition day. “There is a lack of human resources” in the months of setbacks for his government, which insists Assad must step down under any political army, he said, addressing representatives of eco- faces opponents including Islamic State group deal, and his government says the focus of nomic organizations in a speech broadcast live jihadists, Al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters and other negotiations must be tackling “terrorism,” a term on Syrian state television. rebel groups. the regime uses for all those who oppose it. “The problem facing the military is not relat- In recent months, government forces have Any political proposal “that is not based on ed to planning but to fatigue,” he added. “It is been pushed out of almost all of the northwest- the fight against terrorism would be meaning- normal that an army gets tired, but there’s a dif- ern province of Idlib, as well as losing the less,” he said. “As long as terrorism is part of the ference between fatigue and defeat,” Assad ancient city of Palmyra. “There were areas where external opposition that participates in the dia- insisted. “The word defeat does not exist in the we wanted to show our commitment,” Assad logue... talk of a political solution will be nothing Syrian army’s dictionary,” he added, telling the said. “But the army cannot be on every part of but empty words.” That appeared to be a refer- applauding audience that “collapse” was not on the territory.” He appeared to acknowledge that ence to the Syrian National Coalition, the main the cards. “We will resist and we will win.” his government was being forced to concentrate opposition group in exile. The rare public acknowledgement of weak- on holding territory it considers a priority over The body is backed by much of the interna- ness comes amid growing concern in Damascus other areas. “Sometimes we concentrate our tional community, which Assad’s government about the state of the country’s armed forces. In arsenal and the army in an important area, but accuses of supporting “terrorism” in Syria. More early July, a campaign was launched to encour- that comes at the expense of other areas, which than 230,000 people have been killed in Syria age citizens to join the army, with billboards become weaker,” he acknowledged. “We are since the conflict began in March 2011 with anti- going up around the capital. The government obliged in certain circumstances to abandon government protests before spiraling into a civil has also regularly urged Syrians to perform their regions in order to move troops to regions that war after a regime crackdown. — AFP

ISTANBUL: Left-wing militants shield themselves behind a sun umbrella as Turkish anti-riot police fires water cannon to disperse a demonstration in Istanbul’s Gazi dis- trict. — AFP Trash collection restarts in Turkey army blames PKK for Beirut after landfill crisis car bomb as truce unravels BEIRUT: Trash collection resumed July 20 they were at capacity and more recycling and composting to rary solution. An AFP correspon- ISTANBUL: The Turkish army yesterday ‘Ceasefire over’ in Lebanon’s capital Beirut after an garbage began piling up in the reduce the amount of trash going dent saw dozens of protesters blamed PKK militants for a deadly car The PKK has for decades waged a deadly almost week-long crisis that has streets. Experts have urged into landfills. opposed to the use of a landfill in bomb attack that killed two of its soldiers insurgency in the southeast of Turkey for seen streets overflowing with Lebanon’s government to devise a But so far there was no evidence their area blocking the road south in the Kurdish-dominated southeast, as a self-rule, a conflict that has claimed tens of waste and the air filled with the comprehensive waste manage- of such a plan, and there was of Beirut in both directions a bid to fragile truce risked collapsing after Ankara’s thousands of lives. A peace process that smell of rotting garbage. The col- ment solution that would include already opposition to the tempo- prevent trash deliveries. —AFP air strikes on rebel positions in Iraq. began in 2013 has so far failed to yield a lection restarted after a temporary Turkey has launched a two-pronged final deal. “The ceasefire appears to be deal was found to begin taking “anti-terror” cross-border offensive against over,” said David Romano, Professor of trash to several landfills in undis- Islamic State (IS) jihadists and Kurdistan Middle East Politics at Missouri State closed locations. Workers Party (PKK) militants after a wave University in emailed comments, arguing “Coordination is now underway of violence in the country, pounding their that the main focus of the Turkish military for trash to be taken from treat- positions with air strikes and artillery. But campaign was the PKK rather than IS. ment plants to these places and for the expansion of the campaign to include Turkish armed forces on Saturday the restarting of street sweeping not just IS targets in Syria but PKK rebels in pressed on with a new wave of strikes and collection of trash from the neighboring northern Iraq-themselves bit- against IS and PKK targets, but there were streets,” the official National News terly opposed to the jihadists-has put in no reports of new air raids overnight. The Agency quoted Environment jeopardy a truce with the Kurdish militants military wing of the PKK said in a statement Minister Mohamed Mashnuq as that has largely held since 2013. that one PKK fighter in northern Iraq- saying late Saturday. He said the The PKK on Saturday said that the condi- named as Onder Aslan-was killed in air resumption came “after an under- tions were no longer in place to observe strikes overnight Friday to Saturday and standing was reached on the areas the ceasefire, following the heaviest Turkish three others wounded. The president of the where the trash will be treated,” air strikes on its positions in northern Iraq Kurdish-ruled autonomous region in north- without specifying where those since August 2011. The car bomb went off ern Iraq, Massud Barzani, expressed “dis- areas were. as the soldiers were travelling on a road in pleasure with the dangerous level the situ- Beirut and the surrounding the Lice district of Diyarbakir province late ation has reached,” his office said. With region have been in the grip of a Saturday, the statement from the local gov- Washington gladdened by Turkey’s readi- trash crisis for the last six days after ernor’s office said. ness to step up its role in the coalition residents living near the country’s “Two of our personnel were killed in the against IS, the White House backed Turkey’s largest landfill shut it down. The heinous attack, four were wounded,” it said. right to bomb the PKK. “Turkey has a right government pledged last year that The army blamed the “Separatist Terror to take action related to terrorist targets,” Naameh landfill would be closed Organization” for the attack, using its cus- said deputy national security advisor Ben on July 17 and an alternative site be tomary phrase for the PKK which it never Rhodes, noting that the US categorizes the found. But the date came and went refers to by name. It said the victims had PKK as terrorist group. Prime Minister with no solution found and resi- been lured to the site of the attack after the Ahmet Davutoglu ordered the campaign dents began blocking the route to PKK set three vehicles on fire on the road after a week of violence in Turkey which the site in the mountains outside linking the cities of Diyarbakir and Bingol. began on Monday with a suicide bombing Beirut. There was no immediate claim of responsi- blamed on IS in a town close to the Syrian Initially, the city’s trash collector BEIRUT: Lebanese street cleaners start to collect rubbish from the streets of Beirut a week after protesters bility. border that killed 32.—AFP stored waste at its facilities, but by shut down the country’s largest landfill leaving piles of uncollected trash all over the Lebanese capital. —AFP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 Republicans use Trump, TV to make debate cut Candidates doing what it takes to improve position

AMES: Rick Perry is attacking Donald going with or without it,” she told reporters Trump’s credibility and branding the bil- afterward. “The boys are going to fight, and lionaire businessman “a cancer on conser- I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing.” vatism.” Rick Santorum, a conservative stal- One guaranteed participant is Trump, wart, popped up on a TV program popular despite incendiary comments about with liberals. Lindsey Graham set his cell- Mexican immigrants and Arizona Sen John phone on fire. McCain’s war record. Trump’s remarks have With the first debate of the Republican drawn a backlash in a party trying to presidential campaign approaching, the expand its Latino voting bloc and where White House hopefuls are trying every- national security is an influential con- thing they can to improve their polling stituency. position. A candidate needs to place in the Boring in on Trump is one approach top 10 in an average of national polls to some rivals hope will help them to break meet the criteria Fox News Channel has set through as the debate nears. Perry to take the stage Aug. 6 in Cleveland. Those unloaded on Wednesday when he called kept out risk being overlooked by voters Trump’s campaign a “barking carnival act” and financial backers heading into the criti- and “toxic mix of demagoguery, mean- cal fall stretch before the nominating con- spiritedness and nonsense.” Perry pollster tests start early in 2016. Greg Strimple said the goal of the speech IOWA: Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton meets with a “If you’re not on the stage you’re irrele- was part of a long-standing effort to raise group of supporters in the backyard of a Beaverdale, vant, you don’t matter,” said Republican his profile, not to get him in the debate. Iowa, home on Saturday. — AP pollster Frank Luntz. “Unless you have some “We had long-planned a speech defending serious ad dollars, it’s not a glass ceiling. It’s conservatism,” Strimple said. “When Donald Clinton confident a concrete ceiling.” At of this past week, for- Trump made his negative comments, it IOWA: Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen Rick Santorum, mer Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, provided us the perfect comparison.” speaks at the Family Leadership Summit. — AP about her proper Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former New York Gov. George Pataki, ex-Pennsylvania Boosting numbers Jindal’s campaign, wrote in Thursday’s Wall said Santorum’s TV appearances, including handling of emails Sen. Santorum and South Carolina Sen. Perry’s supporters are buying national Street Journal that the Republican Party on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Graham were outside the top 10. Others cable ads that could boost his numbers was sabotaging itself by controlling the were timed to take advantage of the candi- WINTERSET: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary close to the edge including Ohio Gov John ahead of the debate. On Friday, backers of debates too much, after concluding that date’s time in New York this past week, not Rodham Clinton said she never knowingly sent or received Kasich, New Jersey Gov Chris Christie and Christie announced a new ad to air on Fox marginal candidates dragged 2012 nomi- to boost his poll numbers. classified information using her private email server and ex-Texas Gov Perry. News. Graham, even further behind in nee Mitt Romney too far to the right. “They “Would it be great to be in the debate? did not know what messages were being cited by intelli- polling, called Trump a “jackass” after the have come out to limit the number of Absolutely,” Benyon said. “But to change gence investigators as examples of emails containing clas- Prime-time event real estate executive said McCain was “not a debates we can have, they dictated who your campaign strategy to focus on one sified information. That would relegate them to a second- war hero.” McCain served as a Navy pilot can have it, where you have it and who will date in August is a pretty shortsighted Clinton spoke briefly Saturday about the email matter tier debate, only an hourlong airing before during the Vietnam War, who was captured moderate it,” Anderson said in an interview, idea.” Republican consultant Reed Galen after a Democratic gathering at the Madison County the prime-time event. “In your heart of after his plane was shot down and held for adding that his complaints were uncon- said candidates may have a better chance Historical Complex in which she stressed her commitment hearts, you want to see me debate Hillary more than five years as a prisoner of war. nected to Jindal’s campaign. “The only to introduce themselves to voters in the to a variety of issues, including her support for pre-kinder- Clinton,” Fiorina, the only woman in the Graham then starred in a video produced thing left is to dictate what can be said in less-crowded second-tier debate than com- garten education and abortion access. Reporters raised the Republican contest, said with a grin, draw- by a conservative website demonstrating it.” peting with Trump and the other con- topic of the email during a brief news conference. ing applause from more than 100 people at how to destroy a cellphone after Trump As with Perry, an outside group support- tenders in the main debate. Still, he under- “I am confident that I never sent or received any infor- an Ames country club Thursday. publicly disclosed Graham’s number during ing the Louisiana governor is buying ads stood the drive for prime time. “You get mation that was classified at the time it was sent and “I would of course love to be on the a campaign appearance in South Carolina. on national cable just in time for the more licks in AAA-ball,” Galen said. “But the received. What I think you’re seeing here is a very typical debate stage, but we’re going to keep Curt Anderson, a strategist advising debate. Santorum spokesman Matt Benyon majors are the big show.” —AP kind of discussion, to some extent disagreement among various parts of the government, over what should or should not be publicly released,” she said. The front-runner for her party’s nomination said she wanted the information in question to be made public as soon as possible and suggested there was confusion over the issue. “I think there’s so much confusion around this that I understand why reporters and the public are asking questions, but the facts are pretty clear. I did not send nor receive anything that was classified at the time,” she said. Intelligence investigators told the Justice Department in a letter this week that secret government information may have been compromised in the unsecured system she used at her New York home during her tenure as secretary of state. Asked if the Justice Department should investigate, Clinton said: “They can fight over it or argue over it. That’s up to them. I can tell you what the facts are.”

Classified information In addition to alerting the Justice Department to the potential compromise of classified information, the inspec- tor general of the US intelligence community sent a memo to members of Congress indicating that “potentially hun- dreds of classified emails” were among the 30,000 that Clinton had provided to the State Department. The office said it also raised that concern with FBI coun- terintelligence officials and was recommending changes in how the emails are being reviewed and processed for pub- lic release. The State Department is reviewing 55,000 pages of emails with the goal of releasing all of them by Jan. 29. The intelligence inspector general, I. Charles McCullough, and his counterpart at the State Department, Steve Linick, said that McCullough’s office found four emails containing classified information in a limited sample of 40 emails. Whether the Justice Department would investigate the potential compromise the intelligence inspector general highlighted was not clear. The referral to the Justice Department does not seek a criminal probe and does not specifically target Clinton. In its letter to congressional oversight committees, the inspector general’s office said that it was concerned that “these emails exist on at least one private server and thumb drive with classified informa- tion and those are not in the government’s possession,” Andrea Williams, a spokeswoman for McCullough, said ear- lier this week. The letter said none of the emails was marked “classi- fied” at the time it was sent or received but that some should have been handled as such and sent on a secure computer network. Clinton has said she used the private server at her home as a matter of convenience to limit her number of electronic devices. — AP Hawaii addresses unique issue for court translators HONOLULU: Hawaii faces a growing challenge: finding people who can translate court hearings as the number of migrants from Pacific Island countries climbs. Officials say the state has a limited pool of court interpreters, and they often must travel between the islands for proceedings, cre- ating logistical challenges. The migrants come to Hawaii under an agreement with the US government. The Compact of Free Association lets citizens from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau live and work freely in the United States in exchange for allowing the US military to control strategic land and water areas in the region. “The Pacific island languages are a really hard one,” said Debi Tulang-De Silva, program director of the state Judiciary’s Office on Equality and Access to the Courts. So far, no cases have been derailed because of the shortage. According to the state’s court system, in 2008 about 6,800 cases required interpreting services, and that figured jumped to nearly 7,700 in 2012. There were more than 8,100 interpreted proceedings in 2013, the most recent year complete data are available. Marshallese is the third most frequently requested lan- guage, after Chuukese, spoken by those in Micronesia’s Chuuk state, and Ilocano, a Filipino language, Tulang-De Silva said. About 15,000 people in Hawaii speak Chuukese, said Robin Fritz, Foreign Service officer for the Federated States of Micronesia Consulate in Honolulu. The Republic of Marshall Islands Consulate in Honolulu estimates 3,000 to 4,000 people in Hawaii speak Marshallese. There are nine Chuukese interpreters statewide, Tulang De-Silva said. There are six Marshallese interpreters. One way the court system ensures interpreters are available is by holding “international day,” designated days of the month when those needing interpreters are scheduled, allowing interpreters to be used for multiple cases. —AP MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

Child suicide bomber kills 20 in Cameroon bar blast

YAOUND: A suspected 12-year-old girl sui- “A girl of around 12 blew herself up Third bomb attack by girls nightspot. Maroua has been under heavy previously been spared suicide attacks. cide bomber killed 20 people in an attack on between two takeaway sales points. Security Maroua-the commercial hub of the security for months as the threat from Boko Last week, Cameroon extended a ban on a bar in Maroua in the far north of Cameroon, forces have sealed off the area and have extreme north of Cameroon close to the Haram has grown, with motorbikes-which full Islamic veils in parts of the country as it state television said yesterday, just days after made several arrests,” the state TV channel Nigerian and Chadian borders-was already the insurgents often use to stage their raids- seeks to curb the threat from female suicide 13 died in twin bombings in the city blamed said. The atrocity came a day after Boko reeling after 13 people were killed in twin banned from the streets after dark. Boko bombers. The full veil was already banned in on Boko Haram. The bomber blew herself up Haram were also blamed for a wave of a suicide bombings on Wednesday in a central Haram has recently stepped up its attacks in the northern and western regions of the among Saturday night revelers in the popu- attacks on villages across the border in north- market and in a nearby neighborhood by the restive Lake Chad region despite a major country. Muslims make up around one quar- lar bar, injuring at least 79 others, state TV eastern Nigeria that left at least 25 dead and two teenage girls. A police officer at the regional offensive against the extremists. ter of the population. It is now also forbidden reported. An earlier toll put the number of forced hundreds more to flee their burning scene of the bar bombing said he had count- Over the past two years the group has car- in the east. A new, five-nation force-from dead at 14. There was no immediate claim of homes. Cameroon’s army has joined the ed “12 bodies” shortly after the attack but the ried out several cross-border raids and Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Benin is responsibility for the attack, but the north of regional military offensive against the toll later rose. A resident told of “a loud explo- abductions in northern Cameroon but the due to deploy by July 30 to take on the mili- the country has been repeatedly targeted by extremists after suffering repeated deadly sion”, saying they had learnt there was an country, which is playing a key role in a tants, whose six-year insurgency has left at Nigeria-based Boko Haram extremists. raids into its territory. attack at the Boucan bar, a large and popular regional fightback against the jihadists, had least 15,000 dead. — AFP Police open fire on car at the Tour de France

PARIS: Paris police were searching for a car that street that feeds into the nearby Champs-Elysees, struck a taxi and crashed through barricades set the famed avenue where thousands gather to up near the Tour de France finish line yesterday watch the final laps of the Tour de France, and morning, drawing police fire hours before the where crowd control barriers were being put in arrival of the cyclists and spectators. Police said place. The car skirted the area and struck a taxi at they didn’t suspect terrorism. the Place de la Concorde near the start of the The car escaped with at least two occupants Tuileries Gardens, the official said. Police officers who were apparently unharmed after police then opened fire. The official provided details on opened fire on the vehicle in the Place de la condition he not be identified because an investi- Concorde, where the cyclists make their final tri- gation was ongoing. It is extremely rare for gunfire umphant rounds to conclude the race, said a to be heard at the Place de la Concorde, a luxury union police official and a government official tourist haunt across the Seine River from the with knowledge of the incident. Tour de France National Assembly, the lower chamber of the officials said the race wouldn’t be affected by the French Parliament. The official put the time of the incident. Paris has been on edge since double incident at 7:50 a.m. (0550 GMT) - just under 10 attacks in January by Islamic extremists on the hours before riders are due in the French capital. French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a Initial reports put the time at a few hours later, Kosher grocery killed 20 people, including the around 11 am (0900 GMT, 5 am EDT). three attackers. Thousands of police and soldiers Luc Poignant, spokesman for the SGP police were deployed on the streets after the attack to union, said officers were finishing setting up the protect sensitive sites and tourists attractions. barricades for the race when the car tried to crash The official said police saw little chance of links through the barriers. Officers opened fire on the between yesterday’s incident and the Tour de car, which ultimately drove away. Poignant told France, or terrorism, but cautioned that prudence the BFM television network that no officers were was necessary as long as the car’s occupants were injured. The final stage of the Tour de France is on the loose. The official said the running hypoth- due to begin at 4:35 pm leaving from Sevres, a esis was that the car’s occupants had left one of town southwest of Paris. The riders are due to NAIROBI: President Barack Obama delivers a speech at Safaricom Indoor Arena. — AP photos the nightclubs in the ritzy neighborhood, were arrive in the French capital at around 5:30 pm and intoxicated or had taken illegal substances and do 10 laps around the Champs-Elysees before fin- didn’t want to submit to a police check. ishing at Place de la Concorde at about 7 pm Obama: Kenya at crossroads Hundreds of thousands of people gather in the Struck a taxi Place de la Concorde and the Champs-Elysees for between peril and promise The official said the car was first spotted on a the race’s final leg. — AP Ex-leader claims new Scottish Treat women better and confront the threat of terrorism Independence vote ‘inevitable’ NAIROBI: President Barack Obama told last week, years after he was first elected ‘Build your future’ an end to old tribal and ethnic divisions Kenyans yesterday that their country is at in 2008 and after many Kenyans had “When it comes to the people of that he said are “doomed to tear our LONDON: Former Scottish nationalist leader that was widely credited with swinging the a crossroads and urged them to “choose grown restless waiting for the man they Kenya, particularly the youth, I believe country apart” and urged Kenya’s leaders, Alex Salmond said yesterday that another refer- independence vote. “The vow was about home the path to progress” by continuing to consider a local son to return. Obama there is no limit to what you can achieve,” as he did President Uhuru Kenyatta dur- endum on independence from the United rule, devo (devolution) to the max, near feder- root out corruption, confront terrorism previously had come in 2006 when he he said. “Because of Kenya’s progress - ing their meetings on Saturday, to con- Kingdom was “inevitable” because of policies alism to quote (former prime minister) Gordon and be more inclusive of women and was a US senator. He was introduced at because of your potential - you can build front the terrorist threat posed by Al- pursued by Prime Minister David Cameron’s Brown. That has not been delivered as yet, at girls. Closing out a historic visit to the the arena by Auma Obama, his sister on your future right here, right now.” The Shabab militants based across the bor- government in London. least in the Scotland Bill,” Salmond said. land of his father’s birth, Obama said his father’s side of the family, who pre- speech struck many of the same notes der in Somalia. The group has killed “I think a second independence referen- The pro-European politician also repeated Kenya has come so far in just his lifetime, sented him to the audience as “my broth- that Obama has hit in remarks during scores in Kenya in brazen attacks carried dum is inevitable,” Salmond told the BBC, concerns about the forthcoming in-out refer- but can go even further. “You can choose er, your brother, our son.” past visits to Africa, urging the conti- out in the past two years. although he would not say when. Salmond endum on Britain’s membership of the the path to progress, but it requires mak- The president traced the history of nent’s leaders to shape up and not look Obama also pressed for more toler- resigned as leader of the Scottish National European Union, which Cameron has prom- ing some important choices,” he said in a Kenya’s evolution, from colonialism and to others to determine their destiny. He ance and respect of women and girls, Party (SNP) and first minister of the devolved ised to hold by 2017. “If you had a situation, a speech to several thousand Kenyans isolation to independence and global said corruption was not unique to Kenya calling for an end to violence against government in Edinburgh after Scots voted circumstance where Scotland voted to stay in packed into an indoor arena here in engagement since it won independence but described the pervasiveness of it in women, forced marriages for girls who “no” to independence by 55 to 45 percent in the European Union in the referendum but Kenya’s capital, a normally bustling place from the British just over 50 years ago, in Kenya as a “cancer” that is holding back should otherwise be attending school, September. But nationalist feeling has soared was dragged out by the votes of the people of that largely has been on lockdown dur- December 1963. But Obama said chal- every aspect of economic and civic life sexual assault and the tradition known as in Scotland since then, and in May’s general England, then that would be a material ing Obama’s stay. Thousands more lenges remain. He urged Kenyans - par- like an “anchor.” “genital mutilation.” “These traditions election the SNP won 56 out of 59 Scottish change in circumstances,” Salmond said. He Kenyans lined Obama’s motorcade route ticularly its future leaders - to deal with Obama noted Kenya’s booming may date back centuries. They have no seats in the House of Commons, making them also warned about the continued austerity to the arena and his roughly 40-minute corruption and tribal conflict, create economy - it has one of the fastest-grow- place in the 21st century,” he said. the third largest party after the main opposi- drive by Cameron’s Conservative government. speech was broadcast on TV. opportunity for all, improve education ing economies in Africa - and asked that Kenyatta has taken steps to tackle cor- tion Labor party. “I can see three issues which “Instead of getting devo to the max we’re get- Obama became the first sitting US and health care, treat women better and the country’s economic gains be shared ruption by suspending four Cabinet sec- are moving things towards a second referen- ting austerity to the max, and that divergent president to visit Kenya with his arrival confront the threat of terrorism. more broadly with all Kenyans. He urged retaries and 16 other senior officials amid dum, on a timescale yet to be determined,” said view of what’s right in social terms between an investigation into allegations of dis- Salmond, who is still an MP. The first was the Scotland and England is another issue which is honesty. But the suspensions have been “refusal to deliver the vow”, Cameron’s promise moving things towards a referendum,” met with skepticism by the public of more powers to the Scottish government Salmond said. —AFP because past suspensions of senior offi- cials haven’t resulted in anyone being convicted of a crime. Some officials even Obama’s visit raises Ethiopia’s returned to their jobs before investiga- tions were complete. stature amid rights concerns

Sky-high expectations ADDIS ABABA: Like the visit to Kenya, President Obama is set to holds talks with his counter- Kenyatta has been under public pres- Barack Obama’s trip to Ethiopia represents the part Mulatu Teshome as well as Prime Minister sure to act following reviews of his 2- first time a sitting US president has been to this Hailemariam Desalegn and is expected to discuss year-old regime, published in local East African country and according to its govern- the conflict in southern Sudan, confronting the al- media by opposition and economic ment, it is a sign of the nation’s growing stature. Qaida-linked al-Shabab in Somalia and economic experts, claiming that his administration Grave concerns remain, however, over political development. Administration officials have also is more corrupt than previous govern- freedoms in this nation of more than 90 million - promised frank discussions over the lack of press ments. Even before arriving last week, Africa’s second largest - and opposition figures freedom and political openness in Ethiopia. Obama tried to rein in Kenyans’ sky-high fear that the visit, coming on the heels of an In May, the ruling party took all the seats in expectations for his trip. Red carpets and improbable 100 percent ruling party win in elec- legislative elections described by the US and the heavy security are standard for presiden- tions, will give international legitimacy to a repres- European Union as unfair. Woretaw Wassie, a tial trips, but family streaming in from the sive government. With its history of pan-African leader of the opposition Blue Party said members countryside for a reunion isn’t. Obama activism, Ethiopia is also the home of the African of his party were arrested ahead of Obama’s visit said he had a good time catching up Union and tomorrow Obama will be addressing on suspicion they would make a fuss. “Visiting a with his extended family over dinner the whole continent from the organization’s new country which is totally contrary to the values of Friday night. — AP headquarters in Addis Ababa. the West is very controversial,” he said. “But in any The crowd cheers as US President arrives to speak at Safaricom Indoor Arena. After centuries of ties - the first bilateral trade case, the US believes that engaging can make a agreement was signed in 1903 - only now is a US difference so maybe it will be a good opportunity president visiting, noted Communication Minister to put some pressure.” Another touchy subject Redwan Hussein. “The choice by a sitting US would be gay rights which Obama championed President to visit us was made because we have on Saturday in Kenya, calling for equal treatment Kenyans: No problems with become more visible and important enough to for all under the law. “All religions in Ethiopia be visited,” he told The Associated Press. “Being should oppose the president if he raises the gay visited by the first sitting American president will issue here,” said Memihir Dereje Negash, of the gays but keep it to yourself enhance the confidence and aspirations of Ethiopian Orthodox Church-linked Weyiniye Ethiopians.” Teklehaimanot Association. — AP

NAIROBI: People in Nairobi yesterday gave a muted penalty in four, according to campaign group Amnesty facturing industry who had popped out to buy the and measured response to US President Barack International. On Saturday, Kenyatta repeated his argu- Sunday papers, said what you do at home is nobody’s Obama’s firm support for gay rights during his visit to ment that, for Kenyans, gay rights is “really a non-issue”. business. “As long as you do it in private, we don’t care,” Kenya. Standing alongside President Uhuru Kenyatta He said it was an area of disagreement for Kenya and he said. Maina was not interested in public debates on outside State House on Saturday, Obama answered a the US. “There are some things we don’t share, that our gay rights, but added that Kenya’s vocal anti-gay journalist’s question on gay rights by drawing equiva- society, our culture, don’t accept,” Kenyatta said. extremists are equally indulging in unnecessary “provo- lence between homophobia and racism. cation”. “We don’t need to be saying it is deviant,” he “As an African-American in the United States I am ‘Spirit of gayism’ said. Deputy President William Ruto periodically painfully aware of what happens when people are Edna Kendi, a 29-year old software developer was addresses evangelical Christian churches to warn treated differently under the law,” Obama said. The unimpressed by Obama publicly advocating gay rights. against homosexuality. There is “no room” for gays in comparison is particularly stinging in Kenya, which, like “He has to respect our culture,” she said. “People can be Kenya he told worshippers in May, and in July railed other African countries, has a proud history of resisting gay but they should do so in private and quietly.” Kendi against the US for allowing “gay relations and other and overcoming colonial rule by white foreigners. urged Obama to “stick to issues that are pertinent to dirty things.” Anti-gay firebrand Irungu Kangata leads a “When you start treating people differently-because the visit,” for her, corruption and trade. cross-party caucus seeking to have the country’s exist- they’re different-that’s the path whereby freedoms Moses Abok, a 49-year old motorbike taxi driver ing anti-homosexuality laws-which include a maximum begin to erode, and bad things happen,” said Obama, waiting for customers beneath a shady jacaranda tree, 14-year sentence-to be strictly applied and makes fre- adding that treating people differently “because of who echoed Kenyatta’s view. “To me, it doesn’t matter. The quent media appearances to explain that “gayism” is a they love is wrong, full stop.” “I’ve been consistent all spirit of gayism is inside just a few people,” he said using lifestyle choice that can and should be unmade. across Africa on this,” said Obama, who previously a common Kenyan term for homosexuality. “It’s not a Vincent Kadala, an aspiring politician whose spoke in support of gay rights during a visit to Senegal big deal for us.” But Abok also welcomed Obama’s Republican Liberty Party has no seats in parliament, in 2013. words. “What he said is we should value all people, we threatened to rally 5,000 naked men and women in Then, President Macky Sall replied that his country shouldn’t alienate or eliminate those people, because order to show Obama “the difference between a man was “not ready” to decriminalise homosexuality, which they are part of us, they are human beings,” he said. and woman”. The promised protest attracted a lot of ADDIS ABABA: An Ethiopia national flag is seen next to a US flag, in a busy street is illegal in 35 African countries and carries the death Ruo Maina, a 50-year old businessman in the manu- media attention but was never held. —AFP ahead of US President Barack Obama’s visit. — AP

INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015

Australian nurse returns from IS, charged with terrorism offences

SYDNEY: An Australian nurse was ices with the intention of supporting a bail in his brief appearance at Melbourne 160 militants at home supporting them. Harding, who died after he stepped on a charged yesterday with terrorism person, or persons, to engage in a hos- Magistrates’ Court and was remanded in Canberra raised the terror threat level to landmine while fighting with Kurdish offences for allegedly supporting the tile activity in a foreign state. custody for a hearing today. \He told high in September, and has conducted forces against IS in Syria. His coffin was Islamic State group in Syria, after he vol- “Matters such as this ultimately con- Fairfax Media in an interview in the past several counter-terrorism raids in various carried into the service draped with the untarily returned home from the war- cern community safety, and we make no week he carried out humanitarian work cities since then. flags of Australia and the Kurdish torn country. The 39-year-old Melbourne apology in taking action against people in Syria and was forced to join the The government has also passed a People’s Protection Units, while mourn- father of five, named in local media as who may bring a radicalized ideology, jihadist group after being injured and number of national security laws and ers chanted “A martyr never dies, they Islamic convert Adam Brookman, briefly and potentially other skills, back to sent to IS-controlled territory. Brookman last month introduced legislation to strip live on through us”, the Australian faced a Melbourne court yesterday after Australia,” Assistant Commissioner Neil added that he eventually fled the mili- dual nationals of their Australian citizen- Associated Press reported. surrendering to officials in Turkey on Gaughan, national manager for counter- tants and was hiding out in Turkey and ship for terrorism links. It is not clear “I just want you to know that I will Tuesday, Australian Federal Police said. terrorism with the federal police, said in wanting to return home. whether Brookman is a dual national. carry on what Reece tried to do,” Brookman, who arrived back in a statement. The charges against Brookman came as Harding’s mother Michelle told the Australia on Friday night, was charged “There is no evidence of a threat in Concerns about Australian fighters the family of 23-year-old Reece Harding, mourners. “It makes things a little bit with one count of knowingly providing Australia in this instance, and the ongo- The Australian government has been from the Gold Coast, said farewell to easier, losing Reece, that we now under- support to a terrorist organization, IS, ing safety of the community was the pri- increasingly concerned about the flow their son at a Kurdish funeral service in stand the difference with the Kurdish which carries a maximum jail time of 25 mary factor in all of the arrangements of fighters to Iraq and Syria to join Melbourne. nation and we understand a bit more years. He faces up to 10 years in prison made to facilitate this individual’s return extremist groups such as IS, saying some Hundreds of mourners gathered at a about what a noble, respectful, kind for a second charge of performing serv- to Australia.” Brookman did not apply for 120 Australians are in the region with community centre to pay tribute to people you are. I truly thank you.” — AFP China sends religious cult members to jail

BEIJING: A total of 14 members of a The organization appeared in the 1990s Chinese religious cult have been jailed for and the founder and his wife fled to the up to three years, state media said yester- United States in 2000, Xinhua said. A father day, the latest sentences after two mem- and daughter who belonged to bers were executed this year for killing a Quannengshen were executed in February woman. Nine members of the banned after being convicted of beating a woman Quannengshen group were convicted of to death at a McDonald’s restaurant, report- “undermining the implementation of laws edly after she rebuffed their attempts to by making use of cult organizations”, the recruit her. official Xinhua news agency said, citing Three others convicted over the attack- prosecutors in the central province of including another of the executed man’s Hubei. The sentences ranged from 18 daughters-were given prison terms rang- months to three years, the agency quoted ing from seven years to life. Earlier this local authorities as saying yesterday. month Xinhua reported that the spiritual It added that on Saturday a court in the leader of a Chinese Buddhist sect would northeastern province of Liaoning sen- be prosecuted for financial and sexual tenced five cult members to prison terms offences. China has cracked down harshly of two or three years. The agency said the on religious groups, mostly notably on punishments were for “spreading cult prop- the Falungong movement which was aganda”. Followers of Quannengshen, banned in the late 1990s. It has submitted whose name can be translated as Church of to its rubber-stamp parliament a new law Almighty God, believe that Jesus has been which includes harsher punishments for reincarnated as a Chinese woman-the wife those involved in “cults or superstitious of the cult’s founder. activities”. —AFP Philippines’ Aquino struggles with legacy as clout fades MANILA: Philippine President Benigno ic growth rates in Asia before this year’s TOKYO: Firefighters inspect a house damaged by fire caused after a light plane crashed into a residential area. — AFP Aquino addresses parliament for the last slowdown. time today, racing to secure fragile legacies “But it’s a fragile legacy, in the sense that of peace in the war-torn south and a it takes longer than a six-year term for anti- stronger economy. Aquino will make his corruption measures to stick,” said Three dead as small plane final “State of the Nation Address” with his Jonathan Ravelas, chief market strategist at political clout fading and struggling to BDO Unibank. One of the big themes of choose a successor for next year’s elections Aquino’s address to parliament is expected that would continue with his agendas, ana- to be a call to the nation to choose the crashes into Tokyo suburb lysts told AFP. right successor to press on with his anti- A peace treaty with the country’s largest graft campaign. Muslim rebel group, aimed at ending “In less than a year, the Filipino will Aircraft sets residential district house, cars ablaze decades of fighting that has claimed again be at a crossroads,” Aquino said in a 120,000 lives, is in peril as a draft law granti- speech last week, while inspecting a new TOKYO: Three people were killed yesterday ered stretchers with the remains of the charred flight, local media said. ng self-rule to the Muslim minority is dam project, that he is expected to echo when a small plane crashed into a Tokyo suburb fuselage of the Piper PA-46 nearby. At least three An official at Nippon Aerotech, which owns stalled in parliament. Meanwhile, economic today. “My only advice: pick a leader who shortly after takeoff, police said, leaving nearby houses and two cars were on fire in the residen- the plane, apologized for the crash and told growth slowed to a three-year low of 5.2 will be true to his promise, not someone homes and cars ablaze and the charred remains tial district of Chofu just some 500 meters from reporters that the cause of the accident was percent in the first quarter. with empty promises, not someone who of the fuselage lying in a burnt-out residence. the airport. being investigated. The passengers may have “He is entering his lameduck phase and will take advantage of you or steal from The single-engine propeller aircraft with a 36- The crash also damaged the roofs of other been pilots-in-training, according to local media. he’s losing influence by the day,” said you.” year-old pilot and four passengers on board houses nearby while the plane’s fuselage was “This place is close to the airport but I’m sur- Ramon Casiple, executive director of the crashed at around 11:00 am (0200 GMT) shortly left upside down in the charred remains of a prised because I had never thought that an air- Institute for Political and Electoral Reform. Succession woes after leaving Chofu airport on the outskirts of home. “At first I thought a large truck had plane would crash,” an 82-year-old woman told “He should use his remaining political capi- The problem is, with 10 months before the Japanese capital, public broadcaster NHK crashed into a neighboring house as I heard the public broadcaster NHK. Police are investigating tal and tell Congress to pass the BBL,” the election, Aquino cannot yet even reported. ground shake and then I then saw this ferocious the accident on suspicion of professional negli- Casiple said, referring to the draft choose himself. Aquino’s preferred choice “Two people from the airplane are confirmed smoke,” a female witness told AFP. gence resulting in death, reports said. Bangsamoro Basic Law that would create has long been seen as Interior Secretary dead and a person believed to be a local resi- “I have lived here for a long time and get the autonomous Muslim region in the Mar Roxas, his longtime ally, family friend, dent has also died,” a spokesman for Tokyo Residential area used to the noise of light planes, but it was obvi- south and is the centerpiece of the peace Liberal Party stalwart and reliable econom- Metropolitan Police Department told AFP. “Three Television footage showed firefighters bat- ously abnormal,” Kotaro Sunaga, a 32-year-old plan. ic administrator. But Roxas is languishing in other people from the airplane and two others tling the blaze. The plane came down in an area businessman, told Jiji Press. The airport, run by The measure has languished in parlia- surveys and there is a strong chance he on the ground were injured. Their condition is near a school, sports stadium and shopping the Tokyo Metropolitan government and with an ment due to outrage over the deaths of 44 would be easily beaten by the opposition’s unknown.” Local media reports said earlier that plaza. “I thought it was flying quite low and then 800-metre runway, remains closed following the police commandos in an encounter with charismatic leader, Jejomar Binay. two men, including the pilot, and a woman on I heard a bang,” a local resident who witnessed accident. The weather agency said it was clear Islamic rebels, including from the main At the 2010 elections, Binay crushed the ground were killed in the fiery crash. An AFP the crash told NHK. The plane was bound for and sunny with little wind near the airport, while Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), in Roxas in their contest for the vice presiden- photographer at the scene saw rescuers rushing Izuoshima Island in the Pacific some 100 kilome- NHK said the plane passed an annual checkup in January. Aquino is indeed expected to urge cy. Aquino’s other choice is first-term sena- to an ambulance carrying two victims on cov- ters south of central Tokyo for a one-day training May. — AFP parliament today to quickly pass the law, tor Grace Poe, who owes her immense pop- the main barrier to implementing the ularity to being the daughter of famed, peace pact, according to his advisers. deceased movie star Fernando Poe. Her If Aquino does succeed in finalizing father lost the 2004 presidential elections peace with the MILF, it would be one of the in controversial circumstances, with his Bollywood star, judge urge most important legacies of his presidency, camp insisting Gloria Arroyo stole one mil- according to Casiple and other analysts. A lion votes that cost him victory. stronger economy is the potential major But while popular and widely regarded clemency for riot bomber legacy for Aquino, although it is more tenu- for her personal honesty, Poe has relatively ous as it will be dependent on whether his little political experience and is not even a successor will continue with his reforms. member of Aquino’s Liberal party. “If I had NEW DELHI: A Bollywood super- hotel were among the targets of should take notice of reports for consideration. Memon’s wife my way, I (would have) announced my star and a former senior judge yes- the March 1993 blasts, which killed Memon had cooperated with Rahin pleaded with the judiciary Entrench and expand choice yesterday,” an exasperated Aquino terday urged India’s top court to 257 people in India’s commercial investigators and returned vol- to commute her husband’s In the Philippines, presidents can only said last week when asked about who he consider sparing the life of a con- capital. The attacks were believed untarily from Pakistan where he death sentence to life in prison. serve a single six-year term, so Aquino is wanted to succeed him. Capitalizing on the victed bomb plotter due to be to have been staged by Mumbai’s fled after the blasts. In a letter in “I have full faith in the judiciary. banking on anointing a successor who can uncertainty is Binay, a former Aquino ally hanged this week. The Supreme Muslim-dominated underworld in the Sunday Express newspaper, I ask for pardon from the gov- entrench and expand on his administra- who has in recent years faced a barrage of Court is expected today to hear a retaliation for anti-Muslim violence Bedi said the court should exam- ernment of India for Yakub so his tion’s work. Much of his economic reforms corruption allegations that have raised con- last-ditch appeal from Yakub that killed more than 1,000 people. ine whether these count as miti- death sentence can be commut- have centred on tackling massive corrup- cerns about the nation’s path under his Memon, a key plotter of a series of Former Supreme Court judge gating circumstances and refer ed,” Rahin told the NDTV news tion that has for decades held back the helm. Either way, Aquino faces a gamble, bomb attacks that killed hundreds Harjit Singh Bedi said the court the case back to the trial court network. — AFP economy. Aquino has had notable success- according to Ateneo de Manila University in Mumbai two decades ago. es, with the Philippines earning investor political science professor Benito Lim. “If The court had last week reject- grade credit ratings for the first time and Aquino endorses a loser, everything he ed a final appeal from Memon, overseeing some of the strongest econom- worked for will go to waste,” Lim said. — AFP paving the way for his execution on Thursday after more than two decades in jail. But his lawyers lodged the last-minute appeal, saying his execution date of July 30 had been set unlawfully back in April, before all legal avenues to appeal were exhausted. Salman Khan, a hugely popular actor who was himself convicted in May of a deadly hit-and-run accident, described Memon as innocent. “One innocent man killed is killing the humanity,” Khan said on Twitter where he has 13.1 million followers. “Get Tiger, hang him. Parade him not his brother,” Khan said referring to Memon’s brother Tiger, who police say mas- terminded the attacks and is still on the run.

Muslim underworld Eleven people have been con- victed over the 1993 attacks, the MANILA: Activists march near the house of Philippine President Benigno Aquino deadliest in India’s history. The with an effigy (background) depicting Aquino as a monster, one day ahead of Bombay Stock Exchange, the Aquino’s “State of the Nation Address”. — AFP offices of Air India and a luxury NEW DELHI: A small group of right wing Hindu activists burn an effigy of Bollywood star Salman Khan. —AP NEWS MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015

Spain’s DelReves Company performs the vertical dance show ‘Guateque’ at the Reggia of Venaria in Venaria Reale near Turin on Saturday. DelReves is a vertical dance company based in Barcelona since 2007. —AFP Iran accuses Bahrain of Iran launches charm offensive... Continued from Page 1 people in this region, adding that all should cooperate stoking Gulf tensions against terrorist organizations. He said Iran’s timely “I chose Kuwait for my first foreign trip (after the intervention in Iraq prevented Islamic State jihadists TEHRAN: Iran yesterday accused Sunni-ruled Bahrain of was recalling its envoy from Tehran in protest at “hostile” nuclear deal) to announce Iran’s intentions to improve from capturing the capital Baghdad and Irbil, the capital stoking tensions in the Gulf by making unfounded alle- comments by Iranian leaders. Last Sunday, Bahrain sum- its relations with neighbors,” he said. “We are open in of Iraq’s Kurdistan. gations against it, the official IRNA news agency report- moned Iran’s acting charge d’affaires to protest against this respect and extend our hands and declare that we Zarif also categorically denied as “baseless” an ed. “It is clear that the government of Bahrain, by repeat- its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei voicing sup- are ready to cooperate,” Zarif said. announcement by Bahrain late Saturday that it had ing unfounded allegations, seeks to create a climate of port for “oppressed people” across the Middle East, The Iranian chief diplomat however said that to foiled an arms smuggling attempt by two Iranian tension in the region,” it quoted foreign ministry spokes- including in Bahrain. achieve strong cooperation, there must be a common agents on a boat off Bahrain’s coast. “I openly say the woman Marzieh Afkham as saying. “Such methods are The previous day, Khamenei had said the nuclear deal resolve. “I can declare that all officials in the Islamic (Bahraini) claims are totally wrong,” he said. “The timing not constructive, and do not diminish the Islamic repub- Tehran agreed with world powers would not alter its sup- republic of Iran have this resolve and I am convinced of the announcement is an attempt to prevent any lic’s commitment to continue its policy... and regional port for the governments of Syria and Iraq, nor its back- that Kuwait also has it and I hope that it will be available progress in cooperation between Iran and other Gulf cooperation in the fight against terrorism and extrem- ing for “oppressed people” in Yemen and Bahrain, and the in all countries,” Zarif said. The minister however strong- states,” Zarif said. The Bahraini interior ministry said that ism,” she said. Palestinians. Manama accuses Tehran of backing opposi- ly criticized the Saudi-led coalition war on the Shiite it detained two people and a large quantity of C4 explo- On Saturday, Bahrain’s interior ministry said it had tion demands in Bahrain for a constitutional monarchy Houthi rebels in Yemen, saying that the war should stop sives and arms coming from Iran. Zarif’s tour will also detained two men accused of trying to smuggle and an elected prime minister. Iran does not hide its sup- immediately and dialogue should start without foreign take him to Qatar and Iraq, but he is not visiting Saudi weapons from Shiite Iran. That announcement came port for the protest movement in Bahrain, but rejects interference. Zarif also said that Iran will not change its Arabia or the United Arab Emirates, two key coalition hours after Bahrain, which has a Shiite majority, said it accusations of interference in its internal affairs. — AFP policy in Syria and Iraq, insisting that Iran supports the members in the war against the Yemeni rebels. MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 ANALYSIS

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By Romaric Ollo Hien

serious clash between Burkina Faso’s presidential guard and the prime minister has left the west AAfrican nation on a political tightrope three months ahead of a key presidential election. “I shall have done all I can to keep the peace in our country,” interim President Michel Kafando recently declared, but he acknowledged being powerless to resolve confrontation. The former diplo- mat instead called on “everybody’s sense of responsibility... (to) save Burkina from disorder and chaos” before and after the vote in October. The poverty-striken Sahel nation, whose former presi- dent Blaise Compaore was toppled by a popular uprising in October 2014 after 27 years in power, is struggling to get W Africa’s alarming growth industry: Meth over a crisis triggered by the Regiment of Presidential Security (RSP). The highly-trained corps in February briefly By David Lewis zone, according to law enforcement officials, is the was arrested with a manual on how to cook meth, duction,” the official said. Giade, Nigeria’s top anti- demanded the dismissal from government of Lieutenant- region’s weak controls on imports of meth ingredi- said Ahmadu Giade, head of Nigeria’s National drug cop, said most of the precursors used in Colonel Isaac Zida, its second-in-command, who is prime hen customs officers in the sleepy ents. Imported legally for use in products such as Drug Law Enforcement Agency. “Nigeria at that Nigerian meth production came from India. Some minister in a transitional regime. Zida, who briefly served as Senegalese town of Koumpentoum dis- cold medicine, they can easily be diverted and time wasn’t prepared for that type of drug because of the chemicals are approved for import by head of state after Compaore was ousted, had called for the covered a stash of pills hidden in a bus transformed into meth by boiling, filtering and we knew nothing about it,” said Giade. He sent a Nigeria’s national food and drug regulator, he said, RSP to be disbanded in the interest of national security. W from Mali in late February, they initially thought it then combining them with other chemicals. Pierre team to South Africa to investigate how police while others are smuggled in illegally, “because we was counterfeit medicine. They stored the haul, Lapaque, head of UNODC in West and Central there handled meth labs. have porous borders.” Giade cited the border to ‘False Coup’ poorly concealed in blue plastic bags and a yellow Africa, puts production of the drug in West Africa In 2010, Nigerian agents stumbled across a the west with Benin as a major weak point. The regiment was widely criticised for brutality during jerry can, in the back of the customs office. Its at around 1.5 tonnes per year. That’s small by meth lab in a place called Monkey Village. Sunday In 2014 the Nigerian government told the the demonstrations against Compaore, when 24 people owner escaped, slipping away into the sprawl of world standards - just a little over one percent of Drambi Ziramgey, commander of a National Drug International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) it were killed and more than 600 injured. On June 28, the gov- shacks and hawkers. Days later, according to two the 107 tonnes that was seized around the globe Law Enforcement Agency team, was one of the needed 9.65 tonnes of ephedrine for legitimate ernment announced that a plot by RSP soldiers against Zida officials involved in the seizure, a top officer from in 2012. But it is up from zero in the region just five first on the scene. He described a bungalow where businesses. India alone supplied Nigeria with 9.2 had been foiled, but army officers accused him of staging a regional headquarters took a closer look at the years ago. “It is pretty alarming,” Lapaque said. each of the four rooms housed a different stage of tonnes last year, according to a Reuters analysis of “false coup” to keep his job. Kafando and Zida are due to trove and identified it as the drug methampheta- Nigerian authorities have discovered 10 labs the cooking process. In the kitchen, they found official ephedrine exports listed on Indian trade hand over to a new executive formed after the presidential mine. The 81 kg stash was worth an estimated $12 since 2010. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo cooking pots, burners and compressing machines. website www.zauba.com, which collates data from election scheduled for October 11 to complete a political million or more based on the street price for the told Reuters that political leaders needed to wake A web of light bulbs had been strung up to dry the ports and customs authorities. It is not clear how transition. Several civil society organisations have accused drug in Tokyo, where much of it ends up. up to the fact the region had become a producer. meth. much ephedrine Nigeria imported from other sup- the authorities of dirty tactics. “The RSP-Zida crisis they’re The seizure was one of three in Senegal so far Obasanjo now heads the West African A 2010 US investigation into cocaine smug- pliers. “India is legally doing business, but African trying to sell us is a cover for a bid to restore the old regime,” this year. It highlights the new and fast-growing Commission on Drugs and said the production of gling in Liberia also uncovered plans to produce nations should be checking if the amounts one statement said. role West Africa is playing in the global drug trade, meth in the region was raising the threat of drug- meth in the country for shipment to the United ordered are in line with what is needed by the dif- Whether or not Compaore has any say in events from not just as a transit point for drugs but also as a fuelled instability. “It is now affecting our politics States and Japan. A 2011 report by Nigerian law ferent factories using ephedrine,” said UNODC’s exile in Morocco, the anti-Zida movement is real and enforcement officials, seen by Reuters, details a Lapaque. extends far beyond the crack regiment, which civic bodies producer of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS). because money earned from drugs is going into want disbanded. Military chiefs have urged Kafando to form Smugglers of Moroccan hashish have long crossed politics,” he said. “You have drug barons who are step-by-step guide for meth production and distri- a purely civilian government, thus getting rid of Zida, who West Africa on their way to Europe or Asia. Over now sponsoring politicians, or who (are) in fact bution which was taken from a Nigerian deported New Networks also serves as minister of defence. Zida made himself more the past decade, the region has also become a going into politics themselves.” from China. The guide included contacts in Ghana, West African meth production is still far off the unpopular in June for overseeing a reform to the military major transit point for Latin American cocaine Rusty Payne, a spokesman for the US Drug Iran, Thailand and China who would help find levels in Mexico, where officials seized 19 tonnes code making it possible to promote a lieutenant-colonel to headed to Europe. But local and international offi- Enforcement Administration, said one sign of the couriers and buyers for meth. last year and discovered a string of so-called super general “in exceptional circumstances”. cials say West African criminal groups are now pro- growing importance of West Africa was the arrival A senior DEA official listed Burkina Faso, Cote labs. But local groups are beginning to make “We’ve had military men who have been heads of state ducing and exporting hundreds of millions of dol- of Latin American producers, including Mexicans. d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana and Guinea-Bissau as pos- inroads into lucrative markets in Thailand, in this country,” a top general staff officer told AFP, recalling lars worth of methamphetamine - or meth - every Mexican drug gangs play a central role in the meth sible locations for meth labs. Mame Seydou Ndour, Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan. Law enforcement that Compaore took power as a captain, like his predecessor year, most of it shipped to Asia. industry in North America. Payne said Mexicans Senegal’s anti-drug tsar, said making meth across officials say Nigerian criminal groups use extensive and one-time comrade Thomas Sankara. “Nobody has tried Climate dictates where cocaine, heroin or have helped set up clandestine labs - known as the region had multiple advantages. “The trans- networks of human mules. Several officials in West to give themselves a higher rank.” A senior RSP officer said hashish are produced, but there are no such con- “clan labs” - in Nigeria. “They are not just mom and port cost is reduced. There is less risk in Africa. Africa said Nigerians have begun to employ that to end the crisis, the regiment was “completely placing straints on meth. The synthetic drug is derived pop labs, they are big labs,” Payne said. “Mexicans Labour is cheaper here too - with poverty there are Europeans with clean passports, who are likely to itself in President Kafando’s hands”. “If he doesn’t make good from ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, two medi- aren’t going to come over and train (people) plenty of people who are ready to get involved,” he raise less suspicion in Asia. In Dec 2013, a German decisions or takes too long, we’ll be forced to withdraw and cines that are used to treat ailments from nasal unless they are dealing in large amounts.” said. man and an Austrian woman were arrested in let the soldiers do as they want,” the officer warned. “We decongestion to asthma. As anyone who has seen Jakarta after they were caught having flown in can’t calm them down indefinitely.” the television series “Breaking Bad” knows, meth Not Ready For Meth The Nigerian Connection from Dakar with meth hidden in their luggage, can be manufactured even with basic equipment Africa’s place in the synthetic drug market was, As with many other industries, Nigeria domi- local media reported. ‘Call for Help’ and a simple understanding of chemistry. The until recent years, limited to South Africa, which nates meth production in West Africa. It’s home to Police in London and Paris last year arrested Kafando’s “call for help”, as political analyst Siaka Coulibaly potential profits are huge: One kilo of meth costs has a domestic market and feeds the global supply Africa’s biggest population and some of the eight Europeans who had left West Africa and described his plea to the people, could be a bad omen around $1,500 to make in West Africa but sells for chain. The surge in production elsewhere on the region’s most established criminal gangs, accord- were headed to Asia, each carrying 2 to 6 kg of when troops are restless. Last Sunday, Kafando dismissed around $150,000 in Japan. continent is part of a broader boom in the global ing to drugs experts. Those gangs have connec- meth, one foreign law enforcement official told security minister Colonel Auguste-Denise Barry in a move The powerful stimulant is smoked, swallowed, amphetamine-type market. UNODC says annual tions with experienced Latin American “cooks,” Reuters. In an effort to stop the industry becom- widely seen as a step to appease the army. A key supporter snorted or injected by hundreds of thousands of methamphetamine seizures more than doubled such as three Bolivians detained in one lab raid. ing entrenched, Payne said the DEA is helping of Zida, Barry became an RSP target in its bid to obtain pure- users there, in the United States and elsewhere. between 2010 and 2012. The first sign that syn- But Nigerian gangs can now run the trade them- local officials by detecting and dismantling clan- ly civilian rule. The government took another blow on July The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime thetic drugs were being produced in West Africa selves, and have established global networks to destine labs. “They basically have a three-headed 13 when an African regional court overturned electoral leg- (UNODC) says meth is increasingly popular in East came in 2009 when chemicals including MDP-2-P, distribute the finished product. monster now in Africa,” Payne said. “They have the islation that had banned several individuals and political and Southeast Asia. Meth gives users an intense used to make ecstasy, were found at a lab raided in The DEA official said there had been several coke problem from South America, the heroin parties linked to Compaore from standing at the polls. rush, heightens attention and curbs appetite. It is Guinea. UNODC estimates some $100 million of reported instances in Nigeria this year of 25 to 50 from Afghanistan, and the home-grown meth In a binding decision, the Court of Justice in the 15- highly addictive. Over time, addicts usually suffer ecstasy could have been produced from the pre- kg of ephedrine being diverted from registered that is making its way to South Africa and Asia. nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOW- anxiety, weight loss and tooth decay. cursors found there. pharmaceutical companies. “This, on top of the We’re trying to address it as we can, but that is AS) upheld suits from seven Burkinabe parties and 13 invid- One reason West Africa is a good production The same year, a Nigerian expelled from China smuggled precursors, readily supplies meth pro- tough.” —Reuters uals protesting at rights violations. Burkina Faso is affected by “much amateurism in government”, worsened by fre- quent “interference” by civil society, Zida’s special advisor Abdoulaye Soma acknowledged. India’s labor reforms too late for some Uncertainties hang over the planned poll. The former presidential party has designated Eddie Komboigo as its By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Frank Jack Daniel fit evaporates, he said. “Buyers are already moving to back home. “There is a big mismatch between our wages candidate, without knowing whether he can stand. cheaper locations,” said Virender Uppal, the head of and the cost of living,” he said. “You cannot survive with- Compaore’s former foreign minister Djibrill Bassole has been ast month, hundreds of workers went on the ram- India’s Apparel Export Promotion Council. “If labor costs out overtime.” expected to run for office, but was barred by military code page at a factory belonging to garment exporter go up further, it’s going to affect business.” Modi plans to reforms. However, Burkina’s lawyer in the regional court LOrient Craft, torching vehicles and smashing win- take the amendments to parliament later this year. Too Little, Too Late case, Mamadou Savadogo, pledged that the electoral code dows in the gritty industrial fringes of Gurgaon, a Delhi Orient Craft’s bright, ventilated factories are recognised would be amended to ensure compliance with the ruling. satellite city. Increasingly common in Indian workplaces, The Roots of a Riot as offering better conditions than most. It’s known for tak- Kafando has already appointed a council of elders to help. these violent outbursts could become a thing of the past The June 20 riot at the Orient Craft factory was ing good care of its 32,000 employees. But even Dhingra Presidential candidate and former minister Ablasse under a bold round of labor reforms planned by Prime sparked by an unfounded rumour that a worker had recognises that the system is not working. “We know the Ouedraogo is confident. “We may see trouble here and Minister Narendra Modi. Many businesses cheer the plans, died from an electric shock. A similar rumour in February wages paid to workers are not good enough to secure there, but the political maturity of the Burkinabe people will which they say will help make India a manufacturing hub. led to strife at another nearby apparel exporter, Richa them a decent and dignified living,” he said. “But we can- enable us to see through the transition, with clean and Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics Global. Nobody was seriously hurt in these outbursts - not afford to pay more, else we will lose all our business.” transparent elections. “Nobody is prepared to head into manufacturer, plans to set up 12 new factories in India unlike the 2012 riot at a Maruti Suzuki plant that left one The failure by successive governments to overhaul one of chaos,” he said. —AFP and employ one million workers. executive dead and many injured. Workers, labor officials the world’s most rigid labor markets has squeezed firms Yet Orient Craft, which has suffered three riots in three and managers say the cost of living, low wages and con- like Dhingra’s between low-cost producers like Bangladesh years, fears the changes will create as many problems as ditions in slums where migrant workers stay keep and skilled and fast-moving innovators like China. they solve by making the cottonwear it exports to global Gurgaon’s labourers on edge. They can easily turn on Modi’s reforms aim to help companies go up the value All articles appearing on these brands such as GAP and Marks & Spencer less competi- their bosses - even at firms like Orient Craft, known for chain, creating jobs for the 200 million Indians who will pages are the personal opinion of tive. Like many other low-margin businesses in India, gar- its worker care. reach working age over the next two decades, and reduc- the writers. Kuwait Times takes no ment makers will gain from increased flexibility to hire, “When your life is so stressed, any trivial reason is ing labor volatility. Shankar Aggarwal, the top bureaucrat and fire, seasonal labor - reforms demanded by industry capable of turning you violent,” said Akshay Kumar Pal, a at the labor ministry, said laws had not adapted to the responsibility for views expressed since India began to shift away from socialism in 1991. 42-year-old worker from Uttar Pradesh state. Pal has dynamics of mobile labor forces and industry demands. therein. Kuwait Times invites read- But to make this more palatable for unions, Modi lived for a decade in a cramped, dirt-floored room with a The changes under discussion will improve productivity ers to voice their opinions. Please wants to also extend the social security net. The govern- leaky roof in Gurgaon. In his block, 80 people live up to as well as industrial relations, he said. Instead of saddling send submissions via email to: opin- ment expects that will reduce labor volatility, but it will six per room, sharing three toilets and a single water tap. companies with additional costs, Dhingra wants the gov- also raise costs for companies like Orient Craft whose Rents rise every year. Pal said he was a tailor at Richa ernment to set up hostels for workers in industrial towns [email protected] or via snail chairman Sudhir Dhingra fears losing clients to lower- Global until April when he was sacked, accused of to reduce tension in the workforce. He also wants India to mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. cost rivals in Bangladesh. Dhingra said the new flexibility involvement in the February riot. He says he was not sign free trade agreements with the European Union and The editor reserves the right to edit will enable him to hire workers according to his business there. At Richa, Pal earned about $200 a month after 2-3 the United States to offset the cost advantage exporters any submission as necessary. requirements, but only if Indian garments remain in hours overtime every day. Half of his pay went on rent from Bangladesh enjoy. “After starting so late, changes in demand. If they are priced out of business, the net bene- and food, leaving little for his wife and two daughters laws alone will not be enough,” he said. —Reuters MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 SPORTS

Di Maria ‘no show’ US clinches FIVB title Nadal faces tough return LONDON: Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal “does not know why” OMAHA: The United States clinched its first FIVB World Grand HAMBURG: Rafael Nadal will mark his return to Hamburg after a seven-year Angel Di Maria has not joined the Premier League club’s pre-season tour of the Prix Finals championship since 2012 Saturday night by defeating absence with a tough opener against compatriot Fernando Verdasco. U.S following media reports the winger is close to signing for Paris St-Germain. the two-time defending champion Brazil. Nadal, down at 10 in the world after a tortuous year in which he lost his French The 27-year-old Argentina international, who joined United for a British A 25-16, 25-22, 25-21 sweep of second-ranked Brazil secured Open title and suffered another early exit from Wimbledon, has decided to play the record transfer fee of 59.7 million pounds ($92.59 million) last year, was the title for the No. 1 Americans with one day remaining in the clay court tournament in a bid to resurrect his fortunes before heading for the US expected to travel to the U.S after being given extended leave following the five-day event. Team USA is the only undefeated team remain- hard court season. Nadal, 29, has a 13-2 career lead over Verdasco but his Copa America. However, British media have reported that Di Maria was a tar- ing in the six-team finals at 4-0. They have won 12 of the 14 sets compatriot has won their last two clashes-on the hard courts of Miami get for French champions PSG and that a deal was close for the former Real played in the finals one match to go Sunday against China. It’s earlier this year and on clay in Madrid in 2012. Madrid winger. “He was not on the plane,” Van Gaal told reporters after the sixth Grand Prix title for the United States, which won three In his last visit to the German city, Nadal defeated Roger United’s 3-1 win over Barcelona in Santa Clara on Saturday. “(Fellow in a row w from 2010 to 2012 before Brazil won the last two. The Federer in the 2008 final. He is 11-2 at the tournament, hav- Argentine) Marcos Rojo was also not on the plane. He has had a U.S. also won this event in 1995 and 2001. ing only lost to Federer in 2007 and to former Roland passport issue-for Angel Di Maria, I don’t know why. I cannot say “It feels great but we still have one more match,” USA Captain Garros champion Gaston Gaudio in 2003. “I am anything.” PSG coach Laurent Blanc did little to dismiss speculation Christa Dietzen said. “China’s playing really well right now, so very happy to be back in Hamburg, I haven’t we’re excited to come out tomorrow against them. Regardless with a move for Di Maria after his side were beaten in a friendly by been here since 2008 so it’s great to be back in of whether we’ve won the tournament or not, we’re always tak- Premier League champions Chelsea following a penalty shootout such a nice city. I have great memories about ing every game the same way.” It was a spike by Karsta Lowe, the in Charlotte, North Carolina. “There is a good possibility (he could this tournament,” Nadal told www.atpworld- newest member of the national team, which secured the victory sign) but there is nothing official,” Blanc told reporters. before an announced crowd of 7,800 at CenturyLink Center. tour.com yesterday. “I think probably defeat- “There is an anticipation he is going to come to the U.S Lowe finished with nine kills, one behind team leader ing Carlos Moya in 2003 was a very important but as to which jersey he is going to wear, we don’t Kimberly Hill, who said winning the first set for the 12th consec- match for me at the time but also I remember very know yet. “If he does make a change hopefully it will utive time in this tournament was an important way to build well the match against Novak Djokovic in 2008 which be for Paris St-Germain.”—Reuters momentum.—AP was very emotional.”—AFP Phillies blank Cubs, Rangers triumph

CHICAGO: Phillies ace Cole Hamels enhanced Rodriguez hit 452-foot solo homer in the his trade value even more, becoming the first fourth and a 422-foot drive that made it 5-3 in pitcher to throw a no-hitter against the the seventh. His 424-foot homer in the ninth Chicago Cubs in 50 years while leading cleared the center field wall. Philadelphia to a 5-0 win Saturday. A-Rod clapped as he trotted around first There was drama down to the final out, base after each homer while fans at sold-out when rookie center fielder Odubel Herrera Target Field booed. The last time Rodriguez hit stumbled on the warning track, but managed three home runs in a game was Aug. 14, 2010, to lean forward and catch Kris Bryant’s flyball at Kansas City. to end the game. Rodriguez has 23 homers this season and Hamels struck out 13 in the first no-hitter 677 in his career. He is now 6 for 10 lifetime versus the Cubs since Sandy Koufax pitched a against Perkins with two home runs. perfect game in 1965. Hamels (6-7) threw his first career no-hitter in what could be his final METS 15, DODGERS 2 start for the Phillies. He was the MVP of the Michael Conforto went 4 for 4 for his first 2008 World Series has been mentioned promi- big league hits and Kelly Johnson homered nently in trade talks as the July 31 deadline into the upper deck in his Mets’ debut, power- approaches. ing New York past Los Angeles. The 31-year-old lefty was part of the Lucas Duda homered twice for the Mets in Phillies’ last no-hitter, too. He teamed with their highest-scoring game since April 2013, three relievers on a combined no-hitter last and their biggest run total ever against the Sept. 1 at Atlanta. Dodgers. Slumping at the plate most of the season, RANGERS 7, ANGELS 6 the Mets erupted for 21 hits, their most since Delino DeShields capped a three-run rally 2010. Conforto, playing his second game in in the eighth inning with an infield hit that the majors, doubled twice and scored four drove in the go-ahead run, Rougned Odor runs. Kirk Nieuwenhuis got four hits and drove homered, and Texas beat Los Angeles. in four runs and Daniel Murphy homered. Joe Smith (4-3) came on to protect a 6-4 Johnson and Juan Uribe both got hits a day lead for Angels starter Hector Santiago, but after the Mets acquired them in a trade with didn’t make it out of the eighth. Elvis Andrus Atlanta. Matt Harvey (9-7) doubled, singled raced home from third as Shin-Soo Choo and pitched seven innings as the Mets ended grounded to first baseman Albert Pujols for a a three-game losing streak. force at second, Robinson Chirinos singled Los Angeles starter Zach Lee (0-1) was home another run, and Josh Hamilton scored tagged in his major league debut. On Sunday, on DeShields’ high chopper to third. Zack Greinke starts for the Dodgers with a Spencer Patton (1-0) earned his second big shutout streak of 43 2/3 innings. league victory with a hitless seventh. Struggling Tanner Scheppers pitched a hitless ROYALS 2, ASTROS 1 eighth and Shawn Tolleson got his 17th save. Alcides Escobar singled home Paulo The Angels’ loss was their third in a row Orlando with two outs in the 10th inning to lift ANAHEIM: Los Angeles Angels’ Conor Gillaspie (right) hits an RBI double, with Texas Rangers catcher Robinson Chirinos (center) looking on, after seven straight wins, and kept them in a Kansas City to a victory over Houston. Orlando with home plate umpire Larry Vanover (left) to score during the third inning of a baseball game. —AP virtual tie with Houston for the AL West lead. singled off Will Harris (4-3) with one out and stole second before Escobar’s game-winning victory over Seattle. Josh Donaldson opened being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the ninth. He throwing error. CARDINALS 1, BRAVES 0 looper to shallow right gave the Royals the the ninth with a walk off Carson Smith (1-3). struck out five and walked one in a perform- Pinch-hitter Stephen Piscotty got his first win and ended the Astros’ five-game winning Jose Bautista then doubled into the right-field ance sure to heighten attention ahead of the TIGERS 5, RED SOX 1 career RBI with a sacrifice fly in the eighth streak. Kelvin Herrera (2-2) pitched a scoreless corner. It extended Bautista’s streak of reach- July 31 trade deadline. Chris Rusin (3-4) Nick Castellanos drove in three runs with a inning and Carlos Martinez outdueled former 10th to pick up the victory. ing base against the Mariners to 36 games, allowed five runs and 10 hits in five innings. solo homer and double, Alfredo Simon teammate Shelby Miller as St. Louis beat Carlos Correa’s sacrifice fly gave the Astros a including 33 with a hit. pitched six solid innings and Detroit bounced Atlanta. 1-0 lead in the sixth, and the Royals tied it on Edwin Encarnacion was intentionally DIAMONDBACKS 2, BREWERS 0 back after consecutive extra-inning losses with The Cardinals won their fifth in a row Salvador’s sacrifice fly in the seventh. walked, drawing the infield in with no outs. Rubby De La Rosa pitched eight effective a victory over Boston. despite getting just two hits. They lead the Colabello then bounced his go-ahead single innings and Brad Ziegler held on for his 14th Former Red Sox left fielder Yoenis Cespedes majors with a 63-34 record. Martinez (11-4) GIANTS 2, ATHLETICS 1 up the middle. straight save, lifting Arizona to a victory over hit a solo homer and threw out a runner at the made his first post-All-Star break start and Madison Bumgarner hit a home run and Aaron Sanchez (6-4), just off the disabled Milwaukee. plate. It was just the third win in eight games allowed six hits in eight innings with six strike- pitched seven innings for his third consecutive list, worked the eighth to earn the victory. De La Rosa (8-5) allowed four hits and for the Tigers, who lost the opener of the outs and one walk, which was intentional. He win, and San Francisco beat Oakland. Roberto Osuna finished the ninth for his fifth struck out six, winning for the sixth time in 11 three-game series 2-1 in 11 innings on Friday. worked the last four innings and took the loss Matt Duffy added a tiebreaking single in save in six opportunities. starts at Chase Field. Ziegler gave up two two- They closed a seven-game homestand with a in an 18-inning setback to the Mets on the sixth while helping the defending World out singles and walked a batter in the ninth 3-2 setback against Seattle in 12 on Thursday. Sunday. Series champs to their 10th victory in 11 NATIONALS 9, PIRATES 3 before striking out Gerardo Parra for his 16th Mookie Betts drove in the run for Boston, Randy Choate got the last two outs for his games. Rookie center fielder Michael Taylor had a save in 17 chances. which lost for the ninth time in 10 games. first save. Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal has Bumgarner - a Silver Slugger award winner home run and three RBIs and Gio Gonzalez It was Arizona’s first shutout since beating Simon (9-6) gave up one run and five hits gotten two games off after working three in a in 2014 - homered on a 3-2 pitch from A’s won his fourth straight decision to lead the San Francisco Giants 4-0 on June 14, and before limping off after throwing the second row. Miller (5-7) allowed a run on two hits in 7- starter Chris Bassitt (0-3) in the third. It was Washington to a victory over Pittsburgh. sixth of the season. Paul Goldschmidt and Jake pitch in the seventh. He came in with an ERA plus innings. The right-hander is 0-6 in his last Bumgarner’s third home run this season and Taylor capped the scoring with a two-run Lamb both had run-scoring hits in the first of 6.08 in nine road starts. 12 games, the longest winless slump by a ninth of his career. home run, his seventh, in the eighth inning off inning against Taylor Jungmann (5-2) for the Braves starter since Kenshin Kawakami went Bumgarner (11-5) also struck out seven rookie Arquimedes Caminero. Diamondbacks, who had four hits - two after WHITE SOX 10, INDIANS 3 14 games between victories in 2010. while working past the sixth inning - some- Gonzalez (8-4) lasted just five-plus inning the opening frame. Chris Sale allowed two runs in seven thing he failed to do in each of his previous and gave up three runs, one earned, and five innings and Chicago used a five-run first to YANKEES 8, TWINS 5 three starts. hits with no walks and five strikeouts. Yet the ORIOLES 5, RAYS 1 power past Cleveland. Sale (9-5) cruised after Alex Rodriguez hit three home runs in a Sergio Romo pitched the eighth and left-hander stayed unbeaten in his last five Chris Davis hit his fifth career grand slam being handed the big lead before taking the game for the fifth time in his career and keyed Santiago Casilla worked the ninth for his 25th starts and improved to 4-0 lifetime against the and Miguel Gonzalez took a shutout into the mound. The left-hander struck out seven to a ninth-inning rally against All-Star closer Glen save. Ben Zobrist had three hits and scored the Pirates. eighth inning as Baltimore ended a four-game regain the American League lead with 170. Perkins, sending New York over Minnesota. A’s only run in the fourth inning. The Nationals’ Yunel Escobar had three hits losing streak with a victory over Tampa Bay. Sale allowed seven hits and didn’t walk a bat- The Yankees trailed 5-0 early. Rodriguez hit after sitting out the previous two games with Gonzalez (9-6) allowed one run and five ter. Perkins’ first pitch for a tying homer, and John BLUE JAYS 8, MARINERS 6 a sore left wrist, while Ian Desmond homered hits over 7 2-3 innings to win for the third time Jose Abreu drove in three runs, Melky Ryan Murphy later connected for a three-run Chris Colabello’s two-run, bases-loaded sin- for a third straight game for the NL East lead- in his last four starts. The right-hander didn’t Cabrera was 3 for 5 with two RBIs and Carlos shot. gle in the ninth inning gave the Blue Jays a ers. A.J. Burnett (8-4) had another rocky out- issue a walk and struck out five. Sanchez hit his first major league homer. The ing. Davis hit his 22nd homer of the season White Sox, who came to Cleveland with six after J.J. Hardy, Jonathan Schoop and David losses in seven games, have outscored the PADRES 3, MARLINS 1 Lough singled to load the bases against Indians 24-4 in winning the first three games Ian Kennedy, being mentioned in various Erasmo Ramirez (8-4) in the third inning. of a series that ends Sunday. trade scenarios, pitched six strong innings and The Orioles added a run in the eighth when Carlos Carrasco (8-6) allowed six runs in San Diego defeated Miami. Kennedy (6-9) Lough tripled down the right field line and four innings. The right-hander hasn’t won allowed a run and five hits. He matched a sea- bounced up from his slide to jog home and since coming within one out of pitching a no- son high with seven strikeouts and walked score on second baseman Logan Forsythe’s hitter against Tampa Bay on July 1. —AP one. Kennedy has attracted interest from con- tending teams heading toward Friday’s trad- MLB results/standings ing deadline. David Phelps (4-7) gave up two runs over six innings. Philadelphia 5, Chicago Cubs 3 (10 Innings); Pittsburgh 7, Washington 5; Boston 2, Detroit 1 (11 innings); LA Derek Dietrich opened the seventh with a Dodgers 7, NY Mets 2; Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 1; Chicago White Sox 6, Cleve Land 0; Houston 4, Kansas City 0; home run, slicing the Marlins’ deficit to 2-1. J.T. Minnesota 10, NY Yankees 1; St. Louis 4, Atlanta 2; Colorado 6, Cincinnati 5; Milwaukee 2, Arizona 1; Texas 4, LA Realmuto followed with a triple and that Angels 2; San Diego 3, Miami 1; Seattle 5, Toronto 2; San Francisco 9, Oakland 3. chased Kennedy. Reliever Brandon Maurer came in and American League National League Eastern Division stranded the tying run when Adeiny Eastern Division W L PCT GB Washington 51 44 .537 - Hechavarria and Cole Gillespie grounded out NY Yankees 53 42 .558 - NY Mets 49 48 .505 3 to third and pinch-hitter Casey McGehee flied Tampa Bay 49 49 .500 5.5 Atlanta 45 51 .469 6.5 out. Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his Toronto 49 49 .500 5.5 Miami 41 56 .423 11 28th save in 29 chances. Baltimore 46 49 .484 7 Philadelphia 35 63 .357 17.5 Boston 43 54 .443 11 Central Division Central Division REDS 5, ROCKIES 2 St. Louis 62 34 .646 - Kansas City 57 38 .600 - Johnny Cueto shrugging off trade rumors Pittsburgh 56 40 .583 6 Minnesota 52 44 .542 5.5 and pitched eight scoreless innings, Todd Chicago Cubs 51 44 .537 10.5 Detroit 47 49 .490 10.5 Frazier connected for his 100th career home Cleveland 45 50 .474 12 Cincinnati 42 52 .447 19 run, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Colorado Chicago White Sox 44 50 .468 12.5 Milwaukee 43 54 .443 19.5 Rockies 5-2 Saturday night. Western Division Western Division Billy Hamilton had three hits and scored LA Angels 54 42 .563 - LA Dodgers 56 42 .571 - twice for the Reds. Cueto (7-6,) whose name Houston 55 43 .561 - San Francisco 52 44 .542 3 has come up repeatedly in potential trade- Texas 46 49 .484 7.5 San Diego 45 52 .464 10.5 Arizona 44 51 .463 10.5 CHICAGO: Philadelphia Phillies’ starting pitcher Cole Hamels delivers during the seventh deadline deals, put on a dominating display in Seattle 45 52 .464 9.5 Oakland 44 54 .449 11 Colorado 41 53 .436 13 inning of baseball game against the Chicago Cubs. —AP hitter-friendly Coors Field, limiting the power- hitting Rockies’ lineup to four singles before MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 SPORTS All Blacks win pleases Hansen

JOHANNESBURG: New Zealand Coach Steve Hansen admitted New Hansen believes the turning point of tal fortitude and the physical ability to year, Hansen remains wary of the threat replaced their regular brand of flair rug- Zealand were not quite at their best but the game came in the final 15 minutes keep getting up and making tackles.” posed by South Africa. by for a grittier version as the world was delighted with the courage shown when, trailing 20-17, New Zealand with- Hansen said the display was far from “They are developing a style of game champions rallied for a 27-20 Rugby by his team to stay in touch when the stood a goal-line battering by the vintage but he could not be prouder of that’s going to be difficult to combat, Championship victory over South Africa going got tough. Springboks. the effort. “We looked pretty sluggish at they have some very exciting young at Ellis Park on Saturday. Trailing for “It was 10-all at halftime and it prob- “It seemed like five minutes but was times but there was no lack of desire. backs and have a lot of pace in their most of the match, the All Blacks with- ably shouldn’t have been,” Hansen told probably only a couple of minutes on We defended our goal-line like our life backline,” he said. “They have also got stood enormous pressure from the reporters. “It should have been way our own goal-line,” Hansen added. “We depended on it and to a man we stood some brutal forwards, so they should be home side before a late piece of Richie more than that but that’s sport, if you defended our hearts out and showed a up.” pretty happy. “They are the number two McCaw lineout magic edged them don’t take the opportunities you are lot of courage. If they had scored then I With the All Blacks on a semi-finals team in the rankings and as we saw ahead and they were able to close out given then you are likely to get a bite on think it would have been very difficult collision course with the Springboks at there is nothing between the first and the contest. the bum.” to come back but we showed the men- the World Cup in England later in the the second team.”—Reuters

VIVA to hold briefing session for players to attend Real Madrid’s Training Program

KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing participants, they are so talented and and most developed telecom operator, have proven to be skilled players there- to hold a briefing session, today, for the fore we are happy to support them and ten players who will be participating in bring their dreams to be professional Real Madrid’s training program. Players football players to reality. We have were chosen earlier in March and have always been committed to supporting gathered to be briefed about the acade- youth of Kuwait and this program is one my’s rules and regulations before travel- of the initiatives that support our big ling to Madrid, Spain between 1 and 8 goal which contributing to the develop- August. ment of the Kuwait sports sector locally Players were selected from over 400 and internationally. participants who joined the Real Madrid The top 10 players will be chosen by try outs, which were held in March 2015, a joint judging committee consisting of and will get the opportunity to travel to Real Madrid coaches and Kuwait Madrid, Spain to join a training camp to National Football team leaders. Each of be educated and trained by the famous the players were judged on the basis of football team coaches. their foot-balling capability and talent, Real Madrid Academy is one of the physical fitness, discipline, their commu- leading football training institutions nication skills amongst each other as located in middle of the Spanish City, players and their general conduct on Madrid. Selected players will be accom- and off the field. The training program panied by a team from VIVA who will focused on different technical areas, surround them with care and attention such as dribbling, short passing, turning throughout the trip. Commenting on and finishing. The programs were also this initiative, Abdulrazzaq Bader Al Essa, designed to develop young players in Director of Corporate Communications other fields, such as tactical understand- at VIVA said: “We look forward to a suc- ing, and mental, physical and social cessful and productive trip for those 10 growth.

MENDOZA: Argentina Pumas’ Facuando Isa tackles Australia Wallabies’ Tevita Kuridrani during their Rugby Championship 2015 match at Malvinas Argentinas stadium. —AP Australia crush Pumas

MENDOZA: Australia crushed Argentina 34-9 through replacement lock Dean Mumm just game as place kicker, missed the conversion in Mendoza on Saturday, scoring four tries to before the hour before centre Tevita Kuridrani but slotted a penalty later in the half. Sanchez earn a bonus point and set up a Rugby and wing Adam Ashley-Cooper ran in two kept Argentina in touch with two penalties, Championship decider against New Zealand. more in the final three minutes for the bonus the second coming on the stroke of halftime. The Wallabies, who lost to the Pumas at the point. Flyhalf Bernard Foley kicked 14 points. Twice Australia had penalty decisions same venue last year, were more penetrative “It was great to come here and get the reversed for fouls in the first half as indisci- in attack and stronger in defence on Saturday, win,” Australia captain Stephen Moore said. pline, which had let them down in their though coach Michael Cheika knows he still “Argentina have a very strong scrum but like defeat in Mendoza last October, crept into has work to do if they are to challenge at this last week it was the boys who came off the their game. year’s World Cup. bench who made the difference.” Australia The Pumas’ 21-17 win over Australia last Argentina, who have been grouped with came from behind to edge the Springboks 24- year stands as their only victory in the tourna- defending champions New Zealand at the 20 late in last weekend’s match in Brisbane. ment. Folau was lucky not to be yellow carded World Cup in England, could muster only The Wallabies, who had threatened to in the seventh minute for barging into three penalties from flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez. breach the Pumas defence during a six- Sanchez’s back as the flyhalf rose to catch an Australia go into the decider in Sydney in minute onslaught to start the match, made Australian crosskick. two weeks’ time equal on nine points with the breakthrough when Argentina’s Sanchez Replacement back Quade Cooper was sent New Zealand after the All Blacks’ 27-20 victory kicked ahead from inside his own half and the to the sin bin in the second half for a neck- over South Africa in Johannesburg. ball was fielded by Israel Folau. high tackle but Argentina failed to take Australia drew first blood with wing Joe The fullback launched a lightning counter- advantage of their extra man, showing a lot of Tomane’s 17th-minute try and went in 8-6 attack, passing left to Foley who sent Tomane good running with the ball but little real pen- ahead at half-time. They ran in a second try over in the corner. Foley, who had a mixed etration. —Reuters

Salas surges Hearn closes in ahead at on Canadian Open OAKVILLE: A star-studded group that includes LPGA Classic Australian Jason Day and American Bubba Watson will attempt to prevent Canada’s David Hearn from making MICHIGAN: American Lizette Salas, bid- history at the RBC Canadian Open yesterday. No ding for a second LPGA title, made a fast Canadian has won the national golf championship since start and strong finish to take a command- Pat Fletcher in 1954. ing four-shot lead after the third round of Hearn, however, shot a solid four-under 68 to give the Meijer LPGA Classic in Grand Rapids, himself a two-shot cushion at 15-under-par 201 after Michigan on Saturday. three rounds at Glen Abbey on Saturday. The 26-year-old from California birdied Day and Watson sit two shots behind the Canadian, three of the first four holes, and three in a while Americans Brooks Koepka and Michael Putnam row in the last five, to fire a sizzling seven- were at 12 under. American Jim Furyk and Colombia’s under-par 64 in bright sunshine at the tree- Camilo Villegas headline a group of five at 11-under. “It lined Blythefield Country Club. doesn’t really matter what names are where or who is Salas, whose maiden LPGA Tour victory doing what,” Hearn said. “If I can keep playing the way I came at last year’s Kingsmill Championship, have these first three days, I really like my chances.” posted a 16-under total of 197 to end the day four ahead of compatriots Lexi Watson, who has come from behind in the final Thompson (68) and Kris Tamulis (67). round to win seven of his eight-career wins, Koepka, Germany’s Caroline Masson birdied the Furyk and Putnam each matched Hearn’s four-under last three holes for a 65 to finish at 10 third round. under, level with Americans Brittany Villegas fired a 67, while Day rallied with six birdies in Lincicome (65), Alison Lee (70), Gerina Piller his final seven holes for 69. “It would be great to see a (69) and Katie Burnett (66), and South Canadian win, but I’m going to do my best to spoil that,” Korea’s Ryu So-yeon (65). said Day, who finished tied for fourth at the British Open “I made a couple of little changes after last Monday. ANA, after missing the cut, and just gradu- The 36-year-old Hearn, who hails from nearby ally things have been coming together,” Brantford and grew up five blocks away from Wayne Salas told Golf Channel, referring to the Gretzky’s childhood home, received a lift from the sup- year’s opening major, the ANA Inspiration portive Canadian crowd. in April. “It was so much fun to play in front of these home- “Hopefully I’ll hold up that trophy town crowds,” he said. “They were just amazing to play tomorrow.” Salas tied for 14th in her previ- in front of. It’s something I’ll always remember.” ous LPGA event, the US Women’s Open. Hearn’s bid to end the 61-year Canadian drought in “Just coming off a good finish at the Open this tournament is the best showing since Mike Weir really gives me that boost of confidence,” lost in a three-hole playoff to Vijay Singh in 2004. Weir she said. entered the final round with a three-shot advantage Joint leader overnight with Thompson over Singh. and Lee, Salas made a rousing start with Hearn has yet to win in 166 PGA Tour events, though four birdies in her opening nine holes giv- he came close in a playoff loss to Danny Lee earlier this ing her an outward nine of four-under 32 BELMONT: Lizette Salas drives on the third hole during the final round of the Meijer LPGA Classic golf tournament. —AP month at the Greenbrier Classic and to Jordan Spieth at and a two-shot advantage. the 2013 John Deere Classic. Though Thompson briefly cut the lead and never relinquished her grip. “I hit it in the rough quite a bit today South Korean world number one Park In- His last professional win came at the Alberta Classic to one with birdies at 10 and 11, Salas The long-hitting Thompson, who won which didn’t allow me to have the birdie bee, who lost a playoff for last year’s on the Web.com Tour in August 2004. “I’m excited about responded with a hat-trick of birdies from her first major title at last year’s Kraft opportunities I needed out there,” said the Meijer LPGA Classic to compatriot Mirim my opportunity,” Hearn said. “I’m looking forward to it the par-three 14th, where she hit her tee Nabisco Championship, was let down by 20-year-old American, who is ranked 13th Lee, carded a 66 and stands seven strokes and I’d like to have a putt to win this golf tournament shot to within two feet, to storm four ahead erratic driving. and has five LPGA wins to her credit. off the pace. —Reuters on the last hole.” —Reuters MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 SPORTS

SRI LANKA: Pakistan cricketers pose after their team’s series victory following the fifth and final one day international (ODI)ricket c match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan. —AFP Sri Lanka end Pakistan ODI series with big win

HAMBANTOTA: Kusal Perera led Sri Lanka’s Kusal reached his second century after a eted list headed by Indian great Sachin strong batting display to give the hosts a com- 164-run stand for the first wicket with Dilshan, Tendulkar, who had 18,426 ODI runs. Mathews SCOREBOARD prehensive, but academic, 165-run win over who became only the 11th batsman and the and Siriwardana added a brisk 114 off just 55 Pakistan in the fifth and final one-dayer in fourth Sri Lankan to compile 10,000 one-day deliveries for the undefeated fifth wicket to HAMBANTOTA: Scoreboard of the fifth and final one-day international between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Hambantota yesterday. runs. complete Sri Lanka’s best batting display of Hambantota yesterday: The left-handed opener struck 116 off 109 Skipper Angelo Mathews hammered an the series. balls and Tillakaratne Dilshan joined the unbeaten 70 and Milinda Siriwardana clubbed Mathews hit eight boundaries and two six- Sri Lanka: Sarfraz Ahmed run out 27 10,000-run ODI club as Sri Lanka piled up their 52 not out off 26 balls as Sri Lanka plundered es, while left-handed all-rounder Siriwardana K. Perera run out 116 Shoaib Malik c Thirimanne b T. Perera 11 highest one-day total against Pakistan of 368- 136 runs in the last 11 overs to surpass their smacked four fours and three sixes. T. Dilshan run out 62 Mohammad Rizwan c Chandimal b T. Perera 29 4 in 50 overs. previous best against Pakistan of 349-9 in Azhar said Pakistan were keen to sign off L. Thirimanne c Rizwan b Rahat 30 Pakistan managed only 203 in reply, but Singapore in 1996. on a winning note, but conceded Sri Lanka Imad Wasim c and b Senanayake 15 D. Chandimal c Sarfraz b Rahat 29 took the series 3-2 to build on their 2-1 suc- “It was a clinical performance, but unfortu- played a better game. “We really wanted to Anwar Ali c T. Perera b Gamage 11 cess in the preceding Test series, clinching a nately it came a bit too late,” Mathews said. win this match, but credit must go to Sri A. Mathews not out 70 Yasir Shah c T. Perera b Senanayake 9 M. Siriwardana not out 52 double in Sri Lanka for the first time since “We had to go back to our basics, especially in Lanka,” the Pakistan captain said. Rahat Ali c Senanayake b Siriwardana 0 Extras: (lb6, w3) 9 2006. the bowling department. “I am very happy we won the series. We Mohammad Irfan not out 4 Pakistan were sailing at 116-2 in the 20th “We also showed a bit of improvement in played positive cricket all through and the Total (for four wickets, 50 overs) 368 Extras: (lb1, w2, nb4) 7 over following an opening partnership of 51 the fielding, but one needs to keep improving.” fielding was very good. It was after a long time Fall of wickets: 1-164 (Dilshan), 2-212 (K. Perera), 3-219 Total (all out, 37.2 overs) 203 between skipper Azhar Ali and Ahmed Kusal, whose only other one-day ton came that we saw a Pakistani side field so well.” (Thirimanne), 4-254 (Chandimal) Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Shehzad), 2-71 (Azhar), 3-116 Shehzad, before the last eight wickets crashed against Bangladesh last year, smashed nine The hosts made three changes from the Bowling: Irfan 10-1-73-0 (w1), Anwar 9-0-71-0, Rahat for 87 runs. boundaries and four sixes before he was run last match, dropping sling-arm fast bowler 10-0-74-2 (w1), Imad 3-0-27-0 (w1), Malik 10-0-44-0, (Hafeez), 4-121 (Sarfraz), 5-140 (Malik), 6-170 (Imad), Mohammad Hafeez (37) and Azhar (35) out in the 34th over. Lasith Malinga, seamer Nuwan Pradeep and 7-178 (Rizwan), 8-197 (Yasir), 9-197 (Anwar), 10-203 were the principal contributors as the tourists The flamboyant Dilshan reached the Sachith Pathirana. Yasir 8-0-73-0. faltered badly under lights despite good bat- 10,000-run landmark in his 319th match when They were replaced by Senanayake, Thisara (Rahat). ting conditions. he took a single off Shoaib Malik to move to Perera and fast bowler Lahiru Gamage. Pakistan: Bowling: Gamage 10-0-62-1 (nb4, w1), Lakmal 6-0-35- Off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake claimed 55, before he was run out for 62. Pakistan retained the same team. Pakistan will Azhar Ali run out 35 0 (w1), Senanayake 8-1-39-3, T. Perera 8-0-38-2, 3-39 in his first appearance in the series, while The 38-year-old now has 10,007 runs, join- round off their six-week tour with two Ahmed Shehzad st Chandimal b Senanayake 18 Mathews 3-0-9-1, Siriwardana 2.2-0-19-1. seamer Thisara Perera chipped in with two ing compatriots Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Twenty20 internationals in Colombo on July Mohammad Hafeez lbw Mathews 37 Sri Lanka won by 165 runs; Pakistan take series 3-2. wickets. Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene in a cov- 30 and August 1.—AFP Form not fitness behind Clarke’s struggle

DERBY: Australia captain Michael Clarke’s run of modest scores is not being exacerbated by his longstanding physical problems, according to team batting coach Michael di Venuto. The 34-year-old Clarke is one of the outstanding batsmen of his generation, having scored over 8,500 Test runs, including 28 hundreds, at an aver- age of more than 50. But he has compiled just two centuries in his last 26 Test innings and hasn’t made a fifty at that level since returning on Australia’ recent tour of the West Indies. LAS VEGAS: Sergey Kovalev (right) and Nadjib Mohammedi trade punches during Clarke has had to cope with a chronic back their light heavyweight title boxing bout on Saturday. —AP complaint throughout his career but there are con- cerns that recent hamstring trouble has only made that condition worse. Kovalev retains light He hasn’t looked his typical elegant self at the crease so far on the Ashes tour and, with the five- match series level at 1-1 following his side’s 405- heavyweight titles run thrashing of England at Lord’s, Australia would love to see Clarke back to his best come the third LAS VEGAS: Sergey Kovalev had little trou- decision to set up a possible rematch with Test at Edgbaston, which starts on Wednesday. ble taking care of business against an out- Kovalev, who stopped him in the eighth Di Venuto said that was possible given Clarke Michael Clarke matched Nadjib Mohammedi. Now he can round of their first fight. was suffering from no more than the kind of lean at Lord’s last Sunday also rule his fellow left-hander run out for 99 in the Boxing Day Test against India look forward to a homecoming bout in The bout will have to wait until after spell which afflicts all batsmen at some stage of out of the third Test. The older son of former in Melbourne. Di Venuto, though, has been heart- Moscow. Kovalev fights in Moscow, though, and their careers. Australia opener Geoff Marsh, Shaun’s 14 Tests ened by Marsh’s recent form. Kovalev stopped Mohammedi in the perhaps longer if he is able to get a fight “He seems unrestricted and he hasn’t had a have yielded just two hundreds — 141 against Sri “For someone who hasn’t had a history of scor- third round Saturday night, retaining his with unbeaten Andre Ward next spring. problem since, so I certainly don’t think that’s any Lanka at Pallekelle in 2011 and 148 against South ing a lot of hundreds, I think what we’re seeing light heavyweight titles in a fight that was “If Pascal is interested in a rematch I am reason why he hasn’t been able to get a big score Africa at Centurion in 2014. recently is fantastic,” he said. “It’s brilliant we’ve got a mismatch from the start. ready,” Kovalev said. “It is boxing. I am of late,” di Venuto told Australian media during the Last year also saw him suffer the agony of being someone on the fringes ready to go.” —AFP The unbeaten Russian dropped ready for anybody. Kovalev improved to drawn tour match with Derbyshire. Mohammedi in the second round with a 28-0-1 with 25 knockouts, while “I thought he looked pretty good in the World series of right hands, then put him down Mohammedi fell to 38-4. Cup final for his 70-odd. And he looked pretty for good with a combination in the third Pascal (30-3-1) won by a 96-94 margin good when he couldn’t move when he scored a Rogers starts out on round. Mohammedi got to his knees but in the 10-round bout on all three score- hundred when his back was no good against India. was holding his nose as if it was broken cards to hand Gonzalez (16-1) his first loss. “As batsmen, you go through little patches and referee Kenny Bayless called a halt to The decision was loudly booed by the where things don’t quite click,” added di Venuto. road to recovery the bout at 2:38 of the third. Promoter crowd at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino, Di Venuto, however, was confident a big score Kathy Duva said Kovalev will return to the and met with disbelief by Gonzalez him- from Clarke was just around the corner. “He’s not DERBY: Chris Rogers returned to Australia (Friday) night. “He will continue to increase his ring Nov. 28 in Moscow, likely against fel- self. too far away. He knows how to go about it and how colours on Saturday, albeit running drinks in the level of activity over the next couple of days and low Russian Artur Beterbiev. Gonzalez had to be restrained in his to get himself back scoring runs. role of 12th man, as he took the first steps will be closely monitored by team medical staff.” “Sergey is really anxious to fight in corner as he lashed out after the decision “You can’t do that in the nets. You’ve got to do towards proving his fitness to play in next week’s Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh, who Russia,” Duva said. Kovalev, who stopped was announced. “It was a great fight, very that out in the middle,” added 41-year-old di third Ashes Test against England at Edgbaston. took four wickets on Saturday, said of Rogers: Jean Pascal in his last fight in March in close,” Pascal said. “I’m glad to give the fans Venuto, who played nine one-day internationals for The 37-year-old opening batsman suc- “He’s back to his normal chirpy self. It’s always Montreal, was defending his 175-pound another candidate for fight of the year Australia but did not win a Test cap. cumbed to a sudden bout of dizziness during nice to have ‘Bucky’ around the group. crown against the mandatory challenger because that’s what I think happened.” Clarke spent more than 90 minutes batting on the second Ashes Test at Lord’s last Sunday. “I’m sure he’s feeling much better now, so from France. Mohammedi was so little Pascal, who was stopped in March by Saturday, making 44 not out after promoting him- There were concerns that Rogers was a victim of we’ll have to wait and see. I’m sure he’s going to thought of that Las Vegas oddsmakers Kovalev in his last fight in his hometown of self to open Australia’s second innings at Derby. delayed concussion, having been struck on the train over the next few days.” would not even accept bets on the fight. “I Montreal, took a lot of punishment early, Having fallen for 16 in the first innings, Clarke helmet by England paceman James Anderson on At Lord’s, after two overs’ play last Sunday, wanted more rounds,” Kovalev said. “I getting hit with several big right hands by had made 19 on Saturday when Derbyshire wicket- the second day of the match. Rogers crouched down by the side of the pitch wanted him to look like a clown. I wanted the aggressive Gonzalez. He rebounded in keeper Harvey Hosein dropped a difficult diving But a week of examinations by specialists in and then sat motionless before eventually going him to look foolish.” Mohammedi, who the later rounds, though, as Gonzalez chance. That reprieve apart, Clarke was rarely trou- London concluded that Rogers was suffering off on 49 not out. fought most of his career in France, seemed to tire. “I am so sad. I was the real bled and, if not exactly fluent, a couple of drives from a balance problem in the inner ear. Rogers played no further part in Australia’s blamed his loss on being thumbed in the fighter,” Gonzalez said. “That was taken hinted at better days ahead. “I’m sure a big score is Before the third and final day’s play in crushing 405-run win, which levelled the series eye and not being able to see. But he did from me. He did not win, I did. I am the real not too far away,” said di Venuto. Australia’s drawn tour match with Derbyshire in at 1-1, having helped establish their strong posi- little against Kovalev, who urged him to winner.” The fight was entertaining, with “He’s meticulous in his preparation. He’s playing Derby on Saturday, Rogers walked round the tion at Lord’s with a Test-best 173 in the first get up and continue fighting after being both boxers more than willing to trade well in the nets, he’s preparing well. He just needs ground and had a gentle knock-up on the out- innings. knocked down in the third. punches. On several occasions Gonzalez a bit of luck.” Someone for whom luck is not an field with the bat. He was not scheduled to play against “I told him to stand up,” Kovalev said. “It seemed to rock Pascal, though the former issue at the moment is Shaun Marsh. His 101 Team doctor Peter Brukner, in a Cricket Derbyshire in any event and now has a few more was a short show. People didn’t see box- champion landed some good right hands against Derbyshire was the reserve opener’s sec- Australia statement issued prior to play starting days to prove his fitness for international cricket ing.” of his own. “I was controlling the fight,” ond hundred in three innings this tour. on Saturday, said: “Chris continues to improve ahead of Wednesday’s start at Birmingham’s Earlier, Pascal overcame a slow start to Pascal said. “The fight was following exact- Marsh is now waiting to see if the balance prob- and has re-joined the team in Nottingham last Edgbaston ground. —AFP beat Yunieski Gonzalez by unanimous ly the rhythm I wanted.” —AP lems that forced opener Chris Rogers off the field MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 SPORTS Busch captures Xfinity race

INDIANAPOLIS: Kyle Busch spent the last tomorrow.” Blaney, meanwhile, was dis- 10 laps desperately chasing Ryan Blaney. traught. After Busch took the outside line When the old pro finally caught up, the 21- on the final restart of the race, Blaney out- year-old youngster flinched. raced Busch into the first turn, took the As Blaney attempted to pass a slower lead on Lap 76 and held it-until he encoun- car in the back straightaway Saturday on tered the slower car of Derrick Cope. the final laps, Blaney’s car wiggled, Busch Blaney moved toward the wall with ducked inside, raced past and held on to Busch near his tail end. That forced Blaney’s win the Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis car to bobble and gave Busch the chance for the second time in three years. to slip inside. The 0.421-second victory margin was “Not many can say they had a chance to the closest of the four races held on win at the Brickyard and gave it away,” Indianapolis’ historic 2.5- mile-oval. Rookie Blaney said. “But I did just that, so I think I’m Daniel Suarez of Mexico finished third. the only one in that category. So I’m lead- “It’s cool and it’s great and all, and made ing that category. That’s definitely going to for an exciting last lap,” Busch said. “We just sting for a long time.” How bad was it? never should have been in that position to After the race, Blaney referred to himself begin with. If it wasn’t for a mistake by the as a “bad driver’ and said the mistake would car in front of us, we would have lost today.” go down as a “laughingstock” for a long Instead, it was yet another stunning chap- time. ter in Busch’s remarkable comeback. Neither Blaney nor Busch can allow Since missing the first three months of Saturday’s results to linger. Both are sched- the season after breaking his right leg and uled to start Sunday’s Brickyard 400. While left foot in the Xfinity opener at Daytona, Blaney acknowledged it won’t be easy to the 30-year-old Cup regular has reached get over Saturday’s close call, Busch may victory lane five times - twice on the Xfinity have an even more difficult challenge - circuit and three in the Sprint Cup Series. getting back to 100 percent overnight. But He also won the pole Saturday, his third celebrating another win will help. straight at Indy, and has won two of “Fortunately there on that long run, I was NASCAR’s last three undercard races here. behind Blaney and I was faster than he But Busch had to sweat this one out. “I’m was, I could keep up with him, I could draft still kind of warm. I’m not even cool in here on him a little bit,” he said. “It’s real tough yet and I’m soaking wet,” he said after to time, and there really was no timing on BUDAPEST: Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany kisses his trophy after winning the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix. —AP extending his career wins record to 72. “I that. With that kind of run, there’s no just have to get dry and get some fluids in blocking that kind of run. It didn’t matter me tonight, take it easy and get ready for what he was going to do.”—AP Vettel wins action-packed Hungarian GP

BUDAPEST: Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel won took fifth to give struggling McLaren a much- who found his racing line impeded by Rosberg As Pan Am Games near end, an action-packed Hungarian Grand Prix for the needed boost. The race completely changed and went off into the gravel on the side, tum- first time yesterday, while Nico Rosberg saw his after German driver Nico Hulkenberg crashed bling down the leaderboard. Ricciardo, the win- chance to catch Lewis Hamilton in the title race and the virtual safety car came out, with Vettel ner here last year, made a poor start and Toronto ponders Olympic bid disappear with a puncture near the end. in total control at that point. bumped into the Williams of Finnish driver Four-time F1 champion Vettel started third With five laps to go and Hamilton well out of Valtteri Bottas. TORONTO: Canada was putting a golden flyweight crown with a split decision over on the grid. It was his 41st career win - moving contention, Rosberg was catching Vettel. But Meanwhile, Hamilton was pushing his brakes finish on the Pan American Games by win- American world champion and 2012 him level with Brazilian great Ayrton Senna - Ricciardo - the winner here last year - tried a to the limit as he clawed his way back from ning five events on Saturday but with one Olympic bronze medallist Marlen Esparza. and his first since the Malaysian GP in the sec- daring overtaking move and instead ran into 10th, passing Massa with a brilliant overtaking day to go officials were casting an eye at a Canada’s newest sprint sensation Andre ond race of this season. Red Bull took advan- the back of the German driver, puncturing move and overtaking Mexican driver Sergio bigger prize-a possible bid for the 2024 De Grasse, winner of the 100 and 200m tage of late chaos as Russian driver Daniil Kvyat Rosberg’s left tire. Stewards took no action after Perez soon after. Olympics. Emboldened by a Pan Am Games titles, had looked poised to sign off with a placed second and Daniel Ricciardo, who investigating the incident. With Bottas and Red Bull’s Daniil Kvyat pit- that has seen Canada post record medal third gold by helping Canada win the clipped Rosberg, took third. “The laps were ticking down and I had to try ting, Hamilton moved into sixth. Up ahead, the totals and win positive reviews for a well- 4x100m relay. Vettel’s win put the German driver back into something,” Ricciardo said. “To be honest the Ferraris were pulling away from Rosberg and organised and entertaining competition, But the team was later disqualified for the title race, as Hamilton finished sixth and move was late but it was clean. Nico saw me Hamilton was still a massive 30 seconds behind Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) presi- stepping outside of their lane giving the Rosberg placed eighth. Vettel dedicated his win and left me room on the entry.” Vettel by lap 17. dent Marcel Aubut told host broadcaster top spot to the United States. There was no to Jules Bianchi, the French driver who died last Instead of gaining points from Hamilton, Then, two laps later, Perez went off track CBC that he will, “absolutely lead and advo- disputing a dominating performance by week at the age of 25 from injuries sustained in Rosberg slipped further back in the title race. after being nudged by Lotus driver Pastor cate with the whole power of my office that the Americans in the women’s 4x100m a head-on crash at the Japanese GP last “I’ll just keep going. It was close,” Rosberg said. Maldonado - who was given a drivethrough Toronto becomes the host city for 2024 relay with 17-year-old Kaylin Whitney run- October. “There is a good chance I could pass Lewis in penalty. Olympic Games.” Toronto mayor John Tory ning the anchor leg to bring the baton “Merci Jules, cette victoire est pour toi,” the world championship sometime soon.” Hamilton took his first pit stop on lap 20, has also refused to write off a run at the home well ahead of Jamaica. (Thank you Jules, this win is for you),” Vettel said Heading into the summer break, Hamilton switching to soft tires, and Rosberg came in on 2024 Summer Games and throwing the With one day remaining and only a in French on race radio, before continuing in extended his lead over Rosberg by four point to 21 for a different strategy on the less quick but city’s hat in a ring that already includes handful of medals still to be awarded the English. “You are always in our hearts, sooner or 21 - 202 vs 181 - while Vettel on 160 has clawed more resistant mediums. Vettel and Ricciardo Paris, Rome, Boston, Budapest, Hungary United States lead with 102 gold and 261 later we know you would have been in this back his deficit on Hamilton to 42. pitted on 22, then Raikkonen. and Hamburg, Germany. total medals and cannot be caught at the team.” It is the first time Hamilton has failed to finish With one third of the race completed, Vettel But the clock is ticking and Toronto will top of the table. A poignant minute’s silence was held in hon- on the podium since the Belgian GP last August, had a comfortable lead over Raikkonen and have to decide quickly with the Canada will finish second reaching 77 or of Bianchi before the race, with drivers form- where he was nudged off the track by Rosberg Rosberg. Pushing hard, Hamilton got past International Olympic Committee (IOC) gold and surging to 215 medals overall. The ing a ring and placing their race helmets on the and retired. Ricciardo on lap 30 and was gaining time fast having set a Sept. 15 deadline for interest- United States picked up gold in the men’s ground. “Today was weird. Do I deserve any points? I on Rosberg. ed cities to submit a letter of intent. team foil, women’s volleyball, women’s “Mentioning Senna’s record is something didn’t give up and drove as hard as I could,” Then everything changed following The penultimate day produced another table tennis singles, equestrian individual incredible. I don’t know how to put this in Hamilton said, reflecting on “one of the worst Hulkenberg’s crash. The German driver was record for Canada cycling’s Jasmin Glaesser, jumping and in the ring with Antonio words. But nevertheless this is for Jules and his performances I’ve put in in a long, long time ... it unhurt as his Force India car was towed away by who took gold in the women’s road race to Vargas winning men’s flyweight title. family,” Vettel said. “We know it has been an shows we are human.” Starting from pole posi- a crane. claim the host’s 197th medal, eclipsing the The heat returned for the final weekend incredibly tough week, and for all of us very dif- tion for the ninth time in 10 races this season, “Definitely from our point of view there was mark of 196 set at the 1999 Pan Am Games of competition but it was no problem for ficult, so this one is for him.” and 47th overall, Hamilton got away cleanly . no need for that (the safety car),” Vettel said. “It in Winnipeg. Cuba’s Richer Perez, who won the men’s Bianchi’s mother Christine and father But the race was re-started because Brazilian obviously made it a lot more interesting in the “Today, Canada broke its all-time medal marathon, and Yorgelis Rodriguez, who Philippe, brother Tom and sister Melanie joined driver Felipe Massa was out of position on the end.” Once they resumed racing, Vettel held total at a Pan Am Games by reaching 197 ended a long day with heptathlon gold. them as they all linked arms on the grid. When they restarted, Hamilton got stuck as firm, Rosberg surged ahead of Kimi Raikkonen’s medals,” COC president Marcel Aubut said Cubans also slugged their way to three Hungaroring grid. Rosberg surged past him. With the two Ferraris fading Ferrari, and Hamilton’s hopes were end- in a statement. “This is an outstanding golds in the ring with Julio La Cruz in the “I gave it everything and I owe my race to surging behind them, the four jostled for posi- ed as he made contact with Ricciardo and had achievement and reflects the hard work of light heavyweight (81kg), Lenier Pero in Jules,” Ricciardo said. “I gained extra strength tion going into the first corner. to come in for a new front wing. Hamilton’s mis- our athletes, coaches and National Sport super heavyweight (91+) and Lazaro today and I owe that to him.” In a thrilling finale, Vettel got ahead, Hamilton dropped behind, ery was compounded when he was given a dri- Federations.” Alvarez, bronze medallist at the London 17-year-old Max Verstappen just missed out on and Raikkonen then got on the inside of vethrough penalty. Sensing victory, Rosberg There was more to come as Derek Olympics, defending his Pan Am light- becoming the youngest ever podium finisher Rosberg, prompting delirious scenes in the was right behind Vettel with 10 laps to go. Drouin, the Olympic and world bronze weight title. when he placed fourth and Fernando Alonso Ferrari garage. Worse was to come for Hamilton, Minutes later, those hopes were dashed.—AP medallist in the high jump, and women’s Brazil had a big day in the team events, team foil added gold to the Canadian total. beating Canada 86-71 for men’s basketball There was also gold in the boxing ring gold and Argentina for the handball title. for the hosts, Caroline Veyre winning the The Brazilian women grabbed another gold women’s lightweight title while Mandy with a 4-0 rout of Colombia in the soccer US make history with synchro gold Bujold successfully defended her Pan Am final. —Reuters KAZAN: Bill May and Christina Jones of the United States made history yester- day when they became the first world champions of a mixed synchronised swim- ming event. May and Jones scored 88.5108 points to defeat Russia’s Alexander Maltsev and Darina Valitova (88.2986) with the bronze going to Giorgio Minisini and Manila Flamini of Italy (86.3640). It was the first time since 1973 and the creation of the world championships that men and women have taken part in the same synchro event. Russia’s Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina won gold in the technical syn- chronised duo event as the country maintained its eight- year stranglehold on the event. They scored 95.4672 points with China’s Huang Xuechen and Sun Wenyan winning silver with 93.3279 and bronze going to Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui of Japan with 92.0079. The day’s final medal event saw China’s Chen Aisen and Lin Yue win the 10m syn- chro men’s diving gold. Aisen and Yue scored 495.72 points with Mexico’s Ivan Garcia Navarro and German Saul Sanchez winning silver with 448.89 and Russia’s securing Roman Izmailov and Victor TORONTO: Women’s heptathlon gold medalist Yorgelis Rodriguez, of Cuba, waves Minibaev securing bronze KAZAN: Japan’s mixed duet Atsushi Abe (not seen) and Yumi Adachi compete in the Mixed Duet Technical final to fans during the medal ceremony at the Pan Am Games. —AP with 441.33.—AFP during the synchronised swimming competition at the 2015 FINA World Championships.—AFP MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 SPORTS South America toughest group, says Pekerman

ST PETERSBURG: South America is still the as high-risk opponents.”Remarkably, the most difficult continent to qualify for the South American group has used exactly the World Cup from, Colombia coach Jose same order of fixtures for the last four Pekerman said after draw on Saturday. World Cup qualifying competitions, from Teams face long journeys and must play 2002 to 2014, but this time it was decided in heat, cold and high altitude during the to make a change. marathon 18-match, two-year campaign Saturday’s draw, while not sorting the but Pekerman said it was also the quality of teams into groups, established the order of the opposition which made qualifying from matches and landed crisis-torn Brazil with a South America such a challenge. tough start at Copa America champions “It’s always been (the most difficult) and Chile. now, it’s even more so,” he told Reuters. “If Argentina will host Ecuador while you analyse the last World Cup, six out of Uruguay must travel to La Paz to face the 10 South American teams were pres- Bolivia at 3,600 metres above sea level. ent, five of them got into the last 16 and Brazil will always be missing Neymar as he four of them knocked each other out when completes a four-match suspension any of those could have reached the final,” imposed at the Copa America. he said. “It’s always nice at the draw, the prob- Pekerman, who led his side to the quar- lems start when you start playing,” Brazil ter-finals in 2014, added that traditionally coach Dunga told reporters. “Neymar will moderate teams like Ecuador, Paraguay be us for the rest of the qualifiers, so we and Venezuela had improved significantly. have to think about the whole competition “We have all these teams trying to qualify and not just the first two games. for the World Cup,” he said. “In a long competition, you have good “The others have improved a lot, they moments, not so good moments and when have developed, they have players in things get difficult, you have to be able to Europe, in important leagues, they have react. “A team is not built on technical qual- experience and this gap that existed before ity, you have to have personality, you need is getting smaller all the time. dedication and you have to know how to “You have to take them all very seriously suffer.” —Reuters

Russia getting on with WCup CHESTER: Panama’s Luis Mejia blocks a ball during the penalty kick shootout in the CONCACAF Gold Cup third place soccer match against job as FIFA fights scandal United States. —AP

ST. PETERSBURG: As he shared the stage redesigned three times,” project director with FIFA’s departing president Sepp Lazutkin said Monday. “That required Blatter, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s quite a long time for redesign work and Panama defeat US on message was simple. FIFA may be in also for rebuilding the stadium.” chaos, but Russia is getting on with the Since a Soviet-era stadium on the site job. “I’d like to emphasize again that all the was demolished in 2006, the Zenit Arena plans to prepare for the World Cup will be project has seen not only cost rises, but penalties in Gold Cup fulfilled,” Putin said, standing alongside fraud investigations into subcontractors, the embattled Blatter at Saturday’s prelim- the death of Japanese architect Kurio inary draw for the 2018 tournament. Kurosawa and political disputes. PHILADELPHIA: Reserve goalkeeper Luis Mejia handed another humiliating embarrassment by Anibal Godoy and Americans Yedlin and Tim “Hosting it is one of our key tasks.” Now the stadium’s roof has been fitted denied the last three US shooters and suspen- a Panama side that was 1-12 with three drawn Chandler. Against the backdrop of Swiss authori- and work is under way to put in the seats, sion-weakened Panama edged the United against the US team in prior matches. The Canaleros, who cried robbery after a ties investigating how the 2018 World Cup Lazutkin says the first games could be States 3-2 on penalties Saturday to claim third It was the first penalty shoot-out for the controversial 89th-minute foul call in the semi- was awarded to Russia, the draw was held held in little more than a year’s time. place in the Gold Cup. After the teams played to Americans since they beat Panama 3-1 in the final set up Mexico’s penalty kick equalizer, in St. Petersburg, both Putin’s home town Calling the stadium “disgraceful” is no a 1-1 draw through extra time, Aron Johannsson 2005 Gold Cup final. The US beat Panama 1-0 in faced the US team without starting goalkeeper and the site of the most troubled of all the longer possible, he insists, adding: “Mr and Clint Dempsey scored for the Americans last year’s Gold Cup final. Jaime Penedo and top scorer Luis Tejada, each 12 World Cup stadiums. Medvedev said that earlier. Now he has a while Roman Torres and Abdiel Arroyo Panama striker Roberto Nurse charged into suspended two matches on Friday by regional For years, the construction of St. different opinion, as far as I know.” One of answered for Panama in the shoot-out. Fabian the penalty area, faked past US defender John governing body CONCACAF. Petersburg’s 68,000-seat arena - due to Russia’s 12 World Cup arenas is raising Johnson sent his shot over the crossbar but US Brooks and curled in a left-footed shot around Penedo was banned for pushing the assis- host a semifinal in 2018 - was a costly, concerns, however. Construction is fully goalkeeper Brad Guzan responded by diving US goalkeeper Brad Guzan to open the scoring tant referee after the semi-final loss while Tejada repeatedly delayed symbol of Russian under way at every stadium but the one in right to deny Armando Cooper and keep the in the 55th minute. was banned one game for a red card and anoth- state inefficiency, so bad that Prime the western exclave of Kaliningrad, near shoot-out level. The Americans brought strikers DeAndre er for not promptly leaving the pitch when Minister Dmitry Medvedev publicly said it the Polish border. Mejia then dove right to stop US captain Yedlin of Tottenham Hotspur and Clint Dempsey ejected in the 25th minute against Mexico. Both looked “disgraceful.” That stadium was caught in a political Michael Bradley and after Panama’s Harold of Seattle, a former Fulham and Spurs standout, will miss Panama’s next international match as Finally, almost a decade after construc- tug-of-war between the regional and fed- Cummings scored, Mejia denied DaMarcus off the bench in the 60th minute and in the well. Until the Jamaica shocker, no regional rival tion began, it is close to completion. eral governments over its location. By the Beasley to secure the podium spot in the bien- 70th they combined on the equalizer. had ever denied the Americans a berth in the Estimated at 75 percent ready by project time the regional authorities’ costlier plan nial North and Central American regional foot- Yedlin controled the ball with his chest in the Gold Cup final. South American guest invitee chief Vitaly Lazutkin, much of the remain- to put the stadium on an island prevailed, ball championship. penalty area and flipped a pass right to Brazil stopped the US squad 1-0 in a 1996 semi- ing work is focused on installing seats and precious time had been lost. For the Americans, it marked the second Dempsey, who blasted the ball into the vacant final and 2-1 in a 2003 semi-final while 2000 finishing off complex systems such as the The stadium’s design has only been time in four days they had been upset by a team net to pull the US level. special guest Colombia beat the US team on retractable roof and movable pitch. signed off by a federal architecture watch- which had only beaten them once before. It marked the sixth Cup match in a row in penalties in a quarter-final. The final stages of the St. Petersburg dog in recent days, allowing work to Jamaica’s “Reggae Boyz” stunned the United which Panama took a 1-0 lead only to surrender The Americans have September friendlies build coincide with optimism that the begin. Worries over the stadium lying States 2-1 on Wednesday to reach Sunday’s final a second-half equalizer. Several players against Brazil and Peru and an playoff match for 2018 World Cup, while beset by controver- empty after the tournament also led to a against six-time champion Mexico. exchanged shoves after a midfield foul about a 2017 Confederations Cup berth before start- The Americans, who last month won away halfway into the first extra 15-minute period, a ing their bid to qualify for an eighth consecutive sies over corruption allegations and cut in capacity by 10,000 seats to 35,000. matches against the Germans and Dutch, were flurry that sparked yellow cards for Panama’s World Cup on November 13.—AFP racism by fans, will at least avoid the con- Organizers say the reduced size will allow struction chaos that marred preparations construction workers to make up for lost for last year’s tournament in Brazil. time. It’s a “relaxing situation,” FIFA general “We have absolutely no doubts that the secretary Jerome Valcke, who expects to stadium will be ready on time and that Mexican champions Santos lose leave office in February along with his everything will be up and running there longtime boss Blatter, told journalists soon,” organizing committee CEO Alexei MEXICO CITY: Champions Santos Laguna had the ball first and deflect it past him before steer- Friday. “Russia is really way on track and I Sorokin said Monday. three players sent off as they opened their ing it into the empty net. have no concern. The next FIFA secretary With less than three years to go until defence of their Mexican championship crown Tigres, who host Argentina’s River Plate in the general should be happy with the work the tournament, Russian government rev- with a 3-1 home defeat by Leon. first leg of the Libertadores Cup final on that I give him because he will have a very enues have contracted sharply under Their Argentine goalkeeper Agustin Wednesday, fielded a second string team. organized World Cup.” pressure from the low oil price, meaning Marchesin gave away a penalty, converted by Their Brazilian coach Ricardo Ferretti com- The Petersburg stadium, provisionally that organizers are keen to save money. compatriot Mauro Boselli, and was sent off in the plained that Mexican clubs never get support titled the Zenit Arena, is set to cost 38 bil- A fall in the value of the ruble has seventh minute of Saturday’s match at the from the country’s league when they are playing lion rubles ($650 million). Until the ruble meant organizers are swapping costlier Estadio Corona. in South America’s elite club tournament- like dropped sharply in value last year against imported materials and equipment for Cape Verde striker Djaniny Tavares earned a allowing them to rearrange fixtures. the backdrop of international sanctions cheaper local alternatives, while many second yellow card and was dismissed two min- “The league has never helped a team in the and a low oil price, the same ruble budget hotels and some infrastructure projects utes into the second half and substitute defend- Libertadores, so why should they do so now,” was worth over $1 billion, which ranked it have been cut from Russia’s plans, reduc- er Cesar Ibanez was shown the red card in the Ferretti said sarcastically. “If we think back no- among the most expensive football stadi- ing the total budget to 631.5 billion rubles 65th. one has ever helped anybody and we have to ums in history. ($10.8 billion). The reason for removing For Leon, midfielder Carlos Pena struck in the accept that,” he told reporters pointing out that Originally planned as a 45,000-seat are- the hotels, organizers say, was fears that 69th minute and Boselli headed in his second in Tigres have to visit Morelia next Saturday ahead na by Zenit St. Petersburg’s owner - the luxury establishments could end up lying the 77th. Midfielder Sergio Ceballos pulled one of the final second leg on Aug. 5. However, River back 10 minutes from time. are in the same position also having played Russian state-controlled company empty after the World Cup. Libertadores Cup finalists Tigres also made a reserves in an Argentine championship match Gazprom - Russia’s successful bid to host Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said Friday losing start, 1-0 at home to Toluca, after a goal- on Saturday that they won 3-1 at home to Colon the World Cup brought problems. Hosting that one of Russia’s main problems is that keeping blunder allowed Enrique Triverio to and they visit Defensa y Justicia next Saturday. a semifinal required an increase in capaci- organizers don’t always know who to talk score the only goal in the seventh minute at the More surprising were defeats for big guns Cruz ty to 68,000, sending the partially-built to at a rapidly-changing FIFA. At a time Universitario in Monterrey. Azul, 3-0 at home to Morelia on Saturday, and project back to the drawing board. when officials are in custody and Blatter Goalkeeper Enrique Palos came out of his box Guadalajara who were beaten 2-0 at Veracruz on “The main problem that delayed the due to leave, Mutko said communication to try to clear a long ball from the Toluca half but Friday. Record 12 times champions America play construction was that the stadium was is “somewhat thwarted.” —AP Triverio nipped in front of him to get his head to at Puebla late yesterday. —Reuters Carlos Pena Froome wins Tour de France

PARIS: Chris Froome won his second to finish in a straight line, arm-in-arm Tour de France title following yester- over a minute after the stage winner. day’s 21st and final stage to Paris. Having already won the Tour in Germany’s Andre Greipel won the 2013, finishing in the same way but stage, his fourth this year, ahead of then because his lead to Quintana-sec- Frenchman Bryan Coquard and ond that time as well-was sufficiently Alexander Kristoff of Norway. large to allow him to do so, Froome Briton Froome crossed the line arm- became the first Briton to win the in-arm with his Sky teammates to Grand Boucle for a second time. clinch a second Grand Boucle crown Quintana finished at 1min 12sec following his 2013 success. Colombian overall with Valverde third over five Nairo Quintana finished second overall minutes back. Last year’s winner with his Spanish Movistar teammate Vincenzo Nibali finished fourth overall, Alejandro Valverde taking third, his ahead of two-time former winner best finish at the Tour at the age of 35. Alberto Contador. Rain had rendered the cobbles at But on the final stage, a 109.5km run the finish on the Champs Elysees dan- from the Parisian suburb of Sevres, gerous so organisers ASO neutralised Greipel, 33, emphasised his sprint the race from the moment it reached superiority at this Tour. He had already Paris. won the second, fifth and 15th stages It meant the official timing was in sprint finishes. His expected rivals stopped just after riders past the finish- Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan could ing line for the first time ahead of 10 only manage sixth and seventh respec- laps of the famous Parisian avenue. tively. Sagan did win the sprinter’s It allowed Froome, 30, and his team- green points jersey, though, while mates-wearing a black kit with the tra- Froome finished as king of the moun- PARIS: Peter Sagan of Slovakia (wearing the best sprinter’s green jersey) jokes as he stands on the podium with race winner Britain’s Chris ditional blue stripe replaced by a yellow tains and Quintana, 25, was the best Froome (centre) and Colombia’s Nairo Quintana (wearing the best young rider’s white jersey) after the Tour de France cycling race. —AP one in hommage to their leader’s feat- young rider. —AFP Kovalev retains Vettel wins light heavyweight action-packed titles Hungarian GP

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LONDON: Wolfsburg’s Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner jumps to control the ball during the pre-season friendly football match between Arsenal and Wolfsburg at The Emirates Stadium. — AFP Walcott wins Emirates Cup for Arsenal

LONDON: Arsenal stepped up their impressive end of last season, marked his home debut with next Sunday. playmaker De Bruyne. But they still dominated Championships, Reine-Adelaide has been hailed preparations for the new season by winning the the kind of composed display that was so often “Our technical level was good, but it was much of the first half, working opportunities for by Wenger as “something special” and he showed Emirates Cup for the first time since 2010 as Theo missing during Arsenal’s goalkeeping woes in maybe less spectacular than yesterday because De Bruyne, who shot well over, then former why with a quality contribution to Walcott’s 50th Walcott’s strike clinched a 1-0 win over Wolfsburg recent years. After starting last season’s FA Cup our final ball wasn’t at the top level,” Wenger said. Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner, who narrowly minute goal. yesterday. Walcott’s second half goal ensured final win against Aston Villa in the central striker’s “We gave them many more problems in the failed to convert a De Bruyne cross. A deft first touch and nimble turn took the Arsene Wenger’s side took the silverware as they role he has coveted for much of his career, second half because we pushed up more and Arsenal were unable to recapture the scintil- youngster away from his marker and he finished above Villarreal, who also won both their Walcott’s cool finish provided further evidence overall it was two good days.” Despite his long lating form that destroyed Lyon and Walcott advanced quickly towards the penalty area matches but had an inferior goals scored record, the winger might be ready to make a permanent spell with bitter rivals Chelsea, Cech was given a wasted one of their few first half chances when before slipping a clever pass through to Walcott, in the four-team pre-season tournament at their transition this season. warm welcome by the Arsenal fans in his second he shot straight at goalkeeper Diego Benaglio who calmly slotted past Benaglio. Aware of his Emirates Stadium. There was also a tantalising glimpse into appearance for the club. from a tight angle. potential move to rivals City, De Bruyne drew After a swaggering 6-0 rout of Lyon on Arsenal’s future as 17-year-old French midfielder Relieved to see Wenger finally sign a world- Wolfsburg were presented with a golden mocking jeers from the Arsenal fans when he Saturday, this was a more prosaic performance Jeff Reine-Adelaide made an eye-catching start class ‘keeper, fans greeted 33-year-old Czech’s opportunity to take the lead when Timm Klose, miscued a woeful effort well over with his last from the hosts, but there was still plenty to 24 hours after an equally effervescent perform- first touch, comfortably holding a Kevin De unmarked 10 yards from goal, lashed wildly over contribution before being substituted. There was encourage Gunners boss Wenger ahead of their ance from fellow teenager Alex Iwobi. Bruyne cross, with a standing ovation. from a deflected Andre Schurrle corner. still time for Cech to underline why Wenger paid Premier League opener against West Ham on And, having already secured the Asia Trophy Wolfsburg manager Dieter Hecking says the In the end, it took a moment of inspiration £11 million to prise him away from Chelsea as he August 9. earlier this month, the Gunners can now clinch a Bundesliga runners-up have been destabilised by from Reine-Adelaide to break the deadlock. blocked Ricardo Rodriguez’s low drive, then got Former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, the hat-trick of pre-season trophies if they defeat speculation that Manchester City are about to Signed from the Lens academy last month down smartly to keep out Josuha Guilavogui’s only major signing made by Wenger since the Chelsea in the Community Shield at Wembley make a £50 million ($77.5 million) bid for Belgium after helping France win the European Under-17 effort. — AFP United top Barcelona Benzema doubtful as

SANTA CLARA: Wayne Rooney raised both arms negated for being offside in the 61st, though it Real face Inter in China in delight after his early goal and Manchester appeared he was fouled in the box by Daley United had many more moments to celebrate in Blind moments earlier. GUANGZHOU: Real Madrid manager Rafa Benitez said on an impressive victory over Champions League And in the sixth minute, Sergi Roberto went Sunday that striker Karim Benzema was his only injury doubt as winner Barcelona. This time, coach Louis van Gaal 1-on-1 with Man United goalkeeper David De his side prepare to face Inter Milan in the International praised his second team for its “spirit” four days Gea, who made a charging stop. De Gea Champions Cup today. after what he considered a lackluster perform- returned after missing the first two matches of The French international is still recovering from tearing a ance by the backups against the San Jose the tour with an undisclosed injury. thigh muscle at the end of last season and was substituted at Earthquakes. Rooney scored on a header in the “He has shown his quality,” van Gaal said. “I do half-time on Friday as Real romped past Manchester City 4-1 in eighth minute off Ashley Young’s corner kick, and hope De Gea will stay but in this world of football Melbourne. “The only slight worry is Benzema. He has a slight Manchester United kept the pressure on all after- you never know.” Barca beat the Los Angeles tweak, nothing serious, but we will take no risks” said Benitez. noon to beat Barca 3-1 on Saturday and stay Galaxy 2-1 on Tuesday night in front a record “We will decide tomorrow whether he plays. If we think there is unbeaten during its preseason tour in the United 93,226 at the Rose Bowl in the team’s first game any problem we will take no chances,” added the Spaniard at a States. Jesse Lingard added the Red Devils’ sec- of its preseason tour in the U.S. Barcelona will news conference after his side trained at Guangzhou’s 54,000- ond goal on a cross by Tyler Blackett in the 65th, face Premier League champion Chelsea on capacity Tianhe stadium in fierce heat and humidity on Sunday just two minutes after coach Louis van Gaal Tuesday at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. night. Benitez, who only took the reins at the Santiago Bernabeu subbed out his entire starting 11 to play the sec- The La Liga champion is playing without in June following the sacking of Carlo Ancelotti, said he was ond team. Adnan Januzaj scored for Man United Lionel Messi and Neymar as both are skipping delighted overall with how his squad are shaping up with their in the 90th minute, some 30 seconds after the three-game tour to be fresh for games that fitness and conditioning as they zero in on the new season which Rafinha got Barcelona on the board in the 90th. count. Rooney got away from defender Adriano begins next month. “We are where we wanted to be at this stage. The training ses- The Red Devils improved to 3-0 in the for an open look on his goal. Young had fouled sions in Australia have been fantastic,” Benitez told AFP. International Champions Cup, this time getting early in the match leading to a free kick for Barca. “The boys have trained really well, very good, high intensity. the best of Luis Suarez and Barca while playing Suarez’s ball from 20 yards hit the right post in Up till now I think we are fine, but we will only see for sure when under clear skies for a sellout crowd of 68,416 at the fourth minute, then off the left post in the the season begins.” The Spanish giants arrived in the southern the $1.3 billion home of the San Francisco 49ers. 43rd. De Gea stopped another Suarez shot from Chinese metropolis only on Saturday night to continue their Van Gaal got a good look at what he hinted about 6 yards just more than a minute later. whirlwind pre-season schedule which has also seen them play AS would be his starting 11 for the Premier League In the 28th minute, Young found himself Roma in Australia in the past eight days. opener Aug. 8 against Tottenham Hotspur at Old open for a nice look but Barca goalkeeper Marc After Inter today they face AC Milan in the eastern mega-city Trafford. “Sometimes in these types of games it’s Andre Ter Stegen blocked the ball away. And the of Shanghai on Thursday after two weeks of training and four a little hard to judge where exactly you are,” mid- Reds threatened again in the 32nd with a flurry matches in Australia and Asia. This is Real’s fourth visit to China fielder Michael Carrick said. “Tottenham first of chances. Both teams passed well in creating but their first since 2011, making it a new experience for many of game of the season is the one we’re really look- first-half opportunities. Manchester United near- their players who got first taste of the frenzied appetite for foot- ing for. We need to be ready for that.” ly had another in the 68th minute when Januzaj ball here. Thousands of fans clad in the famous white shirt Van Gaal subbed his entire team in the 63rd sent a shot just wide of the left post. mobbed a Guangzhou city centre autograph session yesterday minute as planned. Now, his team will wrap up The field received new sod during the past bringing traffic to a standstill. There were similar scenes as the its preseason tour against Paris Saint-Germain on week following a pair of recent concerts. Levi’s team trained at Tianhe stadium, home of Guangzhou Evergrande Wednesday at Chicago’s Soldier Field. Stadium had numerous problems with the grass FC, with around a thousand fans managing to get in to watch the Champions League winner Barcelona will during the NFL team’s inaugural season here last session from the stands with hundreds more trying-and failing-to look back on its missed chances after outshoot- year, and chunks of sod and sand came loose gain entry. Novel attempts included brandishing home-made ing Man United 18-10. Luis Suarez hit long shots Saturday. “The field was dry and I think that hurt SANTA CLARA: Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney (right) and FC Barcelona’s Thomas media passes and trying to sneak in with club officials.”We are off each post, and Ivan Rakitic’s ball just skimmed both teams as well,” Barcelona coach Luis Vermaelen (23) struggle for the ball during an International Champions Cup soccer pretty pleased with the welcome,” said Benitez. —AFP the top of the net in the 59th. Suarez had a goal Enrique said. —AP match at Leviís Stadium. — AP Saudi’s SABIC Q2 net profit falls but beats forecasts Page 22

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ATHENS: People chat outside a shop in Athens, Saturday. Greece invited the International Monetary Fund to participate in its negotiations with European creditors over a vital third bailout. The talks are expected to start next week after a few days’ delay and must conclude before Greece faces another big repayment Aug 20. —AP Greece pushes for quick cash injection Debt problem to keep Greek banks in months-long freeze

on Friday of restrictions on foreign transfers by busi- short in an ECB health check last year, when their porates. You’ll end up depriving them of their cash.” closed. Capital controls, although gradually scaled FRANKFURT/ ATHENS: Greek banks are set to keep nesses. “Ultimately, you can only lift the capital con- restructuring plans were not taken into account. The Christian Noyer, who heads France’s central bank back, remained in place for two years. broad cash controls in place for months, until fresh trols when the banks are sufficiently capitalised,” said situation is now dramatically worse. and sits on the ECB’s Governing Council, also cau- One option, according to euro zone officials, is money arrives from Europe and with it a sweeping Jens Weidmann, the head of Germany’s Bundesbank, “We want, if possible, an initial amount to be tioned against such a step and said many of his peers the direct recapitalisation of Greece’s banks by the restructuring, officials believe. which pushed the ECB to pare back bank funding, ready for the first needs of the banks,” said one offi- on the policy-setting body agreed with him. euro zone’s rescue fund, the European Stability Rehabilitating the country’s banks poses a diffi- leading to their three-week closure. cial at the Greek finance ministry, who spoke on con- The tone in Berlin is different, where some advo- Mechanism (ESM). This could grant the Luxembourg- cult question. Should the euro zone take a stake in The debate is interlinked with a wrangle over dition of anonymity. “That should be about 10 billion cate not only that bank creditors foot the bill but also based authority a direct stake in the banks and the lenders, first requiring bondholders and even big reforms, about Greek sovereignty in the face of euros.” Others, including Germany, however, are luke- that the ESM steer clear of any direct stake, lumber- greater control over their future. That, however, depositors to shoulder a loss, or should the bill for fix- European controls and whether the country can warm and could push for losses for large depositors ing Athens with the banks’ clean-up. would take Greece closer to the Cyprus model. Any ing the banks instead be added to Greece’s debt recover with ever rising debts that have topped 300 with more than 100,000 euros on their accounts, or “The recapitalisation will have to be done by the such direct ESM aid requires that losses first be mountain? Answering this could hold up agreement billion euros, far bigger than its economy. bondholders. There are more than 20 billion euros of Greek government so that means more money in the imposed on some of the banks’ bondholders and on a third bailout deal for Greece that negotiators Were another 25 billion euros to be piled on top - such deposits in Greece’s four main banks, dwarfing third programme,” said Marcel Fratzscher, president even large depositors. want to conclude within weeks. the amount foreseen for the recapitalisation of Greek the roughly 3 billion euros of bonds the banks have of the Berlin-based German Institute for Economic In Athens, officials would like the money without The longer it takes, the more critical the banks’ lenders - it would add to debts that the International issued. Imposing a loss, something the Greek gov- Research. “It’s a loan they have to repay but there is such strings attached. “We don’t know yet if the ESM condition becomes as a 420 euro ($460) weekly limit Monetary Fund has argued are excessive. ernment has repeatedly denied any planning for, no risk-sharing on the European side. They will have will take direct control,” said one senior Greek banker. on cash withdrawals chokes the economy and bor- would be controversial, not least because much of to bail in the private creditors. I can’t see how this “It will be an issue at the negotiations.” rowers’ ability to repay loans. Berlin calling this money is held by small Greek companies rather could not happen.” With its economy starved of cash and the “The banks are in deep freeze but the economy is Greek officials, alarmed by a downward spiral in than wealthy individuals. To avoid such orders, Athens is battling to keep threat of its departure from the euro zone hanging getting weaker,” said one official, pointing to a steady the economy, want an urgent release of funds for “This is not like Cyprus where you can say these autonomy in deciding the fate of its banks. Ceding over talks, Athens’ room for manoeuvre is limited. rise in loans that are not being repaid. This cash their banks. are just Russian oligarchs,” said an insolvency lawyer further control could cost it dearly. Bondholders are One euro zone official summarised the mood: ‘freeze’ is unlikely to thaw soon, although capital con- Four big banks dominate Greece. Of those, familiar with Greece. “It’s the very community every- nervous. Cyprus is a case in point. When Cyprus was “Whatever sympathy there was for Greece has trols may be slightly softened, such as the loosening National Bank of Greece, Eurobank and Piraeus fell one is hoping will resuscitate Greece, namely the cor- bailed out, one of the island’s two main banks was evaporated.” — Reuters Ooredoo posts KD 359.1m revenue for H1 of 2015

KUWAIT: National Mobile Telecommunications growth in the first half of 2015. Our customer base net profit for H1 2015 was KD 3.5 million ($11.5 mil- Company K.S.C.P - NMTC (Ooredoo) yesterday grew by 2.4 million, which is equivalent to an lion) compared to a total net profit of KD 29.5 million announced its financial results for the first half of increase of 11% to 24 million in first half 2015 driven ($104.7 million) for the same period in 2014. The net 2015: by Kuwait, Algeria and Maldives, where we delivered attributable profit to Ooredoo for H1 2015 was KD 2.5 good growth in local currency revenues. We main- million ($8.1 million) compared to a net attributable Financial highlights tained our market leadership position in Tunisia and profit of KD 20.9 million ($74.4 million) for the same * Total customer base increased to 24.0 million at continued to implement our strategy in Palestine. period in 2014. Excluding the losses caused by depre- the close of H1 2015, versus 21.6 million for the same Net profit was impacted mainly due to adverse cur- ciation of DZD, the attributable net profit to Ooredoo period in 2014, amounting to growth of 11.3%. rency movements in Algeria and Tunisia. would be KD 10.4 Million ($34.4 Million). * Revenues for H1 of 2015 stood at KD 359.1 mil- This customer and revenue growth performance lion ($1,187.7 million), compared with KD 379.4 mil- demonstrates the progression and delivery of our Wataniya - Palestine lion ($1,346.8 million) for the same period in 2014, a strategy to invest in differentiating our customer The total customer base for Wataniya Mobile decrease of5.4%. However, in local currency, experience, whilst providing world-leading network Palestine at the end of H1 2015 was 0.7 million, a Ooredoo Kuwait, Ooredoo Algeria and Ooredoo speeds delivered through innovative technology. decrease of 2.6% from the same period of 2014. Maldives have posted revenue growth. With the fastest LTE advanced network in Kuwait, we Revenues for H1 of 2015 were KD 12.1 million ($39.9 * EBITDA for H1 2015 was KD 120.9 million continue to make it easier for our customers to million), a decrease of 0.1% compared to the rev- ($400.0 million), compared to EBITDA of KD 138.0 access and experience high quality, high speed data enues of KD 12.1million ($42.8 million) for the same million ($490.0 million) for the same period in 2014. services. period in 2014. EBITDA for H1 2015 was KD 1.7 million * The consolidated net profit for the period was We will continue to execute on our data-centric ($5.6 million) a decrease of 4.4%, compared to an impacted by adverse currency movements in Tunisia strategy to take advantage of the opportunities EBITDA of KD 1.8 million ($6.3 million). The total net (-11% YoY) and Algeria (-13% YoY) and foreign offered by an increasingly digital world.” loss for H1 2015 was KD 2.4 million ($7.8 million) com- exchange losses of KD 13.3 million ($44.1 million) The group’s operational performance can be pared to a total net loss of KD 2.3 million ($8.2 mil- mainly from Algeria. The consolidated net profit for summarized as follows: lion). The net attributable loss for the H1 of 2015 H1 2015 was KD 16.9 million ($55.8 million), com- stood at KD 1.1 million ($3.8 million) compared to a pared to net profit for the same period in 2014 of KD Ooredoo - Kuwait net attributable loss of KD 1.1 million ($4.0 million) for 48.4 million ($171.8 million). Ooredoo’s customer base in Kuwait was 2.5 mil- the same period in 2014. * Net profit attributable to NMTC in H1 2015 was lion at the end of H1 2015, an increase of 7.8% on the KD 14.8 million ($49.1 million) compared with a Net same period in 2014. Revenues for H1 2015 were KD Ooredoo - Maldives attributable profit of KD 37.9 million ($134.4 million) 91.3 million ($301.9 million), an increase 8.0% com- Chairman Sheikh Saud Bin Nasser Al Thani Maldives total customer base at the end of H1 for the same period of 2014. Excluding the adverse pared to 2014 of KD 84.5 million ($300.1 million). 2015 was 0.3 million, an increase of 21.7% from the impact of Foreign currency losses, net profit to NMTC EBITDA was KD 20.5 million ($67.9 million) versus 2015 were KD 75.5 million ($249.9 million), compared Ooredoo - Algeria same period of 2014. Revenues for H1 2015 were KD would have been KD 23.8 million ($78.9 million) EBITDA for H1 2014 of KWD 18.2 million ($64.5 mil- to revenues for the same period in 2014 of KD 92.7 Ooredoo’s customer base in Algeria at the end of 11.4 million ($37.7 million), an increase of 52.0%, com- compared to KD 39.4 million ($139.7 million) in H1 lion), an increase by 13.0%. Net profit was at KD 4.5 million ($329.1 million). EBITDA was KD 33.9 million H1 of 2015 was 13.2 million customers, an increase of pared to KD 7.5 million ($26.7 million) for the same 2014. Additionally, H1 2014 included one-off gains million ($14.9 million), compared to KD 4.6 million ($112.0 million) compared to KD 43.5 million ($154.6 21.2%. During H1 2015, the Algerian Dinar depreciat- period 2014. EBITDA for the H1 2015 was KD 5.4 mil- from discontinued business amounting to KD 3.6 ($16.4 million) for the same period in 2014. million) for the same period last year representing a ed by 13% over H1 2014 which has significantly lion ($17.7 million) an increase of 124.2%, compared million. decrease of 22.3%. The net profit decreased to KD 8.6 impacted the results shown in KD. Revenues for H1 of to an EBITDA of KD 2.4 million ($8.5 million). The net * The consolidated earnings per share was 29.6 Ooredoo - Tunisia million ($28.5 million) a decrease of 39.2% when 2015 were KD 168.8 million ($558.3 million), a attributable profit for H1 2015 was KD 2.6 million fils ($9.8 cents), compared to 75.7 fils ($26.9 cents) Ooredoo’s Tunisia customer base at the end of H1 compared with KD 14.2 million ($50.4 million) for the decrease of 7.6% compared with revenues of KD ($8.7 million) compared to the net attributable profit per share earned for the same period last year. 2015 decreased to 7.3 million customers, a decrease same period in 2014. The Net Attributable Profit to 182.6 million ($648.1 million) for the same period in of KD 0.1 million ($0.5 million) for the same period in Sheikh Saud Bin Nasser Al Thani, Chairman of the of 1.0%. During H1 2015, the Tunisian Dinar depreci- Ooredoo for H1 2015 was KD 6.5 million ($21.4 mil- 2014. EBITDA for H1 2015 was KD 60.5 million ($200.1 2014. Board, commented: ated by 11% over H1 2014 which has significantly lion), compared to KD 10.6 million ($37.8 million) for million), a decrease of 17.4% on KD 73.2 million The KD to US conversion rate used for H1 2015 is “Ooredoo Kuwait continued strong customer impacted the results shown in KD. Revenues for H1 the same period in 2014. ($260.0 million) for the same period in 2014. The total 0.30234 and for H1 2014 is 0.28173. MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 BUSINESS

UAE’s First Gulf Bank Q2 profit boosted by lending rise

DUBAI: First Gulf Bank (FGB), the third dirhams ($394.77 million) for the three of June, compared to 128.2 billion rebounded. That trend continued in dirhams at the end of June. largest lender by assets in the United months to June 2015, compared to 1.35 dirhams in the year earlier period. the second quarter as provisions Banks have squeezed higher rev- Arab Emirates, posted an 8 percent rise billion dirhams in the same period a In comparison, overall UAE bank dropped 34 percent on an annual basis enue from fees for their products and in second-quarter net profit yesterday, year ago, it said in a statement. lending rose by 8.8 percent in June, its to 258 million dirhams. services as net interest margins have with performance bolstered by growth The results were in line with the esti- highest rate this year, according to cen- For the first half of the year, the tightened as a result of several years of in new lending and a drop in bad loans. mates of six analysts polled by Reuters tral bank data. bank’s non-interest revenue remained a low interest rates. The results continue a run of posi- earlier this month. They had forecast an FGB’s performance in recent quar- solid growth driver, with its contribu- Reflecting this trend, FGB said net tive earnings for UAE lenders during average net profit of 1.44 billion ters has been aided by a general tion to total operating income reaching interest and Islamic financing income the quarter, with six major lenders now dirhams. improvement in the amount of provi- 31 percent at the end of June. Core fee for the second quarter dropped by 2 reporting higher profits. Loans and advances grew by 16 per- sions it has had to set aside to cover income strengthened by 9 percent on percent on an annual basis to reach FGB made a net profit of 1.45 billion cent to 148.9 billion dirhams at the end bad loans as the local economy has an annual basis to reach 978 million 1.61 billion dirhams. — Reuters Saudi’s SABIC Q2 net profit falls but beats forecasts CEO cites higher product prices DUBAI: Saudi Basic Industries 42.10 billion riyals, down from SABIC’s global assets, he added “We are looking for business Corp , one of the world’s largest 48.15 billion riyals a year earlier without elaborating. opportunities in North America petrochemicals groups, reported but up from 35.56 billion riyals in “We normally can’t get into related to shale gas, and also a drop in second-quarter net the first quarter. In the first quar- predictions on prices, but what some options in China related to profit yesterday but beat analysts’ ter, net profit plunged 39 percent we can see is pressure on prices coal-to-chemicals.” He added, forecasts by a large margin, sug- from a year ago. related to the crude price. “Hopefully by the end of the year gesting it was coping well with Acting chief executive Yousef However, we will continue to we will have an announcement.” low oil prices. Abdullah al-Benyan told Reuters focus on factors that are under In May last year, SABIC said it The Gulf’s largest listed com- that product prices in the second our control,” Benyan said of the was in the final stages of prelimi- pany made a net profit of 6.17 quarter were on average 20 per- business outlook in coming nary studies on a proposed oil-to- billion riyals ($1.64 billion) in the cent higher than in the previous months. chemicals complex in Saudi three months to June 30, down quarter. SABIC shares initially surged Arabia that would start opera- 4.5 percent from a year earlier. SABIC was able to boost pro- 4.5 percent in response to the tions by the end of 2020, using SABIC has been hit by the duction 2 percent from the previ- earnings announcement but later around 10 million tonnes of plunge in crude oil prices since ous quarter by focusing on indi- came off their highs. They were crude oil annually as feedstock. mid-2014, which has dragged vidual clients’ demands, and care- up just 0.7 percent at mid-after- Benyan said yesterday that down petrochemical product ful cost management also helped noon. the project, which the company MIAMI: In this May 27, 2015, photo, American Airlines aircraft taxi at Miami prices and shrunk its profit mar- its bottom line, Benyan said by Benyan said SABIC, which is has estimated would create International Airport in Miami. American Airlines reports quarterly financial gins. But its second-quarter profit telephone. over 70 percent government- around 100,000 jobs for Saudis results on Friday, July 24, 2015. —AP was well above the average of “We were able to take advan- owned, was looking at major directly and indirectly, was still 4.96 billion riyals predicted by tage of dynamics of market overseas investments and indi- under review. “By the end of the analysts polled by Reuters. changes in Europe and China” to cated a decision on them might year we should have more clarity Second-quarter sales totalled improve the performance of be made in the next few months. on it.” — Reuters US airlines surge but clouds may be ahead Warba Bank invests NEW YORK: Major US airlines are fac- earnings at some point in the future,” ing a boon thanks to lower fuel prices Standard & Poor’s financial services and enjoying record profits, but company said in a note. doubts remain as to whether the industry can reach long-term prof- Investigations and profits in US real estate itable levels. The industry has gained, but not American Airlines, United Airlines, everyone has been pleased. Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines The US Justice Department is inves- KUWAIT: Warba Bank has the four top US carriers-have seen tigating some airlines over anti-com- announced investing in a real their profits spike by some 30 percent petitive behavior after ticket prices estate in New York state in the US, in the second quarter. American appeared to stay high despite a drop consisting of nine floors with 85 Airlines and United even recorded in fuel prices. residential units stretching over their largest quarterly profits ever, Seat prices were up two percent 18,000 square feet. $1.7 billion and $1.2 billion, respec- last year despite plummeting crude The process was made through tively. cost, Department of Transportation a fund where the bank is a main But behind the surge in earnings is statistics show. investor, Warba said in a statement an array of challenges that analysts Large carriers have also increased yesterday, adding that the real say may be difficult to balance: a capacity despite some analysts calling estate is located in East Village strong dollar, excess capacity on inter- for a reduction in flights so they can neighborhood in Manhattan. national routes and a war of budget raise rates. The investment involves owning pricing causing a downward trend on Market firm Trefis says top airlines the Nathaniel property in the city, the market indicator of revenue per have no choice: they have to increase said the statement, noting that passenger per mile. domestic flights to defend their mar- Warba is among the top investors “Low oil prices translate into higher ket share from smaller aggressive in the US real estate sector. profits for big airlines,” said analyst competition such as JetBlue, Alaska The bank is planning to increase William Bias from 247WallSt.com. Airlines and Spirit Airlines. its assets through various big Crude prices have fallen by more Profitability also is relative. Profit investments throughout the year, than 50 percent compared to a year indicator PRASM (passenger revenue Warba’s Deputy Chief Executive ago. Delta, for example, was able to per available seat mile) dropped 6.5 Officer for Investment and Treasury drop its fuel bill by 40 percent. The percent in June, according to Airlines Shaheen Al-Ghanim said. savings have delighted the markets, for America, the US airlines lobby. The real estate was completed in excited by the prospect of rising divi- PRASM fell 5.5 percent domestical- 2014 and has a prominent location, dends and new share buyback pro- ly and 9.5 percent on international said Al-Ghanim, adding that it is grams. routes. Delta and United have already the fund’s first investment agree- Analysts now project that warned their PRASM numbers would ment. American Airlines, United and Delta fall as well. Warba Bank was established by will appreciate by around a third after “International pricing remains an Amiri decree and was officially NEW YORK: In this Tuesday, June 30, 2015, file photo, Specialist Robert Tuccillo, foreground, having long been shunned by under pressure as a consequence of registered by the Central Bank of works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. History suggests it’s unwise to investors. lower international fuel surcharges Kuwait as an Islamic bank in 2010. bet against this bull market. It’s kept rising despite two Greece debt crises, a near default by “2015 and 2016 will likely be peak along weak demand,” said Deutsche Kuwait Investment Authority the US on its own debt, also twice, the stripping of its AAA credit rating, several towns and years for the US airline industry, and Bank Research, adding that weak cur- owns 24 percent of the bank’s total cities going bankrupt, including Detroit, the biggest ever, and, recently, Beijing’s failed efforts changes in either the relatively favor- rencies relative to the dollar and over- shares, while the remaining 76 per- to avert a crash in its stock market, raising the possibility it might not succeed in letting the air able economic conditions or low fuel supply in overseas markets are also to cent was bought by the govern- prices could pressure the company’s blame. -—AFP ment and granted to Kuwaiti citi- out of a massive credit and property bubble without tripping up the world’s second biggest zens equally. — KUNA economy and sending markets elsewhere crashing. —AP EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Saudi Riyals 81.790 US Dollars 0.299600 0.304100 20 gram 223.740 Jordanian Dinar 428.365 US Dollars Mint 0.300100 0.304100 10 gram 114.560 ASIAN COUNTRIES Egyptian Pound 38.712 5 gram 57.970 Japanese Yen 2.453 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.270 Asia Bangladesh Taka 0.003560 0.004160 Indian Rupees 4.761 Indian Rupees 4.779 Chinese Yuan 0.047529 0.051029 Pakistani Rupees 2.986 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Pakistani Rupees 2.986 Srilankan Rupees 2.271 Bangladesh Taka 3.899 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037084 0.039834 Nepali Rupees 2.999 Philippines Pesso 6.709 Indian Rupee 0.004669 0.005059 Singapore Dollar 222.820 CURRENCIES TELEX TRANSFER PER 1000 Cyprus pound 579.020 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 Hongkong Dollar 39.181 Australian Dollar 202.79 Japanese Yen 3.445 Japanese Yen 0.002372 0.002552 Bangladesh Taka 3.903 Canadian Dollar 238.40 Syrian Pound 2.605 Kenyan Shilling 0.003156 0.003156 Philippine Peso 6.696 Swiss Franc 322.36 Nepalese Rupees 3.985 Korean Won 0.000250 0.000265 Euro 334.25 Thai Baht 8.749 Malaysian Ringgit 80.805 Malaysian Ringgit 0.076800 0.082800 US Dollar 303.95 Malaysian Ringgit 79.743 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 49.295 Nepalese Rupee 0.003046 0.003216 Sterling Pound 477.19 Thai Bhat 9.850 Pakistan Rupee 0.002815 0.003095 Japanese Yen 2.49 Turkish Lira 114.840 Philippine Peso 0.006633 0.006913 GCC COUNTRIES Bangladesh Taka 3.902 Saudi Riyal 81.030 Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Indian Rupee 4.783 Singapore Dollar 0.218346 0.224346 Qatari Riyal 83.468 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.270 Bahrain Exchange Company Omani Riyal 789.240 South African Rand 0.018391 0.026891 Nepali Rupee 2.992 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001984 0.002564 Bahraini Dinar 806.960 Pakistani Rupee 2.985 CURRENCY BUY SELL Taiwan 0.009706 0.009886 UAE Dirham 82.730 UAE Dirhams 82.70 Europe Thai Baht 0.008532 0.0009089 Bahraini Dinar 806.76 Belgian Franc 0.007924 0.008924 ARAB COUNTRIES Egyptian Pound 38.71 British Pound 0.465468 0.474468 Egyptian Pound - Cash 41.975 Jordanian Dinar 431.79 Arab Czech Korune 0.004339 0.016339 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 38.853 Omani Riyal 788.29 Bahraini Dinar 0.799107 0.807107 Danish Krone 0.040624 0.045624 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.418 Qatari Riyal 83.70 Egyptian Pound 0.039767 0.042597 Euro 0.329603 0.337603 Tunisian Dinar 154.950 Saudi Riyal 80.97 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Jordanian Dinar 428.710 Norwegian Krone 0.033131 0.038331 Iraqi Dinar 0.000192 0.000252 Romanian Leu 0.087119 0.087119 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.038 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Jordanian Dinar 0.424048 0.431548 Syrian Lira 2.155 Slovakia 0.009067 0.019067 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Morocco Dirham 31.309 Swedish Krona 0.031556 0.036356 Lebanese Pound 0.000152 0.000252 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Swiss Franc 0.309625 0.319825 Moroccan Dirhams 0.019895 0.043895 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES US Dollar 303.700 Turkish Lira 0.112491 0.119491 Nigerian Naira 0.001254 0.001889 US Dollar Transfer 303.700 Canadian Dollar 236.335 Omani Riyal 0.782820 0.788500 Euro 336.350 Sterling Pound 475.440 Australasia Qatar Riyal 0.082707 0.083920 Sterling Pound 473.620 Euro 330.150 Australian Dollar 0.213463 0.224963 Saudi Riyal 0.080350 0.081050 Canadian dollar 234.430 Swiss Frank 292.045 New Zealand Dollar 0.193950 0.203450 Syrian Pound 0.001287 0.001507 Turkish lira 110.960 Bahrain Dinar 806.855 Tunisian Dinar 0.150784 0.158784 Swiss Franc 318.180 UAE Dirhams 83.065 America Turkish Lira 0.112491 0.119491 US Dollar Buying 302.500 Qatari Riyals 91.075 Canadian Dollar 0.227808 0.236308 UAE Dirhams 0.081705 0.082854 BUSINESS MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 GCC labor market needs decisive action

KUWAIT: Most GCC countries are facing Governments will not be able to absorb cism, as companies in some sectors employees working for the government. could backfire in several manners. important challenges linked to their the growing labor force without threat- feared they would not be able to meet The approach that Kuwait took to Productivity of companies could be demographic evolution and their oil- ening fiscal sustainability. the requirements or it would have a nationalize its private labor market coin- under threat, since companies could be dependent economic structure. Kuwait In Saudi Arabia, the national popula- negative impact on their profitability. So cides with the one in Saudi: establishing deprived from necessary skills, national and Saudi Arabia fit in this description. tion is expected to increase from 20.7 to far, the percentage of Saudi national minimum levels of Kuwaiti employees in workforce could be less affordable and The national population - and therefore 27.5 million in the next 15 years. The employees working in the public sector each company, but with the difference legal overprotection of national the labor force - of both countries is working age population will grow at an has fallen by 3.5 percentage points in that the law takes into account the employees could remove their incen- expected to keep growing fast, putting even stronger rate, leading to a sizeable the last five years to 35.8% in 2014, sug- nature of different sectors. Additionally, tives to become more efficient. pressure on their economies to create a demand for new jobs. Saudi authorities gesting some success of the implement- restrictions in the outstanding amount Moreover, the private sector could be vast amount of jobs for newcomers. The have been aware of this problem for ed measures. of visas have been under consideration, unable to match the generous retribu- shape of their population pyramids -dis- many years, and developed several although authorities seem to be holding tion and conditions in government jobs, tribution of population by age group- “saudization” initiatives of the labor mar- Labour force measures back for now. The percentage leading to substantially worse labor will flatten, due to reduction of birth and ket. The most important measure is the Kuwait’s situation is similar to Saudi’s. of national workers in the public sector conditions in the private sector, a poten- mortality rates, which will ultimately Nitaqat, which establishes a system of The size of the national Kuwaiti labor has also evolved positively, since it was tial source of social discontent. Policies lead to an increase of senior dependent national employee quotas. Companies force will double from now to 2030, due as high as 82% in 2008. to reduce the dependence on public citizens in both countries, as their weight with a high percentage of Saudi workers to demographic factors and an Systems of quotas set the incentives sector jobs must be integral, acting not on the total population rises. Last but enjoy preferences in visa processing, improvement in the participation rate. of the companies in the direction to only on firms but on national employee not least, the traditional reliance on pub- while non-compliant firms are banned However, Kuwait’s dependence on pub- increase the presence of national work- incentives to perform and trying to pre- lic sector job for Kuwaiti and Saudi from transferring workers and obtaining lic sector jobs is more intense than in ers in the private labor market, but they vent the public-private duality in the nationals might be coming to an end. new visas. However, Nitaqat raised criti- Saudi Arabia, with 75.8% of Kuwaiti are only a partial solution and they labor market.

Burgan Bank announces winners of Yawmi account KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yester- chance of winning. If the account balance day the names of the lucky winners of its is KD 500 and above, the account holder Yawmi account draw, each taking home a will be qualified for both the quarterly prize of KD 5,000. and daily draws. The lucky winners for the daily draws Burgan Bank encourages everyone to took home a cash-prize of KD 5,000 each, open a Yawmi account and/or increase and they are: their deposit to maximize their chances to 1. Majed Hilal Abdulhussain Altamimi becoming a winner. The more customers 2. Abdul-Ghani Abdulla Hussein Ali deposit, the higher the chances they 3. Husaini Fakhruddin receive of winning. To further add to the anticipation of For more information on opening a Yawmi account customers, Burgan Bank Yawmi account or about the new quarter- now offers a Quarterly Draw with more ly draw, customers are urged to visit their chances to win higher rewards, entitling nearest Burgan Bank branch and receive one lucky customer to win KD 125,000 all the details, or simply call the bank’s Call every three months. The Yawmi Account Center where customer service represen- now offers Daily and quarterly draws, the tatives will be delighted to assist with any Quarterly Draw requires customers to questions on the Yawmi account or any of maintain a minimum amount of KD 500 in the bank’s products and services. their account for 2 months prior to draw Customers can also log on to Burgan date. Additionally, every KD 10 in the Bank’s www.burgan.com for further infor- account, will entitle customers to one mation.

Foreign insurers taking cautious look at Iran after nuclear deal

LONDON/SYDNEY: Western and Middle East cialists. “Historically we have dealt with Iran; insurance specialists see Iran as an appealing it’s interesting to see what’s happening there,” $8 billion market in the wake of its nuclear said Ben Abraham, head of marine at insur- deal with world powers, though uncertainty ance broker Willis, adding that the firm would over when sanctions on Tehran will be lifted adhere to the sanctions regime but would be means they are treating the country with cau- watching for any changes. SPRINGFIELD: This file combo made from file photos shows the AT&T logo on the side of a corporate office in Springfield, Ill., left, and a DirecTV tion. Eight out of 11 insurance and reinsur- “From a marine perspective, there are satellite dish atop a home in Los Angeles. AT&T’s $48.5 billion purchase of DirecTV is set to close after winning clearance from the Federal ance specialists who responded to questions some large ship owners in Iran. There are lots Communications Commission, according to reports. — AP emailed by Reuters this week said Iran was an of cargo, port terminals.” attractive or very attractive market, especially in the marine and energy sectors. Responses ‘Itching to get back’ into Iran AT&T buys DirecTV, now were on an anonymous basis due to the sen- Globally, large businesses such as oil and sitivity of the issue. shipping are typically insured locally, with While several said they expected to have reinsurers in Europe or the Lloyd’s of London entered the Iranian market by the end of market sharing the burden of any claims in biggest TV provider in US 2016, others said it was hard to say due to return for a part of the premium. ongoing concerns about how and when Since sanctions were imposed, both insur- sanctions might be repealed. ance and reinsurance have largely been han- Under the accord reached in Vienna on dled by domestic players in the $8 billion AT&T to launch new TV service to consumers July 14, Iran will be subject to longer-term Iranian insurance market, said Mahesh Mistry, curbs on its nuclear programme in return for director of analytics at insurance ratings NEW YORK: Even as TV watchers increasingly that it will launch new TV, Internet and mobile announced that AT&T would probably build the the removal of US, UN and European Union agency AM Best. go online, AT&T has become the country’s phone bundles in the coming weeks. fiber in markets where it already operates a sanctions. This would open a market of $8 bil- “Lloyd’s have supported (Iranian business- biggest traditional TV provider with its $48.5 bil- AT&T’s purchase of DirecTV was approved slower Internet network. lion in premiums to global firms looking to es) in the past- some of them will be itching lion purchase of DirecTV. even as Comcast’s bid for Time Warner Cable, “In terms of increasing competition, AT&T has underwrite critical export-related risks while to get back in,” Mistry said. It got its regulatory approval from the Federal which would have made the country’s biggest been claiming that bundling with DirecTV will promising sorely-needed scale for regional Several insurers, including Lloyd’s insurer Communications Commission after more than a cable company even more massive, was help it compete better with cable. I think that is players. Beazley, said, however, they had not yet start- year. The Justice Department had already blocked. The AT&T deal did not trigger the same incrementally the case in some limited set of The deal has still to be approved by the US ed researching the market. cleared the deal on Tuesday. AT&T Inc. now has fears from consumer advocates because the markets,” said John Bergmayer, a senior staff Congress, where hawkish Republican foes of “It has been a country we cannot deal with 26.4 million cable and satellite TV subscribers. company wouldn’t contain an entertainment attorney with public-interest group Public President Barack Obama oppose it, and also because of sanctions, so we need more clari- That’s more than Comcast as well as a bigger division like Comcast’s NBCUniversal and would- Knowledge. faces objections from influential conservative ty,” said Andrew Horton, chief executive of Charter, which is seeking government approval n’t gain Internet customers, considered the Another way the agency wants to try to pro- hardliners in Iran. Beazley. to buy Time Warner Cable. future of the industry, by buying DirecTV. mote video competition is by forbidding AT&T to However, Iran, the Middle East and North One insurance underwriter said Western Suppliers of TV are buying one another as make a potential online video service of its own Africa region’s second largest economy, with insurers would also face competition from video from Internet competitors like Netflix gets Compensates not eat up data under the cap imposed by the a large oil and gas sector and a young educat- Indian, Russian and southeast Asian peers more popular and costs rise for channels. The FCC repeated Friday that it had set cer- company on its home Internet customers. If ed population, is already drawing attention. who have already done business in Iran. Adding TV customers gives AT&T more power tain requirements for the merger, which it had AT&T did that, it could make its own service “The main economic boost for Iran will But for those eager to get going, marine to negotiate with big media companies over disclosed on Tuesday when the head of the more appealing compared with Netflix, for come in 2016, although domestic consumer and energy businesses are seen as easier to prices for those channels. agency announced his support for the deal. example, because streaming Netflix would count and investor confidence will receive a short- penetrate in a new market than consumer The deal also combines a nationwide satellite Among these are that AT&T has to expand a toward the data cap and potentially could trig- term impetus,” said Ludovic Subran, chief sectors such as motor, as they do not require TV service, the country’s largest, with the No. 2 fiber network that can handle fast Internet ger additional fees if a customer went over the economist at credit insurer Euler Hermes. a domestic presence. nationwide wireless network as time spent on speeds to 12.5 million possible customers, which cap. The process of rescinding sanctions could Some insurers are also interested in areas mobile devices increases. DirecTV also has 19.5 it says compensates for the loss of a video AT&T also has to offer home Internet to low- start around the end of this year. such as motor and health, however, accord- million customers in Latin America, where AT&T option in markets where AT&T’s U-verse cable income customers without making them buy The Islamic Republic would be the biggest ing to responses to the Reuters questions, wants to grow. service had competed with DirecTV’s satellite TV phone or TV service too. AT&T said that it will economy to rejoin the global trading and while Iran’s aviation and infrastructure needs “We’ll now be able to meet consumers’ future service. The agency said the fiber network offer Internet to households that qualify for food financial system since the break-up of the are also seen offering opportunities. entertainment preferences, whether they want requirement will help Internet video competi- stamps for $10 a month or less. The speed avail- Soviet Union in 1991. “We have already seen some multinational traditional TV service with premier program- tors reach customers. able will be 10 megabits per second or slower, Investors are already looking to establish insurance-related companies - brokers and ming, their favorite content on a mobile device, AT&T said Friday that including that 12.5 mil- less than the 25 Mbps the FCC has set as the funds for Iran, classified by the World Bank as outsourcing firms - showing interest in going or video streamed over the Internet to any lion requirement, its all-fiber Internet network benchmark for high-speed Internet. an upper-middle income country, with a pop- to (Iran) and some have even already gone screen,” said AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson in a will reach more than 14 million potential sub- The FCC said there will be an independent ulation of 78 million. there,” said Sasan Soltani, Regional Business statement. scribers. Analyst Craig Moffett of Moffett compliance officer to monitor how AT&T abides Marine and energy come top of the list for Development Manager at Dubai-based Iran What could change for customers? AT&T said Nathanson had said before the deal’s close was by these conditions. — AP insurance sectors in which to write business, Insurance Company, adding that Iran also both for the anonymous respondents to the needed to ease regulations hampering the emailed questions and for other industry spe- operation of foreign companies.— Reuters Confidential forecasts mistakenly made public

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve said it mis- ate explanation for how the incorrect numbers al on Thursday, and also notified officials at two takenly posted confidential economic projec- got into the June 29 posting but that it would be agencies that regulate financial markets, the tions on its public website last month. one of the issues the Fed’s inspector general Securities and Exchange Commission and the In a brief statement, the Fed said it has asked would explore. The officials said they wanted to Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It also its inspector general to investigate what it called update the posting so that it would accurately informed the House Financial Services an inadvertent disclosure. represent the forecast presented to Fed officials Committee, the panel that is conducting its own The incident occurred at a time when the at their June meeting. investigation of the 2012 leak. central bank is already the subject of investiga- Private economists said the staff forecast did “It regrettably appears once again that prop- tions by the Justice Department, a House com- not contain any surprising revelations about the er internal controls are not in place to safeguard mittee and its inspector general involving the Fed’s views. The staff projections are prepared confidential Federal Reserve information,” said disclosure of confidential information from a for the Fed’s closed-door meetings and are not Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb 2012 Fed meeting. normally released for a period of five years. Hensarling, R-Texas, said in a statement. “To say The economic projections posted on June 29 The Fed said the mistaken posting was not these recurring leaks at the Fed are troubling is a had been prepared by staff for the Fed’s June discovered until Tuesday when it was noticed by serious understatement and points to the meeting. Late Friday, the Fed posted a second a Fed economist. urgent need for accountability reforms.” set of projections saying it had discovered some The economic projections were included in a The Fed, which will meet for two days next ROSWELL: This June 4, 2015 photo shows a sign in front of a home for sale in Roswell, errors in the first posting. The errors involved the file that contained information on the computer week, has kept its benchmark for short-term Ga. The US housing market has sizzled this summer and raised hopes that housing Fed’s forecast for overall economic growth, as model the Fed uses to forecast the economy. interest rates at a record low near zero since will finally help accelerate a US economic recovery now in its seventh year. Yet sales measured by the gross domestic product, and Once the mistake was discovered, the Fed said it December 2008. Many private economists have improved so fast that many see signs that housing will likely lose momentum, inflation. decided not to remove the data since it was believe the first interest rate hike could occur at for reasons ranging from too few homes for sale to the preference of some would-be In a hastily arranged conference call with already public. the September meeting, with some projecting buyers to keep renting to a still-slow pace of house construction. — AP reporters, Fed officials said they had no immedi- The Fed alerted the agency’s inspector gener- another quarter-point move in December. —AP MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 BUSINESS Verizon workers vote to authorize strike Egyptian pound steady NEW YORK: Verizon workers in nine states Workers expires at midnight on August 1. Many of the aspects of the contracts that have voted to go on strike if necessary over a The contract covers employees the nine were set “decades ago” were no longer rele- at official auction dispute about a new contract, a union offi- states from Massachusetts to Virginia who vant in an industry that was facing increased cial said at a rally Saturday. work for Verizon’s wireline business, which pressure and structural change, Young said. “Our members are clear and they are provides fixed-line phone services and FiOS He also said that the company had been CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank kept the weaken in a controlled way could determined,” said Dennis Trainor, an official Internet service. training non-union employees to take on Egyptian pound EGP steady at 7.73 boost exports and attract further with the Communications Workers of The unions say the telecom giant is additional roles to ensure that there was no per dollar at a foreign exchange auc- investment, but also raises Egypt’s America union. “They reject management’s demanding that workers sharply increase disruption to customers in the event of a tion yesterday after a depreciation large bill for imported fuel and food harsh concessionary demands.” their health care contributions and make strike. earlier this month. The pound was staples. At the rally in New York, the CWA concession on pensions. The contract also affects wireline workers modestly weaker at currency Egypt has sought to tame a once- announced that 86 percent of Verizon work- Verizon spokesman Rich Young said that in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New exchange bureaus. thriving currency black market with ers who voted in a recent poll backed strike the company had made the unions “a solid Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, The central bank said it had offered measures such as a cap on dollar- action if required. A contract that covers proposal that recognizes the changing com- as well as Washington, D.C. About 45,000 $40 million and sold $37.5 million at a denominated bank deposits. 39,000 workers represented by the CWA and munications landscape and offers a path Verizon workers went on strike in August cut-off price of 7.7301 pounds per Two traders at currency exchange the International Brotherhood of Electrical toward success.” 2011 for about two weeks. —AP dollar , unchanged from last week’s bureaus said the pound was changing rate. Thursday was a public holiday. hands at 7.87/88 per dollar on Sunday, The central bank had held the modestly weaker than the rate of 7.85 pound at 7.5301 for the past five quoted last Tuesday. months until earlier this month, when The central bank gave banks permis- it allowed it to weaken to 7.6301. On sion in January to trade dollars up to July 5, the bank let it slide a further 0.10 pounds more or less than the offi- 0.10 pounds. cial rate, with an extra 0.05 pounds for Analysts say letting the pound currency exchange bureaus. —Reuters MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 BUSINESS Will the rise in interest rates lead to higher dollar?

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KUWAIT: As mentioned many times in the past year, food and energy prices and higher real average earn- in order not to cause a market panic and risk global ings markets to a total surprise, FOMC members have been On a different note, this week’s release of July BoE vocal about raising interest rates in 2015. The latest meeting minutes revealed a number of members felt speech of Fed president Janet Yellen mentioned that inflation risk is risking, and for some, the policy deci- the labor market had moved demonstrably closer to a sion had become “more finely balanced.” more normal state, a reason why the central bank is BoE member Miles also stated that UK inflation likely to raise short-term interest rates later this year. could pick up sharply at the turn of the year matching The Fed chairwoman seemed enthusiastic to start the the tone of his intervention at last week’s hearing tightening process, although cautiously, saying mov- before the Treasury Select Committee, when he ing too soon could threaten the recovery while wait- backed Governor Carney’s view that the first rate hike ing too long would risk overheating the economy and has come closer. In addition, although the minutes accelerating inflation. showed a unanimous 9-0 votes to keep rates on hold Having kept interest rates at zero for almost seven in July, rising external fears of a Greek exit was cited as years, the Fed’s main concerns this year is to keep the the main reason for such a decision, while on the other US economy on track, at the same time, keep interest hand inflation risks were getting increasingly skewed rates from shooting up and avoid a damaging strong to the upside. US Dollar for US companies. While the rest of the world remains in an easing mode, the Fed’s dilemma will be Asia how to attempt to calibrate a low growth and inflation excitement and brought down the pound to a close over the past year, with the unemployment rate at to re-open with a withdrawal limit of 420 Euros per Japan Relying on US Consumers environment with a gradual stronger Dollar. the week lower at 1.5508. 5.3%, the drop in energy prices we have witnessed this week and other limited services offered to the public. The Bank of Japan’s June report of real exports rose Globally, now that world has avoided the Greek In Asia, the Japanese Yen continue to range trade year boosted US consumers purchasing power helped In parallel, Europe has also disbursed 7.2bn EUR 1.0% on a monthly basis and fell 3.6% on a quarterly Euro exit nightmare, the attention turns on the politi- against the USD between a low of 123.57 and a high by mortgage rates still near all-time low. under the EFSM bridge loan financing arrangement, basis between April and June. Moreover, the BoJ’s cal process in Athens with the negotiation of the third of 124.48. With lower seasonal trading volume, and of which more than 6bn has been immediately used Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial ESM program. Briefly, additional fiscal and structural many investors on leave, it seems investors are mostly Claims Dropping Suggesting Solid Growth and to pay back Greece’s July ECB bond maturity, arrears to Developments for July noted, “exports and industrial reforms commitments need to be secured for a suc- waiting to see what would be the next US Fed course Higher Consumer Spending the IMF and a loan from the Bank of Greece. production have been picking up, despite some fluc- cessful ESM program. With great local political uncer- of action, prior to embarking on the next move. Initial jobless claims fell last week to their lowest tuations. Regarding the economic outlook, “exports tainty, implementation risks remain high until bigger In the commodities world, oil market fundamen- level in more than forty-one years, suggesting job Germany’s Affected by the Global Slowdown are expected to increase moderately, mainly against political changes and economic improvements mate- tals remain weak. In the absence of OPEC production growth remained solid going into the summer. Initial Especially from Emerging Markets the background of the recovery in overseas. rialize in Greece. cuts or supply disruption, oil prices are likely to remain claims benefits declined 26,000 to 255,000 for last Germany’s July PMIs showed a renewed weaken- Despite the deterioration of the Chinese market On the foreign exchange side, the US Dollar under pressure especially with global growth remain- week, the lowest level since November 1973. ing across sectors, after some improvement in June, representing a major risk for Japanese exports, it regained some strength this week after strong retails ing weak and Asian markets under pressure. US crude Last week’s drop remains an outlier and exagger- while economists expected a stable reading. In three remains that the US consumer-spending environment sales and employment figures. As mentioned above, oil prices dropped again to close the week at $48.14 ates the strength of the labor market, as claims are out of the last four months, services as well as manu- remains much more important for the BoJ along lower as the market attention moved away from the Greek after reports showed total commercial crude stock- volatile during summer when automakers usually shut facturing PMI declined. In July the composite PMI fell commodities and energy prices. situation, the Euro started the week at 1.0829 to move piles increase by over 2.4 million barrels last week. assembly plants. However, it is interesting to notice to 53.4 from 53.7 in June. up to 1.1018 once the Greek parliament ratified the With the Greek exit avoided, gold prices continued that the better labor numbers come in parallel to oth- In details, the manufacturing PMI came at 51.5 China Confusing Data first set of prior actions needed to start the negotia- their descent pressured by stronger US economic er reports showing strongest levels of home sales and compared to expectations of 51.9. the number was Chinese purchasing managers index fell to its low- tion of the new bailout program. The currency ended data. Investors continue to bet that the Fed would consumers stepping up their spending after a weak especially weighed down by the export side. New est in 15 months in July, with some analysts blaming the week at 1.0984. With many investors away on holi- raise interest rates in September putting enormous winter. exports orders declined to 49.7 much more than total the recent stock market crash and weak export for the days and few economic data out, we expect the cur- pressure on Gold prices. The decline in jobless claims tells us that the unem- orders and the lowest reading since January. The num- weak number. The index fell to 48.2 versus expecta- rency to continue range-trading going into the month ployment rate, currently at 5.3%, will continue to move ber remains in line with the ongoing weakening of tions of 49.7, much lower than the 50 expansion level. of August. Housing Market on Fire lower potentially causing unemployment rate to fall global trade especially of emerging markets. The posi- The reading is likely to suggest that the improvement In a very quiet week in terms of economic data, below the 5%, which would be lower than prior to the tive twist to the report remains that the employment of the economy we have witnesses as of late may not Market focus Mortgage application volume barely moved at all, financial crisis. component rose in July. Services PMI came at 53.7 ver- have extended into the start of the third quarter and In the UK, the market focus this week was on the coming out at 0.1% gain for the week ending July 17 sus expectations of 54, however, continues to be in an that downside risks to growth remain high. Moreover, Bank of England minutes. Indeed, the Sterling Pound from the previous week. Volumes remains better than Europe & UK expansionary territory. the number contradicts the official figures published gained some strength after the release of the Bank of a year ago by just over 8%. Purchase applications are Europe, Now What? last week, showing the Chinese economy growing at a England minutes that highlighted some policy makers also 18% higher than they were a year ago. As market attention turned away from Greece fol- The BoE Is Preparing the Market for a Slow healthy 7%. As a result, investors expect People’s Bank assessing rising inflation risks. Following BoE Carney’s In parallel, Existing Home Sales jumped to the lowing Sunday’s agreement and this week’s parlia- Tightening Cycle of China to step up their action and continue cutting comments that the time to increase rates was getting fastest pace since February 2007. Sales rose 3.2% ment actions, the ECB became a non-event as Draghi The Bank of England dilemma continues after the interest rates and the reserve requirement ratio for closer, the minutes offered investors clearer evidence month-on-month to an annualized rate of 5.49 million downplayed recent tightening in Eurozone financial disappointing UK retail sales data for June. Sales fell by banks in an effort to boost the slowing economy. of how broad such a shift has become amongst poli- versus economists’ expectations for a 5.40 million. conditions but that a response would materialize on 0.2% on a monthly basis and missed market expecta- cymakers. After starting the week at the 1.5600 level, Moreover, housing starts rose 9.8% to an annualized further deterioration. tions of a 0.4% rise. Even with the annual growth rate Kuwait the Pound rose to a high of 1.5671 on Thursday. The rate of 1.174 million, also the highest since mid-2007. The ECB also approved a 900 million EUR increase decelerating from 4.7% to 4.0%, we believe British Kuwaiti Dinar at 0.30285 disappointing retail sales figures dampened investors’ As the economy created almost three million jobs in Greek bank ELA liquidity provision allowing banks consumers spending remain solid thanks to weaker The USD-KWD opened at 0.30285 yesterday morning. Ambitious trade talks head to Hawaii for final stage

WASHINGTON: Negotiators from the US, Japan and Singapore and Vietnam. across the world.” 10 other Pacific Rim countries could put the finishing Yet the secrecy of the TPP talks has also stirred sus- TPP grew out of the failure of the World Trade touches on the most ambitious trade and investment picions. Negotiating documents obtained by Organization to address advanced economy interests deal in decades when they meet this week in Hawaii. WikiLeaks depict a wishlist of US businesses that crit- like investment standards and dispute resolution, pro- But with the details of the Trans-Pacific ics say could raise the cost of drugs, allow investors to tections for copyrights and patents, and issues arising Partnership, or TPP, hidden in intense secrecy, the sue countries in extra-national tribunals, sharply from ecommerce and data-based industry. talks have fueled suspicion that whatever they increase protections for intellectual property while TPP would be a platform to build upon. achieve will benefit powerful corporations but not criminalizing small violators, as well as lower protec- “The ultimate goal of the process has to be a economies and people generally. And with China tions of a person’s personal information while increas- region-wide system. It doesn’t help either the US or deliberately excluded, it remains to be seen if a 12- ing data-focused companies’ rights to it. China to divide up the Asia-Pacific into two zones,” country deal will be enough to coax Beijing toward The suspicions are strong enough that WikiLeaks is Petri said. China has advanced its own idea for an further opening its economy and embracing more raising $100,000 to offer to anyone that can deliver Asia-wide trade deal-the Regional Comprehensive international business standards. the muckraking website the entire TPP text. Economic Partnership, or RCEP-that would likely offer By most accounts, TPP negotiators have narrowed “Very little in this agreement is about free trade... much less than TPP for American companies. their focus to a number of key issues, and are under In recent years any free trade agreement has really Even so, both Washington and Beijing see the TPP pressure from Washington to finalize a deal in the been about intellectual property protections,” said and RCEP as building blocks for a broader Pacific coming months. Susan Sell, a political science professor at George trade deal, dubbed the Free Trade Area of the Asia- TANJUNG PRIOK PORT: In this photograph taken on July 2, 2015, laborers work at a That would advance the US agenda for a new Washington University. Pacific. “We believe they can work in parallel as two construction site at the Tanjung Priok port, north of Jakarta. New Priok will be international framework for trade in services, invest- main routes leading to the building of the FTAAP,” for- Indonesia’s biggest port once completed, and is one of 24 ports planned to overhaul ment and protection of intellectual property. 40% of the global economy eign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in April, refer- maritime connections in Southeast Asia’s top economy, which comprises more than Such a framework could also become a model for TPP would bring together around 40 percent of ring to the broader trade deal. 17,000 islands. — AFP the even larger Transatlantic Trade and Investment the global economy, attempting to update and har- Partnership (TTIP) Washington is negotiating with the monize existing bilateral trade agreements between Higher costs for consumers European Union. most of the members. According to a study by the But critics say that does not make TPP any great Peterson Institute for International Economics in deal. Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and US, UK growth in focus Challenge to China Washington, it could add $295 billion in annual global Policy Research in Washington said TPP’s prospective US President Barack Obama has staked much income after the 10-year implementation period. A economic gains are small and offset by higher costs credibility on reaching a deal. The talks between trade relatively small part of that would be from traditional to consumers from increased protections for intellec- as Greece crisis pauses ministers beginning Tuesday on the Hawaiian island goods trade, where global tariffs are already low, not- tual property. of Maui come only after he won a bruising battle in ed economist Peter Petri, one of the study’s authors. “People will be paying higher prices for drugs, for BRUSSELS: A meeting of the US Federal recovered from a surprise slowdown in early Congress for the power to reach a final agreement TPP aims to open up things likes Japan’s protected copyrighted material. That’s the same as a tax Reserve and the first estimate of US second- 2015 and grew by a quarterly 0.7 percent in without interference from the legislators. The deal will auto and farm product markets, and generally cut increase,” with the beneficiaries being US corporations quarter growth are likely to be this week’s the April-June period, back to the kind of help a whole range of US industries, from farms to barriers to Vietnam’s exports. which are insiders to the negotiations. economic centrepieces with markets able for pace seen at the end of last year. shoemakers to movie studios, he has argued. More important, Petri says, is setting global rules While nothing is clear about how close negotia- the first time in months to look beyond Britain is on course to expand at a faster “If we don’t write the rules for trade around the that ensure that companies can invest in economies tors are to a deal, the TPP chapters revealed via Greece’s debt struggle. pace than other rich economies for a second world-guess what-China will. And they’ll write those and feel secure that their investments are going to be WikiLeaks showed some significant differences After a series of emergency euro zone year in a row but its recovery remains heavily rules in a way that gives Chinese workers and Chinese free of excessive regulation or interference. between the 12 countries. But pressure is there to meetings, Greece has received a bridge loan reliant on consumers, rather than manufac- businesses the upper hand,” Obama said in May. “This is the most important trade negotiation reach a final deal within months. With the US facing of 7.2 billion euros ($7.9 billion) and passed a turers. There are also significant stakes for the other we’ve had in more than 20 years,” he told AFP. elections in November 2016, and voters suspicious of series of measures designed to persuade A widely watched consumer confidence countries involved: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, “It will have very significant indirect benefits trade treaties, any delay could jeopardize its ratifica- international creditors to agree a third bailout survey is predicted to show optimism dip- Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, in how it will begin to reshape trade rules tion in Congress.— AFP of 86 billion euros. Those talks are likely to ping slightly in July but remaining close to its come to a head in August. highest levels in more than 15 years. Data In the meantime, the Fed’s rate-setting from the Bank of England on Wednesday is Open Market Committee meets on Tuesday expected to show mortgage approvals hit- EMC announces Q2 financial results and Wednesday. Economists do not expect a ting their highest levels in more than a year. rate rise until September when the central The Bank of England meets the following DUBAI: EMC Corporation yesterday reported second- cloud journeys, and we remain laser focused on year over year and up 6% on a constant currency bank plans a news conference, unlike July week, with no rate change expected then, quarter 2015 financial results. Consolidated second- enhancing shareholder value.” basis2. Emerging Storage4 revenue was up 49% year when only a statement is planned. although the vote could expose the first split quarter GAAP revenue was $6 billion, up 2% year over Zane Rowe, EMC CFO, said, “My thanks to the over year in the second quarter, led by XtremIO, Isilon Fed Chair Janet Yellen has warned, howev- this year within the Monetary Policy year. Consolidated second-quarter non-GAAP1 rev- entire team for their hard work and execution in the and Software-Defined Storage. Within Emerging er, that “every meeting is live”, with a decision Committee. New forecasts for the economy enue was $6.1 billion, up 3% year over year and up second quarter. We are seeing success in the growth Storage, XtremIO revenue growth exceeded 300% possible at any time. The policymakers will are likely to pave the way for a rate hike in 8% on a constant currency basis2. areas of our portfolio, while our traditional storage year over year, and remains the all-flash array market probably already have a steer on U.S. gross early 2016 or possibly even late 2015. EMC generated $1 billion in operating cash flow category was impacted by customers focusing on segment leader. Within the Converged Infrastructure domestic product in the second quarter, a With a pause in the Greek crisis, the stand- and $647 million in free cash flow3 in the second their short-term purchasing needs as they develop business, Vblock and Vblock-related revenue had first estimate of which will be published on out event in the euro zone will be the first quarter, and ended the quarter with $14.8 billion in their digital agendas. We continue to drive growth, greater than 30% growth year over year. Thursday. The economy is seen returning to estimate of inflation, due on Friday. It is seen cash and investments. EMC repurchased approxi- cost efficiency and business transformation, as well as growth, of 2.7 percent, after a contraction in a steady at 0.2 percent, after early expectations mately $2 billion worth of its common stock year-to- additional alignment across our businesses.” Pivotal weather-hit first three months. of a slight rise to 0.3 percent. date and returned $225 million to shareholders in the David Goulden, CEO of EMC Information Second-quarter revenue was up 18% year over Weak retail sales and a disappointing Weaker than expected euro zone purchas- second quarter via a quarterly dividend. Infrastructure, said, “In an IT market that is changing year and up 19% on a constant currency basis2. employment report in June and May’s sharp ing managers’ indexes (PMI) released on Joe Tucci, EMC Chairman and CEO, said, “While rapidly, our new businesses are performing excep- Pivotal continues its transition to a subscription busi- drop in business confidence have raised con- Friday may have dampened hopes that the pleased with many aspects of the second quarter, tionally well, with the Emerging Storage business ness model, more commonly measured by annual cerns the world’s biggest economy is slowing. European Central Bank’s bond-buying and especially with the market acceptance and rapid now at nearly a $3 billion revenue run-rate, which we recurring revenue (ARR)6, which in the second quar- But a fifth monthly rise in consumer prices in the tumbling euro are boosting growth and growth of our newer products, we also saw cus- expect will grow more than 30% in 2015. We are ter was approximately $60 million, up almost 60% June and strong housing data could support driving inflation higher in Europe. tomers become more conservative around refreshing focused on evolving our storage portfolio, delivering quarter over quarter. Pivotal is achieving significant a monetary policy tightening. Finally, the overall health of the Chinese their traditional infrastructures as they plan their IT solutions, leading in high-growth areas and getting momentum as enterprise customers leverage the “I think GDP will be good enough not to recovery should become clearer after official transformations. We also saw ongoing geopolitical more aggressive on costs and are taking additional Pivotal portfolio for their digital transformation jour- derail a September rate hike,” said Rob National Bureau of Statistics PMI data for factors in China and Russia. To capture more opportu- steps to manage the trends in our traditional storage ney. * VMware: Second-quarter 2015 GAAP revenue Carnell, chief international economist at ING. both manufacturing and services on nity, we have honed our growth strategy around four business. Going forward, the favorable mix toward was up 4% year over year, non-GAAP revenue was up “I think you’d really need to have bad data to Saturday. pillars: best-in class products and solutions that are, or new applications and transformational spend will 10% (up 13% on a constant currency basis2) year over affect the story even with inflation not really Friday’s flash Caixin/Markit PMI showed will be, offered as a service; an expanded focus on serve us well beyond 2015.” year. VMware continues to diversify its business by evident.” activity in Chinese factories contracted for a cloud services; tighter coordination of our federated expanding its portfolio of products to enable the soft- fifth consecutive month and by the most in go-to-market approach; and a leadership team that is EMC Information Infrastructure ware-defined enterprise, making progress on its Split seen over uk rate hike 15 months in July, sending gold to a five- second to none. We are confident in our strategy in Second-quarter revenue was up 1% year over year strategic initiatives focused on the software-defined In Britain, data on Tuesday is expected to month low and copper to a six-month becoming the most trusted partner to customers and up 6% on a constant currency basis2. Information data center, hybrid cloud solutions, business mobility show Europe’s second-largest economy trough. — Reuters embarking on digital transformation and hybrid Storage revenue in the second quarter was up 1% and end-user computing. MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 BUSINESS

Al Tijari announces winners of Al Najma Account and Souq.com

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X-cite’s Fifa 2015 tournament brings thrill, fun to Kuwait

KUWAIT: Based on its ongoing commit- Mohammed Al Reesh and Bandar Awwad Nissan issues Sustainability Report 2015 ment to promote exciting events and Al Mutairi took home an impressive KD sporting activities, X-cite by Alghanim 3,000. The second place team was ‘Al Enezi’ Electronics organized a FIFA 2015 consisting of players ‘Yousef Sultan DUBAI: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. yesterday The Sustainability Report details Nissan’s injuries on roadsand highways, which are PlayStation tournament at its Avenues Meshan Al Enezi’ and ‘Osama Zaid Khalaf Al issued its Sustainability Report 2015. The efforts on its eight sustainabilitystrategies*. guided by a vision of the future where zero- showroom on July 2, 3, and 4 where 512 Enezi’; each received a special Batman updated annual report is available for down- The report includes the Nissan CSR emissionsand zero-fatalities are a reality. players gathered as teams of two each, Edition Sony PlayStation4 console. The two load at the company’s global corporate web- Scorecard, which analyses theprogress made Nissan President and CEO, Carlos Ghosn making the competition a challenging and players of the third place team got KD 100 site. on annual objectives and describes the spe- said in the report: “We want to be the auto toughly contested one with 256 teams. voucher each while the players of the Guided by the corporate vision of “enrich- cific activities in eacharea. industry’s most socially and environmentally FIFA 2015 was selected as the game for fourth place team received PS4 FIFA2015 ing people’s lives”, Nissan issues its In addition, the report includes a new responsible manufacturer. Whether we are the competition due to its huge popularity games. Sustainability Report to convey the compa- chapter titled “Working toward aSustainable working to address climate change, rapid and spread among gamers worldwide. X- X-cite by Alghanim Electronics is the ny’s efforts to create economic valueand Mobility Society”, describing Nissan’s com- urbanization, transportation for aging popu- cite organized this free entry tournament largest electronics retailer in Kuwait with develop a sustainable society through its prehensive efforts toeliminate vehicular lations and vehicle safety, Nissan is commit- in Ramadan to add more celebration and 18 showrooms spread across the country business activities. emissions and end avoidable deaths and ted to identifying the solutions we need.” enjoyment to the festive nights of the holy providing its customers with an intuitive, month. All the matches witnessed great interactive and dynamic shopping experi- audiences that came in large numbers to ence. Follow X-cite’s deals and offers on cheer for their friends and teams, resulting xcite.com and stay tuned for upcoming in a thrilling and competitive experience events and competitions through their Toshiba scandal exposes atmosphere. social media channels: Instagram, Twitter The first prize was awarded to team and SnapChat (@xcitealghanim), and Japan’s governance flaws ‘Fast & Furious’ whose players Abdulla Facebook (xcitebyalghanim).

TOKYO: Toshiba’s billion-dollar It wasn’t supposed to be that way Institute of Japan. cutor, the investigating panel accounting scandal has shone a at Toshiba, which was hailed as one described a corporate culture where light on a corporate culture in Japan of the early leaders in changing ‘Shameful results’ underlings could not challenge still beset by collusion in its senior Japan’s clubby boardroom culture. Benes was a key player behind powerful bosses intent on boosting ranks, unquestioning employees The vast firm, which had sales of Japan’s long-awaited corporate gov- profits at almost any cost. and poor external controls, experts $54 billion last fiscal year, hired out- ernance code, which came into While the scandals at Enron and say. side directors and adopted a 16- effect less than two months ago. WorldCom in the United States are The vast 140-year-old conglom- member board a decade ago, It was hailed as a way to boost reminders that accounting fraud is erate was hammered this week by among other changes, to “enhance trust with foreign investors and not just a Japanese problem, the embarrassing revelations that top management efficiency and avoid scandals such as the $1.7 bil- country’s corporate traditions executives pressured underlings to improve transparency”. lion accounting fraud at camera enabled the years-long scheme at inflate profits by about $1.2 billion But the scathing report-commis- giant Olympus several years ago, Toshiba, observers said. since the 2008 global financial crisis. sioned by the company after finan- one of Japan’s worst ever. And “the problem is not unique An independent report, which cial regulators questioned Toshiba’s Toshiba, whose shares dived after to Toshiba-in many Japanese firms found senior managers complicit in books earlier this year-found a litany the problems came to light, remains the attitude is not to oppose the the affair, pointed to the rigid sys- of problems, including a pair of for- on a 400-member index that high- bosses”, wrote Hitoshi Kujiraoka, a tem that powered Japan’s post-war mer diplomats on its audit commit- lights firms with the best return on journalist at the Asahi newspaper. boom-lifetime employment in tee who were not up to the task. equity and other shareholder- Best known for televisions and exchange for complete loyalty to Japanese firms are peppered friendly criteria. electronics, including the world’s the company. with former bureaucrats given plum “It is outrageous that a major first laptop personal computer and Air Arabia and University Hospital “If you look at management, you jobs in the industries that they once company that represents Japan DVD player, the massive company generally find people over 50 who oversaw, despite many having few repeatedly padded its profits on a has more than 200,000 employees Sharjah sign service level agreement have spent their career at the com- relevant skills or the incentive to corporate-wide basis,” the top-sell- globally and also operates in power pany, climbing up through the question management. ing Yomiuri newspaper said in an transmission and medical equip- SHARJAH: Air Arabia has signed a Service Level Michael Stroud, Chief Executive Officer of ranks,” said Keio University guest lec- “Only one of the three external editorial. ment. Agreement with University Hospital Sharjah out- University Hospital Sharjah said: “Our new agree- turer Takeshi Natsuno, a former directors on the audit committee is About half Toshiba’s board Its business was dented by the lining a broad framework for healthcare services ment with Air Arabia symbolises our prominent executive at mobile giant NTT well-versed in financial matters, in a resigned Tuesday with president financial crisis, while the 2011 and education for the airline’s staff. position in the healthcare sector and demon- Docomo. company that we now see had suc- Hisao Tanaka and vice chairman Fukushima disaster squashed As part of the agreement, the hospital will strates the trust placed in us by individuals and “For 30 years they all ate from the cumbed to the Japanese tendency Norio Sasaki-also a former presi- demand for atomic power at home determine the primary, secondary and tertiary leading organisations alike. The announcement same bowl. Everyone knows it isn’t to not question orders from above,” dent-the most senior to quit their in a big blow to Toshiba’s key care needs of the staff and dependents and make marks an important step forward towards fulfill- good but so far nothing has said Nicholas Benes, head of the posts. nuclear division. referrals to the relevant specialists, as needed. ing our promise of delivering exceptional health- changed.” non-profit Board Director Training Headed by a former Tokyo prose- Top executives complained of Commenting on the agreement, Adel Ali, care services to a wide segment of the local and “shameful results” that could not Group Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia, said: “We regional community. We thank Air Arabia for their be made public, while the report are pleased to partner with University Hospital trust in University Hospital Sharjah, and we look said former president Atsutoshi Sharjah, a prominent healthcare facility that is forward to a long and fruitful partnership serving Nishida had demanded an unreal- well-equipped to administer quality support for the diverse medical needs of one of the region’s istic profit in the personal comput- Air Arabia’s specific needs. Having a strong and leading airlines.” University Hospital Sharjah will er division. reliable medical partner is of paramount impor- also work on with creating an awareness pro- “It’s tough, but we must do it,” he tance, mandating a strict emphasis on medical gramme on health conditions commonly affect- said in 2008, according to the report. training healthcare. We are confident that our ing the residents of UAE, as part of a best-practice partnership with University Hospital Sharjah will medical training for Air Arabia employees. Also, Closer scrutiny greatly benefit both parties and at the same time the hospital will conduct a series of complimenta- Kaoru Kamisaka, head of finan- provide our staff with access to leading and inter- ry health talks and screenings for Air Arabia’s staff cial information consultancy Japan nationally recognized health practitioners.” and dependents. Economic Pulse, said the new gover- nance code will put firms under the microscope. “Institutional investors are keep- ing a closer eye on companies so there won’t be a repeat,” Kamisaka said. Benes from the director training institute said the Toshiba scandal was likely to be a “bump in the road” toward better governance. “I do not think such hidden ice- bergs are rife among Japanese com- panies, but this will serve a stern warning bell to other companies that ‘it can happen to anyone’, and that director skill sets matter,” he TOKYO: President of Toshiba, Hisao Tanaka (C), chairman Masashi Muromachi (L) and corporate executive added. vice president Keizo Maeda (R) bow at the beginning of a press conference at the company’s headquarters “Just because you were the in Tokyo. Toshiba president Hisao Tanaka and his predecessor Norio Sasaki quit the company on July 21 as ambassador to Brazil, does not one of Japan’s best-known firms was hammered by a $1.2 billion accounting scandal blamed on manage- mean you are fit for the audit com- ment’s overzealous pursuit of profit. — AFP mittee.” — AFP technology MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015

Fiat Chrysler US to recall vehicles to prevent hacking

DETROIT/SAN FRANCISCO: Fiat Chrysler will the first recall of vehicles because of concerns with a single authenticated server allow the 2.5 percent lower at $15.15 on Friday. The (http://bit.ly/1IrgUR1) FCA said it would mail a recall 1.4 million vehicles in the United States about cybersecurity, and experts said they company that owns the server to compile a NHTSA and members of Congress have memory stick to affected customers to to install software to prevent hackers from hoped it would send a shock through the raft of information about the user, increasing expressed concern about the security of upgrade vehicle software and add security. A gaining remote control of the engine, steer- auto industry and beyond it. privacy concerns, Weaver said. Internet-connected vehicle control systems. spokeswoman for FCA said the USB sticks ing and other systems in what federal officials Ed Skoudis, an expert in securing connect- Two Democratic Senators introduced a bill on would be mailed to customers “as soon as said was the first such action of its kind. RISKS OF CONNECTIVITY ed devices, said the fact that the recall came Tuesday that would direct the NHTSA to possible.” The company also said it had The announcement on Friday by FCA US The risks of increasing connectivity to so soon after publication of the FCA cyberse- develop standards for isolating critical soft- already deployed a fix with its telecommuni- LLC, formerly Chrysler Group LLC, was made physical devices extend far beyond cars and curity issue “is a shot across the bow of other ware and detect hacking as it occurs. cations provider to block remote access of the days after reports that cybersecurity into hospitals and chemical plants and facto- IoT manufacturers that this could cost them a “We have said that cars today are essen- kind the researchers used. researchers used a wireless connection to ries, they said. lot of money.” tially computers on wheels, and the last thing FCA declined to comment beyond the turn off a Jeep Cherokee’s engine as it drove, “It’s a huge problem, and it’s an architec- Skoudis said he hoped companies would drivers should have to worry about is some statement it issued on the recall. The compa- increasing concerns about the safety of tural problem with this Internet-of-Things reconsider what they spend on security earli- hacker along for the ride,” Fred Upton, the ny did not respond to queries on whether the Internet-enabled vehicles. concept,” said Nicholas Weaver, a security er in the design process in order to avoid simi- Republican chairman of the House Energy USB devices to be mailed to customers are on The researchers used Fiat Chrysler’s researcher at the nonprofit International lar recalls, lawsuits and the threat of increased and Commerce Committee and the commit- hand or have to be manufactured. An NHTSA telematics system to break into a volunteer’s Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, regulation. tee’s ranking Democrat, Frank Pallone Jr of official said the investigation would also look Cherokee being driven on the highway and California. New Jersey, said in a statement on Friday. at “how quickly they (FCA) are able to com- issue commands to the engine, steering and He said that at present there is a divide in COMPUTERS ON WHEELS Some carmarkers, including BMW and plete the recall.” brakes. terms of design, in that cars and other prod- Automakers have until now sought to play Tesla Motors Inc, can update car software In broad terms, “this is another example The National Highway Traffic Safety ucts could be accessible from a variety of down the threat that hackers could gain con- over the air, as Apple Inc does with its phones. of a problem with an embedded system, Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday it sources, such as smartphones, as with the trol of a vehicle using a wireless connection. But others do not, and the Senate bill would some computer that is something that is would investigate whether FCA’s solution to Cherokee, or else can be designed to commu- While hackers had previously demonstrated not require that. not really a computer from a user perspec- upgrade software was enough to protect nicate only with a single authenticated server. the ability to tamper with onboard systems The recalled vehicles include some of the tive but is built to make something else consumers from hackers, although FCA said Products designed to be accessible by a using a physical connection to the car’s diag- top-selling FCA products including the Jeep work,” said Steven Bellovin, a professor of in its recall announcement that it was range of means including smartphones leave nostic system, the researchers were able to Grand Cherokee and Cherokee SUVs from computer science at Columbia University. “I unaware of any injuries. a large “attack surface” that is easier to pene- control the Jeep Cherokee remotely. model years 2014 and 2015 and 2015 Dodge suspect we’re going to need some kind of A spokesman for NHTSA said that it was trate. But products that communicate only US-traded shares of Fiat Chrysler closed Challenger sports coupes, among others. regulatory frameworks.” —Reuters Lawsuit reveals extent of Ethiopian hacking

WASHINGTON: As President Barack Obama faces pressure to discuss human rights in his first official visit to Ethiopia this weekend, a unique lawsuit back home is challenging whether the African country can spy on an American by turn- ing his computer into a giant recording device. The federal case alleges Ethiopian government agents gobbled up months of a Maryland man’s Skype calls and his family’s Internet activities. But the man, born in Ethiopia and now a US citizen, isn’t wanted for a crime. Instead, he helps out a political opposition group out- lawed in his home country. The alleged intrusion was investigat- ed after the software left behind bread crumbs, underscoring a larger pattern: PHOENIX: This June 4, 2014 file photo shows Amazon boxes in Phoenix. The use of commercial hacking software Amazon.com reported a surprise second-quarter profit on continued strength of its by foreign governments, sometimes with cloud-computing business and strong revenue both domestically and abroad. —AP poor human-rights records, to electroni- cally snoop on their adversaries. White House press secretary Josh Amazon’s value Earnest said this past week that the US “regularly conveyed to Ethiopia’s leader- ship our concerns in such areas as press surpasses Wal-Mart freedom, transparency, space for civil society and the political opposition.” NEW YORK: It’s official: Amazon is bigger Facebook became more highly valued than Human Rights Watch and other WASHINGTON: Documents are photographed in Washington, Saturday, July 25, 2015, in a organizations urged Obama, who was than Wal-Mart. Amazon shares surged the world’s largest retailer, knocking it out unique lawsuit challenging whether Ethiopia can spy on an American by turning his computer almost 10 percent on Friday after the e- of the top 10 list of the highest-valued scheduled to arrive in Ethiopia on commerce powerhouse reported a surprise companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Sunday after visiting Kenya, to put the into a giant recording device.—AP second-quarter profit and a better-than- index. Amazon is firing on all cylinders, “pressing human rights concerns” in visits expected 20 percent jump in revenue. The analysts said. to Ethiopia and Kenya “at the forefront of attorney with the San Francisco-based countries for press freedoms, and said puter was commandeered - by mistake. sharp increase in shares brought Amazon’s “When it is good, it is great: particularly your discussions.” Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is the country’s 2009 anti-terrorism law has Someone else was the original target of market value to $247.77 billion, more than as the business shifted to higher growth Ethiopia has sought hacking software representing Kidane. “And when spies been used extensively against reporters. the email virus but forwarded it to its biggest rival, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., sig- across a matrix of operating segments, from at least two separate companies, get caught, there are consequences.” A A lawyer for the Ethiopian government Kidane and infected his own computer. naling a sea change in retailing. Amazon, product categories, and geographies in the court records and emails show. The legal- federal judge in Washington asked the referred the AP’s questions about the Yet Ethiopian officials decided to activate which just turned 20, is now valued higher second quarter,” said William Blair analyst ity of such technology in other countries U.S. government this month if it wanted case to the Ethiopian Embassy in a software license to continue monitor- than the world’s largest retailer. Mark Miller. He said a variety of Amazon’s - and a US federal judge’s pending deci- to weigh in on the case. Ethiopia wants it Washington. An embassy representative ing his activities anyway. Bentonville, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart units boosted results: its $99 annual Prime sion on whether the Maryland man’s can tossed, saying governments have immu- said this past week that he had no fur- Gamma Group, the company that Stores is valued at about $230.53 billion. membership, third-party sellers, and its proceed - could raise foreign-policy nity when conducting such activities. The ther information and declined to provide made the FinSpy software before spin- The company, with 11,767 stores world- logistics and delivery capabilities. implications for governments worldwide. EFF says the case is important for show- names or telephone numbers for those ning it off into a separate company wide, still has much higher sales, $485.65 “In view of the sharply higher preopen- The Obama administration has had ing warrantless wiretapping is illegal and inside the government who might. called FinFisher, has said it sold only to billion in the year ended Jan. 31, compared ing stock price, the question is whether this to deal with other countries hacking into can be the basis of a U.S. lawsuit, regard- Had FinSpy worked quietly behind governments. Hackers in 2014 said they with Amazon’s $89 billion in annual rev- is as good as it gets,” he added. Amazon American computers and compromising less of who engages in it. the scenes as intended, Kidane may have hacked Gamma and circulated its files, enue last year. Web Services, the Seattle company’s cloud- private data. The Justice Department last Offensive hacking software is used by never been to court. But when forensics showing it also sold to non governments. But investors applauded Amazon’s abili- computing business, was another stand- year charged five Chinese military hack- investigators to gather evidence for crim- experts examined Kidane’s computer, In 2013, researchers from Citizen Lab ty to keep costs in check while growing its out, with revenue that jumped 81 percent ers for breaching major corporations’ sys- inal prosecutions or, at times, spy on for- they uncovered left-behind fragments of at the University of Toronto’s Munk revenue. Amazon credited the profit to to $1.82 billion. “AWS was particularly tems and siphoning off business secrets. eign adversaries. The FBI in 2007, for data and instructions for the eavesdrop- School of Global Affairs discovered that continued strength of its cloud-computing robust,” said Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Lawyers for the Maryland plaintiff, instance, sent a bogus Associated Press ping program to connect to an Ethiopian 25 countries host servers for FinSpy, business and strong revenue growth both Youssef Squali. “We believe that Amazon is who goes by Kidane in court documents story to a 15-year-old suspect in computer server. After an opposition which can dodge anti-virus protections domestically and abroad. That came as it now starting to move away from the heavy to protect him from retaliation, say soft- Washington state who was accused of leader was sent into exile, the once-apo- to steal data, log keystrokes, eavesdrop held costs for marketing and package build years for its ecommerce business just ware called FinSpy made secret audio making bomb threats; the story con- litical Kidane got involved in a pro- on Skype calls and turn microphones delivery in check. as its top line accelerates, yielding the recordings of his Skype calls, copied por- tained secret software that helped reveal democracy group called Ginbot 7 by pro- and webcams into surveillance devices. A company’s market value is calculated beginnings of the much sought-after mar- tions of his emails and logged Web his location. viding technical and administrative sup- At the time, the group Reporters Without by multiplying the number of shares of gin leverage.” searches done by his middle-school-age Human rights and free press advo- port. Ethiopia calls the group a terrorist Borders named Gamma one of its five stock it has in circulation by the current Amazon shares rose $47.24, or 9.8 per- son for school. cates have bristled in letting oppressive organization, but Human Rights Watch “corporate enemies of the Internet.” price of one share. cent, to close at $529.42. The stock is up “Just because governments around governments gain access to that tech- says the country uses draconian laws to Neither Gamma nor its spinoff respond- It was the second usurper in two more than 47 percent in the past 12 the world engage in spying doesn’t nology. The nonprofit Freedom House repress opposition activists and critics. ed to several emails from the AP seeking months to Wal-Mart’s value. Last month months.—AP make it legal,” said Nate Cardozo, a staff ranks Ethiopia as being one of the worst That is how Kidane believes his com- comment since Thursday.—AP San Francisco’s Chinatown clings to roots amid tech boom

SAN FRANCISCO: For a century and a half, opment will make that situation worse.” San Francisco’s Chinatown, the nation’s old- Chinatown leaders don’t agree on what est, has sheltered waves of immigrants. It’s the district should be, other than a gateway the birthplace of Chinese America, and to for immigrants and destination for tourists. some extent, the broader Asian America. Take 1920c, a co-sharing business Now, Chinatown faces powerful economic launched in April which offers work space to and demographic challenges as the city freelancers and to socially conscious startups. undergoes an unprecedented boom in tech The influential Chinatown Community jobs. Development Center protested the business. Rising rent elsewhere in the city has entre- Gen Fujioka, the center’s policy director, said preneurs eyeing Chinatown for offices, enter- the neighborhood “is not intended for tech tainment and housing. A $1.6 billion subway offices.” The company’s co-founder Jenny set to open in 2019 could provide an eco- Chan, a 25-year-old who moved from Hong nomic boost, but it also brings development Kong 15 years ago, objected to the idea that pressures in a neighborhood coveted for its she is callously gentrifying the neighbor- location. hood. At the same time, many Chinese “They accused me of not fitting into the Americans have scattered across the Bay fabric of Chinatown,” Chan said. “But my sign Area, reducing Chinatown’s customer base. “It downstairs is in Chinese.” Longtime merchant is the last frontier, when you think about it,” Betty Louie said Chan is exactly what said Bertrand Pellegrin, a brand specialist Chinatown needs: young professionals who with the firm b. on brand who is interested in and can inject vibrancy to the place. helping preserve the neighborhood. “It is one “I want our ABCs to come back and be of the last central places downtown that has proud of their roots,” said Louie, using the not been completely gentrified and overde- shorthand for American-born Chinese. veloped.” “Really, for some of them, this is their Chinese Some civic leaders say traditional values village.” and zoning regulations should protect the That’s why she recruited well-known San neighborhood of 15,000 to 18,000 people Francisco chef Brandon Jew to set up a new against too much development. restaurant in Chinatown. Likewise, Chinatown Others say younger generations of proper- real estate broker Pius Lee has championed ty owners may take the money from the ris- restaurateur George Chen, who is opening a ing land values and run. “The battle has food hall and high end restaurant where a always been to limit growth,” said Howard popular dim sum palace once stood. Chen Wong, a founder of a group opposed to the noted the coming subway factored into his SAN FRANCISCO: In this June 12, 2015 photo, a woman uses her phone while crossing Grant Avenue in San Francisco’s Chinatown. —AP subway construction. “A huge transit devel- decision.—AP MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE FDA OKs breakthrough cholesterol drug for high-risk patients ‘Value to the health care system and to individual patients’

WASHINGTON: The Food and Drug Administration patients at highest risk of heart problems: is whether they actually reduce someone’s risk,” on Friday approved a first-of-a-kind drug that lowers 1- patients with abnormally high LDL choles- said Dr Harlan Krumholz, a Yale University cardiol- artery-clogging cholesterol more than older drugs terol caused by an inherited condition ogist. “I think the wisest thing is to be cautious that have been prescribed for decades. The drug 2- patients with high LDL cholesterol and a his- about their use and reserve them for people who from Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. tory of heart attack, stroke, chest pain and related have no other choice.” offers an important new option for millions of conditions An estimated 6.3 million US patients cannot patients at high risk of heart disease. But the drug’s Sanofi estimates those groups account for 8 to control their LDL levels with statins alone, accord- sky-high price tag - $14,600 per year - is certain to 10 million patients in the US. The drug’s $40-a-day ing to medical surveys. And another 3.3 million are escalate debate about the cost of breakthrough price is even higher than many analyst predic- thought to be unable to tolerate statins due to drugs and who should take them. tions, which centered on $10,000 per year. In an side effects, but there are no formal criteria to Praluent is the first in a new class of biotech interview Friday, Sanofi executive Dr Jay Edelberg identify these patients. As such, experts say more medications that use a novel approach to lower said the $14,600-a-year price reflects the “value to research is needed to define the group. “I think we CALIFORNIA: Enrollment counselor Vue Yang, left, goes over some of the bad, or LDL, cholesterol. The drugs are considered the health care system and the value to individual need to be clear what qualifies for statin intoler- health insurance plans available to Laura San Nicolas, center, accompanied ance,” Dr Neil Stone, a cardiologist at Northwestern by her daughter, Geena, 17, while enrolling for health insurance at University, said. “What moves you from an inex- Sacramento Covered in Sacramento. —AP photos pensive, generic statin to a very expensive new drug that doesn’t have near the track record of the statin?” The FDA is scheduled to rule on a similar drug from Amgen by Aug 27. Pfizer’s entry into the field is expected to launch in 2018 or later. All three drugs lower low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, cho- lesterol more powerfully and in a different way than statins. They block a substance called PCSK9, which interferes with the liver’s ability to remove cholesterol from the blood. Adding the new drugs to older statins reduces LDL cholesterol by about 40 percent to 60 percent. Statins alone generally lower levels of the wax-like substance by about 25 to 35 percent.

Least initially Statistical analyses published earlier this year suggest patients taking PCSK9 drugs have half the risk of dying or suffering a heart problem as patients receiving statins or older drugs. But defin- itive studies are still ongoing. For now, several fac- CALIFORNIA: Loretha Cager talks with an applicant at MNSure’s call center. WASHINGTON: This image provided by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals tors could limit use of the drugs. They must be shows packaging for the drug Praluent. —AP self-injected by patients, with Praluent dosed every two weeks. Also their price is expected to State health insurance markets the first major advance in treatment since the patients.” He noted that estimated costs for a face pushback from insurers and other companies introduction of statin drugs more than 20 years patient who has suffered a heart attack or similar that manage drug expenses. struggle with cost challenges ago, and analysts expect them to generate billions cardiovascular problem range from $50,000 to Pharmacy benefit manager, CVS Caremark, has in sales. $119,000 over 1 year. warned that if 10 million US patients ultimately WASHINGTON: State-run health insurance state marketplaces. The pendulum proba- But the prospect of introducing highly-expen- take PCSK9 drugs it could result in well over $100 markets that offer coverage under bly will swing toward a greater federal role sive, injectable drugs for one of the most common Medical surveys billion in new drug spending. “The one thing you President Barack Obama’s health law are in the next couple of years, said Jim medical conditions is drawing concerns from But experts say more data is needed to estab- can say for sure is that these medications are struggling with high costs and disappoint- Wadleigh, director of Connecticut’s Access health insurers, doctors and employers. Especially lish if Praluent’s cholesterol-lowering ability actual- going to add substantially to the overall cost of ing enrollment. These challenges could Health. Eventually, more states will want to since generic statin pills are now available for as ly translates into fewer heart problems and deaths. health care,” said Troyen Brennan, CVS’ chief med- lead more of them to turn over operations take the lead, he said, because it gives little as a dime a day. Sanofi and Regeneron are conducting an 18,000- ical officer. But analyst predictions for the drugs to the federal government or join forces them greater control over health care, par- More than 73 million US adults, or nearly one- patient study to answer that question, but it won’t are more modest, at least initially. Credit Suisse with other states. Hawaii’s marketplace, the ticularly modernizing Medicaid programs third, have high LDL cholesterol, according to the be complete until 2017. Until then, many experts analyst Vamil Divan estimates sales for the entire latest cautionary tale, was awarded $205 for low-income people. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those say new drugs like Praluent should be limited to class - including drugs from Amgen and Pfizer - million in federal startup grants. It has In New England, there’s talk of a regional patients have twice the risk of heart disease, the the highest risk patients. will reach $10 billion by 2019. Pharmaceutical spent about $139 million and enrolled exchange. The insurance industry would leading cause of death worldwide. “What we know so far is that they reduce cho- research firm GlobalData projects global sales of 8,200 customers for individual coverage in welcome consolidation. “Our biggest con- The FDA approved Praluent for two groups of lesterol really well, but what we’re not sure about $17.8 billion by 2023.—AP 2015. Unable to sustain itself, the state mar- cern is that you may see many states look- ketplace is turning over sign-ups to the fed- ing to enact taxes and fees, and that makes eral HealthCare.gov for 2016. health care less affordable,” said Justine Twelve states and the District of Handelman, policy chief at the Blue Cross Columbia fully control their markets. Blue Shield Association. Hawaii is the third Experts estimate about half face financial state exchange going to the federal sign- difficulties. Federal taxpayers invested up system, following Nevada and Oregon, nearly $5 billion in startup grants to the which made the switch last year. Among states, expecting that state markets would the problems confronting states: become self-sustaining. Most of the federal 1- Minnesota’s MNsure faces a murky money has been spent, and states have to financial future. Its budget is balanced face the consequences. “The viability of as a result of repeated cuts when enroll- state health insurance exchanges has been ment has come in below projections, a a challenge across the country, particularly tactic that cannot work forever. in small states, due to insufficient numbers Despite a slew of proposals, no concrete of uninsured residents,” said a statement changes came out of the state’s most from the office of Hawaii Democratic Gov recent legislative session. Democratic David Ige, announcing last month that his Gov Mark Dayton has signaled that state’s sign-ups were being turned over to MNsure’s fate is on the table, including the federal government. the option of shifting operations to Now that the Supreme Court has ruled HealthCare.gov. the Obama administration can keep subsi- 2- The US attorney in Boston has subpoe- dizing premiums in all 50 states through naed records dealing with the troubled HealthCare.gov, no longer is there a down- rollout of the Massachusetts Health side for states turning to Washington. If the Connector, dating to 2010. decision had gone the opposite way, state 3- Colorado officials are considering big exchanges would have been a leaky lifeboat changes to the state’s marketplace, from for preserving a major expansion of taxpay- pooling call centers with other states to er-subsidized coverage under the law. With dismantling the exchange and relying the pressure gone, “I think you are going to on HealthCare.gov instead. Although see much more of a hybrid across the the market is on solid financial footing, nation,” said Peter Lee, who heads it has fallen short of best-case enroll- California’s state-run marketplace. Covered ment goals. California fell short of its sign-up projections 4- A federal audit concluded that Maryland this year by nearly 20 percent, but Lee says used exchange establishment grants it remains “a solid business proposition.” from Washington to pay for $28.4 mil- lion in costs that should have been allo- Exchange directors cated to the state’s Medicaid program. LIBERIA: A woman, suspected of carrying ebola, looks on while under quarantine in the red zone of the Elwa clinic, an ebola treat- States are “talking a lot about shared State officials dispute that, but federal ment center. —AFP services,” Lee said. “It’s how you get officials say Maryland should pay the economies of scale.” States could pool money back. Separately, the original resources on functions such as labor-inten- lead contractor for the state website has Sierra Leone president unveils post-Ebola ‘battle plan’ sive call centers or use HealthCare.gov’s agreed to repay $45 million to avoid technology for online enrollment. They legal action over rollout problems last FREETOWN: Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma generally want to keep control over mar- year. has unveiled a post-Ebola “battle plan” to help the West keting, consumer education and oversight 5- In Vermont, a debate has been raging African country turn the page on the devastating epi- Quitting smoking may of insurance plans. Sustainability is the about whether to abandon the state demic. “Beyond the immediate nine-month recovery focus of the administration’s annual meet- exchange. Democratic Gov Peter period, we will commence a two-year plan during which ease hot flashes ing with state exchange directors, sched- Shumlin originally wanted a single we must resolve to restore Sierra Leone to the path to uled for the end of the month in the state-run system for all residents, along prosperity,” Koroma said in a statement released Friday. NEW YORK: Ex-smokers may have fewer and tion of the hormones estrogen and proges- Washington area. The two-day meeting is the lines of Canada. Shumlin backed off “We will work to reinvigorate the private sector as a less severe hot flashes during menopause terone, women can experience symptoms closed to the media. because it would have meant prohibi- source of growth, create jobs and livelihoods in our than women who continue to smoke, a such as vaginal dryness, mood swings, “Each state has a different set of circum- tively high taxes. He wants to fix the economy,” he said, emphasizing the need to improve small study suggests. Women who hadn’t insomnia, and hot flashes and night sweats. stances that informs their approach, and state exchange, still grappling with tech- roads and market access. smoked for at least five years were 45 per- Because previous research has consistently we will continue to support their efforts,” nology problems that plagued it from “Access to energy and water will be high priorities for cent less likely to have severe or frequent linked smoking to worse hot flashes, Smith said Mayra Alvarez, the federal liaison to launch. —AP the next few years,” he added. The program will be fund- hot flashes than current smokers, and colleagues wanted to see if this connec- ed by more than $804 million (730 million euros) ear- researchers found. But they were still more tion also held true for women who had quit. marked for Sierra Leone at this month’s UN Pledging likely to have symptoms than women who As reported in the journal Maturitas, they Conference on Ebola. Donors pledged a total of $3.4 bil- had never smoked. studied 761 women ages 45 to 54, following lion for the three countries ravaged by the Ebola epi- “While the effect was strongest if women them for up to seven years. At the start of demic-Liberia and Guinea as well as Sierra Leone. Experts quit at least five years before the onset of the study, 347 women were experiencing at the UN conference urged the three countries to focus menopause, even women quitting later did hot flashes. Only 39 percent of never-smok- on rebuilding health care systems, reopening schools, have a better outcome than women who ers had hot flashes, compared with 52 per- supporting agriculture and restoring government servic- continued to smoke,” lead author Rebecca cent of ex-smokers and 62 percent of cur- es that were overwhelmed by the crisis. The worst Ebola Smith, a researcher in epidemiology at the rent smokers. outbreak in history produced some 27,600 infections in University of Illinois, said by email. “I hope About 47 percent of current smokers had that this encourages women to quit smok- moderate or severe hot flashes; this group the three countries, of which 11,253 were fatal, according ing, the earlier the better.” was also most likely to have symptoms daily to official data widely seen as an underestimate. Smoking is the leading cause of avoid- or weekly. By contrast, moderate or severe Sierra Leone has reported 3,941 deaths. In announc- able deaths in the US, according to the hot flashes afflicted 36 percent of ex-smok- ing the “battle plan”, Koroma said it was critical “not only Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ers and 22 percent of never-smokers - and to finally defeat the virus and get to zero (cases), but also Smoking dramatically increases the risk of only about 10 percent of these women suf- to ensure that the virus stays defeated.” Koroma said 10 heart disease, stroke and lung cancer. It may fered hot flashes on a daily or weekly basis. of the country’s 14 districts have reported no new cases also contribute to cancers almost anywhere Compared with current smokers, women of Ebola in the past 90 days; three of those have seen no in the body, according to the CDC. who quit were 37 percent less likely to have new outbreaks since the beginning of 2015. The health hot flashes and 22 percent less likely to have ministry said in its latest update that there are currently Women suffered frequent or severe symptoms. Compared to only three reported cases of the virus nationwide. Women go through menopause when women who had never smoked, the current Tonkolili in the north of the country reported one new they stop menstruating, typically between smokers were four times more likely to have case of Ebola on Saturday, ending a 150-day run of no ages 45 and 55. As the ovaries curb produc- hot flashes.—Reuters CALIFORNIA: Christina Hung, left, 23, of Oakland, fills out an application form new infections, health officials said yesterday. —AFP during a health care enrollment event at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE Online symptom-checkers are often wrong

NEW YORK: Online symptom checkers was DocResponse.com, at 50 percent. often misdiagnose patients’ problems, Accuracy was better for the systems often encouraging people to seek care for that used Schmitt or Thompson nurse minor issues that don’t need immediate triage protocols, standard diagnostic tools attention and other times incorrectly used by clinicians to provide advice over telling people with true emergencies that the phone. With these nurse triage proto- treatment can wait, a UK study suggests. cols, 72 percent of patients got the appro- Researchers tested 23 online and mobile priate guidance on the urgency of their sit- apps used by millions of people who are uation, compared with 55 percent without trying to find out if their symptoms are seri- the protocols. ous and what might make them feel better. The apps were imperfect at best, offering Nonclinical terms the correct diagnosis on the first try only One limitation of the study is that it about a third of the time. used specific clinical language to describe For triage - assessing the urgency of the medical conditions in the test vignettes, problem - the apps were too cautious in sit- which may not provide an accurate reflec- uations requiring only self-care: only 33 tion of how the symptom checkers would percent of the time, on average, were perform for patients using nonclinical patients appropriately advised not to go to terms to describe their conditions, the the doctor. At the other extreme, symptom authors acknowledge in the British checkers typically missed the severity of Medical Journal. More research is needed the situation in one of every five cases to help build more accurate, safer and requiring emergency treatment. more effective tools, and symptom check- Overall, the computer programs offered ers are unlikely to completely replace the accurate triage advice for 57 percent of the role of humans in diagnosis, particularly standardized scenarios that were used in for patients without Internet access, said the researchers’ tests. “The risk is that peo- Jeremy Wyatt, an e-health researcher at ple will be told to get care when they the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences in NEW YORK: A Karner Blue butterfly is seen after it was released at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission. —AP photos didn’t need it and bear the costs and the UK, in an editorial. inconvenience, or they will be told not to In some situations, symptom checkers seek care when they have a life-threaten- are never a good idea, Wyatt said by email. ing problem,” senior author Dr Ateev Patients who think they have something Mehrotra, a health policy researcher at seriously wrong - such as a very high fever, Harvard Medical School in Boston, said by inability to stand, rapid breathing, severe email. pain or bleeding - shouldn’t ask a computer whether they need immediate help. “Don’t Rare diagnoses waste your time surfing, call 911,” Wyatt Because patients may not get much said. useful information from a long list of possi- If it’s less urgent, patients may be able to ble diagnoses, the researchers rated the spare the time to use these online and symptom-checkers based on whether the mobile tools, Wyatt said. Patients should look programs spit out the right answer first, or for reliable symptom checkers such as somewhere lower down on a list of up to DocResponse.com or FamilyDoctor.org, or 20 possible alternative diagnoses. The soft- one that uses the Schmitt or Thompson nurse ware listed the right diagnosis first in 24 triage protocols, he added. Non-urgent percent of emergencies on average, and patients “can probably afford to spend a few for 40 percent of non-urgent cases. minutes checking symptoms online,” Wyatt Accuracy was better for common than for said. “However, avoid just putting your symp- NEW YORK: Neil Gifford, conservation director at the Albany NEW YORK: Chase Mein, 3, of Gainesville, Va, looks at Karner Blue rare diagnoses. The app that did best at toms into Google; use a reliable online symp- Pine Bush Preserve Commission, releases Karner Blue butter- butterflies that are on their way for release, in the Discovery giving the correct diagnosis on the first try tom checking tool.” —Reuters flies at the preserve. Center at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission. Endangered butterfly recovering in some, not all, of range ‘This project has been unbelievably rewarding’

ALBANY: More than 20 years of habitat restora- Ralph Grundel, a biologist with the US only plant Karner blue larvae eat. tion and breeding programs have helped the Geological Survey in Porter, Indiana. The reasons Scientists have also partnered with New endangered Karner blue butterfly make a come- are elusive. According to the US Fish and Wildlife Hampshire officials in a captive breeding pro- back in the pine barrens of upstate New York Service, the Karner blue has declined by 99 per- gram since 2001. New York sends adult Karner where it was discovered by Russian author cent over the past 100 years, with 90 percent of blues to New Hampshire each spring, and New Vladimir Nabokov decades ago.”This project has the decline occurring in the last 15. Among the Hampshire returns some of the pupating larvae been unbelievably rewarding,” said Neil Gifford, reasons are habitat loss from land development back to Albany to be hatched and released. conservation director for the 3,200-acre Albany and suppression of the wildfires that are a neces- Butterflies have been released at 21 sites and Pine Bush Preserve. “Getting to see an animal sary part of the ecology of the pine barren and have naturally colonized other sites in the pre- that was on the brink of extinction locally, now black oak savanna where the insects live. serve. The number of Karner blues has gone BOSTON: This undated photo provided by the New England Aquarium have a robust and healthy population, is just from about 200 in 1991 to more than 14,000 shows the carcass of rarely-seen deep water beaked whale that washed incredible.” Naturally colonized now, Gifford said. The silvery blue, postage stamp-sized butter- The Karner blue is still found in the Pine The federal threshold for recovery is a popu- ashore on Jones Beach. —AP fly that was among the first species on the feder- Bush just west of Albany where it was discov- lation above 3,000 in four of five consecutive al endangered list in 1973 is also making a ered by Nabokov in the 1940s. The author of years. Gifford said the recovery goal is likely to Rarely-seen deep water whale washes comeback in parts of Ohio and New Hampshire “Lolita” was also a notable butterfly expert who be met next year. At Indiana Dunes, habitat where it was thought to have been wiped out played a key role in establishing the relation- restoration hasn’t been enough to save the up on Massachusetts beach before 2000. Populations have persisted in ship between the Karner blue and its dwin- Karner blue. When he started working there 20 Wisconsin and Michigan. The outlook is less sun- dling pine barrens habitat. His research was at years ago, Grundel said there were 5,000 to BOSTON: Biologists with the New England They believe the whale is a Sowerby’s ny in some other parts of the butterfly’s former the heart of the discussion of habitat and 10,000 Karner blues. Only two were found in Aquarium are investigating what may have beaked whale, but the aquarium hasn’t han- range from Minnesota to New England. At restoration provisions of the Endangered 2014 and none this year. An unusually warm caused a rarely-seen deep water whale to dled a beaked whale since 2006. Several Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Indiana, Species Act passed by Congress in 1973. spring and dry summer in 2012 are one expla- wash up on a Massachusetts beach. The car- species of beaked whales are found about extensive work to restore and expand the but- Recovery efforts focus on restoring the original nation, as lupine growth cycles were out of sync cass of the 17-foot female, weighing almost 200 miles offshore in the North Atlantic. The terfly’s sandy, savannah-like habitat has come to pine barrens ecology by removing non-native with Karner blue larvae hatching. But the num- a ton, was found Friday on Jones Beach in whales have long, slender snouts and feed naught. trees such as black locust, burning the land- bers were plummeting before then. “People are Plymouth. Aquarium biologists and staff in cold, deep water on small fish. “The population over the last 15 years has scape to destroy invasive plants and help fire- concerned,” Grundel said. “There’s a recognition from the International Fund for Animal Commercial fishermen sometimes net them declined to the point where we’re pretty con- dependent species like pitch pine and scrub that we need to do more research to better pin- Welfare are performing a necrospy at the accidentally. The carcass offers a chance for cerned that it’s been lost from this area,” said oak, and planting plenty of blue lupine, the point the causes for the decline.” —AP Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. biologists to learn more about them. —AP WHAT’S ON MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015

Registration for 11th National Tug O’War Competition in progress

hanima has announced their eagerly awaited mega event - ONATHANIMA 2015 - the United Onam carnival of TMalayalees in Kuwait, the highlight of which is the 11th National Tug O’ War championship on Friday, 23rd October 2015, at Indian Central School premises, Abbasiya. Tug O’ War champions will receive cash prize and Sancelia ever-rolling Gold Cup. The three runners up will be presented with Blue Line ever-rolling Trophy, Jiju Memorial ever rolling Trophy and Trophy sponsored by a well wisher. All the winning team members will receive individual medals and certificates. Aji Memorial Ever Rolling Trophy will be presented to the fair play team of the tournament. The most promising team also will receive special trophy. Besides, individual prizes for Best front, best back, best coach, best all-rounder and best captain are also being distributed. More than 16 teams are expected to take part in the championship. Last day for team registration is set as 30th Aug. 2015. In the program, the coveted ‘Pearl of the School’ award, instituted by Thanima, will be presented to the best all- rounder from each Indian Schools in Kuwait. Colorful cultural procession, march-past of the athletes, folk arts, musical fusion etc, are other attractions of the event. An updated Directory with details of Indian Associations in Kuwait will be released in the KUWAIT: Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Fawaz Al-Khaled Al-Sabah met a delegation from the Kuwait Fine Arts Society to discuss cooperation in dif- event as well. ferent fields, including preparations for artistic projects to be featured during next year’s national celebrations.

The Interior Ministry’s Police Club recently organized a cruise trip to Um Al-Maradem Island for members and their families.

IKFS handed over Eid kits to people in India

he Indo - Kuwait Friendship President presided and delivered the Eid Society (IKFS), known for their Kits. V C Bamban, Treasurer of Indian Tactivities in human rights all over Union Muslim League (Kannur Unit), and the world and a pioneer in bringing State Member of IUML praised Indo and finding solutions for various prob- Kuwait Friendship Society for their lems of NRIs in abroad has delivered humanitarian support for Indians. He Eid Kits for 22 people based in Indian added that Indo Kuwait Friendship Kerala state. IKFS has selected poor Society President Dr Ghalib Al-Mashoor is people and under privileged for the a role model for several other expatriate Eid dresses. This is the 2nd time IKFS organizations and doing wonderful jobs has distributed Eid dresses. in the field of various humanitarian mat- Advocate Sayid Mohamed Nizar, Vice ters and helping the people of their President of IKFS inaugurated the event. homeland. Hamza Abu Shabeel Dr Sayyid Ghalib Al-Mashoor, IKFS expressed vote of thanks. MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 WHAT’S ON

The Popular Arts Band participated in a festival organized by the Aqua Park during the Eid Al-Fitr holiday. —Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

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MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015

CHANGE OF NAME

Mohammad Rafi (old name) holder of Indian Passport No: M6713974, R/o No: 2: Mamandur, Via Renigunta (Mandalam), Chittoor Dist. A.P. (Andhra Pradesh) changed my name to Sayed Mohammad Rafi. (C 5011) 22-7-2015 Directorate General of Civil Aviation Home Page (www.kuwait-airport.com.kw)

Arrival Flights on Monday 27/7/2015 Departure Flights on Monday 27/7/2015 Airlines Flt Route Time Airlines Flt Route Time QTR 1084 Doha 00:05 AIC 982 Ahmedabad/Chennai 00:05 THY 772 Istanbul 00:15 BBC 044 Dhaka 00:10 JZR 239 Amman 00:20 JZR 562 Sohag 00:20 112 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 UAL 981 IAD 00:25 DLH 637 Dammam 00:35 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:25 FDB 069 Dubai 00:55 MSR 615 Cairo 00:30 GBB 4762 Sarajevo 01:00 FDB 072 Dubai 00:30 Automated enquiry JAI 574 Mumbai 01:30 PIA 206 Lahore 00:40 about the Civil ID JZR 539 Cairo 01:30 JZR 502 Luxor 01:10 ETH 3403 Addis Ababa/Riyadh 01:35 DLH 637 Frankfurt 01:35 card is PGT 858 Istanbul 01:40 THY 773 Istanbul 02:05 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 02:50 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 01:50 JAI 525 Abu Dhabi/Chennai 02:55 1889988 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:15 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:55 KKK 6507 Istanbul 02:15 ETH 3403 Addis Ababa 03:05 UAE 853 Dubai 02:25 KKK 6508 Istanbul 03:10 MSC 403 Sohag 02:30 MSC 404 Sohag 03:30 OMA 643 Muscat 02:35 OMA 644 Muscat 03:35 Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME THY 768 Istanbul 02:50 THY 769 Istanbul 03:40 QTR 1076 Doha 03:05 UAE 854 Dubai 03:45 FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 03:05 RJA 645 Amman 03:55 (23/07/2015 TO 29/07/2015) CEB 7694 Manila 03:10 FDB 068 Dubai 04:00 RJA 644 Amman 03:10 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:05 SHARQIA-1 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 7:15 PM FDB 067 Dubai 03:15 QTR 1077 Doha 04:05 MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 PIXELS 1:00 PM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 9:15 PM MSR 613 Cairo 04:15 PIXELS 3:15 PM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 11:15 PM KAC 1544 Cairo 03:35 CEB 7695 Manila 04:40 POUND OF FLESH 5:30 PM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 1:15 AM THY 1464 Istanbul 03:55 PGT 861 Istanbul 04:45 PIXELS 7:30 PM MSC 401 Alexandria 04:00 THY 765 Istanbul 04:55 POUND OF FLESH 9:45 PM MARINA-3 PGT 860 Istanbul 04:05 JZR 560 Sohag 05:00 NO WED PIXELS 11:30 AM JZR 555 Alexandria 04:15 MSC 406 Sohag 05:00 PIXELS 12:05 AM PIXELS 1:30 PM JZR 1543 Cairo 04:35 NO WED HATCHED 3:45 PM QTR 1085 Doha 05:20 TERMINATOR GENISYS 5:30 PM THY 770 Istanbul 04:40 THY 1465 Istanbul 05:55 ANT-MAN 9:45 PM WED PIXELS 8:00 PM THY 5586 AYT 05:05 RJA 643 Amman 06:35 NO WED DHX 170 Bahrain 05:10 ANT-MAN 12:05 AM GFA 212 Bahrain 06:50 WED PIXELS 10:15 PM KAC 412 Manila/Bangkok 06:15 THY 771 Istanbul 06:50 NO WED BAW 157 London 06:35 JZR 240 Amman 07:05 PIXELS 12:30 AM JZR 1541 Cairo 06:40 SHARQIA-2 NO WED FDB 070 Dubai 07:05 MINIONS 12:15 PM JZR 563 Sohag 06:45 ANT-MAN -3D 8:00 PM JZR 164 Dubai 07:15 MINIONS 2:15 PM JZR 503 Luxor 07:20 WED KAC 537 Sohag 08:20 MINIONS 4:15 PM KAC 206 Islamabad 07:30 ANT-MAN 10:30 PM BAW 156 London 08:30 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 6:15 PM WED KAC 382 Delhi 07:30 FDB 054 Dubai 08:30 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 8:15 PM ANT-MAN 12:45 AM IRC 6521 Lamerd 07:40 IRC 6522 Lamerd 08:35 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 10:15 PM WED FDB 053 Dubai 07:50 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 12:15 AM OMA 641 Muscat 07:50 OMA 642 Muscat 08:50 AVENUES-1 QTR 1086 Doha 07:55 QTR 1087 Doha 08:55 SHARQIA-3 TERMINATOR GENISYS 11:30 AM KAC 302 Mumbai 07:55 KAC 1801 Cairo 09:00 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 11:30 AM MINIONS 2:00 PM KAC 154 Istanbul 08:10 JZR 256 Beirut 09:05 TERMINATOR GENISYS 1:30 PM MINIONS 4:00 PM JZR 534 Cairo 09:15 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 4:00 PM MINIONS 6:00 PM KAC 352 Kochi 08:15 MINIONS 8:00 PM KAC 344 Chennai 08:15 KAC 671 Dubai 09:25 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 6:00 PM TERMINATOR GENISYS 8:00 PM THE GALLOWS 10:00 PM UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:30 TERMINATOR GENISYS 12:30 AM KAC 619 Doha 09:30 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 10:30 PM KAC 362 Colombo 08:30 TERMINATOR GENISYS 12:30 AM IRA 667 Esfahan 09:05 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:40 AVENUES-2 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:45 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 12:00 PM UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 MUHALAB-1 HATCHED 3:00 PM ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:10 TERMINATOR GENISYS 12:45 PM HATCHED 5:00 PM KAC 284 Dhaka 09:25 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:00 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 3:15 PM GBB 4763 Sarajevo 10:05 HATCHED 7:00 PM FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 6:15 PM BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 9:00 PM KAC 350 Kochi 09:40 IRA 666 Esfahan 10:05 TERMINATOR GENISYS 8:15 PM BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 12:05 AM SYR 343 Damascus 09:50 FDB 056 Dubai 10:40 NO WED QTR 1070 Doha 10:00 SYR 344 Damascus 10:50 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 10:45 PM AVENUES-3 IRA 3407 Mashhad 10:35 KAC 501 Beirut 11:00 TERMINATOR GENISYS 12:45 AM A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 1:00 PM QTR 1071 Doha 11:00 NO WED A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 3:15 PM GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 5:30 PM UAE 873 Dubai 10:40 KAC 561 Amman 11:25 ANT-MAN 8:15 PM WED A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 7:45 PM MEA 404 Beirut 10:55 KAC 165 Rome/Paris 11:25 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 10:00 PM IRA 3406 Mashhad 11:35 ANT-MAN 12:45 AM AXB 889 Mangalore/Bahrain 11:15 WED A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 12:15 AM MSC 405 Sohag 11:20 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 JZR 561 Sohag 11:25 MEA 405 Beirut 11:55 MUHALAB-2 AVENUES-4 AGY 680 Alexandria 11:40 KAC 791 Madinah 12:00 PIXELS 1:00 PM PIXELS 12:30 PM PIXELS 2:45 PM JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 NO FRI+MON KAC 103 London 12:10 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 5:00 PM FDB 075 Dubai 12:25 PIXELS 12:15 PM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 7:15 PM JZR 241 Amman 12:40 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 MON HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 9:30 PM UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:15 PIXELS 3:15 PM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 11:45 PM MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 AXB 890 Mangalore 12:15 NO FRI+MON THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 MSC 402 Alexandria 12:20 PIXELS 2:30 PM KAC 620 Doha 13:10 AGY 685 Sohag 12:40 FRI+MON AVENUES-5 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 BAAHUBALI - Telugu 4:45 PM TERMINATOR GENISYS 11:30 AM KAC 672 Dubai 13:55 FRI+MON TERMINATOR GENISYS 2:00 PM QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 PIXELS 5:30 PM POUND OF FLESH 4:30 PM KNE 460 Riyadh 14:10 FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 NO FRI BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 6:45 PM GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 POUND OF FLESH 7:45 PM A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 10:00 PM FDB 057 Dubai 14:20 THY 767 Istanbul 14:10 PIXELS 9:45 PM NO WED SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 POUND OF FLESH 12:05 AM PIXELS 12:15 AM KNE 472 Jeddah 14:55 QTR 1079 Doha 15:05 NO WED MUHALAB-3 ANT-MAN -3D 10:00 PM KAC 538 Sohag 14:55 FDB 058 Dubai 15:05 WED RJD 135 Abu Dhabi 15:00 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 MINIONS 12:30 PM HATCHED 2:45 PM ANT-MAN 12:30 AM KAC 788 Jeddah 15:00 KNE 481 Taif 15:10 WED OMA 645 Muscat 15:05 KAC 617 Doha 15:15 MINIONS 4:30 PM KAC 1802 Cairo 15:35 KAC 673 Dubai 15:20 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 6:30 PM AVENUES-6 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 8:30 PM PIXELS -3D 11:45 AM ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 SVA 501 Jeddah 15:45 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 10:30 PM UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 JZR 188 Dubai 15:50 PIXELS 2:00 PM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 12:30 AM PIXELS 4:15 PM NIA 251 Alexandria 15:50 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:55 PIXELS -3D 6:30 PM RJA 640 Amman 15:55 KAC 613 Bahrain 16:00 FANAR-1 PIXELS 8:45 PM ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 16:00 KNE 473 Jeddah 16:00 POUND OF FLESH 11:45 AM PIXELS -3D 11:00 PM JZR 535 Cairo 16:05 OMA 646 Muscat 16:05 TERMINATOR GENISYS 2:15 PM PIXELS 1:15 AM FDB 051 Dubai 16:10 RJD 136 Abu Dhabi 16:10 POUND OF FLESH 4:45 PM QTR 1072 Doha 16:20 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 TERMINATOR GENISYS 7:00 PM AVENUES-7 THE GALLOWS 12:30 PM JZR 257 Beirut 16:30 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 16:45 POUND OF FLESH 9:30 PM TERMINATOR GENISYS 11:45 PM HABIB AL ARAD -Kuwaiti Film 2:45 PM KAC 118 New York 16:30 NIA 252 Alexandria 16:50 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 5:30 PM KAC 792 Madinah 16:50 RJA 641 Amman 16:55 FANAR-2 HABIB AL ARAD -Kuwaiti Film 8:30 PM KAC 562 Amman 17:00 JZR 266 Beirut 17:05 HABIB AL ARAD -Kuwaiti Film 11:15 PM SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 PIXELS 1:00 PM FDB 052 Dubai 17:10 PIXELS 3:30 PM GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 QTR 1073 Doha 17:25 AVENUES-8 DARK PLACES 5:45 PM DARK PLACES 12:15 PM JZR 177 Dubai 17:45 UAE 858 Dubai 17:40 HABIB AL ARAD - Kuwaiti Film 8:00 PM JZR 777 Jeddah 17:50 DARK PLACES 2:30 PM SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 PIXELS 10:30 PM THE GALLOWS 4:45 PM JZR 483 Istanbul 18:20 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 PIXELS 12:45 AM DARK PLACES 7:00 PM KAC 502 Beirut 18:35 JZR 184 Dubai 18:20 DARK PLACES 9:15 PM KAC 786 Jeddah 18:35 JZR 538 Cairo 18:40 FANAR-3 DARK PLACES 11:30 PM KAC 542 Cairo 18:55 JZR 238 Amman 18:45 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 12:00 PM KAC 618 Doha 18:55 JZR 124 Bahrain 19:20 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 2:00 PM AVENUES-9 QTR 1080 Doha 18:55 THE GALLOWS 5:00 PM POUND OF FLESH 12:45 PM GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 6:45 PM POUND OF FLESH 3:00 PM KAC 104 London 19:00 FDB 064 Dubai 19:50 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 9:45 PM POUND OF FLESH 5:15 PM QTR 1081 Doha 19:55 THE GALLOWS 12:45 AM POUND OF FLESH 7:30 PM UAE 875 Dubai 19:05 ABY 124 Sharjah 20:00 POUND OF FLESH 9:45 PM FDB 063 Dubai 19:10 KAC 361 Colombo 20:00 FANAR-4 NO WED KAC 614 Bahrain 19:10 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 12:15 PM POUND OF FLESH 12:05 AM ABY 123 Sharjah 19:20 MINIONS 2:15 PM NO WED JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 ANT-MAN -3D 9:45 PM JAI 572 Mumbai 19:35 FDB 062 Dubai 20:35 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 4:15 PM KAC 774 Riyadh 19:40 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 6:15 PM WED AGY 681 Alexandria 20:50 ANT-MAN 12:15 AM FDB 061 Dubai 19:50 KAC 1543 Cairo 20:55 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 8:15 PM WED HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 10:15 PM AGY 684 Sohag 19:50 KAC 333 Trivandrum 20:55 KAC 674 Dubai 20:00 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 12:15 AM OMA 648 Muscat 21:00 AVENUES-10 OMA 647 Muscat 20:00 KAC 283 Dhaka 21:05 THE GALLOWS 11:45 AM KNE 480 Taif 20:10 FANAR-5 TERMINATOR GENISYS 1:30 PM KAC 351 Kochi 21:05 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 PIXELS 11:30 AM TERMINATOR GENISYS 4:00 PM KNE 461 Riyadh 21:10 DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:20 PIXELS 1:45 PM TERMINATOR GENISYS 6:30 PM MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 MINIONS 4:00 PM JZR 189 Dubai 20:25 TERMINATOR GENISYS 9:00 PM JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 6:00 PM TERMINATOR GENISYS 11:30 PM MSR 618 Alexandria 20:40 DARK PLACES 8:00 PM ALK 229 Colombo 21:10 MSR 619 Alexandria 21:40 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 10:15 PM AVENUES-11 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 NO WED HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 11:30 AM ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:15 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:05 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 1:45 PM FDB 074 Dubai 22:10 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 12:15 AM FDB 073 Dubai 21:30 NO WED HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 4:00 PM QTR 1074 Doha 21:30 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 ANT-MAN 10:15 PM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 6:15 PM GFA 219 Bahrain 21:45 KAC 381 Delhi 22:20 WED HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 8:30 PM UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 ANT-MAN 12:45 AM HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 10:45 PM THY 764 Istanbul 22:10 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 1:00 AM ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 KAC 349 Kochi 22:30 WED KAC 301 Mumbai 22:30 JZR 125 Bahrain 22:15 MARINA-1 360 ∞- 1 AIC 975 Chennai 22:25 QTR 1075 Doha 22:40 POUND OF FLESH 12:30 PM PIXELS 12:45 PM RBG 551 Alexandria 22:30 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:45 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 2:30 PM PIXELS 3:00 PM FDB 059 Dubai 22:50 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:00 DARK PLACES 4:30 PM PIXELS -3D 5:15 PM JZR 185 Dubai 23:00 THY 5579 TZX 23:00 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 6:45 PM PIXELS 7:30 PM KAC 153 Istanbul 23:00 POUND OF FLESH 8:45 PM PIXELS -3D 9:45 PM JAI 526 Chennai/Abu Dhabi 23:00 PIXELS 12:05 AM RBG 555 Alexandria 23:25 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:05 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 10:45 PM POUND OF FLESH 12:45 AM MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 RBG 552 Alexandria 23:10 360 ∞- 2 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 KAC 411 Bangkok/Manila 23:25 MARINA-2 POUND OF FLESH 11:45 AM KLM 411 Amsterdam/Dammam 23:40 FDB 060 Dubai 23:50 MINIONS 1:00 PM POUND OF FLESH 2:00 PM PIA 205 Lahore 23:40 JZR 1540 Cairo 23:50 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 3:00 PM POUND OF FLESH 4:15 PM MINIONS 5:15 PM POUND OF FLESH 6:30 PM NO MON POUND OF FLESH 8:45 PM Special Show “MINIONS” 5:15 PM POUND OF FLESH 11:00 PM POUND OF FLESH 1:15 AM DIAL161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION MON stars34 MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015

CROSSWORD 973 STAR TRACK

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

No matter how serious your intentions are today, it’s too soon to say whether or Surprisingly, you could be the most practical one in the group today because the not you’ll be successful at getting much accomplished. You can be quite the con- recent Venus-Saturn square is rattled by the reflective Moon in your 3rd House of vincing salesperson now, but you may be as good at fooling yourself as you are at Communication. You can easily discern what is real and what is an illusion. misleading others. If someone accepts your over-the-top expectations as the truth, Although your friendly demeanor disarms others, your inner perfectionist and log- you might have to face the music when the facts are discovered. A wiser approach ical thinking are running the show now. If you visualize what you want in clear is to be completely realistic now so you don’t have to backtrack and revise your sto- detail and hold steadfast to your dream, you can manifest miracles in your life. ry later. Full disclosure is the best policy.

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

A little voice in the back of your mind is warning you to tread carefully in your rela- You might achieve more than you expect today once you get into your groove. tionships today. Meanwhile, your closest friends may be cheering you on, encour- Tying up loose ends actually feels satisfying and your self-confidence grows with aging you to make your move. Nevertheless, there’s no reason to justify your cau- each task you complete now. Remember, nothing will hold you back for long, tion to anyone if you aren’t ready. However, you’re more inclined to take a chance except your own self-imposed limitations. Stick to your agenda and continue build- and start a discussion on a sensitive topic as the day wears on. Just proceed at your ing momentum throughout the day. You can move mountains with a little perse- own pace; you already know from prior experience that you achieve better results verance and a lot of sweat equity. when you follow your own heart.

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

People can’t help but experience your inspirational side now that the evocative You’re inspired to share a spiritual experience, weave your words into a poetic Moon is back in your fiery sign. Your passionate appeal could motivate others to phrase and put a positive spin on nearly everything you say today. Happily, your subscribe to your ideas today whether your perspective is accurate or not. ACROSS DOWN current idealism motivates you to reestablish a solid connection with a loved one 1. To an excessive degree. 1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel Naturally, you wouldn’t mislead anyone intentionally, but the pictures you now now. However, underlying tension won’t likely disappear overnight. Do whatever 4. The strength of a electrical current measured in and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate. paint with your words can be so pretty that everyone wants to participate in your you can to alleviate the stress, but remember that repairing a relationship is an amperes. 2. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of story. Though telling a tall tale might be fun for a while, adhering to the facts will 12. A master's degree in business. Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean. ongoing work in progress. Open your heart and love will find a way. keep you out of trouble. 15. A drug combination found in some over-the- 3. English scholastic philosopher and assumed counter headache remedies (Aspirin and author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349). 4. Type genus of the Anhimidae. Phenacetin and Caffeine). Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 16. Relating to or affecting the infant during the 5. Being precisely fitting and right. first month after birth. 6. A small vascular growth on the surface of a Cancer (June 21-July 22) 17. An implement used to propel or steer a boat. mucous membrane. 7. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that 18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac You’re uncharacteristically inclined to dramatize everything you say today, making results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs You often choose to keep your feelings under wraps because you’re afraid of being insects. it tough to maintain your credibility. However, you can utilize the expansive nature and face. 19. A place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment judged or criticized. Nevertheless, today’s effusive Sagittarius Moon urges you to of the fearless Sagittarius Moon to defend others who may not be as eloquent as 8. The airforce of Great Britain. blurt out whatever is on your mind before considering the consequences. Pushing you. There’s no reason to rush the process now; your words carry more weight for the damned. 9. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat 20. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or through your natural resistance allows you to follow the current advice of the cos- when you give them plenty of time to fully sink in. Fortunately, your passionate anxiety and tension and insomnia. mos. Just remember that you’re the only one who can decide how far you want to determination empowers you to accomplish extraordinary feats and perform ran- water or to keep out the sea. 10. A semiautomatic rifle. 21. A foundation created to promote the public venture out of your cozy shell. Find a friendly audience before revealing the whims dom acts of kindness at the same time. 11. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate of your heart. good (not for assistance to any particular individu- to an elegy. als). 12. (from a combination of MOdulate and 23. In a vague way. DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 25. Informal terms for a mother. device used to connect computers by a telephone Leo (July 23-August 22) 26. Any of various religions other than Christianity line. or Judaism or Islamism. 13. Any of numerous local fertility and nature Your friends come knocking at your door for advice today while the Moon’s pres- deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples. 29. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute defi- You want to be as positive as you can in everything you do now that the cheerful ence in your 11th House of Dreams and Wishes creates utopian visions of the 14. An organization of military land forces. ciency of insulin and characterized by polyuria. Sagittarius Moon harmonizes with the Sun and Mercury in demonstrative Leo. But future. Your strate gy is to fo cus on the potential prosperity now rather than the fe ar 31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district. 22. A Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 it’s tough to connect with others in a lighthearted manner if you’re still holding on miles off the Turkish coast. of scarc ity. Fo rtunately, you can have a positive impact on others if you maintain an 32. Soviet physicist who worked on low tempera- to stressful memories of the recent past. Luckily, you can still come through for optimistic outlook. No one will accuse you of wearing rose-colored glasses if you ture physics (1908-1968). 24. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular those you love if you concentrate on being real, rather than on being liked. Believe remember to present both sides of an issue in a fair light. 35. Not only so, but. it or not, authenticity wins out over popularity in the end. 39. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans. practice or procedure. 41. A vending machine from which you can get 27. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves. food. 28. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient 43. The sign language used in the United States. mythology. Pisces (February 19-March 20) 46. An inhabitant of Lappland. Virgo (August 23-September 22) 30. A European river. 47. North American republic containing 50 states - 33. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of 48 conterminous states in North America plus Naples in southern Italy. You are dancing with such wild abandon today that you might forget to pay atten- You want your friends and relatives to acknowledge your competence at work Alaska in northwest North America and the 34. A yellow quartz. tion to little things like the music and the steps. Thankfully, you still have your com- while the Moon is highlighting your 10th House of Public Status. Nevertheless, Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. 36. A highly unstable radioactive element (the mon sense intact because graceful Venus blesses you with a cool, calm and collect- you must balance your desire for efficiency with your need to have fun. 48. The oily secretion of the sebaceous glands. heaviest of the halogen series). ed perspective. Although you want to be open and honest, keeping some things Prioritize the tasks in front of you; if you finish the most important ones now, 50. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable sub- 37. A spot that is open late at night and that pro- secret may be appropriate now. Just don’t let your caution morph into apathy in you’ll earn the right to kick back later. Don’t squander your reputation when stance not miscible with water. vides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well the process. Find the sweet spot between disclosing everything and saying noth- there’s so much at stake. 52. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you as dancing and food and drink. ing at all. to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your 38. (Sumerian) Sun god. retirement. 40. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first 53. The month following August and preceding children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of October. Man. Word Search Yesterday Solution 55. A measuring instrument for measuring and 42. Large Old World bat of warm and tropical indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with regions that feeds on fruit. a standard. 44. A system of solmization using the solfa sylla- 56. German philosopher and mathematician who bles. thought of the universe as consisting of independ- 45. (`lief' is archaic) Very willing. ent monads and who devised a system of the cal- 49. Greek film actress (1925-1994). culus independent of Newton (1646-1716). 51. Being two more than fifty. 58. South American armadillo with three bands of 54. An ideal instance. 57. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad. bony plates. 59. A Bantu language spoken in the Kenyan coastal 60. Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree. areas of East Africa. 62. An organism especially a bacterium that 61. The branch of computer science that deal with requires air or free oxygen for life. writing computer programs that can solve prob- 64. An independent agency of the United States lems creatively. government responsible for collecting and coordi- 63. A wrong action attributable to bad judgment nating intelligence and counterintelligence activi- or ignorance or inattention. ties abroad in the national interest. 66. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the 65. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh. Old World. 69. A small volcanic island in Indonesia between 67. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a Java and Sumatra. skewer usually with vegetables. 72. A characteristic language of a particular group 68. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River. (as among thieves). 70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in 73. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners. Turkey). 76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from 71. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine aba cloth. and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin. 77. A deep prolonged loud noise. 74. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person. 80. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines 75. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the heavier than beer. Ligurian Sea. 78. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by 81. The capital of Nationalist China. Earth's orbital motion. 82. A small cake leavened with yeast. 79. A Russian river.

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The 29-year-old star has and women are much less competitive. I feel like the media does revealed she felt left out when she saw Nicki Minaj and Taylor that too [exaggerates] sometimes, like back in the day when Britney CSwift feuding online earlier this week as she’s never got into Spears was against Christina Aguilera and it’s like, is that really real? an online argument. Speaking to Nick Grimshaw on BBC Radio 1, Or are they [the media] just trying to cause trouble?” However the she quipped: “I wanna have a beef! Pick someone for me to have a star - who recently premiered her new single ‘Runaway With Me’ - beef with.” However, the ‘Call Me Maybe’ hitmaker doesn’t believe in insisted she is focusing on her own music at the moment with her all of the celebrity rows which the media reports on and thinks the third studio album ‘Emotion’ and teased she is planning to tour later media are always exaggerating any comments stars make to each on in the year. She said: “I believe we’re doing something for the other. She explained: “I actually feel like there is kind of a new age late-fall, but I don’t have dates yet.”

ick Jonas wants to collaborate with Kanye West. The 22-year-old singer is a huge fan of the rapper and his outspoken ways and would be thrilled to Nget into the recording studio with him. Asked who he wants to collaborate with, he told Star magazine: “Kanye West. I’ve met him a couple of times - he’s incredible. I love the fact that he speaks his mind.” Nick shot to fame alongside siblings Kevin and Joe in the Jonas Brothers and though he admits going solo is “tough” and often lonely, he thinks it was right for them to disband in 2013. He said: “There are times when I miss being on the road with them. Being just me can be tough, but I do feel it’s the right thing. “It can be lonely. You need to find a Little Mix didn’t way to get your friends out to you and take a day off here and there.” While he wants to work with Kanye, the ‘Chains’ hitmaker recently admitted a collaboration with Ariana Grande could be on the cards. He said: “We wrote a bunch of songs a couple years ago when she first started making her record. “We wrote together then and had a great time writing. “Maybe there’s a collaboration somewhere hold back on new album down the road.” ittle Mix “didn’t hold back” with their introduction to what the album is. The and so are our fans and we want to spread new album. The girl group - compris- album is so pop, very personality-driven. I that across the world.” However, Leigh- ing of Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade think ‘Salute’ was quite dark and a bit R&B Anne explained the name has a deeper with West L Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards and Jesy Nelson - whereas this is just full on pop excitement, meaning as it’s about embracing your are gearing up to release their third LP ‘Get like, we just absolutely love this album. We quirks. She added: “And it’s just about liter- Weird’ in November and say it will be a con- didn’t hold back at all, we just went for it.” ally being who you are, being yourself and trast to their second record which they The singers also explained they decided to loving who you are as well and not being thought was “quite dark”. Asked how their name their third record ‘Get Weird’ because afraid to show that.” Little Mix performed at recent single ‘Black Magic’ compares to the they consider themselves to be “absolutely ‘MTV Crashes Plymouth’ this week and the rest of the album, Leigh-Anne said: “It fits nuts” so thought the title was appropriate. event will air on MTV Music at 9pm on really well.” Perrie added: “It’s a very good Jesy joked: “We’re absolutely nuts ourselves August 7 2015. James Morrison making comeback

Hammond Jr ‘almost wishes’ The Strokes Jonas wants to work were over lbert Hammond Jr.“almost wishes” The Strokes were over. The guitarist and keyboard player admits Ahe feels as frustrated as the group’s fans do about the lack of certainty over their future, and there’s a part of ames Morrison is making a come- Brit Award in 2007. But the ‘Broken him that wants them to split so they can draw a clean back. The 30-year-old singer/song- Strings’ hitmaker is now ready to return Will Young: break, but he thinks that would be a waste. He said: “It’s ter- writer is set to relaunch his career to his life as a chart-topping star follow- J rible. Half of you almost wishes the band was over, so you four years after he released his third ing an 18-month break and has com- could mourn it, and the other half of you is like, ‘Why are record ‘The Awakening’, having taken pleted his fourth studio album which West is a really good musician we wasting such an amazing opportunity?’ “We are so time out to go camping and to spend will be released in October. He good together and it’s hard to find that connection with time with his daughter Elsie. He explained: “I was in a dark place but I’m people. “I would love to know about the future of the band revealed: “I took a year and a half out. I out of it now. The album is out in as much as you would. We would all like to know.” Albert spent a year just going camping, hang- October and the first single in went on to suggest the group’s management is at fault for ing out with mates and looking after September.” And the singer/songwriter most of the uncertainty and doubt. He added to NME mag- my daughter.” James originally shot to has had no shortage of inspiration, pen- azine : “Our managers make the first contact - they’re run- fame in 2006 with his debut album ning over 75 tracks for the LP during his ning the machine. “We went into the studio, but it seems ‘Undiscovered’ which featured his hit time out of the spotlight. He told The silly to even speak about that because nothing is set. “The single ‘You Give Me Something’ and led Sun newspaper: “I wrote 75 songs and machine behind us is even further behind wherever we to him winning the Best British Male I’ve picked 15 for the record.” were - at the beginning of writing I guess.” Ora celebrating women on album ita Ora’s new album is about female empowerment. The ‘Poison’ hitmak- er is currently working on her second studio album and has teased fans Rcan expect a record “all about women power” because she wants to cel- ebrate female independence and discuss issues of gender equality. She ill Young thinks Kanye West is “a music is.” The former ‘Pop Idol’ contestant - explained: “It’s really about how we get judged for the things that we do and really good musician”. The 36-year- who recently released his sixth studio album how men don’t.”I know it’s part of society, but I think we can still stick together Wold singer insists he is a fan of the ‘All ‘85% Proof’ - continued to say he wants to see as females. “The motive of this album all really came from the nature of being Day’ rapper after he recently described him as what’s “underneath” the 21-time Grammy European.” The 24-year-old star - who has reportedly worked with Ed Sheeran “awful”, saying his “arrogance completely Award winner’s arrogant persona because and Disclosure on the LP - continued to say she believes it’s an “exciting time” over-runs him as a musician.” Clarifying his he’s keen to discover who he is as “a real per- for female musicians because there are so many women celebrating who they comments, he explained: “I just shoot my son”. Speaking on ITV’s ‘Loose Women’, he are. She told Hot 97 radio station: “Also I feel like at the moment, females have mouth off sometimes.”I’m always honest and explained: “Arrogance just isn’t attractive. It’s a never been closer - pop stars, specifically. It’s an exciting time for females in hopefully not rude, but I just think I don’t real- shame, what I said is actually underneath that this industry.” Last month, Rita - who recently split up with her boyfriend Ricky ly like those ostentatious ways of being. I [arrogance], I’m actually more interested in Hil - revealed she has also worked with ‘Loyal’ singer Chris Brown, with their think he’s really talented, Kanye West, it’s just a that because that’s vulnerability and that’s collaboration set to be her next single. After the news they had worked shame that some of the things he says aren’t what music is. And I think that arrogance together was revealed, she said: “Chris Brown is strong, powerful and someone so talented. “I think he’s a really good musi- always hides insecurities and I’m interested in that is important to me personally and professionally.”The discrimination and cian and I think what he says clouds what his insecurities because that’s a real person.” all what people think? If you have a great song then no one cares.” lifestyle MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 GOSSIP Larson and Crowe to star in Kong: Skull Island? rie Larson and Russell Crowe are Judd Apatow-directed ‘Trainwreck’ with reportedly set to appear alongside Amy Schumer and Bill Hader, and is next BTom Hiddleston in ‘Kong: Skull set to appear in the Lenny Abrahamson- Island’. The 25-year-old actress - who’s directed adaptation of the Emma known for her roles in ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. Donoghue novel ‘Room’. Meanwhile, it the World’ and ‘21 Jump Street’ - and the was recently reported that scheduling Oscar-winning star are on the cusp of issues stopped J.K. Simmons and Michael joining the cast of the action movie fol- Keaton from taking on their planned lowing the departures of both JK roles in ‘Kong: Skull Island’. Keaton, 63, is Simmons and Michael Keaton, Deadline starring in the child-abuse drama reports. Brie is in talks for the female lead, ‘Spotlight’, while Simmons has a number while Russell is to replace either Keaton or of projects currently in the pipeline, Simmons. The potential casting would including ‘The Accountant’ and ‘Kung Fu represent a significant career landmark Panda 3’. ‘Kong: Skull Island’ will be for Brie, who recently co-starred in the released in March 2017. Bautista promises to be ‘most badass’ Bond henchman loved Johnson ‘to reunite with Peyton’

wayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is to reunite with ‘San Andreas’ director Brad Peyton on a new movie Dbased on the videogame ‘Rampage’. The action movie - which also stars Alexandra Daddario - is among the surprise hits of the year and according to ave Bautista’s‘Spectre’ character is to reveal specific details of the new movie, Deadline, the duo are set to collaborate once more the “most badass dude” James Bond he promised ‘Spectre’ will “raise the bar” working with Willis with working having also worked together on the 2012 hit ‘Journey Lutz has ever encountered. The 46-year- once again. Asked how the Sam Mendes- 2: The Mysterious Island’. Brad, 37, will direct and D old wrestler-turned actor - who stars as Mr directed ‘Spectre’ will be distinct from previ- Dwayne will take on the leading role in the movie Hinx in the eagerly-awaited new Bond ous movies, he said: “I think the magic will based on the 1986 videogame, which allowed players ellan Lutz says working with for the right woman. Discussing his ide- movie - has given an insight into his ‘Spectre’ be not making it different but raising the bar to control one of three monsters, who destroyed build- Bruce Willis was “a dream come al spouse, he said: “Someone who’s role, saying he’ll rank among the most das- from Bonds past.” Dave also revealed that ings and generally created havoc. Meanwhile, Dwayne Ktrue”. The 30-year-old actor kind and genuine - and loves life and is tardly in the history of the franchise. having realized his ambition of starring in a recently credited his “solid” home life for helping him recently wrapped up shooting the willing to be adventurous.” But Kellan, Speaking during a Twitter Q&A with IMDb, Bond movie, he now has his sights set on make a successful transition from being a wrestler to thriller ‘Extraction’ with the 60-year-old who has a huge crush on Jessica Biel, Dave was asked whether Mr. Hinx was appearing in another iconic franchise, ‘Star an actor. The ‘San Andreas’ star paid tribute to long- star and is thrilled to have ticked it off also has a lot of turn-offs. He added: inspired by any previous Bond henchmen, Wars’. Queried about his future career ambi- time girlfriend Lauren Hashian and his teenage daugh- his bucket-list. Asked about the experi- “Being with someone who constantly to which he replied: “I didn’t actually craft Mr tions, he said: “Be in a freakin Star Wars film!!! ter Simone, explaining: “When I first came into acting, I ence, he told In Touch Weekly: “A dream checks her phone. It is so important to Hinx to Rival others. He is simply the most Im 0-2 as of right now... “Eventually they’ll had great opportunities to make a decent movie. I had come true. I had auditioned to play his be in the moment.” The heartthrob badass dude Bond has ever come up stick me in a Stormtrooper suit just to stop a run there in 2005, ‘06, ‘07 - for a long time it was ‘Oh, kid [in 2007’s ‘Live Free or Die Hard’]. I hopes to have a family of his own in the against. (sic)” And while Dave was reluctant me from bugging them! (sic).” he’s the best thing in the movie that’s not that good.’ “I didn’t get it, and was bummed. But next five years. Asked where he wants started questioning: Did I make the right choice? things happen for a reason. Now I’ve to be in 2020, he said: “Acting, working Should I have stayed in wrestling a bit longer? And worked with Bruce!” The former on my fashion line, Abbot + Main, and then budgets became lower and lower and the pay ‘Twilight Saga’ star recently admitted having a family of my own. I definitely kinda stayed the same and there wasn’t a lot of he is “looking for that wifey” and is want marriage and little Kellans run- growth.” — Bang Showbiz ready to settle down, but is still looking ning around.” Nixon wants Underwood reunion

ynthia Nixon thinks it would Massachusetts and Blair Underwood be “fun” to reprise the role of is here and it makes me miss him so CMiranda Hobbes from ‘Sex and much. I’d like to bring Blair back into the City’. The 49-year-old actress - Miranda’s life again.”Meanwhile, the who played the character in the two actress also admitted to being sur- feature films and the iconic TV series - prised that people still confuse her has revealed she misses working with with her on-screen persona. She told her former co-star Blair Underwood The Guardian newspaper: “I was in and would be happy to return to the Antwerp doing a film and I got part of Miranda in order to work with accosted in a restaurant by some Michael him once more. Asked about the women out on a hen night. “They future of the franchise, Cynthia said: wanted me to talk into their cameras someone’s already got their smartphone “I’m grateful I don’t have to be the and give them marriage advice.”I was Douglas: out. “And everything happens so much person who decides what happens to like, ‘I’m having lunch now.’ There has faster these days. Sometimes you’ll be lying them next. “We have had so many been no new ‘Sex and the City’ mate- on the beach, on holiday, and before great guest stars over the years, and rial for so long but it just does still Selfies are you’ve even towelled yourself off there are it would be fun to see some of those seem to keep going - I don’t even photos of you splashing in the sea on the come back. I’m doing a play out in understand how that works.” internet. That’s just the way it is now.” And ‘annoying’ the 70-year-old star, who has son Cameron, 36, from a previous relationship, and 14- year-old son Dylan and 12-year-old daugh- ichael Douglas thinks selfies are ter Carys with his wife Catherine Zeta- Noel Gallagher: Rock ‘n’ “pretty annoying”. The ‘Ant-Man’ Jones, has insisted there are positives to Mstar has admitted he is constantly growing up with famous parents. He told frustrated about being asked to snap pho- morgenpost.de: “The positive thing about roll in hibernation tos with fans, especially when he feels his being the son of a famous father is that you “moment of privacy” has been ruined. He learn early on how to cope with fame. “Every time I find myself getting annoyed oel Gallagher believes rock ‘n’ roll is “in hibernation”. The shared: “Everyone wants selfies! Or they about not being able to go unrecognized ‘Ballad of the Mighty I’ singer thinks the genre is currently just start snapping without asking. It’s pret- anywhere, I remember that it’s now much experiencing a lull because he can’t see any new bands ty annoying when you’re sitting with your N family and thinking it’s a moment of priva- easier for me to bag a reservation at my emerging who are as good as rockers such as Arctic Monkeys and favorite restaurant. It has pros and cons.” Kasabian who launched over a decade ago. Asked if rock ‘n’ roll is cy. Then you realise that three tables along, dead, he said: “Not as long as I’m still going, it’s not!”It’s there but it’s certainly lacking the re-generation process. “Since the Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Razorlight and The Libertines there has been nothing. You name me one band since them. “So that’s ten years ago. So the evidence is that it is kind of in hibernation.” The 48-year- old former Oasis musician continued to say the band were part of Gyllenhaal “the old world” before the internet revolutionized the music indus- try. He added: “Oasis was the last band from the old world. We hap- pened before the digital age.” But Noel said he believes the internet has actually had a negative impact on rock because less people always watches seem to be interested in it and record labels don’t want to invest in up-and-coming bands like they did when Oasis launched. Speaking on BBC Four’s ‘What Ever Happened to Rock ‘n’ Roll?’ he explained: his movies twice Hawke “In theory the internet and YouTube should be helping new bands get off the ground but it hasn’t - it’s got worse. The record labels ake Gyllenhaal always watches his just aren’t interested in working-class bands any more.” movies twice. The ‘Southpaw’ actor admits career Jthinks he gets a better “perspective” and can take things in properly if he doesn’t just watch his performances once. He said: “I causes strain think the first time you watch anything, you’re willing to give me the freedom to keep like, ‘Woah’, and then you watch it again and working even though sometimes it’s a it’s better. “My rule is always to watch it twice strain on her.” The 44-year-old star - on wife to really get perspective.” Though the 34-year- who also has kids Maya, 15, and Levon, old actor had to bulk up to play a heavy- 12, with ex-wife Uma Thurman - thinks weight boxer in ‘Southpaw’, exercising for five he is becoming a better father as he hours a day for five months, he found it more than Hawke admits his career gets older and hopes he lives up to his difficult shedding the pounds for his role in can be a “strain” on his wife.The own expectations as a parent. He ‘Nightcrawler’. He told heat magazine: “I’d say ‘Boyhood’ actor feels “very lucky” added to Sorted magazine: “I love E that depriving myself, both psychologically that spouse Ryan - the mother of his being at home with my children more and with food, like I did in ‘Nightcrawler’ daughters Clementine, six, and than I ever have.”I think you learn from was particularly hard. “And it was a total- Indiana, three - is so supportive of his experience not just how to be a better ly different character - the character in work but he knows the fact he is fre- father but to be a more compassion- ‘Southpaw’ is surrounded by a great quently away from home isn’t easy on ate and interesting and caring man family and is a really loving guy, her. He said: “I’m very lucky in that I that feeds into every aspect of your deep down. “But I don’t think the have a beautiful wife who is not just a life. “I just hope I’m able to be as same about Lou Bloom in wonderful woman in my life but who involved and inspiring a father as I can ‘Nightcrawler’.” is also a very good mother and she’s be and the one I would like to be.” lifestyle MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 Features Swedish police briefly hold US rapper Snoop Dogg

S rapper Snoop Dogg was briefly arrested by Swedish police on suspicion of using illegal drugs, police sources said yesterday. “Police carrying out roadside Ucontrols noticed that Snoop Dogg (whose car was pulled over) seemed to be under the influence of narcotics. He was arrested and taken to the police station to take a urine test,” said Daniel Nilsson, a police spokesman for the central Uppsala region. The incident happened after the celebrity rapper gave a concert in the area on Saturday night. “The incident lasted several minutes. Once the test was carried out he left,” Nilsson added. The test results were not immediately available. It is far from the 43-year-old music star’s first brush with the law. Snoop Dogg’s song lyrics often dis- play his fondness for marijuana and he has previously had run-ins with police else- where over the drug. —AFP

Dave Grohl of the band Foo Fighters performs at the Ansan Valley Rock Festival in Ansan, south of Seoul yesterday. The Ansan Snoop Dog Valley Rock Festival is an annual music festival featuring a mix of regional and international acts. —AFP Minaj shows black women’s challenges

icki Minaj’s “Anaconda” video opens and is often considered to have roots in in a jungle and the camera goes West Africa. Nstraight to the heart, or rather bot- And Cyrus, the onetime child star on the tom, of the matter-the rapper’s derriere, Disney television series “Hannah Montana,” which she gyrates with sensual delight. The managed permanently to transform her video is a five-minute celebration of a black image into a sex symbol. More recently, woman’s body and has been watched nearly Swift slipped underneath twerking women half a billion times on YouTube, breaking of color in her video for “Shake It Off,” as she what at the time was the record for first-day teased about her inability to learn various views. The failure of “Anaconda” to land a dances. nomination in the top category at MTV’s “The advantage that white women have Video Music Awards led Minaj to speak out, is that they are automatically presumed to charging that the music industry preferred be sexually pure, so any deviation from that to recognize women with “very slim” forms. is seen as a break from the patriarchal con- Much of the media attention focused on fines of sexual oppression,” said Cate Young, Taylor Swift as she performs onstage at the Rock the response by nominee Taylor Swift who, author of the feminist pop culture blog in Rio USA music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. casting herself as a feminist, asked Minaj BattyMamzelle. “Women of color are coming why she would “pit women against each from a place where we are presumed to be other” and invited her to join her on stage if sexually deviant and so we are left in a posi- Swift won. Minaj said that the white super- tion of either confirming that stereotype by star missed the point and Swift later apolo- expressing our very normal human sexuali- gized, marking a rare false note for the coun- ty, or repressing our sexuality in order to try-turned-pop singer who has carefully cul- avoid stereotypes. “So either way, we don’t tivated an anodyne image. Minaj welcomed win.” the apology and said there was no, in the words of Swift’s nominated song, bad blood. Only latest controversy But the Trinidad-born, New York-bred artist Controversy also erupted over the latest urged greater discussion on the role of Nicki Minaj, left, and Meek Mill perform at the BET Awards at the MicrosoftGrammys, where white Australian rapper African American women in music. “Black Theater. —AP/AFP photos Iggy Azalea was nominated for four awards, women influence pop culture so much but some behinds-notably 1992’s “Baby Got reclaiming the body-she is reclaiming the although she went home empty-handed. are rarely rewarded for it,” she wrote on Back” by Sir Mix-a-Lot, with its refrain “I like booty-for women’s own self-affirmation as a Rapper Azealia Banks was especially outspo- Twitter. big butts and I cannot lie”-but the women of sign of beauty and pride-’Yes, look at me, if ken by accusing Azalea-who performs in a “Anaconda” twerk their bottoms with nary a you’re going to look,’” she said. southern African American accent-of cultur- ‘Ironically exotic’ man in sight. al exploitation. White artists’ adaptation of Women of color have seen success previ- The only man comes at the end, when The politics of twerking African American culture is as old as rock ously at the MTV awards, with past winners Minaj-singing, “I want to see all the big fat As “Anaconda” was passed over for and roll. But, the cultural sociologist Carolyn for Video of the Year including Rihanna, ...... ”-lap dances around the seated rapper Video of the Year, MTV announced the host Chernoff said, “appropriation is not the same Missy Elliot and Beyonce, who was again Drake. As he reaches to touch, she slaps his of the August 30 gala would be Miley as appreciation.” “It’s not to say that white nominated this year. But “Anaconda”-which hand away. Cyrus, who at the 2013 awards famously people can only square-dance or clog,” she was nominated in three categories including “She is definitely playing on racial stereo- stripped to a skin-color bikini and twerked said. “But it’s saying that there are certain Best Hip-Hop Video-stands out for its bold types but I think she’s also turning them on with singer Robin Thicke. The performance ways that white artists knowingly use cul- cultural message, starting with the ironically their head,” said Janell Hobson, an associate brought mainstream exposure to twerking, ture that is associated with a particular kind Nicki Minaj performs at the 2015 Hot 97 Summer Jam exotic setting of a jungle with scantily clad professor of women’s studies at the State the bottoms-in-the-air dance that grew of American blackness, and do it in ways at MetLife Stadium, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. black women. Other songs have extolled ful- University of New York at Albany. “She is from the 1990s New Orleans bounce scene that reinforce harmful stereotypes.” —AFP Vince Neil drops lawsuit Premiere of ‘Tristan over social media passwords

otley Crue frontman Vince Neil got and Isolde’ scores hit back his social media passwords Mafter suing a consultant he hired to manage the accounts and accusing her of at Bayreuth Festival posting online without his consent, a lawyer for the rocker said Friday. Kristy Sinsara handed over the passwords and the case brand-new production of Richard Merkel, who was among the illustrious was dismissed in early June, attorney James Wagner’s opera “Tristan and Isolde” by guests attending the glittering first night, Kohl confirmed. The breach-of-contract law- Athe composer’s great-granddaughter told the German news agency DPA that she suit accused Sinsara of holding the pass- was warmly received at its premiere on had liked the production. Separately, the words hostage and making unauthorized Saturday, marking the start of this year’s leg- mass-circulation daily Bild reported that posts. Sinsara said Friday that Neil had the endary Bayreuth Festival. Thirty-seven-year- Merkel had allegedly suffered a dizzy spell Drake passwords all along. old Katharina Wagner, who runs the month- during the first of two intervals during the In the March lawsuit filed in state court in long summer music fest, was greeted with evening. ‘Charged Up’ Drake hits Las Vegas, Neil said he gave his Facebook, Vince Neil speaks at a Motley Crue cheers and applause by the first-night audi- The newspaper said Merkel had briefly LinkedIn and Twitter account passwords to ence when she took her curtain call at the fainted and slipped from her chair in a and Kiss tour news conference in Los Sinsara, who said she was a social media Angeles. —AP end of the six-hour performance. By contrast, restaurant, but guests came to her aid. It was back at ghostwriting claim branding expert and would manage the boos were heard for conductor Christian two minutes before she felt able to get up accounts. Sinsara offered to manage the passwords, saying Neil always had access to ip-hop star Drake has hit back at charges he relies on ghost- Thielemann and German soprano Evelyn again, the newspaper said. Organizers were profiles for free in exchange for promotion his accounts. “I did not give Vince Neil any- writers for his songs, releasing a new track dissing his accuser Herlitzius, who had taken on the demanding not immediately available to confirm the of her book and self-help website, according thing he did not already have,” she said which quickly went viral online. Fellow rapper Meek Mill role of Isolde at very short notice. information. The Bayreuth Festival is one of H to court records. When Neil asked for the Friday in an email, adding that the rock star recently took to Twitter to accuse Drake of not writing his own songs Katharina’s was a dark and deeply pes- the highlights in Germany’s cultural calen- passwords in December 2014, Sinsara gave also could have verified his account directly and suggested that the Toronto-born artist retaliated for his knowl- simistic reading of one of Wagner’s best- dar and Merkel and her husband Joachim him the one for Twitter but not the others, with Facebook. The lawsuit turned into a edge of the secret by not promoting Mill’s work. Drake-whose latest loved operas, setting the action in a maze of Sauer have been regular guests for many according to the lawsuit. Later, Sinsara hand- case of who didn’t like whom. It claimed mix tape topped the US album chart and who recently headlined staircases in the first act where the two lovers years. ed over the Facebook password but enabled Sinsara kept the passwords from Neil major festivals including Coachella-broke his silence late Saturday to can never come together. The second act A long list of government ministers and a security feature allowing access only from because she didn’t like his girlfriend, Rain respond in verse with a diss song entitled “Charged Up.” depicts the jealous King Marke, to whom regional and local politicians from the her computer, records say. Hannah, and suspected Hannah would pro- The song soon hit number one on Billboard’s Trending 140 Isolde is betrothed, as an evil and manipula- southern state of Bavaria also attended. Sinsara has said it was a misunderstand- mote her business ventures on the rocker’s chart, which looks at social media impact in the United States. tive figure who imprisons the two lovers in Tickets for Bayreuth are still among the hard- ing. She disputed Friday that the case was accounts. Sinsara said the lawsuit was filed “Wow, I’m honored that you think this is staged,” Drake raps over a his own personal torture chamber, where est to come by in the world of opera and dismissed because she handed over the because she stood up to Hannah. —AP Tristan is eventually stabbed to death. The classical music, with the waiting list stretch- minimalist beat. “I seen it all coming... ‘cause it ain’t like I need the third and final act shows the delirium of the ing to as many as 13 or 14 years for some money I make off a feature,” Drake said, presumably explaining dying Tristan. US tenor Stephen Gould was productions. This year marks the 150th why he did not promote Mill’s album. Referring to recent police Cruise says ‘Top Gun’ rapturously applauded for his intense por- anniversary since “Tristan and Isolde” had its killings of African Americans that have provoked outrage, Drake trayal of Tristan. world premiere. Katharina Wagner’s is only raps, “Cops are killing people with their arms up / And your main sequel ‘would be fun’ Herlitzius gave a scorching performance the 11th production of the work at the focus is trying to harm us?” as Isolde, making up in sheer stage presence Bayreuth Festival. The Bayreuth Festival runs Drake debuted the song on Apple Music, the tech giant’s new ollywood star Tom Cruise says he Executive David Ellison was quoted in media for what she might have lacked in tonal until August 28 with 30 performances of streaming and radio service for which he has been a prominent would be open to reprising his 1980s reports as saying work on a “Top Gun 2” beauty. German mezzo Christa Mayer and seven different operas-”Tristan and Isolde”, spokesman. Drake referred to his Apple collaboration in “Charged Hrole as US Navy pilot Maverick in a screenplay was underway. “It would be fun. I Scottish baritone Iain Paterson were also “Lohengrin”, “The Flying Dutchman” and the Up” as a way to tell Mill that he has been successful. Drake appeared possible sequel to action drama “Top Gun”. would like to get back into those jets,” Cruise outstanding in the roles of Brangaene and “Ring” comprising “Rhinegold”, “The Valkyrie”, to confirm in the song that the company paid him $20 million. Mill, The 1986 blockbuster turned Cruise into a told Reuters at the London premiere of his Kurwenal. German Chancellor Angela “Siegfried” and “Twilight of the Gods”. —AFP while not taking back his accusations, wrote on Twitter of the song: “I major box office draw. Last month, film pro- latest action film “Mission: Impossible - Rogue can tell he wrote that one, though.” —AFP ducer and Skydance media company Chief Nation” on Saturday night. —Reuters lifestyle MONDAY, JULY 27, 2015 Features

Radio DJs, Daniel Perez, ‘El Garbanzo, far left,’ and Oswaldo Diaz, DJ Daniel Perez ‘El Garbanzo’ performs at the ‘El Show de Erazno y DJ Oswaldo Diaz records the ‘El Show de Erazno y La Chokolata’ ‘Erazno,’ third from left, pose with show producers: Raul Martinez, ‘El La Chokolata’ radio show. radio show in Los Angeles. Diablito,’ Edwin Roman and Hessler De la Cruz, far right. —AP photos On LA radio show, a peek into the love lives of immigrants

n weekday evenings, carpenters and longshore- who has undergone more than a dozen surgeries to look concept would work well with the real-life dramas of the the right to prey on and/or expose the unresolved per- men, working mothers and young professionals like the pop star; and advice from resident sexologist immigrants listening to his show. The vast majority of sonal histories and emotional vulnerabilities of people Ohailing from Latin America and living in Los Elvia Contreras. callers into the show are men with a significant other in who participate in these exchanges?” wrote University of Angeles and throughout the US tune their radios to But it is Diaz’s segment on love called “El Chokolatazo” Mexico - a reflection of long-standing patterns of stag- Texas at Austin professor Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez in an Oswaldo Diaz’s show and get a peek into the love lives of or “The Big Chocolate” that strikes the strongest chord: In gered migration in which the family breadwinner immi- email to The Associated Press after listening to the show. immigrants. “The moment has arrived,” the 33-year-old more than 10 years of doing the show, Diaz has wit- grates first. Increasingly though, Diaz notes, he receives Felipe hadn’t doubted his wife Silvia’s fidelity, despite Diaz announces in a deep, authoritative voice in Spanish. nessed marriage proposals, heartwarming reconcilia- calls from men who are meeting girlfriends from their a half-decade without seeing each other, he told Diaz “To do away with doubt. To test your partner’s fidelity.” tions and a fair share of scornful breakups. “Sometimes I hometowns online. When there is a spike in deportations when he called into the show. But his brother joined him Changing the tone of his voice into the high-pitched, feel bad,” Diaz said. “I don’t have the power to make peo- from one month to the next, he’ll get more calls from in the US three years ago and recently remarked he’d plain speaking character of “La Chokolata,” Diaz fields ple say things that are not really what they mean.” They women inquiring about their husbands. once seen Silvia out with another man. “I don’t believe it,” calls from lovesick listeners wondering if wives left are stories Diaz knows well. Joanna Dreby, a sociology professor at the University of Felipe said, his voice insistent but perturbed. “I know she behind in Mexico, deported husbands and love interests Albany, said increased border enforcement has had two loves me. I don’t think she’s capable of that.” Diaz dialed sparked on Facebook remain faithful despite months and Imitating voices notable ripple effects on relationships: Those in the US are Silvia’s number. After one long and fuzzy sounding ring- sometimes years apart. Then he calls their unsuspecting Growing up in the western Mexico state of Michoacan, less likely to risk traveling back to visit a spouse in Mexico, tone, Silvia picked up. Feigning the voice of a chocolate partners pretending to be from a new company offering Diaz watched his own father leave each year to spend and when deported, a husband or wife left behind in the company saleswoman, Diaz told her about the promo- to send a free heart-shaped box of chocolates to “some- long months working in the US Diaz immigrated to United States must decide whether to stay without them tion. Silvia said she didn’t have anyone special to send one special” on their behalf. California as a teen and held jobs planting broccoli and or return - an arduous decision to make, especially when a the chocolates to. “No one,” Diaz said skeptically. “And Do they send it to their significant other or someone landscaping before his knack for imitating voices landed couple has children born and raised in the US who is Felipe?” Felipe then came on the line. “You say you else? “I want to see whether she still loves me,” said one him a job on the radio. “People say they haven’t seen love me,” he said in a hurt, mocking tone. “I don’t deny caller, identified only as Felipe, who had not seen his wife their husband or wife for two or three years and you start Personal histories you,” Silvia said. “When someone asks, I tell them he’s in five years. “To see if she still thinks of me.” Diaz’s show to think,” Diaz said. “The work week feels normal because “Deportation is really dividing spouses in ways we obviously my partner, but he’s in the States.” Diaz cued a is broadcast by Entravision and reaches over 2 million everyone is busy. But then the weekend comes and you haven’t seen in the past,” Dreby said. “And making it romantic ballad in the background. “I love you!” Silvia people nationwide. “El Show de Erazno y la Chokolata” realize there are women with their husbands. And my extremely difficult for people to maintain relationships cried. “Ok, I love you, too,” Felipe conceded after several features many of the staples of a “Sabado Gigante” type mom was alone.” without that hope of reunification unless big sacrifices minutes of back-and-forth wrangling. “But let’s not let variety show: A recent episode featured funny headlines Diaz got the idea for the “Chokolatazo” after hearing are made.” Whether a show broadcast to millions is the this happen again, ok?” “This was el Chokolatazo!” Diaz from Mexico (“Goat Attacks DoÒa Maura; Today They’ll Ryan Seacrest stage something similar on his radio show best way or even an ethical one to resolve any doubts said, returning to his deeper voice. “And you? Are you Barbecue Him”); an interview with “Madonna Boy,” a man involving sending a bouquet of roses. Diaz thought the remains an open question. “I wonder, do producers have going to stay in doubt?” —AP

A woman walks out of the Fan Bay Deep Shelter within the cliffs overlooking Dover, England. —AFP photos A guide holds out two wartime bullet shell cases in the Fan Bay Deep Shelter.

A visitor looks at a wartime game of noughts and crosses, carved into A picture of a face carved into the chalk walls. Visitors look at a fossil on the chalk walls. the chalk walls. Britain’s frontline WWII tunnels rediscovered

hidden tunnel complex that formed manned three gun batteries and slept in 3,000 hours over 18 months removing by 1940s, it would have been an extremely Later graffiti carvers left their mark, includ- Britain’s first line of defense in World bunks. hand the 100 tons of rubble tipped down busy place. It would have been quite hot, ing adventurous cavers and locals. “Nick AWar II opened to the public this week The digging began after Prime Minister the surface entrance. “It’s an important noisy and smelly.” and Julie” snuck inside for many enjoyable after six decades buried as a forgotten time Winston Churchill visited Dover in July 1940 piece of wartime heritage and it’s also a visits in the 1970s. “It was very difficult and capsule. The underground labyrinth is and was enraged to see enemy German piece of forgotten history,” said Jon Barker, Saucy graffiti dangerous to get in. Because of that, it’s inside the White Cliffs of Dover, an iconic ships sailing unopposed through the straits the site’s project manager. “The story of the The project’s volunteers found abundant kept the tunnels in fantastic condition, symbol of England on its southeastern tip between Britain and Nazi-occupied France. cross-Channel guns was largely forgotten,” traces of the long forgotten soldiers’ lives. which is why they’re a time capsule from and a natural coastal defense at the closest The Fan Bay Deep Shelter tunnels were con- he said. Cigarette packets, telegrams, improvised the 1940s,” said Barker. The dig also uncov- point to continental Europe. Standing at the structed within 100 days. The 3,500 square Some 125 steps down, the tunnels are clothes hooks, football betting coupons and ered two rare World War I acoustic mirrors clifftop entrance, tour guide Gordon Wise feet (325 square meters) of tunnels were damp with condensation due to the moist, rifle rounds were discovered, while a copy built into the cliff face. Before the advent of looked across the busy English Channel. abandoned in the 1950s and filled in with warm summer air. They smell of the cre- of “The Shadow on the Quarterdeck,” a 1903 radar, the 15-foot (4.6-metre) diameter con- “You can actually see France, 21 miles (34 debris in the 1970s. Only a metal cover osote on the wooden support beams. raunchy naval adventure, had been stashed cave sculptures concentrated sound waves kilometers) away, just 70 seconds flying plate on the grassy clifftop gave any clue as The tunnels are lined with rusting corru- on top of an air duct. The chalk walls are and gave an early warning on the direction time for a shell,” he said as he surveyed the to what lay beneath. gated steel arching, some of which was etched with graffiti, usually the names of of incoming aircraft, shipping and enemy lights, buildings and beaches visible on the removed for scrap in the 1950s, revealing troops, such as “Nobby Clark 7/11/42.” fire. Hosted by volunteer enthusiasts, a other side. “You get some idea that this was Trap door into the past the fossil-filled pristine white chalk behind Elsewhere there is a game of noughts and torchlit guided visit down the tunnels costs really the frontline. This was where the The National Trust conservation body it. The temperature remains a cool 54 crosses, a tiny carved face, and some bawdy £10 ($15.50, 14 euros). Telephones from the defense of Britain had to start.” rediscovered the shelter after purchasing degrees Fahrenheit (12 degrees Celsius) all graffiti on bricks from the latrines, making 1940s connect the shelter to the surface. The tunnel network, 75 feet (23 meters) this section of the cherished cliffs in 2012, year round. “Today the tunnels are aban- light of the lack of toilet paper. The handset in the tunnel suddenly rings down inside the chalk cliffs, supported the and began a mission to revive the tunnels. doned, they feel quite spacious and they’re “Parade is due I dare not linger / here and a jovial volunteer answers, “Hello? 185 troops and their four officers who Fifty volunteers-Wise among them-spent very quiet,” said Barker. “But during the goes I’ll use my finger,” reads one example. Winston?” —AFP Minaj shows black women’s challenges

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French stage director Bartabas and Spanish flamenco dancer Andres Marin perform during the premiere of their show ‘Golgota’ at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome. The show combines equestrian art, music and dance. Bartabas invited Andres Marin in a dialogue between man, animal, dance and the music of Tomas Luis de Victoria. — AFP A pampered life for Japan’s prizefighter bulls lood-shot eyes fixed menacingly on their almost 800 years, when it was held as entertain- well as remote areas stretching down to Okinawan dialect, the sport is steeped in can take over 30 minutes to win by barging foe and snorting furiously, two giant bulls ment for the deposed Emperor Gotoba follow- Okinawa. Similar styles of bullfighting are also Japanese culture, with purifying salt scattered their opponent into the fence or forcing him to Bsmash into each other with shuddering ing his exile to the western Oki islands, where it found in South Korea, Turkey, the Balkans, the and rice wine poured on the sandy ring to ward run away. force: in Japanese bullfighting, matadors need is still practiced today. It also takes place in the Persian Gulf and South America. Called “ushi- off evil spirits. Hosed down with cold water and The “seco” bull handlers, who nimbly jump not apply. Tongues hanging out and foam drip- Iwate and Niigata regions of northern Japan as orase” (literally “bullfight”) in the local bellowing fiercely before doing combat, bulls from side to side to avoid being gored, dote ping from their mouths, the sweat-soaked beasts unashamedly on their animals.”They’re part of lock horns as barefooted handlers slap them on the family,” said Yuji Tamanaha, a third genera- the backside and scream encouragement, risking tion handler. “They’re cute, aren’t they? Hand- life and limb beside the bovine battering rams, feeding them everyday, you form a loving bond. many of which weigh well over a ton. While the My wife and I don’t have children so our bull is Spanish corrida faces mounting pressure from like a kid to us. He’s very friendly. He likes to lick animal rights activists after being banned in visitors.” Cute or not, fights can be brutal, the Catalonia in the past few years, bullfighting on loser often sent crashing against the bars in a Japan’s southern island of Okinawa continues to shower of dirt as fans dive for cover. Many bulls attract big crowds, including families with small never recover from a heavy defeat-on this day a children who peer excitedly through the metal yokozuna called “Samurai” took one look at a bars at the spectacle just feet away. brooding opponent tipping the scales at 1,100 A bloodless spectator sport dating back hun- kilos and beat a hasty retreat, so terrified he dreds of years also known as bull sumo, champi- attempted to jump the fence. on prizefighters are called “yokozuna”-like Japan’s roly-poly wrestlers-and lead a pampered life. “In Psychological damage Spain the fight ends with the matador killing the “They can suffer psychological damage,” said animal,” bullfighting historian Kuniharu Miyagi Moriaki Iha, tenderly patting his animal. “You told AFP at a competition in the Okinawan town have to take care of their mental health too, just of Uruma. “Here, if a bull gets frightened and los- like a human athlete, and show them love from es its courage, the fight is over and both bulls, when they’re little. My animal is quite bashful winner and loser, get to go home. “We don’t feel but he knows no fear. He’s either very brave or bullfighting is cruel in Okinawa,” added Miyagi. just stupid. “It’s a way of life. Farmers used to bring their bulls “I come to the cow shed at five in the morn- together to fight for amusement. “It takes five ing every day,” he added. “I mow grass to feed years to prepare a bull to fight, then it fights for at them, clean up. I spend more than half my day least five or six years. Cows that provide us with with the cows. My wife thinks I’m daft. It’s a mir- juicy steaks are slaughtered within a couple of acle she hasn’t left me. “To be a champion bull years. “Fighting bulls live far longer and in consid- you need the size, physique and good horns. erable luxury. Owners want their bulls to win so Then there is the creature’s fighting spirit. Two they spoil them with good food and give them a bulls weighing a ton smashing into each other comfortable home environment to frolic in. is just magical.” Iha revealed that owners go to Yokozuna bulls even retire to stud, so they have a bizarre lengths to win. “I give my bull Okinawan happy old life.” tea before he fights,” he said. “It’s got caffeine in it so it acts like a stimulant. There are no doping Royal entertainment rules in bullfighting so it’s fine. Everyone has Bullfighting in Japan can be traced back Spectators attend a Japanese bullfighting eventin Uruma, Okinawa prefecture.— AFP photos their own secret tricks.” — AFP

Giant bulls fight during a Japanese bullfighting event in Uruma, Okinawa Spectators watch during a Japanese bullfighting event. Handlers attempt to separate two bulls after a red bull defeated the anoth- prefecture. er one during a Japanese bullfighting event.