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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 JAMADA ALTHANI 15, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Govt to amend Mass DNA ‘Hunger Games’ Pistorius Silk City, tests at French wins big accused of Boubyan Island school to at MTV fake tears by decrees2 find rapist9 Movie38 Awards prosecution16 Israel claims secret talks Max 35º Min 26º with Kuwait to forge ties High Tide 11:59 Low Tide Saudi Arabia, Kuwait deny any contacts 06:05 & 18:33 40 PAGES NO: 16136 150 FILS JERUSALEM: Israel is holding secret talks with some Arab states that do not recognize it, looking to establish Study calls to diplomatic ties based on a common fear of Iran, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said yesterday. end subsidies Amongst the countries he was in contact with were Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, Lieberman told newspaper for expatriates Yedioth Ahronoth - the first such disclosure by a senior Israeli official. The two nations swiftly denied the exis- KUWAIT: Expatriates in Kuwait could soon find tence of any talks with Israel. themselves paying triple for petrol and up to 22 Both these states, along with most other Arab times as much as they currently pay for electricity, if nations, have traditionally been highly hostile towards the government approves a recent study to remove Israel, which has only signed peace deals with two access of foreigners to subsidized services. The study neighbours - Egypt and Jordan. However, anti-Israeli proposes eliminating subsidies on fuel used by sentiment was being superseded by a growing concern expatriates and sharply reducing electricity subsi- over Iran’s nuclear program, Tehran’s regional allies, and dization to make foreigners pay the market price for the menace of Islamist militancy, Lieberman said. the majority of their energy consumption, Al-Rai “For the first time there is an understanding there reported yesterday, quoting ministerial sources that the real threat is not Israel, the Jews or Zionism. It is familiar with the proposal. Iran, global jihad, (Lebanese Shiite guerrilla group) The study is one of many currently reviewed by a Hezbollah and Al-Qaeda,” the foreign minister said. ‘ministerial committee’ formed earlier to study ways “There are contacts, there are talks, but we are very by which subsidies can be rationalized. Kuwait has close to the stage in which within a year or 18 months it been mulling ways to reduce current expenditure will no longer be secret, it will be conducted openly,” amid concerns that the state could face a budget added Lieberman, who is a far rightist in the coalition deficit by 2021 as a result of its spending policies. government. Kuwait’s generous welfare system is regularly Lieberman said he was in touch with “moderate” mentioned in debates about finding ways to ration- Arabs - a term Israelis often use for Sunni states in the alize spending. Cutting subsidies, which currently Gulf and elsewhere in the Middle East that align with US reach KD 7 billion in the national budget, or limiting interests. He also said he would have no problem visit- access to subsidized goods and services only for ing Saudi Arabia or Kuwait. “I have spent more than a Kuwaitis, have been proposed in recent months as a few years of meetings and talks with them. As far as way to help reduce spending while at the same time JERUSALEM: Israeli riot police arrest a Palestinian at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem yester- they are concerned, there is only one red rag and that is maintain a sustainable welfare program for citizens. day, as Israeli police limited Muslim access to the compound, fearing new violence after clashes at the week- Iran,” he said. Continued on Page 13 end. — AFP (See Page 8) Continued on Page 13 Sane wants probe into PM grants Duwaisan warns against sectarianism in grilling By B Izzak mediated for the beneficiaries who received the assistance themselves. The Riyadh imposes KUWAIT: MP Yacoub Al-Sane yesterday grants included cash payments to hus- submitted a proposal to form an investi- seiniyas, Shiite places of worship. fines, jail terms gation committee to probe revelations The revelation caused outrage among by MP Abdullah Al-Tameemi who said he several MPs, who demanded an investi- for visa lapses had mediated to secure cash grants for gation. MPs Riyadh Al-Adasani, husseiniyas and needy people from the Abdulkarim Al-Kandari and Hussein RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will punish people who office of the prime minister. Sane said the Quwaiaan have said they will file a employ foreigners illegally or break the terms of investigation should find out if the reve- request next week to grill the prime min- their visas, in an effort to encourage local employ- lations are true and if cash was paid to ister over the issue and the deteriorating ment. Punishment ranging from fines and jail terms the said lawmaker and others. He said situation in the country. to confiscation of assets and deportation may be the probe should investigate all the Shiite MP Faisal Al-Duwaisan warned imposed, escalating a year-long crackdown on visa issues surrounding the case, the objec- yesterday of inciting sectarianism while irregularities that have been overlooked for tives behind making the issue public and dealing with the grilling because some of decades. The Interior Ministry decision was carried if there are plots from outside the the alleged payments were given to hus- on the official Saudi Press Agency yesterday. National Assembly to destabilize the leg- seiniyas. Duwaisan said that he has infor- ABUJA: Bystanders look at dead bodies after twin blasts rocked a bus station Police raids and an amnesty on fines for immigra- islature. mation that certain quarters from out- yesterday. — AFP tion violations last year caused over a million for- The call comes a day after three MPs side the Assembly are trying to turn the eigners to leave voluntarily. Their departure was fol- said they plan to file a request to grill case into a sectarian issue. He also lowed by the deportation of hundreds of thousands Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al- warned the government against com- of others, mostly Ethiopians and Yemenis. It is not Mubarak Al-Sabah following the pletely trusting the positions of some Bomb attack kills 71 clear how many people with invalid visas remain in announcement by Tameemi that he MPs, saying they may change. Saudi Arabia. Some economists estimate it might arranged the cash payments from the MPs Kandari and Adasani however stretch to millions of people. premier’s office. Tameemi explained in a insisted that the grilling is not sectarian at Abuja bus station Continued on Page 13 statement on Sunday that he had never but aims to uncover the facts. received the money personally but only Continued on Page 13 ABUJA: Seventy-one people died in a bomb have previously set off bombs in and around blast in a packed bus station in Nigeria’s capi- the capital, including a 2011 car bombing at tal Abuja yesterday - the deadliest attack ever the United Nations headquarters that killed to strike the city - with the president blaming at least 26 people. Sisi makes a splash the explosion on Boko Haram Islamists. The Yesterday’s explosions at the bus station bomb, which also injured 124 people, rocked left a hole roughly 1.2 m deep and spread CAIRO: A huge poster of former army than 1,400 people. the Nyanya station on Abuja’s southern out- debris across the compound, an AFP reporter chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi stands tall near Under Egypt’s electoral law, any candi- skirts at 6:45 am (0545 GMT) as it was filled and witnesses said. “I saw bodies taken away in Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, one of thou- date hoping to run for president needs with morning commuters, leaving body parts open trucks,” said witness Yakubu Mohammed, sands that have sprung up across Egypt. to collect at least 25,000 signatures. scattered across the terminal and destroying describing grisly remains that “were burnt and Less than three weeks before the launch Egyptian media say Sisi has already dozens of vehicles. in pieces”. A second witness, Suleiman Aminu, of official campaigning for the May 26-27 raised 10 times the required number of Previously, much of the recent violence by said he believed the initial blast came from a presidential election, supporters of Sisi, backers, with his campaign offices still the Boko Haram insurgency has been in the minibus parked near larger commuter vehi- the odds-on favourite, are raring to go. being swamped with more offers. remote northeast, though some have target- cles, and that commuters who had queued up On television, social media networks “People keep coming. We won’t spoil it ed the central capital. This major bombing, to board were the likely target. or stands selling election merchandise, for them and turn down their signatures,” just a few kilometers from the seat of govern- Nyanya is a densely populated suburb of Sisi is omnipresent, with no stone said accountant Khaled Al-Shafei, who ment, will raise further doubts over Nigeria’s Abuja, filled with government and civil socie- unturned in unofficial campaigning. has made his office in downtown Cairo ability to contain the Islamist threat it is bat- ty workers who cannot afford the city centre’s Callers to television talk shows have even available for Sisi’s campaign. Shafei said tling. The explosion “emanated from a vehicle” exorbitant rents. Bus parking zones have recited poems in honour of the clear he has relocated his staff to make space parked within the station, said Charles been among Boko Haram’s preferred targets, frontrunner. “Oh you brave knight, we for campaign workers and the Sisi enthu- Otegbade, head of search and rescue at the including a bombing at a terminal in the rely on you,” one enthused. Footage of siasts. National Emergency Management Agency. northern city of Kano last year that killed pro-Sisi demonstrations and soldiers in Later yesterday, Sisi submitted to the National police spokesman Frank Mba put the more than 40 people. training are all over the Internet. “All the election commission eight times the toll at 71 dead and 124 injured. The wounded Jonathan, who is expected to face a tough people love you,” his supporters gush. number of signatures required, his cam- were being treated in area hospitals. re-election battle next year, has faced intense Sisi, who retired from the military to paign said in a statement. Sisi did not Visiting the site, President Goodluck criticism over the continuing Boko Haram run for election, has been riding a wave deliver the 200,000 signatures in person. Jonathan vowed that Nigeria would over- violence. With the recent unrest concentrated of popularity since he toppled Egypt’s His campaign said a legal adviser, come the brutal insurgency being waged by in the northeast, the president had been able Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last Mohammed Bahaa Abou Shaqah, deliv- Boko Haram, blamed for killing thousands to claim that progress was being made in the July. Millions had taken to the streets in ered them. Photos released by the cam- across the north and centre of the country battle against the Islamist rebels. But an esca- protest against Morsi’s turbulent one- paign and footage aired on local TV net- since 2009. “The issue of Boko Haram is quite lation of attacks in or near Abuja would pile year rule. Morsi, who belongs to the now works showed security guards delivering an ugly history within this period of our own further pressure on the embattled president. blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood, was white boxes with an image of the retired development,” Jonathan said. “But we will get Prominent targets within Abuja have been Egypt’s first civilian and elected presi- soldier plastered on the side along with over it... The issue of Boko Haram is tempo- locked down since the UN bombing and dent. Amnesty International says that the name of the province from which it CAIRO: Egyptians walk past a poster bearing a portrait rary.” The Islamists, who say they want to cre- checkpoints are set up daily on major roads since his ouster, a police crackdown on said the signatures were obtained. of retired army chief and presidential candidate Abdel ate a strict Islamic state in northern Nigeria, throughout the city. — AFP supporters of Morsi has left dead more Continued on Page 13 Fattah Al-Sisi on April 12, 2014 in the capital. — AFP TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah pictured with members of the ‘Proud 2 Be Kuwaiti’ project at Seif Palace yesterday. Amir receives P2BK team members

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received, in the presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah, Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al- Sabah and members of the ‘Proud 2 Be Kuwaiti’ (P2BK) project at Seif Palace yesterday. HH the Amir lauded the important and critical role of the project in supporting youth to help them launch their own business. The team members gave a presentation on the projects’ activities and achievements, and expressed appreciation to His Highness the Amir for his support to projects made by the youth. They also presented a memorial gift to His Highness the Amir on this occasion. The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah and Chairman of the Public Authority for Youth and Sports (PAYS) Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. — KUNA Oil sector marks core pillar for national industry Govt to amend Silk City, KUWAIT: Minister of Oil Ali Al-Omair high-efficient energy use. said here yesterday the oil sector in He lauded the convening of such Boubyan Island decree the country is the key pillar for nation- specialized conferences in Kuwait as a al industry and the lifeline of the good opportunity for a constellation national economy. Addressing the 3rd of experts to come together to find Establishment of industrial zones Kuwait Oil and Gas Summit and practical solutions to develop an inte- Exhibition held here, the minister said grated strategic relationship and to KUWAIT: The cabinet yesterday assigned its Silk City (Sabbiya) and Boubyan Island. took note of letters sent by the President of Kuwait is set to develop several vital encourage and spur oil investment. Legal Affairs Committee yesterday to amend a The whole project is in line with the vision of Benin Thomas Bony Yayi and President of Nigeria projects targeting the revamp of oil On his part, Kuwait Petroleum 2012 decree with the aim of pushing forward His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Goodluck Jonathan to His Highness the Amir on industry in various realms and attain- Corporation (KPC) CEO Nizar Al- the establishment of the Silk City (Sabbiya) and Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to turn Kuwait into a financial bilateral relations. ing the aspired pioneering in this field. Adsani said his corporation plans to Boubyan Island with the aim of turning Kuwait and commercial hub, linking Mubarak Al-Kabeer They reviewed a letter from UN Secretary Such efforts are part of Kuwait’s boost its output up to 3.5 million bar- into a financial and commercial hub. The cabi- port with the Silk City, Sheikh Mohammad said General Ban Ki-moon to His Highness the ambitious vision aiming to become a rels per day by 2020 from just three net, chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister in a statement following the cabinet’s weekly Amir in which he thanked Kuwait for the regional financial and commercial million bpd at present. To achieve this Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, said meeting. Meanwhile, the cabinet members took donation during the second donors’ confer- hub, said the minister, who also dou- goal, the KPC ought to carry out sever- the amendment would pave way for the estab- note of a UN certificate of appreciation to His ence for the Syrian people, which was held in lishment of industrial and commercial zones, Highness the Amir in appreciation for his leading Kuwait last January. Another letter was sent bles as the Minister of State for al integrated projects including oil entertainment areas as well as building housing humanitarian role around the world. by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees National Assembly Affairs. exploration at geologically complicat- units to honor the growing housing needs of cit- They also took note of a letter from Antonio Guterres expressing gratitude for the The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation ed areas and oilfield development, he izens. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Kuwaiti contribution and financial aid for the (KPC), which is the state-owned entity said. The assignment of the Legal Affairs Palestine and Chairman of the Executive victims of the Syrian crisis have enabled many responsible for Kuwait’s hydrocarbon The KPC signed on Sunday a USD- Committee followed a briefing by Minister of Committee of the Palestine Liberation organizations to implement projects of great interests throughout the world, is 12-billion contract with a consortium State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Organization (PLO), to His Highness the Amir in significance. The cabinet welcomed King Juan going ahead with the oil development led by British, US and Japanese com- Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah over necessary which he thanked Kuwait for supporting the just Carlos of Spain who would be visiting Kuwait drive in order to boost Kuwait’s inter- panies to implement a clean fuel proj- steps to push forward the development of the cause of the Palestinian people. The ministers tomorrow. — KUNA national status given that it is a key ect, Al-Adsani pointed out. player in the world oil market, he said. The corporation is also expected to Kuwait also boasts of consumers’ announce tenders in May for a new oil confidence by means of providing refinery costing USD 15 billion. adequate oil supplies to the global oil The 3rd Kuwait Oil & Gas Summit & market amid geopolitical changes Exhibition, officially hosted by the that are sweeping some production Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), areas, he added. is the strategic meeting place for the The policy of the oil sector is cen- Kuwait oil and gas industry. tered on attaching attention to local The Summit has a reputation for economic development, creating jobs delivering quality and excellence, for young people, boosting produc- whilst playing a critical role in helping tion and paying heed to global eco- to set the agenda for sustainable nomic prosperity, Al-Omair said. growth. The program for 2014 will The oil minister deemed this policy include forward-thinking debate on as the key to sustainable development capacity building, efficiency and which can ensure the energy needs of cooperation, with a focus on the poli- generations to come and create bal- cies, investment and skills needed to ance and integration between envi- realize Kuwait’s strategic oil and gas ronment protection and development objectives. —KUNA

Increasing the ratio of Kuwaiti labor in private sector postponed KUWAIT: Well-informed high-ranking that the postponement was made sources at the manpower and govern- because the suggested increase would ment restructuring program said that the affect the execution of development plans Cabinet decided postponing a decision on and that it needed more study through a increasing the percentage of Kuwaitis committee especially formed for this pur- working in the private sector until further pose in order to enrich it with more visions notice. The sources added the National of how to achieve development goals that Labor Support Act number 1104/2008 at the same time does not overburden the states that Kuwaitis’ percentages in the pri- private sector, namely in view of the KD vate sector should be increased every two 500 fine companies have to pay if they do years in order to have more private sector not comply with the National Labor jobs for citizens. The sources explained Support act.

Science Club discusses cooperation with Cuban delegation KUWAIT: The Ambassador of The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea So Chang Sik hosted a reception at the embassy on the occasion of the 102nd birth anniversary of Great Leader Kim Il Sung on Sunday. A number of high-ranking officials, diplomats and media people attended the KUWAIT: Kuwait Science Club and a to pursue their interests and develop reception. —Photo by Joseph Shaqra visiting delegation from the Academy their skills in scientific research. of Sciences of Cuba discussed yester- On his part, president of the Cuban day means of cooperation in all fields Academy of Sciences Fidel Castro shed of scientific research. light on some of the important Minister hands out ranks to 143 promoted officers Chairman of Kuwait Science Club research subjects being conducted in KUWAIT: Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Brigadiers-according to two decrees signed by ond generation of young security leaderships, Ayad Al-Kharafi said in a statement the academy and hoped for more Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah His Highness the Amir-at a ministry ceremony. able to carry out their duties in a responsible that the Cuban delegation was famil- cooperation between his academy and has decorated officers who had recently been In a speech on the occasion, the minister told manner, he said. “These promotions are not the iarized during the meeting with the Kuwait Science Club in all domains. promoted by His Highness the Amir and the officers that he was gratified for His end of the road, instead, they are an introduc- Club’s history, activities, programs and He called on officials at the Club to Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Highness the Amir and Supreme Commander’s tion and a new impetus to providing further services. attract the youth to take part in all Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. adoption of the rank upgrades, adding that both contributions to the security of the nation and Al-Kharafi added that the Club is branches of science by updating and Sheikh Mohammad handed a total 143 police His Highness the Amir and His Highness the instilling the rule of law on all,” said the minister, one of the significant destinations in improving the Club’s programs and officers their new insignia, including 37 promot- Crown Prince were proud of the Kuwaiti police congratulating the officers on their achieve- the country that encourages the youth activities. — KUNA ed to Major Generals and 106 promoted to force. The moves are aimed at preparing a sec- ments. —KUNA TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 LOCAL Privatization of landline phone services in offing? Kuwait hosts telecom forum

By Nawara Fattahova “I expect private companies providing land- countries,” he pointed out. line telecommunication will come soon to the KUWAIT: Wataniya Telecom is hosting the 39th local market. This may be done through one or GSM Association GSM Arab World forum at the Sheraton Hotel many companies, but not from the public sector. The GSM Association represents the interests yesterday and today. “Wataniya Telecom is Kuwait was the pioneer in privatizing mobile of mobile operators worldwide. Spanning more pleased to host this event for the second time telecommunication services and Internet servic- than 220 countries, the GSM Association unites (the first was in 2006), and we consider it an es. I expect foreign investors will enter the local nearly 800 of the world’s mobile operators with essential part of our duty to bring together market in both the telecommunication and more than 230 companies in the broader mobile prominent representatives from the telecom Internet fields in the future. Some local compa- ecosystem, including handset makers, software sector. We are proud to meet decision makers of nies already have foreign partners, and they are companies, equipment providers and Internet the GSM Association, mobile operators, industry providing high-standard services for their companies, as well as organizations in industry experts, specialists and representatives from var- clients. Ownership (of the new companies) will sectors such as financial services, healthcare, ious organizations and institutions within the be divided between local and foreign investors media, transport and utilities. sector,” said Abdulaziz Fakhroo, GM and CEO, according to laws and regulations,” added Wataniya Telecom, during the launch of the Qattan. GSM Arab World event. “This forum aims to set the criteria and Qattan said the forum is being held at the Representing more than 20 operators in the standards of roaming. Over 6 billion people over right time. “It’s being held during an important Arab region, GSM Arab World promotes and the world use the GSM system, which reflects period as the telecommunication law was just facilitates the development of GSM-based serv- the importance of this event,” added Fakhroo. approved and the telecommunication authority ices, seeks to enhance investments in network Undersecretary of the Ministry of will be soon approved. Also, the telecom sector infrastructure and aims to drive innovation, Communication Hameed Al-Qattan noted that has contributed greatly to the positive growth of growth and expand consumer choice. GSM Arab the privatization of landline phone services will the national economy,” concluded Qattan. World runs a website designed to help con- be in the hands of the telecom authority, which According to Ziad Al-Hasson, this forum sumers compare roaming tariffs in the Arab will decide the possibility of such a move. “The focuses on various important issues, among region. advantage of calling mobile phones from land- which the most important is spectrum manage- The GSM Association’s Regional Interest lines for free - that is only available in Kuwait - ment. “This event is an annual gathering that Groups (RIGs) provide forums in which the came as service when the third mobile telecom- brings together at least 40 Arab operations, ven- mobile industry can discuss and address issues munication company entered the market, as the dors, service providers and high ranking govern- that are specific to particular regions or the receiver used to pay for incoming calls in the ment officials under one roof to make a great regional angle on global issues. GSM Arab World past. The other companies had to provide the environment for business relations and knowl- #39 will follow 38 previous successful summits in same to compete with this company. But the edge sharing. We prepared this event’s agenda the region. The GSM Association has Regional ministry is not planning to charge landline users to discuss the GSM industry’s challenges and Interest Groups in Europe, Latin America, Asia, any fees,” he said. opportunities in Kuwait and the rest of the Arab the Arab World, Africa and North America.

KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for border security affairs Maj Gen Sheikh Mohammad Al-Yousuf visited the sea rescue center at invitation of KFSD Director General Maj Gen Yousuf Al-Ansari. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun Sheikha files complaint against brother

By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: A sheikha accused her brother of beating and insulting her and not allowing her to enter the house. A complaint was registered at Surra police station. KUWAIT: Members of the visiting Indian delegation with Kuwaiti officials yesterday. • An Egyptian doctor told Hadiya police that a citizen insulted him and threatened to deport him. The doctor, who works in Adan hospital, said the incident took place Visiting Indian delegation when he told her that he is an emergency doctor and handles urgent cases, and that discusses cooperation with KISR her case can be treated in the polyclinic. • A Bangladeshi grocer told Nugra police that two masked men threatened him with KUWAIT: A visiting Indian delegation discussed with an axe and robbed KD 300 and KD 50 Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) ways of worth of phone recharge cards. enhancing scientific and technological cooperation in all • A cashier at Qairawan cooperative said fields of science and research. three persons beat him up when he told KISR’s Director General Dr Naji Al-Mutairi said during the them that the cash register was not work- meeting yesterday that the visit is an implementation of an ing. agreement, amongst many others, that was signed • Security authorities discovered forgery between Kuwait and India in promoting scientific research, in transactions for driving licenses issued to especially after His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh foreign students by forging certificates Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah’s last visit to New issued by private universities for money. Delhi. Sixty seven suspects were arrested. The first KUWAIT: Drugs Control General He added that a three-day workshop will be held on the suspect was sentenced to seven years in Department arrested an Asian in pos- sideline of the visit; the workshop is to focus on mutual jail, the second until the eight suspects session of 25 grams of Marijuana, 15 research topics and will discuss Oceanography, the science were sentenced to five years, and the rest grams of heroin, one piece of hashish of the ocean, and its different disciplines as well as food sci- received a one year suspended jail sen- and 20 illicit tablets. He said the drugs ence. tence. were for sale. KISR has previously signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India’s largest research and development organization, with 37 laboratories and 39 field stations or extension centers spread across the nation. — KUNA 5,000 car thefts in 2013 KUWAIT: Kuwait recorded an average of to be revealed as investigations are still 14 car thefts a day last year, according to ongoing. The sources said that stolen API to improve indicators of national economy official figures released by the Interior cars are often found burnt in remote Ministry. The majority of these cases locations or dismantled for parts that are KUWAIT: An Arab Planning Institute (API) spe- accurate characterization due to the lack of a researchers, government institutions and oth- were reported by motorists who lost sold to garages around Kuwait - especial- cialist said here yesterday that institute has clear, precise and holistic definition for these ers, in addition to being recognized by the UN their cars to unidentified thieves, accord- ly of luxury vehicles. Stolen cars are founded a center tasked with following-up projects. Development Program, the Organization for ing to a source familiar with the statistics. sometimes used by criminals to commit international economic reports and work to He said that there is a set of elements and Economic Cooperation and Development and Speaking to Al-Qabas on the condition of crimes such as muggings and armed rob- make recommendations to government bodies assumptions at the Arab Planning Institute that the European Commission. anonymity, the source said that 5,060 beries, the source warned. Some steal to improve the indicators of the national econo- allows it to make proposals for the develop- On impediments to the growth of small and thefts were reported in 2013, including cars simply for ‘drifting’ and using them my. Dr Ehab Maqablah said in a panel discussion ment of a specific definition for these projects medium enterprises, Maqablah said they lie in 3,186 filed as felonies and 1,874 as mis- to perform dangerous stunts before organized by the Institute yesterday titled and present it to the competent authorities for the lack of funding, where 63 percent of small demeanors. The culprits in most cases abandoning them in the desert, the (Investment Environment and Small and selecting a formal definition. and medium enterprises in the Middle East and are unknown, and their identities are yet source added. Medium Enterprises .. Kuwait Case) that the He added that the advantages of the pro- North Africa lack the ability to be financed, with sector of small and medium enterprises in posed definition of small and medium enter- an estimated financing gap in the region stand- Kuwait suffers from a lack of the possibility of prises in Kuwait is that it can be used by ing between USD 210 and 240 billion. —KUNA Manea Group participates in WANTED Travel Market expo

KUWAIT: Al-Mane’a Group announced par- Editors & Reporters ticipating in the Kuwait Travel Market, which takes place later this month at the Kuwait International Fairground in Mishref. Full time, must be in Kuwait, The group is set to take part in pavilions have transferrable 18 visa representing its three subsidiaries: the Dar Al-Nashr Publishing, and writing experience the Manea Travel Agency, and Manea International Trading and Real Estate Send CV, letters of reference Company. Manea Al-Manea Chairman Manea Al- and 3 writing samples to Manea said that the exhibition provides a great oppor- tunity to promote the ‘Gulf Tourist’ magazine, the most KUWAIT: Assistant Undersecretary for Financial and Administrative Affairs Maj Gen popular tourism magazine in the Gulf and Middle East [email protected] Sheikh Ahmad Al-Khaleefa Al-Sabah honored Ghanima Essa, Hanadi Al-Mahboob regions. and Noora Al-Eraifan from the Interior Ministry Financial and Administrative Sector. The Kuwait Travel Market is organized in cooperation Only those who are shortlisted will be contacted — By Hanan Al-Saadoun with the Leaders Group between April 28 and 30. TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 LOCAL Five European women in police net for ‘sex trade’ KD500 charge for one night

KUWAIT: Criminal investigators arrested six nounced the man dead. Paramedics had Adan shooting women who came from Europe for prostitu- accompanied police to the scene in response Investigations are ongoing in Adan to iden- tion in Kuwait. The network included five to an emergency call, and found the man tify and arrest a suspect who fired gunshots at prostitutes — two Dutch, two Spanish and hanging from the ceiling fan. The body was a Kuwaiti man’s car in the area. The man said one French — as well as a British national who taken to the forensic department after investi- in an emergency call Sunday that the suspect worked as a procurer. Investigations went gators examined the scene. A case was filed. shot his car for unknown reasons while he underway after detectives received informa- Meanwhile, a suicide investigation was was driving in the area. Criminal investigators tion about prostitutes staying at a local hotel opened in a case filed after an Asian man was examined the car and found traces that the after they arrived on tourist visas. Further found hanging in a stable in Farwaniya. bullets left on the windshield and exterior. An investigations revealed that the procurer attempted murder case was filed. found customers willing to pay KD 500 to Fatal crash In a similar case, a Kuwaiti woman filed a spend a night with one of the prostitutes. The A man died in an accident in Nuwaiseeb. case at the Abu Halifa police station and said procurer would then take a 40 percent cut, or The Asian national reportedly succumbed to that her car was hit by gunfire. The woman KD 200, while the prostitute kept KD 300. his injuries before paramedics arrived to the explained that an unknown suspect fired gun- Detectives first nabbed the Frenchwoman scene in response to an emergency call. An shots at her car while it was parked outside after they lured her to a trap, and used infor- investigation was opened to determine the her house in Mangaf. Criminal investigators mation she provided during questioning to circumstances that led the man’s vehicle to examined the car and confirmed traces of arrest the other women. An undercover agent lose balance and turn over. gunshots on the exterior. Investigations are contacted the procurer and agreed to pay KD ongoing. 2,000 to invite the four prostitutes to an apart- Forged documents ment that was prepared as a trap. The sus- A fugitive admitted to providing forged doc- Marijuana seeds pects were referred to the authorities to face uments to non-Kuwaitis which they could use to Kuwait International Airport police arrested charges. obtain bank loans illegally. The Kuwaiti man’s a passenger with marijuana seeds on Saturday confessions came during questioning after night. The contraband was in two small plastic Suicide case Salmiya police arrested him recently over mon- bags that investigators found in the suspect’s A Kuwaiti man committed suicide in his ey-related charges. The man explained he issued pockets during a search. The Egyptian man was house in Dhahar, according to preliminary forged salary certificates from his company and taken to the search room after airport police investigations. Criminal investigators were sold them to expatriates. The man was referred grew suspicious of his behavior. He was taken called to the scene after paramedics pro- to the authorities for further action. to the authorities to face charges. Portuguese delegation discusses business with Kuwait

KUWAIT: A delegation from the close trade partner of Kuwait, and overcame the economic crisis that Portugal, fully recognizing the Arab-Portuguese Chamber of said projects and initiatives in the hit the global markets six years ago, wealth of opportunities in the coun- Commerce and Industry held a areas of food products, clean ener- and said the government’s initia- try and realizing it is feasible to build meeting with peers from Kuwait gy, and construction material are of tives included providing facilities to on previous experience with the Chamber of Commerce and particular potential and interest. He attract foreign investors and to facil- Portuguese market. Industry yesterday, and discussed further pointed out Kuwait has past itate ventures that would invest and The Kuwaiti Chamber of cooperation between the two experience in several successful utilize the country’s natural Commerce and Industry is willing chambers as well as aspirations for enterprises and projects in resources. to organize economic events, host stronger commercial interaction Portugal, particularly in urban and The time is even more oppor- delegations, and arrange activities between Kuwait and Portugal. touristic development. tune for Kuwaiti businessmen to to better introduce Kuwaiti The visiting delegation is chaired Stressing the delegation seeks to seek partnerships at present as the investors to the wealth of opportu- by Chamber President Angelo build on this relationship, he said Portuguese government is in the nities in the friendly country. Correia, while the Kuwaiti side was exchange of visits between Arab process of considerable privatiza- The visiting delegation includes presided by Deputy Board Chairman and Portuguese chambers of com- tion of state bodies and utilities, representatives and actors from the of the Chamber of Commerce and merce is vital to bolster the Correia said. fields of food industries, construc- Industry Khalid Abdullah Al-Saqer. exchange in both direction and for Meanwhile, Al-Saqer said the tion material, timber products, and KUWAIT: The Environmental Voluntary Foundation organized a beach clean- Addressing the meeting, Correia benefit of the two regions con- Kuwaiti side, too, is keen on stronger agriculture, all seeking Kuwaiti ing campaign near the Kuwait Towers, featuring staff members from the said Portugal is keen to become a cerned. The official said his country partnership and exchange with investment partners. —KUNA Ahlia Chemicals Company. Zain successfully participates in first AUM Job Fair

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecom- munications company in Kuwait, announced yesterday its successful participation in the first AUM Job Fair, which was held at American University of the Middle East’s main campus. The event was organized by Tawteen Career Development and Recruitment. Zain’s participation in the job fair is in line with the company’s core belief that education and educational development are essential for individ- uals to then go-on to be successful and contributing members of society. This particular event plays a big role in exposing bright and optimistic youth who are looking for job oppor- tunities. Zain is committed to playing an and fully develop their capabilities. Kuwaiti nationals. active role in the investment in the Zain’s Human Resources division is Zain was present at the exhibition human capital of Kuwait. The compa- dedicated to seeking young and and its representatives highlighted to ny seeks to provide young and eager enthusiastic Kuwaitis to employ, visitors the available job vacancies in Kuwaitis with suitable job opportuni- thereby growing the increasing the addition to providing a detailed ties that allow them to apply their talent pool available at Zain, while at explanation of the nature of work at practical skills, achieve their potential, the same time employing worthy various departments and divisions.

KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait organized an awareness program on combating money launder- ing and terrorism funding, featuring board members, executives and staff. The program which was organ- ized in cooperation with an international consultancy office also discussed the latest developments regard- ing the United States’ Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act which will become effective on May 1, 2014. Experts to assess children with disabilities KUWAIT: Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute said yesterday that ter for the rehabilitation of children with special needs in Kuwait, hosting a team of experts from the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital adding that the center offers a rehab program that starts with the Foundation, which is the largest hospital in the field of rehabilitation assessment of the condition of the baby ending with an appropriate of health in Canada, aimed at providing permanent advices to the remedial plan to improve the quality of the child’s daily life and new center for children assessment and rehabilitation, which increase his or her independence. opened here recently. She explained that under the partnership between the two insti- Medical Director of the Foundation, Dr Ilham Hamdan said that tutions, Glenrose will provide continuous assessment and consulta- the visit comes as part of a long-term partnership between the two tions for children in order to maintain the best practices in all med- institutions, according to which, Glenrose shall provide permanent ical programs offered by the center for children and for the develop- consulting for the newly-opened center in Kuwait. ment of strategic and continuous medical programs, in addition to She added that the children assessment and rehabilitation cen- providing support and guidance in the implementation of modern ter is the first comprehensive, multi-disciplinary and non-profit cen- rehabilitation programs. —KUNA TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 LOCAL Spanish king’s visit to help boost relations Close friendship with Amir

MADRID: King of Spain Juan Carlos is friend,” HH the Amir, as the monarch nation. Also at the diplomatic level, the Spain sided with Kuwait in face of the imports from Spain amounted to euro scheduled to start a two-day official visit refers to Sheikh Sabah. former speaker of the National Assembly, 1990 Iraqi aggression and stood against 199 million and euro 215 million-thus to Kuwait today as part of Madrid’s bids Spanish foreign ministers visited Ahmad Al-Saadoun, visited Spain in any action that might threaten the Gulf Spain ranked the 22nd among the top to solidify bilateral ties, coinciding with Kuwait in October 1980, October 1988, 1994, seeking support for keeping up State stability, security, independence exporters to Kuwait. Several Spanish the two countries’ celebration of the September 2003, May 2008 and February pressure on the Iraqi regime. Al-Saadoun and sovereignty. companies, over the years, won invest- 50th anniversary of establishing the 2011. Several other Spanish ministers headed a parliamentary delegation on a Spain and Kuwait adopt harmonious ment deals with Kuwait in construction, diplomatic relations. and legislators carried out diplomatic stances vis a vis various global issues, engineering and infrastructure. Kuwait The Spanish-Kuwaiti relations are fun- missions to Kuwait in the years later. namely dialogue of civilizations and the Petroleum International established its damentally based on close friendship HH the Amir went on a private visit to Middle East peace. The former Spanish first branch in Spain in 1990. The Kuwaiti bonding His Highness the Amir Sheikh the Spanish island Majorca in August foreign minister, Trinidad Jimenez, had International Diesel Services Company Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah with 2008, followed by a visit by His Highness underlined Kuwait’s pivotal and key role reopened, in 2012, a strategic fuel sta- King Carlos. the (former) Prime Minister Sheikh for establishing peace and stability in the tion in northern Spain. These ties date back to April 17, 1964. Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al- Middle East. Kuwaiti investments in Spain were In October the same year, Spain opened Sabah in November 2010. The ex-deputy She along with other Spanish officials estimated at euro 445 million in 2012, its embassy in Kuwait and the Gulf State prime minister and foreign minister, had also hailed Kuwait’s noticeable role thus putting Kuwait at the 98th rank inaugurated its diplomatic mission in Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah Al-Salem on the international stance in face of ter- among nations with enterprises in the Madrid on Oct 25, 1972. Al-Sabah, took part in inauguration of rorism and in support of issues of toler- European country. Spanish investments Since then, the two states’ officials the new Kuwaiti embassy building in ance and dialogue among nations. in Kuwait amounted to euro 19 million have been paying reciprocal visits to the November, 2009, and met the Spanish Kuwait exports to Spain crude and oil the same year. two countries with aim of boosting the King during his visit to Spain. derivatives and the European country At the cultural level, the Kuwaiti mis- ties and mutual cooperation in various exports to Kuwait machines, tractors, sion gets involved regularly in cultural fields. King Carlos and Queen Sofia paid Donors’ conference vehicles, iron smelters, cosmetics, acces- events in Spain. The nation had hosted a landmark visit to the country on Oct Sheikh Mohammad re-visited the sories, oils, food, and clothes. The the ninth session of Abdul-Aziz Saud Al- 25, 1980. Spanish King in early October 2011, fol- Spanish-Kuwaiti commercial ties have Babtain Award, under auspices of the The Spanish monarch paid an official lowing an international donors’ confer- tangibly grown since the two sides King. Chairperson of Dar Al-Athar Al- visit to Kuwait in December 2007, May ence for Iraq, held in Spain in October signed an accord for boosting mutual Islamiyah Sheikha Hessa Sabah Al-Salem and August of 2008, November 2010 and 2003, after the Spanish foreign minister investments in 2005. Al-Sabah took part in the first forum of February 2011, latter of which was with visited Kuwait in September as part of a alliance of civilizations, held in Madrid, aim of attending Kuwait’s 50th Gulf tour. Top exporter under the UN auspices in January 2008. Anniversary of Independence, 20th Kuwait’s former minister of finance King of Spain Juan Carlos Kuwait’s exports to Spain valued euro Kuwait took part in the interna- Liberation Anniversary and the fifth and oil Salem Al-Atigi visited Spain on 45.6 million in 2005 and its imports from tional cultural Islamic conference, annual ceremony marking His Highness Aug 16, 1969, September 1972, followed diplomatic task to Spain in September the European state reached euro 133 held in Cordoba, in October 2010. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad’s proclamation by visits by the ex-minister of commerce 1994 for the same purpose. During the million, as compared to euro 227 million Many Kuwaitis visit Spain either for as the Amir of the State. Khaled Al-Adsani, then minister of edu- visit, he met the King and later on, a and euro 227 million, respectively, in academic studies or tourism and the King Carlos came to Kuwait later, in cation Jassem Al-Marzoug in 1973. In the series of visits were conducted at the lev- 2009. Kuwaiti exports to Spain, in 2010 Madrid Government spares no effort April 2012, in addition to several other following years, other Kuwaiti officials el of the joint friendship group, latest of and 2011, reached euro 266 million and to secure proper accommodations for private visits to meet “his brother and went on missions to the European which was in 2011. 262 million, consecutively, while the them.— KUNA Stage ready for Kuwait Social Media Summit

KUWAIT: Wataniya Telecom announces their support as the Telecom Sponsor for the Second Annual Kuwait Social Media Summit, taking place on April 23 and 24 at the JW Marriot Hotel, Kuwait City. The summit is supported by Central Agency for Information Technology and is held under the patronage of Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs, Sheikh Salman Al-Hmoud. The summit will fea- ture presentations and panel discussions from leaders in the social media sphere over the two days. Dr Naif Al-Mutawa, Creator of The 99 and Professor of Clinical Psychology at Kuwait University will deliver the opening address on social media bullying at the summit. Commenting on their support for the Kuwait Social Media Kuwait donates $5 million to Summit, Wataniya Telecom said: “We are pleased to be a part of the 2nd Annual Kuwait Social Media Summit. We aim at IOM’s Syrian crisis appeal empowering local social media channels by bringing expert- ise and exchanging knowledge and experiences. Customer KUWAIT: The International Organization Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan satisfaction is our first priority. Therefore and in order to deliv- for Migration (IOM) has received a $5 mil- (SHARP) and the Regional Response Plan er the best customer experience, we need to understand what lion donation from the Government of (RRP 6), IOM is appealing to the interna- are customers’ needs and wants and come closer to them. Kuwait following the 2nd International tional community for almost $150 million. Social media allows us to get to know our customers better Humanitarian Pledging Conference for So far the appeals only received 10% of the thus, provide them with better service quality” Syria held in January. This donation will go amount to date. Ema Linaker, Regional Director at Social@Ogilvy will cover towards providing essential relief items for The Kuwaiti contribution will allow IOM the key elements of what makes a great social media cam- Syrians affected by the war. to continue to deliver essential non-food paign - “A question all marketers should be pondering as they Nearly three years into the armed con- relief items, shelter, transport and health move into an age where Facebook is the size of China, flict in the Syrian Arab Republic, 6.5 million care to Syrian victims. Whatsapp is the most expensive company purchase of recent persons are internally displaced and 9.3 The money will also go towards: history and anyone under the age of 35 communicates solely million are in need of humanitarian assis- • Ongoing health activities, including through mobile apps and visual content.” tance inside Syria. In addition, over 2.6 mil- immunization campaigns against measles Corey Padveen, Director, Global Social Business Strategy at lion Syrians have taken refuge within Syria’s and polio. t2 Marketing Solutions will lead a workshop on social media five neighboring countries: Lebanon, • Expanding shelter programs and the monitoring added: “The speed of change in the field of social Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt. distribution of non-food relief aid across media makes it such that a suite of tools is necessary to effec- IOM and humanitarian partners are con- the region. tively execute a strategy. In the workshop, we will be covering tinuing to expand their services to meet • Emergency job creation schemes for not only some of the most effective tools for successfully exe- the challenges posed by the crisis with a thousands of Syrians affected by the con- cuting a social business strategy, but also some of the crucial particular emphasis on protection and the flict. In 2013 Kuwait’s support to IOM oper- points of consideration when creating said strategy”, he said. provision of life-saving assistance and basic ations in Syria and neighboring countries Beyond engagement and content consumption, more and needs to displaced Syrian and host com- helped some 100,000 people affected by more companies are starting to use social media as part of munities inside Syria and in the region. the crisis, including migrant workers evacu- their research and development and e-commerce strategies. For 2014 under both the Syrian ated to their countries of origin. Jayant, Principal - Head of Digital Media & Entertainment Middle East at Booz & Co says “Social media is already attract- ing the majority time of internet users across the Middle East. Beyond communication, social media is actively being used for consuming content (especially news), seeking recommen- dations for brands and services, seeking job opportunities and expressing opinions as citizens. It is also fast becoming the leading traffic referrers for other websites. While marketing is the number one use case, social media is fast becoming a plat- form that marketers use beyond branding and engagement. Many leading companies globally are using social networks for driving market research, product development, customer service, commerce etc.” The Kuwait Social Media Summit attracts over 200 private and public sector communication professionals from Kuwait and internationally and is spon- sored by Wataniya Telecom. Other key contributors and sup- porters of the summit include Socialobby, Exantium, MEPRA, Booz & Co, Skynews Arabia and Ipsos. Mubarak Al-Kabeer medical center offers NCDs scan KUWAIT: The newly-opened eastern Mubarak Al-Kabeer medical centre is an accredited facility for scans aimed at chronic non-communicable diseases, being linked to the World Health Organisation’s programme on the matter, NCDnet, said the health minister on Sunday. The centre, which covers an area of 1,800sq/m, will also provide full medical services to the 37,000 residents of the area and cost the ministry KD one million, minister Ali Al- Obaidi told reporters at the centre’s opening. These services will include diabetes, general practice, orthopedics, pediatrics, dentistry and pharmaceutical serv- ices. On non-communicable diseases, or NCDs as they are also known, he said that the ministry has been keen on making the matter “a development priority” as per its adoption of the Kuwait Declaration on Countering NCD - a view that is also shared by its Gulf neighbours. The World Health Organisation has identified NCDs as being the world’s leading cause of death. Some examples of these diseases are heart disease, stroke, many cancer types, asthma, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteo- porosis, Alzheimer and cataracts. To tackle the issue, WHO recently launched its programme, NCDnet, which urges nations to promote partnerships aimed at prevention and control of these diseases.—KUNA TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 LOCAL

kuwait digest in my view Mortal sins of Why Arabs go Twitter bats! backwards

By Ali Al-Randy By Dr Shamlan Y Al-Essa hoever said that Twitter can be a blessing or a ew York Times, the well known American curse is absolutely right, because in the for- newspaper, published on April 9 a long Wmer, it is used as a means to create a civilized, Nreport on its front page about the problem humane dialogue through which thoughts, visions and of accepting outstanding students in prestigious information can be exchanged. It can also be curse American universities, to a point that made the when over-flooded with mindless, silly chats that famed Stanford University reject outstanding stu- include no information or deep thoughts; when it’s dents who scored up to 95 percent, as the university merely used to exchange superficial or indecent com- Political ments and accusations. Some comments are so impolite accepted only 5 percent of the outstanding students and violate others’ privacy by libeling and blaspheming activist who attempted to enter this university, as 42,167 them by sick-minded people who have no courage to applied for admission and 2,138 were accepted, but confront and hide behind sobriquets, just like bats that at the end only 1,700 registered. cannot fly during daytime and thus resort to the dark- The question: Why do American universities ness of caves with serpents, scorpions and harmful become strict in the policy of students’ admission, insects. while our universities are the only ones who take it Such practices have recently exposed a number of easy in accepting students with low academic unstable personalities and interest-seekers who falsely Al-Anbaa scores? The difference between them and us is that accuse others simply because they stood as strong bar- Western universities brag about thousands of out- riers against their mean illegitimate desires and wishes. Political faction standing students applying for admission, be them No wonder that such campaigns can sometimes be led Americans or foreigners, because strictness in aca- by reputable high degree holders, politicians, academics demic admission elevates the university’s standards, and media, art and legal figures who use the accounts of misled people or even people hired to practice libel- and the more strict universities are in the policy of ing to the dirtiest levels ever in using such media driven admission, the academic level of the university goes by psychiatric diseases, sense of failure and family in my view higher. grudges and complexes that may make people infected Fierce competition among American and foreign with them accuse others of their own literal or moral Palestinian statehood students from all over the globe gives prestigious flows. They would then portray rivals as possessing all American universities uniqueness, because they do the world’s misdeeds. not differentiate between hardworking and out- We believe that all these vices are committed by ‘bats’ By Abdullah H. Erakat standing students, be them citizens or foreigners, whose family and personal history might have been full ot all Palestinians believe that the joining of ments.” The official says the Palestinians broke-off direct because the grades of the students qualify them for of the mortal sins they have been trying to label others United Nations agencies and international treaty talks in March; said “no” to Kerry’s framework and princi- admittance to the university. The American govern- with, namely highly successful people who know the Norganizations by the Palestinian Authority will ples of final status; and “Abu Mazen said ‘no’ to recogniz- ment is not involved in admission policies, even if nature of these venomous scorpions. bring its people closer to statehood. ing Jewish [character of the] state.” He also argued that it the university is a government one. What American However, historically and logically speaking, all UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has issued accept- was the Palestinians who refused a package deal which universities do is different from what we follow in Twitter bats or chicks can never defame righteous peo- ances of the letters of accession signed by Palestinian would have facilitated the prisoner release. “The ple, and neither can these social media clean the records President Mahmoud Abbas last week, including the Palestinians have to look at their own behavior. In the our universities. Minister Al-Mulaifi insisted last year of those coward scorpions who do not have the honor Hague Convention and the Fourth Geneva Convention past months, they have shown an exclusively rejectionist on accepting 11,000 students despite the fact that nor the ability to act in the open and declare their true infuriating Israel and triggering a round of tit-for-tat with position.” our university has the capacity of 6,500 students identities. Those who resort to such cheap conspiracies the Netanyahu government amid what some are calling Abdelkarim, who has been involved in Palestinian poli- only, and this year the minister is insisting on accept- work in collaboration with psychologically-diseased the collapse of the peace mission overseen by US tics for 47 years, said there are constant Palestinian meet- ing all passing students, not only the outstanding people who suffer from inferiority and lack of integrity, Secretary of State John Kerry. The memberships take ings following up on the joining of UN agencies. He said, ones. effect on May 2, thirty-days after the submission of the “The PLO has always viewed it as its right for the state of creditability and honor. As the Arabic proverb says: ‘The original letters and two-days after the deadline for the ini- Palestine to join all conventions and agencies of the The question: Why do American universities and deprived has nothing to offer”. —Translated by Kuwait tial nine-months agreed to by both the Israelis and United Nations.” He failed to offer details of those plans, others in advanced and industrial countries are strict Times from Al-Anbaa Palestinians for Secretary Kerry to broker a peace deal. but suggested that more action may be needed from the in their admission policies, although most of them “It doesn’t translate into any tangible change on the Palestinians to ensure their membership. are private, and do not pay attention to profits, while ground,” said Nadim Khoury, Assistant Professor of Fatah representative Mohammad Hurani said the we, the backward in the Third World countries, take Political Science at Al-Quds Bard Honors College for move to sign the letters of accession this month was a it easy in the admission policy, to a point where kuwait digest Liberal Arts and Sciences. message saying that “the Palestinians have their options” “It may give the Palestinians more leverage diplomati- and put pressure on Israel to agree to follow-through on Mulaifi called for admitting all students who passed cally, but this is a remote and abstract kind of power,” he its commitments. the secondary school exams. Why does their think- Women market wrote in an email to The Media Line. Following the UN gambit, government officials in Israel Other conventions Abbas signed-on to include the announced it would impose economic sanctions on the loses identity! Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties and The Palestinians in response to the move, which Israeli Prime Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Minister Binyamin Netanyahu considered to be a unilater- The days of Kuwaiti pride Degrading Treatment or Punishment. “It won’t protect al one. Hourani, a lawmaker, said the Palestinian side was By Arwa Al-Wagyan Palestinians from settler violence or dismantle check- not surprised since “they have nothing to lose.” and prosperity were in the used to feel very happy wandering around the old points and settlements,” Khoury said. “President [Abbas] and the Palestinians know that the But officials of Gaza-based Hamas disagree that it reactions of the Israelis will be a kind of political and eco- fifties until the middle of women’s market (Souq Al-Hareem) in downtown won’t bring statehood closer. “It’s a great step for the nomic punishment,” said Hourani, adding that “there is sixties, during the reign of IKuwait City as a child, listening to Kuwaiti dialects Palestinians,” Isra Al-Modallal, the Hamas government’s always a price you pay in politics.” He argues that US and watching Kuwaiti salesladies doing business. The first female spokesperson said. She said this could be a Secretary of State John Kerry means well, but that he late Sheikh Abdullah Al- market had a beautiful Kuwaiti flavor and fragrance chance to put Israel before the law. needs to exert pressure on the Israeli side. “We think the then. It symbolized Kuwaiti women’s historic self- Americans should make pressure not only on the Salem Al-Sabah. Kuwait was reliance. However, doing the same trip these days, I Direct talks Palestinian side, but on the Israeli side, too,” he said. the country of Arabs, with feel very sad for how identity-less the market has “This is the only way to call for our rights,” she said in a Despite his remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations telephone interview from the Gaza Strip. Committee last week in which Kerry, in the estimation of the full meaning of the word. become. It is not as Kuwaiti as it used to be. Most Qais Abdelkarim, a member of the Palestinian the Israelis, pointed the finger of blame at the Jewish salesladies are Ethiopians or Indians renting the stalls Legislative Council representing the Democratic Front for state enraging Israel’s supporters both domestic and on sublease contracts. The whole market, that once the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), said the Palestine abroad - earning the praise of Hamas’ Al-Modallal-the ing differ from ours? The answer to this question is was considered a wonderful symbol for Kuwaiti work- Liberation Organization (PLO) could have made the move Israeli official nevertheless denied that it was receiving ing women, has become a trade. to join the United Nations agencies last summer, but any pressure from the Americans, calling the relationship not easy. Western countries are advanced in the field Interviewing the only Kuwaiti saleslady there, Um instead decided to “refrain from using its rights to give US between the two allies “a very intimate one.” of science and technology because of the strength Mohammed, she said many violations are being com- sponsored peace talks a chance to yield results” and only DFLP’s Abdelkarim described the American response of education there. Honest competition between decided to do so after Israel failed to release the fourth to the Palestinian gambit as “balanced.” students is the essence, as they are keen on attract- mitted by the salesladies. “They sell unlicensed slim- group of the 104 prisoners it promised last July to set free “They (the Americans) did not like it. They considered ming concoctions. They even sell ‘Viagra’ and sexual ing the best of “brains” around the world to benefit as a gesture to enable the Kerry mission. it negative. It’s important that they did not move to take from their knowledge and specialty in working in stimulants and all complaints made in this regard Abdelkarim said that other measures were being stud- any retaliatory move to the PA side,” said Abdelkarim. have been ignored,” she said, adding that the stalls ied by Palestinian leadership to make sure the accession He says he does not know what will happen, but the private sector, while keeping in mind the inter- should be rented through a lottery conducted every occurs. “Now that the Israelis have turned their back to knows what needs to happen. “If the negotiations are to national competition in the economic, scientific, cul- two years to avoid the usual favoritism, which is the their own commitments, I think it was a wise move, a nec- be extended after the [April 29] time limit, it will have to tural and other fields. basis of selection nowadays. essary move of the PLO to take this step.” But he says this be based on a completely different formula, taking into The days of Kuwaiti pride and prosperity were in is only the beginning. “I think other measures are neces- consideration the lessons of the obsolete talks that took Um Mohammed also noted that stalls were being the fifties until the middle of sixties, during the reign sary to guarantee the accession of the state of Palestine place for nine months. of late Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. Kuwait rented in violation of rules and regulations, but into all conventions and agencies.” “Nothing has changed in the larger sense: the US is not nobody is listening. Um Mohammed was raised in the An Israeli official speaking on condition of anonymity an honest broker between two parties; it still acts and was the country of Arabs, with the full meaning of market. Her own mom and grandmother were two of said that “one only needs to look at history to see that it’s thinks very much like Israel’s lawyer,” Khoury said. the word - it was an open country for all Arab and the Palestinians who are not sticking to their commit- — Media Line foreign competent people to work. Schools and edu- cation in Kuwait were outstanding because Palestinian, Egyptian and Iraqi teachers were out- Kuwaiti women never feel kuwait digest standing, and competition between Kuwaiti, Arab ashamed of decent jobs - they and foreign students was very strong. The students like taking part in exhibitions, Peace talks hanging by a thread who were being sent on scholarships abroad were competing with Americans, Britons and the French. Kuwaiti and Arab students were the main reasons for and have done business and By Linda Gradstein got in contact with customers our students’ outstanding performances in the past. rior to last weekend’s fireworks, American officials were Netanyahu did not elaborate, but Israeli media is report- Now education is politicized, and political Islam is since early childhood. reportedly due to make a final effort to broker a deal ing that the government will include sanctions against the involved in the curricula. The learning by rote policy Pthat would allow Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations Palestinian telecom company which is trying to upgrade the continues instead of creativity and innovation and brokered by US Secretary of State John Kerry - originally network throughout the West Bank. search for new things. Whoever thinks that the scheduled to finish at the end of April-to continue at least The crisis in the talks has also exposed strains in the oldest salesladies there. She lived her childhood until next January. In return, Israel would free more Netanyahu’s ruling coalition. Netanyahu’s Justice Minister advancement of Western students is because of their around its alleys. She is undoubtedly the ‘daughter of Palestinian prisoners than had originally been agreed upon, Tzipi Livni lashed out at Housing Minister Uri Ariel who governments and ruling parties is wrong. The bitter the market’. One can but notice how passionately she the Palestinians would freeze recent petitions to agencies announced 700 new home starts in the Jerusalem neighbor- truth that citizens do not want to admit is that peo- talks about it. connected with the United Nations, and Jonathan Pollard, a hood of Gilo, which is part of the expanded municipal border ple in the West are the initiators in opening schools I felt so nostalgic on the recent past while talking former US civilian intelligence analysts for the US Navy who of Jerusalem that includes land Israel acquired in the 1967 and attracting competencies. Kuwaiti merchants and was given a life sentence for passing classified documents to war - land that the Palestinians claim for their state-in-wait- to the Kuwaiti woman wearing a burgu (traditional reformists played a major role before the oil era, but Israel, would go free. ing. It is not even clear whether this is an announcement of face mask). I could smell the fragrances of those days. their role stopped as the principle of the welfare She said that they always hear depressing remarks Israeli officials say the deal was on the verge of going new construction or just a reissuing of building that has through when the Palestinians toppled it by attempting to already been approved. Either way, it appears that Ariel country emerged. that Kuwaiti women do not want to sell in the join international conventions, some associated with the intended to make a nationalistic statement. In the West, people alone establish outstanding women’s market. She strongly denied that by giving United Nations. Israel says part of the deal that allowed the “The entire Bayit HaYehudi (“The Jewish Home,” a political schools of all stages, and the state does not interfere proof of the many exhibitions held by Kuwaitis work- Kerry talks to happen at all was that the Palestinians would party on the political right that is part of the Netanyahu coali- in the educational process, and all what it does is set ing dedicatedly. hold off on any unilateral action, especially concerning UN tion government) and Uri Ariel, first and foremost, have only the foundations, principles and special instructions She is absolutely right. Kuwaiti women never feel agencies. been waiting for an opportunity to continue to build, to Palestinian officials said they only made the decision to make more statements, to bring the world down on our for outstanding education. ashamed of decent jobs - they like taking part in exhi- We are fully aware that neither the citizens nor bitions, and have done business and got in contact proceed with unilateral action because a promised Israeli heads and prevent us from reaching an arrangement,” Livni, prisoner release (the last of four) was delayed. That prisoner who while in the coalition is on Israel’s political left-wing, told the government are keen on education independ- with customers since early childhood. They have release was supposed to include Arab citizens of Israel for the Israel Television. “This is the price of having Uri Ariel and Bayit ence at all stages, as MPs, citizens and failed state always been hardworking women. The municipality, first time. HaYehudi in the government. I didn’t want them there and employees interfere in the education process and the ministry of social affairs and labor and the min- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday they are [causing] permanent damage.” all have become educational experts, believing that istry of commerce are jointly to blame for driving warned Israel would respond to the Palestinian moves. Some Israeli analysts said Livni, who came close to being the government schools’ mission is to pass students “Unilateral steps by the Palestinians will be answered with elected Prime Minister in 2009, was exaggerating the effect most Kuwaiti women away from the women’s market. even if they are weak. What is most important is to They somehow share part of the blame for the viola- unilateral steps on our part,” Netanyahu was quoted by Israeli of the construction. get a university degree, even through cheating, for- tions committed in this historic market, which should news site Ynet as saying in his first public comments on the “It’s obvious that nobody, not even Zehava Gal’on (the deterioration of the Kerry process in recent days. leader of the dovish Meretz party) is going to relinquish Gilo,” gery and buying certificates. All that those students be a vanguard image for Kuwait. We strongly urge the “The Palestinians will get a state only though direct nego- Amiel Ungar, a journalist and commentator said. “One of are looking forward to is to become state employ- concerned officials to pay more attention to the mar- tiations, and not through empty declarations, nor through Israel’s biggest mistakes has been accepting the position that ees in the welfare country - then we wonder why ket and make it more Kuwaiti once more! - Translated unilateral actions that will only keep the peace agreement any construction over the so-called Green Line (the pre-1967 the West advances and Arabs go backwards! by Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida further away,” he added during the weekly cabinet meeting. border) is akin to original sin.” —Media Line — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Watan TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014

Syrian govt troops Murder, extortion charges no barrier in India’s polls retake Christian town of Maaloula Page 11 Page 8

DONETSK: Pro-Russia protesters wearing gas masks storm a regional police building as one prepares a petrol bomb yesterday. — AFP Ukraine asks for UN peacekeepers EU sees Russia’s hand in Ukraine and threatens sanctions

HORLIVKA: Ukraine’s acting president urged the United uniforms, which have become a symbol of the pro-Russian regions were switching sides. “In the east we have seen numer- into a federation and against its breakup. Nations yesterday to send peacekeeping troops to eastern protesters. ous facts of sabotage from the side of police,” Velichkovych told Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, who was Ukraine, where pro-Russian gunmen kept up their rampage of The identity of the man wasn’t clear and couldn’t be inde- reporters. Ever since Ukraine’s pro-Russian President Viktor believed to be Yanukovych’s backer, issued a statement storming and occupying local government offices, police sta- pendently confirmed. Oleksandr Sapunov, who took part in Yanukovych fled to Russia in late February, Russia has demand- yesterday calling for an end to the violence and urging tions and a small airport. The request came from a government storming the police building in Horlivka, said the insurgents ed that Ukraine change its constitution to turn the country into talks. The West has accused Moscow of fomenting the that has proved powerless to rein in separatists in its eastern were fighting against appointees of the new Kiev government, a loose federal state. Ukraine has said that its giant neighbor unrest. “The fact is that many of the armed units that and southern regions, where insurgents have seized or barri- including the local police chief, and wanted to appoint their has no business telling it what type of government to have. we’ve seen were outfitted in bulletproof vests, camouflage caded government buildings in at least nine cities, demanding own leadership. “The people came to tell him that he is a pup- After refusing demands for a referendum by separatists uniforms with insignia removed,” US Ambassador more autonomy from the new government in Kiev and closer pet of the Kiev junta and they won’t accept him,” Sapunov said. in the east, Turchynov indicated yesterday that holding a Samantha Power said during a UN, Security Council ses- ties with Russia. nationwide referendum on Ukraine’s status was a possibili- sion Sunday. “These armed units ... raised Russian and sep- The Kiev government and Western officials accuse Russia of Ukraine’s richest man urges talks ty. He said such a vote could be held May 25, along with aratist flags over seized buildings and have called for refer- instigating the unrest and of deploying armed Russian agents Acting Deputy Interior Minister Mykola Velichkovych the presidential election. Turchynov expressed confidence endums and union with Russia. We know who is behind in civilian clothing to carry them out. In a telephone call with acknowledged yesterday that some police officers in eastern that Ukrainians would vote against turning the country this.” — AP Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov suggested that an “anti-terrorist operation” be con- ducted jointly by Ukrainian security forces and UN peacekeep- ers, according to the presidential website. Peacekeepers, however, would have to be authorized by the UN Security Council, where Russia holds a veto. Turchynov’s deadline for insurgents to give up their weapons and vacate their homemade barricades passed yesterday with- out any visible action - instead, the violence continued. A pro- Russian mob stormed a Ukrainian police station in Horlivka, another city near the Russian border. Later in the day, armed men in masks also seized control of a small airport outside the city of Slovyansk, also in the Donetsk region bordering Russia.

Putin received ‘numerous appeals’ “The Russian Federation is sending special units to the east of our country, which seize administrative buildings with the use of weapons and are putting the lives of hundreds of thou- sands of our citizens in danger,” Turchynov said, according to the presidential web-site. The events echoed those in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia last month after key regional facilities were seized by Russian troops aided by local militia- men. Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying yesterday that Putin has received “numerous appeals” from eastern Ukraine “asking him to help and interfere in one way or another.” Peskov added that Putin was “watching the develop- ments in those regions with great concern” but wouldn’t elab- orate. The developments came as the European Union’s foreign ministers met in Luxembourg to consider further sanctions against Russia and three days ahead of a Geneva conference seeking ways to defuse tensions. Diplomats from the United States, Russia, the EU, Ukraine and Switzerland were expected at those one-day talks Thursday. Russia has warned the Kiev government not to use force against the armed protesters in the east, saying it could thwart the Geneva conference. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov again denied yes- terday that Russian agents were operating in eastern Ukraine, saying it would contradict Moscow’s interests. He challenged Ukraine “not to be shy” about backing its claims of capturing Russian security officers with facts. In Horlivka, however, one of the men directing the raid on the police headquarters intro- duced himself as a lieutenant colonel in the Russian army to a line of policemen who had switched sides. He did not give his full name. In a video posted online, the man, dressed in an unmarked green camouflage uniform, urged the policemen to obey their new chief and to attach St. George’s ribbons to their TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Syrian govt troops retake Christian town of Maaloula Torture victims’ teeth, nails pulled out: UN

MAALOULA: Syrian government troops seized at least three border communities, including an ancient Christian hamlet, north of Damascus yesterday, state media and activists said, in a dramatic one-day sweep that suggests rebel strongholds along the Lebanese frontier are near total collapse. The capture of Sarkha, Maaloula and Jibbeh was the fastest series of army successes against rebels in the Qalamoun region along the border with Lebanon since the government launched an offensive in the moun- tainous terrain in November. The government gains have allowed the military, backed by the Lebanese Shiite militant Hezbollah group, to ABU DHABI: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi (right) squeeze a key rebel supply route that has long meets with King Juan Carlos I King of Spain at Emirates Palace yesterday. —AFP funneled weapons, supplies and fighters to rural Damascus. Syria’s state news agency said forces loyal to Spain eyes stronger President Bashar Assad captured Sarkha early yesterday before also sweeping rebels out of Maaloula, an ancient Christian village set into ties with UAE visit the rocky hills. Hours later, a Syrian military com- mander said troops also seized the nearby town ABU DHABI: King Juan Carlos of Spain has representatives of major Spanish companies. of Jibbeh. The seizure of the border communi- begun a visit to the United Arab Emirates by The king’s visit is expected to focus in large ties came a day after government troops backed telling the oil-rich nation that it is at the top part on boosting trade with the Gulf region by Hezbollah fighters captured the nearby town of Rankous. of his country’s political and economic agen- as Spain struggles to grow its economy and By yesterday afternoon, only the towns of RANKOUS: A Syrian forces tank arrives to take position during clashes with Syrian rebels, near da. The Spanish head of state made the com- battle near-record levels of unemployment. Arsal Al-Ward, Hawsh Arab and Jbaadin the town of Rankous, Syria yesterday. —AP ments at the start of an economic forum yes- The king will visit Kuwait next, and plans to remained in rebel hands, said the commander their convent during the fighting, fueling fears 38 survivors, detailed the systematic torture of terday in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi. He is return to the region over the coming months who spoke to an Associated Press reporter on a that hard-line Muslims were targeting Christians. men, women and children in the war-ravaged accompanied by a high-level delegation that for visits to Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and government-led tour of the area. He spoke on The nuns were released unharmed in March. In country. includes Spanish government ministers and Qatar. — AP condition of anonymity in line with regulations. exchange, the Syrian government reportedly A 30-year-old university student described A pro-rebel activist in Qalamoun who uses the released dozens of women from prison. During how he was beaten, had his beard pulled out name Amer confirmed the military had taken the government-led tour of the village yester- and his feet burned at an Air Force Intelligence the communities, but said Jibbeh and Jbaadin day, the toll of the past few months on Maaloula facility where he was interrogated in 2012. In had never been in opposition hands. The Britain- was clear, including to Christian sites. It was not another session, “they pulled out two of my toe- based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights con- clear, however, whether the wreckage to nails with a plier,” he said. firmed that both communities had never been Christian buildings was intentional, or whether And a 26-year-old woman gave an account of under rebel control. the ancient sites were merely caught in the being beaten, raped and having her teeth pulled Instead, it appeared that pro-government crossfire. out. “They called us prostitutes and spat in our fighters had pre-emptively seized the towns to Still, rebels from Qalamoun said that despite faces,” said the woman, whose family rejected ensure rebels would not take them. Now in its the loss of their strongholds, the area’s rugged her after learning she had been raped. Upon fourth year, Syria’s civil war has killed more than geography meant that Syrian forces could not arrival at government detention facilities, the 150,000 people and taken on deep sectarian entirely cut opposition supply lines that extend- report said detainees were “routinely beaten and overtones. The armed opposition is dominated ed from Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, particu- humiliated for several hours by guards in what by Syria’s Sunni Muslim majority. Islamic extrem- larly from the Sunni border town of Arsal, to has come to be known as the ‘reception party’”. ists, including foreign fighters and Syrian rebels rural Damascus. “Arsal (begins) the biggest route Investigators also found that several armed who have taken up hard-line Al-Qaeda-style ide- to smuggle medicine and weapons and people groups, including the Islamic State in Iraq and ologies, have taken on an increasingly promi- into Syria, and this route is still working,” said the Levant (ISIL) and the al-Nusra Front, had nent role among the opposition, dampening the Ammar Al-Hassan, a rural Damascus activist. used torture against men, women and children. West’s support for the rebellion to overthrow “The regime and Hezbollah can’t touch it.” Human rights activists and medical workers seen Assad. Meanwhile, the UN’s human rights chief yes- to be affiliated with other armed groups were The government, meanwhile, has drawn terday condemned the “routine” use of torture in particularly vulnerable. heavily on the president’s heterodox Alawite Syrian detention facilities, as a new report said “I urge the government and armed opposi- sect for support. Christians and other minorities victims were raped, beaten and had their teeth tion groups in Syria to immediately halt the use have largely either stayed on the sidelines or and toenails pulled out. “Our findings confirm of torture and ill-treatment, and to release all thrown their support behind the government. that torture is being routinely used in govern- those who have been arbitrarily detained in con- Against that backdrop, Maaloula, located some ment detention facilities in Syria, and that tor- ditions that clearly breach international human 40 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of the capital ture is also used by some armed groups,” UN rights standards,” said Pillay. She stressed the RAFAH: Palestinians burn Israeli flags as they gather to protest after Israeli police and home to a large Christian population, serves High Commissioner Navi Pillay said. importance of bringing torturers to justice and limited Muslim access to Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound yester- as an important symbolic prize for the govern- “In armed conflict, torture constitutes a war providing treatment and fair compensation to day. —AFP ment. crime. When it is used in a systematic or wide- the victims, and reiterated her call for Damascus Those fighters included gunmen from the Al- spread manner, which is almost certainly the to allow her office and other international bod- Israel fearing unrest, Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front, who abducted case in Syria, it also amounts to a crime against ies to monitor conditions in detention centers in more than a dozen Greek Orthodox nuns from humanity.” The UN report, based on accounts by the country. — Agencies limits Al-Aqsa worship JERUSALEM: Israeli police yesterday limit- An AFP journalist said members of the ed Muslim access to Jerusalem’s flashpoint Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas were Al-Aqsa mosque compound, fearing new among the protesters at the compound. Libya trial of Gaddafi violence after clashes at the weekend, a The compound houses the Dome of the spokesman said. As part of the security Rock and the Al-Aqsa mosque, the third measures, male residents of Jerusalem holiest site in Islam. It is also the site where would face age restrictions, said police tradition says the biblical Jewish temples son, aides adjourned spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. “For men, only once stood and is revered as Judaism’s holi- those aged 50 and over are allowed to pray, est place. The police restrictions came as and women of all ages,” he told AFP. Jews prepared to celebrate the week-long TRIPOLI: The Libyan trial of more than 30 top fig- “It’s a precaution that has been taken Passover festival, starting at sunset. As it ures from Muammar Gaddafi’s deposed regime after a security assessment of the possibili- does at major Jewish holidays, the military opened briefly yesterday but the court adjourned ty of disturbances.” Five people were arrest- blocked the already limited access to Israel proceedings as key defendants, including onetime ed on Sunday when Palestinians and Israeli from the occupied West Bank, for 48 hours heir apparent Seif Al-Islam, were absent. The police clashed at the compound in the from midnight (2100 GMT) Sunday, an adjournment until April 27 came just 40 minutes walled Old City. Police said rioters threw army statement said. It said entry would be after the trial started, as rights groups voiced stones and a number of Molotov cocktails permitted to “medical, humanitarian and doubts that the defendants, accused of abuses dur- and officers responded with stun grenades. exceptional cases”. —AFP ing the 2011 uprising that toppled the regime, would get a fair trial. It was the second postpone- ment since March 24. Out of 37 charged only 23 were in the dock, sitting behind bars in blue prison Algeria’s Bouteflika rule uniforms in the heavily-secured courtroom. Among those present were former intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi and Gaddafi’s last premier, marred by graft scandals Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmudi. Senussi appeared weak and pleaded with the court to treat him like other ALGIERS: Corruption, a recurring scourge a case involving contracts between prisoners. “I would like this treatment to end so that for Algeria, has risen to the forefront of Sonatrach and foreign companies, includ- I can receive visits from my family like the other public life during President Abdelaziz ing Saipem, a unit of Italian energy major prisoners,” he told the judge when asked if he had Bouteflika’s rule, fuelled by soaring oil ENI. The move came after prosecutors in any requests. The prosecution said Senussi was nev- prices and an the explosion in imports. The Milan, the financial capital of Italy, also er denied visiting rights and had been visited by judiciary has opened a graft probe cen- opened an investigation into the case. family members. tered on state-run energy giant Sonatrach, The Algerian arrest warrant for Khelil has Seddik Al-Sour, the representative of the prose- which has amassed nearly $700 billion in since been lifted, on procedural grounds, cution, admitted however that some of the defen- earnings since Bouteflika took office, with but the former Bouteflika ally has yet to dants were given “special treatment” due to what political leaders among those named in the return to Algeria since leaving for the he described as the “gravity of the charges against investigation. United States in early 2013. “This is very them”. All the defendants are charged with murder, “Oil prices have soared during worrying. At a time when major interna- kidnapping, complicity in incitement to rape, plun- TRIPOLI: Former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah Al-Senussi (left), and former Libyan for- Bouteflika’s 15 years in power. Oil wealth is tional corruption scandals have registered der, sabotage, embezzlement of public funds and eign intelligence chief Bouzid Dorda, attend their trial at the appeals court yesterday. — AFP the cause of the spreading corruption,” said progress abroad, it’s the status quo in acts harmful to national unity. Djilali Hadjadj, head of the Algerian Algeria,” said Hadjadj. In a separate case, Mahmudi asked the court to be allowed to see Association to Combat Corruption, an NGO. senior officials from the public works min- his lawyers in jail, and said that some members of “Those close to the presidential circle and istry were jailed in 2009 after being impli- his defence team had not been allowed to attend Dutch teen arrested for the (political) system are generally involved cated in a bribery scandal involving the the trial. At least two lawyers represented him yes- at different levels,” Hadjadj told AFP, esti- construction of a major East-West highway. terday. During the brief 40-minute hearing, some mating that tens of billions of dollars have lawyers complained that they have had no access Twitter airline threat been pocketed at different levels. Competing clans to the charge sheets against their clients. But Abdelmalek Sellal, who resigned as The cost of connecting Algeria’s borders The prosecution dismissed their claims, saying THE HAGUE: Dutch police have arrested a ously. Your IP address and details will be for- prime minister to head Bouteflika’s re-elec- with Tunisia and Morocco-a distance of the documents could be consulted any time at the teenage girl after she allegedly tweeted a warded to security and the FBI.” Dutch public tion campaign on April 17, retorts that “you 1,227 kilometers (762 miles) — was initially prosecutor’s office but that defense lawyers were threat to American Airlines posing as an Al- broadcaster NOS said Sarah, whose tweet can’t accuse us of failing to fight corrup- estimated at $7 billion, but is now expected barred from making copies of them. Yesterday’s Qaeda member, a police spokesman said yes- earned her thousands of new followers, then tion”. Two thousand cases were investigat- to reach $13 billion, said economist postponement was due to a number of defendants, terday. The 14-year-old girl named Sarah furiously tried to rectify the situation. ed in 2012 alone, according to Sellal. Since Abderahmane Mebtoul. Some 16 percent notably Seif, being absent, and is meant to give “reported to the police this morning accompa- She tweeted: “I’m really sorry. I’m really 2009, a string of graft cases have come to of this amount has been distributed in lawyers time to prepare their cases. It will also allow nied by a relative”, Rotterdam police’s Roland scared now. I made a joke, please... I’m just a light, most notably one involving former bribes, according to El Watan newspaper. for preparations to be made to set up video links Ekkers said. “She’s been taken into custody girl.” Another tweet, published by the NOS energy minister Chakib Khelil. The revelation of these recurring scan- with Seif and other prisoners who are detained out- with a hearing against her to start soon,” he read: “I’m not going to tell my parents. They’ll A Bouteflika protege, Khelil ran the min- dals has been variously interpreted, with side Tripoli and whose transfer could pose a securi- told AFP. tell me to delete my acc (account) omg (oh my istry for a decade until 2010, when a cor- some saying they indicate that the authori- ty risk. Sarah apparently posted the message that God) that will be the end of my life”. ruption scandal at Sonatrach forced him to ties are actually fighting corruption, and landed her in hot water on social network “I always wanted to be famous, but I meant resign. Between 2000 and 2013, Sonatrach others arguing that they reflect a power ‘Grossly unfair’ to defendants Twitter on Sunday morning. “hello, my name’s like (teen idol) Demi Lovato famous, not reaped around $670 billion in earnings, struggle among the ruling clans. Seif has been held in the western town of Zintan Ibrahim and I’m from Afghanistan. I’m part of Osama bin laden famous.” Ekkers said police which enabled Algeria to finance some Intelligence services, which until last year since he was arrested by rebels in November 2011. Al-Qaeda and on June 1st I’m gonna do some- were investigating “because of the uproar $370 billion worth of imports, repay $40 had a monopoly on graft probes, are “play- The central authorities in Tripoli have tried without thing really big bye,” read the message, which caused over the weekend”. It is not sure how billion in debts and accumulate $200 bil- ing their cards via the press to neutralize or success to negotiate his transfer to the capital. The has since been deleted together with her long Sarah will still be under arrest, he added. lion in foreign currency reserves. eliminate any troublesome opponents at account. American Airlines then responded, “We would like to find out what her motives In August, the Algerian judiciary issued the summit of power,” said analyst other defendants are held in the eastern city of saying “Sarah, we take these threats very seri- were.” — AFP an international arrest warrant for Khelil for Mohamed Hachemaoui.—AFP Misrata. —AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 Mass DNA tests at French school to find rapist

LA ROCHELLE: Male students and staff at a French “To say this is a first, does not automatically mean Each individual asked to provide a sample had to newspaper Le Figaro. school yesterday began providing police with DNA it is not a legitimate operation,” she added. It was agree to the process and parental consent was also “It’s ludicrous! They want to decide on taking samples in an unprecedented operation aimed at expected to take until tomorrow for all the required required for the minors involved. The samples were someone into custody based on that person exercis- discovering who raped a 16-year-old female pupil samples to be collected from a total of 475 male stu- being taken by saliva swabs under the tongue. They ing their rights,” he said. “Then, once in custody, it’s on the premises. The operation has raised concerns dents, 31 teachers and 21 other staff known to have were to be sent to laboratories in Lyon and Nantes against the law to refuse to give a DNA sample.... over rights violations after the prosecutor handling been on site at the time of the attack. and the testing process is expected to take several This is a truly unacceptable abuse of process.” Many the case said anyone refusing to submit a sample The girl was raped in a toilet at the school on months to complete. Authorities said samples that of the students said they had no problem providing would be considered a potential suspect. September 30. The lights in the toilet had been do not match the DNA found on the victim will be samples if it could help track down the rapist. By mid-afternoon, 142 of the 527 boys or men turned off and the girl has not been able to identify destroyed. “Everyone is participating without too much who have been asked to participate in the operation her attacker. A trace of male DNA taken from her trouble because we stand with the girl who was had provided samples at Fenelon-Notre Dame, a pri- clothing will be compared with the samples taken Refusing DNA test ‘a right’ raped and want to find whoever was responsible,” vate Catholic high school in the port city of La this week. “We have nothing to go on except the Pagenelle had raised eyebrows ahead of the test- said 17-year-old student Lucas. Concerned about Rochelle, on France’s Atlantic coast. “Nobody has DNA,” said Pagenelle. “The choice was simple-I either ing by announcing that anyone who refused to pro- their security, some students asked why authorities objected and the samples have been taken in a calm had to close the case or do what I have done.” She vide a sample “will become potential suspects who waited to move ahead with the tests. “I don’t know and orderly fashion,” local prosecutor Isabelle added: “There is a very strong probability that the could be taken into custody”. “Refusing to give a why it took so long, it’s not normal. It’s been seven Pagenelle told reporters, defending her decision to person who did this was someone within the school DNA sample when not in custody is a right,” promi- months that this rapist may be in the school,” said order the tests. who knew the building.” nent defense lawyer Joseph Cohen-Sabban told 16-year-old Margaux. — AFP

‘Good Pope John’ Chile’s Valparaiso still aflame hometown celebrates his 10,000 evacuated, 2,000 homes destroyed VALPARAISO: Emergency responders struggled their homes overnight for fear of losing all of sainthood yesterday with outbreaks from a deadly blaze their possessions to flames or looters, even as that tore through parts of an historic Chilean police and emergency crews guarded the streets. SOTTO IL MONTE GIOVANNI XXIII: While he may not port city, as authorities hoped to have control of “I will not let go of what little I have. This rep- be widely known internationally, pope John XXIII holds the flames in two to three days. The Valparaiso resents 15 years of effort, and until I can no a special place in the heart of many Italians and fire, still burning amid strong winds, has killed 12 longer see my house, I will not leave it. My wife nowhere more so than in his homeland of Bergamo people and is being battled with the help of 11 and my four children are in the shelter,” said where he was born into a farming family. But locals say helicopters, six planes and 2,000 police and mili- Arturo Gomez, a resident of Mariposas. Health the man nicknamed “Good Pope John” for his down-to- tary troops. Minister Helia Molina said that in addition to earth personality-similar to that of Pope Francis-should be remembered as a driving force behind reforms in Authorities say they aim to have control of the reconstruction, psychological support must be Catholicism still relevant today. fire in the next 48 to 72 hours and then begin offered to those affected. Born in Sotto il Monte in the foothills of the Alps in damage assessment and reconstruction. The “We are working with psychosocial teams to 1881, Angelo Roncalli was elected pope in 1958 and blaze, which started in woodland Saturday, take charge alleviating and mitigating what it reigned as John XXIII until his death in 1963. The loyalty destroyed 2,000 homes as flames advanced on means for a family to lose everything it had, here is so strong the town of 4,000 people changed its the city of 270,000, famed for its UNESCO-listed because in this case people lost everything.” name to “Sotto Il Monte Giovanni XXIII”. And prepara- center with cobblestone streets and brightly President Michelle Bachelet has declared the tions for a feast on April 27 — when John XXIII will be painted wooden homes. It also affected 8,000 area a disaster zone, allowing the armed forces to made a saint along with a more famous successor, properties, razed 850 hectares (2,100 acres) and assist in relief efforts and take control of security. John Paul II-are in full swing. forced 10,000 people to evacuate, according to The fire poses a new challenge for Bachelet, who Benigna, a pilgrim from a nearby village visiting latest figures. one month after taking office on a mission to John XXIII’s hometown with a group of fellow pension- Around 1,200 people woke up yesterday hav- narrow the gap between rich and poor, must ers, said she was impressed by the resemblance ing slept for a second night in one of eight shel- rearrange her priorities. between the reformist pope and the current pontiff. ters. The hillside neighborhoods of Jimenez, The fire caused the second mass evacuation in “They have that humility in common, him and Francis, Mariposas, Santa Elena Rocuant and especially Valparaiso in as many weeks after the city was at that love with which they talk to us. They are similar!” Ramaditas, where there is ample vegetation and the center of a tsunami alert following a magni- she said. John XXIII was beatified in 2000 by John Paul II, leav- buildings are made of light, flammable material, tude 8.2 earthquake on April 1. Bachelet has ing him one step from sainthood, and Francis decided were hard hit by wind-whipped flames. The fire announced the suspension of a visit to Argentina in September last year on the full canonisation. “We affected poorer neighborhoods in particular, scheduled for today, in what was to be her first rang the bells for half an hour! People asked why. I where tin and wood homes often built without trip abroad after assuming office for a second knew the news a little bit before it was announced in permits are perched on hillside slopes. The his- term on March 11. the press,” said the local parish priest, Claudio Dolcini. toric port of Valparaiso, however, remained Valparaiso is one of Chile’s most important “Then at Sunday mass, we prayed and people were unscathed. ports. Its golden era was from the mid-19th cen- delighted, they applauded. There was a great atmos- tury to the early 20th as a stopover point for phere of celebration,” Dolcini said. Francis sped up the ‘I will not leave it’ ships steaming down South America and to canonisation since John XXIII has only one supposed Residents who had been evacuated returned round its southern tip into the Atlantic Ocean. miracle to his name while the traditional procedure to their neighborhoods to discover their homes Fires occur frequently in central Chile, where requires at least two miracles. The surprise came even reduced to smoldering ruins. Those caught in the summer sends temperatures soaring. It is cur- as “we found two particularly interesting cases of mira- path of the blaze after it erupted Saturday after- rently autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. In cles that we were researching and preparing to submit noon reported a fast-moving inferno that roared February 2013, some 105 homes were destroyed to Rome,” Dolcini said smiling. towards town, fanned by winds and searing tem- in Valparaiso, affecting 1,200 people, after a 27- peratures. But some residents refused to leave year-old man started a blaze. — AFP ‘Closed’ in Vatican VALPARAISO: Firefighters try to extinguish a fire on April 13, 2014. — AFP The town in 2012 set up a Pilgrim House that offers tours for visitors including to the house where he was born and the humble chapel where he said he received a divine vocation to become a priest. “His mother France’s ‘Black always brought him here to this chapel,” said Pina, the custodian. “They prayed to the Madonna. This was his /redbulletin favorite place in the world, this little chapel even Widow’ denies though there’s basically nothing here,” she said. The quiet town is preparing for an influx of up to 25,000 people and giant 3D screens will be set up to murder as follow the canonisation mass celebrated by Francis. The event will be modest compared to the celebrations in Rome, where numbers are expected to be between trial opens several hundreds of thousands of people and millions. But the event is likely to give a new dimension to a GRENOBLE: A former driving instructor dubbed the following for John XXIII that has remained rather dis- “Black Widow” of the French Alps yesterday denied creet until now-or at least that is the hope at Sotto Il drugging her husband and then burning him to death Monte. “The figure of Pope John really has to be discov- in his car. “I continue to say that I am innocent of what I ered,” said Gimmy Schiavi, director of Pilgrim House. “He is known as the ‘Good Pope’. We wanted to elevate have been accused and that will be shown in court,” the debate a little, make known his previous works, Manuela Gonzalez, 53, said on the opening day of her what he did abroad, tackle more complex themes.” trial for murder. The charred remains of Gonzalez’s late “He began a process of change that all his succes- husband, Daniel Cano, 58, were discovered in his burnt- sors, and especially Francis, have followed,” he said, out car near the house he shared with her in Villard- referring to the Second Vatican Council started under Bonnot in the Isere region of the Alps. John XXIII in 1962 which modernized the Church. Police believe the fire was started deliberately and Dolcini agreed saying: “He unleashed a revolution-in the good sense of the word!” that Cano had taken a large dose of sleeping pills. The Marco Roncalli, the pope’s great-nephew and the case has attracted interest because of the similarities author of three biographies of the future saint, said the between the manner of metal worker Cano’s demise, reality of John XXIII was “more complex” than the pop- the death of two of Gonzalez’s previous partners and ular image. “He was not just a good parish priest but two other incidents in which her lovers narrowly also a statesman, who as Francis said was a great guide escaped death. and was himself guided by God,” he said. Like Francis It emerged after Cano’s death in 2008 that Gonzalez today, John XXIII “needed to be with people”, he said. “He used to tell my grandfather, his youngest brother, had, without consulting her husband, re-mortgaged that he felt a bit like a prisoner in the Vatican in a closed their house for 165,000 euros ($229,000), and that both atmosphere. I think he really suffered.” — AFP husband and wife were regular gamblers. As investiga- tors looked into Gonzalez’s past, they discovered that four of her previous partners had been poisoned in sus- picious circumstances, two of whom died. In 1983, her then husband spent three months in hospital having absorbed large quantities of anti- depressants. A year later, a jeweler with whom she had begun a relationship was hospitalized after drinking tea she had laced with morphine derivatives as part of a plot to persuade him to write her a check for the equiv- alent of 12,000 euros. That episode resulted in a convic- tion and a two-year prison sentence. In April 1989, another lover died in his garage as a result of what was declared a suicide caused by asphyxi- ation from exhaust fumes from his car. Another partner died in 1991 as a result of fumes caused by a fire at a flat they shared. Gonzalez was accused of causing the death but the charges were dropped three years later. Lawyers for Cano’s family say the past incidents reflect a pattern of murderous behavior while advocates Get your collectors’ edition of for Gonzalez are expected to argue they have all been The Red Bulletin this April with dealt with by the authorities and should not be consid- FREE ered relevant to this case. The trial is also expected to DOWNLOAD focus on whether Gonzalez, who is of Spanish heritage, suffered from a split personality and whether financial problems related to her gambling may have been a motive for her alleged murder. A verdict is expected on Friday. — AFP p11_Layout 1 4/14/14 10:27 PM Page 1

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Pakistani held for cannibalism after eating baby

LAHORE: A Pakistani man was arrested yesterday on in Darya Khan village, around 300 kilometers (180 told AFP. “Arif told police that both of them later Arif will undergo psychiatric tests. Zafar Iqbal, a police suspicion of cannibalism when the head of a newborn miles) south of Islamabad, officers said. Arif and his cooked the dead body and ate it.” There is no specific official in Darya Khan police station, where Arif is baby was found at his home-three years after he was brother Farman Ali were arrested for eating human law against cannibalism in Pakistan’s penal code, so as being held, told AFP that the men’s wives and family jailed for the same offence. Police raided the house in corpses in the same village in April 2011 and served in the 2011 case Arif has been charged with desecrat- members had left them some years ago and both a remote village in Punjab province after neighbors two years in prison, in a case that shocked Pakistan. ing a dead body and public order offences. In the ear- were living in the house in isolation. “The neighbors complained of a foul smell and found the head of the “Arif has been arrested and he has confessed that lier case police found the body of a 24-year-old complained to police of a foul stench and police raid- two-day-old baby inside. his brother brought the dead body of the newborn woman who had recently died of cancer at the men’s ed the house immediately. We arrested him after dis- Householder Mohammad Arif admitted eating the from the nearby graveyard,” Ameer Abdullah, police house-minus a leg, which they had eaten. covering a head of a baby. Arif has admitted his crime,” child after his brother stole the body from a graveyard chief of Bhakkar district where the village is located, A hunt is under way to find Ali, Abdullah said, while Iqbal said. — AFP

‘Mental torture’ haunts Second book claims Bagram prison detainee India PM ‘indecisive’ LAHORE: Pakistani truck driver Umran Khan but were stopped again further up the road spent nine years in Afghanistan’s Bagram and detained. The two Afghans were later prison, where he says he suffered beatings, freed but Khan and his friend were taken to a sleep deprivation and a sustained campaign US base and questioned about explosives Unflattering account by insider embarrasses Singh of mental disintegration despite committing found in the car’s boot. “They asked us, ‘Is this no crime. Accused with a friend of transport- yours?’ And we told them we had no idea,” ing bombs in 2005, he has maintained his Khan said. A few days later, he was taken to NEW DELHI: A new book accuses India’s prime min- innocence-and an official record shows his Bagram airbase and given a new identity: ister of being weak and unable to stamp out corrup- captors suspected the same. Now the 32- Prisoner ISN 2422. tion on his watch, the second recent attack by an year-old, one of six Pakistanis released last insider that undermines the Congress party as it November, has spoken out against his treat- Psychological pressure seeks re-election despite trailing in opinion polls. The ment at Bagram in a case rights groups say Detainees at Bagram had no access to opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has cast the underlines the need for more scrutiny of the lawyers, but records on them were released world’s largest ever election as a battle between its prison, opened in 2002 and often compared following a freedom of information request dynamic and assertive leader Narendra Modi and the to Guantanamo Bay. by the American Civil Liberties Union in 2009. relatively ineffective incumbent premier Manmohan The Afghan authorities took over the jail, Umran’s file tells of a man with a consistent Singh. That impression was underlined in a book, renamed Parwan, in 2013 but the US remains account of events who cannot be linked published yesterday, called “Crusader or Conspirator? in charge of foreigners-including around 34 forensically to the explosives found in the car Coalgate and Other Truths” by PC Parakh, who retired Pakistanis. Mustafa Qadri, Pakistan researcher and with no known connections to militant as coal secretary in 2005. It said Singh’s inability to for Amnesty International, said the case groups. Despite the fact he was captured in a take on vested interests led to the so-called “demonstrates the persisting secrecy sur- taxi with IEDs, “there is no fingerprint evi- “Coalgate” scandal, which rocked his premiership. It rounding US detention policies”. “(It is) a sig- dence linking him to these IED components” was the second book in the last week to portray 81- nificant problem given cases like this where nor “evidence of exposure to explosive mate- year-old Singh, prime minister since 2004, as a well- individuals with no apparent involvement in rials”, the file said. The US investigation con- intentioned man of high personal integrity but one hostilities happen to be in the wrong place at cluded that “based upon the evidence and often unable to assert his authority. the wrong time.” testimony... the continued interment of The other, by a former media adviser to Singh, Khan’s ordeal began one night in the (Umran) is not necessary” and noted the was greeted with glee by the BJP, and the party is expected to seize on the Coalgate book to try to land restive northwestern Pakistani city of “strange” circumstances surrounding his cap- BHUBANESWAR: An Indian supporter of the Congress party covers herself with a chair as pro- Peshawar, where he and his friend had trav- ture. Despite being given a low threat assess- another blow at a crucial time. The BJP is favorite to emerge as the largest party in an election that ends tection from the sun while she waits to see the party’s Vice President Rahul Gandhi at an elec- elled from Khyber tribal district to visit a ment, Khan says his captors held him in soli- tion campaign rally in India yesterday. — AP cousin in hospital. There, he met two Afghans, tary confinement and regularly subjected him on May 12, although surveys conducted before vot- “Saifoo” and “Lalzir”, who had brought their to sleep deprivation. ing began last week suggest it is unlikely to win an “Pressures come in the form of enticements such ing competitive bidding on resistance from coal-rich sick grandmother to the same facility. The “They wouldn’t let us sleep. If they wanted outright majority and will need to form a coalition as post-retirement assignments, partnership in busi- states ruled by opposition parties. He has said the men became friends and the Afghans prom- to punish you, for example if you spoke to with other parties. Congress is headed for one of its ness, bribery, blackmail or pure intimidation. findings of the state auditor in the 2012 report were ised the Pakistanis a sightseeing tour in the another prisoner they would put you in a star weakest ever showings, the same polls showed. Pressures also come from friends and relations,” “clearly disputable”. Former media adviser to Singh, eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar and position for 30 minutes to an hour,” he said. Parakh wrote in the book. “Some can resist these Sanjaya Baru, alleged in a book published on Friday the chance to pick up some informal work. “They had metal bars fitted into the doors of “Some resist, others succumb” pressures. Others succumb,” he said, adding that at that the prime minister allowed his authority to be “The first day we arrived we wanted to go our cells. When they saw people were sleep- The Coalgate scandal erupted in 2012 after the no time did the prime minister’s office make recom- undermined by Sonia Gandhi, president of the out, and they refused saying we have to wait ing they would run a stick along it to make a public auditor questioned the government’s award- mendations or exert pressure in favor of any party. Congress party and standard-bearer of the Nehru- for a friend, wait until tomorrow,” Khan, a tall, loud noise.” He said he developed breathing ing of mining concessions without competitive bid- The prime minister’s media adviser declined to Gandhi dynasty. light-skinned man with a long beard and a problems from the tear gas he said guards ding, which it said unduly benefited chosen private comment on specific allegations in Parakh’s book, In an interview yesterday, he commented on the prayer cap, told AFP. After days of waiting, used to quell unruly inmates. He also recalled and state companies and potentially cost the treas- and referred to previous comments the prime minis- prime minister’s handling of various scandals under Khan said he decided to take a bus back to beatings at the hands of soldiers, once after ury billions of dollars in lost revenues. Parakh said ter made in parliament. The media adviser said the his rule. “In all these cases he was aware of what was Pakistan, but Saifoo and Lalzir insisted it was he complained about repeated cell searches that Singh, though keen to introduce open bidding, government was helping the courts and police in happening, he tried his best given the political limita- their duty as hosts to escort their guests in a that upended his meager possessions. “They could not tackle resistance from coal ministers in his their investigations into the affair, and that there was tions,” Baru told TV channel CNN-IBN. “Given those taxi. It was then that things took a turn for the wanted us to never have a moment’s peace, administration. Parakh said he himself came under no case against anyone in the prime minister’s office. political limitations, he took the measures he was worse, with the car searched at a checkpoint day or night. By the time we left, they wanted pressure from people interested in acquiring coal Singh has consistently denied his government able to take and what he could not do, he could not by the Afghan army. They were allowed to go, our minds to be destroyed.”—AFP blocks. did anything wrong, blaming the delay in introduc- do. So it was not as if he was blind.” — Reuters Murder, extortion charges no barrier in India’s polls

NEW DELHI: The list of charges what they think of these cases,” Baitha India for three decades. against Indian politician Kameshwar said, becoming angry on the phone. Misra blames India’s traditional Baitha is long and startling: 16 counts Almost a fifth of candidates standing feudal culture. Even after the coun- of murder, 25 of attempted murder, for the 543-seat parliament face crimi- try’s democratic system was intro- six of assault with a dangerous nal charges, according to an analysis duced, politicians still used so-called weapon, three of extortion and so on. by the Association for Democratic muscle-men and later money-men to In many democratic countries, such Reform, a Delhi-based think-tank. “influence” voters and shoehorn them severe criminal allegations would be And they are not only in remote into power. “The nexus between crime catastrophic to a politician’s chances and poor areas like Jharkhand, but at and politics is very strong,” he told of winning a seat in the nation’s par- the centre of power in India. Five of AFP. Even when pressure grows on liament. the seven candidates contesting for politicians to quit over allegations, But Baitha says the 109 charges, the election frontrunner Bharatiya they can often find a way around it. racked up during his time as a Maoist Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi face Lalu Prasad Yadav-a longtime head of insurgent in his home state of eastern charges, albeit relatively minor ones. Bihar, one of India’s most populous Jharkhand, will not dent his chances A key aide of BJP leader Narendra states-simply installed his wife when at the ballot box as he seeks re-elec- Modi, who is tipped to become prime he was forced to step down in 1997 tion in the mammoth elections minister on a platform of clean gover- over long-running corruption underway in India. “The kind of work nance and strong leadership, is being charges. I’ve done, and particularly my focus investigated for alleged murder and Between the two of them, the cou- on the weakest social groups in my extortion. ple ruled the state uninterrupted from constituency, is what makes me popu- 1990 to 2005 and Yadav went on to be lar,” Baitha told AFP, dismissing the ‘Strong crime-politics nexus’ a member of the national parliament charges as false. Traditionally, voters have not been and railways minister. Under new “Everyone knows that I am the troubled by criminal charges in a rules set by the Supreme Court, he man to beat.” Fighting corruption and country where millions still vote strict- was stripped of his parliamentary seat cleaning up Indian politics are major ly along caste and regional lines. They last September after being convicted issues at this election, particularly for also often believe false allegations are over a scam involving the misuse of middle-class and urban voters. The leveled by political opponents, with funds for animal fodder in the 1990s. five-week voting process ends on May police and the judiciary-who have a The new rules make it illegal for politi- 12 with results due four days later. reputation for corruption-obliging by cians found guilty of serious crimes to Baitha, who first won his seat in 2009, laying charges. “There is a lot of truth stay in office, although convictions said voters in the impoverished and to this. Some of the charges are politi- can take decades. mainly tribal forest belt of northeast- cally motivated and trumped up,” said ern Jharkhand see him as a Robin Satish Misra, an analyst with the Parties pledge cleaner politics Hood-type figure. Delhi-based Observer Research But the electorate is increasingly “You are sitting in distant Delhi- Foundation. “But there are also a lot of demanding a clean-up of politics with come to the region and you’ll know serious criminals in politics,” said momentum growing thanks to anti- what the people have to say about it, Misra, who has analyzed elections in corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal, who has tapped into seething public anger over graft. After making a stunning debut at state polls in Delhi late last year, Kejriwal’s party is tipped to win a handful of seats at these elections. The former tax inspector’s message has resonated with many voters and forced the scandal-plagued Congress party, in power since 2004, and the BJP to take up the pledge of cleaner government. “They (voters) know that if corrupt elements win the election, you will get corrupt governance,” the Association for Democratic Reform’s Trilochan Sastry said. Baitha, a candidate for a regional party who has told media he was only an ideological not a militant leader of a banned insurgent group, seems unphased by the shifting mood. Voters would continue to dis- miss the charges as false and irrele- NEW DELHI: The first elected Maoist politician to the Indian Parliament vant, he said. “Poverty and develop- Kameshwar Baitha (center) gestures as he poses with supporters at Parliament ment are the key issues for me and House. — AFP my people.” — AFP TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 INTERNATIONAL False leads in search for missing jet

If the signals detected deep in the Indian military radar that the jet may have China Sea, but Vietnamese and 122 floating objects, but search planes but this is later found to be unrelated. Ocean are truly from the wreckage from turned back from its flight path and Malaysian searchers find nothing at the were unable to locate them. A day later, The false lead came days after the Ocean Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, they ulti- crossed the Malay peninsula after its spot. Three days later, Malaysia’s prime Malaysia’s prime minister says new analy- Shield, an Australian ship, detected mately will close the book on a frustrat- communications systems went off. minister says satellite data showed the sis of the satellite data shows the plane underwater “pings” on two days that ing long list of false leads in the effort to Authorities intensify their search on the plane could be anywhere on two huge crashed into the southern Indian Ocean, were consistent with signals emitted find the jet. Here are the most prominent western side of the country and in the arcs: a northern one stretching from somewhere west of the city of Perth. from an aircraft’s black boxes the first moments in which hopes of solving the northern part of the Strait of Malacca. Thailand up to southern Kazakhstan, and March 27: A Thai satellite detects major breakthrough in the search for tragic aviation mystery were dashed: March 10: Searchers spot a floating a southern one from the western tip of about 300 objects floating in the India Flight 370. March 8: Around 9:00 am, more than yellow object, spurring speculation it Indonesia’s Java Island to the southern Ocean. They were never verified to be April 11: Australia’s prime minister an hour after Malaysia Airlines reported could be a life raft, but it is found to be stretches of the Indian Ocean. from the plane. says authorities are now confident the Boeing 777 missing, rumors spread moss-covered piece of sea trash. March 19: Australia’s prime minister March 28: The Australian agency underwater signals are coming from the on the Internet that the plane had safely March 11: News early on that two of says satellite images show two large coordinating the search shifts the search missing planes jet’s flight data recorders landed at an airport in southern China. the 239 passengers on board used stolen objects floating in the southern Indian area about 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) in an area about 4,500 meters (15,000 These quickly turn out to be baseless. passports fueled speculation of terror- Ocean. They were never found. to the northeast after analysis of radar feet) deep. He cautions that retrieving Later in the day, search planes spot two ism. Malaysian police determined that March 22: A search plane spots a data suggested that the plane flew faster them from the ocean floor will be very long oil slicks in the South China Sea, but two men who boarded the plane with floating wooden pallet that appeared to than thought and used up more fuel, challenging. tests later show the oil was not from an stolen passports were Iranians seeking be surrounded by straps of different thereby reducing the distance it traveled. April 14: With no signals detected for aircraft. to illegally migrate to Europe and not lengths and colors, but spotters were March 30: Malaysia’s defense minister six days amid speculation the black box- March 9: Vietnam says a search plane terrorists. unable to photograph it. A New Zealand says investigations of a flight simulator in es’ batteries have expired, the head of spots objects in the South China Sea sus- March 12: A Chinese state agency military aircraft tried to find the objects the pilot’s home, including a check by the joint search mission says an under- pected to be from the plane, but they releases images of three white objects for closer inspection, but found only the FBI, turned up “nothing sinister.” water submersible will be launched to turn out to be unrelated. Malaysia’s air floating in the sea close to the plane’s clumps of seaweed. April 10: An Australian aircraft picks scan the seafloor for remains of the force chief says there were indications on last confirmed position in the South March 23: A French satellite detects up another possible underwater signal, plane. —AP Robotic submarine searches for MH370 Search now in sixth week, well beyond pinger battery life

PERTH: Australia decided yesterday It would be a number of days tion. “This is an area that is new to hours. Downloading and analyzing to deploy a mini-submarine to before the oil could be conclusively man,” Houston said, expecting to data requires a further four hours. scour the unmapped Indian Ocean tested ashore, but Houston said he find a lot of silt. “It’s not sharply But while the mini-sub could take seabed for Malaysian jet MH370 at did not think it was from one of the mountainous or anything, it’s more the search a step closer towards visu- a daunting depth of 4,500 meters many ships involved in the search. flat and almost rolling, but we under- ally identifying any wreckage, (15,000 feet), ending the search for “It’s very close to where the trans- stand... that part of the India Ocean Houston repeated his longstanding black-box signals. Angus Houston, missions are coming from and we’ll has a lot of silt on the bottom. note of caution that nothing was who heads the Joint Agency investigate it and that will take a lit- “And if we have silt on the bot- guaranteed. He noted that after Air Coordination Centre, also revealed tle bit of time, given that we’re in tom, that can be quite layered, quite France Flight AF447 crashed in the that an oil slick had been sighted in the middle of the Indian Ocean. deep and that will complicate how Atlantic Ocean in June 2009, it took the area of the search led by the Australian vessel Ocean Shield far off Perth. “Ocean Shield will cease search- SEOUL: South Korean Christians pray during a rally demanding the improve- ing with the towed pinger locator ment of North Koreans‘ human rights situation yesterday. —AFP later today and deploy the autonomous underwater vehicle Bluefin-21 as soon as possible,” N Korea vows Seoul will Houston said, adding it could enter the water later yesterday. “We pay ‘dear price’ for insults haven’t had a single detection in six days so I guess it’s time to go SEOUL: North Korea yesterday warned “no-slander” clause was always going to underwater,” he told a news confer- South Korea it would pay a “dear price” for prove problematic, with North Korea insist- ence. “We anticipate deploying it recent criticisms of Pyongyang’s nuclear ing it should extend to the South Korean this evening.” The US Navy said the program and political system, saying they media as well as private groups and indi- vehicle would deploy at 5:00 pm violated a no-slander agreement. The warn- viduals. Perth local time (0900 GMT), but ing from the Committee for the Peaceful Pyongyang saw Park’s comments in did not immediately confirm the Reunification of Korea (CPRK) came days Berlin and elsewhere as violating the launch after the specified time. after Pyongyang blasted South Korean agreement, and in recent weeks has direct- “(It) will descend to a depth of President Park Geun-Hye’s proposals for ed increasingly personal attacks on the between 4,000 and 4,500 meters, Korean reunification as the “daydreams of a president, describing her at one point as “a approximately 35 meters above the psychopath”. peasant woman babbling to herself”. ocean floor,” the navy said in a Park was again the focus of the North’s Yesterday’s CPRK statement also criticized statement. “The AUV will spend up anger, with the CPRK denouncing com- Park’s defense, unification and foreign to 16 hours at this depth collecting ments she made during a recent tour of affairs ministers, as well as the “human data, before potentially moving to Europe. “Our servicemen and people... will scum” who testified before a UN-appointed other likely search areas,” it added. never tolerate the enemy forces’ attempts panel investigating rights abuses in the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to insult our system and will make sure North. went missing on March 8 en route they pay a dear price for their madcap “Inter-Korean relations collapsed due to from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with INDIAN OCEAN: Co-pilot and Squadron Leader Brett McKenzie helps to look for objects during comments,” the committee said in a state- the ugly fantasies and vicious smear cam- 239 people on board. The reason the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 off Perth. —AFP ment carried by the official KCNA news paigns of the South’s authorities... and why the plane came to crash in the agency. wicked conservative media,” the CPRK said. southern Indian Ocean remains a ‘Slow and painstaking’ things are on the bottom. It’s around nearly two years to retrieve the black During her tour, Park had warned that “We will never tolerate the mean smear mystery. Houston emphasized that it was 4,500 meters.” The Bluefin-21 is boxes from a depth of 3,900 meters. Pyongyang’s nuclear material could end up campaigns by the South and will respond So far no debris has been found 38 days since the Boeing 777 van- equipped with side-scanning sonar “However, this is the best lead we in terrorist hands and warned of a possible resolutely,” it said. despite an enormous search involv- ished and the batteries powering the and will initially focus on 40 square have and it must be pursued vigor- Chernobyl-style disaster at the North’s The statement also included the first ing ships and planes from several black box tracker beacons had a life kilometers (15 square miles) of ously. Again I emphasize that this main nuclear complex. The CPRK also took flat denial that North Korea was linked to nations. But Houston said about of only 30 days. Ocean Shield has seabed in the vicinity of the detect- will be a slow and painstaking issue with Park’s “viciously slanderous three crashed drones found in the South. two liters of the newly spotted oil detected four signals linked to air- ed signals. process.” The Bluefin-21, a 4.93- remarks” regarding political repression and Seoul’s defense ministry said last week it slick had been collected for testing. craft black boxes, helping to narrow But Houston explained that the metre long sonar device, weighs 750 human rights abuses in North Korea. “This was convinced the North was behind the “I stress the source of the oil is yet down the vast search zone. But the US-made vessel operates slowly, kilograms and can operate down to shows Park is the true kingpin and major three camera-equipped drones recovered to be determined but the oil slick is last confirmed ping came on with each mission taking a minimum 4,500 meters-roughly the depth of culprit of slanderous insult,” it said. in different parts of the country. “The ene- approximately 5,500 meters down- Tuesday last week and officials sus- of 24 hours to complete. The device the ocean floor where the pings Under an agreement reached during my forces are further stepping up their wind... from the vicinity of the pect the batteries are now dead. The needs two hours to reach the bot- were detected. Houston also said rare, high-level talks in February, the two slander and smear campaigns by fabricat- detections picked up by the towed retired air chief marshal stressed the tom, where it will work for 16 hours the search for floating material from Koreas had resolved-at Pyongyang’s insis- ing the ridiculous drone incident,” the pinger locator on Ocean Shield,” he enormous difficulties in working at producing a high-resolution 3D map the plane would end in the coming tence-to cease trading verbal insults. The CPRK said. —AFP said. great depths in such a remote loca- before surfacing in another two days. —AFP S Korean intelligence official quits

SEOUL: A top South Korean intelli- Philippine leader receives gence official resigned yesterday over a scandal with political ramifications involving the fabrication of evidence draft for Muslim self-rule in an espionage case. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said Suh MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino has said he will submit the draft However Christian politicians are Cheon-Ho, one of its three vice-chiefs, Aquino yesterday formally received a to Congress so the legislative body can expected to oppose the draft law while stepped down to take responsibility draft law representing a crucial step pass it, ideally by the end of this year. This Muslim rebel hardliners have said they for the involvement of his staff in the towards the creation of an autonomous will allow time for other steps such as a will not give up their fight for an inde- scandal. area for the country’s Muslim minority, local plebiscite to determine which parts pendent Islamic state in the south. The The agency has been accused of following a historic peace deal. Aquino of the country will be included in the autonomous region cannot exist with- forging documents-including Chinese received the Bangsamoro Basic Law from autonomous area. out the law, but there are no guarantees border control records-to build a false a special transition committee headed by The government is hopeful of com- that Aquino can secure majority sup- spying case against a former Seoul representatives of the Moro Islamic pleting the entire process before the port in Congress on the highly sensitive city official who had escaped to Liberation Front (MILF), once the main president steps down in mid-2016. issue. —AFP South Korea from North Korea in Muslim rebel group in the majority- 2004. State prosecutors launched a Catholic Philippines, his aides said. probe in February when China con- The law will speed up the process of firmed that the documents were not creating the autonomous region as part authentic, and NIS chief Nam Jae- of a peace process to end decades of Joon has come under pressure from fighting that has claimed tens of thou- politicians and human rights activists sands of lives. Just last month, the MILF to step down. SEOUL: Anti-war activists participate in a rally to mark Global Day signed a landmark pact to end one of But the Prosecutors’ Office in Seoul of Action on Military Spending in front of the National Assembly Asia’s longest and deadliest conflicts, concluded yesterday it did not yesterday. —AFP promising to give up their arms for an autonomous homeland in the southern believe the forgery was part of a larg- all responsibility,” he said in a state- tarian rule before South Korea Philippines. er operation orchestrated by the NIS ment released by the NIS. President embraced democracy in the 1980s. As part of this accord, a transition leadership. The two-month investiga- Park Geun-Hye accepted the resigna- The modern-day NIS has also been committee was formed that drafted the tion uncovered no evidence that top tion, according to Yonhap news tainted by a series of scandals, most “basic law” for the autonomous area. NIS officials had been involved, it said. agency. She called for a thorough recently the admission by some Presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte Charges have however been brought investigation last month after an NIS agents that they had meddled in the said that the draft law would stand the against two NIS agents, including Lee informant linked to the forgeries tried 2012 presidential election. Nam’s legal challenges of groups which are In-Cheol who served as a South to commit suicide. He survived and predecessor as NIS chief, Won Sei- opposing the accord. “Some groups have Korean consul in China’s northeastern was arrested by prosecutors. Hoon, was convicted last month of already made known their intention to city of Shenyang. With local elections due in early taking bribes and jailed for two years. challenge the Bangsamoro Basic Law,” A third NIS official was indicted June, the case has been a politically Won faces separate charges over the MANILA: A Filipino Muslim girl and her sister join a rally at the Valte said. two weeks ago. Suh, in charge of intel- sensitive one for Park, who appointed election meddling scandal. He is Mendiola bridge leading to the Malacanang presidential palace “The panel... have made sure that ligence-gathering and investigating Nam a year ago. The spy agency, accused of organizing an online yesterday to call for support to a recently-signed peace agree- they had the proper legal guidance while North Korean spies, issued a public which has changed titles over the smear campaign against the opposi- ment between the government and the largest Muslim rebel (the draft) was being crafted and that it apology for the “disgraceful” scandal. “I years, had a particularly notorious tion party candidate whom Park group in the country. —AP will stand up to scrutiny,” she added. submitted my resignation to assume reputation in the decades of authori- defeated. —AFP NEWS TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014

Riyadh imposes fines, jail terms for visa... Sisi makes a splash Continued from Page 1 servants, jobs that most Saudis do not want. Economists Continued from Page 1 price, as was the case for a farmer in southern Egypt con- have also said it is unclear whether the policies will ulti- demned to six months in jail for riding through his village Around 20 million Saudis and 10 million foreigners live mately create sustainable jobs, and they have caused The Internet is flooded with posts on Sisi, while sites on a donkey with “Sisi” sprayed on the animal. in the kingdom. short-term disruption, particularly in the construction sec- such as Facebook and Twitter have been buzzing since he In contrast to all the Sisi paraphernalia seen on the Riyadh hopes that stricter enforcement of visa rules will tor. Foreigners working for themselves or overstaying their announced his candidacy. Even a picture of a lush garden streets, there is none for any of his opponents, including encourage hiring Saudi nationals, by making it harder and residence visas face a fine of 10,000 riyals ($2,667) and behind Sisi when he declared his candidacy on television Hamdeen Sabbahi, the leftist leader seen as his nearest more expensive to employ expatriates, who tend to be deportation for a first offence, rising to 50,000-riyal fines in late March has become a topic of debate. While popular rival. The Sisi brand, meanwhile, has turned into a lucrative cheaper than the kingdom’s own citizens. Saudi visa rules and six months in prison followed by deportation for three satirist Bassem Youssef could not resist taking a dig at it, business. Video games, chocolates and cakes have been stipulate that all foreign workers must be sponsored by offences or more. pro-Sisi commentators have lauded its environmentally named after him, while posters of Sisi with tigers, eagles or their employers and cannot work for themselves or other Immigrants who entered Saudi Arabia illegally will be friendly message. Photographs of Sisi on a bicycle in a the late charismatic president Gamal Abdel Nasser are companies or individuals. The government says expatri- fined 15,000 riyals and jailed for two months before depor- Cairo street have also been a big hit on social networks. everywhere. Sisi “identity cards” stating his job description ates who set up their own businesses or work for compa- tation for a first offence, rising to 100,000 riyals and six But what has really inflamed the social networks is an as “saviour of the country” are on sale for one Egyptian nies that do not sponsor them deny jobs to Saudis and months in prison with deportation for three or more insulting Twitter hashtag which translates into “vote for the pound. make it harder to enforce quotas for local and foreign staff. offences. People who smuggle or transport illegal immi- pimp”. A Morsi supporter, in a tweet, urged Egyptians “to Another popular item is a currency note with Sisi wear- Saudi unemployment is officially around 12 percent for grants will be fined 25,000-100,000 riyals and have their vote for the pimp so that when there is an electricity cut, ing a hat or in military uniform, looking up with one elbow Saudis, but that figure does not account for the 60 to 70 vehicle confiscated. Prison terms range from six months to he can give us light from the apple of his eye.” He was refer- resting on a sphinx. “Anything related to Sisi is going fast,” percent of working-age people who do not hold jobs and two years. Those who employ or aid foreigners without ring to a speech in which Sisi praised Egyptians as the said Medhat Mohamed, a street vendor who sells at least are not actively seeking work. Economists have warned proper visas, and sponsors who let them work for them- “apple of my eye”. But such mockery can exact a heavy 100 posters a day of the candidate. — Agencies Riyadh it needs to boost private-sector employment, selves or other people, face fines of 15,000-100,000 riyals, a because eventually it will be unable to reduce joblessness freeze on hiring expatriates and prison terms of up to six through public-sector hiring, as it sometimes has. Labour months and deportation. Additional penalties are Sane wants probe into PM cash grants Minister Adel Al-Fakeih said in January the crackdown on imposed for licensed pilgrimage operators that fail to visas coupled with sweeping reforms over recent years has report when people coming to Makkah or Madinah for Continued from Page 1 tion against the prime minister, Kandari said if the premier doubled the number of Saudis in private-sector jobs since hajj do not return to their countries. Countries with large fails in his replies to convince the Assembly, the motion mid 2011. numbers of citizens working in Saudi Arabia include Kandari said that some people want to confuse things will be filed. Such a motion requires 10 MPs to sign it and However, a large number of those without proper doc- Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri in what he called the “scandal of the cash grants”, adding if the Assembly approves it, the issue goes to HH the Amir uments are thought to be manual labourers and domestic Lanka, Indonesia and the Philippines. — Reuters that there is no ambiguity over what happened because who will either change the prime minister or dissolve the the lawmaker has admitted receiving the funds. Kandari Assembly and call fresh polls. Adasani meanwhile said said it was strange that the office of the prime minister that the grilling will focus on how the lawmaker got the Study calls to end subsidies for expatriates has remained silent on such a sensitive issue and claimed money and how he spent it, adding that it is illogical for Continued from Page 1 dized services. The proposal calls for studying Kuwaitis’ that there were attempts to prevent publicity of the issue. an MP to say he got money from the prime minister in monthly consumption patterns and come up with cate- Asked if they intend to file a motion of non-coopera- order to give as charity. Kuwait charges consumers 2 fils per kilowatt of elec- gories for charges paid. Payment would still start at the tricity that costs the state around 47 fils to produce. current rate of 2 fils per 1 kilowatt, but increase gradually Subsidization has allowed Kuwait to maintain one of the the more energy is consumed. Israel claims secret talks with Kuwait... world’s cheapest electricity and water rates for decades, The same criteria is to be followed for fuel, as the which created an overconsumption problem in recent study proposes allocating ‘specific quotas’ of subsidized Continued from Page 1 Washington was not taking a tough enough line with years. But the debate about removing energy subsidies gasoline under which a Kuwaiti driver would have to pay Tehran. However, analysts have scoffed at the idea that surpasses its effect on saving energy, and reaches a dis- more if he or she exceeds their designated quota. The A spokesman for Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry said: ties between Israel and much of the Arab world could cussion on the ability of foreign workers - a majority of study also calls for removing subsidies on diesel com- “There are no ties or talks with Israel at any level.” In be normalised while the Israeli-Palestinian conflict whom are paid less than KD 200 a month - to survive pletely, since this type of fuel is only used by companies Kuwait, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled Al- remained unresolved. US-brokered peace talks between once the decision becomes a reality. in Kuwait. Jarallah said: “It is not true, we don’t have these kind of the two are floundering, with no indication that a reso- For example, removing electricity subsidization The committee is set to discuss the study during a talks.” lution is anywhere in sight. means that an expatriate who pays an average of KD 25 meeting chaired by Minister of Finance Anas Al-Saleh. Yedioth paraphrased Lieberman as saying some new “To Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states, the cost of open a year will have to pay KD 550. The decision would also The debate will focus on its economic and social impact Israeli-Arab peace accords would be signed in 2019. “I’m relations with Israel at this time may be higher than the likely end a common tradition by apartment buildings to on citizens and expatriates alike. The panel understands certain that by then we will have a situation in which we benefit, given the position of the Arab street,” Israeli include electricity and water charges into the rent and that that this proposal will result in inflation and salary have full diplomatic relations with most of the moder- think tank, the Institute for National Security Studies, paying the ministry on tenants’ behalf. increase demands by a majority of expatriates in Kuwait, ate Arab states. And you can count on my word,” he said. said in a report in December. Lieberman, who has As for fuel, selling gasoline for its actual price would according to the sources who spoke on the condition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long hinted worked hard in recent months to soften his hardline increase expatriates’ bills 2.5 to 3 times, which means anonymity. that Israel and the Gulf states share a similar goal in international image, suggested Arab nations were as that if someone spends an average of KD 200 annually The minister of electricity and water had announced halting Iran’s nuclear program, saying they all saw a eager as Israel to be open about their shared interests. “I on petrol, he will have to pay between KD 500 and KD earlier this month that a proposal is being mulled to mortal threat in its ambitious atomic drive. Iran denies think that they too are stewing in their own juice and 600 if subsidies are removed. remove subsidies from some categories of consumers. that it is planning to build nuclear weapons. reaching an awareness that there will be no choice but The study does not leave out Kuwaitis, who under the He clarified at the same time that middle class citizens Senior Israeli officials have also said that like them- to move from the secret stage of the dialogue between proposed measures will have limited access to subsi- and those with low income will not be affected. — Al-Rai selves, moderate Sunni states are worried that us to the open stage of the talks,” he said. — Reuters TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 ANALYSIS

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Issues Shades of Cold War at NATO HQ

By Jerome Rivet

he Ukraine crisis is turning the clock back 30 years for NATO and Russia with the return to Tpropaganda methods and suspicions last seen during the Cold War. “NATO and Moscow have sud- denly remembered they used to be the world’s best worst enemies,” said a Brussels-based officer at NATO’s headquarters, speaking on condition of anonymity. “And our older colleagues are using the same reflexes they abandoned years ago,” he added. Gaza cops trade bullets for laser-tech In NATO offices, maps of Ukraine are now pinned up on walls alongside that of Afghanistan, the country By Adel Zaanoun from operating in Egypt and said it would seek to seize the in the past paid in full by the government are now being that most mattered until recently. “Russia experts are movement’s assets there. After Morsi’s overthrow, the army asked to pay half from their own pockets, security sources say. back in the centre-stage again,” a diplomat added. ecurity forces in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip are using destroyed hundreds of smuggling tunnels under the border, And police are moving over more and more to using The mood has turned especially sour in the last technology to practice shooting on laser simulators, sav- reducing the flow of cash to Hamas coffers. It is now strug- motorcycles rather than cars because of constant fuel short- ing money spent on ammunition in the cash-strapped gling to pay the wages of 51,000 civil servants and budget ages. The destroyed tunnels were widely used for the days as Moscow and NATO each accuse the other of S Palestinian territory. In a converted gym, four uniformed offi- cuts will no longer be able to spare the security services. import of fuel, food, construction materials and military reviving the spirit of the Cold War that saw the cers aim at targets with Kalashnikov assault rifles converted to Hamas officials and security personnel, whose fuel bills were supplies. —AFP United States and Russia in confrontational mode fire beams of laser light, whose path is recorded on a comput- from 1947 to 1991. “Nobody wants a new Cold War. er in a control room and monitored by an instructor. Russia should stop trying to turn back the clock,” “Electronic shooting has great advantages,” said Col Anders Fogh Rasmussen, secretary general of the Mohammed Al-Nakhala, head of training in Gaza’s National Western military alliance, said this week. Security organisation. “This is a leap forward in training pro- But the Russian foreign ministry website instead vided by the interior ministry which saves a great deal of pointed the finger at the NATO chief, accusing ammunition, money and work,” he told AFP. The ministry’s training director, Mahmud Shubaki, says the Rasmussen of “zealously replicating” Cold War rheto- simulators allow trainees to practise extensively before gradu- ric. Moscow has reacted particularly bitterly to a vex- ating to use of live fire. “On a real shooting range we are limit- atious decision taken end March by the 28 military ed by the number of rounds we can fire,” he said. Shubaki said allies to suspend NATO-Russian “practical coopera- four Kalashnikovs had been converted to fire electronically tion” in reprisal for the annexation of Crimea. This is and fitted with an air-powered mechanism to simulate the because the move amounts to a snub in practical recoil of shooting live rounds. The 32-year-old Shubaki, who terms, meaning that Russians no longer have easy received military training in Algeria, said the new system had access to NATO headquarters - bar just four of them, cut the cost of a firearms course from $20,000 to $1,000. But including the Russian ambassador to NATO. trainee Omar Al-Halabi, a 32-year-old lieutenant, said he prefers live fire exercises over the simulator which “feels like a “Introduction of these restrictive measures video game”. against the diplomats confirms yet another time that Hamas, shunned as a terrorist movement by Israel, the the North Atlantic alliance is incapable of rising United States and the European Union, seized control of Gaza above the mentality of the Cold War era, and prefers from the rival Fatah after a week of fierce fighting in 2007 but the language of sanctions to dialogue,” said Russia’s is undergoing a worsening budget crisis. The Strip’s borders foreign ministry. with Israel are tightly controlled by land, sea and air, and pas- sage across the frontier with neighbouring Egypt has been ‘Chaotic Relations’ severely restricted since last July when its army deposed Hamas’s ally, president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim A picture taken on March 27, 2014 shows members of the Palestinian security forces aiming during a target The latest clash occurred Thursday when NATO Brotherhood. shooting session using makeshift laser guns at the police training headquarters of the Hamas authorities in released satellite photos to prove the presence of a Last month a Cairo court barred the militant Islamic group Gaza City. —AFP massive and “very capable” Russian force massed along Ukraine’s border. Unrolling its campaign on social media such as Twitter, NATO put out black- and-white shots showing hundreds of tanks and Fur flies as US gets to grips with feral cats vehicles along with scores of aircraft parked in the countryside near the frontier. Russia responded rap- By Robert Macpherson trol. Coast to coast, the Humane Society of the neutered, sterilized or otherwise - posing a January to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. idly, saying the pictures dated back to the summer of United States estimates there are as many as 50 deadly threat to many avian species. They cite a “It’s certainly a hot-button issue,” acknowl- 2013, not to March and April as stated by NATO. On t’s Friday night in Eckington, a quiet residen- million feral cats, or “community cats” as their study from the Smithsonian Conservation edged Elizabeth Holtz, staff attorney for Alley Friday, the alliance nixed those claims with a fresh tial corner of Washington, and the back alley advocates prefer to call them. That compares to Biology Institute and US Fish and Wildlife Cat Allies, a Washington-based group that pro- is crawling with feral cats - rich pickings for 95.6 million cats kept as pets. Service that estimated that “free-ranging motes TNR and rejects the oft-quoted batch of pictures “in order to clearly show that the I seasoned cat-trapper Marty King. “Here, kitty For decades, standard procedure has been domestic cats” kill a median of 2.4 billion birds Smithsonian study as “irresponsible and claims of Russian officials are categorically false”. kitty kitty kitty,” said King after setting four met- to round them up and euthanize them, but in and 12.3 billion mammals every year. “Un- biased.” She cited the example of Jacksonville, Russia-watchers and defence specialists are tak- al traps baited with flaked shrimp and fish cat recent years the trend has swung towards TNR owned cats, as opposed to owned pets, cause Florida, which has seen “a huge decline in kit- ing in events with a pinch of salt. “These references food and lined with fresh newspapers. “If - trapping, then neutering, then returning cats the majority of this mortality,” said the 2013 tens entering their shelters and the number of to the Cold War are a heresy both on the geo-politi- they’re hungry and they haven’t seen traps to the places they were captured. “Ultimately, study, published in the scientific journal Nature, cats they are euthanizing” since 2009 under a cal level and militarily,” said Philippe Migault at the before, they’re not hard to catch,” she our goal is to sterilize all outdoor cats and have which called TNR “potentially harmful to groundbreaking TNR scheme called Feral Paris-based Institute of International and Strategic explained. “But some of them are very smart. them pass on through attrition,” Scott wildlife populations.” Freedom. “Unfortunately, many communities Relations (IRIS). “Putin’s Russia does not entertain the There’s a female I’ve been trying to get for a Giacoppo, vice president for external affairs at The Centers for Disease Control has mean- in the United States still continue to trap and same global ambitions as the Soviet Union” and “is couple of years now and I haven’t been able to the Washington Humane Society, told AFP. “So while asserted that “cats are more likely to be kill today, and those communities are not get her yet.” if our plan or our goal happens, there won’t be reported rabid in the United States” than dogs. experiencing any change” in numbers of feral not directly threatening any NATO nation”, he said. Within 20 minutes, a young gray cat takes any feral cats.” Others say feral cats are potential carriers of cats, Holtz told AFP. Moreover “there is absolutely no longer a balance the bait - and by Sunday lands on a veterinary infection and parasites. “The only sure way to between the two blocs” given that the military budg- operating table to be spayed or neutered Bird Lovers Disagree simultaneously protect wildlife and people is to Clipped Ears et of NATO countries nowadays is around 12 times under an ongoing program to bring Not everyone is convinced. Bird lovers in remove feral cats from the landscape,” said the In Washington, every year, around 2,000 fer- bigger than Russia’s. Washington’s feral cat population under con- particular see a proliferation of homeless cats - American Bird Conservancy in a petition sent in al cats are trapped, sterilized, vaccinated and Though the Ukraine crisis is clearly the worst released - with a clipped left ear to show for it - moment in NATO-Russia ties since the fall of the under the Washington Humane Society’s Cat Soviet Union, it is not the first. NATO’s eastward Neighborhood Partnership Program, or CatNiPP. The number has remained constant, expansion embracing the Baltic nations, Poland and something Giacoppo said might be due less to Romania was a cause of tension as was the Kosovo the cat population than to a growing number crisis and moves to build an anti-missile shield in of volunteer trappers coming forward to help. Europe. Nonetheless cooperation was on the march, “It takes about five, maybe seven minutes for a notably in Afghanistan and in the fight against mar- female cat,” said veterinarian Emily Swiniarski itime piracy. “NATO-Russia ties have always been before 64 cats went under the knife one recent chaotic and there’s no reason to think things will Sunday at the National Capital Area Spay and change,” said a Brussels diplomat. —AFP Neuter Center. “For a male tomcat, it takes less than 30 seconds,” she added matter-of-factly. “It becomes a real production line - a lot of cats, coming and going, coming and going.” Many cats get treated at the same time for All articles appearing on these various ailments. “We see a lot of wounds,” Swiniarski told AFP. “Occasionally we see old pages are the personal opinion of broken limbs that have healed over time. Lately the writers. Kuwait Times takes no we’ve been seeing a lot of upper respiratory responsibility for views expressed infections - snotty noses, stuff coming from therein. Kuwait Times invites read- their eyes.” As cats awaiting surgery meowed gently in towel-covered cages, Giacoppo ers to voice their opinions. Please recalled coming across a 1930s law book that send submissions via email to: opin- informed humane societies that “part of our job [email protected] or via snail is to round up all the stray cats and kill them”. “We’ve been doing that for years and years and mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. it doesn’t work,” he said. “We can’t get people to The editor reserves the right to edit help us trap cats to kill them - but we can get any submission as necessary. Feral cats are prepared to be spayed or neutered at the Washington Human Society Spay and Neuter Center on April people to help us trap cats to sterilize them so 6, 2014 in Washington. —AFP they don’t make any more babies.” —AFP p15-sports_Layout 1 4/14/14 11:31 PM Page 1

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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 SPORTS

Ricciardo awaits F1 verdict ‘Big Brother’ with sails Marquez wins ‘boring’ race PARIS: Formula One constructors champions Red Bull should learn by today HYTHE: Despite embarking on a 40,000-mile adventure across some of the AUSTIN: World champion Marc Marquez cruised to victory in the Grand Prix of whether their appeal over Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo’s disqualification from world’s most deserted seas and oceans, there will be no hiding place for the the Americas on Sunday to register his second win in two races this season but he his home Grand Prix has been successful. The FIA International Court of Appeal crews of the Volvo Ocean Race, as for the first time every second of their adven- admitted it was a boring triumph. The Spaniard repeated his maiden Texas heard the appeal in Paris yesterday and must decide whether or not to reinstate ture will be beamed to TV screens around the globe. In a nod to both econom- MotoGP success from 2013 when he also won from pole posi- Ricciardo in second place in the Melbourne race. ics and the public’s insatiable demand to be entertained, the new carbon-fibre tion. Marquez, who won the season-opener in Qatar last The 24-year-old, in his first season with the team, was stripped of his place after Volvo Ocean 65 class yachts, built for the 12th edition of the race starting in month despite breaking his leg four weeks earlier, finished the team were found guilty of breaching fuel flow regulations. October, are floating media centres. Or — as the head of Volvo racing put it — 4.174sec ahead of Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa with Several of Red Bull’s rivals had representatives at the appeal, think of these 65-foot (20-m) boats as “Big Brother” houses with sails. Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso taking third place, a huge 20 which lasted six hours, shortly before they left for the fourth “They are all the same but very high tech and I think the fact that we have seconds off the lead. race of the season, Sunday’s China Grand Prix in Shanghai. built them around television is exciting,” Race CEO Knut Frostad told Reuters. He “I am so happy for this victory. The start was good and Mercedes-AMG lawyer Paul Harris told the appeal he spoke on Friday at an event for the launching of the latest boat built for a race the 25 points important for the team even if the race was believed Red Bull should face a stiffer punishment as their sometimes described as the “Mount Everest of sailing”. a little boring,” said Marquez. In a dramatic start, the 2010 offence was worse than that of the now defunct BAR- “We have incorporated microphones and television cameras all over the and 2012 world champion Jorge Lorenzo had a jump start Honda team, who in 2005 were found to have used two boat and we have a media person on board but that’s the great thing because it from fifth on the grid. The Spaniard had to endure a compul- hidden fuel tanks inside their main fuel tank. makes it interesting to follow,” he said. All five of the boats, built at Green Marine sory ride-through the pit lane on his factory Yamaha at the Widespread rule changes this year include a 100 kilo in Hythe, England, across the water from Southampton, will be fitted with five end of the first lap. At the front, Marquez charged (about 135 litres, 36 gallons) cap on fuel as well as a fuel flow fixed camera points and two uplinks, including a satellite transmitter made by away from the field and was never threat- limit of 100 kilos per hour, designed to encourage steady use of Inmarsat, the same British company that has helped locate the approximate ened, keeping Pedrosa in second place. fuel. location of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. “We will hear everything they Italy’s Andrea Iannone on a Ducati An aggravating factor is that Red Bull apparently ignored say, see everything they do... it is ‘Big Brother’ but the only difference is this is carved his way through the field FIA’s advice to reduce the flow of fuel a little so as not to real and ‘Big Brother’ is not,” Frostad said, noting that the last edition of the race, from ninth place and settled into break the rule. —AFP which kicked off three years ago, was broadcast in 111 countries. —Reuters third in the early stages.—AFP Devils defeat Bruins, Lightning win

NEWARK: Martin Brodeur made 16 saves in what might Jamie McBain and Matt Ellis scored for Buffalo (21-51-10), Rich Clune had a goal in the first period, and Calle Dallas was already locked into a first-round playoff have been his last start in a 20-year career with the Devils, which had already clinched the NHL’s worst record. The Jarnkrok and Smith scored against goalie John Curry in series with Anaheim and rested many of its key players. and New Jersey beat Boston 3-2 on Sunday as the Bruins Sabres went 0-6-1 in their final seven games. The Sabres the final frame. Erik Haula, Jason Pominville and Zach The Stars kept it close behind Colton Sceviour’s first-peri- rested many of their stars in preparation for the playoffs. wrapped up one of the franchise’s worst seasons in 44 Parise scored for the Wild, who gave up a season-high od goal and 29 saves by Thomas, but couldn’t get any- The soon-to-be 42-year-old Brodeur is in the final year years of existence. With 150 goals scored, Buffalo set the seven goals. thing past Greiss with an extra attacker in the closing sec- of his contract and is likely to test the free-agent market NHL-low in the league’s post-expansion era that began in onds. now that he has become the backup to Cory Schneider. 1967. Buffalo got off to a 2-13-1 start, and ended with a DUCKS 3, AVALANCHE 2 Defenseman Marek Zidlicky scored twice and Travis 2-16-2 skid. Nick Bonino scored 1:33 into overtime, and Anaheim CANUCKS 5, FLAMES 1 Zajac had a goal for the Devils, who have now missed the finished the best regular season in franchise history with Daniel Sedin scored twice before leaving on a stretch- playoffs two straight seasons after making the Stanley SENATORS 3, PENGUINS 2 a victory over Colorado. er after taking a hit from behind in Vancouver’s win over Cup finals in 2012. Jason Spezza scored in the shootout to help Ottawa Devante Smith-Pelly controlled the puck in the slot Calgary in the season finale. Loui Eriksson scored for Boston, which rested eight beat Pittsburgh and finish the season on a five-game and passed to Bonino, who wrapped up Anaheim’s 54th Frank Corrado scored his first NHL goal, and Ryan starters, including Zdeno Chara and No. 1 goalie Tuukka winning streak. victory with his 22nd goal. Kesler and Yannick Weber also scored for Vancouver. Rask. New Jersey’s Jaromir Jagr had two assists, giving The teams were tied 2-2 after two periods and didn’t With their playoff position secure, the Ducks used the Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves for his first victory with him 1,050 and moving him past Gordie Howe for eighth score in the third or overtime. Kyle Turris added a goal in game to honor Teemu Selanne, who plans to retire after the Canucks. on the NHL career list. The Devils announced during the the shootout for the Senators. Ottawa goalie Robin the season. The 43-year-old Finnish Flash got standing The result of a game that meant very little was over- game that coach Pete DeBoer will return next season. Lehner stopped Beau Bennett and Jussi Jokinen to seal ovations on every shift in the third period in Anaheim, his shadowed by a nasty incident late in the second period the win. home for 15 of his 21 NHL seasons. when Sedin was checked in the numbers by Calgary’s LIGHTNING 1, CAPITALS 0 Paul Byron and stayed down before being taken off on a Tampa Bay wrapped up home-ice advantage for its stretcher. Byron was assessed a major penalty for board- first-round playoff series against Montreal by edging ing and was ejected. Washington in a shootout in the regular-season finale. The Canucks said in a statement that Sedin was taken Matthew Carle scored the only goal in the tiebreaker. in stable condition to a hospital to undergo further evalu- The victory clinched second place in the Atlantic Division ation. for Tampa Bay, which finished with 101 points, one more Henrik Sedin added two assists for Vancouver, which than Montreal. missed the playoffs for the first time in six years. Johnny Tampa Bay will host Montreal in Game 1 on Gaudreau scored in his first NHL game and Karri Ramo Wednesday night. Alex Ovechkin finished with an NHL- stopped 18 shots for Calgary, which is out of the postsea- leading 51 goals, but the Capitals failed to make the play- son for the fifth straight year.—AP offs for the first time since 2006-07, his second season in the league. Ovechkin’s between-the-legs attempt in the shootout NHL results/standings was stopped by goalie Anders Lindback, who also pre- vented Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov from scoring. It was Lindback’s third career shutout, first this Detroit 3, St. Louis 0; New Jersey 3, Boston 2; Carolina 6, season. The shootout was Washington’s NHL-record 21st Philadelphia 5 (So); Tampa Bay 1, Washington 0 (SO); NY of the season. The Capitals were 10-11 in those games. Islanders 4, Buffalo 3 (SO); Ottawa 3, Pittsburgh 2 (SO); Nashville 7, Minnesota 3; Anaheim 3, Colorado 2 (OT); Phoenix 2, Dallas 1; Vancouver 5, Calgary 1. RED WINGS 3, BLUES 0 Detroit backup goalie Petr Mrazek kept injury-riddled Western Conference St. Louis down heading into the playoffs with his second Pacific Division career shutout. WL OTLGFGAPTS The Blues had been in contention for the No. 1 overall Anaheim 54 20 8 266 209 116 seed but lost their last six and missed a chance at taking San Jose 51 22 9 249 200 111 the Central Division. Without three of their top five scor- Los Angeles 46 28 8 206 174 100 ers, their top faceoff man and two top defensemen, the Phoenix 37 30 15 216 231 89 Blues were shut out for the second straight game and Vancouver 36 35 11 196 223 83 third time during the slump. Justin Abdelkader scored Calgary 35 40 7 209 241 77 twice, Riley Sheahan added a goal, and Pavel Datsyuk Edmonton 29 44 9 203 270 67 had two assists for the Red Wings, who earned the sec- ond wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference and will Central Division face Boston in the first round of the playoffs. Colorado 52 22 8 250 220 112 St. Louis 52 23 7 248 191 111 HURRICANES 6, FLYERS 5 Chicago 46 21 15 267 220 107 Eric Staal scored twice in regulation and had the only NEWARK: Loui Eriksson No. 21 of the Boston Bruins scores against Martin Brodeur No. 30 of the New Jersey Devils Minnesota 43 27 12 207 206 98 goal in the shootout to lead Carolina over Philadelphia in at the Prudential Center. ñAFP Dallas 40 31 11 235 228 91 the regular-season finale. Nashville 38 32 12 216 242 88 Winnipeg 37 35 10 227 237 84 Jeff Skinner added a pair of goals for the Hurricanes, Turris scored his 26th goal in regulation, and Mark The Ducks will face Dallas in the first round starting Wednesday, and the Avalanche open against Minnesota who finished seventh in the Metropolitan Division and Stone had his fourth for Ottawa, which will miss the play- Eastern Conference outside of the playoff picture. offs for the second time in six years and first since 2011. on Thursday. Atlantic Division Wayne Simmonds scored twice for the Flyers, who had Jokinen scored on the power play in regulation, his Patrick Maroon and Saku Koivu scored 3:13 apart to tie Boston 54 19 9 261 177 117 already wrapped up third place in the Metropolitan. 21st of the season, and Lee Stempniak added his 12th for it early in the third period for the Ducks, who won seven Tampa Bay 46 27 9 240 215 101 Philadelphia will face the New York Rangers in the first the Penguins, who rested captain Sidney Crosby and sev- of nine to close the season. John Gibson made 29 saves Montreal 46 28 8 215 204 100 round of the playoffs. Cal Heeter made 33 saves in his eral others for their final game before the playoffs. to remain unbeaten in his third career start. Brad Malone Detroit 39 28 15 222 230 93 NHL debut for the Flyers, before stopping one of two Pittsburgh will face Columbus in the first round of the and Stefan Elliott scored for the Avalanche, who lost for Ottawa 37 31 14 236 265 88 shots in the shootout. Anton Khudobin made 39 saves playoffs. the third time in 11 games. Longtime Ducks goalie Jean- Toronto 38 36 8 231 256 84 and stopped all three of shots in the shootout for the Sebastien Giguere stopped 33 shots in possibly his final Florida 29 45 8 196 268 66 Carolina. PREDATORS 7, WILD 3 game on his longtime home rink. Buffalo 21 51 10 157 248 52 Craig Smith had two goals and two assists for ISLANDERS 4, SABRES 3 Nashville, which finished the season strong with a win COYOTES 2, STARS 1 Metropolitan Division Brock Nelson scored with 3:44 left in regulation to over playoff-bound Minnesota. Dave Moss scored late in the third period, Thomas Pittsburgh 51 24 7 249 207 109 force overtime and then netted the decisive shootout Wild goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, though, didn’t do himself or Greiss stopped 16 shots, and Phoenix ended a seven- NY Rangers 45 31 6 218 193 96 goal to lift the New York Islanders to a win over Buffalo in his team any good with this shaky performance, as game losing streak by beating Dallas. Philadelphia 42 30 10 236 235 94 a season-ending matchup of non-playoff teams. meaningless as the game was against a Predators team Knocked out of playoff contention on Friday, the Columbus 43 32 7 231 216 93 Anders Lee scored twice for the Islanders (34-37-11), that missed the playoffs for a second straight year. Coyotes wanted desperately to end their season-worst Washington 38 30 14 235 240 90 who finished with three straight wins. Anders Nilsson Nashville went 9-1-2 in its final 12 games, including eight losing streak. Greiss gave them a chance with some diffi- New Jersey 35 29 18 197 208 88 stopped 36 shots through overtime and all three he regulation wins, but finished in 10th place. Ryan Ellis, cult saves, and Moss finished it with a one-timer past Tim Carolina 36 35 11 207 230 83 NY Islanders 34 37 11 225 267 79 faced in the shootout. Nilsson clinched the victory by Shea Weber, Roman Josi and Smith scored consecutively Thomas with 2:31 left. Shane Doan also scored for the Coyotes, who finished using his glove to sweep away a puck that got away from in the second period, and Bryzgalov was benched at the Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the Ville Leino as he drove to the net. second intermission. Including his previous game, two points behind Dallas in the Western Conference and standings and are not included in the loss column (L). The Islanders rallied from a 2-0 deficit. Torrey Mitchell, Bryzgalov gave up eight goals in a span of 43 shots. missed the playoffs for the second straight season. Phelps to return to pool

WASHINGTON: Olympic swimming superstar Michael 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia. Phelps, who retired from the sport after taking six Bowman said that should Phelps return he would medals at the 2012 London Olympics, will make his likely concentrate on relays and shorter events, includ- competitive comeback next week at a US Grand Prix ing the 100m butterfly and 100m freestyle. series event in Mesa, Arizona, USA Swimming Phelps and fellow Olympic champions and world announced yesterday. record holders Ryan Lochte and Katie Ledecky were The 28-year-old returned to the anti-doping test pro- announced as swimming in the Arizona event April 24- gram last year and his coach, Bob Bowman, had hinted 26. Bowman told USA Today and the Chicago Tribune at a comeback, which could see the record 22-time last month that Phelps has been training an average of Olympic medalist continue his career all the way to the five times a week. 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. “He looks like he is definitely in shape,” Bowman told Phelps won four golds and two silvers at London, the Tribune. While Phelps had downplayed rumors that giving him a record 18 gold medals, including an he was considering a return to competition in time for unprecedented eight in a single Games at the 2008 the Rio Olympics, he rejoined the US Anti-Doping Beijing Olympics. A possible target for Phelps would be Agency’s testing pool last year, and now that he’s been LONDON: In this Aug. 4, 2012, file photo, United States’ Michael Phelps swims in the men’s 4 X 100-meter medley the US Championships in Irvine, California, August 6-10. available for testing for six months is eligible to com- relay at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. — AP That will be the American team selection meet for the pete. — AFP p16_Layout 1 4/14/14 11:27 PM Page 1

TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 SPORTS Pro sports becoming more open to paternity leave

NEW YORK: Tony Perez was on the road with the New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy union recognized this trend a few years ago. At the ly. In 1993, Houston Oilers offensive line coach Bob Cincinnati Reds in 1966 when he got the call that was criticized on sports talk radio this month for GM meetings in 2011, a rule was drafted to allow a Young said right tackle David Williams “let the guys his first child was on the way. There was no discus- taking three days, which is provided for in base- team to place a player on the paternity leave list for down, and he let hundreds of thousands of fans sion about leaving the team to attend Victor’s birth, ball’s rules, to spend time with his wife and new- three days and call up a replacement from the down” when he chose to miss a game against New no such thing as paternity leave. born son Noah. But in the days that followed, minor leagues. England to stay by his wife’s side while she gave “They didn’t give you any time off when I was Murphy received wide support from players and “When you have a policy, it just makes it easier birth to their son. In Murphy’s case, sports talk playing,” the Hall of Fame slugger said, recalling coaches who say the times have changed. for clubs and players,” said Dan Halem, MLB’s execu- radio hosts Mike Francesa and Boomer Esiason that he got the news about noon before going to “That’s a negotiated right that is a win for every- tive vice president for labor relations who helped questioned him for missing two games at the start the ballpark. “We played that night. We got a day body,” said Marlins infielder Ed Lucas, who missed draft the policy. “Everybody knows what the rules of this season. off in Chicago the next day and I flew home on my one game last September for the birth of his son. “It are and it’s automatic. You place the player on the “One day I understand. And in the old days they own.” shows compassion on the side of the team. It’s the list and he goes and everybody knows when he’s didn’t do that,” Francesa said. “But one day, go see These days, more pro athletes are taking time only major sport that has paternity leave. But we’re coming back.” the baby be born and come back. You’re a Major off to be with their families in the delivery room. also the only sport that plays every day.” Halem said the measure received universal sup- League Baseball player. You can hire a nurse to take Yet Major League Baseball remains the only one of Players in the NFL, NBA and NHL all have several port among owners and union leaders. In the first care of the baby if your wife needs help.” the four major professional leagues in North off days a week in most cases and rosters stocked three years of the policy, 73 players were placed on Esiason quickly apologized after a host of ath- America to have a standardized paternity leave pol- with extra players, giving the teams and the ath- the list. letes, coaches and family groups came to Murphy’s icy. The NFL, NBA and NHL leave the matter up to letes the freedom to work on a case-by-case basis. NASCAR recently made changes to be more defense. Rollins, Dodgers outfielder Carl Crawford individual players and their teams. In baseball, a three-day absence usually means accommodating. Until this season, a driver could and Twins reliever Brian Duensing have missed “There is stress on both sides,” said Phillies man- three games missed, so the burden on the team, not miss a race without giving up the chance to games already this year for child birth. Minnesota ager Ryne Sandberg, who watched shortstop and the potential guilt felt by the player, is much win a championship. This year, under the new for- Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson missed Jimmy Rollins miss a game against Texas this sea- higher. mat, a driver can miss a race and still make the three days of training camp in 2011 for the birth of son to fly home to be there for the birth of his sec- “I think, traditionally speaking, I think some guys Chase for the Spring Cup championship. Matt his son. Little attention was paid to any of those ond child. “Job stress and stress from the family were afraid to ask,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle Kenseth and Paul Menard had standby drivers this absences. Then there is Oakland reliever Dan Otero, side. So I think this being in place takes care of that, said. “So many guys didn’t want to ask because of season, with their wives due to give birth. who missed one game while attending the birth of just makes it’s a done deal for the player, and the job security. It was almost like a standard way of Both said they were willing to miss a race, if daughter Kinsley in September. Did he get any team deals with it. It takes the pressure off the play- doing it that you didn’t leave.” needed. Neither had to because both women gave grief? “Not at all,” Otero said. “They were mad at me er.” Baseball’s general managers and the players’ birth on weekdays. It doesn’t always go so smooth- I came back early.” — AP Brewers defeat Pirates

MILWAUKEE: The Milwaukee Brewers won their ninth in a row, with Kyle Lohse coming within one out of a complete game Sunday in a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. At 10-2, the Brewers are off to their best start since going 13-0 to start the 1987 season. This is Milwaukee’s longest winning streak since a nine-game string last April. Lohse (2-1) gave up four hits and struck out nine in 8 2-3 innings. He fanned five straight in the seventh and eighth innings. Lohse was pulled with two outs in the ninth after giving up a single to Andrew McCutchen. Will Smith struck out Pedro Alvarez on three pitches to record his first career save. Charlie Morton (0-1) pitched seven innings as the Pirates lost for the fourth time in five games.

GIANTS 5, ROCKIES 4 Brandon Crawford led off the 10th inning with a splash homer to lift the San Francisco Giants over the Colorado Rockies. Pablo Sandoval homered and Angel Pagan drove in two runs for the Giants. Wilin Rosario and Justin Morneau homered for the Rockies, who have lost 15 of their last 18 games in San Francisco. Crawford turned on the second pitch thrown by Rex Brothers (1-1) and drove it into McCovey Cove for his first career walkoff homer and first splash homer. Sergio Romo (1-0) pitched a score- less 10th for the win. MILWAUKEE: Brewers’ Carlos Gomez (right) is tagged out at home by Pittsburgh Pirates’ Tony NEW YORK: Boston Red Sox Grady Sizemore watches his ninth-inning flyout to center field Sanchez during the seventh inning of a baseball game. —AP in the Red Sox 3-2 loss to the Yankees in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium. — AP DODGERS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 6 Adrian Gonzalez homered for the fourth consecu- Harang (2-1) allowed one run in six innings. Gonzalez Max Scherzer, and Jedd Gyorko and Xavier Nady tive game and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the gave up six runs, nine hits and four walks in six innings. homered as the San Diego Padres beat the Detroit Yankees, Athletics roll Arizona Diamondbacks for a three-game sweep. Tigers to take two of three. Gonzalez’s three-run shot off Trevor Cahill (0-4) in CARDINALS 6, CUBS 4 After two shaky opening starts, Ross (1-2) struck NEW YORK: Carlos Beltran hit a two-run Oberholtzer (0-3). Alexi Ogando worked a the third inning gave him 10 RBIs in the series. Matt Matt Carpenter drove in three runs, leading out seven and held the Tigers to one run and six hits in homer, Ivan Nova rebounded from a rough perfect ninth to convert his first save chance. Kemp and Juan Uribe also homered for the Dodgers. Michael Wacha and the St. Louis Cardinals over the seven innings. He also hit an RBI single. Scherzer (0-1) outing and the New York Yankees beat Dan Haren (2-0) allowed three runs in 5 2-3 innings. Chicago Cubs. Carpenter hit a two-run single in the allowed four runs and four hits in five innings, struck Boston 3-2 Sunday night with the aid of BLUE JAYS 11, ORIOLES 3 Kenley Jansen pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth second inning and added a sacrifice fly in the fourth out 10 and walked three. The Tigers have scored three another disputed replay ruling that led to the Mark Buehrle allowed one run over seven save. Mark Trumbo hit a three-run homer and Eric that put St. Louis ahead to stay at 4-3. runs for Scherzer in his three starts. ejection of Red Sox manager John Farrell. innings to win his third straight start, and the Chavez had a solo shot for the Diamondbacks. Dee Wacha (2-0) allowed three runs and five hits in 6 1- The Tigers have lost four of six under rookie man- Beltran had three hits and was pressed Blue Jays hit three home runs and had a sea- Gordon stole a career-best four bases for the Dodgers. into his first career appearance at first base son-high 17 hits in an victory over the Orioles. 3 innings. Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer in the ager Brad Ausmus, who was working in the Padres’ first. Trevor Rosenthal gave up a run in the ninth, but front office when Detroit hired him in November. for the banged-up Yankees. Ichiro Suzuki Jose Bautista hit a three-run drive and BRAVES 10, NATIONALS 2 retired Luis Valbuena and Emilio Bonifacio with the robbed David Ortiz of extra bases with a Colby Rasmus and Brett Lawrie had solo shots Justin Upton and Freddie Freeman each hit two- tying runs on base to pick up his fourth save in as REDS 12, RAYS 4 spectacular catch in the eighth inning to to help Toronto win the decisive matchup of run homers off Gio Gonzalez and the Atlanta Braves many opportunities. Edwin Jackson (0-1) allowed four Chris Heisey hit his first grand slam and Devin help New York take three of four in the first the three-game series. completed a three-game sweep of the Washington runs in six innings. Mesoraco homered and drove in career high-tying series of the season between the longtime Rasmus, Edwin Encarnacion and Adam Nationals. The Braves have won five of six against the four runs as the Cincinnati Reds took advantage of rivals. Lind each collected three hits for the Blue Nationals this year. Washington began the day by PHILLIES 4, CUBS 3 Tampa Bay’s depleted pitching staff. The Reds’ best Mike Napoli homered and Felix Doubront Jays, who enjoyed their highest scoring game placing third baseman Ryan Zimmerman on the 15- Chase Utley extended his fast start with the offensive showing of the season featured Mesoraco’s (1-2) went 6 2-3 innings for the Red Sox, who of the year at the expense of Ubaldo Jimenez day disabled list with a broken right thumb. Aaron scratched star second baseman Dustin (0-3) and three Baltimore relievers. Buehrle (3- tiebreaking homer among three hits, and the three-run homer, Joey Votto’s two-run shot and Pedroia before the game due to a sore left 0) gave up five hits, walked none and struck Philadelphia Phillies finished off a three-game sweep Heisey’s pinch-hit slam in the eighth. Jay Bruce dou- wrist. New York, playing without Derek Jeter out two. Chris Davis hit his first homer of the of the Miami Marlins.The Marlins lost their seventh in a bled, walked four times and scored four runs. for the second consecutive game, scored its season for Baltimore. MLB results/standings row. Utley raised his average to .500 through 10 Zack Cozart got it going with a bases-loaded dou- third run with the benefit of instant replay in games, with six doubles, three home runs and 10 RBIs. ble off Cesar Ramos (0-1), making his first start of the the fourth. TWINS 4, ROYALS 3 The five-time All-Star, who missed two games with the season because of injuries. With runners at the corners and one out, Pitcher Wade Davis made a wild flip home Cincinnati 12, Tampa Bay 4; Toronto 11, flu, has a hit in each of his games this season. Utley Tony Cingrani (1-1) got the win. Ben Zobrist home- the Red Sox thought they turned an inning- on a comebacker in the eighth inning and the Baltimore 3; Atlanta 10, Washington 2; broke a 3-all tie with two outs in the eighth by homer- red from both sides of the plate, hitting two-run shots ending double play on Francisco Cervelli’s Twins rallied past the City Royals for a three- Philadelphia 4, Miami 3; Chicago White Sox 4, ing off Mike Dunn (0-1). AJ Bastardo (1-1) pitched a off Cingrani and right-hander Nick Christiani. grounder. First base umpire Bob Davidson game sweep. Cleveland 3; Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 1; scoreless eighth for the win. Jonathan Papelbon got The Rays are 3-3 on a trip that has been tough on called Cervelli out on a bang-bang play, and A madcap sequence put the Twins ahead Minnesota 4, Kansas City 3; St. Louis 6, Chicago his third save. their rotation. Matt Moore went on the disabled list Cervelli grabbed his right hamstring as he and a crazy play ended it, too. With two outs Cubs 4; Texas 1, Houston 0; LA Angels 14 NY with a sore elbow on Tuesday, and Alex Cobb joined tumbled to the ground. and none on in the ninth, Mike Moustakas Mets 2; San Francisco 5, Colorado 4 (10 innings); PADRES 5, TIGERS 1 him Sunday with a strained oblique. Also, reliever Joel Yankees manager Joe Girardi challenged popped a ball straight up. As he stood to Oakland 3, Seattle 0; San Diego 5, Detroit 1; LA Tyson Ross outdueled AL Cy Young Award winner Peralta was sick, leaving him unavailable. — AP the call, which was overturned after a 3- watch it in the batter’s box, catcher Kurt Dodgers 8, Arizona 6; NY Yankees 3, Boston 2. minute replay review. That gave New York Suzuki tripped over him, resulting in an inter- another run and a 3-1 lead. ference call for the final out. After the Royals American League Pistorius accused of fake tears Farrell, surely still bothered by a replay scored three times in the eighth for a 3-2 lead, Eastern Division review that curiously went against Boston reliever Aaron Crow (0-1) walked two W L PCT GB PRETORIA: The prosecution accused Oscar Pistorius an intruder behind the door. the day before, pointed to his eyes as he Minnesota batters to start the bottom half. NY Yankees 7 6 .538 - of feigning emotion to dodge tough questions about “My Lady I didn’t have time to think. I heard this argued with two umpires. He was quickly Davis struck out Joe Mauer, but Trevor Tampa Bay 7 6 .538 - the death of his girlfriend, as his second week of tes- noise, and I thought it was somebody coming out to ejected by Davidson. Plouffe walked to load the bases. Chris Toronto 7 6 .538 - timony in the murder trial began yesterday. attack me so I fired my firearm,” he told the court. Herrmann then hit a tapper back to the Baltimore 5 7 .417 1.5 Frustrated with Pistorius’s frequent crying in the wit- Nel responded: “Your defence has now changed, ATHLETICS 3, MARINERS 0 mound and Davis’ toss sailed past catcher Boston 5 8 .385 2 ness box, prosecutor Gerrie Nel toughened his ques- sir, from putative self-defence to involuntary action. Yoenis Cespedes hit a two-run homer that Salvador Perez. Pedro Florimon scored the Central Division tioning and accused the Paralympic star of crocodile Is that what you’re telling me?” “I don’t understand broke a scoreless tie in the eighth inning, lift- tying run and Brian Dozier slid home under Detroit 6 4 .600 - tears. the law, Ma’am, what I can reply and tell the court is ing Oakland over Seattle. Cespedes pulled a Perez’s return throw to Davis covering the Chicago White Sox 7 6 .538 0.5 “Mr Pistorius, you’re not using your emotional what I’m asked and I can reply as to what I thought,” 2-2 slider from Charlie Furbush (0-1) into the plate. Casey Fien (1-0) got one out and Glen Minnesota 6 6 .500 1 state to escape, are you?” he said after the athlete Pistorius said. left field bullpen. Cespedes’ second homer of Perkins posted his third save. Cleveland 6 7 .462 1.5 broke down under questioning on one of several During the relentless back-and-forth, Pistorius the season came after Jed Lowrie drew a Kansas City 4 7 .364 2.5 occasions yesterday. “You’re getting frustrated and Nel at times appeared to come close to bicker- leadoff walk. WHITE SOX 4, INDIANS 3 Western Division because your version is improbable and you’re get- ing. Nel accused the athlete of concocting evidence Josh Donaldson added a solo home run in Alexei Ramirez hit a two-run homer off Oakland 8 4 .667 - ting emotional,” he said. During six days of testimo- in his defence to cover up his girlfriend’s murder. the ninth, his third, off Lucas Luetge. A’s John Axford in the ninth inning, rallying the Seattle 6 5 .545 1.5 ny, Pistorius has often appeared harrowed when evi- “It’s the state’s case, Mr. Pistorius, that she wanted starter Scott Kazmir pitched two-hit ball for White Sox over the Indians. The Indians LA Angels 6 6 .500 2 dence has turned to the moments before and after to leave and that you weren’t sleeping, you were six innings, striking out nine without a walk. scored twice in the top of the ninth, getting Texas 6 6 .500 2 he fired the four shots that killed Steenkamp. both awake,” said Nel. “That’s not correct my lady, Dan Otero (2-0) retired two batters in the the go-ahead run on a wild pitch by closer Houston 5 8 .385 3.5 Yesterday he again burst into tears when he re- that’s untrue,” Pistorius replied softly. seventh. Luke Gregerson worked the eighth Matt Lindstrom (1-1). National League enacted his high pitched call for supposed intruders “There was an argument,” Nel said, drawing and Sean Doolittle allowed one hit in the Axford (0-1) came in seeking his fifth save Eastern Division to “get out of my house!” another denial. Nel has openly called his version “a ninth for his first save. in as many chances. He issued a leadoff walk Atlanta 8 4 .667 - Nel claimed Pistorius was crying because he lie”. Pistorius will likely remain on the stand for anoth- Chris Young made his first start since Sept. to Jordan Danks, who stole second. One out Washington 7 5 .583 1 knew he was shouting at Steenkamp and not a sup- er few days as a witness in his own defence. His 9, 2012, while with the New York Mets. Young later, Ramirez homered over the left field Philadelphia 6 6 .500 2 posed intruder, putting the state’s case that she was lawyers have said they will call up to 17 witnesses, pitched six shutout innings, giving up four fence. NY Mets 5 7 .417 3 preparing to leave after an argument when she was including ballistics experts. The double amputee hits. He walked three and struck out two. Miami 5 8 .385 3.5 shot. “You know exactly, you fired at Reeva. These gained world-wide fame for running on two carbon INTERLEAGUE Central Division other versions cannot work, you fired at her, you did. fibre blades at the Paralympics and 2012 London RANGERS 1, ASTROS 0 ANGELS 14, METS 2 Milwaukee 10 2 .833 - Why are you getting emotional now?” Nel said accus- Games. His legs were amputated below the knee Martin Perez threw eight scoreless Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Raul Ibanez St. Louis 7 5 .583 3 ingly. “I did not fire at Reeva,” he said, weeping and shortly after he was born without calf bones. The innings, Donnie Murphy had a sacrifice fly hit consecutive home runs off Bartolo Colon in Pittsburgh 6 6 .500 4 forcing another adjournment. Pistorius often looked shooting brought his career to an abrupt halt, but and the Rangers got a series-clinching victo- the first inning, setting the tone for the Angels’ Chicago Cubs 4 8 .333 6 pale in the witness stand, his shoulders hunched for- die-hard fans insisting on his innocence have attend- ry over the Astros. rout of the Mets in the decisive game of their Cincinnati 4 8 .333 6 ward. ed the trial from time to time. On Friday a fan handed Perez (2-0) scattered five hits and walked interleague series.Hank Conger also went Western Division His lawyer at one point intervened to ask Judge him a bouquet of flowers as he came out of court, three, but the left-hander benefited from deep against Colon, who won the AL CY Young LA Dodgers 9 4 .692 - Thokozile Masipa to prevent emotive questions from while yesterday three women outside the building four double-play grounders. He struck out Award in 2005 with the Angels. Colon (1-2) San Francisco 8 5 .615 1 being asked and re-asked. held white balloons with “Oscar” and “Love” scribbled two. Murphy’s deep flyball to the left-center gave up nine runs and 11 hits in five innings, Colorado 6 7 .462 3 Pistorius’s defence was picked apart throughout in permanent marker. Originally scheduled to last gap in the sixth sent home Josh Wilson for allowing at least one hit to every batter in the San Diego 5 7 .417 3.5 the day. He has repeatedly claimed that he fired the three weeks, the trial yesterday entered its sixth week the lone run of the game against Brett Angels’ starting lineup. — AP Arizona 4 11 .267 6 shots accidentally, even though he feared there was and has been extended until May 16. — AFP TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 SPORTS

Watson bags Masters title Photo of the day

AUGUSTA: Bubba Watson withstood come true. Hats off obviously to Bubba, five second, sinking a left-to-right break- an inspired early challenge from play- because when he’s driving the ball well ing putt from 10 feet, then spectacularly ing partner Jordan Spieth to clinch the out here, he’s very tough to beat.” holed out from a bunker to birdie the Masters for a second time in three par-three fourth, raising both arms in years with a three-shot victory at JIMENEZ FOURTH celebration. Though he bogeyed the Augusta National on Sunday. Trailing Pony-tailed Spaniard Miguel Angel fifth after hitting his approach into a the prodigiously talented Spieth by Jimenez, at the ripe age of 50 and aim- greenside bunker, he recovered with two strokes after seven holes, the left- ing to surpass Jack Nicklaus by becom- birdies at the par-three sixth, hitting his handed Watson took advantage of a ing the oldest Masters winner, placed tee shot to three feet, and at the sev- faltering run by his fellow American fourth after also carding a 71. enth, where he coaxed in a slick 12-foot- around the turn as he upped his own American world number seven Matt er downhill. game, then maintained control on the Kuchar, seeking his first major victory, Watson, who had offset a bogey at back nine. briefly held a share of the lead after the third with a birdie at the fourth, gathered further momentum with another birdie at the sixth where his tee shot ended up nine feet from the cup and he coolly sank the putt. He then benefited from two-shot swings at the eighth and ninth. While Watson got up and down from left of the green to birdie the par-five eighth, Spieth ran up a three-putt bogey to drop back into a tie for the lead at seven under. Spieth also bogeyed the difficult ninth after his approach rolled off the front of the elevated green and he failed to get up and down from there, missing a par putt from five feet. Watson hit his second shot there to 15 feet and, with ice-cool nerve, rolled in the birdie putt which broke from Denis Leontyev performs at Bear Mountain in Big Bear, CA, USA on December 23, 2013 Dasha Nosova . right-to-left, triggering loud roars which — www.redbull.com echoed through the Georgian pines. AUGUSTA: Defending Masters’ champion Adam Scott, of Australia, helps Though Watson stumbled with a bogey Bubba Watson (left) with his green jacket after winning the Masters golf at the tricky 10th, he regained a two- tournament. — AP stroke cushion when Spieth fell victim to the swirling winds around Amen Conway wins IndyCar race Fan favorite Watson, who landed his three holes but then struggled on a lay- Corner with a bogey at the par-three first major title with a thrilling playoff out running fast and firm on the way to 12th after his tee shot ended up in the LONG BEACH: What seemed to be a Ryan Hunter-Reay runaway first career win at Long Beach, until he stopped for fuel as a pre- win over South African Louis Oosthuizen a 74 and a tie for fifth with Rickie Fowler water of Rae’s Creek. took a strange and sudden turn on the streets of Long Beach, caution. in 2012, mixed five birdies with two (73). The long-hitting Watson increased where tempers flared long after Mike Conway took a surprising “The last thing I wanted to do was run out of gas in front of bogeys to card a three-under-par 69 on German veteran Bernhard Langer, a his lead to three shots at the par-five win. the whole field and cause a big accident,” Dixon said. Five things a warm but mainly overcast afternoon. double Masters champion, rolled back 13th after a massive drive set up a com- Conway, hired this year by Ed Carpenter when the oval spe- that happened Sunday at Long Beach: The 35-year-old from Florida, known the years with a closing 69 to finish at fortable two-putt birdie before he com- cialist decided to get out of the car on road and street courses, TEMPER, TEMPER: Half the paddock was angry after the race for his distance off the tee, his pink- even par, level with five others including fortably parred the last five holes to started 17th and overcame an early broken wing to win the over on-track incidents. Justin Wilson claimed he was taken out shafted driver with a pink head and his Rory McIlroy (69) and American Jimmy secure victory. Toyota Grand Prix for the second time in his career. by Scott Dixon in a move “that is so deliberate and blatant,” and often audacious shot-making, covered Walker (70). The remarkably composed Scott’s title defence began well The British driver was chasing Scott Dixon over the final few Wilson was furious IndyCar did not penalize Dixon for the con- the back nine in even par to post an Spieth had been the dominant figure in enough with opening rounds of 69 and laps on Sunday, then got the lead when Dixon stopped for fuel tact. eight-under total of 280. the early going on Sunday with some 72 but he lost momentum over the two laps from the finish. Both Conway and Dixon were only in Simon Pagenaud also was furious with second-place finisher After being warmly embraced by his riveting golf, four birdies and a bogey in weekend with scores of 76 and 72, drop- position to race for the win because Hunter-Reay triggered an Will Power, refusing to accept his apology for contact that ruined caddie, Watson shook hands with Spieth the first seven holes putting him two ping back into a tie for 14th at one over, earlier seven-car accident that took out the front three cars. “I did- Pagenaud’s chance to race for a win. before he was then congratulated ahead of the chasing pack. level with U.S. Open champion Justin n’t know whether he had the fuel to finish or not,” Conway said of “I think we had a car to win and he pretty much ruined our greenside by his wife Angie and their He picked up his first shot at the par- Rose (74). — Reuters Dixon “The guys were telling me he was saving fuel and they race, our chance,” said Pagenaud. “We were friends until now. We two-year-old boy Caleb. weren’t sure that he could make it, but at the same time, you won’t be going on vacation together, I guess.” “This one is a lot different,” a teary- don’t want to rely on that. I was kind of trying to make things Power insisted he thought Pagenaud had an issue with his eyed Watson, who had produced sur- happen and maybe get by him. But when I saw him pull in I was car. “I honestly thought he had a problem because he went back prisingly disciplined golf for most of the Fognini survives scare like, ‘OK, the guys are right and just have to bring it home.’ really slowly and so I went up his inside and then realized he was week, said before being helped into the “Second would have been good, but this is awesome.” The just going to turn and try to back out. I got him. My bad,” Power coveted green jacket by last year’s MONACO: Fabio Fognini of Italy third, Sousa continued to grumble, race took its turn 24 laps from the finish. Hunter-Reay started said. “I feel bad. I don’t like to be raced like that and I’m surprised I Masters champion Adam Scott of from the pole and led 51 laps, and had Andretti Autosport team- didn’t get a penalty. But I honestly thought he had a flat tire or was two points away from defeat saying “it’s a joke, it’s a joke.” Fognini Australia. mate Hinchcliffe right behind him when the race took a bizarre something because he was really slow and I didn’t understand “The first one for me (his 2012 before rallying to beat Joao Sousa next plays Roberto Bautista Agut of turn. why.” Masters win), it’s almost like I lucked into 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 in the first round of the Spain, who beat Canada’s Vasek Josef Newgarden had raced off pit road in a successful bid to Pagenaud, who rallied to finish fifth, dismissed Power’s claim. it. This one was a lot of hard work and Monte Carlo Masters yesterday. Pospisil 6-2, 6-2. Later, 11th-seeded get back on the track in front of Hunter-Reay and Hinchcliffe, “Racing, green flag, and I slowed down? Good for him,” Pagenaud dedication. Sousa led 5-2 and 30-0 on Tommy Robredo of Spain was play- who had swept the front row in qualifying for Andretti. said. “After giving away that jacket last Fognini’s serve, but the Portuguese ing qualifier David Goffin of But on cold tires, Newgarden wasn’t going to be able to hold JPM’S BIG GAIN: Juan Pablo Montoya finished fourth on year, I wanted it back. I told Adam we player lost his composure and then Belgium. off Hunter-Reay for long. Only Hunter-Reay decided not to wait Sunday in his best showing - in a test, practice or qualifying ses- could just swap it back and forth every started complaining to the chair In other first round matches, and tried to pass Newgarden as they entered a tight Turn 4. The sion - in his return after seven seasons in NASCAR. Montoya year. I never loved green so much,” umpire at the end of the second set there were victories for Philipp two cars collided, Newgarden was sent into the wall and Hunter- climbed to fourth early in the race, but a penalty for pitting when added the American, who became the and midway through the third. Kohlschreiber of Germany, Czech Reay bounced into Castroneves’ path. pit lane was closed dropped him to 20th and he had to drive his 17th player to win the Masters more “I’m not happy today. I was I players Radek Stepanek and Lukas Hinchcliffe ran into the back of Newgarden - Will Power and way back. than once. think a bit lucky,” Fognini said. “It Rosol; and Spaniards Albert Conway successfully squeezed through the wreckage - but three “I could have been a little more aggressive at the end, but I Spieth, at 20 aiming to eclipse Tiger was a really difficult match.” The Montanes, Albert Ramos and Pablo more cars were collected as they all ran into the crashed cars long really wanted to make sure we didn’t get in any trouble and got a Woods by becoming the youngest play- 10th-seeded Fognini, who lost to Andujar. after the accident began. Newgarden was polite when he decent finish,” Montoya said. er to win the Masters, had to settle for a title-holder Novak Djokovic in last Rosol beat Evgeny Donskoy 7-5, returned to his pit stand. BOURDAIS’ BAD DAY: Sebastien Bourdais had high hopes for share of second place at five under after year’s semifinals, was the highest 6-1; Kohlschreiber won 6-3, 6-4 “I was on cold tires, it’s very hard to control the car, I knew Sunday after a strong qualifying run and fast practice sessions. signing off with a 72, finishing level with Hunter-Reay was on hot, and at some point he was probably But Bourdais had a terrible race, twice crashing into tire barriers. Swede Jonas Blixt (71). seeded player in action Monday in against Simone Bolelli; Stepanek the clay-court tournament. thrashed Ivo Karlovic 6-1, 6-2; going to get me,” Newgarden said. “But I didn’t expect anyone to His KVSH Racing team made repairs both times while pit road “That was fun, but at the same time, come up on the inside of four. There’s so little room there, you was closed, which drew a pair of penalties from IndyCar. After it hurts right now,” Spieth said. “I wanted Fognini failed to serve out the Ramos beat Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 7- first set at 5-4 and then his game fell 5 and Andujar downed Edouard normally can’t make a pass, even if something like that is going starting third, Bourdais finished 14th. to get in contention on the back nine on ... the next thing I knew I was in the wall and I was just getting “This one really hurts,” Bourdais said. “I had a great car and I apart. “I was completely without Roger-Vasselin 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5). Sunday, but didn’t come out on top. plowed into by everyone. just made a mistake. I didn’t brake late, but was nowhere near “Although it sits a little hard right energy, without power in my legs,” Today, Djokovic plays Montanes “That shouldn’t happen up front. It really shouldn’t. You making the corner. It was a very bad judgment call.” now, I’ll be back and I can’t wait to be he said. “I have no idea what hap- in the second round. On shouldn’t have incidents like that when you are running up front.” TOUGH DAY FOR GANASSI: It was a rough day for three of back. It was an incredible experience. It pened.” Wednesday, eight-time champion Team owner Sarah Fisher was composed when asked about Chip Ganassi Racing’s drivers. Ryan Briscoe had an early engine was so much fun, it really was. Even if I After Fognini had served out the Rafael Nadal of Spain faces Gilles the incident on television, but let her true feelings be known on issue and the team had him briefly park to avoid further damage. didn’t show it there on the back nine, it second set, the crowd jeered Sousa Simon or Teymuraz Gabashvili, and Twitter shortly after: “It was our race to win and we got robbed by Then thick, white smoke began billowing out of Charlie Kimball’s was. - who had received a warning dur- fourth-seeded Roger Federer takes immaturity. Period,” she posted. car while he was running sixth. “I took it all in, standing ovations for ing the first set. At 3-2 down in the on Stepanek. — AP Michael Andretti seemed shell-shocked at two of his cars Tony Kanaan was collected in Hunter-Reay’s seven-car acci- both of us to each green. It was a dream being wrecked, “you need to be a little more patient,” he said, and dent when he was one of three drivers to crash in the wreckage. Hinchcliffe didn’t mince words for his teammate. Dixon almost salvaged the race with a win until he had to stop for “At the end of the day, patience is a virtue and someone fuel. wasn’t very virtuous today. It was a rookie move,” said Hinchcliffe, “They told me to take it easy on the radio when the accident Royals bowl over who suffered a sprained left thumb and will need to be re-exam- happened, but I guess I didn’t take it easy enough,” said Kanaan. ined before he’s cleared to drive again. Hunter-Reay didn’t exactly HELIO’S TWEET: It briefly appeared that Helio Castroneves Christchurch accept responsibility. was on the list of angry drivers when a tweet from his official “I went for it. I could have waited a little bit later, maybe that’s account criticized race control for not penalizing drivers during CHRISTCHURCH: Cricket and high fashion may seem strange my fault,” he said. “It’s down to me to make the pass, I guess, I’m the race. The tweet included an image of IndyCar’s official logo bedfellows, but Prince William’s wife Kate combined both with not sure. A lot of people say it’s my fault. I made the decision at with a ‘thumbs down’ symbol photo-shopped in the center. But aplomb yesterday in New Zealand when she showed off her that split second when he had some wheel spin to go for it, that’s the tweet was deleted not long after it appeared, and batting skills in heels. The duchess and duke of Cambridge the type of driver I am. I go for it. Castroneves later posted that his sister had sent the missive from faced off in a light-hearted match during the British royals’ vis- “You don’t know how down I am. Just very, very disappointed. his account without his permission. it to Christchurch, providing a moment of levity ahead of a I’ll look at it again, but a racing driver, when he’s in the moment “I apologize and the steward were correct with the call made,” remembrance service for victims of an earthquake that devas- and he sees a chance to go for it, I went for it because I want to Castroneves posted. Castroneves was fined $30,000 in 2011 for tated the South Island city in 2011. win the race.” The accident opened the door for Dixon to score his calling the race director “a circus clown” on Twitter. — AP Clad in a scarlet Luisa Spagnoli skirt suit and black heels, Kate made an unlikely sight as she strode to the crease clutch- ing a yellow plastic bat, her face a picture of concentration as William prepared to bowl from the other end. His first ball was a fizzing bouncer that narrowly missed his wife’s head, prompting her to wag her finger at him while the umpire warned the sec- ond in line to the throne to find a better line and length. Kate did manage to get bat on ball but it was William who impressed most with the blade, smashing a hook shot off one young bowler and dispatching another ball to the boundary. “It’s not a very wide pitch, there was no warm-up, and he bowled with a jacket on. I was impressed,” said legendary New Zealand all-rounder Richard Hadlee, who acted as wicketkeep- er for the game in Christchurch’s Latimer Square. Christchurch is one of the host venues for next year’s Cricket World Cup. The event is seen by locals as a signal that the city is returning to normal after the February 2011 earthquake flattened much of the downtown area and claimed 185 lives. The royals, who began a three-week tour of New Zealand and Australia on April 7, visited a memorial at the site of the CTV building, which collapsed in the disaster killing 115. After meeting the families of victims they attended a serv- ice at the city’s “cardboard cathedral”, a structure made of cardboard tubes that award-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban designed to replace the 1881 Anglican cathedral destroyed in the quake. William, who visited Christchurch shortly after the quake, said the visit revived memories of the “awful” tragedy that hit the city but also showed how much progress had been made as it undergoes a NZ$40 billion ($35 billion) rebuild. “Despite the daunting job ahead of you, life continues with classic Kiwi humour, creativity, innovation, and determination- CHRISTCHURCH: Britain’s Prince William shows his bat- Christchurch remains a buzzing, thriving city,” he said. ting skills during a promotion of the Cricket World Cup “Christchurch is a city which has chosen not only to survive during his visit to Christchurch, New Zealand yester- but to thrive. Catherine and I look forward to coming back to day. — AP see how the city takes shape.”— AFP CALIFORNIA: Mike Conway, of England, celebrates his win in the IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach auto race. —AP TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 SPORTS Asian fans only have eyes for European football

HANOI: There were so few people watching Vietnam 38-year-old come with his two football-mad children. pre-season. About one-third of Premier League shirt of his tenure in 2011 sparked an ugly power struggle take on Hong Kong in a recent Asian Cup qualifier that “Otherwise I wouldn’t be here,” he said. Southeast sponsors are Asian. Commercial tie-ups are multiply- resulting in two dueling leagues and, for a time, two turnstile staff hardly bothered checking tickets on the Asia is home to 620 million people, around the same ing, from Manchester United-branded credit cards in national squads. damp, cold Hanoi evening. Rewind seven months, as Latin America, but hasn’t sent a team to the World Indonesia to a Chelsea-partnered whisky in Myanmar. Some European clubs invest in football academies when Arsenal visited and it was very different. Cup since 1938, when Indonesia played as “Dutch East Match-fixing has made fans skeptical of Asian in the region, but youth development as a whole is Families decked in the North London club’s red- Indies” because it was still a colony. leagues. Police forces are often ill-equipped to investi- being neglected. Physical education classes or school and-white flocked past frenetically busy ticket touts. That many fans across the region only have eyes for gate what is a complicated crime involving transna- sports teams barely exist in many places, study is given From his roof-top portrait, Vietnamese revolutionary European football is easy to understand when one tional gangs. Indonesia and Vietnam have been inves- priority over sport. Childhood obesity is a growing and hero Ho Chi Minh gazed down on the 40,000 peo- considers the pathetic showing of supposedly major tigated over allegations of throwing matches for mon- problem. ple who cheered as the Gunners shredded the national Asian nations in the latest cycle of the Asian Cup. The ey. As a short cut to league success, owners are paying team. 58-year-old competition for nearly 50 countries from Corrupt and inept management of clubs and for imported talent from Africa and South America. Moral of the story: Many Southeast Asian football Australia to Yemen is meant to showcase the region’s national teams, often by millionaire politicians or Some close to the game fear these players, typically fans, including those in Vietnam, don’t give two hoots best national sides and their best football. But Thailand dodgy tycoons, as well as bad refereeing, crowd and much larger than Asians, are hampering the develop- for the homegrown game. Across the region, leagues and Indonesia lost all their six matches, scoring just player violence and constantly changing league struc- ment of local players by making it hard for them to and teams struggle to get even a fraction of the sup- nine goals between them, and Singapore and Vietnam tures have also discouraged fans. Indonesia encom- break into club teams. port, attention and revenue that European clubs enjoy. scrapped a single victory each. Hence the meager passes the worst and best of Southeast Asian football. “If you really want to be top in football, there is a Match-fixing, corrupt governing bodies and chaotic turnout in Hanoi. Jakarta’s Bung Karno stadium is full, the atmosphere foundation which starts at the schools,” said Peter management are partly to blame. Fan fascination with European stars like Wayne electric, whenever the national team plays. League Velappan, a former Malaysian team coach and former “It’s a mess,” said Nguyen Van Nam, among the Rooney and Lionel Messi seems limitless. Southeast games regularly draw 20,000 fans. general secretary of the Asian Football Confederation. mere 5,000 people who attended Vietnam’s 3-1 victory Asia’s resilient economies and increasingly wealthy But for most of the 2000s, the Indonesian football “These days a lot of Asian countries are trying to build over Hong Kong. Only because he couldn’t get tickets fans are major attractions for European clubs. Arsenal association was run by a convicted corruptor, who a house starting from the roof by importing players for Arsenal’s pre-season money-spinner in July did the was one of seven Premier League clubs that visited kept the job despite being imprisoned twice. The end from abroad. No wonder it’s collapsing.” — AP Vermaelen expects Arsenal to show true grit, revive bid

LONDON: Thomas Vermaelen insists Arsenal will shake off enabled them to see off their stubborn Championship the draining effects of their marathon FA Cup semi-final opponents after a 1-1 draw at Wembley on Saturday. win over Wigan in time to revive their bid for a top-four fin- Several of Wenger’s players were struggling with cramp ish in the Premier League. in extra-time, while left back Nacho Monreal limped off in Arsene Wenger’s team were pushed to the limits by the second half, but there is no recovery period for the holders Wigan and needed a late equaliser from Per Gunners, who must beat London rivals West Ham at the Mertesacker to force the penalty shoot-out which finally Emirates Stadium today to stay in the hunt for a Champions League place. Everton moved above the Gunners into fourth place at the weekend and Roberto Martinez’s side have a two-point advantage with just five games to go. A victory over the Hammers would temporarily lift Arsenal back into fourth before Everton host Crystal Palace tomorrow, and Belgian defender Vermaelen believes the morale boost from reaching their first FA Cup final since 2005 — they will face Hull at Wembley on May 17 — can help his team-mates ignore their aching limbs in another crucial clash. “It was a long day and a quick turnaround but we’ve done that before, playing Saturday and today, so we can’t use that as an excuse,” Vermaelen said. “There was a lot of talk about needing the result for a few different reasons, for the manager and showing we could fight and I think we did that. MUNICH: Dortmund head coach Juergen Klopp (left) congratulates his players in this file photo. — AP “It will give us a boost for the rest of the season now. We can move forward with confidence. “I’m very happy that we’ll go to the final, that’s why you play these games of Dortmund out to add Wolves course. “It was a long game with extra time and penalties, it’s never easy but it was a good win.” The jubilant celebrations from Arsenal’s players and fans to Real and Bayern scalps at the end of the shoot-out would have been more fitting in a Champions League final or Premier League title BERLIN: After claiming impressive wins over Real Madrid the Bavarian giants reeling from consecutive league decider. and Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund are eyeing a defeats. But those joyous faces masked a huge sense of relief at German Cup final berth in Berlin when they host VfL Bayern face Real Madrid in the Champions League’s avoiding another ignominious defeat in a season which Wolfsburg in today’s semi-final. semi-finals later this month and are bidding to repeat last has promised so much but looked set to implode in spec- Dortmund bowed out of the Champions League last year’s treble of European, league and cup titles. tacular fashion while Arsenal laboured to breakdown their Tuesday despite a stunning 2-0 win at home to Real But their shock defeat at home to Dortmund, with a full- second tier opponents. Madrid, losing the quarter-final 3-2 on aggregate, then strength side, did little to boost confidence. The end of the club’s nine-year trophy drought is finally they shocked Bundesliga champions Bayern 3-0 in Munich The Bavarian giants are winless in their last three league in sight. But faced with the prospect of failing to qualify for on Saturday. games since wrapping up the Bundesliga title with a the Champions League for the first time in 17 years, It was Bayern’s heaviest home league defeat since 2008 record seven games to spare. Vermaelen knows Arsenal have no margin for error against and the two Bundesliga giants could meet in this year’s “We want to see the real Bayern Munich again. We need West Ham. final at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium on May 17 as Pep much better performances than against Dortmund,” said “I don’t think West Ham will come to the Emirates and Guardiola’s Munich host second-division Kaiserslautern in director of sport Matthias Sammer. just settle, I think they will come to win,” he said. “We have Wednesday’s other semi-final. Giant-killers Kaiserslautern knocked Champions League to make sure we compete hard for the victory now “We’re not thinking about that yet, we have to beat side Bayer Leverkusen out of the cup in the quarter-finals because they certainly will.” Wolfsburg on Tuesday and we have already seen how and Bayern need to be on their guard against the ‘Red French striker Olivier Giroud is likely to start today after strong they are,” said Dortmund’s Germany winger Kevin Devils’ who are pushing for promotion to Germany’s top beginning the semi-final on the bench. His replacement Grosskreutz. flight. Yaya Sanogo betrayed his inexperience with an erratic dis- Borussia had to come from a goal down to beat Wolves Bayern’s Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer missed the play, but Giroud was keen to accentuate the positive as be 2-1 in the league at Dortmund’s Westfalenstadion ten days second-half of the Dortmund defeat with a minor calf contemplated the prospect of potentially winning a trophy ago in the semi-final dress rehearsal. problem, but expects to play tomorrow. for Wenger and also fighting back in the battle to finish in Klopp’s side have a quick turn-around before hosting “We simply had a bad day at the office, but I’ll be fine for the top four. Wolves, who romped to a 4-1 win at home to Nuremberg Wednesday. It was just a precaution,” said Neuer. Should “It’s been a long time without a trophy as everyone on Saturday and are just outside the top four in the league. Bayern and Dortmund book their Berlin places, the knows, and now we have an excellent chance to change “But we’ll be putting in another passionate performance Bavarian giants will be seeking revenge for their 5-2 defeat that,” Giroud said. “We really want to win it for the fans, for like we did against Real and Bayern,” promised Grosskreutz. in the 2012 cup final when Borussia’s Robert Lewandowski, LONDON: Arsenal’s Kim Kallstrom celebrates after scor- the club and for the boss as well, it would be huge for Meanwhile Bayern boss Guardiola has demanded an who will join Munich at the end of the season, scored a ing in this file photo. — AP him.” — AFP immediate reaction in Wednesday’s other semi-final with hat-trick. — AFP River Plate City lose EPL advantage

blank Rafaela LONDON: Long considered favorites in behind their hosts on Sunday and that edge has dissipated and they allowed Philippe Coutinho to nip in an absorbing Premier League title race, needing the Merseysiders to slip up to must hope Liverpool fail to collect and fire home the winning goal with Manchester City no longer have con- overhaul them. maximum points in one of their 12 minutes remaining. BUENOS AIRES: River Plate’s 2-0 Rafaela midfielder Adrian trol over their destiny and must also City’s run to the Capital One remaining matches against Norwich City’s inspirational captain had suf- win over Atletico Rafaela in the Bastia volleyed a neat backheel sweat on the fitness of Yaya Toure and (League) Cup title and the quarter- City, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and fered an injury after a collision with Argentine first division revolved onto the post, the ball came Vincent Kompany for the closing weeks finals of the FA Cup means for the past Newcastle United, even if the 2012-13 Micah Richards in training on Saturday around goalkeepers on Sunday, back and hit Barovero’s face as of their campaign. few months they have trailed in the champions win their remaining six fix- but the decision to play the central with four current and one for- he dived trying to save it and it A 3-2 defeat to Liverpool at an emo- points tally but two games in hand tures. The loss at Anfield came after defender regardless, backfired as the mer keeper taking the field at rebounded off the post again tional Anfield, commemorating the over their title rivals has kept them City fought back from two goals down Belgian struggled to match Liverpool’s various stages. Before kickoff, and was cleared by the defence. 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough regarded as favourites. to draw level at 2-2 before a botched vibrant forward line. River’s greatest keeper Amadeo Winger Carlos Carbonero gave disaster, saw City fall seven points However, Sunday’s defeat means attempted clearance by Kompany Carrizo, who helped them win River the lead in the 55th GROIN INJURY seven league titles between minute and fellow Colombian Another blow to Manchester City 1945 and 1957, was feted on the Teo Gutierrez added a brilliant came after just 20 minutes when talis- Monumental pitch and made second in the 86th. manic midfielder Toure hobbled off with the club’s honorary president at Gutierrez, set to be a part of a groin injury, leading to fears the Ivorian the age of 87. Colombia’s World Cup squad in could miss Wednesday’s match against Once the game got under- June, controlled a cross from Sunderland and potentially the rest of way, River goalkeeper Marcelo Carbonero on his chest at the the season. Barovero was injured and edge of the six-yard box and “It’s difficult for Yaya to be in the next replaced by Leandro Chichizola rifled a shot into the roof of the game,” manager Manuel Pellegrini told in the 72nd minute. net past Marinelli. “We have to Sky Sports on Sunday. “We will see Four minutes later, Rafaela’s make (teams) respect our house, tomorrow, I don’t know how serious he is injured. I think it will be difficult for him to Nestor Conde was sent off and these points are vital for what finish playing this season.” the visitors brought on substi- we want,” Gutierrez told Having lost the initiative in the title tute Gonzalo Marinelli, who is reporters. race, Kompany’s defensive partner Martin on loan from River. River have lost only one Demichelis said they remained hopeful River, on a run of four wins in match in seven in the champi- the Reds would slip-up before the season five matches, have 23 points onship at the Monumental. In ended, despite the Merseysiders having from 13 matches in the Final between the two goals, won 10 league matches in a row. championship, the second of Gutierrez was brought down by “We’re obviously not happy about the two in the season. Conde as he broke through with result but we know we have matches They are second, one point a chance to score and the keep- ahead and you have seen in football that behind leaders Estudiantes, who er was sent off but River captain we can still win - they can still make mis- won 3-1 at Quilmes on Saturday Fernando Cavenaghi blasted the takes,” the Argentine told the Manchester and whom they visit in La Plata penalty onto the bar. Evening News. “Hopefully, we will win the tomorrow. Colon could have joined rest and expect some mistakes from In a goalless first half, River Estudiantes on 24 points if Liverpool. No-one left the stadium feel- suffered the biggest scare when they had beaten Boca Juniors ing they were champions, and we have Rafaela hit the post twice in in a at home in Santa Fe but plenty of matches.” Liverpool have 77 points, two ahead of second-placed bizarre double escape for the Sunday’s late match ended LONDON: Manchester City’s David Silva (right) Edin Dzeko (centre left) and Fernandinho wait for play to begin in this home team. goalless. —Reuters Chelsea with City a further five points file photo. —AP adrift. — Reuters SPORTS TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 Crisis? What crisis? PSG aim to bounce back

PARIS: What a difference a week makes. Seven days Certainly, it would take a massive reversal of for- could not be said for some of his team-mates in the the Chelsea trip, with Uruguayan striker Edinson ago, Paris Saint-Germain were riding the crest of a tune for PSG to let slip their 10-point advantage in the lacklustre display at Lyon. Cavani voicing his frustration at having to live in the wave - 13 points clear at the top of the league and tak- league over the final five games of the season. Ironically, Lyon are next up on the radar for PSG shadow of Ibrahimovic. ing a two-goal cushion into the second leg of their But the manner of the latest two setbacks has when the two meet in the French League Cup final in A model recruit since his record 64 million-euro Champions League quarter-final. served to underline how vulnerable and average a side Paris on Saturday. ($88.5 million) move from Napoli. Cavani broke ranks Seven days on, and two defeats later, PSG are sud- they look without the redoubtable presence of leading As for Blanc’s future, Thiago Silva gave a rare insight in an interview with sports daily L’Equipe in which he denly being talked about as a club in crisis. Out of the scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. into the mood within the camp, when he said after the complained it “isn’t easy” for a player who is “used to Champions League after a Jose Mourinho-master- Goalkepper Salvatore Sirgiu conceded: “He makes Champions League defeat: “Chelsea’s experience told finishing off the action but now being asked to play a minded 2-0 Chelsea victory and beaten again in the the difference. We’ve managed to replace him in the at the end of the game. They have a very experienced different role”. league, 1-0 away at Lyon on Sunday, the knives are past, but this time it’s different, because our style of coach and very experienced players. Goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu said: “Without a doubt being sharpened ready for the ritual sacrifice of coach play is different with him in the side. “However, we Blanc has made it clear he will not make a decision we are still disappointed at being knocked out of the Laurent Blanc. have to put our faith in the players who replace him on his own future until after the League Cup final and Champions League, that’s only natural, but we have to Much is being made of the fact that Blanc’s one- because we’ve got some very good players in the he said: “We thought we had put the disappointment rebuild our confidence.” year contract expires at the end of next season and the squad. of being knocked out of the Champions League He added: “It hurts, especially when a team isn’t wealthy Qatari owners are said to be weighing their “The truth is Zlatan is out at the moment and we behind us, but apparently that’s not so given the used to losing. We have to face up to that, stay calm options on an extension . have to do the best we possibly can without him.” The match against Lyon.” and positive and look ahead as have an important cup All the more so as it is widely accepted that Blanc Chelsea defeat was certainly hard to stomach for many He added: “It’s true we’re going to have to motivate final as well as the rest of the league season in front of was not their first choice for the job in the first place, of the players. “It’s difficult to pick yourself up after the players again so that some of them regain their us.” “We have to transform the anger we felt at losing to once Carlo Ancelotti had decided to throw in his lot being eliminated like that,” said captain Thiago Silva. sharpness in attack.” Lyon into positive energy, staring with next Saturday’s with Real Madrid. But motivate himself Thiago did, even if the same The cracks were already beginning to show before final.”— AFP Immobile, Cerci lead charge of young Italian goal talent

ROME: Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has a striker selection headache ahead of the World Cup in Brazil with Torino pair Ciro Immobile and Alessio Cerci leading a surge of young Italian attacking talent. The duo were the architects of Torino’s last gasp 2-1 come- back against Genoa during the weekend’s Serie A goalfest, scoring in the second and third minute of stoppage time to overturn Alberto Gilardino’s 85th minute opener and snatch a crucial three points for their Europa League charge. With Juventus playing Udinese late yesterday, 36 goals have so far been scored in this week’s Serie A fixtures. There was also a stellar display from Chievo Verona’s Alberto Paloschi, who scored two in a crucial 4-2 win at fellow relegation strugglers Livorno that left them five points clear of their hosts and the drop zone. The total is the second highest of the season so far, behind the 43 goals scored in the second week. Immobile’s equaliser was his 19th of the season and makes him the league’s current top goalscorer, one ahead of Carlos Tevez, who looks set to miss out on Juventus’s trip to Udinese after being troubled recently with a thigh problem. Immobile is also two ahead of Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain, who banged in a classy hat-trick in a 4-2 defeat of 10-man Lazio, and Hellas Verona’s veteran hitman Luca Toni, who although almost 37 is making an unlikely push for a place in SPAIN: Barcelona’s Neymar da Silva from Brazil pours water on his face during a Spanish La Liga soccer match in Brazil. this file photo. — AP IMPRESSIVE TOTAL Immobile’s total is impressive also because the 24-year-old Wounded Barca seek Cup does not take penalties. That duty is left to Cerci, who is level with Paloschi, Mario Balotelli and AS Roma’s Mattia Destro on Ciro Immobile 13 goals - one behind Gilardino - and is the creative heart of consolation against Real Giampiero Ventura’s side. “I feel great here. I have two years left on my contract. Let’s finish the season well and then I’ll speak with (Torino presi- Ranieri focussed MADRID: A week ago, Barcelona still had a chance of most, while Brazil forward Neymar has blown hot and cold dent Urbano) Cairo,” said Cerci following his dramatic winner, repeating the historic treble of 2009 but defeats in Europe since his high-profile move from Santos in the close sea- after which he was booked for ripping his shirt off with joy. and La Liga mean tomorrow’s King’s Cup final against Real son. “It’s clear that the Cup is fundamental for us,” sporting The wild celebrations at Turin’s Olympic Stadium also led to on semi-final, Madrid may be their only hope of major silverware this director Andoni Zubizarreta, who has been widely criti- goalkeeping coach Beppe Zinetti rupturing his Achilles ten- season. cised for not bringing in sufficient squad reinforcements, don. Immobile and Cerci have scored 32 of Torino’s 49 goals not on future A wounded Barca travel to Valencia to meet their arch said on Spanish radio on Sunday. between them, and are the most prolific strike partnership in rivals after crashing out of the Champions League to Zubizarreta defended Messi, who has been accused of the league, one ahead of Juve’s Tevez and Fernando Llorente. PARIS: Monaco coach Claudio Ranieri knows that Atletico Madrid tomorrow and suffering a shock 1-0 not putting in 100 percent effort for Barca so he is fresher Immobile is part-owned by Juve, though, and fans are wor- the best way to respond to ongoing speculation ried their local rivals could call him back at the end of the sea- reverse at Granada in La Liga three days later that left them for the World Cup finals starting in June. about his future is to finish the season by winning sil- son. “I’ll do everything to keep this team together, keeping four points behind leaders Atletico with five games to play. “There is nothing wrong with him (Messi),” Zubizarreta verware. hold of who we need and helping to improve them,” said Real, by contrast, are on a high after joining Atletico in said. “He is fine with the club and with his team mates. His The principality club travel to Ligue 1 strugglers Cairo.With Giuseppe Rossi recovering from his latest injury the last four of Europe’s elite club competition and climb- problem is that he has set the bar so high for himself,” Guingamp tomorrow in the semi-finals of the French setback and a rejuvenated Antonio Cassano having a superb ing above Barca into second in La Liga, three points off the added the former Barca and Spain goalkeeper. Cup and are huge favourites to lift the trophy at the season at Europa League-chasing Parma, Prandelli is going to top, thanks to Saturday’s 4-0 drubbing of Almeria. “He is happy, training well, in good physical shape. But Stade de France next month with Paris Saint- have a tough time picking his preferred front line. Barca coach Gerardo Martino needs to lift his battered he knows that football throws up challenges every week.” Germain already out. The Italy coach was hosting a 42-man session of potential troops for the showpiece at the Mestalla, the venue where Tomorrow’s match features two teams whose focus is They are also second in Ligue 1, although a 10- squad members in a fitness test at training centre Coverciano Real beat Barca 1-0 in the 2011 final thanks to Cristiano on attack and it should be an open, entertaining spectacle point deficit to PSG with five games remaining yesterday and today, and all apart from Toni, Paloschi and Ronaldo’s headed goal in extra time. The record Cup win- between the world’s two richest clubs by income. means it is only a matter of time before the capital Destro made the trip. Destro was left out after receiving a ners with 26 to Real’s 18, Barca have had the upper hand It will be their 34th meeting in the Spanish Cup since club win the title. three-game ban last week for punching Cagliari defender Ranieri has done very little wrong since taking against their rivals in La Liga this season, winning 2-1 at they first clashed in May 1902. Barca have won 15, includ- Davide Astori. The 23-year-old Roma striker was omitted from charge at the Stade Louis II, leading them to promo- the Nou Camp in October and 4-3 at the Bernabeu last ing a 3-1 success in that first game, drawn seven and lost the trip for violating Prandelli’s ethics code, but is likely to be tion back to the top flight last season, and he has a month. However, Martino has come in for some heavy criti- 11. Real coach Carlo Ancelotti, whose team have not con- considered for the squad after scoring 13 goals in just 18 year left to run on his contract. cism after recent stumbles and the Argentine will have to ceded a single goal in eight games on the way to the final, appearances. However, that has not dampened speculation that shoulder the blame and suffer the consequences if he ends is sweating on the fitness of top scorer Ronaldo, who has Despite being the biggest name, Balotelli has if anything the club’s billionaire majority shareholder Dmitry his first year in charge without any trophies apart from the missed Real’s last two matches with knee and thigh muscle the most to prove. His form has been patchy all season and his Rybolovlev will seek to replace the Italian in the sum- season-opening Spanish Super Cup. complaints. place in the squad may be under threat. Milan boss Clarence mer, with reports last week linking him with an His side have generally managed to dominate oppo- Barca’s main injury worries are in defence, with centre Seedorf backed his faltering striker despite a subdued display approach for France great, and current Real Madrid nents in customary fashion but have consistently failed to backs Gerard Pique, Carles Puyol and Marc Bartra all side- in a 1-0 win over bottom club Catania. assistant, Zinedine Zidane. lined, and Sergio Busquets may be drafted in to play in the “I thought he played well, and he has changed from the turn long periods of possession into goals, particularly on “I don’t know if I’ll be the coach of Monaco next way he behaved in the past,” said the former Dutch interna- the road against defence-minded teams. middle alongside Javier Mascherano, another converted season,” said Ranieri. “But I want to win the French tional. However, Balotelli should be hoping that Prandelli is midfielder. Zubizarreta said there was a chance Pique, who Cup and finish as close to PSG as possible. When the not having second thoughts about bringing such a divisive MESSI SITUATION has not played since damaging a hip in the Champions team wins, it’s better for everyone.” figure now that so many promising youngsters are starting to Talismanic Argentina captain Lionel Messi has gone off League on April 1, could make it back for tomorrow’s He added: “I love football, I love my job and I am mature into the real deal. — Reuters the boil just when Barca needed his sublime skills the game. — Reuters very serious about my work. But I acknowledge that it’s very difficult to have a career like (Arsene) Wenger or (Alex) Ferguson with a club today.” Brazil struggles with its World Cup preparations Monaco, who have won the French Cup five times but not since 1991 when Wenger was the coach, will SAO PAULO: Although expectations are high its stadium. Because the venues took so long to for breach of contract. It remains unclear if the The biggest loser this time is Brazil itself, be without promising left-back Layvin Kurzawa due for Brazil’s football team at the World Cup, it’s be ready, FIFA is now racing to install the tem- event will happen. “All is written, all is signed which for political reasons insisted in hosting to injury. already clear the country didn’t do a very good porary structures that are crucial for the media, and all the responsibilities or duties for each the tournament in 12 cities instead of the eight His absence is a blow as Monaco attempt to han- job preparing for the tournament. sponsors and technical teams. Some of the party are very well known,” FIFA secretary gen- that FIFA wanted and now is paying the price. dle the pressure that comes with being favourites With only two months before the opener, host cities didn’t want to pay for them even eral Jerome Valcke said. The local government didn’t take full advan- against a Guingamp side who have lost their last four there are serious concerns about the country’s though they signed contracts saying they There were so many difficulties in Brazil that tage of the World Cup and missed a series of matches in Ligue 1. readiness. Doubts remain about whether stadi- would. football’s governing body has already hinted opportunities to improve the country. Because “We are the big favourites to win the Cup, which is ums will be finished in time, and it’s highly The northeastern city of Recife didn’t want that things will be done differently in Russia in of a lack of proper planning, some of the prom- to be expected. The pressure will be on us,” said unlikely all promised infrastructure work will be to pay for its fanfest, which allows those with- four years. “It’s a lesson and definitely we will ised infrastructure projects were canceled and Ranieri, although Guingamp will be looking to return completed. out tickets to watch matches in public areas for act differently,” Valcke said. “We will have to find many will only be ready after the competition to the final of a competition they won as a second- Organizers will also have to worry about the free, prompting FIFA to say it could sue the city a different way of working for Russia 2018.” ends. Airports won’t be fully ready in time, tier side in 2009. widespread street protests that are expected according to industry experts, and there are On that occasion they stunned their Brittany during the tournament with demonstrators also concerns with transportation projects and neighbours Rennes at the Stade de France, and there already unhappy about corruption, poor public even with energy supply during the month- is a possibility that the clubs could meet again in the services and the billions of dollars being spent long competition. final this season. to host the World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. Back in 2007, then president Luiz Inacio Lula Rennes, who have not won a major trophy since Even though Brazil was awarded the World da Silva said the World Cup stadiums would be the 1971 French Cup, play second-tier Angers in the Cup in 2007, local organizers are scrambling to financed mostly by private companies, but first semi-final on Tuesday at the Stade de la Route de complete all the necessary work. FIFA is more today it’s known that public funds are behind Lorient. than worried, saying it’s “a race” to make sure the vast majority of them, either through loans The Bretons have had a difficult season under the country delivers everything it promised. or tax breaks. Philippe Montanier, who has found life tough since “Brazil will be a well-done World Cup,” FIFA That, in part, is what is expected to fuel the arriving last summer from Real Sociedad, where he President Sepp Blatter said, then criticized local street protests across the country, many of was named coach of the year in La Liga. authorities for taking too long to start work which could turn violent, as happened during His team lie 14th in the table, meaning they are at projects. “Some of the delays is because there last year’s Confederations Cup. The warm-up risk of finishing in their lowest position in more than was no work for years. But we’re on the way tournament was not directly affected, but a decade, so a lot is riding on Cup success. now to finishing the stadiums.” demonstrators used the competition’s interna- “There is a lot at stake,” said Montanier. “This club Three stadiums remain under construction, tional appeal to attract attention to their has had a rather strange relationship with the Cup. including the one hosting the opening match demands and complain against FIFA and the We can feel the weight of expectation. between Brazil and Croatia on June 12 in Sao local government. “We need to focus on the game rather than what Paulo. With about 150,000 professionals from is at stake. We have gone through some difficult All six venues that were expected to be security forces and armed forces available, the times but if we had been offered the chance at the ready by the end of last year missed FIFA’s Brazilian government is promising that “the start of the season to play a semi-final in our own sta- deadline. The other six had already been used World Cup in Brazil will be the safest” ever dium we would have taken it immediately.” during the Confederations Cup, but four of despite the protests. But there is little doubt Angers are bidding to reach the final for the first those also weren’t ready when expected. One ALEGRE: This Dec. 12, 2013 file photo shows a horse carriage passing the Estadio Beira- organizers can’t wait for the opening kickoff, time since 1957, although their main aim this season of the host cities, Curitiba, was nearly excluded Rio in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Five matches of the 2014 soccer World Cup will be played in the when most of the focus will turn away from the is to win promotion to the top flight. — AFP from the competition because of the delays at stadium. — AP off-the-field issues.—AP Watson bags Vermaelen Masters title expects Arsenal to show true grit, revive bid

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INDIANAPOLIS: Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka (right) fouls Indiana Pacers guard CJ Watson as he grabs a rebound in the second half of an NBA basketball game. — AP Pacers cruise past Thunder

INDIANAPOLIS: David West scored 21 to Phoenix for a showdown with the Wesley Matthews grabbed the rebound good. Cousins, who had his eighth points and Lance Stephenson had his Suns on Monday night. Gasol hugged for the Blazers. straight double-double, started the league-best fifth triple-double of the his brother Pau after the game; Pau has Matthews added 24 points for surge with a thunderous dunk and Back to the track season, leading Indiana past Oklahoma been out for the Lakers with vertigo. Portland, which has won four straight McCallum followed with his 3s, one from City 102-97 Sunday - putting the Pacers Jodie Meeks led the Lakers with 20 and eight of its past nine games. Both the left corner and the other from the for Mo Farah? one win away from clinching the Eastern points in their last home game of a mis- teams are jockeying for final position in right. Cousins was hit with a technical LONDON: Ahead of Mo Farah’s much-hyped marathon debut Conference’s top seed. erable season that has included a fran- the Western Conference. Portland is in foul with less than 2 minutes remaining, in London on Sunday, few expert observers believed he stood The Pacers (55-26) lead two-time chise-worst 55 losses with two games fifth place behind Houston and Golden his 16th of the season. By NBA rules, he any chance of winning. But his lacklustre eighth place finish defending champion Miami by a half remaining. State sits behind the Blazers in sixth. must sit out Sacramento’s final regular and modest time of 2hr 8min 21sec, which only puts him in game with one to play and hold the They lost their seventh in a row over- With the victory, Portland (53-28) was season game. the second-tier elite category and failed to even threaten a tiebreaker based on conference record. all and fifth straight at Staples Center. assured of at least the fifth seed in the Kevin Love had 43 points and 11 nearly 30-year-old British record, will be leaving the track star Kevin Durant finished with 38 points Wesley Johnson added 15 points and 15 playoffs. The Blazers close out the sea- rebounds for Minnesota after sitting out questioning if he has a future on the roads. for Oklahoma City (58-22) on a day it rebounds, and Jordan Hill added a dou- son tomorrow against the Clippers. Friday’s 112-110 win over Houston The lessons from his debut appear to be two-fold: firstly, could have locked up the second seed in ble-double of 10 points and 10 The Warriors (49-31) missed out on because of a hyperextended right elbow. the double Olympic and Worlds champion over 5,000 and the West. rebounds. reaching 50 wins for the first time since 10,000m seems to be better built for speed, illustrated last Oklahoma City rallied from a 10-point 1993-94, but they have two games to go NETS 97, MAGIC 88 year when he clocked the sixth fastest 1500m of all time. fourth-quarter deficit, tying the score at TRAIL BLAZERS 119, WARRIORS 117 in the regular season. Mirza Teletovic scored a team-high Even his 5,000 and 10,000m golds have been more down 89 with 2:46 to go. But Paul George hit a LaMarcus Aldridge scored 26 points, 20 points and Joe Johnson and Mason to his wily racing tactics closed off with a staggering finishing kick, something that counts for little over 26.2 miles (42.2 kilo- 3 and Stephenson made one with 34.2 including the go-ahead jumper in over- KINGS 106, TIMBERWOLVES 103 Plumlee each added 17 and Brooklyn metres). Secondly, east African distance powerhouses Kenya seconds to go to make it 97-91. time, and Portland defeated the Warriors Ray McCallum hit back-to-back 3- beat Orlando. and Ethiopia have raised the bar so high over the distance- despite a season-high 47 points from pointers in a pivotal stretch midway Deron Williams had 16 points, five their top runners regularly clocking times below 2:05 — that RAPTORS 116, PISTONS 107 Golden State’s Stephen Curry. through the fourth quarter, DeMarcus assists and four steals for the Nets, who what was a good time a decade ago will now only leave you DeMar DeRozan scored 14 of his 30 Aldridge’s jumper with 39.9 seconds Cousins had 35 points and 15 rebounds, have a two-game lead for the fifth spot in the also-ran category. points in the fourth quarter, and Toronto to go gave the Blazers a 118-117 lead. and Sacramento beat Minnesota. in the Eastern Conference playoff race On any given day, for every eight elite Kenyans and tied a franchise record for victories with Damian Lillard added a free throw for The Kings trailed by 11 in the third over the idle Washington Wizards. Tobias Ethiopians, one or two of them stand a chance of being in a win over Detroit. Portland before Andre Iguodala missed a quarter and were down 82-81 before Harris scored 18 points for the Magic, aggressive, record-breaking form-as was the case in London The Raptors (47-33) had already 3-pointer with 2.9 seconds left and going on an 11-2 run to go in front for who have lost their past two games. on Sunday for Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang. “I will be back,” Farah clinched the Atlantic Division, and the Trailing 59-55 with 6:59 remaining in the told the BBC after the race. “I’m not going to finish it like this. I victory over Detroit was their 10th in 14 third quarter, Brooklyn went on a 15-0 gave it my all but I’m disappointed I didn’t go out there and games. Toronto has reached the 47-win NBA results/standings run, highlighted by five points from give what the crowd deserve.” However, the 31-year-old Farah-who trained with the mark for the third time. The Raptors Indiana 102, Oklahoma City 97; Toronto 116, Detroit 107; Brooklyn 97, Orlando 88; NY Knicks 100, Chicago Teletovic, to take a 70-59 lead with 3:23 Kenyans at altitude for two months to prepare for London- went 47-35 in 2001 and 2007. Kyle Lowry 89; Portland 119, Golden State 117 (OT); Sacramento 106, Minnesota 103; Memphis 102, LA Lakers 90. left in the quarter before Ronnie Price scored 28 points for Toronto before foul- then hit a 3-pointer to end the run. refused to be rushed into a decision on his future, saying: “I’m ing out with 5:51 remaining. Eastern Conference Western Conference disappointed but you try things and sometimes it doesn’t Atlantic Division Northwest Division work, but you have to give it a go.” Andre Drummond had 14 points and W L PCT GB Oklahoma City 58 22 .725 - KNICKS 100, BULLS 89 17 rebounds for the Pistons in the final Toronto 47 33 .588 - Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 20 points Analysts, however, see Farah temporarily ditching his Portland 53 28 .654 5.5 marathon ambitions and returning to the track for the time home game of their dismal season. Brooklyn 44 36 .550 3 Minnesota 40 40 .500 18 and New York, a night after being elimi- being, perhaps seeking to defend his track titles in Rio in Detroit’s Josh Smith missed a fourth NY Knicks 35 45 .438 12 Denver 36 44 .450 22 nated from playoff contention, beat 2016. “It is a disappointing debut,” wrote Ross Tucker, a lead- straight game with tendinitis in his left Boston 25 55 .313 22 Utah 24 56 .300 34 Chicago. Philadelphia 17 63 .213 30 ing South African sports scientist who runs the influential knee. Pacific Division No longer with any hopes of their Central Division LA Clippers 56 24 .700 - sportsscientists.com website. Indiana 55 26 .679 - own, the Knicks snapped the Bulls’ sev- Golden State 49 31 .613 7 “What would be most concerning to Farah is that he ran GRIZZLIES 102, LAKERS 90 Chicago 47 33 .588 7.5 en-game winning streak and dropped Phoenix 47 33 .588 9 pretty conservatively, and was on 2:06 pace for most of the Mike Conley scored 24 points and Cleveland 32 49 .395 23 them back into a tie with Toronto for the race, and he still dropped substantially off that.” Detroit 29 52 .358 26 Sacramento 28 53 .346 28.5 Memphis pulled away in the third quar- LA Lakers 25 55 .313 31 No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference He said the result “probably signals a delay in Farah’s ter to beat Los Angeles, moving the Milwaukee 15 65 .188 39.5 with two to play. Carmelo Anthony and Southeast Division Southwest Division marathon aspirations for a while. Back to the track for now, I Grizzlies a game ahead of idle Phoenix in Miami 54 26 .675 - San Antonio 62 18 .775 - J.R. Smith each had 17 points for the would assume.” Distance running site LetsRun.com said the race for the final Western Conference Washington 42 38 .525 12 Houston 53 27 .663 9 Knicks, who were eliminated Saturday Farah’s performance “wasn’t awful” and gave him credit for playoff berth. Marc Gasol added 18 Charlotte 41 39 .513 13 Dallas 49 32 .605 13.5 when Atlanta beat Miami, ending New making his marathon debut in London, which had which points and 15 rebounds and Mike Miller Atlanta 37 43 .463 17 Memphis 48 32 .600 14 York’s run of three straight postseason arguably assembled the greatest field in men’s marathon his- had 13 points for the Grizzlies, who head Orlando 23 57 .288 31 New Orleans 32 48 .400 30 berths. — AP tory. — AFP China’s economic growth slows to 7.3% in Q1: Survey

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SIMFEROPOL: Customers pay at the cash desks in an Auchan Hypermarket in the Crimean capital Simferopol, yesterday. Crimea’s largely Russian-speaking residents voted in March to become part of Russia, in a referendum held as Russian troops patrolled the region. — AFP Gulf Bank posts net profit of KD 8.7m in Q1 2014 Net profit up 10% v/s Q1 2013 • Loan book grew by 13.9% annualized KUWAIT: Gulf Bank yesterday announced a net profit of KD 8.7 mil- lion for the first quarter of 2014, up 10 percent from KD7.9 million over the Jazeera to launch flights to same period in 2013. Operating profit before provisions was KD23.6 million Ataturk Airport on May 2 vs KD23.0 million for the same period last year. The Bank has continued its KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways announced yesterday it would three flights a week to five. The airline’s new schedule strategy to build a fortress balance begin serving Istanbul through the city’s primary airport, serves Istanbul with a flight every Tuesday, Wednesday, sheet, increasing precautionary gen- Istanbul Ataturk Airport, with five flights a week starting Thursday, Friday and Sunday, he added. eral provisions to KD162 million and from May 2nd instead of the Sabiha Gokcen International “This is great news for travelers. Since we started serv- by reducing the non-performing loans Airport, to which the airline has served since 2008. ing Istanbul through Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (ie ‘NPL’) ratio from 6.5 percent to 5.4 Vice President of Industry Affairs Bader Al-Mershed in 2008, Istanbul has become a favorite vacation and busi- percent during the quarter . The Bank said in a press statement that the new route would bolster ness destination for travelers from Kuwait and the region,” has increased the total coverage ratio the airline’s Istanbul services by offering travelers with Al-Mershed pointed out. According to data by the of non-performing loans to over 214 better flight schedules to an airport that is in the heart of Directorate General of Civil Aviation, passenger traffic percent. the touristic city. The airline will increase the number of between Kuwait and Istanbul has increased by 419% Commenting on the results, Omar incoming and outgoing flights to Ataturk Airport from between 2008 and 2013. — KUNA Kutayba Alghanim, Gulf Bank’s Gulf Bank’s Chairman Omar Alghanim Gulf Bank CEO César González-Bueno Chairman said: “The first quarter has Gulf Bank has achieved in the first base, a strong supporting Board of proved to be a strong start to the year. quarter of the year. Aside from the Directors and dedicated and focused Gulf Bank is making good progress in increase in net profit, the Bank’s loans employees. The balance sheet is UK study lends weight to implementing its five year growth have grown by 13.9 percent, and our strong, and we are in the process of strategy, as well as continuing its non-performing loans ratio has fallen finishing the resolution of our legacy focus on customer-centricity and to 5.4 percent, continuing its down- issues and ending a long period of Osborne’s case for tax cuts financial discipline. We look forward ward trend and now approaching a recovery. We can therefore shift our to an exciting year ahead.” long-term acceptable figure. emphasis to serve our customers even LONDON: British finance minister add to higher tax revenues,” the César González-Bueno, Gulf Bank’s In the short time I have been at better, and continue to grow with Chief Executive Officer said: “I am George Osborne’s case for cutting finance ministry report said. “As a Gulf Bank, I have seen many positive them. We now have the foundations taxes if his Conservative Party wins a result, the cost of the policy falls by pleased to report the positive results to do that.” indicators. We have an excellent client 2015 election was bolstered yester- between 37 and 56 percent in the day when a government study said long term.” lower taxes would stimulate econom- The analysis is the second time ic activity and partially offset a loss of the government has used its “dynam- UAE, Qatar markets revenue. A reduction in the real rate ic modelling” technique to illustrate of fuel duties, enacted in 2011 by the the benefits of tax cuts. The tech- coalition government, will increase nique looks at direct and indirect Britain’s economic output by 0.3 to effects on investment, consumption close off lows 0.5 percent over the next 20 years, and wages. The first such report was according to a government model published in December last year, which aims to better capture the full showing that foregone revenue from MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS effects of changes in fiscal policy. a reduction in the rate of corporation The finding offers some backing tax would be partly offset by George Osborne for Osborne and the Conservatives, increased growth. DUBAI: Investors in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar booked Qatar’s index was down 0.7 percent at 12,144 points, would not just say on the centre who sit on the centre-right of British Static modelling, which takes a right of British politics, but primarily profits for a second day yesterday as global markets having recovered from an intra-day low of 12,046 points. politics and advocate lower taxation narrower view of the impact of poli- remained gloomy and tension grew between Russia and Shares in Qatar Gas Transport Co (Nakilat) rose 2.3 per- on the centre right, which is that as the way to generate economic cy changes, continues to be the lower taxes can, at least in part, pay the West over Ukraine. But all three bourses later recov- cent to 21.59 riyals on higher-than-average volume. The growth and prosperity. benchmark used by official forecast- ered to different degrees. After opening slightly higher, stock has lagged the wider market, gaining just 4.3 per- for themselves,” Osborne told law- The Conservatives - who govern ers to assess government finances. the three bourses dipped along with Asian and cent this year against 17 percent for the index. makers in March. The finance min- European markets as Ukraine threatened military action alongside their junior Liberal istry said yesterday it wanted to use against pro-Russian separatists occupying government Saudi, Kuwait Democrat coalition partner - are pin- ‘Quiet revolution’ the model more often to gauge the buildings in the east of the country. Saudi Arabia’s bourse edged up 0.2 percent after ning much of their re-election cam- Prime Minister David Cameron effects of policy changes. However, towards the end of the day the Gulf mar- slipping in the previous three sessions. Saudi Chemical paign on the view, supported by told the party’s conference last year Although dynamic models are kets started recovering and they closed well off their Co led the gains and jumped 9.1 percent after its first- opinion polls, that their economic that he believed in lower taxes. If the also used by international organiza- intra-day lows. quarter profit rose 3 percent. Yanbu National policies are the best way to help Conservatives win the 2015 election tions like the World Bank and the Dubai’s index, which dived as much as 2.2 percent to Petrochemical Co (Yansab) dropped 1.4 percent after it Britain recover from a prolonged outright, Osborne has committed to International Monetary Fund, inde- 4,656 points during the session, closed up 0.08 percent missed the average forecast of analysts and posted a recession and balance its books. The reduce the deficit through spending pendent economists have expressed at 4,763 points as renewed buying lifted heavyweight 16.7 percent decline in first-quarter net profit. study showed an increase in eco- cuts rather than tax increases. When concern about a heavy reliance on Emaar Properties 0.5 percent. Several Dubai property The firm, a subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corp nomic activity would offset around questioned earlier this year on the difficult-to-judge assumptions. The and construction names also rose. Abu Dhabi’s bourse (SABIC), made a profit of 555.7 million riyals ($148.2 mil- half of the revenue to the public purpose of the first dynamic model- study released yesterday said the closed down 0.6 percent at 5,134 points after dipping lion) in the quarter, against 773.7 million riyals expected purse lost as a result of the govern- ling report, Osborne said he hoped it forecasting was “subject to some 1.5 percent to 5,083 points during the day. Abu Dhabi by seven analysts in a Reuters poll. Shares in SABIC were ment’s decision to abolish above- would “begin a quiet revolution” in uncertainty”, highlighting that some Commercial Bank recovered from an intra-day loss to down 2.8 percent. Kuwait’s main index slid 0.9 percent inflation increases in fuel duty. the way people thought about tax factors such as a deterioration in close flat as National Bank of Abu Dhabi edged down 0.3 to 7,495 points with both large- and small-caps in “The modelling shows increased cuts. percent. decline. — Reuters economic confidence were not cap- profits, wages and consumption all “It reflects a debate that is had, I tured by the model. — Reuters BUSINESS TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 News China’s economic growth in brief

Kuwait raises May slows to 7.3% in Q1: Survey crude OSP for Asia SINGAPORE: Kuwait set the official selling price (OSP) for its crude oil sales to Asian buyers for May at 60 cents below the average of Result to mark 4th slowdown in past 6 quarters Oman/Dubai quotes, up 30 cents from the month before, traders said yesterday. Kuwait’s BEIJING: China’s economic expansion slowed have been quick to stress that the target is 1990 — the year after the Tiananmen Square In a report last week, the IMF predicted crude price formula is loosely linked to that of in the first three months of this year, accord- flexible-seen as a hint it may not be reached. crackdown when China was hit by interna- GDP would grow 7.5 percent this year and 7.3 Saudi Arabia’s Arab Medium grade. ing to an AFP survey, and remains on track for Li said authorities are focused on how growth tional sanctions and GDP grew just 3.8 per- percent next year. Economic indicators in the its worst annual performance in nearly a quar- contributes to improving livelihoods, stress- cent. For the full-year 2014, the median fore- first quarter of this year have shown weak- Ma’aden Q1 profit falls ter-century as reform priorities trump growth ing it “needs to ensure fairly full employment cast in the AFP survey is for an expansion of ness in areas including trade, industrial pro- 48% as metal prices drop concerns. Gross domestic product (GDP) in and needs to help increase people’s 7.4 percent. duction, manufacturing and prices. DUBAI: Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma’aden) the January-March period expanded 7.3 per- incomes”.The last time China missed the “China saw a soft start to 2014, with the blamed falling metal prices after it posted a 48 cent from the same period last year, the medi- growth target was in 1998 during the Asian Stimulus coming? main indicators having disappointed the percent drop in first-quarter net profit yesterday. an forecast in AFP’s survey of 13 economists economic crisis. The International Monetary Fund believes market so far this year,” Sun Junwei, China Ma’aden made a profit of 125.2 million riyals said. The National Bureau of Statistics is sched- GDP grew 7.7 percent in 2013, the same China is now on course for medium-term economist at HSBC, said in an e-mail. She ($33.4 million) in the three months to March 31, uled to release GDP data for the first quarter result as 2012, which was the worst pace growth “substantially below the 10-percent added, however, that growth could get a down from 239.2 million riyals in the correspon- on Wednesday. since 7.6 percent in 1999. The last time annu- average rate recorded during the past 30 boost as “mini-stimulus” measures ding period of 2013, it said in a filing to Saudi The result would mark the fourth slow- al growth came in below 7.6 percent was years”. announced earlier this month-including tax Arabia’s bourse. This was well below the forecast down in the past six quarters. It comes as the breaks for small companies and targeted of Bakheet Investment Group, who expected a government signals a willingness to accept infrastructure outlays-move through the sys- net profit of 213.1 million riyals for the period. weaker growth, as the country’s economic tem towards the end of the current second The company said the profit slump was due to model pivots away from decades of double- quarter. Premier Li last week, however, declines in some metal and commodity prices digit expansion fuelled by big-ticket invest- downplayed expectations for significant such as gold, aluminium and ammonia. ment projects. moves to juice growth. Now, authorities say they want consumer “We will not resort to short-term stimulus Ireland’s official trade spending and other forms of private demand policies just because of temporary economic surplus widens in Feb to propel the world’s second-largest economy fluctuations and we will pay more attention DUBLIN: Ireland raised its trade surplus by 4.0 into a future of more sound and sustainable to sound development in the medium- and percent in February from the January level as growth, though they are quick to emphasize long-run,” he said in a speech, state media exports grew and imports fell in the country’s that rebalancing must not come at the reported. Yet economists said further weak- fightback from crisis, official data showed yester- expense of job creation. ness may tip the government’s hand. “Growth day. A trade surplus is one of the main factors of China’s ultimate success or failure in retool- could slip further in the second quarter,” growth in an economy, and euro-zone nation ing its economic model has broad implica- Wendy Chen, Shanghai-based economist at Ireland is counting heavily on exports to fuel its tions for the rest of the world, which has come Nomura International, told AFP. “And if the economic expansion since emerging from an increasingly to rely on the country as a driver economy showed signs of a further slowdown, international bailout program in December. The of global growth as the West emerges slowly it’s very likely for China to introduce easing European Union accounted for 55 percent of from the 2008 financial crisis. measures in both monetary and fiscal policies, total exports in February, with the United States Tang Jianwei, Shanghai-based economist pushing the overall economy to rebound in remaining the main non-EU destination with Bank of Communications, said Chinese the second half.” accounting for 22 percent of total exports, the authorities will be careful to strike a balance Chen said that a cut in the reserve require- CSO said. The seasonally-adjusted trade surplus, between supporting growth and pushing ment ratio, which is the amount of cash banks ironing out blips, grew to 3.21 billion euros reform, but will avoid large-scale stimulus. must keep on hand, is likely. Authorities have ($4.43 billion) in February from 3.08 billion euros “The focus is still on reform,” he said. China BEIJING: A balloon vendor waits for customers as she walks along a road in used that tool in the past in a bid to free up the central business district in Beijing yesterday. Chinese exports and in January, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last month set its annual growth target for this funds for lending to stimulate the economy. said in a statement. The CSO said that Irish year at about 7.5 percent, the same as last imports fell sharply in March, data showed on April 10, as officials noted “And there’s a bigger probability of an interest exports increased by 1.0 percent to 7.23 billion year. that the world’s second-largest economy faces headwinds from tougher rate cut if the economy weakens further,” Chen euros in February from January. But officials, including Premier Li Keqiang, regional competition and “friction” with trade partners. — AFP said. —AFP Arabian Cement company to start IPO roadshow CAIRO: Egypt’s Arabian Cement Company plans Metal-hungry China buys Glencore mine for $6bn to start an international roadshow next week to float between 22.5 percent to 30 percent of the BEIJING: A Chinese consortium bought Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg’s strong Frieda River in Papua New Guinea, company, its chief executive told Reuters yester- the Las Bambas copper mine in Peru deal-making credibility and the fact that Tampakan in the Philippines, or day. “Our target is the 14th of May to start trad- Singapore economy from Glencore Xstrata for $6 billion, the he is willing to play a long game,” Alumbrera or El Pachon in Argentina. ing and I think 12th of May end of subscription high end of analysts’ forecasts in China’s Bernstein Research analysts said in a Glencore has already agreed to sell its but that may change ... It depends on the result slowed sharply in biggest acquisition of a mine, showing note. stake in Frieda River to Australian copper of the roadshow,” said Jose Maria Magrina. the strength of its long-term need for “In addition, it underlines the global producer PanAust and is looking for a January-March copper. MMG Ltd, the Hong Kong-listed scarcity of large high-quality copper buyer for its stake in Tampakan, both of offshore arm of China’s state-owned deposits and the continued Chinese which were Xstrata projects. SINGAPORE: Singapore’s economic growth slowed Egypt pound weakens Minmetals Corp, led the winning bid in demand for this metal.” The sale, initially The miner-trader had signalled that sharply in the first three months of the year, data showed at CB’s dollar sale partnership with Hong Kong-registered expected to be concluded by the end keeping Las Bambas could have been an yesterday, but the central bank stood pat on monetary CAIRO: The Egyptian pound weakened at a Guoxin International Investment Corp on 2013, dragged on due to a delay in option, but market sources said failing to policy saying it would be lifted by a pick-up in global central bank dollar sale and on the black market and state-owned investment giant CITIC reaching agreement on price. Glencore sell it after months of negotiations would growth. Preliminary estimates showed the city-state’s yesterday, after hitting a six-month low last Group. said last month the Minmetals consor- have irritated China, a vital client for any trade-reliant economy expanded a seasonally adjusted week. The central bank said it sold dollars at a Commodity trader Glencore had tium was the preferred bidder. Copper commodity firm. 0.1 percent quarter on quarter, the trade ministry said. cut-off price of 6.9702 pounds, weaker than the agreed to sell Las Bambas to secure prices are down almost 10 percent on The deal is the biggest acquisition That compared with 6.1 percent expansion in October- rate of 6.9651 pounds at its last sale on approval from China’s competition the year. They have recovered some ever for MMG, a Melbourne-headquar- December. Thursday. Banks are allowed to trade dollars at authorities for its takeover of miner ground since China’s first domestic tered producer of copper, zinc, and lead The ministry said growth was hit by a 1.8 percent rates determined by ranges set by the regular Xstrata. Beijing made this condition to bond default last month raised worries with mines in Australia, Laos and the quarter-on-quarter contraction in the services industry. dollar sales. That gives the central bank effec- prevent the merged group from having over its credit situation prompting a 9 Democratic Republic of Congo. It aims to The advance GDP estimates are based on two months tive control over rates in the official potentially too much power over the percent tumble in the price of the red rank among the top diversified miners of data, but is given out as a preview to the trade-sensi- market.Banks sold the dollar for as much as global copper market. metal. outside of China. tive economy’s performance during the quarter. On a 6.9902 pounds for commercial transactions and A Chinese buyer had been consid- The Peruvian mine is due to start Other companies interested in Las year-on-year basis, GDP is estimated to have expanded 7.0102 pounds for retail transactions yesterday, ered a virtual certainty since Las Bambas production in 2015 at a rate of more Bambas included Chinese aluminium 5.1 percent in the first quarter, slower than the 5.5 per- a trader said. On the black market, the dollar was put on the block, given the deep than 450,000 tonnes a year for the first giant Chinalco and a western consortium cent rise in the final three months of 2013. The city’s traded at around 7.49 pounds yesterday com- pockets of China’s state-owned enter- five years. made up of Teck Resources, Newmont central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore pared with 7.47 pounds on Sunday, according prises and its hunger for copper as the Mining Corp and private equity firms (MAS), forecast growth of 2.0-4.0 percent for 2014, to a market participant. The central bank sold world’s top consumer of the metal. Keep China happy Blackstone Group and Magris Resources. against from 4.1 percent last year. Manufacturing rose $38.3 million on Monday, it said. It had offered Glencore will receive about $5.85 billion Rating agency Moody’s had signalled The deal, which is expected to close 4.5 percent from the preceding quarter and 8.0 percent $40 million. Egypt’s Central Bank said earlier in cash upon completion of the deal, that a decision by Glencore to abandon prior to the end of the third quarter, is year-on-year due to a strong rebound in the output this month that it had covered the entire back- which compared with analysts’ forecasts the sale could have put its credit rating at subject to approval from China’s Ministry from the biomedical and chemical segments, the trade log of dollars owed to foreign investors seeking between $5 billion and $6 billion. The risk. Swiss-based Glencore said it would of Commerce as well as from MMG’s ministry said. to repatriate funds from the country but did not Chinese group will also pay the mine’s use the proceeds from the sale to “imme- shareholders. Construction remained strong, expanding 10.7 per- say how much money was involved. Egypt’s for- capital expenditure and development diately and materially” deleverage its bal- China Minmetals Non-Ferrous Metals cent from the previous quarter as the government eign currency reserves reached $17.414 billion costs from the beginning of 2014 until ance sheet and could use some to make Co Ltd, which holds about 74 percent of ramped up infrastructure projects. The sector was up 6.5 in March. That compares with $17.307 billion in the deal closes, which amounted to new acquisitions. It planned to return MMG, has agreed to vote in favour of the percent from the previous year. Despite the first quarter February and $36 billion before the uprising about $400 million as of March 31. any surplus cash to shareholders. deal, Glencore said. Shares in Glencore slowdown, the MAS said it would maintain its policy of that led to the ouster of President Hosni “In our view, the agreed considera- If Glencore had failed to sell Las Xstrata were up 1.1 percent by 1021 GMT, allowing for a “modest and gradual appreciation” of the Mubarak in 2011. tion offers a surprise to the upside ... The Bambas, Beijing had given it the option outperforming a 0.4 percent rise in the local dollar as the global economy improves.—AFP transaction is another testament to to sell one of four other copper projects - mining sector. —Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. UAE Exchange Centre WLL Syrian Pound 2.915 Sierra Leone 0.000069 0.000075 Nepalese Rupees 3.915 Singapore Dollar 0.222562 0.228562 South African Rand 0.021069 0.029569 ASIAN COUNTRIES Malaysian Ringgit 87.750 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.765 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001842 0.002422 Japanese Yen 2.773 Australian Dollar 264.56 265.56 Indian Rupees 4.685 Thai Bhat 9.700 Taiwan 0.009262 0.009442 Canadian Dollar 262.50 263.50 Turkish Lira 133.035 Thai Baht 0.008383 0.008933 Pakistani Rupees 2.922 Swiss Franc 324.01 322.01 Srilankan Rupees 2.154 Euro 392.51 393.51 Nepali Rupees 2.930 Arab US Dollar 281.55 284.55 Singapore Dollar 227.680 Bahraini Dinar 0.740892 0.748892 Sterling Pound 475.69 478.69 Bahrain Exchange Company Hongkong Dollar 36.343 Egyptian Pound 0.036716 0.039816 Bangladesh Taka 3.623 Japanese Yen 2.82 2.84 Iranian Riyal 0.000078 0.000079 Philippine Peso 6.367 Bangladesh Taka 3.627 3.897 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Iraqi Dinar 0.000180 0.000240 Thai Baht 8.737 Indian Rupee 4.690 4.990 Europe Jordanian Dinar 0.393164 0.400664 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.156 2.591 Irani Riyal transfer 0.271 Belgian Franc 0.007321 0.008321 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.0000000 1.0000000 Nepali Rupee 2.944 3.479 Irani Riyal cash 0.273 British Pound 0.465180 0.474180 Lebanese Pound 0.000137 0.000237 Pakistani Rupee 2.880 2.790 Czech Korune 0.005995 0.017995 Moroccan Dirhams 0.024265 0.048265 UAE Dirhams 76.72 77.19 GCC COUNTRIES Danish Krone 0.048359 0.053359 Nigerian Naira 0.001189 0.001824 Bahraini Dinar 749.37 751.44 Saudi Riyal 75.163 Euro 0.385941 0.393941 Omani Riyal 0.725785 0.731465 Egyptian Pound 39.76 40.36 Qatari Riyal 77.446 Norwegian Krone 0.043510 0.048710 Qatar Riyal 0.076680 0.077893 Omani Riyal 732.200 Jordanian Dinar 400.72 406.37 Romanian Leu 0.081297 0.81297 Saudi Riyal 0.074497 0.075197 Bahraini Dinar 748.640 Omani Riyal 732.21 739.51 Slovakia 0.008048 0.018048 Syrian Pound 0.001747 0.001967 UAE Dirham 76.761 Qatari Riyal 77.75 78.30 Swedish Krona 0.039128 0.044128 Saudi Riyal 75.21 75.61 Tunisian Dinar 0.174298 0.182298 Swiss Franc 0.315384 0.325584 Turkish Lira 0.133273 0.140273 ARAB COUNTRIES Turkish Lira 0.133273 0.140273 Egyptian Pound - Cash 39.595 UAE Dirhams 0.075728 0.076877 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.766 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Yemeni Riyal 0.001279 0.001359 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.315 Australasia Tunisian Dinar 179.340 Australian Dollar 0.256749 0.268249 Jordanian Dinar 398.040 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate New Zealand Dollar 0.238795 0.248295 Al Mulla Exchange Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.891 US Dollar 281.600 America Syrian Lira 2.009 Canadian Dollar 260.560 Canadian Dollar 0.251550 0.260050 Morocco Dirham 35.755 Sterling Pound 472.690 US Dollars 0.277650 0.282000 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Euro 392.230 US Dollars Mint 0.278150 0.282000 US Dollar 281.200 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Swiss Frank 321.765 Euro 393.250 US Dollar Transfer 281.750 Bahrain Dinar 749.500 Asia Pound Sterling 473.000 Euro 394.170 UAE Dirhams 76.645 Bangladesh Taka 0.003238 0.003838 Canadian Dollar 258.250 Sterling Pound 474.330 Qatari Riyals 78.225 Chinese Yuan 0.044199 0.047699 Indian Rupee 4.677 Canadian dollar 258.960 Saudi Riyals 75.365 Hong Kong Dollar 0.034241 0.036991 Egyptian Pound 39.760 Turkish lira 133.460 Jordanian Dinar 396.855 Indian Rupee 0.004520 0.004921 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.153 Swiss Franc 325.720 Egyptian Pound 40.315 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000020 0.000026 Bangladesh Taka 3.618 Australian Dollar 267.100 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.154 Japanese Yen 0.002694 0.002874 US Dollar Buying 282.300 Philippines Peso 6.323 Indian Rupees 4.676 Kenyan Shilling 0.003337 0.003337 Pakistan Rupee 2.890 Pakistani Rupees 2.929 GOLD Korean Won 0.000262 0.000277 Bahraini Dinar 748.700 Bangladesh Taka 3.620 Malaysian Ringgit 0.083012 0.089012 20 Gram 240.000 UAE Dirham 76.500 Philippines Pesso 6.347 Nepalese Rupee 0.002996 0.003166 10 Gram 121.000 Saudi Riyal 75.100 5 Gram 62.500 Cyprus pound 691.665 Pakistan Rupee 0.002637 0.002817 Japanese Yen 3.765 Philippine Peso 0.006363 0.006643 *Rates are subject to change TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 BUSINESS Bullish US March retail sales brighten growth outlook Sales up broadly, rise is largest in 1-1/2 years

WASHINGTON: US retail sales recorded their largest further impetus for spending, which will ensure that stores increased 1.8 percent, the largest rise in eight gain in 1-1/2 years in March, in the latest sign the personal spending activity continue to provide a key months. Receipts at electronics and appliance stores, economy was emerging from its weather-induced source of support for economic activity.” however, fell 1.6 percent. There were also declines in slumber and on track to accelerate in the second Retail sales last month were buoyed by a 3.1 per- sales at gasoline stations, which fell 1.3 percent. quarter. The Commerce Department said yesterday cent surge in receipts at automobile and parts deal- Excluding gasoline, retail sales rose a solid 1.4 per- retail sales increased 1.1 percent last month, the ers. That was the biggest advance since September cent, the biggest rise in four years. biggest gain since September 2012, as receipts rose 2012. Excluding autos, retail sales were up 0.7 per- Sales at furniture stores increased 1.0 percent, as in nearly all categories. “The case continues to grow cent, the biggest increase in a year, after rising 0.3 did receipts at clothing stores. There were also gains that the economy is bouncing back in March follow- percent in February. in receipts at sporting goods shops, restaurants and ing an unusually severe winter,” said John Ryding, Sales at building materials and garden equipment non-store retailers. —Reuters chief economist at RDQ Economics in New York. February’s increase in retail sales, which account for a third of consumer spending, was raised to 0.7 percent from 0.3 percent. Economists had expected PARIS: French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen Chairman of the Managing Board retail sales to advance only 0.8 percent last month. Carlos Tavares poses after addressing a press conference to present the group’s Stocks on Wall Street opened higher on the upbeat strategic plan “Back in the Race” at PSA headquarters in Paris yesterday. —AFP report, while prices for US Treasury debt fell. The dol- lar rose against a basket of currencies. Peugeot Citroen reveals Retail sales added to employment data in sug- gesting the economy found momentum at the end of recovery strategy, shares fall the first quarter after an unusually cold and snowy winter disrupted economic activity at the end of 2013 PARIS: French auto group Peugeot that they no longer competed with and the beginning of this year. Job growth averaged Citroen, fighting to recover from crisis other models by the group, and to 195,000 per month in February and March. First-time with a new Chinese shareholder, pre- obtain higher prices for its vehicles. To applications for unemployment benefits in early April sented a recovery strategy yesterday, do this the group would concentrate fell back to their pre-recession level. That sets up the but its shares slumped. The group on 26 models by 2020 to offer a economy for a pick-up in the second quarter, as does would focus overall on a culture of broader range, higher profitability a fading of the drag from the expiration of long-term performance and global branding, it and target profitable market seg- unemployment benefits and cuts to food stamps. said in a statement. ments. PSA Peugeot Citroen, which has PSA is in the process of acquiring On solid footing made net losses of 7.2 billion euros two new shareholders, the Chinese First-quarter gross domestic product growth esti- mates range as low as a 0.6 percent annual pace. The ($10.0 billion) in the last two years, state-controlled Dongfeng auto economy expanded at a 2.6 percent rate in the fourth titled its programme “Back in the group which already works with quarter. The slower growth pace in the first three PITTSBURG: A pedestrian passes a J Crew store in the Shadyside shopping district of Race”, and emphasized ambitions to Peugeot Citroen as well as with the months of the year was underscored by a second Pittsburgh. The Commerce Department reported on retail sales for March yesterday. —AP grow in China and South-East Asia. other French auto maker Renault, and report from the Commerce Department showing But its ambitions were received the French state. retail inventories, excluding automobiles, rose only with a cold shoulder on the Paris stock The group halved its net loss last 0.2 percent in February after increasing 0.6 percent in Thais brace for recession as exchange where its shares fell by 4.46 year from 5.0 billion euros in 2012 to January. Businesses accumulated too much stock in percent to 13.08 euros. The overall 2.3 billion euros, has been in dire finan- the second half of last year and are placing fewer French market was down 0.26 percent. cial straits for some time, and desper- orders with manufacturers while they work through crisis nears crunch time The new chief executive Carlos ately needed new capital as well as a the pile of unsold goods. Tavares said in a statement that the way of accelerating its penetration of That has left the inventory to sales ratio at its high- BANGKOK: The golden Buddha statues, amulets and pling bout of turmoil in an eight-year power struggle objective was to concentrate every the Chinese market. A government- est level since September 2009. But with consumers lucky charms that festoon Sakuntala Mettawong’s tiny being fought in Bangkok’s commercial heart and in its resource to raise profitability. The commissioned report found that the showing an increased appetite to spend, thanks to Bangkok cellphone shop are not helping business. It’s politicized courts. peak time, but customers are scarce at the usually The intractable crisis centres on the political domi- group said it aimed to generate oper- group had made a key strategic mis- improving household wealth, businesses should be able to empty their warehouses. bustling mobile phone bazaar in the MBK Center, which nance of the billionaire Shinawatra family, and the slim ating cash flow, a measure of the take for many years in not making the sits on the fringe of a mile-long cluster of gleaming malls prospect of a resolution has been sapping consumer speed with which money is earned most of opportunities offered by glob- So-called core retail sales, which strip out automo- biles, gasoline, building materials and food services, that symbolize the rapid growth of Thailand’s consumer confidence, which sank in February to a 12 and a half- before it is allocated, of 2.0 billion alised markets. The strategic plan said class. year low. Economists say five months of sporadic vio- euros from 2016 to 2018. It was aim- the group would also aim to turn and correspond most closely with the consumer spending component of gross domestic product, “Business has been very bad. Many shops have left lence and anti-government blockades that have scared ing for the car division to generate an around its situation in Latin America here, some moved to find cheaper spots or changed off tourists could cost 300 billion baht ($9.3 billion) in operating margin of 2.0 percent by and in Russia, two regions where it is increased 0.8 percent in March. February’s core retail sales were revised to show a 0.4 percent rise instead hands,” said Sakuntala, almost drowned out by the noise lost revenue. 2018 and then 5.0 percent under the losing money, to achieve profitability in of the previously reported 0.3 percent gain. “This sug- of bored shop owners playing computer games behind Some businesses fear the Teflon coating on what’s next medium-term plan for the years these areas within three years. This gests that household spending ended the quarter on her. for years been one of Asia’s most resilient economies 2019 to 2023. meant the group would reorganize very solid footing after the wobbles in the two previ- “The top phone models are more difficult to sell ... could finally be wearing off. “Consumers have no mood To achieve this the group would itself on the basis of six big regions. ous months,” said Millan Mulraine, deputy chief econ- more people are selling their phones back to shops, to to spend. We’ve seen demand falling in every segment focus on boosting its Peugeot and Another priority was to modernize its omist at TD Securities in New York. use simple ones, or sell because they need money.” An of our products,” said Boonkiat Chokwatana, chairman of Citroen brands, and develop the factories while reducing costs and its “This momentum is likely to continue over the economy known for its dynamism is ailing, headed consumer product distributor I.C.C. International Pcl, upmarket Citroen DS brand cars so inventories. —AFP next month or two as the warmer weather provides towards recession and held hostage by another crip- which saw first-quarter sales fall 20 percent. —Reuters

Commodities weekly update Commodities power ahead as stock markets weaken By Ole Hansen ly dry winter. Some forecast for rain into next est level since 1988 which has helped stock- week may help conditions across the US piles rise to a four-month high. The Energy ommodities rose for a third successive wheat growing areas and this has left the Information Administration (EIA) also report- week, thereby going against the stock price with limited upside at this stage. ed that the US is now meeting 87 percent of Cmarket downtrend. Some of the key Nickel led the industrial metal sector its energy needs, the highest level since 1989 drivers were a weaker dollar, a dovish US Fed higher as it climbed for a tenth day on con- as proven US reserves reach the highest level and geopolitical and weather-related con- cerns that an iron ore export ban from in 36 years, primarily driven by new tech- cerns. Gains were seen across all sectors, not Indonesia and worries about a disruption of nologies such as unlocking crude from shale least industrial metals where nickel and alu- Russian exports would limit global supplies. formations. minium were strong performers. The energy The metal, which is a key ingredient in the Gold continued to recover from the 100- sector was led higher by gasoline and WTI making of stainless steel, has performed plus dollar sell-off seen during March and crude while the agriculture sector received a strongly since January when the Indonesian after moving back above $1,300 /oz it made strong boost from surging coffee prices. government prohibited the export of steady but not particularly convincing unprocessed ores. The longer this ban progress towards key levels of resistance. The remains in place the higher the risk of a glob- minutes from the latest Federal Open Market al deficit emerging following years of surplus Committee (FOMC) meeting turned out to production. Nickel is a great momentum play be less hawkish than what Janet Yellen, the as seen in the historical charts. It reached a Fed chair, initially had led the market to high of $29,425 /ton before collapsing and believe, and this gave gold an initial boost. It reaching a low of $10,750 /ton last April. was further supported by renewed dollar Following the recent break above 15,000 selling and a drop in US ten-year govern- investment funds and consumers have been ment bond yields back towards the lower bidding it up and if the supply outlook con- end of their current 2.6 to 2.8 percent range. tinues to deteriorate a move back towards Although total holdings in Exchange 18,900 cannot be ruled out. Traded Products backed by physical gold has The DJ-UBS commodity index, which will Crude oil rose during the week as geopo- seen continued reductions for the past the change its name to Bloomberg Commodity litical concerns mitigated potential price-neg- four weeks, the precious metal should con- Index on July 1 following a deal between the ative fundamental news. WTI crude got an tinue to find near-term support. The two companies, rose by 1.4 percent and additional boost from strong gasoline renewed weakness in stock markets which reached a one-year high. demand but the continued rise in domestic was led by a sell-off in the technology-rich Investor appetite for commodity expo- crude inventories, not least in storage facili- Nasdaq index together with concerns about sure remains high and demand has picked up ties along the Mexican Gulf, may eventually Ukraine should help keep the price support- again following the March correction. This pose a threat to the current relative price ed above $1,300 /oz while a band of resist- has primarily benefited energy and agricul- strength of WTI crude. The increased avail- ance between $1,335 and $1,348 /oz may ture commodities. The total net-long com- ability of non-exportable crude on the Gulf prove equally hard to break considering the modity position held by hedge funds and coast, the fact that only a limited number of relatively neutral investor attitude at the money managers through futures and vessels have permission to transport domes- moment. Arabica coffee resumed its options in 24 US traded commodities has tically-produced crude to other US ports as February rally on concerns that the global risen to a new record high of 2,164,000 con- well as the continued rise in inventories, market will run into a deficit for the first time tracts, representing a value of $131.4 billion. could eventually lead to lower prices espe- in five years. The extreme drought that hit A net short position is currently only seen in cially considering the recently established the key growing regions in Brazil, the world’s copper while the exposure of agriculture flow of oil south from Cushing to the region. largest producer, during January, is the main commodities such as corn, wheat, live and Brent crude saw its premium over WTI culprit for this altered outlook. The price of feeder cattle have all reached the highest lev- narrow to $4 per barrel for the first time since the high quality bean is currently up by 86 els in at least 12 months. last September on a combination of WTI- percent since December, well ahead of Turning to the individual performances, it positive drivers but also rising headwinds in Robusta coffee, the lower quality variety pri- was generally a good week with only a hand- the global market place. Brent crude, being marily produced in Vietnam. ful showing a negative performance, espe- transported by sea, is the global benchmark After rallying for six days in a row it trad- cially cotton which came under pressure from and therefore more sensitive to changes in ed back above 200 cents/pound to move signs of slowing export demand from the US, the global outlook for supply and demand. close to the highest level since February the world’s largest exporter. High prices in the The potential for rising supplies from Libya 2012. According to one analyst, Brazil’s crop US following the smallest crop in four years together with slowing demand from Asia prospects may suffer for at least three years has seen international buyers switch to other and China in particular has therefore impact- as coffee shrubs will take a long time to producing regions such as India which is cur- ed the price of Brent the most and left the it recover from the dehydrated state they were rently expecting record production this year. struggling to make it back up towards $110 left in after the drought. Adding to the cur- Extreme winter drought in the US may barrel. OPEC reduced its estimates for how rent state of uncertainty there is now an reduce the coming production even further much it needs to produce by 100,000 to 29.6 increased risk that an El Nino weather event and this may eventually lend renewed sup- million barrels per day due to the continued later this year may soak Brazil and increase port to the price. increase in US and Canadian production. the risk of leaf rust. CBOT wheat dropped for a second week Meanwhile, in its monthly report, the Technically, the price of coffee (first as an improved outlook for production out- International Energy Agency (IEA) left its month continuation) has recovered fifty per- side the US helped mitigate some of the con- forecast for global demand in 2014 cent of the 2011 to 2013 sell-off in just a cou- cerns related to the US winter crop which has unchanged at 92.7 million barrels per day. ple of months with the next major level now struggled through the very cold and unusual- US oil production is running at the high- being 229.50 cents/pound. —Saxo Bank BUSINESS TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 Stocks tumble on Wall St gloom

TOKYO: Asian shares gave up more ground aversion. The dollar was edged down to yesterday after a dismal week on Wall 101.59 yen, after touching a 3-1/2-week Street and tensions in Ukraine sapped low of 101.32 yen on Friday, a far cry from a investors’ appetite for risk, which helped 2-1/2-month high of 104.13 yen set on underpin the safe-haven yen. April 4. The dour sentiment is set to carry “Wall Street’s performance will remain a through to Europe. Financial spreadbetters key driver for the dollar and yen. Near-term expected Britain’s FTSE 100 to open about focus is on 101.20 yen. It appears signifi- 0.6 percent lower, Germany’s DAX to start cant bids for the dollar are lined up there, down 0.9 percent, and France’s CAC 40 off and a break below that level is likely to trig- 0.8 percent. “European equities are set to ger significant covering of yen shorts,” said start on the back foot as last week’s nega- Junichi Ishikawa, market analyst at IG tive sentiment remains firmly intact,” said Securities in Tokyo. A break below 101.20 Jonathan Sudaria, a dealer at London yen, a low hit on March 3 when Russia was Capital Group. tightening its grip on Crimea, would take “One thing certainly adding to the risk the dollar to a 10-week nadir. off sentiment will be the developments in The dollar index steadied, rising about Ukraine,” Sudaria said in a note to clients. 0.2 percent to 79.606, although April 4’s WASHINGTON: The headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Washington at daybreak. Today (April 15) is the federal tax filing dead- Ukraine gave pro-Russian separatists a seven-week high of 80.599 remained a dis- line for most Americans. —AP Monday morning deadline to disarm or tant memory after the greenback’s batter- face a “full-scale anti-terrorist operation” by ing last week as US stocks tumbled. its armed forces, raising the risk of a mili- The dollar got some help against the tary confrontation with Moscow. euro from European Central Bank officials, European Union foreign ministers will whose comments rekindled speculation hold talks later about tougher sanctions about more easing in the euro-zone. The against Russia. MSCI’s broadest index of euro fell about 0.3 percent to 140.70 yen. Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan shed 0.5 Against the dollar, it shed about 0.2 percent percent, pulling further away from five- to $1.3852, moving away from a 3-1/2- month highs hit on Thursday. week peak of $1.3906 hit on Friday. Japan’s Nikkei stock average briefly ECB President Mario Draghi on Saturday turned positive during Friday’s session, but told a news conference that “a further ended down 0.4 percent at a fresh six- strengthening of the exchange rate would month closing low. The Nikkei stumbled 7.3 require further stimulus.” The ECB is ready percent last week, its biggest weekly fall to make asset purchases if it deems them since the devastating earthquake and necessary to counter a prolonged period of tsunami in March 2011. low inflation, ECB Executive Board member S&P 500 e-mini futures were down Benoit Coeure said on Sunday. ECB govern- about 0.2 percent yesterday, after US stocks ing council member Christian Noyer said slid in a volatile session on Friday. The yesterday in an interview with daily news- Nasdaq closed below the 4,000 mark for paper Le Figaro that euro weakening was the first time since early February as desirable. Spot gold XAU= benefited from investors bailed out of high-flying technol- the move towards safe-haven assets, ogy and biotech shares. Investors were adding about 0.6 percent to $1,327.10 an wary that Wall Street’s rout might continue. ounce, after earlier marking a new three- “Some are worried that a US bubble in week high. equities markets might be corrected, US crude for May delivery added 0.4 because of the ongoing tapering” of mone- percent to $104.18 per barrel and Brent tary stimulus by the US Federal Reserve, crude rose 0.5 percent to $107.90, bol- said Kyoya Okazawa, head of global equi- stered by fears that the Ukraine situation ties at BNP Paribas in Tokyo. The low-yield- could escalate. Ukraine is a major supply ing yen benefited from the heightened risk route for Russian gas to Europe. — Reuters Oil rises above $108 as Ukraine tension escalates LONDON: Oil rose above $108 a barrel yes- However, they will not necessarily target terday, on concern that escalating tension entire Russian business sectors such as between Russia and Ukraine could lead to mining, banking and energy. Separately, supply disruption. Towns in eastern Ukraine EU foreign ministers will meet yesterday yesteday braced for military action from to discuss how to toughen sanctions government forces as a deadline passed for against Russia. Worries about supply dis- pro-Russian separatists to disarm and end ruption from Africa’s largest oil producer their occupation of state buildings or face a also surfaced as a blast at a bus depot on major “anti-terrorist” operation. the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja The United States and the European killed at least 20 people during rush hour Union considered tougher sanctions yesterday morning, witnesses said. against Russia, a key exporter of crude oil Yet further gains may be limited due to Europe and Asia, if separatist action to ample supplies and a weak demand continues. outlook. The tensions overshadowed Brent crude rose 80 cents to $108.13 expectations of more Libyan crude com- by 0808 GMT, after gaining 0.6 percent ing into the market and potentially last week. US oil climbed 70 cents to weighing on Brent prices amid a weak $104.44 after settling 34 cents up in the demand outlook from top consumer previous session. China. Libya’s western Zawiya oil port has “It can create some anxiety, as the only resumed operations after protesters answer (to Russia) from the UN or NATO is vacated the entrance to the facilities and more sanctions,” said Olivier Jakob, analyst the adjoining refinery will restart in about at Petromatrix in Zug, Switzerland. “It’s not 24 hours, a spokesman for the state oil de-escalating so it’s not surprising to see company said. some risk positions being taken.” Further gains in prices are also limited Russia has massed 35,000-40,000 as investors await fresh data from the troops near the Ukrainian border in addi- world’s second-biggest consumer China. tion to the 25,000 troops it recently A Reuters poll showed growth slowed to moved into Crimea, Lyall Grant, Britain’s 7.3 percent in the first quarter from 7.7 UN ambassador said. percent in the final three months of As the crisis worsens, the United 2013. This would be the slowest pace of States may step up sanctions, likely tar- growth in five years and near the mini- geting Russians close to President mum level needed to ensure stable Vladimir Putin as well as Russian entities. employment. — Reuters Gold edges up as Ukraine tensions sap risk appetite

LONDON: Gold jumped to a three-week week after the US Federal Reserve’s March high yesterday as mounting tensions in meeting minutes showed officials were Ukraine curbed investor appetite for risk, not keen on increasing interest rates sending equities lower and boosting bul- straight after unwinding bond purchases, lion’s appeal as an insurance asset. as the markets had feared. Palladium hit a fresh high since August But an improvement in US economic 2011 at $814.20 an ounce on growing reports left investors still unconvinced fears that supply would suffer from fresh that the rally in gold could continue, ana- US sanctions on top producer Russia and lysts said. “...We continue to stand by our because of prolonged labor strikes in No year-end gold price target of $1,050 an 2 miner South Africa. ounce,” Goldman Sachs said in a note. Ukraine gave pro-Russian separatists a “More broadly, we believe that with taper- Monday morning deadline to disarm or ing of the Fed’s QE, US economic releases face a “full-scale anti-terrorist operation” are back to being a key driving force by its armed forces, while the UN Security behind gold prices.” Council held an emergency session on Implying underlying investor bearish- Sunday night to discuss the crisis. ness and pessimism over the longer-term Spot gold rose 0.3 percent to $1,322.00 outlook, outflows continued from SPDR an ounce at 1203 GMT, having earlier Gold Trust , the world’s largest gold- touched its highest since March 24 at backed exchange-traded fund. Holdings $1,329.70. Gold futures for June delivery in the fund fell 1.80 tons to 804.42 tons on were up by the same margin to $1,322.50 Friday. Buying in the physical markets was an ounce. “You have tensions between still thin with Chinese prices trading at a Russia and the West over Ukraine again discount to spot gold. which is giving support to gold, although the strength coming from expectations Palladium jumps interest rates in the US will stay low for a Palladium was up 1 percent at $808.47 prolonged period is a more dominant an ounce, on course for its fifth session of driver overall,” ABN Amro analyst gains. Relations between Russia and the Georgette Boele said. West are at their worst since the Cold War, “But as the US data continues to after Moscow annexed Crimea from improve, there could be a readjustment in Ukraine, saying the Russian population interest rate expectations and that’s when there was under threat. gold is going to suffer,” she added. “As for The United States is prepared to step the geopolitical situation, it is much hard- up sanctions against Moscow if pro- er to predict how things can go but I Russian military actions in eastern don’t expect a full-blown crisis there and Ukraine continue, a senior US envoy said, prices shouldn’t go beyond the $1,391 with the sanctions set to target mining, level hit in mid-March.” banking and energy, among other sec- Gold has built up support over the past tors. — Reuters TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 BUSINESS US dollar continues to drop amid Fed minutes

NBK MONEY MARKETS REPORT The US dollar dropped to one-month Finally, the USD/JPY closed the week at February. That was the largest increase climbed this month to the highest level put surged 1 percent compared with a lows against a basket of major currencies 101.61. since June last year. Economists expect- since July, a sign an improving job mar- forecast of 0.3 percent. last week as the minutes of the Federal The Australian dollar gained against ed prices to edge up by 0.1 percent last ket is lifting American’s sentiments. The Reserve’s March meeting revealed that the US dollar as upbeat data from the month Thomson Reuters/University of BoE meeting policy members are concerned with soft labor market fuelled demand for the cur- Michigan preliminary April sentiment The Bank of England’s Monetary consumer prices, indicating that rates rency. The Aussie reached a 5-month Unemployment claims index rose to 82.6 from 80 a month ear- Policy Committee at its meeting on 9 will remain low for some time. However, high as the economy added 18,100 new The number of Americans filing new lier, higher than the expected rise to April voted to keep Bank Rate at 0.5 per- on Friday, a positive reading from the jobs pushing the unemployment rate to applications for unemployment bene- 81.0. cent. Moreover the Committee voted to University of Michigan consumer senti- drop dramatically surprising the market. maintain the stock of purchased assets ment index combined with a higher US The currency reached a high of 0.9461 financed by the issuance of central bank producer price inflation fuelled demand and closed lower at 0.9392 amid positive reserves at £375 billion. The Committee for the greenback and helped it recoup US data. reached its decisions in the context of some of its losses. the monetary policy guidance Last week comments by senior Less optimistic announced alongside the publication of European Central Bank officials indicated The Federal Reserve Board of the August 2013 Inflation Report. No that there is no urgent need for quantita- Governors unanimously voted to cancel changes as expected to either rates or tive easing to prevent deflation in the a threshold that would hike interest rates QE, regardless of recent sign that the UK region boosting demand for the single once the unemployment rate hits 6.5 economy is continuing to recover. currency. Additional support came after percent, according to the minutes of the Market forecast that the Bank will not Greece made a successful return to the Fed’s March policy meeting released on increase the interest rates until the first financial markets on Thursday, raising Ä3 Wednesday, a sign monetary authorities half of next year. The recent drop in the billion in its first bond auction since are growing concerned over low infla- rate of inflation has also reduced any 2010, when Athens sought its first tion rates. In the past, the Fed had indi- pressure on the Bank’s monetary policy bailout. The euro reached a high of cated rates were set to rise when the committee (MPC) to increase rates. 1.3905 and closed the week at 1.3884. unemployment rate hits 6.5 percent pro- Cable was boosted after the vided that figure accompanied a 2.5 per- BoJ meeting International Monetary Fund upgraded cent inflation rate. The unemployment The Policy Board of the Bank of Japan the UK growth forecast for this year. The rate stands at 6.7 percent, not far from decided, by a unanimous vote, to set the pound received an additional boost after the previous threshold, though labor following guideline for money market upbeat industrial production data markets remain slack and inflation operations for the intermeeting period. strengthened the outlook for the wider remains well below 2.5 percent. The fits tumbled last week to the lowest lev- German CPI The Bank of Japan will conduct money recovery and fuelled expectations that Federal Reserve’s decision to do away el in nearly seven years, strengthening German CPI on a monthly basis market operations so that the monetary the Bank of England may raise interest with its rate-hike threshold left markets views of faster job growth. Initial claims edged up 0.3 percent in March, down base will increase at an annual pace of rates sooner. Meanwhile, sterling lost convinced that interest rates will remain for state unemployment benefits from 0.5 percent in February, as forecast. about 60-70 trillion yen. Kuroda said he some momentum after the BoE kept pol- low for some time to come, even after dropped 32,000 to a seasonally adjust- Year-over-year German HICP increased will adjust record easing that the BOJ icy unchanged. The pound reached a the US central bank winds down mone- ed 300,000 for the week ended April 5, 0.9 percent in March, following 1 percent began in April last year should prospects high of 1.6820 and closed the week at tary stimulus programs. the Labor Department said. That was in February. On a monthly basis HICP for achieving the price target be risked. 1.6732. the lowest level since May 2007, before rose 0.3 percent, following 0.5 percent The challenge for Kuroda will be to avoid The Japanese Yen gained against its Producer prices the start of the recession in 2007-09. growth. Both results are in line with mar- any perception of incremental policy US counterpart after the Bank of Japan US producer prices recorded their The report was the latest sign of ket expectations. steps, an approach he has declared to indicated that it was unlikely to imple- largest increase in nine months in March momentum in the economy after activi- UK industrial production increased avoid. ment further stimulus measures in the as the cost of food and services rose, ty was hindered by severe weather con- more than forecast in February, support- short term. The pair opened the week at pointing to some pockets of inflation at ditions in the first quarter. Continuing ed by a surge in factory output that Kuwait 103.30 and dropped to a low of 101.31 the factory gate. Producer price index for jobless claims declined to 2.77 million, point to a continuing economic recov- Kuwaiti dinar at 0.28090 amid the FOMC minutes that indicated final demand increased 0.5 percent last the lowest since January 2008. ery. Production increased 0.9 percent The USDKD opened at 0.28090 yester- no rate hikes in the US anytime soon. month after slipping 0.1 percent in Consumer confidence in the US from January, while manufacturing out- day morning. Trade picture improves but 2014 still below trend: WTO Risks in developing economies linger

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization receded in Europe thanks to an eas- The WTO also pointed to geopo- stated aim of underpinning devel- slightly raised its 2014 forecast for ing of the euro-zone crisis, and in litical risks, notably conflicts in the opment in poorer nations. growth in global goods trade to 4.7 per- the United States owing to the eas- Middle East, Asia and Ukraine, which The talks repeatedly faltered in cent yesterday, saying it did not expect a ing of brinkmanship over budget it said could provoke higher energy the face of obstacles set in particu- return to the historical trend level of 5.3 limits and tax policy between the prices and disrupt trade flows if they lar by China, the EU, India and the percent until 2015. “If GDP forecasts hold Obama administration and the escalate. United States, but negotiators last true, we expect a broad-based but mod- Republicans which led to last year’s The 158 economies which make December struck a partial deal to est upturn in the volume of world trade government shutdown. up the WTO set trade rules among cut trade costs by slashing red tape in 2014 and further consolidation of this Concerns in developing economies themselves in an attempt to ensure in customs services. Azevedo urged growth in 2015,” WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo told a news confer- ence in Geneva. Although the 2014 forecast rep- resents a brighter picture than the 4.5 percent growth that the WTO expected at the time of its last fore- cast in September, it is still gloomi- NEW YORK: Then US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks about the er than its predictions a year ago US economy in Los Angeles. Ben Bernanke, the former chairman of the because the European Union’s eco- Federal Reserve; and Geithner’s predecessor, Henry Paulson, will be among nomic recovery took longer to those appearing with Geithner as he promotes his upcoming book, “Stress materialize than expected. Test,” during a two-week tour that began in New York yesterday. —AP “EU demand has been weighing on world imports for the past cou- ple of years but it’s starting to turn Geithner book tour to around,” said WTO economist Coleman Nee. “We will be watching include Bernanke, Paulson very closely to see if the recovery in the EU disappoints,” Azevedo NEW YORK: Former Treasury Secretary York on May 14, two days after “Stress Test” is added. Timothy F. Geithner (GYT’-nur) won’t be the released. Geithner will be joined by CNBC’s Azevedo said it was unclear if only famous person on stage for his upcom- Jim Cramer on May 14, by Bernanke in trade had permanently stopped ing book tour. Ben Bernanke, the former Washington on May 22 and Paulson in growing at twice the speed of chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Chicago on May 28. The tour will mark the gross domestic product, which had Geithner’s predecessor at the Treasury, first time Geithner has made public appear- been the trend until the global Henry Paulson, will be among those appear- ances with Bernanke or Paulson since he left economic crisis. He said 80 percent ing with Geithner as he promotes “Stress the Treasury in 2013. Other stops will include of the protectionist policies imple- Test.” Crown Publishers announced Monday Philadelphia, Seattle, Miami and San mented since 2008 were still in that the two-week tour will begin in New Francisco. —AP place but he hoped they would be removed as economic growth GENEVA: World Trade Organization director-general Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo (left) arrives improved. flanked by WTO spokesman US Keith Rockwell to give a press conference on 2014 global trade “It’s not on the level - not even Moody’s cut, Ukraine tensions nearly close to the level that we forecast yesterday in Geneva. —AFP had after the 1929 crisis. But it’s weigh on Turkish assets measurable and regrettable.” The include large current account deficits a level playing field and spur governments to build on that mod- ISTANBUL: Turkey’s lira, bond prices The bank has already been reduc- WTO does not forecast trade in in countries such as India and Turkey, growth by opening markets and est breakthrough. and stocks edged lower yesterday, ing average borrowing costs by pro- services, but said that the dollar currency crises in some countries removing trade barriers, including “It’s clear that trade is going to weighed down by a rating cut by viding more of the market’s funding value of global services exports including Argentina, overinvestment subsidies, excessive taxes and regu- improve as the world economy grew 6 percent to $4.6 trillion in in productive capacity, and rebalanc- lations. improves. But I know that just wait- Moody’s and by broader emerging needs through its one-week repo auc- 2013, against two percent growth ing economies to rely more on Created in 1995, the WTO ing for an automatic increase in market weakness on renewed tensions tions at a fixed simple rate of 10 per- in 2012. domestic consumption and less on launched its Doha Round of trade trade will not be enough for WTO over Ukraine. The lira weakened to cent, rather than at the overnight The WTO said that risks had exports. liberalisation talks in 2001 with the members,” he said. —Agencies 2.1290 against the dollar by 0918 GMT lending rate. The average cost of bor- from 2.1172 late on Friday, the day rowing fell to 10.01 percent on Friday Moody’s cut its ratings outlook on as a result, from levels of around 10.2- UK wages poised to pass recovery milestone Turkey to negative, citing increased 10.3 percent over the past month. pressure on its external financing. Turkish assets have rallied since LONDON: Britain’s recovery from its deepest concerns about a reliance on debt to fuel con- again. Many workers in Britain are already seeing recession in decades looks set to pass a milestone sumption. their pay grow more quickly than consumer “Coupled with Moody’s downgrading March 30, when Prime Minister Tayyip this week when a six-year run of declining living Prices have been rising faster than pay almost prices. Incomes Data Services, a unit of Thomson ... the lira is likely to remain vulnerable Erdogan’s AK Party performed well in standards is expected to show a turnaround. An continually since the start of the financial crisis in Reuters, found wage settlements rose by a median to any reversal in global risk senti- municipal elections despite allega- end to the erosion of earnings by inflation will be 2008, with the exception of a few months that 2.5 percent in the first three months of this year ment, unless the central bank tightens tions of corruption embroiling parts a welcome change for Prime Minister David were affected by one-off factors. among the 1,000 medium-sized and large compa- liquidity conditions and leads inter- of his government and inner circle. Cameron as the May 2015 national election So this week’s numbers are likely to give nies that it tracks. Wages for lower-paid workers bank rates higher,” Erkin Isik, a strate- Investors saw the outcome as a sign of approaches, even if it will take several more years Britain’s finance minister George Osborne a are likely to get a boost later this year when the gist at TEB-BNP Paribas, said in a note stability after a turbulent campaign to repair the damage caused by the financial crisis. chance to build on his increasingly upbeat tone national minimum wage rises by 3 percent. Figures due tomorrow are expected to show that about the economy, even as he sticks to his other to clients. period, and the lira and stocks hit average weekly earnings, the most widely core message of more painful spending cuts in the SLOW PROGRESS Turkey is sensitive to global liquidi- their highest levels of the year last watched measure of pay, picked up speed to rise years ahead. The opposition Labour party has Britain’s economic recovery has been much ty because it has relied on cheap for- week. The two-year benchmark yield by 1.8 percent in three months to the end of made the “cost of living crisis” a key message stronger than expected. Last year the IMF was urg- eign capital to finance a current rose to 10.05 yesterday from 9.94 per- February, according to a Reuters poll of econo- ahead of the elections. Wage earners are unlikely ing Osborne, unsuccessfully, to do a policy U-turn account of around 7 percent of out- cent on Friday. The 10-year bench- mists. to feel much of an immediate improvement in and speed up public spending to stave off the risk put. Central Bank Governor Erdem mark yield rose to 10.22 percent from That would edge earnings above the 1.7 per- their living standards. of a new recession. Now, it expects the country to Basci said last week that the bank’s 10.09 percent. The Istanbul stock mar- cent rise in the consumer price index in February. Earnings growth below 2 percent remains have the fastest growth in the Group of Seven overnight lending rate of 12 percent - ket fell 0.16 percent to 72,618 points, Data on Tuesday is likely to show the CPI fell fur- weak by historical standards. Before the financial economies in 2014, at 2.9 percent. Even so, ther to 1.6 percent in March. crisis the Bank of England was relaxed about wage Britain’s gross domestic product still has not recov- the rate at which it lends to commer- broadly in line with the emerging Analysts say the trend looks to be reverting rises of 4-5 percent. And pay is only on the verge ered its pre-crisis size - something that is only like- cial banks - was “very tight” and could markets index , which was down 0.57 back in favor of earners after Britain’s economy of overtaking inflation because of a sharp fall in ly to happen in the next few months, a far slower gradually be reduced to 10 percent. percent. —Reuters picked up speed over the last year and unemploy- price growth, something that could change if pro- recovery than experienced by the United States or ment fell fast. Higher income would help ease ductivity gains remain weak and inflation picks up Germany for example. —Reuters TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 BUSINESS

‘Connected Car Award of the Year’ goes to Mercedes-Benz New S-Class is overall winner, prizes for Mercedes-Benz Intelligent Drive, Magic Body Control

KUWAIT: The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is Readers selected Mercedes-Benz Emergency Braking System introduced the best-connected car and wins the “Intelligent Drive” as the “Best Safety in 2006. “Connected Car of the Year” award: that Assistance System”. The fusion of differ- is the result of a survey conducted ent sensor data such as radar or stereo Award Presentation at the Consumer among 320,000 readers of AUTO BILD camera pictures enables the vehicle to Electronics Show in Las Vegas and COMPUTER BILD. Final judgement have a greatly enhanced all-round view The “Connected Car of the Year” on the S-Class: it has more high-tech of its surroundings. Dangerous situations award was officially presented on 7 than any other car. are recognised before they even arise - January 2014 at the Consumer and thus accidents avoided. In the “Best Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to Six more readers’ awards Comfort Assistance System” category, Prof. Dr. Thomas Weber, member of the for Mercedes-Benz readers voted for Magic Body Control, Board of Management of Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz was awarded three more which scans the road surface and com- responsible for Group Research and prizes in the infotainment category. In the pensates for unevenness by adapting Mercedes-Benz Cars Development. At “Best Navigation” category, the readers voted the suspension in real time. the CES, the biggest trade fair for elec- for the Digital DriveStyle App. The Mercedes- The journalists and editors of AUTO tronic entertainment worldwide, Benz multimedia system COMAND Online BILD and COMPUTER BILD passed judge- Mercedes-Benz demonstrated aspects of received an award in the “Best Internet ment on the innovations of previous the intelligently connected vehicle are Integration” category, and also in the “Best years. Mercedes-Benz was given the already reality today - and what will Entertainment/Multimedia” category. “Pioneer Award” for the Advanced become reality “tomorrow”.

FASTtelco launches its new campaign ‘Bring your friend’

KUWAIT: FASTtelco, the leading internet the absence of the internet. It would be provider in the Kuwaiti market launched an unimaginable situation given the role its new “Bring your friend” campaign. of the internet in our lives. It is of the The “Bring your Friend” campaign prima- same reasons FASTtelco wants new and rily focuses on upgrading current speeds current users to benefit from high speeds of FASTtelco’s current customer base, of internet due to requirements of new allowing them to benefit from higher internet applications and websites, in speeds ideally suitable for their internet terms of video streaming, file uploading, related uses and applications. Customers and downloads.” are to bring their friends or relatives to subscribe with FASTtelco, and in return get the newly speeds subscribed by their friends or relatives added to their current one. Therefore, if the current subscriber’s speed is at 3 Mbps, and refers a friend who subscribes to 6 Mbps, he would then have his friend’s speed added to his current subscription, allow- ing him to benefit from an overall speed of 9 Mbps (3 Mbps + 6 Mbps = 9 Mbps). Current subscribers are also allowed to bring and refer as much friends and rela- tives as they want, and in return add more speeds to their current subscrip- tions, as long as their subscriptions does Nissan Tiida joins comic book not exceed the limit of 100 Mbps. On this occasion, Hamad AlSelmi, Hamad AlSelmi, Marketing and Public Marketing and Public relations Manager relations Manager at FASTtelco superheroes at Comic Con 2014 at FASTtelco said: “We have designed this FASTtelco will go on with its firm poli- campaign based on FASTtelco’s belief cy based on providing the best offers, DUBAI: Nissan Tiida joined com- ic book superheroes at last towards the importance of the internet products and the highest level of servic- weekend’s the Middle East Film speed and its evolving necessity in es to its valued customers. This function & Comic Convention 2014, the today’s internet related applications. We requires assembling the most talented region’s leading event for are pleased to launch this campaign, team of employees and human resources comics, manga, animation, col- simultaneously with the celebration of in the market on the one hand, and by lectibles and pop art. Displayed the 25th anniversary of the launch of the adopting the largest and the most in ‘Nissan Manga Town’, Nissan internet service for the first time in the advanced data communication infra- Tiida’s bodywork was trans- early nineties of the last century, since structure in Kuwait on the other. formed with Anime (a Japanese- then this communication technology As a result of its continuous efforts, derived cartoon style) characters have played a very vital role worldwide FASTtelco has proven its leading position being drawn on the vehicle by on the individuals, corporations, govern- amongst local Internet Service Providers an artist creating another special ments, and society’s levels.” thanks to its state-of-the-art infrastruc- Tiida Moment. Reiterating the vitality of the internet, ture and commitment to providing the Commenting on Tiida’s mag- AlSelmi said:”We wonder how would be latest communication solutions to its nificent display at Comic Con the shape of relationships and communi- customers, catering both individuals and 2014, Samir Cherfan, Managing cations between people in the world in companies. Director at Nissan Middle East, said: “The all-new Nissan Tiida is shaped to reflect the lifestyle of its young-at-heart owners, creat- Get up to KD800 cash back on ing memorable Tiida Moments 2014 Accord Sedan and Coupe every time they take the wheel. Its funky image allows us to In an unrivaled move to continue offer- options such as power leather seats, explore new, fresh and fun activi- ing deals to its customers, Honda ODMD touch screen, and LED daytime ties which will excite our target Alghanim is running an exclusive week- running lights. audience, which was reflected in long special promotion on the 2014 This offer is for a limited-time only and its display at Comic Con 2014. For Accord with the chance to receive up to Honda enthusiasts are encouraged to us as a brand, it was an extremely popular culture and connect- KD 800 cashback. The offer is valid on take advantage of the savings and test ing fans with creators and the entire 2014 Accord Sedan and drive any Honda car of their choice by rewarding experience to watch Coupe lineup. visiting the Honda Alghanim showroom thousands of people being brands. Honda Alghanim is quite committed in Safat Alghanim, open from 8:30AM- inspired by the exhibition of the Thousands of visitors attend to satisfying the needs of its valuable 10:00PM Saturday through Thursday, and Tiida’s intricate detailing, splashes Comic Con 2014, and special customers as well as enhancing their from 9:30AM-10:00PM on Fridays. of colour and artistic quirks.” guests this year ranged from ownership experience and peace of Alghanim Motors, the sole distributor Comic Con is an internation- celebrities from cult TV shows, mind. Indeed, when driving the Accord of Honda automobiles, motorcycles, pow- al exhibition targeted at artists, music, art and exhibitors Sedan, customers will enjoy an elegant er products, and marine products in young, funky, creative and from across the globe to comic combination of comfort and exceptional Kuwait, is committed to providing cus- quirky 20-something-year-olds book industry artists. Those performance, as well as advanced fea- tomers with flexible payment solutions (20-29 year olds are Tiida’s tar- included Sylvestor McCoy from tures such as a bilingual navigation sys- and efficient and cost-effective services. the Dr Who series and The tem, Smart Entry and Smart Start and a The waiting lounge offers entertainment get audience, Comic Cons rearview camera. As for the sleeker, and comfort for customers with gaming audience was made up of peo- Hobbit film, as well as the sportier Coupe, the package is elevated consoles, digital satellite TV, free wireless ple of all ages.) It is the ‘go to incredibly talented Seth Green, to a whole new level of dynamism and internet and relaxing massage chairs. For event’ for comic book/Manga voice of Chris on The Family elegance thanks to a host of refined more information, please call 1822777. and movie lovers, celebrating Guy series. TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 technology Afghan voters turn to social media to fight fraud

KABUL: Fed-up with the massive rigging access, we will review all of them,” Nader of Pashto associated with the city of “Don’t bring the law into this! I want to that in some cases footage could be faked that took place in previous elections, Mohseni, spokesman for the Election Kandahar frantically stamp ballot paper do this and I do it, these are my people ... in order to discredit candidates. But he Afghan voters have been using social Complaints Commission, told reporters after paper, mostly for Ghani but with and I am persuading them to do what I said the very fact the cases were being media to highlight alleged fraud, and offi- Sunday. some stamps for Abdullah. want them to do,” she replies angrily. brought to light was positive. cials are starting to take notice. First partial results in the poll for a suc- The footage has been shared on Later, other women are interviewed, “The good thing about social media is Smartphone videos of ballots being cessor to President Hamid Karzai show for- Facebook more than 1,300 times. saying they were punched and beaten by that it turns everything into a debate, it stuffed at breakneck speed, voter harass- mer foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah Supporters and detractors of Ghani trade the alleged harasser. has in fact created a platform for things to ment outside polling booths, and papers leading with 41.9 percent of around insults in the comment section, while one Still, according to Mohseni from the be shared and discussed and debated scattered in the street would raise serious 500,000 votes counted so far, with Ashraf user called Kamal Naser Faqiryar notes dry- ECC, the rate of fraud appears to be lower about. questions about a vote’s viability in the Ghani closely behind on 37.6 percent. ly: “I waited for four hours to cast my one than when Karzai was re-elected in 2009 in “I believe social media will have its posi- West. A second round is scheduled for May 28 and only vote, and look these four men a poll widely discredited both at home and tive impact until the end of the process In Afghanistan, bringing such episodes if no single candidate is able to garner tick hundreds of votes for one candidate.” abroad. and thereafter,” he added. Around two mil- to light is also seen as a major step in over- more than 50 percent of the seven million In another widely circulated clip As of Sunday, the commission said it lion people, less than 10 percent of coming the corruption that has dogged votes cast. (on.fb.me/RgaJXr), a woman is asked on had received 1,892 complaints of fraud. Afghanistan’s population, have computer every election since the fall of the Taliban. camera why she is cajoling other women Around 870 of these fall into the most seri- access to the Internet, officials say, but the “Most of the videos going around Positive impact in line to vote for her candidate on the ous category, classed as those that could figure is rising and many more have access (social media) have been recorded in In one video (on.fb.me/1exWdEG) three polling day itself, in violation of election affect results. through the increasing use of smart places where the government have had no young men and a boy who speak a dialect law. Analyst Abdul Waheed Wafa cautioned phones.—AFP Invention loves collaboration at Milan annual furniture show Great recognition of quality innovation

MILAN: Collaboration drove invention during Milan’s annual International Furniture Show and collateral design week events, yielding the promise of homes without mobile phone charg- ers, and with more ergonomic seating, table set- tings fit for Italy’s most demanding chefs and sculptures that double as furniture. The sprawling show, which closed Sunday, is the largest in the world, capitalizing on Italian excellence in furniture design and craftsman- ship. The weeklong happening, which spills out MUMBAI: In this Wednesday, March 19, 2014 photo, an Uber taxi driver drives his car into Milan venues with numerous side events, is through a street in New Delhi, India. Riding on its startup success and flush with also increasingly the launching pad for high-lev- fresh capital, taxi-hailing smartphone app Uber is making a big push into Asia. The el collaborations among the fashion, architec- company has in the last year started operating in 18 cities in Asia and the South ture, technological and design worlds. Pacific including Seoul, Shanghai, Bangkok, Hong Kong and five Indian cities. —AP “The market is big and growing for those who have a strong brand,” said the presiding chair- man of the international furniture show, Kartell Uber meets local lookalikes CEO Claudio Luti, noting that visitors from 160 countries were on hand to see new products in Asia taxi-app wars from some 2,400 furniture makers at the Rho convention center near Milan. “It is a great MUMBAI: Riding on its startup success and fares, but all employ distinctly Uber-like opportunity and a great recognition of the quali- flush with fresh capital, taxi-hailing smart- smartphone apps. ty of innovation.” phone app Uber is making a big push into MILAN: This Monday, April 7, 2014 file photo shows Du Pont Corian creations displayed at the Asia. There’s a twist, though: Instead of being Uber undeterred Recharging technology Milan Design Fair, in Milan, Italy. Powermat wireless recharging technology is being incorpo- the game-changing phenomena it was in the China’s Kuaidi says its app is used 6.2 mil- At the end of a long day, both user and rated into Corian surfaces, the DuPont creation that can be molded into virtually any shape US, Uber faces a slew of competitors using lion times a day and makes 10 million yuan mobile phone are out of juice. In the dream and purpose, making it ideal for kitchen countertops, bathroom surfaces and tabletops — any similar technology. ($1.6 million) in revenue each month through house of the near future, there’s no more fum- of which now can become a charging station. The concept Uber helped pioneer just four advertising by linking customers to regular bling for phone chargers. Just plunk down your years ago has transformed some markets taxis. Cai Jing, 29, a Shanghai-based purchas- device on a surface with a built-in wireless it brings mass production to design, which will A high-back curved S-shaped chair with ever before it even had a chance to enter them. er for a food company, uses Chinese taxi apps charging station. bring down prices. the slightest spring is part of the collection. It is Homegrown taxi apps are already slogging it a few times a week. “They’re way more effec- Powermat wireless recharging technology is “It’s a high-tech miracle,” Starck said. “You made out of flexible birch, plied into curves and out for dominance in numerous Asian coun- tive at getting me a taxi than just waiting on being incorporated into Corian surfaces, the have a guy somewhere who will make a beauti- covered with lacquered paint. Each piece takes tries. the street,” said Cai, who hadn’t heard of Uber. DuPont creation that can be molded into virtual- ful object, just for you.” A temporary store was two to four months to produce in Cardin’s native China has a taxi-hailing app called Kuadi One market Uber sees huge potential in ly any shape and purpose, making it ideal for opened in Milan this week and the first perma- Veneto (the designer moved to France at age 2) that says it logs more than 6 million transac- particular is India, with its vast population of kitchen countertops, bathroom surfaces and nent store will open in Sao Paolo, with more to and will be made by order in limited quantities tions per day. Malaysia-based GrabTaxi oper- 1.2 billion. In the last year, Uber has launched tabletops - any of which now can become a follow. There is also a website, www.togallcre- of as few as eight. ates in five Southeast Asian countries and in Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Chennai charging station. The energy transfer is through atorstogether.com Cardin, now 91, was on hand for the unveiling recently announced more than $10 million in and Hyderabad. That’s more cities than in any magnetic induction, not electricity, meaning of the creations at the Milan fairgrounds, wear- new investment. India has two competing other country except the United States. “there is no chance of sparkage,” said Scott Fashion meets design ing a double-breasted suit jacket accented with taxi-app companies, Meru Cabs and Ola Cabs. Uber India’s Jambu Palaniappan said the Eisenstein, a Powermat vice president. The Pucci fashion house has teamed up with a green kerchief. He promptly went about reor- The proliferation of taxi apps means that market is one of the fastest-growing he has DuPont envisions the broadest initial applica- the Bisazza ceramic makers to create splashy ganizing the stand, banishing refreshments, Uber, which raised $258 million in venture seen. The company declined to give specific tion in public spaces, say, restaurants, airports or wall mosaics featuring archival Pucci patterns. overseeing the transfer to the corner of a heavy capital last year, much of it from Google figures. One reason for rapid growth in India train stations where mobile device charging can The collaboration was born out of friendship sculpted floor lamp in the shape of a giant plant Ventures, must distinguish itself from local is pent-up demand. In Mumbai, for instance, be monetized. But DuPont also sees a market between Laudomia Pucci and Rossella Bisazza, and repositioning a light to better accentuate a companies as well as international chal- its distinctive black-and-yellow licensed cabs niche for the technology as a luxury feature in women who have taken over the historic Italian bureau. lengers including Easy Taxi and Lyft. This number just 42,000, inadequate for a city of private homes. brands founded by their fathers. “If I do something, I do it well, or I don’t do it,” month, Lyft got a $250 million cash infusion 22 million. Plus, most licensed taxis are “DuPont Corian is so far ahead of the curve in While Bisazza has collaborated with designers the designer said. from investors including Chinese e-com- banned from having air conditioning under recognizing that wireless power charging needs before, this is its first with a fashion house. “The merce giant Alibaba. an archaic municipal rule, leaving passengers to be in places where you find yourself every idea is to transfer the print from garments to Table wear befitting finicky chef “We have to build our brand up from suffering with rolled-down windows in suffo- day,” Eisenstein said. interiors,” Bisazza said in the brand’s Milan store. Kartell has returned to table wear, a line it scratch in a lot of these places,” said Sam cating heat and noxious pollution. The city Until the wireless technology becomes stan- “It is a way to decorate the house.” abandoned in the 1970s, this time tapping the Gellman, who is heading Uber’s Asian expan- does allow air-conditioned “radio taxis,” but dard in mobile phones, Powermat has bridge Three of the creations are envisioned as wall imaginations of three designers and three chefs sion. To compete against local lookalikes, getting one can take an hour or more. technologies in the form of charging phone cas- hangings, pieces of art in limited editions of 99. for their ideal table settings. Uber said it is taking a two-prong strategy. Newly minted Uber driver Dinish es or a charging ring that plugs into the device. Each bold, geometric mosaic is made from Italian chef and restaurateur Davide Oldani First, partner with local players who can tailor Karamsesula, whose employer partnered with Each need to be placed on a specified spot on hand-cut stones and takes six mosaic makers wants his servers to know exactly how to place a their business to demand, whether for fast the company in Mumbai, said he’s busier the surface, where the energy transfer can be 200 hours to assemble. The collection also plate before diners so he put a raised thumb no-frills rides or luxury cars on call. Second, since getting the smartphone mounted on made. includes three more-industrialized products that print on his dishes for proper orientation. target Asia’s upwardly mobile business travel- his black SUV, usually only rented out by the can be installed directly on interior walls. Andrea Berton and Carlo Cracco stuck to acces- ers who will appreciate having one service day. He now makes several short trips a day. Unite for diversity “It has been a great collaboration, also very sories, from serving plates for Cracco to sculpted they can use in dozens of cities worldwide. “I’m on salary so I don’t get the profits,” he For design aficionados, there is nothing more easy, very quick,” Bisazza said. “It is not always bread dishes by Berton. The company has in the last year started said. “But sometimes the customers are so galling than finding out that a competitive that way.” Fashion designers are increasingly Philippe Starke created a series of whimsical operating in 18 cities in Asia, Australia and happy with the car being cool and clean, they neighbor also bought that coveted Philippe expanding into home and furniture lines to com- domes dubbed “Ding Dong” for anything from New Zealand including Seoul, Shanghai, give me tips,” he said, driving past weaving Starck chair. Now, thanks to a concept launched plete their brands. Prada presented its cakes to hardboiled eggs; Jean-Marie Massaud Bangkok, Hong Kong and five Indian cities. motorbikes, ancient Premier Padmini cabs, on the sidelines of the furniture show, buyers CloverLeaf Sofa, a sectional that in its full, circu- made asymmetrical plates suggestive of flat Uber uses a free GPS-enabled app for cus- the occasional wandering cow and a bicycle can customize their own designer furnishings. lar configuration creates intimate space for con- stones; and Patricia Urquiola designed a series of tomers to use their phones to summon rides, loaded with sacks of rice. Seven designers, including Starck, Sebastian versation with front-and-back seating. In its transparent molded plastic dishes, bowls and usually from a private car company instead of Still, Uber’s Indian taxi-app rivals, both of Bergne, Sam Hecht and Kim Colin, have entirety, the sofa, which comes in velvety red, drinking cups. an ordinary licensed cab and promising a which operate their own fleets, say they have designed “naked” furnishings - chairs, tables, gold and green, commands a large space but quicker response time that is often within 10 little fear of the competition. sofas - for an inaugural collection of a new brand can be broken down into elegant S-shaped seat- Architects trade down in scale minutes. Drivers respond using their own “We have a very strong understanding of concept dubbed Tog, short for together. ing, as Prada did in its via Montenapoleane Knoll continues its long tradition of collabo- Uber-provided smartphones mounted on the what the Indian customer wants and needs,” Consumers can choose from colors and combi- womenswear store. Missoni decorated an interi- rating with architects dating from Mies Van Der dashboard and follow the map to an exact Ola Cabs spokesman Anand Subramanian nations offered by the designers. But Tog coordi- or wall with plates in a mix-matched floral and Rohe’s Barcelona chair. This year, it has tapped location. said. He said Ola operates on a cash basis nator and designer Nicola Rapetti said the con- zigzag design that it made in collaboration with London-based David Adjaye, who said he was In the US and Europe, Uber has variously while Uber only works with credit cards, cept also establishes a network of so-called cus- the historic Tuscan porcelain company Richard apprehensive until “I understood that it would drawn acclaim by urban customers tired of which only a miniscule percentage of Indians tomizers who offer additions of their own. For Ginori. be an opportunity to express my position in difficulty finding cabs and protests by taxi have. Other regional competitors focus on example, one Dutch “customizer” offers knit cov- terms of materials, silhouettes and forms.” companies accusing it of running unlicensed price. Anthony Tan, who founded GrabTaxi in ers for chairs, and the possibilities for collabora- Sculpted furniture by Cardin Adjaye designed two chairs intended as com- taxi services. Just last month, an organization 2012, said the company’s rides are often half tions within the Tog community, as it grows, is Pierre Cardin, a pioneer in ready-to-wear fash- plementary forms, one the skeleton and one the representing Seattle-area taxi drivers sued of what Uber costs. “We are very much endless. ion, also was one of the first fashion designers to skin. Washington Skeleton is a solid sculpture, a Uber, alleging it is involved in “unlawful and focused on the mass market. People going to Eventually, Starck envisions that 3-D printing branch out into furniture. Now his nephew, curved intersection of crisscrossing lines, made deceptive business practices.” work and school, visiting their grandmothers will expand the concept even further. Starck Rodrigo Basilicati, is spearheading a new collec- of cast iron and either painted or copper-plated. Legal woes, though, are less of a problem in the hospital,” Tan said. “Once you are suc- called Tog “a philosophy, a political idea” because tion of Cardin’s so-called “Utilitarian Sculptures.” Washington Skin is made from nylon that gives in Asia than lookalike local competitors. The cessful, you are going to have clones and for a light backward bounce. business models of Asian rivals vary: some copycats,” said Palaniappan. “The more “My starting point was the idea of a seated run their own fleets, others depend on adver- options the customer has, the better. It forces person, and the form of the chair echoes this,” tising, while Uber makes commissions on us to be better and more relevant, too.” —AP Adjaye said. “The pattern is then a drawing of the forces required to brace this shape and make it a chair. It is like an exoskeleton.”

18% of US Internet users High-tech/low-tech While technology remains a driving force in had data stolen: Survey home furnishing innovations, there were also many simple, low-tech solutions on offer. A WASHINGTON: Some 18 percent of US of customers may have had payment cards Dutch design team created pop-up furniture for Internet users have had important personal compromised. “As online Americans have temporary restaurants or festivals - a cushioned data such as bank account information become ever more engaged with online life, and heated bench for two with a built-in table stolen and the problem appears to be get- their concerns about the amount of personal that folds into a box for easy transport. The ting worse, a survey showed yesterday. information available about them online pieces, made for side-by-side dining or working, The Pew Research Center study carried have shifted as well,” the Pew researchers were dubbed Soullmate. out in January showed a sharp increase from wrote. “Internet users have become more Itinerant Italians often lament the quality of mid-2013, when 11 percent reported being worried about the amount of personal infor- espresso abroad. Bialetti, maker of stove-top victimized. mation available about them online — 50 espresso machines, has one solution: a stainless The survey also found 21 percent report- percent reported this concern in January steel bottom on its traditional stove-top espres- ed having email or social network accounts 2014, up from 33 percent in 2009.” so maker that better conducts heat from electric compromised, the same percentage as last The report is based on a survey of 1,002 or ceramic-top heating elements common year. The findings come amid growing con- adults from January 23 to 26, including 820 abroad, while retaining the aluminum reservoir, cern over the “Heartbleed” vulnerability dis- Internet users. The margin of sampling error which best preserves the espresso flavor. covered earlier this month, and months after for the Internet users is estimated at four per- MILAN: A piece of furniture by Dutch design factory Mal is displayed at the Milan Design Fair, Bialetti’s traditional espresso makers have been US retail giant Target acknowledged millions centage points. — AFP in Milan, Italy.— AP photos all-aluminum. —AP TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE Congressional report presses for e-cigarette rules

RICHMOND: Concerns about electronic that’s inhaled. While the Food and Drug October. “I can’t understand why the harmful or addictive substances. Durbin said that if the agency cigarettes, including flavors and market- Administration plans to set marketing FDA is taking this long,” Durbin said in an Among the findings, the report says “accepts responsibility for this product ing that could appeal to young people, and product regulations for electronic interview with The Associated Press. “It is six of the companies surveyed spent as they have for tobacco,” it can start underscore the need to regulate the cigarettes in the near future, for now, clear that the longer they wait, the more more than $59 million on advertising establishing standards for sales and mar- fast-growing industry, according to a almost anything goes. A 2009 law gave young people will be addicted.” and promotion of their e-cigarettes in keting. “If they fail to do that, I’m afraid Congressional report released yesterday. the FDA the power to regulate a number The report follows an investigation 2013. Several of the companies reported it’s going to continue reach into the The report written by the staff of of aspects of tobacco marketing and launched by the congressional delega- that their marketing spending more ranks of our children,” he said. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, Iowa Sen. Tom manufacturing, though it cannot ban tion in September into the practices of than doubled between 2012 and 2013, Harkin, chairman of the Senate Harkin, California Rep. Henry Waxman nicotine or cigarettes outright. The nine e-cigarette makers. The staffs sur- and two of the companies’ marketing Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and others highlights several issues agency first said it planned to assert veyed the companies for information on expenses increased more than 300 per- Committee, echoed those concerns in including the lack of age restrictions and authority over e-cigarettes in 2011 but their marketing practices, steps taken to cent during that time. Sales of e-ciga- a statement, urging regulators to stop no uniform warning labels for the are hasn’t yet. The proposed FDA regulation restrict sales to minors, types of warning rettes, which are sold under more than marketing practices that already are battery-powered devices that heat a liq- was submitted to the Office of labels and touting claims of health ben- 200 brand names, are estimated to have illegal for traditional tobacco prod- uid nicotine solution and create vapor Management and Budget for review in efits or reduced exposure to potentially reached nearly $2 billion in 2013. ucts. — AP S Korea state insurer sues 3 tobacco makers Govt take measures to tackle high smoking rate

SEOUL: South Korea’s state health insurer said yesterday it had filed a lawsuit against three domestic and foreign tobacco makers, seeking damages of 53.7 billion won ($51.6 million) for payouts over smoking-related illnesses. The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) said the suit, filed in Seoul’s district court, named Philip Morris, British American Tobacco (BAT) and South Korea’s largest tobacco firm KT&G. “Smoking is a serious issue affecting people, particularly the youth and women,” the agency said in a statement. “So we will push ahead with this suit with a strong determination, for the future of our nation and the sustainability of our PAPUA NEW GUINEA: An undated handout photo received yesterday, shows a reef health insurance.” fish swimming in Milne Bay in eastern Papua New Guinea. Fish make risky decisions The damages figure was calculated from the when exposed to ocean acidification, even becoming attracted to their predators, agency’s spending on patients who smoked for according to new research. The study of fish in coral reefs off the coast of Papua New more than 30 years before being diagnosed with Guinea where the waters are naturally acidic showed the animals took risks when one of three types of cancer-two lung and one exposed to levels of acidification predicted for later this century as the climate throat-most likely to be caused by smoking. changes. — AFP The insurer said earlier it spent about 1.7 tril- lion won each year to help treat diseases caused by smoking. “The money could instead have Fish losing survival been used to help half of the 1.73 million South Koreans who are not covered by national insur- ance because their payments are overdue,” NHIS instinct in oceans chief Kim Jong-Dae wrote on his blog in SEOUL: A man holding a cigarette walks down a street in Seoul yesterday. South Korea’s state December. health insurer said it had filed a lawsuit against three domestic and foreign tobacco makers, SYDNEY: Fish are losing their survival Natural laboratory “I wonder if it’s socially fair that tobacco com- seeking damages of 53.7 billion won ($51.6 million) for payouts over smoking-related illness- instinct-even becoming attracted to the “They didn’t seem to adjust within their panies cashing in on smoking-which poses such es. — AFP smell of their predators-as the world’s lifetime,” Munday said. health hazards-take no responsibility for the The value of South Korea’s tobacco market is But such steps have been opposed by groups oceans become more acidic because of cli- “That tells us that they don’t adjust consequences,” he added. The NHIS move came estimated at more than $9.0 billion. like the Korean Smoking Association (KSA), mate change, new research said yesterday. when they are permanently exposed to days after the Supreme Court rejected a dam- The once state-run KT&G, which was priva- which also took issue with the lawsuit filed yes- The study of fish in coral reefs off the these higher carbon dioxide levels and we ages suit filed by 30 lung cancer patients against tised in 2002, has a dominant 64 percent share, terday. coast of Papua New Guinea-where the would have to think about whether adap- KT&G. followed by Philip Morris and BAT Korea. In a “The state insurer is just wasting public mon- waters are naturally acidic-showed the ani- tation would be possible over the coming brief statement on Monday, KT&G said it would ey with this,” KSA manager Choi Bee-O told AFP. mals’ behaviour became riskier. decades.” Difficult respond to the latest lawsuit in the same way it “We oppose the lawsuit because it was filed uni- “Fish will normally avoid the smell of a Munday said the “seep” to which the fish The court ruled that it was “difficult” to prove had to previous smoking-related legal rows-but laterally without public consensus. We’re also predator, that makes perfect sense,” lead were exposed-in which carbon dioxide a causal relation between smoking and lung did not elaborate. worried that this case may lead to an increase in author Professor Philip Munday from from undersea volcanic activity bubbles to cancer based solely on the fact that certain After decades of indifference, the govern- cigarette prices,” Choi said. Australia’s James Cook University told AFP. the surface-was the perfect “natural labora- smokers developed the disease. ment has taken measures in recent years to tack- For all the government’s apparent health con- “But they start to become attracted to tory” for the study. Around 25 percent of South Korean adults are le the high smoking rate, and a total ban on cerns, cigarettes remain very cheap in South the smell of the predator. That’s incredible. Close to the seep there is no coral smokers, with the figure for male adults stand- smoking in public places was enforced in July Korea, with a pack of 20 costing between $2 and “They also swim further from shelter growth, but further away lies a unique coral ing at 43.3 percent and 10 percent for teenagers. 2013. $3 depending on the brand. — AFP and they are more active, they swim reef zone with carbon dioxide levels similar around more. That’s riskier behaviour for to those forecast for future decades. them-they are more likely to be attacked by Co-author Jodie Rummer said while the a predator.” increased carbon dioxide in the water Disease threatens Munday said the research, published in affected how fish behaved, it did not the journal Nature Climate Change, was appear to affect their athletic performance. world’s bananas: UN important given that about 30 percent of “The metabolic rates of fish from the the carbon dioxide released into the seep area were the same as fish from near- ROME: The United Nations warned yesterday of the atmosphere is ultimately absorbed by the by ‘healthy’ reefs,” she said in a statement. potential “massive destruction” of the world’s $5.0-bil- ocean, a process which results in the seas “So, it seems that future ocean acidifica- lion (3.6-billion euro) a year banana crop as a plant dis- becoming more acidic. Acidification tion may affect the behaviour of reef fishes ease spreads from Asia to Africa and the Middle East. around the reefs studied is at levels predict- more than other aspects of their perform- The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization ed to become ocean-wide by the end of ance.” (FAO) said the TR4 strain of Panama disease, which has the century as the climate changes. The research was conducted by James already hit tens of thousands of hectares in Southeast Munday said the fish appeared to have Cook’s Coral Centre of Excellence, the Asia, had been reported in Jordan and Mozambique.The failed to adapt to the conditions, despite Australian Institute of Marine Science, disease is “posing a serious threat to production and living their whole lives exposed to high lev- Georgia Institute of Technology and the export” of bananas, the fourth most important food els of carbon dioxide. National Geographic Society. — AFP crop for the world’s least developed countries and a key revenue source for poor farmers, FAO said in a report. There is no cure for TR4, which particularly affects the As novice runners hit the open Cavendish variety that accounts for 47 percent of world road, experts say take it slow DENVER: This Dec. 6, 2013 file photo shows different strains of marijuana displayed banana production-by far the biggest. The disease for sale at The Clinic, a Denver-based dispensary with several outlets, in Denver. Tied affects the trees but not the bananas themselves and to an unpopular president and his signature health care law, Democrats in the the only solution is to cut down the trees, dig trenches NEW YORK: As the days lengthen and Great indicator nation’s largest swing-state see the prospect of legal medical marijuana as a rare between trees to prevent its spread and impose strict the weather warms and novice runners If running is physically very demand- source of hope and high voter turnout in this year’s midterm elections. — AP quarantine measures. cast an eye outdoors, fitness experts sug- ing, Siik said, the benefits can be extraor- Top producers in Latin America, including the world’s gest they take a slow start to find their dinary. “A great indicator of how fit run- Medical pot measure could main producer Ecuador, have so far not been affected outdoor rhythm and pace to avoid ning can actually make you is that you but FAO warned there was a “potential” risk. injuries. Jen Van Allen, a certified running can lose it so quickly,” he said. “People boost Florida Democrats “I think it’s sheer luck. It’s not a question of whether it coach and co-author of “The Runner’s who take long periods of time off from will arrive but when. There’s no prevention,” said Gert World Big Book of Running for running see their aerobic strength go MIAMI: Democrats in the nation’s largest pollster. “It’s going to help them, no doubt Kema, director of the banana research programme at Beginners” said the first time outdoors away very quickly.” swing-state see the question of whether to about it.” The marijuana initiative may be one Wageningen University in the Netherlands who man- everyone else seems like a real runner. Running takes time, so he suggests legalize medical marijuana as a rare source of bright spot for Democrats in an election year ages the site panamadisease.org. And new runners often fear getting hurt, taking it slow, keeping a log, and seeing hope and high voter turnout in this year’s that could be grim for the party. President Kema said the availability of bananas in Europe and or that they will find running unpleasant how it goes. “You’ll learn something new midterm elections. Barack Obama remains unpopular, and the United States had not been affected by the disease or boring. about yourself every time you run,” he Party operatives are pushing a constitution- Republicans are trying to make the elections a because their main suppliers were in Latin America and “Certainly when someone pushes added. Siik said much improper form is a al amendment that would make Florida the referendum on his health care law. Gov. Rick the economic impact has been focused mainly in Asia. body and mind farther there is going to lack of strength that sometimes, but not first state in the South to legalize some pot use. Scott is making the health care overhaul a cen- But he said the key problem was a “reluctance” in the be some discomfort,” said Van Allen, who always, auto-corrects with practice. Polls show the measure has widespread public tral issue in the governor’s race and outside industry to realise the scale of the problem and its has completed 48 marathons. “But a lot “Run with the runner’s tilt, making support, and it’s particularly popular among conservative groups, such as Americans for excessive reliance on the Cavendish variety. “The soon- of people make the mistake of running sure your weight is barely over your hips, young voters - a critical part of the Democratic Prosperity, are funding a barrage of negative er we have replacements for Cavendish that are resist- as fast as they can and they get hurt.” never back on your hips, except during a coalition with historically weak turnout in non- ads against Democrats in a handful of swing- ant to Panama the better but this is going to take years,” She suggests that even if the goal is to decline,” he said. “That slight tilt forward presidential election years. “I wish that it didn’t voting House districts. he said, warning there was a risk of repeating mistakes run, newbies should walk and use the engages your back muscles.” take medical marijuana on the ballot to moti- “I would rather have it on the ballot than made during a 1950s epidemic. first four to six weeks to establish the Jacque Ratliff , an exercise physiolo- vate our young voters to go and vote because not,” said Steve Schale, a Democratic consultant Panamadisease.org estimates the global banana habit. “If you’re just starting out, focus on gist at the American Council on Exercise, there’s far too much at stake for them and their who managed Obama’s Florida campaign in crop is worth around $5.0 billion and over 100 million rhythm, on finding the most convenient said cardiovascular activity (such as run- children,” said Ana Cruz, former executive direc- 2008. “It could have a marginal impact, and a times and the safest routes, and deciding ning) increases the strength and efficien- tor of the Florida Democratic Party. “But listen, marginal impact in Florida could be the differ- tonnes of bananas are traded every year, with the if you’d rather work out alone or with cy of the heart muscle, which is impor- we’ll take it any way we can get it.” At stake is ence between winning and losing.” biggest market being the United States. others,” Van Allen said. tant in warding off heart disease, lower- the Florida governor’s office, as well as a hand- A Republican victory in a special House Fazil Dusunceli, a plant pathologist at FAO, was quot- ful of competitive House seats. But the nation’s election last month in Florida underscored the She added that the correct form for ing blood pressure and improving HDL ed as saying: “Countries need to act now if we are to political world will be watching Florida’s Democrats’ turnout problem. The St. avoid the worst-case scenario, which is massive destruc- most people means eyes on the horizon, (good) cholesterol. turnout in November for clues to whether pot Petersburg-area district has 2.4 percent more arms moving alongside, not crossing, the But she said any fitness regime should tion of much of the world’s banana crop”. Gianluca on the ballot could draw young people to the registered Republicans than Democrats, but Gondolini, secretary of the World Banana Forum also torso, shoulders and brows relaxed. include strength, flexibility and mind- polls. In 2012, both Washington and Colorado GOP voters outnumbered Democrats by 8 “Starting at the top of your head, peri- body components as well. “If somebody based at FAO, said it could hurt “employment and gov- saw spikes in youth turnout when marijuana percentage points among those who cast bal- ernment revenues in many tropical countries”. In partic- odically check in with your body to is just running all the time, that’s when initiatives were on the ballot. This year, Florida lots. While far from a cure-all, Democrats say ular it would impact “regional markets” in Asia “because release areas of tension,” she advised. injuries can occur,” Ratliff cautioned. could be a critical test case for whether those the medical pot measure could help counter David Siik, a Los Angeles-based running Whether the goal is marathon glory or increases were an anomaly or the start of a Republican energy by motivating young and TR4 is heavily widespread there and this has conse- coach for Equinox, the national chain of losing love handles, Van Allen urges new trend in advance of the presidential election in independent voters. According to a national quences on supply and price”. The disease is soil-borne upscale fitness centers, said when run- runners to start at their current level of 2016, when activists plan to launch legalization survey sponsored by George Washington and the fungus can remain viable for decades and pre- ning for fitness the first goal is consisten- fitness, not where they were in high campaigns in at least six states, including bat- University last month, nearly 40 percent of vention includes foot baths and measures to avoid cy. “It’s actually one of the hardest goals, school. tleground Nevada. likely voters said they would be “much more movement of infected soil and planting materials into and more immediately important than “Get good shoes, start slow, find your likely” to vote if a legalization measure was on and out of farms. mileage and calories,” he said. “People pace,” she said. “It’s great to have dreams Legalization the ballot, with another 30 percent saying Gondolini said there were “preventive and quaran- fall out of the habit, often afraid that it’s but in order to get there you have to “It’s a smart move on the Democrats’ part,” they would be “somewhat” more likely to tine measures in place but that should be strength- too difficult or too hard on their body.” start where you are.” — Reuters said David Flaherty, a Colorado-based GOP vote.—AP ened”. —AP TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014

ACK’s case studies published wo case studies written by Dr Sam Toglaw, Head of Marketing Degree, at the Australian College of TKuwait (ACK) have been published by McGraw-Hill, one of the fastest growing publishing firms in the world Kuwait City Mar Thoma Salmiya Zone with a history of academic publications in 60 different languages. Set to be taught in more than 100 colleges and uni- conducts 7th family get-together versities worldwide, the 2014 textbook titled “Consumer Behavior: Implications for Marketing Strategy” highlights Dr. Toglaw’s case studies covering the marketing success stories of “Spinneys”, a British supermarket chain estab- lished in Egypt in the 1920s and currently operates more than 40 supermarkets across the United Arab Emirates; as well as the story of “KAYRA”, a Turkish brand of women’s high-end formal and casual fashion. The case studies focus on the influence of peoples lifestyles on their consumption behavior with respect to the products they choose, and how Spinneys and KAYRA were able to use this understanding to successfully penetrate the Middle Eastern and Gulf markets. When asked about this achievement, Professor Mohamad Terro - ACK President - said: “We are very pleased to see Dr Toglaw’s efforts issued in such a high- profile publication. We congratulate him on this wonder- ful achievement and wish him success in his future aca- demic endeavors.” Dr Jehad Yasin, Head of School of Business, stated: “Achievements such as this are valuable to ACK and we will continue to encourage our faculty to publish their work, sharing their knowledge and expertise with the local and international community.”

uwait City MarThoma Parish Sakhyam, Young Adults, Sunday sities with the guiding Hand of God! It Embassy of Cuba Announcements Salmiya Zonal Prayer groups School - sang songs and different caught the attention of all the children he visa to the Republic of Cuba is only for purposes Kconducted its 7th annual prayer groups of Salmiya performed and elders. of tourism (Tourist visa) issued for Kuwaiti citizens Kudumba Sangamam at Indian different programes. Drama, fusion, A wall clock was also distributed for Super hit play Tand foreign residents in Kuwait. It is valid for one sin- Community School, Salmiya. Rev Sam skit, dance, solo, mime & group song all the attendees as a gift and the inau- ankaar Arts super play will be staged after gle entrance into national territory for a 30-days trip and T Koshy (Vicar - Kuwait City MarThoma were also arranged. Different games guration of wall clock was done by Rt. can be extend it for an additional 5 years by public demand ‘Biwi Jawaan Parish) gave the presidential ship were also arranged and gifts were pre- Rev. Joseph Mar Barnabas Episcopa by 30 days at the office in the hotel FMiya Pareshan’ on April 19, Saturday from 6 address. The programme started by sented to the winners. The grand giving him the first clock to Babu where you have accommodations -9 pm at the Indian Embassy. the opening prayer of Soman P. Mathai. finale was the 1 hour drama named Johnson. Around 600 members partic- or at the immigration authority. Parimanam Manoj (General Convener “Ohari”. The play was based on a real- ipated in the get together and had a Children must have their own & Programme Conv.) welcomed the life tragic story of a family that faces delicious dinner. Closing prayer was Urdu workshop Tourist Visa even if they are travelling under their parents’ guest & members. Rt. Rev. Joseph Mar the brunt of trading shares in the mar- done by Thomas Varghese. Ansu passport(s). yderabad Muslim Welfare Association Barnabas Episcopa inaugurated the ket and how they struggle to make Joseph & Mary Thomas compared the (HMWA) in association with Federation of To obtain this visa in person at the Consulate, these doc- function & gave the message. both ends meet. The play visualized program. Rachel Oommen conveyed uments are needed: Valid passport, return air ticket, Indian Muslim Associations (FIMA) pres- H Choirs of Salmiya Zone, Sevika the amazing transformation of the vote of thanks for making the function accommodation in Cuba, payment required, travel insur- ents Learn Tajweed - the easy way - workshop in Sangam, Edavaka Mission, Yuvajana family as it crosses the bridge of adver- a great success. ance, one photo. Fill application form. The Embassy is locat- Urdu on Friday and Saturday, April 18, 19, 2014 ed in Rawda, Block 3, Abu Hayan Al-Tawhedy St., House No. at 3:30 pm at Jamiat Al-Islah auditorium - 74, opening hours from 8:30 am to 2 pm from Sunday till Roudha, Kuwait. The program will be presented Thursday. by eminent scholars Dr Abdulazeez Abdulraheem and Qari Imran Khan. Dr Embassy of India Abdulazeez is the founder of Understand Quran Academy. He also performs on Peace TV, Guides t has come to our notice that a fake website (www.indiavisa.co.in) was in circulation for applying Us TV and Paigham TV etc. Qari Imran Khan is a Ithe Indian Visa for online visa seekers. Following world renounced orator and Peace TV fame. points may be noted down: Study material will be provided at the event ven- 1. It is compulsory to fill the visa application online. The ue. Separate arrangements are made for ladies. proper website address is All are welcome to the program. www.indianvisaonline.gov.in Once the online application is Taste of the world at Lu&Lu Hypermarket filled, the printout is taken for submitting to the outsource visa u&Lu Hypermarket, the lifestyle shopping centre at BLS International Sharq destination of choice for discerning cus- and Fahaheel. In case of Special Ltomers in Kuwait, is set to launch a distinc- and diplomatic passports, the tive experience for food lovers in the country, application has to be submitted to Embassy of India, with their ‘Taste of the World’ promotion from 23 Kuwait. April till 3 May. 2. There is no provision of online payment of visa fee. So The 11-day festival of good food, which will any website asking for visa fee by credit/debit card is fake website. The visa fee is actually deposited as cash be inaugurated by renowned Indian Master Chef KDMCA holds family get-together in the outsourcing centre at BLS International Sharq Ripudaman Handa, on 23 April at the and Fahaheel with the copy of online filled applica- Hypermarket’s Al-Rai outlet, will feature cuisines uravilangad Deva Matha College Alumni Association by Raju Zacharias, Maxi Mani. Daiju (Treasurer) expressed tion. and ingredients from around the world. (KDMCA) Kuwait Chapter one day Family get togeth- the vote of thanks to all. 3. Any such instances of fake website should be brought Ripudaman Handa’s passion and love for Ker conducted on 28th March at Kabd shaale. With the Various cultural programs and games were conducted to the immediate notice of the Embassy of India by cooking helped him win the ‘Master Chef’ title in active participation of a large number of members and fam- during the gathering and Jose Thomas, Johnson Sebastian email ([email protected]) or mobile to A.K. the third season of ‘Master Chef - Kitchen Ke ilies, the get-together turned out to be a memorable one. led the programs the gift was presented to all kids partici- Srivastava (mob number 97229914). Boby Pattani General Secretary KDMCA delivered wel- pated as well as for the winner of the game. The program Superstar’ on Star plus channel. He was the come address. Jaison Joseph President KDMCA inaugurated was extended even after 6 O’clock in the evening. The pro- youngest contestant on the show and won Rs 10 the function. The reporting was done by Jojo Alumkal gram really provided an unforgettable experience to all the South African Embassy million prize, along with a chance to publish his Program General Convener. Felicitation speech were done families. n the occasion of Easter Sunday and Family Day, the own cookery book; a desire he had been harbor- South African Embassy will be closed from Sunday, ing for long. O20 April to Monday, 21 April 2014. The Embassy will The promotion period will witness several resume it’s normal working hours on Tuesday, 22 April 2014, from competitions that will be held on different days Sunday to Thursday. Please note at all outlets of Lu&Lu Hypermarket, including that the Working hours will be junior and senior chef contest, wow the Master from 8h00 to 16h00 & the Consular Chef contest, chit-chat with Master Chef and a Section operation hours will from taste-and-win contest. In addition to a live-cook- 8h30 to 12h30. ing demo that will be held every day at all three branches, the Al-Rai outlet will witness a special Embassy of the Slovak Republic cookery competition that will start on 19 April. he Embassy of the Slovak Republic to the State of During the Taste of the World festival, celebri- Kuwait would like to inform the public that on the ty chefs in other cuisines, such as Arabic, Toccasion of the Easter holiday, the Embassy will be Chinese, Continental, Filipino, Japanese, Indian, closed on Sunday, April 20 and Monday, April 21, and will resume Italian and Thai, will demonstrate their cooking the normal duties on Tuesday, April dexterity and the scrumptious magic they can 22, 2014. The Embassy would like conjure up using ingredients that range from to remind about the business the ordinary to the exotic. hours of the Consular and Visa The Taste of the World promotion period will Kala (Art) Kuwait farewell to Sreenivasan Section as follow: Days: Monday- also witness the creation, in association with Tuesday-Wednesday. Time: from 10:00 hrs till 13:00 hrs. Pizza Inn, of ‘Longest Pizza in Kuwait’ at 101 ala(Art) Kuwait organized a func- The function was presided over by the the occasion remembering the warm meters, as well as the making of a record, 20 tion to bid farewell to Artist President of Kala(Art) Kuwait, K Hassan relationship and cooperation they main- KSreenivasan, Advisory Member, Koya which was held at Orma Restaurnt, tained with Sreenivasan. meter long pasta. Shoppers will also have the Kala(Art) Kuwait. Sreenivasan is leaving Abbasiya. General Secretary Mukesh V P President Hassan Koya presented a opportunity to meet with Master Chef Handa Kuwait after 20 years of his service at welcomed the function. In his address, he memento to Artist Sreenivasan as a token and to have autographs signed by the chef. Bushari Art Galary and Indian Community acknowledged the contributions of of love and wished him all the best for his Write to us Taste of the World promotion is part of Lu&Lu School, Khaithan Branch, as an Art Sreenivasan to the community as an future endeavors. Artist Sreenivasan Hypermarket’s initiative to continuously bring Teacher. He is hailing from Ernamkulam, Artist, film maker and socio-cultural extended his thanks to all the Kala(Art) Send to What’s On the best of the world to their customers. In addi- Kerala and he was an Art Teacher in activist. 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Asrar Al-Qabandi Bilingual School students visit Kuwait Times Students from Asrar Al-Qabandi Bilingual School yesterday visited Kuwait Times premises where they toured the newspaper sections and were briefed on the process of producing the paper. —Photos by Joseph Shagra TV PROGRAMS TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014

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News 02:30 Eastbound & Down on this trailer may have caused.” 06:15 Tweenies 00:05 Gold Divers 13:15 Stalked: Someone’s Watching 13:05 Extreme Close-Up 03:00 How I Met Your Mother Despite the trailer’s YouTube page advertising a the- 06:35 Teletubbies 00:55 Gold Divers: Under The Ice 13:40 Extreme Forensics 13:35 E! Entertainment Special 03:30 How I Met Your Mother 00:00 Vampire In Brooklyn-PG15 atrical release this spring, even IMDb does not appear to 07:00 Bobinogs 01:45 Gold Divers: Under The Ice 14:30 Disappeared 14:30 Style Star 04:00 All Of Us 02:00 Knocked Up-18 take the film seriously. The logline reads: “Another ill- 07:10 Show Me Show Me 02:35 Gold Divers: Under The Ice 15:20 Dr G: Medical Examiner 15:00 Keeping Up With The 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 04:15 Coneheads-PG informed attempt at reversing the knowledge of the 07:30 Me & Mrs Jones 16:10 On The Case With Paula Zahn 03:25 Gold Divers: Under The Ice Kardashians Jimmy Fallon 06:00 Surf’s Up-PG human race. Am curious to see the reaction to the scien- 08:00 Saxondale 17:00 Murder Shift 05:30 Better Off Ted 04:15 Gold Divers: Under The Ice 17:00 The Drama Queen 08:00 Tin Men-PG15 tists quoted in this film, I am assuming, unknowingly.” 08:30 Friday Night Dinner 17:50 Extreme Forensics 18:00 E! News 06:00 The War At Home 05:05 Gold Divers 10:00 Three Men And A Little Lady- Whoever wrote that logline would be correct. 09:00 Walk On The Wild Side 18:40 I Was Murdered 19:00 E!ES 06:30 My Name Is Earl 06:00 Mythbusters PG American theoretical physicist and cosmologist 09:30 Doctors 07:00 You Have Been Warned 19:05 Stalked: Someone’s Watching 20:00 Keeping Up With The 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 12:00 Coneheads-PG Lawrence Krauss refuted the film on Twitter Tuesday, as 10:00 Casualty 07:50 Robson’s New Extreme 19:30 Dr G: Medical Examiner Kardashians 08:00 All Of Us 14:00 A Kiss For Jed Wood-PG15 well as a Slate blog titled, “I Have No Idea How I Ended 10:50 Elephant Diaries Update Fishing Challenge 20:20 Disappeared 21:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 08:30 Better Off Ted 11:45 Me & Mrs Jones 16:00 Three Men And A Little Lady- Up In That Stupid Geocentrism Documentary.” 08:40 Fast N’ Loud 21:10 On The Case With Paula Zahn 22:00 Hello Ross 09:00 How I Met Your Mother “The notion that anyone in the 21st century could 12:15 Saxondale 22:00 Disappeared PG 09:30 Border Security 22:30 Party On 09:30 2 Broke Girls take seriously the notion that the sun orbits the Earth, or 12:45 Friday Night Dinner 22:50 Fatal Encounters 18:00 Blades Of Glory-PG15 09:55 Storage Hunters 23:00 E!ES 10:00 Two And A Half Men that the Earth is the center of the universe, is almost 13:10 Walk On The Wild Side 23:40 Deadly Women 10:30 My Name Is Earl 20:00 A Very Harold And Kumar 10:20 Game Of Pawns unbelievable,” Krauss wrote. “I say almost, because one of 13:40 Doctors 10:45 How Do They Do It? Turbo 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring Christmas-18 14:10 Casualty Jimmy Fallon 22:00 Vampire In Brooklyn-PG15 the trials and tribulations of being a scientist with some Specials element of popular celebrity is that I get bombarded reg- 15:00 Elephant Diaries Update 11:35 Fast N’ Loud 12:00 The War At Home ularly by all sorts of claims, and have become painfully 15:50 Saxondale 12:25 Classic Car Rescue 12:30 All Of Us 16:20 New Tricks aware that ideas as old as the notion that the Earth is flat 13:15 Overhaulin’ 2012 00:00 Expedition Antarctica 13:00 Better Off Ted 17:10 Eastenders 14:05 Border Security 01:00 Predator CSI 13:30 My Name Is Earl never seem to die out completely.” The trailer consists of 17:40 Doctors 00:00 Party On 14:30 Storage Hunters 02:00 Darwin’s Lost Voyage 14:00 How I Met Your Mother respected scientists Michio Kaku, Max Tegmark and 18:10 The Weakest Link 00:30 The Dance Scene 01:00 Beastly-PG15 14:55 Game Of Pawns 03:00 Adventure Wanted 14:30 2 Broke Girls Krauss making general, out-of-context statements about 19:00 Only Fools And Horses 00:55 The Dance Scene 03:00 The Forger-PG15 15:20 Flying Wild Alaska 04:00 World’s Toughest Fixes 15:00 Two And A Half Men the mysteries of the universe, while Sungenis chimes in 19:30 Rev. 01:25 Style Star 05:00 The Wild Girl-PG15 16:10 Fast N’ Loud 05:00 The Known Universe 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon with his version of the “truth.” 20:00 Waking The Dead 01:50 Style Star 07:00 Beneath Hill 60-PG15 17:00 Ultimate Survival 06:00 80s: The Decade That Made Stewart “Science has said you must stay over in this category 20:50 Spooks 02:20 E!ES 09:00 Beastly-PG15 17:50 Wheeler Dealers Us 16:00 The Colbert Report over here. You can’t go into the God category, because 21:40 Me & Mrs Jones 03:15 Extreme Close-Up 10:30 Quiet Flows The Don-PG15 18:40 You Have Been Warned 07:00 Shark Men 16:30 The War At Home that’s going to destroy our science,” Sungenis says. “You 22:10 Upstairs Downstairs 03:40 Extreme Close-Up 13:30 A Woman-PG15 19:30 Surviving The Cut 08:00 Expedition Antarctica 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers can go on some websites of NASA to see that they’ve 23:05 The Weakest Link 04:10 E!ES 15:15 A Christmas Kiss-PG15 20:20 How Do They Do It? Turbo 09:00 Predator CSI 18:00 How I Met Your Mother started to take down stuff that might hint to a geocen- 23:50 Eastenders 05:05 E!ES 17:00 Emperor-PG15 Specials 10:00 Darwin’s Lost Voyage 18:30 How I Met Your Mother tric universe.” Krauss doesn’t know how he made it into 06:00 THS 19:00 Silver Linings Playbook-PG15 21:10 Storage Hunters 11:00 Adventure Wanted 19:00 2 Broke Girls the movie, directed by Katheryne Thomas, but he 07:50 Style Star 21:00 Peacock-18 21:35 Game Of Pawns 12:00 World’s Toughest Fixes 19:30 Trophy Wife 08:20 E! News 23:00 Maniac-R summed up the situation pretty well in 140 characters 22:00 Gold Rush 13:00 The Known Universe 20:00 The Goldbergs 09:15 Scouted on Twitter. “For all who asked: Some clips of me appar- 22:50 Klondike 14:00 Alaska Wing Men 20:30 Parks And Recreation 10:15 Married To Jonas ently were mined for movie on geocentricism. So stupid 23:40 Gold Divers 21:00 The Daily Show Global 00:00 BBC World 15:00 Brave New World does disservice to word nonsense. Ignore it,” he tweeted 10:40 Chasing The Saturdays Edition 01:00 BBC World 16:00 Mystery Files Tuesday. — Reuters 16:30 Mystery Files 21:30 The Colbert Report Global 17:00 Predator CSI Edition 01:15 Mad Bastards-18 18:00 One Ocean 22:00 Girls 03:00 All The King’s Men-PG15 19:00 Megastructures 22:30 Getting On 05:15 Blue-Eyed Butcher-18 En route to Amazon, 20:00 Big, Bigger, Biggest 23:00 Ja’mie: Private School Girl 07:00 Jack The Bear-PG15 21:00 Animal Intervention 23:30 The Goldbergs 09:00 Alfie Boe: The Bring Him 22:00 Helicopter Wars Home Tour-PG15 ‘Rio 2’ explores Brazil’s 23:00 My Dog Ate What? 11:00 Look Again-PG15 13:00 The Wild Girl-PG15 15:00 Kathmandu Lullaby-PG15 musical diversity 17:00 Look Again-PG15 00:00 Psych s the opening scenes of “Rio 2” begins, so does the 19:00 The Gospel-PG15 01:00 Top Gear (US) beat. The film, a follow up to 2011’s successful ani- 02:00 Supernatural 21:00 Casino-18 mated film “Rio,” picks up where the first one left off, 03:00 Breaking Bad A 00:20 Brutal Killers with hip-shaking rhythms and Tropicalia styles along Rio de 01:10 Sharkville 12:00 Emmerdale 12:30 Coronation Street Janeiro’s famous beaches. But this time around, the movie 02:00 Australia’s Deadliest: Shark about a family of the rare Spix’s macaw birds shows off the Coast 16:00 Emmerdale 01:00 Drift-PG15 South American county’s diverse musical heritage, branch- 02:50 Gorilla Murders 16:30 Coronation Street 03:00 Pop Star-PG15 ing off from the signature bossa nova and Carnival music of 03:45 Night Stalkers 19:00 Drop Dead Diva 05:00 Trouble With The Curve-PG15 the Atlantic Coast and venturing into the rhythms of the 04:40 Hornets: A Sting In The Tale 20:00 Revenge 07:00 Remember Sunday-PG15 Amazon region. 05:35 Australia’s Deadliest: Shark 21:00 The Blacklist 09:00 Hyde Park On Hudson-PG15 Coast 22:00 Game Of Thrones “It’s hard to think about Rio or Brazil without thinking 10:45 The Hobbit: An Unexpected 06:30 Gorilla Murders 23:10 Breaking Bad about music,” said director Carlos Saldanha, a Rio native. In Journey-PG 07:25 Night Stalkers the 3D animated film, which will be released by 20th 13:30 Girl In Progress-PG15 08:20 Dangerous Encounters Century Fox in U.S. and Canadian theaters on Friday, music 15:15 Wild Card-PG15 09:15 Python Hunters works as a vehicle to help illustrate the melting pot of 17:00 Hyde Park On Hudson-PG15 10:10 World’s Weirdest Pets Brazilian culture, the 49-year-old director said. “This was 19:00 The Company You Keep- 11:05 Animal Superpowers always the kind of stuff that came to my head when I was PG15 12:00 Monster Fish 01:00 C.S.I. New York making this movie,” he added. “It has to have a very integrat- 21:00 The Campaign-18 12:55 Built For The Kill 02:00 Good Morning America ed musical component to it because I wanted to be able to 23:00 Broken City-18 13:50 Bizarre Dinos 04:00 Rescue Me explore different rhythms, different styles and vibes.” 14:45 Man Hunt 06:00 Good Morning America The film begins with the vibrantly blue family of 15:40 Dangerous Encounters 14:00 Live Good Morning America macaws, headed by the father Blu, as voiced by Jesse 16:35 Kenny And Zoltan’s Venom 19:00 24 Eisenberg, and mother Jewel (Anne Hathaway), who leave Quest 20:00 Red Widow their bird refuge in Rio for a trip to the Amazon to find a 21:00 Zero Hour 17:30 World’s Deadliest Animal 00:00 Silent Hill: Revelation-18 possible colony of their critically endangered brothers and Apocalypse 22:00 Rescue Me 02:00 The Guilt Trip-PG15 23:00 Hemlock Grove sisters. But first, the movie aims to draw in audiences with 18:25 Wild Case Files 04:00 A Heartbeat Away-PG15 its biggest hope for a radio hit: R&B singer Janelle Monae’s 19:20 Built For The Kill 06:00 Love Birds-PG15 song “What Is Love,” a Brazilian-influenced dance track that 20:10 Bizarre Dinos 08:00 Bernie-PG15 is supposed to evoke Rio’s roaring New Year’s Eve parties. 21:00 Man Hunt 10:00 Pizza Man-PG “What Is Love,” which was delivered to radio stations two 21:50 Dangerous Encounters 11:45 Life Of Pi-PG 22:40 Kenny And Zoltan’s Venom weeks ago, features the drums of marching bands and 14:00 Standing Ovation-PG15 whistles familiar to Carnival music. Monae said she wanted Quest 00:00 Summer’s Blood-18 16:00 Bernie-PG15 the song to serve as an overture to the film’s score. 23:30 World’s Deadliest Animal 02:00 Graystone-PG15 18:00 Clear History-PG15 “I gathered sounds from street performers; I recorded Apocalypse 04:00 Iron Sky-PG15 20:00 Hansel & Gretel: Witch the ocean,” the singer said. “I’ve always thought cinematical- 06:00 Rewind-PG15 Hunters-PG15 ly ... We (Saldanha and I) said, ‘How can we make all these 08:00 Beverly Hills Cop 3-PG15 22:00 Total Recall-18 Brazilian colors come through in the music?’” Although the 10:00 Broken Path-PG15 soundtrack to “Rio 2” is not expected to duplicate the run- 12:00 Piranhaconda-PG15 away success of Disney’s “Frozen,” which has sold nearly 2 14:00 Beverly Hills Cop 3-PG15 million copies with the hit song “Let It Go,” the movie coin- 16:00 Prometheus-PG15 01:00 Amlin Challenge Cup cides with global attention being focused on Brazil, the host 00:00 Parks And Recreation 18:15 Piranhaconda-PG15 03:00 NRL Premiership 05:00 NRL Premiership of this year’s World Cup soccer tournament and the 2016 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon 20:00 Underground-18 07:00 Amlin Challenge Cup Summer Olympics.—Reuters Stewart 22:00 Doom-PG15 UNDERGROUND ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 01:00 The Colbert Report 09:00 Super Rugby Classifieds

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

The astrology in your life today is one that lends itself to hard studies and You have loads of self-confidence and your usual shyness fades as you pro- work. You, however, have been working hard and studying all month and will find today mote your professional goals as well as your personal goals. This is a time much easier than many others find their day. Today you can show your charisma as well when you would enjoy learning a musical instrument-or some new hobby. If you are as your knowledge. You are upbeat and positive in all things. Perhaps this is what you are already familiar with a particular instrument, try another one, just for the fun of it. Try one all about today: the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. It is a joy to have you as a of the cassette tape tutors with a simple instrument. You might surprise yourself. A co- friend, family member, co-worker or any other relationship. You may teach this attitude or worker is fascinated and may join you in this endeavor of learning. You may feel that you be a mentor to others as you move throughout your day; it will help you to survive and are in touch and in harmony with others; the lines of communication are open. You may succeed. Your birth time and year is the strength you pull from and the cosmic word for sense that your physical energy and psychological frame of mind runs smoothly now. You you is “positive.” cheers! Happy birthday! will soon be working in a worthwhile volunteer group.

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

It may be difficult to understand the instructions of higher-ups today and The placement of the moon is interesting to you and may be the topic of you may find yourself puzzling over a job project. Do not be afraid to ask questions-you conversation in the coffee room this morning. Pictures of the moon give are probably not the only one that needs a better explanation. It could be that a supervi- birth to all sorts of imaginative conversations. There may be fun contemplations of life on sor does not fully understand the process of getting particular work completed. You may places other than earth. Science holds your interest and you may work in a place where be creating your own path, but make sure you find out what is expected. Everything others have similar interests. Working with the formation of the earth, rocks, minerals, etc., points to your taking the initiative for now. You could feel great support from those may be where you enjoy putting your energies at this time. If this is not part of your pro- around you, or circumstances could dictate that you follow. You are feeling healthy and fession, it may become a hobby. Check out a class on meditation. It would help you in unaffected today and this is good because stress will more than likely not build up ten- times of indecision and give you tools for relaxation. Meditation classes will also help you sion. There is a chance to have a special time with someone you love this evening. have an inner comfort that comes with being nurtured.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) You look forward to a busy workday, today. You connect with people that This could be a very superficial day. It may not be possible for you to pene- have your same interest and fun conversations can ensue. Do not ask for a trate to anything remotely meaningful. Perhaps there is a sense of the artificial, the repeti- loan or a raise today. This afternoon you may give some thought as to how many people ACROSS DOWN tive or the senseless. Some sort of temporary obstacle may appear. You may feel that you you know that have changed residence recently. You have noticed that your own living 1. God of love and erotic desire. 1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a just are not able to get beneath the surface. This will not bother you for much longer as surroundings are getting a bit crowded. This just may be the perfect time to have a talk there is no such thing as the word no to you. You find yourself discovering the answers 5. A slipper that has no fitting around the skewer usually with vegetables. with your loved one about investing in a home. This is a very lucky day for making plans you need. Some good solid gossip will keep you busy with neighbors later this afternoon. and finding your way through any problem you may discover. If you are not married, you heel. 2. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of You could be a stand-up comedian with your rapid tongue-in-cheek deliveries. After you the Old World. are likely to find that special love soon. If you are married, you may find that this is a time 11. A former communist country in eastern have taken care of those excruciatingly boring chores and listed items you will be able to of a more meaningful understanding between you and your mate. 3. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th enjoy a little relaxation this evening; put your feet up. Europe and northern Asia. of an hour. 15. Armor plate that protects the chest. 4. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the prac- 16. A historical region of southwestern India tice of Yoga). on the west coast. 5. A white trivalent metallic element. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. Large burrowing rodent of South and 6. Someone who drives a taxi for a living. It is time to spend some effort in report writing. Some situation arises that You have a strong control over your own life whether you like the direction Central America. 7. (used of persons or the military) Not having calls for some sort of summary about a product or the writing of a proposal, it is taking or not. Making changes with your life path could be considered. You could or even a point of view. Your success arrives in an educational, legal or publishing venture. 18. Obvious and dull. or using arms. change the direction with a little bit of finesse or at least make moves or plans in a direc- Later today you may be asked to help with a project, perhaps for your kids or a family 20. A confusion of voices and other sounds. 8. Extremely pleasing. tion that is more positive for you. Professional requirements are difficult at this time but member’s kids. Your creative abilities are in full gear and you could come up with some 9. French physicist who invented polarized you are able to match the request. A clear-minded insight into your own plans is possible 21. A member of a Mayan people of south- creative ideas to help you with these young children. There is a second chance today to and available. This is a very good time to communicate your goals and put them into western Guatemala. light and invented the Fresnel lens (1788- make a dream come true. You could be most persuasive with others this evening. A good words. Sympathy and understanding are emotional qualities that take on greater impor- 1827). conversation with those you love is possible and productive. 22. Before noon. tance now. 10. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate 23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the or tossed and served with a moist dressing. alkali metal group. 11. Being or moving higher in position or 24. A form of address for a man. greater in some value. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 25. Any of the Hindu sacred writing. 12. The language of the nomadic Lapp people 28. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake in northern Scandinavia and the Kola A lot of things are accomplished today, particularly in the work environ- You enjoy meeting challenges but you also realize when there is need to Chad. Peninsula. ment. Work, relationships and life in general seem to fit together rather nicely. Your per- insert a few lighthearted moments. This is not a great time to attempt to get your ideas across to others. Take a back seat to office problems when possible. This could be a rather 32. Administer an oil or ointment to. 13. Singing jazz. sonality and mode of living will be changeable soon. You are adaptable to others, but you should be careful of bending over backwards just to help or please someone. You may challenging day with regard to productivity and emotions. Carry a book to work so that 33. A facial expression characterized by turn- 14. Avatar of Vishnu. eventually feel yourself being used-no resentments please. If you think about it, you can during the noon break you can enjoy a bit of reading escape. This is not the best time to ing up the corners of the mouth. 19. A white soft metallic element that tarnish- be realistic in your abilities and expectations. Your comprehension of issues is broadened shop or choose colors. Your mind could be quite clear later this evening and you may 37. Former measure of the US economy. es readily. and your inner peace makes you tolerant of dissenting views. Your judgment is good and enjoy communications among family members. Exercise is imperative this evening. Make 26. Sometimes placed in family leads to success. You may be able to enjoy and value your own life situation today. your exercise a fun experience through the efforts of moving forward. Walking, skating, 40. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal bicycling, swimming, etc., all take you somewhere. to 10 liters. Hyacinthaceae. 27. (Old Testament) The minister of the 41. A rule or especially body of rules or princi- Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was ples generally established as valid and funda- hanged for plotting to massacre them. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) mental in a field or art or philosophy. 29. A protocol developed for the internet to 42. The branch of computer science that deal get data from one network device to another. It is a great time to be with others and to work together. A conference call A review of the finances may give you insight into extra funds for using with writing computer programs that can or meeting this morning becomes absorbing. Going deeper into a discussion about curi- now. This can be on the personal level as well as in the work field. Meetings 30. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that and conferences go well today. This is a time of enthusiasm and new beginnings. Snap solve problems creatively. is highly corrosion-resistant. ous subject is just where you want to be at this time. Your analytical abilities are good. You take your work very seriously, and it shows. Concentrate for the next few weeks on decisions could be present if you are not observant. This concerns issues in group rap ses- 47. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat 31. (botany) Of or relating to the axil. eliminating some of the waste and accumulation from your life. This may mean clearing sions as well as your own personal energy. Today is full of hard work and responsibility, trimmed off. 34. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz). off your desk at home or work, filing the important things and throwing away other both in salvaging some endeavors that appear to be failing and in branching out in new 35. A hard protective sheath as secreted by things. Consider a spring-cleaning before the hot days set in. A lot of energy may go into directions. There is a possibility for material or monetary gain today, though you could be 51. Game in which matchsticks are arranged reckless through gambling or speculation in handling newfound finances. The evening in rows and players alternately remove one or certain protoctists e.g.. getting things scheduled and organized. There is a saying; “the nail that sticks up is better secured.” music brings a tone of harmony tonight. could bring about a spiritual time; a sense of rebirth is evident-love life! more of them. 36. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth. 52. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows 38. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia. generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean. 39. Of or relating to or derived from wheat. WORD SEARCH PUZZLE Yesterday’s Solution 53. (psychology) An urge to accept or 43. A river in central Italy rising in the approach a situation or an object. Apennines and flowing through Florence and 55. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount. Pisa to the Ligurian Sea. 56. A former copper coin of Pakistan. 44. An elaborate song for solo voice. 58. An official language of the Republic of 45. Top part of an apron. South Africa. 46. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken 59. A federation of North American labor in southeastern Asia. unions that merged with the Congress of 48. (botany) Of some seeds. Industrial Organizations in 1955. 49. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peo- 61. A Baltic-Finnic language. ples. 63. A Chadic language spoken in northern 50. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots Nigeria and closely related to Hausa. and soft brittle stems. 67. The ratio of the circumference to the 54. An inactive volcano in Sicily. diameter of a circle. 57. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medi- 68. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba cine (trade names Advil and Motrin and people in Kenya. Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis 72. An Arabic speaking person who lives in and as an analgesic and antipyretic. Arabia or North Africa. 60. A sudden short attack. 73. Tropical American shrub bearing edible 62. Jordan's port. acid red fruit resembling cherries. 64. In bed. 65. The head of a branch of an organized 76. A river in north central Switzerland that crime syndicate. runs northeast into the Rhine. 66. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice). 77. Fill to satisfaction. 69. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers 78. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). around the tail. 79. A master's degree in business. 70. A small cake leavened with yeast. 80. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature 71. Any of various strong liquors distilled from especially as specified. the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fer- 81. Dragonflies and damselflies. mented molasses. 82. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak 74. The capital and largest city of Japan. tree. 75. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back. Yesterday’s Solution

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Group photo shows one of the jury members for the 6-8 age category Abdul Karim Al-Anezi (left) and Zain’s Corporate Communications and Relations Manager Waleed Al-Khashti with the winners. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat Children paint Kuwait as beautiful and green

By Nawara Fattahova 8,000 students aged 6 to 18 from over 80 public, private, Arab, foreign and special Her mother Safa Dashti noted that she left her daughter to work on her drawing needs schools took part in the competition. alone. “I just told her about the concept of the competition and asked what she uwait Times held the award ceremony of its annual students’ art competition Sheikha Abdulaziz Essa, who ranked first in the 6-8 age category, said that she was thought. I let her express her opinion about Kuwait being green and beautiful. And ‘Kuwait Beautiful and Green’ on Saturday at the Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel inspired by her mother who is an artist and a teacher. “My mom told me about the she presented the picture that ranked first. Her younger sisters also participated in this Kand Spa. It was held under the patronage of Sheikh Salman Al-Hamoud Al- competition and explained what I should do. I used markers to draw my picture. I was contest, and one of them, Fatma, also won in the same category,” she pointed out. Sabah, Minister of Information and State Minister for Youth Affairs. This year, over so excited when I knew I won,” she said. There were ten winners in this category.

Painting by first winner SheikhaAbdulaziz Essa, Somaya Elementary Painting by second winner Souad Mohammed Shams Aldeen, International Painting by third winner Karim Ahmed Saadany, New Pakistan School. Creativity Academy. International School.

Category 6-8 years • Munera Khalifa Hilal Runners up Future Bilingual School 1st winner Sheikha Abdulaziz Essa • Fatema Hamed Ashkanani • Zahra Abdul Malik Somaya Elementary School Mishref Elementary School Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian School

2nd winner • Mridula Pallissery Ravindran • Verina Raed Najeeb Souad Mohammed Shams Aldeen Indian Educational School Jabriya Indian School International Creativity Academy • Maryam Wadeea Attaya • Fatema Essa 3rd winner Alnaser School Somaya Elementary School Karim Ahmed Saadany New Pakistan International School Painting by Zahra Abdul Malik, Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian School.

Painting by Mridula Pallissery Ravindran, Indian Educational School. Painting by Verina Raed Najeeb, Jabriya Indian School. Painting by Fatema Hamed Ashkanani, Mishref Elementary School.

Painting by Munera Khalifa Hilal, Future Bilingual School. Painting by Maryam Wadeea Attaya, Al-Naser School. Painting by Fatema Essa, Somaya Elementary School. lifestyle TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014

Photo shows one of the jury members for the 6-8 age category Abdul Karim Al-Anezi (left) and Zain’s Corporate Communications and Relations Manager Waleed Al-Khashti present an award to the first winner SheikhaAbdulaziz Essa (center) from Somaya Elementary School.

Abdul Karim Al-Anezi (left) and Zain’s Corporate Communications and Relations Manager Waleed Al-Khashti present Abdul Karim Al-Anezi (left) and Waleed Al-Khashti present an award to the third winner Karim Ahmed Saadany an award to the second winner Souad Mohammed Shams Aldeen (center) from International Creativity Academy. (center) from New Pakistan International School.

Minister of Information and Minister of Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al- Salem Al-Hamoud Al-Sabah and Kuwait Times Deputy Editor-in-Chief Dr Ziyad Al-Alyan present certificates to the teachers. lifestyle TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 AWARDS MTV Movie Awards big Hollywood studio plug-fest

Actors Peyton McCormick, Dave Franco, Sandra Daubert, Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Tiffany Luce speak onstage.—AP/AFP photos ast year, the MTV Movie Awards in two possible summer hits, Channing Actor Josh Hutcherson accepts the Movie of the Year award moved up its broadcast date from Tatum will appear in both the buddy cop for ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ from actor Johnny June to April to incorporate a sum- comedy “22 Jump Street,” out June 13, Depp onstage at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards at Nokia L mer movie plug-fest. Sunday night’s show with Jonah Hill (who picked up the best Theatre LA Live on April 13, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. cemented that change, as clips from comedic performance award for “The anticipated blockbusters debuted at the Wolf of Wall Street”), and sci-fi fantasy madcap ceremony. In its 22nd year, the “Jupiter Ascending,” out July 18, with Mila MTV Movie Awards show has become an Kunis (who scored the title of best villain important event for Hollywood studios. for “Oz the Great and Powerful”). And oh yes, there were some awards, too. Both Kunis, looking very pregnant in a At last year’s show, which saw an average short, loose black dress, and Hill present- of 3.8 million viewers, up from 3.2 million ed Tatum with his Trailblazer Award. And for the previous year’s telecast, included not to be missed was Josh Hutcherson’s new footage from “Iron Man 3” and the mention of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who world premiere of “The Hunger Games: died on Feb 2 from a combination of Catching Fire” trailer, which was intro- heroin, cocaine and other drugs. Hoffman duced by one of the films’ stars, Liam appeared in “The Hunger Games: Hemsworth. Catching Fire,” which earned the evening’s Sure, an abundance of golden pop- top prize of movie of the year. “If Philip corn-shaped prizes were again presented were here he would think this was really for fun fair, like the award for best shirt- cool,” said Hutcherson, one of the stars of less performance, which Zac Efron “Hunger Games” and the best male per- Actor Johnny Depp poses with actors Josh Hutcherson and Sam Claflin, winners of accepted, well, shirtless. But it’s the sum- formance recipient. “To have him in our the Movie of the Year award for ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’. Josh Hutcherson poses with his best male performance award and mer movie teasers - and the stars movie was one of the coolest things,” movie of the year award for ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’. attached to them - that really make the show. Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone (who will also appear in Woody Allen’s “Magic in the Moonlight,” July 25) and Jamie Foxx, star in the seventh installment of Sony’s “Spider-Man” franchise, which kicks off the summer movie season on May 2. The trio introduced a clip of the film showing Spider-Man (Garfield) and the sparkling blue villain Electro (Foxx) battling in New York’s Times Square. Also expected to dominate at the box office, Fox’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past” was touted with an intro by one of its new stars, Ellen Page, who will take on the role of Shadowcat. The upcoming film, out May 23, sees the X-Men joining forces with their younger selves and introduces a number of new mutants - Blink, Will Poulter poses in the press room with breakthrough per- Sunspot, Warpath and Bishop. There to formance award. present the award for best fight was Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the star of Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla,” which opens May 16. A short clip of the film, showing the mon- ster preparing to wreak havoc, aired before Taylor-Johnson appeared on stage. Seth Rogen, Dave Franco and Efron, who lead Universal Pictures’ comedy “Neighbors,” out May 9, also presented (From left) Actor Adrian Grenier, actor Kevin Dillon, model Rhea Durham, honoree Mark Wahlberg (holding the MTV the award for best kiss together. Generation Award) and actor Jerry Ferrara attend the 2014 MTV Movie Awards. Hutcherson said. “We think about him Looking very pregnant every day on set. This definitely goes out No clip was shown for Disney-Marvel’s to him as well.” opted against showing a clip of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part “Guardians of the Galaxy,” a bit of a super- 1” will release later this year. No MTV hero spoof set in space, this yea. But Chris awards show would be complete without Pratt, the star of the film, out August 1, a few music numbers. Ellie Goulding sang Orlando Bloom poses in the press room with the award for best checked in at the show as well with a long “Beating Heart,” while Zedd took the fight for “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”. speech encouraging viewers to vote for stage for “Find You.” Both tracks appear on their favorite nominees online. First-look the “Divergent” soundtrack. Host Conan footage from Fox’s “The Fault in Our Stars,” O’Brien kicked off the ceremony, which starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel aired live from the Nokia Theatre, with a Elgort, showed the beginnings of the challenge to gain 50 celebrity cameos for onscreen couple’s romance in the heart- his opening segment. And of course he felt comedy. came through with many stars like Paul Mark Wahlberg, who received the gen- Rudd and Adam Sandler, who have films eration award at the show, touted his expected in the coming months. The MTV upcoming “Transformers: Age of awards had some stiff competition from Extinction,” saying the Paramount other networks on Sunday night, includ- Pictures’ flick would be the biggest movie ing the latest installment of HBO’s popu- of 2014. Some of the crew of the hit HBO lar “Game of Thrones” and the final season show “Entourage” presented Wahlberg premiere of AMC’s “Mad Men.”—AP with his award and the presence of Adrian Grenier, Jerry Ferrara and Kevin Actor Jonah Hill accepts the Best Actor Zac Efron accepts the Best Shirtless Performance award Dillon reminded us that the “Entourage” Actress Mila Kunis poses with the Best Comedic Performance award for ‘The for ‘That Awkward Moment’ from singer Rita Ora onstage. movie is being readied for 2015. Starring Villain award. Wolf of Wall Street’ onstage. lifestyle TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 AWARDS

Eminem, left, and Rihanna perform on stage. Actor Mark Wahlberg accepts the MTV Generation Award onstage. Actor Channing Tatum, recipient of the MTV Trailblazer Award, and actress Jenna Dewan Tatum

Winners

Movie of the year: “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” Best female performance: Jennifer Lawrence, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” Best male performance: Josh Hutcherson, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” Breakthrough performance: Will Poulter, “We’re the Millers.” Best kiss: Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Will Poulter, “We’re the Millers.” Best fight: Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly vs Orcs in “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” Best comedic performance: Jonah Hill, “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Best shirtless performance: Zac Efron, “That Awkward Moment.” Best villain: Mila Kunis, “Oz the Great and Powerful.” Best on-screen transformation: Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club.” Best musical moment: Backstreet Boys, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen and Craig Robinson perform in Heaven, “This is the End.” Best cameo performance: Rihanna, “This is the End.” Favorite character: Tris, played by Shailene Woodley in “Divergent.” Best scared-as-s— performance: Brad Pitt, “World War Z.” Best on-screen duo: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, “Fast & Furious 6.” #WTF moment: Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Best hero: Henry Cavill, “Man of Steel.” Shailene Woodley poses in press room Trailblazer award: Channing Tatum. with her award for favorite character for Generation award: Mark Wahlberg.—AP Host Conan O’Brien speaks on “Divergent”. Grumpy Cat arrives at the MTV Movie Awards. stage.

Actor Jared Leto and actress Lupita Nyongío. (From left) Leslie Mann, Cameron Diaz, Nicki Minaj and Kate Upton present the award for best male Actor Jared Leto poses with the Best On- performance on stage. Screen Transformation award. ‘Grandmaster’ wins a dozen Hong Kong Film Awards

ong Kar Wai’s much lauded kung fu epic “The Grandmaster” won a record dozen honors at the WHong Kong Film Awards. The story of martial arts legend Ip Man has been praised for raising the martial arts genre to a new level and is one of Wong’s most successful films. It claimed 12 of the 14 awards for which it was nomi- nated, including best film and best director. Accepting his third best-director win, Wong said he was particularly thrilled that the crew and cast were recognized for their hard work. “For the last three years, they really gave so much of them- selves for the film,” he said, referring to the time the film was in production. “Unbeatable” star Nick Cheung, who took his scenes as a boxer so seriously he broke his finger during film- ing, was named best actor. He thanked everyone from his director to the film crew while on stage accepting his win, but forgot two people dear to him. He remembered them backstage, saying, “Thank you to my daughter who’s brought so much happiness to my life. Thank you to my wife, who’s given me so much bliss in life.” Best-actress winner Zhang Ziyi said at the after-party she felt some regret that her “Grandmaster” co-star Tony Leung didn’t win. “I really hoped that Tony could have won the award, but I think it’s fine, because without this recognition, it (From right) Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai and his wife Esther, Taiwan actor Chang Chen, Chinese actress doesn’t change the fact that he’s an outstanding actor,” she Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai poses after winning Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actor Max Zhang and his wife Hong Kong actress Ada Choi, Hong Kong actor Tony Leung and said. Zhang, who has won nine best-actress honors across the Best Director and the Best Movie for his movie ‘The his wife actress Carina Lau, pose on the red carpet of the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards in Hong Kong Sunday. Asia for her performance in “The Grandmaster,” said she feels Grandmaster,’ of the Asian Film Awards. this award marks a new beginning. “The Hong Kong Film Awards has given me a new starting line, to start from the beginning and keep working hard. Do a good job with every film and each character, and hard work will eventually be Chinese actress Zhang paid off,” she said. Ziyi, left, and actor Nick Zhang Jin was named best supporting actor for his role in Cheung Ka-fai pose Hong Kong director “The Grandmaster,” and Kara Wai Ying Hung was named best after winning the Best Adam Wong, left, and supporting actress for “Rigor Mortis.” Actress award for her actor Babyjohn Choi “The Grandmaster” earned about $51.5 million (HK$400 movie ’The pose after winning the million) at box offices in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. It Grandmaster’ and Best Best New Director won the top honor at the Asian Film Awards in March and Actor award for his award and the Best New was a best-picture nominee at Asia’s premier film event, the movie ‘Unbeatable’ at Performer of their Golden Horse awards in Taiwan, late last year. It had nomina- the 33rd Hong Kong movie ‘The Way We tions in two technical categories at the Academy Awards. The Film Awards in Hong Danceî. film’s 12 wins at Sunday’s ceremony is a record sum at the Kong Sunday. Hong Kong Film Awards, now in their 33rd year. “Cold War” —AP photos and “Comrades: Almost a Love Story” both won nine previ- ously.—AP MTV Movie Awards big Hollywood studio plug-fest

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This photo shows a night view of Burj Khalifa in the heart of the charming city of Dubai. It is the highest tower in the world and stands at 828 meters. The con- struction of the building started on September 21, 2004 and was completed in October 2009. The building officially opened on January 4, 2010. —Photo by Sherif Ismail

Thousands of candles form Philippine map in ‘new record’ undreds of people lined up in a dark, ing many volunteers from taking part. But the muddy field to form a giant map of the rain stopped in time, allowing enough people HPhilippines yesterday, in a bid to set a to participate in the most recent record-setting new world record for the largest flaming image attempt in the Southeast Asian archipelago. The using candles. The project by the Middle Way candle map was intended “to promote inner Meditation Institute in the central island of peace, which is through meditation, so conflicts Panay seemed to be successful with Seyda and misunderstanding will be reduced,” said Subasi-Gemici, a representative from Guinness Nguyen Ha, a publicist for the organizers. World Records, saying that their 56,680 candles “That’s why we hold these large-scale events appeared to have topped the old record of to gather many people, to build an atmosphere 35,478 candles forming a company logo in of peace... based on the theme of light,” the Pakistan in December, 2009. The organization publicist added. Setting new world records has will confirm the record at a later date. become quite popular in the Philippines, with The candle-lit map, along with a logo of the about 10,000 taking part in the largest human organizer and the motto “world peace through formation for the symbol of a woman last inner peace” came twinkling into formation month and more than 3,000 signing up as Arcade Fire performs during their headlining set on the third day of the 2014 despite heavy rain before the event discourag- organ donors in one place in February.—AFP Coachella Music and Arts Festival on Sunday in Indio, Calif.—AP photos Arcade Fire brings in Debbie Harry New fun 2014 spring summer to close Coachella, slams VIP policy

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