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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 THULHIJA 20, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net KISR discovers Millions of Frenchman Pistorius should new vaccine to voiceprints wins Nobel get community immunize fish quietly being for work on service, says from diseases5 harvested14 ‘taming’21 firms prison16 official MP wants limits on expat Max 40º Min 23º age, residence, numbers High Tide 02:23 & 16:38 Tameemi resubmits rejected proposal after ‘modifications’ Low Tide 09:53 & 21:52 40 PAGES NO: 16312 150 FILS By B Izzak conspiracy theories KUWAIT: MP Abdullah Al-Tameemi yesterday resubmitted a propos- al that was rejected in the previous term by the legal committee for Airport or limiting the residence period of expatriates, after introducing some modifications. Tameemi now proposes an age limit of 50 years for salet afrah? low and semi-skilled professions in which the residence for expatri- ates in such professions will not be renewed after they reach 50 years of age. The lawmaker said there is no use of issuing visas or renewing residence permits for expatriates who reach 50. He howev- er proposed the age of 70 as the cap for high-skilled professions like doctors, advisors and university professors. By Badrya Darwish Tameemi said that he has increased the stay period in the new proposal to 10 years instead of five in the earlier proposal, adding that this can be renewed only once provided that the number of any single community does not exceed 15 percent of the total number of citizens, who currently stand at about 1.25 million. This means [email protected] that no foreign nationality should exceed 190,000, a figure that is too small because it is violated by Indians (700,000), Egyptians (500,000) and Bangladeshis who slightly top 200,000. eople are people in every country. They have If accepted, it means that hundreds of thousands of expatriates attitudes. They can break the law or abide by it. will be deported outright to keep up with the proposed quota sys- PThey can be good. They can be bad. They can tem. Tameemi said that it is necessary to take measures to stop the be considerate or inconsiderate. But governments influx of expatriates into the country who have already grown to are the control in the system. If the country is lawless, more than double the number of citizens. Expatriates currently num- people will take advantage and act lawlessly. ber around 2.8 million people, including 650,000 domestic helpers. It’s not that we in Kuwait are any different from Meanwhile, the National Assembly’s human rights committee is any other people on earth. It is the system that is ABU DHABI: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets UAE’s Vice President, scheduled to meet tomorrow to study two draft laws for the estab- ineffective. Since when have we had fights in the Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (right) and Abu lishment of a human rights commission. Head of the panel MP malls, in the airports and in the streets on such a reg- Dhabi’s Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE’s Armed Forces General Faisal Al-Duwaisan said that one draft law was presented by the ular basis? Lately, for a small society like ours in Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (left) yesterday. The leaders discussed ways and means government and the second by MPs. He hoped the committee will Kuwait, this is a bit too much. of further promoting and developing bilateral ties for the common interest of both nations and finalize the law as soon as possible to comply with a pledge made Continued on Page 13 their people, as well as the latest regional and international developments. — KUNA by Kuwait in 2010. p2.e$S 2_Layout 1 10/13/14 9:36 PM Page 1

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KUWAIT: Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah with Prince Sultan Bin Salman Al-Saud. — KUNA HH the Crown Prince with Sheikh Thamer Al-Sabah. Deputy Amir, PM receive senior officials

KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Sabah. His Highness also received Chairman of visit to the country. HH Sheikh Nawaf also at Seif Palace yesterday, Saudi Prince Sultan Bin Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber the Board of the Saudi Commission for Tourism received chief of National Security Apparatus Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and his accom- Sheikh Thamer Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Al-Sabah received at his Diwan in Seif Palace and Antiquities (SCTA) Prince Sultan Bin Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. panying delegation on the occasion of their Assistant Undersecretary at HH the Premier’s yesterday First Deputy Premier and Foreign Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and his accom- Meanwhile, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh visit to the country. Diwan Sheikh Nasser Ahmad Sabah Al-Salem Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- panying delegation on the occasion of their Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received The reception was attended by Kuwait’s Al-Sabah. — KUNA Ministers discuss outcome of international visits Cabinet holds weekly meeting KUWAIT: The cabinet held yesterday its weekly General Assembly and his speech at the session meeting at Seif Palace, under the chairmanship to clarify Kuwait’s stance of latest development of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber in the regional and world. Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. His Highness the Prime Minister informed the Following the meeting, Minister of Cabinet ministers about the talks he held with world Affairs and Acting Minister of Justice leaders on the sidelines of the UN General GENEVA: The female MPs seen at the meeting. — KUNA Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Assembly meeting. made a statement on the meeting’s delibera- Then, the First Deputy Prime Minister and ‘Kuwaiti women obtained political tions and outcome. Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad In his statement, Sheikh Mohammad stated Al-Sabah acquainted the cabinet with the out- rights after long struggle’ that the ministers, at the beginning of their come of his participation in Cairo International meeting, reviewed a letter addressed to His Conference on Palestine - Reconstructing Gaza, GENEVA: Kuwaiti women struggled for discussing the accomplishments and aspi- Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- in which Kuwait pledged USD 200 million in aid decades with patience and perseverance rations of female lawmakers on Sunday as Jaber Al-Sabah from King of Bhutan Jigme to war-torn Gaza Strip over the coming three until they secured their political rights, vot- part of the IPU Assembly talks. Attendees Singye Wangchuck including an official invita- years. ing and running for elections, National underlined the notion that democracy is tion to visit the Kingdom of Bhutan. For his part, Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim said incomplete without the clear participation They also reviewed a letter addressed to His Minister and Acting Minister of Awqaf and KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister chairs the yesterday. of women in the decision-making process Highness the Amir from Ethiopian Prime Islamic Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al- cabinet’s meeting yesterday. —KUNA Ghanim made the statement in his across all levels. Minister Hailemariam Desalegn which focused Hamad Al-Sabah informed the cabinet about his and government on the successes of the season. speech at a general discussion session of Despite the success made due to calls on bilateral relations and means to bolster them. participation in a recent Saudi Arabia-hosted It also lauded the huge efforts exerted by Saudi the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s 131st for a larger female representation across During the meeting, His Highness the Prime meeting for interior ministers of the Gulf authorities to take care of the pilgrims and facili- Assembly in Geneva yesterday, focusing on women parliaments, which has reached 22 Minister briefed the cabinet on the outcome of Cooperation Council member states to enhance tate their spiritual journey to holy sites in Saudi gender equality and ending violence percent worldwide, there remains consen- his recent visits to Italy and Germany. He pan-GCC security cooperation and coordination. Arabia. The cabinet touched upon the latest against women, among other issues. sus that the matter is not related to apprised the cabinet of his visit to the United On the occasion of the conclusion of Hajj sea- political developments in the Arab region and He said that Kuwait had a long experi- empowering women as much as it is relat- States to partake in the 69th session of the UN son, the cabinet congratulated the Saudi King the world. —KUNA ence on the way of granting women their ed to empowering them to receive their political rights. Perseverance, patience and rights on equality in wages and in respect- strong belief in the cause characterized the ing their right to motherhood while being struggle, he added. employed. There were many setbacks on the way To successfully enable this political role but finally the historical day, 16 May 2005, this requires quadrilateral cooperation came and the Kuwaiti women were grant- amongst women seeking office, civil socie- ed their political rights, he noted. ty organizations, political parties and gov- Ghanim also referred to women’s strug- ernment bodies tasked with the order of gle worldwide to obtain their rights, which the political landscape, they added. witnesses unfavorable conditions, setbacks They also urged the need to deal seri- and sluggishness but the march advances, ously with acts of violence against women - as “inevitable.” prevalent around the world in various What was achieved regarding women’s forms - through forming legislations that rights over the past 100 years was revolu- tackle the matter abruptly in order to safe- tionary and rapid, compared to long ages guard their dignity, along with the society’s of indolence and stagnation, the Kuwaiti status and the family’s cohesion. chief Parliamentarian said. In spite of this The aim is not to provide women with a all, the international community has to compulsory admission into parliament, but consider the problems and concerns rather through them being chosen for rep- women still suffer, he noted. resentation by a base of voters. Ghanim stressed the necessity of ending They also proposed the formation of a all forms of violence against women, physi- network of women parliamentarians, which cal and verbal, domestic, violence at work, would be linked with civil society organiza- on the street and at the time of war and tions of an international dimension, which armed conflicts. He warned off procrastina- represent an important source of informa- tion in granting women such basic rights. tion on the state of human rights across the He also referred to the conditions of world. These bodies would intervene and women in the Middle East and the Arab offer assistance at the appropriate time, it world. was mentioned. KUWAIT: Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled speaks at the The foreign minister and UN Under-Secretary-General Valerie Amos at the con- The events in Syria and northwest Iraq The session went on to showcase sever- opening ceremony. —KUNA ference. offer daily examples of the violence and al success stories made in several African aggression against women, and also chil- and Latin American nations, through laws dren, he said. aimed at ensuring the rights of women in What afflicts women in the Mideast con- day-to-day life, which would not have been Kuwait continuing flicts brings shame upon the international made possible without endorsement from community, UN, superpowers, international parliaments. human rights organizations, jurists, politi- Some of these stories revealed, in some humanitarian duties: FM cians, intellectuals, jurists and religious fig- instances, a positive impact on lawmaking ures, he stressed. He concluded by urging which ensures women’s rights after their an international organized action to viewpoints were addressed and their affairs address the file of violence against women. supported. ‘1.3 percent of GDP allocated to humanitarian aid’ The talks also formed a number of sub- Important role committees of varied party representation KUWAIT: Kuwait is proceeding forward with ful- destruction and damage inflected on many that Kuwait has always strived to alleviate the Women parliamentarians from around aimed at ensuring female exclusivity when filling its humanitarian duties toward neighbor- cities,” Sheikh Sabah pointed out. suffering of the unfortunate in many parts of the world had stressed their role as impor- proposing new legislations or amending ing and friendly countries, First Deputy Prime He went on saying that many warnings have the world; it donated $5 million to combat the tant not only in achieving equal footing former laws. The IPU Assembly talks will Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah been given out to pay attention to the serious- widely spreading Ebola virus in the African con- with men on political rights, but also for resume until Thursday and are being Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah affirmed yesterday. ness of the ongoing fight that has been detri- tinent and it doubled its contribution to the UN instilling democracy. This came in speeches attended by over 740 lawmakers from 141 Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled made this remark at mental to the security and stability of the Central Emergency Response Fund. given at a meeting specifically dedicated to nations, including Kuwait. — KUNA the opening ceremony of the 5th annual confer- region. “What we have warned about has now Furthermore, he expressed hope that the ence on “Effective Partnership and Information become a reality when the ISIL group was first-ever World Humanitarian Summit due in Sharing for Better Humanitarian Action” which is formed. Now, all of the international community Turkey in 2016 would be successful and effec- KUNA, Albanian agency held here under his patronage. is trying to put a stop to the violence caused by tive in helping unfortunate people worldwide. He said that the State of Kuwait has taken this Islamic group, “ he explained. upon itself to assist those who are being affect- Minister meets Amos underline cooperation ed by natural and man-made disasters. He Donor conferences In other news, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled held added that 1.3 percent of the country’s GDP is Sheikh Sabah Khaled added that Kuwait has talks yesterday with the visiting UN Under- KUWAIT: KUNA’s Board Chairman and ment, Podgorica also commended KUNA’s allocated to humanitarian aid; a percentage that played a major part in aiding the Syrians by Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Director General Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij keenness on enhancing communication exceeds international standards. hosting two donor conferences and raising Valerie Amos regarding international humani- Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah yesterday underlined with the public through new media servic- The Minister pointed out that the participa- $800 million from many countries; Kuwait Fund tarian activities particularly with respect of significance of media cooperation among es. He also pointed out that cooperation tion of a number of regional and international for Arab Economic Development has also Syria. Amos, currently visiting Kuwait to take Muslim nations in order to confront with the Albanian agency would contribute humanitarian organizations in this event pro- helped in building $50 million projects for part in the 5th Annual Conference for Effective attempts to distort the image of Muslims in mutual development. vides an excellent opportunity to build various Syrian refugees in host-countries. Partnerships and Information Sharing for bet- around the world. The agreement focuses on exchange of collaborations to achieve philanthropic goals, The minister expressed appreciation to the ter humanitarian action, due on October 13-16, This came during Sheikh Mubarak Al- technical assistance, exchanged visits of especially those with respect to the Syrian crisis. host countries and the increasing challenges expressed gratitude to Kuwait for its continu- Duaij’s reception of Director General of the senior and junior employees, news and He added that the three-day conference is they’re facing due to the inflow of large num- ing humanitarian contributions to UN relief Albanian Telegraphic Agency Gezim photo archive swap and dual coverage of held amidst “the worst humanitarian crises in bers of Syrian refugees; these challenges arise operations worldwide. The meeting between Podgorica, who is currently visiting the major events across both countries. the modern history where hundreds of thou- from the fact that some countries have not yet Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled and Amos was attend- country upon an official invitation from Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij, during the sands of innocent Syrians have fled their honored their pledges that they made during ed by Chairman of the International Islamic KUNA. Both agencies signed an agreement meeting, appreciated Podgorica’s invitation homes.” the donor conferences; despite the UN resolu- Charitable Organization (IICO) and Amiri Diwan for cooperation in several domains on to visit the Albanian Telegraphic Agency in This ongoing crisis left “a whole generation tion number 2139 related to delivering aid to Advisor, Dr Abdullah Al-Maatouq, and the Sunday. the capital, Tirana, with a set date to be of children uneducated, with no medical atten- the Syrians. Foreign Undersecretary, Khaled Suleiman Al- Praising KUNA’s noticeable develop- determined in the future. —KUNA tion nor parental guidance, let alone all the At the end of his speech, Sheikh Sabah noted Jarallah. —KUNA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 LOCAL

Linden US University Fair KUWAIT: The Linden US University Middle Tennessee State University, Fair will be held at the Marina Hotel in Northwestern University in Qatar, Salmiya on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Parsons The New School for Design, at 6:00 pm. Ambassador Douglas San Jose State University, State Silliman will provide opening remarks. University of New York, University of The fair, organized by Linden San Francisco, and The University of Educational Tours in conjunction with Washington. the US Embassy, will host representa- The Linden University Fair gives tives from several universities Kuwaiti students a chance to meet throughout the US. Education USA with representatives from accredited advisers will be present at the fair to US institutions so that they can address students’ questions about explore the possibilities of higher edu- education in the US In addition, US cation in the United States. Embassy Consular Officers will answer Additional information about the questions about the student visa fair can be found at: http://www.face- process. Some of the participating book.com/LindenFairs. universities will include: Fairleigh For more information about study- Dickinson University, DePaul ing in the United States, visit: University, Emerson College, http://www.educationusa.state.gov/. Creighton University, Loyola Visit us online at kuwait.usem- University, Loyola University Chicago, bassy.gov

Gulf Bank organizes breast cancer awareness campaign A residential block in Salmiya. KUWAIT: Gulf Bank is organizing and Images Diagnostics Center is offering sponsoring a number of activities dur- Gulf Bank customers and staff a 15 per- ing the month of October as part of the cent discount on Magnetic Resonance official Breast Cancer Awareness month. Imaging (MRI) which supports Cheaper flats available During October, Gulf Bank will carry Mammogram and ultrasound tests. out, for the second consecutive year, a At Dar Al Fouad Clinic, the Bank is fully-fledged campaign entitled offering an exclusive cervical cancer ‘PINK...Because We Care’, to educate the screening package at a special price of in the south of Kuwait public and the Bank’s staff about the KD 100 which includes a Pap smear, seriousness of breast cancer and to pelvic ultrasound test and three doses spread awareness about the benefits of of Cervarix(r) vaccine provided over a early detection. The Bank will also six month period to provide protection Rents soaring in residential commercial areas organize a ‘Wear it Pink’ day to encour- against most cases of cervical cancer. In age staff in all 58 branches and the addition, Dr Nouralhuda Karmani’s By Ben Garcia Fintas and Fahaheel. Some flats there are with two rooms are between KD 220-KD 280 Head Office to wear a pink item to work Imaging Clinic is offering Gulf Bank cus- nearly KD 100 cheaper compared to those in and three rooms KD 300-KD 350. In Fintas, in support of the campaign. Alongside tomers and employees a 10% discount KUWAIT: Rents in Kuwait have climbed to a the above-mentioned commercial areas. many flats rented fully furnished cost tenants this, all employees will change their off Mammogram screening tests, level that middle-income families can no These areas are approximately 30 minutes KD 500-KD 800. Similar flats in Salmiya will email signatures and email font color to Ultrasound exams and performing longer afford a decent living. Many of them from Kuwait City, and or maybe an hour cost tenants KD 800-KD 1,500. ‘Pink’ to increase awareness. biopsies. also complain of frequent rent hikes. They depending on the traffic. In addition, Gulf Bank will be active The Bank will also sponsor the annu- argue house rentals are affecting their month- Since these areas can be accessible only via on its social media channels by posting al breast cancer awareness walkathon ly budget as salaries remain the same, which the Fahaheel Exprressway (Road 30), it usually Q&A’s and medical tips to increase edu- for the second time which is organized is denting their basic family expenditure. experiences heavy traffic during rush hours. cation and awareness of breast cancer. by Fatma Clinic to support those who Many families are now resorting to renting One can also use other roads such as the To encourage customers and staff to had lost relatives or close friends to parts of their flats and sharing flats with other Maghreb Expressway (Road 40) and eventual- seek testing, Gulf Bank is partnering breast cancer, as well as to celebrate families in many residential and commercial ly cross to Road 30, but the same traffic prob- with health clinics to offer special dis- with those who have survived the dis- areas to lower costs. lem persists. counts on breast cancer related tests. ease. One study by Al-Qabas newspaper showed “The traffic problem, particularly on Road that a studio (about 15-17 sq m) in 2013 could 30, is normal, since we only have this road to be rented for KD 80 to KD 100; the same room access these areas. But it is better than paying nowadays (2014) will cost tenants KD 150-KD an additional KD 100 for housing or sharing it 160. A one-bedroom flat at the start of 2013 with other families. We want to stay in a com- cost around KD 170-KD 190, but now costs fortable place you can call home, so why rent between KD 220-KD 250. A flat with two near the commercial areas,” said an Indian rooms at the start of 2013 cost between KD man who is an engineer in Sharq but lives in 220-KD 260, and now can be rented between Mahboula with his wife and two kids. KD 300-KD 400. A flat with three rooms at the “I am renting my two-bedroom flat for KD start of 2013 cost between KD 300-KD 340, 220. If I rent the same flat in Salmiya, it will but now rents for KD 400-KD 600. cost me an additional KD 100. This is impracti- Kuwait Times surveyed the market and cal because anyway I drive to work. My work- found accuracy in the report. The flats sur- place is in Sharq but I don’t mind the traffic - I veyed are mostly located in commercial areas usually spend an hour on the road. I am the like Salmiya, Hawally, Farwaniya, Kuwait City sole breadwinner as my wife stays at home and Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. and takes care of the kids, so driving in heavy traffic is okay and perfectly fine,” he said. Good news Many flats in these areas belong to big There is good news for some in Kuwait companies - in fact a majority of the huge KUWAIT: The National Library of Kuwait. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat however, as there are cheaper flats in south- buildings there are use as accommodation for KUWAIT: Apartments offered for rent to National Library opening ern Kuwait, particularly in Mangaf, Mahboula, thousands of laborers and other workers. Flats families only. — Photos by Joseph Shagra ceremony tomorrow

KUWAIT: The National Council for Moreover, NCCAL noted that various Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) Kuwaiti organizations will participate in announced that the opening ceremony the ceremony, with booths showcasing for the National Library of Kuwait will rare books, scripts and maps. take place tomorrow. A section to celebrate the UN’s honor- The ceremony will be held under the ing of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- patronage of His Highness the Prime Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as a Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- ‘Humanitarian Leader’ will also be pres- Hamad Al-Sabah, in the presence of the ent, NCCAL added. GCC Ministers of Culture, said the council Meanwhile, the Council said that there in a statement yesterday. will also be a section to showcase books, The ceremony will include a presenta- brochures and photos published during tion of a documentary film on the the period of His Highness the Amir’s National Library of Kuwait, the statement assumption of the news and guidance said, adding that a number of people, ministry in 1961-1962. who contributed their own libraries to Other booths will include the history the National Library, will be honored dur- of Kuwait, old Islamic books and scripts, ing the event alongside creative Kuwaiti ancient Holy Qurans, Arabic poetry, youth in the field of culture and knowl- formative arts, stamps, letters and old edge. Kuwaiti and Arabian Gulf books. — KUNA

KUWAIT: A parliament session in progress in this file photo. New electronic media law to parliament soon

KUWAIT: The government is put- According to Sheikh Salman activist, Mohammad Eid Al Ajmi ting the final touches on a new social media sites would not be was sentenced to five years in electronic media law. The draft addressed by the new electronic prison for Twitter posts insulting law will be presented to the media law. Speaking yesterday at the Amir. A view of bookshelves. National Assembly for discussion the inauguration of a new KD In August, a newspaper owner and approval in the upcoming 1.15 million radio broadcasting was among several Kuwaitis legislative session. The new law building in South Sabahiya, the including a former lawmaker will aim to regulate electronic Information Minister said he did whose citizenship was stripped media outlets of professional hope a set of ethical criteria by the government. In April, two press and TV organizations and would be adopted to avoid the local newspapers - Al Watan and companies, according to misuse of social media by some Alam Al Yawm - were shuttered Information Minister Sheikh people in Kuwait. for two weeks by a Kuwaiti judge Salman Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah. Once among the freest media for violating a media gag order Details of the draft electronic in the Arab world, Kuwait’s press from the public prosecution. media law have not been made has witnessed increased govern- Kuwait plummeted 13 places Hamad Al-Naqi public and it’s unclear which ment controls amid heightening in the World Press Freedom Index online media will be covered by political tensions. It has arrested 2014, due to “tougher measures Amir or the crown prince, or mis- the new law. The government dozens of activists in recent years being taken with the media representing what they say, and announced in 2012 that it for social media posts, including including the adoption of a law imposes sentences of up to 10 planned to adopt an online jailing local activist Hamad Al that allows the authorities to fine years in prison on journalists,” media law but abandoned the Naqi for 10 years for insults post- journalists up to 300,000 dinars according to Reporters Without The conference hall. plan later the same year. ed on Twitter. Another youth ($1 million) for criticizing the Borders. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 LOCAL Kuwait Airways denies Jerusalem route report ‘Twitter post reflects operator’s judgment’

KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways denied Crime reports on local media suggesting that Crime Report a new route to Al-Aqsa mosque will be Report opened. Reports circulating on social media, quoting a post on the airline’s holiday Woman killed Officers questioned office account, was a reaction to inquiries made by Kuwait Airways’ in accident over airport brawl clients, said Mohammad Al-Enezi, Director of Sales and Marketing. KUWAIT: A fight broke out between two police officers at The questions tackled previous By Hanan Al-Saadoun Kuwait airport when one of them wanted to implement the statements about allowing Kuwaiti’s law when the other attempted to jump over a barrier to enter entry to the Aqsa mosque, he added. KUWAIT: A 20-year-old Kuwaiti woman was killed, while a to the customs area. Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh police received a call In its statement yesterday, Kuwait 30-year-old Kuwaiti suffered a dislocated shoulder during a about a fight between a lance corporal and a first lieutenant Airways denied what was mentioned car accident near Qairawan. Meanwhile, a 47-year-old in civilian clothes who attempted to jump over the barrier in the post, indicating that the com- Indian collapsed in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh near the police sta- and enter the customs area. The lance corporal prevented ments reflect the personal judgment of tion and was pronounced dead at the scene. him from entering, so he insulted him verbally. The two were the account’s operator. The airline referred to Jleeb police station for questioning. added that any offer by Kuwait Airways will be through concerned authorities Boy drowns at the company. —KUNA Alcohol possession A 6-year-old Kuwaiti boy drowned in a swimming pool of a bilingual school in Fahaheel yesterday. He was Police stopped a car around dawn Sunday at a check- pronounced dead on the scene. A case was filed for point in Shaab, and the two people inside, a man a investigations. woman, were reeking of alcohol. When police asked Dashti to expose 23 ‘big fish’ for their IDs, the woman refused, but the officer noticed a bottle of liquor with her. When he asked her By A Saleh Minister of Public Works and Minister Qotaiba Al-Jbouri said that Kuwait’s about it, she said, “I have a bottle, so what? You police of Electricity and Water Abdulaziz Al- Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- are the guards and thieves!” so she was taken along KUWAIT: MP Abdulhameed Dashti Ibrahim in which he said that the Khaled will visit Baghdad heading with her companion to Maidan Hawally police station. refuted a recent statement made by Zour project contract had gone an Arab delegation including Arab through all legal channels. “It is full of League Secretary General Nabil Al- Rapist arrested violations,” he stressed, pointing out Arabi and a number of Arab foreign that he would file a complaint with a ministers. “The visit will contribute Adan detectives arrested a Sri Lankan driver for raping his shocking list of 23 names involved in to cementing Iraq’s relations with sponsor’s Nepalese maid at their sponsor’s home. The fami- violations. “Names nobody ever other Arab countries as well as sup- ly, who were out, told police about the incident. expected would be involved!” he port Iraq in fighting IS”, he stressed. underlined. Meanwhile, Dashti was subjected to public prosecution Zalzalah denies joining Cabinet Visa forgery investigations over a foreign min- MP Yousef Al-Zalzalah denied istry’s complaint against him for some local dailies’ reports about An awareness message received by a citizen revealed statement deemed slanderous to being appointing a minister. “This is forgeries in visas under his name without his knowl- Bahrain, as he faces charges of absolutely untrue and I have edge. The message was that the visas of two maids endangering state security by jeop- repeatedly said that I do not wish under his name expired on October 6, and he should ardizing Kuwait’s relations with a to join the Cabinet,” he stressed, renew them, but he did not know anything about brotherly state. while renewing his call to the PM to them. The citizen went to the citizen service center form a new Cabinet that would be where he was asked to file a complaint. When he asked Abdulhameed Dashti FM to visit Iraq with AL chief able to realize the development for the original papers, he was told that they are Iraqi Minister of Environment plan. destroyed one month after processing.

The drug dealers in custody. Boy kidnapped Trio caught with drugs, weapons Abdullah Al-Mubarak detectives are looking for two men who kidnapped a 16-year-old boy in front of his family Three citizens were arrested for possessing and trading in house, took him to Sulaibiya and robbed him of all what he drugs in addition to possessing three guns, said security had after beating him. A security source said the boy gave sources. Case papers indicate that narcotic detectives had a description of the culprits, and detectives are on the been tipped off concerning the activity of one of the three lookout for them. suspects. On storming his house, detectives found the oth- er two suspects with him and 2.5 kg of hashish, one kilo of meth, 1,000 pills and three guns. A case was filed and fur- Wife-beater wanted ther investigations are in progress. A citizen beat his wife after she visited her mother without his knowledge, and caused several injuries. Policemen assaulted The wife filed a complaint and police are looking for him for questioning. A police officer at Um Al-Haiman police station accused an Egyptian man of insulting and beating him. A security source said the suspect’s mother told Search for harasser police that her son, who was in the car, had beaten her, so policemen went to get him, but he beat the officers A citizen accused a shopper of harassing her at a mall and insulted them verbally. He was charged with beat- before escaping. The citizen, 41, reported to Andalus ing and insulting his mother and the policemen. police station about the incident. Police are on the look- out for the man. Siblings row Two brothers kidnapped their sister in front of the house of MoI, KUNA mull joint cooperation her ex-husband in Sabah Al-Salem. The woman’s car was found by police, who continue looking for her in fear she may be harmed. KUWAIT: Ministry of Interior’s Undersecretary General Department, General Al-Fahad praised KUNA’s staff for Sulaiman Al-Fahad and Deputy Director General for abiding by professional standards to cover events and help Editorial Affairs of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Saad Al-Ali readers be aware of what is going on across the globe. Angry driver discussed yesterday ways of developing joint cooperation He said KUNA staff work honestly and sincerely and, to serve security media. thus, enjoy a high level of credibility. The meeting was An Egyptian man who drives a car equipped with a In a press statement to the ministry’s Security Media attended by senior officials of KUNA. —KUNA traffic camera, told police that he was surprised by a sports-utility-vehicle (SUV) parking next to him, and used a stick to smash the windows of the car. The sus- pect attempted to open the door, the man added. Police are investigating. Ministry clarifies defendant issue

KUWAIT: In response to social media posts that blamed the Ministry of Interior’s correctional facilities directorate for not having the suspect accused of murdering citizen Seham Humoud Flaiteh show up before a court hearing on A man lost control of his vehicle which fell off of a Sunday, MOI’s security media department denied that the flight of stairs and was severely damaged. The correctional facilities directorate had received any court incident took place at the Public Authority for orders to summon the defendant. Civil Information building, and no injuries were Further, MOI’s statement added that on September reported. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun 28th, the correctional facilities directorate had contacted the criminal execution bureau inquiring about the defen- dant’s attitude during hearings. “The reply came that the Arabian Gulf identity hearing would be held on November 2nd and we received no notifications otherwise”, said MOI’s statement, also needs to be KUWAIT: Ministry of Interior’s Undersecretary, Lieutenant General Sulaiman Al-Fahad, honored a num- denying that the defendant had not appeared before the sustained: Official ber of officers who had recently received their Masters and PhD degrees in various security-related criminal evidence department nor the psychiatric diseases lines and disciplines. hospital. KUWAIT: Arabian Gulf identity needs to be sustained through deep-seating the concept of nationalism, Secretary General of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) Ali Al- Youha said yesterday. The cultural activities Journey of Hope boat anchors in Aqaba agenda for 2015-2016 is the key issue to be discussed today, said Youha before a meet- ing for GCC culture undersecretaries. This AQABA: Kuwait’s Journey of Hope boat, making a jour- with Down syndrome and Autism in particular,” the mission and wished them luck in attaining their meeting comes in preparation for the 20th ney around the world to bring attention to the plight of Ambassador Al-Duaij said during a ceremony he held in goals and humanitarian message. meeting of the GCC ministers of culture, to people with mental disabilities, anchored Sunday in the honor of the Journey’s crew and passengers. For his part, Yousef Al-Jassem, a Journey of Hope be hosted by Kuwait on October 16. Jordanian coastal city of Aqaba. “This mission, which included most of the world member, praised Jordan’s hospitality and generosity Other issues to be discussed in the Upon arriving at Tala Bay Resort port in Aqaba, the countries, had been supported mainly by His Highness toward the Kuwaiti mission, noting that the boat had preparatory meeting would include GCC crew and passengers of the boat were welcomed by the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His gone 10,500 miles across the ocean, docking at 33 ports Ali Al-Youha cultural cooperation with international Kuwaiti Ambassador to Jordan Dr Hamad Al-Duaij, Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- in 21 countries as they currently have 49 remaining days entities such as the ASEAN and the EU, he Kuwait’s Military Attaché Maj-Gen. Falah Al-Sunni, Dr Jaber Al-Sabah, and His Highness the Prime Minister to return to Kuwait, which is expected on December 1st. pointed out. However, the ministerial Kamel Mahadin, Chief Commissioner of Aqaba Special Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah,” added The idea of the worldwide journey was the brainchild meeting, to be sponsored by Minister of Information, Minister Economic Zone Authority, Sami Maaytah, Acting the Kuwaiti diplomat. of a number of Kuwaiti parents with children having of State for Youth Affairs and the council chairman, Sheikh Governor of Aqaba, and Kuwaiti Embassy’ officials and He also commended efforts exerted by First Deputy mental disabilities including the Down syndrome and Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, would address staff members. Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Autism. The parents wanted to bring awareness to the common projects and issues, outlined in the common strategy, “This is a beautiful opportunity to meet with a num- Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, as well as senior officials at plight of these children and life’s restrictions on them. approved during the 29th summit, hosted by Oman in 2008. ber of elite Kuwaitis who took upon themselves a signif- the foreign ministry in facilitating measures and proce- The boat, which sailed from Kuwait on May 1st this The ministers will discuss means of implementing programs icant responsibility in showcasing abilities and capabili- dures for the Kuwaiti mission in a number of countries year, is supposed to make 37 ports of call in all during within this strategy and pursuing inter-GCC cooperation for ties of those with special needs in general, and those they visited, expressing his gratitude to organizers of 210 days of sailing around the world. —KUNA bolstering the distinctive Gulf identity, preserving the Arabic language and the Islamic cultural heritage. —KUNA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 LOCAL

In Brief Increase rumors Emergency plan Violence spread By A Saleh KUWAIT: MP Dr Abdurrahman Al-Jeeran called KUWAIT: MP Saleh Ashour urged the Interior Health Minister Ali Al-Obaidi to conduct field Ministry to prepare a study addressing the spread KUWAIT: MP Madhi Al-Hajri described recent tours at both public and private hospitals and clinics ‘especially in rush hours’ to see beforehand of violence in the Kuwaiti society. He added that reports speculating a possible increase in energy the ministry is advised to seek assistance in order and fuel fees as ‘rumors leaked to put psychologi- the level of crowding there. The lawmaker raised the need for an emergency plan to address the to investigate the causes behind this phenomenon, cal pressure’ on consumers. He added that any and find ways to prevent its spread. The lawmaker increases that directly affect citizens are ‘categori- situation ‘caused by administrative confusion and shortage in of medical staff,’ especially after the also called for establishing police stations near cally rejected’, saying that the government needs markets and malls. to address citizens’ needs in light of the country’s Eid holiday’s end and change in weather. ‘exceptional and stable economic situation.’ Photo of the day

KUWAIT: The change in weather experienced these days brought with it dust which began rising in Kuwait yesterday. The Kuwait Meteorological Center forecast predicts a chance of scattered rain this Friday. — Photo by Joseph Shagra KISR discovers ‘Higher Education basis for creativity’ KUWAIT: Higher education remains the honorable examples in developing cogni- possible education quality. He noted that new fish vaccine take-off pad for creativity for any nation tive perceptions, acquiring students the the GCC universities offer distinguished seeking a comprehensive quantum renais- aspired skills and knowledge and produc- education services, acquiring students he sance to join the first world countries, a ing distinguished generations that fulfill necessary skills and knowledge in line with KUWAIT: Kuwait Institute for Scientific immunity against parasites and harmful GCC official said yesterday. the expectations of the GCC leaders, the requirements of the labor market. Research (KISR) announced yesterday that bacteria and prevent the spread of the Director of the Education Department at Qubaisi said. As part of the 20th meeting, the 7th one of its teams succeeded in discovering infections in water ponds. the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) He added that the 20th meeting agen- symposium of the GCC university chan- new vaccine to increase the resistance of He underlined the importance of the General Secretariat Mohamed Hassan Al- da, topped with the GCC Supreme Council cellors and heads of the higher educa- farmed fish against fungal or bacterial new vaccine in combating and preventing Qubaisi made the statement at a prepara- resolutions, constitutes a political support tion institutions in the GCC will be held infectious diseases. fish infectious disease without endanger- tory meeting for the 20th gathering of the for a serious take-off for a comprehensive on Wednesday to discuss research ing the health of the end consumer. bloc’s university chancellors and heads of educational development among the financing and scientific research incen- “The new invention gives another exam- higher education institutions, to be held in bloc’s higher education institutions. tives; scientific research and post gradu- ple of the role of KIRS scientific researches Kuwait, October 13-15. Qubaisi pointed to the limitless backing ate studies; investing in scientific in serving humanity and offering practical Amid the challenges facing the world, by the GCC leaders to higher education, research outcome and scientific publica- solutions to preserve environment and the GCC universities have offered leading giving an impetus to achieve the highest tions and databases. — KUNA health,” Mutairi said. He pointed out that the marketing department would try to promote the new product in local and international markets with the help of private sector partners. NBK largest contributor to Mutairi argued that although fish farm- ing has great development potential, fish diseases still remain a major constraint to society among local banks its successful expansion. “Bacteria and parasites can cause the death of 90 percent of fish in farms and consequently lead to huge financial losses, KD 134 million contribution, 36 percent of banks’ total thus using these vaccines is important to save the fish farming industry.” The water ponds in farms can stress the Naji Al-Mutairi fish due to high stocking densities, reduced “A patent for the new product was regis- oxygen levels, sub-optimal water quality tered, by the name of Kuwait, in the United and high pathogen loads. States,” KISR Director General Naji Al- Therefore, farmed fish have an increased Mutairi said in a press release, adding that susceptibility to infectious diseases. Such KISR team also invented a new method for diseases may be bacterial, viral, fungal or producing this vaccine. parasitic in origin. In the recent years, vacci- He stated that the vaccine has been nation proved to be one of the best alter- tried on several kinds of fish and proved natives to combat bacterial and viral dis- effective in helping fish develop natural eases. — KUNA

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) is the annually several training programs including care institutions. NBK continued its support to largest contributor to society among all NBK Academy, the Summer Internship build a new state-of-the-art cancer center at Kuwaiti Banks. NBK’s spending on Corporate Program and the first of its kind in the region NBK’s Children Hospital. The new center will Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives exceed- NBK Advanced Academy for high fliers. expand the hospital’s ability to treat children ed KD 133.9 million from 1992 till 2012, NBK strongly supports the country’s health with cancer and blood diseases. including annual contributions to the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) and the recruitment and development of Kuwaiti youth. In its report issued recently, Kuwait Banking Association (KBA) noted that Kuwaiti Banks’ Total CSR contributions reached KD 373.9 million for the period 1992-2012. NBK’s share of total Kuwaiti Banks’ contribution reached 36%. In addition, NBK contributed by 37% of total Banks’ spending on National Labor Support Program, and by more than 50% of total contributions to KFAS. NBK has a long tradition of supporting social and community oriented activities in the country. NBK’s corporate social responsi- bility initiatives cover a range of education, environment, health, philanthropic, social ini- tiatives. NBK reaffirms its position as a leader among private sector institutions by provid- ing job opportunities to fresh graduates and hiring national manpower. NBK offers thou- sands of training opportunities as part of its KUWAIT: A KISR team member conducting an experiment for the new vaccine. — KUNA specialized training program. NBK provides TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 LOCAL

kuwait digest kuwait digest Clergymen’s Morals are manipulations in danger

By Ahmad Al-Sarraf By Arwa Al-Waqian

here is no way to improve thinking and get closer to the rest he culture and civilization of any given people are of people and understand them other than reading about Sectarianism measured by how much they respect laws and there is Tvarious cultures without restrictions or conditions. Clergymen Tnothing cunning about that! It is that simple because have always warned their followers against reading others’ books the laws that make us respect traffic rules in Dubai are the and getting to know their culture. There was a famous statement by same that make us respect them in Europe, yet the minute Sheikh Mohammad Mitwali Shaarawi - the most prominent Islamic we set foot back in Kuwait, we get struck by severe chaos and propagandist of the twentieth century who was the direct cause for sheer disrespect to laws all over Kuwaiti streets, where we many actresses to don the hijab and retire from show business - lack proper driving manners and morals. In fact most of us who said that he did not read anything other than the Holy Quran are really unrespectable on the streets where even for 30 years! The danger in reading others’ books is in their ability to respectable ones may sometimes have to abandon such urge us to pose questions, and the question is the start of knowl- good traits in order to reach their destinations in one piece. edge. The question was always the most dangerous thing in human People are driving madly while the police are watching, history, and it is more important than the answer. It is possible for laughing and sometimes taking part in videotaping their nearly everyone to give whatever they like as answer to any ques- stunts! tion, but only few can pose the correct question, and the question During the Eid vacation, I was at a chalet where I saw a may have been at the start of philosophical thinking. This is why real disaster in progress right before the eyes of two police- religious books urge not to pose the question because of what it men in a police patrol who only settled for watching while may cause in the form of confusion and doubt for the one who Fanaticism the jogging sidewalk was being used by vehicles, ATVs and seeks an answer! bicycles, which threatened joggers’ lives and annoyed them. You can imagine what will be the level of civilization on the This is a clear violation of the simplest traffic laws and regula- globe if there were no continuous questions about the cause of tions. The sidewalk was designed for joggers to practice their winds, where does rain come from and the reason for the formation sport, not for vehicles. Some of the drivers harass passersby Al-Jaridah while a policeman would be relaxing inside a patrol having coffee and watching the whole scene without moving a sin- gle muscle. There is no way to improve Nonetheless, I do hope street madness was our utmost kuwait digest concern, but it is not. Such unethical indifference extends to thinking and get closer to the the simplest laws banning smoking in public areas like malls Expat harassers where ‘No Smoking’ signs are placed in each and every cor- rest of people and understand ner. Even in restaurants, waiters and waitress always ask if them other than reading customers wish to sit in smoking zones. After all, why do hun- By Mudaffar Abdullah dreds of non-smokers should be forced to passive smoke about various cultures without only because we are too soft on law-enforcement in Kuwait?! or starters, I suggest having the Japanese experts held legally accountable, be them Kuwaitis or expatri- This applies to many simple everyday things in Kuwait restrictions or conditions. who are currently studying the development plan ates”, instead. and has led to a very bad ‘culture’ of disrespect to laws, and in Fto review and report on the 9-day Eid vacation! Fourth, MoI’s research and statistics center has turn, disrespect to others. Such disrespect helped spread On another issue, the Interior Ministry is one of the shown that Kuwaitis were responsible for the highest more violence, lack of proper manners and assaulting others of clouds. This apart from other phenomena that puzzled humanity major elements in people’s everyday life. Accordingly, number of felonies committed during the first half of for a simple reason: ‘We are in a country that sets laws and for thousands of years, until questions came one after another to all the procedures or statements it makes are of great 2013. Another study showed that Kuwaitis came first in never puts them into practice!’ This is the most important rea- remove the mystery forever. importance. I am saying this in response to the state- committing juvenile crimes in 2012 (923 crimes by son why violence and harassment is spreading in a country Because of the trust of some clergymen in our countries, who ment made by the criminal investigations director in Kuwaitis juveniles versus 355 committed by expats that brags deciding to deport expatriate harassers. Wow, we call “scholars”, to have the Muslim human being give up reading which he threatened to deport any expatriate arrested from various nationalities). Why threaten expats alone, what an achievement! and his weak memory or because of his lack of interest to bring out for harassing women during Eids and holidays. Well, I then?! What about citizens who are actually the cause of most problems? How can we be so racial and allow citizens to the mistakes of some clergymen, they went too far in making state- have some remarks on this statement. Fifth, we have been witnessing frequent fights and ments and reversed them without being shy or afraid that the truth harass simply because they belong to us? Why do we have to First of all, the statement was a media failure in scuffles committed by Kuwaiti teenagers at the will be found. They know that most Arabs do not read, and if they put up with harassment from silly lumpish citizens while did, nothing will remain in their memory, and if they remember a terms of one made to control public security because it Avenues including stabbing a Lebanese doctor to expatriates get deported for doing the very same? Fights and contradiction in a matter or fatwa by them, they will mostly keep limited ‘harassment’ to Eids. It was also made after the death. Sixth, the statement says that the investigations scuffles in shopping malls will go on in Kuwait because the quiet and will not bother to object - rather they let things go by Eid had already ended, which means that the alleged director is entitled to deport an expat harasser even if law is not respected here and some security men actually without objection or even comment. Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qardawi, harassment had been already done before the threat the involved Kuwaiti woman preferred not to file a incite harassment, violence and corruption and this takes us the head of Muslim scholars, relied on this in most of his statements was made. Secondly, the statement lacked any statistics complaint, which is peculiar and illegal. How can an back to square one - in a country where the law is not and fatwas, as he lately rejected the allied forces’ moves led by the to indict expatriates with harassing women, who expat be deported without filing a complaint that respected, the behavior of most of its people will be unre- United States to bomb IS, because a Muslim is not supposed to sup- despite the fact that expatriate women are subject to proves that he violated the law?! spectable! port the infidel forces to kill Muslims, and at this point he relied on the same, was only limited in the statement to Kuwaiti The bottom line is that due to the nature of its line Finally, we do know that Kuwaitis are capable to abide by the weak memory of his followers, because he previously support- women who “prefer not reporting to the police to pro- of work, the MoI is a very sensitive body and this calls laws if they are strictly imposed. They travel a lot and show ed the French, British and Italian jets bombing the forces of Gaddafi, tect their reputation”! for more care to be taken over handling the media, great respect to the laws of the countries they visit. So it is up although Gaddafi’s forces were also Muslim! So how can an issue Third, using the word expats is unfair because it because frankly speaking, if I was an expat, I would to the state to find a way to enforce laws so that we can all and its opposite be allowed? I remember here the saying of Sheikh generalizes the accusation to all nationalities and all have felt very humiliated by such a statement. live in peace! Mohammad Al-Ghazali: “Cheating in religion is more sinful that Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida ages. The director should have said “all harassers will be —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida — declared atheism”. —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas

kuwait digest ‘Such people, such government’

By Dr Shamlan Al-Essa

spent the long Eid Al-Adha holiday at Bnaider Americans are keen on building their homes the chalets, thinking that it will be an entertaining old fashioned way with mud and refuse to pave Ibreak with swimming and walking in the the streets, and this city safeguards the environ- desert. But I was wrong in not traveling to neigh- ment, so I enjoyed walking in the morning boring countries like others who go to Gulf or because birds chirp, and wild rabbits run every- Arab countries. What spoiled our mood and where. Meanwhile foxes and coyotes come out at turned rest into hardship was the uncivilized and night looking for food and hunt rabbits, but no irresponsible behavior of citizens towards the sea one dares harm any animal or bird, because the and desert environments. Seawater is clean and American people are civilized and refuse to harm beautiful, but backward citizens throw plastic bot- animals. tles and soda cans in the sea or the beach, and do Walking in the Bnaider desert is torturous and not bother to collect the trash in bags or contain- hard, because uncivilized citizens throw construc- ers. We were deprived of walking on the beach, tion remnants such as bricks, concrete, trash and which I love, because every citizen has a chalet on wood in the desert, because there is no supervi- the seaside and hurts people by building a slipway sion. The uncivilized citizens’ aggression reached to slide boats into the sea, and they are all unli- the point of throwing trash in the desert, and the censed. These slipways affect the marine environ- worst thing that I saw were small pickup trucks ment and the natural movement of sands, and with Asian workers pulling out desert plants from moreover, keep us walking lovers from practicing their roots to feed the animals of the citizen who our preferred sport does not care, that this because they are thin and behavior leads to the jut into the sea, and we are Walking in the Bnaider spread of desertification in required to wait for the our country. Finally, we low tide to be able to walk. desert is torturous and believe the reason of our I did not find in all coun- hard, because uncivilized country’s backwardness is tries I lived in private slip- not because of the govern- ways that hinder people citizens throw construction ment and National walking. Those countries remnants such as bricks, Assembly only, but rather it provide alternative areas is our backwardness - the designated for boats concrete, trash and wood backwardness of the (marinas) for fishermen Kuwaiti people and the lack and sea goers. in the desert, because there of its civilization - because The relative cooler is no supervision. he who does not respect weather encourages peo- the beautiful desert and ple to walk in the desert, marine environment does so I am keen on waking up early at 5:30 am to not serve the human being and does not have the walk in the desert, but my joy was not complete, right to claim that he lives in a country where all because I found several 4WD vehicles ahead of me people are supposed to respect the law. driven by adolescents, and each vehicle had a Anyway, the vacation went to waste and we did driver and a migrant bird hunter who fired at any- not enjoy it, because the disgusting scenery that I thing moving in the sky or on the ground. We do lived with disturbed me. Even my joy in going not know if these reckless youths are aware of the through messages, clips and pictures through birds’ importance to the environment. These social media was distorted because of overcrowd- migrant birds that come from cold Europe to the ing at Kuwait airport and pictures of the munici- warm environment in Asia are beautiful and pality slaughterhouse during the first day of Eid peaceful, and beneficial to human beings, because with blood and dirt, confirming the backward and they feed on worms and insects in farms. What can uncivilized people are governed by a government the Kuwaiti youth get out of killing them, especial- like it. May Allah have mercy on former Iraqi Prime ly that they do not eat them because they are Minister Nouri Al-Aeed Basha when he said “such small and torn apart by the bullets. people, such government”, when he was criticized I was in the United States for treatment during for the bad situation in Iraq during the ‘30s and the summer and spent one month in Santa Fe, ‘40s of the last century. New Mexico, where my daughter is studying. The —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Watan TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014

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HONG KONG: A group supporting pro-democracy protesters walk with umbrellas down a road in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong yesterday. Hong Kong police started removing street barricades at sites where pro-democracy demonstrators have been holding more than two weeks of rallies, paralysing parts of the Chinese financial hub. — AFP HK authorities accused of hiring thugs Protesters boost barricades after clash

HONG KONG: Chaos erupted in central Hong Claudia Mo told AFP. colony and have brought parts of Hong Kong Police took down some peripheral to stand-an arrangement the protesters Kong yesterday as dozens of masked men One lawmaker on the scene of the clashes to a standstill over the last fortnight, prompt- barricades in a dawn operation allowing dismiss as “fake democracy”. rushed barricades at the city’s main pro- in Admiralty voiced concern over how the sit- ing clashes with elements who oppose the traffic to pass around the Admiralty site Students and pro-democracy cam- democracy site, sparking renewed accusa- uation had “degenerated”. blockades and widespread disruption. for the first time in two weeks as well as paigners have taken to the streets-some- tions that authorities are using hired thugs to “From what I can see the police were help- Despite repeated orders to disperse, the ral- removing several barriers around the times in their tens of thousands-since disperse demonstrators. ing the anti-Occupy actions more than the lies have taken on an air of permanence, with Mongkok site. last month to call for Beijing to change Groups of men, many wearing surgical peaceful protesters,” said the Civic Party’s tents, portable showers and lecture venues. The overall atmosphere had been its position and to demand Leung’s resig- masks, descended on the front lines of the ral- Kenneth Chan. Taxi drivers had also con- It was the second time since the mass calm, but some protesters voiced anger nation. ly at Admiralty near Hong Kong’s central busi- verged on the site with their cars, demanding protests began that authorities had been at what they saw as a police swoop. “The Talks between student leaders and city ness district, triggering clashes with protest- the barricades be removed and other anti- accused of cooperating with criminal gangs. police refuse to communicate with us, officials collapsed last week, deepening ers, just hours after police had moved in to Occupy groups chanted “Occupy is illegal”. In previous clashes at the secondary site of they just do what they want,” added the crisis in the semi-autonomous city. take down some barriers. Anti-Occupy protesters mainly dissipated Mongkok 10 days ago, police said eight of the Wong King-wa, 25. Chinese police detained two Beijing Demonstrators, who have come under as the afternoon wore on, while pro-democra- 19 arrested had triad backgrounds. Furious On Sunday, Chief Executive Leung had activists who took part in a Hong Kong attack from organised crime gangs known as cy demonstrators rebuilt their barricades pro-democracy protesters also accused the said the protesters had “almost zero pro-democracy march, a friend said yes- triads at another flashpoint demonstration using everything from bamboo poles to sticky authorities of using thugs yesterday. chance” of changing Beijing’s stance and terday. site in Mongkok, shouted: tape. “The government wants Hong Kong peo- securing free elections. China has in recent weeks held “Weapons! Weapons!” and “Arrest the tri- But as police announced they would soon ple to fight each other, that’s how they want China announced in August that while around 40 people on the mainland who ads” as police struggled to impose order. Pro- move to clear more “obstacles” at both the to win,” protester Angela Li said. “All the peo- Hong Kongers will be able to vote for had expressed support for the protests democracy lawmakers rounded on the Admiralty site and a secondary site in the ple using violence and causing trouble are Leung’s successor in 2017, only two or in Hong Kong, according to rights authorities over the clashes. “This is one of the shopping hub of Causeway Bay. paid thugs.” three vetted candidates will be allowed groups. — AFP tactics used by the communists in mainland “We will not eliminate the possibility of Police said that the clashes were due to China from time to time. They use triads or using minimal force or arrest actions,” police “people unlawfully blocking the roads with pro-government mobs to try to attack you so senior superintendent Hui Chun-tak told obstacles”. Earlier Hong Kong’s embattled the government will not have to assume reporters. He said that three men had been leader Leung Chun-ying had told reporters in responsibility,” Democratic Party lawmaker arrested, one for assault and two for carrying the Chinese city of Guangzhou that he want- Albert Ho told AFP. offensive weapons. ed the protests to end. “It seems that the police have duly “Under the appropriate situation we hope removed some of the barricades to make way Triad allegations to allow society to return to normal as quickly for the suspected triads to get through to the The demonstrators are calling for Beijing to as possible,” he said on the sidelines of a trade peaceful protesters,” Civic Party lawmaker grant full democracy to the former British meeting. Ban warns of ‘provocations’, calls Israel-Palestinian talks

JERUSALEM: UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned yes- “Israel is committed to maintaining the status occupation that has lasted almost half a century, terday against “provocations” as clashes erupted quo exactly as it’s been for many decades. What the continued denial of Palestinian rights and at Jerusalem’s holy sites, condemning Israeli set- we’re seeing is Palestinian extremists who are the lack of tangible progress in peace negotia- tlement activity and calling for peace talks with instigating violence through incitement,” he said tions.” the Palestinians. in Ban’s presence at his Jerusalem office. Netanyahu however maintained the occupa- Ban was speaking in Ramallah and Jerusalem The UN chief’s visit came a day after a Cairo tion was not relevant to the Gaza conflict. where he met with Palestinian and Israeli lead- conference at which international donors “The root cause of the violence that burst ers, a day after a donor conference for Gaza and pledged $5.4 billion (4.3 billion euros) to rebuild from Gaza is not Israel’s occupation in Gaza, for a hours after clashes at the Al-Aqsa mosque com- the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. simple reason: Israel doesn’t occupy Gaza,” he pound between Israeli police and Palestinians. The amount raised by the international com- told the UN chief. “I am also deeply concerned by repeated munity for Gaza was “encouraging,” Ban said in “The root cause of this summer’s outburst of provocations at the holy sites in Jerusalem. Ramallah, noting the funds would go towards violence was Hamas’s rocketing of Israeli cities,” These only inflame tensions and must stop,” Ban the “urgently needed” reconstruction of infra- he said, referring to the Islamist movement said at a joint news conference with Palestinian structure and homes. which rules Gaza. prime minister Rami Hamdallah in Ramallah on Nearly 2,200 Palestinians, mainly civilians, Netanyahu also urged Ban to prevent the the West Bank. were killed in the 50-day war in July and August, Palestinians from taking unilateral diplomatic Palestinian protesters demonstrated against with 73 people killed on the Israeli side, mostly measures at the United Nations. Orthodox Jews going to the esplanade, which is soldiers. “A real peace can only be achieved through holy to both Islam and Judaism, with police bilateral negotiations,” Netanyahu told Ban eventually arresting four and enabling Jews to ‘Roots of instability’ ahead of a meeting with him. visit the site. But “while rebuilding is important, we must “I believe that unilateral steps by Palestinians Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tackle the root causes of instability,” Ban reiter- at the United Nations will not advance peace,” he said Palestinian extremists were to blame for the ated. said. “If the UN wants to support a genuine rec- clashes, the second such violent outburst in less At the donor conference, Ban said “the root onciliation, it must avoid any steps that could than a week. causes of the recent hostilities” were “a restrictive undermine peace.” — AFP TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 INTERNATIONAL IS jihadists boast of enslaving Yazidis

BAGHDAD: The Islamic State jihadist group says remained unclear. In an article entitled “The revival ing the “jizya” tax or convert, this did not apply to being held suggest the true number could be at that it has given Yazidi women and children cap- of slavery before the hour”, Dabiq argues that by Yazidis. least three times as high. tured in northern Iraq to its fighters as spoils of war, enslaving people it claims hold deviant religious One 15-year-old girl who escaped on September boasting it had revived slavery. beliefs, IS has restored an aspect of Islamic sharia Bought for $1,000 7 told HRW that the Palestinian fighter who bought The latest issue of its propaganda magazine law to its original meaning. The Yazidi faith is a unique blend of beliefs that her “told her with pride” that he had paid $1,000 for Dabiq released on Sunday was the first clear admis- “After capture, the Yazidi women and children draws from several religions and includes the wor- her. She said the fighter took her to his flat in the sion by the organisation that it was holding and were then divided according to the sharia amongst ship of a devil figure they refer to as the Peacock city of Raqa, the group’s main hub in Syria, and sex- selling Yazidis as slaves. Tens of thousands of Yazidis, the fighters of the Islamic State who participated in Angel. In a report also released on Sunday, Human ually assaulted her. Human Rights Watch said that a minority whose population is mostly confined to the Sinjar operations,” the article said. “This large- Rights Watch said abducted Yazidi women were the extent of the sexual abuse inflicted to enslaved northern Iraq, have been displaced by the four- scale enslavement of mushrik (polytheist) families is subjected to sexual assault and were being bought Yazidi girls remained unclear but stressed that the month-old jihadist offensive in the region. probably the first since the abandonment of this and sold by IS fighters. “The systematic abduction stigma surrounding rape in Yazidi culture could Yazidi leaders and rights groups warned in sharia law,” it said. and abuse of Yazidi civilians may amount to crimes explain the low number of first-hand accounts. August that the small community faced genocide “The only other known case-albeit much small- against humanity,” the New York-based watchdog “When you ask them, they were never or rarely and that threat was put forward by Washington as er-is that of the enslavement of Christian women said in a statement. According to interviews HRW sexually assaulted. Simply put, they are scared of one of the main reasons for launching air strikes. and children in the Philippines and Nigeria by the conducted with dozens of displaced Yazidis in the being killed by their own tribe,” Hanaa Edwar, a vet- Thousands of Yazidis remained trapped on a mujahedeen there.” autonomous region of Kurdistan last month and in eran Iraqi rights activist, told AFP. mountain near their main hub of Sinjar for days in Dabiq argued that while the “people of the early October, the jihadist group is holding at least “So much harm has been done. There needs to August, while others were massacred and the fate book”-or followers of monotheistic religions such as 366 people. Accounts by some of the Yazidi women be a huge psychiatric campaign to deal with these of hundreds of missing women and children Christians or Jews-can be given the option of pay- who managed to escape and two who are still victims,” she said. — AFP Yemen’s president names new premier Shi’ite Houthis welcome choice

SANAA: Yemen’s president named the country’s UN envoy as degree in administration, business and finance from India’s prime minister yesterday in a move welcomed by the Shi’ite University of Pune, served previously as oil minister before Muslim Houthi group which controls the capital, signaling an being appointed Yemen’s envoy to the United Nations. easing in the country’s prolonged political crisis. Analysts say he is a technocrat who is expected to focus on An aide to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi said Khaled trying to improve public services in a country that has been Bahah’s name had been among three proposed last week by going through political turmoil since mass protests in 2011 the Houthi group after they rejected appointment of Ahmed forced long-serving President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step Awad bin Mubarak as prime minister last week. “We believe he down. His appointment comes under a power-sharing deal signed last month by the Houthis and other major political parties at Hadi’s presidential palace. The deal aims to bring the Houthis and the wing of a separatist group into a more inclu- sive government. The Houthis, whose main stronghold is in Yemen’s northern highlands, seized Sanaa after defeating forces loyal to an army general with links to a Sunni Islamist party. The move alarmed top oil exporter Saudi Arabia which fears the Houthis will build an alliance with its rival Iran. Yemeni analyst Ali Saif said Bahah, who is from Hadramout in Yemen’s east and enjoys the backing of all the country’s main political parties, was unlikely to face big hurdles in form- ing a new government, which he said could come within two weeks. “This is a major breakthrough,” Saif told Reuters. “He is more of a technocrat than a politician, and that should help MURSITPINAR: Smoke from an airstrike by the US-led coalition acsends in the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known him,” he said. as Kobane by the Kurds, seen from the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern village of Mursitpinar, in Sanliurfa province, yesterday. — AFP Leaving Sanaa The Houthis, who now control all aspects of life in Sanaa, SANAA: A picture taken on May 19, 2014 shows then have refused to leave the city until a new government is Clashes at border as US Yemeni Oil and Minerals Minister Khaled Mahfouz formed. Analysts said that the Houthi presence in Sanaa was Bahah during a parliament session in Sanaa to discuss likely to disappear, with many of the fighters who had entered the security situation and the economical crises in the Sanaa virtually unopposed on Sept. 21 poised to be incorporat- country. —AFP pushes for Turkey’s role ed into the country’s military and security forces. One main task for the new government is to review a plan drawn up by the (Bahah) is the right person,” said Abdelmalek al-Ejri, a member previous administration to divide the country into six adminis- MURSITPINAR: Kurdish fighters ing for Syrian opposition members” in ammunition to Iraqi troops. of the Houthi political bureau. “His appointment will help the trative regions with devolved powers. The Houthis want more engaged in fierce clashes yesterday with Turkey, noting that Ankara would wel- Washington has insisted it will not country overcome the difficulties it is going through.” regional autonomy but say the regional borders envisaged by jihadists on the Turkish border near come a US Command team next week to send ground troops back to Iraq, and Bahah, who was born in 1965 and who holds a masters the plan divide Yemen’s wealth unfairly. —Reuters Kobane, as Washington pressed Ankara “develop a training regimen”. US military Secretary of State John Kerry said in to play a stronger role in the campaign planners have repeatedly warned the air Cairo that the Iraqis themselves will have against the Islamic State group. campaign alone will not be enough to to succeed on the ground. Turkey denied allowing the United defeat IS, which in June declared an “Ultimately it is Iraqis who will have States to use its bases against IS, after US Islamic “caliphate” in the large parts of to take back Iraq. It is Iraqis in Anbar who officials said access had been granted Syria and Iraq under its control. will have to fight for Anbar,” he said at and that Ankara would also host training But a Turkish government official told the weekend. for “moderate” Syrian rebels. American AFP that “there is no new agreement and Saudi warplanes carried out seven with the United States about Incirlik”. Fighters divide up ‘slaves’ new strikes around Kobane, the US mili- “Negotiations are continuing” based on IS has committed widespread atroci- tary said, including on IS staging posts Turkish conditions previously laid out, ties in areas under its control, including used in its bid to cut the town off from the official added. attacks on civilians, mass executions, the outside world. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet beheadings and enslaving women. A Kobane politician who is now a Davutoglu on Sunday called for military In the latest issue of its propaganda refugee said IS fighters had surrounded backing for Syria’s “moderate opposition” magazine Dabiq, IS boasted of having Kobane to the south, east and west, and to create a “third force” in the war-torn revived slavery, giving Yazidi women and warned of a “massacre” if they take the country to take on the Damascus regime children captured in northern Iraq to its northern front bordering Turkey. as well as IS militants. fighters as spoils of war. “If they manage to take control of IS believes the Yazidis hold deviant that area, they will close all access to the Iraqis quit Anbar base religious beliefs and claims that Islamic town and will begin a massacre,” Feyza Kobane has become a highly visible sharia law allows for their enslavement. Abdi said from Turkey. “That is what they symbol of resistance to IS and its fall “After capture, the Yazidi women and want, to completely enclose the town, would give the jihadists control of a long children were then divided according to cut off all contact with Turkey and stretch of the Turkey-Syria border. the sharia amongst the fighters of the engage in barbarism.” But concern has also been growing Islamic State,” the article said. Fighting spread to less than a kilome- over Iraq, where IS fighters have been The group has also murdered four tre (half a mile) from the barbed wire threatening to seize more territory. Western hostages in on-camera behead- frontier fence, with the jihadists carrying Iraqi forces are reported to be under ings, and on Sunday hundreds of people out two suicide car bomb attacks in the intensifying pressure in Anbar province gathered in northwest England for a border zone, said the Syrian Observatory between Baghdad and the Syrian bor- memorial service for British aid volun- for Human Rights. der, where a roadside bomb killed the teer Alan Henning. With the jihadists advancing on its police chief on Sunday. The 47-year-old taxi driver had trav- doorstep, NATO member Turkey has On Monday, security sources said elled to Syria to help Muslim colleagues come under intense pressure to take Iraqi government troops stationed on deliver aid in a convoy, but was kid- action as part of the US-led coalition that the edge of the city of Heet in Anbar had napped and his murder claimed by IS in has been carrying out air strikes in both withdrawn to another base, leaving the a graphic video released on October 3. Syria and Iraq. US officials said Ankara city under full jihadist control. More than 180,000 people have been had agreed to let Washington use its Pro-government forces have also killed in Syria since an uprising against bases including Incirlik, in southern been in trouble around Baiji oil refinery President Bashar al-Assad’s regime Turkey, for the air campaign. Pentagon south of IS-held Mosul, where US aircraft began in 2011, evolving into a several- chief Chuck Hagel said the agreement on Sunday for the first time dropped sided civil war that has drawn thousands included “hosting and conducting train- supplies including food, water and of jihadists from overseas. — AFP Lebanon to postpone parliamentary poll to 2017 BEIRUT: Lebanon is set to postpone next month’s parlia- others. Earlier this month hundreds of insurgents attacked mentary elections to 2017 because instability linked to the at least 10 bases belonging to Lebanese Shi’ite group Syrian crisis has made it impossible to hold a nationwide Hezbollah in a mountain range close to the border. The poll, a government minister said yesterday. minister said Lebanon’s parliament will approve the delay The civil war in neighbouring Syria has stoked sectarian later this month and will specify that the poll can only take tensions and aggravated long-standing rivalries in place after the selection of a new president, the formation Lebanon. This would be the second postponement of the of a government and the adoption of a new elections law. elections, which should have taken place in June 2013. Lebanon has been without a president since May, when Now the 128-member parliament is set to delay them for Michel Suleiman’s term ended, because feuding lawmakers another two years and seven months from November, the have been unable to decide on a successor and have minister said. “There is no longer a possibility of holding blamed each other for the deadlock. the elections because of the deteriorating security situa- Lawmakers, who support different sides in Syria’s civil tion in the country,” the minister told Reuters. He declined war, are divided on many issues including on ways to deal to be named because the parliament has not yet voted on with the effects of the crisis, which has driven around 1 the new postponement. Lebanon’s interior minister and million refugees into Lebanon. Politicians from the March MPs have frequently said a new delay is inevitable. A post- 8 coalition, which includes Hezbollah, support Syrian ponement to 2017 would mean that the current parlia- President Bashar al-Assad. The rival March 14 coalition ment would serve two four-year terms in a row. backs Assad’s opponents. Most Lebanese have become The government minister blamed violence in Lebanon’s accustomed to protracted political stalemate whenever north, south and in the east along the border with Syria, the time comes to choose a new parliament, government where the turmoil has often spilled over into Lebanese ter- or president. In the past, politicians have waited for an ritory. In August, Sunni Muslim insurgents from Syria agreement between outside patrons - Saudi Arabia for stormed the Lebanese border town of Arsal, killing at least March 14 and Iran for March 8 - to resolve their differ- 14 Lebanese soldiers, wounding dozens and capturing ences. — Reuters TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Alaska Senate candidates vie for veterans’ votes

EAGLE RIVER: The focus of attention one idents has served in the military and an Murkowski, and its veterans’ affairs agency. said. A first-time candidate who can be stiff new system - he has spent the last two recent Saturday at the Veterans of Foreign additional 35,000 troops are stationed at In an interview, Sullivan noted that the on the stump, Sullivan by all accounts months getting shunted from one facility War post in this community on the fringe one of the state’s numerous military facili- first policy paper he issued after announc- comes to life when he visits American to another as he tries to get a hearing test - of Anchorage was college football, not the ties. They may seem like natural supporters ing his candidacy last year was on veterans, Legion and VFW posts - usually impromptu but is still a Begich voter. state’s hard-fought Senate race. of Sullivan, who wore his Marine combat warning of growing VA wait times in the events that are closed to reporters. But “I like everything that he’s doing,” said When asked, Army veteran Ken Speegle boots when he began his campaign last rest of the country before the scandal Begich has also long been a fixture at vet- Grant, who personally thanked Begich for thought about the race for a moment and year. But in this election, veterans and their made headlines. erans’ halls and holds roundtables on mili- getting the cost-of-living increase through. said that, as a Republican, he’s pulling for votes are up for grabs. He also noted that Begich voted for a tary issues. The Democrat said that while It’s not just the range of military facili- challenger Dan Sullivan, a lieutenant Veterans’ advocates credit Begich with budget bill in December that would have his party usually doesn’t win the majority ties that pulls veterans to Alaska - it’s the colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve, helping pioneer a system that allows veter- eventually slashed military pensions - of veterans’ votes, he has a strong record. adventurous, gun-friendly, live-and-let-live against Democratic Sen. Mark Begich in ans to be treated at local hospitals rather though Begich supported a measure Begich beat a veteran to become mayor of lifestyle, said David Joslin, a former combat November. But he says he won’t be heart- than at Veterans Affairs facilities. That’s cru- rescinding that provision and recently Anchorage, and he won the state’s three medic who was wounded in Iraq and broken if Begich wins. cial in a state where the nearest VA hospital authored legislation providing a cost-of- military bases in his 2006 race against Sen. Afghanistan. “Guys that spent a decade at Those mixed feelings hint at the tough is in Seattle. living increase for veterans’ pensions. Ted Stevens, who was a veteran. war, we don’t want the (issues) of the lower competition for the support of veterans in The change also has helped Alaska Finally, he criticized Begich for not doing “In Alaska, veterans are a big deal,” 48,” said Joslin, 42. the Alaska Senate race this year. “I wouldn’t avoid the lengthy waiting times for more before last year’s VA scandal. Begich said in an interview. “I can show a Tony Unsderfer, an avid hunter and be particularly happy that a Democrat patients that caused a scandal in other record of delivering services.” gold-miner, sat at the VFW in Eagle River, won, but I wouldn’t be worried as a veter- states. “I’m not a shill for Mark Begich,” said Military issues At a senior center in the town of Palmer pointing out the mounted wolverine that an,” said Speegle, who served in Iraq and Ric Davidge, head of the Alaska Veterans “Had he cared he would have been last week, Begich touted Alaska’s flexible he shot. When talk switched to politics, Afghanistan. The 50-year-old real estate Foundation and a Republican Party com- pounding those issues of the backlog and veterans program and noted that it has Unsderfer, a Vietnam veteran, said he was agent said the incumbent has been “very mitteeman. “But we’re enormously blessed the severe mismanagement at the VA with- now become the model for the bipartisan voting for Sullivan. “He’s an old military aggressive” on veterans’ issues. up here, and that blessing is directly relat- in a year or two of showing up in bill to end backlogs at the national VA facil- guy, too,” Unsderfer said of the Republican Veterans represent an outsized share of ed to Mark Begich.” He also credited the Washington, not when he feels vulnerable ities. Vietnam veteran Richard Grant, 83, candidate. “The majority of us guys are for the population in Alaska, where 1 in 10 res- state’s senior senator, Republican Lisa and he’s running for re-election,” Sullivan had a less-than-ideal experience with the Sullivan.” — AP Marchers confront police over Missouri shootings

ST LOUIS: More than 1,000 protesters “You make my heart easier,” Myers’ shouted slogans at riot police in St Louis father told the crowd that later gathered in the early hours of yesterday near the outside St Louis University and held a climax of four days of street rallies and four-minute silence. sit-ins over the police shootings of two Hundreds of activists have traveled black 18-year-olds. from across the United States join four Many on the night march chanted days of protests, dubbed “Ferguson “Indict, convict, put the killer cops in jail,” October”. Organizers said the event and “The whole damn system is guilty as would culminate in mass rallies later on well,” in the city where a white off-duty “Moral Monday”. officer shot and killed teenager Vonderrit Police arrested seventeen protesters Myers Jr. last week. Police said the youth staging a sit-in at the entrance to a con- had opened fire. venience store early on Sunday in the Almost two months to the day earlier, Shaw neighborhood where Myers was another white officer shot and killed killed. Brown’s death triggered a national unarmed teenager Michael Brown in the uproar in August over police accounta- St Louis suburb of Ferguson after what bility and protesters have called for the police described as an altercation. arrest and prosecution of the officer, The shootings have focused global Darren Wilson. A grand jury is consider- attention on the state of race relations in ing the case. the United States and evoked memories Protest leaders said they were also of other racially-charged cases, including planning acts of civil disobedience on the fatal shooting of black 17-year-old Monday, without going into detail. Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012. “I came here to go to jail,” activist, Officers in riot gear beat their batons author and academic Cornel West told on the ground in unison as they faced off hundreds of people who turned out at against the marchers, before letting an arena in St. Louis on Sunday them walk peacefully on. evening. — Reuters

COCHABAMBA: Supporters of Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, celebrate after partial results of the elections were released in Cochabamba, Bolivia on Sunday. Evo Morales easily won an unprecedented third term as Bolivia’s president Sunday according to an unofficial ickqu count of the vote. — AP Morales claims landslide victory in Bolivia vote ‘Triumph of anti-colonialists and anti-imperialists’

LA PAZ: Bolivian President Evo Morales Lopsided campaign Some six million people were registered to declared victory Sunday and exit polls showed Political analyst Reymi Ferreira of Gabriel cast ballots in the presidential and congressional him romping to a third term with more than 60 Rene Moreno University in Santa Cruz called polls in Bolivia, where voting is compulsory. percent of the vote, giving him a strong man- Morales’s landslide “a recognition of the govern- date to expand his leftist reforms. ment’s management and of the fact the opposi- Welcome stability Thousands of people poured onto the streets tion never presented a vision for the country.” The economic and political stability Morales of La Paz in celebration, flocking to the presiden- Santa Cruz student Sonia Tika summed up the has presided over are welcome in Bolivia, which tial palace to get a glimpse of the man they president’s popularity. has suffered numerous coups since independ- affectionately call “El Evo,” Bolivia’s first indige- “I voted for Evo because he’s done good ence in 1825 and still struggles with deep pover- ST LOUIS: Protesters pause on Grand Boulevard en route to the St Louis University nous president. Large crowds also flooded the things-built roads, given us computers, food ty despite the recent boom. Morales, a member campus where hundreds of demonstrators announced they were staging a sit-in, streets of other major Bolivian cities. stamps. Everything the people asks for, he gives,” of the Aymara ethnic group, has also used yesterday, in reaction to the shooting this summer of a black, 18-year-old by a white “This is the triumph of the anti-colonialists she said. Posters bearing the slogan “With Evo, nationalist, anti-capitalist rhetoric to fire up pop- police officer in Ferguson, Mo. — AP and anti-imperialists,” boomed Morales, 54, who we’re doing well” blanketed La Paz on election ular support. He has argued vociferously against has aligned himself with Cuba, Venezuela and day, far out-shining the opposition’s propagan- the US-led campaign targeting coca farming, Iran and has an antagonistic relationship with da, which was conspicuously absent. which Washington brands a drug-trafficking the United States. To roars of approval, he dedi- Doria, 55, complained after voting in La Paz activity because of the leaf’s use in cocaine. NYC celebrates cated victory to Cuban leader Fidel Castro, late that international observers with the Many Bolivians chew coca leaves or brew Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and all “anti- Organization of American States had been prais- them as a tea, and Morales has argued it is part imperialist and anti-capitalist” leaders. ing the elections even before polls closed. of the country’s cultural heritage. Official results were delayed to early Monday “That’s not normal,” he said. In 2008, he kicked the US Drug Enforcement Columbus Day but pollsters Ipsos and Equipos Mori said Alvaro Colom, the former Guatemalan presi- Agency out of the country, along with the Morales had triumphed a whopping 40 points dent who heads the OAS delegation, said the American ambassador, accusing them of con- NEW YORK: Thousands of people lined Democrat, and his Republican rival, ahead of his nearest rival, wealthy cement mag- observers were impartial. spiring against his government. — AFP Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue for New York Westchester County Executive Rob nate Samuel Doria Medina. City’s annual Columbus Day parade. Astorino. Morales will extend his time in office to 14 Yesterday’s parade organized by the Cuomo is seeking re-election and has a years, until January 2020, after Bolivia’s Supreme Columbus Citizens Foundation. It’s billed as commanding lead in the polls. They also Court ruled last year that his first term was Small plane crashes the world’s largest celebrations of Italian- include Mayor Bill de Blasio, who frequently exempt from a new constitution adopted in American heritage and culture. touts his Italian heritage. The festivities fea- 2009 that imposed a limit of one re-election for It also is a major political showcase less ture scores of matching bands and Italian sitting presidents. in Chicago suburb than a month before Election Day. The civic groups. The first parade was held in The fragmented opposition has accused him marchers include Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Manhattan in 1929. — AP of trampling on democracy, clinging to power and failing to rein in crime, drug trafficking and CHICAGO: Three people were killed when a sacrificed his own life for everybody else’s, corruption. small plane they were in crashed on the only bless his soul.” vacant lot in a dense Chicago suburb of sin- Janusz said about 50-60 people live on Fast-growing economy gle-family homes, leading those on the the block and a couple hundred more in After rising to prominence as a union leader scene yesterday to say the pilot may have apartments a block away. “It would have fighting for the rights of the country’s coca desperately looked for a spot to crash where been a total disaster, too awful to think growers, Morales has brought sweeping it would not injure anyone on the ground. about.” Boie said that the plane hit some changes since taking office in 2006. The twin-engine Beechcraft Baron trees, adding that the wreckage was in a His government has nationalized a broad crashed in the Chicago suburb of Palos Hills rather compact area. range of sectors, including oil, gas, mining, around 10:40 p.m. Sunday, shortly after take- “Some of the residents said they heard an telecommunications and water; rolled out wel- off from Chicago Midway Airport for airplane. It sounded like it was kind of sput- fare grants for the elderly, children and expec- tant mothers; and moved to empower previous- Lawrence, Kansas, said Lynn Lunsford of the tering and then it came down right away,” ly marginalized groups, among them the indige- Federal Aviation Administration. Boie said. “It did come close to one of the nous people who account for 65 percent of the Palos Hills Deputy Police Chief James Boie houses.” population. said that given the spot where the plane He said he had no immediate identifica- Defying opponents’ dire warnings of eco- crashed and statements by neighbors who tion of the victims, adding a medical examin- nomic catastrophe, Bolivia, one of the poorest told authorities it appeared the plane was er was at the site Monday morning. About countries in Latin America, has instead seen a circling before it crashed makes it a real pos- two blocks all around had been cordoned off boom. The economy grew 6.8 percent last year sibility that the pilot tried to save the lives of by authorities. But he said there was no fire and is forecast to grow more than five percent people in all the homes in the neighbor- at the time of the crash and no evacuation this year, one of the fastest rates in the region. hood. ordered, though some people were kept The exit polls found Morales, who grew up in “I’d like to think that,” he said. “That is the away from their homes after the crash. poverty and attended school only briefly, had only vacant lot for (four) blocks.” One resident Lunsford said in an earlier email that the won in all but one of the country’s nine depart- across the street from the vacant lot said that FAA had sent a team to investigate and the ments, even taking the eastern business hub of when she saw the crash site she was con- National Transportation Safety Board had Santa Cruz, once a bastion of opposition to his vinced that the pilot was trying to save lives. been notified. Boie said planes from Midway government. Morales’s Movement Toward “It looks like he aimed for the one vacant often fly overhead, but he recalled no inci- Socialism (MAS) was meanwhile on track to win spot,” said Barbara Janusz, who lives with her dent in recent memory of a small plane WASHINGTON: Color guard from the different branches of the US Armed Forces 111 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies daughter’s family in a house where she said crash in the community about 20 miles march the colors during the 102nd annual Christopher Columbus Day ceremony at and 25 of the 36 seats up for grabs in the Senate, the plane’s wings came to rest. “I’m sure he southwest of downtown Chicago. — AP Columbus Plaza in Washington, yesterday. — AP according to the exit polls. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 INTERNATIONAL

British MPs to vote on recognising Palestinian state

LONDON: British lawmakers yesterday a tremendous amount of pressure on Gaza in which more than 2,000 enough, called on MPs to lead by exam- and that the illegal settlement enterprise held a non-binding vote on recognising the current government and the next Palestinians and dozens of Israelis were ple. has no validity”. Palestine although government minis- government, which is likely to be a killed. “There is a lack of political will and Britain’s former international develop- ters will not take part, in a sign of the Labour government, to recognise The Palestinian Authority estimates our moral compass is missing,” the for- ment minister Alan Duncan, a political sensitivity of the issue. Palestine as a state,” Morris told AFP in at 134 the number of countries that mer Foreign Office minister told Sunday Conservative MP who is due to travel to The debate is being closely watched an email. have recognised Palestine as a state newspaper The Observer. Gaza with Warsi later this month, said the internationally after Sweden incurred “The UK recognising Palestine could although the number is disputed and “Somehow we have to breathe new country had an “historic and moral duty” Israeli wrath this month for saying it will give decisive momentum to more EU several recognitions by European Union life into these negotiations, and one of to recognise the state of Palestine. recognise Palestine. The symbolic vote is states following suit,” he said. Some pro- member states date back to the Soviet the ways we can do that is by recognis- Britain abstained in 2012 from a vote on a motion put forward by Grahame Israel Labour MPs will vote against and era. ing the state of Palestine,” she said. in the United Nations on giving the Morris, an MP from the opposition have voiced resentment at being Newly-elected Swedish Prime Referring to Israeli settlements in the Palestinians the rank of observer state, Labour Party, and is likely to get the back- ordered by the party leaders to vote in Minister Stefan Loefven this month occupied West Bank and annexed east which was granted despite opposition ing of most Labour members. favour in what is expected to be a announced his intention to recognise a Jerusalem, she added: “If the settle- from the United States and Israel. Within the two ruling coalition par- charged debate. Palestinian state. ments are not stopped... then the viabili- “We believe international recognition ties, some Conservatives and most The House of Commons debate, Sayeeda Warsi, a former British minis- ty of a two-state solution is over.” of a Palestinian state is premature,” US Liberal Democrats are likely to vote in which will start at 1330 GMT, follows the ter who stepped down in August saying Morris said recognition would be “a State Department spokeswoman Jen favour, despite the government’s posi- collapse of peace talks between Israel the government had failed to condemn clear and legitimate message that Britain Psaki said following Israel’s criticism of tion. “If the vote is a success it would put and Palestine and this year’s conflict in Israeli military action in Gaza severely and others recognise Palestinian rights Sweden’s position. —AFP Nationalists win Bosnia’s elections Serb seat remains undecided

SARAJEVO: Nationalist candidates Economic woe and nationalism its internal problems or speed up its EU dent. Preliminary results showed the from Bosnia’s Croat, Muslim and Serb Although Bosnia-Herzegovina has aspirations. “Due to lack of a competent incumbent, Milorad Dodik, ahead by communities won the country’s three- been at peace since that bloodletting, choice and a serious political offer, citi- two points. man presidency, election results Sunday’s election, which also included zens voted for a kind of the return to Dodik, a nationalist firebrand, has showed yesterday, underlining contin- parliamentary polls, laid bare wide- the 1990s,” Kazaz said. grabbed attention by calling for the ued ethnic strains 20 years after the spread discontent over the economy Today’s “nationalists, those fake secession of the ethnic-Serb area from Balkan state’s civil war. and division along ethnic lines. moderates, will not make war, but they the rest of Bosnia-in other words With more than 90 percent of votes About 3.3 million Bosnians were eli- will not hesitate to engage in political renewing the kinds of aspirations that counted, Bakir Izetbegovic of the main gible to vote on Sunday, but turnout disputes” that damage the country’s plunged Bosnians into the disastrous Muslim SDA party and Dragan Covic of was 54 percent, about two percentage prospects. Backing up the trend set in war in the 1990s. Ivana Saric, a student from Sarajevo, said she had voted for a KIEV: In this photo taken on Sept 30, 2014, Ukrainian National Guard head small, multi-ethnic party, but she Stepan Poltorak, right, inspects a military base in the village of Novi doubted many others would have done Petrivtsi near Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko over the the same. “People are afraid to vote for weekend accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey and major change, possibly because they has nominated Poltorak as his replacement. —AP are traumatised by the past. Twenty years ago they chose democracy. That brought them independence and then, Ukraine hands popular later, war.” general tricky defence job EU deadlock Bosnia’s economic doldrums formed KIEV: Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko celebrated Poroshenko’s announcement as a grim backdrop to the vote. Average yesterday turned to the head of his frontline long overdue. monthly salaries are 415 euros ($525) forces to become his new defence minister “The dismissal of defence minister Geletey is and corruption that has plagued the ahead of a crunch general election and high- an important signal showing that the president country since its inception now costs stakes talks with Russia. of Ukraine is listening to voters, and the com- taxpayers some 750 million euros annu- The pro-Western leader asked National mander in chief-to the Ukranian army,” said the ally, according to non-governmental Guard irregular forces commander Stepan volunteer battalion chief for the eastern organisations. Major floods in May, Poltorak to become Ukraine’s fourth defence Donbass region, Semen Semenchenko. which caused an estimated two billion minister since Russia’s seizure of Crimea in Some analysts called Poltorak a politically euros in damage roughly 15 percent of March and subsequent separatist uprising in the safe choice who will help Poroshenko calm the Bosnia’s gross domestic product-have east. “I talked to the generals and met regular undercurrents of resentment running through further aggravated the economic situa- soldiers, battalion commanders,” Poroshenko the armed forces. Others said the nomination tion. told the 49-year-old career military man in a tel- will also probably be cheered in Moscow Bosnia’s EU aspirations have been evised meeting. “These conversations con- because it boosted Poroshenko’s election put on hold by political deadlock since vinced me about the accuracy of my choice.” chances and diminished the threat of national- 2006 due to ethnic tensions. Poltorak’s confirmation hearing in parlia- ists who reject all talks with Russia from win- Politicians from the three major eth- ment is set for today. Poroshenko on Sunday ning the vote. nic groups have failed to agree on accepted the resignation of embattled defence “The Kremlin is watching these elections, reforms needed for membership in the chief Valeriy Geletey after only three controver- hoping that parliament is filled with people like 28-nation European bloc, leaving sy-filled months on the job. Poroshenko who are ready to work with Bosnia lagging behind its fellow Balkan Geletey was pilloried for the August loss of Moscow,” said Kiev military analyst Valentyn SARAJEVO: Bosnian election helpers count ballots that arrived by mail in Sarajevo, yesterday. countries. Ahead of the vote, the more than 100 soldiers trapped near the Badrak. Bosnia held a general election on Sunday, its seventh since the end of the 1992-95 inter-ethnic European Union said that Bosnians Russian border by separatist militias who went war in the country. The election will show whether people are more concerned about the 44- needed to pressure elected officials on to seize back lost territory with the alleged Confronting Putin and Lavrov into bringing “much-needed reconcilia- percent unemployment rate or still mired in wartime nationalist divisions. —AP support of Russian troops. His dismissal high- Poroshenko told the nation he was taking tion” and to “close the gap with rest of lighted a sense of failure that has enveloped decisive steps to end the country’s worst crisis the Croat HDZ BIH party had won seats points lower than in 2010 polls, reflect- the presidential campaign, preliminary the region and ensure progress towards the once-proud force as the six-month conflict since its 1991 independence and defend in the collective presidency. ing widespread disenchantment with results for the 42-seat national assem- the EU”. Now the election is over, the with the pro-Russian gunmen drags on and the Ukraine’s interests in the face of Russia’s The Serb seat remained undecided, what is seen as the country’s corrupt bly showed dominance by nationalist winners have their work cut out, the death toll from fighting approaches 3,400. “aggression” against its western neighbour. with two nationalist candidates-opposi- and inefficient political class. parties-the Muslim SDA and the Serb Sarajevo-based Dnevni Avaz daily com- The military’s performance has humiliated His message of strength and peace came as tion figure Mladen Ivanic and Zeljka Unemployment is running at 44 SNSD. mented. “No one can celebrate in this Ukrainians who had been celebrating the suc- Ukraine heads into a crucial week of high-level Cvijanovic of the Bosnian Serb ruling percent and in February mass protests Under the complex Bosnian system, country. Those who won the largest cess of a popular uprising that ousted the then negotiations that begin in Paris on Tuesday SNSD party-neck and neck. broke out against the government’s voters additionally chose members of number of votes will be put to the test,” Kremlin-backed leader in February and pro- when US Secretary of State John Kerry meets The unwieldy power-sharing failure to fight graft and enact the the assemblies that oversee the coun- the newspaper said. pelled Kiev on its westward course. Russian Foreign Sergei Lavrov. arrangement is part of a political sys- reforms required for Bosnia to join the try’s two semi-autonomous halves-one “If those parties don’t take in the But the August bloodbath soon saw Kiev Poroshenko himself is expected to meet tem created by the US-brokered European Union. the ethnic-Serb Republika Srpska and seriousness of the situation and the agree to a Moscow-sponsored truce deal that Russian President Vladimir Putin for the third Dayton peace accord that ended the Political analyst Enver Kazaz said the the other the Muslim-Croat Federation. message sent by the population during included the rebels’ right to self-rule and time since his May ascension to power on the 1992-95 ethnic war in which some slide into nationalism reflected disillu- Finally, Serbs in their semi-autonomous February’s protests, what will come exposed Poroshenko to charges of ceding a vital sidelines of a Milan summit of Asian and 100,000 people were killed. sionment and would not help Bosnia fix region were also choosing a local presi- next will be much more violent.” —AFP eastern industrial region to Russia. Poroshenko European leaders on Friday. has been painstakingly polishing his defence Putin has called 17,600 troops deployed credentials ahead of an October 26 parliamen- near Ukraine for months back to their bases-a tary ballot that could decide the success of the decision analysts linked to his desire to see bit- Bishops acknowledging remaining four years of his presidential term. ing Western sanctions suspended or at least Some of Ukraine’s most respected soldiers rolled back. —AFP reality of Catholic families French tourists avoid

VATICAN CITY: Catholic bishops are showing remark- arrived at its half-way point yesterday with a document Remarkably, the bishops said gays had “gifts and Tunisia after beheading able openness to accepting the real lives of many summarizing the closed-door debate so far. No decisions qualities” to offer and asked rhetorically if the church was Catholics today, saying gays have gifts to offer the were announced, but the tone was one of almost revolu- ready to provide them a place “accepting and valuing BERLIN: Tunisia lost about a third of age to be 100 percent safe, we are not church and that there are “positive” aspects of a couple tionary acceptance rather than condemnation, with the their sexual orientation without compromising Catholic its French tourist bookings to cancel- immune to the effects created by the living together with being married. aim of guiding Catholics toward the ideal of a lasting doctrine on the family and matrimony.” lation shortly after the beheading last region we’re in,” Karboul said. In the first A two-week meeting of bishops on family issues marriage. For a 2,000-year-old institution that believes gay sex month of a French traveller by nine months of 2014, tourist arrivals to is “intrinsically disordered,” even posing the question is Islamist militants in neighbouring Tunisia from France, its main source of significant. The bishops, however, repeated that gay Algeria, the country’s tourism minis- holidaymakers, were down 6 percent, marriage was off the table. ter said yesterday. ministry figures show. Arrivals from The bishops said they must grasp the “positive reality Increased political unrest and mili- Europe as a whole declined 2.1 percent, of civil weddings” and even cohabitation, with the aim of tant violence in North Africa since the although overall international arrivals helping the couple commit eventually to a church wed- Arab Spring uprisings in 2011 have hit were up 0.2 percent. ding. tourism in a region known mainly for its To try and reassure tourists and keep The bishops also called for a re-reading of the 1968 fine Mediterranean beaches and long Tunisia safe, the government has dou- encyclical Humanae Vitae that outlined the church’s popular with French travellers. bled the number of security forces at opposition to artificial birth control. The bishops said “Within three days we saw 30 per- the borders, increased checks on those couples should be unconditionally open to having chil- cent of bookings cancelled,” Tourism arriving from militant-prone Libya and dren, but that the message of Humanae Vitae “under- Minister Amel Karboul told journalists Algeria and installed more cameras in lines the need to respect the dignity of the person in the on the sidelines of a tourism conference tourist destinations, according to moral evaluation of the methods of birth control.” in Berlin. “It’s a shame because October Karboul. There has been much talk inside the synod about is normally a strong month for tourists The Tunis government is also trying applying the theological concept of the “law of gradual- from France.” to ease visa procedures to encourage ness” in difficult family situations. The concept encour- Tourism accounts for 7 percent of tourism from regions such as eastern ages the faithful to take one step at a time in the search Tunisia’s gross domestic product. Europe where travellers are less likely to for holiness. Applying the concept to matters of birth Tunisia is due to hold a parliamentary be deterred by unrest, she added. control would be an acknowledgement that most election on Oct. 26 and a presidential Algeria has also stepped up security Catholics already use artificial contraception in violation ballot in November. Its relatively peace- measures. The state news agency APS of church teaching. ful transition towards full democracy said at the weekend that government Bishops also called for “courageous” new ways to after autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali’s troops had killed eight suspected mili- minister to families, especially those “damaged” by fall to mass protests three years ago has tants in the eastern Bouira region while divorce. The document didn’t take sides in the most divi- earned Tunisia plaudits as a model for tracking an al Qaeda splinter group that sive issue at the synod, whether Catholics who divorce change in the region. abducted and decapitated French VATICAN: Bishops attend a morning session of a two-week synod on family issues at and remarry without an annulment can receive “(But) even if we as a country man- tourist Herve Gourdel. —Reuters the Vatican, yesterday. —AP Communion. —AP TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Afghan officials say air strike killed civilians

KABUL: An Afghan official said a NATO years. wood on a mountainside for the fire. “The result of this strike was eight of 2014. air strike killed seven civilians in the The deputy governor of Paktia upcoming winter on Sunday when they enemy killed,” he said. The Taliban insur- Civilian casualties were one of the country’s east, including a nine-year-old province, Abdul Wali Sahi, said villagers were fired on. gency and the militant Haqqani net- reasons that former President Hamid child, but the international coalition brought seven bodies from the Udkey “They had shovels in their hands, and work are both active in Paktia province. Karzai cited for refusing to sign a bilat- said yesterday the strike killed eight mil- area of Gardez city to the provincial coalition forces maybe thought they It is often difficult to immediately deter- eral security agreement with the United itants who had fired on its forces. capital, saying they were all civilians were insurgents,” Sahi said. A mine whether those killed in air strikes States to allow a small US force to stay Civilian casualties from air strikes killed in an air strike. spokesman for the US-led military coali- are civilians or insurgents. The UN esti- after the end of this year. Karzai’s suc- remain a raw issue in the Afghan war, Sahi said an investigation has been tion, Lt. Col. David Olson, said he could mated in July that air strikes accounted cessor, President Ashraf Ghani, signed although UN statistics show the number launched, but that initial reports sug- confirm a “precision air strike” in the for 1 percent of the nearly 5,000 deaths the security deal the day after taking killed has sharply dropped in recent gested the villagers were gathering fire- area after coalition forces came under and injuries of civilians in the first half office. —Reuters India’s acid victims still suffer despite new rules

MUMBAI: The Indian teenager’s get 300,000 rupees in compensation, “The police don’t say anything, voice trembles as she recalls the day a third of it within 15 days of the they don’t search anything,” said she lost her face when her brother-in- assault. Reshma. law and his friends pinned her down Dixit said he knew of nobody who Last year, acid attacks were made a and doused her with acid. had received this initial sum so quick- specific criminal offence in India pun- Amid the horror of the attack, ly, while only two in 100 cases had ishable with at least a decade behind which followed a family dispute, managed to win the full amount. bars. But court cases can drag on for Reshma Qureshi should have “People don’t know how to apply for years. Particularly in northern states, received swift state aid after India’s compensation. The authorities don’t “police are not very cooperative and top court ruled that victims were enti- know,” he said. we have heard of cases where they tled to 100,000 rupees ($1,600) within Even if claims were successful, the try to get families to change their 15 days. figure is “not at all enough” for the statement,” said Bhagirath Iyer, a But, five months later, she is yet to costly and multiple plastic surgeries member of the volunteer network receive a penny. “One of my eyes is required, Dixit added. “Make Love Not Scars”, which helps ruined, yet no help is coming,” the 18- victims. year-old told AFP in her family’s ‘Nothing will be alright’ cramped Mumbai tenement, as tears Reshma, the adored youngest Crowdfunding help ran down her disfigured face, to child of a taxi driver, was attacked in Frustrated with the lack of govern- which her mother applied cream to her family’s northern home state of ment aid, activists have meanwhile soothe the burning. Uttar Pradesh, and the fact that she turned to online crowdfunding to Acid attacks have long plagued lives in Mumbai complicates her help raise funds for acid attack sur- India, often targeting women in pub- claim. vivors. lic places as a form of revenge linked Her relatives have clubbed togeth- “Make Love Not Scars” has set up a to dowry or land disputes or a man’s er and taken out loans for her treat- campaign on the website Indiegogo advances spurned. ment, but doctors have said she may for Reshma, who returned to hospital MUMBAI: In this photograph taken on October 10, 2014 Indian acid attack survivor Reshma looks at a photograph Those who survive the attacks face need up to 10 more operations. for more treatment on Friday. The of herself before the attack in her home at a slum in the eastern suburbs of Mumbai. — AFP lifelong scars and social stigma. “After that things will be better, immediate target is $2,200, although Reshma, once a pretty and outgoing but still nothing will be alright,” she her overall costs are expected to be commerce student, no longer said. Relatives were in tears when AFP much higher. socialises with friends but lies quietly visited the family home, reached by a Iyer said donations usually came Cyclone kills 24 in India, on the family bed, saying and eating steep ladder down a maze of alley- from wealthier Indians living abroad, little. ways. but they were “bombarding” Indian Despite steps taken last year to Reshma’s elder sister Gulshan, celebrities on Twitter to spread their sparks fears of floods help wipe out the scourge and whose estranged husband carried message. improve financial aid for survivors, out the attack, witnessed the assault “Crowdsourcing is possible but activists say little has changed. and suffered burns on her arms, but you have to market it really hard,” he “Still there’s no awareness on the wishes she had been the main target. said, adding that upper middle-class Modi to survey damage today issue,” said Alok Dixit of the New The family believe Reshma was victims often won more attention in Delhi-based Stop Acid Attacks cam- singled out because of her beauty the Indian media than those from VISAKHAPATNAM: The death toll and schools and many offices were villages. Four naval ships were also paign group, accusing authorities of and popularity. poorer social backgrounds. from a powerful cyclone which bat- closed due to poor telecoms and no being readied to sail to the coast, car- “buying time”. “Reshma is very emotional and she Reshma, who describes her face tered India’s eastern coastline rose to power for the second day in a row. rying relief material for 5,000 people, The Supreme Court in July last wants to study,” Gulshan said. While today as “so scary”, is desperate to fin- 24 yesterday, as the storm weakened Officials in Andhra Pradesh, which and four more ships were on standby year gave Indian states three months Gulshan’s husband was arrested and ish her treatment and hopeful that and moved inland, leaving a swathe reported 21 deaths, said initial sur- if required. The relatively low death to enforce restrictions on the sale of jailed, a juvenile in the gang has been she will bring her attackers to justice. of destruction and triggering fears veys found that thousands of houses toll reported so far followed an opera- acid, but campaigners say it remains freed on bail and two other accom- “I want to tell them that they should heavy rains would bring flash floods. had been damaged and there was tion to evacuate more than 150,000 easy to purchase. plices remain at large, according to not be able to do to other girls what Packing wind speeds of up to 195 widespread destruction to banana, people to minimise the risk to lives The court also said victims should the family. they have done to me.” — AFP kph (over 120 mph), cyclone Hudhud sugarcane and rice crops in the dis- from Hudhud - similar in size and hammered the coasts of Andhra tricts of Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam, power to cyclone Phailin that struck Pradesh and Odisha states on Sunday, East Godavari and Vijaynagaram. the area exactly a year ago. forcing tens of thousands of coastal Tens of thousands of people spent According to India’s weather office, inhabitants to seek safety in storm shel- a third night in cyclone shelters due Hudhud has weakened into a deep ters. In the port city of Visakhapatnam, to damage to their home or a lack of depression but is expected to dump home to two million people, govern- food or clean drinking water in their heavy rains in northern and north- ment workers began removing uproot- villages, officials said. eastern India and, eventually, snow ed trees which had blocked roads, when it reaches the Himalayan restoring snapped power and telecoms Food airdrops mountains. Aid workers warned the lines and clearing up debris including Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh rains were likely to inundate large sign boards and corrugated iron roofs N. Chandrababu Naidu, who visited tracts of farmland, comparing it to which had been ripped off buildings by Visakhapatnam yesterday, said he Phailin’s incessant rains last year the strong gusts. was fully confident that response to which caused major rivers and tribu- “I do not know how many days it the disaster would be quick. taries to overflow, submerging vil- will take to restore my business. I “Visakhapatnam is a place I like very lages and stranding hundreds of have lost everything,” said much. But, it is painful to see the city thousands of people for days after Heusikeswa Rao, a trader in this way today,” Naidu told reporters. the cyclone had passed. Visakhapatnam, as he tried to gather Prime Minister Narendra Modi said In the coastal fishing village of the pieces of wood and metal which he would visit the area on Tuesday. Mangamaripeta, 25 km (15 miles) once formed his stall. “Have been constantly taking from Visakhapatnam, where scores of Huge lines were seen at the few updates on Cyclone Hudhud ... Will thatched homes had been swept petrol stations which reopened after visit Visakhapatnam tomorrow and away by storm surges, inhabitants a two-day closure as people carrying take stock of the situation,” Modi waited for aid. “We do not know how jerry cans jostled to get fuel which tweeted. we manage for the next few days,” was in short supply. Residents also Authorities in Visakhapatnam, said N. Bangaramma, housewife and resorted to panic buying items such locally known as Vizag, said 19 heli- mother of three. “Our house was as milk, candles and kerosene in copters had been dispatched to drop damaged. Whatever we had was some places. Few shops were open food and water packets to affected washed away.” — Reuters S Lanka resumes trains to war-battered Jaffna

JAFFNA: Cheered by tens of thou- a popular mode of transport between “Today what is left to us is to win sands of people, a train decorated the ethnic Tamil-majority north and over hearts and minds, healing of with banana plants and colorful the Sinhala-majority south but was minds. I think this train journey today flower garlands arrived in Sri Lanka’s scaled back in 1990 because of the will help connect hearts and minds northern Tamil heartland on Monday, heightening of the civil war between once again.” Many government minis- 24 years after the “Queen of Jaffna” the government and the Tamil Tiger ters and military commanders joined was suspended due to civil war. rebels. Rajapaksa on the journey as thou- President Mahinda Rajapaksa The civil war that raged since 1983 sands of people gathered at every sta- bought a ticket and boarded the train ended in 2009 when Sri Lankan troops tion to greet the train and rushed to for the last 43 kilometers (27 miles) of crushed the rebels. “This is not just a take photographs with it. the journey and opened several rail- train journey but a bridge between An old woman using a walking aid road stations along the way. “Yarl north and south,” Rajapaksa told The clasped her hands in a sign of worship Devi,” as it is known in Tamil, was once Associated Press onboard the train. as the train reached Chavakachcheri, a town south of Jaffna. Since the service stopped, Jaffna has had no trains, meaning few of the city’s children have seen one in real life. Before the civil war erupted in 1983, the train was not only the most convenient way to travel between north and south, but also was a symbol of unity between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority. At the time, Tamils dominated bureaucratic and state service posts, and many civil servants based in Colombo used it to visit friends and family in the north. It was a main artery in Sri Lanka’s commerce, transporting fish from the north to the capital, and connecting the islanders regardless of ethnic identity. As militants from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam increased their attacks JAfFFNA: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse raises both hands to in the 1980s, the government sta- acknowledge cheers at the rebuilt Jaffna railway station yesterday as he tioned many soldiers, mostly arrives to officiate the resumption of rail services to the war-battered Sinhalese, in Jaffna, and they used the region after nearly 25 years. — AFP train to return home for visits.— AP TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 INTERNATIONAL

Philippines probes transgender death after US ‘war games’

MANILA: Philippine authorities are enforcement authorities in every aspect AFP. They found Laude, who was dressed amphibious exercises have been ordered Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario investigating the possible involvement of the investigation,” a US embassy state- as a woman, lifeless on the bathroom to remain in the country amid the inves- discussed the murder with US embassy of a US soldier in the killing of a local ment said without giving further details. floor with marks on the neck, she added. tigation. officials in Manila on Monday, he told transgender person after the two nations The body of Jeffrey Laude was found The injuries suggest the victim was “The (US Pacific Commander) ordered reporters. held joint military exercises, Filipino by hotel staff late Sunday, less than an strangled but further investigation is that no US ships will leave the “I think we will have a very close authorities said yesterday. hour after the victim checked into a required, Sadaba said. Philippines until we are done with the cooperation in making sure that justice is The US embassy in Manila confirmed room with an unidentified male suspect. “The foreigner is a suspect because he investigation,” said Oban, executive served,” he added. an American serviceman was “identified The “foreigner” with Laude had was the last person seen with the victim,” director of the Presidential Commission In 2006, a Philippine court sentenced as a possible suspect” in Sunday’s killing blonde, close-cropped hair, was of medi- she said. on the Visiting Forces Agreement. US Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith to at a hotel in the northern city of um build, and “casually” walked out of Eduardo Oban, an adviser to About 3,500 US Marines and navymen 40 years in jail for raping a Filipina a year Olongapo. the hotel later without settling his bill, Philippine President Benigno Aquino, took part in the joint exercises held in earlier. Smith walked free in 2009 after his “The United States will continue to prompting hotel staff to check the room, told reporters the US troops who took several areas of the Philippines, including accuser recanted her statement, prompt- fully cooperate with Philippine law police investigator Mary Ann Sadaba told part in the September 29-October 10 training sites near Olongapo. ing the court to acquit him. —AFP

In Myanmar parliament, colorful hats cap divisions NAYPYITAW: The only question opposi- her former captors, in turns scolding or tion lawmaker U Win Htein asked parlia- praising the military. It concerns some ment last session was for permission to members of her National League for remove his silk turban, saying it was caus- Democracy party, who quietly observe her ing him headaches and hair loss. The 72- tone shifting with her presidential year-old, known for his irreverent sense of prospects, which were never bright thanks humor, admits he was just teasing. But the to a law that was designed to keep her out speaker shot him down just the same. of office. The civilians elected to Myanmar’s legis- Meanwhile, the military is even better lature are required to wear hats when tak- represented than the 166 hatless heads ing the floor. The appointed military mem- would suggest. bers are not. Many of those wearing the gaun baung Hats hold meaning here, embodying of the ruling Union Solidarity and political allegiances, accomplishments and Development Party are retired men of uni- failures of a nation transitioning from a form. But while the heavy influence of the half-century of dictatorship to democracy. armed forces has drawn cynicism, the par- The dress code in parliament’s two ty has not always voted in lockstep with chambers, based on old laws of the the military. bygone king’s courts in Mandalay, reflects The military, viewed abroad as being the major political camps and the legisla- responsible for driving the country into ture’s ethnic makeup. decades of poverty, war, and dysfunction, Military members distinguish them- sees itself as the glue that binds the coun- selves from their civilian counterparts with try and, perhaps counterintuitively, the a conspicuous absence of both headwear arbiters of peace in the world’s longest and elections. Men in uniform are appoint- running civil war involving a number of ed to a quarter of the 664 seats by armed armed ethnic groups. The posting to forces chief Min Aung Hlaing. Naypyitaw’s parliament is seen as unglam- The Burman majority don a silk- orous, as it’s not well-paid and offers no wrapped, cane-frame turban known as a chances for promotion. gaun baung, which has come to symbolize The most brightly colored headgear the nascent civilian government. Ethnic belongs to ethnic politicians from conflict- minorities wear everything from feathers stricken states. Previously marginalized, and claws to tea towels on their heads. The they now find themselves with a little bar- most famous legislator, Aung San Suu Kyi, gaining power and are seeking greater NAGOYA: Travelers struggle with umbrellas in the heavy rain and strong wind caused by Typhoon Vongfong in front of Nagoya Station in wears simple white flowers. autonomy. Nagoya, central Japan, yesterday. The typhoon was downgraded to a tropical storm as it hit the Japanese island of Kyushu after battering the President Thein Sein, a retired general, southern island of Okinawa. Train service and flights were disrupted in southwestern Japan. — AP Hatless heads has promised a ceasefire ahead of the 2015 Like the hats, political allegiances in election. Ethnic armed groups have proven parliament are as complicated as they are tough negotiators despite clashes colorful. Suu Kyi, leader of the opposition between them and government forces, Typhoon Vongfong and Nobel Peace laureate, spent decades which have continued throughout the under house arrest. She now sits alongside stalling peace talks.—AP slams into Japan Airlines cancel at least 559 flights

TOKYO: Powerful typhoon Vongfong barrelled such as swollen rivers or seashore,” Sasaki said. rains could hit a large swathe of the archipelago, into Japan’s main islands yesterday, with at least “Please secure your safety before winds and rain where a relatively wet summer brought numer- one person missing and scores injured while strengthen.” ous landslides-including one in Hiroshima that more than 550 flights were grounded, officials Television footage showed the roof and walls claimed 70 lives. and local media said. of a house ripped off by gusts in Makurazaki, The typhoon also paralysed traffic, stranding Winds of up to 180 kilometres (112 miles) per while huge waves were smashing into breakwa- tens of thousands of people travelling around hour whipped ashore as the typhoon made ters. the country at the end of a three-day national landfall at Makurazaki on Kyushu island yester- Strong winds also destroyed concrete block holiday. Airlines reportedly cancelled at least 559 day morning, the meteorological agency said. walls while muddy streams were roaring along a flights, while West Japan Railway said it planned The season’s 19th typhoon, which had already rain-swollen river in other areas of Kyushu. to suspend all local services in the western struck Japan’s southwestern island chain of NHK said at least 68 people had been injured region of Kansai later in the day. Okinawa over the weekend, was located in cen- in typhoon-related accidents so far, a figure Mitsubishi Motors decided to halt part of its tral Kochi as of 5:00 pm (0800 GMT) and still which included the 23 hurt as the monster storm operations at four plants in western and central packing strong winds and heavy rain, the pounded the southern Okinawa islands. Japan “in order to secure employees’ safety”. agency said. Local authorities issued evacuation advisories The typhoon came just a week after another It is forecast to churn northeast through the to as many as 820,000 residents across the coun- strong tropical cyclone whipped through the Japanese archipelago at a speed of 30 kilome- try, NHK said, as 60 millimetres (2.4 inches) of country, leaving 11 people dead or missing. tres per hour, the agency said, adding that it rain fell per hour and nine-metre (30-foot) waves Due to the latest storm, the search was sus- may reach the Kanto region-which includes were recorded in western Japan. pended for the bodies of at least seven hikers Tokyo-late Monday or early today. believed to remain on the still-smouldering As night fell the rain grew heavier in Tokyo Tens of thousands stranded Mount Ontake, where 56 bodies have already with cars splashing rainwater over the street, In Shizuoka, central Japan, three Chinese been retrieved. while the weather agency issued heavy rain and people were swept away by high waves trig- The volcano was packed with walkers when it floods warnings for the capital. gered by the typhoon on Sunday afternoon as burst angrily to life on September 27, with many “It is necessary to be on strict alert against they were fishing on the coast, a local police there to witness the spectacular autumn foliage. gusts and high waves as winds can blow power- spokesman said. The eruption was Japan’s deadliest in almost fully even in areas far from the centre of the “Two of them were rescued safely but the 90 years. Hundreds of troops, firefighters and typhoon,” Hiroshi Sasaki, the agency’s chief remaining one aged 26 is still missing,” the police have joined a search made treacherous by meteorologist, told a news conference. spokesman said. The weather agency warned the gases still rising from the peak, as well as a “Please do not approach dangerous areas that landslides, floods, high waves and heavy knee-deep layer of sticky ash. — AFP NAYPYITAW: In this combination of nine photos taken in August and September 2014 in Yangon and Naypidaw, from left to right, top, Myat Ko, an ethnic Naga wears a tra- ditional Naga hat, Ye Tun, an ethnic Burman wears a Shan hat, In Phong San, an ethnic Kachin wears cane hat with wild bore horns. Middle left to right, Army Major Soe Moe, Where’s Kim? Absent leader stirs speculation has five different hats but doesn’t wear any in the Parliament, democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi wears flowers, Shwe Maung, an ethnic Rohingya who keeps a soft, brown, SEOUL: Where is Kim Jong Un? He’s nowhere to late last month then made a single reference to No unusual troop movements or other signs tassled fez-like cap, modeled after one worn by Abdul Gaffar, a Rohingya legislature be seen, and yet ... he’s everywhere. Kim’s “discomfort” and showed video footage of a possible coup have emerged. Diplomacy at of Myanmar’s firstprime minister. The civilians elected to Myanmar’s bicameral legis- From “Saturday Night Live” spoofs to the wild from August of him overweight and limping. the highest level continues: Three members of his lature are required to wear hats when taking the floor. —AP theories of journalists across the globe trying to inner circle made a surprise visit to the South, parse his five-week absence from the public eye, Diplomacy continues something analysts say would be impossible the 30-ish leader of North Korea has captured Many analysts believe that while Kim may without the leader’s blessing. Foreign tourists nearly as many headlines as he did when he have some health issues, he’s probably not in and aid workers still travel to the North, and China detains scholar, threatened to nuke his enemies last year. serious trouble. But many other people wonder. there have been no reports of new restrictions or This bewildering ability to command attention warnings for diplomats. bans books in crackdown by doing nothing says a lot about the North’s There’s also nothing particularly unusual mastery of a propaganda apparatus that puts Kim about North Korean leaders laying low for BEIJING: China has detained a prominent after she tried to put up posters on campus at the center of everything. Remove for 40 days extended periods. Kim’s late father, Kim Jong Il, scholar who helped blind dissident Chen expressing support for pro-democracy the sun around which that propaganda spins and no fan of the limelight in his later years, would Guangcheng flee to the United States two demonstrations in Hong Kong. In a picture on the international media, both traditional and disappear at times; Kim Jong Un, who seems to years ago and has banned books by eight her Twitter account, she can be seen wearing social, explode with speculation and rumors. genuinely like being at the center of things, took writers in an escalating crackdown on dissent. a face mask with a yellow ribbon on it. The It also speaks to the fundamental difficulties off without a word for three weeks in 2012. Guo Yushan, a founder of the Transition ribbon is a symbol of the protests. everyone outside North Korea - academics, gov- Institute, a think-tank that researches busi- Guo was detained on a charge of “causing ernment officials, reporters - faces in understand- Vanishing act ness regulations, reform and civil society, was a disturbance”, according to Pan and his ing what’s really happening inside a small, poor, But the apparent vanishing act of a man long detained on Thursday, his wife, Pan Haixia, lawyer, Li Jin. Police did not give Pan a reason autocratic country that jealously guards its inter- seen in foreign media as a cartoonish, all-power- said. for Guo’s detention. Li said she had applied to nal workings as it ignores demands by the U.S. ful overlord sitting on a nuclear arsenal while his More than 10 police officers took him meet him but had not heard whether she and its powerful allies to give up its nuclear people starve has proven endlessly fascinating. away along with his laptop, wireless router, could. “We just want to know the truth,” Pan bombs. And while there is plenty of informed analysis mobile phone and iPad, she said. said. “We hope the police will investigate this It is no mistake that the world obsesses about from experts and frequent visitors to Pyongyang, Guo was instrumental in helping Chen thoroughly and release him quickly.” Kim’s extended time off from his usual, seemingly there seems to be even more thinly sourced spec- escape house arrest in his village in 2012. Police could not be reached for comment. constant series of inspection tours of factories ulation. Kim is, by turns, reported to be suffering Chen travelled to Beijing where he sought If charged and convicted, Guo could face up and frontline military bases. Ever since 1948, Kim Jong Un from gout, from diabetes, from a brain hemor- refuge at the U.S. embassy, sparking a diplo- to five years in prison. when Kim’s grandfather, Kim Il Sung, founded the rhage, from a heart ailment, from a leg injury that matic row between China and the United country as a socialist rival to the US-backed “Is Kim Jong Un brain dead?” a South Korean law- required surgery from a French doctor, from men- States. Authorities shut down Guo’s institute ‘Suspicious’ South, the Kim family has successfully sold the maker asked Adm. Choi Yoon-hee, head of the tal illness or, according to a head-turning British last year. The government has convicted and notion, at home and abroad, that they are North Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a parliamentary hear- report, from a cheese addiction. In a telephone interview, Pan said Guo’s detained several scholars in what activists say Korea. ing yesterday. Choi said no, and, without elabo- North Korea’s completely controlled state detention could be related to the detention is a sustained campaign against dissent. A In the five weeks since Kim was last seen in rating, said Kim’s health problems “are not severe media, meanwhile, chug right along. Kim is seen of Shi Lin. court in the western region of Xinjiang sen- the state media at a Sept. 3 concert, he has enough to disrupt his status as the ruler of the in dispatches as the benevolent wellspring of all Activists describe Shi as an art editor at tenced economics professor Ilham Tohti to life missed several high-profile events that he nor- country.” that is good and powerful. Archived footage of Peking University and say she was detained on separatism charges last month.—Reuters mally attends. An official documentary released There are many reasons to believe that. him plays regularly on state TV.—AP NEWS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 Saudis tell oil market: Get used to low prices Riyadh aims to keep rivals, US shale in check LONDON/NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia is quietly telling the oil such as the United States, where a shale oil boom has unex- market it would be comfortable with much lower oil prices pectedly reversed dwindling output and pushed production for an extended period, a sharp shift in policy that may be to its highest level since the 1980s. Saudi oil officials have aimed at slowing the expansion of rival producers including made no public comments on the deepening swoon in mar- those in the US shale patch. Some OPEC members including kets. Senior officials did not reply to questions from Reuters Venezuela are clamouring for production cuts to push oil about recent briefings. prices back up above $100 a barrel. But Saudi officials have given a different message in meetings with investors and DON’T BE SURPRISED BELOW $90 analysts: The kingdom, OPEC’s largest producer, will accept Global benchmark Brent crude oil futures have fallen oil prices below $90 per barrel, and perhaps down to $80, for steadily for almost four months, dropping 23 percent from a as long as a year or two, according to people who have been June high of over $115 a barrel as fears of a Mideast supply briefed on the recent conversations. disruption ebbed, US shale production boomed and demand The discussions, some in New York over the past week, from Europe and China showed signs of flagging. Brent fell offer the clearest sign yet that the kingdom is setting aside its below $88 a barrel yesterday, hitting its lowest in almost four longstanding de facto aim of holding prices at around $100 a years, after news of the Saudi and Kuwaiti statements. “In barrel for Brent crude in favour of retaining market share in light of these comments, one should not expect any OPEC years to come. The Saudis appear to be betting lower prices - output cuts before the Nov. 27 meeting,” said Bjarne which could strain the finances of some members of the Schieldrop, chief commodity analyst at SEB in Oslo. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries - will be An OPEC delegate from outside the core Gulf Arab group necessary to pave the way for higher revenue in the medium said he did not think OPEC would cut output at the term, by curbing new investment and further increases in November meeting but added he believed the Saudis should LONDON: Pro-democracy activists (from left) Moosa Abd-Ali Ali, Saeed Al-Shehabi and Jaafar Al-Hasabi lis- supply from places like the US shale patch or ultra-deepwa- cut output unilaterally: “The question should be posed to ten during a press conference yesterday. — AP ter, according to the sources, who declined to be identified Saudi Arabia”. The growing difference in opinions means due to the private nature of the discussions. OPEC is heading for its most tense meeting since mid-2011 The conversations with Saudi officials did not offer any when it failed to agree on an increase in output despite a loss 3 refugees hacked by Bahrain specific guidance on whether - or by how much - the king- of Libyan production. dom might agree to cut output, a move many analysts are Until recently, Gulf OPEC members have been saying that LONDON: They thought they’d found refuge in Britain. Sunni Muslim monarchy, has since been rocked by expecting in order to shore up a global market that is pro- the price dip was a temporary phenomenon, betting on sea- Then they got hacked. Yesterday, three Arab pro- unrest spearheaded by the country’s Shiite majority, ducing substantially more crude than it can consume. Saudi sonal demand in winter to prop up prices. But a growing democracy activists went public with the allegation that who are trying to pry greater rights from the royal fami- Arabia pumps around a third of OPEC’s oil, or about 9.7 mil- number of oil analysts now see the latest slide as something the electronic tentacles of Bahrain’s government had ly. Researchers and journalists have long documented lion barrels a day. Asked about coming Saudi output curbs, more than a seasonal downswing; some say it is the start of a followed them all the way to Britain. It’s one of a grow- the kingdom’s interest in surveillance technology. one Saudi official responded “What cuts?”, according to one pivotal shift to a prolonged period of relative abundance. ing number of cases in which refugees say repressive Bahrain’s embassy said it had no immediate com- of the sources. Rather than fight the decline in prices and cede market share governments have used malicious software to keep ment on the allegations. British law enforcement offi- Also uncertain is whether the Saudi briefings to oil market in the face of growing competition, Saudi Arabia appears to tabs on overseas activists. “I thought I was safe here in cials also offered no immediate comment. Privacy observers represent a new tack it is committed to, or a talking be preparing traders for a sea change in prices. Britain, but the Bahraini government is monitoring me International’s complaint is the latest in a series of alle- point meant to cajole other OPEC members to join Riyadh in The Saudis want the world to know that “nobody should here,” Moosa Abd-Ali Ali said in comments carried by gations of cross-border hacking by repressive govern- be surprised” with oil under $90 a barrel, according to one of eventually tightening the taps on supply. One source not London-based Privacy International, which is filing a ments. Similar action has been taken on behalf of directly involved in the discussions said the kingdom does the people. Another source suggested that $80 a barrel may criminal complaint on behalf of him and two other Ethiopian refugees living in Britain and the United not necessarily want prices to slide further, but is unwilling to now be an acceptable floor for the kingdom, although sever- shoulder production cuts unilaterally and is prepared to tol- al other analysts said that figure seemed too low. Brent has activists, Jaafar Al-Hasabi and Saeed Al-Shehabi. States. In a press statement, Privacy International sug- erate lower prices until others in OPEC commit to action. averaged around $103 since 2010, trading mostly between The complaint, which draws on documents recently gested that the hacking was particularly insidious $100 and $120. While the latest discussions are the bluntest leaked to the Internet, alleges that Bahrain’s govern- because it targeted refugees, saying that Shehabi was OPEC ANGST efforts yet to signal the shift in Saudi strategy, early signs had ment deployed FinFisher, a powerful espionage pro- “deeply concerned” when he found out he been sub- With most other members of the cartel unable or unwill- already begun sending shivers through the oil market. In ear- gram, to break into their computers beginning in 2010 jected to surveillance. “It made him feel defenseless in ing to reduce their own output, the group’s next meeting on ly October the kingdom cut its official selling prices more or even earlier. Bahrain, a tiny island nation ruled by a the very place that he had sought asylum in.” — AP Nov 27 is set to be its most difficult in years. OPEC has agreed sharply than expected in a bid to maintain customers in Asia, to cut production only a handful of times in the past decade, widely seen as the opening shots in a price war for Asian cus- most recently in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. On tomers. “Riyadh’s political floor on oil prices is weakening,” Friday, Venezuela - one of the cartel’s most price-sensitive Robert McNally, a White House adviser to former President members - became the first to call openly for emergency George W Bush and president of the Rapidan Group energy action even earlier. Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez said “it consultancy, wrote in a note to clients following a trip to doesn’t suit anyone to have a price war, for the price to fall Saudi last month. McNally said he is not aware of any specific below $100 a barrel”. Saudi price or timing strategy, but told Reuters that Saudi On Sunday, Ali Al-Omair, oil minister of Saudi Arabia’s core Arabia “will accept a price decline necessary to sweat whatev- Gulf ally Kuwait, appeared to be the first to articulate the er supply cuts are needed to balance the market out of the emerging view of OPEC’s most influential member, saying US shale oil sector.” output cuts would do little to prop up prices in the face of ris- As that message began to dawn last week, the price rout ing production from Russia and the United States. “I don’t quickened, with Brent lurching to its lowest level since 2010. think today there is a chance that (OPEC) countries would “Until about three days ago the absolute and total consensus reduce their production,” state news agency KUNA quoted in the market was the Saudis would cut,” said McNally. That is him as saying. Omair said that prices should stop falling at no longer a foregone conclusion, he said. “The market sud- around $76 to $77 a barrel, citing production costs in places denly realises it is operating without a net.” — Reuters Airport or salet afrah? Continued from Page 1 from a trip a few months ago and when I entered the air- port, I saw a large number of people celebrating. I asked Airports especially are a red line. Why in the first place one guy near me, and he said a jihadist was returning is there no system to stop people using the airport as a from Syria. Excuse me! Where’s the Ministry of Interior? salet afrah (multipurpose hall for celebrations)? Every At this point, no comment. now and then you see the whole family coming to the Let’s go back to other cases. Like the malls and what’s airport to receive somebody and they bring flowers and happening. How many people have been stabbed or spray confetti on him and shoot fireworks. Add to this beaten at the malls lately? This is a place where you take the ululations - the Arab way of making sounds of joy. It your family and your children for a relaxing weekend vis- is as if they own the airport or have rented it for their cel- it. But now it’s become a boxing ring. It’s a mixed martial ebrations. arts training ground for the youth of Kuwait and neigh- But our airport unfortunately cannot accommodate boring countries. celebrations, as it is limited. We’re not talking about JFK Guys, I know many people who have families who or Heathrow or Dubai International Airport. A few peo- refuse to take their kids to the mall on the weekends. ple is all it takes to block the entire entrance to Kuwait’s And sometimes they take their daughters and families airport. And when we ask why are these people celebrat- out on weekdays if they can because they want to avoid ing, the answer is: Someone was treated abroad and is harassment and abuse and being forced into a fight. returning home or someone graduated and is coming We need a strong statement from the minister of inte- back to Kuwait or someone got married and is back from rior. Do something please. Show us the punishment for his honeymoon. all those who cause this chaos. We want to feel safe like Spanish matador Juan Jose Padilla performs during the El Pilar Feria at the Pignatelli bullring in Zaragoza To my surprise, I went to collect my son returning Kuwait used to be before. on Sunday. — AFP TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 ANALYSIS

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Issues How your voice is used to ID you

usinesses and governments around the world are increasingly turning to voice biometrics, Bwhich sometimes are described as voice- prints, to replace passwords and fight fraud. A look at this fast-growing technology:

Talk Your Way Past Security Canada’s TD Bank Group, the National Australia Bank Ltd and the Bank of New Zealand are among the businesses allowing customers to sign into their accounts or skip call center security questions by supplying a voiceprint. “There’s no need for a call center agent to know your name, your mother’s Millions of voiceprints quietly harvested maiden name, your inside leg measurement or whatever,” said Clive Summerfield, whose Sydney- By Raphael Satter Vendors say the timbre of a person’s voice is unique in a The Vanguard Group Inc, a Pennsylvania-based mutual based Auraya Systems is supplying the technology way similar to the loops and whorls at the tips of some- fund manager, is among the technology’s many financial to the Bank of New Zealand. “The machine can veri- ver the telephone, in jail and online, a new digital one’s fingers. users. Tens of thousands of customers log in to their fy that this voice belongs to this account and that’s bounty is being harvested: The human voice. Their technology measures the characteristics of a per- accounts by speaking the phrase: “At Vanguard, my voice is all you need to know.” OBusinesses and governments around the world son’s speech as air is expelled from the lungs, across the my password” into the phone. “We’ve done a lot of testing, increasingly are turning to voice biometrics, or voiceprints, vocal folds of the larynx, up the pharynx, over the tongue, and looked at siblings, even twins,” said executive John Sign Contracts with Your Voice to pay pensions, collect taxes, track criminals and replace and out through the lips, nose, and teeth. Typical speaker Buhl, whose voice was a bit hoarse during a telephone California-based VoiceVault gives consumers and passwords. “We sometimes call it the invisible biometric,” recognition software compares those characteristics with interview. “Even people with colds, like I have today, we businesses the option of attaching “vocal signa- said Mike Goldgof, an executive at Madrid-based AGNITiO, data held on a server. If two voiceprints are similar enough, looked at that.” one of about 10 leading companies in the field. Those com- the system declares them a match. The single largest implementation identified by the AP tures” to documents by speaking into the receiver panies have helped enter more than 65 million voiceprints is in Turkey, where mobile phone company Turkcell has tak- following a telephone prompt. Nik Stanbridge, who into corporate and government databases, according to en the voice biometric data of some 10 million customers spoke to The Associated Press this year when he was Associated Press interviews with dozens of industry repre- using technology provided by market leader Nuance still with VoiceVault, said the technology helped cut sentatives and records requests in the United States, Communications Inc. But government agencies are catch- down on paperwork and increased closure rates for Europe and elsewhere. ing up. In the US, law enforcement officials use the technol- health insurance contracts. Executives can use the “There’s a misconception that the technology we have ogy to monitor inmates and track offenders who have technology to close big deals, too. “The counter- today is only in the domain of the intelligence services, or been paroled. In New Zealand, the Internal Revenue signing can be done by somebody on a golf course,” the domain of ‘Star Trek,’” said Paul Burmester, of London- Department celebrated its 1 millionth voiceprint, leading based ValidSoft, a voice biometric vendor. “The technology the revenue minister to boast that his country had “the Stanbridge said. is here today, well-proven and commonly available.” And in highest level of voice biometric enrollments per capita in high demand. Dan Miller, an analyst with Opus Research in the world.” In South Africa, roughly 7 million voiceprints San Francisco, estimates that the industry’s revenue will have been collected by the country’s Social Security roughly double from just under $400 million last year to Agency, in part to verify that those claiming pensions are between $730 million and $900 million next year. still alive. Barclays PLC recently experimented with voiceprinting Activists worry that the popularity of voiceprinting has a as an identification for its wealthiest clients. It was so suc- downside. “It’s more mass surveillance,” said Sadhbh cessful that Barclays is rolling it out to the rest of its 12 mil- McCarthy, an Irish privacy researcher. “The next thing you lion retail banking customers. “The general feeling is that know, that will be given to border guards, and you’ll need voice biometrics will be the de facto standard in the next to speak into a microphone when you get back from vaca- two or three years,” said Iain Hanlon, a Barclays executive. tion.” —AP Banks harvest voiceprints to fight fraud

In this photo taken Sept 15, 2014, a speech Raphael Satter introducing their customers to the technol- Legality whether playing a canned message to scientist with voice recognition technology ogy. Fighting fraud is different. One person Banks may run into trouble when they callers counted as getting consent to gather company ValidSoft works on a computer dis- he caller said her home had burned familiar with Verint’s deployment said that deploy voice biometric technology secretly, biometric data. “It’s at best a passive, playing the voice biometric features of a tele- down and her husband had been the company’s technology has been at legal experts say. That’s because some assumed consent that they’re obtaining phone call during a demonstration at the company’s office in central London. —AP Tbadly hurt in the blaze. On the tele- work at Chase’s credit card arm since last states, such as Illinois and Texas, restrict the from the calling party,” he said. It isn’t clear phone with her bank, she pleaded for a year, when Verint’s predecessor, Victrio, was collection or sharing of biometric data. A that banks are using the suggested lan- replacement credit card at her new address. helping screen roughly 1 million calls a confidential company memo obtained by guage. A recent call to Chase’s credit card Turn Your Speech into a Spare Key “We lost everything,” she said. “Can you send month. the AP provides some insight into compa- support number was met with a recorded An Israeli company, FST Biometrics, is using voice me a card to where we’re staying now?” The Two people familiar with how the tech- nies’ attempts to build legal cover for their message saying: “This call will be monitored biometrics to secure everything from apartment card nearly was sent. But as the woman nology is being used at Wells Fargo said the work. The document, dated Aug 1, 2013, or recorded.” Nearly identical language complexes to airports. Voice recognition in conjunc- poured out her story, a computer compared San Francisco-based bank struck a deal for lays out NICE’s plans for the creation of a played during a call to a Wells Fargo’s num- tion with other biometric techniques now screens the biometric features of her voice against a a similar voice biometric blacklist provided blacklist shared across a consortium of dif- ber. those who show up at the door of New York City’s database of suspected fraudsters. Not only by Israel-based NICE Systems Ltd. NICE and ferent companies. It carries advice from Neither Wells Fargo nor Chase respond- Knickerbocker Village. Executive Shahar Belkin said was the caller not the person she claimed to Verint declined to comment on their cus- NICE to US banks suggesting that they deal ed to questions specifically addressing the the technology also is being tested for access to be, “she” wasn’t even a woman. The program tomers. Chase and Wells Fargo declined to with issues of consent by changing the tra- legality of their voice harvesting. NICE con- secure areas of Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport. “The identified the caller as a male impostor try- comment in any detail on their fraud pre- ditional message at the beginning of each firmed that the memo was genuine. It said voice biometric replaces what we used to use for a ing to steal the woman’s identity. vention strategies. Chase spokeswoman call to say: “This call may be monitored, the purpose was merely to suggest new lan- PIN code or a RFID (swipe) card,” Belkin said. “We The conversation, a partial transcript of Patricia Wexler said the company was recorded and processed for quality assur- guage for telephone calls and did not con- found it to be much more user-friendly and at the which was provided to AP by the anti-fraud “exploring many types of biometric authen- ance and fraud prevention purposes.” stitute legal advice. Industry observers said same time much more secure.” company Verint Systems Inc, reflects the tication,” but did not use voice biometric “Creating a voiceprint from the call falls that, regardless of the legal issues, few growing use of voice biometric technology technology with customers. She declined under ‘processing,’” the memo explains. would raise a fuss over the collection of bio- Help Authority Keep an Ear on You to screen calls for signs of fraud. Two major to say whether the company was using the “Sharing the voiceprints within the consor- metric information from suspected crimi- Georgia-based AnyTrax uses the technology to US banks, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Wells technology to screen calls for suspected tium is for the purposes of fraud preven- nals. Banks “truly are trying to protect legiti- monitor low-risk offenders on parole. The compa- Fargo & Co, use voice screening, also known criminals. At Wells Fargo, spokeswoman tion.” mate customers,” said Inscoe. She said the ny’s Louie Hunter said the automated calls to an as voice biometric blacklists, according to Natalie M Brown said “...sharing any infor- Tech and privacy lawyer David Klein, the blacklists had to be seen in the context of offender’s home landline telephone prompts the three people familiar with the arrange- mation about our fraud prevention meas- managing partner of New York-based Klein organized gangs that call banks repetitively person being monitored to repeat a random set of ments, all of whom spoke on condition of ures would jeopardize their effectiveness.” Moynihan Turco, said he had doubts about to try to break into accounts. numbers into the phone. It can spare people con- anonymity because the system was meant The technology is winning converts fast. victed of petty crimes from routine visits to their to remain secret. Mark Lazar, Verint’s vice president for intelli- parole officers. “It’s better than missing work, explaining to your boss why you have to take half a Altogether seven major American finan- gence systems, said that when combined day, get money for a bus or get a friend to take you,” cial institutions are already using such black- with other fraud detection techniques, voice Hunter said. With voice authentication, “they can lists or have run pilots, said Shirley Inscoe, an biometric blacklists were effectively freezing step out at a break or lunch and make a phone call analyst with the Aite Group, a research and the bad guys out of banks’ call centers. and get right on back to their life.” —AP advisory firm. Inscoe declined to identify the “Within a few months we see a 90 percent institutions, but said they largely saw them reduction in the types of calls these fraud- as a quiet and effective way of dealing with sters are making,” he said. Avivah Litan, an fraud. “It’s in the background. It doesn’t analyst with technology research firm All articles appearing on these affect the call in any way,” said Inscoe. Gartner, estimates that by next year, 25 pages are the personal opinion of “Nobody even knows it’s happening.” The major US call centers will be using some the writers. Kuwait Times takes no blacklists are one of a growing number of form of voiceprint technology, a five-fold everyday uses of speaker recognition, once increase over last year. responsibility for views expressed a high-tech tool used by security agencies. Klein, the privacy and tech lawyer, said therein. Kuwait Times invites read- Many governments and businesses use the growth of voice biometric technology ers to voice their opinions. Please voiceprinting openly. “A recent AP survey meant it was time for regulators to take a send submissions via email to: opin- of 10 leading voice biometric vendors fresh look at the rules. “There should be reg- [email protected] or via snail found that more than 65 million people ulation on both the state and federal level mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. worldwide have had their voiceprints tak- that that govern practices with respect to The editor reserves the right to edit en, and that several banks, including the collection, use and sharing of that data,” any submission as necessary. Barclays PLC in Britain and Minneapolis- In this photo taken Sept 14, 2014, an Israeli man speaks on the phone next he said, “so that we don’t go deeper into based US Bancorp, are in the process of to the NICE Systems Ltd buildings in the city of Raanana in Israel. —AP George Orwell’s world.” —AP p15_Layout 1 10/13/14 9:34 PM Page 1

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Bellerin eyes Arsenal spot Flower charged over attack Misbah backed by PCB LONDON: Hector Bellerin’s Arsenal career has so far been an undistin- LONDON: Wigan forward Ben Flower faces a lengthy suspension after the ABU DHABI: Pakistan’s cricket board (PCB) have backed struggling test and guished one, to say the least, but the young Spanish right back could get Rugby Football League charged him yesterday for attacking St Helens half- one-day skipper Misbah-ul-Haq to lead the team at next year’s World Cup another chance to stake his claim for a place in Arsene Wenger’s first team back Lance Hohaia during the Super League Grand Final. Flower, 26, was but have considered potential replacements should he decide to stand this weekend. sent off in the second minute of Saturday’s match at Old Trafford after down from his role as captain. With new Mathieu Debuchy injured and England’s Calum Chambers sus- sending Hohaia crashing to the ground with a punch and then striking him The 40-year-old middle order batsman did not play in Pakistan’s third pended for the home Premier League clash with Hull City, the 19-year-old is again in the face as the New Zealander lay prone on the turf. and final one-day match against Australia on Sunday, with Shahid Afridi likely to play as Arsenal attempt to shake off this month’s loss to Chelsea. The RFL has decided to charge Flower with a Grade F offence-its most taking the reins for the one-run defeat in Abu Dhabi. Bellerin returned from a loan spell at second tier Watford this year and serious charge-and he could now receive a suspension of more than eight Misbah has been in a prolonged slump with the bat, and scored 15 in was thrust into the spotlight last month when injuries meant he made his matches. the second ODI following a duck in the first. Pakistan were swept 3-0 in the first start for the club away to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. “Ben Flower of Wigan Warriors has been charged with the Grade F one-day series. PCB Chairman Shaharyar Khan said it had been Misbah’s As baptisms of fire go it was right up there, with Bellerin part of offence of violent and aggressive punching/punching an off-guard oppo- decision not to play on Sunday and that he was ‘depressed’ after a poor run a defence that was given a torrid time by the Bundesliga side nent in the second minute of the match,” said a statement on the RFL web- of scores. “Misbah decided that he needed a break from the who could have at least doubled their 2-0 winning margin. site. “Hohaia has been charged with the Grade B offence of striking Flower rather depressing scores he has had in Sri Lanka as well as A few days later he was handed his first start at The Emirates with the forearm in the second minute.” here,” Khan said in a report posted on the board’s website and this time Arsenal slumped out of the League Cup after a 2- Flower will appear before an independent disciplinary tribunal in Leeds 1 defeat by Southampton. Despite the setbacks, Bellerin has today. His shocking assault overshadowed St Helens’ 14-6 victory and (pcb.com.pk). “The management also agreed that if you impressed senior members of Arsenal’s squad. “He’s a good earned him widespread criticism in the British media. want to sit this out it is your decision. addition to our squad and he can take his chance with The Wales international issued an apology on Sunday, saying in a state- “No one coerced him into doing this. He himself decided Mathieu injured and Calum suspended,” Per Mertesacker ment released by Wigan: “I am so sorry for what happened on Saturday that this is the right time for him to take a break and see if he told Arsenal’s website on Monday.—Reuters night. There is no defence for my actions.—AFP can recover in the tests.—Reuters Tinkoff-Saxo seeks triple crown

PARIS: Tinkoff-Saxo’s proposal to pit encouraged by the recent positive reaction cycling’s top four grand tour riders against to our idea. We look forward to further dis- each other in the Giro d’Italia, Tour de cussing it with the key stakeholders. France and the Vuelta could provide a per- “Team Movistar manager Eusebio UnzuÈ fect platform to make the sport more said he thought it was a good idea while attractive to a wider audience. Team Sky manager David Brailsford thinks Last week, team owner Oleg Tinkov it has a lot of merit,” Feltrin said. offered a $1 million prize pool to be shared Feltrin added that 2015 would be a between Giro winner Nairo Quintana, good year to trial the scheme because Vuelta champion Alberto Contador, and there was “no major international sports the last two Tour de France winners Chris event... it might even be the biggest sports Froome and Vincenzo Nibali to battle for story next year and capture the attention of supremacy on all three grand tours. audiences that don’t usually follow cycling.” However, the Russian businessman’s It is unusual for top riders to take part in all eccentric character meant that his proposal three grand tours with a credible hope of was generally met with a wry grin and con- prevailing in each one of them. sidered something not to be taken too seri- Six riders, including Contador and ously. Nibali, have achieved a career hat-trick Yesterday, team CEO Stefano Feltrin across the races but nobody has managed gave the project more substance, revealing to win all three grand tours in the same Tinkoff-Saxo had actually approached rival year. teams. Contador did complete the Giro-Vuelta “This isn’t a joke or a publicity stunt. We double in 2008 while the last rider to win are very serious about it and we feel it is a the Tour de France and another grand tour proposal that will help cycling move for- in one year was the late Italian Marco ward,” Feltrin said in a statement. Pantani in 1998, who won in France and “We first approached the other teams Italy at a time when doping was rife in the during the recent Vuelta and we are sport. —Reuters Kings ground Jets

LOS ANGELES: Kings linemates Jeff Carter, ing slumber with five goals in the second ST. LOUIS: Cardinals’ Kolten Wong hits a walk off home run during the ninth inning in Game 2 of the National League baseball championship Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson each had a period against Henrik Lundqvist as the series against the San Francisco Giants. —AP goal and an assist in Los Angeles’ first victo- Maple Leafs downed the New York Rangers ry of the season, 4-1 over the Winnipeg Jets 6-3. Toronto mustered only five goals total on Sunday. in dropping its first two games of the sea- Anze Kopitar also scored and Drew son at home, but busted out against the Doughty had two assists for the Stanley Rangers, fueled by Kessel and van Giants fall to Cardinals Cup champions, who lost the first two Riemsdyk, who both notched their first games of their title defense. goal and first point of the season. Kessel Martin Jones made 29 saves for the added in two assists, and van Riemsdyk ST. LOUIS: Kolten Wong ended Game 2 of the and Adams homered in the eighth for a 4-3 wound up losing for just the second time in its Kings, who took a 4-0 lead in the second had one. NL Championship Series with a big swing for lead. San Francisco tied it in the ninth on a wild last 14 postseason games. “It’s not a tough loss period. Los Angeles got a dominant game Defenseman Cody Franson staked the the St. Louis Cardinals. Now, they can only hope pitch by closer Trevor Rosenthal. St. Louis, last in at all. I feel it was a great loss,” said Gregor from That 70s Line - the jersey-number- Maple Leafs to a 1-0 lead in the first during the season isn’t over for Yadier Molina. the NL with 105 home runs during the regular Blanco, who had a tiebreaking hit in the sev- inspired nickname for Carter’s line with a power play, and Kessel, Nazem Kadri, van Wong hit a leadoff home run in the bottom season, has hit 11 homers in six playoff games - enth. “We battled to the last out, so I think it was youngsters Toffoli and Pearson, formed Riemsdyk, Tyler Bozak and David Clarkson of the ninth inning and the resilient Cardinals seven in the seventh inning or later. Earlier, Matt a great win.” during last spring’s title run. connected in the second - driving beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 Sunday night, Carpenter connected for the fourth time this Seth Maness retired Pablo Sandoval on a Bryan Little scored for Winnipeg, which Lundqvist from the net after he stopped tying the best-of-seven series at one game postseason. comebacker with the bases loaded to end the lost two of three on its season-opening trip, only 18 of 24 shots. Kessel’s goal was also apiece with their latest postseason power show. “It kind of got overshadowed there at the top of the ninth, and got the win. scoring just one goal in back-to-back on a power play, and van Riemsdyk stuffed The Cardinals came back after losing Molina end, but man that was an exciting game,” Maness came on after Rosenthal couldn’t California weekend losses. a puck under Lundqvist on a short-handed to a strained oblique muscle in the sixth. The Carpenter said. “That was a must-win for us, to hold a one-run lead. Rosenthal’s pitch bounced At New York, Phil Kessel, James van breakaway. Rick Nash, Lee Stempniak and All-Star catcher was getting further tests and do that in that fashion especially after giving up off the glove off backup catcher Tony Cruz and Riemsdyk and Toronto broke out of its scor- Derick Brassard scored for New York. —AP manager Mike Matheny said it “didn’t look real the lead in the ninth.” Duffy, running on a full count, never broke good.” After the Giants tied it, Wong lined a pitch stride and slid home with the tying run. “We’ll wait and see and right now we’ll just from Sergio Romo for his second big home run Adams, whose three-run shot off Clayton go ahead and keep celebrating a very tough, this postseason. The rookie’s seventh-inning Kershaw put St. Louis in front for good in its hard-fought win. I am real proud at how these drive was the decisive blow in Game 3 of the NL clinching playoff win over Dodgers, homered off guys kept coming,” Matheny said. Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hunter Strickland. St. Louis didn’t stay down too long, getting a It was a rare postseason failure for the reli- Blanco’s fourth postseason hit in 31 at-bats home run each of the final three innings in a able San Francisco bullpen. “They are the reason put the Giants up 3-2 in the seventh, but Taveras back-and-forth game. The series resumes we’re in this situation, and you give (the re-tied it in the bottom half with a homer off Tuesday night in San Francisco with John Cardinals) credit,” manager Bruce Bochy said. Jean Machi just inside the right-field foul pole. Lackey going for St. Louis and Tim Hudson start- “They threw out some good at-bats and we Carpenter hit a solo shot off Jake Peavy in ing for the Giants. made a couple of mistakes and they took the third. Randal Grichuk singled with the bases “It was tough to see our backstop go down advantage of them.” loaded in the fourth to make it 2-0. Peavy was like that,” Matt Adams said. “We just kept grind- The Giants made it 4-all when pinch-runner taken out for a pinch hitter in the fifth and the ing it the rest of the game.” Rookie pinch-hitter Matt Duffy dashed home from second base on a Giants scored a run off Lance Lynn, then Hunter Oscar Taveras connected in the seventh to tie it, two-out wild pitch in the ninth. San Francisco Pence’s single tied it in the sixth. —AP

Preview McDowell to defend World Match Play title

LONDON: Defending champion Lowry. World number five Henrik first edition of the World Match Jaidee, George Coetzee, Francesco Graeme McDowell goes up against Stenson of Sweden is in a group Play Championship, which was Molinari Mark McCormack Group in-form Dutchman Joost Luiten, with Thongchai, Italian Francesco won by Arnold Palmer at Jamie Donaldson, Patrick Reed, Mikko Illonen of Finland and the Molinari and South Africa’s George Wentworth Club. Jonas Blixt, Paul Casey Assar winner of last week’s Portugal Coetzee, the replacement for The prestigious event remained Gabrielsson Group Victor Masters, Alexander Levy of France, Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn who at the Surrey venue - where it pro- Dubuisson, Stephen Gallacher, LOS ANGELES: Adam Pardy No. 2 of the Winnipeg Jets attempts a pass around Matt in his group for the Volvo World withdrew this morning with a neck duced some great champions Shane Lowry, Pablo Larrazabal. Greene No. 2 of the Los Angeles Kings during the first period at Staples Center. —AFP Match Play Championship which injury. including Gary Player, Seve gets underway tomorrow. The field boasts nine of the Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Colin Gustaf Larsson Group NHL results/standings The 50th anniversary of the world’s top 50 with all 16 players Montgomerie and Ernie Els - until Graeme McDowell, Joost European PGA Tour event returns ranked inside the world’s top 90. 2007, when it moved to Spain for Luiten, Mikko Ilonen, Alexander New England 37, Buffalo 22; Cincinnati 37, Carolina 37 (OT); Cleveland 31, Pittsburgh 10; Green Bay 27, to England for the first time since There are 13 nationalities repre- three editions. Levy (The top two in each group Miami 24; Detroit 17, Minnesota 3; Denver 31, NY Jets 17; Baltimore 48, Tampa Bay 17; Tennessee 16, 2007 as the London Golf Club, in sented, boasting a total of 115 Volvo World matchplay draw: advance to the Saturday quarter- Jacksonville 14; San Diego 31, Oakland 28; Arizona 30, Washington 20; Dallas 30, Seattle 23; Chicago 27, Kent, makes its debut as the host tournament titles. finals, with the semi-finals and Atlanta 13; Philadelphia 27, NY Giants 0. venue. Thongchai said he believed he Arnold Palmer Group final both being staged on American Football Conference National Football Conference Last year it was held at the had the opportunity to go one Henrik Stenson, Thongchai Sunday). —AFP AFC EAST NFC East Thracian Cliffs Golf and Beach better this year.”The International W L T OTL PF PA PCT Dallas 5 1 0 0 165 126 .833 Resort in Bulgaria where Northern Course is a great track and I’ve New England 4 2 0 0 160 129 .667 Philadelphia 5 1 0 0 183 132 .833 Ireland’s McDowell defeated Thai really enjoyed playing it in the Buffalo 3 3 0 0 118 126 .500 NY Giants 3 3 0 0 133 138 .500 veteran Thongchai Jaidee in the past,” said Thongchai, who cap- Miami 2 3 0 0 120 124 .400 Washington 1 5 0 0 132 166 .167 final. tained Asia in the inaugural NY Jets 1 5 0 0 96 158 .167 NFC North This time around the field con- EurAsia Cup earlier this year. AFC North Detroit 4 2 0 0 116 82 .667 Cincinnati 3 1 1 0 134 113 .700 tains five of Europe’s victorious “The finishing holes will be very Green Bay 4 2 0 0 161 130 .667 Baltimore 4 2 0 0 164 97 .667 Ryder Cup team as well as US difficult, but it depends on the Chicago 3 3 0 1 143 144 .500 Cleveland 3 2 0 0 134 115 .600 Ryder Cup star Patrick Reed. weather and which way the wind Minnesota 2 4 0 0 104 143 .333 Pittsburgh 3 3 0 0 124 139 .500 Reed has been grouped with is blowing. But everyone has to NFC South AFC South European winner Jamie Donaldson play the same course and it should Carolina 3 2 1 0 141 157 .583 Indianapolis 4 2 0 0 189 136 .667 of Wales, Sweden’s Jonas Blixt and be a great week. Houston 3 3 0 1 132 120 .500 New Orleans 2 3 0 1 132 141 .400 Atlanta 2 4 0 0 164 170 .333 the winner of the recent KLM “I’m really looking forward to it. Tennessee 2 4 0 0 104 153 .333 Open, Paul Casey of England. It’s always a very well-organised Jacksonville 0 6 0 0 81 185 0 Tampa Bay 1 5 0 1 120 204 .167 AFC West NFC West French Ryder Cup star Victor tournament. I’ve been playing San Diego 5 1 0 0 164 91 .833 Arizona 4 1 0 0 116 106 .800 Dubuisson is up against his Europe really well recently, so I hope I can Denver 4 1 0 1 147 104 .800 Seattle 3 2 0 0 133 113 .600 team-mate, Stephen Gallacher of continue like this and go all the Kansas City 2 3 0 0 119 101 .400 San Francisco3 2 0 0 110 106 .600 Scotland as well as Spaniard Pablo way to the final again.” Oakland 0 5 0 0 79 134 0 St. Louis 1 3 0 0 84 119 .250 Larazzabal and Irishman Shane It is precisely 50 years since the Graeme McDowell p16_Layout 1 10/13/14 9:34 PM Page 1

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Pistorius should get community service, says prison official PRETORIA: A South African prison mitted, after he admitted he did not She described Pistorius as a “bro- official yesterday recommended that have detailed knowledge of the case. ken man.” Nel suggested Hartzenberg star Paralympian Oscar Pistorius clean Reeva’s father Barry Steenkamp was biased in favour of Pistorius, a Pretoria museum for 16 hours a held his head with his hand as pointing out that she once cried dur- month as punishment for shooting Maringa spoke. It emerged during evi- ing the trial. dead his lover Reeva Steenkamp. dence that Barry Steenkamp had suf- “I cried in court, I was emotional Joel Maringa, a social worker in fered a stroke after Reeva’s death, and once when he was required to take off South Africa’s notoriously crowded her mother has repeatedly collapsed his prosthesis,” she admitted. Pistorius and brutal jails, told a sentencing on the floor in tears, their lives shat- entered the North Gauteng High hearing that Pistorius should not go tered by the tragedy. Court in Pretoria amid tight security to jail, but receive “correctional super- A friend of Reeva’s, Desi Myers, for the start of the sentencing hear- vision” for three years under house expressed her disbelief at the commu- ing, which is expected to run for most arrest. Pistorius was found guilty last nity service suggestion, saying: “I of the week. month of negligently killing his girl- don’t want to think, I don’t want to friend in the early hours of Valentine’s talk.” Maringa was one of three wit- ‘OSCAR’S REMORSEFULNESS’ Day 2013. nesses called by Pistorius’s defence Lawyer David Dadic-who is not The 27-year-old double amputee lawyers Monday, who are fighting to involved in the case-said the defence was cleared of the more serious keep him out of jail. will “heavily expand on their trial charge of murder, a verdict that His agent testified about his charity argument regarding Oscar’s remorse- shocked the country and fuelled criti- work and earlier Pistorius’s therapist fulness”. “The biggest factor, however, cism of South Africa’s legal system. told the court that he suffered gen- which the defence will raise is, of The “Blade Runner” could face up uine remorse after shooting dead course, the fact that Oscar is a first JOHANNESBURG: South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius (left) is to 15 years in prison or could dodge a Steenkamp. time offender,” he added. greeted by an unidentified woman at the end of his sentencing hearing at the jail term altogether with a non-custo- Defence witness Lore Hartzenberg In turn, the state will call witnesses High Court in Pretoria yesterday. —AFP dial sentence. said Pistorius was virtually incon- to testify on why he should serve the “The accused will benefit from cor- solable during initial counselling ses- stiffest penalty, raising the issue of his outraged many South Africans, cost of the trial, and has withdrawn rectional supervision,” said Maringa, sions after he killed Reeva Steenkamp history of negligence with firearms. including lawyers who believed she from competitive sport since his adding that “he will get an opportuni- on Valentine’s Day 2013. After the sentence is handed down, misinterpreted the definition of mur- arrest. ty to restructure and modify his “Some of the sessions were just both the state and defence can der, and questioned whether the jus- The trial, which began on March 3, behaviour.” him weeping and crying and me hold- appeal, a legal process that could drag tice system is failing the crime- was broadcast live on television and Prosecutor Gerrie Nel described ing him,” said Hartzenberg. “I can con- on for years. The sprinter admitted he plagued country. radio, feeding insatiable local and Maringa’s suggestion as “shockingly firm his remorse and pain to be gen- fired four bullets through a locked toi- Pistorius is currently out on bail of international media interest. The ath- inappropriate.” In tough cross-exami- uine,” said Hartzenberg. “I have never let door in his upmarket Pretoria one million rand ($90,000, 71,000 lete cut a lonely figure in the dock, at nation, Nel questioned whether found him to be anything other than a home, but said he believed he had euros). He had to sell his posh house some points sobbing and retching Maringa understood the seriousness respectful, caring and well-mannered been shooting at a burglar. inside a gated compound in Pretoria, loudly while testifying. The sentencing of the crime that Pistorius had com- person.” Judge Thokozile Masipa’s ruling the scene of the crime, to fund the hearing will continue today. —AFP Bianchi the focus in pre-race ceremony

SOCHI: Jules Bianchi was the focus of That saw the drivers stand in a line all thoughts on Sunday as Formula One ahead of the grid next to a message on broke with recent traditions and dedi- the track that read ‘Jules we are all sup- cated the build-up to the inaugural porting you’ before they huddled into a Russian Grand Prix to the 25-year-old team group before departing to their Frenchman. Bianchi, who suffered cars. severe head injuries when his Marussia Russian President Vladimir Putin, car crashed into a recovery vehicle at wearing an open-necked white shirt, last Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, finally arrived after 39 laps of the 53- remains in a critical condition in hospi- laps racing at the paddock gates to be tal in Yokkaichi. In the paddock, before greeted by F1’s long-serving commer- the race, team members from Marussia cial ring-master Bernie Ecclestone. and Ferrari, which Bianchi represents as Felipe Massa, who finished 11th an academy driver, gathered behind a behind Lewis Hamilton, said he was pit board which displayed the words pleased with the drivers’ pre-race ‘Forza Jules’. The Anglo-Russian demonstration of unity and support. Marussia team, fielding only one car at “It was important that we show the event, sent a message for Bianchi everything we can for Jules and his and his family from Briton Max Chilton’s family,” said the Brazilian. “I am a very grid slot shortly before the start and big friend of his so it is not easy for another supportive tribute was per- me to talk about it, but it was good to formed by all the drivers and teams dur- see all the drivers come together for ing the playing of the Russian national him. “We are all together all the time anthem. but we really showed it today.” —AFP

US clinches first major women’s volleyball title

MILAN: Kimberly Hill led the United Hill said. “The award was a surprise and States to its first major women’s volley- I still cannot believe it either, it is just ball title, scoring 20 points in a 3-1 vic- amazing. Tonight it is everything. tory over China on Sunday in the world Eating, drinking and we are just going CHARLOTTE: Matt Kenseth, driver of the No. 20 Dollar General Toyota, practices in this file pho- to. (Inset) Matt Kenseth.—AFP championships. to celebrate being together.” Hill had the final kill, and captain Alisha Glass of Leland, Michigan, was Christa Dietzen added 15 points in the honored as the best setter. She had 36 Americans’ 27-25, 25-20, 16-25, 26-24 running sets, 53 still sets and four Tempers flare as victory before 12,600 fans at the faults. Mediolanum Forum. “I can’t find the words,” Glass said. “I “We came here to make history and am incredibly proud of this team, of the title hopes fade we made it,” said US coach Karch Kiraly, USA Volleyball organization, everybody a three-time Olympic champion. “It was that played a part. It was such a team a tough battle, but we made it.” win. We did something that’s never CONCORD: Matt Kenseth, usually so calm his seatbelts and lowered his window net, Ambrose and Casey Mears for fighting in the The US women had never won the been done. This is only the beginning. and composed, lost his cool and attacked and he felt the contact from Keselowski could garage after a race at Richmond. Harvick was world championships, World Cup or We’re going to get better and better.” Brad Keselowski at Charlotte Motor have caused injury. “If you want to talk about fined in 2011 for a pit-road confrontation Olympics. The Americans finished sec- Zeng Chunlei led China with 20 points. Speedway. it as a man, try to do that,” Kenseth said. with Kyle Busch in which NASCAR cited safety ond in the world championships in “I would like to congratulate Lang If Kenseth is fighting, then tempers are For his part, Keselowski said the hit on concerns of Busch using his car to push 1967 and 2002. Ping and her team,” Kiraly said. “They certainly running quite high. They reached a Kenseth was warranted because Kenseth had Harvick’s car away. “It’s the first time for the USA and we played a marvelous tournament. After boiling point in the aftermath of Saturday driven across his nose under a caution with The next year, Kurt Busch was fined made it,” said Dietzen, the Hopewell we got a 2-0 lead we knew China would night’s race as Keselowski, Kenseth, Dale six laps remaining. That contact caused front- $50,000 for dangerous driving on pit road Township, Pennsylvania, player who never give up. It was a battle to the end Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson all saw end damage that Keselowski believed con- when he hit Ryan Newman’s car during a con- had knee surgery in December. “We and they have some great young play- their championship hopes fade to near-des- tributed to his 16th-place finish. The two had frontation. represented present and future volley- ers, as do we. perate status. an earlier incident while racing for the lead But in the case of Saturday, with so much ball programs, but most importantly we “I hope that we will be playing The pressure is on - every week - in when Kenseth was squeezed into the wall focus on the new Chase and the attention for did it together.” against each other in the future. It is NASCAR’s new championship format, and the while he attempted to pass Keselowski. the post-race skirmishes, it’s not clear if The 6-foot-4 Hill, from Portland, just good for the sport to have teams frayed nerves unraveled on the track, on pit Hamlin was upset with how Keselowski NASCAR will punish those involved or pat Oregon, was selected the tournament’s with such history performing at a high road and in the garage. Denny Hamlin had to raced him for position with two laps remain- them on the back. Harvick said there was no most valuable player and best spiker. level.” In Saturday’s semifinals, the U.S. be restrained from going after Keselowski, ing. Hamlin felt Keselowski pushed him too way NASCAR takes any action. She was 19 of 31 with only one fault stunned top-ranked Olympic champion but Kenseth got to the 2012 champion in the hard into a corner, contact that sent both “They love it. They were fighting after- and had 13 digs and 25 excellent recep- Brazil 3-0. Brazil beat Italy 25-15, 25-13, dark alley-like area between a pair of Team drivers plummeting in the field. wards, that’s what it’s all about,” Harvick said. tions on 39 attempts. “I feel ecstatic and 22-25, 22-25, 15-7 in the bronze-medal Penske haulers. Kenseth quickly approached Hamlin admitted to brake-checking Keselowski understood Stewart’s frustration. happy and just cannot believe it is real,” match. —AP Keselowski from behind and nearly tackled Keselowski during the cool-down lap, and He didn’t much care about Hamlin or him. He had Keselowski wrapped in his arms Keselowski retaliated with a failed attempt to Kenseth’s explanations, and firmly believed when crew members quickly peeled him off, spin Hamlin. That’s when Keselowski set his both drivers had it coming. and Keselowski crew chief Paul Wolfe pulled sights on Kenseth, hitting him on a busy pit “I figured if we’re going to play car wars Kenseth out of the scrum in what appeared road. Tony Stewart was the innocent under yellow and after the race, I’ll join, too,” to be a choke hold. bystander in that mess, with his car drilled he said. “Those guys can dish it out, but they As race winner Kevin Harvick celebrated in from behind after Keselowski hit Kenseth. He can’t take it. I gave it back to them and now Victory Lane, activity in the garage came to a responded by backing his car up and into they want to fight.” near-halt as drivers and crews watched Keselowski to crumple Keselowski’s front end. Hamlin is the only driver involved who left replays of the melee. Keselowski then headed to the garage, Charlotte in decent shape in the Chase. He is “When you see Matt Kenseth mad enough with Hamlin in pursuit. Their cars made con- seventh in the standings headed to to fight, you know that this is intense because tact and were briefly stuck together, so Talladega, where the bottom four in the 12- that’s way out of character for him,” Harvick Keselowski hit the gas to pull away. That left a driver field will be eliminated. said. “When you see that emotion out of Matt burnout mark and led Hamlin to accuse It means Kenseth and Keselowski likely Kenseth, you know that NASCAR has done Keselowski of being “out of control.” need a win next Sunday to remain in the the right thing to this Chase because every- Keselowski met with NASCAR after a cool- Chase, same for Earnhardt and Johnson. body is on offense and gouging for every sin- ing-off period. Kenseth crew chief Jason Although Kenseth is winless this season, he gle position that you can get every lap.” Ratcliff went voluntarily to talk to NASCAR, has been consistently good. The other three That was at the root of the post-race and Kenseth crew member Jesse Sanders was were dominant and combined for 10 wins in Charlotte activities: There is no room for error summoned by officials. the first 26 races, but their chances of staying in the Chase, and a bad night will put a driver It’s not clear if Keselowski - or Hamlin or in the Chase are now very bleak. “There’s a lot on the brink of elimination. Kenseth - will be punished by NASCAR on on the line. The new format, I think we all Kenseth, who struggled for large portions Tuesday, the day penalties are traditionally knew would make the emotions get out of of the race and was penalized by NASCAR issued. NASCAR vice president of competition whack by who’s in, who’s out, who’s on the before the start for an unapproved adjust- Robin Pemberton said the sanctioning body bubble, how your races are going,” second- ment made to his car, was incensed that will review the final on-track laps, and every- place finisher Jeff Gordon said. “Everybody is ITALY: US players celebrate with their trophies after winning the Volleyball Women’s Keselowski hit his car on pit road after the thing that occurred on pit road and in the pushing extremely hard. It’s only going to World Championship final match against China. —AFP checkered flag. Kenseth had already taken off garage. NASCAR in May fined Marcos intensify from here on out.” —AP p17 2_Layout 1 10/13/14 10:14 PM Page 1

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Suspected intruder wins Photo of the day Buenos Aires Marathon

BUENOS AIRES: It took 10 years for an They soon realised their mistake and Argentine to win the Buenos Aires Mastromarino, who had narrowly missed Marathon — and that after Mariano qualifying for the 2012 Olympics in Mastromarino was nearly thrown out as a London, went on to win in two hours, 15 suspected intruder. minutes and 28 seconds with two Chileans Officials at Sunday’s race, stunned to see completing the podium. an Argentine surge past Kenyan leader and The previous Argentine winner was title holder Julius Karinga, ordered Oscar Cortinez in 2004. Lucy Karimi main- Mastromarino to leave the race around the tained the Kenyan winning tradition with 37km mark. her third successive victory in the women’s “They thought I was an intruder. ‘Get out event. Newcastle United soccer player Jonas of the race, get out. Don’t stay there, this is Gutierrez took part to help highlight cancer a race’,” Mastromarino told ESPN the offi- research. The former Argentina winger is cials had shouted at him. fighting testicular cancer. —Reuters Olympic qualification begins for Rugby Sevens

GOLD COAST: The qualifying process for that will impact every tournament. Rio 2016 in one of the newest Olympic “The Olympics is at the back of our sports begins this weekend with the first minds, like everyone else, but we know to round of the International Rugby Board’s have a chance at qualifying we need to do Sevens World Series on Australia’s Gold the basics and tick the boxes along the Coast. The Gold Coast tournament on way.” Saturday and Sunday is the first of nine legs Australia reached the Gold Coast final of the series, from which four teams will last year and went on to finish fifth in the automatically qualify for the Rio Olympics, world standings which, if repeated this along with hosts Brazil. year, would make its road to Rio more diffi- New Zealand will start as a strong cult. favorite, after kicking off the 2013 series by Head coach Geraint John has taken the winning the Gold Coast tournament and step of discouraging his players from dis- Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell celebrate after winning the V8 Supercars Wilson Security Sandown 500.— www.redbull.com carrying on to win the title for the 12th cussing Olympic implications this early in time in 15 years, topping the rankings the season. ahead of South Africa, Fiji and England. “Clearly the more success you have on The admission of sevens to the Olympic the field the more points you gain and South Korean Bae wins PGA Tour games has led rugby’s leading players, hopefully by the end of the year we will be many of whom have previously only played in the top four,” John said. “The time to start the traditional 15-a-side game, to make talking about that, though, is at the end of CALIFORNIA: South Korean Sang-Moon Bae themselves available for the shortened May. “We’re not there yet as I keep telling built a big lead but had to survive a mid-round form in the hope of competing for a gold people. Our focus has to be on what we slump to earn a two-shot victory at the $6 mil- medal at Rio. can do on a day-to-day basis.” lion Frys.com Open in Napa, California on The IRB has also amended eligibility reg- New Zealand will play in Pool A on the Sunday. ulations to allow players who may have Gold Coast with Samoa, France and Japan; Bae carded a final round of 73 to finish on played internationally for one country to Australia is placed in a difficult Pool C with 15-under-par 273 at Silverado Country Club in return to the nation of their birth for the Fiji, Scotland and Portugal; the opening event of the 2014-15 season on Olympic tournament. That amendment England will face Canada, Argentina and the PGA Tour. particularly favors Pacific nations - Fiji, the United States in Pool D and South Australian Steven Bowditch (67), boosted by Samoa and Tonga - whose leading players Africa head Pool B which includes Kenya, an eagle at the par-five 16th, finished second often earn their livings in Australia, New Wales and American Samoa. The series con- on 13-under. Bae posted four bogeys in a sev- Zealand and Europe. tinues after Australia with tournaments in en-hole stretch mid-round but the 28-year-old Those considerations add intrigue to Dubai, South Africa, New Zealand, the held on to take the win and pocket $1.08 mil- this season’s Sevens World Series. “We, like United States, Hong Kong, Japan, Scotland lion for his second victory on the PGA Tour. He every other team, want to start with a and England. The teams that don’t qualify also has 12 international wins. Bae built a six- bang,” New Zealand captain D.J. Forbes automatically for the Olympics through the shot lead early in the final round but made the said. “Everyone knows how important this world series will go into a separate regional mistake of looking at the leaderboard as a mix- Series will be with so much at stake and qualifying competition. —AP ture of nerves and excitement got the better of him as he frittered away most of his advantage. However, none of his closest rivals could launch a serious challenge and Bae had the Al Attiyah attends opening luxury of missing a series of short putts with- out ever letting his lead dip below two strokes of Abu Dhabi Trial Rally 2014 in demanding, breezy conditions. CALIFORNIA: Sang-Moon Bae of South Korea kisses the champions trophy after winning the “Sometimes I felt excited too much and Frys.com Open at Silverado Resort and Spa Napa. —AFP ABU DHABI: The deputy head of FIA, sometimes nervous, and sometimes lost focus Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Attiyah was in Abu a little,” he told reporters. “I didn’t want to look year, but he expressed confidence that this lat- since I have the confidence.” Bae said he hoped Dhabi yesterday to attend the official kick at the scoreboards, but I did. I looked a lot. est success would be the first of many. to earn a spot on the International team for the off of the Abu Dhabi Trial Rally 2014 which That’s why I made a lot of bogeys on the back “After the first win, I didn’t play well last Presidents Cup to be played in his homeland is considered one of the recently inserted nine.” year,” he added. “I was very frustrated, very anx- next year and also wanted to represent South trial rallies of this season, besides Oman & It was Bae’s first top-10 finish since he won ious and nervous, but now I’ve got the second Korea when golf returns to the Olympic pro- Shiraz rallies, where Al Attiyah was one of the Byron Nelson Championship in May of last one, I think third and fourth will come easy gramme in 2016.—Reuters the most important reasons for the return of Abu Dhabi & Oman rallies after he became the deputy head of FIA last Dec.2013. Levy grabs Portugal Masters In his statement on the occasion of the Al Attiyah also mentioned the efforts of attendance the official start of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalid Bin Faisal Al Qassimi VILAMOURA: Alexander Levy of France won the short- Al Attiyah said: “I would like to thank the Chairman of Abu Dhabi Motors Club saying ened Portugal Masters after the third and final round was government of Abu Dhabi for its efforts for that, the role of Sheikh Khalid Bin Faisal Al abandoned because of further bad weather Sunday. the return of the Abu Dhabi rally which is Qassimi to return Abu Dhabi was promi- Thunderstorms and water-logged greens had already considered one of the most important ral- nent, his special efforts were and still are led to the event being reduced to 54 holes Friday, and lies in the region”. the main reason in promoting the level and more rain Sunday saw it finally cut to 36 holes. The absence of Abu Dhabi rally affected standard of the sport, we all support this Levy’s rounds of 63 and 61 on Thursday and Friday left negatively on the Middle East approach to reach the real concept of this him on 18-under 124 - three shots ahead of Belgium’s Championship for Rallies, consequently, sport. Nicolas Colsaerts. Levy didn’t play Saturday while the rest the package of decisions and projects It’s worth mentioning that Abu Dhabi of the field finished the second round. Both Levy and established by Abu Dhabi government Trial Rally 2014 has yielded the cooperation Colsaerts managed just one hole Sunday before rain left helped much to restore the Abu Dhabi between Abu Dhabi Motors Club and FIA. the Oceanico Victoria Golf Club’s course unplayable. Rally, he also added that the special sup- Also Yas Motors Club will be qualified to be “I played only four shots at the weekend and I won the port of Abu Dhabi government will con- inserted into the agenda of Middle East tournament, but the most important thing is I have the tro- tribute positively in developing the motor Championship for Rallies 2015. phy in my hand,” Levy said. “But it’s a special feeling at this sport in both UAE, Middle East region and It’s known that Abu Dhabi Trial Rally time.” North Africa, due to the leading role of Abu consists of 9 stages; the first will be the It was the 24-year-old Levy’s second European Tour title Dhabi in all aspects. show stage at Yas Circuit on Thursday, after he won the Volvo China Open earlier this year. That Al Attiyah indicated that the return of Oct.16 followed by 8 stages for speed races makes him the first Frenchman to win two European Tour Abu Dhabi rally 2014 will contribute in a on Friday, Oct 17. titles in the same season. direct way in pushing the wheel of motor The headquarters for Abu Dhabi rally “If at the start of the year you had said I would win sport in general and the rally sport in par- will be in Yas Circuit, also the show stage two tournaments I would say ‘never!’ to you,” Levy said. ticular in Gulf area. It will also open a new will be performed at the northern part of Chilean Felipe Aguilar was third on 13 under, with promising future in the region, due to the Romain Wattel, Richard Bland and Morten Orum Madsen Yas circuit, Formula One circuit, where each MALAYSIA: Feng Shanshan of China kisses her trophy after winning the Sime Darby availability of such support and good tied for fourth. —AP participant will have two chances to score LPGA Malaysia 2014 tournament at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club. —AFP communication between all unions and the less time. The entry registration was clubs under FIA to develop the concept of opened for all the participating cars and motor sport. closed on Oct.9 2014. Feng rallies to Ainslie sets sights win in Malaysia

on America’s Cup KUALA LUMPUR: China’s Shanshan Feng ral- Country Club. Playing a group behind Feng, lied to win the LPGA Malaysia on Sunday for Phatlum birdied the 16th and closed with two LONDON: Olympic legend Ben Ainslie building team. her fourth LPGA Tour title, playing a six-hole pars for a 70. She was trying to become the yesterday revealed he is preparing to take “We have been racing in a number of stretch on the back nine in 6 under. LPGA Tour’s first Thai winner. his America’s Cup testing boat to water different types of competition this year, The 25-year-old Feng, four strokes behind “I feel happy that I have a good week,” for the first time. which culminates in the extreme sailing Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum entering the Phatlum said. “Today, just didn’t make the The four-time Olympic gold medallist series final event in December in Sydney. round, closed with a bogey-free 8-under 63 putts, but hit it very good still.” Sweden’s has secured royal appointment to create “Obviously there’s a long way to go for a three-stroke victory over Phatlum. Pernilla Lindberg and South Korea’s So Yeon more than 1,000 jobs in Portsmouth after but we’re very happy with the progress “I like to come from behind,” Feng said. “I Ryu and Chella Choi tied for third at 14 under. setting up the Ben Ainslie Trust, which being made and where we are at the had no pressure at all today. ... What I was Lindberg had a 63, and Ryu and Choi shot 67. was launched in Portsmouth yesterday. moment. doing was just to focus on every shot and just Lydia Ko missed a chance to take the No. 1 The Ben Ainslie Racing team will contest “We’ll never be ahead of our plans try to do my best and hope that putts can fall.” ranking from Stacy Lewis. The 17-year-old the 2017 America’s Cup, with preparation until we’ve won the America’s Cup, but Feng birdied Nos. 11-14 to tie Phatlum at New Zealander needed to win and have Lewis races expected to be staged in certainly we’re happy with the progress 16 under and pulled away with a four-stroke tie for 12th or worse. Instead, Ko closed with a swing when she holed a 10-foot eagle putt on 70 to tie for eighth at 11 under. Lewis had a 69 Portsmouth in the next two years. that’s being made, and it’s a huge effort the par-5 16th and Phatlum made a double to tie for 21st at 7 under. Feng is projected to Ainslie helped Oracle Team USA pull from everyone involved. “It had been an bogey on the par-3 15th. She set up the eagle jump from ninth to fifth in the world. In addi- off a remarkable fight back to become ambition of mine since childhood to win with a 3-wood approach similar to the shot tion the victory last year in China, she also the first Briton to claim America’s Cup the America’s Cup, so to do it with that that led to a winning eagle last year in China won the 2012 LPGA Championship and 2013 glory in more than a century in 2013. team was very special. in the Reignwood LPGA Classic. Titleholders. She was second last year, four Now the 37-year-old is targeting his “But the main ambition has been to “I hit the 3-wood with like a smooth swing,” strokes behind Lexi Thompson. “I’ve had a lifelong ambition of spearheading the win the America’s Cup with a British team Feng said. “Then I was hoping to get a good very good record here,” Feng said. “Maybe just first British team to land sailing’s treas- and that’s what’s driven myself and the bounce, which I did. It reminded me kind of one time I was out of top 10. Last year, I came ured prize. rest of the guys within the team. like 18 hole Reignwood last year. Same club. close. I was second. So this year, I improved.” “We’re very well developed with our “We all share that passion to bring the It’s the magic 3-wood again. I made an eagle The tournament was the second in the tour’s testing boat that we’ll be sailing in the America’s Cup back home where it all PORTUGAL: French golfer Alexander Levy poses with again. I think that was pretty important for my six-event Asian swing. The LPGA KEB- very near future,” Ainslie said. “That’s started, and that’s very important for all the trophy after winning the Portugal Masters golf win.” She parred the last two holes to finish at HanaBank is next week in South Korea, fol- quite a milestone for the design and boat of us.”—AFP tournament at the Oceanico Victoria course. —AFP 18-under 266 at Kuala Lumpur Golf and lowed by the Blue Bay LPGA in China.—AP TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 SPORTS

After Sterling saga, Hodgson must control tongue

LONDON: Roy Hodgson has to find old forward could undoubtedly benefit rather than spending the later years of “winner.” The current spotlight on con- replied that the tournament could be ways to control England’s opponents - from some rest, having started all but his career in treatment rooms. cussion injuries is a reminder that ath- “the most torrid of my career” while and his own tongue. The England coach one of Liverpool’s 10 games this season But Hodgson’s bluntness in his pre- letes shouldn’t be reckless with their expressing a hope that the players had- is again in a public storm of his own cre- and the three England matches before match television interview, disclosing bodies and potentially jeopardize their n’t “conned” him. Football Association ation just when the results, if not the Sunday. Sterling’s private fatigue fears, put the long-term health just because they officials were equally anxious last performances, should have given him Liverpool’s poor start to the season, player’s dedication to England under struck it lucky in sport and fear a public month when Hodgson swore at a some breathing space from critics. Since after May’s surprising second-place fin- scrutiny before a ball had been kicked. backlash for missing a match. reporter who highlighted England’s lack avoiding the axe despite England’s ish, and England’s World Cup woes have Viewed by the financially-stretched “Excuse me for being human,” of shots in a friendly win over Norway, worst-ever World Cup showing, only increased the dependence on worker preparing for a dawn trip to Sterling said in a not-so-cryptic tweet prompting back-page headlines about Hodgson has ticked off four straight Sterling’s pace and trickery. However work, Sterling could seem like a pam- overnight. Sterling’s mistake was his outburst. wins, including three in European reliant the gifted teenager seems now pered player letting down his country. expecting confidentiality from And just last week, the coach apolo- Championship qualifying, without a to club and country, Sterling’s coaches Which football-mad Englishman would- Hodgson. The coach should simply have gized to Wayne Rooney for questioning goal being conceded. must avoid overplaying him while still n’t take any chance to pull on the Three portrayed Adam Lallana inclusion’s in the captain’s oratory skills. “Everyone But England left Estonia after labor- developing. Hodgson is aware of this. Lions jersey? the starting lineup in the place of his knows Wayne is not the sort of person ing to a 1-0 win on Sunday, with the “We do have to take players’ welfare Former England striker Ian Wright Liverpool teammate as squad rotation. with his Liverpool accent who is going team’s liveliest prospect having his com- into consideration,” Hodgson said. recently suggested that players who “Sometimes to be secret is the best to be able to stand up in front of a lec- mitment to the national team ques- “There is going to be a situation where dodged playing for England should be thing to do,” former England and ture room of people,” Hodgson said. tioned after Hodgson revealed that players suffer from both physical and ordered to ring the parents of a soldier Liverpool player Jamie Redknapp said Hodgson needs to apologize again - Raheem Sterling asked to be rested. “I mental fatigue.” who had died on the battlefield. on Sky Sports television. “I don’t under- this time to Sterling. While a coach don’t think I’m in my best form at the Those measured comments after the But comparing athletes representing stand why (Hodgson) has come out and being frank and candid is a counter- moment because I’m feeling a bit tired,” Estonia win displayed Hodgson’s recog- their country with sacrifices made by got embroiled in it.” Hodgson, though, is point to the secrecy and cover-ups Hodgson recalled Sterling as telling him nition of the burnout and injuries that military personnel will always seem renowned for his frankness. across football, Hodgson has to impose on the eve of the Euro 2016 qualifier in can afflict players. Had Michael Owen’s trite. Likewise, it’s hackneyed contrast- Take one relaxed encounter in the more self-control. Tallinn. career been managed differently per- ing the footballer training a few morn- days before Euro 2012. Asked a mun- The affable and always-engaging Sterling got what he asked for, drop- haps the former England striker might ings a week and playing a couple of dane question about the personal pride Hodgson might seem duller in public, ping to the bench and only playing the have produced more moments of bril- matches with a doctor saving lives or a in coaching England in competitive but the trust between coach and play- last 25 minutes in Tallinn. The 19-year- liance as seen as the 1998 World Cup manual worker. There can only be one games for the first time, Hodgson ers won’t be at risk. —AP Danes hoping to ambush Portugal

COPENHAGEN: Substitute Lasse Vibe net- defend when they visit the Danish capital, ted his first international goal to earn which should suit the attack-minded Vibe. Denmark a point away to Albania on The two sides know each other well, having Saturday, and if he can do the same at met five times in the last six years, includ- home to Portugal today could become a ing the qualifying campaigns for the 2010 regular starter for Morten Olsen’s side. World Cup and Euro 2012 — with each side The introduction of Vibe, who tops the registering two victories and a solitary scoring charts in the Swedish league with draw. 20 goals for IFK Gothenburg, turned the Vibe’s second-half strike partner in game in the Danes’ favor. The match Albania, Nicklas Bendtner, netted five goals against Portugal promises to be a sterner in those five games but despite creating challenge but Vibe is confident of making a the opening for Vibe’s equaliser against similar impact. Albania with a mazy run, looked otherwise “I’m in good form and have good self- subdued. Ronaldo has been in phenome- confidence, and as a rule the balls are nal goal-scoring form for Real Madrid at the falling for me,” he told reporters, adding start of the season, but scored only twice in that he didn’t expect his goal against those encounters, though the Danes will Albania to guarantee him a start against still need to keep a close eye on him should Portugal. “That will depend on the type of he overcome his injury doubt. game it is,” the 27-year-old said. Denmark top the five-team group on For Vibe and his Danish team mates, four points, ahead of Albania courtesy of their task is helped by Cristiano Ronaldo’s scoring more goals. Serbia, who host knee injury which has cast a doubt over his Albania today, and Armenia both have participation in the Group I clash. one point after drawing earlier on Having suffered a shock defeat in their Saturday. Portugal are bottom of the GERMANY: Germany’s players attend a training session of the German national football team in Essen, western Germany on the eve of the UEFA Euro opening game at home to Albania, group having lost to Albania in their only 2016 qualifying game against Ireland. —AFP Portugal will not be content to sit back and game so far. —Reuters Buoyant Irish eye rare win over besieged Germany

GERMANY: The Republic of Ireland travel to world champions and it will be completely dif- and there have been significant changes to face besieged Germany in today’s Euro 2016 ferent from the game against Gibraltar, but we our team since the World Cup,” said Loew. “In qualifier with Martin O’Neill’s side looking for are going there with confidence.” the next two years, our players will pick up a first win over the world champions in 20 Keane’s tally left him with 65 international experience from which they will learn. years. goals as he also set a new record of 21 goals in “We have to learn our lessons and take Ireland enjoyed a 2-0 win over Germany in European qualification matches, but even he is something from it, but I am sure we will turn May 1994 when Tony Cascarino and Gary Kelly not sure of his place against the Germans. things around. “I don’t see any major problems scored either side of half-time in a Hanover O’Neill did not involve Glenn Whelan, with qualifying. “The fact we now need to take friendly and the Republic are hoping to catch Stephen Quinn, Jon Walters or Shane Long maximum points is clear, we lost here, but it their hosts off-guard again in Gelsenkirchen. against Gibraltar as he used the depth of his continues today.” Joachim Loew’s Germany are in a vulnera- squad and the 34-year-old Keane insists he is Loew is set to make changes against the ble state following Saturday’s shock 2-0 defeat more concerned about the result than facing Irish with Arsenal’s Lukas Podolski a candidate to Poland in Warsaw-the Poles’ first win over Loew’s world champions. to start on the left wing having come on and their neighbours at the 19th attempt-which “Everyone wants to play, there’s no ques- hit the crossbar in Warsaw. DENMARK: Portugal’s Nani attends a press conference on the eve of the UEFA Euro left the Germans fourth in Group D after two tion, but the manager has to pick what’s right Bayer Leverkusen’s Karim Bellarabi is poised 2016 qualifying football match against Denmark. —AFP matches. for the team,” said Ireland’s captain. to win his second cap on the right wing hav- In contrast, the Irish are in buoyant mood “As long as we get a result, I couldn’t care ing been one of the few to impress against having crushed minnows Gibraltar 7-0 in less.” Germany have failed to impress in their Poland. “We expect Ireland to use similar tac- Scotland face Poland test Dublin to go second in the group behind lead- three games since winning the World Cup, but tics from recent years, they are a side who pre- ers Poland. Loew sees no reason to panic as he beds in a dominantly defend and mainly plays on the GLASGOW: Scott Brown says the Scotland happened two or three years ago. We need Ireland’s captain Robbie Keane wrapped up new team. With defender Philipp Lahm, Per counter-attack,” said Loew. “We will mainly talk squad is full of self-belief ahead of their cru- to look forward to the future.” Brown has a hat-trick within 18 minutes of kick-off and Mertesacker and striker Miroslav Klose retired, about our shooting and how we exploit our cial Euro 2016 qualifying match against happy memories of Warsaw, with the mid- says the goal-fest gave his side a welcome Loew has a new-look team without the likes of opportunities. We had good combinations Poland in Warsaw today. fielder bagging the winner in a 1-0 defeat confidence boost. injured Bastian Schweinsteiger, Sami Khedira, against Poland, we just need to take our The Poles are the surprise leaders of of Poland in a friendly back in March. “There is no reason why we can’t go there Marco Reus and Mesut Ozil. “It’s not surprising chances,” added the manager whose side Group D following their historic 2-0 win However, the Scotland captain is under and get something out of the game,” said that every team now wants to give a few more failed to convert 28 chances compared to over world champions Germany on no illusions as to the scale of the task facing Keane. “It’s going to be tough, they are the percent (effort) against the world champions Poland’s four. —AFP Saturday. Scotland sit in third place in the Strachan’s side today and says the Scots will table following a 1-0 win over Georgia in have to defend resolutely if they are to take Glasgow-a performance manager Gordon anything from the game. Strachan hailed as the best of his reign. “We’ll go away now and work on how Alcacer shows Costa the way for Spain And Brown, who skippered the side in Poland are going to play. That will be the win at Ibrox, says the Scotland players another different style for us to cope with,” BARCELONA: While Diego Costa Costa, who has nine goals in have to put previous qualification failure Brown said. stuttered before getting his first nine games for Chelsea, missed a out of their minds as they bid to qualify for “They will not play and defend like goal for Spain against Luxembourg hatful of chances in the first half the finals of a major tournament for the Georgia did so we will have to adapt and on Sunday, youngster Paco Alcacer and was noticeably anxious in front first time since 1998. maybe take on a different shape. “Of course is leading from the front for the of goal but he finally took advan- “We’re getting the belief back, we’re we’ll take heart from winning in Poland new-look team in Euro 2016 quali- tage of Luxembourg’s slack defend- looking strong and we got the three points, back in March but it was a friendly at the fying. The 21-year-old Valencia ing after the interval. “Everyone which is the main thing,” the Celtic mid- end of the day. striker scored on his competitive knows what a great player Diego is fielder said. “This is a huge qualification game for us debut for Spain against Macedonia and when I am on a run when the “We have got to take every positive we away from home and we know how hard it last month and now has three goals goals don’t go in, I need my team can from it. We created chances and could will be. “Going away in Europe is always dif- in as many qualifying fixtures, mates to help me,” Alcacer added. have been three up at half-time. We ficult and we’ll have to defend really well showing the way for the Chelsea “When I got my goal, I tried to lift defended really well and were solid all the again. “Every game is crucial for us now in hitman, who took seven games to him as much as I could.” way through. the group. “We need to get as many points get off the mark. “They didn’t even have a shot on target, as we possibly can because Poland, Ireland, Alcacer even had words of NEW GENERATION so it tells you how well we defended. “The Georgia again, they will all provide us with encouragement after Costa, who Manchester City’s David Silva way we are playing right now we have got good tests. “We’re going to go out in every bagged 36 goals for Atletico crowned one of his best Spain per- to look forward and try to be positive. game trying to win and see where it takes Madrid last season, was unable to formances for some time with the “We don’t need to look back on what us.”—AFP score in the second qualifying opening goal but it was generally a match against Slovakia, which night that belonged to the new Spain surprisingly lost. generation. He said the goals would finally Spain are looking to win their come for Costa and though Alcacer third successive European scored as a late substitute in Zilina, Championship in 2016 and they fin- he could not do enough to prevent ished Sunday’s match with six play- the 2-1 defeat. ers who have yet to appear at a That goal earned him a starting senior international tournament. place alongside Costa against The six, along with Koke, who Luxembourg and he got the sec- did play at this year’s World Cup, ond in the 4-0 victory that means are part of the generation which Spain have two wins and a defeat have won the past two under-21 in Group C. European Championships, meaning Paco Alcacer “If I am here, it is because I am there is plenty of promise following door to these players with calibre. sheet on his competitive debut. “He doing well for my club and when the disappointment in Brazil. “We are showing that we are a didn’t have much to do but he did you have a chance you have to take Spain failed to get out of the good generation,” Alcacer contin- ensure that the team felt confident full advantage,” Alcacer told group stage in the World Cup and ued. It was an especially notable with him behind. The national team reporters. “You can’t forget that while it prompted the retirement of night for Manchester United’s has plenty of quality at the back strikers are dependent on their veterans Xavi, Xabi Alonso and David de Gea, who ousted captain with De Gea, Casillas and Kiko Scott Brown team mates as well for their passes.” David Villa, it has now opened the Iker Casillas in goal and kept a clean Casilla,” Alcacer added. —Reuters TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 SPORTS Kolkata defeat Mumbai 3-0 in opening ISL match

KOLKATA: Atletico de Kolkata earned a convinc- ing 3-0 victory over Mumbai City in the inaugu- ral match of the Indian Super League, which began with an impressive opening ceremony on Sunday. Ethiopian striker Fikru Teferra put the hosts ahead in the 27th minute from the top of the penalty area, with Spanish duo Borja Fernandez and Arnal Llibert adding goals in the 69th and 90th to ensure an easy win. The Kolkata team, which is partly owned by Atletico Madrid and has several Spanish players, dominated the match throughout and could have scored more goals but for some good goalkeeping by Mumbai’s Subrata Paul. Mumbai failed to impress in the absence of Swedish midfielder Freddie Ljungberg, who missed the match due to a calf injury, and French striker Nicolas Anelka, who is serving a ban for a controversial goal celebration in 2013. Earlier, the ISL saw a colorful start with a grand opening ceremony attended by several Indian cricket and film stars, some of whom have stakes in different teams. The ISL is particularly depending on cricket stars to help market the tournament. India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni part owns Chennaiyan, retired superstar Sachin Tendulkar co-owns Kerala Blasters, and former Fikru Teferra captain Sourav Ganguly and batsman Virat Kohli India Football Federation. The ISL, which will see The tournament, which has raised expecta- have stakes in Atletico de Kolkata and Goa. veteran stars like Alessandro Del Piero, Robert tions of single-handedly raising the standard of Mumbai, Pune, Delhi and North East United Pires, Luis Garcia, and David Trezeguet in action, football in this country of 1.2 billion that is 158th are the other sides in the eight-team league, faces a tough challenge as it has to compete in FIFA rankings, also has to contend with several organized by IMG-Reliance in collaboration with with European league matches that are beamed franchise-based leagues run in India including in Rupert Murdoch’s Star India group and the All live across the country on satellite channels. cricket, field hockey and kabaddi. —AP Dunga wary of Brazil injuries on sandy Singapore surface

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s sandy pitch height- ens the risk of injuries and the lack of grass makes passing football difficult, Brazil coach Dunga said yesterday ahead of their friendly against Asian champions Japan. David Warner walks off the pitch in this file photo. The surface at the National Stadium, the centre piece of Singapore’s $1 billion Sports Hub complex, has been heavily criticised as Warner hopeful for ground staff struggle in the tropical climate amid the different demands of various con- certs and sporting events. Test, Clarke returns Brazil trained on the patchy field for the first time yesterday, with sand kicking up when the ball bounced on it and as the play- Australia, Pakistan Test in Dubai ers ran in a small game. Juventus opted against risking some head- DUBAI: Australian batsman David Warner won’t play.” Lehmann said Marsh had start- line names when the Italian champions played is confident he will be fit to face Pakistan in ed bowling in the nets and backed him to a friendly on it in August with Dunga also next week’s first Test despite suffering a be fit for the Sharjah match against a wary about the safety of his multi-million dol- groin injury in the final one-day interna- Pakistan XI. lar squad on a pitch the Football Association tional in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. “I would hope he would bowl some of Singapore said was “far short of expected Warner left the field in clear discomfort overs in the tour game - I expect him to,” he international standards”. in the 35th over of Pakistan’s innings during added. Sunday’s victory over Pakistan was “The Brazil team will always try to produce Australia’s dramatic one-run win that secured when Glenn Maxwell bowled a a good spectacle but to do that, you need capped a 3-0 series sweep in the United double-wicket maiden in the final over of good conditions,” Dunga told reporters yester- Arab Emirates. the match to dismiss the hosts for 230 in Dunga day. The big-hitting opener said he would response to Australia’s 231 for nine. “The field... raises the possibility of having has had a strong start to his second tenure in “I will talk to the players to find out how need to work with team physiotherapist injured players because there is a lot of sand charge with three wins out of three and no tired they are and if they are ready,” he said. “I Alex Kountouris but thought the injury CONTROVERSIAL CATCH and I hope the sand doesn’t create holes in the goals conceded. don’t want to change too much as we have would not prevent him taking his place in Even more remarkable than Maxwell’s pitch during the match but its a risk we are Having only replaced Luiz Felipe Scolari in five new players in the new lineup... so there is the side when the first of two tests starts in over, though, was Steve Smith’s controver- going to have to take. July following the 7-1 World Cup semi-final no point changing all the time and replacing Dubai today. “I hope it’s only a week thing, sial catch to dismiss Fawad Alam, which “Most of it is sand not grass and its a mix- hammering by Germany, the coach was not players because we need them to create trust I’ve had it before, three or four years ago Warner said was result of quick thinking ture of synthetic grass with natural grass but keen on missing out on a chance to hone his and confidence so they can (learn to) play as a and it’s just like a tight strain, I’m in good and a thorough knowledge of the new there is more synthetic than natural. It is going counter-attacking style with his core group. team.”—Reuters hands here,” he told Sky Sports radio yester- rules. Spotting Alam dropping his knee to to be hard to pass the ball in such conditions.” day. “I’m all well and good to go.” Warner lap sweep spinner Xavier Doherty, Smith said captain Michael Clarke and all rounder raced from first slip towards the leg side LONG JOURNEY Mitch Marsh were also tracking well as they before the ball had reached the batsman The coach, returning for a second spell Palestine blank Pakistan bid to return from hamstring injuries that and took an easy catch off a top edge. Alam after his first ended with a World Cup quarter- ruled them out of the one-day series. stood his ground as the umpires conferred final exit in 2010, was undecided about LAHORE: Palestine interim manager Saeb Murad Ismail headed home in the 90th “They’re both cruising along very well, before heading reluctantly back to the whether to protect some of his own stars, such Jendeya improved his chances of taking over minute at the Punjab Stadium to end they’re doing everything they can to be dressing room after they confirmed the as skipper Neymar, for Tuesday’s match at the permanently by leading the Asian Cup final- Pakistan’s defensive resilience with Abdullah ready for the first test,” he added. “They’ve rule about the movement of close fielders new 55,000 stadium. ists to a 2-0 victory over Pakistan on Sunday Jabbar adding a second two minutes later as been training the house down and I’ve had been recently amended. The 1994 World Cup-winning skipper to make it two wins from two under his stew- the hosts pushed forward for an equaliser. seen them both running without a limp, so “They changed the rule to when the voiced concerns about putting too much ardship. Palestine, ranked 102 in the world by FIFA, that’s a good sign.” bowler lets go of the ball and when you see demand on his squad, who beat old foes Jendeya stepped up from his role as assis- have been drawn in a difficult looking Group Australia coach Darren Lehmann also the batsman do that, you can move,” Argentina 2-0 in an intensive Superclasico der- tant coach after Jordanian Jamal Mahmoud D for their first Asian Cup appearance in gave a positive prognosis for Clarke, saying Warner said. by in China on Saturday night. quit last month due to personal reasons, hav- January against holders Japan, former win- the 33-year-old would be fit to play a four- “So when you look at the replay, he did- “I want to use all six substitutions because ing overseen three successful years in charge. ners Iraq and West Asian rivals Jordan. day tour match starting on Wednesday in n’t move until the bowler let go of the ball, the players had to go for a very long journey Former international Jendeya led the team They will continue preparations for the Sharjah. and that’s just great cricket awareness. “He to China and the pollution conditions were to a 3-2 win in India last week before two tournament in Australia with matches He was more guarded about Warner’s actually said to (wicketkeeper) Brad very bad so they are very tired because of stoppage time goals helped his side to victo- against Saudi Arabia next month before prospects, however. “Warner... we’ll asses Haddin: ‘He’s going to try and lap here, one that,” he said. ry in Lahore on Sunday, the first international December fixtures against Uzbekistan and him in the next couple of days,” Lehmann of these balls, and I’m going to try and stop The former midfielder, who had a short match Pakistan had hosted in three years. China. —Reuters told reporters in Abu Dhabi yesterday. it’. “And that ball, it actually happened, so it stint playing in Japan at the end of his career, “If he’s not right for the tour game, he was a bit of a freak thing.”—Reuters Pakistan look to Aguirre aims to explore huge Japanese talent SINGAPORE: New Japan coach Javier Aguirre revive home tours will continue to chop and change his lineups as he wades through the “abundance of talent” to ABU DHABI: Pakistan cricket chief Pakistan. I have had several confirmations find the best 23-man squad for their Asian Cup Shaharyar Khan said yesterday that tours from Associate countries. defence in January. The Japanese take on five- from second-tier and smaller teams could “For me the day is not far off and I will times world champions Brazil in a friendly in help revive domestic cricket hit by the fear announce it when teams decide to come,” Singapore on Tuesday with Mexican Aguirre of terrorist attacks. said Khan. promising six changes to his lineup from Friday’s Pakistan have not hosted any interna- Khan also said India had given assur- 1-0 home success over Jamaica in Niigata. It was tional cricket since the terrorist attacks on ances of playing six series in the next eight a first win for the coach, who has had a tricky the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in March years, commencing from December 2015. start since taking over from Alberto Zaccheroni 2009. Bangladesh twice backed away from “I met Indian cricket chief following Japan’s disappointing group stage exit touring for a short series in 2012 and a year (Narayanaswami) Srinivasan in Dubai on at the World Cup. later, citing security fears. Sunday and he has said ‘come what may I He has been quick to hand debuts to untest- Ireland were due to play a short limited am committed to the six series’ and he has ed talents in the opening 2-0 home defeat by over series in Pakistan last month, but ter- his government’s approval,” he said. Uruguay, 1-1 draw with Venezuela and the rorist attacks on Karachi airport resulted in In April this year Pakistan and India Jamaica win with more expected before they the tour being called off. signed a Memorandum of Understanding head to Australia for the Asian Cup in January. PCB chairman Khan said he had visited to play six series-four of which to be hosted “We need to find out the 23 players for it and Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India to lobby by Pakistan-between 2015-2023. so far I have surprisingly found so many good for a revival of cricket tours to Pakistan. “I Pakistan will host India for two Tests, talents in the J-League-and there are more than 20 players overseas,” the former Atletico Madrid toured India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and three one-days and a Twenty20 in boss told reporters yesterday. the response was very good,” Khan told December 2015, likley in United Arab Javier Aguirre “We have an abundance of talent actually so I AFP. “The aim of the exercise is to revive the Emirates. think the time is enough and in terms of the Dortmund playmaker Shinji Kagawa, who will including a 2-0 success over arch-rivals Asian spirit and Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Khan said he has also requested former selection so far so good although the results miss the Singapore fixture and is back in Argentina in Beijing on Saturday, and are yet to are ready to send their Under-19 teams, Indian spinner Bishen Bedi to bring an haven’t come yet.” Germany after suffering concussion following a concede a goal as they try to move on from the women’s and ‘A’ teams to Pakistan.” Indian XI of retired players to play an exhi- “(But) this is what exactly I want, a difficult sit- blow to the jaw against the Jamaicans. embarrassing 7-1 semi-defeat by Germany at Khan, a former foreign secretary and a bition match in Pakistan. “Bedi came to see uation. We have no home games in the Asian Brazil are also under new management fol- their home tournament. career diplomat, said the process of bring- me and he told me that he can bring an Cup and I wanted to have an environment to lowing the World Cup with former skipper Aguirre said he expects the Brazilians to dom- ing cricket back to Pakistan would be a Indian XI for an exhibition game, with fight, I want to fight against a team that is diffi- Dunga returning for a second stint after previ- inate possession on Singapore’s sandy pitch and gradual one. retired players like Sachin Tendulkar and cult to beat,” he added of the step up in class of ously stepping down following the quarter-final wants to see his side pressure their opponents “The real objective is to slowly and grad- Rahul Dravid to Pakistan and that too can Brazil. exit at the 2010 finals in South Africa. better after defensive lapses in the opening two ually open the doors for teams to come to help,” said Khan.—AFP One of the six changes will be Borussia They have won their opening three matches, home matches last month. —Reuters Bae wins Buoyant Irish eye PGA Tour rare win over besieged Germany

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SEATTLE: Dallas Cowboys middle linebacker Rolando McClain (right) intercepts a pass intended for Seattle Seahawks tight end Luke Willson (left) late in the second half of an NFL football game. —AP Cowboys stun champions Seahawks

PHILADELPHIA: DeMarco Murray scored on Kyle Orton went 24 of 38 for 299 yards The defense harassed and pressured Eli drives, and Carr’s pass was intercepted by BROWNS 31, STEELERS 10 a 15-yard run with 3:16 left as the Dallas with two touchdowns, an interception and a Manning often, sacking him six times and rookie Jason Verrett with 1:13 to play. Brian Hoyer passed for 217 yards and Cowboys stunned the defending Super Bowl lost fumble in his second start for Buffalo (3- preventing New York’s upstart offense from Sparano took over for the fired Dennis Allen. pulled off a rarity for a Cleveland quarter- champion Seattle Seahawks 30-23 on 3) since replacing EJ Manuel. getting on track. back, leading the Browns to rout over Ben Sunday. PANTHERS 37, BENGALS 37 Roethlisberger and rival Pittsburgh. Dallas, 5-1 for the first time since 2007, PACKERS 27, DOLPHINS 24 CARDINALS 30, REDSKINS 20 Cincinnati’s Mike Nugent missed a 36-yard Hoyer threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to overcame a pair of special teams turnovers to Aaron Rodgers threw a 4-yard touchdown Carson Palmer returned from a five-week field goal attempt on the final play of over- Jordan Cameron and improved to 6-2 as become the first team outside the NFC West pass to Andrew Quarless with 3 seconds left absence to throw two touchdown passes, time, and the Bengals and Carolina played to Cleveland’s starter as the surprising Browns to win in Seattle since 2011. to lift Green Bay past Miami. Green Bay twice and Arizona beat Washington to take the sole the NFL’s first tie this season. (3-2) beat the Steelers for the third time in 23 Murray’s touchdown run capped a 75-yard gave up leads and trailed 24-17 before NFC West lead. Nothing new about the Bengals tying at games. Cleveland hadn’t beaten Pittsburgh drive that saw Tony Romo convert a third- Rodgers directed a 68-yard drive for a field Larry Fitzgerald caught six passes for a home. They finished 13-13 with Philadelphia so badly since a 51-0 victory in 1989. and-20 with a pass to Terrance Williams along goal with 4:09 to go. The Packers (4-2) quickly season-high 98 yards and his first touchdown in their last overtime game at Paul Brown Ben Tate had two rushing TDs and rookie the sideline. forced a punt to start at their 40 with 2:04 of the season to help the Cardinals (4-1) Stadium in 2008. Isaiah Crowell added another one as the Murray had 115 yards on 29 carries to join left, and Rodgers hit Jordy Nelson on fourth- bounce back from a 41-20 drubbing at Nugent made a 42-yard field goal that put Browns opened a 21-3 lead in the first half Jim Brown as the only running backs in NFL and-10 for 18 yards to keep the winning drive Denver. Cincinnati (3-1-1) up after the opening drive and rolled to the easy win a week after stag- history to open a season with six straight alive. Kirk Cousins was 24 for 38 for 354 yards, of overtime. Carolina (3-2-1) tied it on ing the largest comeback in NFL history by a 100-yard games. Murray also had six recep- Rodgers finished with three touchdown including a 64-yard touchdown pass to Graham Gano’s 36-yarder with 2:19 left. road team against Tennessee. tions for 31 yards. passes and 264 yards while committing no DeSean Jackson for the Redskins (1-5), but Andy Dalton was nearly perfect in over- Romo was 21 of 32 for 250 yards and two turnovers. The Packers earned their third con- threw three fourth-quarter interceptions. time, going 8 for 9 for 87 yards with one BEARS 27, FALCONS 13 touchdowns without an interception. Russell secutive victory and won in Miami for only Washington has lost four straight and 13 of throwaway. He led the Bengals into range to Jay Cutler threw for 381 yards and a Wilson had a 9-yard touchdown run, and the second time ever. The Dolphins (2-3) lost 14. Palmer had not played since damaging a win it, but Nugent sliced the kick wide right. touchdown, Matt Forte ran for a couple of Mike Morgan returned a blocked punt 25 despite the return of six starters who had nerve in his throwing shoulder in the season- second-half scores, and Chicago picked up another road victory by beating Atlanta. yards for a score for Seattle (3-2). Wilson was missed playing time. opening win over San Diego and was not TITANS 16, JAGUARS 14 14 of 28 for 126 yards and an interception, announced as the starter until just before Chicago (3-3) has won three of four away Sammie Hill blocked a field goal attempt from Soldier Field this season, though there and was limited to 12 yards on two carries. EAGLES 27, GIANTS 0 kickoff. Palmer completed 28 of 44 for 250 in the final seconds, and Tennessee held off were so many Bears fans at the Georgia Nick Foles threw two touchdown passes yards with no interceptions. The Cardinals winless Jacksonville to snap a four-game los- Dome that it seemed almost like a neutral BRONCOS 31, JETS 17 and LeSean McCoy had a season-high 149 have not thrown an interception this season. ing streak. site. Peyton Manning connected with Julius yards rushing as the Philadelphia Eagles beat Arizona’s Chandler Catanzaro kicked field After the Falcons (2-4) rallied from a 13-3 Thomas twice and Demaryius Thomas once, New York for its first shutout in 18 years. goals of 33, 49 and 37 yards. Jackie Battle ran for a touchdown, and Ryan Succop kicked three field goals to help halftime deficit to tie it late in the third quar- leaving the Denver quarterback two shy of A rough night for the Giants (3-3) became ter, the Bears bounced back to hand Atlanta Brett Favre’s record for career touchdown worse when wide receiver Victor Cruz tore CHARGERS 31, RAIDERS 28 the Titans (2-4) bounce back after blowing its third straight loss. Cutler unleashed a tow- passes, and the Broncos held on to beat New the patellar tendon his right knee while leap- Branden Oliver scored on a 1-yard run the biggest lead ever by a home team in the ering pass to Alshon Jeffery that went for 74 York. ing for a pass on fourth down from the Eagles with 1:56 to play and San Diego spoiled inter- regular season in a loss to Cleveland. Jurrell yards. On the next play, Forte scored on a 6- Manning has 506 touchdown passes, and 3 in the third quarter. Cruz was crying and im coach Tony Sparano’s Oakland debut. Casey had two of Tennessee’s six sacks. The yard run. could tie or break Favre’s record next Sunday holding his hands to his face as he was carted Philip Rivers threw three touchdown passes Titans forced two turnovers as they won their The Falcons went three-and-out, and at home against San Francisco. Manning fin- off the field with an injury that’s expected to and engineered the winning drive to give first game at home this season - only their Chicago finished them off with a 15-play, 87- ished 22 of 33 for 237 yards - a far cry from end his season. San Diego (5-1) its fifth straight win and send second here in nine games. The Jaguars (0-6) yard drive. Forte capped it with a 9-yard scor- ing burst up the middle. last week’s performance against Arizona, Wearing all-black uniforms for the first Oakland (0-5) to its 11th straight loss. scored with 37 seconds left when Blake when he passed for a career-high 479 yards time in franchise history, the Eagles (5-1) Rookie Derek Carr threw four touchdown Bortles found Clay Harbor for a 20-yard TD with four TDs. stayed tied with Dallas (5-1) for the lead in passes for the Raiders and gave them a 28-21 LIONS 17, VIKINGS 3 But Manning displayed his methodical the NFC East. They hadn’t shut out an oppo- lead on a 6-yard throw to Andre Holmes with strike. They recovered the onside kick, but Tahir Whitehead intercepted two of Teddy best at times in his return to MetLife Stadium, nent since a 24-0 win over the Giants on Dec. 10:01 to play. Hill got his right fingers on Josh Scobee’s 55- Bridgewater’s passes, and Joique Bell put the where he and the Broncos (4-1) were blown 1, 1996, at old Veterans Stadium. But Rivers answered with a pair of scoring yard field goal attempt. game away with a fourth-quarter touchdown out by Seattle in the Super Bowl last run in Detroit’s victory over Minnesota. With Calvin Johnson and Reggie Bush February. missing, the Lions played a low-risk game. Demaryius Thomas had 10 catches for 124 NFL results/standings But their defense made another case for top yards, and Ronnie Hillman ran for 100 yards billing in the league. Ziggy Ansah had 2 1/2 on 24 carries. The Jets (1-5) had a chance to New England 37, Buffalo 22; Cincinnati 37, Carolina 37 (OT); Cleveland 31, Pittsburgh 10; Green Bay 27, Miami 24; Detroit 17, Minnesota 3; Denver 31, NY Jets 17; Baltimore 48, Tampa Bay 17; Tennessee 16, Jacksonville 14; San Diego 31, Oakland 28; Arizona 30, Washington 20; Dallas 30, Seattle 23; Chicago 27, Atlanta 13; Philadelphia 27, NY Giants 0. of Detroit’s eight sacks, tie when they got the ball deep in their own Bridgewater threw three interceptions in American Football Conference National Football Conference territory with less than a minute left. But after his second career start for the Vikings (2-4). AFC East a sack put the ball at the 1, Geno Smith’s pass NFC East The biggest problem for Detroit (4-2) was W L T OTL PF PA PCT was intercepted by Aqib Talib, who returned Dallas 5 1 0 0 165 126 .833 two more missed field goal attempts, New England 4 2 0 0 160 129 .667 it 22 yards for a sealing touchdown that sent Philadelphia 5 1 0 0 183 132 .833 through Matt Prater did make one from 52 Buffalo 3 3 0 0 118 126 .500 New York to its fifth straight loss. NY Giants 3 3 0 0 133 138 .500 yards in his Lions debut. Detroit won at Miami 2 3 0 0 120 124 .400 The struggling Smith, looking to keep his Washington 1 5 0 0 132 166 .167 Minnesota for only the second time in its last NY Jets 1 5 0 0 96 158 .167 starting job, was 23 of 43 for 190 yards and NFC North 17 trips. AFC North Detroit 4 2 0 0 116 82 .667 touchdown passes to Jace Amaro and Eric Cincinnati 3 1 1 0 134 113 .700 Green Bay 4 2 0 0 161 130 .667 RAVENS 48, BUCCANEERS 17 Decker, with the one interception. Baltimore 4 2 0 0 164 97 .667 Chicago 3 3 0 1 143 144 .500 Joe Flacco threw for 306 yards and five Cleveland 3 2 0 0 134 115 .600 Minnesota 2 4 0 0 104 143 .333 touchdowns to help Baltimore beat Tampa PATRIOTS 37, BILLS 22 Pittsburgh 3 3 0 0 124 139 .500 NFC South Bay. Baltimore (4-2) scored on six straight Tom Brady threw four touchdown passes AFC South possessions to begin the game, with Flacco and had his 60th 300-yard game to lead New Indianapolis 4 2 0 0 189 136 .667 Carolina 3 2 1 0 141 157 .583 throwing touchdown passes on the first five. England past Buffalo. Brandon LaFell had two Houston 3 3 0 1 132 120 .500 New Orleans 2 3 0 1 132 141 .400 Torrey Smith caught the first two, and Kamar touchdown catches, including a 56-yarder, Tennessee 2 4 0 0 104 153 .333 Atlanta 2 4 0 0 164 170 .333 Aiken, Michael Campanaro and Steve Smith and the Patriots forced three turnovers that Jacksonville 0 6 0 0 81 185 0 Tampa Bay 1 5 0 1 120 204 .167 had the others as the Ravens rebounded AFC West NFC West resulted in 13 points in the second quarter. from a road loss to Indianapolis. San Diego 5 1 0 0 164 91 .833 Arizona 4 1 0 0 116 106 .800 Brady finished 27 of 37 for 361 yards to Tampa Bay (1-5) was embarrassed for the Denver 4 1 0 1 147 104 .800 Seattle 3 2 0 0 133 113 .600 spoil the Bills’ first game under new owners second time in six games under first-year Kansas City 2 3 0 0 119 101 .400 San Francisco 3 2 0 0 110 106 .600 Terry and Kim Pegula. Brady is 23-2 against coach Lovie Smith. The Bucs fell 56-14 at Oakland 0 5 0 0 79 134 0 St. Louis 1 3 0 0 84 119 .250 AFC East rival Buffalo with the Patriots (4-2). Atlanta on Sept. 18. — AP Tunisia economy needs three years of ‘painful’ reform: PM

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TOULOUSE: French economist and Nobel Prize laureate Jean Tirole (right) is congratulated by colleagues at the Toulouse School of Economics in Toulouse, southern France, yesterday. — AP French economist Tirole wins Nobel Groundbreaking work on power of large companies

STOCKHOLM: French economist Jean Tirole won the The concentration of corporate power in a widening tion policy should therefore be carefully adapted to every petitors and customers,” it said. The prize will be awarded at Nobel Economics Prize yesterday for groundbreaking work number of industries has been a central theme since the industry’s specific conditions.” a ceremony in Stockholm on December 10, the anniversary on the power of large companies in a range of key indus- 1980s, when policies in advanced countries moved pro- Tirole’s research has also showed that some companies- of the death in 1896 of the prizes’ creator, Swedish scientist tries. By providing a framework for governments’ handling gressively to allowing markets a freer role. The trend has for example producers of widely used but patented soft- and philanthropist Alfred Nobel. of major enterprises, the 61-year-old professor at Toulouse been strengthened as a result of technological develop- ware-are able to dominate not just their own industry, but The economics prize is the only Nobel not originally 1 Capitole University has become “one of the most influen- ment and deepening globalization, which have produced also neighboring industries further down the production included in Nobel’s last will and testament. It was estab- tial economists of our time,” the jury said. unprecedented wealth but also exacerbated inequality. chain. “If the innovation is sold to only one firm, this firm lished in 1968 by the Swedish central bank to celebrate its “Most of all he has clarified how to understand and reg- One of Tirole’s chief contributions is the insight that makes a high profit because it becomes more efficient than tricentenary, and first awarded in 1969. The other prizes ulate industries with a few powerful firms,” it said of the market dominance works differently in different industries, its competitors. The producer can then set his price consid- have been awarded since 1901. Appropriately for an econ- second Frenchman to win a Nobel Prize in 2014, after according to the jury. It noted that undercutting prices has erably higher,” the jury said. omist who has dedicated much of his career to the study of Patrick Modiano was honored for literature last week. The traditionally been disciplined under competition, or anti- monopolies, Tirole’s award reduces an American near- global financial crisis-triggered by a small number of giant trust, law, because setting prices below production costs is Growing controversy monopoly over the Nobel economics prize in recent years. players in the banking sector-has put the complicated one way of getting rid of competitors-but this is not neces- The jury argued that Tirole’s work has provided a frame- Over the past decade, 18 out 20 economics prize laure- issue of improved regulation on the agenda for policy- sarily true of all markets. work for designing policies for a number of industries, ates have been from the United States, including one makers across the world. In the newspaper market, for example, giving away ranging from telecommunications to banking. The citation Israeli-American. Last year, US scholars Eugene Fama, Lars “Banking is a very hard thing to regulate, and we econo- papers free can be a way of attracting readers and thus comes amid growing controversy over the market power Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller won for their work on mists have to do more work on this,” Tirole told the Nobel new advertisers to cover the losses arising from production of such companies as Amazon and Google. spotting trends in the asset markets. The economics prize Committee after being informed that he had received the and distribution. “Drawing on these new insights, governments can bet- winds up this year’s Nobel season, marked by the award prize, worth eight million Swedish kronor ($1.1 million, “In this case, it is doubtful whether undercutting should ter encourage powerful firms to become more productive Friday of the peace prize to 17-year-old Pakistani Malala 878,000 euros). be banned,” the jury said. “The best regulation or competi- and, at the same time, prevent them from harming com- Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi. — AFP Islamic banks to boost Gulf share: S&P Commercial Bank to sell KD120m bond IMF launches talks on Islamic finance DUBAI: Commercial Bank of Kuwait has announced plans for a KD120 mil- DUBAI: Islamic banks are set to boost their mar- The International Monetary Fund found has ry treatment of their deposits. lion ($416 million) bond sale that would boost its capital reserves, with the ket share in the energy-rich Gulf states to nearly held its first consultation with an external adviso- The industry is trying to develop tools to ease transaction set to close around the end of this month. 30 percent in the next five years, ratings agency ry group of Islamic finance industry bodies, as the shortage, such as the short-term Islamic The Gulf state’s fifth-largest lender by assets, which is preparing to con- Standard & Poor’s said yesterday. regulators across the globe seek to address struc- bonds issued by the Malaysia-based International vert into an Islamic bank, will issue the subordinated bond to boost its Tier “We think Islamic banks’ market share of over- tural issues in the sector. Islamic finance, with its Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (IILM), which 2 - or supplementary - capital, it said yesterday. CBK’s total capital adequa- cy ratio, which is a key measure of a bank’s health and includes both Tier 1 all banking system assets in the Gulf Cooperation core markets in the Middle East and Southeast is also part of the advisory group. But the short- - or core - and Tier 2 capital, was 17.66 percent at the end of June, well age is aggravated by activities of conventional Council (GCC) countries could gradually inch Asia, is under growing regulatory scrutiny as it above the minimum 12 percent set by the country’s regulator. closer to 30 percent over the next five to six takes a greater share of the banking sector in firms which are free to buy sukuk, Kuwait Central Banks in the Gulf have much higher capital reserves than lenders in the years, from just under 25 percent currently,” some Muslim-majority countries and makes Bank governor Mohammad Al-Hashel said at an Western world because of the conservative approach of regulatory Standard & Poor’s credit analyst Timucin Engin inroads in Western markets. IILM seminar in August. authorities. The bond will have a ten-year lifespan, with an option for the said. S&P said it expected total GCC banking The nine-member external advisory group Because sukuk sometimes offer better yields issuer to redeem it after the fifth year, and will be priced at 2.25 percent assets, both conventional and Islamic, to rise to includes industry bodies such as the Malaysia- than conventional bonds, they attract buyers over the central bank of Kuwait’s discount rate, according to a source with $2 trillion by the end of 2015, from $1.7 trillion at based Islamic Financial Services Board and the among conventional banks, which can out-mus- direct knowledge of the deal. The discount rate is now at 2.00 percent. year-end 2013. Bahrain-based Accounting and Auditing cle smaller Islamic banks in bidding for such Order books for CBK’s transaction will open today and close on Oct. 30, But solid market positions by conventional Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions. instruments in the open market. Also, since with the issue set for formal completion on Nov 6, the source added. banks in the region will prevent the fast-growing The group is an IMF initiative which aims to iden- Islamic banks can’t buy interest-bearing debt, KIPCO Asset Management Co (KAMCO) is the sole lead manager for the Islamic banks from attaining a bigger share, tify policy challenges in the industry and encour- they tend to hang on to their sukuk and rarely bond, which is rated BBB-minus by rating agency Capital Intelligence. Engin said. The GCC region groups Bahrain, age coordination among bodies. The meeting, trade them in the secondary market, further Fellow Kuwaiti lender Burgan Bank raised a capital-boosting bond last Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the held in Washington last week, discussed topics reducing their availability, Al-Hashel said. month. The $500 million issue with a perpetual tenor enhanced the United Arab Emirates. It has one of the world’s including how to improve financing to small and “Empirical evidence suggests that as a direct lender’s Tier 1 ratio. largest Islamic banking markets and S&P said medium-sized businesses as well as the implica- consequence of the above factors, reliance of government support should help the sector to tions for Islamic banks of Basel III regulatory stan- Islamic banks on cash is much higher compared Agility wins British deal keep expanding its market share. dards. to their conventional counterparts.” Islamic com- Kuwait’s logistics firm Agility said yesterday that a wholly owned unit The agency said it expected Islamic banks mercial banks held about $1.2 trillion worth of had won an $82.5 million contract from Britain’s Ministry of Defense to would continue to grow faster than their conven- Kuwait view assets at the end of last year, according to a study manage household moves for ministry and armed forces personnel. The contract, secured by Agility Defense and Government Services, will run tional peers in the next couple of years, particu- Islamic banks face a shortage of high-quality by Thomson Reuters. They accounted for roughly from October 2014 to April 2016, the company said in a statement to the liquid assets which they can hold to meet the a quarter of deposits in Gulf Arab countries and larly in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, where domestic Dubai bourse. — Reuters credit is projected to grow the most. standards, and there is uncertainty over regulato- over a fifth in Malaysia. — Agencies BUSINESS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 Tunisia economy needs three years of ‘painful’ reform: PM Fiscal, banking, energy reforms vital

TUNIS: Tunisia’s economy needs at least three would pursue economic reforms. Since then it political parties that economic reforms must more years of painful and politically difficult has taken several steps. In July it cut fuel subsi- continue, so one does not expect any surprises reforms, including tax changes and subsidy dies, raising petrol prices by 6.3 percent, in order in this regard.” cuts, to revive growth after the damage it suf- to trim the budget deficit; this month it imposed Others see the possibility of social and politi- fered during the 2011 revolution, Prime Minister new taxes, including a departure levy on foreign cal tensions disrupting at least part of the Mehdi Jomaa said. travelers. It has been allowing the dinar to depre- reforms, however. “Increasing social tensions - Parliamentary elections scheduled for Oct 26 ciate in order to rebuild foreign reserves from including strikes and demonstrations - could and a presidential poll next month are designed dangerously low levels. further slow down production and delay much- to complete a difficult and sometimes violent But Jomaa, an engineer and former industry needed reform implementation,” the IMF said in transition to democracy. If the elections go minister who has headed a technocratic care- a report last month. smoothly, domestic and foreign investment taker cabinet since January, said much more Jomaa predicted improvement in some key could start to revive - a step towards boosting remained to be done. “We need urgent reform economic indicators next year, saying Tunisia economic growth back to the 5 percent area that requires a lot of boldness and courage, could cut the state budget deficit to 5.0 percent which analysts believe is needed to cut unem- including tax reform and the restructuring of of GDP in 2015 from an estimated 5.8 percent ployment, now around 15 percent. public institutions, subsidy reforms, and steps to this year, and inflation to 5 percent from about 6 But in an interview for the Reuters Middle improve the investment climate.” percent. East Investment Summit, Jomaa said a sus- Jomaa added, “The next government should However, Tunisia is likely to remain heavily tained recovery would not happen without a also continue energy reforms, and reform the dependent on foreign financing, both aid and string of policy and regulatory reforms, some of banking sector via the restructuring of public borrowing from the international markets, for which authorities have barely begun to tackle. banks to make them more competent and spe- years. To finance the 2015 budget, the govern- His comments underlined the obstacles still cialised.” ment will need a total of 8 billion dinars ($4.5 faced by many economies in the region three Tunisia’s economy is weighed down by a big billion) of which 5 billion dinars will come from years after the Arab Spring. The uprisings hurt trade deficit that is swelled by energy imports; foreign sources, Jomaa said. “We have already tax revenues and prompted governments to boosting oil production and limiting consump- started new discussions with the IMF on financ- boost spending sharply to buy social peace, tion could spur GDP growth. Asset quality at ing part of next year’s budget,” he said without swelling budget deficits; private sector business many banks is weak and some are undercapital- giving any details. confidence took a long-term hit. ized, making the financial sector a source of risk. Last week, Tunisia said it had issued a $825 Repairing the damage may take several more million bond on the domestic Japanese market, years, even if the Arab Spring countries manage Politics guaranteed by the state-owned Japan Bank for to install stable, democratically elected govern- Jomaa, who was appointed as part of a deal International Cooperation. Meanwhile, bankers ments. to end a crisis between Tunisia’s Ennahda said the government had asked banks for pro- “Because of continuing internal and external Islamist party and its secular opposition, has posals for its first issue of Islamic bonds, denom- pressures, we expect only 3 percent gross said he will not serve as prime minister in the inated in US dollars, in order to attract invest- domestic product growth in 2015,” said Jomaa. next government, and many of his ministers are ment from cash-rich Islamic funds in the Gulf. “The economy does not grow through pressing also likely to go. So the extent of the next gov- “Tunisia will issue Islamic bonds worth $500 a button - it will take some time. So we need at ernment’s commitment to reform is not certain. million within weeks, and we expect to finish least three years of painful reforms to revive the The elections will be fought mainly between the process this year,” Jomaa said. The pre-revo- economy.” Ennahda and a range of secular parties led by lution government steered clear of Islamic The government now expects GDP to grow the Nida Tounes party, which has not excluded finance for ideological reasons. Jomaa said between 2.3 and 2.5 percent this year, well the possibility of forming a coalition with Tunisia could not now afford to let political below an initial forecast of 4.5 percent. Annual Islamists. issues deter it from raising money in this way. growth averaged about 4.4 percent in the 10 Jomaa said enough of a consensus had “Tunisia must support Islamic finance without years though 2010. developed around economic reforms that they considering the intentions of the next govern- Tunisia signed last year to obtain a two-year, would probably continue regardless of the ment,” he said. “Islamic finance represents an $1.78 billion loan program from the International make-up of the next government. additional solution to mobilise budget Monetary Fund on the understanding that it “There is the same belief among the major resources.” —Reuters Indonesia’s Garuda makes $5bn plane order: Boeing

JAKARTA: Indonesian flag carrier Garuda has placed an order for 50 planes worth almost $5 billion, US plane giant Boeing said, as compe- tition heats up for passengers in Asia’s increasingly crowded skies. Garuda ordered 46 of Boeing’s new 737 MAX 8 jets and is convert- ing existing orders for four 737- 800s to 737 MAX 8s, the plane manufacturer said. The purchase is worth $4.9 billion at current list prices, although airlines typically receive large discounts for big orders. “This order helps continue our commitment to offer the people of Indonesia and Southeast Asia the GARUDA: A ground staff walks past a Garuda aircraft parked at the airport in Jakarta. most comfortable, most efficient Indonesian flag carrier Garuda has placed an order for 50 planes worth almost $5 billion, US air travel in the region,” said plane giant Boeing said yesterday, as competition heats up for passengers in Asia’s increasingly Emirsyah Satar, Garuda chief exec- crowded skies. —AFP utive officer. The aviation sector in Indonesia, the world’s fourth most Lion Air which has expanded rapid- turned it around since his appoint- says they are the most fuel-effi- populous country with 250 million ly-and Malaysia’s Air Asia. ment in 2005. It was the first cient 737s to date, a key selling people, has grown rapidly in recent The announcement marks the Indonesian firm to be allowed back point as airlines struggle with high years as an economic boom cre- latest phase in an impressive turn- into European Union airspace in fuel prices. Garuda currently oper- ates a new class of consumers. around for the airline. In the 1990s 2009 after a ban was imposed ates 77 Boeing 737s, Boeing said in Garuda, a state-owned, full-service and early 2000s the airline was across the country’s airline indus- a statement announcing the pur- airline, is facing stiff competition plagued by problems, including try. The 737 MAX family of aircraft chases Sunday. It did not say when from budget carriers in the region, heavy debts and a poor safety are single-aisle jets that carry Garuda would start to take deliv- such as fellow Indonesian outfit record, but Satar has successfully around 200 passengers. Boeing ery. —AFP EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. UAE Exchange Centre WLL Syrian Pound 2.790 Sierra Leone 0.000064 0.000070 Nepalese Rupees 3.900 Singapore Dollar 0.224173 0.230173 South African Rand 0.020153 0.028653 ASIAN COUNTRIES Malaysian Ringgit 89.675 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001917 0.002497 Japanese Yen 2.686 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 47.605 Australian Dollar 230.69 227.69 Taiwan 0.009417 0.009597 Indian Rupees 4.733 Thai Bhat 9.900 Canadian Dollar 262.50 263.50 Thai Baht 0.008605 0.009155 Pakistani Rupees 2.815 Swiss Franc 306.95 304.95 Turkish Lira 126.965 Srilankan Rupees 2.218 Euro 368.65 369.65 Nepali Rupees 2.967 Arab US Dollar 289.75 292.75 Bahraini Dinar 0.761579 0.769579 Singapore Dollar 228.800 Sterling Pound 468.26 471.26 Bahrain Exchange Company Hongkong Dollar 37.325 Egyptian Pound 0.038811 0.041911 Japanese Yen 2.73 2.75 Bangladesh Taka 3.733 Iranian Riyal 0.000080 0.000081 Bangladesh Taka 3.734 4.004 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Philippine Peso 6.484 Iraqi Dinar 0.000187 0.000247 Indian Rupee 4.734 5.034 Europe Thai Baht 8.944 Jordanian Dinar 0.404300 0.411800 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.220 2.655 Belgian Franc 0.007535 0.008535 Irani Riyal transfer 1160.420 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 British Pound 0.459337 0.468337 Irani Riyal cash 140.645 Nepali Rupee 2.972 3.507 Lebanese Pound 0.000143 0.000243 Pakistani Rupee 2.824 2.790 Czech Korune 0.005391 0.017391 Moroccan Dirhams 0.023573 0.047573 GCC COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 78.78 79.24 Danish Krone 0.045358 0.050358 Nigerian Naira 0.001168 0.001803 Saudi Riyal 77.285 Bahraini Dinar 769.05 771.12 Euro 0.361175 0.369175 Omani Riyal 0.746052 0.751732 Qatari Riyal 79.634 Egyptian Pound 40.41 41.01 Norwegian Krone 0.040707 0.045907 Qatar Riyal 0.078822 0.080036 Omani Riyal 752.760 Jordanian Dinar 411.23 416.88 Romanian Leu 0.083051 0.083051 Saudi Riyal 0.076577 0.077277 Bahraini Dinar 769.570 Omani Riyal 751.44 758.74 Slovakia 0.008410 0.018410 Syrian Pound 0.001715 0.001935 UAE Dirham 78.918 Qatari Riyal 79.79 80.34 Swedish Krona 0.036081 0.041081 Tunisian Dinar 0.157732 0.165732 Saudi Riyal 77.19 77.59 Swiss Franc 0.296302 0.306502 Turkish Lira 0.128201 0.135201 ARAB COUNTRIES Turkish Lira 0.128201 0.135201 UAE Dirhams 0.077852 0.079001 Egyptian Pound - Cash 42.466 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Yemeni Riyal 0.001307 0.001387 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 40.411 Australasia Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.351 Australian Dollar 0.243444 0.254944 Tunisian Dinar 162.210 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate New Zealand Dollar 0.220314 0.229814 Al Mulla Exchange Jordanian Dinar 409.060 US Dollar 289.300 America Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.943 Canadian Dollar 261.180 Canadian Dollar 0.253479 0.261979 Syrian Lira 2.064 Sterling Pound 468.425 US Dollars 0.285450 0.290150 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Morocco Dirham 33.669 Euro 367.845 US Dollars Mint 0.285950 0.290150 US Dollar 288.400 Swiss Frank 302.655 Euro 371.000 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Bahrain Dinar 770.030 Asia Pound Sterlng 470.000 US Dollar Transfer 289.550 UAE Dirhams 78.745 Bangladesh Taka 0.003371 0.003971 Canadian Dollar 262.000 Euro 368.160 Qatari Riyals 80.345 Chinese Yuan 0.045698 0.049198 Indian Rupee 4.740 Sterling Pound 467.330 Saudi Riyals 77.405 Hong Kong Dollar 0.035271 0.038021 Egyptian Pound 40.325 Canadian dollar 260.860 Jordanian Dinar 408.625 Indian Rupee 0.004495 0.004896 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.212 Turkish lira 128.690 Egyptian Pound 40.407 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000020 0.000026 Bangladesh Taka 3.725 Swiss Franc 305.430 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.220 Japanese Yen 0.002604 0.002784 Australian Dollar 255.960 Philippines Peso 6.468 Indian Rupees 4.726 Kenyan Shilling 0.003238 0.003238 US Dollar Buying 288.350 Pakistan Rupee 2.810 Pakistani Rupees 2.818 Korean Won 0.000260 0.000275 Bahraini Dinar 768.150 Bangladesh Taka 3.734 Malaysian Ringgit 0.085984 0.091984 GOLD UAE Dirham 78.550 Philippines Pesso 6.473 Tola 1 140.650 Nepalese Rupee 0.002958 0.003128 Saudi Riyal 77.050 Tola 2 276.550 Cyprus pound 710.585 Pakistan Rupee 0.002788 0.003068 *Rates are subject to change Tola 5 685.400 Japanese Yen 3.685 Philippine Peso 0.006366 0.006666 BUSINESS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 News WEF lists UAE’s Bayt.com in in brief Mobily names Etisalat’s Okandan as deputy CEO 28 Global Growth Companies

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s second biggest telecommunications operator Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has appointed Serkan One of the most dynamic, high-growth firms Okandan as its deputy chief executive, it said in a state- ment yesterday. Okandan is currently chief financial officer at United Arab Emirates-based Etisalat and has been DUBAI: Bayt.com, the Middle East’s num- committed to improving the state of the lives (in the Middle East, the answer is obvi- industrial online recruitment offering appointed to the Saudi firm “to support the company’s dai- ber one career site, has been selected by world. Each GGC has the potential to ous: finding jobs), build a solution that cap- which has won various awards over the ly operational works”. Reached by text message, Okandan the World Economic Forum as one of its 28 become a leader in the global economy italizes on technology for scale and effi- years, Bayt.com is also favored for its told Reuters he would remain as finance head of Etisalat. Global Growth Companies. The recognition owing to their business models, growth ciency, and then obsess about continually unique Specialties platform, which allows Okandan, who analysts credit with vastly improving the was announced at the World Economic records, leadership and the markets they improving it. Add all three ingredients and professionals to network, share insights, depth and detail of Etisalat’s financial reporting, has been Forum Special Meeting on Unlocking serve. presto, the result is Bayt.com. Today, we are converse and gain visibility with industry CFO since January 2012. Resources for Regional Development, held Rabea Ataya, co-founding CEO, proud to be the leading career site in the peers, as well as its Salaries platform, which in Istanbul on September 28 and 29. Bayt.com said: “We’re thrilled to receive this Middle East. This recognition by the World is the only regional online resource of its Recognition is based on exceeding industry prestigious recognition from such a well- Economic Forumis another great milestone kind enabling fresh, current insights into Qatar’s QEWC reports standards in revenue growth, promoting respected global authority. At Bayt.com, we in our path to achieve our vision of being a salary trends by company, industry and 8.8% Q3 net profit rise innovative business practices, and leader- have invested a significant period of time Middle Eastern institution that is a globally location. DUBAI: Qatar Electricity and Water Co (QEWC), the ship in corporate citizenship. to define the values that determine our recognized, respected and admired indis- Bayt.com is also popular for its propri- Gulf state’s monopoly utility firm, reported a 8.8 per- The World Economic Forum’s communi- success as an organization, and the behav- pensable extension of people’s lives.” etary Branded Career Channels (BCCs), cent increase in third-quarter net profit yesterday, ty of Global Growth Companies (GGCs) was iors that map to these values. Global Bayt.com is the Middle East’s number which fuel university and corporate as well according to Reuters calculations, beating analyst esti- formed in 2007 to engage dynamic high- Growth Companies are chosen based on one career site and has more than 14 years as public sector portals around the region. mates. The state-run utility made a profit of 454 million growth companies with the potential to be demonstrating key features, one of which is of experience in supporting the Middle That’s not to mention the Bayt.com Virtual riyals ($124.7 million) in the three months to Sept. 30, tomorrow’s industry leaders and to innovation, a key value at Bayt.com. Since Eastern business community, with the Fairs platforms which allow educational compared to 417.3 million riyals in the prior-year peri- become a driving force of economic and Bayt.com was founded, we have striven to largest and most relevant community of and career fairs and other events to hap- od, Reuters calculated based on financial statements social change. GCCs are the most dynamic, empower people with the tools and tech- professionals registered on the site repre- pen virtually so stakeholders and target and figures published in local media. EFG-Hermes fore- high-growth companies from around the nologies to lead their lifestyle of choice. senting the entire spectrum of career lev- audiences can connect real-time and in a cast that QEWC would make a quarterly profit of 403.7 world. They are best described as the trail- The Bayt.com formula is clear: look at els, demographics, job roles and industries. time effective, cost effective and highly million riyals, while HSBC forecast it to make 422 mil- blazers, shapers and innovators that are where people need the most help in their Beyond its leading core pan-regional, pan- engaging manner. lion riyals. QEWC made 1.2 billion riyals in the first nine months of 2014, up from 1.1 billion riyals in the same period last year, according to a statement to the Qatar bourse.

Saudi retailer Jarir Q3 net profit up 9% DUBAI: Saudi Arabian retailer Jarir Marketing met analyst expectations as it posted a 9 percent increase in third- quarter net profit yesterday due to higher sales. Jarir made a net profit of 203 million riyals ($54.1 million) in the three months to Sept. 30, up from 186.2 million riyals in the pri- or-year period, according to a filing to Riyadh’s bourse. Eight analysts polled by Reuters had forecast, on average, a quarterly net profit of 205.9 million riyals. The company said the earnings increase was due to higher sales in all segments apart from computers and peripherals. Its esti- mated third-quarter turnover rose 6.9 percent year on year to 1.43 billion riyals. Jarir added it had opened five of the seven new showrooms planned for 2014 but the remaining two had been pushed to the first quarter of 2015 due to construction delays, Jarir said.

Banque Saudi Fransi Q3 net profit jumps DUBAI: Banque Saudi Fransi, the lender part-owned by Credit Agricole, posted a 35.2 percent rise in its third-quarter net profit, according to a bourse state- ment yesterday, beating analyst forecasts. The king- dom’s fourth-largest listed bank by assets said it made 926 million riyals ($246.9 million) in the three months ending September 30, compared with 685 million riyals in the same period a year earlier. Analysts sur- veyed by Reuters expected the bank to post an aver- age net profit of 831.1 million riyals for the quarter. The bank attributed its rise to an increase in total operating income, which rose 15.8 percent year-on-year to 1.49 LONDON: A Eurostar train (right) is seen beside traffic on the motorway, near Rochester, south of London, yesterday. — AFP billion riyals, without elaborating. Saudi companies issue brief earnings statements early in the reporting period before publishing more detailed results later. Britain launches process to sell Eurostar stake Loans and advances at the end of September stood at 118.2 billion riyals, gaining 9 percent on the same LONDON: Britain’s government officially launched yester- The Treasury said it “would expect to reach definitive and Transport union. “The French and Belgians think we are point of 2013, while deposits rose 5 percent to 131.9 day an attempt to sell its 40-percent stake in Eurostar, the agreements in the first quarter of 2015” over the sale, ahead insane knocking off such a valuable and strategic infrastruc- billion riyals over the same period. high-speed rail service connecting London with Paris and of a general election in Britain that is due soon after. ture asset,” he added. There are concerns also that the gov- Brussels. It forms part of the state’s plan to recoup £20 bil- Eurostar is also 55-percent owned by French rail operator ernment could offload the stake at a price deemed too lion ($32.2 billion, 25.4 billion euros) from asset sales by SNCF and five percent by Belgium’s SNCB. cheap, in a repetition of last year’s part-privatization of 2020 to help bring down the country’s debt pile. The train service has carried more than 145 million pas- Britain’s Royal Mail postal service. Shares in the company India bourse in talks The government announced its intention to privatize its sengers in its 20 years of existence, and 10 million alone last surged following its stock market debut. Eurostar is soon to stake in Eurostar late last year. “I am determined that we go year, the Treasury said. Trade union leaders meanwhile hit begin services to other French cities, while competition for climate change on making the decisions to reform the British economy and out of the potential sale. “This compounds the issue of for- beckons. Last year, Germany’s Deutsche Bahn obtained exchange-traded fund tackle our debts. So we will proceed with the potential sale eign ownership of Britain’s railways as the French state have approval to run trains through the Channel Tunnel and is of the UK’s shareholding in Eurostar today,” finance minister first refusal on our slice of the highly profitable Eurostar expected to begin offering services linking London to George Osborne said in a statement. cake,” said Mick Cash, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime Frankfurt and Cologne in Germany from 2016. — AFP MUMBAI: India’s BSE Ltd is in talks for an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the bourse operator’s climate change index to be launched within the next couple of years, to take advantage of rising global demand for green invest- Canada condo boom rolls ment options. BSE, formerly the Bombay Stock Exchange, will work with an asset manager to set up the fund investing in shares on as buildings fall apart that make up the S&P Carbonex, launched in 2012. “Investors who look to invest with a longer-term horizon TORONTO: While Toronto’s housing boom government to improve the building code in tend to be a little more into nudging companies into sus- rolls on, some of the housing itself is falling 2012 to stipulate that better glass be used for tainable activities,” Chief Executive Ashishkumar Chauhan apart. Canada’s biggest city has more than balconies, but the problem continues. In July, said at the Reuters Global Climate Change Summit. “This is 100,000 units under construction as develop- balcony glass panels fell off the 65-storey not only a do-good kind of activity, but also a commercially ers and investors seek to cash in on condo Shangri-La hotel and condominium building prudent framework for investors to look at.” Global asset prices that are up 25.7 percent in the city over in Toronto’s downtown core for the fifth time. managers had $13.6 trillion in environmental, social and the past five years. The trouble is, many build- governance investing strategies at the end of 2013, accord- ings are so poorly constructed that some resi- The allure of Canada ing to tracker Global Sustainable Investment Alliance. But dents fear that the money-spinners of today Canada’s reputation as a safe haven from only a fraction reached emerging markets such as India could become the slums of the future. global financial storms has driven condo which are widely seen as less strict about environment pro- Glass panels have been falling off newly development in Toronto and Vancouver since tection. That is likely to change with large, long-term built Toronto condos, including the luxury 2009, attracting investors at home and investors such as pension funds focusing more closely on Shangri-La and Trump towers and a dozen or abroad spooked by stocks, bonds, and foreign companies’ environmental track-records and preparedness more lesser-known buildings across the city. banks at risk of failure. “The first reason they for climate change, to insulate themselves from risk events, New buildings suffer from water leaks and chose Canada is the banking system. It’s the analysts say. A company’s climate change strategy “does poor insulation, making them ill-suited to most boring banking system on the planet, AMSTERDAM: CEO Pershing Square Capital Management William A. Ackman rings play a part in our investment decisions,” said Asia Managing Canadian weather. but it makes it the safest,” said Bhandari. Director Hugh Young of Aberdeen Asset Management, the bell during the trading debut of his fund on the Euronext Amsterdam in “Many buildings that went up during the Less important are the finer points of the which runs the world’s largest India-focused fund at about Amsterdam yesterday. — AFP $5.2 billion. Aberdeen has a dedicated team that looks for beginning of this condo boom are already condos, with investors primarily focused on companies’ sustainable practices, Young said. facing high repair costs, and in many cases value, location, and amenities. “Investors nev- Dublin-based Kleinwort Benson Investors, which man- lawsuits, because they are built so shabbily,” er see the suite. They buy it and sell it, and Budget to mark end of ages about $4.2 billion, invests about 15 percent of its funds said Ted Kesik, a professor of building science they are not flying in to micro-manage the in environment-related enterprises in emerging markets, at the University of Toronto. investment,” Bhandari said. austerity era in Ireland said Chief Economist and Investment Strategist Eoin Fahy. In “The life cycle is clear. They are okay for While there are no numbers on how many India, those investments include Greenko Group LLC , an the first five years, they gradually deteriorate of Canada’s condos are being bought by for- DUBLIN: Ireland will depart from six years of under 3.0 percent of GDP in the public owner and operator of clean energy projects, and Jain by year 10 ... and don’t even reach year 20 eign investors, estimates range from 5 per- deep austerity yesterday as Dublin delivers its finances next year. The latest official esti- Irrigation Systems Ltd, a manufacturer of irrigation systems before significant remedial work needs to be cent to 50 percent. The Shangri-La in Toronto first post-bailout budget, with changes to cor- mates predict a deficit of 2.4 percent of GDP and components. done. In 50 years these buildings may well is part of a chain owned and managed by porate tax rules also expected in the wake of in 2015 without any further adjustment, become an urban slum.” Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and an Apple probe. mainly because more people are returning to Green derivatives That’s all far in the future for builders and Resorts, one of the world’s leading hotel com- Last December, Ireland became the first work. “It’s the end of the period where the BSE’s Chauhan, speaking at the summit held at the investors who have had little trouble finding panies. “It’s almost like the dot-com bubble, in euro-zone country to exit a rescue program Irish people can expect swinging cuts and Reuters office in Mumbai, declined to name the asset man- tenants, with the city’s rental vacancy rate at that you have to see it coming and sell, three years after turning to the European massive tax increases,” Stephen Kinsella, lec- agers the exchange is in talks with for the launch of the cli- 1.8 percent. Condo prices are rising across the because if not, you’ll get burned,” said build- Union and International Monetary Fund for turer in economics at the University of mate change ETF. But he said marketing teams of S&P Dow country, up 16.8 percent in the last five years, ing scientist Kesik. emergency cash. Successive Irish govern- Limerick, told AFP. While Dublin may have Jones Indices LLC have reached out to investors who have according to the Canadian Real Estate Renters and some real estate agents ments since 2008 have taken 30-billion-euros expected the focus to be on recent successes, put money into such products elsewhere, to research Association. Real estate brokers are dealing blame weak provincial regulations for prob- ($38.06 billion) from its struggling economy in it has found itself under increasing pressure to appetite. BSE tied up with S&P Dow Jones Indices last year mostly with 10-year investors who want to lems with poorly built condominiums. “The spending cuts and tax hikes-roughly 18 per- address its corporate tax regime. A corner- in an equal joint venture through which the global index buy from a blueprint, double their equity dur- Building Code is a joke, the Condominium Act cent of gross domestic product. But in recent stone of Ireland’s economic policy, corporate service provider was able to operate and market BSE’s months, unemployment has fallen and taxes are again under attack after the indices globally, including the flagship Sensex. When the ing the five years of construction, and enjoy is a joke,” said David Fleming, a condo buyer rental income and price appreciation for five turned realtor. “The City of Toronto  relies on growth has returned. The economy expanded European Commission announced it was ETF is listed - and traded like any other security on an by 7.7 percent in GDP terms in the first six investigating Apple’s tax arrangements in exchange, such as shares - it would be the first climate more years before selling and investing again the permits, the fees for its tax base, and con- elsewhere. “It’s all about timing. We advise struction and condos are what is carrying the months of this year, the fastest growth since Ireland. The US tech giant paid as little as 2.0 change index fund of Indian companies globally. 2007. Now Dublin must manage expectations percent tax, despite a 12.5 percent headline most clients to get out before that five-year city. You do not kill the goose that lays the “We continue to prod investors and people who spe- from austerity-fatigued voters, who have corporation tax rate, with the Commission cialise in (green) investments about tracking this index and mark,” said Roy Bhandari of Sage Real Estate, golden egg.” borne the brunt of the cutbacks. taking the preliminary view that the arrange- having an ETF,” Chauhan said. BSE would further tap into which notched nearly C$50 million in Toronto Fleming bought a pre-construction condo Prime Minister Enda Kenny has warned the ments gave Apple an unfair advantage, the demand by offering derivative products in the next few condo sales in 2013, with clients typically in 2005 that was scheduled to be finished in budget cannot be a “blank cheque” but equivalent of illegal state aid. Finance Minister years based on the Carbonex, Chauhan said. That index is from China, Eastern Europe, or the Middle 2007. When he finally got his unit’s keys in would, he hoped, “maintain the success and Michael Noonan is expected to announce identical to the BSE 100 but puts more emphasis on the East. “It’s the magic number because after five 2010, the rest of the building was still under spread the benefit.” Under EU guidelines, changes to the tax regime in his budget less-polluting companies. —Reuters years the warranties are expired.” The spate of construction, and he saw defects everywhere. Dublin is committed to achieving a deficit of speech, experts said. —AFP falling glass sheets prompted the Ontario He sold his unit within two years. —Reuters

BUSINESS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 STC launches ‘STC Advanced Solutions’ at GITEX

KUWAIT: The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) yesterday array of ICT services and solutions. We continue to strive access to STC’s national infrastructure; the alliance announced the launch of “STC Advanced Solutions” at for excellence and innovation. STC Advanced Solutions ecosystem will provide the needed industry solutions GITEX 2014 information and communications technolo- will bring to the market new products and services with with a focus on value creation,” added Dr Enaya. gy (ICT) business trade show in Dubai, UAE. industry focus to help enable the knowledge-based Dr Sultan Binsaeed, CEO of STC Advanced Solutions This new initiative is part of STC’s ongoing commit- economy,” commented Dr Khaled Biyari, STC Senior Vice outlined key services. “We have set out to reintegrate ment to transform itself into a leading regional ICT play- President for Technology and Operations, and Chairman Awal IT Services into the overall STC B2B strategy by re- er. STC values the importance of providing integrated of the Board of STC Advanced Solutions. launching the brand under a new identity, STC Advanced advanced information and communication technology Dr Tarig Enaya, Senior Vice President for the Solutions. Our strength lies in the turnkey solutions we and services to meet its clients’ needs. STC Advanced Enterprise Business Unit announced the launch of STC bring to clients. STC Advanced Solutions is the One Stop Solutions, as a subsidiary of STC will accelerate STC’s Advanced Solutions. The announcement followed Dr Shop for ICT services in the Kingdom; its service offering enterprise segment growth strategy through providing Enaya’s presentation of the overall STC Enterprise includes cloud computing services, managed services, a wide range of information and communications tech- Business strategy. “STC Advanced Solutions is an integral systems integration, and M2M services. STC Advanced nology and services beyond the traditional telco offer- part of STC B2B strategy. We want to be much closer to Solutions will address the market with focus on industries ings. our clients to address their business opportunities and including healthcare, education, oil and gas, financial “As a market leader, STC assures the business com- challenges,” commented Dr. Enaya on the launch. service, transportation, and other critical government munity reliable and affordable services by providing an “Through its talent, STC Advanced Solutions enjoys infrastructure sectors,” said Dr. Binsaeed. China exports and imports soar ahead of expectations Analysts urge caution on weak fundamentals

BEIJING: China’s exports and imports both rose more than expected in September, Customs data showed yesterday in a positive signal for the world’s second-largest economy, but analysts warned that fundamentals remained weak. The trade surplus more than doubled year-on-year to $31.0 billion as exports rose 15.3 percent to $213.7 billion, the General Administration of Customs announced, while imports climbed 7.0 per- cent to $182.7 billion. The rise in exports accelerated from August’s 9.4 percent growth and was ahead of MOSCOW: A woman walks under a board listing foreign currency rates against the the median forecast of 12.5 percent in a poll Russian ruble, outside an exchange office in central Moscow, yesterday. Russia’s of 15 economists by Dow Jones Newswires. ruble plunged yesterday, reaching an all-time low of more than 40 rubles to the The survey had predicted a fall of 2.4 percent dollar. — AFP in imports, matching a surprise decline in August. The positive figures are the latest con- Russia’s ruble plunges tradictory indicator for China’s economy, a key driver of global growth. Customs spokesman Zheng Yuesheng to historic low attributed the improvement to major MOSCOW: Russia’s ruble yesterday slumped would, in my opinion, be a counterproduc- economies recovering and external demand to a new all-time low against the euro as the tive decision and in contradiction of market strengthening. “The good momentum is spillover from the Ukraine crisis and falling factors,” Russian news agencies quoted her expected to continue in the fourth quarter,” oil prices pummelled the economy. The as saying. he added. But analysts urged caution. Julian ruble slumped to 51.27 to the euro, breaking VTB Capital warned that an increasingly Evans-Pritchard, China economist with Capital through a previous low seen in March in the jittery population was beginning to watch Economics, said that while import growth wake of Moscow’s annexation of the Black the ruble “more closely” but said that there rebounded, “this should not be taken as a sign Sea peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine. The was not yet a rush to convert rubles into for- that domestic demand growth is turning a BEIJING: People wait at a crossroad in the central business district of Beijing yesterday. China’s national currency also dropped against the eign currencies. Russia’s economy has been corner”. “The strength seems to have been exports and imports both rose more than expected in September, Customs data showed yes- dollar to a rate of 40.42, according to the hit hard by the fallout from the Ukraine cri- driven by a surge in imports for processing terday in a positive signal for the world’s second-largest economy, but analysts warned that Moscow Exchange, scudding along beneath sis, that has seen the EU and US impose the and re-export,” he added. “As such, it mostly fundamentals remained weak. — AFP the psychologically important mark of 40 to harshest sanctions on Moscow since the end reflects a brighter export outlook rather than maintaining its slowest pace in more than a Despite the strong figures Chinese stocks the dollar that it broke through last week. of the Cold War. Capital flight from the a pick-up in domestic demand.” The improve- decade-is weakening even after authorities closed down yesterday, with the benchmark The fresh slump came after Russia’s central country has rocketed and is set to reach ment was expected to prove short-lived, he took limited stimulatory measures. Industrial Shanghai Composite Index slipping 0.36 per- bank chief Elvira Nabiullina said the regula- some $100 billion this year, according to the said, citing oversupply in the struggling prop- production growth slowed sharply in August cent. September’s trade surplus was lower tor had pumped some $6 billion into prop- International Monetary Fund. erty sector and “subdued commodity to its lowest level for more than five years, than August’s record $49.8 billion, and also ping up the currency over the past ten days. The current turmoil has been exacerbat- demand”. The expansion in exports was proba- official data showed last month, while house came in below expectations of $42 billion. Nabiullina however ruled out establish- ed by a recent fall in oil prices, with Russia’s bly linked to the launch of Apple’s iPhone 6, prices have fallen for five consecutive months. In the third quarter exports rose 12.8 per- ing a fixed exchange in a bid to stop the energy-fuelled economy heavily reliant on Nomura analysts said in a research note, point- Officials are targeting economic growth of cent year-on-year while imports crept up 0.9 decline. “Setting a fixed exchange rate oil revenues. — AFP ing out that mobile phone shipments rose 47 “about 7.5 percent” this year, the same as last percent, Customs said without giving totals. percent year-on-year, and by $6.7 billion from year’s objective. The goal is normally exceed- For the first three quarters, China recorded a China’s Li discusses Russia August. “External demand faces a high level of ed, but senior officials have repeatedly sought total trade surplus of $231.6 billion, the state- uncertainty due to weakening European to play down its significance this year. ment said, up 37.8 percent year-on-year. deals ahead of Putin talks growth and recent geopolitical risks,” they Last week the World Bank cut its forecast Exports climbed 5.1 percent over the nine- added, cautioning that underlying domestic for Chinese growth to 7.4 percent for 2014 month period to $1.7 trillion, while imports MOSCOW: Chinese Prime Minister Li sanctions and the Russian economy in tat- demand “remained weak”. But Barclays was and 7.2 percent for 2015. The International rose 1.3 percent to $1.46 trillion. Trade with the Keqiang met his Russian counterpart yester- ters, the Kremlin appears keen to see an more positive, saying the “big upside surprises” Monetary Fund left its predictions unchanged European Union was up 10.2 percent at 2.81 day ahead of talks with President Vladimir easing of punitive measures from the West. in imports and exports pointed to growth at 7.4 percent and 7.1 percent but warned of trillion yuan ($460 billion), 14.5 percent of the Putin on a visit to Moscow that comes as Putin late Saturday ordered a pullback of recovering in the fourth quarter. “near-term growth risks”, especially in real total, and up 5.2 percent with the US to 2.48 Russia struggles with its most serious stand- troops from the border with Ukraine and estate. Ma Xiaoping, a Beijing-based econo- trillion yuan, 12.8 percent of the total. But bilat- off with the West since the Cold War. Li sat will hold key talks with Ukrainian President Property risks mist with HSBC, told AFP that property eral trade with Hong Kong fell 13 percent year- down with Prime Minister Dmitry Petro Poroshenko on the sidelines of an Recent reports have suggested expansion remained “the biggest risk area in terms of on-year to 1.61 trillion yuan. With Japan it crept Medvedev, with a raft of economic deals on Asia-Europe meeting in Milan. China has in China-which stood at 7.7 percent last year, internal demand”. up 0.4 percent to 1.43 trillion yuan. — AFP the table, ahead of a meeting with Putin spoken out against Western sanctions scheduled for today. against Russia and has called on all sides to Medvedev said the two sides would sign reach a political settlement over Ukraine. over 40 “very important bilateral docu- Once bitter foes during the Cold War, Tough sell for new UK bank ments.” Li jetted into the Russian capital on Moscow and Beijing have over the past Sunday for a three-day visit aimed at bol- years ramped up cooperation as both are stering economic ties between the two driven by a desire to counterbalance US neighbors in a trip hailed by Beijing as a global dominance. China and Russia often Aldermore as IPO wobbles “major event.” Li’s first visit to Russia as pre- work in lockstep at the UN Security Council, mier comes at a sensitive time as the using their veto power as permanent coun- Kremlin is grappling with the consequences cil members to counter the West on issues LONDON: British banking newcomer IPOs pulled al shares at last month. OneSavings shares are of its support for separatists in Ukraine dur- such as the Syria crisis. Russia’s showdown Aldermore will embark on a last-ditch effort Aldermore was founded in 2009 by former up 8 percent from their June debut, but have ing a six-month conflict in the east of the with the West over Ukraine has given this week to sell shares in its planned flotation Barclays executive Philip Monks and has halved their IPO gains in the last month. ex-Soviet nation. Li’s Russia trip is part of a Moscow a new impetus to court Beijing. after a slump in global stock markets curbed established itself as a credible newcomer by Virgin Money is another bank seeking to week-long visit to Europe. Resource-hungry China is seeking to demand for new listings. focusing on lending to small businesses and list this month, and is bigger and more widely Ahead of his Moscow visit, Li travelled to diversify its sources of energy amid boom- Aldermore had planned to sell about 300 homeowners. It doesn’t have branches. Italian known than Aldermore. It will sell 150 million Germany for talks with Chancellor Angela ing domestic consumption, while Russia is million pounds of shares by Thursday and list cosmetics company Intercos and French ener- pounds of new shares and is expected to be Merkel. He will also participate in a summit seeking to tap fast-developing Asian mar- the following day with a market value of gy services firm Spie are among several valued at 1.5 billion to 2 billion pounds. in Milan later this week. Merkel has been kets. After a decade of tough negotiations about 800 million pounds ($1.3 billion). But European companies to have dropped their Aldermore set a price range for its IPO of seen as one of the European Union’s top China and Russia inked a 30-year, $400-bil- the offer is not yet fully subscribed as IPOs in recent weeks amid tough market con- between 217p and 265p per share, which negotiators on the Ukraine crisis. She has lion agreement in May that will eventually investors have held back from backing it and ditions. Shares in TSB, a “challenger” bank would value it at between 720 million and 880 held regular talks with Putin but has also involve 38 billion cubic metres of gas annu- other new listings following a 3-week stock spun out from Lloyds, were last trading at million pounds. Credit Suisse and Deutsche thrown her weight behind EU sanctions ally. Critics however disparaged the terms of market fall, three people familiar with the 264p, just above their June IPO price of 260p Bank are leading the listing, and Lazard is against Russia in a bid to make Putin drop the deal, saying Putin, in his bid to spite the matter said yesterday. Britain’s FTSE 100 blue- but below the 280p that Lloyds sold addition- advising. — Reuters support for separatists in eastern Ukraine. West, signed an agreement that was more Saddled with several rounds of Western beneficial to China than to Russia. — AFP chip share index has fallen 7 percent since Sept. 19. “It’s a tough market out there right now. You’ve got volatility all around the world,” one of the sources said. UAE govt approves higher The so-called “challenger bank” could post- pone the float, cut the offer price or sell fewer federal spending for 2015 shares if demand doesn’t meet expectations. Aldermore declined to comment. DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates approved account for 49 percent of spending. The lender’s management and advisers a draft federal budget of 49.1 billion Government services will receive 20 billion have returned to London this week for the last dirhams ($13.4 billion) for 2015, almost half dirhams,” Sheikh Mohammed said. On a leg of a roadshow that has mainly been of which will go towards social develop- consolidated basis, including the federal pitched at British and US-based investors. ment and welfare, Prime Minister Sheikh government and the emirates, the UAE is It had planned to sell about 75 million Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum said. expected to run a budget surplus of 7.0 per- pounds of new shares in the offer, with exist- The projected federal spending of one of cent of gross domestic product this year, a ing investors also selling stock. It needs a free the world’s top crude oil exporters is up Reuters poll of analysts showed in float of 25 percent to meet UK listing rules. from 46 billion dirhams in the original September. That is projected to shrink to 5.8 Toscafund Asset Management, which owns budget for 2014. percent in 2015 as revenue is expected to about 6 percent of Aldermore, and hedge “The budget is balanced: expenditure decrease because of weak oil prices. fund Lansdowne Partners, which owns about equals income. It funds all of our plans for The UAE does not publish its consolidat- 2 percent, have said they plan to buy more the government according to strict financial ed fiscal data on a regular basis. The shares. But any investor holding 5 percent or standards,” Sheikh Mohammed, who is also International Monetary Fund forecast this more does not count towards the free-float Dubai’s ruler, wrote on his official Twitter month that the UAE’s consolidated govern- requirement, so Toscafund’s stake won’t account. The UAE federal budget accounts ment spending would ease to 349.2 billion count. Most of the demand should be domes- for only around 14 percent of overall fiscal dirhams in 2014 from an estimated record HANOI: A farmer harvests rice on a field next to residential buildings on the out- tic, but US investors have been drawn to spending in the UAE. The seven individual 354.5 billion dirhams in 2013. Last year’s skirts of Hanoi yesterday. Vietnam’s economy grew at its fastest rate for three years recent share sales by UK retail banks due to emirates, mainly oil-producing Abu Dhabi, consolidated surplus was 157.5 billion in the first nine months of 2014, government figures showed in September, despite Britain’s economic recovery and the expecta- make up the rest. dirhams, or 10.7 percent of GDP, the lowest deadly anti-China riots that targeted factories and threatened to dent foreign tion that interest rate rises will improve banks’ “Social development and benefits level since 2010, the IMF said. — Reuters investment. — AFP profit margins. BUSINESS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 Ooredoo, AMAC host acceleration events in Qatar

DOHA: Ooredoo and the Applied Innovation lined key information about the mobile industry and their aspirations. Ooredoo has also launched its own Incubation Center, a joint initiative between Qatar Institute have hosted the first in a series of advice on how to build an app, with mentors from mobile apps in areas ranging from maternal health Development Bank and the Social Development “Acceleration Events” in Qatar to support the second the industry on-hand to talk about their own experi- to youth employability. Centre. The institution joined forces with AMAC and Arab Mobile App Challenge (AMAC), engaging tal- ences. For the next step, AMAC will match participat- Dr Nasser Marafih, Group CEO, Ooredoo said: Ooredoo as a Co-Country Host in Qatar for the first ented young entrepreneurs and developers in the ing teams with the mentors who will spend time “We’ve seen that a vibrant mobile app market can acceleration event. QBIC aims to build the next mobile space. with them on a weekly basis to support their busi- engage young people, generate employment batch of QAR100m companies in Qatar and is Launched in 2013, the Arab Mobile App ness and technical requirements, until a prototype opportunities and unleash creativity across our com- aligned with the goals of AMAC in its support of Challenge enables teams of up to six members and a presentation are completed and ready for sub- munities, especially where content is localised. More entrepreneurial endeavours. under the age of 35 to develop mobile apps mission for the December deadline. than that, mobile apps can have a direct impact on Abdulaziz Al-Khalifa, chairman of Qatar Business designed to make an impact in the education, Incubation Center (QBIC) and the CEO of Qatar health, entertainment and employability/entrepre- Development Bank (QDB) said: “We are glad at QBIC neurship sectors. to partner with Ooredoo in this highly competitive This year, the contest has been expanded so that competition. Mobile applications are very competi- young people from any country in the Arab world tive and could formulate a great platform for entre- can form teams and take part. The Acceleration preneurs in Qatar to benefit from this opportunity. I Events kicked off in Qatar, followed by sessions in strongly believe in their capabilities and I truly wish Kuwait, Jordan and Lebanon, with further events them all the success and hope that they will qualify planned for Tunisia, Algeria and the Kingdom of Support from partners is an important factor in society, by increasing access to education, enabling for the regional finals in Amman and the world finals Saudi Arabia. the success of the Challenge, which has so far entrepreneurialism and connecting under-served during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in Acceleration events are being organized across enabled more than 15 percent of participants who communities. This contest has the power to do enor- March 2015.” the region to introduce interested teams to the chal- reached the semi-final stages to launch their own mous social good by acting as a flagship to highlight Regional registration for AMACis still openat lenges and opportunities of mobile app develop- start-up businesses exceeding normal success rates. the young entrepreneurs who will drive our future www.arabmobilechallenge.com and acceleration ment. In Doha, the first event saw a presentation by As a founder and a key partner in the program, economic success, and we’re pleased to support its events are planned across the region in the coming Applied Innovation Institute Board Member Dr. Paris Ooredoo played an instrumental role in the events expansion across the Arab world plus their amazing months. There will be rewards for winning teams as Del’Etraz, who took attendees through his career in Qatar, Tunisia and Algeria. Ooredoo’s commitment business ideas.” well as the chance to compete in the Global App path and shared ideas on what success looks like in to the program is part of the company’s wider mis- Another key partner in Qatar is the region’s Challenge in Barcelona, hosted by the Mobile World the new mobile ecosystem. The meeting also out- sion to use technology to enable people to fulfil largest mixed business incubator - Qatar Business Congress. Jazeera Airways reports August 2014 operational performance 36% rise in flown passengers from August 2013

KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways released its August 2014 Operational Performance Report yester- day, which shows a 26 percent increase in total flown passengers and an increase in flown passengers on 12 routes served during the month. Jazeera Airways issues its Operational Performance Report on both a monthly and annual basis. The Report is based on official figures and statistics from Kuwait’s Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA). Jazeera Airways saw a 19 percent increase Portuguese Finance Minister Maria Luis Albuquerque (left) talks with Vice in flown passengers on routes serving Commission President-elect for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Jyrki Istanbul, Beirut and Amman. The increase in Katainen during the Eurogroup finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg, yester- flown passengers was driven by the summer day. Finance ministers from the nations sharing the euro currency meet ahead of holidays season with high demand to these today’s EU finance ministers council. — AP cities, as well as by the change made on the Kuwait-Istanbul to serve Istanbul’s primary air- Finance ministers wrestle port, Istanbul Ataturk Airport (IST) with five flights a week, at timings that are ideal for leisure and tourism travelers. Jazeera Airways grabbed a 14 percent mar- percent, despite the Assiut International over deficits, growth The report shows that the airline grabbed ket share on the Kuwait-Dubai route, a 10 per- Airport being closed for renovation since June an 8 percent market share on the Kuwait- cent market share on the Kuwait-Bahrain 2014. The airline led on the route serving LUXEMBOURG: Euro-zone finance ministers are nel CNN that weakness in the euro zone and Istanbul route, a 37 percent market share on route, a 22 percent market share on the Luxor with a 64 percent market share, and debating what to do about Europe’s shaky elsewhere had been a major theme at the the Kuwait-Beirut route, and a 35 percent Kuwait-Jeddah route, and a 12 percent market grabbed a 35 percent market share on the growth prospects and reviewing Greece’s plans International Monetary Fund’s meetings in market share on the Kuwait-Amman route. to make an early exit from its bailout. Washington last week. share on the Kuwait-Riyadh route. Kuwait-Cairo route (a 9 percent increase from Ministers from the 18 countries that use the But Britain’s recovery had been driven prima- The month of August was also a high- The airline also saw an increase in flown August 2013), a 19 percent market share on euro met yesterday in Luxembourg in the wake rily by domestic factors. “The only difficulty that demand travel month following the Holy passengers on all routes serving Egypt during the Kuwait-Alexandria route, a 46 percent of international financial meetings in is caused by Europe is that it provides an addi- month of Ramadan. The airline’s routes serv- the month of August, mainly driven by the market share on the Kuwait-Sohag route and Washington, where Europe’s troubles had many tional drag on growth. But that doesn’t dictate ing Gulf cities also saw increases in flown pas- summer holidays season. The increase in a 55 percent market share on the Kuwait- concerned. Germany is resisting pressure to the monetary policy of the Bank of England,” he sengers by 29 percent from August 2013. flown passengers from August 2013 was 36 Sharm El Sheikh. increase government spending to help growth. said. Financial markets have recently pushed Meanwhile, governments are debating how to back their bets on when the BoE will start to come up with more investment spending, and raise interest rates, with interest rate future con- how to push countries like France and Italy to tracts pricing in a first hike in mid-2015. As well US regulators press banks for make their economies more business friendly. as the weakness in Britain’s core export markets The group will also review Greece’s progress such as Germany, investors also believe very meeting conditions of its 240 billion-euro slow growth in pay for British workers will stay bailout. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has said the BoE’s hand for now. more on auto loan exposure he wants to stop taking bailout loan money Carney said the BoE had already forecast that ahead of schedule and borrow normally on Britain’s rapid recovery would slow slightly NEW YORK: US regulators are asking banks these securities this year, according to indus- ures of the health of its consumer portfolio bond markets. towards the end of 2014, and would continue to keep a close eye on domestic inflation pressures for more detail on their autos financing try publication Asset-Backed Alert. of auto loans “has improved not only over BoE view that might come from the labor market. Carney exposure, as rapid growth in the lending has In addition, since 2011 Wells Fargo has the last 5 years, but improved meaningfully Meanwhile, the euro-zone weakness will be said in a separate interview with CNBC television prompted officials to seek to better assess extended more than $1.5 billion of credit from pre-crisis levels.” onlyone factor that helps to determine when that the central bank would take into account the risks, according to a person familiar with lines to some of the largest subprime car the Bank of England raises interest rates, the fact that weaker global demand was pro- the matter. Balances remaining on auto loans lenders through its Des Moines, Iowa-based ‘Wrong direction’ Governor Mark Carney said in media interviews ducing a “very benign global inflationary envi- have risen by about a third since April 2011, subsidiary Wells Fargo Preferred Capital Inc., But auto loans can still be risky, and are broadcast yesterday. Carney told US news chan- ronment”. — Agencies reaching an all-time high of $924.2 billion in according to merger advisory firm showing signs of stress. The share of borrow- August, according to credit reporting bureau Colonnade Advisors LLC. ers who are 60 days behind on their auto Equifax. About a fifth of the loans are sub- Other banks, including Capital One loan payments rose 7 percent in the second KBT announces jump in profit prime. Financial Corp and JPMorgan Chase & Co are quarter from a year earlier, and the reposses- Banking regulators fear that reckless lend- also players in the business of lending to sion rate rose over 70 percent in the same to KD0.823m in Q3 2014 ing may be at least helping to fuel that auto finance companies, according to period, according to Experian Automotive, growth, and there are early signs that delin- Colonnade. Wells Fargo declined to com- though both rates are still near historical KUWAIT: Kuwait Business Town Real Estate year shows the inherent strength of our com- quencies are increasing in the sector. The ment. Chase and Capital One did not imme- lows. Used car prices fell for the fifth consec- Company (KBT) is one of the leading Real pany and make us optimistic that 2014 will utive month in October, which hurts the Estate companies in Kuwait. The company be an excellent year that will reap benefits for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said diately comment. was established in 1999 and was publically the shareholders, clients and employees.” in September that it is taking steps to over- “Banks are making a lot of money off amount of money banks can get from selling listed in the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) on “During 3rd quarter, KBT could successful- see auto lenders that have previously been these (auto) loans in many different ways,” cars that they repossess. Dec 16, 2008. KBT is head quartered in Kuwait ly conclude its Capital Reduction, there by less regulated, and companies like GM said Ira Rheingold, executive director of the “Every metric is moving in the wrong with current operations mainly in Kuwait and written off all the accumulated losses that Financial and Santander Consumer USA National Association of Consumer direction if you’re worried about risk, though the United Arab Emirates. KBT was the pio- gave the company a strong financials as well Holdings Inc disclosed earlier this year that Advocates. To be sure, these types of expo- it’s not going so fast that it’s alarming,” said neers in establishing a Financial Hub in as a fresh start. KBT was also awarded with a the Department of Justice is looking into sures are relatively small for a bank like Wells Colonnade Managing Director Christopher Kuwait during the year 2007, named “Kuwait prestigious international award making it one their auto finance practices, Fargo, which has $1.5 trillion of assets, a net Gillock. Unlike property, cars tend to depreci- Business Town”. It is strategically located in of the best employer brands in the region,” the financial district, down town Kuwait City. added Al-Saqabi. The person familiar with the matter said worth of about $180 billion as measured by ate in value over time, a factor that can add Further he said, “The announcement of regulators are asking banks for information equity, and a market value of about $264 bil- to a bank’s losses for every loan that goes 3rd quarter results at such a fast pace, being about not just loans they made, but financ- lion. Of course, car loans are smaller than bad. If the economy slows down and lenders the first company in Kuwait Stock Exchange, ing they have provided to other lenders in home loans - there is about nine times as find themselves with large numbers of bad consecutively for the second term, shows the the sector, such as credit lines to finance much mortgage debt outstanding in the car loans, that selling pressure could hurt the financial strength of the company and the companies. At least one regulatory agency is United States as auto debt. The loans are also value of the collateral for loans. In a slow dedication of the management towards looking at this area, according to the person, shorter-lived than mortgages, meaning bor- economy, auto dealers often slash prices for investors. The Company will stick to its new and it was unclear if other agencies were also rowers pay more off every year. And repos- new cars, hurting used car values even more. motto of - Setting New Standards - by provid- ing clients with state of art facilities. The looking. The Federal Reserve, Office of the sessing the collateral is much easier than for The independent auto finance companies new branch office acquired during this year Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal a home loan. Few analysts currently fear a that banks are funding, including Exeter at Business Bay in Dubai will be used as a hub Deposit Insurance Corp, and state agencies subprime auto meltdown on par with the Finance Corp and Westlake Financial Services for international markets and will be opera- all regulate US banks. mortgage crisis. If auto finance companies Inc, tend to cater heavily to subprime bor- tional soon”. Getting a handle on this information is that specialize in subprime loans fail in an rowers. Nearly 75 percent of auto loans that difficult for regulators, but is also vital. economic downturn, they may not present finance companies made in the second quar- Positive indicators During the financial crisis, banks often pub- much of a wider danger to the financial sys- ter went to subprime borrowers compared On the other side, Al-Saqabi highlighted a licly disclosed the total mortgages they held tem. “The subprime auto sector appears too with 18.1 percent for banks, according to number of key positive indicators for KBT emphasizing that the most significant and how many of those were subprime, only small to present a systemic risk,” Bank of Experian Automotive. achievement is the reduction in total liabili- to reveal months later that they had tens of America Merrill Lynch economist Michael Wells Fargo has already experienced Eng Yousef Ghazi Al-Saqabi ties to KD 6.9 million by end of 3rd Quarter of billions of additional exposure from secured Hanson wrote in an October report. “It does headaches from lending money to auto 2014, a reduction 89 percent compared to loans to subprime mortgage finance compa- not appear to be in bubble territory, but finance companies. In April, New York The company’s operations include Real Estate the same period during 2013. The net profits nies, subprime mortgage bonds that were bears watching.” Superintendent of Financial Services investments - trading and development, is KWD 823,370/-, an earnings of 1.60 fils per packaged into new bonds, and so on. These And while there are growing concerns Benjamin Lawsky brought a case against mainly focused in the GCC countries. KBT share, whereas during the same period in extra exposures turned what seemed like about the world economy, which has been auto finance company Condor Capital, which own and manage Commercial Tower in 2013, the losses were KWD (1,918,383/-), a reflected in recent declines in US and global Lawsky accused of keeping millions of dol- Kuwait apart from owning and managing loss of (3.72) fils per share. The Operating rev- manageable problems into catastrophes that Residential Towers in Kuwait and the UAE and enue for the 9 months period is increased by threatened the entire financial system. stock markets, the US economy has been lars of customer rebates for itself. Wells had also provide Hospitality services. 108 percent to reach KD 1.691 million com- increasingly buoyant, with the jobless rate extended Condor $261 million of loans KBT announced a jump in net profit to KD pared to KD 0.814 million during the same Lending to finance firms sliding below 6 percent and new auto sales under a credit facility around the time 0.823 million during the 3rd Quarter of 2014, period last year. The Net Operating profit for Banks can have just as many different strong. Lawsky had moved to shut the company a growth of 143 percent compared to the the 9 months period increased by 1471 per- kinds of exposure to auto loans as they have It is also too early to tell what regulators down. Wells sought in court to reclaim that same period in 2013, with earnings per cent to reach KD 0.744 million compared to to mortgages. Wells Fargo & Co, for example, will find, and there is no indication of any money, but the funds have been tied up for shares 1.60 fils compared to loss of (3.72) fils KD (0.054) million during the same period is the largest US auto lender, with $50.8 bil- wrongdoing by the banks. Wells Fargo exec- six months while the receiver searches for a in 2013. Eng Yousef Ghazi Al-Saqabi, Vice- last year. The book value is 102 fils per share Chairman & CEO of KBT said; “The profit of KD compared to 63 fils per share for the same lion outstanding at the end of 2013. About utives have downplayed the risks of the lender to refinance or purchase Condor’s 0.823 million compared to a loss of KD (1.918) period in 2013, the main impact being the $15 billion of that was subprime. It is also the bank’s own auto loan exposure. loan portfolio. Wells Fargo has recovered million during the same period during last capital reduction. largest underwriter of bonds backed by sub- Finance chief John Shrewsberry said in some money, and its current exposure is prime auto loans, having sold $3.3 billion of July that the credit scores and other meas- around $200 million. — Reuters technology TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 Death of British ‘troll’ sparks debate over Internet bile

LONDON: The death of a British woman It is a trend that has been replicated the fixated, who take it to the extreme-people He acknowledges, however, that in the ARTICLE 19, an international organization accused of a vicious campaign of online world over against high-profile figures. who are borderline certifiable,” he argued. fast moving world of the Internet any which promotes freedom of speech, said abuse against the parents of missing girl Zelda Williams, the daughter of US Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidelines “could become irrelevant”. criminal sanctions should be “the last Madeleine McCann has ignited debate actor Robin Williams, recently quit Twitter has instructed lawyers that messages sent resort”. Bukovska said she did not defend over the growing scourge of Internet after Internet trolls posted fake photos via social media could be a criminal offence Locking up ‘trolls’ trolling and admitted that some things “trolls”. claiming to be her dead father. Former if they contain “credible threats of violence” Over the past decade the number of posted online were “disgusting” but asked: Brenda Leyland was found dead in a model Charlotte Dawson, who was found or target an individual in a way that “may successful prosecutions for communica- “Do we want to criminalize every social hotel room earlier this month after being dead at her Sydney apartment in February constitute harassment or stalking”. tions offences has risen in Britain and cus- conduct that we find problematic?” confronted by Sky News over her alleged after battling depression, had been sub- “Grossly offensive, indecent, obscene todial sentences are not uncommon. Last “If you prohibit any harsh or offensive trolling of Kate and Gerry McCann, whose jected to a torrent of abuse on Twitter. or false” messages could also amount to a month a man was jailed for 18 weeks for communication then it can be taken to three-year-old daughter went missing in crime if a “public interest” case can be what British prosecutors described as “a the extreme,” she said. What drove the out- Portugal in 2007. An investigation is ongo- Global challenges made. These guidelines, introduced campaign of hatred” against a female law- pouring of bile about the McCanns by ing, but has found no evidence of foul “Every country is facing these chal- against a background of mounting confu- maker. Leyland, a church-going mother-of-two in play or third party involvement. Using the lenges,” said British lawyer Mark Stephens. sion about such cases, have been shaped Peter Nunn, 33, from Bristol, southwest a sleepy English village, remains a mystery. Twitter handle @Sweepyface the 63-year- “What they are doing is meeting the chal- considerably by public opinion, said Chris England, bombarded Stella Creasy with However, new research confirms what old reportedly posted thousands of hate- lenges in slightly different ways but ulti- Holder, of London law firm Bristows. abusive tweets after she supported a cam- many victims already know, that online filled messages about the couple. mately very similar balances are being “I think people are so fed up with read- paign by feminist activist Caroline Criado- trolls can be a sinister bunch. Her name figured on an 80-page struck.” The media lawyer said he had seen ing things on the Internet that you would Perez to put the image of novelist Jane A study by Canadian researchers cited dossier compiled by members of the pub- “a significant upswing” in online bullying not say to people’s faces-abusive mes- Austen on the £10 note. Nunn claimed he in Psychology Today linked trolling to lic cataloguing alleged abuse directed at cases. But criminal prosecution, said sages to people’s children, Facebook posts sent the messages, which included rape sadism. “Both trolls and sadists feel sadistic the couple and their two other children Stephens, should be reserved for the most that are completely obnoxious. The public threats, to exercise his right to freedom of glee at the distress of others. Sadists just from a long list of Internet users, which is extreme cases. have demanded that the CPS do some- speech and “satirise” online trolling. want to have fun... and the Internet is their currently being investigated by the police. “It is only a very small minority who are thing about it,” he said. Barbora Bukovska, a senior director at playground!” it said. —AFP

Uber-heated battle as mobile apps rattle Asia’s taxis

SINGAPORE: Southeast Asia’s notorious Uber has vehemently denied the accu- taxi market is undergoing a shakeout as sations. The firm does not own its own Uber and homegrown mobile booking limousine or taxi fleet. Instead, its app applications gain popularity in a region allows customers to summon cars in its that has long endured inefficient cartels network, usually from a private car com- and price-gouging drivers. San Francisco- pany. It takes a cut of the total fare from based Uber, which allows customers to the driver, which is paid electronically. hail taxis or private vehicles via smart- Other taxi app players allow their mem- phones and pay with a credit card, is bers to take cash. expanding rapidly in the region while “Up to this day our principle remains fending off legal and regulatory chal- that this taxi service is illegal,” Muhammad lenges in various markets across the Akbar, head of Jakarta’s transport authori- world. ty, told AFP. In Malaysia, authorities say Founded in 2009 and backed by they began a crackdown on private cars Google Ventures, the investment arm of using Uber on October 1, fining drivers up the Internet giant, Uber now operates in to 10,000 ringgit ($3,070). Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam after first enter- Giving people options ing Southeast Asia in Singapore last year. Commuters and market analysts say The firm, whose valuation was placed at unyielding bureaucrats are not seeing $18.2 billion after an investment drive in how taxi apps like Uber have the potential June, employs smartphone and satellite to significantly improve the standard of technology to match taxi supply and living of city dwellers. Jakarta resident demand. Winda Rezita said the arrival of Uber in A list of the world’s 10 worst cities to the Indonesian capital was a relief. hail a taxi compiled by industry website “When I am too lazy to drive in tourism-review.com in March included Jakarta’s heavy traffic jams or when Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Phnom there’s a long taxi queue at the mall, I just Penh and Bangkok. switch on the app,” the e-commerce busi- In Singapore, locals grumbled in pre- ness founder told AFP. “It’s so much better Uber days about vanishing taxis during than waiting outside a building or stand- peak periods, with cabbies refusing to ing in a long queue.” pick up roadside passengers while wait- Daphne Kasriel-Alexander, a consumer JAKARTA: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (front right) and Indonesian president-elect Joko Widodo (front left) visit a traditional mar- ing to earn extra fees from reservations trends consultant at research firm ket in Jakarta yesterday. US-based social media Facebook founder Zuckerberg held a meeting with Indonesia president-elect Joko made via antiquated phone-in booking Euromonitor International, said “inade- Widodo and attended internet.org campaign in his visit to Indonesia has the fourth-largest number of Facebook users in the world. —AFP systems. In some cities, it was not uncom- quate and overburdened public transport mon for cabbies to demand exorbitant systems” coupled with the emergence of fares before taking passengers at peak more middle-class consumers have periods, during heavy rain and floods, or boosted the usage of taxi-hailing apps in Zuckerberg presses Indonesian at times of day when taxis are scarce. Southeast Asia.

Regulatory tangles Expansion plans leader Widodo on web access Uber executives say they welcome GrabTaxi, which first launched in competition and are more than ready to Malaysia in 2012 and has since expanded go head to head with the likes of to Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Mark travels to Facebook-crazy archipelago Vietnam and Thailand, is aiming for fur- Malaysia-based GrabTaxi, Indonesia’s Blue JAKARTA: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg “If we do that then I do think we can help Zuckerberg also spoke enthusiastically about Bird, and Easy Taxi, a regional player ther growth. pressed Indonesia’s incoming leader yesterday grow the economy in a big way, which is one of Indonesian culture, saying he hoped better web backed by German startup incubator Unlike Uber, the firm, backed by to improve Internet access in the sprawling the primary priorities that (Widodo) has,” he access would help to increase interest in the Rocket Internet. “As long as people are Singapore state investment firm Temasek archipelago saying that his social media network added. Experts believe that improved web subject. He was pictured at the weekend at the giving people options, that’s a good Holdings, has so far avoided regulatory and other sites can help boost the economy. access could greatly help businesses struggling famous Hindu temple of Borobodur on the main thing,” Michael Brown, Uber’s Southeast difficulties. Zuckerberg met president-elect Joko Widodo to operate in Indonesia, which is spread across island of Java. “There are all this different parts Asia general manager, told AFP in an Its app mainly matches customers with at his office in the capital Jakarta, before both around 17,000 islands and three time zones. of culture and innovation that the world can interview. registered taxis. A recently launched func- men-still dressed in their suits-made a tour In 2013 only 28 percent of Indonesians had have from Indonesia that we are currently being “What makes Uber bristle is when spe- tion called GrabCar allows for booking of through the cramped alleys of a bustling textile Internet access, according to the country’s asso- robbed off because a lot of people don’t have a cial interests try to protect monopolies private vehicles just like Uber, but so far it market, mobbed by an enthusiastic crowd. Such ciation of Internet providers. However a huge way to share that and communicate that to the and keep new entrants and new competi- has not been flagged by authorities. impromptu visits are a trademark of Widodo, number of those with access to the web are on rest of the world,” he said. tors out,” said Brown, who is based in “We’re the leading taxi booking app in known by his nickname Jokowi, whose man of Facebook, which is wildly popular in Indonesia. Mark Zuckerberg has traveled to Facebook- Singapore. Despite threats to have it Southeast Asia including Singapore, and the people image helped him win power at elec- Zuckerberg was visiting Indonesia to promote crazy Indonesia for the first time to spread the banned in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, we are well-positioned to extend our tions in July. He will be inaugurated next week. the internet.org app, which allows people in word about the company’s mission to connect Uber continues to operate there. The firm lead,” Lim Kell Jay, GrabTaxi’s general man- The Facebook founder said their conversa- underdeveloped areas to access basic online more of the world’s poor to the Internet. is also facing legal threats in San Francisco ager in Singapore, told AFP. The firm says tions “focused on how big the opportunity is just services. The 30-year-old billionaire is traveling to help and other major cities including New York it gets one taxi booking every two sec- to get everyone on the Internet, and on to basic Facebook launched the app earlier this year advance the Facebook-led project Internet.org, and Frankfurt. onds in the whole region, with more than services that they can use to communicate with in cooperation with several partners and trials which aims to get free basic Internet services It is has also run into opposition in 300,000 people using it at least once a people, like messaging and things like are taking place in several developing countries, and affordable access to the large portion of the Facebook”. including Indonesia. world that lacks them. —AFP Seoul, where officials believe it should fol- month. low South Korean laws regulating taxi or Taxi drivers say they hope the intense rental car companies. “Uber insists that it rivalry between the apps will continue. A is acting as an online broker connecting Singaporean taxi driver who only wanted Review site Yelp Korean chat app vows to drivers and customers rather than acting to be known as Tan said his revenue has as a rental car company,” a Seoul city offi- increased by 20 to 30 percent since he battles against protect user privacy cial said. signed up with UberTaxi last month. The “We do not agree with their characteri- service connects Uber users to registered extortion claims SEOUL: Popular South Korean messaging app said it could face legal sanction by refusing to coop- zation of their business.” Authorities in taxis, just like rival GrabTaxi. Kakao Talk said yesterday it will stop fully cooperat- erate with warrants. Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta also say its car- “With the apps like Uber, it’s like a win- SAN FRANCISCO: First the chefs of a small Italian restaurant ing with authorities seeking to access private mes- The popular mobile messenger app initially said sages as part of a government crackdown on online it would collaborate with authorities and declined hailing service makes use of private vehi- win. You (passengers) wait around less, got mad at online review site Yelp. Instead of trying to get better reviews, they decided to take a different approach: get criticism. Lee Sirgoo, CEO at DaumKakao which to disclose the number of court-approved search cles that do not comply with strict regula- and we drivers don’t have to roam around terrible ones. The campaign helped Botte Bistro get a rating owns Kakao Talk, apologized for its initial handling requests it received, only to disclose the figures last tions that traditional taxi operators come hunting for passengers, saving time and of one out of five stars, as more than 1,000 reviewers left hun- of privacy issues at a news conference called at week after criticism mounted. under. petrol,” he said. —AFP dreds of tongue-in-cheek reviews panning the Richmond, short notice by the company. The government’s During the first half of 2014, Kakao Talk received California, eatery, said chef Michele Massimo, adding that it 2,131 requests for users’ information from South boosted business. It was the latest protest among businesses Korean authorities with search warrants and coop- who for years have complained that Yelp was extorting them erated with more than three quarters of those by raising or dropping ratings depending on whether they requests. Kakao Talk also received 61 court- advertised with the Web’s most popular review site. approved requests during the same period seeking Yelp has persistently denied those claims on its Web site, to wiretap what users said because they were in court and at every opportunity when the question is put under suspicion of certain charges such as rebel- publicly to the company. It recently got a federal appeals lion or violation of the National Security Law. The court to throw out a lawsuit alleging the extortion. company denied the warrants were used by “It wouldn’t pass the straight face test,” Yelp spokesman authorities to monitor what users said in real time, Vince Sullitto said of the extortion claims. saying it wasn’t technologically equipped for that. Sullitto said Yelp attracts millions of viewers and sells But it cooperated with nearly all the 61 requests by advertising to 80,000 businesses because of the site’s credi- collecting messages that had been stored on its bility with consumers. Sullitto said many of the company’s SEOUL: Lee Sirgoo, CEO at DaumKakao servers for between three and seven days. Since critics are businesses that have received bad reviews. Last which owns Kakao Talk, listens to a Oct 7, the company has stopped cooperating with month, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out a law- question during a press conference in authorities with court warrants authorizing wire- suit filed by several businesses claiming Yelp extorted them Seoul yesterday. —AP tapping or collection of stored messages. Lee said by removing positive reviews after advertising sales pitches authorities will be hindered in their ability to access were turned down. The court is one rung below the US recent announcement of stern punishment for messages as the company has reduced the storage Supreme Court and the ruling could have been a definitive what it called online rumors prompted many South time to three days. one for Yelp. Instead, it served to fuel the company’s critics Koreans to switch from Kakao Talk to foreign mes- The DaumKakao press conference came a day because the court said that even if Yelp did manipulate saging services. before its shares start trading on Seoul’s stock mar- reviews to penalize businesses, the practice would not con- Lee said the app suffered a loss of users and a ket. Shares of its predecessor company, Internet JAKARTA: Passengers queue for taxi at a shopping district in the Indonesian stitute extortion. decrease in mobile traffic but declined to say how portal Daum Communications Corp., plunged 8 The court said it found no evidence of manipulation and many users quit its service. Kakao Talk will introduce percent yesterday. Telegram Messenger, a Germany- capital city of Jakarta. Southeast Asia’s notorious taxi market is undergoing a that it was ruling narrowly only on the question of extortion. new privacy features to protect the information of based smartphone messaging app, rose to top of shakeout as Uber and homegrown mobile booking applications gain popular- Nonetheless, the company’s critics said the ruling supported its users, he said. Next year, it will begin deleting app download rankings in South Korea with users ity in a region that has long endured inefficient cartels and price-gouging their claims of sharp practices. —AP messages from its servers as soon as they have leaving reviews that they are seeking a “cyber drivers. —AFP been read by the intended recipients. The company refuge” because of the Kakao Talk scare. —AP TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Health care worker catches Ebola from man who died

DALLAS: Health officials are intensifying mask and shield while she cared for Infection control team in Dallas and working with extreme concern for health workers’ safety, and the monitoring of hospital workers who Duncan during his second visit to Texas Among the things the CDC will inves- diligence to prevent further spread.” nurses at many hospitals “are alarmed at provided care to the first person to be Health Presbyterian Hospital, said Dr tigate is how the workers took off pro- Every emergency room needs to be the inadequate preparation they see,” diagnosed with Ebola in the US after Daniel Varga of Texas Health Resources, tective gear, because removing it incor- prepared to isolate and take infection says a statement from Rose Ann DeMoro, one of them was infected with the virus which runs the hospital. Duncan, who rectly can lead to contamination. control precautions, because no one can executive director of the union, National despite wearing protective gear. Tests arrived in the US from Liberia Sept 20, Investigators will also look at dialysis and control where an Ebola patient might Nurses United. confirmed the first known case of Ebola first sought medical care for fever and intubation - the insertion of a breathing show up, said Dr Dennis Maki, University Health care workers treating Ebola transmitted in the nation, raising ques- abdominal pain Sept 25. He told a nurse tube in a patient’s airway. Both proce- of Wisconsin-Madison infectious disease patients are among the most vulnerable, tions about assurances by health offi- he had traveled from Africa, but he was even if wearing protective gear. A cials here that the disease will be con- sent home. He returned Sept 28 and was Spanish nurse assistant recently became tained and any American hospital placed in isolation because of suspected the first health care worker infected out- should be able to treat it. Dr Tom Ebola. side West Africa in this outbreak. She Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Liberia is one of the three West helped care for two priests who were Control and Prevention, said Sunday African countries most affected by the brought to a Madrid hospital and later that there had been a breach of protocol Ebola epidemic, which has killed more died. More than 370 health care workers that led the worker to become infected than 4,000 people, according to World in West Africa have fallen ill or died since while treating patient Thomas Eric Health Organization figures published the epidemic began earlier this year. Duncan, but officials are not sure what Friday. The others are Sierra Leone and Officials said they also received informa- went wrong. Duncan, who traveled from Guinea. Texas health officials have been tion that there may be a pet in the health Liberia to visit family, did not get sick closely monitoring nearly 50 people care worker’s apartment, and they have a until he arrived in the US. He died who had or may have had close contact plan in place to care for the animal. They Wednesday with Duncan in the days after he started do not believe the pet has signs of hav- The worker, who has not been identi- showing symptoms but before he was ing contracted Ebola. A dog belonging fied, has not been able to point to how diagnosed with the disease. to the Spanish nurse was euthanized, the breach might have occurred. The health care worker reported a drawing thousands of complaints. President Barack Obama asked the CDC fever Friday night as part of a self-moni- Ebola spreads through close contact to move as quickly as possible to investi- toring regimen required by the CDC, with a symptomatic person’s bodily flu- gate the incident, the White House said. Varga said. Another person described as ids, such as blood, sweat, vomit, feces, Dallas police barred entry to the health a “close contact” of the health worker urine, saliva or semen. Those fluids must care worker’s apartment complex has been proactively placed in isolation, have an entry point, such as a cut or Sunday. Officers also knocked on doors, he added, without elaborating on where DALLAS: A hazmat worker moves a barrel while cleaning outside an scrape or someone touching the nose, made automated phone calls and that person is being monitored. The hos- apartment building of a hospital worker on Sunday. —AP mouth or eyes with contaminated hands, passed out fliers to notify people within pital said its emergency department is or being splashed. The World Health a four-block radius about the situation, diverting ambulances to other hospitals, dures have the potential to spread the specialist and former head of hospital Organization says blood, feces and vomit although Dallas authorities assured resi- though is still accepting walk-in virus. “We knew a second case could be a infection control. However, only large are the most infectious fluids, while the dents the risk was confined to those patients. Frieden said officials are evalu- reality, and we’ve been preparing for this hospitals such as those affiliated with virus is found in saliva mostly once who have had close contact with the ating and will monitor any workers who possibility,” said Dr David Lakey, commis- major universities truly have the equip- patients are severely ill. The whole live two Ebola patients. may have been exposed while Duncan sioner of the Texas Department of State ment and manpower to deal with Ebola virus has never been culled from The worker wore a gown, gloves, was in the hospital. Health Services. “We are broadening our correctly, Maki said. The case heightens sweat.—AP English health workers in first strike in 32 years

LONDON: Workers in England’s state-run National However, a Department of Health spokesman said: Health Service went on strike yesterday for the first “We remain keen to meet with the unions to dis- time since 1982 following a government refusal to cuss how we can work together to make the NHS hike their pay. NHS staff including nurses, ambu- pay system fairer.” Only the Chinese army, the lance crews and midwives plan to stop working Indian railways and US supermarket chain Wal- between 7:00 am and 11:00 am (0600 GMT and Mart have more employees than the NHS, accord- 1000 GMT). The move is intended to pile pressure ing to the British government. on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who rejected The nine unions participating in the strike the recommendations of an independent panel count more than 400,000 members of the English for a one-percent wage increase for all health serv- NHS’ 1.3 million staff, but not all of them will be ice staff. The recommendations, Hunt said back in staying away from work, the BBC said. Emergency March, “on top of automatic increments, are unaf- services, notably, will continue but unions are rec- fordable and would risk the quality of patient care”. ommending patients defer their appointments. At Created in 1948 and paid for through taxation, the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, southwest the NHS provides universal healthcare free at the England, measures have been put in place to point of delivery. “Our first priority must be to ensure “any disruption to patients is kept to a mini- ensure that the NHS can afford to employ the right mum”, said Oonagh Fitzgerald, the director of number of frontline staff needed to ensure the workforce and education at the health trust run- safe, effective and compassionate care that ning the facility. “The strike action will not affect patients have a right to expect,” Hunt said. The patients who need emergency treatment.” Conservative-Liberal coalition government has roughly halved Britain’s budget deficit from 11 NHS an election battleground percent since taking office in 2010. But the contin- The strike comes seven months ahead of the ued belt-tightening has been criticized by trade May 2015 general election, and the opposition ENGLAND: Strikers outside the Royal Liverpool Hospital in Liverpool, north west England yesterday. Workers in England’s state- unions, citing the health of the British economy, Labor Party is putting the NHS at the heart of its run National Health Service went on strike yesterday for the first time since 1982 following a government refusal to hike their which is expected to grow by three percent in campaign pitch. It accuses the Conservatives of pay. NHS staff including nurses, ambulance crews and midwives stopped working between 7:00 am and 11:00 am (0600 GMT and 2014. planning to dismantle the health service by run- 1000 GMT). The move is intended to pile pressure on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who rejected the recommendations of an ning it down and selling it off. Prime Minister independent panel for a one-percent wage increase for all health service staff. —AFP Unions say ‘Enough’s enough’ David Cameron has accused Labor of spreading “Inflation has continued to rise since 2011 and “complete and utter lies” about their intentions, the value of NHS pay has fallen by around 12 per- saying: “how dare they frighten those who are rely- cent,” said Dave Prentis, leader of Unison, Britain’s ing on the NHS”. Liberia health workers to go biggest public sector trade union. Refusing to Kristian Niemietz, a senior research fellow at increase NHS pay by “even a paltry one percent the London-based Institute of Economic Affairs shows what the government really thinks about its said the NHS would “always be a key election top- on strike over Ebola danger pay health workers”. Among the unions taking indus- ic”, but predicted a “very shallow debate”. “The only trial action, the Royal College of Midwives is going politically palatable statements on the NHS are to shower it with praise, and to promise to spend MONROVIA: Healthcare workers in Island clinic opened by the World it was to protect patients’ privacy. meeting on Ebola organized by the on strike for the first time in its 133-year existence. more money on it,” he said. He said British health Liberia, the country hit hardest by Health Organization in late Healthcare workers have been World Bank on Thursday, Liberian “After years of stress, pressure and overwork, being workers were “not underpaid” compared to other the Ebola epidemic, went on strike September to combat the virus, particularly affected by the current President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, told they face another year of rising bills but static countries and while pay rates have stagnated, “the from yesterday to demand hazard which has claimed over 2,300 lives Ebola outbreak, which spreads speaking via video link from pay is just too much. They have said enough’s same is true for most sectors of the economy” dur- pay for treating patients infected in Liberia this year. It was impossi- through contact with bodily fluids. Monrovia, said support should enough,” Jon Skewes, the RCM’s director for ing what has been a prolonged slump and slow with the deadly disease, their union ble however for journalists to inde- In Liberia alone, 95 healthcare work- include “compensation to healthcare employment relations, told AFP. recovery. —AFP leader said. “Beginning tomorrow pendently verify the claim, as ers have died from the tropical fever, workers who, for fear of the risk Hunt shows no sign of changing his mind. we will be on a nationwide strike in Liberia on Friday banned reporters out of 201 infected, according to the involved, have refused or are reluc- every hospital and every health from entering Ebola clinics, arguing latest WHO figures. Addressing a tant to return to work”. —AFP centre including ETUs (Ebola Boston hospital monitoring Treatment Units),” said Joseph Tamba, chairman of the health patient for possible Ebola case workers’ union. Staff at Monrovia’s Island Clinic, the largest govern- BOSTON: A man in Massachusetts who ed, doctors will test him for the disease, ment-run Ebola clinic in the capital, recently returned from Liberia is being possibly with the help of the Centers for have already been on a “go slow” in evaluated at a Boston hospital for a poten- Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. recent days in their battle for extra tial case of Ebola after complaining of a Testing would take 24 to 48 hours, he said. pay-defying a request by health headache and muscle aches, health offi- There have been several Ebola scares in officials to avoid industrial action cials said on Sunday. The patient is at Beth the United States in the past week. A plane during the Ebola crisis, which has Israel Deaconess Medical Center but there was briefly quarantined at a Las Vegas killed over 4,000 people in west is no confirmation of Ebola, said Dr Airport on Friday after a passenger report- Africa. Kenneth Sands, chief quality officer at Beth ed feeling unwell. Health officials around Dozens of patients in the clinic Israel. The response in Massachusetts the country have fielded scores of possible have died from Ebola since the go- demonstrates the high state of alert med- cases that were false alarms. The slow began on Friday, said staff rep- ical facilities are under since a Texas health Massachusetts patient first reported to the resentative Alphonso Wesseh. “We worker became the first person on Sunday Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates hos- have slowed down our activities to contract the disease in the United States. pital in Braintree, Massachusetts, and was because the government refuses to She had treated a Liberian man who died then transferred to Beth Israel, said Ben satisfy our request. Last night tens of the deadly virus last week. Kruskal, a physician and chief of infectious of patients died,” he said. Wesseh “We are taking all necessary precautions disease at Vanguard, in a statement. Kruskal earlier this week told AFP that in collaboration with the city of Boston and said the Braintree building was closed salaries in the sector were as low as the department of public health for the briefly but reopened. The current Ebola $250 a month. potential that this is suspected Ebola,” outbreak, the worst on record of the dis- But government spokesman Sands said at a news conference. “We are ease, has killed more than 4,000 people, Isaac Jackson on Friday denied LIBERIA: A photo taken on October 11, 2014 shows the entrance to the recently opened Ebola only at the stage where we are doing an mostly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea there was any disruption at the Island Clinic in Monrovia. —AFP assessment.” Sands said if Ebola is suspect- in West Africa. —Reuters WHO tells East Asia-Pacific to bolster Ebola defences

MANILA: World Health Organisation chief Margaret health infrastructure,” Chan told an annual meeting of the worst outbreak of the virus began in West Africa the region, the consequences could be huge... we must Chan yesterday urged East Asian and Pacific countries Western Pacific health officials in a speech read for her. early this year. openly confront the challenges our region faces to to strengthen defenses against the Ebola outbreak, “You cannot build these systems up during a crisis. Thirty-seven countries and territories including manage this threat effectively,” Shin said. warning that the whole world may be at risk. The Instead they collapse. A dysfunctional health system China, the rest of East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Philippine President Benigno Aquino outlined the region of 1.8 billion has been a hotspot for many means zero population resilience to the range of parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific island states potential Ebola threat faced by his nation of 100 million emerging diseases including Severe Acute Respiratory shocks that our world is delivering, with ever greater comprise WHO’s Western Pacific region. WHO regional as he delivered a speech at the start of the five-day Syndrome and bird flu, but is so far free from the Ebola frequency and force.” Chan added: “(W)hen a deadly director Shin Young-soo told the meeting an imported WHO meeting. “For the Philippines specifically, the fact virus ravaging parts of West Africa. “In the simplest and dreaded virus hits the destitute and spirals out of Ebola case in the region, home to a quarter of humani- that we have 10 million of our countrymen living and terms, this outbreak shows how one of the deadliest control, the whole world is put at risk.” More than 4,000 ty, “is certainly a possibility” with its huge transporta- working abroad makes these kinds of outbreaks a para- pathogens on earth can exploit any weakness in the people have died from Ebola in seven countries since tion hubs and vibrant trade and travel. “If Ebola did hit mount concern,” he said. —AFP TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Experts question ethics of placebo drug trials in case of Ebola

LONDON: A group of influential health ments or vaccines in West Africa have just targeted groups, potentially shaving than 4,000 of them, mainly in Guinea, en experimental drugs including ZMapp, experts has argued the standard practice begun, or are due to start in the coming major costs and significant time off the Sierra Leone and Liberia. One potential made by Mapp Biopharmaceutical in the of using placebos in drug trials would be months, and the World Health usual drug development process. drug trial design that would avoid using United States, TKM-Ebola made by unethical in the case of experimental Organization (WHO) has said it hopes The Ebola expert group writing in the placebos would be to test two experimen- Canada’s Tekmira, and brincidofovir, made medicines for Ebola, given that the world some medicines may start to be deployed Lancet-which also included Peter Piot, a tal drugs at the same time by giving one by the US company Chimerix. But since is in the middle of a deadly epidemic. in the West Africa outbreak early next professor and director at the London to one group and another to a separate only a tiny number of patients have been Faced with a disease with a death rate of year. School of Tropical Medicine who was one group. treated and some of those treated died between 40 and 90 percent, randomized A different group of disease experts of the discoverers of Ebola-stressed that “In cancers with a poor prognosis for and some survived, doctors don’t know controlled trials (RCTs) — where patients last month argued in a letter to the “the urgent need is to establish whether which there are no good treatments, evi- for sure if they work. are assigned to get either the drug or a Journal of the American Medical new investigational drugs offer survival dence from studies without a control In the letter to JAMA, disease experts dummy pill-would be unfair and ethically Association that experimental Ebola benefits” and therefore which, if any, group can be accepted as sufficient for argued that conducting RCTs was the only unacceptable, according to the disease drugs were best tested in normal RCTs. A should be recommended by the WHO to deployment, and even for licensing by way to “maximize lives saved in the pres- specialists from Europe, Africa and the similar debate is going on in the field of save lives. “We have innovative but proven regulators, with fuller analysis following ent epidemic and ensure knowledge United States. “We accept that RCTs can cancer drugs, where researchers increas- trial designs for doing exactly that,” they later,” the experts wrote. gains for the next”. Heymann, Piot and 15 generate strong evidence in ordinary cir- ingly question whether randomization- wrote. “We should be using them, rather “There is no need for rules to be bent other signatories to the Lancet letter said: cumstances; not, however, in the midst of where some patients are given a treat- than doggedly insisting on gold standards or corners to be cut: the necessary proce- “We disagree”. “No one insisted that west- the worst Ebola epidemic in history,” ment and others get a “control” substance that were developed for different settings dures already exist, and are used.” The ern medical workers offered ZMapp and experts including David Heymann, head for comparison-makes sense in patients and purposes.” WHO has approved the use of experimen- other investigational products were ran- of the Chatham House Centre on Global with an incurable disease. tal drugs for Ebola in the hope they might domized to receive the drug or conven- Health Security, wrote in a letter to the In cancer, new trial designs are being Experimental drugs help some people infected in the out- tional care plus a placebo,” they wrote. Lancet medical journal. pioneered that allow faster testing on The Ebola epidemic has infected break which has been raging since March. “None of us would consent to be random- Some trials of potential Ebola treat- experimental medicines in smaller, more almost 8,400 people so far and killed more Several patients have already been giv- ized in such circumstances.” —Reuters

Pharmaceutical companies, WHO help India in HIV/AIDS drug crisis

NEW DELHI: Indian companies and global health process. The tender delays meant that final groups are stepping up efforts to provide a critical approval to procure tenofovir/lamivudine tablets, medicine for the country’s free HIV/AIDS drugs prescribed in the initial stages of treatment, was program after more than 150,000 patients risked not given until late September. Since it takes at going without their dosages this month. Delayed least 60 days for supplies to reach patients that tender approvals and poor co-ordination with left the prospect of some going without. states left the National AIDS Control Organization To help overcome the shortage, NACO has (NACO) scrambling for supplies. Reuters reported also authorized states to procure medicines on Oct 1 that the supplies were due to run out directly if they run out of stocks and to seek reim- next week. bursement from NACO later, a World Health India produces a large part of the world’s Organization email seen by Reuters says. HIV/AIDS medicines so the shortage has been awkward for the new government of Prime Global efforts, donations Minister Narendra Modi, which has promised to The UN health agency is closely co-ordinating cut red tape. Pharmaceutical companies who won with New Delhi on the supply crisis, Joseph orders for tenofovir/lamivudine tablets under the Perriens, a co-ordinator with WHO’s HIV depart- tender are increasing efforts to supply them. Some ment said in the email. A WHO representative is firms have put other orders on the backburner, holding talks with India’s health ministry on ways industry executives said. to avoid a similar problem arising again. “The sit- One company, Macleods Pharmaceuticals, is uation is likely to be normalized by next month,” working on a government order for 13 million Perriens wrote in the email. It was dated Oct 1 tablets, two sources with direct knowledge of the and was sent to several activists and executives developments said. “There is pressure to deliver,” of other health organizations. said one source within the company. “Some orders Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has have been shuffled. (Other) clients have been told agreed to donate 70,000 tablets, while 40,000 we have an emergency situation.” Aurobindo tablets procured under a corporate social respon- Pharma will supply 2.4 million tablets by the end sibility program have been sent to western of October, said a senior executive, who did not Gujarat state. Still, some activists say NACO needs wish to be identified because of the sensitivity of to do more. “What they (NACO) are trying to the matter. India needs 7.2 million tablets a month, accomplish is patch work for 2-3 months,” said according to NACO’s website. Vikas Ahuja, president of an HIV activist group, The drugs are expensive in the open market, Delhi Network of Positive People. “Whether Conjoined twin Texas babies to so the government provides more than a third of they’ll be able to go ahead and ensure regular India’s 2.1 million HIV/AIDS patients with free supplies for all patients is yet to be ascer- antiretroviral drugs procured via a tender tained.”—Reuters take first step in separation surgery

HOUSTON: Conjoined 6-month-old twin girls a team of surgeons in a long and arduous proce- nection and the organs they share, it said. Smith & Nephew ‘spray-on-skin’ will begin to undergo tissue expansion this dure. “The intestines appear to be intermingled The Mata family’s life began to change in month to stretch skin that will be used to cover but there appears to be enough intestines for January when a routine ultrasound showed that for leg ulcers flops in trial patches of their bodies when they are separated both children,” said Dr Darrell Cass, pediatric sur- Elysse Mata was carrying conjoined twins. They in a surgery planned for December. The tissue geon and co-director of Texas Children’s Hospital were referred to the Texas Children’s Hospital LONDON: A novel spray-on skin treatment mendation on the stock to “hold” from “add” expansion for Knatalye Hope Mata and Adeline Fetal Center. The surgery will occur in two shifts Fetal Center. The couple and their 5-year-old son consisting of living cells made by Smith & on the news. They now see only a 25 percent Faith Mata is expected to take six to eight weeks. with teams of pediatric, urological, plastic, relocated from Lubbock to Houston, where the Nephew, which is designed to work with the chance of success for the product, against 50 The girls are joined at the abdomen and share a orthopedic, cardiac and gynecological surgeons. girls were born on April 11. The babies live in the body’s own cells to help heal leg ulcers, has percent previously. liver, diaphragm, pelvis, intestines and the lining The separation team will start and the recon- hospital’s Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, failed in a late-stage clinical trial. The product, The future of HP802-247, which had not of the heart. struction team will complete the process. which is the center of the Mata family’s life. known as HP802-247, was viewed by some been expected to reach the market until “When I think about December I get that sick Surgeons at Texas Children’s Hospital in 1992 Elysse Mata spends at least seven hours at analysts as a key pipeline asset in the compa- 2017, may be uncertain, but the company is feeling in my stomach. I want to know how successfully separated Tiesha and Iesha Turner, the hospital each day, leaving when it is time to ny’s advanced wound management division not giving up on the idea of using innovative much pain they are going to feel after. What is it who were 1 year old and shared a sternum, liver, pick her son up from school. John Mata, her hus- and the Phase III failure is a setback for the approaches to wound healing in the emerg- going to be like for them?” said their mother, entwined intestines and fused organs. Conjoined band, works full time and spends every weekend healthcare group, which is a regular subject of ing field of regenerative medicine. “A thor- Elysse Mata. “They are where they should be twins occur once every 200,000 births and most at the hospital with his daughters. Cass said he takeover talk. ough assessment is underway to determine developmentally. They reach up for toys, they do not survive. Approximately 40 to 60 percent expects each child to be able to live independ- The unsuccessful North American trial, why the preliminary results of the first Phase reach out for us when we get close and talk to of conjoined twins arrive stillborn, and about 35 ently and to have a good life. “It is likely further announced on Monday, is also something of a III study are inconsistent with the strongly them,” she said. percent live only one day, according to the reconstructive surgeries may be needed in the surprise, given the promise of earlier studies. positive Phase IIa/IIb results,” said Chief The girls were born via cesarean section at University of Maryland Medical Center. Mortality future. Perhaps the biggest challenges may be Analysts at Investec downgraded their recom- Executive Olivier Bohuon. —Reuters nearly eight months’ gestation and will be sepa- rates for twins who do live and then undergo orthopedic and in helping them walk and have rated at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston by separation vary, depending on their type of con- normal gait,” he said. —Reuters WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014

Sabah Al-Ahmad Creative Center launches ‘innovation camp’ abah Al-Ahmad Innovation and Creative Center, which is part of Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences launched its most recent programs for the gifted, it’s “Innovation Camp”, as a fulfill- Sment of the center’s goals to care for gifted and innovative Kuwaitis, and give them occupational, industrial and technological skills.

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Embassy of India Ties centre

o further enhance travel from Kuwait to India for Basics of Islam for new question about Islam regarding Muslims’ get some insight into the Quranic Arabic. Gulf cooking course business, tourism, medical treatment and study reverts (ladies only) beliefs, acts of worship, Quranic verses, and Every Monday @ 7pm By Aisha Al-Farsi Tpurposes etc., the Embassy has simplified its visa By Sharaf Al-Nisaa the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) life. Every Womens’ rights in Join Kuwaiti chef Aisha al-Farsi for a cooking procedure for Kuwaiti nationals as well as expatriates liv- Educate yourself about important life Thursday @ 7pm Islam (ladies only) course that will teach how to mix your own ing in Kuwait. The Embassy has issued 10,000 visas this issues. This weekly class for new reverts Quran Quotes and Tafseer Class By Zeinab Ashry spices and sauces, how to make your own covers important Islamic guidelines in all By Hassan T. Bwambale Join Zeinab Ashry for an intriguing look yogurt, how to prepare salads, fish, chicken and year, as against 7,600 visas issued during the same period aspects of life. Students will also learn and After reading Quranic verses aloud and into Women’s Rights in Islam, a four part meat dishes with rice, as well as local desserts. Of last year, representing 30% jump in grant of visas. improve Quran recitation with tajweed of explaining them very briefly, Hassan will series that includes the position of woman course, you will get a chance to share the pre- 2. The Embassy has been issuing 5-year & 1-year busi- short chapters essential for prayer. Every illustrate the various connotations of some in pre-Islamic Societies, the status of pared food after class. Seating is limited. Stop by ness visa (multiple entry), 1-year medical visa (multiple Thursday @ 5pm (Ladies Only) words and phrases to show the literary Women in Islam, and the rights of Muslim or call to register. Every Sunday for 6 weeks start- entry) and 6-month tourist visas (multiple entry) for Islam 101 beauty and miracle of the Quran. The class women in all spheres of life including ing October 19 @ 6 - 8 pm. Kuwaiti nationals and expatriates resident in Kuwait so By Hassan Bwambale will involve an open discussion in a casual, finance and politics. This comprehensive The TIES Center is the social and educational that they can visit India for business, tourism, medical If you are interested to know more relaxed setting with the aim of reflecting course is free of charge and starts on hub for English Speaking Muslims in Kuwait. For about Islam, join the TIES Center for infor- and pondering verses from the Noble Wednesday, October 15 and 29 @ 6:30 pm more information, please call 25231015 or e-mail treatment etc., as per their convenience. mation, discussion, and a chance to ask any Quran. In addition to that, participants will (Ladies Only) [email protected] or visit www.tiescenter.net. 3. Visa applicants may approach Embassyís Passport and Visa Centres operated by Cox & Kings Global Services (CKGS) at 17 Floor, Behbahani Building, Sharq, Kuwait: Tel. No. 22440392 (e- mail: [email protected] ASSE Kuwait Chapter holds third executive meeting Complex Kais Alghanim, 4 Floor, Mecca Street, in front of merican Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Kuwait’s premier vol- Annod Complex, Fahaheel, Kuwait: Tel. No. 22909229 ( e- untary, non-profit making Health, Safety and Environmental mail: [email protected] ). Aorganization, strives to provide professional guidance, training, 4. The Embassy will continue to accept visa applica- consultancy and resources to the industrial and social sectors in the tions directly in cases of emergency and for all diplo- region. The Third Executive Committee Meeting of American Society of mats/Special Passport holders. For any visa related query, Safety Engineer (ASSE) - Kuwait Chapter was held on 23 September 2014 please contact at Tel. No. 22550600 Extn. 279 or call J.S. at Hotel Safir Fintas. The meeting started with the welcome address by Dangi, Second Secretary (Consular) at Mobile No. the Chapter Actg. Secretary Dinesh Dutta. In his address; Fadhel Al-Ali, Chairman - ASSE Kuwait Chapter, advised the Core Committee Members 97229947. and various committee heads to commence the implementation of the annual Plan established for the Chapter and the Sub-Committees. The Chapter President, Mr. Mohammed Riaz Shareef, informed com- mittee heads to invigorate their activities. He urged the committee head What’s On - Submission Guidelines to gear-up their activities with full vigor. The committee reviewed the sta- tus updates of annual plans presented by committees. On behalf of the Training Committee Head, Mr. Yousuf informed that a All photos submitted for What’s On survey was conducted on the training need assessments among the members. He highlighted the excellent post-training feedback obtained should be minimum 200dpi. from the participants of the recently conducted Lead Auditor (OHSAS Articles must be in plain text and 18001 & ISO 14001) training program. IOSH Managing Safely Course is should include name and phone scheduled during the Eid Al-Adha holidays and has notified for the partici- pation of the members. The membership committee head Muvala Ramu numbers. Articles and photos that updated the membership status, membership renewal status and the for a First Aid Awareness for Housewives on 16th of October. She request- phone application is developed for the ASSE Kuwait Chapter and final set fail to meet these requirements will membership drive to attract new members. ed all female members and the spouse of the male members for partici- up for use is in progress. A HSE discussion forum for members will be Occupational health and environment committee head Jignesh Shah pation in the said workshop. available in this application. The executive committee discussed on selec- not be published. informed that Ozone day was commemorated by the chapter with mes- Outreach committee head Satyanarayana briefed about the forth- tion of heads for the forthcoming of the GCC HSSE Excellence award and sage and bulletin. A workshop on “Managing Waste” will be scheduled in coming outreach activities including awareness program for the school the professional development conference. Please send them to the upcoming month. Technical committee head Ritesh briefed on the bus drivers and blood donation campaign in collaboration with the con- The meeting was concluded with the Vote of Thanks by Chapter Vice [email protected] Technical meets which are planned in the forthcoming months. tracting companies. Publications committee head Sunil N. Sadanadan President, Golamari Sampath Reddy, who acclaimed the voluntary efforts Women in Safety Engineering (WISE) Committee head Mrs Janet briefed about the newsletter, updates on the social networking websites of the core committee and the subcommittee members and requested Najare appraised the committee that, the WISE committee has planned like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn. He informed that a smart to continue the same efforts for keeping the society activities high. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 WHAT’S ON

Eid festivities at TEC

cting Director of Public Relations and Marketing at Touristic Enterprises Company Saqer Abdelsattar Al-Bader expressed appreciation to Entertainment City patrons for choosing the city to enjoy Eid fes- Ativities. He said the Entertainment City received its visitors from 4 pm until 1 am and presented programs and entertainment activities. TV PROGRAMS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014

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Thiruvaruru - 614 103, has REQUIRED TURNER/ Kuwait CHANGE OF NAME converted to Islam, with MACHINIST the name of Mohamed Ali KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY My old name was Athar with Passport No. Mobeena, W/o Athar G2904164 on 21st March For a reputable company in Akbar Saheb, Passport No. 2008. (C 4781) Shuwaikh Industrial Area. SHARQIA-1 THE GUEST (DIG) 12:15 AM THE GUEST (DIG) 9:45 PM J4442142, issued on 27- 12-10-2014 Candidate should have at least 3 THE PRINCE (DIG) 1:30 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 12:05 AM 08-2009 in Kuwait. My AL HARB AL ALMIAH AL THALITHA (DIG) (Arabic) 3:15 PM FANAR-3 years experience in operating ANNABELLE (DIG) 5:30 PM THE PRINCE (DIG) 12:45 PM new name is Shaik Athar 360º- 1 Mobeena, W/o Shaik Lathe Machines. THE PRINCE (DIG) 7:45 PM BANG BANG (DIG) (Hindi) 3:00 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 1:45 PM ACCOMMODATION AL HARB AL ALMIAH AL THALITHA (DIG) (Arabic) 9:45 PM BANG BANG (DIG) (Hindi) 6:00 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 4:00 PM Athar Akbar Saheb. Transferable residence is a must. A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (DIG) 12:05 AM BANG BANG (DIG) (Hindi) 9:00 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 6:15 PM Address: 1-86 Makan Single bed accommoda- JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 12:05 AM THE GUEST (DIG) 8:30 PM Street, Tarigonda (Post) tion for bachelor and room Call 24832642 SHARQIA-2 THE GUEST (DIG) 10:45 PM Gurram Konda (Mandal) for family for 2 months in 99768810 JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 12:30 PM FANAR-4 THE GUEST (DIG) 1:00 AM Chittoor (Dist) Andhra Salmiya. Call: 66711141. JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 3:45 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 1:15 PM Pradesh. Pin code: 517291 (C 4782) JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 7:00 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 4:30 PM 360º- 2 - India. (C 4779) 13-10-2014 JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 10:15 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 7:45 PM A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (DIG) 2:00 PM THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY THE PRINCE (DIG) 1:30 AM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 11:00 PM A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (DIG) 4:15 PM name was Athar A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (DIG) 6:30 PM My old FORCIVIL INFORMATION Akbar Saheb, S/o Athar FOR SALE Automated enquiry SHARQIA-3 MARINA-1 A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (DIG) 8:45 PM MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG) 12:30 PM THE PRINCE (DIG) 1:15 PM A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (DIG) 11:00 PM Latheef Saheb, Passport about the Civil ID card is Camry 2000 model THE GUEST (DIG) 2:30 PM THE PRINCE (DIG) 3:15 PM A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (DIG) 1:15 AM No. H5226267, issued on Toyota MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG) 4:45 PM ANNABELLE (DIG) 5:15 PM 27-08-2009 in Kuwait. My in good condition for sale 1889988 for KD 1,100. Call: THE GUEST (DIG) 6:45 PM AL HARB AL ALMIAH AL THALITHA (DIG) (Arabic) 7:45 PM 360º- 3 new name is Shaik Athar THE GUEST (DIG) 8:45 PM THE PRINCE (DIG) 10:00 PM REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS (DIG) 1:15 PM Akbar Saheb, S/o Shaik 66711141. (C 4783) THE GUEST (DIG) 10:45 PM ANNABELLE (DIG) 12:05 AM GOVINDUDU ANDARIVADELE (DIG) (Telugu) 3:30 PM Athar Latheef Saheb. ANNABELLE (DIG) 12:45 AM GOVINDUDU ANDARIVADELE (DIG) (Telugu) 6:30 PM Address: 1-86 Makan Toyota Camry Grandy 2004 MARINA-2 GOVINDUDU ANDARIVADELE (DIG) (Telugu) 9:30 PM Street, Tarigonda (Post) white color (6 clr) full MUHALAB-1 MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG) 12:30 PM REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS (DIG) 12:30 AM Gurram Konda (Mandal) options. KD 1,450. Tel: MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG) 1:30 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 2:30 PM REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS (DIG) 3:15 PM Chittoor (Dist) Andhra 66729295. (C 4784) 112 MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG) 3:30 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 5:45 PM REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS (DIG) 5:15 PM Pradesh. Pin Code: 517291 13-10-2014 BANG BANG (DIG) (Hindi) 5:30 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 9:00 PM REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS (DIG) 7:15 PM - India. ( THE PRINCE (DIG) 8:45 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 12:15 AM REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS (DIG) 9:15 PM C 4780) GOVINDUDU ANDARIVADELE (DIG) (Telugu) 1:30 PM REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS (DIG) 11:15 PM Prayer timings Sivanandam GOVINDUDU ANDARIVADELE (DIG) (Telugu) 4:30 PM MARINA-3 REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS (DIG) 1:15 AM Thiru Fajr: 04:27 GOVINDUDU ANDARIVADELE (DIG) (Telugu) 7:30 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 12:45 PM (Hindu) son of ANNABELLE (DIG) 10:30 PM MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG-3D) 2:45 PM AL-KOUT.1 Thirukaruppaiyan, born Shorook 05:46 THE PRINCE (DIG) 12:45 AM MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG) 4:45 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 12:30 PM on 29th May 1983 (native THE GUEST (DIG) 6:45 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 2:30 PM district: Thiruvarur) resid- Duhr: 11:35 MUHALAB-2 THE GUEST (DIG) 8:45 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 5:45 PM ing at No. 66 Mariyamman BANG BANG (DIG) (Hindi) 12:30 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 10:45 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 9:00 PM Kovil Kudiyana street, Asr: 14:55 SAT+SUN+MON THE GUEST (DIG) 12:45 AM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 12:15 AM Parappanamedo village, THE GUEST (DIG) 1:00 PM Sithamalli Post, Maghrib: 17:24 NO SAT+SUN+MON AVENUES-1 AL-KOUT.2 Needamangalam, AL HARB AL ALMIAH AL THALITHA (DIG) (Arabic) 3:30 PM THE PRINCE (DIG) 2:00 PM THE PRINCE (DIG) 12:30 PM Isha: 18:40 THE GUEST (DIG) 5:45 PM THE PRINCE (DIG) 4:00 PM A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (DIG) 2:15 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 7:45 PM GOVINDUDU ANDARIVADELE (DIG) (Telugu) 4:00 PM THE PRINCE (DIG) 4:45 PM AL HARB AL ALMIAH AL THALITHA (DIG) (Arabic) 10:00 PM GOVINDUDU ANDARIVADELE (DIG) (Telugu) 7:00 PM A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (DIG) 6:30 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 12:15 AM THE PRINCE (DIG) 6:00 PM THE PRINCE (DIG) 8:45 PM No: 16312 GOVINDUDU ANDARIVADELE (DIG) (Telugu) 10:00 PM THE PRINCE (DIG) 8:00 PM A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (DIG) 10:45 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 1:00 AM GOVINDUDU ANDARIVADELE (DIG) (Telugu) 10:00 PM THE PRINCE (DIG) 1:00 AM THE PRINCE (DIG) 10:00 PM MUHALAB-3 THE PRINCE (DIG) 1:00 AM AL-KOUT.3 JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 1:45 PM THE PRINCE (DIG) 12:05 AM MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG) 12:30 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 5:00 PM MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG) 2:30 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 8:15 PM AVENUES-2 MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG) 4:30 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 11:30 PM BANG BANG (DIG) (Hindi) 12:30 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 6:30 PM BANG BANG (DIG) (Hindi) 3:30 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 8:30 PM FANAR-1 BANG BANG (DIG) (Hindi) 6:30 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 10:30 PM MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG) 1:00 PM BANG BANG (DIG) (Hindi) 9:30 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 12:30 AM MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG) 3:00 PM BANG BANG (DIG) (Hindi) 12:30 AM THE PRINCE (DIG) 5:00 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 1:30 PM AL-KOUT.4 MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG) 7:00 PM MAYA THE BEE MOVIE (DIG) 3:45 PM AL HARB AL ALMIAH AL THALITHA (DIG) (Arabic) 1:00 PM REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS (DIG) 9:00 PM JAWAZA MIRI (DIG) (Arabic) 5:45 PM ANNABELLE (DIG) 3:30 PM THE PRINCE (DIG) 11:00 PM A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (DIG) 8:00 PM AL HARB AL ALMIAH AL THALITHA (DIG) (Arabic) 5:30 PM REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS (DIG) 1:00 AM A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (DIG) 10:15 PM ANNABELLE (DIG) 7:45 PM A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (DIG) 12:30 AM AL HARB AL ALMIAH AL THALITHA (DIG) (Arabic) 9:45 PM FANAR-2 ANNABELLE (DIG) 12:05 AM THE GUEST (DIG) 1:30 PM AVENUES-3 THE GUEST (DIG) 3:30 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 12:45 PM BAIRAQ-1 AL HARB AL ALMIAH AL THALITHA (DIG) (Arabic) 5:30 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 3:00 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 1:45 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 7:45 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 5:15 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 5:00 PM AL HARB AL ALMIAH AL THALITHA (DIG) (Arabic) 9:45 PM THE GUEST (DIG) 7:30 PM JAZEERA 2 (DIG) (Arabic) 8:15 PM

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KAC 332 Trivandrum 08:00 OMA 647 Muscat 19:55 BAW 156 London 08:25 JZR 238 Amman 19:25 KAC 352 Kochi 08:05 FDB 061 Dubai 20:05 FDB 054 Dubai 08:25 ABY 120 Sharjah 19:40 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 DLH 636 Frankfurt 20:15 SVA 513 Riyadh 08:55 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:45 ABY 125 Sharjah 08:50 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 QTR 1087 Doha 08:55 AXB 394 Kozhikode 19:55 KAC 284 Dhaka 08:55 MSR 618 Alexandria 20:30 KAC 283 Dhaka 20:30 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:30 KAC 513 Tehran 09:15 DHX 173 EBL 20:50 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:30 KLM 415 Amsterdam 21:05 JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 QTR 1070 Doha 10:00 KAC 613 Bahrain 09:30 FDB 079 Dubai 21:05 FDB 062 Dubai 20:45 IRA 674 Lar 10:20 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:35 FDB 069 Dubai 21:10 KAC 361 Colombo 20:50 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:40 ALK 229 Colombo 21:10 OMA 648 Muscat 20:55 MEA 404 Beirut 10:55 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 KAC 343 Chennai 20:55 MSC 405 Sohag 11:20 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:15 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:30 DLH 636 Dammam 21:00 FDB 8051 Dubai 11:45 KAC 561 Amman 10:15 QTR 1074 Doha 21:30 KAC 351 Kochi 21:05 JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 KAC 741 Dammam 10:15 JZR 135 Bahrain 21:45 FDB 065 Dubai 11:55 FDB 056 Dubai 10:20 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 PIA 239 Sialkot 22:05 JZR 561 Sohag 12:00 KAC 101 London/JFK 10:25 MSR 607 Luxor 21:25 FDB 059 Dubai 22:10 KAC 614 Bahrain 12:30 JZR 564 Sohag 10:30 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 FDB 071 Dubai 12:35 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:15 QTR 1071 Doha 11:00 FDB 080 Dubai 21:50 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 AIC 981 Chennai/Hyderabad/Ahmedabad 22:25 IRA 675 Lar 11:20 KLM 415 Dammam/Amsterdam 22:05 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 UAL 981 Bahrain 22:40 KAC 677 Abu Dhabi/Muscat 11:20 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:15 THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 SYR 341 Latakia/KAC 22:50 KAC 541 Cairo 11:30 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 KAC 742 Dammam 13:15 JZR 185 Dubai 22:55 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 KAC 514 Tehran 13:40 BON 102 Sarajevo 23:15 KAC 165 Rome/Paris 11:45 KAC 381 Delhi 22:30 FDB 057 Dubai 13:45 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:20 MEA 405 Beirut 11:55 QTR 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CROSSWORD 694 STAR TRACK

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

This is a significant day that you can use to your best advantage. This is a Many hours of work go into research these days and whether you are day that is not too lazy or too stressful-time for accomplishing tasks or set- involved in the process of research or not, your interest in research is great. ting things up to work in your favor. You are very determined when it comes to security This may be anything from the water we drink to the blood that courses through our veins. and you seldom make a move that does not strengthen your position. This easygoing day Today there is an open door for new discoveries-you could be in on a new beginning. can certainly work in your favor, without taxing the nervous system or pushing you to Some political meeting or business meeting, perhaps a stockholders’ meeting, will be extremes. You pursue responsibilities the way others pursue pleasure. Stop to smell the agreeable to supporting this research. Someone has made a good presentation and you flowers this evening. Truth, religion and philosophy are subjects that will become more of may have been part of the gathering for that presentation. Wonderful results happen a focus for you now. You may find that travel or the study of a particular country or ethnic when people work together for the good of all. This area of expertise may be just the per- group will bring you insight. Plan your next adventure now. fect place for your professional skills to excel. Celebrations tonight. Happy birthday!

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

Work, achievement and ambition are important to you and come almost The good life and all that is fine and luxurious may be what you value just automatically. You appear very comfortable in your job. Everything seems to be working now. You enjoy finding solutions to whatever problems you find. together and when interrupted, you can still maintain a balance. This is a really good tal- Circumstances should work together to help bring out your ideals and make it easier to ent to learn as it is something you have worked hard to achieve. It has been difficult for make your dreams real. You may find yourself examining and testing ideas and offering you to deal with interruptions or difficult people but you have learned to achieve and opinions or ideas of your own. All in all, this is a good time to project your image. It is easy overcome these difficulties. Later this afternoon the art of expression is fine-tuned as you to organize your thoughts and make your plans for the next phase, project or research. enjoy companions or best friends. A lover or child who is bright and articulate plays a big Money that someone owes you may be repaid to you now. This evening is good for relax- role in your life. When you teach fair play, chaos is seldom seen. Tonight you make contact ation and for enjoying the people around you; laughter comes easily. If nobody wants to with someone who lights your fire. cook, consider a call-in order for your evening enjoyment.

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

There are several opportunities available today to gain greater authority You are driven and passionate in your pursuit of change and inner growth. and prestige in the workplace. You will probably impress someone that You possess, at the core, an intensity that burns through superficialities, could influence your life in large ways. You are especially active, dynamic and ready to searching for opportunities to face the truth and render the evident to view. Careful . . . ACROSS DOWN tackle challenges. You influence others with your confidence-not excessively or pompous- This ceaseless investigative activity, while central to your nature, may be the source of dis- 1. The sign language used in the United 1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially ly. There may be some concern over finances but if you remain the practical person that comfort to others. Emotions and drive take the heat as far as being a prime focus for action States. in Turkey). you are, you will see some positive results from your investments. Take the long view and in your personal sphere. You may be moved to appreciate and discover the beauty in your 4. A thin layer covering something. 2. Someone who works (or provides workers) map out a future plan for an early retirement. To ensure peace this evening-maintain low life and in those around you, particularly when you slow down this afternoon to enjoy the during a strike. tones. Patience, fortitude and repeated reminders of love are important on the home simple things in life. Everything conspires to reveal you at your most elegant, particularly 11. Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its in social situations this evening. You may meet some new people tonight. effect. 3. The act of slowing down or falling behind. front. The nurturing of those you love helps to deepen relationships. 15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which 4. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions. the pilot is talked down by ground control 5. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm using precision approach radar. used in India for writing paper. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 16. Tropical American herbs sometimes 6. City in central Iran. included in genus Episcia. 7. Having a top of a specified character. Power struggles in the workplace may be disconcerting but inevitable when Pace yourself today, since you may feel like you are running a race. You are 17. The basic unit of money in Myanmar. 8. Wading birds of warm regions having long it comes to competition. This is what separates the adult from the juvenile. entering a period of emotional change: feeling two ways at once without 18. An ugly evil-looking old woman. slender down-curved bills. Attracting support from others can help provide the resources you need to achieve your getting too deeply into either polarity is possible. Habits are in a cycle of change; variety 19. A function such that for every element of 9. Having nine units or components. aims. This is a good day to start a diet, or perhaps, a new and positive habit. All the ener- satisfies a deep inner need. Learning and communicating relieve an instinctive urge to gies are working in your favor for this to be a successful endeavor. An appreciation for cre- one set there is a unique element of another 10. A humorous anecdote or remark. move forward in your life path. You teach others to think outside the box; now it is your ative insights that are quite otherworldly is upon you. It is easy for you to love and be com- turn to think in creative ways. An understanding attitude on your part could have far- set. 11. A republic in southeastern Europe. passionate and to value what life offers. You have a sense of unity and brotherhood that 12. City in Sudan. reaching effects on your own life-path and career during this time. A little patient 20. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or will stay with you. You may gain a renewed set of values. The spiritual aspect of a relation- endurance and restraint just now could really pay off in the relationship department this the wife of a raja. 13. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann. ship becomes deep. Schedule a massage for the two of you. evening. A good conversation with those you love is possible. 21. The blood group whose red cells carry 14. United States inventor who manufactured both the A and B antigens. the first elevator with a safety device (1811- 1861). 23. A domed or vaulted recess or projection 22. United States composer (born in Austria) Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) on a building especially the east end of a who collaborated with Lerner on several You may find opposition in the workplace today; however, the exchange of church. You could find yourself in a detached frame of mind, as though you are musicals (1901-1987). ideas becomes a way to reach a positive result. You are developing a knack viewing things from the outside. Your friends and loved ones would be happier if you 25. An especially luminous meteor (some- 24. Date used in reckoning dates before the for organizing things and your skills will not go unnoticed. Your people skills are improv- took a more personal attitude. Making your mark on the world has special significance for times exploding). supposed year Christ was born. ing and there is a sense of ambition and self-confidence that improves with each day. you now. Achievement has greater meaning for you. Organizing and administering to 26. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tis- 27. A very poisonous metallic element that Work, achievement and ambition mean a lot to you now. Saying and writing things with people and projects will become central to your lifestyle. Challenging authority and striv- style counts for a lot-the social butterfly in you emerges and you are able to accomplish sue separating or binding together muscles has three allotropic forms. ing for success are on your agenda as well. Ambition is a powerful motivation and can quite a lot for your company. You may be a buyer for your company and you know just and organs etc. 29. A member of a widespread group of lead you into conflict if you let it get out of control. Properly channeled, it results in great what the public wants. Neighbors or brothers and sisters will likely bring all kinds of good 28. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic Amerindians living in northeastern South achievements and brings recognition. This evening is a good time for surrounding your- experiences your way. Humanitarian efforts can affect your life-path. element. America. self with friends and young people and for having a good time. 30. A farewell remark. 31. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a 34. Fictitious land described in the novel mosque. Erewhon by Samuel Butler. 32. A state of social isolation. Virgo (August 23-September 22) 33. Dislike intensely. Pisces (February 19-March 20) 37. A metric unit of volume equal to one 35. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and thousandth of a liter. mules and asses. Challenge gives you the opportunity to pull on many choices. It is a good Finances are a plus today. You may be able to value your own life situation. 38. Proceed without interruption. 36. A board game in which players try to idea to remove the emotions and see the situation in a technical and truthful avenue. This Someone may compliment you on your tastes or belongings. Close relation- ships take on more emotional depth, power and importance. Harmonious ties to others 40. Greek mythology. move their pieces into their opponent's is a good time to be creative and secure the positive. A period of great forethought and 41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. planning has begun. You have a lot on your mind and feel a strong need to communicate are what you yearn for; refinement and elegance are what you seek. The ideal partnership, bases. the perfect balance, the highest standards of truth and beauty-these are some of the 43. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are 39. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of and gather ideas. You may run into an ethical disagreement this afternoon that could damage your faith in a work situation unless you know clearly where you stand. Changes things that quicken your pulse. Home, family or real estate will be an interest that requires given to postmenopausal women. Guinea. in the neighborhood may get on your nerves this evening and excessive mental frustra- a lot of discipline and responsibility now. If you get serious about these things and think 44. A bloody and prolonged operation in 42. No longer having or seeming to have or tions like this can make it difficult to relax. This evening would be a good time to drive to a long-term, you will be pleased with the outcome; otherwise, you could find yourself in a which American marines landed and defeat- expecting to have life. nearby park or mall with a loved one. Listen to music. tight situation. Take care to avoid quick decisions. ed Japanese defenders (February and March 46. The branch of computer science that deal 1945). with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively. 45. A white soft metallic element that tarnish- Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution es readily. 48. The syllable naming the fourth (subdomi- nant) note of the diatonic scale in solmiza- 47. The square of a body of any size of type. tion. 51. Low stingless nettle of Central and South 49. An associate degree in nursing. America having velvety brownish-green 50. An esoteric or occult matter that is tradi- toothed leaves and clusters of small green tionally secret. flowers. 52. The elementary stages of any subject 54. A genus of tropical American plants have (usually plural). sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound 53. A member of a North American Indian fruits composed of the fruits of several flow- people living around the mouth of the ers (such as pineapples). Colorado river. 55. Jordan's port. 57. Being nine more than ninety. 56. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir. 58. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the 59. The basic unit of money in Thailand. alkali metal group. 61. (law) A comprehensive term for any pro- 60. A particular environment or walk of life. 62. A monarchy in northwestern Europe ceeding in a court of law whereby an individ- occupying most of the British Isles. ual seeks a legal remedy. 63. The capital and largest city of Yemen. 64. A metric unit of length equal to one ten 65. Horny plate covering and protecting part billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron). of the dorsal surface of the digits. 69. A high-crowned black cap (usually made 66. Port city in northwestern Belgium and of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey industrial center. and Iran and the Caucasus. 67. A conveyance that transports passengers 73. The cry made by sheep. or freight in carriers suspended from cables 74. An event that repeats. and supported by a series of towers. 77. The basic unit of money in Nigeria. 68. Flat tableland with steep edges. 78. A container. 70. Type genus of the Pipidae. 79. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates. 71. An Arabic speaking person who lives in 81. A close friend who accompanies his bud- Arabia or North Africa. dies in their activities. 72. Not agitated. 75. The month following March and preced- 82. Late time of life. ing May. 83. A great raja. 76. Brief episode in which the brain gets 84. A defensive missile designed to shoot insufficient blood supply. down incoming intercontinental ballistic mis- 80. A person who announces and plays popu- siles. lar recorded music.

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GOSSIP Downey Jr enelope Cruz is Esquire’s “sexiest woman alive.” Cruz is the 11th woman says superhero films are ‘a little bit old’ Pto be given the title by the magazine. Previous honorees include Angelina Jolie, obert Downey Jr thinks superhero films are Halle Berry, Rihanna, Charlize Theron and getting “a bit old”. The 49-year-old ‘Iron Man’ Scarlett Johansson. The “Vicky Cristina actor has described the superhero genre as Barcelona” and “Vanilla Sky” actress tells R “fraying around the edges” because they are over- Esquire that she had “an attraction to drama” exposed in the cinema during the summer. Talking in her teens and 20s but “could not be less to The Sunday Telegraph’s Seven magazine, he interested now.” Cruz is keeping quiet about explained: “Honestly, the whole thing is just show- her personal life. She declined to comment ing the beginning signs of fraying around the to the magazine about her actor-husband, edges. It’s a little bit old. Last summer there were Javier Bardem, as well as their two children. five or seven different ones out. I feel that they are She says, “That is for us.” The actress will next

Esquire names Esquire critiqued by a different metric to any other movie. be seen in the Spanish-language film “Ma “It’s like a bunch of really good dancers and you’re Ma” and in “Grimsby” with Sacha Baron looking for the one who keeps changing her leg

‘sexiest woman alive’ woman ‘sexiest Cohen. The November issue of Esquire will be warmers. They make a lot of money.” Despite his on newsstands Oct 21. claims that the genre is “old”, Robert - who first starred as the superhero Iron Man in 2008 - admit- Penelope Cruz Penelope ted that he felt “bombed” when he discovered that the film studios didn’t intend to make a fourth ‘Iron Man’ film. When asked if a sequel was in the works, Robert shared: “Not that I’m aware of. ‘Avengers’ was another opportunity but they’re not talking about ‘Iron Man 4’. “I was kind of bombed out the tell you the truth, but maybe they’ve got bigger fish to fry and I trust their overall vision. The funny thing about these genre movies is you’d think they were national secrets.” Thompson to write third Bridget Jones mma Thompson is writing ‘Bridget Jones’ Baby’. The ‘Saving Mr Banks’ star has been called in to re-write the Escreenplay following complaints from the movies’ stars, who revealed they were unhappy with the planned script for the movie adaptation of Helen Fielding’s latest novel, ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy’. Emma, 55, is thought to have begun improving Helen’s script - who had penned the first draft with ‘One Day’ author David Nicholls. A source told The Sun newspaper: “Trying to get a third film into production has been a nightmare.”The cast didn’t like the script and barely sleeps barely they’ve now got Emma involved in the hope she can add her British charm.” The star-studded cast - which is thought to include Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth - have faith in the ames Franco only sleeps for four hours a stick to a regular routine is when he is making a Brit-born actress after she wrote and starred in the children’s night. The 36-year-old actor - who also directs movie. He explained: “The only time I really get to James Franco film ‘Nanny McPhee’ alongside Colin Firth in 2005 and won an Jmovies, is an artist and writer and is studying sleep normally is when I’m shooting a film and I’m Oscar for her adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel ‘Sense and for a PhD - admits his busy schedule leaves him not able to do anything but work on that until we Sensibility’ in 1995. She is also close friends with Richard with little time to relax and he finds himself fre- wrap.” James can understand why his many artis- Curtis - who penned the first two well-loved installments, quently napping when he stops working for just a tic endeavors are viewed as “strange” but he which followed the life of the struggling singleton. few minutes. He said: “Normally I never get the insists he isn’t afraid to laugh at himself. He told chance to sleep more than four or five hours a Loaded magazine: “I have a sense of humor about night. “I can keep that pace up for three or four how people perceive what I’m doing as strange. I weeks and then maybe I need to take a few days love being able to mock myself. I’m willing to be to relax and sleep longer. “If I ever stop doing judged on the basis of my work in whatever field something for a few minutes, you’ll usually find that happens to be. That’s what comes with being me dozing off for a half-hour or so.” The ‘Spring an artist in any medium.” Breakers’ star admits the only time he is able to

Ugly Betty could become Hollywood film

gly Betty’ could soon be turned into a Hollywood movie. The comedy-drama show, which ran from 2006 to 2010, ‘Uhas developed a cult following and the cast of the show are apparently badgering its writer, Silvio Horta, to pen a film script. Ana Ortiz, who played Betty’s sister Hilda Suarez, told The Sun newspaper: “I would love to say that there is a movie in the works. “I just saw Vanessa (who played Wilhelmina) and we were deter- mined, fingers crossed. “I think Hilda would be still married and maybe they own their own salon, maybe Betty is running her own magazine.” The 43-year-old also said she would love to see award- winning singer-songwriter Bette Midler, 68, make a cameo appear- ance in the film. She explained: “It is a New York show so there would have to be New York celebrities. We always wanted to get Bette Midler.” Ortiz said the cast would also enjoy the opportunity to be able to sing. She added: “What about an Ugly Betty musical on Broadway? We all like to sing. Some sing better than others.

“Obviously Vanessa Williams is an amazing singer. But we all fancy Simon Cowell ourselves as singing nerds.” And despite the show ending four years father a hands-on’ ‘not is Grohl ago, Ortiz says fans from all over the world still remember her for her part in the program. She explained: “Going abroad is when I get the most Ugly Betty love, they are so crazy. They shout ‘Hilda!’” he 55-year-old music mogul and girlfriend Lauren Silverman welcomed baby Eric into the world explores musical history in February and though the ‘X Factor’ star adores his little boy, he is grateful to be able to afford Tnannies to help raise the youngster. He said: ‘I’m probably in a far better position to be a father ave Grohl explored the “regional relevance of music” now than I would have been ten years ago. “That’s the way I’d look at it. And at the end of the day we while recording Foo Fighters’ new album. The have really great nannies that are amazing so I don’t have to “I’m going to be honest - I’m not exactly a D‘Monkey Wrench’ rockers have travelled to various hands-on dad.” However, Simon admitted he will be a much more active father when Eric is older - cities in the US to record tracks for their new album ‘Sonic and hopes the youngster will grow up to be a ladies’ man. He added in an interview with Britain’s HEL- Highways’ - with the process captured in an accompanying LO! magazine: “I want to fast forward a few years so I can take him go-karting and then introduce him TV series with the same name - and the 45-year-old singer to women. “There are a few years to go yet.” Despite being settled with Lauren and Eric, Simon thinks tried to explore the musical history of each area in the he is now the “world’s most eligible bachelor” now George Clooney has married lawyer Amal process. He said: “Basically, the process is we come to a city Alamuddin, and it isn’t a title he plans to give up. He said: “I’m the only iconic bachelor left in the and we spend a week and we start recording an instru- entire world - thanks for that George Clooney. “I think it’s a title I’ll keep for a while longer if I’m hon- mental, because I interview all of these different musicians est. I’ve never said no to marriage but then again I couldn’t imagine having a kid at one point and from that city. “I talk about the regional relevance of the now look at me.” Simon admits Eric wasn’t planned, but thinks being a father is the “best thing” to music from that city, the cultural influence, that ‘made-for- happen to him. He added: “I guess I was always nervous I may not end up getting on particularly well the-sound’ of the music. “There’s no way that you can tell with the person I was going to have a kid with and I didn’t want to make the wrong decision. “The the history of a city’s music in one hour, so we have to do it fact is, our baby wasn’t planned was actually the best thing for us to have done and we’re very happy in a way that relates to the band and goes from point A to now.”—Bang Showbiz point B and becomes a song.” Dave thought travelling to record the album would make things more interesting than just being based in one recording studio. In an extended trailer for the ‘Sonic Highways’ TV series, he said: “I thought rather than just go into a studio and make another record, we could go all over the country and make a record where each song was recorded in a different stu- dio.” A number of guests appear on the show to talk about stayed sober for career their hometowns and occasionally jam with the rockers, Swift and the trailer showed these include Willie Nelson, Public Enemy’s Chuck D, Dolly Parton, Queens of the Stone Age rocker Josh Homme - who Dave plays with in supergroup aylor Swift stayed sober to avoid “going off the rails” like other pop Them Crooked Vultures - Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, stars. The 23-year-old singer has revealed that she didn’t partake in Kiss’ Paul Stanley, the Black Keys star Dan Auerbach, underage drinking because she worried about the rumors that might T Pharrell Williams and Mike D of the Beastie Boys. Each spread if she was spotted out partying, but is adamant that she didn’t miss episode of the eight-part series features a new city and out on anything. She said: “[I was] completely sober until I was 21! Because I song, and ends with a performance of the track. Dave’s knew other people can make partying look cute and edgy but, if I did, peo- bandmate Pat Smear says they chose to visit Seattle, Los ple were going to twist it into this tragic, ‘America’s-sweetheart-goes-off- Angeles, Chicago, Washington, DC, New York, Nashville, the-rails-and-loses-her-mind’ thing. So I just made sure that could never be Austin and New Orleans because they all had significance written about me, and I don’t feel like I missed out.” The ‘Shake It Off’ hitmak- to the band. He said: “Mostly we wanted to pick cities that er thinks being “firm” and not agreeing to everything is an essential trait in meant something to us.” anyone’s life. She added to Britain’s Vogue magazine: “Being firm and having the ability to say no, and not feel guilty about it afterwards, is really impor- tant in any aspect of your life. Even if it’s when your 16 years old and every- one at the party is wasted and you don’t really feel comfortable about it.” lifestyle TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014

Music & Movies Audiences following best characters to TV, says top film director troubled detective hunting a serial affair with big-budget “destruction” and killer in rural Louisiana, a chemistry “spectacle” movies meant there was Ateacher with inoperable lung cancer inevitably less space for more character-dri- reinvented as a drugs kingpin, a woman ven films. “(It’s all) ‘I’ve just trashed Chicago, doing jail time for aiding and abetting her we’ve got to get to Toronto and destroy drug mule ex-girlfriend. Hollywood’s David that too’. They’re a much more hyper expe- Fincher says all the most interesting charac- rience.” ters have gone to television-and audiences The fact that “Gone Girl” got made for have followed them. Fincher, who directed around $50 million proved it “doesn’t the first two episodes of online streaming always have to be about people in span- giant Netflix’s “House of Cards”, insists he dex”, he said. But he added that for most hasn’t given up on movies. writers and directors television was the His latest film-the mystery thriller “Gone place that offered the most creative free- Girl”-has just topped the US box office on dom. “For the most part television is the its debut weekend with estimated takings place where you can take a character... and of $38 million. But the film-maker, who really look at what makes them tick. “The directed Brad Pitt in “Seven” and “Fight trade off is that you’re not spending $20 Club”, believes the huge critical and com- million an hour, you’re spending $5 million an hour so if you can work in a more inti- mate way, television has a lot (to offer).”

‘Golden age of television’ Actors too had changed their attitude to television, he said. “There’s a blurring of the lines, whereas 10 years ago It was very much actors going ‘I do movies, I don’t want to do TV’. “There was kind of this idea ‘I can’t be bothered’ and now I think people are going where the stories are.” Fincher is the latest in a string of movie professionals Anglo-Italian Director Christian De Vita, French Producer Corinne Kouper and British composer Stephen Warbeck pose for pictures after the to highlight the migration of talent from World Premiere of their film ‘Yellowbird’ at the BFI London Film Festival in central London.—AFP Hollywood to television. At the 2013 A January 9, 2012 file photo shows US Cannes film festival, “Behind the director David Fincher poses as he Candelabra” screenwriter Richard arrives at the Italian premiere of the film LaGravenese said television now allowed ‘the girl with the dragoon tattoo’ direct- greater scope for subtlety. Rare French-made animation ed by David Fincher in Rome.—AFP “TV is where a writer can write his novel. You can have episodes that are purely char- mercial success of television series such as acter-driven (...) that are just about nuance “True Detective”, “Breaking Bad” and and about shades of the human condition film showcases home talent “Orange is the New Black” holds important that you can’t do in film any more,” he said. lessons for Hollywood. As well as his directing role, Fincher also rare feature-length animation film pro- say, as studios often work with artists and young Weapon), Elliot Gould (Ocean’s Eleven), Christine “They call it the golden age of television. served as an executive producer on “House duced entirely in France, “Yellowbird” pre- people, coming out of French schools,” Kouper Baranski (The Good Wife), Dakota Fanning (Man Right now people are discovering televi- of Cards”, the Netflix remake of the 1990 Amiered on Sunday at the London Film said. on Fire) and Seth Green (Family Guy). French ani- sion because it’s where all the most inter- British political thriller. He said he had been Festival, a heartwarming tale of an orphaned Before leading the “Yellowbird” team in stu- mator and director Benjamin Renner, co-director esting characters have gone,” he told attracted to the drama, in which Kevin bird leading a migration across the world. The dios in Paris and Bourg-les-Valence in south east- of Oscar-nominated “Ernest & Celestine” (2012), reporters in Paris. “Those are the characters Spacey stars with Robin Wright as the story was inspired by airlines which flew thou- ern France, director Christian De Vita worked as a created the character designs for the film. The that get to say that they’re about some- scheming Frank Underwood, because it sands of swallows across the Mediterranean in story artist on Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” music is the work of British composer Stephen thing and then behave in a way that maybe was so “deliciously evil”. 1974 after the birds began dying en masse and Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie”. “The quality Warbeck, who won an Oscar for his soundtrack refutes that. You don’t get to do that in And he predicted that Netflix, which before they could migrate due to an early winter. of the image and the artistry involved from the to “Shakespeare in Love” (1998). movies,” he said. “Breaking Bad”, starring also made “Orange is the New Black”, would The main character, Yellowbird, is an orphaned whole team in France is of a very high standard,” Kouper, the producer, hopes that the feature- actor Bryan Cranston as the teacher- prove to be a boon for onscreen drama. chick who is forced to lead a migration to Africa De Vita said. length film will convince more investors to sup- turned-master criminal Walter White, won “They (Netflix) are the film-maker’s friend. I after he is left as the only bird who knows the “Working with the animators and the anima- port such ventures in the future, and feels that this year’s best drama at the Emmy Awards, was enormously impressed with the way route. tion director and all the team in Paris was a won- the Yellowbird story has a universal theme. “It’s a television’s equivalent of the Oscars. that they put the content first. “It’s going to Producer Corinne Kouper of TeamTO studios, derful experience, and I think the result is amaz- nice life lesson, the story of what a character can Comedy-drama “Orange is the New be one or two on their list of priorities as which is also behind the children’s TV series ing.” In terms of budget, “Yellowbird” is a feather- accomplish - so small at the beginning of the Black”, set in a women’s prison, has also opposed to ‘can we market it? Will young “Babar and the Adventures of Badou”, said the weight, made for 10 million euros ($12.6 million) film, but who goes on to achieve much through earned plaudits, while “True Detective” fea- boys like it? Can we make a happy meal out animation shows the strength of talent outside compared to the $150 million budget of last- his adventures and become an adult,” Kouper turing Matthew McConaughey and Woody of it?’ We don’t need to fear Netflix,” he of Hollywood. “I think that in France we have the year’s hit Disney animation “Frozen”. said.—AFP Harrelson has been similarly hailed for its said.—AFP capacity to produce high quality films. American Nevertheless in English, the film is voiced by a mastery. Fincher said Hollywood’s love studios often come and steal from us, you might strong cast including Danny Glover (Lethal Answering the ‘Birdman’ signal, Keaton soars again

hen Michael Keaton met Barack want and keep your eye on the ball. You start Obama shortly before Obama would to create it or something.” Wbecome president, the then-senator His hair trim and gray, Keaton is intense in had a question for the actor. “Why don’t you person and initially standoffish. He doesn’t make more movies?” It’s a quandary that has look up from his phone entering a Manhattan long bedeviled moviegoers just as it has, so it hotel room. At the mention that many have seems, heads of state. Why did the roundly overdone comparisons of him to his “Birdman” beloved Keaton - a manic comic actor, an character, he grows tense: “If I were you, I’d intense live wire, a real-deal movie star take a higher road,” he says. Keaton has in become such an infrequent presence on the many ways spent his career avoiding the type- big screen? Even at the height of Keaton’s star- cast fate of Riggan. The Pittsburgh-native, dom in the 1980s and ‘90s, he was famously Catholic-raised, youngest of seven began as picky, usually doing a movie a year and turn- stand-up. After his breakthrough in 1982’s ing down about as many hits (“Splash,” “JFK,” “Night Shift,” he deliberately sought to avoid among them) as he said yes to. But after a what he calls “glib young man” roles. When handful of flops in the late ‘90s and early development on a third “Batman” film sought 2000s, Keaton all but disappeared from to lighten Tim Burton’s universe, he bailed. movies. “I did turn a lot of things down. But a lot of Having a life the things I turned down, you would have “He’s a very self-assured guy. He doesn’t turned down,” said Keaton in a recent inter- need to be validated,” says Inarritu (“Amores view. “It was because I was bored. I was bored Perros,” “Babel”). “In order to play a role like this with what I would do. Maybe it just didn’t and be naked - spiritually, intellectually, physi- interest me for a while, I don’t know.” But cally - you have to have a lot of self-assurance.” Keaton’s revival, begun with a handful of sup- Keaton, who has a 31-year-old son from his porting roles, reaches a blistering, wildly meta marriage to Caroline McWilliams, spends File photo shows Iggy Azalea performs at the Vevo crescendo in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s much of his time on his ranch in Montana, Certified SuperFanFest Live Concert at the Barker “Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of fishing and hunting. Hangar, in Santa Monica, Calif.—AP Ignorance.” In it, Keaton stars as a washed-up, “People can say ‘Oh, he hasn’t been around middle-aged actor, Riggan Thomson, trying to because nobody’s called,’” says Inarritu. “No, it’s mount a serious play on Broadway based on a because he has a life. He has a ranch, he has a Iggy Azalea leads Raymond Carver story when all his fans want family.” Keaton gave Inarritu (whom Keaton is for him to make a fourth “Birdman” film - a calls “the mad Mexican”) the kind of superhero identity that haunts him. “Beetlejuice”-level commitment he’s known American Music The reference to Keaton’s “Batman” days is for. Keaton didn’t even question shooting a unmistakable, but “Birdman” - shot in long, scene in which Riggan gets locked out of the Award nominations flowing takes that capture the chaotic swirl of theater during opening night, forcing him to backstage life and a theater full of people stomp through Times Square in his tighty- ustralian rapper Iggy Azalea scored the most American striving for their own sense of self-importance whities. The actor says his only thought was “‘I Music Award nominations with six nods, including the - only plays a little with Keaton’s own persona. wonder what type of underwear I’ll wear.’” Acoveted artist of the year and favorite single and hip It’s a gonzo portrait of an actor’s out-of-con- Keaton pegs Adam McKay’s white-collar hop album, according to an announcement yesterday. Singers trol psychoses that appears certain to land the crime comedy “The Other Guys” (2010) as the John Legend and Pharrell Williams and pop star Katy Perry 63-year-old’s first Oscar nomination. Keaton’s start to his return, calling it “the first jab” that were not far behind with five nominations, followed by New Zealand’s Lorde with four. comeback is the result, he says, of sharping his proved he “could still hit.” He’s also played a English pop star Charli XCX and singer Jason Derulo focus. “I turned the dial up,” says Keaton. “I Steve Jobs-like CEO in “RoboCop” and announced the nominations in five categories on the ABC ear- don’t know if I got re-interested or I settled a appeared in the HBO comedy “Clear History.” ly news show “Good Morning America.” Charli XCX will also lot of other things in my life. I really don’t Next, he’ll star in Tom McCarthy’s Catholic perform at the three-hour awards ceremony for the first time. know. I just thought: ‘I’m going to dial the scandal drama “Spotlight.”—AP Edward Norton, from left, Naomi Watts and Michael Keaton arrive at the closing The Nov 23 show will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre scope in a little more,’ like on a rifle. ... It’s night gala presentation of ‘Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance’ dur- in Los Angeles. The American Music Awards nominees and amazing when you focus on the things you ing the 52nd annual New York Film Festival at the Alice Tully Hall on Saturday in winners are chosen by the public, who vote online and via New York.—AP Twitter. Azalea will vie with Perry, Williams, Lorde, Legend and Beyonce for artist of the year, a category that has been increased from five to 10 nominees this year. Country singer Luke Bryan, rapper Eminem, alternative rock group Imagine Chris Brown leads Dragons and British boy band One Direction also received nods in the category. nominees for Soul The 10 artist of the year nominees will be whittled down to five based on fan votes received through Nov 13, with the File photo shows singer winner selected from the total number of ballots submitted Train Awards Chris Brown poses for a during the voting period. Azalea’s “Fancy,” featuring Charli portrait in Los Angeles. XCX, is up for single of the year, a category whose nominees hris Brown is the top nominee for the Soul Train have increased from three to five this year, along with —AP Awards. The R&B singer racked up seven nomina- Legend’s “All of Me”; Perry’s “Dark Horse,” featuring Juicy J; Ctions, including best R&B/soul male artist and song Williams’ “Happy”; and “Rude” by the group Magic. of the year for “Loyal.” Beyonce earned six nominations and Perry is also pitted against Azalea and Lorde for favorite Pharrell Williams followed with five. Williams and Beyonce female artist in pop/rock, while Legend will battle Williams will be competing against each other for album of the year, and English singer Sam Smith for favorite male artist in the along with John Legend, Drake, Janelle Monae and Michael same category. Azalea and Smith were also nominated for Jackson. Hosted by Wendy Williams, the Soul Train Awards new artist of the year with Australian pop rock group 5 will be presented on Nov 7 in Las Vegas. The awards will air Seconds of Summer, British electro-pop band Bastille and on Nov 30 on Centric and BET.—AP singer Meghan Trainor.—Reuters lifestyle TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 FEATURES ComicThe 2014 New York Con

A Comic Con attendee poses as Wolverine.

A Comic Con attendee poses as Harley Quinn. Comic Con attendees poses during the event.

Comic Con attendee Charles Canedo poses as Rocket during the 2014 New York Comic Con at Comic Con attendee Mark Comic Con attendee Dan Jacob Javitz Center on October Smith poses as Thor. Scanlon poses as Captain 12, 2014 in New York City. America from The First A Comic Con attendee poses as Beauty — AFP photos Avenger. and the Beast. Tory Burch book gives look at what inspires her

In this Oct 10, 2014 photo, designer Tory Burch, right, and actress Jessica Alba pose for a photo during This undated photo courtesy of Tory Burch titled “Lunch at Home,” is an image showcased in her new an event helping to kick off the release Burch’s first book, “Tory Burch In Color,” in Dallas. — AP photos book “Tory Burch In Color”.

This undated photo courtesy of Tory Burch titled “Forte Dei Marmi, Italy,” is an image showcased in her This undated photo provided byTory Burch titled “Summit of Machu Picchu,” is an image showcased in new book “Tory Burch In Color.” her new book “Tory Burch In Color.” ory Burch’s new book is all about color, a compilation really came together once she decided to arrange it that Burch, who marks the 10th anniversary of her company proceeds from the book benefit the Tory Burch of the influences that inspire her, from people to way. “After many months of trying to figure out the format this year, said color is something that has been on her Foundation, which the designer established to help Tmusic to art to culture to travel to home design. “It’s we printed out all the pictures and laid them on the floor mind since she was young. She recalled wanting a coral or empower women through small business loans, mentoring this eclectic mix, and that’s really what our company’s and I just started to sort it by color and it just really started orange bedroom as a young girl. While that never hap- and education. about as well, so it made perfect sense. It was really taking to take shape and come to life,” Burch said. The book pened, she did realize that dream in a way eventually, by Actress Jessica Alba, who participated in the Dallas all the references that inspire us,” Burch told The Associated includes photographs of trips Burch’s parents took and choosing to have orange doors when she opened up her event by engaging Burch in a conversation for the audi- Press while in Dallas for an event Friday to kick off the snapshots from vacations with her children, interiors of first store. She said the idea of color relates not just to fash- ence, said she the book shows “how not just one thing release of her first book. “Tory Burch In Color,” set to be homes, images of works of art and fashions from her col- ion and design but also accepting all people and living a inspires you, but it’s your home, it’s your friends, it’s where released today (Abrams), is arranged by color, with each lections. Also featured are music playlists, reading sugges- colorful life. “My parents always really instilled in us: live you travel, it’s color, it’s pottery, it’s a painting, it’s music, it’s chapter featuring photographs and anecdotes related to a tions and interviews with notable people, including Hillary each moment, be very positive. So color has many different a poem.” “It’s nice to kind of get a peek inside of Tory’s brain different hue. The New York-based designer said the book Rodham Clinton and Carolina Herrera. meanings,” said Burch, who notes that 100 percent of the and her heart really.” Alba said. — AP lifestyle TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 FEATURES Auction of ancient Egyptian relics averted he renowned Metropolitan housed at the St Louis Art Museum and prompted the archaeological institute’s ethical position concerning the curation in St Louis, we never would have pur- Museum of Art in New York pur- then at Washington University in St national office to rebuke the independ- of ancient artifacts for the public good.” sued this course,” he said. “One way or Tchased a collection of 4,000-year- Louis before it was placed in private ent St Louis chapter in a written state- Alice Stevenson, curator of the Petrie the other, we had to find a new home.” old Egyptian artifacts found a century storage two years ago. The auction ment that cited its “firmly expressed Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in Doug Boin, a history professor at Saint ago by a British explorer, averting a plan London, said a sale to a private buyer Louis University, called the Met’s pur- to auction the antiquities that had would have violated an agreement chase “a happy ending for the collec- drawn criticism from historians. between the museum’s namesake tion.” But he expressed dismay at the St The Treasure of Harageh collection explorer and the St Louis group that the Louis group’s approach, noting that consists of 37 items such as flasks, vases antiquities be distributed to public another item from the Harageh excava- and jewelry inlaid with lapis lazuli, a rare museums, accessible to both tion sold separately at auction for more mineral. Discovered by famed British researchers and the public. “Museums than $44,000. archaeologist Sir William Matthew and archaeologists are stewards of the Before the scheduled auction, the St Flinders Petrie, the relics date to roughly past,” she said. “They should not sell Louis society’s president, a Washington 1900 BC, excavated from a tomb near archaeological items in their collections University professor, resigned in protest, the city of Fayum. Portions of the exca- for profit.” and members remain dissatisfied, he vated antiquities were given in 1914 to Such auctions place other antiquities said. “We’re happy for the Treasure of donors in St Louis who helped under- at risk by “providing incentives for glob- Harageh to have been taken by a muse- write the dig. al criminal activity that can lead directly um,” he said. “But we don’t feel like The planned auction had been con- to the loss of the art they claim to value,” there’s been any resolution as to how demned by US and British historians she added. Howard Wimmer, secretary we got here.” who feared the loss of a valuable cultur- of the non-profit St Louis group, said the Diana Craig Patch, the Met curator al resource to the private marketplace. society reluctantly decided to sell the who intervened at the last minute to British auction house Bonhams with- collection when it became too expen- help broker the purchase, said the col- drew the treasure Thursday, the sive to pay an estimated $2,000 in annu- lection will complement the museum’s planned day of sale, and announced the al storage costs. Society leaders were existing collection from the Harageh new deal Friday. Bonhams did not dis- also concerned about properly preserv- excavation. “If it had gone to the private close the purchase price, but it had val- ing the artifacts. market, there is a very good chance (the ued the items at $200,000. items) would be resold separately, she The collection was owned by the St A happy ending said. “Context is everything to archaeol- Louis Society of the Archaeological In this photo provided by Bonhams Auctioneers is jewelry inlaid with lapis “If there had been any way that we ogists. When pieces lose their context, Institute of America. It was initially lazuli, a rare mineral, all part of Treasure of Harageh collection. — AP could have reasonably kept these items they lost a lot of their history.” — AP

Right at Home: Quoth the raven, Tokyo ‘Happy Halloween’ Fashion Week dgar Allan Poe and Halloween are enmeshed like cobwebs on a Elamppost. In classics like “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Masque of the Red Death” and more, the master of horror fiction gave us imagery - sinister masquerade balls, mysterious catacombs, menacing city streets - that have long inspired Halloween aficionados and lovers of all things spooky. Retailers have plenty to offer for scary decorations or a Poe- inspired Halloween party:

The raven Perhaps the most iconic Poe symbol, the raven is easy to spot around Halloween. You can find large and small In this photo provided by CafePress, an Edgar Allan Poe-themed party decorative versions of black birds that would be enhanced with a few throw pillows like these from CafePress: can be placed on buffet tables, book- imagery includes the author’s portrait, printed passages from some of his shelves and front porches. Pottery Barn’s works, and vintage illustrations from books. —AP photos got metal crows for outdoor display; trees can be found at Grandin Road, faux crows for indoor use have real along with harlequin pumpkins for a feathers. masquerade vibe. CafePress has wine At Crate & Barrel, there are plates and charms printed with Poe’s image or napkins with an all-over raven graphic, words, as well as serving trays, beer as well as string lights and carved wood- steins and glasses. There are pillows, en ravens. A black feather wreath ornaments or tiles with his portrait, or makes a dramatic statement on a man- vintage illustrations from the books. tel. Or run a black boa down the length Wicked’s Raging & Lull soy candle of a serving table. You’ll find both in comes in an elegant, matte-black glass many Halloween dÈcor stores, but you pot etched with a crow, and is scented can make your own, too. HGTV.com has with cinnamon, clove and vanilla. instructions for creating a wreath using a straw form, and a black feather trim and boa from a crafts supply store. Models display creations by Japanese Raven masks will turn even a non-cos- designer Toshikazu Iwaya during the tume dinner party into something This photo provided by Crate and Dresscamp 2015 Spring/Summer collec- intriguingly chic. Find versions both Barrel shows cupcake papers print- tion at Tokyo Fashion Week in Tokyo yes- simple and elaborate crafted of paper, ed with ravens that combine the terday. Tokyo Fashion Week runs till leather, lace or felt on Etsy.com. sweet with the spooky for an Edgar October 18. — AFP photos Allan Poe themed Halloween fete. Style with a story printed with a poem or paragraph that Poe-themed decor also might you’ve written out or typed, using either include a touch of the literary: a long an old typewriter or a vintage font from white glove with ink stains on it, vintage a computer. The same technique can be books stacked haphazardly, a tattered used to create invitations and menus. tablecloth. If you don’t have copies of Poe’s books, piles of black-covered vol- Gothic glamour umes will set the tone. (In a pinch, cover Ebony taffeta or silk, tarnished met- This photo provided by CafePress any books with black paper.) White als, candlesticks and black wrought iron shows a throw pillow with Edgar feather “quill pens” can be arranged in bring the Victorian gloom to life, so to Allen Poe’s portrait on it. little spice jars decorated with ink labels. speak. Midwest Living magazine has Buy a porcelain marker and write a ideas for a Poe-themed dinner party, line or two from your favorite Poe piece including using pages from a Poe book on some inexpensive white plates or as placemats, having each guest read a serving trays. Or use metallic permanent selected passage, and providing little markers to add a phrase to cotton or chocolate (“Tell-Tale”) hearts as favors. linen napkins. Black LED tapers and black cande- Singe the edges of parchment paper labras are at Pier 1 Imports. And creepy Darwin note, early Apple computer being auctioned letter by Charles Darwin on the sex life of barna- facts of science and technology, which has become a cles and a still-working vintage Apple computer - growing area of interest among tech-savvy buyers. Aone of only 50 made in Steve Jobs’ garage in 1976 “I think increasingly things - the stuff of our world - is - are among the unique pieces of science history up for attracting collectors who consider and value the histori- auction this month. Buyers at the Oct 22 event at cal and cultural context of artifacts as much as their Bonhams will need deep pockets. The Steve Wozniak- material value,” added Sarah Lichtman, director of The designed Apple 1 computer is estimated to bring New School’s master’s degree program in the history of $300,000 to $500,000. One sold at auction last year for decorative arts and design. Darwin’s 1857 letter to a col- $671,000. league about barnacles is “classic Darwin” and “definitely For something really exotic, potential buyers can fork amusing,” said David Kohn, director and general editor of over an estimated $150,000 to $250,000 for a Manhattan the Darwin Manuscripts Project at the American Project viewing window that shielded scientists on the Museum of Natural History. “It’s Darwin’s passion for the secret World War II bomb project from radiation. The meaning of sex,” Kohn said. clear yellow glass, measuring approximately 3 feet by 4 In the letter, estimated to bring $20,000 to $30,000, feet and weighing 1,500 pounds, contains 70 percent Darwin says he wants to learn more about the sex act of lead oxide. “It’s the first time a full window from the barnacles, such things as “were the specimens under Manhattan Project has come on the market,” said water at times” and “if the recipient was in full vigor?” Cassandra Hatton, Bonhams’ specialist on the history of The letter’s historical significance, Kohn said, “is that science. The auction also has a wide range of globes and Darwin’s still pursuing this evolutionary theme of repro- other technological instruments. They include the earli- duction. ... Darwin is observing, fishing and finding the est electric keyboard, a rare 1905 Helmholtz sound syn- exact significance of it.” Kohn said there’s a big market thesizer with a pre-sale estimate of $20,000 to $30,000. for Darwin letters. Added Lichtman: “All I can say about Hatton says this is Bonhams’ first sale in New York of arti- that is: Sex sells.” — AP Esquire names Penelope Cruz ‘sexiest woman alive’

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Taiwanese children pose for a photo with pumpkin decorations during a promotional event for tourism to Hong Kong in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday. — AP Ask a Designer: Outdoor decorating for fall

omes in the northern US are treated to a low- and orange-toned plants, and a variety of table settings or outside in multiples by the door is measure of effortless outdoor decorating pumpkins.” Kleinhelter suggests using “rustic ele- an easy arrangement.” You can decorate with Hfor fall: Nature does most of the work by ments to complement this time of year,” such as gourds and pumpkins without adding “that crazy turning the trees a vivid palette of reds, oranges birch logs, twigs and vines. They can be left in pumpkin orange” to your home’s exterior, and golds. Add a pumpkin or two on the their natural colors or painted white or a soft Burnham says. Instead, pick other shades of orange doorstep and the look is complete. shade of gold. She also likes decorating with “the and yellow that feel seasonal but aren’t quite so In the rest of the country, it takes a bit more fiery fall foliage of gingko and sugar maple trees,” bright. “Orange and yellow are the two colors most creativity to add the season’s colors and textures which can be potted and clustered together in associated with fall style,” Flynn says. But “to get to the exterior of a home. Southern California simple arrangements around a front door or in these tones right, you’ve got to stick with those designer Betsy Burnham says poorly done fall an outdoor entertaining area. “They make such a that have just the right amount of brown in them. decorating can look out of place in warmer cli- beautiful impact, really popping with color,” Otherwise the intended look will end up being mates. And as Halloween decorating has become Kleinhelter says. somewhat childish or even summery. Stick with increasingly popular, many homeowners aiming mustard tones rather than canary yellow, and as far for a festive fall look go overboard with big deco- Entertain outdoors as orange goes, it’s best to use burnt pumpkin rations and harsh shades of orange. “If you’ve got space, an outdoor fireplace will tones rather than red oranges or yellow oranges.” But with a light touch and some strategic allow you to host guests and also take in the You can also mix in neutral shades of tan and soft choices, homes anywhere can be made more amazing foliage,” says Flynn. “I have an outdoor brown. “And I always like to throw my own spin on attractive through the beauty of the season. fireplace in my own mountain house, and I deck it all,” Flynn says, “by incorporating black.” “I don’t it out in fall tones each year and just escape out- side all day long.” Outdoor cushions in summery In this undated photo provided by Brian Patrick Flynn/Hayneedle, to take advantage of the gor- colors can be replaced with warmer, autumnal geous autumn weather at his mountain house, the designer Flynn added a modern fireplace. shades. And Burnham suggests using clusters of scented candles outside in cinnamon, clove or other seasonal fragrances. Depending on your climate, Flynn even suggests hosting Heaviest Pumpkin: Thanksgiving dinner outside. Space heaters and a roaring fire can keep guests warm in most parts of the country, even on a November evening. Ben Meier breaks Guinness And candlelight on the table adds to the drama. “If you’ve got an outdoor spot that’s covered and World Records’ record has a great view,” Flynn asks, “why not take the biggest dinner of the year outdoors?” Swiss gardener has grown the Klaistow, Germany, until it is “slaughtered” world’s heaviest pumpkin - and it on November 2. “We will probably make a Choose the right shades Aweighs almost as much as a small car. good soup out of the pumpkin,” added All three designers are fans of white gourds and Beni Meier, 30, had to use a special vehicle Ziehl, who said that its seeds would be in white pumpkins. “We use them every year one way to transport the fruit, which tipped the high demand and probably auctioned off. or another,” Kleinhelter says. “Grouping them on scales at 2,096.6 lbs, NBC News reported. An The Swiss pumpkin, an Atlantic Giant vari- official from the Great Pumpkin ety, was actually smaller than a pumpkin he Commonwealth association was at the managed to grow last year which weighed weighing, which broke a Guinness World in at the magic 1,054 kilos, so over a ton, Records’ world record previously held by but it was dismissed by officials because it California couple Tim and Susan Mathison. had a hole in it and therefore wasn’t perfect. The pumpkin will remain on display in — www.worldrecordacademy.com

In this undated photo provided by Brian In this undated photo provided by Brian Patrick Flynn/Hayneedle, for a touch of fall Patrick Flynn/Hayneedle, when entertain- color, the interior designer Flynn suggests ing in the Fall, the designer Flynn likes to sticking with shades of orange and yellow keep things casual by dining outdoors not that have brown undertones rather than only to look at the beautiful fall foliage, but tangerine or lemon tones which can appear also to take advantage of the brisk weather. more summery. —AP photos think you need to go buy a new ‘themed’ look for a Here, Burnham and two other designers -Brian season,” Kleinhelter says. “Take something you Patrick Flynn of the Flynnside Out design blog already have and rethink it, like the natural ele- and Lee Kleinhelter, owner of the Pieces design ments in your yard, and come up with a creative store in Atlanta - offer advice on doing outdoor yet simple way to use them.” White lights you fall decorating right. bought for Christmas decorating can be just the thing to make fall outdoor decorating look special. Avoid cliches “We have jumbo vine balls we are going to wrap in If you’ve been hanging up the same fall lights and scatter in the yard,” Kleinhelter says, in “a wreath on your front door for several years now, ‘pop art’ kind of way.” Burnham agrees: “You can Burnham suggests a fresh approach. “It doesn’t never go wrong with white lights,” she says. “You have to be a wreath,” she says. “It can be wheat In this undated photo provided by Brian can do a lot with just framing your door with really sheaths. It can be pussy willows. Just something Patrick Flynn/Hayneedle, for a touch of fall beautiful white lights,” perhaps woven through that seems autumnal.” twigs or vines. The look is glamorous, and also color, the interior designer Flynn suggests Swiss grower Beni Meier, left, cheers after the announcement of the weight of his Flynn agrees: “I usually stay away from corn practical: If you’ve lined your front door with white sticking with shades of orange and yellow pumpkin at the European Championships in pumpkin weighing in Ludwigsburg, husks as door decor,” he says, “and I also skip lights woven through twigs in the fall, simply add that have brown undertones rather than Germany, Sunday. The pumpkin weighs 1054 kilograms (2323,7 pounds) and breaks things that have been done a million times, like some pine or holly branches to the mix when it’s tangerine or lemon tones which can appear a new world record according to the organizers. — AP scarecrows. Instead, I like to simply play with yel- more summery. time to decorate in December. — AP