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KUWAIT: School children sing Indian patriotic song. KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador Sunil Jain with Indian diplomats during the flag-hoisting ceremony. Indian Embassy celebrates I-Day Kuwait-India bilateral trade hits $18.21 billion

KUWAIT: The Indian Embassy, Kuwait yesterday celebrated India’s domestic workers participated in the Independence Day celebrations 68th Independence Day in the presence of a large crowd of Indians with great joy and enthusiasm, reflecting India’s rich ethnic, linguistic, who thronged the embassy premises to attend the ceremony despite religious and cultural diversity in Kuwait. the summer heat. Indian Ambassador Sunil Jain unfurled the national The ambassador in his speech emphasized that India-Kuwait rela- tri-color which was followed by the singing of the national anthem. tions have been historically close, warm and friendly. He commended The ambassador read out Indian President Pranab Mukherjee’s the contribution of the Indian community in Kuwait’s socio-economic address to the nation. The Bohra community’s band played a variety development and in nurturing India-Kuwait ties. He expressed grati- of marching tunes to the delight of the assembled gathering. This tude to the state of Kuwait for the good treatment accorded to his was followed by the singing of patriotic songs by Indian associations. community in the country. He extended his warmest greetings to all members of the Indian community in Kuwait. The ambassador also highlighted several meas- ures taken by the embassy for the welfare of the Indian community, eg, opening of an outsource centre at Abbassiya, “Open House” in the embassy on all working days and the availability of embassy auditori- KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador Sunil Jain addresses the Indian um to various Indian associations for social and cultural activities. community during the Independence Day celebrations at the Bilateral trade Indian Embassy yesterday. — Photos by Joseph Shagra Trade exchanges between Kuwait and India reached $18.21 billion in the 2013-2014 year, the ambassador said. The visit by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to India last November gave a new boost to the growing bilateral relations between the state, he said. He indicated at a series of reciprocal visits by senior Indian and Kuwaiti leaders that also contributed to strength- ening the bilateral ties. Joint government-level working groups held meetings last June for cooperation in various sectors namely hydrocarbons and labor, he said adding that the Indian and Kuwaiti foreign ministries planned a round of talks in September. The ambassador touched upon the KUWAIT: The Indian national flag being unfurled at the cooperation India maintains with the GCC states saying that his coun- embassy. try imports 70 percent of its energy supplies from the countries of the A large section of Indian community from all walks of life repre- region. India, he elaborated, would continue cooperation with other senting businesspersons, doctors, engineers, chartered accountants, nations to tackle diverse issues of common concern, namely terror- technicians in oil & gas sector, construction workers, nurses and ism, food and energy security. KUWAIT: Bohra community’s musical band plays patriotic song.

KUWAIT: A mammoth crowd, who came from the all walks of life of the Indian community, attends the Independence Day celebrations. LOCAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 Kuwaiti woman with MERS symptoms quarantined

KUWAIT: A woman with special needs, who is tionary measures were taken to ensure the safety suspected of contracting the deadly Middle East of other Social Center residents as well as the Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) medical team who has been with the case. At during an overseas trip has been quarantined least three MERS-CoV cases have been reported here the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor in Kuwait since the new outbreak of the deadly Hend Sabeeh Al-Sabeeh announced yesterday. virus in the Gulf region in 2012. The Middle East Al-Sabeeh, also Minister of State for Planning Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), and Development Affairs, said that the woman which can cause coughing, fever and pneumo- who is a resident of a Social Care Center has nia, has been reported in people in the Gulf, been transferred to the communicable diseases France, Germany, Italy, Tunisia and Britain. hospital for treatment and quarantined till the Scientists say they believe dromedary camels in release of final laboratory tests results and hospi- the Middle East may be the animal “reservoir” tal report on the case. She added that all precau- which is fueling the outbreak. — KUNA

TOULON: Kuwaiti ‘Journey of Hope’ cruise for the mentally disabled leaves Toulon port in France to Italy yesterday. — KUNA Kuwait’s ‘Journey of Hope’ heads to Italy

TOULON: The Kuwaiti “Journey of Hope” cruise 39 ports all over the world. The cruise members for the mentally disabled has left Toulon port met with officials of French organizations in in France yesterday, heading to Italy as part of charge of the mentally disabled people. The an international trip to bring awareness meeting was headed by Kuwaiti Ambassador towards this category of people in the society. to France Ali Al-Saeed. The idea of the cruise The cruise members were seen off by First was initiated by parents of mentally challenged Secretary at Kuwait Embassy in Paris Abdullah citizens, who had some successful experience Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah arrived in the Al-Mailam and representative of Kuwait’s mili- in dealing with their children who suffer from Kingdom of Bhutan yesterday. The visit comes upon an invitation from Bhutan’s King Jigme tary office Dawood Al-Dawood. France is the Autism and Down syndrome. The 88-foot long Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. Sheikh Nasser was welcomed at the airport by Bhutan’s Crown 20th country visited by the cruise, which ship was built by Kuwaitis, with a crew of 16 Prince, Interior Minister and Ambassador to Kuwait. — KUNA launched its trip from Kuwait last May, visiting members. — KUNA LOCAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

News in brief

Children summer festival hosts Kuwait music night KUWAIT: The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters in cooperation with Kuwait Oil Company hosted an evening of traditional music as part of the children and youth cultural summer festival at Abdulaziz Hussein Cultural Center on Thursday. Kuwait’s main cultural authority, the NCCAL, wants to attract the largest atten- dance of its event that is presenting several programs aimed at personal development and enhancing social interaction skills. The event is also hosting numerous competitions and plays for children focusing on local cultural and intellectual aspects. The festival kicked off a day earlier under the auspices of Minister of Information and State Minister for Youth Sheikh Salman Sabah Al- KRCS distributes supplies to Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. Kuwait soldier killed Syrian refugees in Lebanon as fire engulfs home A Kuwaiti soldier died yesterday evening after a fire gutted his home in Rigga. Sources said that the Fire BEIRUT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) Department received reports of a fire at a house in Al- yesterday handed food coupons, rations and Rigga and rushed to the area to battle the blaze. The supplies to Syrian refugees families in Lebanon, soldier sustained serious injuries and was rushed to said an official. Head of KRCS’s mission in hospital. He died of his wounds. There is an extensive Lebanon Dr Musa’ad Al-Enizi said that Kuwait security investigation to determine the reasons and will continue to support Syrian refugees in details of the incident and the causes of the fire. Lebanon. Some 5,000 families are benefiting from food coupons and rations’ program while the KRCS continues to provide bread for 4,000 families through its “bakery initiative,” said the PAAF highlights support official. Since the crisis in Syria began on March to Kuwait’s dairy sector 15, 2011, Kuwait had been showing support to Promoting the dairy sector to meet Kuwait’s need for the Syrian refugees, sending numerous relief fresh products was the focus of a meeting held on aid missions to help ease their pain and suffer- Thursday between director of the Public Authority of ing. Kuwait held two donors conferences for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAF), Nabila Al- the Syrian refugees, gathering around $4 billion in for the refugees. — KUNA Khalil, and head and members of the Kuwaiti Union of Fresh Dairy Producers. The meeting reviewed the pres- ent conditions of the fresh dairy products and the prob- lems and obstacles facing the livestock breeders, the Kuwait ambassador lauds ‘Charity Projects’ in Egypt dairy producers in particular. Al-Khalil stressed PAAF’s full support to the sector. The PAAF director was on an CAIRO: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Egypt Salem Ghassab Al- in particular. He stressed the deeply-rooted bilateral ties with inspection tour in the Al-Sulaibiya dairy farms. Zamanan, has lauded efforts by the Cairo-based Kuwaiti Office Cairo. The ambassador also pointed to several projects KOCP is for Charity Projects (KOCP), for its activities almost covering all carrying out in Egypt; building schools, places of worship and the Egyptian governorates. Following a visit to the KOCP, an hospitals, besides aiding university students. On his part, KOCP affiliate to the Kuwaiti Zakat House on Thursday, Al-Zamanan director Ismail Abdullah Al-Kandari told KUNA that the ambas- said that Kuwait is disposed to offering help and charity contri- sador’s visit to the office is part of the follow-up of its activities Kuwaiti shoots his butions worldwide, especially to the Arab countries, and Egypt and the projects. — KUNA wife, kills himself A Kuwaiti man committed suicide after he shot his wife in Omariya. The man’s wife was rushed to Farwaniya hospital immediately for treatment. When the detectives returned to the scene, they found that the husband has committed suicide by shooting him- self. Security sources said that the man fired four bul- lets into his wife who is now lying in the ICU.

Hot humid weather, fickle winds The Director of Meteorological Department Mohammed Karam has predicted an emergence of relative humidity that will increase gradually in the coming days - extend- ing to most parts of the country and concentrating mostly in coastal areas. Karam said that with light winds and fluctuating speed, the emergence of the sea breeze appeared clear and evident. The relative humidity on the coast will exceed 50 percent on the southern coast. He explained that humidity will be accompanied by extremely hot weather in the desert regions in north and northwest of the country where temperature will exceed 49 degree Celsius. The complete shift in the wind will turn it to be moderate during the night, leading to low moisture while the ground retains high temperature most of the night. Karam added that there will be signifi- KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Egypt Salem Ghassab Al-Zamanan visits Kuwaiti Office for Charity Projects. cant increase in the relative humidity.

SATURDAY, AUGUST16, 2014 Gaza truce holds as US ties ‘Outsider’ Modi berates China, South Korea blast with Israel show strain 8 India’s ruling elite 12 Japan’s war shrine visits 14

BAGHDAD: A handout photograph made available by the Iraqi Prime Minister’s office, shows outgoing prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki (Center), alongside his designated successor Haidar al-Abadi (Center -Left), delivering a speech in which he announced withdrawing his candidacy for a third term. — AFP Iraq’s Sunnis to join govt under conditions

Britain to consider arming Kurds to fight jihadists

BAGHDAD: Tribal leaders and clerics from politicians, their spokesman Taha Maliki finally stepped down as prime agency said their plight was severe. Iraq’s Sunni heartland said yesterday they Mohammed Al-Hamdoon told Reuters. minister under heavy pressure from allies “People are exhausted, people are very would be willing under certain conditions He called for government troops and at home and abroad late on Thursday, thirsty, these are searing temperatures,” he to join a new government that hopes to Shi’ite militia forces to suspend their clearing the way for Abadi who is a party told a news briefing, adding that children contain sectarian bloodshed and an offen- attacks in Anbar to allow for talks. “It is not colleague but has a reputation as a less and old people were among those forced sive by Islamic State militants that threat- possible for any negotiations to be held confrontational figure. to walk for days without food, water or ens Baghdad. under barrel bombs and indiscriminate Sistani told the country’s feuding politi- shelter. Members of the Sunni Muslim minority bombing,” Hamdoon said in a telephone cians to live up to their “historic responsi- Several thousand remained on the bar- made their offer after Iraq’s most influen- interview, referring to strikes on Sunni bility” by cooperating with Abadi as he ren tops of the Mount Sinjar range, where tial Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al- cities. “Let the bombing stop and withdraw tries to form a new government and over- members of the Yazidi religious minority Sistani, threw his weight behind prime and curtail the militias until there is a solu- come divisions among the Shi’ite, Sunni fled the militants, who consider them “dev- minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi, a tion for the wise men in these areas.” and Kurdish communities that deepened il worshippers”. Shiite trying to form an inclusive govern- Separately, one of Anbar’s most power- under Maliki. Abadi himself, in comments On Thursday, President Barack Obama ment in a country beset by daily bomb- ful tribal leaders, with thousands of men at online, urged his countrymen to unite and said the Islamists’ siege of Mount Sinjar ings, abductions and executions. his command, said on television he was cautioned that the road ahead would be had been broken and he did not expect Abadi faces the daunting task of pacify- ready to work with Abadi, if he respected tough. the United States to stage an evacuation or ing the vast western province of Anbar, Sunni interests. continue humanitarian air drops. where Sunni frustrations with the sectarian Ali Hatem Suleiman, a leading figure in Sinjar plight remains However, McNorton said help was still policies of outgoing Shiite premier Nuri Al- an earlier alliance with US and Iraqi forces In Geneva, the United Nations said needed. “That situation remains very dra- Maliki have pushed some to join an insur- against Al-Qaeda, said he could consider around 80,000 people had fled to the rela- matic for those people, regardless of how gency led by the Islamic State fighters. joining a new campaign against the Islamic tive safety of Dohuk province on the many people are on the mountain. It is of The tribal leaders and clerics said Sunni State. Sistani, spiritual leader of the Shi’ite Turkish and Syrian borders, part of the 1.2 critical importance to ensure that they get representatives in Anbar and other majority, said earlier that the handover to million Iraqis who have been displaced the assistance and support that they need provinces have drawn up a list of demands Abadi offered a rare opportunity to resolve inside the country this year. from the international community,” he to be delivered to Abadi through Sunni political and security crises. Dan McNorton of the UNHCR refugee said. — Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Doctors tackle damaged minds in Gaza’s destruction

GAZA: In a ward at Shifa, Gaza’s largest hos- witnessing good progress.” since Hamas seized control of Gaza. people, more than half of whom are aged pital, child therapist Rabeea Hamouda is try- Omar and Mohammed are just two of While the conflict’s destruction of build- under 18 - can barely cope with the number ing to elicit a response from two small the 400,000 Gazan children the United ings and livelihoods is clear to see and docu- of patients requiring help. brothers, Omar and Mohammed, aged Nations estimates are in need of psychologi- mented daily in television footage, the dam- The treatment is by necessity basic - an three and 18 months, hoping for some cal care as a result of not just the latest war age to minds is mostly invisible, yet can effort to draw children out, to have them words or perhaps a smile. in the territory but the three previous con- have far more damaging and longer-lasting paint pictures of their experiences or emo- For seven straight minutes the children, flicts fought with Israel since 2006. consequences. tions, to get them to verbalise their circum- peppered with burns and shrapnel wounds The most recent conflagration has been “The first time a child goes through a stances. While a lot can be achieved with sustained in Israeli shelling that hit their the deadliest, with 1,945 Palestinians killed, traumatic event like a war it’s just deeply ter- such simple techniques, many more require home in north Gaza, stare at him blankly, many of them civilians and including an esti- rifying,” said Chris Gunness, the spokesman longer-term, personalised psychological emotionless. mated 457 children. On the other side of the of the United Nations Relief and Works care because of the enormity of the mental Eventually, as Hamouda gently teases border, some 64 Israeli soldiers and three Agency, which has 200 psychotherapists damage suffered. them, pretending to mix up their names civilians have been killed. working in up to 90 clinics in Gaza. “First we provide wounded and trauma- and holding out a present while another Whether the result of Israeli air strikes, “The second time is terrifying-plus-one tized children with immediate pyscho-social counsellor sings quietly, a smile creeps having parents or relatives killed before their because the child remembers the worst support and we give parents some guid- across Mohammed’s face and the older one, eyes, hearing militants firing rockets from parts of the last war as well as the impact of ance on how to deal with them,” says Omar, cries out his name. their own towns or themselves being the current one. Then the third time is plus- Hamouda. Then there is home care and fol- “At the beginning, Omar was not wounded, the psychological trauma for plus as the compounded memories of con- low up for the more severe cases. responding to us at all, he was not even will- Gaza’s young is profound. flict build up. “Houses can be rebuilt and some physi- ing to say his name,” explains Hamouda, The symptoms range from nightmares, “This time, for an eight- or nine-year-old cal wounds can be healed, but the people’s who heads a team of 150 psychotherapists bed-wetting and behavioural regression to child in Gaza, it’s very, very intense indeed psychological condition needs more than working for the Palestinian Center for more debilitating mental anxiety, including because there is this cumulative toll of trau- money and time,” he says. “It needs a big Democracy and Conflict Resolution in Gaza. an inability to process or verbalise experi- ma from repeated conflicts since 2006.” effort and persuasion, and overall it needs “Big progress has been made with these ences. There is also deep trauma on the oth- calm and stability.” children,” he says with a sense of relief and er side of the border, with tens of thousands Small steps One of Gaza’s most successful trauma quiet accomplishment. “At the beginning of Israeli children mentally disturbed by the Hamouda and his team, like other psy- assistance projects is the Gaza Community they did not talk, they refused to communi- regular rocket fire from militants during the chotherapy units working across the small Mental Health Programme, launched in cate. But now, with the sixth session, we are month-long war and over the seven years territory - home to an estimated 1.8 million 1990.—Reuters Gaza truce holds as US ties with Israel show strain Negotiations to resume in Cairo today

GAZA CITY: A fragile ceasefire around Gaza held ceasefire late Wednesday to give Israeli and Hamas, who have representation on the for a second day yesterday as Israel’s relations Palestinian negotiators more time to thrash out a Palestinian negotiating team, insist there can be with its US ally showed new signs of strain with longer-term truce. The ceasefire got off to a no return to peace without a lifting of Israel’s tough talks looming on a more lasting peace. rocky start in its first few hours but Israeli officials eight-year blockade of the beleaguered coastal LOURDES: An Iraqi catholic pilgrim with Washington denied a report that the White said it had held into a second day yesterday. The enclave. But Israel’s right-wing government- a sign attached around her neck showing House was tightening the reins on the routine military said there was no Palestinian rocket fire under pressure from constituents from Gaza bor- the “Nazarene” prays with others during delivery of military aid to Israel over concerns overnight and that it had carried out no air der towns that have endured persistent rocket the feast of the Assumption yesterday in about the proportionality of its military action in strikes. fire from the territory-is refusing to countenance the sanctuary of Our Lady in the French Gaza. But the State Department acknowledged “There was nothing,” a spokeswoman told any major reconstruction effort without full Southwestern pilgrimage city of that arms shipments were being kept under AFP. Negotiations are expected to resume in demilitarisation. Lourdes. —AFP review in the face of a conflict that has killed Cairo on Saturday evening, as Palestinian and 1,962 Palestinians and 67 people on the Israeli Israeli negotiators consult with their political ‘Live in peace’ side since July 8. leaderships about the parameters for an eventu- Thousands of Israelis joined by the mayor of Witch hunt against Egyptian mediators won a new five-day al long-term truce. Gaza’s Islamist de facto rulers the border town of Sderot, Alon Davidi, rallied in Tel Aviv late Thursday against any outcome that Israel’s war critics does not provide them with lasting security. JERUSALEM: In Israel, dissent against the war “This is a universal principle. We want to live in in Gaza is bitterly quashed. The few who peace,” Davidi, a member of Prime Minister speak out complain of being harassed, intimi- Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, told the dated or even sacked. The once mighty left crowd. The army says Palestinian militants in the has disappeared. It has been Israel’s deadliest Gaza Strip have launched more than 3,500 rock- conflict in years. More than 1,960 Palestinians ets since July 8. More than 2,790 have slammed were killed and 64 Israeli soldiers died fight- into Israel and around 600 have been shot ing what some see as an unwinnable war. down. Netanyahu’s security cabinet met for a And yet the only significant protest in second day yesterday to hammer out a negoti- Israel so far saw thousands late Thursday ating position for the next round of talks, media demand an end to Hamas rocket attacks, dis- said. There was no formal statement from the satisfied with the status quo after ground secretive body. troops pulled out and a ceasefire was extended. Liberal newspaper Haaretz Tension with US decried Friday what it called a “witch hunt” Israel secured supplies of ammunition from against leftists and civil rights organisations the Pentagon last month without the approval after the director of the national service of the White House or the State Department, administration, Sar-Shalom Jerbi, told rights The Wall Street Journal reported. group B’Tselem it was being blacklisted as an President Barack Obama’s administration, employer. caught off guard as it tried to restrain Israel’s “I feel obligated to exercise my power campaign in Gaza, has since tightened controls and stop the state assistance provided to an on arms shipments to Israel, the newspaper said, organisation that works against the state quoting US and Israeli officials. The newspaper and against soldiers who are heroically giv- said Obama and Netanyahu had a particularly ing their very lives to protect the safety and WEST BANK: Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes, tense phone call on Wednesday and that the well-being of all citizens,” Jerbi wrote in a following a protest against the Israeli military action over Hamas in Gaza, in the Israeli leader wanted US security assurances in letter. —AFP West Bank city of Hebron yesterday. —AP return for a long-term deal with Hamas. —AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Israel frontline families scared to return home KIBBUTZ REVIVIM: Israelis living on and drove deep into the Negev than a month, installing their suitcas- West Bank settlers whose religious the frontier with Gaza have fled in desert-away from Gaza and away es, baby strollers and foam mattresses nationalist mindset is shared by much their thousands from fighting that from her beloved home in the agricul- in vacant houses and rooms. Others of rightwing Prime Minister Benjamin turned rural backwaters into combat tural collective of Kibbutz Nahal Oz. It have scattered across the country, Netanyahu’s ruling coalition. zones and after weeks away, many are was right next to Nahal Oz that on staying at kibbutzim, with friends, Regional council officials said that still too scared to go home. The thud July 28 Hamas fighters slipped out of family or elsewhere. the vast majority of frontline kibbutz of falling mortar rounds and the a tunnel and into an army lookout residents had fled and not returned so scream of incoming rockets have post where they shot dead five sol- Stewards of the land far, but they could not give a precise been part of the soundtrack to life on diers before retreating back under- Around 14,000 Israelis live in 20 kib- number. An official at Nahal Oz said the border for years. But the latest ground. butzim along the border with Gaza, that of its 350 residents who fled, only round of fighting has brought a terri- A harrowing video, taken by many guided by the founding fathers’ 90 had so far gone home. At Revivim fying new spectre into residents’ Hamas and posted online, showed the principles of communal production the displaced-who are given free nightmares: the discovery that Gaza attack, with the kibbutz fields in the and possessions, and the secular board and lodging and in return help militants have been industriously tun- background. “They took our ‘home Zionist ethic which saw them since as with kibbutz duties-meet daily on the neling beneath their fields and could sweet home’ to make a battlefield in stewards of the Jewish state and its lawn outside the communal dining emerge to strike anywhere. this war,” says Gabriel who has taken borders. In Israel’s early days, they hall. And every day, they have come to On the first day of Israel’s refuge in the bucolic calm of Revivim, wielded tremendous influence with the same conclusion: they cannot Operation Protective Edge campaign a kibbutz about 60 kilometers from the successive leftwing governments return. “The only ones you can believe to stop rocket fire, Hedva Gabriel, 33, her home and the volatile Gaza bor- that ruled from 1948 to 1977. Today, in this war are Hamas,” Hedva says swept up her two children, threw a der. Three other young families from their voices are drowned out by those angrily. “They said that they would fire few things into the boot of her car Nahal Oz have been there for more of nationalist hardliners, including and they did what they said.” — AFP

Turkey demands more help on hosting Syria refugees Iraq Yazidi’s anguish over ISTANBUL: Turkey’s relief agency said yesterday it was time for the world to start “sharing the burden” for the 1.2 million the children he left behind Syrian refugees it is hosting, especially those living outside of refugee camps. Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled the civil war to neighbouring Turkey in the last three years after Daughter leaves blind mother behind Prime Minister and now president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan NEWROZ CAMP: Juno Khalaf brought announced an open-door policy. most of his family to the relative safety of a Some 285,000 Syrian refugees are now living in refugee Syrian refugee camp but he is wracked camps concentrated in southeastern Turkey, according with anguish over the son and daughter Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority who got separated in their escape from (AFAD). Iraq. But a far larger number of 912,000 are living outside of A Yazidi, Khalaf joined his co-religionists camps in cities across the country, according to AFAD, and in headlong flight when jihadists of the their presence has become an increasing source of tension Islamic State group stormed their home- with local residents. town of Sinjar nearly two weeks ago. AFAD’s head Fuat Oktay told reporters in Istanbul that the The 45-year-old, his wife and nine chil- international community should do more to help Turkey cope. dren ran for their lives to the mountains “The international community has to come to an understand- north of the town in terror of the Muslim ing that they should become part of the solution,” he said. extremists who regard them as heretics. “They (the international community) should start sharing The Kurdish fighters who had con- the burden,” he said. Turkey has spent some $3.5 billion (2.6 trolled the town were no match for the billion euros) managing the situation but has received only well-armed jihadists and as their resistance $224 million in international assistance, AFAD said. collapsed, civilians fled. “They were firing at Oktay said other nations could help Turkey by building, us as we were running away from our and even running, new refugee camps inside the country. home. There was total chaos,” Khalaf said. Other countries could also help building schools, a huge prior- “We lost my little Alifa and my son Imad ity given that a quarter of refugees are of school age, and on the way. I don’t know where they are, I NEWROZ CAMP: Young Iraqi Yazidi refugees fill bottles with water at the ensure that the young are not left on the streets, he said. don’t know if we’ll ever find them again,” Newroz camp in Hasaka province, north eastern Syria, yesterday, after fleeing Tensions between local Turks and Syrian refugees living he said, struggling for breath as he fought advances by Islamic State jihadists in Iraq. — AFP outside of camps boiled over into violent protests this week in back the tears. the southern city of Gaziantep. Khalaf, his wife and their seven other makeshift camps in areas still under vides a measure of security for the rest of Reports said that some 2,000 Syrian refugees were subse- children hid for days in the high mountains Kurdish control. his family but Khalaf looks dazed and quently moved from Gaziantep to refugee camps but Oktay as the jihadists overran the Yazidis’ ances- But Khalaf and his family have stayed haunted. insisted that no Syrian was forced to move as long as they tral villages in the valleys that carve into on in Syria, finding refuge in the Newroz He has no idea whether his 18-year-old were within the law. — AFP the range. camp originally set up for Syrians driven son and 10-year-old daughter are dead or Short on food, and water amid the sear- from their homes during the country’s alive and doesn’t know where to start look- ing summer heat, the family battled their three-year-old civil war. ing. His wife Khonaf had to leave her blind way along the escarpment towards the A handful of aid groups provide assis- mother behind too. “She couldn’t have Syrian border to the west. tance to the refugees in coordination with made the journey,” she said, squinting into President Barack Obama said Thursday the Kurdish People’s Protection Units the sun. that it was US air strikes that opened an (YPG), a Kurdish rebel group whose fight- With her wailing baby in one arm, she escape route for Khalaf’s family and others ers control the area and which has pro- pointed to her four-year-old daughter like them to make it towards the border claimed self-rule in three regions of north- Rania’s bruised cheek. “She was hit by a car where they were met by Kurdish fighters. ern Syria. speeding past us as we all tried to escape. Hadiya Yusef, who heads the Kurdish Thank goodness she is alright.” ‘I lost my soul’ administration for the region, is in no Barefoot and wearing a bright green But in Khalaf’s mind, the nightmare of doubt that it was Syrian Kurdish fighters dress, the little girl said she walked the sev- that fateful day of Sunday, August 3 will who rescued their Yazidi fellow Kurds. en hours from her village to the high never end. “We don’t have a car. We had to “The YPG opened a front against IS from mountains unaided. “I am scared. I don’t run up Mount Sinjar, with just the clothes the Syrian side of the border and lost eight know where my brother and sister are. I we were wearing. There were many peo- fighters before it could secure a route out want to go home,” she said. GAZA STRIP: Jordanian women, with Hamas movement ple around us as we ran,” he said. for the Yazidis,” she said. Asked whether he thought he would headbands, applaud during a protest against Israel’s mili- Most of the Yazidis who escaped to “Everybody from the villages around ever be able to return to Sinjar, her father tary offensive in the Gaza Strip and in support of Gaza’s Syria have crossed the Tigris back into Iraq here mobilised to bring the people who Khalaf said: “I may be in a safe place now. people yesterday near Al-Husseini Mosque in downtown further north to join the hundreds of thou- made it down to the bottom of the moun- But I lost my soul in this escape. Anyone, Amman. — AFP sands of displaced people sheltering in tain to safety,” she added. The camp pro- please help us.” —AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

EU ministers in search for united front on arming Iraq BRUSSELS: EU ministers convened in is important for us for there to be a such as armoured vehicles, helmets cised earlier in the week for the bloc’s Brussels yesterday in a rare summer- European agreement,” she added. and flak jackets to Iraq. slow response to the unfurling crisis in time meeting to seek nanimous Defence matters are strictly the Germany is a major arms manufac- Iraq. approval for the shipment of arms to purview of member states and the turer and going into the meeting, But a senior European official, Iraqi Kurds fighting Islamic State push for an EU stance to send arms to Foreign Minister Frank-Walter speaking in the run-up to the talks on jihadists. a conflict zone is a rare one. Steinmeier seemed ready to boost Thursday, deplored the “distorted” France and Britain have already But alarming images of Iraqi German action despite national view of a shut-down EU in August. moved ahead with plans to provide minorities, including Christians, under restrictions limiting arms exports into This was “at best unfair”, he said. The weapons to beleaguered Iraqi forces, siege by jihadists have struck chords raging conflicts. European Union “is not on holiday”. but French Foreign Minister Laurent in European capitals. EU governments “Europeans must not limit them- Earlier this week, the European Fabius pushed for the talks to are also alarmed by the Islamic State’s selves to praising the courageous Commission announced it would mobilise an EU-wide response to the ability to attract radicals from Europe fight of the Kurdish security forces. We boost crisis in Iraq. who then return home to the West also need to do something first of all humanitarian aid to Iraq to 17 mil- “I asked for this meeting so that all battle-hardened. to meet basic needs,” he said. lion euros ($22 million), and greenlit of Europe mobilises and helps the Sweden, which is usually reluctant special emergency measures to meet Iraqis and Kurds,” Fabius said as he ‘Non-lethal’ aid to participate in military missions, the crisis. But Humanitarian Affairs arrived for the talks. Italy, which cur- Ahead of yesterday’s meeting, sup- stressed however that the EU’s “great Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, rently holds the EU’s rotating leader- port for a strong message on arming power is in its humanitarian who is also attending the meeting, ship and whose foreign minister Iraq was growing, even from member response”. “Other countries have said the real challenge in helping civil- Federica Mogherini is shortlisted to states historically less inclined to back power to do other things,” said ians was access, not funding. become the next EU foreign affairs military adventures abroad. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt. Also on the agenda will be the chief, also called for talks. Usually cautious Germany this Current EU foreign policy chief crises in Ukraine and Gaza and a “The Kurds need our support,” she week pledged to work “full-speed” on Catherine Ashton, who officially con- request by Spain to address the Ebola said as she arrived at the meeting. “It the supply of “non-lethal” equipment vened the meeting, had been criti- outbreak in west Africa. — AFP S Africa court rules Dewani to stand trial CAPE TOWN: A British millionaire businessman suspected of the 2010 honeymoon murder of his wife in South Africa is fit to stand trial, a Cape Town court ruled yesterday. The trial of Shrien Dewani, who was extradited from Britain in April, will begin on October 6, Judge John Hlophe ruled after receiving an expert assessment which stated Dewani was not mentally ill. “The draft handed in by the state is hereby made an order of the court,” the judge said. Dewani, 34, is accused of hiring three South Africans to kill his 28-year-old Swedish bride Anni in Cape Town in November 2010. He denies the charge, claiming the pair were hijacked at gunpoint during their honeymoon as they drove through the Gugulethu township in a taxi. Dewani escaped unharmed, but his wife’s body was found SEVERODONETSK: A Ukrainian humanitarian convoy rides near the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, Lugansk in the abandoned car the next day. She had been shot dead. region, yesterday. A spokesman for the Ukrainian government said that 15 lorries would leave Kiev carrying around 240 Three South Africans have been tried and convicted for tones of aid. — AFP their role in Anni’s death. The case sparked outrage among South Africans who accuse Dewani of callously using the country’s reputation for violent crime to murder his wife in the belief that he would Russia lets Ukraine get away with it. The prosecution is expected to argue that Dewani is gay and plotted to have his wife killed to escape an arranged mar- riage that he was pushed into by his family. inspect aid convoy Not mentally ill Dewani, who had returned to Britain, fought extradition for three years but was ultimately sent back to South Africa to Red Cross representatives to observe inspections answer the charges. KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY: Russia let the two sides reached agreement yester- rebel-held territory, then distributed He was extradited in April on the understanding that if he Ukrainian officials inspect an aid convoy day morning, and 41 Ukrainian border through the region. It was unclear how was not found fit to face trial within 18 months, he would be yesterday and agreed to let the Red Cross guards and 18 customs officials began long the operation might last, but “it’s returned to Britain. distribute the aid around the rebel-held inspecting the Russian aid at the border not going to be solved in one week,” he Prosecutor Rodney de Kok read from the report: “The city of Luhansk, easing tensions and dis- crossing, defense officials in Kiev said in a said. accused is not mentally ill. He is not certifiable in terms of the pelling Ukrainian fears that the aid opera- statement. Sergei Astakhov, an assistant The details were still being negotiat- Mental Health Act.” tion is a ruse to get military help to sepa- to the deputy head of Ukraine’s border ed by all sides, including the insurgents, “The accused is fit to stand trial in terms of the act,” it said, allowing Hlophe to confirm the trial date and set a date for a ratist rebels. guard service, said Red Cross representa- Corbaz said in Kiev, and the Red Cross pre-trial hearing. In violation of an earlier tentative tives would observe the inspections. still had not received the security guar- A greying Dewani, wearing a dark suit and tie, stood calmly agreement, Russia had sent the convoy Both sides also said that the aid deliv- antees it needs to proceed. with his arms at his side during the proceedings. of roughly 200 trucks to a border cross- eries themselves would be carried out The presence of aid distribution His father, mother and family sat in the benches in front of ing under the control of pro-Russia sep- exclusively by the Red Cross. Laurent points in Luhansk and other rebel-held him. Members of the family smiled at a joke made by Hlophe aratists, raising the prospect that it Corbaz, the International Committee of areas could have the effect of dampen- when de Kok said he was standing down from the case and could enter Ukraine without being the Red Cross’ director of operations in ing the force of the assault by Ukrainian would be replaced by his colleague Adrian Mopp. “So Mr inspected by Ukraine and the Red Cross. Europe, described a tentative plan in government troops. Mopp is going to mop the trial,” Hlophe said, causing soft Ukraine vowed to use all means neces- which the trucks would enter Ukraine Meanwhile, Ukraine proceeded with laughter in the court. sary to block the convoy in such a sce- with a single Russian driver each - as its own aid operation in the Luhansk The judge set the pre-trial hearing for September 9, before nario, leading to fears of escalation in opposed to the crew of several people area. Trucks sent from the eastern city of declaring “Take him down to the cells.” the conflict. currently in each truck - accompanied by Kharkiv were unloaded yesterday morn- Dewani’s lawyers indicated they would not contest the rul- Adding to the tensions, a dozen a Red Cross worker. In line with Red ing at warehouses in the town of ing. “He is fit to stand trial,” defence advocate Francois van Russian armored personnel carriers Cross policy, there would be no military Starobilsk, where the goods will be sort- Zyl said. “That is the unanimous finding of all the experts. We appeared early yesterday near where the escort, he said. ed and transported further by the Red are in agreement.” On the steps outside the court, de Kok said trucks were parked for the night, 28 kilo- Corbaz said the plan foresees the aid Cross. Starobilsk is about 100 kilometers he was pleased at the outcome. — AFP meters (17 miles) from the border. But being delivered to a central point in (60 miles) north of Luhansk. — AP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Storm-hit Hawaii voters decide US Senate primary HILO, Hawaii: More than 8,000 voters recov- “An election will be held,” said Philip lack of common sense to hold the election vass the precincts and give people rides to ering from Tropical Storm Iselle were set Matlage, a local chairman of the Democratic tomorrow.” As he spoke, about 6,300 cus- the polls if needed. “We will continue to dis- Friday to decide the nail-biting finish to the Party for the affected district. “The question tomers were without electricity on the Big tribute food, water, fruit and ice to those in Democratic US Senate primary - a race is whether anyone knows this will be hap- Island, with about 200 utility poles and 130 need. But we need people to be aware that expected to determine who will serve the pening.” A state judge upheld the timing of transformers damaged and needing to be there is an election tomorrow,” Boylan said. final two years of the late US Sen Daniel the makeup primary election Thursday replaced, utility officials said. Hanabusa trails “This campaign is not over, and we will con- Inouye’s term in strongly Democratic Hawaii. despite a last-minute challenge from Schatz by about 1,600 votes and faces a tinue to work very hard to earn every vote.” Incumbent US Sen Brian Schatz and US Rep Hanabusa, who said the Puna district voters steep challenge to overwhelmingly defeat Schatz campaign manager Clay Schroers Colleen Hanabusa headed into primary need more time to recover from damage him in the two precincts and turn out said the senator will continue to focus on overtime, with 11 hours for residents in two from Tropical Storm Iselle. enough voters to make up the deficit. Hawaii helping people recover. “His commitment districts on the state’s Big Island to make it to Circuit Court Judge Greg Nakamura County officials said nearly 1,500 voters in to recovery in Puna extends beyond the an elementary school to vote or turn in ruled the election should proceed despite the two precincts cast ballots early, either election,” Schroers said. absentee ballots. Results were expected concerns about its legitimacy. “The court is through the mail or at early walk-in voting Inouye died in 2012. Schatz was Friday night even as voters in some places not supposed to interfere with an ongoing sites that were open nearly two weeks before appointed to the seat by Hawaii Gov Neil worried more about power outages, election process,” Nakamura said Thursday. Hawaii’s original primary Aug 9. Abercrombie, who lost his own re-election blocked roads and basic necessities in the But he added: “If you take a popular poll Hanabusa campaign spokesman Peter bid last week. Inouye wanted Hanabusa to aftermath of last week’s tropical storm. now, the poll would indicate that there’s a Boylan said the campaign planned to can- replace him. —AP Police chief identifies cop who shot the teen Heated protests abate after fatal shooting, robbery

FERGUSON, Missouri: A suburban St Louis two young men to get out of the street and nearly all-white police force. police chief yesterday identified the officer onto the sidewalk, and that Brown had his whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black hands up when he was shot. The wrong one? teenager ignited days of heated protests, and “If he’s a robbery suspect, they would “He stopped the wrong one, bottom line,” released documents alleging the teen was have had the lights on,” Ewing said. “If you yelled Tatinisha Wheeler, a nurse’s aide who killed after a robbery in which he was sus- rob somebody, you would tell them, ‘Get on was at the news conference. A couple dozen pected of stealing a $48.99 box of cigars. the ground’ or something, not, ‘Get off the protesters began marching around the Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson sidewalk.’” charred gas station and in the street chanti- GAINESVILLE: Erika Friman, the former girlfriend of released several police reports and docu- “It still doesn’t justify shooting him when ng, “Hands up, don’t shoot,” and, “What do ments during a news conference where he he puts his hands up,” he added. “You still we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!” Pedro Bravo and slain University of Florida student also identified the officer involved as Darren don’t shoot him in the face.” A phone mes- Police have said Brown was shot after an Christian Aguilar, listens to closing statements by Wilson, who has been on administrative leave sage seeking comment from the family’s officer encountered him and another man on Assistant State Attorney Bill Ezzell during Bravo’s since he shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on attorney, Benjamin Crump, wasn’t immedi- the street during a routine patrol. They say murder trial yesterday in Gainesville, Florida. Bravo is Aug 9. ately returned. one of the men pushed the officer into his accused of killing University of Florida student Brown and his friend, Dorian Johnson, Brown’s death has sparked several days of squad car, then physically assaulted him in Christian Aguilar. —AP were suspected of taking a box of cigars from clashes with furious protesters in the city. The the vehicle and struggled with the officer over the officer’s weapon. At least one shot was fired inside the car before the struggle Embattled New Mexico spilled onto the street, where Brown was shot multiple times, according to police. Dorian sheriff, son arrested Johnson has told media a different story. He said he and Brown were walking in the street ALBUQUERQUE: An embattled New Mexico sheriff, whose home when an officer ordered them onto the side- was raided by federal agents just hours after losing re-election in walk, then grabbed his friend’s neck and tried June, was arrested with his son yesterday morning, the FBI said. to pull him into the car before brandishing FBI spokesman Frank Fisher wouldn’t say why Rio Arriba County his weapon and firing. He said Brown started Sheriff Thomas Rodella and his son, Thomas, Jr, were arrested in to run and the officer pursued him, firing their Espanola home. “We will give more details at a news confer- multiple times. ence at 11 am,” Fisher said Tensions in Ferguson boiled over after a US Attorney Damon Martinez and FBI Special Agent in Charge candlelight vigil Sunday night, as looters Carol Lee have scheduled a news conference for yesterday to smashed and burned businesses in the announce the filing of a “significant federal indictment,” but also neighborhood, where police have repeatedly didn’t offer details. A lawyer for Rodella didn’t immediately return fired tear gas and smoke bombs. a phone message and email from The AP. By Thursday, there was a dramatic shift in In June, FBI agents raided Rodella’s home just hours after he the atmosphere after Gov Jay Nixon assigned lost the Democratic nomination for Rio Arriba County sheriff by protest oversight to Highway Patrol Capt Ron coming in second to challenger James Lujan by 200 votes. Lujan FERGUSON: Demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Johnson, who is black and grew up near was a former deputy Rodella had fired. Rodella’s home was raid- Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. —AP Ferguson. He marched alongside protesters, ed as authorities investigated the March arrest of 26-year-old along with other high-ranking brass from the Michael Tafoya, a driver Rodella had detained, Rio Arriba County a store in Ferguson that morning, according mood was quelled on Thursday after the gov- Highway Patrol and the St Louis County Sheriff spokesman Jake Arnold said. Tafoya was arrested on to police reports. Jackson said Wilson went to ernor turned oversight of the protests over to Police Department. “We’re here to serve and charges of aggravated assault of a peace officer and aggravated the area after a call to police reporting a the state Highway Patrol. State troopers walk- protect,” Johnson said. “We’re not here to assault with a deadly weapon on March 11, but prosecutors dis- “strong-arm” robbery just before noon. He ing side-by-side with thousands of peaceful instill fear.” The streets were filled with music, missed the case two weeks later. said a dispatcher gave a description of the protesters replaced the image of previous free food and even laughter. When darkness Tafoya, driving a green Mazda, pulled out and almost hit robbery suspect, and Wilson, who had been nights: county police in riot gear and fell - the point at which previous protests Rodella, who was driving a Jeep with his son as a passenger, assisting on another call, was sent to investi- armored tanks. have grown tense - no uniformed officers according to a court document. The sheriff then saw the Mazda gate. But the police chief’s announcement yes- were in sight outside the burned-out almost rear-end another vehicle, the document said. Without Wilson, a six-year veteran of the police terday was met with immediate disbelief and QuikTrip convenience store that had become explaining whether the Mazda driver stopped on his own or department, encountered Brown just after anger by several dozen community members a flashpoint for standoffs between police and Rodella pulled him over, the report said the Rodella “presented 12:01 pm, with a second officer arriving three who also attended the news conference, protesters. “All they did was look at us and his badge” to the Mazda driver and identified himself as sheriff. minutes later, Jackson said. Brown’s uncle, which was hastily held at a gas station shoot tear gas,” Pedro Smith, who has partici- Last year, the FBI searched the sheriff’s office in Espanola after Bernard Ewing, questioned whether Wilson burned during a night of looting earlier in the pated in the nightly protests, said Thursday. media reports that Rodella’s staff was accepting donations for a really believed Brown was a suspect. He not- week in Ferguson, a town of 21,000 that is “This is totally different. Now we’re being scholarship fund managed by Rodella, in lieu of prosecuting ed Johnson’s account that the officer told the nearly 70 percent black and patrolled by a treated with respect.” —AP some traffic offenses. —AP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 ‘Outsider’ Modi berates ruling elite India PM urges end to communal violence, female feticide

NEW DELHI: He may be the most powerful man in India but focus on subjects that are often taboo in India and certainly not the prime minister as he spoke of some of his shock at witnessing Narendra Modi burnished his credentials yesterday as the estab- aired at such a grand occasion. departmental rivalries. lishment outsider as he used his first Independence Day speech A spate of rapes had led Indians to “hang our heads in shame”, “I am an outsider to Delhi. But as an outsider who has now got to berate the ruling class on its failings. he told the crowds in a speech that included appeals to end an insider’s view, I have been surprised by what I have seen. “I Three months on from his stunning win in the world’s biggest female feticide and communal violence. have seen how even within government there were different gov- election, the fledgling premier told the assembled ranks of VIPs And he also made a plea on behalf of the hundreds of millions ernments. It is as if each has its own fiefdoms, with one govern- that he had been taken aback by what he had found since mov- of people who have to defecate in the open as they have no toi- ment department quarrelling against another... How can we take ing to New Delhi and India’s achievements were thanks to the lets in their home-something Modi said was intolerable in the India forward like this?” common man, not its rulers. Modi is the first Indian prime minister 21st century.”People may criticize me for talking about toilets While Delhi’s main thoroughfares were sealed off to allow the to have been born since independence from Britain in 1947 and from the Red Fort,” he said. great and the good to reach the venue in their red-sirened his style of leadership marks a sharp break with the past. “But I am from a poor family, I have seen poverty first hand. For Ambassador cars, several thousand members of the public were While India’s leaders have usually delivered keynote speeches the poor to get dignity, it has to start from here.” invited to attend this year’s speech. KG Suresh, a fellow at Delhi’s in English, Modi’s 45-minute address in Delhi’s historic Red Fort Before the election, Modi spent nearly 13 years in charge of Vivekanand International Foundation thinktank, said he was was in Hindi. And while his immediate predecessors were shield- the western state of Gujarat and had never held office in Delhi. struck by how Modi addressed some of India’s biggest problems ed from the crowds by a bullet proof glass, Modi spoke both with- Since he came to power, there have been reports of tensions after criticism that he has been too quiet. out a screen or a script. between Modi and bureaucrats and judges who have been rat- “Usually you don’t see a prime minister talking about his own “The beauty of this country is that the son of a poor family tled by his muscular style. difficulties with the system and administration but today he from a poor city can rise through the ranks and is able to salute spoke about the problems he’s facing being an outsider, adjust- the flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort,” said the 63-year-old ‘Outsider’s view’ ing in Delhi,” he said. who used to help his father serve tea on a railway station plat- Civil servants who were rumored to have spent their mornings “It seemed as though Modi was trying to silence his critics form. “It was not the politicians or the rulers who built this nation. on the golf course have been leaving their clubs at home, fearful because after he took charge, people started tagging him as a No, it was the farmers, the labourers, women, youth, seers, scien- of being caught out when Modi calls on their ministry. mute prime minister, not taking action. But he dispelled that in tists.” An unashamed nationalist, Modi chose to use his address to “Should government officers coming on time be news?” said his speech. Modi was in his element.” — AFP

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort as children form the number 68 on the occasion of the 68th Independence Day in New Delhi yesterday. — AFP Mob attacks convoy of Heavy rains leave 17 dead in Pakistani leader Khan northern India ISLAMABAD: Clashes broke out yesterday as tens of thou- roads with shipping containers and barbed wire in a effort to sands of Pakistani protesters from two anti-government move- control the marches. Riot police were out in force but hun- DEHRADUN : A landslide and floods triggered by extremely ments slowly converged on the capital, presenting the 15- dreds of protesters began to gather, banging drums, singing heavy rainfall killed 17 people in northern India yesterday, month-old civilian government with its biggest challenge yet. and dancing as they prepared to welcome their comrades authorities said. Another six people were left with injuries in the The unrest has raised questions over stability at a time when approaching the city. “We have come to save our country small remote Himalayan state of Uttarakhand by the downpours. the nuclear-armed nation of 180 million is waging an offensive because of the call of our leader, Imran Khan,” said 36-year-old Fourteen people were killed when their houses were buried against Pakistani Taleban militants and the influence of anti- Ajaz Khan in central Islamabad. “We will not leave from here by a tide of mud and trees, emergency official Piyush Rautela Western and sectarian groups is growing. until our leader tells us to go.” said. “The bodies have been recovered,” he said. Three other peo- A stone-throwing mob attacked the convoy of former crick- In the latest violence, 10 militants were killed and 13 mem- ple lost their lives in separate incidents as a result of the extreme et star and opposition politician Imran Khan as he led support- bers of the security forces were wounded in attacks on two air weather, he added. ers through the eastern city of Gujranwala. Men brandishing force bases in the city of Quetta late on Thursday, the third While India’s annual rains are a lifeline for the country’s farm ruling-party posters attacked his convoy, throwing shoes and time since June airports had been targeted. sector, flooding, landslides and building collapses are frequent stones. Khan’s convoy was shot at but he was not injured, his Some members of Sharif’s party have suggested the during the monsoon season, which sweeps India from June to spokeswoman said. The government insisted shots were not protests are secretly backed by elements in the powerful mili- September. fired and promised an investigation into the incident. tary, which has had an uneasy relationship with Sharif. Last year, thousands of people were killed in the same state “The Chief Minister of Punjab has ordered an inquiry and all How far Khan and Qadri succeed in destabilizing the gov- when unprecedented rainfall wreaked havoc across the region, those responsible for scuffle will be held accountable,” the ernment is likely to depend on the stance taken by a military, causing rivers to overflow and triggering massive landslides. statement said. “There were absolutely no gunshots fired at his which has a long history of mounting coups. Few people fear a More heavy rains are forecast for the region during the weekend, rally and such PTI-driven sensationalism is unfortunate.” Khan’s coup but many officials think the threat of unrest will increase prompting authorities to issue a bad weather alert. Earlier this Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaaf party and supporters of populist the military’s hold over the government. The military has been month, at least 151 people were killed in western India by a mas- cleric Tahir ul-Qadri are slowly heading towards Islamabad, frustrated with the government, in particular over the prosecu- where they plan to occupy main streets until Prime Minister tion of former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf for sive landslide caused by monsoon rains. Neighboring Nepal suf- Nawaz Sharif resigns. In the capital, authorities blocked main treason.—Reuters fered its worst landslide in more than a decade this month in which 156 people were presumed killed. — AFP news SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Islamic State a ‘threat’ to GCC

Continued from Page 1 That made the Saudi Committee and Arab Bank money at the demand of Hamas. They received money active supporters of Hamas’s attacks, they said. “Any on behalf of Hamas. They made direct payment to The plaintiffs filed the suit against the bank in 2004, person who chooses to participate in a suicide bombing Hamas.” But Arab Bank lawyer Shand Stevens defended four years into the Second Intifada, a Palestinian upris- or other terrorist attack does so secure in the knowl- the bank, saying that it complied with US laws and that ing that left thousands of Palestinians and Israelis dead. edge that if he or she is killed in that attack, the finan- the Saudi Committee, as the source of the funds, was The plaintiffs said Arab Bank was the conduit by which cial needs of his or her family will be more than met for never named as a terror group by the United States. He the Saudi Committee for the Support of the Intifada Al- some time,” the suit said. By taking part in supporting told the court the bank too had been a victim of Hamas Quds fund sent money to the families of Palestinians the families, Arab Bank “knowingly aided and abetted and other terror groups. Arab bank has 200 branches in who died in the uprising, including suicide bombers. each and every terrorist act committed by Palestinian 30 countries. Its shareholders included the king of They also pointed out that Hamas, which the US official- terrorists.” Jordan and the family of former Lebanese Prime ly designates as a terror group, directed the distribution “They were using these charities to fund terrorism,” Minister Rafiq Hariri, killed in a 2005 Beirut bombing of the money from the Saudi fund. said the plaintiffs’ attorney Mark Werbner. “They wired blamed on Hezbollah, a close ally of Hamas. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Police designate couple ‘prisoners’ after killing of American in Bali DENPASAR: Indonesian police yesterday formally designated an American couple prisoners in connection with the death of a Chicago-based woman whose body was found in a bloodied suitcase on the resort island of Bali. No charges have been pressed over the murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, 62, whose battered body was found by a taxi driver outside the St Regis luxury hotel in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Tuesday. Her daughter, Heather Mack, 19, and boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, 21, were arrested on Wednesday and detained as suspects. Police designated the two prisoners after they were held for more than 48 hours, as is the practice in Indonesia, their lawyer said. “According to the police, yes they will stand trial for mur- der but due process must be followed first,” Haposan Sihombing, the couple’s appointed Indonesian lawyer, told Reuters. In contrast to most Western legal systems, suspects are not formally charged with a crime until after an investigation is completed and a trial begins. Police provided CCTV footage showing the couple speaking to the taxi driver after dropping off the bloodied suitcase along with other luggage outside the five-star St Regis Hotel on Tuesday. TOKYO: Japanese lawmakers visit the Yasukuni Shrine to pay respect to the war dead on the day of the 69th Police said the two left, apparently to check-out of the anniversary of the end of the World War II, in Tokyo yesterday. —AP hotel, and never returned. They were later arrested at a near- by budget hotel. As part of their investigation, police were looking at the possibility of premeditated murder, a crime that carries the death sentence, a police spokesman, Hery Wiyanto, China, South Korea blast said earlier. “Did they prepare the suitcase before the murder? Did they leave the room to prepare weapons? The investigation still Japan’s war shrine visits has a long way to go,” Wiyanto said. Police said the investigation could take weeks. On Thursday, police said they had run psychiatric tests on the Cabinet ministers visit shrine but PM keeps off teenage daughter of the slain American woman, formerly an editor for famed oral historian Studs Terkel who later studied TOKYO: China and South Korea reacted online statement. In Seoul, South Korean freedom, noting that praying for the war with Nobel literature laureate Saul Bellow at the University of strongly yesterday to visits by two President Park Geun-hye said some dead is natural for any country and that Chicago. An official at the hospital that conducted the autop- Japanese Cabinet ministers to a Tokyo Japanese politicians were acting in a way the ministers acted in a private capacity. sy said von Wiese-Mack had been repeatedly hit on the face shrine that honors the war dead includ- that hurts both South Koreans and Dozens of lawmakers from various and head with a blunt object. Von Wiese-Mack had recently ing convicted war criminals, although Japanese and further pushes the coun- parties visited the shrine, wearing dark moved to a condominium in Chicago. Her husband, and Japan’s prime minister stayed away. Keiji tries’ people apart. suits and outfits. At a ceremony com- Heather’s father, classical music composer James Mack, died Furuya, chairman of the National Public In a speech marking South Korea’s memorating the end of World War II at a in 2006. — Reuters Safety Commission, one of the two min- independence from Japanese colonial- Tokyo hall, attended by thousands of isters who visited Yasukuni Shrine, said it ism, Park also asked Japanese leaders to people, Abe said later Friday that the was “only natural as a Japanese” to hon- act wisely and expressed hopes that next sacrifices of the previous generation or those who had given up their lives for year the countries will move together brought “peace and prosperity” to their country. toward friendlier ties. Prime Minister Japan. “We will never forget that,” Abe Internal Affairs and Communications Shinzo Abe did not go to the shrine, but told the crowd, noting that Japan must Minister Yoshitaka Shindo told reporters sent a gift through an envoy. His visit to “humbly face up to history.” his visit was a vow to never wage war Yasukuni in December drew widespread Emperor Akihito, whose father sur- again, and shrugged off concerns it may criticism, including from the US, Japan’s rendered at the end of World War II, also set off a diplomatic row. most important ally. offered prayers at the ceremony on a “If it does, the government should Abe signed the gift as head of the rul- stage covered with chrysanthemums, give a clear and good explanation,” he ing Liberal Democratic Party, and not as flanked by his wife Michiko. Although told reporters after praying at the shrine. prime minister, a party official said. The extremist nationalists throng Yasukuni, China lambasted the visits as proof of enshrinement of Class-A war criminals, wearing old uniforms and tooting bugle Tokyo’s incorrect understanding of histo- such as wartime Prime Minister Hideki horns, thousands of regular people also ry, calling Yasukuni “a spiritual tool and Tojo, among the 2.5 million dead at go to the shrine on Aug. 15, the anniver- symbol for the Japanese militarists.” Yasukuni Shrine makes the visits a target sary of the end of the war. JAKARTA: An Indonesian Chinese couple pray at a “Sino-Japanese relations can develop of condemnation from China and South Veteran Shirataka Kuribayashi, 88, temple in Jakarta. Indonesia’s small ethnic Chinese in a healthy and stable way only if Japan Korea, which suffered from Japan’s was among those lining up to bow and can face up to and reflect on the history aggression and see the shrine as a sym- pray for no more wars. “The memory community faced severe discrimination for decades of invasion and make a clear break with bol of brutality. fades away, and people forget about the during the Suharto dictatorship. But the minority is militarism,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide war. I think we need to stop that,” he now poised for a new milestone, with Jakarta soon spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in an Suga defended the visits as religious said. —AP to get its first ethnic Chinese governor. —AFP Pope warns of ‘cancer’ of despair in Asia

DANGJIN: Pope Francis warned yesterday of a “cancer” region in 15 years, was designed to resonate not just robbing them of hope and even, in all too many cases, of of despair in materially obsessed, outwardly affluent with South Koreans, but in other dynamic Asian life itself,” he said. The mass in Daejeon, some 160 kilo- societies and urged South Korean Catholics to reject economies where many are beginning to question the meters south of Seoul, was the pope’s first public event “inhumane economic models” in a stark message to social consequences of rapid growth and rampant con- following his arrival in Seoul on Thursday, which nuclear- wealthier Asian nations. In an apparent reference to sumerism. And he returned to the theme later in the day armed North Korea marked by firing a series of short- South Korea’s high suicide rate he also warned 45,000 in an address to a gathering of 10,000 young Asian range rockets into the sea. The North rejected accusa- people at a mass in a World Cup stadium in Daejeon of Catholics, when he spoke of the “idolatory of wealth, tions that it had timed the launches to upstage the visit the “culture of death” that can pervade countries where power and pleasure” and its unacceptably high human by the “so-called Pope.” Among the capacity crowd in the quest for rapid growth marginalizes the poor and cost. the stadium were 38 survivors and relatives of victims of vulnerable. “It is almost as though a spiritual desert is beginning April’s Sewol ferry tragedy in which 300 people died, The message, delivered on the first papal visit to the to spread through our world. It affects the young too, most of them schoolchildren. —AFP Puerto Rico keeps US factory output Germany’s sudden economic the lights on, but debt surges in July 16 17slowdown a big shocker 19 Businesscrisis far from over

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 Hong Kong cuts 2014 forecast 20

JALALABAD: An Afghan jeweler works on gold ornaments in a jewelry shop at a market in Jalalabad. (Inset) An Afghan man displays a gold necklace. As the ongoing war in Afghanistan enters its eleventh year, the instability in the region has shaken the trade market and in most gold shops, business is down. —AFP Oil prices below OPEC budget needs Survey says ambitious spending plans exceed oil incomes

RIYADH: Oil prices are now too low for most for Iraq rose 16 percent, the figures show. temperature (uHPHT) oilfields ranged from $95 those costs down to $85 to $95 per barrel. OPEC countries to cover their spending needs, a Nigeria’s oil price needs have also risen sharply to $110 per barrel based on British tax rules in The following average estimates are from a Reuters survey shows. Although the cost of get- thanks to the increasing cost of deepwater off- place until this year. However, recent changes to Reuters survey of nine oil consultancies, banks ting oil out of the ground is low in most coun- shore projects, which the International Energy UK tax including new tax breaks would bring and independent analysts: tries in the cartel, growing social spending and Agency says have attracted oil companies wish- ambitious infrastructure plans mean many oil ing to avoid the country’s domestic turbulence. Oil prices needed to meet expenditure Marginal cost of producing one new barrel producers now earn less from their oil sales than By contrast, average selling prices for oil covered of oil Region’s dollars per barrel ($/bbl) they need to fund their budgets. the budgets of five key OPEC members, most of ($/bbl) The weighted average of oil prices collected which are located in the Gulf: Saudi Arabia, the OPEC Country 2012 2013 Arctic 115-122 by members of the Organization of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Angola. Algeria 121 119 Brazil Ethanol 63-69 Central and South America 29-35 Petroleum Exporting Countries was $106 a bar- Analysts at French bank Natixis expect Angola 81 94 Deepwater Offshore 54-60 rel last year - just enough to cover the average Kuwait and the UAE to find it easiest to meet Ecuador 112 122 budget requirements of the group, according to their budget needs thanks to high levels of oil EU Biodiesel 106-113 figures compiled by one team of analysts, who production and exports relative to their popula- Iran 123 136 EU Ethanol 98-105 declined to be identified. But oil prices are tions. The budget needs of oil producers are Iraq 100 116 Middle East Onshore 10-17 falling, and the OPEC crude oil basket price was generally much higher than their marginal oper- Kuwait 61 59 North Sea 46-53 just $100.88 a barrel on Wednesday, the OPEC ating costs, calculated as the cost of producing Libya 94 111 Oil Sands 89-96 Secretariat calculates. one extra barrel of crude oil from an existing Nigeria 118 124 Former Soviet Union Onshore 1 8-25 Seven of the 12 OPEC members, including field. In the mature oilfields of the UK North Sea, Russia Onshore 15-21 Qatar 59 58 Iraq, Iran and Nigeria, now need far higher oil where the remaining oil is difficult to access, US Ethanol 80-87 prices to cover their budgets, data from econo- marginal output costs were around $46-53 a Saudi Arabia 87 92 US Shale Oil 70-77 mists and industry analysts shows. Iran’s oil price barrel last year, industry data shows. UAE 82 90 WAF Offshore 38-44 needs rose 11 percent last year due to US and EU One industry analyst estimated the total mar- Venezuela 102 117 — Reuters sanctions, while the average break-even price ginal extraction cost of ultra-high pressure/high BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Japan not out of deflation yet: Economy minister

TOKYO: Japan hasn’t emerged from years of defla- three-economy. While the plan to usher in lasting and the wider economy. The 1.7 percent dip in tion quite yet, the country’s economy minister said inflation has been showing signs of working, Amari gross domestic product for the second quarter-or a yesterday, after a sales tax hike sparked a sharp said there was still work to do before declaring vic- 6.8 percent contraction at an annualized rate-gave decline in second-quarter growth. The comments tory. “At this moment, it’s too early to declare an the clearest picture yet of the impact of the April 1 from Akira Amari came two days after fresh data end to deflation,” Amari told reporters. “There are tax rise. showed the economy suffered its biggest quarterly several factors still to see, including the impact of Economists had warned that the tax hike-aimed contraction since the 2011 quake and tsunami disas- the consumption tax (hike).” While deflation may at chopping a massive national debt-could derail ters as the levy rise slammed the brakes on growth. sound like a good thing, it encourages consumers Tokyo’s efforts to turn around the deflation-plagued Tokyo has been working to reverse years of to put off buying goods in the hopes of getting economy. The Bank of Japan has set an ambitious falling prices that held back the world’s number them cheaper down the road, hurting producers 2.0 percent inflation target for next year. —AFP Modi scraps Soviet-style economic planning body

NEW DELHI: India’s new right-wing premier Narendra Modi yesterday announced an end to Soviet-style economic plan- ning in an Independence Day speech as he pressed ahead with modernizing the government’s cumbersome policymak- ing apparatus. The commission, set up in 1950, was a relic of the socialist policies put in place by India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, who had been impressed by the then- Soviet Union’s command economy with its central planning and five-year economic blueprints. The commission had been relevant in earlier days, said Modi, who took office in May after a landslide election win by his Bharatiya Janata Party. “But the prevalent situation in the country is different, the global sce- nario has also changed,” Modi told a huge crowd at the historic Red Fort in Old Delhi in a speech to Elaine Talicska and Tom VanOchten sort potatoes as they roll down to fill 10-pound bags for small markets mark India’s 68th year of at the Vanochten farm, in Hampton Township, Michigan. The Labor Department reported US producer independence. prices — the prices that companies receive for their goods and services yesterday. —AP Now “to take India NEW DELHI: India’s Prime forward”, the commis- Minister Narendra Modi waves sion must be replaced at the end of his speech from by a body that will have the Red Fort to mark the coun- US factory output “a new soul, a new try’s 68th Independence Day thinking, a new direc- yesterday. —AFP tion... based on creative thinking,” he said. The commission had been increasingly seen as too rigid surges in July and out-of-tune with the needs of a fast-paced growing econ- omy. When he was chief minister of Gujarat, Modi had also been sharply critical of the commission’s blanket bureaucratic WASHINGTON: US factory output rose for chief economist at PNC Financial Services. senior US economist at Capital Economics, policies for India’s states. the sixth consecutive month in July, led by Overall industrial production, which to conclude that “manufacturing payrolls The death knell for the commission was sounded by the a jump in the production of motor vehi- includes manufacturing, mining and utili- may soon start to rise by close to 50,000 a government-backed Independent Evaluation Office in June cles, furniture, textiles and metals. ties, rose 0.4 percent in July, dragged down month.” Factory orders rose a seasonally which proposed jettisoning the commission and establishing Manufacturing production rose 1 percent by a 3.4 percent drop in production at utili- adjusted 1.1 percent in June compared a policy think-tank in its place. The commission, seen as some- in July compared with the prior month, the ties. Several other reports suggest that fac- with the previous month, the Commerce thing of a sacred cow under previous governments, had Federal Reserve reported yesterday. tory production improved this summer. Department reported Tuesday. Orders had “defied attempts” to reform it, the office said bluntly in a Factory output in June was revised slightly Manufacturers added 28,000 workers last fallen 0.6 percent in May after three straight report. higher to a 0.3 percent increase. Over the month, according to the government’s monthly gains. The writing was clearly on the wall for the commission’s past 12 months, manufacturing has risen jobs report. That builds on the 23,000 An 8.4 percent jump in demand for demise when the body was excluded from discussions on the 4.9 percent. employees that factories added in June, a commercial aircraft drove much of the gain, new government’s budget in July. Modi’s efforts in passing Demand for autos surged 10.1 percent sign that companies expect demand to yet orders also picked up for machinery, legislation to reform India’s still largely state-dominated econ- last month, the largest increase since July continue its upward swing. iron, steel, computers and electronics. omy have been slowed by opposition in parliament’s upper 2009. The broader increase in manufactur- Separately, the Institute for Supply Rising factory output should help the cur- house where his party does not enjoy a majority. ing points to stronger growth across the Management, a trade group of purchasing rent economic expansion to continue. The But he has been moving swiftly to revamp government economy, suggesting that manufacturers managers, reported that its manufacturing US economy shrank at a 2.1 percent annual departments to make them more productive and end regula- expect the pace of business investment index climbed to 57.1 in July. That’s the rate in the first quarter, although it tory bottlenecks that have kept major industrial projects on and consumer spending to improve in the highest level since April 2011 and up from bounced back at an annual clip of 4 percent hold for years. coming months. “Manufacturing will con- 55.3 in June. Anything above 50 signals in the second quarter. Most analysts expect Since taking power, Modi has clubbed departments tinue to add to the recovery throughout that manufacturing activity is growing. the economy to expand at a roughly 3 per- together under super-ministries to simplify administrative 2014 and into 2015,” said Stuart Hoffman, The increase in the index led Paul Dales, cent rate in the second half the year. —AP structures and accelerate decision-making. —AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 Malaysia’s economy surges 6.4% in Q2 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy grew a better-than- expected 6.4 percent in the second quarter on the back of stronger exports and robust domestic demand, the central bank said yesterday. Southeast Asia’s third largest econo- my said exports jumped 14.2 percent in the three months through June compared to the same quarter last year, which saw slack external demand for Malaysian goods. Private investment, especially in the services and manu- facturing sectors, surged 12.1 percent, while private con- sumption grew 6.5 percent in the quarter year-on-year, the bank said. “Exports and private sector activity remained the key drivers of growth during the quarter,” Bank Negara said in a press release. “Going forward, the Malaysian economy is expected to remain on a steady growth path,” it said, adding export growth was expected to “moderate slightly” in the year’s second half. Affin Investment Bank economist Alan Tan said second half growth was expected to come in at around 5.2 percent year-on-year. “The broad-based recovery in exports and domestic demand will likely continue in the second half however,” he said. Tan said economic growth for the year was expect- ed to slightly exceed the government forecast of between 5 to 5.5 percent. Inflation averaged 3.3 percent in the sec- ond quarter, the central bank said, down from 3.4 percent in the first quarter. Last month, Bank Negara raised the overnight policy rate, a key interest rate, by 25 basis points KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian vendor waits for customers near his stock of melons at a wholesale market in to 3.25 percent to curb inflation in the first adjustment in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Malaysia’s economy grew a better-than-expected 6.4 percent in the year’s second more than three years. quarter on the back of higher exports and strong private domestic demand, the central bank said. —AFP Tan said the central bank was not expected to raise the rate any further this year. The government is planning to introduce a goods and services tax next year, which econo- Puerto Rico keeps the lights on, mists have welcomed to help lower one of Asia’s highest debt-to-GDP ratios. But thousands protested that plan in an opposition-led rally on May Day, expressing fears the but debt crisis far from over expected six percent tax would further burden ordinary consumers already struggling with rising prices. —AFP Banks extend $671 million in credit lines

NEW YORK: Puerto Rico managed to keep its power off on a rolling basis, he warned. island’s public debt, including not just Prepa electricity flowing this week - but creditors Prepa’s considerable list of problems includes bonds but even general obligation bonds and Portugal’s top court made it clear that the crisis enveloping the an over-reliance on expensive oil, its aging debt linked to sales tax receipts. island’s power utility is far from over. infrastructure - some dating to the 1960s - a Prepa is a monopoly in Puerto Rico. There rejects part of govt Banks, led by Citibank and Canada’s bloated workforce, and a billing system that is are two private generating companies in the Scotiabank, on Thursday agreed to a seven- regarded as arbitrary and difficult to under- south of the island - but they also sell electrici- austerity plan and-a-half month extension of $671 million in stand. And all this while the island’s popula- ty to Prepa. It is the only electricity distributor, credit lines the Puerto Rico Electric Power tion is declining and its manufacturing base as well as generating most of the island’s pow- LISBON: Portugal’s Constitutional Court yesterday Authority (Prepa) needs to buy oil that is shrinking, reducing demand for electricity. er. Some companies have decided not to rely rejected part of the government’s austerity measures, essential to keep it operating. But they also Puerto Rico has lost around 200,000 people on Prepa. Rum maker Bacardi, one of Puerto but approved a temporary reduction in civil servants’ got Prepa to commit to appointing a chief since 2000 and is now estimated to have a Rico’s marquee companies, began using bio- pay. The country’s top court rejected a tax of two to restructuring officer next month, and to pro- population of only 3.62 million. Many analysts gas for some needs around 2007 and added three percent on pensions starting at 1,000 euros duce a full restructuring plan in March next say that an overhaul of the agency would windmills in 2010. Those two sources account ($1,300), which was supposed to bring in 372 million year, in an attempt to get the power compa- need to include a massive haircut for investors for about half the company’s energy needs on euros in 2015, because it did not ensure “fairness ny’s finances onto a more stable footing. in Prepa’s debt, big job losses, the closure of the island. between generations”, Joaquim de Sousa Ribeiro, the Prepa’s troubles are perhaps the starkest some facilities, and an attainable plan to In a normal year, this gives the company head of the court, told reporters. symbol of the huge debt burden threatening to reduce its reliance on oil. protection in case Puerto Rico suffers a big hit At the same time the court approved cuts to public overwhelm the US territory. Investors, including in hurricane season, but this year the compa- workers’ salaries of more than 1,500 euros ($2000) a some major US funds, have already lost billions Recovery act ny is also preparing contingency plans in case month through next year. But it said that for them to of dollars on bonds issued by the island’s gov- A June report from Prepa said the utility it can’t get the rest of its power from Prepa. It continue into 2016 would be unconstitutional as “pro- ernment and the entities it owns, such as Prepa. had $137 million in cash and cash equivalents. may even have to switch the production of longing the sacrifice would violate the principle of The financial morass has got so bad at Prepa That same report said that Prepa spent $196 distillates away from the island in a worst-case scenario. The company wants to avoid that, equality” between civil servants and workers in the pri- that it has been borrowing to pay for operating million on fuel alone that month. Puerto Rico expenses, according to credit rating agency itself faces $72.6 billion of public debt, includ- said Eduardo Vallado, director of supply chain vate sector, Sousa Ribeiro said. President Anibal Cavaco Moody’s Investors Service. Auditors Ernst and ing the Prepa money. That’s about $20,000 for and manufacturing for the Americas for Silva had asked the court in late July to make “preven- Young said in 2012 that Prepa - with borrow- every man, woman and child on a Caribbean Bacardi. “We need the Puerto Rico claim on tive checks” to ensure the reforms conformed with ings of $9 billion - has more liabilities than island where the median household income our label,” he said. “In the end we need Prepa’s Portugal’s constitution. assets since 2011. was just $19,429 in 2012. Its pension funds for energy to operate.” The government had warned against a rejection of Prepa declined repeated requests for com- government workers are severely underfund- the reforms, saying such a move would undermine its ment for this story. “It’s not viable. It’s not sus- ed, adding to the stresses. Many of those clos- Addicted to oil goal of reducing the deficit to four percent of gross tainable anymore,” said Sergio Marxuach, poli- est to the situation see any Prepa negotiations Some other companies and wealthier indi- domestic product (GDP). The court had already reject- cy development director at the San Juan- with creditors as a precursor to a much wider viduals do have their own generators - and a ed some austerity measures in May, which were includ- based Center for a New Economy, and a long- restructuring of Puerto Rico’s debt, including few do produce power through alternative ed in Lisbon’s 2014 budget as part of the centre-right time analyst of Prepa’s troubles. “They are the government and its water and highway means. Food distributors have been reducing government’s ongoing cutbacks. essentially at the mercy of their creditors right agencies. The government hastily introduced their reliance on Prepa for years, using solar Portugal exited a three-year international bailout now and the oil companies. And the vultures,” and passed a law in late June that gives some panels and other sources. “With such a program in May, after receiving 78 billion euros from Marxuach said with reference to so-called of the island’s public corporations a legal stressed system, any emergency could put it the European Union and the International Monetary “vulture investors” who may be seeking to framework for a bankruptcy-like procedure. to the test,” said Manuel Reyes, a executive Fund in exchange for a series of stringent reforms in profit out of the island’s troubles. The compa- Before that there was no such mechanism for vice president for MIDA, a food industry group the euro-zone country. —AFP ny will eventually either have to go through a entities like Prepa. The so-called Recovery Act in Puerto Rico, in reference to Prepa and other jarring restructuring, or it will have to turn the shocked investors, who abruptly sold off the economic problems on the island. —Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Slow pace of rail recovery stirs fear of future woes

TORONTO: More than eight months after for track space amid an economic recov- demand, especially in bad weather. Still, amount of work it must do. an extreme winter began snarling North ery. many investment projects are multi-year In recent years, BNSF accounted for American rail traffic, a Reuters analysis of “It’s like a sinking ship - you’re bailing improvements that can’t quickly fix traffic some 50 percent of the entire rail indus- industry data shows delays lingering, rais- out at one end, but it’s coming in the oth- jams. try’s volume growth, analysts said. The ing the risk of a second winter of chaos on er end just as fast, if not faster,” said “We’re criticized... because we haven’t company says it handles up to 15 percent the rails. Across the continent’s seven Citigroup Global Markets transportation put infrastructure in to handle the growth. of US intercity freight. BNSF declined to largest operators, trains ran almost 8 per- analyst Christian Wetherbee. But then when you try to put infrastruc- respond to Reuters’ questions about its cent slower on average and sat idle at key Performance fell behind as loads grew: ture in, the not-in-my-backyard lobby performance metrics. The Fort Worth, terminals for nearly three hours longer in between April and June, US rail carload kicks in and says: We don’t want you Texas-based railway has said it is working the second quarter than a year earlier, volumes grew 5.4 percent and intermodal here,” Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd Chief closely with shippers to clear backlogs data from the main railroads, known as traffic, which include shipments partly by Executive Hunter Harrison said on a and adding track, locomotives and crews. Class 1, show. rail, rose 8 percent, Association of recent earnings conference call. Over the The other four US Class 1 railroads are While Canada’s rail operators have American Railroads (AAR) data shows. At four decades to 2000, the nation’s major CSX Corp, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk nearly recovered, many US operators lag the same time, the industry is producing track system shrank by about half, in Southern Corp and Union Pacific Corp. far behind. The concerns are sharpest in “tremendous” margins, profit and cash terms of miles of rails, according to the US Kansas City Southern and Norfolk the US Farm Belt, with lawmakers fearful flow, with some companies setting Federal Highway Administration. Southern did not respond to requests for that the biggest crops on record may be records, said rail analyst Tony Hatch. Although Berkshire Hathaway’s BNSF comment. CSX said it was investing in slow to reach markets or could even rot. The largest operators plan to spend Railway Co is spending a record $5 billion strategic capacity additions and was Rail logjams contributed to the economic about 18 to 20 percent of annual revenue this year, its performance lagged those of adding train crews and locomotives to slowdown early in the year, rippling this year on new terminals, track, sidings competitors last quarter. BNSF trains trav- restore performance and support growth. across corporate America and affecting and equipment to help boost capacity eled 11 percent slower than year-ago Union Pacific CEO Jack Koraleski told everything from car makers to ethanol and efficiency, according to Thomson speeds, and stayed at terminals for 18 per- Reuters that the railroad’s performance producers. Many experts blame an incom- Reuters data. That is slightly higher than cent longer. has been improving even as volumes plete recovery from last winter’s freight recent average annual spending. Fadi Chamoun, an analyst at BMO have been increasing, adding that it has backlogs, coupled with record crops and Some shippers complain that spend- Capital Markets, said BNSF is unlikely to worked hard to address disruptions and rising competition with crude oil tankers ing hasn’t been sufficient to meet recover until mid- to late-2015 due to the customer issues. —Reuters Moody’s sees continued uncertainty in Turkey

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s lira eased yesterday as political uncer- tainty in the aftermath of Tayyip Erdogan’s presidential elec- tion victory persisted, with Moody’s warning the outlook was likely to remain unstable until at least the middle of next year. Erdogan’s victory in Sunday’s vote did not resolve the country’s credit challenges, Moody’s said, and the political landscape would remain uncertain until at least the conclu- sion of parliamentary elections, due by June 2015. Turkish markets initially took Erdogan’s win as a sign of continuity, firming early on Monday, but have since traded less optimisti- cally. The lira weakened to 2.1620 to the dollar by 0955 GMT from 2.1514 late on Thursday. “Until the political landscape reaches some stability, the BEIJING: Two women eat popsicles on the steps of a partially demolished traditional-style house in an alley in country’s structural reform agenda is likely to suffer, leaving Beijing yesterday. Many of Beijing’s traditional style housing areas are being demolished to make way for new Turkey exposed to potential shifts in international market sen- residential and commercial complexes, or to be replaced by newly built replicas of traditional houses. —AFP timent,” Alpona Banerji, vice president and senior analyst at Moody’s, said in a note. The ratings agency said the credit implications of the election would not be clear until a new prime minister is appointed in late August and a parliamen- China issues draft rules tary election held. Erdogan expects to announce his new prime minister as early as next week following a meeting of his ruling AK Party’s for property registration senior leadership, he told reporters late on Thursday. Erdogan, who remains prime minister until he is inaugurat- ed on Aug 28, wants a staunch loyalist as his replacement who Move to stabilize real estate market can hold the AK Party together and win a stronger parliamen- tary majority in the election. BEIJING: China yesterday published a draft of long-awaited government departments including police, taxation and audit That would boost his chances of pushing through the con- property registration rules, a move expected to stabilize the authorities “in real time”, according to the draft regulations. stitutional change needed to introduce the presidential sys- real-estate market and help crack down on corruption. Real “State authorities may look up and photocopy property regis- tem he has long coveted for Turkey. Moody’s also forecast estate taxes based on a national registration system of proper- tration documents relevant to their investigation according to Turkey’s economy would grow by 3 percent this year, down ty ownership are regarded as an effective way to curb specula- the law,” they said. from 4 percent in 2013, and raised concern about the inde- tion, as the government seeks to rein in years of surging house Properties including land, houses and forests are all subject pendence of monetary policy. prices-a source of resentment for ordinary Chinese. to the registration, they added. Public opinion on the draft is “A series of rate cuts to the one-week repo rate between The system is also expected to act as an anti-corruption to be solicited until September 15, according to the Legislative January and July and one cut to the overnight borrowing rate tool by preventing officials from hiding their assets. Ideas Affairs Office. Public outrage is intense over high home prices increase inflation risks in Turkey and are likely to fuel ques- about the scheme emerged in 2007 when a landmark proper- in a real estate market that critics say is rife with abuse by cor- tions about the central bank’s independence,” it said. ty law took effect but the specific rules have been long in the rupt government officials, some of whom have sought to hide Erdogan, wedded to the idea that high interest rates cause making and their announcement was delayed due to their wealth by illegally amassing dozens of homes under false inflation, has repeatedly called for the central bank to make sensitivity and complexity, Chinese media have reported. identities. sharper interest rate cuts. Istanbul’s main share index was up China’s Legislative Affairs Office, a department within the In one high-profile case last year, Gong Aiai, vice president of 0.05 percent at 77,610.12 points, slightly underperforming the country’s cabinet or State Council, published the draft regula- a bank in the northern province of Shaanxi and a delegate to broader emerging markets index, which was up 0.14 percent. tions yesterday, stating that a national property registration the local legislature, was sentenced to three years in prison after The benchmark two-year government bond yield fell to 9.22 system will be established. Relevant information-such as the she was found to have purchased more than 40 properties percent from 9.24 percent on Thursday. —Reuters location, area and origin of ownership will be shared among under multiple identities. —AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 Indonesia budget highlights fuel subsidy challenge JAKARTA: Energy subsidies are set to eat up a huge chunk of the Indonesian budget again next year, the president said yesterday, highlighting the challenge for incoming leader Joko Widodo to reduce the crippling payouts. At current rates, fuel and electricity subsidies are expected to cost 363.5 trillion rupiah ($31.3 billion), up slightly from this year, according to a draft budget for 2015 presented by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. That is around 18 percent of the budget, with fuel subsidies the main drain on state coffers. The subsidies are historically a tense political issue in Indonesia, where fuel price hikes to reduce the payouts have been met with massive protests and caused divisions between coalition partners in government. But economists say cutting the subsidies is vital, as they are a major drain on the economy, taking money away from other areas where it is sorely needed. They have also been criticized as being poorly targeted, as they give the rich as much of a discount on fuel as the poor. Yudhoyono, who will step down as president in October after serving a maximum of two terms, has made some limited cuts dur- ing his tenure but has been criticized for not going nearly far enough. He called on the next government to divert energy subsi- dies to the poor. “Moving forward, it is necessary for the government and legis- lature to understand this,” he said, adding they must “take the steps and work together to ensure our subsidies are well targeted and that the amount spent on subsidies is not excessive”. The last time the parliament approved a hike was in 2013, a move that trig- gered protests around the sprawling archipelago nation. Yudhoyono said the government forecast growth of 5.6 per- cent in 2015, while inflation was expected to ease to 4.4 percent and the rupiah would stabilize at 11,900 to the dollar. The government allocated around $10 billion to the public works and transport ministries to give the country’s ageing infra- structure a facelift and attract more investment. The draft 2015 budget must be approved by parliament, and the final version may differ as Yudhoyono has invited president-elect Widodo, who won KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian women sort stacks of vegetables outside a wholesale market in Kuala Lumpur last month’s presidential poll, to incorporate his programs into it. yesterday. Malaysia’s economy grew a better-than-expected 6.4 percent in the year’s second quarter on the Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, will be inaugurated in back of higher exports and strong private domestic demand, the central bank said. —AFP October. —AFP Germany’s sudden economic slowdown a big shocker End of the Wirtschaftswunder?

BERLIN: The German soccer team’s romp to victory in last month’s German industry. A recent overhaul of the country’s complex renew- year, Elga Bartsch of Morgan Stanley points out, despite solid domes- World Cup was hailed at home as a symbol of the country’s emer- able energy law has done little to alleviate uncertainty over future pol- tic demand dynamics, low lending rates and still-upbeat business sen- gence as a confident global economic power. But in an ironic twist, icy or assuage fears about German energy competitiveness. timent. Compounding the problem has been pronounced weakness the feel-good triumph in Brazil may have come at a time when “Energy intensive industries in particular have lost confidence in in public investment. A study by the DIHK Chambers of Commerce Germany’s new “Wirtschaftswunder”, or economic miracle, is coming the future of Germany as a business location,” said Thomas Mayer, a and Industry last month said Germany was suffering from an overall to an end. former chief economist at Deutsche Bank who now runs the Cologne- investment gap amounting to 3 percent of GDP, or 80 billion euros In recent weeks, the economy that proud German politicians have based Flossbach von Storch Research Institute. “I think this is a major annually. taken to describing as a “growth locomotive” and “stability anchor” issue that will burden German industry for years to come.” At roughly 17 percent of GDP, total annual investment levels in for Europe, has been hit by a barrage of bad news that has surprised Germany lie below those of other industrialized countries, which aver- even the most ardent Germany skeptics. Reform rollback age over 21 percent. In Germany’s southern neighbor Austria, for The big shocker came on Thursday, when the Federal Statistics Further souring the mood among businesses has been a roll-back example, the level is 27 percent. Pointing to these figures, DIHK Office revealed that gross domestic product (GDP) had contracted by of economic reforms that Merkel’s predecessor Gerhard Schroeder President Eric Schweitzer likens the current mood in Germany to that 0.2 percent in the second quarter. introduced a decade ago, and which many credit with fuelling a on the Titanic: “Everyone is partying and no one sees the threat of the “The euphoria that we’ve seen, the perception that the German sharp drop in German unemployment and a rebound in growth that looming iceberg.” economy is booming is simply misplaced,” said Marcel Fratzscher, began in 2006 - when Germany itself hosted (but failed to win) the In private, government officials also admit to concern. The director of the DIW economic institute in Berlin. World Cup. Economy Ministry has been examining ways to tackle Germany’s So why is Germany suddenly ailing? The standoff with Russia over Since coming to power in late December, Germany’s left-right investment problem and Minister Sigmar Gabriel has invited outside Ukraine has received its fair share of blame in the German media. But “grand coalition” government has pushed through a reduction in the experts to discuss the matter later this month. that conflict may not hit the economy with full force until the third retirement age for some workers and won parliamentary approval for After his Social Democrats (SPD) pushed through the pension and quarter. It was only last month that Europe stung Moscow with eco- a nationwide minimum wage of 8.50 euros ($11.40) an hour. Next on minimum wage legislation, Gabriel is trying hard to show the busi- nomic sanctions, prompting a tit-for-tat response from Russian the agenda are stricter limits on temporary workers. ness community that he is listening. Earlier this month he spent nearly President Vladimir Putin. The pension reform, which allows longtime workers to retire four a week touring small-to-medium-sized Mittelstand companies in east- In reality, economists and some government officials acknowl- years early at 63, risks aggravating a skilled labour shortage in some ern Germany. edge, there are deeper reasons for the recent downturn. And they sectors of the economy. Ratings agency Moody’s said this week that it “There have been periods, for example in the late 1990s, when have little to do with the spike in geopolitical tensions in eastern undermined the sustainability of the German pension system. Germany lost its economic edge,” said one government official, who Europe or the Middle East. They start at home, where Chancellor The unintended effect of the policies has been to discourage firms requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the growth debate. Angela Merkel’s abrupt exit from nuclear energy after the Fukushima from investing at home. Corporate investment in machinery and “Are we heading into another of these periods? There are people who disaster in Japan and aggressive push into renewables has unnerved equipment, for example, hit an all-time low of 6.2 percent of GDP last are concerned that we are.” —Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 US corporate founders battle boards Some use equity stakes to fight back forced exits

NEW YORK: From American Apparel Inc to ‘special sauce’ that makes a company’s offer- Potdevin to run the company. Wilson, howev- founder of Branav Shareholder Advisory Lululemon Athletica Inc, Men’s Wearhouse Inc ing and culture work, so they might be given er, remained on the board so that directors Services, which counsels boards and share- and Best Buy Co Inc, a series of boardroom additional latitude ... as their vision drove val- could tap his knowledge about the company holders on governance issues. battles across North America underscore how ue creation in the first place,” said Heidrick & and its customers. The board assured Potdevin To be sure, not all founder departures are difficult it can be for companies to part ways Struggles’ Vice Chairman John Wood. that he would be able to run Lululemon with- acrimonious. Directors and recruiters say with their founders. American Apparel, under Charney’s leader- out undue influence from Wilson, according to many founders have a deep well of knowledge In each of these cases, the boards decided ship, was known for its racy advertising and a source familiar with the situation who spoke about their companies and customers, and it was time for the founders to step down from “Made in the USA” sweatshop-free model. on condition of anonymity. they can be invaluable to their successors. their roles either as chief executive or chair- However, the company has posted losses in But tensions began to build as some direc- Former Nielsen Holdings NV CEO David man, but faced stiff resistance from the almost every quarter in the last four years and tors felt Wilson wanted to be excessively Calhoun said he used to seek advice from founders, some of whom used their substan- has come under fire for lax financial controls. involved in management decisions; at the Arthur Nielsen Jr on how to resist pressure tial equity stakes to fight back. Corporate gov- In June, the board fired Charney for same time, Wilson, who has a 27 percent stake from media clients for favorable research. ernance experts expect more such corporate allegedly misusing corporate funds and help- in Lululemon, became increasingly frustrated Nielsen Jr is credited with transforming the dramas as shareholders are increasingly hold- ing to spread nude photos of a former that he was not being fully heard, the source company, which his father founded in 1923, ing boards accountable for succession plan- employee on the Internet. Charney has denied said. Representatives for Wilson and into a name synonymous with television rat- ning, investment returns and overall fiduciary the allegations and is fighting to regain con- Lululemon declined to comment. ings. duties. As a result, boards are asserting their trol of the company. He increased his stake in The problems spilled out into the open in “Art Jr’s advice went to the heart of our authority more frequently, which can put the apparel retailer to 44 percent, from about June, when Wilson lashed out at the board, business: the potential conflict between serv- them on collision courses with CEOs, including 27 percent, but signed over his voting rights saying its new chairman and another director ing client’s needs (the companies we measure) founders. and shares to the hedge fund Standard were too focused on short-term growth. and our commitment to objective measure- “Today’s boards are increasingly feeling General as collateral for a loan. Charney The two sides settled last week, when ment,” said Calhoun, who is now executive pressure to anticipate the CEO leadership intends to have a say over key decisions, such Wilson agreed not to wage a proxy contest chairman at Nielsen. needed to drive future success. This is espe- as the makeup of the board or M&A deals, and to sell half his stake to private equity firm Bill Ford had fully supported Alan Mulally cially true when the CEO is the founder of the whether or not he returns as CEO, a source Advent International. Still, shares of Lululemon when he took over as CEO of Ford Motor Co in company,” said Jane Stevenson, head of the close to the matter said this week. have fallen more than 40 percent since September 2006, said Marshall Goldsmith, an global CEO succession practice at Korn Ferry American Apparel is waiting for the results Potdevin’s appointment in December, under- executive coach who has worked with Mulally. International. of an internal investigation before deciding scoring the toll such corporate clashes can Early in his tenure, when some top execu- “In these situations the board can feel sig- what to do about its founder. A spokesman for take on share valuations. tives challenged Mulally’s initiative to conduct nificant conflict between appropriate homage American Apparel declined to comment. Similar battles between the boards and a weekly review of business priorities, he had to the past and the leadership needed to drive founders of Men’s Wearhouse, Best Buy and the backing of Ford, who helped Mulally success in the future.” As many as 42 Fortune Founders’ shadow Groupon Inc have rattled their investors until implement the plan. The weekly review turned 500 companies have founders in CEO posi- In the case of Lululemon, the Canadian the disagreements were finally settled. out to be central to the No 2 US automaker’s tions, according to data compiled by recruit- yoga apparel chain was once one of the “Numerous times I’ve seen first-hand how the successful turnaround, according to ment firm Heidrick & Struggles for Reuters. hottest stocks in retail but it suffered a damag- founder dynamic can be particularly challeng- Goldsmith. Goldsmith said his advice to These founder-CEOs have an average tenure ing recall last year involving see-through yoga ing for fellow board members to successfully founders is to pick a date to hand off the com- of 22.5 years, compared with around six years pants. Late last year, Chip Wilson, the compa- grapple with. Internal disputes that become pany and start working on a succession plan. for non-founder CEOs. ny’s founder, stepped down as non-executive public are one of the most dysfunctional “Leave with dignity, don’t get thrown out,” “Founders are often the ones that have the chairman to pave the way for new CEO Laurent events companies face,” said Brad Allen, the Goldsmith said. —Reuters Hong Kong cuts 2014 forecast HONG KONG: Hong Kong yesterday cut its economic growth forecast for 2014 after an unexpected slowdown in second quarter expansion blamed on a fall-off in tourist spending and a slowdown in domestic demand. Gross domestic product grew 1.8 percent in the three months ending June 30 compared to the same period last year, the lowest since 2012, a government statement said. The result falls short of a forecast by five economists polled by the Wall Street Journal, which expected a 2.0 percent year-on-year increase. The figure was also lower than the previous quarter’s year-on-year 2.6 percent growth, as the government lowered its growth forecast for the year to two to three percent from three to four percent. “The distinct slackening in tourist spending of late and the slowdown in domestic demand have emerged as new sources of uncertainty affecting the over- all economic outlook,” the statement said. Exports of goods were up 2.3 percent year-on-year for the second quarter, helped by a pick-up in June. The figure is up from the previous quarter’s year-on-year growth of 0.5 percent. Exports to the European Union and the US continued to grow at a moderate pace, while exports to other Asian markets improved due to a better global economic environment. Exports of services saw a 2.3 per- cent year-on-year decline for the second quarter, the first decrease since 2009, dragged by a slowdown in exports of travel services. Private con- sumption grew by 1.2 percent year-on-year for the reported period, low- er than the preceding quarter’s year-on-year expansion of 2.0 percent. “Domestic demand is likely to maintain only a rather slow pace of expansion in the second half of the year. Local consumer sentiment may turn somewhat cautious following the economic growth slowdown in recent quarters,” the statement said. The potential for growth may be held back by the “rather fragile” advanced economies of the US and the EU, the statement added. Risks including the changing of the pace of US monetary normal- ization and constrained recovery of the euro-zone economy were a concern, the statement said. “Looking forward, the global economy is expected to remain on a moderate recovery path in the rest of 2014. HONG KONG: Traffic commuting along a road between commercial and residential buildings in Hong Kong. This, together with an improving mainland economy, should entail a Hong Kong lowered its annual economic growth forecast yesterday after growth slowed to 1.8 percent year- somewhat brighter export outlook for Hong Kong in the period ahead.” —AFP on-year in the second quarter. —AFP 16, 2014

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Michael Cera releases album he calls ‘honest’ ichael Cera released an indie folk album last week - qui- etly, in a way almost as unassuming as the actor himself. M“I would record a lot of the songs in the middle of the night just at home. I never thought anyone would ever listen to them,” he said in an interview Thursday. “It’s really nice that peo- ple are paying any attention to it because there’s a lot of stuff to listen to.” The 26-year-old, whose TV and film credits include “Arrested Development,” “Juno” and “Superbad,” dropped the 18-song album, “true that,” on the Bandcamp website on Aug 8. He said he was “bored a few days ago” and decided to make a Hollywood talent agent Sid Levin pauses for photos in his Hollywood talent agent Sid Levin, center, listens to actress page on the website for people to check out his music. office in Los Angeles. Stephanie Sanchez. — AP photos It went largely overlooked until his acting buddy Jonah Hill tweeted a link Wednesday. The album, which streams for free and costs $7 to download, is made up of airy, folky tracks, some just wordless fragments, some more fully fleshed out. Some songs are covers and others have borrowed sound, ranging from a TV reporter swearing after swallowing a bug to a piece of dia- Agent gives Hollywood edgy logue lifted from the 1973 film “O Lucky Man!” starring Malcolm McDowell. look with ‘real’ people ou couldn’t miss Hollywood talent agent Sid Levin’s office in A what-you-look-like industry the old days: It wasn’t much bigger than a closet and it was “But Sid said, ‘There’s just something about you. I know you’re Ysometimes filled with burglars, bank robbers and gang mem- going to work,’” recalled the actor who after years of small parts in bers, all trying to break into the movies. These days you’ll find every- films like “George of the Jungle” recently played the kindly hotel man- one from Gulf War veterans to a 15-time world arm-wrestling cham- ager in the Drew Barrymore-Adam Sandler comedy “Blended.” pion there, and Levin didn’t bring them in for protection. They’re Likewise, when Levin saw the square-jawed, no-nonsense-looking looking to be movie stars, too. In a town where seemingly everyone Coast Guard Petty Officer Mike Dalager, he says, he knew just what wants to be a star, but few look like James Franco or Scarlett roles to send him after. Dalager’s been a cop, a soldier and a member Johansson, Levin is the talent agent who represents the people who of the crew of The Enterprise in “Star Trek: Into Darkness.” Not that he look like the rest of us. Some play tough guys because they once always plays the good guy. He was also a Taliban militiaman in “Eagle were. Or hard-core military types because they were that. Eye.” “I am kind of the strange guy here in Hollywood,” says Levin from “It’s definitely a what-you-look-like industry,” laughs Dalager, behind the desk of his office, which is actually just down the road in adding Levin seems to know that better than anyone. Levin, 56, him- This Jan 18, 2013 file photo shows actor-singer Michael adjacent Beverly Hills. “I rep a lot of talented people, but people who self looks like he could have walked out of a movie about an old-time Cera at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, are kind of the underdog. But that’s OK. I’m the underdog, too.” agent in the mold of “Broadway Danny Rose.” He’s short, paunchy Utah. — AP One of his breakout underdogs is the arm-wrestling champion and, on this day, dressed in slacks and a pull-over blue shirt with a and former juvenile hall guard Dot-Marie Jones. She’s been nominat- gold medallion hanging around his neck. “I think it has some value in that sense. It’s honest. It’s just an ed for three consecutive Emmys since landing the role of Coach Thirty years ago, the former stand-up comic and singing-telegram effort,” Cera said, adding that he created the songs with Beiste on “Glee.” Although she missed out on a nomination at this salesman put up a shingle in a tiny office at the fabled but then-faded GarageBand software. “I’m limited by many things - my abilities, month’s awards show, he says, he’s confident she’ll get one eventual- intersection of Hollywood and Vine. “People told me I had to move my imagination and my technology.” Cera said the album’s quiet ly - because she’s that good. because nobody would go there after dark,” he recalled of launch was a nod from Beyonce’s playbook. The pop diva On his desk, meanwhile, is an old-fashioned Rolodex with a list of Hollywood’s rougher days. Kids from the even rougher streets of released her top-selling self-titled album last year without the more than 100 names, many of people you’ve likely never heard of South Los Angeles would, however, especially after Levin got seven of public knowing. “I didn’t want anyone to take it seriously or think but realize you sort of recognize from somewhere. There’s them roles in director John Singleton’s breakthrough movie “Boyz n that I was taking it seriously by it being a big thing,” said Cera, Abdoulaye N’gom, for example. The Senegalese-born actor who the Hood” in 1991. They had been sent to him by a Compton acting who sang backing vocals and played mandolin on Weezer’s 2010 came to LA 35 years ago with the unlikely dream of becoming a coach named Anthony Bean who was trying to get them away from album, “Hurley.”—AP movie star, although he spoke little English and what he did came street gangs.—AP out in a thick accent reflecting the years he’d spent in Senegal and France. ‘Anything Goes’ for Florida Georgia Line’s 2nd LP rian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of country download in country music. While there is no rap- dude duo Florida Georgia Line know all eyes ping, the duo listened to the fans on “Anything Bon Music Row are on them as they prepare Goes” and continued to push the boundaries of the to release their second album, “Anything Goes,” on genre. Oct 14. Everybody wants to see if country’s favorite They completely ditch the metaphor and sing party boys can keep the festivities rolling, and openly about smoking on “Sun Daze,” perhaps set- Kelley and Hubbard don’t really mind. “A little bit of ting up a difficult choice for radio program direc- that pressure creates some pretty good creativity,” tors. And then there are the 808 bass drops on a Kelley said. “We just pushed really hard - little handful of songs that will no doubt drive country melody changes, adding little things here, an 808 purists crazy, but add an interesting counterpoint drop there, a breakdown here, a different guitar lick to the sunshine bright rock guitar tones on the there, whatever it may be, we really spent a lot of album. “We took all that good energy and the suc- time on the little details. cess that (the fans) have given us and put it into “Better is better, and that’s our motto.” For the making this next record, and I think it shows,” most part, the 12 tracks on the Joey Moi-produced Kelley said. “There’s a couple sad songs, there’s a album mine the same high-spirited territory as couple that make you think, but at the same time debut “Here’s to the Good Times” - upbeat rockers it’s a party album. It’s a feel-good album. Right meant to evoke midnight bonfire parties at the when you get to the last song you’re going to want lake. Their music is part of a trend that some within to start it all over again. It’s right exactly 100 per- the community say has pushed country’s sound cent where we are in our lives.”—AP too far toward the pop music middle. Their fans, however, could care less, and made their “Cruise” remix featuring Nelly the most popular digital SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 Robin Williams had early stage Parkinson’s

ollywood actor Robin Williams, found dead this week after Robin wanted us to laugh and to feel less afraid.”His greatest an apparent suicide, was suffering from depression and legacy, besides his three children, is the joy and happiness he Hthe early stages of Parkinson’s disease, his wife said offered to others, particularly to those fighting personal battles,” Thursday. The beloved comedian’s personal assistant found she added. Williams hanging from his belt in a bedroom of his California home on Monday, sparking speculation about his long public bat- A neurological disease tle with addiction. Parkinson’s is a disease that affects nerve cells in the part of But Susan Schneider, issuing a statement through an agency, the brain that controls muscle movement, causing tremors and said the 63-year-old’s most recent problems had been with his muscle rigidity, as well as problems with balance and coordina- mental health and with Parkinson’s, a degenerative nerve disor- tion. Researchers are still trying to unravel the causes of the dis- der. “It is our hope in the wake of Robin’s tragic passing, that oth- ease, which shows up more often in men than women. There is ers will find the strength to seek the care and support they need no cure-though there are treatments available to mitigate the to treat whatever battles they are facing so they may feel less symptoms. Typically, the disorder first appears after age 60, afraid,” she said. though in rare cases onset can be sooner-as was the case for actor “Robin’s sobriety was intact and he was brave as he struggled Michael J Fox, who has become an outspoken advocate for with his own battles of depression, anxiety as well as early stages Parkinson’s awareness, and was diagnosed in 1991 at age 30. of Parkinson’s Disease, which he was not yet ready to share pub- Fox went public with his diagnosis in 1998 and slowed his licly.” The coroner of Marin County, outside San Francisco, has work load. However, he has continued to take on television and opened an inquiry into the death, but has confirmed it as a sus- film roles, including “The Michael J Fox Show,” for which he was pected suicide, pending toxicology reports. nominated for a Golden Globe this year. Former boxing champion “Robin spent so much of his life helping others,” Schneider Muhammad Ali also famously suffers from Parkinson’s Disease, In this April 21, 1996 file photo, Robin Williams reads ‘Stinky said. “Whether he was entertaining millions on stage, film or tele- and in recent appearances has been visibly disabled by the symp- Cheese’ to a group of children during a special children’s pro- vision, our troops on the frontlines or comforting a sick child- toms, including difficulty speaking.—AP gram at the new main library in San Francisco. — AP

‘World of Warcraft’ ‘Power Rangers’ to create Robin film set for July 2016 iding the crest of 1990s nostalgia that just catapulted Williams character “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” to the top of the box Roffice, Lionsgate has announced the release date for its ate Hollywood actor Robin Williams will live on in the upcoming reboot of the massive “Power Rangers” franchise. kingdom of Azeroth after “World of Warcraft” said The studio is targeting July 22, 2016 for the release of the film. LThursday that he would be honored as a character in the A script by Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz has been turned in, popular video game. Williams, a renowned comedian and avid but the studio has not yet found a director or cast for the proj- gamer, was known to be a fan of the online fantasy role-play- ect. The original incarnation of the popular series, called ing game. He was found dead Monday of an apparent suicide “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” debuted in 1993 and quickly at the age of 63. became a national phenomenon. It was the story of a group of “We haven’t decided, but it will most likely be a character high school kids who gain superpowers, making them masters inspired by him or some of his favorite roles of the past,” lead of martial arts and able to pilot massive interconnecting game designer Ion Hazzikostas was cited by local media as robots, a la “Voltron.” saying during a Los Angeles event unveiling the game’s fifth The series has been in continual production for the past edition, “World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor.” Williams two decades, debuting its latest incarnation in February 2014. had even named his daughter Zelda in reference to It has taken on different titles and casts, like “Power Rangers Nintendo’s “Legend of Zelda” game. “@robinwilliams Thank Zeo,” “Power Rangers Ninja Storm,” and the current “Power you. You gave us so much joy in our lives, and we hope you Rangers Super Megaforce.” Creator Haim Saban is a producer enjoyed your time in our world. We’ll see you in-game,” World on the new film, along with Brian Casentini, Allison Shearmur In this file photo from Thursday, Oct 7, 2010, actor Robin of Warcraft’s official Twitter page said on Tuesday. — AFP and Roberto Orci. With 20-plus years worth of stories to tap Williams hugs San Francisco Giants mascot Lou Seal during into, look for Lionsgate to be pushing for a “Power Rangers” the first inning of Game 1 of baseballís National League big-screen franchise.—Reuters Division Series in San Francisco.—AP

‘The Trip to Italy’ review: Coogan and Brydon serve up more delicious mid-life crises

n 2010’s “The Trip,” writer-director Michael who had a misbegotten fling in the previous the way, but they’re both fictional characters play them - there’s a through-line of middle-aged Winter bottom sent actor-comedians Steve movie, this time it’s Brydon - with a wife and baby played by actors. (Brydon actually has several chil- anxiety and a longing for the freedom of youth. ICoogan and Rob Brydon (playing “themselves”) at home - who carries on with a pretty British expat dren; Coogan has a daughter in real life, but no The trade-off, “The Trip to Italy” seems to imply, is on a scenic tour of the British countryside, where (Rosie Fellner) who’s crewing a boat in Italy. son.) From Brydon’s infidelity to both men’s fre- that even if getting older can be a drag, at least the the two chums ate extraordinary gourmet meals, Winterbottom and cinematographer James Clarke quent Alanis Morissette sing-alongs in their rented meals get much, much better.—Reuters performed dueling Michael Caine impersonations, use the gloss of both food porn and travel porn to Mini - they brought along Rossini CDs but never and revealed their soft underbellies of professional occasionally distract us from the darker elements of jealousy and male menopause-inspired bad deci- the story, in the same way that Coogan and Brydon sions. will turn to humor to lighten up their roiling inner The band has gotten back together for “The Trip conflicts. In this case, however, both the sugar coat- to Italy,” and everything has amplified: instead of ing and the bitter pill are a treat. just Caine, our stars impersonate all the major cast Again, Coogan and Brydon are playing charac- members of “The Dark Knight Rises”; the restau- ters with their own names and their own profes- rants are now in sunny Italy, with a journey that sional credits, but this isn’t a documentary. Coogan heads to the breathtaking vistas of Capri and the introduced the awful - or more awful, perhaps - ver- Amalfi Coast; and “Coogan” and “Brydon” are a lit- sion of himself in Winterbottom’s “Tristram Shandy: tle older but apparently no wiser. A Cock and Bull Story,” and he never goes out of his Both films play on the fact that Brydon is more way to make “himself” more likable. Brydon match- beloved among British TV fans while Coogan is a es him quip for quip throughout, and while he’s the bigger name in the US, but “Italy” raises the idea of lesser-known quantity on these shores, he very Brydon getting to audition for a role in a Michael handily holds his own, even as his actions become Mann movie, the prospect of which makes Coogan less and less defensible. fairly squirm with envy. And while it was Coogan We see Brydon’s wife and Coogan’s son along SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

This July 19, 2014 photo shows Nymph Lake in the Bear Lake Corridor Trails area in Rocky Mountain National Park in Photo shows Nymph Lake in the Bear Lake Corridor Trails Colorado. — AP photos area in Rocky Mountain National Park. Day hikes as Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park turns 100 o adjectives can do Rocky Mountain National Park justice. The Upper Ute Trail jagged snow-draped peaks, rocky tundra, green valleys, and Even if you don’t make the entire 8-mile (13-kilometer) round-trip Nroaring waterfalls render exclamation points inadequate. The from on the Upper Ute Trail, from the Alpine Visitor Center to Milner beauty is almost unearthly, and autumn is one of the best times to Pass and back, you’ll still see awe-inspiring dramatic scenery, from bar- experience it. Aspen trees turn brilliant yellow; the bugle-like mating ren tundra to alpine meadows and ponds, with stunning views of calls of elk echo in the mountains. And starting Sept 3, Rocky 14,255-foot (4,335-meter) Long’s Peak. While this is fairly easy terrain, Mountain National Park launches a year of festivities to celebrate its beware of weather and high altitude. The trail starts at about 11,780 centennial, including special hikes, wildlife seminars, art shows and a feet (3,590 meters) and you’ll be the tallest thing around on the barren wild game culinary fest. first portion. Know the forecast - a must in the mountains but espe- cially where you’re so exposed. The park’s first lightning deaths in over The Eastern side a decade occurred on or near this trail this summer. Darkening clouds The Continental Divide runs through Rocky Mountain National and my hiking partner’s altitude sickness, including extreme fatigue, Park, and the western side is greener and rainier, known as the “wet- made us turn back before the pass. ter, better side,” with more moose and bears - though a ranger told us only two dozen bears live in the park. The eastern side, while more Deer mountain hike crowded, is just a 90-minute drive from Denver’s airport, and my hiker The trail to the 10,000-foot (3,050-meter) summit, about 6 miles pal and I decided to spend three days hiking here. The gateway to the (10 kilometers) round-trip, wraps around the mountain, offering eastern side is the town of Estes Park, a tacky tourist mecca full of sumptuous views. Despite a steady climb, only the last portion near hotels, motels, souvenir shops and a few good restaurants. The park the top is noticeably steep. The lower altitude made it easier for my entrance is 5 miles (8 kilometers) up the mountain, but feels worlds friend. A panorama of the park awaits at the top. Photo shows typical terrain in the Bear Lake Corridor away. The park has five campgrounds, with two open year-round, but Trails area in Rocky Mountain National Park. we stayed in a low-key motel-lodge at the town’s edge, with an Trail ridge road indoor pool and hot tub to soak tired feet after a day on the trail. It The twisty drive along the section of Highway 34 known as Trail was a short drive from there to several trailheads, some best accessed Ridge Road is also a must-do. It runs about 50 miles (80 kilometers) by free park shuttle buses since parking lots often fill up. from near Estes Park to Grand Lake on the park’s west side, but even if you only make it to the Alpine Visitor’s Center, roughly half way, it Planning the hikes feels like you’re on top of the world. It’s a seasonal road, open late May Start at a park visitor center to get maps and rangers’ advice on ter- through mid-October. — AP rain, difficulty and distance. Some trails are even accessible to strollers and wheelchairs. But remember this mantra in the high mountains: It’s not the distance, it’s the altitude. Many hikes climb above timber line, which is at roughly 11,000 feet (3,350 meters) in the park. Altitude sickness - which can include dizziness, headaches, fatigue and disori- entation - can occur several thousand feet (about a thousand meters) below that. So while a 10-mile (17-kilometer) hike might be a breeze at sea lev- el, be prepared to cut your usual mileage and pace. Water is key: Bring plenty and drink often to avoid dehydration in the arid mountain air. Out of dozens to choose from, here are three memorable hikes, roughly 4-6 miles (6-10 kilometers) each and only moderately difficult at the toughest points - perfect for reasonably fit hikers.

Bear Lake corridor trails This system of trails south of Highway 36 is about 90 minutes from Estes Park. A park-and-ride shuttle lot is near the Bear Lake trailhead. We chose a roughly 6-mile (10-kilometer) route, steep and gravelly in spots, past serene Nymph Lake, covered in lily pads, and up past Lake Haiyaha - a must-see climb over huge boulders to glimpse a gorgeous blue-green alpine lake surrounded by jagged snow-capped peaks. We circled round past the turnoff to Mills Lake, with views of more peaks Photo shows an elevation sign post a short hike up from Photo shows an eastern entrance to Rocky Mountain through forests of spruce, fir and quaking aspens, along the dramatic the Alpine Visitor Center on the edge of the eastern side National Park in Colorado. Alberta Falls waterfall, back to the trailhead. of Rocky Mountain National Park. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 5 free things to see in Belfast, Northern Ireland

elfast may seem an unlikely destination for tourists, associated as it is with the Troubles. But the city has Bbeen transformed in recent years and is now a cosmo- politan place with plenty to see and do, much of it free.

Churches and street art Visit Catholic and Protestant churches on Sunday. It’s a free, safe, educational and potentially entertaining experience. You might even be invited for a tour or lunch back at someone’s home. Ian Paisley’s Martyrs Memorial, the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, is used to getting visitors for the 11 am Sunday service and greets strangers with great hospitality. In Catholic west Belfast, the twin-spired St Peter’s Cathedral offers a half-dozen weekend Masses, including evenings. (Note: Catholic services in Ireland tend to be informal, but visi- tors to Protestant services should dress nicely.) As you visit various neighborhoods, you may see street murals with very different themes, ranging from Irish cultural and Catholic references, to depictions of Picasso’s “Guernica” and expressions of solidarity with Palestinians and Cuban political prisoners. Murals in the Protestant loyalist heartland, called the Shankill, memorialize the community’s commitment to Northern Ireland’s union with Britain and the residents’ Ulster-Scots culture. Graffiti and scribbles on a peace wall on Cupar Way include messages from tourists offering good wishes to the city. File photo shows the Titanic House Visitor Centre reflected on Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland. — AP photos

Titanic quarter Cellars, tucked away in an alley in the city center and with a Belfast has reconnected with the story of its most famous history going back centuries (a group called the United creation, the Titanic. The area surrounding the defunct ship- Irishmen met here in 1798 to plot a failed rebellion against the yard where the ocean liner was built is now called Titanic English). Quarter. Various Titanic-themed attractions charge admission, but it costs nothing to marvel at the huge exterior of the University quarter Titanic Experience, which mimics the hulls of ocean liners. You The University Quarter remained a lively evening destina- can also walk on the huge slipways where the Titanic was built tion even in the darkest days of the Troubles. Next door to the and launched in 1911. In what was once the docks area, you’ll majestic red brick Queen’s University, founded by Queen find memorial sculptures and two gigantic yellow cranes Victoria, are the Botanic Gardens, with a glass house, a hot known locally as Samson and Goliath, surviving relics of the house, rose gardens and places where students can sunbathe shipyards that built the ill-fated liner. between lectures. It’s free, as is the Ulster Museum, which houses an ancient fish, the coelacanth, and the city’s resident St George’s market Egyptian mummy, Takabuti, among other treasures telling Every Friday and weekend this Victorian market offers a Ireland’s story from pre-history to the present day. — AP showcase for local crafters and food stalls. A long-derelict landmark, St George’s Market was given a new lease of life with a multi-million redevelopment in 1997. It will cost you to buy souvenirs or indulge in an Ulster fry (a big breakfast heavy on meat and bread), but there are free samples along with free music and it’s an ideal place to learn about local food and to have fun taking pictures. Bicyclists make their Irish music way along the Many pubs offer free traditional Irish music (though of Newtownards road course it’ll cost you to have a pint). Venues include Kelly’s past a loyalist mural .

The Botanic Gardens. A display of seafood at St George’s Market. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Albums and their covers are part of the eclectic collection of photos, records, and knick- An eclectic collection of rugs, tapestries, photos, records, albums and knick-knacks collected knacks collected by the late Paul MacLeod, an Elvis-obsessed man who turned his antebellum by the late Paul MacLeod. home into the offbeat museum called Graceland Too.—AP photos Vibe of Graceland Too changes after owner’s death

he Elvis Presley-congested rooms of a Mississippi. That makes the town a conven- north Mississippi roadside museum are ient stop for pilgrims traveling the area this Tmissing their kinetic buzz since owner week to commemorate Presley’s death at Paul MacLeod left the building. Dozens of Graceland on Aug 16, 1977. people toured Graceland Too on Tuesday, MacLeod’s adult daughters, Brenda hours after a private funeral for MacLeod. A Young and Shari MacLeod of Madison sign in the museum still bills him, without Heights, Michigan, mingled with Graceland regard to apostrophes or correct spelling, as Too tourists on Tuesday but said they hardly “The universes, galaxys, planets, worlds ulti- had a relationship with their father. The for- mate Elvis fan.” MacLeod died July 17, two mer auto assembly worker who left them days after police said he shot and killed and their mother when Brenda was 6 years another local man who tried to force his way old and Shari was 4. Shari MacLeod said it into the attraction. was intriguing to chat with people who had Since 1990, the perpetually caffeinated made their way to Holly Springs - many of MacLeod had guided intoxicated college them repeatedly, and many of them from students, international tourists and other long distances - to tour Graceland Too and adventure seekers through his floor-to-ceil- visit with her father. “They got to experience ing collection of Elvis ephemera in the ram- what me and my sister didn’t,” Shari shackle antebellum home. His daughters say MacLeod said. the collection - of dubious financial value - People who took the $5 tour at least three could be sold piecemeal to satisfy their times received lifetime membership cards father’s debts. from MacLeod, and that entitled them to Visitors lineup to see the eclectic collection of photos, records, albums and knick-knacks There are posters. Lamps. Life-sized card- free tours. Mike Butcher of Columbus, Ohio, collected by the late Paul MacLeod. board cutouts. Figurines. Curtains. Vinyl LP said he first visited Graceland Too shortly and 45 rpm records. Stacks of “TV Guide” after he and his wife, Dawn, were married by magazines with paperclips to show listings an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas 14 years of movies, talk shows or sitcoms with even ago. the most tangential mention of the King of “I found out quickly that 3 or 4 in the Rock ‘n’ Roll. “Paul was attempting to docu- morning was the best time to come here,” ment all references to Elvis Presley in all Butcher said. In his final years, MacLeod forms of media,” said Jeffrey Jenson, a film- worked on a “Jailhouse Rock” theme for the maker from Kingston, Jamaica, who spent backyard, including a homemade electric years working on a documentary about the chair. The sturdy wooden structure is paint- super fan. ed gray and studded with yellow clips strung Even with an eye-popping assortment of with strands of electric wire connected to memorabilia, tours of Graceland Too were nothing. Tourists can sit in the chair and never really about the stuff. They were about pose for fake execution photos, complete the frenetic energy and nonstop storytelling with an overturned metal colander for a hat. of MacLeod, who took care of business with Shari MacLeod laughed as she did that an intensity that many believed translated Tuesday, while Butcher pretended to throw into art. “Paul called it a ‘magnificent obses- a switch. sion,’” said Vernon Chadwick, a former It was, Butcher said, one of Paul English instructor who organized an interna- MacLeod’s favorite gags - he would point at tional Elvis Presley conference at the the upside-down horseshoe on the front of University of Mississippi in 1995. the chair and tell visitors: “‘You see that Graceland Too is not affiliated with horseshoe? You’re out of luck, man. You’re Presley’s final home, the Graceland mansion, out of luck.’”— AP about an hour away in Memphis, Tennessee. An eclectic collection of photos, records, albums and knick-knacks collected by the late Holly Springs is about halfway between Paul MacLeod. Memphis and Presley’s birth city of Tupelo, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Matthaios Potagas, second-generation owner of the ‘Palas’ Matthaios Potagas prepares to project a film. Matthaios Potagas checks the projector before a film. (‘Palace’), one of Athens’ oldest cinemas in the working-class district of Pangrati, prepares to project a film. — AFP photos Jasmine and smoke: The allure of Greek summer cinemas

whiff of jasmine, cigarette smoke and the furtive author of a comprehensive study on Greek movie theatres shadow of a cat darting across the silver screen- in the capital dating to 1896. “As few families had access to Asummertime in Greece means open-air cinema, a television at the time, this was the main source of enter- well-loved tradition for nearly a century. In the projection tainment,” he adds. “Land was cheap, so it wasn’t difficult room of “Palas” (“Palace”), one of Athens’ oldest movie the- to find a parking lot and a projector to get started,” Fyssas atres in the middle-class district of Pangrati, second-gener- said. Pangrati alone boasted 10 screens, recalls Dia Kotira, a Matthaios Potagas sells goods before the projection of a film ation owner Matthaios Potagas is a whirl of motion that retired singer and owner of the “Cine Oasis” in the district. at the open air cinema ‘Palace’. belies his gaunt 86-year-old frame and white beard. “Life changed with television, people became accus- As the latest group of moviegoers settle into their seats, tomed to staying at home,” says Dia, who lives in he checks the reel, readies the projector and throws a fresh Switzerland but returns to Greece every summer to help set of drinks into the cooler, ready to sell. “I do everything her sister Maria run the “Oasis”. “In the early eighties, we except act,” he jokes. His sister sells the tickets and he says reached 80,000 ticket sales. Today it’s more like 6,000,” she that for all purposes, he was “born in this cinema.” Potagas’ said. “But we have have regulars who remain faithful to us. father and uncles first opened the “Palas” in 1925, three In fact, many of these are gifts,” she adds, pointing to a years before his birth, and the place is essentially variety of trinkets decorating the cinema entrance. Dia sits unchanged to this day. Past the blue-and-red neon mar- at the ticket booth, beneath a portrait of John Wayne. quee at the entrance, a staircase leads to a leafy terrace Maria, who lives above the cinema, runs the bar. Their pro- with two long, narrow rows of folding chairs. “Lovers prefer jectionist Yiannis battles with the theatre’s Italian-made it here,” winks Potagas, who has been running the business projector, a 1965 antiquity operating on carbon arc lamps. since 1953 and hopes his grandson will carry the family “People prefer outdoor cinemas, everyone tells us,” torch. says Maria Kotira. “They wait for the summer to come and watch the films they missed during the winter. They truly Part of summer life love it.” In recent years, there have been efforts to spruce A man looks the program of films outside the open air cine- Open-air cinemas are part of summer life in Greece, a up the experience for moviegoers-several screens now ma. fact conceded by many indoor screen owners who prefer offer lounge chairs, cocktail bars and 3D technology. But to shutter shop and take a break until September. This the other essential elements of the open-air experience in year, there are around 90 terraces and gardens serving as Greek summer the sound of cicadas, the sweet smell of open-air movie theatres in the greater Athens area. honeysuckle and onlookers stealing a peek from neigh- “Summer cinema is romantic,” says Eleni Barka, a woman in boring balconies-remain the same. — AFP her thirties about to enjoy an early evening performance. “It’s a completely different experience to being in a dark room theatre. Here you can see the sky and the moon,” she tells AFP. “When the weather heats up in Greece, the first thing you think of is the open-air cinema,” she adds. “Consider that in the sixties, there were 600 open-air cinemas in Athens,” says Dimitris Fyssas, a journalist and

A film is projected in the screening booth of ‘Palas’ (‘Palace’), one of Athens’ oldest cinemas in the working-class district of Pangratiin.

Spectators watch a film in the screening booth of ‘Palas’ A film is projected in the screening booth of ‘Palas’ (‘Palace’). Film posters are hung in a room at the open air Cinema (‘Palace’). ‘Palace’. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 Pompeii: Dead city lives in ruins, in imagination

ompeii is the city of the long goodbye. In tect and repair the site as part of the “Great AD 62, a major earthquake toppled build- Pompeii” rehabilitation project, but progress has Pings, causing severe damage, harbinger of been slow. About one-third of the city is what was to come. Seventeen years later, in AD believed to be still buried, but a moratorium has 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii in been declared on new excavations as a conser- a swift and terrible destruction. Today, Pompeii vation measure. Earlier this year, about $2.7 mil- is under threat of a new extinction brought on lion was approved for routine maintenance after partly by exposure to the elements and the bur- heavy rains caused a wall to collapse and some den of foot traffic, 2.5 million pairs of feet per stones to fall at the Temple of Venus. year to be exact. But although death is Pompeii’s calling card, A few tips for your visit: it’s the glimpses of everyday life from long ago - Pompeii is on the Circumvesuviana train line, including ancient frescoes from a brothel - that about 30 minutes from Naples, and the Pompei truly fascinate. You can wander down streets Scavi stop will take you to an entrance. and stride across the stepping stones that kept Admission is 11 euros; for 20 euros you can get a the ancient residents’ feet dry during floods (no three-day pass to Pompeii and four other exca- need to soak those Roman sandals). You can see vation sites, the best known being the nearby first-century mosaic floors that put modern seaside town of Herculaneum. kitchen vinyl to shame, or peer at faded frescos Pompeii covers 163 acres (66 hectares), so a on a living room wall and imagine the house guidebook, map and comfortable shoes are filled with the sound of a lively dinner party. good ideas. Guided tours are available at the It’s even possible to come face to face with entrance for an additional fee (guides should the horror of long ago via the famous body casts display a license from the Region Campania), of volcanic victims. After the disaster, bodies but be aware tours vary in quality. Audio guides were encased in volcanic ash which hardened. are also available for rent. Meanwhile, the corpses decayed, leaving voids. Two millennia ago, taverns were liberally rep- In the mid-19th century Italian archaeologist resented in Pompeii. Today, there’s just one In this May 14, 2014 photo, a plaster cast captures the horror of a victim of the Giuseppi Fiorelli, a key figure in the excavation place: Autogrill cafeteria near the Forum. Not volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which in AD 79 destroyed the ancient and preservation of Pompeii, saw the voids and exactly Lucullan feasting, but they do sell pass- town of Pompeii, near modern-day Naples, Italy. —AP photos figured out how to pour plaster inside. The shell able panini. —AP was cracked open and the dead revealed. Many of Pompeii’s artifacts, including several body casts, can be found in the Naples National Archaeological Historical Museum. Also in the museum is the infamous “Secret Cabinet,” a col- lection of erotic art, mostly from Pompeii, which was censored for decades. Some erotica can still be found at the ruins, including the wall paint- ings of the House of the Mysteries. A poignant exhibit is the Garden of the Fugitives, where body casts of victims who were overcome as they fled are displayed behind glass. Other high- lights of the ruins include Lupanar, a brothel - wall frescoes here depict what was on offer back then - and the House of the Small Fountain, which features a gracious design. The amphithe- ater is generally a less-crowded spot if you’re looking for a break. What lies ahead for Pompeii is uncertain. The European Union has earmarked millions to pro- Tourists stroll past the remains of Pompeii’s forum.

Plaster casts show victims as they were overcome by the heat and toxic gases of the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

A fragment of a temple in Pompeii, near modern-day Naples, Italy. Partially restored columns stand in the old forum of Pompeii.

A gate keeps tourists away from sensitive areas of the ruins of Pompeii. The sun shines on ruined walls in Pompeii.

A narrow street leading through the ruined town of Pompeii. Carved lion heads and paws decorate a distinctive table base in a house in Pompeii. TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

CALIFORNIA: In this file photo, Apple employees walk between buildings at Apple head- CALIFORNIA: This June 24, 2009 file photo shows Apple headquarters in Cupertino. quarters in Cupertino. — AP photos Apple’s tech jobs held mostly by white, Asian men

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple primarily relies on ter, and leverage his leadership to make the white and Asian men for its top-paying tech- whole industry better.” nology jobs, feeding the perception that Apple has been an outspoken champion Hello Kitty on Silicon Valley’s economic boom is largely for diversity since Cook succeeded the late excluding women, blacks and Hispanics. A Steve Jobs as CEO nearly three years ago. breakdown released Tuesday by Apple Inc The company has trumpeted the phrase, showed 54 percent of the company’s tech- “Inclusion inspires innovation,” as a rallying space mission nology jobs in the US are filled by whites cry. Cook has reinforced that message on his and another 23 percent by Asians. Men Twitter account during the past two months TOKYO: Hello Kitty has been sent on her make up 80 percent of Apple’s technology with periodic posts supporting gay rights in first space mission, as Japan’s global icon of workforce throughout the world. The the workplace. cute celebrates its 40th birthday in extrater- iPhone and iPad maker didn’t provide racial As CEO, Cook also promoted Cuban- restrial fashion. A Kitty figure is now circling statistics for its global workforce of 98,000 American Eddy Cue to Apple’s executive the Earth aboard a small satellite equipped employees. team and hired a woman, Angela Ahrendts, with a digital message board, part of gov- Apple’s technological tilt toward white to oversee its stores. The Cupertino, ernment-funded project to attract private and Asian men is similar to situations previ- California-based company also added a sec- companies into the space business. The ini- ously disclosed during the past three ond woman, Sue Wagner, to its eight-per- tiative calls on fans to come up with short months by other major Silicon Valley com- son board of directors last month. Even with panies, including Google Inc, Yahoo Inc, those moves, 72 percent of Apple’s leader- messages that will be flashed on the board Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and LinkedIn Corp. ship is made up of men. sitting above the four centimeter (1.5 inch) Apple, the world’s most valuable compa- cat, according to Kitty’s creator Sanrio. ny, has the largest workforce among that Shortage of qualified women The white feline with a red bow sits by a group. A significant chunk of Apple’s $575 Including non-tech jobs, Apple appears window looking back at Earth, with the billion market value has enriched Apple pro- to be doing a slightly better job employing board displaying messages of up to 180 grammers and other technology workers blacks and Hispanics than its peers. That characters in English and Japanese. “It can who received stock options to supplement may have to do with the thousands of sales be a message that you want to send from their salaries, which routinely exceed jobs at its 427 stores around the world, space to someone special on Earth, or it can $100,000. including 254 US locations. Overall, 11 per- be something more general,” a spokesman The tech companies have been sharing cent of the employees in Apple’s US work- for Tokyo-based Sanrio said yesterday. The the demographic data that they compile for force are Hispanic and 7 percent are black. satellite was launched in June from Russia. This handout picture taken on August 7, the US Equal Employment Opportunity By comparison, 3 percent of Google’s US The moon-faced mouthless white cat first 2014 and released from Japanese charac- Commission under pressure from the Rev. workers are Hispanic and 2 percent are appeared in 1974 on a coin purse in Japan ter giant Sanrio on August 12 shows Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow PUSH coali- black. At Facebook, 4 percent of its US work- and has since built up a worldwide fan base, Snario’s famous cat character Hello Kitty tion. Jackson has been focusing on the tech ers are Hispanic and 2 percent are black. appearing on tens of thousands of prod- sitting in Japanese satellite “Hodoyoshi- companies because the industry has Technology executives generally have ucts, from handbags to aircraft, in some 130 3” in space, while. Earth is seen in the win- become a catalyst for new jobs and wealth traced the scarcity of women, blacks and countries. — AFP dow. —AFP as consumers buy more gadgets and spend Hispanics in computer programming and more time immersed in digital services. engineering to flaws in the US education system. Apple, Google and others are Company’s data financing efforts to steer more women and 50 Cent, Intel team up on Like its peers, Apple acknowledged its minorities to math and science in high workforce isn’t as diverse as it should be. school. heart-monitor headphones Apple CEO Tim Cook expressed his disap- A shortage of qualified women and pointment in a letter posted alongside the minority candidates for technology jobs SAN FRANCISCO: Rap star 50 Cent and US of SMS Audio, said the new device means company’s data. Lower-level executives of explains some, but not all, of the industry’s computing giant Intel are teaming up on a the company is “the first to provide this lev- the other tech companies had addressed bias toward white and Asian men, said new line of headphones that double as el of integrated, seamless and helpful bio- diversity when they disclosed the composi- Marianne Cooper, a sociologist at Stanford heart rate monitors. With the company SMS metric information to inspire customers to tions of their workforces. “Let me say up University’s Clayman Institute and author Audio backed by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, advance their fitness experiences.” front: As CEO, I’m not satisfied with the of a new book called “Cut Adrift: Families in Intel will produce the so-called fitness mon- Intel said the listening devices will “bring numbers on this page,” Cook wrote. “They’re Insecure Times.” She thinks most tech com- itoring biometric in-ear headphones. The smart exercise capabilities to athletes of all not new to us, and we’ve been working hard panies haven’t done enough to attract headphones will integrate biometric sen- levels later this year.” Michael Bell, corpo- for quite some time to improve them.” women and minorities or make the field sors to allow users to collect fitness data rate vice president at Intel, said the compa- Jackson said he called Cook Tuesday to more welcoming. “The tech boom has and “achieve peak physical performance,” ny “is focused on driving innovation in the congratulate him for “stepping up to the been something to behold in terms of according to an Intel statement Thursday. wearable technology segment by partner- plate” to discuss the data. “It shows his per- being an economic engine, but more peo- It noted that “an energy-harvesting ing with lifestyle brands like SMS Audio that sonal commitment and his leadership,” ple need to be brought along that ride,” audio jack” eliminates the need for extra complement our technology and design Jackson said in a statement. “I urge him to Cooper said. — AP batteries or chargers. Brian Nohe, president expertise.” — AP take further bold steps to make Apple bet- TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 Apple bans use of 2 chemicals in iPhone assembly

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is banning the use of two potentially hazardous chemicals during the final assem- bly of iPhones and iPads as part of the company’s latest commitment to protect the factory workers who build its trendy devices. The decision announced Wednesday comes five months after the activist groups China Labor Watch and Green America launched a petition drive calling on Apple Inc. to abandon the use of benzene and n-hexane in the production of iPhones. A four- month investigation at 22 factories found no evidence that benzene and n-hexane endangered the roughly 500,000 people who work at the plants, according to Apple. No traces of the chemicals were detected at 18 of the factories and the amounts found at the other four factories fell within acceptable safety levels, the Cupertino, California, company said. Nevertheless, Apple decided to order its suppliers to stop using benzene and n-hexane during the final assembly of iPhones, iPads, iPods, Mac computers and various accessories. What’s more, Apple is requiring all its factories to test all substances to ensure that they don’t contain benzene or n-hexane, even if the chemi- TORONTO: This undated photo made available by Ryerson University on Thursday shows hitchBOT in a car. — AP cals aren’t listed in the ingredients. Benzene is a car- cinogen that can cause leukemia if not handled proper- ly and n-hexane has been linked to nerve damage. The substances are often found in solvents used to clean Hitchhiking robot machinery and electronics. Apple is still allowing use of the two chemicals dur- ing the early production phases of its products - activi- travels across Canada ties that primarily take place at hundreds of other facto- ries besides the ones responsible for the final assembly of the devices. As an additional precaution, Apple is TORONTO: Going my way? A talking robot that’s been Columbia. lowering the maximum amount of benzene and n- hitchhiking rides from strangers to travel from Canada’s The robot’s co-creator David Smith, who teaches in the hexane that can present in the materials used during east to west coast is nearing the end of its journey. department of communication studies at Ontario’s those earlier phases of production. HitchBOT, a robot created by a team of Ontario-based McMaster University, said Thursday that the creators want- “This is doing everything we can think of to do to communications researchers studying the relationship ed to situate robotics and artificial technologies into crack down on chemical exposures and to be respon- between people and technology, has used his garden- unlikely scenarios and push the limits of what robotics is sive to concerns,” Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of gloved thumb to traverse the Great White North. He’s trav- capable of. Smith said its final destination is Victoria, British environmental initiatives, said in an interview with The eled from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Kelowna, British Columbia, which it should be reaching soon. — AP Associated Press. “We think it’s really important that we show some leadership and really look toward the future by trying to use greener chemistries.” All but four of the final-assembly factories affected by Apple’s new guide- New health apps, games reward lines are operated by third-party contractors in China, where the company has faced criticism for allowing patients who take medications oppressive labor conditions that have sickened some workers and driven others to suicide. Apple maintains that its periodic audits of the overseas factories are From smart pill bottles to smartphone apps weeding out abusive labor practices. The other factories covered by the final-assembly SAN FRANCISCO: A group of ex-gaming industry executives on track by making them accountable to family-members. ban against benzene and n-hexane are in Brazil, Ireland, say they can use their design chops to solve a major health Oberfest expects to see a spike in health apps in the wake of Texas and California. “This is a good first step,” said challenge: Sick patients neglecting to take their medication Apple Inc announcing its HealthKit service this June. “No one Elizabeth O’Connell, Green America’s campaign director and costing employers and insurance providers billions of dol- has cracked the code-yet,” said Carla Brenner, a former con- America. “I hope they will continue to remove the most lars. Jason Oberfest began thinking about applying game sultant for pharma companies such as Eli Lilly and Gilead dangerous chemicals to human health or find ways to design tricks to complex medical problems in 2011, while at Sciences. But Brenner said drug companies are optimistic reduce the exposure.” Green America’s petition drive mobile game company ngmoco. Oberfest built the app to about these new smartphone apps. engage users in their health, but he maintained some of the collected nearly 23,000 signatures urging Apple to most viral aspects of mobile games, such as gifts, and a feature Covered entity phase out benzene and n-hexane. to see how friends are faring in their treatment. The app also “Medication adherence is a big issue for pharma,” she said. Neither chemical is unique to Apple’s manufacturing includes a drug database and sends refill alerts to patients. For game makers, entering health care means navigating pri- process. They are also used in the production of elec- “Drug adherence may not be sexy, but it’s a $300 billion-a- vacy and regulatory requirements, as well as occasionally con- tronics products sold by other large technology compa- year problem,” said Oberfest. An analysis in the Annals of flicting demands of payers, providers and pharmaceutical nies that have also been criticized for their practices. Internal Medicine found that Americans are failing to comply companies. Moving forward, Oberfest will collaborate with Low levels of benzene are also found in gasoline, ciga- with prescriptions and it is costing the US health system drug makers, but he is “cautious” to take their money. The rettes, paints, glues and detergents. Apple’s new rules between $100 billion and $289 billion annually. The study company is amassing information about health, but claims to governing benzene and n-hexane hopefully will pres- found that up to 50 percent of medications for chronic disease meet the standards of the Health Insurance Portability and sure other gadget makers to adopt similar policies, said are not taken as prescribed. Mango Health has raised more Accountability Act, meaning that personally identifiable Gary Cook, senior information technology analyst for than $8 million from prominent investors, including Kleiner health information isn’t shared with a covered entity, like a environmental rights group Greenpeace. Perkins partner Bing Gordon and Zynga cofounder Mark health provider. “This shows Apple can use its market muscle and Pincus. From smart pill bottles to smartphone apps, entrepre- Instead, Oberfest is reaching out to employers and hospi- influence to identify cleaner practices,” Cook said. Even neurs have been experimenting for years with ways to moti- tals to potentially sell them custom or premium versions. But vate patients to take their meds. while game-like health apps may work with women, who so, Apple’s factories still rely on a long list of toxins that Vancouver, Canada’s Ayogo Health draws tactics from make up the largest group of mobile gamers, and youth, Skip could harm people and the environment, Cook added. game design by using points as indications of progress. One of Fleshman, a health investor at Asset Management Ventures, “It would be great to see that list get shorter, not just in its games, “Monster Manor”, is targeted to children with dia- warned that they may fail to reach a majority of other patients. terms of protecting worker safety but in terms of pro- betes. Omri Shor, chief executive of MediSafe, an Israeli med- “I doubt this would be effective for people who can’t afford to tecting air quality and water quality.” — AP ication management company, focuses on keeping patients take drugs or suffer from side effects,” he said. — Reuters TV listings SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

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Garvin 07:25 Mutant Planet 14:55 Savage Family Diggers 10:30 X-Machines 04:10 Jungle Junction 19:20 Violetta 20:20 Chopped 08:15 The Magic Of The Big Blue 15:20 Dual Survival 11:20 Moon Machines 04:20 Jungle Junction 20:05 African Cats 21:10 Chopped 09:10 Treehouse Masters 16:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier 12:10 Unchained Reaction 04:35 Jungle Junction 20:30 Jessie 22:00 Throwdown With Bobby Flay 10:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 17:00 Fast N’ Loud 13:00 How Does That Work? 04:50 Jungle Junction 20:50 Dog With A Blog 22:25 Throwdown With Bobby Flay 10:35 Shamwari: A Wild Life 17:50 Idris Elba: King Of Speed 13:30 What’s That About? 05:00 Art Attack 21:15 Mako Mermaids 22:50 Pizza Cuz 11:00 Animal Precinct 18:40 Fifth Gear 14:20 Mythbusters 05:25 Art Attack 21:40 Austin & Ally 23:15 Pizza Cuz 19:30 Gold Rush 05:50 Mouk 11:55 Animal Airport 15:10 Scrapheap Challenge 22:00 Good Luck Charlie 23:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 20:20 How It’s Made 06:00 Austin & Ally 12:20 Breed All About It 16:00 X-Machines 22:25 A.N.T. 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Kardashians 18:20 Bad Dog 04:00 Killing Lincoln 19:15 Tanked 21:50 Alien Mysteries 10:15 Liv And Maddie 00:55 Chelsea Lately 00:20 The Gadget Show 06:00 Family Guns 22:40 Human Nature 10:40 Meet The Robinsons 01:25 Style Star 20:10 Treehouse Masters 07:00 Brain Games 00:45 How Does That Work? 23:30 Moon Machines 01:50 Style Star 21:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 07:30 Brain Games 02:20 Keeping Up With The 21:35 Shamwari: A Wild Life 08:00 Diggers Kardashians 22:00 Tanked 08:30 Diggers 03:15 Extreme Close-Up 22:55 Treehouse Masters 09:00 Dangerous Encounters 03:40 Extreme Close-Up 23:50 Animal Cops Miami 10:00 Britain’s Underworld 04:10 E!ES 11:00 Predator CSI 05:05 E!ES 12:00 A Traveler’s Guide To The 06:00 E! Entertainment Special Planets 07:50 Style Star 13:00 Air Crash Investigation 08:20 E! 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True Hollywood Story 09:55 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery 20:00 Eric And Jessie: Game On 10:20 Cash In The Attic 20:30 Eric And Jessie: Game On 10:50 Cash In The Attic 21:00 Giuliana & Bill 00:20 Hippo vs Croc 11:35 Cash In The Attic 22:00 Fashion Police 01:10 Monster Fish 12:30 Bargain Hunt 22:30 E! News 02:00 Brutal Killers 13:15 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 23:30 Chelsea Lately 02:50 Crocpocalypse 14:00 Simply Italian 03:45 Hooked 14:25 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery 04:40 Built For The Kill 14:55 Cash In The Attic 05:35 Brutal Killers 15:25 Cash In The Attic 06:30 Crocpocalypse 16:10 Cash In The Attic 07:25 Hooked 17:05 Simply Italian 08:20 Mudcats 00:05 Fast Food Gone Global 17:30 Bargain Hunt 09:15 Crocodile King 00:55 Grill It! With Bobby Flay 18:15 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 10:10 Wild Untamed Brazil 01:20 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 19:10 Simply Italian 11:05 Killer Shots 01:45 Mexican Made Easy 19:35 Come Dine With Me 12:00 Shark Men 02:10 Mexican Made Easy 20:30 Come Dine With Me 12:55 World’s Deadliest Animals 02:35 Siba’s Table 21:20 Come Dine With Me 13:50 Hippo vs Croc 03:00 Siba’s Table 22:15 Bargain Hunt 14:45 Hooked 03:25 Guy’s Big Bite 23:00 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:40 Mudcats 03:50 Iron Chef America 23:50 Simply Italian 16:35 Croc Ganglands 04:40 Chopped 17:30 Wild Untamed Brazil 05:30 Unwrapped 18:25 Hidden Worlds 05:50 Tastiest Places To Chowdown 19:20 World’s Deadliest Animals 06:10 Chopped 20:10 Hippo vs Croc 07:00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 21:00 Hooked 07:25 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 21:50 Mudcats 00:30 Street Outlaws 07:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 22:40 Croc Ganglands 01:20 The Fighters 08:15 Iron Chef America 23:30 Wild Untamed Brazil 02:10 Saint Hoods 09:05 Barefoot Contessa 03:00 Fast N’ Loud 09:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes 03:50 Storage Hunters 10:20 Easy Chinese: San Francisco 04:15 Container Wars 04:40 Savage Family Diggers 10:45 Fast Food Gone Global 05:05 How It’s Made 11:35 Grill It! With Bobby Flay 05:30 How Stuff’s Made 12:00 Reza, Spice Prince Of India 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon TAKEN 2 ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 12:25 Charly’s Cake Angels Stewart TV listings SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

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Joe: Retaliation-PG15 11:30 Storage Wars 03:00 Baby Daddy 23:00 The Mindy Project 08:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 04:00 Just Like Heaven-PG15 14:00 Too Late To Say Goodbye-PG15 12:00 Counting Cars 03:30 Parks And Recreation 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 16:00 Trouble With The Curve-PG15 12:30 Counting Cars 09:00 Almost Human 06:00 Delirious-PG15 04:00 My Boys 18:00 The Guilt Trip-PG15 13:00 Mountain Men 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 10:00 Emmerdale 08:00 Romy And Michelle’s High School Reunion-PG15 20:00 Taken 2-PG15 14:00 Counting Cars Jimmy Fallon 11:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 22:00 The Awakening-18 14:30 Counting Cars 05:30 My Name Is Earl 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy 10:00 The Guilt Trip-PG15 00:00 The Carrie Diaries 12:00 Hotel Transylvania-PG 15:00 Counting Cars 06:00 The War At Home 01:00 Chicago Fire 13:00 The Blacklist 14:00 Beauty Shop-PG15 15:30 Counting Cars 06:30 Friends 02:00 The Newsroom 14:00 Live Good Morning America 16:00 American Restoration 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 16:00 Romy And Michelle’s High 03:00 C.S.I. 16:00 Almost Human 17:00 Pawn Stars 08:00 My Boys School Reunion-PG15 04:00 Covert Affairs 17:00 Grey’s Anatomy 02:00 Trans World 17:30 Pawn Stars 08:30 My Name Is Earl 18:00 Splash-PG 05:00 Switched At Birth 03:00 Super Rugby 18:00 Storage Wars 09:00 Baby Daddy 18:00 The Blacklist 20:00 Nick And Norah’s Infinite 06:00 The Carrie Diaries 05:00 Super Rugby 18:30 Storage Wars 09:30 Trophy Wife 19:00 Almost Human Playlist-PG15 07:00 Last Resort 07:00 Golfing World 19:00 American Restoration 10:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 20:00 Grey’s Anatomy 22:00 The House Bunny-PG15 08:00 Scandal 08:00 International Rugby Union 20:00 Counting Cars 10:30 Friends 09:00 Chicago Fire 21:00 The Blacklist 10:00 ICC Cricket 360 20:30 Counting Cars 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 10:00 Switched At Birth 22:00 House Of Cards 10:30 Live Super Rugby 21:00 Pawn Stars Jimmy Fallon 11:00 Covert Affairs 23:00 Rescue Me 12:30 Live NRL Premiership 21:30 Storage Wars 12:00 The War At Home 12:00 Emmerdale 15:00 Super Rugby 22:00 American Pickers 12:30 My Boys 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 23:00 Storage Wars 13:00 My Name Is Earl 14:00 Scandal 01:00 Promised Land-PG15 17:00 Trans World 13:30 Friends 15:00 The Carrie Diaries 03:00 The Philly Kid-PG15 18:00 ICC Cricket 360 23:30 Storage Wars 14:00 Parks And Recreation 16:00 Emmerdale 05:00 Abandoned-PG15 18:30 Total Rugby 14:30 Trophy Wife 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 07:00 Oh Christmas Tree-PG 19:00 Golfing World 00:00 The Apparition-PG15 15:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 18:00 Scandal 09:00 Darling Companion-PG15 20:00 Live Super Rugby 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 19:00 Switched At Birth 02:00 F/X-PG15 11:00 Abandoned-PG15 22:00 Live PGA Tour Stewart 20:00 Covert Affairs 04:00 Hellboy: Sword Of Storms-PG 13:00 Bernie-PG15 16:00 The Colbert Report 21:00 The Client List 06:00 Taken 2-PG15 15:00 Riddle-PG15 00:10 Oprah’s Next Chapter 16:30 The War At Home 22:00 Killer Women 08:00 Excess Baggage-PG15 17:00 Darling Companion-PG15 01:00 Mob Wives 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 01:50 Hoarding: Buried Alive 23:00 C.S.I. 10:00 Terminal Velocity-PG15 19:00 96 Minutes-PG15 18:00 The Simpsons 00:00 Trans World Sport 02:40 I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant 12:00 The Expatriate-PG15 21:00 Citizen Gangster-PG15 18:30 Parks And Recreation 23:00 Neds-PG15 01:00 PGA European Tour 03:05 Mob Wives 19:00 Enlisted 14:00 The Apparition-PG15 07:00 Premier League Darts 03:55 Long Island Medium 19:30 The Michael J. 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ou walk into a grocery store expect- ing to buy only the items on your Y list, yet you leave with a cart full of extras you may not really need-and a con- siderably lighter wallet. An accident-or lapse in judgment? Actually, the store set- up is likely to blame. “You want to get in and out quickly, but the folks in charge want you to linger as long as possible, spend as much as possible, and ideally spend it on the highest-profit items,” explains Ali Benjamin, co-author of The Cleaner Plate Club: Raising Healthy Eaters, One Meal at a Time. How, exactly, do they make you stick around and load up on items you never meant to buy? Here are eight ways to guarantee a healthier (and cheaper) experience every time.

1. Skip the super-sized cart “We don’t feel like we are done shop- ping until we have some sort of visual cue- like a full cart,” says Benjamin. So the trick is to look at the cart like a dinner plate. “Choose the smallest cart you can,” says Diane Henderiks, RD, a personal chef and culinary nutritionist in Oakhurst, NJ. “It’s like choosing a smaller dinner plate-only here you’ll save calories and money.” Or, ditch the cart entirely. “Our studies from Project Brandwashed show that a typical family needs only what they can carry,” says Martin Lindstrom, author ofBrandwashed Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy. “I tell families to have kids help carry items.”

2. Leave credit cards at home Cash is king when it comes to avoiding impulse buys. “I know that I spend way less when I use cash rather than credit,” says Benjamin. And the research proves her right-Lindstrom advises shoppers to 4. Listen to the music the cart can drive you to distracted buying, ple items like milk, eggs, and toilet tissue use a 100-dollar note for grocery purchas- Typically, the store manager is piping in so you miss the best values. so that you come away with the impression es. “We find it emotionally harder to break music to keep you on her schedule. “Slow that the whole store is cheaper. But they a larger bill, so we spend less,” says hours mean slow music-they want you to 6. Beware of bulk mark up other items by 10 percent because Lindstrom. “We don’t have an emotional linger and buy; fast music at the busy hour “Stores advertise pricing in a way that you’ve already decided you’re getting a connection with numbers on a credit card means they want moving, moving, buying,” encourages you to buy in bulk,” says Janel better value in that store statement.” says Ginzberg. “And it’s not unusual to Ovrut Funk, MS RD LDN, a Boston-based die- hear, say, Spanish music if salsa is on sale.” titian who writes eatwellwithjanelblog.com. 8. Look all over the place 3. Question health halos Tote your own tunes to set your pace, but “Just because you can purchase 10 jars of Impulse items are stocked at eye level You may not read labels with as critical opt for pop or house music-really! “If you’re tomato sauce for $10 does not mean you on the shelves-so if you’re hunting for an eye in a store like Whole Foods as in, using a music player and headset, it have to buy all 10 at once! You can still get healthy choices, or even a lesser-known say, Super Target, says Rabbi Issamar removes you from sensory stimuli,” says the sale price when only buying one jar. This organic or all-natural brand (that doesn’t Ginzberg, president of Monetized Intellect Linstrom, “and if you play music you don’t can prevent you from overbuying and, in have the bucks to buy primo placement), Consulting, Inc, in Brooklyn, NY. “The like at a fast beat, it will shorten your trip- turn, overeating, especially when it comes avert your eyes from their natural sightline, atmosphere in Whole Foods Market makes and make you shop in a more rational way. to sale item foods that never should have says Ginzberg. “A store like Walmart marks you feel like everything in the store must made it into your grocery cart to begin down items on the end cap to draw you be healthy,” he notes. “In Target, you’ll 5. Shop alone with!” down the aisle too,” he notes. “Once you look at the calorie count on the same Whenever possible, leave the kids at are there, they don’t have any reason to package of granola you buy without think- home. Even if they’re not begging for their 7. Read every price tag give you the best price.” ing in a ‘healthy’ grocery store.” favorite goodies, parenting while pushing Many markets have lower prices on sta- www.prevention.com

Greetings Pets and animal rescue in Kuwait appy birthday to Joshua hy should we help animals when there are so many Claudia Farkas Al-Rashoud will be presenting along with a who is studying in people in need? What is the stance of Islam regard- representative from Protecting Animal Welfare Society HIntegrated Indian School ing the treatment of animals? What can you do to Kuwait (PAWS), who will be talking about their challenging Kuwait, Abbassiya. W Congratulations! Best wishes help Kuwait’s strayed, abandoned, and abused animals? Join work tomorrow at 7 pm. We hope you can join us and we from brother Dr Emmanuel, sis- us for an informative and compelling discussion of these thank you for caring. ters Lydia and Rachael, dad issues and more. If you would like to start helping animals in The TIES Center is the social and educational hub for David and mom Anna. Blessings need right away, please bring along some dog or cat food as English speaking Muslims in Kuwait. For more information, from National Evangelical a donation to our local animal shelter. Guest speaker, Claudia please call 25231015 or e-mail [email protected] or visit Church of Kuwait. Farkas Al-Rashoud, is photojournalist and animal rescuer. www.tiescenter.net. WHAT’S ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 Make a healthy grocery list in minutes How a little planning goes a long way in keeping weight under check

ealthy eating doesn’t start in your that doesn’t contain hydrogenated oils) kitchen. It begins when you wheel Tips: Hyour cart down the aisles of your local If you like whole-fat cheeses and butter, supermarket. Supermarkets can be daunting you don’t have to deprive yourself. Just use places. Cookies, candy, and ice cream beckon smaller portions. Buy strong-flavored cheeses at every corner. So that you don’t get seduced like Parmesan or goat cheese, so that you can by the snack foods and make impulse pur- use a smaller amount without sacrificing chases you’ll later regret, never venture into taste. Don’t buy pre-sweetened or flavored your local supermarket without first arming yogurts, which can be very high in sugar and yourself with a healthy grocery list. calories. Instead, buy plain yogurt and add Having a well-organized, well-planned gro- your own flavor with a tablespoon of fresh cery list will not only get you in and out of the fruit or jam. store quickly (a time management plus), it also will keep your healthy eating plan on 9. Snacks and crackers track. It’s a lot harder to splurge on junk food On your list: if it’s not in your pantry and fridge. To help Whole-grain crackers you navigate the endless aisles and shelves of Dried fruit: apricots, figs, prunes, raisins, your local supermarket, here are some tips for cranberries creating a healthy, well-stocked grocery list. In Nuts: almonds, walnuts, peanuts pecans, just a few minutes, you’ll have a blueprint for pistachios (roasted and unsalted) a cart full of groceries that won’t bust your Seeds: sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, budget or diet. whole or ground flaxseeds Peanut butter, almond, or soy butter Your grocery list: Aisle by aisle Hummus To maximize your time management in the Dark chocolate pieces (containing more supermarket and the healthfulness of every- than 70 percent cocoa) thing you buy, have a plan in place. Organize Hot pepper sauce tips: (without added sugar) your grocery shopping list by aisle. Follow Many sauces and condiments are surpris- Frozen cooked shrimp these tips for filling that list with the healthi- ingly high in sodium and sugar. Look for sug- Pre-portioned, low-fat ice cream or frozen 10. Produce est foods from each aisle. ar-free varieties. Keep track of sodium levels, yogurt On your list: especially if you are supposed to be restrict- Whole-grain waffles Fruit: bananas, apples, oranges, mangoes, 1. Bakery and bread on your list: ing sodium in your diet. Replace mayonnaise Whole-grain vegetable pizza strawberries, blueberries Make sure the wheat bread you’re buying and other high-fat condiments with fat-free Tips: Vegetables: sweet potatoes, baby spinach, is really wheat. If “refined wheat flour” is the options like salsa and hot sauce. Buy frozen vegetables to throw into soups, broccoli, carrot sticks first ingredient, you’re essentially getting casseroles, and stews. Tips: souped-up white or refined bread. Look for 5. Cereals and breakfast foods Low-fat frozen yogurt blended with frozen Look for a large variety of colorful fruits the words “whole wheat” or “whole wheat On your list: fruit makes a quick, healthy smoothie. and vegetables. They contain the most nutri- flour” as the first ingredient on the label. Whole-grain or multi-grain cereals ents. Buy fruits and vegetables that are in sea- Whole wheat flour contains the bran and Steel-cut or instant oatmeal 8. Dairy, Cheese, and Eggs son and locally grown. They taste better, and germ of the grain. Choose whole-grain breads Whole-grain cereal bars On your list: cost less. If you’re busy, buy pre-cut fruits and that contain at least 3 to 4 grams of fiber and Skim or low-fat milk or soymilk vegetables. They’re easier to cook with, and have fewer than 100 calories per slice. Fat-free or low-fat yogurt eat. 6. Soups and canned goods Fat-free or low-fat cottage cheese 2. Meat and Seafood On your list: Low-fat cheese or string-cheese 11. Drinks On your list: Diced or whole peeled tomatoes snacks On your list: Skinless chicken or turkey breasts Tuna or salmon packed in water Eggs or egg substitutes Unsweetened green and flavored teas Ground turkey or chicken Low-fat soups and broths Firm tofu Calcium-fortified orange juice Salmon, halibut, trout, mackerel Black, kidney, soy, or garbanzo beans; Butter or spread (a variety Sparkling water Reduced-sodium lunch meat (turkey, roast lentils, split peas Tips: beef) Diced green chilies If you buy juice, make sure it’s 100 per- Tips: Tips: cent fruit juice and not a “juice drink,” or “- If you buy red meat, choose the leanest Canned vegetables and soups are ade.” Instead of buying soda, make your own cuts-ones with very little visible marbling. Eat good hiding places for sodium (popular- healthier version by adding fruit juice to ground chicken or ground turkey breast ly known as salt). Check the labels for sparkling water. instead of ground beef. These are much lower lower-sodium varieties. When www.webmd.com in fat. Or try tofu or vegetarian meat substi- buying canned fruits, tutes. Get creative with the condiments and choose brands that are you’ll get flavor without the fat. Measure out packed in juice, rather your meat and chicken. Protein portion sizes than syrup. should be about the size of a deck of cards. By using your plate as your guide, in a balanced 7. Frozen foods meal, proteins should be about a quarter of On your list: the plate. Frozen vegetables: broccoli, spinach, peas 3. Pasta and rice and carrots (no sauce) On your list: Frozen fruit: Brown rice strawberries, Whole-wheat or whole-grain pasta raspberries, blueber- 4. Oils, sauces, salad dressings, ries and condiments On your list: Tomato sauce Mustard Barbecue sauce Salsa Extra virgin olive oil or canola oil, nonfat cooking spray Jarred capers and olives HEALTH SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Ghana cholera outbreak at ‘staggering’ level

ACCRA: A cholera outbreak in Ghana’s capital has outbreak was “staggering”. “It is a total outbreak and Dramani Mahama’s administration has built new roads reached “staggering” levels, an official said yesterday, the cases in Accra keep increasing daily,” Otoo said. and facilities around the capital, residents in neighbor- blaming poor sanitation and overcrowded health facil- “We are in a pandemic situation and doing our best to hoods hardest-hit by cholera often defecate on nearby ities for the rapid spread of the disease. Cholera has deal with it.” beaches and buy from merchants selling food next to killed more than 40 people in Accra since June and Cholera causes diarrhoea, dehydration and death if overflowing gutters. “(People) should wash their infected 3,100 others, according to the Ghana Health left untreated. It is transmitted by ingesting food or hands with tap water and soap and if possible avoid Service. While the sprawling city has been hit by drink contaminated with human waste. Otoo puts the handshakes at public gatherings,” Otoo said. “People cholera before, the director of health services for the blame for the outbreak on poor sanitation in Accra’s continue to buy food near choked drains and public greater Accra region, Linda Van Otoo, said the current more impoverished districts. While President John toilets and that is dangerous.” —AFP

Ebola outbreak moving faster Health workers make ultimate sacrifice to than medics can handle: MSF battle deadly Ebola Scale of the epidemic underestimated KAILAHUN: Placed in a disinfected coffin and driven along- side two bagged bodies on a flatbed truck, Modupeh Cole is buried without ceremony, tribute or tears, far away from his GENEVA: The Ebola outbreak that has er spread to Nigeria. WHO declared a ly untested treatments in efforts to com- loved ones. The eminent doctor, a specialist of some renown claimed more than 1,000 lives in west global health emergency last week-far bat the disease. Hard-hit nations are at the Connaught Hospital in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, Africa is moving faster than aid organiza- too late, according to MSF, which awaiting consignments of up to 1,000 had been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus less than two tions can handle, the medical charity months ago warned that the outbreak doses of the barely tested drug ZMapp weeks earlier. Examining a patient who, colleagues say, was MSF said yesterday. The warning came a was out of control. Liu said while Guinea from the United States, which has raised the first case of Ebola in the hospital’s 102-year history, he day after the World Health Organization was the initial epicenter of the disease, hopes of saving hundreds. Canada says had no idea of the danger he was in. said the scale of the epidemic had been the pace there has slowed, with con- between 800 and 1,000 doses of a vac- Cole, who was in his mid-fifties, began to complain of a vastly underestimated and that “extraor- cerns now focused on the other coun- cine called VSV-EBOV, which has shown fever and severe headaches shortly after seeing his patient. dinary measures” were needed to con- tries. “If we don’t stabilize Liberia, we’ll promise in animal research but never He was transferred to the specialist Ebola treatment centre tain the killer disease. The UN health never stabilize the region,” Liu said. been tested on humans, would also be run by global aid charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) in agency said the death toll from the worst Concerns have also centered on the distributed through the WHO. MSF’s Liu the eastern town of Kailahun. Despite benefiting from outbreak of the disease in four decades Nigerian cases, which are in Lagos, sub- warned against focusing on drugs. “In among the best care and expertise on Ebola available any- had now climbed to 1,069 in the four Saharan Africa’s largest city. “Right now the short term, they’re not going to help where in the world, he was dead within a few days. afflicted countries, Guinea, Liberia, we have no past experience with in that much, because we don’t have many “(Connaught) is a place where they see general patients, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. urban setting,” said Liu. drugs available. We need to a get a reali- patients with all sorts of conditions,” says Samuel Patrick “It is deteriorating faster, and moving ty check on how this could impact the Massaquoi, a one-time protege of Cole and now the medical faster, than we can respond to,” MSF Athletes barred curve of the epidemic,” she said. superintendent at the Kailahun Government Hospital. “And (Doctors Without Borders) chief Joanne As countries around the world stepped The last days of an Ebola victim can when we had the outbreak, especially adult patients, they Liu told reporters in Geneva, saying it up measures to contain the disease, the be grim, characterized by agonizing will hide their signs and symptoms-they will not tell you how muscular pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and they feel. “They will present to you in any one of these hospi- catastrophic hemorrhaging described as tals in the country saying ‘I have malaria, I have typhoid’. That “bleeding out” as vital organs break was how it happened.” down. The cost of tackling the virus is also threatening to exact a severe eco- Surgical precision nomic toll on the already impoverished The last days of an Ebola victim can be grim, with the west African nations hit by the epidemic. most severe cases succumbing to agonizing muscular pain, In Nigeria, in particular, a more serious vomiting, diarrhoea and catastrophic haemorrhaging outbreak could severely disrupt its oil described as “bleeding out” as their organs break down. and gas industry if international compa- Despite the best efforts of health professionals at MSF and nies are forced to evacuate staff and shut elsewhere, there is little dignity for victims of Ebola, even in local operations, rating agency Moody’s death. Belongings must be burned and often burials are wit- warned. nessed only by grave diggers. “Families often stay away from burials with Ebola, but they can come later because we keep ‘Hostility to health workers’ a list of who is buried and where,” says the manager of the Sierra Leone’s chief medical officer health ministry crew in charge of interring Cole. “We contact- Brima Kargbo this week spoke of the ed the doctor’s family but they said to go ahead straight risks facing health workers fighting the away.” Ebola, classified as one of the world’s most virulent epidemic, which has killed 32 nurses and contagious pathogens, spreads through contact with since May as well as an eminent doctor, bodily fluids and victims are particularly contagious in the of a total of more than 330 victims. “We days after death. still have to break the chain of transmis- The removal of Cole’s body from the MSF centre on sion to separate the infected from the Thursday was carried out not in the company of family, with uninfected,” Kargbo said. In Liberia, eulogies, coffin bearers and hymns in church but in an opera- which has recorded more than 300 tion orchestrated with surgical precision. MSF staff in hazmat deaths, work has begun on expanding a NORTH CAROLINA: A tobacco flower waves in a dew-covered field outside suits meticulously disinfected his body bag and the trolley on treatment centre in Monrovia-one of Rolesville, NC. Researchers are using a relative of this smoking leaf to which it was to be placed, from which it was moved into a only two such clinics in the country of 4.2 grow medicines for the flu and even, perhaps, Ebola. —AP pre-sprayed coffin on a bleached truck. The doctor, a medical million. professional of some standing among colleagues, is among Across the region, draconian restric- dozens of health care workers who have paid the ultimate could take six months to get the upper International Olympics Committee said tions have been imposed and a number price for their efforts to contain the disease. hand. “It is like wartime,” she said a day athletes from Ebola-hit countries had been of airlines have cancelled flights in and after returning from the region where barred from competing in pool events and out of west Africa. Guinea, where at least ‘Hostility to health workers’ she met political leaders and visited clin- combat sports at the Youth Olympics 377 people have died, became the latest Sierra Leone disclosed on Thursday that 32 nurses died ics. WHO said Thursday it was coordinat- opening in China today. The decision, country to declare a health emergency, from the Ebola virus while performing their duties between ing “a massive scaling up of the interna- which affects three unidentified athletes, ordering strict controls at border points May 24 to August 13. In parliament, the country’s chief med- tional response” to the epidemic. “Staff was made “with regard to ensuring the and a ban on moving bodies from one ical officer, Brima Kargbo, spoke of the difficulties health at the outbreak sites see evidence that safety of all those participating” in the town to another. Although the WHO workers were facing in fighting the epidemic. “There is a the numbers of reported cases and Games in the city of Nanjing, the IOC and confirmed that other African countries, rejection among people of the existence of Ebola and hostili- deaths vastly underestimate the magni- Chinese organizers said. No cure or vaccine including Kenya, were labeled “high risk” ty towards health workers,” he said. Saffa Kemoh, a member tude of the outbreak,” it said. is currently available for Ebola, which the due to their popular transport hubs, it of the health ministry’s Ebola burial team in Kailahun, said The latest epidemic erupted in the WHO has declared a global public health also emphasized that air travel, even friends would no longer go near him since he joined up, forested zone straddling the borders of emergency. from Ebola-affected countries, is low risk while family were taking an even harder line. —AFP Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, and lat- It has also authorized the use of large- because the virus is not airborne.—AFP HEALTH SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 Study reveals Antarctic minke whales feeding ‘frenzy’

SYDNEY: Antarctic minke whales engage in an or three such lunges during a dive for food, the gate under the sea ice and attract the whales underwater feeding frenzy, filling their huge smaller minke can do more than 20, sometimes to the area, leading to these feeding frenzies,” UK experts investigate mouths up to 100 times an hour as they gorge at the rate of one every 30 seconds. “It’s bloody Gales added in a statement. “Any future Salmonella outbreak on prawn-like krill during the summer, new hard work living down in Antarctica getting change in sea ice has the potential to impact research showed yesterday. The Australian your prey and these guys when they find their on the minke whales’ foraging habits.” LONDON: English health authorities said Antarctic Division said it was the first time that patch they work incredibly hard exploiting Gales said prior to the study, published in yesterday they are investigating an out- the feeding behavior of the animals under the what prey is there,” Gales said. “This is by far the Journal of Experimental Biology, the move- break of food poisoning that has affected sea ice had been recorded, and the frenetic the most frequent number of lunges in this ments and diving behavior of these whales 156 people in Britain and others in France pace of the activity was unexpected. “We were sort of feeding that any baleen whale has ever were a mystery. But the work exposed a suc- and Austria. Salmonella Enteritidis is a really surprised,” the division’s chief scientist been recorded to do.” cessful strategy by which the animals could fat- strain of bacteria that causes gastrointesti- Nick Gales said. The recordings were made possible by ten during the southern hemisphere summer nal illness and is often associated with poul- “To actually see it and to see the incredible satellite tags attached by Australian and US sci- when there was a lot of food available to them try or eggs. Symptoms include diarrhoea, number (of lunges at food) and how cleverly entists to the animals off the west Antarctic in Antarctica. “It’s a really, well, uniquely stomach cramps and sometimes vomiting they were able to use their behavior to exploit Peninsula in 2013. The tags measured the ori- evolved strategy for getting krill, that’s why and fever. Public Health England (PHE) said the krill under the sea ice was amazing to see.” entation, depth and acceleration of the whales, they are so successful. There are probably over that over the past few months, 55 cases Like other baleen whales, the minkes lunge for- Gales said, adding that the study also found half a million minke whales in all the oceans had been seen in the southern county of ward with their mouths wide open to collect that the minke’s length of nearly nine meters around Antarctica,” he said. The study was part Hampshire and 25 in London while, further food, taking on a large volume of water which gave them access under the ice to areas the of the Australian-led Southern Ocean Research north, there had been 33 cases in Cheshire they then spill out as they trap the fish inside. larger blue whale could not reach. “The Partnership, which is endorsed by the While the huge blue whale will only do two minke’s preferred prey, Antarctic krill, aggre- International Whaling Commission. —AFP and 43 in the West Midlands. —Reuters SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

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Two players die at world chess championship

OSLO: Two contestants in the just-ended Chess before a disturbance broke out among members foul play in either of the deaths. A minute’s silence Olympiad in northern Norway died on the event’s of the audience who mistook a heart defibrillator was observed at the closing ceremony of the final day, apparently from natural causes, police for a weapon. Later in the evening a contestant Chess Olympiad to mark the death of the first play- said yesterday. from Uzbekistan was found dead in a hotel room. er, as the second death was not discovered until A player from the Seychelles in his late 60s col- “It’s a tragic and natural death,” Jarle Heitmann, later. lapsed in the middle of a game on Thursday, the a spokesman for the World Chess Federation, told China won the championship for the first time, last day of the prestigious world chess finals in the AFP, without elaborating on the cause of death or ahead of Hungary and India. In the women’s final, Arctic city of Tromsoe. releasing the two names. Russia saw off a challenge from China and Ukraine, An attempt to resuscitate him failed, but not Tromsoe police said there was no suspicion of maintaining its world title for the third time. —AFP

Oregon man crowned Scrabble champion BUFFALO: Conrad Bassett-Bouchard started his championship Scrabble game Wednesday with the word “zilch” and finished with the opposite - the $10,000 prize and the title of national Scrabble champion. The 24-year-old player, from Portland, Oregon, beat 29-year-old Jason Li, of Montreal, in the final round of the five-day 25th National Scrabble Championships played at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. Bassett-Bouchard, the tournament’s second seed, said he knew luck was with him when he drew a wild-card blank tile and an “s” on his first seven-tile rack. He led for most of the match, winning by a score of 477-350. Li, the 18th seed, said, “I was playing catch-up right to the end.” Li had the letters to play an obscure but potentially high-scoring word but didn’t see it, creating a buzz among experi- enced onlookers. “He’s going to be kicking himself for missing ‘gramarye,’” tourna- ment director John Chew said after the play. Chew, co-president of the North American Scrabble Players Association, the event’s spon- sor, called Li’s presence in the final round the biggest surprise in the tournament, which saw an emerging group of younger players edge out the old guard. Six of the top 10 finishers are in their 20s, and one, Mack Meller, from Bedford, is 14. Tournament favorite and five-time champion Nigel Richards, 47, described by one competitor as the Michael Jordan of the game, finished a surprising 16th. “All these younger players are avid online players,” said Will Anderson, 29, trying to explain the success of the tournament’s 20- NEW DELHI: In this Aug 6, 2014 photo, Dabang Delhi players grab a Bengal Warriors player (second from somethings at an old-fashioned board game. right) during their Pro Kabaddi League match. —AP “These guys have all played thousands of games on the Internet to hone their skills and meet each other before they’ve ever met in person,” said Anderson, of Croton-on-Hudson, who finished fifth in Ancient sport of kabaddi Buffalo after placing third last year. The final game saw Bassett- Bouchard and Li at a white-linen-draped table while a tournament representative live-tweeted their every move. Although it was just gets a modern twist one of dozens of games taking place inside the cavernous meeting room, the muffled clattering of tiles as players shook and drew from cloth drawstring bags was virtually the only sound. —AP ‘We’re trying to capitalize on popularity’

NEW DELHI: For centuries, shirtless and Raheja says it was also the success of half of the field to gain points by tackling, shoeless young warriors gathered and grap- smaller leagues across the world that wrestling, grabbing or tagging opponents pled on patches of muddy ground near the inspired his group to take the tournament while chanting ‘kabaddi’ in a single breath. foot of the Himalayas, practicing the ancient to abroad. In the meantime, he tries to touch opposing contact sport of Kabaddi. “There are some 200 kabaddi clubs ... players and then return to his own half to For the most part it was unchanged, and and only half of them are in India,” he said. earn points. If he makes it back, the players uncomplicated. Like other popular sports in “They’re all surviving on ticket sales - with- he touched are out of the game. Teams take India, though, the modern transformation out government support or sponsorship. turns to send raiders, with the aim of the has been rapid, driven by commercial That got us thinking and we decided to defending team to either evade the raider opportunities and with the intention of integrate the fragmented world of kabaddi.” or tackle him in such a way that he can’t going global. Now there’s two professional The race to franchise-based competi- return to his side before running out of leagues - one in India and another which tions was sparked by the instant success of breath. recently kicked off in London. the seemingly made-for-television It became popular, particularly in north- Backers of the pro leagues are marketing Twenty20 cricket in India, when competing western India, because it requires little more slick new versions of kabaddi that they leagues battled for billions in potential rev- than a square piece of land about half the hope will compete with the mushrooming enue. size of a basketball court for matches, and franchise-based sports leagues in India - The now defunct Indian Cricket League can be played indoors or out, on the beach, particularly cricket, the runaway success sto- tried vainly to stay a step ahead of the on grass, dirt or mud. ry of them all. So far, they’re following the Indian Premier League, which was backed But the newer versions are played on formula. Bollywood film stars have been by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, synthetic mats and chants of kabaddi have roped in as owners or promoters, elaborate but lacked recognition from the sport’s gov- been replaced by a 30-second time limit for marketing plans have been rolled out and erning bodies. each raid. The players also wear shirts - pro- live broadcasting deals done. Formats viding space for sponsors’ logos, naturally - “We’re only trying to capitalize on the There’s no all-embracing world govern- while electronic scoreboards lend a con- popularity of the sport among South Asians ing body for the physical, tag-like game of temporary look to venues. and expatriates,” World Kabaddi League Kabaddi, and the World Kabaddi League While the Pro Kabaddi League is affiliated chief executive Raman Raheja explains. “We and Pro Kabaddi League have slightly differ- with the International Kabaddi Federation BUFFALO: Conrad Bassett-Bouchard smiles after he got to know of the potential of this game ent formats. The seven-a-side version that is and follows the format used at the Asian won the title at the National Scrabble Championships, during the organization of World Cups in popular in south Asia and has been a regu- Games, the World Kabaddi League allows Wednesday, in Buffalo, NY He led for most of the Punjab over the past few years featuring lar medal sport in the Asian Games since only one person per team to wrestle with match, winning by a score of 477-350. —AP teams from around the world.” 1990. One team sends a raider into the rival the raider. —AP SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Jay’s 2-run double lifts MLB results/standings

Cardinals over Padres 4-3 LA Dodgers 6, Atlanta 4; Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 2; Kansas City 7, Oakland 3; Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 2; Boston 9, Houston 4; Washington 4, NY Mets 1; Miami 5, Arizona 4 (10 Innings); Tampa Bay 6, Texas 3; St. Louis 4, San Diego 3; Brewers beat Chicago Cubs 6-2 Colorado 7, Cincinnati 3.

ST LOUIS: Pinch-hitter Jon Jay delivered a two-run double in Brewers 6, Cubs 2 American League the eighth inning and right fielder Shane Robinson threw out Right-hander Mike Fiers scattered three hits and struck out Eastern Division the potential tying run at the plate in the ninth to help the St 14 over six shutout innings as the Milwaukee Brewers sal- W L PCT GB Louis Cardinals hold off the San Diego Padres 4-3 Thursday vaged a series split with a victory over the Chicago Cubs. Baltimore 69 50 .580 - night. Jhonny Peralta hit an early two-run homer for the Second baseman Scooter Gennett doubled in two first-inning Toronto 63 59 .516 7.5 Cardinals, who moved ahead of Pittsburgh into second place runs, left fielder Khris Davis homered and scored twice while NY Yankees 61 58 .513 8 in the NL Central. St. Louis remained two games behind divi- shortstop Elian Herrera went 3-for-4 with an RBI and run Tampa Bay 60 61 .496 10 sion-leading Milwaukee. scored. Boston 55 65 .458 14.5 San Diego had its five-game winning streak snapped and Central Division fell to 16-9 since the All-Star break. Trailing by two in the Rays 6, Rangers 3 Kansas City 66 54 .550 - ninth, the Padres loaded the bases with one out against clos- Second baseman Logan Forsythe and designated hitter Detroit 65 54 .546 0.5 er Trevor Rosenthal. Pinch-hitter Jake Goebbert came Evan Longoria hit two-run homers and combined for five hits Cleveland 60 60 .500 6 through with an RBI single to right, but Alexi Amarista was cut and five RBIs in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays’ victory over the Chicago White Sox 57 64 .471 9.5 down at home when he tried to score from second. The Texas Rangers. The Rays scored two runs in each of the sec- Minnesota 54 65 .454 11.5 replay review lasted 4 minutes, 9 seconds. Padres manager ond, third and fifth innings in support of right-handed pitcher Western Division Bud Black then was ejected for continuing to argue the call. Jake Odorizzi (9-9), who picked up the victory by holding the Oakland 73 48 .603 - After a four-pitch walk to Will Venable loaded the bases Rangers to two runs, four hits and one walk while striking out LA Angels 70 49 .588 2 again, Rosenthal struck out Tommy Medica for his 36th save seven in seven innings. Seattle 65 55 .542 7.5 in 40 opportunities. San Diego reliever Alex Torres (1-1) Houston 50 72 .410 23.5 appeared to strike out Tony Cruz leading off the eighth, but it Marlins 5, Diamondbacks 4 Texas 47 74 .388 26 was ruled Cruz foul-tipped the ball. Replays showed Cruz Center fielder Marcell Ozuna hit a walk-off double in the National League missed the pitch. 10th inning to lead the Miami Marlins to a win over the Eastern Division Given another chance, Cruz singled on the next delivery. Arizona Diamondbacks. Marlins’ reliever Mike Dunn (10-5) Washington 66 53 .555 - Pinch-hitter Daniel Descalso walked on four pitches and earned the win in two scoreless innings and set a franchise sin- Atlanta 61 60 .504 6 Kolten Wong came in to run for Cruz. Matt Carpenter loaded gle-season record with 10 wins by a reliever. Miami 60 61 .496 7 the bases with a single to left. NY Mets 57 65 .467 10.5 Nick Vincent entered to face Jay, who went after the first Red Sox 9, Astros 4 Philadelphia 53 68 .438 14 pitch and drove a one-hop double off the wall in center to The last-place World Series champions scored seven runs in Central Division snap a 2-all tie. Jay is 5 for 17 with three RBIs as a pinch hitter. the sixth inning and roared from behind to their fourth succes- Milwaukee 67 55 .549 - He has a six-game hitting streak with seven RBIs. Seth Maness sive win and beat the Houston Astros. Second baseman Dustin St Louis 64 56 .533 2 (4-2) earned the win with one spotless inning of relief. Peralta Pedroia stroked two of his three hits and capped the big Pittsburgh 64 57 .529 2.5 hit his 16th home run to drive in Matt Adams, who led off the inning with a two-run double for the Red Sox. Cincinnati 60 61 .496 6.5 second with a single. That lifted Peralta into a tie with Edgar Chicago Cubs 52 68 .433 14 Renteria (2000) and Daryl Spencer (1960) for the St. Louis sin- Rockies 7, Reds 3 Western Division gle-season record for home runs by a shortstop. Jorge De La Rosa pitched seven innings and allowed just LA Dodgers 70 53 .569 - The Padres tied the score with two runs in the sixth after three runs to lead Colorado to victory. De La Rosa improved to San Francisco 63 57 .525 5.5 loading the bases with none out. Venable scored on a field- 12-8 while shortstop Charlie Culberson, starting in place of San Diego 57 63 .475 11.5 er’s choice. Medica, who had doubled, came home when Josh Rutledge, hit a three-run homer in the fifth when the Arizona 52 69 .430 17 Rymer Liriano beat out an infield single with two outs. Both Rockies scored for the fourth straight inning and built a five- Colorado 47 74 .388 22 starters went seven innings. Cardinals right-hander John run lead. — Reuters Lackey improved on his last start in Baltimore that resulted in nine earned runs over five innings. Lackey allowed five hits and two runs with five strikeouts. Eric Stults gave up two runs and four hits for San Diego. Stults has allowed three or fewer earned runs in nine of his last 10 starts.

Dodgers 6, Braves 4 The Los Angeles Dodgers improved to a National League- best 70-53 with their victory over Atlanta. Adrian Gonzalez was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs, Dee Gordon had three hits and four runs and Yasiel Puig added three hits while making the defensive play of the game by crashing into the fence to rob Braves’ first baseman Freddie Freeman of extra-bases in the sixth inning.

Tigers 5, Pirates 2 Max Scherzer struck out a season-high 14 batters and col- lected his American League-leading 14th victory as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates. Scherzer (14-4) did not give up a run on three hits in eight innings. J.D. Martinez drove in two runs for Detroit (65-54) while pinch hit- ter Gaby Sanchez hit a late two-run homer for the Pirates (64- 57).

Royals 7, Athletics 3 Right fielder Nori Aoki’s two-run triple in the fifth inning gave the Kansas City Royals the lead they held to beat the Oakland Athletics. The Royals batted around in a five-run sev- enth. Oakland (73-48) has seen their lead in the AL West trimmed to two games.

Nationals 4, Mets 1 Adam LaRoche and Bryce Harper both hit two-run homers and Stephen Strasburg threw seven strong innings as the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets. The Nationals (66-53) increased their lead in the NL East over Atlanta to a ST LOUIS: Alexi Amarista #5 of the San Diego Padres reaches to score as A.J. Pierzynski #35 of the St Louis Cardinals tries season-high six games. to apply the tag in the ninth inning at Busch Stadium on Thursday in St Louis, Missouri. — AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Disqualified French steeplechaser denies acting arrogantly

ZURICH: Mahiedine Mekhissi- There was no arrogance towards my ceptable”, but criticised the way the Barcelona in 2010 and in Helsinki in Benabbad, stripped of his European fellow-runners or the crowd.” matter was handled. 2012. He was also given a suspended Championship gold medal in the The two-time World Championship “The action was unacceptable, you sentence by the French federation, 3,000m steeplechase for whipping off bronze medallist initially received a yel- don’t take off your vest during a race, it fined 1,500 euros and ordered to per- his vest before the end of the race, yes- low card warning but a protest lodged isn’t done,” he said. form 50 hours of community service terday denied he acted arrogantly. by the Spanish team was upheld, “At the same time, he took off his after getting into a fist fight with fellow Mekhissi-Benabbad, 29, who was on prompting an unsuccessful counter- vest and it didn’t hurt anyone. He’s Frenchman Mehdi Baala after a course for his third successive protest by the French. impulsive. But it should have stopped Diamond League 1,500m race in European title before his disqualifica- Yoann Kowal, Mekhissi-Benabbad’s there. Unfortunately, the Spanish Monaco in 2011. tion, also dismissed criticism that his French team-mate, was upgraded from lodged a protest. I would never have Mekhissi-Benabbad was back on the action showed disrespect to his fellow- silver to gold, with Krystian Zalewski of lodged a protest, the Spanish acted track in Zurich yesterday, qualifying for competitors. Poland promoted to second and badly.” Sunday’s final of the 1,500m after fin- “There was no arrogance,” the Spain’s Angel Mullera to third. Mekhissi-Benabbad has a reputation ishing third in his heat, and, ironically, Frenchman wrote on his Facebook French athletics federation presi- as the bad boy of track and field, hav- Baala, now an advisor to the French page. “Sorry, I was only thinking of cele- dent Bernard Amsalem, described ing pushed mascots after winning the team, was among the first to congratu- brating my victory like a footballer. Mekhissi-Benabbad’s action as “unac- European steeplechase final in late him at the end of the race. —AFP Australia’s cool captain eyes mission almost impossible SYDNEY: The Wallabies will suffer setbacks against New Zealand in today’s Rugby Championship clash and how they react to those reverses will determine whether they can upset the All Blacks, cap- tain Michael Hooper said yesterday. Hooper and his team mates face what has proved mission impossible for any international rug- by team over the last 14 months when they try to bring a halt to the world champions’ winning streak at 17 matches at the Olympic Stadium. Despite New Zealand coach Steve Hansen’s assertion to the contrary, the Wallabies have not been talking up their chances of preventing the All Blacks from claiming a record 18th win and Hooper’s measured comments reflected that sense of realism. “This game tomorrow night is going to be about adapting to the situations that occur,” he told reporters. “The Kiwis are going to throw some great stuff at us, we’ve got to be able to absorb that, then put what we’re good at out on the field, and counter it. “We know we’re going to turn over the ball, we know these things are going to happen, but being able to get back at them, get back on the horse so to speak, is going to be paramount.” New Zealand are unbeaten in their last seven matches against Australia, have not lost in Sydney since 2008 and have held the Bledisloe Cup the two countries compete for annually since 2003. When Australia point to fullback Israel Folau’s 13 tries in his first PITTSFORD: Lexi Thompson tees-off on the 10th hole during the LPGA Championship at the Monroe Golf 18 tests, New Zealand can counter with winger Julian Savea’s 23 in Club, Thursday in Pittsford, NY. —AP 22 matches. Hooper has been in brilliant form this year as he led New South Wales Waratahs to the Super Rugby title but his oppo- site number on Saturday will be Richie McCaw, three-times World Player of the Year and long the benchmark for openside flankers. “Superb team, I’ve never beaten them,” said Hooper. “I drew Duo share LPGA once and that was a little taste but you want to be able to know that you can take on these guys and try and match up with them.” If the prospect of battling such monumental odds for the first time as captain was bothering Hooper, the 22-year-old was first-round lead certainly not showing it. —Reuters Lee seeking her first major

PITTSFORD: Lexi Thompson, gunning for her “Overall it was just a really solid round,” You’re going to hit bad shots and miss putts, second major title of the year, shared the first- Thompson said. “I started off with birdieing so I just tried not to let it get to me and just round lead Thursday with Meena Lee on six- two and three, so that got me a little confi- tried to birdie one of the last two. under 66 in the LPGA Championship. dence early in the round, and I just tried to “It was the harder one of the holes, so I was Thompson, 19, won the Kraft Nabisco keep that going, pretty much keep that steady pretty happy about that.” Championship earlier this year for her first pace going.” South Korea’s Lee also nabbed eight major championship title. Thompson, who played alongside defend- birdies with two bogeys. After opening her South Korea’s Lee is a two-time winner on ing champion Park In-Bee (72), said her length round with a birdie at the 10th, Lee answered the LPGA Tour, but is seeking her first major. off the tee was an advantage. her first bogey of the day at 13 with three The duo were one stroke in front of American straight birdies. She picked up four more Brittany Lincicome, the 2009 Kraft Nabisco Three-putt bogeys birdies with one more bogey coming in. “It winner, who was joined in third place on 67 by “Coming into the week I knew this golf was little windy out there this morning, but I Canadian Jennifer Kirby and Colombian Lisa course was going to be set up good for me,” putted really good today,” Lee said. “So I was SYDNEY: New Zealand flyhalf Colin Slade kicks the McCloskey. American Cristie Kerr and China’s she said. “I get to hit driver on every hole, but really happy with my play.” ball during the team’s Captain’s Run yesterday. Feng Shanshan, both former winners of this you just have to hit it straight in majors South Korea’s Ji Eun-Hee and Lee Mi-Rim- World champions New Zealand are chasing a record- event, shared sixth on 68. because usually they grow the rough up pret- winner on Sunday in Michigan-were among a breaking 18th consecutive win while Australia Thompson charged into contention with ty deep, and that’s what majors call for.” group of eight players three shots off the pace three birdies in her first five holes. She had She was philosophical about three-putt on 69. New Zealand teenager Lydia Ko, who wants to end their Bledisloe Cup misery in the seven birdies through 15 holes before she was bogeys at 15 and 16. “I just didn’t have good could seize the world number one ranking Rugby Championship rugby union Test match in slowed by back-to-back bogeys at 15 and 16, speed on the two putts and didn’t make the with her first major title this week, headlined a Sydney today. — AFP but capped her round with a birdie at 18. come-backers,” she said. “It happens, it’s golf. group of 13 players on 70. —AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 England bowl India out for 148

LONDON: Mahendra Singh Dhoni was caught to match Ian Botham as England’s most prolific at long leg by Chris Woakes off the bowling of wicket-taker in tests. Stuart Broad, passed fit to Stuart Broad as England bowled India out for play as expected with a nose broken in the 148 on day one of the fifth test at the Oval yes- fourth test, bowled Cheteshwar Pujara for 4 to terday. With India resuming after tea on 125-9, leave India on 10-2. His delivery went up into captain Dhoni put on a 10th-wicket stand of 58 Pujara’s arm guard after coming off his pads, alongside Ishant Sharma, who was unbeaten on before crashing into the stumps. 7, before hooking the ball to Woakes on the Broad had been unfortunate not to remove boundary for 82. Woakes was England’s leading Pujara in his previous over when he edged to wicket taker with 3-30, with Chris Jordan close Cook, but the ball just fell short. Jordan then behind on 3-32. India will need to make early bowled Virat Kohli lbw for 6 with his fourth inroads into England’s top order to defend its ball. Kohli left a ball that brushed his pads, and fragile first innings total. It needs to win this umpire Kumar Dharmasena awarded him out COLOMBO: Pakistan’s Asad Shafiq looks back to see the bails flying off the stumps resulting in match to tie the five-test series 2-2. after a long pause. Jordon struck again in his his dismissal during the second day of the second Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and England had earlier failed to wrap up India’s second over, taking a superb reaction catch Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka, yesterday. — AP first innings before tea, with the tourists limping from his own bowling to remove Ajinkya to 125-9 before the break. Captain Mahendra Rahane for a duck. Murali Vijay, who offered Herath grabs 5-wickets Singh Dhoni’s solo fightback was on 65 not out, light resistance for India with a stubborn 18 his 33rd test half century providing more than from 64 balls, edged Woakes to Root at gully, as Pakistan crumbles half of his team’s total. Ishant Sharma was with giving all four fast bowlers a wicket in the first him on 2 off 27 balls. India’s ninth wicket fell on session. — AP 90, but Dhoni ensured India didn’t fall to its ‘We are here to win’ worst score at the Oval, which was still 98 in 1952. Resuming after lunch on 43-5, Stuart COLOMBO: Test cricket’s top-ranked spinner last wicket with Herath (17). Binny added one to his total before picking out SCOREBOARD Rangana Herath skittled Pakistan’s top order on Left-arm seamer Junaid Khan finished with five England captain Alastair Cook at first slip with way to surpassing the 250-wicket mark to put Sri for 87, with all his five career five-wicket hauls an outside edge off James Anderson for 5. Lanka on top in the second Test in Colombo yes- coming against Sri Lanka. Fellow seamer Wahab LONDON: Scoreboard yesterday at the end of Ravichandran Ashwin then became Chris terday. The 36-year-old left-arm bowler grabbed Riaz claimed three for 88. Sri Lanka won the first innings on day one of the fifth test between Woakes’ second wicket thanks to a brilliant low five wickets as Pakistan, replying to Sri Lanka’s first Test in Galle by seven wickets. — AFP England and India at the Oval: catch from Joe Root, which needed confirma- innings total of 320, were reduced to 140-5 after India 1st Innings 148 tion that it had not hit the ground first from the tea on the second day at the Sinhalese Sports video umpire. Ashwin made 13. Bhuvneshwar Club. Murali Vijay c Root b Woakes 18 SCOREBOARD Kumar swiped at a short and wide delivery from The sixth-wicket pair of Asad Shafiq and Sarfraz Gautam Gambhir c Buttler b Anderson 0 Chris Jordan, but managed to only edge it Ahmed stemmed the rot with a 93-run stand that Cheteshwar Pujara b Broad 4 behind to Jos Buttler for 5. lifted the tourists to 244-6 by stumps, still trailing COLOMBO: Scoreboard at stumps on the sec- Virat Kohli lbw b Jordan 6 by 76 runs with four wickets in hand. ond day of the second Test between Pakistan Ajinkya Rahane c and b Jordan 0 Disappointing Shafiq became Herath’s 251st victim, bowled and Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Woakes b Broad 82 Woakes then caught an outside edge from for 42 just before stumps, but Sarfraz remained Colombo yesterday: Stuart Binny c Cook b Anderson 5 Varun Aaron for 1 that looped back up towards unbeaten on a fighting 66 in a match the tourists Ravichandran Ashwin c Root b Woakes 13 him off his own bowling, to join Jordan on must win to level the two-match series. Sarfraz, the Sri Lanka 1st innings (overnight 261-8): Bhuvneshwar Kumar c Buttler b Jordan 5 three wickets for the day. It was yet another dapper wicket-keeper, insisted Pakistan will not U. Tharanga c Ali b Riaz 92 Varun Aaron c and b Woakes 1 session that belonged to England, which lose sight of the fact that they must win the game. K. Silva c Sarfraz b Junaid 41 Ishant Sharma not out 7 picked up where it left off in the fourth test as “We are here to win,” he said. “We will remain K. Sangakkara b Riaz 22 Extras: (6b, 1lb) 7 it looked to seal a series victory. The only disap- positive for the rest of the match. The pitch is get- M. Jayawardene lbw b Ajmal 4 Total 148 pointing moment for England was when ting slower and it is difficult to score freely. A. Mathews c Sarfraz b Riaz 39 Overs: 61.1 Sharma was dropped by Ian Bell at second slip Spinners will have a big role to play.” Sarfraz laud- L. Thirimanne c Sarfraz b Junaid 20 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-10, 3-26, 4-28, 5-36, 6-44, off Jordan with India 95-9. India has made 30 ed Herath’s effort, calling him a world class spin- N. Dickwella lbw b Junaid 24 7-68, 8-79, 9-90, 10-148. extra runs since that reprieve, 29 coming from ner. “Lot of credit to Herath,” he said. “He knows D. Perera lbw b Junaid 0 Bowling: James Anderson 17-4-51-2, Stuart Dhoni. these conditions so well and makes the most of it.” D. Prasad lbw b Junaid 13 Broad 15.1-4-27-2, Chris Jordan 14-7-32-3, Play began after a delay of 30 minutes due Herath, playing his 57th Test, is only the third Sri R. Herath c Khan b Rehman 17 Chris Woakes 14-7-30-3, Moeen Ali 1-0-1-0. to rain, and Gautam Gambhir fell for a golden Lankan bowler to reach the 250-wicket mark after C. Welegedara not out 27 England: Alastair Cook (captain), Sam Robson, duck to the fourth ball. He was too slow to world record holder Muttiah Muralitharan (800) Extras: (b8, lb7, nb6) 21 Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Jos change his mind at a bouncer from Anderson and Chaminda Vaas (355). Total (all out, 99.3 overs) 320 Buttler, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Stuart Fall of wickets: 1-79 (Silva), 2-144 (Sangakkara), and edged behind to Buttler. Anderson, lead- Broad, James Anderson. ing wicket-taker in the series, needs five more Big achievement 3-167 (Jayawardene), 4-177 (Tharanga), 5-215 “It is a big achievement for a spinner, especially (Thirimanne), 6-249 (Dickwella), 7-249 (Perera), since I have about 200 wickets in the last five-six 8-261 (Mathews), 9-284 (Prasad), 10-320 years.” said Herath, who got few opportunities (Herath). when Muralitharan was in the side. Bowling: Junaid 27-6-87-5, Riaz 20-3-88-3 “I am extremely happy to achieve this landmark (nb6), Rehman 19.3-4-53-1, Ajmal 33-5-77-1. so late in my career. I always think of how I can be of assistance to the team with my style of bowl- Pakistan 1st innings ing.” Herath said it was important to get Pakistan Khurram Manzoor c Dickwella b Herath 23 out quickly and then put up a big score in the sec- Ahmed Shehzad c Dickwella b Perera 58 ond innings to tighten the screws on the tourists. Azhar Ali c Mathews b Herath 32 “There is already some help for the spinners but Younis Khan c Dickwella b Herath 13 not much. But it will take spin by the fourth day,” Misbah-ul Haq c Dickwella b Herath 5 he said. Asad Shafiq b Herath 42 Opener Ahmed Shehzad anchored the innings Sarfraz Ahmed not out 66 with 58, but his dismissal just before tea turned the Abdur Rehman not out 1 tide in Sri Lanka’s favour as Pakistan lost four wick- Extras: (lb3, nb1) 4 ets in the space of 30 runs. Shehzad had put on 47 Total (for six wickets, 70 overs) 244 for the first wicket with Khurram Manzoor and 63 Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Manzoor), 2-110 (Ali), 3- for the second with Azhar Ali to lift the total to 110- 122 (Shehzad), 4-131 (Khan), 5-140 (Misbah), 6- 1 before the collapse on either side of tea. Earlier, 233 (Shafiq). Sri Lanka’s last two wickets added 59 useful runs to Bowling: Prasad 9-2-27-0 (nb1), Welegedara the overnight score of 261-8 before the hosts were 15-2-51-0, Herath 25-3-98-5, Mathews 7-1-13- all out 45 minutes before lunch. 0, Perera 14-1-52-1. Number 11 batsman Chanaka Welegedara Pakistan trail by 76 runs with four wickets in hand. LONDON: India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni plays a shot during play on the first day of the fifth returned unbeaten on 27 after adding 36 for the cricket Test match between England and India at The Oval in London yesterday. — AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 Photo of the day Robredo ends Djokovic bid for Cincinnati title Federer to meet Murray in q-finals

CINCINNATI: Spain’s Tommy Robredo shocked world Gael Monfils 6-4 4-6 6-3. A five-time winner at Cincinnati, number one Novak Djokovic 7-6(6) 7-5 on Thursday to Federer will now face Andy Murray in the quarter-finals move into the quarter-finals of the Western and after the Briton had to overcome a stern test against Southern Open in Cincinnati. American John Isner. Third seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka For the 16th seeded Robredo the victory was his first rallied past 14th seed Marin Cilic 3-6 6-0 6-1 to book his over Djokovic since their first meeting in 2005, the Serb place in the last eight. sweeping their next six meetings. The Australian Open champion got off to a sluggish The loss brought a temporary halt to Djokovic’s bid to start losing the opening set to the big-hitting Croatian become the first player to win all nine ATP World Tour but then could do little wrong, blazing through the next Masters events during his career. two sets dropping just a single game along the way. It was also another setback in the Serb’s buildup to Unable to register even a single break chance in the the US Open later this month after falling to Frenchman first, Wawrinka broke Cilic five times over the next two Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round last week in sets to seal the win. Toronto. Eighth seed Murray, twice a Cincinnati champion, also “Many, many, many things are not clicking these two need three sets and two and a half hours to tame Isner 6- weeks on hard courts,” said Djokovic. “It’s unfortunate 7(3) 6-4 7-6(2). but it’s more than obvious I’m not playing even close to The 11th seeded Isner, a Cincinnati finalist a year ago, what I’m supposed to play. blasted 21 aces past his Scottish opponent but could not “I have to keep on working and trying to get better manage a break the entire match. for US Open. “I just don’t feel comfortable. “It’s disap- “It’s a very important match for me to win,” said pointing that I’m finishing Cincinnati again with a tough Murray. “I had lost a few close matches, matches like that loss but it’s sport. I didn’t play well in Toronto; didn’t play over the last few months. So, yeah, it was important for well here. “Hopefully it’s going to be different in New me to come through. York.” “It was a really, you know, good atmosphere to get While Djokovic has hoisted the Canada trophy three ready for the rest of the tournament, but also the US times he has not felt the same comfort level on the Ohio Open, as well.” hard courts, reaching the finals four times in 10 visits to In the women’s draw, the world number one Serena Cincinnati and losing all four. Williams cruised into the quarter-finals with a 6-2 6-2 win The Serb appeared out of his normal rhythm, particu- against Flavia Pennetta. larly in the second set when he failed to gain even a sin- Williams served eight aces and broke the Italian five gle break chance. Robredo managed three break oppor- times in their hour-long match. tunities and only needed to capitalise on one to secure “I have a lot more confidence,” Williams said. “I feel the upset. “When I finish my career and when I will be sit- more relaxed. Overall feel a lot better. I’m playing a lot ting at home and talking with friends, I will remember better. Anton Evstifeev performs at the Adrenalin Games in days like this,” Robredo said. French Open champion Maria Sharapova also Moscow, Russia — www.redbullcontentpool.com The win marked his second win over a world number advanced with a victory against Anastasia one for the 32-year-old Robredo, who also beat Lleyton Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 7-6 (2). Hewitt in 2003. Sharapova’s win sets up a match against Simona Halep, who she beat in the Roland Garros final after the Federer advances Romanian beat Lucie Safarova 6-4 7-5 to advance. Li’s future ‘up in the Former world number one Roger Federer avoided Caroline Wozniacki and Jelena Jankovic also air’, says Navratilova tasting an upset of his own as he held off Frenchman advanced with straight set victories. — Reuters

SINGAPORE: Li Na’s Grand Slam future and may not return until the inaugural is “up in the air” after an injury-hit sea- Wuhan Open in her home city next son and the loss of her inspirational month. Li, ranked third in the world, coach, tennis great Martina Navratilova has had dips in her career before but told AFP yesterday. The 18-time Grand Rodriguez, the former coach of Justine Slam champion said Li’s ability to with- Henin, was key to her most recent stand injuries was the critical question revival. as she approaches her 33rd birthday in February. Physical challenges China’s Li won the Australian Open Navratilova, who won the last of her in January but her season has nose- Grand Slam singles titles at 33, knows dived and along with splitting with only too well the physical challenges coach Carlos Rodriguez, she has also that are facing the Chinese star. been sidelined by a knee injury. “It’s a tricky thing. When you get “The body is the biggest issue for older you need to curb your schedule her, clearly, now,” Navratilova said in an and not play as much,” she said. “But interview, when asked whether Li was when you play too little then you’re not capable of winning a third Grand Slam match-tough, and then you start losing title. “She had some motivation issues a early and then you need to play more year ago after Wimbledon but then she tournaments to get the matches. “And had a good talk with Carlos and then then it really upsets your rhythm of get- wins the Australian Open the following ting ready, so it’s tricky when you get year. “So she’s had a great year, she older. You have to keep adapting.” Of won a Slam which is amazing. But now Rodriguez’s decision to stop coaching she may not play the rest of the year, so Li, Navratilova said “sometimes the it’s up in the air for her. relationship kind of runs its course”. “Game-wise, does she have a Slam? But she said she was open to taking Yes, but is the body going to cooper- up a coaching role with a top player, ate?” Navratilova was speaking during a following the example of Stefan promotional visit ahead of her WTA Edberg, Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker and Legends appearance in Singapore in Amelie Mauresmo. October, which will run alongside the “I’d like to pass on the knowledge. season-ending WTA Championships. There’s no substitute for that one-on- CINCINNATI: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan celebrate after the win in the match against Eric Butorac and Her comments underline the questions one, getting into the nitty-gritty of the Raven Klaasen on Day 6 at the Western & Southern Open on Thursday at the Linder Family Tennis Center facing Li, who will miss the US Open game,” she said.—AFP in Cincinnati, Ohio. — AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 Factfiles of the Premier League title contenders

LONDON: With the new Premier League season kicking off on defining season in the team’s development under Brendan fourth round; Champions League: last 16 Transfers in: Alexis today, here are factfiles on the five leading contenders to win Rodgers. Sanchez (Barcelona, £30m), Calum Chambers (Southampton, the English title: How Liverpool respond to the sale of star striker Luis £16m); Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle, £12m); David Ospina Suarez to Barcelona will determine whether last term’s impres- (Nice, £3m), Elias Chatzitheodoridis (Mas Kallitheakos, MANCHESTER CITY sive progress comes to a grinding halt and Rodgers has Undisclosed), Hugo Keto (HJK Helsinki, Undisclosed), Ben Manager: Manuel Pellegrini (CHI) splashed out close to £100 million to replace the Uruguayan Sheaf (West Ham, Undisclosed) Transfers out: Thomas 2013-14 position: 1st; FA Cup: quarter-finals; League Cup: and add depth to a squad that must cope with the twin Vermaelen (Barcelona, £15m), Johan Djourou (Hamburg, winners; Champions League; last 16 Transfers in: Eliaquim demands of domestic and European campaigns. £2.5m), Thomas Eisfeld (Fulham, Unidsclosed), Zak Ansah Mangala (Porto, £32 million), Fernando (Porto, £12m), Willy (Charlton, Free), Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea, Free), Bacary Caballero (Malaga, £6m), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Frank CHELSEA Sagna (Manchester City, Free), Chuks Aneke (Zulte Waregem, Lampard (New York City, Loan) Manager: Jose Mourinho (POR) Free), Wellington Silva (UD Almeria, Loan), Carl Jenkinson Transfers out: Javi Garcia (Zenit St Petersburg, £12m) Jack 2013-14 position: 3rd; FA Cup: last 16; League Cup: quarter- (West Ham, Loan), Benik Afobe (Milton Keynes Dons, Loan) Rodwell (Sunderland, £10m), Gareth Barry (Everton, £1m), finals; Revitalised by their FA Cup final triumph last season, a cathar- Costel Pantilimon (Sunderland, Free), Joleon Lescott (West tic victory over Hull that ended the club’s nine-year trophy Brom, Free), Alex Henshall (Ipswich, Free), Ellis Plummer (St Champions League: semi-finals Transfers in: Diego Costa drought, Arsene Wenger’s side head into the new campaign Mirren, Free), Reece Wabara (Doncaster, Free), Marcos Lopes (Atletico Madrid, £32m), Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona, £27m), brim full of belief that they can win the Premier League for the (Lille, Loan), Emyr Huws (Wigan Loan), Greg Leigh (Crewe, Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid, £15.8m), Mario Pasalic (Hajduk first time since 2004. Loan), Jason Denayer (Celtic, Loan) With City’s domestic Split, £2.4m), Didier Drogba (Galatasaray, Free). For the Gunners to achieve that lofty ambition, Wenger supremacy reasserted with a second league title in three years, will need midfield dynamo Aaron Ramsey to stay fit for the the focus of Manuel Pellegrini and his players turns to con- Transfers out: entire season, while also drawing consistently strong per- quering Europe for the first time. David Luiz (Paris Saint-Germain, £50m), Romelu Lukaku formances from his two key signings-Chile winger Alexis After another premature exit from the Champions League (Everton, £28m), Demba Ba (Besiktas, £4.7m), Patrick van Sanchez and France right-back Mathieu Debuchy. last season-in the last 16 against Barcelona-City would dearly Aanholt (Sunderland, undisclosed), Ashley Cole (Roma, Free), love a sustained challenge for the continent’s top trophy and, Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday, Free), Frank Lampard MANCHESTER UNITED with that desire for immediate success in mind, Pellegrini opt- (New York City, Free), Tomas Kalas (Cologne, Loan), Wallace Manager: Louis van Gaal (NED) ed for experience when he signed old hands Fernando, Bacary (Vitesse Arnhem, Loan), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia 2013-14 position: 7th; FA Cup: third round; League Cup: Sagna, Frank Lampard and Willy Caballero to augment an Moenchengladbach, Loan), Bertrand Traore (Vitesse, Loan), semi-finals; Champions League: quarter-finals Transfers in: already powerful squad. Mario Pasalic (Elche, Loan), Ryan Bertrand (Southampton, Luke Shaw (Southampton, £30m rising to £31m), Ander Loan), Gael Kakuta (Rayo Vallecano, Loan), Kenneth Omeruo Herrera (Athletic Bilbao, £28.8m), Vanja Milinkovic (FK LIVERPOOL (Middlesbrough, Loan), Christian Atsu (Everton, Loan), Marko Vojvodina, Undisclosed) Transfers out: Alexander Buttner Manager: Brendan Rodgers (NIR) Marin (Fiorentina, Loan) After finishing last season without a (Dynamo Moscow, £5.6m), Patrice Evra (Juventus, £1.5m), 2013-14 position: 2nd; FA Cup: fifth round; League Cup: major trophy, Jose Mourinho has invested heavily in a Bebe (Benfica, £2.25m), Jack Barmby (Leicester, Free), third round Transfers in: Adam Lallana (Southampton, £25m), revamped squad that will be expected to bring home signifi- Federico Macheda (Cardiff, Free), Nemanja Vidic (Inter Milan, Dejan Lovren (Southampton, £20m), Lazar Markovic (Benfica, cant silverware in the second season of his second coming at Free), Louis Rowley (Leicester, Free), Rio Ferdinand (QPR, £20m), Divock Origi (Lille, £10m), Emre Can (Bayer Leverkusen, Stamford Bridge. Free), Vanja Milinkovic (FK Vojvodina, Loan), Angelo £9.75m), Rickie Lambert (Southampton, £4m), Lawrence Mourinho has a knack for winning big prizes in his second Henriquez (Dynamo Zagreb, Loan) Vigouroux, Kevin Stewart (Both Tottenham, Free), Javier full season at each of his clubs, landing the Champions League The painful memories of David Moyes’ ill-fated season in Manquillo (Atletico Madrid, Loan) Transfers out: Luis Suarez at both Porto and Inter Milan in year two and the Spanish title charge have been swept away as the fallen giants begin the (Barcelona, £75m) Conor Coady (Huddersfield, £375,000), Pepe at Real Madrid. To do the same in west London, he has opted road back to relevancy under Dutch coach Louis van Gaal. Reina (Bayern Munich, Undisclosed), Villyan Bijev (Slavia Sofia, for a Spanish flavour, with Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas the A campaign branded ‘ReUnited14’ by the club’s market- Free), Jakub Sokolik (Yeovil, Free), Luis Alberto (Malaga, Loan), headline signings. ing gurus should benefit from United’s relatively undemand- Iago Aspas (Sevilla, Loan), Andre Wisdom (West Brom, Loan), ing fixture list in the opening weeks, when a long winning Brad Smith (Swindon, Loan) Just three months after their ARSENAL run would buy time for van Gaal to institute the changes hopes of winning the English title for the first time in 24 years Manager: Arsene Wenger (FRA) needed to ensure at least a top-four finish and ideally a title slipped away in heartbreaking fashion, the Reds return for a 2013-14 position: 4th; FA Cup: winners; League Cup: challenge. —AFP Mourinho headache over Chelsea number one ‘keeper’

LONDON: Jose Mourinho knows he faces a group today, everyone of my players in the choice I have to support and stimulate the oth- tough job keeping both Petr Cech and Thibaut squad I’m happy to have them. “I’m not wait- er one. “I can’t have one of these incredible Courtois at Chelsea when he finally decides ing for anything. It’s not good to analyse some- goalkeepers on the bench three or four which will be the club’s number one goalkeep- thing that isn’t on the table. Every manager in months waiting for a Capital One Cup game. er. Yesterday, Mourinho described the pair as the world would like to have Courtois and “I have to stimulate the competition and I two of the best three goalkeepers in the world Cech.” And referring to the possibility there have to praise some top goalkeeper which is and revealed he has yet to announce his line- could be more comings and going during the not my first choice. “I can understand for top up for the opening Premier League game at final weeks of the transfer market, Mourinho goalkeepers that could play in every club in the newly-promoted Burnley. Cech, 32, has been said: “The market is open and experience says world, in here, one of them is going to be on the established first choice for the last 10 years we never can say what will happen. the bench. It’s a difficult situation. “The best but finds himself under pressure from Courtois, way for me to work is to think pragmatically, in 22, who is back at Stamford Bridge after spend- Support and stimulate a cold way, forget a little bit, try to hide the ing the last three years on loan at Atletico “You never know if a player has a different emotions around these situations and decide Madrid. Mourinho accepts it will be hard to reaction or opinion in this last part of the what I think is the best for the team.” Mourinho keep both players happy throughout the cam- month or if any club tries to do something with played down his side’s chances of being ELCHE: In this file picture, Elche’s Colombian mid- paign - and both have been linked with moves our players.” The manager is pleased, though, crowned champions throughout last season fielder Carlos Sanchez (left) vies with Barcelona’s away if they miss out on the top job. to be confronted with the problem of choosing following his return to the club. Argentinian forward Lionel Messi during the The Chelsea manager insists the club has between two top ‘keepers’. This time around he is more confident, hav- yet to receive an approach for Cech or Courtois He added: “The only thing I can say is in this ing recruited Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas, Spanish league football match between Elche CF but accepts that situation could change. But he moment they are working well and hard and Didier Drogba and Filipe Luis. But the manager and Barcelona at the Martinez Valero stadium in said: “In this moment I don’t want to think we are so happy to have them both. refused to install Chelsea as favourites, insisting Elche. Aston Villa signed Colombia midfielder Carlos about it. There is not an offer, so not a possibili- “I prefer to analyse this in that perspective. the club’s main challengers have also strength- Sanchez from Spanish side Elche for an undisclosed ty. “I’m working with them and I told them as a During the season if one is definitely my first ened well this summer. —AFP fee yesterday. —AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 Stokes expects Celtic to raise their game

GLASGOW: Anthony Stokes admits Celtic’s perform- Wednesday night, and took them. It was a comfortable be a great experience. “We can go there with confi- ances must improve as they prepare to welcome enough win in the end. dence because we have shown we can play good foot- Scottish Premiership leaders Dundee United to Celtic “We are only three or four games into the season ball that sets us apart from other teams in the Park today. and that was our first domestic game and we are only Premiership.” The Hoops will unveil the Scottish Premiership going to get better and sharper. We are still trying to Tomorrow, Hearts welcome Hibernian to Tynecastle championship flag before the match with Jackie improve and get our fitness up to peak performance.” for the first Edinburgh derby of the season. McNamara’s side, but the mood at the Glasgow club is Deila’s men will need to be sharp against early pace- The clubs, who are more accustomed to clashing in still downbeat despite a winning start to the defence of setters United, who have won both of their opening fix- the top flight, now find themselves battling each other their title at St Johnstone on Wednesday. tures of the campaign. Mario Bilate scored a wonder and fallen Glasgow giants Rangers for promotion from That result was a vast improvement from their back- goal to secure United’s 1-0 win over Motherwell in mid- the Championship following relegation last season. to-back defeats in Champions League qualifiers against week and now the hitman has set his sights on wreck- Both clubs go into the match unbeaten after Hibs Legia Warsaw-they remain in the competition after the ing Celtic’s title party and his club’s first win at defeated Livingston and Hearts won 2-1 away to title Polish side were punished for fielding an ineligible Parkhead since December 1992. rivals Rangers on the opening weekend. player but the games still caused significant damage to “I have been told it has been some time since we Hibs striker Farid El Alagui, who joined the Easter Celtic morale. However, Stokes, who scored the opener last won at Celtic Park. Now we have a good chance. Road club in the close season, says he can’t wait to in the 3-0 win at McDiarmid Park in midweek, says the Our confidence is very high and it’s only going up. This compete in his first capital clash. best is yet to come from the Hoops once new manager is the perfect opportunity to strike,” said Dutch striker “When you see the Edinburgh Derby on the fixture Ronny Deila stamps his style on the team. Bilate, whose new team lost last season’s Scottish Cup list you just can’t wait to be part of it and experience it “The gaffer has come in and he has set us up in the final to St Johnstone at Parkhead. all,” El Alagui said. “Everybody in the squad is looking way he wants to play. I think there was some good “It is going to be a new experience for me. In the forward to it. We want to go there, enjoy it and win. football there,” said the Irish striker. Championship in Holland sometimes you play in front “Our supporters deserve it and we’ll all be giving “We moved the ball well, and what we haven’t done of crowds of about 500. everything we can in order to put a smile on their faces before is create many chances but we did that on “Playing at Celtic when we’re top of the league will at the end of the game.” — AFP

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Arsenal v Crystal Palace 19:30 beIN SPORTS 1 HD SINGAPORE: Juventus Football Club players warm up during a training session in Singapore yesterday. Italy Serie A champions beIN SPORTS 11 HD Juventus FC will play against Singapore Select side from the S League players at the new National Stadium today. — AFP French League Makelele bidding to Saint-Germain v Bastia 18:00 beIN SPORTS 5 HD beIN SPORTS 15 HD be thorn in PSG’s side Toulouse v Lyonnais 21:00 beIN SPORTS 8 HD PARIS: A familiar face will hope to make it another frustrating day for because I have been his assistant,” said the 41-year-old. “I know well Paris Saint-Germain today as the champions play their first home enough how things work there to have an idea of what to expect but I game of the new Ligue 1 season against SC Bastia. The Corsicans are have no miracle recipe. Nobody can compare themselves with PSG in Lorient v OGC Nice 21:00 now coached by former France midfielder Claude Makelele, who gave Ligue 1. In my view, no team will go to the Parc and win. But we will beIN SPORTS 3 HD up his position as Laurent Blanc’s assistant at the Parc des Princes to do everything to be the only ones who do.” become a coach in his own right. PSG, who have now failed to win their opening game in any of the FC Metz v Nantes 21:00 Makelele also finished his playing career as captain of PSG and his four seasons since the Qatari takeover in the capital, were dealt a blow presence on the opposition bench adds extra intrigue to a game that on Monday when captain Thiago Silva suffered a hamstring injury in a beIN SPORTS 4 HD carries real importance to the hosts after they kicked off the campaign 2-1 friendly victory against Napoli that will rule him out for several with a 2-2 draw at Reims. weeks. Stade Rennes v Evian Thonon 21:00 “I am very happy that things have turned out this way and I can’t Blanc has been criticised for bringing Silva back so soon after he beIN SPORTS 7 HD wait to be at the Parc des Princes,” said Makelele of the prospect of was afforded a long summer break, and he may now be tempted to returning to Paris after last week’s 3-3 draw with Marseille, another of give new recruit David Luiz a little longer to build up his fitness. his old clubs. “Thiago Silva did not return to training too soon. If we need to blame Club de Lens v Guingamp 21:00 Makelele’s previous job means he knows exactly how PSG will set someone for this injury then I plead guilty. I take responsibility,” Blanc beIN SPORTS 5 HD themselves up, but he played down Bastia’s chances of recording a said. On the prospect of coming up against his old assistant, he first ever win in this fixture. added: “I didn’t expect him to leave us but I am not disappointed. It “Laurent Blanc has a clear philosophy and he will not change just was his wish, his choice to seize the opportunity.”—AFP England bowl India out for 148 SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 SATURDAY, SportsSports 44

A combination of pictures shows 10 football players with significant transfers. (Top left to right) Arsenal’s new Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez; Manchester United’s new English defender Luke Shaw; Liverpool’s new Serbian forward Lazar Markovic; Manchester City’s new defender Eliaquim Mangala and Manchester City’s new on-loan midfielder Frank Lampard. (Bottom left to right) Chelsea’s new Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas; Liverpool’s newly-signed English midfielder Adam Lallana; Chelsea’s new Brazilian-born Spanish striker Diego Costa; Manchester United’s new Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera and Everton’s newly signed Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku. The Premier League has lost Luis Suarez following his move from Liverpool to Barcelona, but there will be plenty of new faces on show when the 2014-15 season begins. — AFP Man United start afresh as PL begins

LONDON: The Louis van Gaal era will begin in earnest for manager’s first competitive game and I’m sure it’ll be a special this season so we can start from the off and that’s what we want,” the Manchester United today when they host Swansea City in the first atmosphere.” Wayne Rooney will lead United out for the first time Spanish midfielder told the Arsenal website. “We want to set a marker match of the 2014-15 Premier League season. The 63-year-old since being named captain after Tuesday’s 2-1 friendly win over and we don’t want to miss that opportunity. We’ve got experience Dutchman has impressed in his first four weeks at the United helm, Valencia. now, we are able to win. We have the qualities to do it, we have the overseeing five wins and a draw in pre-season, but it is in the league structure, the fans, the club and the desire to do it.” Palace go into the that his achievements will be judged. Swansea were one of eight Palace in trouble game in crisis after reports emerged late Thursday that manager Tony teams who came to Old Trafford and won last season, creating a United will have to make do without £27 million ($45 million, Pulis had left the club after falling out with owners over transfer policy. sense of vulnerability that Van Gaal has been hired to banish for 33.6 million euros) close-season signing Luke Shaw, however, after Championship champions Leicester City will play their first top- good. Coincidentally, United also met Swansea on the opening day the 19-year-old left-back was ruled out due to a hamstring strain. flight game since 2004 when they host Everton today, while fellow of the 2013-14 campaign, with the then-defending champions win- Another team buoyed by a positive pre-season period are Arsenal, promoted side Queens Park Rangers welcome Hull City to Loftus ning 4-1 at the Liberty Stadium in David Moyes’s first league game who launch their assault on the league title at home to Crystal Road. Champions Manchester City begin their title defense at as manager. Palace. Having ended a nine-year trophy drought by winning last Newcastle United on Sunday. When City last claimed the title, in The result was to prove a red herring, as United finished the sea- season’s FA Cup, Arsene Wenger’s side gave an eye-catching 2012, they won only two of their opening five games the following son down in seventh place, but midfielder Tom Cleverley says that it demonstration of their title credentials by outclassing league cham- season, but captain Vincent Kompany feels that they now possess will be important to set the right tone for the forthcoming cam- pions Manchester City 3-0 in last weekend’s Community Shield. the necessary know-how to retain their title. “We know what to look paign. “We can’t wait to get going against Swansea and look to put New signing Alexis Sanchez, a £30 million acquisition from out for. We know what not to do,” said the Belgian centre-back, who right the wrongs from last year,” he told the United website. “We Barcelona, is in line to make his competitive home debut against has signed a new five-year contract. “The players at City have got started against Swansea last year, but away. This time it’s at home Palace and captain Mikel Arteta has called on his side to make a posi- experience with winning trophies. It goes in phases. We’re in this and I’m sure the fans will be the same as us: raring to go. It’ll be the tive start to the campaign. “We’ve done our (transfer) business early phase now. We feel we can win it.” — AFP