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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 RAMADAN 8, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait is ‘top’ France summons Qatari Fund foreign investor US ambassador among the Emsak: 03:04 in MENA - and over spying potential Fajer: 03:14 Shrooq 04:50 7th in the world allegation buyers of F1 Dohr: 11:50 Asr: 15:24 Maghreb: 18:51 2 7 20 Eshaa: 20:23 MP Duwaisan resigns Min 29º Max 45º High Tide over sectarian insult 06:10 & 17:30 Assembly passes maids laws, human rights body Low Tide 12:30 40 PAGES NO: 16562 150 FILS

KUWAIT: Shiite MP Faisal Al-Duwaisan submitted his resig- Ramadan Kareem nation yesterday in protest against what he called a sectar- ian insult by Sunni MP Hamdan Al-Azemi as the National Forgiveness in Islam Assembly has ordered an investigation. Duwaisan said in the resignation letter that he was deeply hurt by Azemi’s By Hassan T Bwambale insult to his religious sect which came during heated exchanges in the Assembly on Tuesday. The lawmaker also l-Imam Al-Kafawi said, “Forgiveness is epito- said that Azemi insulted him and many Shiites when he mized in avoiding harming someone in revenge for the injury or harm he meted out to you while told him to “rectify his sect”, - a remark that triggered A exchanges in the Assembly on Tuesday. you have the power and ability to avenge for the evil that has been done to you.” (Al-Kulliyyaat, page 52 - The incident also led to a quarrel between Azemi and 58). This means, someone wrongs you or treats you Shiite MP Abdullah Al-Tameemi at the end of the session. with injustice out of his underestimation of your might Continued on Page 13 and power, but because you have strong faith in Allah that gives you self-confidence, you choose to forgive and forget. Your reward for this virtue is great. Residency to be Encouraging us to forgive limited to passport Allah says what can be translated as, “So by mercy from Allah, [O Muhammad], you were lenient with validity from Jan 1 them. And if you had been rude [in speech] and harsh in heart, they would have disbanded from about you. KUWAIT: Director of the Ministry of Information’s res- So pardon them and ask forgiveness for them and idency directorate Maj Gen Talal Ibrahim Maarafi consult them in the matter. And when you have decid- stressed that starting Jan 1, 2016, residency visas giv- ed, then rely upon Allah. Indeed, Allah loves those who en to expatriates would be linked to their passports’ rely [upon Him].” (Al-Imran 3: 159). validity, which comes in compliance with Article 12 KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Shiite MP Adnan Abdulsamad (center) Interior and Article 15 of the residency law. Maarafi explained Prophetic traditions Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah (left), Kuwaiti Oil that the validity of renewed residency visas would A. Anas reported thus: “I was walking with the Minister Ali Al-Omair (right) vote during the debate of a draft bill to not exceed the passports’ validity and that residency Messenger of Allah (PBUH) who was wearing a Najrani establish shareholding companies for domestic workers’ recruit- would be annulled the moment the passports expire cloak with a very thick border when a Bedouin hap- ment .Faisal Al-Duwaisan, a lawmaker from Kuwait’s Shiite Muslim and holders would not be allowed to get a new resi- pened to meet him. minority (inset) resigned after a Sunni MP insulted him during a dency until the passports are renewed. Continued on Page 13 heated exchange in parliament. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat Continued on Page 13 Zain’s joint stock co ‘Al-Khatem’ lists on Iraq Stock Exchange

BAGHDAD: Further to the joint agreement and memorandum thank all the regulators and the governing bodies, who have announced on April28, 2015 between Al-Khatem JSC, parent worked professionally and transparently throughout the entire company of Atheer Telecom Iraq Limited (trading under the process, for assisting us to arrive at this monumental position.” brand name “Zain” in Iraq), the Iraqi CMC (Communications and Al-Kharafi continued, “We look forward to the participation of Media Commission), the ISC (Iraq Securities Commission), the ISX the investor community in one of the most profitable and (Iraq Stock Exchange), and the IDC (Iraq Depositary Center), Al- resilient companies in Iraq and the region as the mobile opera- Khatem announces the completion of its listing torenters a new phase in its growth strategy procedure and fulfilling all of its obligations with the recent launching of 3G services across towards the regulators in a successful manner the country.” within the required two months. Al-Khatem has Al-Kharafi also noted that, “We have utmost now commenced trading its shares on the faith in the Zain Iraq management team to exchange and is open to public investment. overcome the unique market challenges and Zain has been operating in Iraq since 2003; Zain Group will continue to support them in all investing in over $5 billion to date establishing facets of the operations. We are confident that essential mobile telecommunications infra- Zain Iraq will further grow its market leadership structure in Iraq and employing over 2500 Iraqi position rewarding all the company’s stake- nationals. holders.” In accordance with its license terms, 25 per- Taha AbdulSalam, CEO of the ISX comment- cent of the equity of Al-Khatem was offered to ed, “The success of any economy depends on its the investor community on the Iraqi stock mar- ability to attract investment capital whether for- ket by one of the founding shareholders of the eign or local within the framework of joint-stock Company.The first day of trading saw the share companies. That increases capital formation for price closing at 5.99 (with an average price of the economy and contributes towards the pri- 6.09) Iraqi Dinar (IQD) per share reflecting a mar- Bader Al-Kharafi vate sector and the gross domestic product. ket capitalization for Al-Khatem of 10.96 trillion That is the mechanism seen in establishing and IQD ($ 9.4billion)and leading to a substantial increase in the ISX’s operating of companies traded on the stock market, and so we total market capitalization. expect the Al-Khatem Telecom listing and trading of with a capi- Bader Al-Kharafi, Managing Director of Al-Khatem and Vice- tal exceeding one trillion, eight hundred billion dinars and having Chairman of Zain Group said, “This milestone of listing on the Iraq more than 500 shareholders.” Stock Exchange and offering of shares to Iraqi nationals and All interested investors can acquire shares in Al-Khatem investors reflects Zain’s confidence and commitment to the through contacting any of the authorized brokers listed on the future development of the telecommunications sector in Iraq. We Iraq Stock Exchange. (See Page 21) Saudi, Kuwait in talks to resolve oil dispute Kuwait expects oil prices to rise further

KUWAIT: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have begun talks to down prices of crude. The dispute has been a blow par- resolve a dispute that halted oil production in the neu- ticularly to Kuwait which, unlike its much larger neigh- tral zone between the Gulf neighbors, the Kuwaiti oil bor, has little spare output capacity to compensate for minister said. “A joint committee formed by the two drops in production. countries... has recently held its first meeting in Riyadh,” Meanwhile, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali Al-Omair said oil the KUNA news agency quoted Ali Al-Omair as saying prices are expected to extend a rebound - thanks to late Tuesday. The dispute has seen the closure of the improved global growth, a drop in stockpiles and fewer Khafji and Wafra oil fields in the neutral zone, which have drilling rigs. “We have reached a stage where a drop in been pumping for more than half a century. The two oil prices is unlikely,” he said, cited by the official KUNA fields together produced more than 500,000 barrels per news agency on Tuesday night. The Organization of day which was equally shared between the two coun- Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which earlier this tries. Omair said there was no timeframe for the talks but month left its output target unchanged, has seen a that he expected a breakthrough shortly. decline in excess crude supply in the international mar- The offshore Khafji filed was shut down by the Saudi ket which will push prices up, Omair said. There has also side in October over environmental issues. Wafra was been a drop in rig count and crude inventories, he closed in May for a two-week maintenance and did not added. resume production. Industry sources say Kuwaiti author- As a result of a production glut and a weak global ities were unhappy with Saudi Arabia for renewing an economy, crude prices plummeted by more than 60 per- operating agreement for the Wafra field with Saudi cent from June 2014 to January before recovering part Arabian Chevron for 30 years in 2009 without consulting of the losses. Oil prices extended their gains in Asia yes- them. In response, it stopped issuing or renewing visas terday on expectations of a decline in US crude invento- for Chevron foreign employees. The halt to output ries and robust economic data from the euro-zone. comes amid a worldwide supply glut that has driven Continued on Page 13 LOCAL THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah inaugurate a swimming HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah is pictured with members from the pool inside the Kuwait Sports Club for the Deaf. — Amiri Diwan photos Kuwait Blind Association. Amir visits disabled, deaf clubs, blind society

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Karam. During the visit, Association. He was received Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Chairwoman of Malka upon arrival by Minister of Social Al-Sabah paid a visit to the Communication Group and mem- Affairs and Labor and Minister of Kuwait Sports Club for the Deaf ber of the World Federation for State for Planning and on Tuesday on the occasion of the Deaf Natalie Malka presented Development Affairs Hind Al- the Holy Month of Ramadan. HH HH the Amir with a certificate in Subaih. Chairman Lafi Al-Azmi, in the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf recognition of his role to improve a welcoming speech, voiced Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah the quality of life of members of pride of such a fatherly visit. accompanied HH the Amir. the Kuwaiti deaf society, as well Minister of Amiri Diwan HH the Amir was received as in celebration of the UN honor- Affairs Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al- upon arrival by Minister of ing of naming HH the Amir a Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Information and Minister of State Humanitarian Leader. Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman HH the Amir then paid a visit Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah, sen- Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al- to the Kuwait Disabled Sports ior officials and sheikhs accom- Sabah, Board Chairman and Club, where Sheikh Salman Al- panied HH the Amir in the visits. Director General of the Public Sabah, Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Welcoming speeches were recit- Authority for Youth and Sport Al-Sabah and Chairman of the ed and commemorative plaques (PAYS) Sheikh Ahmad Mansour club Shafi Al-Hajri were at his were handed to HH the Amir Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and reception. HH Sheikh Sabah then and HH the Crown Prince during Chairman of the club Ismael visited the Kuwait Blind the visits. —KUNA HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah is honored during his visit to the Kuwait Disabled Sports Club.

HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and senior officials are pictured with Kuwait Disabled Sports Club Chairwoman of Malka Communication Group and member of the World Federation for the Deaf Natalie Malka members. presents a certificate of recognition to HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Kuwait is top foreign investor Ramadan soap in MENA and 7th in the world GENEVA: Kuwait is the Middle came first as in terms of outward to their highly competitive prices. East’s largest and the world’s sev- foreign direct investment (FDI) in Kuwait’s Permanent Delegate enth largest foreign investor, the West Asia region with total to the UN and international operas’ review showed the World Investment investments of $13 billion. Qatar organizations in Geneva Jamal Report of 2015, released by the and Turkey placed second with Al-Ghoniem said that the out- United Nations Conference Trade total outward FDI of $7 billion each. standing outward foreign invest- and Development (UNCTAD) yester- Then Saudi Arabia and the United ments help boost Kuwait’s eco- By Nawara Fattahova time as he doesn’t have any informa- ‘Thakira min Waraq’ day. Arab Emirates came third and nomic leverage in the region and tion about her. He goes there but Jassem, a staff member at the Hong Kong, China, Russia, fourth with $5 billion and $3 billion the world. He underlined the Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia respectively. need to maintain such an KUWAIT: Kuwait Times is publishing doesn’t find her. As soon as he Kuwaiti cultural center in Germany, and Kuwait topped the list of coun- The report shows a strong pres- approach and benefit from the a daily review of three Kuwaiti soap leaves, she walks in. is married, but his family is in Kuwait. tries investing overseas, added the ence for the South Korean compa- leading Kuwaiti investments operas aired on Al Rai TV. Here are He had a crush on an Arab hostess report. It noted that Kuwait also nies in Arab Gulf countries thanks abroad. — KUNA the reviews of the sixth episodes: ‘Ummina Rwehit Al Jannah’ but didn’t have her contact. He Fatma and her granddaughter meets her by chance in Germany ‘Qabil lil Kaser’ Fay work on making Fawziya stop and goes out with her to have cof- Sulaiman follows his sister’s taking hallucinatory pills. Fayza visits fee, but finds she is Christian. Will Kuwait need sharia advice to try gaining Jinan back or Hamad in the hospital and finds his Noora finds a man’s jacket in at least gaining her as a friend and second wife feeding him, so she Fajer’s house and blames her, but cousin. So he sends her flowers and leaves, but she feels happy that he Fajer cannot remember whose jack- board for Islamic banks? a teddy bear, then comes over to loves her as he had the accident et it is and how it reached her apart- have lunch at her house along with because of her. Futouh’s son hides in ment. It belongs to her friend his sister. He promises her not to ask a fridge which is not working, and KUWAIT: The wide growth and expan- been governed mostly by frameworks Islamic Finance and set rules to boost Ghanim, who is engaged in some sion of Islamic finance have imposed a developed for .conventional finance. In governance in the sector. her to get together again, but apolo- she blames her mother Fatma for weird activity which is not clear yet. not raising her in the first place. challenge for economic decision makers addition, cross-border operations of Does Kuwait need one SSB? CEO of gizes for all his mistakes and says he Some gang kidnaps him and tor- wants another chance to have good Fawzy decides to marry Nouf, the worldwide, especially central banks, for Islamic financial institutions have the Kuwait Finance House (KFH), Mazin tures him. Nawaf tells Mashael he relations as cousins. He also invites daughter of Fatma’s best friend legalizing the industry and promoting it expanded considerably without regula- Al-Nahedh welcomed the idea, saying can’t stand her anymore, and that he her for dinner and she accepts after Nooriya. Farouq returns to his house to keep pace with the world criteria of tory harmonization. such central supervisory body is likely to never loved her. He says he was with seeking the advice of her friend sick after leaving his second wife. His transparency and governance. Regulators do not always have the overcome the differences over financing Rajaa. first wife takes care of him and he her as he felt pity for her and wanted The International Monetary Fund capability or willingness to ensure that products of Islamic banking, as it will set Rashid finds the suitcase of his apologizes for his mistake and to protect her from doing wrong (IMF) has recently issued a survey under banks have in place a sound framework the rules to be adopted. IMF’s expert brother under the bed. On asking his decides to take her to Dubai for few things. He also told her he is in love “Islamic Finance: Opportunities, for sharia compliance-nor do they take Zeid Zidane had told KUNA that central wife, she said that she found the days. On his way to the airport, he with somebody else. She returns Challenges, and Policy Options” depict- responsibility for assessing whether banks in countries with Islamic banking have their internal sharia boards. But suitcase at the store with some old sees an ambulance coming to their home crying and destroys some ing a host of challenges of the industry, sharia advisors are fit and proper, the as well as offering proposals to coun- IMF said. they are only confined to examining things while she was cleaning it and building and particularly to the flat things in Najd’s room as she thinks tries with Islamic banks. One major pro- Moreover, differences in sharia inter- products of Islamic banks. The role of that it was empty. She invites him to of his second wife Ghada. At the air- she is the one Nawaf is in love with posal of the study is to establish a sharia pretation can lead to a lack of harmo- such boards has to expand to the whole go on a weeklong trip to Istanbul, port, he tells her to board before her. When Najd comes home, Supervisory Board (SSB). According to nization both within and across borders, sector to speed up developing new saying she will foot the expenses, him as he has to go to the toilet, but Mashael locks her in her room again, the IMF, ensuring sharia compliance in which could affect trust in the industry. products and enhance investors’ confi- but he refuses and advises her to he wants to call Ghada. A man tells accusing her of stealing her love. Nawaf is actually in love with Shouq Islamic banking is a major challenge. Thus, it recommends establishing, at the dence, Zidane added. The IMF official save her money. him the ambulance took her to the The ethical based fast growing sector bank level, an independent sharia noted that the Central Bank of Oman and tries to talk to her again, Rakan is still thinking about Wed, hospital after she swallowed some still lacks regulatory and supervisory Supervisory Board (SSB). Bahrain has announced last October the formation explaining that he and Mashael are so his brother advises him to go to pills, so he leaves the airport and frameworks catering to its unique risks, recently announced founding a central of a SSB, and the UAE said it would have the mall where they met the first rushes to the hospital. just friends. the IMF said, noting that it has so far haria body to supervise the products of a central supervisory body.—KUNA THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 LOCAL

Kuwait Voices Put yourself in people’s shoes before you act

Nahla

By Faten Omar KT: If your grandson is listening to you, now, what advice will you give him? his Ramadan, Kuwait Times wants to shift the Nahla: I will tell him not to make decisions by his conversation to the ordinary folks that make mind or his heart, but in his humanity. And he must Tup the majority of this country. By listening to put himself in people’s shoes before he acts. their stories and recognizing their humanity, we can remind ourselves and hopefully our readers of the KT: What are you most proud of? ties that bind us all together as a species. Nahla: I am proud of how my parents have splen- didly raised me. Shopping in the evening - that is what Nahla Ahmed, a 25-year-old girl, loves to do when she KT: What is the happiest moment from your child- gets bored. Nahla is a happy girl who welcomed hood? Kuwait Times to hear her story. Nahla: My happiest moment was when I invited my friend in school to my birthday party and told her Kuwait Times (KT): Can you remember a time that my mother, for sure, will give me a birthday party when you felt alone? What happened and how and she should come. I was little, and I really forgot did you overcome it? that my birthday is April 12, not December 4. But Nahla: I always feel alone, even when I have when she came to my house, my mother was taking many friends and family around me. It is not about her nap and my father was out. She kept on knocking how many people are around you but it is about on the door and I saw her, but I did not answer. Every the ones who make you feel happy. But sometimes, time I remember this situation, I laugh so hard. When I you cannot be with these people all the time. You went back to school the following year, I avoided her. will never get over this feeling. The only sad part in this story is that I did not have the chance to find out what was her gift. THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015

KUWAIT: (From left) Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Sayyed Ammar Al-Hakim, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled welcomes His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah. Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime — Photos by Joseph Shagra Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and Iraqi Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Bahr Al-Uloum. Interior Minister hosts Ramadan reception

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah hosted a reception recently on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. Senior state and foreign officials, diplomats, and other dignitaries attend- ed the event.

A general view of guests in attendance. MPs Abdulhameed Dashti (left) and Askar Al-Enezi greet United States’ Ambassdor to Kuwait Douglas Silliman MP Khalil Abdullah (left) and Housing Minister Yasser each other at the event. arrives to the event. Abul. Marina Hotel Kuwait hosts ghabqa for local media

KUWAIT: Marina Hotel Kuwait welcomed local media represen- delicious food and drinks, mouth-watering desserts and flavored tatives to its annual ghabqa that marked the beginning of the shisha. The evening was further enhanced by the sounds of soft holy month of Ramadan. The ghabqa was organized as a token oriental music. of appreciation to members of the press for their continuous Hammoud expressed his appreciation to the media for their support of all activities undertaken by the hotel. The evening ongoing support, saying, “To our delight, the evening was a witnessed a host of guests who gathered at the Kamar Al Marina resounding success. We are thankful for all the support from the Tent to enjoy the distinctive hospitality of the special event. local media.” Hammoud also extended his gratitude to all the Guests were welcomed by the entire management team and sponsors of Kamar Al Marina. greeted upon arrival. Nabil Hammoud, General Manager of The highlight of the evening was the exciting raffle draw Marina Hotel Kuwait, wished the guests a Ramadan Kareem held on the entrance tickets, which granted a range of fabulous while inviting them to an evening of oriental hospitality. prizes, adding more joy to the evening. The ghabqa lasted until A sumptuous buffet laden with superb Arab delicacies and after midnight and Marina Hotel ensured that each and every cuisines from the live cooking stations was arranged for the guest had a truly memorable evening filled with fun and excep- guests. The special ghabqa buffet comprised of a large array of tional delight.

Nabil Hammoud, General Nabil Hammoud is pictured with Marina Hotel’s team. Manager of Marina Hotel Kuwait.

1436 - 2015 08. Should we visit the tomb of our Beloved Prophet Sallallahu ‚‘Alaihi Wa Sallam? - Yes, we should visit his tomb preferably after the per- formance of Hajj. Yes No

A general view of people in attendance.

LOCAL THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 Crime Report Interior Ministry rejects claims visits to inmates not respected

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior has cial office dedicated to the matter. A vehi- the needs of the inmates on request. The Popular Action Movement (PAM) denied social media claims that correc- cle has also been put in place that carries Earlier reports had suggested that meanwhile condemned the alleged visit tional facilities do not respect the rights lawyers to their clients in prison, the authorities banned lawyers and relatives ban, describing it a violation to interna- of inmates to contact with visitors, statement added. of former MP Musallam Al-Barrak from vis- tional laws that regulate prisoners’ rights. describing these reports as “totally base- The correctional facilities department iting him since he was admitted to the “[The Interior Ministry’s actions] are acts less.” is committed to the application of the Central Prison nearly two weeks ago. But of bullying that are completely distant “There is cooperation and coordination prison law adeptly and accurately, and its the ministry warned social media users from the law,” PAM’s legal office president between the ministry’s correctional facili- focus on the right of prisoners to contact “to practice accuracy and objectivity Bader Al-Enezi said. Barrak is serving a ties department and the Kuwait Lawyers their family members and lawyers. The when releasing information as Kuwait is a two-year prison sentence after he was Association (KLS) on these visits,” the min- ministry went on to mention the role of nation of law and order,” according to the found guilty of offending His Highness istry said in a statement, adding that visi- social researchers in handling complaints, statement which was carried by Kuwait the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- tors can arrange any visit through a spe- made by inmates, which always achieve News Agency (KUNA). Sabah during a public rally in 2012.

Fire directorate confirms loader operator’s death Director authorized to file Public sector

By Hanan Al-Saadoun weapons’ search warrants paid July 12

KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) confirmed KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior the national guards, ministry of education, ministry of By Meshaal Al-Enezi and A Saleh the death of a loader operator in an accident during the Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah yesterday issued a social affairs and labor, ministry of health, awqaf ministry, demolition of Kuwait Airways’ old building in Kuwait City decision authorizing the weapons detection director and Kuwait Society for Smoking and Cancer Prevention, public KUWAIT: The Finance Ministry issued a decision to pay Tuesday. The victim was identified as a 35-year-old bedoon his assistant to file requests for search warrants (as per authority for youth and sport, customs department and state employees their salaries on July 12, informed (stateless) man. An investigation is still ongoing to deter- Law Number 6/2015), and to search individuals, resi- Basher Al-Khair charity. ministry sources said. July salaries will be paid accord- mine the cause of the accident. dences, various sites, public and private vehicles in search ing to two day schedule to cover all government bod- of unlicensed or banned firearms, ammunition and explo- ies, they added. The Central Bank made special sives. arrangements for this matter and banks were informed to have the ATM machines loaded with local currency, Ahmadi campaign the sources indicated. Separately, Ahmadi traffic patrols recently launched a special campaign to track down violators along Wafra and Complaint against MP the army convoy highways. The campaign came in Lawyer Hani Hussein filed a complaint with the response to many complaints filed by both citizens and Prosecutor General against MP Hamdan Al-Azmi, expatriates concerning reckless drivers in various areas according to the national unity law for offending MP around Ahamdi governorate. As a result, 13 vehicles were Faisal Al-Duwaisan by making offensive remarks impounded and 45 traffic citations were issued by police. against his sectarian belief during Tuesday’s parlia- A total of eight drivers were arrested during the crack- ment session. down. Meanwhile, more than 13,000 traffic citations were Twitter activist jailed issued via traffic cameras during the period May 12 to The criminal court sentenced twitter activist June 13, 2015 according to Ministry of Interior’s Traffic Abdallah Al-Rassam to one year and eight months in Department. jail, and ordered the suspension of the verdict for three years and KD 50 bail. Separately, the criminal court Fire in Shuwaikh Of the 13,015 citations issued within the month, 2,177 were for vehicles using the left emergency lane unlawful- sentenced a man to death for killing his nephew inside A fire broke out yesterday noon at a Shuwaikh Industrial a Jahra jakhour (animal farm) last year. Area garage, said security sources. Firemen from Shuwaikh, ly, 160 for vehicles using the right emergency lane from 6am to 9:30 am and 3,608 for cars driving on the left Shuhadaa and the backup centers rushed to the scene Dismissal overturned emergency lane. Another 110 citations were issued for where they found that the fire started in an attic. The fire The court of appeals yesterday cancelled the Health cars driving along the right emergency lane from 12:30- was controlled with no casualties. Ministry’s decision to dismiss Kuwait Doctors 3:30pm. Syndicate’s President Dr Hussein Al-Khabbaz as a doc- Statistics also showed that citations issued to cars for tor in the ministry. The ministry’s decision had relegat- Boy dead driving on the left emergency lanes outside of rush hours ed Dr Khabbaz to an undergraduate still studying in A citizen brought his seven-year-old son to Adan (9:31 am- 12:29 pm and 3:31-10:00 pm) were 6,283 while his fifth academic year. The court also fined the min- hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on those issued to cars for driving on the right emergency istry’s undersecretary with KD 5,001 in temporary com- arrival, said a security source. Ahmadi prosecutor lanes were 375. pensation in addition to another KD 50,000 in full com- ordered the body to be sent to the coroner to deter- pensation for the damage and harm done by his deci- mine the cause of death. No signs of foul play were Drug abuse sion to dismiss Khabbaz, which had left him jobless noticed on the child’s body. In other news, MOI Assistant Undersecretary for and without any salary for four years. Criminal Security Maj Gen Abdul Hameed Al-Awadhi announced that it will hold a special ceremony to cele- Pedestrian killed Gulf national arrested brate the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit A man died after he was run over in front of the Nuwaiseeb border customs officers foiled the attempt Trafficking 2015 on June 28, 2015, 9:00 pm, in hall number used cars’ market near the Jahra expressway. The expa- of a Gulf national to smuggle 30 banned tablets, which seven at the Mishref International Fair Grounds, under the triate man was pronounced dead as a result of a car- were found under a car seat. The suspect denied knowl- minister’s patronage. Awadhi added that the ceremony Vehicles impounded during a traffic campaign in diac arrest and circulatory collapse. edge of its presence and did not know who placed them. will be held with participation from the defense ministry, Ahmadi.

Al-Anbaa Girl dies while playing Al-Anbaa IS and ‘soft power’ with plugged charger Jews in Kuwait

KUWAIT: A barely 10-year-old girl was knife. A security source said that a reported to Bayan police that a citi- electrocuted and died when she pharmacist told police that he was zen, her husband and their daughter By Dr Saleh Al-Ojairi By Salah Al-Sayer placed a plugged iPad charger in her surprised when the man entered with came to her house and noted that she mouth. A security source said the a knife and a hammer. The pharmacist was surprised to see them inside ome clerics and scholars act strangely child was unconscious when she escaped, and the thief broke a glass when she came home. The professor n the pre-Zionist era, before the Zionist and come up with the strangest stories arrived to Jahra Hospital; where doc- case and took goods worth KD 20. The said that the citizen and her husband occupation of Palestine, Jews were spread Sand fatwas (rulings on Islamic law), such tors tried to revive her but failed. suspect also attempted to break the insulted one of her relatives, while the Iall over most Arab and Muslim states, as the ban on open buffets, instructions to cash register but failed. The suspect daughter caused damages in the including Kuwait, where they arrived in the drink the urine of a female camel and adult Youth stabbed may be a drug addict. house. year 1800, settled, had children and even had breastfeed, in addition to many other issues A fight in Saad Al-Abdallah sent a their own cemetery and synagogue to go to and fatwas that are no different from what youth to the Jahra Hospital’s ICU after Unpaid debt Man found dead inside mosque for prayers. Islamic State (IS) comes up with; and these receiving stab wounds in the back A Filipina told Jabriya police station A Bangladeshi mosque guard in By the beginning of the twentieth century, and shoulders. The suspect is known that she was the victim of a breach of Jabriya told police that a man died have been alienating people from the true reli- there were over 200 Jews in Kuwait and then gion. With such practices, it appears that all and detectives are working on arrest- trust, when a compatriot of hers inside the mosque. When crime ing him. The security source described refused to return the KD 900 she lent. scene investigators and a deputy their numbers started to decrease when the this underdeveloped nation needs to do to rise Jews’ claim in Palestine became more politi- again is to repeat such bizarre ideas coming the victim’s condition as critical. The compatriot reportedly had already prosecutor went to the mosque, they cized. from those ‘dervishes’ (a Muslim religious recovered from her financial problems. found drugs and paraphernalia on Pharmacy robbed The victim said she had witnesses. him. Still, the investigators recorded Hawally detectives are looking for ‘suspected felony death’ as the cause Those ‘silent’ scholars get an unknown person who robbed a Family row of the man’s death. The man was in pharmacy using a hammer and a A Kuwait University professor his thirties. —Al-Anbaa There was a market very angry and named after them, known immediately jump to as the Jews market, where describing whoever criticizes all types of cloths and such fatwas and exposes IS fabrics used to be sold practices as an infidel

group known for their wild rituals). In Kuwait, Jews used to own property and What is even funnier and stranger is how buildings. There was a market named after other clerics keep silent about such far-fetched them, known as the Jews market, where all bizarre ideas as if they themselves like and types of cloths and fabrics used to be sold. If approve of them. They never condemn such asked where she was returning from, a ideas on their podiums nor get angry with Kuwaiti woman would say she was returning what those people who are dressed like schol- from the ‘Jews market’ and people would ars and hiding behind religion have been say- automatically understand she had bought ing. Nonetheless, those ‘silent’ scholars get some fabrics. very angry and immediately jump to describ- The Jews here were known to work in ing whoever criticizes such fatwas and exposes IS practices as an infidel. Things seem so back- money exchange and commercial activities. wardly now and man seems to have taken con- Many of them became very successful busi- trol of Islam, to the point in which any criticism nessmen. The last I saw leaving Kuwait was a to worldly creatures is deemed criticism to the money exchanger and a merchant known as religion itself. ‘Kerji Rafael Yaqoub.’ The last Jewish shoe pol- Finally, I would like to highlight the sleeping isher in Kuwait was known as ‘Khoujah’ and IS cells that were awakened by the comedian he used to speak Arabic in a Palestinian artist Nasser Al-Qassabi through his recent TV dialect. Saleh Mahleb was another famous show in which he strongly condemns and criti- Jewish merchant in Kuwait. There were also cizes twisted practices by the terrorist groups two famous artists; Dawoud and Saleh Ezra, in the name of religion. I would like to point who then left for Palestine and still used the here that those who made so much fuss about family name ‘Al-Kuwaiti.’ Recently, a street was the show and those who want us to believe named after the Kuwaiti brothers in Tel Aviv; that they are Allah’s agents on earth, only mean to silence everybody and keep paths and Shlomo, one of their grandsons, still open for more IS ideas and practices to spread demands the right to come to his grandpar- among people as IS ‘soft power.’ ents’ birth country. — Translated by Kuwait Times AL-JARIDA — Translated by Kuwait Times THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 Jailed Jazeera Indian tycoon declares ‘war’, rattles Modi govt journalist arrives back in Qatar Page 12 Page 9

A combination shows three pictures (left to right) former French presidential candidate and president Nicolas Sarkozy, French president Francois Hollande and another former French president Jacques Chirac. Documents published online by WikiLeaks yesterday indicates that the US spied on French presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Hollande from 2006 to 2012.— AFP US wiretapped French presidents

PARIS: France summoned the US ambassador yesterday to to Washington to discuss the issue, the government said. complain about “unacceptable” spying on President Francois Hollande and his two predecessors that was apparently Secret Meetings on Greece revealed in leaked documents. Hollande was due to discuss The leaked documents include five from the NSA, the the documents released by WikiLeaks with US President most recent dated May 22, 2012, just days after Hollande Barack Obama in the coming hours. France “will not tolerate took office. It claims Hollande “approved holding secret any acts that threaten its security” the presidency said, after a meetings in Paris to discuss the eurozone crisis, particularly meeting between Hollande and his top intelligence officials the consequences of a Greek exit from the eurozone”. It also and cabinet ministers. US Ambassador Jane Hartley has also says Hollande believed after talks with German Chancellor been summoned to meet French Foreign Minister Laurent Angela Merkel that she “had given up (on Greece) and was Fabius, diplomatic sources told AFP. unwilling to budge”. “This made Hollande very worried for The documents - labelled “Top Secret” and appearing to Greece and the Greek people, who might react by voting for reveal spying on Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and an extremist party,” according to the document. Hollande from 2006 to 2012 - were published by WikiLeaks in The same file also alleges that the French leader went partnership with French newspaper Liberation and the behind Merkel’s back to schedule meetings in Paris with Mediapart website. The leak coincides with a vote later yes- members of the Social Democrats - Germany’s main opposi- terday in the French parliament on a controversial new law tion party at the time. Another document, dated 2008, was granting the state sweeping powers to spy on its citizens. titled “Sarkozy sees himself as only one who can resolve the The White House said it was not targeting Hollande’s com- world financial crisis”, and said the former French president munications and will not do so in the future, but it did not “blamed many of the current economic problems on mis- comment on past activities. “We are not targeting and will takes made by the US government, but believes that not target the communications of President Hollande,” said Washington is now heeding some of his advice”. National Security Council spokesman Ned Price late Tuesday, One leak describes Sarkozy’s frustration at US espionage, calling the US partnership with France “indispensable”. saying the “main sticking point” in achieving greater intelli- Hollande’s office recalled US promises in late 2013 not to spy gence cooperation “is the US desire to continue spying on on French leaders following accusations that the US National France”. Chirac’s choice for appointments at the United Security Agency (NSA) had wiretapped German Chancellor Nations was the subject of a file dated 2006. In that same Angela Merkel. document, then foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy was “Commitments were made by the US authorities,” the described as someone who has the “propensity... for making Elysee Palace said in a statement. “They must be remem- ill-timed or inaccurate remarks”. bered and strictly respected.” France’s newly appointed In Washington, NSC spokesman Price echoed a statement national intelligence coordinator Didier Le Bret will also travel issued earlier Tuesday by the security council, saying: “We do not conduct any foreign intelligence surveillance activities unless there is a specific and validated national security purpose. This applies to ordinary citi- zens and world leaders alike.” France’s ambassador to the US, Gerard Araud, appeared to downplay the revelations, saying on Twitter: “Every diplomat lives with the certainty that their communications are listened to, and not by just one country. Real world.” Important, confidential dis- cussions are held by “secure methods of communica- tion”, he continued, but “all our other devices are, by definition, listened to”. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said French citi- zens had a right to know their government was “sub- ject to hostile surveillance from a supposed ally”, and promised more “timely and important” revelations soon. Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden in 2013 had revealed mass US sur- veillance activities, sparking global outrage. British newspaper The Guardian reported at the time that the NSA had listened in on the phone calls of 35 world leaders. According to vari- ous reports they include the leaders of France, Mexico and Brazil. — AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Gulf assertive as Iran closes in on nuke deal DUBAI/RIYADH: Gulf Arab states have long return for sanctions relief shows their plot it said was planned by Iran’s “Obama is going to be remembered as the prince flew to Paris to meet French feared a sanctions-free Iran and as a nuclear strongest ally may no longer help restrain Revolutionary Guards was only the latest the US president who restored relations with President Francois Hollande. agreement edges closer they have become Iran. “The deal is inevitable is their calcula- example of what Gulf states see as Tehran’s Iran. But he may also be remembered as the more aggressive in preparing for a resur- tion. It could be delayed a week or two, or a ongoing efforts to undermine their security. US president who lost his traditional allies in Tougher Line gence of their main regional foe. The biggest month. But everybody in the region has pre- the region,” said Sami Al-Faraj, a Kuwaiti secu- In public Washington has often wel- concern is what they see as Shiite Iran’s pared themselves for the reality that the deal Alternative Alliances rity adviser to the GCC. Gulf states have comed Saudi Arabia’s more assertive regional regional expansionism, manifest in its back- is a done thing,” said Mustafa Alani, a security Six world powers - Britain, France, increasingly voiced the idea of building alter- stance and willingness to build new alliances, ing for Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad, analyst close to the Saudi Interior Ministry. Germany, China, Russia and the United States native alliances to replace a diminished citing them as evidence the country is taking Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Iraq’s Shiite militias and The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - and Iran will recommence talks this week American role in the region, and have show- on more of a burden both countries have Yemen’s Houthi group. From the airstrikes in members, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, aimed at reaching a final agreement that cased that ambition with the coalition in shared. It has mainly backed Riyadh’s military Yemen to backing for Syrian rebels, crack- Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, swaps increased transparency for sanctions Yemen and renewed cooperation with intervention in Yemen, but was only given a downs on dissent and more forceful diplo- often disagree on regional strategy, but relief by June 30 after reaching a framework Turkey in Syria. “We have been looking for few hours notice, a sign of loss of influence. A macy, the actions of the mostly Sunni Muslim except for Muscat, they all share misgivings deal in April. Riyadh and its dynastic neigh- other options, whether it is Russia, France or tougher line taken recently by Gulf states Gulf states in recent months has been driven about Iran. bours are also worried about the implications regional powers like Turkey and Pakistan, to with internal dissidents, such as the four-year by a sense that Iran is on the cusp of a come- For Saudi Arabia in particular, revolution- for relations with Washington, their main mil- enable us to regain a balance of power,” said prison term a Bahraini judge gave to the back. ary Shiite Iran represents an overriding threat itary guarantor with its aircraft carrier group Faraj. He said Saudi Deputy Crown Prince country’s main opposition leader, may also They are also concerned that US President in a hostile region. Bahrain’s announcement in the Gulf, naval base in Bahrain and air base Mohammed bin Salman’s visit last week to be embarrassing to Obama given Barack Obama’s push for a nuclear deal in last week that it had discovered an explosives in Qatar. Moscow came in that context. On Tuesday Washington’s ties to the states. —Reuters Saunas and art therapy: Rehab for convicted Saudi extremists Riyadh revving up groundbreaking program

RIYADH: For most of his 20s, all Badr Al- personnel since November, it is revving ing a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Home-Grown Extremists Enezi could think about was becoming a up the groundbreaking program, which Arabia last month, his uncle blamed The Interior Ministry says around jihadi fighter. After getting in touch with rehabilitates extremists through months hardline Wahhabi clerics for encouraging 650 fighters have since returned home, former Guantanamo Bay prisoners who of indoctrination by moderate Islamic young men like his nephew toward many bringing with them skills learned had returned to militancy, he began plot- clerics, sociologists and psychologists. extremism. “They plant the seed in their on foreign battlefields. So the Islamic ting how to take up arms. Instead, he was The effort is complicated by the king- minds,” Mohammed Abdelrazzak Al- State group changed tactics. It called caught by Saudi authorities and spent six dom’s regional competition with Shiite Qashimi said of his nephew, who had on its Saudi supporters to carry out months in prison. His next six months in rival Iran, which has stoked anti-Shiite disappeared a year before carrying out attacks inside the kingdom, which is detention were far different: He dabbled rhetoric from hard-line Saudi clerics and the May 22 attack, which killed 22 Shiite custodian to Islam’s holiest sites in with art therapy, played football and fueled attacks on the country’s Shiite worshippers commemorating the birth Makkah and Madinah. enjoyed perks like an Olympic-size pool Muslim minority, viewed by Sunni of a revered saint. For this new generation of home- and a sauna at a rehab center for convict- extremists like the Islamic State group as That bombing, and an attack a week grown extremists, the Islamic State ed extremists. Gourmet-style meals were apostates. later that killed four people outside a group’s ideology is attractive because prepared for him at the palm-tree-lined large Shiite mosque in the eastern city of its fighters are on the ground battling MOGADISHU: Soldiers patrol around the wreckage of a suicide car bomber complex on the outskirts of the Saudi Conservative Clerics Dammam, were claimed by the Islamic Iranian-backed militias in Syria and Iraq, capital, Riyadh, and his laundry was taken Across the kingdom, Saudi officials State group. Residents in eastern Saudi says Abdulrahman Al-Hadlaq, director that smashed into pickup truck carrying security officers yesterday. —AFP of ideological security at the Interior Ministry and a founder of the rehab center. The militant group, which was 6 killed in Somalia attack once Al-Qaeda in Iraq, “tricked a lot of youth”, who saw them as the only force on UAE embassy convoy taking on the Shiite militias, he says, adding that his agency was revising its MOGADISHU: Somalia’s Shabab insurgents dead bodies of two people, and there were strategies to counter the dangers killed at least six people yesterday in a sui- several wounded soldiers,” said Abdulahi posed by the Islamic State group. cide attack on a diplomatic convoy from the Yasin, who saw the aftermath. “The explo- A key element of the kingdom’s United Arab Emirates in the Somali capital sion was very heavy and it destroyed the counter-terrorism arsenal is the Mogadishu, police and the Islamists said. pick-up truck,” said Hassan Bile, another wit- Mohammed bin Nayef Center for “We have confirmed the death of six peo- ness. Advice, Counseling and Care, as the ple, four of them civilians, while six others United Nations envoy to Somalia, Nick rehab center is formally known. were also wounded, some seriously,” police Kay, condemned the “utterly cruel terror Founded in 2007 by the prince whose officer Abdukadir Hassan told AFP. He said attack against UAE in Somalia”. Kay said he name it bears - himself the target of no UAE diplomats were hurt in the attack, had spoken to the UAE ambassador, several assassination attempts - its aim with the Somali security staff escorting Mohamed Al-Osmani, who was not harmed was the rehabilitation through religious them stopping the bomber with their truck in the attack. Shabab attacks seek to count- re-education and psychological coun- as the blast went off. er claims that they are close to defeat after seling of militants responsible for an The Shabab said they carried out the losing territory in the face of an AU and earlier wave of Al-Qaeda bombings, attack, which is believed to be the first time Somali government offensive, regular US shootings and kidnappings from 2003- the Al-Qaeda affiliate has targeted the UAE drone strikes against their leaders and 2006. in Somalia. The UAE is involved in a number defections. With hundreds of militants filling up of security, infrastructure, development and The militants have also carried out a the kingdom’s prisons, the center’s humanitarian projects in Somalia. “The string of revenge attacks in neighbouring focus was on trying to prevent those mujahedeen fighters... carried out a suc- countries - including the Sept 2013 attack who had served their sentences from cessful attack on a delegation from the on the Westgate shopping mall in the taking up arms again. It has treated apostate government of the United Arab Kenyan capital Nairobi, which left at least 67 some 3,000 men convicted of terror- Emirates,” said a Shabab statement posted people dead, and the April massacre of ism-related crimes, including all those on an extremist website. “A suicide bomber close to 150 students in Garissa in Kenya’s RIYADH: In this April 26, 2015, photo, art therapist Awad Al-Yami looks at artwork painted by released to Saudi custody from rammed his car into the pick-up truck and northeast. Somalia has been wracked by Islamist militants at the Mohammed bin Nayef Center for Advice, Counseling and Care, as the Guantanamo Bay, and claims a success there were casualties,” said Somali security instability since the collapse of Siad Barre’s rehab center is formally known. —AP rate of 87 percent. Of the 13 percent, or official Abdi Dahir. “There was a heavy hardline regime in 1991. The current gov- roughly 390, who returned to militancy, explosion.” ernment is being supported by a 22,000- care of. He was treated “like a brother”, he and commentators slam Iran as an Arabia, home to most of the country’s half have been rearrested. Several strong AU force that includes troops from says. Equally important, he was chal- expansionist power that seeks to domi- Shiites, erected a banner with screen- turned up in Yemen to lead the local al- ‘Utterly Cruel’ Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and lenged to think differently about Islam. nate the region, but conservative clerics shots of 11 Wahhabi preachers and their Qaida branch there. A military convoy from the African Union Uganda. The attack comes at the start of And now, after successfully complet- take it even further, using language that anti-Shiite tweets. “These are the real force in Somalia (AMISOM) was also passing Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. The Shabab ing the de-radicalization program and is often laced with derogatory references killers,” it read. ‘Foreign Agenda’ nearby at the time of the attack close to the have in past years intensified attacks during renouncing any notion of fighting to Shiites in general. In sermons and on For many Saudi Shiites, the attacks, At the center, inmates - called “ben- UAE embassy, witnesses said. “I saw the the month of fasting. —AFP abroad, he serves as a mentor for new Twitter, these clerics, who follow an ultra- which began in November when eight eficiaries” by staff - are housed in a entrants to the center, named after Saudi conservative Sunni doctrine known as worshippers were gunned down by complex of low-rise buildings, whose Arabia’s powerful interior minister, Crown Wahhabism, refer to Shiites as “rafideen,” alleged Islamic State militants, have resort-like appearance is belied by the Israel cancels Jerusalem Prince Mohammed bin Nayef. “What is an Arabic slur for “rejectionists”. They con- come as no surprise. For nearly three concrete walls, barbed wire and armed the secret? It is that the ideas we carry demn Shiite rituals, like praying at the years, clerics across the Gulf urged young guards that surround it. Contact with entry permits for Gazans cannot be cured by weapons only. It also tombs of revered figures, as an aberra- men to join in jihad and purge Syria of its family is encouraged, and participants JERUSALEM: Israel said yesterday it was causing no injuries. Israel had relaxed requires an ideological cure,” the 30-year- tion of Islam and accuse Shiites of being Iranian-backed government - sermons are given access to private, fully-fur- revoking permits for 500 Palestinians from restrictions on the movement of old says of the facility, which in many faithful to hard-line clerics in theocratic that helped draw more than 2,500 nished apartments for conjugal visits the Gaza Strip to enter Jerusalem ahead of Palestinians to and from the West Bank and ways serves as the center-piece of Saudi Iran. Saudis to fight alongside Sunni rebels with spouses. If the center’s team of Friday prayers because of rocket fire from Gaza Strip ahead of Ramadan which began Arabia’s counter-terrorism strategy. When 20-year-old suicide bomber trying to topple President Bashar Assad. experts deems an inmate mentally fit the Palestinian enclave. A spokeswoman for last week, including letting up to 800 As the kingdom faces a new domestic Saleh bin Abdelrahman Al-Qashimi That was until last year, when the king- for release, they help him find a job, COGAT, the defence ministry unit which Gazans enter Jerusalem for prayers at Al- threat from the Islamic State group that unleashed the deadliest attack in the dom decreed it illegal to fight jihad rent a house, buy a car and assimilate coordinates with Gaza, told AFP the move Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third-holiest site, each has killed 40 Saudi civilians and security kingdom in more than a decade, target- abroad or encourage it. back into society. —AP to cancel part of its measures easing restric- Friday of the month. Israeli aircraft had tions on Palestinians during the Muslim struck in Gaza following Tuesday’s rocket holy month of Ramadan applied to this attack, with Palestinian security sources say- week only and was “because of the rocket” ing the raid hit farmland in northern Gaza, Document outlines nuclear help to Iran which hit southern Israel on Tuesday night, causing no injuries or damage. VIENNA: The United States and other nations negotiat- national inspectors from accessing military sites. from billions of dollars in economic penalties. Beyond a ing a nuclear deal with Iran are ready to offer high-tech Khamenei, in comments broadcast on Iranian state tele- pact limiting Iran’s ability to make a nuclear weapon for reactors and other state-of-the-art equipment to Tehran vision, also said Iran will sign a final deal provided all eco- at least 10 years, the US and its negotiating partners if it agrees to crimp programs that can make atomic nomic sanctions now on Iran are first lifted - in a sign the hope to eliminate any grounds for Iran to argue that it Turkey oppn nominates arms, according to a confidential document obtained Islamic Republic may be toughening its stance ahead of needs to expand programs that could be used to make Tuesday by AP. The draft document - one of several tech- the deadline. such arms once an agreement expires. To that end, the nical appendices meant to accompany the main text of The West has always held out the prospect of provid- draft, entitled “Civil Nuclear Cooperation”, promises to ex-leader for speaker any deal - has dozens of bracketed text where disagree- ing Iran peaceful nuclear technology in the nearly supply Iran with light-water nuclear reactors instead of ANKARA: Turkey’s main opposition ment. Baykal was CHP leader until 2010 ments remain. Technical cooperation is the least contro- decade-long international diplomatic effort designed to its nearly completed heavy-water facility at Arak, which Republican People’s Party (CHP) yesterday when he was sunk by a sex tape scandal versial issue at the talks, and the number of brackets sug- reduce Tehran’s potential ability to make nuclear would produce enough plutonium for several bombs a nominated its veteran former leader Deniz that was gleefully exploited by his political gest the sides have a ways to go not only on that topic weapons. But the scope of the help now being offered in year if completed as planned. Reducing the Arak reac- Baykal for the post of parliament speaker foes including then premier and now but also more contentious disputes with little more than the draft may displease U.S. congressional critics who tor’s plutonium output was one of the main aims of the after elections where the ruling party President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. However a week until the June 30 deadline for a deal. already argue that Washington has offered too many US and its negotiating partners, along with paring down failed to win an overall majority. The elec- the CHP grandee, 76, is a respected figure With that deadline looming, Iran’s top leader, concessions at the negotiations. Iran’s ability to produce enriched uranium - like plutoni- tion of the speaker next week will be a and chaired the first session of the new Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Tuesday rejected a long-term Iran denies any interest in nuclear weapons but is um, a potential pathway to nuclear arms. major moment in the seismic changes in parliament on Tuesday as the oldest MP in freeze on nuclear research and supported banning inter- prepared to make concessions in exchange for relief Turkish politics following the June 7 elec- the chamber. The AKP have 258 seats in ‘International Partnership’ tions which led the way for a coalition gov- the 550-seat parliament, CHP 132, and the Outlining plans to modify that heavy-water reactor, ernment for the first time since the ruling Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the draft, dated June 19, offers to “establish an interna- Justice and Development Party (AKP) pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party tional partnership” to rebuild it into a less proliferation- came to power in 2002. A meeting of the (HDP) 80 apiece. The HDP has already prone facility while leaving Iran in “the leadership role as CHP’s executive board, chaired by its nominated Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat, a for- the project owner and manager”. The eight-page draft leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, said Baykal mer senior member of the AKP who also promises “arrangements for the assured supply and would be its candidate to chair the parlia- moved to its ranks. removal of nuclear fuel for each reactor provided,” and offers help in the “construction and effective operation” of the reactors and related hardware. It also offers to Reformist minister survives cooperate with Iran in the fields of nuclear safety, nuclear medicine, research, nuclear waste removal and other Iran impeachment vote peaceful applications. As well, it firms up earlier tentative TEHRAN: Iran’s parliament voted overwhelming- Rouhani. The impeachment motion was rejected agreement on what to do with the underground site of ly yesterday against impeaching the education by 167 lawmakers in the 290-seat parliament, Fordo, saying it will be used for isotope production minister, in a victory for President Hassan with 76 voting in favour. It had been expected to instead of uranium enrichment. Rouhani over hardliners. Critics had accused fail after the majority group in parliament, the Washington and its allies had long insisted that the Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani, part of Iran’s moderate conservative “Followers of the Leader” facility be repurposed away from enrichment because reformist camp, of failing to address complaints faction, had assured the minister of its support. A TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iran’s top officials Fordo is dug deep into a mountain and thought resistant from teachers over low salaries. But the impeach- member of faction, Behrouz Nemati, denounced on Tuesday during a meeting in which he restated his country’s red lines for a nuclear to air strikes - an option neither the US nor Israel has ment effort, led by ultraconservatives, was seen the motion as “partisan hostage-taking by anti- deal with world powers. —AFP ruled out should talks fail. —AP as an attack on the government of moderate government lawmakers”. THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Jailed Jazeera journalist arrives back in Qatar Germany urged to investigate Mansour’s arrest

DOHA: Jailed Al-Jazeera journalist journalist two days earlier at a haps exporting ... their dictatorship eign ministries. A German foreign Ahmed Mansour arrived back in Berlin airport in a move that baf- to Germany,” said Mansour, chal- ministry source told AFP that Qatar late Tuesday, blaming his fled and angered rights and media lenging local journalists to dig out Egypt’s initial requests had given no controversial two-day detention in groups. He holds Egyptian and the truth. Egypt last year sen- clues about Mansour’s “activity as a Germany on pressure from the British dual nationality and was tenced Mansour in absentia to 15 well-known journalist nor an obvi- Egyptian government. Mansour’s travelling on his British passport. years in prison on torture and oth- ous political background”. plane touched down in Qatar at He said Britain had acted “shame- er charges which he has rejected Meanwhile, a global rights 11:45 pm (2045 GMT), and he was fully” in doing little to help him as “absurd”. watchdog yesterday said the greeted by a number of Al Jazeera after his arrest. German authorities should carry executives and members of his Earlier on Tuesday, the German Tense times out an investigation into the two- family in the VIP lounge of Doha’s foreign ministry blamed a mishap, His arrest comes at a tense time in day detention of Mansour. Human Hamad International Airport. saying officials were not initially relations between Egypt and Qatar, Rights Watch called on German law- Speaking to reporters in Arabic, aware Mansour was a journalist or with Cairo accusing Doha of support- makers to put pressure on their Mansour said: “There are lobbies that there was a “political back- ing the deposed Muslim Brotherhood. government to get answers. that promote Sisi in the world and ground”, while Mansour suggested According to Germany’s interior min- “Members of parliament should play the role of public relations. Berlin willingly acted on Cairo’s istry, the drama started when Cairo on press the government to investi- They put pressure on the German behalf. Prior to leaving Germany Oct 2 last year reqested Interpol send gate the case and make sure that government because the Egyptian earlier in the day, Mansour said the out a “red notice” to member states proper safeguards are in place to government is rubbish and has no Egyptian government had “suc- asking for Mansour’s arrest. However, make sure that nothing like this value.” ceeded in using some people in Interpol on Oct 20 informed members happens again,” said HRW’s Wenzel He added that his arrest had the German government for its that it saw the arrest warrant as politi- Michalski. Michalski said Berlin been “political”. “From the first sec- purposes”. cally motivated, breaching its rules should have known “from the start ond, I knew I was innocent, I did Mansour said he was detained against interventions “of a political, that Ahmed Mansour risks serious not do anything wrong or hurt weeks after German Chancellor military, religious or racial character”. violations of his human rights if he anyone. Everything for me was Angela Merkel hosted Egyptian The question Mansour’s lawyers is sent to Egypt”. Mansour is a veter- clear, I was strong all the time.” President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on are now asking is why Germany an journalist who presents a weekly German authorities released June 3. “I fear that the Sisi regime - kept the arrest warrant live in its show on the Qatar-based broad- DOHA: Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour arrives at Hamad Mansour, 52, on Monday, having the dictatorial regime, the tyranni- system - a step that required the caster called Bela Hodood, (Without Airport early yesterday. —AFP detained the prominent Arab TV cal regime - was successful in per- consent of both the justice and for- Frontiers). —AFP Xinjiang attack leaves 18 dead BEIJING: Ethnic Uighurs attacked police with knives and bombs at a traffic checkpoint in China’s far western Xinjiang region, Radio Free Asia reported yesterday, and at least 18 peo- ple were killed. The attack occurred at the beginning of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on Monday in the southern city of Kashgar, where tensions between Muslim Uighurs that call the region home and the majority Han Chinese have led to bloodshed in recent years. Hundreds have been killed in vio- lence across the region, blamed by Beijing on Islamist militants. Suspects killed several police officers with knives and bombs after speeding through a traffic checkpoint in a car in Kashgar’s Tahtakoruk district, US-based Radio Free Asia said, citing Turghun Memet, an officer at a nearby police station. Armed police responded to the attack and killed 15 suspects “designated as terrorists”, Radio Free Asia cited Memet as say- ing. It said in all between 18 and 28 people were killed, includ- ing several bystanders, but that police estimates of the toll var- ied. Repeated calls to the Xinjiang government and public secu- rity departments were not answered. Such incidents are fre- quently reported in overseas media but not confirmed by the Chinese government until days later, if ever. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters that he could not immediately verify the report. “But if it is correct, then the Chinese government has the responsibility to take resolute steps to stop these kinds of violent terror acts, to maintain peace and stability in Xinjiang,” Lu said. The old Silk Road city of Kashgar is a frequent scene of unrest. Last year the government blamed Islamist militants for the murder of the imam of China’s biggest mosque. Ramadan is a sensitive time. State media and Xinjiang government web- sites have published stories and official notices again this year demanding that Communist Party members, civil servants, stu- dents and teachers in particular do not observe Ramadan and do not fast. Exiled Uighur groups and human rights activists say repres- sive government policies in Xinjiang, including controls on Islam and Uighur culture, have provoked unrest, a claim that Beijing denies. Last week, a county in southern Xinjiang held a beer festival in what an exiled group called an open provoca- tion, as Muslims are not supposed to drink alcohol. China’s Communist Party says it protects freedom of religion. But it maintains a grip on religious activities and allows only officially recognised institutions to operate. China has around 20 million Muslims, only a portion of whom are Uighur. —Reuters Chancellor: No conspiracy in flying out Saudi students HELENA, Montana: Montana Tech’s chancellor said Tuesday that he did not conspire to fly students involved in a grade- changing scandal out of the US, despite recently published Saudi Embassy memos saying he suggested removing them from the country to avoid deportation or arrest. Chancellor Donald Blackketter said in a statement to AP that he met in 2012 with Saudi sponsors of the students caught up in the cheating scandal to inform the sponsors of impending aca- demic sanctions. The sanctions would terminate the students’ exchange-program status, and the sponsors would be required to arrange their return home almost immediately, he said. It would have been negligent of Montana Tech not to tell the Saudi officials of the pending sanctions, Blackketter said. “Innuendos or accusations that Montana Tech conspired to fly students out of the United States are false,” he said. “To the con- trary, everything in the management of this situation was sin- gularly focused to treat these students as any Montana Tech student would be treated, regardless of national origin.” A Montana Tech investigation found a group of more than 30 students gave gifts to an employee of the college in Butte in exchange for changing their transcripts. The investigation was made public in 2012, but the memos showed for the first time that the students were almost all Saudis and their government flew them out of the United States at the suggestion of Blackketter. —AP THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Ukraine rebels train child soldiers in the making

KHARTSYZK, Ukraine: He is only 14 but 6,500 and shows few signs of abating 15 the Khartsyzk separatist units stationed already knows how to assemble a months on. “They do not talk about the in the mine-strewn fields that stretch 20 Kalashnikov rifle. Denis is a child soldier war with me. They hate it,” Denis said. km east of the rebel stronghold city of in the making - eager to join the pro- “They do not even watch the news.” Donetsk. Russian militants fighting Ukrainian Others like 17-year-old Alina are tak- troops. “If I were an adult, I would fight,” ing first aid lessons provided by the rebel ‘Not Afraid of Blood’ the skinny boy with a dishevelled crew- command. “We are still children and not Anya and Katya are genial twins who cut said in a war-scarred town deep in ready to go to the front,” she are used to wearing heavy combat the heart of the rebel-run east of the ex- conceded.”But if something were to hap- boots. They seem at ease and not the Soviet state. “I want to see war, to learn pen, I would be able to help out.” slightest bit regretful recalling how - at how to shoot, to see the tanks,” he said the tender age of 19 - they made the life- with an air of excitement as two adult ‘Back to the USSR’ altering decision to quit their technical rebels stood nodding at his side. The Khartsyzk military lessons for chil- college and join one of the local militia The UN children’s agency said in dren are organised by Patriotic Donbass - forces. “We studied and lived in Donetsk January it had no proof of minors being the local name for a rustbelt region that when the war started,” Katya said. “We used in one of Europe’s bloodiest and hugs the 2,000-km Don River and decided to join the rebellion when we most diplomatically-charged conflicts includes the self-declared “people’s learned that kids were being killed.” since the end of the Cold War. UNICEF republics” of Lugansk and Donetsk. Monitors from the Organization for believes that about 250,000 children are Patriotic Donbass boss Yury Tsupka - a Security and Co-operation in Europe being exploited in wars fought across 53-year-old who disdains the Ukrainian (OSCE) believe that at least 68 children nearly two dozen countries - many of nationalists who fight as volunteers have died and 180 have been wounded them in Africa. across the war zone - said he only want- since fighting began in March 2014. The But the Western-backed leaders in ed to reinstate the old Soviet tradition of campaign’s brutality has splintered fami- Kiev accuse the rebels of training a small teaching army skills in school. “We decid- ly allegiances and left psychological army of child soldiers in schools under ed to go back to what we had in the scars on both ethnic Russian and their control. About 20 kids between the USSR,” the fatigues-clad Tsupka said. “We Ukrainians - fellow Slavs who had lived in ages of 14 and 19 are still taking training will also teach them to dig trenches, to relative harmony even after the Soviet lessons in the town of Khartsyzk - home work the terrain.” Union broke up. Anya admits that “at to 60,000 people prior to the breakout of Tsupka said more and more schools first, mom would not let us” join the war. hostilities and a flood of migrants for across the heavily Russified region were But she then she caved, and started safer regions that followed - in the first running such military clubs. He said going along with her daughters to treat weeks of their summer break. Some like there were at least four others in sur- rebels wounded at the front. “Before the Denis are learning basic drills. But his rounding towns alone. But not all of war, I used to be afraid of blood - of its parents are understandably wary after them are providing simple training. smell,” Katya said. “I am not afraid of TELMONOVE, Ukraine: Pro-Russian separatists twin sisters Anya (right) being trapped in fighting that has killed Some have seen their pupils actually join blood anymore.” —AFP and Katya pose in the Donetsk region on June 17, 2015. —AFP Caneron slams Calais border migrant chaos

LONDON: Prime Minister David point in Britain and France “trying to Cameron yesterday blasted the “totally point the finger of blame at each oth- unacceptable” scenes as growing er”. numbers of migrants attempt to enter Britain will increase its screening Britain illegally by hiding in trucks at measures in Dover on both freight and the French seaport of Calais. On tourist vehicles, while sniffer dogs Tuesday, striking French ferry workers have been deployed at the border triggered severe transport disruption check in northeast France. London will at Calais, while would-be illegal immi- also create a task force of 90 people grants living around the port tried to including investigators, border officers capitalise on the hold-ups by getting and prosecutors to try to disrupt through fences and boarding station- gangs trafficking people hoping to ary trucks. There are around 3,000 reach Europe. Members of the task migrants camped out in Calais force will be sent to Sicily where many attempting to cross the Channel - a of the migrants first arrive in Europe presence that is causing friction on boats from Libya, to Europol head- between Britain and France. quarters in The Hague and to north Britain’s interior minister Theresa Africa itself. May said the majority of the migrants Britain has deployed a warship in arrived on European shores in Italy, the Mediterranean to help rescue having been trafficked across the migrants at sea and bring them to Mediterranean Sea from north Africa. European shores, while its communica- “It is totally unacceptable scenes that tions spying agency GCHQ is gathering we’ve all been witnessing,” Cameron information about trafficking gangs. told parliament. “Of course we want to Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-mass see migrants better documented and immigration UK Independence Party, fingerprinted but frankly a lot of that said: “This will only get worse as huge needs to happen in Italy, where they numbers of people continue to cross land, rather than in France.” the Mediterranean to Europe in He said Britain would take action to response to a clear EU message that improve security in Calais and work nobody will be sent back. “The UK has with other European countries “to become the number one destination of stop this problem at source to break choice due to the size of our employ- CALAIS, France: Migrants jump out of a lorry after being discovered by French gendarmerie officers as they attempt to cross the the link between getting in a boat and ment black market and the failure to English Channel in northern France yesterday. —AP getting settlement in Europe”. “We’ve deport 75 percent of caught illegal got to do more to make sure that immigrants.” He said Cameron’s words Britain is a less easy place for illegal yesterday “will not deter a single illegal migrants to come to and work in,” he immigrant from trying to break into a International tribunal best added. Cameron said there was no car or a lorry.” —Reuters

chance for MH17 justice ‘12-year-old girl’ kills 10 Dutch demand action on jet downed over Ukraine in Nigeria suicide attack AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands is discussing with its ment in the incident or the rebellion. fighter jet. With relations between Russia and the KANO, Nigeria: A girl thought to be no other casualties. allies an international tribunal to prosecute those sus- And, while Dutch law provides a form of universal West at their lowest ebb since the Cold War, aged just 12 detonated explosives she Security analysts have suggested pected of downing a Malaysian airliner over rebel- jurisdiction for war crimes, the downing of a civilian Moscow might have little interest in cooperating held eastern Ukraine last year, sources familiar with airliner during a civil war, possibly by mistake, is not a with any trial held in the West. was carrying at a market in northeast that younger girls may have their the discussions have told Reuters. The chance of a good legal fit. Malaysia, the flight’s destination, is even But since an international court would require Nigeria on Tuesday, killing 10 people explosives detonated remotely by a successful prosecution is considered slim at best but farther from the crime scene. Other legal options are backing from the UN Security Council, Russia would and injuring dozens, a relative of one third party. The injured from Wagir the Dutch still hope that, by pushing for a UN-style still being considered, the sources said, but an inter- be forced either to acquiesce or to use its veto and of the injured told AFP. The blast bore were taken to the Sani Abachi court with the backing of Western allies, they could national tribunal, rather than a domestic court, is seen risk being seen as the main obstacle to justice in a all the hallmarks of Boko Haram Specialist Hospital in Damaturu for pressure Russia, whose role in the process is critical, as providing the greatest chance of success. For now, mass killing of civilians. If Moscow refused to back a Islamists, who have used young treatment but others with less serious into cooperating. the investigation into the crash continues, and Dutch tribunal, the Netherlands could push for further women and girls in the past as human injuries were released. A nurse at the Of the 298 dead passengers and crew on Malaysia prosecutors have said they do not expect to issue economic sanctions beyond those already imposed bombs and regularly attacked “soft” hospital, who asked not to be named, Airlines flight MH17, two-thirds were Dutch. With the indictments until after the Dutch Safety Board releas- by the European Union and the United States over civilian targets such as markets. The confirmed the relative’s account after anniversary of the disaster looming on July 17, the es a report in October detailing how the plane was Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last year explosion happened at around 11:00 speaking to other relatives. “We government is under intense pressure to act from a downed. But the prosecutors have narrowed their and its support for the rebels, one diplomatic public who mostly believe Russia either shot down focus to the theory that the plane was shot down by a source said. Holding the EU presidency in the first am (1000 GMT) at the weekly market in received 30 people with various griev- the plane or supplied the rocket to those who did. Russian-built BUK surface-to-air missile fired from an half of 2016 would give The Hague extra leverage. Wagir, in the Gujba district south of the ous injuries from Wagir this afternoon,” Two sources in the Netherlands, who spoke on condi- area held by pro-Russian forces. Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders met his Yobe state capital Damaturu. he said. “We have not received any tion of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on June 6 for “It was a suicide attack by a girl of dead bodies. Residents from the village issue, said the legal and political complexities of the Investigators at the Scene talks about the criminal investigation. “They are not around 12 years,” said Hussaini Aisami, said the dead were taken out for burial case had persuaded it to focus on creating an interna- After recovering human remains and wreckage, easy discussions because we disagree on a lot of whose relative was among at least 30 from the scene after the blast at the tional court backed by the U.N. Security Council, once experts from the Joint Investigative Team -comprising points. But they are discussions we have to have,” people injured. “She went into the mar- market.” a multinational investigation finishes and suspects are members from the Netherlands, Ukraine, Malaysia, Koenders said at the time. The sources said the ket and headed straight to the grain The latest deaths are another named. Australia and Britain - returned to the crash site on Dutch would like the court to be based in the section. She detonated her explosives reminder of the threat posed by Boko Asked about the plan, a high-level Dutch gov- June 15 to “gather evidence to support or eliminate Netherlands, although details of which law would in the middle of traders and customers. Haram, despite the group being ernment official who also declined to be named various scenarios”. Experts have cited radio intercepts, apply and how the suspects would be captured and told Reuters: “A UN tribunal is the best option. We photo and video material and satellite imagery as evi- tried had yet to be worked out. “Ten people died from the explosion. pushed out of captured territory by a expect that it will provide the greatest chance of dence that the rebels shot down MH17 with an The closest analogy might be the 1988 We brought 30 people to the hospital.” four-nation military offensive since cooperation from all countries involved.” Kremlin advanced BUK missile system that was transported Lockerbie bombing, when Pan Am flight 103 was On Monday, a girl thought to be aged February. Suicide attacks, raids and spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted by the TASS from Russian territory shortly before the incident. blown out of the sky over Scotland, killing all 243 about 17 killed at least 20 at a bus sta- shelling have increased since new news agency on Wednesday as telling journalists he This raises the possibility that Russian nationals people onboard. Two Libyan secret service agents tion near a fish market in the state cap- President Muhammadu Buhari took could not comment on media reports. A trial in could be named in the indictment; the Dutch have were handed over by Libya’s late leader Muammar ital of Borno, Maiduguri, when the power on May 29 vowing to crush the Ukraine itself appears a non-starter, since the pro- not named anyone but say they are looking at all Gaddafi under the pressure of broad economic explosives she was carrying went off. A militants. In all, some 208 people have Russian rebels are as unlikely to attend as the possible avenues of inquiry. Russia for its part has sanctions. They were put on trial in the girl about the same age was also killed been killed since then, according to Russian government, which sympathises with and put forward a scenario, denied by Kiev, that the air- Netherlands under Scottish law, and one was con- in an explosion nearby but there were AFP reporting. —AFP influences them but strenuously denies involve- liner was downed by a rocket fired from a Ukrainian victed. —Reuters US to deploy heavy weapons on NATO’s eastern flank

TALLINN: The US will deploy heavy weapons conference with three Baltic defence minis- seek a cold, let alone a hot war with Russia, region - that it’s not a power in decline,” the start of another round of talks in Paris in central and eastern Europe for the first ters on the eve of NATO ministerial talks. we will defend our allies,” Carter added. Marcin Terlikowski, an analyst with the on ways to halt the 15-month separatist time, Washington said Tuesday, in the midst “This pre-positioned European activity The Pentagon said the deployment of Polish Institute of International Affairs, told war. Kiev’s Western-backed military com- of the worst stand-off between Russia and set includes tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, 250 items of heavy weaponry would include AFP. The US announcement followed prom- mand reported the death of one soldier and the West since the Cold War, triggered by the artillery,” he said, adding that Estonia, 90 Abrams tanks, 140 Bradley armoured ises by NATO on Monday to step up its mili- accused the pro-Russian rebels of heavy crisis in Ukraine. “We will temporarily stage Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania and vehicles, and 20 self-propelled howitzers. tary presence in eastern Europe against the mortar and artillery fire. The ongoing one armoured brigade combat team’s vehi- Poland had “agreed to host company- to “The American move sends a signal to backdrop of the conflict in Ukraine. bloodshed underscores a consistent failure cles and associated equipment in countries battalion-sized elements of this equipment” Russia, US allies and other global powers Meanwhile, Ukrainian rebels on Tuesday by diplomats to find a way out of a crisis in central and eastern Europe,” US Defence which would be “moved around the region that the US is a leading global military pow- accused government forces of killing three that has killed 6,500 people in a little over a Secretary Ashton Carter said at a joint press for training and exercises.” “While we do not er able to counter Russian threats in the civilians in attacks launched hours before year.—AFP INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 Battle over flag unfurls in S Carolina and beyond

COLUMBIA, South Carolina: An initiative to ‘To Foster Racial Unity’ seek to redesign a similar license plate in his state. Knotts. The crowd heard prayers offered in the memo- remove the Confederate flag from the South Just hours after politicians in several southern Opponents of the flag consider it an emblem of slav- ry of State Senator Clementa Pinckney, a longtime Carolina State House grounds picked up steam on states began calling for the removal of the ery, racism and U.S. xenophobia. Supporters say it advocate of the flag’s removal. Pinckney, pastor of the Tuesday, a week after the massacre of nine black Confederate flag on Monday, some of the nation’s represents the South’s heritage and culture, as well as Charleston church, was one of the shooting victims. church members, and criticism over the emblem largest retailers announced they were halting sales of a memorial to Confederate casualties during the President Barack Obama will attend his funeral on long associated with slavery spread to other US related merchandise. Prominent US flag makers said 1861-65 Civil War. Friday. southern states. US retailers joined lawmakers in on Tuesday they would stop manufacturing and sell- The Confederate flag controversy is the latest distancing themselves from the banner, with indus- ing Confederate flags. “We hope that this decision will More Complex Issue, Critics Say flashpoint in a year of intense debate over U.S. race try leaders Amazon.com Inc and Wal-Mart Stores Inc show our support for those affected by the recent Critics said the Confederate flag, while powerful in relations, sparked by the killings of unarmed black pulling the images of the rebel flag from their stores events in Charleston and, in some small way, help to its symbolism, was perhaps a far simpler matter to men by police officers in Ferguson, Missouri; New York and websites, joining Google Inc, Sears Holdings foster racial unity and tolerance in our country,” the address than the far more complex US issues of City; and Baltimore. The outcry has spawned a reinvig- Corp and eBay Inc. Pennsylvania-based Valley Forge Flag company said in racism, discrimination against African Americans and orated civil rights movement under the “Black Lives The Civil War-era flag of the South’s pro-slavery a statement. inequality. As the Confederate flag fluttered only Matter” banner. Governor Haley threw her support Confederacy has become a lightning rod for out- The debate over the rebel flag spread to other yards away on the grounds of the South Carolina behind removing the flag on Monday. She called on rage over the shootings in Charleston, South southern states on Tuesday. In Mississippi, the state State House, a crowd of about 1,000 listened to politi- lawmakers, whose legislative year wraps up this week, Carolina, which authorities say was motivated by which still most prominently incorporates the “Stars cians and civil rights leaders voice their support for to address the issue over the summer and said she racial hatred. In Columbia, the capital of South and Bars” in its flag, Speaker of the House Philip Gunn taking down the battle flag. “Anyone who gets in front would order a special session if they did not. Carolina, hundreds of people chanted “Take it became the first Republican in state history to pub- of this train is going to get run over,” said Leon It would take a two-thirds majority vote by both down,” while state lawmakers voted on Tuesday to licly support a flag change when he called the Howard, a state legislator, referring to the political chambers of the legislature to undo the state law that open debate on removing the Confederate flag Confederate emblem “a point of offense that needs to momentum gathering behind the initiative. requires the flag to fly at a memorial to Confederate from the State House grounds. Dylann Roof, a 21- be removed.” Virginia, which was also part of the Until recently Republican Governor Nikki Haley of soldiers on the State House grounds. That law was the year-old white man charged with nine counts of Confederacy, will no longer allow special vehicle South Carolina had been unwilling to discuss the flag. result of a 2000 compromise that removed it from murder for the shooting at the church last license plates for the Sons of Confederate Veterans “The change in opinion in the last day or two is like atop the State House, where it was first put up a half Wednesday, had posed with a Confederate flag in group that feature the flag, Governor Terry McAuliffe nothing I have ever seen. It’s been a tidal wave,” said century ago at the peak of resistance to federal efforts photos posted online with a racist manifesto. said on Tuesday. Georgia’s governor said he would College of Charleston political science professor Gibbs to end segregation in the South. — Reuters Search for NY escapees goes back to the woods Accomplice smuggled tools in frozen meat

BELLMONT, New York: Hundreds of searchers the public.” Cuomo said, “I believe we will get a catwalk, broke through a brick wall, cut their checked ATV trails and logging roads and went these guys.” But the governor also cautioned way into and out of a steam pipe, and then door-to-door in far northern New York trying to that they’ve had a number of leads and the sliced through the chain and lock on a manhole close in on two murderers who escaped from a more than 1,000 officers involved in the search cover outside the prison. Sweat, 35, was serving maximum-security prison more than two weeks have to follow each as though it’s the one that’s a life sentence without parole for killing a sher- ago. Spurred on by fresh evidence, law enforce- going to bring authorities to the escapees. iff’s deputy. Matt, 48, was doing 25 years to life ment officers methodically combed through Meanwhile, the husband of the woman for the 1997 kidnapping, torture and hacksaw heavy woods on Tuesday looking for inmates accused of helping the inmates escape said in dismemberment of his former boss. David Sweat and Richard Matt. an interview aired Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Authorities began committing heavy show that he’s “absolutely 100 percent” certain Wylie told reporters that Joyce Mitchell told resources to the remote woods this week after the pair would have killed him and his wife if his investigators she smuggled hacksaw blades, a leads from a hunting camp that was apparently wife had been their getaway driver, as initially screwdriver and other tools into the prison by broken into led to “good evidence, DNA data” planned. Lyle Mitchell said his wife, Joyce placing them in frozen hamburger meat. He said regarding the inmates, said Gov Andrew Mitchell, told him Sweat and Matt offered to she then placed it in a refrigerator in the tailor Cuomo. Roadblocks were in place Tuesday give her pills to knock him out so she could pick shop where she worked, and a corrections offi- around the remote hamlets of Owls Head and them up after they escaped, but she refused cer brought the meat to Sweat and Matt, who Mountain View in an area of rugged terrain because she said she still loved her husband. were housed in a section of the maximum-secu- about 20 miles west of Clinton County “Do I still love her? Yes. Am I mad? Yes,” Lyle rity prison where inmates are allowed to cook Correctional Facility. Mitchell said in the interview aired Tuesday on their own meals. The DA said the guard didn’t Investigators conducted grid searches in the NBC’s “Today” show. know the tools were inside the meat. The guard thick, mosquito-infested forests and also Joyce Mitchell remained in custody on has been placed on paid leave. checked railroad beds, said Franklin County charges she helped the two men escape by pro- Wylie told ABC News several corrections offi- Sheriff Kevin Mulverhill. He said people were viding them hacksaw blades, chisels and other cers from different prisons in the area own the going to seasonal properties looking for signs of tools. She has pleaded not guilty. Sweat and hunting cabin where the evidence was found. intruders. “If they’re here, we’re going to find Matt escaped from the prison in Dannemora on Investigators are looking into whether the WHIPPLEVILLE, New York: FBI agents help in the search for convicted murderers them,” Mulverhill said. “I really believe it’s going June 6. Authorities say the pair cut through the escapees overheard guards talking about the Richard Matt and David Sweat yesterday. — AFP to come down to old-fashioned police work and steel wall at the back of their cell, crawled down cabin or whether they found it by chance. — AP

Mexico nursing home fire kills 16

TIJUANA, Mexico: A fire engulfed a nursing home in in management within the civil association” that operates northern Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least 16 elderly resi- the nursing home, Diaz said. News pictures showed that dents in a predawn inferno that may have been intention- the roof had partly caved in. Mexicali fire chief Fernando ally ignited, authorities said. Another five seniors had burns Rivera said the 4:00 am fire began after a wooden structure and smoke inhalation injuries while one person was listed was set on fire and the blaze spread across the nursing as missing after the blaze at the “Beautiful Dusk” facility, home. The facility near the US border had safety measures, which cared for former homeless people in a rural area of including fire extinguishers and security cameras, officials the border city of Mexicali. “The people in charge of the said. The home was surrounded by a fence. “Thee are suspi- facility are looking into the presumption that there was an cions that are being investigated due to statements by the intent (to set the place on fire),” Mexicali Mayor Jaime Diaz facility’s own managers, who have made an allegation,” Ochoa told Radio Formula. “We have to wait and see what said Baja California state interior secretary Francisco Rueda. the investigation comes up with.” A possible motive could have been linked to “problems Few Family Members The nursing home, which had 44 elderly residents and capacity for 60, was administered by the Cultural Society Promoting Social Welfare, a civil group. After the fire, 23 elderly residents were taken to another nursing home nearby. President Enrique Pena Nieto tweeted his “deepest condolences to the families of the senior citizens who lost their lives in the tragic fire”. Teresa Ortiz, who lives near the nursing home and regularly brought food to the residents, said the smoke woke her up. “When the smell emerged I looked around but didn’t see anything and went back to bed. I thought it was wheat burning,” the 50-year-old said. When she realized the nursing home was on fire, she arrived at 6:00 am but “the place was in flames”. Diaz said that of the 44 elderly residents, only 11 had family members who registered their names with the facility, as many of their children left to work in the United States. “This will not go unpunished, though we have to see what started the fire,” said Baja California Governor Fernando Vega de Lamadrid. The tragedy drew comparisons to a June 2009 blaze at a state-subsidized daycare facility that killed 49 toddlers in Hermosillo, northern Sonora state. Activists are still demand- ing justice over that case, which triggered an uproar as it MEXICALI, Mexico: Forensic specialists work among the rub- emerged that the facility did not meet minimal safety stan- ble of a nursing home after it caught fire on Tuesday. — AP dards. — AFP Innocent New Yorker gets $6.25m for 25 years in jail

NEW YORK: New York authorities on Tuesday agreed to said he sat on his prison bed and cried for 10 minutes pay $6.25 million compensation to an innocent man when he was told he was free. He walked out of jail with who spent nearly 25 years languishing in prison for a just $93 and the clothes on his back, forcing him to murder he did not commit. Jonathan Fleming, 53, move from hotel to hotel, or stay with friends and family walked free in April 2014 when his conviction was over- while he looked for work. “I feel that I do deserve to be turned by the Brooklyn district attorney after spending compensated,” he told the Guardian in a video inter- nearly half his life behind bars. He had been found view. “Because at the end of the day, when it’s all said guilty of the August 1989 shooting of a friend despite and done, everyone sees that I am innocent.” being with his family in Orlando, Florida at the time of Fleming had a Florida hotel receipt dated Aug 14, the murder. 1989 and time stamped at 9:27 pm, four hours before “Mr Fleming spent nearly half of his life behind bars Darryl Rush was killed in Brooklyn, around 1,600 km for a crime that evidence available at the time proved away. Fleming’s sentence is one of dozens that is being he could not have committed,” said New York city comp- re-examined by a special unit in Brooklyn headed by a troller Scott Stringer. “We cannot give back the time that Harvard law professor. Several of the cases being he served, but the city of New York can offer Jonathan reviewed were investigated by retired police detective Fleming this compensation for the injustice that was Louis Scarcella, suspected of using illegal methods to committed against him.” Fleming went to hospital to frame suspects. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken see his dying mother after signing the settlement, his Thompson welcomed Tuesday’s settlement and said he lawyers Paul Callan and Martin Edelman said. “The swift would continue to work to stop miscarriages of justice. settlement will enable Jonathan and his family to build “No amount of money will ever give him back that time. a new life without the painful and costly prospect of fur- As Brooklyn district attorney, I’m determined to correct ther litigation,” they said in a joint statement. these miscarriages of justice and to prevent them from In an interview with the Guardian last year, Fleming occurring in the future,” he said. — AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 INTERNATIONAL US, China expose fault lines but vow cooperation

WASHINGTON: The United States and key talks, confronting head-on differences was also preparing to meet key members New Rules Needed of the bounds of acceptable state behav- China vowed to avoid confrontation as on issues such as cyber security and free- of the Chinese delegation yesterday Welcoming the top delegation of ior in cyberspace.” they headed yesterday into a final day of dom of the seas. President Barack Obama ahead of a visit in September by Chinese some 400 officials also led by China’s But in a sign of China’s discontent, President Xi Jinping. US Vice President Joe State Councilor Yang Jiechi for the sev- Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei Biden sharply warned Beijing Tuesday enth round of annual talks, Biden insist- called on the US to boost its domestic that the world’s waterways - which carry ed Beijing must be at the table to help savings and investment to strengthen 80 percent of the planet’s commerce - set up a new “rules-based system” in a growth, including spending to improve must remain open. rapidly changing world. “There will be infrastructure. “The United States should “Responsible countries adhere to intense competition, we will have have a proper mechanism to mobilize international law and work together to intense disagreements. That’s the nature more savings to direct to investment,” he keep international sea lanes open for of international relations,” Biden said. said, pointing out that China’s contribu- unimpaired commerce,” Biden said point- “There are important issues where we tion to global growth is 30 percent, while edly. The two major trading partners don’t see eye-to-eye, but it doesn’t mean the US, the largest economy in the remain at odds over China’s claims to we should stop working hand-in-hand,” world, added only 10 percent. much of the South China Sea and he said. Ties have strained over US accusations Washington has repeatedly urged Beijing US Secretary of State John Kerry of cyber espionage and a bilateral cyber to stop building artificial islands and insisted: “No nations agree on every working group was suspended by Beijing resolve its numerous territorial claims issue. But we do not accept that a nar- last year after Washington indicted five peacefully. “Nations that discard diploma- rowing of the differences is beyond our Chinese military officers for hacking into cy and use coercion and intimidation to reach. Our relationship is dynamic and it US computers. This week’s talks come settle disputes, or turn a blind eye to has grown and matured steadily in the after revelations of huge breaches of US aggression of others, only invite instabili- past decades.” Jiechi vowed China would government computer networks at the ty,” Biden warned. work with the United States “in a spirit of Office of Personnel Management - an In unusually frank comments, Chinese openness, to properly address the rele- issue US officials said they would raise Vice Premier Wang Yang agreed Beijing vant issues.” directly with their Chinese guests. WASHINGTON: Delegation from both sides, including (front row from and Washington do not agree on every- High on the agenda is cyber hacking, Kerry said the two countries, the left to right) Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Chinese Vice Premier thing, admitting “on some issues, per- with Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew insist- world’s two largest economies but also Wang Yang, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong, US Secretary of the haps, consensus still eludes us.” But he ing both nations must “abide by certain biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, Treasury Jacob Lew, US Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, US insisted “neither of us could afford the standards of behavior within cyber- were working “effectively” to try to reduce Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, US Secretary of Energy Ernest cost of noncooperation or even all-out space”. “We remain deeply concerned emissions ahead of a key UN-led Paris confrontation.” “Decision-makers of both about Chinese government-sponsored conference on setting new targets in Moniz, and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen participate in a family countries must always remember that cyber-enabled theft of confidential busi- December. “The idea is that you are creat- photo during the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), and confrontation is a negative sum game in ness information and proprietary tech- ing a critical mass of countries that are Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) at the State which both sides will pay heavy prices nology from US companies,” Lew told the setting these targets and everyone feels Department on Tuesday. —AFP and the world will suffer too,” Wang said. delegations. “Such activity falls outside compelled to join,” Kerry said. —AFP Deadly Pak heatwave shows signs of easing Death toll rises to 780

KARACHI: The death toll from a heatwave the Sindh provincial government declared Disaster Management Authority has been summer season but this heat is beyond in southern Pakistan rose to 780 yesterday, a public holiday to encourage people to setting up dedicated heatstroke treatment our comprehension.” but the scorching weather showed signs stay indoors out of the sun. A state of centres to try to cope with the volume of of easing, bringing some respite to the emergency is in force in hospitals which patients. Pakistan’s largest charity, Edhi Grave Shortage sweltering city of Karachi. Temperatures in are struggling to cope with the thousands Welfare Organisation, said their mortuar- Victims’ families have also faced chal- the city, which is Pakistan’s largest and has of people affected by heatstroke and ies in the city had received more than 600 lenges in burying their dead, as grave- seen the majority of the deaths, were fore- dehydration. The change in weather will bodies since Saturday and the sheer vol- diggers have struggled to keep up with cast to peak at 38 degrees Celsius, down come as welcome relief for the economic ume of corpses arriving meant they were demand in the scorching heat. Blasting from the 40-plus highs of recent days. hub, where maximum temperatures have struggling to keep them properly chilled. summer heat is not unusual in Pakistan, Winds have shifted to the southwest, hovered around 44-45 degrees C since Anwar Kazmi, a spokesman for the and some parts of the country regularly blowing cooler air into the port city from Saturday, though officials warned the foundation told AFP the situation was experience higher temperatures than the Arabian Sea, and the Pakistani Met death toll may still rise. unprecedented in his 40 years working those seen in Karachi this week, without Office has predicted rain, which would “The weather is getting better now with the charity. “I have never seen such a serious loss of life. But this year’s heat- This picture taken on June 22, 2015 shows an official measuring a gaint bring lower temperatures. and we hope that the people would bear big number of deaths because of heat- wave has coincided with the start of the basking shark that was accidentally picked up by a fishing trawler in the Roads in the normally bustling city with it now,” a senior official at the provin- wave,” he said. “I remember some 10 years Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, during Bass Strait off the Australian mainland’s most southeastern point. —AFP were largely deserted on Wednesday after cial health ministry said. The National ago, some 30 people died in the whole which millions of devout Pakistanis abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset. Australian fishermen The majority of the deaths in Karachi have been among the poor and manual labourers who work outdoors, prompting catch rare basking shark clerics to urge those at risk of heatstroke MELBOURNE: Fishermen off Australia who ton feeders which can grow up to 12 m not to fast. Dispatch rider Danish Ali, 26, accidentally caught a whopping basking long. Unlike other sharks, their teeth are was among those to abandon his fast in shark have provided scientists with a rare tiny - about two millimetres long - and they the face of the killer heat. “I started feeling opportunity to study the second-biggest feed by trapping tiny plankton and jellyfish sick and faint. I skipped today’s fasting and fish on the planet. The 6.3 m fish is causing in their huge mouth, the museum said. hope Allah will forgive me,” he told AFP. a sensation Down Under where little is They are migratory and widely distributed, The situation has not been helped by known about the species - smaller only but only regularly seen in a few favoured power cuts - a regular feature of life in than the whale shark - as it is not often coastal locations such as such as Cornwall Pakistan - which have stopped fans and captured in southern hemisphere waters. in England as they can dive deep into the air conditioners from working. Electricity The rare specimen has been donated to depths of the sea in search of food. shortages have crippled the water supply Museum Victoria, in the southern city of The shark was accidentally picked up by system in Karachi, hampering the pump- Melbourne, where scientists plan to use a fishing trawler in the Bass Strait off the ing of millions of gallons of water to con- the body to research the shark’s genetics, Australian mainland’s southeast. Museum sumers, the state-run water utility said. diet and life history. Victoria’s senior collection manager of ver- The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which The museum - which currently has only tebrate zoology, Dianne Bray, said basking rules Sindh, announced a protest against three samples from basking sharks, all over sharks had been sighted over the years off the K-Electric power company and the 80 years old - said Wednesday it also plans Australia’s Victoria state, but never in large federal government. to use the head and fins to build a full- numbers. “They are rare in southern The plan drew criticism on social scale exhibition model. “These rare waters, but not that rare in northern media, with some people saying the PPP encounters can provide many of the miss- waters,” she said. “We have no idea of what should devote its energy to addressing ing pieces of knowledge that help broader their numbers may be.” Bray she had been the crisis rather than politicising the issue. conservation and biological research,” said inundated with requests for tissue and The respected English-language daily the museum’s senior curator of ichthyolo- other samples from around the world as Dawn accused both provincial and federal gy, Martin Gomon. opportunities to study an entire animal KARACHI: Pakistani relatives mourn the death of a heatstroke victim outside a hospital yesterday. —AFP ministers of trying to pass the buck. —AFP Basking sharks are slow-moving plank- were rare. —AFP Japan, Philippines fly near disputed waters Indian tycoon declares PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines: Japan and the exercise is to enhance the Japanese Maritime Self- causing alarm and causing concern for both of us,” Philippines flew patrol planes near disputed South Defence Force’s capabilities in humanitarian support Gazmin said in a speech in Manila. ‘war’, rattles Modi govt China Sea waters for a second straight day yesterday, and disaster relief, not to conduct surveillance activi- Gazmin cited China’s declaration of an air defence despite Chinese criticism of this week’s air and sea ties,” she said. identification zone in the East China Sea and its major exercises. A Japanese P-3C Orion and a Philippine Philippine Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said reclamation work on South China Sea reefs claimed NEW DELHI: Pressure is growing on Modi fled India for London when tax navy Islander conducted a search and rescue drill 50 there has been an “increasing convergence” of the two by the Philippines. Reed Bank lies about 85 nautical India’s foreign minister and a top and financial crime authorities raided nautical miles (93 km) northwest of the Philippine nations’ security concerns as he stressed the need for miles west of Palawan, within the Philippines’ 200- member of the ruling party over help his premises in 2010 in a money laun- island of Palawan, officials said. a visiting forces agreement with Japan that would mile exclusive economic zone. An encounter near they gave to a disgraced cricket dering and tax evasion investigation. The flight was in the general direction of the pave the way for larger exercises. “The maritime chal- Reed Bank between a Chinese vessel and a survey tycoon, as the first major scandal to He says his life was threatened by resource-rich Reed Bank claimed by both the lenges both our countries face place both of us ship contracted by Philippine firm Philex Petroleum in touch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mumbai mobsters. Philippines and China, but officials refused to say if almost in the same boat, with a common neighbor 2012 has stalled exploration in the area. —AFP government begins to threaten his Swaraj says she met the British high the planes flew directly over the area. The Philippines reform agenda. Foreign Minister commissioner in July 2014 to recom- is also holding separate exercises with long-time ally Sushma Swaraj has faced days of mend that Modi be granted British the United States off Palawan this week, as it seeks to scrutiny for her ties to Lalit Modi, scion travel papers, after his Indian passport bolster alliances in the face of its territorial disputes of an industrial family who almost sin- was rescinded, and sent the same with China. glehandedly turned the Indian message to British Labour MP Keith China’s claim over almost the entire South China Premier League into the world’s rich- Vaz. Swaraj, whose husband and Sea overlaps with those of the Philippines, Vietnam, est. daughter have worked as lawyers for Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan. It has intensified con- “This is war,” Modi, who is not relat- Modi, said her intervention was struction of artificial islands on reefs to reinforce its ed to the prime minister, has declared humanitarian, because he needed to claim, sparking protests from the US and Japan as well in recent days from a hotel in travel to help his ailing wife. There has as regional powers. China has a separate dispute with Japan over an island chain in the East China Sea. Montenegro. He has used Twitter to been no suggestion of financial Following a similar flight on Tuesday by Philippine attack opponents, such as Finance wrongdoing by Swaraj, but opponents and Japanese aircraft, Chinese foreign ministry Minister Arun Jaitley and members of question the legality of her assistance. spokesman Lu Kang cautioned countries involved in the opposition. Dissent bubbled up in The foreign ministry did not respond the naval drills against playing them up. Beijing Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on to a request for comment. hoped “relevant countries will not hype up the ten- Tuesday, with one member of parlia- In another development, Education sions in the region”, Lu said. ment saying Swaraj and Rajasthan Minister Smriti Irani’s academic record Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje were faces scrutiny after the Delhi high court Commander Hiromi Hamano told reporters that yes- wrong to have helped the tycoon in agreed to hear a petition alleging that she terday’s joint training exercise - which he termed a his bid for British travel papers. lied about having a degree. The court will humanitarian and disaster response drill - was a suc- The opposition Congress party, vot- hear the case in August. The dispute cess. The Philippine Navy said the drill was a search ed out last year amid corruption scan- stems from Irani’s differing declarations to and rescue exercise. And a spokeswoman for dals, yesterday warned of plans to dis- electoral authorities. In 2004, she said she Philippine President Benigno Aquino said this week’s PUERTO PRINCESA: A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Lockheed P-3C Orion rupt parliament after it opens next had a BA degree, but in 2014, she said she activities “should not be taken as an affront” to any month, unless Swaraj and Raje resign. had only studied the first year of a com- other nation. A spokeswoman for the Japanese patrol aircraft prepares to take off as part of a joint training exercise with the Philippines at the Antionio Bautista Airbase on the western Philippine island of The government hopes to pass major merce degree. Congress has demanded defence department said its Orion was not used to economic reforms during the session. that she, too, resign. —Reuters spy over the South China Sea. “The purpose of this Palawan yesterday. —AFP NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 Saudi uses oil wealth to buy influence: WikiLeaks

BEIRUT: A financially troubled Lebanese TV network cables. In another case, a cable from Prince Saud to the Saudi received a $2 million Saudi bailout in return for adopting a Cabinet suggested two leading Saudi-owned dailies - Asharq pro-Riyadh editorial policy. A news agency in Guinea got a Al-Awsat and Al-Hayat - stop publishing editorials critical of $2,000 gift, while small publications across the Arab world the kingdom’s chief ally in Lebanon, former prime minister received tens of thousands of dollars in inflated subscrip- Saad Al-Hariri, a key Sunni leader. Another recommended a tion fees. That’s the picture that has emerged from Saudi halt to media attacks on Russian political figures to help diplomatic correspondence published by the WikiLeaks improve ties with Moscow. group, backing long-held suspicions the kingdom uses its “Buying Silence,” was the headline Saturday in Beirut’s Al- oil wealth to buy influence with media and research cen- Akhbar daily, which is critical of Saudi Arabia, in describing ters across the Muslim world. the revelations in the cables. The correspondence showed The leaked cables suggest an effort by the US ally to Saudi officials offered or denied free trips to the kingdom, dampen criticism, varnish its image and strengthen allies in home to Islam’s holiest shrines, to secure allies in the media an Arab world torn by religious militancy and sectarian or to punish those the government deemed critical. For tensions. Many of the cables were linked to the growing example, a prominent Egyptian TV talk show host, Wael El- rivalry between Sunni Saudi Arabia and mostly Shiite Iran Obrashi, was dropped from a list of top Egyptian media fig- over influence in the region and point to Lebanon, an eth- ures treated to an all-expenses-paid trip to Saudi Arabia nically and religiously diverse nation with a vibrant press, because of “his repeated, unjustified attacks on the kingdom,” as a key battlefield in the battle of wills between Riyadh according to one cable from Prince Saud. and Tehran. “This is not specific to Saudi Arabia, but Saudi Several prominent Arab media figures were reported by Arabia took it to a very high level,” said Jad Melki, director the cables to have requested permission to visit Saudi Arabia RIYADH: A Saudi man reads Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, in Riyadh. Saudi diplomatic correspondence pub- of the Media Studies Program at the American University of to share “intelligence” or plots against the kingdom, or to lished by the WikiLeaks group backs long-held suspicions the kingdom is using its oil wealth to buy influ- Beirut. seek funding for media enterprises. Some were dismissed as ence with media and research centers across the Arab world. — AP The authenticity of the cables could not be verified by frauds out to get a check, but others were ordered debriefed The Associated Press, and the Saudi government cautioned by security officials. Another cable from Prince Saud recom- local media against publishing the diplomatic correspon- mended financial backing for a Lebanese center to defend Residency to be limited to passport... dence. But it did not say they were forged. Buying the sup- journalists set up by May Chidiac, a prominent anchorwoman port or silence of the media is not uncommon in the Arab who lost an arm and a leg when a bomb exploded under her Continued from Page 1 ma is only valid if the passport is valid. “Some people world, where media institutions have long been depend- car in 2005. Citing a recommendation from the Saudi renewed their passports but without registering it at the ent on handouts or perks from governments or wealthy Embassy in Beirut, the prince said the funding would allow “It has been noticed that some expatriates had new Immigration Department, which is now called the patrons looking to promote their interests. However, the the kingdom to use her center to promote Saudi policies. passports issued or extended the validity of their old Residency Affairs Department, which led to the expiry of Saudi cables provide compelling, behind-the-scenes “I did not ask for money and did not get anything,” Chidiac ones without notifying the immigration department or their iqamas. As a result, the fines started to accumulate. details of how it was done, complete with names, dates told the AP when asked about Saudi government contribu- registering their new passports’ information,” Maarafi Every expat should go to the Immigration Department and payout amounts. tions. “I have a foundation and I am transparent. Those who said, noting that such violators would be fined. Maarafi in their governorate as their files are there,” Col Khalid Al- In many ways, the cables paint a picture of a Saudi Arabia support me, I thank them.” In Egypt, the Saudi ambassador stressed that the grace period given before putting the Kandari, head of the legal department for residency with taking advantage of media outlets struggling to survive to protested to Naguib Sawiris, founder of the privately owned new condition into practice was enough for everybody the Interior Ministry he told Kuwait Times in January. champion its policies or criticize its foes, including Iran, ONTV network, over the appearance of a Saudi dissident, to check their passports’ expiry date and legalize their “Whenever the passport expires, the iqama expires Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah or the regime of Syrian Saad Al-Faqih, on one of its talk shows, according to a cable statuses before going to the immigration department as well. Some people get a new passport abroad and President Bashar Assad. In some cases, the cables shattered from Prince Saud. The station said it would not invite Al-Faqih to renew residency visas. come back to Kuwait and show the iqama on the old the long-held notion of a kingdom so awash in petrodollars again and asked the ambassador to appear on the program Late last year the Interior Ministry began enforcing a one, but don’t transfer it to the new one within a that media outlets need only knock on the door to get a at a later date. Asked by the AP if the correspondence was in 50-year-old law linking the validity of residency iqamas month. Those who have renewed their passports inside check. Instead, they showed the kingdom’s leaders making response to a Saudi complaint to the station. Sawiris said: to passports. Those who had renewed their passports Kuwait have a period of two months to transfer their sure that money yields results for the country. “Not to my knowledge.” but had not transferred the residency stamp to the new data. Also, some expats don’t change the expired pass- For example, in 2012, the late King Abdullah approved a Other cases of alleged Saudi funding described in the passport were fined KD 2 per day and more than port and just put a renewal sticker in their passport that $2 million bailout for the Lebanese MTV network on condi- leaked correspondence: A cable from the Ministry of Culture 107,000 people in Kuwait ended up with fines. extends its validity. In all cases, they have to register it,” tion it countered “media hostile to the kingdom” and invited and Information to the private secretary of the late King According to article 12 of the residency law, the iqa- said Kandari. “learned” Saudis as guests on talk shows, according to a Abdullah urged financial backing of the media in Tunisia to series of cables. The payout was whittled down from an initial “win them over and bolster ties between their managers and request for $20 million by the station’s director - and was less the kingdom.” In another cable, Mustafa Bakri, a prominent than half the $5 million recommended by the Saudi Foreign Egyptian journalist and former lawmaker, was said to have Saudi, Kuwait in talks to resolve oil... Ministry. requested Saudi funds to start a daily newspaper and a TV sta- Continued from Page 1 now surpass 5.0 billion dinars ($16.5 billion), up from And tellingly, on a recommendation from Prince Saud Al- tion to counter what he contended were Iranian attempts to the initial cost of $13.2 billion. He said the new esti- Faisal, the kingdom’s foreign minister for nearly 40 years woo Egyptian journalists. In comments published in a Cairo US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for August mates would be presented to the Supreme Petroleum before he stepped down in April, the money was disbursed newspaper, Bakri said the claim was baseless. One cable sug- delivery was up 12 cents at $61.13 a barrel and Brent Council, the highest decision-making body on oil, to in four installments over two years - thus allowing Saudi gested the Saudis used their large stake in a joint Arab com- authorities to review every six months whether MTV was liv- munications satellite to stop beaming Iran’s Arabic-language climbed 11 cents to $64.56. Omair said that the oil sector secure approval for the additional funds. Together with ing up to its part of the deal. MTV spokesman and news chief Al-Alam. The state-owned network says it resumed broadcast- had requested additional funding of more than one bil- the $12-billion project to upgrade two of the existing Ghayath Yazbeck declined an AP request for comment on the ing from Arabsat in March 2013, three years later. — AP lion dinars ($3.3 billion) for the Gulf state’s new refinery three refineries, Kuwait plans to raise its output of after bids by international consortia exceeded budget refined products to 1.4 million bpd from 930,000 bpd estimates. He said that the estimated cost of the currently. Kuwait, a member of OPEC, pumps around Forgiveness in Islam 615,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Al-Zour refinery would 2.8 million barrels of oil a day. — Agencies Continued from Page 1 me to see him?” His nephew said, “I will get the permission for you to see him.” He took hold of the side of his cloak and pulled it vio- (Ibn ‘Abbas added: ) So he took the permission for MP Duwaisan resigns over sectarian insult lently. I noticed that the severity of that pulling had bruised ‘Uyaina, and when the latter entered, he said, “O the son of Continued from Page 1 salaries or delaying them for months. the neck of Messenger of Allah (PBUH). The Bedouin said, Al-Khattab! By Allah, you neither give us sufficient provi- The Assembly also approved a law calling for the estab- “O Muhammad! Give me something from Allah’s wealth sions nor judge among us with justice.” On that ‘Umar Duwaisan stressed that he will not withdraw his resig- lishment of public shareholding companies to recruit that you possess.” The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) turned to became so furious and angry that he intended to harm him nation before a public apology from Azemi or unless the domestic helpers from abroad. Sixty percent of the com- him and smiled. He then ordered his companions to give (in revenge). Al-Hurr, said, “O leader of the Believers!” Allah National Assembly takes disciplinary actions against him. pany shares will be owned by the cooperative societies him something. (Al-Bukhari 7378 or Volume 9, Hadeeth No said to His Apostle ‘Hold to forgiveness, command what is The National Assembly took up the issue yesterday and and 20 percent each for Kuwait Investment Authority, 473). good (right), and leave the foolish (ie do not punish them).’ Imagine a person of Muhammad’s caliber, who was (7.199) and this person is among the foolish people.” By decided to ask the Assembly Bureau to investigate the Public Institute for Social Security, Kuwait Airways and revered by most of his companions as well as non-Muslims, Allah, ‘Umar did not overlook that verse when Al-Hurr recit- matter and take whatever necessary actions. Speaker Public Authority for Minors. Under the law, the companies and someone disrespects him in front of his bona-fide ed it before him, for he (‘Umar) was famous for observing Marzouk Al-Ghanem said the Assembly will not let the will replace around 300 private offices which have been companions! Had he ordered his companions to take (the orders of) Allah’s Book strictly as well as putting them incident pass by without action in a bid to safeguard blamed for many problems for maids. revenge on his behalf, they would have done it. However, into consideration.” (See Hadith No 166, Vol 6) national unity. Under the law, the companies must provide training to he chose to forgive. Who can do that in our world today? C. A servant of Abu Dharr (one of Prophet Muhammad’s In the meantime, the National Assembly passed in the maids before bringing them into the country and are Only a few devout pious Muslims can do that. Not only did bona-fide companions) approached him after breaking the second and final votes three key reform and human rights banned of charging them any fees. The companies prima- the Prophet (PBUH) forgive the Bedouin, but he also leg of one of the sheep belonging to the latter. Abu Dharr law with little objection. MPs unanimously passed the first rily aim at cutting the recruitment cost which has skyrock- ordered those in charge of the Muslim treasury to give him inquired, “Who broke the leg of this (sheep)? The servant ever legislation to regulate the affairs of domestic helpers eted in recent years and provide sufficient protection to something. This an extraordinary lesson that Muslims replied, “I did it on purpose to infuriate you so that you beat in the country after they have been governed through a maids. The Assembly also passed a law calling for the ought to learn from the Messenger of Allah. me and as such you get a sin.” To this, Abu Dharr replied, “I contract under the Interior Ministry. The new law grants establishment of the national human rights commission to B. Abdullah bin ‘Abbas said, “Uyaina bin Hisn bin will peeve and annoy whoever instigated you (to enrage maids, cooks, private drivers and alike a number of impor- provide more guarantees for protecting human rights. Hudhaifa bin Badr came and stayed (in Medina) with his me).” Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) rather for- tant rights including a 30-day annual leave, a weekly day The commission will be under the supervision of the nephew Al-Hurr bin Qais bin Hisn who was one of those gave the servant and set him free. (Mukhtasar Minhaaj Al- off and a 12-hour working day with rest. council of ministers but will be independent and its coun- whom ‘Umar used to keep near him, as the Qurra’ (learned Qaasideen, page 83) The original law proposed a 10-hour working days with cil members will enjoy immunity. The establishment of the men who memorized the entire Quran by heart). They used some MPs having even proposed eight hours, but during commission comes as Kuwait prepares for a key human to be considered respectfully in ‘Umar’s meetings and his Courtesy of the TIES: The TIES Center is the social and the debate MPs made it 12 hours provided the maids get rights revision at the human rights council tomorrow. MPs advisors both old and young. ‘Uyaina said to his nephew, “O educational hub for English Speaking Muslims in enough rest in between. Under the law, employers must said the law will boost Kuwait’s rights image. The Assembly my nephew! Does this chief (alluding to Umar) hold you in Kuwait. 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Issues For Kerry, Iran deal would be legacy hit after many misses

By Arshad Mohammed and Warren Strobel

f US Secretary of State John Kerry pulls off a nuclear deal with Iran, it will be a singular achievement in a long career in Iwhich the grand prize has eluded him. His 2004 presidential election loss, lack of legislative monuments despite 28 years in the Senate, and failure, like many before, to bring peace to Israelis and Palestinians have contributed to a view that he struggles to seal major successes. The 71-year-old has expend- ed remarkable energy in pursuit of what would be an historic agreement with Iran, flying tens of thousands of miles and holding dozens of meetings with his Iranian counterpart. He plans to attend the possible last stage of the nuclear talks in Planned Greek tax hikes risk damaging stalled economy Vienna ahead of a June 30 deadline, despite breaking his leg late last month. Kerry’s negotiating style with Iran is a cocktail of By Odile Duperry and Roland Jackson 2017. In order to achieve this, creditors demanded cut- are early retirement reforms-saving about 360 million boundless energy, tactical flexibility and occasional hardball, backs representing 1.5 percent of GDP this year and 2.5 euros-and a 200 million euro reduction in military according to officials involved in the talks. Still, critics say he has reece encouraged global markets with its new percent next year. After months of wrangling, Athens expenditure, according to analysis cited by broken some classic rules of negotiation, overshadowing the debt plan, but some economists question whether relented on Monday and presented measures exceeding Monokroussos. principal US negotiator Wendy Sherman; meeting Iranians reg- Gits emphasis on tax hikes will do more harm than those demands with cuts equal to 1.51 percent and 2.87 Otherwise, taxation is the emphasis. VAT hikes aim to ularly rather than holding himself in reserve; and exuding an air good to the recession-mired economy. Athens kicked off percent of GDP respectively. raise 2.04 billion euros, while higher social security con- of eagerness for a deal. Supporters say no one will work harder this week with long-awaited concessions aimed at resolv- Those should generate almost eight billion euros, tributions seek to reap another 2.17 billion euros. for an accord and that his unsuccessful efforts to end Syria’s civil ing the debt row with its European and International mostly through taxes, including the restoration of a 23 Athens meanwhile wants to garner a hefty 2.53 billion war or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict shows he is willing to risk Monetary Fund (IMF) creditors, addressing key points that percent VAT on the restaurant sector-the rate applied euros from heavier taxation of businesses. Kirkegaard failure while tackling the hardest problems. have plagued five fractious months of bailout talks. from 2011 to 2013. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras noted the proposals “appear tailored to fit Tsipras’ ideo- The Greek government, which was elected on an anti- said Athens had offered proposals that “exceeded” logical imperatives rather than Greece’s economic Diplomacy by odometer? austerity platform in January, delivered proposals to raise demands to balance the budget. “The proposed list of needs”. A special 12 percent tax hike has also been pro- Kerry’s determination to headline the talks is obvious from some VAT rates and hike business taxes, increase employ- measures appears to be fully in line with official credi- posed for business profits above 500,000 euros, while his travel schedule. In the last six months, he has met his Iranian ee and employer pension contributions, and narrow the tors’ demands... compared to the previous one, the new companies will be taxed at 29 percent rather than at the counterpart, Mohammad Jawad Zarif everywhere from country’s budgetary gap. But however relieved those pro- Greek proposal appears to be much more solid and easi- current rate of 26 percent from 2016 onwards. Geneva, Paris, Davos, Lausanne, Montreux and Munich to New posals left stock markets and European leaders that an ly quantifiable,” noted economist Platon Monokroussos Higher income earners and luxury goods would also York City. Veteran negotiators say Kerry’s willingness to meet elusive debt deal may finally be attainable, experts at Greek lender Eurobank. be hit with increased levies, with sports cars, swimming the Iranians so often makes it look like he is chasing a deal, remain unconvinced about the plan’s effectiveness. “The pools, boats and private planes all targeted. The broad rather than intervening only when the toughest issues remain. Greek proposal is way too heavy on one-off tax meas- Tax-heavy mixture nature of the hikes will likely hurt demand further in the “Being secretary of state by odometer is a very false measure,” ures... on the wrong taxes in general (businesses) and not However, concerns persist that the tax-heavy mixture recession-wracked economy, according to CMC Markets said Richard Armitage, a deputy secretary of state under enough on real reforms,” said Unicredit economist Erik of measures could hammer an economy that slumped analyst Michael Hewson. “Even a basic knowledge of Republican President George W. Bush. “The administration is Nielsen. back into recession in the first quarter of 2015. “Available economics should tell you that raising taxes when too eager,” added Armitage. “Iranians can smell this. And if the The revamped plan is aimed at unblocking bailout estimates suggest that 7.3 billion euros or 93 percent of demand is shrinking is like squeezing the juice out of an secretary of state is willing to airmail himself in at the 11th and a funds, with Greece facing a June 30 deadline to repay the the total of 7.9 billion (euros) of the new fiscal commit- already juiced lemon,” he added. Tsipras, meanwhile, half hour every time, what incentive is it for the Iranians to give IMF about 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion). The EU and IMF ments by the Greek government are increases in taxa- faces a tough battle at home to win parliamentary you their bottom line?” Armitage reserved judgment on the want Greece to achieve a primary surplus target this year tion and social security contributions,” added economist approval for any accord, and may risk members of his nuclear deal, stressing the need for short-notice inspections of of one percent of annual gross domestic product (GDP), Jacob Funk Kirkegaard at the Peterson Institute for hard-left Syriza party accusing him of backsliding on Iranian facilities to ensure Tehran is not cheating. Under a deal, followed by two percent in 2016 and three percent in International Economics. The only apparent exceptions campaign promises. —AFP Iran would curb its nuclear work in return for sanctions relief. Crucial differences remain between six major powers and Iran, even after a framework deal was agreed on April 2. Senior US officials disputed that Kerry has undermined Japan’s secret navy bunker gives glimpse of war’s final days Sherman, saying the two work extremely well together and that some issues can only be resolved at the highest levels. By Mari Yamaguchi history it represents, in the 70th anniversary year of the ed from a dormitory, rushing to the underground com- They also said Kerry had shown himself willing to play hardball. end of World War II. mand center whenever US B-29 bombers flew over. Keio’s With a deadline looming in Lausanne on March 27, Kerry paid a n a hillside overlooking an athletic field where “It’s a negative heritage that humans made. It’s the Hiyoshi campus, south of Tokyo in Yokohama, was chosen late-night visit to Zarif’s hotel room to say that if the Iranians high school students play volleyball, an incon- perpetrators’ legacy,” said Takeshi Akuzawa, assistant apparently because of its relative proximity to both didn’t show flexibility, he would tell foreign ministers flying in to spicuous entrance leads down a dusty, slippery headmaster of Keio Senior High School, who escorted the Yokosuka naval base and command headquarters in finalize the interim accord not to turn up, the officials said. The O slope -and seemingly back in time - to Japan’s secret media tour on Tuesday. “Just imagine the massive num- Tokyo. The hilltop campus also was suitable for an under- next morning, Iran raised an issue it previously refused to nego- tiate, the officials said, declining to identify it. An Iranian official Imperial Navy headquarters in the final months of World ber of people who had to die in the final year of the war ground facility. Construction of the underground tunnels declined comment. War II. Here, Japan’s navy leaders made plans for the because of their operations.” The inverted U-shaped tun- began in July 1944, mobilizing troops and Korean forced fiercest battles, including those of Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima nels are a silent reminder of a time when students and laborers. A room for chief commander, Adm. Soemu At the table and Okinawa from late 1944 to the war’s end in August many others were sent to war, many to their deaths, Toyota, and key departments were up and running in a Kerry became secretary of state in 2013 after a long Senate 1945. They knew when kamikaze pilots crashed to their under orders that emanated from this bunker under a few months. career in which he was not known as a deal-broker. He was deaths when signals from their planes stopped. school. Experts say the significance of such war remains is Only in the chief commander’s room, cement on the credited with helping normalize US relations with Vietnam and They cried when they monitored cables from officers increasing, especially as that era fades from memory, and walls was smoothed out, the floor was covered with tata- investigating the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. aboard the famed battleship Yamato as it came under amid a growing reluctance among some Japanese to mi mats and there was a door. He climbed up and down He poured his heart into long-shot bipartisan climate change heavy US fire and sank off southern Japan. Today, the bar- look at the negative side of the history. 126 stairs between the two command centers - above legislation that failed in 2010. Some who watched Kerry up ren, concrete tunnels sit quietly underneath a high school One of the top Japanese universities, Keio, leased the and below ground. His room was slightly elevated so that close describe a senator eager to take on complex, sometimes arcane issues and doggedly pursue them even when it became and university campus, largely untouched and unknown, site to the navy in 1944 under an Education Ministry the floor remained dry, and there was even a flush toilet. clear to others they were lost causes. occasionally visited by guided tours for the students. The order, after thousands of teachers, staff and students The tunnel command center also had ventilation ducts, a “There’s a sense that he loves a mission that might lead to school opened them to the media for the first time this were drafted and sent to the battlefield, leaving the cam- battery room, food storage with ample stock of sake, in glory,” said a person with knowledge of Kerry’s work on an ill-fat- week to raise public awareness of the site and the tragic pus virtually empty. Above ground, the navy command- addition to deciphering and cable and communications ed “super committee” formed to find $1.5 trillion in government departments. Marks on the ceiling remain from where savings. “He’s like a shark; he can’t stop swimming.” The day after overhead lights hung. the committee collapsed, Kerry summoned some members to The conditions for those leading the war contrasted his office in search of a breakthrough. “Everybody but him knew with those of ordinary people, who hid in small mud shel- it was a bridge too far,” this person said. In the final push for the ters as firebombs rained down from the sky, Akuzawa April framework deal, Kerry left the negotiating room to take a said. Hisanao Oshima, who was there from February to call from the White House and returned with a markedly tougher stance, said several officials briefed on the incident. These offi- May 1945 as a communications crew monitoring Morse cials interpreted it as a sign of White House control. A senior U.S. code, still cannot forget the moments when he lost sig- official said he was unaware of the White House telling Kerry to nals from kamikaze fighters. “The sound stops, and that harden his stance and that if such an incident occurred, it was means he crashed. I just cannot get that out of my head,” likely a ploy to pressure Iran. “Since it was not always his modus he said in an interview with public broadcaster NHK. operandi, when he did show a very blunt edge, it got the point This site must be preserved “so that we can say it’s the across very effectively,” said a former senior official for one of the proof why we should not wage war ever again,” Oshima six powers negotiating with Iran. Critics and supporters of Kerry said. Japan also built the Matsushiro Imperial agree that an Iran deal would seal Kerry’s legacy despite his earli- Underground Headquarters in central Japan for then- er failures. “If Kerry hits one grand slam no one will remember his Emperor Hirohito and Imperial Army and key govern- other strikeouts,” said Karim Sadjadpour, a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace analyst. —Reuters ment officials, as they prepared for a possible ground war with the Americans, though that one was never used. Hundreds of hangers, tunnels and other wartime remains still exist in Japan, but many have been abandoned as interest has waned. A growing sentiment among some All articles appearing on these conservatives favors the removal of such remains if they pages are the personal opinion of are seen portraying the negative history. the writers. Kuwait Times takes no Sections of the navy tunnels at Keio were damaged in responsibility for views expressed a development project a few years ago, prompting therein. Kuwait Times invites read- experts and volunteers to call for more support from the ers to voice their opinions. Please city to preserve the site. Akuzawa said what struck him the most as a teacher was the fact that the university was send submissions via email to: opin- used as a war command center to send students to the [email protected] or via snail battlefield. A Keio University graduate himself, he did not mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. know about the tunnels until he started teaching at the The editor reserves the right to edit high school. “I feel emotionally shaken when I think of any submission as necessary. YOKOHAMA: Journalists walk underground tunnels that Japan’s Imperial Navy once used as secret those students sent to war were just like these boys,” he headquarters underneath of Hiyoshi Campus of Keio University in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. —AP said.—AP THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 SPORTS

Montero out of World Cup Police to block Winger blow for Brumbies BUENOS AIRES: Argentina wing Manuel Montero will miss the World Cup cycling race SYDNEY: ACT Brumbies winger Henry Speight has been banned for five weeks for after suffering a second knee ligament and cartilage injury in two years during dangerous play and will miss this weekend’s Super Rugby semi-final against the a Pumas practice session. Montero was training with Argentina in Rosario for AMSTERDAM: Dutch police will temporarily block the route Wellington Hurricanes, governing body SANZAR said yesterday. the second of two warm-up matches against the French Barbarians when he of the Tour de France cycling race on July 5 to draw attention Speight was shown a red card for slamming Juan de Jongh head-first into the sustained the injury on Tuesday. “Again, ruptured anterior cruciate (ligament) to their pay dispute with the Dutch government, unions rep- ground at a ruck in the 74th minute of the Canberra-based outfit’s stunning victory and outer meniscus. Very sad, especially because of this year,” Montero wrote resenting them said yesterday. The Tour de France, the over South Africa’s Stormers last weekend. The Wallabies winger had already been on his Twitter account (@manumontero91). Montero had previously damaged world’s most prestigious road cycling race, is starting in the found guilty of the offence by a judicial hearing but the Brumbies were given a a knee ligament in 2013 but recovered in time to score tries for the Pumas Dutch university town of Utrecht on Saturday, July 4, and will glimmer of hope that he might escape a ban when officials requested more infor- against Australia and South Africa in last year’s Rugby Championship. “There conclude as always in Paris after 21 days and 3,360 kilome- mation before handing down the punishment. aren’t words to describe my anger. But they say there’s a reason for everything. tres (2088 miles). “After taking all relevant facts into consideration, I found that the referee’s deci- Thinking of my comeback,” added the 23-year-old wing, nicknamed Panther. The ACP union said police will block the convoy of road sion to issue a red card was correct,” the judicial officer said in his decision. Montero is one of a growing squad of home-based players vehicles that runs ahead of the main body of racers on the sec- “The tackle caused De Jongh’s feet to lift and his head to make con- drafted as professionals by the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) ond day of the race as it crosses the 800 metre-long Erasmus tact with the ground first. “It was not a legitimate clean out at a ruck to play in the franchise the country is introducing to Super Bridge across the Maas River in Rotterdam. They will maintain and the player was fortunate not to have been injured. Rugby next year. The Pumas, not yet at full strength, lost 28- the blockade until cyclists can be seen at a standstill because “An aggravating factor is the ongoing need for a deterrent 22 to the Barbarians last weekend. After this Saturday’s of the protest. Frontline patrol officers in the Netherlands have for dangerous play such as this which carries with it the real match, a 36-man squad including European-based Pumas been targeting high-profile sporting events in their dispute risk of serious injury.” Speight’s ban means he will also miss will travel to Australia to prepare for the Rugby Championship. with the country’s justice ministry. Last month, a first division Australia’s opening match of the Rugby Championship against The Pumas meet New Zealand in Christchurch on July 17, the soccer match was cancelled after police said they could not South Africa in Brisbane on July 18. Brumbies prop Scott Wallabies at home in Mendoza eight days later and South guarantee its security. The Tour de France will be the first inter- Sio said the team would undoubtedly miss the hulking Africa in Durban on Aug. 9. —Reuters national event they are targeting.—Reuters Fiji-born winger.—Reuters Cardinals edge Marlins, Padres roll

MIAMI: Right-handed pitcher Carlos Martinez majors, has totaled 31 runs while winning shook off a slow start and a fastball that hit three in a row for the first time since a six- him in the right shoulder to pitch seven game streak May 13-18. innings, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat Garrett Jones, Brett Gardner, Chase Headley the Miami Marlins 4-3 Tuesday. Martinez (8-3) and Alex Rodriguez homered for New York, trailed 3-0 after 1 1-3 innings before settling which had won 11 of 12 at home before giving down. He retired the final seven batters he up 34 runs while losing its last three. faced, including three after taking a 94-mph fastball in the shoulder while trying to bunt in MARINERS 7, ROYALS 0 the seventh. Rookie Mike Montgomery tossed a four-hit- Martinez struck out nine and allowed eight ter against the team that drafted him, and hits. He gave up a two-run homer in the first Dustin Ackley singled, doubled and homered inning to major league home run and RBI for his first three-hit game of the season as leader Giancarlo Stanton, a shot estimated at Seattle beat Kansas City. 484 feet. Montgomery (2-2) became the second That matched Stanton’s previous longest Mariners pitcher this season to toss a com- this year, and he now has 26 homers, including plete game, joining Felix Hernandez, and he the longest two in the majors in 2015. Justin became the 10th rookie in Seattle history to Heyward hit his eighth homer for the toss a complete game. Montgomery retired 17 Cardinals. straight batters at one point, striking out a career-high 10 and allowing only two base PADRES 3, GIANTS 2 runners after the second inning. Alexi Amarista singled in the go-ahead run Montgomery was originally drafted by the as the San Diego Padres beat San Francisco in Royals, but was eventually traded to Tampa 11 innings. Brandon Maurer (5-0) pitched two Bay before landing in Seattle via trade before scoreless innings to earn the victory while the start of this season. He walked none and Craig Kimbrel earned his 18th save. Derek escaped a bases loaded jam in the first inning Norris doubled against Hunter Strickland (0-1) before overpowering Kansas City the rest of with one out in the 11th and went to third on the way. Justin Upton’s single. Amarista’s grounder tipped off Strickland’s glove and out of the NATIONALS 3, BRAVES 1 reach of second baseman Joe Panik, allowing Stephen Strasburg pitched five shutout Norris to cross the plate. innings in his return from the disabled list and Madison Bumgarner retired the first 14 hit- Anthony Rendon equaled his career-high with ters he faced, 10 by strikeout. Brandon four hits as Washington defeated Atlanta. Crawford dove to catch Yangervis Solarte’s lin- Wilson Ramos added three hits for the er just before Yonder Alonso blooped a single Nationals, who have won four straight while into right to break up Bumgarner’s bid for a allowing a total of four runs. Strasburg (4-5), perfect game. Bumgarner allowed two runs on who missed 21 games with neck tightness, five hits over 7 1/3 innings. He walked one and was resilient in his return. He allowed baserun- MIAMI: St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Jason Heyward (22) catches a ball hit by Miami Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton as center fielder Jon Jay struck out a career-high 14. ners in four of five innings, but only one got as looks on during the eighth inning. —AP far as second base. CUBS 1, DODGERS 0 It was Strasburg’s first scoreless start this shot off C.J. Wilson, powering Houston Astros ing streak since May 14-16. Elvis Andrus drove gle runs in the third, fourth and fifth off Chris Denorfia hit a game-ending sacrifice season. The right-hander allowed four hits and to a rout of Los Angeles. in two runs and scored early on a passed ball Ubaldo Jimenez (6-3). fly in the 10th inning as Chicago beat Los a walk while striking out six. He was lifted after The AL West-leading Astros have homered against Phegley. Angeles for its fourth consecutive victory. throwing 94 pitches in a game that was in 10 straight games, their longest streak since Athletics starter Jesse Chavez (4-6) allowed TIGERS 7, INDIANS 3 The Cubs loaded the bases with no outs in delayed 2 hours and 12 minutes at the start by a 12-game stretch in 2007. They lead the five runs and eight hits over five innings. The David Price allowed one run in 6 2/3 the 10th on two singles and a walk. Dodgers rain. majors with 107 home runs and 31 multi- right-hander struck out three and walked two. innings as Detroit scored six times in the fifth manager Don Mattingly then replaced Joel homer games, improving their record to 29-2 to continue its dominance over Cleveland. Peralta (1-1) with Kenley Jansen and brought RAYS 4, BLUE JAYS 3 when they’ve hit more than one. ROCKIES 10, DIAMONBACKS 5 The Tigers are 9-2 against the Indians and the infield in. ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) - Tampa Bay’s Collin McHugh (8-3) pitched a season-high Nolan Arenado hit two home runs, includ- have won all five games at Progressive Field Los Angeles got one out when Addison Chris Archer won his sixth straight decision, eight innings, allowing two runs on nine hits ing a go-ahead three-run shot in Colorado’s this season. Detroit is 20-5 in Cleveland over Russell bounced into a fielder’s choice, with allowing three hits over eight innings in a vic- and striking out six. The right-hander escaped six-run fifth inning, as the Rockies rallied to the past three seasons. first baseman Adrian Gonzalez juggling the tory over Toronto. a bases-loaded jam in the first after a two-out beat Arizona. Price (7-2) scattered nine hits and struck ball before making a strong throw to the plate. Brandon Guyer and Joey Butler had RBI sin- intentional walk to AL home run leader Albert Wilin Rosario, D.J. LeMahieu and Brandon out seven. The left-hander is 9-1 in his last 11 But Denorfia followed with a line drive to gles for the Rays, with a wild pitch and passed Pujols. Barnes also homered to help Kyle Kendrick (3- starts against Cleveland, including a shutout center that Joc Pederson brought in on the ball setting up both runs off knuckleballer R.A. Wilson (5-6) was charged with a season- 9) win at Coors Field for the first time in seven at Comerica Park on June 12. run, giving him no chance of making a play. Dickey (3-7). The Rays scored a third run off worst seven earned runs and eight hits over 3 home starts since signing with Colorado in the Miguel Cabrera was 2 for 5 and is hitting Jason Motte (5-1) pitched a scoreless inning the Toronto starter with help from centerfield- 1-3 innings in his shortest outing of 2015. offseason as a free agent. The game included a .619 (26 for 42) with five homers and 16 RBIs in for the win, finishing a three-hitter for Jason er Kevin Pillar ‘s throwing error and Asdrubal 38-minute weather delay because of lightning the season series. He’s 15 for 22 in five games Hammel and three relievers. Cabrera hit a solo homer off Steve Delabar for BREWERS 3, METS 2 and a brief downpour. in Cleveland. Ironically, Cabrera’s weak tapper a 4-2 lead in the eighth. Carlos Gomez scored the tiebreaking run in Kendrick withstood back to back home with the bases loaded in the fifth helped turn PHILLIES 11, YANKEES 6 Edwin Encarnacion’s solo homer off Brad the seventh inning when outfielder Michael runs in the second inning by Welington the game in Detroit’s favor. Danny Salazar (6-3) Rookie slugger Maikel Franco homered Boxberger, who earned his 19th save, trimmed Cuddyer misplayed a double off the wall, help- Castillo and Nick Ahmed and a solo shot by committed an error on the apparent inning- again and had five RBIs for the second straight Toronto’s deficit to one run in the ninth. ing Milwaukee beat injury-riddled New York. A.J. Pollock in the fifth to improve to 1-4 this ending double play grounder that broke a 1- night at Yankee Stadium, breaking a ninth- Archer (9-4) improved to 3-0 against Gomez had yet to reach third on Adam season at Coors Field. He allowed four runs on all tie. inning deadlock with a two-run double that Toronto this season, allowing two runs and Lind’s double down the left-field line off Sean eight hits in six innings. Chase Anderson (3-2) sent Philadelphia to a victory over New York. seven hits while striking out 25 over 22 Gilmartin when the ball took a high hop off gave up a season-high eight runs on eight hits WHITE SOX 6, TWINS 2 Franco lofted a three-run shot to the short innings in those games. He is 6-1 in 12 career the side wall on Cuddyer. The ball bounced in 4 2-3 innings, his shortest outing of the year. Jeff Samardzija struck out seven batters in porch in right field and Cameron Rupp hit his starts against the Blue Jays and held them hit- just over Cuddyer’s glove and trickled through seven innings for just his second win in nine first major league homer for the Phillies, who less Tuesday until Dioner Navarro homered his legs, allowing Gomez to score. ORIOLES 6, RED SOX 4 starts on the road this season, and the White handed lights-out reliever Dellin Betances his with one out in the fifth. New York lost its sixth straight, falling to David Lough hit a three-run homer in Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 Tuesday to first major league loss in 110 career appear- .500 (36-36) for the first time since it was 3-3 Baltimore’s four run second inning as the snap a seven-game losing streak away from ances. ASTROS 13, ANGELS 3 on April 12. Will Smith (3-0) pitched 1 1-3 Orioles beat Boston for their 12th win in 15 Chicago. Philadelphia, which began the night with Luis Valbuena homered twice and touted innings of scoreless relief before Francisco games. The Red Sox had a chance to tie it in Geovany Soto had two RBI singles and the worst record and fewest runs in the rookie Carlos Correa hit a mammoth three-run Rodriguez tossed a perfect ninth for his 14th the ninth after Dustin Pedroia’s two-out, run- Melky Cabrera drove in the go-ahead run on a save in 14 chances. The Mets placed starting scoring double. But David Ortiz lined out to two-out single seventh to give Samardzija (5- catcher Travis d’Arnaud on the disabled list third as Zach Britton earned his 20th save. 4) the victory, sending Twins starter Mike before the game with a left elbow injury. Lough, starting for the sixth time in seven Pelfrey (5-4) to his first loss in seven starts at games in place of injured center fielder Adam home this year. PIRATES 7, REDS 6 Jones, connected off Joe Kelly (2-5) after a sac- Jose Abreu had a career-high four hits for Andrew McCutchen and Francisco Cervelli rifice fly by Ryan Flaherty. Baltimore made it 5- the White Sox, who stopped another dubious homered during a fourth-inning outburst as 1 in the fourth on an RBI single by Jimmy slide by topping three runs for the first time in Pittsburgh ended a three-game losing streak Paredes and 6-3 in the sixth on a run-scoring 10 games. That was their longest such run with a win over Cincinnati. double by Manny Machado. Boston scored sin- since 1976. —AP Cervelli hit a three-run homer off Cincinnati rookie starter Josh Smith and McCutchen fol- lowed with a two-run shot off reliever Pedro Villarreal (0-2). McCutchen and Josh Harrison MLB results/standings had two hits each for Pittsburgh. Rob Scahill (2-3) earned the win in relief of ineffective Philadelphia 11, NY Yankees 6; Washington 3, Atlanta 1; Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 6; Baltimore 6, Boston 4; Tampa starter Jeff Locke. Mark Melancon worked a Bay 4, Toronto 3; Detroit 7, Cleveland 3; St. Louis 4, Miami 3; Oakland 8, Texas 6; Chicago Cubs 1, LA Dodgers 0 perfect ninth to pick up his major league-lead- (10 innings); Milwaukee 3, NY Mets 2; Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 2; Colorado 10, Arizona 5; Houston 13, LA Angels 3; Seattle 7, Kansas City 0; San Diego 3, San Francisco 2 (11 innings). ing 24th save. Jay Bruce homered and drove in three runs American League National League for the Reds. Cincinnati left 12 men on base Eastern Division Eastern Division and went just 4 for 17 with runners in scoring W L PCT GB Washington 38 33 .535 - position. Smith struggled with his command Tampa Bay 41 32 .562 - NY Mets 36 36 .500 2.5 in his debut and Pittsburgh eventually took NY Yankees 38 33 .535 2 Atlanta 35 36 .493 3 Baltimore 37 33 .529 2.5 advantage. Miami 30 42 .417 8.5 Toronto 38 35 .521 3 Philadelphia 26 47 .356 13 Boston 31 41 .431 9.5 Central Division ATHLETICS 8, RANGERS 6 Central Division St. Louis 46 24 .657 - Josh Phegley homered and had a two-run Kansas City 40 28 .588 - double, and Ben Zobrist also went deep as Minnesota 38 33 .535 3.5 Pittsburgh 40 30 .571 6 Oakland beat Texas in a series opener. Detroit 37 34 .521 4.5 Chicago Cubs 39 30 .565 6.5 Phegley’s double chased rookie Chi Chi Cleveland 32 38 .457 9 Cincinnati 32 37 .464 13.5 Milwaukee 26 46 .361 21 Gonzalez (2-2) and tied the game at 5 in the Chicago White Sox 31 39 .443 10 Western Division sixth. Phegley scored on Marcus Semien’s RBI Western Division Houston 42 31 .575 - LA Dodgers 39 33 .542 - single to put the A’s ahead to stay. Texas 37 34 .521 4 San Francisco 38 34 .528 1 SAN FRANCISCO: Giants’ Angel Pagan (right) slides into second base before being tagged Oakland is 18-11 since being 16 games LA Angels 36 36 .500 5.5 Arizona 34 36 .486 4 out by San Diego Padres shortstop Clint Barmes (left) in the first inning of their baseball under .500 on May 22. Rougned Odor had a Seattle 33 39 .458 8.5 San Diego 35 38 .479 4.5 game. —AP two-run homer among his three hits for the Oakland 32 41 .438 10 Colorado 31 39 .443 7 Rangers, who have their first three-game los- THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 SPORTS Summer of love for Automne and Ashley

BAKU: French and British judokas Automne Pavia and Ashley McKenzie find it amusing that just over a week after the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, where the Duke of Wellington ended Napoleon’s career, their rela- tionship is rock solid. Indeed McKenzie, the Commonwealth Games champion in the 60kg category, told AFP he is the happiest he has ever been having finally got together with Pavia in Cuba in June last year, 10 years after they first became close at a juniors tournament in Lyon, France. AZERBAIJAN: France’s Ivan Trevejo (left) competes against France’s Daniel Jerent “When you want something and you can’t (right) in the men’s epee individual quarter-final match at the 2015 European Games. have it, you want it even more,” McKenzie said in —AFP an interview alongside Olympic and world bronze medallist Pavia as they prepare to com- pete in the European Games in Baku. “Now I have it I don’t want to let her go.” Taylor relaxed about McKenzie, who has a Jamaican father and an English mother, said his heart skips a beat when his girlfriend competes. fighting Azerbaijani “At the world championships (in Russia last BAKU: Irish boxing superstar Katie Taylor a top class Gaelic footballer, said she would August) when a British team-mate did well I said says she has enough experience of taking not adapt her attacking style to avoid well done as that is what you do,” he said. “But on opponents in their own backyard to not exposing herself to her opponent and when she won her bronze my heart was beating have to worry about her Azerbaijani rival in sewing doubts in the judges minds. so fast because I was so happy. I knew she was the semi-finals of the lightweight category “I don’t really change much, there’s not the one for me. at the European Games. much I can do about the judging in front of “Anyways having managed to keep it quiet The 28-year-old-along with fellow a home crowd,” said Taylor. “I go into every since June that year the next day it went public Olympic gold medalists Jade Jones and fight trying to win as easy as I can. I’m not because we were seen holding hands in the sta- Nicola Adams the highest profile athletes in going to dium,” added McKenzie, who in three days time will celebrate along with Pavia their first year Baku-spoke after easing her way into the change anything really, I’m just going to AZERBAIJAN: French judoka Automne Pavia (left) and her boyfriend British judoka Ashley together. semi-finals with a unanimous decision over focus on my own performance and hope- McKenzie pose for pictures during an interview with AFP at the 2015 European Games. —AFP rising Swedish star Ida Lundblad on fully everything will go well.” However, Pavia stopped regular contact with McKenzie Wednesday. Taylor said 27-year-old Alekseevna would when she had a relationship with a fellow French Taylor, who has not lost in four years, be no pushover. judoka for several years, but said McKenzie was said it was down to her to outbox Yana “I’ve boxed her a couple of times before,” very good for her, especially when she com- Alekseevna and quieten the passionate said Taylor. “I boxed her in the finals of the petes. European Games blueprint Baku crowd. Several beaten fighters have world championships last year and a few “He is almost too good to be true,” she said. complained of home competitors getting months ago. It was a very, very close con- “He makes me a calmer person. He lets me has won over doubters the rub of the green in the judging perhaps test then and I expect it to be another close breathe, but he is always there waiting for me at influenced by the noise of the spectators. one. the end of competition.” BAKU: The inaugural European Games has president Svein Arne Hansen that there could “I’ve boxed many people in their own “She’s very clever and, as I said, these are For McKenzie, who also won European won over the doubters, even with low profile be a more high-profile format for track and backyard plenty of times - in China I boxed the kind of fights that I love to box - such a bronze in 2013, Pavia’s human qualities are as athletics and swimming events, and its con- field at the next Games in four years’ time. a Chinese girl in the final of the world big fight against the home nation. I’m really important to their relationship as the fact they cept will pave the way for future successful “We were happy with what we had and we championships and I’ve boxed Russians looking forward to it.” share a similar regime. editions, European Olympic Committees had hoped to improve on it in 2019,” Hickey before in their home nation as well,” said Taylor, who is coached by her father “My past girlfriends I would have three days president Patrick Hickey told Reuters. said. “I have a good relationship with Svein the erudite pugilist, who also has five world Peter, said that the bronze medal would to reduce my weight before a competition and Over 6,000 athletes and 20 sports, includ- and the two of us agreed on finding a way and six European crowns to her name. not suffice especially at a Games for whom they would be sitting there eating McDonalds,” ing the innovative 3 x 3 basketball which forward to have a meaningful athletics event “I’m going to enjoy it, the atmosphere is she has been a high-profile ambassador. he said. “Automne and I are similar, we love eat- appeals to younger audiences, feature at the in 2019. They are fully co-operative on his going to be fantastic. It’s going to be such a “I’m not settling for a bronze medal, I ing snails, we cook together and do other things multi-sport Games in the Azeri capital which side, fully on our side... there is room for both tough contest, but these are the kind of always come into these competitions hop- together. ends on Sunday. sides to do something innovative.” fights that I cherish.” ing for a gold medal so I won’t really relax “She cares about her family (she has seven “The first Games are on the way to being Taylor, an all round sportswoman who until I have a gold medal around my neck,” brothers and sisters and the family home is in extremely successful,” Irishman Hickey, the CHEAP AND CHEERFUL has also played for Ireland in football and is she said. —AFP Carcassonne) and judo. She doesn’t smoke, main driving force behind the creation of the The Netherlands pulled out of hosting the wants to be a TV star and is very romantic. Games, said in an interview at the iconic next edition days before the opening cere- “She is not a party girl and doesn’t want to Flame Towers complex with its sweeping mony in Baku because the Dutch govern- stay out all night in clubs. “I think, though, she is views of the Caspian Sea. ment decided it would be a financial burden. a bit more crazy than I am!” “We had our doubters because in the But Hickey said each Games going forward The reference to television, though, does beginning because people said this is a new would not be identical in terms of size, infra- expose a rare bone of contention for the loving product and could not work but I remind structure and resources, with oil-rich duo-while Pavia, who once wanted to be a everyone that the Asian Games, which is the Azerbaijan able to pour hundreds of millions weather girl, declined a spot on French reality TV most successful continental games, started of dollars into building stadiums. “Baku is show ‘Secret Story’, McKenzie accepted to go on with seven sports and I think they now have completely different to what the next Games ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ in 2012. something like 47. will be like, they have Olympic ambitions and “It’s complicated for me because I don’t “The biggest value is we were the only want to make another bid in the future. The accept them (the offers),” says Pavia. “It doesn’t continent without a continental games and Netherlands, the concept they had was differ- please me that he does the opposite.” However, we have no history here, every sport was con- ent... it was a cheap and cheerful Games. McKenzie feels he has no choice because his cerned with their own European champi- “What we said eight years ago remains the financial circumstances are so different-while the onships. same. We tailor the Games to the host city we French are generous to their judokas, it is the “Now we have created a concept of all are dealing with. If they have sports they opposite for their British rivals. “Celebrity Big teams travelling together and living in the favour, we let those sports in.” Brother it was just about the money; They offer one Olympic village and the feedback we Seven candidates have emerged to you so much,” said McKenzie, who came upon have got is this is a great practice run for the replace the Dutch and the fact that the next judo when his mother tired of him hanging Olympic Games for European athletes and edition would have more resonance for around the streets near their London home trad- teams to travel together. Olympic qualification could help attract the ing Pokemon cards. “We are getting word back that the bond- best competitors, Hickey said. “She gets paid to fight for her club, I have to ing in the Olympic village is fantastic and that “Never did we conceive in the beginning pay money to my club. “She gets 3000 euros everybody is thrilled with this concept.” that any sports here would be Olympic relat- (£2,135, $3,300) for an appearance at a competi- Hickey said it was always known that ath- ed qualification. In our negotiations this start- tion, I have to do several to earn that. letics and swimming, traditionally the blue ed to happen. And we were mesmerised to “Thus when they tell me to go to a nightclub, riband events of any Games, would “not be have 12 sports that would have some conti- and have my photo taken with some girls there, I the real deal” in Baku. nuity into Rio (2016). have to as I get about £1,000 (1,405 euros, The third-tier athletics team competition “We have taken great energy from this $1,500) for that.” attracted low crowds to the Olympic stadium because it is one of the ambitions of However, that apart they can now look for- with the more high-profile European Team (International Olympic Committee) president ward to a holiday in Ireland and then dinner in a Championships in Cheboksary, Russia, taking (Thomas) Bach to have all continental games chic restaurant in the Shard Tower in London. place at the same time. as potential qualifiers for the Olympic Games. AZERBAIJAN: Madjer of Portugal (left) and Sandro Spaccarotella of Switzerland fight “No diet that night!” they grin as they walk off Hickey, however, was more than encour- “The fact we had 12 this time... we will have a for the ball during the beach soccer match Portugal vs Switzerland at the Baku 2015 hand in hand back into the residential part of aged by comments from European Athletics lot more in 2019.”—Reuters European Games. —AFP the Village.—AFP Lexus RC F-powered ENEOS SUSTINA team wins second place in Round 3 of AUTOBACS Super GT 500

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NEW YORK: The Minnesota Timbe- Okafor is seen as the draft’s most pol- or stockpiling future picks. There are no tender before being swept up in a racial- who was born in South Sudan. Ferry was rwolves are expected make versatile big ished low post scorer, but needs to certainties, of course, and often a jewel ly charged scandal, said on Tuesday he repeating the words written on a scout- man Karl-Anthony Towns of Kentucky improve on defense, while Porzingis is of a player can be snared after the top was unsure of his next career move. ing report, an account supported by an the top pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft an outside shooter with the ability to picks. Ferry stepped down as general man- independent investigation into the mat- where a deep pool of US college and protect the rim but may need to bulk up Last season’s NBA Most Valuable ager of the Hawks on Monday, ending a ter. However, while the probe cleared international talent are up for grabs. for the rigors of the NBA game. Player, Stephen Curry of the league 10-month indefinite leave of absence for Ferry of racial malice, he admitted he Towns, who can play power forward The crop of guards features D’Angelo champion Golden State Warriors, was the former NBA champion and college should not have said the words. or center at 6-foot-11, can shoot from Russell of Ohio State, Emmanuel Mudiay, taken seventh in the 2009 draft. Player of the Year. “I’ve always been proud of the diver- the outside, score inside and is a superi- who played in China last year while Hasheem Thabeet from Tanzania and “I don’t know what’s next,” Ferry, sity and inclusion in my life throughout, or defender-ready made for the NBA awaiting his NBA eligibility, and Croatia the University of Connecticut, taken sec- whose father played in the National and certainly during my time in the wars. shooting guard Mario Hezonja. ond that year behind Blake Griffin, aver- Basketball Association for 10 years, told NBA,” Ferry said. “But I did make a mis- The Los Angeles Lakers hold the sec- Justise Winslow, a 6-6 forward from aged 2.2 points a game in five NBA sea- Reuters. “I love basketball. It’s been part take. I regret it. It was insensitive. ond pick among the 30 NBA teams while U.S. college champions Duke, is also sons and is now in the NBA of my life since I was a kid. “It’s important for me to own it. I the Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks highly regarded. Teams rate a prospec- Development League. Kobe Bryant, the “That said, the decisions I make going should have never used a third-party and Orlando Magic round out the top tive player’s potential against their own Lakers’ prolific scorer, was taken 13th out forward will be very heavily weighted on scouting report. I should have used dif- five. needs in making a pick, leaving question of high school in 1996, while Michael family,” added Ferry, who has four ferent words in doing my job.” Big men might dominate the early marks about how the first round will Jordan heard Sam Bowie’s name called teenage daughters and an 8-year-old Ferry said during the conference call picks as Duke center Jahlil Okafor and unfold. ahead of his by Portland before the son. he gave his “strong endorsement” that Latvian power forward Kristaps Porzingis Trades also tend to feature on draft Chicago Bulls selected him with the An audio recording of a conference the Hawks sign Deng for his playing abil- of the Spanish league, rising up many night with some clubs determined to third pick in 1984. call with ownership was released last ity and his character but that part of the experts’ draft lists, figure to go high in move up for a particular player with oth- Meanwhile, Danny Ferry, a basketball September in which Ferry was heard tape was never released. “I’ve always the two-round draft at Barclays Center in ers content to slide down for a later lifer who built the success-starved making racially insensitive comments been a Luol fan. That’s the irony in all of Brooklyn. choice while adding a veteran in return Atlanta Hawks into an NBA title con- about free agent forward Luol Deng, this,” he said softly. —Reuters Vibrant Kiwis deserve all the plaudits

LONDON: They came, they saw and they the shackles were off. Sparking centuries by did not conquer but New Zealand put Root and Jos Buttler powered them to 408 everything out there on a magnificent five- for nine in the first game in Birmingham. week tour of England in which they earned New Zealand could not respond but many plaudits for the way they played the through the immaculate batting of Kane game. Williamson and Ross Taylor they won the Brendon McCullum’s side drew a high- next two high-scoring matches. quality test series 1-1, lost a stunning one- More fireworks from Williamson and day battle 3-2 and went down in the only Taylor inspired new Zealand to 349 for sev- Twenty20 international, making friends all en in the fourth game in Nottingham, only along the way for the brand of cricket they for Root and Eoin Morgan to compile played and their attitude. superb centuries to lift England to their tar- They also single-handedly dragged their get with six overs to spare. With the series opponents into a new era. England, reeling dead-locked, England appeared to revert to from a dismal World Cup campaign and a type in the decider. Chasing a revised tar- disappointing 1-1 test series draw in West get of 192 following rain disruption, the Indies, simply had to hit the ground run- hosts slumped to 45 for five and a New ning in the first test at Lord’s with the Ashes Zealand series win looked inevitable. series looming. An hour into the match, But Jonny Bairstow, replacing the they had slumped to 30 for four and the injured Buttler, conjured 83 not out off 60 doom-mongers were poised. balls to seal an unlikely victory. England But a brilliant counter-attack from Joe proved too strong in the one-off Twenty20 Root and Ben Stokes changed the game international but McCullum was happy around and captain Alastair Cook’s gutsy with his side who are far too good to be second innings century set up a superb given only a two-match test series by the England victory. New Zealand, however, England and Wales Cricket Board. OLD TRAFFORD: New Zealand’s Luke Ronchi hits the ball to be caught out by England’s Jonny Bairstow during the Twenty20 (T20) international fought back in the second test in Leeds and “I think overall we have played very well cricket match. —AFP BJ Watling’s fine hundred backed up by on this tour and we have introduced some superb bowling and catching sealed a well- new faces since the World Cup and deserved draw in the series. installed them in,” he told the BBC. “I think New Zealand, World Cup runners-up, that the England team will be very exciting England trounce Black Caps started the one-dayers as strong favourites if they stay true to that style that they against a side who had failed to get past showed today and through the rest of the the first round in the global tournament. series. “They reminded us that we need to MANCHESTER: England set themselves up for duck as he drove Wood straight to England cap- booming drive and was bowled by Ben Stokes. But England had a new mind-set and keep on our game.”—Reuters the Ashes by ensuring New Zealand’s tour ended tain Eoin Morgan at mid-off. The all-rounder then made it two wickets for in a comprehensive defeat as they thrashed the New Zealand were now 131 for eight and six runs in six balls by when Luke Ronchi, trying Black Caps by 56 runs in the lone Twenty20 Willey took the last two wickets in two balls, dis- to ‘ramp’ the ball, lobbed a gentle catch to international at Old Trafford on Tuesday. missing Nathan McCullum and Mitchell opposing gloveman Jonny Bairstow. New Zealand, set 192 for victory, collapsed to McClenaghan. Earlier, left-arm spinner Santner marked his 135 all out as they lost their last five wickets for Brendon McCullum, in what could have been Twenty20 international debut by taking two for four runs in 12 balls. For England, it was the ideal his last international innings in England, pro- 28, after again opening the bowling. Santner way to sign off ahead of the Ashes after they had duced a typically quickfire 35. He pulled Steven had taken three wickets for four runs in seven shared the two Test series 1-1 and defeated New Finn for six and drove Willey high back over his balls at the start of England’s chase in Saturday’s Zealand, who humiliated them en route to the head. fifth one-day international in Durham only for World Cup final, 3-2 in a thrilling one-day inter- McCullum then clouted Wood’s first two balls the hosts to win by three wickets. England’s 76 national series. at this level for six. But the Durham paceman for two became 79 for three as Santner pro- The first Test against Australia starts in Cardiff had his revenge when his sixth delivery saw duced a beauty that spun past the outside edge on July 8. Tuesday saw left-arm paceman David McCullum bowled after missing a low full toss. to bowl Bairstow, promoted up the order follow- Willey (three for 22) and fast bowler Mark Wood McCullum faced just 15 balls, including two ing his match-winning 83 not out on Saturday, (three for 26) mark their England debuts at this fours and four sixes. Ross Taylor, dropped on 17, for one. England, however, scored 23 runs in a level in style. England’s Joe Root was named fell for the same score when he skyed leg-spin- 15th over bowled by experienced off-spinner man-of-the-match for his 68 in the hosts’ 191 for ner Adil Rashid to Willey at mid-off. Nathan McCullum. Root’s 46-ball innings, includ- VIVA supports youth in seven. “This felt a million miles away after the And 89 for three soon became 95 for four ing eight fours and a six, ended when he skyed World Cup,” said England white-ball captain Eoin when new batsman Colin Munro missed with a McClenaghan to point.—AFP their sports activities Morgan. “Now we have won this game and the ODI series, it reinforces to the guys that, it might SCOREBOARD not always come off, but we can beat the best in KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing “Score a Goal” which will take place every the world in any game of cricket.” MANCHESTER: Complete scoreboard in the lone day/night Twenty20 international between England and New and most developed telecom operator, Thursday during Ramadan, in addition to New Zealand were 101 for five at the half-way Zealand at Old Trafford on Tuesday: has invited its customers and football providing many gifts and prizes to the stage but then collapsed in spectacular fashion England New Zealand fans to attend the annual Al Roudan winners. VIVA’s sponsorship of the Al- as England won with 22 balls to spare. Indoor Football Tournament, which Roudan Tournament stems from its J. Roy run out (Williamson/Ronchi) 23 M. Guptill b Willey 6 “I thought that 190-odd was about par. I was A. Hales c B McCullum b Santner 27 B. McCullum b Wood 35 debuted with the Holy month of strong belief in the importance of the not unhappy at half-time, but we batted a bit J. Root c Guptill b McClenaghan 68 K. Williamson run out (Willey) 57 Ramadan under the patronage of HH, sports sector, it is also part of the compa- amateurishly to be honest,” said New Zealand J. Bairstow b Santner 1 R. Taylor c Willey b Rashid 17 the Amir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- ny’s Corporate Social Responsibility pro- captain Brendon McCullum. E. Morgan c Taylor b Henry 4 C. Munro b Stokes 1 S. Billings c Ronchi b McClenaghan 21 L. Ronchi c Bairstow b Stokes 5 Jaber Al-Sabah - may God protect him. gram to help generate more interest and “Credit to England, we wish them all the best M. Santner b Wood 9 B. Stokes not out 24 VIVA has been keen to communicate awareness among the public regarding for what is to come.” New Zealand’s Kane N. McCullum c Finn b Willey 3 effectively with all segments of society, sports. This tournament is one of the Williamson top-scored for the Black Caps with a D. Willey c Santner b Southee 6 T. Southee c Morgan b Wood 0 typically elegant 57 but his side’s hopes of victo- A. Rashid not out 7 M. Henry not out 0 especially the youth, through supporting leading and most prominent sports Extras (bl, lb2, w7) 10 ry effectively ended in a 15th over where they M. McClenaghan c Bairstow b Willey 0 their activities and contributing to the activities held during Ramadan. It also Total (7 wkts, 20 overs) 191 Extras (lb1, w1) 2 promotion of sports competition during represents VIVA’s support to football fans lost three wickets. Did not bat: M Wood, S Finn Total (all out, 16.2 overs) 135 the Holy month of Ramadan. These activ- by presenting them the opportunity to Mitchell Santner was bowled by Wood and, Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Roy), 2-76 (Hales), 3-79 (Bairstow), Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Guptill), 2-48 (B McCullum), 3-89 ities will be held weekly at the Al Roudan follow this exciting sporting competition two balls later, Williamson was run out by 4-101 (Morgan), 5-144 (Billings), 6-157 (Root), 7-169 (Taylor), 4-95 (Munro), 5-101 (Ronchi), 6-131 (Santner), tournament in the presence of Ayman between the various teams, as well as Willey’s brilliant direct hit, one-handed pick-up (Willey) 7-131 (Williamson), 8-131 (Southee), 9-135 (N Bowling: Santner 4-0-28-2; McClenaghan 4-0-37-2 (1w); McCullum), 10-135 (McClenaghan) Salem Al Mutairi, Senior Manager - becoming familiar with all the details and throw from cover. Williamson faced 37 balls, including eight Southee 4-0-45-1 (1w); N McCullum 4-0-46-0 (5w); Bowling: Willey 2.2-0-22-3 (1w); Finn 4-0-29-0; Wood 3- Corporate Communications at VIVA and and updates taking place throughout 0-26-3; Rashid 4-0-33-1; Stokes 3-0-24-2 fours. Next ball Tim Southee fell for a golden Henry 4-0-32-1 include a public competition called the tournament. Result: England won by 56 runs

Finance Ministry tournament

KUWAIT: The second indoor tournament of the Finance Ministry workers union was opened under the patronage of Commerce Bank of Kuwait and Al- Mane Travel at Al-Nasser Sports Club. The first match was highly competitive and end- ed by a draw between Financial Affairs and Administrative Affairs teams by a score of 1-1. Meanwhile the second match between Guidance and Accounts team against State Property Contracts team was totally one sided and ended in the Accounts team winning by the score of 10-0. On the second day matches the Accounts team defeated the Administrative Affairs team by 4-0. The second match was between State Property Contracts team and Financial Affairs, and ended in the Financial Affairs winning by2-0, as the first half ended in a scoreless draw. THURSDAY, JUNE 25 2015 SPORTS No decision yet on Japan stadium

TOKYO: No final decision has been made be hard to do,” the official said. “Unless it’s a on Japan’s new National Stadium, the cen- proposal we can really get behind, can- trepiece for the 2020 Summer Olympics, celling Zaha’s design for another one is not but with an alternate plan judged “unrealis- something we can do.” tic” there are still no reasons to abandon He added that the cost as well remained the original design, an official said yester- “under consideration.” Hadid’s original day. design was already modified once last year Construction of the new National to cut costs, and an official at the Japan Stadium has run into numerous problems, Sport Council, which runs the stadium, said including sky rocketing costs and demoli- they were still working towards this design, tion delays that have prompted specula- although a final decision by the Education tion it might not be finished in time, as well Ministry could change things. as feuding over who will pay what for it. “The design has been modified slightly Education Minister Hakubun from the very first plan, but we are still Shimomura, who also holds the sports working with the concept of the original portfolio, hinted earlier this week that he design,” the official said. might “consider” an alternative design to Though the Olympics are not until July the one by architect Zaha Hadid, which has 2020, the stadium is also set to be used for been criticised for its high cost and an the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which begins ultra-modern design unsuited to the area almost a year earlier. Hadid designed the around it. aquatics centre for the London 2012 The new proposal, by a group headed Summer Olympics. The soaring costs have by Pritzger Prize-winning Japanese archi- prompted several downsizing proposals, tect Fumihiko Maki, recommended a sim- including postponing the installation of a ple, doughnut-shaped stadium without a retractable roof until after the Games and roof to replace Hadid’s futuristic design making a number of stadium seats tempo- with two huge main arches, which resem- rary, which media reports suggest are both bles a space ship or, critics say, a bicycle gaining strength. helmet. In May, Tokyo governor Yoichi Masuzoe But Japanese media reports on lashed out at being asked to foot $400 mil- Wednesday said a decision had been made lion of the stadium cost without further to go with Hadid’s design, albeit slightly details of plans and how the money will be BRAZIL: Youngsters play rugby on a newly inaugurated rugby field in Copacabana Beach which will remain available until the Rio2016 Olympic modified- and that the cost would surge to spent, calling the expense “ridiculous.” The Games. —AFP 250 billion yen ($2 billion), nearly twice the Games were won under his predecessor, cost cited when it was chosen in an inter- who was forced to quit due to a bribery national contest as part of Tokyo’s Olympic scandal. Masuzoe and Shimomura have bid. remained at odds over the issue and offi- Dreams for safer Rio fade An official at Japan’s Education Ministry cials in the Tokyo 2020 organising commit- said that a final decision had yet to be tee took veiled swipes at Masuzoe several made, although he had heard that one was weeks ago, noting that Tokyo had pushed likely by the start of July. for bidding for the Olympics and Masuzoe a year before Olympics “We’d heard about the other proposal, knew this when he was running for elec- but it’s not realistic and we think it would tion. —Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO: When shots rang out last residents. “Now that’s disappearing,” she said. Lieutenant Gabriel Cavalcante dismissed last month in the first gun battle in seven years Booming commodity exports, a consumer binge month’s shootout as an “isolated incident” and between Rio de Janeiro police and drug traffick- and ambitious social welfare programs fueled a said the police presence had since been beefed ers in Santa Marta, its reputation as a peaceful decade of steady economic growth that lifted 35 up. The culprits were identified but escaped, slum with stunning views and a popular samba million Brazilians from poverty. But since 2012 likely into thick jungle around Santa Marta. night was shattered. the economy has stalled, as commodity prices “A sense of peace and calm has been No one was injured in the maze of alleys and fall and consumer demand dwindles, putting restored,” Cavalcante said. But others think the steps of the “favela” that is home to 6,000 peo- Brazil on track for its deepest recession in a quar- return of violence to Santa Marta is a mark of a ple, but the shootout raised concerns a police ter of a century this year. crumbling empire. campaign - for which Santa Marta was the mod- el - is running out of steam a year before half a MURDER RATE STUCK REMINDER OF ‘BAD DAYS’ million visitors arrive for the 2016 Olympics. At the heart of Rio de Janeiro’s security drive Since 2008, police units known as UPPs have The shootout, in the wake of the stabbing was the so-called “pacification” of favelas, in been introduced in 38 favelas creating a network deaths of a cyclist and a German tourist, sparked which police set up units within communities which now employs around 10,000 officers. fears that after years of progress, violence was previously controlled by drug gangs. One officer in Santa Marta, who asked not to on the rise again in Brazil’s postcard city. Authorities credited the program for helping be identified because he was not permitted to “I’m worried things are going to go back to to halve the murder rate between 2006 and talk to journalists, said he thought the program how they were,” said Aldinho, who declined to 2012 but it has attracted criticism for an exces- had been expanded too quickly and was suffer- give his last name for fear of repercussions, as he sive use of force by some police officers that ing from a varying quality of officers. served beers from a stall on the lower steps of resulted in deaths of innocent people. The Such rapid expansion has also weighed on Santa Marta where the favela climbs a steep out- decline in murders was a fundamental part of morale. “A lot of the police officers being sent crop beneath the Christ statue. the city’s renaissance as it became a center for into the UPPs don’t want to go. They’re not hap- Official figures support his view. Last year, the Brazil’s oil and mining industries and grew again py and there’s an issue with motivation,” said number of robberies in the city of Rio rose 25 as a tourist destination. Ubiratan Angelo, a former Rio police chief who percent, the biggest jump since records began But the murder rate is stubbornly stuck at 20 heads security at Viva Rio, a charity and research JAPAN: This illustration released from Japan Sport Council on May 28, 2014 shows an in 1991. The trend continues, with a 10 percent per 100,000 people, still putting Rio among the institute. Cost concerns are also growing as artist’s impression of the new National Stadium for the 2020 Olympic Games in rise recorded in the first three months of 2015. world’s most dangerous major cities. It is three Brazil heads into recession and Rio’s state coffers Tokyo, designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid. —AFP Rising unemployment, low police morale and times higher than the four previous Summer are hit by falling oil royalties. The struggles in the a growing sense of hopelessness among Rio’s Olympic hosts put together. UPPs coincided with high profile killings in areas poor are contributing to greater crime, say secu- Olympic organizers say they are working residents had come to think of as safe. rity and development experts. closely with authorities to ensure a safe environ- In May, a 56-year-old doctor was stabbed to Djokovic, Serena top seeds The trend is depressing for a city that strived ment during the Games and that Rio has a death as he cycled home from work in the early to use last year’s soccer World Cup and the strong track record hosting big events. Rio plans evening around the Lagoa, a lagoon in the afflu- at Wimbledon, Nadal at 10 Summer Olympics to make Rio safer. The 2014 to employ 60,000 security personnel during the ent south zone that will host Olympic rowing. World Cup staged in 12 cities across Brazil Games, a source with direct knowledge of the In February, a German tourist died after being LONDON: Novak Djokovic and Serena play one of his major rivals such as passed largely without incident after pre-tourna- plans told Reuters. stabbed during the day in the downtown busi- Williams were named top seeds for Djokovic, seven-time champion Roger ment street protests and a security clampdown. As the first favela to be “pacified,” Santa Marta ness district. “The recent killings were so sense- Wimbledon yesterday as two-time champi- Federer or 2013 winner Andy Murray as “The years when security improved were the became a model for the program. On a recent less, without fear of reprisal. It reminds me of the on Rafael Nadal was seeded at 10, his lowly early as the fourth round at Wimbledon years when the economy was booming, people’s sunny afternoon it was easy to see why. bad days in Rio,” said Maureen Ferreira-Walters, a status reflecting his recent struggles. which gets under way on Monday. lives were getting better and they had hope,” A guide showed tourists around while chil- lawyer who moved back from Europe in 2011. Defending champion Djokovic and five- Federer, fresh from his eighth Halle said Theresa Williamson, head of Catalytic dren played soccer on an artificial pitch over- The violence is making her think about leaving time winner Williams are both current grass-court title, is seeded two with Murray Communities, a charity that works with favela looking Rio and the Atlantic ocean. again.—Reuters world number ones and their top billing at three. Behind Williams, who is bidding to was a formality. clinch her third major of the year after win- Former number one Nadal, the ning the Australian and French Opens, Wimbledon champion in 2008 and 2010, defending Wimbledon champion Petra Bouchard has endured a miserable record at the All Kvitova is seeded second. England Club in recent times, losing in the Romania’s Simona Halep takes the third injury sends second, first and fourth round on his last seeding ahead of Maria Sharapova, the three visits. 2004 champion. Bencic to He was dethroned as French Open With the exception of Canada’s Milos champion this season and despite winning Raonic, a semi-finalist in 2014, being seed- quarters the grass-court title in Stuttgart, he was ed one spot above Spanish veteran David then bundled out of Queen’s by Ukrainian Ferrer, the seedings remained true to the EASTBOURNE: Belinda Bencic reached journeyman Alexander Dolgopolov in his current top 10 rankings in both the men’s her second grass-court quarter-final of opening match. As 10th seed, Nadal could and women’s tournaments. —AFP the summer yesterday, with the Swiss teenager advancing 6-4, 3-0 as oppo- nent Eugenie Bouchard retired injured Waratahs back defence to in Eastbourne. Bouchard, the seventh- seeded Canadian whose prospects for contain potent Highlanders repeating her Wimbledon final of a year ago are looking exceedingly dim, lasted SYDNEY: The New South Wales Waratahs so it’s going to be a difficult game for us. I 54 minutes before calling for the trainer have become used to letting other teams think we need to try to put the brakes on to treat an apparent abdominal injury. worry about how to stop their high them, try to slow them down, and try to The Canadian could now face a fit- octane attack over the last three years but dictate the tempo for the game that we ness race before the Monday start at in Saturday’s Super Rugby semi-final the want to play. the All England club. After a consulta- boot will be on the other foot. “That’s the way they play, that’s their tion, Bouchard retired to send Bencic The Otago Highlanders have hit form style and they’re doing it very well at the into a Thursday contest against the at just the right time and will arrive in moment. “For us defensively we have our winner from Spanish 14th seed Garbine Sydney charged with confidence after challenges there but also we understand Muguruza and Briton Johanna Konta. edging the Waikato Chiefs in a wildcard if we get that right defensively, it provides Bouchard reached three Grand Slam encounter in Dunedin last weekend. us opportunities.” Gibson is hoping condi- semi-finals in 2014 but has now lost 11 All Blacks scrumhalf Aaron Smith con- tions underfoot at the Sydney Football of her last 13 matches in a slump dating firmed he was in the form of his life by Stadium, which will not be as quick as the back to mid-March. setting up both tries for Waisake Naholo, Highlanders’ indoor pitch in Dunedin, Bencic, meanwhile, reached the final who leads Super Rugby in tries scored might help slow the Highlanders down. on grass in the Netherlands 10 days (11) and clean breaks (30) this season. As for containing Aaron Smith, Gibson ago, losing to Camila Giorgi. She broke In addition to that potent duo, the suggested the best way to stop the Bouchard three times as the Canadian Highlanders backline also boasts another livewire halfback was for the Waratahs’ suffered at Devonshire Park. powerful winger in Patrick Osborne as pack to cut off his supply of clean ball at “I’m not very happy with how the well as the explosive running of All Blacks source. “We’ve talked at times about the match ended, I wish Eugenie well in Ben Smith and Malakai Fekitoa. ride he gets behind a lot of good go-for- time for Wimbledon,” said the 31st- Waratahs assistant coach Daryl Gibson ward and to try and stop him would be ranked winner. “But of course I’m glad to is well aware the reigning champions will foolish,” he added. reach the quarters. “I was very nervous have their work cut out on Saturday. “What we’ve got to try and do is target at the start of the match and I didn’t “They are a very impressive team, they the whole team, and have a real team play my best today. My serve helped me out and got me some free points. “In the play a high-speed, high-tempo game,” approach. “I think our defence is getting second set I relaxed and played well. I said the former All Blacks centre, who will much better ... coming into the finals, we can be very nervous sometimes but I try take over as head coach next year. know how important it is to be rock solid not to show it on court. I’m getting bet- “They have plenty of threats, and I there.” Wellington Hurricanes host ACT ter now at winning the tight matches.” think Aaron Smith is probably playing Brumbies in another trans-Tasman Sea Bencic is playing Eastbourne for a sec- clash earlier on Saturday to decide the some of the best rugby of his career. ond year after losing in the opening EASTBOURNE: Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard during the women’s International tennis at Devonshire “Across the field they pose a lot of danger, other finalist. —Reuters round in 2014. —AFP Park. —AP THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 SPORTS A look at the teams in the quarters at the World Cup

EDMONTON: The quarterfinals at the berths in the 2016 Rio Games by advancing Women’s World Cup are set. Here’s a look at farther than any other eligible UEFA mem- the upcoming matches, and how the teams ber. Germany didn’t make the 2012 London have fared so far in Canada: Games. France lost to Canada in the UNITED STATES VS. CHINA: This is the bronze-medal match. The game is tomor- first World Cup meeting between the row in Montreal. teams since the 1999 final, which the CANADA VS. ENGLAND: It’s all going United States won on penalty kicks at the according to plan for host Canada. The Rose Bowl. team is through to the quarters and gets The US women have scored six goals England in front of what is sure to be an during the tournament so far, but the amped-up home crowd. defense has been solid. The team has gone “Coming back into BC Place will mean 333 minutes without conceding a goal. we’ll get our home advantage, the 12th The second-ranked Americans finished man will really kick in at this point and give atop Group D, the so-called Group of us hopefully that sort of energy they did Death, defeating Australia and Nigeria and toward the end of the game to lift our playing to a scoreless draw with Sweden. team,” Canada coach John Herdman said. On Monday, the U.S. defeated No. 28 Canada, ranked No. 8, was the surprise Colombia to open the round of 16. bronze medal winning at London in 2012, The Americans will be without midfield- and the team’s next step is to finish strong ers Lauren Holiday and Megan Rapinoe for at the World Cup. Because England com- the quarterfinals. Both are out after receiv- petes as part of the United Kingdom at the ing two yellow cards. Olympics, its quarterfinal berth does not “No matter who they put in, I know count for qualifying for Europe’s third berth they’re going to step up. Whoever it is has in the 2016 Rio Games. to, because we’re in the quarterfinals. This While they haven’t had a lot of goals - is the World Cup. Obviously you win or you four in four games - the Canadians finished go home, and China’s not a team to take atop Group A before defeating Switzerland lightly,” said US forward Abby Wambach. 1-0 to open the knockout round. Josee China, ranked No. 16, has also displayed Belanger scored the goal. a stout defense during the tournament so England, ranked No. 6 by FIFA, scored its far. The Chinese went 1-1-1 in Group A, fin- first knockout stage win at the World Cup ishing second to host Canada, scoring with a 2-1 victory over Norway Canada and three goals and allowing three. England met once before in the World Cup, China advanced to the quarterfinals a 3-2 win for England 20 years ago. The DHAKA: India’s captain M S Dhoni (left) greets Bangladesh’s captain Mashrafe Mortaza after winning their third one-day international cricket with a 1-0 victory over Cameroon. The match is Saturday in Vancouver. match. —AP match is scheduled for tomorrow at AUSTRALIA VS. JAPAN: Tenth-ranked Ottawa’s Lansdowne Stadium. Australia pulled off the upset of the elimi- GERMANY VS. FRANCE: This is widely nation stage with a 1-0 victory over Brazil considered the best match of the quarterfi- and star Marta. Kyah Simon came off the India avoid whitewash nals. Third-ranked France was stunned in bench to score the goal, Australia’s first in the group stage by falling 2-0 to Colombia, the knockout stage of a World Cup. but nonetheless finished atop Group F “Obviously beating a team like Brazil DHAKA: Brisk half-centuries from India’s Shikhar run rate on the slow Mirpur surface through a (44) for a fruitful stand of 93 for the fourth wicket before defeating No. 8 South Korea 3-0 in gives you a massive amount of belief and it Dhawan and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni 75-run stand for the second wicket between before falling to Mortaza, caught well by the round of 16. feels good to reach this stage of the tour- helped set up a 77-run victory against Dhawan and India’s test captain Virat Kohli (25). Mustafizur Rahman in the deep. “We’re happy to be in the quarterfinals,” nament but we want to go further,” forward Bangladesh in the third and final one-day inter- Left-handed Dhawan looked in sublime Raina then provided the late assault with French coach Philippe Bergeroo said. “The Samantha Kerr said. national and stave off a 3-0 whitewash. Opener touch and hit 10 fours in his knock before he three fours and two sixes to help set up a steep Germans are the best team in the world Australia finished second in Group D, Dhawan’s 73-ball 75 and Dhoni’s 69 off 77 balls mistimed a pull shot against Mortaza straight to chase for the hosts. Mashrafe took three wickets according to the FIFA World Ranking, and wrapping up with a 1-all draw with No. 5 laid the foundation for India’s 317-6 in their 50 Nasir Hossain at mid-wicket where the fielder but gave away 76 in his 10 overs while left-arm so we’ll give them all the respect they Sweden. Simon leads the team with three overs after Bangladesh captain Mashrafe timed his jump perfectly to complete the catch paceman Mustafizur picked up two more wick- deserve.” Germany, under coach Silvia Neid, goals, while captain Lisa De Vanna has two. Mortaza won the toss and put the visitors in to over his head. ets to take his tally to 13 wickets in his debut leads the field at the World Cup with 19 They’ll face another tough opponent in bat with threat of rain in the evening. Dhoni then combined with Ambati Rayudu series.—Reuters goals in the tournament, compared with defending champion Japan, which defeat- The rain, however, did not arrive and just two allowed. Anja Mittag and Celia ed the U.S. on penalty kicks four years ago Bangladesh, who had comfortably won the first Sasic have five goals apiece. in Germany. Japan is the only team left in two ODIs of the three-match series, were bun- SCOREBOARD Germany finished atop Group B before the field which has won all its games. The dled out for 240 in 47 overs. defeating No. 5 Sweden 4-1 in its opening Japanese have allowed only two goals. Soumya Sarkar gave Bangladesh a rollicking DHAKA: Scoreboard of the third one-day international between Bangladesh and India at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka yesterday: knockout-round match. With Europe using Japan defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in the start in their chase despite losing his opening the World Cup as part of its Olympic quali- round of 16. The match is Saturday at partner Tamim Iqbal (five) in the second over India: Soumya Sarkar c Ashwin b Kulkarni 40 fying, France and Germany have secured Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium. —AP and the hosts crossed 50 inside seven overs. R. Sharma c Das b Mustafizur 29 Litton Das b Patel 34 But paceman Dhawal Kulkarni, who also dis- S. Dhawan c Nasir b Mortaza 75 Mushfiqur Rahim c Dhoni b Raina 24 V. Kohli b Shakib 25 Shakib Al Hasan c Kulkarni b Raina 20 missed Tamim, pegged Bangladesh back by M. Dhoni c Mustafizur b Mortaza 69 Sabbir Rahman b Binny 43 sending back the dangerous Sarkar after his 34- A. Rayudu c Das b Mortaza 44 Nasir Hossain c Rayudu b Ashwin 32 ball 40, that included five fours and two sixes. S. Raina b Mustafizur 38 Mashrafe Mortaza b Ashwin 0 Barring Tamim, most of Bangladesh’s recog- S. Binny not out 17 Arafat Sunny not out 14 nised batsmen got starts but none of them man- A. Patel not out 10 Rubel Hossain c Patel b Raina 2 aged to convert them into meaningful contribu- Extras (b4, lb3, w3) 10 Mustafizur Rahman lbw b Rayudu 9 tions and got out trying to keep up with the Total (for six wickets, 50 overs) 317 Extras (lb3, w13, nb1) 17 required run rate. Did not bat: R. Ashwin, D. Kulkarni, U. Yadav Total (all out, 47 overs) 240 Suresh Raina, whose 21-ball 38 ensured a Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Rohit), 2-114 (Kohli), 3-158 Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Tamim), 2-62 (Sarkar), 3-112 (Rahim), (Dhawan), 4-251(Rayudu), 5-268 (Dhoni), 6-301 (Raina). 4-118( Das), 5-148 (Shakib), 6-197 (Sabbir), 7-205 300-plus total for India, was the most successful Bowling: Mustafizur 10-0-57-2, Mortaza 10-0-76-3 (w2), (Mortaza), 8-216 ( Nasir), 9-222 (Rubel), 10-240( bowler with his part-time off-spin and picked up Sunny 6-0-42-0, Rubel 9-0-75-0 (w1), Nasir 6-0-27-0, Mustafizur. 3-45 in his eight overs. Off-spinner Ravichandran Shakib 9-1-33-1. Bowling: Binny 6-0-41-1 (w4), Kulkarni 8-0-34-2 (w3), Ashwin picked up two wickets while giving away Yadav 4-0-33-0 (w5), Ashwin 10-1-35-2, Patel 9-1-44-1, 35 runs in his full quota of 10 overs. Bangladesh: Raina 8-0-45-3 (w1), Rayudu 2-1-5-1(nb1) Earlier, India lost Rohit Sharma (29) after a Tamim Iqbal lbw b Kulkarni 5 Result: India won by 77 runs. decent start but managed to maintain a healthy Anderson wants end to Ashes ‘sledging’

LONDON: James Anderson has called on both Clarke later apologised for the tone of his English season, Root has scored 1,318 Test runs sides to ditch the verbals and cut out ‘sledging’ comments and on Sunday promised the at 83.27, while his match-winning 78 in during the upcoming Ashes series between upcoming Ashes would be played in the “right Tuesday’s Twenty20 was his latest impressive England and Australia. spirit”. Anderson himself has been known to effort in white-ball cricket. New Zealand have just completed a tour of exchange words with opposition batsmen and “I feel quite confident at the crease at the England which, although it ended in a 56-run last year’s Trent Bridge Test saw him charged for minute,” he said. “I’d like to be a bit more consis- Twenty20 defeat at Old Trafford on Tuesday, the his part in an alleged altercation with India’s tent-I’m either getting a big score or nothing at Black Caps won praise both for the quality of Ravindra Jadeja, although the case was later the minute. “Obviously I want to get big scores their cricket and the way in which they conduct- thrown out. Someone else who could be on the all the time, I’m greedy, but that’s the nature of ed themselves on the field. receiving end of a few taunts is in-form England being a batter. “It’s really exciting that the Ashes Significantly, they showed it was possible to batsman Joe Root. is not far away now and we can get out there play aggressive cricket without resorting to The 24-year-old Yorkshireman, now a main- and hopefully put on a show again. “It’s obvious- ‘sledging’-verbal abuse of opposition players- stay of the England side in all three formats, is ly going to be massive for everyone involved. It’s and their approach had the knock-on effect of desperate to atone for the disappointment of a a very exciting time for English cricket and I’m improving England’s behavior as well. lacklustre 2013/14 Ashes tour which saw him sure everyone has seen the way we’ve played But doubts remain about whether the Ashes dropped foe the first time in his Test career. over this summer in all three formats will be can be played in the same spirit, particularly if However, since his recall during the last excited.” —AFP England feel obliged to match an Australia side who are never shy of a few words to their oppo- nents. “I hope it’s played in the same nature as the New Zealand series, that was a really positive Brazil’s Roberto Firmino series and the nature of both sides’ cricket was helped by the spirit the game was played in,” England paceman Anderson told Sky Sports News on Wednesday. Brazil striker “(But) there’s a different relationship between the two teams, the Ashes is a huge series for both sets of players.” “If there is needle, it’s some- joins Liverpool thing I thought I thrived on or needed in the past but having played in the last few months, I think it’s important we get LIVERPOOL: Brazil forward Roberto son to help improve its poor goal-scoring the balance right of playing in the right spirit, Firmino joined Liverpool from German side record of last season. The Reds scored 52 but also having that competitive edge to win a Hoffenheim yesterday for a reported fee of goals compared to 101 in the 2013-14 game of cricket for your country.” But, in a sign of 29 million pounds ($45.8 million) that Premier League campaign, when Luis how tricky it is to agree on what is or isn’t would make him the second most expen- Suarez and Daniel Sturridge struck up a acceptable, Australia’s Shaun Marsh, speaking sive player in the English club’s history. superb partnership up front that almost led ahead of the first Ashes Test against England in Liverpool said the 23-year-old Firmino the team to the title. Cardiff on July 8, said Monday: “It is an Ashes signed a “long-term contract,” subject to a Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers series and I am sure there will be sledging from medical examination that will take place has been looking to bolster his forward both teams, but I am also sure it will be in the after the Copa America. options with Suarez now at Barcelona and spirit of the game.” Firmino, who can play as a striker or as a Sturridge having a worrying injury record. central or wide attacking midfielder, scored Strikers Mario Balotelli and Rickie Lambert BRISBANE FIREWORKS 47 goals in 151 matches for Hoffenheim joined Liverpool last offseason but only Things were widely deemed to have got out after joining from Brazilian club Figueirense scored three league goals between them. of hand between the two teams during the last in December 2010. He has scored four Another striker, Andy Carroll, is Liverpool’s Ashes campaign, which saw Australia whitewash goals in nine appearances for Brazil, includ- record signing at 35 million pounds (then England 5-0 on home soil in 2013/14. ing the winner against Venezuela in the $56 million) in 2011. Firmino joins fellow The first Test in Brisbane saw Australia captain Copa America on Sunday. Liverpool has Brazil internationals Philippe Coutinho and Michael Clarke tell England tailender Anderson CANTERBURY: Australia’s Mitchell Starc catches the ball during the nets session at The Spitfire also signed striker Danny Ings this offsea- Lucas Leiva at Liverpool. —AP to “get ready for a broken fucking arm”. Ground. Australia will play England in the first Test of the Ashes series starting July 8. —AP Bouchard injury India avoid sends Bencic whitewash to quarters

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CANADA : Japan fans cheer the team against Netherlands during the round of 16 football match between Japan and the Netherlands at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver during the FIFA Women’s World Cup. — AFP Japan beat Dutch to reach q-finals

VANCOUVER: Japan coach Norio Sasaki apologized for the ball deflected off Aya Sameshima toward her own to control all of the field against an overmatched and opted to dribble into traffic rather than take a quick the stressful, flurry of a finish. The defending Women’s net when Kaihori punched it away with her right fist. Netherlands team making its World Cup debut. On the shot. The Dutch missed making contact on two headers World Cup champions are on to the quarterfinal follow- “We are in the knockout stage so if we lost there would early scoring play, Aya Miyama dribbled down the left from the same ball high in the box in the 73rd minute. ing a nail-biter at the end against tournament first-timer be nothing left, so I’m happy that we won,” Sakaguchi sideline and crossed to Yuki Ogimi, whose header hit Japan started three different goalkeepers in the the Netherlands after controlling most of the match. said. “I went for a strike and I thought it was a long shot the crossbar and Dutch defender Merel van Dongen group stage as part of Sasaki’s liberal substitution plan Mizuho Sakaguchi scored what turned out to be the (in distance) and that’s not my strength, but I thought I couldn’t clear the rebound. Ariyoshi then connected to use his entire roster and have every player ready to deciding goal in the 78th minute on a pretty left-footed should try it.” from about 15 yards out and put the ball in the lower contribute. shot from the top of the 18-yard box, and Japan held off Saori Ariyoshi found herself in perfect position when corner past diving goalkeeper Loes Geurts. After Erina Yamane injured her shoulder, Sasaki went a late attack and a close call in the waning moments to the Netherlands flubbed a clear and scored from the Japan had another solid chance in the 22nd minute with Kaihori - the only one to give up a goal in the defeat the Dutch 2-1 on Tuesday night in the knockout top of the box in the 10th minute for Japan’s initial goal. on a pretty give-and-go from Sameshima to Shinobu group stage in a late score by Cameroon. Kaihori made stage. “I’m sorry we kept you in suspense until the very Japan overpowered the young Dutch squad for Ohno that Sameshima struck over the bar. Ohno also another save in the 86th minute Tuesday. end,” Sasaki said with a smile. “I tried to have a one- much of the evening at BC Place by controlling posses- missed an open header moments before the first-half Japan’s Homare Sawa, playing her sixth and final sided, stable game but we always have these tense sion in the midfield to create chances, and the defense whistle. World Cup, entered in the 80th minute after starting moments.” pushed far up the field. The Nadeshiko, who along with Even when the Netherlands threatened early, it two of the team’s three matches in the group stage. Kirsten van de Ven scored for the Dutch in stoppage Brazil were the only teams to win all three group-stage seemed a step slow. Dutch coach Roger Reijners said his The Netherlands missed a chance to qualify for next time when the ball went off goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori’s games, advance to the quarterfinal against Australia on team was sloppy with its passing. “Our team did all we summer’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics as one of Europe’s right arm. Three additional minutes had been added to Saturday at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium. could to get something going and not leave with noth- top three teams, but could still earn a berth into the 12- the clock. The goalie put her gloves to her face in disbe- They stuck with their familiar World Cup trend, too. ing at all. After 2-0 we were a little lucky and managed team Olympic field through a European playoff. lief and said something to herself, then had to stay alert Five of Japan’s six goals have come in the 29th minute to make it 2-1,” he said. The white teddy bear wearing an oversized No. 7 as the Dutch threatened once more before the final or earlier, and all six have been scored by a different Manon Melis took a great ball in the seventh minute jersey that Japan keeps close to honor injured team- whistle. player. but couldn’t get a foot on it, whiffing as she knocked it mate Kozue Ando held its spot on the bench. Ando Sakaguchi scored shortly after Japan nearly had an Japan, with its hustle and fancy footwork on display out of bounds. In the 48th, 18-year-old forward Vivianne broke her left ankle in the World Cup opener against own goal. Sherida Spitse took a corner in the 76th and for a crowd of 28,717, ran its game plan with precision Miedema got the ball near the top left corner of the box Switzerland. — AP Colombia ideal rivals of RSE, Qatar teaming up to Argentina in q-finals buy stake in Formula One LONDON: RSE Ventures, which owns the Constantin Medien brought a $100 mil- LA SERENA: Facing a Colombia side who like Rojo said. Miami Dolphins NFL team, is joining forces lion damages claim against Ecclestone in the to attack will force Argentina to play their best “Although some lads have changed since with Qatar to buy a controlling stake in London High Court over his involvement in soccer in the Copa America quarter-finals, left the World Cup, it’s as if we’ve all been together Formula One in a deal worth $7-8 billion, a the deal that brought CVC into the sport as back Marcos Rojo said. for a long time,” added the 25-year-old, who is source familiar with the matter told Reuters largest shareholder. Argentina have shown indifferent finishing at his second Copa America and will win his on Tuesday. That claim was dismissed last year but in their three group matches, Lionel Messi 36th cap against Colombia. Argentina were RSE is looking to acquire the 35.5 percent the judge made damaging observations included. They have struggled to break close to glory last year but lost the World Cup stake from private equity fund CVC Capital about Ecclestone in finding him neither a through defensive opponents and eked out 1- final to Germany 1-0 after extra time in Rio de Partners Ltd, who sold down its holding reliable nor truthful witness. 0 wins over holders Uruguay and Jamaica after Janeiro and Rojo said the experience fortified from 63 percent in 2012 in deals that at the Goldman Sachs is working with CVC on a 2-2 draw with Paraguay. the team. time gave the business an enterprise value the deal, while JP Morgan is working with of $9.1 billion. the buyside investors. Ecclestone told They meet Colombia, who scraped Rojo, who is from La Plata, began his career The commercial side of Formula One is Britain’s Times newspaper that three or four through in third place in their group despite a at local side Estudiantes and helped them win run by 84-year-old British billionaire Bernie potential bidders had emerged. 1-0 win over Brazil, at the Pacific coastal resort the club’s fourth South American Libertadores Ecclestone, who has turned the sport into a “I have no idea whether any of these peo- of Vina del Mar tomorrow for a place in the Cup in 2009. global money-spinner in more than four ple have got closer with this, but CVC are in semi-finals of the world’s oldest active inter- He moved to Spartak Moscow in December decades of deal making. the business of buying and selling compa- national tournament. 2010 and on to Sporting of Portugal in 2012 Ecclestone, a former second-hand car nies,” he added. “Colombia are tough rivals but more open before signing for United last August after the dealer and team owner, has also been a con- CVC and Leonardo were not immediately than the teams we’ve faced so far,” Rojo told World Cup. troversial figure and last year agreed to pay a available to comment, while a spokesman Reuters in an interview on Tuesday night at Often criticised by Argentina fans in his ear- German court $100 million to settle a for Hahn declined to comment. JP Morgan Argentina’s base camp. ly days in the team, Rojo won them over with bribery case and preserve his innocence. and Goldman Sachs also had no immediate “On paper these are the rivals that suit us, good performances at the World Cup includ- CVC has twice tried to float Formula One, comment. although you’ve got to play the matches but ing a goal against Nigeria, for which they com- most recently in 2013, but the plans stalled Formula One has had major challenges we have a lot of faith in our game,” the posed a song, and a “rabona” clearance in and the fund instead sold stakes to U.S. to address including soaring costs, strug- Manchester United defender said. defence against Bosnia. investment groups Blackrock and Waddell & gling teams, falling viewing figures in some Both sides came to the tournament in Chile His rabona, a movement wrapping one leg Reed, along with Norway’s Norges Bank. regions and a failure to engage a younger among the favourites for the title but have not round behind the other to kick the ball associ- CHILE: Argentina’s Lucas Biglia trains in La Dieter Hahn, chairman of the supervisory audience. shown their full potential, Colombia losing 1-0 ated with compatriots Diego Maradona, Serena. Argentina will face Colombia in the board of German sports marketing media The sport is beset with disputes about to Venezuela before beating Brazil and draw- Claudio Borghi and more recently by next round of the Copa America soccer group Constantin Medien, is also involved governance and how to cut costs and give ing 0-0 with Peru. Tottenham Hotspur’s Erik Lamela, appeared tournament tomorrow. —AP with the investment consortium, the source teams more money amid fears that tradi- said, adding that investment bank Leonardo tional races like Monza in Italy face the axe Rojo believes the Argentine team is packed again against Jamaica on Saturday. one at the Maracana against Bosnia a year ago. are working with him. Reuters could not while exotic new destinations are added. with talent and capable of ending the coun- Rojo’s left-footed cross was cleared back to “I hit the rabona because it comes naturally to immediately verify what Hahn’s precise Qatar is among those seeking a race but, try’s 22-year wait for a major trophy after back- him and, with the ball returning to his right me. My left (foot) is my left, my right doesn’t involvement was. “The key to unlocking this despite its oil and gas wealth, has so far to-back Copa America wins in 1991 and 1993. leg, he brilliantly brought his left foot round respond,” Rojo said with a loud laugh. “I deal is that under Bernie F1 doesn’t do much failed to secure a slot on the calendar with “This group of players has a team essence behind it to cross again to the far side of the laughed during the match because the fans TV rights marketing. Hahn will help with Ecclestone granting Bahrain an effective and that is what distinguishes us. We’ve all be box where Pablo Zabaleta volleyed wide. shouted as if it was a goal but my team mates that,” the source said. veto on regional rivals. — Reuters pulling in the same direction for some time,” The move earned Rojo an ovation like the made fun of me.” — Reuters Saudi loses spot as top crude oil supplier to India, China Page 22

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PARIS: Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (fourth from right) and a Saudi delegation meet with French foreign minister Laurent Fabius (fourth from left) at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris yesterday. —AP Saudi, France to sign billions in ship, plane deals France to study building nuclear reactors in kingdom PARIS: Saudi and French officials are finalizing negotia- ty study into building the reactors, French Foreign AFP count, Saudi Arabia executed 102 locals and for- pany’s objectives is listing shares in the Saudi stock mar- tions on contracts for patrol ships, border guard heli- Minister Laurent Fabius said.A slew of deals worth bil- eigners in the year to mid-June, compared with 87 dur- ket but the timing has yet to be set. copters, planes and two possible nuclear reactors worth lions of euros were announced following the first ing all of 2014. The refinery began commercial operations on April 1 more than $12 billion. “Franco-Saudi Joint Commission” meeting in Paris, and in mid-May hit full capacity processing Arabian The announcement comes during a high-level Saudi led by Fabius and Saudi Defence Minister Prince Capacity milestone light crude before switching to Arabian heavy crude visit to France yesterday, as Saudi Arabia is leading a Mohamed bin Salman. Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Co (Yasref), a joint and reaching full capacity on June 22, Alshammari said. military campaign against extremists in neighboring Fabius also mentioned the Saudi Arabian Airlines venture between Saudi Aramco and China By the end of May, the refinery had exported 20 million Yemen. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said order for 50 Airbus passenger planes worth some $8 bil- Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec), said yesterday its barrels of diesel and gasoline and more than 150,000 Wednesday that the two have agreed to sell French lion, first announced at last week’s Paris Air Show. The new refinery had achieved a milestone processing tonnes of petroleum coke. It has also supplied the patrol boats “to enhance the capability of the Saudi reactor study takes on added significance given the cur- crude at full capacity of 400,000 barrels per day (bpd). domestic market with refined products, he said, and is Coast Guard, which is today facing growing threats.” rent efforts by Saudi Arabia’s rival, Iran, to develop its The second full-conversion refinery in Saudi Arabia producing close to the designed capacity target of A French government statement says the two coun- own nuclear capabilities. makes gasoline, high quality diesel and liquefied petro- 90,000 bpd of gasoline and 260,000 bpd of diesel. tries are finalizing contracts for 23 helicopters for the France has been reinforcing links with the conserva- leum gas (LPG) as well as byproduct sulfur and petrole- Saudi Arabia is investing heavily in upgrading and Saudi Interior Ministry, 50 Airbus jets, and a study for tive kingdom despite persistent criticism of its human um coke for export. building new refineries to maximise value from export- two new-generation nuclear reactors, and nuclear rights record, while Riyadh is keen to broaden its ties It processes Arabian heavy crude. “On June 22nd, ing only crude oil. It has traditionally been the world’s waste and nuclear safety training. France said it would with Western powers beyond its traditional alliance with Yasref reached full capacity of processing 400,000 bpd biggest exporter of crude and the kingdom’s rapid tran- look into building two nuclear reactors in Saudi Arabia, the United States. Salman was set to meet French of Arabian Heavy crude in a full conversion refinery in sition into one of the largest oil refiners adds an extra which is part of some $12 billion (10.7 billion euros) in President Francois Hollande later. what we believe is a record time,” Mohammad Al- dimension to global oil markets. The growth puts Saudi deals announced yesterday with the conservative king- Saudi Arabia has been under international pressure, Shammari, Yasref’s CEO, told Reuters in a telephone Aramco’s owned or equity stakes in refining at 5.4 mil- dom. including from Washington and Paris, to drop a sen- interview. lion bpd, at least 40 percent above a decade ago. Under one of the agreements Airbus will sell 23 h- tence of 1,000 lashes for a renowned human rights “All processing units are up and running,” he said. Aramco itself markets more than 3 million bpd of that, 145 multipurpose helicopters to Saudi Arabia for 500 activist and blogger. The kingdom has also faced criti- Yasref is 62.5 percent owned by Saudi Aramco while tying it with Shell as the world’s fourth-largest oil refin- million euros ($560 million) as well as launch a feasibili- cism over its use of the death penalty. According to an Sinopecholds the rest. Alshammari said one of the com- er.— Agencies Egypt rebounds; Saudi flat Zain’s joint stock co ‘Al-Khatem’ lists on Iraq Stock Exchange MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS BAGHDAD: Further to the joint agreement and memorandum thank all the regulators and the governing bodies, who have DUBAI: Positive corporate news helped Egypt’s stock trade yesterday, boosted by further gains in Etisalat announced on April28, 2015 between Al-Khatem JSC, parent worked professionally and transparently throughout the entire market rebound in early trade yesterday after three after the telecom operator said it would open its equi- company of Atheer Telecom Iraq Limited (trading under the process, for assisting us to arrive at this monumental position.” days of falls, while Saudi Arabia’s market barely ty up to foreign investors, while other Gulf markets brand name “Zain” in Iraq), the Iraqi CMC (Communications and Al-Kharafi continued, “We look forward to the participation of moved. The main Cairo stock index climbed 0.8 per- were flat. Media Commission), the ISC (Iraq Securities Commission), the ISX the investor community in one of the most profitable and cent as Qalaa Holdings gained 1.0 percent after saying Etisalat jumped 13.8 percent to 15.70 dirhams, its (Iraq Stock Exchange), and the IDC (Iraq Depositary Center), Al- resilient companies in Iraq and the region as the mobile opera- Khatem announces the completion of its listing torenters a new phase in its growth strategy it had signed agreements with Financial Holdings highest level since July 2005, two days after it said procedure and fulfilling all of its obligations with the recent launching of 3G services across International to sell its stakes in several non-core local and foreign institutions and expatriate individu- towards the regulators in a successful manner the country.” units. Qalaa aims to close the deal in December 2015, als would be allowed to buy up to 20 percent of the within the required two months. Al-Khatem has Al-Kharafi also noted that, “We have utmost reducing its consolidated debt by about 800 million company. Currently, only UAE individual investors can now commenced trading its shares on the faith in the Zain Iraq management team to Egyptian pounds ($105 million). buy. The share had risen its 15 percent daily limit on exchange and is open to public investment. overcome the unique market challenges and Orascom Telecom rose 1.2 percent after reporting Tuesday, and trading volume in the stock during the Zain has been operating in Iraq since 2003; Zain Group will continue to support them in all a first-quarter net profit of 373.86 million pounds, up first 45 minutes yesterday soared to 8 million shares, investing in over $5 billion to date establishing facets of the operations. We are confident that Zain Iraq will further grow its market leadership from 324.34 million Egyptian pounds a year earlier. already the highest daily total since early 2014. No essential mobile telecommunications infra- structure in Iraq and employing over 2500 Iraqi position rewarding all the company’s stake- And Egyptian Resorts surged 3.1 percent after saying time frame was given for the change, and the gains of nationals. holders.” its board had approved land sales worth $48.7 million. the past two days have left the stock richly valued In accordance with its license terms, 25 per- Taha AbdulSalam, CEO of the ISX comment- The overall Egyptian market has been in a down- with a forward price/earnings ratio of about 14 times, cent of the equity of Al-Khatem was offered to ed, “The success of any economy depends on its trend since late May, losing 6 percent, after failing to more expensive than Saudi Telecom at just under 11 the investor community on the Iraqi stock mar- ability to attract investment capital whether for- stage a sustained rally when the government sus- and close to Qatar’s Ooredoo at about 14.5. Abu ket by one of the founding shareholders of the eign or local within the framework of joint-stock pended a capital gains tax in mid-May. Dhabi’s share index climbed 2.4 percent on he back of Company.The first day of trading saw the share companies. That increases capital formation for The Saudi stock index was unchanged as a 1.3 per- Etisalat. Dubai’s index was up 0.04 percent, support- price closing at 5.99 (with an average price of the economy and contributes towards the pri- 6.09) Iraqi Dinar (IQD) per share reflecting a mar- Bader Al-Kharafi vate sector and the gross domestic product. cent gain by Knowledge Economic City was offset by ed by Amlak Finance, the most heavily traded stock, ket capitalization for Al-Khatem of 10.96 trillion That is the mechanism seen in establishing and a 2.3 percent pull-back by Saudi Automotive Services, which rose 4.4 percent. Qatar was 0.2 percent higher. IQD ($ 9.4billion)and leading to a substantial increase in the ISX’s operating of companies traded on the stock market, and so we which had soared since mid-May on news of a new Petrochemical producer Industries Qatar climbed 0.6 total market capitalization. expect the Al-Khatem Telecom listing and trading of with a capi- corporate financing package but began falling percent on the back of a rise in global oil prices. The Bader Al-Kharafi, Managing Director of Al-Khatem and Vice- tal exceeding one trillion, eight hundred billion dinars and having sharply on Tuesday. most heavily traded stock, Ezdan Holding, fell 0.4 per- Chairman of Zain Group said, “This milestone of listing on the Iraq more than 500 shareholders.” Abu Dhabi’s stock market rose sharply in early cent. — Reuters Stock Exchange and offering of shares to Iraqi nationals and All interested investors can acquire shares in Al-Khatem investors reflects Zain’s confidence and commitment to the through contacting any of the authorized brokers listed on the future development of the telecommunications sector in Iraq. We Iraq Stock Exchange. BUSINESS THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 Saudi loses spot as top crude News in brief Kuwait oil price up oil supplier to India, China 35 cents to $58.57pb KUWAIT: Kuwait’s oil price on Tuesday rose by 35 cents to $58.57 per barrel in Tuesday’s trades, as com- Middle East oil share fell to 54% from 61% pared to $58.22 pb on Monday, according to Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. On the international markets, the crude prices rose 2 percent as doubts over the NEW DELHI: Saudi Arabia lost its spot last month as India’s Angola, jumped to 26 percent of India’s total imports in May, from Africa, the highest in at least three years. Indian Oil Corp prospect of a near agreement on Iran’s nuclear pro- top oil supplier to Nigeria for the first time in at least four up from around 15.5 percent in April and the highest in more aims to get 70 percent of its oil needs through term volumes gram eased concerns of oversupply. Meanwhile, the years, according to ship tracking data compiled by Reuters, as than four years, according to tracking data on tanker arrivals. compared to 80 percent last year, including a deal with Kuwait Brent crudes went up $1.1 to reach $64.45 pb as well the world’s top crude exporter struggles to maintain market At the same time, the Middle East share fell to 54 percent halved to 100,000 bpd. as the price of the American crude for future delivery share in Asia. The OPEC kingpin also fell behind Russia and in May from 61 percent, with Saudi Arabia supplying some Another refiner, Bharat Petroleum Corp, plans to cut its soared 63 cents to $61.01 pb. Angola as the biggest crude supplier to China last month, offi- 732,400 barrels per day (bpd) compared with Nigeria’s dependence on term contracts to 75 percent this fiscal year cial data showed this week. 745,200 bpd. from 82 percent a year ago, according to a source. The Middle East country’s failure to maintain its position in The shift comes as the gap between the international Head of refinery operations at Hindustan Petroleum Corp, US dollar rises against some markets comes despite it leading a strategy by the benchmark Brent and the Middle East price marker narrows. B K Namdeo, said purchases of West African oil make sense Kuwaiti dinar at KD 0.302 Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to The premium for Nigerian crude over Brent has plummeted in when Brent’s premium over the Middle East price marker, KUWAIT: The exchange rate of the US dollar rose keep output high to drive out competitors. In India, refiners recent months, making it more attractive. “This gives advan- known as Dubai swaps, is less than $2 per barrel. The spread against the Kuwaiti dinar in yesterday’s trading have been switching out of long-term contracts with Middle tage to the complex refiners like Reliance to buy superior has mostly hovered below that since oil prices crashed in the to KD 0.302, however the euro went down to KD East suppliers in favour of spot purchases, often African oil. grades of oil like those from Nigeria at discounted rates,” said second half of last year and hit its lowest in two months this 0.338, compared to Tuesday’s rates. The A glut of African cargoes has emerged as the US shale Ehsan Ul Haq, senior consultant at UK-based consultant KBC week at $1.32. exchange rate of the British sterling stabilized at boom cuts American demand and accelerated as OPEC keeps Energy Economics. KBC Energy’s Haq estimates West African oil’s share to India KD 0.476 and the Japanese yen at KD 0.002, but output high. The share of African oil, mainly from Nigeria and Reliance Industries got about a quarter of its oil in May could average as much as 25 percent this year. — Reuters the Swiss franc went down to KD 0.323, said the daily bulletin of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) yesterday. As for the US economy, the demand Qatar building for the US dollar continued supported by expec- tations of raising the interest rate as the Federal materials costs set to Reserve has announced that there would be a chance to raise the rate in the upcoming meet- surge ahead of 2022 ing next September. Meanwhile, investors are waiting for the outcome of today’s important meeting between ministers of finance of the DUBAI: The cost of construction materials in Qatar is likely to euro zone and Greece to discuss whether to sub- jump as the host nation intensifies infrastructure building mit a final plan to the leaders of the European ahead of the 2022 World Cup, and other building projects Union to put an end to Greece’s crisis. In case of could finish late as a result, industry experts say. Qatar is set to reaching an agreement, the Greek parliament spend more than $200 billion on the soccer tournament as may vote on the agreement this weekend. part of a 2030 development plan, although tough contract terms and state bureaucracy have left some contractors in dif- ficulties. Corruption allegations at soccer’s governing body FIFA have put renewed media focus on Qatar, although Qatari Sipchem to pay $100.2 m to officials say they are confident the 2022 tournament will go up stake in two local units ahead as planned. DUBAI: Saudi International Petrochemical Co The high level of construction activity - predominantly in (Sipchem) has agreed to pay $100.2 million to raise its the capital Doha - is already making it hard for contractors to stake in two local subsidiaries, it said yesterday. The get workers and materials to sites. “The pinch point will likely firm will buy stakes owned by Kuwait’s Ikarus be in 2017-19 when the construction work peaks, but the gov- Petroleum Industries Co in International Acetyl ernment can take measures to mitigate that,” said Nick Smith, Company and International Vinyl Acetate Company. Partner at engineering consultants Arcadis in Qatar. He pre- Both companies operate plants for production of dicted materials inflation would be about 3 percent in 2015. acetic acid and acetic anhydride and vinyl acetate “This will include early supply chain engagement, stan- monomer, located in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail Industrial dardization of products and direct procurement of certain City, Sipchem said in a statement to Riyadh’s bourse. items. Qatar is already pursuing some of these initiatives.” Sipchem, which already owns 76 percent of each of Materials inflation could surge to 15-20 percent from 2018, the two companies, said after the deal its equity in said Steven Humphrey, a director at infrastructure specialists each would rise to 87 percent. The acquisition, which AECOM. Qatar witnessed a similar phenomenon ahead of would be funded through Sipchem’s own resources hosting the Asian Games in 2006. Also, construction inflation and Islamic financing facilities, was targeted to be fluctuates more than general inflation and small markets such completed during the third quarter of 2015, it said. TOKYO: A television crew works before a share prices board in Tokyo yesterday. Japan’s share prices opened higher at the as Qatar are less able to absorb changes in workload, a report Tokyo Stock Exchange on investor confidence in a Greek debt deal, hitting its highest level in more than 18 years. — AFP by Arcadis unit EC Harris states. “Qatar, like most other Gulf states, has suffered from proj- ects being delivered late, sometimes over budget and usually Turkey seeking to raise because the scope has changed from what was originally set $1.5bn from sukuk Kuwait’s crude exports out,” said AECOM’s Humphrey. “With a fixed deadline like 2022 LONDON: The Republic of Turkey is seeking to these attitudes will not be permitted. As prices get squeezed, raise US$1.5bn from the issuance of sukuk and contractors who bid at the incorrect prices will shy away from yen-denominated bonds this year, according to a to China jump 38.8% doing the projects and move their resources into more prof- treasury official. The sovereign, rated Baa3 by itable projects.” Moody’s and BBB- by Fitch, is to raise around $400m-equivalent from the yen-denominated TOKYO: Kuwait’s crude oil exports to China jumped 38.8 per- 772,000 bpd, down 3.7 percent. Saudi Arabia became third, Qatar will import many of the building materials it needs transaction and the rest from the sukuk. “The cent in May from a year earlier to 1.07 million tons, equivalent slumping 18.1 percent to 722,000 bpd. Iran ranked fourth and from neighboring United Arab Emirates. Doha’s limited port merit [of the yen deal] is not going to be the to 254,000 barrels per day (bpd), government data showed. Iraq fifth, respectively. facilities mean these goods must travel on small barges or via principal amount, but issuing as a standalone Kuwaiti monthly shipments of crude oil to China have China became the largest global net importer of oil in the truck through Saudi Arabia, adding to supply chain pressures. without JBIC support,” the official said at the maintained 200,000 bpd level since last September, according first quarter of 2014, surpassing the US, the US Energy “Contractors pick and choose what their priorities are, so sidelines of a conference in London. The sover- to the General Administration of Customs. In the January-May Information Administration (EIA) said last month. there’s a real danger - looking at bids today where they seem eign is aiming to price the sukuk in the fourth period, Kuwait exported 290,000 bpd to the world’s second- “Significant US oil production from shale oil plays and rap- very competitive - that these are projects that may not be able quarter of the year, and the yen-denominated largest oil consumer, surging 67.7 percent on the year. id Chinese oil demand growth occurring simultaneously over to be delivered on time,” added Humphrey. Commodity prices deal at some point in the second half of the year, China’s overall imports of crude oil last month fell 10.9 per- the past few years pushed China ahead of the US as the have dipped, helping to mollify materials inflation in the short according to the official. cent from a year earlier to 5.50 million bpd. Russia overtook largest importer,” said the EIA. The statistical agency within the term, with spot iron ore prices slumping to a near four-week Saudi Arabia to secure the top spot, as its shipments grew 33.0 Department of Energy also forecasts that China’s oil consump- low last week as slow Chinese steel demand kept steel futures percent to a record 928,000 bpd, followed by Angola with tion will exceed that of the US by 2034. — KUNA near their weakest since their 2009 launch. — Reuters Oil holds above $64 before US report

LONDON: Oil held above $64 a barrel yesterday before a from the APIs,” said Tony Machacek, an oil broker at nuclear accord between Iran and six world powers that of Greece is also on the market’s radar but is less of a factor US government report expected to show domestic crude Jefferies Bache in London. “We’re probably going to be would open the prospect of Iran boosting crude oil for oil than for other assets such as equities, which in inventories fell for an eighth week, a sign that a supply glut testing $66 to the upside,” he added, referring to Brent. exports, as a self-imposed June 30 deadline approaches. Europe traded lower yesterday as doubts returned over the is easing. The industry group American Petroleum Institute A steady decline in US crude stockpiles from a record Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday ruled out freezing sen- issue. (API) on Tuesday reported a drop in US crude stocks, ahead high earlier this year has been supporting prices and sitive nuclear work for a long time, and Iran’s parliament “Greece continues to make headlines but there are of yesterday’s official data. Doubts over the likelihood of a inventories probably fell by 2.1 million barrels last week, passed a bill banning access for UN inspectors to its mili- so many of them that it is difficult to trade them,” said deal next week on Iran’s nuclear work also supported the eighth consecutive drop, according to an analyst poll. tary sites and scientists. Olivier Jakob, oil analyst at Petromatrix. The dollar prices. Traders will be focusing on whether the US government’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has said Iran could raise oil index eased as investors focused on the prospects for Brent crude rose 10 cents to $64.55 a barrel by 1155 supply report due at 1430 GMT confirms the 3.2-million- output by 500,000 barrels per day within a month of a lift- higher US interest rates. A weak dollar makes com- GMT. US crude gained 9 cents to $61.10. Both contracts barrel decline reported on Tuesday by the API. ing of sanctions, although analysts and other OPEC dele- modities priced in dollars cheaper for holders of other made gains on Tuesday. “There could be some support Crude was also supported by potential roadblocks for a gates doubt a recovery would be that rapid. The debt crisis currencies. — Reuters

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GOLD Saudi Riyals 81.390 US Dollars Mint 0.298650 0.302650 Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. 20 gram 241.650 Jordanian Dinar 426.550 10 gram 123.520 Asia ASIAN COUNTRIES Egyptian Pound 39.530 5 gram 62.440 Bangladesh Taka 0.003541 0.004141 Japanese Yen 2.463 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.253 Chinese Yuan 0.047295 0.050795 Indian Rupees 4.762 Indian Rupees 4.757 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Hong Kong Dollar 0.036902 0.039652 Pakistani Rupees 2.969 Pakistani Rupees 2.968 Indian Rupee 0.004495 0.004885 Srilankan Rupees 2.252 Bangladesh Taka 3.880 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 Nepali Rupees 2.968 CURRENCIES TELEX TRANSFER PER 1000 Philippines Pesso 6.708 Japanese Yen 0.002373 0.002553 Singapore Dollar 227.600 Australian Dollar 213.44 Cyprus pound 741.790 Kenyan Shilling 0.003058 0.003058 Hongkong Dollar 38.992 Canadian Dollar 250.26 Japanese Yen 3.460 Bangladesh Taka 3.884 Swiss Franc 334.26 Syrian Pound 2.600 Korean Won 0.000264 0.000279 Philippine Peso 6.717 Euro 346.50 Nepalese Rupees 3.030 Malaysian Ringgit 0.077721 0.083721 Thai Baht 8.995 US Dollar 302.55 Malaysian Ringgit 81.820 Nepalese Rupee 0.003031 0.003201 Sterling Pound 483.02 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 49.190 Pakistan Rupee 0.002770 0.003050 GCC COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.50 Thai Bhat 9.965 Philippine Peso 0.006645 0.006925 Saudi Riyal 80.643 Bangladesh Taka 3.884 Turkish Lira 112.410 Sierra Leone 0.000070 0.000076 Qatari Riyal 83.070 Indian Rupee 4.763 Singapore Dollar 0.223423 0.229423 Omani Riyal 785.470 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.253 Bahrain Exchange Company South African Rand 0.018825 0.027325 Bahraini Dinar 803.110 Nepali Rupee 2.976 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001820 0.002400 UAE Dirham 82.335 Pakistani Rupee 2.972 CURRENCY BUY SELL Taiwan 0.009694 0.009874 UAE Dirhams 82.25 Europe Thai Baht 0.008677 0.0009227 ARAB COUNTRIES Bahraini Dinar 803.04 Belgian Franc 0.007884 0.008884 Egyptian Pound - Cash 41.225 Egyptian Pound 39.54 British Pound 0.473344 0.482344 Arab Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.533 Jordanian Dinar 429.81 Czech Korune 0.004603 0.016603 Bahraini Dinar 0.795261 0.803261 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.411 Omani Riyal 784.65 Danish Krone 0.042003 0.047003 Egyptian Pound 0.038962 0.041792 Tunisian Dinar 158.250 Qatari Riyal 83.32 Euro 0.338285 0.346285 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Jordanian Dinar 426.790 Saudi Riyal 80.60 Norwegian Krone 0.035118 0.040318 Iraqi Dinar 0.000185 0.000245 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.029 Romanian Leu 0.076539 0.076539 Jordanian Dinar 0.421995 0.429495 Slovakia 0.009000 0.019000 Syrian Lira 2.155 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Morocco Dirham 31.883 Swedish Krona 0.033243 0.038243 Lebanese Pound 0.000150 0.000250 Swiss Franc 0.322486 0.332686 Moroccan Dirhams 0.021693 0.045693 Turkish Lira 0.110440 0.117440 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Nigerian Naira 0.000916 0.001551 US Dollar Transfer 302.250 US Dollar 302.200 Omani Riyal 0.779052 0.784732 Australasia Euro 345.770 Canadian Dollar 249.185 Qatar Riyal 0.082309 0.083522 Australian Dollar 0.226907 0.238407 Sterling Pound 481.790 Sterling Pound 481.265 Saudi Riyal 0.079963 0.080663 Canadian dollar 247.440 Euro 345.260 New Zealand Dollar 0.202793 0.212293 Syrian Pound 0.001281 0.001501 Turkish lira 112.360 Swiss Frank 278.695 Tunisian Dinar 0.153294 0.161294 Swiss Franc 330.690 Bahrain Dinar 800.525 America Turkish Lira 0.110440 0.117440 Australian Dollar 236.510 UAE Dirhams 82.655 Canadian Dollar 0.241163 0.249663 UAE Dirhams 0.081310 0.082459 US Dollar Buying 301.150 Qatari Riyals 83.825 US Dollars 0.298150 0.302650 Yemeni Riyal 0.001366 0.001446 BUSINESS THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015

ECB, financial linchpin in Greece debt talks

FRANKFURT: Officially, the European Central Bank If two-thirds of the governing council voted to is not a political institution, but in keeping Greece’s shut down ELA, Greece’s banks would no longer be banks afloat, it has become a linchpin in the nego- able to refinance themselves. That would choke off tiations between Athens and its creditors. And it is financing for Greece as a whole, and eventually a role which sometimes stretches the mandate of push the country out of the single currency area. the ECB to its very limit, observers say. Greece But that is a horror scenario for the ECB. needs to unlock the last 7.2 billion euros ($8.0 bil- lion) of its EU-IMF bailout before it expires on June ‘Uncomfortable position’ 30 in order to meet a 1.5-billion-euro IMF loan As a organization which is not democratically repayment due on the same day, or risk defaulting. elected, the ECB finds itself in an “uncomfortable But if Greece were to default on its payment to the position,” Kullas said. So, until Greece and its credi- IMF, the ECB-which is the lifeline keeping Greek tors find a way out of their current deadlock, the banks, and by extension the Greek state, afloat ECB’s hands are tied and it is effectively compelled “would not be able to not react,” said a banking to keep on approving ELA so as not to let Greek source. Given the dire state of its finances, Greece banks-and in turn the entire country-go under. currently has no access to the financial markets “As always, (the ECB) is the lender of last resort,” and is solely dependent on its banks for financing. said Martin Hellmich, professor for financial risk But the banks, in turn, cannot fund themselves management at the Frankfurt School of Finance. via the ECB’s normal refinancing operations, Athens has also repeatedly asked the ECB to because they are barred from using junk-status raise the ceiling on the amount of short-term treas- Greek governments bonds as collateral. So, for BRUSSELS: (Left to right) President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi speaks with ury bills it can issue to give it additional financial months now, the Greek banks have been compelled European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker next to European Commissioner for Economic breathing space. to turn to the euro-zone’s Emergency Liquidity and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici at the start of a meeting on Greece at the But ECB chief Draghi is adamant that that can Assistance (ELA) for cash. Last week, ECB chief European Commission in Brussels yesterday. — AFP only be the case if there is “a credible perspective” Mario Draghi said the central bank liquidity extend- for a deal between Greece and its creditors. And ed so far to Greek banks amounted to around 118 And in Germany, in particular, the central bank eight days as Greek savers continued withdrawing here, the ball was firmly in the politicians’ court, billion euros or around 66 percent of Greece’s gross or Bundesbank is skeptical whether ELA is allowed their money in large volumes from the country’s Draghi said. “This is a political decision that will domestic product (GDP) and the highest level as a on such an open-ended basis. The ECB’s 25-mem- stricken banks. Greece’s central bank said Greek have to be taken by elected policymakers, not by share of GDP of any euro area country. ber governing council reviews the situation fre- business and private bank deposits have fallen by central bankers,” he said. quently to decide whether to keep the ELA nearly 30 billion euros between December and But if a deal is indeed reached by June 30, the Bundesbank ‘skeptical’ pipeline open, but according to media reports, April, to 128 billion euros. ECB, as the only European body capable of mov- But the ongoing provision of emergency liquidi- Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann is now vot- Effectively, “the ECB is the sole European body ing fast enough, could step into the breach again ty is starting to raise eyebrows because, under ing against it. that can pull the plug” on the Greek economy, said and allow Athens to issue more T-bills and tem- eurozone rules, ELA is a temporary facility aimed at Yesterday, a Greek bank source said the ECB Matthias Kullas of the Center for European Policy porarily fill its empty coffers, a European source banks that are fundamentally solvent. increased the ELA ceiling again for the fifth time in (CEP) in Freiburg. suggested. — AFP

US firms fear financing Greece sends German business drought as deadline looms for trade bank confidence to four-month low WASHINGTON: A battle in Congress that could shut down the US Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank next week is already caus- ing headaches for small exporters as they try to stop cus- Outlook remains overcast, says Ifo survey tomers from defecting to foreign competitors and as export financing starts to freeze up. If the 80-year-old export credit- FRANKFURT: German business confidence fell to its lowest lev- provider loses its operating authority, its proponents argue el in four months in June as uncertainty about Greece caused that thousands of US exporters will suffer and that the outlook for Europe’s biggest economy to cloud over, the Ifo Washington will lose international economic influence. economic institute said yesterday. Its conservative Republican critics say private enterprise The Ifo institute’s closely watched business climate index fell will fill the funding gap, calling the bank a source of “crony to 107.4 points in June from 108.5 points in May, the think tank capitalism” and “corporate welfare” for big companies such as said in a statement. That is the lowest level since February. It Boeing and General Electric. But smaller firms may be the was the second month in a row that the index has fallen and biggest initial victims if the bank has to stop operating. analysts had been expecting a much shallower decline. “The Newport Beach, California-based Firm Green Inc, for example, outlook for the German economy is overcast,” said Ifo president fears it may lose its second major Philippines green energy Hans-Werner Sinn. “The indicator for the current business situa- project in a year to the uncertainty over Ex-Im’s future. tion declined this month following three successive increases. After being beaten to a landfill gas deal last year by a Business expectations deteriorated for the third consecutive South Korean firm with export credit agency financing as month and are now only slightly optimistic,” he said. Congress debated the same issues, FirmGreen president Ifo calculates its headline index on the basis of companies’ Steve Wilburn said he is now trying to persuade the develop- assessments of the current business environment and the out- ers of the Philippines’ biggest-ever solar power plant to stick look for the next six months. The sub-index measuring current with his Ex-Im-backed design and construction proposal. But business fell to 113.1 points, while the outlook sub-index he says time is running out to keep the $203 million, 100- slipped by one whole point to 102.0 points, the institute said. megawatt project from going to China’s Trina Solar Ltd as an “The Greece noise is taking its toll, straining the nerves of August construction launch date looms. Germany’s export-oriented manufactures a little,” said “We are promising that Ex-Im will be reauthorized and Berenberg Bank economist Holger Schmieding. that financing will be available,” said Wilburn, whose firm has “With all the news about Greece and crisis splattered across 11 employees and contracts out its manufacturing work. newspaper headlines and TV screens, German manufacturers BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to Economy Minister and Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, left, as “Foreign ECAs (export credit agencies) and their supported are turning a bit more cautious,” he said. her chief of staff Peter Altmaier, right, prepares her seat prior to the weekly cabinet meeting in the chancellery in manufacturers are champing at the bit to feast on Berlin yesterday. — AP FirmGreen’s bones.” The bank will have to stop lending and Nothing to worry about writing new trade guarantees on June 30 if Congress fails to But the expert said the small decline in confidence was not 2015,” Schmieding said. Postbank economist Heinrich Bayer was are still artificially extending the last phase of a very positive act. At least a short-term lapse in its activities looks likely. much to worry about. “Once we know the fate of Greece, one also confident that the new drop in the Ifo index “is not the start reform-growth cycle,” he said. Wilburn’s predicament is echoed by other small compa- way or the other, that uncertainty is likely to fade somewhat,” he of a downward trend. At the bottom line, the German economy “Even after today’s drop, the level of the Ifo remains comfort- nies that use Ex-Im financing, credit guarantees and insur- said. “The euro is still priced very competitively, monetary policy remains in a growth trend,” he said. ING DiBa economist ably high. The index shows that German businesses are not ance to extend their reach into the global market. Trade is unusually supportive, fiscal policy is neutral in the eurozone Carsten Brzeski agreed. immune to the Greek crisis and that Grexit fears are not only bankers say they are likely to be the hardest-hit by closure of and slightly expansionary in Germany. Real income and “Even if the doses have been reduced somewhat, the discussed in the local pub but also in boardrooms. However, for the 80-year-old institution due to a dearth of private-sector employment are rising nicely in Germany. We look for growth to German economy is still on steroids. Despite some recent the time being, these fears should not have a negative impact alternatives. “There are no commercial banks in the US that strengthen in Germany and the euro area in the second half of rebounds, the weak euro exchange rate and low energy prices on the economy yet,” he concluded. — AFP will make long-term loans to African countries,” said Richard Rogovin, chairman of US Bridge Corp. Rogovin, whose 140-employee firm makes steel bridge Armenian protesters kits in Cambridge, Ohio, said some of his customers in Africa Total pulls out of and South America are now talking to Chinese, British and block road for 3rd French manufacturers that have unwavering support from Russian gas project their countries’ trade banks. “It’s almost like the customers sense that this country is day over energy hikes PARIS: Total said yesterday it had pulled out of the withdrawing from international finance,” he added. Jeb Shtokman natural gas project in the Barents Sea, with Hensarling, chairman of the House Financial Services YEREVAN: A standoff between police and demonstrators development of one of the world’s largest untouched gas Committee and Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Ways and protesting a hike in electricity prices blocked the central fields apparently falling victim to Western sanctions in Means committee, argue that U.S. manufacturers will thrive avenue in Armenia’s capital yesterday for a third straight Russia. more without Ex-Im bureaucrats “picking winners and losers.” day, with no visible progress toward resolving the worst “Total has passed to Gazprom its 25 percent share in They dismiss exporters’ concerns that foreign competitors unrest that the impoverished former Soviet nation has Shtokman Development AG and expressed its interest to and aggressive export credit agencies will shove them aside. seen in years. further cooperate on the project should it enter an active “The argument that holds the least water with me is ‘other President Serge Sarkisian has offered to meet with rep- A file photo taken on November 16, 2012, shows former phase,” the French energy company said, confirming a countries do it, so should we,’” Ryan said this month. resentatives of the protesters, but they have refused, UBS banker Kweku Adoboli arriving at Southwark Crown report in the Russian business daily Vedomosti. demanding instead that he announce on television that Court in London. — AFP The project had been frozen for two years waiting for “GOOD THING” FOR CHINA the price hikes will be scrapped. The president hasn’t yet new technology to make it profitable, but Vedomosti said Zhao Changhui, the Export-Import Bank of China’s chief commented publicly on the protests. UBS rogue trader development solutions Total had recently proposed were country risk analyst, said he would regret the possible demise The unrest is raising concerns about political stability in prevented from moving forward by sanctions. The United of the bank’s US counterpart, but that it would help China’s Armenia, which has become increasingly dependent on who lost $2.3bn States and European Union slapped sanctions on Russia competitiveness.“With respect to competition in strategy and Russia. Russia has a military base in Armenia, and Russian last year over its role in the Ukraine crisis, targeting in par- policies between the US and China, this is a good thing” for companies control some of the most prized economic ticular the oil and gas sector where Russia needs Western China, Zhao told reporters at a forum in Yiwu. China’s medi- assets, including the power grid. The protest was triggered freed from jail technology to profitably access deposits in hostile cli- um- and long-term official export credit support jumped to when an Armenian government panel agreed to raise mates. $58 billion last year from $28.3 billion in 2011, according to a electricity rates sharply at the request of the power com- LONDON: Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli, jailed for seven At 3.8 trillion cubic metres of gas, the Shtokman field is recent US Ex-Im report. It said US support fell to $12.1 billion pany. years for gambling away $2.3 billion (2.1 billion euros) in one of the world’s largest untouched gas fields. But buried from $21.4 billion over the same period. Politicians in Russia have suggested that the West or Britain’s biggest ever fraud, has been released from prison, a underneath the Barents Sea above the Arctic Circle, devel- Officials at Trina Solar, now the world’s largest solar panel Western non-governmental organizations had a hand in source said yesterday. oping it would require technology breakthroughs and manufacturer, declined to comment on the Ilagan solar proj- fomenting the unrest, comparing the protests to those in Adoboli, 35, was released from Maidstone Prison in south- huge investment. Norway’s Statoil dropped out of the proj- ect in the Philippines. The project’s local developer, a unit of Ukraine in 2013 that led to the overthrow of the Russia- east England last week, having served half of his sentence, the ect in 2013 and then Gazprom suspended it until new tech- Greenergy Solutions Inc., also declined comment. friendly president. source close to the investigation said. The Ghanaian-born nology could make it viable. Trina has previously had support from the China Ex-Im The demonstrators in Yerevan have denied any links banker was convicted to seven years for fraud by abuse of Total wrote off last year $350 million (312 million euros) bank, disclosing in Securities and Exchange Commission fil- either to foreign organizations or to opposition parties in position for losing the Swiss bank’s money, and to four years for its stake in the Shtokman project, but continued to ings that it repaid a $40 million working capital loan from the Armenia. The protesters, most of whom are young, have for a second count of the same offence, which he was to serve work on technological solutions and did not formally bank last year. It also repaid a $180 million China used social media to organize their actions, which began concurrently. He was sentenced in November 2012 but had renounce the partnership with Gazprom. Vedomosti said Development Bank loan. Trade bankers say the US Ex-Im’s Friday with three days of sit-in protests. already been detained for nine months prior to his trial. Total executives told Russian news agencies last year that demise would leave a gap in trade financing that would be On Monday, about 5,000 protesters marched toward Adoboli is understood to be staying with friends while he they had proposed new technologies to Gazprom and that hard for the private sector to fill, and a freeze on new Ex-Im the presidential residence, but were blocked by police, attempts to put his life back together. work on the project was continuing. deals is already starting to take hold. who early Tuesday used water cannons to forcefully dis- During Adoboli’s trial, he claimed senior managers were But then Western sanctions were imposed, and Much of the bank’s financing activity is in the form of pro- perse the peaceful demonstration. Nearly 240 protesters fully aware of his activities and encouraged him to take risks Vedomosti said Total had received permission from the viding credit guarantees for commercial bank loans, allowing were detained, and 15 people were injured. to make profits for Switzerland’s biggest bank. But prosecu- French government to work on only three projects in it to maximize export support while staying well under its The demonstration resumed with new force Tuesday tors said that in a bid to boost his bonuses and chances of Russia: the Yamal, Kharyaga and Termokarstovoye projects. total exposure cap of $140 billion. “The banks aren’t able to evening, with an estimated 7,000 protesters joining a sec- promotion, Adoboli exceeded his trading limits, failed to The Russian newspaper said the transfer of the Shtokman bring on new customers essentially,” said Matthew Ekberg, ond march toward Sarkisian’s residence. They were again hedge trades and faked records to cover his tracks between stake was agreed last week at Russia’s annual economic vice president of international policy at the Bankers stopped by police, who this time refrained from any use of 2008 and 2011. forum in Saint Petersburg, where Gazprom chief Alexei Association for International Trade in Washington. “They’re force. The two sides also were separated by a barricade of The tactics initially paid off, but as the financial crisis took Miller met with Total’s Patrick Pouyanne. just trying to get through the current transactions before large trash containers that the protesters had placed hold, Adoboli’s deals went bad. The court was told that at one It said a Gazprom spokesman had confided that Miller June 30.” New capital rules implemented since the 2007/08 across the road. point the privately-educated son of a former United Nations promised Pouyanne during the meeting that Total would financial crisis make it unattractive for many banks to make Around 400 protesters remained yesterday, ignoring official was at risk of causing UBS losses of $12 billion. His case be the first company approached to join the Shtokman long-term loans on infrastructure projects or aircraft in police appeals to disperse. Most sought shelter from the drew comparisons to Jerome Kerviel, the French trader who project if Gazprom decided to pursue its development. emerging markets because it would tie up too much capital sun under trees and umbrellas as the temperature soared lost the Societe Generale bank 4.9 billion euros ($5.5 billion) in Total has in recent years launched a drive to raise its out- for too long, he said.—Reuters to about 40 C (104 F). The demonstration was expected to 2008, and British rogue trader Nick Leeson, who caused the put, in particular through operations in Russia, which resume again in the evening. — AP collapse of Barings Bank in 1995.—AFP should become its top production source by 2020. — AFP BUSINESS THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 Euro-zone stocks retreat on Greek crisis

LONDON: Euro-zone stock markets retreat- Composite dove 3.25 percent. appetite that had been lifted by hopes of an markets are likely face a heady week, said rejected the buyout offer made for its net- ed yesterday as renewed questions arose Outside the euro-zone, London’s bench- imminent deal. Creditors then rejected the Rebecca O’Keeffe, head of investment at work made by rival group Altice. over whether Greece and its international mark FTSE 100 index remained in positive Greek proposals, adding to downside stockbroker Interactive Investor. “Equity In early afternoon trading, shares in creditors will reach be able to quickly reach territory, trading 0.30 percent higher at momentum in European stocks,” said Jasper markets continue to put their faith in a Bouygues, the parent company of Bouygues a deal needed for Athens to avoid a default 6,855.36 points. The euro rose to $1.1191, Lawler, market analyst for CMC Markets. potential deal for Greece, with perceptions Telecom, slumped 6.23 percent to 35.53 and possible messy exit from the euro. from $1.1168 late on Tuesday in New York. He noted, however, that the losses had of risk falling across Europe and sending euros. Meanwhile shares in Altice’s French Frankfurt’s DAX 30 index fell 0.82 percent The jitters across European bourses not wiped out the two days of share price markets higher... The next few days will telecoms unit, Numericable-SFR plunged to stand at 11,584.40 points in early after- appeared driven by reports that the gains across Europe fuelled by hopes of a prove pivotal” O’Keeffe said. 11.49 percent to 48.21 euros. noon deals. The CAC 40 in Paris shed 0.57 International Monetary Fund was not pre- Greek deal. “European stocks were up close Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will Shares in market leader Orange fell by percent to 5,028.51 points, with telecoms pared to accept some of the new proposals to 5 percent in the past two days but are meet the leaders of Greece’s creditors-the 2.78 percent to 14.535 euros and the stock stocks taking a hammering after a buyout Greece presented Monday, which relied down just 1 percent on news the deal was EU’s Jean-Claude Juncker, the European in Iliad, parent company of low-cost opera- offer that would have consolidated the more on tax hikes than the spending cuts rejected. The markets are showing a bit Central Bank’s Mario Draghi and the IMF’s tor Free, dove by 6.16 percent to 214.15 number of mobile operators in France from and deep structural reforms that creditors more of a propensity to melt up than melt Christine Lagarde-in Brussels yesterday to euros. four to three was rejected. Madrid’s IBEX 35 have been seeking. down,” Lawler said. discuss the latest proposals that Athens has Meanwhile shares in Dutch retail giant was down 0.90 percent Milan’s FTSE MIB “IMF differences over the latest proposals With the coming days packed with con- made. Ahold and its Belgian rival Delhaize fell yes- was 0.73 percent lower, and Athens’ ATHEX from Athens dampened investor risk sultations between Greece and its creditors, Euro-zone finance ministers will also terday after they officially announced their meet on the proposals ahead of an EU sum- merger, creating one of the world’s largest mit today. The Greek proposals were a last- retail companies with a turnover of more ditch bid to unlock the final 7.2 billion euro than 54 billion euros ($61 billion). tranche of its current bailout program. If it Ahold shares reversed early gains to fails to get the funds it will almost certainly trade 0.40 percent lower in Amsterdam be unable to make a 1.5 billion euro pay- at 18.88 euros, while shares in Delhaize ment to the IMF at the end of the month. were down 4.92 percent to 83.70 euros In France shares in telecoms companies in Brussels, the day after rising more fell after the board of French group than eight percent on rumors of the Bouygues late on Tuesday unanimously deal. — AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 BUSINESS

Ikea raises minimum wage for US workers 2nd year in a row

NEW YORK: Ikea’s USdivision is raising distribution centers. Ikea raised the increase wages and improve working raises vary based on the cost of living National Retail Federation. the minimum wage for the second minimum wage in June 2014 by an conditions. in each of its 40 US store locations. For Wal-Mart told the media earlier this year in a row as the Swedish ready-to- average of 17 percent, effective 2015. Rob Olson, chief financial officer at instance, Olson said that Ikea workers month that it’s already starting to see assemble furniture chain looks to That marked the biggest increase in Ikea’s U.S. division, told The Associated in the Elizabeth, New Jersey, store will lower turnover at the stores as a result improve its relations with workers and 10 years in the US for the retailer. It Press on Tuesday that the increase see a 22 percent raise in pay. of the higher wages. Still, labor backed reduce worker turnover. Starting Jan also pegged the raise to the cost of announced last year was based on He noted Ikea has already seen an groups are pushing for companies to 1, Ikea’s average minimum hourly living in each location, instead of what data a few years old from the MIT improved turnover rate and a broader start entry level wages at $15 per hour. wage will increase to $11.87, which is competitors are offering as most Living Wage Calculator, which takes pool of strong applicants for store There’s much national debate about $4.62 above the current federal wage stores do, signaling a new approach to into consideration housing, food, openings. Olson declined to offer the what is a “living wage,” or enough mon- and marks a $1.11 increase, or 10 per- its pay structure. medical and transportation costs plus company’s turnover rate, but he said ey for a worker to make in order to cent, from this year’s average mini- The pay raise comes as several annual taxes. Ikea saw the need to that it’s surpassed its goal of lowering make ends meet. Most retail workers mum pay. The increase will affect 32 retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores raise wages for next year based on the rate by 5 percentage points just six already make more than the federal percent of Ikea’s 10,500 U.S. store Inc, have announced wage hikes and new data from the living wage calcu- months after the wage hike. Olson not- minimum wage but not much more. In workers and will raise the average other incentives to attract workers lator. Like other retailers, Ikea had ed Ikea’s turnover rate has always been fact, more than half of retail workers hourly wage to $15.45. That’s up from and to stay competitive in an improv- always adjusted wages based on what below the industry average. About 19 make $10 or less, according to David the current $14.19 per hour. The ing job market. They’ve also faced competitors were offering. Starting percent of full-time retail workers leave Cooper of The Economic Policy increase also covers workers in some pressure from labor-backed groups to with the increase announced last year, their jobs annually, according to the Institute. —AP Big retailers feel pressure on Confederate flag merchandise Manufacturers say sales now surging

NEW YORK: Even as national ual businesses to make.” He flags,” he said. “It’s not like selling “I’m not here to judge who retailers pull Confederate flags added that the businesses’ deci- tires or washing machines. Both does what with their flag, I’m just from shelves and websites after sions were consistent with the Van de Putte and McCoy say here to provide for America,” the shooting deaths of nine black president’s position. The red- American flags are their most McCoy said. But The Valley Forge church members in South white-and-blue Confederate bat- popular products. McCoy said Flag Co, based in Wyomissing, Carolina, manufacturers that pro- tle flag represents racism to most of the Confederate flags she Pennsylvania, will no longer duce the divisive symbol say that many, and southern heritage to sells are lower-quality items not manufacture the Confederate sales are now surging. others. The debate over its place meant to fly outside every day. battle flag. It is pulling refer- “I don’t sell the Confederate exploded after the church shoot- She said residents of California ences to it from its website and flag for any specific group, I just ings. South Carolina Gov. Nikki easily buy the most of any state. telling managers at its manufac- sell the flag,” said Kerry McCoy, Haley said Monday that the flag “They’re more for a dorm room turing plants, located in South owner and president of Arkansas’ should be removed from the or a gag gift,” she said. “I don’t Carolina and Alabama, to cancel LAS VEGAS: French Finance Minister Emmanuel Macron (center) tours the FlagandBanner.com. “This is America. Everybody has a right to Parrot booth with Parrot CEO and founder Henri Seydoux (right) and Louis be represented whether you are a Schweitzer (left) at the International CES in Las Vegas. France’s economy history buff or a nut.” minister is heading to the US to urge more American companies to invest in McCoy said her company France, as he tries to reform a country with a reputation for strikes and high expects to sell about 50 of the labor costs. —AP flags over the next week. That’s about half of what they typically Biz-friendly France? Economy sell in a year. Amazon, Sears, eBay and Etsy said Tuesday that they chief in US to seek investment would remove Confederate flag merchandise from their websites. PARIS: France’s economy minister is head- and branch agreements. That’s a big reform.” Sears does not sell the merchan- ing to the US yesterday to urge more The stakes are high. France’s economy dise inside Sears or Kmart stores. American companies to invest in the coun- has long been stagnant and has a 10 per- Target said it pulled its historic try, as he tries to reform the rules and image cent unemployment rate that French Confederate costume from its web of a nation with a reputation for strikes and President Francois Hollande has made it his site, but said it did not carry high labor costs. Macron, a former invest- mission to bring down. His bill would Confederate flags or decor that ment banker, is touting the creativity of notably allow stores to open 12 times a year bore that image. French start-ups, especially in digital tech- on Sunday instead of five - not a huge Google, meanwhile, blocked nology and biotechnologies. The govern- change but dramatic for France. Another digital ads featuring Confederate ment launched this year “French tech visas” measure would reform labor courts. The flags after concluding they violat- to attract young entrepreneurs from abroad government considers that current labor ed the Internet company’s policy willing to create start-ups in France. laws are discouraging hiring, because it is so against marketing messages pro- Macron prompted a rebellion within his costly and difficult to lay off or move around moting content that could be own Socialist Party for trying to loosen up workers during a downturn. The govern- “generally perceived” as an expres- hard-fought labor protections in a law that ment isn’t just looking for French investment bears his name and is working its way but wants U.S. investment too - and Macron sion of hate toward a group of through parliament. isn’t shy about praising the more flexible people. The ban included Google Shopping, which consists of mer- But he’s not stopping there. He told jour- American model. That’s especially surprising LITTLE ROCK: Kerry McCoy, owner of Arkansas Flag and Banner in Little Rock, Arkansas, nalists this week that he wants to “acceler- for a French leftist, in a country where work- chant ads. Links to Confederate flags are still being shown in describes the demand for Confederate flag merchandise on Tuesday. Major retailers are halting ate” and promised another reform to “mod- er protections were long considered a sales of the Confederate flag and related merchandise. —AP ernize the labor market” for this autumn. sacred accomplishment of the modern era. Google’s general search results. “We need more flexibility, stability and pre- Macron meets entrepreneurs in New York The wave of merchandise bans dictability on the labor market,” he said. “If and Harvard students and biotech execu- came a day after Wal-Mart Stores Statehouse grounds. know anybody that flies the pending orders. we want more flexibility, we have to tives in Boston. He’ll then meet in Inc. said that it would remove all While the Confederate flag rep- Confederate battle flag on their “When you have a sea change decrease the role of the state, and to give Washington with Treasury Secretary Jacob Confederate-themed items from resents a small slice of their busi- flag pole outside their business. I moment like you have with the more flexibility on the ground to people Lew and officials from the International its store shelves and website after ness, some of those that produce mean, who would do that?” tragedy in Charleston, we felt it through contracts, corporate agreements Monetary Fund. —AP the South Carolina shooting sus- them say they have no plans to Van de Putte’s inventory also was simply the right thing to do,” pect, Dylann Storm Roof, stop. Pete Van de Putte said sales includes novelty flags and ban- Valley Forge Vice President Reggie appeared in photos holding the of Confederate flags are surging ners from the military and coun- VandenBosch said. “We don’t want flag. at his Dixie Flag Manufacturing in tries like North Korea. He esti- to do anything that causes pain or BoE plans credit union Other national retailers say San Antonio, Texas. He said he has mates that nearly every flag in disunity for people.” VandenBosch, they do not sell, or never have sold more flags in the last couple his store could be seen as objec- who heads the Flag Manufacturers reform to help sector flourish sold, Confederate items. White days than they would have typi- tionable by someone. Likewise, Association of America, said Valley LONDON: Credit unions need new rules to credit union movement has typically served House Press Secretary Josh cally sold over a couple of McCoy said she frequently gets Forge had long been uncomfort- reflect the broader range of financial servic- the less well off in society but is now Earnest, asked about the retailers months. pressure she resists to stop mak- able with making what the flag es offered by the local loan and savings revamping itself to attract a wider range of pulling flags from stores, said “Any time there is a controver- ing gay pride flags or even flags industry had viewed as a historical organizations, the Bank of England said yes- customers by offering accounts, mortgages those are “decisions for individ- sy about any flag, we sell more that represent political parties. artifact. —AP terday. and savings products. The central bank’s Prudential Regulation The British government has allocated 38 Authority (PRA) published proposals to million pounds ($59.9 million) to support reform regulation of credit unions, which the sector’s expansion and boost competi- are being promoted by policymakers and tion in a banking industry dominated by Retailers Ahold, Delhaize the Church of England as a viable alterna- the Big Four of HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds and tive to costly pay-day lenders and a banking RBS. sector tarnished by scandals and the finan- The Association of British Credit Unions’ cial crisis. website says there were 362 credit unions agree to $29bn merger The PRA, which supervises lenders and serving 1.2 million customers by the end of insurers, proposed the removal of existing last year. Loans totalled 718 million pounds rigid restrictions to give boards of credit with deposits of 1 billion pounds, still tiny unions more freedom to decide how their compared with the Big Four. A key aim of THE HAGUE: Dutch retailer Royal Ahold NV, Belgian counterpart Delhaize Group, in a deal that The all-shares merger, which will lead to the businesses are run. “These changes will the PRA’s proposals is to give consumers which operates US supermarket chains Stop & creates a $29 billion company that will serve over formation of a single company called Ahold introduce a more risk-based and flexible confidence that they will not lose their mon- Shop and Giant, has agreed to merge with its 50 million customers a week across the Atlantic. Delhaize with more than 6,500 stores, is expected regime for credit unions, with prudential ey if a credit union fails. Deposits would be to be completed in mid-2016, subject to regula- standards that reflect the diverse business capped at 85,000 pounds and money must tors’ and shareholder approval, the companies models they now operate. The new rules be handed back within seven days in the said yesterday in a joint press release. will raise standards where required,” the event that a credit union collapses. In lend- Based on the companies’ market values yester- central bank’s Deputy Governor Andrew ing, no single loan would be allowed to day, the new company would be worth about 26 Bailey said in a statement. The 50-year-old exceed 500,000 pounds. —Reuters billion euros ($29 billion). Delhaize, which owns supermarkets throughout Belgium, also operates the Hannaford and Food Lion stores in the eastern Barclays hires JPMorgan United States. As well as its US stores, Ahold owns the Albert Heijn chain of supermarkets, which has for broking role more than 850 stores in the Netherlands and 25 in Belgium. LONDON: Barclays has appointed US bank role in 2011. JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank “This is a true merger of equals, combining two JPMorgan as its corporate broker replacing declined to comment. Credit Suisse did not highly complementary businesses to create a Credit Suisse, the British bank told Reuters immediately respond to a request for com- world-leading food retailer,” Jan Hommen and yesterday, making the change as new chair- ment. Mats Jansson, the chairmen of Ahold and man John McFarlane begins a revamp of the Macfarlane, who took the helm after the Delhaize said. lender. Barclays said it made the choice after bank’s annual shareholder meeting in April, is Delhaize shareholders will receive 4.75 Ahold inviting investment banks to pitch for the overseeing Barclays’ efforts to shrink its bal- shares for each Delhaize share. Ahold sharehold- role. It kept on Deutsche Bank which was ance sheet as part of a plan to cut costs, simpli- already one of its brokers, the bank said. fy its business and improve returns for share- ers will own around 61 percent of the new com- Corporate brokers, a setup peculiar to holders. Several London-listed banks have pany and Delhaize shareholders the rest. The Britain, are investment bankers who act as an changed brokerships in the past few months. two retailers had combined sales last year of intermediary between public companies and Royal Bank of Scotland is turning to Bank of 54.1 billion euros ($60.6 billion). They said that their institutional investors. They are meant America Merrill Lynch as its new corporate the deal will involve one-off costs of 350 million to be a company’s trusted adviser, using broker in preparation for the government’s euros that will create annual savings of 500 mil- expertise built up over years of being its eyes plan to start selling its 78 percent stake in the lion euros year from the third year after the and ears in the market. bank later this year. Standard Chartered also deal’s completion. Ahold chief executive officer Swiss bank Credit Suisse had been broker changed brokers at the end of 2014, replacing BRUSSELS: CEO of Dutch retail giant Ahold Dick Boer (left) shakes hands with his Dick Boer will become CEO of the merged com- to Barclays for around 25 years, while UBS with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and counterpart at Belgian rival Delhaize Frans Muller prior to a press conference, yester- pany, while Delhaize CEO Frans Muller will be his Deutsche Bank had been appointed to the keeping on JPMorgan. —Reuters day in Brussels. —AFP deputy. —AP THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 BUSINESS Kuwait Credit Bank chooses Cisco Qalaa to divest multiple System to power its data center non-core platforms CAIRO: Qalaa Holdings “Qalaa” (CCAP.CA The transaction is targeted to close in on the Egyptian Exchange), an African December 2015 subject to certain condi- KUWAIT: Kuwait Credit Bank (KCB), new challenges for IT leaders. l 53 percent reduction in power within the Kuwaiti finance sector as leader in infrastructure and industry, has tions precedent and customary termina- announced yesterday that it is to Kuwait Credit Bank was looking to and cooling well facilitate new levels of produc- today signed a set of agreements with tion rights. The transaction will result in a deploy Cisco’s Unified Computing improve business with new online l Cloud computing is key for tivity, agility and cost savings, Financial Holdings International (FHI), reduction of Qalaa’s consolidated debt System (UCS) platform for its data services that foster growth while Middle East organizations to virtu- improved performance, enhanced one of Qalaa’s major co-investors, by c. EGP 800 million. Deleveraging is a center network IT infrastructure. reducing costs, minimizing risks, alize their physical IT infrastructure visibility, and operational simplicity. through which Qalaa will acquire from key strategic goal for the company in The network infrastructure upgrade and increasing agility so a robust and Cisco research predicts that At the end of the day it is important 2015 and onward. will also include a Cloud Cisco Cloud environment proved to global data center traffic will nearly that we are able to continually FHI additional stakes in subsidiaries that Computing environment which will be the answer. triple, with cloud representing 76 enhance the services that we are are core to Qalaa’s future as a holding enable the Bank to retain control percent of total data center traffic. providing to our banking cus- company. Qalaa will simultaneously sell and become more relevant while Highlights/Key Facts: As this accelerated growth creates tomers in an increasingly competi- to FHI its holdings in multiple non-core reducing risk and accelerating time l The Cisco UCS represents a radi- enormous opportunities for busi- tive marketplace and Cisco’s tech- business units. to market. cal simplification of traditional archi- ness innovation and acceleration, nology solutions will allow us to The stakes Qalaa is acquiring are in Cisco UCS solves the real busi- tectures, dramatically reducing the organisations like KCB are realising deliver this.” companies that have leading positions in ness challenges of integrating com- number of devices organizations the importance of virtualizing their Zaidoun Arbad, General the energy, cement and transportation Manager, Cisco Kuwait: “Globally, sectors, among others. The transaction the impact and the importance of will entail Qalaa selling to FHI its stakes in the data center continues to grow MENA Homes, Grandview and Dina as companies realize the value of Farms Land Companies; the latter are to minimizing infrastructure invest- be spun-off from existing investments. ments on the balance sheet and freeing up capital to strengthen In parallel, Qalaa will acquire FHI’s their core business activities. Cisco stakes in ASEC Holding (cement), TAQA will provide Kuwait Credit Bank Arabia and Mashreq (energy), Nile with practical, fast and reliable Logistics (transportation), Dina Farms solutions that will optimize their Supermarkets (food retail chain), and Dr. Ahmed Heikal, Chairman and services to improve their customer United Foundries (metallurgy). Founder Qalaa Holdings offering. Amid the ongoing conver- gence of technologies for the next- Tariq Alusiami, CIO, Zaidoun Arbad, General Manager, Cisco Kuwait generation Internet, Cisco sees a Burgan Bank recertified Kuwait Credit Bank unique opportunity to combine the latest technology innovations and with ISO 9001:2008 pute, storage and networking with- must purchase, deploy, and main- servers to create secure cloud envi- end-to-end solutions to enable cus- in IT infrastructure. The ability for tain. Customer results have proven ronments. tomers like Kuwait Credit Bank to KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced that is largest by assets in Kuwait, with a significant organizations like KCB to achieve that the economic and operational more efficiently and quickly cap- has been successfully re-certified with the focus on the corporate and financial institu- tangible benefits by reducing total benefits of Cisco UCS innovations Executive Quotes: ture market opportunities in entire- prestigious ISO 9001:2008, for the third con- tions sectors, as well as having a growing cost of ownership, simplifying man- include: Tariq Alusaimi, CIO at Kuwait ly new ways while both growing secutive period. The bank received the certi- retail, and private bank customer base. agement and increasing data cen- l 87 percent reduction in provi- Credit Bank: their businesses and delivering fication after the successful completion of Burgan Bank has five majority owned sub- tre efficiency are behind the fast sioning times “Cisco’s pioneering next genera- new network experiences to their the recertification audit of all its depart- sidiaries, which include Jordan Kuwait Bank, adoption of UCS. l 77 percent reduction in cabling tion data center solutions will customers. We look forward to ments by Bureau Veritas, a global leader in Gulf Bank Algeria, Burgan Bank - Turkey, The Internet of Everything is l 77 percent reduction of on- enable Kuwait Credit Bank’s IT rolling out our solutions to their Testing, Inspecting and Certification (TIC). Bank of Baghdad, Tunis International Bank, leading to rapid innovation and going administrative/management infrastructure to meet business premises around the country over The bank’s recognition demonstrates its in which Burgan Bank owns a majority stake. business opportunity, along with cost demands for new applications the coming months and year.” commitment to applying the highest quality control measures across its operations. The ISO 9001:2008 certificate is an inter- Nissan Al-Babtain offering unbeatable national standard related to quality man- agement systems, applicable to any organi- zation from all types of business sectors and promotions during month of goodness activities, and is based on eight quality man- agement principles, including customer Special prices and giveaway prizes on all models focus, leadership, involvement of people, process approach, system approach to man- agement, continual improvement, fact KUWAIT: Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain celebration of the special Ramadan atmosphere based decision-making and mutually bene- Co, the exclusive agent of Nissan in the State of at its showrooms in Kuwait to enjoy the unique ficial supplier relationships. The recertifica- Kuwait, is proud to offer the best promotions test drive experience of the various Nissan mod- tion attests the bank’s effective processes during the holy month of Ramadan. Nissan Al- els. Al-Babtain also invites its clients to visit its and controls along with its ongoing mainte- Babtain launched its new and exclusive promo- showrooms to get more details about this amaz- nance of quality management systems and tion on this special occasion, a Ramadan mega ing offer that last till the end of Ramadan and to superior quality in monitoring. discount, which includes a package of special benefit from the exclusive surprises offered by Huda Fahad Al-Shemmari, General services and giveaway prizes. Al-Babtain for its clients at the showrooms. Manager Operations Strategic Development Huda Al-Shemmari Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Co Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Co, the said: “We are proud to be certified again the announced that its clients could now enjoy one exclusive agent of Nissan in Kuwait is always ‘ISO 9001’ certificate for the third time in a Burgan Bank Group has one of the largest of the gift packages offered during the presenting the best and most attractive offers row. The ISO certification is an acknowl- regional branch networks with more than Ramadan promotion. These include; free service for its clients, in addition to the after-sale servic- edgement of our well defined policies and 231 branches across Kuwait, Turkey, Jordan, for one year, fee 1000 liters of fuel, along with es to meet the increasing demand on Nissan procedures streamlined to meet the bank’s Algeria, Iraq, Tunis, Lebanon and Palestine. free three party insurance and free traffic regis- vehicles and to achieve the Company’s goal to overall business objectives and functions in The Bank has continuously improved its accordance to worldwide criteria. Today’s performance over the years through an tration. This great offer is combined along with remain the leading commercial brand in the announcement drives us to continue our expanded revenue structure, diversified giveaway prizes exclusively presented by Al- automotive field. journey of providing best-in-class banking funding sources, and a strong capital base. Babtain to its Nissan fanatic clients, prizes vary According to all the accredited surveys, all services.” The adoption of state-of-the-art services from IPhone 6, IPad mini, and/or Samsung S6 Nissan Al-Babtain’s promotions are admired Burgan Bank’s achievement of the ISO and technology has positioned it as a trend- Edge. and trusted by its clients due to its credibility 9001:2008 certificate this year further builds setter in the domestic market and within the On this occasion Nissan Al-Babtain would like and its suitability to consumers’ needs in Kuwait on its string of accolades, and is a clear indi- MENA region. Burgan Bank’s brand has been to wish its clients a blessed Ramadan, and wish- and the GCC region. In this way Nissan Al- cation of its constant perusal of excellence created on a foundation of real values - of ing that this great offer and valuable services Babtain have beaten out the competitor through embracing international quality trust, commitment, excellence and progres- presented will strengthen the trust of its clients through its strong brand, developed services, standards, a step that marks its strong posi- sion, to remind us of the high standards to and the name of Nissan as a leading brand in and clients trust, which is evident by the num- tion across the banking sector. which we aspire. ‘People come first’ is the the local and international automobile market. bers of vehicles sold in Kuwait during the past Established in 1977, Burgan Bank is the foundation on which its products and serv- Nissan Al-Babtain invites all clients to join the years. youngest commercial Bank and second ices are developed.

Gulf Bank’s 3 in 1 quarterly draw takes place this evening at the Avenues KUWAIT: Gulf Bank has announced that its 3 in 1 Quarterly draw is scheduled to take place tonight at 10pm, 25 June 2015, in the Avenues Mall Phase 2. 3 draws will take place at the same time and location. The Al-Danah draw will be for cash prizes of KD 250,000, KD 125,000 and KD 25,000. While the Salary & Red Account draws include a brand new Cadillac SRX and cash prizes up to KD1500. The draw event will be held in the pres- ence of a representative from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. ‘The Great Gold Rush’ changes To participate in the Al-Danah draws, customers must have an Al-Danah account containing at least KD 200. Customers can open a new Al-Danah account at any one fortune of 21 lucky customers of the 58 Gulf Bank branches in Kuwait. Those who already have an account can increase their chances of winning by increasing their deposits. This will also KUWAIT: Malabar Gold & Diamonds’ festive campaign, gm gold coins with absolutely no making charges extra charges. increase their chances of winning one of the two KD1,000 ‘The Great Gold Rush’ enters its final week. Their exclu- from any of Malabar Gold & Diamonds outlets in GCC The group offers one of the most admired brands in prizes, which are drawn each working day. Furthermore, new Red Account or Salary Account cus- sive campaign has changed the fortune of 21 lucky cus- during this period. the jewellery segment that includes Ethnix- tomers who open an account and transfer their student tomers so far across GCC and Far East. The customers To add more glitter to this season, they have also Handcrafted Designer Jewellery, Era - Uncut Diamond allowance or salary will also be eligible to enter the get a chance to participate in the exclusive ‘The Great unveiled the latest collection of jewellery specially Jewellery, Mine - Diamonds Unlimited, Divine- Heritage monthly cash draws for a chance to also win up to KD Gold Rush’ campaign until 30 June 2015. With every pur- designed for the festive season in gold and diamonds to Indian Jewellery, Precia- Precious Gem Jewellery and 1,500. In addition, the quarterly car draw will be for 1 chase of gold jewellery with KD 40, the customers get a suit the tastes of their multicultural and multinational Starlet - Kids Jewellery. lucky winner who will have a chance to win a new chance to enter raffle draws to win 1/2 kg of gold each customers. Moreover, the customers can update any of Their mesmerizing collection of jewellery is available Cadillac SRX. in 4 raffle draws. Those who buy diamond jewellery their old ornaments purchased from GCC with the at all their outlets in India, GCC and Far East with unique For further information about the Al-Danah, Salary and worth KD 40 will get 2 raffle coupons and double the brand new enticing collection of Malabar Gold & exchange offers and buyback policies. The jewellery Red accounts and prize draws, visit one of Gulf Bank’s 58 chance to win. Diamonds without any loss. Customers can also buy chain also offers lifetime free repair and maintenance branches, or call Gulf Bank’s Customer Contact Center on 1805805. The customers also get a fabulous chance to buy 8 jewellery by using their credit cards without paying any service for all its products. technology THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 Apple has best smartwatch, but rivals have strengths

NEW YORK: As much as I wish the Apple Watch stay connected continually and find that pulling reigned as a leading smartwatch until Samsung, you can buy better ones from outside parties. Pebble The bottom line could do more, I find it the best smartwatch avail- out a phone is inconvenient, you might be in the Google and Apple came along. Orders began this Time supports both iPhones and Android; some It’s getting there. The year-old Android able, given its polished design and wide range of market for a smartwatch. The watch will give you week for a new model, Pebble Time. Apps offer apps and features work with just one or the other. Wear app store and user interface are just apps. But there may be reasons to consider regular updates, replicating notifications on your business listings from Yelp, playback control for starting to catch up to what Apple Watch had something else. For one thing, Apple Watch phone. You’ll also get apps like navigation and fit- Pandora radio and sports scores from ESPN. But ANDROID WEAR ($200 to $350, depending in its first week. requires an iPhone. Pebble Time, in particular, ness. Here’s a look at some of the alternatives to the app selection is short of what you get with on the model; Android only) works with both iPhones and Android devices Apple Watch and how they compare: Apple Watch or watches that run Google’s Any manufacturer can make watches based SAMSUNG GEARS and excels at battery life. But it falls short else- Android Wear system. For instance, the most pop- on Android Wear. If Pebble’s or Apple’s rectangu- ($300 to $384, plus $5 or $10 monthly serv- where. Whether you need a smartwatch at all is PEBBLE TIME ($199; iOS, Android) ular navigation app, MapsGPS, feels rudimentary. lar designs aren’t for you, you can get a round ice fee, depending on carrier; Android phones another matter. Many people are happy having The original Pebble, the product of a public watch like Motorola’s $250 Moto 360 or LG’s $350 from Samsung only) Samsung’s latest smart- one, but others won’t need one yet. If you need to fundraising campaign through Kickstarter, What’s good Watch Urbane. You can also get a model with watch has a slick user interface and a vivid, I can go about five days between charges, built-in GPS like Sony’s $250 SmartWatch 3 curved screen. It’s also huge. while rivals smartwatches max out at a day or (though it’s also rectangular). There are seven two (Apple Watch is officially at 18 hours, though models so far, with more to come. Older models What’s good I typically get several hours more). In addition, have steep discounts. Gear S stands out in having its own cellular the display is always on, so you can use a watch connectivity, so you can do more when you as, well, a watch all day. With some smartwatch- What’s good leave your phone at home. It has built-in GPS, es, the screen goes dark to save battery. Android Wear puts the “smart” in smart- too, which makes tracking runs and bike rides watches by anticipating your needs - weather, more accurate. (Android Wear just started let- Compromises travel times and appointment reminders, based ting users get notifications over known Wi-Fi Pebble Time achieves amazing battery life by on what Google learns about you. Creepy, but networks, but it’s not as ubiquitous as cellular. using a paper-like display that makes graphics useful - at least during the occasional times Apple Watch also uses Wi-Fi, but only when it’s and text look dull and fuzzy, as though generat- when Google anticipates correctly. on the same network as the phone.) ed by a dot-matrix printer from the 1980s. On a pedometer app, I couldn’t tell whether I ran Compromises Compromises 6,350 or 8,350 steps. Unlike most other smart- Android Wear is highly dependent on voice Samsung shuns Android Wear, so apps watches, Pebble Time lacks a touch screen and a commands. I get self-conscious speaking to a need to be designed specifically for the watch. heart-rate monitor. Outside parties can make watch in public, and it doesn’t work well in noisy Many developers haven’t bothered. watch bands with heart rate and other sensors, environments. Apple Watch does require voice but nothing’s available yet. for extensive message replies, but there’s a lot The bottom line you can do through its touch screen and dial. A The Gear S is a third-generation smart- The bottom line recent Android update makes it easier to launch watch from Samsung. By now, I expect a The no-frills smartwatch feels like a toy, but it’s apps and reach frequent contacts using the robust app store. The hardware may be stun- CALIFORNIA: The new Apple Watch is displayed at the Apple Store in also much cheaper than a $349-and-up Apple touch screen, but with more scrolling and tap- ning, but that matters little without good apps San Francisco, California. —AFP Watch. Pebble’s silicone band feels flimsy, though ping compared with Apple Watch. to use it. —AP Pakistani activists slam ‘unethical’ UK hacking ‘TOP SECRET STRAP2 UK EYES ONLY’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani rights cam- abroad. “Capability against Cisco Nighat Dad added: “The govern- High Commission in Islamabad paigners and opposition lawmakers routers developed by this means ment of Pakistan could point to the meanwhile said: “We do not com- have urged Islamabad to protect has allowed a CNE presence on the actions of the US or the UK as justi- ment on intelligence issues.” Last the privacy of its citizens after Pakistan Internet Exchange which fication for passing greater surveil- month, The Intercept reported that leaked top-secret documents affords access to almost any user of lance measures against its own the United States National Security appeared to show British intelli- the internet inside Pakistan,” it said, people.” Agency (NSA) had linked Al gence had gained access to almost referring to a US technology com- Sagheer Wattoo, a spokesman Jazeera’s longtime Islamabad all the country’s Internet users. The pany that provides most of the for the Information Communication bureau chief to the terror network revelations were based on a cache world’s network infrastructure. “Our Technology (ICT) ministry, told AFP: Al-Qaeda based on metadata col- of files from 2008 released by for- presence on routers likewise allows “We are trying to ascertain the lected from 55 million Pakistani mer US intelligence contractor us to re-route selected traffic across veracity of the report. Based on the mobile phone records. Pakistan is Edward Snowden and reported by international links towards GCHQ’s outcome of the fact finding, the rel- in the process of debating its own journalists Andrew Fishman and passive collection systems.” evant agencies will be directed to cyber-crime bill, which rights cam- KAMPALA: A person holds a smartphone with Safeboda application in Glenn Greenwald in The Intercept, Pakistan’s Digital Rights take appropriate action.” But oppo- paigners say threatens to curtail Kampala. —AFP an online news outlet, this week. Foundation, a non-profit that cam- sition lawmaker Syed Ali Raza Abidi, freedom of expression and privacy In a document marked “TOP paigns for online privacy, said in a who is a member of a parliamen- in its current form. Rights groups Uganda’s ‘Uber for motorcycle SECRET STRAP2 UK EYES ONLY” statement Tuesday: “This hacking tary committee on ICT, said also expressed concern over a pro- allegedly issued by Britain’s operation, at a scale never previ- Pakistan should protest to London vision that allows the government taxis’ shows it pays to be safe Government Communications ously seen before from the British over “this intrusion amounting to to share intelligence with foreign Headquarters (GCHQ), the spy intelligence agency, seriously infringement of the right of privacy spy agencies, such as the NSA, and KAMPALA: When Silver Tumwesigye, a more successful,” said Rapa, who has been a agency discusses its computer net- undermines the right to privacy of of individuals and spying on the the mandating of service providers sharply-dressed Ugandan motorbike taxi boda driver for four years and also runs work exploitation (CNE) and soft- all users of the internet in Pakistan.” state.” to retain telephone and email driver known by his nickname ‘Silverstone,’ motorbike tours of the city. ware reverse engineering efforts The group’s executive director A spokesperson for the Britain’s records for up to a year. —AFP had an accident six years ago it was a dou- ble blow. First he had to pay for surgery for Rigorous vetting his head injury and weeks of hospital treat- It was on one of his tours that a visitor ment, then he suffered months of no from Britain suggested meeting 30-year- What’s at stake in battle income as he recovered at home. old Belgian social entrepreneur Maxime Motorbike taxis, known as “boda-bodas” in Dieudonne, to help him develop an app to Uganda and elsewhere in East Africa, are an increase safety and provide better service. affordable and effective-but dangerous- Rapa teamed up with Dieudonne, Scottish over Hawaii telescope way of cutting through the traffic clogging development economist Alastair Sussock, Kampala’s streets. 29, and the Rwanda-based mobile tech Now a startup, dubbed “Uber for motor- company HeHe Labs to create SafeBoda. HONOLULU: Scientists hoping to build a telescope and subleased to Thirty Meter Telescope, is consid- years later. Universities from around the world and cycle taxis” after the popular ride-sharing Sussock said the start-up conducts a “very that will allow them to see 13 billion light years away, ered sacred by Native Hawaiian groups. They don’t NASA built about a dozen other telescopes in subse- company, hopes to make them safer and lengthy process of driver training and mul- giving them a look into the early years of the universe, oppose the telescope itself, but they strongly disagree quent decades. A state Board of Land and Natural more reliable. Silverstone survived his acci- tiple interactions and recommendations for are facing opposition from Native Hawaiian groups with its location atop the dormant volcano. The non- Resources report in 2013 said little consideration was dent but the loss of his daily income of drivers”. who say the construction site is on sacred land. After a profit company building the telescope suspended given to how these facilities might affect traditional around 20,000 shillings (five dollars, six “The recent issues in India with Uber, pause in construction to hold discussions on the construction in April after law enforcement arrested culture because “the significance wasn’t understood euros) threatened his family with destitu- with one of the drivers accused of raping a issue, Thirty Meter Telescope plans to resume con- protesters for blocking the road to the summit and at the time.” In 2007, scientists abandoned a plan to tion. “I was so worried-not about me, but passenger, shows the challenges on back- struction on the site Wednesday. Protesters are stand- refusing to leave the construction site. On Saturday, build six smaller outrigger telescopes after a judge about my children, my wife,” said the 36- ground checks or lack of any checks,” he ing their ground and are prepared to be arrested to telescope officials announced construction could ruled they needed a management plan for the conser- year-old father-of-four. “I struggled to pay said. Sussock said that while this made stop the construction. resume yesterday. A lawsuit challenging the project’s vation and protection of the entire summit to pro- the rent and school fees.” SafeBoda different from Uber, Lyft and oth- construction permit is pending before the state ceed. The state approved the University of Hawaii’s Close to 40 percent of trauma cases at er apps which allowed drivers to sign up What’s happening Supreme Court, which is scheduled to hear oral argu- summit management plan in 2009. The Thirty Meter Uganda’s main Mulago Hospital are the very easily, it ensured a “higher quality of Construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope began ments Aug 27. Telescope is the first observatory to receive a con- result of boda-boda accidents, according to drivers”. Rigorous vetting means there are in March near the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big struction permit since the outrigger project failed. a joint study in 2010 by the hospital and now 250 boda-boda drivers on the Island of Hawaii after seven years of environmental History of space observation the country’s Makerere University. SafeBoda waiting list. Silverstone plans to studies, public hearings and court proceedings. The The first road to the summit was built in 1964, and Sacred nature of Mauna Kea Like similar services in other developing join up, saying that his accident taught him land, which is managed by the University of Hawaii the University of Hawaii built the first telescope four Some Native Hawaiians believe the top of Mauna world urban hubs like Jakarta, SafeBoda the hard way that safety pays. The Kea is where their creation story began. Kealoha hopes to ease traffic in the Ugandan capital SafeBoda app is also evolving and will soon Pisciotta, an opponent of the telescope project and a connecting customers with a registered add another Uber-like touch, allowing cus- US fails to protect its data protest organizer, says “it is the burial grounds of some driver nearby with the tap of a finger. The tomers to rate drivers. of our most sacred and revered ancestors. It is a place company has enlisted 75 drivers at 20 The company hopes to have at least from hackers and thieves where we go for sanctuary and release from the world “stages”-the boda-boda version of taxi 1,000 boda-bodas across Kampala by the around us, and it is also the home of our god.” All of the ranks-since its launch in November. Each end of the year, before expanding regional- highest points in the islands are considered the home receives driving lessons, motorcycle main- ly, and perhaps even farther. “There’s a cou- WASHINGTON: The federal government has for Missing from that document is an accounting of of deities, she said. In the past, only high chiefs and tenance and customer service training, and ple of other countries like India that could years failed to take basic steps to protect its data how many hacks were successful and what was priests were allowed at Mauna Kea’s summit. a first aid course taught by the Uganda Red be really interesting,” said Sussock. For the from hackers and thieves, putting at risk everything stolen. It’s not a new problem. The Government Cross Society. last six years Juma Katongole, 32, has fer- from nuclear secrets to the private tax information Accountability Office has labeled federal informa- What scientists hope to learn Drivers pay a membership fee of 10,000 ried passengers around Kampala’s notori- of hundreds of millions of Americans, records show. tion security a “high-risk area” since 1997. But Once constructed, the telescope will allow shillings a week and are given a smart- ously potholed roads. He joined the In the latest example, the Office of Personnel agency managers haven’t been punished for failing astronomers and scientists to view some of the very phone, a bright orange reflective vest and SafeBoda program soon after its launch. The Management is under criticism for allowing its data- to secure their networks, and little sustained atten- first stars and galaxies in the universe, research black helmet, and a spare helmet for customers. father-of-four has gained three new regular bases to be plundered by suspected Chinese cyber- tion has been paid to the many intrusions. “No one holes and help understand dark matter. Peering this “The boda-boda industry got a bad name,” customers and reckons he takes home an spies in what is being called one of the worst is ever held accountable,” said James Lewis, a cyber- far back in time, a few hundred million years after the said SafeBoda’s 28-year-old co-founder extra 10,000 shillings a day. “In the future breaches in US history. OPM repeatedly neglected security expert at the Center for Strategic and Big Bang, will give scientists the opportunity to Ricky Rapa Thomson. “We want to say we I’m planning on building a house because to implement basic cybersecurity protections, its International Studies in Washington. explore fundamental questions about dark matter are safe bodas. We should create a good I’m still renting,” he said. “I’m happy and cus- internal watchdog told Congress. The OPM debacle may change that. It has dealt and dark energy, information that could allow them to reputation that will lead to more business, tomers are also happy with SafeBoda, they But the departments of Treasury, Transportation, the United States a major national security blow, make conclusions about the future of our universe. so we make more money and become appreciate it,” he said. —AFP State and Health and Human Services have signifi- experts say, by exposing the personal information, cantly worse records, according to the most recent and foreign contacts, of millions of people with Why this location? administration report to Congress under the Federal security clearances. After the OPM attack, the feder- Its summit at 13,796 feet is well above the clouds, Information Security Management Act. Each of al chief information officer, Tony Scott, ordered offering a clear view of the sky above for 300 days a those agencies has been hacked in the last few agencies to speed implementation of new security year. Hawaii’s isolated location in the middle of the years. “Last year, across government, we the measures and fix vulnerabilities. While anti-virus Pacific Ocean also means the area is relatively free of American people spent almost $80 billion on infor- software alone won’t stop hackers from a foreign air pollution. There are few cities on the Big Island, mation technology, and it stinks,” said Rep. Jason intelligence agency, the government often has also meaning there also aren’t a lot of man-made lights Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight and failed to take the harder steps that could deter around to disrupt observations. Thirty Meter Government Reform Committee. “It doesn’t work.” those intruders, such as requiring a combination of Telescope intends to build on a northern plateau to While President Barack Obama’s latest budget plan smart cards and passwords for network access, and minimize effects on native bug habitat, cultural prac- called for a $14 billion increase for cyberdefenses, encrypting sensitive data. tices, view planes and historic sites. the House of Representatives proposed a budget in One of the agencies that rank lowest on the March that didn’t include specific funding for cyber- annual cyber report card holds some of the most Who is behind the project? security. sensitive data - the Department of Health and Thirty Meter Telescope is a California nonprofit The security lapses have persisted even as cyber- Human Services, which keeps records on health formed by the University of California and the KAMPALA: Drivers of motorbike taxis, known as “boda-bodas” in Uganda attacks on government networks have increased. care billing, anti-poverty benefits and child abuse. California Institute of Technology. Institutions in and elsewhere in East Africa, stand on the side of a road in Kampala. The federal government dealt with 67,196 cyber Another potential cyber disaster area is the State Canada, China, India and Japan and signed on as part- Safeboda’s backers are hoping the service will do more than just connect incidents in the last fiscal year, up from 57,971 inci- Department, which had to shut down its email sys- ners and would receive a share of observing time. passengers with drivers. Motorcycle safety has become a big issue in cities dents the year before, according to the White House tem this year in an attempt to clean out spyware University of Hawaii scientists would also have a report card, which was published in February. linked to Russia. —AP across Africa, where two wheel taxis are known in various parts as “okada, share. —AP Moto-taxis, or boda’s”. —AFP HEALTH & SCIENCE THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015

Racehorses are getting speedier, say scientists

PARIS: Racehorses are running faster than ever, shorter distances, the investigators found. revealed that horses have been getting faster.” stepped up a couple of gears. despite a common view in the sport that their The improvement over middle and long dis- The big question, said Sharman, is whether The data for 1997-2012 shows that perform- speed has plateaued, scientists said yesterday. tances was slower, which suggests horses may breeding or technical change explain the ance gains are continuing, despite increases in Researchers at the University of Exeter in south- be reaching a performance limit at this distance improvements. The study, published in the handicap weight, with sprinters at the elite level western England looked at a dataset of 616,084 or breeders are favoring mounts that are better British journal Biology Letters, found horses showing the most improvement. Previous British flat races run by 70,388 horses. The year at speed than endurance. “There has been a gained speed in the early 1900s, when jockeys probes into racehorse speeds had widely of the race, horse speed, timing method-hand- general consensus over the last 30 years that assumed a crouched position and rose with agreed that thoroughbreds had approached timed or automatic distance, racecourse, horse speeds appear to be stagnating,” said shorter stirrups. There was another uptick in their performance ceiling. But, said Sharman, ground condition, number of runners and Patrick Sharman, of the university’s Centre for speed in the 1970s and 80s, when more and these studies only looked at the winning time name, age and sex of every horse were included Ecology and Conservation. “Our study shows more jockeys adopted a riding style with even of a small number of middle- and long-distance in the trawl. Race-winning speeds have that this is not the case, and by using a much shorter stirrups-but at the same time the indus- races at the top level, nor did they take ground improved greatly since 1850, especially over larger dataset than previously analyzed, we have try and science of racehorse breeding also softness into account. — AFP

Decades-old Kuwait’s diabetes patients warned frozen meat to observe Ramadan with caution seized in China ‘18 percent of Kuwaitis suffer from the disease’ food scandal KUWAIT: Global research indicates, although not obliga- safely, there is a high risk of causing severe long-term or pertaining to the medication required by diabetes tory, diabetes patients can choose to fast during Ramadan short-term harm if appropriate measures are not taken,” patients, as these may vary when fasting. BEIJING: Almost half a billion dollars worth of provided that strict precautionary measures are taken. said Dr El- Hakim, Senior Advisor to Cinfa, a European “Meticulous care must be taken with regards to the smuggled frozen meat-some of it rotting and more Almost 18 percent of the population in Kuwait suffer from drugs maker with a history of leadership in providing medications required while fasting as the timings and than 40 years old-has been seized in China, reports diabetes, according to the International Diabetes accessible care for diabetic patients. dosages may need alteration. Patients prescribed with said yesterday. More than 100,000 tons of chicken Foundation, with over 7 percent of cases undiagnosed. “It is important for diabetes patients to recognize that metformin, for example, may be advised to modify their wings, beef and pork worth up to three billion yuan During the Holy month of Ramadan, millions of diabetes each medical case is unique to an individual, and that indi- medicine schedule to ensure the majority of the daily ($483 million) were seized in the nationwide crack- patients around the world choose to participate in the vidual requirements will vary from patient to patient. dosage is administered immediately before the iftar meal, down, the state-run China Daily newspaper said. “It Islamic ritual of fasting from sunrise to sunset. Diabetes patients who choose to fast, therefore, must con- and the remaining before the last meal of the day,” said Dr was smelly, and I nearly threw up when I opened While fasting may be safely accomplished by diabetes sult with their doctor beforehand, pay close attention to El-Hakim. the door,” said an official from Hunan province, patients, Islamic scholars around the world unanimously their blood sugar levels throughout the day, ensure they Rather than overindulging during iftar, it is recommend- where 800 tons were seized. Two gangs from the agree that fasting is not obligatory if it will cause severe are taking appropriate medication, and maintain a healthy ed that diabetes patients break their meals into smaller central province were among 14 busted across the harm for individuals. The American Diabetes Association diet amid the drastic changes in eating schedules.” portions, and spread them throughout the evening, country in the operation which concluded earlier indicates that type 2 diabetes patients are more than sev- Medical experts advise ceasing the fasting ritual imme- accompanied by as much water as possible. Just before this month. en times more likely to be admitted to hospital while fast- diately when blood glucose levels reach less than 70 mg/dl sunrise, when fasting Muslims may have their last meal, A report on the official Hunan propaganda web- ing, making it crucial for patients to take further precau- within the first few hours of fasting, and over 300 mg/dl experts recommend foods rich in complex carbohydrates site said that the meat seized locally came from the tions when considering fasting. anytime throughout the day. It is also important to seek that will slowly release glucose throughout the day. “border area” with Vietnam, where it was “difficult “Although it is possible for diabetes patients to fast professional advice from a trusted medical practitioner to control the flow of meat”. But the China Daily report did not specify the frozen meat’s origin and the seizures were not reported on the website of China’s General Administration of Customs. Officials from Guangxi, a southern region bordering Vietnam, found some of the meat was “more than 40 years old”, the newspaper said. That would mean it was originally packed and stored when the coun- try still under the rule of Communist China’s found- ing father Mao Zedong, who died in 1976. The China Daily said smugglers bought cheap meat abroad, shipped it to Hong Kong and on to Vietnam before bringing it to the mainland. Yang Bo, deputy director of the anti-smuggling bureau in the Hunanese capital Changsha, said they would often transport the goods in ordinary vehicles, rather than refrigerated ones, to save costs. “So the meat has often thawed out several times before reaching customers,” he added. Poor food safety is a major concern in China, where standards are lax and scandals involving tainted products are com- mon. China was rocked by one of its biggest-ever food safety scandals in 2008 when the industrial chemical melamine was found to have been illegal- SIERRA LEONE: Volunteers in protective suit burying the body of a person who died SIERRA LEONE: A health worker from Sierra Leone’s Red Cross Society Burial Team 7 ly added to dairy products, killing at least six babies from Ebola in Waterloo. — AFP photos carrying the corpse of a child. and making 300,000 people ill. — AFP Ebola setback for Sierra Leone as capital records new cases

FREETOWN: Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown has suffered a Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looked at figures from Care delivery fresh outbreak of Ebola, dashing hopes that health authori- 120 clinics in December 2014, when the Ebola outbreak in Previous investigations into “uncomplicated” malaria have ties in the densely-populated city of 1.2 million had beaten Guinea was at its peak. Sixty clinics were in prefectures that found that around three to 30 percent of untreated cases the deadly epidemic. The government’s National Ebola had been most affected by Ebola and the 60 others in places progress to severe malaria, depending mainly on the age of Response Centre (NERC) said late on Tuesday three cases had where the disease had not been reported. the patient. Of these cases, between 45 and 73 percent will emerged in the east-end slum of Magazine Wharf-three They compared this with data for attendance at these die. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of weeks after the last known infections in the capital. Health clinics in 2013 and malaria incidence from 2011 and 2014. June 14, there had been 27,305 confirmed, probable and sus- officials said six people have been under observation since The number of outpatient visits in December fell by 11 per- pected cases of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, of the first of the new cases-a casual laborer-tested positive on cent and the tally of patients receiving malaria treatment fell which 11,169 were fatal. In Guinea, there had been 3,674 cas- June 17. Authorities are concerned that the case could lead by 24 percent for oral drugs and by 30 percent for injectable es, 2,444 of them fatal. “One problem is that the early symp- to a mini-outbreak in the overcrowded fishing community, drugs, they found. The falls were far greater in Ebola-affected toms of malaria-fever, headache and body aches-mimic those which has poor sanitation and is regularly hit by outbreaks areas. Out-patient attendance there plummeted by 42 per- of Ebola,” said Plucinski. “(...) Our data suggest that since the of malaria and cholera. cent in certain age groups, and the number of treated malar- start of the Ebola epidemic, people with fevers have avoided Liberia was declared Ebola-free in May, but hopes that ia cases dropped by as much as 69 percent. But even districts clinics for fear of contracting Ebola or being sent to an Ebola neighboring Sierra Leone and Guinea would quickly follow which had not recorded a single case of Ebola saw substan- treatment centre.” “Malaria control efforts and care delivery INDIA: A file photo shows Nestle Global Chief Executive suit have been dashed recently, with the weekly toll of infec- tial declines in reported malaria cases and treatment. must be kept on track during an Ebola epidemic so that Paul Bulcke gesturing during a press conference. — AFP tions in the two countries hovering around 25. The World Malaria facilities were also badly affected by staff short- progress... is not jeopardized and Ebola outbreak response is Health Organization (WHO) warned earlier this month that ages, the study found. Extrapolated nationwide, around not impeded,” he said. Evidence from Sierra Leone and Liberia the retreat of the virus “that was apparent throughout April 74,000 likely cases of malaria were not treated, said the suggests it is “very likely” they too were devastatingly affected, Nestle boss trying to and early May has stalled”. “The bumpy road to zero will con- study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. “It is diffi- said Plucinski. In April, research based on a broad-ranging restore firm’s image tinue to try our resolve and patience to the limit but I ask for cult to put an exact figure on the number of excess malaria computer model, published in The Lancet, suggested an addi- your commitment and understanding while we head deaths,” Plucinski said. “However, our study and a recently tional 11,000 deaths from malaria may have occurred in the after India ban towards the final stage of this fight,” NERC chief executive modeling analysis suggest that the number of excess malaria three countries. A further 3,900 deaths may have occurred Palo Conteh told reporters in Freetown yesterday. “Text deaths in Guinea are likely substantially larger than number through disruption to the supply of insecticide-treated bed- books tell us that the last stages of any outbreak of this of deaths from Ebola virus disease.” nets, it added. — AFP GENEVA: Nestle chief Paul Bulcke says he has drawn the lessons nature can be difficult and frustrating and I can confirm from from India’s shock ban on its Maggi instant noodles over a health personal experience that they are right.” scare and is now trying to salvage the image of the world’s top food company. Bulcke insisted that its hugely popular Maggi ‘Overwhelming’ brand was 100 percent safe, saying that packaged food was One of the deadliest viruses known to man, Ebola is New UN goals lack focus, unfairly fingered by many around the world as a health risk. The spread only through direct contact with the bodily fluids of Switzerland-based food giant’s reputation took a bashing an infected person showing symptoms, such as fever or vom- “because it’s a big brand and that (ban) made a lot of waves,” the iting, or the recently deceased. Authorities have blamed the global health experts warn Belgian chief executive said in an interview. India’s food safety reg- failure of Sierra Leone and Guinea to eradicate the virus on ulator on June 5 outlawed the product after it said tests showed people hiding deaths in the family and carrying out unsafe WASHINGTON: Shrinking aid dollars threaten the major an interactive tool to monitor shifts in development assis- the noodles contained excessive levels of lead. The largest food burials that are aiding Ebola’s spread. Conteh said he had advances made over the past decade in fighting disease and tance for health. company by revenues is challenging the order and is in the received reports of expert disposal teams demanding up to preventable deaths, a task that will grow even more difficult That means health dollars must be wisely spent where process of destroying more than 27,000 tons of Maggi noodles one million leones ($240) from bereaved families for burials under new United Nations’ development goals, experts in they have the greatest impact, or achievements to date after halting production-a Herculean task given India’s size. The and promised a “full inquiry” to bring the practice to a stop. global health said. Child mortality has plunged since the UN could slide. For example, maternal mortality has declined by ban had led to 3.2 billion rupees (44.5 million euros, $50.5 million) According to the WHO, as of June 21 there had been set a development goal of reducing under-five deaths 45 percent since 1990, but remains far short of its MDG tar- worth of goods being withdrawn, the company said. Nestle had 27,443 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of Ebola in worldwide by two-thirds, and the spread of HIV/AIDS infec- get of falling by three-quarters by 2015, and universal already announced it was pulling the product from sale when the Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, of which 11,207 were fatal. tions have fallen 44 percent in the last decade. access to reproductive healthcare remains out of grasp. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India imposed a ban fol- Sierra Leone has seen almost half of the total caseload, These achievements reflect the $200 billion invested Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which has killed more than lowing similar moves by some state governments. reporting more than 3,900 deaths. People in the worst-hit over the last 15 years in improving health in lower income 11,000 people, also highlighted how controlling infectious chiefdoms of Kambia and Port Loko have been confined to countries after the UN Millenium Development Goals diseases remains a challenge, despite major gains made on ‘Perception counts’ their homes until the beginning of August over fears that the (MDGs) set global health targets. But the new set of other diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, “One can have facts on one’s side but it’s the perception that disease is also resurgent in the northwest. The country has Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the UN is Kates said. counts,” Bulcke said, explaining the company’s decision to with- also extended until September a nationwide state of emer- expected to adopt in September are more diverse, and lack draw and destroy the product. “Food has never been safer,” he gency. The move restricts public gatherings and other activi- the clarity and focus brought by the MDGs, experts say. Too vague said. “But there is this perception and we have to work on that. We ties that could spread the virus. “Health is one piece of a much more crowded space that will In the wake of the Ebola crisis, development officials are have to reconnect with consumers.” According to Brand Finance, a Authorities in Kambia said an extra 800 soldiers and 700 compete for attention and finances, when we still haven’t discussing investing more money in clinics, hospitals and consultancy firm, Maggi is set to lose over $200 million (180 mil- police had been deployed to ensure locals respected the finished the job,” Jen Kates, Kaiser Family Foundation direc- research centers, which could siphon funds from disease- lion euros) in brand value following the setback in India. Maggi regulations. “There are increased human resources available tor of global health and HIV policy, said at a Center for specific projects. “There is competition for the health dollar,” was previously valued at $2.4 billion, Brand Finance said, adding and the presence of the security forces is overwhelming,” Strategic and International Studies forum on Tuesday. said Howard Bauchner, editor of the Journal of the American that it had ranked the noodle manufacturer as the 23rd most valu- said Alfred Kamara, the district Ebola coordinator, adding Development finance for health swelled to $36 billion Medical Association. Murray said there are some glimmers able food brand in the world. The ban in India could have devas- that around 600 people had been quarantined in two vil- globally in 2014 from $7 billion in 1990, as the United States of hope on the health funding front. As more countries tating implications for Maggi in neighboring countries where it is lages. invested heavily to control the spread of HIV/AIDS and the graduate from the ranks of the poorest, it will free up World also very popular, experts warn. “The only thing that interests me Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation embraced global health Bank loans that can be invested in healthcare, a priority for is to have the product back as soon as possible and that things are Ebola epidemic was disaster for malaria control issues. But global health finance stagnated between 2010 its president Jim Yong Kim. And as developing countries cleared up,” said Bulcke, who took over as Nestle’s chief executive Untreated malaria in Guinea surged as a result of the and 2014, and could decline in the years ahead, presenting grow richer, they will generate more tax dollars that they in 2008. “We are doing all we can to make contact with Indian Ebola scare and probably caused far more deaths than the new challenges for the health agenda, the experts at the can invest in healthcare. But he shares the concern that the authorities at the earliest,” he said, adding: “The product is safe.” dreaded haemorrhagic fever itself, doctors reported yester- CSIS forum said. “You don’t hear a lot of discussion today 17 SDGs are too vague. Goal three, for example, says Nestle notched up sales of 13.5 billion Swiss francs ($14.4 billion, day. Tens of thousands shunned seeking help for malaria, about people increasing their spending,” said Charles “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all 12.9 billion euros) in ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook meals last fearing infection from people with Ebola or confinement if Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and ages.” “There are so many goals now, it my be hard to main- year, the third most profitable sector for the company after soft they showed feverish symptoms, the experts said. Evaluation at the University of Washington, who presented tain focus,” Murray said. — Reuters drinks and milk products and ice cream.—AFP Researchers led by Mateusz Plucinski from the US Centers for HEALTH & SCIENCE THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 With more MERS cases, S Korea says outbreak at crossroads

SEOUL: South Korea’s health ministry, which crossroads, whether this is going to spread month, new infections exceeded 20 on reported four new cases of Middle East further or not,” Kwon Deok-cheol, the health some days. Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) yesterday, said ministry’s chief policy official, told a news A total of 67 people who had tested posi- the outbreak was at a crossroads, backing off briefing. tive for the MERS virus have recovered and from its earlier view that the spread of the “As of now we can’t answer that part been discharged from hospital since the out- often-deadly virus had leveled off. The more because additional cases have occurred, break started in May, while 27 patients have guarded assessment came as the govern- although we thought until last weekend it died. South Korea’s outbreak of the virus is ment extended the partial shutdown of had leveled off,” he said when asked if there the largest outside Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, which had was any change in its earlier view that the the heir apparent of South Korean conglom- been due to end yesterday. About half the outbreak had settled. The country reported erate Samsung Group bowed in apology dur- 179 infections in the country have been no new MERS case on June 20 but since ing a nationally televised address for the fail- traced to the prestigious hospital, including then 13 fresh cases have been confirmed. ure to stop the spread of the virus at the hos- some of this week’s new cases. “We are at a During the peak of the outbreak early this pital run by a group foundation. — Reuters OAKLAND: Medical marijuana clone plants at a medical marijuana dispensary. — AP Study: Scant evidence that medical pot helps many illnesses

CHICAGO: Medical marijuana has not been results may not be the same in other loca- proven to work for many illnesses that state tions. laws have approved it for, according to the first comprehensive analysis of research on Marijuana laws its potential benefits. The strongest evi- Twenty-three states and Washington, dence is for chronic pain and for muscle DC have laws permitting medical marijua- stiffness in multiple sclerosis, according to na use. Approved conditions vary but the review, which evaluated 79 studies include Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, glau- involving more than 6,000 patients. coma, kidney disease, lupus and Evidence was weak for many other condi- Parkinson’s disease. An editorial in the jour- tions, including anxiety, sleep disorders, nal says approval in many states has been and Tourette’s syndrome and the authors based on poor quality studies, patients’ tes- recommend more research. timonials or other nonscientific evidence. The analysis is among several medical Marijuana is illegal under federal law marijuana articles published Tuesday in the and some scientists say research has been Journal of the American Medical stymied by government hurdles including Association. They include a small study a declaration that marijuana is a controlled suggesting that many brand labels for edi- substance with no accepted medical use. ble marijuana products list inaccurate But in a notice published Tuesday in the amounts of active ingredients. More than Federal Register, the Department of Health half of brands tested had much lower and Human Services made it a little easier amounts than labeled, meaning users for privately funded medical marijuana might get no effect. research to get approved. The department said that a federal Public Health Service Highlights from the journal: review of research proposals is no longer The analysis necessary because it duplicates a required The researchers pooled results from review by the Food and Drug studies that tested marijuana against Administration. placebos, usual care or no treatment. That’s SEOUL: South Korean medical workers wear protective gear at a separated clinic center for MERS at Konkuk University Hospital yesterday. — AFP the most rigorous kind of research but The future many studies found no conclusive evi- Colorado, one of a few states where dence of any benefit. Side effects were recreational marijuana use is legal, has Doctors propose tool to help common and included dizziness, dry pledged more than $8 million in state mouth and sleepiness. funds for several studies on the drug’s A less extensive research review in the potential medical benefits, including gauge the value of cancer drugs journal found similar results. It’s possible whether it can reduce veterans’ symptoms medical marijuana could have widespread of post-traumatic stress disorder. That NEW YORK: The pushback against soaring cancer include not just the drug but also whether a patient So far, it’s just a prototype for four situations - benefits, but strong evidence from high- study may begin recruiting participants lat- drug prices is gaining steam. A leading doctors needs to be hospitalized to get it, or to take other lung or prostate cancer that has spread, advanced quality studies is lacking, authors of both er this year, said Vandrey, one of that group on Monday proposed a formula to help drugs to manage side effects, he said. The formula multiple myeloma and a common type of breast articles say. “It’s not a wonder drug but it study’s leaders. Vandrey said there’s a feel- patients decide if a medicine is worth it - what it will is something doctors can work through with cancer. The group will take comments from the certainly has some potential,” said Dr ing of optimism in the research community cost them and how much good it is likely to do. The patients to get a bottom line on the survival bene- public until Aug. 21 and plans similar efforts for Robert Wolff, a co-author and researcher that “we’ll start to get a good science base” move by the American Society of Clinical Oncology fit, side effects and costs of a new treatment or other types of cancer. In the formula, treatments with Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd, a for the potential medical uses of marijuana. is the third recent effort to focus on value in cancer combo versus older ones. are given scores for how much they improve sur- research company in York, England. care. Two weeks ago, the European Society for vival or the time until cancer worsens. For The recommendations Medical Oncology proposed a similar guide. Last advanced cancers, bonus points are given for Edible products The editorial by two Yale University psy- week, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in drugs that greatly relieve symptoms or give Researchers evaluated 47 brands of chiatrists suggests enthusiasm for medical New York posted an online tool suggesting a drug’s patients a break from treatment. Side effects also medical marijuana products, including can- marijuana has outpaced rigorous research fair price, based on benefits and side effects. are scored, and the points are combined to get a dy, baked goods and drinks, bought at dis- and says widespread use should wait for “We have a broken system” with drug prices ris- “net health benefit.” pensaries in Los Angeles, San Francisco and better evidence. Federal and state govern- ing more than the degree of benefit, said Dr. Peter The bottom line will mean different things to Seattle. Independent laboratory testing for ments should support and encourage such Bach, director of the Center for Health Policy and different patients, said the head of the 24-expert THC, marijuana’s leading active ingredient, research, the editorial says. Outcomes at Sloan Kettering. “We hope consumers panel that developed the tool, Dr Lowell Schnipper, found accurate amounts listed on labels for “Perhaps it is time to place the horse increasingly think about value.” New cancer drugs cancer center chief at Boston’s Beth Israel just 13 of 75 products. Almost 1 in 4 had back in front of the cart,” Drs Deepak Cyril typically cost more than $10,000 a month, and Deaconess Medical Center. For example, a drug higher amounts than labeled, which could D’Souza and Mohini Ranganathan wrote in patients are paying a greater share through higher may boost survival more than another one, but cause ill effects. Most had lower-than-listed the editorial. They note that repeated copays and deductibles. “We have extraordinarily cause hand numbness that would greatly bother a amounts. There were similar findings for recreational marijuana use can be addictive expensive technology that we have developed but violinist, he said. “There is that kind of tradeoff in another active ingredient. Products were and say unanswered questions include a lot of it doesn’t seem to move the needle that much of what we offer patients,” so each person not identified by name. what are the long-term health effects of much” in terms of survival, Michael Porter, a needs to judge value for himself, he said. The final Johns Hopkins University researcher medical marijuana use and whether its use Harvard Business School economist, told an audi- DURHAM: Chemotherapy is administered step is to compare costs. The tool gives drug prices Ryan Vandrey, the lead author, said he was is justified in children whose developing ence at the US oncology group’s annual conference provided by insurer UnitedHealthCare as a guide, surprised so many labels were inaccurate. brains may be more vulnerable to its to a cancer patient via intravenous drip at last month. a hospital.—AP but they vary greatly among hospitals, and copays The researchers note, however, that the effects. — AP Patients often are not fully aware of costs, which depend on each person’s insurance plan. — AP WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015

Farwaniya Governor Sheikh Faisal Al-Malek Al-Sabah hosted a ghabqa recently at the governorate diwan. — Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh

Dancing Divas celebrates 7th anniversary

he Dancing Divas and its founder Jyoti Patel Indian culture and wished it success. Referring to Indian classical group dance competition was celebrated its seventh annual jubilation on the motivational history of Sudha Chandran, included in the agenda. Performed by children TJune 5 at Cambridge School, Mangaf with Dheman quoted to the children and audience from various dance academies of Kuwait was the revered personality Sudha Chandran, Comedy that, “Failure is not about falling, but raising after a added attraction for the evening. Chandran was King Krishna Abhishek and DID Li’l Master winner fall”. the judge for the classical competition. Upasana Faisal Khan, who is better known as Rana Pratap to The performances started with a Ganesh Dance Studio won the first prize while Kalabhavan viewers of Sony TV channel. Vandana by Anusha Vaishnavi. The host Madhulika Kuwait won the second prize in the Junior section. The event kicked off with the Dweep Prajwalan then invited Krishna Abhishek on to the stage The third prize was shared between Nadanam ceremony by the guests of honour Shiv Sagar, who spread a laugh riot among the crowd with his Schoolof Dance and Shrishti Classical and Creative Second Secretary Community Affairs and immaculate comic timing. It was Faisal Khan’s turn Dance Academy while Natya Veda won the appre- Education and HOC, Indian Embassy and Anju to come on to stage next, who thrilled the audi- ciation prize. Upasana Dance Studio came first in Dheman, Principal of Fahaheel Al Watanieh Indian ence and inspired the young kids with his stun- the senior section as well and the second prize Private School (FAIPS). The release of the souvenir ning moves. was shared between Mudra Nrithya Vidyalaya and was next. Shiv Sagar expressed his happiness for There were several dance performances chore- Nadanam School of Dance. Natya Veda came third the efforts by The Dancing Divas in spreading ographed by Patel. Also for the first time, a pure in the senior section.

TIES summer camp ICAI youth members hold family get-together

he TIES Center is glad to inform all those interested he Youth Empowerment Committee of the Kuwait Ritesh Katti and CA Sunil Salian. Some of the objectives of The event started with the welcome note by Cherian that it is organizing a one-month summer camp for Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the committee are to create a platform for sharing knowl- and the Chairman of the Chapter CA Prashantha Shetty Tboys and girls, who will have a lot of entertainment, TIndia held its family get-together for the first time on edge among the experienced and young members, devel- delivered the key note address to the members. He fun and learning. The camp comprises of indoor and out- June 11, 2015 at the Avanti Palace Restaurant, Hawally. The oping work-related soft skills for career progression by emphasized the role of young members towards the bet- door activities. Indoor activities include: Arabic classes, sto- event was attended by over 50 young chartered account- mentoring program, social activities, and various initiatives terment of the Chapter activities in Kuwait and also how to ries of the prophets, duas, quizzes and reflections. Outdoor ants qualified after year 2010 along with their family mem- to acumen Young Members with the latest developments increase the image of our fraternity amongst the nationals activities includes football and racing. bers including the executive committee members of the relating to the profession. Committee organizes various and other expatriate communities in Kuwait. There was a Registration is going on: Chapter. The committee was formed in year 2014 and is Seminars, Workshops and conferences on technical matters self-introduction session which was followed by games for Timings: 9:00am - 12:30 pm, Ages: 6-17 headed by CA Noel Joe Cherian and a team of 5 members - to empower young members in transitioning into a new children, individuals and couples and the event ended with For more information, please contact: 50458604 CA Dheeraj Soneja, CA Mohit Bhatia, CA Trisha Dalmia, CA role or career challenge. gala dinner. WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015

Sheikh Dr Ibrahim Duaij Al-Sabah hosted a ghabqa recently. —Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh Lamar at Millennium Hotel offers unique iftar experience

illennium Hotel & Convention Center, the newly celebrating its first holy month of Ramadan in Kuwait with opened five-star hotel offering premier hospitali- a distinctive iftar buffet at its own Lamar International Mty experiences to leisure and business guests, is Restaurant. The Ramadan iftar buffet offers a rich variety of interna- tional favorites to satisfy all tastes and preferences during the Ramadan season, with cold and hot dishes that bring within arm’s reach the very best of the GCC, Mediterranean and Western cultures. The selection includes a daily-pre- pared ouzi, mixed grill and an assortment of seasonal Ramadan sweets & beverages. Moreover, Lamar’s interior decorators have coupled the restaurant’s modern decor alongside delightful Ramadan ornaments and lighting to create a one-of-a-kind ambi- ence. Lamar also includes an open kitchen and food dis- play where seasoned chefs stimulate senses with the smells and sights associated with the art of fine cooking. “We are very pleased to bring Lamar’s distinctive dining Enjoy poetry with Arab, Carib, American poets experience to guests and their families this Ramadan,” njoy poetry at its best with Arab, Mic with VOL (Voice Out Loud) is first place winner was Nada Al-Faris explained Dani Saleh, Area General Manager of Caribbean and American poets designed to bring three cultures who is also the first Kuwait female to Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Kuwait. “An incredible Ealong with hot button topics together - the Arab- Caribbean- win our Taste of Jamaica Poetry Slam amount of preparation has gone into the opening of being discussed. Enjoy good people, American diaspora in Kuwait. The first Contest. Two Poetry Slam contests are Lamar, and we are confident that guests will thoroughly good poems and good conversations Poetry Slam Contest was held at the held each year since 2010. Call 6606- enjoy themselves here.” at Vortex Breaker in Mahboula. Open Jamaican Embassy in Oct 2010. The 2307 for more information.

NREC launches 2015 Iftar Tables initiative for needy

he National Real Estate Company place at Souq Sharq Waterfront - Fish community, in order to support hundreds ago, and we are pleased to see the number we look forward to holding it for years to (NREC), one of the leading real estate Market in Kuwait, which is owned and of fishermen and labor workers in the Souq of attendees grow every Ramadan, which come”. Established in 1973, NREC is a pub- Tcompanies in the Middle East and operated by NREC. Sharq mall during the holy month of not only proves the success of the initia- licly-listed company on the Kuwait Stock North Africa (MENA), commenced The Ramadan Iftar Tables initiative is tai- Ramadan. tive, but the real need for similar initiatives Exchange and a regional pioneer in real Ramadan Iftar Tables initiative, a free iftar lored towards helping those in need, and NREC CEO, Samuel Sidiqi, said: “We to take place across the country. The pro- estate investment, development and prop- meal program for the needy that took stems from NREC’s commitment to the started the Iftar Tables initiative 6 years gram has become a tradition at NREC, and erty management. THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

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World 12:30 Big Star’s Little Star 19:00 The Blacklist 04:10 Masterchef: The 07:15 H2O: Just Add Water 13:25 Emmerdale 20:00 The Fosters Professionals 07:40 Jessie 13:50 James Nesbitt’s Ireland 21:00 Chicago Fire 05:05 Bargain Hunt 08:05 Wizards Of Waverly Place 14:15 Coronation Street 22:00 Justified 06:00 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic 08:30 Wizards Of Waverly Place 14:40 The Jonathan Ross Show 23:00 Once Upon A Time Cookery 08:55 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 15:35 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute 06:30 Masterchef: The Teenage Witch Makeover Professionals 09:20 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 16:30 Murdoch Mysteries 07:00 New Scandinavian Cooking Teenage Witch 17:25 Murdoch Mysteries 07:25 Antiques Roadshow 09:45 Austin & Ally 18:20 Big Star’s Little Star 08:20 Homes Under The Hammer 10:10 Austin & Ally 19:10 Coronation Street 01:00 Good Morning America 09:10 Come Dine With Me 10:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 19:35 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute 03:00 House Of Cards 09:40 Bargain Hunt 11:00 Wizards Of Waverly Place Makeover 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Arrival Flights on Thursday 25/6/2015 QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 Departure Flights on Thursday 25/6/2015 SAW 702 Damascus 13:35 Airlines Flt Route Time KNE 460 Riyadh 14:10 Airlines Flt Route Time IRC 6512 ABD 13:40 QTR 1084 Doha 00:05 KAC 742 Dammam 14:15 AIC 988 Hyderabad/Chennai 00:05 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 THY 772 Istanbul 00:15 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 BBC 044 Dhaka 00:10 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 JZR 239 Amman 00:20 FDB 057 Dubai 14:20 JZR 562 Sohag 00:20 KNE 482 Jeddah 14:20 JZR 267 Beirut 00:30 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 UAL 981 IAD 00:25 MSR 576 Sharm el-Sheikh 14:40 DLH 637 Dammam 00:35 KNE 472 Jeddah 14:55 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:25 CLX 792 Hanoi 14:45 FDB 068 Dubai 00:55 KAC 788 Jeddah 15:00 MSR 615 Cairo 00:30 KAC 545 Alexandria 15:00 JZR 539 Cairo 01:30 RJD 135 Abu Dhabi 15:00 FDB 072 Dubai 00:45 QTR 1079 Doha 15:05 CLX 784 Luxembourg 01:30 KNE 462 Madinah 15:05 JZR 502 Luxor 01:10 FDB 058 Dubai 15:05 JAI 574 Mumbai 01:30 OMA 645 Muscat 15:15 DLH 637 Frankfurt 01:35 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:40 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 THY 773 Istanbul 02:05 JZR 1770 Jeddah 15:05 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 KAC 1802 Cairo 15:35 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 02:50 KNE 481 Taif 15:10 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 01:50 UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 JAI 525 Abu Dhabi/Chennai 02:55 KAC 617 Doha 15:15 GFA 211 Bahrain 02:15 RJA 640 Amman 15:55 CLX 784 GYD 02:55 KAC 673 Dubai 15:20 KKK 6507 Istanbul 02:15 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 16:00 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:55 SVA 503 Jeddah 15:45 UAE 853 Dubai 02:25 KNE 469 Taif 16:00 KKK 6508 Istanbul 03:10 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:55 MSC 403 Sohag 02:30 JZR 535 Cairo 16:05 MSC 404 Sohag 03:30 KNE 473 Jeddah 16:00 OMA 643 Muscat 02:35 FDB 051 Dubai 16:10 OMA 644 Muscat 03:35 KNE 463 Madinah 16:00 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 03:05 KAC 512 Mashhad 16:10 UAE 854 Dubai 03:45 RJD 136 Abu Dhabi 16:10 QTR 1076 Doha 03:05 QTR 1072 Doha 16:20 RJA 645 Amman 03:55 OMA 646 Muscat 16:15 CEB 7694 Manila 03:10 NIA 263 Luxor 16:30 FDB 068 Dubai 04:00 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 RJA 644 Amman 03:10 IRM 1180 Mashhad 16:35 QTR 1077 Doha 04:05 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 16:50 MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 JZR 787 Riyadh 16:45 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:05 RJA 641 Amman 16:55 FDB 067 Dubai 03:15 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 MSR 613 Cairo 04:15 KNE 467 Riyadh 17:00 SYR 341 Latakia/KAC 03:25 KAC 1702 Jeddah 17:15 SYR 342 Damascus 04:25 JZR 266 Beirut 17:05 KAC 1544 Cairo 03:35 JZR 357 Mashhad 17:30 CEB 7695 Manila 04:40 FDB 052 Dubai 17:10 MSC 401 Alexandria 04:00 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 THY 765 Istanbul 04:55 QTR 1073 Doha 17:25 JZR 555 Alexandria 04:15 JZR 177 Dubai 17:45 MSC 406 Sohag 05:00 NIA 264 Alexandria 17:30 THY 770 Istanbul 04:40 JZR 777 Jeddah 17:50 JZR 560 Sohag 05:00 UAE 858 Dubai 17:40 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:10 SYR 343 Damascus 17:55 QTR 1085 Doha 05:20 IRM 1187 Tehran 17:50 KAC 412 Manila/Bangkok 06:15 KAC 792 Madinah 17:55 RJA 643 Amman 06:35 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 BAW 157 London 06:35 FDB 065 Dubai 18:05 GFA 212 Bahrain 06:50 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 JZR 1541 Cairo 06:40 KAC 786 Jeddah 18:35 THY 771 Istanbul 06:50 KAC 563 Amman 18:30 JZR 563 Sohag 06:45 KAC 502 Beirut 18:35 JZR 240 Amman 06:55 JZR 538 Cairo 18:40 KAC 288 Dhaka 06:55 KAC 618 Doha 18:55 FDB 070 Dubai 07:05 JZR 238 Amman 18:45 JZR 503 Luxor 07:20 QTR 1080 Doha 18:55 BAW 156 London 08:30 SYR 344 Damascus 18:55 KAC 382 Delhi 07:30 KAC 542 Cairo 18:55 FDB 054 Dubai 08:30 FDB 066 Dubai 18:55 KAC 206 Islamabad 07:45 KAC 166 Paris/Rome 19:00 KAC 117 New York 08:55 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 KAC 204 Lahore 07:50 UAE 875 Dubai 19:05 KAC 1801 Cairo 09:00 FDB 064 Dubai 19:50 FDB 053 Dubai 07:50 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 JZR 534 Cairo 09:15 QTR 1081 Doha 19:55 KAC 352 Kochi 07:55 FDB 063 Dubai 19:10 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:30 ABY 124 Sharjah 20:00 KAC 302 Mumbai 07:55 ABY 123 Sharjah 19:20 KAC 619 Doha 09:30 KAC 361 Colombo 20:00 KAC 344 Chennai 08:15 MSR 606 Luxor 19:30 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:45 MSR 619 Alexandria 20:30 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 JAI 572 Mumbai 19:35 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 UAE 876 Dubai 20:35 KAC 362 Colombo 08:30 KAC 774 Riyadh 19:40 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:00 JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 AGY 684 Sohag 19:50 NIA 262 Luxor 10:10 FDB 062 Dubai 20:35 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:10 FDB 061 Dubai 19:50 KAC 511 Mashhad 10:20 AGY 681 Alexandria 20:50 NIA 261 Alexandria 09:10 KAC 102 New York/London 19:55 IRM 1181 Mashhad 10:25 KAC 1543 Cairo 20:55 IRM 1186 Tehran 09:15 OMA 647 Muscat 20:00 IRA 664 Shiraz 10:25 OMA 648 Muscat 21:00 IRA 665 Shiraz 09:25 KAC 674 Dubai 20:00 FDB 056 Dubai 10:40 DLH 636 Dammam 21:00 KAC 350 Kochi 09:40 KNE 480 Taif 20:10 QTR 1071 Doha 11:00 KAC 331 Trivandrum 21:00 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 KAC 501 Beirut 11:00 KAC 283 Dhaka 21:05 QTR 1070 Doha 10:00 DLH 636 Frankfurt 20:20 KNE 468 Taif 11:05 KAC 351 Kochi 21:05 KNE 464 Riyadh 10:05 ETD 919 Abu Dhabi 20:35 KAC 175 Frankfurt/Geneva 11:15 KNE 461 Riyadh 21:10 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 JZR 1771 Jeddah 20:40 KAC 1701 Jeddah 11:30 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 UAE 873 Dubai 10:40 ALK 229 Colombo 21:10 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 MEA 404 Beirut 10:55 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 JZR 356 Mashhad 11:40 JZR 1542 Cairo 21:45 AXB 889 Mangalore/Bahrain 11:15 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:15 KAC 741 Dammam 11:50 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 MSC 405 Sohag 11:20 FDB 073 Dubai 21:30 MEA 405 Beirut 11:55 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:05 JZR 561 Sohag 11:25 QTR 1074 Doha 21:30 KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 FDB 074 Dubai 22:10 AGY 680 Alexandria 11:40 GFA 219 Bahrain 21:45 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 IRM 1188 Mashhad 11:45 KAC 546 Alexandria 22:05 KAC 103 London 12:10 KAC 381 Delhi 22:20 IAW 157 Al Najaf 12:00 THY 764 Istanbul 22:10 AXB 890 Mangalore 12:15 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 FDB 075 Dubai 12:25 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:15 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:30 JZR 241 Amman 12:30 AIC 975 Chennai 22:25 MSC 402 Alexandria 12:20 KAC 349 Kochi 22:30 SAW 701 Damascus 12:35 RBG 551 Alexandria 22:30 AGY 685 Sohag 12:40 ETD 920 Dubai 22:35 IRC 6511 ABD 12:40 BBC 044 Dhaka/Dammam 22:40 IAW 158 Al Najaf 13:00 QTR 1075 Doha 22:40 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 FDB 059 Dubai 22:50 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:45 KNE 483 Jeddah 12:50 JAI 526 Chennai/Abu Dhabi 23:00 KAC 791 Madinah 13:05 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:00 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 RBG 555 Alexandria 23:25 IRM 1189 Mashhad 13:10 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:05 KAC 620 Doha 13:10 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 RBG 552 Alexandria 23:10 CLX 792 Luxembourg 13:15 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 KAC 203 Lahore 23:10 MSR 575 Sharm el-Sheikh 13:55 KLM 411 Amsterdam/Dammam 23:40 JZR 786 Riyadh 13:20 FDB 060 Dubai 23:50 DIAL161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION stars34 THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 CROSSWORD 944 STAR TRACK

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

Your intensity is on the rise, yet you may feel moody and with- Seeking balance is a never-ending struggle, but this search for harmony drawn today, filling you with contradictions. Unfortunately, you’re bothered by triggers a familiar conflict between home and career today. You might be inclined to the same things that wouldn’t necessarily concern you on some other day. take on more responsibility at work without sufficient energy to follow through on Additionally, you might grow annoyed with your own denial because you don’t your ambitions. Or, maybe family obligations are tilting the scales away from your want to confront the source of the current irritation. Nevertheless, consciously professional aspirations. No matter what’s happening now, the Moon’s return to your facing an uncomfortable issue now is smarter than unconsciously losing your sign personalizes the current crisis. Luckily, with vigilant self-awareness your emotions temper down the road. won’t bottle up and turn to resentment. Remaining transparent keeps everyone on the same page.

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

Work is stressful these days, but you can’t just stay home to avoid Walking away from an emotional confrontation doesn’t indicate the tense dynamics. Although your heart might not be totally committed to that you aren’t willing to fully experience your feelings. It’s just that you what you’re doing, you need to show up in a responsible manner. Even if you believe your involvement won’t add anything positive to an already complicat- have doubts about your ability to deliver the goods, don’t hold back just ed situation. The Moon’s presence in your 12th House of Privacy delivers the because you’re feeling insecure in the moment. Go beyond the call of duty and message that sometimes keeping your reactions to yourself is the healthiest put your best foot forward. The appreciation you receive will fuel your confi- thing to do. Nevertheless, stay in touch with your desires, even if you choose dence, leaving you happy you made the extra effort. not to share them today. Timing is everything.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) You are often fun-loving, even cavalier, as you journey through life, so You may experience a bit of an emotional letdown today as pas- you may surprise others during this more introspective phase. Even if sionate Mars leaves your sign to float in the warm waters of Cancer. Although ACROSS DOWN you’re emotionally reserved now, don’t shy away from acknowledging a difference in you might be afraid that you’re going to miss all the action, nothing could be perspective if it will improve the current dynamics. Simply work through any conflict 1. 10 hao equal 1 dong. 1. A collection of objects laid on top of each oth- further from the truth. There is plenty for you to do if you focus on solidifying 4. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday com- er. that arises today by adding a dash of self-deprecating humor. If you can muster up the what you started over the past month. In the meantime, treat yourself to a gift memorating the rededication of the Temple of 2. A river in north central Switzerland that runs courage to face your own sense of inadequacy, there’s an excellent chance that your of some quiet time for a change; after all, you need the rest so you will be fully Jerusalem. northeast into the Rhine. natural optimism will return soon enough. prepared for the work ahead. 12. A defensive missile designed to shoot down 3. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles. with large dorsal fin. 15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium. 4. A telegram sent abroad. 16. The strength of a electrical current measured 5. Group insurance that entitles members to in amperes. services of participating hospitals and clinics and Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot. physicians. 18. Electrical conduction through a gas in an 6. A constellation in the polar region of the Happily, your confidence is irrepressible now, even if obstacles You’re resigned to the fact that you have to put your shoulder to the applied electric field. southern hemisphere near Octans. resurfaced this week to slow your progress. Luckily, superhero Mars shifts into wheel, but you’re willing to do whatever it takes since the stakes are so high. However, 19. In 1214 the French under King Philip 7. One of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis. your sign this morning, boosting your stamina and motivating you to start your you aren’t necessarily ready to get started immediately, even if there is already a lot of Augustus defeated a coalition formed against 8. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia. latest version of your action plan. Although it’s not your intention, you could run work waiting for you. You might justify your current inaction by claiming you’re reserv- him in one of the greatest battles of the middle 9. A Dravidian language spoken in southern over someone else’s agenda today without even realizing it. It’s critical to find a ing your energy for later on when you will need it. Go ahead and glide through the day ages. India. proper outlet for your enterprising nature so you don’t take your frustration out if you want, but don’t procrastinate for too long or you’ll be sorry. Don’t put off until 20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs 10. How long something has existed. on a loved one. Channel your passion into your work. tomorrow what you can do today. northeast into the Rhine. 11. English pianist (1890-1965). 21. Relating to or resembling or made of or 12. Jordan's port. adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl. 13. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivo- 23. A city of central China. rous mammals with long shaggy coats and Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 24. A native-born Israeli. strong claws. 26. An unabridged dictionary constructed on 14. God of death. Your expressive personality has been working on overdrive and you may There are such a limited number of options in front of you now historical principles. 22. An exhibition of cowboy skills. have spent too much time socializing without producing anything of lasting value. that you could feel trapped by your own familiar patterns. Unfortunately, you 27. Block consisting of a thick piece of some- 25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in However, your needs are changing now that energetic Mars is hiding out in your 12th may have sacrificed your independence for an emotional security that you’re thing. Turkey). House of Spiritual Mystery. Instead of dreaming about receiving recognition from your not even sure you want. Luckily, talking about your dilemma is the first step 29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic ele- 28. 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his Holy Month of Ramadan, OSN, the series a week before Ramadan. The ‘early pre- sation that is a must watch and exclusive to OSN. Hala HD. This season, the three brothers return region’s leading pay-TV network, empow- view service’ enables viewers to gain a compre- Al-Boyout Asrar S1 is another exclusive after meeting their fourth brother from Sudan Ters subscribers to maximise quality time hensive overview of what to watch during the thrilling Egyptian drama that starts with a myste- presenting stories that promise non-stop laugh- with family and to deepen togetherness with a Holy Month. We understand that the coming rious murder of a chef, who turns out to have ter. unique integration of technology, content and month is hectic and that is why we have planned four simple housekeepers tangled in a web of Another compelling drama, also on OSN convenience so they have complete control over to announce the line-up in advance in order to trouble that eventually leads to secrets unfold- Yahala HD, is Al-Kaboos starring superstar Ghada their entertainment experience. Twelve brand- make life easier for our subscribers.” ing and relationships colliding. The new show is Abdulraziq. The emotion-packed series revolves new Arabic series, five of them exclusive to OSN, Another feature exclusively on OSN is ‘Ma much awaited as celebrities Iten Amer, Hana around a grieving mother who tries to find the will be telecast during Ramadan underlining the Fatak TV’, a catch-up service, launched especially Sheha, Shery Adel and Nesreen Imam come people who killed her son and avenge him. network as the ‘home of family entertainment’. for Ramadan, allowing subscribers to watch over together. Other shows include Tareqi, starring Shereen OSN’s Ramadan content will see the region’s 20 Arabic drama shows at their convenience, Uryudu Rajoulan S2, based on the epony- Abdul Wahab, in which a girl decides to pursue biggest stars coming together including Lamyaa which is ideal for busy family lifestyles during the mous novel, is an Egyptian dramaturgy tackling her dream of singing despite her mother’s con- Tariq, Abdulallah Bushereih, Cyrine Abdelnour, Holy Month. ‘Ma Fatak TV’ is accessible both on one of the most sensitive issues a marriage could trol over her. Ghada Abdulraziq, Sulaf Fawakhirji, Abed Fahed, the OSN Plus HD, and via OSN Play, the award- face: that of a second wife who bears a son, Ahmed Mekky, Magie Bu Ghusun, to name a few. winning online viewing platform. much to the heartburn of the first wife. It is a Gulf series OSN has several surprises in store including a In addition, with OSN’s ‘Series Link’ feature, conflict between pride and love that seeks to From the Gulf is the exclusive show, Fi Amal, pre-Ramadan series preview, whereby the first viewers can record any show of their choice tackle a tough issue in a modern home through starring Lamyaa Tariq and Abdullah Bushereih, two episodes of the five exclusive series to be directly from the Electronic Programme Guide a story that will enrapture viewers. Watch the which narrates the imminent clash between telecast on OSN will be aired a week before the (EPG) and watch it later at their convenience. show exclusively on OSN starring the renowned dreams and reality, when a group of larger-than- start of the Holy Month. Khulud Abu Homos, Little ones are also assured of all the fun with actor, Eyad Nassar. life girls finds out that dreams don’t necessarily Executive Vice President, Programming and blockbuster movies and the most popular ani- In its fifth season and back by popular come true. A tangled web of complicated rela- Creative Services, OSN said: “In a first-of-its-kind mation movies to be screened daily at 3pm KSA demand, the Egyptian comedy starring the gift- tionships and mixed feelings is on display in this initiative in the region, we are showing the first through Ramadan. ed Ahmed Mekky, Al-Kabir S5, will guarantee riveting drama. two episodes of the five exclusive Ramadan Khulud added: “Ramadan celebrates the val- entertainment and laughter for all on OSN Ya Hal Manayer, starring Hayat Al-Fahed, is ues of family togetherness and solidarity. Our about a poor mother of three girls and a son programming as well as advanced technology who has nothing but her black heart and sharp features are aimed at maximising quality family mind. She is forever trying to find ways to time. It also takes into consideration the time become rich, without regard for others. that is diligently set aside for religious obliga- The line-up also includes Wa Mahyay S3 host- tions and cultural traditions during the Holy ed by Dr Walid Fatehi who continues on his mis- Month. Furthermore, OSN enables subscribers to sion of inspiring people to make a difference in Najeiband, and Amal Bshousha. The gripping carefully select the family content they wish to other people’s lives. series is an adapted format of ‘The Godfather’ see, providing greater control and flexibility on highlighting not only the events happening TV viewing during Ramadan.” Top Ramadan Pan Arab drama today, but it deals with the period before the highlights on OSN Yahala channels include a 24 Carat is the exciting Pan Arab drama that revolution. It also shows how politicians control wide variety of choices with something for tells the story of a complicated love triangle that people’s interests according to their own desire. everyone - and all available to watch anytime involves a diamond trader who is shot and and anywhere. thrown into the sea only to be a found by a sim- Syrian shows ple girl who falls in love with him, but knows Another must watch this Ramadan is Bi Egyptian drama series nothing of his dark past. Available exclusively on Entizar Al-Yasmine, which depicts the heart- This year’s line-up is headlined by the mega OSN, the show stars the hugely popular Cyrine warming tale of a group of war victims and their production - Zawaj Bel Ekrah S1 - a controversial Abdelnour, Abed Fahed and Magie Bu Ghusun. daily struggles after they lose everything. A key drama featuring Zeina and Ahmed Fahmy and Also look forward to the mega production attraction for the show is Suluf Fawakhirji who touching upon contentious issues such as forced Nadi Al-Sharq starring Jamal Sulaiman, plays the lead. marriage, love and greed. A captivating dramati- BassemYakhour, Basel Khayyat, Kais Sheikh lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015

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e usually love looking for the next big thing when spoons of olive oil and a squeeze of lemon. Leave it on you can add an essential oil of your choice. This will restore it comes to hair treatments and masks. We are your hair for about 15 minutes and give yourself a good the moisture in your hair and will keep it looking shiny. Wwilling to try whatever our friends or family mem- head massage! Leave it on for 15-20 minutes. bers suggest to us. However, going for all of these expen- 2- Banana mask: Grab 2 bananas, one tablespoon of sive options, and clinics wont really do much in compari- coconut oil and olive oil and one tablespoon of honey. For split ends: son to what you have in your own kitchen. It is nice to Mash them up together and make sure you dont have any 1. Castor Oil: Use a few drops or a small amount of pamper ourselves every once in a while and choose a luxu- chunks of banana, leave on for 5 minutes then rinse. Quick castor oil and work it in with your conditioner. This way its rious hair treatment, but keep in mind that mosts of the and easy! easier to rinse off and your split ends will still lock in the treatments include products you can find at home. moisture. Another important matter that girls need to understand is, For oily hair: 2- Olive oil: For a while I’ve tried adding olive oil to my not everything will work on you how it did on others. Girls Oily hair can be an annoying problem but there a few shampoo, it really made a difference after a few times. If with thinning/damaged hair can’t style or colour their hair masks you can try out to help: you’re not comfortable doing that, then apply a mixture of as often or the same way as girls with thicker/healthier hair. 1- Strawberries masks: use half a cup of strawberries olive oil, coconut oil and almond oil to your hair for about You need to truly understand the type of hair, as well as the and mash them up. Place on your hair, you can add an oil 30 minutes, every other week. weaknesses your hair suffers from. From there you can of your choice however I’d leave it alone as strawberries It’s fun to try out these masks, especially that their work out what will work for you, however, I believe that trigger the production of sebum that removes the oils. ingredients cannot be harmful no matter what you do or regardless if what type of hair you have, whether it is 2- Egg whites and lemon: separate the egg whites from how much you use them. It is extremely important to healthy and shiny or thin and exhausted hair, there are a the egg, add one tablespoon of salt and squeeze one incorporate these hair masks to your beauty regimen. A few options that are always safe, and the more organic and lemon to the mixture. Leave it on for 30 minutes and rinse few minutes a week will really show you a difference in more basic the option was, the healthier it is for your hair. off with warm water. your hair. Getting a trim every few months will also help Here are few masks you can try for your hair in the com- with your hair’s health. Let your hair speak for itself, not the fort of your own home! For dry hair: color or style! For damaged hair: 1- Mayonnaise! A guilty pleasure for most of us. One of Till next week ladies xo. 1- Eggs mask: you’ll need 1-2 eggs, depending on the the easiest masks, just pack on the mayo to your hair start- length of your hair, add one cup of milk and a few tea- ing from your scalp to the roots. It might smell funny, and New documentary ‘Fresh Dressed’ explores hip-hop fashion

rom slave-era church outfits and and you had to have a pair of Lee twill the hands of boosting crews who and said it best in the film: “The entire Little Richard to the South Bronx pants. ... You had to have the Le Tigre rushed fancy Manhattan stores in search time I grew up it was like I only wanted Fand Dapper Dan the knockoff king shirt, so you’re mixing and matching the of Polo and other coveted brands. money so I could be fresh.” Jenkins said of Harlem, the roots of hip-hop culture preppy identity with the workwear and For rapper Big Daddy Kane of the flamboyance of Little Richard as a stretch beyond the music. They stretch the athletic shoes,” he said. And that was Brooklyn, it was about matching the black Liberace helped light the path in to “fresh,” that feeling when your style just Astoria. red-and-black Gucci interior of his car to personal style for black and Latino kids This image released by CNN Films shows a scene from ‘Fresh Dressed.’ game is on point, just right straight out New York City was the heartbeat of one of his custom suits. “To me, fresh with little to no money. —AP photos of the box. That’s the focus of a new hip-hop and the style movement that means you’re in something new, some- “Folks who didn’t have much outside documentary featuring Nas as an execu- accompanied its rise in the early 1970s, thing that looks real nice ... and some- of their own creativity used that creativi- tive producer, a host of designers and including distinct looks defining each of thing put together creatively,” he said by ty to express themselves in a whole new some of the biggest names in music. the five boroughs: velour designer phone from Raleigh, North Carolina, form of music and culture, and the fash- The film “Fresh Dressed,” out Friday in sweatsuits with matching sneakers in where he lives. Kane, among the music ion was right along with it,” he said. select cities and on video on demand, is Harlem, or a pair of Clarks on feet in pioneers to appear in “Fresh Dressed,” There were many game changers, the handiwork of director and journalist Brooklyn, for example. But fresh symbol- was once a frequenter of Daniel “Dapper including Diddy. He beat out Ralph Sacha Jenkins, who traces the history ized more than that, Jenkins said. It was Dan” Day, whose Harlem boutique made Lauren and Michael Kors to be named and legacy of fresh through interviews, also about your “Sunday best,” a term clothes to order, sometimes using the Council of Fashion Designers of animation and archival footage. stemming in part from laws in some famous logos like that of Louis Vuitton America’s menswear designer of the “I had no idea all these things that states that required slave owners to buy but done in fresh ways for up-and-com- year in 2004 for his Sean John brand. myself and other kids in the neighbor- slaves at least one decent set of clothes ing rappers and the hustlers he counted “Hip-hop culture, it had a boldness to it. hood were doing would one day turn fit for church. It encompassed the spirit among his urban clientele. While You wanted everybody to know that into this huge global industry,” the 43- of graffiti that covered trains and walls Dapper Dan (squeezed out of business you were down with this movement,” he year-old Jenkins said in a recent inter- in styles and hues borrowed to person- over alleged copyright infringement) said in the film. But before that, April view of his Queens upbringing. “When I alize jeans and denim jackets with a serviced many, others in the film Walker, founder and designer of Walker was coming up, break dancing was big name down the side of a leg and origi- recalled the aspirational popularity of Wear, remembers her fresh fashion turn- nal artwork on the back. the real deal: Vuitton, Ralph Lauren, ing point growing up. It was watching Tommy Hilfiger and Versace. “A lot of the music pioneers Run-DMC onstage in Something new designers that people took to some- matching leather suits and black hats. It touched young people in the times didn’t really want black people in “You were always taught in school gang-plagued Bronx who sewed patch- their clothing, at least at that time,” Kane dressed for success meant something This image shows Sacha Jenkins, director of ‘Fresh Dressed’. es, silver bangles and used cowhide said. else, and here they were breaking all the stitching around the armholes of denim rules and winning,” she said in the film. “I Prince of Bel-Air” and “In Living Color.” would only sell him stock if he promised jackets after cutting off the sleeves, Express themselves just remember that changing my life, in About seven years later, the brand FUBU to rip their labels out. “I decided to make emulating the outlaw bikers in “Easy Kane recalls his first taste of Versace, the sense of everything I’d been taught proved itself at $350 million. the jackets myself,” he said in an inter- Rider.” Or it could mean a Kangol hat, a pair of jeans. “I remember Luther was a farce to me at that point.” It wasn’t Strides made in the ‘90s soon led to view, “and that’s how it all started.”—AP some Cazal shades, ultra-baggy pants or Vandross had turned me on to Versace easy for urban labels looking to com- market saturation as hip-hop went Adidas with fat laces that required in 1990. I remember a girl ironing the pete with luxury. Most had to fight their global. Some homegrown companies stretching, starching and pressing to jeans for me and she was, like, ‘What the way into stores, until the ‘90s opened had the staying power and some didn’t. This image shows fashion designer perfect the look. Fresh prompted riots hell are these? What’s Vercayce?’” Kanye the floodgates. Cross Colors did about Either way, fresh lives on years after Dapper Dan in a scene from ‘Fresh over Jordan sneakers, shootings over West was a Lauren man from way back $100 million in business in 1990 with Dapper Dan’s heyday in the ‘80s, when Dressed’. Marmot jackets and mass lootings at in Chicago. He’s now a designer himself boosts from television’s “The Fresh the maker of one popular jacket said it Celebrate Ramadan with ‘New Look’

uring the holy month New Look The collection revolves around maxi East on Facebook, follow New Look on announces the 2015 Ramadan col- dresses and wide flowing trousers in leop- Twitter, watch our latest style videos on Dlection. With a focus on striking ard print, sleek neutrals or gilded brocade. New Look Middle East You Tube channel or prints with animal magnetism, the collec- Highlight pieces include lacy or embel- get your dose of style news and inspiration tion is designed to highlight the joy of lished waterfall jackets and cover-ups. from following New Look Middle East on dressing up. Patterned and lace separates Design details are incorporated in a Instagram. are accentuated with gold embellishments sequined top or a dress embroidered in and accessories. Silhouettes are easy and metallic thread, perfect for a festive gather- relaxed to reflect the high summer season. ing. Accessories further complement the extravagant looks, in jewelled clutches, translucent box bags and heels adorned with bows or covered in metallic gold and pewter. They bring together an overall look that is both on-trend and indulgent, perfect for the season. The Ramadan collection is available from the first week of June in New Look stores across the Middle East, including shops in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. Discover more about New Look Middle lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015

Music & Movies Review The fetish fables of ‘The Little Death’ score come to praise the portmanteau. Anthologies, movies “hyperlink cinema.” Southern Civil War general and criticizing his girl- omnibuses, whatever you want to call them: Those friend for breaking character. Another woman (Bojana Icinematic conglomerations of disconnected or Human relationships Novakovic) wants her boyfriend (Lawson) to rape her. slightly interwoven stories are what I’m talking about. One of the most remarkable recent entries was He initially misunderstands, thinking she asked him to As a storytelling tradition, it stretches back beyond Leos Carax’s electrically zany romp “Holy Motors.” “rate her.” “Babe, you’re a 10!” he responds. “The Canterbury Tales,” and runs through “Pulp Carax said his tale of an actor who reinvents himself Fiction.” The latest is “The Little Death,” an Australian scene to scene throughout a day in Paris was really Free of judgment series of fetish fables. The portmanteau is often good about human relationships in the age of the Internet. This story line, along with another chapter dealing fun because it’s happily free of conventional structure. “The Little Death,” while frequently funny and some- with a husband aroused by his sleeping wife, will Many great directors have tried their hand in them, times perhaps offensive in the darkness of its humor, surely lose some viewers who would rather not see from Francis Ford Coppola (“New York Stories”) to has the misfortune of following the recent release of even pretend rape made a punchline. But the light, Robert Altman (“Short Cuts,” “Nashville”), and Roberto Roy Andersson’s “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting comic tone of “The Little Death,” which takes its name Rossellini (“L’Amore”) to Eric Rohmer (“Six in Paris”). on Existence.” The deadpan existentialism of from a nickname for something else, is generally free When portmanteaus work, they have an internal Anderson’s Scandinavian humor, spread out across of judgment. Here is rueful empathy for those under rhythm of their own, like the time zone-skipping dozens of absurdist short scenes, makes “The Little the helpless sway of some very peculiar tastes. When clocks of Jim Jarmusch’s “Night on Earth.” Death” look downright sitcomish. a registered relationship offender (Kim Gyngell) visits Hopscotching from tale to tale, they can feel like That’s not such a bad thing. Australian writer- each couple (connected, it would seem, by the same dreams (Powell and Pressburger’s mesmerizing “Tales director Josh Lawson’s slickly made debut is a collec- Sydney neighborhood) to make his legally obliged of Hoffman”) or mimic day-dreamed nightmares tion of stories about Aussie suburbanite couples and introduction, he usually appears the less disturbed (Preston Sturges’ hysterical “Unfaithfully Yours”). In the trouble that comes from either pursuing or hiding one. And it ends with an unexpectedly sweet and others, the poetic brevity of their tales (Wayne Wong an unusual desire. One woman (Kate box) gets off on largely uninterrupted tale about a video phone trans- and Paul Auster’s “Smoke”) take on the feeling of a her husband (Patrick Brammall) crying, and goes to lating service for the deaf. Death,” a Magnolia Pictures release, is unrated by the This photo provided by good short story collection. Lately, anthologies have great lengths to get him weepy, including fake kid- A translator (Erin James) takes a call from a young MPAA. The film’s language, violence and sex would courtesy of Magnolia seemingly grown in popularity on all kinds of screens, napping his dog. At his father’s funeral, she can barely deaf man (T. J. Power), who, through sign language, likely merit an R-rating. Running time: 97 minutes. Pictures shows, Patrick including TV’s “True Detective” and “Black Mirror,” and contain herself. asks her to enable his phone call. The scene is funny, Three stars out of four. — AP Brammall, left, and Kate the Argentinian, Oscar-nominated movie of extreme The role-playing recommended by a therapist to a raunchy and improbably tender - the combination Box, in the film, ‘The Little revenge vignettes, “Wild Tales.” The current appeal couple (Kate Mulvany and Damon Herriman of that Lawson has been striving for. Connection is illu- Death,’ a Magnolia Pictures probably owes something to our digitally scrambled “Justified”) brings on an unlikely epiphany for the sive in the portmanteau. But in the last vignette of release. — AP minds; author Alissa Quart dubbed multi-linear boyfriend: He’s an actor. Soon, he’s dressing as a “The Little Death,” the film finally scores. “The Little

Bieber guard gets jail time for incident with photographer security guard for Justin Bieber who police said admit- ted taking a camera from a photographer has been Aordered to serve 45 days in jail. Hugo Hesny, 33, was indicted in March 2014 on felony charges of robbery and entering a vehicle in connection with the episode in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs last year. Under a deal reached with prosecutors, he pleaded no contest last week to two misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct, according to court records. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville ordered him to serve 45 days in jail and 22 months and 15 days on probation, as well as to perform 200 hours of community service. Hesny was sentenced under Georgia’s first offender statute, meaning it won’t appear as a conviction in his criminal history Revelers arrive to attend the Glastonbury Festival of Music and Performing Arts on Worthy Farm near the village of Pilton. — AFP photos once he completes the terms of his sentence. Photographer Jason Winslow told police he was trying to shoot photos of Bieber outside an arcade in Sandy Springs in February 2014 when Hesny told him to leave. Winslow said Hesny chased Music festivals shake their money maker for UK economy him, cut him off, opened the door of Winslow’s vehicle and usic festivals like Glastonbury sometimes leave the euros, $4.8 billion), according to figures released by the UK’s rich music heritage and infrastructure has made the took his camera. Hesny initially told police he didn’t take the British countryside strewn with discarded tents for industry-backed promotional group UK Music last week. UK the go-to destination for live music globally and these camera, but after officers found it in an SUV used by the Mdays after-but they’re big money-spinners for the Nearly 550,000 music tourists came from abroad-up 39 statistics show how tourism is now a bedrock of British singer’s entourage, Hesny said he wanted only to delete pho- nation’s economy, generating billions from revelers follow- percent since 2011. “Bands playing in muddy fields and music and the wider economy.” In southwest England, tos taken outside the arcade, according to a police report. In ing the world’s biggest bands. Fans from both Britain and concert halls around the UK have not only been adding to where Glastonbury has been held since 1970 at Worthy another case out of Florida, a photographer accused Hesny of abroad are drawn by events that have been running for happiness and wellbeing, but have been driving wealth Farm in Somerset, music tourism generated £297 million grabbing him by the neck and pushing him outside The Hit several decades-such as the Isle of Wight festival and into recovering local economies across the whole of the last year, including £221 million from festivals. Glastonbury Factory recording studio in Miami in June 2013. — AP Glastonbury, which kicks off Wednesday-plus newer bou- UK,” said the study. is thought to account for around a third of this. tique gatherings with smaller crowds and bands, like Culture minister John Whittingdale called the findings Wales’s Green Man. “fantastic” but said he was not surprised as festivals like Future of the music industry? Some 9.5 million people attended British festivals and Glastonbury “hold an iconic status on the world music While it generates significant revenues, Glastonbury is concerts in 2014, generating over £3.0 billion (4.2 billion scene”. Jo Dipple, UK Music’s chief executive, added: “The also one of the most expensive festivals in the world to attend, according to No1 Currency, a foreign exchange cur- rency service. Admission is £225 but the average total spend is £565, making it the second most expensive in the world behind Roskilde in Denmark. Music festivals aren’t just big business in Europe. The United States is also home to a growing festival scene, with California’s Coachella, among the biggest, drawing 175,000 fans in April. The fes- tival had a turnover of $78 million in 2014. At a global level, San Francisco-based online market- place Eventbrite handled ticket sales for 50,000 music and other festivals around the world last year, a 50 percent increase in 12 months. With many musicians struggling to make as much money as they used to due to the digital transformation of the industry and the advent of stream- ing, some suggest festivals could be an economic lifeline for them, as well as benefitting host countries. “I think music festivals are basically the future of the industry. It’s the only area where you are really seeing a lot of growth,” said Parag Bhandari, the head of UG Strategies which recently launched the Uphoric digital television network dedicated to covering the global festival circuit. “It’s really the last area in the music industry where there is real mon- ey to be made for artists.”— AFP Singer Justin†Bieber uses his mobile phone to photo- graph the Shawn Porter and Adrien Broner welterweight Revelers pitch their tent as they arrive to attend the Glastonbury Festival. fight on Saturday in Las Vegas. — AP Dick Van Patten, ‘Eight Is Enough’ star, dies at 86

ick Van Patten, who played the paterfamilias on the Sheep Run”; in 1939 he was part of the George S Kaufman- ring Lunt and Fontanne, in 1946-47, marking the first time he Van Patten’s first series-regular gig came on the brief, Don 1980s TV dramedy “Eight Is Enough,” died on Tuesday Moss Hart spectacle “The American Way.” There followed “The was credited as Dick Van Patten; and “Mister Roberts,” in Adams-created cop spoof “The Partners,” which also starred Dmorning. He was 86. Patten died at Saint John’s Land Is Bright,” by Kaufman and Edna Ferber, in 1941-42, with which the actor was a replacement for David Wayne as Ensign Adams and ran in 1971-72. He recurred on “The New Dick Van Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif, due to complications from the young actor still credited as Dickie Van Patten; Thornton Pulver. Dyke Show” in 1973-74 as Max Matthias, and he played Friar diabetes. The always-genial, round-faced actor also appeared Wilder’s original comedy “The Skin of Our Teeth” in 1942-43; After “Mister Roberts,” Van Patten was missing from Tuck on ABC’s brief Robin Hood spoof “When Things Were in Disney films including “Freaky Friday” (the original, Jodie Edward Chodorov’s “Decision” in 1944; “The Wind Is Ninety” in Broadway until a one-night stint in “Have I Got a Girl for You!” Rotten,” co-created by Mel Brooks (who much later cast Van Foster version) as well as Mel Brooks comedies “High Anxiety,” 1945; Terrence Rattigan’s enormous hit “O Mistress Mine,” star- in 1963; two years later he was stage manager and under- Patten in his 1993 feature spoof “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” and “Space Balls.” Though long study on the original Ruth Gordon-Garson Kanin play “A Very as the Abbot). After “Eight Is Enough,” he tried the series-reg- associated with television and film comedies, the actor spent Rich Woman.” In 1968 he appeared in the Renee Taylor and ular route again with CBS’ brief 1990-91 drama “WIOU,” a a great deal of time on stage, making the first of his two Joseph Bologna-penned, Charles Grodin-directed comedy primetime soap set at a TV station. dozen or so appearances on Broadway as a child back in “Lovers and Other Strangers,” which would soon be adapted He made his feature debut in the 1963 horror “Violent 1937, in Kurt Weill’s “The Eternal Road.” for the bigscreen. The next year the actor appeared in “But, Midnight” but more significantly played one of the scien- He had most recently appeared onscreen in a guest role as Seriously...”; Van Patten returned to Broadway for the final tists who aid the lead character in 1968’s “Charly,” starring Lester on TV Land’s “Hot in Cleveland.” Other relatively recent time in 1974-75 in Herb Gardner’s comedy “Thieves.” In addi- Cliff Robertson as a mentally handicapped man who is pro- credits include “7th Heaven” in 2004, “Arrested Development” tion to his work onstage, Van Patten was involved in televi- vided with a medical treatment that renders him a genius- in 2005, “That ‘70s Show” in 2006 and “The Sarah Silverman sion from early on. He was a series regular as son Nels on CBS’ for a while. In 1972 he appeared in the Larry Hagman- Program” in 2008. Van Patten starred as Tom Bradford, the “Mama,” a series about a Norwegian family in San Francisco directed horror comedy “Beware! The Blob.” More impres- father of eight children, on ABC’s “Eight Is Enough” from 1977- based on the play and movie “I Remember Mama,” starting in sive was his supporting role in the Clint Eastwood Western 81. The show was based on the life of journalist Tom Braden, 1949. “Joe Kidd” the same year. He also appeared in sci-fiers who had written a book of the same name. Van Patten also “Soylent Green” and “Westworld”; several Disney features, appeared in the 1987 reunion movie and 1989’s “An Eight Is Steady presence including Bob Crane starrer “Superdad,” “The Shaggy DA.” Enough Wedding.” He reprised the role of Tom Bradford via After 1970 the actor was a steady presence on the small and “Freaky Friday”; and a number of Brooks films starting voice work on the animated sitcom “Family Guy” in 1999. screen for the next several decades. During the 1970s he with 1977’s “High Anxiety.” Van Patten served as a commen- guested on “I Dream of Jeannie,” “That Girl,” “Sanford and Son,” tator for the World Series of Poker from 1993-95. His mem- Young actor “McMillan and Wife,” “Love, American Style,” “Kolchak: The oir “Eighty Is Not Enough,” co-authored with Robert Baer, Richard Vincent Van Patten was born in Kew Gardens, NY. Night Stalker,” “Phyllis,” “Maude,” “The Streets of San Francisco,” was published in 2009. Survivors include wife Pat, to whom He made his Broadway debut in Kurt Weill’s “The Eternal “The Six Million Dollar Man,” “One Day at a Time.” During and he was married since 1954; three sons, actors Nels Van Road,” a spectacle of Jewish history, in 1937 (in 2000, the cen- after the run of “Eight Is Enough,” he guested some six times Patten, James Van Patten and Vincent Van Patten; a sister, tenary of Weill’s birth, Van Patten attended a full restaging of on “The Love Boat,” and during the 1980s he guested on actress Joyce Van Patten; and a much younger half-brother, the mammoth six-hour work at Brooklyn’s BAM). The next series including “Murder, She Wrote” and “The Facts of Life.” director-producer Timothy Van Patten. — Reuters year the youngster appeared in Paul Osborn’s hit “On In this Aug 13, 2006 file photo, actor Dick Van Patten pos- Later he appeared on “Touched by an Angel,” “Lois & Borrowed Time,” which was adapted into a film starring Lionel es for photographers on the red carpet before Comedy Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” and “Love Boat: The Barrymore and Cedric Hardwicke, and appeared in “Run Central’s ‘Roast of William Shatner,’ in Los Angeles.—AP Next Wave.” lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015

Music & Movies Turkey Teen talent show singer out of coma after shooting

19-year-old Turkish talent show contestant is out of a coma and communicating after she was shot Ain the head in an attack that shocked the country, doctors said Tuesday. Mutlu Kaya was shot while she was at home in Kurdish-majority southeastern Diyarbakir province in May and had until now been in intensive care in the Diyarbakir hospital where she is being treated. “She has been moved out of intensive care and into a pri- vate room. Her overall health is good. She has regained consciousness and is able to communicate with us,” her doctor Ulas Aktas told the Dogan news agency. “At first she was answering with one word answers but now she can say 8-10 words. She is totally aware of what’s going on around her,” the doctor said. He added that the young woman was on a liquid diet and was being allowed to go out in a wheelchair once a day. She Turkish talent Mutlu Kaya poses after getting out of a would however require months of physical therapy. Kaya coma. had been appearing on the show “Sesi Cok Guzel,” similar to “Britain’s Got Talent,” on the Turkish private channel on Kaya came at a time of intensifying anger in Turkey Fox. She had been mentored by Sibel Can, one of over the extent of violence against women, with hun- Turkey’s best known folk pop singers. dreds of wives killed by their husbands every year. Kaya’s ex-boyfriend, 26-year-old Veysel Ercan, was According to the non-governmental Platform to Stop charged with attempted murder in May. Reports said Violence Against Women, 286 women were murdered in Kaya was shot by an assailant who fired a bullet from the Turkey in 2014 and 134 so far in 2015. — AFP garden through the back window into the house. The young woman had previously received death threats for appearing in the show and there were suggestions that the shooting was an act of revenge for her daring to appear in the contest. The Kurdish-majority southeast of A 19-year-old Turkish talent Mutlu Kaya, flanked by her mother Hanim Kaya and her doctor Ulas Aktas poses for media Turkey is known for its strongly conservative values, with after she was out of a coma at her hospital room yesterday. — AFP photos women expected to perform a traditional role. The attack Music mogul Diddy’s rep: He was defending himself

ean “Diddy” Combs was defending himself in an incident that once the true facts are revealed, the case will be dis- at the University of California, Los Angeles, that led to his missed,” Moar said in the statement. Officials did not say who Sarrest, a representative for the hip-hop mogul said was allegedly assaulted or what led to it. No one was seriously Tuesday. “The various accounts of the event and charges that injured, police said. The jail records show that Combs’ bail was are being reported are wholly inaccurate,” Nathalie Moar, a rep $160,000, but sheriff’s officials reached by phone said he post- for Combs, said in a statement to The Associated Press. “What ed $50,000. The reason for the discrepancy wasn’t clear. we can say now is that any actions taken by Mr Combs were Combs’ son Justin Combs is a redshirt junior defensive solely defensive in nature to protect himself and his son.” back on the UCLA football team, which has been working out Combs was arrested Monday for an alleged assault involving a on campus. He has played in just a handful of games in his weight-room kettlebell at the athletic facilities of UCLA, where three years with the team. The son of another major rap star his son plays football, a university statement said. also plays football for the Bruins. Snoop Dogg’s son Cordell Broadus is a wide receiver who signed with the team this year. Football coach Jim Mora thanked his staff for their profession- alism in handling the situation. “This is an unfortunate inci- dent for all parties involved,” Mora said in the statement from campus police. “While UCPD continues to review this matter, we will let the legal process run its course and refrain from fur- A file picture taken on May 12, 1998 the cast from television’s popular ‘Seinfeld’ comedy show are pictured In ther comment at this time.” Hollywood, California. — AFP The arrest, first reported by TMZ, is the latest of several allegations of violence by Sean Combs. He was acquitted of bribery and weapons-related charges in connection with a 1999 shooting at a New York nightclub. A jury cleared him of firing a weapon during the dispute that wounded three ‘Seinfeld’ streams online bystanders, as well as bribing his chauffeur to take the rap. Combs was arrested in 1999 for his involvement in the beating of former Interscope executive Steve Stoute in New York. Combs apologized, the charges were reduced, and he was after 17 year wait ordered to attend an anger management class. Combs and In this July 26, 2013 file photo, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of the Stoute have since mended their relationship, appearing on new network Revolt TV addresses reporters at the Beverly stage together at Cannes in 2013. Earlier this year, an Arizona he popular American television series “Seinfeld” “Seinfeld,” with its 90’s aesthetic and distinctive bass- Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. — AP man accused Combs of punching him in the face at a Super began streaming online yesterday, after a 17 year rich theme song, is still played as reruns on many television Combs, 45, was freed late Monday after posting bail, sever- Bowl party. Combs was not arrested. — AP Twait. The comedy became available on Hulu in its first stations. Long coveted for online showing, CNN reported al hours after his afternoon arrest, jail records showed. such offering since the show ended in 1998. Starring US the show’s nine seasons were purchased by Hulu for University police allege three counts of assault with a deadly comedian Jerry Seinfeld, the semi-autobiographical show around $150 million after wrangling among bidders. Some weapon, one count of making terrorist threats and one count follows Seinfeld and a group of friends, George, Elaine and shows are free on Hulu, but a monthly subscription is of battery, according to a UCLA statement. “We are confident the eccentric Kramer, as everyday problems are put under required to watch “Seinfeld.”— AFP comedic scrutiny by the bunch.

Campbell steps front ‘Game of Thrones’ and center with wife star Harington joins arry Campbell is a highly regarded producer and ridiculously versatile sideman who can play about any instrument you hand Lhim. Even so, like many males, Campbell might have married out cast of ‘Brimstone’ of his league. His wife, Teresa Williams, is a captivating performer and dirt-road alto equally adept at tender ballads, rustic waltzes and blues ame of Thrones” star Kit Harington has joined stompers. the cast of “Brimstone,” which has just started Happily, Campbell and Williams go great together. Their self-titled “G principal photography. The film will shoot on debut album is full of delightful duets, and it helps that Campbell location in Romania, Spain and Germany. Also joining the wrote a batch of strong songs, most sung with a wink. The Helm fami- cast are Paul Anderson (“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of ly makes a significant contribution. Levon plays drums on one song, Shadows”), Jack Roth (“The recorded not long before his death, and his daughter Amy adds Great Train Robbery”) and Carla Juri (“Wetlands”). The vocals on the Grateful Dead’s “Attics of My Life,” delivered in airtight film, which is written and directed by Martin Koolhoven, three-part harmony. The album’s highlight is another cover, the Rev. stars Dakota Fanning (“Night Moves,” “The Runaways” and Gary Davis’ “Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning,” sung by Williams the upcoming “Franny”), Guy Pearce (“Memento,” with full-throated glory sure to convert any skeptic. — AP “Lawless”) and Carice van Houten (“Black Book,” “Valkyrie”). Fanning stars as Liz, a heroine on the run from This CD cover image released by Red House shows the self-titled her past and chased by Pearce’s character, the diabolical album by Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams. — AP Preacher. The movie is described as “a vivid and powerful epic of one woman’s defiant resistance.” British actor Tom Holland poses for pic- Els Vandevorst (“Winter in Wartime,” “The Surprise,” tures on the red carpet as he arrives for “Dogville”) of Holland’s N279 Entertainment produces, the 33rd London Critics Circle Film alongside Uwe Schott (“Cloud Atlas,” “Amour”) of X-Filme. Channing Tatum slams ‘G.I. Joe’: ‘I Hate That Movie’ Awards in central London in this January Antonino Lombardo of Belgium’s Prime Time, Peter 20, 2013, file photo. — AFP Hiltunen of Dragon Films in Sweden, and The Jokers’ Manuel Chiche and Violaine Barbaroux from France are id you dislike “G.I. Joe”? Don’t worry-its star, Channing Tatum, co-producers. The UK’s Embankment Films is handling did too. In an interview with Howard Stern on his SiriusXM international sales on the movie, and inked a slew of pre- radioshow Tuesday morning, Tatum revealed that he wasn’t a D sales prior to Cannes, including Germany (Koch Media) fan of one of his first big leading roles, “G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra.” He British teen and France (The Jokers Films). London-based New Sparta said contract with Paramount forced him to do it, and he still doesn’t Films, and Paul Trijbits and Christian Grass’ Filmwave are look back on it fondly. “Look, I’ll be honest. I f-king hate that movie. I backing the film. — Reuters hate that movie,” Tatum said of the 2009 tentpole. “I was pushed into nets super role doing that movie ... [After] ‘Coach Carter,’ they signed me for a three- picture deal ... And as a young [actor], you’re like, ‘Oh my god, that sounds amazing, I’m doing that!’” as Spider-Man The “Magic Mike XXL” actor revealed, however, that as he got older and wanted to pursuit other roles, the studio called him about doing onths of speculation ended Tuesday as “G.I. Joe,” and even then, he wasn’t crazy about the idea. Tatum said he British actor Tom Holland scored a cov- was a big fan of the fictional solider growing up, and didn’t want to Meted Hollywood superhero franchise, taint the character. He even revealed that he wanted to play Snake and will be spinning webs on Andrew Garfield’s Eyes, a role that would go to Ray Park. “The script wasn’t any good,” heels. Sony Pictures and Marvel, apparently Tatum went on. “I didn’t want to do something that I thought was 1) keen to get back to Spidey’s schoolboy begin- bad, and 2) I just didn’t know if I wanted to be G.I. Joe.” Though the nings in the comic’s tradition, picked the up- blockbuster made $302 million worldwide, it was mostly panned by and-coming boyish 19-year-old who starred in critics. In its review, Variety said “G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra” “interrupts “The Impossible” to play Peter Parker. its barrage of CGI action for only the barest minimum of anything “We saw many terrific young actors, but resembling character development.” Still, Tatum acknowledged that Tom’s screen tests were special. All in all, we are the movie, which certainly boosted Tatum’s starpower at the time, off to a roaring start,” said Tom Rothman, Sony could have been worse. —Reuters Pictures Motion Pictures Group. Holland’s first Channing Tatum Spider-Man film, as yet untitled, will be released in 2017. He follows British-American Garfield and American Tobey Maguire. Jon Watts will be Kit Harington directing. — AFP ‘Seinfeld’ streams online after 17 year wait

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A Malaysian Muslim man offers prayers during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan at the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque ni Shah Alam yesterday. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world are marking the month, during which believers abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn until sunset. — AFP Nazi-looted painting from Munich haul to be auctioned

Nazi-looted painting that was hidden for decades is The painting is estimated to go for up to £18 million. lectors. The works were inherited by his son Cornelius, who being auctioned by Sotheby’s yesterday in a rare Helena Newman, Sotheby’s co-head of impressionist and himself died last year. “Since then it has disappeared from Asale as investigators work painstakingly to identify modern Art, described it as “one of his finest portraits to public view,” said Brandstaetter. “What’s so surprising is that the origins of hundreds of other works from the same haul. appear at auction in over 20 years.” it was hidden away for so long. “When it arrived here it was Max Liebermann’s “Two Riders on a Beach” was found very dirty. You could see it had not been cared for. Many of among more than 1,200 works of art in the Munich apart- ‘Disappeared from public view’ the things Cornelius Gurlitt had in his house were just ment of German recluse Cornelius Gurlitt when police raid- David Toren, one of several heirs of the Liebermann stuck somewhere, behind cupboards or under beds.” ed it in 2012, capturing global attention. The 1901 oil painting, was just 13 when he saw the picture being taken It is one of only two paintings from the Gurlitt stash to painting, which is expected to fetch up to £550,000 by the Nazis from the estate of his great-uncle David be returned to their owners. The Kunstmuseum Bern is (766,000 euros, $625,000), is the first from the Gurlitt col- Friedmann in 1938, the day after Kristallnacht. Now, aged working with German authorities to find other rightful lection to be auctioned off. “The challenge is to go through 90 and blind, Toren said he is unable to appreciate the owners-but faces a laborious task. Friederike Schwelle, the provenance of every single picture in this collection,” painting, returned after a legal battle as the German gov- manager of provenance research and restitution at the Art Sotheby’s director Bernhard Brandstaetter said. ernment still seeks to establish the provenance of other Loss Register, said the Gurlitt find prompted many people “It is a lengthy process to establish where a picture works in the hoard. Paintings by Picasso, Manet and to come forward believing they had claims to paintings comes from, when it was bought and so on,” he said, Chagall were among the huge trove discovered when from the haul. “Locating heirs can be quite difficult describing the collection as “probably the most significant German police raided Gurlitt’s unassuming apartment in because some perished during the Holocaust and others find in the last 30 years”. Richard Aronowitz, European head Munich. The Nazis plundered artworks in Germany and have since died,” she said, adding that is was “very difficult of restitution for Sotheby’s, described the Liebermann across Europe before and during World War II. Thousands to say” how much art was looted by the Nazis overall. painting as a “scene of great tranquility and joy in nature”, of stolen artworks have since been returned to their own- “People suspect there might still be about 100,000 objects adding: “This counterbalances the great sadness and trau- ers or their descendants, but many more have never resur- out there that might be involved in Nazi looting that are ma of the work’s history.” Yesterday’s auction also includes faced. still missing.” — AFP a Gustav Klimt portrait lost to Jewish owners during the The Liebermann painting was sold by the Nazis, ending Nazi regime that is being sold after the resolution of a dis- up in the hands of Hildebrand Gurlitt, an art dealer tasked A security guard stands next to ‘Two Riders on a Beach’ by German artist pute between descendants of the artist and the subject. by Hitler to plunder works from museums and Jewish col- Max Liebermann painted in 1901. — AFP Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia: Coastline without a crowd

ounding a curve on the Cabot Trail, you see it: an wharfs. Chowder House’s 16 indoor picnic tables were Resort can be arduous, if you walk rather than ride in a elongated pile of granite jutting toward the crammed before noon on a weekday in August with motorized cart. Opened in 1941, it is part of the late golf RAtlantic Ocean. It’s called Middle Head, and it’s offerings of lobster sandwiches, crab cakes and both architect Stanley Thompson’s legendary Canadian port- part of Cape Breton Highlands National Park on Nova clam and seafood chowder. Its mussels could have been folio, which includes Banff Springs in the western Scotia’s Cape Breton Island. The views from here are harvested that morning from Cape North near where Rockies. Highland Links’ holes wind by the sea, twist stunning, whether a sandy beach below or brooding explorers John and Sebastian Cabot were said to have through dense woodlands or border the Clyburn River. Mount Smokey above. At Middle Head’s entrance is the landed in 1497. The trek from the first tee to the 18th green is 8 miles (13 75-year-old Keltic Resort, which can serve as a well- Working up an appetite is not difficult. Hiking trails kilometers). The miracle is how a golf course was carved appointed base camp for exploring the 370-square-mile for different skill levels are plentiful throughout the out of the Cape Breton wilderness with the equipment (950-square-kilometer) national park and the Cabot Trail, national park, including more than a half-dozen near its of the 1940s. a ring road. entrance at Ingonish Beach. One low-impact guided hike With what’s left of the day, you could attend a Reminiscent of Ireland’s formidable Ring of Kerry, traverses the length of Middle Head through trees and “ceilidh” at a local parish hall where musicians gather to Cabot Trail’s 185-mile (298-kilometer) route clings to patches of knapweed, elderberry and wild daisies to its play or spend it in the Highland Sitting Room at Keltic, cliffs, plunges into deep native forests and connects tip for a 270-degree panorama of the ocean and faraway with ocean views, twin fireplaces and entertainers like Hikers on Middle Head Peninsula in Cape Breton Highlands National Park small coastal communities whose heritage comes from jagged shorelines. Jimmy Sweeney, a native of County Tyrone in Northern in Nova Scotia, Canada. — AP photos French, Scot, Irish and British settlers, as well as the Ireland. One summer evening, he sang a mournful ballad Mi’kmaq, the region’s indigenous people. Highway signs The miracle about Irishmen who emigrated to find work in the 1960s. may be in French or Gaelic, as well as English. Said to be among the world’s top cycling destina- “It’s a long way from Clare to here,” the refrain goes, and tions, Cape Breton Highlands has strategically placed that’s true of Cape Breton, but the sadness seems to Marine life campgrounds for longer Cabot Trail rides and several off- have dissolved with the generations that came and Navigating sharp bends and steep descents, pavement trails. If you are a hardy beachgoer, the late stayed. — AP motorists can stop at numerous “look-offs” that may be summer Atlantic surf is chilly but tolerable. Golf at inter- safer than gawking through the windshield. Birds are nationally ranked Highland Links adjacent to Keltic abundant, marine life can be observed during off-shore tours, and a moose or two may materialize. One difference between the Ring of Kerry and its Canadian counterpart is the crowds. Here, tour buses are rare and other traffic is light. Just make sure you know where gas stations are. Middle Head once served as a seasonal home to small bands of fishermen. It was later owned by an Ohio industrialist, Henry Clay Corson, who The northwestern coastline of Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island as a fell in love with the region while visiting the nearby sum- squall rolls in from the Gulf of St Lawrence along the Cabot Trail in Cape mer retreat of a famous friend, telephone inventor Breton Highlands National Park. Alexander Graham Bell. Corson’s widow sold the proper- ty in the 1940s to be developed as part of the park. Along the Cabot Trail, an extraordinary club sandwich is served at the unpretentious Seagull Restaurant near the Keltic Resort. It is packed with chunks of locally caught lobster, smoked bacon and summer-fresh lettuce and tomato on crusty toast. The chowder is prepared daily by the octogenarian owner and retired coal miner, John Dan Jobes. In his broth could be crab, scallops, salmon, mackerel, cod or halibut. Jobes “is somewhat of a local legend,” says Jessica Young of Keltic Resort. “Whenever I go to the Seagull, I usually see him in his apron, greeting guests warmly before heading back to the kitchen.” Up the highway is the Chowder House in Neil’s Harbor, a fishing village with stacks of lobster traps on its

The heated swimming pool at Keltic Resort near Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia, and Ingonish Island in the distance in the Atlantic Ocean.