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www.gulfcomputerservices.com CALL TO MANAMA: Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Gov- ernor Rash- n His Majesty King Hamad congratulated Bahraini people as the kingdom prepares to celebrate the National Day. He also greeted them on Martyrs’ eed Al Maraj Day, which falls on December 17. This came as he received at Sakhir has made Palace a number of citizens and praised their role in serving Bahrain. a renewed Full report – Page 12 call to Bah- raini Islamic n King hails role of Press BANKSas well as conventional competi- Mr Al Maraj said the CBB is in- banks to merge or acquire other institutions. tors, the preferred path, particular- troducing a centralised Sharia Board MANAMA: His Majesty King Hamad ly for Islamic investment banks, with a broad mandate. yesterday praised the outstanding role In his keynote address at the Human resource development con- played by the national Press as he received opening of the 22nd annual World was to merge in order to create tinues to be an important contributing a letter from Information, Parliament Islamic Banking Conference institutions of size. factor in Islamic finance industry’s and Shura Council Affairs Minister Isa (WIBC), he said given a tougher “Not only will this increase their growth worldwide. Mr Al Maraj said Al Hammadi marking the signing of the chances of survival by enabling them a number of training programmes had Charter of Press Ethics by the editors- through committed instalments by a regulatory environment, challeng- to participate in larger deals but will in-chief of local newspapers. Akhbar Al number of late payers,” he said. “This been launched to broaden the horizon Khaleej editor-in-chief Anwar Abdulrahman leaves BD48.3m actually owed to the es to their business model and in- also help them attract the right human of resources and plug knowledge gaps. creased competition from Islamic resources,” he said. lauded the charter, stressing that constructive EWA that needs to be collected.” He Full report – Page 19 criticism is one of the manifestations of said that the outstanding amount was freedom of expression, but should not be down 15 per cent from the BD141.4m exercised at the expense of the nation. owed in December 2013 and BD137.1m UK MPs vote to Full report – Page 12 at the end of 14 killed in US shooting December last year. “We have LOS ANGELES: One or more Angeles, as police warned resi- n BD127m unpaid bills managed to collect back bombing gunmen opened fire inside a dents away. MANAMA: Unpaid electricity and water an average of centre for the disabled in San The shooting took place inside LONDON: bills reached BD127.3 million by the 102pc monthly FREE! Britain’s parliament voted ear- Bernardino, California, early this a packed conference room within end of March, Energy Minister Dr from fresh bills ly this morning to launch bombing raids morning, killing at least 14 people Inland Regional Centre, which Abdulhussain Mirza said yesterday. besides owed against Islamic State in Syria, supporting and wounding the same number assists people with developmen- He revealed BD169.3m was owed to amounts,” Prime Minister David Cameron’s case that before fleeing the scene, officials tal disabilities. the Electricity and Water Authority he said. the country needs to help destroy militants said. Witnesses said suspects were (EWA) at the end of the first quarter, Meanwhile, Only who are “plotting to kill us”. Police were still hunting for the seen leaving the scene in a black with BD42m in late municipal fees a new attacker or attackers, saying one SUV. Police could not confirm that accounting for the rest. “Around mechanism After more than 10 hours of tense de- to three possible suspects were the attackers were wearing mili- for bate, MPs voted in favour of air strikes, by BD9m is owed from cancelled accounts, has been being sought, and said it was tary-style body armour. BD36.5m are actual payments owed developed 397 to 223. not immediately clear what the President Barack Obama from the first three months of the year, by EWA to GDN British Tornado GR4 bombers could motive was. The FBI said that so decried what he called the “pat- while BD2.7m was owed by needy recover dues for leave an air base in Cyprus within hours to far, it was unclear if the shooting tern” of mass shootings in the US families, who we instructed not to cut the consumption subscribers launch the country’s latest military action was a “terrorist incident”. and reiterated his call for tougher off power to,” said Dr Mirza. “The of electricity in the Middle East. Heavily armed SWAT teams, gun controls. government owes the EWA BD8.5m and and water. His Cameron had earlier urged MPs not to firemen and ambulances The shooting comes just days there has been an agreement with the action plan, Dr swarmed the scene, locat- after a lone gunman killed three Finance Ministry to settle it through Mirza said, has turn their back on allies such as France in ed about an hour east of Los people at a clinic in Colorado. their time of need. book transfers, while BD23.3m is owed succeeded in collecting BD201m.

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COMPANIES have been evicted from an By MOHAMMED AL A’ALI area on the outskirts of Manama over fears that warehouses used to store building houses and not setting up safety measures since materials and chemicals could explode. they could be asked to leave at any moment,” They are located in Ghufool and companies said board chairman Mohammed Al Khozaee. using them as storage facilities have been or- “We are very worried that if the place catch- dered to vacate the land by the Capital Trustees es fire it would affect all the surrounding area, which is crowded with businesses and people Board. – making it difficult to control. The companies are already facing legal ac- “Those companies dealing with tion for alleged municipal, security building materials and chemicals and safety violations and the Capital should be located in an industrial Trustees Board is now co-operating area like Sitra, not in the heart of the with landowners, mainly the Jaffari capital. Waqf Endowment, to terminate their “Those companies have been at leases. the site for decades, but we don’t re- That is despite some companies ally care – people’s lives are threat- complying with General Directorate ened and we need urgent action.” of Civil Defence instructions, as the Mr Al Khozaae claimed the con- warehouses were still considered a tents of some were so volatile that hazard to the entire area. they could explode at any moment. One company was ordered to va- n Mr Al Khozaae “It has no or minimal safety or cate the area two years ago by a court emergency equipment due to the over concerns that its showroom, way it is built and an explosion will mean vast workshop and stores were a safety risk to near- destruction to lives and property,” he said. by homes and businesses. “The area’s whole infrastructure is a mess However, the Capital Trustees Board said it and it has been made worse by the companies was still operating having made minor changes there. to its operations. “It is time they were shown the exit, whether “The problem is that those companies are on they like it or not, because the location matters long-term leases, mostly with the Jaffari Waqf to us.” Endowment, but are not building proper ware- [email protected]

n Car care centre Ziebart Bahrain opened a new branch in Seef Mall Muharraq. An automotive detailing and protection solution division of Ebrahim K Kanoo, the new outlet offers customers the chance to explore the latest car care solutions with expert sales advisers. Above, Seef Management general manager Robert Addison, second from left, with Ziebart Express operations manager Jacob Stephen, second from right, and other ofcials at the opening. Gulf Daily News Gulfdailynews @GDNonline @GDNonline GDNonline Email: [email protected] 4 Thursday, 3rd December 2015

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n A reception was held last night at the residence of British Ambassador Simon Martin in Manama for a visiting delegation of 23 British education and training providers. The delegation is showcasing their training and partnership offers to ministries, companies and universities. It includes universities, colleges, private training providers and companies specialising in business solutions and offering a wide range of professional development programmes, vocational quali cations, teacher training, courses with industry recognised accreditation and management consultancy. They were chosen to represent the ‘Education and Training Trade Mission to Bahrain, Oman and Qatar’ which concludes on December 9. The mission is headed by UK Trade and Investment and The Training Gateway, which hosted the reception. Above, Mr Martin with the members of the delegation and guests at the reception. New parks ban in Manama By MOHAMMED AL A’ALI

A BAN on new public parks and gardens has been imposed in Manama. However, many existing family recreation facilities will be developed to include walkways, sports pitches and indoor sports courts. The decision was taken yesterday by the Capital Trust- ees Board, which says it will prevent millions of dinars being wasted on unnecessary projects. It also wants the private sec- n Salmaniya Water Garden ... a ban has been imposed on new tor to get involved by investing parks in Manama in new leisure facilities, instead of the government shouldering the financial Municipalities and Urban Planning Affairs Min- burden. istry to halt all work on plans for new public The decision was taken as Bahrain looks to cut parks or gardens in Manama. public spending due to low oil prices, which have Mr Al Khozaae added that instead of parks and prompted significant government cutbacks. gardens, people wanted recreation facilities that “We have around 10 public parks and gardens could be established through private investment. all located less than 3km away from each other,” “There is demand for football pitches, indoor said board chairman Mohammed Al Khozaae. sports and walkways, which could be incorpo- “Like in Hoora, Gudaibiya, Segaiya and Ad- rated at existing facilities rather than searching liya offering the same children’s rides and facil- for empty government plots and engaging in a ities. tug-of-war with other government bodies to get “There are around 10 more in Jid Ali, Jirdab, them,” he said. Sanad, Tubli and surrounding villages that no- one knows about and are only visited on rare Facilities occasions. “We understand that slumping oil prices make “It is good that the government wants to spend it difficult (for the government) to build new on public projects, but there are already more fa- projects. cilities available than are needed. “It is impossible to ask the government to “It shows huge overspending and the disaster build new facilities, when minor revamps would we want to avert is more following the same pat- be cheaper. tern of borrowing to pay for more. “Land left empty instead of having parks built “Keeping gardens and parks green, while on it could be offered to investors for proper carrying out regular maintenance and securing family recreational projects that are in demand locations through a private firm, costs the gov- – like bowling, snooker, ice-skating, water parks, ernment a lot of money and resources, which are theme parks or any other thing that is new and needed elsewhere.” innovative.” The Capital Trustees Board ordered the Works, [email protected] Gulf Daily News Email: [email protected] Gulfdailynews @GDNonline @GDNonline GDNonline Thursday, 3rd December 2015 5

AirportGulfdailynews @GDNonline‘drug@GDNonline mGDNonlineules’ risked lives for BD21 TWO accused drug mules By NOOR ZAHRA statement to prosecutors. “He said a person would I was now on my own and he were allegedly paid just ed recipient of the heroin in “He then gave me the cap- meet me at Bahrain Interna- has nothing to do with this BD14 and BD21 in return admitted he did it because he Bahrain – an alleged dealer. sules, wrapped with a yel- tional Airport to collect the situation.” for risking their lives by needed the money. “I helped the police set up low tape, and told me that drugs from me. Both trials were adjourned “I wanted to come to Bahrain a sting operation to arrest the he will give me 6,000 Pa- “However, when I told yesterday until January 21 for swallowing huge quanti- to work and I told my friend dealer in Bahrain,” he said in kistani rupees (BD21) to him authorities were holding review. ties of heroin and trying about my plan,” he said in his his statement. smuggle it.YBL_CRYO-THERAPY_15x3.pdfonto my1 passport,12/2/15 he2:26 told PM me [email protected] to smuggle it into Bahrain statement to prosecutors. “Another man, who was with in their stomachs. “He said that if I smuggled him, was also arrested. One allegedly swallowed heroin into Bahrain he would “I am sorry for bringing the 62 capsules containing give me BD14. drugs into the country, but I re- 500gm of heroin, with a “I really needed the money ally needed the money. street value of BD150,000, and I accepted. “I am the only breadwinner after he was paid BD14. “I then swallowed them (the for my family and I want to go The other is said to have capsules) one at a time while back home.” been paid BD21 to swallow drinking water. Two other Pakistani men are 100 capsules. “I could not swallow more now standing trial in the same Both Pakistanis are stand- than 62 capsules and was told case for alleged drug dealing trial in separate cases at that a person would be waiting ing, but both of them pleaded the High Criminal Court, for me in Bahrain, but I was ar- not guilty. where each one appeared rested when Customs officials Meanwhile, the second al- yesterday to plead not guilty. suspected me.” leged drug mule, aged 24, was They were each arrested Customs officers who grew arrested on August 21 and he by Customs officers at Bah- suspicious when the defendant said he was told the capsules rain International Airport was passing through the airport would be safe in his stomach just three months apart. arrested him after an X-ray re- for days. The first, aged 30, was vealed foreign objects in his “A person in Pakistan said arrested on May 9 as he stomach, the court heard. that the 100 capsules I would tried to enter the country However, the defendant is swallow were not harmful and and during questioning at said to have then co-operated could stay in my stomach for the Public Prosecution he with police to arrest the intend- up to four days,” he said in his Students raise funds for quake-hit

n Students in the ‘Nepal Fund’ T-shirts they sold to raise money An initial BD2,000 donation was sent by students in Bah- rain to help rebuild a school in an earthquake-hit nepal- ese village. The money was raised by pupils at St Christopher’s School through a variety of activities including sales of ‘nepal Fund’ T-shirts, re- freshment stalls at school events, a charity run, teacher Jamel Bazzouz’s new York Marathon and sponsored bike rides. The campaign aims to raise BD10,000 and is being run in association with United World Schools. 6 Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015

This isn’t the best time to take on too much Archer, as you could lose out if you attempt to do so. It’s better to under promise and over deliver than the other way around. Current complex influences, Banks coining it along with the Quarter Moon, hint that you may be tempted to make a sacrifice only to discover STARTED saving 100 l coins at the be- that it benefits no one. Iginning of the year and then smashed the penny jar at the beginning of December. This year I took my bag of coins to a major bank to deposit as usual, and said I would leave them with the bank so they could count them when it was quiet and not hold up the Though you might prefer to stay in control, doing so could limit your choices. Indeed, by allowing queue. a little spontaneity into the mix you might get better results. If you can let go of the reins you’ll find I was then surprised when they told me that that an opportunity you’ve long coveted may come your way. So, the more you can relax your grip it would cost BD5 to count and deposit the Capricorn, the better you’ll fare. coins if the balance was less than BD50. This was more surprising when I know that all they do is put the coins into a machine that automatically counts and bags the coins for them. Matters may not be as clear cut as you’d like, particularly with confused Neptune continuing to So now, not only do the banks take money muddy the waters. If you are unsure, bide your time, as over the days ahead things might make o you when you want to take money out, they are now charging if you want to deposit more sense. In love, however intriguing someone may have seemed, you are reaching a point money into your own account. when you will decide if it’s for keeps. Rip o ... any small coin saver be warned. Ex Coin Saver Depressing times Assessing your priorities before you begin your day will really help. Anticipating any potential OW refreshing it was to read Khalaf flaws and getting everything in order beforehand means there’ll be less likelihood of glitches. Also HAhmed Al Habtoor’s article. I agree with look to avoid giving in to other’s insistent demands - especially if you feel your time is being more everything he has said. and more compromised, Pisces. Published letters are not There are so many igno- necessarily the views of the rant people believing Editor. Readers wishing to what is spewed in West- make a complaint through ern media. I nd myself, a British expat, having the GDN should provide full Today’s Quarter Moon in Virgo could see you keen to explore new horizons but worrying about to defend Muslims on so details of the complaint many social platforms. the nitty-gritty this may involve. But actually if so, this is simply a sign that you care enough not together with their contact to be reckless in your approach, and not just diving in. Conversely, everyday demands can seem How is it that a vile telephone numbers. man such as Donald more irritating and pointless, Aries. Trump has been given n Murray celebrates with teammates after winning his tennis match against Belgium’s a platform to spew his verbal diarrhoea, I’ll David Gof n to win the Davis Cup nal never know. I hope the American public see him for what he is, an imbecile. money from the eld trip! A maximum of 25 If Islamic State has risen as a result of the per cent of the amount is given to the water If you’re worried about the cost of certain guilty pleasures, then today’s Quarter Moon encour- Western military powers invading countries park and the rest is taken by the school. ages you to consider why. And if it’s because you feel you don’t deserve them, then it’s time to they should not have, and trying to change I am not criticising the school, just telling overcome this attitude and allow yourself to relish a few treats. This doesn’t have to become an cultures that have existed for centuries, then the truth. Even when the school is one of the overblown sense of entitlement - does it? the blame falls plainly on us. most popular ones, issues like these should be There are all the conspiracy stories oating looked at. about, who, what, why and when ... it boils Rahman down to two things – man and greed. Maybe if women were given more chance Turkey shoot The Moon spotlights the ongoing, ambivalent Saturn/Neptune connection, which might be a call to rule countries, we would see ghting with handbags and gladrags and not AK47s. HE political friendship between Recep to examine a key issue from a different perspective - preferably one that can clarify matters and I’m glad I’m in my 50s. TTayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin has offer solutions too. However, any actions are best geared towards improving your quality of life I don’t want to stay around too long to see been an anomaly in the historical relation- rather than aiming solely for success. more suering of these poor souls around the ship between the Turks and the Russians. As world. Russia pushed south and the Ottoman empire It’s depressing. pushed east, the two powers were constantly Ian Watson at loggerheads. Since 1676 there have been 10 wars between them. With tense aspects impacting upon both this week and next, you’d be wise to get to grips with any It seems that the brief amicable interlude issues while they’re in their early stages - when negotiating a positive outcome should be easier. Too cold... is over. Both countries have a compelling If you leave things too long, those that seemed reasonable enough could really quite suddenly REALLY agree with the author of ‘School duty to ensure that an 11th war does not now become a whole lot trickier. Imadness’ (GDN, November 30) who has writ- erupt. They must end the dangerous sa- ten about a school that has organised eld bre-rattling and brinkmanship that threatens trips to a water theme park this cold season. to transform a border clash into a confronta- All children will be encouraged to go be- tion with lasting global consequences. cause it is to a water theme park. The shooting down of a Russian warplane While a part of you might enjoy showcasing your special skills and abilities, you could worry that I think the authorities should look at this by the Turks has exposed a basic reality you’re being too pushy. This dilemma may be down to a complex influence triggered by today’s issue. about the conict in the region: It cannot be lunar ties that can see you feeling insecure, for no real reason. Indeed, it’s better to step up your At the same time, the school is getting reduced to a single epic struggle between efforts for now than do nothing at all.

TODAY is Thursday, December 3, the 337th day of 2015. port successful human heart transplant, said to be rst-of- Your interests may clash with those of your family, so finding a way to please them as well as There are 28 days left in the year. Highlights in history on its-kind. this date: 1970 – British envoy James R Cross is rescued after being yourself can make for easier times ahead. Even so, as communicator Mercury ties with feel-good held by Quebec terrorists in Canada for almost two months. 1694 – Triennial Bill becomes law in England, providing for Jupiter, you may be tempted to make one or two promises that you’ll find hard to keep, unless you 1971 – India declares state of emergency as Pakistani a new parliament to be elected every third year. opt to do less rather than more. planes attack northwestern India in dispute over Kashmir. 1808 – Madrid surrenders to Napoleon Bonaparte’s French 1975 – Communists take control of Laos and declare end to forces. 600-year-old monarchy. 1810 – British capture Mauritius from French. 1984 – Hundreds are reported dead and several thousand 1854 – Government troops attack miners at Eureka stock- stricken after inhaling poisonous cyanide gas which leaked from Union Carbide insecticide factory in central India. ade at Ballarat, Victoria, climaxing row over land claims. You may be put on the spot, Libra. Indeed, an awkward blend of influences can coincide with a 1988 – Pakistan’s prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, in rst of- About 30 miners and six soldiers are killed. cial act, calls for release of about 1,000 political prisoners situation in which you’ll need to deliver, even if you feel unprepared to do so. A lot of this may be 1912 – Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro sign an and commutes all death sentences. down to inner fears that you haven’t yet overcome. The best way ahead may be to confidently armistice. 1989 – East German Politburo and Central Committee re- show others just how capable you are. 1944 – American forces cross Saar River in Germany in the sign. Second World War. 1990 – Two jets taxiing for takeo at Detroit (US) airport 1952 – UN General Assembly adopts India’s proposal for collide and one burns killing nine people. Korean armistice. 1991 – Alann Steen, American held hostage for nearly ve 1958 – Dutch businesses are nationalised in Indonesia. years, is released by Shi’ite Muslim kidnappers in Beirut. 1992 – A spill of millions of gallons of crude oil o the coast 1961 – The US deploys platoon of troops along border Should you give someone the benefit of the doubt? This dilemma may have been haunting you of La Coruna, Spain threatened ecological disaster. on and off for some while, but could come to a head today as lunar connections intensify your between East and West Berlin as East Germany begins 1993 – The US and Ukraine fail to resolve a dispute over feelings. To clarify matters Scorpio, do work on firm facts, for information continues to be easily strengthening Berlin Wall. Ukraine’s stockpile of more than 1,000 nuclear warheads. distorted and not at all reliable. 1962 – London is blanketed by one of worst fogs in years, 1994 – Taiwan’s long-ruling nationalists lost control of the and scores of people die of sulphur dioxide poisoning be- capital but kept its governorship in historic elections that fore fog lifts four days later. highlighted the island’s march to democracy. 1967 – Surgeons at Cape Town, South Africa, hospital re- 1995 – In Madrid, president Clinton authorises a vanguard Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015 7 By the way... REEM ANTOON The computer says no... ing of its plane by installing new surface-to- IF you keep crossing your eyes they will air missiles at its airbase in Syria. This is in- stay that way!” I told my youngest the tended to deter Turkish planes from entering other day, when she kept showing her Syrian airspace. It does, however, constitute sister what she could do with them. a potential hazard to all coalition aircraft and Ten minutes later she came back and drones in northern Syria. retorted “no you don’t, the Internet says As such it casts serious doubt on Moscow’s much-declared intent to be a partner in the that is not true!” ght against IS. High time for Putin and Erdo- OK so 30 odd years ago, I had no In- gan to talk again, man to man. ternet to go back to, and believed what TL my mother told me as I believed many things that she told me. Like for instance if you swallow gum Cup runneth over it sticks in your stomach for good, or an S a Brit living in Bahrain, I am delighted apple a day keeps the doctor away, or Athat for the rst time in 79 years, Britain eating sh makes you smart. won the Davis Cup. Two years ago, there was a male Wimble- Maybe the latter one is true. don champion for the rst time in 77 years. However, an apple can be as bad for The year before, a British man took the Men’s your teeth as sweets and zzy drinks, Olympic gold for tennis for the rst time since and as with most non-food objects 1908, albeit with half a century in the interim that children swallow, uids carry gum where tennis was not an Olympic sport. That through the intestinal tract, and within same year, a British man won the US Open for days it passes! the rst time since 1936. The British man, in all But the point is, what our mothers of these cases, was Andy Murray. told us when we were young, we actual- It usually is, even if, in the case of the Davis Cup, he had vital help from the rest of his ly believed and did not question. the civilised world and the barbaric unholy team, including his brother Jamie. Most children are raised to believe warriors of Islamic State. The younger Murray’s nal against Belgian that their parents know best. And many Rather, Syria and Iraq have together FESTIVE SMILE! David Goffin was raucous. With disco do! become the testing ground for multi- lights and foam fingers, it all felt far From popular health misconceptions ple conicts, some of which have been from that small, green corner of SW19 to the little white lies that help get our simmering for generations. where British tennis can look and feel children to do what we want them to Turkey regards Kurdish separatism rather English, and this Scotsman can because... well... fond memories are as an existential threat and notes carry the air of an awkward stepson. enough to inspire many of us to alter that Russia is assisting some Kurdish On clay, as his proud mother, Judy, militias. watched from amid a forest of Union our handwriting when the tooth fairy Russia claims that jihadists have ags, Murray’s Britishness was clear. As he visits, or gobble a plate of cookies Santa been passing through Turkey to join won, his wife Kim, pregnant with their rst is to visit! Islamic State to further the cause child, could be seen draped in one the size Even when the truth came as a shock against Hizbollah, Shia militias and of a duvet. in our own youth, as parents we often Iranian expeditionary forces, and At a time when Britishness itself is much look back and connect a deeper mean- their client leader, President Bashar Al in dispute, there is something very con- ing to the myth. Assad. All are aligned with Moscow. temporary about Murray. Funny thing though, some of these Turkey remains committed to the Some English fans, it is true, have strug- so-called ‘tales’ or ‘myths’ have stayed removal of the Assad regime, while gled to love him since his notorious decla- Russia is now throwing its military ration (which was almost certainly a joke, with me throughout my adulthood and muscle behind the dictator. Presi- and at any rate came at the tender age of at times I have even used it with my own dents Erdogan and Putin, similar in 19) that he’d be supporting “anyone but children. many ways in their autocratic style, England” in the 2006 football World Cup. For example ‘you shouldn’t swim for must nd a way around this funda- Last year, at the nal hour, he announced an hour after eating.’ mental dierence. his support for Scottish independence. In reality though, after you eat, more Turkey is Nato’s second largest Who cares? blood ows to the digestive system and military power and has to show the maturity Murray won, for Britain, as part of a team away from the muscles. The thinking of membership and work together with its Assad regime would plainly be a dangerous that included a fellow Scot (his brother), a was that if you exercised strenuously partners to defuse the crisis and concentrate escalation. The threat to stoke up the dormant Londoner (Dominic Inglot) and Yorkshireman on the battle against IS. That means reining in Nagorno-Karabakh conict, which pits the born in South Africa (Kyle Edmund). He stands right after eating, that lack of blood the threats. Turkish-backed Azeris against Russian-backed as one of the greatest sportsmen this country would cause you to cramp up and Closing the Bosphorus strait because Armenians, is plainly reckless rhetoric. has. Long may we have him. drown. But that will not happen. Russian ships use it to transport goods to the Russia, for its part, has reacted to the down- Tennis lover The other one is that you should not cut o the bread’s crust as it is full of vitamins. The truth is that in a 2002 German study, researchers found that the of American troops to report says the spread short journey loaded with symbolic weight: the destroyer baking process produces a novel type open a risky mission in of Sars could threaten will dock at a former US naval base, showcasing Russia’s of cancer- ghting antioxidant in bread Bosnia and rejects Serb global stability and dev- growing inuence in the region. demands for rewriting the astate countries in Africa 2009 – Afghan president Hamid Karzai says he is willing to that is eight times more abundant in the peace deal. THERE is many a good man to as well as other parts of talk with the Taliban chief in a bid to bring peace to the coun- crust than in the crumb. That said, it is 1996 – A bomb explodes be found under a shabby hat the developing world try if the move has the backing of the US and other interna- more important to serve whole-wheat on a commuter train in because of the chal- tional partners. bread, with or without the crust, be- Paris, killing four people – Chinese proverb. lenges the virus poses 2010 – Aircraft from Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and Britain and injuring 86. to treatment and fragile dump sea water and ame retardant, battling a wood- cause it is all around higher in nutrients, 1997 – Representatives health systems. land inferno in Israel that has killed dozens, displaced such as bre, says New York City nutri- of more than 120 nations 2004 – President Alvaro thousands and ravaged one of the Holy Land’s most tionist Keri Glassman. gather in Ottawa, Canada, to sign a treaty banning land Uribe signs the nal order to extradite Gilberto Rodriguez prized forests. mines. Orejuela, leader of the once-feared feared Cali drug cartel 2011 – Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al Maliki con dently pre- I have to admit one that I still use with 1998 – Making their rst collective decision about monetary and the most powerful Colombian tracker to ever face trial dicts that his country will achieve stability and remain inde- my two girls is ‘If you go out with wet policy, 11 European nations cut interest rates in a surprise in the US. pendent of its giant neighbour Iran even without an Ameri- hair, you’ll catch a cold.’ move to ght the global economic slowdown. 2005 – Blasts from small explosives injure three people in a can troop presence that is ending within weeks. In truth? You will feel cold but will 1999 – Tori Murden, a Kentucky lawyer, becomes the rst military base and outside a public oce as Venezuela pre- 2012 – US President Barack Obama warns Syria that American – and the rst woman – to row 3,000 miles across pares for a congressional vote amid a boycott called by op- the use of chemical weapons would be “totally un- be just ne healthwise, says Jim Sears, the Atlantic alone. position parties. acceptable” and that the country’s leaders would be a board-certi ed paediatrician in San 2000 – Pakistan oers a truce to Indian soldiers along the dis- 2006 – Separate clashes between rival political activists and held accountable. Clemente, California. puted Kashmir border, where the two armies routinely wage police in Bangladesh leave one man dead and dozens in- 2013 – French scientists looking into the death of Palestinian Not making these ‘white lies’ excusa- bitter cross-border gun ghts. jured, as a major political alliance stages a nationwide trans- leader Yasser Arafat dismiss poisoning by radioactive poloni- 2002 – World Food Programme warns the UN Security Coun- port blockade to force electoral reforms. um, his widow says, contradicting earlier ndings by a Swiss ble for parents to use, they can however, cil that a record 38 million people were at risk of starvation 2007 – Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez loses a constitu- lab. make things pretty comical by the time in Africa. The southern nations of Zimbabwe, Malawi, Swa- tional vote that would have let him run for re-election indef- 2014 – Iranian jets carry out air strikes against Islamic State youngsters are old enough to know the ziland, Lesotho, Zambia and Mozambique are among the initely. militants in Iraq, underscoring the strange alliance generated dierence – or in the case of my children worst aected. 2008 – Russia says it is sending a warship through the Pan- by war against the militant group that has beheaded West- 2003 – A declassi ed Canadian Security Intelligence Service ama Canal for the rst time since the Second World War, a erners and killed and terrorised Iraqi civilians. old enough to Google the truth! 8 Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015 TAKE A BREAK ...

ACROSS 15 Brilliant, albeit informal (3) 4 This country’s name is that of a 16 Go in hope, positively (3) How many words of four girl! (6) 18 Sorry to run short when fuel is letters or more can you 7 A singular line in transport (8) distributed (6) make from the letters 8 Something like a football pitch 20 Macho, nevertheless an (6) honoured companion (5) show here? In making 10 It can be dynamite! (5) 21 Expected many to turn east (3) a word, each letter may 13 To start breaking records, you 22 Must the workers sweat a bit in be used once only, Each need heart! (4) order to do so? (3) 14 Prophet materially united with a 23 Refusal to be nailed, possibly (6) must contain the centre sucker! (4) 15 It’s played a great deal for 25 Is it such a blow to raise the letter and there must be nothing (4) standard? (3) at least one nine-letter 28 Ring and scold, or at least speak 16 She may be hanging on to the word. No plurals or verb line (3) (5) 17 Said to be held by me to be 30 The manual provides such forms ending in “s” no ghting spirit (4) reference (5) words with initial capitals 19 Old shepherd who died young 31 He’ll give you a good towelling (4) (5) and no words with a 21 In pain due to a second portion 32 On green, one may gamely hope hyphen or apostrophe of bad pudding? (7,2) not to do so thrice (4) permitted. 23 Titularly, John Wayne (4) 33 Appear to understand a lot (4) 24 Rapid digestion of fats (4) The rst word of a phrase 26 View from the bishop’s window YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION is allowed (e.g. inkjet in (3) ACROSS: 1, Camp-U.S. 7, Tomorrow inkjet printer) 27 Pay the bill at the chiropodist’s? 8, L-I-do 10, Teacup 11, Others 14, (4) W-E-d 16, Hades 17, M-end 19, B-as- TODAY’S TARGET 29 Talk when you see something ed 21, Relay 22, Fed up 23, Let’s (rev.) topping (4) Good 14; very good 21; 26, Co-O-ed 28, Sic 29, Owners 30, 32 Sound pleased, turning up with a excellent 29 (or more). posh car (4) Bather 31, Otto 32, Chessman 33, 33 Has to knot a piece of rope in a Dr-ear-y Solution tomorrow. certain form (5) DOWN: 1, C-us-Tom 2, Pri-C-ed 3, YESTERDAY’S Stop 4, Sou-they 5, (French) Fried 6, 34 Something between a knee and SOLUTION an ankle (6) Swiss 8, Lawn 9, Dud 12, Had 13, 35 In his sport, he has to study a bit R-emit (rev.) 15, Value 18, End-ow ip op loop orlop pilot ACROSS of form (8) 19, Be-d 20, Sap 21, Re-dress 22, Fee plot polio polo pool poor 4 Take (6), 7 Observer (8), 8 Frightens (6), 10 Groom’s partner (5), 13 Kick (4), 14 Sound 36 Like the spirit of drama? (6) 23, L-ittle 24, Echo 25, So-rely 26, in mind (4), 15 Disclaim (4), 16 Whichever (3), 17 Suering (4), 19 Betting chances (4), 21 C-ouch 27, On-set 28, Sat 30, Bond port PORTFOLIO prof Linked (9), 23 Titfers (4), 24 Petrol (4), 26 Japanese monetary unit (3), 27 Hang on (4), 29 DOWN pro t proof rooftop topi Weary (4), 32 Hollow (4), 33 Trite (5), 34 Board a ship (6), 35 Binding (8), 36 Sculpted gure 1 Even a school mistress can be YESTERDAY’S QUICK SOLUTION trip troop (6) wrong! (5) ACROSS: 1, Mousse 7, Allspice 8, 2 Girl from Tangier (5) Cost 10, Troops 11, Cinema 14, Ply DOWN 3 Journey to a star? (4) 16, Ronan 17, Loss 19, Fetid 21, 1 Explosive devices (5), 2 Unadorned (5), 4 Cleaning it is a bit of work for a Began 22, Sonar 23, Hang 26, Major 3 Golfer’s warning (4), 4 Illegal burning woman (5) T A H 28, Tom 29, Unites 30, Rimini 31, (5), 5 Converse (4), 6 Cleans feathers (6), 5 Fit for inclusion in tableaux (4) 9 Prairie wolf (6), 11 Torn cloth (3), 12 6 Scrub clean, possibly, after Acid 32, Aronts 33, Heyday Warehouse (5), 13 Advantage (7), 15 starting the car (6) DOWN: 1, Mental 2, Stools 3, Eats 4, Z G M Racket (3), 16 Append (3), 18 Solution (6), 9 Lakes are not major highways (6) Aspirin 5, Vixen 6, Vegan 8, Cops 9, 20 Fourth Greek letter (5), 21 Container 11 Dried leaves (3) Spy 12, Nod 13, Mason 15, Legal 18, (3), 22 Incision (3), 23 Recluse (6), 25 12 Figure a ier is not one to be Ocean 19, Fen 20, Tar 21, Boredom E E R Underwear item (3), 28 Foot and leg joint trusted (5) 22, Sot 23, Homily 24, Amid 25, (5), 30 Bring upon oneself (5), 31 Young 13 Require to make a collection? Guilty 26, Mural 27, Jiy 28, Tic 30, eel (5), 32 Go rapidly (4), 33 Boast (4) (4,3) Rash

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Gulfdailynews @GDNonline @GDNonline GDNonline to bene t thousands THOUSANDS of Syr- ian refugees at the Za’atari camp in Jor- dan are set to benefit from a winter aid campaign organised by a group of Bahraini volunteers. The 40-member n The truck containing the aid before leaving Bahrain ‘Abwab Al Khair’ team has collected around 25,000 items to prepare the camp’s oc- cupants for the colder weather ranging from jackets to gloves and blankets to heaters and folding beds. A flat-bed truck with a 40-foot shipping container containing the items has already New plea to help left Bahrain via the King Fahad Cause- way and is expected to reach the camp in a few days. The team is working under the umbrella of Mafateh Alkhair Society and is currently preparing a second batch of donations with more than Syrian refugees 20,000 items collected so far. By SHAHLAA AHMED A FRESH appeal has gone out for donations to help Syrian refugees in Jordan brace for the winter, following a “disappointing” response to a fundrais- ing campaign launched last month. Few people have come forward to support the drive since its launch on November 1. “Around 200 people have donated so far; this is clearly not enough, given the huge number of refugees,” cam- n As little as BD10 can help provide a poor Syrian with a jacket, paign media director Khalid a winter hat, socks, gloves and thermal underclothes Moosa Al Balooshi told the GDN. Hashemite Charity Organisation “Muslims must feel for their “I am disappointed,” (JHCO) to distribute the items brothers and sisters stranded in he said, adding that every in severely congested camps in Syria with no money. BD10 donated can provide a Mafraq, Ar Ramtha and Zarqa. “Every time you feel cold, refugee with a jacket, a win- “We have signed an agree- remember that there are thou- ter hat, socks, gloves and ment with the JHCO that lists sands in Syria with no blankets thermal underclothes. people in need and where they or enough clothes to keep them “BD10 may seem a small live and our teams will be collab- warm. People could literally amount, for a refugee it can orating with them to distribute die due to the harsh weather, mean a lot. Thousands of the items,” said Mr Al so let’s hurry and help Syrians need our help and I Balooshi. them with whatever am hoping that as the weath- At least six dis- we have.” er gets cooler people in Bah- placed Syrian chil- Anyone willing to rain will feel for the refu- dren died due to the donate can call Mr Al gees,” said Mr Al Balooshi. severe cold weather Ammadi on 33111202 Since the outbreak of civ- that hit the Middle or Mr Al Balooshi on il war in 2011, Jordan has East last year, while 36706000. become home to more than millions struggled to The campaign 630,000 Syrians, most of cope with the harsh also has an ongoing whom live in ill-equipped weather conditions. sponsorship scheme apartments and tents unpre- Initiative orphan n Mr Al Ammadi which has supported pared for a harsh weather head Abdulkareem Al thousands of chil- ahead of them. Ammadi feared that there may dren in Syria since its launch The money is being col- be more deaths this year and in 2013. lected by One Body, a cam- has urged people in Bahrain to The cost of sponsoring an paign by the Muslim Educa- donate generously. orphan is BD120 every six tion Society which works in “The situation in Syria is months. collaboration with the Jordan desperate,” he said. [email protected] NATIONAL DAY FESTIVAL SET THE Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) will hold restaurants. Fireworks and concerts will be part of its annual National Day Festival from December the festival, which last year witnessed more than 14 to 17. The four-day event will feature entertain- 100,000 visitors. Entry will cost 500 fils. ment programmes, games and a carnival, as well For more information, follow the festival’s ac- as a 100-stall shopping bazaar, coffee shops and count on Instagram BIC_nationalday. 10 Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015

Shows at 10am, 12.40pm, 3.20pm, 6pm, CINECO (CITY CENTRE): 20 SCREENS 8.40pm and 11.20pm 1) In The Heart Of The Sea (PG 15) (Adventure/ 11) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2 (PG 15) Weather Report Thriller/ Drama) (Adventure/ Sci-Fi) Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy and Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson TODAY: Humid with some cloud at and Liam Hemsworth Brendan Gleeson times, with a chance of mist in places Shows at (Atoms) 10.30am, 1pm, 3.45pm, 6.30pm, Shows at 10am, 12.35pm, 3.10pm, 5.45pm, AT THE CINEMA around dawn and early morning 9.15pm and midnight 8.20pm and 11pm Show at 1am 12) Spectre (PG15) (Action/ Adventure/ Warning: Nil Shows at (3D) 11am, 1.30pm, 4.15pm, 7pm, 20) Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (PG 15) Thriller) Wind: Variable mainly easterly 5 to 10kt 9.45pm and 12.30am (Action/ Thriller/ Adventure) Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Warning: Nil Shows at (VIP I) 12.30pm, 3.15pm, 6pm, 8.45pm Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario and Fiennes and Léa Seydoux Sea State: 1 to 3ft and 11.30pm Thomas Brodie-Sangster Shows at 10am, 12.45pm, 3.30pm, 6.15pm, Sunrise: 6.11am Sunset: 4.44pm Shows at 10.45am, 4pm and 9.15pm 2) Bus 657 (PG 13) (Action/ Crime/ Thriller) 9pm and 11.45pm Moonrise: 11.02pm Moonset: 11.51am Starring: Dave Bautista, Robert De Niro and Gina 21) Ahwak (PG 15) (Arabic/ Comedy/ IMP Note: Shows and timings are subject to Romantic) change without prior notice. Temperature: Max 26C Min 22C Carano Humidity: Max 95% Min 35% Shows at 10.30am, 12.45pm, 3pm, 5.15pm, Starring: Ghada Adel and Tamer Hosni 7.30pm, 9.45pm, midnight and 1am Shows at 2pm, 6.30pm and 11.30pm DANA CINEPLEX - DANA MALL 18 Mina Salman tides: High at 10.14am Shows at (VIP II) 11.45am, 2pm, 4.15pm, 6.30pm, 22) The Guardian Angel (PG 15) (Action/ SCREENS and low at 4.49pm 8.45pm and 11pm Crime/ Drama) Actual values recorded yesterday: 3) Krampus (PG 15) (Horror/ Thriller/ Comedy) Starring: Numan Acar, Volker Albers and Loyd • All shows after midnight only on Thursdays, Temperature: Max 27C Min 19C Starring: Allison Tolman, Toni Collette and Adam Bateman Fridays and holidays Humidity: Max 90% Min 50% 1) Bridges Of Spies (Biography/ Drama/ Scott Shows at 3.45pm and 9.15pm Gulf temperatures: Kuwait 27C Riyadh Shows at 11.45am, 2pm, 4.15pm, 6.30pm, 8.45pm, 23) Hayaty Mebahdela (PG 15) (Arabic/ History) Starring: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance and Alan 28C Doha 26C Abu Dhabi 29C Muscat 11pm and 1am Comedy) Starring: Mohammed Saad, Hassan Hosni Alda 27C 4) Victor Frankenstein (PG 15) (Thriller/ Drama/ Shows at 10.30am, 1.15pm, 4pm, 6.45pm, Sci-Fiction) and Nicole Saba Shows at 11.45am, 4.15pm and 8.45pm 9.30pm and 12.15am *Met. 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SEEF (II) Starring: Prithviraj Sukumaran, Biju Menon bahrainweather.gov.bh Shows at 11.30am, 1.45pm, 4pm, 6.15pm, 8.30pm and Kabir Bedi and 10.45pm 1) In The Heart Of The Sea (PG 15) n A scene from the film, In The Heart Of The Sea, now showing Shows at 1.15pm and 7.15pm Min Max 5) Creed (PG 13) (Drama/ Action) (Adventure/ Thriller/ Drama) 3) Shankarabharanam (Telugu/ Action/ Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Maria Breyman and Amsterdam 6 13 S Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy 8.45pm and 11pm and midnight Crime/ Drama) Athens 3 18 C Michael B Jordan and Brendan Gleeson 2) A Second Chance (PG 15) (Filipino/ Starring: Nikhil, Nanditha and Anjali Atlanta 13 18 Cl Shows at 12.30pm, 3.15pm, 6pm, 8.45pm, Shows at 11am, 1.30pm, 4pm, 6.30pm, 9pm, Romantic/ Drama) AL HAMRA CINEMA Shows at 10.30am, 4.30pm, 10.30pm and Auckland 17 21 Cl 11.30pm and 1am 11.30pm and 1am Starring: John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo 1am Bangkok 26 34 C 6) Spectre (PG15) (Action/ Adventure/ Thriller) Shows at (3D) noon, 2.30pm, 5pm, 7.30pm, Shows at 11.30am, 2pm, 4.30pm, 7pm, 1) Pathemari (Malayalam) 4) Hate Story 3 (Hindi/ Thriller ) Barbados 27 30 R Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph 10pm and 12.30am 9.30pm, midnight and 1am Starring: Mammootty, Jewel Mary and Starring: Zarine Khan, Daisy Shah, Sharman Barcelona 5 17 C Fiennes and Léa Seydoux 2) Bus 657 (PG 13) (Action/ Crime/ Thriller) 3) Pathemari (Malayalam) Sreenivasan Joshi and Karan Singh Grover Beijing -2 1 Cl Shows at 11.30am, 2.30pm, 5.30pm, 8.30pm, Starring: Dave Bautista, Robert De Niro and Starring: Mammootty, Jewel Mary and Shows at 3pm, 9pm and midnight Shows at 10.30am, 1pm, 6.30pm and Beirut 15 21 R 11.30pm and 1am Gina Carano. Show at 1am Sreenivasan. Shows at 11.15am, 1.45pm, 2) Anarkali (Malayalam) midnight Belgrade 4 13 R 7) Tamasha (PG 13) (Hindi/ Drama/ Romantic/ 3) Krampus (PG 15) (Horror/ Thriller/ 4.15pm, 6.45pm, 9.15pm and 11.45pm Starring: Prithviraj, Biju Menon, Mia and 4) Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (Hindi/ Drama/ Berlin 2 7 R Comedy) Comedy) 4) Creed (PG 13) (Drama/ Action) Priyal Glor Romance ) Bogota 10 18 Cl Starring: Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor and Starring: Allison Tolman, Toni Collette and Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Maria Breyman Shows at noon and 6pm Starring: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor and Boston 0 7 R Javed Sheikh Adam Scott and Michael B Jordan Neil Nitin Mukesh Brasilia 19 29 R Shows at noon, 2.45pm, 5.30pm, 8.15pm and Shows at 10.30am, 12.45pm, 3pm, 5.15pm, Shows at 10.30am, 1pm, 3.45pm, 6.30pm, NOVO CINEMAS 14 screens @ Seef Shows at 3.30pm and 9pm Brisbane 21 28 Cl 11pm 7.30pm, 9.45pm, midnight and 1am 9.15pm and midnight Muharraq 5) The Heart of the Sea - 3D (Action/ Brussels 9 12 R 8) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2 (PG 15) 4) Victor Frankenstein (PG 15) (Thriller/ 5) Tamasha (PG 14) (Hindi/ Drama/ Romantic/ Adventure/ Biography) Buenos Aires 20 28 C (Adventure/ Action/ Thriller) Drama/ Sci-Fiction) Comedy) 1) In The Heart of The Sea (PG 15) Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy Cairo 14 22 Cl Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Starring: Daniel Radcli e, James McAvoy and Starring: Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson Chicago 3 7 R Liam Hemsworth Jessica Brown and Javed Sheikh and Brendan Gleeson Shows at 10.30am, 12.45pm, 3pm, 5.15pm, Colombo 23 30 R Shows at 12.45pm, 3.30pm, 6.15pm, 9pm and Shows at 11.45am, 2pm, 4.15pm, 6.30pm, Shows at 12.30pm, 3.15pm, 6pm, 8.45pm IMAX 3D 10am, 12.20pm, 2.40pm, 5pm, 7.30pm, 9.45pm and midnight Copenhagen 4 7 R 11.45pm 8.45pm and 11pm and 11.30pm 7.20pm, 9.40pm and midnight 6) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2 - 3D Dhaka 20 30 C Shows at (3D) 4.30pm, 7.15pm, 10pm and 5) The Keeping Room (15+) (Drama/ Crime) 6) Amar Akbar Anthony (Malayalam) 7-STAR 10am, 2.30pm, 7pm and 11.30pm (Adventure/ Sci-Fi) Dublin 1 13 R 12.45am Starring: Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Starring: Prithvi Raj, Jayasurya and Indrajith 3D 10am, 12.20pm, 2.40pm, 5pm, 7.20pm, Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson Frankfurt 10 13 R 9) Bridge Of Spies (PG 13) (Drama/ Thriller) Sam Worthington Shows at 12.45pm, 3.30pm, 6.15pm, 9pm 9.40pm and midnight and Liam Hemsworth Geneva 0 10 Cl Starring: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance and Alan Alda Shows at 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3.30pm, 5.30pm, and 11.45pm Shows at 10.30am, 3pm, 7.30pm and Shows at 1.30pm, 6.30pm and 11.30pm Hanoi 21 29 Cl Shows at 12.15pm, 3pm, 5.45pm, 8.30pm, 7.30pm, 9.30pm and 11.30pm 11.55pm 6) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2 Harare 17 28 Cl 11.15pm and 1am 6) Arbaa Kotchina (PG 15) (Muscial/ Comedy/ SAAR CINEPLEX 2) BUS 657 (PG15) (Adventure/ Sci-Fi) Havana 19 29 C 10) Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG) (Animation/ Comedy/ Drama) Starring: Robert De Niro, Je rey Dean Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson Helsinki 1 2 S Family) Starring: Oka, Ortega, Shehta Krica and Hiam 1) In The Heart Of The Sea (PG 15) Morgan and Dave Bautista and Liam Hemsworth Hong Kong 22 27 C Starring: Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez and Nick Jbai. Shows at 2pm, 6.30pm and 11pm (Adventure/ Thriller/ Drama) 7-STAR 12.30pm, 5pm and 9.30pm Shows at 11pm, 4pm and 9pm Honolulu 23 29 Cl O erman. Shows at (3D) 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7) Hate Story (15+) (Hindi/ Thriller) Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy Shows at 10am, 11.50am, 1.40pm, 3.30pm, 8) Tamasha (Hindi/ Drama/ Romance ) Islamabad 9 26 C 7pm, 9pm and 11pm Starring: Sharman Joshi, Zarine Khan and and Brendan Gleeson 5.20pm, 7.10pm, 9pm, and 10.50pm Starring: Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor Istanbul 10 14 Cl 11) The Transporter Refueled (PG 15) (Action/ Karan Singh Grover Shows at 10.45am, 1.15pm, 3.45pm, 6.15pm, 3) The Keeping Room (15+) and Javed Sheikh Jakarta 23 34 C Crime/ Thriller) Shows at 11.30am, 4pm and 8.30pm 8.45pm and 11.15pm Starring: Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Shows at 10.45am, 1.30pm, 4.15pm, 7pm, Johannesburg 18 30 R Starring: Ed Skrein, Ray Steveson and Gabriella 8) Pathemari (Malayalam) 2) Bus 657 (PG 13) (Action/ Crime/ Thriller) Sam Worthington 9.45pm and 12.30am Kabul 1 16 C Wright Starring: Mammootty, Jewel Mary and Starring: Dave Bautista, Robert De Niro and Shows at 11.15am, 1.15pm, 3.15pm, 5.15pm, 9) Victor Frankenstein (Drama/ Horror/ Sci-Fi ) Kuala Lumpur 23 32 R Shows at 1.15pm, 5.30pm and 9.45pm Sreenivasan. Show at 12.30am Gina Carano 7.15pm and 11.45pm Starring: Daniel Radcli e, James McAvoy and Lima 19 22 Cl 12) Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (PG 13) (Hindi/ Drama/ 9) Spectre (PG15) (Action/ Adventure/ Shows at 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3.30pm, 5.30pm, 4) A Second Chance (PG15) Jessica Brown Lisbon 8 14 Cl Romantic/ Comedy) Thriller) 7.30pm, 9.30pm and 11.30pm Starring: John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo Shows at 10.45am, 1pm, 3.15pm, 5.30pm, London 9 14 R Starring: Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor and 3) Krampus (PG 15) (Horror/ Thriller/ Shows at 11am, 1.30pm, 4pm, 6.30pm, 9pm 7.45pm, 10pm and midnight Los Angeles 8 22 C Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Madrid -4 17 C Anupam Kher Fiennes and Léa Seydoux Comedy) and 11.30pm 10) Pathemari (Malayalam/ Drama) Shows at 12.30pm, 6pm and 11.30pm Starring: Allison Tolman, Toni Collette and 5) Victor Frankenstein (PG15) Starring: Mammootty, Managua 22 33 C Shows at noon, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm and Manila 25 31 R 13) Goosebumps (PG 13) (Comedy/ Adventure/ midnight Adam Scott. 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Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Today is the 20 day of Safar, 1437, in the 1⁄2 tsp pepper • Use your hands to gently pat and • Crumble in beef by gently mix • Tuck into a warm crusty bun& add Fiennes and Léa Seydoux 1 lb medium ground beef stretch the dough rounds into at disc together Handling the meat as little as your favourite toppings. Islamic calendar. Shows at 11am, 1.45pm, 4.30pm, 7.15pm, *Provided by the Islamic A airs Ministry. 10pm and 12.45am Gulf Daily News Email: [email protected] Gulfdailynews @GDNonline @GDNonline GDNonline Thursday, 3rd December 2015 11 Man loses appeal in Gulfdailynews @GDNonline @GDNonline GDNonline drug trial By NOOR ZAHRA Safety of A MAN, who allegedly tried to smuggle 396 prescription pills into the country, yesterday lost an appeal against his conviction for using hashish. The Egyptian was arrested when he arrived at Bahrain In- ternational Airport, on Febru- ary 13 last year, after Customs officials found the Tramadol pills inside a pair of shoes. The 48-year-old defendant claimed that he had been prescribed the pills by a doctor for his injured left knee. pilgrims Urine samples taken from him were found to contain traces of hashish. “What I am accused of is not true,” he told prosecutors. “I bought the medication from a pharmacy in Egypt after I was prescribed it as treatment for my injured left knee. “I did not know that Tramadol was illegal in Bahrain without a doctor’s prescription. n Pilgrims march to Karbala during the Arba’een ritual in “The prescription is with my Baghdad wife back in Egypt. assured “I bought a lot of the pills be- By MOHAMMED AL A’ALI cause I could not find them in TENS of thousands of pilgrims from tors are licensed and reg- tomorrow morning in a Bahrain.” Bahrain taking part in a religious rit- istered officially, which bid to detect symptoms of However, on July 2 last year ual in Iraq are safe despite an out- been cases of people means they have to have cholera. the Lower Criminal Court con- break of cholera and threats posed losing their personal paramedics accompany- Health Ministry dis- victed him of using hashish. He by the Islamic State (IS) group. belongings, but they ing them.” ease control department lodged an appeal against his con- Bahrain’s Ambassador to Iraq Salah were rare and being He said he had kept head Dr Adel Al Sayyad viction at the High Criminal Ap- Al Malki told the GDN last night that dealt with. Foreign Minister Shaikh said the office would be peals Court, which was rejected everything possible was being done in “We have already Khalid bin Ahmed Al open at both entry points yesterday. He was handed a six- month suspended sentence and co-ordination with the Iraqi govern- informed all reli- Khalifa updated on the until December 20, when fined BD500. ment to cope with the estimated 60,000 gious tour operators condition of Bahrainis in large groups of people are and individuals com- Iraq. set to return from Iraq. pilgrims taking part in the Arba’een n Mr Al Malki ritual. ing of their own ac- “Our duty ends when “The easiest to control cord for Arba’een to people cross the Iraqi border (headed) back is the airport, then it is followed up by It marks the 40th day following the n Gulf Air calls martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grand- abide by health and Dr Al Sayyad to Bahrain. It is then up to the local author- tour buses, while the most difficult is son of Prophet Mohammed. security precautions,” said Mr Al Malki. ities to check on the well-being of those personal passengers coming through Mr Al Malki said no cases had been “We have also stepped up our efforts returning.” Kuwait,” Dr Al Sayyad told the GDN. off services reported either to the embassy or the to ensure people’s stay in Karbala or Na- Meanwhile, travellers entering the “The declaration will be signed by Iraqi government of any Bahraini falling jaf is comfortable and not disrupted by country through Bahrain International groups, but in the case of individuals I sick or being in any danger. any panic incidents. Airport and via King Fahad Causeway hope that they will declare things them- to Chennai However, he said there may have “It is unlike the Haj where tour opera- will have to fill out declarations from selves on fears for their family members GULF Air flights to and from and children,” he said. Chennai were cancelled yester- “The World Health Organ- day and will be again today as isation orders us to monitor heavy rain and adverse weather imported liquids from Iraq, but conditions forced the closure of as a precaution we have banned the international airport in the all liquids and food, which southern Indian city. will have to be thrown out be- All operations were put on hold at the airport as heavy fore anyone is allowed to pass rain pounded the city yesterday Customs. severely disrupting flights and The GDN reported last train and bus services. month that eight people who Thousands of passengers were were infected with cholera stranded at the airport, accord- after returning from Iraq had ing to reports. recovered. “Gulf Air will continue to Two of them were chron- monitor the situation and work closely with local authorities to n A new range of Daewoo medium and heavy duty trucks was launched in Bahrain by Motorcity. The Korean vehicles feature ic cases and were admit- ensure a return to scheduled state-of-the-art fuel injection systems combined with an abundant cargo hauling capacity. The launch ceremony took place ted to Salmaniya Medical operations as soon as possible,” yesterday at Bahrain International Circuit and was attended by company of cials, key customers and media members. Above, Complex. the airline said in a statement on Motorcity of cials with the new range of trucks. [email protected] its website.

n A motivational seminar on self-empowerment was held at the Art Rotana Hotel and Resort in Amwaj Islands. More than 150 people attended the event, led by international motivational speaker Carol Talbot and organised by Medpoint Design and Events Management under the patronage of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed Al Zayani. Above, Ms Talbot, sixth from left, with Medpoint conference partner Gopika Beri, seventh from left, company chairwoman and chief executive Shaikha Noora bint Khalifa Al Khalifa, eighth from left, Bahrain Exhibitions and Conference Authority chief executive Hassan Jaffer, sixth from right, other of cials and guests. Gulf Daily News Email: [email protected] 12 Thursday, 3rd December 2015 His Majesty hails citizens’ stances His Majesty King Ha- He paid tribute to the mad congratulated Bah- people of Bahrain and rain people on the near hailed their trade, cultural advent of National Day. and defence contributions He also extended con- over centuries. gratulations on Martyrs’ “We are lucky to belong Day, to be observed on to this good country and December 17. we thank Allah Almighty The annual day, he said, for being closely-knit,” he has been added as an occa- said, hailing Bahrainis for sion to pay homage to the their culture and knowl- nation’s martyrs and com- edge. memorate the martyrs of Poet Mohammed Hadi duty since the foundation Al Halwaji recited a poem of Bahrain was laid. before the King. The King was speaking shura Council member as he received at sakhir shaikh Adel Al Maawda Palace a number of citi- n His Majesty receives citizens at Sakhir Palace thanked the King for the zens, out of keenness to occasion which, he said, reach out to them. brought us up for this day,” he for the coming days and those izens and hailed their stances, He highlighted Bahrain’s re- strengthens communal “They have instilled in said. days which may be difficult,” lauding their efforts to serve gional and international role unity, cements cohesion us moral values, armed “inshallah we learn the les- he added. Bahrain and its people as well as well as its contributions to- and bolsters national se- us with knowledge and son and bring up our children The King welcomed the cit- as their brethren in the region. wards good causes. curity. Rights pledge His Majesty affirmed Bah- culture, Arab identity and is- rain’s keenness to protect hu- lamic faith. man rights and ensure security He pointed out Bahrain’s for all citizens. achievements in human rights, He was speaking as he re- praising the NiHR report which ceived at sakhir Palace yester- sheds light on the institution’s day shura Council member and accomplishments and activities National institution for Human at the local and international Rights (NiHR) president Dr levels. Abdulaziz Abul and board of He lauded NiHR’s efforts n His Majesty yesterday received at Sakhir Palace GCC directors, who submitted the made to promote human rights secretary-general Dr Abdullatif Al Zayani, who briefed 2014 annual report. and communicate with interna- n His Majesty receives the NIHR report from Dr Abul him on preparations for the 36th GCC Summit to be held The King underscored Bah- tional organisations. in Saudi Arabia this month. The King wished the summit every success in coming up with resolutions that meet rain’s commitment to interna- He said the foundation has jectivity and conformity with president and board members the aspirations of the GCC people. He also commended tional human rights covenants gained international reputation Bahrain’s record of human success in fulfilling their du- the pioneering role of Saudi Arabia in cementing relations and laws, which, he said, is an and respect, thanks to its work rights and freedom. ties and consolidating human between the GCC countries. integral part of the kingdom’s which is characterised by ob- The King wished NiHR rights in Bahrain. King backs journalists as historic Charter of Press Ethics is signed hiS Majesty yesterday pledged his unwavering newspapers. support to Bahrain’s Press and journalists as he initiated by the information, Parliament and received a letter from information, Parliament Shura council Affairs Ministry, the deontologi- and Shura council Affairs Minister isa Al ham- cal code, signed by the editors-in-chief, endorses madi, marking the signing of the historic char- values and principles in the constitution and the n Mr Al Hammadi with editors-in-chief of newspapers at the event ter of Press ethics by the editors-in-chief of local National Action charter, in compliance with the international Press as well as media and human rights conventions. The King thanked the minister and the Press n community for the good initiative, hailing the Greetings sent to UAE leaders long-standing role of the Fourth estate since early His Majesty King Hamad yesterday historic relations, stressing keenness on 1930s. he commended the outstanding role of the sent a cable of congratulations to UAE further bolstering co-operation. national Press which, he said, documents the land- President shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed mark achievements of Bahrain and its people. Al Nahyan marking his country’s 44th n Premier congratulated “Bahrain Press today enjoys freedom of ex- National Day. pression and opinion,” he said, commending His Royal Highness Prime Minister THE Premier received cables of journalists and columnists for raising key issues Prince Khalifa bin salman Al Khalifa congratulations from Foreign Minister which serve the interests of the country. and His Royal Highness Prince salman shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, “The Charter of Press Ethics reflects keenness bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, sunni Endowments Council chairman on promoting the Fourth estate to continue its Deputy supreme Commander and First shaikh salman bin isa Al Khalifa, crucial role in enlightening the public opinion Deputy Premier, congratulated the UAE eGovernment Authority chief executive and raising all political, economic and social is- President. They also congratulated the Mohammed Al Qaed and Bahrain sues,” his Majesty added, reiterating his support UAE Vice-President, Prime Minister and Chamber of Commerce and industry to the Press and journalists. Ruler of Dubai shaikh Mohammed bin chairman Khalid Almoayed on success Meanwhile, Mr Al Hammadi affirmed that an Rashid Al Maktoum and Crown Prince of the medical check-ups he underwent independent, credible and objective Press is one of Abu Dhabi and Deputy supreme recently. of the most important requirements for maintain- Commander of UAE Armed Forces ing the security and stability of the nation. shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. n Boost for UK ties Such a Press, under the prevailing democratic l openness and responsible freedom, would cement His Majesty also sent a cable of FiNANce Minister Shaikh Ahmed congratulations to President Choummaly national unity and cohesion, foster values of cor- bin Mohammed Al Khalifa yesterday diality and tolerance and enhance the kingdom’s sayasone of Laos marking his country’s met British Ambassador Simon Martin National Day. progress and prosperity, he said. and discussed ways of developing Patronising the signing of the charter of Press co-operation in finance, economy and ethics yesterday, the minister voiced deep pride n Reception to mark day banking. Regional and international in the landmark initiative – the first of its kind The Premier deputised his adviser developments were also reviewed. to be signed by the editors-in-chief of the local Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa newspapers. to attend a reception ceremony marking n Bank’s role in spotlight The initiative embodies the awareness of the the 44th UAe National Day. THE Finance Minister yesterday received editors-in-chief of the importance of their part- UAe Ambassador Abdul Redha BNP Paribas deputy chief operating nership with the information Affairs Ministry to Abdulla Khoury hosted the event last officer and executive committee member ensure commitment to professional ethics, based night at the Diplomat hotel, in the Alain Papiasse and discussed the bank’s on credibility, honesty and objectivity, as well as presence of Shaikh Khalifa bin Rashid activities. Regional and international taking the top interests of the nation and citizens Al Khalifa, Shaikh Abdulla bin Rashid economic, financial and investment into account and rejecting division, fanaticism Al Khalifa, ministers, senior officials, developments were also reviewed. and hatred calls, he said. members of the diplomatic corps The meeting was attended by BNP The editors-in-chief thanked the minister for and guests. Shaikh Salman conveyed Paribas head for Middle East and Africa his support. They lauded the charter of ethics greetings and congratulations from the Jacques Michel and managing director and pledged to assume their responsibilities in Premier to the UAe leaders and people, and regional head of financial institutions promoting a culture of tolerance. wishing them further progress and coverage shaikh salman bin Ahmed Al prosperity. he underlined deep-rooted Khalifa. 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n A collection of work by British artist Sunanda Docherty went on show yesterday at the Intouch Gallery, Janabiya. The exhibition, ‘Power Through Expression’, is said to be inspired by Ms Docherty’s time in n More than 150 people gathered at the British Club in Adliya yesterday to watch the pantomime Bahrain and takes a fresh and dynamic perspective on the female form. It features large-scale, black- Robin Hood and His Merry Men. A cast of more than 20 children and 16 adults from the Manama themed watercolours as well as smaller paintings. The exhibition is open daily from 10am to 8pm until Theatre Club had been rehearsing for three months for the pantomime. Proceeds from ticket December 31. For more information, contact the Intouch Integrated Chiropractic Spine Centre, at Al sales will go towards local charities. Above, a scene from the play. Wesam Centre on 17690100. Above, Ms Docherty with some of her works. Shots red at of cers during riot Call to eradicate By NOOR ZAHRA POLICEMEN were fired upon with live ammunition outside a suq in Sitra, a court heard. Their alleged attacker, a 19-year-old Bahraini, appeared at the High Criminal Court yesterday to deny charges of possess- ing an unlicensed weapon, assault, rioting and possess- slavery scourge ing Molotov cocktails. He was arrested on April BAHRAIN and the GCC need to By RAJI UNNIKRISHNAN en, both nationals and others, face but zero tolerance when it comes to the 11 following the attack, which do more to eradicate the scourge of this terrible plight mainly because exploitation of human rights. saw up to eight live rounds modern-day slavery, according to a “It is crucial for the thousands of of the leniency of laws in the coun- “While the number of abuses is fired, according to case files. leading rights activist. migrant workers in the country that we try and the tolerance that we show to decreasing, it is yet to be eliminat- An officer who was on the Despite advances in recent years, mi- tackle this issue – and not just for them such abuses. ed from society and we need to work scene that day described to grant workers are still exposed to forced but also for the women, both citizens “It is sad that we can tolerate such on this. prosecutors how he and his labour and women’s rights are still and residents. abuses and do nothing about it – it shows “But thanks to media campaigns, the colleagues had only narrowly abused, the Social Development Min- “They are often deprived of their that the world does not care.” support of diplomatic missions and gov- avoided being hit. istry’s Dar Al Aman Shelter for Abused basic rights, which is a situation that Indian Community Relief Fund chair- ernment agencies such as the Labour “On April 11 at 10.30am Women head Huda Al Mahmood told is not unique to Bahrain but reflected man Bhagwan Asarpota called for a Market Regulatory Authority, abusers while I was on duty in Sitra the GDN yesterday on the International internationally. “zero tolerance” approach towards the are now aware that they can’t get away we were attacked by two Day for the Abolition of Slavery. “Women are marginalised in a society exploitation of migrant workers. with it so easily.” groups of masked men,” the “Though we no longer have slavery in like ours, and for a woman who is here “After living in Bahrain for 46 years, Meanwhile, Migrant Workers Protec- 24-year-old officer said in his the traditional sense, we are facing the illegally as a migrant at the mercy of a I can see that things are improving, both tion Society general secretary Helen de statement. challenge of modern-day slavery, which system beyond her understanding it is in terms of the laws and tolerance for Oliveira Carvalho noted the “positive “One of the rioters pulled a is complex and complicated, spread into even worse. such behaviour,” he said. steps” taken by Bahrain to protect the gun on us and fired two shots. the roots of society,” she said. “This is indeed slavery and wom- “However, we cannot accept anything rights of foreign workers. “Bahrain has taken some Targeted very positive steps such as “We took cover behind setting up a Migrant Workers concrete barriers but the Protection and Assistance Unit, rioters continued to pelt us the first centre of its kind in the with stones, Molotov cock- region, which is set to shelter tails and metal rods. trafficked persons, both men “In return, we fired tear and women separately, and pro- gas in the air to disperse them vide such trafficked migrants but the gunman appeared with recourse and avenues to again from the crowd to tar- address their grievances under get us a second time. one roof,” she said. “He fired six more shots at “Additionally, we have seen us before fleeing on foot.” great strides in terms of rais- The alleged gunman admit- ing awareness among residents ted in his statement to pros- about the plight of migrant ecutors that he owned the workers. gun, a Turkish-made black “There is no one magic solu- Tactical Hulk handgun, tion to address the abuse suf- which he claimed to have fered by many workers across bought from a man nick- the globe, but we do feel that named “Sugar”. Bahrain is doing a lot here to “I bought the gun because mitigate the abuse suffered by I wanted to kill as many migrant workers.” officers as possible,” the The scale of the issue was 19-year-old said in his state- highlighted by Indian Exter- ment. n A performance of live music by international band Caffe Concerto nal Affairs Minister Sushma “My friend ‘Sugar’ sold it Strauss was held at the Italian Café Swaraj, who announced yester- to me for BD500. Venissa in the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain, day that 7,432 complaints had “I always carried the gun Hotel and Spa. The music preceded been received from non-resi- with me and used it to target the lighting of the hotel’s Christmas dent Indians employed in the policemen in several villages. tree and was accompanied by hot GCC this year alone. “I fired shots at officers on beverages and Christmas treats. Many are related to exploita- that day, but sought refuge in Thousands of umbrellas lit with LED tion and torture by employers, my grandfather’s house. lights were also unveiled at the event, illuminating the entrance road to the she said in a statement, with “I was arrested the follow- hotel. Above, umbrellas illuminate 806 complaints originating ing day.” the hotel’s entrance road. Right, from Bahrain while Kuwait The trial was adjourned Caffe Concerto Strauss performing at topped the list with 3,236 until December 27 for a sec- the event. complaints. ond defendant to be brought [email protected] from custody. Gulf Daily News Email: [email protected] 14 Thursday, 3rd December 2015 Gulfdailynews @GDNonline @GDNonline GDNonline

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n Bapco honoured its female employees at a Bahraini Women’s Day celebration at The Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel, Residence and Spa. The event, which featured live entertainment and team-building exercises, was attended by Bapco chairman Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, chief executive Dr Pete Bartlett, deputy chief executive (re ning and marketing) Ebrahim Talib and other members of the executive management. Above, the female employees of Bapco.

n Female employees of Bahrain Commercial Facilities Company were honoured with a special ceremony held at The Ritz-Carlton Bahrain, Hotel and Spa. The event coincided with Bahraini Women’s Day and featured speeches from company chief executive Dr Adel Hubail and customer service excellence manager Rowa Al Shaikh. Above, BCFC's female employees at the event.

n A rose was presented to all the female employees of Zayani Motors as part of a celebration marking Bahraini Women’s Day. It took place yesterday at the company headquarters in Sitra. The roses were presented by Zayani Motors general manager Mohammed Zaki. Above, Mr Zaki, ninth from left, with the female employees. Women’s fashion in spotlight A FASHION show, which aims to celebrate women of all sizes and shapes, opens at the Mashq Art Space, Bu- n Female employees working at Bahrain Financial Harbour received owers and chocolates to mark Bahraini Women’s Day. Above, the employees in the lobby of the daiya on Saturday. West Tower. Big is Beautiful will feature red dresses ideal for Bahrain’s National Day cel- ebrations that take place on December 16 and 17. The exhibition, between 4pm and 8pm, will include other fashion and make-up shows, as well as workshops in fashion design, calligraphy, pho- tography, fine arts and web design. Entry will cost BD2 and all proceeds will go to Bahraini special needs author Ali Moosa who hopes to open a supermarket designed specially for disabled people. n A Bahraini Women’s Day celebration took place at the Informatics and eGovernment Authority headquarters, in Muharraq. A total of 49 Bahraini women Mr Moosa, who suffers gathered to mark the occasion with traditional food. Above, the female employees joined by of cials. from cerebral palsy, chal- lenged his disability and published a book, A Dream Without Limits. The event is part of an initiative that aims to host art expos, fashion shows and workshops to breathe life into Budaiya plagued by vandalism and street violence. It is a collaboration between British fashion designer Hamra Alam and the Mashq Art Space and also aims to support local talents and showcase their n Female employees of Bahrain-based Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Company (Garmco) were honoured during a Bahraini Women’s Day celebration held at its headquarters artworks. in Sitra. They were presented with owers and cupcakes. The ceremony was attended by Garmco chief executive Jean-Baptiste Lucas, ofcials and trade union For more information, representatives. Above, Mr Lucas with female employees. call 37773986. Gulf Daily News Email: [email protected] Gulfdailynews @GDNonline @GDNonline GDNonline Thursday, 3rd December 2015 15

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By RAJI UNNIKRISHNAN A SAFETY warning has been issued to thousands of campers who are expected to flock to Sakhir to take advantage of the cooler climate this winter. The desert is turned into a camp city by Bahraini families who traditionally pitch tents on open land, which is also the site of Bahrain’s onshore oil field. An area of 50 square kilo- metres has been set aside for camping this year, with the season already underway and continuing until March 5. However, Tatweer Petroleum yesterday warned that anyone who strayed within “safety exclusion zones” was putting themselves and their families at risk. “Camping too close to oil and gas facilities puts the safety of campers and their families at risk,” said Tatweer Petroleum chief executive Andrew Ker- shaw in a statement. “Tatweer’s pipelines and electrical lines may appear harmless, but there could be harmful consequences for members of the public coming into contact with gas or steam facilities as well as electrical power lines or in the event of striking the pipelines. Advice “Hence Tatweer is advising campers to comply with the safety exclusion zones which are in place for the safety of the campers. In an effort to ensure a safe and risk-free camping experience we have worked very closely with the Southern Governorate and the supreme camping season committee to identify camping areas within the Bahrain Oil Field based on safety exclusion zones.” The exclusion zones are designed to ensure that campers remain a safe distance from oilfield operations, high volt- age power lines, as well as high pressure and high temperature oil and gas facilities. In previous years there have been cases where campers have actually tied tents to oil pipelines or built fires close to installations containing highly flammable substances. “This season we aim at closing off the areas that are hazardous for campers.” Tatweer now operates more than 1,600 oil and gas wells within the oilfield area. [email protected] Gulf Daily News Gulfdailynews @GDNonline @GDNonline GDNonline Email: [email protected] 16 Thursday, 3rd December 2015 Day of pride for Arab Open University students

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n Dr Al Nuaimi presenting students with their certi cates in the presence of guests and of cials a BaTCH of 586 arab open University (aoU) graduation ceremony. patronising the ceremony, hailing his keenness on Student latifa bin Daina delivered a speech on students yesterday graduated with a master’s de- It was attended by open University Malaysia developing private higher education. behalf of the graduates, stressing their enthusiasm gree. deputy director and aoU Bahrain branch director Addressing the ceremony, Dr Al Roumi said the to contribute to Bahrain’s development and prog- His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khal- Dr Khaldoun Al Roumi, board members, parents number of students enrolled at the Bahrain-based ress. ifa bin Salman al Khalifa deputised Education and guests. branch soared by 25 per cent this year to stand at Dr al Nuaimi then presented the graduates with Minister Dr Majid Al Nuaimi to attend the fifth Dr al Nuaimi paid tribute to the Premier for 2,062 from 1,632 last year. certificates. Bahraini women’s vital role praised Royal University for Wom- Bank of Bahrain corporate ser- en (RUW) celebrated Bahraini vices executive director Dr Women’s Day at its premises in Huda Hussain Al Maskati, who West Riffa. described her motivation for The event ‘achievements of joining the banking sector. She Bahraini Women in the Banking encouraged the girls to follow and Financial Sector’ was held their goals even if they encounter under the patronage of Supreme challenges initially. Council for Women deputy pres- The celebration featured a ident Dr Shaikha Mariam bint folklore performance by students n Dr Shaikha Mariam honours students in the presence of Royal University for Women president Prof Mazin Juma Hassan al Khalifa and was at- of Hawar International School tended by officials, academics and a performance by the march- RUW’s outstanding students. women staff and presented them student activities, including a tion to traditional laywa dance. and students. ing band of The Indian School. The university also recognised with tokens of appreciation. charity bazaar as well as sports a national poetry session was Guest speaker was Central awards were presented to the contributions of its Bahraini It also organised a number of events and competitions, in addi- also held marking National Day.

n A ceremony was held at the Kia Motors showroom in Ma’ameer to honour staff for their outstanding efforts and work in passing international training tests. It was attended by Bin Hindi Motors general manager Mohammed Bin Hindi, Kia Motors after-sales and service general manager Thomas John, brand manager John Joseph and other managers from the A A Bin Hindi Group. Above, Mr Bin Hindi, standing, seventh from left, with the honoured staff and other of cials.

n More than 60 Volkswagen fans and car owners took part in a drive across Bahrain. It was organised by the Volkswagen Bahrain Club and Volkswagen Owners Club. The tour started from the company showroom in Sitra and ended in Durrat Al Bahrain. It was hosted by Volkswagen Centre Bahrain. Above, some of the participants. Advertising feature by STEPHANIE SUTCLIFFE IT’S THE WEEKEND Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015 17 n Saudi reforms RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will let divorced women and widows manage family affairs without Jawad spreading approval from a man or a court order, Al Riyadh newspaper said yesterday, in a major step to lift some of the legal powers men hold over female relatives. The newspaper said the Interior Ministry will issue family identity cards not only to men, but also to divorcees and widows, granting them powers Christmas joy... that will include accessing records, registering children for schools and authorising medical ook forward to a products from all over the world and freshly prepared treats just procedures. Until now, women had foretaste of Christmas and at no time is this as evident waiting to be tasted. to get permission from a divorced at The Jawad Dome in as in this festive season. All of this will be accom- husband, and apply to courts if L On the agenda for the Christ- panied by festive music and a Barbar tomorrow. n The Christmas tree at Jawad Dome that failed, to perform any of these A world of dazzle and colour mas Market is a full day of general atmosphere of seasonal basic activities. with all the ambiance of the irresistible festive shopping. gaiety. lates from his bagful of goodies indulging their creative whims n season awaits you. Browse through our selection And of course, Christmas and delighting them with his with henna and face painting or Zuckerberg pledge The Jawad Dome is well of Christmas products laid out is not complete without Santa generosity and bonhomie. enjoying the bouncy castle and SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook chief known for its classy and eclectic in tempting displays, while Claus. Santa will be on duty all For children it promises to toy train ride in the food garden. executive Mark Zuckerberg is collection of select brands and sampling delicious food items day distributing gifts and choco- be a real day of fun, whether While it will certainly be shaking up yet another sector, an event that children will not the charity world, with his want to miss, there will be more surprise announcement that he than enough to keep the most and his wife will devote the bulk demanding adult engrossed. of their wealth, or about $45 billion, to philanthropic works. Ramee hosting Colourful banners and post- The move will eventually put him ers, decorative items and gifts and his wife, Priscilla Chan, in plus an assortment of ideas from the same philanthropic echelon all over the world will make it as Bill and Melinda Gates. easy for Christmas shoppers to Zuckerberg made his pledge find something to brighten up on Facebook in celebration of Pitbull-Kesha their home, or surprise a loved his daughter Max’s birth. The one. Zuckerbergs said yesterday they will, over time, commit In the evening, visitors will 99 per cent of their Facebook witness the ‘Light Up’ ceremo- stockholdings to such causes ny, when the Dome will come as fighting disease, improving alive with a spectacular Christ- education and “building strong tribute shows mas tree as the centrepiece. communities.” Another special highlight of tribute to international who is one of the UK’s most the day will be the carol singing n Yemen crisis artists Pitbull and Ke- accurate tributes to the singer. programme conducted at the LONDON: Yemeni Prime Minister sha is set to take place Guests will be treated to a n Kesha Double Show features Dome by St Christopher’s Ca- A Liza Stitt n Okan Yasin as Pitbull Khaled Bahah rejected a cabinet this weekend. performance with identical thedral Children’s Choir. reshuffle ordered on Tuesday by The first show will be hosted choreography and flawless President Abd-Rabbu Mansour by The Warbler in the Ramee vocals that cover all of Kesha’s Hadi, a senior government official Baisan Hotel tonight, followed biggest hits. said, in another sign of the by a second performance at Stitt will perform for 45 deepening rift between the two leaders. In another development, Rocky’s Café in the Ramee minutes along with her sup- Al Qaeda fighters forced pro- International Hotel, Juffair, porting crew and live dancers. government forces out of a tomorrow. Both shows start at 10pm strategic town of Jaar in southern Okan Yasin will take to the and entrance is BD5 to both Yemen yesterday after clashes stage for the Pitbull cover venues with The Warbler that left at least 15 people dead, show with his 90-minute set offering a free drink with your officials said. Meanwhile, the accompanied by an MC and ticket. British ambassador to the UN said live dancers. A gala buffet dinner and that long-delayed peace talks are expected to finally open in Geneva This tribute captures the beverage is on offer at The in mid-December. magic and stage presence of Warbler for B9 or with an the original, bringing you a unlimited drinks package for n Four hanged show packed with chart-top- BD19, the same is available at ping music and incredible Rocky’s Cafe priced at BD12 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan hanged vocals. Songs featured in for the gala buffet and dinner four convicted militants yesterday who were sentenced to death over the performance include the or BD20 for the unlimited a Taliban attack on an army- remixes Pitbull has released beverage package. run school last year that killed with artists such as Nicki For further information on more than 150 people, mostly Minaj, Jennifer Lopez, Chris The Warbler performance call children. The men were executed Brown and more. 38381631 or 39175424 and for at a high-security prison in the Meanwhile, the Kesha Dou- the Rocky’s Cafe performance northwestern city of Kohat. ble Show features Liza Stitt, call 39413677 or 33346809. 18 Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015

Saudi ‘may reject calls Floating gas terminal for cuts’ VIENNA: Saudi Arabia is seen rejecting calls from fellow Opec members to cut output when the group meets this week as the group’s leader argues it cannot deal alone with one of the most project accord signed severe oil gluts in history. Opec is widely expected to stick to its policies – enforced by By AVINASH SAXENA Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi a year ago – of defend- MANAMA: A BD250 mil- ing market share by pumping lion ($662m) contract for record volumes to drive rival, building a floating gas -ter higher-cost producers out of the minal off Bahrain’s north- market. east coast was signed “I hope this time it will be yesterday. different, but I doubt it will be,” The project will be built by said an Opec delegate from a Bahrain LNG, a newly-incorpo- country usually seeking produc- rated joint venture between the tion cuts. Oil and Gas Holding Company Three other delegates said (nogaholding) as 30 per cent they still saw no indication an stakeholder and a consortium of agreement on cuts was likely to Teekay LNG Partners (Teekay be reached tomorrow. LNG), Samsung C&T and Gulf While the Saudis can claim a Investment Co-operation (GIC) partial victory over the US shale as 70pc stakeholder. n Dr Mirza with top officials at the signing ceremony oil boom, production from top nogaholding is the invest- non-Opec rival Russia has kept ment and business develop- manages the government’s oil, Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain and Noga chairman Dr with LNG,” he added. surprising on the upside and its ment arm ofBahrain the NationalEmabassy_18x3.pdf Oil gas and1 petrochemical11/10/15 2:18 assets. PM Bay was held under the Abdulhussain Mirza, who said Mark Teekay, a representa- own members Iraq and Iran are and Gas Authority (Noga) and The signing ceremony at the patronage of Energy Minister the liquefied natural gas (LNG) tive of Teekay, said the project, set to add new barrels. World receiving and regasification located in Hidd Industrial area, oil stockpiles are at a record, terminal will help the kingdom will be developed on a BOOT according to the International meet the increasing demand for (Build-Own-Operate-Transfer) Energy Agency. gas supplies to satisfy its indus- basis. Venezuelan President Nicolas trial and urban development. It will comprise a floating Maduro yesterday said his coun- “The LNG terminal will storage unit (FSU), an off- try, one of Opec’s traditional form a vital part of the energy shore LNG receiving jetty and price hawks, would push for a infrastructure of Bahrain,” he breakwater, an adjacent regas- five per cent output cut at the said. ification platform, subsea gas meeting. “It will give the country pipelines from the platform to Opec is producing some 1.7 security of supply that it needs shore, an onshore gas receiving million barrels per day above to meet its growth in demand facility, and an onshore nitro- ceiling. “The hour has come to for natural gas to fuel large gen production facility. put the oil market in order,” industrial projects, to gener- The project will be funded Maduro said. Christmas Carols ate power and water and for through a consortium of region- Iran has also asked Opec to enhanced oil recovery,” he al and international banks and respect the ceiling of 30m bpd, The British Ambassador said. the cost does not include the but added it would not seek Dr Mirza told the GDN on FSU, which will be time char- permission to raise output once HE Simon Martin & Mrs. Sophie Martin the sidelines that he foresaw gas tered from Teekay LNG, as Western sanctions on the country demand increasing significantly well as project management are lifted next year. would like to invite going forward as new industrial and development, financing Other Opec price hawks such projects are developed. and other costs, he added. as Algeria have also called for members of the British Community “In the period 2011 to 2014, Teekay LNG will supply the cuts but as in previous years gas demand in Bahrain rose at FSU vessel through a 20-year have not volunteered to reduce to join them for an average rate in excess of 2.5 time-charter to the joint ven- output themselves, meaning the per cent per annum and 95pc of ture. burden would have to be carried Christmas Carols on that increase was sourced from The terminal will have an by Saudi Arabia alone. the Khuff gasfield,” he said. initial capacity of 400 million Arriving in Vienna on Thursday 10th December “It is imperative that Bahrain standard cubic feet per day Tuesday, Al Naimi said he would provides itself with an option (expandable to 800m standard listen to other members, many of to access competitive and eco- cubic feet per day) and will be whom are complaining about oil Admission is by ticket only for British Passport holders, nomic gas supplies from the owned and operated under a prices that have fallen to near six their spouses & children. global market. 20-year agreement commenc- year lows of below $44 a barrel “The LNG terminal provides ing on July 15, 2018. from as high as $115 some 18 Numbers are limited & tickets should be Bahrain with that option, giv- The winning consortium has months ago. applied for online. ing it both an insurance policy selected GS Engineering and Opec’s own basket of crude in case of potential shortages Construction as the EPC con- grades has been trading at below Tickets will be issued to provided names only. of gas and the ability to sup- tractor of the project. $40 since mid-November, the Unfortunately, there can be no block bookings. plement domestic gas supplies [email protected] weakest since early 2009. Tickets will be issued on a first come, first served basis. Foreign reserves fall to $644bn To apply: please go to our Facebook page DubAi: Saudi foreign reserves dropped further first half of 2015 partly due to the issuing of WWW.facebook.com/ukinbahrain in October as the price of oil remained low, but bonds to fund a budget deficit projected by the they fell at slower rate than previous months, ac- International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be around We would suggest a minimum donation of cording to a report released yesterday. $130bn. BD2 per person on the night. The kingdom’s foreign reserves dropped to The Saudi finance ministry has issued bonds All proceeds will go to local charities. $644 billion at the end of October, down from worth $20bn for the domestic market. $651bn the previous month, Jadwa Investment The slowdown is also due to measures adopt- said. Since the start of the year, Riyadh has with- ed by Riyadh to rationalise spending which has drawn $88bn from its foreign reserves to finance been growing at a rapid pace in the past few the budget due to the sharp fall in income from years. oil, which makes up over 90 per cent of public The IMF has advised Saudi Arabia to cut revenues. spending, lift subsidies and diversify their econo- Jadwa, however, said that the rate of gov- mies, warning that failure to do so would deplete ernment withdrawals slowed down from the Saudi’s foreign reserves. Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015 19

Global assets to exceed $920 billion says report MANAMA: Islamic banking assets of Competitiveness Report 2016. gained market share in all markets, better positioned to lead the future strong growth commercial banks based in Qatar, In- Globally, Islamic banking assets demonstrating the immense suc- regionalisation of the industry. with a com- donesia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, the with commercial banks are set to cess and resilience of the industry,” “In relative terms however, they pounded annual UAE and Turkey (QISMUT) are set exceed $920bn, said the report EY Mena Financial Services leader are still only one-third of the size of growth rate of to exceed $801 billion this year and released yesterday during the WIBC Gordon Bennie said. their largest traditional peers in home about 16pc. will represent 80 per cent of interna- 2015. “Twenty-two international Islamic markets, and also lag in terms of Last year, the tional Islamic banking assets, accord- “With the exception of Turkey banks now have $1bn or more in return on equity.” GCC countries ing to EY’s World Islamic Banking and Indonesia, Islamic banking has shareholder equity, making them Islamic banking continues to see added $91bn in Sharia compliant n Mr Nazim assets, representing a year-on-year growth of around 18pc share, despite Turkey losing mar- Bahraini Islamic banks ket share by 0.3pc nationally due to political pressure on one of the leading Islamic banking institutions in the country. Saudi Arabia continues to dominate the share of the global Islamic banking mar- urged to seek mergers ket at 33pc and is the highest contributor to total global By AVINASH SAXENA “Not only will this Financial Market’s stand- and regulations for the sector, provid- Islamic banking assets, fol- increase their chances of ard contract. ing guidance to the courts in legal cases lowed by Malaysia at 15.5pc MANAMA: Central Bank of Bah- survival by enabling them “The duration of the involving Islamic financial institutions and the UAE at 15.4pc. rain (CBB) Governor Rasheed Al to participate in larger Wakala is one week, so it and acting as the Sharia Board for the Islamic banks in Bahrain Maraj has made a renewed call to deals but also help them is a handy tool for short- CBB, he said. have also been steadily gain- Bahraini Islamic banks to merge or attract the right human term liquidity manage- “It has been given wide authority ing market share over tradi- acquire other institutions. resources,” he said. ment of Islamic banks.” to determine the direction of product tional banks. In his keynote address at the opening “Liquidity management Mr Al Maraj said the innovation in Bahrain’s Islamic finance According to EY global of the 22nd Annual World Islamic is an important area for CBB is introducing a cen- sector and to guide the courts in related Islamic banking centre part- Banking Conference (WIBC), he said Islamic banks.” tralised Sharia Board with matters concerning Islamic financial ner Ashar Nazim, leading given a tougher regulatory environ- Earlier this year, the a broad mandate. institutions, a unique initiative for any Islamic banks have done ment, challenges to their business CBB launched a new The board’s scope of market in the region,” Mr Al Maraj well to mainstream with a model and increased competition from Sharia-compliant Wakala n Mr Al Maraj speaking work will include oversee- added. competitive, sizeable busi- Islamic as well as conventional com- liquidity management tool at the conference ing product development According to him more and strict- ness in their home markets. petitors, the preferred path, particularly aimed at absorbing excess by Islamic financial insti- er regulations, stronger compliance “The combined profit for Islamic investment banks, was to liquidity of local Islamic retail banks. tutions and Islamic windows, strength- requirements, larger capital commit- pool of Islamic banks across merge in order to create institutions “The agreement had been devel- ening Sharia compliance, providing ment and better risk management are QISMUT was estimated at of size. oped based on International Islamic guidance to the CBB in issuing rules part of the new global paradigm after $10.8bn last year, which is a the global financial crisis of notable milestone. 2008. “However, the return on The CBB has taken several shareholder equity could be steps to enhance the compli- significantly enhanced, by ance environment in Bahrain at least 15–20pc, and this including Sharia compliance. need becomes more press- “Stricter fit and proper crite- ing in the context of the ria for Sharia resources, greater prevailing macro-economic controls regarding the compli- environment.” ance process and clearer divi- Two main areas are sions between compliance and expected to drive future audit are being introduced,” he growth in Islamic banking said. – average growth in banking Human resource devel- sector assets and increase in n Senior government officials, bankers and academics at the conference opment continues to be an market share. important contributing factor The total Islamic banking in Islamic finance industry’s assets with commercial banks growth worldwide. in QISMUT are expected to Mr Al Maraj said a num- reach $1.6 trillion by 2020 Future progress of sector probed ber of training programmes and the total industry profit had been launched with pool of QISMUT is expected Bahrain Institute of Banking to reach $27.8bn. MANAMA: Ministers, central bank In addition to Mr Al Maraj, oeconomic development once an International Islamic Liquidity and Finance, including In terms of banking mar- governors, bankers, asset manag- the opening session of WIBC 2015 operational framework was set up. Management Corporation chief Advance Diploma in Islamic ket share, Saudi Arabia, ers, and academics converged at featured speeches and discussions The opening ceremony was executive Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Commercial Jurisprudence and Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar Islamic finance’s longest-running by Central Bank of Oman execu- attended by central bank digni- Karim, Kuwait Finance House Advanced Sharia Reviewer are expected to be the major gathering in Bahrain yesterday. tive president Hamood Sangour taries from Turkey, Bahrain, Group board member Noor Abid, Development Programme, to players by 2020. Held under the patronage of His Al Zadjali and National Bank Kazakhstan, Oman, Sudan, Islamic Research and Training broaden the horizon of resourc- “QISMUT will remain Royal Highness Prime Minister of Kazakhstan deputy governor South Africa and Indonesia, as Institute director general Azmi es and plug knowledge gaps. the key driving market with Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Nurlan Kussainov. well as senior officials from Abu Omar, and Middle East Global “Another landmark initia- the GCC providing the addi- Khalifa, the 22nd Annual World “The announced centralised Dhabi Global Market, Dubai Advisors vice-chairman and chief tive of the Waqf Fund that tional acceleration for future Islamic Banking Conference Sharia board for Bahrain has International Financial Centre executive Dr Sayd Farook. has received industry wide growth of the industry. (WIBC) at the Gulf Hotel’s Gulf been given wide authority to direct Authority, Qatar Financial Centre Middle East Global Advisors appreciation is the Leadership “There is still a lot of Convention Centre was inaugu- innovation in Bahrain’s Islamic Authority, Toronto Financial – an intelligence platform serv- Grooming Programme aimed at opportunity; the industry rated by Central Bank of Bahrain finance sector,” said Mr Al Maraj. Services Alliance and Luxembourg ing the Middle East North Africa developing the next generation today is yet to reach 100 mil- Governor Rasheed Al Maraj, who “Bahrain is renowned as a glob- for Finance. Seasoned and respect- Southeast Asia – are the conveners of Islamic banking industry lion customers,” Mr Nazim was deputised by the Premier. al Islamic finance hub, coming sec- ed industry practitioners took of WIBC for the last 22 years. leaders,” he said. said.. More than 1,200 leaders of the ond in Thomson Reuters Islamic stock of the industry, assessing its Speakers included industry Mr Al Maraj said the deci- “The potential captive industry from Europe, East Asia, Finance Development Indicator, growth, impact and achievements leaders such as ASMA Capital sion by the International market is six times big- Middle East and North Africa are reflecting its healthy ecosystem as as well as discussing what the Partners chief executive Stephen Monetary Fund to include ger but requires a different attending the three-day event con- the country seeks to increase the future roadmap should look like. Vineburg, Islamic economist Dr Islamic finance within its sur- banking model. sidered as the leading compass for proportion of assets being man- Five of the most respected Mohamed Elgari, Crescent Wealth veillance programme was a “A digital-first strategy the Islamic finance industry. aged from its jurisdiction,” he global leaders in Islamic finance managing director Talal Yassine welcome development and yet has to be the stimulus for Initial discussions focused on added. addressed the core question of how and Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt another endorsement of the Islamic banks to sign up the the future progress of Islamic According to Mr Al Zadjali, the current system can converge & Mosle Global head of Islamic importance of Islamic finance next 100m customers over finance which is celebrating the the Islamic finance industry would with its original proposition. Finance and Investment Michael industry worldwide. the next decade,” said Mr 40th anniversary since launch. benefit from and lead wider soci- They were Mr Kussainov, McMillen. [email protected] Nazim. 20 Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015

COUNTRY SELL CASH SELL DRAFT AUSTRALIA (Dollar) 0.2835 0.2807 Total number of shares traded ...... 623,019 BANGLADESH (Taka) 0.00506 0.00478 Total value of shares trades ...... BD104,915 CANADA (Dollar) 0.2884 0.2851 CHINA (Yuan) 0.061100 0.0611 PRICES at the close of trading yesterday: Bahrain Telecommunication Company (BATELCO) .....0.312 ...... +0.004 DENMARK 0.5680 - BAHRAIN ALL SHARE INDEX ...... 1,225.24 ...... +0.57 BMMI BSC (BMMI) ...... 0.870 ...... EGYPT (Pound) 0.0512 0.0489 Company ...... Share Prices ...Change + or - Nass Corporation BSC (NASS) ...... 0.140 ...... COMMERCIAL BANK Seef Properties (SEEF) ...... 0.202 ...... EUROPEAN UNION (Euro) 0.4056 0.4036 Al-Ahli United Bank (AUB) ...... $0.700 ...... Trafco Group BSC (TRAFCO) ...... 0.250 ...... HONG KONG (Dollar) 0.04986 0.04946 Al Salam Bank - Bahrain BSC (SALAM) ...... 0.091 ...... +0.002 Zain Bahrain BSC (ZAINBH) ...... 0.180 ...... Bahrain Islamic Bank (BISB) ...... 0.117 ...... INSURANCE INDIA (Rupee) 0.00582 0.00579 BBK (BBK) ...... 0.426 ...... +0.004 Al Ahlia Insurance Company (AHLIA)...... 0.300 ...... INDONESIA (Rupiah) 0.00002998 0.00002804 Ithmaar Bank BSC (ITHMR) ...... $0.150 ...... Arab Insurance Group (ARIG) ...... $0.380 ...... Khaleeji Commercial Bank BSC (KHCB)...... 0.064 ...... -0.003 IRAN (Tuman) 0.00010973 - Bahrain and Kuwait Insurance Company (BKIC) ...... 0.600 ...... National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) ...... 0.705 ...... Bahrain National Holding Company (BNH) ...... 0.420 ...... IRAQ (Dinar) 0.000316 - INVESTMENT Takaful International Company (TAKAFUL) ...... 0.100 ...... Al Baraka Banking Group BSC (BARKA) ...... $0.560 ...... -0.005 JAPAN (Yen) 0.003220 0.003150 HOTELS AND TOURISM Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) ...... 0.515 ...... Bahrain Family Leisure (FAMILY) ...... 0.116 ...... JORDAN (Dinar) 0.5371 0.5355 Bahrain Commercial Facilities Company (BCFC) ...... 0.685 ...... Bahrain Tourism Company (BTC) ...... 0.248 ...... Bahrain Middle East Bank (BMB) ...... 0.031 ...... KOREA (Won) 0.00037522 Banader Hotels Company BSC (BANADER) ...... 0.077 ...... Esterad Investment Company BSC (ESTERAD) ...... 0.206 ...... KUWAIT (Dinar) 1.2570 1.256 Gulf Finance House EC (GFH) ...... $0.165 ...... Gulf Hotel Group BSC (BHOTEL) ...... 0.820 ...... +0.010 Gulf Monetary Agency (GMG) ...... 0.035 ...... National Hotels Company (NHOTEL) ...... 0.280 ...... MALAYSIA (Ringgit) 0.091800 0.0916 Inovest BSC (INOVEST) ...... $0.170 ...... INDUSTRIAL NEW ZEALAND (Dollar) 0.2550 0.2543 Investcorp Bank (INVCORP) ...... $6.500 ...... Aluminum Bahrain BSC (ALBH) ...... 0.362 ...... -0.006 Bahrain Flour Mills Company (BFM) ...... 0.390 ...... NORWAY (Krone) 0.0459 - TAIB Bank (TAIB) ...... $2.740 ...... United Gulf Bank (UGB) ...... 0.390 ...... Delmon Poultry Company (POLTRY) ...... 0.326 ...... N.Yemen - - United Gulf Investment Corporation BSC (UGIC) ...... 0.100 ...... CLOSED COMPANY SECTOR Securities & Investment Company 2 (SICO-C) ...... 0.310 ...... NEPAL (Rupee) 0.00380 0.00361 SERVICES Bahrain CarPark Company (CPARK) ...... 0.180 ...... United Paper Industries BSC (c) (UPI) ...... 0.420 ...... OMAN (Riyal) 0.98092 0.98340 Bahrain Cinema Company (CINEMA) ...... 1.350 ...... NON-BAHRAINI CO PAKISTAN (Rupee) 0.00371 0.00358 Bahrain Duty Free Complex (DUTYF) ...... 0.855 ...... Bank Muscat (BMUSC) ...... 0.915 Bahrain Shipping Repairing and Engineering (BASREC) . 1.800 ...... Global Investment House (Kuwait) (GLOBAL) ...... 0.111 ...... PHILIPPINES (Peso) 0.00829 0.00802 QATAR (Riyal) 0.10389 0.10384 SAUDI ARABIA (Riyal) 0.10075 0.10074 Lending rate plan hits Sensex SINGAPORE 0.2726 0. 2706 SOUTH AFRICA (Rand) 0.02820 0.02810 MUMBAI: Indian shares fell ulus package announcement the Reserve bank of India intra-day trade. Analysts pointed out that SRI LANKA (Rupee) 0.00290 0.00265 yesterday as lenders such as by the European Central Bank (RBI) regarding scheduled cuts State Bank of India (SBI) de- (ECB) dented sentiments and in key lending rates depressed the markets traded in a narrow SWEDEN (Krona) 0.0465 - clined on caution ahead of the led to both the bellwether in- sentiments. range and consolidated as in- SWITZERLAND (Franc) 0.3748 0.3724 unveiling of a new methodolo- dices of the Indian equity mar- In addition to the negative vestors looked for fresh cues gy for calculating lending rates kets ending the day’s trade in domestic cues, US based de- from the parliament on the SYRIA (Pound) 0.001740 0.2006 while broader sentiment was the red. velopments like to- GST bill. TAIWAN (Dollar) 0.012100 - also hit by continued worries Initially, both the morrow’s non-farm “Lack of fresh triggers and about a US rate increase. bellwether indices payrolls data caused concerns over a demand slow- THAILAND (Baht) 0.010790 0.010750 The Nifty ended 0.3 per of the Indian equity volatility. down as indicated by ECI and TURKEY (Lira) 0.1371 - cent lower, while the Sensex markets opened on a The wider 50-scrip PMI data impacted investor sentiments,” Anand James, UK (Sterling) 0.5758 0.5717 dropped 0.2pc. firm note following Nifty was lower by Lack of any positive trigger US markets’ positive 23.55 pointsat 7,931.35 co-head, technical research UAE (Dirham) 0.102800 0.102950 coupled with negative mac- close on Tuesday. points. desk with Geojit BNP Paribas USA (Dollar) 0.37800 0.37800 ro-economic data points sub- However, initial The Sensex, which Financial Services, said. dued Indian equity markets. gains were capped as investors opened at 26,239.39 points, Vaibhav Agarwal, For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please call Bahrain Investors were disappointed were concerned over a slow- closed at 26,117.85 points, vice-president and research Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888. due to lack of movement over down in demand which was down 51.56 points from head at Angel Broking, said goods and services tax (GST) indicated by a lacklustre eight the previous day’s close at that the investors were disap- bill during the winter session of core industries (ECI) and pur- 26,169.41 points. pointed over the lack of prog- parliament. chasing managers index (PMI) The Sensex touched a high ress towards the GST in the 1 US$ 1 UK Stg 1 SFR 100 Yen Furthermore, absence of any data. of 26,256.42 points and a low parliament. Bahrain 0.3770 0.5684 0.3662 0.3075 further cues regarding a stim- Even a bearish outlook by of 26,041.68 points during the “Markets are expecting a further stimulus from the ECB Kuwait 0.2855 35.0080 0.2773 0.2328 tomorrow, which could result Oman 0.3849 0.3963 0.3739 0.3139 in some positive upsides.” Qatar 3.6420 3.7494 3.5376 2.9702 Investors are hopeful that UAE 3.6730 3.7814 3.5678 2.9954 D the ECB will announce a stim- Saudi 3.7500 3.8606 3.6425 3.0582 ulus package during its next I monetary policy meet slated for December 3, after latest L data showed that Germany’s Currency December 2 Previous B GDP growth has slowed. Euro 1.0575 1.0618 Nitasha Shankar, vice-pres- Yen 123.44 122.83 E ident of research with YES Se- Swiss francs 1.0273 1.0293 curities elaborated that broad- Canadian dollars 1.3353 1.3366 R Pound 1.4935 1.5062 er markets witnessed minor T profit booking along with the headline indices.

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CBQ denies plan to sell Key high-rise project to UAB stake DUBAI: Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ) yesterday said it has not attempted to sell its stake in Emirati lender United Arab Bank (UAB), denying a Reuters report a day earlier that it sought compete for top award buyers for its 40 per cent holding. “Commercial Bank has not MANAMA: The Juffair Estate Agency Marketing “So far 27 nationalities have contacted or held any talks with Heights project has won inter- Bahrain. bought into the Juffair Heights local or regional banks or any national acclaim for the project The two competed against project, which is a clear sign of other financial institution to developer, Dadabhai Devel- hundreds of developers, real confidence in the Bahrain real commence discussions to sell its opment and Property Manage- estate agents and property con- estate market,” he added. stake in its UAE-based associate ment Company (DDPM), and sultants from 25 countries to Located in the heart of Juffair bank,” chief executive Abdulla its exclusive sales agent, Pe- receive the recognitions. District, the twin tower free- Saleh Al Rais said in a statement gasus Real Estate NAIBahrain, On Monday, the two will hold residential development to Doha’s stock exchange. it was announced yesterday. join the top category winners comprising 376 one-, two- and “We have no plans to with- The two companies are across the Africa and Arabia three-bedroom apartments with draw from the UAE market and amongst prestigious win- region to compete against more than 385 car park bays is confirm that there has been no ners at the Africa and Arabia companies from Europe, Asia expected to be completed by attempt to sell the Commercial International Property Awards Pacific, the Americas and the mid-next year. Bank’s stake in UAB.” Summit held at the JW Marriott UK to discover the World’s An independent panel of Sharjah-based UAB has Marquis Hotel in Dubai. Best in their field at the 70 industry experts judges the endured a difficult few months. DDPM won the Five Star International Property Awards International Property Awards Its chief executive left after the Award for the Best High- finals at the London Marriott in terms of design, quality, ser- bank swung to a third-quarter Rise Residential Development Hotel, Grosvenor Square in vice, innovation, originality, loss on significant provisioning Bahrain and Arabia 2015-16 London. and commitment to sustaina- for soured loans. whereas Pegasus won two “We are delighted to have bility. Sources said that finding a Five Star Awards, one for been awarded such a prestig- The panel is chaired by Lord buyer for CBQ’s stake would be Best Property Consultancy ious accolade,” said DDPM Caithness and Lord Best, mem- n DDPM director Ahmed Dadabhai, left, receiving the awards tricky because of UAB’s specific Marketing Bahrain and Arabia, managing director Shabeer bers of the House of Lords in from Lord Best problems. and the other for Best Real Dadabhai. the UK Parliament.

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NEW YORK: US stocks up 0.01 per cent but the euro zone’s blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 fell Arcelor Mittal, down 8.9pc, was the top loser on the FTSEurofirst closed sharply lower 0.2pc as some profit taking kicked in. 300 after Citigroup cut its rating to “neutral”, citing a rapid deteriora- yesterday after hawkish European stocks have risen to their highest level in around three tion of the spot steel market. comments from Janet months, largely owing to the prospect of new stimulus measures German potash producer K+S fell 4.8pc after the chief executive Yellen boosted expecta- when the ECB meets today. of Potash Corporation said a recent report of a new tions of an interest rate Weaker-than-expected euro zone inflation data takeover bid for its rival is just a rumour. increase, and oil dipped on Wednesday further underpinned hopes for strong Zodiac Aerospace fell 1.3pc after Exane BNP Pa- below $40 a barrel. central bank action. ribas downgraded it to “neutral” from “outperform”. Investors also at- “The stock markets are still running up off the back of the euro, and Car parts group Valeo slipped 2pc after BNP Paribas sold some tributed late-day selling expectations that ECB head Mario Draghi will announce new easing shares in the company. to news coverage of a tomorrow,” said Hantec Markets analyst Richard Perry. Travel and leisure stocks were the best performing sector, up 1.1pc. phabet rose to $793.04, Investors are pricing in a deposit rate cut and an increase in the Miners were the weakest with a decline of 1pc. shooting in southern Cal- size, scope and length of the current trillion-euro bond-buying pro- The FTSEurofirst 300 index remains up by around 10pc since the ifornia. but ended down 0.8pc at gramme at the ECB meeting. start of 2015. The S&P 500 energy $777.85. That has put pressure on the euro, whose weakness has in turn Britain’s top share index rose yesterday as drugmakers gained on index fell 3.1 per cent, The price of oil was given European exporters such as carmakers and luxury goods stocks recommendations by bullish brokers, while software company Sage leading declines in the lower all day, and the a lift. clawed back losses prompted by its reporting results. S&P 500 as US crude losses accelerated in the oil futures finished the afternoon after the Ener- session down 4.6pc at gy Department reported BANGKOK: The Stock Exchange Index of Thailand main index closed down $39.94. The utility index, that US crude invento- 17.56 points, or 1.29pc, to close LONDON FTSE - 100 6,420.93 which tends to under- ries rose by 1.2 million at 1,339.45 at the end of trading session. perform in a higher-rate barrels last week, while CAIRO: The EGX 30 Index rallied Capita 1,276.00 Next 8,015.00 environment, dropped analysts had expected a 224.84 points, or 3.50pc at 6,649.72, 3i Group 497.00 Aberdeen Asset Management 311.90 Carnival 3,552.00 Old Mutual 208.60 2.2pc. It was the day’s decline. the biggest increase in more than six Admiral Group 1,650.00 Centrica 219.10 Pearson 823.00 months Anglo American 397.55 Coca-Cola HBC AG (CDI) 1,606.00 Persimmon 1,942.00 second-worst perform- Brent crude, which is FRANKFURT: Shares posted a Antofagasta 514.50 Compass Group 1,178.00 Prudential 1,556.50 ing sector, although all used to price internation- 0.6pc drop - troubled Volkswagen ARM Holdings 1,135.00 CRH 1,978.00 Randgold Resources Ltd. 4,199.00 Ashtead Group 1,106.00 Diageo 1,944.50 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,415.00 10 S&P sectors ended al oils, fell $1.95, or 4.4pc, being off 1.8pc after reporting a Direct Line Insurance Group 413.40 Relx plc 1,220.00 drop in German sales. The DAX 30 Associated British Foods 3,599.00 to $42.49 a barrel in Lon- AstraZeneca 4,582.50 Dixons Carphone 485.50 Rio Tinto 2,188.50 lower. closed down 71.22 points, or 0.63pc Aviva 512.50 easyJet 1,663.00 Rolls-Royce Holdings 601.00 Record intraday highs don. to 11,190.02. Babcock International Group 1,062.00 Experian 1,254.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 309.10 HONG KONG: The Hang Seng BAE Systems 513.50 Fresnillo 726.00 Royal Dutch Shell ‘A’ 1,663.50 in Alphabet, Amazon and Exxon Mobil fell $2.34, index ended up 98.34 points, or Barclays 234.75 G4S 232.70 Royal Dutch Shell ‘B’ 1,680.50 Netflix failed to keep the or 3pc, to $79.55, Chev- Barratt Developments 609.00 GKN 299.00 Royal Mail 486.40 0.44pc at 22,479.69 points, while GlaxoSmithKline 1,378.00 RSA Insurance Group 443.30 the China Enterprises Index gained Berkeley Group Holdings (The) 3,311.00 Nasdaq in positive terri- ron lost $2.33, or 2.5pc, BG Group 1,046.50 Glencore 93.50 SABMiller 4,045.50 1.0pc to 10,050.36. BHP Billiton 814.40 Hammerson 623.50 Sage Group 577.00 tory. to $90.25 and drilling rig JAKARTA: Indonesian main BP 382.00 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,525.00 Sainsbury (J) 251.60 The Fed chair said she operator Transocean Composite Index (JCI) closed down British American Tobacco 3,891.00 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 2,201.00 Schroders 3,023.00 11.81 points, or 0.26pc, to 4,545.86. British Land Company 845.50 HSBC Holdings 540.50 Severn Trent 2,280.00 was “looking forward” to fell 37 cents, or 2.6pc, to BT Group 492.05 Imperial Tobacco Group 3,621.00 Shire Plc 4,745.00 KUALA LUMPUR: The nation’s Inmarsat 1,135.00 Sky 1,127.00 a rate increase that will $13.83. benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia Bunzl 1,949.00 Burberry Group 1,237.00 InterContinental Hotels Group 2,623.00 Smith & Nephew 1,145.00 Airline shares rose af- KLCI ended 5.60 points, or 0.33pc International Consolidated Airli.. 586.50 Smiths Group 1,023.00 be seen as a testament lower at 1,676.77 points. The AT A GLANCE Intertek Group 2,873.00 Sports Direct International 737.00 to the economy’s recov- ter Delta Air Lines said index is little changed for the Intu Properties 324.90 SSE 1,462.00 ery from recession. The it earned more per mile week and has declined over 5% ITV 272.50 St James’s Place 1,023.00 Exchange Close Change Johnson Matthey 2,841.00 Standard Chartered 541.80 Fed’s next policy meet- in November than a in 2015. Bangkok 1,339.45 -17.56 Kingfisher 356.70 Standard Life 415.00 LONDON: Britain’s FTSE Bombay 26,117.85 -51.56 Land Securities Group 1,243.00 Taylor Wimpey 198.00 ing is on December 15- year ago. Delta was up 100 closed up 25.28 points, Cairo Legal & General Group 272.70 Tesco 167.30 16. 1.4pc at $48.33, while or 0.40pc at 6,420.93 points, Frankfurt 11,190.026,649.72 -71.22 +224.84 Lloyds Banking Group 74.45 Travis Perkins 2,025.00 with pharmaceutical stocks Hong Kong 22,479.69 +98.34 London Stock Exchange Group 2,656.00 TUI AG Reg Shs (DI) 1,151.00 Yellen also expressed an index of airlines was contributing the most to gains. Marks & Spencer Group 510.00 Unilever 2,870.00 Jakarta 4,545.86 -11.81 Meggitt 375.00 United Utilities Group 977.50 confidence in the US up 1.1pc. GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca Kuala Lumpur 1,676.77 -5.60 Merlin Entertainments 425.00 Vodafone Group 222.30 Yellen is due to testify and Shire combined to add London 6,420.93 +25.28 Mondi 1,552.00 Whitbread 4,697.00 economy. Earlier in the more than 10 points to the Manila 7,047.08 -13.52 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 151.00 Wolseley 3,917.00 day, data showed US pri- on the economic out- index, with the sector lifted by a Paris National Grid 925.70 WPP 1,544.00 vate employers boosted look before a joint Con- note from Morgan Stanley. Seoul 4,905.76 -8.77 MANILA: The main Philippine Shanghai 3,536.912,009.29 +80.60 -14.64 3.6pc, to 3,721.95, while the Shanghai closed down 5.90 points, or 0.07pc, hiring in November. The gressional committee Stock Exchange Index closed Singapore 2,883.64 +13.38 Composite Index gained 80.60 points, at 8,457.40. US government monthly today. down 13.52 points, or 0.19pc, Sydney 5,258.34 -7.80 or 2.33pc, to 3,536.91 points. TOKYO: Markets have been hit by to 7,047.08. Taipei SINGAPORE: Shares opened a double whammy this week after jobs report is due tomor- Declining issues out- MUMBAI: Lack of any Tokyo 19,938.13 -74.278,457.40 -5.90 higher, with the benchmark Straits figures that showed a gauge of row. numbered advancing positive trigger coupled with Wellington 6,143.31 -7.37 Times Index at 2,883.64 in closing Chinese manufacturing activity hit ones on the NYSE by negative macro-economic trade, up 0.47pc, or 13.38 points. a three-year low in November were “I was a little surprised data points and caution SYDNEY: Australian shares edged followed by news that US factory she sounded as hawkish 2,434 to 649, while on the over the upcoming US rate hike down 0.15pc on profit taking, with output contracted. By the close, as she did given we’re Nasdaq, 1,884 issues fell subdued Indian equity markets. The SEOUL: The benchmark Korea industrials weighing on the index the Nikkei 225 at the Tokyo Stock barometer 30-scrip sensitive index Composite Stock Price Index although top performing banks Exchange fell 0.37pc, or 74.27 two days away from the and 936 advanced. The (Sensex) closed down 51.56 points dropped 14.64 points, or 0.72pc, minimised losses. The S&P/ASX 200 points, to 19,938.13. The broader non-farm payrolls report S&P 500 posted 21 new or 0.20pc at 26,117.85 points. The to 2,009.29. Trade volume was index fell 7.80 points to 5,258.34 at Topix index of all first-section shares and a couple of weeks 52-week highs and 13 wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National moderate at 623.96 million shares the close of trade. TAIPEI: Shares in was flat, edging up 0.02pc, or 0.31 Stock Exchange (NSE) closed worth 4.3 trillion won ($3.69 billion), Taiwan closed slightly lower as large points, to 1,602.26. away from the Fed FOMC new lows; the Nasdaq re- lower by 23.55 points or 0.30pc at with losers far outpacing gainers 532 cap stocks took a pause throughout WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s meeting,” said Michael corded 88 new highs and 7,931.35 points. to 286. the trading session after a rally seen benchmark NZX 50 index fell 0.12pc PARIS: The CAC 40 closed down SHANGHAI: The CSI300 index of a session earlier. The weighted or 7.37 points to finish the session at O’Rourke, chief market 65 new lows. 8.77 points, or 0.18pc to 4,905.76. China’s largest listed companies rose index on the Taiwan Stock Exchange 6,143.31. strategist at JonesTrad- About 7.4 billion shares ing in Greenwich, Con- changed hands on US necticut. exchanges, above the The Dow Jones in- 6.8bn daily average for US private rms boost hiring dustrial average fell the past 20 trading days, WASHINGTON: US private employers According to a Reuters survey of econo- annual rate and not the 1.6pc pace it had re- 158.67 points, or 0.89pc, according to Thomson boosted hiring in November, signaling job mists, non-farm payrolls increased 200,000 ported last month. to 17,729.68, the S&P Reuters data. growth is likely strong enough to support the in November. Productivity expanded at a 3.5pc rate in 500 lost 23.12 points, or Prices of US Treasuries first Federal Reserve interest rate increase in While that would be a step-down from Oc- the second quarter. 1.1pc, to 2,079.51 and were little changed yest- nearly a decade when policymakers meet lat- tober’s robust 271,000 job gain, it would still The revision to third-quarter productivity the Nasdaq Composite edray. er this month. be well above the amount needed to keep up was in line with economists’ expectations dropped 33.08 points, or US two-year Treasury The ADP National Employment Report with population growth. and reflected upward adjustments to the 0.64pc, to 5,123.22. notes were last down showed private payrolls increased 217,000 The Federal Reserve has signaled its inten- third-quarter gross domestic product estimate last month on top of the upwardly revised tion to lift its benchmark overnight interest published last week. The economy grew at a Yahoo jumped 5.8pc to 2/32 in price to yield 196,000 jobs added in October. rate from near zero at its December 15-16 2.1pc rate in the July-September period. $35.65 after reports the 0.938pc. The strong jobs gains suggest solid under- meeting. Productivity increased only 0.6pc com- company could sell its US benchmark 10-year lying momentum in the economy despite a The US central bank last raised interest pared with the third quarter of 2014, under- core Internet business. Treasury notes were struggling manufacturing sector. rates in June 2006. scoring the weakness in the trend. While that Shares of Amazon last down 7/32 in price “The current pace of job creation is twice Economists surveyed by Reuters had was marginally up from the 0.4pc reported in touched a record high to yield 2.182, up from that needed to absorb growth in the working forecast private payrolls rising 190,000 last November, it was the slowest rise in nearly of $684.82 before ending 2.180pc on Tuesday. age population,” Mark Zandi, chief econ- month after October’s previously reported a year. down 0.4pc at $676.01. The US 30-year bond omist at Moody’s Analytics, said in a state- 182,000 increase. Economists blame softer productivity on Netflix rose to a high of rose 7/32 in price to ment. “The economy is fast approaching full In a separate report, the Labor Department lack of investment, which they say has led to employment and will be there no later than said non-farm productivity grew at a fast- an unprecedented decline in capital intensity. $131.35 and ended at yield 2.909pc, down from next summer.” er pace than previously thought in the third While weak productivity has boosted em- $128.93, up 2.8pc. Al- 2.912pc on Tuesday. The ADP report, which is jointly devel- quarter. ployment growth as companies hired more oped with Moody’s Analytics, was released The trend, however, remained very weak. workers to increase output, economists say it l The Dow Jones industrial average fell 158.67 points, or ahead of the Labour Department’s more com- Productivity, which measures hourly out- has contributed to stagnant wages and low- 0.89pc, to 17,729.68. l The Nasdaq Composite dropped prehensive employment report tomorrow. put per worker, increased at a 2.2 per cent ered the economy’s speed limit. 33.08 points, or 0.64pc, to 5,123.22. Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015 23

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Tel: 17290737 ADLIYA APARTMENTS Promote your property on 1BR BD250/-; 2BR BD320/-; 3BR BD350/- + curtain & AC. this listing for FREE Music Tel: 33022090, 39622090 HIDD: 7 flats Income BD2000/- BAHRAIN MUSIC ; BD290,000/-; Adliya: villa LEASE SALE INSTITUTE- Morning + commercial 5BR SF BD1200/-. evening classes, all ages, Hoora: 7 flats Income BD1195/- attractive fees. Tel. 17721999. ; BD180,000/-; commercial flat MOON’S DREAM 1BR BD250/-. Tel. 39459826, FOR SALE PRODUCTIONS. We are 17293553 back with best sound and SALMANIYA 6 rooms villa, 3 HIDD MAHOOZ SANAD Commercial land on Kuwait lighting technicians from the 2BR FLAT near East Riffa bathrooms, kitchen, garage, B land for sale, ,. Band new luxurious sq.ft. land area. Asking price Avenue, ,. sq.ft. Four storey building with Philippians. Professional market with facilities & AC, curtain. BD800/- exclusive. BD per sq. ft.- land area. Asking price BD a land area of sq.m sound/ lighting equipment watchman, BD170/- Tel. Tel. 34355354, 36105377. Ref. RL per sq. ft.- Ref. PL available for sale. The building for rent. We can do any 39461220, 39781987. SAAR, BEAUTIFUL 4BR consists of apartments, Beautiful 3 villas ¤ats with bedrooms, ¤ats event from a small show to COMMERCIAL FLATS in fully furnished villa with JUFFAIR RIFFA VIEWS with bedroom and a luxury a stadium sized one. Tel. compound, excellent East Riffa, 2BR, BD250/-. swimming pool BD1000/- Two bedrooms apartment in Three bedroom townhouse elevator. All apartments have 17813942, 39460009. www. location, good Tel. 35511532 inclusive. Tel. 39668272 a prime location available for in Lagoons. Three bathrooms, modern security systems, sale. Two bathrooms, a living room, kitchen, and a centralized TV system, and a moonstores.net Picture on gdnonline.com Picture on gdnonline.com kitchen, and a living room. neighborhood, 4BR, servant quarters. Asking price fully equipped kitchen and Asking price BD - SAAR 2BR fully furnished BUSINESS CENTER in Seef, , BD ,- Ref. VI bathrooms. Asking price 2 kitchens, majlis, private Ref. AP pool, ample storage & car apartment BD500/- inclusive. offices & warehouses with BD , Negotiable. Instagram: sondos_properties commercial registration starting Ref. RB park available, 24 hours SEEF RIFFA VIEWS Tel. 39775775, 33600775 BD180/-. Tel. 33778788, www. Fully-furnished luxury apartment Semi-furnished bedroom security. ABRAJ AL-LULU BD1,500/- picture on gdnonline.com businesscenterbahrain.com in Era Tower. bedrooms, villa, sqm land area, Fully-furnished two bedrooms, BUDAIYA ROAD, brandnew Picture on gdnonline.com bathrooms with an area of bathrooms, living rooms, two bathrooms apartment For details contact: sqm. The apartment has dining room, kitchens, deluxe 3BR SF apartment & AMWAJ/ ABRAJ AL-LULU available for sale. It includes an direct sea view with all the main maids room, and laundry assigned parking space and all EPM 1BR FF. Tel. 39900091 rent/ sale 1BR to 5BR starting facilities. Gym, swimming pool, room. Landscaped and has For Sale 17290737 / 36601378 the facilities the building picture on gdnonline.com BD450/-. Call 33778788, sauna, jacuzzi, tennis court, and large private pool. Asking offers. Asking price JAW- FF 4BR villa. BD650/- 15 FLATS in Sanabis for www.propertybahrain.net hrs cold store. Asking price price BD ,- Ref. VI BD ,- Ref. AP BD ,- Ref. AP BUYING & SELLING inclusive. Call 39230555 rent. 2BR, 2 bathrooms, Picture on gdnonline.com JUFFAIR office/ household furniture, LABOUR ACCOMMODA- hall, kitchen, gym, semi/ fully ADLIYA 2BHK SF BD360/- A unique fully-furnished bedroom, sofas, fridges, TION in Riffa for 60 people. furnished BD5000/- - BD7500/- . Star Real Estate Tel: RIFFA VIEWS RIFFA duplex apartment, Semi-furnished bedroom Commercial Investment cookers, W/machines, ACs. Call 39230555 Tel. 36512226, 33044948 39886004, 17298214 bedrooms, bathrooms, villa in park, bathrooms, land for sale, land area sq.m built up area, and ARABIAN GULF AUCTION FLATS FOR rent in Riffa: ADLIYA 3BR SF BD450/- NEAR AWAL Cinema 2BHK has a corner plot with ,. sq.ft. Asking price the building has facilities. W.L.L, Tel. 17273736, 1/2/3/4 BR. BD190/-- inclusive. FF 2/3 BR SF BD280/- Star Real Estate beautiful landscaping. Asking BD per sq.ft- Ref. PL Asking price BD ,- 33322278, arabiangulf BD450/- Tel: 17777703 BD400/-- BD500/- Mahooz Tel: 39886004, 17298214 price BD ,- Ref. VI Ref. AP [email protected] SEEF 3BR executive FF FF BD450/- Tel: 38374498 UMMAL HASSAM 2BHK FF RIFFA VIEWS SCHOOL, OFFICE & apartment, very spacious, FOR RENT: 2BR flat in Adliya. BD360/-. Star Real Estate REEF AALI Semi-furnished villa in the Household furniture, sofa all facilities BD650/- Contact: 36044226, 39933704 Tel: 39886004, 17298214 Semi or fully- furnished New luxurious semi -furnished Oasis estate. bedrooms , villa including bedrooms , cum bed, Bunk Bed, lockers. inclusive. Tel. 39984014 SHOP FOR rent at Tubli ADLIYA 3BHK SF BD430/- bedroom apartment, bathrooms , a living room, bathrooms, maids rooms, bathrooms, living rooms, a family sitting room, indoor MANAMA AUCTIONS Tel. 3 STAR Hotel rooms Industrial area behind . Star Real Estate Tel: swimming pool and European kitchen, an sq.m, with a sea and water landscaping. High end 17274067, 17402441. available @ Attractive rates, Mazda showroom, 220sqm, 39886004, 17298214 fountain view. Asking price outdoor kitchen, and a BUYING & SELLING office/ from BD15/-, behind GOSI ground and first floor with two ADLIYA 1BHK SF BD260/- nishing. Asking price private swimming pool. Land BD ,- Ref. AP BD ,- Ref. VI home/ garden furniture, home Hoora, Tel. 33954343, shutter. Tel. +97338342424, . Star Real Estate Tel: area sq.m. Asking price BD ,- Ref. VI laundry, fridge, cookers, W/ 33014458 +97339939345 39886004, 17298214 BUDAIYA REEF machines, tennis table, beds. DURRAT AL BAHRAIN Land directly overlooking A modern fully- furnished Modern fully-furnished GULF AUCTIONS W.L.L. Tel. Budaya road, , sq.ft. bedroom apartment, a living room, and a kitchen. bedrooms, bathrooms villa 17727011, gulfauctions@ land area. Asking price Good furnishing and has a available for sale, with a land gmail.com BD per sq. ft.- nice view. Asking price area of sq.m. Asking price Ref. RL BD ,- Ref. AP BD ,- Ref. VI FOR RENT AMWAJ ADLIYA RIFFA VIEWS Fully-furnished bedrooms, RestaurantCommercial Semi-furnished Property for Sale At last! An easy way to book your classified avertisement. Send your bathrooms villa, . sq.m space available for rent, bedrooms villa in the land area, a maids room and sq.m built up area. lagoons estate. bathrooms, advertisement details by email: classifi[email protected] a living room, a family sitting area, a study room. Asking price Asking price BD , - European kitchen, an outdoor JUFFAIR/ ABRAJ Al-Lulu BD ,- Ref. VI Ref. PL kitchen and landscaping. Its 2BR, FF + all facilities. An online payment link will be provided for confirmed advertisements. overlooking the golf course and Floors: 8th/20th/ 28th. walking distance to the golf club. BUSAITEEN JUFFAIR Asking price BD ,- Ref. VI BD75,000/- BD85,000/- Brand new semi-furnished Fully-furnished apartment in bedrooms apartment, Gardenia Tower. bedrooms JUFFAIR BD100,000/-. Tel: Fully-furnished bedrooms, 34202730 (Owner) Classification bathrooms apartment and bathrooms. Walking sq.m built up area, bathrooms FLATS FOR sale in available for rent. It also distance to Al Osra apartment in Gardenia Tower. The includes a kitchen and a supermarket and other building includes a swimming Busaiteen near KHUH, from Publication Dates sitting area. Inclusive. Asking shops. Asking price BD - pool, gym, steam room, and BD65,000/-. Tel. MODERN price BD - Ref. AP Ref. AP communal area. Asking price OASIS 33290853 BD - Ref. AP RIFFA VIEWS Lagoon, RESTAURANT SPACE for RENT EMERALD REEF ISLAND AMWAJ luxury, furnished 5BR, 6 In West Riffa with a total Luxurious fully-furnished Fully furnished bedroom bathrooms, 2 kitchens, area of sq.m, including bedroom apartment, independent villa for rent in ofces, kitchen, toilets, bathrooms, and an open Amwaj ¡Marina. The villa includes landscaping, BD400,000/- a living and a dining area, kitchen, Tel. 38413522, 34518404. storage space, and plan kitchen. Asking price bedrooms, £ bathrooms, and mezzanine. Asking price BD - Exclusive. the master bedroom has a balcony BD ,- Ref. CB Ref. AP with a beautiful view of the island. The villa also has a small and Extra words can be given on an attached sheet. EAST RIFFA JANABIYA relaxing patio at the back that overlooks the sea. Asking price The following details are not for publication. Brand new residential Perfect villa for a Kids Nursery. BD ,- Ref. AP building for rent, consisting Bungalow villa with a huge NAME TEL. of semi-furnished land area. Two main entrances RIFFA VIEWS bedroom apartments. Semi-furnished villa in the Oasis and extra land for additional estate. bedrooms , Asking price BD , for usage if needed. Asking price ADDRESS the whole building bathrooms , a living room, a Property for Rent BD ,- Ref. CV family sitting room, indoor Exclusive. Ref. RB European kitchen, an outdoor CPR NO. kitchen, and a private swimming BARBAR MEENA AMWAJ pool. Land area sq.m. Asking JUFFAIR 4BR furnished A stunning newly refurbished Fully-furnished bedroom, price BD ,- Ref. VI villa, living/ dining, private compound, four bedrooms bathroom apartment. JUFFAIR pool, carpark, maid’s villa available for rent. Facilities Built up area sq.m, Fully-furnished bedrooms, room, BD1100/-. DELMON include children play ground, a storage space, sq.m bathrooms apartment for rent. ESTATE Tel: 36406688 Lisa. common gym, and a large balcony that overlooks the The building is equipped with swimming pool. Starting price Lagoon and greenery. hour Security, private car park, BUSAITEEN NEAR KHUH, swimming pool, gym, and a 2/3BR FF flats, BD400/- BD -- Exclusive Asking price BD - party hall. Asking price BD - Ref.VI Exclusive. Ref. AP onwards. Tel: MODERN Ref. AP OASIS 33290853 E.RIFFA, BUKUWARA FF Sunday to Thursday 8.00am – 6.00pm. Saturday 8.00am – 2.00pm For more information contact: T: + 2BR BD350/-; 3BR BD380/-, 3 E: adminstarrealestate.bh W: www.starrealestate.bh starrealestate flats. Sale/ Rent. Tel. 39662408. 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MIC PEST CONTROL. 1. REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY Cleaning/ Pest control. 2. Security cum Gardener WANTED Female Cleaners available. with good knowledge (FOR KUWAIT) Tel. 39425995, 33390539. in English. Send CV to: AC Technicians HIRE REMOVAL SERVICES jobsinbahrain2016@gmail. can be used to pay Household/ office furniture com WITH EXPERIENCE OF AL NOOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL packing, moving & general URGENTLY NEEDED MINIMUM 3 YEARS. for P.O. Box 85, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain cleaning. ELITE PALACE experienced Maintenance Classiﬁed Advertising For Hire Note: All candidates must REQUIRES Tel. 39728060, 17693660 Supervisor with driving have relevant experience in Tel: license for Car Rental air conditioning maintenance. CRANES AND trailers for Company Email CV to 17293131/17299110 TEACHERS Email:candidates_2011 hire, other machinery also [email protected] or It’s quick and easy FOR ALL SUBJECTS available. Hasan Mansouri, Fax 17311788, @yahoo.com Tel: 17728144, 39300531 URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR APRIL & SEPTEMBER 2016 Category A Interior Designer Interested applicants may send their CVs with latest and Structural Engineer passport size photograph to: with 15 years experience. [email protected] or Fax: 17735650 Situations Vacant Email: hrmanager24@ yahoo.com CLEANING STAFF required for a Cleaning Company. Sponsorship available. Satellite Contact: 34010732. SKYCOM is a multifaceted DREAMBOX SKY, X company with services compatible HD wireless, extended beyond the Fixing, Repairing satellites, traditional courier services is Airtel dish + decoder + 1 seeking to recruit a Female month BD90/-. Tel. 33166445 Customer Service Executive. Must transfer sponsorship BAHRAIN EXPERIENCED immediately. Please send CV Sales Executive required details to email: moideen@ with valid driving license skycomex.com for marketing Paper WAITER/ WAITRESS, Products & Detergents for Cashier, Bartender required. a reputed ISO Certified Walk in interview, 09am- Company. Must be familiar 12pm & 2pm-4pm at Services with computer and English Mansouri Mansions Hotel, speaking. Send detailed CV Adliya, Ms. Susan 17716999 ALWARDI MARBLE to [email protected] COOKS & CHEFS- Restoration: carpet/ sofa/ ELECTRICAL FOREMAN Continental cuisine. Walk curtain steam shampooing required for a reputed in interview, 09am-12pm specialist, tile/ marble company with EDD License & 2pm-4pm at Mansouri polishing, maintenance, and driving license, Mansions Hotel, Adliya, Ms. waterproofing. Tel. 38022754 having more than 5 years Susan, 17716999 AC SERVICES (all types), experience (after issuing HEAD CHEF for Mansouri SENIOR INTERNAL Auditor washing machine, dryer, fridge, license). Candidates Mansions Hotel, Adliya. needed for Exchange cooker, etc. Tel. 34010732 can send their CV to: Walk in interview, Ms. Company, Certified Bachelor’s BAHRAIN PEST CONTROL. [email protected] Susan, 17716999 from Degree in Accounting/ The Bugsluggers! Your pests NEW 4-STAR deluxe 09am-12pm & 2pm-4pm. Auditing, 5 years experience deserve the best. Simon hotel urgently requires the PURCHASER, CAREER as Senior Internal Auditor, Barton. Tel. 17713408. following experienced staffs opportunity. Must have excellent quality English & HOME CARE Cleaning/ with minimum experience of proven track record. Send Arabic. To Apply send you CV Maintenance Services: 3 years. (1) Front Office (2) resume with references to to [email protected] plumbing, electrical jobs, Housekeeping (3) Food & Karim Mansouri, Mansouri STAFF REQUIRED urgently AC service, general repair. beverage service & production Mansions Hotel, P.O. Box for Food Distribution Tel. 17562400, 36994899 (4) Maintenance (5) Security 5185, Bahrain Company. 1. Sales Manager. MRC PEST CONTROL (6) Drivers (7) Cashiers. MANAGER FOR garage, 2. Heavy Vehicle Driver. destroys all pests. NPCA Interested candidates kindly career opportunity, with 3. Sales Executives(3). 4. member, International email CV along with PP minimum 5 years experience. Van Sales (3) (with driving standard. Tel. 17827128 copy & PP size photo to Apply to Karim Mansouri, P.O. license). Salary + incentive + BASMA CLEANING [email protected]. Box 5185, Manama, Bahrain commission. Send your CV to specialising in sofas, carpets, FOREMAN REQUIRED MANAGER FOR carpentry [email protected] or rugs. Tel. 17729172 with Bahraini driving license workshop. Career Fax: 77174444. ALTAWFEEK CLEANING. to coordinate interior opportunity. Must have REPUTED BAHRAINI Carpet, Upholstery projects. Email: m.mousa@ proven track record. Send family urgently requires the shampooing, Floor alyousif.net. Tel: 66388077 resume and references following (1) House Cook Cleaning, Removals, A FAMILY in Riffa requires to Karim Mansouri, M&I (2) House Driver (minimum Emptying Septic Tanks, a professional Driver. Tel: Construction, P.O. Box 3- 5 years experience) (3) Drainage Block Clearing, 36105090 5185, Manama Bahrain Housemaid (Filipino/ Indian) High Pressure Jetting, Skip/ REQUIRED AN Indian EXECUTIVE SECRETARY (4) Nursemaid (Filipino/ Trash Disposal Services. Driver (light vehicle) and for carpentry workshop. Indian). Sponsorship & Tel. Toll-free: 80001130. Motorcycle Delivery boys Career opportunity. Send Accommodation will be ALTAWFEEK REMOVALS: for a first class restaurant resume to Karim Mansouri, provided. Experienced Household, Office furniture. in Riffa. Send your CV M&I Construction, P.O. Box & Interested candidates Free quotations. Experienced, with contact number to: 5185, Manama, Bahrain should send CV to fax professional packers Tel. Toll- rotanacafebahrain@gmail. SITE ENGINEER. To 17210220 or email philip@ free: 80001130. com or call 33128317 complete final fit out of a almoayyed.com.bh JOZ CLEANING & REQUIRED new property, full time or part REQUIRED MAINTENANCE. General PROFESSIONAL Outdoor time, send resume to Karim CONTINENTAL/ Italian cleaning, glass cleaning, Sales Executive with driving Mansouri, Hasan Mansouri Cook for residential carpet shampooing and license and five years Properties, P.O. Box 5185, Managers & Housekeeper. marble polishing. Tel. experience. Apply: info@ Manama, Bahrain Should have good 17223423, 39680909. koohejibuildingcare.com FRONT OFFICE Manager experience. Send CV to VERMINEX Pest WANTED CANAPÉS and for Mansouri Mansions [email protected] Control Professionals Mini Sandwich Maker. Please Hotel, send CV to Karim ADVERTISING COMPANY in Bahrain for 35 years- send your CV to: amd. Mansouri, P.O. Box 5185, requires Sales Executive with the safest, government [email protected] Manama, Bahrain driving license & Designer approved products used. EXPERIENCED COOK FRONT OFFICE Manager cum Printing machine Tel. 17280188 www. required for a reputed house. for The Country Club, send Operator with minimum 3 verminexbahrain.com Should have knowledge in CV to Karim Mansouri, P.O. years experience. Email: AL MEHZA CLEANING continental/ intercontinental/ Box 5185, Manama, Bahrain [email protected]. & Pest Control, Carpet Arabic cuisine & sweets. Very RESTAURANT MANAGER Contact: 66336542 Shampooing, Sofa, attractive salary. Sponsorship for The Country Club, send URGENTLY REQUIRED Cleaning, Marble Polishing & Accommodation available. CV to Karim Mansouri, Gardener experienced in Tel. 39697995, 39239098. Call 39667111, 39588868, P.O. Box 5185, Manama, Gardening. Kindly contact PERFECT CLEANING, 39671420 Bahrain 39552186 carpet/ sofa/ curtain REQUIRED BAHRAINI FITNESS TRAINER for CHINESE CUISINE Cook shampooing specialist, tile/ Driver with heavy driving 24HRS Fitness at Mansouri required for restaurant, marble polishing, maintenance, license. Email CV: HR@ Mansions Hotel, send CV to Expat only need to apply. painting, waterproofing. Tel. bahrain.sevenseasgroup. Karim Mansouri, P.O. Box Visa provided. Call 33717930, 39622171 com or Fax: 17592293 5185 33970433 26 Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015 Classified PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL SALES & MARKETING URGENTLY REQUIRED EXPERIENCED MALE Therapy Center is looking Executive required urgently for Junior Marketing Receptionist, fluent in for Experienced Certified Real Estate Company. Salary Representative & Marketing Arabic & English for Therapists. Please email + commission. Call 36362331 Executive for outdoor Marketing Hotel Apartments. Email: [email protected] URGENTLY NEEDED in a Manpower company. reception.employee@ A LEADING Construction Restaurant Manager, Arabic Sponsorship & Accommodation gmail.com Company in Bahrain urgently Chef, Hostess (Arabic provided. Send CV to REQUIRED WAITRESSES. requires Skilled Labourers, Speaking), Waiter/ Waitress, [email protected] or call on Filipino with experience and Mason, Carpenter & Male Hairdresser (haircut, shave, 39458756 (Vijay) good English preferred. Steel Fixer. Local transfer facial, manicure/ pedicure), Male FAMOUS BEAUTY Centre Good salary + allowances. available. Please send Massage Therapist, Female in Qatar and Bahrain Tel. 33347888, email: your details CV to info@ Graphic Designer, Female looking for Hairdresser, [email protected] almoayyedconstruction.com Photographer/ Videographer/ Nail Technician and Gym or Fax 17622125 Video Editor. Email CV at Instructress with 5 years CONTRACTING [email protected] experience. WhatsApp COMPANY requires: (1) REQUIRED URGENTLY only +974-55856677 or call Store Keeper/ Clerk (5am- HV and LV Cable Jointers 35392074 5pm). (2) Light Driver with holding Bahrain Electricity REQUIRED EXPERIENCED valid driving license. Email: Directorate Cable Jointer Electrician, Fabricator, [email protected] License. Send CV along Welder, Electrician cum EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC with License copy to: Plumber. Contact 39611251, Notice Cook required for a business- [email protected] 39971817, 66365574 oriented family. Knowledge of Arabic/ Continental cooking. Should be able to understand English. Sponsorship available. Send CV to [email protected] or fax to 17295328 HOUSE DRIVER required full-time with 5 years experience. Salary BD160/- Tel. 35634914 SALESMAN URGENTLY required to supply fresh food. Must have 2 years’ experience and driving license. Must read and write English. Age 26 to 40 years old. With attractive salary. Email: hsh-bh@batelco. com.bh, Tel: 17879277. SALES SUPERVISOR required. Must have 4 years’ experience in food supply. Age 30 to 40 years old. Diploma holder. Attractive salary. Email: [email protected], Tel: 17879277. URGENTLY REQUIRED. Apartment in-charge, Female Accountant, Housekeeper, Waiter, Security. Send CV to [email protected]. Mobile No: 33847156 NEEDED EVENTS Coordinator (Sales, Marketing, Office). Male, Age 35-45. Minimum 5 year experience. Salary: BD300/- Email: safariconferencesbh@ gmail.com PERSONAL DRIVER (full- time & English speaking) required for an Executive. Should be able to drive in Bahrain and to KSA 3- 4 times a week. Sponsorship and accommodation provided. Email CV to abuznabk@ gmail.com or call 39535678 DRIVER WITH valid GCC driving license, apply: info@ arabco.me Tel: 17732251 REQUIRED PUMP If you want to Salesman (Engineer) for domestic and engineered pumps. 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n Penguins’ Matt Cullen, left, celebrates his goal with team- winless streak mate Brian Dumoulin LOS ANGELES: The Philadelphia 76ers’ historic and agonizing losing streak Penguins get finally ended Tuesday as Kobe Bryant suffered more defeat with the Los Angeles Lakers in his elusive win first road match since announcing his plans to retire. One more defeat for the Sixers on in San Jose Tuesday – 0-18 heading into the game – would have given them sole possession SAN JOSE, California: of the record for the worst start to a sea- Evgeni Malkin had a son in NBA history. goal and two assists They had already set a record for the and Phil Kessel scored twice longest losing streak in the history of the to help the Pittsburgh Pen- NBA, with 28 defeats stretching over guins get their first win in San last season and the current campaign. Jose in more than 18 years, 5-1 But a 23-point haul from forward over the Sharks on Tuesday. Robert Covington laid the foundation David Perron added a goal for a deserved 103-91 Sixers victory as and an assist and Matt Cullen Bryant and the Lakers tumbled to 2-15, also scored for the Penguins, the worst record in the Western Confer- who had lost 10 straight at the ence. Shark Tank. Pittsburgh had Jerami Grant and Nerlens Noel add- gone winless in 12 games here ed 14 points apiece while rookie Jahlil since beating San Jose 5-2 on Okafor was one of three Philadelphia Oct. 22, 1997, garnering only players to finish with 12 points. one tie during the skid. “I’m pleased for the city,” Sixers Patrick Marleau scored for coach Brett Brown said. “We don’t want the Sharks, who have lost two the streak continuing. .... Obviously, this of three at home following a is a relief on many levels.” perfect six-game road trip. Bryant meanwhile was the top scorer Martin Jones made 24 saves. for the Lakers, producing 20 points, two In Los Angeles, Anze Ko- assists and five rebounds. pitar scored off a pass from Bryant’s haul also featured four Jeff Carter 2:02 into overtime three-pointers. But the 37-year-old’s ef- as the Kings rallied for a 2-1 fort was in vain, and his final numbers victory over the Vancouver were just 7-for-26 from the floor. Canucks. “God knows I can’t sustain that level Drew Doughty scored the of energy for 48 minutes like I used to,” n Lakers forward Bryant moves between Philadelphia forward Nerlens Noel (4) and guard Nik Stauskas (11) for a score tying power-play goal early in Bryant said. the third period for the first- On Sunday, Bryant triggered an out- was introduced. beleaguered coach Randy Wittman. problems tonight.” place Kings, who won for the pouring of tributes after confirming that Bryant’s coach from school basketball It was the Cavs’ first home defeat of Wittman’s position had been called sixth time in nine games. Los his glittering 20-year career in the NBA was also on hand to present a framed jer- the season following a 9-0 start to the into question after a dismal start to the Angeles won its fourth straight would end at the end of this season. sey from his prep years. campaign at the Quicken Loans Arena. season for the Wizards, who reached home game on a beautiful fin- But it promises to be a long goodbye “I’m not the most emotional person,” James scored 24 points and grabbed the second round of the playoffs last ish by Kopitar, who scored his for the veteran superstar in every sense, Bryant said. “I try not to be. But that got 13 rebounds for Cleveland but commit- year. eighth goal of the season. with the Lakers inexperienced roster a to me.” ted nine turnovers, part of an overall tal- The hero for Wittman was Wall, who pale imitation of the five NBA champi- Elsewhere Tuesday, the Washington ly of 19, just short of their season-high became the first Wizards player to bag a Outshot onship-winning teams Bryant played on Wizards stunned LeBron James and the 21 set in a double-overtime loss. 30-point game this season. Jonathan Quick made 15 during the previous decade. Cleveland Cavaliers with a 97-85 upset “They beat us from beginning to end,” At one point the Wizards surged 22 saves for the Kings, who out- Yet none of that mattered in Philadel- in Ohio. James said. “They beat us in every facet points clear in the third quarter before shot the Canucks 18-1 in the phia. The home fans gave him a stand- John Wall led the way with 35 points, of the game, right from the beginning. Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova third period and overtime. ing ovation as he took to the court for 10 assists and four rebounds as the Wiz- Their pace, their speed, their ability to scored 10 points in the third to reduce Calgary’s Sean Monahan the warm-up and again when his name ards improved to 7-8, easing pressure on get the ball up the floor really caused us the deficit. had the clinching goal in the shootout and had two assists in regulation to helping the Flames beat the Dallas Stars 4-3. Monahan’s shootout goal Red Sox agree to $217m deal with Price was the last of three on Antti Niemi, with Joe Colborne and BOSTON: The Boston who spent last season with the after making that trade and has Johnny Gaudreau also finding Red Sox have agreed Dodgers. since joined Boston as their the net. to a record seven-year, It has been a hectic couple of president of baseball opera- Gaudreau, Mikael Back- $217-million contract with left- seasons for Price. tions. lund and Dougie Hamilton handed pitcher David Price, Price was dealt by Tampa One cloud over Price has scored in regulation for Cal- one of the top starting pitchers Bay to the Tigers at the 2014 been his postseason record. gary, which kicked off a five- available in the free agent trade deadline and spent one Despite all his regular sea- game homestand with its fifth market, The Boston Globe calendar year with Detroit, go- son success, he is 2-7 with a win in a row at the Scotiabank reported on Tuesday. ing 13-8 with a 2.90 ERA be- 5.12 ERA in 14 career playoff Saddledome. Price went 18-5 with a 2.45 fore the club fell out of conten- games. Jason Spezza, Cody Eakin earned run average in 32 starts tion and sent him to Toronto for Price has good memories and Mattias Janmark scored for the Detroit Tigers and To- three prospects at last season’s of pitching at Boston’s Fen- for the Stars, who are tied ronto Blue Jays last season. deadline. way Park, going 6-1 with a with Montreal for the most The 30-year-old Price, who The hard-throwing lefty 1.95 ERA in 11 career starts points in the NHL. won the Cy Young Award win- went on to play a big role in there. The Minnesota Wild edged ner as the top pitcher in the propelling the Blue Jays to The signing is the second the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 American League in 2012 with their first playoff berth since major move this offseason by after defenceman Ryan Suter the Tampa Bay Rays, is 104-56 1993. Price was 9-1 with a Boston to bolster a pitching drove to the net and poked in with a 3.09 ERA over eight sea- 2.30 ERA in 11 starts as To- staff that combined for a 4.39 a rebound with 7:56 left in the sons and has been named to five n Price ... record deal ronto charged to the American ERA last season, third highest third period, while Filip Fors- All-Star teams. League East title. in the American League. berg had two goals and an The deal would be the larg- $215-million extension with Price was considered the Former Detroit president and Last month, the Red Sox assist for the Nashville Preda- est ever for a pitcher, narrow- the Los Angeles Dodgers in top pitching target this offsea- general manager Dave Dom- traded four prospects to San Di- tors in a 5-2 win over the Ari- ly topping Clayton Kershaw’s 2014. son along with Zack Greinke, browski was fired five days ego for closer Craig Kimbrel. zona Coyotes. 28 Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015 BAHRAIN SPORT Email: [email protected]

n Batelco race to Endurance victory BATELCO Bahrain won the first round of Bahrain SWS Endurance Championship Three Hours at Bahrain International Karting Circuit (BIKC). Twenty one teams from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Oman took part in the race. Batelco Racing completed 136 laps on the 1,414m long circuit driving the BIKC’s Sodi RT8 13HP 390cc karts. BRM Racing finished second, also completing 136 laps, n The Bahrain Disabled Sports Association (BDSA) organised a basketball festival under the patronage of BDSA president Shaikh Mohammed bin Daej Al Khalifa. while BBK Racing were third, Four teams representing Bahrain national disabled basketball team and other players from Saudi Arabia took part in the event. Al Zayani Motors Club claimed rst also with 136 laps. Rainbows 4 Kids, ABC Pro-Ice place while Coil-Tech nished second. Shaikh Mohammed and other guests honoured the winners. Racing, Mahla EKT, NU- Square, Blazing Raptors 1, LM Racing and Motorsport Solutions completed the top 10 in that order. The championship was organised by BIKC in co- operation with Bahrain Karting Club, which falls under the Bahrain Motor Federation. The championship is made up of three rounds, with the second round set for January Bahrain gears up 30, 2016 and the third on March 11 and 12, 2016, when the endurance race will be 24 hours. For more information or to take part in the championship, please call +973 17451745. n Night Open Track set BAHRAIN International Circuit will today host a Night Open Track for cars and motorbikes. for Ironman 70.3 Participants will be able By MAZIN RIZK has announced the traffic plans to use their own cars and IRONMAN 70.3 Middle East for the event. motorbikes on the circuit’s world-class Formula One Championship will be flagged There will be two types of racetrack from 4pm to 11pm, off in Bahrain on Saturday at shuttle services during the course paying in advance BD90 for 7am with around 1,200 ath- of the event. Bikes will be only an entire day, BD65 for half letes taking part. allowed on private buses and not a day and BD30 for a single Though registration of teams on red buses. The triathletes will lap. have closed, individuals can still be given vouchers for red busses On the day, costs are BD105 register today and tomorrow with with their racing kits. for a full day, BD75 for half an entrance fee of $400 in addi- The top ten Bahraini finishers day and BD40 for a single lap. tion to a ‘6% active fee’. of the race will be awarded a For booking and further The swim, run and bike three-month free membership to information, call +973 courses have been carefully Fitness First gym in Bahrain. 17450000or visit www. designed to bring locals and Intouch Clinic will not only bahraingp.com. guests closer than ever to Mid- be taking part in the event but dle East history. also provide medical assistance. n National Guards win The swim course takes place at Triathletes can also book an ap- BAHRAIN National Guards Prince Khalifa Park in Hidd and pointment for post race recovery defeated Punjab CC by 76 will consist of 1.9kms. at the clinic. runs in the Collage Corporate The bike section follows, Eighty-five-year-old American League, organised by Cricket covering some of the popular triathlete Lew Hollander, known Bahrain Association. landmarks in Bahrain such as Al as ‘Ironman’s Ironman’ will be Batting first, Bahrain National Fateh Mosque, Bahrain Museum, the oldest participant. Guards posted 226 runs with Bahrain Bay, Four Seasons Ho- Ironman 70.3 Middle East Ali Raza the top scorer with tel, Bahrain World Trade Centre n Championship is the first of its 106 runs. and Bahrain Financial Harbour. Bahrain’s Endurance Team’s Daniela Ryf winning an event earlier this year kind to be held in the region and In reply, Punjab CC could only The bike route goes into the desert International Circuit (BIC). Park and back to BIC. will offer 40 qualifying spots for 2016 manage 130 runs. Asif claimed and passes through Oil Museum and Participants will then embark on the The official page for Ironman 70.3 Ironman 70.3 World Championship in two wickets for Bahrain Oil Well No. 1 before reaching Bahrain run from the BIC to Al Areen Wildlife Middle East Championship on Facebook Australia. National Guards. Public Security Yellow defeated GNT Lankan Warriors Maroon by 115 runs. Batting first, Public Security Al Dair Club claim Yellow posted 189 runs. Anil Kumar top scored with 51 while Mubashir Khan made 48. In reply, GNT Lankan Warriors Maroon were all out for 73. weightlifting title Danube Homes defeated Hajweri by 13 runs. Batting first, Danube Homes AL Dair Club finished first in Sharif from Al Najma Club made 173 runs. Shahid top the National Day Weightlifting second and Maryam Moham- scored with 77 runs. Championship at Dilmun Cross med Sharif from Budaiya Club In reply, Hajweri could only Fit Gym. third. manage 160. Imran top scored Al Dair Club scored 100 and In the individual women’s with 70 while Mohammed were followed in second place senior category, Lynn Jane Rafi claimed three wickets for by Cross Fit Al Seef Club with from Cross Fit Al Seef Club Danube Homes. 77 points. was first, Sara Hamad Ateeq Bahrain Talents Discovery from Budaiya Club second and n Marina take on Kerala Programme finished third with Karina from Cross Fit Al Seef MARINA FC take on Kerala 75 points, Riffa Club fourth Club third. United at 8.15am tomorrow with 75 points, Al Najma Club In the men’s category, Ahmed in the 11-a-side Young Goans fifth with 52 points, Budaiya Yousif Zayed from Bahrain n Shaikh Abdulla presents trophies to Al Sherawi and Jane, right Football League at Al Ahli Ground in Zinj. Club sixth with 48 points and Talents Discovery Programme In other matches, Al Kerlawi Dilmun Cross Fit Club seventh team was first, Hussain Ali Ab- Najem Mubarak from Riffa from Al Dair was first, Salman Bodybuilding and Fitness FC face Kanyakumari FC at with 23 points. dulla second and Ibrahim Fad- Club second and Ahmed Yousif Ahmed Al Kindi from Al Dair (AFBF) chairman and Bahrain 9.15am; Salcete United clash In the individual women’s hel Al Aradi third. Al Mesaifer from Riffa Club Club second and Abdulla Ya- Weightlifting and Bodybuild- with Saligao at 10.15am; junior category, Zahra Hassan In the boys juniors category, third. hya Al Majdami from Al Dair ing Federation (BWBF) presi- Canocona take on Yuva Abdulla from Al Najma Club Hamad Khalid Ayyash from In the boys youth catego- third. dent Shaikh Abdulla bin Rashid Kerala at 1pm and YGC was first, Latifa Mohammed Riffa Club was first, Hamad ry, Yousif Khalid Al Sherawi The Asian Federation of Al Khalifa presented the prizes. meet Showstoppers at 2pm. Email: [email protected] SPORT Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015 29 McLaren plan ‘giant step’

LONDON: McLaren are planning a think about growth,” he said at last weekend’s “giant step” forward as a company that will Abu Dhabi season-ender in response to a give their Formula One team more muscle to question about shareholdings and whether he take on mighty Mercedes and Ferrari, group had acquired part of a stake owned by Bah- head Ron Dennis said after a dismal 2015 rain’s Mumtalakat state holding company. season on the track. “Whilst I completely understand the inter- The sport’s second most successful team est in who owns what, the actual process we finished ninth out of 10 this year, their worst are going through at the moment is how can ever performance and first season of a new we be bigger, stronger? partnership with Honda. The former champions last won a race in 2012. Resources Without a title sponsor, McLaren have seen “How can we start to build our organisation some prominent partners depart to rivals to match the sort of resources that some of the and will lose out on tens of millions of dollars other players have?” in revenues due to their lowly placing in the McLaren changed their name last year to n A movement analysis course using computer programme ‘Dart sh’ is due to conclude today. championship. McLaren Technology Group, incorporating Twenty eight coaches from various sports clubs and federations are taking part in the course be- Dennis said however that the group as a the car company and applied technologies ing organised by Sports Training and Development Centre under the umbrella of Bahrain Olympic whole was doing well, with equity value of as well as the F1 team. The F1 side now Committee at its premises in Juffair. The course is being conducted by Dart sh expert and inter- more than one-billion pounds ($1.51-billion). represents between 34 and 38 percent of the national instructor Mahmood Fakhro and Tunisian instructor Ayman Al Shaikh. “Our objective as shareholders is always to business. “We are strong, very strong, financially,” said Dennis. He said reinvestment of profits was one way to achieve growth but McLaren were looking at a “completely different” approach. “That’s been focusing my mind for four months at least and has been the primary Mercedes keen to reason why you haven’t seen me at the Grands Prix,” he explained. “As and when we get there, if we get there, to where I think will allow us to take a giant step for McLaren, we will share it with the media.” Dennis said he remained ‘very robust’ on the rate card solveLONDON: The drivers rowwith the general consensus, for sponsors, even if the envi- difficult relationship between spirit and philosophy within ronment was challenging and Lewis Hamilton and Nico the team, we might consider some sought to exploit the Rosberg has become a that when we take a decision, track performance to their weakness for Formula One in terms of the driver line-up advantage. champions Mercedes and going forward.” “The worst thing you can it could affect future driver Hamilton has three more do is get into a situation decisions, team boss Toto years while Rosberg is signed where you drop your rate Wolff warned yesterday. to the end of 2016 with a team card. And then everything “We struggle sometimes in that this year won 16 of 19 races spins out of control,” he said. winning races on Sunday and and enjoyed a record 12 one-two He was adamant that having always one (driver) up- finishes. drivers Fernando Alonso and set,” the Mercedes motorsport While Hamilton has spoken of Jenson Button, champions head told motorsport.com. seeing out his career with Mer- both, would not be languish- “And this spills over into the cedes, Rosberg’s position would ing at the back of the grid in team. It is something that needs be weakened anyway if he fin- 2016. to stop.” ished second again next year. “We know where we are Hamilton and Rosberg have and we have quite a lot of been rivals since their early Behaviour confidence in where we will teens as team mates in karting Wolff indicated the drivers’ be at the beginning of next but the once-warm relationship behaviour off the track was also season,” he declared. has been stretched to breaking important. “We just have to dig deep, point at dominant Mercedes. “I think it is important to have take the criticism and work The Briton and German were talented and fast drivers in the that bit harder but it most barely on speaking terms at car. But we want to work with definitely is going in the right times last season and entered an- nice guys,” he said. direction. other frosty phase this year after “We are having huge unity “I know where the Hamilton clinched his second n Mercedes’s driver Hamilton, right, listens to head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsports Wolff, left, within the team, but the diffi- motorhome will be, but I title in a row and third overall in after a Press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday cult relationship of the drivers don’t think the cars will be Texas in October. “We took the decision of having “Going forward, we will consider if is one of our weaknesses. And that is matching that position,” Rosberg ended the season in Abu two evenly matched drivers in order to it is the best set-up for the team. Per- not good.” added Dennis, referring to Dhabi on Sunday with his third suc- make the team progress faster and bet- sonality and character within the team “The biggest weakness is the dy- the teams paddock hospitali- cessive win and sixth pole position in a ter,” said Wolff of the decision to pair is a crucial ingredient for the team suc- namic of the relationship between the ty units that are arranged in row, a run that soured Hamilton’s mood Hamilton, who joined from McLaren in cess. drivers - and sometimes between the order of the previous year’s and left him questioning the strategy. 2013, and Rosberg. “If we feel that it is not aligned drivers and the team.” ranking. Coe refuses to apologise in doping row

LONDON: World athletics president “I’m sorry this has mutated into shorthand appeared to be implicated during a previous Sebastian Coe yesterday refused to for an attack on the media. It was never that. I British parliamentary committee hearing. apologise for describing allegations of will die in a ditch for the right of media groups Prior to becoming IAAF vice-president in blood doping in his embattled sport as to challenge me, question my motives and call 2007, Coe was appointed as the first ethics a “declaration of war”. my sport to task. commission chairman for world football’s Coe, president of the International Associ- “But the issue I took exception to was the governing body FIFA, an organisation cur- ation of Athletics Federations (IAAF), made very selective use of data that could not pos- rently mired in corruption allegations of its the remark in August after the Sunday Times sibly be used in and of itself to prove positive own. and German broadcaster ARD claimed to tests,” he said. He therefore has links to two of the biggest have unearthed evidence of hundreds of sus- scandals in modern sport, but he was bullish picious blood samples. Regretted when he was asked why people should be- An independent commission of the World However, when asked if he regretted his lieve that he is the right person to clean up Anti-doping Agency (WADA) subsequently exact choice of words, he said: “I stick by the athletics. published evidence of state-supported doping sentiments. I probably might have chosen dif- “Because I have the experience to do that. I by Russian athletes and a second WADA re- ferent language.” have the support of the sport to do that,” said port is looking into allegations the IAAF cov- Coe cited women’s marathon world re- Coe, who was appointed IAAF president in ered up positive tests. cord-holder Paula Radcliffe as a “very good August. But asked if he regretted what he had said, example” of someone who had been unfairly “Have there been failures? Yes. Will we fix Coe told the British parliament’s Culture, Me- caught up in accusations of doping. them? Absolutely. I’m absolutely focused on dia and Sport committee at a hearing in Lon- The IAAF said last week that Radcliffe doing that. If we don’t do that, there are no don: “I don’t step back from that. was “entirely innocent” of doping, after she tomorrows for my sport.” n Coe arrives at the Houses of Parliament in London yesterday 30 Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015 WORLD SPORT Email: [email protected]

Neville appointed Valencia coach n Cahill extends MADRID: Former England and La Liga defeat at Sevilla left the ambi- experience as part of the England nation- La Liga, Hodg- Manchester United defender Gary tious Singapore-owned club languishing al team and a brilliant career as a player son has backed Chelsea contract Neville is the new boss of Valencia in mid-table. for Manchester United and England.” him to succeed LONDON: England international – his first managerial post. Neville has worked as a media pundit Neville, whose brother, Phil, worked and says he will Gary Cahill has signed a new Neville, who is also part of Roy and been a member of England manager as a coach under Nuno, said he is look- continue to work four-year contract with Chelsea, Hodgson’s England coaching team, was Roy Hodgson’s coaching staff since re- ing forward to taking over. with England. the Premier League champions named first-team coach at the Mestalla – tiring as a player in 2011. “I am proud to have received a great “It’s the right announced yesterday. The deal will where his brother, Phil, is a coach – for He will take over the running of the opportunity with Valencia,” he told the moment in time keep the 29-year-old defender at the rest of the season in a surprise an- Valencia first team next Sunday ahead of website. for him and I’m n Neville Stamford Bridge until 2019. “I’m really pleased to commit my nouncement by the club yesterday. their Champions League game against “It is a massive club with prestige 100 per cent be- future to Chelsea and it’s great “Valencia Football Club has reached Olympique Lyon a week today. which I remember well from my time as hind his decision,” Hodgson said. the club has put their faith in me,” an agreement with England coach Gary “We are delighted to have been able to a player. “As far as as I’m concerned this will be Cahill told the club website. Neville to be the coach of the first team bring in Gary so quickly,” said Valencia “I am looking forward to starting to an extra string to his bow and the experi- Cahill, who joined Chelsea until June 30, 2016,” the club said. president Lay Hoon Chan on the club work with a group of talented footbal- ence he will gain working in the Spanish from Bolton in 2012, won the Nuno Espirito Santo stepped down website. lers. It is an exciting challenge.” league can only be beneficial to our work Champions League and FA Cup in ‘by mutual consent’ after Sunday’s 1-0 “He is somebody who has technical Despite Neville’s limited knowledge of together with the England team.” his first season with the Blues. He was also part of the Chelsea squad that won the Europa League in 2013 before adding the League Cup and Premier League titles to his collection last season. n Ribery returns to training BERLIN: French winger Franck Ribery admitted he was delighted to be back in team training at Bayern Munich for the first time yesterday after Barca smash six eight months out with injury. “It’s a super day for me and very emotional,” said Ribery after 264 days out with the persistent ankle injury he suffered on March 11. The 32-year-old hopes to make his comeback on December in a league game at Bavarian neighbours Ingolstadt, but this Saturday’s key clash against fourth-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach is definitely too soon. Ribery last wore the famous red past Villanovense shirt in Bayern’s 7-1 drubbing of Shakhtar Donetsk in the BARCELONA: Sandro Champions League in March when Ramirez scored a hat-trick he came off with an inflamed ankle. as Barcelona swept aside The injury only started to improve in October when he returned to third-tier Villanovense 6-1 individual training and even used last night to book their place in the a special anti-gravity running last 16 of the Copa del Rey. machine, the type developed by Barca boss Luis Enrique left Lionel NASA to train astronauts, during Messi out of his 16-man squad, whilst his rehabilitation. Neymar and Luis Suarez remained on n the bench as Barca’s mix of youngsters Thai referee banned and veterans proved way too strong for BANGKOK: A Thai referee, who Villanovense after they had held out was attacked by angry fans of a bravely for a 0-0 draw in the first leg local third division club following a defeat, has been banned for six five weeks ago. months for his poor performance Dani Alves’s dipping long range effort during the fixture. which took Villanovense ‘keeper Jose Referee Pichit Thongchanmoon Antonio Fuentes by surprise opened the was set upon by supporters of floodgates after just four minutes. promotion-chasing Satun United Ramirez then ended his 12-month following their 1-0 home loss to wait for a goal with the Barca senior side Khon Kaen United on Nov. 22, as he slammed into the roof of the net with fans believing the match officials were biased. after capitalising on a fluffed clearance Satun were given a three-year ban last by Fuentes. week for the incident but the Football Juanfran gave the visitors a moment Association of Thailand’s referees’ to savour just before the half hour mark committee said Pichit had made when he fired into the top corner of Jordi several mistakes during the match Masip’s top right-hand corner to reduce and banned him for six months, the the deficit to a single goal. Bangkok Post said on Wednesday. The committee said Pichit should However, Ramirez eased any Barca n nerves two minutes later with a cool fin- Barcelona’s have awarded Satun a penalty and Marc Bartra, that the referee had been out of ish from Aitor Cantalapiedra’s pass. position on several occasions. Both Ramirez and Munir El Haddadi right, ghts for failed to score in the two months that the ball against they shared deputising for Messi whilst Villanovense WORLD RESULTS the Argentine was sidelined by a knee goalkeeper Jose BASKETBALL Fuentes ligament injury recently. NBA games on Tuesday: But against weaker opposition they Washington 97 Cleveland 85 showed their potential as El Haddadi Ramirez swept home from close range with a lovely backheel to round off the Cup campaign underway later last night Philadelphia 103 LA Lakers 91 headed home Jeremy Mathieu’s cross to to complete his hat-trick 21 minutes scoring seven minutes later. when they travelledw to Cadiz for the Brooklyn 94 Phoenix 91 make it 4-1. from time and then teed up El Haddadi Real Madrid were set to get their first leg of their fourth round tie. Orlando 96 Minnesota 93 Memphis 113 N. Orleans 104 Dallas 115 Portland 112 (Overtime) Hughes backs Stoke to go the distance ICE HOCKEY NHL games on Tuesday: LONDON: Manager “We’d love to go all the way The manager also hailed the Colorado 2 New Jersey 1 Mark Hughes said but there’s still some good teams strength in depth of his squad Montreal 2 Columbus 1 Stoke City could beat left in,” he said after the game. after they breezed past Sheffield Philadelphia 4 Ottawa 2 any opponent in the “It’s going to be difficult but despite the Welshman making Detroit 5 Buffalo 4 League Cup after his side I think we are enjoying these five changes to the side that were (Shootout) reached the tournament’s semi- games and we’ll look forward beaten 2-0 by Sunderland in the Florida 3 St Louis 1 finals for the first time since to the two huge ones in the Premier League on Saturday. Nashville 5 Arizona 2 1972, when they went on to win coming weeks. “It shows the strength of the Minnesota 2 Chicago 1 the trophy. “Over two games I think we’d group that we can make the Calgary 4 Dallas 3 Stoke, who beat Sheffield back ourselves against anybody. amount of changes that we did (Shootout) Wednesday 2-0 on Tuesday “Southampton we beat a cou- and still be able to comfortably Los Angeles 2 Vancouver 1 night to progress, could face ple of weeks back. We did the win a game against strong op- (Overtime) Manchester City, Everton, Liv- double over Everton last sea- position,” Hughes said. Pittsburgh 5 San Jose 1 erpool or Southampton, who all son, we have beaten Manches- sit above them in the Premier ter City and Liverpool, I seem League table, but Hughes was to recall, we beat in the last n Stoke manager Hughes during Tuesday night’s match against adamant his team could beat game of last season, so we have 09 11 14 28 37 42 12 Shef eld Wednesday anyone over two legs. got a chance.” Email: [email protected] WORLD SPORT Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015 31 Left-arm fast bowlers in short supply Steyn ruled out for Australia MELBOURNE: The re- tirement of Mitchell Johnson, coupled with the injury cloud hanging over Mitchell Starc, will force Aus- tralia to dig deep into their pace reserves during the home summer but ready-made left- arm replacements are in short supply. of fourth Test Australia head into next NEW DELHI: South African speedster Dale Steyn week’s series opener against will miss the fourth and final Test against India with a West Indies without a left-arm lingering groin injury that has limited his participation paceman for the first time since in the four-match series to a solitary contest in the series- August 2013, when they were opener in Mohali. beaten in the fourth Test of the With the series already lost and a home series against England Ashes at Chester-le-Street. looming, few expected the 32-year-old to return to the squad even Finding the last time Aus- as his team bid for a pride-salvaging victory at the Ferozeshah Kot- tralia won a Test without a la stadium. left-arm quick requires a scan “I can confirm that Dale Steyn is not going to be fit. Dale is not back to April 2012, when they playing in this game,” visiting captain Hashim Amla said at the defeated West Indies on tour in pre-match news conference yesterday. Bridgetown with a pace attack Currently the number one featuring Ben Hilfenhaus, Ryan Test bowler, Steyn will finish Harris and Peter Siddle. Khawaja on the series having bowled only The variation brought to the 11 overs, during India’s first in- table by Johnson, and more nings at Mohali. recently Starc, has been a key course for The turning tracks in India weapon in Australia’s arsenal had already taken much of the but right-armers may have to sting off the Proteas attack and shoulder the burden through to comeback Steyn’s injury meant he and the end of the two-Test tour of Morne Morkel, who missed New Zealand in February. MELBOURNE: Usman the Mohali contest with a quad Khawaja is on track strain, never bowled in tandem Assured to recover from a in the series. Siddle and Josh Hazlewood, hamstring injury in time for The visitors were also un- man-of-the-match in the third Australia’s traditional Box- lucky as a third cog in their n South Africa’s Steyn, left, sits in the dressing room as his teammates practice yesterday Test win over New Zealand in ing Day Test in Melbourne, pace attack, Vernon Philander, Adelaide, are virtually assured where they face West Indies sustained an ankle injury after the first Test Kotla, especially before their four-Test “There is no freebies in Test cricket. of lining up against West Indies in the second Test, the bats- to be ruled out of the remainder of the se- home series against England from Decem- You want to make an impact and you in Hobart from December 10, man said yesterday. ries. ber 26. want to win. It’s very important for us to with James Pattinson expected Recalled to the Test side South Africa were beaten inside three go at least 2-1, salvage some pride from to replace the injured Starc. for the first time in two years, days on rank turners in Mohali and Nagpur, Series the series. Nathan Coulter-Nile has been Khawaja took his chance while India dominated whatever little play “We got the England series very close, “We came to India almost two-and-half called up to the squad, with fel- with both hands against New was possible in the rained-out second Test two weeks after we get back. It’s very months ago and we had a largely successful low uncapped right-armer Scott Zealand, scoring two cen- in Bangalore as well. important for us to get back to winning tour in terms of winning the Twenty20 and Boland in reserve. turies in the first two Tests It might be too late in the series but Amla ways,” said Amla, who himself endured a the one-dayers. It would be nice to cap off Top class left-armers are before suffering the injury said the Proteas need to win the match at poor series with the bat. the tour with a victory.” in short supply, however, and in the field during the Perth chief selector Rod Marsh joked match. that he had mulled telephon- Khawaja’s spot was taken ing Johnson to see whether he by Shaun Marsh for the third Smith and Boult in Test team of the year might like to come out of retire- and final Test in Adelaide ment. and he was omitted from the NEW DELHI: Australia captain Ste- played is the calibre of players to have Bangladesh’s growing ODI reputation “You’ve got to respect a 12-man squad for the first ven Smith and New Zealand pace- missed out on selection,” Kumble said in was reflected with 20-year-old left-arm bloke when he retires,” Marsh Test against West Indies in man Trent Boult made the Interna- an ICC statement. pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman becoming told reporters in Adelaide. “It Hobart from December 10. tional Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test as well “While selecting these squads, the selec- the first player from his country to make the would have been nice, wouldn’t “I should be training at as one-day international team of the year tors considered various combinations and ODI team. it?” full pace next week. It’s announced yesterday. took into account several factors in overall ICC Test Team of the Year: David Warner Doug Bollinger has been the about getting work into my England skipper Alastair Cook was performances,” added the former leg-spin- (Aus), Alastair Cook (Eng-captain), Kane William- pick of the southpaws over the legs after that,” Queensland named captain of the Test side while ner. son (NZ), Younus Khan (Pak), Steven Smith (Aus), past two seasons of Sheffield captain Khawaja told local South Africa’s AB de Villiers was put in Compatriots Joe Root (Eng), Sarfraz Ahmed (Pak- wicketkeep- Shield cricket, but the 12-Test media. charge of the one-day team by a special er), Stuart Broad (Eng), Trent Boult (NZ), Yasir paceman is 34 and played his “If they (selectors) want to panel headed by former India captain Australia, England and Pakistan had Shah (Pak), Josh Hazlewood (Aus); 12th man: last Test five years ago. pick me they will pick me - I Anil Kumble. three players each in the Test squad while Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) Jason Behrendorff would just have to put my hand up Currently the top-ranked team in the New Zealand had two in Boult and Wil- ICC ODI Team of the Year 2015: Tillakaratne have shaped as a strong can- and make sure I am fit.” five-day format, South Africa had no rep- liamson. Dilshan (SL), Hashim Amla (SA), Kumar Sangak- didate for the West Indies se- Khawaja will hope to make resentative in the Test squad, while Kiwi De Villiers has two compatriots in the kara (SL-wicketkeeper), AB de Villiers (SA) (cap- ries but has broken down with an impression with selectors batsman Kane Williamson was left out ODI squad - batsman Hashim Amla and tain), Steven Smith (Aus), Ross Taylor (NZ) Trent a back injury and the Western when he plays for Sydney of the ODI side despite being the leading leggie Imran Tahir - which also included Boult (NZ), Mohammed Shami (Ind), Mitchell Starc Australian could yet be side- Thunder in the domestic ‘Big run-scorer in the qualification period. recently retired Sri Lankan great Kumar (Aus), Mustafizur Rahman (Bang), Imran Tahir lined for the rest of the domes- Bash’ Twenty20 tournament. “Testament to the quality of cricket Sangakkara as the wicketkeeper. (SA); 12th man: Joe Root (Eng). tic season. Angry Kohli hits back in pitch criticism row

NEW DELHI: Indian captain Virat Kohli hit widely praised, much of the coverage has been Kohli, 27, said he had never seen other teams back yesterday at criticism of the pitches devoted to a row over the quality of the pitches being subjected to similar criticism. in the ongoing Test series against South which have left batsmen floundering. “Teams have been bundled out under 100 for Africa, saying his team deserved more credit for No player on either side has scored a century about six times in South Africa. I have never seen taming the Proteas. and the debate was further fuelled on Tuesday by any articles written on that.” India go into the fourth and final Test starting news that match referee Jeff Crow had rated the The skipper played down the importance of today in New Delhi with the series already in the pitch at Nagpur as “poor”. Crowe’s verdict on the Nagpur strip, which could bag after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in last trigger a fine or an official warning. week’s match in Nagpur. Prolific “It’s an assessment that happens in every con- It is the first time that South Africa, the world’s The normally prolific Kohli is averaging only dition and at every ground. Unfortunately, the sit- number one team, have lost an overseas series in 17 in the series. But in his pre-match press confer- uation in our country is highlighted a bit too much nine years and India’s victories in Nagpur and in ence, he said there had been too much talk about and that’s a fact,” said Kohli. the first Test at Mohali were wrapped up within the pitch and not enough about how well his team His opposite number Hashim Amla has also three days. had played. struggled during the series, failing even to score a South Africa were also bowled out cheaply in “Why are we not talking about the fact that we half century on pitches he says have been some of the rain-hit second Test in Bangalore, which was are 2-0 up in the series?” Kohli said. the most challenging of his career. drawn. “We are criticised about our game and tech- Determined to salvage some pride before head- But while the match-winning heroics of nique when we don’t play well abroad. But when ing back home for a series against England, Amla n Indian captain Kohli catches a ball during a off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have been the visitors perform badly, it’s always the wicket.” said he had detected no demons in the Delhi pitch. training session yesterday 32 Gulf Daily News Thursday, 3rd December 2015 Klitschko seeks Fury rematch • specialty coffees FRANKFURT: Wladimir Klitschko has invoked a contract • single origin beans • locally roasted clause calling for a rematch with Tyson Fury in an attempt • gourmet bakery to regain the heavyweight title he lost to the British fighter. Fury took away Klitschko’s four titles in a stunning unanimous decision in Duesseldorf on Saturday night, ending the Ukrainian’s NOW OPEN! a true coffee experience 9 ½-year reign as champion. “It’s fantastic news, we are ecstatic,” said Peter Fury, the uncle and trainer of the new champion. Fury is obliged contractually to SEEF MALL, FIRST FLOOR, NOW OPEN IN SAAR AVE. TEL: 17582110 OPP. SAAR CINEMA 17214155 accept a rematch, he said. Peter Fury suggested holding the new fight in England, possibly at Wembley Stadium.

LIVERPOOLSOUTHAMPTON: hold until the FA Cup comes over theTHROUGH top released Sturridge Divock Origi LEAGUE CUP around in January. and although the striker’s first plundered a hat-trick Quarter- nal: Ronald Koeman’s team were touch allowed Steven Caulker and Daniel Sturridge Southampton 1 Liverpool 6 seeking a reaction to successive to get back into position, he claimed a brace as Liverpool (Mane 1) (Sturridge 25, 29, Origi 45, defeats by Manchester City and quickly shifted the ball onto his came from behind to destroy 68, 86, Ibe 73) Stoke City and they wasted no left foot and drilled home. Southampton 6-1 last night time getting started at St Mary’s. Cue the Sturridge wiggle – and reach the League Cup SEMI-FINAL DRAW After Dusan Tadic’s shimmy- last glimpsed in the 3-2 home semi-finals. Everton v Manchester City ing had moved young Liverpool win over Aston Villa on Sep- Sadio Mane headed South- Stoke City v Liverpool right-back Connor Randall out of tember 26 – and four minutes Two-legged ties to be played Jan. ampton in front after 39 seconds, 5/6 and Jan. 26/27 the way, Ryan Bertrand curled a later he was celebrating again. but Sturridge marked his first start cross in from the left and Mane This time Emre Can was the since October 4 with a four-min- ment of manager Jurgen Klopp, met it with a firm header into the architect, catching the home ute brace and 20-year-old Belgian whose side have lost just one of bottom-right corner. defence square striker Origi opened his Liverpool the 11 games since he took over, With jeers ringing in the ears from mid-way account with a treble as the visi- winning seven of the last eight. of former Saints Dejan Lovren inside the South- tors roared back, with substitute Southampton had been bid- and Adam Lallana, it threat- ampton half with Jordon Ibe also on target. ding to reach the semi-finals ened to be a long night for the an exquisite 40-yard The result continued the re- for the first time since 1986-87, visitors, but in the 25th minute pass using the outside surgence thatHardees_18x3.pdf has taken hold 1 11/25/15but dreams 12:46 of a PMfirst major final they levelled. of his right foot. at Liverpool since the appoint- since 2003 will now be put on Joe Allen’s first-time pass Haring in at the back post, Sturridge met the ball on the half-volley and steered it beneath Maarten Stekelenburg. Southampton felt they should have been given a chance to level shortly after when Tadic’s volleyed pass struck Randall’s arm, but referee Robert Madley was un- moved. Liverpool extended their lead on the cusp of half-time, former Lille striker Origi getting the faintest of touches to Alberto Moreno’s 20-yard drive for his first Liverpool goal on his 11th appearance. Sturridge departed just before the hour, with Ibe coming on, while Koeman threw on James Ward-Prowse and Shane Long. Within minutes it was all over, however, as Origi lashed home from Ibe’s pass and headed in a left-wing cross from substitute Brad Smith, either side of a drilled effort from Ibe. n Sturridge celebrates after scoring the second goal for Liverpool 21 F1 races next year LONDON: The 2016 Formula One season will 2016 FORMULA ONE RACE SCHEDULE feature 21 races, up on the 20 March 20 - Australia (Melbourne); April 3 - Bahrain; April 17 - China which were staged this season (Shanghai); May 1 - Russia (Sochi); May 15 - Spain (Barcelona); May and will see Azerbaijani capital 29 - Monaco; June 12 - Canada (Montreal); June 19 - Azerbaijan (Baku); Baku make its bow on the July 3 - Austria (Spielberg); July 10 - Britain (Silverstone); July 14 - Hun- schedule. gary (Budapest); July 31 - Germany (Hockenheim); Aug 28 - Belgium The season will start again in (Spa-Francorchamps); Sept. 4 - Italy (Monza); Sept. 18 - Singapore; Australia on March 20 and end Oct. 2 - Malaysia (Sepang); Oct. 9 - Japan (Suzuka); *Oct. 23 - United in Abu Dhabi on November 27. 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