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WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 RAJAB 8, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net MEW, MPW Both sides ‘Qualitative’ Clippers, launch bury dead as shift in Saudi Wizards win solar panel Ukraine slides economic in conference project 2 towards7 war development21 semis17 IMF calls on Kuwait to Max 41º Min 23º contain wages, subsidies High Tide 06:20 & 16:27 Gulf fiscal surpluses to shrink as oil prices weaken Low Tide 11:12 & 23:57 40 PAGES NO: 16158 150 FILS KUWAIT: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yester- day called on OPEC member Kuwait to contain a rapid Saudis bust rise in public wages and subsidies to safeguard the economy against oil price shocks. “The fiscal position is strong. However, a sustained drop in oil prices could Qaeda cell deplete fiscal surpluses and adversely affect long-term fiscal sustainability,” said a statement released by an IMF RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has detained 62 suspected Al- mission after a three-day visit to the state. “Measures to Qaeda militants with links to radicals in Syria and contain current expenditures, particularly wages and Yemen who were plotting attacks on government subsidies, and continued heavy dependence on oil rev- and foreign targets in the kingdom, its Interior enues are required to mitigate risks to the economy Ministry said yesterday. The world’s No. 1 oil exporter from downward oil price shocks,” it said. is increasingly concerned that Syria’s civil war is radi- The IMF said general subsidies, particularly on elec- calizing more of its own citizens and has announced tricity and fuel, constitute a massive 7.0 percent of gross tough new measures to counter militancy. The 62 domestic product and as high as a quarter of spending, represent the largest group of people said by author- which was around $70 billion last fiscal year. It said ities to have been detained on suspicion of Islamist Kuwait’s current economic outlook is positive and non- militancy for at least two years in the conservative oil GDP growth is forecast to accelerate from 2.7 percent Islamic kingdom, which has imprisoned thousands in 2013 to 3.9 percent this year, backed by government over the past decade in its battle against Al-Qaeda. investment in infrastructure and large oil projects. Some 35 of the detainees had previously been “However, protracted political uncertainty could affect held by the Saudi authorities on security charges overall business confidence and the investment climate, before being released, Maj Gen Mansour Turki, the and result in lower non-oil growth than projected,” the Interior Ministry’s security spokesman, told a tele- IMF warned. vised news conference. “They swore allegiance to Public spending rose from $24.4 billion to $68.2 bil- their warlord and started in constructing compo- lion from 2005 to 2013, during which government nents of the organisation, means of support and wages rose from $6.7 billion to $17 billion, according to planning for terrorist operations targeting govern- official figures. In the same period, oil income, which ment installations and foreign interests and the makes up around 95 percent of public revenues, rose assassination of security personalities,” he said. from $45.9 billion to $106 billion. Kuwait has boasted a He said the group had links to the Al-Qaeda-affili- KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah hands the Amir’s Cup to the Kuwait SC cap- budget surplus in each of the past 14 fiscal years, help- ated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which tain Jarrah Al-Ateeqi as other players and officials including National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- ing its sovereign wealth fund to increase to over $400 is both a powerful force among rebels in Syria’s civil Ghanem celebrate at the Kuwait Club Stadium in Kaifan yesterday. Kuwait SC defeated Qadsiya SC 4-3 in a billion. Continued on Page 15 penalty shootout after the match ended 1-1. — KUNA (See Page 20) Continued on Page 15 Dashti expects no Sisi insists Brotherhood ‘finished’ more resignations Strongman uncompromising in first TV appeal By B Izzak al” grilling. He also said that the mes- sage sent by HH the Amir through CAIRO: Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi only freely elected president Mohamed KUWAIT: MP Abdulhameed Dashti Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem that an was uncompromising in his first television Morsi last July. Instead he appealed for said yesterday he expects that there “attempt to destabilize the country will Iran to target US interview since announcing his run for the support of the millions of opponents will be no more resignations from the fail and that there is no intention to Egypt’s presidency, insisting the Islamist of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood who National Assembly after five lawmak- dissolve the National Assembly” great- ships during war movement of the elected leader he oust- protested in the days running up to his ers quit their seats in protest against ly helped in stabilizing the situation. TEHRAN: Iran will target American aircraft carriers in ed was “finished”. Sisi, who is expected to ouster, insisting that it was they, and not the scrapping of a grilling against the Dashti alleged last week that millions the Arabian Gulf should a war between the two coun- trounce his sole opponent in the May 26- he, who had finished the Brotherhood as prime minister. He said in a statement of dinars were being offered for MPs to tries ever break out, the naval chief of Iran’s powerful 27 election, made no attempt in the inter- a political force. “I did not finish it, you that he believes the “resignations resign. Revolutionary Guard warned yesterday as the coun- view’s first part aired late Monday to reach Egyptians finished it,” Sisi said. door” has closed on the five MPs who But MP Khalil Abul said that “all try completes work on a large-scale mock-up of a US out to critics of his overthrow of Egypt’s Continued on Page 15 quit in the past few days, “based on options are open for him”, adding that carrier. The remarks by Adm Ali Fadavi, who heads the our assessment of the situation” and he will resign only when it serves hardline Guard’s naval forces, were a marked contrast contacts with other lawmakers who national interests and not simply to to moderate President Hassan Rouhani’s recent out- were reported to be planning to quit. target the prime minister or the reach policies toward the West - a reminder of the MPs Riyadh Al-Adasani, Abdulkarim speaker. MP Saadoun Hammad mean- competing viewpoints that exist at the highest levels Al-Kandari and Hussein Quwaiaan sub- while expected that by-elections to within the Islamic Republic. mitted their resignations last week elect replacements for the resigned Iran is building a simple replica of the aircraft carri- after the Assembly overwhelmingly MPs will be held either before the er USS Nimitz in a shipyard in the southern port of rejected a grilling they filed to ques- holy month of Ramadan or during the Bandar Abbas in order to be used in future military tion Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber month. He said he expects the exercises, an Iranian newspaper confirmed last Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. Earlier this week, Assembly to debate the resignations month. Fadavi was quoted Tuesday by the semi-offi- MPs Ali Al-Rashed and Safa Al-Hashem, of the first three MPs during the next cial Fars news agency as saying the immense size of the only female in the 50-member session on May 13 and the two other the US carriers makes them an “easy target”. He said house, also resigned in protest against resignations will be discussed later. contingency plans to target American carriers are a what they called the unconstitutional Under the law, the Assembly priority for the Guard’s naval forces. “Aircraft carriers decision of the Assembly. There were should discuss any resignations 10 are the symbol of America’s military might,” he said. media reports that at least two more days after they are officially submit- “The carriers are responsible for supplying America’s MPs were expected to resign. One of ted. The first three resignations were air power. So, it’s natural that we want to sink the car- them - MP Jamal Al-Omar - denied the submitted on May 1, while the other riers.” reports in a statement on Monday. two on May 4, and thus the latter can- The Revolutionary Guard’s naval forces are sepa- Dashti said the halt in resignations not be discussed in next session. If rate from the main Iranian navy. They are primarily is an indication that MPs have faith the Assembly accepts the resigna- based in and around the Gulf and include a number CAIRO: Egypt’s ex-army chief and leading presidential candidate Abdel Fattah and trust in the measures taken by the tions, by-elections must be held with- of missile boats and fast-attack vessels. Al-Sisi gives his first television interview on May 4, 2014 since announcing his Assembly against the “unconstitution- in 60 days. Continued on Page 15 candidacy. — AFP

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Kuwait renews crude Firebombs damage shops GIH faces suspension if contracts with Bharat near Bahrain police post misses AGM deadline KUWAIT: Kuwait has renewed crude supply contracts MANAMA: Bahraini police have confronted attackers KUWAIT: Kuwait’s financial regulator has given with India’s Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) who tried to firebomb a police post in a largely Shiite investment firm Gulf Investment House until worth up to $3.7 billion a year, the state’s official news community in the tiny Gulf island nation, authorities Sunday to hold its annual general meeting (AGM) agency KUNA said yesterday. State-owned Kuwait said yesterday. The interior ministry said the incident and approve 2013 results or face a suspension of its Petroleum Company (KPC) signed one contract with shares. The watchdog, the Capital Markets happened in the eastern village of Sitra the previous Authority (CMA), has been tightening oversight on BPCL and another with its subsidiary Bharat Oman evening. It said several shops and a market near the corporate disclosure as it attempts to promote Refineries Ltd (BORL), KUNA said. The report did not police station were damaged by people hurling investor confidence in the state’s financial sector. A specify any volumes. OPEC member Kuwait produces petrol bombs. “The terrorist attackers were dealt Reuters survey of a dozen international fund man- about 3 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil, about two with in accordance to the law and situation was agers this year found they ranked Kuwait lowest thirds of which is exported. BPCL operates a 240,000 brought back to normal,” it said in a statement. among five big Middle Eastern markets for corpo- bpd Mumbai refinery in western India and a 190,000 Bahrain is a Sunni-ruled kingdom that hosts the US rate disclosure. The CMA has asked the stock market bpd Kochi refinery in the south of the country. It also Navy’s 5th Fleet. It has faced more than three years to suspend Gulf Investment House’s (GIH) shares if it has majority stakes in the 60,000 bpd Numaligarh refin- of low-level unrest following an uprising led by its fails to meet the deadline, a Monday filing on ery in northeast India and the 120,000 bpd Bina refin- KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti lawyer and his Asian driver were Shiite majority calling for greater political rights and Kuwait’s stock exchange showed. Under Kuwaiti ery in central India. The Bina refinery is operated by injured after a gunman fired at them in Jahra yester- opportunities in 2011. Radical anti-government regulations, companies must approve their annual Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd, in which state-owned day. They were rushed to hospital with gunshot activists frequently clash with police, and some have results at an AGM within 45 days of reporting them. Oman Oil Company has a minority stake. (See Page 5) wounds in the lower parts of their bodies. used bombs against security forces. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 LOCAL Three Kuwaiti entities among Informatics Award winners Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Award

KUWAIT: Three Kuwaiti smartphone to creating a sustainable community, innovators in the information technol- applications were handed the 13th by Mohammed Saad from Syria and ogy industry, he added. Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Informatics Award Yorwa, a search engine for Arabic Organisers of the event have also out of a total eight prizes, it was proverbs and quotes, by Ali Salehi launched another two competitions, announced yesterday. from Palestine. one of which awards bloggers around Kuwait Finder by the state Civil Each of the winners will go home the Arab world. Service Commission, Al-Kitab Al-Sawti with prize money worth $15,000. Meanwhile, this year’s competition Al-Islamy (the Islamic Sound Book) by His Highness the Amir’s sponsor- has witnessed a huge influx of com- Kuwaiti Talal Marafi and Nabd by ship of the award and the support petitors for the best application cate- Kuwaiti company Waveline Media all granted by Chief of Staff of the Kuwait gory, according to member of the took best smartphone application in National Guard Sheikh Salem Al-Ali judges committee Hasan Al- an award ceremony yesterday. was hailed by board member Saleh Hammadi. The winners for best website Al-Assousi as having taken it to new The panel included a total of eight included the Saudi Ministry of Health regional and international heights. judges from Kuwait, represented by for its official website, two Egyptian He described the award as an inde- academics and experts from Kuwait websites, Fehrest by Mustafa Abdul pendent non-profit body and interna- University and the Public Authority for Raof and Nafham by Mustafa Mustafa, tional modern project that is aimed at Applied Education and Training, Egypt AbudhabiEnv.ae, which is dedicated illustrating Kuwait’s commitment to and Tunisia. — KUNA MEW, MPW launch solar panels project ‘Flying gravel’

KUWAIT: Kuwait eyes renewable energy a necessary requirement for sustainable development and exerts companies banned efforts to increase social awareness, a senior government KUWAIT: Several companies will not be streets. The incident surfaced early this official said yesterday. allowed to compete for tenders of road year and became commonly known as Minister of Electricity and Water and Public Works projects after their involvement in previ- the ‘flying gravel scandal’. Parliamentary Abdulaziz Al-Ibrahim was speaking at a press conference to ous projects turned out to be a failure. inquisitions forced minister Abdulaziz Al- announce the inauguration of a new project to introduce The companies had filed bids to com- Ibrahim to form an investigation com- roof mounted photovoltaic power systems at both min- pete for road maintenance projects the mittee to determine whether the prob- istries’ headquarters. Ministry of Public Works recently lem was caused by an unqualified com- The project marks the early stages of a strategy through announced in Jahra. But the ministry pany. which Kuwait plans to secure one percent of power sent a letter to the Central Trends The ministry also rejected bids from a demand from solar energy by 2030, Ibrahim said. “The proj- Committee asking that the firms be dis- company that is currently in the process ect came as a result of MEW and MPW initiatives to enter qualified. of carrying out road maintenance proj- the era of renewable energy that will hopefully be expand- It explained that one company car- ects, and others that have never carried ed to cover all state departments in the future,” Ibrahim ried out previous road maintenance out similar projects before, “and thus indicated. A total of 4,094 photovoltaic panels were projects where the asphalt later broke should only enter after the ministry has a installed as part of the project, generating an average of down, which caused damage to cars as a chance to assess their previous perform- result of disintegrated gravel from the ance,” Al-Rai reported yesterday. 500 kilowatts daily for each building; bringing the total to 1 megawatt per day. The second phase of the project is set to increase daily production capacity to 3.5 megawatts, Ibrahim said. The No new MERS minister pointed out a study carried out by the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, which indicated that spending on renewable energy projects is projected to KUWAIT: Minister of Electricity and Water and Public Works Abdulaziz Al-Ibrahim infections: MoH increase to $200 billion by 2030. speaking at the press conference. — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health denied any disease to some animals, namely camels, by new MERS cases in the state, after two peo- considering a ban on importing camels from ple died and another recovered late last year. neighboring countries. PAAFRA director ‘Advanced postal services in 2015’ Assistant undersecretary for public health Dr Jassim Al-Bader said that a technical commit- Qais Al-Dowairi emphasized transparency in tee would meet to discuss the virus and its KUWAIT: Public postal services in A work team formed by the min- Undersecretary Humaid Al-Qattan team is also working on new con- dealing with the coronavirus and confirmed possible effect on livestock in order to decide Kuwait will soon be handled by an istry on that regard is currently con- explained. Al-Qattan spoke to trols for issuing licenses to postal the presence of a hi-tech lab and a special- on whether to ban camel imports from independent authority or company ducting studies to transform public reporters during the inauguration of companies. The condition includes ized scientific committee to follow up the neighboring countries, especially Saudi as part of efforts to achieve postal services in Kuwait into a pri- the 19th Gulf Postage Stamps setting fees that are paid in disease and cooperate on combating it. Arabia. “Such a decision will have both politi- advancement in this field by 2015, a vate service, or one that is handled Exhibition that took place recently exchange for the license, and regu- Meanwhile, the Public Authority for cal and economic effects and more studies Ministry of Communications official by a state-owned authority that pro- at the Avenues Mall. The senior offi- lations to ensure improved quality Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources should be made before taking it”, he under- said. vides commercial post services, cial further revealed that the work of postal services, Al-Qattan said. (PAAAFR) reacted to speculations linking the lined. —Al-Jarida

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KUWAIT: A fisherman and vendor poses with his catch at the Fish Market in Kuwait City at Souq Sharq in this April 2013 file photo. The fresh fish market is one of the most popular markets in Kuwait. — Photo by Joseph Shagra p3.e$S_Layout 1 5/6/14 10:23 PM Page 1

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Ambassador of Serbia Vladimir Kohut Ambassador of Uganda Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu Ambassador of Turkmenistan Shafoliv Nazar Koli Amiri Diwan receives new ambassadors

KUWAIT: Several international mission rep- Ambassador of Cote d’Ivoire Fazomana Toure, sion of presenting their credentials to His Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Amiri Protocols Sheikh Khaled Al-Abdullah Al- resentatives presented their credentials to Ambassador of Uganda Rashid Yahya Highness the Amir as the new official repre- Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah, Undersecretary of Amiri Sabah Al-Nasser Al-Sabah, Chief of Protocol at His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ssemuddu, Ambassador of Turkmenistan sentatives of their respected nations. Diwan Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Shatti, Director the Foreign Ministry Ambassador Dhari Ajran Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace Shafoliv Nazar Koli, Ambassador of Denmark The celebration was attended by First of the Office of His Highness the Amir Ahmad Al-Ajran, and Commander of the Amiri Guard yesterday. Ole Frijs Madsen, and Ambassador of Latvia Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fahad Al-Fahad, Amiri Diwan Advisor Col. Staff Sheikh Abdullah Nawaf Al-Ahmad The Ambassador of Serbia Vladimir Kohut, Elita Kuzma were all celebrated on the occa- Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Mohammad Abdullah Abu Al-Hasan, Head of Al-Sabah. — KUNA

Ambassador of Latvia Elita Kuzma Ambassador of Denmark Ole Frijs Madsen Ambassador of Cote d’Ivoire Fazomana Toure

Lawmakers, ministers meet to Construction of nine new discuss legislative priorities KUWAIT: Speaker of the National might be discussed in upcoming parlia- hospitals ‘a quantum leap’ Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanim indicated mentary sessions, said the Speaker. in a press statement yesterday that the He added that it was up to a number meetings between a number of lawmak- of lawmakers who asked to discuss a Health ministry projects applauded ers with two ministers earlier yesterday number of issues with ministers attend- were of the conventional type normally ing today’s session, namely Minister of By A Saleh and agencies political situation is currently experiencing a 2009,” Turaiji said. “Despite knowing the losses reserved for members of the cabinet State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh state of stability suitable to create an atmos- that Advantage Company started to make, KIC and lawmakers wishing to thrash out Muhammad Abdullah Al-Sabah and KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi’s phere for executing pending projects. lent it KD 55,000 on January 4, 2010,” the law- certain issues of concern. Minister of Finance Anas Al-Saleh, and recent announcement that contracts to build On a related note, health committee mem- maker said. He added that, according to the The meetings were standard among that was just what happened. nine new hospitals with a total capacity of ber MP Khalil Al-Saleh applauded the legisla- minister, the KIC wrote off the entire amount representatives of the government and Al-Ghanim inferred that nothing 5,800 beds will be signed within weeks will tive committee’s approval of the health insur- the same year. those of the National Assembly who more should be deduced from the hopefully be the beginning of actual efforts to ance draft law. The bill allows Kuwaitis to seek “The minister said that the Audit Bureau sought to exchange views regarding pri- meetings of the lawmakers and the min- improve health services in Kuwait, a lawmaker treatment at private hospitals paid by the did not mention any notes over the subject, ority issues and draft proposals that isters. — KUNA said yesterday. Building nine hospitals is a Ministry of Health. Saleh believes that the which indicates that all procedures were quantum leap in the public sector where the project, if successful, can become an alterna- sound,” Turaiji said. “But I do not believe in that latest hospital was built 34 years ago, MP tive to the treatment overseas program. at all since what happened cannot be Student iodine tests Faisal Al-Kandari said. “The projects reflect the approved by the Audit Bureau. government’s seriousness to achieving health- Ministers criticized Meanwhile, MP Yaqoub Al-Sane criticized care reform that can eventually eliminate the Separately, MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji criticized Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and show no deficiency need of sending patients for treatment Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh over ‘ambigu- Islamic Affairs Nayef Al-Ajmi over allegations abroad,” the lawmaker stated. ous responses’ to his recent inquiries regard- that the justice ministry fails to execute court KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health’s nutrition Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD) and Kuwait was supposed to see 13 new public ing Kuwait Investment Authority’s invest- orders regularly. Sane also announced yester- department manager Dr Nawal Al-Hamad WHO. “Some neighboring countries have hospitals built as part of a 5-year development ments. The lawmaker had inquired about day that Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al- announced concluding iodine tests on a already completed the tests and declared plan that ended in March. That did not hap- investments made by Kuwait Investment Mubarak Al-Sabah and Parliament Speaker specimen batch comprising of 2,500 school the results while others are still in the final pen, and Kandari put the blame on political Company, a KIA subsidiary, in Advantage Marzouq Al-Ghanem will attend an event to students and pointed out that initial results stages like us,” she added, noting that the infighting that saw multiple parliamentary dis- Company. “The Finance Minister explained conduct a survey of the public sector’s payroll. should no deficiencies among them. She most important age categories scanned also noted that another test would be con- were 6- to12-year-old children and preg- solutions and Cabinet resignations during that that KIC invested in 30 percent of the compa- The event takes place tomorrow at the ducted on iodine levels of 500 pregnant nant women. period. But the lawmaker believes that the ny’s shares for KD 165,000 on December 2, Avenues Mall starting from 6:00pm, Sane said. women. Hamad said that another study was Hamad added that the test was con- underway in collaboration with KISR to ducted upon recommendation from the measure physical activity using the new International Council for the Control of ‘stable isotope’ technology. KFAS organizes workshop on nanotechnology apps

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Foundation for the He added that nontechnology applications Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) organized yes- could provide optimal solutions for challenges terday a workshop on the applications of nan- in different domains. In this regard, Al- otechnology. Eskandarni pointed out that the technology The workshop included a lecture by Director program has featured high in the KFAS’s 2010- of Nanotechnology Program at KFAS Dr 2015 development strategy. He stated the Mohammad Al-Eskandarni. KFAS’s Nanotechnology Program sponsors a Al-Eskandarni said that his lecture has number of research programs through a grant focused on the growing number of applications from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- for the nanotechnology in the world as well as Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in 2010. He added the efforts exerted to transfer this important that the government has so far allocated KD technology to Kuwait. 13.5 million for the program. —KUNA WANTED

KUWAIT: First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah during the reception of members of Kuwait-Iran friendship society yesterday. Editors & Reporters

Meeting on enhancing Full time, must be in Kuwait, human development have transferrable 18 visa KUWAIT: The Supreme Council for Planning an effective human capital” the forum will be al objective of furthering the course of devel- and writing experience and Development launched here yesterday a organized in conjunction with the World Bank opment, he said. preparatory meeting for a forum on human and the Arab Institute of Planning, both of Coordinator of human development at the development which is scheduled for next which, among others, will avail the forum World Bank in Kuwait Ghassan Khoja applaud- October. One of the major objectives of the attendees with their expertise, both regionally ed in today’s preparatory meeting for the Send CV, letters of reference forum is to invite various public and private and internationally, in the field of human upcoming forum the efforts being taken to sector groups and organizations to have a development, said Al-Faras. further human development in Kuwait. roundtable discussion on enhancing human Other participants in the upcoming Among those attending yesteray’s meeting and 3 writing samples to development approaches and dealing with October forum will be representatives of gov- were senior officials from the ministries of the prerequisites for positive growth in mod- ernment ministries, authorities, and agencies education, health, social affairs and labor, the [email protected] ern societies, said assistant secretary general in addition to civil society organizations census bureau, the program for restructuring at the Supreme Council Dr Riyad Al-Faras. which will focus on how to communicate manpower, and the UN program for develop- Only those who are shortlisted will be contacted Billed under the slogan “Toward nurturing effectively together toward the overall nation- ment. —KUNA WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 LOCAL

kuwait digest In my view Judge yourselves Get your permission MERS awareness the same way and follow me!! you judge others campaign

By Iqbal Al-Ahmad

he parliament acted quickly in response to the death of a Kuwaiti girl at the hands of her family’s Thousemaid; a crime that rocked the local commu- By Labeed Abdal nity. The negative phenomena committee in the parlia- ment deserves credit for volunteering to study domes- tic labor violence in order to identify the causes, and propose solutions in a report to be finalized by next month. Al-Anbaa This quick reaction is good, and should be seen from the parliament and others. But if we compare between [email protected] cases of maids’ violence against employers’ children, and crimes committed by Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti he Ministry of Health’s announcement of families against housemaids, we find that the number and permits spreading awareness regarding the MERS virus

Marches of former cases pale in comparison to the latter. licenses Tis very important to reach all social categories And that is after we consider that only a few of at a time of information technology and social media maids’ abuse cases end up exposed to the public; either advancement. by the discovery of a maid murdered under torture, or The ministry should follow up with steps to assign hospitalized in a critical condition after falling under specialists in the field to come up with publications similar circumstances. containing general information about the disease, its Crimes committed against maids rarely become a symptoms and best preventive measures. After that, hot topic of discussion in society or the media. Media outlets and the press do not give attention to those the ministry should spread it to as many people as crimes compared to their coverage for the girl’s stab- possible by utilizing social media, as well as the tech- murder story for example. nological advancement that currently enables us to And while that specific crime is despicable in all communicate live with others around the world. senses of the word, we also must keep in mind that we The historically unprecedented amount of infor- should be concerned with the safety of others the same kuwait digest way we are concerned with our own safety. Housemaids are human beings who sometimes fall When principles fall apart! victims of fate that throws them under the custody of The ministry deserves credit merciless people, who treat them like animals destined for their decision to release the for their own servitude. They are submitted to maltreat- By Dr Mutlaq Al-Qarawi ment, physical and verbal abuse, yet are too weak to information in both English complain or protest. businessman once wanted to appoint a new principle was the best proof that he was best for the Stories of maid abuse that make their way to the manager for his company. Advertising this, he post. The more committed man is to his principles and and Arabic, in addition to media are only a small part of what happens behind Areceived a number of applicants who all values, the more respected and trusted he is. seeking help from embassies closed doors in Kuwait, especially if we know that many matched the advertised conditions. “I want to test your Unfortunately, we see many principles falling apart people are too inconsiderate to even say a simple ‘thank skill my own way”, said the man on meeting them. He nowadays and, regardless of how intellectually, socially in Kuwait to translate it into you’ to those who work for their service, let alone what they would do if the maid committed a mistake. then gave each of them a seed. “Consider this seed my or politically they are, some people would simply sell other languages. Some people even vent out their frustration and company. I want to check your skills and capabilities in those principles for a few pennies or give them away pressure on those poor workers, who in the eyes of growing it after three months”, he said. to win a post or fortune. The problem is that one can some sick employers are individuals that have no right Three months later, the applicants returned with a see such twists and changes in many people and some mation that people receive on a daily basis makes it to say no or complain. basin with shrubs and colorful flowers in it. Asking of them justify what they do by courtesy, political tac- difficult for us, more than any other time, to deter- Humans are equal, and the feeling of torment, psy- each what he did and how he took care of the seed, tics or, sometimes, etiquette. A major question rises mine what is accurate or false rumors. That is why chological pain, inconsideration and hardships of receiving updates directly from the Ministry of death, is the same for all people. But because we are the man came to one of them who had a beautiful here. Is it shameful to be honest with oneself and with Health regarding the MERS virus is important to unfair and inhuman in some cases, we believe that the basin with only soil in it without any plants. “Where is others?! Is it a disgrace that someone sticks to his own suffering of our children and family members is true the outcome of your work”, he asked. The applicant principles before others? Unfortunately, many people avoid panic or chaos that inaccurate information pain, whereas those who work for us do not feel the replied that he had bought the beautiful basin, put the believe that commitment to principles is a problem could incite. same amount of pain when they go through the same best soil in it and watered it with fresh water but the while the truth is a man is evaluated by how committed The ministry deserves credit for their decision to release the information in both English and Arabic, in suffering experience. seed did not grow any plant. “Congratulations! You are he is to his own principles and how strongly he defends When people approach you for help, this speaks of addition to seeking help from embassies in Kuwait to how wise you are. But when you mistreat them, this the new manager of this company”, said the owner and them. This abandonment of principles is becoming translate it into other languages. wisdom becomes an indignation. Your best days are when asked about the reason behind this decision, he phenomenon and committed by everyone. I fear the This effort will undoubtedly lead to improving the when you are approached by others for help. So treat explained that all the seeds he had given were dry and day when this might turn into something people would health awareness for the entire society, and send a well those who approach you, so that people do the dead. “So, where did the rest of you bring those plants boast with and become protean because the conse- message to citizens and expatriates alike that the same to you when you approach them for help. and colorful flowers from?!”, he added. quences can so bad! ministry constantly cares for the safety and health of Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas — So, this manager’s commitment to credibility as a —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa them and their families.

kuwait digest The imminent deficit crisis

By Abdullatif Al-Duaij

he need to hold a national conference in order to readdress the Interior Ministry allegedly stole, or even hundreds of millions paid by terrible situation that Kuwait has reached and continues to wors- error or unjustly. The real reason lies in the fact that production in Kuwait Ten day by day, is no longer an option in my opinion. It has is almost zero, and that there is no compensation for the millions spent become a necessity on which the fate of all Kuwaitis hangs. Wasting today and will continue to be spent tomorrow. The alleged protectors of time on accusations, rumors and lies is no longer acceptable while the public funds can mislead the people today, and perhaps tomorrow. But country faces a looming, imminent crisis. Budget deficit or the state’s a day will eventually come in which there would be no public fund to bankruptcy is coming. If not by drop in oil prices, then as a result of an protect. Yes, the public funds will dry out, and all Kuwaitis, including the increase of demand over supply. It is neither morally acceptable, nor is public funds’ protectors, will be left without a job. All Kuwaitis are it practically possible to keep ignoring the situation by holding the responsible today for this national challenge. The necessary solution alleged corruption responsible for the impending crisis. Those are not requires holding a general conference that features all social and politi- predictions, speculations or warnings made without evidence. We are cal forces, and that is for one simple reason: the solution is not in one talking about facts that require efforts to find solutions, not wasting person or one institution’s hands, but in all of our hands. Can the Kuwait time on skepticism and spreading lies to avoid facing the actual rea- Democratic Forum take the initiative in launching the direction in face sons and circumstances of those facts. of the upcoming national battle? Can the children of those who built The majority of our people, who are unfortunately mislead by alle- Kuwait protect what their ancestors built? A national conference like gations of public funds’ protection, must realize as soon as possible that this needs sacrifices, both physically and financially, that unfortunately the deficit around the corner will not be caused by KD5 million the are rare today in Kuwait. —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas

Gulf fiction writing forum kicks off KUWAIT: The National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters opened here yesterday the second Gulf fiction-writing forum, thus activating the GCC joint cultural agreement to pro- mote fiction writing among Gulf writers. The Council’s secretary general Ali Alyouha, noted in a speech at the forum, that the art of writing nar- ratives, be they novels or other forms, started in earnest in the eighties of the last century in the Gulf region. He said numerous Gulf writers of fiction of com- mendable competence have appeared on the scene since then. In yesterday’s meeting, the forum, lasting three days, took up a research paper on the topic of The Novel and the yearning for Identity by the Bahraini writer Fahad Hussein. Moreover, a number of Gulf novelists and writers gave speeches about their experiences with writing works of fiction. —KUNA WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 LOCAL ‘Kuwait plays strategic Kuwait renews $3.7bn crude oil role in Gulf stability’ contracts with Indian companies South African envoy hails ties KUWAIT: Kuwait is a strategic role player in major projects in the region, especially in KUWAIT: The state-owned Kuwait security and stability in the Gulf region, as the defence and petrochemical sectors. Petroleum Corporation (KPC) has well as in international energy security, the Although trade and commercial relations renewed two crude oil supply contracts South African ambassador said yesterday. between South Africa and Kuwait can be fur- with India’s Bharat Petroleum Delarey Van Tonder made the remark on the ther expanded, Kuwait maintains a positive Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Bharat occasion of the 20-year anniversary of the role as an investor with significant invest- Oman Refineries Ltd (BORL) with a total establishment of diplomatic ties between ment by the Kuwait Investment Authority value of $3.7 billion. In a press state- two countries. (KIA) in South Africa. Kuwait’s IFA Hotels and ment issued yesterday, KPC described Since the establishment of formal diplo- Resorts, Al-Kharafi Group and KAPIC have the contract signing as “a positive move” matic relations between South Africa and also invested beneficially in South Africa and that would help increase bilateral trade Kuwait in the mid-1990s, bilateral relations the wider Southern Africa region. exchange and Kuwait’s quota of India’s “The State of Kuwait has left a positive oil market. footprint on our continent as an investment It added that the three sides have partner by contributing to Africa’s sustain- also discussed prospects of future coop- able socio economic development, espe- eration.There are intentions to increase cially through the Kuwait Fund for Arab the exported volume by 50,000 barrels Economic Development (KFAED) and by its per day as of 2015, the statement said. It continued humanitarian support during noted that the BPCL and BORL are emergencies and national disasters affect- among the biggest oil refining compa- ing human security on our continent,” he nies in India, with a total combined noted. refining capacity of up to 670,000 bar- “The historic visit of former President rels per day. Nelson Mandela to the State of Kuwait in OPEC member Kuwait produces 1995 added a special dimension to our bilat- about 3 million barrels per day (bpd) of eral relations and impacted positively on oil, about two thirds of which is export- Kuwait’s constructive involvement in the ed. BPCL operates a 240,000 bpd economic development of the African Mumbai refinery in western India and a Ambassador Delarey Van Tonder Continent,” the ambassador said. 190,000 bpd Kochi refinery in the south of the country. It also has majority have remained cordial and solid, he said. Visionary role stakes in the 60,000 bpd Numaligarh “Kuwait performs a most constructive role He added that His Highness the Amir, refinery in northeast India and the as an investor on our continent and specifi- during his tenure as Kuwait’s Foreign 120,000 bpd Bina refinery in central cally South Africa where it continues to con- Minister, played a pivotal and visionary role India. The Bina refinery is operated by tribute to the socio economic and infrastruc- in developing and implementing Kuwait’s Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd, in which ture development of my country,” he pointed Africa Policy. state-owned Oman Oil Company has a out. Since then regular high level bilateral and minority stake. “Deals between Indian “We have concluded strategic bilateral multilateral engagements between the two refiners and countries in the Middle East agreements and a substantial number of countries have contributed to strengthen are best viewed as a security of supply agreements are under consideration includ- cooperation in the political, economic, secu- effort,” said Abhishek Kumar, a London- ing the establishment of a Bilateral Joint rity and cultural spheres. based energy and modeling analyst at Committee which will further consolidate South Africa holds Kuwait in the highest Interfax Europe’s Global Gas Analytics. KUWAIT: Kuwaiti and Indian officials pictured during the signing ceremony. and strengthen bilateral political and eco- esteem for successfully hosting the Africa “Countries like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait nomic cooperation.” Arab Summit in 2013 and for His Highness are as much concerned about competi- Iran currently gives Mangalore again,” he told ECB. November in return for curbs on the On South Africa’s relations with the Gulf the Amir’s strategic leadership in resolving tion from Iran as from the US.” Refinery and Mumbai-based Essar Oil Imports of Iranian crude by countries country’s nuclear program. states, Tonder said that these ties have also conflict and promoting regional unity and Indian Oil Corp., the nation’s biggest Ltd. 90-day credit. “Until some years including China, Japan and India rose by “Negotiations between Iran and expanded significantly since the establish- cohesion. refiner, is in talks with some Middle East back, Saudi Arabia used to give us bet- 100,000 barrels a day in January to 1.32 P5+1 may result in the lifting of the ban ment of South Africa’s democratic order in On Tourism, he said that it is one of the suppliers, including Saudi Arabia and ter payment terms, which was later million barrels as a deal easing sanctions on petroleum products from Iran, which 1994. fastest growing sectors of South Africa’s Kuwait, to increase the credit period for stopped,” said B.K. Datta, Mumbai- over Iran’s nuclear program took effect, is certainly not ideal for countries like “Not only is the Gulf region a substantial economy. South Africa’s world class tourism crude purchases to 60 days, ECB online based director of refineries at Bharat the International Energy Agency said in Saudi and Kuwait,” Kumar told ECB. source of South Africa’s petrochemical and infrastructure, cultural diversity, pleasant cli- reported in March. Iraq, the company’s Petroleum Corp., the nation’s second- its monthly oil market report released “Therefore, they are keen on long-term crude oil requirements, the GCC countries mate, breathtaking scenery and magnificent biggest crude supplier, started offering biggest state refiner. “It will be good if Feb. 13. Six world powers including the contracts with Asian buyers prior to the and particularly Kuwait have become a major wild and marine life have made it one of the 60-day credit from January, he said. payment terms are relaxed once US agreed to ease sanctions on Iran in lifting of sanctions on Iran.” market for South African products especially most popular leisure travel destinations to agricultural exports, a source of tourism and millions of visitors globally; at least 13 mil- investment and home to a sizeable South lion visitors travelled to South Africa in 2013. African expatriate community,” he added. “Kuwaiti residents are invited to experi- ence a unique and inspiring African destina- Major projects tion which will touch all senses and where He further said that several South African South Africa’s friendly people, natural her- companies in the construction and engi- itage and rich cultures will warm your heart,” neering sectors have successfully executed he concluded. —KUNA

KUWAIT: Delegations participating in the Gulf Border and Coast Guard Week pictured during a sea tour aboard the boat Rayan yesterday. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun Kuwaiti-Iranian trade talks ‘a big success’

TEHRAN: Undersecretary of Kuwait ation through proposing joint investment Commerce and Industry Ministry Abdulaziz ventures in the areas of hotels’ construc- Al-Khaledi said yesterday good results of tion, industrial zones, transportation, safety the 12th session of Kuwaiti-Iranian trade and security regulations in ports and in committee would have a positive impact wooden boats. on bilateral relations. He added that the Kuwaiti side request- “The deliberations took place in a cor- ed from the Iranian side to consider reduc- dial atmosphere driven by a true will to ing customs tariffs on Kuwaiti exports to attain sought after cooperation,” Al-Khaledi Iran. said after conclusion of the session’s meet- Other agreements included the re-acti- ings earlier yesterday. vation of the MoU on exports, the signing The session kicked off yesterday to tack- of aerial transport agreement and adopting le means of boosting bilateral trade coop- the final draft of the MoU on civil aviation eration. training and customs cooperation, said Al- Expansion of trade, economic, industrial, Khaledi. investment and maritime transport cooper- Kuwait’s delegation to the committee ation, as well as holding joint exhibitions session was headed by Al-Khaledi and and exchange of visits were all included in included representatives of a host of min- the meetings’ minutes. istries and government bodies. The Iranian Al-Khaledi said that the Iranian side side was headed by Minister of Commerce showed interest in beefing up such cooper- and Industry Waliullah Afkhami. —KUNA WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 LOCAL Domestic worker found dead in Farwaniya Driver charged with theft

KUWAIT: A domestic worker committed suicide could also face bribery accusations. The Iranian covered during a two-month probation period in her employer’s house in Farwaniya, according man told officers at Ahmadi police station that he that the driver couldn’t drive. He waited two more to preliminary investigations. Police arrived at the paid KD 600 to a person who told him he can months until the Asian man could learn how to scene in response to an emergency call, and obtain a paper signed by the interior minister to drive, then assigned him to drive a new vehicle he found the Asian woman hanging dead from a help him bring his brother to Kuwait. The man bought for the house. After sending his driver to a rope tied to the ceiling of her room. Her female took the papers to immigration authorities, but nearby place, he never returned, according to his employer found her in that position when she was told that the signature, which would give him statements. A search is on for the missing driver. went to check on her, then called her husband an exemption to bypass a ban on visas for Iranian who rushed back home and called police, accord- nationals, was forged. He went to the police sta- Wife beater ing to the Kuwaiti man’s statements. Criminal tion after he realized that he was scammed when A man faces multiple charges after his wife investigators transferred the body to the forensic the suspect failed to answer his repeated calls. He accused him of beating her, stealing her smart- department after they examined the scene. A sui- changed his mind however after he was told that phone and damaging her car. In her statements cide case was filed, and the woman’s employers the public prosecution could charge him with to Waha police station officers, the woman said are being questioned as part of investigations to bribery. that her husband forced her to pull over while reveal her motives. she was driving in the area in order to talk over Car theft disputes between them. The man then beat her, Man drops charges A man filed a case against his driver, accusing snatched her phone and damaged her car’s A man opted against pressing scam charges him of stealing his brand new car. In his state- exterior before escaping, according to the against his compatriot after learning that he ments to police, the Kuwaiti man said that he dis- woman’s statements. Investigations are ongoing.

KUWAIT: (Left) The home-made liquor found with the Asian. (Right) The drugs found with the citizen. Three arrested in Ahmadi By Hanna Al Saadoun GCC approves security awareness plans KUWAIT: Ahmadi governorate security arrested two Asians RIYADH: The joint Gulf Cooperation Council Hashash said. Al-Hashash stated that the two- and a citizen with various types of drugs. Security Media Committee endorsed the future day meeting has also tackled the mechanism of An Asian was arrested with a box, when his house was plans for traffic and security awareness-raising implementing the security media-related reso- searched, it was discovered to be a liquor plant, where 169 activities at the conclusion of its sixth session in lutions that were recently taken by the 32nd bottles were found ready for sale, along with 33 full barrels, Riyadh yesterday. GCC interior ministers meeting. They have also in addition to three large drums used in distillation, two The plans are designed to raise people reviewed the efforts exerted by security media KUWAIT: The Emergency Medical Department at the Ministry of Health con- evaporation containers and 11 gas cylinders. awareness about the dangers of drugs, terror departments in the GCC states countries, partic- In another case another Asian was arrested with five and cyber crimes as well as to encourage peo- ularly in dealing with misuse of social network- ducted a drill at the Fatima Al-Saraawi High School in Al-Salam, in coopera- cartons of liquor and 62 bottles of locally made liquor. ple to abide by law, the meeting chairman and ing sites and smartphone applications to spread tion with the Kuwait Fire Services Department and the Interior Ministry’s In another case a citizen was arrested in an abnormal Acting Director of Security Media Department rumors that could negatively impact security in Civil Defense Department. The drill simulated response to a terrorist attack condition inside his car. Seven Shabu envelopes and 20 at Kuwait’s Interior Ministry Brig Adel Al- the member states, said Al-Hashash. —KUNA which included evacuating students and staff and attending to one injury. illicit drug tablets were found on him. — By Hanan Al-Saadoun Three Kuwaiti judges nominated for international posts

KUWAIT: Three Kuwaiti judges have the Court of Cassation and member Faisal Al-Mershed said in a state- been nominated for a number of of the Supreme Judicial Council ment. vacant posts at the International Advisor Abdulhadi Al-Attar for ICJ, Kuwait decided to nominate these Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Advisor at the Court of Appeal Wael judges for the vacant posts due to its Nations Dispute Tribunal (UNDT), and Saud Al-Saleh for UNAT, Advisor at judiciary’s positive reputation, he said, the United Nations Appeals Tribunal the Court of Appeal Dr Nasser adding that Kuwait is an effective mem- (UNAT), said a senior judge yesterday. Abdullah Al-Taflan for UNDT, ber of the international community and The nominees include Attorney at Supreme Judiciary Council Chairman its international bodies. —KUNA Tajikistan president lauds ties with Kuwait KUWAIT: President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon met with Undersecretary of Kuwait’s Awqaf (endowment) and Islamic Affairs Ministry Dr Adel Al-Falah in Dushanbe yes- terday. During the meeting, President Rahmon lauded his country’s distinctive relations with Kuwait and affirmed keenness to continue bilateral communication for the interest and stability of both countries, Al-Falah said. He said that his meeting with the Tajik President came at the invitation of the religious affairs department at the Presidency office to discuss a possible contribution to the construction of an international center for moderation, similar to the one in Kuwait. He added that an agreement has been made on land allocation and building’s construction, which would be financed by Kuwait’s Awqaf Ministry. Another agreement has also been concluded on staff training in Kuwait, including training courses to enhance KUWAIT: Ministry of Health plans to launch tele- their skills on boosting moderation, spreading the spirit of phone service to give medical advice to the public. peaceful coexistence, and combating radicalism and terror- ism, said Al-Falah. Health Ministry Undersecretary Dr Khalid Al- He also noted that His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Sahlawi said the service will start next week. The Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah called on, during his speech at service is called Hello Health (Alo Siha). He said the the UN, to adopt moderation and spread it among people, service will have 17 family doctors who will answer adding that President Rahmon conveyed his greetings to caller’s questions on medical issues. His Highness the Amir. —KUNA —Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

KUWAIT: Inspectors of the sea front ordered closure of a restaurant and issued 10 citations during the campaigns that targeted food stores in Sharq area. Director of Asima municipality branch Eng Faleh Al- Shimmari said there were crawling insects in places where food is prepared, the floors of one of the restaurants were not clean due to stagnant water and food remnants. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 South Sudan rebel chief promises Thai court almost certain to rule against PM talks to end war Page 12 Page 8

DONETSK: Pro-Russian gunmen aim their weapons as they try to block a military base of Ukrainian riot police in Donetsk, Ukraine, yesterday. The pro-Russian insurgent gunmen surrounded the base and said they were holding negotiations with commanders inside to ensure that they did not join forces with government-allied groups. —AP Russia dismisses new peace push on Ukraine

SLAVYANSK: Russia yesterday rejected a new peace initiative for Security and Cooperation in Europe urged a suspension of hostili- Ukraine as fears of open war mounted over the ex-Soviet republic, ties for that election to take place. “We need a ceasefire for the whose troops are waging an increasingly deadly offensive against election,” Swiss President Didier Burkhalter said. pro-Moscow rebels. Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andriy Deshchytsia, appealed to 30 “Chaos and the risk of civil war” are looming, French President of his counterparts assembled in Vienna to help “eliminate the Francois Hollande warned after Kiev announced the death toll external threats and provocations supported by Russia” to ensure from an assault on a rebel-held flashpoint town in the east had the election goes ahead. climbed over 34. But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, also at the Vienna “We are not very far from a military confrontation in Ukraine,” meeting of the Council of Europe, said holding the vote during added German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in an the current violence would be “unusual”. President Vladimir Putin’s interview to European newspapers. The West, which is threaten- spokesman has been more blunt, calling it “absurd”. ing to broaden sanctions on Russia over the worsening crisis, sees Lavrov also dismissed a European push spearheaded by a May 25 presidential poll in Ukraine as crucial to hauling the Germany to hold fresh peace talks on Ukraine after the collapse of country back from the brink. an April 17 agreement that Moscow has declared dead. Any talks On Tuesday, the Swiss presidency chairing the Organisation for excluding the pro-Russian rebels active in Ukraine’s east and southeast “would hardly add anything,” he said. Lavrov charged the Western nations backing Kiev’s govern- ment “are not ready to agree for the southeast to take part in a national dialogue on equal terms”.

Spiralling violence The diplomatic impasse came as Ukraine spiralled into deeper violence. Nearly 90 people have died in less than a week: half around the eastern town of Slavyansk, held by rebels since early April; and half in the southern port city of Odessa, where clashes culminated in a deadly inferno last Friday. Most killed have been pro-Russian fighters and activists. Putin has so far held off ordering an invasion to “protect” Ukraine’s Russian-speaking population. But he has kept an estimated 40,000 troops on the border for the past two months. And the Kremlin claims to be receiving “thousands” of calls for help from eastern Ukraine. The US general commanding NATO’s military operations, Philip Breedlove, said Russian special forces the West believes are deployed covertly “may be able to accomplish his (Putin’s) objec- tives in eastern Ukraine” without the need to invade. Kiev and its Western backers see Moscow’s main aims as mak- ing sure Ukraine’s east holds a planned “referendum” for inde- pendence on Sunday, and sabotaging all possibility of the nation- wide presidential election two weeks later. With those deadlines ticking closer, Ukraine’s authorities are stepping up their offensive to crush rebels holed up in Slavyansk, a town of more than 110,000 people that is the epicentre of the insurgency. “Four of our fighters were killed and 20 were wound- ed” there in fierce fighting on Monday, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on his official Facebook page. “According to our estimates over 30 terrorists were killed and dozens were wounded,” he said. In a sign of how well-armed and trained the pro-Russian fight- ers are, on Monday they shot down a helicopter gunship near the town-their third since the assault on the town began last week. An AFP reporter inside Slavyansk said the rebels were reinforc- ing defences around a security services building they occupy. He also said basic foodstuffs and other items were running increas- ingly short. Locals hostile to Kiev’s government have strewn tree trunks and tyres across the streets to slow any army advance. Separately yesterday, all flights in and out of Donetsk-a region- al industrial hub of more than one million people-were suspend- ed for hours, according to airport authorities, who gave no reason for the day-long closure.

Putin to Crimea? Russia says the insurgency in Ukraine is a spontaneous rejec- tion of the Kiev government that came to power in February, after street protests forced out the pro-Kremlin president. Russian state media, seen in east Ukraine, constantly refer to the new administration as being run by “fascists” who embrace a Nazi- style ideology. That propaganda will likely become even more shrill on Friday, when Ukraine like Russia-observes a holiday com- memorating the Soviet victory over wartime Germany. Putin, according to Russian reports, could make a triumphant visit to annexed Crimea on that day, after overseeing a parade of Russian military might on the Red Square in Moscow. —AFP WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Israeli finds King David’s citadel

JERUSALEM: An Israeli archaeologist says pute that King David was a historical fig- city. The biblical account names it the David’s successors. Much larger quantities beliefs or to prove the Jewish people’s his- he has found the legendary citadel cap- ure, and a written reference to the “House “Citadel of David” and the “Citadel of Zion.” of shards found at the site date to about toric ties to the land. But other respected tured by King David in his conquest of of David” was found in an archaeological Ronny Reich, who was Shukron’s col- 100 years after King David’s reign. Israeli archaeologists say recent finds Jerusalem, rekindling a longstanding site in northern Israel. But archaeologists laborator at the site until 2008, disagrees Reich said it was not possible to reach match the biblical account more than debate about using the Bible as a field are divided on identifying Davidic sites in with the theory. He said more broken pot- definitive conclusions about biblical con- naysayers claim. guide to identifying ancient ruins. Jerusalem, which he is said to have made tery found from the 10th century BC, pre- nections without more direct archaeologi- Shukron, a veteran archaeologist who The claim by Eli Shukron, like many his capital. sumably King David’s reign, should have cal evidence. “The connection between has excavated a number of significant such claims in the field of biblical archae- Shukron’s dig, which began in 1995, been found if the fortification had been in archaeology and the Bible has become sites in Jerusalem, said he drew his conclu- ology, has run into criticism. It joins a uncovered a massive fortification of five- use then. very, very problematic in recent years,” sions after nearly two decades exploring string of announcements by Israeli archae- ton stones stacked 21 feet (6 meters) wide. the ancient city. “I know every little thing ologists saying they have unearthed Pottery shards helped date the fortifica- in the City of David. I didn’t see in any oth- palaces of the legendary biblical king, tion walls to be 3,800 years old. er place such a huge fortification as this,” who is revered in Jewish religious tradition They are the largest walls found in the said Shukron. for establishing Jerusalem as its central region from before the time of King The biblical connection to the site is holy city - but who has long eluded histo- Herod, the ambitious builder who emphasized at the City of David archaeo- rians looking for clear-cut evidence of his expanded the Second Jewish Temple logical park, where the “Spring Citadel” - existence and reign. complex in Jerusalem almost 2,100 years the excavation’s official name - has been The present-day Israeli-Palestinian con- ago. The fortification surrounded a water retrofitted for tourists, including a movie flict is also wrapped up in the subject. The spring and is thought to have protected projected on a screen in front of the fortifi- $10 million excavation, made accessible to the ancient city’s water source. cation to illustrate how it may have looked tourists last month, took place in an Arab The fortification was built 800 years 3,800 years ago. The City of David - located neighborhood of Jerusalem and was before King David would have captured it in east Jerusalem - is one of the most pop- financed by an organization that settles from its Jebusite rulers. Shukron says the ular tourist sites in the holy city, with Jews in guarded homes in Arab areas of biblical story of David’s conquest of 500,000 tourists visiting last year. east Jerusalem in an attempt to prevent Jerusalem provides clues that point to this “We open the Bible and we see how the city from being divided. The particular fortification as David’s entry the archaeology and the Bible actually Palestinians claim east Jerusalem, cap- point into the city. come together in this place,” said Doron tured by Israel in 1967, as the capital of a In the second Book of Samuel, David Spielman, vice president of the nonprofit future independent state. orders the capture of the walled city by Elad Foundation, which oversees the Shukron, who excavated at the City of entering it through the water shaft. archaeological park. He carried a softcover David archaeological site for nearly two Shukron’s excavation uncovered a narrow JERUSALEM: In this Thursday, May 1, 2014, photo, Eli Shukron, an archeol- Bible in his hand as he ambled around the decades, says he believes strong evidence shaft where spring water flowed into a ogist formerly with Israel’s Antiquities Authority, walks in the City of excavation. supports his theory. “This is the citadel of carved pool, thought to be where city David archaeological site near Jerusalem’s Old City. Shukron, who exca- The site has come under criticism King David, this is the Citadel of Zion, and inhabitants would gather to draw water. vated at the site for nearly two decades, says he has found the legendary because of the Elad Foundation’s national- this is what King David took from the Excess water would have flowed out of citadel captured by King David in his conquest of Jerusalem. —AP istic agenda. Most of the foundation’s Jebusites,” said Shukron, who said he the walled city through another section of funding comes from private donations recently left Israel’s Antiquities Authority the shaft Shukron said he discovered - Shukron said he only found two shards Reich said. from Jews in the U.S. and U.K., and its to work as a lecturer and tour guide. “The where he believes the city was penetrated. that date close to that time. He believes Critics say that some archaeologists are activities include purchasing Arab homes whole site we can compare to the Bible Shukron says no other structure in the the reason he didn’t find more is because too eager to hold a spade in one hand and near the excavated areas and then helping perfectly.” area of ancient Jerusalem matches what the site was in continuous use and old a Bible in the other in a quest to verify the Jews move in, sometimes under heavy Most archaeologists in Israel do not dis- David would have captured to take the pottery would have been cleared out by biblical narrative - either due to religious guard. —AP

Bomb in Syria’s Idlib kills 30 govt fighters

BEIRUT: About 30 Syrian government group, said the blast took place outside infighting between rebel groups that fighters were killed when rebels set off the town of Ma’arat al-Nu’man in the has killed thousands of fighters this a bomb in a tunnel beneath a check- northwestern Idlib province. year. point in a northwestern province, At least two officers were among On Monday about 70 rebels were activists said yesterday. those killed when insurgents from the killed in clashes between a former al Videos and images posted by oppo- Islamic Front and the Shields of the Qaeda affiliate, the Islamic State of sition supporters online showed a mas- Revolution Council set off tonnes of Iraq and the Levant, and al Qaeda’s sive plume of smoke and earth shoot- explosives in a tunnel running from the Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, and its ing into the air near a small town as road to the checkpoint, the group said. allies in an eastern province bordering men shouted “Allahu akbar” (God is More than 150,000 people have Iraq, the Observatory said. greatest). been killed in the three-year-old rebel- The fighting, which has intensified Rebels fighting to overthrow lion, which started as a peaceful in the last few weeks, centres around President Bashar al-Assad regularly car- protest movement and turned into a villages on the outskirts of the city of ry out guerrilla attacks against his civil war after a government crack- Deir al-Zor, capital of the oil-produc- forces, but the size of the blast, which down. ing province of the same name, where occurred on Monday, was unusual. International powers have been rebel groups have been fighting each The Syrian Observatory for Human deadlocked over how to resolve the other for control of oilfields and Rights, a Britain-based monitoring conflict, further complicated by strategic areas. —Reuters

JUBA: United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon (R) meets South Sudanese children yesterday in Juba, as part of his trip to demand an end to the civil war. The visit, coming as rebels and government forces battle for control of a key oil town, is the latest major push for a ceasefire in the nearly five-month- old civil war, which has seen the world’s youngest nation collapse amid a brutal cycle of war crimes. —AFP South Sudan rebel chief promises talks to end war ‘What I have seen and heard breaks my heart’

JUBA: South Sudan rebel chief Riek with flooding and little shelter from four days after government troops Machar has promised to attend alternating baking heat and torren- moved to wrest back control. peace talks, UN chief Ban Ki-moon tial rains. Ban’s visit comes days after Defence Minister Kuol Manyang announced yesterday as he pushed US Secretary of State John Kerry told AFP government troops were efforts to end a brutal civil war he flew into the capital, a visit in which in control of the town centre, but said “enrages my soul”. he extracted promises from Kiir to that heavy fighting was ongoing in The UN secretary general flew meet face-to-face with rebel chief surrounding villages. into South Sudan as fighting raged Machar, a former vice-president. Forces include both mutinous between warring parties in defiance Ban said yesterday that Machar had troops as well as ragtag forces, of international pressure and promised he “will be present” at including a fearsome militia called despite dire warnings of genocide talks in the Ethiopian capital. the White Army, after the ash they and famine in the nearly five- daub on their bodies, both to ward month-old conflict. ‘Senseless’ war rages off mosquitoes and as war paint. The visit, which comes as rebels Ban said the meeting had been The war has claimed thousands- and government forces battle for tentatively scheduled for Friday, and possibly tens of thousands-of control of a key oil town, is the latest although the date may be pushed lives, with over 1.2 million people major drive for a ceasefire in a war back as Machar has said it will take forced to flee their homes. that has seen the world’s youngest time for him to travel to the venue. Almost five million people are in nation collapse amid a brutal cycle But despite US warnings of sanc- need of aid, according to the UN. A of war crimes. tions if fighting continued, the gov- January ceasefire was never “The conflict destroying this frag- ernment has pushed forward a enforced. Stop-start peace talks in ile young country is senseless,” Ban major offensive to claw back towns Ethiopia have yet to forge agree- said, warning that if fighting contin- from the gunmen, capturing a rebel ment on even the basic agenda. ues one million people could soon stronghold and forcing Machar to Aid agencies are warning that face famine. Both sides in the con- flee into the bush. South Sudan is now on the brink of flict have been accused of wide- “Leaders must close the wound Africa’s worst famine since the spread ethnic massacres, rape and they have opened, they must sup- 1980s, while both Kerry and the UN recruitment of thousands of child port justice and accountability for human rights chiefs have spoken soldiers. crimes committed, and they must out over their fears that the country “What I have seen and heard address the root causes of the con- could slide towards a genocide. today breaks my heart and enrages flict,” Ban added. Although starting as a personal my soul,” Ban told reporters, as he Kerry has since warned of “seri- rivalry between Kiir and Machar, wrapped up his one-day visit, ous implications” unless the fighting the conflict has seen armies divide where he met President Salva Kiir as stops. Ban last visited South Sudan along ethnic lines and fighting pit- well as some of the tens of thou- amid euphoric celebrations at its ting members of Kiir’s Dinka tribe sands sheltering inside hugely over- independence from Sudan in July against Machar’s Nuer. The conflict crowded fortified UN peacekeeper 2011, after it voted to split away fol- erupted on December 15 with Kiir bases. lowing decades of war with accusing Machar of attempting a They are too frightened of Khartoum. coup. Machar then fled to the bush attacks to leave the protection of But as he arrived Tuesday, battles to launch a rebellion, insisting that the peacekeepers, even though the raged around the dusty northern the president had attempted to camps themselves have come town of Bentiu, ramshackle capital carry out a bloody purge of his under attack and conditions are dire of the oil-producing Unity state, rivals. —AFP WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Democrats open door in Benghazi probe Vote to authorize probe expected this week WASHINGTON: House Democrats opened the Americans were killed in the Libyan port city. special committee. Democrats controlling the door yesterday to participating in a select com- Twenty months on from the attack, Republicans Senate have shown no interest in launching a mittee investigation of Benghazi if they are have made Benghazi a central plank of their similar probe. equally represented on the panel with strategy to wrest control of the Senate from Up to now, House Democrats have criticized Republicans. Democrats in November’s elections. the effort as partisan and unnecessary given sev- House Speaker John Boehner has named a Republicans say the White House, concerned eral ongoing investigations in Congress. But CARACAS: A vehicle of the National Guard set ablaze by anti-government GOP congressman to chair the select committee primarily with protecting President Barack they haven’t said clearly if they’d participate in but has yet to outline his full plan. A vote to Obama in the final weeks of his re-election cam- or boycott the investigation. White House protesters, burns in Caracas on Monday. Venezuela’s President Nicolas authorize the probe is expected this week. It is paign, misled the nation by playing down intelli- spokesman Jay Carney has been similarly vague, Maduro has suffered a sharp decline in support after a turbulent year in unlikely the Republican majority would accept gence suggesting Benghazi was a major, al- saying Monday the administration cooperates office, with 60 percent of his countrymen disapproving of his performance, a the Democratic minority’s request for equal rep- Qaeda-linked terrorist attack. They accuse the with “legitimate” congressional oversight. poll out Monday showed. —AFP resentation. Obama administration of stonewalling congres- Meanwhile, House Oversight Committee “If this review is to be fair, it must be truly sional investigators ever since, pointing specifical- Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and the State Billions unaccounted for bipartisan,” Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D- ly to emails written by administration officials in Department are at odds over a subpoena for Calif., said. “The panel should be equally divided the days after the attack but only released last Kerry to appear before the panel on May 21, between Democrats and Republicans,” she said week. when America’s top diplomat has a scheduled in Venezuela’s communal in a statement. “It should require that witnesses The administration denies any wrongdoing trip to Mexico. A Kerry spokeswoman said yes- are called and interviewed, subpoenas are and says officials tried to provide the public terday the secretary of state wouldn’t appear giveaway program issued and information is shared on a bipartisan with the best information available. Democrats before Issa’s committee that day. CATIA LA MAR: The neighborhood of El matic former military officer wanted small basis. Only then could it be fair.” accuse the Republicans of trying to generate a The House and Senate foreign relations com- Chaparral began receiving cash from the neighborhood groups to form “communes” that Republicans are sharpening their focus on scandal to drum up political support, and to tar- mittees will each get a chance this week to ques- Venezuelan government in 2005. The windfall would define civic life and anchor a citizen-dri- the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the US get former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham tion the senior US diplomat for Europe, Victoria came courtesy of the late socialist leader Hugo ven socialist democracy. In one of his last diplomatic post as midterm elections loom clos- Clinton, the presumed front-runner for the Nuland, who played a role in the talking points Chavez’s plan to fight poverty by transferring bil- speeches before dying of cancer in 2013, Chavez er. In addition to the select committee vote, a Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. created by the administration after the violence, lions of dollars in oil revenue to communities tasked his handpicked successor, Nicolas senior GOP congressman has issued a subpoena Establishment of a select committee is almost even if those hearings are supposed to be about around the country. Maduro, with advancing the plan. to Secretary of State John Kerry to testify and a formality given the GOP’s control of the House. the crisis in Ukraine. On Wednesday, the House Within a year, auto mechanic Juan Freire was “I entrust this to you as I would my life,” he the subject could surface in multiple congres- Boehner on Monday said Rep. Trey Gowdy, a sec- Armed Services Committee will examine urging authorities to cut off El Chaparral and its told Maduro, a former bus driver who narrowly sional hearings this week. ond-term Republican congressman from South Republican-backed legislation authorizing US mil- sister community of Los Pinos, with a combined won election last year. The most common of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Carolina and former prosecutor, would head the itary force against Benghazi perpetrators. —AP population of 250. The money wasn’t going to such organizations are the community councils, the needy, he says, and it wasn’t sowing growth. which number about 40,000, according to a Instead, Freire alleges, leaders of the community 2013 Communes Ministry study. The study also Man freed in US delayed imprisonment case council in this mountain suburb were using identified another 30,000 such organizations, some of the cash for personal expenses and to including networks of community councils. CHARLESTON: Cornealious “Mike” tenced to 13 years in prison for his role in You’ve been a good taxpaying citizen of criminal record over the past 13 years. build houses for family members. He and neigh- Maduro has been beset by three months of Anderson spent 13 years free from the robbery of a fast-food restaurant’s the state of Missouri. “That leads me to Today’s outcome appears to appropri- bors filed complaints with nearly a dozen state violent opposition protests that have left dozens prison due to a clerical error, then nearly assistant manager. He told The believe that you are a good man and a ately balance the facts as we under- agencies seeking a halt to the transfers. dead. He shows no sign of stepping down - and a year behind bars when the mistake Associated Press last month that he wait- changed man.” As the judge announced stand them.” The judge said that rather Yet the money kept rolling in: In 2008, the has vowed to advance Chavez’s community was caught. On Monday, he walked out ed, and even asked about going to his decision, about 10 of Anderson’s rel- than grant parole, Anderson would get council received close to $1 million - equal to financing plan. He has described the communes of a southeast Missouri courtroom a free prison, but the order never came. In the atives broke out in sobs and cried. Some credit for the entirety of the time he about $40,000 a resident. “When we filed com- as the embodiment of Chavez’s movement to man again - this time with no need to years since his conviction, Anderson hugged and thanked God. should have been in prison. The distinc- plaints, the responses would always be some- reduce inequality through generous spending look over his shoulder. started his own construction-related Anderson’s plight drew international tion is important because it means thing like, ‘We’ll send some recommendations,’” of oil revenue. Many communities have success- Judge Terry Lynn Brown needed just businesses, married and had children. He headlines last month. An online petition Anderson doesn’t have to report to a said Freire, 57. “They never gave us answers.” fully founded community centers, repaired a 10-minute hearing before ruling that also coached youth football and volun- on change.org includes more than parole agent. The unsupervised spending in El Chaparral is roads and opened small businesses. he was giving Anderson credit for time teered at his church in Webster Groves, 35,000 signatures urging the state to set Megaro lauded the state’s under- symptomatic of a vast community aid effort “Without the communes, this would all end. served for all 4,794 days between his Missouri. At the hearing Monday, him free. The release was met with virtu- standing of an occurrence that is exceed- with lax financial controls. A network of more The commune is the epicenter of solidarity, of conviction and when he was arrested Anderson’s attorney, Patrick Megaro, ally no resistance from the Missouri ingly rare. “This was not an easy case,” than 70,000 community groups has received the truly human life, of socialism,” Maduro said in last year. The judge granted Anderson said Anderson remained out of prison Attorney General’s Office. Assistant Megaro said. “I believe it teaches us that equivalent of at least $7.9 billion since 2006 from November. his immediate freedom. Anderson, 37, through no fault of his own, and in the Attorney General Michael Spillane told justice can be swift, justice can be harsh, the federal agency that provides much of the left the courthouse with his wife and 3- intervening years, turned his life around. Brown the court should consider the but justice also can be merciful.” financing for the program, Reuters calculates, Hidden accounts year-old daughter on one arm, his “He has been able to accomplish for seriousness of Anderson’s crime, but also Anderson had never been convict- based on official government reports. The mon- But the Venezuelan government doesn’t grandmother on the other, tears in all of himself what the criminal justice system Anderson’s behavior over the 13 years of ed of a serious crime before the rob- ey is part of a broad government effort called publish an official accounting of how the com- their eyes. does not accomplish in many situations,” his freedom and the impact that impris- bery. He was sentenced to 13 years in the “communal state” that steers funds to com- munity-support funds are spent. The Finance “Very happy,” Anderson said as he Megaro told the judge. onment would have on his family. prison for the holdup, then told to wait munities, primarily through an outfit called the Ministry didn’t respond to questions about the climbed into a sport utility vehicle for the Brown agreed. He pointed out that Attorney General Chris Koster said in for orders that would specify when Autonomous National Fund for Community financing of community groups for this article. ride home to suburban St. Louis and a Anderson’s crime was serious, but a statement, “From the outset, I have and where he was to report to prison. Councils, or Safonacc. But exactly how much Safonacc is overseen by the Communes and planned family celebration. “My faith has acknowledged that he’s a far different proposed a solution that balances the But the orders never came. Anderson money passes through this system, who gets it Social Movements Ministry, which promotes always been in God. I’m just so thankful. I man now than he was then. seriousness of Mr. Anderson’s crime with suspected his case had been over- and how it’s used are largely a mystery. “participative social development.” An official at just thank God for everybody.” “You’ve been a good father,” Brown the mistake made by the criminal justice looked and asked his former attorney The communal revenue-sharing program the ministry said she wasn’t authorized to pro- Anderson was 23 when he was sen- said. “You’ve been a good husband. system and Mr. Anderson’s lack of a what to do. —AP was championed by the late Chavez. The charis- vide any information. —Reuters p10 2_Layout 1 5/6/14 10:22 PM Page 1

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Adams detention and release aggravate both sides of N Irish divide BELFAST: The arrest of Irish nationalist Road. “No one knows what happens a peace deal in 1998. But the sectarian hold traditional parades to mark military walking on an estate between the leader Gerry Adams by police investigat- next, and don’t believe anyone who tells conflict between Catholic nationalists victories dating back to the 17th centu- Catholic Falls and mainly Protestant ing a 1972 murder and his subsequent you they do,” said Ruari, a 70-year-old seeking Irish union and Protestants ry. Catholics say these are provocative, Shankill roads. release have aggravated both the retiree. “This matter isn’t closed by any wishing to stay in the United Kingdom and this year’s marching season is now This would help nationalist militants Catholic and Protestant communities in means.” has yet to be extinguished altogether. getting underway. still opposed to the peace process who Northern Ireland, just as the divisive The politically committed are angry In the pro-British Loyalist bars of the Adams, who is a member of parlia- have been responsible for the worst vio- “marching season” begins. for differing reasons - nationalists Protestant Shankill Road, all the talk on ment in the Irish republic, has been lence since 1998. “It plays right into the So far the volleys of angry rhetoric because Adams was held and ques- Sunday night was of how Adams walked dogged throughout his political career hands of the dissidents,” said Michael, between committed supporters of tioned for so long during an election free, said Graham, a former inmate of by accusations from former IRA fighters who refused to give his last name. Adams’s Sinn Fein party and its pro- campaign, and pro-British unionists the Maze prison where convicted fight- that he was involved in its campaign of The Democratic Unionist Party British rivals haven’t translated into vio- because he was released without being ers from both sides were once held. killings, a charge he has repeatedly accused Sinn Fein, with which it is forced lence across Belfast’s patchwork of hous- immediately charged. “People are angry at the police. If we denied. He says he is “innocent of any to share power in the Northern Ireland ing estates, which remain divided on After Adams spent his second night were to get lifted (arrested), we wouldn’t part” in the murder of Jean McConville, government, of a “thuggish attempt” at sectarian lines. in custody at a fortified police station walk out after four days,” he said, pulling who was abducted in front of her chil- blackmail by suggesting a possible with- But the many members of both com- outside of Belfast, his Sinn Fein col- up his trousers to show a Maze tattoo on dren from a nationalist area at the drawal of support for the police. munities who simply long for the nor- league, Deputy First Minister Martin his leg. “This will kick the trouble off height of the IRA campaign in 1972. Within hours of Adams’s release, mality enjoyed in the rest of Britain and McGuinness, warned it might be difficult again and it will start very shortly,” said After his release, Adams tried to calm police had to deal with disorder in the Ireland fear the consequences of the to control nationalist anger over the Graham, 40, who was released under the fears that his detention could destabilise predominantly Protestant Sandy Row Sinn Fein leader’s four-day police inter- arrest. But when Adams was released 1998 deal. the British province by pledging his sup- area of Belfast where a number of petrol rogation and release on Sunday. two days later, with police referring the port to the peace process and policing. bombs and stones were thrown. “There’s going to be repercussions on case to prosecutors for a decision on ‘Political policing’ But comments by McGuinness during the streets and from both sides. That’s whether to bring charges, it was unionist While the deal has undoubtedly the detention, in which he accused “dark ‘Seismic event’ just the way things are here,” said Dawn protesters who blocked the road and lat- transformed Northern Ireland, sporadic forces” in the police of using “political “What’s happened is unsatisfactory Johnson, a 26-year-old Protestant walk- er threw petrol bombs to express their violence has been creeping back in policing” to target nationalists, may have for both communities,” said Peter ing in central Belfast on Monday. “One anger at what they said was lenient recent years, fuelled by perceptions in a lasting effect. Shirlow, a professor of conflict resolution side will play up and then the other, treatment. both communities that they have “Sinn Fein overplayed their hand. at Queen’s University Belfast. “This is that’s always the way here.” Three decades of violence when the received the worse deal from the peace How can they work with the police after seismic event and it is something that This sense of foreboding is shared a Irish Republican Army (IRA) fought process. Trouble often flares in the sum- talking in public about ‘dark forces’?” will completely keep the heat in the fire short distance away on the Catholic Falls British security forces mostly ended with mer months when Protestant groups said Michael, a 49-year-old unionist, of contention in this society.”—Reuters Grilled by unhappy voters, Hollande says has regrets

PARIS: France’s most unpopular presi- view by listeners angry with high unem- “I do have regrets. I could have gone dent in decades said yesterday he had ployment and taxes. faster, I could have done more to alert some regrets and understood voters had The Socialist leader, whose popularity the French people about how serious doubts at a time of crisis - and pledged has fallen to record lows over higher tax- the situation was. I could have reacted to respond by accelerating reforms to es, rampant unemployment and squab- more quickly on some debates,” he said put the country back on track. bles among ministers, told the show in a rare display of regret for a president Launching a fresh bid to reconnect broadcast on RMC radio and BFM TV that in office. with disgruntled voters on the second he understood voters had doubts when Hollande broke yet another unpopu- anniversary of his election, Francois times were tough. He asked to be larity record in a CSA poll published late Hollande allowed himself to be ques- judged at the end of his five-year man- on Monday, which showed only one in tioned in a rare one-hour live radio inter- date. five voters trust him, the lowest score on record for a French leader. But he said he had his eye on making a difference by the end of his term in 2017 and not on opinion polls. When asked if he had lost touch with voters and acted like an amateur, he brushed aside the accusation, which stemmed from a widespread voter feeling that his two first years in power were ones of drift and uncertainty over issues ranging from taxation to immigration. “You say there has been some amateurism over LAGOS: Women attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue kidnapped school girls of a govern- the past two years,” he said. “Amateurism ment secondary school Chibok, in Lagos, Nigeria, yesterday. Their plight - and the failure of the Nigerian military when I got involved in pulling the euro to find them - has drawn international attention to an escalating Islamic extremist insurrection that has killed zone out of its crisis? Amateurism when I more than 1,500 so far this year. — AP PARIS: French President Francois Hollande (R) speaks to apprentice hair- decided to intervene in Mali when no dressers during his visit to the Institute of Artisanal Trades (Institut des one else did and terrorism was on the Metiers et de l’Artisanat) in Paris suburb of Villiers-le-Bel yesterday. — AFP path to win there? —Reuters UN warns Boko Haram over selling girls as slaves Nigerian schoolgirl describes kidnap GENEVA: The United Nations warned to undermine all autonomy, all freedom bers of the ruthless Islamic extremist Islamist Boko Haram militants yesterday of will and expression of the girls. The group called Boko Haram. They kid- that there was no statute of limitations situation they will be in will be tanta- napped the students and drove them in if they carried out their leader’s threat to mount to slavery, or slavery-like prac- pickup trucks into the dense forest. sell more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls tices within the so-called marriage,” he Three weeks later, 276 girls are still kidnapped last month. said. UN High Commissioner for Human missing. At least two have died of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Rights Navi Pillay said after a visit to snakebite, and about 20 others are ill, Shekau said in a video released on Nigeria in March that abuses by the according to an intermediary who said Monday that Allah (God) had told him security forces are boosting support for he is in touch with their captors. Their to sell the girls taken by his fighters the group which has waged an increas- plight - and the failure of Nigeria’s mili- from a secondary school in the village of ingly bloody five-year-old insurgency in tary to find them - has drawn interna- Chibok, in northeastern Borno state, on the north. tional attention to an escalating Islamic April 14. “We warn the perpetrators that Pillay, a former UN war crimes judge, extremist insurrection that has killed there is an absolute prohibition against also said at the time that Boko Haram’s more than 1,500 so far this year. Boko slavery and sexual slavery in interna- actions were more and more monstru- Haram, the name means “Western edu- tional law. These can under certain cir- ous. She wrote to President Goodluck cation is sinful,” has claimed responsibili- cumstances constitute crimes against Jonathan on April 28 urging him to ty for the mass kidnapping and threat- humanity,” UN human rights spokesman spare no effort to ensure the girls’ safe ened to sell the girls. Rupert Colville told a news briefing in return. Any rescue attempt must be The 16-year-old was among about Geneva. made in line with international human 50 students who escaped on that fateful “That means anyone responsible can rights standards, Colville said, noting day, and she spoke for the first time in a be arrested, charged, prosecuted, and previous “allegations of excessive use of telephone interview with The jailed at any time in the future. So just force by the Nigerian military in anti- Associated Press. The Chibok girls because they think they are safe now, Boko Haram operations”. school is in the remote and sparsely they won’t necessarily be in two years, Civilians should not be endangered, populated northeast region of Nigeria, a five years or 10 years time,” he said. nor should there be summary execu- country of 170 million with a growing He also urged Nigeria’s federal and tions or arbitrary detentions of suspects, chasm between a north dominated by local authorities to work together to res- he said. Meanwhile, the girls in the Muslims and a south by Christians. Like cue the girls. Local states have a lot of school dorm could hear the sound of all schools in Borno state, Chibok had power and control over their territory, gunshots from a nearby town. So when been closed because of Boko Haram’s and the authorities in Borno are not of armed men in uniforms burst in and increasingly deadly attacks. But it the same political party as the presi- promised to rescue them, at first they reopened to allow final-year students to dent, Colville said. were relieved. take exams. “So it is particularly important that “Don’t worry, we’re soldiers,” one 16- At about 11 pm on April 14, a local there is close cooperation for the year-old girl recalls them saying. government official, Bana Lawal, greater good, if you like, in this case, “Nothing is going to happen to you.” The received a warning via cell phone. He which is the release of these girls,” he gunmen commanded the hundreds of was told that about 200 heavily armed said. Any buyer could also be held liable, students at the Chibok Government militants in 20 pickup trucks and more Colville said, noting that enslaved girls Girls Secondary School to gather out- than 30 motorcycles were headed are likely to be exposed to “continuous side. The men took all the food from a toward his town. physical, psychological, economic and storeroom and set it alight. Lawal alerted the 15 soldiers guard- sexual violence” and that forced mar- “They ... started shouting, ‘Allahu ing Chibok, he said. The soldiers sent an riage can have a “devastating” impact on Akhbar,’ (God is great),” the 16-year-old SOS to the nearest barracks, about 30 victims. “The power differentials student said. “And we knew.” What they miles (48 kilometers) away, an hour’s between girls and their ‘spouses’ is likely knew was chilling: The men were mem- drive on a dirt road.—Agencies Kosovo PM proposes dissolving parliament

PRISTINA: Kosovo’s prime minister stances where it cannot vote on the protection and ordnance disposal. proposed dissolving parliament yes- army of its country makes a nonsense Any new army would have to work terday and holding early elections on of any other further proceedings,” alongside a NATO peace force of 5,000 June 8 after Serb minority lawmakers Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said at a soldiers. NATO’s attempts to further nixed a vote on creating a national news conference along with EU cut back its presence has been thwart- army by failing to show up. Enlargement Commissioner Stefan ed by tensions in the north. Kosovo’s Western backers, which Fule, ahead of a meeting with Serbia has agreed to cede its de recognised it as independent in 2008, President Atifete Jahjaga and the facto control in that area in return for had been reluctant to see the immedi- leaders of Kosovo’s main parties to guaranteed rights for ethnic Serbs liv- ate creation of an army for fear of the agree the election date. ing there and the start of EU member- message it might send to Serbia and The election had been set for ship talks for Belgrade. the more than 100,000 ethnic Serbs November. Thaci’s proposal was for Kosovo has been unable to join who live in the country. the landlocked country of 1.8 million, the United Nations due to opposition Parliament was supposed to hold which borders Serbia, Albania, from Russia - a Serbian ally and UN the vote on Monday, but Kosovo’s Montenegro and Macedonia, to have veto-holder. Although Serbia does constitution states that two thirds of an army of 5,000 active soldiers and not recognise Kosovo as sovereign, lawmakers had to vote as well as two 3,000 reservists. It already has the relations between the two have thirds of the votes of minority mem- nucleus of a future army in the lightly improved over the past year with the bers. armed, 2,500-strong Kosovo Security agreement of a landmark EU-bro- “A parliament that created circum- Force, tasked with crisis response, civil kered accord. —Reuters

INTERNATIONAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014

India on course for record general election turnout

NEW DELHI: India is on course for a record turnout that increased turnout is good for the incumbent or the 18-19 age group to voter rolls this time. This turnout of 64 percent during the 1984-85 parliamen- in its general election as a young electorate and bad for the incumbent,” said Vivek Dehejia, an eco- group now constitutes about 3 percent of total vot- tary election, when Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi women engage with politics more than ever before, nomics professor at Canada-based Carleton ers, against 0.75 percent in 2009. rode a sympathy wave to come to power after the with unpredictable results for a contest that opinion University. “It seems to represent people coming out Among the first-time voters is 33-year-old assassination of his mother, then prime minister polls say opposition leader Narendra Modi will win. to vote out the Congress-led government (but) Mriganka Dadwal, who feels “ashamed” to have nev- Indira Gandhi. The Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its every vote taken away from Congress does not nec- er voted in elections after she turned 18, the mini- The record is likely to be broken this year, Sanjay allies are seen as favourites to come to power when essarily mean it’s for the BJP.” mum age required to cast vote in India. Kumar, director at the respected Indian polling results of the five-week election are announced on “I am proud of the fact that I realised and voted group CSDS, told Reuters. CSDS expects a turnout of May 16, displacing the Congress-led coalition that is Younger voters this time ... I am one of those who was very angry 65 percent, Kumar said. “We are looking for a very battling public fury over a slowing economy, high The rising turnout is largely attributable to that why this kind of government is there,” said good turnout, it should be much better than before,” inflation and a spate of corruption scandals. increased participation of younger and first-time Dadwal, who is the founder of an activist group pro- said Akshay Rout, head of the election commission’s But regional parties will also play a key role, with voters, as well as women. These demographic moting women’s empowerment. voter education programme. “It is likely to be one of most polls indicating that Modi’s alliance will strug- groups have been targeted by the election commis- In the first eight phases of the 10-phase election, the highest.” Of the 28 states and union territories gle to achieve a majority, falling short of winning sion with an outreach campaign since the last gen- 66.2 percent of registered voters exercised their right that have gone to polls, 26 have recorded a higher 272 of the 543 seats in the lower house of parlia- eral election in 2009. to vote, provisional data from the election commis- turnout compared to the last parliamentary election, ment. “We have to be cautious. It’s very hard to tell The country has added over 23 million people in sion showed. That compares with the previous best election commission data showed. — Reuters

Six wounded in knife attack at southern China rail station

BEIJING: A single knife-wielding assailant tion were also wrong, and that a person who wounded six people yesterday in an attack at had been detained had nothing to do with a railway station in China’s southern city of the case. Guangzhou, police and state media said, the Provincial television showed pictures of latest of a series of assaults to raise jitters what it said was an apparently injured sus- around the country. pect being pressed to the ground by police Police gave no reason for the attack, but and plainclothes security officials, as they China has grown increasingly nervous about removed a bloodied white t-shirt. It was not Islamic militancy since a car burst into flames possible to see the person’s face. Speaking on the edge of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in while on a visit to Hong Kong, U.S. Assistant October and 29 people were stabbed to Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific death in March in the southwestern city of Affairs Daniel Russel expressed “horror, out- Kunming. rage and sympathy” at the attack. The government blamed militants from “We oppose terrorism in all forms, and in the restive far western region of Xinjiang for those instances where the available informa- both those attacks. Resource-rich and strate- tion or the information shared by the Chinese gically located Xinjiang, on the borders of authorities pointed to terrorism by a group or central Asia, has for years been beset by vio- individual, we have condemned it as terror- lence blamed by the Chinese government on ism,” he said. Islamist militants. China last week reacted angrily to US criti- Despite earlier reports on state media that cism of the level of cooperation from Beijing up to four assailants may have been involved, on fighting terrorism. China blamed religious Guangzhou police said on their official extremists for a bomb and knife attack last microblog that their initial probe found there Wednesday at a train station in Urumqi, the was just a single suspect. He had been shot regional capital of Xinjiang, that killed one and wounded. bystander and wounded 79. “After verbal warnings were ineffective, The government called the attackers “ter- police fired, hitting one male suspect holding rorists”, a term it uses to describe Islamist mili- a knife, and subdued him,” Guangzhou police tants and separatists in Xinjiang who have said. They did not identify the attacker. waged a sometimes violent campaign for an BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (C) walks as she leaves the Constitutional Court in Bangkok yesterday. Thailand’s besieged Prime Xinhua news agency said that the attacker independent East Turkestan state. Minister Yingluck Shinawatra denied an abuse of power allegation at the nation’s Constitutional Court yesterday in a legal challenge which could see had been hospitalised, and that police were Exiles and rights groups say the real cause her removed from office. — AFP not immediately able to identify him as he of the unrest in Xinjiang is China’s heavy- had no documents on him. handed policies, including curbs on Islam and State television said that reports police the culture and language of the Muslim had picked up another suspect near the sta- Uighur people. — Reuters Thai court almost certain to rule against premier Ruling against PM could set off fresh violence

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Constitutional Court is when he was moved to an inactive post, nominally brought against the prime minister by 27 senators. almost certain to rule against Prime Minister as adviser to the prime minister. He has argued that Yingluck also faces a charge of dereliction of duty Yingluck Shinawatra on abuse of power charges his transfer was to benefit the Shinawatras and over a state rice-buying scheme that critics say is rid- today, forcing her from office and raising the possi- their extended family. dled with corruption and has run up huge losses. bility of fresh mass protests by her supporters. He was replaced by then national police chief This charge was brought by the National Anti- That could lead to confrontation with anti-gov- Wichien Podposri, whose position as police chief Corruption Commission, which is expected to deliv- ernment groups which have been protesting in the was later given to Priewpan Damapong, a brother- er its ruling this month. A guilty verdict here would capital, Bangkok, for six months in a bid to topple in-law of Thaksin. Thawil was reinstated in March also force Yingluck from office and she could in addi- Yingluck. Those demonstrations disrupted a gener- and the Constitutional Court then accepted there tion get a five-year ban from politics. Efforts to end al election in February that she had been expected were grounds to hear an abuse of power case the political crisis have come to nothing.—Reuters to win. The crisis broadly pits Bangkok’s middle class and royalist establishment against the mainly poor, rural supporters of Yingluck and her brother, ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by Police investigate Sydney the military in 2006 and now lives in exile to avoid a jail term handed down in 2008 for abuse of pow- billionaire street fight er. Yingluck’s supporters accuse the court, which said it would issue its decision today, of bias in fre- quently ruling against the government. SYDNEY: Police said yesterday they were inves- “David Gyngell respects the job police do and In 2008, the court forced two Thaksin-linked tigating a very public street brawl between one will cooperate fully with their investigation,” the prime ministers from office. A similar ruling against of Australia’s richest businessmen and a top tele- statement said. “He also fully accepts that he was GUANGZHOU: In this photo taken by a mobile phone, a suspected assailant is taken away Yingluck is expected today. vision executive in an exclusive Sydney beach- the instigator of the incident,” it said. “Clearly had after being subdued in an attack at a railway station in Guangzhou in south China’s Yingluck defended herself in court on Tuesday side suburb. News Corp. reportedly paid more he not turned up at Packer’s premises in an Guangdong province yesterday. The hacking attack yesterday at the busy railway station against a charge relating to her transfer of National than $200,000 for pictures of the fight between angry mood, then the confrontation would nev- in southern China left six people injured, police said, in the third high-profile attack on Security Council chief Thawil Pliensri in 2011, which casino mogul James Packer and his longtime er have occurred.” civilians at a train station in a little more than two months. — AP opponents say was designed to benefit her Puea friend David Gyngell, chief executive of Nine New Corp. reported that Packer sent Gyngell Thai Party and a family member. Entertainment, outside Packer’s luxury apart- an angry text message after seeing a Nine televi- Yingluck, looking composed as she took the ment at Bondi Beach on Sunday. The pictures of sion van parked near his apartment and stand wearing a blue silk suit and a large pearl the pair throwing punches and grappling with assumed he was being staked out by a television necklace, said a committee of ministers had made each other on the ground were published in crew. Nine employee Nick Tokic later told Suspected Filipinos seize the decision to transfer the security chief. newspapers across Australia yesterday. reporters that he lived near Packer and had “I did not interfere in the decision process ... Packer, 46, is chairman of Crown Resorts and brought the van home overnight for an early job Chinese man in Malaysia which should be for the benefit of the land,” has interests in casinos in Australia, Macau and Monday morning. Yingluck told the court. “I have never benefited Manila. Forbes lists him as Australia’s third-richest Packer had just arrived home in Sydney from from any transfer of civil servants.” person worth an estimated $6.6 billion. Jerusalem. An angry Gyngell’s car was blocking KUALA LUMPUR: A Chinese fish farm ride from the southern Philippines, Some legal experts say her entire government New South Wales state police yesterday said the driveway when Packer arrived at his apart- manager in eastern Malaysia was kid- where Muslim militants and kidnap will have to go if she is forced to step down, but her they were investigating the melee and appealed ment. The pair fought for several minutes while napped by gunmen early yesterday and gangs have long found safe haven. party rejects that. She has led a caretaker adminis- for any witnesses to come forward, despite no Packer’s driver and security guard attempted to believed taken to the southern Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman said tration with limited powers since dissolving parlia- official complaint being made. separate them. Packer and Gyngell released a Philippines, where suspected insurgents “drastic measures” were needed to ment in December ahead of the election and her The Nine Network broadcast a statement in joint media statement on Monday which they are holding another Chinese and a ensure public safety including requiring party says another interim prime minister can be which it said its 47-year-old boss, Gyngell, said would be their last word on the fight. Filipino also seized from Malaysia. It was police permission to enter certain areas. chosen from among her five deputies. accepted blame for the fight. Gyngell and Packer “We have been friends for 35 years and still the second kidnapping in Malaysia’s He also said a curfew will be implement- “There is no reason why the whole cabinet have been friends since high school and have are,” they said. “In that time, we have had our fair Sabah state on Borneo island in a month, ed in parts of the state and sea lanes will should go with her,” Noppadon Pattama, a legal been the best man at each other’s weddings. share of ups and downs.” — AP prompting the state government to be designated for ships and boats in adviser to Thaksin, told Reuters. “That would be like announce a curfew and travel restric- high-risk areas, he said in a statement. carrying out a double execution.” tions in high-risk areas. Mohamad Bakri Police will give details on those measures Zinin, Malaysia’s national deputy police later, he added. Decade of unrest chief, said five men clad in military Last month, Abu Sayyaf militants Months of protests have undermined Yingluck’s fatigues entered the fish farm before seized a 28-year-old Shanghai woman government, but she has clung on and the number of protesters has dwindled. dawn and kidnapped Yang Zailin, 34. He and a 40-year-old Filipino hotel recep- Tension, however, is rising again as she faces said two of the men were believed tionist from the Singamata Reef Resort cases in courts criticised by her supporters as armed with M16 rifles. and took them by motor boat to their politicised. Both her “red shirt” supporters and anti- Police pursued the kidnappers who jungle stronghold in the predominantly government protesters plan large rallies in or fled on boat and exchanged fire at a Muslim province of Sulu, Philippine secu- around Bangkok in coming days. nearby island, he said. “However, they rity officials said. Last November, sus- That raised the possibility of new mass violence, managed to escape and were headed to pected Filipino militants shot and killed a like in 2010, when a government led by the current a neighboring country,” Bakri said in a Taiwanese tourist and kidnapped his wife opposition leader ordered an army crackdown on statement. Police have detained 19 work- from a resort in Sabah. The woman was Thaksin supporters after two months of protests. ers at the fish farm for investigation, offi- released a month later. Authorities didn’t More than 90 died during those events. cials said. A Philippine security official, say whether a ransom was paid, as is usu- “Tomorrow, red shirt leaders will gather at our who declined to be named as he wasn’t ally the case. Bangkok headquarters and will issue a statement authorized to speak to the media, said Filipino militants are still holding more after the verdict,” said Thanawut Wichaidit, a Yang was believed to have been taken to than a dozen captives, the others seized spokesman for the group. the Mindanao region in the southern in the Philippines. The Abu Sayyaf had “Whether we bring forward our May 10 rally Philippines. links to international terrorist networks, depends on the court ruling tomorrow. Let’s wait China’s Xinhua News Agency said that including al-Qaeda, but a US-backed and see.” Yingluck’s ousting would be a new boost in tension in nearly a decade of confrontation Philippine military crackdown has weak- Beijing had urged Malaysia to speed up between supporters of Thaksin and the Bangkok- efforts to rescue him. The spate of kid- ened it considerably in recent years. The based royalist establishment who see Thaksin, a nappings underline persistent security group has about 300 fighters and now is former telecoms tycoon, as a threat to their inter- DIEN BIEN OHU: Honour guards march at the official military cemetery in the northwestern town of threats in Sabah, a popular tourist desti- focused on ransom kidnappings much ests and accuse him of corruption and nepotism. Dien Bien Phu yesterday. Vietnam is getting ready to celebrate the 60th anniversary, today, of its vic- nation and dive spot that is a short boat more than global jihad. — AP Security chief Thawil was sidelined in 2011 tory over France at the Dien Bien Phu battle in 1954. — AFP

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Issues Out with the old, in with the new at Sinn Fein?

By Padraic Halpin

he four-day detention of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has given a reality check to the nationalist Tparty’s ambition of entering government in the Irish republic, and to a new generation of activists trying to win over sceptical voters. His arrest last week and sub- sequent release by Northern Ireland police investigating a 1972 abduction and murder has complicated election campaigning south of the border by younger Sinn Fein politicians. It has also raised the question of how much longer Adams, a dominant figure in Sinn Fein for decades, can lead the party before handing over to members who are untainted by the Irish Republican Army’s actions during its long war against British rule in Scotland teens hesitant about independence the north. Instead of mounting an offensive against the Dublin By Paul Hackett pendence has increased over the past of Strathclyde University, who has Independence “will provide better Scottish Youth Puzzle government’s unpopular austerity policies, the new gen- and Belinda Goldsmith year. Many are still undecided. In a sur- been conducting a social media proj- opportunities for young people, The intentions of Scotland’s 16- and eration have been forced to defend their veteran leader vey of 1,000 young Scots last May, ect on Scottish independence, said including students,” McKay told 17 year-olds has puzzled politicians against allegations that he was involved in the 40-year- hen Scotland’s nationalist researchers from Edinburgh University this was a common concern among Reuters in a break from surfing in the since the British government dropped old crime, charges that Adams vigorously denies. “I think government dropped the found 60 percent of the 14- to 17-year teenagers. “The possibility of market cold waters off the east coast of opposition to the one-off lowering of it is the intention of some to use the past as a tool to Wvoting age to 16 for this olds opposed independence with 21 uncertainty over what is going to Scotland at Macduff in Aberdeenshire. the voting age. Some assumed they damage our electoral prospects, however I think people year’s referendum on independence, it percent in support. A poll of 1,500 old- happen just at the time students are “Scotland ... will become a wealthier would be more impressionable and are wiser than that,” deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald was widely seen as banking on er students at Glasgow Caledonian contemplating the job market during nation,” she predicted. “It’s also influ- more easily persuaded to vote for said, reiterating Sinn Fein’s belief that the arrest was teenage radicalism to ensure a break University this year found 63 percent a period of prolonged economic diffi- enced me to get more involved in independence than their elders. Both timed to hurt its chances in the elections later this with the United Kingdom. If so, it may wanted to stay in the United culties is influencing them,” he told Scottish politics.” unionists and secessionists agree a month. “I think Sinn Fein has developed a level of credi- have miscalculated. Two opinion polls Kingdom. The voting age for UK elec- Reuters. Mairie McGillivray, 16, a student large number of undecided voters bility, a level of trust with the electorate and have con- and Reuters interviews with 25 tions is 18. Only a few countries allow Figures from the National Records and Scottish country dancer from means a relatively small group could vinced a growing number of people that we present an Scottish teenagers in 10 different loca- 16-year-olds to vote. of Scotland this month show Islay in the Inner Hebrides, believes swing the referendum in a nation alternative that protects society and community,” she tions suggest the ruling Scottish teenagers keen to vote. More than Scotland would be better off cultur- where SNP leader Alex Salmond told Reuters. National Party (SNP) can’t be sure of Risk Averse? 98,000 aged 16 or 17 are already reg- ally if it left the United Kingdom and scored a surprise landslide in 2011 Once the political wing of the IRA, Sinn Fein already their support in the Sept. 18 referen- Of 25 teenagers questioned by istered for September - about 80 per- shares a widely-held view that Scottish parliamentary elections. shares power in the Northern Ireland government under dum. Reuters, 13 planned to vote “No” to cent of that age group, making up Britain’s voting system does not Salmond’s victory gave him the clout a 1998 deal that largely ended three decades of blood- “Whilst I’m proud to be Scottish, I independence, nine “Yes”, and the rest about 3 percent of the 4 million vot- reflect Scottish views accurately. “I to insist on an independence vote that shed. It has also gained popularity in the republic and believe we’re financially and economi- were undecided. While these 25 inter- ers. “This level of interest clearly believe that Scotland isn’t governed Prime Minister David Cameron agreed has appeared set to make further progress in the cally stronger in the larger union,” stu- views cannot give anything like a full demonstrates that giving the vote to by democratic means due to our lack to in 2012. Cameron opposes independ- European and local elections. Adams, an architect of the dent Charlotte Smith, 16, told Reuters picture of Scottish youth views, they 16- and 17-year-olds is clearly the of representation in Westminster,” ence. Social media is a battleground for peace deal, was released without charge. However, it is during a break from revision for sum- do underline that neither side can right thing to do,” said SNP deputy she said. youth votes. The Yes Scotland campaign not yet clear whether his detention has undermined mer exams. “But I am pleased that the take Scotland’s teenagers for granted. leader Nicola Sturgeon in a statement. But Hannah Campbell, also 16, has notched up 40,700 Twitter followers Sinn Fein in its quest to turn anger in the republic over reduced age limit allows me to partici- “I’m unsure what would happen with fears an independent Scotland would and about 150,000 likes on Facebook relentless budget cuts and disenchantment with estab- pate,” added Smith, from Dumfries in a ‘Yes’ vote,” said Danny Hutcheson, Independence lose its voice on the world stage and while the pro-union Better Together has lished parties into seats at the Dublin cabinet table for southwest Scotland, describing the 16, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Sixteen-year-old Megan McKay says the country stands to gain more 22,400 Twitter followers and 120,000 the first time after parliamentary elections due in 2016. vote as historic. who plays the bagpipes in a local backed the “Yes” campaign in a debate from the European Union if it stays in Facebook likes. “You will have to look McDonald, 45, is the face of the new breed of Sinn Few polls have asked the 16- and band. He worries about the future at her school in Banff, 275 km north of the United Kingdom. Her family runs hard to find someone more patriotic Fein politicians transforming the party’s image. An 17-year-olds how they plan to use currency of an independent Scotland, Edinburgh, saying an independent a farm in Inverness-shire in the than me, and when it all came about a English literature graduate from Trinity College Dublin - their one-off chance to vote in the ref- defence and the division of oil Scotland could make better use of its Highlands. “I will vote ‘No’ as I think few years ago I was all for independ- which before independence was a pillar of the Anglo- erendum on ending the 307-year-old reserves, issues that would need to be oil wealth. She was also attracted by that our country is fine the way it is ence,” said Kieran Green, 16, a student Irish establishment - she gave up her doctorate studies union with the rest of Britain. Overall, negotiated with London between a promises to get rid of nuclear and we don’t need such dramatic and a keen footballer from Edinburgh. for a career in politics and is seen as Sinn Fein’s leader in polls show Scots remain doubtful “Yes” vote and the March 24, 2016 weapons and keep university educa- change,” she told Reuters on the farm “But growing up and maturing has waiting. Together with other able public performers about separation, although the pro- date set for Scottish independence. tion free - in England, tuition costs where she had just helped her father made me re-think. My heart says ‘Yes’, such as finance spokesman Pearse Doherty, they have portion of those supporting inde- Political scientist Mark Shephard about 9,000 pounds ($15,000) a year. deliver a calf. but my head says ‘No’.” —Reuters propelled Sinn Fein firmly into third place in most opin- ion polls. The party is in contention to win a record three of the Irish republic’s 11 seats in the European Parliament, potentially equalling Prime Minister Enda Warming disrupting Americans’ lives Kenny’s Fine Gael party. Sinn Fein is also running a higher proportion of candi- By Seth Borenstein Wesleyan University in Connecticut. by 71 percent in the Northeast. Heat waves, many ways.” Those include smoke-filled air dates between the ages of 18 and 35 in local elections such as those in Texas in 2011 and the from more wildfires, smoggy air from pollu- than any of the other major parties, while almost a third of lobal warming is rapidly turning Wild Weather Midwest in 2012, are projected to intensify tion, more diseases from tainted food, water, those running are women, again higher than the rest and America into a stormy and dangerous Even though the nation’s average temper- nationwide. Droughts in the Southwest are mosquitoes and ticks. And then there‘s more almost twice as many as rival opposition Fianna Fail party. Gplace, with rising seas and disasters ature has risen by as much as 1.9 degrees expected to get stronger. Sea level has risen pollen because of warming weather and the costing citizens from flood-stricken Florida to since record keeping began in 1895, it’s in the 20 cm since 1880 and is projected to rise effects of carbon dioxide on plants. Ragweed Teddy Bears and Pilates Classes the wildfire-ravaged West, according to a big, wild weather where the average person between 0.3 m and 1.2 m by 2100. pollen season has lengthened by 24 days in Sinn Fein’s makeover aims to make the party more new US federal scientific report. Climate feels climate change the most, said co-author Since Jan 2010, 43 of the lower 48 states the Minnesota-North Dakota region between palatable to voters still suspicious of its role in Northern change’s assorted harms “are expected to Katharine Hayhoe, a Texas Tech University cli- have set at least one monthly record for heat, 1995 and 2011, the report says. In other parts Ireland’s “Troubles”. This includes a Twitter feed that become increasingly disruptive across the mate scientist. Extreme weather like such as California having its warmest January of the Midwest, the pollen season has gotten recounts the escapades of the party leader’s teddy bears nation throughout this century and beyond,” droughts, storms and heat waves hit us in the on record this year. In the past 51 months, longer by anywhere from 11 days to 20 days. and Pilates classes. Adams took to his Twitter page min- the National Climate Assessment concluded utes after his release to tell his followers: “Just 2 let U yesterday. The report emphasizes how know this tweet is back”. He has cultivated the image of warming and its all-too-wild weather are a statesman who helped to bring peace to Northern changing daily lives, even using the phrase Ireland and as a defender of working families. But his “climate disruption” as another way of saying arrest was a reminder that he was once reviled by many global warming. as the face of republicanism in the conflict that cost Still, it’s not too late to prevent the worst 3,600 lives. of climate change, says the 840-page report, Adams, who has always denied membership of the which the White House is highlighting as it IRA, has led the party for over 30 years, first bringing it to tries to jump-start often stalled efforts to curb power-sharing with pro-British unionists in the north heat-trapping gases. However, if the US and and then presiding over its best showing in the south in the world don’t change the way they use 2011 parliamentary elections. But at 65, he will have to energy, “we’re still on the pathway to more anoint a successor sooner rather than later. “He has damage and danger of the type that are extraordinary longevity. There is no parallel for it in mod- described in great detail in the rest of this ern politics but you can stay too long,” said Diarmaid report,” said study co-author Henry Jacoby, Ferriter, professor of modern Irish history at University co-director of the Joint Program on the College Dublin. “That legacy of the Troubles was always Science and Policy of Global Change at the going to hang around Adams. It also means that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. younger generation need to be wheeled out to insist Jacoby, other scientists and White House offi- that they believe his denials that he was ever in the IRA. cials said this is the most detailed and US- How sustainable is that? This is obviously not the focus focused scientific report on global warming. they want long term.” —Reuters “Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present,” the report says. “Corn pro- ducers in Iowa, oyster growers in Washington All articles appearing on these state and maple syrup producers in Vermont pages are the personal opinion of are all observing climate-related changes the writers. Kuwait Times takes no that are outside of recent experience.” The report looks at regional and state- This Feb 7, 2014 photo shows the cracked-dry bed of the Almaden Reservoir in San Jose, California. —AP responsibility for views expressed level effects of global warming, compared pocketbooks and can be seen by our own states have set 80 monthly records for heat, And all this will come with a hefty cost, therein. Kuwait Times invites read- with recent reports from the United Nations eyes, she said. And it’s happening a lot more 33 records for being too wet, 12 for lack of the report says. Flooding alone may cost ers to voice their opinions. Please that lumped all of North America together. often lately. rain and just three for cold, according to an $325 billion by the year 2100 in one of the A draft of the report was released in Jan The report says the intensity, frequency AP analysis of federal weather records. “We’re worst-case scenarios, with $130 billion of that send submissions via email to: opin- 2013, but this version has been reviewed by and duration of the strongest Atlantic hurri- being hit hard,” Hayhoe said, comparing in Florida, the report says. Already the [email protected] or via snail more scientists, the National Academy of canes have increased since the early 1980s, America to a boxer. “We’re holding steady, droughts and heat waves of 2011 and 2012 mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. Science and 13 government agencies and but it is still uncertain how much of that is and we’re getting hit in the jaw. We’re starting added about $10 billion to farm costs, the had public comment. It is written in a bit from man-made warming. Winter storms to recover from one punch, and another report says. Billion-dollar weather disasters The editor reserves the right to edit more simple language so people could real- have increased in frequency and intensity punch comes.” have hit everywhere across the nation, but any submission as necessary. ize “that there’s a new source of risk in their and shifted northward since the 1950s, it The report also says “climate change have hit Texas, Oklahoma and the Southeast lives,” said study lead author Gary Yohe of says. Also, heavy downpours are increasing - threatens human health and well-being in most often, the report says. —AP WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 NEWS

Iran to target US ships during war Sisi insists Brotherhood ‘finished’ Continued from Page 1 realistic representation of having the capability to tar- Continued from Page 1 the Mubarak era. But Sisi insisted a controversial law get a 100,000-ton warship ... maneuvering at speeds adopted in November by the interim government he The commander said the Guard navy has already in excess of 30 knots,” he said. The Brotherhood was Egypt’s best-organised politi- installed had been vital in restoring stability. “We carried out exercises targeting mock-ups of American Iran’s military leaders believe future wars will be air cal force for decades even though it has been banned won’t be able to meet challenges in Egypt today amid warships. In one case, he said, it took 50 seconds to and sea-based. Tehran has sought to upgrade its mis- for most of the time since its foundation in 1928, and this state of chaos... and one of the tools to (tackle this destroy one of the simulated warships. Tasnim, anoth- sile and air defense systems, as well as its naval forces Sisi has faced Western calls to reach out to its support- chaos) was the protest law,” Sisi said. er semi-official news agency close to the Guard, in anticipation of such a possibility. Fadavi, however, ers. But challenged whether he meant the “He (Sisi) wants to consolidate his supporters and reported that “an investigation” has found that the said the Guard’s navy is in “daily” contact with passing Brotherhood would no longer exist under his presi- not win opponents,” said Nevine Massaad, political sci- Nimitz-class carriers used by the US could be seriously American warships in the Gulf. “At the Guard Navy dency, Sisi answered: “Yes,” rejecting any idea it might ence professor at Cairo University. “He is saying ‘you damaged or destroyed if 24 missiles were fired simul- Command Control Center, we talk to Americans on a have a place in the political future. accept me as I am or don’t’. He will not win over any of taneously. daily basis. This has been going on for years,” Fadavi James Dorsey, Middle East Expert with Singapore- his opponents by making it clear he would do any- An American Navy official in the Gulf was dismissive said. based S Rajaratinam School of International Studies, thing to achieve security,” she said. As the government of the Iranian claims, and of the simulated carrier in American naval forces in the region say they rou- said “he has taken a hardline position by ruling out Sisi installed has cracked down on persistent protests particular. “Whatever Iran hopes to do with the mock- tinely monitor Iranian naval operations and frequently any possible reconciliation with the Muslim by Morsi’s supporters resulting in clashes in which up, it is likely to have zero impact on US Navy opera- communicate with their Iranian counterparts. Fadavi Brotherhood. “Obviously he catered to his power base Amnesty International says more than 1,400 people tions in the Gulf,” said Cmdr Jason Salata, a spokesman said Americans have formally demanded a hotline to which supports him... there is no doubt that he is have been killed, attacks by hardline Islamists, some for the US Navy’s 5th Fleet, which is based across the contact Iranians in case of emergency but the Guard extremely popular among a large section of the popu- inspired by Al-Qaeda, have multiplied. Gulf in the island kingdom of Bahrain. “Firing weapons has turned down the request. “Nothing (bad) will hap- lation.” But Sisi played to the security credentials and at a stationary structure floating on pontoons is not a pen if they leave (the region),” he said. — AP Nearly all of the Brotherhood’s top leaders are in strongman image that have endeared him to the custody, among thousands of Morsi supporters who many Egyptians weary of the turmoil and the damage have been put on trial, resulting in hundreds of sum- it has done to the economy and its vital tourism sec- IMF calls on Kuwait to contain wages... mary death sentences that have drawn international tor. Asked by the interviewer whether he had ever criticism. But Sisi was unrepentant about the crack- been the target of any assassination attempts - Continued from Page 1 finances on a more sustainable path “because they have down and the tight restrictions on protests that have Mubarak famously survived 10 - Sisi confided, without accumulated huge surpluses and most GCC has very angered some of the key leaders of the Arab Spring giving any details, that he had survived “two”. Separately, Gulf Arab states are likely to see shrinking small debt to GDP”. “So I doubt we will see any decline in uprising that toppled veteran president Hosni Cairo University politics professor Mustapha Kamel fiscal surpluses over the next two years as government government spending in any of the countries over the Mubarak in 2011. Al-Sayyid said: “What we saw yesterday was a firm spending stays high while oil output and crude prices short term,” he said. Last month, an Egyptian court even banned the leader who knows what he wants and who will work are expected to ease, a Reuters poll showed yesterday. The budget plans of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman April 6 youth movement, which had spearheaded the very hard to get what he wants. All the policies that Saudi Arabia’s budget surplus, which the IMF estimates for this year suggested expenditure growth would be revolt. And Sisi’s only rival for the presidency, veteran were adopted since July 3 will continue. Nothing will was 8.3 percent last year, was expected to shrink to 4.9 much slower. The 2014 budget plan of Riyadh, which has leftist leader Hamdeen Sabbahi, has raised concern change. He did not give an impression that he is a percent of gross domestic product this year and 3.7 per- accumulated $725 billion of foreign assets, sees a rise of that Egypt is returning to the autocratic practices of people’s man.” — AFP cent in 2015. The Reuters poll of 17 analysts was con- just 4 percent compared to the original 2013 budget, the ducted over the past two weeks. A previous survey con- slowest rate since 2003. And cash-rich Qatar pencilled in ducted in January forecast the Saudi fiscal surplus at 5.0 only a 3.7 percent increase in its record 2014/15 budget, percent of GDP in 2014 and 3.5 percent in 2015. the slowest clip since 1999. It also told the IMF in Saudis bust Qaeda cell February that it plans to largely eliminate the tradition of Export Receipts to Fall spending overruns. Continued from Page 1 tants within its own borders. The Interior Ministry has Oil prices are set to weaken to $106 per barrel in 2014 said that anger at the Syrian conflict has spurred a surge and $101 next year from around $108 now as the United Robust Growth war and an anti-government combatant across the in online militancy, and that it fears Saudis who travel to States and OPEC members Iraq and Libya step up pro- On the growth front, the prospects are bright as the border in turbulent Iraq. International rights groups have Syria to fight with the rebels might join Al-Qaeda and duction, a separate Reuters poll of oil analysts showed. vibrant non-oil sector is likely to offset the slowdown in said some of the thousands of people detained and jailed return to the kingdom to carry out attacks. That will probably dent vital export receipts for the six hydrocarbons, analysts said, keeping their forecasts by Saudi Arabia on security grounds over the past decade An Al-Qaeda insurgency inside Saudi Arabia from oil-reliant Gulf Cooperation Council states, which also largely unchanged. “We are very optimistic about the were peaceful dissidents, something the authorities deny. 2003-06 was mainly led by veterans of civil wars in include the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman outlook for the GCC this year. We think non-oil growth is The groups have also voiced concern at a new “anti- Afghanistan and Iraq, and after it was crushed its sur- and Bahrain. Falling revenues are bad news for small going to be the main driver,” said Khatija Haque, senior terrorism” law that gives the authorities wide scope to vivors fled to neighbouring Yemen where they founded a non-OPEC oil exporters such as Oman, which some ana- economist at Emirates NBD in Dubai. “All is looking much detain and jail people as militants for criticising the ruling new branch of the movement. Al-Qaeda has thrived in lysts already expect to tip into deficit this year, and better than a year ago. The US economy is going from family. Turki said monitoring of social media played an south Yemen since then, exploiting weak government Bahrain, which could slide deeper into the red. strength to strength and the UK economy forecasts have important role in uncovering the group of 62, and had and widespread poverty, but a Yemeni government “I do not think we will see huge growth in govern- been revised upwards. As long as it (China) does not shown how Al-Qaeda members in Yemen and Syria were offensive ousted militants from their main regional ment spending over the next few years. It is just the rev- have a hard landing, we should be okay,” she said. communicating with each other in coordination with stronghold yesterday, the Defence Ministry said. In enue side that creates a decline in surpluses,” said Fahad Small Qatar should keep outperforming the other five members of the group inside Saudi Arabia. February, King Abdullah issued a decree that any Saudi Al-Turki, head of research at Jadwa Investment in Riyadh. GCC states with 6.1 percent growth in 2014 and 6.0 per- The authorities found a laboratory to make explosives who travelled abroad to fight faced three-20 years in Oman’s budget surplus should also shrink this year, to cent in 2015, as it pumps billions of dollars into construc- and seized funds worth nearly one million Saudi riyals prison and that any who supported a militant group 1.7 percent of GDP, with the economy set to break even tion ahead of the 2022 soccer World Cup tournament. ($266,000) intended for the cell, Turki said. State televi- would be jailed for five-30 years. ISIL was named as a next year, the poll showed - a much more bearish fore- But more activity may also send Qatar to the top of the sion showed dozens of seized mobile phones, laptops banned terrorist group. cast than the 2.9 percent and 2.1 percent of GDP surplus Gulf inflation table, with consumer price growth seen and tablet computers. He said the cell comprised 59 Separately, a group calling itself the “Al-Zaraqwiyya seen in January. Bahrain may see a gap of 3.7 percent averaging 3.6 percent this year and 4.0 percent in 2015, Saudis, a Pakistani, a Yemeni and a Palestinian, and that Battalion” after the late Iraqi Al-Qaeda leader announced compared with the previous prediction for a 4.7 percent the highest rates since a record 15 percent in 2008 but one detainee was the group’s leader. Turki added that the on Twitter it had been set up in Saudi Arabia to target shortfall. below January forecasts. In fellow OPEC member the authorities were still seeking another 44 people suspect- Shiites, SITE monitoring reported yesterday. The group The erosion of surpluses has prompted calls to UAE, where a double-digit jump in Dubai property ed of having links to the group. said “legitimate targets” included Shiite gatherings, their restrain the government spending that has powered the prices has fanned fears of another bubble, GDP should While Saudi Arabia is a leading supporter of the insur- homes and cars, and individuals who defend them. Gulf’s economic boom over the past two decades. But grow 4.3 percent this year and 4.0 percent in 2015, the gency against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, it also Shiism is seen as heretical by Al-Qaeda. Most Saudi Turki said there is little pressure to put Gulf public poll showed. — Agencies fears the conflict could reinvigorate a threat from mili- Shiites live in the country’s Eastern Province. — Reuters WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 SPORTS

Waqar reinstated as coach England ready to move on Magath apologises to fans KARACHI: Former captain Waqar Younis was reinstated as Pakistan coach yes- LONDON: Stuart Broad says the England team can revive their for- LONDON: Fulham manager Felix Magath has apologised to fans after terday and quickly made it clear that his main target was the 50-over World tunes after a torrid winter and the sacking of Kevin Pietersen but Saturday’s lacklustre 4-1 defeat by Stoke City ended their 13-year stay in the Cup in Australia and New Zealand next year. must not rush into more more changes after a period of major Premier League, and says he will look to the club’s youth team to help them The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced in a statement that Waqar had upheaval in the coaching setup. Broad, England’s Twenty20 captain, return to the top flight. The west Londoners needed three points for any realis- been given a two-year contract. The former fast bowler was also given the job oversaw a disastrous World Twenty20 campaign and played in the tic hope of avoiding relegation but never gave themselves a chance with a in 2010 before quitting in late 2011 for personal and health reasons. “I am humiliating 5-0 Ashes series defeat in Australia that led to Pietersen half-hearted performance at the Britannia Stadium that meant Sunday’s match extremely pleased to have been selected as head coach,” Waqar said on being sacked, coach Andy Flower leaving and spinner Graeme against Crystal Palace has nothing but pride riding on it. “We as a team, and I Tuesday. “My immediate aim is to prepare the team for the upcoming busy Swann retiring before before the series was over. Following that include myself and management, would like to apologise for our bad perform- cricket season including next year’s World Cup.” winter of discontent England have re-appointed Peter Moores as ance on Saturday,” the 60-year-old said on the club website (www.fulhamfc.com). Waqar was the hot favorite for the role after Australian Dav Whatmore coach, sacked batting coach Graham Gooch and faced continuous “It certainly was not what you as fans were expecting and should rightfully decided in February not to extend his two-year contract with the questions about the decision to ditch talismanic batsman Pietersen. demand of us, but we were unable to perform on the day, resulting in our down- PCB. Fast bowler Broad, however, pointed to the team’s ability to fall. “The support that you have given us has been exceptional and is Another former captain, Moin Khan, was named interim renew and reinvigorate themselves following previous high profile much appreciated. I do realise that you have been through diffi- coach for the Asia Cup and World Twenty20 tournaments earli- departures as proof that England can move on from the Pietersen cult times this season, but you have continued to be our ever- er this year. Moin has now been appointed as chief selector affair to rediscover their winning touch in a new era. faithful 12th man and I cannot praise and thank you enough.” and manager of the national team. Waqar, 42, who took 373 “Every player gets dropped and every player moves on,” Broad German Magath is the club’s third manager this season after test and 416 one-day wickets, formed a formidable new-ball told reporters at the Royal Opera House launch of insurance compa- Martin Jol and Rene Meulensteen were both sacked. He attack with Wasim Akram in the 1990s before retiring in ny Royal London’s sponsorship of English one-day cricket. arrived with the reputation as a hard task-master and 2003. “Cricket will always continue when anyone is out of the setup. I having never suffered relegation as a manager but was It is Pakistan’s seventh coaching appointment since 2008 remember there being a big thing when Freddie Flintoff retired and unable to inspire enough of an upturn in form, leading in a list that also includes Australian Geoff Lawson, Intikhab how the England team would cope, then we had the most success- them to three wins in his 11 league matches in Alam and Mohsin Khan.—Reuters ful three years an England team’s ever had. It can happen.”—Reuters charge.—Reuters Tigers maul Astros

DETROIT: Max Scherzer allowed just three home run to break a deadlock in the fifth hits and struck out nine batters over eight inning as the Mariners beat the Athletics for innings, leading the Detroit Tigers past the their third straight victory and eighth in 10 Houston Astros 2-0 Monday for their season- games. high sixth straight victory. Rajai Davis broke a Chris Young (2-0) allowed two hits over six scoreless tie with an RBI single in the seventh strong innings to win his second straight and Victor Martinez hit a solo homer in the start. The right-hander faced the minimum eighth. Catcher Alex Avila threw out two run- through three and didn’t allow a hit until Jed ners in the late innings for the Tigers, who Lowrie’s one-out single in the fourth. Brandon have the best record in the AL. Houston, Moss hit a tying two-run homer two batters which has the worst record in the majors, has later. Scott Kazmir (4-1), off to the best start in lost three in a row. Scherzer (4-1) earned his his career, was tagged for eight hits and four fourth straight win. Joe Nathan pitched the runs in six innings. ninth for his sixth save in eight chances. Jarred Cosart (1-3) allowed an unearned run ANGELS 4, YANKEES 1 and four hits in seven innings. The Angels scored three runs off five straight walks in the eighth inning after Jered TWINS 1, INDIANS 0 Eduardo Escobar homered to lead off the Weaver escaped a based-loaded jam with no 10th inning against Cleveland closer John outs in the top half as Los Angeles beat the Axford, giving the Twins a win. Escobar, who Yankees. entered as a pinch-hitter in the seventh, con- Yankees relievers Shawn Kelley (0-2), Matt nected on a 1-0 pitch from Axford (0-3), driv- Thornton and Preston Claiborne walked six ing it over the wall in right for his first homer overall in the eighth, the most walks in an since June 20 and fourth of his career in 344 inning by New York since 1990. at-bats. Caleb Thielbar (2-0) pitched a perfect Weaver (3-2) allowed a run and six hits in ninth and Glen Perkins struck out two in the eight innings, struck out seven and walked 10th for his eighth save. one. Weaver bounded off the mound pump- ing his fist and shouting in excitement after MARINERS 4, ATHLETICS 2 getting Derek Jeter to ground into an inning- Stefen Romero hit his first major league ending double play in the eighth.—AP

PHILADELPHIA: Phillies’ Marlon Byrd (left) is tagged out by Toronto Blue Jays catcher Josh Thole while trying to score on a fly out by Ryan Howard during the sixth inning of an interleague baseball game. —AP Blue Jays blank Phillies

PHILADELPHIA: Jose Reyes hit a leadoff Zack Greinke (5-1) got a hard-luck first loss of Milwaukee, which had lost four of its last five homer and JA Happ allowed three hits over the season and Danny Espinosa added a two- entering the game. The Brewers still have the five innings as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the run homer in the eighth. best record in baseball at 22-11. Milwaukee Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 on Monday. remained the only team in baseball to not Facing his former team, Happ (1-0) walked GIANTS 11, PIRATES 10 lose when scoring at least four runs, improv- four and pitched out of trouble often in his A throwing error by pitcher Jared Hughes ing to 18-0 in those games. first start of the season. The left-hander was on a sacrifice bunt by reliever Jean Machi in Matt Garza (2-3) allowed three runs and filling in for injured righty Brendan Morrow. the 13th allowed the San Francisco Giants to eight hits in six innings for Milwaukee. Mike DETROIT: Tigers’ Victor Martinez hits a solo home run against the Houston Astros in Four relievers finished off the seven-hitter. score the winning run and overcome a six-run Bolsinger (1-2) took the loss for the the eighth inning of a baseball game. —AP Kyle Kendrick (0-3) lost his eighth straight deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hughes Diamondbacks after giving up four runs and decision, dating to last season. He gave up (1-1) came on to start the 13th. seven hits in five innings. three runs and seven hits in seven innings. With one out, he walked Hunter Pence and The Phillies failed to go two games above hit Juan Perez with a pitch. Machi (5-0), in just ROCKIES 8, RANGERS 2 California Chrome .500 for the first time since Oct. 1, 2012. They the second plate appearance of his four-year Troy Tulowitzki homered twice and Jordan are 0-4 in those situations this season. career, then dropped down a bunt, which Lyles pitched eight strong innings as the Hughes fielded and threw wildly past first Colorado Rockies beat the Texas Rangers. faces lighter load CARDINALS 4, BRAVES 3 base as Pence scored from second base. Nolan Arenado also homered to extend his Matt Carpenter’s two-run double in the Backup catcher Hector Sanchez had four hitting streak to 25 games. It is the longest in LOUISVILLE: Before his workload and the early in a slower-than-expected race also paid fifth inning helped carry the St. Louis hits and three RBIs in the Giants 20-hit attack, the majors this season. scrutiny become heavier next week, California off, allowing California Chrome to save his Cardinals past the slumping Atlanta Braves, while Buster Posey, who got a day off from Tulowitzki had his first multi-homer game Chrome will enjoy a few light days. The best for the stretch in the 19-horse field. He who shook up their lineup but still lost their catching, had three hits, three runs scored of the season and the ninth of his career. He Kentucky Derby champion looked fresh fol- went on to his fifth straight win and seventh seventh in a row. and two RBIs. Machi pitched two scoreless hit a two-run shot off Texas starter Martin lowing his 13/4-length victory at Churchill in 11 starts. Commanding Curve was second Desperate for more offense, Braves manag- innings and Sergio Romo worked the 13th for Perez in the fifth and hit another two-run Downs on Saturday and seemed to be han- and Danza third. er Fredi Gonzalez batted pitcher Aaron his 10th save. homer off reliever Shawn Tolleson to give dling the ensuing fame quite well. After a Despite the huge spotlight and expecta- Harang eighth and put second baseman Colorado a 7-1 lead in the seventh. It was Sunday morning walk and bath, the chestnut tions, California Chrome fulfilled them in rac- Ramiro Pena in the ninth spot. Pena had two WHITE SOX 3, CUBS 1 more than enough for Lyles (4-0), who came colt stood tall and proud like a runway model, ing’s marquee event by remaining unfazed. hits, including a seventh-inning homer that Marcus Semien hit a tiebreaking RBI dou- within three outs of the second complete making sure photographers got plenty of pic- He was just as laid back Sunday morning brought the Braves within a run, but they ble in a two-run 12th and Jose Quintana game of his career. tures. With attention likely to increase as while soaking up attention from media and couldn’t overcome a 4-0 deficit. allowed one hit over seven innings, as the California Chrome heads to Pimlico for the visitors. Taking advantage of shaky defense, Chicago White Sox beat the Cubs. PADRES 6, ROYALS 5 Preakness on May 17, trainer Art Sherman “He’s pretty good that way, just takes Carpenter doubled in two runs and Matt Quintana and five relievers combined on a Will Venable hit a two-run single in the wants his horse as relaxed as possible before everything in stride,” said Alan Sherman, who Holiday followed with a run-scoring single. four-hitter, and the White Sox came away with 12th inning to give the San Diego Padres a returning to work. The horse will rest this co-trains the horse with his father. “He got a Peter Bourjos had an RBI single in the sixth to the win after dropping four straight and six of win over the Kansas City Royals. Venable sin- week at Churchill Downs before flying to little worked up Saturday on his way over to extend St. Louis’ lead. Shelby Miller (4-2) got seven to their crosstown rivals. The winning gled off Tim Collins (0-2) and over the head of Baltimore next Monday to prepare for the the paddock, but once he got in he was fine. the win and Trevor Rosenthal earned his ninth rally started when Alexei Ramirez singled off right fielder Lorenzo Cain to score Chris Triple Crown’s next jewel. For the 77-year-old He just loves to train and loves to run, that save. Harang (3-3) took the loss. Justin Grimm with two out and stole second. Denorfia with the tying run and Yonder Sherman it means adjusting his training rou- horse.” Stride is the operative word for Tyler Flowers walked, and Semien lined a 1-1 Alonso with the winning run from second tine from several weeks between starts to just California Chrome this week. Alan Sherman MARLINS 4, METS 3 pitch over third baseman Mike Olt’s head to base. a few with the Preakness followed by the said the horse will walk for a few days before Casey McGehee hit a sharp grounder that make it 2-1. Grimm (1-1) plunked pinch-hitter Mike Moustakas hit an RBI single in the Belmont Stakes on June 7. Which is why jogging and then traveling. caromed into right field off the back of reliev- Paul Konerko on the left arm to load the bases 12th off Tim Stauffer (1-0) to give the Royals a California Chrome will remain at racing’s most While Alan Sherman handles those duties, er Gonzalez Germen’s foot, allowing the win- and walked Alejandro De Aza to make it a brief lead. Jedd Gyorko’s solo homer with one famous track instead of flying back home or his dad will be back in Southern California ning run to score, as the Miami Marlins rallied two-run game. out in the ninth inning off Royals closer Greg arriving early to prepare for the 1 3/16-mile tending to his other horses. Sherman figures late from a three-run deficit to beat the New Holland tied the game at 4. It was Holland’s race at Pimlico. to get a hero’s reception and he welcomes York Mets. BREWERS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 0 first blown save in eight chances. “Rather than shift to different tracks, he the break after getting little sleep following Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a tying double in Carlos Gomez hit a home run and drove in Eric Hosmer homered and drove in three likes it here, he likes his surroundings,” said his biggest victory, a whirlwind that included the eighth off Daisuke Matsuzaka, who failed three runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers runs for Kansas City, which extended its sea- Sherman, who became the oldest trainer to several rounds of interviews. California to retire any of the five batters he faced in over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Martin son-high losing streak to five games despite a win the Derby. “Let him freshen up for a few Chrome’s low maintenance has allowed relief of Jonathon Niese. Giancarlo Stanton Maldonado and Jean Segura also homered for season-high 16 hits.—AP days and we’ll get over there probably four or Sherman the luxury of getting away. “I don’t had an RBI single and the Marlins scored five days before just to school him like I really have to do too much with him, just keep another run on shortstop Omar Quintanilla’s MLB results/standings always do.” him happy, keep him fresh,” Sherman said. fielding error in the eighth. Sherman’s strategy certainly worked for “He’s coming back in two weeks, and I’ve nev- Christian Yelich led off the ninth with a sin- Minnesota 1, Cleveland 0 (10 innings); Washington 4, LA Dodgers 0; Toronto 3, Philadelphia 0; San Francisco 11, California Chrome in the Derby, where the 5-2 er run horses back in two weeks as a rule. I’m gle off Scott Rice (0-1). He advanced to sec- Pittsburgh 10 (13 Innings); Detroit 2, Houston 0; St. Louis 4, Atlanta 3; Miami 4, NY Mets 3; Chicago White Sox 3, favorite became the first California-bred more seven weeks, six weeks... “I’ll let the ond on Ed Lucas’ sacrifice. Germen intention- Chicago Cubs 1 (12 innings); Milwaukee 8, Arizona 3; Colorado 8, Texas 2; LA Angels 4, NY Yankees 1; Seattle 4, Oakland champion since Decidedly in 1962. horse tell me. I’m not going to be no fancy- ally walked Giancarlo Stanton before 2; San Diego 6, Kansas City 5 (12 innings). Jockey Victor Espinoza’s decision to lay off works, no fancy-this, just keep him fresh.”—AP McGehee got his RBI single. Marlins closer American League National League Steve Cishek (2-1) pitched a scoreless ninth Eastern Division Eastern Division for the win. W L PCT GB Washington 18 14 .563 - Baltimore 15 14 .517 - Atlanta 17 14 .548 0.5 NATIONALS 4, DODGERS 0 NY Yankees 16 15 .516 - Miami 17 15 .531 1 Anthony Rendon hit a two-run homer in Boston 15 17 .469 1.5 NY Mets 16 15 .516 1.5 the first inning, and - thanks to an odd-mov- Tampa Bay 15 17 .469 1.5 Philadelphia 15 15 .500 2 Toronto 15 17 .469 1.5 ing storm that produced an interminable rain Central Division Central Division Milwaukee 22 11 .667 - delay - the Washington Nationals didn’t finish Detroit 18 9 .667 - off the Los Angeles Dodgers until some six Minnesota 15 15 .500 4.5 St. Louis 17 16 .515 5 hours later on Tuesday morning, gaining sole Chicago White Sox 16 17 .485 5 Cincinnati 15 16 .484 6 possession of first place in the NL East. Jordan Kansas City 14 17 .452 6 Pittsburgh 12 20 .375 9.5 Zimmerman pitched four shutout innings Cleveland 13 19 .406 7.5 Chicago Cubs 11 19 .367 9.5 before the game was halted, and five relievers Western Division Western Division threw an inning apiece after play resumed. In Oakland 19 13 .594 - San Francisco 21 11 .656 - between, there was a delay of 3 hours, 17 Texas 17 15 .531 2 Colorado 20 14 .588 2 minutes while a narrow, cigar-shaped storm LA Angels 16 15 .516 2.5 LA Dodgers 18 15 .545 3.5 Seattle 15 15 .500 3 took its time soaking D.C. and not much else. San Diego 15 18 .455 6.5 LOUISVILLE: California Chrome, winner of the 140th Kentucky Derby, walks the shed Houston 10 22 .313 9 Arizona 11 24 .314 11.5 row with assistant trainer Alan Sherman at Churchill Downs. —AP As it was, Aaron Barrett (2-0) got the win, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 SPORTS How will Manziel fare in the NFL draft?

HOUSTON: And now comes the great leap to the NFL for Johnny Football. Johnny Manziel, a Heisman Trophy winner and one of college football’s most entertaining players, looks to translate his improvisational game to the next lev- el. But questions abound about the quarterback’s skills and hard-partying habits. That’s why opinions vary on where he’ll end up on draft night. Many believe he should be picked early in the first round. Others, like former NFL quarterback and current ESPN analyst Ron Jaworski, don’t think he should be taken before the third round. If teams are sold on him as a player, he may face obsta- cles from those reticent to deal with the circus-like atmos- phere that seems to follow him everywhere. It’s difficult at times to separate Manziel from his over- the-top Johnny Football persona and figure out exactly who this 21-year-old Texan is. Is he the beloved teammate who piled up almost 10,000 yards in just two seasons and put the Aggies back on the football map? Or the petulant, Drake-obsessed, swag-oozing figure who mocked Rice defenders by fake-signing autographs after he was sus- pended by the NCAA for an autograph offense? The answer: probably a little of both. But even some who question his character are still enamored of what he could bring to a team. “As far as the face of the franchise, sometimes that’s not definable,” NFL Network lead draft analyst Mike Mayock said. “I look at Johnny Manziel, what- ever it is, he has it. I know on Sunday ... he’s going to show up with an edge about him, thinking he’s the best guy on the field and he’s going to elevate the play of those around him. (But) I also struggle with him a little bit with his off- the-field antics.” Manziel’s recent pro day was more like a Hollywood pro- duction than an NFL workout. There was a soundtrack fea- turing Drake songs; a customized wardrobe from Nike; and former President George HW Bush, his wife Barbara and their two dogs watching from the sidelines. He attended this year’s Final Four with Drake, and the ARIZONA: In this Friday, April 25, 2014, file photo, Michael Phelps starts the 50-meter freestyle preliminary heat during the Arena Grand Prix swim event. —AP rapper dropped the track “Draft Day” last month in which he mentions the quarterback by name. “When you’re dealing with a high-profile position like Phelps to dive back into the pool again the quarterback, obviously there’s some well-documented things to cover and to consider,” said Jon Gruden, the NORTH COROLINA: Next up for Michael Phelps returned to competitive swim- freestyle, wasn’t nearly as serious. That step at a time and not committing to any “Monday Night Football” analyst and former NFL coach. Phelps’ comeback: Two events that pro- ming at a meet in Arizona less than two race has never been part of Phelps’ pro- long-term goals. Still, it’s clear he wouldn’t “Manziel brings a lot of excitement and interest to your duced Olympic gold. Phelps has entered weeks ago, his first since retiring after the gram at a major meet, and he even used be putting in the work if the 2016 organization. Maybe some people don’t want to be part of the 100-meter butterfly and the 200 2012 London Games as the most decorat- his preliminary heat to work on his butter- Olympics were not his primary focus. it. That will be up to them.” freestyle at the Charlotte Grand Prix meet ed athlete in Olympic history. fly stroke. Not surprisingly, he finished Phelps has already competed in four While this kind of spectacle might scare some away, in North Carolina next week, his coach, He is the three-time defending Olympic 42nd overall against swimmers who were Summer Games, winning 18 golds and 22 from a marketing standpoint it could be a goldmine. Ken Bob Bowman, told The Associated Press champion in the 100 fly, so it’s obvious using the much faster freestyle. medals overall. Ungar, president and founder of U/S Sports Advisors, a on Monday night. that race would be part of any plans to Still, it was a good starting point for The Grand Prix schedule provides tune- sports and entertainment marketing agency, says Manziel With both events on May 16, Bowman compete at the Rio Games. He won the what the Phelps’ camp is describing as a ups for the U.S. national championships in is a “marketer’s dream.” But he’s careful to point out that can stick to the plan of building up Phelps’ 200 free at the 2008 Beijing Games - dur- low-key comeback. “We were encouraged August, where spots will be earned for the Manziel will have to produce in the NFL to fulfill his market- endurance while staying away, at least for ing his record eight-gold performance - by his performances in Mesa and look for- Pan Pacific Championships later that ing potential. now, from the grueling, multi-day pro- but dropped the event in London. ward to trying a 200 in Charlotte,” month and next year’s world champi- “Even though he would inject a lot of excitement into grams that were once the norm for Phelps. Phelps also competed in two events at Bowman said in a text message. onships in Kazan, Russia - an important teams like Cleveland and Jacksonville, if he’s not able to There will be morning preliminaries and the Mesa Grand Prix, finishing second to Phelps has also put his name in for the steppingstone for the Olympics. After the show the skills on the field, that won’t amount to much by evening finals, though the coach said he’s longtime rival Ryan Lochte in the 100 fly final Grand Prix meet of the season in Charlotte meet, Phelps will head to the time October rolls around,” Ungar said. Manziel could not yet certain Phelps will actually com- and matching the fourth-fastest time in Santa Clara, California, next month, Colorado for high-altitude training begin- also fill what will soon be a void with Peyton Manning and pete in both races. the world this year. The other event, the 50 though he is taking the comeback one ning May 27.—AP Tom Brady inching closer to the end of their careers. “If he shows the talent that we think he’s capable of, this will be a real boon to the entire NFL because it has to fill the pipeline of young talent as its most marketable stars Federer withdraws, Li, Sharapova advance near retirement age,” Ungar said. “That talent pipeline has to be fed in order to keep the NFL as the most popular MADRID: Roger Federer became the second of the sport property in the US.” Questions about Manziel’s char- world’s top four to pull out of the Madrid Masters yes- acter stretch back to before he ever threw a pass for the terday as he has decided to stay at home with his wife Aggies. Before his Heisman-winning season he was arrest- Mirka as they await the birth of their third child. The 17- ed in College Station after police said he was involved in a time Grand Slam champion’s withdrawal comes just two fight and produced a fake ID, leading to misdemeanor days after world number two Novak Djokovic also charges. decided not to compete in the Spanish capital due to a He soon earned the starting job and set numerous school and Southeastern Conference records while leading wrist injury. Texas A&M to an 11-2 record and a victory over No. 1 “I’ve decided to withdraw from Madrid to be with my Alabama in its first season in the SEC. wife Mirka during these next few exciting weeks for our Manziel didn’t have any more legal problems, but there family,” he said on his official Facebook page. was plenty of behavior that raised eyebrows after Manziel “I apologise to my fans and hope to be back in took home the Heisman. Madrid next year. I’ll be training near my home, and am He tweeted that he couldn’t wait to leave College excited to rejoin the Tour soon!” Station before his sophomore season; reportedly overslept Federer’s withdrawal could benefit Wimbledon at a football camp run by the Manning family; and was champion Andy Murray as the Scot is now the highest supposedly kicked out of a University of Texas fraternity seeded player left in the second quarter of the draw. party. Murray will face Nicolas Almagro in his first match at Then he was suspended for the first half of the Aggies’ the Caja Magica on Wednesday after the Spaniard need- season opener against Rice for what the school said was an ed 11 match points to finally see off Kazakh qualifier “inadvertent” violation of NCAA rules involving signing Andrey Golubev 6-3, 6-7 (9/11), 7-6 (7/4). autographs. He was investigated for allegedly accepting Fifth seed David Ferrer also needed three sets to money for autographs from memorabilia brokers. overcome fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos 7-6 (8/6), 5- He went on to throw for 3,723 yards and 33 touchdowns 7, 6-3. However, 13th seed Fabio Fognini was beaten and had 686 yards rushing with eight scores. Manziel fin- 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 by Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov and ished fifth in Heisman voting and soon declared for the 14th seed Tommy Haas also suffered a first round draft with two years of eligibility remaining. Jacksonville exit at the hands of the Netherlands’ Igor Sijsling 3-6, general manager Dave Caldwell, whose team picks third overall, said last week he believes Manziel is the most NFL- 6-1, 6-4. There is still plenty of star power on show in ready quarterback in this year’s draft. But some worry the the women’s Madrid Open as Li Na and Maria smallish Manziel (he’s a shade under 6-foot) won’t succeed Sharapova moved into round three with wins on in a league where 6-5 quarterbacks are now the norm. And Tuesday. Sharapova won her first tournament of the will his excessive scrambling work in the NFL? season on her return to clay in Stuttgart two weeks Gruden isn’t concerned about any of that. “I’m a Manziel ago and looked in fine form as she raced through the MADRID: Russian player Maria Sharapova serves against US player Christina McHale during their women’s singles ... advocate, proponent,” Gruden said. “I realize he’s under first set 6-1. second round tennis match of the Madrid Masters. —AFP six feet tall. Maybe he can’t see over the line. We blew that However, McHale went onto take the second 6-4 and doing. I think I had a bit of a letdown,” she said. “I didn’t ble.” Earlier, Australian Open champion Li had a more theory in the water last year with (Russell) Wilson and led 4-1 in the decider only for Sharapova to respond by create any chances for myself on her serves. I don’t think simple task as she swept aside fellow Chinese Zheng Jie (Drew) Brees. I know he can learn. I spent two days with reeling off five straight games to set up a meeting with I had a break point at all in that second set and I didn’t 6-2, 6-3. Zheng led the head-to-head record between him, and I know he wants to learn ... I don’t know what you 2011 US Open champion Sam Stosur in the last 16. have a breakpoint until I converted one in the third set. the two 4-3 before the match, but Li has now won the want him to do? He threw for eight thousand, ran for two The Russian, though, was still far from happy with “I don’t feel like I was doing much off of my return last four meetings between the pair in straight sets and thousand, he has 93 touchdowns. “All I know is I want her overall performance. “After a really good start I and putting any pressure on her and letting her dictate will face 16th seed Sloane Stephens in the next Manziel.” —AP didn’t keep that level. I didn’t keep doing what I was from the first point. That was really getting me in trou- round.—AFP Clippers, Wizards win

OKLAHOMA CITY: Chris Paul made a career- since moving to Oklahoma City. high eight 3-pointers and scored 32 points to “We have to get more physical,” Durant said. help the Los Angeles Clippers beat Oklahoma “I’m not talking about hard fouls, I’m talking City 122-105 on Monday in Game 1 of their about jamming the lane, fighting through Western Conference semifinal. In the Eastern screens and not letting guys run free. We just Conference semifinals opener, Bradley Beal have to be more physical.” The Clippers scored scored 14 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter 23 points off Oklahoma City’s 18 turnovers. and Trevor Ariza added 22 to lead the Game 2 is today in Oklahoma City. The Wizards Washington Wizards past the top-seeded won a second-round game for the first time Indiana Pacers 102-96. Paul, who had never since 1982 and are 4-0 on the road in this year’s made more than five 3-pointers in a game, had playoffs. They ended a 12-game losing streak at 10 assists. Indiana that dated to April 18, 2007, and they “When somebody’s got it going like that, you did it by nearly leading from wire-to-wire. just try to stay out of the way as much as possi- Paul George and George Hill had 18 points ble, but also help keep that fire going,” Clippers each for Indiana. The Wizards trailed only once, forward Blake Griffin said. 31-30, and took control with a 17-6 run to close Blake Griffin scored 23 points, Jamal Crawford the first half that made it 56-43. Indiana couldn’t had 17 and J.J. Redick added 12 for the Clippers, get closer than five points in the second half. who shot 55 percent from the field and made 15 Game 2 is today at Indiana. of 29 3-point attempts. The Pacers have lost both of their playoff Russell Westbrook scored 29 points, Kevin series’ openers and will face another uphill battle OKLAHOMA CITY: Kevin Durant No. 35 of the Oklahoma City Thunder takes a shot against Jared Dudley No. 9 and Danny Granger Durant had 25 and Serge Ibaka added 12 for the - just days after rallying from a 3-2 deficit to beat No. 33 of the Los Angeles Clippers in Game One of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2014 NBA Playoffs. —AFP Thunder, who suffered their worst home loss Atlanta in seven games in the first round. —AP WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 SPORTS

Durant named NBA Photo of the day Most Valuable Player

NEW YORK: Oklahoma City Thunder for- Durant shot better than 50 percent for a ward Kevin Durant, the NBA’s top scorer for second consecutive season and 39.1 per- the fourth time in five seasons, was named cent from three-point range. His 703 free Tuesday as the league’s Most Valuable throws made from 805 attempted were Player for the 2013-14 campaign. both league highs, giving him an 87.3 per- It’s the first MVP award for the Thunder cent success rate from the line. superstar, who received 1,232 points in bal- He led Oklahoma City to 59 regular-sea- loting for the MVP award. That included son victories and the second seed in the 119 first-place votes from a panel of 124 Western Conference behind San Antonio, voters that consisted of sportswriters and even though star teammate Russell broadcasters throughout the United States Westbrook missed almost half of the sea- and Canada as well as an NBA.com MVP fan son. vote. Miami’s LeBron James, winner of the “It’s his leadership,” teammate Serge last two MVP awards and four of the last Ibaka said. “I saw it when Russell was out. five, finished second in the voting with 891 He was able to keep the team up, not only points and six first-place ballots. on offense, but he has been getting better As reports spread on Monday that on defense too. He has been rebounding Durant would shortly be named MVP, the ball, he has been passing the ball really James offered his congratulations. “Much well in the regular season. respect to him,” James said. “He deserves it. “That type of stuff made him a different He had a big-time MVP season.” player this season.” During the regular sea- Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers son, Durant put together a streak of 41 was third with 434 points, Chicago’s Joakim games in a row with 25 points or more, sur- Noah fourth on 322 and Houston’s James passing Jordan’s 40-game run for the third- Harden fifth on 85. longest such streak in NBA history. Durant, 25, averaged a career-best 32.0 And he came through when it mattered, points per game and averaged a career- leading all players this season in “clutch high 5.5 assists and 7.4 rebounds a game. points”-points scored in the final five min- Only Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain and utes of a game when five points or less sep- Elgin Baylor had such high marks in each arated the contestants. category in a single NBA season. Durant became the first player in the “He is self-motivated,” Thunder coach history of the franchise, which began as the Scott Brooks said. “He’s a tremendous kid Seattle Supersonics, to claim the MVP hon- that does everything for his team. We are or. Durant has been active in the team’s The 205 T16 and Peugeot 2008 DKR revealed in Nanterre, France.— www.redbull.com proud of him because he gives everything community outreach efforts as well as a he has. He does it every night and his con- star on the floor. sistency is remarkable.” “To have someone like that in our With four career season scoring titles, organization, but also in our community is Durant matched Allen Iverson and George a great, great thing,” Thunder general man- Gervin for third on the all-time list, trailing ager Sam Presti said. “It’s certainly not Sri Lanka prove too only Jordan’s 10 and seven by Chamberlain. something to be taken for granted.”—AFP strong for Ireland

DUBLIN: Ajantha Mendis starred with both bat and ball as Sri Lanka enjoyed a comfortable start to their tour of the British Isles with a 79-run win over Ireland in the first one-day international in Dublin yesterday. Mendis made a useful 18 not out in a total of 219 for eight, where No 8 Nuwan Kulasekara top-scored with an undefeated 42, and the unorthodox spinner then took three wickets for 27 runs. Once Sri Lanka, who had been struggling at 95 for five, had set Ireland 220 to win on a slow Clontarf pitch, the game was always out of the reach of the leading Associate or non-Test nation. Despite losing four for 11 runs in 29 balls either side of the 20th over, Ireland put up some late resistance before being bowled out for 140 with 10.1 overs remaining. The difficulty of facing such a talented attack was highlighted by normally-free-scoring Ireland captain William Porterfield’s innings of 33, which used up 87 balls. Indeed, only in-form Leicestershire batsman Niall O’Brien, with 33 from 39 balls including five fours, looked comfortable until Max Sorensen and George Dockrell’s lusty blows near the end. Mendis was named man-of-the-match-two of his three wickets were the important ones of Porterfield, caught at deep mid-wicket, and Niall O’Brien, leg before. However, he must have been run close by Kulasekara who, as well as making runs, removed the dangerous Paul Stirling with the last ball of his first over. Ed Joyce, who has started the season DUBLIN: Ireland captain William Porterfield plays a shot as Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Thirimanne looks superbly for Sussex, lasted only six balls before on the stumps during a One Day International cricket match. —AFP he was caught behind off Suranga Lakmal, a hammer blow to Ireland’s hopes of threatening a shared an unbroken ninth wicket stand of 43 in around and the bowlers, even without Lasith shock victory against the World Twenty20 cham- 22 balls with Mendis. It was a decisive turn- Malinga and Rangan Herath, did the rest. —AFP pions. But a third-wicket stand of 57 put Ireland SCOREBOARD back on course. Then came the wickets which “killed us”, in the post-match words of DUBLIN: Final scoreboard in the first one-day international between Ireland and Sri Lanka at Porterfield. Clontarf yesterday: After Mendis had dismissed O’Brien, Gary Wilson and Porterfield were left stranded in mid- Sri Lanka Ireland pitch with the former adjudged run out. Kevin K. Perera c K O’Brien b Murtagh 0 W. Porterfield c Perera b Mendis 37 O’Brien then pulled his first ball straight to deep U. Tharanga c Wilson b Thompson 24 P. Stirling b Kulasekara 4 mid-wicket and when a bemused Stuart L. Thirimanne c Wilson b Cusack 8 E. Joyce c Chandimal b Lakmal 0 Thompson was Mendis’s third victim, Ireland D. Chandimal c and b K O’Brien 39 N. O’Brien lbw b Mendis 33 were 74 for six. A. Matthews run out (Thompson) 30 G. Wilson run out (Sennayake) 3 Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews rang the K. Vithanage c Joyce b Stirling 5 K. O’Brien c Senanayake b Lakmal 0 changes to let his bowlers get adjusted to the A. Priyanjan c Joyce b Dockrell 31 S. Thompson lbw b Mendis 1 pitch, which they were all seeing for the first N. Kulasekara not out 42 A. Cusack b Lakmal 10 time. S. Senanayake c Dockrell b Murtagh 3 M. Sorensen lbw b Kulasekara 17 Ominously for Ireland with their eye now in, A. Mendis not out 18 G. Dockrell not out 18 Sri Lanka will be confident of completing a series Extras (lb1, w18) 19 T. Murtagh lbw b Senanayake 10 win in the second and final game tomorrow. Total (8, wkts 50 overs) 219 Extras (lb3, w4) 7 The Sri Lankans have arrived in Dublin with- Did not bat: S Lakmal Total (all out, 39.5 overs) 140 out five of their star players Kumar Sangakkara, Fall of wickets 1-0 (Perera), 2-25 (Thirimanne), 3-57 Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Stirling), 2-5 (Joyce), 3-63 (N for one, preparing for the upcoming Test series (Tharanga), 4-90 (Chandimal) 5-95 (Vithanage), 6- O’Brien), 4-67 (Wilson), 5-69 (K O’Brien), 6- against England by playing in the County 135 (Matthews,) 7-160 (Priyanjana), 8-176 74(Thompson), 7-86 (Porterfield), 8-97 (Cusack), 9- Championship for Durham, although he was out (Senanayake) 125 (Sorensen), 10-140 (Murtagh) Bowling: Lakmal for a duck on Tuesday. Bowling: Murtagh 10-1-21-2; Sorensen 8-1-31-0 8-1-29-3 (1w); Kulasekara 8-3-30-2; Mathews 2-0-6-0; In the end they coped without them, (1w); Cusack 8-1-53-1 (3w); Thompson 4-0-19-1 (2w); Senanayake 7.5-1-27-1; Mendis 10-1-27-3 (2w); A although Sri Lanka needed a fine innings from Dockrell 10-0-45-1 (2w); K O Brien 2-0-10-1 (1w); P Priyanjan 3-0-11-0 (1w); Vithanage 1-0-7-0 Kulasekara. His 42 not out came off 34 balls with Stirling 8-1-39-1 (2w) Result: Sri Lanka won by 79 runs three fours and two sixes and, crucially, he

SHEFFIELD: England’s Mark Selby poses with the trophy after beating England’s Ronnie O’Sullivan in the final of the World Snooker Championships. —AP Selby lifts snooker title Modi return to office

SHEFFIELD: Mark Selby completed one played well.” of the great comebacks in world snooker Sullivan, gunning for a sixth career faces BCCI challenge championship history to beat two-time world title, scored his third century of the defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan final to level at 12-12 at the beginning of in the final for his maiden title on the evening session. But O’Sullivan kept MUMBAI: Former Indian Premier League however, after the BCCI wasted little time ducted in December and the result was Monday. giving Selby openings, and Selby chis- chief Lalit Modi was named president of in suspending the Rajasthan authority, announced by a court-appointed observer From 8-3 and 10-5 down, Selby held elled away. He moved ahead 14-12 to the Rajasthan Cricket Association yester- pending disciplinary proceedings against yesterday. his nerve to win 18-14 at the Crucible lead by two for the first time, and a break day but his hopes of defying a life ban on it on charges of misconduct. The Rajasthan body is expected to chal- Theatre. Selby ended O’Sullivan’s 14- of 56 gave him a three-frame lead. holding any position with an administra- “Keeping in mind the interests of the lenge the BCCI sanction in court. The com- match winning streak at the worlds by O’Sullivan stylishly cut the lead to one, tive body in India were challenged imme- sport of cricket and in order to safeguard bative billionaire was vice president of the clearing the colors, then punching the air but Selby gave a champion’s response diately. the best interests and welfare of the crick- BCCI from 2005 until September 2010, in joy. “You want to win it with Ronnie in with his first century, a total clearance of The flamboyant 50-year-old was banned eters playing the game in different age- soon after he had been removed from his the tournament, and there’s no better 127, and didn’t stop there. by an Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) discipli- groups and their future, an ad-hoc commit- position in charge of the IPL. Modi has way than playing him in the final,” Selby “He just outfought me, out-battled nary committee last year over financial and tee will be constituted shortly by the BCCI,” long been the most vocal critic of told the BBC. me,” O’Sullivan said. “He had me in all administrative irregularities during his the board said in a statement. Narayanaswami Srinivasan, the industrial- “I was just my usual self, dug in, and sorts of trouble for two days. I tried my stint as chairman of the Twenty20 league’s Modi, who has denied any wrongdoing, ist who has run the BCCI since 2011 and never gave in. I didn’t play pretty snooker best but he was too tough, and he’s a first three editions. stood for election as the head of the will become chairman of the International early in the match but towards the end I worthy champion.” —AP His latest appointment is unlikely to last, Rajasthan Cricket Association in a poll con- Cricket Council (ICC) in July.—Reuters WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 SPORTS

Naive Liverpool’s title challenge founders in defence

LONDON: Liverpool’s quest for a first goals this season but conceded 49. enough and its not acceptable,” he told astonishment at the turn of events: “I am match winning streak that propelled English league title since 1990 has Teams that concede that frequently do Sky Sports. “Liverpool are in top position lost for words, how do you sum that up? Liverpool to the top of the table just over foundered on naive football in two not win titles. for goals scored but they are in the bot- “Liverpool were in control at 3-0 but a month ago. matches where a less gung-ho approach Rodgers spoke after the Palace match tom half of the table for goals conceded. they didn’t kill it off and that’s down to But while the goals flowed at one end, might have produced four points instead about how his team should have “man- “If you are thinking about going for a the manager. They kept playing the same their porous defence had never stopped of one. The dramatic collapse from a 3-0 aged the game better” when they were title, doing it in a way that’s never been way and you can’t do that when you are conceding. They let in three goals at rele- lead with 11 minutes remaining to draw 3-0 ahead, but he must share the blame done scoring lots of goals but conceding having periods where you are not in con- gated Cardiff City in a 6-3 win, and also 3-3 at Crystal Palace on Monday came for not changing his tactics. that many, history shows you it can’t be trol of the game.” conceded three to Swansea City in a 4-3 eight days after Liverpool had dominat- Liverpool’s continued quest for goals done. “You cannot concede that many Liverpool, as they have been all sea- win. They conceded two to both Norwich ed possession against Chelsea at Anfield when they could have shut up shop was goals if you want to go and win the son, were impressive going forward as City and Fulham although they won both only to run out 2-0 losers. The squander- not irrational but an attempt to close the league.” they built what should have been an games 3-2. Rodgers was asked at ing of those precious points means they goal-difference gap with City that would impregnable lead that would keep their Selhurst Park on Monday why his team top the Premier League table with 81 decide the title if the rivals ended up PEGGED BACK title dream very much alive. defended so poorly as the end of the and one match to play, one ahead of with the same points tally. Rodgers might indeed have brought A header from Joe Allen put them 1-0 match approached. “It’s decision-making” Manchester City who have two games It started out as a plus-9 advantage on a defender instead of replacing striker up in the 18th minute before two goals he replied, “We could have done better remaining. for City, went down to plus-6, and then Daniel Sturridge with another attacking early in the second half from Sturridge on the first one. We had to make better Manager Brendan Rodgers was forced back to plus-9 as Liverpool imploded. player in Victor Moses when Liverpool and newly-crowned Footballer of the decisions in the game and that’s what to concede the title race was effectively Former Liverpool and England defender had been pegged back to 3-2. Year Luis Suarez, their 21st and 31st goals cost us. “Maybe we just got carried away over and, in his view, City would now be Jamie Carragher said Rodgers should “I think we had enough defensive of the campaign respectively. and we thought we could get more than crowned champions for the second time have shored up his sometimes fragile players on the field,” the Northern But they collapsed like a house of three goals. The important thing was to in three seasons. central defensive partnership once the Irishman said. “Hindsight is a great thing - cards as Palace hit back with three goals win and we didn’t do that.” As a result of In both games, Liverpool’s chase for lead was established. “He should proba- to have brought on Daniel Agger to in just over nine minutes, one from that decision-making, Liverpool’s long goals, allied to poor defending across the bly have gone with a back three because shore it up, yeah, but then they scored Damien Delaney and two from Dwight wait for a 19th English title will almost back, cost them dearly. They were not Mamadou Sakho and Martin Skrtl defi- again to make it 3-3.” Steve Claridge, Gayle, who hit the killer equaliser in the certainly extend to a quarter of century, isolated tactical lapses. The stats speak nitely need help because the record another former Premier League player 88th minute. That collapse and the while City will celebrate their fourth next for themselves. Liverpool have scored 99 shows their partnership is not good now a media pundit, could not hide his defeat to Chelsea came after an 11- weekend.—Reuters City primed to Guangzhou thrash Cerezo JEONJU: Defending champion Guangzhou equalized in the 30th, Elkeson scored twice finally seal Evergrande thrashed Cerezo Osaka 5-1 in a within four minutes to make it 3-1 before show of force to kick off the knockout halftime. China striker Gao made it 4-1 in rounds of the Asian Champions League the 78th and Muriqui finished off with six the deal in yesterday, while three-time winner Pohang minutes remaining with a goal from close Steelers had a 2-1 comeback win at K- range. In a South Korean derby featuring hectic season League rival Jeonbuk. two former Asian champions, Jeonbuk Marcello Lippi’s Evergrande lineup has opened the scoring with Lee Jae-sung’s LONDON: The most unpredictable Premier League title an enormous advantage ahead of the header in the 53rd minute but Son Jun-ho race for years could still offer up another twist or turn return match in China next week, with pro- equalized five minutes later. before it is decided on Sunday but in a season of gression to the quarterfinals almost certain Go Moo-yul’s strike in the 74th-minute shocks, none would be as monumental as table-top- after the lopsided result in Osaka. Elkeson gave the Steelers the narrow win and a psy- ping Liverpool going on to be crowned champions. and Muriqui each scored twice for the chological edge at home next week with a Liverpool may be the league leaders with just a Chinese Super League powerhouse and spot in the quarterfinals at stake. Pohang is home match against Newcastle to play but for once the Gao Lin added another, while Italy interna- aiming for its sixth quarterfinals appear- old clichÈ that “the table never lies” is wrong, as tional Alessandro Diamanti was instrumen- ance in the continental championship, and Manchester City are just a point adrift with two relative- tal in creating attack opportunities for a record fourth title. In second-round ly routine home fixtures remaining. Evergrande. Muriqui ran onto a Diamanti matches in the western zone late yesterday, Elkeson Even though City still need four points to guarantee pass to score the first goal in the 22nd Al Jazira takes on Al Ain and Al-Ittihad is a second title in three years, Liverpool manager minute and, after Ariajasuru Hasegawa against Al Shabab. —AP Brendan Rodgers conceded defeat in the race on Monday after his side blew a three-goal cushion with 11 minutes to play in a 3-3 draw at Crystal Palace. The lead at the top of the table has changed hands 24 times this season and it is likely to do so for the 25th TACK-Huawei XI jersey unveiled and final time on Wednesday when City meet Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium with the title now firmly in their grasp. At various times this season, if only for one for Desert Premier League in UAE day in Tottenham Hotspur’s case and two in Manchester United’s, City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool have also topped the table, with the top spot occupied by three different teams on some weekends. Champions United led for two days in the first week but David Moyes’s troubled reign soon unravelled and they dropped out of the race early to spend the season among the also-rans. Spurs had one day on top in September but fell off the pace and jettisoned coach Andre Villas-Boas. Arsenal had three months in pole position, but flattered to deceive and could not cope with a series of injuries to key players. Two points behind Liverpool and still mathematical- ly in the title race, Chelsea have dropped 15 points since the end of January, including defeats to Aston Villa, Sunderland and Crystal Palace to leave City firmly in control.

FATAL BLOWS City were never completely out of contention but appeared to suffer near-fatal blows when they lost at home to Chelsea at the beginning of February and at Liverpool last month. However, the Premier League’s biggest spenders always had goals to spare and match- es in hand to revive their challenge as soon as their rivals slipped. While Liverpool are currently top on 81 KUWAIT: Teams Association for Cricket in Kuwait (TACK) and along with the Senior Marketing Executive, Faraz Rana. The The TACK-HUAWEI squad is going to be led by Zahid Khan points ahead of their season finale at Anfield, City also MG Cricket Club came together earlier this year to raise the director of marketing thanked all the media personnel for (Captain of Paradise XI) with Khalid Butt (Safety Plus Dashers) have the added insurance of a far superior goal differ- standard of domestic Cricket in Kuwait by providing the best turning up and supporting this grand initiative for the game named as the vice captain of the team. Mahmoud Abdullah is ence. If City beat Aston Villa on Wednesday they will facilities and maximum exposure to domestic players like of cricket in Kuwait. going to manage the side with Rishi Jayan being named as only need to take a point from their final game against never before. In order to live up to that promise, TACK is fly- The presentation party included all the TACK officials his deputy. West Ham United to clinch a fourth English title. ing their team to the neighboring UAE where it’s participat- along with the senior most management of Huawei. Mr. Melwyn has been announced as the liason officer of the It is almost inconceivable they will self-destruct as ing in the biggest domestic cricket tournament in the GCC Mahmoud Abdullah, a well known Kuwaiti businessman and squad with Jubin as the tournament co-coordinator. The Liverpool did on Monday, a capitulation which left talis- which is now famously known as the Desert Premier League the Patron-in-Chief of TACK, thanked the Huawei team (Xix composition of TACK-HUAWEI XI squad ranges from hard hit- manic striker Luis Suarez in tears and his team mates (DPL). Miao, Maoyunhua & Awais Sheikh) for their valuable support ting batsmen to composed maneuverers of the ball, from fin- slumped on the pitch, staring into the middle distance In this pioneering endeavor TACK is being backed by the that is going to change the way the game of cricket is per- ger spinners to wristy turners of the ball, from pace men who after the final whistle. Chinese Telecommunication Global Giant Huawei. Huawei’s ceived in Kuwait. hit the deck real hard to bowlers who can swing the ball in Neither the players, nor most of the 25,000 fans at relationship with TACK goes back to the historic 4 Nations TACK marketing team had come out all guns blazing as far and out in most conditions. Selhurst Park could believe what they had witnessed - a Festival (15th Nov 2013) where Huawei was one of the key as the branding for TACK-Huawei team was concerned. The Adnan Idrees (Petrofac), Adnan Mehmood (Paradise), Ali kind of mirror image of Liverpool’s famous comeback Corporate sponsors and believed in TACK’s vision. TACK- biggest highlight of the evening i.e. introducing TACK- Shahzad (Safety Plus), Faizal Bhai (Amec), Imran Ali (Aroma) against AC Milan in the 2005 Champions League final in HUAWEI’s solid rapport was on display once again on HUAWEI XI squad to the media, was not a mundane and dull Farooq Shareef (Safety Plus), Mohammad Asghar (Petrofac), Istanbul. Then they trailed 3-0 at half-time but inspired Saturday 3rd May 2014, at a unique press conference con- reading out names of the players kind of introduction Mohammad Hassan Arif (Aroma), Muhammad Kashif by skipper Steven Gerrard, scored three goals “in six ducted in TACK Entertainment City Cricket Ground - Doha to instead, the brilliance and creativity of TACK was on display (Aroma), Raheel Khan Khalil (Napesco), Rizwan Ali Syed minutes of madness” as then-Milan coach Carlo unveil the official team jersey of TACK-HUAWEI XI for DPL-2, once again as the introduction turned into ramp modelling (Aroma), Sasi Kumarpandiyan (Safety Plus), Usman Gani (wk - Ancelotti famously described it, to level the game at 3-3 and to present the final squad of TACK-HUAWEI XI to various with each player being called onto the stage individually, Amec) and Yasir Idrees Butt (Safety Plus) form the 16 men before winning the penalty shootout to become leading media channels of Kuwait. shaking hands with the eminent guests, doing a catwalk and squad along with the captain and vice captain. Usman European champions for the fifth time. The press conference was a flashy event with the leading ending it with a signature cricketing gesture to the media. DJ Waheed from Aroma and Rizwan from Al Sahil have been television, print and online media channels present to cap- flames, a renowned name in the music fraternity of Kuwait named the reserves / standby for this highly competitive SOARING EAGLE ture unforgettable moments for cricket lovers in Kuwait. For belted out his tunes in the background while players were squad. On Monday, they led Palace 3-0 with 11 minutes to Huawei, it was another feather in their already decorated hat walking the ramp. TACK-IIK Children’s Cricket Academy proteges were also play following goals from Joe Allen, Daniel Sturridge as they have a long history of backing and supporting vari- While each individual player was on the stage, loud among the attendees and their excitement was clearly visible and Suarez. Selhurst Park is no place for the faint-heart- ous sporting activities, brands and events. From the big foot- cheers by the rest of the team members to pump their team as they too would be hoping to represent TACK XI or their ed, though, where the club’s trained eagle mascot flies ball clubs like Atheletico Madrid and PSG to recently debut- mate clearly showed the perfect harmony created within the home country in an international tournament like DPL. from one end of the pitch to the other before kick-off. ing in cricket as Royal Challengers Bangalore’s principal spon- squad by Coach Ghayour Ahmed who was also present to TACK has taken some giant leaps already in 2014 with Palace fans have forged a great reputation as the sors for IPL 2014, Huawei has never shied away from putting witness these unforgettable moments. TACK-MG merger, successful completion of their grand noisiest, most boisterous and among the most passion- its corporate muscle behind innovative and exciting projects. TACK- HUAWEI squad is scheduled to depart on the 12th domestic finals last month and now bringing Huawei aboard ate in any of England’s top four divisions, and even The press conference was kick started by the Marketing of May with their first official game in Emirates to be played for DPL; TACK has been getting bigger and better with each when their team was trailing 3-0 they never stopped Director of TACK, Sajid Ashraf who conducted the ceremony on the 13th of May at The Sevens Cricket ground in Dubai. passing year since its inception in 2009. cheering them on. Suddenly Palace responded with a deflected strike from Damien Delaney and two more from substitute Dwight Gayle as the shaky Liverpool defence caved in. Palace have rained on Liverpool’s parade once before, in an FA Cup semi-final in 1990, when after los- ing twice to the Reds in the league campaign, one of them 9-0, they secured a famous 4-3 win after extra- time with Alan Pardew scoring the winner.—Reuters

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KUWAIT: Kuwait Sporting Club team celebrates with the Amir Cup after defeating Qadsiya Sporting Club in a penalty shootout yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Kuwait Sporting Club win Amir Cup

KUWAIT: Kuwait Sporting Club defeated Qadsiya His Highness the Amir was received on arrival at the Talal Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and chairmen of the the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- Sporting Club 4-3 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw stadium by Minister of Information and Minister of State two clubs. Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in regular time in the final match of His Highness the for Youth and Sport Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Deputy Amir’s Cup. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Director General of the Public Authority for Youth and Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Amiri Diwan Minister Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah also Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah patronized and attended the Sport Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem, Sheikhs, His Highness Sheikh attended the final match. His Highness the Amir hand- final match at Kuwait Club Stadium in Kaifan yesterday. Chairman of Kuwait Football Association (KFA) Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, His Highness ed the trophy to Kuwait team. — KUNA Suarez redemption day ends in sorrow

LONDON: Distraught Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was helped from the Selhurst Park pitch by captain Steven Gerrard on Monday with his shirt pulled over his head to hide his emotions after a day billed as redemption ended in title concession. The celebratory day began with the Football Writers’ Association following the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) in naming Suarez, often billed as the Premier League’s villain, their player of the season. The individual awards bestowed after a stag- gering 30 goals in 31 Premier League appear- ances this season had propelled Liverpool to within touching distance of a first English title in ITALY: Sassuolo’s Paolo Cannavaro (left) and Fiorentina’s Juan Cuadrado, of 24 years. The volatile Uruguayan added a 31st in Colombia, fight for the ball during an Italian League soccer match. — AP the 55th minute of their penultimate game of the season at Crystal Palace to put Liverpool 3-0 Sassuolo stun Fiorentina ahead and in prime position to heap the title MILAN: Domenico Berardi scored his second hat-trick on 42 minutes when he danced race pressure back on Manchester City. LONDON: Liverpool's English midfielder Steven Gerrard (right) shepherds Liverpool's hat-trick of the season as Sassuolo stunned around Stefan Savic to beat Rosati with a shot Victory would have left City needing to win Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez (left) from the field as he reacts at the end of the English hosts Fiorentina 4-3 yesterday to move two from a tight angle. their final two home games against Aston Villa Premier League football match against Crystal Palace. — AFP points clear of the drop zone in Italy’s Serie A. A brief Fiorentina fightback began just and West Ham United to seal a second league Sassuolo’s eighth win of the campaign before the hour when Gonzalo Rodriguez beat title in three seasons but Liverpool made their Nasri’s side hung on for a 3-2 win at demanding to leave. moved them up to 16th, two points clear of Gianluca Pegolo from the penalty spot after rival’s lives so much easier as they pushed for Liverpool’s neighbours Everton on Saturday to Arsenal’s advances were rejected, while Real Bologna. Fiorentina remain fourth but with two substitute Joaquin had been tripped by more goals. go top of the table and turn the pressure back Madrid’s never came and he committed to the games remaining Vincenzo Montella’s side are Alessandro Longhi. Taking advantage of the absent defending, on Suarez and co, who cracked once more. job in hand in spectacular fashion to haul last only six points ahead of sixth-placed Torino. But Sassuolo were soon celebrating again. Palace scored three times in the final 11 minutes year’s seventh-placed finishers into title con- Sassuolo have been among a handful of Moments after Zaza had wasted a great with Suarez laughing in disbelief as Dwight HUNCHED OVER tenders. Pessimistic Liverpool fans will say his clubs worrying about relegation to Serie B but chance, Sansone made no mistake when he Gayle levelled the match with his second in the The Uruguayan was reported to have been scoring efforts have only alerted more suitors impressed by taking the game to a Fiorentina danced around several players in the Fiorentina 88th minute to leave City’s Samir Nasri gloating. feeling ill in the pre-match warmup and never and fear his tears were of a man who had just side still smarting from a 3-1 Cup final defeat to box to score off the inside of Rosati’s far post. “What a game, what a league, I love Crystal looked fully fit on Monday but the 27-year-old missed out on his final chance of success with Napoli on Saturday. Italy striker Giuseppe Rossi, who Palace so much now our turn to do the job,” the doggedly refused to give in. the Merseyside club. Berardi gave the visitors a 23rd minute lead, returned from a fourth-month injury lay-off Frenchman posted on his Twitter feed. He was seen hunched over after running However, Rodgers was adamant Liverpool in somewhat controversial fashion, after Davide in a 20-minute substitute appearance dur- As Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers conceded bursts, while he propped himself up on the were building something special and not about Biondini’s shot came off the elbow of Borja ing the Cup defeat on Saturday, came off their bid for the title was over, Suarez did not advertising hoardings on more than one occa- to remove a key component. “When we’ve got Valero, who had tried in vain to twist away. The the bench to make his league comeback look capable of waving the white flag let alone sion, but still was able to exchange passes with time to sit down at the end of the season and referee awarded a penalty and Berardi stepped and soon had his 15th goal of the campaign muttering anything after the final whistle. Raheem Sterling before firing in his goal. reflect on it, we’ll see that this has been an out- up to beat Antonio Rosati in the hosts’ net. after combining with Valero and Fernandez Crouched on the pitch with his hands cover- However, the strike was overshadowed by standing season for Liverpool Football Club,” Fiorentina came close to levelling when to beat Pegolo with ease. ing his eyes as the tears flowed, Gerrard pulled the tears that followed 40 minutes later from a Rodgers said. Alessandro Matri’s header went just wide, as did Minutes later Cuadrado ran on to a long ball his team mate to his feet and drove away the player that has been loved and loathed in a “It doesn’t take away the pain now, because Juan Cuadrado’s angled drive soon after. from midfield to send a lob over the onrushing prying television cameras as Suarez tried to chequered three-and-a-half season spell on we’ve drawn a game we should have won. But barely 10 minutes later Sassuolo dou- Pegolo for Fiorentina’s third. Fiorentina had a hide his face. The title was Liverpool’s to lose Anfield. “This season has given us great hope. We’re bled their lead when Nicola Sansone set up number of chances to level in the dying min- last week with pundits lauding Suarez and his Banned for making racist comments, sus- trying to build something that is sustainable. Berardi to beat Rosati at the keeper’s near post. utes but Rossi saw an injury-time volley tipped team for their entertaining feats before a pended for biting, punished for offensive ges- We’ll just keep fighting and keep working, and Simone Zaza then spurned the chance for a around the post by Pegolo and although painful 2-0 home loss to a canny Chelsea left tures and regularly accused of diving, Suarez I think next season we’ll take more strides for- third when his long-distance rocket came off Valero sent a header into the net he was them requiring City, boasting a superior goal then pushed his club management to the brink ward and hopefully be up there challenging the top of the upright but Berardi claimed his flagged offside. — AFP difference, to slip up. before the start of the current campaign after again.” — Reuters US trade deficit drops 3.6% in March Page 25

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RIYADH: Saudi Minister of Finance Ibrahim bin Abdul Aziz Al-Assa sits among participant as they attend the Euromoney conference yesterday in Riyadh. The two-day conference focuses on Saudi Arabia’s economy and finan- cial system. — AFP Saudi eyes ‘qualitative’ steps to boost economy Jasser sees annual economic growth at 5%, spending to rise

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said yesterday it would what are our achievements in science, maths after the expansion driven partly by the Arab take new “qualitative measures” to improve its and reading,” he told reporters on the sidelines Spring uprisings. economic development, signalling a potential of a financial conference. Jasser did not elabo- Cumbersome bureaucracy and other shift of emphasis in its drive to raise living stan- rate further on how such measures might obstacles have sometimes hampered the dards by spending tens of billions of dollars on affect economic development. swift utilization of allocated funds. For exam- welfare. But his comments suggested the kingdom ple, King Abdullah announced a plan to build The huge increase in welfare spending has may change tack somewhat in efforts to 500,000 homes in Saudi Arabia over several helped buy social peace in Saudi Arabia and address social discontent after its huge increas- years at the cost of about $67 billion, but the has spared the kingdom the kind of upheaval es in spending on housing, schools and hospi- program proved slow to get underway, partly that toppled governments elsewhere in the tals. “Priorities have not changed significantly ... due to difficulties in obtaining suitable land. A Middle East and North Africa during the ‘Arab Welfare of the citizens is the paramount con- new scheme launched by the Ministry of Spring’ that began in 2011. But there have cern ... Infrastructure will continue to com- Housing in March now aims to break through been signs that the Saudi government may no mand significant spending,” he added. such bottlenecks. longer believe it can simply spend its way out Majeed Al Moneef, secretary-general of the of trouble. “The 10th development plan should Economic growth kingdom’s Supreme Economic Council which concentrate more this time on the quality of Jasser said he targeted annual economic advises the government on policy, said in a the spending, the quality of the deliverables growth of five percent in the country’s next five speech to the conference that diversification of and the quality of the services that are provid- year development plan for the years 2015- the economy away from oil over the years had ed to our people,” Economy and Planning 2019. Saudi Arabia’s 2014 state budget project- not been “up to ambitions”. Minister Mohammed Al-Jasser said. ed spending to rise a modest 4.3 percent from Addressing this problem will require poli- “You can spend on education, but then you RIYADH: US Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase Jamie Dimon speaks 2013, the slowest rate in a decade, suggesting cies to improve the institutional investment cli- can measure the quality of the education - during the Euromoney conference yesterday in Riyadh. — AFP the kingdom has decided to rein in fiscal policy mate, he said, without elaborating.— Reuters IMF asks Dubai to do more Most Gulf markets to avert property bubble gain; Kuwait rises

DUBAI: Dubai may need stronger measures to not as stringent as first planned after lobbying by al-Falasi, who attended the IMF presentation, MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS counter property speculation in the emirate, a the banking industry. declined to comment when asked by Reuters if senior International Monetary Fund official said Property prices in Dubai, known for ambitious the central bank was considering taking any DUBAI: Most stock markets in the Gulf adding 0.8 percent as trading volumes yesterday as it warned again about a potential real projects such as the world’s tallest tower and man- action. Dubai’s economy is expected to grow by estate bubble. Growth in the Gulf emirate, the made palm-shaped islands plunged more than 50 about 5 percent this year, a similar pace to 2013. rose yesterday, but Qatar retreated from a continued to rise. In a rare occurrence for region’s trade and business hub, picked up strong- percent between 2008 and 2010 after a specula- Dubai accounts for a quarter of the total output of new historical high and Abu Dhabi edged the bourse, which is usually dominated by ly last year as the government committed to real tive bubble burst, pushing the emirate close to the UAE’s economy. down, continuing a pattern of sideways property and financial sector stocks, estate projects worth tens of billions of dollars fol- default. Oil-powered Abu Dhabi is responsible for moves. The Doha bourse initially edged up Sharjah-based budget carrier Air Arabia lowing a property market crash in 2008-2010. Ahmed mentioned Hong Kong and Singapore around 65 percent of the federation’s output. The after opening and crossed the psychologi- was one of the most actively traded stocks Masood Ahmed, director of the IMF’s Middle as examples for what Dubai could consider doing: UAE, one of the world’s top oil exporters, has yet cally important 13,000 point mark to reach yesterday, jumping 8.9 percent to become East and Central Asia department, said the Fund “In the case of Hong Kong, they imposed a 15 per- to release 2013 GDP data. Analysts polled by 13,016 points but failed to hold above it. the main support for the index. had welcomed moves last autumn by Dubai’s gov- cent fee on transactions of real estate that were Reuters in January expected 4.3 percent growth in The index closed 0.4 percent lower at Air Arabia, which yesterday began fly- ernment and central bank to cool what could turned around (re-sold) within six months.” “In the both 2013 and 2014. Ahmed said the IMF was like- 12,934 points and trading volume more ing from the Ras Al Khaimah emirate, is become a “speculative increase” but that more case of Singapore, for certain types of real estate ly to raise its current 2014 growth forecast of 4.4 than halved compared with Monday. one of just a handful Dubai stocks that are was needed. “Our own view is that these measures that were turned around within a year the fee was percent for the UAE given strong growth in the Industries Qatar and Qatar Islamic Bank in the red this year. Yesterday’s surge cut its are good but if you look at what’s happening in 30 percent.” non-oil sector, particularly in Dubai. were the main drags as their shares fell 1.0 year-to-day loss to 5.2 percent from 12.9 the market it’s time to consider stronger meas- Business activity growth in the UAE non-oil pri- and 1.9 percent, respectively. percent. ures,” Ahmed said in a presentation on the region- Economic boom vate sector rose to a record high in April, data Abu Dhabi’s index fell 0.8 percent to Bahrain’s index rose 0.3 percent. Ahli al economic outlook. “Particularly in terms of ways The value of real estate transactions in Dubai showed on Tuesday, while 2013 saw double-digit 5,053 points. The banchmark has traded United Bank was the main support, adding to discourage quick turnaround - what people jumped 53 percent last year, to more than 236 bil- growth in both tourist numbers and the number within a narrow range of 5,035 to 5,109 3.8 percent after reporting on Monday refer to as flipping of real estate in Dubai.” lion dirhams ($64.3 billion). Selling prices for resi- of new trade licenses. points for the last six sessions on relatively that its first-quarter profit rose 41 percent, A strong rebound in the Dubai property mar- dential property rose by about a third in the first Mohamed Lahouel, chief economist at the ket over the last year has brought a resurgence in three months of 2014 compared with a year Dubai Department of Economic Development stable volumes. Yesterday’s slide was adjusted for a one-off gain in early 2013. “flipping”, where investors buy and sell mostly before, prompting the IMF to warn of a possible agreed with the IMF’s view on property. “It’s cer- largely due to stocks that had been gain- In Kuwait, investment firm Gulf unbuilt properties in quick succession to make bubble. “In terms of macroprudential measures, it tainly speculation that is going on in the real ing in the previous few sessions. Shares in Investment House fell 1.3 percent after the speculative profits. Dubai, one of seven United is time to be vigilant,” Ahmed said. “But perhaps if estate market today. What worries me is that ... it’s First Guld Bank edged down 1.2 percent, country’s financial regulator gave it until Arab Emirates, said in September it would double it turns out that there is a big increase in lending human greed that’s driving that,” he said at the Aldar Properties slid 2.9 percent. Sunday to hold its annual general meeting a registration fee charged on real estate transac- to real estate - so far it is mostly a cash market - same event. “It’s very important for Dubai to worry (AGM) and approve 2013 results or face a tions to 4 percent to prevent excessive specula- there would be the time to look at the additional about the impact of speculative demand. It may Dubai, Bahrain suspension of its shares. Kuwait’s index, tion. In October, the UAE central bank imposed measures for macroprudential as well.” speed up economic activity for four or five years Dubai’s bourse continued its leg up, however, edged up 0.3 percent. — Reuters limits on mortgage loans but the restrictions were Deputy Central Bank Governor Mohammed Ali and then we end up suffering.” — Reuters BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 Egypt bond yields rise Morocco, Gulf to give 40% to eight-month high of $2.8bn tourism projects CAIRO: Egypt treasury bond yields high yields, so the Finance Ministry was jumped to the highest levels in eight probably checking whether they really Tourist numbers seen rising 8% this year months at an auction late on Monday do need the funds, because they want that was delayed amid speculation that to cap interest rates,” the same trader DUBAI: Morocco and four Gulf states will pro- He said Morocco and the four Gulf coun- and some port facilities. bids had pushed yields too high for the said. vide 40 percent of the financing for 2 billion tries would provide 40 percent of the fund- Haddad said project construction government, which is facing a rising The central bank said it accepted euros ($2.78 billion) of tourism projects in ing for the three projects and the remain- would start this year and would be com- budget deficit. The average yield on bids on Monday worth 1.006 billion Casablanca, Tangier and Rabat, the North der would come from private investors and pleted in 4-5 years, adding tourist num- five-year bonds increased to 13.460 Egyptian pounds ($143.41 million) for African country’s tourism minister told Reuters bank financing. “The idea is to have this bers would increase 8 percent this year, percent from 13.076 percent at the last the five-year bonds and 1.036 billion yesterday. The government announced plans vehicle where there will be sovereign mon- from 10 million in 2013, while the total auction on April 8, while the yield on Egyptian pounds for the 10-year to redevelop Casablanca’s port area last ey from Morocco and the four states and all number of nights stayed by tourists would 10-year bonds rose to 15.436 percent bonds, about half the volume it had month, valuing the investment from the Gulf of that money will be there as leverage in rise 10 percent. from 15.069 percent. offered for each security. The trader countries - Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the order to bring in money from different This will lead to a 4 percent rise in rev- Rates have not been that high since said the low volume of maturities sold United Arab Emirates - at 6 billion dirhams places,” said Haddad. enue, he said. Morocco’s tourism income Sept. 3, when the average yield on the probably reflected the government’s ($741.14 million), although it now appears the “It’s a public-private partnership. When was 57.55 billion dirhams last year. five-year bond stood at 14.63 percent attempt to reign in rising yields. Bond Gulf states’ contribution could be lower. you do residential (developments) you gen- Morocco, where tourism accounts for and the yield on 10-year bonds and treasury-bill auctions have been These countries will also collaborate with erate your own money.” Haddad said the around 8 to 9 percent of the gross domestic reached 15.96 percent. Demand for cancelled or capped occasionally in the Morocco on mixed use projects in Rabat and Rabat project would develop a valley product, saw little of the turmoil of the government securities has declined past, most recently last month. Tangier that will include residential housing, between the Moroccan capital and nearby 2011 Arab Spring revolts that ousted auto- amid expectations the central bank Egypt’s budget deficit hit around 14 Minister of Tourism Lahcen Haddad told Sale, which will include residential units, crats in North Africa such as Tunisia, Libya would cut interest rates next quarter, percent of gross domestic product in Reuters on the sidelines of an industry exhibi- hotels and cultural attractions such as a and Egypt. The four Gulf countries in 2012 fixed-income traders have said. the last fiscal year ending on June 30. tion in Dubai. “This should cost 2 billion euros museum and a theatre. In Tangier, the gov- agreed to provide aid worth a total $5 bil- Higher yields also reflect a declining The government expects the deficit to for all (three) of them,” said Haddad, adding ernment will revamp the Mediterranean lion to Morocco between 2012 and 2017 to willingness of the local money market reach around 12 percent this fiscal year this would be split roughly equally between city’s port area, redeveloping land currently build up its infrastructure, strengthen its to finance the public deficit, which the and up to 14.5 percent in the coming the projects. occupied by factories, a military barracks economy and foster tourism. — Reuters government has relied on since a pop- fiscal year if it does not implement ular uprising in early 2011 chased away reforms. most foreign investors and put pres- Successive government have shied sure on the local currency. The trigger away from meaningful reforms, such as for Monday’s hike was the auction of an overhaul of Egypt’s bloated fuel and 266-day treasury bills on Sunday at a food subsidies system, to avoid setting yield slightly above the 357-day bills off a social backlash. Officials have said the previous week, a Cairo-based fixed- that fuel subsidies alone could cost income trader told Reuters. near $19 billion in the next fiscal year “That sent a message to the market beginning in July absent immediate that the government has to borrow the reforms. Egyptian 91-day and 266-day funds and the Ministry of Finance isn’t T-bill yields jumped to their highest in too concerned with yields now,” the more than four months on Sunday. trader said. “That makes the market Last week, yields for 182-day and 357- more aggressive.” The central bank day T-bill yields jumped to their highest delayed announcing the results of the in more than three months. sale until after banking hours on Last week, the central bank kept its Monday, which traders suspected was key interest rates on hold, seeking to related to the government’s concern find a balance between stimulating the over rising yields. economy and keeping inflationary “Banks and traders submitted very pressures in check. — Reuters Rising bad loans threaten India’s economic recovery

NEW DELHI: India’s economy will likely report said. The report urged New Delhi make a gradual recovery this year, helped to rapidly carry out pending labor, fiscal RAWALPINDI: A Pakistani rickshaw driver transports cartons for recycling in Rawalpindi yesterday. Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that forex by a rebound in capital investments as and tax reforms for a faster economic reserves have increased to $12 billion and will reach $15 billion by September 30, 2014. — AFP well as a pick-up in private consumption, revival. It also backed a Reserve Bank of but rising bad loans at its banks threaten India panel’s proposal for moving to an to choke the recovery, the OECD said yes- inflation target of 4 percent in three years terday. In its latest economic outlook, the while setting monetary policy, sharply Aberdeen Asset Management profit Paris-based think tank said growth in below current levels. Saudi fund PPA to Asia’s third-largest economy was expect- “The proposed inflation targeting boost investment hit by emerging market outflows ed to edge up to 4.9 percent in calendar framework will help anchor price expecta- year 2014 from 4.5 percent a year earlier tions and improve business sentiment and in real estate LONDON: Britain’s Aberdeen Asset Management there were signs that sentiment around emerg- and accelerate further to 5.9 percent in consumer confidence,” it said. The report, posted a three percent drop in interim pretax ing economies was improving. 2015. however, flagged off rising bad banking profit yesterday, sending its shares down nearly “Investors are again identifying opportunities RIYADH: The Public Pension Agency (PPA), Saudi five percent, after clients pulled money out of its and recognizing the fundamental strengths of The estimates are predicated on hopes assets at Indian lenders as a major risk to Arabia’s second-largest pension fund, plans to boost of an upturn in capital investments after the country’s economic recovery. core emerging market funds. The FTSE 100 fund these markets,” Gilbert said, though he expected its investments in real estate and has no immediate management firm reported underlying pretax some uncertainty to remain. an ongoing national election and a boost The economic slowdown and higher plans to exit any of its holdings in Saudi companies, in consumption driven by slowing infla- interest rates are making it tougher for profit of 217 million pounds ($366.02 million) for The MSCI Emerging Markets index fell as the PPA’s governor said yesterday. The agency man- the six months to March 31, down from 222.8 much as 13 percent between October 2013 and tion. India is facing the worst economic companies to repay loans, leading to a ages retirement schemes for Saudi nationals. It is one slowdown since the 1980s as investment steady growth in non-performing assets, million a year earlier, while revenue fell 2 percent February 2014 before recovering during late of the major investors in the local equity market, with to 503.5 million. The results came in at the lower March and April. Gilbert said a better perform- growth has hit an 11-year low. Capital especially among state-run banks. 32 percent of its investments in listed equities and end of forecasts. Analysts at Numis expected pre- ance in March had been driven by flows into the about 12 percent in real estate. It is also a major fixed investment contributes nearly 35 percent Stressed loans in India - those catego- tax profit of 225 million pounds and revenue of company’s property, emerging market debt and income investor. to India’s economy, but it probably barely rized as bad and restructured - total $100 521 million while analysts at RBC Capital Markets high-yield bond businesses, as well as new The PPA’s governor Mohammad Al-Kharashi said grew in the fiscal year that ended in billion, or about 10 percent of all loans. forecast a slightly lower pretax profit of 213.3 mil- investment mandates. the fund paid out an average of 4 billion riyals ($1.1 March. Fitch Ratings expects stressed assets to lion pounds. By 0830 GMT shares in Aberdeen Assets under management increased by billion) a month to about 1.1 million retirees and their To break the investment logjam, a reach 14 percent of loans by March 2015. were down 4.7 percent at 424.6 pence, placing it more than half on the same period last year to dependants. “We are open for more investments in prime minister-headed panel, known as This has made some lenders shift focus at the bottom of the FTSE 100 index. 324.5 billion pounds, boosted by the firm’s acqui- real estate. We are open for any good investment the Cabinet Committee on Investment, from corporate lending to consumer cred- Aberdeen has suffered from a loss of confi- sition of fellow Scotland-based fund manager opportunity,” Kharashi told reporters on the sidelines has cleared projects worth about 6 per- it, which is mostly secured against borrow- dence in emerging markets, with worries such as Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) of a conference in Riyadh. On the stock market, he cent of gross domestic product. ers’ assets, contributing to a slump in capi- said: “We believe the market is a strong one and there the slowing Chinese economy and political from Lloyds Banking Group on March 31. “Investment is to rebound after the tal investment. is good support for some of the companies whether in unrest in Ukraine driving investors seeking less Though the acquisition will reduce spring general elections and as large “On the negative side, failure to halt the petrochemical sector, cement, banking. “We are a volatile markets to withdraw a net 3.9 billion Aberdeen’s reliance on emerging markets and investment projects recently approved by the rise in non-performing loans could long-term strategic investor and we look at these pounds from its regional investment funds in give the fund manager more exposure to UK and the Cabinet Committee on Investment derail the pick-up in investment,” the investments as attractive for us.” —Reuters January and February. European stocks, Gilbert said he wanted to keep are gradually implemented,” the OECD report said. — Reuters But outflows slowed in March to 200 million emerging economies at the core of the compa- pounds and Chief Executive Martin Gilbert said ny’s strategy. — Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. UAE Exchange Centre WLL Syrian Pound 2.900 Sierra Leone 0.000069 0.000075 Nepalese Rupees 3.880 Singapore Dollar 0.221606 0.227606 South African Rand 0.021029 0.029529 ASIAN COUNTRIES Malaysian Ringgit 87.040 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001842 0.002422 Japanese Yen 2.757 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.395 Australian Dollar 266.18 263.18 Taiwan 0.009185 0.009365 Indian Rupees 4.682 Canadian Dollar 259.80 260.80 Thai Bhat 9.680 Pakistani Rupees 2.851 Thai Baht 0.008369 0.008919 Swiss Franc 324.89 322.89 Turkish Lira 134.045 Srilankan Rupees 2.154 Euro 393.61 394.61 Nepali Rupees 2.933 Arab Singapore Dollar 226.120 US Dollar 281.45 284.45 Bahrain Exchange Company Bahraini Dinar 0.740892 0.748892 Hongkong Dollar 36.345 Sterling Pound 477.29 480.29 Egyptian Pound 0.036365 0.039465 Bangladesh Taka 3.623 Japanese Yen 2.82 2.84 Iranian Riyal 0.000078 0.000079 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Philippine Peso 6.331 Bangladesh Taka 3.626 3.896 Iraqi Dinar 0.000180 0.000240 Thai Baht 8.716 Indian Rupee 4.654 4.954 Europe Belgian Franc 0.007321 0.008321 Jordanian Dinar 0.393164 0.400664 Irani Riyal transfer 0.271 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.156 2.591 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.0000000 1.0000000 Irani Riyal cash 0.273 Nepali Rupee 2.914 3.449 British Pound 0.468834 0.477834 Czech Korune 0.006155 0.018155 Lebanese Pound 0.000137 0.000237 Pakistani Rupee 2.880 2.790 Moroccan Dirhams 0.025225 0.049225 GCC COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 76.70 77.16 Danish Krone 0.048290 0.053290 Nigerian Naira 0.001189 0.001824 Saudi Riyal 75.163 Bahraini Dinar 749.11 751.18 Euro 0.385519 0.393519 Norwegian Krone 0.043395 0.048595 Omani Riyal 0.725785 0.731465 Qatari Riyal 77.446 Egyptian Pound 39.65 40.25 Romanian Leu 0.081297 0.81297 Qatar Riyal 0.076680 0.077893 Omani Riyal 732.200 Jordanian Dinar 400.57 406.22 Slovakia 0.008048 0.018048 Saudi Riyal 0.074497 0.075197 Bahraini Dinar 748.640 Omani Riyal 731.95 739.25 Swedish Krona 0.039238 0.044238 Syrian Pound 0.001747 0.001967 UAE Dirham 76.761 Qatari Riyal 77.72 78.27 Swiss Franc 0.314833 0.325033 Tunisian Dinar 0.172319 0.180319 Saudi Riyal 75.18 75.58 ARAB COUNTRIES Turkish Lira 0.133273 0.140273 Turkish Lira 0.133273 0.140273 Egyptian Pound - Cash 39.320 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd UAE Dirhams 0.075728 0.076877 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.530 Australasia Yemeni Riyal 0.001279 0.001359 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.315 Australian Dollar 0.252955 0.264455 New Zealand Dollar 0.237951 0.247451 Tunisian Dinar 176.920 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Jordanian Dinar 398.040 America Al Mulla Exchange US Dollar 281.500 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.891 Canadian Dollar 0.251432 0.259932 Canadian Dollar 259.510 Syrian Lira 2.009 US Dollars 0.277650 0.282000 Sterling Pound 475.750 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Morocco Dirham 35.574 US Dollars Mint 0.278150 0.282000 Euro 391.810 US Dollar 281.150 Swiss Frank 320.975 Euro 392.250 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Asia Bahrain Dinar 749.235 Pound Sterlng 476.000 US Dollar Transfer 281.750 Bangladesh Taka 0.003280 0.003880 UAE Dirhams 76.620 Euro 394.170 Chinese Yuan 0.043977 0.047477 Canadian Dollar 258.000 Qatari Riyals 78.200 Sterling Pound 478.690 Hong Kong Dollar 0.034241 0.036991 Indian Rupee 4.680 Saudi Riyals 75.340 Canadian dollar 259.440 Indian Rupee 0.004323 0.004724 Egyptian Pound 39.510 Jordanian Dinar 396.715 Turkish lira 134.040 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000020 0.000026 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.152 Egyptian Pound 40.115 Swiss Franc 323.850 Japanese Yen 0.002672 0.002852 Bangladesh Taka 3.618 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.154 Australian Dollar 263.440 Kenyan Shilling 0.003321 0.003321 Philippines Peso 6.335 Indian Rupees 4.679 US Dollar Buying 280.550 Korean Won 0.000264 0.000279 Pakistan Rupee 2.848 Pakistani Rupees 2.852 Malaysian Ringgit 0.082477 0.088477 Bahraini Dinar 748.800 Bangladesh Taka 3.622 GOLD Nepalese Rupee 0.002996 0.003166 UAE Dirham 76.550 Philippines Pesso 6.322 20 Gram 242.500 Pakistan Rupee 0.002651 0.002931 Saudi Riyal 75.100 Cyprus pound 691.420 10 Gram 122.750 Philippine Peso 0.006320 0.006600 5 Gram 63.050 Japanese Yen 3.750 *Rates are subject to change BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014

Dubai to repay 2015 debt on time: Al-Maktoum

DUBAI: Dubai will not have any issues in repaying all rity, and is being seen as an important test of the results for the financial year to end-March 2014 “The risks of overheating will come sooner rather its debt maturing in 2015, and more state-linked plan. Another big maturity of about $10 billion is due tomorrow. He said the company’s profits would be than later, but for now the UAE is in the sweet spot of firms are likely to repay obligations ahead of sched- in 2018. Dubai World repaid $284.5 million of its debt higher than in the previous year. its economic cycle - strong growth, firm employment ule, a top government official said yesterday. in March, ahead of schedule. It also hired New York- and inflation that is only starting to rise.” “We will have no issues in repaying debt coming based investment and advisory firm Blackstone Business buoyant UAE firms saw output growth rise to 62.4 points in up next year,” said Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al- Group LP to review its debt and how to make repay- Business activity growth in the United Arab April, which was the strongest rate since the series Maktoum, a close advisor and uncle to Dubai’s ruler. ments to creditors, sources told Reuters. Emirates’ non-oil private sector rose to a record high started in August 2009, from March’s 60.3. New Sheikh Ahmed, a key figure in the emirate’s recovery State-owned firms such as Nakheel and Dubai in April as output soared at the fastest pace in the orders remained at 66.2 points. from its 2009 debt crisis, was speaking to Reuters on Holding Commercial Operations Group DUBAHC.UL series history, a purchasing managers’ survey showed Growth in new export orders rebounded to 60.0 the sidelines of a Dubai travel industry conference. (DHCOG) have repaid portions of their debt this year, yesterday. The HSBC UAE Purchasing Managers’ points in April from 57.9 in the previous month; the He heads Dubai’s supreme fiscal committee. ahead of maturity. However, the emirate’s ability to Index, which measures the performance of the man- growth was the second-sharpest on record. Middle “We saw some companies paid before time pay remaining debts will depend on its sales of assets ufacturing and services sectors, rose to 58.3 points in Eastern countries and China were major sources of already. I think you might see some more like this in to raise funds, and some bankers have said disposals April from 57.7 in the previous month. new export growth. Employment creation across the the year to come.” The major upcoming debt is of may not be proceeding fast enough. Dubai govern- The seasonally adjusted index is far above the 50- UAE’s non-oil private sector picked up to 54.7 points, flagship firm Dubai World , which ran into trouble ment-owned property firm Limitless has asked credi- point mark which separates growth from contraction, the quickest pace since late 2009. during the emirate’s 2009 property market collapse tors for more time to repay a $1.2 billion debt facility, the survey of 400 private sector firms showed. “The Output prices fell for the first time since last and had to restructure $25 billion of debt. its chairman said yesterday. UAE economy is in full swing, led by booming Dubai,” November with the index sliding to 49.7 points in The first big debt maturity under the restructuring Sheikh Ahmed is also chairman of Dubai’s flagship said Simon Williams, chief economist for the Middle April. The rate of input cost inflation eased to 53.2 plan will come in May 2015, a $4.4 billion loan matu- airline Emirates, which is expected to report its East and North Africa at HSBC. points. — Reuters Syria struggling to fill food import needs

LONDON: War-torn Syria is struggling to buy because they fear they won’t get paid,” said a food commodities in the quantities it needs, source familiar with food security inside Syria. despite repeatedly issuing tenders for hun- Trade sources say efforts by Damascus to dreds of thousands of tons of sugar, rice and secure credit lines to buy food from its close wheat, trade sources say. The sources, who ally Iran have also been hit as Tehran itself have knowledge of the country’s commercial faces financing constraints due to sanctions food deals, said the country’s three-year civil over its nuclear program. “A lot of banks are war, which has claimed more than 150,000 nervous about any trade involving Iran or lives and forced millions from their homes, is Syria and have huge compliance programs in taking its toll, with large suppliers increasing- place. So you can find yourself having to satis- ly unwilling or unable to provide cargoes for fy multiple compliance teams that it is legiti- the Syrian market. mate just to get paid,” said Chris Hill of law “What we are seeing is a fragmentation of firm Clyde & Co. the business now. Smaller, fly-by-night out- Tarek Al-Taweel, director general of Syria’s fits and new companies connected with the state-run General Foreign Trade Organisation, Syrian government are more active. This is which imports foodstuffs, acknowledged the not enough in terms of what the country problems, though it did recently manage to needs to buy, and they cannot do the high- take two small shipments totalling 20,000 volume business to meet the demand,” a tons of sugar from Iran. Middle East-based trade source said. On top “The organization is working toward acti- of the risks of trading with a country wracked vating the Iranian credit line after it faced sev- by violence, suppliers to Syria require licenses eral difficulties at the beginning of the year,” from US and European Union authorities, Taweel told a Syrian state newspaper last even for unrestricted humanitarian goods, week. But Syria’s needs are greater than ever, which creates extra red tape. as civil strife damages its own food produc- US headquartered agribusiness company tion. The International Grains Council last Archer Daniels Midland Co said it had been a week forecast Syria would need to import a major supplier of agricultural commodities to record 1.9 million tons of wheat during the Syria in the past. “We are open to doing busi- 2014/15 season (July/June) based on a ness with Syria today, but there are complexi- domestic crop of 2.5 million tons. “With ties associated with commodity trading in recent reports of the crop being even worse Syria,” an ADM spokeswoman said. “All than we think, then that number will have to PARIS: The Alpha Romeo during the press days of the Paris Auto Show. Italian auto giant Fiat Chrysler announced yesterday that it will invest around exports to Syria are subject to general or spe- be revised higher potentially,” IGC senior $7 billion through 2018 to relaunch the high-end and sporty Alfa Romeo line with eight new models expected. — AFP cific licenses, which require businesses to economist Amy Reynolds said. The implement various processes and controls to International Sugar Organization estimated ensure full compliance with the terms and Syria’s sugar consumption at 800,000 tons in conditions of those licenses.” 2013/14, unchanged from 2012/13, and trade Fiat Chrysler bets on Jeep, There are also extra complications for sources said Syria would need to import near- large consignments, which require more ly all of that, as the war hit its domestic crop. sophisticated financing and greater associat- “Small sugar business is being done, espe- ed risk, which is driving down the size of cially in containers. It’s a trickle,” said another Alfa revamp to go global trades. “We are seeing much smaller trades European trade source. Shipping companies being done now. There is too much risk in have also scaled back activities. transporting bigger consignments to Syria at Leading global container shipping firm Financing, market headwinds, past missteps raise doubts the moment,” a European trade source said. Maersk Line said it only offered a weekly call Before the war, larger consignments of, to Syria’s largest cargo port Latakia via a DETROIT: Fiat Chrysler pledged a breakneck Jeep’s potential in markets such as Asia, Manley Marchionne has also failed to deliver a string say, 60,000 tons of grain were typical, but the third-party service provider and stopped call- expansion for Alfa Romeo and Jeep as the new- said. “Today we’re a niche player because we’re of ambitious targets in ten years at Fiat’s helm, biggest cargoes in a recent sample of freight ing at Tartous, the second-largest, in 2012. ly-merged group outlined long-awaited plans to an import-only brand,” he said, adding that the with its main European business losing market orders seen by Reuters for corn, bread-mak- France’s CMA CGM, the world’s third-biggest transform itself into a global carmaking power- Fiat Chrysler merger and investment commit- share amid delayed investments and some bad ing wheat, white sugar and barley and feed container group, said it still called at both house within five years. Chief Executive Sergio ments would quickly overcome those limits. design choices. “Of all the plans presented so far, wheat were for no more than 25,000 tons. Latakia and Tartous, but volumes were sub- Marchionne is putting the group’s upscale Italy’s Fiat took full control of Chrysler earlier Jeep is both the most interesting and the most stantially lower. brands - also including Maserati - at the heart of this year to create the world’s seventh-biggest tangible,” said ISI Group analyst George Galliers Payment risk That is partly down to the regulatory tape, his ambitious strategy to narrow the gap with carmaker, hoping the profitable US business and from the sidelines of the presentations. There is also a greater risk of non-pay- but also the cost of and difficulty of finding industry leaders such as Volkswagen and Toyota. combined group scale would overcome “The opportunity is clearly there, but 1.9 mil- ment, given the complex mechanisms need- insurance, said Doug Maag of law firm Clyde Alfa Romeo will multiply sales more than five- European losses and propel it into the major lion Jeep units is a stretch,” he added. The bro- ed to get round sanctions on Syria’s banking & Co. In late 2011, London’s marine insurance fold to 400,000 vehicles as the company invests league. kerage has forecast Jeep sales of 1.2 million in system. “Access to funds is constrained. market added Syria to a list of areas deemed 5 billion euros ($7 billion) to add eight new mod- At stake beyond the future of its historic car- 2018. Suppliers are wary of getting into contracts high risk for merchant vessels. — Reuters els and ramp up production, division chief making names are thousands of jobs, particular- Fiat Chrysler shares, which have risen sharply Harald Wester forecast yesterday. “We wanted ly in Italy where Fiat Chrysler plans to manufac- in recent weeks on hopes for its revamp plan, Alfa to benchmark itself against the best that the ture many of the new Alfa Romeo models. were down 1.8 percent to 8.425 euros by 1455 German automotive industry had to offer,” he The challenges are huge, however. Analysts GMT, lagging a 1 percent decline in the told analysts and reporters on a day of presenta- expect the revamp is likely to require capital European automakers index Jeep, whose global- tions in Detroit. spending of at least 8 billion euros a year - a big ly recognized products trace their roots to the Jeep will double output to 1.9 million vehi- burden for a group with 9.8 billion euros of net iconic World War Two vehicle, is seen as cles in 2018, almost half assembled at six new debt. Then there is the market backdrop. Marchionne’s biggest opportunity to tap fast- sites outside the United States, as it adds pro- Europe’s car industry is battling to recover from a growing demand for sport utility vehicles (SUV) duction in Asia, Latin America and Europe six-year slump in sales, while demand in some of in Asia. The expanded production footprint out- backed by 1,300 new dealers, division chief Mike Fiat Chrysler’s most important emerging mar- lined yesterday includes facilities already Manley said. Global production will unlock kets, such as Brazil, is faltering. announced for Brazil and China. — Reuters Egypt’s economy Royal Mail says no seen meeting pay raise for CEO

2013/14 target LONDON: The remuneration committee of Fallon who, along with banks and advisors, British postal company Royal Mail ruled out a have faced fierce criticism over a sell-off that CAIRO: Egypt’s economy will grow 2.1 percent this fiscal pay rise for Chief Executive Moya Greene yes- trade unions and the opposition Labour Party year, the lower end of the government’s targeted range, terday, avoiding a potential run-in with its say was botched. according to economists polled by Reuters, who raised largest investor, the government. Royal Mail, Shares in Royal Mail have risen as much as their forecasts from a quarter ago. Street violence and at the centre of a political storm after critics 87 percent above their 330 pence launch political turmoil since an uprising toppled autocrat Hosni claimed the October privatization of a 60 per- price, offering quick profits for big banks and Mubarak in 2011 have hammered the economy of 85 mil- cent stake in the business short-changed the City investors and leading to a loss of at least lion people and hurt its chances of recovery as foreign taxpayer, said the committee had taken into 750 million pounds for the taxpayer, accord- PARIS: OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria addresses the OECD prior to the address by investors and tourists have fled. Japanese Prime Minister yesterday at the OECD headquarters in Paris. — AFP account Greene’s wishes in its decision not to ing to the National Audit Office. The consensus of 10 economists polled by Reuters propose an increase to base pay or new Ministers insist the sale was a success and over the past two weeks was for growth of 2.1 percent in incentive arrangements. one which was has allowed Royal Mail access OECD cuts global growth the fiscal year to the end of June 2014. That is slightly The absence of a pay rise for Greene, who to the capital it needs to continuing trans- higher than the 2.0 percent forecast given by a Reuters was paid a total of 1.22 million pounds ($2 forming its business. poll conducted in January. The Egyptian government is forecast on China slowdown million) in 2012/13, removes a potential for In November, the firm said it had almost targeting growth of 2.0-2.5 percent this fiscal year. conflict with the government, which still doubled operating profit after transforma- PARIS: A leading international organiza- forecast for Japan, to 1.2 percent from 1.5 The survey suggested growth would accelerate to 3.2 tion costs to 283 million pounds and in percent in the year to June 2015, within range of the gov- holds a 30 percent stake in the firm and is try- tion warned yesterday that the global percent. However, it raised its growth fore- ing to clamp down on rising executive pay. January said underlying sales were up 2 per- economy will grow by less than expected cast for the 18-country euro-zone to 1.2 ernment’s forecast of 3 to 3.4 percent, but slightly below the 3.3 percent predicted in a Reuters poll in January. Greene, whose base salary has stayed at cent over nine months thanks to higher par- this year after it lowered its forecasts for the percent from 1.0 percent. 498,000 pounds since she joined Royal Mail in cel prices. The group will post its 2013-14 United States and China. The Paris-based The OECD warned that “financial ten- Egypt’s economy grew 2.1 percent in the year to end- June 2013. Supported by more than $12 billion in aid July 2010, is widely credited with transform- results on May 22. Organization for Economic Cooperation sions in emerging markets are one risk that ing the postal firm from a loss-maker into a Just five months after its privatization, and Development said the global econo- could blow the global recovery off course,” from Gulf countries, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, Egypt has launched two stimulus profitable FTSE 100-listed company, via cost Royal Mail, which has shed 50,000 jobs in 11 my will grow by 3.4 percent this year, down while falling inflation in the euro area was cuts and a push towards a bigger slice of the years, announced more cost cuts, signalling in from its forecast of 3.6 percent growth last another cause for concern. packages of around 30 billion Egyptian pounds ($4.3 bil- lion) apiece. The government is under pressure to cut fast growing parcels market. March it would axe a net 1,300 managerial November. The body urged central banks in the energy and food subsidies which eat up a quarter of the In January, Royal Mail chairman Donald positions from its 150,000 strong workforce. The OECD, a think tank for the world’s main OECD areas to keep monetary policy state’s budget and contributed to a swelling deficit that Brydon warned the firm should increase That followed an agreement with union most developed countries, cut China’s “accommodative,” given stubbornly high reached around 14 percent of GDP last fiscal year. Greene’s pay package or risk losing her. members in December to a 9.06 percent staff growth forecast this year to 7.4 percent unemployment, below-target inflation and The country’s foreign reserves have also come under According to the High Pay Centre, the aver- pay rise over the next three years. from 8.2 percent in November. Meanwhile, high levels of government debt. In particu- pressure as the country has been running down its hard age annual pay package for heads of FTSE Shares in the Royal Mail were up 0.6 the US economy is forecast to grow 2.6 lar it called on the European Central Bank currency reserves to prop up the Egyptian pound. 100 companies is 4.25 million pounds. percent to 542 pence at 1240 GMT, still 64 percent this year against last November’s to act decisively to lift inflation and to be Reserves stood at $17.4 billion in March against around Avoiding more controversy over Royal percent above their offer price and valu- 2.9 percent estimate. In its half-yearly eco- prepared to take “non-conventional stimu- $36 billion before the 2011 uprising. — Reuters Mail will also come as welcome relief for gov- ing the company at around 5.4 billion nomic outlook, the OECD also cut its 2014 lus” measures if needed. — AP ernment ministers Vince Cable and Michael pounds. — Reuters BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 FTSE 100 retreats from 9-week high

LONDON: Britain’s top share index retreated from a it does matter to the market now,” Macquarie strategist Lansdown Stockbrokers head of equities Richard underpinned by tight supply and UK initiatives to nine-week high yesterday, knocked by weak results Daniel McCormack said. Hunter said in a note. spur the job-intensive sector, such as the ‘Help-to-Buy’ from Aberdeen Asset Management and Barclays. The “On a 12- to 18-month view, there is plenty of “...If some of the rumoured changes are imple- mortgage scheme. Barclays said the recent selloff had blue-chip FTSE 100 index was down 9.54 points, or upside left in the market because earnings will start mented, resulting in a more streamlined and obvious- left attractive valuations. “We see strong fundamen- 0.1 percent, at 6,812.88 points by 1048 GMT, after to improve, but I struggle to see a near-term positive ly profitable bank, the recent upgrade of the market tals: greater visibility provided by the extension to the hitting 6,838.17 on Friday, its highest level since late catalyst for the market to push materially higher.” consensus to a buy will have been vindicated.” ‘Help-to-Buy’ scheme; a largely disciplined land mar- February. The market was closed on Monday for a Barclays shed 4.5 percent after its profits fell 5 percent ket; and a more supportive planning system,” Barclays public holiday. in the first quarter as revenues dropped in its fixed Builders buoyant said in a note. “Where headwinds exist, notably the Investment manager Aberdeen Asset Management income business more steeply than at most rivals. Housebuilders helped limit market losses, revers- threat of rising interest rates, they remain relatively dropped 5.9 percent, the top FTSE 100 faller, on a fore- The UK banking index fell 0.8 percent, led lower ing recent falls, with traders citing a bullish trading benign in our view.” cast-lagging 3-percent fall in pretax profit after clients by Barclays, which also said it will announce on update from Countrywide, Britain’s largest estate Persimmon topped the FTSE 100 leader board, up pulled money out of its core emerging market and Thursday details of a plan to shrink its investment agency. The Thomson Reuters UK Homebuilding 3.5 percent at 1,373 pence as Barclays lifted its target Asian equity funds. “Reporting seasons are now more bank. “The outcome of the quarter is largely a con- index has fallen more than 10 percent from a late price for the stock to 1,540 pence from 1,333.6 pence. important than they have been for many years tinuation of the themes outlined at the full-year February peak, trimming its gains for 2014 to around Blue-chip peer Barratt Developments rose 2.2 per- because the market is at a valuation level where some numbers, with Thursday’s strategy announcement 3 percent. cent, and mid-cap Taylor Wimpey climbed 1.6 per- earnings growth is priced in. When they miss earnings, likely to be rather more consequential,” Hargreaves It doubled in value during the past three years, cent. — Reuters

SYDNEY: People are reflected in a bank window advertising interest rates on loans in the central business district of Sydney yesterday. Australia’s central bank kept inter- est rates at a record low 2.5 percent, citing only tentative improvement in non-min- ing sectors of the economy. — AFP Gold firms as Ukraine tensions lend support

LONDON: Gold prices firmed for a third lar’s weakness, analysts said. That also session yesterday as tensions flared bodes well for gold, which benefits from a between government forces and pro- low interest rate environment. Russian separatists in Ukraine, while the dollar slid to a 6-1/2 month low against a Asian demand soft currency basket. More than 30 separatists Demand in Asia was soft overnight, were killed in fighting near the rebel precious metals house MKS said in a note, stronghold of Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine, with Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said yester- all absent for public holidays. “Very light day. Fighting intensified around the pro- two-way flows were traded above $1,310 Russian stronghold on Monday after rebel early in the session, with some more buy- fighters ambushed Ukrainian forces. ing coming in the lead-up to the Chinese Spot gold was up 0.1 percent at open,” it said. $1,311.10 an ounce at 1109 GMT, while US “It felt like traders were expecting the gold futures for June delivery were up same reception from the Chinese as yes- $2.60 an ounce at $1,311.90. The metal has terday - with the general public in cover- rebounded after posting hefty losses early ing shorts - but this never (happened) and last week, as a break above a key chart lev- the market quickly reversed below $1,310.” el at $1,300 and escalating tensions in Among other precious metals, silver rose Ukraine prompted buying, helping it for a third session after hitting its lowest shrug off the impact of strong US jobs since early January last week at $18.82 an data on Friday. ounce. The gold/silver ratio, which meas- Positive U.S. data usually weighs on ures the number of silver ounces needed gold, as it stokes expectations that the to buy an ounce of gold, has retreated to Federal Reserve will continue reining in its 66.8 from last week’s 3-1/2 year high of bullion-friendly monetary stimulus pro- 67.6. gram. Spot silver was up 0.7 percent at $19.64 “On the balance of last week, gold real- an ounce. Platinum group metals under- ly should be down because of the good performed after climbing in the previous non-farm payrolls data, but that didn’t session on supply worries, with spot plat- feed through into a stronger dollar,” inum flat at $1,443.75 an ounce and spot Societe Generale analyst Robin Bhar said. palladium down 0.2 percent at $812 an “This morning you’ve got a weaker dol- ounce. lar, and there’s a safe-haven bid with the South Africa’s Association of deaths in Ukraine, and fighting intensify- Mineworkers and Construction Union ing. Those are the factors supporting gold.” (AMCU) on Monday rejected the latest The dollar came under heavy pressure wage offer by the world’s three biggest against the euro after data showed euro platinum mining companies, who said the zone businesses had a solid start to the workers were afraid to accept the compa- second quarter of the year, with activity nies’ latest wage offer because of “threats picking up at its fastest pace in almost to their personal safety”. three years, suggesting a broad-based South African President Jacob Zuma recovery is taking hold in the bloc. has accused the AMCU union of irrespon- A lack of conviction that the Fed will sibility for dragging out the platinum follow a reduction this year of its emer- strike for almost four months, saying there gency money-printing with an actual rise was a risk of workers losing their jobs in interest rates is at the heart of the dol- because of the dispute. — Reuters Brent steady below $108 SINGAPORE: Brent crude held steady below pipe’s ownership. $108 per barrel yesterday as clashes across Oil prices remain subdued by plentiful sup- Ukraine added to geopolitical risk supporting plies, with US commercial crude oil invento- a market that might otherwise sag due to ries forecast to have hit a new record high for expectations weekly data will show higher the third week in a row due to higher imports. inventories in the United States. Data released The American Petroleum Institute (API), an overnight showing a spike in US service sector industry group, is due to issue its weekly growth offered some relief from the pes- inventory report at 2030 GMT, while the US simism generated by disappointing Chinese Department of Energy’s Energy Information manufacturing data. Administration (EIA) will issue it report today. Brent crude for June delivery was 7 cents A preliminary Reuters poll of five analysts, tak- lower at $107.65 per barrel by 0514 GMT, after en ahead of reports, showed expectations settling 87 cents down. US oil was also 7 cents centering round a rise of 1.5 million barrels in lower at $99.41, following a fall of 28 cents on crude oil stocks for the week ended May 2. Monday. EIA data wiped 2 percent off US oil futures “The services data adds more evidence last week by showing US crude stocks hit a that the US economy is indeed recovering, record high on the week ending on April 25, helping lift the prospect for crude oil demand led by another steep increase on the Gulf in the United States,” said Chee Tat Tan, an Coast. “The concern is that the market cannot investment analyst at Phillip Futures in keep up with the pace of production,” said Singapore. In Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels shot Tan. However, in Cushing, Oklahoma, the down a Ukrainian helicopter in fierce fighting delivery point of WTI crude, crude stocks have near the eastern town of Slaviansk, while Kiev dropped in the last three weeks, as new infra- drafted police special forces to the port city of structure relieves recent bottlenecks at the Odessa to stop the rebellion spreading west- key oil hub. ward. “A 1.5 million barrel draw per week could put Cushing two-three weeks away from Rising US stocks reaching tank bottoms,” analysts at Morgan In one of the first signs that the conflict Stanley said in a note dated May 5. “If realized, has affected Russian energy shipments, the benefit for WTI prices and differentials Russia’s state pipeline operator stopped may be modest from here, but backwardation diesel shipments to Ukraine and Hungary at the front end of the WTI curve should last month due to uncertainties over the steepen,” they said. — Reuters BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 US trade deficit drops 3.6% in March

WASHINGTON: The US trade deficit nar- as exports recover from their first quarter monthly data clearly show a big resur- $369.4 billion as domestic production practices by China to gain trade advan- rowed in March as exports rebounded to decline and other parts of the economy gence in activity and employment over took the place of some imports. For tages. the second highest level on record, led gain momentum as warmer weather the past couple of months, confirming March, energy exports increased 3 per- The deficit with the European Union by strong gains in sales of aircraft, autos spurs activity following the harsh winter. that the earlier weakness was weather- cent to $11.4 billion while petroleum jumped 26.7 percent to $11.5 billion and farm goods. The deficit declined to While the trade deficit narrowed in related,” he said. Many economists expect imports dropped 3.4 percent to $30 bil- although US exports to Germany, the $40.4 billion, down 3.6 percent from a March, economists said the improvement the trade deficit will keep narrowing this lion. For the first three months of this largest economy in Europe, climbed to revised February imbalance of $41.9 bil- will not be enough to keep the govern- year as exports, helped by an energy pro- year, petroleum exports are up 7 percent the highest level since October 2008. The lion, the Commerce Department report- ment from revising its first quarter duction boom in the United States, grow while imports are down 3.4 percent. trade deficit with Canada was up 3.7 per- ed yesterday. The February deficit had growth estimate down into negative ter- faster than imports. The deficit with China dropped 2.2 cent to $2.2 billion even though US been the biggest trade gap in five ritory. A domestic energy boom has boosted percent in March to $20.4 billion but exports to Canada hit a record high. months. But Paul Ashworth, chief US econo- exports and reduced America’s depend- remained the largest imbalance with any Critics say Beijing is manipulating its US exports rose 2.1 percent to $193.9 mist at Capital Economics, said the ence on foreign oil. US petroleum country. The big trade gap with China currency to keep it undervalued against billion with exports to Canada and important development was that the exports rose to an all-time high of $137.2 has kept pressure on the Obama admin- the US dollar. That makes Chinese goods South Korea hitting all-time highs. economy was showing many signs of a billion last year, up 11 percent from 2012. istration and Congress to take a tougher cheaper in the United States and more Imports also rose but by a slower 1.1 rebound in the current quarter. “The Energy imports fell 10.9 percent to line on what critics see as unfair trade attractive to American consumers and percent to $234.3 billion, reflecting American product more expensive in increased shipments of cellphones, China. The Obama administration is lob- clothing and other consumer goods and bying Congress to pass the “fast track” increased demand for heavy machinery authority it will need to speed approval and other capital goods. of two big trade agreements it is current- A smaller trade deficit can boost ly negotiating, but election-year politics growth because it means US companies are complicating the White House effort. are earning more on their overseas The administration is negotiating one sales. In 2013, the trade deficit narrowed trade agreement with Japan and 10 oth- 11.2 percent to $474.9 billion, helping er Pacific nations. The other agreement provide a small boost to overall eco- would be a trans-Atlantic deal with the nomic growth. 28-nation European Union. Analysts are looking for a similar small The deals would lower trade barriers contribution to growth from a narrowing and are seen by supporters as a good trade deficit this year. They forecast that way to boost US export sales. But critics, an improving global economy will boost including many labor unions, contend demand for US exports. However, that the agreements will open American imports are also expected to rise as workers to greater competition and actu- stronger US activity increases consumer ally end up costing US jobs. The negotia- spending on foreign products. tions on the Trans-Pacific Partnership For the first three months of this year, were a central issue in Obama’s visit to trade was a big negative on overall Tokyo last month. growth, subtracting 0.8 percentage point While Obama was in Tokyo, US offi- in the first quarter as exports fell sharply cials said that the two countries had nar- compared to the final three months of rowed their differences on market access last year. That translated into weak over- issues related to agriculture and automo- all growth in the gross domestic product biles, two key sectors which have dead- of just 0.1 percent in the January-March locked the talks. The 12-nation trade pact quarter. Economists expect GDP growth is seen as a key component of the will rebound in the second quarter to a BALTIMORE: A Mercedes-Benz sedan sits inside a car-carrier before being hauled away for distribution from the company’s Obama administration’s efforts to assert much stronger rate of 3 percent or better Vehicle Processing Center in Baltimore. The Commerce Department reports on the US trade deficit for March yesterday. — AP US influence in Asia. —AP France, Germany press on with transaction tax

Group of EU countries agree on trading tax from 2016

BRUSSELS: France and Germany led a group of countries yesterday in calling for a tax on financial trading, but their failure to agree central elements of the plan means it will fall far short of its original ambitions. The tax was promised in 2011 by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and then French president Nicolas Sarkozy as a means of getting banks to contribute more towards solving a crisis that had by then bankrupted Greece and Ireland. Finance ministers from ten euro-zone states KUALA LUMPUR: A delivery man pushes his cart at a office building lobby in Kuala made a further pledge yesterday to phase in the tax Lumpur yesterday. Minimum wage for private sector employees in Malaysia is 900 on the trading of shares and some derivatives from Malaysian Ringits ($276) a month. — AFP January 2016, two years later than the original start date. But they left unanswered crucial questions such as how high the tax - opposed by a second Insurers eye bulk annuity group of European states including finance industry heavyweight Britain - should be and how it will be charged. “We have ...a political agreement to go on boost after budget blow with this,” Germany’s Finance Minister Wolfgang

LONDON: Insurers hit by a UK govern- through a buy-out, where the insurer ment shake-up of pension rules are set to takes over everything, or a buy-in, where make up for some of their lost business by the scheme remains the administrator. ramping up the number of retirement deals they sell to companies rather than New impetus individuals. The industry was dealt a sur- The demand for bulk annuities is prise blow in the March budget after already strong, with a record 7.5 billion BRUSSELS: Austrian Finance Minister Michael Spindelegger (left) talks with Finnish Finance retirees with pensions reliant on financial pounds ($12.7 billion) of deals struck in Minister Jutta Urpilainen (right) prior to an EU Economic and Financial Affairs meeting yester- market returns, so-called defined contri- 2013. While the first bulk annuity deals day at EU Headquarters in Brussels. — AFP bution schemes, were told that from April were agreed in the 1980s, tougher commitment to the phasing in of the tax. Bank that the levy would backfire, Merkel and 2015 they would no longer have to buy an accounting standards and EU funding But the alliance is fragile. Slovenia, which also Sarkozy had initially sought to win support across annuity, or income for life, at retirement. requirements, as well an increasing num- supports the project but whose government has the European Union before scaling back their plans, For insurers with a big annuity busi- ber of final salary schemes closing, have collapsed, was unable to sign. European Union law in the face of stiff opposition, to just the euro-zone. combined to drive up demand from pen- ness, such as Resolution and Legal & BRUSSELS: British Chancellor of the Exchequer requires nine countries to take part in order for the They had to make do with a shaky alliance of General, this raised fears of a slide in prof- sion schemes. George Osborne is pictured prior to an EU scheme to proceed. “This is just a political state- countries, some of which reluctantly signed up to its. Resolution’s shares have plunged 15 Consultant Hymans Robertson expects Economic and Financial Affairs meeting yester- ment,” Michael Spindelegger, Austria’s finance min- keep Germany happy. Divisions remain within the percent since the budget and those of at least 20 billion pounds of bulk annuities day at EU Headquarters in Brussels. — AFP ister told peers of the plan. “We have found com- group over how the tax should work, including L&G, which last year generated 29 percent to be written in 2014 and more than that mon ground. Not much common ground.” between Paris and Berlin. The tax’s sketchy one- of cash flow from its retirement division, 8 next year. 18 FTSE 100 firms have taken Schaeuble told peers in part of the meeting broad- page blueprint, passed around the table of 28 min- percent. part in such pension scheme risk transfer cast to journalists. His French counterpart Michel Robinhood isters from the European Union, prompted a fiery The full impact will not be known until deals, and the consultancy expects that Sapin hailed the pact as evidence that Europe was As ministers met in Brussels, activists in favor of debate, with Britain’s George Osborne accusing the the changes come into force, though number to increase to 50 by 2017. able to respond to the crisis, saying the levy would a levy that has also been dubbed the ‘Robin Hood’ Franco-German group of devising a scheme that Standard Life said last Wednesday that If that’s right, Membery said, there will raise roughly 6 billion euros ($8 billion) annually tax - after the legendary English outlaw who would punish pensioners. sales of annuities, which accounted for 6 be a “massive amount of activity” over the from taxes on shares alone. This is nonetheless a robbed from the rich to give to the poor - acted out He said he would challenge it legally if it hurt percent of the group’s operating profit in next few years. He also pointed out, fraction of the 35 billion euros originally expected. a boxing match to symbolize the fight over the levy. Britain. “The financial transactions tax is not a tax on 2013, had already fallen by 50 percent in though, that the market is finite - with The European Green party’s candidate in EU In one corner, an activist dressed in green and wear- bankers. It is a tax on jobs, on people’s pensions and the weeks following the budget. final salary schemes being phased out, elections, Ska Keller, who has also campaigned for ing a quiver of arrows pretended to knock out his on pensioners,” said Osborne, drawing a rebuke the tax, dismissed Tuesday’s agreement as unambi- But the blow could be softened by bulk annuity deals can only live as long as opponent, who was dressed as a banker in a suit. from Schaeuble that he was playing to the crowd of tious. “It’s simply window dressing,” she said. “This is a fight between bankers and Robin Hood,” watching journalists. But Osborne had support from demand from defined benefit - or final their members. The tax resurrects an idea first conceived by US said Natalia Alonso, a campaigner at Oxfam. “We are Anders Borg, the Swedish finance minister and salary - pension schemes, many of which So far the bulk annuity market has economist James Tobin more than 40 years ago. Its saying that the money raised with this tax should long-term critic of the project, who dismissed the are seeking to hive off their exposure to been dominated by a handful of players - supporters view it as symbolically important in go to fighting poverty.” Reaffirming a commitment plans for a “very inefficient and costly tax”. the risk that scheme members live longer last year just eight insurers wrote 186 showing that politicians, many of whom have been to the tax is also important ahead of European elec- It has been clear from early last year that the than expected or that interest rates rise, in deals - but that could be set to change. accused of fumbling their way through the crisis, tions that are expected to see a rise in support for final plan will be scaled back. Under a re-drafted so-called “bulk-annuity” deals. “Besides those insurers which already were tackling the banks blamed for causing it. populist euroskeptic parties. Many experts, howev- model described then to Reuters, the standard rate The Pension Protection Fund reckons operate... we also expect there to be a Ten countries - Austria, Belgium, Estonia, France, er, expect the scheme to be quietly shelved after- for trading bonds and shares could drop to just 0.01 total liabilities in UK final salary schemes number of new entrants to the bulk annu- Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain wards because it is difficult to implement. percent of the value of a deal, from 0.1 percent in top 1.2 trillion pounds ($2 trillion), almost ity market,” said Sadie Hayes, transaction - signed Tuesday’s statement underscoring their Ignoring warnings from the European Central the original blueprint. — Reuters the size of the UK economy. This year has specialist at consultant Towers Watson. already seen a record-breaking 3 billion That extra competition will bring its own pound deal between L&G and now pressures, though. “In my mind it’s defunct chemicals firm ICI. “You’re going absolutely clear that, in the short and Switzerland, Singapore join to have to sell quite a lot of individual medium term, the impact of the budget annuities to make that kind of money,” will be to reduce bulk annuity pricing,” clampdown on bank secrecy said Martin Membery, head of insurance said James Mullins, a partner at Hymans at law firm Sidley Austin. “So you can see Robertson, citing an insurer currently PARIS: Switzerland and Singapore joined yester- tax owed by people who thought they could world’s biggest offshore financial centre with why these types of deals could be almost finalizing a “good-sized” deal that lowered day the growing ranks of countries agreeing to hide in other jurisdictions.” $2 trillion in assets. But Singapore is breathing a direct replacement for what they’re oth- its offer price by 3 percent after the budg- share tax information in a major breakthrough While most of the signatories had already down its neck and a 2013 study showed erwise losing.” et. But L&G, which wrote 1.3 billion against bank secrecy, the OECD said. Under the committed to sharing tax information on an finance professionals see it soon overtaking While companies can write a derivative pounds of bulk annuity deals in 2013, said pledge signed by a total 47 countries, all finan- automatic basis, the fact that Switzerland and the Alpine nation amid a global tax crackdown contract to remove their exposure to the high demand from pension schemes for cial information will be shared between govern- Singapore have now also signed up is a big and tighter regulation. old-age concern in a so-called longevity buy-ins and buy-outs would keep pricing ments, including taxpayers’ bank balance, divi- step in a fight against tax evasion that govern- With Tuesday’s deal, the OECD devised a swap, insurers will be hoping they opt for high. “I don’t think it (the budget) is caus- dends, interest income and sales proceeds used ments have intensified since the global finan- common standard to simplify the exchange of the bulk annuity deals, which are more ing any margin pressure,” said Tom to calculate capital gains tax. cial crisis. Facing mounting pressure to disman- financial details, which its 34 members and the profitable and give the insurer all the Ground, L&G’s head of bulk annuities. “It’s clearly the end of bank secrecy abused tle a cherished culture of banking secrecy, 13 other countries agreed to adopt. Financial assets upfront to invest. “We’re expecting to see certainly good for tax purposes,” OECD tax director Pascal some of Switzerland’s 300-plus private banks companies will also be required to identify the In such deals, the pension scheme margins, if not improving margins, on the Saint-Amans told journalists at a meeting held had already signaled last year their readiness to ultimate beneficiaries of shell companies, trusts sheds responsibility for paying its mem- bulk side given the number of opportuni- by the international think tank in Paris. “It work with US officials to crack down on and similar legal arrangements that at present bers their retirement income, either ties coming to the market.” — Reuters means that governments can really assess the wealthy Americans. Switzerland is still the can be used to evade taxes. — Reuters BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 Skyline team in Kuwait with five new projects

kyline, the most preferred housing ment units have versatile floor area options lifestyle brand among Malayalees is and luxurious amenities to match the proj- Svisiting Kuwait as part of their mar- ect features like swimming pool, AC party keting campaign in GGC countries to intro- hall, fitness center and digital access con- duce their five newly launching projects. trol and video surveillance for security. The team lead by Rajmohan, Corporative Skyline 24 Carat coming up at Sales head and C A Babu, Branch Manager, Elamakkara, Cochin has top end design and Kottayam will be in Kuwait at Hotel features to justify its name. Located in the Ramada Kuwait from 6 to 13 May, 2014. most sought after residential quarters of Skyline Exotica super deluxe apart- the city, the project is surrounded by premi- ments on Devalokam road and Skyline um schools like Bhavans, Campion and Al- Pearl Super luxury apartments at Ameen. The model engineering college, Kanjikuzhi in Kottayam, Skyline 24 Carat Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and super luxury apartments at Elamakkara Aster Medcity fall within a radius of 5 kms. Cochin and Skyline Synergy super luxury Kerala has a uniquely scenic landscape apartments at Cheranallur, off NH 17 as well as an urban skyline replete with Cochin and Skyline Cambridge luxury sprouting high-rises. Skyline Builders, the apartments at Mukkolakal, Trivandrum are largest builder of the state is credited with the new projects hitting the launching pad. more than a hundred of them, to be pre- Each project is unique in location, design cise 127 projects with 1.2 crore built up and features catering to different lifestyle area. While the doomsayers are predicting aspirations. a continued slow down of the housing Skyline Exotica is a high end premium market, Skyline remains buoyant with project aimed for the achievers befitting delivering projects on time and launching the elite location which is the highest ter- new projects consistently. As on the 25th rain in town inhabited by a rich and year of operations, Skyline has won over famous neighborhood. Its world-class not just the trust of more than 6000 home design envisages only two apartments per owners from 49 countries, but many floor, ensuring utmost privacy and free awards for the quality of its projects. flow of natural light and air through three Highest CRISIL rating of DA2 for the first side ventilation. The vertical design uses time in Kerala, Best All India Residential only 18 percent of the land spread and the Apartment at CREDAI Real Estate Awards rest of the area is earmarked for landscap- 2012, for its Imperial Garden project at ing and swimming pool. It ensures that no Cochin and the Best Residential Apartment Sheikh Mohammed Bin Saud Al-Qasimi inaugurates Air Arabia’s flight to Ras Al-Khaimah. parking is facilitated at the expense of a Award, the prestigious membership of garden. The superb finishes and premium Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) etc. Air Arabia starts operations fixtures coupled with luxurious amenities add on to the latest accolade won by make it the first of its kind premium hous- Skyline. Skyline has reiterated its credibility ing in Kottayam. by delivering 106 projects on time within The second new launch in Kottayam is its 25 years of solid standing in the state’s from RAK Int’l Airport Skyline Pearl which offers a bang in the real estate scenario. To contact Skyline middle of the town location adjacent team in Kuwait and know more details Kanjikuzhi Jn and premium features aimed about the projects, call 000965 67003536, RAS AL-KHAIMAH: Air Arabia yesterday marked international base, and second in the UAE. Two we have set for developing the emirate’s tourism at the city slickers. The 2 and 3 BHK apart- 0096555 244941. the start of operations from Ras Al-Khaimah, with new Airbus A320 aircraft have now been based in and business sectors.” an official ceremony attended by Sheikh Ras Al-Khaimah International Airport, following a Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammad Al-Thani, Mohamed Bin Saud Al-Qasimi, Crown Prince of strategic partnership signed between the airline Chairman of Air Arabia said: “We are delighted to Ras Al-Khaimah, Sheikh Salem Bin Sultan Al and Ras Al-Khaimah Department of Civil Aviation. extend our reach across the UAE through our new Qasimi, Chairman, Department of Civil Aviation Air Arabia launch routes include direct services to hub in Ras Al-Khaimah and this partnership marks (DCA), Ras Al-Khaimah, and Sheikh Abdullah Bin Jeddah in Saudi; Cairo in Egypt; Muscat in Oman; an exciting new era for air travel in the Emirates. Mohammad Al-Thani, Chairman of Air Arabia. Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar in Pakistan; The establishment of our operations in RAK The official ceremony, which was also attend- Dhaka in Bangladesh; and to be followed by International Airport testifies the synergy ed by Royals, senior officials from Ras Al-Khaimah, Calicut in India. Eng Sheikh Salem Bin Sultan Al- between the emirate’s tourism expansion plans trade community and press marked the launch of Qasimi, Chairman, Department of Civil Aviation and Air Arabia’s ambitious route expansion strate- Air Arabia operations from Ras Al-Khaimah (DCA), Ras Al Khaimah said: “Today we mark gy. We look forward to extending our routes from International Airport. Earlier on the same morn- another milestone in the UAE aviation success RAK as we continue to make travel more conven- ing, Air Arabia’s inaugural flight departed from and growth journey. ient for people living and working in the Northern RAK International Airport, travelling to Jeddah in Our partnership with Air Arabia will allow us to Emirates.” Saudi Arabia. At the ceremony, Air Arabia and Ras increase the accessibility of Ras Al-Khaimah to Air Arabia’s first flight from RAK International Al-Khaimah DCA said both are committed to international passengers, whilst also increasing Airport took off to Jeddah on May 6 at 08:25 am using the start of this service to further strength- the flow of tourism to the Emirates, which will followed by a second flight to Muscat at 10:25 on en travel and tourism sector of the emirate. have a direct effect on the local economy. This the same day. The carrier will offer some 25 week- Yesterday’s launch of operations follows the step further signifies the important role we place ly launch flights from its new Ras Al-Khaimah hub recent establishment of an Air Arabia hub at RAK in developing the aviation scene in the emirate to Jeddah, Muscat, Cairo, Islamabad, Lahore, International Airport, which is the airline’s fourth which in return will support the ambitious plans Peshawar and Dhaka. Burgan Bank announces winners IIK Property Show 2014 this weekend at Crowne Plaza of ‘BuBa’ kids Account draw KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yesterday the KUWAIT: After the grand success of “IIK Real ing from the affordable to super luxury resi- names of the lucky winners of “BuBa” Kids Estate & Investment Exhibition 2014” South dential units which could be owned across Account quarterly draw. Mohammad Shuaib India Property Show in January 2014, options like plots, apartments, land and villas. won a cash prize of KD 1,000 and Latifah Saleh IndiansinKuwait.com is organizing “IIK This property exhibition will consist of Abdullateef ALawadhi won KD 500. Property Show 2014 - South India and affordable homes, premium apartments and Burgan Bank launched BuBa kids account Mumbai” at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Farwaniya on every assistance required before investing in quarterly draw to offer customers more chances May 9, Friday and Saturday 10, 2014. The IIK India. This will showcase new projects and to win cash prizes while saving, entitles account Property Show 2014 exhibition will feature new property developments from South India holders to enter quarterly draw when maintain- variety of projects and latest investment and wish to reach out to the common people ing KD 100 for 3 consecutive months prior draw opportunities in Indian Real Estate Sector. and their property needs. date. The more money held in the account the Kuwait’s popular web portal for the Indian Visitors can also meet our home loan part- expats, IndiansinKuwait.com, in association ner, HDFC at the IIK Property Show 2014who greater the chances to win. with Lemonade International an Event can help you facilitate home loans to make BuBa Kids account provides different ranges Management and Marketing Company is your dreams come true. of benefits to its customers, including open organizing the exhibition for the benefit of the Large number of projects from India will be account gift, special discounts from selective community. The two day exhibition will be at your disposal from reputed builders from merchants and special invitations for children held at Kuwait’s prestigious location, Crowne Bengaluru, Mysore, Mangalore, Chennai, events with the presence of BuBa character. Plaza, Farwaniya. The exhibition is from 10:00 Kochi, Trivandrum, Hyderabad, Goa, Mumbai BuBa account is a saving account with mini- am to 8:00 pm on both days. Entry is free. and many more cities from South India. The mum opening balance of KD10, with no With a tag line “Converting your dreamz show enables the buyers to understand the required minimum balance or interest earning into Real(i)ty”, buying a home which seemed pulse of property scenario back home. This or charges fee. to be a dream for NRIs in Kuwait could now show offers a spate of attractive prizes for reg- To find out more about Burgan Bank’s “BuBa” become reality, thanks to the wide variety of istered participants. One lucky winner stands a Kids Account, customers are urged to visit any of handpicked homes from across South India chance of winning 2 free air tickets to India Burgan Bank’s conveniently located branches, or and Mumbai. This show will be the platform sponsored by Air India. There is assured gift for call the bank’s call center on 1804080, or log on for showcasing the finest of assets, developers every pre-registration, which you can do to Burgan Bank’s website at www.burgan.com and locations where the Indian Real Estate online to confirm your assured gifts at Established in 1977, Burgan Bank is the caters to all the aspirations, likewise for the NRI http://www.indiansinkuwait.com/Campaign/P youngest commercial Bank and third largest by home seekers and investors. This property ropertyExpoMay/ Gifts are sponsored by assets in Kuwait, with a significant focus on the (Algeria), Bank of Baghdad - BOB (Iraq & formance over the years through an expanded exhibition will display property options rang- TikTok and Schneider. corporate and financial institutions sectors, as Lebanon), Jordan Kuwait Bank - JKB (Jordan) revenue structure, diversified funding sources, well as having a growing retail and private bank Tunis International Bank - TIB (Tunisia), and fully and a strong capital base. The adoption of state- AlKhair Capital hosts gala dinner to customer base. owned Burgan Bank - Turkey, (collectively known of-the-art services and technology has posi- Burgan Bank has five majority owned sub- as the “Burgan Bank Group”). tioned it as a trendsetter in the domestic market celebrate opening of Dubai branch sidiaries, which include Gulf Bank Algeria - AGB The Bank has continuously improved its per- and within the MENA region. DUBAI: AlKhair Capital Saudi Arabia, the lead- Limited, became the first Saudi investment ing Saudi-based investments institution, has company registered and regulated by the announced the opening of its branch at the Capital Market Authority in Saudi Arabia to URC participates in 12th annual ‘Amaar Dubai International Financial Centre [DIFC] receive a DFSA license to operate in DIFC. The during a Gala Dinner held at Jumeirah Emirates evening included a keynote speech from Towers on Thursday, May 1. The ceremony was Yousef Al- Shelash in which he said: “The Ya Masr’ to showcase Aswar Residences attended by more than 100 people, including approval from the Dubai Financial Services dignitaries, elected officials, in addition to Authority and our new branch at DIFC is a KUWAIT: United Real Estate Company (URC), the AlKhair Capital Chairman, Yousef Al-Shelash major step forward in our growth strategy MENA region’s leading real estate developer, and the company’s CEO, Khaled Al-Mulhim, across the region, and we are extremely announced that it will be participating in the annual delighted to extend our capabilities in financial “Amaar Ya Masr” real and investments services to clients in the UAE. estate exhibition on Over the years, we have differentiated our serv- May 7 and 8, 2014 from ice offerings and we are glad to bring our 10 am to 1 pm and 5 expertise and industry knowledge to DIFC, in pm to 10 pm, May 9 line with our envisioned future.” Al-Shelash added: “As a company, we have from 4 pm to 10 pm and analyzed the market needs and evolution of May 10 from 10 am to Dubai as a hub for Islamic finance, which is our 10 pm in Crowne Plaza’s forte. The burgeoning demand for Sukuk Al Baraka ballroom in instruments is an encouraging sign of the mar- Farwaniya, Kuwait. The ket demand and potential in the coming years. exhibition is under the We are confident that AlKhair will be able to patronage of the add value to the industry as a whole with our Egyptian ambassador to board members, executives from the banking presence in Dubai.” Al-Shelash emphasized the Kuwait, Abdul Karim sectors and last but not least, media from the importance of the support that they received Suleiman and under the Renimah Al-Mattar United Arab Emirates. from all of the leaders in Saudi Arabia and the Ministry of Commerce, The Gala dinner celebrated the opening of United Arab Emirates for the development of Assistant Undersecretary of Administrative and the new branch which followed the official intra-regional trade under the umbrella of the Financial Affairs, Sheikh Nimr Al-Sabah. The exhibition approval and licence from the Dubai Financial Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). will feature investment opportunities and upcoming Services Authority [DFSA] allowing AlKhair AlKhair Capital Saudi Arabia, which com- real estate projects in Egypt from over 35 companies. New Cairo. Made up of 75 three-storey villas, Aswar with built up areas of 533 sqm, 626 sqm and 765 sqm Capital to operate as an authorized entity in menced operations in the KSA in 2009, seeks to Commenting on URC’s participation this year, Residences focuses on providing home-owners with respectively. The basement level of each villa includes DIFC. This step reflects AlKhair Capital’s com- provide the market with an integrated and Renimah Al-Mattar, URC’s Executive Vice President space, privacy and convenience within a gated com- a multi-car parking garage with additional living mitment to offering the best services and comprehensive range of Sharia-compliant said, “URC’s participation in “Amaar Ya Masr” is to intro- munity.” Aswar Residences has been designed to fea- space. Present at the exhibition is URC’s Sales & experiences to its customers within the invest- investment products and services, with an duce our latest project under development to the ture landscaped gardens, an outdoor swimming pool, Leasing Team, who will provide visitors with the sales ment sectors in the region. emphasis on delivering exceptional value and a tennis court, and a gymnasium. There are 3 types of opportunities for purchasing a villa at Aswar The Dubai entity, AlKhair Capital [Dubai] tailored solutions to clients and shareholders. Kuwaiti market. The project, Aswar Residences, is a res- idential community located on the Eastern side of Villas at various sizes that include, Villa Type A, B and C Residences. technology WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014

Canon, Intercol launch exclusive showroom, service centre in Bahrain

DUBAI: Canon Middle East, a global leader in ates, will facilitate Canon’s drive to introduce the providing the high quality, technologically have employees proficient in the wide range and imaging solutions, has strengthened its partner- latest products, processes and technology to the advanced products and solutions across all indus- features of Canon products. ship with International Agencies Co Ltd (Intercol) country. Intercol has the reach, resources and infra- tries. Abdulrahman Ali Alwazzan, Director of Intercol to launch the first exclusive Canon showroom and structure in place for the distribution of consumer “The newly dedicated showroom and service remarked, ‘’Intercol has grown over the years by state-of-the-art service centre in Bahrain. The products to multiple channels and retailers. The centre in Bahrain will provide customers the partnering with the most reliable brands to meet showroom will feature Canon’s complete portfolio company’s attention to customer service will opportunity to receive direct advice on products the needs of both consumers and business cus- of innovative products for both consumers and the ensure that staff members are extensively trained from Canon professionals. The variety of solutions tomers in Bahrain. Canon is a premier source of workplace. in Canon’s business imaging and consumer imag- available to the market will span from individual innovation in imaging solutions and through our Canon’s expansion into Bahrain, a core market ing products. Additionally, customers will benefit imaging needs to office systems. The opening of exclusive showroom and service centre we are ful- for the company, is part of its mission to be closer from the focus on cross-imaging value proposition the new showroom and service centre demon- ly equipped to market, support and service all to customers and capitalize on increased demand and the ability to utilize the connectivity of the strates our commitment to get closer to our cus- Canon’s products.” for imaging innovation and connectivity. Canon core business portfolios from input to output. tomers and meet their demands through diversify- Canon’s products and solutions include cam- will continue to support existing customers while Anurag Agrawal, Canon Middle East Managing ing our business offering.” eras, office printers, scanners, office copiers, pro- expanding the business through strategic partner- Director, said: “The agreement with Intercol will The first exclusive Canon Showroom in Bahrain jectors, photography equipment, camcorders and ships in other emerging markets with high poten- allow us to further expand our offerings across the is located in Zinj, Manama and the state-of-the-art more. For further details on Canon Middle East, tial. region. The organisation’s strong local presence service centre designated for Canon products is global operations, products and services visit Intercol, one of Bahrain’s leading conglomer- and proven track-record will ensure that we are located in Mina Salman Port. Both locations will www.canon-me.com. Facebook plans campaign to ‘friend’ small business Bid to get more clicks on all kinds of ads

NEW YORK: Facebook wants to increase its The company is targeting those who don’t have advertising and get more clicks on all kinds of the time to sit down at a desktop PC and update ads. It believes tapping into the lucrative small pages or ads. “Now they’re able to manage their business market will help it achieve those goals. pages from a mobile phone. Two years ago, they Sheryl Sandberg, the social media company’s couldn’t,” Sandberg said. operating chief and “Lean In” author, says the key is showing business owners how to find new Small business customers by creating Facebook pages and by Facebook says it is used by 25 million small buying ads that appear on individual Facebook business users worldwide. The company does users’ pages. The company plans a campaign not report the number of businesses in the US or called Facebook Fit with workshops in five cities any other country. Many very small companies to show small business owners the nuts and that don’t have websites use social media servic- bolts of using Facebook as a marketing tool. es like Facebook to reach customers. When a “They don’t have enough customers. This is their Facebook user “likes” a company’s page, that No 1 problem and we can help them solve it,” customer’s Facebook friends see posts on their SEOUL: Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S III (right) and Apple’s iPhone 4S displayed at a Sandberg said in an interview with The own pages about the company. Businesses can mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea. Jurors ordered Samsung to pay Apple Associated Press. also buy ads that appear on individual Facebook $119 million after finding patent infringement. The verdict, which also found that The small business market has been difficult pages. Apple copied one of Samsung’s features, is widely seen as a small victory for Apple. to crack for digital companies like Facebook and Facebook is also creating small business Who is winning the years-long, worldwide legal battle between the world’s top two Google, said Greg Sterling, an analyst with the advertising products Sandberg said will be NEW YORK: Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief smartphone makers? —AP mobile technology research service Internet2Go. affordable. For example, companies will be able Operating Officer of Facebook, speaks at the Many owners with Facebook pages are reluctant to spend $10 to promote a post on other Clinton Global Initiative in New York. Sandberg Apple awarded $119m, but to advertise, limiting the revenue the company Facebook pages, something they were unable to says the key to tapping into the lucrative small can make from small businesses. “Many of them do in the past. Facebook pages will remain free. business market is showing business owners are struggling just to provide regular content “We’re hoping they’ll want to become adver- how to find new customers by creating who’s winning the fight? updates or to understand how to use social tisers if we can help them just spend a few dol- Facebook pages and buying ads that appear on media, let alone become masters of social media lars to help them promote a product,” Sandberg individual Facebook users’ pages. — AP SAN JOSE, California: When a jury arguments last week. Samsung lawyers advertising,” Sterling said. said. Facebook is in a good position to get more ordered Samsung to pay Apple $119 mil- argued during the trial that Apple’s real businesses in cities and towns across the coun- Meanwhile, Facebook needs to get more revenue from small businesses simply because try the past two years, often in partnership lion for copying features of the iPhone, it target is Google Inc., the maker of the small business advertising to stay competitive so many of them already use it. But the compa- was the latest chapter in the worldwide Android software that Samsung and other with local chambers of commerce and busi- with Google, said Debra Aho Williamson, an ana- ny must still convince them ads are a good ness groups, said Dan Levy, Facebook’s direc- legal fight between the top two smart- smartphone makers use in their devices. lyst with eMarketer, a digital research company. investment. “They have to make it really simple, phone companies. Friday’s damage award Though Google wasn’t party to the litiga- tor of small business. Workshops are planned They need to be sure they’re seen as a strong affordable, measurable - a small business owner as part of Facebook Fit in New York on June 3; was far less than the $2.2 billion Apple tion in San Jose, the search giant played a partner to small business owners,” she said. has to be convinced of the success and efficacy demanded and the $930 million a previ- prominent role in the trial. Samsung Miami on June 19; Chicago on July 10; Austin, Facebook has updated its technology to make it of the ad campaign,” Sterling said. Texas, on July 24; and Menlo Park, California, ous jury ordered Samsung to pay after an lawyers presented an email Apple co- easier for business owners to use, Sandberg said. Facebook has held workshops for small earlier patent trial involving older-genera- founder Steve Jobs sent to top executives on Aug 5. —AP tion products. The jury also trimmed in 2010 ordering them to wage a “holy $158,000 from the latest award after find- war” on Android in 2011. Jobs and top ing Apple infringed one of Samsung’s Apple executives view Google’s software patents in making the iPhone line. as a direct rip-off of Apple’s operating sys- Decoding the Apple-Samsung patent dispute Both companies have filed lawsuits tem. Samsung’s lawyers argued that and other legal actions in Germany, Apple targeted the South Korean compa- LOS ANGELES: Apple and Samsung are suing ing the Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S III and claimed Samsung infringed on a feature of the England, France, South Korea, Japan, the ny because Samsung is the top Android each other in courts and trade offices around Stratosphere. patent that describes the swipe-and-unlock Netherlands, Australia and elsewhere with user. the world, each making claims that the other feature on iPhones. mixed results. What are the two companies fighting copied patented mobile device features. The Patent 6,847,959 The jury’s verdict: Apple made its case that Although US District Judge Lucy Koh in over? The legal battle is rooted in companies’ most-recent legal tussle all but Official description: Universal interface for certain Samsung devices, including the San Jose urged the companies to settle Samsung’s launch of the Galaxy S in early concluded on Friday, when a California jury retrieval of information in a computer system. Admire, their differences, a settlement conference 2010. Apple accused Samsung of ripping found that Samsung copied some of Apple’s What it really means: This patent covers a Stratosphere and Galaxy Nexus violated in February ended without an agreement off many features of the iPhone to create smartphone features. The panel also conclud- process that’s similar to the function of a patents. But the panel rejected claims pertain- and no end in litigation is in sight. the Galaxy S. Apple filed the first of two ed that Apple illegally used one of Samsung’s search engine. It enables the mobile device to ing to Samsung’s Galaxy S II, Galaxy S II Epic So, who’s winning? It depends on the lawsuits in the United States in 2011 cov- patents in creating the iPhone 4 and 5. access information from a variety of locations, 4G Touch and Galaxy S II Skyrocket. definition of victory. Samsung Electronics ering the Galaxy S and other older gener- All told, the jury awarded Samsung while only listing relevant data for the user. Co. has surpassed Apple Inc as the top ation Samsung devices. Apple filed a sec- $158,400 and Apple $119 million, far less than One of the features in the patent is a graph- Patent 5,579,239 smartphone maker on the planet. ond lawsuit in 2012 alleging that many the $2.2 billion the company sought. Jurors ic interface showing a “Go-To” menu option in Official description: Remote video trans- Samsung has captured 31 percent of the current Samsung products are violating were ordered to return to court Monday to a text input window. The jury’s verdict: Apple mission system. What it really means: $330 billion worldwide market compared Apple patents. The latest jury verdict continue deliberations on a minor matter that failed to prove Samsung infringed on this Samsung’s patent describes a system for digi- with Apple’s 15.6 percent. What about the found that Samsung violated two of could result in a higher award for Apple. patent. tizing, compressing and transmitting audio two US jury verdicts ordering Samsung to Apple’s patents, including software that Before determining whether the compa- and visual signals and then reversing the pay Apple a combined $1 billion for enables the “slide-to-unlock” function. nies copied phone technologies, jurors had to Patent 7,761,414 process for broadcast. patent infringement? Jurors found Apple violated a Samsung consider several patents. Here’s a look at select Official description: Asynchronous data The jury’s verdict: Apple did not infringe on patents and the jury’s conclusions: Samsung, which has $41 billion in cash patent that helps smartphone users synchronization among devices. What it really a section of Samsung’s patent that covers means: This patent involves a way to synchro- reserves, has yet to pay Apple a dime. The organize their photos and videos. transmitting video in real time over a cellular Patent 5,946,647 nize data across computers and mobile frequency. South Korean company is appealing the Official description: System and method for devices. In the case of a smartphone, this 2012 verdict ordering it to pay $930 mil- What’s next? performing an action on a structure in com- could apply to synchronizing address books Patent 6,226,449 lion and it’s expected to appeal the $119 Each company will ask the judge in San puter-generated data. on your phone with online storage. Official description: Apparatus for record- million verdict rendered Friday. More Jose to ban sales of the devices found to What it really means: In a mobile device, The jury’s verdict: Samsung did not infringe ing and reproducing digital image and important, courts have refused to bar US infringe the other’s patents. Legal experts the technology described in this patent is on Apple’s patent. speech. What it really means: This Samsung sales of any Samsung device found to said those arguments are likely to fail used to display a pop-up menu of options. patent refers to the kind of dual digital camera have infringed Apple patents, so Samsung because lawyers have to prove con- One example: When you highlight a phone Patent 8,046,721 that’s become standard in many smartphones. continues to sell the products at issue in sumers, for instance, purchased iPhones number on the touchscreen and the software Official description: Unlocking a device by As described in the patent, the user is able to the United States. Why is Apple continu- solely because of the Samsung photo gives you a prompt of options. performing gestures on an unlock image. change the direction of the camera. The jury’s organizational patent. Apple lawyers will ing its aggressive legal campaign? The jury’s verdict: The jury found that What it really means: This patent refers to a decision: Apple infringed on Samsung’s patent “Apple simply cannot walk away from have to prove that consumers who pur- Apple proved Samsung infringed on the way of controlling an electronic device with a on several versions of the iPhone and iPod its inventions,” Apple lawyer Harold chased Samsung devices did so because patent across several mobile devices, includ- touch-sensitive display. Specifically, Apple Touch. — AP McElhinny told jurors during closing of the “slide-to-unlock” feature. — AP WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE Rare disease afflicts Brazilian village

Brazil: This is a village where the people cows,” said Djalma Antonio Jardim, 38. ies to remove skin tumors. dence rate of about one in 40 people - were carriers of the defective gene that melt away. Tucked into the sunbaked “As the years passed my condition got In an effort to camouflage how the far higher than the one in 1 million peo- causes the disease, largely ensuring he rolling hills of Brazil’s midwest, Araras is worse.” Agriculture is no longer a real disease has eaten away the skin on his ple in the United States who have it. For would have it. Gleice Francisca home to what is thought to be the option for Jardim. He survives on a small lips, nose, cheeks and eyes, Jardim wears years, nobody could tell Jardim or the Machado, a village teacher whose 11- largest single group of people suffering government pension and meager. XP a rudimentary orange-tinted mask, its others what was afflicting them. year-old son, Alison, has XP, has studied from a rare inherited skin disease known shows early signs that it has taken hold stenciled-in right eyebrow not matching “The doctors I went to said I had a its history in the area and says she as xeroderma pigmentosum, or “XP.” of its victims. his bushy real one that remains. Beyond blood disorder. Others said I had a skin found cases of people having the dis- Those with the disease are extremely Jardim said he was just 9 when a large skin damage and cancers, about one in problem. But none said I had a genetic ease going back 100 years. She has sensitive to ultraviolet rays from sunlight number of freckles and small lumps five XP patients may also suffer from disease,” Jardim said. “It was only in started an association that educates and highly susceptible to skin cancers. It started appearing on his face, the tell- deafness, spastic muscles, poor coordi- 2010 that my disease was properly diag- locals about XP and tries to get parents robs victims of the ability to repair the tale signs that experts say signal XP is nation or developmental delays, accord- nosed.” Experts say Araras has such a to take extra care for their children, damage caused by the sun. That’s a par- present in children and call for measures ing to the US based National Cancer high incidence rate because the village even if they may not have outward ticularly vexing burden in Araras, a tropi- to protect them against the sun. Such Institute. was founded by only a few families and signs of the illness themselves. “The sun cal farming community where outdoor precaution wasn’t taken for Jardim, who several were carriers of the disease, so it is our biggest enemy and those affected work is vital for survival. “I was always now wears a large straw hat in an effort Multiple diagnoses was passed to future generations as vil- must change day for night in order live exposed to the sun - working, planting to protect his face. But it’s helped little. More than 20 people in this commu- lagers intermarried. longer,” Machado said. “Unfortunately, and harvesting rice and caring for the He has undergone more than 50 surger- nity of about 800 have XP. That’s an inci- For instance, both of Jardim’s parents that is not possible.” —AP

BRAZIL: Dr Sulamita Chaibub assists Djalma Antonio Jardim at the Hospital Geral de Goias. BRAZIL: Djalma Antonio Jardim, watches his cellphone as he waits for medical attention at the Hospital Geral de Goias. A US e-cigarette experiment Maternal deaths falling, inspired a new medical device but not fast enough GENEVA: Global maternal deaths have fall- US mortality rates jump en sharply in recent decades, but women Most countries however are unlikely to NEW YORK: When Noah Minskoff’s including opioid painkillers. If success- Terry wanted to create a product tor and interact with the patient.” mother died of lung cancer in 2007, e- ful, the inhaler could become the first that would pass any FDA inspection. in sub-Saharan Africa are still by far the meet that target by next year, Temmerman cigarettes were just entering the US new smoking-cessation product to He used a pure metal wire wrapped Building a better inhaler most likely to perish while pregnant, the said, calling for far more investment in care market. Minskoff, who had just started emerge from the e-cigarette field and around a rod made from magnesia- Terry, 37, who grew up on an World Health Organization said yesterday. for expecting mothers. Expanding family medical school in Utah, wondered would compete with products such as stabilized zirconia, a highly durable organic farm in Ohio to “hippy com- Fresh WHO statistics show the number of planning and access to contraception is whether the devices might have saved GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s nicotine gum ceramic material. Instead of meshes, mune” parents and studied mechani- maternal deaths worldwide fell to 289,000 also vital to help avoid unwanted preg- his mother’s life by helping her quit and Pfizer Inc’s antismoking drug, tape and plastic he used novel porous cal engineering at the University of last year, down 45 percent from 1990, nancies, especially among teens, at far smoking. Later, he sent some samples Chantix. ceramics and surgical-grade alloys, Idaho, faces multiple challenges. when an estimated 523,000 women died greater risk of complications. to his boyhood friend Nathan Terry, a and instead of soldering parts togeth- Inhalers are typically more expensive mechanical engineer, and asked for his A startup with Biotech funding er he connected them mechanically, to develop than pills, and ensuring during pregnancy or childbirth. The new WHO report provides a star- opinion. Terry, who was working in To develop the inhaler, Terry fitting components together like patients get the right dose is more While this marks a big step forward, the tling new overview of the reasons women Germany for the French industrial firm formed a second company, Minusa Legos to complete the circuits. complicated. UN’s health agency stressed it was far from die during pregnancy and childbirth. It Areva, took apart the products to see LLC, which is based in Newtown, He built on that design to create “I can see a lot of barriers, but the good enough. “There is still one woman shows that 28 percent of the deaths are how they were made. What he found Connecticut. Minskoff left Thermo- his drug-delivery device, known as idea is certainly interesting,” said Dr dying every one and a half to two minutes linked to pre-existing medical conditions, disturbed him: at the heart of the Essence for family reasons and is not Envi, a single-user, tamper-resistant, Ben Forbes, a Reader in Pharmaceutics, somewhere in the world ... because she is like diabetes, malaria, HIV or obesity, exac- devices were heater wires of unknown involved in Minusa. Terry himself is metered-dose inhaler. Envi is about broadly the equivalent of a US profes- trying to give life,” said Marleen Temmerman, erbated by pregnancy. Severe bleeding, quality wrapped around bundles of leaving Thermo-Essence, which is cur- the size of a short cigar and comes sor, at King’s College London who spe- glass fibers and surrounded by steel cializes in inhaled medications. who heads the WHO’s department of repro- mainly during and after childbirth, is the wool, silicon, plastic, tape and adhe- There needs to be a good reason to ductive health and co-authored the report. second leading cause, accounting for 27 sives. target a drug to the lungs, Forbes said. “That is like having two airplanes crashing percent of the deaths, the report shows. Wires between the heater, circuit Drugs that are inhaled may work every day,” she told reporters in Geneva, “Integrated care for women with condi- board and batteries were connected faster than pills, so a device that insisting “this should be much higher on the tions like diabetes and obesity will reduce with lead solder and also housed in offered quick pain relief in an abuse- agenda”. deaths and prevent long-lasting health tape and plastic. Everything was close resistant form would be “brilliant” if it The WHO report emphasizes that the problems,” Temmerman said. A number of to the heat source, meaning con- could be produced economically, he sumers were at risk of inhaling fiber added. dangers of childbearing are still felt far wealthy countries have seen an increase in and metal particles as well as toxic “Changes in inhaler technology more acutely in the developing world, and maternal mortality rates, with the rate in fumes from hot plastic and lead. have been very incremental over the in sub-Saharan Africa especially, than in the United States for instance jumping 136 “There were red flags everywhere,” years, so maybe something like this wealthy countries. While a woman in Chad percent to 28 deaths for 100,000 live births Terry said. Still, he liked the concept would have a place.” In the meantime, faces a one in 15 risk of dying during preg- last year. In Canada, the number of deaths and decided to design a version of his big tobacco companies are develop- nancy and childbirth during her lifetime, also shot up 81 percent to 11 deaths for own, avoiding the use of fiberglass, ing alternative nicotine products they the risk is more than 1,000 times smaller for 100,000 live births in 2013. The report did plastic and solder and sourcing his hope one day will carry a “modified materials entirely in the United States. rently being sold, to concentrate on with a spare in a case the size of a deck risk” of harm. Some are dispensed a woman in Finland, the statistics show. not provide an explanation for the hikes, In 2009 he reunited with Minskoff in Minusa. The new company obtained of playing cards. through an inhaler. African nations are heavily represented but WHO scientist Colin Mathers stressed California and formed a company, initial funding from Michael Breede, a The nicotine or other drug will Unlike Terry’s smoking-cessation among the 10 countries that account for such countries had started off with low Thermo-Essence Technologies, to sell commercial real-estate-turned- come in a sealed cartridge that the device, which he plans to file with the around 60 percent of all maternal deaths numbers so the statistical changes were the product. At $300 a piece, the e- biotech investor whose father suffered patient will insert into the inhaler. To FDA’s drug division, these products globally, including Nigeria, Democratic not as significant, and were likely largely cigarette serves a niche market, albeit from drug and alcohol addiction and activate the device, the user will have would be marketed as less risky alter- Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Kenya. explained by improved reporting meth- one with a loyal following among who is eager to see an abuse-resistant to enter a code. The inhaler will be natives to smoking and be processed Several African nations meanwhile also fig- ods for maternal deaths. Temmerman medical marijuana patients and smok- painkiller device. “This is in my wheel- programmed to deliver a certain through the FDA’s tobacco division. ers looking for a high-end e-cigarette. house,” he said. “I think we can put a amount of drug and then turn off. However smokers end up using the ure among those who had succeeded in hinted though that women waiting As many as 30,000 have been sold. serious dent in this problem.” When When the device is returned to the new products will be the subject of slashing their maternal mortality rates the longer and having children in wealthy But what began as a quest to Terry developed his e-cigarette he case, which is required after each dose intense research by the FDA. most in the past 23 years, WHO said. nations might explain some increases in develop a better e-smoke has broad- assumed the US Food and Drug to activate it for the next dose, data on Terry believes he is creating a Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea and Eritrea maternal deaths. “Older age in pregnant ened into an ambitious effort to Administration would begin regulat- the patient’s usage will be down- product that will survive any market were among a select group of only 11 women contributes to a higher risk for design a new medical device: an ing the industry, as it has recently loaded and available to be viewed configuration. Minusa has a long way countries, mainly in Asia, that have reduced diabetes, and more hypertension-related inhaler that delivers measured doses done, proposing a ban on sales to electronically by the prescribing physi- to go, and human trials may be two maternal deaths by over 75 percent since problems,” she said, pointing out that of nicotine to help people quit smok- people under the age of 18 and cian. “It will only let you take your pre- years off. Eventually he hopes to part- ing. The technology could also even- requiring companies to register. Later scription,” Terry said. “It will log your ner with a big drug company. “I think 1990, thus reaching the Millennium “there are issues with being pregnant tually be used as an abuse-resistant it could impose product standard and usage and transmit it in real time, and we can change how drugs are deliv- Development Goal target ahead of the too young, but also being pregnant too delivery device for other drugs, quality controls. make it easier for the doctor to moni- ered.” —AP 2015 deadline. old.” —AFP 1st American MERS patient may leave hospital soon

MUNSTER/JORDAN: The first American citizen who’ve had contact with the patient have test- “He no longer has any oxygen requirements. trackers on employee identification badges that Jordanian dies of MERS virus diagnosed with a mysterious virus from the ed positive for the virus, which has an incuba- He’s in good spirits. He’s eating well and we have monitor where employees have been, Kumar In another report about MERS virus, a man has Middle East is improving daily and could be tion period of two to 14 days and appears in started the discharge planning process at this said. Medical personnel who now come in con- died in Jordan after being infected with the MERS released soon from an Indiana hospital, although most cases within five days, said Indiana State time,” Kumar said. The patient understands he tact with him wear gloves, a gown, mask and virus, a media report said yesterday in the kingdom’s he will be isolated at home, health officials said Department of Health Commissioner William will need to remain isolated when he leaves the eye protection, Kumar said. MERS belongs to second fatality from the disease this year and fourth Monday. The man has been hospitalized at a VanNess II. VanNess II said discovery of the hospital, Kumar said. The man does not recall the coronavirus family that includes the com- since 2012. The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Munster, Indiana hospital since April 28. Officials MERS case in Indiana was “a scary situation.” working directly with a MERS patient in Riyadh mon cold and SARS, or severe acute respiratory coronavirus is considered a deadlier but less-trans- said he fell ill with Middle East Respiratory “There are a lot of unknowns as you’ll find out but said the hospital where he worked did have syndrome, which caused some 800 deaths glob- missible cousin of the SARS virus that erupted in Syndrome, or MERS, after flying to Chicago last about this particular virus,” he said. “As a physi- some MERS cases, officials said. ally in 2003. There is no known cure. Asia in 2003 and infected 8,273 people, nine percent month from Saudi Arabia, where he is a health cian, the father of five sons and grandfather to Federal and state officials are still trying to Feikin said there are no known cases of the of whom died. Jordan reported the first death from care worker at a hospital in Riyadh. The patient is six, I understand the concerns and worries.” contact about 100 people who may have been virus spreading through casual contact, but it MERS in February, after two fatalities in 2012. an American citizen, a spokesman for the Since MERS was discovered two years ago, at on the airplane or bus with the patient. About was not surprising MERS had reached the United “The new death from the coronavirus was one of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said least 400 people have had the respiratory ill- three-quarters of the people on the plane had States. “We know that infectious diseases do not those infected with the virus who was 56 years old Monday. The World Health Organization said he ness, and more than 100 people have died. All been contacted, said Dr Daniel Feikin, an epi- respect international boundaries. In this day and who was suffering from anaemia and pneumonia, was in his 60s. had ties to the Middle East region or to people demiologist with the CDC. State health depart- age of global travel and trade, infectious diseases and who had been hospitalized,” health ministry While health officials said the virus is not who traveled there. ment spokeswoman Amy Reel said the state can spread almost anywhere,” he said. Saudi official Mohammad Abdallat was quoted as saying highly contagious, the hospital isolated at home was using credit card receipts to try to reach Arabia has been at the center of a Middle East by state news agency Petra. MERS emerged in 2012 50 employees identified as having come in con- Contact people passengers who were on the bus from O’Hare to outbreak of MERS, and the virus has spread and is mostly focused on Saudi Arabia, where it has tact with the man before he was diagnosed, said The MERS patient in Indiana flew from Highland, Indiana. The CDC said 10 bus passen- among health care workers, most notably at four killed 115 people, according to health officials there. Dr Alan Kumar, chief medical information officer Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to the United States on gers had been tested. After the patient was facilities in that county last spring. The MERS Saudi Arabia’s number of MERS infections has also at Community Hospital, where the man has April 24, with a stop in London. He landed at determined to be at-risk for MERS, he was isolat- virus has been found in camels, but officials reached 414, the world’s highest tally, the ministry been treated. Also as a precaution, members of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and ed in a room that has a contained air system, don’t know how it is spreading to humans. It can reported. There are no vaccines or antiviral treat- the man’s family have been told to stay home took a bus to Indiana, health officials said. He Kumar said. The hospital was able to identify spread from person to person, but officials ments for MERS, a disease with a mortality rate of and wear masks if they leave, Kumar said. went to the emergency room last Monday employees who came in contact with him by believe that happens only after close contact. more than 40 percent that experts are still strug- No health workers or family members with a fever, cough and shortness of breath. reviewing video surveillance and checking radio Not all those exposed to the virus become ill. gling to understand. —AP

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n n n n n n n A group picture of last year’s students . EMBASSY OF INDIA India and Kuwait have enjoyed historical- NBK launches 2014 Summer Internship Program ly close, warm and friendly ties. The visit of His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) is launching the “NBK views the Summer Internship Program as an dled and processed”, Al-Baqer added. Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait to India in November 2013 has imparted a first in a series of the 2014 Summer Internship Programs extension to its educative initiatives and as part of its The Summer Internship Program consists of five-hour new thrust to the strengthening further of the bilat- on June 15. The two-week courses are specially designed corporate social responsibility,” said Yaqoub Al-Baqer, daily sessions and features a mixture of theoretical and eral ties. To facilitate travel of Kuwaiti nationals to for high school and college students, holders of Al-Azraq NBK Public Relations Officer. practical training dedicated to providing the interns India for business, tourism, medical and study pur- and Al-Shabab accounts between 15 and 20 years old. “This annual program demonstrates NBK’s long- with invaluable knowledge on a variety of subjects such poses, the Embassy has adopted the following visa Online registration for the Summer Internship standing social involvement as well as its national com- as: the teamwork, creative thinking, means of self structure for Kuwaiti nationals with immediate Program starts on May 11, and is open until June 11, mitment towards providing young generations with the expression and modern banking, in addition to helping effect: through nbk.com and through NBK official page on appropriate opportunities to experience how the actual them to have greater exposure to daily banking work S.No. Type of visa Duration No. of entries Facebook, on Twitter and Instagram @NBKPage. professional banking issues and transactions are han- procedures. Revised Indian Visa fee in KD(*) w.e.f 01.01.2014 (i) Business 5 Years Multiple 63.500 (ii) Business 1 Year Multiple 38.500 (iii) Tourism 6 months Multiple 13.500 (iv) Medical 1 year Multiple 38.500 Embassy of India (v) Student Period As required 24.500 of study (*) In addition, a service charge of KD 3 will also he Embassy of India Kuwait has been issuing apply for each visa service provided w.e.f 5-year and one-year multiple entry Business 17.12.2013. TVisas for Kuwaiti businesspersons to pro- Please apply Indian visa online at www.bls-interna- mote business activities between the two friendly tional.com and deposit visa application, with appli- countries and 6-month multiple entry Tourist Visas cable visa fee and service charge, at either M/s. BLS International Services, Emad Commercial Centre, to promote further tourism in India. In addition to Basement floor Ahmed Al-Jaber Street, Sharq, this, Embassy also issues 1-year Medical visas and Kuwait city (Telephone: 22986607 - Fax: 22470006) Student & Employment visas of the required dura- or M/s. BLS International Services, Mujamma tion. All expatriates living in Kuwait and having Unood, 4th floor, Office No. 25-26 Makka Street, residency of Kuwait, are treated at par with Entrance 5, Fahaheel, Kuwait (Telephone: 22986607 - Fax: 22470006)For additional information, please Kuwaiti nationals with regard to time taken in visa contact Second Secretary (Consular) in the Embassy processing. at [email protected]. To obtain Indian visa, please fill Visa Application n n n n n n n Form online at www.indianvisaonline.gov.in. The printed copy of duly filled Visa application form EMBASSY OF SOUTH AFRICA along with original passport, copy of Passport, South African citizens, who are out of two recent passport size photographs with white the country who are not already regis- background, copy of Civil ID card and other rele- tered and wish to apply for registration vant documents along with the Visa Fees can be to vote in the upcoming general elec- tions, are hereby invited to apply for submitted at following two outsource centers: registration. Registration is open daily during working (i) M/s. BLS International Services, Emad hours from 08h30 to 15h30 at the SA Embassy at Commercial Centre, Basement floor Ahmed Al Villa No 3, House No 91, Street 1, Block 10, Salwa. Jaber Street, Sharq, Kuwait City (Telephone: Mitsubishi - Japan delegates witness The last day for registration will be 7 February 22986607 - Fax: 22470006) and 2014. In addition, special registration will take place ‘Best Sales & After Sales Awards’ on Friday, 24 January 2014, from 09h00 to 13h00, (ii) M/s. BLS International Services, Mujamma for those SA citizens who are not yet registered Unood, 4th floor, Office No.25-26 Makka Street, and cannot come to register during normal work- Entrance 5, Fahaheel, Kuwait (Telephone: mployee motivation is one of the key fundamen- Service Department. ing hours. 22986607 - Fax: 22470006). tals of Al Mulla Group’s overall strategy and suc- “It’s an honor to appreciate the best performers for To be eligible to register at the SA Embassy, a Ecess story. Al Mulla Group is keener to exceed cus- their valuable contributions to the successful financial person must: Timing of the outsource centers are - Sunday to tomer expectations than the Sales Achievements, build- achievements and I hope, these awards will have more l Be a SA citizen and be 16 years of age and older; ing the mindset of exceeding customer expectations meaning to each individual in their career progress in l Thursday: 08:00 hrs - 11:30 hrs and 16:00 hrs - Submit a valid green bar-coded Identity has taken almost a decade of continuous efforts in the the organization” said by Hisham Fakih, Divisional Document, a valid Temporary Identity 19:30 hrs; Saturday: 16:00 hrs - 19:30 hrs. The out- arena of Employee Training, Facilities Enhancements, General Manager - Automotive. Certificate (valid for 2 months) or a Smart Card; source centers also provide assistance in filling the Processes Fine-tuning and Leadership Development. While addressing the gathering, Imad Flayhan, l Submit a valid SA passport; and online visa application form by charging a nomi- Today, we are maintaining a competitive edge in the Director of Automotive mentioned that, we are commit- l Submit in person the application form, (avail- nal fee. regional market by implementing world-class manage- ted to extend our maximum support to each and every able from the IEC website or at the Embassy), The processing of Visa Application Form require ment tools and techniques. Our Performance one in the organization, your progress is the progress of the identity document and a valid passport. 2 working days (excluding any closed holidays) Management Approach is based on Balance Score Card the organization, we are a learning organization and NOTE: If you are already registered to vote in and Visas from the outsource centers can be col- Methodology, where we are consistent in measuring continuous learning at every level is our priority. SA but are now living abroad, you are NOT required to re-register - please check your regis- lected on the 3rd working day. the performance in Financial Achievements, Internal “Always, I feel extra happiness, whenever I participate in Processes Development, Customer Satisfaction and such employee development activities, you are real tration status on www.elections.org.za. For any In case of emergency, the printed copy of duly further enquiries, please phone Tel: 25617988 Learning & Development. This Balance Score Card stars and you have added the value to our products and filled Visa application form along with Passport, during working hours or visit the IEC Website at photographs, relevant documents, and Visa fee Criteria is linked for Employee Career Development, services, our achievements in the customer satisfaction www.elections.org.za. Special Registration Incentive Payouts and Yearly Best Performance Awards. index is nothing but yours relentless efforts, hard and along with emergency charges can be deposited Officers at the Embassy are: First Secretary, L van Recently, Al Mulla Group - Automotive Division has con- smart work. On behalf of Senior Management, we der Walt and Third Secretary, MC Kekae. directly at the Embassy Reception at 9:00 hrs - ducted a grand event of “Best Sales & After Sales assured you that, we respect your contributions and 12:00 hrs on all working days and the visa can be Awards”, in presence of high profile delegates from create many more avenues for your career progress n n n n n n n collected from the Embassy on the same working Mitsubishi Motors, Director of Automotive, Divisional within the organization” said by Imad Flayhan, Director EMBASSY OF US day at 15:00 hrs - 17:00 hrs. However, processing General Manager - Automotive, General Manager - of Automotive. of visa application for foreign nationals, who are The US Embassy in Kuwait has new procedures for Human Resources, Departmental General Managers All awards winners received, a token of certificate, obtaining appointments and picking up passports not resident in Kuwait, requires 5 working days. and other Managers. dazzling trophy and a valuable gift from the manage- after visa issuance. We now provide an For additional information, please contact on Ph Winners has been selected from the Vehicles Sales ment. Event was concluded with the interaction online visa appointment system, live call no. 22550171 and 22530600 Ext no. 292, 235 and which covers, Retail, Fleet and Commercial Vehicles, between the award winners, guest of honors and other center, and in-person pick-up facilities in 279; and e-mail [email protected]. Spare Parts, Service Advisors and Technicians from the participations. Kuwait. Please monitor our website and social media for additional information. This new system offers more flexibility for travelers to the US and to meet the increase in demand for visa appointments. Service Week 2014 The general application steps on the new visa appointment system are: 1. Go to www.ustraveldocs.com/kw (if this is the for Mercedes-Benz first time on ustraveldocs.com, you will need to create a profile to login). 2. Please complete your DS-160 Online Visa car owners Application which is available at ceac.state.gov/genNIV. Complimentary AC system check 3. Please print and take your deposit slip to any Burgan Bank location to pay your visa application fee. R Albisher & Z.Alkazemi Co., the corner and harsher driving conditions it is 4. Schedule an appointment for your visa interview Authorized General Distributor of important that Mercedes-Benz owners online at www.ustraveldocs.com/kw or by phone AMercedes-Benz in Kuwait is conduct- have their cars checked for their peace of through the Call Center (at +965-2227-1673). ing first Service Week of 2014 from May mind and security” said Thomas Garberek, 5. If you need to change or cancel your appoint- 10th to 15th at its Service Centres in Kuwait. After Sales Manager, Albisher & Alkazemi ment, please do so 24 hours beforehand, as a Mercedes-Benz vehicle owners can bring in Co. “We are happy to conduct this Service courtesy to other applicants. For more informa- their cars for a complimenatry comprehen- Week in coordination with Sales & After- tion, please visit the US Embassy website - kuwait.usembassy.gov - as it is the best source of sive A/C system check combined with a Sales departments to ensure that our cus- information regarding these changes. visual vehicle check performed by tomers as well their vehicles are well taken Mercedes-Benz trained specialists. Our cus- care of” n n n n n n n tomers can avail our A/C maintenance pack- Customers can also browse through the ages starting from KD 22 onwards. In addi- latest collection of lifestyle items and acces- EMBASSY OF VATICAN tion, our customers who come through our sories available for their car, enjoy compli- The Apostolic Nunciature Embassy of the Holy See, Vatican in Kuwait has moved to service center during this week, can benifit mentary Wi-Fi at our service centers. For a new location in Kuwait City. Please find from 30% discount on related parts. more information on Mercedes-Benz prod- below the new address: Yarmouk, Block Mercedes-Benz owners can book their ucts and services in Kuwait, please visit us 1, Street 2, Villa No: 1. P.O.Box 29724, Safat 13158, complimentary vehicle check by calling to online at www.mercedes-benz.com.kw or Kuwait. Tel: 965 25337767, Fax: 965 25342066. make an appointment. join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Email: [email protected]. “With the summer already around the MercedesBenzKuwait WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014

College of Engineering celebrates graduates

he College of Engineering and Petroleum Youth Affairs, attended the event on Sheikh at Kuwait University organized a stu- Salman’s behalf. Civil engineering student Tdents’ graduation ceremony recently Meshal Abdulsalam delivered the graduates’ under the patronage of Sheikh Salman Al- speech during the ceremony, while electrical Hmoud Al-Sabah, the Minister of Information engineering student Haya Al-Faris gave the and State Minister for Youth Affairs. expected graduates’ speech. The faculty’s Dean Dr. Fawaz Al-Husainan, the Assistant Dr. Hussein Al-Khayyat also spoke during the Director for Youth Affairs at the Ministry of event.

Kuwait India International Exchange bids farewell to Sebastian, DGM

.J. Sebastian, Deputy General operations, marketing, customer service, Manager, is retiring from Kuwait India treasury, compliance, risk assessment and Mafter a wonderful innings at the management, corporate governance, internal Company for almost 17 years. In a farewell controls, HR, and PR. meeting held during the occasion all the Sebastian is getting back to his hometown Executives and members of staff spoke of his in Kerala, to join his family and to pursue his guiding spirit, amiability, ever-helpful nature, personal avocations. strong faith in his team, dedication to work, R.Chinnaiyan, till recently General Manager industriousness, business acumen, customer- of State Bank of India, has assumedcharge as centricity and above all his excellent rapport Deputy General Manager of the Company with customers. replacing Sebastian. Chinnaiyan brings to Speaking on the occasion, R.Kuppanna, the bear his vast experience of nearly 35 years in General Manager of the Company stated that various areas of banking - operations, NRI Sebastian contributed in significant measure services, audit and compliance, management to the growth and image of the Company. etc. He has held several senior positions in the Further, he mentioned that he has ably and bank as DGM (Bangalore), GM (Inspection), efficaciously handled all the functions and MD and CEO of SBI Pension Funds Pvt. Ltd. He responsibilities given to him, whether it be also had a foreign stintat SBI, Chicago. TV PROGRAMS WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014

05:05 How It’s Made 05:30 How Stuff’s Made 06:00 Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell 07:00 You Have Been Warned 00:45 After The Attack 07:50 Manhunt ‘Louie’ EP Talks 01:35 Untamed & Uncut 08:40 Fast N’ Loud 00:00 Is It Real? 02:25 Lion Man: One World African 09:30 Border Security 01:00 Science of Stupid Safari 09:55 Baggage Battles 02:00 Swamp Troop 03:15 Animal Clinic 10:20 Lost And Sold 03:00 Air Crash Investigation ‘Big’ new 04:55 Animal Cops Phoenix 10:45 How It’s Made 04:00 Mega Breakdown 05:45 Charles & Jessica: A Chimp 11:10 How Stuff’s Made 05:00 Engineering Connections Tale 11:35 Ed Stafford:Naked And 06:00 Air Crash Investigation 06:35 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors Marooned 07:00 Herod’s Lost Tomb season 4 shift 07:00 Escape To Chimp Eden 12:25 Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell 08:00 Is It Real? 07:25 Predator’s Prey 13:15 Dual Survival 09:00 Science of Stupid he long national nightmare for “Louie” fans comes to 08:15 The Magic Of The Big Blue 14:05 Border Security 10:00 Swamp Troop an end Monday night when the FX comedy makes its 09:10 Crocodile Hunter 14:30 Baggage Battles 11:00 Nat Geo’s Top 10 Photos Thighly-anticipated return after a nearly two-year hia- 10:05 Lion Man: One World African 14:55 Lost And Sold 12:00 Mega Breakdown tus. TheWrap spoke to “Louie” executive producer Blair Safari 15:20 Finding Bigfoot 13:00 Engineering Connections Breard about how the 19-month time-out affected the 11:00 Animal Precinct 16:10 Fast N’ Loud 14:00 Air Crash Investigation upcoming fourth season and what to expect from every- 11:55 Escape To Chimp Eden 17:00 Flying Wild Alaska 15:00 Lords of War body’s favorite sad-sack, super-cynical funnyman this time 12:20 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 17:50 Wheeler Dealers 15:30 Mystery Files around. 12:50 The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner 18:40 You Have Been Warned 16:00 Chasing UFOs TheWrap: There was a 19-month hiatus between sea- 13:45 Austin Stevens Adventures 19:30 Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell 17:00 Science of Stupid sons. 14:40 Lion Man: One World African 20:20 How It’s Made 18:00 Alaskan Killer Shark Safari 20:45 How Stuff’s Made 19:00 Situation Critical Exactly how antsy was everyone to get back to work on 15:30 Treehouse Masters 21:10 Baggage Battles 20:00 The Indestructibles “Louie”? 16:30 The Magic Of The Big Blue 21:35 Lost And Sold Blair Breard: I think everybody was really ready. It was kind 17:25 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 22:00 Treehouse Masters of challenging to figure out what I was gonna do, what 18:20 Weird Creatures With Nick the rest of the crew were gonna do in a big time period Baker off. We have such a great team, and we’re all really used 19:15 Natural World to working with each other and we’ve all gotten really 21:05 Lion Man: One World African 00:20 Night Stalkers good at figuring out how to make this show. So one of Safari 01:10 Secret Shark Pits my biggest concerns was - How am I going to get every- 00:00 Chelsea Lately 22:00 Natural World 02:00 Built for the Kill body back at the right time? But it’s such a wonderful 00:30 The Dance Scene 22:55 Natural World 02:50 Caught in the Act experience to work on the show. Our crew is really hap- 01:25 Style Star 23:50 Animal Cops Phoenix 03:45 Python Hunters py and it’s very rewarding and satisfying, so I think 02:20 THS 04:40 Prehistoric Predators everybody was making choices in their lives and in their 03:15 Extreme Close-Up 05:35 Built for the Kill careers so that we could all line up together again to 04:10 E!ES 06:30 Caught in the Act start the show. 05:05 Beyond Candid With Giuliana 07:25 Python Hunters 06:00 E!ES 08:20 Tiger Queen Was there any beneficial aspect to the extended hiatus? 00:20 Doctors 07:50 Style Star 09:15 World’s Deadliest Killers Well, I really noticed when we came back how important it 00:50 Last Of The Summer Wine 08:20 Fashion Police 10:10 World’s Weirdest was that we took the time off, because Louis came back 01:20 Me & Mrs Jones 08:45 Eric And Jessie: Game On 11:05 Tomb Raptor really recharged. He was fully recharged, all the scripts 01:50 Mistresses 09:15 Opening Act 12:00 Monster Fish were written, they were, I thought, incredibly good. And 02:40 Absolutely Fabulous 10:15 Married To Jonas 12:55 Speed Kills just the focus that he had and the energy he had to 03:05 Silk 10:40 Chasing The Saturdays 13:50 Caught in the Act come back and do this season  this season is big. We 04:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 11:10 The Drama Queen 14:45 Python Hunters added a lot, we approached the season differently. 04:30 Me & Mrs Jones 12:05 Fashion Police 15:40 Swamp Troop There’s a much higher level of production design and 05:00 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll 12:35 The Fabulist 16:35 Animals Gone Wild camera work and we took longer to make the episodes 05:20 The Green Balloon Club 13:05 Extreme Close-Up 17:30 World’s Deadliest Animals and they’re more complicated. So he needed the energy 05:45 Poetry Pie 13:35 Beyond Candid With Giuliana 18:25 Animal Fight Club to do it, and I thought that he was very, very focused 05:50 Gigglebiz 14:30 Style Star 19:20 Speed Kills and very clear, and we were able to make a really terrific 06:05 Bobinogs 15:00 Keeping Up With The 20:10 Caught in the Act show. 06:15 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll Kardashians 21:00 Python Hunters 06:35 The Green Balloon Club 17:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 21:50 Swamp Troop THE EXPATRIATE ON OSN MOVIES ACTION HD When Louis came back in ready to go, was there a dis- 07:00 Poetry Pie 18:00 E! News 22:40 Animals Gone Wild cussion on how to distinguish the upcoming season 07:05 Gigglebiz 19:00 Fashion Police 23:30 World’s Deadliest Animals 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 08:00 IPL Highlights from the previous seasons? 07:20 Bobinogs 19:30 The Fabulist 18:00 The Simpsons 09:00 ICC Cricket 360 It’s really that we took more time to make the episodes, so 07:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 20:00 Giuliana & Bill 18:30 Back In The Game 09:30 IPL Highlights we had a longer shooting season. We took more time. 08:00 Absolutely Fabulous 21:00 The Drama Queen 19:00 The Mindy Project 10:30 IPL Highlights We spent more time and money on production value 08:30 Me & Mrs Jones 22:00 Eric And Jessie: Game On 19:30 Modern Family 01:30 Circle Of Lies-18 11:30 IPL Highlights and camera work. Instead of moving to two or three 09:00 Eastenders 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 03:00 Stop-Loss-18 12:30 IPL Highlights locations every day, we spent more time at each loca- 09:30 Doctors 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon Jimmy Fallon 05:00 Arbitrage-PG15 13:30 Live IPL tion. We spent more money on locations. There was a 10:00 The Weakest Link Stewart 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 07:00 Blue Lagoon: The 17:00 ICC Cricket 360 conscious approach. We figured this out, and the 10:45 Upstairs Downstairs 01:00 The Colbert Report Stewart Awakening-PG15 17:30 Live IPL episodes that Louie’s written - wait till you see the rest of 11:40 Absolutely Fabulous 01:30 Sean Saves The World 09:00 Love Will Keep Us Together 21:00 ICC Cricket 360 the episodes - we felt like these deserve a little bit more CHOICE HD 12:10 Last Of The Summer Wine 02:00 Web Therapy 11:00 The Entitled-PG15 21:30 IPL care and a little bit more time and a little bit more atten- 00:35 The Jonathan Ross Show 12:40 Me & Mrs Jones 02:30 Weeds 13:00 Earth-PG15 tion. That was really the most essential thing that 01:30 Emmerdale 13:10 Eastenders 03:00 The Simpsons 15:00 Wild Card-PG15 changed in the approach this year, was just giving the 02:25 Coronation Street 00:00 Almost Human 13:40 Doctors 03:30 Raising Hope 17:00 The Entitled-PG15 episodes more room to breathe, doing more camera 02:55 Come Dine With Me Ireland 01:00 24: Live Another Day 14:10 The Weakest Link 04:00 Seinfeld 18:45 Crazy / Beautiful-PG15 coverage, spending more time on locations - just giving 15:00 Upstairs Downstairs 03:25 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 02:00 True Detective 21:00 Unforgettable-18 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 03:00 Nip/Tuck the episodes more room to breathe. 15:55 Lark Rise To Candleford 05:15 May The Best House Win Jimmy Fallon 23:00 Surveillance-18 01:30 Slither 17:10 Eastenders Abroad 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy 03:05 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof 05:30 My Boys 05:00 Once Upon A Time In 17:45 Doctors 06:10 The Jonathan Ross Show 06:00 The Goodwin Games 05:00 Silk Stockings-FAM 18:15 The Weakest Link 07:05 Come Dine With Me Ireland Wonderland 07:00 The Unsinkable Molly Brown- 06:30 Friends 06:00 Almost Human 19:00 Twenty Twelve 07:30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 01:00 The Little Rascals FAM 19:30 Absolutely Fabulous 09:20 May The Best House Win 07:00 Betrayal 02:45 Quest For A Heart 09:05 TCM Presents Under The...-U 08:00 Seinfeld 08:00 Zero Hour 20:00 Silk Abroad 08:30 My Boys 04:30 Kong Return To The Jungle 09:40 The Wonderful World Of 20:50 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 10:15 Doc Martin 09:00 24: Live Another Day 06:00 The Little Mermaid The...-FAM 09:00 The Simpsons 10:00 Once Upon A Time In 21:35 My Hero 11:10 Emmerdale 09:30 About A Boy 08:00 Toyz Goin’ Wild 11:50 TCM Presents Under The...-PG 22:05 Stolen 12:00 Coronation Street Wonderland 09:45 Arthur 3: And The War Of 12:20 4 For Texas-PG 10:00 Trophy Wife 11:00 Grey’s Anatomy 23:35 Eastenders 12:30 The Jonathan Ross Show 10:30 Friends Two Worlds 14:15 The Liquidator-PG 13:25 May The Best House Win 12:00 Emmerdale 11:30 Big Top Scooby-Doo! 16:00 The Trouble With Girls-FAM 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 12:30 Coronation Street Abroad Jimmy Fallon 13:00 The Little Rascals 17:35 Grand Prix-PG 14:20 Doc Martin 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:30 The Ugly Duckling In The 20:20 Seven Brides For Seven 12:00 The Goodwin Games 14:00 Zero Hour 15:10 Come Dine With Me Ireland 12:30 Seinfeld Enchanted Forest Brothers-FAM 15:35 Dirk Gently 15:00 Almost Human 22:00 Cool Hand Luke 13:00 My Boys 16:00 Heroes Verdaderos What can you say about the development that the Louie 16:30 Vera 16:00 Emmerdale 00:30 Ed Stafford:Naked And 13:30 Friends 18:00 Arthur 3: And The War Of character undergoes over the course of this season? 18:20 Doc Martin 16:30 Coronation Street Marooned 14:00 Raising Hope Two Worlds He has some big emotional journeys this season that last 19:10 Coronation Street 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 01:20 Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell 14:30 About A Boy more than one episode. I think I can say that. There are 19:35 Dirk Gently 18:00 Zero Hour 02:10 Dual Survival 15:00 Trophy Wife some episodes that have longer arcs, sort of like we did 20:30 Vera 19:00 Once Upon A Time 03:00 You Have Been Warned 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 00:00 Storage Wars last season with “Daddy’s Girlfriend” Part 1 and 2, and 22:20 Coronation Street 20:00 Scandal 03:50 Border Security Stewart 00:30 Pawn Stars “Late Show,” that had the three parts to it. There are a 22:50 Emmerdale 04:15 Baggage Battles 16:00 The Colbert Report 01:00 Storage Wars Texas couple in this season, there’s really two arcs, and you’ll 23:45 Doc Martin 00:00 Freeloaders 04:40 Lost And Sold 16:30 The Goodwin Games 02:00 Duck Dynasty have to watch and see how long they last, but I feel like 02:00 Sky Force 03:00 Storage Wars they’re big emotional journeys for him. And there’s 04:00 Lego Batman: The Movie - DC 04:00 Pawn Stars always the women in the show and there’s always the Super Heroes Unite 04:30 Pawn Stars love interests, and there’s always reflection, so there’s a 00:00 Walking Tall 06:00 The Wishing Well 05:00 Ancient Aliens lot of that. 02:00 Billy Bathgate 08:00 Mirror Mirror 06:00 Storage Wars Texas 04:00 The Bay 10:00 Chimpanzee 06:30 Counting Cars Is there an improvisational element to the new season? 06:00 Metal Tornado 11:45 Life Of Pi 07:00 Storage Wars Texas Well, none of them are improvised. It’s funny, because peo- 08:00 Crimson Tide 14:00 The Call 08:00 American Restoration ple ask that often - How much improvising Louis does 10:00 The Expatriate 16:00 Mirror Mirror 08:30 Cajun Pawn Stars on the show - but nothing is improvised. Nothing. Every 12:00 Walking Tall 18:00 The Incredible Burt 09:00 Storage Wars Texas word is scripted. And he’s very clear and he’s very serious 16:00 The Expatriate Wonderstone 09:30 Counting Cars about the writing. He will really make somebody go 18:00 Broken Path 20:00 Identity Thief 10:00 Pawn Stars back and say the word “the” instead of the word “and.” 22:00 Resident Evil: Damnation 22:00 Warm Bodies 11:00 Storage Wars The only time that there’s ever really any improvising at 12:00 Storage Wars Texas all is at the poker games, and even then there’s a script. 13:00 Ancient Aliens Occasionally, they’ll veer off and improvise a little bit, 14:00 Duck Dynasty but other than that it’s completely scripted. 01:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 14:30 Duck Dynasty 00:00 Billy Bathgate-18 02:00 PGA European Tour 15:00 Storage Wars Texas “Louie” is pretty much a one-man show, then? 02:00 The Bay-PG15 Highlights 17:00 Pawn Stars It really is a one-man show. He writes every episode, he 04:00 Metal Tornado-PG15 03:00 Premier League Darts 18:00 Storage Wars directs every episode, he acts in almost every episode. 06:00 Crimson Tide-PG15 06:30 Futbol Mundial 19:00 Storage Wars Texas And this season, he edited every single episode. And 08:00 The Expatriate-PG15 07:00 Super Rugby 20:00 Duck Dynasty he’s producing all the time. We do have a few people 10:00 Walking Tall-PG15 09:00 Super Rugby 21:00 Pawn Stars involved with the show who are more like consulting 14:00 The Expatriate-PG15 11:00 Golfing World 21:30 Storage Wars producers. Vernon Chatman, who was also with us last 16:00 Broken Path-PG15 12:00 Champions Tour Highlights 22:00 Swamp People season, Pamela Adlon, Steven Wright and Blaine 20:00 Resident Evil: Damnation-18 13:00 Premier League Darts 22:00 Hobo With A Shotgun-R 23:00 Mountain Men Capatch. And I think they work more creatively with 16:30 Futbol Mundial Louis just on ideas. But it’s all his writing, and they’re all 17:00 HSBC Sevens World Series TLC HD his ideas. I’m not exactly sure what they’re all doing 20:00 European Tour Weekly 00:10 Hoarding: Buried Alive when they’re hanging out together - if they’re just 20:30 Inside The PGA Tour 01:00 Secret Eaters bouncing ideas back and forth - but he really is a one- 00:00 Sightseers-18 21:00 Trans World Sport 01:50 My 600lb Life man band. He does not do craft services and he does 02:00 Mash-18 02:40 Sister Wives not drive the truck. He doesn’t buy the wardrobe or the 04:00 Ski Patrol-PG15 03:05 Sister Wives props, but just about everything else. 06:00 Hotel Transylvania-PG 00:00 NRL Full time 03:30 I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant 08:00 Father Of The Bride-PG15 00:30 Futbol Mundial 03:55 Long Island Medium I know you don’t want to reveal too much about the 09:45 Think Like A Man-PG15 01:00 Champions Tour Highlights 04:20 Say Yes To The Dress upcoming season, but is there anything you can 12:00 Ski Patrol-PG15 02:00 NHL 05:10 Toddlers & Tiaras point out as a standout? 13:45 Father Of The Bride Part II 05:00 Trans World Sport 06:00 Oprah: Behind The Scenes It’s different. There’s a whole direction that the show goes in 15:45 Think Like A Man-PG15 06:00 AFL Highlights 07:00 What Not To Wear that’s really different than a lot of the other seasons and 18:00 Mad Buddies-PG15 07:00 Golfing World 07:50 Oprah’s Master Class very different than the first couple of episodes. There’s a 20:00 Office Space-PG15 08:00 Premier league Darts 08:40 Oprah’s Next Chapter different direction. Then it weaves back to more of what 11:30 NRL Full time 09:30 Toddlers & Tiaras he usually does, and then goes on another track again. 12:00 Futbol Mundial 10:20 Say Yes To The Dress There’s some deeper, longer stories being told. I’m not 12:30 Top 14 Highlights 10:45 Say Yes To The Dress sure how funny the audience will think they are - it’s 13:00 Super Rugby 11:10 Cake Boss really not a typical comedy, the show has a lot of drama 01:00 Between Us 15:00 Super Rugby 11:35 Jon & Kate Plus 8 in it. For a comedy, “Louie” consistently has sad elements. 02:45 Mud Sometimes he’ll just give me scripts and I’ll read them 17:00 International Rugby League 12:00 Little People, Big World 05:00 Tricks Of A Woman and go, “Gosh, this really isn’t funny at all.” But it’s all in 19:00 NHL 12:25 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 07:00 Cheerful Weather For The the execution and it’s all in sort of the question and the 21:00 Golfing World 13:15 Brides Of Beverly Hills Wedding humanity that is there and just how funny and weird 13:40 Brides Of Beverly Hills 09:00 Between Us everything actually is in life. 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Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

Old memories, traumas, and phobias from the past could affect your The promise of a promotion or raise could be on your mind today, Libra. mood today, Aries. You might feel depressed without really knowing You might try to visualize the next steps and anticipate tasks that take why. An event in your life has brought these feelings near the surface more effort and concentration than you’re used to. Don’t panic. It’s bet- without revealing the source. If you’ve had any disturbing dreams or ter to not push yourself so hard. Wait a few days until the planets relax a visions lately, write them down. They might offer a clue as to what’s little and just do what you need to do - no more, no less. You’ll be suc- bothering you. Meditation or free association could also bring the cessful in the long run. release you need.

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

A friend might be feeling a little depressed today and need some You might decide to spend a large part of the day working on a project cheering up. Social events or group activities could be of great help in that requires a lot of mental energy. Plans to spend some time with doing that, and it would do you some good as well, Taurus. A long-term either a close friend or lover might not turn out to be quite what you’d goal may finally be reached, justifying a celebration. Interacting with a hoped, Scorpio. Your friend could be in a rather gloomy mood. A relax- group could take up a lot of your time and concentration, but take care ing evening, perhaps a concert or funny movie, can release tension and not to get too tired. boost bad moods. Enjoy!

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

A gloomy guest could arrive today, Sagittarius, and likely need some A gloomy guest could arrive today, Sagittarius, and likely need some cheering up. Do the best you can, but don’t try to do it by cooking a cheering up. Do the best you can, but don’t try to do it by cooking a ACROSS 83. German publisher of a series of travel guide- meal. The results of your efforts might not be all that exciting. This is a meal. The results of your efforts might not be all that exciting. This is a 1. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the books (1801-1859). great day to go for fast food. Take your friend to a movie, concert, or art genus Iva with small greenish flowers. 84. A white linen liturgical vestment with great day to go for fast food. Take your friend to a movie, concert, or art gallery. This could get your mind off his or her troubles and your mind gallery. This could get your mind off his or her troubles and your mind 4. An adult's imitation of the speech of a young sleeves. off your friend! child. off your friend! 12. Inquire about. DOWN 15. Tag the base runner to get him out. 1. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) 16. A resident of Alabama. equal to one twelfth of a foot. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the 2. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) hav- Cancer (June 21-July 22) pilot is talked down by ground control using ing different values in different localities. precision approach radar. 3. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite 18. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute the Rock of Gibraltar. Today you might find that a long-term dream finally comes true. Some rather depressing information could come your way, Capricorn, and wishy-washy. 4. The cry made by sheep. Perhaps a trip that you’ve fantasized about for a long time finally shows but don’t take it at face value. It might not be as bad as it seems. Check 20. A tributary of the Rio Grande. 5. State capital of New York. promise of actually happening, Cancer. A practical and methodical the facts before making yourself crazy. This isn’t a good day for visiting 22. Before noon. 6. Common Indian weaverbird. approach to arranging the details should make it seem that much more or running errands in your neighborhood, as the traffic could be a 23. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good 7. A soft silvery metallic element. real to you. However, do take care to plan each step carefully so that nightmare. Anything you try to read today could seem boring, so health. 8. The sound made by a gentle blow. you don’t end up working harder than necessary. movies are likely to be the best entertainment now. 24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs 9. Of or relating to the United States of America northeast into the Rhine. or its people or language or culture. 26. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929). 10. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac 28. A silvery ductile metallic element found pri- insects. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) marily in bauxite. 11. Capable of being known. Leo (July 23-August 22) 29. A member of the Caddo people who for- 12. A soft white precious univalent metallic ele- merly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri ment having the highest electrical and thermal river. conductivity of any metal. Some strange and rather gloomy dreams could come your way tonight, Gloom over money matters might catch up with you at some point 31. A member of the military police who polices 13. Any of a number of fishes of the family today, Aquarius. However, there’s nothing really major to worry about. soldiers and guards prisoners. Carangidae. Leo. They could, if you let them, catapult you into a rather depressed 33. Of or relating to yoga. mood during the day. Writing them down might help exorcise the neg- Financially, your business affairs should be going well, so you’re proba- 14. God of love and erotic desire. bly doing better than you think. A little caution might be in order, espe- 34. An early form of modern jazz (originating 19. Any cognitive content held as true. ative emotions. You could also be a bit depressed over money. This isn’t around 1940). 21. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women. a good day to make investments, start a new business, or open up a cially regarding impulse buying or purchasing luxuries. You don’t want 37. A small zodiacal constellation in the north- 25. A small piece of cloth. savings account. Wait a few days until the planets relax a little. to end up having to take items back to the store. ern hemisphere. 27. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow). 40. The vertical triangular wall between the 30. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a sloping ends of gable roof. particular enterprise. Virgo (August 23-September 22) 42. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic ele- 32. Set in advance. Pisces (February 19-March 20) ment. 35. A member of the Siouan people formerly 43. A bet that you can pick the first and second inhabiting the Black Hills of western South finishers in the right order. Dakota. A lack of communication with an unhappy family member could have Today you might find yourself feeling a little low, Pisces, but it doesn’t 46. The compass point that is one point east 36. A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan. (clockwise) of due north. you feeling a little downhearted, Virgo. You might wonder if you’ve seem as if there’s any real reason for it. You may just have had a bad 38. A native or inhabitant of Iran. done something to offend this person. Chances are you haven’t. The 48. North American republic containing 50 39. Witnessed at first hand. night and need some extra sleep. Some good news from far away could best way to handle situations like this is to encourage the person to states - 48 conterminous states in North 41. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB cheer you up in the afternoon. You might receive an invitation to go out America plus Alaska in northwest North gun. communicate with you. If there’s no response, wait a day or so and ask to dinner with a close friend. You should be feeling like your old self America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific 44. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to again. The gloomy mood will pass, so don’t make yourself crazy over it. again by evening. Ocean. gallinules. 49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made 45. In bed. from aba cloth. 47. According to the Old Testament he was a Word Search 52. A projection at the end of a piece of wood pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel Yesterday Solution that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a (9th century BC). mortise joint. 50. Acting according to certain accepted stan- 54. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a dards. skewer usually with vegetables. 51. A support or foundation. 56. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa. 53. United States biochemist (born in Spain) 57. Of or relating to near the ear. who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic 60. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen). 62. A platform raised above the surrounding acids (born in 1905). level to give prominence to the person on it. 55. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 65. Either of two large African antelopes of the 58. A radioactive transuranic metallic element. genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted 59. Being one more than fifty. horns in both sexes. 61. Mix up or confuse. 68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake 63. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms Chad. the prominence of the cheek. 72. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair 64. (informal) Exceptionally good. of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held 66. Set down according to a plan. between the thumb and fingers) that are made 67. A sheltered and secluded place. to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in 69. Type genus of the Amiidae. rhythm with the dance. 70. Any of numerous local fertility and nature 75. A positively charged electrode by which deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples. electrons leave an electrical device. 71. An Arabic speaking person who lives in 77. The month following February and preced- Arabia or North Africa. ing April. 73. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle 78. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part where driver sits. of an organism. 74. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in 79. Roman general who was governor of Britain Turkey). and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of 76. The sense organ for hearing and equilibri- Forth (37-93). um. 81. A plant hormone promoting elongation of 80. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element stems and roots. that resembles manganese chemically and is 82. An ugly evil-looking old woman. used in some alloys. 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Music & Movies ‘Game of Thrones’ Chaplin joins Sparks’ ‘The Longest’ ame of Thrones” alum Oona Chaplin has executive produce. Production will start June 16 in been cast in Fox 2000’s adaptation of North Carolina. “G Nicholas Sparks’ bestselling romance novel Chaplin, who currently stars on the hit BBC series “The Longest Ride,” TheWrap has learned. Scott “The Crimson Field,” previously played Talisa Maegyr on Eastwood and Britt Robertson star in the movie, which HBO’s “Game of Thrones”. She recently filmed Scott will be directed by George Tillman. Story follows a 91- Frank’s FX pilot “Hoke” with Paul Giamatti and starred in year-old man left stranded after a car crash who reflects “The Hour” alongside Dominic West and Ben Whishaw on his life with his deceased wife Ruth as a young cou- in “The Hour.” A rising actress who is the granddaughter ple named Luke and Sophia fall in love nearby. of Charlie Chaplin, Oona Chaplin previously appeared in Chaplin will play young Ruth, who survived WWII and the James Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” and will collected paintings with Ira, while Eastwood will play soon be seen alongside Cillian Murphy and Melanie Luke, a mysterious young cowboy who falls for college Laurent in “Aloft.” She’s repped by Troika and Magnolia senior Sophia (Robertson). The two couples have little in Entertainment. — Reuters common yet their lives converge with unexpected poignancy. Sparks and Theresa Park are producing with Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, while Bob Teitel will Oona Chaplin Batman prequel ‘Gotham’ gets series order from Fox ox has officially given a series order to its upcoming drama “Gotham,” an origin story of the great DC FComics super-villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told. The series, based upon characters published by DC Entertainment, will star “Southland” alum Ben McKenzie (pictured) as Detective James Gordon, Jada Pinkett Smith as Fish Mooney and Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock, among others. Bruno Heller (“The Mentalist”) wrote the pilot for the series, with Danny Cannon directing. Heller and Cannon are also executive producing, along with John Stephens. Warner Bros Television is producing the series for Fox. — Reuters

(From left) Actors Zoe Levin, Emma Roberts, James Franco and writer/director Gia Coppola attend the premiere of Tribeca Film’s ‘Palo Alto’ at Directors Guild Of America yesterday in Los Angeles, California. — AFP

Chris Martin, right, and Jonny Buckland from Lambert leads the band Coldplay per- form at the Beacon Theatre on Monday in CMT nominations New York. — AP hanks to her friends in country music, Miranda Lambert leads the Country Music Television nomi- Tnations by pairing with her husband Blake Shelton, her girl group Pistol Annies and good friend Keith Urban. She’s up for two individual awards for her video “Automatic,” two for collaborating with the Annies on Shelton’s song “Boys ‘Round Here” and two more for singing with Urban on his song, “We Were Us.” Lambert will be hard to beat this year, with three videos in the top category of Video of the Year and two in the Collaborative Video of the Year category. Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line have five nominations each, and Urban and Taylor Swift are tied with four nominations. Urban found out he had earned two Coldplay dedicates song nominations for his music video, as well as two more for working with Tim McGraw and Swift on “Highway Don’t Care,” while rehearsing on Monday for a musical benefit show for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. to Jagger at NYC concert “Well, I love that those are for collaborative efforts,” Urban said. “That’s extremely gratifying.” Voting begins oldplay dedicated its slow tempo tune “Fix You” to Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow, who married in 2003, Monday at CMT.com and continues until June 1. The Mick Jagger at a concert in New York City. Chris announced they were separating in March. While singing awards show will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, on CMartin told the crowd Monday before singing the the song “Magic” - which features lyrics like “No I don’t ... June 4. — AP encouraging song about recovering, “It’s for Mick Jagger.” want anybody else than you” - one girl yelled: “Hang in Jagger’s longtime girlfriend, fashion designer L’Wren Scott, there, Chris!” The British foursome closed the show with committed suicide in March. A memorial was held in New “True Love,” which Martin asked the crowd not to film and York last week. post on YouTube. Martin doesn’t quite have Jagger’s moves, but the singer “(This) is the best song off our new album that no one danced wildly onstage with his arms swinging as he sang has ever heard yet,” he said. “Sometimes you have to keep tunes from the band’s catalog, including songs from their these things to yourself.” He made a heart symbol with his new album “Ghost Stories,” out May 19. He played the piano hands after performing the tune, which included the lyrics, and guitar throughout the hour-long set at the Beacon “Once upon a time I was yours, you were mine.” “Ghost Theatre, performing well-known hits like “Speed of Sound,” Stories,” the Grammy-winning group’s sixth album, features File photo shows “Clocks,” and “Viva la Vida” as colorful laser lights beamed production work from Paul Epworth, best known for pro- singer Miranda and white stars hung from the ceiling above the stage. ducing and co-writing “Rolling In the Deep” and other tracks Lambert in Confetti burst from the sides of the stage after they per- on Adele’s colossal “21” album. — AFP Nashville. — AP formed the dance-flavored tunes “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” and “A Sky Full of Stars.” Matt Damon is ‘Open’ to Singer Jason Derulo talks ‘Dirty’

ason Derulo knows his recent hit, “Talk “This album is a direct representation of return as Jason Bourne Dirty,” is risque, but he’s not too wor- who I am as a person and how I speak,” he Jried about it. “I try to be conscious of added. “If I was talking to my best friend, offending anybody, but not that much,” he you know, this is how I would explain it.” niversal may be moving forward with it.” said. “I really just try to do my thing and of The album is Derulo’s first to feature guest another “Bourne” movie starring The fifth installment of the franchise course there is going to be backlash on stars, and hip-hop acts are a strong part of UJeremy Renner, but there’s still hope inspired by Robert Ludlum’s book series is set every song that I do, so I don’t worry myself the pop singer’s project. Snoop Dogg, 2 for fans hoping Matt Damon will return to the to hit theaters on Aug. 15, 2015. Renner, who too much on that. People saying things like Chainz, Pitbull, Tyga and Kid Ink make franchise. He’s even calling on them to come carried the story as Aaron Cross in “The ‘objectifying women.’ I’m like, ‘What are you appearances. Derulo, who is finding more up with a story worthy of his time. “I’ve always Bourne Legacy,” is back, and Justin Lin (“Fast & even talking about?’” “Talk Dirty” has domi- success on the urban charts thanks to “Talk been open to it if Paul Greengrass is the direc- Furious”) is directing. “If felt like such a good nated pop radio, and the song has peaked Dirty,” says he started musically in the hip- tor. We’ve just never been able to come up way to end it the last time,” Damon said of his at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It hop scene. with a story,” Damon said in an interview with third outting as the secret agent. “But having has sold 3.2 million tracks. “Most people don’t know my back- CNBC on Sunday. “So if any of your viewers said that, I love that character and I’d love to “I wasn’t surprised that it would hit ground, but when I first started writing have a story, please call Universal and submit see what happened to him.” mainstream. I think in 2014 things, you songs for other people it was for hip-hop Greengrass, who directed Best Picture of know, are getting more and more free artists,” said Derulo, who co-wrote the Year nominee “Captain Phillips,” was (and) liberal,” he said. “I hear a lot worse.” Birdman’s “Bossy” and songs for Diddy that responsible for “The Bourne Supremacy” and The smash is from Derulo’s third album of didn’t make his album. “The world knew “The Bourne Ultimatum.” While Damon has the same name; it debuted at No. 4 on the me as a pop artist when I first came out (in said for years that he’s open to being “Bourne” Billboard 200 albums chart last month. The music), which was cool, you know. I think again, providing his requirements are met, album was released internationally last I’m the first black male artist to actually Greengrass’ interest appeared at an all-time September under the title “Tattoos,” but the come out as a pop artist,” he added. — AP low during an interview with Empire last fall. renamed American version features some “Listen, I loved the Bourne movies,” he said. “I new tracks. Derulo, 24, says both his new loved making them but it’s like anything in album and single reflect his growth as a life, you’ve got to move on and do different singer and songwriter. “I’m comfortable things.”-Reuters with talking about what my life is and Jason Derulo performs at an exclusive album release party things that I go through,” said Derulo, for ‘Talk Dirty’ as part of the iHeartRadio Live series pre- whose hits include “Whatcha Say” and “In sented by Clear Channel at the iHeartRadio Theater. — AP My Head.” lifestyle WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014

Features Ed Sheeran performs secret gig in London d Sheeran performed new material at a secret gig in place. The song’s honest lyrics make it one of the best tracks London yesterday. The ‘Drunk’ hitmaker took to the stage he’s played so far from the new record. Ed spoke to the crowd Eat Koko in Camden to play songs from his second album in hushed tones and got fans to quietly sing along, before ‘x’ and fans packed into the 1,500-capacity venue after scram- whipping them into a frenzy with his impressive falsetto, har- bling to get tickets. Dressed in his usual low-key attire, the star monies and rap beats layered with a new loop pedal. “I want wore a red t-shirt, black jeans and combat boots and wowed you to act as if it’s a festival Sunday”, he told the crowd, after the crowd with his rap skills during an extended version of thanking them for giving up their bank holiday to watch him ‘You Need Me (I Don’t Need You)’, before performing his hit play. He slowed things down again with ‘One’ and ‘The A- ‘Lego House’. Fans already knew the lyrics to new track ‘Don’t’, Team’, which still never fails to bring tears to your eyes, before about a singer who cheated on Ed in a hotel room with his bowing out with ‘Sing’, his up tempo new single produced by friend. Girls in the back of the venue whispered about reports Pharrell Williams, which had the crowd singing the track’s riff it is written about Ellie Goulding but Ed kept quiet on the sub- on repeat until the lights came up, and no doubt until the ject matter. The singer-songwriter went on to perform hits next morning. The concert was the second of three secret ‘Drunk, ‘Gimme Love’ and ‘ I See Fire’ from ‘The Hobbit: The ‘Multipy’ gigs after he performed at a pub in Ipswich and later Desolation of Smaug’, along with new ballad ‘Tenerife Sea’, a headed to Dublin. stunning love song written at the Grammys. He explained how he went to the ceremony with his parents and felt out of

Rihanna leaves Def Jam for Roc Nation Urban ihanna is preparing to release her next album with Roc Nation after leaving Def Jam. The ‘Diamonds’ singer, who was already being managed by Jay Z’s record label, has now inked a deal and her profile Ron Roc Nation’s website has been updated, which lists her as one of their big name acts. Rihanna encourages first signed her record deal with Def Jam in 2005, when she was just 17, and claims then-label-president Jay Z wouldn’t let her out of his office until she put pen to paper. Since then, she has released all seven of her chart conquering albums with the label, including 2011’s ‘Unapologetic’, despite Jay Z leaving his role daughters to start up Roc Nation in 2009. Rihanna had already parted ways with her former manager Marc Jordan and signed with Jay’s Roc Nation management team in 2010 but it now appears she is also signed to the label. She joins the likes of Calvin Harris, DJ Mustard, J Cole, Jay Electronica, Rita Ora and Jay Z himself. into showbiz Meanwhile, the Def Jam website now lists Rihanna under its “Legacy” section, along with stars like Amerie, Ashanti, and Public Enemy. The 26-year-old star will release her next album “soon” and will be spending eith Urban would encourage his more time in the studio than taking ‘selfies’ after her Instagram account was suspended for posting half- daughters to go into showbiz. The naked photographs. K‘American Idol’ judge has two children, Sunday, five, and Faith, three, with his actress wife, Nicole Kidman, and likes the idea of them following in their footsteps - but only if they are willing to work hard, and says they are already showing signs of being talented performers. Asked if he would allow them to go into showbiz, he said: “Absolutely, if they’re willing to work for it. It’s not just about having talent, bit having passion. They both sing and dance, but who knows? They may go into act- ing or music. “They have an iPod in their room. There’s music coming from their bed- room all the time.” The country singer is already giving Faith guitar lessons and is impressed with her skills. He told America’s OK! magazine: “She mimics what I’m doing strumming-wise. That’s what I’m trying to teach her. I love how she gravitates toward the guitar. She’ll go get her little pink guitar, and hold it - she sits with it right, and she strums with it right. I hope she keeps going.”

Lopez to receive Sutherland dating Sofia Karstens Icon Award iefer Sutherland is dating Sofia Karstens. The ‘24: Live Another ennifer Lopez will receive the Icon Award at the 2014 Day’ actor is said to have been spending a lot of time with the Billboard Music Awards. The ‘On The Floor’ hitmaker is set K37-year-old actress, including a recent trip to New York, and they Jto become the first woman to be honored for her lifetime are “really happy” with one another. A source told People: “They are achievement to music at the ceremony held at the MGM really happy together.” Kiefer was previously married to Camelia Kath - Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 18. The star is the with who he has daughter Sarah and stepdaughter Michelle - and only the fourth recipient of the Icon Award ever, following on Elizabeth Kelly Winn, while Sofia married Jason London in 2011, but from Neil Diamond, Stevie Wonder and Prince. Larry Klein, they filed for legal separation in February this year. Kiefer recently producer of the Billboard Music Awards, commented: “Jennifer reprised his role as former counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer in ‘24’ Lopez is one of the most iconic performers of her generation.” spin-off ‘24: Live Another Day’ - which sees his character a fugitive liv- We are thrilled to honor her historic career with the 2014 Icon ing in the UK - and recently admitted filming left him “bruised and bat- Award and will be on the edge of our seats like everyone else tered”. He said: “I was definitely bruised and battered this time around. when she takes the stage.” The sexy songstress is also going to Once, I went to open a metal door while being shot at and didn’t real- take to the stage during the ceremony to debut her FIFA ize it was a prop. I pulled the door handle off completely and frag- World Cup anthem ‘We Are One (Ole Ola)’ with Pitbull, as well ments shattered in my face. “Then a bullet cartridge firing multiple as performing her new single ‘First Love’. The ‘American Idol’ rounds freakishly hit a metal beam and bounced three inches from my judge took to Twitter over the weekend to reveal her upcom- face. I had blood pouring out. But, listen, I’d do anything for this charac- ing eight studio album will be called ‘A.K.A.’, as well as sharing ter.” And though the actor is much older than when the show first start- the artwork for the new record, which shows her clad in a ed in 2001, he insists he is in better shape than ever. He said: “I am old- bondage-style red leather dress. er. There’s no way around that. But I had the luxury of training for four or five months coming into this, and when we started, I was in the best shape of my life. That helped me bounce back faster.”— Bang Showbiz

Flower power rules Giordano’s new women’s collection

lower power is making a bold statement as In addition to the Giordano summer collection, the Giordano launches its new summer collection in linen range featuring shirts, pants and dresses for both Fthe Middle East. The exclusive and limited edition men and women is now available in all Giordano stores. women’s wear collection embraces one of the season’s Beating the summer heat is easy with linens known for dominating fashion trends - floral prints, while staying its exceptional coolness and freshness. Made using 100 true to the brand’s casual and essential style philosophy. per cent linen and linen cotton as well as 100 per cent “Giordano is in full bloom this season with the launch soft-combed cotton a natural fabric valued for its cool- of our summer 2014 collection. The timeless and classic ness and freshness, the linen range even get softer and beauty of secret garden is the collection’s motif provid- smoother when washed. ing a feminine and eclectic design in a smart casual For men’s relaxed casual style, the range carries shirts style,” said Ishwar Chugani, Managing Director of in stripes, checks or plaid highlighted by roll up sleeves Giordano Middle East FZE and Executive Director of and band collar, blazers, shorts and trousers in variety of Giordano International. colors. Available in select Giordano stores in the UAE, the Fresh colors of white, natural, black, pastel yellow and strikingly feminine collection range of floral printed t- bright shades of pink and red dominate the women’s shirts are made with different fabrics and in different linen range. From shirts, cotton tops, drape women’s shapes; from soft jersey cotton to light materials as chif- blouses, drawstring trousers and long dress shirt, the fon, the t-shirts silhouettes are a mixture of relaxed lines UAE’s fashion set will have plenty of choices to mix and and loose fit proportions such as the kimono shaped match for a playful summer look. tops. All collection pieces along with Giordano’s regular The daisy print tops can be paired with solid color range of merchandise can also be purchased online and skinny denims and pants for a complete look. Also part will be delivered at customer’s door (United Arab of the collection is the sleeveless stretched jersey dress - Emirates only) within 48 hours. A cash-on-delivery available in melon and creme shades - with waist tie-up option is also available for this service. detailing. The color palette ranges from subtle colors like sand and white pearl, to turquoise, mint green and mel- on. Lenin

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Allison Williams Alexi Ashe and Seth Meyers Emmy Rossum Zoe Saldana lifestyle WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 FASHION Old­world glamour in black and white at Met gala

ld-style glamour - espe- star, Oscar-winning actress Lupita cially in black and white - Nyong’o, seemed to divide fans: She Gorgeous outfits Oruled the night air as stars wore a short shift covered by a Also in midnight blue: Kim of Hollywood and the fashion world beaded and feathered overlay in Kardashian, who walked the red car- converged on the Metropolitan bright green, with a matching head- pet in blue Lanvin with a very high Museum of Art on Monday evening band and a bright green clutch, too. slit in front, accompanied by her for the annual Costume Institute It looked vaguely flapper-inspired, beau, Kanye West. Actress Idina gala, the biggest event on the New perhaps a tribute to James’ early Menzel evoked her recent success York fashion calendar. This year, the years. voicing the movie “Frozen” with an glamour quotient was raised a icy all-white white concoction with notch: Whereas last year’s theme Passion for the sculpture a feathery train by Donna Karan was punk, this time women were of the human body Atelier. Also in all white: Rihanna, in focusing on flowing gowns, and Giving off an entirely different a sleek, midriff-baring McCartney men were asked to dress in white vibe was comedian Sarah Silverman tie - full evening dress, including in a deep ruby red Zac Posen gown, tails, in other words. A few men evoking a famous Cecil Beaton pho- even brought along their top hats. to of James’ outfits, and also the The white-tie request - or rather, voluminous folds of his “Umbrella” suggestion, some said - was in gown. Posen spoke earlier in the keeping with the theme of this day about how he’d been influ- year’s Costume Institute exhibit, enced by James throughout his career - the couturier’s gowns, he said, exude “a deep love and pas- sion for the sculpture of the human body.” And so Posen, like many designers, went straight for the glamour effect - a phenomenon Katie Holmes that pleased gala attendee Virginia Statue of Liberty to the ball. Also Smith, fashion marketing editor for apparently logistically challenged Vogue magazine. was actress Rashida Jones in a pur- “This year, people really went for plish Tory Burch gown: “If I stop it,” Smith said. “That’s what’s fun - it moving, I might fall,” she said on the was the antithesis of last year and red carpet. Actress Dakota Johnson the punk theme. People REALLY got wore all-navy Jason Wu: a beaded dressed up.” As for the men, she not- camisole with a silk gauze skirt, top- ed that things were a little more ping it off with Christian Louboutin challenging for them this year, with sandals. Several couples wore the white-tie directive. “Usually men Calvin Klein: They included Anne just throw on their tuxes and go Hathaway (in a bright red midriff- out,” Smith said. “It was nice to see flashing number) and Adam the men have to struggle a little bit Shulman, and Christy Turlington Burns and Ed Burns. Also wearing Klein: actors Bryan Cranston and Paul Rudd, and TV late-night host Seth Meyers. — AP

Sarah Jessica Parker Vogue Editor in Chief Anna Wintour attends the ‘Charles James: Beyond Fashion’ Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York City. — AP/AFP photos

design. Right behind her on the red carpet was Kate Bosworth in pale pink McCartney. Also in pale pink: Taylor Swift, in a de la Renta floor- length sheath with a train. (Trains were huge on this night.) There were, though, pronounced bursts of bright color: Actress Emmy Rossum wore a bold floral Carolina Herrera gown in yellow and purple. Allison Williams of HBO’s “Girls” wore an orange de la Renta gown. Actress Emma Stone was also look- ing bright in a midriff-baring purple top and long red skirt by designer Thakoon. Reese Witherspoon wore a bright, deep pink gown by McCartney. Like Nyong’o, actress Zoe Saldana divided fashionistas with her boldly shaped Michael Kors dress. Kors himself was full of praise for James’ designs. “He made complicated clothes that look sim- Sarah Silverman ple, and isn’t that what we all want to do?” he said. One of the busiest designers of Anna Kendrick Lupita Nyong’o the evening seemed to be Ralph Lauren. Not only was he dressing a host of stars; he was dressing his fel- low designer, Calvin Klein. Klein was wearing a Lauren black tuxedo tail- Karolina Kurkova coat with a white pique formal shirt, white pique vest and bowtie. Lauren which opens to the public on also dressed actress Rachel Thursday: “Charles James: Beyond McAdams, who wore a pale pink silk Fashion.” James, who died in 1978, evening dress with a chiffon train, was a mid-20th century designer and gold leather heels. Also in who specialized in spectacular, Lauren: soccer great David Beckham, sculptured gowns made with intri- who accompanied his wife to the cate draping techniques. It’s the gala in a white shawl collar tuxedo inaugural exhibit of the new, $40 jacket and black tuxedo pant, and million Anna Wintour Costume Johnny Depp, in a black tuxedo tail- Center, named for the Vogue editor. coat and white pique vest. Wintour herself, overseeing the TV personality Andy Cohen also evening’s festivities, wore multi-col- wore Lauren as he accompanied ored Chanel couture. Parker on the red carpet. He joked Among the early arrivals, actress in interviews that, given the size of Sarah Jessica Parker zeroed right in her outfit, it was like bringing the on the theme of James-like glam- our, wearing a sumptuous Oscar de la Renta ball gown with a black bodice and flowing white skirt, with a gridlike pattern on the back; In a dramatic flourish, the back of the skirt was also emblazoned with the designer’s name. Also striking in black and white was actress Charlize - like women do ALL the time.” Theron, in a white Dior gown with Men interpreted the white tie in black ribbon-like vertical stripes. a number of ways. Though techni- She was accompanied by her high- cally it involves a black jacket with profile boyfriend, Sean Penn. tails, Jay Z, for example, chose a Other guests in black and white: white tuxedo jacket, sans tails, by Actress Anna Kendrick in J. Mendel, Givenchy. His much-scrutinized and Hailee Steinfeld in Prabal spouse - Beyonce, of course - was in Gurung, who seemed to be evoking a dark, beaded Stella McCartney James’ classic 1953 Clover dress, a ensemble. Supermodel Karolina study in black-and-white color- Kurkova was a hit in Marchesa: She blocking (and highly sophisticated wore a tiered, midnight blue dress engineering). Parker’s outfit, worn in satin organza, covered with white with white elbow-length gloves and flower details. Less well-received: her hair piled high on her head, Katie Holmes, also in Marchesa, this seemed to be a sure-fire hit with one a bright yellow off-the-shoul- fashionistas. Another, newer fashion der number. Charlize Theron and Sean Penn Actress Hailee Steinfeld and designer Prabal Gurung Old-world glamour in black and white 38at Met gala WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014

Flamenco lovers in bright costumes perform Sevillanas dancing on a street as part of the Tachikawa Flamenco in Tokyo yesterday. Some 500 dancers performed street flamenco. — AFP Miami’s Little Havana serves up dose of nostalgia

nce a refuge for Cuban exiles Latin America and nearly every conti- rekindling the tastes and sounds nent stop by in bright red double decker Oof a lost homeland, today buses that shuttle travelers throughout Miami’s Little Havana is a mosaic of cul- the city. tures and a popular tourist destination. They pose for photos next to a gigan- On the neighborhood’s main street, tic, colorful rooster, a symbol long asso- Calle Ocho, cigar shops, art galleries and ciated with the Cuban culture, take sips souvenir stores try to recapture the nos- of Cuban coffee and watch old men play talgia of the community’s early years. dominoes at Maximo Gomez Park. At the Cuba Tobacco Cigar Factory, There are also hints of how the neigh- Luis Mator rolls cigars and owner Pedro borhood is changing: Newly painted Bello sits outside each day in a pair of murals cover many of the buildings and dark shades, signing boxes, cigar in Honduran and Colombian restaurants mouth. Nearby, Pablo Gonzalez Portilla stand alongside Cuban ones. It is a mix A tourist inspecting one of the painted rooster taps his hands rhythmically on a pair of that amplifies a Cuba of the past and the art installations along Calle Ocho (Eighth Street). bongo drums outside his gift shop. immigrants of today - a neighborhood Tourists from throughout the US, and story uniquely Miami. — AP

This April 30, 2014 photo shows Jorge Gonzalez, from Mexico City, standing in a cutout figure, as he tours Calle Ocho (Eighth Street) in Miami’s Little Havana.

Pablo Gonzalez Portilla playing Latin music on his drums outside a Cuban gift shop along Calle Ocho A large mural on the side of an apartment build- (Eighth Street) ing along Calle Ocho (Eighth Street) in Miami’s in Miami’s Men playing dominoes on Calle Ocho (Eighth Street). Little Havana. Little Havana. Monet, other art from big collectors lead auctions orks from the estates of heiress Huguette Moving scenes Clark, Edgar Bronfman and other major collec- The Christie’s sale also includes works by Edgar Wtors are among the highlights leading the Degas, Henri Matisse and Picasso from the collection of spring art auctions in New York City, including a Monet the late billionaire Bronfman, who led Seagram Co for painting that has been out of the public eye for almost two dozen years and was a longtime president decades. The anticipated auction season began yester- of the World Jewish Congress. Bronfman, a Canadian- day evening with the sale of impressionist and modern American businessman, died late last year. art at Christie’s, which expects to raise a total of more Tonight the scene moves to Sotheby’s. The auction than $245 million. Among the top lots is Claude house is offering four sculptures and one oil painting by Monet’s shimmering “Water Lilies.” The 1907 work of Alberto Giacometti. Leading the selection is the artist’s Monet’s beloved garden in Giverny, France, has not “City Square,” a multi-figural sculpture that is estimated been publicly exhibited since 1926 and is estimated to This Aug 11, 1930, to bring $12 million to $18 million. Giacometti’s “Large sell for $25 million to $35 million. file photo shows Thin Head (Large Head of Diego),” a sculptural represen- Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s “Young Women Playing Huguette Clark in tation of the artist’s younger brother, brought $50 mil- Badminton” is another highlight, expected to sell for Reno, Nev. lion at auction last year. The auction record for any between $10 million and $15 million. Both works Giacometti work is $103.9 million. belonged to Clark, a Montana copper mining heiress “Portrait of Dora Maar” is estimated at $25 million to Sotheby’s also has three works by Joan Miro that who died at 104 in 2011. Her father, US Sen William A $35 million. The auction record for a Picasso is his had languished in a vault in New York for 50 years. The Clark, founded Las Vegas. Christie’s is selling hundreds “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust,” which brought $106.5 Spanish artist created them for the filmmaker and pho- of items from her collection after a feud over her estate million in 2010. Kandinsky’s 1909 abstract work “Beach tographer Thomas Bouchard and his daughter Diane. was settled in the fall. The auction house is scheduled Scene” has a presale estimate of $16 million to $22 mil- One of the works, “Untitled, 1947,” depicting colorful to sell other pieces from the collection on June 18. lion. The auction record for a work by the Russian-born anthropomorphic forms on a rich blue background, is Also on tap at yesterday’s sale were two works artist is his “Study for Improvisation 8,” which sold in estimated at $4 million to $6 million. The other two This undated file photo provided by Christie’s appearing at auction for the first time, a work by Pablo 2012 for $23 million. Both the Kandinsky and the works are set to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s day auction house shows French impressionist Picasso and another by Wassily Kandinsky. Picasso’s Picasso come from the estate of German collectors sale tomorrow. Next week, both houses are offering painter Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” from the 1942 portrait of his mistress in a purple dress titled Viktor and Marianne Langen. works by postwar and contemporary artists. — AP Huguette Clark collection. — AP photos