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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 THULHIJJA 3, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Alghanim Iranian Stray dogs Rosberg Industries pistachio find shelter reigns over sponsors farms dying in battered slow-starter startup5 event of13 thirst Gaza28 Strip Hamilton17 Some citizens avoiding DNA Min 30º tests selling houses cheaply Max 49º High Tide 01:46 & 13:33 MoI believes 250,000 Kuwaitis won’t take the tests Low Tide 07:48 & 20:14 40 PAGES NO: 16984 150 FILS By A Saleh

MPs threaten to KUWAIT: Well-informed real estate sources have observed an unusual spike in real estate sales in Jahra, Ahmadi and grill ministers Farwaniya governorates over the past three months. The sources deduced that the reason behind such sales might be over petrol hike the owners’ fears of being forced to undergo mandatory DNA tests to get the new electronic passports. They added that By B Izzak many of them will not undergo the test in order to avoid being exposed that they obtained Kuwaiti citizenship KUWAIT: A number of MPs have vowed to grill ministers through forgery and by providing false data. over the government’s decision to hike petrol prices Moreover, the sources said that many owners in these without compensating Kuwaiti citizens or taking suffi- three governorates are offering their houses for sale for much cient measures to prevent prices of commodities to rise. less than their actual prices. “It is as if they want to get rid of Lawmakers are waiting for the start of the next parlia- the houses as soon as possible,” added the sources, noting mentary term early in October to start submitting their that these owners fear they would be exposed and want to grillings against the ministers of finance, commerce and leave Kuwait immediately. The sources also noted that the industry and others, with MP Ali Al-Khamees vowing to interior ministry expects that over 250,000 Kuwaitis will not do “whatever it takes” against the petrol increase. undergo DNA tests, although the ministry has warned citi- zens that they will not get the new electronic passports The government has so far ignored appeals and calls unless they do so, and that those who fail to do so will also by lawmakers to either postpone the petrol price lose their citizenships, jobs, housing and all other privileges increase, which went into effect on Thursday, or com- citizens get. pensate Kuwaiti citizens. MPs Khamees and Faisal Al- The government passed the DNA testing law in July 2015. Kandari yesterday joined a number of other lawmakers The DNA samples - obtained from saliva or blood - will be in insisting that they will file the grillings when the next stored in a lab at the General Department of Criminal parliamentary term opens, if the government refuses to Evidence in Dajeej. The bill was passed with national security compensate citizens. in mind, a senior official told Kuwait Times earlier this year. Khamees said the government utilized the summer KUWAIT: Sheep are unloaded from a truck at the livestock market in Al-Rai yesterday, ahead of the Eid Al-Adha Expats and visitors to Kuwait will also have to provide DNA recess of the National Assembly to carry out the petrol feast next week, which marks the end of the hajj pilgrimage. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat samples to the government. price increase, adding that MPs are waiting for the next A recent report by Al-Shahed daily quoted security term to start to question ministers. MP Khalil Abul said sources as saying that Kuwait’s population suddenly saw a the timing of the decision to hike petrol prices was 9-day break for Eid Al-Adha sharp increase after the liberation of the state in Feb 1991, as wrong, adding that the decision was taken without any a result of which demand for marriage and housing loans credible economic studies. The lawmaker said that the KUWAIT: The Civil Services Commission yesterday on Sept 12, 13 and 14. Thursday, Sept 15 will also be increased. government should search for viable alternatives to issued a directive concerning the Eid Al-Adha holiday, off because it falls between two holidays, stretching Authorities believe many people got Kuwaiti citizenship prevent citizens from being harmed as a result of the noting that it will start on Sunday, Sept 11 and end on the Eid break to nine days. The directive added that fraudulently in an organized manner during this period, tak- decision. Thursday, Sept 15. The directive explained that Arafat official work at various ministries and government ing advantage of the chaos, resulting in the Kuwaiti popula- Continued on Page 13 Day falls on Sept 11, followed by the three Eid days establishments will resume on Sunday, Sept 18. tion rising from a mere 650,000 before the invasion to 1,300,000 at present. UAE approves new bankruptcy law Dubai plans $20bn district • Visas eased for Chinese Gulf corporate earnings slide KUWAIT: The earnings of Gulf-listed firms dropped eight percent in the first half of 2016 due to low oil prices and a lack of liquidity, a report said yesterday. Net profits of over 650 firms on the region’s bourses reached $32.8 billion in the six months against $35.6 billion for the same period of 2015, said Kuwait Financial Centre Markaz. All posted drops but for those on the stock market in Oman, where net earn- ings rose by seven percent, the investment firm said JEDDAH: Pilgrims walk outside King Abdul Aziz Airport on their arrival to this Red in a report. Sea port city yesterday. — AFP Stock exchanges in members of the Gulf Cooperation Council were hit hard last year and in the first few months of 2016 as a result of the sharp Saudis strive to prevent fall in oil revenues. They recovered some of the losses in the second quarter as crude prices rose to around DUBAI: Journalists and Emirati officials listen to Morgan Parker, Chief Operating repeat of fatal haj crush $50 a barrel from under $30. “Persisting lower oil Officer of Dubai Holding (first left, front row), as he explains over the architectural prices, liquidity squeeze and sedate global growth model of the “Jumeriah Central” project during a press briefing yesterday. — AP RIYADH: A year after the worst haj disaster Custodian of Islam’s most revered places, led to decline in GCC corporate earnings during the in a generation, Saudi Arabia is issuing pil- Saudi Arabia stakes its reputation on organ- DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates’ cabi- Meanwhile, Dubai Holding, the invest- first half period of 2016, compared with the corre- grims with electronic bracelets and using izing haj, one of the five pillars of Islam net adopted a final version of the federal ment vehicle of the emirate’s ruler, has sponding period a year back,” said the report. “During more surveillance cameras to avoid a which every able-bodied Muslim who can bankruptcy law, as the oil-rich nation announced a $20 billion project to devel- the first half of 2016, corporate earnings in the GCC repeat of a crush that killed hundreds and afford to is obliged to undertake at least tries to attract investors put off by cur- op a new district in the city, signaling the fell by eight percent over the same period in 2015.” damaged already strained ties with Iran. once. Its prestige was damaged by the rent rules that criminalize an inability to emirate plans to keep growing rapidly The GCC groups Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, The world’s largest annual Muslim gather- 2015 disaster, in which Riyadh said 769 pil- repay debt. The law “aims to enhance for- despite the impact of low oil prices on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which ing, bringing some two million to Islam’s grims were killed - the highest haj death toll eign investment and ease the work of the region. But in an indication of some together pump around 18 million barrels of crude oil most sacred sites in Makkah, will also be a since a crush in 1990. Counts of fatalities by commercial companies,” Sheikh caution, officials said yesterday the proj- daily. In its report, Markaz projected the earnings of focus of concerns about militant violence countries that repatriated bodies showed Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the ect would be built in phases in response companies in the GCC would end the year down four after a suicide bomber killed four soldiers in that over 2,000 people may have died in UAE’s vice-president and prime minister to market demand, with no specific percent. early July in the nearby city of Madinah, the crush, more than 400 of them Iranians. and Dubai’s ruler, said on Twitter yester- deadline. They said financing arrange- Continued on Page 13 Islam’s second holiest. Continued on Page 13 day. The post included no details of the ments had not been finalized. new law. Continued on Page 13 Pope proclaims Mother Teresa a saint VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis yesterday pro- the slums of Kolkata as “eloquent witness to sial Nobel Peace prize speech in 1979. She claimed Mother Teresa a saint and hailed the God’s closeness to the poorest of the poor”. To “ceaselessly proclaimed that the unborn are the revered Catholic nun as an embodiment of applause, he added: “Mother Teresa loved to say, weakest”, he said. With the 16th century basilica maternal love who talked truth to power on ‘perhaps I don’t speak their language but I can of St Peter’s glinting in the late summer sun, behalf of the poor. “We may have some difficulty smile’. Let us carry her smile in our hearts.” Francis led a ritual mass that has barely changed in calling her ‘Saint’ Teresa,” the pontiff said. “Her Candles and flowers were laid on Teresa’s for centuries. Speaking in Latin, he declared holiness is so near to us, so tender and so fruitful tomb at the headquarters of her order in the “blessed Teresa of Calcutta (Kolkata) to be a that we continue to spontaneously call her Indian metropolis she is so closely associated Saint... decreeing that she is to be venerated as Mother.” He added: “She made her voice heard with. Lighting a candle, Konica Cecilia said such by the whole Church.” before the powers of this world, so that they Teresa had given her impoverished parents After the mass, the 79-year-old pontiff board- might recognize their guilt for the crime - the money to help them send her to school. “I was ed an open-topped jeep and toured around St crimes! - of poverty they created.” fortunate to meet Mother. She was a living saint Peter’s square and surrounding streets to a rap- Teresa’s canonization mass was attended by and an inspiration to me,” the 32-year-old said. turous reception from tens of thousands of well- more than 100,000 pilgrims, including heads of “My memories of her comfort me when I am in wishers. Solangel Rojas had come from Cali in state and hundreds of sari-clad nuns from her trouble.” Colombia. Clutching a picture of Teresa to her order, the Missionaries of Charity. Queen Sofia of Francis also used his sermon to recall Teresa’s heart, she said: “It is wonderful that she has been VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis waves to the faithful as he leaves after a Holy Mass and Spain and around 1,500 homeless people also fervent opposition to abortion, which she canonized. She was an example to us all.” the canonization of Mother Teresa of Kolkata (seen in placard) in Saint Peter’s looked on as Francis described Teresa’s work in termed “murder by the mother” in a controver- Continued on Page 13 Square in the Vatican yesterday. — AFP MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with His Highness the Prime His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with First Deputy Prime Minister and MinisterAmir Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.receives — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos Ministertop of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabahofficials Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yes- terday. His Highness the Amir also received His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al- Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and National Assembly Deputy Speaker Mubarak Al- Khurainej. Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown Prince received His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, Khurainej, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, as well as Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah. In addition, His Highness the Crown Prince received Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al- His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, and Minister of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Acting National Assembly Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainej. State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al- Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah and Sheikh Mohammad Al- Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. — KUNA Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah.

Kuwait celebrates UN Int’l Day of Charity

KUWAIT: The UN is set to celebrate the by Kuwaitis reached KD 18. 2 million, International Day of Charity today in compared to KD 14.8 million in 2014, recognition of humanitarian efforts to and KD 5.6 million in 2013. ease the suffering of those in need glob- Kuwait’s humanitarian efforts also ally. Kuwait is known as one of the top include executing projects to boost liv- countries in the field of charity and it ing standards in poor countries, provide was recognized by the UN as a better education and develop the use of ‘Humanitarian Center’. His Highness the manpower. The country also played a Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber huge role in aiding Syrian refugees in Al-Sabah was also granted the title of Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey, while also ‘Humanitarian Leader’ by the UN. aiding those affecting by war in Yemen, Kuwaiti charitable societies and citi- Iraq, and Palestine. The UN chose zens are donating aid to those affected September fifth to celebrate charity Head of Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs KUWAIT: Communications Minister and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Essa Al-Kandari by natural disasters, war, famine, and work, which is also the anniversary of team at Kuwaiti Hajj’s Expedition Mohammad during the inspection tour at Kuwait International Airport. — KUNA poverty around the world. In 2015, Mother Teresa’s death. She was an icon of Nasser Al-Mutairi donations given to charitable societies humanitarian work worldwide. — KUNA Minister checks airport for departing pilgrims Housing, medical services prepared

KUWAIT/JEDDAH: Minister of Communications and hajj session, he said. “The meeting reviewed in detail Sane is in contact with the mission “with a view to Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Essa Al-Kandari the preparations, made by each team, to care for the meeting our requirements and making sure of our affirmed yesterday the necessity of cooperation pilgrims and ensure a smooth and orderly hajj sea- preparedness. among the authorities at Kuwait International son,” Othaina, who doubles as assistant undersecre- He commended as cooperative the Saudi compe- Airport to serve the outgoing pilgrims. The minister tary of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, told tent authorities, saying: “The fruitful cooperation led made the remarks during an inspection of the airport reporters. to our early taking charge of the temporary dwelling to check on preparations to serve the pilgrims and “The team members, whether in Kuwait or the locations, designated for the Kuwaiti pilgrims to per- those traveling on the eid holiday, the Directorate Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), are working around form the hajj rituals, in the holy sites of Mina, Arafat General of Civil Aviation said in a statement. He gave the clock to provide the best possible service for the and Muzdalifah” near the holy city of Makkah. instructions to the personnel to ensure smooth Kuwaiti pilgrims and get ready for resolving any pos- He also thanked Zain KSA, a leading mobile serv- movement of the travelers. sible problems,” he pointed out. ice provider, for promising to offer a free phone line to each Kuwaiti pilgrim upon their arrival in the Housing Preparedness Kingdom. Othaina highlighted the need of abiding Meanwhile, Head of Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Othaina noted that Minister of Justice and by the rules and regulations set by the Saudi authori- Affairs team at Kuwaiti Hajj’s Expedition Mohammad Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaaqoub Al- ties to ensure the safety of all pilgrims. — KUNA Nasser Al-Mutairi announced that the mission pre- pared all residential units for Kuwaiti pilgrims and Kuwait-provided food that they have been allocated to each of the pilgrim- age campaigns. Mutairi said in a press release that receiving the makeshift housing units for the Kuwaiti given to relocated Iraqis pilgrims in Mena and Arafat and distributing them early during the annual services season is a record IRBIL: The State of Kuwait’s General to the needy on Eid Al-Adha. achievement. Moreover, the mission is inspecting the Consulate in Iraq’s Kurdistan announced Abdulrahman Al-Aoun, the head of the Kuwaiti settlement sites to ensure preparedness and yesterday that 1,850 food parcels, provided KRCS in the Kurdish region, said the socie- quality of the services to be provided to the faithful. by Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), ty, with supervision by the General Mutairi thanked all of the Kuwaiti Hajj campaigns on have been distributed to Iraqis from Mosul Consulate and the local Al-Barazani associ- their efforts made to secure special services for the who have taken up refuge in Debka camp ation, distributed 1,850 food packages to Kuwaiti pilgrims. near Irbil. Dr Omar Al-Kanderi, the General the relocated people, indicating that consul, indicated that aid would also be 11,000 Iraqis at the refugee camp benefit- Medical team given to other Iraqis who had fled Ninawa ed from the aid. The parcels will eventually Separately, personnel and equipment are fully and Al-Qura, adding that the Kuwaiti mis- reach 3,000, in addition to various medical prepared and ready to serve Kuwaiti pilgrims at the sion would supervise delivery of livestock services. — KUNA hajj expedition headquarters in Holy Makkah, said the chief of the medical services team. Dr Mubarak al-Ajmi said in a statement on Sunday that all mem- bers of the medical team had arrived two days ago, Head of the Kuwaiti hajj mission Khlaif Muthib Al-Othaina meets with heads of specialized affirming also that all needed medical equipment teams of the mission to discuss the arrangements for receiving the Kuwaiti pilgrims. had been installed. The medical cadres accompanying the expedition will provide first-maid treatment, in serious cases, before referral to nearest hospitals and clinics. He expressed gratitude to the Kuwaiti and Saudi author- ities for providing the facilities needed.

Arrangements On Saturday, Head of the Kuwaiti hajj mission Khlaif Muthib Al-Othaina met with heads of special- ized teams of the mission to discuss the arrange- ments for receiving the Kuwaiti pilgrims. The partici- pants, including representatives of the ministries of health, interior and information, as well as Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD), the public authorities for youth and sports, and the consulate in Jeddah, affirmed that their teams are ready for the start of the Members of the Kuwaiti medical team at the hajj expedition headquarters in Holy Makkah. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 LOCAL

Legalese Unionist demands proper Lawmakers do not Women’s Rights training for oil workers By Meshaal Al-Enezi By Attorney Fajer Ahmed receive fuel coupons KUWAIT: Board member of Kuwait National Petroleum am not very comfortable writing an article titled “Women’s Company’s (KNPC) employees syndicate Fahd Ali Al-Ajmi Rights”, as I was never really involved in women or gender yesterday urged KNPC’s CEO to undo what he described as No coupons for ranking civil servants Irights. I know there are major differences between a man unjust and abusive measures taken against a number of the and a woman biologically and of course legally, but I never company’s employees for very trivial reasons. In a press KUWAIT: Secretary General of the wanted to pick a gender and I understood (from my own release, Ajmi warned over the company’s recent policy of National Assembly Allam Al-Kanderi humble experience) that both genders faced inequality or not training employees on the handling of new projects it is denied yesterday media allegations misinterpretation in Kuwaiti law. People expect me to be a currently executing. “The company is currently witnessing a concerning MPs continuously receiv- female activist just because of the fact that I am an outspoken leap forward in terms of new oil projects,” he added, noting ing fuel coupons. The fuel coupons to female attorney in the public but I have always felt the urge that such projects require training company staff by special- the MPs will not be offered starting to speak about other things, like worker rights and racism. ists, because lack of such training would be disastrous. from September in accordance to Also I have always been interested in the commercial aspect instructions by the National of law and not the political, but nevertheless I wanted to take Brain surgery Assembly’s leadership, Kanderi said in the time today to talk about some issues that we are facing in The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday announced that a press release. The cabinet approved Kuwait and the region concerning women in the GCC. a 35-year-old woman had undergone successful brain sur- the increase of fuel prices last August The West looks at the GCC thinking that women are gery during which doctors managed to remove a 200 gm due to recommendations by the oppressed, oppressed in every way possible, what we can do tumor. Notably, the patient had been suffering from severe Kuwaiti economic committee. and not do in public, what we can wear or not wear, who we headaches accompanied by pain in the eyes, affecting her Meanwhile, the Civil Service marry and so on. Possibly true for some women but for the sight and daily activities for over five months. Commission warned government majority it’s a choice we take. Or at least that’s what most authorities against breaching the people say. Camping fees Commission’s Resolution issued on I think for me and for other young women, we weren’t Kuwait Municipality Director Ahmed Al-Manfouhi December 28, 2015, cancelling fuel forced but we are definitely pressured into making those denied increasing camping fees and stressed that the coupons for leading civil servants. choices. No one held a gun to my head to act a certain way amounts collected would remain the same. Manfouhi Abdulaziz Al-Zeben said in a state- but I definitely felt the peer pressure to do certain things, added that the municipality is currently coordinating with ment that in light of the resolution, no and sometimes the pressure comes out of love or care, but various government bodies concerning locating their government authority is allowed to how do you stop it? It’s not illegal and is it really practical to camps. grant fuel coupons to leading person- Allam Al-Kanderi make it illegal? If you don’t comply to their pressure, you lose nel in the public sector. Head of the Civil Service Commission Abdulaziz Al-Zeben your most precious support system, your family. Even if you Murderer remanded “Acting otherwise is a violation of stressed. the Civil Service Commission’s resolu- know your rights there is not much you can do. I know that The criminal court yesterday refused releasing a citizen The Commission at a meeting held The Resolution had been taken in line tions and circulars issued by the this article is supposed to be a legal article so I will refrain who killed his brother in Ramadan following an argument on December 28, 2015, ordered stop- with the State tight-belt policy. State Ministry of Finance; this is an erro- from talking about my experience, but I highly suggest you with him. Notably, both the suspect and his father filed a page of allotting cars or fuel coupons authorities had rented cars to be used neous act penalized by paying what read an article published a few days ago in the Kuwait Times request to drop charges. for the leaders of the excellent degree, by the leading personnel. — KUNA by my colleague and friend Nejoud Al-Yagout “A Thinly has been irregularly spent,” he undersecretaries or their assistants. Veiled Sideswipe”. Instead I will continue talking about Kuwaiti laws that really should not exist anymore and are a disgrace to our legislative system. Power production Article 153 Question: I have heard a lot about Article 153 or about to reach 25,000 abolishing Article 153, can you explain more about the arti- cle and whether or not you think it should be abolished? If megawatts: so, why? Fajer: Article 153 from Kuwait Penal Law (criminal law) Minister states that a man who kills his mother, sister, daughter or wife, or a man who has been sexual active with his mother, By A Saleh sister, daughter or wife, will only be accused of a misde- meanor punished by three years jail time maximum and/or a KUWAIT: The total fine. The man has to be in a state of anger and shock, he has electricity produced to walk in on the action. Of course I think the article should by the Ministry of be abolished. I understand that the woman’s act is punish- Electricity and Water able by law and any sex outside of marriage is punishable by (MEW) will increase law, for both men and women equally, but that doesn’t give to 25,000 megawatts the man an excuse to kill someone. once the Public I would like to mention that you have probably heard a Authority for lot about Abolish 153 because there is a movement under Housing Welfare fin- that name, that has really worked hard to bring awareness to ishes distributing the matter. The movement not only aims to bring about 120,000 housing legal change and abolish the article, but to also provide sup- units, Minister of port to those affected by the law. They are also very creative, Electricity and Water bringing awareness to their cause through exhibitions and Ahmad Al-Jassar said other fun events, please check them out at abolish153.org Minister of Electricity and yesterday. Jassar Water Ahmad Al-Jassar Alone at police station added that the cur- Question: I have heard that women should not go to rent electricity production is a little over 15,000 police stations alone in Kuwait. That the police might try to megawatts and that this figure was expected to take advantage of the fact that a woman is alone at a police rise once new under-construction power plants station. More than 80 percent of are completed. Meanwhile, MEW Undersecretary Fajer: To be completely honest with you, I had to think Mohammed Boshehri filed notices against the twice about using your question. I want my articles to be hon- consumer department director and the collection est, because I believe that honesty can bring about change but manager for violating ministry directives concern- I also don’t want to write negative things about my country Kuwait’s reefs bleached ing overdue consumption bills and unlawfully that I love so much and I want to see it change to the better. rescheduling some of them. I am sure that there are a lot of police officers in the coun- KUWAIT: Kuwait Dive Team announced yesterday that A number of international organizations had forecast try that are working day and night to keep us safe. I feel so they have identified bleaching problems affecting more the coral reefs’ problems in the northern Gulf, he said, Multi-storey parking grateful for all their hard work and commitment, and it’s not than 80 percent of Kuwait’s coral reefs. The bleaching indicating the extent of the problem is the widest since Kuwait Municipality yesterday refused sus- an easy job. I really appreciate them, but that doesn’t mean problems began in early September, and the dive team six years ago and noting that the proportion of the pending the construction of new multi-storey car that the stories that we have heard don’t have truth behind monitored the situation after conducting several dives at effects reached 90 percent in the Kuwaiti sea waters in parks and shifting to automated parking systems. them. With that said, I think you will be perfectly safe going Kuwait’s south sea, the team’s leader Waleed Al-Fadel said. 2010. Justifying the rejection, Director Ahmed Al- in to a police station, just dress respectably and be aware of Fadel added that the timing of the bleaching problem Moreover, the reasons for the bleaching problems Manfouhi said that intelligent automated parking what is going on. Of course there are other laws that I is late this year where usually it appears between 15-25 affecting coral reefs are the deterioration of the sur- systems need lots of requirements such as space believe should be abolished or at least looked into regarding August where the temperature of Kuwait’s water is high rounding environment and the huge change of the sea and constant maintenance, in addition to well- woman. I will be focusing on this topic next week as well, so to its peak, stating that the team will release a document- temperature or the pollution affecting the sea caused by trained staff members, while traditional multi- if you have any questions (or about any other legal topic) ed statement related to that matter, in coordination with the oil and others. The Kuwait Dive Team is affiliated to storey car parks are more suitable for large areas. please send them over to [email protected] Queens Land University in Australia. the Environmental Voluntary Foundation (EVF). — KUNA Municipality inspects food safety

By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality continued its inspection campaigns that include food stores, restaurants and co- ops. The Mubarakiya center carried out a campaign that included butcher shops, restaurants and the fish market. The campaign resulted in destroying 49 kg of fish unfit for human consumption.

Airport security Director General of Airport Security Brigadier Waleed Al- Saleh said authorities at the Kuwait International Airport are ready to receive passengers, whether arriving or departing. He said with the return of pilgrims, many citi- zens and expats will also return to be ready for schools. He said that Kuwait airport saw 1,172,019 passengers, 625,518 departing and 546,501 arriving. Head of the nuclear medicine KUWAIT: Medical equipment at the Kuwait Cancer Control Center department Dr Faridah Al-Kandari (KCCC). — KUNA Fire equipment Deputy Director General for the Prevention Sector Brig KCCC obtains qualification for Khalid Abdullah Fahd made along with a team from the sector a field visit to stores that sell fire equipment and lis- tened to their opinions and suggestions, as well as the new nuclear medicine department obstacles they face, and promised them more cooperation. KUWAIT: Kuwait Cancer Control Center tificate of quality for its newly opened and the Middle East region, head of the (KCCC), affiliated to the Kuwaiti Ministry nuclear medicine department. The certifi- nuclear medicine department Dr Faridah of Health, has obtained a European cer- cate is the first to be obtained in the Gulf Al-Kandari said yesterday. The health sector in Kuwait is keen on providing the best services that match international standards, she pointed out during a celebratory ceremony. The department receives more than 7,000 patients annually and conducted numer- ous gallium scans and Positron emission tomography procedures. KCCC was founded in 1968. It is prima- rily made up of the Hussain Makki Juma building for Specialized Surgery, the Sheikha Badriya Al Sabah Medical Oncology Building, and the Faisal Sultan Ibn Issa Diagnostic Imaging building. With over 600 highly qualified medical oncology staff, KCCC is a 200 bed hospital complex located in Shuwaikh. KCCC treats over 2000 new cancer patients each year from Kuwait and the region. It The European certificate of quality granted for the KCCC’s newly opened is equipped with state-of-the-art medical nuclear medicine department. equipment and services. — KUNA MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 LOCAL

In Brief Fire contaminants Death report UN envoy in Oman denied ‘limited’ MUSCAT: The UN special envoy for Yemen KUWAIT: News regarding the death of a Kuwaiti Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed held talks in KUWAIT: Contaminants which resulted from a citizen and the abduction of his wife in Turkey, Oman yesterday with the Sultanate’s Official sponge factory fire were “limited,” Environment Public which was attributed to Kuwait News Agency in Charge of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf bin Alawi Authority (EPA) announced yesterday. A reading of air (KUNA), is false, said the news agency yesterday. bin Abdullah, the official Omani news pollutants in the industrial Shuaiba zone, in Ahmadi According to KUNA, the news, which was broad- agency (OMNA) said. Talks between the two city, where the factory is located, showed a “within casted through social media and was attributed sides focused on ongoing diplomatic efforts limit contamination.” South easterly winds, which to the news agency, is totally false. It affirmed that by the envoy and the UN to try settle the were prevailing at the time of the fire, helped driving legal action would be undertaken against those strife in Yemen. Media reports have indicated the toxins (Carbon dioxide, Sodium sulfide and using KUNA’s slogan and name in spreading such that Oman is seeking to pave way for new Nitrogen dioxide) away from the area. — KUNA false information, adding that those behind this rounds of talks among the warring Yemeni Photo act will be brought to justice. — KUNA parties to settle the conflict. — KUNA of the day

KUWAIT: A shepherd leads sheep to a livestock market in Al-Rai yesterday, ahead of the Eid Al-Adha holiday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Kuwait signs financial cooperation accord with British institute

CAIRO: Advisor of Kuwaiti Cabinet’s committee for women’s affairs Dr Suaad Abdulwahab pictured at the sidelines of Women and Achieving Peace and Security conference. — KUNA

Women should be guaranteed KUWAIT: Chairman of the CMA Board of Commissioners Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf Capital Markets Authority’s (CMA) officials meet with representatives (right) is pictured after signing an agreement for cooperation with the from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI). peace, security: Official Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI). — KUNA CAIRO: It is imperative to put forth strin- purpose of this conference is to investigate KUWAIT: The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) sists of various programs to prop up transactions in Commissioners Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf, along with gent efforts to ensure peace and security challenges faced by women in the Arab signed yesterday an agreement for cooperation the financial sector through increased efficiency in other senior officials. for Arab women, Advisor of the Kuwaiti world. Speaking on women in Kuwait, she with the Chartered Institute for Securities the market, the statement added. Formed by way of an edict in 2010, the CMA Cabinet’s committee dealing with women’s said that they have made headway and Investment (CISI), a London-based professional Furthermore, the agreement will buoy CMA’s regulates activities in the capital market and affairs Dr Suaad Abdulwahab said yester- procured unprecedented rights, which she body that caters to employees of the financial and aspirations of becoming a bastion of investment protects investors from potential fraudulent and day. Abdulwahab made those comments in described as a “good omen.” investment industry. The agreement comes as a fol- that provides an environment conducive to illicit processes. CISI is a professional body well- a statement at the sidelines of a conference Kuwaiti women have claimed numerous low-up to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) growth and development, the statement said, versed in issues germane to securities and entitled, “ Women and Achieving Peace and prominent positions and enjoy a plethora signed between both sides in January 2015, a state- adding that the signing of the agreement was investment, as it boasts a highly adept work- Security,” co-organized by the Arab League of rights, she added. Furthermore, the ment by CMA noted. Moreover, the agreement con- attended by Chairman of the CMA Board of force. — KUNA and the United Nations (UN). Kuwaiti Cabinet’s Advisor on Women’s Moreover, Abdulwahab, who heads Affairs urged Arab nations to collaborate to Kuwait’s delegation to the conference, safeguard the region in a highly tumul- underscored its significance, saying the tuous time. — KUNA

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) and the National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development sign the Memorandum of Understanding. — KUNA Agreement signed to support small businesses in agriculture

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Agriculture dures related to agriculture, livestock, fisheries that agricultural economy is the most conven- Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) and the production, the establishment and manage- ient medium that nurtures small enterprises for National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprise ment of public parks services and the exchange its affordable financial and human resources (SME) Development signed a Memorandum of of information to help eliminating all obstacles and for its flexible dynamics. Therefore, it is KUWAIT: Farwaniya Governor Sheikh Faisal Al-Humoud Al-Malek Al-Sabah Understanding (MoU) to provide small business- and difficulties that might encounter these important for the Government to pump new received yesterday citizen Bandar Al-Mutairi and his son Maher, who returned to es with greater opportunities to grow in the enterprises. blood into this field of business which is essen- Kuwait from Iraq where he spent the past 26 years after he was moved there as a agricultural field. On the sideline of signing the MoU, PAAAFR tial for job creation and national economic baby during the 1990/91 Iraqi Invasion. The MoU entails the facilitation of all proce- chief Fasail Al-Hasawi told the press on Sunday growth. — KUNA MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 LOCAL

The first place winners Members of the judges’ panel while evaluating the projects. Alghanim Industries sponsors ‘Startup Weekend - Kuwait’ Sponsoring for 4th year to support entrepreneurship among youth

KUWAIT: Alghanim Industries, one of the enterprises (SMEs). This year, the judges were Weekend - Kuwait’, Tarek Trad said: “I really last year’s Startup Weekend Kuwait. The num- able to focus on execution. You also need to largest privately owned companies in the Senior Manager Corporate BD and M&A - enjoyed attending ‘Startup Weekend - Kuwait’ ber of attendees and quality of ideas made work well in teams, with different people region, announced today its platinum spon- Alghanim Industries, Tarek Trad; CTO - and being on the judging panel this year. I for a lively competition full of ingenuity and from different backgrounds. I really enjoyed sorship of ‘Startup Weekend - Kuwait’. It is the KuwaitNET, Bashar Al-Abdulhadi; Chief had attended the event four years ago and I innovation. being part of Startup Weekend and I would company’s fourth year in a row sponsoring Business Development Officer at Kuwait Life see that it grew significantly, and the busi- Startup Weekend provides unique and love to do it again. I appreciate the experi- the event, which brings together Kuwait’s Sciences Company, Dr Mussaad Al-Razouki. ness ideas are more mature and diverse. I invaluable learning experiences for anyone ence and the network of the people I met designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and hope to see this year’s participants continue who wants to venture into the world of and worked with there. I would like to thank experts from all domains to pitch business Success factors their commercial projects and get the sup- technology business and startups. And the sponsors who help bring this event to ideas and get feedback from judges. The Concluding the event, Business Solutions port they need. And I hope to see more beyond that, every participant leaves the life. Their contributions really boosts the event took place from last Thursday to Manager at X-Cite, Omar Almadani, present- young people join ‘Startup Weekend - Kuwait’ competition feeling inspired and driven to entrepreneurial scene in this region, and it Saturday at the Contemporary Art Platform ed key success factors for taking an idea and to realize their dreams and business ideas.” chase their dreams and start their journey as wouldn’t be possible without their generous (CAP) in Shuwaikh, with 125 participating converting it to a reality. He shed a light on Costa Coffee and Gulf Trading and entrepreneurs.” sponsorships.” entrepreneurs. the importance of project management and Refrigerating Company (GTRC), both The first place winner of this year’s compe- This initiative comes as part of Alghanim Participants announced their ideas on the planning, where it is essential to properly Alghanim Industries’ companies, participated tition was ‘Maroon Box’, a mobile app that Industries’ Corporate Social Responsibility first day, and then developed them over a 54- define what is in scope. He also mentioned in this event as well. Costa Coffee’s team was provides a customized style experience for its (CSR) program, which is committed to giving hour period starting from business model the importance of awareness and being hon- available all weekend to serve the event’s customers through a monthly package deliv- back to the community, supporting educa- creation, to coding and designing, followed est with one’s self. When there is an issue, you participants, while GTRC provided them with ery of two outfits based on their preferences. tion and encouraging entrepreneurship. It is by market validation. At the end of the week- must admit to it and work on resolving it. He snacks. The winning team received a check with a worth mentioning that the company was the end, teams presented their prototypes to a also talked about the importance of having value of 1250 Kuwaiti Dinars. Strategic Sponsor for the sixth Nuqat confer- panel of expert judges for valuable feedback. the right skillset and talent working together Raise the bar Ahmad Al-Rawy, from the winning team ence, which celebrates and encourages cre- The judges’ panel consisted of local to achieve a common goal. These are some Organizer of Startup Weekend-Kuwait and said: “I learned so much over the past week- ativity in the Arab world. The company is also experts from different backgrounds who concepts being used in practice in X-cite, one Co-Founder of Coded Academy, Hashim end. The main thing I learned is to compro- the largest supporter for INJAZ-Kuwait, as it have experience and knowledge in entrepre- of Alghanim Industries’ companies. Bahbahani said: “This year’s Startup Weekend mise. When you have so many great ideas, encourages its employees to volunteer regu- neurship, particularly in small and medium Speaking about this year’s ‘Startup surpassed the high bar set by the success of you need to compromise some of them to be larly in INJAZ’s different programs. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Annahar Report Social media Teen wrecks threats

father’s car By Faihan Al-Azmi

KUWAIT: A juvenile stole his father’s car and collided eputy Prime Minister and Interior with a half lorry. The citizen, who lives in Rabiya, just Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al- received his new car and went home to rest, but was Khaled Al-Sabah recently stated that awakened by a police call asking him to go to the police D station. He went to where he parked the new car but a Twitter user who insulted the Prophet’s did not find it. At the station, he discovered that his son (PBUH) companions can create tumult and stole the keys, drove the car and hit the truck, destroy- that the account holder had thus become a ing it completely. The boy was taken to hospital with fugitive of law, although he is still abroad. bruises, then to the station for questioning. The interior minister’s attitude in pursuing tumult creators and sectarianism promoters Army man assaulted on various social media networks is highly Decisions appreciated. However, stricter monitoring is A bedoon man in the army who was in uniform and required for those sites because they have heading to his work was surprised by two persons who had differences with him. They beat him badly, become a safe haven for people hiding then stabbed him in the neck and shoulder before behind nicknames to strike at our national escaping. Police and paramedics rushed him to unity, promote sectarianism, defame public Jahra Hospital, where he was admitted to the ICU. Al-Jarida The two suspects are being sought and await attempted murder charges. Demographic imbalance should Stricter monitoring is required for those sites Suicide attempt headline assembly’s agenda: MP A Pakistani man ended up in the intensive care unit at because they have Jahra Hospital after he slashed his wrists in a suicide become a safe haven for attempt he committed in Qasr, according to the police KUWAIT: A lawmaker suggested that Kuwait’s demo- increases in the private sector to 96 percent, according report. Jahra police and paramedics rushed the victim to graphic imbalance should be discussed as a priority to statistics released earlier this year by the Central people hiding behind the hospital. He was charged with attempted suicide, when the National Assembly Statistical Bureau (CSB). Meanwhile, statistics released and will be questioned as soon as his condition resumes sessions late October. earlier by the Labor Market Information System had nicknames to strike at “Does Kuwait need 800,000 indicated that the average salary of expatriates in the improves. —Al-Rai Indians and 500,000 Arabs with private sector stands at KD 251 a month. our national unity below average educational lev- The majority of expatriates in Kuwait are concentrat- els?” MP Dr Abdurrahman Al- ed in categories which do not necessarily require labor Jeeran wondered in statements with high academic qualifications, such as construction, News published by Al-Rai yesterday. He manufacturing industries as well as wholesale and retail figures or promote lies and rumors to create in brief called for controlling the number trade. The same statistics show that nearly 39 percent of a state of division. of expatriates “which has become expatriates in Kuwait have ‘primary and below’ educa- Such accounts must be traced and be sub- a concern for citizens and expats tion level, 35 percent with intermediate, compared to MP Dr themselves.” only 13 percent university graduates. jected to accountability. Social media net- ‘Corrupt expats’ blamed Abdurrahman Jeeran meanwhile called for Almost 95 percent of employees in the private sector works have to be monitored in order to fight for municipality’s woes Al-Jeeran examining workers’ categories in are foreigners, and it currently employs nearly 75 per- sectarian ideology, because these networks KUWAIT: An official source at Kuwait Municipality order to identify the country’s cent of expatriate workers in Kuwait (not including needs for expatriate manpower “instead of flooding the domestic helpers, who make up 17 percent of expatriate have become a most favored environment blamed a number of ‘corrupt expatriate employees’ for [labor] market with workers that the country does not workers). Furthermore, there are around 100,000 illegal for terrorist organizations, such as IS, to corruption in certain divisions there, saying that they need, and instead increase the state’s social, economic, expatriate workers, according to unofficial statistics, spread their venomous ideas. Therefore, enjoy protection from “a few officials” who have access security and health burdens.” He suggested more control who are either victims of visa trafficking or live in Kuwait to the evaluation reports based on which their services over the number of domestic workers and laborers based without a valid work visa. This situation, coupled with stricter a security fist must be used against can be terminated. The source meanwhile revealed that on their jobs, while making sure that only highly trained the state’s failure to encourage national manpower to these networks to place suspicious accounts there is a study to reevaluate all of Kuwait Municipality’s workers are recruited to carry out development project. seek more demanding, less paying jobs in the private under close watch in collaboration with tele- expatriate employees. —Al-Rai In the meantime, Jeeran also stressed the need for sector instead of the less demanding, more rewarding setting a reasonable minimum wage, saying that there public sector job, continues to cast a shadow on the com companies. Accordingly, we hope that are foreigners working in Kuwait for very low salaries government’s ability to go ahead with its planned the interior minister will fully activate e- Spending cut through which they cannot meet their families’ financial demographic structural strategies, through which police divisions to face such challenges. demands if the standard of living continues to increase. Kuwait looks to cut down the expatriate population Translated by Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The cabinet is expected to discuss during Nearly 94 percent of expatriate workers in Kuwait are from 69 percent of the total population today to at least — its weekly meeting today a report suggesting includ- paid less than KD 600 a month, while that percentage 50 percent. ing judiciary and public prosecution members under a law passed last year to cut travel and transport expenses for public sector employees. Meanwhile, sources said that servicemen are not expected to be KIB receives ‘CSR Excellence Award’ from included “because there are financial regulations already in place to regulate that.” —Al-Anbaa Arab Organization for Social Responsibility

Recruitment fees Outstanding recognition that accentuates the bank’s mission KUWAIT: Board members of a state-owned firm to be established for domestic help recruitment purposes KUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) are expected to be announced this month, before oth- received the ‘CSR Excellence Award’ from er executive steps are made. The company will likely the Arab Organization for Social start recruiting domestic workers for citizens within a Responsibility for the second consecutive month after the board members’ announcement, a year, in recognition of its pioneering CSR government source said. MP Kamel Al-Awadhi said program that enriches the society on vari- meanwhile that recruitment fees through this compa- ous fronts. Manager of Corporate ny are expected to be ‘considerably low’ compared to Communications unit at KIB, Nawaf Najia, current rates. —Al-Anbaa received the award in a special ceremony that was held on August 30th, 2016 in Sharm El Sheikh. Diesel fuel A leading CSR program KUWAIT: The government studies more options to Najia commented by saying, “At KIB, we eliminate subsidies for certain products and servic- exert all efforts to develop and improve our es, sources said, adding that the current focus is on humanitarian and social initiatives by sectors where such measures would not leave direct launching and supporting various activities or significant impact on citizens. Among those that serve the community and its people. In options is a plan to reconsider subsidization of return, this has put KIB’s leading CSR pro- diesel fuel for companies and factories, which is sold gram under the spotlight and attained the at 55 fils per liter compared to the 95 fils per liter respect of many international organiza- retail price. This direction came after the discovery of tions and entities working in this field.” He ‘exaggerated level’ of consumption lately in subsi- confirmed that KIB’s program takes in dies diesel, the sources explained. —Al-Qabas diversified and various initiatives and activ- ities around the year, making it the most reliable and strategic-thinking program when it comes to serving the community. Employment policy Worthy of honor KUWAIT: The General Secretariat for the Supreme Najia expressed his pride and honor for Council of Planning and Development is dissatisfied receiving this award for the second year in with the current employment policy adopted by the a row, which highlights the bank’s thought- Civil Service Commission and the Manpower and ful mission and reflects the commitment Government Restructuring Program. This process relies and hard work of KIB’s employees at the primarily on providing jobs for national manpower with- Corporate Communications Unit under the out giving proper attention to citizens’ demands, said a guidance and supervision of the high man- source familiar with the General Secretariat’s thinking. agement. He explained that while this He called for changing the ‘routine’ way of employment award reinforces KIB’s stand in this field, it ous initiatives all year long. Organization for Social Responsibility gives their CSR programs by supporting social also requires double the efforts to attain and achieving a jump that benefits Kuwaiti workers in out such awards to encourage all establish- initiatives and activities that enrich the this achievement and yet look for more to the public and private sectors. —Al-Qabas Appreciation awards ments and companies in the Middle East, community they work in, while providing come in the future by launching continu- It is worth noting that the Arab both private and governmental, to develop their regular services to their client base. ABK offers up to 10 Skyward Road safety campaign ahead of school year

miles for every KD spent abroad By Hanan Al-Saadoun and complying with traffic police instruc- Valid for ABK Emirates Visa cardholders tions. He said speed limits must be KUWAIT: Director General of the Relations respected, and pedestrians should also be and Security Information Department Brig respected. He said the plan includes devel- KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) recently To participate in the promotion ABK customers Adel Ahmad Al-Hashash said a media cam- opment of traffic awareness in citizens, announced its latest promotion whereby ABK need to make any transactions outside of Kuwait paign to educate and guide students and expats and students to carry out their Emirates Visa Infinite and Signature cardholders using their ABK Emirates Visa Infinite and Signature drivers as well as pedestrians in prepara- duties to limit traffic jams and participate are offered the chance to win up to 10 Skywards cards. The Skywards Miles will automatically be tion for the new academic year will sup- in achieving security in support of the Miles, for every Kuwaiti Dinar spent internationally. credited to the customers Skywards membership port concerned state authoritiesí efforts Interior Ministryís efforts. The promotion is running till 30 September, 2016. account, where ABK Infinite cardholders will earn and limit traffic congestions. Hashash said He said the plan adopted several 10 Skywards Miles and ABK Signature cardholders the media plan will focus on awareness media mechanisms including press state- will earn 7 Skywards Miles. and guidance on the importance of coop- ments, TV flashes, brochures and booklets ABK continuously offers its customers promo- erating with security authorities to achieve in front of schools, billboards on streets tions that allow them to gain as many Skywards studentsí safety and limit accidents, as well and gas stations and though social media. Miles as possible, in line with its longstanding part- as intensify preparations and procedures Hashash expressed his appreciation to all nership with Emirates Airline and Visa. For more by interior ministry to face the start of the media for their support of the campaign information about ABK please visit eahli.com or new school year. and its positive role in urging all society contact an ABK customer service agent via ‘Ahlan He said topic of awareness focus on the groups to respect the laws and comply Ahli’ at 1899899. importance of respecting the traffic law with traffic laws. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

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ISTANBUL: A woman flashes the victory sign during a peace rally against war in Syria on September 4, 2016 in Istanbul Turkish arplanesw have destroyed 10 Kurdish rebel positions in the restive southeast as Ankara steps up its fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), state media reported. — AFP Turk jets destroy Kurdish, IS targets Erdogan: There is no good terrorist or bad terrorist

ANKARA: Ankara stepped up its fight against militants in The Turkish military said more than 100 PKK fighters more than 7,000 militants have been killed in Turkey and operation since August 24 in Syria against IS and the Syrian Turkey and northern Syria with air strikes on Kurdish rebel were “neutralised” during clashes in Cukurca with its securi- northern Iraq, Anadolu said. It is not possible to independ- Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara positions in the restive southeast and IS extremists in ty forces on Saturday, without explaining how many were ently verify the toll. Activists claim innocent civilians have describes as an offshoot of the PKK. But there have been northern Syria, security sources said yesterday. Jets killed and how many were injured. Meanwhile Turkish war- also been killed in the offensives. More than 40,000 people no clashes between Turkey and Kurdish groups in Syria for bombed four PKK targets in the Cukurca district of the planes destroyed Islamic State (IS) group targets in north- have been killed since the PKK first took up arms in 1984. at least 48 hours, four days after the US claimed the two southeastern province of Hakkari close to northern Iraq on ern Syria on Saturday, hours after Ankara sent more tanks President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday NATO sides agreed on a truce. Saturday evening, the sources told state-run Anadolu news from the southern Kilis province to support Syrian rebels. countries needed a common approach to all terrorist acts On Saturday, Ankara sent more tanks into the northern agency. The bombing took place after a bloody 48 hours and organizations after talks with US President Barack Syrian village of Al-Rai from Kilis province, opening a new during which at least 22 Turkish soldiers and a village Investment in ‘PKK-damaged areas’ Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China’s front after its initial intervention dubbed Operation guardsman were killed in clashes and an attack blamed on A two-year ceasefire between Ankara and the PKK col- Hangzhou. “There is no good terrorist or bad terrorist. All Euphrates Shield. Turkish jets supporting Syria opposition PKK militants. lapsed last year, after which Kurdish rebels launched fre- types of terrorism are bad. We must stand against them.” fighters also destroyed four IS targets on both of its fronts, Twelve soldiers were killed in two separate clashes in the quent attacks on security forces in the country’s southeast. the Turkish military said, quoted by Anadolu. Between 18:51 Cukurca and Semdinli districts in Hakkari, the provincial gov- Prime Minister Binali Yildirim vowed that billions of lira ‘Coalition should show solidarity’ GMT and 20:19 GMT on Saturday, one target in al-Wakef ernor’s office said, while in Van province, eight soldiers died would be invested in centres “damaged by PKK terror” dur- Erdogan repeated his opposition to a “terror corridor” close to al-Rai was destroyed while three targets were during fighting between soldiers and militants. Two more ing a televised speech in Diyarbakir yesterday. He prom- on Turkey’s southern border, referring to Kurdish groups’ destroyed in the al-Qadi region on the Jarabulus front. died in southeastern Mardin, Anadolu said. The village ised 1.9 billion lira (643 million dollars) would be invested wish to unite the “cantons” of Afrin and Kobane in northern Fighting against IS continued on the new front for a sec- guard-killed in an attack in Mardin on Friday-was part of a in the historic Sur district of Diyarbakir, which has been rav- Syria. “To avoid this terror corridor, coalition forces should ond day, with clashes in the south of al-Rai, according to group of local residents who cooperate with Turkish security aged by renewed violence. show solidarity with Turkey regarding this struggle. I broadcaster NTV. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for forces against the PKK, listed as a terror group by Ankara and Another seven “terror-damaged” areas would receive 10 believe we will be successful in this fight.” Human Rights told AFP in Beirut that it was “clear IS is los- its Western allies. Another six PKK positions were hit in the billion lira and Yildirim promised thousands of new homes Yildirim said Turkish forces would return once the coun- ing” after the Turkey-backed operation. Observatory head Mount Tendurek region between Agri and Van provinces in would be built in the southeast. More than 600 Turkish secu- try’s safety was secured, and the PKK and YPG were no Rami Abdel Rahman said that the group only had “16 km the country’s east on Saturday evening, Anadolu said. rity force members have been killed since July 2015 while longer a threat to Turkey. Turkey has been conducting an left (of territory) on the border” with Turkey. — AFP US, Russia come up short on Syria deal

HANGZHOU: The United States and Russia came up short official, who wasn’t authorized to discuss negotiations pub- together while world leaders gathered in China, and yesterday on a deal to end years of brutal fighting between licly and requested anonymity, didn’t elaborate. Kerry and American officials were optimistic enough that they invited Syria’s Russian-backed government and US-supported Lavrov were consulting with their governments before talks reporters to an expected announcement by Kerry and rebels. Negotiations were to continue today, even as a resume today. The conflict has killed as many as a half-mil- Lavrov. But officials removed Lavrov’s podium just before dispirited President Barack Obama doubted the diplomacy lion people since 2011 and caused millions of Syrians to flee Kerry came out - alone - to announce that no agreement would ever pay off. Russia and the US have sought for their homes, contributing to a global migration crisis. Amid had been finalized. A planned conference call with journal- weeks to secure a cease-fire between Syrian President the chaos, IS has emerged as a global terror threat. ists to discuss the deal was abruptly canceled. “We’re not Bashar Assad’s government and moderate rebels that going to rush,” said Kerry, who has negotiated several failed would expand access for hundreds of thousands of civilians Negotiators hopeful truces with Russia in recent months. — AP caught in the crossfire. The strategy has hinged on an Kerry and Lavrov’s talks on the sidelines of the Group of unlikely US-Russian militarily partnership against extremist 20 economic summit represent their third significant groups operating in Syria. attempt since July to finalize a new US-Russian military But beyond the Islamic State and al-Qaida, the two pow- partnership that Moscow has long sought. The package ers have conflicting views about who fits in that category. would include provisions so aid can reach besieged areas of “We’re not there yet,” Obama said on the sidelines of an eco- Syria and measures to prevent Assad’s government from nomic summit in China, where across town US Secretary of bombing areas where US-backed rebels are operating. US State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey officials have said that as part of a deal, Russia would have Lavrov were trying to hash out the deal. “It’s premature for to halt offensives by Assad’s government, something it has us to say that there is a clear path forward, but there is the failed to do over months of diplomatic efforts. And the US possibility at least for us to make some progress on that must get rebels to break ranks with the Al-Qaeda-linked front.” Nusra Front, a task that grew tougher after its fighters last A senior State Department official said the talks faltered month successfully broke the siege of Aleppo, Syria’s largest on Saturday when Russia pulled back from agreement on city and the site of fierce recent fighting. issues the US negotiators believed had been settled. The Negotiators had been hopeful a deal could come INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 To Iran, Kurdish unrest spells Saudi incitement

BEIRUT: A decision by a Kurdish opposi- “(Saudi Arabia) gives money to any spread of Iranian activity overseas, the been periodic crackdowns on dissidents have been forced to take up arms because tion group to take up arms against anti-revolutionary who comes near the kingdom no longer relies heavily on within the community since that time. they have no alternative to secure their Iranian authorities has senior officials in border and says ‘Go carry out operations,’” Western allies to counter it, and is height- That tension has led Iranian officials to political rights. “Our main goal is not to Tehran worrying that Saudi Arabia is Mohsen Rezai, the former head of the ening its own efforts to contain Iranian accuse members of Sunni minority pursue armed clashes,” said Karim seeking to undermine its stability in a Revolutionary Guards said after one influence. groups, particularly the Kurds, of sympa- Parwizi, a member of the PDKI politburo deepening of their regional rivalry. round of clashes, according to the Tabnak thizing with religious extremists, including who is based in Erbil in northern Iraq. Riyadh denies the charge. But tension website. “When they ask, ‘Where should Proxy war Islamic State. “We want to have organizational, politi- between the two countries is surging, we carry out operations?’ they say, ‘It’s not Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Last week, Iran’s intelligence minister cal and civil activities.” with Saudi Arabia and Iran supporting important. We want Iran to become inse- Turki al Faisal showed up at a rally in Paris Mahmoud Alavi announced that 1500 The operations by the PDKI come at a opposite sides in wars in Syria and Yemen cure.’” Iran’s 8 to 10 million Kurdish com- in July of the Mujahedin Khalq Iranian youth had been prevented from time when Kurds across the region appear and rival political parties in Iraq and munity is mostly Sunni. In addition to the Organization (MKO), the main exiled joining Islamic State. “It is a very conven- emboldened: Kurdish armed groups in Lebanon. The contest has largely hewed claims about Saudi funding for Kurdish opposition group seeking to topple the ient time to tie any act of persecution of Syria have been gaining territory and the along sectarian lines as mainly Shiite Iran armed groups, Iranian officials have also country’s clerical rulers. While Prince Turki the Sunnis to Islamic State,” said Hadi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in and Saudi Arabia, a predominantly Sunni accused Riyadh of stirring up trouble holds no official position, his presence Ghaemi, the director of the International northern Iraq is increasingly distancing country, vie for influence. among Iran’s other Sunni ethnic minori- suggests Saudi Arabia has crossed a line in Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. itself from the central government in That competition, officials in Tehran ties like the Baluch in the southeast of the terms of willingness to publicly support Baghdad. PDKI members say they have no worry, has now spread inside their bor- country and Arabs in Iran’s southwest. The Iranian opposition groups. “The proxy war Rising tension official ties or shared operations with oth- ders, thanks to what they fear is Riyadh’s PKDI denies receiving Saudi support. And between Saudi Arabia and Iran is becom- In early August, Iran executed 20 er Kurdish parties in Iraq, Turkey or Syria. exploitation of the Islamic Republic’s com- for their part, Saudi officials deny med- ing much more open and much more Kurdish inmates, allegedly Islamists, in the In mid-August, the secretary of Iran’s munal rifts. They point to clashes-the first dling in Iranian affairs. Riyadh in turn determined,” said Abbas Milani, the direc- Rajai Shahr prison, ramping up tension Supreme National Security Council Ali in almost 20 years- between the accuses Iran of stirring up trouble tor of the Iranian Studies program at between the central government and the Shamkhani told a high level security dele- Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan amongst its Shi’ite minority, a charge Stanford University. Kurdish region of the country. “The timing gation from the KRG that border security (PDKI) fighters and Revolutionary Guards Iranian officials have denied. The Islamic Republic has had a tense (of the executions) certainly appears to be was a “red line”, according to Mehr News. in the northwest in June and July that left Riyadh fears a nuclear deal with world relationship with its Kurdish minority sending a message to the Kurdish militant The KRG said it would not allow any group several dead on both sides. As fighting powers signed last year gives Iran more since the revolution in 1979, which would groups and the local Kurdish community,” to threaten Iran’s border security, but escalated, Iranian forces shelled suspected scope to push its interests internationally potentially make them an ally of Iran’s said Ghaemi. “It’s really punishment of a Parwizi from the PDKI said his group had Kurdish military bases in northern Iraq, by releasing it from many of the sanctions rivals, observers say. The Revolutionary community to spread fear and intimida- so far not been pressured to stop armed raising the prospect that the conflict which have crippled its economy. Guard fought Kurdish separatists immedi- tion.” The PDKI, for its part, denies any sup- activities at the border, raising the possi- could spread across the border. Alarmed by what it sees as a dangerous ately after the revolution and there have port from Saudi Arabia and says Kurds bility of further clashes. — Reuters Syrian troops advance in Aleppo, try to force siege Capturing areas they lost last month

BEIRUT: Syrian pro-government forces backed Rights confirmed that government troops cap- each other from both towns, hoping to close off by airstrikes launched a wide offensive in the tured the academy, adding that insurgents have the last stretch of the Syrian border ruled by the northern city of Aleppo yesterday, capturing launched a counteroffensive. extremists. areas they lost last month and almost besieging Al-Manar TV, which is run by Lebanon’s rebel-held neighborhoods, state media and Hezbollah group, said troops are now pushing ‘Link with the outside world’ opposition activists said. The push came a toward the nearby Artillery Academy. Hezbollah The Observatory said IS still controls four bor- month after insurgents captured several military has sent thousands of fighters to Syria to bolster der villages, adding that once they are taken it academies south of Aleppo and opened a corri- President Bashar Assad’s forces. To the north of will cut the extremist group’s last “link with the dor into rebel-held parts of Syria’s largest city Aleppo, fighting between Turkish-backed rebels outside world.” The Observatory and the Local and onetime commercial center. Since then, and the Islamic State group intensified yesterday Coordination Committees, another Syrian moni- government forces and their allies have been near the rebel-held town of Al-Rai, near the toring group, said an IS suicide attacker riding a trying to recapture the area. Turkish border. motorcycle struck in the northern village of JERUSALEM: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Transportation State news agency SANA quoted an Turkey sent tanks into al-Rai on Saturday in Khalfatli, killing and wounding a number of peo- Minister Yisrael Katz attend the weekly cabinet meeting. — AP unnamed military official as saying that troops what it said was a “new phase” in an operation to ple, including rebels. The Observatory said the have captured the Armament Academy and are drive IS away from the border. Al-Rai is 55 kilo- blast killed 14 people, including 11 rebels. “continuing their advance in the area to impose meters west of Jarablus, a border town seized by The LCC said Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army Politics and religion almost a total siege on the gunmen in Aleppo.” Turkey-backed Syrian rebels last week. The rebels captured the village of Tweiran, to the The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Turkey-backed forces are now advancing toward south of al-Rai, from IS yesterday. Turkey’s state- run Anadolu news agency said 19 Syrian rebels disrupt Israel trains wounded in clashes with IS since Saturday have been hospitalized in Turkey. Turkish Prime JERUSALEM: Politics and religion com- desire to keep intact a coalition alliance Minister Binali Yildirim defended his country’s bined yesterday to halt much of Israel’s with religious parties. Netanyahu’s coali- intervention in neighboring Syria, pointing to train service at the start of its working tion, which includes 13 legislators from their long shared border. “We are there to pro- week. Bowing to demands by ultra- three ultra-Orthodox parties, controls 66 of tect our borders, ensure the safety of our citi- Orthodox partners in the governing coali- parliament’s 120 seats. For decades, a deli- zens’ lives and property, and to protect the terri- tion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cate balance between modern-day life and torial integrity of Syria,” Yildirim said during a vis- ordered rail maintenance suspended on religious observance has been maintained it to the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath - when work by a status quo between Israel’s secular “We will never allow an artificial state in is ritually forbidden - and found himself majority and a Jewish Orthodox minority. Syria’s north,” he said, apparently referring to US- widely blamed for a transportation snarl-up Under that arrangement there is largely no backed Kurdish forces, who have taken a large a day later. bus or train service in Jewish cities and vil- swath of territory from IS along the border. With a section of track north of Tel Aviv lages on Saturdays, but maintenance work Turkey views the Kurds as a threat and the dismantled for repairs just before the sab- has been routinely allowed. In recent weeks, Turkey-backed forces have clashed with them bath began on Friday evening, the national however, ultra-Orthodox political leaders outside Jarablus. In a press statement late railway stopped most services on Sunday so have faced criticism on Twitter and in reli- Saturday, Turkey’s military said the FSA took con- the work could be completed. That left gious newspapers over the issue of railway trol of 10 villages from IS, adding that the Turkish thousands of commuters, including soldiers repairs on the Sabbath as pressure mount- army struck 20 IS targets. Since the Turkish oper- heading back to base after weekend leave, ed on them to challenge the government. ation began on Aug. 24, the army says it has hit scrambling for seats on replacement buses Transport Minister Yisrael Katz had insist- 300 targets with 1,306 rounds. SANA later and Netanyahu laying the blame on his ed the work continue, but Netanyahu reported that Assad received a British delegation transport minister, a rival in his right-wing stepped in a week ago to limit its scope and on Sunday including members of the House of Likud party. Road traffic was heavier than then halt it completely on Saturday. “Had Commons and the House of Lords. SANA said usual. It was all, Israeli media commentators Netanyahu only put his foot down and they discussed Syria’s war and ways of fighting said, avoidable and the product of petty pounded on the desk (ultra-Orthodox KARKAMIS: Turkish troops check there tanks near the Syrian border. — AP terrorism. — AP politics. “The Haredim (ultra-Orthodox), as politicians) would have capitulated. Things far as Netanyahu is concerned, come before are good for them,” popular Israeli commen- everything else,” columnist Ben Caspit wrote tator Nahum Barnea wrote in the Yedioth At least 15 Yemen soldiers in the Maariv newspaper, referring to a Ahronoth daily. — Reuters Afghanistan road crash killed in jihadist bombing inferno leaves 35 dead ADEN: At least 15 pro-government Yemeni sol- ing months of fighting in 2015 that raged after The situation improved after loyalists backed by KANDAHAR: At least 35 people were wounded.” Some of the injured were diers were killed in rebel attacks in the north and the rebels and their allies attacked the southern a Saudi-led Arab coalition pushed the rebels out killed yesterday when a bus collided rushed to hospitals in the provincial capi- in a suspected jihadist bombing in Aden yester- port city where President Abedrabbo Mansour of Aden and four southern provinces late last with a fuel tanker and burst into flames tal Qalat as well as in neighboring day, military and security sources said. Shiite Hadi had taken refuge, forcing him into exile. year, allowing fuel and power generators to be in southern Afghanistan, in the latest Kandahar province, said Ghulam Jilani Houthi rebels and their allies launched twin “The refinery has resumed activities after shipped in. road accident in the war-torn country. Farahi, deputy Zabul police chief. The attacks to try to retake the port of Midi in the receiving 66,000 tons of crude oil” from around The coalition began a military campaign Many of the victims, including women Kabul-Kandahar highway passes through northern province of Hajja, after loyalists had one million tonnes stockpiled in the southeast- against the Iran-backed rebels in March 2015. and children, were burned beyond militancy-prone areas and many bus driv- captured it, military sources said. “Eleven soldiers ern province of Hadramawt, Nasser Al-Shaef More than 6,600 people have been killed in the recognition in the accident in Zabul ers are known to drive recklessly at top were killed in the attacks and 28 others were said. The refinery’s closure triggered a severe conflict since then, the UN says. Impoverished province, one of the areas worst hit by speed so as not to get caught in insur- the Taliban insurgency. gent activity. “President Ashraf Ghani wounded,” a military official said. shortage of petroleum products and a blackout Yemen exported modest amounts of crude “The passenger bus was on its way expressed deep sadness over the death of Meanwhile, Saudi-led coalition warplanes in Aden when the power station ran out of fuel. before the conflict. — Agencies from Kandahar to Kabul when it collided our countrymen in the accident,” the pres- carried out 15 air strikes against the Iran-backed with a fuel tanker in Jildak area of Zabul,” idential palace said in a statement. “Ghani rebels to stop their advance in the area, military provincial governor Bismillah Afghanmal has ordered the relevant authorities to sources said. Other air strikes hit rebel positions told AFP. “In the accident, 35 people were help the victims and their families as soon in the insurgent-controlled capital Sanaa and killed and more than 20 others were as possible,” it added. — AFP other provinces over the past 24 hours, they added. The sources spoke of rebel casualties but AFP could not verify this as the Huthis and their allies rarely acknowledge their losses. The coali- Libya forces facing tion began its war on the Iran-backed rebels in March 2015. It intensified operations since the suspension in early August of UN-brokered fierce IS resistance peace talks between the rebels and their allies and Yemen’s government. MISRATA: Libyan pro-government forces and 60 wounded in Saturday’s offensive, Also yesterday, in Yemen’s main southern city are facing “fierce resistance” from Islamic with most of the deaths caused by car of Aden, a roadside bomb killed four soldiers State group holdouts in Sirte and it could bombs and suicide attacks, Issa said. and wounded one at a checkpoint in the Sheikh take several days to gain full control of the Fighting had eased yesterday, he said, as Othman district, a security official said. He said city, a spokesman said yesterday. Forces loy- pro-government forces sought ways “to jihadists, who have boosted their attacks in gov- al to Libya’s Government of National Accord minimize the casualties caused by IS suicide ernment-controlled Aden over the past few (GNA) launched a new attack on Saturday attacks the next time there will be an offen- months despite efforts to increase security, are against IS in Sirte, the coastal city seized by sive”. “We hope to liberate Sirte before Eid,” suspected of being behind the bombing. Earlier, the jihadists last year. Issa said, referring to the Eid Al-Adha Muslim the official had given a toll of two soldiers killed Backed by weeks of US air strikes, pro- holiday, which is due around September 12. and three wounded but said that two later suc- GNA fighters have recaptured nearly all of The forces loyal to the UN-backed GNA cumbed to their injuries. More than 6,600 peo- what had been the jihadists’ main strong- had said they were preparing to “liberate” ple have been killed in the Yemeni conflict since hold in North Africa. IS fighters are now cor- the entire city after seizing several IS posi- March 2015, the UN says. nered in a last district of the city but Reda tions, including its headquarters, last month. Issa, a spokesman for loyalist forces, said it The city’s fall would be a huge setback to IS’s Refinery resumes operations was proving difficult to dislodge them. “IS is efforts to expand its self-proclaimed Meanwhile, Aden’s oil refinery resumed oper- putting up fierce resistance in their last “caliphate” beyond Syria and Iraq where the ations yesterday, more than a year after the neighborhoods,” Issa told AFP. “They are try- jihadists have also suffered losses. The cap- armed conflict between Yemeni government ing to make the battle last longer although ture of Sirte by IS sparked fears the jihadists forces and Shiite rebels brought work to a halt, a SANAA: Yemenis check the destruction following a reported airstrike by Saudi-led coalition they know it will be over soon.” would use the city as a springboard for spokesman said. The facility was damaged dur- airplanes. — AFP At least 10 pro-GNA fighters were killed attacks on Europe. — AFP MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Oil pipeline protest turns violent in North Dakota

BISMARCK: A protest of a four-state, $3.8 billion oil enforcement authorities had no reports of protesters Sacred sites Sioux chairman David Archambault II said in a state- pipeline turned violent after tribal officials say con- being injured. There were no law enforcement per- Energy Transfer Partners did not return phone ment that construction crews removed topsoil across struction crews destroyed American Indian burial sonnel at the site when the incident occurred, calls and emails from The Associated Press on an area about 150 feet wide stretching for 2 miles. and cultural sites on private land in southern North Preskey said. The crowd dispersed when officers Saturday seeking comment. The tribe fears the proj- “This demolition is devastating,” Archambault Dakota. Morton County Sheriff’s Office spokes- arrived and no one was arrested, she said. ect will disturb sacred sites and impact drinking said. “These grounds are the resting places of our woman Donnell Preskey said four private security The incident occurred within half a mile of an water for thousands of tribal members on the ancestors. The ancient cairns and stone prayer rings guards and two guard dogs were injured after sever- encampment where hundreds of people have gath- Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and millions farther there cannot be replaced. In one day, our sacred land al hundred protesters confronted construction crews ered to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s protest of downstream. The protest Saturday came one day has been turned into hollow ground.” Preskey said Saturday afternoon at the site just outside the the oil pipeline that is slated to cross the Missouri after the tribe filed court papers saying it found sev- the company filmed the confrontation by helicopter Standing Rock Sioux reservation. One of the security River nearby. The tribe is challenging the Army Corps eral sites of “significant cultural and historic value” and turned the video over to authorities. Protesters officers was taken to a Bismarck hospital for undis- of Engineers’ decision to grant permits for Dallas- along the path of the proposed pipeline. also have posted some of the confrontation on social closed injuries. The two guard dogs were taken to a based Energy Transfer Partners’ Dakota Access Tribal preservation officer Tim Mentz said in court media. Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said in Bismarck veterinary clinic, Preskey said. pipeline, which crosses the Dakotas and Iowa to documents that the tribe was only recently allowed a statement that “individuals crossed onto private Tribe spokesman Steve Sitting Bear said protest- Illinois, including near the reservation in southern to survey private land north of the Standing Rock property and accosted private security officers with ers reported that six people had been bitten by secu- North Dakota. A federal judge will rule before Sept. 9 Sioux reservation. Mentz said researchers found buri- wooden posts and flag poles.” “Any suggestion that rity dogs, including a young child. At least 30 people whether construction can be halted on the Dakota als rock piles called cairns and other sites of historic today’s event was a peaceful protest, is false,” his were pepper-sprayed, he said. Preskey said law Access pipeline. significance to Native Americans. Standing Rock statement said. — AP

Growing grapes, saving lives in Cleveland’s tough east side

CLEVELAND: Rows of red and white grapes built house with a manicured lawn next to an climb trellises surrounded by a crumbling empty lot and a boarded-up building. brick building, an empty corner store and graffiti-covered apartments. The man who Ex-con volunteers planted the vineyard says his plan for the lot Using a grant from the city, Frazier created once occupied by a crack house goes far the vineyard on the lot that covers less than beyond bottling wine. Mansfield Frazier an acre with help from ex-cons who were liv- wants to show there’s still hope for the neigh- ing in a nearby halfway house. They start out borhood and for those trying to move away as volunteers and then he hires them after- from a life of crime, just like he did years ago. ward, if they are willing to work. They cut Too often, neither one is given much of vines, prune, weed and learn to show up on chance - at least not on the city’s east side time. “That’s part of our training, making them where the collapse of the manufacturing dependable. It’s a challenge,” Frazier said. economy, poverty and racial inequality came Frazier has gotten a few small grants over together, leaving behind some of the nation’s the years, along with fundraisers and dona- bleakest areas. Home to oil tycoon John D tions from the community to help pay for the Rockefeller and other wealthy industrialists hired help. But mostly, he and his wife have during the early 1900s, the mansions along put their own money into the venture. About “Millionaire’s Row” have given way to deso- 50 have come through so far, with a little less late neighborhoods where every fifth house than half going on to find new jobs. “They’re is vacant, over half the children live in poverty truck drivers, some are working construction, and crime is a constant worry. some in restaurants,” he said. “The others, we “There’s a pipeline from cradle to prison in don’t know where they’re at. Some are in too many homes in our community,” said incarceration. We get some guys who screw Frazier, 73, a former hustler whose dealings up, who like prison.” Joe McCulsky credits with stolen and counterfeit credit cards kept Frazier for giving him a chance when no one him in and out of prison until two decades else would when he got out of prison three ago. An urban vineyard is the last thing any- years ago after serving time on a drug one expects to find in the middle of Hough charge. Frazier even gave him a loan so he (rhymes with tough), a neighborhood still could afford his first month’s rent. saddled by the memory of six days of looting “A lot of people look at you like ‘you’re a DETROIT: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shown during a church service at Great Faith Ministries. — AP and violence that left four dead 50 years ago convicted felon, we don’t want anything to this summer. The idea of growing grapes do with you,’” said McCulsky, who worked at started out six years ago, Frazier said, as a way the vineyard for eight months and now has a Trump tells black congregation to spruce up the weed-infested corner across job at a tree service. “If you want to change, from his home and take a stand for the com- he’ll give you a chance,” he said. “Wish there munity. So was building a new house in the were more like him.” Marvin Foster Jr has he wants to fix ‘many wrongs’ neighborhood in 2000. been with Frazier since the vineyard’s first “It’s up to us to solve the problem,” he said. year. Before that, he said he was “a bad guy “We wanted to live where the problem was. doing nothing” - stealing televisions, ripping ‘I am here to listen and hear from you’ That’s why other middle class blacks are mov- metal siding off homes and dealing drugs. ing to Hough. You shouldn’t have to move to “Without this, I’d probably be in prison like DETROIT: Criticized for urging black voters to so that we can together remedy injustice in the “politics of fear and hate” and that “minori- improve your neighborhood.” Hough has seen my brother,” he said. “Everybody knows support him while speaking to mostly white any form.” ties of all kinds have much to lose taking a a smattering of new homes go up during the Hough from the riots. That’s a negative, this is audiences, Donald Trump visited a predomi- Trump praised the black church as “the con- chance on someone like” Trump. Outside the past 15 years. It’s not unusual to see a newly a positive.” — AP nantly black church to call for a “civil rights science of our country” and said the nation church, several separate protests swelled into a agenda for our time.” “I am here to listen to you,” needs “a civil rights agenda of our time” that throng of about 400 people denouncing Trump. the Republican presidential nominee told the includes the right to a quality education, safe But inside, churchgoers said they thought it was congregation at the Great Faith Ministries neighborhoods and good jobs. “I fully under- important to hear directly from the Republican International, where he swayed to songs of stand that the African-American community nominee as they weigh their options. worship and read scripture. “I’m here today to has suffered from discrimination and that there “I’m here to hear what he has to say,” said learn,” said Trump, who is Presbyterian. are many wrongs that must still be made right,” Milton Lewis, 46, who works as a minister at Trump, who vowed to fix the “many wrongs” he said. Before he left, he was presented with a another church. “I have a very open mind,” facing African-Americans, has been stepping Jewish prayer shawl, which Jackson draped echoed Pierre Curtis, 69, a Great Faith Ministries up his outreach to minority voters in recent over Trump’s shoulders, and a Jewish Heritage International congregation member for more weeks as he tries to expand his appeal beyond Studies bible. Trump also met with a smaller than 20 years. After the church visit, Trump vis- his GOP base. The church visit Saturday marked group of church members and recorded an ited the southwest Detroit childhood home of a rare appearance by Trump in front of a largely interview with the pastor. Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who ran minority audience. “This is the first African- against Trump in the primaries and is now American church he’s been in, y’all!” said Bishop Flat minority support advising the campaign. Surrounded by securi- Wayne T Jackson, who introduced Trump. “Now Trump’s efforts thus far to attract greater ty and a swarm of reporters, Trump spoke with it’s a little different from a Presbyterian church.” support from minority groups have largely fall- the home’s owner, Felicia Reese, and told her: While protesters were a vocal presence en flat. Polls show Clinton with overwhelmingly “Your house is worth a lot of money,” thanks to outside, Trump made a pitch inside for sup- more support from blacks and Hispanics. the Carson connection. port from an electorate strongly aligned with African-American community leaders, in partic- Meanwhile, Trump’s running mate, Indiana Democrat Hillary Clinton. “Our nation is too ular, have railed against Trump’s dire depictions Gov. Mike Pence, told NBC’s “Meet The Press” divided,” Trump said. “We talk past each other, of minority life and dismissed his message as in an interview set to air Sunday that he plans not to each other. And those who seek office intended more to reassure white voters that he’s to release his tax returns next week. He do not do enough to step into the community not racist than to help communities of color. repeated Trump’s promise that the business- CLEVELAND: This Friday, June 24, 2016 photo shows Mansfield Frazier checks his and learn what is going on.” Striking a rare Rev Lawrence Glass, one of the clergy criticiz- man will release his taxes upon the comple- grapes at The Vineyards of the Chateau Hough. — AP unifying tone, he said, “I’m here today to learn ing Trump’s visit, said the Republican represents tion of an IRS audit. — AP Obama legacy: Quiet but big changes in energy, pollution

HANGZHOU: Mostly unnoticed amid the to be the lowest in about a quarter-century. found in federal Energy Department research therefore these regulations are meaningless,” Science and Policy of Global Change, predict- political brawl over climate change, the “There were gigantic changes happening in conducted in the 1970s. He noted that the Deese said in an interview. ed heat-trapping gas emissions would grow. United States has undergone a quiet transfor- the energy world, gigantic tectonic changes,” people who warned Obama’s policies - like his The advent of fracking, or hydraulic frac- mation in how and where it gets its energy said Peter Fox-Penner of the Boston University “Clean Power Plan” emissions limits - would turing, produced much more natural gas, Dramatic turnaround during Barack Obama’s presidency, slicing the Institute for Sustainable Energy. “It’s a sea be disastrous are the same people now cele- which became much cheaper and elbowed Both admit they were wrong, with an nation’s output of polluting gases that are change. There is no question.” brating the natural gas revolution. “You can’t out coal as America’s fuel of choice. That has embarrassed Reilly calling the subsequent warming Earth. As politicians tangled in the on the one hand argue that the Clean Power surprised all sorts of experts. In 2000, Dana decline “a dramatic turnaround from what US and on the world stage, the US slowly but Steep obstacles Plan is an overarching regulation that’s going Fisher, director of the University of Maryland’s everyone has expected.” Obama had little to surely moved away from emissions-spewing Facing steep obstacles in Congress, Obama to impose all these costs, enforce all these Program for Society and the Environment, do with the fracking boom, except to not get coal and toward cleaner fuels like natural gas, never aggressively pursued new emissions- changes in the industry, and on the other predicted the US was unlikely to wean itself in the way with regulations, energy experts nuclear, wind and solar. curbing legislation, aside from a half-hearted hand argue that change is happening inde- off coal because it was cheap and plentiful. said. But Obama pushed through 2009’s stimu- The shift has put the US closer to achiev- attempt at cap-and-trade in his first term that pendent of what government is doing and And John Reilly of MIT’s Joint Program on the lus package that goosed spending and ing the goal Obama set to cut emissions by was politically disastrous for Democrats. research in renewables, like solar, wind and more than a quarter over the next 15 years, Instead, he relied on executive authority and hydro. His administration also increased fuel but experts say it is nowhere near enough to regulations at home while largely going mileage requirements for cars and trucks and prevent the worst effects of global warming. above lawmakers’ heads by focusing on bro- ratcheted up appliance and building energy The overlooked changes took center stage kering global deals to curb carbon and other efficiency standards. Saturday in China. Obama and Chinese greenhouse gases. “His war is against fossil fuels, and natural President Xi Jinping entered the world’s two So how much credit does Obama deserve? gas is a fossil fuel,” said Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., worst polluters into a historic agreement to And how much was completely outside his the Senate’s most prominent climate change ratchet down heat-trapping pollution. control? That debate is playing out in Obama’s doubter. “You can’t separate that out and say Obama hailed “the investments that we final months in office, as the president tries to it’s somehow different than other fossil fuels. made to allow for incredible innovation in go out with a bang on climate and the envi- It’s not.” Natural gas is a “bridge fuel” from coal, clean energy.” ronment. Jack Gerard, president of the which spews about twice as much heat-trap- US Department of Energy statistics show American Petroleum Institute, the oil and gas ping carbon dioxide, but America still needs to jolts in where America gets its volts: In 2008, lobby, pointed out that Obama pitched his wean itself from that fossil fuel too, said 48 percent of America’s electricity came from sweeping pollution limits on coal-fired power Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University coal, the dirtiest power source; now it’s about plants as the main driver of lower future emis- engineering and public policy professor. 30 percent. That’s less than the combined US sions - but the courts have put those rules And there are some downsides to these sig- output of carbon-free nuclear and renewable indefinitely on hold. Meanwhile, emissions nificant changes - like higher power bills in a energy. There are now more than three solar have fallen due to a dramatic increase in few places - said Jeff Holmstead, a Bush-era power jobs in the US for every job mining cleaner-burning natural gas, which Obama environmental official who lobbies for utilities coal. In just the first five months of 2016, more was slow to try to regulate. “We are leading that depend on coal. “It’s a shame that we’ve solar power was generated than 2006 the world in carbon reductions today, and it’s shut down a lot of plants that were continuing through 2012. driven primarily by cleaner-burning, afford- to provide low-cost power,” Holmstead said. In 2008, the US imported about two-thirds able natural gas that was brought to you by The change in America’s energy supply is still of its oil, and politicians spoke longingly of innovation and technological advances in the too slow and pollution cuts are not enough to energy independence. Now, America imports oil and natural gas industry,” Gerard said. prevent dangerous global warming, Morgan less than half its oil. US emissions of carbon But Brian Deese, Obama’s senior adviser, said, adding “but it’s certainly better than the dioxide - the main greenhouse gas - are down said the seeds of the fracking technology that WEST VIRGINIA: In this Oct 5, 2015 file photo, people learn solar panel installation on the alternative, which is continuing to sail on as if more than 10 percent, and this year is on pace enabled the natural gas revolution were roof of the Coalfield Development Corporation during a class in Huntington. — AP we weren’t heading into the big storm.” — AP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 Anti-Maduro protesters set free after demonstrations CARACAS: Most of 30 or so protesters arrested in a ing pots in the street and insulting him. There were people made it known what they want. And they selected the military personnel for the “Great rally against President Nicolas Maduro have now reports of a crack down on the protesters by did so peacefully. More than a million Venezuelans Mission of Sovereign Supply and Security”, appoint- been freed, authorities said Saturday, after mass authorities. demanding a recall vote, and change.” ments formalized in the state newspaper. demonstrations over Venezuela’s food shortages. “We are receiving reports of police abuse and On Thursday, Maduro’s opponents vowed to “They have been set free,” Alfredo Romero of the unauthorized break-ins from Villa Rosa,” another hold weekly protests to demand a referendum on President in cross-hairs NGO Venezuelan Justice Forum said on Twitter. The NGO, Provea, said on Twitter, referring to a neigh- his ouster. The government estimated 30,000 peo- The country’s opposition seeks to unseat the exception was apparently a journalist, Braulio Jatar, borhood in Porlamar. Communication and ple attended. The rallies come at a highly volatile leftist president with a referendum, staging this who released video of protests on social media, Information Minister Luis Marcano wrote on Twitter time for Venezuela, where a plunge in prices for oil past week a mass demonstration in favor of holding Romero said. The dramatic incidents erupted Friday that the pot-banging “reflects what remains of the exports has led to shortages, violent crime and out- a recall vote. Despite sitting atop the world’s largest in the resort city of Porlamar on Venezuela’s right (wing)”, and accused local media of exaggerat- breaks of looting. proven oil reserves, Venezuelans line up at dawn or Margarita Island in the Caribbean state of Nueva ing the protest. Maduro blames the crisis on the collapse of oil even overnight outside the nation’s supermarkets, Esparta. prices and an “economic war” by businesses backed guarded by heavily armed police to battle the The embattled Maduro-whose state-led leftist Recall a must: Maduro foes by US “imperialism”. growing problem of looting. government is fighting crippling shortages of Opposition leaders criticized the arrests. “Neither Analysts have warned of a repeat of the deadly Many people resort to purchasing scarce prod- everything from hard currency to food and toilet Maduro, bodyguards, nor the Casa Militar (security 2014 clashes that left numerous opposition leaders ucts from “bachaqueros”-black-market sellers who paper, had gone to make a speech at the opening agency) nor the ministry can avoid the sound of in prison. Venezuela on Saturday named publicly 18 buy subsidized products and sell them at a mark- of some remodeled public housing. However, it pot-banging in a town that wants a recall election,” military commanders to oversee the production up. The government launched in July a new plan appeared, based on social media images and tweeted Henrique Capriles, a former opposition and distribution of food and basic goods in an against the shortages, putting the military in con- reports, that Maduro found himself surrounded by presidential candidate. Jailed Maduro opponent effort to alleviate severe shortages affecting the trol of food distribution, the country’s key ports, an angry crowd, which followed him closely, bang- Leopoldo Lopez, said on Twitter: “Yesterday, the country. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez and of companies and factories. — AFP Year after opening borders, Merkel’s party faces anger Anti-migrant populists poised for major gains

SCHWERIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party ed to record strong support at the polls. over her policy, a survey published Thursday braced for a backlash at state polls, while anti- Opinion polls suggest that it might even unseat show her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) migrant populists are poised for major gains a the German leader’s party CDU from second expected to garner 22 percent at the polls-only year after the German leader opened the bor- place after the Social Democrats. In the sprawl- as much as the anti-migrant upstart party AfD. ders to refugees. Around 1.33 million voters are ing farming and coastal state of Mecklenburg- The Social Democrats (SDP) — which had electing a new regional parliament for the Western Pomerania topped the vote in the last polls in 2011 — northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Germany’s poorest and least populous-the meanwhile were predicted to win around 28 Pomerania, which is also home to Merkel’s con- issue of refugees and integration has also percent at the elections, two weeks before capi- stituency Stralsund. become the deciding factor for one in three tal Berlin holds its state polls. The polls come exactly a year after the voters. “I am voting AfD. The main reason is the Compared to other states across Germany, German leader made the momentous decision question over asylum-seekers,” said a pension- the northeastern Mecklenburg-Western to let in tens of thousands of Syrian and other er and former teacher who declined to be Pomerania hosts just a small proportion of migrants marooned in eastern European coun- named. “A million refugees have come here. migrants under a quota system based on states’ tries. Although she won praise at first, the There is money for them, but no money to income and population-having taken in 25,000 PERPIGNAN: Agence France Presse Greek photographer Aris Messinis receives a Visa mood has since turned, giving way to fears over bring pensions in the east to the same levels as asylum seekers last year. Most of them have d’Or prize by French magazine Paris-Match director Olivier Royan (L) and founder how Europe’s biggest economy will manage to those of the west,” he said, referring to the low- already decided to abandon the state, prefer- and director of the festival Jean-Francois Leroy (R), for his work “Scene of war in a integrate the million people who arrived last er retirement payments that residents of for- ring to head “where there are jobs, people and peaceful zone” during the 28th international festival of photojournalism “Visa pour year alone. Her decision has left her increasing- mer Communist states receive compared to shops,” said Frieder Weinhold, CDU candidate. l’image” ceremony in Perpignan on September 3, 2016. — AFP ly isolated in Europe, and exposed her to heavy those in the west. AfD leader Frauke Petry But he acknowledged that the “migration poli- criticism at home, including from her own con- released a video Friday urging voters to “make cy has sparked a feeling of insecurity among Aris Messinis: Photographer who servative allies. history not only in the state-region, but the the people.” whole of Germany” by backing the party mas- “We tell them ‘we will manage this’ but they brought the migrant crisis home Populists eye poll surge sively in the polls. want to know how,” he said, in reference to Right-wing populist Alternative for Merkel’s “We can do it” rallying cry. After a series PERPIGNAN: Greek AFP photographer Aris record of the humanitarian tragedy played Germany (AfD), which has campaigned heavily No solution of attacks by asylum-seekers in July-including Messinis has covered conflicts in Libya and out on a tiny Greek island. For Messinis, the against Merkel’s liberal refugee policy, is expect- Illustrating the political damage to Merkel two claimed by the Islamic State organization- Syria, but it was for his dramatic images of a refugees and migrants aren’t just part of a the mood has also darkened. Political analyst migrant crisis on his doorstep that he was massive problem to be mulled in European Hajo Funke estimates that the AfD will win 25 honored Saturday at photojournalism’s capitals. In his pictures, eyes stop us in our percent of the vote and become the second biggest annual festival. Messinis won the tracks and we share the joy of a successful biggest party in the state, after the SPD. The Visa d’Or for News, the most prestigious arrival after a perilous voyage or the cries of neo-Nazi NPD could garner five percent, he said, award handed out at the “Visa Pour anguish of those coping with death or oth- even if he did not expect Merkel to change L’Image” festival in Perpignan, southwest- ers who only narrowly escaped with their course over the vote given the relatively small ern France. lives. Messinis is himself the son of a photo- weight of the state. The 39-year-old father of three girls has journalist. Yet this would mean that the AfD, which done more than just provide photographic He joined Agence France-Presse (AFP) in was founded in 2013 as an anti-euro party evidence of the plight of the masses of 2003 and has risen to become the head of before morphing into a xenophobic party, migrants fleeing to Greek island shores. He the agency’s photo desk in Athens. His first would enter yet another regional parliament. also became part of their story; helping a major theatre was the Libyan conflict in After scoring strong results in three key state mother and child clamber out of the sea, 2011 when he recorded the battle for Syrte, elections this year, AfD is now represented on carrying a baby to safety and even taking days before the death of Dictator Moamer the opposition benches of half of Germany’s 16 to the morgue the body of a child washed Kadhafi. For his courage and coverage of regional parliaments. up on a beach. Last year Messinis set him- that conflict he was in 2012 awarded the Leading members of the party have self up on the island of Lesbos, the epicen- Bayeux-Calvados war correspondents’ sparked outrage over insulting remarks, tre of Europe’s biggest migrant crisis since award for photography. including one disparaging footballer Jerome World War II. The images he captured there After Libya he made the world’s front Boateng, who is of mixed German and have been flashed around the world. pages with images from Syria and from the Ghanian descent, as the neighbor no German “I never thought I’d be covering this in mass anti-austerity demonstrations in cash- wants. Days ahead of Sunday’s vote, Merkel my own country,” he said. “These are strong strapped Greece. Then last summer, when urged the population to reject AfD. “The emotional moments. I cannot describe his third daughter was born, the migrant more the people who go to vote, the less the them with words. You feel so many emo- crisis exploded. “It appeared as if he never percentage won by some parties that, in my tions at once. “I tried to be as close to the stopped. He was working day and night,” view, have no solution for problems and people as possible, to feel what they were said AFP’s Athens bureau chief Odile HANGZHOU: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre R) talks to Russia’s President Vladimir which are built mainly around a protest-often suffering.” As for when to stop being a pho- Duperry, describing Messinis as “very Putin (centre L) as G20 leaders and their spouses walk for a group picture prior to a dinner with hate,” she told broadcaster NDR in an tographer and start being a rescuer, there courageous” and with a “big heart”. banquet at the G20 Summit. —AFP interview. — AFP was no conflict of interests for Messinis. It “Aris has a deep sensitivity,” explained was a “normal human reflex,” he explained. Stephane Arnaud, chief editor of AFP’s pho- “We try to keep our distance, to be objec- to department. “You see that straight away tive. But sometimes it is good to lend a in his pictures. “He can capture the head- Ethnic Chinese demand hand to somebody who needs a hand. It is a line news, the things that jump out... but personal decision.” His work, which radiates also the quiet times when you need both that humanity, is currently on display at the an eye and a heart.” “Yes, I want to shock “Visa Pour L’Image” festival in Perpignan. you,” Messinis said in an AFP blog. “Not only security in Paris protest so you can understand what is happening ‘An eye and a heart’ here, something dark and terrible. Perhaps His work provides an extraordinary if you are shocked, it will stop.” — AFP PARIS: Several thousand ethnic Chinese staged September last year, a Chinese tourist guide was the minority,” Ormillien said. He noted that a protest march in Paris yesterday over the fatal robbed of 25,000 euros ($28,300) in cash and his authorities have begun cracking down harder mugging of a Chinese tailor last month, as crime new Rolex watch after he had prevented two of on crime targeting the community, citing the against community members has spiraled. The his group from being robbed themselves out- example of a teenager with no prior police Somalia pressed over media protesters, almost all wearing white T-shirts side a hotel in a Paris suburb. record who was jailed for two years for a vio- reading “Security for All” and many waving lent theft. Aubervilliers, home to generations freedom, journalist deaths French flags, rallied at the Place de la Republique Vigilante warning of Chinese immigrants, is the hub of Europe’s in central Paris. A lawyer for the community, Francois textile industry, where traders recently NAIROBI: The United Nations called on to bring down the Somali government, Zhang Chaolin, who was 49, was set upon on Ormillien, has warned that without an adequate opened the continent’s biggest garment cen- Somalia yesterday to do more to protect the country’s security forces are guilty of August 7 by three thieves who tried to snatch a response from city authorities the community tre. Stop the Violence staged demonstrations the freedom of the press and expression numerous violations against journalists bag belonging to a friend of his. He died a few could form “defence leagues”-vigilante groups- in 2010 and 2011 in the eastern Belleville sec- in a country where 30 journalists have and politicians. “Political activists and days later from his injuries. Zhang’s image to defend itself. “There are youths 17 to 19 years tion of Paris, home to another sizeable been killed in four years. But in a report journalists are detained in the NISA appeared on a giant banner in the middle of the old who are more aggressive than their elders Chinese community, after an attack on a wed- the UN noted progress on the issue over detention centre, together with Al square, under the words, splattered with red and want to let loose, but they are very much in ding banquet there. — AFP the last five years. The report, drawn up Shabaab suspects, with no judicial over- paint: “Zhang Chaolin, dead for nothing. Who by the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia sight,” lamented the report, referring to will be next?” “Stop violence, aggression, insecu- (UNSOM) as well as the UN Human the National Intelligence and Security rity”, one placard read amid the sea of white T- Rights Council, noted that adoption in Agency (NISA). shirts worn by protestors who later marched January this year of a new federal media “In a worrying development, since towards nearby Place de la Nation. law, which “guarantees a number of February 2016, the NISA has started An umbrella organization, Stop the Violence, freedoms, including the right to inform.” using the media to show Al Shabaab sus- Security for All, called the protest two weeks But the report also expressed “concern pects confessing their crimes,” it added. after around 1,000 people marched in the about the law’s unclear terminology, Somalia is preparing to hold indirect Aubervilliers suburb north of Paris where the tai- which allows for subjective interpreta- elections in late September and October, lor was killed. Elected officials who joined tion and undue restrictions to freedom in a process which will see 14,000 dele- Saturday’s protest included the right-wing presi- of expression”. gates chosen on a clan basis vote for dent of the greater Paris region, Valerie Pecresse. “Despite the vibrant media culture in deputies and representatives in a new Security for All is demanding police reinforce- Somalia - which hosts more than 90 upper chamber of parliament. Those ments, more security cameras and a recognition media outlets and scores of websites elected will then designate a new presi- of anti-Asian racism. and blogs - numerous violations aimed dent at the end of October. Yesterday, Interior Minister Bernard at journalists and political leaders” are Elections by universal direct suffrage Cazeneuve pledged to beef up the police pres- documented in the report. These are scheduled in 2020. This year will be ence in Aubervilliers and help finance security include killings, attacks, arbitrary arrests crucial for Somalia’s political transition, cameras. Reported violent robberies targeting and detention, intimidation, harass- said the UN report. “Attacks against indi- the Chinese community, who are seen as lucra- ment, closure of media outlets, confisca- vidual journalists and media organiza- tive prey as they are thought to habitually carry tion of equipment and blocking of web- tions have a deeply corrosive impact on large sums of cash, have tripled in the past year, sites. “The dangers facing media work- democracy, with profoundly negative from 35 to 105. ers and public figures are illustrated by repercussions on freedom of expression In the event, the bag the thieves were after the fact that, between August 2012 and and human rights in general,” said UN during Zhang’s mugging contained only candy, June 2016, a total of 30 journalists and High Commissioner for Human Rights cigarettes and sunglasses, according to a source 18 parliamentarians were killed in Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein of Jordan. He close to the investigation. The stereotype has Somalia,” it added. called on Somali authorities to investi- prompted a string of attacks on Chinese tourists, While the greatest threat to journalists gate violations of freedom of expression including one early last month in which PARIS: Members of the Chinese community in Paris wave French flags and hold placards dur- comes from the Al-Qaeda aligned “irrespective of the identity of the perpe- assailants sprayed teargas on members of a tour ing a demonstration on September 4, 2016 in Paris, following the death of Zhang Chaolin and Shabaab jihadist group, which has vowed trators.” — AFP group before making off with their luggage. In also calling for greater security measures. — AFP MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Philippines concerned over Chinese boats near shoal

MANILA: The Philippines has asked China to meters from the main Philippine island of Luzon, of China’s claims in the resource-rich area. Duterte prompted criticism from the US and claimant coun- explain the increased presence of Chinese vessels has long been a bone of contention between the said Friday he had received an “unsettling” intelli- tries, with Washington warning it endangers free- near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South two countries. Lorenzana said that earlier this year, gence report showing China had sent barges to the dom of navigation in international waters. Vietnam, China Sea, the defence secretary said Sunday, the Chinese tried to bring in dredging barges in an contested Scarborough Shoal and had appeared to Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have claims to the expressing “grave concern”. Philippine Defense apparent attempt to turn the Scarborough into an begin construction in the area for the first time. A sea, through which over $5 trillion in annual trade Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said a Philippine air artificial island but were dissuaded by the United UN-backed tribunal ruled in July that China’s claims passes. The Scarborough Shoal, a rich fishing force plane saw four Chinese coast guard ships, two States. “If they try to construct anything in to almost all of the strategic sea had no legal basis ground within the Philippines’ exclusive economic barge-like vessels and two suspected troop ships Scarborough it will have far reaching adverse and its construction of artificial islands in disputed zone and 650 kilometers away from the nearest near the shoal on Saturday. effect on the security situation,” he added. The waters was illegal. major Chinese landmass, is a particular flashpoint. “The presence of so many ships, other than Chinese Embassy in Manila could not be reached The United States has warned of “actions” if China took control of Scarborough Shoal in 2012 coast guard in the area is cause for grave concern,” for comment. Beijing extends its military expansion to the after a stand-off with the Philippine navy. Duterte, Lorenzana said. “The DFA (Department of Foreign Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he Scarborough Shoal. China has sought to assert its who took office in June, had earlier vowed to mend Affairs) has already called the attention of the intends to ask Beijing-possibly at a regional summit claims in the South China Sea by building a net- ties with China after his predecessor Benigno Chinese Ambassador and demanded explanation,” in Laos this week-if they are building up the shoal work of artificial islands capable of supporting mili- Aquino angered Beijing by filing the arbitration he added. The shoal, which is located just 230 kilo- despite an international court ruling rejecting most tary operations. Its massive land reclamation has case in 2013. — AFP

Search suspended for US climbers in Pakistan

KARACHI: An aerial search for two search,” he said, but added that the rescue American mountaineers missing in mission is still formally under way and oth- Pakistan was suspended yesterday, an offi- er mountaineers are searching via ground. cial said, after an initial flight showed no “The search for the two American sign of the men but indicated an avalanche climbers can only be called off by their on the peak they were climbing. The family.” US media said both men are climbers, Kyle Dempster and Scott accomplished climbers, and Dempster had Adamson, were attempting to summit the won the prestigious Piolet d’Or alpine 6,960-metre Ogre-II peak in the Karakoram climbing award twice. Pakistan is popular mountain range but did not return when with mountaineers as it rivals Nepal for the expected. number of peaks over 7,000 meters. It also Bad weather prevented an aerial search boasts K2, the world’s second highest until Saturday, but the two helicopters that mountain. flew up to 7,200 meters found no sign of During the summer, scores of climbers the men nor any camps, said Karrar Haidri, from all over the world attempt to scale a spokesman for the Alpine Club “It seems various mountains in its northern region of that a big avalanche had occurred, as they Gilgit-Baltistan, near the Chinese border. were going very well till August 23, but Dempster and Adamson began their then it snowed a lot for four, five days,” ascent of the north face of Ogre-II peak on Haidri told Reuters yesterday. “The (heli- Aug 21. When they did not return as copter) search was suspended yesterday, as planned 10 days later, the Alpine Club the family didn’t request for a second-day raised the alarm. — Reuters

Delhi’s ex-women’s minister arrested on a rape charge KOLKATA: A taxi drives past an altar dedicated to Mother Teresa. — AP NEW DELHI: The former women’s min- sent late Wednesday to a local news ister of the Indian capital-who was channel and to Delhi Chief Minister sacked over a “sex tape”-has now been Arvind Kejriwal, who immediately Songs, celebrations in Kolkata arrested following a claim by a woman sacked him from his cabinet. Only shown in the tape that he raped her, an snippets of the “sex tape” were aired investigator said yesterday. Sandeep on the channel, showing Kumar on a for Mother Teresa’s sainthood Kumar was arrested on Saturday, days bed wearing only shorts and kissing after he was dismissed as women’s and one of the women. A set of photo- children’s minister of the region cover- graphs allegedly show him kissing ‘It’s a day of rejoicing, a day of gratitude’ ing Delhi following the video leak to another woman. Local media reports television channels which showed him say portions of the video show Kumar KOLKATA: Singing nuns and followers clutching witness the entire process at Vatican City as it Indian government unveiled a commemora- kissing two women. having sex with one of the women. flowers flocked to Mother Teresa’s tomb in the unfolds,” she said. tive postage stamp of Teresa, born into a “He was arrested on a complaint filed Kumar, a married father of one, has Indian city of Kolkata to celebrate her proclama- Kosovar Albanian family in 1910 in Skopje. The by one of the woman seen in the video. denied the allegations. He says the tion as a saint at the Vatican yesterday. People Rise to fame mass at the Vatican came one day short of the She has alleged Kumar raped her. The tape was fabricated and a political con- began gathering in the early morning at Mother Teresa rose to fame in the eastern Indian 19th anniversary of Teresa’s death, at age 87, investigations have just started,” spiracy to tarnish his image. Delhi’s rul- House in Kolkata for a special mass for the “Saint city, where she devoted her life to helping the in Kolkata. Vikramjit Singh, deputy police commis- ing Aam Admi Party (AAP) led by anti- of the Gutters” before the ceremony at St Peter’s destitute and the sick in its teeming slums. The Nobel Peace Prize winner’s path to can- sioner of Delhi, told AFP. The married corruption campaigner Kejriwal, routed Basilica. They placed candles and flowers on her Lighting a candle and placing it on the tomb, onization was sealed after the Vatican last year woman, who cannot be named for legal Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP in tomb in sombre contemplation. But the atmos- Konica Cecilia said the beloved nun had given recognized the second of two required mira- reasons, said in her complaint to police last year’s elections in the capital. But it phere at the headquarters of the Missionaries of her impoverished parents money to help them cles, following her death. But she had long that Kumar spiked her drink with seda- has been hit by a series of controver- Charity, the order that Teresa founded, was also send her to school as a child. “I was fortunate been regarded by many as a saint. English liter- tives before sexually assaulting her last sies involving its legislators. Thirteen of one of celebration. to meet Mother. She was a living saint and an ature teacher Madhura Banerjee described her year at his residence, the officer said. its legislators have been charged with Nuns were singing songs honoring her and inspiration to me,” the 32-year-old said, adding as an inspiration to the younger generation in She alleged the minister had prom- various crimes including rape, attempt- giant television screens were erected so the that the nun was the pride of Kolkata. “My today’s modern world. “I was touched by her ised her a job and help in securing a ed murder and corruption since win- gathering visitors could watch the ceremony. memories of her comfort me when I am in simplicity,” said Banerjee, who visited Teresa in government benefits card. Singh said ning the elections in February 2015. A “It’s a day of rejoicing, a day of gratitude and a trouble.” 1995 at the headquarters to celebrate her own the second woman seen in the video former minister has been arrested for day of many, many blessings,” said senior sister A giant portrait of Teresa was erected near birthday. “When I think of her, it makes the diffi- has yet to be identified and efforts are allegedly faking his law degree last Mary Lysa. “The Missionaries of Charity has Mother House and there were rounds of cult things look easy,” she said. There were also being made to contact her for her tes- year and another was held on corrup- decided to turn this into a celebration to fur- applause as a growing numbers of nuns and celebrations at the various homes for the desti- timony. The nine-minute video was tion charges. — AFP ther Mother’s cause serving the poorest of the followers gathered to watch the ceremony live tute in Kolkata run by the charity, including poor and the dying and sick.” “We will gather to on the screens. In the city of Mumbai the special meals for those in their care. — AFP Electoral fraud in Africa getting trickier: Experts

DAKAR: As Gabon is rocked by violence follow- Programme Manager for the Open Society successful democracy holds an election. ing the contested re-election of President Ali Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), which promotes A strong civil society and the combination of Bongo, experts says electoral fraud in Africa is greater government transparency. “It is more and free media and citizens with access to new tech- becoming harder, thanks to civil society vigilance more difficult to commit fraud,” he said. nology to disseminate information was and spread of mobile technology. Opposition Preventing fraud with ballot papers was down “extremely important”, he told AFP. Senegal, leader Jean Ping on Friday declared himself the to a clear legal framework for organizing elec- where RADDHO is based, saw “a change at the rightful president of Gabon and called for a tions, electoral bodies “in a position to respect the top” in 2000 when liberal candidate Abdoulaye recount, following Bongo’s claim of victory with a rules”, independent figures such as international Wade challenged the socialist regime that had razor-thin margin of just under 6,000 votes in the election observers and a free press and active held power for 40 years, and was elected presi- August 27 election. social media users who would guarantee a fair dent for two terms. But recent elections in Nigeria, Ivory Coast, vote, according to Hounkpe. For Aboubacry Benin and Burkina Faso have all been held largely Mbodji, secretary-general of the African rights Government fightback without dispute, overseen by engaged citizens group RADDHO, west and central African coun- But Wade himself was booted out in 2012 after who assured careful monitoring of the process, tries such as Senegal, Ghana and the Atlantic angering voters with attempts to stay on for a said Mathias Hounkpe, Political Governance island of Cape-Verde have shown Africa how a third stint in power, showing the maturity of the electorate, Mbodji said. “(The 2000 election) was SRINAGAR: A masked Kashmiri protester shouts pro-freedom slogans during a in large part thanks to the use of mobile phones, protest. — AP but also the internet,” he added. Any party mem- bers tempted to tamper with ballots had to face the large numbers of Senegalese who remained Over 100 injured in in place at voting stations to ensure it passed off peacefully, he said, and reporters who called in the results to media from mobile phones, espe- clashes in Kashmir cially radio stations, covering the event. The last 15 years have seen organisations such SRINAGAR: Around 100 people were address the “core issue of the peoples’ right to as “Y en a marre” (We are sick of it) in Senegal, injured yesterday as Indian government self-determination in Jammu-Kashmir.” A pro- “Balai citoyen” (Citizen sweep-up) in Burkina Faso forces fired tear gas and shotgun pellets to longed curfew, communication blackouts and and “Lutte pour le changement” (Fight for quell thousands of protesters who pelted a tightening crackdown have failed to stop change) in the Democratic Republic of Congo rocks and burned a government office in some of the largest protests against Indian appear, intent on pressing governments to be less the Indian portion of Kashmir, police said. rule in recent years, triggered by a rebel com- opaque. Despite the trend towards more trans- Clashes erupted when police tried to stop mander’s killing on July 8. Since then, tens of parent elections, heavy handed government the marchers heading to a village in thousands of people have defied security reactions have not entirely vanished, with inter- Shopian district in response to a call from restrictions, staged protests and clashed with net and social media shutdowns during presiden- separatist groups challenging India’s sover- government forces on a daily basis to seek an tial elections in Uganda in February and in eignty over Kashmir. The area is 70 kilome- end of Indian rule. Congo-Brazzaville in March, and now in Gabon. ters south of Srinagar, the main city in At least 70 civilians have been killed and “The African Union observers couldn’t even Indian-controlled Kashmir. thousands injured, mostly by government communicate properly to complete their tasks,” Also yesterday, key Kashmiri separatist forces firing bullets and shotguns at rock- Mbodji said, referring to the Congo election that leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar throwing protesters. Two policemen have returned longtime leader Denis Sassou Nguesso to Farooq and Yasin Malik refused to meet a been killed and hundreds of government power. But even the continent’s most entrenched group of Indian lawmakers who came from forces have been injured in the clashes. LIBREVILLE: Christians dance on September 4, 2016 in Libreville, during the Sunday service at the leaders couldn’t escape the effect of the tidal wave New Delhi as part of Prime Minister Narendra Kashmir is divided between India and Nazareth Evangelical Church which belongs to Pastor Georges Bruno Ngoussi. The RTN (Radio of information the internet made possible, said Modi’s efforts to restore normalcy in the trou- Pakistan and claimed by both. Most Kashmiris Television Nazareth) of Pastor Ngoussi, was attacked during the night on August 31, after the offi- Hounkpe. “Those in power have less and less bled region. In a joint statement, the leaders want an end to Indian rule and favor inde- cial results of the Presidential Election had been announced. — AFP capacity to manipulate the process.” — AFP demanded that the Indian government pendence or a merger with Pakistan. — AP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 Obama dismisses recent airport squabble

HANGZHOU: The US and China have dif- should leave the plane using its built-in day. “Part of it is we also have a much big- stand security instructions... and insisted the press have access to the work that ferent values when it comes to media staircase, he was left stepping onto the ger footprint than a lot of other coun- that they didn’t need the staircase.” “It we’re doing. That they have the ability to freedom, President Barack Obama said tarmac rather than a red carpet, tries. And we’ve got a lot of planes, a lot would do China no good in treating answer questions,” he said. Kerfuffles yesterday, playing down an airport dis- prompting speculation of a snub. But of helicopters, a lot of cars, a lot of guys. Obama rudely,” he added. over press access are common in China, pute over his arrival that spiraled into the US leader said the tensions were You know, if you’re a host country, some- Both Xi and Obama are eager to where the ruling Communist Party sees suggestions of snubs and insults. A the result of different approaches to the times it may feel a little bit much.” smooth over their differences and find the media more as a tool for forwarding Chinese official who wanted US media, as well as the sheer scale of the common ground as the American leader its political agenda than an independent reporters travelling with the president to US operation when he travels. ‘No good to be rude’ approaches the end of his term and looks check on governance. move shouted at a White House staffer: Washington stands up for press free- US sources told AFP that the stair- to cement his legacy, and his Chinese The country tightly controls domestic “This is our country! This is our airport!” dom and human rights and-whatever the case incident stemmed from their own counterpart seeks a greater role on the journalism, regularly censoring reporting Chinese government minders con- fallout-does not “leave our values and decision to use Air Force One’s own stair- world’s diplomatic stage. Obama said it on issues it deems sensitive or unflatter- fronted National Security Advisor Susan ideals behind when we take these trips”, case, rather than the one proffered by was not the first time Washington’s differ- ing. Its approach is particularly apparent Rice when she moved closer to Obama he said. “It can cause some friction. The airport authorities. The South China ences with Beijing had erupted during a in Hangzhou, where a suffocating securi- as he walked from Air Force One after seams are showing a little more than Morning Post newspaper also quoted a visit, and that clashing values were also ty presence is designed to avoid any dis- landing in the Chinese city of usual in terms of some of the negotia- Chinese foreign ministry official as say- on display in his discussions with Xi. “And ruption to an event China sees as an Hangzhou for a G20 summit. And when tions and jostling that takes place behind ing: “US side complained that the driver so I wouldn’t over-crank the significance opportunity to display its global leader- US security personnel decided Obama the scenes,” Obama told reporters yester- doesn’t speak English and can’t under- of it,” he said. “We think it’s important that ship credentials. — AFP Philippines seeks 3 over deadly blast

DAVAO: Philippines police yesterday were Sayyaf in Jolo following a clash on August searching for three people wanted for 29 that left 15 soldiers dead. However mili- questioning over the bombing of a night tary spokesman Brigadier General Restituto market in President Rodrigo Duterte’s Padilla said that the Abu Sayyaf has since hometown blamed on an Islamic militant been avoiding any confrontation. group. The blast, which tore through a bustling market in the heart of Davao city Crime crusade death toll hits 2,400 on Friday, killed at least 14 people and led Meanwhile, the death toll from to the president imposing a “state of law- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s lessness” in the country. bloody anti-crime crusade has passed the The head of Davao police yesterday 2,400 mark in the less than three months described how a man was seen leaving a since he took office, police figures showed bag with the bomb inside at the market yesterday. However, the majority of the while being followed by two women. Police killings of supposed drug dealers and other are searching for the three-and possibly a criminals were not credited to the police fourth person-over the bombing, which but listed instead as “deaths under investi- has been widely blamed on the Muslim gation”, which means vigilantes may have extremist Abu Sayyaf group. Senior been responsible. Superintendent Michael John Dubria told Police have killed 1,011 suspected crimi- reporters the man had gone for a massage nals since Duterte took office at the end of in the market and left the bag in that area. June, while there were another 1,391 “We believe the improvised explosive “deaths under investigation”, the figures device exploded when the person left,” he showed. Duterte was elected in a landslide said, adding that the two women had been in May vowing to end crime and kill tens of following the man. Another person may thousands of criminals. Since then, police have detonated the device with a cell- have shot dead several drug suspects every phone, he suggested. He would not say day while other alleged criminals have who was behind the blast but said the been killed by mysterious gunmen or bomb, using a mortar shell, was similar to turned up dead with crude cardboard signs those used by “threat groups” in the trou- labeling them drug dealers. bled central region of Mindanao. Police have insisted they only act in self- There are several Muslim outlaw groups defense and say the other murders are car- HONG KONG: Pedestrians walk past a banner for new party Youngspiration showing disqualified candidate Edward Leung (L) and Baggio Leung in that area, including separatist guerrillas ried out by drug syndicates trying to (C) during the Legislative Council election. — AFP but the Abu Sayyaf are based elsewhere, in silence their members. The United Nations the southern islands of Jolo and Basilan. and rights groups have condemned the Davao is the hometown of President extra-judicial killings but Duterte has Young activists eye China Rodrigo Duterte, who had recently ordered shrugged off the criticism and vowed to an offensive against the Abu Sayyaf. He has press his campaign, which includes police said that the explosion was in retaliation for carrying out door-to-door searches. Last in important HK election the military operation against the group in week, Duterte declared a “state of lawless- their stronghold in Jolo. However Chief ness” following a bomb blast in his south- Inspector Andrea De la Cerna, spokes- ern hometown of Davao that left 14 dead. woman of a task force investigating the The measure gives the military extra pow- Concerns grow that Beijing tightening its grip explosion, said they were not ruling out ers to conduct operations normally done other motives for the attack. only by the police, officials have said. HONG KONG: Young Hong Kong independence Critical time a system where it is almost impossible for the “We have copies of the CCTV (closed-cir- Opposition Congressman Edcel Lagman activists calling for a complete break from China Now some young campaigners are demand- anti-Beijing camp ever to gain a majority. While cuit television), we have eight possible wit- said yesterday that Duterte’s declaration stood in major elections for the first time yester- ing outright independence, others the chance 40 of the Legislative Council’s 70 members are nesses but we have named no one (as sus- “unduly alarms the people”, raising fears of day, the biggest vote since 2014 pro-democracy for Hong Kong to determine its own future in a directly elected by the public, 30 are selected by pects),” she told AFP. Duterte believes the a possible imposition of martial law. rallies. They are fighting for seats in the referendum. The more strident independence small voting blocs from special interest groups attack was “80 percent” likely an act of ter- “What has been happening unabated Legislative Council, or LegCo-Hong Kong’s law- activists-slammed by Beijing and Hong Kong representing a range of businesses and social rorism, his spokesman, Martin Andanar told and with impunity are the extrajudicial making body-as concerns grow that Beijing is authorities as acting illegally by promoting the sectors. Those seats always go predominantly to reporters yesterday. After the bombing, killings perpetrated by police authorities tightening its grip on the semi-autonomous city. breakaway-were banned by the government pro-Beijing candidates. Duterte declared a national “state of law- and their civilian cohorts,” Lagman said. Polling stations were busy as campaigners from running in yesteday’s election, a move Casting his vote yesterday morning, Hong lessness”, which his security adviser said Critics of the crime war say security forces with megaphones urged residents to vote on a which sparked outrage over political censorship. Kong’s unpopular leader Leung Chun-ying, who gave the military extra powers to conduct and hired assassins are carrying out mass hot and humid day. But wins for the young Polls show some of the handful of pro-inde- is seen by critics as a Beijing stooge, assured the law enforcement operations normally done murder, with people not involved in drugs activists could split the democracy camp’s vote- pendence candidates running may win seats. elections were “democratic”. Several political only by the police. The military is continu- also being killed amid a dire breakdown in and end up playing into the hands of pro-Beijing Hong Kong political analyst Joseph Cheng says opponents protested outside the polling sta- ing to press an offensive against the Abu the rule of law. — AFP parties. Most established pro-democracy politi- he expects new faces in the legislature. “This tion, with one throwing a tuna sandwich cians do not support the notion of independ- election is very much characterized by an inter- towards Leung, saying it symbolized the fact ence, which until recently was taboo. generational change of politicians and political that elderly people cannot afford to eat break- There is concern that the veteran democratic leaders,” he told AFP. One 30-year-old voter who fast in a city where the wealth gap is widening. camp may lose seats to voters who now favor gave her name as Sandy said she favored inde- Entrenched divisions have led to a Legislative more radical new groups. If the democrats lose pendence. Council often hamstrung by filibustering and just four seats overall, they will forfeit the one- “This is a very critical time...we are here to point-scoring. With housing and low salaries third voting bloc they need to veto bills, stacking ensure a voice can still be heard,” she said. But serious concerns, many frustrated residents say the already skewed legislature even more in while victory for anti-China activists would be a it is time to put politics aside and focus on favor of Beijing. Fears that Hong Kong’s freedoms massive coup, many still feel they are chasing an struggling communities. “I just hope that peo- are disappearing were recently fanned after five impossible cause. Student voter Wilson Vai, 21, ple can sit down and talk without going radical,” city booksellers known for salacious titles about said he supported the pro-democracy camp-but said a 72-year-old voter surnamed Yau, who Beijing politicians disappeared, resurfacing in felt calling for independence was going too far. added regular weekend protests have made detention on the mainland, triggering wide- “It is too idealistic and unrealistic,” he told AFP. him worried about where to take his grandchil- spread condemnation. That fuelled the fire of the dren. Yau said he had voted for a “peaceful” can- “localist” movement, which is seeking distance Pro-Beijing system didate. Polls will close at 10:30 pm (0230 GMT). from China after the failure of the 2014 rallies to Even if localists did win seats, with their num- The vote count begins soon after and results are win concessions on political reform. bers still small, they would not tip the balance in expected early today. — AFP Silent selfies as China closes G20 host city HANGZHOU: The tranquil waters of ees. Local reports said so many near the G20 venue were offered nesses without compensation. Hangzhou’s West Lake have people visited Huangshan, a moun- sizeable cash incentives to leave “We were ordered to close our inspired Chinese poets and tain range in the next province their homes. But treatment was restaurant, so I’ve gone back to my painters for centuries. Yesterday the where Hangzhou residents were apparently harsher for Hangzhou’s hometown in Sichuan,” said a serenity was imposed by force as given free tickets, that hillside pass- vast population of migrant workers, woman surnamed Zhou whom AFP DAVAO CITY: This photo taken on September 3, 2016 shows people offering prayers authorities deployed a vast security es turned into human traffic jams. with several saying they were reached by telephone. “We are los- and flower amongst lighted candles at the site of a bomb blast, during a memorial operation for the G20 summit. The Wealthier residents of apartments ordered to shut their small busi- ing money.” “At the beginning we service. — AFP throngs of tourists who usually were told about compensation but crowd the shores of the island-dot- it didn’t happen,” she added. ted lake were absent and the sur- Security is generally tight for G20 rounding roads closed off-except summits wherever they are held, as Lionrock death toll at 17, for police vehicles and the occa- they are a magnet for protesters sional motorcade of black luxury seeking a global audience for their Japan braces for typhoon cars emblazoned with national cause. State media say that since flags. But when a handful of locals December one million people have TOKYO: The death toll from Typhoon heavy rain, the agency said, warning of living in the immediate area were been mobilised as “volunteers”. Lionrock has risen to 17 in Japan, with sev- high seas, landslides and floods. allowed past the cordon, they took Red-armbanded personnel stand, eral people still missing, and officials said Namtheun is expected to hit northern advantage of the empty streets to squat or sit on street corners and yesterday a new storm threatens the Kyushu early today around high tide, the embrace an untraditional pursuit: inside apartment compounds country’s southwest. Two more deaths agency warned. Lionrock landed on road-top selfies. throughout Hangzhou, apparently were confirmed Sunday from the major Japan’s northern Pacific coast on Tuesday Young people sat on the tarmac with little to do. typhoon which hit northern Japan last evening, dumping torrential rain over a taking pictures of themselves, A policeman prevented an AFP week, said an official in the hard-hit pre- wide area. Overflowing rivers wreaked while others made star-shaped reporter from taking photos of the fecture of Iwate. The death toll is now 17 havoc, stranding many communities in the poses with their arms and legs for guards in one compound, and sev- including the two confirmed on the north- largely agricultural north. friends to snap them. The streets eral volunteers said they needed ern main island of Hokkaido. The northern town of Iwaizumi in Iwate spruced up for the benefit of lead- authorization to speak to foreign Now a new typhoon is bearing down was the hardest hit. Nine people were ers, trees glowing with artificial media. “I work for a state-owned on the country’s main island of Kyushu in buried inside a old people’s home lights, made an ideal backdrop. enterprise, who have organized this the southwest. As of 4 pm (0700 GMT) engulfed by a flooded river. Before State media say that more than two volunteer work,” said one armband- Typhoon Namtheun was some 90 kilome- Lionrock, two typhoons had claimed at million people out of a population ed worker surnamed Wang, sitting ters southwest of the city of Amakusa in least two lives in Japan’s northeast. In of some nine million have left on a stool near a bus stop. “My job western Kyushu, according to the Japan 2013 a powerful typhoon that triggered Hangzhou, taking advantage of a HANGZHOU: A man walks on a quiet street in Hangzhou, in China’s is to look out for people who get Meteorological Agency. The new storm is massive landslides on Oshima island killed paid holidays which local firms eastern Zhejiang province, ahead of the opening session of the G20 off the bus with dangerous items slowly moving northward with gusts of up 40 people, while 82 died after a typhoon have been ordered to give employ- Leaders Summit. — AFP such as knives.” — AFP to 126 kilometers per hour and bringing hit Japan in 2011. — AFP NEWS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 Iran pistachio farms are dying of thirst

SIRJAN, Iran: The pistachio trees at the village in southern hectares of pistachio farms every year to desertification. Iran are long dead, bleached white by the sun - the under- For centuries, Iran relied on one of the world’s most ground water reserves sucked dry by decades of over-farm- sophisticated irrigation systems - a web of underground ing and waste. The last farmers left with their families 10 canals known as “qanats” that carried water from under years ago, and the village has the look of an abandoned mountains to the arid plains. But then came the electric Martian colony. The dome-roofed, mud-walled homes are pumps and chaotic politics of the last century. The need to crumbling, once-green fields are now nothing but dirt fur- preserve water was little understood and secondary to self- rows, and the only sign of life is a couple of drifters camping sufficiency in food production - an attitude that persisted out in an old storehouse. into the sanctions era. Pistachios are Iran’s biggest export after crude oil, with “We are slowly moving past a long-held illusion that we 250,000 tonnes of the nut produced last year - a figure only have endless resources,” says Mohsen Nasseri at the National recently topped by the United States. In Kerman province in Climate Change Office in Tehran. He says the government is southern Iran, cities have grown rich from pistachios, but finally looking at financial incentives to encourage water con- time is running out for the industry as unconstrained farming servation. One scheme offers funding for farmers to buy and climate change take a devastating toll. Near the city of modern irrigation equipment, but changing ingrained atti- Sirjan, a long line of enormous sinkholes like bomb craters tudes will take time. “It’s late, but it’s happening,” Nasseri says. mark the points where an underground aquifer was pumped Some farmers have taken matters into their own hands. completely dry, and the ground simply collapsed. The lushly green pistachio trees of Farhad Sharif’s farm near “Farming is being destroyed,” says Hassan Ali Firouzabadi, Sirjan are an oasis against the flat brown landscape. The fami- who has lived in the nearby village of Izadabad for half a cen- ly installed a drip-irrigation system eight years ago that care- tury. His business is barely clinging on. Some of his pistachio fully controls the amount and quality of water delivered to trees are old enough to remember the golden age of Shah each plant. “We get more quality and more quantity from our Abbas in the 17th century, but the leaves have turned yellow- pistachio trees, and we use 70 percent less water,” says Sharif, green from the salty water he now dredges up. “The well was who runs the business with his father. six to 10 metres (deep) when I was a child, but now it’s 150, They strictly limit the size of the farm to ensure the and the water is bitter and salty,” he says. “This used to be a underground water levels can be replenished naturally. village full of people. Most have left to become laborers and “Everyone should do it,” he says, but he knows the problem drivers. Ten more years and there will be nothing left.” is money. Sharif’s family had cash and connections in SIRJAN, Iran: An Iranian man works at Hassan Ali Firouzabadi’s pistachio farm in Izadabad, a village in the Iran faces two key challenges - dealing with a years-long Tehran that helped them secure a loan for the system, but southern Iranian Kerman province. — AFP nationwide drought that shows little sign of abating, and try- even their farm cannot avoid the wider problems in the ing to convince farmers to stop the uncontrolled pumping of area. Each year, he says, they have to pull up the pipes and water. Some 300,000 of Iran’s 750,000 water pumps are illegal shorten them as water tables deplete and the land gradu- UAE approves new bankruptcy law - a big reason why the United Nations says Iran is officially ally sinks. “The problem is more dangerous than people transitioning from a state of “water stress” to “water scarcity”. realize. There is just not enough oversight,” Sharif says. Continued from Page 1 context,” he said. “Though incoming projects can help In 2013, Iran’s chamber of commerce carried out a survey “What is happening around here is a catastrophe - it has revitalize growth across the sector, working capital and showing that Kerman province was losing about 20,000 reached a crisis point.” — AFP The first phase of Jumeirah Central, estimated to cost leverage remain problematic. The ability to execute on 24 billion dirhams ($6.5 billion), is to include 2,800 hotel new contracts is generally constrained as a result.” rooms and 3,000 apartments. “We are in extensive dis- Separately, Chinese visitors to the UAE will now be Pope proclaims Mother Teresa a saint cussions with all the usual prospects” to build the dis- granted visas on arrival, the prime minister announced Continued from Page 1 larities in the running of her order and evidence mount- trict, Jumeirah Central’s chief operating officer Morgan yesterday, in a new bid to boost tourism. China, the ing of patient neglect, insalubrious conditions and Parker told reporters. Jumeirah Central will be located world’s second-largest economy, has a burgeoning and Among those in the front rows at the mass were questionable conversions of the vulnerable in her mis- on land that was previously earmarked for the giant increasingly prosperous middle class that is travelling 1,500 people from shelters run by the Italian branches sions. By historical standards, Teresa has been fast- Mall of the World, which was to include 745,000 sqm of abroad in numbers greater than ever before. “We have of Teresa’s order. Later they were Francis’s guests for a tracked to sainthood. John Paul II was a personal friend shopping space connected to a theme park and 100 approved a decision to grant visas on arrival at the giant pizza lunch served by nuns and priests. Teresa and as the pope at the time of her death, he was hotels. country’s airports to visitors from the Republic of China,” spent all her adult life in India, first teaching, then tend- responsible for her being beatified in 2003. That project was announced in mid-2014, just as oil said Sheikh Mohammed. “Our relations with China are ing to the dying poor for decades before her death in Achieving sainthood requires the Vatican to approve prices began falling sharply. Last week, Dubai Holding strategic and a priority,” he added in remarks published 1997. It was in the latter role, at the head of her now accounts of two miracles occurring as a result of prayers said it had decided to relocate Mall of the World, but on his official Twitter account. Chinese tourists previ- worldwide order, that Teresa became one of the most for Teresa’s intercession. The first one, ratified in 2002, officials declined to answer questions yesterday about ously had to obtain visas before travelling to the UAE. famous women on the planet. was of an Indian woman, Monica Besra, who says she the fate of that project. Although Dubai’s economy is The UAE has invested billions of dollars over more Born to Kosovan Albanian parents in Skopje - then recovered from ovarian cancer a year after Teresa’s coping better than its neighbors with cheap oil, thanks than a decade to put itself on the map as a regional part of the Ottoman empire, now the capital of death - something local health officials have put down to the emirate’s tourist and business services sectors, business and tourism hub. Among the UAE’s seven emi- Macedonia - she won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize and to medicine rather than prayer. In the second, approved real estate prices have been dropping since last year rates, Dubai is the most attractive for tourists. More than was revered around the world as a beacon for the last year, Brazilian Marcilio Haddad Andrino says his and some residential and retail projects have been sus- 14.2 million people visited Dubai in 2015, but the target Christian values of self-sacrifice and charity. But she was wife’s prayers to Teresa led to brain tumors disappear- pended or cancelled. is 25 million by 2020 when the Gulf emirate hosts the also regarded with scorn by secular critics who accused ing. Eight years later, Andrino and his wife Fernanda Mohammad Kamal, a research analyst at Dubai- global trade fair Expo 2020. In February, local media her of being more concerned with evangelism than were in the congregation on Sunday. Also presented based Arqaam Capital, said that while Jumeirah Central quoted Dubai Tourism chief Issam Kazim as saying that with improving the lot of the poor. was London-based Indian expatriate Abraham. “She could provide new business for construction companies 450,000 Chinese visitors made the trip to the emirate in The debate over Teresa’s legacy has continued after practiced Christianity,” he said. “The majority of in the region, they were struggling with difficult condi- 2015, in a 29 percent increase over the previous year. her death, with researchers uncovering financial irregu- Christians only spend their time talking about it.” — AFP tions in the industry. “Overdue receivables linked to sus- Apart from citizens of its five Gulf neighbors, nationals pended or cancelled projects remain prone to write- of 47 countries - most of them Westerners - can obtain a Gulf corporate earnings slide down risk, and cash flows remain weak in a historical visa on arrival to the UAE.— Agencies Continued from Page 1 The drop was attributed to the fall in earnings of commodities, real estate and construction sectors. Saudis strive to prevent repeat of fatal haj... Banks’ earnings remained flat while telecoms and finan- Continued from Page 1 age crowds heading to Jamarat, the symbolic stoning of Profits of companies with medium- and small-sized cial services increased, said Markaz. Profits of firms list- the devil where many previous disasters have occurred. capitalization fell by 38 percent and 22 percent respec- ed on the Saudi stock market, the largest bourse in the An official Saudi inquiry has yet to be published, but The kingdom also is kitting pilgrims out with electronic tively, while net earnings of large corporates dropped Middle East, dropped seven percent with the real estate authorities suggested at the time some pilgrims ignored wristbands to enable authorities to track the flow of peo- by just five percent, it said. sector down by 50 percent, it said. — AFP crowd control rules. This year, efforts are being made to ple and get early warnings of crowd build-ups. strengthen crowd management. Thousands of civil ser- Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which back vants, security personnel and medics have been conduct- opposing sides in Syria and other conflicts, plummeted MPs threaten to grill ministers over... ing drills in preparation for the pilgrimage, which officially after the 2015 crush. Riyadh then broke diplomatic ties starts this week. The kingdom says it is deploying extra when its Tehran embassy was stormed in January over the Continued from Page 1 Meanwhile, MP Abdullah Maayouf said yesterday he staff and increasing coordination with haj missions from Saudi execution of a cleric. Wary that some pilgrims may plans to file a request to grill Minister of Justice and pilgrims’ home countries to ensure worshippers comply seek to use haj for ideological purposes, Saudi Arabia said He said that the government should provide citizens Islamic Affairs Yacoub Al-Sane for allegedly making with agreed schedules to perform various rituals. it would not tolerate any attempt to politicize haj - remarks assistance through their civil IDs against the lifting of illegal appointments in the two ministries to serve his Hundreds of new surveillance cameras had been installed widely seen as referring to Iran. subsidies, adding that the assistance should not be less “election interests”. Maayouf claimed that the minister at the Grand Mosque. Iran said in May its pilgrims would not attend, blaming than KD 500. The lawmaker said that the petrol hike exploited his position to make the appointments that “The scheduling program is the most important part of Riyadh for “sabotage” and failing to guarantee their safety. should have been accompanied with measures to pre- serve his selfish election interests. Sane is an elected the operational program,” Interior Ministry spokesman Saudi Arabia blamed Iran, saying it had demanded the vent any harm to citizens and to give expatriates the MP, before he was appointed to the Cabinet. He is Major General Mansour Turki told Reuters. “This is the area right to hold demonstrations that would have created option to use a better public transport network. Abul expected to run again in next year’s parliamentary we have to concentrate on, to make sure pilgrims ...comply chaos. But Saudi Arabia is worried that Iranian pilgrims called on the government to correct the demographic polls. The lawmaker said the grilling will be based on with it once they get there.” Saudi-owned newspaper coming from abroad or pro-Iranian pilgrims from other structure which is dominated by expatriates, a majority charges of aggression on public funds and misusing Asharq al-Awsat said last month the Makkah Development countries could still exploit the gathering to spread anti- of whom are marginal laborers. his position. Authority had set up electronic paths and gates to man- Saudi messages. — Reuters MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 ANALYSIS

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By Max Delany

he death of Uzbek leader Islam Karimov after 27 years in charge with no clear successor lined up plunges his Thomeland into uncertainty and poses serious ques- tions for a region dominated by strongmen. A day after Karimov, 78, - who ruled the strategically important Central Asian nation with an iron fist - was buried in his hometown Samarkand, a heavy police presence remained Sunday on the streets of the capital Tashkent. National flags with black ribbons attached were lowered as the country marked a second day of official mourning and people began looking to a future without the only leader the country has had since it gained independence in 1991. “We don’t know who will come after Karimov,” one taxi driver in the Uzbek capital, a former army officer in his fifties, told AFP, without giving his name. “Will the prosperi- ty that he has brought us continue?” Nigerians head to farm to beat recession Long lambasted by rights groups as a brutal despot who crushed all dissent, Karimov was one of the Communist Party bosses who managed to cling to power By Joel Olatunde Agoi Cocoa Association of Nigeria. But now, the country imports Shofolu village, also in Ogun state. Days of torrential rains made in their homelands after the collapse of the Soviet Union. palm oil from Malaysia and only accounts for a paltry eight per- the road leading to the farm muddy and slippery, and farm assis- While decision-making in the tightly-controlled system he oo broke to pay for costly imports of rice and palm oil, cent of global cocoa exports. “We must return to agriculture tants donned boots and raincoats as they nurtured fresh cocoa presided over for more than a quarter of a century is almost Nigeria is looking to agriculture to help lift itself out of a and especially cocoa,” Cocoa Association of Nigerian president seedlings ahead of the next planting season. “We want govern- impenetrable, experts agree that Karimov’s long-term Trecession. The once-flourishing sector was abandoned Sayina Riman said, adding that cocoa sales generate much- ment to provide infrastructure like good roads, electricity, water replacement looks set to come from the small inner circle during the oil boom but has the potential to grow as Nigerian needed dollars. and finance to support us,” Adeboye said. “Government has to who have divvied up economic control of the country. President Muhammadu Buhari pushes to diversify Nigeria’s provide the enabling environment for our business to thrive.” For now the frontrunner appears to be Prime Minister economy. In a grim recent report, the National Bureau of Farms to Factories Nigerians hope to see the country not only growing the pro- Shavkat Mirziyoyev, known as a technocrat enforcer, after Statistics said the country’s economy contracted in the second Farmer Lukman Busari told AFP access to credit is strangling duce but processing it too. “If we really want to diversify from oil he headed the committee that organized Karimov’s funeral quarter by 2.1 percent, with the oil sector suffering a double- development of the sector. “Farmers are finding it difficult to and create proper value, agriculture must give birth to industry,” and led the tributes. “The chances for a power struggle are digit decline. Crude-addicted Nigeria has been hit hard by the obtain loans at reasonable rates,” he said, explaining that the 14 said popular This Day newspaper columnist Simon Kolawole. probably low, if only because the elites benefit from the global fall in oil prices, which has reduced government revenues per cent lending rate decimates his profits from his cassava farm Some are already putting those words into practice. As well as current system and have every incentive to work things and driven inflation to an 11-year-high of 17.1 percent in July. in southwest Ogun state. Farmer Oluranti Adeboye, who entered building a tomato paste factory, Africa’s richest man Aliko out,” said Scott Radnitz, a regional expert at the University Nigeria usually gets 70 percent of its revenue from oil sales but the business in 2008 after quitting his government job, says Dangote is investing $1 billion in commercial rice farming with of Washington. “But I should emphasize that all analysts are the crash has left the government cash-strapped and struggling unreliable power supply and poor roads drain his energy and the first harvest expected to hit local markets in December. That operating with a lot of uncertainty because of how opaque to pay civil servant wages. The dire situation has spurred the limit his company’s growth. “I have 5,000 hectares of land on means Nigerians may finally enjoy for the first time in years a the system is, and because this is unprecedented.” Nigerian government to look for ways to encourage sustainable which I grow cocoa, cassava, plantain, kolanut and run fish steaming plate of jollof rice - a popular tomato-infused dish - growth. ponds,” he said, showing AFP the large expanse of land at made from ingredients grown in their own backyard. —AFP ‘Change is Coming’ Agriculture seems a good place to start. With 84 million Faced with Karimov’s demise the authorities in hectares of arable land spanning the jungles of the south to the Uzbekistan appeared to revert to a tried and tested script. Sahara desert in the north, Nigeria can produce a range of food After announcing last Sunday that he was hospitalised they and cash crops for local needs and exports. Today Nigeria’s food cloaked news of his true condition in a veil of secrecy remi- imports are estimated at over 20 billion dollars annually, accord- niscent of how leaders’ deaths were handled in the Soviet ing to the agriculture ministry. A 50kg bag of rice, likely import- Union. But the silence only sparked a swirl of speculation as opposition outlets abroad reported he had died and for- ed from Thailand, now sells for 20,000 naira ($63) compared to eign leaders began sending condolences even before his 8,000 naira at the beginning of the year, prompting the authori- death was officially announced late Friday. ties to encourage people to farm. In the southeastern state of The questions now hanging over Uzbekistan bring into Imo, Governor Rochas Okorocha has asked civil servants to work sharper relief the futures of other countries across the ex- just two days and devote the rest of the week to farming cassa- Soviet region next door to conflict-wracked Afghanistan, va, corn and yams. In central Benue and Sokoto states in the where rule by strongmen autocrats is the norm. Over the north, workers have been directed to close shop early so they border in energy-rich Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, can tend to their crops. 76, is now the only man still standing among those who ruled without a break since the Communist era, and seems Be ‘Patriotic’ to have no heir apparent. Moving Nigeria away from smallholder farming towards In Turkmenistan the 2006 death of long-time ruler commercial agriculture is a priority. “If we get it well in agricul- Sapamurat Niyazov saw a smooth handover to another ture, we will get it well in the economy,” Vice President Yemi tough guy, his one-time dentist Gurbanguly Osinbajo said last month while launching a policy document on Berdymukhamedov, 59, while in Tajikistan President the development of the sector. Osinbajo urged Nigerians to be Emomali Rahmon, 63, is pushing to become leader for patriotic and buy ‘Made in Nigeria’ products. Decades ago, that life. “The stability of (Uzbekistan’s) neighbours also pret- wouldn’t have been difficult. Nigeria used to be world’s number ty much fluctuates relative to the blood pressure of one exporter of palm oil, ahead of Malaysia and Indonesia, cen- their presidents,” wrote Alexander Baunov of the tral bank data shows. A farmer walks in his banana plantation in Shofolu village in Ogu State, southwest Nigeria on Aug Carnegie Moscow centre. “Change is coming for sure to It was also a leading exporter of cocoa, accounting for 18 30, 2016. —AFP Uzbekistan and the rest of Central Asia. The only thing percent of global production in the 1960’s, according to the that is unclear is what kind of change and what kind of succession awaits these countries.” Drowning Hanjin not alone among shippers International Approach For analysts and rights activists there seems little By Elizabeth Law, Martin Abbugao when the global financial crisis struck. petition within the industry, which drives by brokers JLT Speciality. And those kinds of chance that Karimov’s death will lead to greater democ- Recession is nothing new for an indus- prices down.” prices are hurting - in an April report, Drewry racy or a dramatic improvement in the atrocious human he problems that sank South Korea’s try used to riding out the occasional eco- Beijing’s attempt to pivot away from Maritime Equity Research estimated the rights record in Central Asia’s most populace country Hanjin Shipping this week could be just nomic storm, but the length and depth of exports towards domestic demand is also industry will lose at least $6.0 billion this year. any time soon. During his time in power Karimov played the tip of the iceberg, analysts say, with the downturn was different this time, impacting the industry, he said. Clayton esti- This week France’s CMA CGM, the industry’s the West, Russia and China off against each other to T the long-running global economic downturn said Clayton. “The thing about shipping is mated that some 25 percent of global con- third largest player, behind APM-Maersk and stave off total isolation for his regime and soften criti- having left the industry drowning in excess that you order to anticipate an upturn,” tainer capacity now sits empty. Mediterranean, said it had lost $128 million cism of the worst abuses. Now international and region- capacity. With growth refusing to budge and he said, adding it could take up to five in the second quarter alone. al players appear likely to see maintaining the stability consumer demand still slack, the world’s years to take delivery of a vessel after Industry Consolidation The company is “experiencing a market imposed by Karimov’s brutal rule in a volatile region as Shippers desperate to cover at least some environment that remains difficult, with the priority. freight carriers have more ships than they ordering it. “We saw a rise in orders in And that means that calls from rights groups for the can fill - a quarter of cargo space lies empty. 2010 and 2012 but there has been no of their costs have slashed prices - the cost of excessively low freight rates weighing on our West to pressure any new leadership to make serious That has led to fierce price cuts and cutthroat (economic) upturn,” he said. “China’s chartering a container vessel has plunged revenue and margins”, said group vice-chair- reforms or radically clean up its act look set to fall on competition, badly impacting the bottom economy is down, and too many ships from 2008 highs of $200,000 a day to just man Rodolphe Saade. Losses like that are deaf ears. “Any semblance of justice in the country will lines of some of the giants of the seas. have been delivered. This has led to com- under $5,000 a day, according to a July report driving a round of mergers, said Rahul require deep political changes and a new, principled Those problems played out this week Kapoor, director of Drewry Financial Research approach from Uzbekistan’s international partners,” when Hanjin, the world’s seventh largest Services in Singapore. “We are seeing consoli- Denis Krivosheev, Deputy Director for Europe and shipping firm filed for bankruptcy in Seoul, dation happening in the industry,” he told Central Asia at Amnesty International, said. “Something seeking court protection after creditors AFP. Successful partnerships are resulting in which has been totally lacking in recent years.” —AFP rejected its latest plan for dealing with its companies that are “much bigger and hulking $5.37 billion of debt. A third of its stronger in terms of balance sheets”. fleet is either stuck in port or unable to Recent moves include CMA CGM’s pur- dock, with port authorities fretting the com- chase of Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines All articles appearing on these pany will not be able to pay its bills. Analysts (NOL), and a June marriage between Hapag- pages are the personal opinion of say Hanjin’s cashflow management has Lloyd and United Arab Shipping Co. “I think been problematic, but caution that shipping (Hanjin) expanded after the global financial the writers. Kuwait Times takes no companies worldwide are vulnerable to the crisis, expecting the market to recover and responsibility for views expressed same conditions of oversupply and low the cash flows to come,” he said. “The prob- therein. Kuwait Times invites read- trade volumes. lem was the market just did not come back. Nearly 80 percent of goods and com- They were waiting for the market recovery so ers to voice their opinions. Please modities traded globally are transported by that they could retire their short-term debt, send submissions via email to: opin- sea. The industry had boomed as China’s long-term debt. That was their major undo- [email protected] or via snail manufacturing and export-heavy economy ing.” For Kapoor, Hanjin is the exception in mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. mushroomed over recent decades, moving a the industry, not the rule. “They are all vulner- The editor reserves the right to edit record 9.6 billion tonnes of cargo in 2008, able to the underlying markets which remain according to Richard Clayton, maritime and This picture taken on Saturday shows stacked containers at the Hanjin weak, but there is no further bankruptcy that any submission as necessary. trade principal analyst at IHS global business is threatening any other company in the mar- consultancy. Those volumes plummeted Incheon Container Terminal in Seoul. —AFP ket.” —AFP MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 SPORTS

Raiders kill off Tigers F1 to be sold next Ruben Gonzalez signs up bid for NRL finals week: Media reports for Indian Super League NEW DELHI: Former Real Madrid player Ruben Gonzalez has signed for the upcoming SYDNEY: The Canberra Raiders clinched a top-two finish with a nine-try demolition of the Wests Tigers to end MONZA: The long-awaited sale of Formula One to an the Tigers’ top-eight finals hopes in Australia’s National Rugby League yesterday. Ricky Stuart’s title contenders Indian Super League (ISL) as the second marquee player for the Delhi Dynamos. American media group is to be completed next week, Gonzalez was part of the Delhi side that lost 1-0 to West Bromwich Albion during their crushed the woeful Tigers 52-10 after leading 30-4 at halftime and will host the Cronulla Sharks in the national according to media reported yesterday. The well- capital on Saturday in the opening week of the month-long finals. It was a miserable end to the season for pre-season friendly at The Hawthorns on Saturday. The 34-year-old will play alongside sourced German magazine Auto Motor und Sport said former Lyon and Chelsea star Florent Malouda for Delhi in the ISL Wests Tigers, who went into their sellout home game needing a win to leapfrog the Gold Coast Titans into the that the sport’s veteran commercial ring-master Bernie starting on October 1. The Spanish international was part eighth and remaining spot for the NRL finals series. But it was no contest as the Raiders dominated the opening Ecclestone had confirmed the deal at the Italian Grand of the Real Madrid squad that won the Champions half with some flowing attacking play against the ragged Tigers defence. Melbourne Storm outplayed the Prix. The magazine reported that Ecclestone said League in 2001-2002 before winning the La Liga in Sharks 26-6 to finish top of the final season standings and claim the NRL minor premiership Liberty Media will make the first of two payments on 2002-2003. “I am really excited to join Delhi Dynamos. on Saturday. The Storm, with Test skipper and hooker Cameron Smith in commanding Tuesday in a deal valued at 8.5 billion dollars (7.6 bil- Having played for most of my career in Spain and form, led 10-2 at half-time and went on to finish four tries to one winners. Melbourne will lion euros, £6.5 billion). If that goes through, according Germany, I am looking forward to playing in Asia for now face defending champions North Queensland Cowboys at home on the opening to well-informed paddock sources, current owners the first time,” said Gonzalez. “I have spoken to the weekend of finals football on Saturday. It was the well-drilled Storm’s first minor pre- CVC Capital Parners, who hold a 35 per cent stake, will manager, Zambrotta, and I am in tune with his plans leave the sport. Liberty Media Group, which is listed miership since 2011 to make them title favourites heading into the finals series. Jarryd for the season, and I believe we can do even better on the New York Stock Exchange, is expected to take than last season.” Coach Gianluca Zambrotta said Hayne’s Titans went down 32-16 to the Cowboys in Townsville earlier on Saturday control of the company that will run Formula One. Gonzalez would strengthen Delhi’s defences as they look but they kept their place in the finals and will take on the Broncos in Ecclestone, 85, said his future with the business would to clinch the title, after bowing out in the semis during last Brisbane in an elimination play-off on Friday. Penrith Panthers slammed remain in his hands. He told Auto Motor Und Sport: “I season’s eight-team tournament. “He will definitely be one the Manly Sea Eagles 36-6 to finish sixth and they will play the will do what I have always done. What role I play is my of the leaders on and off the pitch for the club,” Zambrotta Canterbury Bulldogs in an elimination final today. —AFP decision.” —AFP said. —AFP Eagles trade quarterback Sam Bradford to Vikings

PHILADELPHIA: Sam Bradford was given the trade out of Philadelphia he wanted months ago, just eight days before the season opener. The Minnesota Vikings found their emergency replacement for Teddy Bridgewater, paying a steep price while signaling anew they’re in it to win it this year. Bradford was sent to the Vikings on Saturday for a pair of draft picks, including a first-rounder in 2017. “We felt this was a very rare and unique opportunity to add a quarter- back of Sam’s caliber,” Vikings general manag- er Rick Spielman said, adding: “We did not mortgage the future in my mind.” After Bridgewater went down with a grue- some injury to his left knee in practice on Tuesday, Spielman initiated a marathon evalu- ation session that night of other potential options around the league. He publicly expressed confidence on Thursday in Shaun Hill to take over for Bridgewater, but the 15- year veteran Hill has only been a starter as an injury fill-in and has limited arm strength with which to stretch the field for Adrian Peterson and the rest of the offense. So Bradford, whose career has been blem- ished by injuries since becoming the first over- all pick in the 2010 draft by St. Louis, entered the picture. He is signed through 2017, which was a major reason for Minnesota’s interest. After dislocating his knee, completely tearing the anterior cruciate ligament and sustaining other significant damage, Bridgewater will have a hard time making it back next season. ENGLEWOOD: File photo, Denver Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian throws “I was a little surprised just because it a pass as quarterback Mark Sanchez looks on during the team’s NFL football wasn’t on my radar, but I think that surprise practice in Englewood, Colo. Siemian is Peyton Manning’s successor. Coach quickly turned into excitement when I realized Gary Kubiak told the team Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, that Siemian will be the the opportunity I had ahead,” said Bradford, In this Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, file photo, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford starting quarterback when the Broncos face Carolina in the season opener who won the Heisman Trophy at Oklahoma (7) throws against the Indianapolis Colts during the second half of an NFL preseason Sept. 8. Kubiak informed Siemian, Mark Sanchez and Paxton Lynch of his deci- but has never been to the playoffs in the NFL. football game in Indianapolis. The Eagles traded Bradford Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, to the The Vikings also parted with a fourth-round sion before telling their teammates. —AP Minnesota Vikings for a pair of draft picks. Bradford replaces Teddy Bridgewater, who draft pick in 2018 that can become a third- went down for the season after suffering a gruesome knee injury this week. The Eagles rounder or a second-rounder based on how receive a first-round pick in 2017 and a fourth-round pick in 2018. —AP they finish. Spielman touted the extra selec- Broncos cut QB Mark Sanchez tions the Vikings have in the third and fourth rounds in 2017, an opportunity to move back Super Bowl run now. “We had to make a very sons. The Vikings tight ends coach, though, is ENGLEWOOD: Mark Sanchez, Denver’s Anderson ran for 90 yards and Denver’s into the first round if a particular player difficult decision on what’s going to give us Pat Shurmur, who was Philadelphia’s offensive biggest offseason acquisition, didn’t only offensive TD. Anderson signed a inspired them to do so. the best chance to win,” Spielman said, coordinator in 2015 and Bradford’s offensive make the roster Saturday, saving the four-year, $18 million deal in the offsea- The Eagles were 7-9 last season and would adding: “I understand at times there’s a premi- coordinator in his rookie season with the um you have to pay.” Rams. Shurmur filled the Vikings in on all of Broncos $3.5 million and a seventh- son and Hillman re-signed on a one-year, have been in a rebuilding mode in a division Bradford, who was acquired by the Eagles Bradford’s intangibles, another key to the deal, round draft pick. Sanchez quickly agreed $2 million deal after finding no interest other than the diluted NFC East. The deal allows them to develop No. 2 overall draft pick in a trade with the Rams about 18 months ago, according to Spielman. to a deal with the Dallas Cowboys. on the open market. Carson Wentz sooner than expected. Chase set franchise records last season with 346 “If there’s a good thing about learning a The Broncos brought in Austin Davis Another practice squad graduate is Daniel is the only other quarterback left on completions and a 65 percent completion per- new offense every year, it’s that I’m familiar on a one-year deal to mentor starter second-year wide receiver Jordan Taylor, their roster. Wentz missed the last three pre- centage. His 3,725 yards passing in 14 games with this process and how it goes I guess,” Trevor Siemian and rookie Paxton Lynch, who parlayed his experience as season games because of broken ribs, but per- was the fourth-most in Eagles history, thriving Bradford said. Bradford has played a full 16- neither of whom have ever thrown a Manning’s personal practice partner dur- sonnel chief Howie Roseman said the team is down the stretch in coach Chip Kelly’s fast- game season only twice in six years. He tore pass in the NFL regular season. ing the QB’s comeback from a foot injury “very confident” about the recovery track he’s paced scheme. Bradford then passed up free the ACL in his left knee during training camp Davis was recently released by the last year into a roster spot. He caught been on. agency and signed a two-year, $36 million in 2014 with the Rams and was replaced, ironi- contract with $22 million guaranteed in cally, by Hill, who was one of the first people Cleveland Browns. General manager two TD passes from Lynch in the final DIFFICULT DECISION March. Bradford called after the trade. The Vikings John Elway insisted that Siemian needn’t preseason game. Before the trade, the Eagles didn’t have a But the Eagles grabbed Wentz, and sent a private jet to Bradford’s home in worry about losing his starting job, how- “He should be proud,” Elway said. “He first-round pick for 2017 when the draft will be Bradford responded by skipping some volun- Oklahoma, and he arrived at team headquar- ever. “He’s not going to be looking over won the job not only for what he did on held in Philadelphia. They dealt that one and tary offseason workouts. After a trade with ters late in the afternoon to begin cramming his shoulder,” Elway said. The Broncos Thursday but for the work he’s put in this others to move up for Wentz this spring. “This Denver couldn’t be worked out, Bradford in as much knowledge of Turner’s system as he open the season Thursday night against whole offseason.” Also, Elway labeled was not part of the blueprint, but we have to returned as the starter and played well in the can. Carolina Panthers, the team they beat in reports that the Broncos were shopping take advantage of opportunities that are pre- preseason in new coach Doug Pederson’s Hill will likely start the opener on Sept. 11 Super Bowl 50. Denver is the first team Pro Bowl cornerback Aqib Talib as false. sented to us,” Roseman said. offense. at Tennessee, though. “That’s not up to me. I’m Bradford will now play for his sixth offen- going to come in and give it everything I since the 2001 Baltimore Ravens to try to Elway said he hasn’t heard of any possi- The Vikings, who finished 11-5 to win the sive coordinator, Norv Turner, in seven sea- have,” Bradford said. —AP go back-to-back after losing its top two ble punishment from the league over an NFC North last year, are more poised for a quarterbacks. incident in June in which Talib suffered Peyton Manning retired a month an apparent self-inflicted gunshot after the Super Bowl and longtime wound to his right leg. backup Brock Osweiler bolted to “We’ve heard nothing” about any NFL Houston 48 hours later when free suspension of Talib, who’s had firearm agency opened. Elway then acquired incidents in the past, Elway said. “So Sanchez from the Philadelphia Eagles, yeah, we’re full speed ahead. It would be but Siemian, a seventh-round pick in very disappointing if we were told at this 2015 from Northwestern, beat him out point in time.” this summer. In other matters, Elway said: He had “I had a long talk with Mark today and no update on contract talks with wide he handled it with great class,” Elway receiver Emmanuel Sanders. “The only said. “... It was a tough situation to walk thing that’s changed there was Tavon into.” Elway’s entire eight-man draft class Austin,” who recently signed a four-year, made the final roster, a remarkable $42 million deal with the Rams, including achievement for a Super Bowl champion. $30 million guaranteed. Also, undrafted rookie nose tackle Kyle He went with rookie punter Riley Peko made it. Dixon over veteran Britton Colquitt “It’s always good when you have your because “we like Riley’s upside. young guys making the team,” Elway Obviously, Britton did a great job for us said. Other veterans who failed to make and really kicked well at the end of last the team were defensive lineman Henry year.” Dixon had an 18-yard punt in the Milton and running backs Ronnie preseason finale. “When you go with a Hillman and Juwan Thompson, who were young guy, there’s going to be some beaten out by rookies Devontae Booker growing pains,” Elway said. “But we’re VIVA Real Madrid Academy’s training camp kicks off and Andy Janovich, a fullback, and Kapri willing to risk that with Riley.” Bibbs, who spent most of the last two He wouldn’t commit to adding Shiloh KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-grow- maneuvers, attacks, different scenar- Abdulrazaq Bader Al-Essa, Corporate pleased to have been able to support seasons on Denver’s practice squad. Keo to the 53-man roster once the fifth- ing and most developed telecom ios and conditioned games. The pro- Communications Director at VIVA said: these young athletes in bringing them “Ronnie was a guy that did a lot of year safety completes his two-game sus- operator, shared the enthusiasm and gram also focuses on different tech- “We are extremely pleased with the closer to their dream of becoming good things for us. We just thought that pension for an offseason drunken driv- excitement of the top 16 qualifying nical areas, such as dribbling, short enthusiasm the players have dis- professional football players.” He players who travelled to Madrid, to passing, turning and finishing. The played since the beginning of the trip. added: “We scheduled different activi- with Kapri we were probably in better ing arrest. “He plays with great spirit,” practice at Real Madrid Academy’s programs were also designed to As soon as they arrived to register ties to the players to ensure the maxi- shape with what he could do on special said Elway. “(But) you never know what ground in Valdebebas sport city. develop young players in other fields, their names at Real Madrid Soccer mum of experience during this camp, teams,” Elway said. Hillman led the team can happen in two weeks, so we’ll wait The training program comprises such as tactical understanding, and Academy, they could not wait until and we offered many surprises for in rushing last season, but played only and see what happens when we get of several workshops and activities mental, physical and social growth. practice to begin and to show off their them in recognition of their commit- sparingly in the Super Bowl when C.J. there.” —AP educating the players on the best Commenting on this occasion, talents to the coaches. We are very ment and passion.” MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 SPORTS Lee leads Manulife Classic by one stroke

TORONTO: South Korea’s Lee Mi-Hyang Kongkraphan (69), are one shot back of Women’s British Open and Canadian eagle, but I didn’t know that until I top-ranked player in the world, made the led an Asian assault on the leaderboard the Koreans in a tie for third as Asians Women’s Open in her last two starts. “I checked my score at the score tent. It cut by only two strokes but went out ear- Saturday by firing a six-under 66 in the command the top four positions head- want to be happy on the course, and was a little amazing for me. ly in round three and put up a bogey- third round of the LPGA Tour’s Manulife ing into the final round on Sunday. The tomorrow’s the final day.” “My chips were better than maybe free 64 to climb within four strokes and a Classic. Lee has a one-stroke lead over 20-year-old Ariya, of Bangkok, has won Lee, who eagled the ninth hole and the last two days. Everything’s good.” tie for seventh. Korean compatriot Kim Hyo-Joo follow- five times this season to rise to a birdied four of six holes through No. 16, Minjee Lee, of Australia, eagled the 12th Catriona Matthew of Scotland and ing 54 holes at the Whistle Bear Golf career-high number two in the world has a leading total of 14-under 202 after hole and is three strokes behind in a tie Lizette Salas both had 66s and were tied Club in Cambridge, Ontario. Two Thai rankings. “I’m not really worried about 54 holes. “I made a lot of birdies today,” for fifth with Caroline Masson of for seventh with Ko. Salas is the lone golfers, Ariya Jutanugarn (66) and P.K. the leader,” said Ariya, who won the said Lee. “I made six birdies and one Germany, who totalled 68. Lydia Ko, the American in the top nine spots. —AFP Jutanugarn in bid for second hat trick

CAMBRIDGE: Ariya Jutanugarn shot a 6- Mizuno Classic in Japan for her lone tour title. under 66 on Saturday in the LPGA “I want to play my golf. That’s it,” Lee Manulife Classic, leaving her two strokes said. “I want to think my golf.” Kim eagled back in her bid to win three straight the par-4 13th and had four birdies and events for the second time this season. two bogeys. She won the season-open- The second-ranked Jutanugarn was ing event in the Bahamas for her third chasing South Koreans Mi Hyang Lee and LPGA Tour victory. Hjo Joo Kim at Whistle Bear. Lee also had Australia’s Minjee Lee (66) and a 66 to top the leaderboard at 14-under Germany’s Caroline Masson (68) were 11 202, and Kim was a stroke back after a 68. under. Top-ranked Lydia Ko had the “I’m not really worried about like round of the day, shooting a bogey-free leader,” Jutanugarn said. “I feel like I want 64 to move into a tie for seventh at 10 to be happy on the course, and tomorrow under. The 19-year-old New Zealander final day.” Jutanugarn closed with a birdie has four LPGA Tour victories this year. to join Thailand’s P.K. Kongkraphan (69) at “It’s a little calmer today than the past 12 under.Using a driver in competition two days,” Ko said. “Especially around a for the third straight day after shelving it course like this when the wind is calm, for months, Jutanugarn had eight birdies you know that there are going to be and two bogeys. She has improved each some low numbers out there.” day, following an opening 70 with a 68. Marina Alex, the second-round leader “I just missed like two tee shots and I after a 64, had a 73 to drop into a tie for had two bogeys,” Jutanugarn said. After 10th at 9 under. winning three straight events in May, the Canadian star Brooke Henderson was 20-year-old Thai player began the latest tied for 29th at 6 under after a 69. The 18- streak at the Women’s British Open. She year-old Henderson beat Ko in a playoff in rebounded from a knee injury that forced June in the KPMG Women’s PGA for her her to withdraw during the Rio Olympics first major title, and successfully defended to win the Canadian Pacific Women’s her Portland Classic title in early July. She Open last week in Alberta for her fifth has attracted the biggest crowd at Whistle victory of the year. Bear. “It’s really been so much fun to play Lee eagled the par-5 ninth and had six in front of them,” Henderson said. “I just birdies and two bogeys. She won the 2014 thank everybody for coming out.” —AP CRANS-MONTANA: The winner, Alex Noren of Sweden, poses with the trophy after the final round of the Omega European Masters Golf Tournament in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, yesterday. —AP Noren pips Hend in playoff to win European Masters

CRANS-MONTANA: Alex Noren of Sweden sank Cup players, firing a 7-under 63 to place fourth, Westwood holed his own long putt on the a 20-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to five strokes back.Danny Willett, the 2016 18th for a seventh birdie in a round with no beat Scott Hend of Australia in a playoff for the Masters champion defending his title here, shot dropped shots. Still, a first-round 72 on European Masters title yesterday. Noren fired a a 64 to finish tied for 12th place at 9 under. Thursday left the 1999 European Masters 5-under round of 65 to be tied at 17 under with Noren needed only 30 shots for the outward winner too far back to challenge. Hend, the overnight leader who carded a 66 on nine, then dropped his first stroke at the par-4 “On the first day I was a bit rusty,” the Swiss Alps course. 10th. Hend began a stretch of three birdies in Westwood acknowledged. “I haven’t played Playing the par-four 18th hole again in the four holes from the 12th to cut the Swede’s lead much golf for four weeks before coming playoff, Hend left his third shot from the fringe to one shot. here.” of the green well short before Noren’s no- A three-putt by Noren at the 17th gave Hend Westwood and Willett plan to play one doubter putt earned a 450,000 euros ($502,000) a chance, which the Australian almost wasted more tournament before the Ryder Cup winner’s prize. The 39th-ranked Noren won his on the 18th by pulling his tee shot left into the starts Sept. 30 at Hazeltine, Minnesota. Both sixth European Tour title on the same Swiss Alps trees. Hend saved par to force the playoff as rain will take one week off, then return at the course where his first came in 2009. started to fall for the first time all week. Italian Open, played Sept. 15-18 at Monza. In third place, Andrew “Beef” Johnston of On a standout day for Europe’s Ryder Cup “I’m looking forward to another week off England went 5 under on the inward nine holes players, Westwood’s round edged 64s for fellow for practice and then to Italy,” Willett said, to card a 65, trailing Noren and Hend by three. Englishmen Willett and Matt Fitzpatrick, the run- after a round had begun with bogey-5s at Lee Westwood was best of Europe’s Ryder ner-up here last year who finished at 10 under. the first two holes. —AP Chappell grabs one-shot lead at Deutsche Bank Championship

BOSTON: Kevin Chappell, who is USPGA Tour, but has finished run- Championship three months ago. score of the tournament so far. hoping to end a string of brides- ner-up three times in 2016, Chappell saved par on the final He also holed out from 37 maid finishes this season and claim including a second at The Players hole Saturday to equal the lowest yards for eagle at the par-five, his first PGA Tour title, has a one- 600-yard seventh hole and col- shot lead after 36 holes of the lected six birdies opposite one Deutsche Bank Championship. bogey. Chappell ranks 13th in the The 30-year-old American took the PGA playoff standings, but would solo lead with a birdie on number vault into third if he is able to 16 as he emerged from a duel hang on through the next two Saturday with England’s Paul Casey rounds and win the event which to finished with a seven-under 64. finishes on Monday. “There’s no secret that the more American Jordan Spieth shot I’m smiling, the more I’m having 68 and Steve Stricker had a 69 and CAMBRIDGE: Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand hits a shot from the 18th fairway fun, the better I’m playing,” said are both a shot back of Reed and during the third round of the Manulife LPGA Classic at Whistle Bear Golf Chappell, who finished the first Rose, tied for 13th. Club on Saturday in Cambridge, Canada. —AFP two rounds at 11-under 131. Open champion Henrik “I finished bogey-double bogey Stenson shot 70 and is in a tie for and kind of played my way out of 30th. World number five Rory Champion Jeff Maggert the tournament (last Friday at The McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, post- Barclays). I really was bothered by ed a 67 and also was tied for 30th takes Calgary lead that and didn’t want to let that along with Adam Scott, of happen again.” Australia, who finished at 71. CALGARY: Defending champion Jeff Washington for his fourth victory of the year Casey parred the last two holes World number one Jason Day, of Maggert shot his second straight 7-under 63 and 29th overall on tour. He has played 49 in his 66 to stay one stroke back Australia, missed a birdie putt on on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead in the holes without a bogey dating to the final and even with American Jimmy number 18 and finished at 71, PGA Tour Champions’ Shaw Charity Classic. round in Washington. Walker, who fired a 64. making the cut on the number. The 52-year-old Maggert parred the final “There’s this guy from Germany that’s Brian Harman posted a 65 and On Friday, Day’s family was three holes after making eight birdies and a lurking around the lead again, too,” Maggert is two back in solo fourth after tak- involved in a two-vehicle smash in bogey on the first 15 at Canyon Meadows. said. “I have to play well tomorrow.” The three-time PGA Tour winner has five vic- Michael Allen (64) and Fred Funk (66) ing the clubhouse lead with his Boston when their car collided tories on the 50-and-over tour. He won four were 9 under. “Maggert’s a tough competi- impressive morning round. The with a bus. Day’s wife, Ellie, was times last year, the first two majors in the tor. When he plays well, he doesn’t make a reigning US Open champ Dustin transported to hospital where she Regions Tradition and U.S. Senior Open. whole lot of mistakes,” Allen said. “It’s going Johnson had a 66 and is three off was treated and released. Day’s “I came in here a little bit kind of angry to be hard to catch him, that’s for sure.” the pace and tied for fifth with two children were not injured. and a little bit more hungry because of the Tom Watson followed his opening 65 with Smylie Kaufman, who also shot 66. Ellie sustained injuries in way I played this year,” Maggert said. “I really a 72 to drop into a tie for 38th at 3 under. On Patrick Reed, who won The December after colliding with felt like I hadn’t lived up to the way I should Friday, Watson broke his age for the fourth have been playing.” time on the tour. He will be 67 on Sunday. Barclays last week to begin the NBA superstar LeBron James He broke the tournament 36-hole record “Golf swing wasn’t really very good today,” FedEx Cup playoffs, recorded a 67 while sitting courtside in of 15 under set by Rocco Mediate in his 2013 Watson said. “I hit a lot of bad shots today. I and was four shots behind in a six- Cleveland as James chased down victory. Paraguay’s Carlos Franco was sec- got what I deserved. I tried as hard as I could, way tie for seventh that included a loose ball that went into the ond, also shooting 63. “Jeff Maggert is a but the swing just didn’t work very well.” Rio Olympic gold medal champion crowd. She was taken from the good friend of mine, too, and he played John Daly was tied for 24th at 5 under Justin Rose of England, who also court on a stretcher and trans- well,” Franco said. “I know he’s a fantastic after a 68. He has three top-20 finishes in 11 had a 67. ported to a Cleveland hospital. player, but I’m prepared to come strong PGA Tour Champions starts since turning 50, tomorrow.” with the best a tie for 11th in the Dick’s NORTON: Dustin Johnson watches his tee shot on the 17th hole Phil Mickelson and two-time Bernhard Langer was third at 10 under Sporting Goods Open. Mark O’Meara with- RUNNER-UP AT PLAYERS during the second round of the Deutsche Bank Championship tournament winner Vijay Singh after his second 65. The 59-year-old German drew after nine holes because of back prob- Chappell has never won on the golf tournament, Saturday, in Norton, Mass. —AP missed the cut on Saturday. —AFP star won the Boeing Classic last week in lems. —AP MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 SPORTS

Quintana catches Froome cold to take huge Vuelta lead ARAMON FORMIGAL: Nairo Quintana “It went much better than we imag- advantage over Froome before a time- ahead,” added Quintana. “We opened tention, to set the pace for most of the took a huge step towards sealing his sec- ined,” Quintana told Spanish TV station trial on stage 19 and after a series of gaps and the final climb was a race stage just to keep the gap from extend- ond Grand Tour win by extending his Teledeporte. Italy’s Gianluca Brambilla attacks failed on Saturday’s queen stage, against the clock to leave Froome ing beyond three minutes. Up front, overall lead to 3mins 37secs over Chris edged out Quintana at the finish in a his early move with Contador caught behind. “It happened like this because Quintana was in control even as the Froome yesterday’s 15th stage of the time of 2hrs 54mins 30secs to take the Team Sky cold. Alberto is also a great strategist, we unit- breakaway splintered on the final climb Vuelta a Espana. stage win with Fabio Felline third. Contador attacked after just six kilo- ed and took advantage.” By contrast, and the Colombian looked set to add to Quintana and three-time Vuelta win- Contador faded towards the end of the metres and Quintana followed as they Froome was not only caught out by the his victory on stage 10 until Brambilla’s ner Alberto Contador formed part of an final 14.5km climb to end the stage 34 formed a 14-man breakaway and had surprise move but also deserted as six of late burst. early breakaway group on the short, hilly seconds behind, but did enough to two teammates each for company. “It his remaining seven Sky teammates After two days of intense climbing, a 118.5km stage from Sabinanigo to jump into fourth overall. Esteban was a difficult start where you suffer a lot couldn’t even stick with the pace in the flat finish to the 156.4km 16th stage Aramon Formigal and were never Chaves of Colombia remains third over- and the punishment from yesterday chasing group. from Alcaniz to Peniscola on Monday caught by Froome as the Tour de France all, 20 seconds adrift of Froome. took its toll. We knew how to suffer at Instead, Froome had to rely on offers the overall contenders some champion finished 2min 37secs back on Quintana had repeatedly stressed the the start, we went with Alberto and with Astana, despite the Kazak team having potential relief ahead of Tuesday’s sec- Quintana. need to extend his morning 54 second his team and my team we pressed no rider in general classification con- ond rest day. — AFP Australia beat S Lanka, win ODI series 4-1

PALLEKELE: Skipper David Warner’s fluent Khawaja was out for six as Australia were in century and a disciplined bowling effort early trouble at 25 for two in 5.5 overs. powered Australia to a five-wicket win over Warner and Bailey then got down to the Sri Lanka in the fifth one-day international grind as Sri Lanka unleashed their spin in Pallekele as the visitors took the series 4- force on a slow pitch. 1 yesterday. The left-handed Warner, who completed Australia, who took an unassailable 3-1 his seventh ODI ton in his 79th match, lead in Dambulla on Wednesday, rode on a became the first Australian batsman to record 132-run partnership between record a century in Sri Lanka. Bailey, who Warner and George Bailey (44) to chase remained the highest run-getter in the down 196 in 43 overs on a sluggish pitch. series with 270 runs in five matches, played Earlier pace spearhead Mitchell Starc led the sheet anchor’s role to perfection. But the visiting attack with three wickets to he was denied his third half-century of the bowl out Sri Lanka, who elected to bat first, series after Dilruwan Perera, who returned for a modest 195 in 40.2 overs. with figures of3-51, trapped the batsman But it was Warner’s 106, which came off lbw. Off-spinner Dhananjaya de Silva 126 balls with the help of nine boundaries, claimed two wickets including that of Warner that thwarted the Sri Lankan attack from to delay Australia’s win as James Faulkner posing any threats to the visiting batting. and John Hastings saw the team through. Off-spinner Dilruwan Perera, who The ODI win comes as a welcome relief for MONZA: Winner Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s German driver Nico Rosberg (C) celebrates on the podium next to second placed Mercedes shared the new ball with pacer Suranga the visitors who suffered their first series AMG Petronas F1 Team’s British driver Lewis Hamilton (L) and third placed Scuderia Ferrari’s German driver Sebastian Vettel following the Lakmal, struck twice in his first spell to get whitewash against Sri Lanka in the three Italian Formula One Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale circuit in Monza yesterday. — AFP the wickets of opener Matthew Wade and Tests last month. The two teams now head Usman Khawaja. into the two-match Twenty20 series starting Wade was caught behind for three while September 6 at the same venue. — AFP Rosberg reigns over SCOREBOARD slow-starter Hamilton PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka: Final scoreboard of the fifth and final one-day international between Sri Lanka and Australia in Pallekele yesterday: MONZA: Nico Rosberg pounced on a poor start the second Red Bull, Sergio Perez of Force India, Hamilton told the team as he fell a further sec- Sri Lanka Zampa 6-0-43-2, Head 5-0-22-2 by his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to retirement-bound Felipe Massa in the second ond adrift before being instructed to push hard- D. de Silva c Starc b Faulkner 34 win yesterday’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza and Williams and German Nico Hulkenberg in the er before the first pit-stops began. The Ferraris D. Gunathilaka b Zampa 39 Australia cut his championship lead to just two points. second Force India. were soon in, both for more super-softs, indicat- K. Mendis c Wade b Hastings 33 D. Warner c & b de Silva 106 The 31-year-old German took the lead at the After three days of searing late-summer heat, ing that the scuderia were adopting a two-stop D. Chandimal c Wade b Starc 1 M. Wade c K. Perera b D. Perera 3 start, when pole-sitter Hamilton became conditions were slightly cooler when the lights strategy while Mercedes, with Hamilton inherit- U. Tharanga c Zampa b Head 15 U. Khawaja c Gunathilaka b D. Perera 6 bogged down, and pulled away to control the went out with an air temperature of 29 degrees ing second place 15 seconds behind Rosberg, K. Perera lbw b Head 14 G. Bailey lbw b D. Perera 44 race and finish 15 seconds clear of the defend- and the track at 38 in the old royal park, some 20 sticking to ‘Plan A’. By lap 20, Hamilton had cut D. Shanaka b Zampa 13 T. Head c Lakmal b de Silva 13 ing three-time champion. kms north of Milan. the gap to 13.4s, reporting that his “tyres are S. Pathirana c Faulkner b Boland 32 J. Faulkner not out 8 Hamilton, who effectively lost the race in the fine” as he continued his pursuit of the German. D. Perera b Starc 5 J. Hastings not out 8 first 20 metres when the lights went out, now PENALTY After 24 laps, Rosberg pitted from the lead for S. Lakmal b Starc 0 Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 7)) 11 leads the title battle with 250 points ahead of Hamilton’s initial reaction saw him depart mediums. A ‘slow’ 3.9s stop saw him emerge sec- A. Aponso not out 0 Total (5 wickets; 43 overs) 199 Rosberg on 248. Sebastian Vettel came home cleanly only to lose momentum as Vettel, from ond behind Hamilton - leading for the first time - Extras (lb 2, w 6, nb 1) 9 Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Wade), 2-25 third, 5.9 seconds further adrift, ahead of his third, passed him and Rosberg took the lead. The until the Briton pitted and rejoined behind the Total (all out; 40.2 overs) 195 (Khawaja), 3-157 (Bailey), 4-179 (Head), 5- Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen to the delight champion, as if glued to the asphalt, fell to sixth. two Ferraris. Fall of wickets: 1-73 (de Silva), 2-77 189 (Warner) of the home fans. It was Rosberg’s first Italian Hamilton clawed a place back on lap two Obeying orders, Hamilton preserved his new (Gunathilaka), 3-78 (Chandimal), 4-121 Bowling: Lakmal 8-1-30-0, D. Perera 10-1- win, his seventh of the season and 21st of his when Jolyon Palmer in a Renault collided at the tyres, while itching to pass the Ferraris and chase (Mendis), 5-129 (Tharanga), 6-145 (K. 51-3, Pathirana 10-0-36-0, Shanaka 2-0- career, boosting his championship challenge first chicane with Felipe Nasr’s Sauber, the Rosberg, who led him by 10 seconds, as Manor’s Perera), 7-165 (Shanaka), 8-184 (D. 10-0, Aponso 6-0-33-0, de Silva 7-0-35-2 with seven races remaining. “Thank you very Brazilian spinning, before soon retiring only to hopes of a points finish ended when German Perera), 9-184 (Lakmal), 10-195 Did not bat: A. Finch, M. Starc, A. Zampa, much guys,” said Rosberg. “It’s great to win Italy.” re-join, and the Briton losing his car’s front wing, Pascal Wehrlein pulled up and retired. Vettel pit- (Pathirana) S. Boland. It was also the 50th podium finish of Rosberg’s before his retirement. Nasr was given a 10-sec- ted again after 33 of the 53 laps, rejoining fifth Bowling: Starc 9-0-40-3, Hastings 7-1-30- Result: Australia beat Sri Lanka by 5 wick- career and prevented Hamilton completing a onds penalty. For Hamilton, running on soft ahead of a rampant Verstappen. A lap later, 1, Boland 6.2-0-28-1, Faulkner 7-0-30-1, ets. cherished hat-trick of Italian wins, to equal a feat tyres, the race became a strategy exercise. Raikkonen did the same and also took softs, slot- achieved only once before by Juan Manuel “Remember, Lewis, the three cars ahead are on ting in behind the Dutchman. With 17 laps Fangio in the 1950’s, and register his 50th career super-soft tyres so they’ll be quick for a few laps remaining, Rosberg led Hamilton by 11.5 with victory. It was the first time in seven years that and then they will degrade,” he was told. Ricciardo third, until he took his delayed second the race was not won by the driver starting from At the front, Rosberg was pulling clear with a stop for more super-softs to equip him for a final pole position. “Good job!” grimaced Hamilton as run of fastest laps while Hamilton scrapped to high-speed scrap with Bottas. That included the he shook hands with Rosberg afterwards. pass Bottas for fourth. After 10 laps, Rosberg led Australian producing one of the passes of the Daniel Ricciardo finished fifth for Red Bull Vettel by 4.4 and Hamilton, who eventually season when he attacked and squeezed beyond ahead of Valtteri Bottas of Williams, Dutch surged past the Finn on the main straight, by 11 Bottas at the first chicane to claim fifth. The F1 teenager Max Verstappen who was seventh in seconds. “The rears are pretty wasted already,” circuis moves next to Singapore. — AFP Maverick talent wins maiden MotoGP in style

PALLEKELE: Australia’s players pose for photographers after their victory in the final SILVERSTONE: Spaniard Maverick could satisfy the home crowd as that because I had to really battle 19 laps after it was halted following one day international (ODI) cricket match between Sri Lanka and Australia at the Vinales rode a masterful race to they have supported me through very hard as my tyres were worn a brutal first-lap collision between Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele yesterday. — AFP secure his first ever MotoGP victory, thick and thin down the years. out by the end of the ninth lap and French rider Loris Baz and Pol easing to take the chequered flag “It was great fun to be battling I was sliding all over the place,” said Espargaro of Spain. in the British Grand Prix at away with the guys in front.” For the the 37-year-old seven time world Baz, on a Ducati, and Espargaro Mogg on target helps Silverstone yesterday. as always exuberant Rossi he was champion in the class. on a Yamaha Tech3 were at the The 21-year-old-the 2013 Moto3 satisfied to have at least not back of the field but debris from world champion-gave Suzuki its allowed Marquez to stretch his SUPERB START their bikes littered the corner and Montpellier get off mark first win in the British edition in this imposing lead. “I am happy with The race had to be reduced to the track. Once the race got under- category since American Kevin way for a second time, Vinales PARIS: Australia international Jesse Mogg president Mourad Boudjellal fumed that Schwantz in 1994. made a superb start on his Suzuki was on target as Montpellier finally kick- they hadn’t even deserved that. “Against It was their first in the category to lead from Marquez with started their Top 14 campaign with a hard- three teams playing for survival we should overall since Australian Chris Crutchlow in third and Rossi fourth. fought 32-15 win at Bordeaux-Begles yes- have three defeats-that’s the most worrying Vermeulen triumphed in France in Rossi produced a supreme pass- terday. Montpellier reached the Top 14 thing,” said Boudjellal. Gaetan Germain 2007. Vinales led home Honda’s Cal ing movement with 14 laps to the semi-finals last season after a strong finish kicked 20 points, added to a penalty try, to Crutchlow-the first Briton since chequered flag, relegating Marquez to the season but had got off to a terrible give the 1997 European champions-that Barry Sheene in 1977 to take pole- to third. Vinales was well clear of start to this campaign, losing their first two success came in a different era-a famous with legendary Italian Valentino the pack and maintained his advan- matches. victory. “We have the smallest budget in Rossi third on his Yamaha for his tage of 2.5sec despite Rossi’s best But they bounced back in spectacular the Top 14 and, after two away trips, we’ve 217th podium placing. efforts. Marquez lost further style as full-back Mogg-who has three caps brought back six points (from a win and a Rossi marginally reduced Marc ground as Crutchlow and Andrea for the Wallabies, although all in 2013 — draw). It’s difficult to dream of more,” said Marquez’s lead in the overall stand- Iannone passed him in quick suc- and France centre Alexandre Dumoulin Brive coach Nicolas Godignon. ings, the Spaniard holding a 50- cession with the latter then over- both crossed the whitewash. South African It left Brive heading an unlikely duo at point advantage over the Italian, taking the Englishman and Rossi to fly-half Demetri Catrakilis kicked 17 points the Top 14 summit ahead of unfashionable 210 points to 160. move into second with eight laps while his compatriot centre Francois Steyn La Rochelle, who remained unbeaten with Vinales, winning his 17th Grand remaining. Rossi fought back to added a conversion and a penalty. Ireland an impressive 26-18 victory at 2013 champi- Prix in all categories, said he had take second again as an engrossing fly-half Ian Madigan kicked all of the hosts ons Castres. Australian fly-half Zack Holmes felt all weekend something special tussle took place for the minor points from four penalties and a drop goal. kicked four penalties and two conversions was on the cards. “This is a dream placings with six riders involved. Madigan kicked the hosts into an early 6- while South African wing Paul Jordaan and come true, one I thought was possi- Iannone dramatically fell out of 0 lead before Mogg’s try helped Montpellier centre Steeve Barry dotted down for La ble this weekend,” said Vinales, that equation when he came to move 10-6 ahead. Catrikilis and the Rochelle. A last-gasp Waisea Nayacalevu try whose win makes it seven different grief with five laps to go while Irishman traded a couple more penalties rescued a 30-30 draw for Stade Francais as winners of the last seven MotoGPs. Marquez’s overzealous attempt to each as Montpellier headed into the break Clermont maintained their unbeaten start “I hope I can deliver more pass Rossi saw him exit off the track 16-12 ahead. From there, though, they in a high intensity rematch of the 2015 Top dreams to Suzuki in the future as but return just behind the Italian. started to pull away with Dumoulin’s late 14 final, which the Parisians won. the team has worked so hard.” The lead pursuer of Vinales was try, converted by Steyn as Catrikilis had Current second division champions Lyon Crutchlow, whose win in the now Crutchlow, with arch-rivals made way for Vincent Martin by then, seal- earnt their first Top 14 success with a bonus Czech MotoGP last time out was Rossi and Marquez conducting ing the victory. point 32-13 thumping of rock-bottom the first by a British rider since their private duel behind him-the On Saturday, plucky Brive came away Grenoble. Pau got off the mark as New Sheene in 1981 in the top category, Spaniard going past him with four from three-time European champions Zealand international fly-half Colin Slade said he couldn’t have wished for circuits of the track to cover. Toulon’s Stade Mayol fortress with a stun- kicked 10 points and fellow All Black Tom more. “To take pole and finish sec- Crutchlow staved off a stern ning 25-21 upset win. Toulon manager Taylor scored a try in a 25-9 win over ond is more than I could have challenge by Marquez for second Diego Dominguez described his team as Bayonne. Reigning Top 14 title-holders dreamt of. I thought I would finish SILVERSTONE: Spain’s Maverick Vinales of Suzuki Ecstar celebrates spot in the closing stages before “rubbish” after slumping to their second Racing 92 entertain Toulouse in Sunday’s in the top six at best,” confessed the with trophy on the podium after winning Moto GP race at the British the latter also had to concede third defeat in three games, while outspoken late match. — AFP 30-year-old. “I am really happy I Grand Prix at Silverstone, England, yesterday. — AP place to Rossi. — AFP MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 SPORTS FINA in turmoil over Olympic doping decisions

LONDON: Three top anti-doping officials have quit bility of Russian competitors only by observing the “While FINA obviously regrets this decision, our It added that: “In this very complex process, FINA the watchdog of world swimming body FINA saying Olympic competition. “We were disappointed to note international federation expresses its deep apprecia- did express the DCRB position but our international their recommendations on whether Russian swim- that our recommendations were not followed - and tion and recognition for their supportive action in our federation was not the body ultimately deciding the mers should compete at the Rio Olympics were even more disappointed to receive no specific successful anti-doping policies over the recent years.” outcome on this matter.” ignored. The three, including Andrew Pipe, a response to a subsequent written request for informa- Following the McLaren report, the IOC called on indi- According to the RTE report, the DCRB were as Canadian who headed FINA’s eight member doping tion regarding the reasons for FINA’s decision.” FINA vidual federations to make recommendations to its hardline as a team who conducted a review for the control review board (DCRB), blasted the governing originally barred seven Russian swimmers from Rio fol- review panel on whether Russian athletes should be international rowing federation and said all Russian body. FINA said it “regrets” the resignations but insist- lowing a report by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren allowed at Rio. competitors should be barred unless they have ed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decid- that alleged state-run doping in Russia. However they FINA blamed the IOC for the final decision on passed credible doping tests. The presence of the ed whether the Russians should be allowed to race. were reinstated following appeals to the Court of Russian athletes. “Concerning the claims expressed in Russian swimmers, such as Yulia Efimova, who has “Despite the anti-doping expertise of the individuals Arbitration for Sport or reviews by an IOC panel just their resignation letter, FINA would like to clarify that served two doping bans, caused controversy in the who make up the DCRB, FINA chose to ignore our before Rio started. “FINA was surprised to receive the the Olympic Games are an IOC event,” said the state- Rio pool. Efimova was booed by spectators and advice,” said a resignation letter obtained by Irish letter of resignation from three officials from its ment. “For Rio 2016, the decision on the participation American Lilly King, who beat her in the 100m breast- broadcaster RTE. Doping Control Review Board (DCRB), including the of the Russian athletes has been made by the CAS stroke final, said Efimova should not have been “We learned of FINA’s decisions regarding the eligi- chairman Dr. Andrew Pipe,” said a FINA statement. and the IOC.” allowed to race. — AFP Bumgarner, Giants knock off Arrieta, Cubs 3-2

CHICAGO: Madison Bumgarner outpitched Jake Arrieta with 10 strikeouts over six innings, and the San Francisco Giants pounced on rare miscues by the Chicago Cubs in a 3-2 victory on Saturday. Bumgarner (14-8) allowed two runs and five hits in his fourth victory in his last five starts. San Francisco, trying to catch Los Angeles in the NL West, rebounded from a pair of one-run losses in the first two games of the four-game set against the major league leaders. Arrieta (16-6) was charged with three runs - two earned - and four hits in six innings in his first loss since July 30. The Cubs had won five in a row overall.

RANGERS 12, ASTROS 4 Adrian Beltre and Nomar Mazara each homered, Derek Holland pitched his third straight quality start since coming off the dis- abled list and Texas got its seventh straight victory. After trailing 1-0, the Rangers got their major league-high 42nd come-from-behind win. They’ve won eight of nine and scored at least 10 runs in each of their past three games. AL West-leading Texas is 13-2 against the Astros this season and 37-19 against the divi- sion. Holland (7-6) pitched six innings, allow- ing two runs, six hits and three walks. Evan Gattis had three hits for Houston, including a solo homer. Joe Musgrove (2-3) allowed five runs and eight hits over 4 1/3 innings.

METS 3, NATIONALS 1 Curtis Granderson and James Loney came through with big hits to back Robert Gsellman, and New York got another gritty start from an unheralded rookie in its banged- up rotation. Gsellman (2-1) pitched out of trouble for six innings, and inexperienced cen- ter fielder Michael Conforto made a diving catch that thwarted a potential Nationals rally in the seventh. New York rebounded from con- secutive losses and won for the 10th time in 14 games, moving within one game of St. Louis for the final NL playoff berth. The Cardinals lost 9-1 in Cincinnati. Washington’s Tanner Roark (14-8) allowed two runs and four hits over five innings. Jeurys Familia got his major league-leading 45th save in 48 tries. CHICAGO: Javier Baez #9 of the Chicago Cubs dives to home to score on an RBI single by Jake Arrieta #49 (not pictured) as Buster Posey #28 of the San Francisco Giants drops the ball and is unable to make the tag during the sixth inning at Wrigley Field on Saturday in Chicago, Illinois. — AFP ORIOLES 2, YANKEES 0 Kevin Gausman outpitched CC Sabathia for the second time in seven days, Adam Jones homered and Baltimore got its third straight MLB results/standings shutout against New York. Gausman (7-10) allowed two hits and two walks over six San Francisco 3, Chicago Cubs 2; Texas 12, Houston 4; Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 1; Tampa Bay 7, innings to win his fourth straight start. He Toronto 5; Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 4 (10 innings); Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 4; Baltimore 2, NY struck out eight and permitted only one run- Yankees 0; Minnesota 11, Chicago White Sox 3; Cleveland 8, Miami 3; NY Mets 3, Washington ner past second base. Zach Britton, the third 1; Kansas City 5, Detroit 2; Arizona 9, Colorado 4; Boston 11, Oakland 2; La Angels 10, Seattle Baltimore reliever, worked a perfect ninth for 3; LA Dodgers 5, San Diego 1. his 40th save in 40 opportunities. Sabathia (8- American League National League 12) gave up two runs, one earned, in six innings. All it got him was another loss against Eastern Division Eastern Division the Orioles, the third in a row since mid-July. W L PCT GB Washington 79 56 .585 - Boston 76 59 .563 - NY Mets 70 66 .515 9.5 RAYS 7, BLUE JAYS 5 Toronto 76 59 .563 - Miami 68 68 .500 11.5 Matt Duffy’s three-run double highlighted Baltimore 74 61 .548 2 Philadelphia 60 75 .444 19 a five-run sixth inning and last-place Tampa NY Yankees 69 65 .515 6.5 Atlanta 53 83 .390 26.5 Bay beat AL East-leading Toronto for the sec- Tampa Bay 58 76 .433 17.5 ond straight game. The big outburst came Central Division Central Division against right-hander Marco Estrada (8-7), who Chicago Cubs 87 48 .644 - had given up just two singles in the first five Cleveland 78 56 .582 - St. Louis 70 64 .522 16.5 Detroit 73 62 .541 5.5 innings. Duffy’s double was the fifth hit of the Pittsburgh 67 66 .504 19 Kansas City 70 65 .519 8.5 inning. Rookie Blake Snell (5-7) got the win Milwaukee 59 76 .437 28 after giving up one run and two hits while Chicago White Sox 64 71 .474 14.5 Cincinnati 57 77 .425 29.5 striking out seven in six innings. Toronto ral- Minnesota 51 85 .375 28 Western Division lied for four runs in the ninth off Enny Romero Western Division before Alex Colome got the final out for his Texas 82 54 .603 - LA Dodgers 75 60 .556 - 30th save. Houston 71 64 .526 10.5 San Francisco 73 62 .541 2 Colorado 65 70 .481 10 ROYALS 5, TIGERS 2 Seattle 69 66 .511 12.5 Arizona 57 78 .422 18 Eric Hosmer hit his career-high 20th LA Angels 60 75 .444 21.5 homer, Yordano Ventura pitched into and out Oakland 57 78 .422 24.5 San Diego 56 79 .415 19 of trouble and Kansas City snapped a three- OAKLAND: Boston Red Sox’s Yoan Moncada runs to first base after hitting a single during game losing streak. the ninth inning of a baseball game off Oakland Athletics pitcher Daniel Coulombe on Ventura (10-9) improved to 7-0 against the Saturday, in Oakland, Calif. — AP save in four opportunities. Edubray Ramos (1- ing out seven and walking one. Tigers, including three wins this season, and 2) allowed two runs and one hit after allowing is 4-0 overall in his past six starts Michael Cincinnati used four walks by Jerome Williams BREWERS 7, PIRATES 4 a leadoff walk to Garcia. DIAMONDBACKS 9, ROCKIES 4 Fulmer (10-6) gave up three runs and seven to score five times in the eighth. Dan Straily Struggling rookie Orlando Arcia had three Chris Owings had a career high-tying four hits in six innings for the Tigers, falling to 1-4 (11-7) gave up three hits, including Jedd hits, including a tiebreaking single in ANGELS 10, MARINERS 3 hits, Jake Lamb homered and Arizona beat in his past five starts. He walked one and Gyorko’s homer, and a career-high seven Milwaukee’s four-run eighth inning, to extend Kole Calhoun and Albert Pujols both home- Colorado. Braden Shipley (3-3) allowed four struck out four. Wade Davis got his 22nd save walks in only 5 2/3 innings. Jaime Garcia (10- Pittsburgh’s losing streak to five games. red twice, Mike Trout also went deep and Los runs in 5 1/3 innings in his first time facing in 25 opportunities. 11) lost after allowing two runs in six innings. Pittsburgh’s Neftali Feliz (4-2) was charged Angeles beat Seattle. Calhoun, Trout and Colorado. The Diamondbacks broke it open with two runs, retiring only one of the three Pujols hit consecutive home runs to lead a six- in the third off Tyler Chatwood (10-9). INDIANS 8, MARLINS 3 TWINS 11, WHITE SOX 3 batters before leaving with right arm discom- run first inning against starter Taijuan Walker Welington Castillo had a three-run double Trevor Bauer overcame a shaky first inning Miguel Sano and Trevor Plouffe each fort. Carlos Torres (3-3) got the win despite (4-10). Tyler Skaggs (3-3) allowed three runs on and Lamb followed with his 27th homer to and pitched into the ninth, Francisco Lindor homered during an eight-run third inning, allowing Andrew McCutchen’s 19th homer in eight hits in six innings for Los Angeles, strik- make it 6-0. — AP was 4 for 4 and Cleveland beat Miami. Bauer and Minnesota went deep four times. Brian the seventh inning, tying it at 2. Tyler (10-6) shut down the Marlins after giving up Dozier led off with his 34th homer, and Byron Thornburg got three outs for his eighth save. three runs and three hits in the first. The right- Buxton tacked on a two-run shot in the sec- hander didn’t allow another hit until Ichiro ond against beleaguered starter James RED SOX 11, ATHLETICS 2 Simpson wins record Suzuki led off the ninth with a single. Lindor Shields (5-17). Hector Santiago (11-8) won for Rick Porcello didn’t allow a baserunner doubled in the first and third, singled in the the first time in six starts since the Twins until Jake Smolinski’s one-out double in the fourth and added an RBI single in the sixth. acquired him in late July from the Los sixth on the way to his majors-leading 19th fifth 5th Avenue Mile Kipnis hit his 22nd homer in the first off Angeles Angels. victory, and Boston routed Oakland yet again. Marlins ace Jose Fernandez (13-8), who gave Porcello (19-3) gave up four hits and two runs NEW YORK: American Olympian Jenny tired, but I’m so proud.” up a career-high 12 hits and seven runs in 5 DODGERS 5, PADRES 1 in seven innings, struck out two and didn’t Simpson became the first five-time winner Laura Muir was second in 4:18.4, two 2/3 innings. Rich Hill pitched six sparkling innings, walk a batter. in New Balance 5th Avenue Mile history days after becoming the third British Yasmani Grandal hit a three-run homer and Right-hander Daniel Mengden (1-6), called Saturday, winning in 4 minutes, 18.3 sec- woman to win a Diamond League title. REDS 9, CARDINALS 1 Los Angeles beat San Diego. Hill (11-3) up from Triple-A Nashville, allowed seven runs onds. American Heather Kampf finished third in Zack Cozart hit a pair of doubles during allowed one hit, struck out eight and walked and eight hits in just 2 2/3 innings. The bronze medalist in Rio in the 1,500 4:19.7. run-scoring innings that included St. Louis two in his second start since the Dodgers meters, Simpson won for the fourth straight Eric Jenkims won the men’s race in misplays, and Cincinnati sent the Cardinals to acquired him from Oakland at the Aug. 1 BRAVES 6, PHILLIES 4, 10 INNINGS year. She had the third fastest-women’s 3:49.4. A last-minute addition to the race, their third straight loss. The Cardinals have trade deadline. The left-hander was scratched Adonis Garcia scored the winning run in time in the 36-year history of the event. he inched past Olympic 1,500 gold medalist lost seven of 11. They’re still in position to get at Colorado last week due to a combination of the 10th inning after homering twice earlier in “It’s unbelievable,” Simpson. “I care so and fellow American Matthew Centrowitz. the NL’s second wild-card spot, staying ahead weather and a finger blister. Kenley Jansen the game, and Atlanta beat Philadelphia. Jed much about all my races. At the end of the Centrowitz was a hundredth of a second of the Mets, Pirates and Marlins. Pinch hitter struck out the side in the ninth for his 41st Bradley (1-0) got the win in his major league season and a transatlantic flight, I had to behind in 3:49.5. American Colby Alexander Ramon Cabrera’s two-run single in the sev- save in 47 chances. Luis Perdomo (7-8) debut. He threw one scoreless inning and had care a lot about getting this done. I’m really was third in 3:50.3. — AP enth inning put the Reds ahead 4-1. allowed five runs and nine hits in six innings. a strikeout. Mauricio Cabrera got his fourth MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 SPORTS Coleman says Bale primed for Wales return

CARDIFF: Gareth Bale takes his first step on the road capable of winning everything. “He’s getting better also out. Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey is expected to “But when it finishes, you don’t get weaned off it. to World Cup qualification with Wales against and better still. Along with that incredible ability, he’s start despite missing Palace’s 1-1 draw with It is over and you are back into reality as fathers and Moldova today and manager Chris Coleman believes got that first-class mentality as well. Bournemouth last weekend due to a leg problem. husbands. “It was really hard and I know a lot of the he is still getting better. Bale, 27, scored three times “It’s a winning formula for Real Madrid and for lads (found it hard), too. You miss that buzz. as Wales created a sensation by reaching the semi- Wales, and I think he will have another good season.” ‘CREATE SOMETHING NEW’ “You feel like you need a rest when it is going on, finals at Euro 2016, matching the best performance Wales were among the fourth seeds in qualifying Prior to the Euros, Wales had not competed at a but once it finishes, you pine for it. “It was so special, by a British team in an overseas tournament. for Euro 2016, but their exploits in France catapulted major tournament finals since the 1958 World Cup but it is gone, that moment is finished. We have to The challenge now facing him is to build on that them into Pot One for the World Cup qualifying draw. and their exploits electrified the nation. Cardiff City create something new.” An independent nation since momentum by firing Wales to the 2018 World Cup in In an evenly balanced group, they are likely to face Stadium will be packed to the rafters for the team’s 1991, Moldova have never qualified for a major cham- Russia and Coleman says the Real Madrid flier is hun- strong challenges for the one automatic qualifying return to action, but Coleman has warned that his pionship and have only won one of their last 21 gry to make more history. berth from Austria, Serbia and the Republic of Ireland. side’s achievements in France will count for nothing games. They finished rock bottom of their Euro 2016 “Gareth scored inside 75 seconds of Real’s first Georgia complete the pool. in the new campaign. qualifying group after losing eight and drawing two game of the season (against Real Sociedad), but I nev- While Bale is fit and firing, Wales will be without “When I got home, for the two weeks after it I of their 10 matches. er get surprised by him,” Coleman said ahead of the Aaron Ramsey against Moldova-as they were when think my wife was expecting me to be a certain way, The teams have only played each other twice, Group D opener at Cardiff City Stadium. they lost to eventual champions Portugal in the Euro and I was not,” said Coleman, whose side are unbeat- in qualifying for Euro 96, when they won one “I know he’s capable of almost anything and I think semi-finals. en in six competitive home games. game apiece. Late former Wales manager Gary Madrid are very excited about the future with Balo. The Arsenal midfielder has a hamstring injury. “I was on a bit of a downer. The situation is so Speed, Coleman’s predecessor, scored the only “They recognise that they’ve got someone who’s Attacking midfielder Jonathan Williams, who recently exciting. It is exhausting, but you have all that emo- goal when the teams met in Cardiff, with Coleman going to be there for a while and someone who is joined Ipswich Town on loan from Crystal Palace, is tion. also playing. — AFP Lopetegui’s new-look Spain begin long road to Russia

MADRID: Faint hopes Spain’s spectacular fall ed prior to the Euros. Of the 11 that started in time with the Spanish youth teams. That youth- from grace at the 2014 World Cup was a mere Brussels on Thursday, nine were in Del Bosque’s ful core added to the likes of Gerard Pique, blip were extinguished as another early exit at Euros squad. Yet, Lopetegui has not shied away Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Euro 2016 finally ended Vicente del Bosque’s from big decisions. Captain and record caps Andres Iniesta and Silva still in their prime eight-year reign as coach. Julien Lopetegui is holder Iker Casillas was finally left out of the means there is no reason why Spain shouldn’t be the man charged with restoring Spain’s former squad, as was two-time European champion and contenders in Russia if Lopetegui rekindles the glories, but he faces a demanding task in just World Cup winner Cesc Fabregas. The selection hunger lost in the final years of Del Bosque’s getting La Roja to Russia in two years’ time with of Fabregas after a poor season with Chelsea reign. A change of coach even seems to have Euros’ conquerors Italy lying in wait in qualifying. ahead of Koke and Thiago Alcantara at the Euros done Diego Costa good as the nationalised Spain haven’t lost a World Cup qualifier for a was an unpopular one. Tellingly, having played Brazilian showed in Brussels much more of the remarkable 23 years and that record shouldn’t just a combined 45 minutes in France, the controlled aggression that saw him recruited by be challenged when Liechtenstein visit Leon at Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich midfielders Del Bosque than the timid shadow of himself the start of the long road to Russia today. played all 90 minutes in Belgium. he’s often seemed in a Spain shirt. Yet, Lopetegui’s new era needs to hit the “If I was a Real Madrid or Barcelona player ground running with a trip to Italy next up in YOUTHFUL CORE they would say I played well...but given I am not early October and only the group winners guar- Dani Carvajal, 24, replaced 31-year-old a natural Spaniard...” raged Costa afterwards NEW YORK: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland returns a shot to Daniel Evans of Great anteed to qualify. Lopetegui’s appointment Juanfran at right-back, whilst the only other when questioned about failing to score. Britain during his third round Men’s Singles match on Day Six of the 2016 US Open at after Del Bosque’s resignation was generally player to start who missed out on the Euros, Costa was one of the few players even Del the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Saturday in the Flushing neigh- seen as an underwhelming one. Despite success Vitolo, played a crucial role in both goals scored Bosque lost patience with as he was dropped for borhood of the Queens borough of New York City. — AFP in winning the under-19 and under-21 European by Manchester City’s David Silva. “The young the Euros after a return of just one goal in 10 championships with the Spanish youth ranks, his players are here because I believe that they caps. However, boosted by the confidence of Wawrinka saves match debut in a top-flight managerial role with Porto deserve to be and they have the ability,” said early season winners against West Ham and ended without a trophy and the sack in January Lopetegui. Watford for Chelsea, Costa looks fit and back 2016. However, that scepticism eased after a “Little-by-little they have to assume that role close to his best. point to beat Evans convincing 2-0 win away to Belgium on his and continue developing.” Crucially, Lopetegui “We are all with him,” said Alba. “The best way debut. Tellingly, he has already begun to inject a has already coached David de Gea, Carvajal, Saul to defend Costa is the way he played (against NEW YORK: Third seed Stan Wawrinka saved a The pair traded breaks at the start of the tired looking squad with the fresh blood it need- Niguez, Koke, Thiago and Alvaro Morata in his Belgium).” — AFP match point at the US Open on Saturday fourth set but Evans, who surprised Wawrinka before squeezing past unheralded Briton Dan with his variety, had match point in the Evans in five sets to reach the fourth round. tiebreak as the crowd rose to their feet in The Swiss faced match point at 5-6 in the anticipation of a massive upset. fourth-set tiebreak but won it 10-8 and then But Wawrinka saved it with a volley winner, raced through the final set to clinch a 4-6 6-3 and that proved the last gasp for Evans as the 6-7(6) 7-6(8) 6-2 victory. “It was an unbeliev- Swiss, a semi-finalist in New York in two of the able fight,” Wawrinka said. “I’m for sure lucky to past three years, prevailed in the tiebreak and get through that match, saving match point. then dominated the fifth set. He played really great, he’s really talented and “Just a bit of a heartbreaker really,” Evans he was really pushing me. “To finish like that, told reporters. “It was a tough one to take. I’m really happy to get through. It wasn’t easy Probably hurt a bit for a while. Disappointing for me to find my best game.” World number how it sort of played out. Evans acknowl- 64 Evans described his loss as a “heartbreaker” edged that he was felt fatigued after failing to after coming so close to reaching the last 16 of close out the match in the fourth-set tiebreak. a grand slam for the first time. “I was physically pretty tired. Subconsciously, Ranked as low as 772 in May of last year, mentally as well. I was hurt a bit. Just one of Evans stunned Wawrinka as he took the match those things. In the fifth set, he’s obviously a to the two-time grand slam champion in a class opponent. I sort of knew that was the packed Louis Armstrong Stadium. The 26- chance in the fourth set, yeah,” the Briton said. year-old broke in the 10th game to take the “It’s just a difficult one really to sort of take.” first set and though Wawrinka hit back to level Wawrinka, the 2014 Australian Open winner the match, the Briton took the third in a and 2015 French Open champion, will next tiebreak. play Ilya Marchenko of Ukraine. — Reuters Japan’s Honda demands young players step up for Thailand

TOKYO: Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda has just me. There are a number of experienced berated his younger team mates after their players on this team that feel the same way. shock loss to United Arab Emirates and “The young players can’t expect others to demanded more effort from them in their lead the team and I am sure they are starting next World Cup qualifier against Thailand to understand that. Everyone has to stand up tomorrow. and be counted. That is what the Japan A profligate Japan lost 2-1 at home to national team is all about.” 74th-ranked UAE in their Group B opener on Thailand, ranked 120th in the world, have Thursday and defeat in Bangkok would be enjoyed an impressive run to the final phase another serious setback to their hopes of of Asian qualifying and gave a good account advancing from a section that includes of themselves in a 1-0 defeat to Saudi Arabia heavyweights Australia and Saudi Arabia. in Riyadh. AC Milan midfielder Honda said “A surprising number of players watch Japan, ranked 49th in the world, would need ASTANA: Poland’s midfielder Maciej Rybus (L) vies for the ball with Kazakhstan’s defender Abzal Beysebekov during the World Cup 2018 foot- and read the news so they know what I say,” to go “all out” with the intention of winning ball qualification match between Kazakhstan and Poland in Astana yesterday. — AFP Honda, who scored his team’s only goal the rest of their qualifiers. against UAE, told Japanese media after train- “We have to go into the next game with ing in Bangkok. “I don’t think they are going confidence and with a positive mind-set,” the to change straight away, but maybe become bleach-blond 30-year-old said in comments aware of the fact that they have to make published by Kyodo news agency. Kosovo set for historic debut more of an effort. “There is pressure right from the start (of “I want to give them the opportunity to the qualifiers) but we have experienced even change their mindset. I have to pull the team higher-pressure situations than this before forward when it needs pulling, and it’s not and we have to face it head-on.” — Reuters despite player uncertainty

PRISTINA: Despite several potential players which came soon after Europe’s governing ect of creating a good team for the next remaining in “limbo”, Kosovo will make history body UEFA narrowly approved their member- European Championships,” he said. today, playing their first ever competitive match ship. Choosing to switch teams was an agonising in a World Cup qualifier against Finland. Kosovo “It is a dream coming true,” midfielder Alban decision according to Norway’s Valon Berisha, became the 210th member of FIFA in May, but Muja wrote on his Facebook page. He intends who has applied to play for Kosovo. “I was born excitement ahead of the Balkans outfit’s historic to play for Kosovo after switching from the in Norway and everything I achieved was match has been marred by questions over who Albania. A total of 24 players with roots in thanks to Norway. I was in limbo for three to will be allowed to play for the team. Kosovo currently play for six other national four weeks not knowing what to do.” In the end, According to FIFA’s rules, someone who has teams. he decided to play for Kosovo while his brother played for another national team cannot nor- Most of them play for Albania, who are Veton will stick with Norway, he said. mally switch allegiance, so a number of Kosovo’s mourning the decision of four players so far Along with Finland, Kosovo will face Croatia, potential players have had to apply individually from their European Championships squad ear- Turkey, Iceland and Ukraine in their debut in for special permission-which is still awaited. “It lier this summer to play for Kosovo. World Cup qualifying. is unprecedented as they played for other Others include Belgium’s Adnan Januzaj, As they don’t yet have a stadium that meets national teams while Kosovo was not a member Finland’s Perparim Hetemaj and Sweden’s Arber international standards, Kosovo will play the of FIFA... Now they should be given this oppor- Zeneli, who all await the green light from FIFA. opening home qualifier against Croatia on tunity like everyone else,” the head of Kosovo’s October 6 in the Albanian city of Shkodra. football association Fadil Vokrri told AFP. “FIFA ‘JUST THE BEGINNING’ Kosovo’s officials are hoping the stadium in should allow a one-off exemption for Kosovo.” A Amid the uncertainty ahead of the game at the capital Pristina will be ready for World Cup FIFA spokesman said the various applications Finland’s Turku Stadium, coach Albert Bunjaki qualifiers by June next year. Bajram Jashanica, “are currently pending and being investigated” has had to operate with two lists of footballers a defender for Albanians Skenderbeu Korce, has but he could not give an estimation of how long — 15 who can definitely play and 11 awaiting already made his debut for Kosovo in a friendly the decision process would take. permission. against Turkey, and said the long wait for Kosovo unilaterally declared independence He decided to assemble the first meeting of today’s match was motivating the team. COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s Jannik Vestergaard (R) and Armenia’s Artak Edigaryan from Belgrade in 2008 and remains unrecog- the team on September 1 in Turku for intensive “Emotions are running high around us. We (L) and Armenia’s David Arshakian vie for the ball during the World Cup 2018 nised by several countries, including Serbia and training ahead of the match. have to overcome them in order to achieve a football qualification match between Denmark and Armenia in Copenhagen, Russia. Serbia vehemently opposed Kosovo’s Despite the complications, Bunjaki remained good result. We are ready and we can make it,” yesterday. — AFP admittance to world governing body FIFA, upbeat. “This is just the beginning of the proj- he said. — AFP Noren pips Hend Rosberg in playoff reigns over to win European slow-starter Masters Hamilton

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TRNAVA: England’s forward Wayne Rooney (C) is tackled by Slovakia’s midfielder Marek Hamsik (L) and Slovakia’s midfielder Jan Gregus during the World Cup 2018 football qualification match between Slovakia and England in Trnava yesterday. —AFP Lallana late show gives Sam winning start

TRNAVA: Adam Lallana scored with the last kick of the Lallana’s goal spared England from a repeat of the Skrtel stamp Slovakia goalkeeper out with an improvised chip. match as England edged 10-man Slovakia 1-0 in Sam result from their group-stage encounter with Slovakia at Slovakia gave England a scare when Michal Duris Allardyce sent on Dele Alli and Theo Walcott for Allardyce’s first game as manager in World Cup qualify- Euro 2016. robbed Danny Rose and flashed the ball across the six- Henderson and Sterling, while Daniel Sturridge ing yesterday. It also meant that captain Wayne Rooney finished as yard box that narrowly eluded Dusan Svento. replaced Kane late on. Despite Slovakia having Martin Skrtel sent off in the a winner on a night when he won his 116th cap to The first half ended with Sterling flashing a shot But the visitors came no closer than a left-foot snap- 57th minute, Allardyce looked destined to become the become England’s most-capped outfield player. wide, but England were toiling. shot from Lallana that hit the left-hand post and first England manager since Bobby Robson in 1982 not Allardyce had vowed that Rooney would no longer Allardyce shuffled his pack at half-time, switching bounced across goal. to win his first game in charge. play as a number 10 on his watch, but the captain Sterling and Lallana and pushing Rooney upfield, but it The Liverpool midfielder continued to look like But in the fifth minute of stoppage time at Trnava’s nonetheless lined up in midfield beside Jordan took the dismissal of Skrtel for the visitors to take the England’s best chance of a goal, with one shot parried City Arena, Lallana squeezed a shot between Slovakia Henderson in a 4-1-4-1 system. upper hand. by Kozacik and another fizzing wide. goalkeeper Matus Kozacik’s legs to get England up and With Raheem Sterling hugging the touchline on the Booked in the first half for catching Kane with a flail- Walcott found the net in the 90th minute, tucking running in Group F. right and Lallana flitting infield from the left, it left lone ing arm, the former Liverpool centre-back saw red after the ball away after Sturridge’s shot was blocked, only for Allardyce, nicknamed ‘Big Sam’, succeeded Roy striker Harry Kane isolated. crudely stamping on the same opponent’s calf as he his celebrations to be cut short by an offside flag. Hodgson after England’s humiliating Euro 2016 elimi- It took England until mid-way through the first half knelt on the pitch. But just as it looked as if victory would elude nation by Iceland. Kozacik’s gaffe enabled him to to present Kane with anything approaching a shooting Rooney registered England’s first shot on target in England, Lallana gathered Rose’s cross and unleashed a become the ninth England manager to start his chance and when Kyle Walker picked him out at the the 65th minute, a weak curler that Kozacik pushed hopeful shot that crept between Kozacik’s legs and tenure with a win. near post, the number nine missed his kick. away uncertainly, before Sterling almost caught the dribbed into the net. — AFP Monfils downs Baghdatis, Sevastova, Vinci in last 8

NEW YORK: Gael Monfils punched his ticket to the US and received treatment on his right arm during his win Open quarter-finals yesterday, dismissing Marcos over Janowicz. Baghdatis 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to make the last eight at Flushing “I’m ready to go,” said Edmund, who in the absence of Meadows for the third time. Monfils, one of three Andy Murray led Britain into the semi-finals of the Davis French men still in action in the fourth round, awaits Cup in July. “I’ll be on the court.” The arrival of Murray either two-time champion Rafael Nadal of Spain or 22- and Edmund in the round of 16 marks the first time two year-old compatriot Lucas Pouille. Monfils, in the quar- British men have reached the fourth round of the US ters for the third time, produced nine aces and broke championships since 1966. Murray will take on Baghdatis six times as the Cypriot managed to put just Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov todayy, when third-seeded 36 percent of his first serves in play. Stan Wawrinka, sixth-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan, The 10th-seeded Monfils is brimming with confi- eighth-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem and former dence after an impressive hardcourt build up to the champion Juan Martin del Potro will also battle for Open that included the biggest ATP title of his career at quarter-final berths. the 500 level tournament in Washington. On a busy day Meanwhile, Anastasija Sevastova, who quit tennis for French players, ninth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of suffering from depression and injury in 2013, yesterday was out to spoil the hopes of home fans when he took became the first Latvian woman in 22 years to reach a on the lone American left in the men’s draw, Jack Sock. Grand Slam quarter-final. The 26-year-old world num- Fourth-seeded Nadal’s clash with Pouille highlighted ber 48 defeated Britain’s 13th seed Johanna Konta, 6-4, the afternoon session on Arthur Ashe stadium. 7-5 and goes on to face either Madison Keys of the The Spaniard, forced out of the third round of the United States or two-time runner-up Caroline Wozniacki French Open with a wrist injury that also sidelined him for a place in the semi-finals. Sevastova knocked out from Wimbledon, is seeking his first US Open quarter- French Open champion and third seed Garbine final since he won the title for a second time three years Muguruza in the second round and she built on that ago. World number one Novak Djokovic was also in victory on Arthur Ashe Stadium in a last 16 tie which action against one of the ATP tour’s rising youngsters in featured 12 breaks of serve. NEW YORK: Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia hits a return against Johanna Konta of the United Kingdom during 21-year-old Briton Kyle Edmund. Edmund is in the last The Briton was undone by 34 unforced errors. Larisa their 2016 US Open Women’s Singles match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York yes- 16 of a Grand Slam for the first time in his first appear- Savchenko was the last Latvian woman to make the terday. — AFP ance in the US Open main draw. quarter-finals of a Slam at Wimbledon in 1994. never fully recovered from a poor start. A semi-finalist at 33, will face either second seeded Angelique Kerber of Djokovic, meanwhile, is 9-0 in US Open fourth-round Sevastova had not won a match in New York since 2010 the Australian Open in January, the 25-year-old was 3-0 Germany or Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic for a appearances. Although he struggled through a first- before this year and with her career unravelling she quit down in the first set and 4-1 behind in the second. She place in the semi-finals. The remaining four last-16 round victory over Jerzy Janowicz, Djokovic hasn’t bro- in May 2013 to study leisure management instead. She managed to save a match point in the ninth game of matches take place today when world number one and ken a sweat since. He was given a walkover in the sec- returned to the sport in Jan 2015 and that decision has the second set but Sevastova held her nerve to secure six-time winner Serena Williams tackles Yaroslava ond round by injured Czech Jiri Vesely and played just been fully vindicated by her stunning run to the last- victory after 1 hour and 42 minutes, Shvedova of Kazakhstan. Carla Suarez Navarro meets six games before third round opponent Mikhail eight in New York. Italian seventh seed and 2015 runner-up Roberta Simona Halep while Agnieszka Radwanska takes on Youzhny retired hurt. The extra rest may prove provi- Konta, bidding to become the first British woman in Vinci reached the quarter-finals for the fourth time with teenager Ana Konjuh and two-time champion Venus dential for Djokovic, who has battled a left wrist injury the quarter-finals in New York since Jo Durie in 1983, a 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 win over Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine. Vinci, Williams faces Karolina Pliskova. — AFP Profit-booking hits GCC equity markets Page 25

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HANGZHOU: G20 Summit leaders pose for a group photo in Hangzhou yesterday. —cAP Avoid empty talk on economy, Xi tells G20 No fast-track post-Brexit trade deal for Britain: Obama

HANGZHOU, China: Chinese President Xi Jinping to clear the skies of smog, and encouraged resi- boy lying on a Greek beach briefly changed the offered May reassurance that Britain’s closest “First things first - the first task (for Britain) is urged world leaders to avoid “empty talk” and dents to leave town on free holidays, as well as discourse last year, with Germany throwing open political, commercial and military ally would going to be figuring out what Brexit means with confront sluggish economic growth and rising detaining dozens of dissidents to prevent any hint its borders, but a major backlash swiftly followed. stand by her, but did not shrink away from his respect to Europe, and our first task is making protectionism as their summit opened yesterday of unrest. Ahead of the summit, Canadian Prime Minister stance that Brexit was a mistake and that London sure we get, first, TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) in the scenic city of Hangzhou. Justin Trudeau warned against “rampant” protec- would not be able to jump the queue to arrange done and also that we move forward on the Xi welcomed Group of 20 presidents and No deal on Syria tionism and nationalism, saying that “building a bilateral deal. TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment prime ministers with a handshake, and an The summit was preceded by a flurry of diplo- walls” was not the solution.” The talks are being “It is absolutely true that I believed pre-Brexit Partnership) negotiations in which we’ve invest- extended clasp with Barack Obama, as both men matic activity on issues ranging from climate held in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the vote, and continued to believe post-Brexit vote, ed a lot of time and effort.” TTIP is a stalled US- smiled despite protocol stumbles around the US change and the war in Syria to international trade. European Union, which leaves it with the task of that the world benefited enormously from the EU trade deal, while TPP is Obama’s signature leader’s visit. The US and China on Saturday ratified the Paris cli- renegotiating access to the markets of the rest of United Kingdom’s participation in the EU,”he said. Asian trade deal. — Agencies The Chinese leader said the world economy mate accord, a crucial step towards bringing into the world. It is a huge job for the world’s fifth- “still faces multiple risks and challenges includ- force the pact against global warming. There had biggest economy, and Australian Prime Minister ing a lack of growth momentum and consump- been hopes for another breakthrough, on the Malcolm Turnbull said Canberra had “got things tion, turbulent financial markets, receding global long war in Syria, after the US said it was close to a moving towards having a free trade agreement trade and investment”. The rise of protectionism deal with Russia on stemming the violence. with the UK”. is challenging economic globalization, imper- But negotiations between Secretary of State But European Commission chief Jean-Claude illing multilateral trade arrangements, and John Kerry and his counterpart Sergei Lavrov Juncker said he opposes such talks while Britain despite regulatory reforms market volatility is yielded only an agreement to convene again on remains part of the EU, insisting they were an gathering pace, he said. Monday, with Russia accused of “walking back” “exclusive matter” for the bloc on behalf of its “We hope the Hangzhou summit will come up on key issues. Moscow and Washington support members and “we are sticking to it”. with a prescription for the world economy and opposite sides in the conflict, which erupted in lead it back to the road of strong, balanced, com- March 2011 after President Bashar Al-Assad No fast-track post-Brexit deal prehensive and sustainable growth,” Xi said. unleashed a brutal crackdown on a pro-democ- US President Barack Obama offered Britain lit- The G20 brings together representatives of 85 racy revolt. tle hope of a fast-track post-Brexit trade deal yes- percent of the world’s GDP and two-thirds of its Successive rounds of international negotia- terday, but said he would work to ensure the eco- population. But experts fear the gathering will be tions have failed to end a conflict that has left nomic relationship between the two does not short on substance, with no acute crisis pushing more than 290,000 people dead and forced mil- unravel after the British vote to leave the leaders to defy rising populist sentiment and to lions to flee, a key contributor to migrant flows European Union. take difficult steps such as liberalizing trade. into Europe. Obama met with British Prime Minister Theresa In a circular conference hall in Hangzhou-the EU President Donald Tusk said Europe was May at the start of a G20 summit in China as eastern city left deserted by a vast security opera- “close to limits” on its ability to accept new waves Britain embarks on the long process of reinvent- tion-Xi told leaders the G20 “should work with real of refugees and urged the broader international ing itself as an independent trading nation follow- action, with no empty talk”. China is hoping a suc- community to shoulder its share of the burden. ing the shock June EU referendum outcome. cessful meeting will portray it as an assured and The issue has become a political hot potato for Obama, who in April used a visit to London to powerful nation ready to assume a role on the European leaders as Islamist terror attacks and ris- tell Britain it would be at the back of the queue international stage that befits its status as the ing anti-globalization sentiment fuel public for a trade deal if it left the EU, met with May for HANGZHOU: US President Barack Obama (right) walks away after shaking hands with world’s second-largest economy. resentment of immigration. the first time since she became prime minister to China’s President Xi Jinping prior to the opening of the G20 Summit held at the Hangzhou Authorities shut thousands of factories to try Pictures of a drowned three-year-old Syrian discuss Brexit and other global challenges. He International Expo Center in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province yesterday. — AP Saudi fund plans stake KSE drops on suspension of in big industrial zone trades in derivatives, futures DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s top sovereign wealth zones to expand much faster and focus fund is negotiating to buy a stake in one of more on industries such as tourism, medical KUWAIT: Experts attributed yesterday’s losses at 112 ones that involved in trades. Up to 290 transac- attractive valuations and a sharp economic slow- the kingdom’s most ambitious real estate care and education to diversify the econo- Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) to several factors tions were done under umbrella of Kuwait-15 index, down caused by low oil prices. projects as Riyadh restructures the econo- my beyond oil and create jobs. Under eco- namely suspension of trades in derivatives and for- involving 3.3 million stocks worth KD 1.7 million. Nevertheless, the reforms are expected to help my to cope with low oil prices, a source nomic reforms announced in April, the gov- wards. Yesterday’s trades were largely marked with The KSE ended yesterday’s trading in the red stocks in the long term. The main index climbed 1.3 familiar with the plan said. The Public ernment said it would work with compa- liquidity decline and traders’ inclination toward zone. The price index was down 13.72 points to percent yesterday in a broad-based rise, with petro- Investment Fund aims to invest in King nies developing major business zones to selling their stocks, in anticipation of the coming close at 5,395.49 points, the weighted index was chemical investment holding company Alujain ris- Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) on the Red “revamp” them; KAEC may be the first of Eid Al-Adha. also down 1.25 points to read 345.75 points, and the ing 3.4 percent; before the reforms, foreign institu- Sea coast near Jeddah, the source said. That those cases. The experts, interviewed by KUNA, expressed KSX 15 index, which reflects trades in blue-chips, tions directly owned over 4 percent of the company, would inject capital into the business zone, “What they can do is inject cash. It’s no concern that the benchmark that has been below shed 3.03 points reaching 802.27 points. a relatively higher percentage. now being developed by Emaar the secret KAEC needs a lot of equity for this the “psychological barrier,” 5,400 points, may shed Value of trade was at KD 3 million while the vol- Emaar the Economic City (EEC) rose 3.5 percent Economic City (EEC), a Saudi consortium project,” the source said of the PIF’s plan. further points in the week’s remaining days due to ume was 30 million shares done through 1,441 after Reuters quoted a source familiar with the mat- affiliated with Dubai’s Emaar Properties KAEC, EEC and the PIF declined to com- the lackluster atmosphere and the native senti- deals. The market capital has been in the range of ter as saying Saudi Arabia’s top sovereign fund, the Group , developer of the Burj Khalifa, the ment. The source, speaking on condition of ments gripping the dealers. KD 23 billion-against more than KD 60 billion Public Investment Fund, was in talks to invest in world’s tallest building. anonymity because the matter is not yet Adnan Al-Dulaimi, general manager of Mina achieved before flare-up of the global economic cri- King Abdullah Economic City, the huge project Launched in 2005, KAEC had a popula- public, said the PIF could either buy a stake Company for economic consultation, said sus- sis in 2008. being developed by EEC. Insurer Wataniya, which tion of only about 5,000 people and 120 directly in KAEC and serve as a partner to pending derivatives’ trades largely contributed to had been languishing at a five-year low, jumped 6.9 industrial tenants at the end of last year, but develop the project along with EEC, or take pushing the key indices down, adding that the Saudi leads Gulf up percent in its heaviest trade in four years. says it plans to grow swiftly into a full- a stake in EEC itself. EEC obtained a 5 billion traders appeared opting to freeze activities until Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia led Gulf stocks higher In Dubai, the index added 0.7 percent with GFH blown metropolis. The chief executive of riyal ($1.33 billion) loan from the Saudi the post-Eid period. The Eid is due less than two yesterday as Riyadh eased restrictions on foreign Financial, the most heavily traded stock, surging 4.6 the city, Fahd Al-Rasheed, told Reuters in Ministry of Finance in 2011, which has weeks from now. investment in its securities markets, while most oth- percent. Abu Dhabi edged down 0.2 percent January its population was projected to hit been extended until 2026, and the source Mohammad Al-Tarrah, head of the Traders er bourses in the region were buoyed by strength in because of weakness in banks, with First Gulf Bank 50,000 by 2020, with an ultimate target of 2 said the company had a similar amount of Society, said the stagnant situation, prevalent at the oil prices and global equities at the end of last week. losing 1.3 percent. Most of the 10 most heavily trad- million around 2035. debt to commercial banks. An investment market, is also result of market makers’ absence and As previously announced, the Saudi Capital ed stocks barely moved. Tenants now include French pharma- by the PIF in the economic city would be a investor’s shifting to regional markets for feasible Market Authority lowered minimum qualifications Qatar’s index edged up 0.1 percent as the mar- ceutical maker Sanofi , a venture involving step in the fund’s development as one of investments. He also forecast that this bearish for foreign institutional investors in its markets and ket stabilised in thin trade after falling sharply for US battery maker Johnson Controls and the most important institutions in the atmosphere would persist, unless the national port- raised ceilings on foreign ownership in stocks. The two days on profit-taking; late last month, it producers of building materials. But with Saudi economy, using its financial power to folio intervene and new liquidity are injected into reforms are not expected to cause a sudden surge of jumped on hopes for foreign fund inflows when economic growth slowing sharply because push projects which the government con- the market. new foreign money into the kingdom; actual foreign FTSE upgrades Qatar to emerging market status in of cheap oil, the government wants such siders vital. — Reuters In yesterday’s session, indices of some 22 compa- ownership of stocks is well below the previous ceil- mid-September. Industries Qatar rose 1.5 percent nies climbed and those of 43 others dropped-out of ings. Many investors remain deterred by less-than- yesterday. — Agencies MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 BUSINESS News In brief

QNB to open Cuba office in expansion drive DUBAI: The Gulf’s largest listed lender, Qatar National Bank (QNB), said yesterday it would open a representative office in Cuba, becoming the first bank from the rich ener- gy-exporting countries of the Gulf to do so. Government- controlled QNB has obtained regulatory approvals needed to open the office, in line with its strategy of expanding in selected countries, the bank said without elaborating. Foreign banks have been reluctant to enter Cuba partly because of the risk of being found in violation of US eco- nomic sanctions, which can bring heavy fines. The Cuban central bank’s website lists only 10 representative offices of foreign banks in the country. But in March, as part of a US opening to Cuba, Washington removed a barrier to busi- ness by making it legal for US banks to participate in so- called U-turn transactions, in which dollar payments can pass through a US bank as long as the two parties on either end of the deal are non-US entities.

US dollar stable DIMOKRO: Gold-diggers arrive in a field seeking for gold in the village of Bore, next to the central town of Dimbokro where cocoa fields have been turned into illegal gold against KD at 0.301 mines. —AFP KUWAIT: The US dollar’s exchange rate against the Kuwaiti dinar was stable at 0.301, as similar case with the euro which stood at KD 0.336 compared to Ivory Coast cocoa farmers Thursday’s numbers, said the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) yesterday. The rate of the pound sterling went up to KD 0.401, as well as the Swiss franc went up to seek gold in face of drought 0.307 KD. The Japanese yen went up to KD 0.002. Eastern Company board approves $84m capital hike Prospect of striking gold luring thousands of cocoa planters CAIRO: The board of Egypt’s top cigarette maker Eastern Company approved a capital hike of 750 million Egyptian pounds ($84 million) on Sunday through the distribution BOORE, Ivory Coast: Once a cocoa planter, are dependent on rainfall, which used to be of one free share per existing original share. This would Ferdinand Konan Yao has joined the ranks of abundant,” Felix Kouassi, departmental fellow farmers who have abandoned Ivory director of agriculture in Bocanda, a regional bring the company’s issued capital to 1.5 billion Egyptian Coast’s top cash crop to work in clandestine town of more than 200,000 people, told AFP. pounds from 750 million and its authorized capital up to 3 gold mines buried deep in the plantations. “The seasons have been out of whack for billion from 1.5 billion, it said in a statement to the Cairo “It hasn’t rained for more than five years and several years,” Kouassi added. “In August we stock exchange. cocoa’s no longer worth anything,” said Yao, waited for the rains to get in a good harvest sporting a cowboy hat. of yams and rice, but there has been none Ivory Coast is the world’s leading cocoa for several weeks.” UK plans 3bn pound exporter but it is the prospect of striking gold that is luring diggers from neighboring State shuts 200 informal mines house building fund Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea. They come to At the end of a working day, nuggets seek their fortunes in dozens of small unli- are sold on site to dealers from Burkina Faso, LONDON: The British government is set to announce censed mines scattered over a radius of Mali, Guinea and Lebanon for 20,000 CFA a 3 billion pound ($4 billion) house building fund to more than 300 kilometres (185 miles) in the francs (about 31 euros) per gram. The earn- provide developers with cheap loans to boost the central Nzi-Comoe region. ings are shared out between the miner, the sector following the vote to leave the European The work has also attracted thousands of landowner and the person who loans the Union, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. cocoa planters, whose forebears had accom- tools. While cocoa remains the main export Finance minister Philip Hammond, who has talked of plished Ivory Coast’s first “economic miracle” commodity, Ivorian authorities are keen to the need for a “fiscal reset”, is due to set out the gov- in the 1970s by hoisting the nation to top of develop the mining industry, which at pres- ernment’s fiscal response to the June 23 vote in an the cocoa export list, ahead of other produc- ent accounts for just five percent of the autumn budget statement, although no date has yet ers in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Each gross domestic product. been set for it. morning, small groups of “peasant-miners” Official industrial production of gold in The fund is expected to combine several existing head across the wooded savannah carrying Ivory Coast rose by 15 percent in 2015, schemes, including a 525 million pound builders fund pickaxes, shovels and hoes to search for reaching 23.5 tons compared with 20 tons and a 1 billion pound large sites infrastructure pro- gold. At work sites, broad trenches have the previous year. The steadily growing out- gram, but will also include new money to encourage been dug in the middle of plantations and put relies on five mining operations. developers to build new homes, the newspaper said, uprooted trees lie in craters. The task of look- The country’s gold reserves are estimat- citing government sources. ing for gold is mobilizing all able-bodied ed at 600 tons, a figure that could be higher It said the fund would be targeted at small and people from the former “cocoa belt”. At if prospecting by several companies bears DIMOKRO: A gold-digger digs into a field seeking for gold in the village of Bore. —AFP medium-sized developers, offering cheap loans or Boore, a village of 2,000 inhabitants in the fruit in the future. But official production financial guarantees. It also reported the fund would central Dimbokro region, cocoa planter could be undermined by clandestine opera- Ivorian government has launched a “nation- dors” and “work under some kind of law”, be designed to reduce red tape which has hampered turned gold panner Octave Kouamee Konan tions “on an enormous scale”, according to al program for the rationalization of gold Bristow said. At present, illegal miners have previous schemes. The finance ministry had no imme- openly regrets the destruction of an an expert who referred to a study currently mining”, which led to the closure of 200 clan- turned from using mercury to cyanide in diate comment. Housing market data published orchard. “We were forced to do it,” says the under way. “It’s a big challenge that Africa destine pits in the north and centre of the processing gold, he added. “They take the around the Brexit vote has been mixed, with official father of five children, seated on a felled tree faces. Not only (Ivory Coast),” said Dennis country. This program aims to “raise aware- gold and leave the country. They are figures showing construction output fell sharply in trunk. “We had to choose between dying of Mark Bristow, the South African boss of ness among traditional chiefs and villagers employing child labor, they don’t abide by May and an industry survey showing the referendum hunger or feeding the family.” “In one week, I Randgold Resources, whose company runs who see gold washing as a source of income labor laws.” “It’s important to work not to earn the equivalent of a year’s cocoa har- the largest mine in the country, at Tongon. without evaluating the consequences”, criminalize the project but to normalize it,” had an immediate impact on the housing market. vest,” he says. Severe climate change that The biggest gold mine in neighboring Minister of Industry and Mines Jean-Claude Bristow added, stressing the commitment of Other data published in July, however, showed has struck the region is often blamed for the Ghana, at Oboassi, has been closed because Brou recently said. Alongside government mining firms listed on the London and New the number of new homes registered for construc- widespread abandonment of cocoa in favor of damage done by clandestine activity, measures, industrialists plan a unit for small- York stock exchanges to finding solutions tion in Britain rose in the second quarter to its high- of gold. “Crops in this rich agricultural region Bristow notes. To prevent such trouble, the scale gold production, with “allocated corri- and protecting the environment. —AFP est since 2007. — Reuters Japan warns Brexit may drive banks, pharma investment to EU

TOKYO: Japan has warned Britain that its exit from the concerns including that Japanese financial institutions may like to relay this message to EU and UK leaders, taking report says have created 440,000 jobs in Europe. A British European Union could prompt Japanese financial institu- have to apply for corporate status in the EU if Brexit means advantage of a various diplomatic opportunities that are official said such reports were welcome. “It’s not unhelpful tions to relocate from London and listed a raft of concerns they lose the ‘single passport’ - the right to operate across coming up including a G20 and UN high-level week,” he to also have some of our trading partners setting out some from Japanese companies about the transition away of the the bloc. It also raises worries over ease of access to said, declining to be identified. of the issues they are looking at and the types of concerns EU. In a 15-page report published on the eve of a summit unskilled labor, tariff protection, and London’s status as a or issues that they would want to be addressed,” the official of the Group of 20 big economies in China, a Japanese clearing centre for euro transactions. Formed in July shortly END TO UNFETTERED ACCESS? said on condition of anonymity. government task force formed to respond to “Brexit” also after Britain voted to leave the EU, the task force was head- London will set out in the coming week how it plans “This is all more information that helps to inform our warned of a possible outflow of drug research and devel- ed by Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda and to shape its relationship with the European Union upon thinking on what is the right deal for Britain.” As for phar- opment investment from Britain, though it said it expected comprises senior officials from the Prime Minister’s Office, leaving the bloc, Prime Minister Theresa May said in an maceuticals, the task force warns that if the European the British government to handle its exit from the bloc the foreign, finance, trade and agriculture ministries and interview broadcast on Sunday. Medicines Agency were to move to the continent, “the smoothly. Recent economic data suggests the economic the Financial Services Agency. Many Japanese financial institutions and other compa- appeal of London as an environment for the development impact of Britain’s vote to leave the EU has not been as “Since the inception of the task force, three meetings nies, such as Nissan Motor Co, count Britain as their of pharmaceuticals would be lost... this could force severe as some predicted, although British Prime Minister were held and we’ve compiled the message, taking into European headquarters. Nearly half of Japan’s EU invest- Japanese companies to reconsider their business activities.” Theresa May said on Sunday its economy will suffer as a account concerns from the private sector,” a Foreign ment last year flowed to Britain, the report noted. These The report also said that Japan “has no doubt that the UK result of the decision. The Japanese report, published on Ministry official told Reuters on the sidelines of the G20 Japanese companies have counted on unfettered access to and the EU will overcome such difficulties and lay the foun- the Foreign Ministry’s website on Friday, cites numerous summit in Hangzhou, China. “As a next step, we would the giant EU market in their investment decisions that the dations for the creation of a new Europe.” —Reuters

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Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Swiss Franc 310.780 Bahrain Exchange Company Japanese Yen 0.002852 0.003032 Australian Dollar 231.570 Kenyan Shilling 0.002978 0.002978 US Dollar Buying 301.500 ASIAN COUNTRIES Korean Won 0.000261 0.000276 CURRENCY BUY SELL Malaysian Ringgit 0.071019 0.077019 Japanese Yen 2.912 GOLD Indian Rupees 4.535 20 Gram 267.310 Nepalese Rupee 0.002809 0.002979 Europe Pakistani Rupees 2.899 10 Gram 136.570 Pakistan Rupee 0.002699 0.002989 Srilankan Rupees 2.085 5 Gram 69.130 British Pound 0.389705 0.404705 Philippine Peso 0.006307 0.006607 Nepali Rupees 2.838 Czech Korune 0.004466 0.016466 Sierra Leone 0.000051 0.000057 Singapore Dollar 223.640 Danish Krone 0.041251 0.046251 Hongkong Dollar 39.033 Singapore Dollar 0.216485 0.226485 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Euro 0.0331946 0.0340946 Bangladesh Taka 3.859 South African Rand 0.014836 0.023336 Philippine Peso 6.503 Norwegian Krone 0.032268 0.037468 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001641 0.002221 Thai Baht 8.738 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Romanian Leu 0.075610 0.075610 Taiwan 0.009414 0.009594 US Dollar 302.900 Slovakia 0.009018 0.019018 Thai Baht 0.008417 0.008967 GCC COUNTRIES Canadian Dollr 233.320 Swedish Krona 0.031427 0.036427 Saudi Riyal 80.763 Sterling Pound 403.380 Swiss Franc 0.301266 0.312266 Qatari Riyal 83.194 Euro 338.920 Arab Turkish Lira 0.097608 0.107908 ani Riyal 786.642 Swiss Frank 298.130 Bahraini Dinar 0.796216 0.804716 Bahraini Dinar 804.300 Bahrain Dinar 800.735 Egyptian Pound 0.023748 0.028866 UAE Dirham 82.457 UAE Dirhams 82.700 Australasia Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Qatari Riyals 83.910 Australian Dollar 0.219217 0.231217 Iraqi Dinar 0.000181 0.000241 ARAB COUNTRIES Saudi Riyals 81.495 New Zealand Dollar 0.212884 0.222384 Egyptian Pound - Cash 29.550 Jordanian Dinar 426.815 Jordanian Dinar 0.422712 0.431712 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 34.475 Egyptian Pound 34.013 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 America Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.216 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.084 Lebanese Pound 0.000150 0.000250 Tunisian Dinar 137.900 Indian Rupees 4.525 Canadian Dollar 0.225725 0.234725 Moroccan Dirhams 0.019618 0.043618 Jordanian Dinar 427.360 Pakistani Rupees 2.895 Georgina Lari 0.136691 0.136691 Nigerian Naira 0.001248 0.001883 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.018 Bangladesh Taka 3.854 US Dollars 0.298550 0.303250 Omani Riyal 0.779684 0.785364 Syrian Lira 2.0158 Philippines Pesso 6.487 US Dollars Mint 0.299050 0.303250 Morocco Dirham 31.466 Cyprus pound 159.645 Qatar Riyal 0.082319 0.083769 Japanese Yen 3.920 Saudi Riyal 0.079620 0.080920 Asia EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Syrian Pound 2.405 Syrian Pound 0.001283 0.001503 US Dollar Transfer 302.700 Nepalese Rupees 3.825 Bangladesh Taka 0.003289 0.003873 Tunisian Dinar 0.133987 0.141987 Euro 340.230 Malaysian Ringgit 74.815 Chinese Yuan 0.043702 0.047202 Turkish Lira 0.097608 0.107908 Sterling Pound 404.470 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.695 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036926 0.039676 UAE Dirhams 0.080975 0.082675 Canadian dollar 234.110 Thai Bhat 9.720 Indian Rupee 0.004259 0.004648 Yemeni Riyal 0.001368 0.001448 Turkish lira 103.050 Turkish Lira 102.840 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 BUSINESS Carriage: A food-delivery app worth trying

By Haider Al Mosawi

any startup founders worry about how they will market their app, even before their app is Mbuilt. But garnering a lot of attention doesn’t spell out startup success, because great marketing alone obstacle to avoid, no matter how daunting the doesn’t guarantee that challenge. users will continue to use the app. Startup founders Diligence before delivery must, first, ensure that Abdullah decided to fully understand the deliv- they’re addressing a gen- ery space before diving in. He diligently researched uine need and, second, that food-delivery companies in other countries, dissect- their product is of high ing their business models and cost structures before quality, to avoid frustration deciding to create Carriage. “We didn’t reinvent the and encourage user retention. wheel,” Abdullah told me. “We just brought the Carriage, a new food-delivery startup in Kuwait, has wheel to Kuwait.” taken Kuwait by storm. Not because of huge market- And what about competing with Talabat, one of ing efforts (although their marketing does help), but the biggest startups in the MENA region? because they’re addressing a genuine need with a “I don’t see myself as a competitor of Talabat. I’m great product. And that gets people talking and rec- competing with the vendors of Talabat. We have a ommending it to others. completely different business model,” Abdullah said. I sat with Abdullah Al-Mutawa, cofounder and CEO Abdullah Al-Mutawa, cofounder and CEO of Carriage. of Carriage, to find out more about the company, how The deep dive it started, and what makes it special. The early days of Carriage were tough. Abdullah tively to customer feedback after using the app. The story continues... and his cofounders had to work 16-hour days, han- “We don’t see ourselves the be all and end all. To find out more about Carriage, the team The courage behind Carriage dling everything from interviewing drivers, to filing We’re open to opinions and suggestions.” Carriage behind it, the funding it raised, and other details Only last year in 2015, Abdullah had no intention of paperwork, to finding office space, to instituting is working tirelessly to ensure that delivery times not covered in this article, be sure to register for starting a tech venture. He owned a restaurant called company policies. “Don’t be ashamed of the type are as low as they can be by harnessing machine this month’s Startup Grind event taking place in The Stack and wanted to see his restaurant succeed. of work you have to do,” Abdullah said. learning to delegate jobs to drivers based on their Sirdab Lab tonight (Monday 5 September) at 7pm. Talabat, the giant food-ordering platform, was an location and delivery route. To register for the event, visit the following important sales channel for him to be on, and so he Caring about customers “When people try Carriage they get hooked on page: sirdab-lab.com/startupgrind wanted to register his restaurant in it. During the regis- Carriage is fueled by a vision: “What drives us is it for two main reasons: A seamless experience and To discover for yourself what the buzz is about, tration process, Abdullah discovered that Talabat is an customer satisfaction, and we want to place Kuwait transparency.” download Carriage from the App Store or Play ordering interface, and that restaurants must handle on the map in the tech scene.” The transparency Abdullah was referring to is Store and try it for yourself. Visittrycarriage.com for delivery themselves. “Customer satisfaction” came up quite often in the fact that you can track your order on the app to more info, or follow them on @trycarriage to see When he asked for the reason, Talabat’s our brief conversation, and this value is reflected in know exactly where it is and how far it will take to what restaurants are being added to their plat- response was: “It’s a logistics nightmare for Carriage’s attitude towards improvement. Abdullah arrive at your door. There are many more updates form. Talabat to handle delivery.” Abdullah found the had to interview a lot of restaurants to better under- and improvements to come: “The great thing about Do you have an idea in mind for a startup? Sign answer puzzling, and the nightmare seemed stand their needs and ensure they’re happy with the being a startup is that we’re a speed boat that can up to the Sirdab Lab newsletter for tips and guid- more like an opportunity to pursue than an platform he’s building, while also listening atten- maneuver easily,” Abdullah told me. ance at: sirdab-lab.com/newsletter Al-Tijari announces winners of Al-Najma

KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait held The new prizes scheme the Al-Najma Account daily draw yesterday. for Al-Najma account The draw was held under the supervision Daily draw to win KD 7000 of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Quarterly draws to win great prizes that represented by Abdulaziz Ashkanani. would start from KD 100,000 to KD 250,000 The winners of the Al-Najma daily draw 1st quarter KD 100 000, 2nd quarter are: Mohammad Shahbaz Mohammad KD150 000, 3rd quarter KD 200 000, 4th Hussain - KD 7000, Najma Mudhi Mufleh Al- quarter KD 250 000. Utaifi - KD 7000, Mahbobah Roeen Tan - KD With Al-Najma you have more chances 7000, Ameer Najaf Qeli Azour - KD 7000, to win greater prizes Waseem Mahmoud Taher Mohammad - KD * Each KD 25 kept in your account gives 7000. Al-Najma awards are now brighter you one chance to win and bigger than ever. * Each KD 25 kept in your account for With the revamped Al-Najma account, one week will give you a chance to enter all your dreams will be turned to reality. On the daily draw. top of offering the highest daily prize in * Each KD 25 kept in your account for 3 Kuwait for KD 7,000, now our Mega prize months will give you chance to enter the draws got bigger to reach KD 250,000. quarterly draw.

HANGZHOU: Saudi Arabian Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) attends the opening ceremony of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou yesterday. Cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia will bring benefits to the global oil market, Deputy Crown Burgan Bank announces Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday. —AFP winners of Yawmi account

KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yesterday the the account balance is KD 500 and above, the Ukraine, Russia wage war in names of the lucky winners of its Yawmi account account holder will be qualified for both the draw, each taking home a prize of KD 5,000. quarterly and daily draws. The lucky winners for the daily draws took Burgan Bank encourages everyone to open a global courts over bank home a cash-prize of KD 5,000 each, and they Yawmi account and/or increase their deposit to are: maximize their chances to becoming a winner. 1. Awadh Mahmoud Mohammed Awadh The more customers deposit, the higher the KIEV: After Russia snatched the Black Sea Russia continues with this stance, the claim troops and then staged a referendum to join 2. Rabih Hasan Daqmaq chances they receive of winning. peninsula of Crimea from Kiev the new shall proceed through an accelerated Ukraine’s eastern neighbor. The UN General 3. Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Ahmad authorities installed by Moscow set about tak- timetable to a final hearing scheduled for the Assembly condemned the vote as ‘illegal” by a 4. Abdulrazzaq Mohammed Abdulrazzaq Al- ing over one of Ukraine’s largest banks as well end of March 2017.” nearly-unanimous margin. Evghenia Buti as shipyards and hotels. The state lender has Gerbi told AFP that a judgement in favour Sleptsova of the Oxford Economics forecast- 5. Mohammed Majed Bakdash now fired back by filing a massive claim with of Kiev would not necessarily set a precedent ing and analysis centre said that “Russia In addition to the daily draw, Burgan Bank a court in The Hague-one of multiple cases for similar disputes. But he added that “invest- would never pay” the huge state claim men- also offers a quarterly draw with more chances being fought by Kiev on a new legal front as a ment treaty awards typically may be used as tioned by the justice minister because to win higher rewards, entitling one lucky cus- war with pro-Russian separatists in the east of persuasive... authority in other cases under Moscow “considers that Crimea joined Russia tomer to win KD 125,000 every three months. the country drags on. appropriate circumstances.” voluntarily.” The Yawmi Account offers daily and quarterly The various lawsuits add up to tens of bil- PrivatBank-Ukraine’s largest private lender “However, it does make sense for individ- draws, the quarterly draw requires customers to lions of dollars (euros) and may take months with branches stretching from Italy to China- ual Ukrainian enterprises to pursue these cas- maintain a minimum amount of KD 500 in their or years to resolve. But the ex-Soviet state is is also seeking compensation over losses suf- es, not to leave those losses simply pending account for 2 months prior to draw date. certain it will win back at least some of the fered when Crimea was swarmed by Russian in the air,” Sleptsova told AFP. —AFP Additionally, every KD 10 in the account, will money to help fill its shallow state coffers at a entitle customers to one chance of winning. If time when IMF aid remains suspended over Ukraine’s perceived failure to properly tackle graft. 3 Iranian banks to open Exclusive automotive deals Ukraine’s Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko added fuel to the fire by warning that even from Ahli United Bank more cases against Russia linked to its seizure branches in Munich of Crimea and alleged invasion of the east KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank recently launched an brands as well as other benefits. were in the works. BERLIN: Three Iranian banks have told Bavaria’s utilise more easily in the future.” exclusive partnership with top automotive agents Customers can also communicate directly “We are preparing another lawsuit togeth- economy minister that they plan to open Many European companies complain that in Kuwait, with an underlying purpose of provid- with Ahli United Bank’s staff members, who are er with the foreign ministry that we plan to branches in Munich to help stimulate more busi- although US sanctions against Iran over its ing its customers with an array of Islamic Sharia available across leading automotive agents and submit to the (UN) International Court of ness ties with German firms, the Muenchner nuclear program were lifted in January, they compliant automotive finance packages, and ulti- dealerships in Kuwait with the purpose of offer- Justice,” Petrenko told Ukraine’s private 112 Merkur newspaper reported yesterday. Middle still cannot secure financing from Western mately offer them a variety of choices while ing different financial advisory and auto-finance news channel on August 27. East Bank, Parsian Bank and Sina Bank have banks because they are worried about further selecting their cars. The service also offers an services. Ahli United Bank is also offering the received approval from Iran’s central bank to set sanctions still in effect in the United States, array of deals that are in line with customers’ chance to customers to enjoy the benefits of its ‘Total destruction of investment’ up branches overseas, the minister, Ilse Aigner, such as those against money laundering. needs, and provides financial flexibility to finance auto-finance program. The case of the State Savings Bank of told the newspaper. Under the nuclear sanctions, Iranian compa- cars. Auto-finance is an important element of the Ahli United Bank continues to drive its com- Ukraine (Oschadbank) is of particular impor- Aigner, a member of the conservative nies used methods such as transfers of funds development of the automotive sector’s success. mitment by providing added value services to tance to Kiev because it may boost the pro- Christian Social Union (CSU), spoke with the through money changers to conduct trade, Ahli United Bank is offering customers a loan customers that have been tailor made to reflect Western authorities’ hand in winning back newspaper from Tehran during her second visit which was expensive, time-consuming and of KD 15,000 without having to transfer salaries the strong demand and trust towards the bank’s other properties from Russia. It has hired the to the Iranian capital within a year. “Business ties sometimes unreliable. Aigner told the paper to AUB or pay an initial down payment to pur- products and services. This is attributed to the Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP glob- between Bavarian companies and Iran often fail that the Iranian banks would now get profes- chase any car model. The bank is also offering a seamless synergies between what Ahli United al law firm to represent its case at the today because of barriers in the payment sional help for setting up satellite offices in range of discounts on the latest international car Bank’s products have to offer and customers’ Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. process,” Aigner told the newspaper in interview Munich and navigating the approval process. financials needs. The Bank, which established An August 26 hearing boycotted by Russia to be published today. “That is why having She cited strong interest in exporting itself as a pioneer in providing Islamic Shari’a heard that Oschadbank was seeking more branches of Iranian banks in Munich is particu- items to Iran from the German engineering, compliant products and services, prides itself than $1 billion (0.9 billion euros) in compen- larly important for our businesses. Especially our automotive, aerospace, environmental tech- with providing competitive prices coupled with sation “for the total destruction of its invest- small-to medium-sized firms have enormous nology, pharmaceutical and medical technol- an unmatched quality of product and service ment in Crimea”. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & export prospects to Iran that they will be able to ogy sectors. —Reuters offerings. Sullivan LLP partner Alex Gerbi said that “if MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 BUSINESS ECB to hold course as Brexit squalls remain on horizon

FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank, com- referendum result. Inflation and employment than many people had feared,” agreed Ben May, hensive package in the best possible way,” has been costly. The central bank’s deposit forted by better-than-expected data since have remained steady, as has the eurozone-wide analyst at Capital Economics. Banque de France governor and ECB coun- rate has been negative since 2014, mean- Britain’s vote to quit the EU, will keep drastic purchasing managers’ index, while loans to busi- While inflation stagnated in August, and at cil member Francois Villeroy de Galhau told ing banks have to pay to park their excess monetary policy changes in reserve at a meeting nesses grew by 1.3 percent in July, according to 0.2 percent is far short of the ECB’s target of a Frankfurt banking conference on cash at the ECB overnight. In March, it hit next week, analysts predicted. ECB figures. slightly below 2.0 percent, May argued that “by Wednesday. “It is powerful, it is efficient, 0.4 percent. President Mario Draghi and the decision- One cloud on the horizon was a one-point early 2017 it is plausible that inflation could be and it is developing in a smooth way.” The headline refinancing rate at which making governing council convene in Frankfurt drop in business confidence across the 19- quite close to target,” thanks largely to energy banks borrow money from the ECB has on Thursday for their regular policy meeting, the nation bloc in August, to 103.5 — although it prices stabilizing. Grumbling Germans been at zero since March and its marginal second after the June 23 Brexit vote. The min- remained above the 100-point growth/contrac- Policymakers stress that many measures But Villeroy de Galhau was addressing lending rate at 0.25 percent. Felix Hufeld, utes of the July gathering hinted at a September tion threshold. “The data we have would not jus- announced by the ECB in March-when it low- an audience increasingly reproachful of the head of German financial regulator BaFin, Brexit response, noting “downside risks had tify any drastic changes,” said Carsten Brzeski, ered interest rates, expanded its quantitative ECB’s ultra-low interest rates. “Not only said on Thursday that “if interest rates clearly increased”, and stressed the bank’s economist at ING Diba bank. “We don’t have easing program from 60 to 80 billion euros ($90 banks are suffering, the consequences are remain as low as they are, banks’ profits will “capacity and readiness to act”. hard data for the third quarter yet. That makes it billion) per month and extended it to buy corpo- fatal for savers and their pensions too,” get significantly worse, despite the still But with Britain still uncertain about what very difficult for the ECB staff to drastically rate as well as government bonds, and offered John Cryan, chief executive of Deutsche unusually good economic conditions in deal to seek from its EU partners, there is little change its growth forecast,” he added. “So far at banks new cheap loans-have yet to take full Bank-Germany’s largest lender-told the Germany”. Such criticisms “would prevent sign the eurozone is suffering from the shock least, the fallout from Brexit is probably smaller effect. “Our priority is to implement this compre- gathering, organized by German business the ECB from cutting rates further,” said daily Handelsblatt. ING’s Brzeski. “We’d need a sharp revision of Despite ready availability of cheap the growth and inflation projections for the money, “there is little demand for loans ECB to take action,” he went on. Draghi has from businesses because the outlook is too repeatedly said the bank is “ready, willing uncertain,” Cryan said. Low interest rates and able” to intervene further if necessary, from the US Federal Reserve and the ECB but the lack of hard data and increasingly “are becoming more and more a part of the loud complaints from banks will likely stay problem,” complained Volker Wieland, a his hand from the interest rate lever. member of Germany’s economic advisory “It’s more likely that the ECB will also council of five “wise men”, in late August. buy government bonds whose yields are For German lenders-which still make a below the deposit rate,” Commerzbank ana- large share of their income from the margin lyst Michael Schubert said, noting that the between interest paid on deposits and the bank needs to find a response to the short- rates they charge on loans the ECB’s policy age of bonds eligible for it to buy. — AFP BUSINESS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 Profit-booking hits GCC equity markets

KAMCO Monthly Markets Report

KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange indices contin- worst performing market for the second consec- cent at 3,504.4 points. Sectoral trends were ued to remain subdued during August-16 amid utive month during August-16, reaching a six- mixed, as indices that gained during the month continued low liquidity in the market as com- month low level below the 6,000 mark during were led by Industrials that went up by 6.0 per- pared to historical averages. The KSE Weighted the last week of the month only to bounce back cent, followed by Services that went up by 4.9 Index and large-cap KSE-15 Index declined by 1.0 during the last few trading sessions. The index percent. Dollar on strong percent and 1.1 percent, whereas the KSE Price closed the month with a decline of 3.5 percent to Amongst the key indices that lost ground dur- Index declined by 0.6 percent, indicating profit reach 6,079.51 points, a YTD decline of 12 per- ing the month, were Banks that closed in the red footing despite job data taking in large-cap stocks. The indices traded cent , the steepest in the GCC. The index declined marginally, declining by 0.8 percent, driven by a within a very tight range during the month with despite a 12.7 percent surge in crude oil prices 4.5 percent drop in the stock price of Emirates minimal volatility. Trading activity improved mar- during the month as the gains in the petrochem- NBD. The stock reacted to reported cost opti- NBK Weekly Money Markets Report ginally during the month owing to the low base ical index, which came as a response to improv- mization measures of a headcount reduction and effect recorded in July-16. Total shares traded on ing oil prices, was more than offset by declines in news around rumors that the bank is in talks to KUWAIT: The US dollar traded on a months. Manufacturing in the US unex- the exchange increased by 7.8 percent to 1.4 bil- other sectors. The investor participation buy Barclay’s Egypt Assets. The main laggards strong footing for the majority of last pectedly contracted in August for the lion shares as compared to 1.3 billion shares remained low during the month on the back of were Transportation & Insurance, which went week as the market revolved around the first time in six months amid slumping during the previous month, whereas total low seasonal liquidity in the market further exac- down by 5.0 percent and 1.7 percent respective- US Nonfarm report to try to determine orders and production that raise con- monthly value of shares traded increased by erbated by lack of any positive catalyst for ly. In prominent Q2-16 earnings releases, Dubai the outlook of interest rates in the cern of renewed industrial weakness. 15.2 percent to KD 152 million as compared to investors that would trigger a buying opportuni- Parks reported that for the first two operational United States. The greenback lost some The Institute for Supply Management’s KD 132 million during the previous month. The ty. The implementation of the new qualified for- months of 2016, revenue was AED 297 million of that footing and turned lower on index dropped to 49.4, weaker than difference between the m-o-m change in vol- eign investor (QFI) rule sooner than expected generated from 0.9 million visits to our destina- Thursday, after the release of disappoint- expectations and from 52.6 in July. The ume and value also supported the fact that also failed to lift investor sentiments. In an effort tion. They expect revenues for 2017, which ing figures that showed that US manu- decline of 3.2 points was the biggest large-cap stocks were the focus of the month. to fast-track capital market reforms, the Saudi would be the first full year of operations to be facturing activity fell to a seven-month since January 2014. Fresh orders to The average daily volume traded declined by Arabia CMA reduced the minimum AUM require- close AED 2.4 billion. Air Arabia reported H1-16 low in August. American factories shrank for the first 15.6 percent to 15.2 million shares whereas the ment criteria for foreign investors from SAR 18.75 revenues of AED 1.84 billion, up 5.5 percent com- On Friday, the dollar weakened fur- time this year, as production was cut by average value traded during the month declined billion to SAR 3.75 billion or $1 billion and made pared to same period last year, as 4.1 million pas- ther as the highly anticipated employ- the most since 2012 and employment by 9.8 percent to KD 6.6 million. the rule applicable starting September-16 sengers flew Air Arabia in H1- 2016, up 14 per ment data missed market expectations. fell, the report showed. The figures are In terms of sector performance, the Financial instead of previously indicated schedule of early cent from H1-15. However, the weaker than expected data surprising considering other data point Services Index continued to lead monthly next year. did little to change expectations about to an economy that is bouncing back on returns for the second consecutive month Qatar Exchange the Federal Reserve’s path to normalizing the heels of still-robust consumer although the gains remained marginal at 1 per- Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange The QE 20 index was the best performing monetary policy as markets still expect spending and progress in paring inven- cent followed by the Real Estate Index and the The ADX index witnessed the second-highest index in the GCC for the second consecutive the US central bank to move at the end tories. Private payrolls increased to Industrial Index with gains of 0.9 percent and 0.6 decline in the GCC, for the month of Aug-16, and month, increasing by 3.6 percent for the month of the year, helping the currency recoup 177,000 new jobs in August versus a percent, respectively. receded by 2.3 percent. The index closed at of Aug-16, as it closed at 10989.79 points. The most of its losses. The US dollar index forecast of 174,000 after rising to Shares of KAMCO Investment Co witnessed a 4,471.01 points, as all sectoral indices barring the increase was largely attributed to FTSE Russel closed the week at 95.883. 194,000 in the previous month. The gain of 20.8 percent, the highest returns in the Energy index were in the red for the month. upgrading the Qatar market to secondary Equities in the US initially gained increase in private jobs was supported Financial Services Index, after the company Consumer Staples names fell the most during the emerging market. The move was welcome at a amid the news, but quickly pared prof- by companies with 500 or more reported strong 1H-16 earnings, followed by month by 20.0 percent, as the largest stock in the time where the country was keenly looking at its as investors feared that the weaker- employees, while smaller companies Manazel Holding (+14.4 percent) and Al Salam index - Agthia Group declined by 23.3 percent for deepening its capital markets, following earlier than-expected August employment failed to meet expectations for the Group Holding (+8.5 percent). A gain of 1.9 per- the month. Other sectors, which declined, were upgrades by two other global index compilers report will not be enough to discourage month of August. The figure indicates MSCI and S&P in 2014. The Qatar All Share index the Federal Reserve from raising inter- that the economy is strong enough to also gained by 3.1 percent for the month, as most est rates as soon as this month. Traders generate new employment and impor- sectoral indices ended in the green for the saw a 32 percent probability of a Fed tantly, that the economy has enough month. The move up was mostly supported by rate hike this month, higher than the 24 forward momentum to withstand an the Telecoms index, which went up by 6.9 per- percent chance on Thursday. While the interest rate hike. cent for the month, followed by Insurance, which odds for a December rate hike stood at went up by 6.2 percent. Banks & Financial 59 percent. US pending home sales jump Services index also gained during the month as it The euro opened the week at 1.1198 Contracts to buy previously owned moved up by 5.7 percent m-o-m, as most large and reached a high of 1.1208. However, US homes surged in July after two cap banks such as QNB (+7.5 percent), CBQ (+9.2 the high was shortly lived as the curren- straight months of declines as demand percent) and QIB (+4.5 percent) drove the cy fell to a low of 1.1123. The currency rose almost across the board, suggest- increase. The Real Estate index reversed and managed to gain some strength amid a ing the housing market remains on receded for the month by 2.1 percent, even as sell-off in the US dollar to reach a high of solid ground despite last month’s drop the latest index of real estate prices released by 1.1252 on late Thursday, only to lose that in existing home sales. The National Qatar Central Bank reportedly indicated a drop of momentum ahead of the US Nonfarm Association of Realtors said on 3.8 percent q-o-q in Q2-16. In corporate develop- payroll report. The single currency closed Wednesday its Pending Home Sales ments, QNB Group announced the successful the week at 1.1156. Index, based on contracts signed last completion of a bond issuance under its Euro The pound sterling opened the week month, increased 1.3 percent to 111.3, Medium Term Note initiative in the international at 1.3138 and reached a low of 1.3060 the second highest reading in over a capital markets. against the greenback. However, the decade. Economists had forecast pound climbed against the US dollar on pending home sales rising 0.6 percent Bahrain Bourse Thursday and approached a one-month last month. After a three-month streak of posting m-o-m peak after the release of upbeat UK Fewer Americans than forecast filed gains, the Bahrain All Share Index lost steam and manufacturing activity data that added applications for unemployment benefits went into the red m-o-m, as it posted a decline of to optimism over the strength of the last week, further evidence of a healthy 1.2 percent in Aug-16, as compared to July-16. economy post-Brexit. The currency labor market. Jobless claims rose by 2,000 to 263,000 in the week ended Aug. Market breadth was weak as 5 stocks advanced reached a high of 1.3352 and closed the 27, a report from the Labor Department while 18 stocks saw lower share prices during the week at 1.3294. showed on Thursday. Expectations were month as compared to Aug -16. The Industrials In Asia, the Japanese Yen continued to drop against the US dollar amid high- for an increase to 265,000. The four- sector lost most ground during the month of week average dropped to a three-week Aug-16, declining by 8.8 percent, solely due to er expectations of a US rate hike. The cur- rency opened the week at 101.84. The low. Managers are hesitant to cut work- the decline in Aluminum Bahrain, which lost 9.1 forces as a tighter labor market puts a percent. The Services index also declined 4.7 per- pair then surged to a high of 104.32 as investors continued to sell the Yen. The premium on skilled and experienced cent, as Batelco sunk by 5.3 percent, while BMMI employees. With dismissals close to went down by a lower 2.8 percent. The dollar lost some momentum following disappointing manufacturing data but four-decade low, sustained and elevated Investment index was the only sector, which levels of hiring would boost the chances still managed to keep most of its gains. gained ground during the month as went up that Federal Reserve policy makers will The pair closed the week at 103.92. The cent in shares of KIPCO, the largest company in Banks and Investment & Fin. Services indices, marginally by 0.8 percent, as GFH gained by 18 raise interest rates by the end of the Australian dollar opened the week at the sector, also supported the positive returns of which went down by 3.2 percent and 3.1 percent, percent for the month of Aug-16. Ahli United year. The US labor market showed weak- the overall sector. Meanwhile, in the Banking sec- respectively. Banks were pulled down by large Bank (AUB) reported a net profit of $ 301.2 mil- 0.7564. The currency dropped dramati- er than expected readings as the econo- tor, KIB (+3.2 percent) and KFH (+3.4 percent) caps as heavyweight names such as FGB (-2.9 lion H1-16, an increase of 8.2 percent in H1-16 as cally to a low of 0.7490 amid a contrac- my created fewer jobs than expected in were the only banks that reported positive percent), NBAD (-4.5 percent) and ADCB (-7.0 per- compared to the net profit figure of $278.4 mil- tion in the country’s manufacturing sec- August and the unemployment rate was returns during the month, whereas shares of cent) all witnessed declines for the month. The lion achieved in H1-15. AUB grew its operating tor and a drop in private capital expendi- unchanged against forecasts for a slight CBK, which reported an almost one-third decline Industrials sector also witnessed a decline of 2.7 income with net interest income (NII) rising by in 1H-16 earnings, continued to decline by percent, as key stocks such as RAK Ceramic and 4.0 percent to $407.4 million during the first half almost 15 percent after a decline of 10 percent Gulf Pharmaceutical Co. witnessed declines of 2.5 of 2016. In key corporate developments, Bahrain during the previous month. In the telecom sec- percent and 2.65 percent, respectively. The Islamic Bank is reportedly seeking to sell about tor, all the shares saw negative returns with Energy sector with m-o-m gains of 4.9 percent BHD 82 million ($218 million) of unproductive Ooredoo declining the most by 6.8 percent. saw both its stocks witness higher prices led by assets such as land and shares as part of a five- The monthly gainers chart was topped by Abu Dhabi National Energy, which went up by year plan to boost growth. The Bank reportedly Real Estate Trade Centers with a gain of 53.3 per- over 10.4 percent. sold $37 million of such assets until H1-16, and cent although trades in the stock was limited. In ratings action, S&P affirmed its ‘AA’ long- aims to boost revenue by 20 percent-25 percent Other gainers included Kuwait Cable Vision and term and ‘A-1+’ short-term foreign and local cur- annually, achieve a ROE of 15 percent -16 per- Safwan Trading & Contracting with gains of 43.6 rency sovereign credit ratings for Abu Dhabi and cent, and cut its cost-to-income ratio to the mid percent and 21.2 percent, respectively. On the kept its outlook as stable. The ratings are sup- 40 percent from 60 percent over the next two ture. The Aussie managed to regain its decline, according to official data decliners side, ported by Abu Dhabi’s strong fiscal and external years. Separately in state financing initiatives, losses on better than expected manufac- released on Friday. Non-farm payrolls GFC led the chart with a decline of 23.7 per- positions. S&P expects the emirate to maintain its Bahrain reportedly picked five banks to manage turing surveys from China, the country’s rose 151,000 in August, compared to the cent followed by Ikarus Petroleum and Yiaco extremely strong net fiscal asset position, pro- the third sale of Eurobonds. JPMorgan, BILLIONP largest trade partner. The Australian dol- rise of 275,000 in July that was revised from the initial reading of 255,000. The Medical each declining by 20 percent. Zain was jected at about 260 percent of GDP on average Paribas, Standard Chartered, Credit Suisse Group lar closed the week at 0.7573. On the data missed the consensus estimate for the most actively traded stock on the market over 2016-2019, as per the agency’s estimates. and Bahrain’s Bank ABC were mandated to man- commodities side, oil extended its losses the creation of 180,000 jobs. The jobless age the sale. as US crude and gasoline inventory rose with shares worth KD 16.1 million traded during S&P further expect revenues to decline by 21 rate remained steady at 4.9 percent in the month followed by NBK (KD 14.0 million) and percent due to falling oil and gas income, and to 2.3 million barrels versus expectations of an increase of 1.1 million. August, compared to the forecast for a KFH (KD 12.3 million). On the economic front, the estimate the general government deficit to Muscat Securities Market decline to 4.8 percent. Average hourly country approved the budget for the fiscal year widen to 5 percent of GDP in 2016, from around The MSM30 Index saw the third highest Furthermore, analysts claimed that the oil price rally in August was over exag- earnings rose month-on-month by 0.1 2016/17 with an expected deficit of KD 8.7 bil- 4 percent in 2015, based on the government’s decline during August-16 as the market failed to percent, compared to the prior increase lion, or 26 percent of GDP. It is pertinent to note preliminary approved budget. maintain the positive momentum seen during gerated and proposed oil production freeze at current near-record levels would of 0.3 percent and coming below fore- that the new budget is based on an extremely the start of the month and entered the negative casts for an increase of 0.2 percent. conservative oil price of $35/b. The government Dubai Financial Market territory during the last week of the month. All of not help decrease an oversupplied mar- ket. Oil edged higher on Friday, support- also approved an increase in fuel prices in the DFM General Index was able to sustain its the three sectoral indices closed the month in Eurozone factory growth eases ed by the previous session’s weakness in domestic market by as much as 83 percent. gains from the previous month in August-16, and the red led by the Financial index that declined Manufacturing growth in the euro- was one of the only two markets in the GCC, by 2 percent, followed by the Services Index and the US dollar and Russian comments in favor of a production freeze, though con- zone slowed during August and much of Saudi Arabia (Tadawul) which were able to close higher for the month. the Industrial Index with declines of 1.9 percent the expansion remained focused in the The Tadawul All Share Index recorded the DFM closed the month marginally up by 0.6 per- and 0.1 percent, respectively. tracts remained on track for the biggest weekly loss in nearly eight months. Brent north, according to a survey that hinted futures reached $45.87 a barrel but on at a further slowdown this month. course for an 8.1 percent decline over the Germany, the Netherlands and Austria week, the steepest weekly loss since mid- again provided the main power. January. In parallel, US West Texas Elsewhere, the picture was more sub- Intermediate crude futures were reached dued with France and Italy in decline, a high of $43.53 a barrel, on track for an Greece stagnating and both Spain and 8.6 percent weekly loss and marking the Ireland enduring their worst growth same milestone as Brent. spells since mid-2013. Also clouding the outlook, Britain - which is outside the Consumer confidence rises currency bloc - voted in June to leave Consumer confidence grew in the European Union. Most of the eco- August to 101.1 from 96.7 in July, stating nomic impact so far has been within that US consumers are optimistic on the Britain, but survey compiler Markit said state of the economy. On the future out- reduced sales to the country were partly look, short-term expectations regarding to blame for the order book slowdown. business, employment conditions, and Kuwait personal income prospects improved, Kuwaiti dinar at 0.30180 suggesting the possibility of a moderate The USDKWD opened at 0.30180 yes- pick-up in growth in the coming terday morning. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 business

Mercedes-Benz E-Class interior: Next level design

KUWAIT: With its eye-catching design, intelli- duced. With a number of technological firsts, the They can choose at any time which input also continued in the leather-covered doors and seats, which create an ergonomic, sculptural gent interior architecture and highly advanced interior ride comfort and operational conven- method they prefer. the beltline for selected lines. Another Mercedes impression and unite Mercedes-Benz’s typical control and display elements, the interior of the ience for drivers and passengers has become hallmark clearly in evidence is the high-quality suitability for long journeys with a sporty look. new Mercedes-Benz E-Class embodies emotion equally as impressive as its design, power and Focus on information from look and feel created through meticulous atten- The seats are differently designed depending on and intelligence and ensures complete passen- performance,” said Michael Ruehle, Chief the Head-up Display tion to detail and craftsmanship. the line, offering sporty bias and adapted con- ger enjoyment. Executive Officer of A R Albisher & Z Alkazemi The Head-up Display is a new feature in the Just as carefully composed is the material tours and good lateral support. Comfort-oriented and luxurious, the interior Co, authorized general distributor of Mercedes- E-Class. It projects important information direct- and colour concept with various shades of Also available is a diamond-patterned desig- of the new E-Class presents two eye-catching Benz in Kuwait. ly into the driver’s field of vision on the wind- brown, including new attractive colour combi- no seat in the centre section with perforations displays each with a 12.3-inch screen and a reso- screen, ensuring that there is less distraction nations such as nut brown/macchiato and sad- similar to the S-Class seat and the enhanced lat- lution of 1920 x 720 pixels. These merge visually Touch Control: Finger swipes from the road ahead. The system provides infor- dle brown/macchiato. eral support of the sports seat. Additional seat to form a wide-screen cockpit and emphasize In a further innovation, the new E-Class is the mation on speed, speed limits, navigation options include fully electric seat with memory the horizontal bias of the interior design of the first ever car to integrate touch controls in the instructions and messages from DISTRONIC. Lighting atmosphere with 64 colours package and electric seat cushion depth adjust- new E-Class. As the instrument cluster, this wide- spokes of the multifunction steering wheel. Like The driver can adjust the height of the virtual The interior lighting makes exclusive use of ment; climatised seats; and Active Multicontour screen cockpit contains a large display with vir- the surface of a smartphone, the two buttons image so that it can be easily viewed. On vehi- durable, energy-saving LED technology. The Seat package for front seats offering massage tual instruments in the direct field of vision of are touch-sensitive and therefore respond pre- cles with seat memory function this feature same applies to the optionally available functions. the driver as well as a central display above the cisely to horizontal and vertical finger swipes. stores the individual settings. A range of display enhanced ambience lighting. With 64 colours, centre console. A common glass cover results in This enables the driver to control every function content can also be enabled or disabled, and it offers a host of possibilities for personaliza- Stowage concept for more interior space a modern flat-screen look. The driver can choose of the infotainment system in a simple, logical the brightness of the display adjusted individu- tion. It adds touches of light, for example, to A sophisticated stowage concept with exten- between three different styles to select their pre- and ergonomically perfect manner in a mini- ally. the trim parts, central display, front stowage sive stowage options contributes to carefree ferred screen design for the wide-screen instru- mum of space without having to take their facility on the centre console, handle recesses, travelling. The stowage volume in the standard ment cluster: “Classic”, “Sport” and “Progressive”. hands off the steering wheel. Having selected Intelligent material design door pockets, front and rear footwells, over- specification has increased from 26.3 litres for The display can be backlit at night with multi- the desired function with a swipe, the driver Modern and high-grade materials define head console, mirror triangle and tweeters (if the predecessor to now 34.8 litres (automatic colour ambience lighting - which then makes presses the appropriate touch controls to trig- both the sporty and elegant style of the interior. the vehicle is equipped with the Burmester(r) transmission). the wide-screen cockpit appear to float in space. ger the function. They include open-pore woods, wood in a high-end 3D surround sound system). The new E-Class is available at A R Albisher “This isn’t just the most advanced E-Class, In addition, the driver can use the yachting look with flowing lines as a contempo- and Z Alkazemi Company showroom, in this is one of the most advanced, intuitive and COMAND Controller and LINGUATRONIC voice rary interpretation of inlaid wood and a novel Seat design: First class Shuwaikh. To book a test drive, please call innovative Mercedes-Benz vehicles ever pro- control to control the infotainment system. metal fabric. The use of authentic materials is A further highlight of the new E-Class is its 24950000 or visit our showroom. Australia says committed to trade deal with Britain HANGZHOU: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday his country and Britain were both very com- mitted to having an early free trade agreement after Britain leaves the European Union. “Prime Minister May and I are very committed to having an early free trade agreement put in place so that when Britain leaves the EU, we have very open markets between Australia and Britain,” Turnbull told reporters on the side- lines of a G20 summit in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. “They’ve got to put in place free trade agreements and we are enthusiastic and supportive; we’re providing Britain with as much assistance as we can at a technical level,” Turnbull said. Britain’s June decision to leave the 28-coun- try EU sent financial markets into shock in anticipation of a recession as Britain enters a years-long process of tearing itself away from its biggest trading partner and forging a new global economic role. Noor Capital Markets Britain’s economy will suffer as a result of the decision to leave the European Union despite signs in recent economic data that the impact has not been as severe as some pre- dicted, Prime Minister Theresa May said yesterday on her way to G20. —Reuters holds economic seminar

France’s Macron slams Workshop creates awareness on trading system across global platforms govt for holding KUWAIT: Aiming to increase the community awareness of back on reforms the online trading, international markets and FOREX science; Noor Capital Markets Company (Noor CM) has conducted an PARIS: Emmanuel Macron, who resigned from the French economic seminar for the beginners in online trading. A lec- government on Tuesday, criticized President Francois ture that gave a broad definition for trading and the princi- Hollande’s government in a newspaper interview for not ples of main applications for currencies, energy and other pushing hard enough for reforms. trading items across the global markets. “I kept trying, proposing, pushing ... If you want to suc- “We understand the need of investors to comprehend ceed you cannot leave work half done, and unfortunately trading system across global platforms and networks, we many things were left half done! The choice was made not offer them a clear explanation for the trading instruments to launch a second wave of economic reforms as I was pro- denominated in foreign currencies. We highlight the financial posing it,” he told Le Journal du Dimanche. Macron, a 38- markets concepts, the classic methods used and how to use year old former investment banker tipped as a potential them in the best way to enter the trading world with enough candidate in next year’s presidential election, quit his econ- understanding,” Nada Sulaiman, Business Development omy minister post on Tuesday to devote himself to the Manager at Noor CM stated. political party he recently set up, saying he needed to be “Throughout our work; we provided continuous support free “to transform France” next year.. to our clients through the sales and customer service teams. Macron’s place in the government had become increas- As per our observations we noticed a lack of knowledge in the online trading concepts and the basic definitions of oper- ingly awkward after he repeatedly criticised left-wing ations, channels and markets. Therefore we touched the peo- totems such as France’s 35-hour work week and created his ple need for a clear explanation, provided by markets experts ‘En Marche’ (Forward) party in April, casting it as leaning and educational economic bodies to put the investor on the neither left nor right. Macron, however, did not say in the right track, which we have decided to conduct such free sem- Journal du Dimanche interview if he would make a bid for inar,” Sulaiman proceeded. the French presidency in the 2017 election. “In our seminars we provide the basic knowledge of energy, If confirmed, a Macron bid for the presidency would fur- currency and precious metals, also how to knowingly access ther harm President Francois Hollande’s chances of re-elec- the international markets. We tackle important topics such as: tion, with polls already suggesting he would be very International markets knowledge, ways to take advantage of unlikely to even make it into the run-off round. market movements, factors affecting market movements and A new poll by Odoxa pollsters for Le Parisien/Aujourd’hui the online trading,” Ahmed Awni, markets expert and business en France conducted between Sept 1. and Sept. 2 showed development advisor remarked. “We work on disseminating 74 percent of voters thought Macron was right to resign and the online trading awareness and illuminating the money mar- 45 percent would like him to run in the election against 40 kets culture, this will be our constant contribution to our com- percent in June. —Reuters munity within our ongoing strategy,” Awni concluded. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 TECHNOLOGY

Halt and catch fire: Battery woes go well beyond Samsung

NEW YORK: Samsung’s Note 7 isn’t the He said owners of Galaxy Note 7s should caught fire after road debris damaged only gadget to catch fire thanks to lithi- err on the side of caution and contact their batteries. Tesla wound up strength- um-battery problems, which have afflict- Samsung for a replacement that doesn’t ening the battery shield on new and ed everything from iPhones to Tesla cars run the same risk. Here’s a look at other existing cars. to Boeing jetliners. Blame chemistry and notable incidents when lithium batteries the fact that the batteries we rely on for by themselves or in electronics have HOVERBOARDS everyday life are prone to leaking and caused problems. Hoverboards, or self-balancing scoot- even bursting into flame if damaged, ers, have been linked with at least 99 defective or exposed to excessive heat. ON AIRPLANES electrical fires in the U.S., according to That’s because lithium-ion batteries There have been dozens of aircraft the Consumer Product Safety store a lot of energy in a tiny space, with fires caused by lithium batteries, so Commission. Hoverboards might be combustible components separated by many that the batteries are no longer more susceptible than other products to ultra-thin walls. If something happens to welcome as cargo on passenger flights. battery fires because they come under those separators, a chemical reaction can In one of the most recent incidents, a Fiji more duress than other electronic quickly escalate out of control. Samsung Airways Boeing 737 was preparing for devices like computers. Amazon, Best hasn’t specified exactly what caused the takeoff from Melbourne, Australia, when Buy and other retailers dumped the fires that led to the recall of 2.5 million smoke was discovered coming from the products after videos of burning hover- Galaxy Note 7s Thursday beyond calling it cargo bay. The plane was evacuated and boards went viral. But they reopened a “battery cell issue .” Still, lithium batter- the cargo unloaded. The source of the sales this year after passing new fire- ies are so ubiquitous that ordinary users fire turned out to be lithium-ion batter- safety tests. of phones and computers shouldn’t wor- ies in a passenger’s checked bags. ry. Research suggests that you’re more Hoverboards and e-cigarettes are SEOUL: A Samsung Electronics Galaxy Note 7 smartphone is displayed at the COMPUTER BATTERIES likely to get hurt by a kitchen grease fire banned from flights for the same reason. headquarters of South Korean mobile carrier KT on Friday.—AP In June HP recalled nearly 50,000 HP, or a drunk driver than the battery power- Compaq, HP ProBook, HP ENVY, Compaq ing your iPhone, Kindle or laptop. “It’s not TESLA establish the facts” about the fire. The smoke, and the three people aboard got Presario, and HP Pavilion computers like we live in a world where people’s In August, a Tesla electric car caught driver was quoted in local newspaper out before seeing it catch fire. after seven reports of battery packs smartphones spontaneously combust,” fire during a promotional tour in south- Sud Ouest as saying he answered a Tesla hasn’t officially found fault with overheating, melting or charring, includ- said Ramon Llamas, research manager of west France. Tesla said in a statement Facebook ad offering test drives of the the battery. But in 2013 , it faced ques- ing four reports of property damage research firm IDC’s mobile phones team. that it is “working with the authorities to Model S sedan. The driver said he saw tions when several Model S sedans totaling about $4,000. —AP Huawei Connect attracts more than 20,000 ICT professionals from over 120 countries to Shanghai Unveils Its Cloud Strategy to global business and government ICT decision makers Dubai: More than 20,000 ICT industry leaders and experts ronment for app development, deployment, operation, and from over 120 countries gathered in Shanghai last week for management. Furthermore, Huawei and Accenture jointly the first HUAWEI CONNECT, Huawei’s largest-ever integrat- announced verified enterprise SAP and Oracle cloud solu- ed conference for the global ICT ecosystem. Held from tions, which are based on Huawei FusionCloud solution for August 31-September 2, the themed conference dubbed global enterprise customers’ core applications to provide a “Shape the Cloud” explored cloud era trends and how dif- one-stop service. The two-year alliance between the two ferent industries can achieve digital transformation by ICT leaders leverages Huawei’s extensive experience in ICT developing cloud technology and contributing to the cloud infrastructure and Accenture’s capabilities in consulting, ecosystem. Throughout the three-day, Huawei showcased systems integration and outsourcing. BRUSSELS: European Union Competition Commissioner its strategy to serve as a platform for growth, and support On the last day of the event, Huawei launched the first Margrethe Vestager speaks during a media conference strong alliances that push the industry forward and pro- full-scenario Agile Controller 3.0 (AC 3.0), which focuses on at EU headquarters on, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. —AP mote ongoing social progress. four business scenarios (enterprise campus, data center net- “Society as we know it is developing towards a smart work, WAN, and IoT) and provides capabilities such as on- Apple says several society, and in this environment, it simply will not be possi- demand network resource pool reservation,, automatic ble for any company to operate and compete on its own. All deployment, intelligent optimization and bandwidth billion dollars set industries from healthcare to education will become more adjustment on-demand for enterprise customers across interconnected, more complex. As industries integrate and campuses, carriers and data center networks. This can aside for US taxes consumer demands evolve, enterprises have to become improve the resource scheduling efficiency of enterprise more open and flexible, and future-proof their business cloud services, improving the network efficiency for carrier LONDON: Apple’s chief executive says the company has with ecological advantages’, Guo Ping, Rotating CEO of customers and providing the best customer experience put aside “several billion dollars” to pay tax liabilities in the Huawei. possible. Huawei also announced its New Financial Cloud United States as it repatriates some of its huge overseas Guo stressed three of Huawei’s guiding principles for cul- Solution for Mission Critical jointly developed by Huawei earnings. tivating a sound ecosystem in the cloud era: making a big- and Infosys Finacle, designed to ease some of the IT chal- Tim Cook told Irish state network RTE in an interview ger pie (i.e., market) is more important than fighting for a lenges of the finance and banking sectors. The new innova- broadcast Thursday that the money, part of profits from larger share; managing cooperation is more important than tion is based on the Huawei FusionCloud platform and the 2014, should be brought back to the US next year. He did managing competition; and benefit sharing is the driving world’s first 32-socket Mission Critical server KunLun, inte- not specify how much would be repatriated. force behind the evolution of the ecosystem - and the result Guo Ping Rotating CEO of Huawei, speaks at Huawei grated with the world’s leading banking system - Infosys Apple holds nearly $215 billion in cash and securities of its successful development. Connect 2016 Finacle. Another major announcement that place on day outside the US, much of that generated by its Irish sub- On day one of the event, Ken Hu, Huawei’s Rotating CEO, Network 2016 solution that uses Software-defined three was the official unveiling of Huawei’s new-generation sidiaries. Cook has complained in the past that high US tax- explained the company’s aim to position itself as the Networking (SDN) technology to shape the network archi- convergent all-flash System OceanStor Dorado V3, which is es have discouraged the company from bringing those enabler and driver of an intelligent world. The company will tecture of the cloud era and to establish a firm foundation designed for enterprises’ overloaded key applications. earnings home. This week, the European Union ordered hold true to its culture of customer-centricity, focus on ICT for the digital transformation of enterprises. The Agile Featuring excellent performance, stability, reliability, and the company based in Cupertino, California, to pay $14.5 infrastructure and provide innovative cloud technology. Network 2016 focuses solutions on the mobilization of convergent efficiency, the new system can improve data- billion in back taxes to Ireland plus billions more in interest. Throughout this process, Huawei aims to become a pre- users and services during the digital transformation of base performance twentyfold while ensuring service sus- The tax dispute is part of an ongoing fight over whether ferred partner that enables digital and cloud transforma- enterprises, on IoT application of production systems, and tainability. America’s largest global corporations pay adequate taxes tion, while actively contributing to the cloud ecosystem on new challenges brought by cloud-based applications. Lastly, Huawei officially launched its first Enterprise throughout the world. Apple plans to fight the EU order, through openness, collaboration, and shared success. This new solution is intended to create a network that is on- Solution Partner Program. Leveraging Huawei’s leading ICT which Cook characterized as unfair. He told Irish television Also on day one, Huawei officially unveiled its Integrated demand, has self-services, is easily managed, and is both infrastructure, the new program will offer powerful support that the EU’s findings are “maddening” and that the compa- Communication Platform (ICP), the company’s newest addi- secure and trusted. to companies that jointly develop solutions with Huawei to ny had not received special treatment from Irish authori- tion to its range of Safe City solutions featuring extensive Huawei also launched FusionStorage 6.0, which is serve global customers. Huawei Enterprise Business Group ties. In Brussels, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe connectivity and high visibility. The platform can pick up designed to help customers address potential challenges (BG) will provide its partners in the program with open API, Vestager vigorously defended the legality and arithmetic alerts from various channels via social media, Internet of arising from migration of their services to a cloud by provid- global expert support and lab resources. The program will of the tax clawback order affecting Apple. “This is a deci- Things and so on, and can also quickly and extensively ing the performance and capacity of a fully distributed also support the introduction of new, high-value solutions sion based on the facts of the case,” she told a news confer- access videos. It enables fast response and handling of architecture, flexible and optional infrastructure, and an to the market; help to achieve business success for the part- ence at EU headquarters. Vestager said figures used to cal- security alerts, streamlined coordination of different first open and compatible architecture. Additionally, Huawei ners it works with. This program is the latest example of culate the amount of back taxes owed by Apple came from responder departments, and granular, informed command launched FusionStage PaaS platform which features an Huawei Enterprise BG’s commitment to building business- the company itself, as well as US Senate hearings.—AP decisions. On day two, Huawei announced its Agile open architecture and offers enterprises a complete envi- driven ICT infrastructure (BDII). Mega tech fair IFA dives Facebook adds ‘instant head-first into virtual reality video’ option to BERLIN: Always wanted to know what it wearing VR goggles. “You can feel the would be like to watch a TV talkshow in roar of the crowd in the stadium, or see the studio? Or zoom in on a particular what the television crew is doing, it’s the texts in Messenger player in a Bundesliga game rather than live experience,” said Fraunhofer HHI’s see a wideshot of the field? spokesman Andre Groeger. NEW YORK: Facebook is adding an “instant full-fledged video call, but find that a photo The technology is there for such “live” video” feature to text messages within its or text won’t do. 3D television experiences from the com- The year for VR Messenger app. This means users can send Maybe you’re walking by a prolific street fort of your home, according to the Goldman Sachs predicted earlier this each other videos while they are texting in performer and want to share a video with a Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, one year that the virtual reality and aug- the app, in case words are not quite friend you’re texting, or share a baby giggle of many exhibitors at Berlin’s mega con- mented reality markets will reach $80 enough. with your partner. sumer electronics show IFA touting the billion (72 billion euros) by 2025. The dif- This is different from video calls, which To send instant video, both you and the latest in virtual and augmented reality ference between the two is that while have been available in Messenger since recipient have to have Messenger open. technology. From VR headsets and 360- virtual reality blocks the user’s view of 2015. The latest feature is for those times Tap on the video icon to start sharing real- degree cameras to AR glasses, tech the real world through special glasses, NEW YORK: In this April 7, 2016, file photo, Jon Favreau when you don’t necessarily want to make a time video. —AP giants like Samsung, Qualcomm and augmented reality blends real life with attends a special screening of “The Jungle Book,” hosted Acer are offering visitors a glimpse of virtual reality. At German optical giant by Disney and The Cinema Society, at AMC Empire 25. —AP reality-altering experience. Zeiss’ stand, senior product manager Don a pair of VR glasses at Franz Troppenhagen is showing off the Jon Favreau takes on Fraunhofer’s stand and you are plunged company’s new VR headset to curious straight into a TV talkshow. Turn your visitors. “Since 2016, the market has real- virtual reality with head to the left to see the crew filming ly started to grow because people are ‘Gnomes & Goblins’ the presenter, while on the right, there now seeing the benefits of using VR,” he are spectators sitting next to you and told AFP. One key factor is the increasing LOS ANGELES: Jon Favreau has brought talking animals beyond, the producer with her clip- popularity of 360-degree cameras, and smart-alecky superheroes to the big screen. For his board. Look up and you see the studio which are allowing people to take 3D next project, he’s luring miniature goblins into virtual reali- lights. With its OmniCam-360, the insti- “panorama pictures while on vacation,” ty to become one of the first major filmmakers to create an tute has filmed live events that can be he said, adding that the images can be original work using VR. replayed back in 3D mode by a viewer easily shared with friends. — AFP The filmmaker, who worked on promotional VR tie-ins to his recent live-action adaptation of “The Jungle Book,” is collaborating with VR studios Wevr and Reality One on “Gnomes & Goblins,” an interactive series based on an origi- nal Favreau creation. “I like making movies,” said Favreau at a Wednesday preview of the VR title. “This - for me, person- ally - was more about what would be the most fun thing to create in VR.” The room-scale VR experience, which will ini- tially be available for the HTC Vive system, casts users as a human-sized avatar that can move around in an enchanted forest and interact with an adorable tiny goblin. For instance, plucking an acorn off a tree and handing it to the little guy could win over his affection. “I didn’t want this to feel like you’re playing a VR game, but I didn’t want it to just feel like you’re watching a movie, either,” said Favreau. “It was really finding that balance, so the interactivity was intuitive but not a puzzle. Ultimately, we put most of our brainpower into creating a goblin that felt organic.” While many studios and networks have devel- oped VR experiences to promote films and TV shows, BERLIN: This picture shows visitors of a roller coaster 4D theater on September Favreau is among the first of established Hollywood film- 2, 2016 at IFA mega consumer electronics fair. —AFP makers to embrace the immersive medium and craft an MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA: In this Aug. 31, 2016 photo, visitors take photos in front original VR title. — AP of the Facebook logo outside of the company’s headquarters. —AP MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Fewer US hospitals breaking emergency treatment rules

LOS ANGELES: The number of US hospitals investi- Southern California in Los Angeles. “The optimistic view hospitals were investigated and 4.3 percent were cited hospitals that follow the letter of the law, said Dr. David gated or cited for breaking federal emergency treat- is that emergency departments are increasingly fulfill- for violations annually during the study period. Kao of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, ment rules has declined over the past decade, a study ing their EMTALA obligations and, therefore, fewer com- One remaining question is whether the decrease in who wasn’t involved in the study. suggests. plaints are being generated,” Terp added by email. citations over time represents improved compliance “An example from my past experience would be air- The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act Congress passed EMTALA in 1986 in response to a with administrative components of the statute or truly transporting uninsured patients with bleeding from the (EMTALA) requires that all patients who come to hospi- public outcry over incidents of inadequate, delayed or reflects improvement in access to quality of emergency stomach hundreds of miles (while still bleeding) from tal emergency departments receive a medical screening denied treatment of uninsured patients, researchers care, Terp said. one hospital to another where the transferring hospital and any care needed to stabilize their condition, regard- note in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. The intent of That’s because citations for administrative lapses like had more gastroenterologists on staff and performed less of their ability to pay. Nationwide, 7.2 percent of the law was ensure all patients access to emergency failing to maintain a central log or an on-call list more endoscopies annually than the accepting hospital, hospitals were investigated in 2014 for violating the law, services and to prevent “patient dumping,” the practice decreased as a proportion of all citations, while the pro- but did not have any of those gastroenterologists down from 10.8 percent in 2005. of refusing or transferring disadvantaged patients with- portion of citations for clinical deficiencies like improper assigned as ‘on-call’,” Kao said by email. Those investigations resulted in citations for 3.2 per- out screening to see what care they might need or sta- screening and transfer practices increased, Terp noted. “This does not violate the letter of EMTALA but clear- cent of hospitals in 2014, down from 5.3 percent a bilizing them before a transfer to another facility. “This raises questions about whether EMTALA actually ly violates the spirit,” Kao added. “This sort of behavior is decade earlier, the study found. “We are not completely During the entire study period, there were 4,772 accomplished its original goals of reducing patient extremely difficult to report for a number of reasons, sure as to why there is a general trend toward fewer investigations, of which 2,118 resulted in citations for dumping or improving access to quality emergency including the reluctance on the part of the accepting investigations and citations,” said lead author Dr. Sophie EMTALA deficiencies at 1,498 of the 2,417 hospitals care,” Terp said. Another limitation of the study is that it hospital to damage the relationship with a referral Terp, of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of investigated, the study found. On average, 9 percent of may not reflect any patients who are turned away by source.” — Reuters Hospice care improves patient experience

NEW YORK: A new study adds to evidence medications, equipment (such as hospital that hospice care during the last six months of beds, wheelchairs, commodes and oxygen), life is associated with better overall experi- home visits from nurses, chaplains and social ences for patients and a lower likelihood of workers, and other services for the patient dying in a hospital. and family members. “Consistent with other studies demonstrat- “The majority of patients today still die in ing benefit, the use of hospice care is associat- hospitals,” said Kleinpell, a professor at the ed with better quality-of-care outcomes, Rush University College of Nursing in including patient-centered care metrics,” Chicago who works in a critical care unit at study leader Ruth Kleinpell and colleagues Rush University Medical Center. “If someone write in the journal BMJ Supportive and is hospitalized and approaching the end of Palliative Care, online August 16. life, hospice care is more optimal so they can In other words, Kleinpell told Reuters get the care they need,” she told Reuters Health, “Hospice care can provide patients Health by phone. and families with a better dying experience.” Susan Miller, who specializes in hospice The research team studied more than and palliative care at Brown University School 163,000 patients enrolled in Medicare, the US of Public Health in Providence, Rhode Island government’s insurance for the elderly and but who was not involved with the current disabled, who had died in 2010. All had been study, said for patients nearing the end of life, hospitalized at least once in the previous two hospitals’ palliative care teams “typically years for a chronic illness associated with address management of symptoms such as high mortality rates. pain and include discussion of goals of care Roughly 47 percent of patients were in including the choice of hospice.” hospice in the last six months of their life. “Hospice care offers symptom manage- Hospice admissions were tied to a number of ment, emotional and spiritual support, and it’s variables, the team found, including higher a Medicare benefit,” she said. What’s most patient satisfaction ratings, better pain con- important is that patients and their families trol, reductions in hospital days, fewer deaths have crucial conversations about hospice care in the hospital, and fewer deaths occurring with their doctors, Kleinpell said. “Patients KUALA LUMPUR: A pest control worker fumigates an examination hall of a school on the eve of the annual national Primary School Evaluation with an ICU stay during hospitalization. should be enrolled in hospice early,” she said, Test yesterday. — AFP In the US, Medicare provides hospice ben- “so when conditions worsen, they and their efits for patients who aren’t expected to live family members get the appropriate help to Malaysia expects more Zika cases as more than six months. Those benefits include prepare for what’s next.” — Reuters Earlier diabetes diagnosis linked virus spreads in Southeast Asia to worse mid-life heart health

First case reported on Saturday CRETEIl, France: When people develop Medications as well as lifestyle changes diabetes early in life they may also be more such as improved diet and exercise habits KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is bracing for more birth defect in which the head and brain are most developed. Singapore figures in the top likely to experience heart problems in mid- can help manage diabetes and keep symp- Zika cases, officials said yesterday, after detect- undersized - as well as other brain abnormali- 10. There is no vaccine or treatment for Zika, dle age, a study suggests. Cardiovascular toms in check. When diabetes isn’t well ing the first locally infected patient, which ties. The connection between Zika and micro- which is a close cousin of dengue and chikun- disease has long been linked to diabetes in managed, however, dangerous spikes in could further stretch a health system struggling cephaly first came to light last fall in Brazil, gunya and causes mild fever, rash and red eyes. older adults. The new study, however, blood sugar can eventually lead to blind- with dengue, another mosquito-borne virus which has since confirmed more than 1,800 cas- An estimated 80 percent of people infected offers fresh evidence that getting diabetes ness, amputations, kidney failure, heart that can be fatal. es of microcephaly. have no symptoms, making it difficult for preg- as a younger adult may exacerbate or disease and stroke. For the current study, Both Zika, which is of particular risk to preg- In adults, Zika infections have also been nant women to know whether they have been accelerate the erosion of heart function as researchers examined data on nearly 3,200 nant women, and the dengue virus are spread linked to a rare neurological syndrome known infected. people age. adults over a 25-year period starting in by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is com- as Guillain-Barre, as well as other neurological The WHO has declared the Zika outbreak an “Diabetes is toxic to the heart since it 1985 when they were between 18 and 30 mon in tropical Malaysia, Southeast Asia’s third disorders. international health emergency, and if Malaysia’s affects many important components of years old. largest economy, and across the region. fight against dengue is any indication, it will the machinery,” said Dr. Genevieve After initial medical exams, participants Neighboring Singapore has reported more Dengue fight struggle with Zika. Malaysia recorded a total of Derumeaux, a researcher at Henri Mondor received a series of seven additional check- than 200 cases of Zika. Three days ago, Malaysia Since reporting its first Zika infection, 120,836 dengue cases last year, including 336 Hospital in Creteil, France and author of an ups during the study period. The exams reported its first Zika infection - a woman living Malaysia has increased insecticide spraying to fatalities - the most since 1995, according to editorial accompanying the study. included assessments of blood sugar and near Kuala Lumpur who contracted the virus kill mosquitoes. It has also stepped up health government data. This year, there have been In particular, diabetes can damage the the ability to process the hormone insulin, during a visit to Singapore. checks at its main border with Singapore, 75,000 dengue cases and 166 fatalities. left ventricle, the bottom left chamber of as well as imaging tests known as echocar- On Saturday, Malaysian authorities said they through which 200,000 people pass daily. Malaysian authorities say dengue is a bigger the heart responsible for pushing oxygen- diograms to determine heart health. had detected the first local infection: a 61-year- Malaysia, with a population of almost 30 mil- problem than Zika. But regional health experts rich blood out into the circulatory system, By the end of the study, the participants old man in the city of Kota Kinabalu, in the lion and a size 46 times bigger than Singapore, believe Zika is significantly under-reported in Derumeaux said by email. Over time, dia- who lived the most years with diabetes Malaysian part of Borneo island. “The confirma- faces a much more challenging fight against Southeast Asia as authorities fail to conduct betes can make it harder for the chamber were much more likely to have heart dam- tion of the second case of Zika in Kota Kinabalu Zika, doctors say. “Zika will spread even faster in adequate screening and also because of its to fill with blood and pump blood out into age than their peers without diabetes or suggests that the virus is already present within Malaysia than Singapore because our Aedes vol- usually mild symptoms. The WHO lists the body. participants who only developed the con- our communities,” Health Minister Subramaniam ume is so much higher and the breeding Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Globally, about one in 10 adults have dition more recently, the study found. Sathasivam said. “Zika is present in our country. grounds are enormous,” said Amar Singh, head Vietnam as countries with “possible endemic diabetes, according to the World Health When people developed what’s known New cases will continue to emerge,” he posted of the paediatric department at Hospital Raja transmission or evidence of local mosquito- Organization. Most have type 2 diabetes, as insulin resistance, a failure to process on his Facebook page. Permaisuri Bainun in the Malaysian town of Ipoh. borne Zika infections in 2016”. The virus was which is associated with obesity and aging the hormone, they were also much more Zika infections in pregnant women have The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks first identified in Uganda in 1947 and was and occurs when the body can’t make or likely to experience heart damage by the been shown to cause microcephaly - a severe Malaysia’s healthcare system as the world’s 49th unknown in the Americas until 2014. — Reuters process enough of the hormone insulin. end of the study. — Reuters Stray dogs find shelter in battered Gaza

GAZA CITY: In an impoverished and war-battered approach their children or orchards, while others nurse and one of 25 volunteer helpers. Every morn- territory suffering food shortages and a scarcity of find them scary and blame them for accidents. ing, the volunteers tour participating restaurants jobs, Saeed al-Ar knew it was a tall order opening a The authorities lack the resources even if they and stores to collect leftover meat and chicken for dog shelter in Gaza. The Palestinian coastal enclave were inclined to intervene. In the past they even the dogs, in a sign of changing attitudes in Gaza. crammed with 1.9 million people has been devas- tried to poison strays, but stopped the culling over But Ar said he has already spent $35,000 and tated by three wars against Israel since 2008, and it concerns that it was also dangerous to humans, a cannot make ends meet on his own much longer. remains under blockade by the Jewish state and municipal official said on condition of anonymity. The centre needs $5,000 a month to function prop- Egypt. The kennel aims to catch stray dogs, provide erly, said Ar, who has launched an online appeal to The fate of hundreds of stray dogs outside veterinary services and help domesticate them. animal protection groups and lovers across the towns or near the Israeli security fence have been Since its opening, the kennel has attracted a grow- world. anything but a priority. “How can we create a shel- ing number of visitors, many of them children. “We have to get help because at the moment ter for strays when we need shelter ourselves?” is Some have asked to adopt a pet, a trend picking up we are doing this with our own money.” On a the typical view, as expressed by a 27-year-old in Gaza. The phone rings constantly with people brighter note, he said local authorities have prom- unemployed Gazan, Jasser al-Sheikh. “We must first reporting strays in their neighborhood. ised him a larger plot of land. He dreams of a giant feed our children and find jobs for thousands of In such cases, search teams are sent out, said kennel, “with a dog food factory and a veterinary unemployed graduates.” Mohammed al-Hindi, 24, a recently graduated clinic for all stray animals”. — AFP But Ar, a 45-year-old father of seven, has taken it AL-ZAHRA’, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: A Palestinian volunteer feeds stray dogs on upon himself to intervene, spending his own mon- August 18, 2016 at the dog shelter of the Al-Soulala Association for Protection, ey to rescue the strays. Last month, he opened the Rehabilitation and Training. — AFP territory’s first dog sanctuary in a relatively well-off suburb south of Gaza City. His Al-Soulala Association for Protection, Rehabilitation and Training covers 2,700 square meters , complete with kennels which currently house around 75 for- mer strays. Behind beige tarpaulin on a vast sandy expanse, dogs are fed and given training to run and jump obstacles. “This is the first kennel in Palestine that supports stray dogs and domesticates them,” Ar told AFP. He used to run a police unit for dogs spe- cializing in the detection of explosives and drugs, and admits that canines have always been his pas- sion. When the Islamist movement Hamas seized power in Gaza in 2007, Ar found himself out of a job. But he still collects a salary and now dedicates all his time to the dogs.

Shot or poisoned AL-ZAHRA’, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: A Palestinian volunteer feeds a stray dog on In the predominantly Muslim territory, religious AL-ZAHRA’, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: A Palestinian volunteer trains a stray dog on August August 18, 2016 at the dog shelter of the Al-Soulala Association for Protection, authorities consider dogs to be unclean or impure. 18, 2016 at the dog shelter of the Al-Soulala Association for Protection, Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation and Training. — AFP Some Gazans even shoot at stray dogs that Training. — AFP MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE Zika causes deafness in about 6 percent of cases

CHICAGO: A study in Brazil of 70 babies whose mothers with Zika infections. The finding is part of Agamenon Magalh„es and colleagues in Brazil tion to that list. Scientists say Zika should now be mothers had confirmed Zika infections found that an effort to fully characterize the harm caused by examined records from 70 infants with micro- considered a risk factor for hearing loss, and chil- nearly 6 percent had hearing loss, adding a new the Zika virus during pregnancy. The virus is best cephaly whose mothers had laboratory-confirmed dren who were exposed during pregnancy but complication to the list of ills the virus can cause known for causing the severe birth defect micro- Zika infections during pregnancy. have normal hearing at birth should be screened when women are infected during pregnancy. cephaly, characterized by undersized heads and They found that nearly 6 percent had hearing regularly for delayed or progressive hearing loss. The Brazilian study, published on Tuesday in the underdeveloped brains. But other studies have loss without any other plausible cause. Several oth- The connection between Zika and micro- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s shown that Zika can cause other brain abnormali- er viral infections during pregnancy can cause hear- cephaly first came to light last fall in Brazil, which weekly report on death and disease, confirmed less ties, vision problems and joint deformities. In the ing loss, including rubella and cytomegalovirus, or has since confirmed more than 1,800 cases of rigorous reports of deafness among infants born to latest study, Mariana Leal of the Hospital CMV, infections. The current study adds Zika infec- microcephaly. — Reuters

Clinton offers plan to curb ‘unjustified’ price hikes on life-saving drugs

NEW YORK: Hillary Clinton said on Friday The ARCA Pharmaceutical Index of large US that if elected to the White House she would and European drugmakers rose 0.30 percent create an oversight panel to protect US con- on Friday, in line with gains for the broad sumers from large price hikes on long-avail- stock market. Shares of Mylan fell 4.6 per- able, lifesaving drugs and to import alterna- cent to $40.00 on the Nasdaq. tive treatments if necessary, adding to her The Nasdaq biotech index slipped 0.40 pledges to rein in overall drug prices. percent. The decline was slight compared Clinton, the Democratic presidential can- to the more than 4.7 percent drop in the didate, would seek to give the panel an index seen on Sept. 21, 2015, when Clinton “aggressive new set of enforcement tools,” blasted “price gouging” in the specialty including the ability to levy fines and drug market on Twitter, responding to impose penalties on manufacturers when reports that Turing had acquired Daraprim, there has been an “unjustified, outlier price an older antibiotic, and then hiked its price increase” on a long-available or generic by 5,000 percent. drug, her campaign said. Soon afterward, Clinton presented a gen- “Over the past year, we’ve seen far too eral plan to lower prescription drug costs, many examples of drug companies raising including allowing Medicare to negotiate prices excessively for long-standing, life-sav- drug prices and demand higher rebates for ing treatments with little or no new innova- prescription drugs. tion or R&D,” Clinton said in a statement. Her plan would also include caps on If Clinton defeats Republican rival Donald monthly and annual out-of-pocket costs Trump in the Nov. 8 election, she would for patients with chronic or serious health need the support of the US Congress to conditions. It aims to prohibit manufactur- implement key measures of her proposal, ers from paying generic drugmakers to which follows a broader plan to rein in drug delay launching their cheaper products, prices that she announced a year ago. and would eliminate corporate writeoffs for direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical Small number of companies advertising. Even though her latest plan would likely affect a small number of companies, it could A “bold idea” be difficult to get Republican lawmakers on Dr. Peter Bach, the director of a nonparti- board, Morningstar analyst Damien Conover san health policy research group at New said, adding that a “Republican Congress York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer would push back hard on this.” Center, said Clinton’s announcement on FREDERICK, MARYLAND: This March 2016 handout photo provided by the US Army shows US soldiers as they practice applying a junctional tourni- Clinton’s campaign cited Turing Friday was a “flag” for drug manufacturers quet during training at Fort Detrick. — AFP Pharmaceuticals LLC’s raising the price of its that her administration would notice and AIDS drug Daraprim (pyrimethamine) and respond to steep price hikes. Mylan NV’s repeated steep price increases “It’s a response to the broader industry US Army gives combat medics on EpiPen for severe allergy sufferers as phenomenon of generating added profits “troubling” examples of price hikes that have by raising the price of drugs for which there attracted bipartisan congressional scrutiny. is no competition,” Bach said, saying the Conover said Clinton’s plan to address campaign was focusing on a “sub-category” new type of tourniquet unjustified price hikes is less of a concern to of manufacturers that had not invested the drug industry than her pledge last year heavily in developing a drug. to reduce drug prices overall. Drugmakers Bach said he was contacted by the WASHINGTON: Throughout the history of The first recorded combat use of a junctional According to West, as many as 93 percent of have said that lowering or limiting drug Clinton campaign about his work on drug modern warfare, countless wounded fighters tourniquet was in Afghanistan in 2014, when US troops currently survive being wounded in prices would hamper their ability to invest in pricing but had not advised the campaign in have been saved from bleeding to death by US and Afghan medics saved a young Afghan combat, a record up from 84 percent in Vietnam research and lead to fewer new therapies. a formal capacity. — Reuters tourniquets-the straps or ties that wrap around National Army soldier who had been shot by and 80 percent in World War II. a damaged limb and staunch hemorrhaging. insurgents. The bullet lodged high in his upper The US military gained wide experience in But what if a soldier is shot through the pelvis, thigh, likely severing a femoral artery, a loca- Afghanistan and Iraq, where shrapnel and gun- or in the armpit, where a tourniquet would be tion where a normal tourniquet would have lit- shots accounted for about three-quarters of of no use? tle effect. battlefield wounds, according to a study in the Militaries the world over have grappled with By inflating one of the junctional tourniquet’s Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. the question for decades, and the issue took on bladders over the wound, medics stemmed the After regular tourniquets were given to all US new urgency during the US-led wars in Iraq and blood loss, and he ultimately survived. “The soldiers in 2005, the rate of deaths from hemor- Afghanistan. Now the US Army has found an junctional tourniquet is a way to see how can we rhaging dropped 23.3 per year to just 3.5 per answer. The service currently is training and save more lives,” said the Army’s new surgeon year, the study said, and Army officials hope equipping its combat medics with a new device, general, Lieutenant General Nadja West. junctional tourniquets will reduce numbers still called a junctional tourniquet. further. But nearly a quarter of combat deaths It looks a bit like a belt, but comes with two Improving outcomes are still considered potentially survivable, inflatable bladders that can be pumped up to Regular tourniquets had gone in and out of according to the study that focused on 4,596 put pressure over a wound, even in locations vogue among battlefield medics over the years, fatalities between 2001 and 2011. In nine cases where a traditional tourniquet would be ineffec- West noted. Their use was sometimes ques- out of 10, these avoidable deaths were due to tive. “Exsanguination (bleeding to death) is the tioned because, if badly applied, they can dam- massive blood loss. most common cause of potentially survivable age nerves or tissues on a wounded limb. The US military has also spent millions devel- death for wounded warfighters,” said Ellen Now the US Army teaches its combat soldiers oping a novel solution to battlefield bleeding. Crown, a spokeswoman for the US Army to correctly use tourniquets. “They are usually Called XStat, the technology is essentially a Medical Materiel Agency. the ones that are right beside their buddies large syringe-like applicator filled with 92 small, The junctional tourniquet is designed so “a when something happens,” West said. “If they tablet-shaped sponges. The sponges are inject- person can position it in under a minute-a cru- are in the vehicle that is hit by an IED (bomb), ed directly into a wound, expanding and cial factor for combat medics who only have they may or may not have a medic on that vehi- swelling to fill the cavity after approximately 20 mere minutes to save a fellow warfighter’s life if cle, but a survivor who can put a tourniquet on seconds upon contact with water from blood or RENO, NEVADA: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greeting a crowd he or she is hemorrhaging.” within minutes.” bodily fluid. — AFP after a campaign event on August 25, 2016. — AFP WHAT’S ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

GRAND HYPER expands in Kuwait with 8th store in Khaitan

ne among Middle East retail major Marketing & Business Development Manager ular supply of freshly baked Arab and French and international shopping experience all so-favorable condition prevailing, we could Grand Hyper has further expanded its Mr. Sanin Wasim and several high-ranking breads and patisserie. The store also aims to under one roof.” Dr. Ameen said that Regency make inroads in to new markets while Opresence in the state of Kuwait by officials from various government depart- provide shoppers with variety of products Group has identified numerous growth strengthening in our existing markets. opening its latest hypermarket in Khaitan in ments and representatives from local busi- and exciting offers that one can enjoy all opportunities for its retail brand Grand Explaining the group’s strategy in retailing, the Farwaniya Governorate. The UAE head ness communities. throughout the year. GRAND HYPER promises Hyper. In addition to the hypermarkets that Mr. Thehaseer Ali, General Manager, Kuwait, quartered Regency group’s 8th Hypermarket Located at Trio Mall in the densely popu- the convenience of everything under one are in the pipeline, Regency Group is in the said, “Our newest venture in Kuwait is in line in Kuwait was officially inaugurated by lated Khaitan area, this new 25,000 sq.ft. roof along with International shopping ambi- final stages of negotiations to open several with our policy to go closer to our customers Sheikh Dawood Dawood Salman Al Sabah Grand hypermarket features an extensive ence that rivals the best in the world. more hypermarkets across Kuwait and and offer an unmatched experience with and Mr. Nizar Al Oraifan. fruit and vegetable market, with the freshest Commenting on the opening of the new upcoming opening- a 20,000 sq ft hypermar- regard to quality of products, standard of Grand Hyper Kuwait Chairman, Mr. Jassim produce exclusively flown in from around the store Dr. Anvar Ameen, Managing Director, ket, is set to open in the last quarter of this service and pricing. In fact, we are planning to Mohamed Khamees Al Sharrah did the initial globe, offering uncompromised quality stan- Regency Group for Corporate Management year in Mehaboola Residential Area. open more outlets in this country as well as sale handing over to Dr. Anvar Ameen, dards. The group’s own sourcing centres in said “It gives us immense joy in opening our Mr. Ayyoob Kachery, Regional Director- other GCC nations and a few other markets.” Managing Director-Regency Group and India, China, Turkey, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri eighth outlet in Kuwait as this new store will Grand Hyper Kuwait said “Our vision at Grand The Group has a strong presence in coun- Grand Hyper in the presence of Mr. Lanka and Europe, devoid of middle men, make us more accessible and closer to our hyper is to be the first choice of customer by tries UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and India. Aboobacker Mohammed- Executive Director, ensure the finest quality inventory at the consumers at Kuwait. We have witnessed an setting high standards of customer satisfac- With a view to enhance retail market seg- Mr. NV Mohammed- Director, Grand Hyper fairest prices. The department store houses overall growth in the retail segment in the tion. We at Grand are committed to provide ment and tap growing retail potential in the Kuwait Director Mr. Ayyoob Kachery, Dr. all major brands of garments, electronics, GCC countries and particularly in Kuwait. The values to stake holders, employees and busi- GCC and Africa, the Group has focused its Abdul Fathah, CEO Mr. Mohammed Suneer, household, toys, stationeries and accessories. consumers have accepted the concept of ness partners. Mr. Suneer, Chief Executive expansion plans in North Africa and Far East General Manager Mr Thehaseer Ali, Moreover, the in-house bakery ensures a reg- hypermarkets which provide convenience officer of Grand Hyper said, “Despite the not- Asian countries by 2017. WHAT’S ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The Cancer Aware Nation (CAN) campaign resumed its activities with a drawing contest for children. The theme was to draw anything promoting a healthy lifestyle. A large number of kids participated and many prizes were given.

The imagination Bilingual nursery started their new year with a celebration welcoming the new students. Nursery Manager Asma Al-Tayeb was on hand, and made sure things went on smoothly, and provided a very comfortable atmosphere during the entire event. Kuwait Marriott Hotel’s exciting promotions for Eid Al Adha

arriott Hotels in Kuwait are offering their guests exclusive Mdeals on rooms during Eid Al Adha. The exciting array of promotions includes discounted rates on rooms and suites at JW Marriott Kuwait City, Courtyard by Marriott Kuwait City and Residence Inn by Marriott Kuwait City. In addition, the special offer also includes complimentary buffet break- fast, free WIFI, and free meals for chil- dren under 6 years old. To add to the exclusive benefits, guests can enjoy free access to the swimming pool and health club. Free valet parking and shared airport trans- fers will also be available along with early check-in and late check-out, sub- ject to availability. It is also worthy to note that JW Marriott Hotel Kuwait and Courtyard by Marriott Kuwait have direct exclusive entrances to “Salhia” and “Arraya” Shopping Malls, where guests can shop between an array of world-class retail brands. A superb dining experience can be enjoyed at The Terrace Grill restaurant, known to be one of the best steakhous- es in Kuwait. The resturant offers an restaurant which offers a wide array of extensive menu of the finest meat cuts mouth-watering Japanese delicacies. and seafood. Other interesting cuisines Moreover, Blendz restaurant, located can be tried at the Japanese Kei restau- at the lobby of Residence Inn by rant offering sushi and Teppanyaki. The Marriott Kuwait City, offers its guests a “During this special time, friends and sified offerings. On behalf of Kuwait much-celebrated Indian restaurant Soul unique flavor of modern recipes in a families unite over good food and enter- Marriott team, I would like to wish and Spice in Courtyard by Marriott is very relaxed ambience making it a per- tainment to celebrate Eid. We spare no everyone a wonderful and blessed Eid,” well known for serving flavorsome fect place to spend time with family efforts in ensuring that all our guests are said George Aoun, Cluster General Indian dishes, in addition to Sushi and friends. well served and satisfied with our diver- Manager of Kuwait Marriott Hotels. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 TV PROGRAMS

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(C 5210) MECHANIC: RESURRECTION 3:15 PM KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS 6:30 PM SKIPTRACE 1:45 PM HANDS OF STONE 12:45 AM KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS 5:15 PM MECHANIC: RESURRECTION 8:45 PM AKIRA- HINDI 4:00 PM 3-9-2016 KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS 7:30 PM MECHANIC: RESURRECTION 10:45 PM HELL OR HIGH WATER 7:15 PM AL-KOUT.4 MECHANIC: RESURRECTION 9:45 PM MECHANIC: RESURRECTION 12:45 AM SKIPTRACE 9:30 PM MECHANIC: RESURRECTION 11:30 AM Old name: Shaikh Imam HELL OR HIGH WATER 12:05 AM SKIPTRACE 11:45 PM BLOOD FATHER 2:00 PM Saheb, surname: Shaikh FANAR-4 JANATHA GARAGE - Telugu 4:00 PM MUHALAB-1 BLOOD FATHER 11:30 AM BLOOD FATHER 4:00 PM Madar, Passport No: JANATHA GARAGE - Telugu 7:15 PM HANDS OF STONE 11:30 AM BLOOD FATHER 1:30 PM MECHANIC: RESURRECTION 6:00 PM P0377626, date of birth: 01- HANDS OF STONE 1:45 PM BLOOD FATHER 3:30 PM JANATHA GARAGE - Telugu 10:30 PM MECHANIC: RESURRECTION 8:00 PM 01-1954, place of birth: HANDS OF STONE 4:00 PM BLOOD FATHER 5:30 PM SKIPTRACE 10:00 PM Bhagam Palli, A.P., Civil ID No. 360º 1 MECHANIC: RESURRECTION 12:15 AM MECHANIC: RESURRECTION 6:15 PM BLOOD FATHER 7:30 PM 254101101142. 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JZR 776 Jeddah 12:15 AXB 890 Mangalore/Bahrain 10:55 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 KAC 381 Delhi 22:25 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 MEA 404 Beirut 11:00 JZR 125 Bahrain 22:15 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:30 JZR 561 Sohag 11:25 AIC 975 Chennai/Goa 22:25 FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 KAC 345 Ahmedabad 22:55 JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 BBC 143 Dhaka 22:40 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 FDK 801 Damascus 12:15 JZR 185 Dubai 22:55 FDK 802 Damascus 13:15 GFA 220 Bahrain 23:00 FDB 075 Dubai 12:25 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:05 MSC 402 Alexandria 13:30 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:00 MSC 401 Alexandria 12:30 RBG 555 Alexandria 23:15 FEG 934 Sohag 13:55 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:05 JZR 241 Amman 12:30 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 QTR 1083 Doha 23:20 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 FDB 071 Dubai 23:35 THY 767 Istanbul 14:10 KAC 411 Bangkok/Manila 23:25 FEG 953 Asyut 12:55 KLM 411 Amsterdam/Dammam 23:40 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 RBG 556 Alexandria 23:55 stars34 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

CROSSWORD 1364 STAR TRACK

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

You may be enjoying a luncheon today with people that are within your You make every effort today to replenish your relationship with the people spiritual group. Although you may not recognize that you have intuition, it is strong and around you through loving acts. By doing this, you teach your friends or young people the you often use it in helping others. You are sensitive, kind and gentle. You are a romantic ways in which to deepen and maintain relationships. A new cycle begins a greater than too, with a tender heart. You always work for a real future, doing what has to be done. usual interest in social connections and the arts-on a more intellectual level than in the You love all that is musical and artistic. Today, you and a friend or relative may decide to past. You have a definite purpose with a definite plan this day. There is an opportunity to do some recording of a piece of music, a story, the voice of some young people in your attend a play or just hang out at home and play card or board games. Good sportsman- family or a song for a wedding. Whatever the case, you and this friend or relative enjoy ship can be taught to the young and others may make this a time to catch up on the activ- the interaction that comes of just being with each other. There is a natural appreciation ities of friends or family. This afternoon a favorite eating place may be next. A relaxed for the past that stands out today as you enjoy these activities. atmosphere and plenty of food and friends or family ends a fun day.

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

Laughter and plenty of sharing come into play today as you interact with A new animal or a visiting animal could have the whole house full of people friends and family. There is a lot of eagerness to move into the day with some fun activi- laughing and telling about the antics of a past childhood experience. This ty. No one activity particularly is on your mind so you enjoy moving where the crowd little critter could be an opossum, skunk or a snake. It is not often strange animals grace takes you . . . Or in this case, where the family wants to go. A fishing trip with a ride on a one’s presence and today is just one of those days. No person is really disturbed over the neighbor’s boat or perhaps a trip to the aquarium, or the zoo will do. The best part is visit, just a little leery, and looking up in an encyclopedia the type of animal that has been just being with people that you love. For a time today, you will feel free and easy and seen brings about a whole topic of fun conversation. You may feel especially kind toward not care to think about work or responsibilities. It may be a few weeks or a couple of a friend or loved one today. You may decide that now is the time to get this friend or loved months before a day like today can be repeated so you enjoy your day and you love cre- one interested in some new clothes, new style or some other change that would help the ating the opportunity for others to feel exhilarated. self-esteem. Your mate may decide to cook a delightful meal this evening.

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

You may be very focused on your own activity today. You are in the mood It is a super day for travel. Also, good news comes from a trusted friend. to read or dive into some hobby. Make a list of the things you want to Your improved powers of concentration will help you to plan and focus for some interesting future events. Others are willing to listen to what you have to say today ACROSS foot while ascending or descending a stair- achieve so that you do not become scattered and forget the important things you want to accomplish this day. You enjoy opening up your living quarters to get fresh air and and getting your message across will be successful. Your timing should be perfect and 1. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted way. may take notice of things you had not noticed before. This is a good time to reshape those around you should find you most spontaneous. If your friend says she or he is capti- by the anterior pituitary. 4. A person who holds religious beliefs in and renew your philosophy or religion-your books can be rather deep. There are break- vated by a certain person, you may want to encourage your friend to take a bit more time 5. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond conflict with the dogma of the Roman throughs in understanding some difficult dilemma. This is a time when the new and before deciding on any changes to their personal life. A chemical reaction by you or your friend could be mistaken for love. Expect to succeed in any changes you are making now- the norm. Catholic Church. unexpected may figure in your living situation or surroundings. An insight about your support system, your mother or other females may be important at this time. purchase of a chair or the advancement of a job. 12. A federal agency established to regulate 5. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar the release of new foods and health-related to but larger than a mouse. products. 6. (Babylonian) The sky god. 7. English theoretical physicist who applied ) 15. The piece of land on which something is Cancer (June 21-July 22 Capricorn (December 22-January 19) relativity theory to quantum mechanics and located (or is to be located). predicted the existence of antimatter and This is a time to think about the things that slow your progress and list This is a busy day and one might find you huffing and puffing often. You can 16. (linguistics) Belonging to the class of the positron (1902-1984). them one by one. One way to break a habit is to recognize that there is a get more done than the average person and some things you have been nouns that denote living beings. 8. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a habit that needs breaking. Writing this habit down and thinking about the triggers to putting off are included in your rush to ready yourself for the week ahead. Do be careful, the repeat of the habit may help to bring the habit to an end. It only takes three days to 17. A human limb. mosque. however, not to break some prized possession while you are rushing around. Later, this 18. South American armadillo with three start a habit but much longer to stop a habit. Purchasing some new shelf paper for a evening, you will be able to relax with friends or a loved one in a quiet place. This after- 9. A block of solid substance (such as soap particular area that will match your wall color better might be fun and will help you to noon is a good time to write out a list for the personal things you want to accomplish next bands of bony plates. or wax). better organize. You feel good about your progress and may decide it is time to relax week. Some of the most important things to put on that list would be the appointments 19. Large brightly crested bird of Africa. 10. (music) Characterized by avoidance of with a friend or loved one. You will want to enjoy yourself. Romance is very possible. that need to be scheduled so you or your family members get regular checkups-including 20. The sense organ for hearing and equilib- traditional Western tonality. There is a basic drive to appreciate and taste life. Short travel is also possible. the family pet. You teach through your actions. rium. 11. A zodiacal constellation in northern 21. A small zodiacal constellation in the hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) northern hemisphere. 12. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic Leo (July 23-August 22) 23. A primeval personification of air and insect noted for ability to leap. Your inner emotions are accented. You learn to keep a positive frame of Travel, education and other ways to add to your experiences in life open 13. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hear- mind by asking yourself, if someone could hear your thoughts, would that breath. new doors of opportunity for you. Religious, philosophical and cultural matters are like- ing wholly or in part. person be pleased this will help you to begin a new habit of creating positive thought pat- 25. An adrenal-cortex hormone (trade ly to have a special appeal as well. Only someone with your self-reliance could combine terns. Energy follows thought-think positive. You can expect a sense of support and good- 14. A city in northern India. the two and be successful in missionary work or charity drives. Someone nice says to let names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active will from those around you. Correct choices for you may seem a more difficult path than 22. A toxic nonmetallic element related to others entertain you for a while-and you do. There is much that is also physical-exercise in carbohydrate and protein metabolism. for others, but you can do it. Relax; a cycle of nostalgia begins soon and there is an empha- sulfur and tellurium. is in order-perhaps a bicycle ride in the park this evening. Viewing the clutter in your 26. Title for a civil or military leader (espe- sis on a sense of roots. Family, home, relatives and real estate play a bigger part in your life. neighborhood, you may decide it is time to create a catchy phrase to encourage people 24. Used of men. Phone calls and letters are underway this evening. Pamper yourself-set aside some time to cially in Turkey). to help keep the neighborhood clean. Your emotions and the emotions of those 27. A sharp projection on an edge or sur- share a massage with someone you love. 30. Baby bed with high sides. face. around you are quite clear. This evening is a good time; laugh with the family. 34. A reflex that expels wind noisily from the 28. Area around the altar of a church for the stomach through the mouth. clergy and choir. Virgo (August 23-September 22) 37. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829). 29. Divulge information or secrets. Pisces (February 19-March 20) 39. The emotion of hate. 31. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having You have a fine sense of appreciation and are very attentive to your loved 40. 100 avos equal 1 pataca. small white flowers. You are awake early this morning. Here is the ability to ground and make spiritual ideas a practical matter, bringing them down to earth and into everyday life. ones. You love to help and take care of others, expressing a first-rate sense of compassion. 43. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by 32. A college town in central New York on You will be working with spirituality and unity. You could be teaching a class in spiritual You possess an almost infinite ability to respond to the needs and demands of others. sailors to hold their clothing and other gear. Lake Cayuga. matters. The energies are right for an increase in interest for what you have to teach Your love of truth makes philosophy and religious ideas a life-long habit. You appreciate 46. An imaginary elephant that appears in a 33. Regret strongly. and some of the young people you are with today may request your wisdom in helping things of a global or universal level and you enjoy travel. You may even have time today to series of French books for children. 35. A member of the Tungus speaking peo- them with science or math. Plans can be arranged with parents. When it comes to psy- chat with little group you enjoy visiting on the internet. Lovely words and a flair for description are entertaining as you listen to people talk of the last vacation and the dan- 48. An adherent of any branch of Taoism. ple of Mongolian race who are a nomadic chology, you have great understanding and can achieve insight easily as you interact people widely spread over eastern Siberia. with others. You enjoy searching and defining points for education. You may enjoy a ger or fun when they took a chance on some ride or explored some cave. You are artistic 49. In an insane manner. big get-together with friends later this afternoon. in many ways and while listening you may draw pictures. 51. The basic unit of money in Macao. 36. Any of various perennial South American 53. Jordan's port. plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish- 54. An interpreter and guide in the Near Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution orange flowers. East. 38. Being or befitting or characteristic of an 56. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on infant. a skewer usually with vegetables. 41. How long something has existed. 58. A radioactive element of the actinide 42. (informal) Exceptionally good. series. 44. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind 59. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts and raisins and almonds. of Chad. 45. An organism (especially a bacterium) 62. Capable of being attained or accom- that does not require air or free oxygen to plished. live. 67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made 47. With rapid movements. from aba cloth. 50. Departing or being caused to depart 68. (poetic) "the orient sun" n 1. from the true vertical or horizontal. 71. United States conductor (born in Japan 52. A yellow quartz. in 1935). 55. Disparaging terms for the common peo- 72. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or ple. tall hill. 57. A nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank. 73. A female bound to serve without wages. 60. In bed. 75. (Irish) The sea personified. 61. The (prehensile) extremity of the superi- 76. A condition (mostly in boys) character- or limb. ized by behavioral and learning disorders. 63. Scottish chemist noted for his research 77. Overfull as with blood. into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 78. A unit of length equal to one thousandth 1907). of an inch. 64. Any of various aromatic resinous sub- stances used for healing and soothing. DOWN 65. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza. 1. (Old Testament) The second patriarch. 66. A British peer ranking below a Marquess 2. An oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used and above a Viscount. against serious bacterial infections of the 69. The capital and largest city of Japan. skin or respiratory tract of urinary tract or 70. Resonance of protons to radiation in a bones or joints. magnetic field. 3. Support consisting of a place to rest the 74. That is to say.

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Nova (Rutina Wesley, “True Blood”) is a fiery journalist and activist. Charley (Dawn-Lyen Gardner, “Unforgettable”) is the wife and no-nonsense manager of an This Aug 13, 2012 NBA star. Ralph Angel (Kofi Siriboe, file photo shows “Awkward”) is a devoted young father with members of The a criminal past. The series, which premieres Fray, from left, on OWN network Tuesday and Wednesday Joe King, Ben at 10 p.m. EDT, is based on the novel by Wysocki, Isaac Natalie Baszile, and is executive produced Slade and Dave by Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay (the File photo shows director Ava Duvernay Welsh on NBC’s acclaimed filmmaker of the Oscar-nominat- poses for photographers on the red carpet ‘Today’ show in ed “Selma” and a new documentary, “The for the film Selma at the 2015 Berlinale New. — AP 13th”), who is also the series’ creator as well Film Festival in Berlin. — AP photos as one of its writers and directors. Here, in Truth from fiction edited remarks, is what DuVernay and her Gardner:“Ava is incredibly loyal and com- three stars had to say recently about mitted to story,” Dawn-Lyen Gardner said. “She really is interested not just in turning 2 Fray members get writing credit “Queen Sugar”: Why this project? out episodes - she is dedicated to the truth DuVernay: “I love good family dramas,” of story, to the truth of character, to the truth said DuVernay. “Not super plot-driven, but of a world that our show is creating.” character-driven stories. And I thought, Rutina Wesley: “Ava’s very detailed in on Chainsmokers’ No.1 hit ‘Gosh, I wish I could see that with some her work, as we see in her films, so she just black folk.’” A while back, Winfrey handed brought that right to TV. She creates such wo members of the rock band The Fray are and Alex Pall. The EDM duo’s other hits are “Don’t Both “Stay With Me” and “Uptown Funk” won her Baszile’s novel to read on holiday. a safe environment, and her intention - now credited as co-writers on The Let Me Down,” “Roses” and “Selfie.” “Closer” was record of the year at the Grammy Awards in “Oprah sent me to Maui,” DuVernay not just about the show, but the way that TChainsmokers’ No. 1 smash, “Closer.” When also co-written by Taggart, Shaun Frank, Frederic 2015 and 2016, respectively. Most famously last laughed, “and I ended up with work.” The we’re gonna create it - is so strong that it it was released this summer, “Closer” drew com- Kennett and Halsey, who sings on the track. “Over year, a jury awarded Marvin Gaye’s children $7.4 book - up close and personal, yet broad in guides everything.” parisons to The Fray’s 2005 hit, “Over My Head My Head” peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot million after finding Robin Thicke and Pharrell’s scope - sparked the series she had always Kofi Siriboe: “It seems so personal, the (Cable Car).” Now, the listing for “Closer” on the 100. Last year Sam Smith gave Tom Petty and Jeff “Blurred Lines” copied their father’s hit “Got to wanted to see. “Charley is dealing with her story she wants to tell and what she wants website for performance rights organization Lynne writing credit on his mega-hit “Stay With Give It Up.” A judge later cut the verdict to $5.3 family in the South while she’s pursuing a people to get from it.” “We’re making sure ASCAP includes Fray lead singer Isaac Slade and Me” after some said it sounded like Petty’s 1989 million. The Fray, who had hits with “How to Save professional life in Los Angeles. With Ralph every character has a life,” DuVernay guitarist Joe King. A representative for The Fray song, “I Won’t Back Down.” Mark Ronson and a Life” and “You Found Me,” also includes Dave Angel, what a great opportunity to get to agreed. “We’re ‘pretending life,’ so we have confirmed that Slade and King are co-writers of Bruno Mars did the same thing last year for their Welsh and Ben Wysocki. The Denver-based band know a formerly incarcerated black man - to approximate the human condition. “Closer.” Reps for ASCAP and The Chainsmokers worldwide hit “Uptown Funk” - they extended will kick off a North American tour Oct. 15 and the second-class citizens we make them. Within the epic, what is the intimate wouldn’t comment. credit to the five writers of Gap Band’s 1979 hit will release the album, “Through the Years: The And in this incredible Black Lives Matter moment that makes it matter?” The Chainsmokers include Andrew Taggart “Oops Upside Your Head” because of similarities. Best of The Fray,” on Nov 4. — AP moment, which I think parallels in so many ways the civil rights movement, it’s incredi- Everyone mirrored ble to have a character in Nova who Gardner: “The series is so generous with embodies that spirit. “I fell in love with the sharing very specific cultural realities and possibilities.” cultural nuances, and I think in that speci- ficity people are going to see themselves, Growing possibilities see something universal. The series shares DuVernay first envisioned “Queen Sugar” these very intimate details and dynamics as an 8-episode limited series. Then it grew that people who aren’t African-American to 13 episodes. Then it was picked up for a maybe wouldn’t be privy to. But once they 16-episode second season, with no end in experience it, I think they will recognize it.” sight. One challenge for DuVernay in “Just watch it with open eyes,” said Siriboe, adapting to open-ended series TV: keeping “and if you can’t see yourself, then see your audiences hooked from week to week - or mother, your sister, your uncle. Just see the even during each commercial break. “Most people around you in this world that you people aren’t going to walk out of a the- usually would just walk by. Watch it from ater, but it’s really easy for them to turn to here” - he tapped his chest - “and you’ll get another channel,” she noted. “I knew there something from it.” “We experience those had to be heightened moments which are stories through actors who don’t look like probably bigger than I usually do. I had to us and don’t share our experience - and yet find the humanity within the more melo- we still sink into the story,” DuVernay said. dramatic moments, and it was important to “People of color have been doing that for- find actors that could bring reality to situa- ever! “Why don’t people who AREN’T of col- tions that might otherwise feel hyper-real. or try it for a little while?” proposed the “But I’m really married to this project,” she auteur of this equal-opportunity new series. added. “I have story ideas for Season 4!” “Come join us!”— AP Lena Dunham apologizes to NFL star Odell Beckham Jr ena Dunham is apologizing to New Fans accompany the hearse carrying the urn (on top) containing the ashes of Mexican singer- York Giants wide receiver Odell songwriter Juan Gabriel as it arrives at Ciudad Juarez in Chihuahua state, Mexico. (Inset) Fans LBeckham Jr for making “narcissistic accompany the hearse carrying the urn (on top) containing the ashes of Mexican singer-song- assumptions” about his motivations in writer Juan Gabriel.—AFP photos an article published Friday her Lenny Letter. In a discussion with Amy Schumer about the most recent Met Gala, Dunham said she was seated near Ashes of singer Juan Beckham, who she claimed was looking at his cellphone instead of her because he found her sexually unappealing. Gabriel arrive in Mexico Dunham apologized Saturday on her social media accounts, saying she project- he ashes of legendary Mexican singer with the same people.” Authorities estimated latest tour. One of the most important com- ed her personal insecurities onto the foot- Juan Gabriel arrived in Ciudad Juarez more than 40,000 people attended the com- posers and singers of the Spanish-speaking ball star and presented them as facts. She Saturday from the United States, where memoration in Ciudad Juarez. In Mexico City world, Gabriel wrote some 1,800 songs, all regis- T said she and Beckham have never met he lived and died last week at the age of 66. opposite the Palacio de las Bellas Artes-the tered under his given name Alberto Aguilera and, “after listening to a lot of valid criti- Tens of thousands of people gathered on the country’s major cultural center-followers have Valadez. An old-school idol some liken to cism” understands that it is wrong to Mexican side of the border city where the ashes improvised a memorial and a national tribute to Mexico’s Elvis Presley, he was a balladeer and a ascribe misogynistic thoughts to a were delivered to his house on 16 de the singer is slated for today. movie star who held on through decades of In this file photo, Lena Dunham stranger. Beckham has not acknowledged Septiembre avenue-and sang one of his The singer, known as the “Divo of Juarez,” artistry. He had a star on the Hollywood Walk of arrives at the 32nd Annual Paleyfest : Dunham’s original comments or apology emblematic songs that includes the lyrics: “So died of a heart attack last Sunday at his home in Fame, and was still on the list of music industry “Girls” held at The Dolby Theatre in on his social media accounts. — AP I’m still in the usual place, in the same city and Santa Monica, California during a break in his high-earners thanks to his touring. — AFP Los Angeles. —AP Venice Film Review: Mel Gibson’s ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ el Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge,” which pre- that was a serious attempt to grapple with the as a filmmaker, is having his bloody cake and eat- such landmarks of combat cinema as “Saving miered yesterday at the 73rd stakes of Christ’s sacrifice; and “Apocalypto,” a ing it too-but the less cynical (and more accu- Private Ryan,” “Platoon,” or “Full Metal Jacket,” isn’t MInternational Venice Film Festival, is a fanciful but mesmerizing Mayan adventure rate) way to put it might be that “Hacksaw Ridge” simply an immersive war film. It is also a carefully brutally effective, bristlingly idiosyncratic com- steeped to the bone in the ambiguous allure of has been conceived and presented as a ritual of carpentered drama of moral struggle that, for its bat saga-the true story of a man of peace caught violence. renunciation. The film stands on its own (if you’d first hour, almost feels like it could have been up in the inferno of the Second World War. It’s never heard of Mel Gibson, it would work just made in the 1950s. It’s a movie that spells out its the first movie Gibson has directed since Reality of violence themes with a kind of user-friendly homespun “Apocalypto,” 10 years ago (a film he’d already Like those two movies, “Hacksaw Ridge” is the clarity. We see Desmond as a boy, growing up in shot before the scandals that engulfed him), and work of a director possessed by the reality of vio- the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia with a this November, when it opens and has a good lence as an unholy yet unavoidable truth. The drunken, violent father and a mother he’s driven chance to become a player during awards sea- film takes its title from a patch of battleground in to protect. Early on, Desmond gets into a fight son, it will likely prove the first film in a decade Japan, at the top of a 100-foot cliff, that’s all mud with his brother and hits him in the head with a that marks his re-entry into the heart of the and branches and bunkers and foxholes, and brick, and that incident, which leaves him reeling industry. Yet to say that “Hacksaw Ridge” finally where the fight, when it arrives (one hour into in sorrow and guilt, is the film’s version of one of Director Mel Gibson attends the photocall leaves the Gibson scandals behind isn’t quite the movie), is cataclysmic in the terrifying shock those events that, in an old Hollywood movie, of the movie “Hacksaw Ridge” presented right; it has been made in their shadow. On some and gruesomeness of its horror. Against the non- form the cornerstone a person’s character. out of competition at the 73rd Venice Film not-so-hard-to-read level, the film is conceived stop clatter of machine-gun fire, hand grenades It seems, perhaps, a bit pat, but as soon as Festival yesterday at Venice Lido. and presented as an act of atonement. explode with random force, blowing off limbs Demond grows up and Andrew Garfield starts It should be obvious by now that the ques- and blasting bodies in two, and fire is every- and the film salutes and exalts not merely his playing him, the actor, all aw-shucks modesty tion of whether we can separate a popular actor where, erupting from the bombs and the tips of courage but his whole withdrawal from violence. and lanky charm, wins us over to seeing or filmmaker’s off-screen life from his on-screen flame-throwers. Bullets rip through helmets and There really was a Desmond Doss, and the film Director Mel Gibson (left) and actor Andrew Desmond as country boy of captivating convic- art doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all answer. Every chests, and half-dead soldiers sprawl on the sticks scrupulously close to the facts of his story. Garfield attend the photocall of the movie tion. He knows nothing about girls, yet woos a instance is different. In the case of Mel Gibson, ground, their guts hanging out like hamburger. “Hacksaw Ridge”. lovely local nurse (Teresa Palmer) with a fum- what we saw a number of years ago-first in his Yet at the center of this modern hell of machine- Heart of its design bling sincerity that wins her over, and when the anti-Semitic comments, then in leaked record- tooled chaos and pain, there is Desmond Doss Yet at the heart of its design, there is some- fine), yet there’s no point in denying that it also the war arrives, he enlists, just like his brother, ings of his phone conversations-wasn’t simply (Andrew Garfield), a soldier who refuses to carry thing overtly programmatic about “Hacksaw works on the level of Gibsonian optics-that it because he feels he has no choice not to. That “objectionable” thoughts, but a rage that sug- a gun because it is against his values. He’s a con- Ridge”-a movie that asks the audience to speaks, on some spiritual-metaphorical level, to difficult father of his is played by Hugo gested he had a temperament of emotional vio- scientious objector who acts as a medic. Yet immerse itself in the violent madness of war and, the troubles that have defined him that he’s now Weaving, who makes him a complex man: a lence, one that reverberated throughout his two because he’s as devoted to serving in the war as at the same time, that roots its drama in the making a bid to transcend. hard case who tries to keep his family in line most prominent films as a director: “The Passion he is to never firing a bullet, he isn’t just caring impeccable moral valor of a man who, by the Will audiences, and the powers of Hollywood, with the belt, and even the pistol, but he’s also a of the Christ,” a sensational and, in many quar- for soldiers. He’s on the front lines, in the thick of grace of his own spirit, refuses to have anything now meet him halfway? One reason the likely veteran of World War I who is desperate to keep ters, unfairly disdained religious psychodrama the thick of it, without a weapon to protect him, to do with violence. You could argue that Gibson, answer is “yes” is that “Hacksaw Ridge,” unlike his sons alive. — Reuters lifestyle MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 FEATURES

Two bulls pulling a cart as they compete in a “Makepung” or bull race with domestic water buffaloes in Jembrana Two bulls pulling a cart in a “Makepung” or bull race, with domestic water buffaloes in Jembrana. district on Bali island. — AFP photos Bali’s buffalo racers battle to keep tradition alive

earing crowns and colorful horn cov- they simply don’t have much choice. erings, the buffaloes haul wooden Somebody needs to preserve the tradition.” Wcarts at high speed past paddy fields Nowadays younger people tend to leave on Bali, with the racers aboard cracking whips Jembrana once they have reached adoles- in a bid to push their beasts on to victory. cence in search of better education in cities, Hundreds of spectators cheer from the side- and community elders complain that those lines, hoping their team will come out on top in the annual festival on the Indonesian island reminiscent of chariot racing. The buffalo rac- ing, known as “Makepung”, pits two farming communities against each other in western Jembrana district, in a tradition that marks the rice harvesting season. A world away from the popular tourist hangouts further south on the island, the races are an awe-inspiring spectacle that see partici- pants stand on speeding carts with flags flut- tering from the top, as two buffaloes pull each of the rudimentary vehicles. But the races, which have been held annu- ally for decades, are falling out of favor-regular competitors are now elderly and few of the younger villagers are keen to take up the sport. “I am old now, and there is no new gen- eration,” said Kadek Nuraga, 51, who has been racing for the West Ijo Gading community for over 35 years. “Many of the older racers would like to retire, some are already over 60, but

Participants compete in a “Makepung” or bull race with domestic water buffaloes. have even died after tumbling off speeding Decades of tradition with numerous races that each typically see carts. There is such a shortfall of people want- The Makepung tradition started in the one cart from each community hurtling down ing to take part some teams are having to hire 1960s when two communities on either side of a track that measures about 1,500 meters Photo shows the ornamental headdress of a racers, said Komang Hendra, Jembrana the Ijo Gading river took a competitive (5,000 feet). bull about to compete in a “Makepung” or tourism chief. But this costs 100,000 rupiah approach to working their fields, with farmers There are four categories, with buffaloes bull race with domestic water buffaloes. ($7.50) per race, a hefty sum in a country racing each other as they labored. deemed the fastest in the first category. One where many earn the equivalent of two to What started off as a bit of fun evolved into of the communities is declared the winner at who stay are more interested in playing video three dollars a day. a serious competition and now the communi- the end of a day’s racing. While the sport does games than the high-speed buffalo races. One Still for many Jembrana residents the ties field teams each year for the racing sea- not lure tourists in the same numbers as Bali’s of Nuraga’s sons, now aged 27, has already left investment is worthwhile due to the potential son. The season runs from July to November, palm-fringed beaches, each race day usually his village, and he is training his neighbor’s financial gain. The typical prize money for with races roughly every fortnight, and this attracts foreigners, in addition to many locals. teenage son at the weekends so he can take each session of the Makepung race is 25 mil- year involved about 300 water buffaloes. The For most Jembranese, the financial gains are up the reins of the sport in the future. But lion rupiah ($1,900) but that is split among the competitors from the West Ijo Gading team just a bonus and the real attraction is the pres- training a good competitor takes time and the whole winning team, often made up of 1-200 dress in green and adorn their carts with tige.”It’s not actually winning the prize that The ornamental headdress of a bull about older a competitor gets, the easier it is for him people. But the value of a pair of victorious green flags, while those from the East Gading matters-there’s a certain pride and prestige if to compete in a “Makepung” or bull race to fall off a speeding cart, said Makepung chief animals tends to soar on the local market and Team use the color red. you win Makepung,” said tourism chief with domestic water buffaloes. organizer Made Mara. Some veteran racers some can reach prices of 175 million rupiah. A race day usually lasts about five hours, Hendra. —AFP

People watching a giant sandcastle in Duisburg, Germany. The castle was made of 2300 tons of sand. — AP lifestyle MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 FEATURES Renaissance artworks rescued from Italian

quake town Traditionally clad singers, dancers and artists from everal precious works of art “Afrika Mama” perform to from the 15th and 16th cen- a large audience in Sturies have been salvaged Durban during the 2016 from the museum in the small eThekwini Living Legends central Italian town of Amatrice Awards ceremony in which was ravaged by an earth- Durban. The ceremony quake on August 24. The culture seeks to honor those past ministry said the pieces included a and present citizens who painting of the Madonna with Child have diligently dedicated by 16th century Renaissance artist, their time and skills to sculptor and architect Cola uplift communities in the dell’Amatrice, as well as silver political, social and objects from the 15th century. sporting fields. The “The precious works of the muse- awards aims to salute the um and the Holy Shroud of Arquata continuous contribution are now safe,” said Culture Minister that individuals have Dario Franceschini. Nearly 300 peo- inspired local ple died in the quake. Most were communities from Amatrice. —AFP at large. —AFP Beyond the baguette France’s food legacy in Vietnam

A worker prepares bread flour to make breads at “Hoan Boulangerie” An employee prepares a “banh mi” for sale inside Banh Mi Phuc restau- Employees work at “Hoan Boulangerie” workshop in Hanoi. workshop in Hanoi. rant in Hanoi. t has been more than six decades since the shop as the lunchtime rush begins. end of French colonial rule in Vietnam, but She sells hundreds per day and keeps her Iwhen President Francois Hollande arrives menu simple: banh mi served with pate and a this week he’ll struggle to avoid a quintessen- fried egg, beef steak or her very own version tial legacy of his country’s rule: the baguette. of “boeuf au vin” made with local spices. One Smeared with pate and loaded with fresh of her regulars, Nguyen Van Binh, said he has coriander and cucumber, or just enjoyed with been eating banh mi for 50 years, and unlike a pat of fresh butter, “banh mi” are a delicious Hanh, thinks of it as a hybrid dish. “Banh mi symbol of Vietnam’s lasting links with its for- came from France but it was changed and mer occupiers. “The French were very proud of adapted to suit Vietnamese tastes,” said Binh, banh mi. I think French cuisine has had a lot of before digging into his fried egg and pate influence on Vietnamese cuisine,” baker served with a crusty roll. — AFP Nguyen Ngoc Hoan told AFP from his busy boulangerie in Hanoi’s French Quarter. Hoan started baking banh mi-which refers to plain bread or the popular “petit pain” loaded with meat, vegetables or fried egg-in 1987 and five years later got a stint at the bak- ery in the storied Metropole hotel, built by the French at the turn of the 20th century. The sandwich has become a foodie favorite in hip- ster enclaves around the globe, sold from food trucks and sipped with craft beer in both its classic form and a flurry of new varieties. Hoan’s father was also a baker but discour- aged his son from following in his floured foot- steps. “The baking profession chose me, it was not my decision,” Hoan said, speaking in front of a wall of ovens as his workers tirelessly knead dough nearby. He started his career baking what he called Vietnamese bread-airy on the inside, crusty on the outside-but after training with a French baker in Shanghai decided to switch to the denser French-style. Nguyen Van Hoan (first right), 62, baker and owner of “Hoan Boulangerie”, works with his employees at his bakery in Hanoi. — AFP photos Now, he churns out thousands of warm baguettes daily, along with croissants, creme ditions on rubber plantations, while heavily Vietnam”. In the years that followed, meat, Monday for talks with Vietnam’s leadership caramel and homemade pate. taxing citizens during periods of drought and vegetables or fish appeared in the bread pre- and French businessmen. famine. cursors to the modern-day banh mi sold all ‘Petit pain’ Most French who came to Vietnam weren’t over Hanoi, a city rife with French colonial Hybrid cuisine French bread was first made in Vietnam to interested in low-level jobs like baking. To fill architecture, bistros and cafes. Today, Vietnam’s commercial capital Ho Chi feed hungry soldiers in Indochina, France’s the gap, Chinese and Vietnamese worked in Other culinary influences leaked in too. Minh City is dotted with chic cafes serving empire which spanned much of Southeast boulangeries-often hidden away in the back Local cooks used meat scraps and unused croque monsieur and macarons at Paris prices. Asia from 1858 to its crushing defeat in the so customers wouldn’t know who was baking bones from French butchers to create pho-the But the $1 banh mi still rules Hanoi’s street Dien Bien Phu battle in Vietnam in 1954. But their bread. “By 1910, little baguettes or ‘petit national dish of beef or chicken noodle soup, food scene. It is so engrained in Vietnam’s the French became known for more than food, pain’ were sold in the street to (Vietnamese) according to Peters. Coffee and creme caramel culinary culture that few draw its lineage back gaining a brutal reputation for crushing anti- people who were on their way to work,” are some of the other French culinary left- to France. “I don’t know and don’t care imperialist movements and putting according to Erica Peters, food historian and overs. The ubiquity of those influences will not whether it’s French, I just serve it like this,” said A street vendor sits in front of “Hoan Vietnamese laborers to work in grueling con- author of “Appetites and Aspirations in be lost on President Hollande, who arrives late Nguyen Thi Duc Hanh, sitting in front of her Boulangerie” shop in Hanoi.

A woman (left) sits behind her stall of “banh mi” for sale on a street in A man enjoys eating a “banh mi” inside Banh Mi Phuc restaurant in An employee carries plates of baked baguettes at “Hoan Boulangerie” downtown Hanoi. Hanoi. workshop in Hanoi. lifestyle MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 FEATURES

Professional shaman La Thi Tam (right) performing a ‘Len Dong’ dance at a temple in Hanoi.

This picture shows professional shaman La Thi Tam performing a “Len Dong” dance at a temple in Hanoi. —AFP photos Vietnam shamans invoke spirits to cure all that ails

Professional shaman La Thi Tam (center) performing a ‘Len Dong’ dance at a temple in Hanoi. rolonged illness, spiritual possession, enemies, periodically drinking and smoking. Nguyen Ngoc Mai, one of the main research stress over family troubles: Len Dong, or The 50-year-old former folk singer told AFP books on the topic. It was officially banned by PVietnamese shaman dance, posits itself she started practicing Len Dong 15 years ago, communist authorities until the 1980s, dis- as a cure for all ails. The ancient practice-pre- after seeing visions of an ancient ruler’s spirit missed as superstitious or even fraudulent viously restricted by colonial France and in her sleep. Sick for a month and barely able with some fake practitioners seeking populari- Vietnamese authorities-is enjoying a renais- to eat anything, she said she was “crawling ty and riches, but the spirit ceremonies persist- sance in the communist nation as officials ease around the house and uttering weird words”. ed in secret. constraints against it. Practioners promise to Desperate for a cure, she decided to try Len In the late 1980s, spiritual and religious rid followers of evil spirits by using music to Dong but kept it from her policeman husband. practices were given a bit more breathing lure them out, they also pledge to pass on “Science is outstanding, but my (Len Dong) room as the country gradually opened up, messages from the dead to the living. “When ideology is super. This can neither be allowing Len Dong to come out from the Professional shaman La Thi Tam (right) performing a ‘Len Dong’ dance at a temple I’m in service it seems that somebody lets me explained nor imagined,” she told AFP in her shadows. Today, it is quietly tolerated by in Hanoi. in, everything, every word I say, every move I small temple packed with followers. authorities. make, I am not myself anymore,” professional The ancient Vietnamese custom dating “All three of my children practice Len Dong,” es, they would have died,” the 46-year-old told many doubt it is grounded in science, as fol- shaman La Thi Tam told AFP. back to the 13th century involves “calling the said shaman Dao Thi Huong. She feared her AFP. Len Dong can help people under intense lowers believe. Scientific or not, Len Dong fol- In one of her hours-long ceremonies, spirits of the dead into the bodies of the living children inherited so much bad luck from their stress or suffering from minor psychological lowers stand by it. Amateur practitioner draped in heavy silk robes, she dances to to connect past and present,” according to ancestors that they risked early death. “I was disorders, according to Mai’s book. But the Nguyen Thanh Tung explained: “Those who music, brandishing a sword to attack invisible “Len Dong Ceremony: History and Value” by very scared. If they didn’t participate in servic- practice remains shrouded in controversy, and don’t understand may say I am nuts.” — AFP Branching out: Stick sculptor gains global following

he towering, whimsical shapes Patrick Dougherty creates by twisting and Tweaving sticks together have gained him an international following. Now, the artist who lives in a log cabin near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is back in New England to build two more of his almost cartoon-like stick sculp- tures. Since the early 1980s, Dougherty has constructed more than 270 installations around the globe, from Chiba, Japan, and Melbourne, Australia, to Honolulu, Los Angeles and Waco, Texas. “A good sculpture is something that causes Sculptor Patrick Dougherty bends a sapling while constructing a sculptural installation people to have personal associations,” ‘The Wild Rumpus,’ from branches and sticks on the grounds of the Tower Hill Botanic Dougherty said in a recent interview. “It sparks Garden, in Boylston, Mass. — AP all kinds of feelings about things in your own He said his work pays homage to the role of weather degradation. At Tower Hill, life.” His fans agree. sticks in human culture: a child’s affinity for Dougherty’s installation marks the 30th They often say his installations - soaring as play with sticks, or a tribute to our hunter- anniversary of the garden and the 175th high as 30 feet - conjure images of the Garden gatherer past. anniversary of the Worcester Horticultural of Eden, a bird’s nest or a walk in the woods. “Sticks have an honored tradition in human Society, the organization that founded and On Thursday, the artist’s newest installation is development,” he said. “There are still so many oversees Tower Hill. set to be unveiled at the 132-acre Tower Hill cultures around the world that use sticks for As with all of Dougherty’s projects, he uses Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts, basket weaving, fishing and craft traditions.” volunteers and site staff to help collect the where visitors can walk the bucolic grounds Other New England locations that have show- indigenous materials and construct the sculp- that border the Wachusett Reservoir and view ing his creative process. “You want to build a through the spires with varying levels of cased similar stick sculpture art include the tures. Tower Hill volunteer Nancy Degon, 69, the sculpture. piece that seems sympathetic and something height and width, reaching 12 feet toward the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, the from Auburn, Massachusetts, finds the imper- A second installation was commissioned by that people feel really compelled by.” sky. In many ways, Dougherty’s success at stick Peabody Essex Museum and Wheaton College, manence of Dougherty’s art work the most the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Dubbed “The Wild Rumpus,” the installation weaving happened by chance. He began all in Massachusetts; and Brown University in intriguing. “That his art is so temporary is inter- where Dougherty will be the artist in residence. at Tower Hill was inspired by wind whipping working in the medium to repurpose discard- Providence, Rhode Island. Each project takes esting to me,” Degon said. “It’s a reflection on “The subtleties and nuances of each site take a through four hilltop spires on the grounds. A ed saplings along highways and beneath pow- three weeks to complete and generally lasts how life is in general. Not everything stays while to understand,” Dougherty said, describ- “flying wall,” as Dougherty calls it, will weave er lines that were left by maintenance crews. between two and three years, depending on here forever.” — AP Vietnam shamans invoke spirits to cure all that ails

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An Indian Nihang, a religious Sikh warrior, shows his skill in the Sikh martial art known as ‘Gatka’ during a march to mark the 355th birth anniversary of the Sikh warrior Shaheed Baba Jiwan Singh, at The Golden Temple in Amritsar. — AFP NY 9/11 museum welcomes art on attacks’ 15th anniversary

Videographers film an art piece by Eric Fischl entitled ‘Tumbling Woman’, People enter the ‘Rendering the Unthinkable’ exhibit, at the 9/11 Museum A woman looks at an art piece by Christopher Saucedo entitled ‘World 2002, on September 1, 2016, at the 9/11 Museum in New York, during a in New York, during a press preview for the first ever special exhibition. Trade Center as a Cloud’, 2011. press preview for the first ever special exhibition, ‘Rendering the Unthinkable.’ — AFP photos n the 15th anniversary of the the World Trade Center were struck by September 11 attacks, the New York hijacked airplanes, claiming 2,753 lives, is one Omuseum that honors that dark day in New York still remembers well. As horror US history is turning to something lighter: art. rained down on the city, additional deadly Visitors to the National September 11 attacks were carried out on the Pentagon and Memorial Museum’s new exhibit “Rendering on a commercial airplane that crashed in rural the Unthinkable” are not being asked to relive Pennsylvania. the violence through turbulent canvases or A few days after the attacks, Manju painful performances. Rather they are taken Shandler began creating paintings to repre- on a journey to soothe the pain and reflect on sent each of the victims. “At the beginning, we a terror attack that is now part of New York’s didn’t even know how many had died,” she DNA. Opening on September 12, one day after said. In the end she painted nearly 3,000 vic- the 9/11 anniversary, the exhibit will feature tims, and 840 of the paintings will be dis- works by 13 local artists-paintings, video and played at the exposition. Some of the depic- sculptures. tions, which are each four by nine inches (10 Each lived through the 2001 attacks in his by 23 centimeters), feature photos of the vic- or her own way, including one who lost his tims while others are more stylized, showing a firefighter brother, whose body was never man with his hair on fire, a silhouette or a found. Several, such as Ejay Weiss, incorporat- snake. “There is no direct correlation for each ed ash from Ground Zero into their works. His of the victims,” Shandler said of the works, four acrylic paintings enhance the chaos, with which took her three years to complete. “It was a calming square of blue sky in the center. The a way to take all the pain and release it. It was now-distant morning when the Twin Towers of cathartic,” she said.

Artist Manju Shandler speaks with media in front of her work ‘Gesture’, 2001-3. ‘Counterpoint’ Trade Center buildings. museum’s mission is factual, meant to tell the Sculptor Christopher Saucedo’s two broth- Also in the expo is a video by the Blue Man tale of September 11 and the people who lived ers, both New York City firefighters, responded Group, a performance art collective, which was and died in the attacks, the art exhibit is “inti- to the attack, with one never to return. inspired by the scraps of paper from the World mate and spare,” she said. “It is a very contem- Although Saucedo normally works with steel Trade Center that blew into the yard of their plative space,” she told AFP, during a visit and other metals, he couldn’t bear to create his rehearsal space in Brooklyn after the attack. A organized for journalists. The exhibit “will give 9/11 piece from metal, the only material left in bronze statue of a woman falling to the us another way in to remembering that day the World Trade center after the attacks. ground, hand extended, pays homage to both and the array of emotions we have been Pressing white linen pulp on blue handmade the dead and living. Eric Fischl’s “Tumbling through,” she said. Since opening in May 2014, paper rectangles, Saucedo created three pan- Woman” is on loan from The Whitney Museum. the museum, built on the former site of the els-ethereal compositions on which the white The art on display, born out of the tragedy, is a World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, has linen forms what first appears to be a cloud, “counterpoint” to the museum’s historical exhi- welcomed nearly seven million visitors, accord- Artist Ejay Weiss speaks with media in front of his work ‘9/11 Elegies’, created in 2001-2. but on closer examination is in fact the World bition, said director Alice Greenwald. While the ing to its president Joe Daniels. — AFP